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VOL. Ill
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1961
NO. 70
Fraternity Lodges Ponder Problems
By TIM ELBOI RXE
Thirty-one fraternities are currently polishing their fanciest weapons and stockpiling
when they could attend the fraternity functions of their choice.
While the rusnees are in these groups, orientation sessions
Any Title ls Elections Code Name-T rouble Will Review
For Final Try
their most powerful ammunition could lie given to them by uni
a> open season on spring rushing again takes place on the 2Sih Street jungle callcd the Row.
fraternity rushing will end on (Thursday.
USC's forest is now bust lint; with yearlings who amble intc the target areas, althugh quite willingly, seeking shelter in one of the great hunting lodges with those tunny Greek signs pinned over the doors.
They fall prey to the lodges that produce the biggest guns, flashiest volleys of chatter and those which come closest to hitting the bulls-eye on first aim. The 28th Street hunters that possess arsenals or howitzers and .30-0 .30 praise USC's open season system highly, while the groups having access only ,to smaller calibre weapons claim that they are starving and pew rules should be adopted.
Rushing Formalized
Almost by instinct the first solution presented every year by the smaller houses is formalized fraternity rushin g—a concept that is generally tabooed by Row gianrfs.
Less heartily membered fraternities at Troy cite successful examples of formal rushing programs practiced by other great institutions such as Stanford, Dartmouth and the University of Colorado, and semi-formal systems at Cal.
The.v claim that similar plans could also be successful at USC and would be advantageous to all houses if everyone would cooperate.
Numerous eager fraternity men have spent untold numbers of hours formulating rush systems ranging from absolute formality. similar to USC’s sorority rushing system, to semi-formal plans not extremely different from the open formula now effect.
versity and IFC officials, which would greatly alleviate present orientation problems.
Not until t h e second week would the houses be free to bid the men of their choice.
The closest Trey has come to any fraternity rushee regimentation was during the last *ush period when each aspirant was to have a card systematically signed by fraternity presidents stating that he had attended functions of at least six different fraternities.
This procedure failed hopelessly. causing much ill feeing and many accusations of dirty rushing up and down the Row. Cooperation Needed As it has been generally agreed by large and small houses, complete co-operation must reign in order to make a formal type system effective. But even if co-operation was attained, eventual success of such plans would still be doubtful because USC has several unique problems.
First, Troy is largely a commuter school located in the center of the nation's second mightiest city. Thus, it would be nearly impossible to assemble all fraternity men on campus at least a week before school starts to carry out this hypothetical program.
Also, because of USC’s location and commuter situation, many aren’t interested in fraternity life. Home, friends, other interests and old habits are too close by, and the ties are too strong to be changed in just two short weeks of rushing.
Registration Deadline Second, the university doesn't have a final registration dale and people are able to enter USC even after classes have begun, n This means that those who reg-| istered in school after the rush-
It's a good thing Shakespeare didn't ask Ivan S. Za-ber. visiting assistant professor of Russian, what's in a name.
Zaber could have probably told the English playwright a good many things.
For in the Daily Trojan Za-!>er has gotten the brunt of it in name-calling. Well, name-spelling at least. Last semester, over-zealous eopyreaders identified him as Dr. Rodger Swearingen, director of the Soviet-Asian Studies C enter, in a picture caption.
And yesterday, over-zealous printers got their letters mixed up and called him “Alexander Xavir” in a feature-length article on the Soviet-Asian Studies Center.
From now on maybe we'd better just call him an important member of the Slavic studies staff (he teaches intensified, intermediate and scientific Russian) who deserves to have his name spelled right.
All have met defeat in IFC ing sign-up date (at least one pow-wows and now are neatly week before classes start) tucked away in the inventors' , wouldn't be able to rush.
| Noted Builder Will Address Guild,Students
Bruce Goff, famed architect, author, painter and philosopher,
| will conduct two seminars this ! week at USC.
I Under the auspices of the Architectural Guild, alumni support group for the USC School I of Architecture, the seminars ! will be held today and Thursday at 1:15 in Harris Hall and will j be open to students and Guild members.
Called “a master” in the use of materials as they are found, Goof’s buildings include the use of such items as boiler tubing, quonset frames and salvaged oil-drill piping—the latter used for outer trusses in a church.
