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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1959
NO. 86
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IR Schedules SC, West Point Debate Here
Members of the School of International Relations and the speech department will pool iheir ideas tonight when they clash with West Point debaters ai 7 in 129 FH.
The question, “What essential features of the European higher education could be profitably incorporated into ihe American university?" will be decided by IR major Carl Wahren and speech representatives Ted Jones and Paul Sonnenburg.
Cadets William E. Barry, Paul F. Dearmin. Jr. and Paul N. Spor will argue the West Point
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Baxter Receives Honorary Degree
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Dr. Baxler spoke at the college for women and received the degree from Dr. J. Ralph Murray, president of Elmira College and a former graduate student at SC.
Song jest Will Close Entries
Songest entries will stay open until the 17 of March, participant Chairman Mark Mandala announced today. Entires filed past this date will not be accepted.
Mandala emphasized that groups participating should make the most of the remaining 14 days of rehearsal time before prelims.
SC to Give Counsel Aid
An intensive six-weeks counseling ar.d guidance training institute for experienced high school counselors wijl be held at SC's School of Education June 29 - August 7. Dean Irving R. Mel bo. announced lodav.
Forty counselors nominated by designated co-operating school districts in the Los Angeles metropolitan area will attend the program to improve iheir skill in advising high school students of college ability on their preparation for higher education.
State Funds
Federal funds for Ihe institute were made available by the National Defense Education Act authorized bv Congress and administered by the U. S. Office of Education.
The SC institute will be directed by Dr. Earl F. Carnes, associate professor of education, in cooperation wilh the counseling and guidance divisions of ihe city and countv schools
Dr. Paul Saitman, assistant professor of biochemistry and nutrition, will discuss “Philosophy's Debt to Charles Darwin” at today's Philosophy Forum scheduled for 4:1-5 in Mudd Hall.
Beginning with a brief introduction to Darwin's famous "Origin of the Species.” Dr. Sa!t-
Dinner Tonight Hosts Topping
President Norman Topping will be guest of honor at an “SC Forum Dinner” at the
Montecito Country Club this evening sponsored by SC friends and alumni in the Santa Barbar area.
Accompanying I)r. Tupping will be Earl C. Bolton, university vice president in charge of planning, and SC psychol-°gy professor Herman Harvey, who will speak on “How to Hr Happy Though Normal,” an attack on the “myth of adjustment.”
Dr. Harvey has formerly been featured over CBS television on his own seminar series.
Troy Sweeps
First Place in Speech Match
SC speakers dominated Ihe extemporaneous speaking division at UCLA's Individual Events Championship Tournament Fri-dav and Saturday, w'hile San Diego State and LA State tied for the sweepstakes trophy.
Dr. James H. McBath. debate director, praised Troy's sweep of first places in extemporaneous and the showing made in discussion, but lamented the fact that none of SC's 11 speakers entered the oratory and interpretation divisions.
Paul Sonnenburg was first in senior men's extemporaneous speaking and John Fraser took second, while Jerri Corbin was awarded first place in the women's division.
In junior men's extemporaneous. Boyd Lemon won first place with Helen Sakiyama winning the women's junior division. SC's Alan Fox tied for first in discussion.
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Dr. Hadley Cantril. senior counselor of the Institute for International Research at Princeton University, will speak at 8 pm. in 133 FH and will continue the series of five lectures through March 19.
Featured Speaker k The noted social psychologist 1< appearing as the featured speaker in the annual John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation lecture series.
Begun in 1949. the series brings a scholar of national distinction to the campus of one of the Southern Calilornia colleges or universities to discuss contemporary social problems.
Dr. Cantril has achieved an International reputation lor his work in applying psvchological research to important social and political problems.
Evaluate* Fuss Progress Hr has recently returned from 8 visit to Russia here he evaluated Sov iet progress in the social sciences.
His book "Politics of Despair." published late in 1958. appraises the appeal of communism to members <,f ihe working class in Fiance and Ti-lv
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DR. HADLEY CANTRIL
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Behavior," March 12: “Creating a National India." March 16;
Building a Communist Society: The Soviet Union." March 18; and Democratic Leadership and the American Idea." March 19.
