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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961
NO 63
WORLDS ONLY COURSE
University to Begin Unique Missile Class
ASSC Senators Approve To Suspend Lazy Officers
Tli** world's only course in the safe handlins of ballistic m, siles U'sins today ai USC.
With thr beginning:	of the
eight-week course. which will be attended by 26 Air Force and Marine Corps officers, the name of the se\cn-year-old USC Aviation Safety Division will be changed to include the word "Missile,” reported Dean Carl
Hancey of University College, under which the Aviation and Missile Safety Division will operate.
The new missile safety course will be loaded with more than 260 hours of instruction in such subject? ss propellent chemistry, physics. electronics, mathematics. the structures and fluid mechanisms of missile« and even human factors and safety program management.
The course which USC will offer is the result of a request
Widow Hears Baxter Talk About Author
A man is i-emembered by his
works.
Lion Feuchtwanger. German author of novels such as "Josephus.” •‘Flavius." and ’JJew of Sus,” is noted throughout Europe for his political and social crusades. Dr. Frank Baxter, head of the USC English department. said while speaking st a Hillel Foundation luncheon yesterday.
The author's widow’. Mrs. Marta Feuchtwanger. listened a« n special attest as the English instructor praised her former husband's historical novels a« "rich with lucid imagination portraying his profound interest in what was happening around him."
Dr. Baxter further described Feuchtw anger's writings as "precise, unscrupulous and precious.”
Although all his plays and novels were written in German, they have all been translated into 26 languages and dialects, the English instructor said.
The author's widow explained that her former Jiusband had written his first poem when he was "just a little boy and he was later called a bookworm. But it was his extensive reading that enabled him to write with rich description about lands be had never seen,” she said.
from and a contract U. S. Air Force.
More than six months of research already has gone into the preparation of the missile safety course, said George B Potter, director of the A&MS division.
Researching the subject included trips by division representatives to virtually every major missile base, including Cape Canaveral and Vandenbetg AFB, and to the plants of major manufacturers of missiles and missile components.
Among Ihe “laboratory" materials which students of the missile safety course will have for their work will be the aft 20 feet of the X-15, which exploded in a static test in June This j wrecked portion of the sleek space ship, including the engine and the propellent tanks, has been given to the USC course for instructional purposes.
Too large for any USC classroom, the wrecked section of the X-15 is now at the Marine Air Base at El Toro, and students will travel there to study it.
During the course the missile safety classes will also visit Vandenberg AFB and the plant of at least one major missile producer in the Los Angeles area. Director Potter said.
Some of the 26 officers who will take the newly designed USC course already have had some experience in missile safety, Potter reported. Others have had none at all, he noted.
"When these officers finish .this course of instruction, they will compose the only professionally trained missile safety experts in the world.’’ Potter added.
Commenting on the selection of USC for the missile safety instruction. Director Potter said, "USC has long ago taken a
Film Maker To Appear
Stanley Kramer, producer-di-rector of the forthcoming “Judgment at Nuremberg," a motion picture about the Nazi war
with the definite lead in the field of aerospace safety with its alreadv-
seven-year-old course.
"More than 2.100 U. S. and foreign officcis. representatives of private aircraft companies and even NATO pilots have gone through the USC flight safety courses which remain the only ones of iheir kind in the world.”
Director Potter, named to head the USC division last summer. has more than 6.000 hours of logged lime as pilot. Regarded as one of the nation's leading administrators in the field of air science. Potter is a specialist in aircraft maintenance engineering.
A former associate professor of air science and tactics at the University of Illinois, Potter was director of materiel for the 311th Troop Carrier Wing with the rank of lieutenant colonel before coming to' USC to head the A&MS division.
Art Professor Wins Invite To Exhibition
Edgar Ewing, professor of fine arts, has been invited to exhibit his paintings in the 1960 University of Illinois exhibition of American painting in Urbana and the 64th exhibition of American painting at Ihe museum of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Ewing has had mote than 18 one-man exhibitions and is rep resented in more than 250 private and public collections.
