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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1961
Peace Corps Vows ‘Hope Mission’
Free Passes, j Float, Football Spark Senate
By HAL HKAKF.
Daily Trojan City Editor
Football and roses riominaied the regular portion o1. the ASSC Senate last night as the senators considered resolutions t o put foreign students in the Col- , Mseum. pharmacists in the No- ! tie Dame field and floats in the Rose Parade.
The second session of the year j ws* brought to a dramatic , close by Social Studies Senator Carole Whitson, "’ho asked the Senate to join her in condemnation of a Daily Trojan editorial criticizing the recently passed AS.SC Elections Code.
The Rose Bowl resolution, described by Senate Ptesident pro tem Bob Kendall as “an expression of opinion,” ■was passed unanimously by the senators.
The resolution calls for an investigation of the possibility of j preparing * USC float for entry j ir the annual parade similar to the floats entered by other local universities.
Expression of Opini**"
“We do not know whether our Ruggest’.on will be acted upon." Kendal! said. "We felt that it ought to be passed as an expre? •non cf en opinion held by a good many students.”
A second resolution, w h i e h recommended incoming foreign students to be 1 reeled to the first football game of the . ear
by tiie student body, was sent back to committee for further ! research after senators decided it was too ambiguous in its presentation.
The resolution claimed Ihni th* distribution of free passes . would help orient the new foreign student* to the university's socit! life.
A resolution introduced on behalf of 150 pharmacy students who would be attending the USC-Notre Dame sway football game asked for recognition of the group as officirj representatives of the university and was j passed unanimously after brief j opposition by Den Lis try Senator j Ernie Stone.
Not l.arge Enough
Stone contended that the group, which asked permission to display a Southern California banner, was not large enough to ward off possible attempts by sngry Notre Dame fans to steal wen.
The quiet mid ing was Hmigfct to life near its Hose by Serial Studies Senator Whitson, w*vt riervajneed the Daily Trojan for inaccuracies and unfa ir-ne«s in n* editorial comments rm the Elections Code.
The editorial, which appeared Wednesday, criticized the student leaders for paseiftg a per-m item code that had inadequacies they all recognized.
Although she did not single mu a particular section of the j erKtorial a« inaccurate. Miss (CnntlmiMl «hi Pajp J)
Squires Call For Joiners
Fetiuons for membership in Squires, sophomore men's service honorary, are now available in the Knight Office. 324 SU, j Knight Vice President J i in West announced yesterday.
Squires ial:e charge of stamping all card stunts for football games and setting up the card lections so that everything runs smoothly. West said.
He added i h a t Squires also a i p expected to act as hosis for ♦ hr university.
Petitioning for the men * or. ganizstion will close on Friday. Interviews of applicants will begin next week.
In addition to the interview, candidates are required to pass a written examination and have a minimum 2.0 grade average.
Squires was formed in 1926 to act as an auxiliary to the Trojan Knights. The vice president of Knights acts as the groups director.
Knight President Denny Metz-1
ler said that the new applicants
will be judged on the basis of
their interest and ability. a«
well ss on the '•moflnt of time
they will have to dev*ote to the
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SEEKS RECRUITS — Everett G. Chapman, chief of employment of domestic and foreign service for the U.S.I.A. was on campus recently urging university leaders *0 promote the Information Agency program to interested students.
U.S.LA. Hires Best,
Recruiter Explains
The United Stales needs its best qualiiied >oung Americans to serve in the foreign service, a visiting foreign service officer I said yesterday.
Everette G. Chapman, c hief of employment of domestic and foreign service for the United States Information Agency, said j that the countrv needs more of its top citizens to carry on the tob of informing the people of the world about America.
On campus as part of a recruiting tour of colleges in the Southwestern United States, Chapman urged university leaders to promote the Information Agency program and acquaint students with it.
Main Purpose
“The main purpose of the agency is to interpret American policy and aspects of the United States to people of other countries,” he explained. Qualified workers are needed in both the foreign and domestic fields to carry on this work.
Employees are needed for Voice of America, motion pictures, the press and pubtications. cultural programs and other media of communication and operational services by the Washington agency, he said.
The U.S.I.A.'s domestic acts as a support for the foreign officers who serve in 97 countries of the world.
Qualifications for the foreign service are rigorous, the director! said. College students interested in working in this field after graduation must apply lo Washington before Oct. 23 to take the December examination.
Written l«t
The written test, which will be given locally, will cover English expression, general abili- j ty, public affairs background and foreign language ability. After passing this exam, candidates will be subject to an oral test.
