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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1561
NO. 119
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POETRY OF STATEMENT
Poet Will Read His Works At Lecture in YWCA Today
Contemporary pool W. S. Mervin. known for his four volumes of poetry and his translation' of classical poems from the “romance languages." will present a lecture-reading of his works today at 3:15 in the YWCA.
His appearance is sponsored by ihe department of English. Dr. Aerol Arnold, professor of English, was instrumental in bringing t he 33-year-old poet, currently on a circuit tour of western universities, to campus.
Symbolist Poets
“Merwin writes poetry of statement. His works are clear and he use> none of the methods of the symbolist poets." Dr. Arnold said.
“He vv, ¡to« in a very precise, succinct style and. in my opin-
ion. is a very sifted poet." the English professor added.
Merwin has had four volumes of poetry published. His first series of works, "A Mask for Janus." was published in the Yale Younger Poets Series in 1932.
Ilemote Volumes
“Some of my i.rst volume seems as remote to me as the Seleucid dynasty." the poet writes. “It almost seems, in part, to have been written by someone else, which in a way it was."
His second book. “The Dancing Bears." was published by Yale in 1934. A third volume. “Green with Beasts." was published by Rupert Hart-Davis in England in 1956. His most recent work, "The Drunk in the Furnace." was published in I960
Professors to Grade USC Honor Program
By BARBARA EPSTEIN
I*; ii} iVojan Feature Editor
With little less than a month leit ir ihe 1960-61 academic year, two prolessors with a spe cial "term project" are busy deciding just how to "grade" each other .
'I ncy ere Drs. Jay M. Savage and Donald E. Queller, coordinators of the most extensive “honors program" yet tried at this university. Their job: evalu ating the program's first yeai of operation.
So far, they report, their “grading sheet’’ comes pretty close to weighing down the "A" end of the scale.
Looking Lack, they find lhat the program has been enthusiastically received by both professors and students as a welcome means <>t furthering academic excellence.
Honor** Courses
During its first operative year the program has been aimed primarily at the promising lovv?r division student. It has consisted, in the m a i n. of a number of "honors courses" develoi»ed in required courses, including English 101, English literature, introductory science, man and civilization and American history and institutions.
Designed to de-emphasize the formal lecture" class, the courses have generally been built around supervised group discussion conducted along the lines of the graduate seminar.
"The program has l>een rimed s' challenging and stimulating the superior students who mignt otherwise bo bored with their college experience." Dr. Savage explains. “We '.ope they will be getling more out of the universi-
ty through the honors program than they vvoidd under normal conditions."
More than 100 freshmen and soph >morrs hr.ve participated in the program this year. Freshmen were chosen on the bc.sis of ■'.eir high school record and ihcir College Entrance Board examination scores. Sophomores with 3.5 grade averages were also eligible.
Depth Interviews
All students were given "depih interviews” before being asked to join the program. No student was "forced" to take part, while those who found they weren't profiting from the ‘'honors" experience were allowed lo drop out.
On the upper div ision lev ;1 honors "colloquium" classes have been offered to superior students in a number of departments, including history and political science.
In addition to the special honors classes, the program has offered opportunities for "acceleration.’’
Students with 3.25 grade averages or higher have been allowed to take a number of courses “on examination" with the approval of the honors office and the department or school involved. It will be possible by this means for a student to veceive unit credit for such courses up to 30 units. Dr. Savage explains.
Seniors w ith high grade point averages may take up to 12 units of graduate work during their senior year through the honors pro ram. while seniors with 3.25 cumulative averages who are within 30 units of grad-(Continued on Page 2)
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Dr. Arnold notes a "resemblance between “The Drunk in the Furnace” and the Irish poet Synge's “Riders Toward the Sea." Both poets seem to express a double attitude toward ! the ocean — a fear and yet a fascination." Dr. Arnold explained.
He added that the poet's latest work is also reminiscent of the ; works of Johanne Boyer.
Language Translations
Merwin is also known for his translations of poems from the ■ “romance languages.” Published translations include “The Poems of the Cid." printed by Las Americas and “Spanish Ballads,” published by Doubledav.
His other translations are “The Song of Roland.” which will be published by Doubledav and the works of such poets as Lope de Vega. Marivaux, I>csage and Lope de Rueda.
The poet first began the classical translations for a program series presented on the British B.oadcasting Corporation.
Plays Written
Merwin has also written four full-length plays. The first play was completely in verse, and the second. “Favor Island,” has been termed an “episodic piece about a shipwreck” by the author. The third play was a "sad” farce in prose about the last days of Buffalo Bill.
“The last one is a murder play: I think it's the best of my plays, and it's the only one which has not been published.” the writer notes.
Merwin has received wide recognition for his writing. He was awarded the Kenyon Review Fellowship in Poetry in 1954. a Rockefeller Grant to the Poets Theatre in 1956 and an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1957.
