SC to Battle Badgers in Madison
By Chuck Signor Daily Trojan Football Writer
Can they do it again?
This is the question that is on the lips of Trojan grid followers, as Troy’s surprising 1956 grid squad is winging to Madison, Wis., to take on the Wisconsin Badgers tomorrow afternoon.
SC rooters were incredulous when the football team opened the season by routing Texas, 42 to 20. They sat pop-eyed through the first half of the Oregon State game, watching the Trojan offense mow through the OSC forward wall. Their eyes did not exactly pop out the second half of the game, but still the final score showed that the Trojans, who were supposed to be riddled by Pacific Coast Conference penalties, had won their second game In a row.
And tomorrow, Troy is a six-point favorite to be the first PCC team this year to down a big ten team, and with good reason.
SC has beaten Wisconsin twice and has never lost to the midwesterners. Last year in the coliseum, the Trojans trimmed a good Badger team 33-21, and most of the Badger regulars are not back this year. In fact, from tackle to tackle, Wisconsin has only one player of the first stringers who have any varsity experience.
In contrast, the Trojan line is made up of men who saw considerable action last year, except for sophomore Frank Fiorentino at right guard. Also, the average weight of the Trojan forward wall is six pounds more than the Badger’s.
Another reason, or two reasons rather, that Troy should beat Wisconsin, are Jon Arnett and C. R. Roberts. Roberts leads the Pacific Coast Conference in rushing and total offense, and is a potential touchdown everytime he gets his hands on the ball.
Arnett, who leads the PCC in scoring and now ranks
ninth among all-time Trojan rushers, can run, pass,
catch and in his spare time kick extra points. What more
can be said about the guy after all the thrills that he
has supplied to Trojan rooters in his three-year varsity career?
Frank Hall at quarterback, seems to be coming into his own, both in passing and rushing. His passing has improved so much that Coach Jess Hill has given orders
to have Hall and Arnett throw more against Wisconsin.
The big shoes of the injured Don Hickman will be filled by Tony Ortega at right half. Ortega showed good running power on last year’s frosh team. Doug Kranz, who has been out with a shoulder injury for the first two games, will be available to back up Ortega.
Still another advantage that SC will have tomorrow, will be the weather. Southern California conditions will prevail, as sunny skies and a temperature somewhere in the 70s is predicted. The Trojans will not have to worry about the ereat equalizer, rain or snow.
Before Trojan rooters literally burst with confidence, it should be pointed out that SC will not have everything in their favor tomorrow.
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VOL. XLVIII
LOS ANGELES, CALIF., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1956
NO. 11
AIRBORNE DAILY TROJANS—DT Business Manager Norm Nager (c) hands over the last of a shipment of papers for SC alumni at the Wisconsin game to United Airlines Stewardess Carol Chandler and Captain Charles Thompson. Several hundred papers are being flown to Madison, Wis., with the Trojan football team this morning.
WE RE ON OUR WAY
100 SC Alumni To Cheer Team
Over 100 faithful alumni will be in Madison, Wise, tomorrow to watch the SC-Wisconsin football game.
The alums all piled into the “Trojan Special’’ (the Southern Pacific Streamliner Cascade), over a week ago and headed for Wisconsin. The reason that they left so early is because they took a rather round about way —through Canada.
Actually the whole affair is a vacation trip, with the football game in Madison the highlight.
The alums left Los Angeles last Saturday, and went up the coast to Seattle, Wash. From there, the train went to Victoria. B.C., home of the famous But chart Gardens, and then to Vancouver, B.C. Lake Louise j was next on the program, and j finally they ended the Canadian ! part of the tour at the little town of Banff. This morning, the group of travelers arrived at Madison, where they are staying at the Hotel Loraine.
Tomorrow all the rooters will i go to the game together, and j
sit in a specially reserved section in the stands. After the game, everyone will get back on the “Trojan Special” and head back to Los Angeles, by way of Las Vega«. The train will arrive in L.A. at approximately 9:30 a.m., Tuesday.
Some of the alumni who made the trip included newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Albie Smith, who were married only two days before the trip, and decided to make it their honeymoon.
