ATHY LEAVEY NAMED QUEEN
Daily
Trojan
l. XLVI
LOS ANGELES, CALIF., THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1954
No. 40
ubilee Show Slated or 24 Acts Tonight
By Andy Dimas Bovard Auditorium house lights will dim at 8 o’clock ight and the long-awaited Diamond Jubilee Show will tiight 24 acts which promise to be “talks of Troy town,” ording to Bob Jani, chairman.
Seven sororities and seven fraternities will compete. Ten
independent acts which will appear are not in competition for awards. First, second, and third place trophies will be presented to the top three acts in both divisions.
The Trojan Band, under the direction of Tommy Walker, will also appear.
lumni Unit Top Friday C Festivities
Alumni reunions will highlight st-parade activities, tomorrow, ccording to Paul Calhoun, Home-~ming alumni relations chair-an.
Directly after the parade the band will double back along the routes and lead the alumni and tudent body back to the Row. Fourteen fraternity and soror-ty houses will serve as host to he different classes. The rest of he houses will hold general open-ouses from 9:30 to 12 p.m.
In the past, the alumni have elt that they were being snubbed t the Homecoming affairs, Cal-oun said. “Let’s try to make hem feel at home this week.” The following houses will serve s host to the classes: Phi Sigma lappa, '15 and prior; Phi Delta heta, ’16-’17-’18; Kappa Sigma. 9-’20-’21; Tau Epsilon Phi, ’22-3-’24; Sigma Chi, ’25-’26-’27; lta Chi, ’28-’29-’30; Phi Kappa au, ’31-’32-’33; Sigma Alpha Ep-lon, ’34-’35-’36; Acacia, ’37-’38-9; Theta Xi, ’40-’41-’42; Chi hi. ’43-’44-’45; Alpha Tau Ome-a, ’46-’47-’48; Phi Kappa Alpha, 9-’50-’51; and Phi Kappa Psi, 2-’53-’54.
aming Told f Trustees o University
Re-election of eight members of he SC Board of Trustees and lection of one new member was nnounced yesterday.
Kennedy Ellswyorth, president of he SC General Alumni Associa-ion, was elected to the board for one-year term concurrent with is presidency of the alumni roup. Ellsworth, who was gradated from the School of Com-erce in 1922.
Tickets for tonight’s Diamond Jubilee show will be on sale today at the Student Union booth on the corner of 36th Street and University Avenue. They will also be on sale at the door. Price is $1.
The seven sorority entries will include Delta Gamma doing “Dissertation on Diamonds,” Kappa Alpha Theta presenting “Is the Theater Dead?” and Pi Beta Phi with “The Challenge of the White Bucks.”
Kappa Delta will dffer an “Idol Dance,” Alpha Chi Omega will present “Sahn,” Alpha Omicron Pi will produce “Football Fantasy,” and Alpha Delta Pi will debut their version of “Skokiaan” under a black light background.
Fraternity Division In the fraternity division, Phi Delta Theta will lead off with “Pitter Patter’s Junk Box Jury.” This will be followed by “The Purge of Ivan the Awfulurge” by Acacia. Sigma Alpha Epsilon will present “Lest We Forget.” “Hamlet” will be offered by Tau Delta Phi, Theta Chi will do “Social Probation Blues,” and Tau Kappa Epsilon will present “Flicker Fiasco.”
“Hooray for Hollywood" will be the entry of Delta Chi.
“Hi-Ho”
The independent acts will be led by the Kappa Quartet singing “Hi-Ho.” TTie Chinese Club will follow with impersonations and a pantomime entitled “Who's It” and “That’s Life.”
Tyler Gilman will sing "Stairway to Paradise” and “Hold my Hand.” The International Students’ Council will present dancers from three countries in connection with their theme of “World Trojans Cheer Diamond Year.”
“The Nearness of You” will be presented by the Mark’s Men, and “This is Your Life” will be entered by the Faculty Men.
