POLICE, FACULTY PLAN BOMB QUERY
SMOKE OR EXPLOSIVE? Lcs Angeles Police investigator
probes the ignition mechanism of a home-made smoke flare removed from the cheerleaders stand on the south side of the Coliseum. Actual danger of the device has not yet been accurately established by police lab technicians.
By RON KIBBY
Police and SC faculty officials are conducting separate investigations today to determine if action should be taken against members of the Trojan Knights who planted a potentially dangerous bomb in the Coliseum as a prank before the UCLA game.
Yesterday morning two Knights admitted to police that they had constructed the bomb, found Tuesday, and had planted it in the Coliseum Nov. 22. The students maintain that the bomb could not possibly have created a dangerous explosion.
Two Conspirators
The two m?n identified themselves to Los Angeles University police as Dave Visel, 20, a junior, and .Neil Baizer, 21, a senior.
Visel, told police that he had constructed the bomb and that Baizer helped him plant it under the UCLA cheerleaders’ platform.
“It was just a college prank,” he said. “It couldn’t possibly have exploded. I know because I tested it.” Telephone Interview
He said he was qualified to test it because he once had majored in chemical engineering. Visel is now a history student.
When interviewed by telephone, Visel reported that the bomb was made of chemicals that anyone could purchase. And that the chemicals could not explode under the conditions he had placed them. He admitted that under other conditions the chemicals might explode, however.
“If the prank had gone off on schedule or if the
bomb had been removed, nothing would have happened,” he declared. “But because other people found it a false scare has been created.”
Lt. W. R. Porter of the University Police Station, who has charge of the police investigation, reported that police authorities still believe the bomb is "highly explosive.” He said that controlled tests will be made on the bomb either today or early next week.
“If, when all facts are gathered, there is sufficient evidence to justify a complaint, one will be made to the district attorney next week,” Lieutenant Porter said.
The Student Activities Committee met for almost two hours yesterday in an attempt to uncover the facts behind the bomb planting. Dr. Robert Gordon, acting dean of students and chairman of the committee, said that he hoped to receive the police report of the incident sometime today.
Continue Quest
Dr. Gordon stated that his fact - finding group would meet again today at 1 p.m. to resume its investigation.
“The committee's course of action cannot possibly be determined until all facts are known,” he said.
Dudley Johnson, student activities advisor, said yesterday that he had heard rumors several days before the game that Knights were planning to plant a bomb in the UCLA rooting section.
He stated that he questioned the Knights on their plans and told them they should not go through with the scheme. Johnson claimed that on the Friday be-
foue the game he was told by members of the Knights that the stunt would not be carried out.
'“The first indication that the stunt had been attempted,” he said, “was the SC yell ‘UCLA goes up in
smoke’.”
Johnson stated that on the Monday following the game, the Knights told him the bomb had been placed under the cheerleaders’ platform .“At that time I advised them to remove it. And the next day they assured me it had been removed.” he said.
Cigar Box
Visel declared that the Knights made five attempts to get the bomb but that each time they failed.
The bomb contained two pounds of explosives easily acquired by chemists, police said. The explosives were contained in a cigar box. placed in the middle of a cardboard carton measuring 16 by 12 inches.
A circular hole had been cut in the carton to an alarm clock. Wires ran from the alarm signal to a four-cell battery generating six volts. Other wires ran to two photo flash bulbs nestled against the explosive mixture.
Alarm Clock
When the alarm reached 2 p.m. it closed a circuit and the bulbs fired, generating intense heat which should have fired the explosives, but didn't.
Byron H. Atkinson, UCLA dean df students, reportedly reacted to the bomb discovery by commenting “This is utterly unique in my 15 years here . . . to see the rivalry between our schools degenerate into anything as stupid and potentially murderous as this.”
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DAILY
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VOL. L
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1958
NO. 51
Loyola Challenge In Cage Opener
IDEALS VS. ARMS
Institute To Discuss World Law. Faith
Patterns of faith and law will Vx» examined	hv	religious	and
local authorities at the opening session of SC's	Institute	of
World Affairs. Sunday at 8 p.m. in 1 ho Hunt ington-Sheraton Hotel. Pasadena.
