SOUTH IN CONFLICT
The Nation on Trial:
Southern
California
DAILY
TROJAN
Profile of a Problem
f VOL. Lll
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1961
NO. Ill
(Editor's Note: This is the f'rst in a five-part series on "The South in Conflict." an analysis of the South since the 1954 decision of the Supreme Court declaring segregation unconstitutional. The series will chronicle the people, places and pressures which constitute this most crucial of America's social problem*. Tomorrow's article will deal with "What the Negro Wants to Change." a report on the conditions which make life for the Southern Negro less than tolerable.)
By RICHARD PERLE Contributing Editor
In 1954, on May 17, the Supreme Court put an end to Constitutional sanction of segregated school facilities. In speaking for the Court, Chief Justice Warren declared: “tn
IR, Public Administration to Start Overseas Masters Degree Plan
Stage Sorceress' Mixes Own Magic
By BARRY ZASLOVE
The stunning English doctoral candidate who will play ..	..	„	.	the leading role in “The Enchanted” when it begins its five-
t.ie field c. public education, the doctrine of separate but njght run at Stop Gap Theater tomorrow night at 8:30
equal has no place. Separate educational facilities are in- sees the Giraudoux heroine as a bewitched and beguiling herently unequal."	creature.
On December 11, 1930, the Meridian Star, a Mississippi newspaper wrote the following in an editorial entitled “Hope for Tomorrow": “We are for equally good separate schools fcr Negroes and Whites . . . we are for segregation one hundred percent ... we are for the welfare of the colored people."
On November 26", 1960, the New York Times reported that Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana "pledged publicly to go to jail if necessary to maintain segregation."
Just two weeks ago, on April 13, the Post Office issued a stamp commemorating the firing on Fort Sumter, the first military engagement of the Civil War.
Each of these events, ranging from the important to the trivial, stands in the long history of an American dilemma begun with the practice of indentured servitude
Composers Earn Awards From Institute
Catherine Degan will portray the character of Isabel as a harmony of variations on a theme which seem.-, to glow from within the actress herself, she reports.
Miss Degan senses in Isabel “a buoyant, receptive and terribly young psyche, flushed with young and foolish dreams, made top-heavy with sweeping,
A graduate student and a pro-	,	.	.
,	,	..	^ ,	| r ■> t ■ i crusading ambitions,
fessor from the School of Music j
are among four composers to be named for S2.000 arts and letters grants from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
They are Professor Halsey Stevens, head of the USC composi-
tion department who has been
and destined to prevail long into the future. It is difficult teaching at Yale University during the past year, and Ramiro Cortes.
The awards will be conferred
~	.	.	.	..	,	,,	,	.	,	,	at a joint annual ceremonial of
One thing is certain: segregation shall someday yield the NaUona, Instkute aM lh0
to a new conscience as it has been forced to yield to a American Academy of Arts and
new Constitution. Whether the schools of the South shall Letters in New York City on
Integrate through soul cr sanction is the only question ^Ia>' 24- Seven artists and seven ing
to define its start, impossible to determine its finish.
Question of Conscience
All Answers
“In the heady optimism of adolescence, Isabel feels she has all the answers, fViat she can solve the world at a single, joyful blow, letting gush over a mundane earth a flood of ecstatic energy, unleashed from the sheer founts of life and youth,” Miss Degan explains.
She believes that Isabel holds a brave view of life and death, one in which she sees that the “living are afraid to live because they are afraid to die, but the dead, being dead, fear noth-
which remains.
¡ writers will also receive awards. Returns Soon
For the Negro In the South will no longer accept his S|evens whQ re,um t0 lot. For years he has been tolerant in the face of intoler- use in the fa]j wjji be guest ance, partly because he lacked the power to influence his composer at the third annual destiny, but partly, too, because he has larked purpose. j Symposium of Contemporary
American Music at the Universi-
How does one project across the theater footlights the image of this strange girl, “not quite flesh, yet too real to be an allegory?"
