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University of Southern California
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Vol. LIV
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1963
NO. 89
LANGUAGE STUDY
No Habla Ingles? So Come to Troy
Folk Singers teps will celebrate Board Places
Earn Victory FRATERNITY REMODUNG Double Fine
By EVA ESSA Daily Trojan News Editor
Imagine yourself going to Japan, studying at a Japanese university where all the courses are offered in Japanese and you hardly know the language.
Sounds frightening, doesn’t it? Yet hundreds of students from other c o u n t ri e s come to United States universities each year wit h very little knowledge of the English language.
Eventually most of the ma j o r u n i v ersities awoke to the problem, offering special courses in English for foreign students. But this did not solve the problem because the courses were speech oriented on the basis that the remedial English courses they offered for American students weak in the language were sufficient to fulfill the writing needs of the foreign students.
In September 1959, USC became one of the first in the country to recognize the need to offer a full-time program for the international student.
Today that program Is receiving international recognition. Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait send their students to USC to enroll in this program even though these students are destined for other American universities to receive professional training in such subjects as engineering.
What makes USC’s program unique? The fact that thorough planning has gone into making it fulfill every
requirement of the student from another country so that he may be better equipped to take full advantage of every course he takes in an American university.
If. upon entering USC, a student from a foreign country does not pass a three-hour exam given through the Testing Bureau, he is enrolled in the ECPFS (English Communication Program for Foreign Students), where he will take courses geared to help him meet these requirements.
During the first three years 157 students, representing 29 countries and seven major linguistic areas, passed through the program.
Of this group, 46 per cent were from the Orient, 19 per cent from the Middle East, 12 per cent from Africa, 9 per cent from India, 6 per cent from South and Central America, 3 per cent from the Philippines and 2 per cent from Europe.
The program, headed by Robert Kaplan, is coordinated so that each section complements the other. Students take courses in grammar, composition, vocabulary, reading comprehension, spelling and dictation, speech and discussion.
In addition, there is a network of speech labs where the students listen to accurate speech in one lab and, in another, listen to sentences, repeat them and play back the tapes to compare the two. The labs are supplemented by individual attention in speech correction.
How closely related the courses are cannot be emphasized enough. What the student learns in a grammar class he hears used in a speech lab. For example, if the grammar lesson on a particular morning deals with the past tense, the recordings he hears that afternoon are in the past tense.
The grammatical rules and the vocabulary he learns he puts to practical use in writing a composition for which the topic will be under the same general area as his reading for that week in the comprehension class.
Last September two other features were added to the program to aid the students’ comprehension of English. Short movies are shown once a week and in a special class the students discuss the films.
Students also hear lectures once a week by specialists from the various administrative offices and departments. These talks serve a two-fold purpose . . . the students learn about USC and different fields of study, and at the same time get used to lecture situations.
This method of closely - interwoven classes stressing the same general topic is used primarily in the less advanced section of the two-part program.
The advanced level, . known as lOlyf, seeks to remove weaknesses in particular areas such t as speech or writing. The schedules for these | students are flexible, and equal six units. The students may enroll in up to eight units in other courses if they are undergraduates and in ud to five units if they are graduate students.
lOOyf, students attend classes on an average of six hours a day, five davs a week, and are not allowed to take other university courses.
Most students who, in the past, took the program and passed went on to take the remedial English course offered bv the English depart- ~ ment. But because of the foreign students’ special needs, the program is offering, as of this semester, a special course along the lines of the English department’s remedial course.
In its present form, the program is In its second phase. From 1959 until June of last year it was tried on an experimental basis to see if it would be functional. Since this stage was successfully passed, it is now on a new three-year program with expansion as its primary aim.
“As a rule the students who enter the program are serious, determined students
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Despite Mike
Christy Minstrels Win Out Against Faulty Acoustics
By ALAN BINE Assistant City Editor It seemed like a ridiculous idea—10 folk singers performing as a team—but after watching the New Christy Ministréis last night
in Bovard Auditorium, the only thing that seemed ridiculous was why it wasn’t started before.
The unique collection of folk talents rattled off more than 30 selections during a two-hour foot-stompin’ funfest that left the near-capacity audience yelling for more.
Randy Sparks’ sensations, obliged by returning for three¡ encores, but the yells for more ¡ persisted. He finally stepped to I the center of the stage, held I up his arms for silence, and told the enthusiastic crowd his | group had to catch a plane for great common ground of fictile east.	jtion are in danger of being ig
Last Stop	inored and dismissed as being
The USC appearance was the unworthy^ * ™tice- author Minstrels’ last before heading to New York for a long engagement.