Myres S. McDdügaU Sterling professor of	law, Yale	Law
A. Pike. Bishop of California of the Prolestant Episcopal Church will discuss	the	conflict	lie-
nn religion and mari America when he icir effect on the bal-
C'ar pool arrangements for transportation to the institute in Pasadena can be made by contacting the School of International Relations, 420 KH or by calling lil 8-2311. ext. 336._____________________________
In a statement issued by the bishop, he writes. "We will not win (the faith of South Last Asian nations* by arms, but by
Hie transmission of the best ideals and practices as 1o the relationship of the spirit to material things, and by ideniilica-1ion with other nations' people through our personnel and the use of resources."
Monday’s program. "The World Divided." will be started at 9 a.m. by Paul L. Beckett, State College of Washington, and Arthur Steiner. University of California at Los Angeles. They will
'ak on
North
Confli
West
Conflict Between )uih." and •The v f o n Last and
is are sehen :30 a.m. anc
'12:15 p.m. Participants will consider unity and division in the Moslem world, the politics of outer space and the area of conflict in the Polar regions.
Arthur G. Coons, president of Occidental College, also .will speak—on ‘‘The Politics of Economic Competition" at the 2 p.m. plenary session.
Missiles. Welfare
Panels discussing “The Strategy and Politics of Missile Bases." *nd ‘'American and Russian Approaches to Human Wel-lare" are scheduled for 2:45 p.m.
A special coffee hour for SC students and resource leaders will be held at 4:45.
“The World Industrial Powers of ihe Future" is the first subject for the evening plenary session at 8. Robert Strausz-Hupe, ; director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. University of Pennsylvania, will discuss these powers.
General Maxwell D. Taylor, Thief of Staff of the United States Army, 'will cap the day’s program with his address, "Improving Our Capabilities for Limited War."
SC- Delegates
SC staff members at the institute will include Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid, institute chancellor; Dr. Paul Hadley. executive secretary of the institute; and Dr. Norman Fer-tig, treasurer.
Dr. Ross Berkes. director of ihe School of International Relations, will serve as chairman of the Monday session.
Round-table discussion leaders from SC are Eugene Harley, professor of .political science and Dr. Richard W. Van Alstyne, professor of international rela-
350 Orators
Expected fcr Debate Here
host competitors from 40 western coueges ioda\ and tomorrow in the fitih annual SC Pentathlon and Western States Alternate Speech Tournament.
•rs compiling the best cumulative scores in the five events:
speaking.
1 hr 11 western states who did not participate In the Western
Sait Lake City. Nov. 24-26.
Three hundred fifty expected entries in the Western States Alleniate v. ill compete in cine
Will To Serve Rooters Tickets
Available Today
PLANNERS—Laying the final groundwork for the annual Institute of World Affairs, Dr. Paul Hadley, center, executive secre-‘ tary of the Institute, confers with Dr. Norman Fertig, left, treasurer and Dr. Robert
Berkov, panel leader. Opening Sunday evening at the Huntington Sheraton Hotel, Pasadena, the talks and forums will consider "An Agenda for American Action" concerning foreign lands.
hate, original orat tation and extempi Dr. James H. McR director oí forensic
Official
Notices
WAIVERS
Waiver Examinations for I*E 102 (Elementary Swimming) will be held on Tuesday, February 10, 1959. from 3-5 p.m. Please sign up in room 107 PE. before taking examination.
The waiver examination for !*E 1GO (Health Problems) will I»;* held on Wednesday, February 11. 1959. at S p.m. Please see l)r. El wood Davis to sirig up for this waiver. Wynn Fredricks Head of Physical Education GRADUATION
Students who expect to complete requirements for the bachelor’s degree in January 1959 should check the list that is posted in the corridor out-side the Registrar's Office ill Owens ilall. Those who ha\e not tilled oul diploma application cards s li o u I d »hi so at once.
Howard Patmore Registrar
Council Urges Invitations for Intn I Students
SC students are urged to invite international students to their homes during the Christmas holiday.
“This is an ideal opportunity for our overseas neighbors to sample the American way of life and, in turn, to give their hosts information about their own countries,” said Kay Yunker, coordinating chairman of the Greater University Committee and the International Student Relatiqns Council.
Get Acquainted An international students tea will be held on Dec. 11 in the International Students Lounge at 3 p.m. to give American students an opportunity to meet their foreign colleagues. • Students interested in inviting international students are asked to get applications in the ASSC soical office. 231 SU. Those who have international friends that they would like to invite to their homes are asked to regis-ier in the office. Applications must bp filed by Dec. 11.
