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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1961
NO. 18
Hammer Sees eL Rods Seek New Approach New Owners In Philosophy
Aesthetics, or the philosophy i of the arts, is a premising avenue of approach to renewed cooperation between philosophy and literature.
This was the suggestion of Dr. Louis Z. Hammer, instructor in philosophy, yesterday at the opening session of this fall's I Philosophy Forum series in Ecwne Hail, Mudd Memorial j Hall of Philosophy.
Speaking on "The Relationship j of Philosophy and Literature,” : Dr. Hammer credited contemporary philosophers with using literature to re;urn to the concrete.
Systematic View
“Traditionally p h i 1 osophers have sought a systematic view of the whoie, concentrating on j the most general categoreal features. If they have been interested in the individual or the I concrete, it has usually been in indiv duality or concreteness as a categoreal feature,” he said.
Although philosophers after Socrates have almost exclusively been writers, few writers have made successful use of imaginative literature to embody philosophical ideas, Dr. Hammer pointed out.
He declared that greater appreciation for the point of view of the novelist, poet or playwright would help give philosophers a better understanding of the concrete and its relationship to the universals with which philosophy has been concerned.
Fair Progress
“Philosophy has made a fair amount of progress toward recognizing literature since Plato banished the poets from his Republic,” Dr. Hammer explained. “But 4t has not made very much progress toward incorporating the insights of literary artists nor their capacity for rendering form accessible to content.”
Dr. Hammer explained that Western philosophers have aligned themselves with the scientist rather than the literary' artist because the scientist has been concerned with knowledge or information while the writer of imaginative literature “does not aspire to add anything to anyone’s knowledge.”
Several Examples
Dr. Hammer used several literary works to illustrate the philosophical and literary relationships.
Among them were Everett Knight's book, ‘ Literature Considered as Philosophy,” in which Knight stresses the return to the concrete as the best wav of characterizing c o n t e m porary philosophical trends.
Another w a s Dostoevsky’s "Notes from w hich Dr. Hammer said “is rich in ideas and presents an extremely compelling portrait or an individual who is at the same time representative of a particular kind of consciousness.”
The 1981 El Rodeo, official school yearbook, is available at the University Information Office, 3518 University Ave., between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Activity book coupons, which will expire on Oct. 31, must be presented to obtain the book. Student Publications Manager Tim Reilly Jr. said.
Students who have lost their coupons will have to go to the Receipts Audit Office for verification after Nov. 1.
The yearbook will go on sale to non-activity book holders Nov. 1 for S7.50.
ASSC Senate
To Consider Student Needs
Establishment of a Student Union Planning Commission will be considered tonight at 7 by the ASSC Senate at its regular meeting in the Senate Chambers, 301 SU.
The commission would undertake a student evaluation survey to discover the needs projected by USC’s Master Plan, which calls tor improvement of present student facilities, Senate President Bob Kendall said.
Not Adequate
ASSC President Hugh Helm said that the need for a “focus of student life” is evident, and that the present Student Union is not adequate for meetings, programs and recreation needs of students.
The commission would submit its report to the Senate and Executive Cabinet for approval, and it would then be sent to the administration.
SCampus Addition
Also on the Senate agenda will be a resolution encouraging future editors of SCampus, the USC handbook, to include an organizational chart of the ASSC. Kendall reported the.t this addition wrould aid incoming students in becoming familiar with the operations of student government.
The Senate will also consider a resolution for the Senate Ac-j ademic Affairs Committee to j make an evaluation of the USC i grading system in comparison [ with ether major universities. New Senators Carol Emerzian and Margo Nagle will take their Senate seats for the first time tonight. Both seniors in the School of Education, they were elected during the primary elections last Underground” j w eek.
The School of Education was included as a separate field of study last year under the ASSC Constitution, but recognition requirements were not completed until this fall.
Salary Issue Raises Interest Of Cabinet
A committee to investigate the possibility of providing salaries for student body officers was appointed last night by the Executive Cabinet.
Although no motion for salaries for student government officers was brought onto the cabinet floor, ASSC President Hugh Helm appointed thv- investigating committee after vigorous floor debate on the issue developed.