It’s doubtful that any entertainers have ever gotten a finer reception before a Trojan audience. It’s also doubtful that j ^or Contrast, says it is much any entertainers anywhere have *n fashion to depieciate to the ever worked under poorer con- depths of irrationality or to ditions	¡praise to the heights of absurd
Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity will hold a “giant” open house and party tonight from 7:30 to 10:30 to display its recently completed $14,000 house remodeling job.
Damon Lawrence, chairman of the gala affair, said yesterday that “we’re not serving food, we're serving entertainers.”
Dance music will be provided bv Ron Gary and the Tridents in the parking lot behind the house (located at 745 W. 28th St.), Lawrence said. The band has eight members.
The Revingtons, a current rock ’n’ roll group, whose song “The Bird is the Word” is on all the best-seller lists, will also appear at the party.
“There will also be many guest entertainers from the Sam Riddle television show.’’ Lawrence pointed out.
TEP chancellor George Schenck issued an invitation to all USC students to attend the party.
Schenck emphasized the time spent on the remodeling which changed the entire front of the house from bricks to paint.
“We put a lot of bard work and time into this remodeling, and we’d like everyone to help us celebrate at tonight’s party,” he said.
New College Paper Spotlights Caldwell
The normal elements and the
Evskine Caldwell says in an article in Contrast, a student opinion paper being distributed on campus for the first time this week.
Caldwell, writing especially
The acoustics weren’t just bad, they were terrible. The group, which possesses some of the finest voices in the folk field, finally decided to make a go of it without any sound system. Their first half performance. and part of their session after intermission, was marred by what one of the Minstrels jokingly called the “big boom mike.”
Need Improvements If big names in show busi-
ity.
The essay was written for the first issue of Contrast, a political and cultural opinion paper published by students of 11 colleges in Southern California. Jeremy Mohr, associate editor for USC. said the monthly publication will be a sounding board for student opinion
In the lead article of the current issue, Caldwell criticizes both the journalistic critic and
Dorm Office NEGRO RIGHTS Will Accept Applications
African Bishop Lauds America
Astronomer To Discuss Cometology
ness, or any business for that j »	* ■	—	\ / *	* *
matter, are to come to USC in	|	|	tISITOT
the future, it's obvious some-j ¡¡ thing must be done to improvejT^	I	I I ka
the acoustical facilities so words i ■	”	L«wV»l	Ul v
can be heard instead of blurred.
The audience could practically feel the Minstrels’ embarrassment.
The Minstrels proved they were good sports as well as good entertainers. They never made excuses, as if their pro- t*on-
gram needed “Uiy.	I	Dr.	Jay	W. Forrester, pro-
Their repertoire included sad fessor of industrial manage-songs, bawdy ballads, side-split-ers and nonsense pieces. Medley offerings “A Treasury of
By JIM PERRY
i levels,
The South African Negro There are different universities
___■	..	.	____¡for the Zulus, Xosas and Se-
envies the American JNegro,
¡who lives under a constitution
I satos.
Applications for on-campus housing for next fall are now being accepted. Elwvn E.
Brooks, coordinator of university housing, said yesterday.
Brooks said new construction will create a 67 per cent increase in housing, with places.	__	Dr.	Colin	R.	Lovell,	profes-
* ,ioi	a coo	that makes it possible for him , , .	,	...
for 1.126 women and 698 men.	SOr of history and a specialist
Cecele and Michael C. Birn- to have a "kind of life for on Africa pointed out later krant Women's Residence Hall, which we all aspire,” a visit- that the Bantus comprise 67 the additions to University and ing bishop from the Republic per cent of the population. It College Halls, and the new of South Africa said yesterday wouldn't be advisable for the married students’ dorm will be in a speech in Founders Hall, governing Europeans to allow completed for the fall semes- .<Many of as	that	the	this segment to form a cohe-j
American Negro is beginning s*ve body, he said, to seize his rights," Bishop j Bishop Zulu was unhappy at Alphaeus H. Zulu said.	this separation.
"We were moving to a state where we ceased to think of
A Naval astronomer will give a lecture on comets today at he told the audience. 9 *n 133 FH.
Dr. Elizabeth Roemer, astronomer at the Flagstaff Station of the United States Naval Observatory, will discuss comets in layman's language and will illustrate her talk with slides.
ter. Brooks said.
The new men’s residence hall will be finished Nov. 1.
