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VOL. Lll
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1961
NO. 69
Harmon Files for ASSC President As 19 Candidates Fight for Office
Appel, Unknown Join Tight Race
SORORITY FUN
Spring Facelifting Highlights Rushing
By DIANNE RILEY
Sorority spring; rush, an informal event tor the last two years, will be Riven a Panhellenic face-lif in" tomorrow in an attempt to combat previous spring rush headaches.
The “new" rush will have the formal structure of fall rushing with a more relaxed atmosphere.
Galaxy Book Shows Twain In Old Form
The first re-printing of all of Mark Twain's “Galaxy" articles has been produced by a USC English professor.
Dr. B. R. McElderry Jr., has *
just had “Clemens Contributions to the Galaxy" published by Scholars’ Fascimiles and Reprints, publishers of Gainesville, Fla.
It is on the 1961 list of limited editions of rare books.
Twain himself and his editor? have reprinted many individual pieces, but a collection of the total works has never been in existence., Dr. McElderry said.
Monthly's Rival
The Galaxy was a mont.ily magazine which for several years was the New York rival of Bostons Atlantic Monthly. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) contributed many serious and humorous articles to this magazine under the heading “Memoranda."
Dr. McElderry, who has taught many seminars on Twain, "stumbled" on this book because he found that his curiosity concerning Twain's connection with the Galaxy was greater than printed sources could supply.
The book enlarges Twain’s life and makes Twain, the man. more meaningful to scholars.
Stresses Scholarship
“Clemens' Contributions .to The Galaxy” is basically a specialist's book for all scholars of Twain or journalists who are interested in the relation of a major writer to journalism. Dr. Mc-Elderry said.
The caption “Memoranda“ permitted Twain to include a variety of material. Dr. McElderry continued. “The St or? of the Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper" ij a satire on Sunday School morality, for example.
This season's rushing has sched-| uled afternoon parties, dinners and lunches.
Rushees will have an opportunity to visit all 12 of the 15 houses open for spring rush. All invitations and bids are to be j issued through the Panhellenic ! office.
Last year’s rushing was in- i formal during the second semester, with houses issuing their invitations directly to the rushees. Many of the girls did not visit all the sorority houses.
The informal rush period dragged out over half the semester. while this semester rushing is restricted to two weeks. At the close of last spring, rush j chairmen and house presidents j formulated a comjnittee to im- i prove the spring rush plans.
Senior Photos To Be Taken
Sign-ups for El Rodeo pictures of graduating students are being taken through thris month in the University Photography Shop.
Members of Sigma Phi Delta and Blue Key should sign up now for pictures to be taken this week.
Sign-up sheets are available at the photographer's shop. Payment fees for pictures are required when they are taken.
El Rodeo Editor Diana Hai-man requested that students sign-up before the time specified for their organization.
USC Adviser Starts Course For Marriage
A 10-course session in “Edu-The committee, composed of ( cation for Marriage” will be of-all' house rush chairmen, devel- j fered by USC Community Serv-oped the formal rush plan about 1 ice Division in 10 Southern Cal-to 20 into effect. The Panhellen- I ifomia communities beginning ic Executive Council (made up | today, of Panhellenic officers, the Panhellenic administrator and dean of students, women) drafted the
proposal and presented it to the houses in December.
Formal spring rush was adopted in early January.
Directed by Dr. James A. Peterson, USC marriage counselor and professor of sociology and general studies, the course wrill | have local co-sponsors in Nor-I walk, Bakersfield, Westchester, Encino, Santa Ana, Inglew?ood,
According to Panhellenic Pres- Glendale, Pasadena, Pomona ident Susan Laemmle, spring and Laguna Beach rush has several advantages over
fall rush. “The pledge classes are smaller and can blend easier, and the spring pledges have housing priority over new pledges in the fall. Further, competition is not as keen with fewer girls going through,” she said.
