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University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
1965
PRIZE-WINNING NEWSMPtt
CALIFORNIA NIWSPAPf* PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
Vol. XVII
LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1966
No 69
First Convention Meeting Tonight
By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH News Editor
The second ASSC Constitutional Convention in as many years will hold its first meeting tonight under the chairmanship of ASSC President John Sullivan.
Thirty-eight delegates will convene at 6 p.m. in IVesidenl Topping’s conference room to receive their _	-------specific subcommittee assign-
ments for the revision of the ASSC governmental structure
Sullivan will give a short talk and read a prepared statement b\ Dr Topping. Dean of Students Paul A. Bloland is also expected to give a brief speech.
Convention delegates include the nine members of the executive cabinet, nine senators. one representative each from 18 campus organizations and two student members of the Student Activities Committee.
Participating will be Stilli van. ASSC Vice-President Carol Rollo, ASSC Secretary Judy Austin. AWS President .lane* Rybicki. AMS Pr esident Bob Harmon. Senior Class President Ted Gilliland. Junior President Taylor H a c k-ford. Sophomore President Steve Newman and Freshman President Larry Hall.
The nine senators, appoint ed by Senate President Don Lynn, are Richard Ackerman, Clyde Doheny. Rob Kettell, Greg McAndrews. Dan Montrenes. Glen Mowrer. Marie Robinson, Scott Saunders and Lynn himself
Fifteen delegates are being sent from various campus service, religious, and political organizations. They are Cookie Pettee. Committee on Human Relations: Mike O’Bradovitch. International Students’ House: Carl Emerich. Interfraternity Council. Ray Sparling. Men’s Judicial.
Steve Kemp. Men’s Residence Halls Association: Tif fanv Kemper, Mortar Board; Ruth Macke y, Panhellenic Council: Ruth Rosenshine. Amazons: Kathy Roe. Chimes: Martin Sulmeyer, Trojan Democratic Club: Gordon Biescar. Knights.
Jim Fisher. Squires: Dick Spencer, Trojan Young Republicans: Beverly Crooker, Spurs: Lila Rae Anderson, Women’s Judicial; Carol Res-ner. Students for a Democratic Society; Bob Olson. Community Action Project: and Don Q u i g 1 y. Engineering Council.
The two members of the
Astronomy Viewed as Expanding
“There is vast.* ever expanding opportunity lor men and women among the telescopes white dwarfs, physics, nebulae, r^d giants, pholo-graphy. asteroids, chemistry.
•planets, writing observation and research of today s and tomorrow's astronomy."
This is the conclusion of science writer John Ralph Evens in a column syndicated by the American Newspaper
Service Evens researched the article at the USC Depart ment of Astronomy.
“The electronic computer, incarnation of automation that someday is supposed to throw most of us out of work, is nowhere more usable than ir the science of astronomy.
Yet the demand for trained astronomers is so great that they may not need to scan the
help-wanted advertisements for six or seven generations."
Evens wrote.
“There are three areas of work available for 1 hose with academic degrees in astron omy: teaching: observation and pure research: and the practical application of astrophysics. astro-chemistry. astro-arithmetic. and as t root her things to the mechanic 1 and equipment needs of teaching, observation and apace exploration by manned snd un-manned satellites.'’ he said.
When asked about qualifications for the astronomer.
Dr. Gibson Reaves, professor of astronomy, told Evens:
“The astronomer needs an intense and unending curios-and willingness to work un supervised in total mental as well as physical aloneness." ity coupled with the ability (Continued on Page 3)
Professor of Honored by
Topping Names 2nd Planning Group
GOOD GRIEF!—Rob ert Short will present a different view of the Gospel in his lecture entitled "The Gospel According to Peanuts" to be delivered tomorrow.
Peanuts' Gospel To Be Examined
“The Gospel According to Peanuts’’ will be presented by its author. Robert Short, at a meeting of the Campus Forum, sponsored by the Ecumenical Mission, tomorrow at 2 p.m. in 226 Founders Hall.