Goff has been a life-long admirer of Frank Lloyd Wright and, like Wright, admits influence from exotic cultures and
“dead" files.
System Proposed
A typically proposed system might have provided a mandatory sign-up date for all prospective rushees before rushing began.
Actual rushing activities could only take place during a set time interval, let us say. two weeks, with no fraternization with fraternity members before this period.
During these weeks the rushees, divided into groups, would be systematically scheduled to attend all of the houses and only at these scheduled meetings could they speak to fraternity men.
This w-ould give rushees and fraternities equal opportunity to acquaint themselves without charges of dirty rushing tactics. Then the hopefuls might be given several free days and nights
Arab Students Revise Rules
The revised constitution of the Arab Student Association will be the main topic of discussion at its first general assem-Jy meeting of the semester today at 3:30 in the International Student Lounge.
“The new constitution has created new elective offices and has also given the executive committee mere power.” reported Reda Nazer. president. “In addition. starting in the fall, the president will be elected for a one-year term of office.”’
The agenda for this semester Includes participation in the “V” carnival, a monthly social hoirt*. and an “Arabian Night.” to be held in April.
This year the group will also host the annual regional convention of West Coast Arab Students.
Officers of the group arc Rcda Nazcr. president; Abdul Muga-teli, vice-president« Ahmad Za-mil. secretary: and Jerry Cummings, corresponding secretary’. Election for the unfilled office ct treasurer will t>e held this aitet noon.
“The Arab Student A^ocia-tion extends a s|>ecial invitation to all students to participate in Our activities, to gain a better Understanding of the organiza-Um, Nazer said.
An estimated 200 men would be left out each semester.
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from music.
Concurrent with his appearance at USC, an exhibit of Goff’s works will be show’n in Harris Hall for two weeks beginning tomorrow.
Steigerwalt Tells Plan To Conform Bodies
By ( ARXELI A WELLS
The ill-fated Elections Coed will be presented to the ASSC Erecutive Cabinet for the fourth and final time tonight, ASSC President Bill Steigerwalt said yesterday.
■'I have called all the special meetings I will call concerning the code,” he said. “If the cabinet members choose to haggle over business as unimportant as an Elections Code when they should be representing their various groups it's their own affair, but I will not be a party lo it.”
Changes Mind
This attitude was in opposition to an earlier stand made by the i executive. Last week Steiger- 1 wait said that he would call spe- j cial meetings of both Senate and Cabinet until the code was pass- , ed.
Steigerwalt referred to the j code as a “minor task which | only perpetrates government and ! does not help it function.”
The ASSC President stated j that the code must pass the Cabinet by a simple majority of those present. There are nine I cabinet members. Steigerwalt ad- j mitted, however, that the usual ! attendance for the group is five 1 or six persons.
“I believe the fact that this is the fourth try for the code— in addition to the nearness of j spring elections—will bring out | at least six of the members if not all nine,” he said.
If this code is not adopted, all elections will undoubtedly be postponed until September, he i added.
Three Revisions
Steigerwalt cited three major changes in the code which may make it more desirable to the j cabinet than the last three presented.
The executive noted that the first code did not specify where polling areas would be situated during election. The new version gives such authority to the Senate.
The new’ code will also increase the Board of Inquiry's membership from three students, five faculty members and the Dean of Students to five stu-
Negro Week Program To Show New' Africa
DUNROD, TYPING MISTAKE Program to Highlight ADD TO ELECTION FUROR African Nation Tumult
Two unverified candidates in last week’s petitioning captured attention from approximately 10 students who took out petitions on the first day of registering for general student body offices yesterday.
Bill Dunrod, the suspected "plant” in the ASSC presidential'race, and Vivian Von Hagen, last-minute withdrawal from the Vice presidential race, remain shrouded in confusion as the second stage of election preliminaries begins.
A third confusing name on the election report was readily explained as a typin? error. Yesterday’s story reported that senior Carol Sampson would run for ASSC secretary against Maryalice Herrick, instead of announcing Carol Samson, who is a junior.
Candidate Dunrod. who has achieved a significant amount of support, may no longer be enrolled in the university, but may possibly be a legitimate candidate.
