University of Southern California
DAILY ® TROJAN
VOL. LXII
NO. 127
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1971
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
Dr. Ernest Boyer (left) and Linda Donovan will speak at the commencement ceremonies, Thursday, at 1 1 a.m. Dr. Boyer is the Chancellor of the State University of New York. Miss Donovan is the first student ever to give a speech at commencement.
Chancellor is guest speaker
By MIKE REVZIN
Dr. Ernest Boyer, who will speak at Thursday s commencement exercises, prominent in higher education in New York and California.
Boyer has been with the State University of New York since 1965 and is presently the chancellor.
He came to New York from the University of California at Santa Barbara where he was Director of the Center for Coordinated Education, a research and action program which sought to introduce administrative and curricular innovations into the university and surrounding schools.
Prior to joining UCSB. Boyer was the Western College Association's Director of the Commission to Improve the Education of Teachers. He worked with all California colleges and universities to build relations between liberal arts and teacher education faculties at the time a new statewide credentialing pattern was mandated.
In 1956 Boyer began four years as an administrator at Upland College. During his administrative years, Upland College was accredited by the Western College Association and the State Department of Education.
After receiving his Ph.D. in Speech Pathology and Audiology from USC in 1957, Boyer was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health grant to pursue post-doctoral study at the University of Iowa Hospital.
There he researched the effectiveness of a new surgical procedure for middle-ear deafness.
Boyer has published widely in his fields of speech and hearing, and in higher education administration.
He has taught at USC and Loyola University in Los Angeles.
He received his M.A. degree from USC in 1955. his A.B. degree from Greenville College in Illinois in 1950 and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Literature Degree from Chapman College in 1971.
Graduation events begin Wednesday
Commencement events will begin Wednesday, June 9 at 8 p.m. with baccalaureate exercises in Bovard Auditorium. His Excellency, Timothy Manning, Archbishop of Los Angeles, will give the address.
Following this service, a university reception for all graduating seniors, their families, friends and members of the faculty will be held in Town and Gown.
Thursday, June 10, at 11 a.m..
Coed to speak at graduation
By BILENDA HARRIS Assistant Campus Editor
There has never been a student speaker at a USC commencement exercise. This year there is. Linda Donovan, a French/English major in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, will speak on the topic, “The American Scholar: Graduate ’71.”
Miss Donovan was chosen for the honor because she has the highest grade point average for her four years at USC of any graduating woman student.
When Miss Donovan came to USC four years ago, she was a senior in high school. She participated in the resident honors program, which allowed selected students to complete their senior year of high school and freshman year of college at the same time.
While at USC she has been active in Sword and Shield, Project Chance and Alpha Phi sorority. Miss Donovan is also a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, honorary, Phi Delta Phi, French honorary and Alpha Mu Gamma, honorary for women in education. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior and Phi Kappa Phi as a senior.
In her junior year at USC, she participated in the overseas program and spent a year studying at the University of Pau, Pau, France.
When asked why she was chosen to speak, Miss Donovan said, “Last year students were asked what they would like to change about graduation, the overwhelming answer was that
they would like the addition of a student speaker. Because of the ‘Days of Concern’ and strike, last year's graduates decided to have a silent vigil instead. This year I was asked, because of my academic standing, to give a five-minute speech on the topic. ‘The American Scholar: Graduate '71/ ”
In describing her plans for the future, Miss Donovan said, “I am getting married in June, but will be going to summer school and will continue to work on my masters and teaching credential next year either in English or education.”
In addition to being asked to speak at graduation, Miss Donovan received the Emma Bradley Bovard award as the Most Outstanding Woman Graduate of 1971.
Registrar urges preregistration
Continuing students who do not preregister before the July 7 deadline will not be able to register until the third day of registration in September.
“We are trying to encourage as many people as possible to take advantage of preregistration for their own benefit,” said Mr. William E. Hall, registrar.
Those students who are on academic probation and could not get their packets earlier may request them from the registrar’s office when their grades are in.
commencement exercises will be held in Alumni Park. Ernest Boyer, Chancellor of the State University of New York will give the commencement address.
The program for the excer-cises will begin with a processional by the University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Lewis. The audience and the graduating students will join in the National Anthem which will be followed by the invocation, de-lievered by the Rev. Alvin Rud-isill. university chaplain.
Following the invocation the University Concert Choir and Symphony Orchestra under the direction of James Vail, will perform, “The Last Words of David,” by Randall Thompson.
Retired Rear Admiral of the United States Naval Reserve. Charles Paxton, will administer the oath of office to candidates for Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force Commissions. Academic honors will be given by Milton Kloetzel, vice-presi-dent of academics.
Linda Donovan, senior, and the recipient of the Emma Bradley Bovard Award, will give the student address, followed by the commencement speech of Boyer.
University President Dr. John Hubbard will award certificates and honorary degrees. Honorary degrees will be presented to Boyer, Manning, Allan Rex Sandage, head of Pal-omor and Mt. Wilson observatories, and Charles Bates Thornton, a member of the Board of Trustees.
The exercises will conclude with the singing of the Alma Mater, benediction by Rev. Rudisill, and a choral benediction.
Diplomas and certificates will be awarded by the deans of the various schools in separate ceremonies immediately following the exercises. They will, each however, deliver a speech to their respective classes during the main ceremony.
Visitation extended to 2 a.m.
By TIM TAYLOR
Managing Editor
The Board of Trustees has approved visitation hours of 10:30 to 2 a.m. seven days a week for the women's dorms.
the board's vote came at its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday. All meetings of the trustees are closed, but Dr. Hubbard announced their decision that afternoon.
The endorsement of the current dorm hours is equivalent to a defeat of 24-hour visitation, although Dr. Hubbard said there was no vote on that specific proposal.
Dr. Hubbard said that the board had made it clear that their endorsement of current hours was not to be taken as a denial of the provisions of the statement on self-governance for living groups,' which gives the halls associations the authority to set their own hours under certain conditions.
The trustees also voted not to reconsider their earlier decision denying official recognition to the Gay Liberation Forum.
Last week's meeting was the first time that a student was allowed to appear before a regular board meeting. Laura Kotsiris, women's halls association president, made her proposal for 24-hour visitation and answered questions for 35 minutes.
"I don't see how the women's halls association could have had more effective representation,” Dr. Hubbard said.
Paul A. Bloland, vice-president for student and alumni affairs, attended the board meeting and said that he hopes Miss Kotsiris’ presentation will mark the beginning of an era of better board-student communication.
The trustees' action on the Gay Lib issue was in response to a request by the University Senate that the board
reconsider its denial of recognition.
GLF did not submit a new constitution or a new application for recognition. Dr. Hubbard said. The request was only to reconsider on the basis of the original proposals.
Dr. Hubbard also said that a special committee of board members, administrators, faculty and students had sorted through all the board's records and compiled all of the policies and resolutions pertaining to student and campus activities.
“I felt this was necessary because of the discrepancies, contradictions, ambiguities and omissions between actual board policy and their restatement in SCampus," Dr. Hubbard said. He said that all of the policies will be included in the next SCampus. to be
available in the fall.
Dr. Hubbard said that in the coming year he expects the board to review the speakers policy, the self-governance policy for living groups, the policy for recognizing campus organizations and the political activities policy.
“Now we have a common base from which to conduct the review. The record is now clear.'' he said.
Last Wednesday's meeting was the first meeting for two new trustees: Paul Trousdale, a real estate developer: and Mrs. Seth Weingarten. who at 30 years of age is the youngest trustee ever to serve on the board.
The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be the fall annual meeting during the first week in October.