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 1r o nNt4 
HOUSING
 
FOR
 
VETS
 
IS 
PROBLEM
 
Schools
 
Forced
 
To 
Expediencies
 
Surveys  
conducted
 
by
 the 
Ameri-
can 
Council
 on 
Education
 and 
the , 
New
 
York  
Times  
brought  to 
light  
that the 
critical 
housing 
shortage'  
fur  
students  
in colleges
 and
 uni-
versities
 
was 
a national 
issue 
and ; 
was
 
not limited
 
to
 any 
particular  
THE 
NOBLEST
 
MOTIVE  
s 
THE
 
PUBLIC 
GOODel 
locality. 
Thousands
 
of
 
students
 
VOL  
and
 
former service 
men,  
especially    
those 
who  are married, 
are un-
XX:XIV 
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, 
WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER 12, 1945 
No. 
47
 
able to 
enter  college
 as a 
result  
Some
 Changes 
Made
 BASKETBALL  TEAM 
GOES
 TO MOFFETT 
couples
 will have 
refreshments 
in 
A 
study  of 25 
typical
 instituti"s I 
COnCerning
 
Phelan
 FIELD TONIGHT 
FOR  DOUBLEHEADER
 
of 
this  
unprecedented
 
crisis.
 
showed
 
that the 
schools
 
are 
grap-
pling 
with
 the situation
 but 
have 
Literary 
Contest
 
found  no 
immediate  
solution in 
, 
 
sight. 
Pressure 
groups
 and 
con-
ferences 
of state
 and 
federal 
A few 
changes 
and additions
 
agencies
 
have 
met to 
make  plans
 
have
 been made by the English 
de
-
for a 
unified
 movement
 for 
solv- 
partment 
concerning
 the annual 
ing the problem.
 
Phelan literary 
contest.  
PROPOSALS?
 
The  winners of the
 five divi-
Among 
the many
 emergency
 
sions: short story,  
essays,  free 
measures  that have
 been 
taken
 in- 
verse, 
lyric, and
 plays will 
receive
 
elude 
moving 
trailer  
houses  onto
 
$18 for first 
prize. $10 for 
second
 
prize and $5 for 
third prize; how-
ever, the sonnet winners 
will  
re-
ceive $20 
for first prize,
 $10 for 
provised  
quarters.
 
second 
prize,  and $5 for third 
Thus far, 
100,000 
veterans  have
 
Prize.
 
returned 
to college, 40,000
 of whom The contest will officially 
end 
are married.
 These 
figures,  offi- April 2, 
1946,  at ti p. m. 
the 
campus,  taking 
over apartment
 
houses,  
gymnasiums,
 abandoned
 
war  plants, 
and many 
other im-
dais 
predict,  will 
be doubled 
through out
 the nation 
with  the 
winter  and 
spring 
quarters.
 
TRAILER
 
TOWNS  
Colleges
 have utilized
 
every 
available source. Trailer towns
 
have been established on more than 
50 campuses. 
Cooperating  with the 
National Housing Administration, 
3,000 trailers have been moved 
Sheets 
of
 instructions 
concern-
ing the 
proper
 form for 
entries  
may
 be procured in 
the English 
office, room 
H-28.  
Students entering 
the contest 
must not be 
over  25 
years  of age 
and must be registered  
as a regular 
student for at least one 
quarter  
of the 
regular school year. 
This
 will 
constitute  the 
thir-
from war plant 
areas into college 
teenth
 year of the 
Phelan
 con -
and university towns. Trailers 
may test, which was made 
possible
 by 
be found
 on 
the campuses 
of the a $10,000 bequest of 
the last Sena -
University of Arkansas, Colorado,
 tor James D. Phelan. 
Idaho,
 Indiana, 
Kentucky,  Mis- The
 English department
 
advisee  
souri,
 Cornell, 
Oklahoma,
 Utah,
 all 
students
 planning to 
enter
 
the 
Wisconsin,
 and Michigan.  contest 
to 
start  working 
on 
their 
(Continued on Page 2) papers
 now. 
Tonight  the Spartan 
cagers 
travel up to Moffett 
Field 
where 
they 
will engage the 
Skymasters  in
 
