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LOS ANGELES, CALIF., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955
No. 134
Songfest Rehearsal Arabians Slated for Tonight Plan Gala
Musicale
Ticket Sales Show Near Capacity Crowd for Tomorrow s Festivities
By Jim Karayn
Dress rehearsal for the Second Annual SC Songfest will >e held tonight. According to Bob Jani, chairman, all participants must be at the Greek Theater at 6:30 for the practice.
The rehearsal will last until midnight, so all organizations will have a chance to run j through their complete numbers before tomorrow night's performance.
The Songfest will begin at 8 Friday night. Yesterday's ticket sales point to a near capacity audience in the 4400-seat amphitheater.
SC Handbook Tells of New IName Contest
A campus wide contest is being
Conducted to supply a name for he 1956 Handbook, Jerry Nace, ditor, announced yesterday.
The new name will be just one >f the many new ideas for the handbook, which has previously jeen called the “Student Hand-xx)k.” Nace said. The person sub-nitting the winning name will peceive $5.
I People are needed to write sec-ions for the handbook. The sec-ions are activities, publications, eneral information, facilities, stu-ent government, regulations, the Low, directory, and the index.
'eople are also needed to help |
Bth layout and art work.
new cover, more pictures and fings, and use of color are additions to the handbook.
| new handbook will be, more il and interesting than ever re,” the editor said, itest entries and staff appli-jns may be pat in Nace’s box,
SU, or submitted by calling 17-4849. Entries wil! be judged Jace a/id Gary Kreutz, editor |he 1955 handbook. ^ handbook will be given to Jming freshmen next fall, and serve as a reference book Ing the year.
rad to Tell Foreign ervice Test
tohn Mullin, graduate student o recently returned from ishington, D.C. where he took * U.S. foreign service exam, ^ill speak at the Theta Xi fraternity house at 7 tonight.
Mullin will tell about the test, which takes several days and includes many topics, interviews, and a language test. All students connected with international relations are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served after I^ullin answers questions pertaining to the test. V
According to Tim Smith, ticket chairman, there are only a few of the $1.50 reserved seats left. A booth will be located on University Avenue again today so students can purchase the remaining $1 general admission tickets.
Tw o Runs Jani said that tonight’s dress rehearsal will be run through twice. Staging will be from 6 to 8 p.m. At 8. Walter Schumann, famed choral director, will rehearse all 600 participants in the mass choral rendition of “This Is My Country.”
No costumes will be worn tonight, but all props, musical instruments, and costume acceso-ries must be used in the rehearsal. The props and instruments may be left overnight in the theater.
Only Performers "No person will be admitted to dress rehearsal without a participant’s pass,” said Jani. Participants may pick up their passes in the Dean of Students’ office. No spectators or members of organizations who are not performing in the program will be admitted to the rehearsal.
Jani reminded organizations that numbers must be performed at dress rehearsal exactly as they will be presented on Friday. No changes in arrangements or presentations will be allowed at the final showing.
Trojan Band The Trojan Symphonic Band, under the baton of Dr. William A. Schaefer, will also rehearse its portion of the show at tonight’s practice.
Individual and. group practices for the only major school event of the semester have been going on all week as last minute preparations are being executed.
Chairman Jani called a special rehearsal last night for all Songfest participants to practice their parts. The band practiced yesterday afternoon with Jani on their contribution to the mass choral numbers.
Jani Gives Jobs
At yesterday’s Songfest committee meeting, Jani delegated the duties for which each committee member is responsible on the two | nights. Committee members are going throughout today making final preparations for tonight’s rehearsal. Special curtains and backdrops are being hung, and seat sections are being designated.
The rehearsal was scheduled to appear on KTLA’s “City at Night” program from 10 to 11 tonight, but on final check it was found that technical difficulties would not permit the televising of the show from the Greek Theater.
The surrounding hills of Griffith televising of the rehearsal.
Ruth St. Denis, one of America's foremost dancers and choreographers. will be the guest star of the Arabian Students Association, when they present their “Maharajan Festival” tomorrow evening. 8:30, in the Student Union Lounge.
Miss St. Denis, along with one of her pupils, will make one of her rare appearances, reading an excerpt from the poetry of Kah-lil Gibran, author of “The Prophet.”
The Arab students will present authentic literature, songs, and dances, with participants from 14 Arabian countries performing.
Represented will be Egypt, Mor-rocco,* Saudi-Arabia, Syria, and ten other countries.
Chairmen Listed
Chairman of the affair will be Bill Croarkin, founder of the Catalina players, and assistant professor of Telecommunications at SC. Co-chairman of the event is Yolanda D’Amico.
Typical Arabian refreshments, as well as social dancing, will also be included in the evening’s performance.