"This is a highly selective service.” Chapman explained. Of the 1900 applicants in 1960, only 197 passed all exams. Of these, only 50 will be chosen finally for the service.
Chapman urged students with! training in political science, ad-ministration, international affaire and a modern foreign Ian- j
luage to consider a career in U.S.I.A.
Other important qualifications mclude an understanding of American culture, a good liberal arts background, and the ability to deal with people. Written and orai skills are also necessary.
Little Competition Positions are also available to foreign service secretaries, positions for which there is little competition, Chapman added.
Information and literature on the Information Agency are available in the Vocational Placement Rureau. 3462 University Ave. Others who may be con-suited are K=nneth Harwood, I professor of telecommunications; 1
Miss Juanita Sayer, lecturer in journalism; John Pfiffner, professor of public administration; Gordon Jones, assistant professor of journalism; Willis Duniway, director of the News Rureau; and Martin Hickman, associate professor of international relation?, Chapman said.
An examination similar to the U.S.I.A. test will be given at the same time to persons interested in working for the State Department, the personnel head noted.
The difference between ibe State Department and the Foreign Service, he explained, is that the former does more research and statistics work.
Teacher’s Needed
Another opportunity to enter the foreign service is offered by the Bi-national Centers Program. This project is for United States citizens who fluently speak Spanish or Portuguese. Teachers, especially, are wanted by the group, he said.
Chapman emphasized thai most federal agencies conduct summer intem-training programs for college juniors interested in future careers in the various fields of the agencies.
“It is our hope that more and more students will be interested in serving their country overseas in either the foreign service or the State Department,” Chapman said. “It is a tough program and one which requires the best qualified Americans to perform properly.
Faculty Group Hears Speech On Past Art
The contemporary painter should build his art with an eye to the legacy of the past, not disregard the past entirely, Fine Arts Professor Edgar Ewing declared yesterday.
Ewing, in a speech to the Faculty Center Association, pointed out Iht denying of the past is at best a shaky position.
“An idea of some contemporary artists is that transcendency in the arts comes not through morality but % creative will; an esthetic rebirth, not a moral rebirth,” he explained.
“The dream of all the avant garde is the clean slate to start freshly again unhampered by tradition, prejudice or the encrustations of time,” he continued. “This is the aim now on some of the frontiers of painting.”
For most, however, escape from the past is irresponsible and not very sensible, he said.
Distinguished Artist
“Certainly for me the legacy of the past is as alive as the present and more certain than the future,” he emphasized.
A distinguished artist in his own right, Professor Ewing pointed out that the modem artist is a man with serious didactic responsibilities.
“He is a teacher and his lessons are graphic,” he said. “He can teach that man is equipped with keen sensory equipment, that man can see. feel and think and in thinking make decisions and evaluations related to canvas and paint.”
Ewing pointed out that the artist has moved from the historical position of decorator in the creation of an artificial environment to the role of teacher and guardian of human sensibilities.
“When people criticize the artist for his remoteness to* interior decoration or architecture let them pause to think that genetically he is part of the spiritual side of man, working a little beyond his own grasp,” he added.
Today’s Artist
Ewing noted that today's artist has turned inward upon himself to explore Ihe nature of the temperament of man and not the nature of objects around him. as has been done in the past.
Ewing explained that during the Renaissance the artist's position was that of creator of an artificial environment.
“As time advanced specialist* in the field of architecture, city planning, stage craft, photography took these jobs away from him and the artist turns from environment and service to the problems of the painting as an object.”
Swearingen Tells Session Leaders To Wage Peace
The fast-moving story of the U. S. Peace Corps — “one of the youngest members of the family of hope” — was unfolded for the Southland yesterday in a conference
sponsored by the university at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel in Pasadena.
Daily Troian Photo by Frank Kaplan VOICES AFRICAN PROBLEM — Dr. Cyril Rogers, professor at the University of Rhodesia, told a Pounders Hall audience yesterday that political control is the key t0 th6 African problem. Dr. Rogers is an African psychologist.
Psychologist Asks Equality In Africa
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Racial discrimination in Afri-| ca would diminish if native Af-| ricans were allowed an equal ! voice in the government, a 'is | iting African psychologist said here yesterday.
Dr. Cyril Rogers, professor at at the University of Rhodesia, told a Founders Hal! audience I that political control is the key | to the African problem.
“The objective is to get a non-racial society in Africa,” he explained.
Dr. Rogers said that although the whites are now interested in elevating the social position of the Negroes, they still do not want to live side by side with them.
Segregation
“Until t h i year, segregation laws were follow'ed farily elose-j !y,” be said. ’’An African could i not be an apprentice in a trade, he could not join a trade union and had difficulty becoming a ; qualified voter.”
