IFC FINDS PUBLIC RELATIONS LACKING
(Editors’ note: This is the final article in a two-part series on the fraternity presidents’ conference held at Idyllwild retreat over the weknd. Nearly 30 house presidents drew up guides for common action in the fie.’ds of scholarship, finance, public relations and rushing. Conclusions reached on the latter two problems will be discussed today.)
Lack of realization by the general public of the many charitable acts performed by fraternities and misinformation in other aspects of fraternity life have combined to leave outsiders with a false impression of their fraternitys’ value and accomplishments.
This was a major point brought out in a discussion of fraternity public relations at the weekend Idyllwild conference.
More attention should be focused on such fraternity programs as the annual Christmas dinner held at the houses for orphans and underprivileged children previous to the ASSC Christmas Show, panelists said.
Talk on noteworthy fraternity projects drifted invariably to Help Week, being held today and tomorrow at the Exceptional Children’s Home. 2225 W. Adams. Pledges from this campus will wash windows, sweep out buildings, make minor repairs, and possibly help landscape the grounds
of the home, which helps mentally retarded children with physical disabilities.
“This is the sort of thing the word fraternity stands for,” one delegate remarked.
It was also suggested that the houses work with the Interfraternity Council's public relations chairman in gaining public recognition for the many individual events sponsored by the houses.
A closer working relationship with the university and a better understanding of administrative policies was a goal set by panelists in their consideration of university-fraternity relations.
In line with the new policy of IFC to create greater solidarity among the houses and more prestige for the council, much stress was placed on inter-fraternity public relations. Row-wide events, such as car caravans to basketball games and a Row-wide party, were suggested.
The conference itself, with its opportunity for informal discussion and common fraternity participation, was praised by many of the presidents as a strong step in that direction.
The importance of good relations with the public in fraternity self-survival was pointed out in both public relations and rushing discussions.
Following the screening of a half-hour film used by
the University of Washington Interfraternity Council to explain the procedures of rushing and the purposes of fraternities, the panels came out strongly for a similar program at SC.
The film, it was suggested, could be shown on television and to groups such as PTA’s, helping parents to better understand fraternities.
A more stringent rushing program, lying somewhere between the highly formal rushing of sororities and the virtually unrestricted plan now used by fraternities, will be adopted by IFC, probably before next fall, reaction at the conference seemed to indicate.
Main points suggested for the new program included requiring all rushees to register, charging a fee for the registration, and setting up a fraternity orientation day. The orientation program could include an open house on the Row and an IFC assembly at which the rushing film would be shown.
The rushing fee, practiced many places, would eliminate perpetual rushees and others not sincerely interested in joining a house, it was argued. It would be from $3 to $5.
Stressed was the facet of selling the fraternity system as a whole to the new rushees, a job which the panelists felt IFC was well suited for.
Many of the suggestions that arose from all four
phases of fraternity problems, scholarship, finances, public relations and rushing, will come up for definite action before the IFC during the coming semester, it was indicated.
The first of what is hoped will become an annual event, the conference provided an opportunity for discussion among house presidents. But many of the sessions recognized the need for similar talks among house managers, social chairmen, scholarship chairmen, and other officers.
This, the IFC hopes, will be accomplished during a Greek Week, tentatively scheduled for sometime this spring. Going down to the grass roots level, the week could give birth to many concrete policies.
A committee headed by Wally Grainer is also planning social activities and entertainment for the week.
The value of the Idyllwild conference lay both in the discussion of common problems and the beginning of a feeling of unity among the houses. But the conference only started the task.
The important thing will be to carry through with the conference recommendations. If the IFC continues with its work, it will not only become one of the most active in years at SC, it will have begun to earn the respect it deserves.
Southern
Cal ifornia
DAI LY
TROJAN
VOL. XLVIII
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1957
NO. 66
Terzian to Name Five-man Board to Check TNE Action
Sparks Will Fly Over Choices, Wampus Editors
CONFEREES — IFC President Chuck Swan, right, discusses fraternity policy with Ken Von Rchr, Chi Phi president; C. R. Roberts, Kappa Alpha Psi president; Dick Reddick, IFC rushing chairman, and Wally Grainer,
IFC Greek Week chairman during the
Idyllwild fraternity conference. The delegates agreed unanimously on the success of the weekend meeting.
Air Safety Class Combine Departments
By MARILEE MILROY
Psychology. Business Administration. University College and Aviation Safety . . . can these be combined?
