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Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, Mar. 2, 1953
No. 85
Dope Addicts On Increase
by Don Vernon
Tlie narcotics problem must be attacked by a policy of stronger enforcement and broader education before we can beat it, Dr. Simon Conrad told the Delinquency Control institute at SC Friday. *
Dr. Conrad is chief psychiatrist at the state mental clinic in Los Angeles.
Speaking to members of the institute on “Juvenile User as Seen by the Psychiatrist,” Dr. Conrad told how &erious the juvenile narcotics problem is in the United States.
“It has reached a nationwide-epidemic stage,” he
said.
Education Secondary to Prevention
Education is secondary to more rigid prevention because it would take too many years to achieve the desired results. Nevertheless, it is a major step along the road to beating the ever-growing problem, the psychiatrist said. It should be emphasized.
He prescribed a nationwide publicity campaign as the direct approach to education. The best way to inform the public is through newspaper and magazine articles, speeches by teachers, speeches by church and civic leaders, and any other means that will make the public realize the seriousness of the problem.
Dope an Ever-Present Problem
“This problem is ever present in all countries the world over,” Dr. Conrad said, “but from time to time, like other diseases, a sudden epidemic will break out. The United States is now in the middle of such an epidemic,” he said.
Each epidemic has certain distinct characteristics, he explained. The present dominance of male narcotic users over females is a present-day trend. The rate is four to one.
Present characteristics of the juvenile problem are the young age at which addiction is most prevalent, and the proportion of males over females, which stands at 10 to 1.
Frustration Behind Use
The use of narcotics, said the doctor, results from a desire to escape the frustration and complexities of life. Broken homes, tensions created by the Korean war, and the draft all are instrumental in causing this frustration.
Drinking, gambling, amnesia, and the taking of drugs are the usual ways of escaping. Drug addiction, however, is one of the most harmful means of escaping this frustration, said Dr. Conrad.
Three Stages of Frustration
There are three stages of drug addiction, heavy, moderate, and mild, he said. The heavy user who takes enough to put himself to sleep and the mild addict who takes small quantities do not particularly concern enforcement officials.
“The moderate user who gets “hopped up” enough to blot out frustration and paralyze his will. Is t]j£ big problem. He is, in reality, a living phantom who knows what is going on around him, but actually doesn’t care,” he added.
Juveniles Concern Officials
Law enforcement officials are more concerned with juveniles than with adults. Adults have a sense of reasoning, whereas adolescents lack critical minds, and, subsequently, are easy victims to dope peddlers.
“A present trait of addiction is a greater tolerance on the part of society for the youthful addict. This works in reverse,” he explained, “for once he has become addicted, society suffers a greater loss because few ever become useful citizens.”
“Industrial nations like the U. S.. seem to be particularly vulnerable to the advances and spread of narcotics. This is doubly harmful for a country like ours as compared to a backward agricultural nation,” he said, “because the citizens of the U. S., in order to carry out their specialized jobs, need to be mentally alert.”
Offers Public Cure
Dr. Conrad offered a possible cause for the spread of narcotics in the U. S. He said that in the past, narcotics have always been introduced to a nation by some other country. The present rise in the use of drugs by juveniles takes on an added significance in view of this.
One international organization trying to combat the problem, is the United Nations Opium board. All member countries have agreed to make yearly reports to the board. These reports are supposed to state the amount of narcotics they produced, how much they consumed for medical purposes, and how much they sold to other countries the preceding year.
“Certain countries, Bolivia. India. Iran, and Peru, have not been living up to these agreements,” he said.
Nations Degenerate as Result
Degeneration of a nation’s populace, a possible decline in its power, and an enormous drain of national wealth, are the direct results of continued use of drugs by a country’s citizens.
Dr. Conrad believes in the old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It is easier to prevent juveniles from becoming addicted than it is to try to cure them. Many parents fail in their duties by not instructing their children, the psychiatrist said.
Petitions Ready for AWS Jobs
Vz DT + % DB = Confusion In Vi Doz. Pgs.
At least two students were wondering if they were at SC or UCLA last week.
Picking up what they thought was a Daily Trojan, they soon discovered that half the stories were about UCLA. The inner four tabloid-size pages were devoted to Daily Bruin stories, written by DB reporters.
The two confused seniors, Mahlon and Kathleen Brockle-hurst, asked, “Wha hoppen’?”
Evidently the inside pages of the Daily Bruin were printed just before the Daily Trojan was run oif at the printshop, where both papers are published. On the first few copies of the DT pressrun, the remaining few inside sheets of the DB. which hadn’t completely cleared the press, appeared on the reverse side of pages 1 and 4 of the Daily Trojan.
This still doesn’t explain where pages 2 and 3 of the DT were all that time, but by now everyone is too confused to care anyway.