Dr. Rogers pointed out that Negroes also attended separate schools, used separate recreational facilities and were not permitted to attend white theaters. They could not rent offices or compete with whites in business.
‘Today segregation laws are being changed, and conditions
are being improved for the native .Africans,” he said.
However, it appears inevitable that the Africans will rebel against w-hite domination and retaliate with a show of force, the psychologist added.
"A great difficulty today is to convince the African p .ople that all whites are not ahke just ai all Africans are not alike,” he pointed out.
Upheaval
He said that Africa has undergone its largest period of political change and upheaval since World War II. with many new nations emerging on the continent.
In the face of all these changes the future of the “Dark Continent” is still largely unknown, he said.
Dr. Rogers, who has taught in Africa for five years, said thar that he would like to return and spemd a part of his life there.
“When I went there I knew' all the answers,” the psychologist said. “Now I know the questions and I’m not sure of the answers.”
“There is no one Africa or one African problem,” he con-j tinned. “The problems are many and they vary from territory lo j territory.”
Junior Class Steps into New Role As Mediator of High School Plans
The Junior Class stepped into a new role of mediator between USC and high school students in the Los Angeles area last night after electing council officers for the coming year.
President Dann Moss introduced preliminary plans for Trojan high school assemblies to introduce poiential college students to the advantages of USC. The program, which previously had been run bv the administration, wiij now: be the responsibility of the Junior Class, Moss said.
Nearly 100 students who attended the first open meeting of the Junior Class Council elected Jim Walsh as treasurer and Karen Hanson and Sharon Gisfler as secretaries.
Plans for a Junior Class-sponsored “TGIF” and for starting $2 class dues cm a voluntary basis were also approved at the meeting.
Moss asked the council to unite “with definite direction and endeavor for an active pro-2*am to serve USC and the community.
“Our class will be laying the groundwork for classes for years to come,” Moss said. “This is why everything we do 1 his year must be done in the best possible way.”
The new high school relations program, prepared this summer by Moss with the aid of ASSC President Hugh Helm and the chairmen of the High School Relations Committee, is built on the program developed by Jim Harmon, last year's Junior Class president.
The three-point plan includes a reorganization of the Trojan Tea and Trojan Stag programs for high school students and the addition of a new Trojan assembly program.
“Because USC is a private institution it must actively compete for the top high school graduates to maintain its high standards of excellence,” Moss told the council.
“The potential talent available to the university in the Los Angeles metropolitan area must be sought as energetically as possible," he continued. .
The junior president reported that several areas of the high school relations program still need to be expanded, although certain aspects of the program have already been well developed.
The new high school relations program will be financed and supported by the ASSC and administrative centers.
Moss’s intention, in bringing the junior class into the active workings of the high school relations plan, is to develop individual members of his council as “official representatives” of USC.
“This panel of qualified, trained students will provide a panel for discussing university academic and social life, leading the high school students to a general question and answer period,” Moss said.
Moss told the 75 juniors gathered for the open council meeting that the addition of the assembly program will help USC better serve the needs of high school and junior college students in the area.
Last year, Junior Class President Jim Harmon sparked the idea of Junior Class participation in the ASSC high school relations program with the initiation of his V3 program.
The assembly program will' go into action next month with the first in a series of assemblies, to be held in Ihe Los Angeles ' area, at high schools which have Trojan alumni in key administrative positions.
Moss told the council that plans are being prepared for. a joint Junior-Senior Class prom that will be part of a developing "social plan" for the Junior Class.
He said that the voluntary $2 class membership fee passed by the council would be used to implement the social program, which will include a “friendly challenge” to the Senior Class to see which class will be able to send the most students on the annual ASSC Christmas I Project. A social meeting with one of the other classes was al-i so suggested by Moss at the ‘ meeting.
In a day-long program, voung but high-ranking Peace Corp6 staff members from Washington j promised "a convincing American” to replace the “ugly American” abroad.
Reporting that 56 applicants were flunked in the selection of the nearly 450 volunteers now in training, the Peace Corps staffer flatly declared that none but the best qualified will be enrolled and see service in the developing nations of the world.
'The Peace’
Tone of the conterence, open to the public, was set by Dr. Rodger' Swearingen, associate professor of international rela-tions and chairman of the host committee.
In his keynote address, first on the conference agenda yesterday morning, Dr. Swearingen spoke about ’’The ‘Peace’ in Peace Corps.”
