University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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BIG GAME WEEK Since 1892 the University of California Golden Bears and the Stanford University Indians have battled it out during the Big Game. This year the week preceding the game was combined with Homecoming. Rain very nearly washed out many of the functions and stunts but the hard-working Homecoming committee members insisted that rain or shine the show will go on. The week started off as usual with Blue Monday. Large crowds of students gathered around the kangaroo court in Eshleman Court to watch the unfortunates receive judgment and punishment for wearing red. Blue Monday, formerly called I hate red day started in 1948 and is the newest tradition to invade our campus. All people wearing red are sought all over the campus and brought back to be placed in the Eshleman jail and then tried. re ' Some students objected to being imprisoned and were released without fines or punishments. but the weaker students who could not convince the court otherwise were asked to perform various feats of skill before they could be released. Another Big Game tradition is the crowning of the Homecoming Queen and her attend- ants. The Quern and her court are chosen by a panel of five. and the combined appearance of Sammy Davis, Jr. and the queens drew a large crowd. While the judges tabulated their results Sammy Davis entertained.

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POLIO VIRUS CRYSTALLIZED A week after the announcement of the virus synthesis the University of California Virus laboratory revealed still another first in the progress of science. Speaking before the National Academy of Sciences at the California Institute of Technology, C. E. Scltwerdt, associate research biochemist, and F. L. Schaffer, Research fellow, reported the successful crystallization of purified poliomyelitis virus. Crystallization of plant-infecting viruses dates back to 1935 and the experimentation of Wendell M. Stanley, the present director of the Virus laboratory ; Stanley received the Nobel Prize for his work. This, however, is the first time an animal-infecting or human-infecting virus has been crystallized. Crystallization is an important criterion for purity ; as a result the virus crystallized by the two scientists at Berkeley is one of the purest samples of animal virus ever made. This step is very important ill polio research, because now scientists can be sure that no contaminating body will be included in the virus particles used for research. The entire mass of virus, extracted from the tissue culture fluid of a monkey ' s kidney, weighed only one thousandth of a gram. To produce a pound of virus crystals, sufficient for a billion doses of vaccine, would cost about $500 mil- lion. But, regardless of cost, another step has been taken toward the elimination of polio. r

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BIG GAME WEEK Next on the agenda was the combined rocking rhythm of modern and Dixieland jazz concert in Wheeler Auditorium. Virgil Gonsalves and his sextet presented a study in modern jazz. John Mathis also was received with much enthusiasm by the crowd which cried for more. Last to appear on the program was Bob Scobey and his Frisco Jazz Band. The jazz enthusiasts, including men, women, and a few dogs, who attended the concert were royally entertained. This year something new was tried in the place of the traditional Axetravaganza show. Called the California Kaleidoscope, it included both competitive and noncompetitive acts. Although the show was long, the Berkeley Community Theater was nearly filled to capacity for the event and those attending decided it was well worth the time. The rain came down with a vengeance on Friday. the traditional day for the Homecoming parade and rally. At II a.m. everyone was earnestly scanning the skies and debating whether the drizzle would he classified as rain or not, for if it was. the parade would be called off. But the slight drizzle failed to dampen the spirits of the thousands who turned out along Telegraph Avenue to watch the parade, nor the spirits of those riding or fun- alongside of the floats. That eve g large numbers of people turned out for the Big Game Rally, complete with raincoats and hats. Thus the theme of the week Ours to Remember was achieved. • • . • ,, . • • •• • —It Arts. 41 a ow '