President Fred D. Fagg Resigns After 10 Years With University
Southern
DAILY
TROJAN
VOL XLVIII
72
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1957
NO. 69
STAFF CHANCES
Gregory Named
DT City Editor
Changes in four Daily Trojan editorial positions and the addition of two others were revealed Friday by Editor-In-Chief Peter N. Synodis.
Trojan Owl Editor and DT columnist Wes Gregory has been named by Synodis to replace retiring City Editor David C. Henley.
Henley is stepping aside to devote more time to outside DT reporting and feature writing for the Beverly Hills Citizen and
Pasadena Independen t-Star News.
Bigger Staff Sought by Wampus Head
New Wampus Editor Earl I Thielen urges the University and 1 students to help him increase thr size and scope of the humor magazine.
“Ve need a bigger staff and j more contributors, particularly those with humor in their jugular veins,” Thielen explained.
“Of course, we will pay a nominal price for individual articles ments Maxine Karpman leaves j
JC Transfer
Santa Ana Junior College transfer Carl Sawyer moves into j | the DT sports editor slot taking .tim Morad’s place. Veteran sports reporter Morad will become one of City Editor Gregory's key news writers. Sawyer edited the sports page of the Santa Ana JC paper while at-
j
tending the school.
DT Business Manager Norm Nager also vacates his office in i favor of a reporting assignment , on a I^aguna Beach weekly, newspaper. He is slated to graduate at the end of this semester.
“Spike Marks” Mike Nager’s replacement is sports columnist Mike Martin. A veteran of the DT editorial stalf, Martin will handle all advertising for the publication.
Because of outside commit-
and features.”
Thielen said that more emphasis will be placed on feature material and pictures of campus and student activities. It will be more representative of the university and its students.
Willie the Wampus Bird will be crowing about the next issue which will be on the newstands in February, because Thielen has promised to continue improving the Wampus along the linos Frank Galusha started.
Galusha resigned this month because of the “pressure of out-s de activities." Thielen took over the helm after his experience in the DT photo officc, his public relations work in Las Vegas, and his colorful career in the magazine field.
Person* interested in working on the Wampus staff who have article*. Ideas or photographs or people with talent in the editorial department or In advertising and sales should contact Thielen in the D.T. Thoto Offire. 8.L 480. or phone F.xt. 270. Monday. Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons between 1:80 and 21:00. A W ampus staff meeting will be held Wednesday at 2:00 in the Photo office.
"Next years editor will be chosen from this spring semester staff ... so those interested in executive employment should enlist now.” Thielen urged in his last appeal.
her position as DT feature editor. She is succeeded by Senate reporter Jerry A. Burns.
New additions to the publication's staff, Synodis pointed out, are Gloria Donaldson, as co-society editor to work with present Editor Penny Pennington, and Barbara Beckman, as photo office manager under Editor Earl V. Thielen.
Miss Donaldson formerly wrote society news for the University of Hawaii's paper, while Miss Beckman has been a prominent figure in the photo office for more than a vear.
Special
Notices
Waiver examinations for Physical Education 101 imv-Fundamental Skills — will be held on Feb. 13, from S to 5 p.m. Examinations for Elementary Sw imming 102 will be held Feb. 14. from 8 to 5 p.m.
Those concerned can sign up in Room 107 PE. before noon of the above dates.
The following organizations must have their El Rod photo proofs turned in to the photo Skull find Dagger. Blue Key Mortar Bos rd. Chimes, Knights. Amazons, Squires. Spurs. Alpha Phi Omega and Phrateres.
DREAM
Semester Mail Sign-up Aids Student
In place of the seemingly endless queues of students in the gym at registration time, the Registration Office has made available for the second semester a student’s dream- -signing up for classes by mail.
More than 5000 students have picked up registration materials at door B of the Owens Annex and may do so until Jan. 19.
“We expect the number ot students who take advantage ol registration by mail to increase and in turn our methods of handling the procedures will become better in the following years," Howard W. Patmore, registrar, said.
Read Instructions During the first couple of days when the materials were returned, according to Patmore, the students made seveial mistakes, such as not affixing their signatures to important cards, handing in an unsigned advisor's card and not including H cards.
These mistakes cause the return of the registration materials to the sender, but on the whole the majority of students complete their forms accurately, Patmore said.
There are about 10 students working on the processing oi j the materials which must be i checked for PE classification, j missing cards and the like, sent j to the International Students j Lounge where R cards for the classes, are put in each enve- i lope, and then assessed and a fee bill number assigned to each j student.
IBM Machines
IBM machines, located in the Service Building near Stoniei ’ Hall, prepare duplicates of the various cards and assort them to be sent to the administrative offices.
