Jury Urges Rigid Hazing Control
Southern
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DAILY
TROJAN
VOL. LI
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1959
NO. 53
LOTSA LAND
Program Will Park Driver Frustrations
Students dissatisfied with the lack of parking space caused by newly closed streets may anticipate greater parking facilities than ever before when the current university development program is completed, Anthony Lazzaro, director of the physical plant, predicted today.
piesent, all the streets be-
Training Posts Now Ready For Graduates
WATCH OUT FOR WACKY WALKERS
Intei’views with graduate students in education, law. journalism and government who ¿re interested in obtaining state internships in there fields will begin today, said Dr. Toltoli J. Anderson, chairman of science deparar:ei t.
tween Hoover blvd. and Hoover i ave. leading to University ave. have been blocked off to make room for future buildings. However, the university had j forseen the possibility of parking problems, and created addi-| tional parking spaces last sum-| mer with the formation of three new lots and the extension of several others, Lazzaro explain-! ed.
A number of lots are currently being extended, he added, citing the lot across Elisabeth von KloinSmid dormitory as an ex-political I amP'e-
Lazzaro noied that in the cre-
Assemblyman Richard T. Han- ation of new parking lois, the na and Dr. Jay Doub.eday will university has moved many old give the students information j houses away from the immedi-needed 1o apply lor the special : ate vicinity of the campus, such state program, which provides j as the one recently removed training in state government. from the lot across from Bacon Serve Cn 'wniitees	Hall.
Interns are designated to serve :	Building programs currently
committees and officers of the underway are the construction Assembly, doing such things as i of an engineering quad and the research and report writing, j erection of two medical build-si>eech writing, preparing press ( ings, he said, releases, corresponding with con- | Construction of an instruction-.st:iuents and preparing lor com- al building and a S3 million remittee hearing.	:	search building is taking place
As a part of their duties, the ; at the new Medical School Cen-interns attend committee hear- , ter, adjacent to the Los Angeles ings in various parts of Califcrn- County General Hospital. These ia. For their work, they receive buildings are to be completed by $400 per month.	j	February 1960.
Graduate«	Wanted	i A five-story research building
Dr. Anderson said that interns i for cardio - vascular studies and me normally required to have ' cancer investigation costing $1,-finished one year of g: .«duate j 500,000 has already been com-siudy in their field, and should | pleted at the center, either be candidates or recipi- j Meanwhile, old structures be-ents of a graduate degree.	i tween Hoover st. and McClin-
In some cases, related work lock ave. are being cleared away experience may be substituted to provide space for Engineer-for graduate course work, he	School buildings, Lazzaro
added.	said.
The program is under the "n’ficant in the university’s sponsorship of the State Assem- expansion is the relocation of bly, SC, the Claremont Gradu- the mechanical engineering de-ate School, Stanford University partment. The department for-and the Universities of Californ- merly occupied a quonset hut ia at Berkeley and Los Angeles, and an airplane hangar, Lazzaro
I remarked.
He added that the lot at 908 W. 36th pi. had a two-story apartment house situated on it last year, but the university moved it away with plans of converting the site into a parkin anticipation of a pre-Christ-1 ing lot, with future plans for mas onslaught of thefts, Uni- j erecting an engineering building versity Police have asked all SC j on it.
s:ud°nts to lock their valuables ! A'ong with the two present in car trunks.	j engineering buildings and the
"Any packges left on the car i two proposed buildings, a quad-seat in plain view of passers-by j rangle will be formed which will are a temptation for 1he prowl- be fully landscaped, Lazzaro er.” said oificer Allen Coffey. | said.
He cautioned Trojans against j In answer to the question leaving their cat's unlocked when many students have asked about parking near campus during the slowed growth of the walls school hours .	j of Troy, he replied, “The walls
“If cars are locked and no of Troy are never completed unpackages are in evidence op the til the permanent boundary of seat, the likelihood of thefts will ^he versity hr* been estab-deerease,” he exp ained.	lished to the widest extension
While the number of articles in ?*ny direction, taken from cars parked in the “Th° wall has been completed SC area has declined in recent along the southern boundary, for weeks, police are expecting the exam Die, since the university Christmas season to raise the , will neve’' buy the land across count.	i from Exposition blvd.,” he added.
THEY ERRED — Last year a total of 7800 persons were killed because they committed a pedestrian error and another 302 people lost their life because they violated
a traffic regulation while riding a bicycle. The photographs above point up the resulting fate of a pedestrian who is careless. Don't be careiess this Christmas season.
Pedestrian Carelessness Ranks High As Cause of Holiday Traffic Deaths
Pedestrian error has been ger of being struck by a moving
cited by the National Safety Council as one of four major causes of holiday accidents. Last year 7800 persons were killed in pedestrian accidents.
