Topping Calls for 'Open Politics' In Offer to Underground Parties
Southern
California
DAILY
TROJAN
VOL. Lll
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1961
NO. 73
FILM PREVIEW - Members of Delta Kappa Alpha, honorary cinema fraternity, take peek at "The Enemy Below" which they
Daily Trojan Photo by Chris Maddy will present at 8 tonight in 133 FH. Left to right are Jim Lane, Jim Wilhite, Bill Sabadcs, Charles Harris and George Lehr.
Festival of 60 to Screen Story of U-Boat Warfare .
‘•Festival ’60’’ will present ‘ The Enemy Below" with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens tonight at 8 in 133 FH as the second film of the Friday night series. Admission is 50 cents.
The film was voted one of the 10 best by the National Board of Review and rated an excellent film for all ages by Parents' Magazine.
It is a suspense story of an American destroyer stalking a Gorman submarine in the South Atlantic during World War II.
Cartoon to be Shown
“How to Ride a Horse.” a cartoon with Goofy, will also be shown.
“Festival ’60" is a series o? Hollywood films post-reieased to L'SC by Della Kappa Alpha, honorary cinema fraternity, in cooperation with the cinema department.
It presents films that have not been in circulation for the past year and a half.
Delta Kappa Alpha chooses Ihe films for “Festival '60" lrom a l.st of award-winning movies put out by commercial distributors.
According to a fraternity spokesman, DKA strives to select “film-makers’ films," motion pictures which are con«itfer-
ed art by creators in the film industry.
In the film industry the devices that make an art film are photography, plot, directing, acting, editing, musical score and a bit of good taste, said a representative of DKA.
Film-makers’ films are not only art for art's sake, they also ittiact three large groups of people — those who see films for sheer enjoyment; those who appreciate one or more of the film media devices, such as photo-
Joint Recital To Be Heid
Two USC faculty members will present a concert of sonatas for the harpischord and the violin on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. in Hancock Auditorium.
This concert will be the second in a series of three given in joint recital by Alice Ehlers, harpischordist, and Eudice Sha- j piro, violinist.
A part of the faculty concert j program, the last performance j by Miss Ehlers and Miss Shapiro I drew a near capacity crowd to . Hancock Auditorium, faculty j representatives said.
. garphy; and those who appreci-! ate all of the devices.
Although many films do not satisfy all of these requirements,
I they can attract all three types of audiences.
Film-Making Drama “The Enemy Below" is con-s i d e re d representative of a psychological film - making ! drama.
DKA* offers a welding-type organization among cinema students and faculty, the film indus-i try. often holding informal I lunches in the cinema department patio to unify the three j groups.
The USC chapter of DKA was strated in 19.35 and is the founding chapter of the national cinema fraternity. Its officers are Jim Lane, president; George Lehr, vice president; Charlie Harris, secretary; and Bill Sa-bados, treasurer.
‘Festival ’60’
Jim Wilhite is coordinator of “Festival '60.'' and Richard Harbor is faculty adviser.
Some of the coming films will be “Three Faces of Eve.” “Mr. j Roberts” and “The Long Hot _
Summer.,
Next Friday, “Seven Brides j for Seven Brothers,” with Jane j Powell and Howard Keel, will be i shown.
Comedy Show To Air Today On KUSC-TV
Most television producers would be appalled to have their show tagged with a title like “Screwball.”
However, this isn't true with the producers of KUSC-TV's light variety production, “The Bob Forbes Show’,” airing today at 2:30 p.m.
The master of ceremonies, Bob Forbes, stated. “It will be a screwball show.”
The aim of the show is to display to interested students the amount of fun that can be had in television on the USC campus, Forbes said.
Gag Commercials The program will even have commercials, wrhich proves that it is “no one-horse presentation," Forbes said. The commercials, however, will be in gag form.
nie presentation is a satire titled “The Contemporary Utili-! zation of the Mediums of Tele-i vision.”
The comedy, in addition to Bob Forbes, will entail the maneuvering of a television camera into some of the most “impossible” positions ever viewed. Co-starring with the camera in this act will be Beverly Carter.
Songs Featured Two songs will be sung, “TV style,” by Lorraine Holnback.
I The songs, “Gone With the ! Wind” and “I Can't Believe You’re In Love With Me,” will be sung in a record shop setting.
Throughout the show there will be much movement by the 1 actors in order to show the lay-| out of the television studio.
