University of Southern California
SUMMER # TROJAN
VOL. XIX
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 19 68
NO. 3
Hamovitcli Becomes New Dean
Promotion of Dr. Maurice B. Hamovitch from professor to dean of the School of Social Work has been announced by President Topping and Dr. Milton C. Kloetzel, vice president for research and graduate affairs.
On Sept. 1, Dean Hamovitch, who has been on the faculty since 1949, will succeed Dr. Malcolm B. Stinson, dean since 1959. Dr. Stinson, 61. will remain on the faculty as a professor doing fulltime teaching, research, and writing.
Dean Stinson asked USC to relieve him of the responsibilities of the deanship “based on the scientific—evidence that age 61 is a good time to begin an orderly withdrawal from pressure.”
Dr. Hamovitch. 48, a native of Montreal, earned a diploma in social work from McGill University in 1942 after doing his undergraduate work for the bachelor of arts degree at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario.
He received the master of arts degree in 1949 and the doctor of philosophy degree in 1951, both from the University of Chicago. His major teaching areas are social policy and research.
“Today’s social work student must be prepared for a different kind of practice than was true even ten years ago,” Dean Hamovitch said in an interview. “He must be more versatile, creative, flexible, and scientific. The faculties and administrative staffs of the schools of social work must also possess these characteristics.
Dr. Hamovitch will be the fourth dean of the School of Social Work.
Grill, Commons Increase Prices
MAURICE HAMOVITCH New Dean of Social Work
By ALLEN J. KLAUS
Despite a massive renovation to attract more customers, the combined Grill and Commons restaurants in the Student Union operate at a loss.
The assistant director of food services, Ronald Turnbull, said that the restaurant services cost the university more than $10,000 per month.
The losses have necessitated some increases in food prices. “We had expected a lot of questions about the increases,” Turnbull said. “It’s been amazing. They won’t say anything about the food prices, but they’ll ask, ‘How come you’ve raised the price of the cokes?’ ”
The price of the nine-ounce drinks have gone from a dime to fifteen cents.
In addition to the soft drinks, the price of hot water has also been increased. A single cup of tea is priced at ten cents, while
Union Remodeling Again
By FRANCIS MUELLER
Student Union is about to undergo the last phase of remodeling. The upper three floors, on which work is to begin by the end of this year, have complex plans for redevelopment.
This last project on the student activities complex will be conducted in two phases. The first phase will consist of a doubledecking of the student lounge on the third floor of the building. The new area will eventually be used for offices of student groups
Faculty Center May Serve Booze (Hie)
The Faculty Center may soon be serving alcohol. Elton D. Phillips, business manager of the university said yesterday that the Faculty Center Association has applied for a liquor license so that it may serve beer and wine with meals.
The request was made for a private club license, which also permits hard liquor to be served, however, a veto was given this idea by the Board of Trustees, and a restriction was made by them only to serve beer and wine.
Pending the granting of the license, the Faculty Center plans to remodel their building at a cost of $100,000, which they will pay for themselves. The remodeling will include a new bar and a small increase in seating capacity.
There has been some backfire about this new move, however. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union has sent a flood of letters to President Topping in objection to the application. The WCTU has no affiliation with the university, but opposes the sale and use of all liquor.
“Faculty Center cocktail licensing would be utter hypocrisy and dangerous tampering with common sense rules that shield some 200,000 college students from undue temptation by liquor hucksters,” the WCTU stated.
But USC isn’t the only one plagued by the letter campaign. UCLA has also received their attention by applying for a liquor license.
Phillips said the campaign has not hurt the university’s chances for obtaining the license.
who had not previously had offices in the building.
The decision who will occupy the new offices will be made by Paul Bloland, dean of students. While the second phase of remodeling is going on, this area will be used by the Daily Trojan, School of Journalism and organizations that already have offices in the building.
Two phases of construction must be used because there is no place to put those people who are now occupying the upper three floors of the building.
Daily Trojan, deans offices, El Rod, School of Journalism, ticket offices, and ASSC offices will remain in the Student Union after the remodeling has been completed.
The athletic offices, however, will move to Heritage Hall, which is to be constructed west of Bovard Field on existing tennis courts.
Planning is still in the architect’s hands, so details of the facilities are not yet available. Anthony Lazzaro, associate business manager and director of campus development, said, “I think the new facilities will expand the School of Journalism some, to permit it to function properly. Its requirements will be met.”
The three floor remodeling is estimated to cost $615,000. Samuel Lundeen, architect, is designing the plans, which should be completed by fall. Lundeen was the designer of Doheny Library and also architect for the remodeling of Doheny Library, and Bridge Hall.
Contractors will make bids in November and construction is planned to begin in December, although these dates are flexible.
With the completion of the Student Union remodeling, the campus will for the first time have a real center of activity where the students may go seven days a week.
It will be a place where students can get involved in committees, in the offices of organizations and publications or where they can gather informally, or for entertainment.
Lazzaro hopes that eventually it will be a center of real activity. All of the facilities can be provided, but there is a need for programmed activities and for student leaders in order to make the project worthwhile.
the cost for a pot of tea, which yields an extra one-third cup of water, is fifteen cents.
The most spectacular increase on the menu has been the price of hamburgers. Last summer a hamburger with a bag of potato chips cost forty-five cents. This summer, a two patty (four ounce) hamburger sells for fifty-five cents, without the chips. The new “Sidewalk Burger,” a single two-ounce patty with no lettuce or tomato brings thirty-five cents.
Turnbull noted that the “Sidewalk Burger” was developed for those who could not afford the more expensive one. “For those people on a lesser budget,” he said, “we thought we would make some sort of hamburger available.”
Two factors have been responsible for the increase in prices. “On the first of February,” Turnbull cited, “the minimum wage was increased to $1.65. Also, our meat prices, beef in particular, have gone up.”
Although the Grill and Commons are run by the University, they are supposed to pay for themselves. “We’re supposed to break even,” Turnbull said. “At least, that’s what we’re striving for.”
The food service official said that the restaurant should provide enough money for all of its supplies, as well as equipment and maintenance. Funds for this purpose are paid to the university’s operations and maintenance section.
Turnbull said the Grill and Commons were both doing well before renovation began. “Thousands of people developed a pattern of going to the Grill and Commons for lunch,” he said. “All of a sudden, they lost this in September of ’66. Naturally, they established other patterns. They brought their lunches, went off-campus to some little places, (Continued on Page Two)
Political Author to Speak Wednesday
Professor Francis M. Carney will be the guest speaker for the Symposium in Campaign Communication on Wednesday.
The lecture will deal with “Contemporary Theory and Practice in Campaigning.” It will begin at 1:15 p.m. and end at 3:45, and will be held in 151 VKC.
Dr. Carney is speaking as part of a series of guest lecturers for the class, taught by Dr. Rigby. of Political Science. Dr. Fisher and Dr. McBath, both of Speech.
Dr. Carney is the author of three books, Politics, 1960: Politics, 1964; and Politics, 1968. He has been a professor of political science at the University of California at Riverside since 1954, was a consultant to the McCone Commission, and was Riverside County Chairman of Robert F. Kennedy, 1968.
Dr. Carney received his B.A. at USC, his M.A. at Stanford, and his Ph.D. at UCLA.