Rips Pitt 27-7; Wildcats Next
by Murray Brown Daily Trojan Sports Editor
“Catch me if you can.”
This is the task fast-moving SC and sophomore tailback Jon Arnett, whose speed blew over a big and tough Pittsburgh team 27-7 Friday night in the Coliseum, will present Northwestern with Saturday at Evanston, 111.
Northwestern not only will have to slow down a Jess Hill team that is racing for it’s third victory in a row, but one that is supposed to be his greatest offensive crew since he got the head coaching job in 1951. And one that also is seeking to gain more ground in the mythical national rankings.
It’s quite a task for the Big-Ten Wildcat team that crushed Iowa State 27-14 with 20 first downs last week.
Those in the crowd of 50.523 who saw what the Trojans did Friday to a rugged Panther team—a team that was considered the best Pitt squad in the last 20 years
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as well as one of the East’s strongest elevens—will attest to that.
They saw how Pitt’s brutish, massive line that had managed to hold Troy to a 7-7 standstill for three quarters crumpled before Arnett and his SC teammates in the final period.
They saw Arnett, who scored two touchdowns against Washington State, evade Panther tacklers like a man dodging bullets as he made 25 yards and a score to break the tie. They saw him twist through for more big gains until he bolted over from the 1-yard line for another touchdown and a 20-7 Trojan lead. It was the third of the evening for the 19-year-old. 180 lb. slippery sophomore, who ended up with 118 yards in 15 plays, thus averaging almost 8 per carry.
The spectators saw the helplesness of the Pitt “heavies” when they tried to keep Arnett to meager gains on punt returns. Coach Red Dawson’s Panthers
seemed like they had him, but he slipped away from their claws long enough to roll up good yardage.
That’s not all the crowd saw from the former “Player of the Year” at Manual Arts High School. They watched him complete two passes in four attempts for 27 yards, and make a leaping pass interception to snuff out a Pitt threat.
They were unanimous that this was truly an All-American performance and one of the finest one-man football displays ever in the Coliseum.
But the fans knew that it wasn’t just Arnett himself who defeated Pittsburgh, only a 7-point underdog before game time. They saw how a fiery, spirited Trojan line pushed away men much heavier than themselves to give Arnett the openings he needed and from there the young tailback’s swiftness and shifty movement took him further into Pitt territory.
It was a Trojan line that blocked harder and tackled
with more ferosity than against WSC two Fridays ago.
It became a determined line when \he Panthers were on the verge of escaping with the victory that would give them a 3-2 edge in the all-time series and revenge a loss ( their coach had suffered to Troy as a Tulane quarterback in 1931.
Three times the Eastern team was knocking at the touchdown door, having possession within the 10 yard line. But the hustling Trojans refused to open up as they hit hard and aggressively plunged through the enemy line to drag the Panther runners back for losses.
And when Troy took over. Arnett took his team out of danger as he raced toward midfield with effortless grace. Another Trojan sophomore, quarterback Ellsworth Kissinger, had something to say about whether Arnett would
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Vol. XLVI
Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, Sept. 27, 1954
No. 7
Kyser Appointed To Advise Homecoming Committee Crew
Assistant homecoming chairman is the lengthy title given to Jack Kyser, veteran J Homecoming worker. Kyser’s duties in the office are those of an overall chairman, and Ihe serves as an adviser for the 19 homecoming committees. Chairman of the float com-Imittee for last year’s homecoming parade, Kyser comes to the job well qualified.
Checking on design and publicity work, keeping tab on committee chairmen, and
surveying parade arrangements
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| diate tasks.
Expert 80 Floats “An expected 30 floats will be featured in the homecoming parade,” said Kyser, “twenty-six fraternity or sorority sponsored, and four additional school sponsored groups.”
Besides these floats there are 40 non-float entries including 10 to 15 bands.
A homecoming theme slogan will be chosen from the many entered in the forthcoming slogan contest. The date of this contest will be disclosed soon.
