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IOS ANGEIES, CALIFORNIA. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1961
NO 100
Senators Approve 7roy Drivers to Pay to Park;
AS5C Court Bill	#
By HAL DRAKE Assis ant Citv Editor
ment of a three-member Legislative Tribunal to settle any dif-The ASSC Senate approved a ferences of interpretation aris-plan lor a student Supreme jng under the ASSC constitution.
Start With Summer School
Court" during the first of a month-long series of special >es sions last night.
Originally introduced at the previous Senate meeting two week« ago. the motion by Sen.
Finnic Klias calls for establish-
Fossils Prove Lake Existed,
Says Geologist
Lake Chapala. the largest fresh water lake in Mexico, is the descendant of a bigger lake that existed in that area one statute to the floor with all the million years ago. the head of changes requested by the dissent the USC geology department re- ing senators.
Senator Elias apparently decided that establishing a legislative tribunal was more import-Ronp* of mastodon« and mam- ant than fjllibbling ovpr the
wav* *n do so.
The statute was withdrawn at the earlier session by Senator Elias after senators attacked he bill for providing for student elections of the justices, rather than selection. Senators had also attacked the bill for requiring prospective justices of the tribunal to have completed six upper division units of political science.
A the time he withdrew his bill. Senator Elias declared he would rather not have it considered than see it “ruined."
But last night the biological sciences senator returned the
centIv reported at a sectional meeting of the Geological Society of America.
moth elephant«, ancient camels, horses and bison found around the present lake prove its prehistoric ase. «aid Dr. Thomas Clements.
Fossils tn the area are much like those found in La Brea pits in Los Angeles, he said, possibly with the exception of sabretooth tigers.
I'nusual l.ake Lake Chapala, 60 miles long and between 10 and 20 miles wide, is unusual in that both its
rompounded liuHe*
When vvf ia«t considered The statute some senators felt that the duties of the tribunal could easily be handled by the administration." Elias remarked. "But if that is the case, then the functions of the Senate and Executive Cabinet might just as well be handled by the administration.
“If any reviewing of student
inlet and outlets are at the laws passed under a student con-same end of the lake—the east stitution is to be done, it must
—and are only nine miles apart.
“You'd think ihat this would make the water from the Lerma river run into the lake and cir-rte rvut again by tH«- Santiago rive»." «aid the USC geologist. "Knt the entire lake i* always
be done by students,” he insisted.
The statute was finally passed by the Senate w'ith a vote of 14 to 0.
ippointmeni in Mav
A« amended, the statute pro-filled with water. I do not know vide« fr selection of the three nf a similar lake anvrwhere in justices hv the ASSC president the world.”	with a	majority eonsent of the
In prehistory- time, the lake Senate. If the statute is approv-ua* twice a« large, and tt< out- ed by the Executive Cabinet and le, «as at the western end. Dr. the administration, the first Clements said	justices	will be selected in May
Replaced hy	Mountains	bv the	new' Helm administra-
The lake basin	was	destroyed tion.
by the formation of mountains
about 500.000 years ago, and in the process a new’, smaller basin was formed. The warmer, drier climate that followed also shrank the lake to its present size.
In order to qualify for selection, candidates for the tribunal must pass a test on th ASSC constitution and principles of constitutional law to be administered by the Senate Elections
Lake Chapala, 35 miles »outh Committee chairman, president
of Guadalajara, is a resort area for that city and is also popular with American tourists and retired persons from the I’nited States. The lake is a source of small whitefish. a delicacy there.
pro tempore and parliamentarian. with the help and advice of the political science department.
Ant<xiiMti<- Pmo*-M
In its original version, the bill
and ai its outlet supplies » hy- made review by the tribunal of droelectric power plant to fur- all legislation passed by the nwh electncitv for Guadalajara. Senate and Executive Cabinet an tion. 1919-51.”
Laos Crisis To Be Topic For Y Meet
The current cruis in Laos will be discussed by D^. Rodger Swearingen, director of the So-viet-Asian Studies Center and associate professor of' international relations and history, today at 3:15 at the “Y."
