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SUMMER TROJAN
Vol. XII
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Los Angeles, California, Monday, July 15, 1957
No. 6
HARBOR TRIP—Summer Session Students took a c-ond tour of the L.A. Harbor last night. A car caravan took the group to Pacific Lo'ic’ng from which it left for the two
hour tour. A Wednesday night dinner in Chwnatown and a Saturday trip to Catalina Island highlight- social calendar this week. URA is in charge of the all-campus events.
Students to Rickshaw Down to Chinatown
Chinatown throws its doors open to Summer Session students for dinner Wednesday night and Catalina Island hosts the Trojans in a 10 hour visit on Saturday.
The two trips are part of the fat University Recreation Association slate for Summer Session students.
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The Chinatown trip provide students and faculty member« wiih the opportunity to see the shops, hand writing analysis, ?.rd the wishing wells of old Chinatown.
According to the URA office, the price of the dinner will be what the individual visitors wish t-» spend.
The trip will leave from the PE Building at 5 p.m. Sign-up sheets are available in the URA office, 112 PE.
Saturday, the island of Catalina will host Trojans. Close to 123 arc expected to take the 10 hour trip.
Promptly At G
The SC croup will board water taxis for the 2-hour boat trip ami will spend six hours basking in the sunshine and sightseeing on the off - shore island.
URA Director Tillman Hall emphasized that the group will leave campus promptly at 6 a.m. The water taxi leaves the Long Beach pier at 7:30 a.m. for students and faculty who would find it more convenient to meet there.
Catalina Island, from 9:30 to
3.	will provide the SC visitors with activities including the glass bottom and speed boat rides, swimming, bicycling, diving bell rides, tours of the bird farm and motor tours of the island. All of these are offered at little or no cost.
Few Spots
The tour will be back in Los Angeles at 6 p.m. Cost is $6.00. | Hall emphasized that only a few spots remain and students and faculty interested should sign up ifi the URA office as soon as possible.
In other URA activities; planned, the weekly square and : folk dancing session is set for
; Tuesday night in the dance studio of the PE Building. And on: Thursday, the weekly social and round dance workshop is set for^ the dance studio. Both sessions 1 are from 8-10 p.m.
j CALENDAR OF EVENTS
TODAY
LECTURE — “China,” by Dr. Joseph Lauwerys, professor of comparative education. University of London. At 2:15 p.m. in 133 FH.
TUESDAY, JULY 16 ASSEMBLY LECTURE—“Tragedy in Transition,” by Dr. Edwin B. Pettet, professor of dramatic arts, Amherst College. At 11 a.m. in 133 FH. DANCE — Square and Folk Dancing. 8-10 p.m. in Dance Studio, PE Building.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 LECTURE—“Westernism in the Arab World,” by Dr. R. Bayly Winder, department of Oriental studies, Princeton University. At 2:15 p.m. in 133 FH. EDUCATIONAL AND RECRE-ATIONAL ACTIVITIES— Chinatown Dinner. At 6:30 p.m. (Make reservations immediately at URA office, 112 PE.)
THURSDAY, JULY 18
LECTURE—“The Hero Today,” by Harold E. Briggs, professor of English. At 2:15 p.m. in 133 FH.
SATURDAY, JULY 20 EDUCATIONAL AND RECRE-ATIONAL ACTIVITIES— Catalina Island. (Make reservations immediately at URA office, 112 PE.)
Air Engineer To Present Jet Lectures in S.F.
James C. Nielsen, lecturer in aeronautical engineering at SC, will present a series of lectures tomorrow' and Wednesday to United Air Lines pilots in San Francisco during the change being made by United from propeller - dr iven aircraft to jet transports.
According to Nielsen, the lectures will cover the range capability of turbojet aircraft and the effect of altitude on this capability in comparison with reciprocating powered aircraft, the effect of altitude and weight on take-off capability of turbojet aircraft, and the effect of sweepback on lateral and longitudinal stability.
In addition to the San Francisco talks, Nielsen is scheduled to present similar programs to United pilots in Seattle, Denver. Chicago and New York.