Thev have been brought together by the administrators of University College for the School of Business Administration and the department of psychology are each offering a course in Aviation Safety.
Aircraft Accident Investigation is taught by Frank G. Andrews, SC instructor in Aviation Safety, and is a registered Business Administration class.
Aircraft Industry
Members of this class are representatives of aircraft manufacturers in the Los Angeles area such as North American. Douclas. Northrup and Lockheed.
Through lectures, discussions and films the men learn techniques and procedures cf approaching an aircraft wreckage and interpreting the evidence of an accident according to the rules and regulations of the Civil Aeronautics Board.
For instance when an investi-cator approaches a wreckage he must make a diagram of each piece of evidence that will determine the nath of the aircraft as it cam* down.
Pictures Taken
He must also be ahle to take j photographs and know of what I to take them. Typical of the kind of photo wanted is a p;c-ture of grooves made in the ground by the wings of the airplane which may help in decid- | ing whether the wings touched ; land first or after the crash—-Important information for evidence.
The aircraft manufacturers fcend men to take this class because when an aircraft accident investigation is held by the CAB. the companies who manufactured the planes involved usually hold a private investigation of their own and they need men trained in the work.
Evidence Assembled
Members of this class are taught to assemble the evidence of aircraft accident investigations and to determine if any errors in design contributed to the accident.
Such factors as the causes of human error and the problems that the mind encounters in a crash are considered.
U. S. Trails Russ In Science Race
(Editor’s Note: The two conflicting ideologies of Communism and Democracy continue to clash along many lines. Foremost among these conflicts is the current technological and scientific race with its emphasis on the production of more and better engineers and scientists.
Who is winning; this race? Are i
the Russians graduating better! graduates received engineering men than the U.S.? What is the , degrees that year as compared U.S. doing to beat the Russians? ! to 63,000 in Russia. The signifi-In order to | rovide an insight ^ cance of these figures is intensi-into these questions, the Daily fied by the fact that in 1952 Trojans starts with this edition 30.000 engineers received de-to print the first in a series of grees in each country, three articles dealing with the	Education Battle
education of technical men in Ratt]e<. jn pducation pxtpnd Russia and the I .S.) ^	j a]so tQ thp conferring of PhDs, |
By JOE NE\ENS	which are warning guideposts in
-The U.S. is being beaten at j themselves in relation to the , it’s own game”	future. In 1S52, those in the U.S. 1
‘‘Education is a modern front j qualifj ing ,or their doctorates j line in global strategy."	! numbered 3800. with an increase
“Engineering and science are j 'n 1^55 to 4400.
the main fields of action in a modern technological civilization.”
“The Russians are graduating more technical people than the
U.S.”
Russian leadership is again ! illustrated by the “kandidat” ! qualifiers (a similar but slightly ; lower equivalent of the American PhD i. who numbered 5900 in 1952 and increased to 8400 in
"The Russians are producing 1955.
both quantity and quality engineers and scientists.”
Hot and Cold Barring an out and out physical “hot war,” the "cold war”
Until recentlv, quantity but not quality in Russian engineers and scientists was the assumption of western educators, who were willing, at least, to ac-
between £ommunist East and ! knowledge a numerical advan-
Free West has shifted to educa tional and research frontiers, according to SC professors and observers of international power politics.
"Russia is beating us at our own game," said Robert E. Vivian. dean of the School of Engineering. "They are now grad- ' uating two and a half times the j number of engineers that we are. These surplus technological people are being made available to areas like Asia and Africa.”
Russian Supreacy
According to the National | Science Foundation, the 1955 total of U.S. engineers was 575.-000. with 535.000 for the Soviet Un’on. These figures will lead to a Russian supremacy in engineering manpower, recently warned Dr. John T. Rettalista, president of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
"In a year or two, the Russians will overtake the U.S. in the total number of engineers,” he said last November.
Looming Crisis
A somber warning of the looming crisis in the engineering picture was revealed by the scholastic statistics of 1955. They showed that 23,000 U.S.
tage in Russia. The theory was that Communism and a scientific mind were not a practical combination.
Nakedly Revealed But evidence to the contrary is nakedly revealed today in Russia’s program toward perfecting the II-Bomb. nuclear weapons and jet air power, to j
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New Members For A Phi 0 Being Sought
Applications are available for those w’ho wish to join Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, and the blanks may be picked up in 220 SU, the fraternity office until Jan. 18.
Popularly called “APhiO’s ’, the organization is open to all SC men who have completed at least one semester of school and have a 2.0 grade average.
