UMAS asks
for permanent scholarship fund
By RICH WISEMAN
A proposal for a permanent scholarship allotment to Mexican-American students was presented to President Topping late Wednesday afternoon by members of the United Mexican-American Students (UMAS).
Miguel de la Pena, chairman of the group, said they received a noncommittal answer from Topping.
“We went around in circles and circles and circles,” he said. “They go through the verbal gymnastics, dwell on the past history. My major concern is what will the university do to help the minorities now?”
The chairman said the presentation of his proposal fell flat when he found that he and Topping held different views on the role of USC.
“I told him that if USC is an urban university they should make an effort to recruit members of the urban community,” de la 'Pena said. “I was amazed to learn that their definition is strictly geographical.”
De la Pena described the administration’s stand on the issue of minority scholarships:
“They feel the regular scholarship procedures, without regard to minorities, are working. But I think I finally made them realize that the existing system is not conducive to recruiting deprived minority students.”
De la Pena added that the university seems content to send recruiters to the minority areas while ignoring the fact that the great majority of Mexican-Americans don’t have the money to finance their education.
Two of his other proposals were rejected, one being a request for the establishment of Educational Opportunities Program at USC. The program, now in use at California State College at Los Angeles, consists of a series of ethnic studies classes and required classes especially geared to minority groups.
De la Pena said he was also rebuffed in his attempt to give UMAS a say in the selection of future minority scholarship recipients. When 13 Mexican-American students were given scholarships last spring and fall, the Student Aid Office picked the recipients from the 200 names submitted by UMAS.
The group chairman succeeded in getting spring tuition scholarships for two of four names he submitted. He was told the other two prospective students did not have applications on file although de la Pena said they had sent in their applications.
“We felt this (the awarding of the 13 scholarships) was at least a start in the right direction,” de la Pena said. “All 13 have done above average (Continued on page 2)
University of Southern California
DAILY @ TROJAN
VOL. LXI, NO. 64
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, JAN. 8,1970
TUITIONS COMPARED
The following is a comparative chart listing tuition charges at universities during the 1967-68 school year, and the present
school year.					
	1967-68	1969-70		1967-68	1969-70
Caltech ......	..$1,847	$2,100	Northwestern	....$1,860	$2,190
Chicago ......	..$1,980	$2,100	Pennslyvania ..	....$1,950	$2,150
Columbia ....	..$1,944	$2,300	Princeton ........	...51,950	$2,350
Harvard ......	..$2,000	$2,400	USC .................	....$1,800	51,800
NYU ............	..$2,000	$2,125	Yale ................	....$1,950	$2,350
Discussion slated on plan for $150 annual tuition hike
A recommendation by the University Financial Affairs committee to raise tuition annually will be considered by the
Topping names Miller DT editor
Andy Miller, senior in journalism, was appointed spring semester editor of the Daily Trojan Wednesday by Dr. Norman Topping, president.
“I’m sure Andy will do an excellent job as editor of the Daily Trojan,” Dr. Topping said. “I’m fully confident that he will uphold the canons of responsible journalism throughout his editorship next semester.”
Miller listed a series of staff appointments following the announcement.
Melody Gillard, currently city editor, will assume the role of managing editor.
Roger Smith, co-SoCal editor, will be city editor.
Larry Shiengold, now co-SoCal editor, will be So Cal editor. Linda Biber will be associate SoCal editor.
Craig Parsons, senior in journalism, will be editorial director.
John Furtak, co-sports editor, will be sports editor. Bob Ingram will be associate sports editor, and Tim Saasta will be assistant sports editor.
Mike Coates will be news editor.
Steve Bolinger will be chief photographer.
Miller said that further staff appointments would be announced later.
BIOLOGY 100
ANDY MILLER
ASSC Executive Council today at 10 a.m. in the President’s Conference room.
Tuition has traditionally been raised on a tri-annual basis — which results in only one tuition increase during an undergraduate student’s four years at USC.
