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VOL. Lll
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1961
NO. 89
GOOD FELLOWS
Five USC Students Reap Wilson Harvest
Five USC students were named as Woodrow Wilson. Fellows today by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation of Princeton, N.J.
USC Fellows are Heather Campbell, international relations; Bruce F. Kennedy, economics: Susan Laemmle.
Biology Safari To Investigate Latin Snakes
The first American university or college institute in tropical biology to tie held in a foreign country will be conducted this summer by USC.
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the USC institute will be held at the University of Costa Rica, with field research in the Central American jungles.
The unique, six-week summer session, July 3 to Aug. 11. will be under the direction of Drs. Jay M. Savage and Andrew Starrett, I exarch f0r prospective asssistant professors of biology, j teachers and also the who will also lead the jungle expeditions. Dr. Savage, a noted herpetologist (an authority on snakes) will be collecting unusual specimens, and Dr. Starrett will be seeking rare bats and vampires that live in the jungle caves.
Biologists Eligible
The USC scientists said that any junior college, college or university teacher of biology who is currently presenting a course in the field of biological science is eligible to attend the program.
“The institute is not limited just to field biologists,” explained Dr. Savage. “We want teachers from all fields to apply in*or-der to stimulate interchanges
English; Peter Lauwerys, history; and Harvey Waterman, international relations.
Honorable mention was given to Ruth Gore, American literature.
The fellowships cover the first year of graduate study, which the student must take at some college or university other than the one from which he receives his bachelor's degree.
Encourage Teaching
The grants are meant to encourage the newly elected fellows to consider college teaching as a possible career.
The five USC students chosen were among 1,333 students named from 381 colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. This was the largest number ever elected by the foundation in its 15-year college | biggest
group named at USC, reported Dr. Colin R. Lovell, professor of j history and campus representa- j tive for the foundation.
S3 Million In announcing the 1961-62 winners, Sir Hugh Taylor, president of the foundation, estimated the total value of this year’s a-
esident
FIRST PLEDGE—Dr. Norman Topping shows approval of new Troy Chest program by giving first donation to Chairman Ann Mar-
Daily Trojan Photo by Carol Spector cus as Bob Jellon (right; and Don Wailer-stein look on. The 1961 version adds a Miss Trojanality race and dance to drive.
61 Trojane-ality Contest Opens Trojan Chest Drive
of ideas and niques.”
The USC scientists the course program, seminars in “Evolution in the Tropics" £nd “Dynamics of the Tropical Environment.” Other classwork will be under the direction of outstanding scientists from the University of Costa Rica.
Fundamental Concepts
Dr. Savage stressed that the purpose of the Central American jungle institute is to provide American biology teachers with fundamental concepts of tropical biology.
“M o s t American and European biological scientists are born and reared in the northern temperate zones, and all their experiences are in this area,” noted Dr. Savage.
“We feel that this has retarded the development of knowledge and understanding of the great problems that face mankind in the tropics,” he added.
Supplementing the class and laboratory investigations will be extensive jungle explorations for prisonous frogs, bats and snakes.
wards at S3 million.
Nominations for these highly competitive awards are made by the students’ professors. Screening of candidates is done by 15 regional committees drawn from the academic profession.
Winners were chosen from 10.-453 nominees, representing a 21 per cent increase over last year and a five-fold increase since the program was expanded in 1957 teaching tech- by a $24.5 million grant from the Ford Foundation, will head “The unprecedented increase including I in the number of nominees.” Sir
Hugh said, “has enabled us, after the keenest of competitions, to recruit young people who possess the highest qualities of intellect and character and particularly those who had never thought of a professorial career, or at least were undecided about it.”
Battle Pages Deadline Set
Candidates’ statements for the special election “battle column” edition of the Daily Trojan must be submitted before 5 p.m. Friday in 432 SU.
Candidates for all ASSC and class offices may submit free statements, which should be typewritten and limited to 100 words. Statements may be edited at the discretion of the editors.
Candidates who wish to run photographs with their statements may contact Photo Edi-1 le jungle Indians make poison- j jor farole Spector before Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. daily in 120 SU for appointments. The cost of pictures is $5.
The speral election edition of the Daily Trojan will run Tues-dav, March 21.
ous arrows with the venom from brightly colored frogs.
Scientists investigating th^ vampire bats must be vaccinated against rabies in dealing with the dangerous animals.
Troy Chest, USC’s annual fund raising campaign which contributes to 12 outstanding charities, will open today with a host of publicity stunts in anticipation of a $5,500 goal.
Included in the week-long campaign, which will end March 17, will be classroom and mail donation collections, immunization ! buttons, a Troy Chest dance and the traditional Trojanality con-j test.