Included in the program are the Highlighters, a song and dance trio, and Barbara Andres, who will do interpretive dancing. Miss Andres is a student of Miss St. Denis, and a member of the famous St. Denis troupe.
The Highlighters are composed of Charles Charter, Mary Stuart, and Bob Nicholson. Other Arabian students will present the “Doble,” a traditional folk dance performed in Arabian countries.
True Picture
“The true picture of Arabian Culture" is the objective of the presentation, according to Croarkin. Students will present both the Hollywood version, complete with harem girls, desert drums and swaying palms, and the true version, with typical folk dances, songs, and literature.
Tickets may be obtained from any Arab student, or from the booth in front of the Student Union.
At the finale of the affair, students representing the 14 different countries which make up the Arabian nation will be introduced, each dreSsed in typical native garb, and carrying his native flag.
Senate Slaps Fines Totaling
$915 on Campaign Violators
DT Managerial Prospects Meet Today in 427 SU
All applicants who ■ have been interviewed for the position of Daily Trojan business manager for the coming year will meet today at 2 p.m. in the office of the director of the School of Journalism. 427 SU.
Announcement will be made by the J-School faculty of next year’s business manager. All applicants are urged to attend, according to Director John H. McCoy.
STEVENSON TO JOIN RACE FOR PRESIDENT-CALDWELL
Adlai Stevenson will run again for the presidency in 1956, Russell Caldwell, assistant professor of history, told a meeting of the Trojan Democratic Club yesterday
afternoon.
“I have it on good authority that Stevenson will definitely run again if only to help the Democratic Party maintain its majorities in both the House and Senate,” Caldwell said.
Caldwell’s authority is a University of Chicago history professor who was largely responsible for the successful “Draft Stevenson” movement at the last national Democratic convention.
Caldwell talked to the University of Chicago professor just two weeks ago at the annual meeting of the Missouri Valley Historical Society held in St. Louis.
After sitting through tie votes, Joe Cerrell, incumbent president, was reelected by a narrow majority. Cerrell was opposed by Si Rosenthal.
Song Groups Combine For Bovard Concert
GOING STRONG
Much Ado Cast Has Much to Do
With the third showing of “Much Ado About Nothing” in Bovard Auditorium at 8:30 tonight, the cast and crew are still busy all day preparing for the evening performances, according to Production Manager Bill White.
White says that the 30 elaborate Elizabethian costumes must be checked every day for rips and must be pressed before the performance. The stage must also be cleaned, and the leaves of the trees at the side of the stage refurbished.
The lighting class, which set up the lighting, must go through all the techniques used in the show to see of anything is wrong, and if any improvements can be made.
Every morning through Saturday, the last day of the play, the cast goes through a complete rehearsal with ^Director Howard Banks, speeding up the parts where the action seemed slow the night before.
The Shakespearean comedy is performed on a replica of the Globe Theater, where most of Shakespeare's plays were originally performed. Designed last year by Bob Corrigan for “The Taming of the Shrew,” the set was dug out of the mothballs and set up again on the Bovard stage.
Featured Players
Featured in the leads are Don Wright as Benedict, Gay Gadbois as Beatrice, John LeVan as Claudio. Catherine Matich as Hero. Lee Whiting as Don Pedro, and Herbert LaBin as Leonato.
The play will run at Bovard through Saturday, with evening performances starting at 8:30. There will be matinee performances on Friday and Saturday at 2:30 p. m. Tickets are on sale at the drama office, the ticket office, and at the box office before all performances. Admission is free with a student activity book.
The combined 100 voices of the A Capella Choir and Madigral Singers will join forces to present their tenth annual spring concert in Bovard at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, May 20.
The concert, under the direction of Dr. Charles C. Hirt, will present a full choral repertoire from classical to light music.
The choir will begin the program with sacred music by Vit-toria, “Jesu Dulcis Memoria.” They will also sing “Cantate Domino,” Pitoni; “Ave Maria,” Bruckner; “Latze Gluck,” Brahms; “The Last Words of David,” Thompson; and “Der Geist Hilft Unsrer Schwachheit Auf,” Bach.
Two more secular pieces to be done by the choir include Poulenc's “Trois Chansons Francaises” and Dello Joio’s “Song of the Road.”
The Madrigal Singers will be heard in “Agnus Dei,” Morley; DiLasso's French love song, “Bon-jour mon Couer”; and “Weep O Mine Eyes,” Bennett.
They will conclude the program with two compositions by Ray Henderson, an SC alumnus, “Scarborough Fair” and “The Hunter.”
The concert, free to the public and sponsored by SC’s School of Music, is expected to have more than 2000 in attendance as it has in every past year.
“This spring concert is to be a fine musical performance coupled with extraordinary showmanship and staging,” said Jerome Glass, program director.