Short’s lecture will be illustrated with cartoons from his book, published by the	T
John Knox Press.	Preceding his lecture be-
The book originated when fore the Campus Forum, Short became director of a Short will be available for inmorning devotional television iCrrn-al conversation at a sup-program presented by the i;er meeting of the Campus Greater Dallas Council of Religions Centers^ Encoun-Churches. He began using ^er program at 5 p.m. at Peanuts as a type of modern-	34th St.
Disaster T mining
Offered
Civil defense training for all emergencies — nuclear attacks. earthquakes, tidal waves, fires, riots, floods, and storms — will be given to state, county and local of-J ficials by the University of Southern California under a .S99.300 contract w ith the US. Office of Civil Defense
L’SC will begin a series of regional conferences today and will then continue the program on campus through out the state in cooperation with the Office of Civil Defense and the California Disaster Office The School of Public Administration's Center for Training and Career Development is cosponsoring the project.
About 600 officials from cities in Los Angeles. Orange. Santa Barbara. Ventura and Riverside counties will attend the day-long meeting in Town and Gown Foyer and Hancock Auditorium.
“The conferences are designed to identify the training needs and obtain nominations of qualified instructors so USC can prepare a com prehensive program of training tailor-made to local community requirements throughout the state,” said Dean Henry Reining of the School of Public Administration
Commission Will Plot Future USC Course
By MAliY MILLER
A second planning commission charged to review all phases ot I s activities and goals and to establish guidelines for the next 20 vear ha- been appointed bv Dr. Norman Topping.
1 racy Strevey, vice-pre- ident of academic affairs, was named chairman of the
new commission made up of this time, tne rinding? of ai:
up
deans, administrators a n d faculty.
“No university stands still. We must go forward." Strevey said.
“It’s obvious, as the firs: phase of the Master Plan comes to a close, that we need to take a look again at particular areas in university life and think through new lines of development, pol-
tne
three agencies will pulled together in order to establish cle.'.r objectives and initiate dynamic plans foi the next 20 vrats.
"The planning during thes° IS months will :h«n result >n another Master Pian v ith era-iphasis <>n academic affairs-The first master p«a<v i 11 near completion in three to four years. Bv that time this
TRACY STREVEY
... To H ead Commission
Professor Condemns Pampering
Picking up after- your child that since the major empha- V’ ‘S*V\ :n	*n‘‘ rit ’e ~'P
icy and planning that we need nfeu program will op in fnI! to follow.
“These plans will be translated into dollar costs so the trustees and our friends can support us in our drive for further excellence."
Academic Future
President Topping hope
swing. Strevey said.
The greatest problem f^c ing I'SC in the future Strevey feels, is the rol.- of an urban university in a great metropolitan area. He said I >(. must determine "h v ve uni-
can become involved as a
may be neat, but it may dam- sis of the first commission age his ability to earn a liv- was on expansion of physical
ing this area and tne entire outhern California region "
ing. says Dr. Mary Reilly, facilities, his second eommis- The ari hoc committee.' visiting professor of occupa-.sion will be mainly concerned ^a,,e been assigned to those tional therapy.	with the academic future of
been
other areas of concern
TasK
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Psychologist to Weigh Area Planning Values
J	sucmi psycnuiugisL <3.btSUUiaLtU
toward a Ph.D. at the Uni- with Arthur D Litt’e^ Inc.,| Dr ■
versity of Chicago.	Cambridge. Mass.. will discuss!discuss
Philosophy
Students
® To ignore the existence and real influence of social class
HONORED PHILOSOPHER—Prof. William H. Werlc-
meis+er of the Philosophy Dept., was recently given a letter by students praising his inspirational guidance.
day parable.
The program, along with Short's lectures, became so popular that he incorporated the highlights into the book, vhich is now in its seventh printing in the United States.
Short has also written Are the goals of city and.ies, is sponsored by USC’s many articles on theology regional planners compatible graduate program in city and and the arts that have been j with the goals of the social regional planning directed by published in the Chicago groups for whom they are Dr. Ira M. Robinson, and is Tribune, the Chicago Sun- planning?	made possible by a recent
Times, and Crossroads Maga-j Dr. William R. Meyers, a &rant from the Sears-Roe-zine. He is now working social psychologist associated bu^k Foundation.