a doubleheader. Starting
 at 6:30 the 
State 
reserves  will play the Moffett Field reserve 
team,  and at 8 o'clock 
the 
Spartan 
varsity meets the Sky
-
masters "five." 
This will be a return game, the 
Flyers having taken the measure 
of the State basketballers
 a week 
or so ago when they 
registered
 
a 53-36 win over the Spartans. 
Since 
that
 time the 
locals 
have  
shown a great deal of improve-
ment 
and only 
last
 Friday 
defeated
 
the Fairfield Suisun Flyers 
52-29.  
NEW FORWARD 
Ronald  Moore, flashy Spartan 
forward, has
 
been moved up 
from 
the 
State reserve team to a 
place  
on 
the
 varsity roster. 
Moore,  form-
er All -City
 forward from Lowell 
High school in San  Francisco, had 
previously been playing 
in the pre-
liminary games and during that 
time was 
high point 
man in both 
games.
 
Against 
the 
Moffett 
Field
 
reserve 
team,
 
Moore  racked
 up 14 
points, and 
last
 Friday night 
he 
tallied 
17
 against the 
Wardrobe
 
club in the preliminary
 
game
 to 
the  
varsity
-Fairfield
 Suisun A. A. B. 
tilt. 
He
 came back a few
 minutes 
later to play a good 
portion  of the 
varsity  game, (the kid must be in 
fine shape.) 
HERE'S
 SQUAD
 
The varsity squad now
 looks 
something like 
this: Robinson, 
Holmes, Keene, Jones, Stevenson, 
Flake, Borg, Maggetti, Di Pietro, 
Denevi, Moore, 
Marcipan,  Davilla, 
Chargin, 
Lindsey, Hooton, 
Lang-
hoff, 
Dubois,  Martin, 
Bischoff,  and 
Armstrong. 
The 
probable  
starting  lineup 
against Moffett  Field tonight
 will 
be: Ed Maggetti and 
George'
 
Keene,
 forwards; Wes 
Stevenson, 
center; and Bert 
Robinson
 
and Ted 
Holmes, guards. 
INTER -SOCIETY 
RED CROSS DAY 
PARTY  IS OFF 
The get-together
 sceduled to top 
off today's quarterly Inter
-Society 
Red Cross
 day has been cancelled. 
The work day is in progress, how-
ever.  
Members of the various societies 
will 
work 
in the 
Red  Cross 
sew-
ing room during the day. The or-
ganizations
 will be rated, 
not  ac-
cording to time
 spent in working,
 
but on a production 
basis.
 
Results
 of the Red 
Cross  Day 
will  
he 
reported
 in the 
Spartan
 
Daily 
tomorrow. 
"Sorority
 
members,  
please 
don't  
neglect working in 
the sewing 
room,
 even if tonight's entertain-
ment has been 
called off," urges 
Elizabeth Leecing, 
Inter-society 
president. 
CO-EDS
 START
 'INTERNATIONAL
 HOUSE' 
Pioneering an 
"international
 house" for 
San  
Jose 
State college 
are 
(first row): Betty Obata, Lorraine 
May, Pat
 Kelly, 
Jean 
Wong;
 (second 
row): Pearl McLean and
 Mrs. Fitzhugh. 
Racial
 "Co-op 
Proving Success 
I' 
A shining example of how to get 
along with 
members of other races 
is 
demonstrated
 at a 
budding  
"in-
ternational
 house" for 
San  Jose 
State  college students
 at 485 
South
 
12th Street. 
Five coeds 
representing 
Scotch,  
Irish, 
English,
 Dutch, 
Japanese 
and  
Chinese 
extractions  have 
been
 
liv-
ing 
serenely
 together
 for almost
 
one 
quarter,  and declare 
them-
selves  
proud
 of to 
be pioneers
 of 
the 
project.  
Pat  Kelly, 
member  of 
the  house, 
says each 
resident 
has  learned 
a 
great 
deal  from 
living 
together
not only respect for
 those 
whose 
backgrounds  
differ,  but 
admiration  
for the 
traditions
 and 
character
 
which
 
Americans  
on the 
whole  
"are so 
blind as to 
overlook."  
House mother
 for 
the  
unusual  
venture, 
which  Is 
conducted  on 
a cooperative 
basis, Is Mrs. 
Mabel  
Fitzhugh,  college 
phslotheraplat.
 
