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University of Southern California
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1968
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NO. 14
Prof notes lack of intellectual contact
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left, ami Roe Ann While pul up posters for Festival of Arts
DIRECTOR TO ATTEND PREMIERE
Film to open Art Festival
B\ SOPHIE ONG
Jean-Luc Godard, the French film director wiio helped lead Jean-Pau! Relmondo to fame, will attend the American premiere of his latest production “Lachinoise.'’ which will mark the start of USC's annual Festival of Arts.
Thp film “Lachinoise,” will he shown in Hancock Auditorium Sunday at 8 p.m. Free tickets are available from the Festival of Arts information booth between the Administration building and Doheny Library.
A full schedule of events will appear in Monday's SoCal.
Godard and his wife, Anne Wazensky, who also ■tars in the picture, will be the special guests of honor.
Godard has directed 14 feature films, including ‘‘Breathless" which starred Belmondo.
In addition to the premiere, the USC Symphony will perform in Bovard Auditorium Sunday night, Walter Ducloux will be conducting.
The music program will feature student soloists performing concertos with the symphony. The soloists are John Schuster, piano; Christie Lundquist, clarinet; Madeline Schatz. violin: Warren Marsteller, trombone; Anne Sheldon, soprano; and Jean Tsai, piano.
Admission will be $2 for general and $1 for students.
The Festival of Arts will also sponsor USC student films, two folk singers, more showings and a discussion of Godard's films. Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti from the San Francisco area and other poets will read their works. The festival will also include a concert - dance with Jackson Browne, poet-folksinger.
Alice Ehlers, world-known musician, and Malcolm Hamilton, a former student of hers and assistant instructor of piano, will be duo-harpsichordists in the School of Music’s scholarship benefit recital. It will be held in Hancock Auditorium on March 2 at 8:30 p.m.
The Women's Hall Association will sponsor a program of music, art and drama by residents of the dormitories on March 3. An open house will follow the program.
All events are free, except the music performances. However, tickets are necessary for most of the events and they may be picked up the day of the event at the information booth.
Roe Anne White and Ron Egenes are co-chairmen for the week-long activities. Charles Lippincott is the graduate advisor and Dean Flower, professor in English, is the faculty advisor.
By CAROL FRIEDMAN
“One of the great lacks at this university is conversation, not only conversation among students but among faculty as well,” Dr. Arnold Dunn, associate professor of biology, said at the Hillel Foundation luncheon yesterday.
He expressed his disappointment at the preoccupation with materialistic goals and the lack of intellectual stimulation.
“There is not enough intellectual contact between students and faculty. I really feel there is lacking on this campus, a seething, bubbling intellectual atmosphere,’’ he said.
Dr. Dunn attributed the cause of the intellectual stagnation partly to the students who are sent to college by their parents, not to learn but to get a degree so they can go out and accumulate the material objects which supposedly spell success.
He suggested !hat the solution may be to attract the unconventional student to USC in order to stimulate intellectual activity.
“There are signs of this developing on the campus,” he noted. “I’m beginning to see the unconventional student on campus.”
The Vietnam situation may be one reason for the rise of activity on campus.
“The war in Vietnam is shaking students out of their lethargy. One good, beneficial fallout of the wrar is the questioning it provokes,” Dr. Dunn said.
Dr Dunn praised President Topping’s efforts, however.
“Dr. Topping has done a miraculous job of improving the atmosphere, he said. “If you go to Dr. Topping and state your opinions honestly he’ll listen to you. He appreciates an honest, direct approach.”
Questioned as to how USC can become a center of intellectual activity, Dr. Dunn said, “I would like to see this atmosphere of middle class comfort disrupted.”
A first year graduate student wrho completed his undergraduate work at
City College of New York, which is known for its liberal atmosphere, derided the social structure of the campus.
“This school has nothing for someone who is not in a fraternity or sorority,” he said.
Another student charged that some professors who have tenure do not bother to exert any effort in teaching their classes.
Dr. Dunn admitted that this is sometimes the case, and suggested “the only thing you can do is to place important courses in the hands
of enthusiastic professors.”
Improvements can be made, he said, noting that the deans of men and women have expressed interest in stimulating communication on campus.
Dr. Dunn concluded the discussion by cautioning that the solution to the lack of intellectual activity on this campus cannot come solely from the faculty.
“My opinion has been that educational innovation rarely comes from professors, it comes from the students,” he said.
Thief gets credit cards, $100 from gym locker
University Senate speaks out against Work-Study cut, draft law
By STAN METZLER Editor
The University Senate reacted to recent federal moves by passing resolutions against the cutback in Work-Studv funding and the recent clarification of the draft law.