Salvation Saviors The Alpha Phi girls, or the (Continued on Page 4)
HELEN OF TROY — President Fred D. Fagg Jr. places the silver crown on the blond head of Kathleen Leavy, 19-year-old sophomore. She is attended by princesses (from left) Barbara Page, Irene Gall, Pat Broderick, and An'rta Diamond, holding bouquets of red roses. The new queen spent the
—DT Photo by Len Zagortz.
afternoon posing for pictures, and reigned over bonfire festivities last night in the Coliseum. Today she will start a series of radio and television appearances to publicize Homecoming.
Jubilee Special To Reveal SC In Bygone Days
What was SC like in 1914?
This story will be told by Dr. Julia N. McCorkle, associate professor of English, and Dr. Welcome A. Tilroe, associate professor of classical languages, in one of the features of the 16 page Diamond Jubilee edition of the Daily Trojan tomorrow.
Three picture pages including scenes of the 1929 card stunts compared with Troyscope, the 1889 graduates, and the 1914 dunking pond will also be featured.
Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism societies, will sell the special on Friday and Saturday for 25 cents.
Flapper Procession Parades This Noon
Flapper Days unfold from the pages o f ,time today at noon when the fourth annual Homecoming Flapper Day parade moves down 36th Street.
Fifteen groups have entered the colo rful affair and are expected to compete strongly for the several trophies to be awar ded the winners tonight at the Diamond Jubilee Show. Trophies are now on display in S ilverwood’s window.
Highlight of today’s parade will
ars Parked in HC Parade rea Will Be Towed Away
The assembly area for the Homecoming parade will be blocked off between 5 p.m. day and 10 p.m. tomorrow, and any cars found in this area during that time will be wed away by the police, according to Dennis Hopper, Homecoming parade chairman.
University police are placing barricades at the Hoover Boulevard and McClin,tock venue entrances to 34th Street, the McCli ntock Avenue entrance to 35th Street, and at
the Jefferson Boulevard and 36th
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PARADE ROUTE — Floats will start the long trek at Hoover and 34th Street. They will be viewed on Hoover to Exposition Boulevard, where the winning displays will continue on Exposition to Menlo and will enter the Coliseum area.
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Street entrances to Hoover Street.
The floats will be escorted from the Row to the assembly area between 3 and 5 p.m. tomorrow.
Non-float entries must be in the assembly area by 7 p.m. tomorrow.
Dignitaries
Cars for ■ the dignitaries riding in the parade will assemble in the parking lot behind Founders Hall.
At the end of the parade route which is Hoover Boulevard to the Town and Gown parking lot or Exposition Boulevard, the winning floats will continue down Exposition Boulevard and turn on Melno Avenue to go to the Coliseum where they will parade at the game Saturday.
Other Floats
The other floats will be parked in the disbanding area and left there on display until Sunday. Non-float entries will keep going down Exposition Boulevard and go back to the Row.
Eighty entries will be viewed by spectators in the hour and a half parade. They will eonsist of dignitaries, floats, non-float entries, bands, and clowns.
be a Charleston dance contest at 12:30 p.m. Couples will perform dance routines at the 36th Street-University Avenue intersection to Peewee Hunt’s version of “The Charleston” and “12th Street Rag.”
Judging the ancient flivvers and floozy flappers will be Dr. Carlton C. Rodee, professor of political science, Dr. Melvin J. Vincent, professor of sociology, and Dr. Harold E. Briggs, professor of English. Appropriateness to theme, originality, humor, and crowd acclaim will be the basis for judging.
Execution and coordination will decide the finalists in the Charleston contest. Jack Reinhard, physical education lecturer who teaches the social dancing class, will judge the dancers. Five finalists will be selected to dance at the Alpha Chi Omega-Theta Xi Flapper Days open house tomorrow evening at the Theta Xi house.
BOB KORINKE*
. . . flapper happy
The open house, featuring refreshments and the Rampart Street All-Stars, begins as soon
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
TODAY
Noon—Flapper Day parade on 36th Street.
12:30 p.m.—Charleston Contest, open to all.
8 p.m.—Float judging begins.
