University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
VOL. LIX
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1967
NO. 7
USC PARKING SITUATION-FULL AS USUAL And Lot 1, like Valhalla, is always elusive
A MATTER OF ADJUSTMENT
Cars cram into popular lots as parking probl em increases
Despite the beep-beeps of the horns, and the curses of the frustrated drivers behind the horns. Victor Sargent, head of the Campus Police. still believes that there is ample space in student parking lots to meet the demand.
Whatever the case, the first week
has decisively shown that there is a surplus of cars.
Normally. Childs Way is not used for parking. Yet the parking attendant at 36th St. and Hoover Blvd., near the Information Center, lets cars park on the privately-owned street of the
Private university to survive-Franklin
By ANN SALISBURY Co-News Kditor
“In another ten years private universities may have dropped from 25 per cent to 15 percent of the total amount of enrolled college students in California.”
While this statement by Dr. Carl Franklin, vice-president of financial affairs, may seem surprising, he noted that private colleges actually will continue to admit more students yearly.
But because of the rapidly-increasing number of students attending state colleges, the percentage attending private universities will decline.
Dr. Franklin, who was president of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities from 1964-66. discussed recent comments by Lt. Gov. Robert Finch favoring the increase of tuition at state-supported universities and additional state scholarships.
“USC’s total endowments are not increasing in proportion to public support of education. The burden for providing the bulk of education in California has to fall to the state,” he said in an interview.
“The added scholarships will help the state financially because they will save money. Sixty per cent of students given state scholarships elect to go to private in§itutions.”
Scholarships average $800. Since the cost of educating one student is about $3,000 per year, the state can save money by paying the student $1,000 for a scholarship to go to a private school rather than educating him for $3.000.
FLUB-O-METER
An amazing performance by registration officials has held the final total on the flub-o-meter to 16.
The question remains, how-pver whether the amazing performance was in registration and drop-and-add, or in refusing to give out Flub Stubs.
In an attempt to unravel the mystery yesterday, the Daily Trojan went directly to the upper echelon of Registration officials —Assistant Registrar .Hark Fra-7-in’s assistant, Jack Dietz.
Dietz said:
“No comment.”
Dietz would nol reveal whether the Flub Stub campaign would continue next semester, or whether the Registrar considered this semester’s fun-and-games a success.
Whatever they think, the Daily Trojan loved it.
California's 49 private colleges and universities educate 75.000 students at no expense to the taxpayer. The state is thereby saved $150-mil-lion per year in operating expenses.
Prior to World War II. California's private colleges, particularly USC, bore the brunt of the state’s higher education; but the recent growth of state university and college systems has removed that burden and allowed private chools to concentrate on selection and specialization.
Finch also referred to the time when private universities might be in real financial trouble if nothing is done to balance the tuition situation. HALF-PRICE
He asked why people should pay more for merchandise in one store if they can get the same thing down the street for half the price.
“Some have predicted that private schools will wither out,” Franklin said. “I can't imagine this happening at USC. The poorer private colleges will either go out of business or merge.
“This has already happened in some instances; and in some states private universities have been given state support. But when this happens you give up your freedom and independence.
“I wouldn’t like to see it happen at USC. We have a certain feeling or stature in a private university that we might not have if we became nationalized.”
DISAGREED
Dr. Paul Hadley, dean of University College and the Summer Session, disagreed with Dr. Franklin on this point.
“USC could accept state support without sacrificing its nature as a private institution,” he said.
“We already accept federal sup-ort. and to accept state support wouldn’t necessarily mean we would succumb to their control. It would be a good bargain for the state.”
Mrs. Florence Scruggs, director of student aid, said one of the reasons the legislature increased the number of state scholarships from 1,800 to 5.600 was to allow students to attend the college of their choice within the state. It asumed that many of the students would select private schools.
There are over 500 students at DSC on state scholarships,” she said.
“USC does not advertise scholarships because it has very little money to give for them. The only scholarships we consider are inquiries. We assume that if a student writes asking if he could get a scholarship, he has a real desire to come here.
“Out of 1,000 students who inquire about scholarship, we can grant only 200.”
Literature policy receives 'sympathetic reaction from activities committee
Daily Trojart Photo by Ed Stapleton
university when regular lots are filled.
