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SUMMER TROJAN
Vol. XII
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Los Angeles, California, Monday, August 12, 1957
No. 12
Newsman to Speakon China
EARLY AMERICANA
Pre-Twain Humor To Highlight Lecture
A touch of “American Humor Before Mark Twain” will be displayed Thursday afternoon in the weekly series of English lectures. B. R. McElderry Jr., professor of English, will conduct the talk at 2:15 in 133 FH.
McElderry will spend a
bits of early humor—some from New England and others from the West and Southwest areas.”
These geographic sections made up the main stream of early American humor before Mark Twain, according to McElderry, and he would have been familiar with both.
As an example of New England humor, the English professor will read from James Russell Lowell’s “Bigelow Papers,” dialect poems from that part of the country. Author A. B. Long-street, an uncle of Civil War General James Longstreet, will represent the Southwest.
McElderry will show that Twain’s humor was often linked with violence. “We find strange dead bodies or infliction of some physical punishment often made the subject for humor in a way that’s a little different from our method of treating it,” he says.
He’ll demonstrate with examples from early 19th century Americana the idea that while Twain was more than adept at the tall story, he was by no means its inventor.
‘good deal of time reading
Auer Suffers Heart Attack
Johannes A. C. Fagginger Auer, professor emeritus of Harvard University, is resting comfortably today following a heart attack in Union Station last Saturday, two days before his scheduled speech before an SC Post Session student assembly.
Auer was scheduled to speak last Monday on “The Dutch System of Education’’ at 2:15 p.m. in 133 FH.
Because of the suddenness of the attack, Summer Session Dean John D. Cooke was unable to schedule another speaker, and the Monday lecture was officially canceled.
URA Readies Final Plans For Disneyiand Excursion
An all day trip to Disneyland Saturday highlights the second week of fun with the University Recreation Association, according to Paul Thomas, Post Session URA director.
Besides the Disneyland trip, all of the university recreational facilities will continue to be open for use by SC students. An identification card is all that is necessary to borrow equipment or use the pool.
The pool is open for recreational swimming from 12:30-1:30 Monday through Friday, 3-4 Monday through Thursday, and 7-9:30 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. A lifeguard is on duty at all these times.
According to Thomas, the Saturday jaunt to Disneyland will provide SC visitors with drastically reduced rates if enough , people sign up in the URA of- | lice, 112 PE, by tomorrow afternoon.
“If 20 people sign up by tomorrow, we ll be able to get a 45 per cent reduction,” Thomas explained. ‘‘That will make the total cost of admission and 10 rides on)y $2.70 apiece.”
The Disneyland group will leave from the PE building at j 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
The All-University Golf tournament is now underway, Thomas said. Post Session students may still join the competition.
Summer Trojan Photo by Gerald Kay
NEW BOSS—Paul Thomas, Post Session director of University Recreation Association, stands beside the URA publicity board announcing a continued schedule of activities in the 4-week session. A trip to Disneyland is on tap for Saturd:'.
Frustrations OK for Kids, Doctor Says
Frustrations are good for children and should be a regular part of their development, an SC professor said last week.
Dr. William H. Pertdns told the Institute for Speech Development that frustrations are particularly necessary in the case of the handicapped child, to stimulate his development and accomplishment. The institute is in session at Orthopaedic Hospital.
“A continuous series of frustrations should commence that never exceed his power to handle, yet constantly approximate the limits of his pain tolerance,” Dr. Perkins said.
Parents of handicapped children, he said, should carefully nurture their children’s “frustration tolerance,” because the youngsters must contend with extraordinary obstacles by reason of their handicaps.
Grad Students to Hold Final Tea of Summer
The final Graduate School Summer Tea will be held Wednesday afternoon in the Graduate School Lounge, 666 W. Childs Way on campus, according to John Cooke, acting dean of the Graduate School.
William Winter Talks Tomorrow
Reporter-news analyst William Winter takes time out from a cross-country lecture tour to speak at SC tomorrow. The longtime radio newsman will be heard at the weekly Assembly lecture in FH 133 at 11 a.m. Winter will discuss “China—Past, Present and Future” in his lecture.
For
WILLIAM WINTER
up-to-the-minute history
Roads Bulge
Under Deluge Of Autos
If you wonder why there’s so much traffic—•
It’s because California has 53 history cars for every mile of highway compared with only 17 in other states.
Ten per cent of all the cars in the United States are in California, operating on four per cent, of the nation’s highways.
W. A. Huggins of Sacramento,
nearly two decades, on the radio, in the press, through television, motion pictures and from the platform, Winter has translated the complexities of international affairs for a global audience.
Wartime Commentator
His name may best be remembered as that of a top wartime news commentator. In five continents his shortwave discussions were heard by millions. Reports at the time indicated that many listeners in enemy-occupied countries risked death to hear his commentaries.
As a war correspondent for Overseas News Agency during World War II, Winter traveled extensively throughout the Pacific, North Africa, the Middle East, India and China. He returned to cover the United Nations charter conference in 1945, and then resumed his world travels, which have taken him around the globe.
Interprets Current History
As a student of political, economic and social problems of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, he brings to his platform audiences an up-to-the-minute interpretation of current
Formerly a successful trial lawyer, his legal experience enables him to present an objective analysis of the international scene.
Comment on Winter runs from Yale University’s “excellent” to the remark by Amrita Bazaar
secretary of the Governors traf- patrika of Calcutta, India, that: fic safety committee, ga\e ^e,“He has done more to encourage
figures to students of driver edu-
understanding between the peo-
cation at SC. He spoke to a class pje 0f jncjja an(j his own coun-
taught by Cecil G. Zaun, supervisor of safety in the Los Angeles city schools.
High school driving teachers attend the SC classes each summer on scholarships from the Allstate Foundation of Pasadena.
CALENDAR
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13
LECTURE — William Winter, ABC news analyst, “China— Past, Present, Future.” At 11 a.m. in 133 FH.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14
FACULTY RECITAL—William Kroll, violinist. At 8:30 p.m. in Hancock Aud.
GRADUATE TEA—In Graduate Students Lounge at 3 p.m. THURSDAY, AUGUST 15
LECTURE — “American Humor Before Mark Twain,” by Prof. B. R. McElderry, Jr. At 2:15 p.m. in 133 FH.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY— URA Disneyland excursion. Leaves from PE Bldg. at 10:30 a.m.
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Johnson Gets New Office
Appointment of Dudley C. Johnson, Jr., 28, to the newly created office of fraternity counselor at SC was announced Saturday by Chaplain C!,inton A. Neyman, Acting Dean of Students.
Johnson has been a national field secretary for Acacia Fraternity for the past two years with headquarters in Chicago. He is a graduate of the University of Vermont and was president of the Interfraternity Council while a student there.
At SC the new counselor will serve as a liaison officer between the university and the 37 fraternities, and will include both local and national activities. He will, also work with the Interfraternity Council of SC concerning scholarship and personnel affairs.