Vice presidential candidate Miss Von Hagen denied Friday that she intended to run for office, as did the other candidate. Sue Hartford. But, so far, both have neglected to submit written withdrawals to the Elections Board. Until they do so, both women will remain official candidates.
Currently, the vice presidential case is being compared to similar tactics used in an election campaign about two years ago.
At that time, or>.e of the candidates insisted that she had not filed for office, but later announced that she had been “persuaded” to run by her classmates.
Expenses Slashed In Travel Abroad
(Editor's note.	This	is the
ninth and final article in a series on Europe by Penny Ler-noiix. Today she describes how to travel to and through Europe economically.)
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By PENNY LERNOFX Daily Trojan City Editor The idea that one needs a Marco Polo fortune to visit the wonders of the world is as fanciful today	as the	palace	of	Kubla
Khan	would	be	in	downtown
L. A.
No fortune, not even a small one. is mandatory to travel, as
many tourist offices would dents, five faculty members and I jjke their clients to believe. Only
ASSC President Bill Steigerwalt yesterday revealed plans to “strengthen and vitalize” the student government committee system, better known as the “administrative arm.”
Using authority provided him by Statute 28—a bill to provide for an “enterprise division” of student committees—Steigerwalt
ensure that the majority will, as expressed through the Senate and Executive Cabinet, is carried out,” he added.
Steigerwalt pointed out that this is the first year that the ASSC could become “tough about their business” and replace students who were either
instructed the head of student ■ unable or unwilling to work in
affairs to take the necessary steps to “bring to conformity” all 18 committees.
Wants Answers
Steigerwalt stated that he is trying to ascertain why certain committees — including homecoming, finance, special events— have not been operating according to the provisions of laws passed this yrear.
“In many cases the problem has been education of the committee chairmen as to the new methods of operation. However, it has become equally apparent that many students feel little regard for legislation whifch affects them and blithely go about their task in any manner which they personally establish,” he said. *
Many Quit
Changes made so far include the acceptance of resignations from many committee chairmen and department heads.
The student body president has also established a program of making the six department | heads a quasi policy-making body’ for the purpose of putting programs into effect “with greater speed and efficiency’' after they have been legislated.
This “kitchen cabinet" met for , the first time in their new capacity yesterday.
Forget It
“It has be?n the custom with- j in student government on the j campus to legi>lat*- a bill on Wednesday night and forget it.” | Steigerwalt said.
“It is the responsibility of every elected officer to put
the interests body.
of the student
the Dean of Students, he said.
“I believe that this will provide some cabinet members with proof that the code is intended to be as non-biased and non-po-litical as possible, and should, therefore, be passed,” he continued.
Introduction of an ordinance specifying a “chain of command” will also be on tonight’s agenda. Steigerwalt related that this ordinance w’ould sanction certain executive officers — namely the President and Vice President— with the authority to speak for the student association and the university in controversial matters in order to prevent embarrassment to the university.
a certain philosophy is needed, to live as the natives do and, consequently, not expect the luxuries that are taken for granted in the United States.
Europe—the mecca of American tourists, especially college students—is closer than a train ride to Chicago in today's air age. And it is not expensive to go there.
A round-trip ticket from Los Angeles to London can run as little as $265. Once there, the American—believe it or no t— can live for as little as four dollars (w’omen) or five dollars (men» per day. (The difference is due to the fact that, as in
ted to foot the bill on a date).
Further, this does not limit the tourist to staying in only a few countries. He can see as many as nine or ten count ires in two months on this budget.
The secret to such economics is individuality. This m e a ns avoiding tours, most of which run in the four figures for anything over a month, and, consequently, seeing more of the countries themselves. In fact, most people who take the standard whiz tours wculd have done better to stay home and see "This Is	Cinerama.”
Transportation to and from Europe Ls the most expensive item in any itinerary. Consequently,	the economv-minded
traveler will look for chartered airplane	flights, which	some-
times can offer savings up to 50 per cent.
Passengers Free These	flights usually	take
their passengers to the big capitals like Paris and London. The passengers are then left to their own programs and may travel wherever they wish, returning to the point of departure at a set date. One to three months is ' usually the interim tifne.
But how does a potential traveler get in on one of these chartered flights?
