Mexican-Americans at USC to organize
By PETER CHASE
Even though Mexican-Americans constitute the largest racial minority in California, they are still largelv unorganized.
The USC Mexican-American Association. which will include USC’s approximately 50 Mexican-Americans, will hold its first meeting Friday noon in 205 Ecumenical Center.
“We want to provide Mexican-American students at USC an opportunity to become part of the university. and. therefore, the community." students Jesus Melendez and Raoul Isais explained.
Melendez said, “We don't want a whipping boy. We want to help ourselves.”
To this goal, the association will present proprams on- and off-campus Off-campus activities' purpose will be
can-American students, and contribute articles to La Raza.
Club members will also counsel Mexican-Americans attending USC.
Melendez and Isais said 50 per cent of Mexican-American students in the California school system do not finish the 8th grade, and Mexican-Americans have the highest drop-out rate in the Southwest of any racial minority.
The average Mexican-American family has the lowest median and per capita income of any group in the state, they said, and one third of the families make less than $3,000 per year.
With this situation in mind. 150 Mexican American students gathered in May at Loyola University to ex-
amine their roles as students and potential leaders. The conference decided that Mexican-Americans must organize on the college campuses.
To this time, clubs have been formed at UCLA, Cal State Los Angeles. East Los Angeles Junior College, and UC Berkeley. Ten more clubs in the Southern California area are expected to form soon.
Isais and Melendez said that membership in the association will not be restricted only to Mexican-Americans. but will include all Interested students.
Dr. Manuel Servin. associate professor of history, who served for one year as Gov. Reagan's Educational Advisor, will be the association’s advisor.
to make it easier for more Mexican-Americans to enter and graduate from USC.
Melendez, an editor of La Raza, a newspaper published by and for Mexican-American youths, said the organization will conduct tutorial programs for Mexican-American students, establish a big-brother project for youths from elementary through high school and conduct fund-raising drives to provide scholarships for students wishing to attend USC.
Isais. director of an East Los Angeles coffee house, has invited classes in Mexican-American history and culture to meet at the coffee house.
Isais said campus projects will include guest speakers and panel discussions. The association will conduct tours of USC for potential Mexi-
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Plan to organize USC Mexican-Americans
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IS THIS INDECENT? WILL SONG GIRLS CHALLENGE TRADITION?
Dangerous, short-skirted song leaders could test USC mores.
Urban areas lack unique characteristics - architect
By MIKE PARDRIDttE
From Prof. Eric Pawley's point of view, cities throughout the country today have no character.
“Our cities are becoming averaged down, they have no characteristics that make them different from others. Places today are no places because everything looks alike," Pawley, professor of architecture, said.
“If you were set down in any one of a dozen cities in this country, you would have a difficult time determining where you were.”
Prof. Pawley made these statements Tuesday afternoon, just as he has been doing at every opportunity ever since he took over as chair-
'RADICAL SEMINAR'
man of the Central Faculty Planning Committee of the Institute of Urban Ecology.
A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pawley is well-qualified to state his opinions on architecture.
He has contributed more than 140 articles on architecture to various publications in the past 30 years, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA) journal, which he edited for 12 years.
Prof. Pawley's most recent published work appeared this summer in a Czech architectural magazine, “Architect,” during the Ninth Biennial Congress of the International Union
Lang to speak today on 1984 Mach ine
David Lang, president of Students for a Democratic Society, will open the organization’s 1967 speakers series today with a noon talk on “The USC Student and the 1984 Machine.”
His speech, in 129 Founders Hall, will be the first of 15 weekly presentations billed as a “Seminar in Radical Education.”
Lang will give his opinion of American education with specific examples of conditions at USC.
As president of SDS, Lang has taken numerous opportunities to challenge the university administration, the concepts of education and student rights.
Lang said he hopes to eventually have a seminar on radical education included in the regular university curriculum.
“I define radical as a concept of being constantly open to change,” Lang said. “Nothing is elevated to the role of a god—not God, country, race or anything.”
“With this concept of radical, I think we have a chance of getting the seminar on a regular unit basis.-’ Other seminar speakers this semester will include John Haag, Southern California chairman of the Conference for New Politics; and John Sack, a USC student who spent the summer in Latin America.
of Architects (UIAj, which convened in Prague.
He was the only American to be quoted at the international gathering of 2,000 architects.
“I was very surprised that I was the only one, since there are so many members of the UIA here in the United States. Nevertheless, mine was printed and I was very proud,” he said.
ANSWERS QUESTION
The article included Pawley's answer to the question, “Which of the town parts or towns known to you are in your opinion most capable of organically satisfying the requirements of today and of future evolution?”
He called for the need for an identity of place in our cities by describing the objectives of the USC studies of urban ecology. He also pointed out the misguided attempts of some cities to create monster cultural centers and the general neglect of our waterfront communities in most areas.
“Generally speaking, foreign countries don’t suffer the same architectural problem that we are experiencing here. Prof. Pawley said.
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"They seem to have a respect for traditions which make them preserve the identities of various pities.”
But what about a solution?
Pawley believes we have that answer in the Institute of Urban Ecology.
“But it depends on how good the people are and how much money
is available,” he said.
“And it will take a long time, cities don’t happen overnight.”
Song girl investigation provokes verbal battle
By PATTI KEII>
“We are . . . SC!”
