Herbert Hoover Jr. to Address Seniors at Graduation June 15
I 10,000 Expected
To Hear Past Undersecretary
Southern
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DAILY
TROJAN
VOL. XLVIII
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1957
"TO WILLIS"—Doug Cameron, DT ma laging editor and president of Sigma Delta Chi national journalism honorary, presents retiring Willis O. "Bill" Hunter a plaque honoring him at a special luncheon held
I)T Photo by Karl Thielen Jr.
yesterday at Rudi's restaurant. More than 75 journalistic and sports world personalities attended the event, held in honor of the "Father of SC athletics." Jess Hill will replace Hunter.
SDX Honors Hunter At Special Luncheon
By GARRY SHORT
The country’s most respect*ed athletic director was honored by SCs professional journalism fraternity yesterday before 75 prominent guests at Rudi’s Restaurant.
Following short introductory speeches by some of the top southland sports dignitaries, Sigma Delta Chi President Dour Cameron presented
Willis O Hunter with a plaque honoring; him for his 37 years as boss man of Trojan athletic fortunes.
*‘I don't know what to say," the distinguished retiring gentleman told the group. “I sometimes wish I could ery. I feel it today. Oh. but that s a lot of corn, besides I don’t rate it.’’
•To Willis’
Hunter gave his thanks to Sigma Delta Chi ior the plaque presented him. It said: "To Willis O. Hunter, father of Trojan sports.”
"It's not me that makes our school what it is." he said. “It's the kids. The kids are what makes our universities great.”
Hunter gave his “sincere thanks' to all the people who attended and to all the people who said “such nice things” atwut him. “I cxpected this io be a small gathering with just a few people." he quipped. “You can imagine how surprised I am.”
Jess Hill former football coach and incoming director of athletics paid respect to his “boss" when he said in an introductory statement that “the background, heritage and traditions at SC could be laved at the feet of BUI Hunter.”
‘Still Around'
Don Clark. SC s n e w head coach, iecei\ed a huge round of applause when he assured the audience that Bill Hunter would still be around SC "a lot" next year.
“He’ll l>e able to give all of us in the athletic department much more advice when he isn't tied dowu with all of the duties of an athletic director," Clark said.
L.A. Times columnist Bra ven D>er. CBS sports director Gil Stratton and former SC representative to the NCAA Hugh Williott also spoke briefly in tribute to SCs athletic director.
‘Congratulations to Sigma Delta Chi.” Dyer said. “You couldn’t have done a nicer thing to a nicer guy.”
Wilbur Jones, Hunter’s counterpart at UCLA, also attended the luncheon. “I know of no better friend, or advisor, or competitor than Bill Hunter," he said. “Whenever he walks into a room, most evervone knows pnd holds great respect for him.”
“He has only one thing in his mind at all times" Jones said, "and that is what is good for the student athlete. He's a tough, a real tough, competitor."
And so the introductions went for SC's retiring director of athletics yesterday.
When Hunter moved to the SC campus in 1920, the Trojans started to develop strong teams, both on the local and national level. It vvas Hunter who first brought football coach Howard Jones to SC.
In the years that he has been at the athletic helm. SC has won conference and national championships in football, track, baseball, basket hall, sw imming, tennis and gymnastics.
It vvas Hunter who first started a baseball team at SC as well as the annual intersectional football rivalry between SC and Notre Dame.
Next vear. Hunter is slated to serve SC in an “advisory capacity."
Play Nears End of Run
“Tlie Skin of our Teeth,” will continue with a 2:30 matinee today and end its five-day run tomorrow night at 8:30 in Bovard Auditorium.
General admission Is $1. Students with activity cards will be admitted free.	(
Auther Thornton Wilder’s comedy, which has tragic overtones. has played nightly to near-capacity audiences. In 1942 Wilder received a Pulitzer Prize for the play.
“The Skin of our Teeth" is among those few unusual plays on the American dramatic scerr?.” said Bill White, production manager.
“When it was first produced in New York, some insisted that it vvas the greatest comedy of the year. Others contended that it was the worst play over written." he said.
The comedy was rejected in New York by 37 prospective backers before it vvas finally produced. The play ran through 239 performances. In the second annual Paris Arts Festival “Skin of our Teeth" won the top aw ard.
The comedy centers around the Antrobus family, which represents the family of man going through conflicts and wars from the ice-age to the present.
Foreign Group To Recognize 13 Top Trojans
Council Selects On Ali-Round Basis
An honor assembly to announce the names of 13 outstanding Trojans of this year will be held by the International Students Council tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Union Lounge.
