SUMMER
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TROJAN
VOL. XII
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1962
NO. 14
PAID IN FULL
Producer to Make Movie of Taoestry
French authorities have granted a USC cinema producer permission to make a film based on i the 885-year-old Bayeux Tapes-i try, which tells the story of th-? Norman conquest of England.
Maynard T. S' nith. who heads | the evening division of the cinema department, wlil go t>j France late this month to make
the preliminary plans for th. filming, which will begin .iext year.
Negotiations to film the famed tapestry were conducted through Dr. Jacques Poujol, former French department faculty mem ber who is now in the office of the French cultural counselor in New York. Final permission came from Dr. Henri Jeanne.
—Summer Trojan P lioto by Tom Capra and Dan Smith CLIMBIN' HIGH — The Olin Hall of Engineering reaches for the sky as builders dent the skyline with part of the new building. The price tag illustrates the building's $2,202,159.63 cost, donated by the Olin Foundation, Inc., in Bovard a-udtorium during the fall semester.
Faculty Members Still Keep Busy
Many university faculty members will keep busy during the remainder of their vacations by giving lectures, presenting papers and attending conventions.
Dr. John A. Russell, head of the astronomy department, will give the retiring president's speech at a gathering of the American Meteoritical Society at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. N.M. He has been president of the society since 1958.
Dr. Floyd L. Ruoh, professor of psychology, will deliver two papers at the American Psycho-
Viola Pupil To Perform
Violist David Smiley will give a graduate recital next Monday in 133 FH.
Smiley, performing as required for the master of music degree with a major in viola, will be assisted by Valeska Druckor. pianist; Toby Caplan, flute; and Paula Sohertzinger. harp.
He will perform Concerto in G Major, George Phillip Telemann; Sonata in D Major, Opcss 15, Paul Juon; Sonata for Bratsche Allein, Opus 25, No. 1, Paul Hindemith; and Sonata pour Flute, Alto et Harpe, Claude Debussy.
logical Association convention, which will be held in St. Louis, Mo. His papers concern teaching of psychology in college and high school. Dr. Ruch is president-elect of the association’s division on teaching psychology.
Eastern Trip
A work-filled Eastern trip will begin next week for Dr. Robert Simba, professor of chemistry. From August 27 to August 31 he will attend a Gordon Research Conference on adhesion at New Hampton, N. H., at which he will act as discussion chairman of a session on configuration of polymers in solution and in liquid-solid interfaces.
On September 5 he will speak to personnel of the Sun Oil Company research laboratories at Marcus Hook, Pa., on “A Theory of Glass Transition Phenomena.”
Dr. Simba will conclude his schedule September 7, when he is slated to address the National Bureau of Standards in Washington. D.C., on ‘‘Viscosity and Thermodynamics of Moderately Concentrated Polymer Solutions.”
Research Report
Dr. William W. G rings, head of the psychology department, will report to a meeting of the Psych onomics Society in St.
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Professor Becomes Member of Society
Dr. David H. Blankenhorn, associate professor of medicine, has been made a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
Membership in the group is limited to distinguished investigators under age 45. Only 50 new members are accepted each year.
Other School of Medicine faculty who are active members are Dr. Don H. Nelson, associate professor of medicine; Dr. Samuel I. Rapaport, associate professor of medicine; and Dr. Telfer B. Reynolds, professor of medicine.
Dr. Blankenhorn received his MD degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1947 and joined the USC faculty in 1957 after serving as an instructor in medicine at Cincinnati and a research assistant at Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
He is certified by the Amert-I can Board of Internal Medicine
Naval Officer Takes Course
Waldo Kirkpatrick, professyi | of architecture, was one of 30 : Naval Reserve officers chosen to j attend a two-week briefing session on admission to the US Nav-J al Academy at Annapolis, Md.
Attendance at the session wij] enable Kirkpatrick to act as a • Naval Academy Information Officer in the Los Angeles area.
Kirkpatrick served for four years in the Navy during World War I and has been in the Naval Reserve for 16 years. He has served as a nav 1 recruiter for the past five years.
The briefing session brought him up to date on the academy’s admission regulations and conduct of the academy.
Kirkpatrick earned his bachelor's degree in architecture at Syracuse Uniersity in 1926 and his maste of science decree in architecture at USC. He has l>een on the USC faculty for 15 years.
I in the subspecialty of cardiovas-] cular disease and is a consultant ! to Metropolitan State Hospital. Norwalk.
Dr. Blankenhorn's major area of research is cholosterol metabolism and how it affects the heart and arteries. His principle methods involve gas chromatography, a two-year-old technique for olating sterols.
Sterols are w-axlike alcholols of high molecular weight with , solubilities similar to those of fats. Cholesterol is the best-known of the sterols. The pro ' cedure involves heating sterols ! to a high temperature and pass-
( ing them in a vapor of aigon through columns coated with s'li j cone rubber.
Last, fall he used this techn: que to isolate from human a.-t-| erial walls a sterol that was not previously known to exist in human arteries.
Other Sterols
“It is possible that other sterols may accompan; cholesterol in disorders now thought to bo due to cholesterol alone.” Dr. Blankenhorn said.
Dr. Blankenhorn is currently working with Dr. Julius Jensen associate clinical professor of medicine, on a study of twins to learn more about the inheritance of factors which determine how the body reacts to sterols.
The study is supported by the United States Public Health Service. the American Red Cross and the Nevada Heart Associa tion.
Cadets See AF Parade
Three cadets in the univer-sity’s Air Force ROTC partici- j pated in Air Force activities Saturday at Hamilton Air Force Base near San Francisco.
The students are Daniel F. > Alves Jr., Walter C. Wells and John H. Williams.
The three cadets are taking summer training at Hamilton Air Force Base. They were part i of a Parade of States event in Saturday's activities.
»ayor of Bayeux, who has jurisdiction over the tapestry.
First Fflnn
Smith's pictures will be the first films ev made of the tap-estry, which is really an em ; broidery on linen with colore-1 yam. rather than a true tapestry. The work is 231 feet lone and 19inches wide.
Believed to have l>een made j under the direct ion of Bishop Odo, who figured prominently ir the conquest, the tapestry i¡> often attributed to Quee-Matilda, wife of Will iam the Conqueror. The Tapestry is now ir> the Musee de la Tapisserie de In Reine Mathilde in Bayeux.
In the films Smith plans t< make, he envisions using bot!~ the tapes ry and the Norman an-’ Hastings countrysides to tell he story. Simulated battle sounds o the 11th century, together with r musical score idiomatic of th. period and a running narrati<*n will make up the accompanying sound track.
Three Vrrvions
The producer’s plans call for making three versions: A 35 mrr film aimed at theatrical release a 16 mm version for art school and museums, and another It.
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Tuition Jumps $100 to Meet Cost Increase
Students returning to school in the fall will have a Sinn-a-semester increase in tuition t<* face.
On a flat fee basis, 14 to It units, tuition will he SfitMl Formerly, It was	On	a
unit hasis, tuition will he an increase of $4.
The university’s hoard of directors voted the increase (luring the spring semester.
“The university’s action, taken only after careful financial review and analysis, was motivated hy the constantly rising operating cost» and the need to maintain and improve our high level of instruction and academic achievement.’’ MliIvey White, vice president for alumni and student affairs, said.
“At the University of S«*uth-ern California, as at all independent colleges, tuition traditionally has never paid mor» than one-half the c«*st of educating an individual. Thus, the investment in the education of a (SC student is a mutual one,” White said.
Several other private colleges in the area, inclnding Occidental. Claremont. Pomona and University of Redlands, have a higher tuition rate.
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