The generally routine meeting, chaired by new' Senate President Chester Hvman of the Medical School, dealt mainly with the a-doption of annual reports from seven university committees.
The resolutions, which followed a discussion of the effect the
federal changes will have upon the students and the university itself, were both intended to express the Senate's distress with the changes.
The resolutions on the Work-Study Program, whose cancellation was announced last Monday by the Student Aid Office, directed the Senate Executive Committee to investigate “the actual facts” of the cutback and write a resolution “against this attack on a vital educational program.”
Discussion of the Work - Study problem began during the report of the University Committee on Student
7 get Woodrow Wilson National Fellowships
Seven students have been named Woodrow Wilson Designates by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Four others were awarded honorable mentions in the nationwide graduate fellowship competition.
The Designates ate classified by the Foundation .is the best future college teacher prospects on the continent. The foundation will provide financial support for the Designates in the graduate schools of their choice.
The designates are Carl Bellone, political science major; Ann Bennett, a graduate student in English; John Dominguez, economics; Brendan Jun-danian. international relations: Robert Kebric, classic: James Kilbury, philosophy; and Bruce Lively, history.
Those receiving honorable mentions are Donald Fike. economics; Robert Gaskins, English; Janice Mackey, classics; and Andrea Sende-rov, a graduate of the School of Music with a piano major.
Other graduate awards still open for applications with campus departments handling award and deadline in parentheses include;
California Congress of Parents
and Teachers, Inc. (School of Education, March 1); Communication Disorders Traineeship (Speech Patholo
gy, March 1);
Danfcrth Foundation Teacher Study Grant (Dean, LAS, March 15); Lockheed Missile Scholarship (School of Engineering, March 1); National Defense and Education Act Counseling and Guidance Traineeship (School of Education, April 3);
Audiology Traineeship (Audiolo-gy-Speech. March 1); Traineeship in Gerontology (Rossmoor-Cortese Institute, March 1); Teacher of the Deaf Fellowship (John Tracy Clinic, March 30); Public Health Service Public Administration Traineeship (School of Public Administration, April 15);
Town Hall Working Fellowship (Professor J. Elliot, March 31); and University Teaching, Lab and Research Assistantship (various departments, April 15).
The Graduate School fellowship division suggests that interested students contact the departments in which they wish to persue graduate study for information on other awards.
Aid wrhen Dr. Mary Mahl, chairman, alluded to problems within the Student Aid Office.
“Mrs. Scruggs is working under a tremendous handicap.” she said of the office director.
“Most of her help is not of the type that is able to handle the figures that office deals with.”
“She has been doing a tremendous job throughout the years, with very poor help as far as numbers and quality is concerned.”
The office discovered on Wednesday of last week that it was completely out of federal funds needed for the federal program. In an interview early this week, Mrs. Scruggs said the money ran out because of a federal cutback this semester and an overextension of the funds available last semester.
A number of faculty members expressed concern that students who had relied on the income from their Work-Study jobs to stay in school may be forced to drop some units because of the cutback, and possibly face induction in the Armed Forces.
But Dr. Mahl said the Student Aid Office had a large supply of jobs available and would find one for any student requesting new work, although it would not necessarily be related to the student’s major.
The resolution on the draft followed the comment by one faculty
APPLICATIONS DUE FOR '68 SONGFEST
Applications for Songfest 68, a student-produced musicale to be staged May 11 at the Hollywood Bowl, are due Friday at the Special Events Office.
Any type of group on campus is encouraged by Chairman Doug Yarrow to participate in the event.
Yarrow urges dorms, living groups, campus organizations, representatives from graduate schools or any other organizations to ap-
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member that he was extremely disappointed that President Johnson had not listened to the advice of numerous national educators.
The resolution, which will be sent to local media, the California Congressional delegation and President Johnson, says the Senate believes “the long-run national interest will be jeopardized if the graduate student population is diminished,” and puts the body “on record as strongly urging the President and the National Security Council to reconsider its decision.”
By JIM STRAIT Contributing Editor
The burgiars around our campus are still active, despite a short slowdown that was noticed a few weeks ago.
During the past 10 days, many USC students had property stolen, but two of the incidents show-ed an interesting style.
On the 15th, Prof. of the Department of Cinema Melvin Sloan had $132 worth of money and valuables stolen from a gym locker that was locked when he left it and still locked when he came back. In between the professor’s visits, however, someone absconded with his wallet, containing his credit cards and over $100 in cash, and his watch.