“There are just too many cars for the available parking places,” one parking attendant said. “We only let cars park on Childs Way when all of the other lots are full. There were cars on this street every day last week.”
However, there is optimism in sight. The same parking attendant commented. “I imagine that this problem will be solved within the next two weeks. By then, many of the students will find out about the parking situation and leave their cars at home.”
Only 80 parking permits remain at the Bursar’s Office from 3,300 which were allocated for sale.
“The parking problem is the same as in previous years,” Sargent said. “There are many new students who do not know exactly where to go, so they bring their car the first couple of weeks until they get settled down.”
Actually, there are at least 29 student parking lots around the campus.
“Most new students just look at their map of the university, decide that Lot D is the most convenient lot, and then find themselves being turned away by the sign that says ‘Full,’ ” Sargent said.
He further explained that Lot D, the most popular section, is mainly used by women and men dorm residents since the lot is conveniently located between men's and women's living complexes. Therefore, when commuter students come in the morning there are only about 50 empty spaces left in the lot.
“Until the students become educated as to which space is available at a given hour, it is quite a hassle,” Sargent said. “I expect the crowded parking conditions will last for a period of two weeks.”
But for now, the students will just have to persevere — and become educated in parking.
By STAN METZLER City Editor
The ASSC Committee for Action on Student Rights received a “decidedly sympathetic” reception yesterday afternoon as they presented their initial plan for student control over the distribution of literature to the Student Activities Committee.
“They were decidedly sympathetic, and encouraged us with our other work,” Committee Chairman Rick Flam said.
Although members of the student-faculty - administration committee raised some questions over a few isolated issues, their general reaction seemed surprisingly favorable to the Student Rights Committee members.
COMMITTEE
The Student Activities Committee also formed an ad hoc committee to report Oct. 1 on the role they should play in regard to proposed administrative policy changes.
The ad hoc committee members are Paul Bloland. dean of students; Dr. A. T. Polin, chairman of the Student Behavior Committee; and Marty Foley, ASSC president.
The formation of the Committee for Action on Student Rights was announced by Foley at the year's first ASSC Executive Council meeting Sunday night.
A few minutes earlier the council had given official support for the initial draft of their statement on procedure for approval and distribution of student literature.
The statement calls for the ASSC to bear the responsibility for approval, which can be denied only on grounds of libel, obscenity, inciting to violence or improper titling.
FIRST LOOK
In bringing the proposal before the Student Activities Committee this afternoon, the students gave the administration their first look at the new policy.
“I just looked at it for the first time, a few minutes ago,’* Dean of Students Paul Bloland explained after withholding his opinions on the policy.
“But I will say they did a very good job of presenting it.”
Foley, who also sits on the Student Activities Committee, said the committee “appeared to be attempting to wosk for a unified front for a change.
“As ASSC president, I feel that the group represented there gave every indication of a willingness to work in unison with students for a responsible progress.
“This is one of the most promising individual indications I have seen since I entered the university of the faculty and administration trying to
assist students in securing their rights.”
The Student Activities Committee's main question seemed to concern the weight of responsibility that would be laid upon the one student approving literature on any given day.
The proposed procedure indicates that at a certain hour of every day students could get literature approved, and disapproval on one of the four grounds mentioned above would be reconsidered by the committee as a whole within the next two days.
Student Rights Committee mem-
bers felt, however, that the individual students would refer any questionable cases to the committee as a whole, thus procedurally limiting the individual responsibility.
The committee plans several meetings during the week before it presents the final policy draft to the ASSC Council next Sunday.
During the interim such problems as definition of student literature, inclusion of posters and banners, compliance with the Election Code and meshing with graduate school literature programs will hopefully be worked out.
Additional staff members named to Daily Trojan
Several staff changes were announced todav by Daily Trojan Editor Hal Lancaster.
Mike Parfit has been named co-news editor along with Ann Salisbury, and Eric Cohen has been named assistant news editor.
Parfit, a junior, was editor of the Santa Barbara City College newspaper, The Channels, before coming to USC. Cohen, a sophomore, was assistant feature editor of the Daily Trojan last semester.
Lancaster also announced that City Editor Jack Chappell and Editorial Director Stan Metzler were switching positions.