The constructions should make housing available for all	Bishop Zulu,	whose	speech
students desiring campus hous-| topic was "The Bantu People ing, including women over 21	—	Education and Apartheid.	°^ise^es
and graduate men students,	criticized	the	present	Pain
as tribes,” he
Brooks explained
method of education in Africa.!
Jobs Limited
A S2-5 reservation deposit which requires that all Afri-	To the question of how easy
creditable to the full housing cans be taught in their own ¡t was to get into the univer-fee must accompany each ap- language.	jsities,	he	replied	that	the	scar-
(ìreat Difficulty
city of white collar jobs open
Her discussion will includ collisions between planets and speeding comets.
“There are at least 1,000 known comets,” Dr. Roemer said, “and probably 100 billion altogether in the solar system.’’
“It is not unusual for comets ex-1 to break apart near the sun. due to some sort of chemical explosion.” Since comets have been known to travel three times the speed that astronauts achieve in orbit, it is apparent that vhen collisions oc
leur, the comets break apart
Theologian Will Speak
; -At present the great diffi- to Negroes effectively H™ts|an<|' fl)nv, many new „„„ culty is that our languages the number of entrants, ihave no literature at the uni-!
plication, he said.
Students may pick up applications in 21fi SU.
j A new comet was just dis Except	for	teaching, law ■ covered ]ast week by an Eng-
versity level	(after	the	eighth	and lhe	medical	profession, | Jish hlgh schoo, history teacher,
¡grade).’ he	said.	“After	their	I there are	very	few	occupations jand this was rhe lhird th(?
lelementary education, the stu- ¡n which Negroes can engage,” amateur has discovered” dents must switch to instruc-he said.	¡Roemer said
The chaplain of Yale Univer-jUonin English and many are <i<* «ill speak on The Kaeialjunable to make the change. L.^ hTOev.er, lo Problem in ( hristian Persepc- These schools are in line with repressive legislation only with
Dr.
five today at 3 in Upper Com- the South African doctrine of the present government.
mons Lounge.	apartheid, however, Bishop Zu- -These Dolicies are no more
The Rev. William Coffin hasjlu explained	fll	V	?	t
studied Russ,an Affairs and:	than a continuation of previous
"The policy of apartheid policies by the present gov-
means that 1 he African must ernment’s (Nationalist Party)
served as an intelligence expert
in the Army during World	,	_,	,,n	,	,,	,
jj	hve	in	separate	areas—where I predecessors, Dr. Lovell added.
Coffin has teen arrested and	Dislike	Term
When asked about Christian-
Imprisoned as a freedom rider. 1°^ language with his own
A story in “Life" Magazine stations, he said.	!	ity in South Africa, Bishop
last fall listed him as one of	The gov ernment even separ-	Z u 1 u.	an Anglican bishop,
the top 100 vdut; Americans	ates the three main tribes of	brought	up the Africans’ dis- ety.	USC	chapter of Sigma	Xi
in every field who constitute	the Bantu — or South African	like of	the term “Christian¡and	the	USC department	of
the “take-over-’ generation, |Negroes — at the university j	(Continued on Page 3) Astronomy.
During her two-day stay at USC, Dr. Roemer will lecture three times to astronomy students, will consult with the faculty of the astronomy department and will hold office horn's fo>- astronomy students who wish to discuss career problems with her.
Her visit to USC is co-=pon sored by the Program of Visit ing Professors of Astronomy, American Astronomical Soci-
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor will speak in Los Angeles today and tomorrow in a lecturer tour sponsored by the Graduate School of Business Administra-
ment, will talk on “The Changing Face of Industry: The Role of Industrial Dynamics” at a noon luncheon at the
On Del Conte
Committee Acts To End Violation Of Poster Rules
By VIRGINIA BODIN Elections Reporter
ASSC presidential write-in candidate Ken Del Conte was fined $5 by the Elections Commission for placing more than one poster in the pharmacy building and other campus buildings, Elections Commissioner Dick Messer said yesterday.
The fine was invoked follow-! ing a protest charging that !Del Conte had violated the Elections Code.
In addition to the fine, all Del Conte posters were removed from the campus area ¡by the Elections Commission.