It was
 her interest
 in the 
found-
ing of such a house 
that led to 
the 
(Continued 
on Page 
2) 
TOY  
DONATIONS
 
Toys for the bed
-ridden children 
of 
the Santa Clara County 
hos-
pital 
are slowly 
increasing  under 
the 
Spartan
 Daily 
tree. 
Faculty contributions
 were gen-
erous
 yesterday. 
Dr.  Carl Dun-
can 
brought in a 
clay modelling 
set,
 
Dr. Boris 
Gregory,
 a 
variety
 
of 
attractive
 and practical
 toys, 
and 
Dr.  
Irene  
Palmer contributed
 
a 
number
 of 
games.
 
Gifts 
such as these, 
plus  
dolls,  
stuffed
 
animals, and
 books will be 
greatly 
appreciated 
and  enjoyed 
WINTERMIST
 
SETTINGS
 
TO 
BE 
MADE
 
Dance
 Slated
 For 
Saturday  
Night  
Christmas
 trees, 
silver
 
stars,
 and 
sparkling
 snow have  
been 
gathered
 
to make 
the  Scottish
 Rite 
temple 
an 
enchanting  
winter
 scene for 
the 
second  annual 
"Wintermist"  
dance
 
Saturday
 
night.  
Sweet  music 
will be 
played  by 
Buddy
 
King's  
orchestra, and 
! a novel ski lodge 
room
 at the 
gala 
holiday 
dance.
 
The annual Christ-
mas dance is 
sponsored
 by the 
Social Affairs committee, and will 
be a semi -formal affair. 
Bids 
are now on 
sale at 
the 
booth by the Library arch, and 
will continue to 
be
 sold all week 
by members of the committee.
 
They 
will  
also be sold  at the 
door 
Saturday  night. 
All members of the Social Af-
fairs committee
 are required
 to 
work 
on 
the decorations
 
.for
 the 
dance 
today at 4 o'clock
 in the 
basement  
of the 
Catholic  Women's
 
Center.
 Tomorrow
 
decorations  
will 
be made all afternoon, and all 
members are requested to help as 
much as possible.
 Final prepara-
tions
 
will be made 
at the 
Scottish  
Rite temple 
all 
day  Saturday,
 and 
Social Affairs  committee 
mem-
bers and others who would like to 
help may come any time after 9 
a. m. 
The 
dance will be a semi -formal 
affair, and will be from 9 to 1 
o'clock.
 Price of the bids are 
$1, 
including  tax. 
Chairmen for 
the various com-
mittees are Harold Stone, patrons;
 
Pat Paulson, refreshments;
 Sue -
Dee Smart, 
bids;
 and Pete 
Galli,  
decorations. 
Buddy  King's orchestra, which 
is playing for the 
evening,
 has 
had a long 
successful engagement 
at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa 
Cruz.  He has 
proven
 to be one 
of 
the 
most popular 
orchestra  lead-
ers at 
the grove because of his 
versatility
 and personality.
 
Education
 Majors 
There 
will  be meeting 
of all 
general 
Elementary
 and Kinder-
garten
-Primary  
student
 teachers
 
for 
the Winter quarter 
today  at 12 
noon In the
 Little  Theater. 
All 
students  must be there 
to 
receive
 
assignments. 
ARE INCREASING 
by the children. 
Student 
contributions  are in-
creasing but the annual Toy Drive
 
this 
year shows a definite  lag in 
donations over last year's drive. 
To make this eleventh year a 
bright one in the annals of Toy 
Drives, bring in your donations  
this 
week
 and next and 
remember
 
the 
drive ends 
Thursday, December 
20! 
Flash! Mercury 
Herald  camera-
man  takes picture of Spartan 
Daily editor and associate editor 
in front of "Pub office" 
Christmas
 
tree! 
Date
 
Book,
 
Student
 
Union
 
Plans,
 Aired
 at 
Gripe  
Dinner
 
Monday night's 
Gripe dinner 
was 
attended  by 
approximately  8$
 
students  who aired 
their
 opinions 
on 
everything  from the  rules con-
cerning 
the 
Student
 
