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Confusion Reigns in Row Fracas
University of Southern California
DAILY
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TROTAN
Vol. LIV
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1963
NO. 75
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If we were inclined to the melodramatic, events of the past few days would prompt us to borrow from “Hamlet*’ and report, “There’s something rotten in the IFC.”
For since the Row began trying to float itself away in a deluge of water last week, attempts to determine the IFC’s policy toward these offenses have been met with a similar torrent of doubletalk and equivocation.
Finally, on Friday, the IFC Judicial Council— through. Former Chief Justice Bruce Spector, who presided at the meeting—announced that future instances of water bombs being thrown at cars would lead to severe penalties for the houses involved, penalties that included padlocking of the house and a 24-hour eviction notice.
The decision, Spector said, was supported by the dean of students office.
But that was before a new outburst of water bomb nonsense led to a two-car collision involving two coeds who, police reported, had been pelted with at least 30 water balloons bv a mob of 300 Rowites as they drove along 28th Street.
The implications of the IFC decision on this action should have been clear. The houses of the 300 men would be padlocked and the members evicted as reprisal—or, if that word is too strong— as punishment.
But at yesterday’s meeting the IFC made it clear it would take no such stand. Its members hemmed and hawed, insisted no such policy had been made, and fell back on that old standby, the “misquote.”
Fortunately. Justice Spector did not -go along with the new line and has stood by his original report.
The framework in which the IFC operates is tenuous at best. Because it is composed of representatives of the houses themselves, any situation such as the present can mean we are allowing the guilty to judge the guilty. In these cases, hedging and retreat are all we are entitled to expect.
Some may be inclined to call this setup “self-government.” But at times such as this, we are inclined to ask, “Is it justice?”
HELEN X, MOTHER
Busy Student-Wife Gets Two Titles
Coed Relates Ordeal Of Row Water Riot
By KAREN GUSTAFSON
“I’ve been told I’m lucky to be alive. We could have been killed in that accident,” Eva Zahedi, attractive 18-year-old linguistics major and one of four women injured in the two-car accident caused by Row-riot bombs last Friday, said yesterday.
She said she sustained bruises and cuts that required six stitches as a result of the collision, The driver, Marie Valas, also 18 and a USC business major, suffered numerous bruises and cuts which required more than 30 stitches.
“I’ll probably need plastic surgery to cret my left arm back in shape again,” Miss Valas said. She said she was in surgery for one and a half hours at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, where glass from the shattered windshield of her 1961 convertible was removed from her arm. More than $1,000 damage was done to her car.
The cause of it all: ghostly water balloons which were never thrown by people who weren't there and a slick pavement from water which wasn’t there.
This is the conclusion the coed said could be drawn from the “300 people” gathered gathered around her car after the accident.
“They all said that they didn’t see anything and that no one threw any balloons,” Miss Valas reported.
"They came at us from all sides,” Miss Zahedi said. “They hit us in the face. We were drenched.”
Miss Valas, who was driving, said she stopped at the comer of 28th and University. She maintained she lost control of the car after she started again and students lining both sides of the street began pelting her with water bombs. Her car skidded on the wet pavement into the side of an oncoming car.
“I couldn’t figure out what happened,” Miss Zahedi said. “But all of the sudden I found myself in the back seat of the car. Marie was w-here I had been sitting.”
“Some boy, when he heard me crying, said to me, “Don't worry, honey. Your daddy will get you a new one,' ” Miss Valas reported. “That made me angry.”
The coeds claimed that 300 persons must have gathered around their car “to stare at us as if we were in a zoo.” “And no one offered to help us,” Miss Zahedi added.
Miss Zahedi summed up the whole incident this way: “If
By PONCHITTA PIERCE Assistant to the Editor
News comes pretty fast at the Holbert household.
First there was the announcement that Mrs. Priscilla Partridge Holbert has been selected as the tenth and final “Helen of Troy” for 1962-63.
And then there was the arrival of a 7-lb. baby girl.
Now there are four at the Holbert housesold —Mr. Holbert ; Mrs. Holbert, president of the Associated Women’s Students; baby “Heather”: and an extremely intelligent poodle, “Suflee.”
Being a student, a wife, mother and AWS leader, normally would create time problems for anyone. But not for Mrs. Holbert.
“I have a good class schedule,” she said, “ and expect to be away from the baby only eight hours in the day, except for meetings.”
“My night classes will leave Hugh home with Heather,” she continued. “It's really good for the father to be alone with the child without the mother scrutinizing his every actions.” she laughed. “To often the father feels left out, because the mother is always the one with the baby.”