Christmas Joy Christmas hospitality for international students on campus is a recent project of many organizations On campus. SC students who have participated in ibe American Field Service exchange program are speaking to different service organizations and clubs in order to get full j university support on the pro-I ject.
Lists Available For Songfest
Individuals planning to direct participant groups in Songfest, SC’s annual university-wide sing in the Hollywood Bowl, should pick lip lists of the previous songs used in the show in the Activities Office.
Participants should avoid using songs that have been used from 1955 on. These include a wide variety, from "Tumbling Tumbleweeds” to | “Down By the Riverside.”
Songfest albums from last year’s show are available in limited number in the Activities Office, and the Songfest Committee is setting up a participant manual, which will include important information for directors.______________
Cast Readies Yule Plays
Three sequined harem girls ! will join tne assorted liv;e animals, magi and shepherds in the drama department's Christmas I production in Bovard next week.
The reserved seating plan used for ‘‘Damn Yankees” recently will,again be put into operation for the two nativity plays. Students who purchase $1 tickets or exchange activity bqok cou-1 pon 9 for admission will be able to make reservations for any performance at no extra charge.
The two fifteenth-c e n t u r y i plays are ‘‘The Second Shep-I herd’s Play” and “The Pageant ¡of Shearmen and Tailors.”
Tickets are available in the Student Union, at the drama of-! fice and at the Bovard box of-I fice 1-4 p.m. daily.
Bruin Loses' Fur Hat After Annual Game
Police are still searching for two students, possibly from SC, who took a UCLA bandsman’s $35 fur hat after the SC-UCLA game.
Gary Peel, 19, told officers that two young men wearing yellow shirts with emblems, ‘‘possibly members of an SC organization,” grabbed the hat from him as he was entering his car near Exposition Park.
As he started to pursue. Peel said, another person wearing the same type of clothing as the first two blocked his attempt.
All three suspects then jumped into a dark green Volks-! wagen, license FVF 568. which ; contained two more young men. The car then drove off, Peel ! said.
He described the hat as being black bearskin, 24 inches high. Also reported stolen was a yel-i low plume, worth $5, and a pair : of white cloth gloves valued at I $2.98.
Sax Stolen from SC Band Student
Thieves broke into a locked locker on the second floor of the SC band building at 37th PI. and Hoover St. and took a student’s $500 saxophone, police reported yesterday.
Bruce F. Venneman, 7721 Owensrnouth Ave., Canoga Park, told officers his E-Flat alto saxophone, a Holton, disappeared between November 29 and December 3.
To Be Sunday Worship Topic
Dr. Marcus Bach will explore the “Will to Serve” at this week’s Sunday Morning Worship Service in Bovard Auditorium at 11 a.m.
He will be making his second appearance on the SC campus. He spoke previously at the Wor*-ship Services in March. 1957.
Better Understanding
Dr. Bach is professor of religion at Iowa State University, but he spends much of his time in research in all parts of the world. There he talks and works with people of different religious faiths in an attempt to formulate a better understanding between faiths.
Dr. Bach maintains that we understand each other better when we understand what other people believe. “The best way of understanding other people’s beliefs is to put ourselves in their place,’' he said.
Monastery Retreat
In his first research venture, 20 years ago, he retreated to a Trappist monastery. His impressions received wide publication and started him x on a search which has taken him to more than 40 different religious groups in many parts of the world.
Dr. Bach has been awarded honorary degrees from Carthage College, Bradley University and Elmhurst College.
He has written a number of books, the most recent of which, “God and the Soviets,” is a sympathetic interpretation of the Russian religious scene.
Official
Notice
DORMS Students presently living in Residence Halls who plan to return to their Residence Halls for the Spring Semester should come to the Housing Office, j Student Union, Room 216 for - application forms. Assignments I for the Spring Semester will he made in order of receipt of the completed applieation-con-
trart forms and the $25 de-i posit. Therefore, to assure an assignment to your desired space your prompt action will be required.
If you are contemplating i joining a fraternity or a soro-; rity you are reminded that rules regarding residence hall deposit and fees may affect i you. For instance, (a) the $25 deposit is refundable only if written request is received in the Housing Office on or before thirty days prior to the first day of classes; (b) once you have taken occupancy in Ihe hall your residence hall contract is binding for the entire semester at the rates established and published every year by the University.
