DIRTY POLITICS MARK EVE OF ASSC ELECTIONS
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Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, April 27, 1954
No. 119
SSC VOTING BEGINS; XPECT 4000 TURNOUT
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Court Action Sought For Culprits of 4000 Copies of TRG Tab
Court action and administrat-disciplinary measures await culprits who took 4000 copies the TRG, “Trojan Daily” pa--t yesterday morning from varus distribution points through-t campus.
Joe Cerrell, editor of the paper, id the copies were placed in the T boxes and other easily acces-ble spots between 7 to 7:30 a.m. y 8 a.m. unidentified persons lad made off with all the papers.
Cerrell said a lawyer working n the incident told him court ction could be taken and the persons may be charged with pet-theft.
Return Paper, No Charge
He also pointed out that if the pers were returned by noon to-ay, no one would be penalized. However, he added, if the pars are not returned by the noon adline administration discipline ill be imposed. Cerrell said he 'as assured of this by Dr. Al->rt Zech, counselor of men. Cerrell said that although the :ulprits were at this time “un-dentifiable" he did have the ames of persons who were seen aking off with the papers. “Value of the papers is $200 nd I think this is the lowliest rick played so far during the mpaign,” Cerrell added.
Don Daves, TRG candidate for the ASSC presidency, said he ‘hopes people will take heart of this, for this type of action is not characteristic of what the student body truly wants in their political elections.”
Posters Torn Down Daves said that of the 250 ampaign posters put up not ore than five were still posted •esterday morning. He also re-rred to the attempts to burn own the banner across 28th treet as a malicious incident hose instigators were driven off y students near the scene.
ew Arab Student roup To Hold offee Session
The Arab Student Association, new organization on campus, ill sponsor a coffee hour this af-rnoon in the International inge from 3 to 5 p.m.
‘It’s hoped,” said Abdul Raz-k Al-Jalihi, president, “that meeting students on an infor-al, social basis, we can estab-h friendship, good will, and em-asize the importance of student ity. Membership in the associ-ion is open to everyone. At esent we have 66 members,” he id.
A unique feature of the Coffee ial, to be held each Tuesday, N be the playing of both east-rn and western records—music am two continents.
An Arabian night is planned or the near future. Professional
rabian musicians and four lerican female dancers will be e featured entertainment. A lored film on Egypt will also be -wn, followed by dancing.
The Association was establish-in February. It is sponsored y Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, cellor of the university
MARY BARRETT
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Barrett Gets High Position In Red Cross
ASSC Vice Presidential Candidate Mary Barrett will act as hostess to President Dwight Eisenhower this summer, when the nation’s chief visits Los Angeles to attend the National Red Cross Convention.
Miss Barrett will host the President, as well as other visiting delegates, in her new position as president of the Red Cross College Council of Los Angeles, according to Sharon Swanton, field representative of Red Cross school and college relations in the Los Angeles area.
Two Years of Achievement The vice presidential aspirant was recently nominated unanimously to the post as a climax to her achievements in the Red Cross for the past two years, during which she was president of the SC chapter of the Red Cross and chairman of the University’s 1954 Blood Drive.
“We all feel in this office that Mary has done an especially outstanding job as chairman of the Blood Drive. I don’t think that anyone in the past has surpassed her capabilities to act in an important position of this sort,” Miss Swanton said.
‘Highest Caliber’
“She has certainly been active far beyond the call of duty,” she said, "and has done a magnificent job in coordinating the operation of the campus Ked Cross activ-itie with those of our office. Her leadership abilities are of the highest caliber.”
Miss Barrett, as head of the Council, will be in charge of coordinating the activities of 22 colleges and universities centered in and around the Los Angeles area. Miss Swanton said.
She will vote as an active delegate at the National Convention, at which approximately 6000 persons are scheduled to attend, will also paricipate in the planning of the meeting.
Last month, she worked toward the collection of nearly 1000 pints of blood donated by Trojans, all of which was turned over to the Red Cross as SC’s contribution to the National campaign.
Polls Open Today at 9 a.m.; Candidates'Car McClure Gives Warning to Tires Slashed
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Wallach Wins Honors At Pacific Debate Meet
AFROTC Slates Colonel Contest For Coeds Today
Preliminary eliminations in the AFROTC contest for honorary colonel at 3 p.m. this afternoon in the International Students Lounge will narrow the list to 12 girls.