Since her marriage to Hugh Holbert last year, the tenth “Helen” has adjusted to being a wife and student beautifully,” comments her 26-year-old husband, who graduated from USC in 1961 with a BS in .marketing.
“I didn’t want Pris to lose her interest in the university now that she was married to me,” he said. “In fact, you couldn't get a better combination of wife, mother and student all rolled into one.” Through her years at USC, Mrs. Holbert has contributed to the university and student programs as president of College Hall, Spur president, Humanities senator, a member of Freshman Women’s Council, Chimes, Amazons, Kappa Kap-pe Gama sorority and Mortar Board.
point, she attends the university on a full-tuition scholarship from the Long Beach Alumni Association. She has also received a big-little-sister scholarship from her sorority and the Town and Gown Junior Auxiliary Scholarship for 1962 63.
The 21-year-old senior met her husband at Excelsior High School, where he was recognized as the “Outstanding Business Student” in 1957 by the Norwalk Kiwanis Club.
While at Excelsior, Mrs. Hoi bert maintained a 3.78 grade average while serving as student body secretary, student body director of activities, drill team head and homecoming princess. She also received life membership in the California Scholarship Federation.
That same year, as a member of the National Forensic League, she debated against Bart Leddel. “I can’t remember, but I think he won,” she laughed.
The student-mother, who is currently working on a BA in English and a masters in educational guidance, would like to be a girls’ vice principal or a dean of women of a junior college or university.
“This ambition really comes from the wonderful women in these positions whom I have seen do so much to help students,” she said.
Mrs. Holbert will be featured in the 1963 El Rodeo, where one page will be devoted to each “Helen of Troy.”
Other Helens carrying the title this year are Irene Alexander, chief justice of Women Judicial; Patti Hill, Panhel-lenic president; Eileen McDon-agh, Mortar Board president; Betty Knox, ASSC vice president; Bronwyn Anthony Emery; vice president of Mortar Board; and Mary Ellen Wyn-hausen, El Rodeo Editor.
Completing the list are Faye Henderson Howser, chairman Women Recreation Activities; Dianne Riley, co-chairman of Songfest and Troy Camp; and Carole Horstmann, president of Amazons.
IFC Judiciary Denies Passing Padlock Policy
By JERRY OFFSTEIN Daily Trojan Contributing Editor
A special Inter-fraternity Council meeting yesterday afternoon failed to shed any light on the tragic water-bombing incident of Friday afternoon in which two USC coeds and two other women were injured in a two-car collision on 28th Street. Instead, the meeting added to the confusion of the! vvater-bombing incidents of the | past week, which climaxed' with the late-afternoon colli- j sion, which police said followed a barrage of 30 water bombs; leveled on the two coeds’ late-model convertible.
Some of the fast-paced events of the afternoon were:
•	A meeting between Dean of Students William McGrath and the two coeds injured in the accident—Marie Valas and Eva Zahedi—who appeared with their attorney, Eugene Al-pem. to “exchange information” on the events leading up to the accident.
•	Denial by Dennis
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Psychiatry, Law Program To Be Initiated
The first step in the establishment of a special program of studies on the interrelation of psychiatry and law is being taken by the Schools of Medicine and Law with a series of 15 weekly seminars.
Limited to an enrollment of 15 attorneys and 15 psychiatrists, the series under way is already filled to capacity. According to Dr. Seymour Pollack, associate professor of psychiatry, a more extensive course may be offered later this year-Dr. Pollack is directing the course along with Dr. Robert
tion to Barr, by retired IFc! Kin&sley- former dean of the Judicial Chief Justice Bruce 1SchoGl of ^ and a member of Spector that such a "padlock I California’s Special Study Com-'the door” policy was to have mis9ion on Problems of ' taken effect yesteniay.	***	Criminal Offenders.
First Time “We believe this is the first time such a combined, on-going course has been offered in the United States,” Dr. Pollack
Barr,
chief justice of IFC Judicial, that conclusions were made at the IFC Judicial meeting of ¡last Friday afternoon on how l to deal with specific fraternities involved in water fight in-, cidents.
• Confirmation, in contradic-
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HELEN X — Mrs. Priscilla Partridge Holbert became the tenth woman student *o receive the title of 'Helen'. Since receiving the honor she has had to make room in her busy schedule for her newly-arrived baby girl.
Corpuscle Roundup Still Needs Posse
Blood donations start today i period ended yesterday, Harris but the drive’s chairman, Haig1 emphasized that prospective Harris, needled students and donors can go directly to the
• Charges by IFC Adviser-Jess Hill that the article appearing in Monday’s Daily j Trojan was “in error on some points,” although he did not specify which points.