Obviously, and the Coliseum echoes the chant every game. Since we are USC, the argument goes, we have lots of class and tradition.
But why not join the rest of the colleges in California, others say, and get some song girls?
ASSC President Marty Foley's motion at the ASSC Council Sunday night to begin an investigation into selecting song girls for the 1967 basketball season followed the second line of reasoning. All members voted yes except Karen Mazepink, AWS president.
Miss Mazepink believes the idea of introducing song girls at basketball games is merely a means of getting them for football games too.
“USC has such sophistication that it would be beneath what we are trying to do in any other area to have girl song leaders,” Miss Mazepink explained yesterday as one of her several arguments against the proposal.
“This isn’t the type of image USC is trying to project. Six girls dancing in front of the football stands wouldn't add any excitement to the already spirited and exciting games.’’
Miss Mazepink believes the average coed wouldn't want to be a song leader anyway, and questioned whether there would be any time for song girls.
Disappointingly low attendance at USC basketball games in the past prompted Foley to suggest the possibility of song girls, as well as dances after the games, he said yesterday.
John Hagestad, committee chairman of the song girl proposal, feels the tradition of not having any has just been the accepted thing too long and that it's time to consider them as a real possibility for promoting spirit at basketball games.
The current plan for screening calls for applications to be available from Oct. 9-13 to any female with a 2.25 grade-point in college, or a 2.75 for freshmen.
A written test on Trojan songs and yells would also be required.
The second screening would include appearing for five minutes before a faculty, administration and student panel for judging on personalities, looks and poise. The final stage would be a 5-minute screening on costumed routine.
Ten finalists would be chosen,
from whom the student body would select five song girls and five alternates.
Norm Wilky, vice-president of student activities, said the girls selected would talk to UCLA song girls— whom he called "the best in the country"—for advice and help in getting started.
But the proposal must be approved by the administration. If it approves, the song girls should be ready to perform at the first basketball game in December.
Foley said there was absolutely
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no way that gir! songlerders could slip into the all-male tradition of USC's yell leaders at football games.
Head yell leader Rusty Jordan was divided in his opinion cf girl songleaders. In a positive vain, he feels they could be a tremendous asset and would initiate a new tradition.
“Enthusiastic girls who would work hard could generate a lot of spirit and would be an asset in giving USC an excellent reputation when the team travels," he said.
In his list of negatives, Jordan felt that USC tradition ruled against (Continued on Page 2)
Kantor, movie prof, suffers heart attack
Dr. Bernard Kantor. chairman of the Cinema Department, suffered a heart attack Sunday evening and is now recovering at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.
Dr. Kantor. 44, began teaching at USC in the fall of 1957 and became chairman of the department in 1964.
The department does not know how soon Dr. Kantor will be able to teach again, and professors Irwin Blacker and Melvin Sloan have tentatively taken over Dr. Kantor’s duties.
Dr. Kantor received his B.A. in cinema in 1949, an M.A. in 1957 and a Ph. D. in secondary and higher curriculum, with a minor in educational psychology in 1959. all at USC.
In 1950 he worked at the Lookout Mountain Motion Picture Laboratory, USAF, and was the motion picture cameraman on Operation Greenhouse, the atomic test at Entwe-tok.
He was head of the documentary film unit at the Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake, Calif, in 1953.
Many of Dr. Kantor's films done at Lookout Mountain and China Lake are classified as top secret.
Dr. Kantor has served on the Committee for the Model United Nations and the University Senate at USC.
DR. BERNARD KANTCR
Recovering from heart attack.
He is advisor to Delta Kappa Alpha, professional cinema fraternity, and a member of the American Association of University Professor’s local chapter.
Dr. Kantor has published many articles and scripts, and in 1955 developed a technique for photographing people in the dark.
FIJIS, SICS LEAD
Fraternities pledge 482
Phi Gamma Delta and Sigma Chi fraternities led the fall semester rush with 36 and 32 pledges, Dick Moo-berry, IFC Rush Committee chairman, announced last night.
The 482 total, slightly less than last year, was attributed to the fact that Beta Theta Pi and Theta Chi did not participate in this year’s rush.
Other house totals include Lambda Chi Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon, 28; Kappa Sigma, 26; Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Kappa Psi, 24; Delta Tau Delta and Zeta Beta Tau, 22; Delta Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and
Tau Epsilon Phi, 21; Delta Sigma Phi, 20.
Pi Kappa Alpha, 19; Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Delta Theta, 18; Phi Sigma Kappa. 17; Alpha Rho Chi and Chi Phi. 15; Phi Kappa Tau, 13; Alpha Epsilon Pi, 12; Theta Xi, 10; Sigma Alpha Mu, 9; Alpha Tau Omega, 8; and Sigma Phi Delta, 3.
“The fraternities that traditionally pledge large groups each fall had slightly smaller pledge classes,” Moaberry said, “and those that usually pledge smaller numbers had larg-
er results this rush period.”
A check with last fall’s totals revealed that the largest house increases were by Delta Chi, Delta Sigma Phi. Lambda Chi Alpha and Phi Gamma Delta.
Mooberry also announced a general IFC pledge meeting for next Monday, with attendance expected from all new pledges.
The pledges will remain at that status until the end of fche semester, when they will be initiated into the house (if they have not been dinged) after Help Week.