TOPPING LAUDS ACADEMIC CRITICISM
Higher education's awareness of the criticisms it receives and the problems it laces is a healthy sign for the nation, declared President- Ncrman Topping in a speech to the 25th annual educator-banker banquet in Beverly Hills Thursday night.
"It would be really dangerous if we were self-satisfied and complacent," Dr. Topping said. “Strong public criticism is a good thing.”
He gave two examples of action resulting from a “healthy dissatisfaction” with education.
"When the 1957-53 school year began, only 16 American high schools offered courses in the Russian language.” Dr. Topping said. "Then came Sputnik and the picture changed remarkably.”
"More than 400 high schools now teach Russian, and the list is rapidly increasing,” he continued. "In addition
27 junior high schools have Russian courses and even a few elementary schools are experimenting with beginners classes in the subject.”
"And many more persons are taking Russian in college or over TV,” he added.
Another result cited by the SC president is the recognition in recent years by business and industry of their stake in post-high school education.
“Their financial contribution to higher education— especially to private independent colleges and universities —has been increasing each year,” he said.
"When I talk about a healthy dissatisfaction with education,” he continued. ‘ I must also offer a word of caution about the possibility of overccmpensation.”
"Sometimes the revolt against a convention goes too far in response to criticisms and problems,” Dr. Topping
warned "I am thinking now, amid the cries for specialization. of the failure to include the liberal arts—those general, liberal studies which are needed bv all, regardless of their vocational choice—as part of the educational process in our efforts to develop the specialist.”
He said that the liberal arts can provide an accurate and broad knowledge of the most important elements of civilization as they are revealed by the arts and sciences of both ancient and modern world.
"I do not propose the liberal .arts as a panacea,” the president added. "I do know that insofar as they are concerned with human thought and human relations and insofar as they consider the best qualities of mankind, they are very important.”
“In our present age of advancing science, it is more important now than ever before that we educate ourselves
sufficiently so that we are the masters of science,” he declared.
"I feel certain that if we do not panic because of our problems, if we do not become pessimistic because of our criticism, if we maintain a healthy dissatisfaction and work together toward bringing intelligence into the affairs of men, our future will be a good one.” Dr. Topping maintained.
“I know that we will do the job,” he added
Dr. Topping spoke at a banquet sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Banking.
The banquet was attended by members of the Los Angeles City Board of Education and administrators of the city schools, principals and three senior teachers ficm ear'll high school in the city and representatives of junior colleges.
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Reading to Reveal attorney to answer burning issue True 'Kwai' Story 0F CAilF0RNIA educational future
SENATE PARTNERSHIP
Experiences of a British officer who worker! on the legendary “Bridge on the River Kwai'' will be related today at 12:30 in 129 FIT in the English Department noon reading.
Dr. Kenneth Moritz, a distant professor of English, will read Ian Watt’s “The True Bridee on th<* Rivr'r K'vaas his contribution to “Discovery.” semester theme of the readings.
Watt was eantured in Singapore by Japanese troops in 1942. He was forced to remain in a concentration eamn in southeast Asia until the end of the war in 1915 when he was returned to h;s native England.
While b^ing held orison^r. lie worked on various railways any of which could have been the onp over the famous River Kwai.
“Afl«*r h<* eame back, he discovered tint his own exnerienccs were much different from the illusions portrayed in P. R. BouIKs Rridgft on the River Kwai’ and th® movie of the same name," Dr. Montz said.
"The basic point Watt tr es to convey to readers is the distortion of reality and meaning in order to make material acceptable to the masses.” Dr. Moritz said.
Watt’s 'attack on distortion' reveals the fact that while the film hardly acknowledges the fact that manv do not return
from prison camps, more than 20.000 men died while he was working on the railway.
“Another fals'ty of the film is I he escap? of the hero from the camp. Watt points out that it was impossible to escape trom (he Japanese concentration camps,” Dr.~Moritz said.