The speaker has an extensive background in psychology, sociology and political science, lie did bis iuid;-i > rhiiate work at Dart month and studied at the universities of Munich and Berlin. receiving his doctorate from Harvard in 1931. He holds an
man will point out the philosophy demonstrated by this work by reviewing the scientific techniques and methods used by its author.
After accenting the traits a scientist must have, Dr. Saitman will point out how these attitudes. as demonstrated by Darwin’s work, have made a distinct contribution to philosophy.
Prior to Darwin’s t>me the scientific philosophy of catastro-phism dominated biology as well as science in general. Phenomena such as ihe earth’s origin and life were thought to have taken place "catastrophically” through divin° intervention. Such exolan-ations were “thrown out” by Darwin’s monumental wot k. Dr. S°ltmao exn’p’ned. Because of th>s. a complete revolution in the philosophy of ! scientific thought was necessitated.
When “Oriorin of the Snecies” was first p"b,iched in 18n9, Dr. Saitman said, it caused a “storm of controversy as its effects were so far-reaching.” He claimed this was because Darwinian thought was extended into manv areas outside of biology, its originator’s special area.
“Such men as Herbert Spencer aoolied Darwinian thought to societies and others such 3S Marx applied it to politics and economics as well as history,*’ Dr. Saitman maintained. “This in itself testified to the greatness of its fundamental ideas and philosophy.”
At today’s lecture. Dr. Saitman said he will clearly explain that “philosophy does owe a great debt to Charles Darwin because his work was responsible for an entirely new attitude among many leading thinkers. This attitude still persists today.”
honorary degree from Washington and Lee University.
Ivy Leaguer He taught at Dartmouth. Harvard and Teacher's College,-Columbia. before joining the psychology department at Princeton in 1936.
Dr. Cantril was co-author of “The Psychology of Radio,” a pioneer study in mass communications in 1935. He was instrumental in the founding of the Office of Public Opinion Research at Princeton in 1940.
Listeners Panic When the celebrated Orson Welles' broadcast of the “War of the Worlds" panicked radio listeners across the nation. Dr. Cantril immediately put a team of interviewers into the field to talk to the people who were most disturbed by the broadcast. He described the results in “The Invasion from Mars,” which has become a classic in the literature of nanic.
Character Sketches Amon? his literary works is "The Psychology of Social Movements.” a stud'' of the religious, social and political unrest of the 1930's which included sketches of Father Coughlin, Father Divine, the Townsend movement and race riots.
His “The Psychology of Fgo-Involvements” is a studv of so-i eial attitudes and identification. , written in collaboration with I Muzafer Sherif.
Black Period Blamed For Today's Attitudes
The self-restraint found today on American college campuses was hit yesterday as the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union told SC students that they must cut the ties of suppression and invoke their freedom of inquiry.
HITS SELF-RESTRAINT—Shown above is Patrick M. Malin, head of the Civil Liberties Union, who yesterday hit the restraining attiude of today's students. Malin also spoke against loyalty oaths because they impede freedom of inquiry, thought and independence, he said.
Dr. Kurth Discusses Dickens At Readings
Grants WiN
Be Offered
A comprehensive Youth Opportunity Program to aid students and give assistance to colleges and universities accepting federal scholarship winners was proposed recently by Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D. Minn.).
“The strength of our democracy depends on the kind of education and training available to our citizens. If we can afford a defense budget of more than $40 billion a year for national security, we certainly should be willing to devote a small fraction of this amount to the urgent educational needs of our young people as an equally important investment ■ in preserving and improving our American way of life.” said Sen. Humphrey:
Scholarship winners will receive up to SI.."500 a year depending on the individual students need.
A tuition tax credit proposal also would provide income tax credits up to $450 for parents or students who are paying tuition and fees at institutions of higher learning. Such action would be “an inducement for higher education and a relief measure for the family budget” when childrei go on to college, said Sen. Humphrey.
Topping Speaks At Oneonta Club
SC's President Norman Topping spoke last night at a dinner meeting of the Oneonla Club of South Pasadena on “The University Today and Tomorrow.”