Moment to Moment “It is done t>y acting and
Program to Stress Diversified Courses
A new interdisciplinary master's degree program in international and overseas administration, which will offer a joint degree from the School of International Relations and School of Public Administration has been initiated into the USC schedule.
The program, which will be directed by the IR School and!
supervised by a faculty committee from both schools, was announced Friday by Dr. Ross N. Berkes, director of the IR School, and Dr. Henry Reining Jr., dean of the School of Public Administration.
Faculty members primarily responsible for the establishment of the program are Dr. Berkes. Dr. Robert Berkov, director of
Guest Speaker In Business To Visit Troy
The Commerce Associates’ visiting professor program will
_ , .	„	.	,	,	bring Dr. Charles E- Summer
the Pakistan Project and asso- ,	_• *	,	e
J ,	Jr., associate professor of man-
ciate professor of public administration and international relations. and Dr. Richard Gable associate professor of public administration.
, agement at Columbia's Graduate School of Business, to campus today for a four-day visit. During his stay. Dr. Summer
Overseas Careers
will be guest lecturer for the department of business and in-Qualified students	who seek ;	dustrial	management	of the
careers with U. S.	agencies ,	School of Business Admmistra-
abroad, international	organiza- j	tion.
tions or private bus,nesses and s;arting his series a{ n(x>n ^ voluntary agencies which have (	day> he	W;U addrns	buMness
overseas operation will be admit-[ faculty mem5ers on the ted to the program," the leaders œntrallzation Syndrome' in the
Faculty Center.
He will give the same talk to students tomorrow at 8 p.m. in 133 FH.
“Leadership in Large 0>~gan-' izations” will be his subject in appearances before students this evening at 6:10 p.m. in 133 FH
Until the recent “sit-in” demonstrations on the part ty of Kansas between April 30 emoting from moment to mo-
of the Negro students, a long bitter history of frustration 8nd May 3. and fatalism had been represented to the world as tacit Several of his compositions will approval by the Negro of his condition. Now he has said no. be performed, including "A Tes-A recent paid advertisement in the Atlantic Journal repre- 1ameilt o{ Life’ <1959) for
.	...	.	j,	,,	a*,	*	chorus,	tenor	and bass solo and
sentmg the sentiments of the six Negro colleges in Atlanta ,	,	.	_
e	c	orchestra;	Sinfonia	Breve
read: "WTe . . . have joined our hearts, minds and bodies (1957) for orchestra; and Sonata
in the cause of gaining those rights which are inherently for Trumpct and piano (1956).
ours as members of the human race and as citizens of the ,	...	,	. -
»	...	,	.	.	.	.	.	-	..	Stevens	will	also	lecture on
United States. We do not intend to wait placidly for those	„	. ,, . „
. ..	. . .	,	,	,	The	Creative	Process	in Music,
rights which are already legally and morally ours.
ment, just as Isabel lives from moment to moment," Miss Degan explains. She believes it is not mere imitation or “mere character acting" in which she activates the potential energy subsisting at a performer's core.
Miss Degan points out that a kind of “thespian sorcery” is at work, where the performer conjures a being “within the con-
LAST-MINUTE RUSH — Finishing touches are put on the set of Jean Giraudoux's "The Enchanted" by drama student June Dugas. Sophisticated French farce begins a fiv£-night run in Stop Gap Theater tomorrow night at 8:30.
Comic London Diary To Fill Reading' Hour
said
Course work for the program, which includes courses in economics and culminates in overseas internship, consists of 28 semester units, including the thesis.
Although the course work can ordinarily be completed in one
year, participants may have to | and Faculty" Club aT'i^n spend 18 to 24 months to earn on Wednesdav in the FacuIty the degree because of a prere- j Center He wiU speak to stu_ quisite of high competence in a dents on the	topic	at 6;10
foreign language and the six-month overseas internship requirement.