“The council based its selection on scholarship, activities, leadership and outstanding effort in promoting better understanding between Americans and foreign students,” said Rafiq Ahmed, council chairman.
* Students to receive honors are Rivko Avrutin, Mohinder Singh Bedi, Sol Reina Camhi. Nasrin Farrdkh, Faranak Ghaffari, Samia Hajjar and Maryanne Hammatt.
Others to be recognized are Ghazi Khankan, Maung Sein Lwin. Suraiya Omar, Brahma D. Sharma, Carl Terzian and Cezar Velarde.
The honor assembly will culminate the year’s activities for the foreign students as well as. being an added highlight of International Students 'Week, which was held this past week.
During International Students Week, four programs have been presented by Arab. Latin American. Iranian and Indian students.
The fifth event to be presented by Filippino students, is scheduled for noon today in the International Students Lounge. The students will show a documentary film on present conditions in the Philippines.
Entitled “Bayan Kong Filipin-ss, “it depicts the typical Filipino life as well as showing the various beautiful spots in these islands cailed the “Pearl of the Orient.”
GOVERNOR KNIGHT AT SC FOR INITIATION HONORS
Governor Goodwin J. Knight will be initiated tonight as an honorary member of two SC fraternities, Pi Sigma Alpha and Alpha Kappa Psi.
Knight, who grew up in Los Angeles and attended Manual Arts High School, will become a member of Pi Sigma Alpha in formal ceremonies at a 6 p.m. dinner in the Commons.
The political science, international relations and public administration fraternity is headed by Dr. Desmond L. Anderson. Dr. J. Eugene Harley, former national president, will take part in the initiation.
Knight will speak on “Problems of State Administration of the Government of California,” but the general student body is not invited. Fifty SC students will also be initiated in the ceremonies.
Prior to the event, Knight will become a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, commerce fraternity. Ceremonies in the Graduate Student Lounge will be conducted by Andrew Di Marco, president of the organization.
Di Marco said yesterday that the governor will be invited to the fraternity’s annual dance tonight in the Bali Room of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Prom Set Tonight; Barnett to Play
Charlie Barnet and his orchestra will provide the music for the Senior Prom, one of the highlights of a student's last year at SC, tonight in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton hotel from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Barnet, noted for his long-playing recordings of RCA’s “Redskin Rump,” the* Capitol	:
“Class Jazz" and such all-time by bids for members of other favorites as “That Okl Black classes. The bids will be sold for
$3.50 each and can be purchased at the ticket office on the sec-
BEN HAYEEM
. Indian Cantor
SUNDAY
Students to Give Opera Excerps
Excerpts from many 20th century operas will be presented in Hancock Auditorium at 8:30 on Sunday and Tuesday nights as part of the fifth program of the 10th annual Festival of Contemporary Music.
The program is being directed by Dr. Walter Dueloux, professor of operas in the School of Music.
Wallace Berry will conduct the presentation which features the talents of music students. Hans Beer and Malcolm SeagraVe will play the piano.
“Antigonae” by Carl Orff will be sung by Marion Oles. Beer did the English translation of the monologue.
The opera department chorus will sing “King David” by Arthur Honegger, featuring Sally Sherril.
“Riders to the Sea,” wall be sung by Miss Oles, Miss Mosher, Gloria Fouts, Bernice Wilner and Herbert Cheese-man.
Act II of “Cardillac” by Paul Hindemith will round out the concert. It was translated into English by Dr. Dueloux.
Violinists for the event are George Papazian and Tze-Koong Wang. William Magers will be violinist and Eugene Wilson cellist.
Settings for the presentation have been prepared by Gary Campbell and costumes by Valerie Basine.
The two day concert is open to the public admission free.
Indian Cantor To Be Featured In Hillel Rights
Magic,” ‘‘Deep Purple” and “Charleston Alleh,” will be aided by the Bob Caudle combo, who will entertain the dancers during intermission.
According to Roger Sherman, senior class representative, Bar-net has recognized the current popular demand for good dance music and in reorganizing his group to suit popular tastes has evolved a program of music and entertainment which cannot be bettered anywhere.
Slierman Lands Charlie
Through the years, many people who were ultimately to reach the top in the musical field have been associated with Barnet's orchestra, .Sherman said. It vvas he who originally helped such singers as Lena Horne. Fran Warren and Kay Starr in their rise as vocal artists.
In the instrumental field, Benny Carter, Red Norvo, Teddy Wilson, “Toots" Camerata and Dizzy Gillespie all achieved fame as members of his orchestra.