DEAN NAMED
SC Librarians Asked to Strike
Petitions for AWS offices can now be obtained at the AWS office, 216 SU. from 9 to 5 daily. Joan Field. AWS election commissioner, announced Friday.
Requirements for the office ot president are that the petitioner be a senior next year, have served a term on the regular or associate AWS cabinet, and have a 1.5 cumulative grade average.
Vice-presidential qualifications are that the candidate will have completed 60 units in June with
at least a 1.3 cumulative grade average.
To petition for the offices of secretary or treasurer, the applicant must complete 30 units by June with a 1.3 grade average.
Petitions for these offices must be returned to the AWS office by Wednesday, Mar. 11. Tho nominations assembly will be held Mar. 16 at noon in 133 FH, said Anne DeFreece, AWrS election co-commissioner.
The Los Angeles Central Labor council has been asked by the Office Employees International union, Local No. 30, AFL, to authorize a strike by librarians against the University of Southern California, said a department of development spokesman.
Point of dispute is that SC refuses to recognize the union or to bargain with it.
Following an organizing campaign by the union during the Christmas holidays, John W. Doolittle, business representative of the union, advised President Fred D. Fagg Jr. Jan. 14 that the union had been selected by a majority of SC’s librarians as their collective bargaining representative.
Doolittle asked SC to recognize the union. SC declined on grounds that as an independent, non-profit university without a fixed income, it w'as not able to recognize a union or bargain with one.
“After giving the matter careful consideration,” President Fagg wrote Doolittle, “we have come to the conclusion that collective bargaining has no proper place among the employees of a nonprofit educational institution such as the University of Southern California.
“Because of the nature and sources of our income, we feel that our responsible officials must be in a position to allocate it in such manner as will, in their judgment, best effectuate the university’s educational purposes. This would not be possible if compensation and other working conditions of our employees were to be determined through the process of collective bargaining.”
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SC May Cet W.N.Jarnigan Large Grant
SC was willed $110,000 from the estates of Ethelwyn and William N. Jarnigan. banker, but $55,000 of the amount may never be collected.
Mrs. Jarnigan’s estate, totaling S3.000.0p0 left $50,000 to the university for a general fund and $5,000 to the YWCA as a trust
fund which SC has received.
Jarnigan’s will also bequeathed $50,000 to SC for a general fund and $5,000 to the YWCA for a trust fund, but his will is being contested.
William Jarigan, retired Chicago banker, died last week and his will left a total of $532,500 to various persons, institutions, and organizations.
His only tangible assets at the time of his death, however, were a $1000 car. a $2000 bank account, and $500 in personal effects.
Robert Kenny, his • attorney, said Jarnigan had several law suits pending at the time of his death, including one for $100,000 in securities which he contended he owned, but were in his wife’s name.
His other contributions to charity, included $45,000 to the L.A. Children’s Orthopedic hospital, $25,000 to the Children’s Hospital society of L.A. and $15,-000 to the Hazel Hurst Foundation for the Blind.
Melbo Will Replace Hull In Education
Dr. Irving R. Melbo has been named to succeed Osman R. Hull as dean of the School of Education, effective Sept. 1.
Hull is currently on leave, and has asked to be released of administrative duties because of his health. He will return to SC this fall as a professor of school administration, a position he held 21 years before becoming dean.
In the meantime, Dr. Elmer E. Wagner, assistant dean, will serve as temporary dean of the school.
Dr. Melbo has been a professor of educational administration at SC since 1939. He is a widely known consultant on problems of school administration, supervision, housing, and finance.
Consultant on Schools
He is the author of “Social Psychology of Education,” “Our America,” “The American Scene,” “Young Neighbors in South America,” “The World About Us,” and “Our Country's National Parks.”
Dr. Melbo is a member of the California Teachers association, the American Association of School Administrators, the California Association of School Administrators, and Phi Delta Kappa, honorary educational fraternity.
Different Colleges
He attended the State Teachers college at Bemidji, Minn., and graduated troin New Mexico Western college with degrees of bachelor of arts in 1930 and master of arts in 1932. He received his doctor of education degree from the University of California in 1934.
During World War II, Dr. Melbo served as a Navy lieutenant, organizing training programs in the American-Atlantic and Eur-opean-Mediterranean theaters of war.
The School of Education is the largest in the West, and was established in 1918. It has trained more teachers and administrators for California schools than any other university in the state.
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portrayed Soviet Union at sessions here. SC will represent the United States this spring when the conference gets under way at the
University of California.
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$2 Senior Fee Due Mar. 17
Fee statements for senior class activities were issued last week, it was announced by Larry Spector, senior class president.
The $2 assessment, payable to the bursar’s office by Mar. 17, includes the baccalaureate May 14, ditch day May 15, the prom May 16, senior breakfast June 12, one year’s membership in the General Alumni association, and a one-year subscription to the Alumni Review.
