ASSC condemns changes in draft laws
By ANDY MILLER SoCal Editor
A resolution passed yesterday by the ASSC Executive Council condemning the reccnt Selective Service decision to draft graduate students will be sent this week to President Johnson and Gen. Lewis Hershey, head of the Selective
Service System.
i lie council also passed a resolution expressing concern about the cutback of work-study funds, and offered assistance in any investigation of the
controversy.
The draft resolution was passed by a 19-3 vote. It will be forwarded to Johnson, Hershey, California Sens. Thomas Kuchel and George Murphy, President Topping, and Dr. Chester Hyman, chairman of the University Senate. A similar resolution was passed previously by the University Senate. The resolution concerning the draft reads:
“The Executive Council of the Associated Students of Southern California is concerned that the views of educators and the American university community have not been reflected in the latest guidelines for administration of the
Selective Service System. As other individuals and groups concerned with the standards of higher education, we feel that failure to defer graduate students pursuing a legitimate course of study will result in a severe educational crisis which is definitely not in the national interest. We fear that many of the finest young minds in the country will not be able to put their talents to use for society’s betterment; the absence of these men from graduate schools will cause a major setback in the progress of graduate education. We are hopeful that the federal government will reconsider its latest ruling in light of the conspicuous, on-going national need for trained scholars, educators, and civic leaders.”
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The meeting was primarily concerned with passing the two resolutions and enacting a series of by-laws designed to streamline, clarify the chain of command, and eliminate the busy-work from student government.
Since the changes have already been enacted in structure, the by-laws simply enacted the procedure for the new form of government. With the changes, the Executive Council will be concerned only with policy decisions,
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and other organizations will establish a broader base for government. This is designed to eliminate trivial considerations from council meetings.
Fred Minnes, Men's Halls Association president, reported in the council meeting that he and Dean of Students Paul Bloland had met concerning the visitation, and that a “watered down” proposal, which added one supervisor per floor, and one supervisor per hall, had been submitted to Dr. Topping with Bloland’s approval.
(Dean Bloland said late yesterday that the proposal was still awaiting his reaction, that he has neither approved nor disapproved it.)
“I would like to hear from Dr. Topping by the next ASSC meeting (Tuesday afternoon) since he already has considered a very similar proposal.” Minnes said.
Minnes also reported that in Dr. Topping's letter explaining his refusal of the first visitation proposal, he promised that architects were touring the dorms, and improvements in downstairs recreation and lounge facilities were currently being considered. Minnes said the Residence Halls and Food Service staffs have not yet heard of the planned improvements.
A humorous note entered the meeting when four or five by-laws to the constitution passed by the council last year, were declared null and void, even though nobody knows where they are, or what they say.
Thus, the only set of by-laws to the ASSC constitution are the 11 passed yesterday, which complete the restructuring of the government.
The council has actually been in the process of changing over to the new system for a month, but they technically were able to institute the new-governmental bodies as of yesterday.
The by-laws establish a cabinet to advise the ASSC presidtnt and assist in the preparation of the agenda for council meetings; establish a Standing Budgetary Committee; establish a Program Council which will advise and assist the vice-president for student activities: establish an Academic Affairs Council to advise and assist the vice-president for university affairs; and clarifies the duties of the president and the two vice-presidents.
Art works highlight Festival of the Arts
]U MARK YASCHE
At*i»lanl City Editor
The major emphasis thus far in the Festival of Arts has been on the films of Jean-Luc Godard. However, art encompasses much more than cinema and this year's focus on the arts also features several exhibits of painting and sculpture.
A display most obvious to students on campus is the exhibit of student art work in the Bovard Arcade.
The display includes works by 15 undergraduate and graduate art students and is being sponsored by Kappa Pi. the honorary fine arts fraterni-ty.
Edgar Ewing, professor of fine arts, said the exhibit includes a wide range of styles, from hard-edge abstraction to expressionism.
“It covers everything from figure painting to abstractions to op art (optical painting).” he said.
The student display will run through March 2.
The Fisher Gallery, located in the fine arts complex, currently is showing more than 50 paintings of the
“School of Paris.” which includes works of young artists in France since 1950.
Edward Peck, professor of fine arts and director of the gallery, said the collection is on loan from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silverman of Philadelphia and will be shown from noon through 5 p.m. on weekdays until March 22.
"The ‘School of Paris’ works are dominated by the expressionistic technique.” he noted.
The Fisher exhibit also includes a collection of university-owned paintings from the 17th Century Dutch school.
Engravings and etchings of Atelier 17 of Paris are being displayed in the corridor and patio of the Harris Hall complex.