Francine Garcia will do the commercials. Director of the : comedy will be William Jones.
Prior to the “Bob Forbes j Show” w ill be a new program J titled “New'scope.” It will be a 15-minute telecast on news of the world.
The newscast will begin at j 2:15 p.m. Don Starr will be the ! announcer.
The presentation will take i place in the TV control room j in AH. All students interested may attend.
7^ Party Confusion
President Norman Topping’s statements yesterday regarding “open” political parties at USC leaked out to the campus in the late afternoon as elected student body officers, candidates and their supporting political groups swarmed into the Daily Trojan offices to make some type of a statement.
Party members from both, sides—Yes. Virginia, there are two political parties—telephoned each other, wrote news releases and worked into the late night trying to figure out what they were going to do about the new state of affairs.
We don’t know if either of the parties will come out into the open (at least, not until the election’s over), but President Topping’s cogent words did produce one immediate effect: confusion.
And it was necessary and vital confusion.
For neither party knew what to do. What would seem like an easy choice to make—to stay underground or to go out into the open—turned into internal conflicts of opinion in each party.
Some liked the intrigue of the old system; others were afraid that exposure would ruin their chances in the coming elections; still others were all in favor of coming out into the open via a headline in the Daily l’rojan.
Later today, when the confusion begins to settle down, we can better assess the effect Dr. Topping’s words had on I’SC’s politicians.
At any rate, it did seem certain that party members were seriously considering Dr. Topping’s alternative and that action wou'd be forthcoming—even if it would not come until after the election ballots were all counted and a candidate was sitting safely in the winner’s seat.	J.	R.	S.
Open Party Policy Receives Acclaim
President Topping’s “open ! party policy” was greeted en- ; thusiastically by ASSC President Bill Steigerwalt, and presiden- ; tial candidates, Mike Guhin and Hugh Helm, late last night.
Steigerwalt promised that the student body would see open parties before the next finals session, but not during elections. ;
Guhin said that by Monday, his plans concerning any con- j nection with a political party j would be made public.
Helm said that he favored “open political parties” and promised that he would work towards getting them.
Jim Harmon and Chris Appel.
tional groups for political science and USC,” the student president added.
AMS President Guhin explained that by bringing the party system back to USC the chances for a more representative government are extended. But he made some qualifications.
“As far as any political party connections go, I would like to say that my campaign plans will ! remain the same,” he said. “I have been contacted, however, by a number of people seeking my endorsement of their various parties.”
Guhin promised an answer by-Monday and added, “I will by
Contradictions Trap Theologians, English Religious Lecturer Says
K> LOl UDES LUGLN'O
F. . cnt da;- theologians fall into ihe same trap as modern-day «‘heists in tifeir use of paradoxes and contradictions when presenting their rePgicus stand.
The theologian, h :\vever. rec-cii-I’s the e paradoxes, th'se font:; !i iioj's and even opposi-1 s i'i t::e -er.rch for truth, Dr. I' TI I'a n r. ptesiiont emeritus o Wefi n nster C 'lie °. England, sa ! yr .er day a’ USC.
D \ Farm» r. w ho is rn campus ps a truest of the University Cv<pl ' .t 'l'n Cantelon. was ihe first srorker tn a series call'd "L‘"tur"s by Distingtrshed Pih-hn! Scholars." The seres is sponsored by the Graduate School cf Religion.
Pe-sancl Per.’ings
T iff* te ts on and i- sustained t>v Cots ¡-■•■»nifiiate personal deahr^s ui:h man thtough Christ and the Holy Sp.rit, not theologians. he said.
Pr. Farmer felt that a theolo-t'an must t'-eulogize. However, if bis thi'ri >-i/in" d'-es P'>t impoverish awl falsity the revelation and faita with w hich it is i
concerned, it will at one point or another inevitably run into stubborn contradictions and paradoxes which cannot bs resolved.
These contradictions and paradoxes must be accepted and lived with, he emphasized.’
“This view is widely favored by ihe theologians cf today," he claimed.
“There is. however, the obvious danger that the theologian may be tempted to acquiesce mu~h too easily in contradiction and pa’-adox and land himself in what is sheer irrationalism." he w • med.
“He may e^'en betake himself to a perverse construction of paradoxes for their own sake as though their paradoxical quality were at least a partial certi-fcation of their truth,” he continued.
