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Brutal Saturday Battle Predicted
By CHICK SIGNOR
The men will be separated from the boys Saturday, when SC and UCLA meet in what shapes up to be one of The most brutally fought and closest contests in the history of the annual series.
All year, the Los Angeles sports writers have hammered and bombarded the reading public with the fact that the Bruins have been playing this season with boys trying to imitate men. and that these "boys” have been injured most of the time.
On the other hand SC has received a pretty good buildup by the press. The impression has been given that the Trojans have had adequate replacements for their senior losses because of PCC penalties and were loaded anyway. Perhaps this was close to the truth for the first five games this year, but not now.
Coach Jess Hill has admitted that SC was outplayed by Oregon last week when they lost 7 to 0. The Trojans could not even score a touchdown on a Webfoot team with just a mediocre record. Apparently, the loss of Jon Arnett has taken more of the strength out of the Trojan Horse than most would like to think.
However, these second five gamers have shown that they have heart, by coming from behind twice to beat California and Washington State. And even though it may sound corny. Hill says that the men who start Saturday, will be the ones who have shown the best spirit |
and heart this year, not necessarily the ones with the most ability or best reputation.
“To beat the Bruins, our team must out-want them.” Hill said. "We have to go into that game with the idea of winning all the way, or w^e will lose, and by God the men that show this desire in practice this week will start against UCLA.”
On injuries, the Trojans are hurting. Ells Kissinger, steady veteran quarterback, is definitely out with three broken ribs. He will be replaced by Sophomore Jim Conroy, who has shown signs of brilliance this year, but lacks experience.
Tony Ortega is said to be the only sound right halfback the Trojans have, and he did not suit up for practice Monday. Gutty Don Hickman, though, will probably be in good enough shape to play against the Bruins at the right halfback spot. Ron Fletcher, one of the few seniors in the Trojan line, was injured against Oregon, but is expected to play.
This gives an indication of Troy's condition for Saturday's game. Now let us look at this team of so called “Boys” from Westwood through the eyes of Trojan Coach Nick Pappas who has scouted the Bruins.
According to Pappas, "UCLA is good, no doubt about it. The Bruins have some outstanding personnel on their team,” he said.
“Esker Harris is the best guard on the Coast. He is being groomed for all-everything by Red Sanders and he
deserves it. The Bruins have another great one in Center Jim Matheny. He and Quarterback Don Shinnick make up one of the strongest linebacking combinations in the PCC, and are one of the reasons the Bruins are so tough defensively.”
Pappas also commented that UCLA has two very fine ends in Hal Smith and Dick Wallen, both offensively and defensively. Wallen is the seventh leading pass catcher in the PCC, and the Bruins are not a passing team.
In the Bruin backfield, Pappas say Barry Billington at fullback just falls a little short of Bob Davenport, UCLA's tremendous all-American two years ago.
On the subject of backs, he said that tailback Kirk Wilson, who according to Sanjders was suddenly "discovered out of nowfhere” this season, is much better than anyone thinks. “Because he is the leading punter in the nation (a 48.8 average), his other abilities have been conveniently overlooked.”
“We wanted him real bad when he left Santa Monica City College,” Pappas said. "He had and still has one of the best throwing arms around and is a hard runner. Don’t worry it was no accident that Wilson was suddenly “discovered” by Sanders. He’s good.”
The scouting report on UCLA probably looks something like this: Wilson, tailback, good; Billington, fullback, great offensively; Shinnick, quarterback, great blocker and terrific linebacker; Lou Elias, wingback. fair on offense and good on defense.
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Ends Hal Smith and Dick Wallen, good defensively and great on offense, especially Wallen; Bill Leeka and Jim Dawson at tackles, good: Guards Clint Whitfield and Esker Harris, great period: Center Jim Matheny, great.
Overall rating: Team is great on defense, especially on running. Not spectacular on offense, but do not make mistakes, and have hard running backs.
This is a team of boys?
Pappas says that everyone on the coaching staff cannot understand why SC has been made a 512 point favorite. “UCLA ha.s beaten Stanford and Oregon and we have lost to both,” he said. "It is anybody's game.”
The Trojans have not beaten UCLA in three years. In fact, since Jess Hill started coaching at Troy in 1951, SC has beaten the Bruins once. That was in 1952. 14 to 12.
The overall series record, which started in 1949. has SC ahead with 14 wins, 7 losses, and 4 ties.
This year, both teams have identical records of six wins and two losses. UCLA is rated as the second best defensive team in* the PCC, while the Trojans are tops in total offense.
A win by SC Saturday will stop Red Sanders and UCLA from winning the PCC Championship for the fourth time in a row. The Bruins have lost only one game in conference play this year.
