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IQS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1960
NO. 66
SENATE TO VOTE ON STANDING RULES
Dean Reports TROJANS CALL FOR NAMES Group Will Debate Book Censors TO SAVE CHESSMAN'S LIFE Field-of-Study Plan
Nothing New
'AGING AND DEATH'
Scientist to Discuss Causes Of Shorter Life Expectancy
Dr. Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize-winning Caltech scientist, will discuss the causes of “Aging and Death” in the nuclear years when he speaks before the Faculty Club at noon today.
The Caltech scientist, widely known fo rhis efforts to ban nuclear testing, will outline and analyze the principal causes of decreased life expectancy for the average American.
Dr. Pauling said he would tell t he faculty luncheon group of the many every day factors contributing to a lower !iie expectancy rate in America.
Smoking Big Cause
“Smoking cigarettes is the principal cause.” he said in a pre-leciure statement.
The average person lowers his life expectancy by about four years because of smoking, Dr. Pauling explained.
“Auto accidents suggest another important cause in decreasing life expectancy," he said.
Dr. Pauling has long advocated the banning of nuclear weapons testing as a means of controlling the negative effects of radiation and atomic fall out.
In a speech at SC a year ago today, he explained how radia- j tion can cause gene mutations, leading to both mental and j physcial defects.
“The radioactivity of dirty j bomb testing sweeps up dust which is spread throughout the! world,” he said.
Indians Plan New Format For Spring
This semester, the Indian Slu- , dents Association is changing its format to attract a wider cam- I pus response than that shown in : the past, said Ravindra C. Vas- | avade. newly elected president of the group.
“In previous years, the group ; has aitracted an outside audi-i ence, hut has drawn little stu-! dent interest.” he said. “To change this they are planning ’ more activities and are welcoming suggestions on how to make ; their programs more entertain- \ ing and interesting for all.”
Other officers elected at the 1 reeenl meeting were Piroja Shroff, general secreaarv; Ma-handra Karia, treasurer; Sudh;: Patel, entertainment secretary; : Mrs. Asha Nadkar, education chairman; Pritam Singh Purba, j social chairman; and Surendra Mathur. publicity chairman.
Among the plans which the; group mae’e is the showing of i “Naya Daur.” an Indian movie reflecting the new era in India since the country gained independence.
The film will be shown on February ’26 in 133 FH at 7:30 p.m.
Folk dancing, traditional music and a current look at village life in India are amoncr the features of the picture, which stars ! many figures currently popular in India.
DR. LINUS PAULING
... to speak
“Pecp!e living within radiation range of a dropped bomb can be exposed to 35 times the amount of radiation needed to kill them from radioactivity sickness,” he added.
“There is no way for us to destroy Russia without destroying ourselves, and it is impossi-
Bandy Recaps Island Rocks
Dr. O. L. Bandy, SC geologist, will begin this term's series of department speeches at noon today with a discussion of “Geologic Reconnaissance of the Philippine Islands.”
He will base his talk on his recent tour of the Philippine Islands.
The geologist was sent to the Philippines last summer to interpret the stratigraphy of the Islands. His work involved study of marine sedimentary rocks deposited on the site of former seas.
Interested in Resources
“People in the Philippines are tremendously interested in developing their natural resources to advance their nation as rapidly as possible,” Dr. Bandy reported.
“Since the Philippines have never been noted for oil production. the discovery df that nations tirst oil well has caused considerable excitement in the Islands,” he said.
The discovery of oil on Cebu Island was the first since the few Spanish attempts in the late ISOOs.
Redeco Oil, a Philippine company and one of those that financed Dr. Bandy’s stay in the Islands last summer, made the strike in September.
Illustrates Lecture
Results of his probings and slides taken during his study will illustrate the lecture.
The geology department’s noon meetings are designed for dissemination of research findings. They also offer an opportunity for student speaking experience.
The first meeting will be held in room 412 Bridge Hall and is open to the public.
ble for them to destroy us without doing the same to themselves,” he declared at that time.
“Dr. Pauling almost single-handedly brought about a moratorium in weapons testing,” said Dr. Paul Saltman. associate professor of biochemistry at SC.
The moratorium Dr. Saltman wras speaking of w as broken last week whfen France exploded her first atomic bomb in t.he Sahara.
This explosion marked the first nuclear test in over a year.
Primarily known as a crystal-lographer and physical chemist, Dr. Pauling has been the re-ceipient of many scientific awards and honors, Dr. Saltman pointed out.
Prize Winner
In 1954 Dr. Pauling received the Nobel Prize for chemistry award for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and j the structure of the complex ' protein molecule.
“Dr. Pauling was one of the first to fully understand how’ molecules arç bound together,” ! Dr. Saltman said.