Spector urged the support of the entire senior class to make the plan possible.
Chairmen of Senior week, May 11 through 16, include Marcia Woodard, baccalaureate; Mickey Miguelez, ditch day; Ron Bartholomew, prom. Carolyn and Marilyn McCarron. breakfast; Ann Vierhus, Daily Trojan senior issue; Danny McDonald, senior queen contest; Jim Strode, senior gift to the university, and Alden McKelvey, alumni package.
Gifts and grants totaling $162,-922.07 for research, scholarship, and student aid were given to SC in January, President Fred D. Fagg Jr. said Friday.
Of the total, $133,204.16 was donated in support of scientific research projects.
The Ford foundation donated $61,000 for a two-year study of fhe Russian impact on contemporary Japan; U.S. Public Health service, $43,762.16 for medical research; American Cancer society, $2419; Best Foods Inc., Bayonne, N.J., $1600; Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Summit, N.J., $1500.
Benjamin Clayton, Pasadena, $5000 for surgery studies; Joseph Gluckstein, Los Angeles, $2000 for work on systemic diseases; Good Hope Hospital association, Los Angeles, $1075; Else U. Par-deen foundation, Midland, Mich., $5000.
Riker Laboratories Inc., Los Angeles, $300; G. D. Searle and company, Chicago, $950; Upjohn company, Kalamazoo, Mich., $500; and Wyeth Inc., Philadelphia, $900 for post-graduate heart research.
The cardio-respiratory laboratory was given $5000 by Herman Gumbin, Rockford, Mich., and $1000 by Clark Morse, Detroit.
Scholarship gifts included $58885.36 from the board of education of the Methodist church, Nashville; $320.13 from the Sou-
thern California-Arizona conference of the church; $200 from the Machlin Meat Packing company, Norwalk; and $117.50 from Mrs. Royal Riddle, San Pedro, to establish a memorial scholarship in law.
Other gifts were Asa V. Call, $5131.94 to the law alumni fund; Franklin S. Wade, books and paintings valued at $1982.50; Arthur K. Bourne, $700 for the Bourne fund; Carnation company, Los Angeles, $200 for the employment bureau; School of Dentistry alumni association, $300 for the operative dentistry department.
Hycon Manufacturing company, Pasadena, $50 for the employment bureau; Watumull foundation, Los Angeles, $150 for lectures on Buddhism; and Kathleen Willd, $250 for the law school loan fund.
Alumni gave $3015.43 for the dental equipment fund, $2753.66 for the law school, $1425 for the School of Pharmacy, and $7055.39 to the general alumni fund.
John R. Keeton, Montrose, gave a two-wheeled trailer to the civil engineering department for taking surveying equipment on field trips. Otto Weimer, Los Angeles, contributed equipment to the electrical engineering department.
Europe Unity Aired
by Rodger Darbonne
"To achieve economic unity should be the prime aim of Europe,” said Jerome L. Heldring, chief of the Netherlands Information service in the United States.
He spoke to nearly 100 students and faculty members Friday afternoon on the problems of federating Western Europe. Adaman-tios Th. Polyzoides, lecturer in international relations, acted as chairman.
Heldring said an economic union would be more successful in uniting the nations of Europe than an attempt at merging the many soverign states and institutions.
No European Person
“There is no European person,” he said. “People in Europe regard Eiirope only as a geographic term.” The inhabitants of Western Europe differ from each other, and, he said, they “feel” different from those in other countries.
This difference of feeling, he continued, does not mean they cannot cooperate, but it does limit
the desire to unite these countries.
He referred to the relations between Americans and Mexicans, saying that a difference of "feeling” exists between them, yet the two countries cooperate very well without any need for federating the two.
“The French and Dutch are French and Dutch first, and European second,” Heldring explained. They have a greater love for their native country and institutions than for Europe as a whole.
Europe Showing Progress
Despite this nationalistic spirit, Heldring believes Europe is now progressing because the various countries are working together. He said all of them w’ant to remain free and resist aggression "collectively.”
"At the present time a political federation of Europe is an intellectual approach,” Heldring said, “but the idea is not in the hearts of the populace.”
Great as U. S. Success
Another major block to uniting
| Europe is the lack of one central market area, Heldring said. All of the small nations have their own trade barriers and tariffs to protect their industries and therefore their markets generally are small.
“If united,” he said, "Europe would be more than the collective sum of its components.”
With a population larger than the United States and nearly as many natural assets, Western Europe, Heldring believes, could almost equal the economic success of the United States.
The lack of a central trade area like that of the U. S. restricts the potential of Europe, he told the group. If trade barriers would come down, mass production methods could be employed and consequently the standard of living could be raised.
