■BIOGRAPHY OF A FAILURE-PART II
Idyllwild conference causes explosion in Scott's static career
(This is the second in a three part series on Delmore Scott and the ways in which he reflects the university system.—the Editor.)
By CHUCK ZAREMBA Assistant City Editor
Delmore Scott is anything but the “man who wasn’t there.” There have been many indications, however, that the powers that be wish he wasn’t. There still are such indications, or he wouldn’t have been a mere lecturer in fine arts for 13!2 years, and he would be teaching more than two-unit night classes.
Regardless of his position, Scott has stuck with it, to his own personal detriment. He has sought to be of service to students despite administrative opposition to his existence.
He went on being satisfied with
his position at the bottom of the professional ladder for twelve years. Then last year something happened that made him think he was finally being appreciated. Things were finally looking up; Scott thought his days as a financial and academic failure were on their way to an end.
FOUR UNIT CLASS
Another member of the art department faculty was going on a full-year sabbatical leave, and Scott was asked to teach the four-unit survey of Western art in the daytime in addition to his night classes—art appreciation and introduction to modern art forms.
Despite this breakthrough, Scott didn’t get his hopes up. He took it for what it was — a limited thing. When the regular professor returned, Scott would no longer teach the course, he was told.
However, in October of last year, Scott was asked by a couple of his former students to attend the faculty-student conference at Idyllwild as a part of Project FASTEN. “There's no calculating the explosion in my life up there,” Scott says.
“I didn’t even know why they wanted me to go. “It seemed like a nice honor to be asked; I couldn't bring myself to say no.”
Not only was he invited to attend, he was also asked to join three better known professors in a panel discussion—Dr. Richard Stone, associate professor of geology; Dr. Paul Saltman, professor of biochemistry; and Dr. Thomas Lasswell, professor of sociology. Scott was the only “Mr.” in the group.
In his presentation on the panel, Scott spoke of his situation at
USC, (including many of the de tails discussed in the first part of this series. > and delivered a scathing attack on administrative policies in universities in general.
“I realized that I might have been digging my own grave,” Scott said later. “If word had gotten back ana the reaction had been bad. I might have been forced to resign immediately.” But he decided it was worth the risk.
PRIME EXAMPLE
The reaction was anything but bad. It turned out Scott was th*i prime example of many of the problems that were being discussed at the conference. All of the faculty members there—many of them above him on the university ladder—sympathized with him.
“Up until that time, I felt that I was absolutely alone. I thought (Continued on Page 2)
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LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1966
NO. 57
four Trojans
University groups unite to make Christmas a reality tor orphans
By SANDRA SHANE Making Christmas a reality for 1.000 orphans brought together many facets of the university Saturday in an effort to entertain and offer these children something they might otherwise miss.
The groups who participated include Squires, Knights, living groups and church groups.
The day they hoped to make unforgettable started Saturday morning with a free bus ride for the chil-
dren from the various orphanages and boys’ homes. They were coming to USC for a Christmas party.
The ride was arranged by Lew Merrick of the Council of Churches. Drivers from Harvey Bus Company
AT USC, SANTA CLAUS GOES IVY LEAGUE _ Orphans receive approximately $3,000 worth of gifts at Christmas project.
Teen Post Santa project
CHILDREN WIIL GET GIFTS
donated their time to bring the orphans to their party.
Once on campus, each group of 25-30 children went to a different living group for some preliminary festivities.
OFFICIAL HOSTS
Fraternities, sororities, dorms church groups and the YWCA acted as official hosts. They offered the children activities ranging from puppet shows and movies to potato sack races and football games.
After lunch with their hosts, the children went to Bovard Auditorium for a Christmas program which featured skits, two animated cartoons and Christmas carols. They also got to see Santa Claus, recreated by J?ff Herten.
Music for the show was provided by the YWCA Chorus and Pi Mu Alpha musical fraternity.