Presently Dr. Pauling has been investigating the relationship of I mental disease and chemical fac-tors.
“Dr. Pauling has decided that i there might be a chemical, mole- j cular basis for mental disease,” Dr. Saltman explained.
Various chemical changes in cells may very well be a contributing factor to mental illness, he added.
The well-kown Caltech chemist recently made headlines when he was stranded for 24 hours on a ledge overlooking the Pacific in the Big Sur recreation area in Monterey last month.
KUSC to Air African's Talk On Education
Female Hardy Opens SC Woman s World
“Women in Politics” will be the subject of Georgiana Hardy’s "Woman's World" lecture at 3:30 p.m. today in 133 FH.
Mrs. Hardy, member of the Los Angeles City Board of Education. continues the current lecture series being sponsored by the Associated Women Students’ Board.
In tiiis series, the boat'd is trying to meet the demands of university women for additional emphasis on culture and current events and to provide discussion on woman’s place in today’s society, Carol Howe, president, said.
Mrs. Ilardv lias said that women should lake a part in public offices and party politics
to a
neater extent than they
She feels also that if more women went into politics, the stigma of “dirty politics” would . be great lv lessened.
In answering the question of why there are so few women actively participating in politics, Mrs. Hardy said that it stems lrom two problems women refuse to face.
“Women in general are first of all not willing to discipline themselves to becoming informed on public issues,” she said. “They don’t lead the editorial pages of a newspaper and in some cases they vole according to vvliat peo-i pie say or how their newspaper I marks a ballot.”
Herbert Claude Butler, a member of the Federal Ministry of Education in Rhodesia and Ny-asaland, will discuss education in Africa tonight at 7 on the KUSC - FM program, “International Inn.”
An educationa 1 aids officer, i Butler has specialized in tht use ! of audio - visual services in education. He came to the U. S. under the Snecialist Exchancre Program of the U. S. State Department.
Audio-Visual
While here, he plans to study the organization, administra’ion.
' production. distribution and ; practical teaching use of audio-| visual aids.
Since Butler was largely responsible for the introduction of educational television in Rhodesia and Nyasaland. b^ has a j special interest in this field.
“Audio - visual education will have more than ordinary importance in Rhodesian education because of the remoteness of many schools from urban center* and j the frequently limited back-j grounds of the oeople in Western culture.” he said.
Divided Government
However, this education will be verv cnmnlex sinee the government of the area’s 7 million people is divided. Butler pointed out.
Nvasaland and Northern Rhodesia are British protectorates while Southern Rhodesia is self governing.
Butler's audio - visual unit is | the onlv one that serves all three I territories.
He hones that by the use of such audio - visual equipment as mobile cinema and traveling museum exhibit«;, a “mutual understanding will H? buiH un amon? the peoples of the area's multiracial society.”
Today s Weather
Mostly sunny with some high clouds is what the weatherman says is in store for SC todav.
Little change in temperature is expected, with a high near 72. | Administration.
Censorship of books and reading material is nothing new, said Dr. Martha Boaz, dean of the SC School of Library Science yesterday in her opening statement to the library workshop for Southern California school and public librarians.
“Censorship has been with us more than two thousand years,” the dean declared.
“In 387 B.C. in Greece, Plato said Homer unexpurgated was unfit for immature readers,” she said. "In 35 A.D. Caligula tried to suppress the ‘Odyssey’ because it expressed Greek ideals of freedom which were considered dangerous in autocratic Rome.
Works Burned
“In 1497 the works of Ovid and Dante were burned. In 1885. the ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was banned in Concord, j N.H., as ‘trash and suitable only I for the slums,’ ” Dr. Boaz con-! tinued.
She said that tne answer to censors lies in the individual's i responsibility and willingness to promote basic freedoms.
Librarians have recently been accused of being timid and fearful when faced by pressure groups demanding them to take books off library shelves, Dr. Boaz said in discussing a recent report on public and school libraries.
External Influences
The report, compiled by sociologist Marjorie Fiske and released last year, intimated that book selection policies in school and public libraries throughout California have been very much influenced by external sources.
This report. “Book Selection and Censorship," was prepared for the Fund for the Republic and published by the University of California Press at Berkeley.
It was the central point of discussion at yesterday's workshop, and librarians attending the conference, while all agreeing on its value as an important critique of library practices, were not agreed on its general validity-
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Med Students To Hear Talk
Dr. Michael B. Shimkin, chief of the biometry branch of the National Cancer Institute, will speak to students and professors of the SC School of Medicine on “The Biometric Aspects of Neoplastic Disease,” at 4:30 p.m. today.