Admission to the dance is by
ond floor of the Student Union.
Semi-Formal Time Dress for the Prom will be semi-formal. “This means cocktail or ankle-length dresses for the women and dark suits for
By JIM BYLIN
Herbert Clark Hoover Jr., former under secretary of state and son of the 31st president of the United States, will speak at SC's 74th annual commencement exercises on June 15.
The administration released the selection of the younger Hoover to the DT late yesterday. He has not announced his topic as yet.
The 53-year-old veteran oil geologist was serving as under secretary of state when the recent blocking of Suez halted oil shipments. He resigned from the post and returned to the oil business.
Follows LeMay
Hoover follows Curtis I eMay, the head of the Strateg c Air Command who spoke at last year’s ceremonies, as commencement speaker.
After graduation from Stanford University, the London-born Hoover earned the degree of Master of Business Administration from Harvard University in 1928.
Expert 10,000
About 10.000 persons are px-pected to hear the graduation address, including more than 3000 graduates plus their families and friends.
Hoover, who was born in 1903, started his career as a mining engineer in 1925. He w as a member of the research staff of the Harvard Business School in 1928-29, a communications engineer from 1929 to 1934 and a teaching fellow at Caltech in 1934-35.
In an informal poll of seniors held recently by the DT. Hoover was the leading choice for commencement speaker along with Vice President Dick Nixon.
N on-Controversia 1
Many seniors felt, however, that after the incident with Texas Gov. Allan Shivers in 1955 when a student protest rose against his speaking, a “fairly
ing trustee of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. and * director of the Southern California Edison Co.
Hoover, who has served in the state department under both the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations. is also a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, fhe American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Exporation Geophysicists.
He was married in 1925 and later worked for Western Air Express and T\V'A. He has heen decorated by Venezuela, Peru and Chile and is now a member of Republican Clubs in New York, San Francisco. Los Angeles and Washington.
HERBERT HOOVER, JR.
. . . 74th Speaker
SOUTH RISES
the men and corsages won't be noncontroversial speaker was necessary," Sherman said.
Ample parking is going to be provided by Bud Simmons and his crew at the Beverly Hilton, and refreshments will also be available in the lobby near the Grand Ballroom.
“Seniors who have not purchased senior activity cards better pick them up before the dance, if they plan to go,” Sherman advised.
The cards are in reality very inexpensive, for in addition to the Prom they entitle seniors to go on the Senior Ditch Day next Wednesday and to the senior breakfast on June 14.
It also gives a year's membership in the Alumni Association, a year’s subscription to the Alumni Review, and a contribu-
activity card for the seniors or tion to the Senior ('lass gift.
necessary.
It was the opinion, among many seniors that Hoover is “young enough to be interesting and has a tremendous educational background,” without being controversly in the political limelight.
In the past 17 years. Hoover literally covered the four corners of the world. From 1940 until 1953 he served as consultant to the governments of Venezuela. Peru. Iran and Brazil.
In 1953 he was appointed as special adviser to the U.S. secretary of state and after his appointment as undersecretary the next year, made several trips to the Near and Far East under the auspices of the government.
• Currently Hoover resides in Pasadena and is a trustee of Claremont Men's College, a vot-
KappaAiphas To Secede at Moon Today
New Bedford Pastor to Deliver Sunday Campus Church Sermon
Ben Hayeem, noted Cantor from Bombay, India, will be the guest of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations tonight at 8 p.m. at their last service of the year in the Graduate Lounge of Town ■ and Gown.
Hayeem is known for his wide vocal range. He presents a one man show of songs, mimes and j dramatic sketches in English,
' Hebrew and Arabic. He will 'accompany himself on the iof mi-riam, a goat skin drum which according to the bible vvas play-ed by the prophetess Miriam, sister of Moses.
Ben Hayeem traces his family j tree back to Baghdad, Iraq and ! 15th century Spain. This unique j performer's style is evolved from ! a very personal interpretation of j traditional oriental material—religious. and popular.
After the services Hayeem will give a talk on “Jews in India.” A question and answer period will follow the talk.
Refreshments will be served by the Los Angeles Hillel Alumni Association and the Student body. Their friends and families are invited to attend.
Harriet Zonis is chairman of the religious program and those taking part are Bob Finestone, Sylvan Wachs, Marty Robbins, Adele Schwartz, Ken Mondshine and Harriet Zonis.
“I build. I am American born 1 . . . with a great price I purchased this citizenship,” says the Rev. James V. Claypool, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, New Bedford, Mass., who will deliver the sermon at this week’s Sunday Morning Worship Service at 11 in Bovard Auditorium.
