$100,000 donation made for child day-care center
Election for grad PAC representative fails
BY CINDY EISLEY and JOHN DIDION
For the second time, an election to select a graduate representative to the President’s Advisory Council from the social sciences division of the Graduate School has failed.
Wednesday's election was unsuccessful because only two electors of a possible 32, representing the 16 social science departments within the Graduate School, attended the meeting, said Tom Sheehan, president of the Graduate Students Organization.
The election was called because the original election on April 9 ended in a tie between four candidates.
The electors from the natural sciences and humanities, however, were able to select their representatives at the April 9 meeting. Phil Harris, a graduate in microbiology. was chosen to represent the natural sciences and Celest Martin, a graduate in English, was selected to represent the humanities.
Rather than select the PAC representa-
tives by popular vote, the Graduate School chose to hold indirect representational elections for each of the three graduate seats. Each department within the school was authorized to elect two electors who would then vote on the PAC candidates.
However, very few departments had electors present at the first meeting and only electors from international relations were at the second.
“A lack of interest among the students and poor dissemination of information contributed to the small turnout,” said Marjie Lambert, chairman ofthe Student Elections Commission.
As a result ofthe two unsuccessful elections, a five-member committee from the Graduate Students Organization will now call on each social science department to find out if electors have been chosen, said Sheehan.
A third election has been scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Student Activities Center, he said.
Problems at the original election also
resulted because there was confusion as to voter eligibility, because certain academic programs under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School elect their representatives to the council through the professional schools, Lambert said.
There were also many student complaints concerning the Graduate Students Organization’s election of officers, which took place after the council elections.
“It was a shocking display,” said Arnold McMahon, a graduate in philosophy. “The elections were complete chaos. People were walking in and out ofthe room, there was no way to check their eligibility to vote, and beer was flowing all over the place.”
Lambert said, “The Graduate Students Organization elections were really rowdy. I don’t know if that was because everyone was drinking beer or what, but they were all acting silly. I think the chairman contributed to this because she was not impartial; she made arbitrary decisions and did not adhere to parliamentary procedure.’’
“It’s all relative,” said Angela Masson, former president of the organization and chairman ofthe election. “The fact that an election was organized at all is something, but the beer didn’t add much, I have to admit.”
Lambert explained that ballots were made for each office, but there were no names on them because it was not certain who the candidates were.
However, after the balloting for president had taken place, the ballots were eliminated because it took too long to tally the votes. The remainder of the election was done by a hand vote.
“There was no way to be sure that only grad students were voting during the hand votes,” Lambert said. “Anyone could have walked in offthe street. Some people were even voting twice.”
Sheehan said that he didn’t see anyone voting twice, but conceded that under the circumstances, it could have happened.
“I guess it was possible for someone to vote twice, but I didn’t see anyone do it,” Masson said.
by the university to help plan the program for the proposed center.
Criticism was voiced concerning the proposed site of the center by Arnold McMahon, a graduate student and chairman ofthe Married Students Housing Committee.
McMahon said that the site, which is on the parking lot south of the “A” building in the Married Students Complex, would be a disadvantage for residents of the complex.
McMahon presented a position paper by the Married Students Housing Committee which outlined their objections to the site . The students said that the site is too close to the Married Students Complex and said that a survey of the residents of “A” building revealed that 95% are against the location ofthe center on its proposed site.
McMahon said that the committee plans to present the paper to the university.
The Day Care Task Force began working on a plan for a center in January, 1974. Since that time numerous meetings have been held concerning the planning of the center.
Maddox said her position will largely entail serving as an adviser in planning the center’s program. She urged those at the meeting to give input on what philosophy the center will be based upon.
Maddox suggested an open-structured program. She said that under that kind of program the teacher may decide between 15% and 30% of the activities with the children making the majority of decisions.
The primary goal is to make a child feel good with a sense of confidence, so that the child will be prepared to deal with some of the problems he or she may encounter when starting school, she said.
In a closed-structured program, the teacher may decide 80% of the activities, Maddox said.
Zoitl said that a meeting will be held Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Bogardus Lounge of the YWCA to further discuss the center’s program and to get some input from faculty, staff and students who have children who may use the center.
University begins self-evaluation as accreditation time approaches
BY STEVEN HAWKINS	academically, is striving for excellence and has
staff writer	achieved excellence.”
A comprehensive evaluation of the university’s goals, objectives and performance is being undertaken as the university prepares for reaccreditation early next year
Ten areas ofthe university are being investigated as a self-study report of several volumes is being prepared, said John E. Cantelon, vice-president for undergraduate studies.
The accreditation process will encompass all areas ofthe university since this is a major evaluation held once every 10 years by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
The association is a regional accrediting agency with jurisdiction over secondary schools, junior colleges and senior or four-year colleges, Cantelon said.
He said he could not speculate on the likelihood of the university's being reaccredited, since he is presently serving a term as president of the association.
But he did say, “Any major institution that is functioning well is not in any danger of having its accreditation ripped away from it.
“The question is not whether USC will or will not be accredited. I think it is important in that accreditation forces us to take a long, hard look at ourselves.”
Cantelon said the evaluation was a method of education quality' control and that accreditation provides an institution with a Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.
Through receiving accreditation, he said the university lets “students know it has some standing
The functions of accreditation include certifying that an institution has met established standards, created goals for self-improvement of weaker programs and stimulated a general raising of standards.
Accreditation requires regular self-study by the university, Cantelon said. “It forces us to analyze ourselves and plan ahead.”
The various subcommittee reports now being prepared are to be submitted and edited into a final report by November. Cantelon said the report could be as extensive as several volumes.
A copy of the report will be mailed to each member ofthe evaluation team in January or February . The team will then visit the campus for three days in March to validate the information contained in the report.
Each team member’s report will be compiled into a major report which the commission will consider in granting accreditation to the university.
The commission will meet in June, 1976 to consider all materials and analysis submitted by the university, the evaluation team and other sources.
Cantelon said he would temporarily relinquish his position as president of the association at the time the decision to grant accreditation to the university is being made.
Both the team and the commission are composed of professional educators and representatives of the public interest, Cantelon said.
The evaluation will cover 10 areas, he said, including funding and objectives, curriculum, in-
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LITERATURE WEEK SPEAKER—Erica Jong, a modern poet and author of Fear of Flying, read some of her poems and excerpts from her navel Wednesday in Bovard Auditorium. Her talk was part of Contemporary Literature Week activities. See story p. 10. DT photo by Larry Condeli.
Daily ip Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXVII, Number 114 Los Angeles, California Thursday, April 24, 1975
SOLO PANTOMIME—Richmond Shepard mimed for an audience in front of Tommy Trojan at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The appearance provided a preview of a Sunday performance of the Richmond Shepard Mime Troup at Wilshire Ebell Theater. DT photo by Shuji Ito.
BY ARNOLD BOATNER
A $100,000 donation by Anna Bing Arnold, a member of the Board of Trustees, has been made to help with the construction of a day-care center oncam-pus.
Virginia Zoitl, chairman ofthe Day Care Task Force, made the announcement Wednesday. Maximum cost for the.facility has been set at $200,000 by President John R. Hubbard, she said.
The center will accommodate 65 children of faculty, staff and students.
Louise Maddox, director ofthe Isabelle Patterson Child Development Center at California State University, Long Beach, has been hired as a consultant