I “Since 1951, Troy Chest has ; been an all-university charity drive,” said Don Wallerstein. administrative head of student | services.
Only Chance
“It is the only student drive all year. The students’ will only have this one chance to contribute to worthwhile charities and, at the same time, create good public relations for USC in the community.” he noted.
The 1961 Troy Chest Committee, headed by Ann Marcus, Troy Chest Drive chairman, will enter the 9, 10 and 11 a.m., and 7 p.m. classrooms today through Wednesday to solicit funds for the drive.
Buttons sold to the student body will immunize them from further contributions at a cost of one dollar per button.
The immunization button, which sports a picture of “Albert,” the troubled-looking Troy Chest mascot, will also cover admission to the ASSC Troy Clnest dance. The dance, culminating the campaign, will be held next Monday at 8:30 p.m. in Town and Gown. »
Prizes Ready
The drawings will be held at the Troy Chest dance. Some 20 prizes will be donated by local concerns at the first drawing. A television set and a trip to Las Vegas will possibly be included in these prizes.
A fraternity raffle will also be held. The winning house will receive a free band, refreshments
and room for a party, all paid for by the Troy Chest Committee.
This year's Trojanality contest has been expanded to include a Miss as well as a Mr., in contrast to former years w hen only a Mr. Trojanality was selected.
Fourteen women were nominated by fraternities for Miss Trojanality, while 12 men were selected as nominees for Mr. Trojanality.
Personality Plus
Women students include Irene Alexander, Lina Petrie, Faye Henderson, Judie Busch, Beverly Wilson, Toni Monteleone, Juli-anne Besios, Pat Del Mar, Pam Rowley, Pam Johansing and Suzanne Biaggi.
Others are Herman's wife, the campus ice cream lady, “Maud Frickett” (Jonathon Winters' character) and Genevieve Mc-
Hale, commerce student adviser.
Male students nominated for Mr. Trojanality include Bill Nelson, Danny Moss, Ben Rosen, Brad Liebman, Rich Mialovich, Mike Wilkie, John Rudometkin and Hal Tobin.
Chancellor Running
Other are Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid; Dr. Norman Fer-tig, director of LAS advisement; and Rod Dedeaux, head baseball coach.
All Trojanality contestants will have their pictures on a poster in front of the Student Union. Underneath the poster will be a table with collection cups representing votes for each candidate.
The man and woman with the most money in their cups will win the titles of Mr. and Miss Trojanality.
Trophies will go to the winners, and to the sorority and fraternity they represent.
Beard, Queen Races Start Engineer Week'
The annual School of Engineering Week, which will begin today, will be highlighted by a St. Patrick's Eve dance, special space-age exhibits, a convocation featuring a jet-age engineer and the traditional beard-growing contest.
The Queen of Engineering Week will be crowned at a dance Friday night.
Today the magazine SC Engineer will go on sale featuring pictures of the three finalists in the Queen Contest—Margerat Bertelson, Suzanne Biaggi and Nancy Hooper, together with a ballot with which to vote.
On Thursday, displays from the space age will, be set up in front of Bovard Auditorium.
These will feature an environ-
New Candidates Join Race
Campaigning regulations and candidates for ASSC minor offices were announced by the elections committee last Friday.
Eleven students joined the AS-fC political race during reopened petitioning for minor offices which were not bidded for in the regular period.
Nadine Turner, a senior in LA?, has petitioned for occupational therapy senator. Donna Kay Dye. scphomore music major, will seek the office of music senator.
Cheryl Davis, a sophomore both LAS majors will vie for AWS treasurer.
Dick Moss and Fran Bervvin. both LAS majot's, will via for humanities president. Pete Mac-tamer, freshman in LAS, will i
lun for physical sciences president and Bonnie Brady, sophomore in LAS will race for biological sciences vice president.
Ben Cortez and Bruce M o e. both juniors majoring in Public Administration will seek their school's presidency. Ken Kloep-fer. freshman in LAS. and David Sargent, junior majority in international relations have petitioned for IR vice presidency.
The rights of each candidate, a redefinition of the Elections Code and acceptable campaign gimmicks were explained at the candidates’ meeting.
Campaigning for ASSC offices will begin this week and last through next week until elections, announced Don Wallerstein. head of student services.
Materials will be stamped from 2 to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Foreign Students Lounge, 318 SU. "All campaign materials must be approved before they can be displayed,” Wallerstein said.
Budget forms were distributed at Friday's meeting. Candidates will be informed of their maximum expenditures when posters and campaign materials are stamped.