Other vacationers included Mr. and Mrs. John Morley, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Eddy, Dr. and Mrs. Allen Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Larchione, Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Carrs, Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Morse. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Butchers.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Conte, Dr. and Mrs. Emmett G. Kesling, Mr. and Mrs. John Chadwicks, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Ludlow, Mr. and Mrs. James Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Slater.
Telecom Class Seeks Students
Telecom 481, a two-unit class in public relations and publicity, | is seeking two more members. The class meets Monday evenings from 7 to 8:40 and features a curriculum of talks by 114 professional persons.
IR Quarterly Off the Press
National Magazine Edited by Van Alstyne
SC TV, RADIO ANNOUNCE SEASON'S STAFF CHANGES
KUSC-TV and KUSC-FM are making their final staff placements for the beginning of the 1956-57 season. KUSC-FM, SC’s radio station, returned to the air Monday with a varied program featuring music, news and drama.
Fewr changes have been made in the staff, which consists of Kenneth Harwood, general manager; Bill Stedman, program director; Bob Cornell, assistant programing; Bob Chase, chief announcer; Bill Thompson, news director; and Doug Robertson, traffic. Larry Lichty is public relations director for the station.
Only changes in programs at this time are a KUSC news summary from 5:30-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Afternoon Concert will be extended to Friday from 5 to 6 p.m. giving .listeners an added hour of musical entertainment.
KUSC-TV, SC’s closed circuit television station, returned to campus Wednesday. Dick Friedman took over as general manager. “Anyone experienced in radio or television should drop in and injuire about a job with the stations,” said Friedman. “Those who work for the station will receive activity points for their work.’'
Other department heads for the fall season are Alton Brown, director of operations; Joe Egger, director of programs; and Stan Robertson, director of productions.
Bill Stedman, program director for KUSC-FM, is still on the air with his program, Trojan Digest, over CBS radio at 10 a.m. on Sundays. The show also may be heard on KUSC-FM.
Radio-TV Life wrote an article recently on KUSC-FM, discussing the operations and it will appear soon in one of the weekjy editions.
60 POSITIONS
Senators Nix Songleader Plan Passed Last Year by Students
Names Told For Committee Chairmanships
By Jerry A. Burns
SC won’t have songleaders this year. Although an overwhelming majority of voters voiced approval of the idea last spring, the ASSC Senate defeated the plan as premature for this fall.
Another plan for permanent songleaders—to go into effect
Brown to Tell How to Study Sans Snoozing
“How to Read and Stay Awake” will be the topic discussed by Dr. Charles M. Brown,
assistant professor of education and director of the SC Reading Center, at Monday night’s October Study Lecture to be held in Bovard Auditorium at 7.
This will be the second in a series of lectures sponsored by the counselors of men and women in cooperation with the Associated Student Body, the Interfraternity Council, Panhel lenic and independent leaders.
Dr. Brown will discuss study skills in reading text and other assigned material. He will debate the merits of reading material twice and explain how to get the most out of reading with as little effort as possible.
An estimated 600 students attended last Monday night’s lecture at which time Educational Vice President A. S. Rauben-heimer spoke on “What Are We j At College?”
In discussing the lecture se-| ries. Dr. Robert Gordon, counselor of men, said that he has been encouraged by student reaction to the talks and added that if they become a success, “SC will become a leader among colleges and universities in constructive activities to encourage high scholarship.”
Rally Group s Deadline Set
BEATS TALKING
New Language To Benefit Blind
By Herb Pasik
The October issue of World Affairs Quarterly, published under the auspices of the SC School of International Relations, is now on sale in the SC bookstore, it was announced yesterday by Dr. Richard W. van Alstyne, professor of history and managing editor of the journal.
The quarterly publication, currently in its 27th year, circulates to libraries of leading universities throughout the U.S. and Great Britain. Prior to December, 1955. when Dr. van Alstyne took over as managing editor, the publication was known as the Interpretor. It features articles pertaining to world affairs, written by experts in the fields of economics, finance, political science, history, and international relations.
Features Book Reviews
Since taking over as managing editor, Dr. van Alstyne said he has placed particular emphasis on the book review section. The current issue includes reviews of 18 new books. Included among them are “The United States and World Sea Power,” “The Spirit of Russia,” “A History of Southeast Asia,” and “The International City of Tangier.”