Students may include a check covering tuition expenses in me envelope that they mail to the registrar or may, after receiving a fee bill, pay tuition at the Bursar's office until Jan. 30. After this date they must stand in line during the regular registration days, Feb. 7-9.
Student workers are needed for the regular registration and may apply to Mr. Hall in the Registrar's office, Mr. Hall said.
Last Year
The 3378 who registered by mail last year found that there were many things done lor them among which were the exclusion of R cards, and the arrangement of classes if they were close to fit the schedule of the students. If the arrange ments were unsatisfactory to the student he was free to speak to those working in the Owens
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Eyewitness Reporter Tells Hungarian Story
By JIM BYLIN
American prestige has declined among the Hungarian people, but eventually Communism will be set back mo>'e throughout the world due to Russia’s ruthless supDression, Russell Jones, United Press newsman in Hungary, said in a Friday press conference.
Jones, 38, was the last American on the scene in Hungary and did not leave until the Red puppet government expelled him early last month.
Neutrals Damaged
Jones said that unmeasurable damage has been done to neutral countries by Russian action, exemplified by India's Nehru almost coming out on our side.
He emphasized that the Hungarians wanted diplomatic helD from America, such as an ultimatum to Moscow, and not military aide. He added that they first looked to America for help and then to the United Nations.'
Many Factors Involved
If only the sentiment of the people was involved, it would probahlv nut the revolutionary movement back some t^n years is the opinion of Russell.
“But there are many other factors involved.'’ he said. “There's a feeling now that ‘if you want to blow up, forget about American aide’.”
He related that one Hungari-
Soviet Empire Rests on Vodka, Fear, Desperation, Lockley Says
The R ussian Empire is now resting on desperation, fear and vodka, the dean of the School of Commerce said in his January Monthly Economic Letter printed for local businessmen.
Lawrence C. Lockley express *d optimistic thoughts in his 16-page letter that within “a few months or a year or two lt may be that the hundreds ol millions of people quarantined by the Iron Curtain will be experimenting in ways of achieving democracy and human dignity.
Uke Forest Fire
“It is pretty clear by now that Communism is like a loi est fire — devastating and consuming. A strong central government feeds on the standard of living of a large number of people.
“When they are depressed to the point at which they can Contribute no more to the strong central government, other people must take their places as contributors.
“Unresisted. Communism must ultimately embrace all nations i and teed yjion all peopies uniil t.ie bountv' of the earth is u»ed
up and the people sink to death, hungry and exhausted.”
Praised Hungary
Dr. Lockley praised the workers of Hungary for making themselves “living sacrifices on the altar of Liberty.” He said “even within Russia do we get hints of riots and uprisings of people who wish to walk m dignity, to work without tear and to worship as they choose.-’
England comes up for criticism when Dr. Lockley accuses her of falling into a most obvious trap set by Russia, “the wedge Russia has tried so long to drive between England and the I'nited States." Nevertheless. he says we must remain with England and learn again how to trust her.
Must Be Allies
“Whether we feel we were deceived and let down by England. the fact remains that it is England and tbe United State* who must be allies. Our own foreign policy has been a miracle ot firmness, purpose and tolerance.
"We will work only through the United Nations. We will do
what we can to rescue England from her folly. But we will not partake of that folly!
“England is suffering from lowered productivity because labor has not welcomed progressive methods. England is suffering from a drying up of venture capital because she has attempted to appease low income groups by confiscatoty taxation of incentive incomes. England is suffering in world opinion because she has tried to maintain colonial responsibilities without the decisiveness needed.
British Partnership
“Yet England is our partner in the defense of the future. We must learn how to trust her. We must learn anew how to help England develop a will to work and a patience and judgment in negotiation. These are traits which we have looked to England for guidance in the past.
“Now we must possibly develop thern together. We cannoi allow England to sag to the level of a bickering and declining France. England.” he concludes, “is our partner.”
DT Bows Out For Semester
Today’s issue of the Daily Trojan will be the final edition of the paper for this semester.
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“We’re ceasing publication a week before finals to give the journalism students a chance to study for exams, too.*’ Editor Pete Synodis said.
Next Issue of the I)T will be printed on the first day of the spring semester, Monday February 11.
HS Interest In Debate High
More than 600 high school students were on campus Friday and Saturday competing for forensic awards in the 21st Annual Invitational High School Forensic Tournament.
Registration started Friday at 11 a.m.. and the contest was to judge those worthy of competing in the state meet. California Forensic Tournament. The students were the official guests of Tau Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Rho, national forensic honor societies.