Foundation Honor
Recently, the author was honored with a grant from the Rabinovvitz Foundation.
Merwin was born in New York City in 1927. He graduated from a Methodist seminary near Wilkes-Barre. Pa., and then entered Princeton University. Originally. after the year, he planned to enter the naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
“I planned on being a literary sort of naval officer," Merwin writes.
However, after a year at Princeton he changed his mind and stayed on at the university to graduate.
In 1949. he went to Europe on a tutoring job which took him through France and Portugal. In 1930, he traveled to Spain where he obtained a tutoring job in the home of the famous poet Robert Graves.
Senior Earns College Grant For Teachers
AMS HONOREES Three Trojan honored at last night's AMS Awards Dinner were Jim Childs, left, outstanding men's organi-
zation president, John Curren, outstanding campus organization member and Mike Guhin, AMS president, presiding officer.
Cabinet Dream Dissolves As Political Problems Crow
(Editor's Note:	This is the
third in a five-part analysis of the first year of student government operation under the new ASSC constitution. Tomorrow's article will discuss the achievements of ASSC President Bill Steigerwalt.)
By HAL DRAKE
Assistant City Editor
The position of the Executive
Cabinet in is one of controlling,
ess.
In the
framework.
student government supervising, not of the legislative proc-
new constitutional it was expected to be the mature, rational element of student government that would keep the machinery of government running smoothly and be able to offer advice and aid to a less-experienced Senate.
Student Government
With the Senate creating legislation on the one side and the Cabinet reviewing and correcting it on the other, student government was expected to devel op into a self-regulating, internally responsible unit.
But one point the new constitution ignored was the political fact that the offices placed on the Cabinet were politically important offices, offices that were good stepping-stones to more important positions in the future.
The Cabinet included, for example. the AMS and AWS presidencies and the all-important
class presidencies. The politically minded student who holds one of these Tiffices must establish himself with an issue, but since all the issues originated in the Senate, the students on t h e Cabinet found their attempts to develop a politically advantageous issue of their own continually frustrating.
And when they tried to build j a position by' opposing the Sen-: ate, these political students j found that it was all too easy ! for the senators to override their vetoes.
Bills Passed
Although more than two-thirds of t.he total bills passed by the Senate were also passed by the Cabinet, the ratio falls far lower when considering the controversial, politically important bills.
The Elections Code, for instance, was first vetoed for being too strong, then vetoed for being too weak, then vetoed on general principles and finally accepted with only superficial changes.
Of course, the political reason only partially explains the bickering that developed between the Senate and Executive Cabinet as the year wore on.
The majority of the Cabinet members held philosophies of government that were different from those of the Senate's leaders. Junior President Jim j Harmon and AMS President
Honor Society Taps 23 Students
The appearance on campus today of 23 USC students dressed in tails and bermuda shorts marks the official presentation of new members of Skull and Dagger, all-university men's honor society.
The oldest men's honorary at USC, dating back to 1913. Skull and Dagger traditionally ha-; new members dressed in ihe unusual attire to mark both their initial presentation on campus and their informal initiation.
In addition to today's informal activities, ihe new group of 23 student'. 13 faculty members and 23 alumni-honorary tappees will l>e formally initiated into the society at a breakfast to be held :n conjunction with Alumni Day. Saturday. May 20. A formal dinner-dance at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel on Saturday. June 3. will be held in honor of the new members.
The men's society annually tap< a select group of undergraduates. faculty, alumni anil friends of the university who have high scholarship and or have shown outstanding service lo the umvei'siH.
More than 1.500 members j have been tapped into the organization in the previous 4S initiation classes. Included in the ranks of Skull and Dagger are such familiar names as Dr. Frank Baxter. Eugene Biscailuz, Fletcher Bovvron. Walt Disney, Lewis Gough. Chick Hearn. Tom | Kuchel. Dr. Rufus B. von Klem-Smid and Gwynn Wilson.
This year's initiation class drew special praise from John j Morley and Don Simonian. immanent grand master and worthy i grand master, respectively, for ' Skull and Dagger.
“We feel that the initiation class of 1961 is one of the most j oui'tandinc in Skull and Dagger history." the two Skull and Dagger officials stated. “The new membet's represent an outstanding cross-sect ion of student government, athletics and the field of arts, while the faculty ant honorarv-alumni tappees are men who have shown outstanding service and devotion to the university."
New members include:
CHRIS
Basketball
\ Pi'Ll.