Speaking on the topic, “I Build," for the non-denomina-tional public service. Dr. Claypool will appear on KTTV, channel 11, as part of the “Great Churches of the Golden West” series, in a filmed version of this Sunday's service.
“American pioneers said to one another,” Dr. Claypool states, “ ’Let us build a house lor worship of our God, the God of our fathers and the God of our children.’ Throughout t h e length and breadth of our land, meeting houses are found where ! families come together in fellowship with friends and with God.”
American Ideals
“Most important of all, the houses that we build are dwelling houses—our hom^s. American ideals and a Christian gospel will succeed if we create wholesome family life. If we win our homes, we win all these other aims we seek."
“On Student-Parent Day this Sunday which also concludes tbe j observance of National Family Week and is traditionally Mother's Day, we would strengthen all the spiritual foundations symbolized by building s church, school, government, jail I and home. As builders we can-
REV. JAMES CLAYPOOL
. . . Subject: 'I Build'
not afford to neglect any vital factor in our community life but should prepare for church life, governmental activitv, teaching, respect for law and order, and home and family life.”
Bible Study Dr. Claypool, who advocates students and parents building together for progress, has a distinguished record of work and study of the Bible.
"Use of the Bible” from 1946 until October 1956.
Also directing the Society’s cooperation with the hundreds of theological seminaries of the country, he has introduced the students to the program of the society while they are still preparing for the ministry.
Twenty States Dr. Claypool was in charge of all American Bible Society headquarters operations in Chi-c a g o. This included general oversight of the American Bible Society Depository which serves 20 states of the Midwest.
Holding memberships in several general boards of the church, numerous interdenominational groups, and the New England Southern Conference of the Methodist Church, Dr. Claypool is also a contributor to both the religious and secular press.
Boston University Trained at Boston University School of Theology, he holds the degree of Doctor of Theology from Temple University, and the Doctor of Qjvinity from De Pauw and Brown Universities.
“God on a Battlewagon," a reprint of fourteen war stories which he W'rote for many news-
“Membahs of the Beta Sigma Chaptah of Kappa Alpha, fed up, disgusted and unsympathetic with all these heah damn yank-ees, will formally secede from the Row, the nation and the world at noon,” a KA spokesman said yesterday.
But it will be the most toned-down Secession in years, says the president of the rebels. John F'aessel. who hails from the southern part of Orange County. In fact, a special meeting of the IFC had to be cailed yesterday afternoon in order to have the shindig at all.
Last year, with tlie KA house surrounded by barbed wire and General Grant’s body dangling from the front yard tree, things 1 got a little wild during the even-; ing. The celebration brought the whole Row to the front of the KA house a< evervone seemed | to want to “get into the act.” IFC Okiiys KAs
The administration was against having another Seces-i sion this year, but IFC President Chuck Swan called a special meeting yesterday, and the Council voted unanimously to allow the Southern style celebra-: tion. with certain conditions.
The barbed wire fence, the tent and all the other paraphernalia will be taken down at 4 p.m. and the Secession will be ! over until next year.
Television cameramen will be on hand to cover the event, and all the metropolitan newspapers will be represented.
Starts at 11 :?,0
At 11:30 today, KAs on horseback and in Confederate cavalry uniforms will deliver parchment announcements of th® Sec®sji<\r . to the sororities. At r.oon. President Faessel will announce to the Rowr over a PA system the fraternity's intentions.
The formal announcement w ill be followed by the traditional singing of the Kappa Alpha national anthem. “Dixie.” while the members hold their Confederate , caps to their hearts and face : South. A cannon salute will I follow.
Hancey tn Rpign
KA Rose Arlene Hancey. with her two attendants. Diane Lars-i gaard and Marlene Egerer, will reign over the festivities.
The annual Secession is one of a weekful of events climaxed by ! the Dixie Ball, a formal which is
Few men in the United States have done more than he has to | Winston Publishing Company, popularize the use of the Bible 1 It is this background of ex-by people both inside and out- perience with the Bible and with side of churches. He has been people of all walks of life that secretary of the American Bible the Rev. Claypool will draw on Society’s department for the for his Sunday sermon on “I promotion and encouragement of \ Build.”
papers, has been published in two editions of the John C. | the highlight of KA social calendars all across the South. The Ball will be held Saturday n.giit
at the Oakmont Country Club in Glendale. Over 100 cottp!®«, including members from U^.A, SC, and the KA Alumni Association, are expected.