ENATORS APPROVE EXTENSION OF BALLOTING
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oting Exceeds Five Year Mark Record Presidential Election
Special Senate Call Brings Hot Protest
by Charlie Barnett
Amid cries of political moves against Senators from th parties, the ASSC Sente yesterday extended the neral election until 3:30 is afternoon.
The Senators, in special ~sion, voted 23-4 in a noon eeting to accept Election mmissioner Chuck McClure’s ■ommendation for a 24-hour ex-sion in the balloting. cClure, who said he regreted t his recommendation had ap-ently become a political issue, ed for the extra day because felt the voting facilities were dequate to handle in two ys all students who wish to e.
Surprise Crowd IcClure admitted he made a stake in estimating what facil-; would be necessary to han-the voting. He said he ori-ally asked for the two-day lloting on the recommendation the previous elections commis-ner and figured erroneously t it would be adequate for a rmal vote.
‘I didn’t figure on this large a out.” he said.
At times yesterday, voting es increased until it was tak-15 to 30 minutes to vote. The lloting yesterday morning aver-ed 300 students per hour.
No Time “The break between classes is ly 10 minutes, and most stu-ts are not willing to cut ss. Therefore many students turning away because it kes too long to vote,” McClure lained to the Senators. “I be-ve every interested student on mpus should be given the ance to vote,” »
McClure told the senators that realized that whatever action ey took, there would be a poli-cal “stink.” “But, I don’t think at because of party politics, we ould deny anyone the right to te—which we will be doing if e fail to extend the election,” McClure said.
In spite of McClure’s attempt bring the issue above partisan-ip, election motives, moves, and barges were in evidence at the eeting.
TRG Boycott
As SC party senators scurried round trying to get a quorum or the meeting, several TRG enators met outside the Senate hamber to plan a boycott.
The TRG senators refused to nter the meeting, charging that nly Conservative party senators ad been notified and that the eeting was illegal. They charg-;d that Conservative supporters ere pushing for the extension or political motives, thinking at another day’s independent tes would aid presidential can-date Bill Van Alstyne.
At one time, Vice-President obette Bentley even entered the ‘nate Chamber, but refused to counted present.
“Bobette’s here,” said one of -e quorum-seekers.
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Vol. XLV
Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, April 29, 1954
No. 121
MANY BALLOTS — An election worker is shown here issuing the proper ballots to a student who is about to vote. At the extreme
—Courtesy Herald & Exores*
right Chuck McClure is shown conversing with election worker who is watching the . ballot box. Elections continue today.
Phi Sigs to Crown Moonlight Girl'
Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity will honor its chosen “Moonlight Girl” Saturday night with a formal dinner-dance at Palm Springs.
Candle-light dinners have been held during the week at the Phi Sig house honoring eight coeds. Competing for the Moonlight Crown are Beverly
Reeseman, ADPi; Molly Engle-hardt, Alpha Phi; Caryl Koutny, Delta Delta Delta; Eleanor Johnson, DeeGee; Joan Yenawine, Gamma Phi; Barbara Horne-brook, Theta; Karen King, Pi Phi; and Joni Mannix, AOPi.
The eight finalists were selected from more than 50 aspirants. The queen and two attendents will be crowned by Alex Cooper, KLAC disc jockey, during the dance at the Biltmore Hotel in Palm Springs.
A cocktail party at the home of Beverly Edgerton, Gamma Phi, will precede the evening activities. Swimming and volleyball at the Shadow Mountain Club will round out the week end festivities.
The winner of the SC contest will compete in the national Phi Sig "Moonlight Girl,” and the winner will receive a trip to the fraternity’s convention.
Last year’s winner was Diane Jay, ADPi.
Health Center Provides Free Chest X-Rays
Free chest X-rays for the detection of tuberculosis are still available at the Student Health center.
The chest X-ray program is offered annually to all students, faculty, and employees of the university.
Dr. Paul O. Greeley, director of the Health Center, urged everyone to have an X-ray made as soon as possible because they can be offered for a limited time only.
He pointed out that it is possible to have an advanced case of tuberculosis and not be aware of it until the physical symptoms appear. X-rays can detect the disease in time for a quicker and easier recovery.
omen Needed to Fill Cabinet
Petitions are now available for WS appointive offices, accord-g to Pattie Tremellen, present.
Applications may be picked up the AWS office, 214 SU. Wed-esday is the deadline for re-rning the forms, said Miss mellen.
Interviews for applicants will held Wednesday and Thursday next week, and May 12 and 13 t the AWS office.
Good Jobs Aspirants for positions with ting seats on the AWS Cabi-et must have a 2.3 accumulative ide average and Monday af-moons free for meetings. Cabi-et positions open include: Orientation chairman; to coor-inate activities, serve as coha irman of Trojane house, and ke charge of the AWS Desert ashion and Dance.
PATTI TREMELLEN
. . . needs help
Projects; to take charge of all AWS sponsored projects including the recognition assembly, nomination assembly, and activity mart.
Activity coordinator; to handle ABC activity chart, and maintain file of students interested in campus activities.