“Perhaps the most important inaccuracy of both the book and ¡he film was the obvious inference that western engineers had to completely plan and build the bridge.
“This was erroneous, because the Japanese were expert technologists and engineers.”
Watt stated that some of the projects had even been clashed as impossible by wrestern builders.
“F i 1 m convention insulates audiences from the reality of the world, while Watt’s piece illuminates human experience,” Dr. Moritz explained.
Watt is presently an English professor at the University of California in Berkeley.
“His work is a model of critical essay,” Dr. Moritz said. His ‘Discovery’ came when he con- | trasted the meaning of his own experience w i t h the illusions which most Americans hold.”
Next week's noon reading will be given by James Durbin, j English instructor. He will read Irom William Plomer's “Borderline Ballads.”
“What is the future of higher education in California?
This question will be answered by attorney James Ludlam at the first semiannual open meeting of the SC chapter of the American Association of University Professors, today at 3:15 p.m. in the Art and Lecture Room of Doheny Library.
Speaking as the legislative representative for the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, Ludlam will discuss what effects the “Master Survey Plan for Higher Education in the State of California” will have on private and public universities.
The survey, undertaken as a result of action by the 1959 California State Legislature, is an attempt to salve the difficulties that increased population will bring to higher education in California’s immediate future.
It is being conducted by a seven-man committee and supplemented by a number of subcommittees, Ludlam said.
Its final recommendations will be submitted to the State Senate and Assembly for action. Future legislation allocating funds to state universities and colleges will probably be determined by the survey, he indicated.
“It is important because the future of higher education in California will probably be based on this report,” said Dr. Kenneth Harwood, president of the AAUP at SC
Dr. Harwood, head of the telecommunications department, said that the Master Plan will determine what part private and public institutions will pl»v in the education of an additional million students expected to seeking higher education in California by 1970.
Rare Volumes, First Folios Found in Campus Libraries
Final
Vote
Faculty Awaits Top Report
Ten Varsity Debaters To Vie for Top Stakes
Ten varsity debaters are competing for the top awards today, tomorrow and Wednesday in the annual Western States Debate Tournament being held at the College of the Pacific this week.
They will be meeting with Hie top college speakers from the eleven Western states, and possibly Alaska and Hawaii, said Dr. James H. McBath, debate squad coach.
The three-day event is the first major championship level tournament o' the 1959-60 foren-sic season. Entrant? have h-'on preparing for it since August, reported Dr. McBath.
Representing SC in the school speech contest a e A1 an Fox. David Allswang. Helen Sa-kivama. Beverly Bate5. Bert Du-rmis. Richard Perle. Boyd Lem-
mon. Ken Moes, Burt Pines and Alan Widiss.
They left for Stockton this Sunday, accompanied by Dr. Mc-Rath, and will be going into their first rounds of competition this morning.
Six rounds of preliminary debates will be held before championship eliminations begin.
Twelve teams with the best vin-loss records will go into the quarter finals.
Competition then pyramids to final rounds in which both men’s and women’s division winners are selected, said Dr. McBath.,
For the 1 a<t three years SC ba> walked away with sweepstakes honors for over-all excellence at the Western States tourney.
By LINDA ELYEA
Rare books at SC are to be used and studied, not just admired from afar. And they can be checked out by students, as well as graduates and faculty members.
This attitude, shared by the SC library staff, was voiced by Helen Azhderian, head of the reference department in Doheny Library.
"Students often don't realize that books don't have to be old 10 be rare,” she said. “Rarity in books is constituted by three main factors: age, number of av ailable copies and, importance of the publication.”
Dohenv Librarv boasts more
land Voyage” and “Child's Gar- Spence library on rubber tech-den of Verses.”	!	nology.
University Faculty Senate members who voiced official
complaints against student participation on academic committees at the last Wednesday meeting. said today that they would wait for an Executive Çommittee report on the subject before their final vote.
