University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
VOL. LVin	LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1967	NO. 78
I Would Like to Have Stayed If I Had Felt Wanted-Vick
Monday to Speed Elections
By greg kieselmann
Daily Trojan Editor
“I would like to have stayed if I had felt wanted." George Vick, philosophy instructor, said last night in an interview.
Vick was replying to a statement by J. Wesley Robb, interim director of the School of Philosophy, that he sruTht employment elsewhere despite the extension of his doctoral dissertation deadline (see above story).
Vick said he was told that if he finished hi.= dissertation by April 1. tlie extended deadline, his case would be reopened, but not necessarily that he would be asked to stay.
Vick said he felt, however, that his chances of staying were not good.
“I had been informed by Dean Robb that there were grave doubts among the philosophy faculty about my competence and future productiveness as a scholar. I was then advised by Dean Robb to seek a position elsewhere," he said.
“In light of this, given that he is the dean of humanities and acting
Actor-Singer To Appear at Hillel House
Theodore Bikel. renowned actor and folk singer, will speak at the Hillel House. 1029 W. 36th St., Monday from noon to 2 p.m. on a person-to-person basis.
He will appear through the courtesy of the American Jewish Congress in cooperation with the B'nai B’rith Hillel Foundations.
Although Bikel is best known as a performer, in his personal life he is concerned with Jewish affairs and is national vice-president of the American Jewish Congress.
Bikel has costarred in “The Russians Are Coming” and on the Broadway stage in “The Sound of Music.” He has also recorded, album* of folk music in many languages.
Bikel was born in Vienna in 1924 and educated in Israel and England. He graduated with honors from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and is the cofounder of the Israel Chamber Theater.
chairman of my department, I could only infer that my possibilities for staying at USC were rather dubious.
“I would like to have stayed at USC. a point I had made clear many times to Dean Robb, and often told him my contact with our students here has been the high point of my academic life.”
Robb said that the faculty of the School of Philosophy was consulted on the Vick question. Vick questioned this.
“The Personnel Committee of the philosophy fncu'.ly wasn't a^ked Furthermore, I have had the strong support of Dr. John O. Wisdom, distinguished visiting professor of philosophy. Dr. Gr'dcics MacGregor, distinguished professor in the philosophy of religion — the only two full professors who are members of the department — Associate professor Henryk Skolimowski, Assistant Professor Kevin Robb, and former director William H. Werkmeister.”
He added that Christopher Humphrey, an instructor, was not consulted at all.
“This leaves three members of the philosophy faculty, two of whom do not have tenure,” Vick said.
UNBELIEVABLE DT TO CLOSE GAP
By HAL LANCASTER Editorial Director
There will he no credibility gap at USC Monday (see story on this page), since tho Daily Trojan will not be published.
Several staff members of the newspaper, along with El Rodeo representatives, will be attempting to maintain credibility in Sacramento at the California Intercollegiate Press Association’s convention.
The Daily Trojan will be at-tempting to win its fourth consecutive sweepstakes award. If it does, the USC delegation may be lynched by the other schools in the state. If this happens, there may not be • Daily Trojan Tuesday, Wednes-or Thursday, etc.
The El Rodeo will also be seeking ils fourth straight sweepstakes trophy.
First Voter Registration
“I can only conclude that these w’ere the ones consulted. It seems strange to speak of them as the ‘philosophy faculty’.”
Vick referred anyone interested in the confidcnce of the philosophy faculty in his abilities to an article in the February 22 edition of the Daily Trojan.
GRASPING FOR AIR—This young Troy Camper is one of many youngsters who participate in competitive sports offered in conjunction with Tro/ Camo. Swimming as wel! as baseball and basketball are part of the Troy Camp program for underprivileged area children
USC-UCLA CAMPS VIE IN BASKETBALL
By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH City Editor
USC will face UCLA in basketball before March 11. which probably comes as a surprise to most of the USC faithful who follow' the sports
pages avidly.
However the game will probably not be listed in the sports section. even though it is scheduled for tomorrow, because it is a game between Troy Camp and Unicap. UCLA's equivalent.
It will be played during halftime of the UCLA-Washington State game tomorrow evening at Pauley Pavilion.
Six Troy Campers and Troy Camp Cochairmen Deraid Sidler and Patti Reynolds will be guests of UCLA during the afternoon. The team will have time to practice in Pauley before having dinner at the Sigma Nu house on the campus.
