University of Southern California
DAILY ® TROJAN
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1968, VOL. LX, NO. 32
Stonier imperialists capture girls’ dorms
By TIM TAYLOR
The residents of the House of Stonier have completed the final phase in their plans to become a little England in the middle of the campus.
In the past few weeks, the House of Stonier has been completely transformed into a model of Britain. All of the house organizations, officers and activities have been changed to reflect the Anglicization of the house. Little has been left untouched.
Like all good Englishmen they have become imperialists, striking out at the large world of the USC campus from their small island lying just off the southeast end of the Student Union.
In one fell swoop late at night on Halloween, the men of Stonier single-handedly and with premeditation conquered and claimed as “crown colonies” five wings of College-University Hall.
The five colonies and their resident advisers are the Bahamas (Bonnie Caldwell), Plymouth (Adrienna Maravich), Salem (Adina Savin), the Virgin Islands (Cookie Brennglass) and Wellington (Elaine Pappas).
Identical proclamations were presented to the colonies amid pageantry befitting any royal society. Ceremonies took place m each colony’s lounge.
Frank Wuliger, Stonier’s prime minister, presided at the ceremonies. With all the unwavering decisiveness normally present in good prime ministers, Wuliger said:
“By the sovereign power vested in my by the members of the House of Stonier as their duly elected Prime Minister, I hereby claim this land as royal territory in the name of King Rollin Stonier the First. Such territory will be hanceforth known as ...
“As such, you will share in the benefits and responsibilities that are incumbent upon you as a lawfully constituted royal colony.”
Wuliger then listed the honors and privileges the colonists would enjoy. He told them that they could participate in Stonier’s drama, music, literary arts, graphic arts and discussion groups.
The colonists, he said, will be allowed to use the Pub, which is normally reserved for Stonier residents only. The Pub is the new social center of the House of Stonier and features, besides a TV and dartboard, a bar made by several of the residents. Soft drinks, cider and snacks will be served to Stonier residents and colonists every night, Wuliger announced.
In return for these and other privileges, each colony will be required to provide one barmaid per week. Also, the colonies will be expected to help plan dances, parties and other social functions.
In an obvious effort to prevent the House of Stonier from being known as a dirty imperialistic organization, “Lord” Happy Trope, a Stonier RA, said, “It is really benevolent imperialism. We are saving them from a fate worse than death—boredom! ”
ASSC urges 'Yes’ on Proposition 6, 'No’ on A
The ASSC Executive Council tabled two resolutions, endorsed Proposition 6 and did not endorse Proposition A in a special session Friday.
The special session was called last Tuesday when the council could not get to the rest of the agenda after debating the Tommie Smith-John Carlos letter.
The Resolution on Student Rights and Responsibilities was tabled until Nov. 12 for further reading by the council.
A Resolution on Military Conscription and Violence was tabled until Nov. 19 so that introducer Jeff Elliott could better present the resolution to the council.
Bill Mauk, ASSC President, informed the council that the research commission will take an “accurate sample on a number of issues, including the Smith-Carlos letter,” in the near future.
Two to go to National Moot Court
A debate involving the legality of conscientious objection and the Vietnam War was held at the Law Center yesterday.
The debate was centered around a fictitious case in which an army private was seeking to have the court make a ruling in support of his refusal to be sent to Vietnam.
Supporting the private were Peter Flaxman and Larry Stein.
Tim Dallinger. Steve Freeman and Peter Evans presented their cases on behalf of the U.S. government.
Adjudicating the proceedings were Clarke F. Stephens, associate justice of the California Court of Appeal, Robert L. Brosio, assistant U.S. attorney in charge of the criminal Division, and A.L. Wirin, chief counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The case was held to determine the two law students who will represent the university at the regional rounds of the National Moot Court Competition at the U.S. Court House on Nov. 17 and 18.
Dallinger was awarded first place, Stein second, and Flaxman third in the eliminations held in court, a campus court that affords law students the opportunity to practice what they nave learned.