Four articles are featured in
the October issue. The lead i j article, “Organizing Newspaper Research Material for Foreign I Policy Research—A Key-Sort System." is by Milton Rakove I of the Center for the Study of i American Foreign Policy at the | i University of Chicago. It deals with the methods employed by j the Center in assembling important material from leading news-I papers relating to American for-; eign policy and to international j relations in general.
Russian Aggression Discussed
“Soviet Russia and the Turk- j ; ish Straits; an Historical Study,” j by Walter C. Hucul, University of California, gives a rundown of Russia’s efforts in the past to gain control over the Turkish j Straits. It goes back to the days when the Tsars envisioned j Russian control over the Bal-kans and the Middle East following the consolidation of their 18th century control over the \ Ukraine and the Crimean Pen-1 insula.
An article entitled, “Hughes, Borah and the Far East: Congressional vs. Executive Leadership,” is written by John Chalmers Vinson, University of Georgia.
It deals with the conflict between the executive department and Congress on American for-
eign policy with the Far East during the Wilson administration.
The strength of the tax-pro-test organization of Pierre Pou-jade in the recent French elections and the reasons for Pou-jadism are covered in “Pou-jade and French Politics,” by H. E. Kelso, associate professor of political science at the Iowa State University.
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By Garry Short A new language is being perfected at SC by a professor of psychology which will eventually help blind persons read 120 words per minute—faster than most sighted persons read aloud and 50 words per minute faster than ordinary conversation.
Under development by Dr. Milton F. Metfessel, the new language is called “spelled-speech.” Many months of research are still necessary to perfect the project, but great hopes are held for it upon completion.
Produces 25 Sounds “The language is produced by 25 synthetic alphabet sounds,” Dr. Metfessel explained yesterday.
“These sounds are scientifically selected for speed of learning and ease of understanding. The code is then transmitted to the listener by an electronic eye that scans the page of a newspaper, book or magazine.”
The reading machine has two parts, a recognition unit and a speaking unit.
“The recognition unit stimulates the human eye as it travels across the printed page. It scans and selects a signal for each letter or other printed symbol,” he said.
“This printed symbol is then transmitted to the speaking unit which has a continuously-revolving drum with magnetic tapes on which the sound patterns have been pre-recorded.
Scanning Known Before “Whenever a letter is identified by the recognition unit, the sound pattern for that letter will be produced and heard,” Dr. Metfessel said.
Engineers have known for years how to scan a printed page with a variety of photo-electric pencils. The sound produced, however, has been monotonous single pitch or shrill whistle.
Still other systems have spelled out words at only 40 words per minute.
Dr. Metfessel has been concerned only with the speaking phase of the project. His “spelled-speech” has vocal fluctuations like the human voice that are pleasant to hear.
Genuine speech is not used. Instead, signals from the recognition unit are molded into words and phrases. The listener
tends not to hear the separate sounds when he hears the pattern.
Great Aid to Blind
“The way we figure it,” the scientist explained, “until a reading machine can be invented that will produce English as it is spoken, this new language should be a tremendous aid to blind people. It compresses 40 sounds of English into 25.”
Spanish has the same sound for every letter and would make a better pattern to follow, he said. English, however, has such inconsistent letters as “e.” It occurs more times than any other letter in the alphabet and produces a variety of sounds, as in such words as “we,” “they,” “been,” “her” and “men.” It may even be silent as in “one” or “are.”
A sentence known to all typing students “the quick brown fox. jumps over the lazy dog,’ was used by Dr. Metfessel to teach “spelled-speech.” The nine words take in all the letters of the standard alphabet.
Five people with an average of three hours practice, not more than one hour a day, learned to produce the sentence with “spelled-speech” at an av^ erage of four and one-half seconds.
Enthusiastic boosters of Trojan spirit may channel their talents into the re-organized ASSC Rally Committee, Jack Casey, president of Knights, stated yesterday.
Petitions are now available for membership on the 60-member committee. Deadline for the applications, which may be picked up in the Knights office, SU 232, is next Friday.
The official rally committee was heretofore composed of the Trojan Knights, but in a constitutional amendment passed last spring, a committee of 60 persons and a board of directors will replace the Knights.
