Ghetto changes cause conflicts
THE NEGRO AND THE UNIVERSITY
(This is the first of a five part series on USC’s relationship with the Negro community and its own Negro students—the Editor.)
By GREG KIESELMANN Managing Editor “No university is an island existing wholly unto itself’—with apologies to John Donne.
A young Negro boy went to his dad and asked him about the big school just up the street.
The father, a thirty-year-old construction worker answered, “Oh, that’s SC. All the rich white folks send their kids there.”
When the boy asked if he’d ever get to go there when he had grown up, his dad smiled sardonically and said, “We just don’t go there.’’ Ten years later this same boy, who had since become a state track and field champion, was ushered into that big school up the street with all the accolades which attend the arrival of a potential NCAA champion. Only one problem—his white dormitory roommate refused to live with him. He was a Negro.
This story is symbolic of the rather nebulous and sometimes troubled relations the university has with the Negro community which surrounds it and with its own students. These troubles are not so cut and dried, nor are there any simple remedies, but they are problems which Jim Woods, another Negro and a 1958 USC
graduate, believes demand immediate correction.
“USC has built a wall around itself.” Woods, now the director of the Studio Watts Workshop. said. “The Negro community right now thinks of it as the Great White Father. Everything USC does is questioned. The people don't want USC to help them and they don’t want anything to do with the university.”
Woods said that USC is facing the problem of a changing racial pattern in the community In 1954, when he moved from Texas to USC, the area was 40 percent Negro and 60 percent mixed whites (Mexican-Americans. Caucasians. Orientals, etc.,) according to his estimate. Four years later it had become 70 percent Negro, and now. Woods said, the university is in the heart of the ghetto.
“At USC I became infinitely aware of the alienation of the university from the Negro community and the Negroes at USC from the rest of the students,” Woods said.
“It was there I first became conscious of races of people. It showed me the necessity for political, social and economic interdependence, and it showed me the necessity for activity—to do something about the Negro’s problem.”
Woods joined the Navy when he graduated (Continued on Page 2)
OVERLOOKING A PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO NEIGHBORHOOD STANDS USC Commonly regarded by the area's residents as the "white father," USC, upper right corner, seems to loom above
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1966
NO. 51
Rose Bowl postponed
By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH Editorial Director
The Rose Bowl rally that was scheduled for last Monday in Bovard Auditorium and postponed until today. now has been postponed in-
'Singer of Year' to give recital at 8 in Hancock
Baritone Richard Allen, winner of the “Singer of the Year” award from the National Association of Teachers of Singing, will appear in recital today at 8:30 p.m. in Hancock Auditorium.
The program, sponsored jointly by the School of Music and NATS, will include selections from Beethoven. Falconieri. Cavalli. Schubert, Mozart. Rorem, Poulenc and Ravel.
Admission will be SI for students end $2 for adults. Tickets may be obtained by calling the School of Music (Ext. 2526) or by contacting any NATS member.
Allen was named “Singer of the Year" in December, 1965. in the annual nationwide contest sponsored by NATS. Prizes were a $1,000 cash award and a concert tour of the U.S.
As a member of the American Opera Society in New York Allen recently sang two roles in the American premiere of “Jenufa,” by Janecek, at Philharmonic Hall. Another recent role wras that of the count in “Marriage of Figaro,” pre-eented by the New Haven Opera Society.
KUSC to air 'radio drama-1966 style
“Modem radio drama — 1966 style.” will debut today with the premiere of “Theatre Five" on KUSC-FM.
The 25-minute series will be aired every w’eekday at 7 p.m. Programs will include science fiction stories and intrigues with “twist” endings. A different story will be broadcasted each night.
“ Theatre Five’s’ quality production and contemporary theme will fill the vast need of today's mobile radio audience for fresh, imaginative radio programming,” said Stu Brewer, program director.
He described the show as a “completely new listening experience; one that almost everyone can relate to and find enjoyable entertainment.”
spirit rally two times
definitely because “the feeling and morale of the students is so low.”
This is the reason given by Sylvia Urien, sescretary to Bob Jani, whose Special Events Office w'as in charge of the rally. Jani was unavailable for comment.
Brian Heimrl. another member of Jani's staff, said he did not know if or when the rally would be rescheduled. “We'll have the rally when student spirit returns," he said.
He could not say how this renaissance of spirit w^ould become evident enough to be noticed, however.
The Rose Bowl rally is traditionally held whenever USC goes to the New Year's classic. This may be the first time this tradition has been broken, but Director of Athletics Jess Hill, who has been associated with USC since 1920’s, could not confirm this.
Before 1963, USC had not been to the Rose Bowl since 1955, and Hill could not recall whether a rally had been held that year.
Someone must have school spirit and faith in the team, however, because the Roses Bowl tickets have been selling, indicating that somebody out there likes them.
Letter to Editor about course guide rectified
(This letter was published in Thursday’s Daily Trojan, however several lines were inadvertently left out—The Editor.)
Editor:
In behalf of the committee preparing the course booklet, I should like to thank the Daily Trojan for publicizing the project.
A point of disagreement must be made, however, in regard to the editorial published Nov. 29. The committee has avoided use of the word “evaluation” because its likely misunderstanding would cast doubt upon the goals of the project. While students must evaluate professors in relation to their own educational experience the committee feels strongly that students cannot and ought not to pass judgement upon a professor’s professional competence. The editorial may give the erroneous impression that the project is one conservative step in the wrong direction.
The committee particularly hopes that faculty members will fully understand its aims and help to make the booklet both valid and informative.