The SC Madrigal Singers, directed by Dr. Charles C. Hirt. head of the church music department in the School of Music, furnished entertainment. The group has just returned from a tour of the San Francisco area and last summer it won critical acclaim in Mexico City.
Dr. Topping also spoke last Friday night to the congregation of Temple Beih David of the San Gabriel Valley at the in-vilation of Rabbi Ephriam Ein-horn at a dedication of a new , school.
Today s Weather
SC Will have fog and low j clouds this morning but the i weatherman forecasts sunny ¡i afternoon weather lor a high
of “0 degrees is forecast. The j low last night 52.
‘‘Charles Dickens and ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ were discussed by Dr. Burton Kurth. assistant professor of English at yesterday's noon reading.
Dr. Kurth described many of Dickens fine descriptive qualities as well as his excellent handling of melodrama and humor.
“In spite of this book's great fame.” Dr. Kurth said, “it is not regarded as one of Dickens' finest works.” He went on to assert “this book is not in the same category as ‘David Copper-field’ or Bleak House'.”
‘‘A Tale of Two Cities” was pointed out as being represent-ative of some of Dickens’ better
Birthday Gifts Hail Mailman
An SC student is mailing a birthday present collected from all parts of the United States to the chief mailman of them all. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield.
Learning that March 17 will be Summerfield’s birt h d a y, part-time graduate student Milt Forrest located eight towns in the U.S. named Summerfield. He had the postmasters in fche towns in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolna, Oklahoma. Ohio and Texas write special birthday greetings to the postmaster general. They also sent along pictures of their towns, their post offices and themselves.
Postmistress Dorothy Mueller in Summerfield, Illinois, said that March 17 would be her birthday, too.
Student Writes Adventure Story
“Jet Navigator.” an adventure story of the Strategic Air Command, co-authored by Lt. Col. Grover Heiman Jr., a student in the SC School of Commerce, will be published this month by the Dodd Mead Publishing Co.
Heiman is an Air Force stu-ent in the advanced management program of the Air Force Institute of Technology. He was formerly a newspaper reporter in Texas, receiving an Air Force commission in '• 1947.
Traces Life
His novel traces the life of a young man from aviation cadet days to his eventual place on a combat ready bomber team.
Co-author of the story is Rutherford Montgomery, of Los Gal os. Calif. He has written mote than SO books and is presently writing scripts at the Walt Disney Studios.
knowm stories. Dr. Kurth pointed out some of the subtler parts of the novel’s plot and the author's use of suspense and vivid description throughout its pages.
‘‘We can better appreciate this classic novel and its author in retrospect, however,” he said. “It has only been in recent times that we have been able to see this work in a better perspective. By so doing, we are better able to see the genius that Dickens was.”
Next week’s noon reader. Dr Robert Lundy, assistant professor of English, will discuss selections from O. W. Holmes’ non-fiction work “The Professor at the Breakfast Table.”
Speaking before students and professors in Founders Hall. Patrick M. Malin declared that the “Black Period” of 1948-1953 left remnants of self - restraint in the American academic community.
“Today students h^ive fear of what mav happen to them if they say this, do this or act this during their college careers. They fear that what they do in college will be held against them after college. They seem afraid to find out for themseves and report their findings.” he said.
Malin defined the "Black Period" as that time after World War II in which the Cold War plunged national security into superficial reasoning. The period grew' out of experiences with international conflict and resulted in loyalty oaths and other academic pressures.
“There were pressures on all teachers not to say. join, do or be anything that would bring questions into the community,” he stated.
‘Teachers are for light and learning. They must try to find out for themselves and report to students as well as to themselves that which they have found,” Malin asserted.
The civil libertarian stands opposed to loyalty oaths because they are ‘‘formulas of words which someone else interprets.”
"They impede freedom of inquiry, freedom of thought and independence.” he declared.
In dealing with the church and state in regard to education. Malin testified that the schools have become the real ‘ arena of conflict.”
He said that each religious sect has its own idea how religion should or should not be handled in the schools.
On the other hand. Protestants claim that there should not be funds or tax exemptions for Catholic schools. Instead, they propose that there should be non-sectarian religion courses available, he stated.