Union  to the 
"understandability"  of the prefer-
ential balJot. 
Students
 
were of the opinion 
that
 the 
Student  Union is 
not be-
ing used to 
its fullest possible
 
ad-
vantage.
 It's cold, it's 
gloomy,
 
and 
the 
magazines 
re
 outdated. In 
the 
words  of a few, 
"the
 place re-
sembles  a morgue!" 
But 
the stu-
dents
 were reminded
 
that 
a 
new 
Student 
Union  building
 cannot be 
possible unless  the 
present
 one is 
conducted according 
to state pol-
icies.  
Card playing and 
smoking
 
are  
prohibited.  Rules to this effect
 
are  
to be posted with matching car-
toons for those who can't read. 
It is hoped that under proper 
su-
pervision
 the
 new 
building
 
will  
have 
several game 
rooms
 
where  
' pool 
and  
pingpong
 may 
be played.
 
Rules 
governing  the date 
book
 
I were
 also cited. 
Each
 entry 
must 
' have two 
signaturesthe
 president 
of 
the 
organization
 and
 the person
 
making
 the entryand 
must
 be 
Written In ink. The 
Student
 
Coun-
lel'
 plans
 to 
supply
 the pen. 
A 
suggestion  
was 
made  
that
 a 
bulletin board be 
provided
 to 
take 
care of the
 notices 
which appear  
in 
the 
Daily. Students were re-
minded that 
the bulletin
 board in 
the
 
Library
 is for such notices 
concerning 
Student Body affairs 
but 
is 
seldom
 used.
 All other
 or-
ganizations
 
may
 post notices 
on 
the 
buPetin 
board  in the 
Admin-
istration  
building.  But until fur-
ther
 
notice the 
Daily  will continue
 
to publish 
all notices turned 
in. 
The 
preferential
 
ballot  
is 
to be 
explained at a 
special assembly 
to be called two weeks 
before the 
Student  Body 
elections.  The Stu-
dent Council plans 
to
 offer
 an ex-
planation 
of this type of 
ballot 
before  the 
assembly.  At a 
later 
date the 
Student
 Body will 
he 
asked 
to
 vote for  either the pre-
ferential
 
ballot or 
the 
"X" ballot. 
The 
outdated 
tradition 
that  
women
 students
 do not
 
smoke  any -
(Continued on 
Page 2) 