In the Quinn Gallery, works by Harold Gebhardt, associate professor of fine arts, and his son, Peter, are on display.
“Professor Gebhardt’s wonks are mostly stone sculptures,” Ewing said.
“Both he and his son are sculptors, but the exhibit also includes
Troy Camp scouting for volunteer workers
Students interested in serving as counselors at Troy Camp, a student-sponsored camp for underprivileged children, may obtain applications at the Student Activities Office in the YWCA.
Applications must be returned and appointments for interview's made by March 15. Both undergraduate and graduate students may apply.
Betw'een 20 and 30 counselors will be selected from the applicants. All the counselors are volunteers.
During the last week of August, Troy Camp will host approximately 140 underprivileged children from the Los Angeles area at Camp Buck-horn in the San Bernardino Mountains.
“This is an opportunity for underprivileged children to share an experience with other children which will probably be the first of its kind for them,” says Maryann Lees, cochairman (with Dennis Kristan) of Troy Camp.
“It’s a chance for them to get out of the city.”
some drawings by Peter.” he noted.
The Gebhardt display will run through Saturday.
Today's schedule for the festival includes more films by Godard, a French producer who guided actor Jean-Paul Belmondo to fame.
At 3 p.m., the noted director will appear in a panel discussion on “Godard and Hollywood." It will be held in Hancock Auditorium.
At 7 p.m., “Le Nouveau Monde” and “Les Carbiniers.” tw'o of his films, will be shown in Hancock. They will be followed at 9:30 p.m. by “Contempt.”
“Les Nouveau Monde” is a short science fiction film directed by Godard in 1962. It involves a metaphysical illustration of an actual statement by a nuclear physicist.
“Les Carbiniers” w'as produced in 1963 at a cost of $104,000 and was a commercial and critical disaster. It wras filmed over a period of three weeks and features a cast of unknowns and a technical crew of 12 persons.
The plot involves two peasants wrho go to war and believe that it allows them to do anything they want.
“Contempt” deals with a marital relationship w'hich collapses because of a husband’s weaknesses. It stars Brigette Bardot. Jack Palance. Fritz Lang and Michel Moravia.
Also on today's schedule are a noon folk concert by Elaine Gealer in the Grill, a noon program of music in Hancock, and a 2 p.m. reading in Alumni Park by English poet Thom Gunn.
“La Chinoise.” the Godard film which initiated the festival, will be reshown on Friday at 1 p.m. in Hancock.
Admission to all Festival of Arts events today is free. However, tickets are required for the Godard films and may be obtained at the information booth between Bovard and Doheny Library. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
School of Medicine gets surprise $1 million bequest
By DIANE LUCK Assistant Editorial Director
The School of Medicine was mysteriously awarded a $1 million bequest yesterday from the estate of Mrs. Alaine S. Bishop. 94, who died Feb. 7.
The mystery lies within the unusual provisions of Mrs. Bishop’s wall and the reasons for her bequest.
A medical building named for her husband must be completed one year after her death — no later than Feb.
7,	1969. The structure must be built on the Medical School campus and include a cornerstone which will read, “In memory of my beloved husband, John Edward Bishop — Alaine S. Bishop.”
However, the will also states that “this bequest will lapse if it is not feasible to construct the building as specified.”
It is thus an all or nothing proposition for USC. If the structure is not completed by next Feb. 7, then there will be no $1-million bequest for the School of Medicine.
“We are going to meet the provisions even if the builders have to
work 24 hours a day,” Gordon Cohn, director of medical planning, said.
“Talk is now proceeding as to which progect the money will go toward,” he said. “Possibly it will be the teaching addition at McKibben Hall, but a final decision has not yet been reached.”
Dr. Topping, Dr. Roger Egeberg, dean of the Medical School, and other administrators of the School of Medicine have been hurriedly meeting in order to make definite plans.
With only one year to complete the building there can be no time wasted. Every day will be vital.
Another unusual aspect of the bequest is that no one knew it was coming. Apparently the late Mrs. Bishop had never specifically expressed her interest in giving to the university.
The probable reason for her dov nating one-fifth of her $5-million estate to USC is that she had been a patient of a part-time member of the Medical School clinical faculty. The physician wishes to remain anonymous.
During the five years preceeding Mrs. Bishop’s death, she was hospi-
talized at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.
Her husband, John Edward Bishop, died in 1955. During his life he had acquired interests in the coal and lumber industries.
He and Mrs. Bishop married late in life and moved to California, establishing residence at the Ambassador Hotel.
Several employees of the hotel have also received small shares of the estate. A chef, a busboy and the room service attendant will all be receiving from $500 to $1,000 each.