His work has been shown by the Carnegie International at Pittsburgh; the Art Institute of Chicago's national and ii'to'i’-tional exhibitions; the Sao Paulo. Brazil, bienniel; the Metro politan Museum. New Yoik; the Corcoran Museum and the Smithsonian Institute of Washington. D. C.; the Philadelphia Museum; the Detroit Museum; the San Francisco Museum and many others.
Ewing's major awards include crime trials after World War II, | the $2,500 Edward L. Ryerson
and major members of his production crew will be guests at Arthur Knight's theatrical film symposium class at the cinema department tonight at 7.
Film clips of the featuie pic ture will be shown, and production details will be discussed.
Knight is the film critic for Saturday Review. He has laught two classes at USC during the past summer and fall.
fellowship for foreign travel and study; the SI.000 Louis Comfort Tiffany grant, New York City: the $1,000 first purchase award of the Los Angeles County Museum; the $600 first award for oil painting from the California State Fair; the $2,500 Samuel Goldwvn award for artists of I»s Angeles and vicinity; and 11 other priz°s for both oil and water color painting.
Career Tests Offer Limited To First 50
Students interested in enrolling l in the bi-annual vocational tast-1 ing program to be given Saturday should apply immediately,
! reports Alfred Jacob, director of I the department of psychology.
Only 50 CSC students may be accommodated, he said.
The group-level testing is being offered for the bi-annual “sale price" of $15. Applications can l>e made at the Psychological Service Center, 915 W. 37th P!.t or bv phoning HI 8-2311.
Tests Aptitude Temperament
The counseling service is avai- | lable only to registered students. 1 It inclu es interests. aptitude I and temperament tests.
The counseling service does not replace the placement bureau ' of a psychoanalyst's couch, j Counselor Semour Levitan said. '
"Rather, it serves as a means . of discerning the type of job to j i hich a person is best suited,” he said.
The testing series, which will be completed in one day, includes two counseling sessions, to be ! held after completion of a battery of tests.
I rges Early Ajtplieatlon |
Levitan explained that the time factor limits the number of students which the bureau is able to accommodate. He advised that students apply early to assure themselves service.
The counselor also reported that the group counseling is an effective way to get ahead of the two-to three-month waiting list for individual counseling.
The low cost of the test series is a definite advantage. Levitan said. He explained that the service center is able to offer the low rate because the groi'p-level testing reduces the total time involved in the project.
Some Charge $100
Comparable testing fees outside of universities often are as high as $100, Levitan said. Other schools frequently charge as much as $10 for individual test ing.
More than 10.000 1y|V*s of jobs are available in the U.S., and he believes that students in p;;iti-cular.need to assess their characteristics in comparison with other people’s assets to find the work area best suited for them.
Aimed at AMS, Claims Author Heim
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Daily Trojan Photo By Carole Sp«ctof
PENSIVE PRESIDENT — Bill Steigerwalf, president of the Associated Students, pauses briefly over the mound of legislation to reflect over his past 3'/p years in student government at USC. Sfeigerwalt's political career at Troy has been marked with many innovations and opportunities.
ASSC President Reflects on Career
By BERNARD N. PETERS
A pixie-like secretary darted
Daily Trojan Traveling Editor Notes Decline in Europe s Practical Religion
(Editor's nolf. Tht* t« the •e'enth In a series of articles «n Europe hr Penny Lernoux. In today’s article she discusses the decline of practical re-Hfion in Europe.)
By PENNY LERNOl'X Daily Trojan City Editor Karl Marx's sneer at religion as the 'opium of the people" has paradoxically lost much of its power in many parts of the wot Id loday as increasingly more people turn to other drugs and other gods.
Europe is an excellent example oT 1 be endless merry-go-round from fihurch to religion in the abstract to outright atheism.
'Vhile most people in Europe still believe in God, the tendencv 1« to consider Him more in the
■	hstract and less ip the ptxrtic-
■	I. church-going, ritualistic sense. This is particularly true in the Latin countries.