Del Conte, although prevent-led by the Elections Code from using campaign materials, was the scholarly essayist. He sairi permitted earlier to campaign the former anonymous and pro- the Board of Inquiry, which fessionally qualified book re- ruled that all presidential can-viewer has been forced	¡ntOdidates should be allowed to
retirement by the teenniques conduct fair campaigns, of modern journalism and has.	Protest Lipsev
been replaced by the “flamboy- lesser said the board mil ant. first-person-smgular, by ; meet fQr th(? ^ Ume tomor_
critic.	row	to decide a protest filed
Scholars Skirt Life	[asj	week against Sandra Lip-
The scholarly essayist	be	sey.	a candidate for AWS vice
comes academically absorbed ir. j president, the brilliancy of his semantics! Miss Lipsey was charged and also skirts the great com- with violation of the Elections mon ground of life, Caldwell Code by placing campaign fly-maintains.	ers	jn mailboxes at College
Within the gap between these Hall dormitory, two critically peculiarities lies It was also reported that one a “whole era of life and letters of the head residents at Col-untended and abandoned,” lege Hall, where Miss Lipsey Caldwell said.	resides, had refused to allow
“Contemporaneous subjects posters of other candidates for and recognizable scenes and the office to be placed in th>" keen observation of living per- dormitory living room, sons are the basic materials of Messer said a fine or other enduring and meaningful fic- penalty would probably be im-tion,” Caldwell explained. posed for the violations.
Caldwell outlined the de-	Returns Announced
velopment of the American He also said final returns of novel from the time it was > tomorrow's and Thursday's bal-widely denounced to jts rise loting will be announced Thurs-after the depression of the day at 6:30 p.m. at the student 1930s.	lounge in the Student Union.
“The novelists were writing The results will be an-in a language that everybody nounced following a short Sen-could understand—the Ameri- ate business meeting at 6, can language—and they were i Senate President Barbara Shell able to reveal and interpret the said.
time character of the American Messer reported that 112 per-people for the first time,” Cald- sons were running for the 51 well said.	available offices, including five
Reject Claque	write-in candidates.
He said the young writer Only two offices may have should reject the invitation to candidates in the April runoff*, become a member of the inces- he said. Students running for tuous household of a literary j biological sciences senator and claque, acquire the strength to international relations senator assume the responsibility of are eligible if none receives a being independent and beware | majority of the votes in the
Nonsense” and “Bits and Pieces” scored big with the Biltmore today, crowd.	i	He	will	make	three	speaking	of	imitating	the	work	of	an-	first	balloting.
Other favorites were “Cali- appearances at USC tomorrow, other author.	Strict	Rule«
fornio.” “Denver,” “This Land
At noon Dr. Forrester will! In the concluding section ofs Messer also emphasized that discuss “The Structure Under- his essay Caldwell said. “When-; voting rules as stated in the lying Business Education’’ at ever the publisher is accused of ¡Elections Code would be strict-the faculty luncheon	of the	issuing so-called trashy or	im-	ly adhered to.
School of Business Administra-	moral or obscene books,	oi	The code prevents any election	¡even pornographic publications, tioneering or campaigning with-
At 2:30 he will lecture on the odium rightly should be di- in 130 feet of the polls, which “Growth Dynamics”	in 104	lected at the readers who	ere-	will be located in Alumni Me-
“We re an unbelievable com- Bridge at the faculty	seminar, j	ate the demand for them.”	morial Park in front of Doheny
bination of the Norman Luboff and at 8:15 he will speak ini “Censorship should be a per- Library.
Choir, the Kingston Trio and'Hancock Auditorium on “The sonal obligation and individual Ten booths will be available the Weavers, all in one,” Sparks Design of Policies to Control act motivated by the judge- to speed up
is Your Land,” “Fire” and "Waltzing Matilda.”
The founder of the group. 28-year old Randy Sparks, claims the Minstrels just “hired all their competition.” If they did, they made awfully good choices.
quips.
!the Industrial Systems.”
ment of a reader.”
¡to
said.
voting, Messer
Seniors to Hold Party
The Senior Class will hold its farewell party this Friday night at Julie's Restaurant, President Skip Hartquist announced yesterday.
Sponsored by the General Alumni Association, the party will last from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.. and admission is free- Coats and ties should lie worn, Hartquist said.
Hartquist and Class Social Chairman Mike Paulin asked seniors to ‘‘come out in force.”
Paulin reminded class members that a prophecy for their date is required for admission. The prophecy — what the writer thinks will become of his date in the future — can be simply written on a 3 by !S index card, Paulin said.
Guests at the party will probably include Michael F. B MacBan. president of the Alumni Association: President Topping:	Dean of Students
William H. McGrath: and Assistant Dean of Students Tom Hull are expected to attend.
FESTIVE MOOD - Seniors (l-r) Bob Baker, Patti Gillian, Skip Hartquist, Irene Alexander and Mike Paulin smilingly
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await the Senior Class Farewell party at Julie's Restaurant Friday evening. The General Alumni Assn. is the sponsor.