The Troy Campers will be out to avenge last year's 6-0 shutout by the Unicapers, played on the Troy Campers’ home court, the Sports Arena.
Sidler, Troy Camp's substitute for Bob Boyd, who has been busy coaching another team lately, said his men have been practicing every afternoon for two and a half weeks at the Eastside Boys Club.
“Since Unicamp boasts an undefeated team (last year's win), we've been thinking of going into a stall,” Coach Sidler said, “but we re not sure of our game plan yet.”
Troy Camp is a student-run camp held for one week at the end of the summer at Camp Buckhorn in the San Jacinto Mountains near Idyllwild.
Sidler said Troy Camp and Unicamp are planning several more joint ventures, including parties for the children, in the future.
By MELINDA TONKS
Voter registration will begin Monday in front of the Student Union, Elections Commissioner Laury Scott announced yesterday.
“This is the first time USC has conducted registration,” Scott said. “We are hoping to speed up the voting process for voters by registering them before the election.”
The registration booth will be open from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. from Feb. 27 to March 10. Each student will receive an IBM card when he registers that asks for basic individual information. Students will also be asked to choose a voting area and tell their current year in school.
To be eligible to vote, an undergraduate student must be carrying 12 units and a graduate student must have eight units. A photo I.D. card must also be presented.
Two separate polling places will be set up this year, one in the cus tomary location in front of Bovard Auditorium on April 3 and 4. and a second “roving” poll in Hoover Park on April 3 and at the corner of University Ave .and 28th St. on April 4.
There will be a special line at the Bovard polling area where students wrho have not registered may do so on election day.
Runoffs will be held on April 7 in front of Bovard Auditorium.
Of approximately 10,000 students eligible to vote, Scott hopes the turnout will be between 4,000 and 5,000 voters. Last year about 2,150 students voted in the primary and 1.700 in the runoffs.
A higher turnout for this semester is expected because of the preregistration.
Scott explained that instead of sorting through 18.000 cards to determine eligibility, voters who register will just have to give their name and present their photo I.D. card.
“The check on voter eligibility
that was conducted in previous years was prompted by cheating on the ballots.” Scott said.
The new system of registration will eliminate the old system and will
also enable the student to take less time in voting.
Another problem was that of extremely long lines, caused by a manpower shortage on the elections com-
mission. which enabled only a few lines to be open at a time.
From now on, registration will be conducted in the first month of every spring semester.
Vick Chose to Leave Says Philosophy Director
By GREG KIESELMANN*
Daily Trojan Editor
George Vick, instructor in philosophy, was given the opportunity to complete his doctoral dissertation and perhaps stay at USC, but he elected to teach elsewhere, Dr. J. Wesley Robb, interim director of the School of Philosophy, said yesterday.
Robb told the Daily Trojan that Vick, who earlier said that the university had relieved him of his job. has taken a position at California State College at Los Angeles
Vick’s job was in jeopardy because he had not completed his doctoral disseration in an allotted time, but he had bee given an extention to April 1. Robb said the instructor had foregone the chance and had decided to join the state college faculty.
“I discussed the Vick matter with the faculty of the School of Philoso-hpy, the Board of Deans of LAS and the Personnel Committee of the Division of Humanities, and we decided to extend the dissertation deadline, at which time we would consider his reappointment,” Robb said.
“Vick decided to leave, and that’s his responsibility. He wasn't willing to wait for a final judgment.”
Another factor in Vick's leaving was the fact that he would be teaching at the university where he had received his doctorate.
“It's a general policy of institutions that if the teacher takes his work there, he will teach elsewhere and might be asked back later,” Robb said.
“If Vick wants to come back after
making a record elsewhere, the faculty might consider bringing him back.”
Robb said it would be foolish for an administrator to overrule the opinion of the faculty of his department, and the faculty, he said, “felt that if Vick didn’t complete his Ph.D. he shouldn't be retained.”
He added that he was aware that Vick had the adulation of many students.
“I can well appreciate the feelings of students since I received the teaching award the first year it was given. I feel that good teaching is essential in the learning process. But in the judgment of the faculy members, the total profile of the faculty and the needs of the department must be considered.”
Checks Sent To Scaffold Participants
By MARGIE BESTER
Checks to the owners of the books sold by Scaffo’d the ASSC book exchange, are in the process of being mailed out. ASSC president Taylor Hackeford said he expects all the checks to be mailed by tomorrow evening.
