IFoley moves for 'full partnership'
University of Southern California	Council supoorts
DAILY • TROJAN action committee
VOL. LIX
LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1967
NO. 6
Wardlow cleared of charges SDS votes three-week truce
The ASSC Executive Council quickly cleared AMS President John Wardlow of any charges of malfeasance last night as SDS President David Lang freely admitted having placed Wardlow's office below his signature on “The USC Student as a Nigger" statement circulated by Lang on campus last week.
‘‘The listing of the office was all my responsibility and John did not know it would be placed there." Lang said.
The statement, originally written by Wardlow as a letter to the Daily Trojan but later submitted to Lang for distribution, spoke out against the USC student's second-class status within the university.
But its circulation made first-class news copy last week as members of the administration took personal affront at its contents and ASSC President Marty Foley questioned its possible damage to student government.
The controversy was complicated since the statement was distributed in violation of university literature regulations by not being approved and being passed out all over campus.
This was in accordance with SDS policy at the time, but the organization voted Friday to declare a three-week truce within the administration on literature rules.
They called the truce to allow present talks between the ASSC and Dean of Students Office "sufficient time and opportunity” to change the rules. Lang said.
The SDS truce was decided upon at the organization's regular meeting Friday noon. During the interim period SDS will go along with the regular campus literature policy.
The policy states that literature passed out on campus by a USC organization must have been approved by the Dean of Students Office. This procedural approval has been very liberally applied.
But SDS decided over the summer that the time had come to force the administration’s hand in granting complete freedom of literature distribution. and thus did not get approval for the Wardlow statement.
"The basis for the decision wac that there appears for the first Lime to be a very good chance for the changes to be made, but some time is required for the negotiations presently going on.” Lang said.
"The basic change in the literature policy SDS wants is withdrawing from the administration the capacity to approve or disapprove student literature, and the transfer of this function to the ASSC, whose role it should be as the government of the students.”
ASSC president Marty Foley expressed pleasure over "Lang's deci sion to work in a multi-lateral fashion. and in this case recognize the ASSC as a mediator.”
DAVID LANG SDC president
COMING AND GOING
Lou Rawls concert set; song girls next?
Lou Rawls is coming to campus, and song girls may be going to basketball games.
That's the latest word on campus activities as revealed at the ASSC Executive Council last night in an opening meeting marked by a number of procedural matters and Committee reports.
The council authorized Jeff Smul-van. chairman of the ASSC Entertainment Committee, to spend S5.500 to bring Rawls to Bovard Auditorium for two concerts on Thursday. Oct. 26.
A total of 3.400 seats will be priced at S3. $2 and $1.25 for the concert.
Rawls, who has appeared at the Hollywood Bowl and Cocoanut Grove within the last six months, is currently touring Europe, His most recent album is "That's Lou,’’ and his most well-known hit “Love is a Hurtin’ Thing.”
The rhythm-and-blues artist, one of Capitol Records, leading performers. finished second behind Frank Sinatra in Playboy's most recent Jazz Poll Male Vocalist category.
ASSC President Marty Foley received council approval to begin an immediate investigation into means of
selecting song girls for the 1967 basketball season.
His motion, designed to increase attendance at the Sports Arena events, received the approval of all members except Karen Mazepink. AWS president.
Earlier m the meeting Bill Mauk received partial approval for his Troy Week budget, but the council reserved authorization on certain categories containing proposed expenditures for Operations and Maintenance.
AMS President John Wardlow voiced the council's opinion that it was "kind of absurd" for the university to give the Troy Week Committee money for its activities and then have part of that money transferred back to the university for "services rendered.”
"They don't render many other services.” Wardlow commented.
Projected O and M payments include $70 for a bonfire band stand. S30 for miscellaneous labor and an unspecified amount for Trolios services, but Mauk and a council representative will meet on the matter tomorrow with Dean of Students Paul Bloland.