From these, five coeds are to be selected Thursday as finalists in the contest, John M. Buming-ham, contest chairman, announced. One of them will command the spotlight in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel at the May 7 AFROTC Military Ball.
Bob Wallach single-handed brought new glory home to Troy from Corvalis.
The sophomore class president alone scored enough points in the Pacific Forensic League debate
As an expected 4000 Trojans begin marching to the polls at 9 a.m. today, ASSC Elections Commissioner Chuck McClure issued a stem warning to “over-zealous” campaigners: “Political parties may pull shenannagins if they wish, but keep away from my voters! No campaigning closer than 150 feet of the’ polls will be tolerated, he cautioned.
Voting in the ASSC election begins at 9 a.m. and will continue until 3:30 p.m. The same time schedule will be observed tomorrow.
“I’m certain that the polls will be open on time today, but that’s providing there are enough workers on hand to propertly administer voting procedure/ McClure declared.
Voting in the election has beeti made as easy as possible for the students, he evplain-ed. “All that is required is the student ID card.”
“There are just four simple steps in vot ing,” McClure said. “First, students must have their identification cards checked against the duplicates in the files.
“In the second step, the ED caros will be marked by poll workers to show other workers down the line which ballots the students are to receive.
“Then students will simply pick up the proper ballots at the third point and have their cards marked to 6how they have voted.
“Finally students will go into the secret voting booths, mark •heir ballots with the proper stamps, and then deposit them in the ballot boxes.” McClure said.
He cautioned voters to strictly observe all the rules, especially the ones requiring all books to be left outside the voting area and the use of only the official stamp in marking ballots.
According to the election commissioner, write-in votes are legal.
“Write-ins will be counted if they are written in ink, followed by the official stamp, spelled correctly, and the candidate is eligible to run.”
Speaking of the runoff election May 4 and 5, McClure said that all top candidates not receiving a majority in the first election will be on the runoff ballot. The same voting procedure will be observed in the second election.
“I want as many workers as possible at the polls to insure a smooth-running election,” the commissioner said. “If not enough workers show up, I may be forced to close the polls.”
The complete list of candidates and their political affiliations is:
ASSC PRESIDENT: Don Daves (TRG) and Bill Van Alstyne.
ASSC VICE PRESIDENT:
Mary Barrett (TRG) and Joan Price.
ASSC SECRETARY:	Lenore
Monosson and Shirlee Blalock (TRG).
YELL KING: Shep Aparico and Don Ward.
AMS PRESIDENT: Jerry Blankinship (SC) and Chuck Singer (TRG).
AMS VICE PRESIDENT: Tony Collins (TRG) and Ron Weintraub (SC).
AMS SECRETARY: Alvis Price (TRG) and Bill Dudney (SC)/
SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT:
Jerry Baker (TRG) and Phil Rudnick (SC).
SENIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT: Lauragene Wood (TRG),
Shirley Tanner (TRG), and Margie Peticolas (SC).
JUNIOR CLASS PRESIDENT:
Keith D. Brandt (SC) and Bob Halderman (TRG).
JUNIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT: Rilla Casey (TRG), Mary Ann Cassidy (TRG), and Jean McNeil (TRG).
SOPHOMORE PRESIDENT:
Jim Prock (TRG), Mike Hoeck (SC), and John Wayne Carter.
SOPHOMORE VICE PRESIDENT: Carol Wilson and Mary Laird (TRG).
INDEPENDENT MEN’S REPRESENTATIVE: Bob Croutch.
SENATOR-AT-LARGE:	Jerry
McMahon (TRG), Jim Lea. Sara Donald, Cammie King (TRG),
Jery Nace (SC), Jack Keyser (SC), Gordon Breitman (SC),
Conrad Solum (TRG), Bob Gerst (SC), Mary Lyn Erlendson (TRG), Karen Keagy (TRG),
Steve Robertson, Ted Gardner (SC), Murray Bring, Marguerite Cooper, and Barbara Hasse (TRG).
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BOB WALLACH
. . glory for Troy
contest to tie with Stanford for first place. The contest was held at Oregon State last Wednesday through Friday.
Wallach took first place in oratory, and second place in both after-dinner and extemporaneous speaking.
Last year, when the meet was held here, Wallach took second in oratory, missing first place by one point.
Two years ago the Trojan debaters won all the events.
The Pacific Forensic League contest is the most important tournament of the year for SC. The league, oldest speech association on the West Coast,, is comprised of most of the same schools as the Pacific Coast Conference.