Speaking at a YWCA open cabinet meeting. Dr. Swearingen will emphasize the Soviet policy in Asia, Soviet and Communist penetration into Southeast Asia and. more specifically, penetration into Laos.
The meeting is open to faculty and student«.
"The crisis in Lao« has been building for man; year." Dr. Swearingen «aid. "The Communists are dedicated to the capture of all of Southeast Asia, and Lao« i« apparently on their timetable."
Firm Stand
Dr. Swearingen noted that only the firm stanc of the United States and its friends in the*free vorld prevented an unpleasant situation from developing into a major crisis, perhaps even another Korean War.
"Of course, the issue is not settled yet,” he said.
Fluent in Russian, Chinese and Japanese, Dr. Swearingen currently teaches course« on Soviet foreign policy. Far Eastern history and international relation«.
Specializing on Russian foreign policy and Soviet-Asiar relations. Dr. Sw earingen ha« done extensive traveling and research in Europe. Asia and the Soviet Union.
Consultant
He served as visiting professor at Russian and East Asian Institutes, Columbia University, last year. He has also been a consultant on Far Eastern and Soviet affairs to the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Rand Corporation and the Ford Foundation.
During WW II. Dr. Swearingen worked as an intelligence officer in Asia and later a.s an interpreter on Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur’s staff in Japan.
Publications by Dr. Swearingen include "Red Flag in .Japan:
THE SNOWMAN COMETH
APRIL BLIZZARD? — This snowman didn't drop from the clcuds. He was imported by Sigma Alpha Mu brothers to set the
tone for a social event. His visit to the Row is expected to be short — apparently the Southland sun hurts his eyes.
Teacher Says Russ Plan United Satellite Economy
n< MEL 'I AMtEL	‘This economic co-operation Although trade between these
During the last, five years, w’ith in the Soviet hjoc ,s inerpas. rnajor w orld markets is hy no the Soviet bloc of Communist >n£ the total production there, means closed, th® volume ha« nations has been undergoing an but it is not improving the stand- been decreasing in recent years, intense program nf “economic a,T* °f living in the individual The Soviets are still willing to
trade with countries outside of
Lot Permits to Cost About $35 Per Year
Students, faculty, administr-i- ate. professor of management tors and other university Derson and a law ver. said that USC ha^ nel will he rharged a fee for a legal right to charge a fee h*>-parking space in campus lots cause it is a private institution beginning with this summer's and does not come under th-? session, announced Dr. Carl M. same limitation; as «rate colie^-Franklin. vice-president of fi- e«
j nancial affairs.	With the master plan, thecp
Although the exact amount of will be enough spaces for every the charge has not been deter- car that purchases a perrm*. mined yet. Dr. Franklin esti- Meter lots will still be available 'mates that it will be about $15 for those who do not wish to pay per semester, or 535 to $36 an- the fee. Dr. Franklin said nually.	“There are definite long range
Special Charge _	goals and purposes in the ma«-
Part-time and night students ,er Plan- ar,d funds will be ear-attending the university will be marked to provide better park-assessed a special charge based facilities. Dr. Franklin con-on their on-camptis time, he Juried, said.
Strep* paiking and meter-, eg ulated lots wil! not be affected Money collected a« parking fees will go into the same revolving fund as that for monev j collected from the present me-! ter-regulated lots on campus.
Dr. Franklin pointed out. This fund is used to purchase addi-tional land in order to pro ide more parking space.
Million Value
University land now being was announced yesterday by used for parking would have a President Norman Topping market value of two million dol- The occasion will be a banquet lars, the vice-president said. | sponsoredby the USC Associates, Parking space is being pur- a group of 70 business anri prochased in compliance with a long fessional leaders of Los Angeles, range plan of university devel- in the international ballroom of opment which President Norman the Beverly-Hilton.
Topping presented to the Board of Trustees last year. The Board approved the plan.
The plan has already been reviewed hy Ihp faculty, and a student convocation on the subject is planned for early May.
