Council Will Vote On Evan s Position
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VOL. XI
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1961 No. 12
The Los Angeles City Council missioners for the city commis will formally vote this week on the recent appointment of Pro-
fessor Orrin B. Evans to the Civil Service Commission.
Professor Evans, associate dean of the School of Law, was announced by Mayor Yorty earlier this month as one of the ne'v
DEAN ORRIN B. EVANS
. . . people's choice
Bili May Free School s Land From Taxation
An amendment to the California constitution that would exempt the grounds of private colleges from taxation has been introduced in the State Senate.
The amendment would delete the 100-acre limitation on the amount of college grounds which are made exempt from taxation. Because it is a constitutional amendment, the bill will appear on the ballot in the November, 1962 general election.
Some of the colleges in addition to USC that would benefit from this amendment inciude the California Institute of Technology, Loyola of Los Angeles, Stanford and University of the Pacific.
sion.
Since that time, he has been approved by a civil service review board and a commendation committee of the City Council.
Once approved, Professor Evans will be one of five members of the board, which is a citizen commission that determines the major part of civil service policy, such as requirements for promotion and selection, for the ei*v.
Appointed with Professor Evans were Julian Nava, a history professor at San Fernando State College; Ike Greenberg, a real estate investor; the Rev. Dr. J. Raymond Henderson, pastor of the Second Baptist Church; and George Simmonds, a former la bor official.
Dean Evans predicted that the new board would make no “drastic overhaul" in the near future, since the men have yet to meet and discuss the commission's policies.
“As of now, I have only shaken hands with the other four members,” Dean Evans explained. “We still will have to elect a president and vice president once we are approved.
“Although I don't expect a drastic upheaval right away, what may hapj>en over the next several years is completely undecided,” he added.
Dean Evans received his LI..B. degree in 1935 from the University of Wisconsin. He was Order of the Coif, on Law Review and a member of Phi Kappa Phi. He later earned a doctor of judicial science degree from Yale.
Aerospace Scientists To Meet on Campus
BEST STORY ANTHOLOGY SELECTS USC WRITERS
The works of two USC writers have been included in “The Best American Short Stories, 1961,” published recently by Houghton Mifflin Co.
Willard Marsh, who will join the English department faculty in the fall, and John Berry, a former USC teacher and student, are among the 20 authors chosen for the short story yearbook, which was edited by Martha Foley and David Burnett.
Marsh’s “Mexican Hayride,” a story of a wayward addict, originally appeared in Ksquire. “The Listener.” Berry’s ficticnalization of communication, originally appeared in New World \\ riting.
Marsh has been teaching creative writing at YVin-throp College in South Carolina, after spending several years in Mexico. He is represented in several anthologies, including “The Antioch Review Anthology” and “Prize Stories, 19*7: The O. Henry Awards.”
Berry lives in Santa Monica and is the author of “Krishna Fluting."
Other works in the anthology are by James Baldwin, Mark Harris, St. Clair McKelway and other contemporary masters.
South Africas Race Problems To Be Analyzed by Englishman
As a guest professor in the summer session and post session. Profesor Lauwrevs has been scheduled to give severa' lectures on contemporary life and educat'on in countries that he has visited.
Earlier lectures have been centered on life and education in Iran and the Congo, and a simi-
Proponents of the measure have estimated that during the decade from 3960 to 1970 private institutions of higher learning in California will have saved the taxpayers more than $1’^ billion dollars in operating costs.
For this reason, they argue that these institutions should be exempt from property taxes.
Lt. Gov. Glenn M. Anderson, who recently appointed two senators to author the affirmative arguments for the amendment, praised California's private colleges for playing a “vital role in the over-all picture of California’s higher education.”
Educational problems resulting from the racial conflicts in the Union of South Africa will be discussed tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. in 133 FH by visiting professor Joseph A. Lauwerys.
Professor Lauwerys, who leaches comparative education at the University of London, will j attempt to analyze the complex I racial problems of the five main ! racial groups in South Africa, j none of w h i c h, he says, gets along with the others.
