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Vol. XVI	^&>12	LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1965	No. 70
Journalists Take Aim At Awards
A record 65 high schools and 15 two-year college newspapers have been entered for top awards at USC's 40th annual Newspaper Day Saturday.
The all-day series of meetings will also feature presentations of "best of the year” certificates for news, sports, feature and editorial writing and photography. Three hundred twenty individual entries for these awards were received from high school and college students.
Other features of the Newspaper Day program include talks by well-known reporters from newspapers, press associations, radio and television and magazines; two news conferences for student' reporters on science news and| on sports: and a series of! clinics and panels for stu-j dent reporters and journalism instructors.
Honored (iuests Principal speakers at the general sessions will be Bill] Brown, reporter and political! commentator for KNBC-TV; Ann Sonne, Los Angeles! Times society editor; Dialj Torgerson, Associated Press j writer: and John (Sky) Dunlap, correspondent for Edi-; tor and Publisher magazine Four $25 writing
Viet Victor to Gain World Leadership
RUSH COUNCIL—Fraternity spring rush has just ended but for four campus sororities it's just begun. Discussing
SEEK NEW GREEKS
plans are (I) Gay Dunn, freshman; Tia Gindick, sophomore; Miss Stephanie Adams, assistant dean of women.
Four Hopesul Sororities To Conduct Spring Rush
Four sororities. Alpha Phi, women on a more casual and fraternities. Phi Delta Theta Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha less structured basis than ex- had the largest pledge class awards Gamma Delta and Chi ists in the fall rush.'’	with 29.
Freshmen To Hear Anderson
Dr. Totten J. Anderson, | chairman of the Political Sci-! ence Department, will speak! on “Practical Politics—1965”! at the first gathering of the 1965 Freshman Forum at'
2:30 p.m. today at the YWCA. 857 W. 36th Place.
The 57 newly elected members of the forum, under the sponsorship of Mortar Board, have chosen Dr. Anderson as i the first in a series of guest!
! lecturers.
The new members were j chosen from approximately 90 freshman applicants following interviews last Wed-j nesday and Thursday.
Aim of Forum
Freshman Forum enables a group of students to seek out discussions among their own A Southern California ac-peers on relevant issues. counting educators confer-relevant issues.	ence will be held on campus
‘•The forum allows them an Saturday in 133 Foundcrs opportunity to discuss things
U.S. Must Stay In War-Rolph
By MIKE CAMPBELL
A loss now in South Vietnam would indicate to the rest of the world that Communism is the way of the future, Commander Hammond Rolph, an administrator in the School of International Relations, said last night.
Commander Rolph spoke at a dinner for members of Del- that the Lnited States must ta Phi Epsion, international decide what to do in South-relations fraternity. He is al- east Asia for itself, not for
ARTHUR M. SARGENT
. . . accountant
a research associate at the Research Institute on Com-
Saigon. the West, democracy or freedom.
Finance Educators To Meet
will be given for best stories Omega, will be rushing during coming from the two press the week of March 10.	_	^
conferences. Holding press Applications for potential Pe™° o in.ornia act-ivities.
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conferences for student re-jrushees are due today at 5 porters will be Dr. Albert p.m. in the Panhellenic Office,
Hibbs, Jet Propulsion Labor- 328 Student Union, atory scientist, and Craigj £)urjng rushing activities Breedlove, rec or - o ing	SOrorities will
race car driver.	entertain rushees at lunch,
Participants in a c lnic diiring' the afternoon, at din-editors and reporters will be; or jn the eveni Julian Hartt, Los Angeles
Times- Jay Berman, South! In order to be eligible to Bay Daily Breeze; and Frank pledge, rushees must attend Kaplan. Van Nuys News. three of the entertainment Sports Clinic	■ functions given by an indivi-
Taking part in a clinic for dual sorority. Invitations to eports editors and reporters these functions will be issued will be Harley Tinkham, Los directly through the soron-Angeles Herald - Examiner; ities-
Claude Newman, Valley; On March 5, at the end of Times; and Tex Smith, form- rushing activities, participat
Fraternity rushing ended Activities for the men’s in-Thursday after a 2-week formal rushing period included individual house parties, Fred Davis, Inter-Frater-| smokers and dinners at the nity Council (IFC) president,!fraternity houses, estimated that 400 men par- IFC coordinated two rush-ticipated in the fraternity ing events for all the poten-rush program. Final figures tial pledges to attend: a fra-are not available yet, but ternity outline at the AMS earlier Davis said he expected coffee hour during orienta- rjjj almost 280 students to pledge, tion: and a fraternity open This fall 376 men pledged house on Feb. 7.
