MAN OF TROY
Hackford
TAYLOR HACKFORD
One of five Men of Troy, and Orde>- of the Palm winner.
Vietnam Teach-In To Be 'Balanced'
Bt C ARLA SWEENEY
“We want to stress that Friday s tearb-in on Vietnam will bp a balanc-discussion, not propaganda." Shelley Linderman. president of the Trojan Young Democrats explained yesterday.
Clive Grafton, director of stndent activities concurred with Linderman s view.
‘‘Dr. Fred Krinsky. professor of political science, had asked that the teach-in be an educational experience, a balanced pro and con debate.” he said.
“I understand the Trojan Young Democrats and the Students for a Democratic Society, cosponsors of the nonn-to-11 p.m. program had trouble getting such balanced speakers.”
Dr. William McBirnie. a noted anti-communist conservative will speak at noon on “Victory in Vietnam."’
Dr. McBirnie is pastor of the Glendale Community Church and a writer and radio commentator. He will emphasize the importance of Vietnam in fighting communism and the need for military victory’.
His speech will be balanced by Robert Vaughn speaking on “The War in Vietnam.” at 9:30 p.m.
The star of TV's “Man from UNCLE” will cover the development of America’s commitment in Vietnam. He was featured at the Spring Mobilization movement in San Fran-
cisco and has spoken at UCLA and Harvard.
At 6:45 p.m.. what Linderman calls the “first major debate on Vietnam in the last several years" will take place.
Speaking in favor of the war will be R. Adm. W. C. Chambliss. USN. ret., and Dr. J. Pournelle. On the other side will be Lawrence Sherman and Dr. Joseph Nyomarkay.
Adm. Chambliss was the navigator for the task force in Guadacanal and served in Europe. North Africa, the Middle East and the Far East. He is a lecturer at UCLA and has closely followed events in Vietnam and espouses victory through escalation.
Dr. Pournelle is chairman of political science at Pepperdine College. He is an active conservative Republican and also favors escalation.
Sherman was a peace candidate in the 1966 Congressional election. He will explain what direction America should take.
Also speaking at the teach-in will be Masamori Kojima on “What is Vietnam. Who are the Vietnamese?” at 1:15; Dr. Isodore Ziferstein. M.D., on "The Psychological Effects of War” at 2:15; and at 3:15 Father William DuBay on “The Role of the Church in Vietnam.”
“We feel that this is the most meaningful discussion of Vietnam held in L.A. and we urge all students to attend as much of it as possible.” Linderman said.
Hackie Is Candidate For MHA President
“Dorm students are not apathetic, they are just not informed.” said Ed Hackie. who announced his candidacy yesterday for Men s Hall Association president.
Hackie. a sophomore in philosophy «nd pre-med. explained that students with complaints about certain facets of dorm life do not know' of any efficacious channel of expression for these complaints.
“They need a channel of expression." he said. He intends to be just that.
He has suggested several methods for such expression. The first is a suggestion box in every dorm. Hackie said this would allow' the MHA president to compile an organized list of complaints and possible solutions to dorm problems.
This list of problems w’ould then be presented to the administration as suggestions made by the dorm residents and not just the MHA officers. This would demonstrate that the MHA had the support of the dorm students and would consequently be more influential.
“The purpose of MHA is to make dorm life better for people who live there. But regardless of who the president is. unless he knows the problems of dorms through the students themselves. he will be able to accomplish little,” said Hackie.
Hackie. a member of Alpha Phi Omega, and honorary service fraternity. also suggested that a survey !n the form of a questionnaire could be taken.
Hackie explained that the questionnaire w'ould help to consolidate opinion and gain support behind the MHA to change poor dorm conditions.
Hackie has lived in tile dorm for
University of Southern California
DAILY ® TROJAN
VOL. LVIH
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1967
NO. 121
Hackford Gets Palm Award; Best Shows Spirit of Troy
Taylor Hackford, ASSC president and fifth Man of Troy, was awarded the Order of the Palm last night at the AMS Aw'ards Banquet.
Hackford received the award primarily for his work in student government, through which he has “tried to establish the ASSC as a responsible and respected force at USC.”
The other four Men of Troy, and thus nominees for the award, w’ere Stu Benjamin. AMS president; Bob Braun, vice-president of student affairs: Dick Burt, IFC chief justice; and Rick Gaskins, Woodrow Wilson fellow and coeditor of the Faculty Guide.
The awrard is given annually to the man judged to have been exem-plied “the spirit of Troy” and to have made the most outstanding contributions to the university during his four years at USC.
“I think student government is finally on its w'ay.” Hackford said in a Daily Trojan interview yesterday afternoon.
“I don’t think anyone is ever going to accomplish their ultimate goal in one year, but I certainly think student government has progressed and done some very constructive things.”
Among the major accomplishments enacted under his leadership, Hackford listed:
1. The Faculty Handbook — “Because it established a student voice to react to the purpose students are at this universty, for an education.”