Never an Immediate Answer
The professor studied piano text and subtext of the play” a	C1,y,clerk *'eIded int01 Conrad’s book
Throughout our history it has been fashionable to Ernest Bloch at the University speak of the problem as demanding an immediate answer. 0f California.
In 1885 George W Cable, the Southern novelist, wrote:	Another>	]a(er	infjuence	uas
The question has reached a moment of special importance. (hat of Rela Bartok on vvhose The^South stands on her honor before the clean equities work Stevens has wriUen an of the issue. It is no longer whether constitutional amend- authoritative studv ment, but whether the eternal principles of justice are '	prolific	Writer
\iolated.	,	Best-known	wohks by Stevens
But Cable was wrong. The Constitutional amendments are “A Green Mountain Over-arising out of the Civil War fell far short of answering the ture,” “The Ballad of William legal question of segregation. In fact, a decision of the Sycamore/’ “Septet, ’ “Triske-Supreme Court in 1954 had the effect of reversing a prev- l'on and “Symphonic Dances. ’ ious holding of 18S6. In that opinion (Plessy v. Ferguson) He hcs becn a Pro]lfic writer the Court held, with the sole dissent of Justice Harlan, f°r orchestra, chamber groups, that, “If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Ille piano, chorus and solo voice. Constitution of the United States cannot put them on the Many llis compositions have same plane.”
and composition at Syracuse i and then effects a sorcery that University and later worked with causes that being to appear in
fervent, pulsing ’ife on the other side of the footlights.
The young brunette actress finds Isabel’s sense of humor most engaging, reflecting the delicate humor of creator Giraudoux.
Sense of Humor
“Indeed, it is this sense of humor that carries Isabel through the thresholds of reality, from the level of the supernatural to the level of safe and secure conventionality,” she says.
To act Isabel from moment to moment, Miss Degan ex-
Harlan called the findings “pernicious as the decision and universities.
... in the Dred Scott Case.” It is perhaps an irony of history His music has been performed that this decision, which was to become known nationally widely in this country and abroad upon its reversal in 1954, was so commonplace «for the both in concert and on the air. Court of 1895 that it fails to receive the slightest mention Cortes studied at USC under in Charles Warren’s comprehensive, Pulitzer-prize winning stevens and Ingolf Dahl. In 1956
he received a Fulbright grant to study with Goffredo Petrassi in
from the Harvard Musical Assn. leading orchestras, foundations plains, *“it is necessary for the
actress to lay herself open, try anything that works and clear
“The purpose of the internship is to give students the experience of working in a foreign culture under conditions which would approximate those of future as-The daily, insignificant life of Christensen read	from	Joseph j	sigiment,” Dr. Berkes said. “The
‘The	Heart	of	master thesis is expected	to be
based on research conducted during the internship.”
Try for Funds To support the major cost of the ovefteas internships,	plans
j	are being made to solicit	funds
minor comic masterpiece in "Diaryr of Nobody” will be the subject of the English department Noon Reading today at 12:30 in 133 FH.
The comic work, written by
Darkness.”
In his book, Conrad depicts the Congo settlement he saw in 1890 as “the vilest scramble for| loot that ever disfigured the
two Gilbert and Sullivan humor-	human	v.on^c.ence.	from*U.S. government education-
history of the Supreme Court.
Handmaiden to Irony
But irony has been handmaiden to the long conflict over integration in the South. It is ironic that the Southern effort to maintain academic quality through segregation should result in closing of the schools. It is ironic that a major defense against communism, our image of freedom.
Italy.
the litter that could separate the character in the play as a human being from the flesh and blood human beings in the audience.”