The only decisive act of the j. IFC meeting was the formulation of policy by the IFC office: covering future “horseplay” on the Row.
Adviser Hill explained that, | in the future, all of what he referred to as “horseplay”
said.
“Today psychiatric issues are increasingly involved in both social and legal matters,” he said. "Psychiatric and legal thinking must be brought closer together on such subjects as insanity as a criminal defense. The capital punishment issue
has psychiatric aspects as do m_U^t_take_JPl!0e. " PnVate:divorce, custody and adoption.
“There is also the question
faculty members yesterday.
“We’re disappointed in the cooperation given so far by the fraternities and the faculty, ’ Harris said. "The small fraternities are making a better showing than the large ones.”
Harris mentioned Lambda Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha and Tau Delta Phi, along with Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, as examples of the smaller houses.
The actual donations will take place in the basement
116 PETITION
Filing Ends for ÀSSC Offices
By VIRGINIA BODIN Elections Reporter
Petitioning officially closed | yesterday with a total of 116
year’s petitioning, but write-1 presidencies still remained va-| Richard Penneys, Paul To-in candidates may increase the cant.	fel.
number.	Messer	said	the	number	of	AWS	PRESIDENT
Messer said persons who had1 candidates for all offices was Judy Dyer.
City Official To Discuss L. A. Charter
C. Erwin Piper, city administrative officer of Los Angeles, will speak on “Charter Revision” tomorrow at 11 in 129 FH.
Piper's lecture is being presented by the student council of the School of Public Administration.
He will talk on the present movement to revise the Los Angeles city charter.
The administrator was appointed to his present position in 1962 by Mayor Samuel Yor-ty, after serving six months as commissioner on the Los Angeles Board of Public Works.
Piper graduated from UCLA !n 1933, then attended USC where he received his master's degree and a PhD in science *nd public administration in 1936 and 1938.
He was employed for two years by the California Retailers’ Association, then served in California’s Department of Employment for one year.
In 19-11 Piper became a special agent of the FBI and 6erved 20 years in that organization. During his tenure in the FBI Piper had special assignments in Memphis; Cincinnati; Washington. D.C.; Seat- they wanted to	hurt	USCs re- treasurer	and	a Knight.	running for	senator	or	ASSC	AMS VICE	PRESIDENT
tie and Richland. Wash.; Al- putation they got that. If they) Messer	said	the number	of	president,”	he said.	Don Benjamin,	Duffy	Mc-
buqueitjue:	Honolulu:	India-	wanted blood,	they	got that, candidates for	ASSC president	Fifty-five	students	petitioned Hugh.
church and sign haven’t done so.
up, if they
The number of pledges has reached about 500, still a disappointment Harris said.
Blood donors will get a brief physical first by professional doctors to see if they are capable of giving blood. The blood donation itself takes only about 20 minutes.
“There is no pain in it,” drive publicity director Mark Bumstein said. “In fact the
property and must not involve the public streets or sidewalks, and that anyone involved in the “horseplay” must be a voluntary participant.
He was emphatic in pointing' out that the “horseplay” musti no way impinge upon the ' rights of private individuals.
Hill added that individuals! run the risk of action by the IFC office if they do not ad-
of punishment vs. rehabilitation for sex offenders, deviates and narcotic addicts.’’
Seminar’s Purpose Dr. Pollack said one purpose of the seminars is to break through	old	communications
barriers	between psychiatry
and law	and	facilitate inter-
action.
About	25	guest lecturers
of the university’s Methodist; person’s normal activities don't Church from 10 until 2:30 for (have to be restricted after giv-the rest of the week.	ing	blood.	There is no weak-
Although the formal pledging! ness.”
here to these regulations.
The specific purpose of thelfrom the *** Angeles area Wl11 special IFC meeting seemed ¡Participate in the seminar,
more designed to pass the word"*** 15	supiX)rfed	by
to the Row concerning enforce- a ^rant from the N-ticnal In-
ment of IFC.s new "horseplay”'stitute of Menta] Heaith‘ regulations than in dealing Speakers will consider such with what has already hap_ < topics as testimony on insanity pened.	I	competency
Although the IFC adamantlycivil denied having decided to immediately padlock fraternities
[and competency in criminal competence, traumatic neuroses, sexual offenders and problems of mal-
engaging m throwing water j Practice- confidentiality and balloons at cars, as reported Priv**ed co™nun«cation in
Friday, retired IFC Judicial ¡P^hiatry-____________________________
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Rockefellers Give Crants In Theology
fewer than in last year’s peti- AWS VICE PRESIDENT tioning, but write-in candidates Sharon Case, Ann Garreits, may increase the number. Sandra Lipsey.