Both are seniors. Chappell was the editor of the Orange Coast Barnacle, and co-news editor of the Daily Trojan last semester. Metzler has been feature editor, news editor and assistant-to--the-editor on the Trojan.
“The switch was made merely as a matter of efficiency,” Lancaster said. “There were scheduling problems and the matter of utilizing my personnel as best I could. Lord knows, with my personnel I need to utilize well.”
Biologists move to Catalina center
USC marine biologists have begun moving into the university’s latest million dollar addition.
Located at Fisherman's Cove, Catalina Island, the Marine Biological Laboratory is the first unit of the Marine Science Center.
Dr. Richard Tibby. assistant director for the center, said the 45-acre site, which wall eventually be occupied by a complete marine science campus, is located on the eastern side of the island near the isthmus.
Completed last week, the building will probably not be occupied for research until February, Dr. Tibby said. “It’s going to take some time to furnish.”
“We are also waiting for construction to start on an adjacent community. By the time we’re moved in, housing should be available for our researchers and instructors,'' he said.
Financed by special university funds and a National Science Foundation grant, the lab will be a rather unique combination of several universities.
“The center is being administered by the Allen Hancock Foundation, but we have formed an inter-university advisory board with scientists from UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Irvine.
Cal Tech. Pomona College, Occidental College, and the California State College Systems. These people have helped in advising the construction, and will be working at the facility.”
Eighteen acres of the center have been reserved for industrial research. North American Aviation. Inc., has begun work on a research building to house their four-man research submarine. Beaver IV.
“Everyone in the center will have their own independent projects, but we will be working together in the exchange of ideas.” he said.
ASSC COUNCIL SEEKS DELEGATES
Two positions for independent representatives are still open on the ASSC Executive Council.
Independent reps must be regularly-enrolled students and have at least a 2.5 grade average. They may not live in the dormitories or be affiliated with a house.
Applications for the position will be available this week in the ASSC Office. 324 Student Union.
PROGRAM WILL BOOST TROY
Students to recruit local preps
By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH Contributing Editor
A pilot program to attract high school students to USC from the surrounding community is expected to get underway in the next three weeks. The program, titled Student-to-Student Counseling Service, was conceived by Bill Prezant, a senior majoring in political science, who will also serve as director of the project.
Prezant believes the lower-income students in the area around the university can provide a source of rich, yet untapped talent that has been ignored for many years.
He hopes to coordinate the counseling service and other community projects through a Community Involvement Coordinating Council, which would work with such programs as Troy Camp, the Tutorial Project, Project CHANCE and the Christmas Project.
Prezant envisions the counseling service as an extension of the Tutor-
ial Project on the high school level. Where the Tutorial Project centers on helping elementary and junior high students with reading and the like, the counseling service will concentrate on helping the underprivileged high school student understand what a college education can mean to him.
Counseling will include basic recruiting, information on financing a college education, and will offer the prospective USC student the opportunity to talk on a one-to-one basis with students already at the university about any problem, social or scholastic.
Prezant requested that all students interested in taking part in the counseling service sign up in the Student Activities office in the YWCA.
Prezant’s proposal for a Community Involvement Coordinating Council is intended to supply a means of providing continuity, financial sup-
port and administrative ease through a central source.
Pending discussions with the heads of other campus community service projects, Prezant hopes the council will be able to coordinate fund drives and moral support from alumni and community service groups.
The need for paying more attention to area high schools such as Manual Arts, Jefferson, Jordan and Dorsey became apparent to Prezant through his work in the Alumni Office arranging for university presentations to Southern California high school students.
Because so few people from the immediate area have attended the university, there are very few local alumni to offer their homes for these Trojan Previews, he said. Prezant also said that many of the area youngsters feel ignored by USC, the
university closest to their homes, and end up going to UCLA or some «rther school.
Initial reaction from the university administration has been very good, Prezant said, and the counseling service is expected to alleviate some of the burden placed on the Admissions and Student Aid Offices.
Prezant hopes to convey a different — and more accurate — image of the university to the community through the Student-to-Student Counseling Service and the Community Involvement Coordinating Council.
He feels counselors will benefit because of the added dimensions to their educations provided by talks with students from a part of society they don’t usually encounter.
“Participation will also help the USC student develop a more critical posture toward our society and stimulate his thinking about how to improve our institution,” Prezant said.