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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1960
NO. 52
61 Troy Camp Drive Opens Today
ASSC Office
Makes Report On Finances
A special ASSC invest igatins commission last Friday labeled administrative control over student finances as the basic weakness of present student government at USC.
The report, issued through ASSC President Bill Steiger-valt's office, stressed the need for "an independent system of fiscal control outside the University's Accounting Office.”
C urrent Situation
“The current situation enables the administration to control student funds, often allowing an over-expendi;ure for one program while restricting expenditures fcr other programs duly authorized by our student leaders.” declared Kurt Hahn, chairman of the Social Investigating C mnvssion on ASSC Govern- i mental Organization and Operation.
“If the ASSC is to maintain j op--'alien year to year as an ef-lc' \e service agency to the s;".ri",nt body, the tools of m?naecment must be strengthened,” the report stated.
Control Devices
“To accomplish this, strong fiscal control devices must be instil led. including a concrete system cf budgetary control and a well-established procedure for maslcr planning.”
Hahn added that upcoming reports will offer alternatives for both a basic revenue source and general fund raising.
EENT OVER BACKWARDS - Stars of "The Bald Soprano" try to scare stage fright cut of each ether before the curtain rises
on the drama department production. Pictured are (I - r) Murray Rose, Ann de Rubertis, Sherry Inloes and Roy Scrrels.
Soprano Satire Ridicules Dull Mechanical Conformity
By BARBARA ADAMS
Social stability and mediocrity are ridiculed unmercifully in Eugene Ionesco's delightful social satire “The Bald Soprano,” I to be presented by the drama “We may hold special hearings | department Dec. 6 through 11.
The controversial French
on the subject in which student leaders would be called upon to testify,” he revealed.
Control of the student budget by the ASSC was limited 15 '•ears asro when “political malfeasance” convinced university officials that more control had to be installed over student leaders, Hahn said.
Following Senates
Responsible activity by following Senates, however, has pointed to the need for a reassertion of financial responsibility among student officials, he continued.
Financial inadequacy in student government was first pointed out in Senate debates two years ago when Senator Dayle Barnes claimed that “student government will be an empty bag on this campus until we as students can control and audit our own funds.”
With the passage by the Senate last month of the first student budget and finance regulation in 15 years, a three-step program to that end was initiated.
Step Forward
Stcigerwalt has called the new finance policy a step forward in student government over the last 15 years and has asserted it would end the “financial sterility” of the ASSC.
The Executive Cabinet vetoed tlie bin. nui tne Senate overrode the action under the fiery oration of Steigerwalt.
Stcigerwalt angrily challenged the Cabinet members to forget their “politically vested interests" and show responsibility to the electorate.
“This bill is more than just a finance code,” he declared. “It is a principle of whether this student body is to have the voice which it desires.”
playwright seizes the conventional cocktail party as a symbol in the boring lives of his mechanical characters.
“The characters are irresist-ably stupid," says Carolyn Cooper. who portrays the intimidated maid. “I believe that j Mary, the maid, is the only per-! son Ionesco allows to think.”
Miss Cooper explains her role as that of a skinny, homely and extremely shy maid who manages to burst from her conformity. The energetic freshman claims that at first, “Mary was a problem to me, because she is so very different from my own personality.”
Mary is prodded into challenging the humdrum of her life because she has fallen in love— for the first time she has gone with a man to the movies and they have held hands, Miss Cocper says. “This is enough inspiration for that mousy little
Dean Suggests Means To Pay Water's Way
woman to flaunt conventionalities.”
The initial step is taken when Mary rashly scolds guests for arriving late. Although she lapses immediately back into her suppressed charctter, the maid frequently leaps out of her role of conformity.
Dreamer, Thinker Miss Cocper sees Mary as a dreamer and a thinker. “She is a childlike figure who reads fairy tales at night and then enlarges her world by projecting herself into the daydream of a charming princess.”
Adding more to her own interpretation of the maid, Miss Cooper suggests that Mary was dominated by her parents as a child, and as an adult she is still suppressed and terrified by her employers, the Smiths. Ionesco delights in making
Work Starts On Songfest
Interviews for Songfest committee posts will bo held today through Friday in 215 SU from noon to 4 p.m.