Before the show, the children were given Christmas stockings that had been donated by the North Hollywood Kiwanis Club and the University Kiwanis Club.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Later Knights distributed over $3,000 worth of Christmas presents to the orphans.
The gifts were donated by Homewood Distributing Comnanv. Berton Toy Company, Voit, Pul-Wal Toy Company, Campbell’s Bookstore, Sun-land Toy Company, Ralph’s Groceries Inc. and Tam's Bookstore.
The gifts were decorated and wrapped by members of Circle K, Troeds, Kappa Alpha Order and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Bill Mauk, cochairman of the project, praised everyone’s cooperation. He felt the day was a great success not only for the children but also for the students who participated.
By KAREN RAVN Assistant Editorial Director
Eleven hundred neighborhood
children believe in Santa Claus, but the Vermont Avenue Youth Oppor-
tunity Teen Post goes them 1,099 better with a personalized Santa project.
Al Stelbinger, a voluntary Teen
Job opportunities abroad offered by student service
By PETE ODENCRANS	the basic program: $150 eua
By PETE ODENCRANS
How would you like to work in a factory in Germany? A farm in Switzerland ? A resort on the Riviera ? If you would like a guaranteed job somewhere in Europe or North Africa or Japan, then you ^hould be interested in the International Student Information Service.
Francis X. Gordon, Jr., director of ISIS, said yesterday on campus he can offer work to students abroad ranging from construction work to child care. Knowledge of another language, he said, would not be necessary for most jobs, but would be extremely helpful.
Dressed in the traditional Scottist garb, yet definitely speaking American (not English, by any means), Gordon offered three different programs.
• Should a person wish to fly to his job, like Deadalus. he would like
the basic program: $150 guarantees a job but no transportation provided.
•	For $475, the summer program offers round-trip transportation in addition to finding a job.
•	The year-long program, at $575, insures the job, transportation (including a short homecoming, if desired), and much more time to see the countryside
The interested student should plan on working at least two months, although many stay longer while changing jobs in different countries.
For those who didn’t attend Gordon's lecture yesterday, additional information and applications can be obtained by reading the Job Abroad posters around campus or by sending $1 to ISIS, 133 rue Hotel des Mon-naies, Brussells 6, Belgium. The Student Aid Office. 301 Student Union, also has further information.
Post worker, announced plans yesterday for the project in which each participant gives a child a present for Christmas. The program, makes one person concerned about one special child.
Stebinger listed three ways in which a person can take part in the project:
1.	The Teen Post will supply the name and address of a needy child, and the volunteer can mail a gift; or
2.	He can bring a present to the Teen Post, and it will be delivered; or
3.	He can personally take the present to the child at home.
Anytime before Christmas, volunteers can call either Stebinger at 734-5167 or Mrs. Ruth Oliver, Teen Post director, at RE 2-6627.
Although the Christmas project is of immediate concern, it is only a small part of the program being conducted to help members of the community surrounding USC.
Children in the first through third grades can come to Project Chance Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the YWCA. There they participate in games, crafts and singing.
Four teenagers the Teen Post is open weekdays after school till 9 p.m. and from 2 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays.
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Jeff Herten plays Santa Claus
By TIA GINDICK Society Editor
Today's woman must celebrate life, rather than endure it. She must choose life, then survive it with style.
These words were used to describe the nine Times Women of the Year, announced yesterday at the 16th annual awards presentation in Harry Chandler Auditorium of the Times Building.
Four of the honorees are Trojans, including Dr. Marjorie Void, USC chemistry professor; Sister Mary Corita, artist, nun and professor at Immaculate Heart College, who received her M.A. from USC; Mrs. Florence Linn, deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County and a graduate of the Law Center; and Mrs. Gregor Piatigorsky, sponsor of the Piatigorsky chess tournament and wife of a USC professor of music.