Pettet to Tell Decline Of Tragic Concept
An account of the decline of the concept of dramatic tragedy will be given tomorrow morning in the Summer Session’s fourth Assembly Lecture. Edwin B. Pettet, associate professor of drama at Amherst College, will give a free public lecture on “Tragedy in Transition” at 11 in in 133 FH.	- j -------------------*
China Lecture On Tap Today
Pettet intends to trace “as accurately as I can, what the causes have been for the change in the tragic concept that the Greeks had. And I’ll also try to discuss what the influences of modern thinking on that concept have been/'
Quality Diminished In tomorrow’s lecture. Pettet will attempt to show “what has taken place in man’s view of life that has served to diminish the quality of tragedy.
Pettet feels that thrre is little of the tragic feeling left in today’s drama. “Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ might be called a modern tragedy,” he says. “But this is a distinctly different thing from what the, Greeks had in mind.”
Deprived of Ex»>cnonce Today, most of the things that made the Greek form so great have been left out. according to Pettet. “We have been deprived of many of the experiences of an ‘Antigone,’ an ‘Oedipus,’ or a ‘Hamlet’ because today’s standards of tragedy are so different,” he says.
This lecture has been taken from an essay Pettet has written for his new book on the “anatomy of the theater." An often-published writer, he has had articles published in theatrical journals in both the United States and England. He is currently a reviewer for Theater Arts magazine.
A graduate of Swarthmore College, Pettet took his graduate degrees at New York University. At SC he is teaching a course in the history and philosophy of comedy and a graduate seminar in aesthetics of the theater.
Red China’s educational policies and problems will be outlined by Dr. Joseph Lauwerys this afternoon at 2:15 in 133 FH. A professor of comparative education at the University of London, Dr. Lauwerys recently toured the China mainland at the invitation of the Communist government.
Russia’s influence in Red China, according to Dr. Lauwerys, is on the increase. “One sees all the latest Russian books in the libraries, but recent Western literature, outside of a copy or two of lately published engineering or physics texts, is just not to be found. The Chinese do, however, carry many American titles published before 1938,” he says.
Population problems have accented the difficulties faced by the Chinese in providing classroom space for the country’s children. The Reds must contend with a staggering increase of 12 million each year, he said. In an attempt to lower this figure. programs popularizing, abortion and sterilization have been introduced.
This will be the last in a series of five talks, all illustrated with color slides, given by Dr. Lauwerys about his travels in the East.
Winder to Discuss Arab Westernism
Official
Notice
All students registered for the six weeks session who have deferred tuition accounts are reminded that the final payments are due on July 15. Payments made after July 15 will he subject to the $5.00 late payment fee unless an extension has been granted by the Office of Deferred Tuition. Checks and money orders for the exact amount are acceptable by mail or in person at the Office of Deferred Tuition. Cash payments must be made at the Bursar’s Office in Owens Hall.
In the Arabic world, articu-i late people are motivated in ! every sphere except the political by Western ideals.
This point of view will be discussed by Dr. R. Bayly Winder in his talk “Westernism in the Arab World” Wednesday at 2:15 in 133 FH.
Dr. WTinder, associate professor of the Arabic language at Princeton, plans to speak about the impetus given to the Arabic educational system, literary movement, and the internal ideas of the government by Western ideals.
Modern Schools
He points out the fact that the Arabic school system is completely modern to the extent that the schools established by the Arabs themselves are just as modern as the French, English and American schools, i In literary production many Westernizing ideas are being presented by the modern writers ! such as Taha Husavn and Lutfi al-Sayyid.
Dr. Winder will discuss the Arab League States, speaking only of Egypt and the Sudan in ; North Africa.
He stresses the fact that there are two chief irritants to the Arabs: support of Israel, which the Arabs feel the United | States has financed and kept ! stable, and American support of what they call British and French imperialism. The Arabs feel that with the American ideals of freedom and liberty for the oppressed peoples, the U. S. should be pro-Algeria instead of pro-French.
Russia a Friend He points out that the Arabs are not pro-Communist, but they accept Russia’s friendship because they feel it can be mutually beneficial and they accept Russia’s support on issues like the Suez Canal and Israel.
He has two other talks scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday. He plans to speak about “Anti-Westernism in the Arab World” and “The United States and the Arab World.”