Stanford took top honors in extemporaneous speaking and Idaho State won first in the after-dinner division.
Asst. Speech Coach Charles Redding, who was president of the league last year, accompanied W411ach to Oregon. Although they arrived home over the weekend, the three trophies awarded Wallach are still forthcoming.
Political chicanery hit a new low Sunday night when culprits slashed the tires of candidates’ cars which were left on the campus overnight.
Bill Van Alstyne, independent candidate for ASSC president, reported that the air was let out of his tires, the “skirts” stolen, and tomatoes tossed all over his automobile.
Four other office-seekers, none on the TRG ticket, also were victims of knife-slashing activities.
Van Alstyne said he and his fellow-victims had left their cars parked near the Student Union Sunday night after having put posters in the windows and locking the doors for safety.
The cars were secured and nobody could have broken in, Van Alstyne added.
“Since they couldn’t get the campaign posters, little was accomplished,” Van Alstyne said.
“Nothing the vandals did, accomplished anything for any candidates or for the university," Van Alstyne bitterly commented.
DT Gets List Of Wrongdoing SC Politicians
Names of unscrupulous political operators and their nefari- . ous activities have been turned over to the DT by local observers, it was disclosed yesterday afternoon.
The campaign manager of a senator-at-large candidate said that he had posted 50 pasteboards yesterday morning between 5 and 7:80 only to find that they had been torn down by 9 a.m.
Other such illegal and unsportsmanlike incident* have been reported to the DT, and if they continue, the names of the violators will be revealed to the men’s judicial council and the women’s judicial court for appropriate action.
POLITICAL DREDGE — Into the very scum of politics drops The Watchbird today. Armed against the foul stenches exuding from the less discriminating student poltiicians, he proceeds to dig up the usual behind-the-scenes information. Old W.B. has determined that this year, more than any recent political year, Troy's Independent Voters will have the final say . . . But only if they get out and vote .
Bird Eyes Value Of Non-Org Votes
by The Watchbird
As the polls open today, The Watchbird feels that it will be up to the independent voter to elect the next ASSC student body president.
More than 4000 ballots have been printed in expectation of the largest turnout in recent electioneering history. The heat of the campaign reached volcanic proportions yesterday when 4000 copies of TRG’s political paper were stolen, and office seekers not affiliated with TRG found that their cars had been vandalized.
In both cases, The Watchbird staunchly advocates extreme penalties to those responsible—if caught—even expulsion from school.
A prime example of political backstabbing was evidenced when the name of Jean McNeil, Junior class vice presidential candidate was printed on a Conservative Party handbill. Miss McNeil said although she would appreciate affiliation with the Conservatives she has always been with TRG.
The Conservative Party has said it is backing Van Alstyne. Now rumors have it they offered Don Daves, TRG presidential candidate, their backing if he would appoint only Conservatives to high student body posts. He refused.
Who’s playing for the foreign student vote? They number 600 on campus. The under-the-table manipulations for this block of votes may make the Teapot Dome scandal look like child’s play.
Don Daves is playing heavily for the veterans vote. He
is an ex-GI, but opponents claim
U.S. Names New DAV Head at SC
A. Melvin Carkuff has been appointed by the U.S. government to head the Disabled Veterans Training Office at SC. In addition to being the DAV officer at SC, he also represents Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
A graduate of Xansas State College. Carkuff has been principal of Wam?go High School in Kansas, instructor at South Carolina A&M College, and adviser to the U.S. Dept, of Agriculture.
NAMED CO-DIRECTOR
Bennett Joins Troy Camp
Bruce Bennett, former SC cage star, has been named co-director for Troy Ckmp, it was announced j'esterday by Barbara Haase, director of the Trojan Chest facility.
Bennett's appointment, on recommendation of Miss Haase, was submitted to the ASSC senate last week. At that time, his appointment as co-director was unanimously approved.
Bennett has long been associated with campus activities and sports. He was a standout performer on the 1951 and 1952 Tro-
UCLA Professor To Speak Here
Dr. James S. Coleman, member of UCLA’6 political science department, will be the featured speaker at the Wednesday noon Men’s Faculty meeting in Commons Cafeteria.
Dr. Coleman who recently spent 14 months in Africa on a Fulbright Grant will lecture on “Political Developments in Africa.”