Queen Will Reign Reigning over the homecoming festivities will be the traditional queen. She will be chosen by process of elimination from a long list of entrants. The final winner and her court will be announced the Wednesday of homecoming week at a special noon assembly in Bovard auditorium.
Petitions for committee membership were received by the | committee chairmen last week. Chairmen serving under Kyser and general chairman Tom Phlim-lin are: parade, Dennis Hopper; floats, Bob Ihrig; Trolios, Bob Jani; dance, Sherman Weiss; bonfire, Rick Setlowe; publicity,
JACK KYSER
. . . committee advisor
Al Mour; souvenirs, Judy Cortes; house decorations, Francine Keese.
More Chairmen
Slogan, Ron Weintraub; reunions, and street dance, Tom ! Smith; budget, Owen Kraus; sales, Bob Gerst; decorations, Dick Hamilton; University Avenue decorations, Dick Hilden-brand; photographer, Dave Worth; Taxi day, Rodger Darbonne; queens, Don Kimbal, trophies, Herb Vossler; general secretary, Mary Ann Cassidy; and alumni relations, Paul Calhoun.
Seminar Meet Weekly
A series of seminars in current problems of the United Nations j will begin this Wednesday, it was announced.
Sponsored by the American Association for the United Nations, the seminars will feature important speakers and discussions. They will be held at the Ambassador Hotel.
The seminars are planned as an introduction to the Model UN, which is held each April and is also sponsored by the AAUN.
“The AAUN would like to have at least 10 students from each of the local universities participating in the Model UN to attend some of these seminars,” Kathy Norstrom, international relations president, explained..
All interested students should contact the secretary in the in-terational relations office, 420 FH.
A-Book Deadline Set Ahead
Last Minute Rush By Students Results In Week Extension
Activity book sales continue this week despite a previous deadline set for last Friday afternoon, John Morely, ticket manager, disclosed.
The schedule of A-book sales is available in the ticket office on the second floor of the Student Union. Photographs will be taken in the photo-shop next to the university post office on Uni-! versity Avenue.
Total sales, Morely said, reached 5161 at the Friday afternoon “deadline.” Total sales last year | mounted to 5582, “about average,” he said. When World War II veterans came to SC in droves on the GI bill over 10,000 books were sold a year.
Books for TCU
Activity books for students who have purchased them to date will be distributed Oct. 4 in time for the TCU game, Oct. 8.
Students who purchase A-books this week will also be entitled to TCU tickets.
In addition to home athletic events, the $13 book also entitles students to all university drama productions and the 1955 El Rodeo, SC yearbook.
General admission tickets for the TCU game go on sale today, at $3.50 a ticket, Morely said.
Committee Organizing New Freshman Course
Baxter Wins Award No. II
Dr. Frank C. Bax‘er won his 11th television award yesterday. : It was the New Jersey State 1 Fair Blue Ribbon Award for the most popular program of its ; type during the past year.
The Radio-TV awards committee of the New Jersey State Fair, which opened yesterday and will run through Oct. 3, made the selection after a survey of farmers, industrial workers and others throughout the State of New Jersey.
‘•I am delighted with this award,” the professor of English said, ‘‘and am particularly honored because I was born in New Jersey.”
A representative of CBS Television will go from New York City to Trenton on Oct. 3 to receive the blue ribbon for Dr. Baxter at a ceremony to be held in front of the fairgrounds grandstand.
Troy Supports Season s First Pregame Rally
Bovard 1 Auditorium nearly burst with Trojan rooters who generated spirit and witnessed select professional entertainment Friday noon at the first pregame rally of the season.
Emceeing the show was Johnny Carson, CBS writer-perform-er and star of “Earn Your Vacation.” Carson also has written many of Red Skelton's, scripts, and replaced Skelton when he was injured earlier this year.
Kings Lead Yells
Bounding onto the stage to start the show were the Yell Kings led by Don Ward. The Wardsmen screamed several yells and introduced a Trojan takeoff of the present hit parade number “Skokiaan.”
Tha rally moved at a faster tempo when the curtains opened with the Trojan Band led by Tommy Walker playing ‘‘Fight On.” In the same vein, Howard Rumsey followed through with several selections by his Lighthouse All-Stars who play nightly at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach.