AMS President Gil Garcetti was appointed to head the committee, which will also be composed of ASSC Secretary Mary-! alice Herrick and ASSC Vice President Sue McBurney. The 1 three were ask.d by the cabi-i net to prepare a complete report on the po ;ibility of salaries for a Nov. 7 session of the cabinet.
Salary Proposal
The problem of salaries was one of several problems brought up during an informal discussion of areas of student concern that cabinet members could deal with on nights of slow legislation.
Also proposed during the brainstorming session were investigations into the student parking problems and ways to better integrate foreign students into campus activities.
The brainstorming session wras halted when Helm reported that student officers on other campuses receive a minimum compensation of either $70 a month or tuition. USC officers, he : aid, have never received monetary compensation.
Vice President McBurney noted that the amount of hours required by student government prevents officers from taking part-time jobs during the school year. She suggested that providing salaries might allow many students to run for office wtio now are financially unable to do so.
Prove Responsibility
“But before wre ask either the student body or the administration to give us salaries, we must show that student government is a responsible, adult operation,” Mrs. McBurney noted.
“We must also be able to show that without student government, the university would not get the work we do accomplished unless someone were paid to do it,” she continued.
Sophomore President Dick Ziman said that salaries w’ould be an incentive to more student; to run for student offices, and Junior President Dann Moss claimed that students would be more discriminatory in their selection of officers if they knew the officers were being paid.
The committee report in salaries for student government officers will detail the areas of the ASSC that would be put on salary after study of the operations of other colleges on the West Coast.
Four to Vie for Top Spots In Freshman Finals Today
QUICK LOOK — Senate Speaker pro tem Bob Kendall goes over election regulations with (l-r) candidates Bobbe Hensley, Ho-
Daily Trojan Photo by Frank L. Kaplan
ward Miller, Judi Bensen and Brook Trout on the eve of final voting for the two top freshman class offices set for today.
USC Spurs Break Tradition, Try to Pledge Midshipman
Votes To Be Read At Senate Meeting
The final contest between four runoff candidates for freshman president and vice president will be held today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Alumni Memorial Park.
Brook Trout and Howard J^iller will be vying in the presidential contest, and Bobbe Hensley and Judi Benson
will be runoff candidates in the--
By PONCHITTA PIERCE
After a life - long existence as a “strictly women's organization,” USC’s Spurs are planning to go co-ed.
If a motion to accept a male Spur at USC is passed by the National Spur Board, Leslie Brown, a midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy, will be the first member of the “opposite sex” to gain admittance into the sophomore service honorary.
This break from tradition, which will make Brown USC Spur number 51, would put the midshipman in a unique and, no doubt, favorable position.
As a pfoxy Spur, Brown would enjoy all the privileges of a member. And if he is ever on campus, he will be expected to participate, whenever possible, in Spur activities.
Communication with Brown began this summer w'hen his name appeared on the list of “prospective Trojanes.” At that time, Hilda Goin, Spur orientation chairman, decided Brown needed a big sister.
Each summer, Spurs for the incoming semester are assigned 10 to 15 freshman women who
Program to Honor Seniors
SENIOR PROGRAM - Dr. Charles S. Copeland, chemistry professor, Dean Milton C. Kloetzel cf the Graduate School, and Dr.
Aurelius Morgner, economics professor, (l-r), plan the program to be given today in honor of graduating seniors in LAS.
A special program honoring outstanding seniors in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and graduate fellows who are studying at USC during the 1961-62 academic year will be held today at 2:30 in the Graduate Students’ Lounge in the Town and Gown basement.
The program has been prepared to acquaint seniors with some o f the more important awards that are available to support graduate study.
Opportunities for financial assistance at the graduate level are frequently overlooked by prospective graduate students w'ho are qualified to receive them, Dr. Milton C. Kloetzel, dean of the Graduate School, explained.
Campus advisers for various fellowships, along with Dr. Kloetzel and Dr. Alan D. Ferguson. national representative of th e Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, will be present at the program to explain some of the fellowships being offered and deadlines for student applications.
D r. Ferguson will describe the Woodrow Wilson Fellowships, which cover cost of tuition and provide a regular payment of $1,500 and an allow'-ance for dependent®. They are awarded for the purpose of (Continued on Page 2)
plan to attend the university. As part of the orientation program, each Spur w'rites her little sisters letting them know of orientation events and answering questions ranging from “what to wear” to “how to register.”