“A smaller number of women allows a more relaxed and cas-
The course was designed because of the belief of Dr. Peterson and others on his staff that changing social patterns, expectations £.nd roles often make it difficult for a husband and wife to understand each otn-er fully.
Among the lecture topics lor
ual atmosphere,” Miss Laemmle ,he course- u hich will consist of added	!	two-hour,	non-credit	sessions.
Yell Leaders Co to School
Announcement of the opening of the 1961 Yell Leaders School was made last Friday by Yell King Jerry Sherman.
The four-session training school for prospective Trojan yell leaders will begin on Feb. | 21, and will run through March 21, with final selections being made on March 22, Sherman said.
will be “T h e Meaning of Our Marriage Choices,” “Preparing Adequately for Marriage,” “Early Adjustments in Marriage,” “Making Money Work for the Family,” "Achieving Healthy Attitudes Toward Sex and Re- i production,” “Helping Children to Grow,” “Problems of Middle Age” and “Problems of Cooperation and Adaptability.”
The course is for both the engaged and the married.
All classes will be held from 8 to 10 p.m., and enrollment will be limited.
Registration for each of the Applications for the school I course classes will be conducted have been named to all fratcrni- j at the first meeting. Regiktra-ties and are also available in the tion fe^ ic S35 for individuals; office of the co-ordinator of spe- couples (engaged or married) cial events, 230 SU, all during may share the course at a re-this week, he said.	1	duced fee of S30 each.
Writer Camus Paid Homage By Professor
Homage to the late Albert Camus, French novelist and essayist who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1958, was paid by Dr. Rene Belle, USC professor of Fren’ch last Saturday.
He spoke in an address before the School Library Association of California meeting in the Hotel Lafayette in Long Beach.
Camus, who was killed in an automobile accident in France year ago, considered it one of the duties of a great writer to become engaged in the political social and moral struggles of his time.
“Camus did not believe in remaining in an intellectual Ivory Tower,” Dr. Belle said.
The Nobel laureate was a hero of the resistance against the Nazis during World War II in France, and risked his life many times as the editor and publisher of an underground newspaper, Combat.
This was in a time when cap tured members of the resistance were tortured before being shot, he added.
"After the war, Camus fought totalitarian governments and was engaged in a long, intellec tual struggle against tyranny, especially Communism.” he ’¡on tinued.
“He wrote two masterpieces. One was a novel, "The Plague,” about the Nazi occupa tion, comparing its policy of terror and hatred to the bacillus of the plague. The other was book of essays, “Man in Revolt,” which has been called original, lucid, brilliant and courageous.
“The theme was that man in revolt must fight the revolutionists and that the myth of the Communist revolution is the worst opium ever served the people,” Dr. Belle recalled.
“Camus wrote that Communism cannot be both a religion and a science.
He said it ’was the first duty Oi a writer to call a spade a spade, return dignity to the language and demolish the idols and the false Gods that intellectual charlatans regularly propose to the masses of the people,” he concluded.
Camus, the son of a working-class family, was born in Algeria in 1913. He spent the early years of his life in North Africa, w here he worked at various jobs —in the weather bureau, in an automobile-accessory firm, in a Shopping company—to help pay for his course at the University of Algiers.
Practical Philosophers Earn Living Through Teaching-Thinking-Working
By RANDY iiRAY
The piactical mind and ( philosophical mind all but cvolv- | ed from different origins say many “practical" and "realistic" people.
However, students in the School of Philosophy not only ] are pursuing truth but are also preparing a future in a materialistic and competitive world.
Whore do they collect their paychecks?
‘ About 90 p?r cent of our tu dents are considering a teaching carecr." says Dr. William II W erkmcister. director.
But. since a college professorship requires a Ph. D. degree, many philosophy graduates n.u.-t look elsewhere lor employment. Dr. Werkmeister points out.
provides l and anyone who. does not teach ern-day computer as an example.
background.