which they would not ordinarily have a chance to discuss with their room-mates,” Judy Webster, Mortar Board vice president, explained.
New Freshman Forum members include: Janet White, Bonnie Gadless, Gary Sawka, Richard Oksas, Andrea Caldwell and Chris Bur-
Hall.
The
meeting is co-spon-
Applications Swamp Admissions Office
Over 5,000 students have already applied for admission
er editor of Hot Rod maga- ing women may sign the pre-1 to USC for fall, 1965, the Of-
ference sheet in the Panhel-jfice of Admissions announced
zine.
Members of a panel on college admissions and public relations problems will be Jack Gillean, public information officer, Los Angeles City Schools; Dr. Esther Davis, head of the department of journalism at Valley College; Dr. Kenneth Devol, assistant professor of journalism at Valley State Conrad Wedbf rector of admissions.
Other new members are Janice Richman, Barbara Merino, Louise Hashnote, De-onne Hoshide, Randal Jaffe, Patricia Bjorklund, Sandy Silas and Lawrence Downs.
Also selected were Robert i Feller, Leonard Tauman, Julie I Noyes, Carol Resner, Noelle _ Green, Paul Saba, Michael
munist Strategy and Propaganda.	Despite this emphasis on
“In assessing United States the value of Vietnam for the policy in South Vietnam, we;Lrnited States, he stated that must consider how the loss of many other countries also Southeast Asia would affect.have a stake in South Viet-us,” he warned. He particu-;nam-
| larly stressed the psycho-po- Among these other nations llitical values in keeping Viet- with interests in Saigon is ! nam.	the new Asian industrial
Currently in Control giant, Japan, he said. The Ja-“We re already recognized panese are definitely worried as the occupying power in about the growth of Red Vietnam, ’ said the command-China. and a Viet Cong vic-er. On this basis, he reasoned,; tory would seriously affect pressing the fight in Vietnam japan. certainly could not do us any sored by the Los Angeles harm.
chapter of the California in addition to the psycho-Society of Certified Public political harm the United Accountants and the USC states would suffer by a loss School of Business Adminis- in Southeast Asia, there is tration.	also the military value to be
Teaching Trends	considered.
Current teaching and re- Commander Rolph added, search trends in accounting “If we pulled out of South The villagers are interest-education will be the theme Vietnam now, I can’t see that ed primarily in their own se-of the all-day meeting de- it would be anything but de- curity. Therefore, the Viet voted to the exchange of new trimental to our position in Cong attempts to -convince ideas and recent develop- the Pacific.”	the people that Saigon can-
ments in the field.	He emphasized his belief not protect them, Rolph said.
More than 100 accounting educators from local universities and CPA's will attend, according to Dr. Leslie R.
Lose hen, associate professor of accounting.
Dr. Robert R. Dockson, dean of the School of Business Administration, and H.
Public Favors Keds
Commander Rolph added that public sentiment in South Vietnam is on the side of the Viet Cong, mainly because the Communists have been successful and efficient in their organization.