A great deal of discussion also centered around the opening Troy
Week dance, which the committee has set as a cocktail/coat-and-tie rock-out with the Merry-Go-Round and the Sunshine Co. at the Biltmore Bowl.
Tentative plans for the Nov. 11 affair, which will contain the crowning of Helen of Troy, include $5 tickets sold to couples only.
Wardlow noted the three-to-one majority of men students however, and asked that single tickets also be available. Although representatives of women's organizations suggested such a sale would not bring out any dateless women. Mauk promised to take the ouestion back to his committee.
Mauk said Troy Week would also include the traditional Trolios presentation on Wednesdav. Nov. 15, and House Decorations on Thursday. Nov. 16.
The Big Game weekend will start Friday. Nov. 37. with a bonfire-rally-street dance featuring the Canned Heat and Gypsy Boots.
Mauk also announced plans for pregame student entertainment on Saturday, Nov. 18, between 10 a.m., when the Coliseum gates will be open, and the game's start at 1:30 p.m.
Foley also received council authorization to continue preliminary plans for a possible California Student Body Presidents Conference at USC in February.
The three-day conference would consider statutes on political matters and discuss common problems of student government administration.
Foley reported that President Topping is “very enthusiastic about the idea.” and said the UCLA and Cal State Los Angeles student associations were considering helping to finance the conference.
Foley also announced the appointments of Mary Kay Shaw as ASSC secretary and Mark Meader as ASSC treasurer.
FLUB-O-METER
In a last-minute push to reach believable figures, the flub-o-meter soared to 16 late Friday afternoon, a rise of four since Thursday.
The Kith Flub Stub went to Daily Trojan Co-Feature Editor Lynne Hill, who said she almost asked for No. 17.
“One guy was really rude when I asked where to go for a Flub Stub,” she said.
He apparently told her where to SO-
“We still have enough left to paper the Daily Trojan editor’s office," Mark Frazin, assistant registrar. said.
DT Editor Hal Lancaster was reportedly ready to accept the offer, providing the Registrar provided the labor.
“And they’d better not be rude workers, either,” he snorted.
By STAN METZLER Editorial Director
ASSC President Marty Foley brought the TJSC student one *tep closer to a “full partnership” last night.
Speaking near the end of a marathon opening session of the ASSC Executive Council, Folev announced the formation of a Presidential Standing Committee for Action on Student Rights.
The five-man committee, whom he charged with the objective of “coming up with practical ideas for more student powers.” had only minutes before received council support for a preliminary draft of a new policy for the approval and distribution nf student literature on camous.
The committee members are Rick F'am, chairman: Bob Lutz. ASSC vice-nresident for academic affairs: Andrea Aber. Panhellenic president. Chris Burrill. Mortar Board president; and David Lang. SDS president.
The formation of the committee and the nropcsed literature policy is undoubtedly the most promising action taken bv student government in recent USC history toward an integration of university education and administration.
STUDENT LITERATURE
The initial policy draft, which was submitted to the council for its suggestions and recommendations, calls for an eventual Student Literature Committee of seven members to nass on all student publications except the Daily Trojan. El Rodeo. SCampus, Student Evaluation Guide and graduate student publications.
It would have the authority to disapprove student literature only on the basis cf libel and slander, obscenity fas defined by the State of California). inciting to violence and improper titling.
Distribution would be limited to students anywhere outside university buildings.
At present, all student literature is approved nearly automatically, by the Student Activites Office: and distribution is limited to tables in front of the Student Union and in the YW'CA.
While the move was recognized by the council as a definite step towards placing student responsibility on the students, some members voiced their objections to the proposed procedure.
WARDLOW’S RESERVATIONS
“I love the idea: I think the thought's great,” AMS President John Wardlow said, "but I worry about precensorship. because this is still precensorship.
“Material should be allowed to circulate freely on campus. If there is an objection to it on the grounds already mentioned, then an injunction could be issued to stop further distribution and put the sponsoring organization on warning."
Lang, however, said the proposed student regulations "are not precen-scrship, but insurance against misrepresentation.”
