Five finalists selected tor Helen court
By STAX METZLER City Editor
Unsurprisingly enough, the five women chosen as Helen ol‘ Troy finalists last night were excited, thrilled and even a little shocked.
Their selection wras, they admitted, a great honor.
Other than that, Diane Brock, Linda Garcia. Libby Holman, Mimi Orr and Penny Ward were like any other group of girls meeting on the Row for a half-hour of picture-taking and interviews.
The five beauties, chosen by a panel of seven judges late yesterday afternoon to represent USC during the Troy Week festivities and for the remainder of the year, will be narrowed to one Saturday night at “A Crowning Affair."
But last night they were just five excited women, waiting to tell their parents, tired after an afternoon of judging and looking forward with apprehension to that 20 per cent chance opportunity just five days away.
While the women professed confusion over what qualities the Helen of Troy judges looked for—“activities"? “poise?" “looks?" “intelligence?" — Gary Rafferty, Helen of Troy chairman, had two concise criteria—“five good-looking girls." and “the best representatives for the university."
Diane Brock, a senior majoring in
retailing, is a member of 'Pi Beta Phi sorority. She has participated in the Tutorial Project, Angel Flight, VISTA and Alpha Tau Delta, and is a former Area I Little Colonel.
Linda Gardla, a senior majoring in Spanish, is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She has served on the Troy Camp Committee, the Tutorial Project and Amazons.
Libby Holman, a jurtior in dental hygiene, is a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She is vice-president of Alpha Kappa Gamma, dental hygiene honorary, and served last year as secretary to ASSC President Taylor Hackford. -
Mimi Orr, a junior in English, is also a member of Delta Gamma. She works with the Tutorial Project and on the Guest Relations staff, and currently reigns as Kappa Sig queen
Penny Ward, a junior in marketing, is a member of Pi Beta Phi. She has served on Troeds. the ASSC Social Committee, the Alumnae Tea Committee and the Guest Relations Staff, ana reigned last year as Miss World Trade for the West Coast.
The five court members will mee again tomorrow evening at the Sher-aton-Wilshire Hotel for the final selection by a new panel of judges, but Helen of Troy’s identity will be kept secret until the formal announcement at the Saturday night dance.
FIVE EXCITED WOMEN AWAIT FINAL HELEN OF TROY DECISION Finalists, from left, are Mimi Orr, Diane Brock, Libby Holman, Linda- Garcia, Penny Ward
University of Southern California
VOL. LIX
LOS AXGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1967
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NO. 35
NO 'POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE'
Popular groups will spark Troy Week
By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH Contributing Editor
The Sunshine Company and the Merry-Go-Round aren’t exactly the “Pomp and Circumstance" type, but they'll be on hand Saturday night
Experimental College to hold first classes
Today is the first day of class for students in three courses of the Experimental College.
Dr. Fred Krinsky, chairman of the political science department, will meet with his students in 161 Von KleinSmid Center from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Students of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Mysticism, and Buddhism will meet in 150 Von KleinSmid Center from 4 to 5 p.m. Dan Steffins and Steve Supin will conduct the course.
Stanford Burns will conduct a class on the history of science fiction and the mystery novel in 105 Von KleinSmid Center from 7 to 9 p.m.
Four courses will begin tomorrow.
Dr. Joseph Nyomarkay, associate professor of political science, will hold a class in 151 Von KleinSmid Center from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m.
The Generation Gap. taught by Richard Oksas, will meet in 104 Von KleinSmid Center from 6 to 7 p.m.
A course in nudism will meet in 207 Founders Hall with instructor Don Greene from 7 to 9 p.m.
Ken Kates will conduct a course in billiards in 109 Founders Hall from 7 to 9 p.m.
Dr. Asoke Basu. assistant professor of political analysis will teach a course in modern political analysis in 103 Founders Hall from 4 to 5 p.m.
when Helen of Troy is crowned at the 1967 Troy Week dance, “A Crowning Affair.’’	_
The dance will be held from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel. Tickets are on front of Founders Hall and at the sale in front of Founders Hall and at the YWCA for $2.50 per person.
The Sunshine Company is notea for its two hit records. “Back on the Street Again" and “Happy," while the Merry-Go-Round has scored with “Very Lovely Woman’’ and "Live."
“A Crowning Affair” replaces the traditional President’s Ball, which was held during Troy Week last year.
Helen of Troy will be crowned midway through the evening.
“A Crowning Affair" will kick off Troy Week, 1967. This year's festivities will be marked by a first when Tommy Trojan breaks 3S years of silence to address the student body at a noon rally Monday.
In his speech, Tommy is expected to give thanks that the protective canvas which has prevented him from viewing past USC-UCLA football games has been removed.
.To insure that no harm comes to him. Trojan Knights and Squires will guard Tommy around the clock beginning Monday.
House decorations will be erected Nov. 16 on the Row and in front of the dorms with the theme, “The Strength of Trojan Spirit.”
They will be judged the following afternoon and prizes will be awarded that evening at the bonfire-rally.
The bonfire will be ignited’ at the intersection of University Avenue and Childs Way following a torch parade from the Row and the dorms. Music for the street dance which follows will be provided by the Canned Heat.
Invasion of San Francisco
Trojan band marches triumphantly through San Francisco intersection following Friday night rally in Union Square. Photo, taken at Powell Street and Geary Boulevard, shows only a few of 15,000 visiting USC rooters.