Meyers is expected to the conflicting social
In addition. Short has had this question in a prc( public goals and the conflicts of in-one year of acting experi- lecture tomorrow night at 8 terest among social groups, ence with the Margo Jones p.m. in 133 Founders Hall. relating these to the nat..re Repertory Theater in Dallas.i The lecture, fifth in a ser- of the planning profession itself.
I Specifically, the speaker will discuss some of the prevailing tendencies in the planing profession:
9 To ignore real conflicts of interest among segments of the community, taking refuge in the “for-the public-interest" plea.
By ANN SALISBURY attracted not only by your ® To make social goals ab-Students in the Graduate personal achievements, but stractjmd rationalized.
School of Philosophy have also by the character of the presented Professor William school you have shaped.
H. Werkmeister, director of “The Time essay describes the school, with a letter of philosophy as having forgot-
gratituoe for his excellent jen	important questions -r *	•/ /
management of the depart- which once guided its quest. . / f 0/GH \J LLiiCl
“This certainly does not de-	. .	.
The letter is signed by all pcrjbe philosophy at our j	l~1 f) fl	) til
members of t h e Graduate school> where the whole range	U 11 ^	Ll L
School oj Philosophy and was 0f thought is covered bv a	\ * / r	rN
a completely spontaneous ef- facultv of varied and Comple- W 0171611. S UQ)/
fort on the part of the stu- mentary interests.”
dents.	when Dr Werkmeister as- The Trojan Guild will be-
lt was prompted by a re- sumecl the direction of the S”1 its fifth annual Trojan cent article in Time, which School of Philosophy, one of Women's Day tomorrow at accused modern-day philoso- his main goals was to build; 10;30 a.m. in Hancock Audi-phers of “philosophizing:a school which could survive torium.
about philosophy rather than in competition with UCLA. The program will open with life,” and having “bitterly In contrast to UCLA Dr. a panel discussion entitled “A segregated” philosophy de- Werkmeister said he has tried Dialogue: Approaches to partments at major universit- to build a school well-bal- Reality.” Dr. J. Wesley Robb, ies representing only one'anced in orientation. Each assistant dean of humanities point of view. They designat- teacher represents not only a.and professor of religion, will ed 1 CLA as a typical exam- different, field, but a. differ- moderate the discussion, pie.	ent point of view.	Facultv Participants
The student letter received “Six years ago we had only pr William H Easton by Dr Werkmeister explains three philosophy graduate chairman or thp department that graduate students in the students. Now we have 40 ()f geology. Dr Morris En-school do not believe these There has no, only been an , 2S ",iate protessor „f f.““Sa“na h?ld “,,e fo' the increase in number, but we hu hv. and Dr John E.
LSC Philosophy Department. i now have three W oodrowip . , *
r- * / t < ^	Utt-i ri u	t-. Cantelon, university chaplain
Contents of Letter	Wilson Fellows, two Dan- , . . c	..
mu i *4.	„mL :r ,, r, ,,	.	v and associate professor in the
The letter says: The re- forth Fellows, and one stu
dent doing post-doctoral work,” Dr. Werkmeister said.
Graduate students attribute the success of the department to “Dr, Werkmeist-er’s immense store of knowledge, his ability to penetrate deeply into the subject at
Dance
Book
Revised
Helping in Wrong W.u
However, the parents of handicapped children, who try to give extra help to their children, reallv handicap
Dr Reilly, also chief of re- USC and it3 contribution to habilitation at UCLA s. Neu- regi°nal development and to ropsychiatric Institute, said education, the mother who maintains the This second planning com-apron strings concept de- mission will work through prives hei child of the neces- three agencies. The first is a sarv independence.	central committee composed
Speaking before the Calif- of 18 faculty members, ornia Association of Neu- This committee .vill be the rologically Handicapped Chil- primary agency for determin-dren at Disneyland recently. !riS w'bere I SC should be the she said that most parents strongest They will carry on
worry about their children's the planning that will tes'dr "Modern Dance anrren ability to earn a living.	in a second master plan to by Dr. Atleene Lockhart. p"v
carry the university through fessor of physical education .. the year 1980.	ynd Dr. Esther E Pease of
Will Study (>oals	the University of Michigan
As a second part of this has been revised in a loose-self-evaluation. Strevey has leaf publication by Wm C.