Close to 200 students will l>e screened for the various committees connected with the annual Trojan musical extravaganza All students who noted an interest in Songfest work on ASSC registration cards will be considered for positions.
Approximately 30 will l>e selected to sene on committees responsible fnr arrangement, sincins: and choreographs of ¡he 1%1 sh w to he held in the Hollywood Bowl May 13.
Savings from a uniform building code for the entire state of California conceivably could pay for the Feather River water project.
This is the belief of Prof. Henry Charles Burge, acting dean of the School of Architecture.
“Each year the people of California, its crafts and its businesses are wasting untold millions of dollars because of the towering pile of overlapping, contradicting or duplicating building codes and regulations," Dean Burge declares.
No Opposition
“No one argues with the Icgic of a single building code for the whole of any other state,” Dean whole or any other state," Dean Burge points out.
“As a matter of fact, there has been some cry from long- j suffering builders and from the public for something by way of j a basic uniform building code for the entire nation.
“That ‘towering pile of codes' is really no figure of speech." j the professor emphasizes. “All of the books—codes end regulations covering all aspects of construction now in effect in California —would approximate the height of a six-story building. When the matter of waste is considered. the very cost of printing all these volumes must not be neglected.”
Basis for Reform
As a basis for his arguments. Dean Burge cites the Field Act. or Title 21. which is the building code governing the construction of public schools in California.
This piece of legislation was enacted in the wake of the California earthquake of 1933, Dean Purge observes. “Many school buildings failed in that earthquake; this is true, but so did many theaters, churches and other public buildings.
“Neverthless. we ‘hit ihe panic button' and came up with Title 21. which governs public schools j —not parochial schools, pri\ ate
schools. Sunday schools or dancing schools.
“Isn't such a special building code of this kind not only wasteful but also special privilege?” the dean asks.
“Are private schools, churches, civic and commercial buildings
Raising Taxes May Counter National Debt
Raising taxes is the only thing the government can do to help lower the rising national debt, believes Dr. William Anderson, head of the economic department.
The U. S. Chamber of Commerce recently set the national debt at $290 billion, a figure which exceeds the combined debts of all the other nations in the world bv a total of $47 billion.
Dr. Anderson feels that the staggering sum “is due, in the most par., to the large amount of mcnev that the U.S. government is spending on foreign aid.” Debt Accumulation At present, Dr. Anderson asserts, we an? not suffering from severe inflation. He believes whatever inflation there is in this country is a result i of debt accumulation during ihe i last 40 years.
He doesn't think any administration can successfully curb inflation or “creeping inflation.” Those most adversely affected are those with fixed incomes, he reports.
By keeping expenditures to a minimum and atempting to balance the budget, the economist feels inflation can be slowed down.
Foreign Aid
Although Dr. Anderson believes that this country must meet its obligations in the realm of both foreign and domestic aid, he notes that these expenses only add to the debt, particularly when they are ineffective.
“Greater efficiency on the part of the government is the best remedy for most of these ills,” Dr. Anderson declares.
He does not subscribe to the Chamber of Commerce’s suggestion that the federal government aid education.
Top Charity Flans Goal
Of $3,500
The 1961 Troy Camp drive officially begins today when or-; ganized campus groups band together to donate money to send more than 80 underprivileged children to summer camp.
The one-week drive, highlight of the year-long campaign, is an attempt to focus attention on this campus project in urging all organized groups — fraternities, sororities, living groups and organizations— to donate $30 apiece, enough to send one child
to camp.
$3.500 Goal
This year’s Troy Camp goal is $3.500.
Last year. 76 groups donated $3.100 which sent 100 children to the mountain camp.
Chairman Roy McDiarmid said that funds will be collected via cartons passed around campus.
The money received from “passing the hat” at football eames, Songfest donations and Troyland contributions will also be fed into the Troy Camp kitty this week.
This is the 11th consecutive year that the USC student body has undertaken the project of sending underprivileged children j be fast and close,” he prophe- from the Los Angeles area to
camp. Chairman McDiarmid says.