It should be a mighty interesting game, mighty interesting.
DAI LY
TROJAN
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VOL. XLVIII	LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1956	NO. 44
Veteran Newswoman Cites Essentials of Good Writing
job of being a reporter. Mr. Erlandsort, journalism instructor, takes note.
A newspaperman has to work fast to meet the deadline, therefore his memory must bp “trained for words and phrases.” she said. She mentioned that when she used to work alongside of Damon Runyon, both doing sports writing, Runyon “put the cover on the typewriter as the fighter hit the canvas.” This is why one hears about the "hard-boiled reporter”—he has time to think of nothing but the story.
Newspaper Training Is Springboard
The training one receives in the newspaper profession has been the springboard for the top men in all communication fields, especially -in radio. TV and advertising, according to Mrs. St. Johns.
With Damon Runyon and Sidney Boehm. Mrs. St. Johns reported the 1932 trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the kidnapping of Charles A. Lindbergh's child.
Mrs. St. Johns, first and foremost a reporter, ended her speech with an explanation of her feelings after an assignment; "My back aches ... my feet hurt . . . but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
WORDS OF WISDOM - Adela Rogers St. Johns lectures the Daily Trojan staff on the
Mrs. Adela Rogers St. John, veteran newspaperwoman and freelance writer, told a luncheon meeting of more item 40 journalism students yesterday that 1f they read several newspaper stories and get no emotional reaction from the contents, they should “go find something else to do.”
Bursting with the enthusiasm of a "die with the newspaper” reporter, she *aid that writing "comes from the stomach.” It starts from an emotional beginning — a thought, a feeling, an enthusiasm—that takes the form of a story in the reporter's mind.
“All good writing is corn.” It is planned to be human interest material.
More Than Writing Is Needed
She emphasized the point that "young writers think only in terms of writing, when in reality what a person has to say is more important than how they say it.” By this, Mrs. St. Johns meant that the story will “unwind itself if one has the essential spark of enthusiasm.” Yet good writing ability is needed because “if you don't hook someone with the first or second paragraph, they’ll leave.”
Official Cartoonists Offered Prizes Noliee In Traffic Safety Contest
F/aeh year two reports are required of all a'.ien students. One is the annual census of students conducted by the Institute of International Education. This must be completed before December 19. 1956.
In JANUARY ALL NON-CITIZENS are required to report their addresses to Immigration and Naturalisation
Service.
Viet* S. Logue Fnr»ifn StiiH«*nt Artvlwr
Can you draw?
Do you want to win $100?
Trojans with cartooning talent have this chance between now and Dec. 5. which is. deadline for cartoons on traffic safety and accident prevention to be submitted to the College Newspaper Contest on Safe Driving. The contest is sponsored annually by Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
First prize for the cartooning division of this contest is S100. All SC students, regular or Uni-
versity College, graduate or un-l dergraduate, may enter.
Cartoons submitted will be entered in tne national contest as part of the Daily Trojan traffic safety campaign. The Trojan entry has won first place in the I contest in three of the last four 1 years.
Cartoons must be submitted by Dec. 5, to David C. Henley, DT city editor, 432 SU. Further information may be obtained in 1 the same office.
Bj LEONA GOLDSTEIN
A program of accelerated teacher training for college graduates is now in operation at SC, in an effort to combat the growing national shortage of teachers.
Under the supervision of Dr. Wendall E. Cannon, director of teacher education at SC, the project was started to recruit well qualified, mature persons for teaching positions in elementary schools by means of cooperation with several participating school districts.
Formed on the national level in 19!S4 by Mrs. AJr<*» K. Leopold, assistant to the Secretary of Labor for Women's Affairs, the plan is now being used by more than 100 colleges and universities in 27 states. 360 persons will be trained in the SC project over a period of four years.
Financial Aid
Financial support for the program is largely provided by the Fund for the Advancement of Education .Under this grant. 90 qualified persons may enroll each year of the four-year project.
Dr. Cannon explained that prospective candidates must have a bachelor's degree earned at least two years before participation in the project, and must satisfy admission office standards for graduate study.
Confidence Expressed
“We are confident, after three years of work on the project," commented Dr. Cannon, “that it is preparing qualified teachers."
The state permts stuidents to participate in this first year of practice teaching by providing | them with provisional teaching certificates, he added.
“Although thp program Is now strictly on a scholarship basis, we are exploring the possibility of similar projects to he paid for by students,” continued Dr. Cannon.
State Shortage
“Strangely enough.’’ lie stated, “there is no acute teacher shortage here in Los Angeles.” However, the shortage is critical in the rest ot tne state in such areas as San Francisco, San Diego and Stockton.
So far, a majority of school superintendents and principals have rated the program excellent.