Tuition was raised in 1965 from $1200 to $1500 annually, and to $1800 in 1968.
Two recommendations were passed unanimously by the committee Dec. 9, and transmitted to Dr. Robert Brackenbury, chairman of the University Senate, Dec. 11. Brackenbury suggested to the committee that the ASSC council should consider the resolutions first.
Consequently, t h e council meets today with Dr. Carl Franklin, vice-president of financial affairs and the administrative agent who services the committee.
The first resolution asks for the annual tuition hike, and the second recommends a minimum
increase of $150 per year, effective in the fall of 1970.
The resolutions read:
“I. We recommend that the University adopt a policy of changing tuition annually. This will minimize the disruptive influence of large tri-annual increases made necessary by strongly rising costs. It will also permit the University to more rationally plan its operations by considering budgeted costs and tuition revenues as a package on an annual basis. It is our understanding that the majority of large private institutions have already adopted the recommended policy.
“II. We recommend that tuition be increased by a minimum of $150 per year, effective in the fall of 1970. It is recommended that a decision on this matter be reached at the earliest opportunity in order to permit reasonable notice of the increase, as well as sufficient time to provide a full explanation of the need.”
Students learn sensitivity training in science class
By BERNARD BECK
It was a Thursday in late November. A class of 300 had gathered to take a 10-week examination in Founders Hall 229.
The students, with blue books in hand, were expectantly awaiting the test when they were told by their professors to relax, close their eyes and to link hands, forming a chain throughout the room.
Eyes were closed and hands were joined, with persons standing in the aisles to carry the link to all sections of the room. The students were told to wait.
In the first row of the room, the professor squeezed the hand of the person in the first seat, starting a chain reaction of hand squeezing that was carried throughout the auditorium.
Each person squeezed the hand of his neighbor at least once, though some said their hand was squeezed four or five times. It took about 10 minutes for the hand squeeze to complete its journey around the room.
Now it was time for the examination. Teaching assistants passed out the tests and the students began to write, some giggling nervously, others smiling.
The first page of the exam was a “Peanuts” cartoon by Charles Schulz showing Snoopy atop his dog house typing away at his novel.
“It was a dark and stormy night,” Snoopy wrote. “Suddenly, a shot rang out. A door slammed. The maid screamed. While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.” Snoopy had completed Part One of his book.
The final frame of the cartoon showed Snoopy grinning and saying, “In Part Two, I tie all of this together.”
The first question on the test instructed students: “Pretend that you are Snoopy and write out Part Two and tie it all together.” And that’s what most of the students did.
Was this examination an unusual test? Not for this course.
This exam was just part of the ordinary events of an extraordinary class, Biological Sciences 100, taught by Dr. Jay M. Savage.
This test fit in well with a previous test on the “Wizard of Oz,” with an outburst of tears by Dr. Savage, with the presentation of daisies to the students at Christmas time, with the burning of incense and with the hundreds of other things which might be considered as eccentricities by an outsider, but which are considered as beautiful and human things by many of the students of the class.
Yet, this course has generated concern and controversy among students and faculty members alike for the same aspects which endear it to so many persons.
The bulk of the criticism is aimed at Savage himself, the focal point of attention for students and teaching assistants. However, a great deal of the negative opinions stem from the nature of the course.
In addition to the twice-weekly, one-hour lecture given by Savage, there is a weekly two-hour discussion session.
In the discussion sessions, conducted by faculty members of the department, teaching assistants or graduate students, groups of about 15 students are asked to put themselves on the line through direct personal encounter. This ranges from simple conversations to complex exercises in sensitivity training that vary according to the desires of the session leaders.
The sensitivity training exercises distress several students although sensitivity training has gained increased acceptance as a means toward self-awareness.
Some critics of encounter groups on the national level assert that persons participating in sensitivity exercises face a dangerous state of mental and emotional collapse and that the groups can shock the unsuspecting into a straight jacket or suicide.
The cases of persons who have been (Continued on page 3)