them again bv helping in the asked each sch°o1 and dhi‘ Brown Co“ D^buque, Iowa, wrong way She =aid th-t slon or the univer31l-v to The book of building and these children need standards study their Particular Phi’ te-chinS lessons was first of work set bv both the losoP^;- g^ls and plans for published in 1951. reprinted mother and the father	future development in order the next year, and revised in
tc bring the thinking of the 1957. It contains music by Children need lo see thei: facuJty to the commission Jessie B. Flood formerly of father doina chores around anc| ultegtate significant the University of Nebraska, the house like helping „ne p)pns Df au parts of the uni- and Quin Adamson of thp mother, ana e\ en teaching versjty.	University of Michigan and
the child, en themsehes iiov<	third, agency of the illustrated by Elizabeth Qr.m
L° P games	commission is a task force ton. formerly of the Univer-
Dr. Reilly also said that 't of nine ad hoc committees sity of Nebraska, is handicapped children who made up of faculty members Dr. Lockhart is also pr= need these examples most. and administrators from vari- paring "Motor Learning ^nd “Some of the worst handi- ous areas of the university. Motor Performance" for p»:o-caps in life are to be overly These committees were es- lication. and is the author of dependent on othe r s and ti.blished at an organization- "An Anthology of Contempo-never to hsve learned *o al meeting on January 7. rary Readings: an Introduc-make out for oneself."	They will meet throughout tion to Physical Education “
Dr. Reilly added that par- the year to determine which with Dr. Howard Slusher of ents who worried about their elements should be present in USC, “Toward Excellence in children and sought advice!a new' master plan.	College Teaching." with Dr.
from others actually had fhe Strevey estimates that the Earl V. Pullias of USC and answers at home in the ex- study will take approximate- others, and "Music for the amples they set.	h 18 months. At the end of Modern Dance."
Famous Design Engineer Joins Fine Arts Faculty
cent Time essay has once again reminded us of our indebtedness to you. Accordingly, we graduate students would like to express thanks for your unique contribution to philosophy at USC and to philosophy at large.
graduate school of religion, are scheduled to speak on the panel.
After the discussion a buffet luncheon will be held in Town and Gown. A tour of Birnkrant Residence Hall will
follow'.
"Most of us came to USC hand, and his concern for the Mrs. Paul Doermann Uo do philosophy with you,, well-being of the student.” ( chairman of Lhe event.
An internationally known mechanical design engineer, who divides his time between his wrorld-wide firm of consulting engineers and the w'orld of academics, will serve on the faculty of the University of Southern California's School of Architecture and Fine Arts during the current Spring semester. Dean Sam T. Hurst announced today.
Fred S. Dubin of West Hartford. Conn.. senior partner and chief of mechanical design for Fred S. Dubin Associates and an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University’s School of Architecture, will spend one day each week with the fourth year design class at USC and will also conduct a graduate seminar.
A graduate of Carnegie Tech and a registered engineer in 25 states and foreign territories, Dubin is a
FRED S. DUBIN
. . . Mechanical Engineer
regular guest lecturer in the Schools of Architecture at Pratt Institute. Yale. Harvard. Washington University ,of St. Louis, University of
California- Rice Institute. North Carolina State University, Cornell, and the University of Massachusetts.
• His firm, which was founded in 1946 with three men. now has a staff of nearly 100 : specializing in heating, air-conditioning. plumbing, power. lighting and sanitary engineering The company is handling engineering work on approximately -S 100.000.000 in year design class at I SC and general construction this year, with projects in 21 stites and seven fort-ign nations. The firm has offices in Hartford. Conn.. New York. La Jolla. San Juan. Puerto Rico, and Rome. Italy.
Mr. Dubin is a frequent participant in seminars and institutes on various engineering and architectural journals and holds membership in a wide range of professional organizations.