His lecture, to be held in the L. A. County Hospital audilori-um, will be the second of eight weekly presentations of the latest information on cancer research in the second annual guest lecture series arranged by Dr. Lewis W. Guiss, coordinator of cancer teaching in the SC M^dic^l School.
Dr. Guiss is an associate clinical professor of surgery on the medical faculty.-
Dr. Shimkin, a graduate of the Universitv of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco, has been with the U. S. Public Health Service since 1939.
He is scientific editor of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and assistant chief of clinical activities in cancer chem-otherapv for the National Service Center.
Registration Nea rs Close
The last day to pick up registration materials will be Friday. David Evans, registrar, announced today.
Drop and add cards and other materials will be available in Owens Annex, door B. until then.
Photo identification pictures and fee bill payments are being handled in Receipls Audit, Owens Annex, upstairs.
University College registration materials are available in the University College office, 252
Two SC students, both English majors, will be petitioning in front of the Student Union for eight hours today in an attempt to save the life of Caryl Chessman.
Chessman, sentenced to death 12 years ago under the state’s “Little Lindbergh Law,’’ is scheduled to die Friday morning.
Dave Allswang and Richard Perlc are acting in a • last-minute attempt to sway Governor Pat Brown to clemency.
They feel that to execute Chessman now would be contrary to all principles of justice.
“To kill Chessman after 12 years of premeditated vengeance would be contradictory to the very law of society which forbids this,” said Allswang.
Chessman, who has pleded his case through the State Supreme Court, has been granted 12 different stays of execution, explained Allswang.
“He has based his plea on the fact that he hasn’t received due process of law,” said Allswang.
Chessman, who has pleaded his case through the Deputy Public Defender A1 .Matthews as legal adviser, claims that transcripts of his case were inaccurate.
“The court reporter in the case, who was related to the prosecuting attorey, died and the transcript had to be reconstruced from the notes,” said Allswang.
The defendant, Chessman, was unable to go back and check verbatim testimony. Throughout the trial the prosecutor had the advantage of a transcript without asking the court to formally make it available, added Perle.
In addition, Chessman’s conviction wras upheld under the “Little Lindbergh Law,” which has since been repealed.
Chaplain Sees Change In Missionary Tactics
By MIKE ROBINSON
One of the most crucial Senate meetings of the year will take place tonight when the ASSC Senate will make the all-important decisions of whether or not to adopt the statute to establish major-field-of-study organizations and the proposed senate standing rules.
ASSC President Wally Karab-ian *and political science Senator Gary Dubin, co-authors of both proposals, will be pushing for a “yes” vote on the legislation placed on the agenda for the evening.
It is likely that the major-field-of-study statute, written in coordination with President Norman Topping's pursuit of aca-demic-excellence program, will pass the scrutiny of the 40 senators with only a chance of minor alterations.
Presidential Powers
Another matter, however, Is : the ASSC senate standing rules composed by Karabian and Du- , bin.
By virtue of the new constitution. the ASSC president has ! the power to appoint the chair- ■ men of the 14 senate committees proposed by the standing rules.
It is not a well-kept political secret that Karabian’s choice for rules committee chairman is cohort Gary Dubin. Dubin. who worked along with Karabian on
is the community service committee.
Proposed to University Chaplain Clinton Neyman by Rev. C. Frederick Stoerker, this committee will investigate &ays of serving the community.
There will also be a social committee. to establish social regulations and policies. This area was formerly handled by the ASSC vice president.
Gallion Guides Soviet Group On L. A. Tour
By PENNY LERNOUX
Asst. City Editor
Missionary tactics, not goals, : have been undergoing an evolu-1 tion during the last 50 years in the Far East, says SC Chaplain ; Clinton A. Neyman.
"The idea of 'converting the heathen’ rarely exists today. Instead, missionaries are recognizing the need to go half way in understanding and appreciating the other man's religion," he says.
Although the admitted goal of most missionaries is to convert, their methods of conversion usually lack any evangeliciz-ing quality and place more emphasis on practical humanitar-ianism, .Chaplain Neyman believes.
Practical Beliefs
Reverend Jack Shaffer, minister of the University Methodist Church, also believes that practical religion is most widely believed in by Far East missionaries.
"The man who is starving in the streets without any bread isn't going to be anxious to debate his philosophy of life. He's more interested in just living,” he says.
While he was on his recent trip to Asia, the Rev. Mr. Shaffer noted, for example, that in Rangoon. Burma, even the Yugoslav embassy was sending its children to the city’s mission school because of the excellent education it offered.
Conversion Basis .
"This points up the fact that | schools, hospitals, agricultural
technical aid and other practical programs are on the basis of mis-j sionarv conversion to Christiani-j ty in these countries.