Good Heads Intercollegiate Association of Women Students chairman; to be in charge of membership in IAWS, maintain list of non-member schools, and answer correspondence.
Non-voting committee heads include assistant orientation chairman, assistant projects chairman, scrap book chairman, poster chairman and assistant maintenance chairman. A 2.0 accumulative is required for non-voting positions.
Smog Gone!
It's Garlic Gas -Gasp-Gasp-
Veterans of Los Angeles’ worst smog onslaughts gasped and made faces at a stench of garlic in Founders Hall yesterday morning.
The odor emanated from the second floor of Founders and “floated” through the rooms, halls, and stairways. No one knew exactly where the fumes came from, although several students ventured that they had “forgot to brush their teeth” that morning.
Windows were flung open and doors to classrooms closed as most students preferred the “less noxious” smog.
One student snickered, “That stench is no more than that stirred up by the usual campus politics.”
Vote Extension Causes TRG Evening Rally
The TRG General Assembly called a special rally of all its candidates and backers last night as a result of yesterday’s Senate action extending the voting another day.
The meeting was held in the Phi Sigma Kappa house at 10:15 Don Daves (president) and Mary Barrett (vice - president) were among the candidates who thanked TRG supporters for their help and asked them to “keep up the good work for one more day.” “TRG feels that this extension was the only sensible and just thing to do,” Noble Trenham, chairman of the party, stated.
“We have always maintained a policy claiming that every student has a right to vote and should not be denied this privi-leg-* because of a lack of time.”
★ Another Chance
The elections have been extended 24 hours. In the midst of charges and countercharges, the students who have not voted yet have been given another crack at the polls.
Representatives of both political camps have accused each other of having ulterior motives behind their stand at yesterday’s special Senate meeting. However, true or false these accusations may be, the fact remains that those students who were discouraged from voting because of the long lines and limited voting facilities may now go to the polls and cast ballots for their favorite candidates.
The question as to who will win the election is no longer paramount. Both ASSC presidential candidates have expressed their favor with the 24-hour extension of voting. Both candidates have publicly stated that regardless who wins the election, the winner should represent the expression of the majority of the students registered at the university. Neither candidate wants minority support of the student body.
The polls will be open today. You will have the opportunity to vote between your class periods or after classes t are over for the day. You will be responsible for your own representatives during the next academie year. You will have to live with your ASSC Senate for a whole year. Make sure the representatives YOU want to represent YOU are elected. GET OUT AND VOTE!
Pharmacy Dean Slated for Third Advisement Talk
The LAS advisement series presents the third in a series of talks, “Careers in Pharmacy,” to be given by Alvah G. Hall, dean of the School of Pharmacy, in 129 FH at 3:15 this afternoon.
RAILROAD' CRIED OVER SENATE BILL
by The Watchbird
Flagrant charges against ASSC President Warren Clendening for his “railroading” through the student senate a motion to extend student body elections another day, were made late last night by at least eight voting members of the Senate. These Solons feel that Clendening’s extremely “unconstitutional” procedure to gain an extra day’s voting tally will give ASSC presidential candidate Bill Van Alstyne a far greater advantage than his opponent Don Daves.
Joe Cerrell, a voting proxy for Chuck Leimbach, freshman class preident, speaking for more than eight of the voting members said:
“The entire procedure was shady—even the unusual way in which Clendening ‘summoned' what we think were only his ‘elite’ in the voting Senate.”
Among those who reported they were not property notified are Bobette Bentley, ASSC vice president; Joanne Peterson, secretary;
Leimbach, Barbara Hesse, music president, Ed Lowe, senator-at-large; Nancy Mispagel, senator-at-large; Don Underwood, dentistry president; Marshall Mercer, med school president; Shirley Blalock, senator-at-large;
Bob Wallach, sophomore class president; and Sally McGrath, senator-at-large.
Those in favor of the extension of voting claimed this year’s balloting facilities have not allowed every student to cast a vote.
Cerrell claims that Chuck McClure, ASSC elections commis-
WATCHBIRD'S BUDDY
. . . catch the varmints
sition to interested students:
BULLETIN:
Van Allen, SC student, suffered head injuries last night when he fell from the roof of. an automobile on the corner of 28th street and University avenue. He was reportedly attempting to remove an election poster from a light pole.
Extent of his injuries was not known as Allen was still in the treatment room of Georgia Street Receiving Hospital when the DT went to press. _________
sioner, could easily have anticipated this year’s large turn-out.
“If he had the foresight to print 4000 ballots, he should have provided for sufficient polling facilities,” Cerrell said.
“In every recent previous year there have been 24 to 30 booths in which to vote and plenty of secretarial assistants,” he said.
“What makes me think this is an obvious attempt on Van Alstyne’s part to gain more votes is the fact that in first-day voting only a small number of Independents voted.” Everyone knows he’s been plugging very hard for their patronage.”
Clendening issued the following statement to clarify his po*
Both Party chairmen were notified of the special meeting at the same time—three hours in advance.