Dr. Werkmeister points to the human element behind the mod-
First, he insists,
the a critical function in that it 1 must conccntrate on a special-helps one to achieve clarity and | îzed area.
consistency in thinking.	These	areas	are	usually	out
Second, it brings one closer to °f the realm of philosophy per the answers of the fundamental ^ but require a philosophical questions of truth and value.
Third, it helps give one a total view of life.
Dr. Long believes that the Uniied States has fallen behind Europe's pace in scientific devel-< pment in recent years because it has had no great theorists to produce ideas.
Philosophy underlies physical I A learned Canadian philoso-science." he note«.	; pher who is a specialist on the
“Logic, certainly a phase of philosophy, is a prerequisite in determining what to feed the mechanical brain in order to bring about the desired resuits.’’ Dr. Long stresses the import-continued on Page 2)
More Petitions Open Today, Close Friday
PEDALING PEDANTS-Dr. Karol Mysels (left) and Dr. Anton Burg, both chemistry professors, come wheeling to the aid of fellow cyclist arrested at Northwestern. Both have cycled to campus regularly for mere than 10 years and stress the health and safety factors of bicycling. Note use of straw hats, which increases visibility at night.
Bicycling Scholars Ride Over Campus
Northwestern University’s “no-1 Included with the benefits of torious” Professor Malcolm Dole, J a long, healthful cycling career who was arrested last week for are the effects of human nature ( pedaling his bicycle in a motor and changes of time. The human vehicle zone, has two friends element resulted in two thefts and conspirators on the USC of the professor's bicycles, one campus.	of	which was recovered.
Dr. Karol Mysels and Dr. An- j Dr. Mysels’ only “pet peeve” wou]d ^ a UCLA student. ton Burg, both chemistry pro- ; was that students ride bikes on1 official offices were closed bv
By HAL DRAKE Assistant City Editor
Junior Class President Jim Harmon, basketball player Chris Appel and “unknown” candidate Bill Dunrod joined AMS President Mike Guhin and Business Senator Hugh Helm in the race for ASSC President late Friday amid a flurry of last minute petitioning.
A final total of 19 students j filed for the nine top ASSC of- ^	^
fices before petitioning officially closed.
Only Communications Senator Mike Robinson failed to follow predictions, refusing instead to petition for any office.
Appel’s intentions to run for the presidency had been received in rumors la«t Thursday, but Harmon remained a question mark until minutes before the Petitioning for all student 5 p.m deadline.	body offices except the nine pe-
Qurstion Mark	tit ions that were open last week
The Junior Class president ex- will begin today, pressed hope that the student Elections Commissioner Art body would help him overcome Kay reported that the student flagging student interest in gov- offices open for petitions his eminent, which he feels has re- week include school presidencies suited from the lack of meaning all Senate seats, and all vice in student government.	president and secretary pos.-
In declaring his candidacy for tions except ASSC’. president, Harmon said he would ^ Petitioning for these offices be very happy to participate wdi continue until 5 p.m. Fri-in the presidential debates pro- dav
posed by Business Senator Hugh	____-	.	.	.	.
1	J	n	Kay	praised	the	high	turnout
He,m;	, for most offices last week as an
■ ‘I believe the purpose of stu-	of	growmg	studpnt	m
, dent government is not to sat- terest in student governm„nf.
! isfy individual egos but to stim- Hp added however, that anv ad-| ulate student thinking,” he ex- di iona, candidatas for thes; of_
j plained.	fices will have to conduct write-
Harmon claimed that govern- in campaigns, since no latp | ment should work with students titions Wlj] ^ printpd ^ rhp of. j in finding solutions for “prob- fjcjaj ballot
lems facing ourselves as stu-	,
, A ,7	,	.	.	The	official	report	of	candi-
dcnts, problems facing the uni- . , r	,	.