Topping the list of errors which most frequently result in a pedestrian fatality are drinking and walking; failure to watch for traffic when crossing streets; jay-walking and .crossing the street against the signal.
According to the NSC the pedestrian is in the greatest dan-
vehicle while crossing at intersections.
Statistics for 1958 indicate that 42 per cent of pedestrians
killed in that vear were killed I jay-walking accounted for 44 per
The most dangerous area for according to reports from 18 crossing a street is between in- ; states.
tersections where 35 per cent of This figure' was slightly high-the pesdestrian victims last year j er than in 1957, when the promet their doom. In rural areas I portion was 23 out of 100. The
Poiice Warn Against Theft
Snyder Gives New Statement
Dr. William S. Snyder, assistant professor of philosophy, today clarified his statement made last week regarding the withdrawal of a poetry anthology by a local high school principal.
“I was recently told tha4; Venice High School Principal Walter E. Larsh was merely carrying out a directive of the Board of Education in preventing the use of a volume of poetry after complaints had beon made hv t’vo ministers , and a student’s mother,” Dr. j Snyder explained.
“If th;s is true, it is obvious that many of the statements I made, especially those with personal reference to Larsh, are out of place and unjustified, and I wish to take this onnortunity to apologize,” he said.
at an intersection. Of this number, 10 per cent were struck crossing with the signal.
Another six per cent, of the fatal pedestrian accidents occurring at an intersection, took place while the victim was crossing against the signal.
Twenty-three per cent of the pedestrians were hit when they crossed an intersection with no signal and three per cent were involved in an accident when they crossed the intersection diagonally.
cent of the pedestrian deaths.
About one-fifth of fatal accidents involving a pedestrian in a rural area were a result of the victim’s walking on the roadway.
To cut down on this type of mishap, the NSC suggests that pedestrians, when walking on or near a roadway at night, wear light clothing. They stress that darkness is a time to be particularly cautious and alert.
Of the adult pedestrians killed in accidents in 1958, a total of 25 out of 100 had been drinking,
Dutch Student Knocks Campus Abroad Plan
Needy Kids to Greet Santa in Annual Christmas Show
Seven hundred underprivileged j Each living group will enter-children will meet Santa Claus j tain approximately 20 children, for the first time this Thursday giving the ‘personal’’ touch to when ihe SC student body pre- the Christmas event, i- nis tlieir annual all-university Jim Harom, chairman of the: After Christ ]
A foreign student from Holland today assailed a proposed ASSC plan which would establish an “SC campus abroad’’ as being a very unwise and poor suggestion.
Wym van Ha’der, now studying communications at SC, said that American universities transplanted to Europe are very unpopular with the native populations of European countries.
“Whenever Americans go over in such a group they usually restrict themselves to it and generally do not try to get acquainted with the people there,” he said.
This type of isolationism, “which is usually accompanied by a degree of aloofness,” is very much resented by Europeans and they usually make no effort to break into the group and meet the American students, said Van Haider.
Stanford in Germany
He pointed to a current experiment in foreign education being carried on by Stanford University in West Germany,
Santa will appear from the orchestra pit as the Trojanaires sing “Here Comes Santa Claus.” the appearance of the
show.	dinner accommodations, said that j Christmas elf, gifts will be dis-
Die pre-holiday show will give he hoped the Rowites cooperate tributed by the Knights and the children, ranging in ages j by leaving parking spaces open | Amazons in the auditorium foy-from six to eleven, their only j for the buses bringing the chil- j er.
• Christmas” this year.	dren to dinner.	!	Gifts	will	be	wrapped for the
Dr. Russell L. Caldwell, pres- Carol Howe, AWS president, show tomorrow evening in the Ident of the faculty club, will acting as Santa’s helper will YWCA. Each class council is
Pla.v the pari of Santa Claus. j welcome tli^ children to the AS- asked to be represented by 30 j i^atedTrea orthe carnnus I \e entered so much into the SC Christmas show being held members at the session.	i	r™
rhe American students do not attend classes conducted by the
“In fact, the only time the American students studying under such an arrangement really do meet the -German people is duYing school holidays,” said the University of Geneva-educated Hollander.
' “During holidays their presence is suddenly made very
clear. They go off on tours of the country and their touring habits are not looked upon with favor by the native population,1' he continued.
Individuals More Welcome
Van Haider, who holds a BS in economics and a BA in lan-guauges from the Geneva university, explained that American students who study in European universities as individuals, rather than in groups, are generally welcomed by the local population.