Among the senators who said they were not properly notified are Bobette Bentley, Joann Peterson, Chuck Leimbach, Barbara Hesse—All of whom whom were in attendance or were represented by proxy; Shirley Blalock and Bob Wallach were informed personally by me.
Also, the remaining complaining senators: Ed Lowe. Don Underwood, Marshall Mercer, and Sally McGrath have extremely poor attendance records anyway.
In my opinion, the meeting was carried on in a fair manner. There were 28 voting members present, ~nd at no time was any senator refused the right to speak.
Warren Clendening ASSC President Now here’s bird of another feather that dropped into The Watchbird’s nest:
Each year the student directory files are stolen. Very seldom can any “clues’ be dug up to identify the varmints. The’ skunks always get off scott free.
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Students Stand In Long Lines
As 2974 Ballot
’by Len Zagortz
The greatest two day turnout of voters in five years caused the ASSC Senate to add one more day of elections today.
Elections Commissioner Chuck McClure said the polls would be open from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today.
A two day total of 2974 ballots were cast for ASSC offices, topping anything in the last five years. Observers said this was probably due to the fact that most students thought the elections would last only two days and voted either Tuesday or yesterday.
Senate Approves
The Senate voted yesterday afternoon to extend the elections one day on the recommendation of McClure.
Five Year Election Results
YEAR 1st DAY VOTE 2nd DAY VOTE TOTAL VOTE
1954	1208	2974	----
1953	930	1824	3013
1952	835	1460	2638
1951	2150	3200	3680
1950	1700	3000	4944
The independent vote increased from 25 to 30 per cent of the total ballots cast.
Letters, Arts, and Sciences had the biggest turnout of school votes with 1136. Commerce was second With 621.
The previous two day high in voting was in 1950 when 3000 ballots were cast.
I’m very happy with yesterday’s turnout, but sorry that the voters had to wait so long to cast their ballots. I’m also very glad he senate extended the voting an extra day,” said McClure.
4500 Ballots Expected
He said that if the voting continues today as it did the two previous days, he expects over 4500 ballots to be cast.
In order to take care of the increased number of voters
practically
today, we are doubling our facilities,” he said.
He addfed that everything has gone smoothly so far, and everyone working at the election was to be commended for their fairness and willingness to work.
“It is only through this willingness to work that we have been able to handle the number of voters, which have averaged 300 per hour.” he said.
Yesterday, voters har? • to stand in line 15 to 30 minutes to cast their ballots. Two lines will be formed to handle the extra influx of last minute voting.
Politicians were on their better behavior and no reports of violence reached the DT office. McClure said
Ballots Cast
Totals of the ballots cast In the first two days of the ASSC elections include:
ASSC ...........................2974
Senator-at-large .............3064
AMS ...........................J051
Senior Class ..................1211
Junior Class .................. 679
Sophomore Class -------------------- 602
Independent men .........------- 609
Independent women _____________ 230
Veteran students ............. 388
Foreign students ________________ 99
LAS ............................1136
Commerce ...................,.r. 621
Education ___________________  „ 165
Engineering ................... 238
Architecture ............... ..106
Music ........................... 90
Pharmacy ____________!_________ 126
P. A___________________.*_____ 51
I. R_________~_________________ 24
(NOTE: Difference in total ballots cast for ASSC offices and senator-at-large are du? to void ballots.)
things have calmed down and everyone was behaving in the election.
However, he warned that the elections commissioi is noting all illegal activities by the politicos, but no fines b-ive been levied yet.
Ballot counting will begin today around 4:30 and “will last until we are through,” said McClure. He hoped the results would be in about 2 a.iy. tomorrow. The DT will carry results as late as press time will allow.
Custodian Finds Stolen Political Sheets of TRG
Nearly 1000 of the 4000 copies of the Trojan Daily, a TRG political sheet not to be confused with the DT, that were stolen from several newspaper containers on campus Monday were found yesterday, a TRG spokesman announced. Most were found in the men’s room, on the second floor of
the Student Union by Alex Mar-cowitz, SU custodian. He locked them in a broom closet until TRG representatives were notified.
“They were on the bottom of a wastebasket full of paper towels,” Marcowitz said. “I found them when I was emptying the basket.”
Several hundred more copies were found in the basement men’s room of the same building. They were hidden in a barrel that was underneath another barrel.
The repossessed issues will be distributed today, the spokesman announced.
Final Judging For AFROTC Queen Slated
Final eliminations for the AFROTC “Honorary Colonel” will be held today at 3 p.m. in the Student Lounge.
The “Colonel” will be elected by the entire AFROTC from the five finalists selected today.
Twelve coeds seeking the title include Judy Broomfield, Barbara Ostaus, Connie Furse, Jean-ie Halderman, Betsy Steinkamp, Sandy Leonard, Judy Green, Joan Vasseur, Marilyn Hudson, Nancy Coates, Anita Diamond, and Barbara Gillient.
Women in today’s judging are asked to wear suits, said John Birmingham, contest chairman.
El Rodeo Editor Applications Due
Deadline for turning in petitions for El Rodeo editorships is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Petitions may be handed in at the ASSC office, 215 SU.
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