A graduate of New Rochelle Women’s College in Westchester
Cortes has won two prizes j County, New York, and of Dub-from the National Federation ol lin University, Ireland, Miss De-Music Clubs, the George Gersh- gan is a lover of Shakespeare win memorial award, the Stein- and a specialist on the Golden way centennial award, two first ! Age of English letters—the age
should be maired by those who consider integration “com- Prizes fl'om Broadcast Music Inc. of the Elizabethan Renaissance. munistic.”	and second prize in the Interna-
tiona! Composition Contest of It is the purpose of these articles to consider the im- the Italian ISCM. plications of the racial crisis in the South and elsewhere. He also received a commission No writer, particularly one engaged in exploring a volatile from the Harvard Musicial Assn. topic in which the tension is generated by conflicting j and a fellowship from the John moral, legal and social doctrines, can be wholly objective. Hay Whitney Foundation, and we make no claim to detachment.	]	—-------------------------------
ists, George and Weedon Gros-smith, will be read by James H. Durbin Jr., instructor in English.
“The authors were able to take the boring, everyday events of life and make them into a comic work of art,” Durbin said.
“ ‘Diary of Nobody’ is a monument to triviality,” Durbin continued. “Nothing ever happens and the reasons for its humor are hard to determine, yet it is one of my personal comedy treasures.”
The stories revolve around the life of a late-Victorian middle class London clerk and his wife and son. “They make a grand display of foolishness without ever knowing it,” the English instructor said.
“Diary of Nobody” was first printed as a series in Punch magazine and later made into book form.
The mode and theme of Noon Reading topics changes each week. Last week, Dr. Francis
Dr. Christensen, professor of al programs and private founda-English, noted that the book is J tions.
often called “Conrad's longest journey into self.”
Until such arrangements can
p.m. on Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Thursday in 129 FH. and at 10 a.m. Friday in 206 Adm.
Columbia Leader
A coorcfinator of the Columbia executive program. Dr. Summer is also responsible for one of the courses. “Administration of the Firm/’ which leads to Columbia's master of business administration degree.
He. teaches advanced courses in “Science and Philosophy in Policy Decisions” and “Comparative Organization Theory.”
Dr. Summer is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia. He was an economist for Texaco, Inc.,
Conrad’s book Is concerned viser «Plained. “we will tie the with the darkness in the souls internships into the projects of of the Congo conquerors, Dr. the School of Public Administra-
be concluded, the program ad- ancj a manager 0f research for
Booz, Allen and Hamilton be-
Christensen explained.
Phi Eta Sigma, undergraduate scholastic honorary. He regards
tion in Brazil and Pakistan, with the students bearing most of the Durbin is faculty adviser to transportation cost.”
The program will prepare persons for the U.S. foreign and
"Diary of a Nobody as one of information services and for ad the funniest works of ait because minjstrative jobs in the U.S. its subject matter is compieteli Technical Assistance Program
trivial and mundane, but in a way what is satirical and entertaining.
The Noon Reading series is sponsored by the English department to acquaint students with the masters, old and new, of the English language. Members of the department read form their favorite works during each weekly meeting in hopes of inspiring students with a love for the potentialities of their language.
run by the International Cooperation Administration of the State Department.
Administrative positions also include work in the United Nations and its specialized agencies; in religious and voluntary agencies working abroad and the overseas operations of private business.
Applications for the "pioneer program” will soon be available in the IR office.
Bookworms' Descend From Shelves To Meet U.S. Library Staff Demand
The Supreme Court has ordered integration of the nation’s schools with "all deliberate speed.” This writer Is in complete sympathy with that order.
Empirical Body of Evidence
But it should be made clear that the factual material presented in this report is complete and accurate at the source, and, insofar as we have been able to determine, correct in substance. Where the report deals with intangibles—attitudes, dispositions and prejudices—cur conclusions have been necessarily intuitive: but they have been ba ed, wherever possible, on a sizeable body of empirical evidence.