8 p.m.—Diamond Jubilee in Bovard Auditorium.
TOMORROW Noon—Rally in Bovard Auditorium.
8	p.m.—Parade on Hoover Street between Exposition
and 34th Streets.
10 p.m.—Charleston Finals at Theta Xi Open House, featuring the Lighthouse All Stars.
SATURDAY
10 a.m.—Independent Coffee Hour at the Y, free to all SC students.
2 p.m.—SC-Washington game.
9	p.m.—Homecoming Dance at the Deauville Club, fea-
turing Ray Anthony and his orchestra.
Tickets for the Diamond Jubilee Show and the Homecoming Dance, as well as souvenir buttons, will be on sale in front of the Student Union.
Dance tickets sell for $3.50 and may also be purchased at the door.
Diamond Jubilee Show tickets are $1 each. Because the supply of tickets is limited, probably none will be sold at the door.
Buttons are 25 cents each and may be worn all week.
contest will be held at 10 p.m. Two large trophies will be awarded the winning couple at	that
time.
Flapper Day Chairman	Bob
Korinke requested that all entering cars be on 36th Street alongside the library at 11:40 for parade formation. The cars	will
drive down to University Avenue where the judges stand will be located, enact their skit,	and
drive back up the street. Packing on 36th will be blocked until after the parade.
Contestants desiring to enter the Charleston may 6ign up at a registration table. Those not previously entered are still eligible to compete, Korinke said.
City Attorney Spares Alien s Coliseum Trip
Councilman Don A. Allen was spared a trip to the Coliseum last night to light the Homecoming bonfire because City Attorney Roger Arnecergh said a permit could be issued.
In a city council meeting yesterday morning the issce of the legality of the SC bed fire was settled when Raymond *Hill, deputy fire chief, happily complied with the statement issued by Arnecergh, and granted the Trojans a special permit for the bonfire.
Allen previously promised that SC “would have its bonfire if I have to come down there and light it mjiself.”
The original ordinance stated that special permits had to be issued to have a fire outside the h’«rs of 6 to 10 a.m. Then a temporary measure was Introduced to see if changing the hours of burning to 4 to 7 p.m. would alleviate the smog problem. (
Helen of Troy' Crowned Before Cheering Crowd
By Susie McBee Daily Trojan VVomen’s Editor
Kathleen Leavey, 19-year-old sophomore, smiled unbelievingly to a cheering audience in Bovard Auditorium yesterday noon as President Fred D. Fagg Jr. placed the silver crown of “Helen of Troy” on her dark blond hair.
“I can’t belieae it. I just can’t believe it,” she said
softly as the President proclaim-1---------------*
ed her Diamond Jubilee Homecoming Queen.
The tall, slender Theta was attended by Princesses Pat Broderick, Anita Diamond, Irene Gall, and Barbara Page.
As camera bulbs flashed and reporters asked questions, the regal quintet was presented gold trophies and bouquets of red roses.
The queen’s crowded schedule of public appearances began immediately after the coronation
when she was whisked away by school officials for an afternoon of posing for pictures.
Busy Weekend
Last night she reigned over £onfire festivities in the Coliseum, and today at 6 a.m. she started a series of radio and television appearances. Queen Kathleen will climax her busy weekend as honored guest at the Homecoming Dance Saturday.
Ken Niles, former radio-TV announcer, interviewed the 10 finalists as they were introduced to the judges and spectators, who filled the orchestra seats, lined the walls, and crowded the first balcony.
Judges
Those who selected the queen for poise, personality, and beauty were Irving Asher, Paramount producer; Milton Lewis, talent scout; Wally Westmore, head of makeup department at Paramount; Jack Tierney and Jerry Ross, owners of the Tierney-Ross public relations agency.
When Niles announced the judges’ decision to the impatient crowd and nervous contestants, Miss Leavey gasped and embraced sorority sister Jan Anderson, who was 1952 queen.
“Oh!” was all the new queen could say. “I think I’m going to cry,” she added a few minutes later. But she never did.