The Troy Camp organization
J'JST AIM Troy Camp counselor Bob Hirzcg helps youngster learn the secrets cf arrow-shooting high in the Idyll-wild mountains. Official drive to raise funds for Troy Camp gets under way today. Goal aimed for is $3,500.
Greek Racers to Zoom Up, Down for Trophy
And there they go.
A cloud of dust and a hearty j siefl-“come on. men” will envelop The relays were bom in 1941 the Row this afternoon »hen and have been held every year, pledges from more than 20 USC sometimes more than once, fraternities run in the 36;h Phi :	in i950 SOrorities were in-
Sigma Kappa pledge relays. , vited to enter for the first The gun will sound in front time, and made their debut on of the Phi Sig house, 938 W. roller skates. Three years ago, 28th St., at 2:30. The men will the roller skates gave way to race down 28th St. to the Sig- new and safer hula hoops, ma Nu house, then turn on jn today's races Bill Dunrod their heels and race back.	and Brent von Allen will act as
Relay stations will be set up starter and chief scorer, respec-at University Ave. for the four- j tively. Owen Pollard and Vem man teams.
Daily Trojan Will Survey Safety Area
The Daily Trojan will have a his characters appear nonsensic- | series of special features in the
al. The maid, seeing that her employers are displeased with her, buys a chambcr pot so that they might feel proud' of her for "doing something right.” The maid explains her silly action this way, “Well, everyone
more or less safer than public j should have a chamber pot!”
Maid's Outburst The most brilliant outburst of the maid occurs at the cocktail party where she has been eavesdropping on the visitors who are exchanging banal chit-chat and
schools because of the Field Act? Shouldn't everyone be equally safe? After all, public health, safety and welfare are the very basics on which codes are predicted.
“Various building codes effec- ! stories. Mary is suddenly enflam-
ed with the urge to recite a poem, which she booms out much to the Smiths’ embarrassment. The poem is inspired by her Prince Charming, the fire chief, who is also a guest.
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last weeks of the fall semester.
The series on “What Is a Professor?” will conclude this Wednesday with an editorial summary on the situation by Editor Joe Saltzman.
Beginning on Wednesday, the Daily Trojan will feature a series complete with articles, pictures and editorials, analyzing Sigma Chi took third place.
No Traffic
Row vehicular traffic up and down 28th St. will be b'ocked off. of course.
Only one thing will be missing from the Greek track trials — the competitive rolling of bright red hula hoops down 28th St. by sorority pledges outfitted in blue and white sweatshirts.
The Greek women decided early this semester that they’d bow out of all such fraternity athletic contests and limit their athletic activities to UR A events.
Last Year
In last year’s races Phi Kappa Psi nosed out the Phi Sigs by one-tenth of second to cop the trophy in the men’s division.
the problem of safety on the highways and its relationship to USC students.
On Thursday, the paper will look into the problems of creating an International Student Center for the campus
Through interviews and editorial comment, City Editor Penny Lemoux will present a possible solution to the project.
Lovell To Do
Stimulates Student independent Work
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles attempting to find out from the professors themselves, “What is a college professor?’’)
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By JOE SALTZMAN Daily Trojan Editor
Dr. Colin R. Lovell, associate professor of history, is forceful and direct when he describes the function and role of today’s college professor.
"The college professor must stimulate the student into being able to get more material and to do something with that material so that it adds up to something,” he says.
“It is not the job of a professor to give out what is already known. This is intellectual regurgitation.”
The history professor maintains that it is the professor's job to show the student avenues of study, to indicate some of the things that have been done.
He says, however, that it is not the professor’s job to tell the student what all of the material is about and what all of the applications to this material are.
“He must show the way for students to do more on their own,” the historian believes.
Dr. Lovell's work in the classroom depends largely on the individual course.
“Unfortunately in the large sections, lecturing fulfills the fundamental aims of teaching. Under these circumstances, it's all right,” he explains.
"But much preferable is the smaller discussion group where the professor and students discuss and justify their ideas.”
He points out that the format where ideas are stated, supported by factual data and then left open to student interpretation is desirable and very satisfactory. This is the type of teaching done in the hbnor sections.
The history professor also finds seminars, where one person presents his project and then must defend it under analysis and criticism, another excellent method of teaching.