Tumult in. recent African affairs will be reviewed tonight in Bovard Auditorium in observance of Negro History Week.
A host of speakers and African performers will be featured in the cultural program called "Africa Changes,” beginning at 8.
Along with the commentaries will be drum exhibitions, African dances and songs.
The program's guest speakers will consider numerous problems confronting the emerging continent.
Roles Discussed
Nana Ibokate. president of the Southern California African Students Association, will dwell on the role of the African student in the development of Africa and the future courses of African nations in world affairs.
Ibokate will speak in behalf of the African students in Los Angeles, which include the four students from East Africa currently enrolled on campus.
Mrs. Verniee Weir, acting consul from Liberia, will briefly relate some of her experiences as consul in the African stat--* and will also project her views on Africa.
Viets Logue, USC counselor of foreign students, will start off the program with a roll call of African students. A response in behalf of the African Scholarship Association will be made by Dr. Marcus McBroom, USC alumnus and practicioner from the Ross Medical Center Educators Sponsor Supporter! by educators from different parts of the free world, the African Scholarship Associa-tion has been responsible for sponsoring a number of African scholars in American universities.
Attorney William Jones, chairman of the Planning “Committee cf the African Scholarship Association. will be master of ceremonies for the event.
Furnishing entertainment will be Robert McFerrine, Negro soloist from the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Travel Group Flans Summer Europe Flight
The Trojan Travel Club, under the direction of Dr. Russell ] Caldwell, is currently offering j a bargain price chartered flight ' trip to Europe this summer for ■5265 roundtrip.
The flight, which will coat nearly 30 per cent less than regular commercial airlines charge, will leave New York for London on June 11. returning from Pans to New York on August 20.
Faculty and students interested in the flight should apply to ! the club immediately since res-| ervations will be made on a . first-come, first-served basis, notes Dr. Caldwell, USC associate professor of general studies ! and history.
Attendance Requirements To be eligible for the flight,
I students must be regularly enrolled graduates or undergradu-| ates at USC and have been in j attendance at the university for two semesters tnot necessarily | consecutive» at the time the i flight leaves in June.
Faculty members must have I been at USC for two semesters (again not necessarily consecu-! tivet by June to be eligible.
Dependents of either students [ or faculty members	may also
' participate. However,	university
employees who are not members of the Faculty Center Association are ineligible.
BO AC Flight The flight will be made on a BOAC airplane with accommodations for 100 passengers. A luggage allowance of	44 pounds
Drum	beats	and	rituals	will	and ¿neals during the	flight will
follow with	the “Chibueze	Niaka	be free of charge.
Dancers” from Nigeria perform- Dr. Caldwell points out that
ing.
Admission to the “African Culture Night” will be free.
the U. S. A., the man is exp?c- I (Continued on Page Two)
Bacon s Contributions to Philosophy Likened to Aristotles Endeavors
By PONCHITTA PIERCE
“By pioneering his exposition of the modern inductive method, Sir Francis Bacon made a contribution to philosophy that can be compared to Aristotle's contribution of deduction.”
With this statement, Professor Fulton H. Anderson, head of the department of philosophy at the University of Toronto and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, introduced his topic, "Francis Bacon: the Reformer and his Clitics.” Professor Anderson's lecture was the first of two lectures which he is giving on campus.
In his remarkably comprehensive lecture. Professor Anderson covered the life of Bacon in brief, his contributions to modern science and philosophy, his rc-classification of Aristotle’s “sciences,” and his attempts at a logical systemization of scientific procedures.
Outlining Aristotle's classification of the three sciences, the theoretical, the practical and the poetical. Professor Anderson went on to say how Bacon recognized three kingdoms:	the
kingdom of God. the civil king-
Fl’LTON 11. ANDERSON . . . reviews Bacon
Bacon recognized to be within the purview of the scientist.
Bacon further reduced some of Aristotle’s classifications. All of Aristotle's several motions Bacon labelled as one—.locomotion. In Bacon's re-classification, art and nature became one; mathe-
ism, Professor Anderson continued, but was a philosophical pluralist. He did not belive in an all-comprehending system which classified everything under science.
Calling Bacon “the prophet of investigation,’’ Professor Anderson emphasized the high regard other philosophers held for Bacon by calling attention to the fact that the French encyclopedists saluted Bacon by putting his name on the front page of encyclopedias.