Spartan Daily, December 12, 1945

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 1r o nNt4 HOUSING FOR VETS IS PROBLEM Schools Forced To Expediencies Surveys  conducted by the Ameri-can Council on Education and the , New York  Times  brought  to light  that the critical housing shortage'  fur  students  in colleges and uni-versities was a national issue and ; was not limited to any particular  THE NOBLEST MOTIVE  s THE PUBLIC GOODel locality. Thousands of students VOL  and former service men,  especially    those who  are married, are un-XX:XIV SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER 12, 1945 No. 47 able to enter  college as a result  Some Changes Made BASKETBALL  TEAM GOES TO MOFFETT couples will have refreshments in A study  of 25 typical instituti"s I COnCerning Phelan FIELD TONIGHT FOR  DOUBLEHEADER of this  unprecedented crisis. showed that the schools are grap-pling with the situation but have Literary Contest found  no immediate  solution in ,  sight. Pressure groups and con-ferences of state and federal A few changes and additions agencies have met to make  plans have been made by the English de-for a unified movement for solv- partment concerning the annual ing the problem. Phelan literary contest.  PROPOSALS? The  winners of the five divi-Among the many emergency sions: short story,  essays,  free measures  that have been taken in- verse, lyric, and plays will receive elude moving trailer  houses  onto $18 for first prize. $10 for second prize and $5 for third prize; how-ever, the sonnet winners will  re-ceive $20 for first prize, $10 for provised  quarters. second prize,  and $5 for third Thus far, 100,000 veterans  have Prize. returned to college, 40,000 of whom The contest will officially end are married. These figures,  offi- April 2, 1946,  at ti p. m. the campus,  taking over apartment houses,  gymnasiums, abandoned war  plants, and many other im-dais predict,  will be doubled through out the nation with  the winter  and spring quarters. TRAILER TOWNS  Colleges have utilized every available source. Trailer towns have been established on more than 50 campuses. Cooperating  with the National Housing Administration, 3,000 trailers have been moved Sheets of instructions concern-ing the proper form for entries  may be procured in the English office, room H-28.  Students entering the contest must not be over  25 years  of age and must be registered  as a regular student for at least one quarter  of the regular school year. This will constitute  the thir-from war plant areas into college teenth year of the Phelan con -and university towns. Trailers may test, which was made possible by be found on the campuses of the a $10,000 bequest of the last Sena -University of Arkansas, Colorado, tor James D. Phelan. Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky,  Mis- The English department advisee  souri, Cornell, Oklahoma, Utah, all students planning to enter the Wisconsin, and Michigan.  contest to start  working on their (Continued on Page 2) papers now. Tonight  the Spartan cagers travel up to Moffett Field where they will engage the Skymasters  in a doubleheader. Starting at 6:30 the State reserves  will play the Moffett Field reserve team,  and at 8 o'clock the Spartan varsity meets the Sky-masters "five." This will be a return game, the Flyers having taken the measure of the State basketballers a week or so ago when they registered a 53-36 win over the Spartans. Since that time the locals have  shown a great deal of improve-ment and only last Friday defeated the Fairfield Suisun Flyers 52-29.  NEW FORWARD Ronald  Moore, flashy Spartan forward, has been moved up from the State reserve team to a place  on the varsity roster. Moore,  form-er All -City forward from Lowell High school in San  Francisco, had previously been playing in the pre-liminary games and during that time was high point man in both games. Against the Moffett Field reserve team, Moore  racked up 14 points, and last Friday night he tallied 17 against the Wardrobe club in the preliminary game to the  varsity-Fairfield Suisun A. A. B. tilt. He came back a few minutes later to play a good portion  of the varsity  game, (the kid must be in fine shape.) HERE'S SQUAD The varsity squad now looks something like this: Robinson, Holmes, Keene, Jones, Stevenson, Flake, Borg, Maggetti, Di Pietro, Denevi, Moore, Marcipan,  Davilla, Chargin, Lindsey, Hooton, Lang-hoff, Dubois,  Martin, Bischoff,  and Armstrong. The probable  starting  lineup against Moffett  Field tonight will be: Ed Maggetti and George' Keene, forwards; Wes Stevenson, center; and Bert Robinson and Ted Holmes, guards. INTER -SOCIETY RED CROSS DAY PARTY  IS OFF The get-together sceduled to top off today's quarterly Inter-Society Red Cross day has been cancelled. The work day is in progress, how-ever.  Members of the various societies will work in the Red  Cross sew-ing room during the day. The or-ganizations will be rated, not  ac-cording to time spent in working, but on a production basis. Results of the Red Cross  Day will  he reported in the Spartan Daily tomorrow. "Sorority members,  please don't  neglect working in the sewing room, even if tonight's entertain-ment has been called off," urges Elizabeth Leecing, Inter-society president. CO-EDS START 'INTERNATIONAL HOUSE' Pioneering an "international house" for San  Jose State college are (first row): Betty Obata, Lorraine May, Pat Kelly, Jean Wong; (second row): Pearl McLean and Mrs. Fitzhugh. Racial "Co-op Proving Success I' A shining example of how to get along with members of other races is demonstrated at a budding  "in-ternational house" for San  Jose State  college students at 485 South 12th Street. Five coeds representing Scotch,  Irish, English, Dutch, Japanese and  Chinese extractions  have been liv-ing serenely together for almost one quarter,  and declare them-selves  proud of to be pioneers of the project.  