Recipient of the American Chemical Society’s Garvan Medal, Dr. Void is an expert on colloidal chemistry, a practical study that involves, among others, such everyday substances as paint, ink, synthetic and natural fabrics, soaps and detergents and smegr-
Confined to a wheel chair by multiple sclerosis for the last three years. Dr. Void believes that “women should be interested in something else besides their families and their homes.” This philosophy was reemphasized with her acceptance speech, which recognized the honor “not only as a personal reward, but evidence that teaching and research are important in themselves and are accessible to any woman willing to put in the time and effort.”
She is married to Dr. Robert Void, also a professor of chemistry at USC, and has three adult children.
Sister Mary Corita is described as “an Op-Pop artist whose work has been ‘in’ in Greenwich Village for a decade.” Her serigraphs also hang in the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress, the County Museum of Art and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
She meets demands for four one-man shows a week and during the 1965-66 academic year, she had 150 one-man shows. Yet she is a full-time artist just one month a year—August. Her primary calling, she maintains, is teaching. As an educator she was recognized by President Johnson with an invitation to participate in a White House Conference on Education.
Dist. Atty. Evelle J. Younger, Mrs. Linn’s boss, says this Times Woman of the Year has prosecuted
Eddie Cano to be featured in club concert
Eddie Cano, jazz pianist and arranger, will appear tonight at the Chi Omega sorority house in concert from 6 to 7 p.m.
Sponsored by the Spanish Club, Cano will perform several jazz numbers combining Mexican folk melodies with modern American jazz.
Cano, who records for Reprise Records, is currently billed as the top preformer at PJ’s in Hollywood. He has recorded several albums and written many popular songs including “A Taste of Honey” and “Cotton Candy.”
Students Kathy Galvan, president of the Spanish Club and Jane Cooker, Panhellenic president, arranged for the concert.
more criminal cases than any woman in the nation. He adds, “In her profession she has no peers.”
Commanding respect from her male colleagues, Mrs. Linn is president of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys of Los Angeles County—and the first woman to hold that position. She is also the first woman “calender deputy” in the County District Attorney’s office and, as such, is responsible for the flow of cases in one of the county’3 20 superior courts.
In private life, the soft-spoken attorney is the wife of Jerome Linn, an electronic? engineer.
Jacqueline Paitigorsky, says Times music editor Martin Bemheimer, “has survived the rigors of playing second fiddle to an oversized cello.” Wife of the eminent celloist, Gregor Paitigorsky, this Times Woman of the Year, is creative in her own right —as a painter, composer and accompanist, sportswoman and homemaker.
Her most notable 1966 accom plishm^jvt, however, was in chess. As sponsor of the Piatigorsky Tournament in Santa Monica, she brought new and international prestige to United States chess by bringing together ten of the best chess players in the world.
Baxter to make annual reading at Convocation
The very old and the very new will be featured in the readings of Dr. Frank Baxter, professor emeritus of English, at this year’s Christmas Convocation.
The annual event will be held in Bovard Auditorium tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m.
Not only is this reading a tradition at the university, but Dr. Baxter said it has become a tradition for him.
His readings of poetry and prose have been a part of the convocation for over 30 years. Even after his retirement in 1961, he decided to continue his annual Christmas readings.
“The Music of Christmas" will be presented by the University Choir and USC Chamber Singers. The singing of Christmas carols by the audience will conclude the program.
There will be a reception after the presentation in Town and Gown Foyer.
Complimentary tickets may be picked up in the Special Events Office, 230 Student Union, today for both nights’ performances.
ROSE BOWL RALLY SET TOMORROW
In the absence of a formal Rose Bowl rally under the auspices of the Special Events Office or the administration, the yell leaders have decided to sponsor one themselves.
The “spontaneous” rally will be held tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. in front of Tommy Trojan, yell leader Clyde Doheney announced. Because the rally is not sponsored by the administration, classes will be held as scheduled and students will be expected to attend.
Doheney said he and the other cheerleaders felt school spirit was high enough to warrant a rally at this time.