Prof. Sloan notified the campus police immediately.
Terry Arthur, 1124 W. 29th St., was sleeping peacefully Monday night, until he was awakened about 11 p.m. by a noise from his kitchen. He didn't think anything about it and went back to sleep. A few minutes later he looked up to see a shaggy head poking through his bedroom window.
Arthur shouted at the man, who jumped quickly out of the window and ran down the alley, across 29th Street and between the houses to Hoover Street.
Los Angeles Police officers investigating the attempted burglary', found the screen from the bedroom window leaning against the building. It had apparently been ripped loose with a screwdriver.
Pry marks were also found on the screen covering the front room window. Arthur said that the thief was unable to enter through that window because of the heavy metal bar across it.
Police later took a suspect into custody who was identified by Arthur, but because of the surface of the window ledge, no fingerprints were obtainable, and police didn’t feel that Arthur’s identification was sufficent evidence to book the suspect.
Arthur stood up well under the
strain of the investigation having had has apartment burglarized twice before in the past two months. His car was stolen last year.
On the 10th. the Shrine Auditorium was the site of a concert by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and an assault on an officer by six to 10 suspects dressed a la Haight-Ash-bury.
Officer Ray Turner, University Division Recruiting Officer, was working in plain clothes at the auditorium when people standing outside the auditorium started to storm the doors. They were apparently unhappy at not being able to buy tickets at the standing-room-only concert.
Officer Turner ran to one of the side doors where people were starting to pour in. When he yelled at them to stay out, two of the gatecrashers jumped on the officer’s back while more of them rushed by into the auditorium.
More police came running, and soon the area around the door looked like a huge wrestling match.
By this time, at least six of the assailants w-ere concentrating on Turner who fought his way free when he felt someone grab his pistol.
Police were finally able to round up all of the crashers and line them up outside. Those wrho engaged in the fight were put into police cars and driven away from the area before being released.
Officer Turner explained that due to the nature of the incident the police didn’t think it necessary to make arrests.
SOCAL NOTICES DEADLINE TODAY
The deadline is 3 p.m. The place is 432 Student Union. The deadline and the place for turning in SChedule information for Monday’s SoCal edition, that is. Clubs, organizations and anyone else who feels they have something important to say that warrants attention in the SChedule should turn the information in today.
FOUR-YEAR RQTC PROGRAM
How to avoid the draft
With the draft blowing like a small hurricane down their necks, most graduate students who are not sheltered by dentistry and medicine are holding their hats and wondering where to go.
One way for students to remain in the lee of education at least temporarily may lie in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC).
Entrance into the ROTC allows a student to complete his college education for a degree with a 1-D selective service deferment. This classification denotes reserve status.
Upon receiving his degree, the ROTC graduate enters into a branch of the Armed' Services as an officer to fulfill his military obligation.
At LTSC, two ROTC courses are offered: the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) and the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC).
Both the NROTC and AFROTC offer four-year programs, two-year programs, and four-year scholarship programs.
Anyone who applies for the two-year program must have two years of college remaining beginning in
September. This includes graduates. Undergraduates may apply for any of the programs.
The NROTC labels their nonscholarship two- and four-year programs as Contract Programs.
Selection for the Contract Programs requires passing of physical tests, interview and aptitude tests. The two year Contract Fi~ogram also requires a candidate’s successful completion of a summer training exercise before his junior year in school.
A student who enters the Contract Program is appointed a Midshipman in the U. S. Naval Reserve. He must take a prescribed Naval Science curriculum which consists of lectures, labs and drills in addition to fulfilling the normal requirements of his major.
The four-year Contract midshipman must also participate in a summer training exercise at sea after his junior year.
Both the two- and four-year Contract midshipmen receive q. monthly subsistence allowance of $40 in their last two years.
Four-year Contract midshipmen
may apply for the Regular Program (the scholarship program) in which, if accepted, he receives full payment of tuition, fees and books, plus a monthly subsistence allowance of $50.
After graduation, the Contract midshipman is commissioned an ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve or a second lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, as the case may be. An active duty span of three years is required.
The AFROTC programs closely parallel those of the NROTC. Their programs are termed simply the Two-year and Four-year programs, and the Scholarship program.
Students accepted into the AFROTC are appointed cadets in the Air Force Reserve.
Applicants must pass a written exam, the Air Force physical exam and an interview by Air Force officers. Candidates for the Two-year program must also attend a six week summer Field Training Course.
Requirements for the Four-year AFROTC are the same as the Two-year program, except it is only open to the new college student, f