Following her list of “little sisters,” Penny Walters, Spur vice president, wrote to Brown.
In his answer, Brown told Miss Walters, “I was pleased to have you as a big sister, but I am afraid I cannot meet you in September because I can ot talk the Superintendent into letting me leave the Naval Academy.”
After clarifying his identity, Brown explained that his name appeared on the orientation
chairman’s “freshman list” because he had planned to attend USC, but had finally decided on the Naval Academy.
“I don’t know what you want to know about me,” he wrote Miss Walters,” but I am a varsity swimmer , 70 inches tall, brown hair, hazel eyes and a half tan.” He added in his description that he “liked girls and would like to WTite a girl at USC.”
Brown also confided that “after receiving such a wonderful offer of sisterly assistance” from Miss Walters, his roommates wished to inquire h o w they might also get a big sister.
Class Cards To Be Sold
Memberships i n the Sophomore Class Council will be put o i sale today at 3 at a class meeting in 129 FH.
Sale of the $2 cards will continue through Friday by executive board members and salesmen who will visit campus living groups.
The year - memberships will entitle members to a 50 percent deduction on admission to clas?-sponsored functions, free admission to council activities, voting privileges, the new bi-annual Sophomore Newsletter and weekly information on council activities.
The sale is being tried for the first time this semester in an attempt to get the class off to a financially good start.
Council President Dick Ziman says that the membership drive will enable the class to “begin activities for the year right away.
“In the past, councils have been handicapped by a lack of funds.” he s a i d. “This money will be used to keep the members informed on activities as well as paying for social and service projects.”
“Can you imagine Spurs serving as big sisters to the U. S. Naval Academy?,” Miss Walters remarked.
While at the Academy, plebe Brown follows an average study diet of trigonometry, chemistry, engineering, English and physical education. He is “more or less a mathematician, but has never in his life studied at all.” In addition to possibly accepting Brown into tne organization, USCs Spurs have selected two new members as replacements. The new women in white are Liz Roubeck and Sandy Hubble.
Selection as a Spur is based on interest and participation in college activities, dependability, sense of honor, unselfishness and a sense of democracy. A 2.5 scholarship average is also required.
vice presidential battle.
Results of the one-dav election will be announced tonight at 8 in the Senate Chambers, 301 SU, by Elections Commissioner Sailie Allison.
Miss Allison said that voters in the runoff election will be required to snow their photo ID cards as identification. Claim checks and fee bills will not be accepted because they do not show the student's class standing, she explained.
Need ID
Photo ID cards for freshmen voters are available in the Receipts Audits Office.
Only a mild turnout is expected for the runoff balloting, the highest prediction claiming that 400 students will vote.
The runoff candidates were chosen in a two-day primary last week. Results of the vice presidential contest were withheld until the Board of Inquiry ruled on a protest against one of the candidates Monday.
In the presidential contest,
; candidate Miller has promised to work fcr a successful Freshman Class administration that would sponsor such activities as freshman TGIF parties and street dances to rid the class of its apathetic attitude.
Trojan Band To Feature New Score
An original arrangement by a USC conductor will be featured at the Music at Noon program today at 12:15 on the lawn between Founders Hall and Bovard.
William A. Schaefer, Trojan Symphonic Band conductor, will lead his arrangement of “Symphony for Band” by L. Emanuel Jadin. The selection deoicts the French Revolution of 1794 and was discovered by Schaefer at the Bibliotheque Nacionale in Paris during a one year sabbatical in Europe.
Program Selections
The band program will also consist of the finale to Symphony No. 5 by Dimitri Schcs-takovich, arranged by Charles Righter; “Night on Bald Mountain” by M. Moussorgsky arranged by Schaefer; “March on Sea Songs,” by R. Vaughn Williams; “Marching Song” by Gustav Holst; “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from “Lohengrin” by Richard Wagner arranged by Lucien Cailliet; and “Trojan Medley” by Robert Linn.
Brass Ensemble
The USC Brass Ensemble led by Dr. Lester Remsen will play several selections for brass from the USC Tower at 11:40, preceding the band concert.
The program is sponsored by the School of Music in collaboration with Sigma Tau and Sigma Alpha Icta music fraternities.
Next Wednesday the voice department will be represented cn the Music at Noon series in a program of folk music. Sopranos Marjorie Gibs