"The fraternity is especially interested in freshmen and sophomores who would like to give service to the University and want opportunities for leadership,” said John Jones, membership vice-president.
Service in these four fields 1) University 2> community 3> nation and 4) other chapters throughout America is the foundation of Alpha Phi Omega.
At SC the fraternity cooperates in such activities as orientation of foreign and new students, passing out the song sheets at football games, helping the Trojan Band sponsor the High School Band Day and working on the Christmas Show.
During the spring semester the group enters the Songfest, collects for the Troy Chest and works for the Blood Drive along with helping the National Student Association and ushering at the religious services on Sunday.
In the field of service to the i community the APhiO's pro- j vide leaders for boy's clubs and j summer camps. They helped to replant the burned area of Lake Arrowhead this fall and will probably do some work in the Malibu area, Dick Blankenburg. member of the organization said.
As to their national significance and aid to the other chapters, the service fraternity works on Civil Defense. publishes newsletters and exchanges service projects.
‘‘The fraternity is not limited to independents or to social .fraternities but cuts across all social, racial, and religious barriers and a student in any year may join,” said Blankenburg.
By JERRY A. BI RNS
Sparks are exacted to fly tonight at the ASSC Senate meeting when President Carl Terzian names his tive man TNE Investigation Committee.
The question “Will TNE be investigated by TNE members?” is to be answered at 7 p.m. when Terzian announces his choices for the inquiry. Anti-Tong politicians and so-
Wampus hurror magazine will enter the Senate limelight this evening when the Board of Publications puts up its recommenu-ed candidate for editor. The Senate must approve the person who will replace retiring Frank L. Galusha Jr. in the post.
Final decision by the board will be made today at 2:30 p.m. in 215 SU. All interested in becoming editor of the magazine
i called independents are expeci- are requested to apply to the ed to challenge any committee- Board of Publications, men that are suspected of TNE siding.
“All of my choices can be I challenged,” Terzian said. "However. I feel it only fair that proof be shown before innocent i f people are labeled as being in
PRE-FLIGHT CHECK—Frank G. Andrews, division of aviation safety, SC, checks an H-13 helicopter at the Army Aviation Center prior to take-off. r. Andrews, a licensed pilot, visited Fort Rucker to become certified to fly Army Aircraft. At SC he instructs students in aircraft accident prevention. Pictured with Andrews (checking the rotor blade) is Lt. J. B. House (on ground) an Army aviation instructor.
SC to Host Pilots In Aviation Class
TNE.”
Areas of probe for the group will be TNE interference m
A telegram was sent last Sunday night by ASSC president Carl Terzian in the name of the student body to Comedian Red Skelton and his wife Georgia, j expressing concern for the condition of their son Richard, recently stricken with leukemia.
Th« comedian has aided the College
Veterans attending school under Public Law 190 or Public Law 550 (Korean GI Bill) who fall into one or more of the following categories should contact the Office of Veteran Affairs, basement of Commons. before Jan. 18.
Veterans planning to:
1.	Receive a degree at the end of the current semester, on Jan. 30.
2.	Change degree objective.
S. Change major.
4. Transfer to another Institution.
Elwyn E. Brooks Assistant Registrar
Writing Aim Wins Fame; Seven Came
Seven men have been pledged j to Sigma Delta Chi? national pro-1 fessional journalism fraternity, | it was announced yesterday by Doug Cameron, president.
New pledges are Richard Blankenburg, DT reporter; Mike j Martin. DT business manager, former sports columnist and news editor; Warren Obluck DT reporter; Carl Sawyer, DT reporter and sports columnist; Robert Schulke, DT reporter and former photo editor; Robert Speck, DT sports writer and columnist; and Earl Thielen, Jr., DT photo editor.
Cameron said that the date of initiation has not yet been decided upon, other than that it wilt be in February.
By JIM BYLIN
In cooperation with the Armed Forces of the United States, SC holds continuous eight week courses in aviation safety for selected pilots of the Air Force, Army and Navy.
Frank G. Andrews, instructor in Aviation Investigation and Prevention, explained the intricacies of the two month course to the DT yesterday.
“Our job is to train aviation safety officers in accident investigation and prevention, aviation physiology and psychology, aeronautical engineering and educational principles,” Andrews explained.
Helicopter Helions
The three branches of the services each send 25 men every eight weeks for the training program. The course has been in existence for three years \Vhen the Air Force first contracted the university.
Andrews recently returned from Fort Rucker in Alabama w here he became certified t) fly the basic Army aircraft, the helicopter.