Empty Shell«
The cathedrals and magnificent churches of France, Italy and. to a lesser extent, Spain are empty shells of their past congregational glory. Today they aie frequented primarily by tourists in search of artistic splendor — not deity worship— and old women. There is a dusty mournfulness of disuse about their dark inteuor« that even the glorious stain'd windows so prominent in them cannot dispel.
The cathedrals of Botdeau. Milan. V>nire. Pi j Florence ind ta.rfIapj and even the fam Oil« Notre D=rne are sough’ out
primarily by gaping, camera-toting tourists. Here t h e worshipers of God are rare, the worshipers of art plentiful.
Sadder yet. commercialism has overwhelmingly followed in the eager wake of tourism. In many cathedrals one must pay an “offering" tu see the entire church.
In Noire Dame tourists are charged to see the church's relics and jewels. At St. Mark’s in Venice an "offering” must be made to climb to the cathedral's upper balcony to view its magnificent mosaic dome more closely*
Outside the churches, commercialism is pven more hl^tant. Native« hawk maps, postcards, replicas of the church, statues of the «aints and medals on the cathedral steps, and will even occasionally follow the innocent tourist into the church if he looks gullible enough to bu.v the loudly publicized wares.
Timetable For Worship
Tourists, not to mention devout church goers, must also beware of the various time schedules of each church, for few of them are continuously open, even during the day. Their hours, apparently aimed w the tourists, are extremely limited.
For example. Floience's cathedral is onlv open for a few hours in the mornin; and from 3 to 5 p.m in the aftprpoop, while its haptjstrj with famed I
Ghiberti Paradise Doors is open only on certain days.
God is. thus, burdened with man's timepiece.
Why the commercialism? Why the poor church attendance, especially in Latin countries, where ihe Catholic Church has long been a tradition and national institution? i As Seneca noted long ago, I “He who has great power should use it lightly."
Commercialised Religion
The Roman rhetorician was not, of course, referring to the church as has evolved today, but his words could easily be applied to its primary fault, a fault that h^s resu'ted in the exodus of so many from the church’s ahneg%tirg followers and is perhaps responsible for thr emptiness of manv of Europe's great cathedrals and the resulting com-i mercialism.
The Catholic Church in Italy,
; for example, admittedly has much power, but — not as wise as Seneca in this case — it does ! not use it lightly, j Its power in Italian politics is extremely strong, well-known and well-publicized. As a result, many of Italy’s younger genera-! tion and some of the old have turned from the church in dis-•
gust with its interference in what they consider strictly a ' lav man's area.
“The church has too much to do with politics, something it shouldn't be concerned with at
all," was the comment of one young Roman lawyer.
In Spain the same situation exists in the minds of many of the younger generation.
"It is a well-known fact that Franco could not exist for long in his dictatorial position without the backing of the church.” said an engineer from Valencia. He added that in countries where the church has withdrawn its patronage, the government has fallen, pointing to Argentina’s Peron. who met his demise after disagreement with the Catholic Church.
In Be-lgium the complaint was that the Catholic political party has h=en ahle to mantain control through the large clerical voting population and this political party' was responsible for th» "Congo mess."
Apathy a Factor
The conservatism of many religious groups has also contributed to the apathy toward church going. Perhaps this is one reason why’ so few cf the younger generation — liberal progress in the abstract* — ate seen in attendance.
While the church in England wields no such power as do religious groups in Italy and Spain, a smiliar situation of poor church attendance also exists. However, the cause here is attributed more to apathy than political interference or cons«r\ atism.
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in handing him a stack of letter? to be signed; leaders of two different committees opened the office door slightly to ask him brief but important questions; the phone jangled annoyingly and frequently; but Bill Steiger-l wait remained calm, soothingly puffing his cigarette.
The 21-year-old youth, sporting a crew cut and immacuately attired in ivy league apparel, j looked up from his desk and said soberly, "I hope students will look back and judge this' student government to be the worst one uni'.r the new system.'’
Referring to the new ASSC government, effective ihis year, which enables all fields of study to be represented in the Senate, Steigervvalt's feeling perhaps is hidden hut unquestionably hopeful and optimistic.