Book Reflecting Life in France Reviewed at Faculty Lunchecn
By Maggie Christensen
The French people waver constantly between a Napoleon complex and a Joan of Arc complex, Dr. Rene F. Belle, chairman of the French department, told members of the Faculty Club yesterday.
Discussing “The Diary of Major Thompson,” a book written by a Frenchman using1 an English pseudonym, Dr. Belle also said that the French have been suffering from the
Reduction of Fulbright Award Funds Attacked by Senators
The ASSC Senate last night approved election violation fines totaling $915 levied against 57 candidates and 3 non-candidates for illegal campaigning in the last election, and then adjourned for the spring semester. #
The highest fines were levied against Bob Gerst, $71, and Ron Weintraub, $60, opponents in the AMS presidency race. Gerst opposed his fine on the grounds that posters
and brochures were illegally distributed without his konwledge.
After lengthy debate, the senators approved the report as it stood, refusing to mitigate Gerst’s fine. The money will go to Troy Camp.
The fines were compiled by the Senate Elections Investigating Committee during the election week, according to Chairman Barbara Haase. A list of offenders will be turned over to the Bursar who will withhold the grades of those who fail to pay.
Appeals can be made to Dean of Students Bernard L. Hyink.
Resolution Approved Approval was given to a resolution opposing any reduction in the federal appropriation for the Fulbright scholarship program.
The resolution was introduced by Senator-at-large Murray Bring who said that the U.S. Senate is now considering a bill passed by the House of Representatives cutting $11 million from the $22 million Fulbright appropriation. Approval was unanimous.
, Send to Senators Copies of the resolution opposing any cut in the Fulbright program, which finances students in study abroad, will be sent to the appropriate U.S. Senate committee, Senators William F.
Knowland and Thomas H. Kuchel from California, the national officers of National Students Association, the SC Faculty Senate, and Dean of Students Bernard j
SDX to Have Important Noon Meeting Today
All member* of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, will meet today at noon ln the main dining room of Commons, on the second floor, for a short luncheon and business meeting to determine tha outstanding journalism awards for the past year.
Newly-elected president, Paul Wasserman, said that a private dining room waa not available for the luncheon. He emphasized that the main dining room of Commons does not mean th« large Common# Cafeteria, but the dining room upstairs.
Music School Plans Noon Pops Concert
L. Hyink.
Billie Lyris, NSA Coordinator, requested that all students individually write Senators Knowland and Kuchel protesting the proposed cut in the Fulbright budget.
Commerce Undecided
By approving the recommendation of the Elections Commission last night, the Senate deferred the election of School of Commerce president until next fall. The last election for the office between Nancy Bates-Lane and Leroy Barker ended in a 154-154 deadlock. The two candidates will run again in October.
This means that the newly-elected commerce veep, Gretchen Haller, will be saddled with the duties of coordinating tl>? commerce orientation program in September, and of selecting members for the council.
Noon Pops, the School of Music’s contribution to SCs Diamond Jubilee, will be heard today in the Town and Gown Foyer, according to Burt Karson, music school president. Selections will be played by the Trojan Symphonic Band.
Included in the program are “Folksong Suite,” Vaughn-Wil-liams; “Two Pieces of Eight Horns,” LoPresti; “Russian and Ludmilla Overture,” Glinka, plus assorted marches and other informal music,
“The presentations will continue in the fall,” Karson said. “We will probably have one program a month, featuring the University Symphonic Orchestra, the Madrigal Singers, and A Cap-pella choir ”
DT SURVEY
Study Plans Listed
By Arnold Diener
Those days of blood-shot eyes, ,£omb-like silence, and haggared ifaces are drawing near. Yes. in three short weeks the shroud of final exams will descend Upon the campus.
A survey conducted among the students of this university on “How to Study for Finals” brought the following results.
The first student contacted, who wishes to remain anonymous, was an SC male who gave the answer that makes draft board officials rub their hands in giee. “I don't plan to study,” he said.
Next came AEPhi Marlene Freeman who gave two answers when queried about her study habits.
Uses Benzedrine
“If my finals are all close together and early in the morning. I’ll probably stay up all right on benzedrine, but if they are spread ‘ut over a two-week period. I'll ust keep my nose in the books all lav long,” she said.
\\ ith this she disappeared and made her wav toward the Grill. John Da\ m Phi Delt. who
sire to study with his friends. He did not say if his studying would be done on the ground or on the Hancock antenna.
Sophomore Joyce Bernhardt plans to re-read the material from the entire semester and just hope for the best.
Disappointed Vendor
Right smack in the middle of University Avenue and 36th Street sat Kappa Robbie Carroll. Actually she was there for a purpose— to sell Songfest tickets. When first confronted, her eyes lit up in anticipation, for she saw a possible ticket sale. But when she heard. “How do you plan to study for finals?”, her smile disappeared and she replied with the typical scholarly SC answer.