Committee Members Named
The presidents of Knights, Squires, A Phi O, Amazons, Spurs, Chimes and the Knight rally chairman will be members of the board. The president and the rally chairman of Knights will head the board.
“The exact purpose of the rally committee was not stated in the ASSC legislation,” Casey said. “Therefore Carl Terzian and I have consequently interpreted its functions to include the digestion of problems regarding Trojan spirit and rallies.”
Approve Rallies
The committee will be responsible for approving rallies, investigating the possibility of pregame entertainment and assistance in the staging of rallies.
“Students may be interested to note the reason for the reorganization of the rally committee,” Casey explained.
“Due to student body concern over past rallies and the school spirit, the ASSC Senate directed the organization (the rally committee) to assist in any problems ! that might arise in respect to j our spirit,” he said.
next year—was given a tentative go-ahead, and will come up for final consideration at the Oct. 17 Senate meeting.
The motions for temporary and permanent songleaders were presented at Wednesday night's Senate meeting by Senator-at-Large Nancy Porter, with TRG Chairman Dave Gershenson pulling the strings.
Opposition Speedy Opposition was quick to form against the plan. Opposed were Vi Jameson, ASSC vice president; Mary Laird, Amazon president; and Glen Hollinger, president of the School of Interna-I tional Relations.
“The Associated Women Students’ cabinet voted unanimously against the songleader suggestion,” Miss Jameson said.
“. . . too hurried,” said Miss j Laird.
“. . . should be given more i thought and not rushed through,” said Hollinger.
All of the amendment’s antagonists agreed that “it could turn into a political football between sorority houses” and that a rushed-through collection of songleaders could “more detract than add to the rooting section.” TRG Head Pleads Case Dave Gershenson pleaded that the Senate had to pass the motion since the students so heavily showed their feelings in last year’s elections. When he saw that his case was lost, he instructed Miss Porter to withdraw the motion, but the move
was defeated. The Senate then killed the plan 18-14.
In other Senate action, a Board of Publications and an Elections Committee were elected.
Board of Publications members are Clunie Denholm, chairman; Doug Wright. Larry Sipes, Chuck Swan and Walt Williams.
Elections Committeemen are Joan Sparling, chairman; Barbara Malone, Lillian Kim. Dick McAdoo, Bob Meads and Jack Frost.
Both chairmen are TRG sympathizers.
Eisenhower Called Up
President Eisenhower’s name came up twice on the Senate floor. First, a thank you note from the White House was read bv ASSC President Terzian. This was in answer to a get well telegram sent this summer
by Terzian.
Secondly, a happy birthday wire was sent to the president on behalf of the student body.
Two new openings for ASSC officers were announced by Terzian at the meeting. He said that applications for Senate parliamentarian and for chairman of the Greater University Committee are now available in the ASSC office, 215 SU.
“Parliamentarian applications should understand that the post is good only until the beginning of the spring semester. My appointed parliamentarian, Dick Mullard, is at present in a sanitarium recovering from a slight bout with tuberculosis and should be able to resume his duties by spring.’ Terzian said.
Idyllwild Discussed
Lou Scarborough, president of Mortar Board, announced to the Senate that the Idyllwild Conference of student leaders will be held this year on Oct. 13 and 14 in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Plans for a permanent Troy Camp were presented to the Senate by Joan Sparling, but were subsequently set aside to come up again at the next meeting. The plans call for a long range program to provide increased facilities for more youngsters at the SC-sponsored camp.
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BIRD SNATCHER GETS THE BIRD-L. Ewing Pott, noted bird lover, is shown here leaving a conference session with the local gendarmes after admitting his guilt in the infamous kidnaping of Willie the Wampus Bird (right). "I don't give a good golly gee what they say," Pott said. At last report the villain was heading for a plane to Stanford.
Radio Drama To Feature Sportscaster
Bill Stern, well known sports announcer, is starred in his first dramatic role in “Campus,” the title of the first in a new weekly radio series “Decision” which premieres over KUSC-FM, tonight at 7:30.
In “Campus,” a behind the scenes drama of a great university, Stem plays the role of a football coach faced with th« major decision of his career.
KUSC-FM broadcasts from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, on 91.6 megacycles.