.	L1	%	...	dates for the nine offices that
versity. and problems possibly concerning civilization as a whole.”	-
\Vho> Dunrod?
Dunrod. whose status as a student could not be verified immediately, listed himself as a junior in accounting. But he was immediately suspected as being a “plant” from UCLA, whose students have reportedly said that the next USC President
fessors and ardent bicyclists,	the left side of the streets,	thp time jx,nrod-s	name	Was
knew’ Dr. Dole during their col-	causing traffic hazards. “In ad-	I	reached and no record of	his
lege and war years. Dr. Mysels	j dition to teaching chemistry, we	j	namp pou,d ^ found	in (he	stu_
worked with him under the same	have given students a practical	1	dpnt djrectorv.
Baconian Expert to Give Two Lectures on Campus
Certainly the USC School of philosophy of the 17th Century, Philosophy is undertaking the will give two public lectures on responsibility of striving to pro- 'campus today and Wednesday, duce theorists. It is believed to ! He is Professor Fulton H. An-be the only School of Philosophy j derson, head of the department
■ AH aspects of life are permo- west of Chicago to cffer govern- of philosophy at the University
of Toronto and a fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada.
Both lectures will liegin at 8 p.m. in Mudd Memorial Hall of Philosophy.
The first lecture on "Francis •Bacon, the Systematic Philosopher" will lie sponsored by the School of Philosophy in coopérais. ••ciiuiiciiui t'iiipiiciii^es, tion with the Francis Bacon
ated with philosophical idea: he '..ns	• I h lo-ophy i> like a
skeleton in that it lfold% lile to-
fc^ther."
l>r. Wilbur Long, professor <>* philosophy. believes a back ground in philosophy sei-ves tlitoe purposes which will benefit a person in any line of w ork.
ment le’.lowships to students
preparing for a Ph.D. degree.
Fi f t \ one USC philosophy graduate students are working m interdisciplinaiy programs in the fields of social work, mathematics and business administra tion.
Philosophy is a broad field. Dr. WerkmeLter emphasizes,
Foundation.
Wednesday’s lecture by Professor Anderson will be on “Coleridge: Kantian or Platonist?”, under department of English sponsorship.
Educated in Canada, the United States and Germany, Professor Anderson has been in the department of philosophy at the University of Toronto since *1931 and has headed that department since 1945.
He was a visiting professor at USC in 1957 when he gave the Arensberg Public Lectures on "Francis Baeon: His Career and His Thought.”
professor at Harvard, and Dr. Burg worked with him in a research division during the wrar.
Commenting on Dr. Dole’s recent legal problem (he had cycled 27 years to and from campus with no trouble), the chemistry professors laughed and boasted that they have not been arrested during their 13 years of cycling from home to campus.
Familiar Figure
The dignified figure of Dr. Mysels pedaling the one-and-a-half miles from home to cam- j pus has been a familiar sight j since 1947. After 13 years of ! cycling the same route, the chemistry professor continues to hold an accident-free record, al- ! though he admits traffic on cam- \ pus is becoming more hazardous. !
Dr. Mysels. a native of Poland, j began bicycling at the tender age of 10 and continued the practice through his years at the University of Lyon, France. He pointed out that bicycling is a very popular sport in France and a common mode of transportation for the working class.
His longest bike trip in one day was made in France
educational example.” Dr. Mysels asserted.
Dr. Burg has been cycling on campus since 1939 but not too regularly until his colleague joined the staff in 1947. Dr. Burg received his B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.
He was the university’s cham- ; pion high jumper in 1927 and j competed in Big Ten and Olvm- ‘ pic trials for several years. Re-1
At this moment, two females are running unopposed for ASSC i vice president and AWS president.