Dr. Bruce	Elderrv, Jr.,
president of the Senate said that no vote was taken at the meeting concerning the ASSC Senate “partnership” resolution. This resolution asks for the placement of students on the strategic academic committees of Curriculum. Scholarship Standards j and Advisement.
Faculty members who were against this new practice told Dr. McElderrv that they would await the final executive recommendation before making their final decision.
Committee Members Members of the
DR. BRUCE R. McELDERRY
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hers on it and it is likely that this practice will be extended to other committees.” he said.
“This matter did not come up on the Faculty Senate floor for action.” he explained. “It was simply a report on the progress of the student participation committee of which I was asked to be a member.”
“It was a report, and there was no expectation of action,” he added.
“The Faculty Senate is only an advisory body.” Dr. McElder-ry said. “It can only advise the Piesident. not act on any university business.”
Senatorial Request
The Senatorial resolution requests that the administration approve student representation on the three committees.
It is an outgrov*th of last year's controversial “academia bill.” and it is the first step in the Senate's plan to expand the
“SC has a
Hne collection of “This book, like all the other ministratiye-faculty
Stevenson’s works,” Miss Azh-
hooks in the rare book collec- include students, Wallv Karabi-
“They felt that student evper
student-ad- ience was not qualified to con- areas of student government, committee tribute to such important deci-	Parliamentarian Dubin. chair-
man of the new constitutional
tion. is listed in the card cata- an. president; Trish Dw^yer, vice !	.	...	committee and organizer of the
derian said. Seventy - nine first j0gue and can be used by stu- president; Mike Loshin and Car- Thn ext'cutu^‘ committee wi aca«emia idea, said that this is editions are included in th s col- dents,” Miss Azhderian explained. 0] Howe, AMS and AWS presi-1 reP°rt to Faculty . enate at Qnjv ^ jjrsf stpn jn a fjeter-
tailed Account of Its Applications and Uses and of 1he Discovery of Vulcanization.”
This work by Charles GoodYear, the inventor of vulcanization and founder of the Goodyear Rubber Company, is most valuable because of the scarcity of copies in circulation.
It was given to Doheny Lillian 2000 editions in its rare v>raiy as part of the David book collection, while Hoose Li-	'
brary in Mudd Hall contains a separate collection.
Large Collection “Our rare book collection, one of the largest in Southern California, has been obtained through gifts and purchases and ho’dc rarities of almost every sort.” Miss Azhderian said.
First editions are often the most common criteria for judging a rare book. And SC has a good collection of these.
Among the most interesting first editions are Robert Lou's Stevenson’s “Treasure Island ’ published in 1883 and “An In-
lection.	While	age	isn't	the	only	stan-	dents;	and	Gary	Dubin,	parlia-
Another first edition, published dard for judging the rarity of mentarian. in 1855, is titled “Gum-Elastic books, it is an important one. Administrative members are and Its Varieties, with a De- : Some of the best examples are Vice President Francis Tanpaan.
found in the music library.	student-alumni affairs, and Dr.
Music theory of the 16lh cen- Robert J. Downey, dean of stu-turv is discussed in Gioseffo Zar- dents. Dr. McElderrv. acting
some later meeting (the next scheduled meeting is Dec. 16).
Dr. McElderrv said that he felt a recommendation will be ready by a January meeting.
mined effort by thè student body to assist thè university in thè evaluation of thè curricula. Student Intere«t “Olir resolution simplv re-
He said that it was possible quests the administration and that the principle of student rep- faculty to recognize and official-
Uno's “Institutioni.” which was head of the English denartment. resentative might be carried over lv encourage sincere student in-
Senate to Hold Special Debate
A special open meeting to discuss the AS SC’s new constitution will he .held today at 3 p.m. in the Foreign Students Lounge, announced .Marianne Arrington, Senator No. 1.
All senators - at - large must attend and all students are invited.
published in 1573 in Venice. will represent the faculty.