Dr. Lovell’s big complaint about professorial chores is that there is just too much material being developed. Although the amount of material coming in is overwhelming, he feels that it must be followed or the professor becomes out of date.
“A professor must keep up with the devasting flood of new material pouring into his office.
“And this is a hard thing to do,” he says.
Dr. Lovell also feels that the professor must contribute to this flood of knowledge.
“It keeps him conscious of his own field and deepens and enlarge that field. And he is a better teacher because of his publishing, there is more depth to his teaching,” he says.
The professor firmly believes that there is no
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| staffs, manages and finances a two-week stay at Camp Buck-horn near Idyllwild for the 100 youngsters.
“During the last 10 years, : USC has sent more than 1.000 i underprivileged children—many of whom had never been to ! camp—to the mountains for a | week,” he adds.
Fed. Soothed The boys and girls, between the ages of 8 and 12. are fed, soothed and taught by the student counselors during their week-long excursion.
Assisting Chairman McDiarmid in this project is Co-Chair-I man Julianne Bescoes, Head Counselor Robert Chettle and Head Women's Counselor Faye Henderson.
Co-Chairman Bescoes explains that many campus organizations j and living groups as well as the Row offer money directly to the I campaign and others donate I “pledges.”
High Hopes
“Letters have been sent out I to all the groups and we hope j that they respond with enough | money to send one child to camp,’’ she says.
Troy Camp uses no professional help. Students man and manage everything on the program from reveille until lights-out—supplying all needs to the youngsters.
Many of the children who come to Troy Camp have never been to the mountans before. Among the carefully screened group are children from families whose problem is financial and youngsters whose personal problems are likely to be emotional. Close Relationships Close relationships betw^n the campers and the more than 20 trained counselors develop emotional security and self-reliance in the children and help instill a desire for development in constructive directions, McDiarmid says.
The boys and girls are selected by the East Los Angeles Boys Club. The final screening is made through many of the grammar schools in tlrs area.
“About 30 per cent of our budget will go for food." McDiarmid estimates. "The kids usually gain about two or three pounds Catholic graduate students during their stay, despite the will hold their second meeting active schedule."
Booth will be the official timers.
The winners will he honored at a special dinner next Monday night at the Phi Sig house. Trophies will be presented.
Essay Contest Offers Bonds To Winners
Savings bonds ranging from S25-S100 are currently being offered for the student prize-winning essay on “My Personal Re sponsibility for Freedom und -r the Bill of Rights,” announced AI Bine, chairma of the Bill of Rights Week Committee at USC.
Essays of 1500 words or less should be turned in to Theta Xi Fraternity. 728 W. 28th St., or 402 SU before Dec. 16. All es- !
In the women’s hula hoop rolling contest, the Alpha Phis broke the three-year Gamma Phi Beta winning streak to take first place. Delta Delta Delta placed a close second.
Relays Chairman Dick Cra- says must have the applicant's mer said he expects a tight race, name and home address on the but was taking no bets. “There reverse side, are a lot of good teams running 1 Winners will be selected on this year, and the relays should *he basis of understanding of
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| The USC winner will compete against winners from other Cal-! ifomi colleges for a $2.000 ex-| cellence award.
Other campus activities are i being planned for Bill of Rights ■ Week. Dec. 9-16. including se-j lection of a Miss Liberty Bell I who will appear on television and radio; campus displays along University Ave; and the distribution of copies of the Bill of Rights to all ASSC resident groups.
Newmanites Will Gather
of the recently organized Graduate Newman Club at 8 this evening at the Newman Center, 3207 University Ave.
Dorothy Smith, who initiated the idea of a graduate group, said it was organized to meet
Adds Pounds
He adds that adding thise pounds, sometimes where they are badly needed, is just one of the ways the project feeds the Inner Man.”
The camping week is not the
the religious, social and academ- beginning and the end of the
project. It is only part of a pro-1 g am which begins with a fundraising drive each fall, a counselor's training program in t h e spring and then reaches its cli-
ic needs of the graduates.
“Only two meetings a month are scheduled,” she added, “as we are aware of the value of a graduate student's time.”
One of these meetings will be max with the camp operation it-la social, she noted.	¡self, McDiarmid adds.