“Peaceful ourselves, we Americans for too long have permitted the word ’peace’ to remain the monopoly of hypocrites and idealists," Dr. Swearingen said. "But peace, if it is to be genuine and lasting, cannot be sustained by either hypocrisy or pure idealism, it must be created out of sinceritv, realism and dedication.
Nurtured Peace
"It must be nurtured, not trampled upon; worked at, not merely mouthed.” he coatmued In our age. peace, like war. must be waged. The Feace Corps is one of the youngest members of the family of hope,” he told the group.
From 28-year-old, Texas-bom Bill Moyers, associate director of the Peace Corps, came an echo for Dr. Swearingen's “peace waging.”
“The Peace Corps is a new dimension of our commitment to extend human freedom and dignity beyond the pale of plenty to a world of impoverishment,” Movers said.
Ardtion« Task",
“Missionaries and private institutions have been engaged in similar activities abroad for generations,” he continued. “While the concept is not new, this is the first time the United States has sponsored a program of international service in which Americans offer themselves on a volunteer basis for arduous tasks abix>ad — without con-1 scription, at low wages, under i hard conditions, doing demand-1 ing work without modern comforts. It will be an experience in | ihe difficult,” Moyers told the USC conference.
Warren Wiggins. 38-year-old career man in the field of forei-; gn assistance and also an associate director of the Peace Corps, offered some reflections on what the Peace Corps means to \ America.
Peace Corps Meaning
“It will create a constituency j of Americans who will have had | first-hand knowledge of a particular country, its people and its politics,” he claimed.
“These people will return from Peace Corps assignments and move into the fields of education, government, business and labor with an insight about what is happening abroad, which most! of us do not have,’' he said.
Their contributions will be a terrific asset to America."
Tall, young and lanky Franklin Williams, one-time assistant attomev -general of California, reported that California today' leads in the number of volunteers for the Peace Corps, with New York in second place, followed by Illinois and Texas.
Community Support
A special assistant to Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps, Williams outlined an appeal for community support of the Corps.
“We can't sit in Washington' and tell who’s ihe best school teacher or electrician in Pasadena m serve in the Peace (Continued on Page 2)
Two Doctors Seek Twins For Research
Sets of identical and non-identical twins from the USC campus are being sought by two professors from the School of Medicine for experimental research.
Dr. David H. Blankenhorn, associate professor of medicine, and Dr. Julius Jensen, associate clinical professor of medicine, are beginning experiments which are aimed at determining the cholesterol value of twins by mesns of blood examination
Cholesterol is a white, fatty, crystalline alcohol found tn several areas of the body
The only restrictions on the type of twins to be used for the experiment are that they be over 18 years old and both living. At least 30 pairs of identical twins and 90 pairs of unidentical twins will be needed for the complete experiment. Dr. Blankenhorn said.
Two Morning Visits
“Twin® who take part in this experiment will be abie to find out whether or not they are identical, if they are not alreadv aware of this tfestiytpe." the scientist noted.
“Volunteers for this research wffl only be required to make two morning visits to our office for the purpose of drawing small blood samples.” he continued.
He asked students interested in participating in this experiment or who know twins who might be interested to contact Dr. Jensen. The researchers can be reached by postcard at the Medical School campus, 418 Ralston Research Building. 2025 Zonal Ave.. Los Angeles 14.
First Attempt
They can also be contacted by phone at CApitol 5-1511. ext. 27.
•‘We are making our first attempt tn find suitable of twins from the USC snidert body.” Dr. Blankenhorn commented.
“We expect it to take a long time to locate aW the twins necessary for the experknent, and we' hope the first sets that we find will be abie to help us contact others.”
The research program is being sponsored and financed by the United States Public Health Service in cooperation with the Nevada Heart, Associatior
•‘We would also consider it very valuable if we could locate any sets of triplets toe the experiment," he concluded
El Rod Lists Photo Dates
Individual portraits for the 1962 El Rodeo will be taken at the Photo Shop beginning next week, Mary Ellen Wynhausen, assistant editor, announced yesterday.
Pictures mast be taken during the week assigned. Miss Wynhausen, said. Latecomers will not be accepted.
Appointment* for photos miM he made one week in advance at the University Photo Shop. 3315
University Ave.. she added.
Groups scheduled for next week are members of Blue Key. Mortar Board, Chimes. Amazons. Knights. Spurs and Squires.
The following week pictures will be taken of residents at Elizabeth von KleinSmid dormitory, Harris Hall and College Hall.
Each week the Daily Trojan will publish a list of organizations whose members will be photographed during the following two weeks. Miss Wynhausen advised club members t0 keep clo«e watch for their scheduled
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