Renaissance Book	Faculty	President	McElderrv
“Isagoge in Musicen" by lien- said that some faculty members ricus Glareanus was published in seriously doubted whether stu-1516 by Fro ben. a publishing dents could contribute to unihouse in Basel. Switzerland, dur- versify committees dealing with
ing the rise of the Renaissance.
This book, although wrritten in Swiss, illustrates music forms of that day.
However, all the old books are not completely unreadable. Translations have been made for many and are also contained in th« rare book collection.
Such a translation is Herbert Hoover’s translation of “De Re Metallica Libri XII” by Georgii Agricola. This book on engineer-
serious academic matters.
from some other committees terest in tfr? academic policies of now in practice.	the university,” he said.
He was referring to a new uni- Dubin said that the students versitv ccommittee set up by were just asking the faculty-ad-President Topping.	ministration to let them partici-
"This committee on campus nate in the planning of the uni-speakers has two student mem- versity’s academic affairs.
SC Mice Invade Westwood As Coeds Scream for Help
One hundred “red and yellow” mice, distributed by the SC
ing and mining, was published Squires during last week’s
Grad Student to Tackle Tough Task As Director of James Joyce Drama
originally by Froben in 1561.
Hoover and his wife translated the contents from the original manuscript at ths British Museum.
Still Useful
The book, which holds the information useful still today, can be found in the Hoover Collection in the American Literature Library.
Examples of fine printing in modern -dav literarv works are
Homecoming activities, crawled, gnawed and literally attacked some 20 screaming Bruin coeds in the UCLA library.
The hysterical girls jumped on the tables when they 'felt the mice crawling up their legs. Complete chaos prevailed until one brave librarian finally captured the mice and turned them over to the campus police.
UCLA swore revenge at Chuck
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“Finnegans Wake." a st. gc laptation by Mary Manning om Janrs JovcSs formidable )vcl. will be the next major d.nma depar tment presen a-
"My wife thinks I’m insane r doing Joyce." said graduate ania student Norman Lofland. io is di’rciuig t’te show ?.s a aster's thesis production.
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‘I wake up and wonder vvhat ‘¡ting thing will happen e:/*h >Lolland said. “Joyce, on 1 other hand, wrote morosely nlxmt pi't excitements.’ and pome of Joyce's excitement is n<>t s0 cv^itire." h^ con'inued.
Master's Pipy
T be project of “doin^" a plav for 9 master's thesis is a little maddening it?»lf. Lofland has to personally perform even- task in the production of the play — in-
After the production is completed. he must “write up” everything concerned with it — how he handled the lighting, directing techniques, audience reaction. what value he gained from doing the work, and so on.
Alternate Plan This is an alternate plan to writing an ordinary thesis.
"I have moments when I wonder why I didn't choose the thesis, and somtimcs I just want to drop this and start writing instead," Lofland said. But he finds plenty in this production to keep his interest strong.
“My interest in Joyce came from Martin Ross, the late drama lecturer at SC, a ho said l hat this might possibly be known as ihe 'Age of Joyce,’” Lofland said.
So he began looking for a Joyce play, and found Miss Manning's adaptation of the “Wake."
Confused	Frustrated
“I took it off the shelf, read it and became frustrated and
eluding casting, lighting, direct- confused.” Lofland said. “Now,
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Luio|>ean theatep I i compared to a ‘regisseur* the man who oversees evcrvthing.”
vve’ii? doing it and everyone else
¡s frustrated <and Confuted.
But you muit not go to “Fin-ne. ins Wake” with dictionary in hand, he stressed.
A rapid and smooth reading
a musical value, as well as an ; initial understanding of the play,” he said.
“Joyce is unbelievably a musician." Lofland said. “His language is beautiful in the way of a musician's language.
Particular Sounds
“He rearranges letters in words for particular sounds—and out come about five new meanings,” he continued.
“For this production we won’t attempt to relate all five meanings,” he said. “Ralher than la-ln>r every point, well simply j present il and trust that the audience will receive it as the . reader does.”