His observations will be based, A USC music professor has on a stay he made in the area contributed a section on music-last year and on another trip to the forthcoming “College and three years ago. Color slides of Adult Reading List of Books | the Basutoland in the protecto- in Literature and the Fine rate of Zulu will be used to il-' Arts," being prepared by the lustrate the lecture material. ■ National Council of Teachcrs of
English.
lar lecture is scheduled later in the month on India.
Professor Lauwerys is chairman of the board of studies in education at the University of London. He has worked extensively on textbooks in science and industry lor UNESCO and is a joint editor of the Yearbook of Education.
Approximately 1.800 at the ' nation's leaders in space technology representing govern-
; ment. military and industry — ' will come to USC later this month for the 1961 Air Force-Aerospace Corp. Symposium on Ballistic Missile an 1 Aerospace Technology that will be held on 1 campus.
A maji,r keynote speaker in addition to other nationally recognized space science authorities will he on the program during the three-day event, which will be hosted by President Top-i ping.
I 5© Papers
Dr. Charles T. Morrow, symposium chairman, said approximately 150 scientists anl engineers from local and national :ndustries will present technical papers concerning the nation's ballistic missile and space activities during the three-day forum.
“The symposium is one of the country’s most respeeted outlets by authors for exchanging scientific ami technical findings and information vitally essential in keeping abreast of the rapidTv advancing space age technology." Dr. Morrow said.
Will PuhlKh • Following the event the unclassified technical papers will be published in bound reference books available to the scientific community.
Attendance at classified sections will be by invitation only, but tickets for the unclassified sections may be obtained by contacting Dr. Morrow at the Aerospace Corp. in El Segundo. The conference will be held from Aug. 28 to 30.
Aerospace Corp. is the technical arm for the Air Force’s ballistic missile and space programs.
Musician Writes Book Guide
Professor Lauwerys will compare his personal observations with more recent events in the Union, which has resigned from the British Commonwealth over the apartheid controversy since his last visit.
SCampus Callers Begin Final Telephone Check
Campus telephones will be rung this week by the staff :>f the 1961-62 SCampus, as the final check of changes in university personnel, telephone numbers and room numbers for the year begins.
SCampus editor Hal Drake said tHat tire telephone brigade is used to find these operational changes so that the official student handbook will be as up-to date as possible.
The handbook, which provides
the names of administration and ASSC leaders as well as a bi ief-ing on campus activities throughout the year, is distributed to freshmen and new students at the beginning of the year.
“SCampus is about the most complete source of information available for all phases of cam- | (ation for the
Professor William Vennard, head of the department of voice, has prepared a review of about a dozen books on singing for the book, which is to be published early next year.
The book will contain the work of mote than 40 scholars, writers. artists and musicians, and of almost 15 others who have been advisors and consultants.
The book is intended as a guide for adult readers “seeking pleasure, knowledge and growth through familiarity with the world's literature, art and music,” Edward Lueders, editorial chairman for the council, said.
Professor Vennard prepared his analysis of ihc mechanics of singing and the art of interpre-musie section of
pus life,” editor Drake said. : the book, which will also have He added that the handbook < sections on literature and art will l>e ready for distribution j Professor Vennard, who has early in September.	j	been at USC for 15 years, has a
DR WILLIAM VENNARD
. book contributor
¡•as.-, voice -hat has been heard in important West Coast opeia-tic premietes, as well as in concert and on telev ision.
While on sabbatical from 1959 to I960, the mvsician coltabor.it-I ed with Dr. Jan Willem van dc-r Berg, international authority on i voice science, in making the
film. “The Vibrating Larynx.” . which was named the Lest medical research film lor i960 at an educational film festival in Pia-gue.
The finished reading list will be divided into three sections. The literature section will- include fiction, poetry, drama, biography, letters and essays, literary criticism anil history and linguistics. Titles will encompass American. British and world literature.
Architecture, painting, drawing. sculpture, design and crafts, graphics, art criticism, esthetics and reference will make up the art section.
The music section to which Professor Vennard contributed will cover orchestral, chamber and key board, vocal music, open anti ballet, dance and folk dance, music biography, theory and criticism, history and reference, interpretation, jazz and popular anti contemporary music.
Although the needs of the college student, teicher and graduate have been uppeimost in the ! preparation of the list, the editors and contributors have trier to serve the entire audience ol i American readers.