Inn#»r Cor#»
The development plan was
USC Trustees To Announce 20-Year Plan
Plans for USC's educational program for the next two decades will be disclosed Mav 17. it
co-operation" and specialization, nations. Dr. Kottke points out.
This program, contends Fred-	Divided	Market
rick Kottke, assistant professor,! H(? anticipateg that as more of economics, is centrally con- countries enter the Soviet bJocc trolled by the USSR, which die- they	take part	thg CQ_
tates all of its policies.	operative effort.
A division of labor among the participating countries allows	A	division of world	markets
them to specialize in the produc-	has	been apparent since	the	con-
tion of certain commodities. Pro-	elusion of World War	II.	The
duction in each country is co- | lwo	markets are capitalist	and
ordinated and directed so as *o give the most benefit to the Soviet bloc as a w hole.
RiiMsia Decides Although the -Soviets term their co-operation as “voluntary,” Dr. Kottke feels that Rus-
A committee has been working two and one-half year« on 1TSC« long-r^nge development. Tho group is headed by H. Leslie Hoffman. chairman. and Gwynn Wilson. \ ire phairman. Roth are t'SC trust pec.
I^eonard K. Firestone, rhatr-man of the USC board of trustees and a member of the Planning Committee, is also chairman of the USC Associates.
Other members of the plan-
Communist, he says.
Episcopalian To Lecture
prepared for USC by VVtlJiam their bloc, but only when they Pereira and Associates. It ''alls gain the most benefit from the tor an inn^r core within the uni-transaction.	versity where there will be no
parking. Around the core, several ! ning group are Asa V. Call. Mrs. conveniently located parking lots j John W. Harris, Willard W. will be located, Dr. Franklin ex- Keith. Frank L. King, Rufus B. plained.	Von KleinSmid, Harold C. Mort-
Buildings will be erected on on. George Murphy. Kenneth T. several of the present lots, ac- ! Morris, Harold Quinton. Mrs. East-West trade, according to cording to the plan. The parking Frank R Seaver. Ralph E.
fees will enable more land to be Smith and E. Russell Werdin. purchased so that adequate space
Communists place first prior ity on trade involving the USSR and the allied nations. Second priority involves trade among the satellite nations.
Popular I dike
Despite it* si/.e and popularity. 1-ake Chapel» has been sutdied little by scientists. A Mexican geologist wrote about it * century ago, and an American did so in the 1920s.
t :SCs Dr. Clements ha« been studying the Mexican lake since the fall of 1956. a vear after Dr. Theodore Downs, also of the fac-nlt>. and the Lo« Angeles County Museum collected the hones of ancient animals when the
automatic process. But in its final form the statute authorizes the justices to review' only legislation at the request of any senator or executive Cabinet member.
A petition signed by .i percent of the number of students vvho voted in the most recent general ASSC election can also authorize the tribunal to review legislation.
Any legislation reviewed by
Troy Sends 2 to UCLA
lake s water level was low Some the tribunal and rejected will be
e*f these fossils are in the Countv Museum.
Grad School Plans Fete
returned to the author w ith written reasons for its rejection, according to the present form of the statute. A permanent record of all decisions will be kept in order 1o establish legal precedents.
International Communism in Ac- sia alone determines which nations will participate in the program and to what extent.
“The plan is not merely an economic one. It is organized lo include political and military functions, as well,” he says.
Since the 1956 inception of the present five-year plan under authority of the Economic Mutual Aid Council .the Soviet Union and satellite nations have been attempting to develop themselves economically on a proportional level.
As an example of economic the Soviets cite
Controversial statements bv
Dr. Kottke. is consumated when the Soviets must get ^products which they do not produce or wi„ ^ availab|e Df/ Kranklm which they can obtain less ex-
\ti (iur»^t>M
Dr. Franklin said that multistory parking is not contemplated. Several of the state schools have used this method, he a^ded.