Seed of Effectiveness "If each succeeding government does a little better than the preceding one, we'll kno»" we've planted the seed of effective student government at USC which will g"ow and grow.
‘ If our government 10 y'ears from now is looked upon as suc-1 cessiul, then we've failed.”
And failure is almost unheard of in Steigerwalt's brief but brilliant career.
While still a sophomore at Westchester High School in Los Angeles, he was determined to become student body president at USC. He even turned down a scholarship to Stanford in order to meet his self-made challenge.
Steigerwalt gives much credit to his mother and father for support and encouragement.
Worthwhile Sacrifice ‘‘My parents have given me the knowledge that in order to attain or accomplish something worthwhile, you must sacrifice something else.”
So now he's working his wav-through school instead of taking a free ride ip north.
Not only does Steigerwalt make sacrifices for his own benefit, but for the entire USC student body as well.
During his first semester as ASSC president, he has devoted an average of 65 hours a wee!: to his duties. Much of his time is spent communicating with students — answering their questions and explaining why things can or a..not be done.
With an ususual sensitivity to public opinion. Steigerwalt ha-organized a public relations unit of the government so he might better understand t he opinion and feelings of students.
•'Shy jml Bashful" Obviously, one of his manv
sacrifices is time. Although hi.« social life is full, it's not frantic. One of the reasons is that he considers himself "shy and bashful.”
"I'll sit around for days lining to conger up enough nerve to ask a girl for a date. I'm still an introvert and not comfortable at parties.”
This syness almost cost him his successful public career at USC.
During his early days on campus. his Theta Xi fraternity brothers believed he wasn’t circulating and meeting enough girls. He would never be popular enough to win a high office, they prophesied.
So Steigerwalt tried it his way. Aimed with a copy of El Rodeo, he proceeded to memorize faces and names of all the important and popular Trojans and Tro-ianes. Upon recognizing them on campus, he greeted them by name and thereby became well-known and popular himself.
"It was a big bluff at the beginning, but it worked," he muses.
The public administration mar jor classifies himself as an administrator. not a politician.
“I’m too honest to be a politician.” he quips. "I didn't even decide to go into public life until the summer of 1957."
Selected by the American Field Service International Exchange, he went to Europe for three months, living with a European family. There, he learned first-hand how valuable little things were and how Americans take them for granted.
"I never before realized how wasteful people in the United States were. I came back to the United States and decided I wanted to enter public life.”
For this experience. Steigerwalt gave up his savings for a new car. He still drives his old ’52 Studebaker.
I.onj on S#*rvt«#*
From that time on. he has setved his fellow students at use with devotion. Among many of his positions were freshman treasurer, chairman of the Greater University, junior class president and now president of the Associated Students.
Dees he feel political life is J tor him? Perhaps.
"If there is an opening that I teel I can handle. I might give it a try. Certainly I’ll not seek any office beyond the state level.”
His short stay’ at the university has - given him tremendous insight as to the demands of a
public official.
"I’m a lonclv man. Not in the sense of h">v ipg no one to talk
to but in having clese friends.
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K> HA I. I)R\KE Assistant City Editor
Twenty somewhat bewildered senators made themselves one of the most powerful legislative bodies in ASSC history last night when they assumed responsibility for all elected officers.
I>ed by President Pro Temp Hugh Helm, the senators established a minimum standards program, giving the Senate power to suspend ASSC and class officers who do dot comply to the minimum duties and standards of their offices.
Although directed at all class and ASSC governments, the biM singled out the AMS for particular reproach.
. Senator Helm, author of the bill, charged that AMS officers had not show'n interest in any of the duties for which they were elected.
Proof \ eerieri
If AMS officers do not prove within two months that they are working on activities which they promised to promote as representatives of more than half of the male students, the funds of their office will be frozen, under provisions in the bill, and the officers replaced by a committee of three appointed by the Senate.
"I think it’s too late to shape up AMS for this year." Helm said, "but I hope we can sal-i vage some of its functions for the future.”