Wallerstein added that today, tomorrow and Wednesday, candidates may help collect money lor Troy Chest in classrooms by reporting to 232 SU anytime from 9 a.m. to noon.
“This will be a service both to the candidates and Troy Chest,” he explained. “By col-
lecting for Troy Chest, candidates can introduce themselves in the classrooms and get their names to their constituents,” he added.
Wallerstein stipulated, however, that candidates are not to list their qualifications or proceed in any way to conduct classroom campaigns. They may only mention the office for which they are running.
However, no participants will be excused from classes to collect for Troy Chest. The Troy Chest Committee will contact the Faculty Senate to insure faculty support for the classroom collections. Chairmen for classroom collections are Paula Ma-kinson and Shelly Gross.
First Endorsed Candidate
Asks Return to Realism In Independent Platform
By HAL DRAKE Assistant City Editor
Basketball player Chris Appel became the first candidate to receive open political endorsement in five years when he was chosen late last week to represent Tro- \ jans for Representative Govern- ! ment in the coming election.
TRG leaders Dwight Chapin and Larry Young announced the Appel endorsement, which followed a meeting of 45 TRG delegates from campus dormitories, sororities and fraternities.
Notified by telephone of his endorsement, Appel expressed gratitude for the support but pointed out that he did not belong to TRG and would still run as- an independent candidate. Welcomes Support
“I welcome support from any campus group interested in developing a realistic attitude toward student government,v Ap-
■ Rather, he was the choice of | TRG as the best candidate m the field.
“We have endorsed Appel, but he is not our candidate since he I is not a member of TRG.” Chapin said.
Currently, Appel will be op-posed in the election by only i two men. Junior Class President j Jim Harmon and Senate Presi-| dent Pro Temp Hugh Helm.
AMS President Mike Guhin | had petitioned for the presiden-j tial race but. was dropped two | weeks ago for failing to attend J a compulsory candidates’ meeting.
At that time, Guhin claimed he would appeal his dismissal to the Board of Inquiry but, so far, has neglected to do sa In the meantime, the official ballot for j the election has been printed, turn to Troydition greatly im- anc* Guilin s name does not ap-
I pear on it.
Indications are that the AMS
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pressed the TRG delegates.
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pel said.
“I am especially pleased that | PIe^a_nd his re<luest ^bringing |	J°L	Stage	*
TRG liked my platform premise to bring student government
mental test capsule from the Mercury project, a display of the effects and mitigation of corrosion, a radar tracking exhibit and analog computors.
The exhibits are intended to give the general public a better understanding of the role the engineer plays in the space age.
Friday, the final day of Engineer Week, will start with a convocation at 11 a.m. in 133 FH.
Space Exploration
Dr. Allen Higgs of Jet Propulsion Laboratories will speak on “Lunar and Planetary Space Exploration.”
The climax of the week of events will be the all-engineering dance Friday night .
At the dance, the Engineering Week Queen will be announced after the ballots from Engineer magazine are tallied.
The three finalists in the Queen contest will judge the annual beard-growing contestants and present the prize to the winner, an electric shaver.
Miss Biaggi is vice president of the Freshman Class and a member of the Freshman Women's Council. Active in YWCA, she is also a Delta Gamma.
Glendale High
At Glendale High School Miss Biaggi was in student government and a homecoming princess.
Miss Hooper is on the Freshman Class Council and a member of the Liaison Committee of Elisabeth S. von KleinSmid dormitory.
Also of Glendale High School, she was active in student government and was a junior prom princess. Miss Hooper is a member of Delta Gamma.
Miss Bertelson, 1960 Rose 1 Parade Queen, is a junior trans-j	(Continued	on	Page	2)	J
back to earth,” he added.
Young and Chapin remarked that Appel was the “overwhelming choice” of the delegates, who i also considered the other candidates" for the presidency in arriving at their choice.
“Appel is a fresh, new personality in campus politics, which gives him a tremendous advantage,” Young remarked. “He has impressed us as one of the most exciting personalities to enter
student politics in many years.” \iir~t in a	of	interviews
Six-Point Appraisal	with	the men running for ASSC
The TRG delegates included a president. Articles summarizing six-point appraisal of Appel in j views of the remaining candi-
student government down to a write-in campaign if his appeal realistic realm, the support j to the board is not filed this which came from our group was week, although he is still partic-not surprising,” Chapin explain- i ipating in several off-campus ed.	campaign functions, including
He added that Appel did not the freshman women's debate the TRG endorsement. | scheduled for tomorrow night.
Free Candidate Appel Mourns Trojan Spirit
Editor's Note: This Is
their endorsement.
“1. We feel that the respect Appel generates on the USC campus and all over the country is an absolute necessity for anyone holding an office as important as student body president.