Director to Update Ancient Greek Plays
sities and colleges for 1965, McMoni le John Janeski and and it seems to us that they I Margaret Ann Bennet.
a j wPHh t0 ’ I	New Members	ness Administration, and H. Director John Blankenchip production of “Taming of the
quipped Wedberg.	Kathy Duchi, Nancy Finn. Vernon Blankenbaker, presi- win have some new set de-!Shrew.”
lenic Office between 1:30- yesterday.	“Last Monday we had 1,134:Ly n d a Powers, Richard dent of the Los Angeles chap- signs for an old pattern in Co-starring as Myrrhine
3:30 p.m. Bids to pledge will Conrad Wedberg, director pieces of mail, he continued. Strick, Jay Eugene Taub, ter of the California Society the Drama Department's next will be Marcy Lafferty, and be given at the above men-;0f admissions, said this num- The director attributes thej Virginia McDonald, Sue Ric- 0f CPA's, will welcome the production March 11-13 and Carol Brown will play Lam-tioned office between 4:30- ber Ls about 400 more than great number of applications; ket, Bill Prezant. Terry visitors.	18-20 in Bovard Auditorium, pito.
5:0° p.m.	jhave been received at this'to the fact that more high!Regan and Zona I. King were|	jjers will include Dr Blankenchip, doubling as The role of the Magistrate
Miss Stephanie Adams, as- time in previous years.	school students realize the also tapped.	Charles E. Johnson, dean of director and set designer, has be portrayed by Steve
sistant dean of women, said,j Wedberg added that tne need of higher education. ; More new forum members ;the	of Liberal Arts at made some changes in Soph- Bellon who was recently s^en
“We encourage any women ■ quality of the prospective stu- The office will begin to; are Andrew Lisiecki, Paul L Uniy it Qf 0regon His! ocles’ “Oedipus Rex,” and the role of Scarron in “The
who are interested in sorority dents surpassed that of past send letters of acceptance or channesian, Bruce Cohen, sub;ject win be “What ’ Are Aristophanes’“Lysistrata.” Underpants.” He will soon
membership to take advan-1 applicants to the university, j regret this week. This is the Brian Berhark, Colleen Hen-jYou Doing in There7” a dis-' New musical adaptations comPlete work his MA
College; and tage of this informal rush “The students have pre- earliest they have ever be- Sel, Bill McIntyre, Pamela Ott, cussion 0f the proper a n d are the main chan-es in the degree by dating ^d de-
Conrad Wedberg, Jr.. USC di- period, as it is an excellent sented excellent high school gun to send these letters. Martin James Foley, Roberta chano.incr role of universities Drama Department produc- si»nin® a production of “The
We In addition to processing Collen, Norman L. VVilky and jn ;rofessionaI accomting tion.	RiTvals^' .	.
vast| these applications, the Office Randal P. Arase.	^	In adapting Lysistrata as
I	I ....	education.	ThA aptian nf “OpHinilS	• . 7 ™	, -
number of scholarship appli- of Admissions is also prepar-i The list also includes Karen |	~ ,, “	. . a musical play, Blankenchip
I cations,” he said.	: ing for next fall’s registra- Beuer Jan Marie Ezell J	Sargent Speech	Rex wnll feature an original hag kept ^ moocj an(j feeling
I The Admissinos Office said | tion. Tomorrow they will be- Toweli Ponte, Arlene Gon- Arthur M. Sargent, execu-j musical score composed by of
gin a series of computer reg-jzales, Rebecca Meyers and istration meetings for fall. Bob Olson.
1965.	j Completing the list
Similar meetings were heldiLaura Halem, Linda Fessler, F^ncj^0 ~
opportunity to meet sorority: records for admission.
Shave also received a
clinch to Graduate
Initiate
Forum
they are so deluged with applications to process that they have been forced to curtail all of their morning in-Dr. Charles McClelland, "Knowiedge for the Political | terviews during the week, professor of international re- Scientist.” lations. will introduce the The Graduate Forum cor-Graduate Student Luncheon responds with the Campus Forum at noon today in the Forum on Wednesday nights,
Episcopal, Lutheran, Presby- “Called to be Human,” for terian House Lounge, 906 W. undergraduates.