Opposition that was expected for the strongly worded measure failed to appear as the senators mildly followed Helm’s opening argument with an overwhelming 16-2 in favor on the first ballot.
Unfulfilled Promises
Senators seemed most swayed by Helm’s argument that apathy j toward student government stems from the actions of elect- Journalism.
Financially, he said students would not want to donate funds to the university as alumni if they could not have their way as undergraduates.
From the spirit standpoint, the football players have said they would play better, and the students have said they would cheer louder, if songleaders were on the field.
Lastly, to win games. Because, well, it’s nice to win games.
Robinson pointed out that he advanced the songleader issue because a number of his constituents had approached him about the matter.
"I’m not here to get any personal gain.” Robinson said "I just want to represent the pe<>-ple w ho voted for me."
The senators also passed a bill to allow alumni organizations, such as the 59 Club and the W) Club, to form during a class's
freshman year.
Under the current system, alumni clubs do not form until the senior year, which make organizing the group and promoting membership more difficult.
Grant Permits Bigger Class In Journalism
Continued expansion of USC summer courses for journalism teachers was assured todav ^ lowing the receipt of a grant from the Newspaper Furrd. Inc.. sponsored by the Wall Street Journal.
The USC grant is one of several made to colleges and universities offer:ng programs that seek to improve high school publications. according to John if. McCoy, director of the School of
ed officers who do not fulfill their campaign promises.
“We have a lot of dedicated, i hard working people who are | trying to make this student 1 government work.” he stated. “There's no reason their work should be destroyed by officers who refuse to perform the most minimal duties of their office."
The songleader issue also failed to make a stir as Communications Senator Mike Robinson and the boomarah girls breezed through on a vote of ! 17-2.
Robinson argued for songleaders on three levels.
McCoy said that emphasis would be placed on school publications of all types, including new course in yearbook production which will be offered for the first time beginning June 19. Other courses will cover new.« writing, feature writing and various aspects of publicn-tion supervisión.
Consideration is also being given to offering several shortterm seminars for teachers during the vacation period. McO»v said. These would enable te?,c;»-er« to participate in the regular high school editors workshop, inaugurated at USC in 1957
Wife Belongs in Home, Says Iraqian Student
Creativity is definitely a worn- "Therefore, it is imperative : an's job. ’	that	her	guiding	influence	be
To this extent only does USC	'n	home.	Inherited
foreign student Faleh Sayid- §enes- etc- a,e not the only de-■ Hatim agree with the Daily terminants of character, and it Trojan article of Dec. 12 en- *s UP to^ the woman to attempt titled "Women Claim Man’s provide an environment con-
World With Fervor.” which described woman's invasion of such fields as engineering.
Sayid-Hatim. who is a graduate student in engineering, admits with a grin that he reflects, the opinion of his Iraquian countrymen in his belief that women are more influential and useful in the home than in competitive careers.
Creativity is a woman’« joh, he agrees, but not in mans work-dav world. A woman's in- J ventiveness in engineering and other commonly male-dominated career fields fs misplaced, he feels.
"Her job is greater than that,” he states. "Supposing her husband in his attempts to 1 achieve success, guiding her children and creating a home filled with happiness is much more significant than perfecting a missile, disintegrating an atom or developing a nuclear bomb.”
The Iraquian believes that
woman is the cohesive force of the family, which in turn is the <oc’a| unit upon which any nation must depend for its
strrngth.
ducive to building good character. strength and unity.” he affirms.
From the male standpoint, Sayid-Hatim contends that man usually accomplishes his goal not as a result of his solitary efforts but in response to the faith which a woman place* in him. bringing out his strong points.
He relates the str> r> of a strong man in his home town of Mosul who always carried stones heavier than everyone else with whom he worked at house-building.
The other workers who tried to penetrate the secret of his strength discovered that the man had a wonderful wife, who catered to his whims and always made him as comfortable and happy as possible.
One day, the workers convinced the strong man s wife to play a practical joke on her husband and to treat him as a stranger.
They had learned the secret
of their fellow w orker’s strength, for the next day the unhappv man was unable to lift the lightest stone, the Iraquian
said.