James Kilbury Junior, Philosophy
Psychological studies to be portrayed at Stop Gap
HATE IN THEIR EYES Michael Prichard and Margaret Cook are featured in "The Lovers"
TV film features talents of USC students, Reagan
An award-winning television documentary which is partly the product of a USC graduate, a grad student and a well-known narrator, will be shown tonight.
The show, “Freedom’s Finest Hour,” a 60-minute color presentation on the American Revolution, features Gov.-elect Ronald Reagan as narrator.
It will be seen at 7:30 on Channel 5.
Charles Sweeting, a communications graduate student, is the show's assistant director. Alec Thomas, coproducer of the film, did post-graduate work in telecommunications.
“Freedom’s Finest Hour” tells the story of the Revolution through over 200 paintings of that period. “The film took over two years of research, and many of the pictures have not been seen by the public before,” Sweeting said.
“Freedom’s Finest Hour” was given the Freedom Foundation Motion Picture Gold Medal Award, the top national prize for films given by the foundation.
The documentary was also chosen by the Council on International Nontheatrical Events from over 500 entries to officially represent the U.S. this year in all international film festivals.
“Our purpose in making the film was to present a dramatized version of patriotic history,” Sweeting said.
“ ‘Freedom’s Finest Hour’ is a gesture of our faith and our hope. We believe in the ideas it presents about the Revolution and the Constitution,” he continued.
An introduction by Robert Taylor
and ballads by Jimmy Rodgers will frame the American Revolution art taken from almost every major collection in the world.
Three student directors will see the West Coast premieres of their plays tonight at Stop Gap Theatre.
The one-act plays, by contemporary British authors, will begin at 8:30 tonight and play every night through Saturday. Tickets are $1 for the weeknight performances and $1.50 for Friday and Saturday.
Nancy Hickey is the director of John Whiting's “No Why,” a play about the deep-seated psychological problems of adults that are revealed in their treatment of a little boy.
James Schuster, 10, plays the boy, with William Hunt and Gerry Chia-brera as his parents.
Harold Pinter's “The Lovers,” a story of a marriage that has turned gray with age, will be directed by Barry Opper. An aging couple attempts to recreate the atmosphere of their courtship in the play.
Michael Prichard and Margaret Jean Cook star in the play originally written for television.
John Mortimer's comedy. “The Lunch Hour,” is the third play, and will be directed by Joe Sordetto. The play concerns the misuse of a lunch hour by two inarticulate lovers, played by Heidi Crane and Alan Duncan.
The plays are being produced by
Dr. John E. Blankenchip. professor of drama.
Miss Hickey has directed at Sacramento City College, the Traveling Children’s Theater and the Jay Rcb Playhouse in Sacramento.
Opper has directed previously at the University of Illinois, before spending two years in Liberia with the Peace Corps.
Sordetto has directed at the University of Buffalo, Fredonia State College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
Ticket blanks at Owens now
Applications for Rose Bowl tickets will be issued in Receipts Audit, Owens Hall 100, today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
To be eligible for a ticket one must: 1) be a full time student (at least eight units), 2) not have purchased an activity book and 3) possess at least $7.
Fourteen dollars will not purchase two tickets however; they are strictly one to a person.
The sale of tickets to activity book-holders ended Friday. •
IT’S NOT HEAD-SHRINKING
Applications open for marathon group sensitivity training session
By NANCY FERLITO
“ ‘How do I know when someone is real and not a phony? Why man, how do I know when the sun is out? It’s just all warm—you can feel it.’ ”
“A participant in a sensitivity training group that I was directing once told me that. It’s a beautiful way of expressing that insight that we’re trying to achieve through the sessions, finding the real person under the social facade.”
Dr. Richard B. Ross of the Psychological Research and Service Center was explaining in a recent interview a type of non-pathological group therapy that provides a means of improving interpersonal skills.
By sensitivity training a person's senses are sharpened to recognize another’s feelings and attitudes, he explained.
“At USC we will be conducting a study of both 24-hour marathon sensitivity sessions and a series of two-hour sessions. Students who are randomly selected from applications will be placed in either of the sessions.
“Our objective in this study is to find out which session will prove
more effective and determine whether there is a difference between the marathon or continuous session results.”
TEACHERS PARTICIPATE
Sensitivity training, also known as a seminar in tri-cultural sensitivity or encounter groups, has recently been conducted by UCLA and the Los Angeles City Schools. Teachers and professional people participate in these sessions to increase their communication with the public.
The groups explore modes of expressing feelings, communicating with others and provide insight into personal behavior and the reactions of people to an individual.
“In these group situations people come out of their ticky-tacky boxes and get a good look at themselves and other people,” Dr. Ross said.
“It is a healthy experience.”
Dr. Roes compared the sensitivity training program to the Peace Corps.
“Young adults who have always-been spoon-fed are placed in a situation where they are on their own. There, they are offered an op-poitunity not afforded anywhere else
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to be real to each other. True feelings are not hidden or pushed down.”
Dr. Ross said that since we live in an alienated, impersonal society, people don’t usually take time to attend to other people. Sensitivity training programs are a reaction against the milieu. The average session lasts about one and a half to two hours with the participants discussing whatever they want.
APPLICATIONS AT KERCKHOFF
“Applications are now available in my office at Kerckhoff Hall. 734 W. Adams Blvd.,” said Dr. Ross, “and we would like applications from as many students as are interested.”
“There will be two marathon sensitivity sessions and two regular sessions of 12 two-hour meetings in February. Conducting the groups will be professional clinical psychologists and there will be no student fee for participation.
“In professional circumstances, with businessmen, teachers involved in sensitivity training, clinioal psychologists’ fees can be very expensive,” said Dr. Ross.
“But our diverse selections of participants will be on a first come, first serve basis.”