On the que-tion of why iheolo-v necessarily lands in contradictions. Dr. Farmer reasoned 1 hat G "id is infinite reality but human minds are only firite. Therefore, there arrears to lie ;in infèrentiaj gap which needs filling up.
“Our thoughts, being finite, are ahvavs too inadequate to grasp infinite reality. This inade-cuacy may at any point disclose itself in contradiction, which we must seek to resolve in order to mike our thought more ade-; quate,” he emphasized.
Dr. Farmer maintained that when we use analogies, images, symbols and figures in thinking and speaking of God. we at e well aware that what we are saying ! both conveys and yet fails to convey the reality which is apprehended.
P irect Vuarrness “In the religious apprehension of God there is a direct awareness of the unfathomable mystery of God's being which does not require anything in the nature of contradiction and paradox to m ike it known to us," he explained.
Showing the inevitability of : contradictions in theology. Dr. Farmer said, “We cannot reflect v.ithout forming concepts, and we cannot form concepts with-• *ut the use of logically opposed I ideas.”
Flat Minds To Be Topic Of Worship
“Flat Minds and Kind Hearts” will be the subject of the sermon by Rev. Charles W. Doak at the Sunday Worship Service at 11 a.m. in Bovard Auditorium.
The Rev. Mr. Doak. USC Presbyterian university pastor, will conduct the service as a part qf the Universal Day of Prayer for Students, sponsored by the National Student Christian Federation.
Heights, Despairs
“The American university student exists on a flat plane of existance,” he said. “We in the colleges don't recognize the dizzy' heights and abysmal despairs which are a part of human existance.
“Our religion is adjustment. We adjust to the rigors of lile with ease. Thus, our greatest problems will come w hen we are faced with a real crisis and the chance to experience great sorrows and joys.
“Whether w-e take the chance or continue in our single-level, ranch-style type of life is an important question.”
Prayer Day
The eeuminieal movement of the National Christian Federation sponsors the Universal Day of Prayer for Students cn the third Sunday of February each year.
Purpose of the program is to create a feeling of cooperation among the Christian churches on university campuses all over the 1>.S.
the two remaining presidential candidates, were unavailable for comment.
President Steigerwalt applauded Dr. Topping's statements, but said that “this does not seem to me to be the proper time for any party to raise its head or to attempt to organize.”
“Elections are difficult, as they are without the problems of recognizing support groups. Frankly, there is no group, I feel, that would be satisfied to stand today as a party, for lack of size,” he said.
Steigerwalt predicted that student government could not exist without organized support groups, but added that it will take parties unlike those of the past which were largely social groups.
“Now parties must attend every Senate and Cabinet meeting and become mature, educa-
no means throw my campaign into the hands of Uny' secret po-; litical organization such as that i which has been done in the immediate past.”
Senator Helm said that if elected, he would make every attempt to see that campus political parties do organize so that every student — not just select groups, but every student, can take part in the dynamics 1 of campus politics.
He said that his campaign organization includes people from | all areas of the university.
“There is no individual group j backing me other than my own ; fraternity,” he said. “I would ^ j consider it politically inane to rely' on sole backing from any single group.”
Helm said that he favored political parties with concrete plat- [ forms and promised them to the j student body if made president, j
Official Message Gives New Plan
By JOE SALTZM \N Daily Trojan Editor
President Norman Topping gave an official green light yesterday to all underground political parties to come out into the open and publicly announce their candidates and platforms to the student body.
Disturbed by reports that the 1961 ASSC Election campaign might be the dirtiest in years. Dr Topping urged a completely open political battle which would not be subject to gcssip and rumor.
His administrative go-ahead mean« that the two or more fragmented political parties—the remains of parties which went underground some years ago—could declare themselves publicly and operate without their usual cloak and dagger techniques.
The president asked underground party members to:
(1)	Publicly say who they are and who they support for ASSC offices, and
(2)	Announce the platform, aims and objectives of their party.
Dr. Topping labeled the election tactics of the past week—a false advertisement in the Daily Trojan, an imaginary party at USC called ‘Slate” and the stolen files from ASSC President Bill Steigerwalt’s office—as actions unbelievably immature.”
“As opposed to this, we are willing to see declared and operating on the campus two or more student'parties, provided that they operate with a moral and ethical responsibility,” he said.
He added that it was his hope that political parties at USC would “get out of the gutter” and out into the open once and for all.