A recent battle between a professor at Sacramento State Col-
pensively from the outside. “One cannot definitely
..-Ur-
j whether the co-operative economy practiced in the Communist nations has helped or hindered .Tames Albert Pike, Episcopalian	production in	the individual
bishop of California, on	Biblical	countries." Dr.	Kottke says,
myths, the Virgin Birth	and the	“However, t	he prosperity	of	lege and	the	state	about	charg-
doctrine of Ihe Trinity	will be j West Germany	as compared	to	ing	parking fees	at	that	school
Tw’o USC* professors will participate today in a UCLA panel series on a diagnosis of the American theater.
Dr. Walter Ducloux. head of the departments of opera and conductor-director of the Opera Theater, wmI] speak on music co-operation
; Fast Germany tends to play down the tiene fits of the Soviel system.”
Poor Partner*
Justices can be removed from office at any' time by a two-Frtieth anniversary of gradu- third« vote of the Senate, tudv at USC will be cele- --------------------------------------
and dance in the theater.	their intention of increasing oil
Dr. James Butler, head of the exports to the satellite nations, drama department, will discuss ¡They report construction of “University Theater-Laboratorv pipelines from 1he USSR to Po- theological opinion on non-es of Tomorrow's Theater ”	land, East Germany, Czechoslo-
Actors, playwrights, directors vakia and Hungary, and producers are among speak- Their purpose is to create a ers and panelist.« scheduled to fuel balance among .these eoun-appear in the series which will tries and to help develop petro-run through May 24.	leum chemistry.
discussed by Episcopal Chaplain Michael Hamilton at noon today at the “Y.”
“Bishop Pike has been accused , .	.. ™	.	..	...	A large scale co-operative eco-
of heresy. Chaplain Hamilton .	.	...
nomic system is possible in to-said. The bishop claims scholar- day.g vvor|d only under g centra.
ship in support of his views, f |jzed political control such as the
while hi« accusers base their Soviets have, he notes.
case on tradition.
“The Anglican
tradition has always permitted a variety of
sential matters of faith, but is the Virgin Birth non-essential?” questions Hamilton.
The situation is comparable to that which exists among the 50 states of America, the professor
says.
“The theories of Marx and Lenin show us that the USSR can't be depended upon to act as a true partner in any multilat-
i raised the question of the legality of charging fees at USC. Th« court decision said that ;he state doe« not have the power to charge parking fees for re\ enue purposes.
D r. Robert Fenton Criag. chairman of the University Sen-
Geographer Gets Grant
The lecture is open to all stu- eral trade agreement.” Dr. Kot-
dent.-
tke concludes.
ate
b.ated today at an informal dinner in ihe Town and Gown Foyer at 6:30 p.m.
pr. William Werkmeister. di recti>r of the USC School of Phil-»'-ophv. will present the '2^th an nual Graduate School research lecture on “Presuppositions and Implication« of Value Theory."
Selection of next year'« research lecturer, one of the highest awards that can be made to a USC professor by his colleagues. wil be announced at the dinner.
Dr. Werkmeister joined the USC faculty in 1953 and became director of the School of Philosophy the next year. He is also editor of The Personalist. an international review of philosophy, teligion and literature, ptih-1'~hed quarterly hy USC
He i= the author of a ,.ew Kook. Thcf'fie« of f-'thjc« V Stu riv in \!oi=t Obligmion/’ publish-* . month.
IFC Heads Reject Editor's Views
W'illiam H. Wake of the USC geography department was recently awarded a grant to attend an institute on “Application of Quantitative Methods in Geographv” in Chicago this summer.
Wake was one of 30 chosen Schultz, to attend the institute from among applicant« throughout the nation The session, which will what the\ must take in their
Murphy. Norris, and Mrs. Seaver were recent appointee« to the committee
Credit Letters To Be Sent
The senior records department, located in the Registrar s Office, will ■Start mailing credit summaries- to all students who hav» successfully completed 60 unit* of work and will post the commencement list for seniors Friday.
Inform •’»tuden»«
The purpose of the credit summaries is to inform the students of their present status through an enumeration of their completed units and classes they need to take in order to fulfill their graduation requirements.