Heldring currently is touring
11	western states, speaking on the problems of seeking a European unity. plans to stop at Tucson, Ariz., and Albuquei*que, N. M., before returning to New York
$5000 Grant Received for Driving Class
A scholarship fund of $5000 was received Friday by President Fred D. Fagg Jr. to provide summer training for 60 high school driver education instructors.
The check was presented by Enoch A. Frederick, territorial representative of the Allstate Foundation, and Victor Stock Jr., district representative.
Applications for the course will be submitted by Los Angeles high school teachers. Forty will be accepted in SC’s four-unit driver education workshop, and 20 will be enrolled in a basic instruction course.
Dean John D. Cooke, of Summer Session, will review the applications.
The workshop will be conducted duriag regular summer classes by Cecil G. Zaun, supervisor of safety for the Los Angeles Board of Education.
The basic course will be taught by Lawrence Epinette, director of physical education, health and youth service branches of the Los Angeles City schools.
“The problem of youthful drivers involved in serious autoipo-bile accidents is becoming increasingly alarming,” said Frederick, of the Allstate Foundation. “There is hope, however, of preventing many fatal accidents in all age groups through driver education at high school level.”
The foundation has made this grant and other similar ones to Michigan State college, the University of Georgia, and Rutgers university in the hope that interest will be stimulated in developing general driver education courses throughout the country, Frederick said.
Both courses will employ dual control cars. The workshop will specialize in studies of juvenile delinquency in driving, handling of juvenile traffic violators, advanced driving training techniques, sociological aspects of driving, student licensing procedures, and motor vehicle laws.
Official Notice
Veterans attending SC under the Korean GI bill. Public Law 550, should report to the Office of Veterans Affairs for attendance check forms between Feb. 27 and Mar. 3, 1953.
Signed,
C. S. Jameson Assistant Registrar for Veterans Affairs
Third Mock Meet Set For April
by Chuck Sweet Daily Trojan Editor
SC’s Model UN delegation is discarding its Russian accents, beards, .and vetoes for American ways this week as it prepares to represent the United States at the third annual Model UN conference at the University of California in April.
"Americans” are needed for the SC delegation, which will make a complete about-face from its former role, that of representing fhe USSR. As host last year, SC was Soviet Russia at the mock assembly.
Interviews for members of the SC delegation, which will travel to Berkeley Apr. 15, will be conducted tomorrow from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the international lounge and tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 2:30 in 418 SU. The International Relations council, which is assisting the delegation, will meet at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow on the second floor of the YWCA building.
Delegations Organized
Organizing the delegation are Mohinder Bedi, Jim Ivanhoff. and Jock Thomson. Bedi and Ivanhoff played an active part in SCs representation of Russia last year.
“All students, not just international relations and political science majors, are eligible to try out for a place on the delegation,’* Ivanhoff said.
Although the actual working delegation that wall travel north is to be limited to 10 persons, many other persons are needed for research work, clerical work, and typing while the group prepares at SC for its trip.
Dr. J. Eugene Harley, professor of political science, will advise the delegation. Faculty members from the School of International Relations and political science department will schedule special briefing sessions for the SC representatives.
Research Underway
Research has already been started for SC’s American delegation to the conference. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles on the United States’ position in the actual UN are being saved as background material.
Scott Hansen, public relations man for the United Nations association in Los Angeles, is furnishing UN material for SC’s representatives.
California, the host school, will represent Soviet Russia at the conference, the position SC took la'.t year. Approximately 1000 students from 73 western colleges— including representatives from Alaska and Hawaii—are expected to attend the conference.
Patterned after the actual United Nations, the Model UN held its first conference at Stanford in 1951, with Ralph Bunche as the presiding officer. SC was host in 1952 and welcomed Benjamin Cohen, assistant secretary general of the UN, to lead the conference. California has not revealed the name of the 1953 presiding officer.
Korean Stalemate
Debate, at this year’s conference is expected to center around the stalemated Korean peace talks. Besides the large General Assembly, the Model UN also wall have • an 11-member Security council, a political and security commission, and a trusteeship council—all operated according to actual UN practice.
During the conference at Berkeley, delegates also will attend social events and a special awards banquet. Prizes will be given to the best delegations.
Films of last year’s conference at SC, taken by the cinema department, are being readied for showing at Cal. The movie-makers shot 12,000 feet of film, which is now being edited. A copy of the completed motion picture also will be sent to the United Nations in New York for showing.
SC Subdivision In Baldwin Hills All Deeded Out
Troydale, a cooperative subdivision in the Baldwin hills owt:-ed by 53 faculty members, was completely deeded out Friday.
The last deed was presented to Dr. Henry Reining Jr., professor of public administration, by Robert F. Craig, professor of business administration and president of the University Housing association, Inc.
Fourteen homes have been completed in the 17-acre subdivision, one-half mile west of La Brea avenue and south of Sanchez and Burnside drive. The site is a portion of the former Rancho Cienega.
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