The high school students were battling for a total of seven trophies, awarded to winners of individual events, and two traveling trophies, one for the debate winner and the other for the sweepstakes winner. Officiating at the tournament were two members of the SC faculty, Drs. Alan Nicholas, director of forensic and professor of speech, and James McBath, assistant director and associate professor of speech. Bob Croutch, captain of the SC debate squad, was tournament manager.
SC Pastor Ends Series
The Reverend Mr. John Burkhart. Presbyterian Church Pastor. will close out this semesters Sunday service series Sunday by speaking on pressures toward conformity in the campus world.
Rev. Burkhart will present his remedies for the spiritual problems of today in “Against the Crowd.”
He is a graduate of Occidental College and Union Theological Seminary in Nevv York. Formerly he was book review editor of the Union Seminary Quarterly Review.
an told him that “you Americans sure helped us a lot when we needed you, drop dead.’’ Reason’s For Revolt “However, the United States has a very great reservoir of good will and they still think of us as the ‘Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.’ They can t believe that the U.S. will let a people down.” Jones added.
Concerning riie original reasons for the revolt, which he termed spontaneous, they were “parts, of de-Stalinization and of course the fact that the Poles revolted earlier in Poznan encouraged the Hungarians.”
He brought out that revolt comes after concessions are given (de-Stalinization) and that “it wouldn’t have happened if old Joe (Stalin) were alive: he would have just chopped off a j few heads at the beginning ot I the summer.”
Russians Kept In Dark In a lighter vein Russell related an anecdote that when Russian troops arrived in Budapest. they got off the train and asked “Where's the canal.” thinking they had been shipped to Egypt.
Other stories, he said, have it that some Russians thought that they were in Germany lighting the Germans and Americans.
Business-like Atmosphere Jones also commented on the business-like atmosphere which prevailed during the revolution.
“There would be shooting on the street and then a little man on a bicycle would come peddling through,” he said.
On a personal note, he told how one morning he was sitting with a group at a window in the American legation. The Russians then moved troops in on the street belowr and opened fire above the window.
“One fellow yelle’d ‘My, God. they're firing’. We all took a dive with one character doing a breast stroke along the floor to get out,” Jones related.
Youth Fighters
The agitators in the revolution, according to Jones, were the country's youth, tired of ten years under Red rule. He brought out a paradoxial situation which existed with the Hungarians freedom fighters.
“The kids there all know how to handle tommy-guns as w-ell as hand grenades. This was all taught to them by the Russians.’’ Jones said.
Poles V iolent People On whether the time was ripe for revolution in any of the other satellite countries, he said the best chance would he in Poland.
“‘The Poles are violent people who love to fi^ht. ^"’-i'’c'q1lv the (Continued on Page 4)
GERSHENSON
Hollinger
Opposition
Explained
I
By BOB SCHULKE
In a heated ASSC Senate meeting held last Wednesday night, members voted 20 to 12 to 1 remove Senator Glen Hollinger j from President Carl Terzign's ' five - man TNE Investigating ! Committee.
The establishment oi the committee was voted by the Senate to look into what it termed “increasing evidence” of the political party's infiltration of SC student government ranks.
Leading the fight to have IIol-linger removed from the com-I mittee was Dave Gershenson, an j active participant in campus j student government.
In an effort to bring to the reader Gershenson’s reasons for his strong protest of Hollinger's appointment, the DT conducted a special interview.
Gershenson said that he did not think that Terzian's hid on the Senate floor last week for constructive challenges and sincere criticism of his decisions held any weight.
He poiated out that after making this statement Terzian added that “if anyone is looking for a fight (regarding Terzian’s investigating committee ap-I pointments) I will give it to him.”
“I do not say that Glen Hollinger is or isn’t a member of TNE,” Gershenson said in his ! challenge of Terzian's appointment. “It is my opinion that | there are other people who would be more enthusiastic and , more sincere in their desire to j see the Tong stamped out on j this campus,” he declared.
Gershenson listed his main j reasons for opposing Hollinger's 1 appointment as follows:
1.	“I feel that Hollinger. as a member of the investigating committee, would be influenced by his house. Tau Kappa Epsilon, which neither admits or denies membership in Tong.”
2.	“It is also my personal opinion that he (Hollinger) is more than just sympathic toward TNE. I base these contentions on my knowledge of the political situation at SC and my experience in student government.”
The politically - minded vice president of Blue Key added he felt that even if he had not personally made the motion to remove Hollinger, some other member of the Senate would have done so.
Trustees Vote Emeritus Title For Executive
Dr. Fred D. Fagg Jr., president of SC since Sept. 1, 1947, resigned Friday, effective July 1. He informed the Board of Trustees that he feels he does not possess the resources of health and energy to permit him to meet the ever increasing demands of his office.