“Since Scaffold employed strictly voluntary help, there was some difficulty in getting the checks in the mail immediately after the close of the sale,” Hackford said.
Scaffold took in 3,900 books and sold 2,600 of them.
Because some books are not being used next semester and because many students didn’t buy their books from Scaffold, a surplus of 1,300 books remains. The books will be handled in one of the following ways:
•	They can be sent back east where they will be bought for 20 per cent of the original price.
•	If the owners of the books do not want them wholesaled, they can pick them up in Hackford’s office, 321 Student Union, between 1 and 5 p.m. next week.
The University Bookstore will pay 50 per cent of the original price of those books that will be used next semester if they are brought in before the end of next week.
A list of the numbers of all the books which were not sold will be published in Wednesday’s Daily Trojan.
All books which aren’t claimed by March 3 will be wholesaled and the owners will receive a check for 20 per cent of the original price of the book.
'The Great Excape'
Students may escape to adventure tonight as Delta Garner, and Richard Attenborough, will be shown Kappa Alpha sponsors the showing of "The Great Es- twice, once at 7 p.m, and again at 9.30 p.m n 133 cape." The movie which stars Steve McQueen, James Founders Hall. Admission to the picture is 75 cents.
MARY MILLER CITED AS SOURCE
Editor Views USC Credibility Gap
By JAN ARNOLD
A credibility gap exists at USC, the editor of the Free Press told a noon audience yesterday.
Sponsored by the Students for a Democratic Society Art Kunkin cited Mary Miller, Daily Trojan feature editor, as the prime source of the credibility gap at USC.
He based hs talk on her article entitled “Pot is good, but LSD better” on Oct. 3, 1966, concerning the Free Press, in which she wrote:
“The Free Press is written by and for a coterie of hippies, artists, bohemians and Sunset drifters: it is typically against the draft, President Johnson, the war in Vietnam, Mayor Yorty and the entire Los Angeles police force.
“If you don’t mention LSD, pot or hip folk heroes at least three times in every paragraph, you’re just one of those plastic people who lack soul.”
The Free Press, according to Kunkin, has staff writers interested in seeing the other point of view and is represented by professors from 'L.A. State and Claremont Men’s College.
When the Watts riots took place, the “Underground Press,” (“one of the few true statements by Miss Miller,” Kunkin said) was closa to the people of the East Los Angeles community and was able to print their side of the story without any
political or financial pressures, he explained.
Kunkin started the Free Press because he felt the people of Los Angeles were not being represented by the local press. The result — “People must print for themselves.”
The Free Press was printed to “let the other side of the story have its say, be it free love, marijuana, legalized abortion or LSD.”
The Free Press is not a political leader; it just presents certain facts, mostly concerning local government. At the same time “w’e have ftm doing it,” he said.
The Free Press reporters seem to find themselves in the middle of all the controversial issues while trying to represent the underdog, Kunkin said. The Press has been approached by the American Nazi Party, which wanted a weekly column, but Kunkin found it to be “illiterate and of no value.”
Subjects dealt, with in most Free Press articles are never printed in larger papers because “they have financial interests of their own that would hurt them if they spoke against them,” he said.
He cited the Los Angeles Times as an example of a paper that took the stand that the state office should not have all rights to printing of school textbooks. The Times failed to mention that it was the owner of the largest boot-binding company in
California — therefore a financial interest, he pointed out.
Kunkin was asked which paper was the most truthful in presenting facts. He answered, “You must read 40 publications a week to balance opinions to find out what's going on.
“In spite of any attack, man has the right to set up his own paper and as'k questions. Fundamentally there is freedom of the press. On one hand, there is formal freedom, and on the other there is pressure to shut people up as the individual become more unindividualized,” Kunkin said.
The Free Press has a circulation of 42.000 a week. Kunkin said he's “not gett'ng rich. I'm just getting more headaches.” The paper provides space for the avant garde artists, avant g?rde politics and advertisers (art galleries, coffee houses, etc.).
APPLICATIONS DUE FOR SONGFEST
All Songfest applications must he turned in today to the Special Events Office, 230 Student Union.
They must be accompanied by a $10 entry fee and a copy of the musical score.
Songfest rehearsals will begin Monday, with tryouts set for April 5 and 6.