Only Yunker
Kay Yunker was the only coed ' to file for the AWS position. Petitions for Sue Hartford and Vivian Von Hagen were originally listed for the vice presidency, but Miss Von Hagen denied any 1 knowledge of petitioning and in-alizing the need for exercise af- | sisted that she would not be a
.
closed yesterday is as follows: ASSC PRESIDENT 1. Chris Appel *2. Bill Dunrod
3.	Mike Guhin
4.	Jim Harmon
5.	Hugh Helm
ASSC VICE PRESIDENT 1. Sue Hartford *2. Vivian Von Hagen
ASSC SECRETARY
1.	Mary Alice Herrick
2.	Carol Sampson
SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT
1.	Gary Elder
2.	Stephen Feldman •Il'NIOR CLASS PRESIDENT
1.	Hal Stokes
2.	Dann Mosss
3.	Steve Croddy
SOPHOMORE CLASS PRESIDENT
1.	Robert “Tom” Northcote
2.	Dick Ziman
AWS PRESIDENT 1. Kay Yunker
AMS PRESIDENT
1.	Gil Garcetti
2.	Jim West
(Continued on Page 2) I candidate.
Vandidacv not verified
Expert Claims Americans Firmly Oppose Communism
By LOI'RDES EIGENIO one aware of the evils of this, “Americans feel the rivalry of Americans are as firmly op- j system,” he said.	|	the Communist, and. character-
posed to international commu-| Dr- L°P<>tin pointed out that . istically American, they would nism today as they were a dec- , the averaSe American knows not want to be surpassed.” he „	<	ade ago. a USC professor noted	little about the tragic plight noted,
conege I	I	0f	the people of the captive na-
tions behind the Iron Curtain.
Special expeditions to the countries under Communist rule were suggested by Dr. Lopotin.
He blames ignorance on the part of Americans as the greatest factor in helping Communist infiltration.
recently.
Dr. Ivan Lopotin. Russian civilization professor, stressed this point in the light of a recent survey made on the issue of international communism and its adverse affect on the American hp | public.
rode 60 miles carrying campin equipment.
Harvard Cyclist Dr. Mysels received his Ph.D. at Harvard University, taught at Stanford and University Heights College, N.Y., before coming to USC.
The growing parking problem and benefits of good exercise are deciding factors in the chemistry professor’s continuation of
his boyhood sport. Although his communism should lie made
As to Communist influence in American publications. Dr. Lopotin said that it is fairly evident that there is such an influence.
“American Communists are more dangerous than the outside Communists because more people believe in them.” he said.
The professor added that Com-
vvife, who also conducts research in chemistry on campus, does not know how to ride a bike and refuses to learn, the doctor con-
„j Dr. Lopotin believes that! ^ fhp question of who is American opposition to commu- ahpad jn scipr>cp at fhp prpspnt
nism is actually growing strong- timp _________ Russia or the United munist publications are written
er. Although he would not pre- Statps _ fhp RUssjan professor vvi,h direct intentions of arous-dict any decrease in Communist j dainied that -taken as a whoje j ing the public. He said he confluence within the next 10 America ¡5 still ahead of the demns such a practice just as years, the USC professor felt RUssjans »•	he condemns the Russian ideol-
that. if the average American ! ' -Althou?h the Russjans use °£y which ultimately led him to learned more about Communist J different kinds of Soviet propa- f!pp from his nafivp R:;"
ganda to make us believe that I Dr. Lopotin. who has been thev are ahead of us in various with the departments of anthro-fields—such as scientific di>.cov- pology and of Slavic studies eiies — we know we are still ahead of them,” he said.
Dr. Lopotin felt that the influence of Soviet propaganda does little harm, compared to the competition it induces in the
ideology, he would detest it more.
“More information concerning
available to everyone in order to successfully combat Communist propaganda.
“More study of and careful re-
ceded that she is a good chauf- search into the different aspects
feur on rainy day s.
of Russian conjpiunism ivakes American public.
since 1933. is a Russian immigrant. He received J>is bachelor of art's Tlegree in Russia and later pursued a master’s degree in anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Canada.