Guy Hubbard
Head of Resident« Halls
Human Rights To Be Subject Of Conference
By DICK PATMAN
SC opens its 36th and final season as a PCC basketball representative tonight at the Pan Pacific as the Trojans host Loyola in the Southland's first major college game of the year. The tip-off is slated‘for 8:30.
Rooters’ tickets for the non-league game will be available until 4:30 today at the r ticket office, second floor SU. |
Coach Forrest Twogood s team i has already been tabbed to finish no lower than fourth in the! final conference standings by the basketball writers.
Will Be Broadcast Tonight's game will be broadcast over KNX starting at 8:30 with Chick Hearn doing the play-by-play.
The Trojans will open the	sea-	This years Annual Conference
son with four veterans off	last	on Human Relations, at which
year’s team. Forwards Jim White ^ SC students will he present, and John Werhas. center Jim wiJ1 ** he|d at Camp Hess Kran-Hanna and guard Jerry Pimm all j er in Matibu. played	important	roles	on Troy’s The theme of	the	three-day
1957-58 team which ended the conference, which starts Friday, PCC campaign with an 8-8 mark. Dec. 5 at 6:20 p.m. and ends I.easkou	Added	Sunday. Dec. 7	at	2 p.m.. is
Only guard Mike Leaskou. a “Status of Human Rights at transfer from San Francisco City Home and Abroad: The 10th An-College who has also played niversary of the Universal Dec-service ball, was absent from laration of Human Rights.” last year s team.	Prominent	Speakers
Loyola is still somewhat of a Several well-known lecturers mystery team. No one is sure in the field of International Re-just how good the Lions will be. lations will be present to lead Loyola Coach Billy Donovan discussion groups, and there will thinks his current team will | be time for the students to so-prove to be bigger and stronger cialize and hold other recreation-than last \ears edition, how-; a]	activities.	The	camp grounds
ever-	|	feature	heated	cabins, a heated
SC Needs Experience	swimming	pool, access to the
Twogie feels that this SC club beach, tennis and volleyball is one that will greatly benefit courts and a nearby forest, from all the experience it	can •	Service Groups
obtain. As he put it. “We’ve	goti	There will be six workshops
a lot of kids who are still learn- dealing with various aspects of ing the game, despite the fact j human rights.’ The Rev. John that they lettered last season. Burkhart. SC Presbyterian Stu-‘‘We’ll make some mistakes j dent Pastor. will moderate this year, but I’m not worried, i Workshop VI on Education. Par-I know we’re going to find our- ticipation in Cultural Life and selves, and we’ll beat someone Duties to the Community as well before the season closes,” he as conduct Chapel Services for added.	|	Protestants	on	Sunday.
The Trojan coach said that he Those attending the confer-expects Bill Ledger. Will Carle- ence from SC were selected from
service grouus, Squires, Spurs. Alpha Phi Omega, by a special AMS Committee	for	that pur-
pose.
ton and Bob Hampton to come along as the season progresses. Hampton will be in at the No. 2 (Continued on Page 4)
Harpischordist Aids SC Benefit Concert
Widely acclaimed harpsichordist. Alice Ehlers will play a program of concertos with the SC Chamber Orchestra Sunday in Hancock Auditorium at 8:30 p.m.
Proceeds from the concert, to be conducted by Hans Beer, lec-lurer in the opera department, will provide scholarships for | young musicians who need advanced training on a professional level.
Bath Selections
Mme. Elilers will play two works by Johann Sebastian Bach—Concerto in D Minor and the Italian Concerto. She will also play Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in lUKIat Major, ()p. 13, N»> -I and close with Joseph llaydn's Coiuhmio in D Major.
I A member of ihe taculty of
f the SC School of Music. Mme. Ehlers has performed throughout Europe and the United States.
Reception Planned
The 15-piece SC Chamber Orchestra includes violinists Le-: onora Sherman. Akira Endo, Joyce Osborn. Magot Talney. T. K. Wang and Donald Warmack: Marvin Chantry and Ella Lou Sharpe, viola: Joanna de Keyser and Eugene W’ilson. cello; Darrell Stubbs and Susan Weld, oboe: Duane Baker and John Wunderlich, horn and Marlene S Maddry, bass.
A reception in honor of Mme.
, Ehlers will be given after the concert by members of Sigma ' Alpha Iota music sorority. The audience is invited to attend the reception in the graduate lounge | of Town and Gown Hall.
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