Lang also noted that the policy would be a step towards the ASSC taking over this area of student responsibility.
“I don't buy censorship either,” Flam said, "but we are a university, and we must exercise some control.”
“After-the-fact something can be
done. But after-the-fact the damage is also done; and there is no redress ior a group that has been maliciously attacked, or for the name of USC.”
Wardlow insisted that “this is the price we pay for living in a free society." but the council unanimously approved the initial draft at Foleys request,.
Since the committee was formod only Thursday evening after a discussion in Dr. Joseph Boskin’s senior history colloquium, it gladly acted upon Lang's suggestion that it wait until next week before submitting the policy to the council for final approval.
At that meeting the committee will seek, and probably receive, the ASSC’s cosponsorship in its presentation before the administration.
DUTY TO STUDENTS
Earlier in the meeting Foley noted tha* the ASSC has a duty not only to individuals to provide entertainment and activities, but “also to students in the area of student rights.”
"There are changes necessary here at USC. Not petty or insignificant changes, but meaningful ones designed and conceived to give the individual student the position he deserves in the academic community.
"I don’t have any power,” he told the council, “but you do. You are in charge of running the association.
“That association is going to move, and each of you bears the responsibility of making sure it does.”
Norm Wilky, ASSC vice-president for student affairs, announced plans for the formation of a Control Board for the Student Fee and of a research committee to look into programs for the new Student Activities Center, which should be completed by the beginning of the year.
Lutz also announced the formation of an Academic Affairs Committee — “really a steering committee for my office" — to work on such problems as establishing a camnus literary and humor magazine, installing student representatives in LAS departments and conducting teach-ins on a variety of subjects during the year.
FOLEY'S ‘TOTAL KDUTATIO.V’
These committees are all designed to increase the students’ full partnership in the “Total Education” Foley campaigned for last spring.
But the Committee for Action on StudenL Rights and the literature policy are both the most immediate and most significant of the initial chanees.
Although there r>re still a. number of definitive and jurisdictional problems to be ironed out. the basic tone cf the proposed policy is set as one of rights and responsibility.
One member of the committee would be available at a specified time, such as noon to 1 p.m.. everj day to approve material for campus dis-tribtion.
If he failed to approve the literature (only by specifying one of the four reasons mentioned above) the question would be carried to the committee as a whole within the next two school days.
The committee as a whole would decide by a majority vote of the quorum (five members) whether the material was to be approved.
If it was disapproved, the decision could be appealed to the Student Court for its ruling within 10 days.
USC, Mount
in preschool
Saint Mary's join aid
LOOKING IN THE MIRROR OF THE MIND Pre-school program prepares children for public school*
Tender, loving care and a well-integrated social and educational program are the ingredients in a USC-Mount St. Mary’s College project that hopes to prepare preschool children for their entrance into the public school system.
Fifty preschoolers from the USC area will participate in a social-educational happening at Chester Place, a mansion once occupied by USC’s president and chancellor, the late Rufus B. von KleinSmid.
Now owned by Mount St. Mary’s College, the mansion has been turned into a preschool center to be the focal point of the Institute for Early Childhood Education.
The program is headed by Dr. Donald Wilson, a USC educator whose special interest is teaching teachers. Working with Dr. Wilson are Mrs. Betty Wethers and Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan. Mrs. Wethers will be in charge of the six student teachers who will participate in the program.
Mrs. Duncan, a former consultant in special education for the Palos Verdes schools, and a former television teacher, is directly responsible for the USC Preschool Program.
The student teachers under Mrs. Wethers are providing a program designed to aid the three, four and five-year-old children in social and educational skills.
The childrens’ day beginsi when they are picked up at their home^ and bussed to the Chester Place mansion.
They are served breakfast there before they are led in an integrated program of outdoor play activity and a carefully structured educational
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CLOSE DISCOVERY OF SELF AND PURPOSE Children learn ingredients of social and educational skills
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