2. Scaffold, the student book exchange — “Because we accomplished our sole purpose of saving students money on used books."
3. Passage of the programming
fee — "Because now student government can really provide for an up-to-date activities without being held back by monetary problems.”
4.	Consolidation of committees — "Because the Troy Camp. Troy Week, Orientation and Model United Nations Committees are student activities and belong under our realm.”
5.	Defining the speakers policy— "Because it can now be used to its greatest extent.”
6.	Allowing all students to vote— "Because part-time students who were previously disfranchised now have a chance to participate in all decisions.”
“I suppose my biggest disappointment is that USC failed to join the National Student Association,” Hackford continued, “but I really think our affiliation will come with time.”
Noting that “a great deal of knowledge and experience can come from outside the classroom,” Hackford. a Trustee Scholar majoring in international relations, has participated fully in all areas of campus life.
Among his numerous activities are junior class president. Men's Judicial, Knights. Squires, Tutorial Project, Concert Choir, Varsity football manager, Skull and Dagger, Blue Key. Kappa Alpha Order, and Project CHANCE.
He served as a delegate to last year’s Constitutional Convention, and served this year on the Student Activities Committee and Alumni Board of Governors.
Hackford plans to enter the Peace Corps after graduation, hoping to serve in a Latin American nation, and then attend law school.
“I have a, great interest in the laws as they apply to our society, and I think our society is changing the laws also need to change.” he said.
“And I'd like to be in on the process.”
Having been in on the change at USC. Hackford sees the university as one “that's really on its way up— that's really stirring and progressing.”
Giving first credit to President
Topping as the man responsible for the whole design, he singled out the faculty as perhaps the one group that has not yet assumed its rightful leadership in this progression.
“If there's anything I can say. it's that I'm proud of USC." Hackford said.
“It's certainly making some advances and certainly having some setbacks. But it's not standing still.
“It's moving. Maybe not as quickly as I w'ould like, but I think it is moving in the right direction.”
Draft Objector Denies 'An Obligation to Kill'
Bv FRED SWEGLES
“My organization feels the draft law should be abolished entirely.” Hank Maiden, field secretary for the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, said at an informal discussion last night in the Ecumenical Center.
“As pacifists, we don't deny a man's reseponsibility to defend himself. but no man has an obligation to kill,” he said.
“If a man wants to join the military service, he can: but if the government wants men for military service. it should be able to show that a valid threat to the country exists, so people wouldn't have to be coerced by a draft law.”
Maiden’s discussion, sponsored by the Ecumenical Center dealt with the
Professor Gives Four Exceptions To Example of Incompetency
four semesters and feels that the lack of information about dorm and general university activities could be helped by publishing a newsletter for the residents.
He also feels there should be more cooperation between the men's and women's dorms. This includes longer visiting hours.
The candidate opposing Hackie is Bill Course. Steve Kemp, current MHA president, said. “The principal responsibility of the MHA president is planning athletic, social and faculty programs for the dorms.” he said.
Kemp announced that Dane Boles was the only candidate running for vice-president.
By ANDY MILLER
True believers of Peter's Principle can sleep tight tonight knowing there that in any hierarchy an employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence and will stay there.
Peter's Principle is the brainchild of visiting associate professor of education. Dr. Lawrence Peter. Peter spoke yesterday noon at the Hillel Foundation w'eekly luncheon.
Dr. Peter reached the level of his (tongue-in-cheek) presentation w'hen he cited the apparent exceptions that tend to oversee the principle.
The first exception, named Percussive Sublimination, is also known as kicking upstairs. It is a sign of competence of administrators when they kick an incompetent bottleneck upstairs.
Literal Arabesque is the name of the second exception.
“Literal Arabesque is where you lake an ineffectual employee and give him a longer title and shove him off in a remote corner," Dr. Peter said.
The visiting professor from the University of British Columbia here used an example of a company with redundant vice-presidents. In this case, the company bought a motel, and then told the vice-president to go and run the motel.
The third exception, appropriately. is named the Peter's Invert, In this case, the hierarchy is more concerned with input than output. Here a promotion is based on the qualities that support the hierarchy,-rather than the company’s output.
Hierarchial Exfoliation is the fourth exception named by Dr. Peter. Here super-competence is not rewarded in hierarchies.
Dr. Peter related his theory to
today's educational system. He said that only the incompetent graduates from any educational level don’t continue.
“If they have any competence left, they will continue. Pretty soon every degree will be a degree of incompetence,” Dr. Peter said.
He commented that, if possible, a person reaches the summit of hierarchy. they should change businesses. Like from show business to politics.
possibilities of obtaining conscientious objector exemption from the draft.
“There is a great deal of information available about the various type? of alternative civilian positions in the military service for conscientious objectors.” he stated.
“Unfortunately, there are .ra'p deficiencies in the information mad* available to potential draftees and conscientious objectors. This problem is w'hat the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors tries to alienate.”