“I usually wait until the night before the test. If I study at night, I use coffee, cigarettes, and the radio to keep me awake. I find that by studying in bed in the morning. I keep completely relaxed." the attractive junior exclaimed.
Tape Recorder
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amed recogniticn while running record all my class lectures and for ASSC secrejary during the then listen to them while I was recent elections, expressed the de-1 asleep, but I found that that type
of procedure is illegal. I also recommend cramming sessions over a game of bridge,” she continued.
Miss Carroll did emphasize that all students should be caught up with class assignments before finals roll around.
Finally, the exhausted coed ended with this bit of wisdom, “Gee, after explaining all these suggestions to you, I have already studied too much.”
In order to break the monotony of helpful suggestions, a Phi Beta Kappa was contacted for his views on the subject. This particular Phi Beta happens to be Bill Van Alstyne, ASSC president.
BVA’s Plan Van Alstyne has made a study on how to study and has come up with six different methods. His first method, “spaced repetition,” consists of reading the entire textbook at the beginning of the semester, and underlining the important passages. He does not open the book again until 10-week exams, and then, he just reads the underlined parts. Then, when final time comes around, he re-reads those same parts.
Another system used by Van Alstyn* is tha “active and oral
recall” process. In this system he simply goes over each day’s assignment or lecture either to himself of aloud. He believes that active learning is much more important than passive learning. By
this he means that learning through doing is better than learning from just listening to lectures.
Note Supporter
Van Alstyne is an avid supporter of typed notes. “By retyping class notes each day, you’re able to use a motor-sense way of learning,” he said.
Van Alstyne revealed that during the semester he had a 4.0 grade average, he useu the “divided sleep” method of studying. In this method the student goes to sleep in the afternoon for two or three hours. Then he awakes and begins to study. At about midnight, he goes back to sleep and does not arise until 6 a.m. From this time until class time, he studies.
The outgoing ASSC president thinks that the tape recorder way <f studying is good in that it makes one more susceptable to learning.
persecuted Joan of Arc feeling since the liberation in 1945.
“When the French think back to their past glories, they begin to feel like great conquerors. When they feel abused, unhappy and mistreated, they start to feel like martyrs at the stake,” he said.
Dr. Belle said that, ever since the liberation and the occupation that followed it, the French have been suffering from a foreigner complex. They have become distrustful of all other nations.
“They feel,” he said, “that all foreigners have the mind of an Englishman, the billfold of an American, the stomach of a Russian, and the subconscious of a German. They can’t imagine that foreigners see them as they see themselves. This ,hook was written So that they could see themselves as others see them.”
The story involves a mythical English soldier, Major Marma-duke Thompson, who is traveling to the south of France with a typical modern Frenchman. Throughout the eatlre trip he is continually impressed with the Frenchmen’s distrust of everyone, including his own country-
men, and the fact that the French good humor has been soured and embittered.
“This is a remarkable and excellent book ... a wonderful satire,” he said. “After 10 years the French are finally being shown themselves, as the Americans have always been by writers like Philip Wylie and Sinclair Lewis.”
Need Ride Home? Let APhiOs Help
Need a ride home this summer? SC students are driving to points all over the United States and the Alpha Phi Omega car pool offers a chance to save money on transportation.
Students who are interested should sign up in 220 SU, fill out application cards stating (destination, date of departure, and date of expected arrival. He should also state where he may be contacted.
Assistant Yell Leader Bids Due Friday
Petitions for assistaot yell leaders must be turned into 228 SU by this Friday. Any full-time male student is eligible to apply.
Selections will be made on Monday, May 16, at 3 p.m. in the International Student Lounge and all applicants will be interviewed at this time.
“The position of assistant yell leader can be lots of fun and good experience for anyone. It also enables the person to play an important part in making SCs football games big successes,” said Bill Hillinck, yell king elect.
French Language Clinic Scheduled
Students in 100 and 200 French courses are advised that the next free coaching clinic will be held Friday, 3 p.m., in the Student Lounge.
Caldwell, Shanks Plan First Trojan Caravan Appearance
Dr. Russell L. Caldwell, •associate professor of history, and Kenneth Shanks, instructor in speech, are making their first Trojan caravan appearance in Bakersfield on May 23. the department of development announced yesterday.
Dr. Caldwell will s peak on "Historic Sources of American Strength” to the Bakersfield 20-30 Club.
“Look Ma! I’m Speaking” is the topic of Shank’s talk to Bakersfield Rotary Club members.
Other faculty members set to address Bakersfield groups include Dr. Frank C. Baxter, professor of English; Dr. John R. Crown,»professor of piano: Paul Saltman. assistant professor of biochemistry; and Robert H. Grei. ner, chemistry department glass blower.
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