Lelterman
BOBBY J. AVANT
Track Co-Captain STEVEN N. BACH Baseball Co-Captain CHARLES C. BITTICK Swimming Captain WILLIAM R. BLOOM Basketball Captain JIM E. CHILDS Homecoming Chairman WESLEY I. ( HOHEN Outstanding Service RICHARD V. DE MARS Engineering President TIM ELBOl RNE Songfest Chairman RICH \R1) C. GOODE Outstanding Service EI THER HAYES NCAA Champion JOEL HOFFMAN Pharmacy President F.BER JAQI ES JR. Outstanding Service ROBERT MAGAN Outstanding Service ROGER I». MIETZ Football Letterman Raymond ntzibian
Dentistry President JOHN Rl DOMETKIN
Basketball All-American JOSEPH SALTZMAN
Editor, Daily Trojan
JERRY SHERMAN
Yell King
KEN STANLEY
Basketball Captain
WILLIAM J. STEIGER WALT
A.S.S.C. President
RON STILLWELL
Baseball Co-Captain
GEORGE VAN YLIET
Football Co-Captain New faculty members are Edward H. Barker, business; Ross X. Berkes. international relations: John A. Biles, pharmacy: George Burns, planning department: Robert J. Downey, dean I of students: Carl M. Franklin.
> financial vice president; Carl Hancey, dean. University College; John McKay, head football coach: John M. Pfiffner. public administration; James E. Slosson, assistant track coach: E. Kent Springer, engineering; Sam Tsagalakis. administrative assistant, athletic department: and David M. Wilson, engineer-
| standing service:	Everett W.
! Brown, president, Trojan Club: i Merrill Butler, outstanding serv-i ice; Leonard Firestone, chairman. Board of Trustees; H. Les-! lie Hoffman, member. Board of | Trustees; A. V. Jacoubowsky, outstanding service; Roy G. Johnston, outstanding service; Jack MacFaden. GAA Committee Chairman; H. Austin Mahr, manager. Sports Arena: Lowry B. McCaslin, outstanding service; Tyler MacDonald. GAA committee chairman: Donald McLarnan. chairman football dinner-dance; Craig Nason, pres-i d e n t. Commerce Associates; i Ludomil S. Ondrasik, outstanding service; Peter J. Pitchess. sheriff, Los Angeles County; E. B. Riley, outstanding service: Roland Rosauer. outstanding service; Alfred P.. Saroni Jr., outstanding service; Chuck j Steinman, outstanding service; j Leon N. Wags faff, president, Trojaneers; John Wayne, out- j standing service:	E. Russell
Mike Guhin were most out-spot en in criticizing the "bureaucracy” they felt the new government sv mbolized, but ASSC Vice President Sharon Kelly and Senior President Ken Un-macht also tended to prefer looser regulations and less “centralization" in student government.
One Voted
Of the remaining Cabinet members. Freshman President Gene Mikov and AWS President Carole White did not remain strongly attached to either side, and only ASSC Secretary Mardi Wulfensteig voted fairly regularly for President Steigerwalt's point of view.
The official Cabinet function of supervising and controlling the machinery of government soon became boring to the forward-looking members of the Cabinet. After all, no one could expect to run for the presidency on a record of having master-calendared the date for Songfest.
But as the election season neared, the frustration of these Cabinet members at seeing their vetoes overridden by the Senate grew into a whopping inferiority complex.
Their view was summed up by Guhin shortly before the spring elections.
“They (the senators) don't have to pay any attention to us." he cried. “They know all they have to do is to override our veto.”
As friction increased, and the political cabinet members realized the futility of their position, cooperation between the two bodies disintegrated. Steig-erwalt denounced the Cabinet members as “rabble” and “political vultures.”
The Cabinet hit back in a “white paper" that characterized Steigerwalt as a dictator out to get his own way.
And the dream of smooth-running. respectable student government ended.
Outstanding USC organizations, graduating senior men and athletes were recognized last night at the annual Associated Men Students dinner in the University commons.
Trophy winners were:
The Naval ROTC, outstanding men's service organization on campus;	i--------------------------------~“
Knight President Jim Childs, outstanding president of a men's organization;
TEPs Honored Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity, men's organization tor the highest academic achievement;
Tom Dodson. Trojan Ban.l member, and John Curren, president of Phi Kappa Tau, outstanding members of campus organizations.
AMS President Mike Guhin presided over the banquet.
Award recipients were selected by Dr. Robert J. D o vv-ney, dean of students: Dr. William H. McGrath, assistant dean of students, men; and Bob Jani, coordinator of special events.
Outstanding Service Graduating seniors wining outstanding service award scrolls were Byron Beam, co-chief justice of men's judicial council;
Jim Childs, Knight president;
Tim Elbourne, Songfest chairman; Stephen Feldman, AMS vice president; Ron Goodgame, president of the Inter-Fraternity Council; Roy Hindman, member of men's judicial council; and Mike and Marlin McKeever for football.
Other seniors winning scrolls included Bill Orovan, AMS secre-tary-treasurer; Bill Steigerwalt,
ASSC president; Joe Saltzmwi.