“Most of these students are friendly, intelligent, w e 11-be-haved and genuinely interested in learning about the country,” he said.
Europeans strongly favor this type of exchange program over
Swanson Hearing Produces Report; No One Indicted
By NITA BISS Assistant to the Editor
Universities and colleges must assume their full responsibility in controlling fraternity hazing, the Los Angeles County Grand Jury declared Friday after failing to return any indictments in the hazing death of Kappa Sig pledge Richard Swanson.
After a lengthy investigation, the jury concluded that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant an indictment of any person for manslaughter, but blasted police and other officials involved in the Sept. 17 death of Swanson.
“Richard Swanson’s death was the direct result of the hazing practice which persists in certain American universities and colleges,” the jury maintained in a four-page report on the results of its investigation.
Regulations Revised The report said tha£ shortly after Swanson’s death on 28th St., SC issued revised regulations controlling fraternity initiations.
“In our opinion, had these regulations actually been in effect and enforced on Sept. 16, this death would not have occurred,” the jury stated.
The report urged institutions of higher learning to assume their full responsibility for controlling hazing “through adequate regulations and their strict enforcement.”
Recent public statements by national fraternity organizations condemning hazing were cited in the jury report, with the comment that these statements alone were
not enough.
Childish Practices
“We remember reading similar statements in the past, but hazing continued. We believe that fraternities themselves have ample power to eliminate such dangerous and childish practices if they so desire, but it will take more than public statements to accomplish it,” the report said.
The report also stated that California’s present law against hazing (enacted hours after Swanson’s death) was “vague” and urged its clarification.
It pointed out that the word “hazing” was not clearly defined in the law and that the fraternity members who testified contended that they were not engaged in hazing, but were merely conducting “tests.”
Law Not Applied Fraternity members held that the initiation preceded the opening of the university’s fall term so the law, which deals only with matters during a university session, could not be applied.
In addition, the report urged better training and equipment for police and fire department emergency crews in the handling of strangulation cases such as Swanson’s.
Emergency ambulance crews were without “the proper apparatus and necessary training to have handled this case successfuly even if they had understood the problem,” the report declared.
Grand Jurors also maintained that there was a lack of cooperation in the attempts to revive the choking Swanson.
Rescue Hindered
“It appears from testimony that there is not only a long standing lack of cooperation, but also antagonism, between police and residents of fraternity row and that this condition probably interfered with resuce operations in this case,” the report said.
The jury called for positive action by police and university authorities to “eradicate” this condition.
In a statement of sympathy to Swanson’s family, the jury expressed hopes that a “stronger control over fraternity practices be initiated not only at SC. but at other California universities and universities throughout the country, “to prevent such incidents from recurring.”
No Perjury Charges
The report, issued by Grand Jury Foreman Charles F. Van de Water, stated that no charges of perjury would be made.
“Although many of the statements made to the jury the bicyclist violated a right-of- were Prot>ably false, there is not sufficient corroborating
evidence to warrant any perjury indictment,” the report
explained.
The extensive report included a summary of the controversy being waged over the exact cause of Swanson’s death, including the complaints issued by Dr. Arthur Swanson, the dead dental student’s father.
1958 proportion is equivalent to about 1400 of the 5600 adult pedestrian deaths caused by the person being under the influence of alcohol.
Violations by bicycle riders is another important factor in causing fatal accidents.
The National Safety Council reports that between 400 and 500 bicycle riders are killed each year in accidents with motor vehicles.
About 4 out of 5 involve a violation by the bicycle rider, according to the NSC study.
The most frequent violation by bicyclists which led to a fatal accident is that they did not have the right-of-way. In 302 bicycle fatalities reported last year, 94 were caused because
way rule.
Other bicycle violations include improper turning; disregard for stop signs or signals, and riding in the center of traffic.
Library Cains 2000 Books; Gift Includes Rare Volumes
whereby a segment of the Cali- the “American campus abroad
fornia institute has been trans- ! plan, he added._____________________
planted onto West German soil in the campus area of a German university.
American	professors—f r o m
Stanford University—teach Stanford students in a specially des-
for
German university and German students don’t take part in the Stanford-sponsored classess.
“The Americans in this trans-
_	the	session,
spirit of things that Im afraid I in Bovard auditorium at 7 p.m. I The children chosen to take J 1 get carried away and extend. Skipper Frank, star of the part in the Christmas program tins ( liristmas spirit to	my	KTLA program ‘‘Cartoon Carou-. were selected through the	aus-
classes instead of being my	usu-	sol" will entertain the group af-	pices of the	Community Chest
al Scrooge-like sell,” the sub-	ter which the academy award-	by SCerve, the SC agency
siitute Santa-Caldwell said.	vvinnig film, “B^ar Country” will	outside charities.