An “OK” is placed after each subject that has been succesful-ly met. The classes needed for graduation are listed below the printed requirements.
"The students have to take these credit summaries mote seriously.” said Miss Esther office staff member. “The' don't realize that these summaries are their guide to
Rv RIC K BUTLER Row Reporter
Comments by Daily "Çrojan Editor Joe Saltzman that appeared in a recent article in Newsweek Magazine have ignited the fires of controversy on campus.
The article — entitled “Zeta
«ented only one side of the story and that the fraternity system did not get a “fair shake.” "Saltzman ha« no grounds for his statement because he is too far from the situation. His generalizations may have validity on a campus such as Stanford, but I can't see it here," Good-
Beta Kaput?"—discussed college ; game added.
fraternities, segregation, “h e 11 weeks" and college elections. It appeared in the March 27 issue.
Saltzman is quoted as saying. "I think the fraternity system is going out. It'll be gone in 10 years here."
Sour <ir:ipes.
IFC President Ren Good game di»>r> ¡«»-od Salt /man'« remark« a« ••sour gi'ape«." He said it "■=«
Big Gains
The IFC president pointed out that USC fraternities have had a big gain in rushees and pledges both last fall and this spring.
Saltzman also noted in the Newsweek article that "student« are growing up becoming mo'-e seif-«uffieient. They don't have to run to fraternities be-<aiise thev ra noi afraid tr stand
; unfortunate that Newsweek pre- i alone.”
This statement came ur\der fire from Frank Joyce. USC counselor of men's organizations. He said that every culture has its own particular institutions which facilitate the initiation of youth into the social structure. He said that fraternities and sororities perform this function at the university level.
Worst Period
Joyce joined Goodgame in declaring that he definitely believes the Greek system will still be around in 10 years.
"The fraternity system has nearly passed its worst period. I think we atp coming into a new perio'l of stren^'lh. We are adjusting to the temper of the
I times.”	v
The IFC mentor	felt	the	article was conceived	to	present
the fraternity system as an at-rophyed appendage on the body of university life.
Hits Hell Week He dismissed Saltzman s opin-!0nS hy ^g.^e	has	not ! ^¡week's	coverage	of	the
campus	for	the	story.	He	said
modifv ing hell w eeks w as simply to comply with California law« governing hazing and to better reflect the changing social attitudes toward non-scholastic activities.
Joyce also, complained about
be held from June 22 to Aug. 1. ¡« co-spons<>red hy Ihe National Science Foundation. Northwestern University and thp University of Chicago.
The goal of the session will be
senior year.
H****d rarrt«
If the students do not take heed of their requirement deficiencies. call cards will be sent out to them during their second
to discbss the purposes and uses .-emester a« seniors. If they aie
had enough valid experience to be a judge.
The article took a swipe at hell weeks and implied that many universities only keep fraternities because they cannot provide enough student housing to abolish the Greeks, he said.
Joyce countered tha.t "this university wouldn't take the fraternities away, e'en if it did have the housing available."
that the reporter was here less than half a day, turned down an invitation to visit the Row and question house presidents and had never been a fraternity man.
“All he wanted to know about was the liver incident and discrimination. He was not at all interested in any of our program« for communitv. *rholar->hip or campu« activities." Joyce
He added that the purpose for i concluded.
of statistics. Among the topics discussed will be descriptive statistics, statistical inferences and tests of significance of statistics.
Wake, who has been an instructor at USC for six years, formerly taught at Washington State College.
He was a teaching and research assistant at UCLA and also spent a year in India on a Fnlbright re«eareh grant.
He reeeivpd hi« R.A. from Stanfotd Univer«jt\ and hi« M A. jfiom Columbia University.
not then presently taking the necessary classes, they will not be allowed to graduate.
Tnerefore, if a call card is received, students should take care of the problem immediately by either going to their adviser or to the senior records department.
It is also important that each senior check to see if his or her name i^ on the commencement list, which "ill he posted in the registrar's office starting Fri-I riav, Miss Schultz said.
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