“For two weeks at Fort Rucker I took as much of tne Army course as possible. In fact I put in 40 hours flying time m the two-week period where normally it's 60 hours in air over 22 weeks,” Andrews said.
Mail Goes Through
Although Andrews is a lice.iscd pilot and has been flying ter 32 years, the Army wanted him to be familiar with the helicopter. Through the jears hc has flown mail in the old Ford Trimotor ‘ and worked tor the Ci\il Aeronautics Administration and the Air Force among other groups.
Andrews explained that the course is divided into five classes: aeronautical engineering, which takes up the structure of the plane along with
basic air dynamics; aviation psychology, which deals with all the human factors having to do with accidents; aviation physiology, which considers the effects of aviation and high altitudes; and aviation education, which shows how to translate the knowledge learned in the program to others.
Finally the application of the material in practical usage is taught in aviation investigation and prevention. The 75 students currently in the course attend classes by service branch from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Open to All
One other phase of the aviation safety department is the holding of two courses for the university-at-large; aircraft accident investigation and human factors in aircraft design.
A new course will begin this month for flight managers, or supervisory pilots, of United Airlines. According to Andrews, the department will conduct j four classes of 15 each over a three-week period. The course will be slanted toward the care of new' jet aircraft._
University on various occasions, the most recent being his ap-; pearance during the football season to provide pre-^ame entertainment.
The text of the telegram follows:
“The student body of the University of Southern California joins me in fervent prayer for the immediate and permanent recovery of your precious son. We must have faith in the love and mercy of Almighty God. For if it is His will, Richard's life will be spared.
“May our Heavenly Father once again bring happiness and joy to your home in the same way you have always brightened the homes of millions of people throughout the world.”
Carnival Plans
Plans for a county fair ana carnival sometime in May wul be presented by Senator-at-. Large Laird Willot. Under the plan, the event will be held in one of the large university park ing lots. All funds taken in wiil be put into the Troy Camp funn
In keeping with a Terzian administration concept that high school and junior college leadeu should be invited to Senate meetings, 16 people representing seven schools will attend tonight's meet.
Ed Tilling, student body president, will come from Pomona John Burroughs High
School will send Ron Stillwell, student body president, ar.d Linda DeVol vice president.
From Los Angeles High School will be Burt Pine, president, and John Simmerman, Pat Osio,
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Wesley Club Meets Tonight Map Retreat
Official
Notice
The lni\ersity Photo Shop has announced it will begin taking Senior portraits for El R^deo Jan. 14 through March 1.
The picture* will be in cap and goun which will be supplied by the Shop. White shirt and tie are required and seniors are urged to make appointments as early as possible. The Photo Shop is open everv day from 9 to 5.
student politics and other student activities.
Investigate Pressures
“The Senate committee wiil see if undue pressures have been applied by TNE on some student officers, and if these influences are subverting the welfare of the university,” Terzian said.
All concrete evidence which will lead to the ousting of TNE influences will be sought out and reported on by the inves tigators.
Feeling is high that TNE investigations come as often and as consistently as spring time.
Even the most anti-TNE ia croons are quick to admit that there is little concrete evidence against any person or fraternity house.
Library Report
Another key Senate topic for tonight will be a report by the Library Investigation Committee on the results of its 3t)0 questionnaire poll ^mong students.
Terzian said that findings of the committee will be used to push immediately toward corrective measures through tt’e Faculty Library Commission.
“Our committee will continue its work through next semes- i The Council
ter,” he said.
Final plans for the annual Wesley Club Planning and Recreation Retreat will be made at tonight's meeting at the University Methodist Church.
Also to be heard are a talk on “Our Function as a Campus Group” and a report on the Regional Convention of the United Christian Student Council.
The retreat will be held February 1, 2, 3 and 4 at Sky Meadows near Rarton Flats in the San Bernardino mountains. The campers will plan the Spring semester activities for Wesley Club giving emphasis to worship services, speakers, discussion topics, publicity, finance and mission service.
Special events to be considered are the annual International Students Banquet. Songfest and the possibility of having more retreats. Reservations for the retreat must be made through Jack Shaffer by Jan. 18.
Tonight's talk by the Reverend Shaffer will point out the purposes of a religious organization and its relationship to the rest of the campus.
Reporting on the United Christian Student Council conference will be Patty Bearcrott, Pat Bayless. Ray Wood and Jim Lusk. Wesley Club president.
a federation of
Protestant student movements.