"Without a sound economic background, these people cannot j be converted and remain converted. They are too busy just ex-j isting to study, understand and espouse the philosophical tenets
i of Christianity.” he says.
Both Rev. Shaffer and Chap-| lain Neyman admit, however, j that there are still some conservative missionaries who believe the word of God is more important than His bread.
These people, like evangelist Billy Graham, have a certain i amount of success in conversion, i of course, but these effects are
Croup Plans Dinner Event
Alpha Kappa Psi, national professional commerce fraternity, will hold a dinner at 6:30 tonight at Rudy’s Italian Inn, 3773 Crenshaw blvd.
Guest speaker for the dinner will be Rene Dussac, associate manager of the Prudential Insurance Company. He will speak on "Insurance as a Career.”
not lasting because they are not built on the stability of reality,” Rev. Shaffer believes.
Real conversion to Christianity comes through the efforts of the liberal missionary. “This type of converter is not only realistic but also tolerant,” says Chaplain Neyman.
“He realizes that all religions have something good to offer. For instance, Bishop Newbegin, an Episcopalian, now heads a union of churches of different faiths in India, which points out the fact that all churches can help all people." he says.
The liberal missionary also sets an example of his faith — but
not consciously, feels Rev. Staffer.
“There is no outward desire to convert in this type of missionary. He does not shout evangelical speeches. He merely does what he thinks is right.
By JO ANN MADRON
First-hand knowledge of Russian views on American architecture was voiced by Dr. Arthur B. Gallion, dean of the School of Architecture, today, when he recounted his experiences while hosting a group of Russian architects last week.
The 10 architects, headed by V. A. Kucherenko, chairman of the Soviet State Building Committee, Visited Los Angeles last Friday and Saturday. They are on a nationwide tour as guests of the American Institute of Architects.
The Russian visitors are the rules, is bv far the logical studying American arcnitectuie man for the job.	I	and building techniques and
The rules committee,	made	up !	have visited New York, Philadel-
of people selected	by	the	chair- i	P^ia, Washington and Miami,
man, wields great power, in that,	Russian Research
according to the standing rules, it may pass or stop all legislation before it goes before the senate.
Preventive Vote
Dr. Gallion said, “They are searching for ways and means of economical developments in construction, and are in search of new and different structural
The only way legislation can ¡ methods.
escape the dictates of the rules committee is by a two-thirds vote of the senate members.
Beside having the responsibility of clearing all legislation, the rules committee acts as senate parliamentarian.
Beside the rules committee, five other committees have been retained from the old senate. These include elections, publications. financial control, spirit and forum.
Although the duties of these committees are basically the same, except in the revised spirit committee, they will have
“The Russians are looking for advancements in ‘thin shell concrete construction. * a means of economically spanning large areas.”
He said the group was interested in seeing factory areas and industrial developments.
"They were concerned that workers in factories did not have accommodations as nice as the salaried workers,” he commented.
Impressive Building
They were particularly impressed with the Union Oil
Building and thought it was a
more volume in voicing their j little strange that private indus-suggestions on university policies try would, construct such a than ever before.	|	building.
One of the most novel con- Dr. Gallion commented that cepts of these new committees I	(Continued	on	Pag*	2)
Y Sponsors New Series On Mysteries of Buddhism
Beatniks are about to lose their monopoly on tne mysteries of Zen Buddhism when the local YWCA takes up a discussion of tfiis controversial philosophy today at noon in line with its program of probing into the unusual.
Trojan interest in Zen has been stimulated by the YWCA-
sponsored study on mysticism.
Last term, Dr. Ray Jordan, member of the SC department of religion, directed many students, pastors, and faculty members in a study of the basic concepts of mysticism. Persian thought and philosophical schools of the East were studied.
Means .Meditation
“Zen is the Japanese pronunciation -of the Chinese word ‘Ch'an.’ usually translated into English as ‘meditation,’ ” says Dr. Jordan.
The main points of Zen have been summed up in an essay by Suzuki.
"Zen has its own four statements: a special transmission outside the Scriptures; no dependence upon words and letters: direct pointing to the soul of man; and seeing into one’s nature and the attainment of Buddhahood." writes the philosopher.
Same Lines
The format of today’s discus- j sion will continue along the line of last year’s study, with Dr. I Jordan guiding the group in a study of Zen from its historical | and literary standpoint.	1
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ligion, explains the
Daily Trojan Photo By Ed Sheanuv
Jordan, assistant professor of resignificance of the eagle in Zen chaplain Charoiotte Hawkins. Dr. a series of discussions at the Y on the concepts and significance of Zen. Zen will be studied from both a historical and a literary standpoint.
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to YWCA II conduct