While Joyce was really a novelist and short story writer, Lofland feels 1 hat he could have made an excellent dramatist because of th«5 strength of his language.
“But he does have a tendency to be ‘unclean' in his use of language.” Lofland said. “His language is too rich and full c« values, and not sharp and specific as tlie stage require?.”
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Loriand look his AB at the University or Wichita, Kansas, in speech, and plans to go back to the Midwest to teach at the
I will reveal "a poetical value and I college level.
1 He also expects to come back for a doctorate, and would like j to go to Europe for a while and j perhaps teach for a period in the | Mediterranean area.
Lofland's wife, Betty Jean, is currently teaching English in a ; junior high school.
I He has had prior directing experience. primarily with one-act plays, and has acted at SC in “Little Foxes.” “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Blood j Wedding,” and in major plays elsewhere.
Lofland has traced previous productions of “Finnegans Wake” at Vassar, Harvard and the Players Theater. Critics found it “an exciting introduction to the ‘Wake’ for those who had never read Joyce, and an engrossing experience for students of Joyce,” he said.
The play will be presented six times. Dec. 1 to 6. in Stop Gap Theater. Tickets are already on sale, for $1 each.
Tickets are available in Ihe j office of the drama department, next to the Chaplain’s bungalow, seating capacity of Stop Cap I Theater is about 11*5.
Therefore, students are urged to hurry if they want seats lor , I a particular night.
considered to be rare, even Phillips. SC Yell King, with the
threat. “We’ll kidnap your chief shouting mouse.”
Three body guards Dallas
though they were published as late as 195S. Miss Azhderian said.
Pamphjets put out by the Book Club of California included in the rare book collection are good illustrations of this point.
Long (270 lbs.). Ed Todd t.226 lbs.) and Dick Martin (234 lbs.) —were assigned to Phillips as-
“Although the very old and suring his appearance at Iasi delicate books are kept in the Saturday’s game, v ault, many of the others can be One student was caught by the found on the shelves lining the Westwood m^n after releasing reference reading room.” Miss the mice and was given a spe-Azhderian said.	cial haircut.
“Students interested in seeing The UCLA barbers left a large any of the publications are in- hairy blue “C” on the top of his vited to come to th,j reference otherwise barren head.
desk any time and ask,” she concluded.
DT NOTICE
Therp will he an important meeting for all Daily Trojan staff members, including reporters. copyreaders and news editors, at noon today in the cityr room, announced Larry Fisher, Daily Trojan editor.
Fisher will name the Reporter of the .Monili hnd Ihe Copy reader of the Month at the start’» monthly meeting. Attendance 1» mandatory and a monthly grade of F will he given to any »faff member not I present.
The UCLA head librarian is still not sure of the whereabouts of all the mice. She is however, certain lhat.no mice are still in' the library.
One librarian said that the
stunt was very funny and laughed, “No damage was caused by the mice—with the exception that is. of scaring several girls out of I heir wits.”
Dr. Robert Downey, dean of students, said that no action would be taken against the Snuires and said he thought il was a clever stunt.
The Squires, who had original lv thought or turning chicken« loose in the librarv. added insult
Daily Troian Photo by Bob Hols»
CHIEF MOUSE-SC Yell King Chuck Phillips, known as “chief shouting mcu'e'' to irate Bruins, defiantly seats himself between his three personal bodyguards (i-r) Dallas Long (270 lbs.), Ed Todd (226 lbs.) and Dick Martin (234 lbs.). Phillips spent last week at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house as a precaution against a kidnap by UCLA.
During the library commotion, | there was a riot in the library several students went to the ban- ¡¡inti then v\ent into (lie bushes ner storage place and told the to hide.	•
caretakers that they had been Almost immediately the 1o injury when they capit ured the sent to make sine that every- guards left their posts for the UCLA Homecoming banner the thing was all right.	library and the Trojans walked
same Thursday night.	1	Casually	they mentioned that i in and took the banner.