• : ' s program will beg n be shown.	Cuming	from	all	over	the	Los! planted school aren’t really ex-
"‘iti a dinner lor the children Walt	Disney	cartoons featur-	Angeies area including the	San,	P°sed to German culture,”	said
“ the sorority and fraternity	ing the	whole	cast of Disney	Fernando Valley. East Los	An-!	Van Ilalder.
tuusfc- on the row at 4:30 p m	characters will also be featured	?eles and San Pedro, the chii-1	Thus, whereas American stu-
1	Ari	innovation	in	the	program	dren ueie chosen on the basis i dents may be “studying in Ger-
■ doimitoiies aie also	par-	will t>e the singing of "Jingle	of need.	many” they	are	really	just	at-
1 ip.uing in this phase ot	the	Hells bv the ch'ldren to help For most	of the boys	and I	tending United	States-snonsored
v ' m ' * Mu Ins, time, said	Santa (	laus find his way to the	?irls, this will lie the only	gift	¡classes and aren't	coming	into
no artlord, chairman for the	show throug^j	the snow, sleet,	they will receive for the Christ-	di»-cct contact with	the local in-
tain and smog.	I	mas holidays.	|	habitants.
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Holiday Talk To Be Held
Episcopal Chaplain Michael Hamilton will be guest speaker at the Luncheon Forum for Graduate Students today at noon at the Episcopal Center.
Chaplain Hamilton will speak on the significance of Christmas for the 20th century man.
The question, “What was the need of mankind that necessitated such an invasion of the world bv God?'’ will be answer-
A private library of more than 2000 books, many of them narrating the earliest exploratory voyages along the North American West Coast, was given to SC’s library, Lewis F. Steig, university librarian said today.
The gift came from the estate of the late Henry Albert van Co-enen Torchiana. consul general of The Netherlands for the Pacific Coast and intermountain states from 1913 to 1940.
An attorney, author and book collector, van Coenen Torchiana was a close friend of Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid.
Van Coenen Torchiana received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from SC in 1930.
Valuable Items
Some of the most valuable items in the collection are “A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Bering Straits. ’ I by Otto von Kotzebue, a navigator who sought a passage across the Arctic ocean and also explored Oceania early in the 19th century.
These three volumes were published in London in 1821.
There is also a copy of von Kotzebue’s “Travel^ Around the
World,” which was published in We'mar in 1830. This is consid-
lish translator, dating from 1798, of his “Voyage Round the World.”
Other titles of note are a two-volume “Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific,” by Frederick Beechey, published in London in 1831. and the three-volume “Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.” printed in Dublin in 1784 and written by Capt. James Cook.
Cook, the discoverer of the Hawaiian Islands, was an 18th century English naval captain and explorer. Capt. William Bligh of the mutiny on the Bounty, once was one of his officers.
Numerous volumes of travel accounts pertaining to Western America, including a complete j run of the valuable Quivira Society publications, are also part
ed by the chaplain.
He will also	discuss	the	ered a true collector’s	item.
Church’s teaching	on the	Virgin	j Jean Francois La	Perouse,
birth and the significance	of	the	i 18th century French	navigator.
Incarnation.	j is represented by the	first Eng-
ASSC to Vote On Constitution
The new ASSC Constitution, ratified by the Senate 13-5 hist week, goes to the student body for final approval tomorrow and Wednesday.
Elections Commissioner Marji*rie Hlrsch annoanct-d
that the polls would opt-n in
front of Doheny Library at 9 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. both days.
of the van Coenen Torchiana collection.
The Quivira Society of Albuquerque, N.M., reprints in fine editions scarce texts relating to the Southwest.
Twenty-five volumes issued by the Arthur H. Clark Company, the noted San Francisco publisher who specialized in printing early Western travels, are included in this gift to the SC library.
One of the rarest travel books is a well preserved copy of “The Description of All the Low Countries,” by Ludovico Guicciardini, published by the well-known scholar-printer Plantin of Antwerp in 1582.
This copy is bound in a contemporary vellum.
Early California
Another one of the many examples of fine printing is Ernest Wilsee’s “Gold Rush Steamers” printed at the Grabborn Press in San Francisco in 1938. From the John Henry Nash Press in San Francisco are “California” by Alexander Forbes; “The Life of St. Franciscus of Assisi” by St. Bonaventura, ani “Jessie Benton Fremont” by Catherine C. Phillips.
A magnificent foho pub» lished by the Fine Arts Press of Santa Ana is Father Geronimo Boscano’s “Chinigscinich,” an account of the Indian mission of San Juan Capistrano.