Pat  Kelly, member  of the  house, says each resident has  learned a great deal  from living togethernot only respect for those whose backgrounds  differ,  but admiration  for the traditions and character which Americans  on the whole  "are so blind as to overlook."  House mother for the  unusual  venture, which  Is conducted  on a cooperative basis, Is Mrs. Mabel  Fitzhugh,  college phslotheraplat. It was her interest in the found-ing of such a house that led to the (Continued on Page 2) TOY  DONATIONS Toys for the bed-ridden children of the Santa Clara County hos-pital are slowly increasing  under the Spartan Daily tree. Faculty contributions were gen-erous yesterday. Dr.  Carl Dun-can brought in a clay modelling set, Dr. Boris Gregory, a variety of attractive and practical toys, and Dr.  Irene  Palmer contributed a number of games. Gifts such as these, plus  dolls,  stuffed animals, and books will be greatly appreciated and  enjoyed WINTERMIST SETTINGS TO BE MADE Dance Slated For Saturday  Night  Christmas trees, silver stars, and sparkling snow have  been gathered to make the  Scottish Rite temple an enchanting  winter scene for the second  annual "Wintermist"  dance Saturday night.  Sweet  music will be played  by Buddy King's  orchestra, and ! a novel ski lodge room at the gala holiday dance. The annual Christ-mas dance is sponsored by the Social Affairs committee, and will be a semi -formal affair. Bids are now on sale at the booth by the Library arch, and will continue to be sold all week by members of the committee. They will  also be sold  at the door Saturday  night. All members of the Social Af-fairs committee are required to work on the decorations .for the dance today at 4 o'clock in the basement  of the Catholic  Women's Center. Tomorrow decorations  will be made all afternoon, and all members are requested to help as much as possible. Final prepara-tions will be made at the Scottish  Rite temple all day  Saturday, and Social Affairs  committee mem-bers and others who would like to help may come any time after 9 a. m. The dance will be a semi -formal affair, and will be from 9 to 1 o'clock. Price of the bids are $1, including  tax. Chairmen for the various com-mittees are Harold Stone, patrons; Pat Paulson, refreshments; Sue -Dee Smart, bids; and Pete Galli,  decorations. Buddy  King's orchestra, which is playing for the evening, has had a long successful engagement at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz.  He has proven to be one of the most popular orchestra  lead-ers at the grove because of his versatility and personality. Education Majors There will  be meeting of all general Elementary and Kinder-garten-Primary  student teachers for the Winter quarter today  at 12 noon In the Little  Theater. All students  must be there to receive assignments. ARE INCREASING by the children. Student contributions  are in-creasing but the annual Toy Drive this year shows a definite  lag in donations over last year's drive. To make this eleventh year a bright one in the annals of Toy Drives, bring in your donations  this week and next and remember the drive ends Thursday, December 20! Flash! Mercury Herald  camera-man  takes picture of Spartan Daily editor and associate editor in front of "Pub office" Christmas tree! Date Book, Student Union Plans, Aired at Gripe  Dinner Monday night's Gripe dinner was attended  by approximately  8$ students  who aired their opinions on everything  from the  rules con-cerning the Student Union  to the "understandability"  of the prefer-ential balJot. Students were of the opinion that the Student  Union is not be-ing used to its fullest possible ad-vantage. It's cold, it's gloomy, and the magazines re outdated. In the words  of a few, "the place re-sembles  a morgue!" But the stu-dents were reminded that a new Student Union  building cannot be possible unless  the present one is conducted according to state pol-icies.  Card playing and smoking are  prohibited.  Rules to this effect are  to be posted with matching car-toons for those who can't read. It is hoped that under proper su-pervision the new building will  have several game rooms where  ' pool and  pingpong may be played. Rules governing  the date book I were also cited. Each entry must ' have two signaturesthe president of the organization and the person making the entryand must be Written In ink. The Student Coun-lel' plans to supply the pen. A suggestion  was made  that a bulletin board be provided to take care of the notices which appear  in the Daily. Students were re-minded that the bulletin board in the Library is for such notices concerning Student Body affairs but is seldom used. All other or-ganizations may post notices on the buPetin board  in the Admin-istration  building.  But until fur-ther notice the Daily  will continue to publish all notices turned in. The preferential ballot  is to be explained at a special assembly to be called two weeks before the Student  Body elections.  The Stu-dent Council plans to offer an ex-planation of this type of ballot before  the assembly.  At a later date the Student Body will he asked to vote for  either the pre-ferential ballot or the "X" ballot. The outdated tradition that  women students do not smoke  any -(Continued on Page 2) 

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