Dr. Coleman received his PhD. from Harvard University, Faculty program chairman Wilbert Hindman disclosed. While in Africa he studied at University College which is located at Ibadan Nigeria, the largest native African city.
jan basketball teams. In recent seasons, he has been a regular on . both the Kirby Shoes and Monty’s Steak House AAU basketball quintets.
Civil Engineer A senior, Bennett is slated to receive his degree in civil engineering this June. He is a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
As co-director of Troy Camp, Bennett will have the immediate responsibility of assisting Miss Haase in the development of the camp site and in selecting camp counselors.
16 Counselors Needed In all, 16 counselors are needed for the camp, Miss Haase stated. Eight women counselors are needed for the first session, which will host 62 girls from the Los Angeles Area. A like number of men counselors are needed for the second session, which will fete 62 boys.
The first session will get underway on Aug. 30 at Camp Edwards flear Jenks Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. Troy Camp, 1954 edition, will close Sept. 12.
In making the announcement of Bennett’s appointment, Miss Haase also made an appeal for all interested Trojans and Tro-janes to volunteer their services as counselors.
“There is no pay involved,” Miss Haase said, “but room and
board are taken care of. We believe the role of a counselor is a great way of having fun for a week and helping some underprivileged youngsters at the same time.
“Counselors should have some experience in at least one of the following fields: handicraft, elementary swimming, advanced swimming, community singing, sports, running film projectors, and general supervision. A counselor will be assigned for every cabin of eight children.”
Petition
Interested persons are asked to fill out a petition in the ASSC office, 215 Student Union. Petitions should be placed in Miss Haase’s mail box in the ASSC office. Interviews will be scheduled and announced in the Daily Trojan.
Meanwhile, Miss Haase reported that camp plans and programs are rapidly being developed. Cardinal and Gold tee shirts, with ‘Troy Camp” monogrammed on them, have been ordered. Awards, to be given to the outstanding girl and boy camper for each session, have also been set up.
Troy Camp is an annual activity sponsored by the University. Funds for the operation and maintenance of the camp are derived from Trojan Chest donations.
According to Miss Haase, “The
main purpose of the camp is to help underprivileged kids by teaching them the right way of living, and, in so doing, we feel we can help to prevent juvenile delinquency. Many of the poor kids who will attend the camp have never been to the mountains.”
Van Alstyne DeniesCharge
Contrary to popular opinion about who’s spending what for campaign 'expenses, presidential aspirant Bill Van Alstyne said yesterday:
“It’s ridiculous to accuse me of running over my expense account. Actually my total campaign expenses run considerably under $300 and only one-third of it is my own money.”
Van Alstyne explained, “All my campaign expenses have been perfectly legal and only split three ways, either through the SC party, some Independent student
He pointed out TRG, in addition to Don Daves personal campaign expenses, has spent money for a party newspaper, printed party posters, slates with pictures and a full page ad in the Daily Trojan.	j
he never served in combat. His job in the Army, they say, was a radio announcer.
Cold Cash Enemies of Van Alstyne claim he has $1000 in cold cash behind his campaign. They figure it would amount to approximately $250,000 if he was running for mayor of Los Angeles, figuring $1000 for every 10,000 people. Van Alstyne explicitly denies this.
Both parties are thinking about a joint conference to discuss the possibilities of getting together to eliminate all party politics on campus—especially the dirty" tactics and mudslinging that has been evident so far.
The Watchbird views this with great pleasure, but the advocates of party elimination are usually just seniors and therefore, come next election year, they won’t be around.
The only professed “do away with all parties” man who would remain is Noble Trenham. Noble as he is, one man can’t turn the trick.
Reports from the row indicate that Beta Theta Pi is threatening to “storm” Sigma Phi Epsilon’s house if a Halderman poster allegedly stolen by Sig Eps is not returned. The report says “reprisals” will be used if the poster is not brought back.
Independent Voter The campaign has shown that early advertising makes the big difference. Van Alstyne’s camp jumped the gun and left TRG far in the distance. However, a concerted effort on the part of TRG campaign managers has brought the both parties close to the finish line neck and neck.
TRG’s early confidence, it is said, may stem from the fact that they claim voting “control” over all but two sororities. TRG also boasts a majority control of the athlete-packed fraternity houses representing 6ome 1000 votes.
With all this talk of control, the Watchbird again mentions the vote of the independent. The independent student could swamp “row” votes by turning out en mass at the polls. This is one segment of SC politics that cannot be “controlled.’*