RECORD AMOUNT THIS YEAR
Annual gifts reach $17,738,801
By JOHN FURTAK
A record $17,738,801 in cash gifts from private sources was donated to USC during the fiscal year 1966-1967 to eclipse the old standard of $17,157,037 received the previous year.
A part of that total is a record $1,251,348 donated by 16,249 alumni, parents and friends, which places USC among the nation’s top ten universities in this area of support.
The total cash flow into the university during the past fiscal year was $32,418,843. That sum includes funds received from private sources
and $14,680,042 in government revenue.
Corporations throughout the United States have pledged $10,612,-409 to the USC Master Plan since May 17. 1961, when the $106,675,000 fund-raising campaign was inaugurated.
Justin Dart, chairman of the Board of Trustees and former chairman of the Business and Industry Committee for the Master Plan, said
that corporate support of USC has averaged $1.8 million each year since 1961 compared with only $600,000 a year before that date.
Corporate gifts this past year totaled $1,458,013, an increase of more than $400,000 since the previous year.
That amount is considerably below the $1.8 million average, but corporate gifts fluctuate greatly since they reflect the state of the nation’s economy and depend on the financial success of each corporation from year to year.
“Voluntary supjiort of higher education will need' to double by 1970 to about $2.25 billion,” Dart, who is
also president of Rexall Drug and Chemical Co., said, because of steadily rising costs in America’s colleges and universities.
“The business share of this support, currently estimated at $250 million, may need to climb to $500 million by 1970 as the corporate stake in the quality and quantity of higher education.
“An increase of this magnitude is not impossible if the directors and managers of many more companies become aware that an investment in higher education is in the best interest of the corporations they serve.”
Service center gives legal aid
By XXX SALISBURY Co-Xews Editor
A young woman about 35 walked into the Los Angeles Neighborhood Legal Services Society on Santa Barbara Street. Her 'husband no longer loved her and he often told her about his relationships with other women.
The woman had 13 children, and barely enough money to live on. She did not want to stay married to her husband, but she could not afford a divorce.
She had walked into the right office. It had been designed to give legal aid to people who could not afford to pay a lawyer.
A team of attorneys and USC students work at the center. The office, affiliated with the Los Angeles Legal Services Society, was set up especially so that students could work there.
Martin Levine, director of the project and an assistant professor of iaw. said Dr. Topping suggested the idea over a year ago.
But it actually began at the beginning of this semester when classes started. The work is part of two two-unit elective classes for advanced law students.
The course, Legal Aid II. involves five to six hours a week working at the center, and a seminar with the professor (either Robert Leob or Howard von Elgart) once every two weeks.
Michael Kaufman, student coordinator of the project, said many of the cases handled there may involve problems peculiar to poverty or ghetto areas. Many of the cases may be test cases (cases that test the scope of a law.)
William R. Clay, director of the center, said typical cases might concern divorce, landlord-tenant problems, or sales contracts.
Many people in the area were afraid of garnishment, Kaufman added, and were unsure what the law says concerning garnishments. He said many people are urging modification of the law.
Many of these cases would not normally be handled because of the time they would take or the low probability of success, Leob said.
“Right now I just sent over a Habeas Corpus case to work on. I had no place else to send it. An Unruh civil rights case is also being handled.
“This class offers the law student the only crack he’ll ever get to do first-class, high-quality service. In the future the fee will determine the quality of his work and a salaried lawyer may have more work than he is able to give quality service to. In this class, the student will not have to take more work than can be done with high quality.
“Even though he won’t be able
to do it again, he'll at least know what it’s like.
“The student will get to do everything. A group may wrork on one case, with one person doing the pleading. one doinq the research, and one doing the in .sLigation.’’
Joe Jaconi, a second year law student. said he took the class because he felt it would give him an opportunity to get his feet wet in legal situations.
“It gives you a chance to relate to a situation, and to feel empathy for people involved,” he said.
“Most of the problems I have witnessed were really caused by a general lack of education, but it seems the first problem is generally economic. Some of the people you feel (Continued on Page 2)
David Harris to lecture at noon today
David Harris, the controversial former student body president of Stanford, will speak on “The Resistance” at neon today in Hancock Auditorium.
Harris was supposed to speak at USC Oct. 13, but a mistake in the scheduling had Harris in Orange County and another Harris. Dicky, speaking on campus.
David Harris will be the fourth speaker in fhe Seminar in Radical Education speakers program, sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society.
Harris, with a number of other Bay Area residents, formed the Resistance during the summer. It is an organization dedicated to resisting, obstructing and eventually destroying the Selective Service System.
During National Anti-Draft Week, held Oct. 16-21. nearly 350 residents of the Bay Area turned in their draft cards and joined the Resistance. Approximately 150 Southern Californians followed the Bay Area’s example. and 2,000 people in the U.S. turned in draft cards on October 16.
Another Anti-Draft Week will be held in December.
Harris resigned as Stanford student oody president last spring after being elected as a radical member of the new left. He ran on an antidraft, antiwar, procivil reform and procivil rights platform.
Harris’ antidraft concept is based on the opinion of antidraft lawyer Bill Smith, who says that if one per cent of the population refuses to cooperate with the Selective Service System, the draft law will fail.