Daily Trojan editor; Vincent Stefano. Knight president last semester; Ken Unmacht, senior class president; George Van Vliet. football, and Larry Young.
Trojan Young Democrats president.
Scroll Winners
Other award winners included outstanding athletic award scrolls to Charles Bit tick, sw imming and water polo; Roger Mietz. football; John Rudomet-kin, basketball; Dallas Long, track; Steve Bach, basketball;
Richard Leach, tennis; Robert j Lynn, gymnastic, and Fernando;
Leon, cross country.
The Freshman Class Award to its outstanding athletic was i presented to Pete Beathard. football quarterback and all-CIF player from El Segundo High School.
Rex Cawley received the Sophomore Class Award for out-| standing athlete of his class, i Cawley is the holder of two new: university records in the 440-1 yard dash and the 220-yard low! hurdles. He is a member of the;
NCAA recordholding mile relay i
J team.
Sherwood Kingsley received i the Red Cross certificate for j outstanding service, and blood I drive participant plaques were j Vietnam.
1 awarded to XROTC, Squires. Financial assistance Tau Kappa Epsilon and Tau Ep- able for up to four silon Phi.	1	graduate	study.
Economics senior Bruce Kennedy was named a 1961 recipient of the Danforth Fellowship, i Donald Danforth, president of i the foundation, announced re-
' cently.
Kennedy is one of 98 college seniors chosen from 1.065 can-| didates nominated by more than 100 colleges to receive Danforth Graduate Fellowships.
The fellowships are unique in that they may be held for life.
Seconil Fellowship
Kennedy was recently awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellow-; ship w hich will ran concurrent-| ly with the Danforth Fellovv-
; Ship.
Kennedy, who will graduate in July, is planning to attend Harvard and MIT under a crossregistration program to obtain masters and doctoral degrees in ; economics.
The Danforth Fellowship is awarded to college seniors who plan to become college teachers.
The award is given on the ba-1 sis of outstanding intellectual : promise, personality congenial ; to the classroom, integrity and I strong character.
Kennedy is a member of Phi Beta Kappa; the economics department honors program; ARTUS. National Economic Society; Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honorary; and Phi Kappa Phi.
Financial Aid
The Danforth Graduate Fellowship program was established in 1951 to give financial aid and a "personal relationship of encouragement" to approximately 100 men annually to develop the best trained and most competent college teachers possible.
Danforth Fellows attend three annual conferences on teaching.
Fellows are free to matriculate to U.S. graduate schools of their choice in their various fields of specialization.
The number of Danforth fellows now totals 665.
About 175 Danforth Fellows have completed their graduate study and are teaching in U.S. colleges and universities.
In addition, 14 are teaching in countries throughout the world, including Canada. Chile, England. Japan. Korea, Nigeria. The United Arab Republic and
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Sun Harms Skin, Professor Reports
Werdin, president, GAA:	and
New alumni-honorary mem- j Thomas P. White, associate bers are George Brandow, out- * justice, State Supreme Court.
Girl s Home To Be Topic
The Las Palmas School for Delinquent Girls will be discussed at the Faculty Luncheon today by Mr:. Dorothy Allen Kirby, director of the school.
The USC alumna will speak about the school, which is run by the Los Angeles County Probation Department, in a general discussion of the problems of juvenile delinquency.
“Las Palmas is not an Island” j will be the topic of her talk.
Mrs. Kirby, who has been director of the school for seven years, is well known for her work in the development of a treatment program for disturbed ; ami delinquent adolescent girls.
If you're fair skinned or intent upon retaining that youthful look. Southern California isn't the place for you.
At least according to Dr. Sam uel Ayres III, assistant prof-.ssor of dermatology, who that sunl'ght hastens the aging process of the skin and is also a primary cause of skin cancer, in a speech recently to the Califor-ina Medic .1 Association.
"Ironically, we live in the v<*ry place where the entertainment industry focuses the greatest emphasis on the cult of youth and. at the same time, encourages the rapidly growing cult of sun worship.” Dr Ayres said.
Sun Perilous The dermatologist explained that people with fair skin enjoy Southern California's famed sunshine "at their peril." because of the hazards involved.
"It is well known to all skin specialists that too much sun-
light not only hastens the proc-| ess of the aging of the skin, but it is also a primary cause of skin cancer," Dr. Ayres no.ed.
Ironically, Dr. Ayres pointed
claims out> “man-v	whose
livelihood depends upon looking young are the ones who spend the most time exposing their skins to the aging effects of Southern California sunshine."
The aging process of the skin can't be stopped. Dr. Ayres said, but the clock can safely be set back.
Face-Peeling
This can be r!one through the
process of “face peeling," which is not only a safe operation, but a very effective one. Dr. Ayres told the gathering.
"Face-peeling improves wrinkled. weather-beaten and freckled skin and hflps prevent skin cancer, too,’’ he said.