Three Executive Cabinet AWS SECRETARY
Suzy Jo Broz.
AWS TREASURER
persons filing for student gov-j petitioned for more than one emment offices, Elections j office would have to decide Commissioner Dick Messer an-\ which office they wanted to nounced.	'run for because the elections
He reported three persons code allows students to run candidates are running unop-had petitioned for the office of for only one office at a time, posed, he reported.
ASSC president. The candi-j He said this and other elec-i Frank Barbero for AMS1 Kathrin Golz. dates are Hal Stokes, Scott'tions problems would be dis- president, Judy Dyer, AWS Hutchinson and Red Cavaney. oussed at the mandatory president and Barbara Shell,
Stokes, the first petitioner, meeting to be held today at ASSC vice-president, all will for the office, and currently'2:30 in the student lounge in'be unopposed in the balloting.
AMS president and a member the Student	Union.	The complete list	of candi-
of Knights, announced his can- “I want to go over with the dates follows: didacy last week. Hutchinson’s candidates the way they want	ASSC PRESIDENT
and Cavaney’s candidacy were their names on the ballot, the Red Cavaney, Scott Hutchin-not revealed until today. campaign budget and rules and son, Hal Stokes.	son, Gordon
Scott Hutchinson, chairman deadline dates,” Messer ex- ASSC VICE PRESIDENT Wald, of the Greater University plained.	Barbara Shell.	JUNIOR CLASS MCE
Committee, was also chairman “Candidates who do not at-	ASSC SECRETARY	PRESIDENT
of the ASSC Bill of Rights tend this meeting or send a Dianne George, Lynn Kurz,
Committee.	certified proxy will be dropped Kay Murdock.
The third petitioner, Red from the ballot with no ques-	AMS PRESIDENT
Cavaney, is AMS Secretary- tions asked,	whether	they are	Frank Barbero.
' Graduate student Richard K. Hertel and senior Harry A. E. Taylor have received the first two Rockefeller Brothers Theological Fellowships granted to USC students, Dr. John E. Cantelon, university chaplain,
ARCHITECTURE
Senator: Peter Dirgirolamo.
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
President: Mark Bluestein.
Vice President: none.
Senator: Susan Clay, Harvey said Friday.
Gorrin.	j	The	fellowships	will	permit
BUSINESS	the men	to study at	any	ac-
President: Alan Katz,	Steve	credited	theological	seminary
Parker, Delbert Smith.	with all expenses	paid.	Dr.
Vice President: Terry	Ball,	Cantelon	explained
SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT Dick Gardiner.	During	the	year,	the	Rocke-
Jerrv Craig, Ron Mandell, Senator:	Ralph	Amado,	feller Fellows try to determine
Jerry Staub.	Huntley Bluestein, Brad L. the possibility of a vocation in
SENIOR CLASS VICE Champlin, Barry Friedman, the ordained ministry.
PRESIDENT	Jay Howard Grodin, William The foundation awards 60
Sally Nethery.	Hamm, Art Ito, Nancy Prize, such fellowships annually on h
JUNIOR CLASS PRESIDENT Randy Randail, Robert Rosen- nation-wide bas s
Richard Moore, Joan Peder- berg, Stephen Shore, Larry Taylor, a senior majoring in
Strachan,
Julie Ayers, Brenda Broz. SOPHOMORE CLASS PRESIDENT
Rick Friedberg, Michael
Brian Stickney.
COMMUNICATIONS President: Anne Nichols Vice President: none. Senator: Tim Johnson.
EDUCATION President: Mary Jean A. Kenneth Smith.
President :
political science, is a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa scholastic honoraries, and a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He is also on the Trojan Debate Squad and a Hast, past ASSC senator.
Hertel is a graduate of West-
napolis; San Diego and Los And if they waned death, they and other Executive Cabinet for the 36 senatorial seats Angeles. t	almost	got	that, too.”	j	posts	was	fewer	than	in	last, available, while a few school
AMS SECRETARY TREASURER
Glass, Jay Howard Grodin.	Vice
SOPHOMORE CLASS VICE- Young.
PRESIDENT	Senator:	Barbara
Linda Ciarocchi, Marilou Enid Waxman. j Pierson, Roger J. Rosen,
Patricia mont College and will receive his degree in psychology this Bridges, spring. For the past year he has been a teaching assistant (Continued on Page 2) (in the psychology department.