Maiden told the discussion group that few conscientious objectors know the Selective Service law's well, and few lawyers find enough business in them to be w'ell-informed themselves. Even clergymen are not well-enough informed on the draft laws to effectively help conscientious objector'.
“If your conscientious-’ ofasiettor claim is rejected and you faff to report to be inducted.” he said, “you face up to a five-year prison term. Some conscientious objectors simply refuse to register on moral grounds.”
The average term for refusal to be inducted is 2.8 years, he added.
“In the Dan Seeger case, the Supreme Court ruled that an agnostic could not receive conscientious objector status,” Maiden stated.
Conscientious objectors today face some discrimination after returning from prison for refusal to be inducted. he said, and they come out of prison with I-A status, liable for reconviction for another refusal to b^ drafted.
BUT DULGARIAN APPEALS
Dosch Elected TYR President
Robert Rankin to Speak At Baccalaureate Service
DR. ROBERT RANKIN
To Speak at Baccalaureate
Dr. Robert Rankin, a vice-presi-dent of the Danforth Foundation of St. Louis and a minister of the United Church of Christ, will speak on "Transformation Through Renewal” at the 1967 Baccalaureate Service on June 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium.
Dr. Rankin is director of the Danforth Associate Program and the Danforth Programs in the Campus Ministry.
He formerly was chaplain and associate of religion at the Claremont Colleges. He is also a fellow of the Society for Religion in Higher Education.
In 1965 he was appointed a fellow and lecturer of the Wilton Park Conference in Sussex. England. This world affairs program is sponsored by the British Foreign Office.
By STAN METZLER Assistant t« the Editor
Lowell Dosch was elected president of the Trojan Young Republicans yesterday afternoon, but Clive Grafton had hardly adjourned the meeting before Linda Dulgarian, former president, called for an appeal.
Dosch, elected by a vote of 32 to 15 over Mike Yagjian, pledged the club to take as active a part in finding a constructive alternative to the National Students Association as it had in defending the ASSC proposal to affiliate.
Miss Dulgarian, speaking for the old executive board, said the appeal would be based primarily on procedural matters.
Other election tallies, were; first vice-president — Pat Rjyker (22), Eileen Ray (10), Dave Berg (7); second vice-president — Dave Nafts-ger. by acclamation.
Treasurer — Mike McKee (20), Dick Shirley (7); Corresponding Secretary—Eileen Ray (20), Pat Yoon (6), Dave Berg (7); and Recording Secretary—Beth Roberts (15), Cap-py Hanson (12).
DAILY TROJAN STAFF MEETING
All Dally Trojan staff members must attend a full staff meeting In the City Room tomorrow at noon, Greg Kieselmann, editor, announced.
The meeting will include awards and comments.
The staff’s Banana Banquet, set for Saturday at 7 p.m. at Tai-Ping Restaurant. Tickets are available at $4.
Dosch promised after his election “to raise the image of TYR on campus and to bring the club back to the prominence it deserves.”
He indicated the need for campus speakers on the upcoming presidential primary, for general business meetings, and for seminars on the techniques of professional campaigning. He also said executive board meetings would be open to the general membership.
In his campaign speech, Yagjian had noted Dosch’s participation last year in a move to take the club out of the county, state and national Young Republican organizations, and questioned his ability to now lead a YR club.
Dosch replied that while a change was needed in the club at that time, at the present he thought the Young Republicans had upgraded their image and he was unequivocably in favor of staying in the organization.
In later questioning it was als^ revealed that Jeff Finley, county YR president, “wholeheartedly backed" Doschs candidacj.
The election, carried out under the auspices of the Student Activities Committee watchdog subcommittee, was the last step in a series of events growing out of the first National Students Association balloting early last month.
That NSA election was disqualified by the Elections Commission because of “improper campaigning” by TYR, and subsequent recommendations to the Student Activities Committee sought a change in TYR leadership.
Miss Dulgarian. acting for the majority of the board, fixed the blame for improper club conduct on Berg. Shirley. Miss Yoon and Bob Barnwell, all members of the executive board, and had them placed on temporary suspension.
Poet Set for Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Rites
Chad Walsh, poet, clergyman and chairman of the Beloit (Mich.) College English Department, will speak on “The Student Rebel and the Unborn Society” at the Phi Beta Kappa spring initiation Monday.
His talk, following the initiation ceremony, will be given at the annual Epsilon Chapter dinner at 7:30 p.m. at the Rodger Young Restaurant Auditorium. 936 W. Washington Blvd.
Dr. Walsh, a graduate of the Universities of Virginia and Michigan, has taught English at Beloit since
1945. He has been a Fulbright Lecturer in Finland and Rome.
He was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1949, having abandoned his collegiate agnosticism, and serves as associate rector of St. Paul s Church in Beloit.
Dr. Walsh has published numerous books on theology and literature, two novels and four verse collections.
During the 1956 presidential campaign. he served as a part-time unofficial assistant to Adlai Stevenson.