"With Bacon’s exposition of introduction,” Professor Anderson said, “natural history finally came into its own. He initiated a new and scientifice humanism.”
Interspersed in Professor Anderson's lecture were some of the gems of Bacon's thought: “Train yourselves to study the ways of creation.”
“The universities are not reservoirs of truth but houses of remnants.”
“Logie is an instrument for controlling human faculties.’’ Professor Anderson will give his second lecturer on “Cole-
matics was relegated to being a .ridge: Katian or Platonici?” at
dom, and the kingdom of nature, j meaning into these decisions and I It was the latter kingdom which
branch of physics.
B^con did not believe in liion-
Mudd Hall at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
★ ★ ★ Existentialist Opens Forum
Contemporary existentialism and its historical background will be the first lecture in a j series of six on “Aspects of Existentialism,” which will be the theme of the 62nd Philosophy Forum.
Dr. Wilbur H. Long of the USC School of Philosophy will give the first talk today at 4:15 in Bowne Hall of Mudd Memorial Hall.
“Since the time of Socrates, philosophically reflective man has been attempting to know himself.” said Dr. William H. Werkmeister, director of the School of Philosophy. “This series of lectures exhibits some possible answers to the mystery of human existence,” he continued.
“Existentialism ¡¡: not so much a particular philosophical doctrine as a way of approaching the problem of man,” said Dr. Werkmeister. “It explores man in his individual solitude, anguish and faith,"'he added.
Hospital Costs io Be Studied
A conference on the cost of hospital care will be held at USC today. About 125 business and industrial leaders of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area will attend on invitation from Dr. Norman Topping, USC Piesi-dent.
Through speeches and discussion groups, the meeting will explore the question of the economics of providing adequate hospital care for the community.
A full and objective examination of the economic problems of i to 4 p.m.
hospital care will be made to i-----------------
clarify the nature of hospital costs projected 10 years ahead.
Dr. Topping will welcome delegates to the conference at 9 a.m. in Hancock auditorium. Dr.
Tracey E. Strevey, USC’s vice president for academic affairs, w’ill be chairman.
students and faculty must make a $50 deposit at the time they register for the flight. The full . amount must be paid no later i than April 1.
The USC professor says that a roundtrip charter flight may i also be arranged for the L.A.
| to New York trip, probably cost-1 ing around 5180.
Following sign-ups for the trip. Dr. Caldwell will hold (wo special sessions for the registrants to find out how many would like a chartered flight to New York and to answer questions and make suggestions about traveling economically in Europe.
Students and faculty interested in the flight should contact Dr. Caldwell in 305 FH or at Ext. 632 Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 10 a.m. and »Thursdays and Fridays from S
Ray E. Brown, of Chicago, superintendent of the University of Chicago hospitals and clinics, will speak at 9:15 a. m. on "The Realities in Hospital Economics ” Hospital planning for the greater I.os Angeles area will be discussed by attorney James E. Ludlam. general counsel for the California Hospital Association and the Hospital Council of Southern California, and Gordon I Cumming, of Berkeley, head of
Medic Talks On Cancer
Professor Philippe Shubik of the Chicago Medical School will give the second in a series of cancer research lectures at the USC School of Medicine today at noon.
He will speak in the auditorium of the Los Angeles County General Hospital on “Biological Mechanisms in Chemical Carcinogenesis.”
Tomorrow he will speak at 1 p.m. in room 13-105 of the UCLA Medical Center.
Shubik, a native of London, is a graduate of Oxford University.
the department of hospitals for He was a major in the British the California State Depart- Army Medical Corps in 1944-47. ment of Public Health.	After doing cancer research at
Dr. Madison L. Brown, of, Oxford, he came to Northwest-Chicago, associate director of the ern University to continue his American Hospital Association, work. Me has been with the Ohi-w ill speak on “Who Will Pay ihe ’cago Medical School since 19:>0. Hospitai Bill in the '60s?”	The	cancer	research	lecture
Discussion sections will meet | series is directed by Dr. Lewis in Founder? Hall in the after- W. Guiss, co-ordinator of caneer noon chaired by USC faculty teaching at the I sc School of members	* Medicine.