Encourage Rooter*
Receiving the audience's approval were two of his recent re- j cordings, “Witch Doctor” and j “Stan,” which
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ter the combo spoke brief encour-J ^ fraternity and sorority on the
agements to the rooters.
Carson then introduced
Rush
Adams, MGM recording star, who sang two numbers including "There’s Going to Be a Great Day.”	!
Before the Yell Kings returned, “Doodles” Weaver sang “Three Downs to Go!’*
Marks Residents Elect New Heads
Students living in David X. Marks Hall, resident for freshman men, elected officers and made plans for the semester’s activities at an organization meeting recently.
Joe Agapay, prelaw student from Chaffee High School, was elected president. Max Truex from Warsaw, Ind., will serve as vice-president. Other officials include Guy Troise, secretary-treas-urer; Ronnie Nelson, program chairman; and Walt Gorrel, game chairman.
Orientation Program To Inform Students
by Fred Burgh
Plans for the proposed freshman orientation course got under way Friday as the ASSC Senate committee appointed to study the course met with President Bill Van Alstyne. “This course is one of the Senate’s major objectives this year,” Van Alstyne stated, “and we hope it can become a
permanent contribution of great
significance to the university.”
The course, which would be required ;of all freshmen, was proposed and studied by a committee last spring, but was unsuccessful because of its overemphasis on student activities, according to Van Alstyne.
SC Traditions
Present plans propose a curriculum of campus traditions university history scholastic advice on study techniques and reading improvement, as well as student activities available on campus.
Possible lecture topics include a discussion of the financial status of the university by Robert D. Fisher, financial vice president, and a history of campus expansion by John E. Fields, vice president in charge of development.
The course would be taught primarily by administration and faculty members with student leaders as guest speakers.
Required Course
It is proposed that no grade be given but a final exam would have to be passed and the one unit of credit would be required for graduation.
Instruction in the course would probably be free with a charge being made to cover business of-! fice and testing bureau costs of ! administrating the course.
Courses similar to the one proposed for SC are being given successfully at New York, Tulane, and Pittsburgh universities, Jerry Blankinship, committee chairman, reported.
Faculty approval of curriculum and instructors will have to be secured. The committee will meet this afternoon with LAS Dean Tracy E. Strevey, who will ! appoint several faculty members to work with the senators.
Senate Approval I The final committee report will have to be adopted by the senate before the course can take effect, but Van Alstyne believes the proposed plans would be passed.
The committee, which was appointed last Wednesday night, will make its first report at the Oct. 13 Senate meeting.
In addition to Blankinship, committee members present at Friday’s meeting were Mrs. Ann Block and Fred Fagg III.
Baker Looks For Council Membership
“At least one member from ev-
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Waiver examinations for P.E. 160 (health problems) will be held on Wednesday, September 29 at 8 p.m.
Please see Dr. Hall in room
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That’s the goal set by Senior Class President Jerry Baker in his current campaign to recruit the “greatest” Class Council in Trojan history.”
“This year’s senior class has the distinction of being the graduating class for the Diamond Jubilee,” Baker said. “It will be the responsibility of the Senior Class Council to plan and coordinate the many senior events that will be held this year.”
Independents Encouraged
“And by equal participation from all houses on the Row, council members will be able to act as liasion men between the council and their houses in relaying important senior class news,” he explained.
Independent students are also encouraged to apply for membership on the Senior Council.
“We have room and the need for many hard-working council members this year.” Baker said. “Because of the many events scheduled for this 75th anniversary year, it is hoped that the council will have about 60 members.
Petitions Available
The senior class president said that petitions are now available for membership on the council. Petitions may be obtained in the senior class office, 214 SU. All petitions must be returned by 3 p.m. today. Baker added.
A schedule of interviews for
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Government Offer Psychology Posts
Students who are studying clinical psychology may take a civil service examination for filling positions in Washington, D. C., as clinical psychologists, and equipment specialists at the Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J.
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