Malin concluded that the answer to the religion question rested with the individual: how he realizes free exercise and non-establishment of religion.
GRANTS
Solon Urges Improvement
In Education
Scholarship opportunities for a post - graduate training program leading to careers in public affairs will be outlined for SC students when representatives of Coro Foundation visit the campus today.
Twenty-four positions in Coro's Internship in Public Affairs program, with scholarships ranging from $2.250 to $2.700. are offered for 19/59-60. Twelve will be for the 14th annual class in San Francisco and twelve for the second annual class in Los Angeles.
Chong Mo Pak. a PhD student in the field of Public A':.ni> : stration at SC is an infern ’ •» the first annual class in r Angeles. During the pa.-t sev«1’
; months. Pak has been invo1' ’
: in an intensive full time pv< -gram consisting of field assignments in local government agencies. political campaigns, business firms, labor unions and civic organizations. Pak began the nine-monrh Internship last September. 1958.
Competition for both the Los Angeles and San Francisco programs is open to senior and graduate students whose proposed careers are related to the broad field of public affairs. The Foundation is seeking young men and women who will be rising to positions of community leadershin within 10 to 13 years.
Interested students should contact the Placement Office for additional information.
Stahl Polishes Performers for SC Opening Thursday Night Of Waltz of the Toreadors
By SUSAN LECKY
As “Waltz of the Toreadors” goes into its last days of rehers-al, director Herbert M. Stahl can be found everyday in Bovard Auditorium. coaching his actors into a polished performance in pre-peration for the opening pight, Thursday.
“My approach in directing is to throw major emphasis on analysis so that all concerned with the production are in closest agreement as to the meaning of the playwrights concept and intent,” said Stahl.”
Dr. Stahl has directed more than 20 plays at SC. including such works as “T h e Little Foxes.” “Beyond the Horizon." “Death of a Salesman.” and “Darkness at Noon.” He has divided his directing between serious plays and comedies. Most of his productions have been by modern playwrights of semi-classical works.
"In the theater we have varying degrees of difficulty presented hv different types of plays. There are many plays with a serious theme and others that are of a low comedy or farcical nature which are much easier from directorial and acting standpoint than good comedy such-as W'altz.
"Good comedy is the most difficult to protray from an acting standpoint because it is an appeal to the mind — its demands are much greater from the standpoint of timing, framing or highlighting so that t .? unexpected occurs unexpectedly," said Stahl.
Interpretation To achieve unity between the actor and the playwrights con-
HERBERT STAHL
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cept, the actor must contribute properly at all times, says Stahl.
This demands that the actor senses the total thought force at any particular moment, often a fraction of a moment., and makes the proper contribution when called upon. The slightest deviation in timing, one way or the other, can seriously effect t lie proper or desired audience response, according to Stahl.
'’‘Greater demands are made on an actor of high comedy such as “Waltz” than in any other form.” said Stahl:
A synthesis of body, voice and ! emotion are the orchestration of a production, says Stahl.
“Any contribution on the part ! of any actor over contributing or under contributing to the desired thought force can alter or have ,
an effect on the total orchestration" said Stahl.
There are three arts which are incorporated into acting—dance (body movement*, music (the spoken word) and drama as such (a handling of human emotions in a dramatic situation), the veteran director maintains.
“In a sense, drama is the grand-daddy of them all." Stahl said.
Complex Demands
Roles that have been typed are the easiest to direct, says Stahl. He finds that complex roles, that is when characters have strong individual characteristics and are torn between more than one force require a greater concentration and have much greater demands for proper delivery such as those in “Waltz.”
“Personally. I'm interested in plays that are an intellectual challenge. This is the kind of a plav that demands a great deal from its actors. I think it is the kind of a play that should appeal to our faculty," said Stahl about “Waltz."
Dr. Stahl feels that drama in its true sense is one of the highest disciplined arts there is. And not to recognize it or demand it, says Stahl, can prove to be and is fatal to theater.
“Our whole problem in the theater is to do justice to the first creative artist, the playwright.” said Stahl.
Dr. Stahl received his doctorate ir. English Literature from the University of Washington. He has been at SC since the summer of 1950 and has had experience in acting, directing and producing.