36th St.	Upcoming Graduate Forum
Ha will
series on
Knowledge' witn a talk on
execu- musical score tive director of the California Jim Low. Society of CPA's in San
Friday for the summer ses- Cathy Buck, Jim Smoot, Don-“One and a half million stu- sion registration which will j aid J. Fike, Rick Ferdig and dents are applying to univer- begin June 1.	Richard Bertkin.
begin a “The Meaning ’ with a talk
- week topics and speakers include: Paul Bloland, dean of stu-
of
dents, sneaking “For the
USC Paper ic Survey
siiiicn
Disiiil
Educator” on March 3; Francis Spreitzer, from the Do-ihenv Library staff, speaking [“For the Artist” on March ,10: and Dr. Donald Queller, I associate dean of the Graduate School, speaking “For the Historian” on March 17. On March 24. Dr. Howard The Daily Trojan will be Taylor, associate professor of checking newspaper distribu- chemistry, will speak “For tion points around campus the Scientist. He will be fol-within the next two weeks. lowed on March 31 by Dr. Tim Reilly, director of stu- Acro1 Arnold, professor of dent publications, announced English, discussing the topic, yesterday.	“F°r the Writer.”
University Chaplain John
The survey will be made to
Cantelon will speak on April
determine from which points ? Qn the t ic of theology. the most Daily Trojans have The Graduats Forum is been disappearing.	part of a cooperative ecumen-
Reilly asked that people re- }ca] program sponsored by frain from taling stacks of fjvp rampi!s ministries: Ame-the new3pap ra from <t■ tri- (1 Baptist. Episcopal, Lulu.tion points fcr use in theran (NLC), Methodist and offices or at other distribu- Presbyterian, tion areas.	meeting lasts from
“Every effort n bring noon to 1 p.m. Students are made to fairly distribute the asked to hring a sack lunch. Daily Trojans," Reilly said. ,Free coffee will be provided.
CYCAD PLANT—The fifty-year-old female gymnosperm has been moved from the back of Bridge Hall to its new
home in front of Hancock. Pictured (I) are Pam Moore and Jean Fuller, secretaries of I h e Hancock Foundation.
the Greek comedy. Written by Aristophanes “Lysistrata ' is a newr mu- as a satiric protest against Francisco, will report on The sical adaptation with lyrics war, "Lysistrata.” though ]pr State Society of CPA s in San by Kitty Farran, former USC topical, seems appropriate to Francisco.	student, and music by Dick every succeeding generation
Dr. Reed K. Storey, direc- Pribor, former music ar- 0f western society,” said a tor of accounting research ranger for Marge and Gower spokesman for the Drama for the American Institute of Champion.	Department.
CPA’s in New York, will dis- Allison Price will be star- In up-dating the comedy, cuss “The Role of the Educa- ring in the title role of Ly- Blankenchip and his associ-tor in the Search for Ac- sistrata. Miss Price portrayed ates are adding production icounting Principles.”	Kate in Dr. Herbert Stahl’s	(Continued on Page 2)
RARE PLANTS
50-Year-0!d Twosome Find New Resting Place
Two survivors of an and- stands nearest the street, ori- The age of the two plants ent era have migrated from ginally came to the univer- cannot be exactly determined their little-known hiding sity from the Scoville Estate because there are no counta-place behind Bridge Hall to in Pasadena, which was des- ble annual rings in the soft the flowrer bed in front of the troyed to make way for the pulpy trunks. But from ob-Hancock Foundation.	Colorado Freew'ay. It was servations of the growth of
The immigrants are a pair moved here by a group of other cycads growing at of cycads, the most primitive graduate botany students Claremont High School, living members of the gym-'under Wheeler's direction. Wheeler has estimated the nosperm plant group. The1 The male plant, located age of these twro at 40 to 50 plants are of a type which nearest the building. wa& years.
first appeared in fossils about found growing on the Kerck- This species of cycad, 200 million years old.	hoff Estate between West known scientifically a3 Cycas
With the cooperation of the Adams Boulevard and 27th revoluta, seems to have no Operation and Maintenance Street north of the row. specific common name either Department and Louis C. When the Kerekhoff Estate among botanists, who merely Wheeler, professor of botany, was donated to USC the male call it by the general name the plants were transplanted plant was brought to the cycad. or among laymen, who to their present position di- campus and placed near the call it Sago Palm. Wheeler rectly in front of the Han- female behind Bridge Hall added that the name Sago cock Foundaion.	where they remained for over Palm is applied indiscrimin-
The female plant, which,12 years.	lately to many other cycads.
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