In accepting his resignation, j the trustees voted to name Dr.
Fagg President Emeritus commencing July 1.
A committee of six officers of ! the board was appointed to be-i gin an immediate search for a new president. Trustee officers I on the committee are: Asa V.
! Call. Harry J. Bauer. Dr. Seeley G. Mudd, Elvon Musick. Gwynn ! Wilson, and Frank L. King.
“Many Contributions”
“It is unfortunate for the University of Southern California ' that Dr. Fagg has concluded he should resign as its President,” said Call, president of the Board ; of Trustees.
“During the years of his ad-• ministration he has made many I important contributions to the University’s success, and to its growth as a service institution.
“Under his guidance, plans for the continued development of the University's building program I were carried forward effectively.
“His leadership attracted out-I standing professors to our faculty. thereby maintaining for SC its place as one of the nation's , finest independent universities.
“It will be difficult for us to I find an adequate successor to1 President Fagg.”
Sixth President Dr. Fagg. sixth president of I SC in its 77-' ear history, came | here after 18 years at North- | western University. He had been vice president and dean of faculties there, professor of law, and dean of the School of Commerce.
He w-as director of the U.S.
Bureau of Air Commerce in 1937. and helped WTite the Air Commerce Act of 1938 on which all present commercial and private flying regulations are based.
Dr. Fagg Is a graduate of the University of Redlands. Harvard University, and Northwestern.
He taught economics at Harvard, and Northwestern early in his career, and was the first exchange professor from the L’nited States at the Institute of Air Law in Koenigsberg, Germanv, in 1928.
Fagg’s Statement
Nearly half of the 70,000 persons who have received degrees from the university were graduated during his tenure at SC.
In his letter of resignation. Dr.
Faeg said:
“In my opinion, the time has come when the Trustees should undertake to select and appoint ! the seventh President of the University of Southern California.
“It has been my high privilege to serve the University and to be ! closely associated with its grand group of Trustees, faculty, students. alumni, and friends for nearly ten years. In that period. Caltech, is we have confronted the many neer, pilot
DR. FRED D. FAGG
. . . Sixth President
tional integrity of the institu-
| tion.
“With your constant help and 1 encouragement we began to plan ahead as to what the University might becbme in the next succeeding years. Some of these dreams have materialized.
“We now enter a period of years when the University will fact its greatest opportunity for service. Pressures to meet ever increasing enrollments will call for all the imagination, ingenuity, and drive any chief executive officer and Board of Trustees can command.
“The sixth president does net possess the resources of health and energy to meet this challenge adequately.”
Willard Tops Research Unit
The School of Engineering has announced the appointment of Kenneth A. Willard as Coordinator of the Southern California Research Center.
Willard will establish and maintain a liaison with industry in the field-5 ot research requirements. cooperative educational programs, industrial student training, and secondary school guidance service.
He joined the SC staff from the missile systems division of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation where he was a military relations representative. He formerly was a sales engineer and contract administrator for Lockheed Aircraft Service, and handled customer relations for Marquardt Aircraft company.
Willard. 44. a graduate of Northwestern University and a mechanical engi-and meteorologist
problems associated with the ‘veteran bulge,’ the enrollment recession which followed, and managed to maintain the eduea-
who served in the Air Force in World War II and is a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserve.
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Indian Student Produces Color Film Showing Life in Land of Mystery
JUGGLING ACt —Not many people are aware of the richness and color of those, who live in the vast reaches of India. To lift the veil of mystery surrounding his
country, Jagat bi dtia hai produced the color film "India Rediscovered," which will be premiered Sunday night, Jan 27 at 8:30 at the Wilshire Ebell.
The veil is being lifted from India, the land of mystery, to j show her as she really is in tha full length color film. “India Rediscovered.” which will be I premiered Sunday, Jan. 27th, at I 8:30 p.m. at the Wilshire Ebell ! Theater.
The producer of the movie is Jagat Bhatia. a native of India,
! who says his production is the I first step in ‘fulfilling the aim of my life — telling the world the story of th^ true India.” “Most people here and I throughout the world have a j false impression of my country,” Bhatia claimed. “Holly-i wood pictures it as a land torn I between Maharaja and begger —either all wealth and palaces or groveling poverty. Few peo-j pie know anythin? of the lives of the common people.”
“India is rich in culture and religio.i. Her fundamental philosophy teaches tolerance and forgiveness,” he explained. “The customs ate different from the United States, but they have deep significance when they are understood.”
Bhatia claims this is the “first
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