The couple had no children but did have a nephew in Beverly Hills and a nephew and niece in New York. They will share the remainder of the estate.
The Audubon Society of Los Angeles was given $10,000 as a memorial to Mrs. Bishop's beloved biwi, Mickey Audubon Bishop.
Other bequests have been awarded to the Children’s Hospital, the Braille Institute of America, the American Cancer Society and Boys Town of Omaha. Neb. Each of these will receive $25,000.
Alida Hedrick, right, downs one of 100 pancakes ?he ale in contest.Partner Dick Rubin eats along.
UCLA TEAM WINS, 170-150
Pancakes flatten USC
USC had the biggest single mouth, but still lost to UCLA yesterday in a pancake-eating contest.
In the competition held at the International Pancake House in Hollywood, USC’s team of Alida Hedrick and Dick Rubin was overcome by UCLA giants Sharon McAlex-ander and Ken Fogt, 170-150.
Miss Hedrick took single honors by downing 100 pancakes. She had a simple, steady technique of drenching each pancake in water, letting it slide down her throat.
“I can eat about three normal pancakes usually,” Miss Hedrick said. The ones served by the Pancake House were about three inches in diameter.
“But I wasn’t even hungry when I came this afternoon,” she added.
Other members of the group representing Troy were Craig Stephens and Marty Toma, who ate 80 pancakes; Mike Burge and Sydney Johnson, who managed only 40; Stan Metzler and Debbie Bradford, the USC second team, who put away 100; and Eddie Stapleton and Suzanne Bendel, who downed 90.
The Daily Trojan made a good showing in the contest considering that Metzler, the editor, and Stapleton, the photographer, were both last-minute replacements. They tied each other in total consumption by emptying six plates each.
A.B.C.D —GRADES HIT THE MAILS
Along with dr^ft classification notices, letters fi'fim jilted loved ones, bomb threats and plain brown paper-w rapped packages, the mail nowf contains another type of frightening missive.
Grades are out.
The registrar’s office announced yesterday that grades for the fall semester were being mailed out to those concerned. Most students, concerned or unconcerned, should have their grades within four days.
“I w'as out of shape,” Stapleton said. “I had just eaten lunch.”
The contest was covered by Channel 11, West magazine and local papers. It was part of a nationwide promotional stunt for the International House of Pancakes. Ironically, the event was held on Shrove Tuesday, more commonly known as Fat Day, the day before Lent fasting is to begin. But for many the fasting started earlier.
“I haven’t eaten since 11 last night,” Burge said. Others hadn't eaten all day.
Rubin was Miss Hedrick's choice as the person who would probably
eat the most pancakes. However, her prediction did not come true.
“I didn't do anything." Rubin said. “It was Hedrick that did it all."
Stephens and Miss Toma couldn't decide between themselves who ate the most.
“She did.” he said.
“He did," she said.
“Who cares, it was just horrible,” they both chanted.
Miss Hedrick deserved the final comment of the afternoon, and summed up the feelings of all.
“I like pancakes," she said, “but I don’t think I'll eat another one for two or three years.”
Choice board chooses 14 candidates, issues
The Choice ’68 Board of Directors has authorized a final ballot of 14 presidential candidates and three ref-erendums for the national collegiate balloting on April 28.
The ASSC authorized USC’s participation in the balloting, sponsored and underwritten by Time magazine, late last semester. More than 1,000 schools, representing more than 75 percent of the nation's collegiate student bodies, will participate.
The 14 candidates, including eight Republicans and three Democrats, ire:
Mark Hatfield, U.S. senator from Oregon; John Lindsay, mayor of New York City; Richard Nixon, former vice-president; Charles Percy, U.S. senator from Illinois; Nelson Rockefeller, governor of New York; George Romney, governor of Michigan; Harold Stassen, former governor of Minnesota; Ronald Reagan, governor of California.
President Johnson; Robert Kennedy, U.S. senator from New York; Eugene McCarthy, U.S. senator from Minnesota.
George Wallace, the American In-
dependent Party candidate; Martin Luther King, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; and Fred Halstead, the Socialist Worker Party candidate.
The primary will be open, in that students will be asked to express their party preference, but will be able to vote for any one of the 14 candidates.
One board member said King and Halstead were included on the ballot to provide an alternative for those students who feel alienated from the present two-party system.
Two referendums will center on alternatives to the nation’s present military commitment there.
The first asks, “What course of military action should the U.S. pursue in Vietnam?”
The indicated responses may be: Immediate withdrawal of American forces; phased reduction of American military activity; maintain current level of American military activity; increase the level of American military activity; or an all-ont American military effort.
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