THANKSGIVING BIRD-A pair of spirited smbols combine to announce the arrival of Thanksgiving on campus. Those crossed swords have more meaning than the unwitting bird may know, but he'll find out before tomorrow night.
make the library attendants understand what we want.”
Fines High “The library fines are too 1 high. I just paid a $2 fine on i a book that was probably worth about $1,” Betty Jean Smith, a senior student teacher, said.
On the other’side of the fence, Prabodh Shukla, senior in the School of Engineering and a foreign student from India who worked in the Doheny Library ! for three years said. “The service is good. The trouble is caused by careless students who keep hooks out longer than is necessary.”
Shukla said, when asked if undergraduate as well a* gradu-1 ate students should he allowed ; to look for books in the stacks, j “I would occasionally let. undergraduates go into thp stacks when they knew what they wanted.”
Service Not Good < A 19-year-old sophomore, who .wishes to remain anonymous and who also once worked in Doheny Library as well as the Los Angeles Public Library, disagreed with Shukla. She said that the , service at the university library is “not good’' and gave several reasons for this.
“The student library workers 1 here are underpaid and they are 1 not respected by the SC library officials,” she said.
She added that undergraduate | students ought to he allowed to go into the stacks to find books, j “There Is no need to worry about the undergraduates put-ing the books back into the wrong places: the books have already been filed wrong by graduate students. The staff at the ■university' library' is undermanned and the books are no.t out back correctly,” she said.
According to the* anonymous ophomore, the ojseration of the ihrary is “old-fashioned" compared to the operation of the Los Angeles Public Library.
More Opinions Additional comments on Doheny Library service came from Maggie Edwarcfo. 21-year-old junior majoring in education. who said. “I’d just as soon go to the Glendale Public Library,” and “There are too many seven and fourteen-day i books which should be 28-day j books.”
Denny Niles, 30. a senior ma-, joring in advertising said, "It1 usually takes me about 40 min- ; utes to get a book from Doheny.” and Lasley Scholl. 21-year-old senior majoring in education told this reporter, “I don’t use the library; its just too hard to get a book.”
WAITING—SC student reflects the feeling of many on campus as she waifs for a book at Doheny Memorial Library. Students said that they were 'disgusted with the inadequate service" of the library when the DT took an informal campus poll yesterday. Troians said that they would rather use services of other libraries than wait tc take books, out of Doheny.	_
Trojan Debaters Win Top Honors At Novice Contest
Participating in the East Los Angeles Junior College .Novice Tournament last. Saturday, three SC novice teams compiled a *75 percent win record, winning 3 of their 12 debates
Earning the only superior rating at the tournament, psychology major Willa Kirkish. a junior transfer from Seattle Pacific College, and freshman Alan Widiss, an engineering major from Dorsey high school, succeeded in winning three of their four rounds.
Also winning tnree of their four contests, were sophomore Abe Somer. a pre-law majpr and his colleague Harold Kachigian. freshman social studies major from Los Angeles high school. $om*r and Karhisian earned a rating of excellent, as did the team of freshman Art Posner, political science, and senior pre-med major. Bob Hodge.
Smiling with satisfied enthusiasm. Debate Squad Coach Dr. Alan Nichols said, “Such a promising group of novices should indicate a good year for the squad.”
Squad Captain Bob Croutch, leaving an important meeting to come and hear the budding orators expressed his pleasure by saying, "We have witnessed a pleasing paucity of negligence on the part of these new speak-
AlAN N1CHOIS
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Fine Art Show To Fete British
The only showing in the southwest of a "Designs from Britain" exhibition, will be held at the fine arts department Jan. 7 through Feb 6. Donald Goodall, department head announced today.
Troy, UCLA
To Exchange
Campus Poll Assails
|n an exchange entertainment line-up with IT LA, this year’s Senior Day will present actor Dirk Havmes as emeee. Margaret Whiting and Kay Brown a* singers along with Bob Caudle and his Dixieland Band. ITLA is bringing the Pepper Jazz Band and other Hollywood entertainers. The program starts at 11 on the field in front of the Coliseum stands.
Library Inadequacies
TRAINING PROGRAM
SC Aids Drive For Teachers
By NANCY CLINE
“Service at the Edward Doheny Library is extremely poor and it is not serving its purpose to the University,” students said yesterday in an informal campus poll.
“I go to Valley Junior College to get the books I need because the service at Doheny is inadequate,” Jan Hum-
I mel. 22-year-old graduate stu-j dent, said when she was questioned by reporters taking the j survey.
Paul David and Buz Fetter.
! 18-year-old freshmen in the I School of Business Arlministra-! tion, interviewed as they came out of the library, said. "The ! service is slow and its hard to
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