Dr. Topping pointed out that a secret party whose leadership is anonymous is not a political party at all. for a true political system is not a series of vague underground movements.
"We want any and all parties to be in the open as traditionally witnessed in our democratic process,” he said “If any party is not willing to come out into the open, then something is wrong.
“The party which is not willing to show itself must have something which it is afraid to disclose.”
Dr. Topping recalled that USC students had a chance to see the national Presidential candidates several months ago and to witness, firsthand, mature and responsible individuals conducting a high-level campaign.
“It is this mature moral and ethical sense which we hope USC students will live up to.” he said.
A political party system at USC should mirror a student’s responsibility in himself, his family and his university, the president declared.
Dr. Topping urged a political campaign for student offices which would be completely disclosed to every student.
He said that campus political parties may keep their ‘old labels” if they like for immediate identification, but suggested that student politicians consider discarding the old labels soon after to remove the “tag of yesterday.”
He maintained that mature and responsible individuals in student government would have nothing to lose and everything to gain from open political parties at USC.
Underground Politics Blasted by Caldwell
By NIT A BISS Daily Trojan Managing Editor
A USC faculty member. i>e-l'eving that it is not a university's business to teach clandestine politics, yesterday concurred with President Norman Topping's challenge to underground political parties.
Dr. Russell L. Caldwell, associate professor of history , declared that he fully supported the idea that political parties should come out into the open.
“Any organization on campus should be known or subject to dismissal,” he said, adding that Dr. Topping should not only challenge the secrecy of such organizations but demand Their exposure.
The professor pointed out that secret political groups tend to have a bad influence on fra-
ternity and sorority life and. indirectly, on classroom work, which is his primary concern.
“These organizations tend to recruit through fraternities and sororities because they are readymade groups and easily accessible." he explained.
He added that fraternities and sororities are having enough trouble trying to justify themselves without becoming involved in secret political activities.
“As a faculty member. I am not directly concerned with the worth of a fraternity: I am only concerned with the quality of work in the classroom.
“I seriously doubt ing to a fraternity
if belong-r sorority enhances one's grade average.
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Background ot Trojan Political Parties Reveals Early Undercover Activities
The history of political parties at USC has been a series of | battles between “here today, i gone tomorrow” political machines.
Today two underground coalitions remain as remnants of ear-i lier, disbanded parties. On one : side of the political fence is an unofficial alignment of the , "smaller” fraternity houses, on | the other side, a line-up of the “larger" houses.
Both coalitions have been challenged by President Norman Topping to come out in the open and declare themselves as official student political parties. There have been no legitimate political parties on campus for some years.
Political parties date from 1931 and the political organization of drinking fraternity, Theta Nu
Epsilon (TNEt. The machine organized underground to fight Kappa Alpha fraternity, the controlling political group on campus for many years.
Two leaders from each fraternity outside Kappa Alpha were brought into the organization, which became a nucleus of the Row's most astute politicans. The group, efficient because it remained small and secret, climbed in poltical power.
When the election turmoil of 1943 hit the campus, the Tong’s candidate (as TNE was often called) captured the presidency. The Tong-controlled Senate chose to overlook some major voting discrepancies until Daily Trojan pressure forced a re-election. The election went to a Kappa Alpha candidate.
By now the practices of TNE
were under investigation. In 1944. after a year of inquiry. Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid. then president of the university, dissolved the ASSC Senate and allowed the spring elections to proceed only after he had obtained a list of all TNE members.
To all intents and purj>oses the Tong was dead.
But its opposition was mounting. In the late 1940s the Unty Party organized. Its members, independent protesting the dictatorial rule of TNE, weren’t without some effect. Befoie the party died in 1954 it was successful in sending one independent—th** only independent in Troy's history to thp president s seat.
TNE’s major opposition during its years of secretly-w ielded pow-
er came from the Free Greeks,
formed in 1948. The Free Greeks, later to l>ecome the Trojans for Representative Govern mfiit • TRG». aliened to beat the Tong machine.
It was made up primarily of the larger and more socially active houses on the Row It eventually l>ecame a powerful opponent of TNE.
In 1953 t h e underground ; Tong, hampered by university restrictions, decided to dissolve and reorganize. What emerged was the “Student Conservative Party” which lasted but a few months. The old Tong men, pio-bably missing the thrill of being underground and the effectiveness of cloak and dagger techniques. went back into the shadows.
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