Royalty
British royalty couldn’t have appeared more stately as the radiant “Helen” did when she took her place on the throne. She wore a full-length white gown of Chantilly lace with a scalloped boat neckline and a taffeta cummerbund with long white streamers.
She quietly took the bouquet, then smiled proudly at the ecstatic Thetas who rushed en masse to the front of the auditorium.
Mrs. Thomas E. Leavey posed for pictures with her daughter and said:
Best Thing
“This is the best thing that ever happened to the Leavey family.”
The queen adjusted her crown for more pictures and appeared bewildered as orders were shouted from all directions. Without a word, she looked at former Queen Jan for guidance.
“You’ll be OK,” Miss Anderson said and commented that “she was my little sister at the house.”
After the ceremonies were over, President Fagg summed up admirers’ views of the court with:
“They don’t come any better.”
More details on page 2.
Hill And Crew To Be Guests At HC Dance
The varsity football team, Jess Hill, his varsity coaches and the senior manager will be guests of honor at the Homecoming danc« Saturday night, HC Cance Chairman Sherman Weiss announced yesterday.
Ray Anthony will supply the music, playing the tunes that made him famous as well as current hits.
The presentation of Helen ot Troy and her Court will be a highlight of the night.
Dance bids may be purchased in front of the Student Union Building for $3.50 each. The dance, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Deauville Club in Santa Monica, will be informal.
“It’s traditionally the biggest dance of the year,” Weiss said. “Students should buy tickets now or they may miss some great entertainment. ”
Weiss also announced that Hap Byers, who has taken pictures at many SC functions, will offer tw-o 5 by 7 and two wallet-size photos mounted on double weight mat paper, embossed in gold, and framed, for $3. The pictures will be taken at the dance.
Photo Service In Journalism Start Slated
SC will play host to speakers on Photo Journalism, a series of short courses sponsored by the National Press Photographers, tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday.
The photo series will begin tomorrow at 7 p.m. with an informal get-together at the Ambassador Hotel. Lectures by noted personalities will be delivered Friday and Saturday in Hancock Auditorium.
Frederic C. Coonradt, acting director of the School of Journalism, and Charles Nichols, Los Angeles Bureau Manager of the International News Service, are local chairmen for the photo series.
Registration fees are $15 for the series and $7.50 for one day. Fees may be paid at the door.
This series has been presented in Seattle and San Francisco, and will be presented in Denver after leaving Los Angeles._____
WEATHER
The Weather Bureau last night forecast cloudy skies and occasional showers for L6s Angeles and vicinity today. The high temperature is expected to be 70 degrees.
SPIRITS UNDAMPENED
1000 Fans Turn
Out For Bonfire
By Jo Foasberg
Rain failed to dampen the spirits of sturdy Trojan fans who turned out for the Homecoming bonfire in the Coliseum last night. Approximately 1000 undaunted students witnessed the opening ceremony of the Homecoming festivities, bonfire chairman, Rick Setlowe, said.
Yell King Don Ward introduced Kennedy Ellsworth, president of the General Alumni Association, who spoke on behalf of tljg alumni to wish the students a successful Homecoming.
Lighted Torch
Tommy Trojan, on his white charger, galloped into the Coliseum carrying a lighted torch which he presented to Ellsworth, who touched off the pile of wood.
The Trojan Marching Band, boosting the student spirit, entered through the peristyle entrance
to the strains of “Fight On,” and “Conquest.”
Two hundred roman candles and 3000 fire balls lit the sky in a spectacular fireworks display.
. Royalty Appears Led by Homecoming Queen Kathleen Leavey, the new regal court entered in convertibles and were presented to the students by Ward. Miss Leavey and her princesses managing to retain their composure in spite of damp weather, were attired in black skirts and white blouses.
Because of the rain several attempts had to be made before the bonfire began to blaze. In the light of the huge fire, the yell leaders led the students in some of the school songs and cheers.
Because of the weather conditions, the previously planned dancing on the peristyle had to be moved to the Phi Psi House, where the students danced to the strains of dixie land jazz.
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