Union Man Will Speak
Edward Perez, one of the chief organizers of the Imperial
Of course, she explains, there	, only summer session courses, it	| available t'* students in the
are many institutions other than	| has since expanded into a com-	school. Two are offered annually
the public libraries which need	plete professional curriculum of	j by the California Congress of
the services of trained librari	! librarianship, with degrees cf	Parents and Teachers, and three
ans.	B.S. and M.S. in library science.	! by the university. Also, the
There are at least five differ- | The school, which today has Medical Library Assn. has given bookworming"	ent types of libraries in which	: an average enrollment of about	t w o S150 scholarships to stu-
Valley Migrant	Workers	Assn..	payS Gff	librarians are needed—college.	300 students, was accredited by	dents taking the medical bibli-
will speak at	a	program spon-	Qualified	librarians today can	university, public, secondary	the Board of Educr*ion for Li-! ography course during the sum-
sored by the	School of	Social	earn salaries	ranging from	school and technical.	brary Science in 1338. It is now	mer session.
Work today at 12:30 at the 55,000 to 520,000. Moreover, I Hundreds of librarians are one of the five largest of the These scholarships have con-
There's nothing derogatory in the term “bookworm” these days.
In fact, statistics recently quoted by Dean Martha Boaz of the School of Library Science indicated that
YWCA.
Migrant workers are farm workers who follow the crop
Tills consideration is by no means exhaustive. We have used nevicpapers, »scudies, reports, magazines and interviews in pursuing the problem, all of which are fragmentary and fallible.
’hey don’t have to search fruit-	'	needed to fulfill the functions of
lessly for work. One hundred	the several different types of li-
library positions in the Los An-	j	braries within the colleges and
seasons	in	the	Imperial	Valley	geles area alone are now open,	schools of USC alone, the dean
area.	Perez,	who	is	unhappy	The nation as a whole needs at	notes.
least 10,000 more persons with ! USC first recognized the exlibrary science degrees.	tensive	need	for trained librari-
The reason that moct laymen	ans in 1936, when it re-estab-
are surprised at the great de-	lished a library science program
about the conditions under which these persons work and live and the wages they are The complexity cf the problem demands a thousand paid, will discuss these prob-words where we have used one. for the segregation issue lems, which he is trying to mand for librarians, Dean Boaz originally begun by the Los An-touches the life of us all; central fcr some, tangential for solve.	!	explains,	is	probably	due to the geles Public Library in 1891.
ethers, and to the nation an increasingly heavy cross to Perez is also a member of the fact that they think in terms of Although the School of Libra- their disposal.	report on any graduate seeking
bear.	1	Packing	House	Worker’s Union. J “one of two public libraries.” . 1 ry Science at USC began with I* Five full-time .scholarships are employment with them.
country's 31 schools accredited tributed to the continued growth by that organization.	j	of the school and interest in it.
Six full-time faculty members as evidenced by its more than and three to four visiting lectur- ^ 1,099 graduates, er. conduct the school’s classes, I As an aid to its students and held on the third floor of Dohe- alumni, the school also distrib-ny Memorial Library. Students j ute s a mimeographed descrip-and faculty have the facilities of ,ti'n of all positions listed with Doheny Memorial Library and j it and sends notices of them to the 11 departmental and re- j interested alumni. Prospective search libraries on campus at employers can get a confidential
fore joining the Columbia faculty in 1955.
Wed-Published
Publications by the business personality include “The Managerial Mind,” “The Future Role of the Corporate Planner” and “Factors in Effective Administration.”
He is co-author of "The Process of Management,” which will be published next month. The book will cover the behavioral aspects of management, decision making, measurement and control.
Explaining the visiting professor program, Dr. Paul R. Cone, associate professor of accounting said, “The Commerce Associates, support group of the School of Business Administration, hag established the program as part of the school's budget.
“We select professors from other institutions on the basis of their established reputation in their fields.”
Honor Event To Be Held
Nearly 1.000 undergraduates will be honored for their scholastic achievements at the third annual Scholarship Convocation Wednesday morning in Bovard Auditorium.
All undergraduate 10 a.m. classes will be cancelled for the event.
Dr. Tracy E. Strevey, vice president of academic affairs, will preside at the convocation. Leonard K. Firestone, chairman of the Board of Trustees, wi!! speak on “In Search of Excel-| lence.”
A special section in the auditorium will be reserved for par-1 ents and faculty.