“2. Of the candidates running,
dates will also be presented this week.)
By JAY BERMAN*
Sports Editor
“I’m running for ASSC president simply because I feel that the true purpose of student gov-
we feel Appel offers the most j ernment is being ignored.” promise for being a. truly effec- ; Chris Appel, an All-Coast tive public relations representa- guard in basketball, was describ-tive for the university.	!	ing his political plans, telling
“3. As an independent candi- just what he would try to do if date, Appel offers the best elected ASSC president, chance for representing the en- i “The true purpose of student tire student body. He is not tied ; government is to represent the down to Row pressure groups j whole student body in a manner and has no Row loyalties or which benefits the students di-commitments.	rectly and in a practical way.
“4. We agree with (^ppel’s) it just isn't doing that now,” platform that it is time to tskc j^0 cn^phasized. control of the government out j -j want to take student gcv-of the hands of a few petty pol- ernment out of the hands of a iticians and return it to the few politicians and give it back whole student body on a repre- to the students.”
sentative basis.
“6. Appel has the highest respect for honesty and forth-righteousness and as such will add a new dimension of leadership to the realm of student government.”
TRG leader Chapin remarked that Appel’s platform plea for greater school spirit and a re-
The idea of returning the reins of student government to the students might be termed tiie first point of Appel’s two-point platform. The second is to revive school spirit on the Trojan campus.
“As an athlete, I have had the privilege of representing the university on many different cam-
*he puses, and I'm able to compare c;r school spirit with that of other schools,” he said. “Quite frankly. I'm ashamed of ours in comparison. We don't seem to take pride in our achievements— end they are many.”
Appel pointed out that the apathy found in athletic spirit carries over to cultural events.
“Meager support is characteristic of cultural events around the campus,” he complained. “For example, at a recent school play, there were only 50 or 75 people in the audience. As a result of this lack of support, performances by athletes, or by actors, are likely to be less enthusiastic than could be possible with spirited, interested, strong support.
“I think it is time we became conscious of this lack, and work actively toward reviving our Trojan school spirit—a spint which has been famous in th« past,” he added.
Appel's views were endorsed recently by TRG, which decided overwhelmingly to back his platform, and back him, in th* upcoming ASSC elections.
Dwight Chapin, one of the co-founders o f TRG, remarked. “Appel is an excellent student with sufficient intellect and energy to do an outstanding job in whatever. endeav or he undertakes.”
Feature Editor Wins Award At Annual Newspaper Day
The Ruth Apperson Eaker editorial award for the year’s best editorial in the Daily Trojan was awarded to Barbara Epstein, a junior in the School of Journalism and Daily Trojan feature page editor, at the 36th annual Newspaper Day, held at USC on Saturday.
Approximately 1,500 high school and junior college journalists attending 125 schools from Fresno to San Diego came to the event.
The Chimes of L.A.'s Cathedral High and the War-whoop of El Camino College were named the best ah-around newspapers and the Eagle of Chaminade High in Los Angeles received special mention as the most improved parochial newspaper.
Eighty-five publications were entered in the competition, highlight of the Saturday program.
An all-time high of more than 500 students competed in individual contests judged by the USC School of Journalism.
High school winners were Nick Benton and Robert F*udy, San Marcos High, best news story; Marilyn Miller. Franklin High, best feature; Mike Miller, Alhambra High, best sports story; Richard Hovey, Santa Ana High, best news picture.
Two-year college winners were best news story, Barbara Ber- ! man, Santa Ana College; best editorial. Dick Tripp. Los Angeles City College; best sports story, Dan Fapp, Los Angeles Valley College; best news story, j Dean Mordecai, Los Angeles Valley College.	.
A press conference with for-mer Governor and Mrs. Goodwin J. Knight was held in the . afternoon.
A $10 prize will be awarded to student reporters who write the two best stories on the Knight press conference and have them printed in school newspapers during the next two weeks.
Knight spoke at a luncheon on,
“F’ress Conferences at the State Capitol.”
Richard H. Miller, assistant to the publisher of the San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune, was master of ceremonies at the luncheon, at which Telford Work, USCs first journalism graduate in 1919, was introduced. He is publisher of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, a legal newspaper, and general manager of the Los Angeles Newspaper Service Bureau.
Morning addresses were given by Jeane Hoffman, Los Angeles Times sports columnist; Lowell E. Redelings, Hollywood Citizer-News entertainment editor; and Henry Rieger, United Press International news manager for Southern California and Arizona.
Clinics were held in the afternoon for high school reporters and columnists, two-year college editors and staff members, student sports editors ancL~*iaff members and women jouAalism students.