Dallinger argued that conscientious objection is not a recognizable claim under the Constitution, and if the claim was granted, it would be detrimental to the operations of the national government.
DRIVE STARTS TO AID TROY CAMP
Students will be collecting money for Troy Camp at 16 locations on campus this week. They will be soliciting, the general student population every day except Wednesday, at which time they will go to all the major offices. The theme of this year's drive is "A Lovin' Feelin'."
Council asks classes be cancelled today
HERBERT G. KLEIN
Press agent tells why he thinks 'Nixon is best’
Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon’s communications manager, stood on his porch on the 18th floor of the Century Plaza Hotel. It was a rare, smogless morning and the city stretched in sparkling array from the fountains directly below to the hills in the distance.
“Nixon has made the point that he wants to have a lot of young people on his Washington staff,” Klein said. “And we already have a great many young people on our campaign staff.”
Klein, a USC graduate and former sports editor of the Daily Trojan, was in Los Angeles yesterday preparing for last night’s Nixon telethon. In an interview with the Daily Trojan, he talked about the sort of President Richard Nixon will make if he is elected today.
“Nixon is a very strong leader,” Klein said. “He will be a President who will delegate a lot of things in order to concentrate on the big issues.”
One of these issues is the Vietnam War. Klein was asked what Nixon will do about the peace talks between now and January, if he is elected.
“He will entirely cooperate with the President,” Klein said. “We have just one President at a time, and he will have to work with him.”
Klein has known the former vice president since 1946 When both he and Nixon were just out of service in the Navy. He worked with Nixon on his first campaign for the House of Representatives in that year and has been in on every major Nixon campaign since.
“I’ve been in a lot of campaigns,” Klein said, “and I learned a long time ago from Dick Nixon that you don’t let up until the votes are counted.”
Klein is far from letting up now. The latest Harris poll, released yesterday, showed Vice President Hubert Humphrey to be leading Nixon.
“In some ways I think it’s good luck to have Harris pick the other way,” Klein said. “He’s been wrong so often.” Confident that Nixon will win, Klein spent much of his time in the interview on more recent speculations about who would be on Nixon’s cabinet.
“He has made no preselection of a cabinet,” Klein said. “There have been a lot of rumors that he has, but each rumor has different names in it. One of the key things is that we have a very wide selection to choose from.”
One of the names suggested as a member of the Nixon cabinet was that of Sen. John Tower, (R. Texas), who is chairman of Nixon’s key issues committee. Tower spoke at USC on Sept. 23.
“Tower has a very powerful role in the Senate,” Klein said. “It would be my impression that he would want to stay in the Senate.”
“I’d say one of his top advisors would be Lt. Gov. Robert Finch,” Klein said. Finch is a graduate of the USC law school.
ASSC President Bill Mauk along with the two vice-presidents, Suzanne DoBall and Mat Pasternak, recommended that classes be cancelled today for the election.
A formal resolution was introduced by Tim McDuffie two weeks ago and was on the agenda for discussion last week. However, the Smith-Carlos controversy so dominated the meeting that the resolution never came up and consequently was never acted upon.
The basic premise of the resolution is that since there is a national election today, and so many of the issues are of vital concern to students and staff of the university, classes should be cancelled to encourage students to vote or participate in the election in the manner they see fit.
“We feel this to be a crucial election for the youth of this nation and for higher education in this country,” the recommendation reads: “RESOLVED: That we, the ASSC Executive Council, representing the students of the University of Southern California, wish to recommend that classes be cancelled on Nov. 5, 1968 in the following manner:
“1. Students of the university are requested to encourage their professors to poll their classes on the subject; a majority vote determining the continuation or cancellation of class on Nov. 5.
‘2’ The ASSC Executive Council requests that
the ASSC president send a letter to each faculty member and administrator acknowledging the recommendation and encouraging the cancellation of classes.
“3. Faculty members who wish to hold classes on this day are requested to notify their students on the penalties for non-attendance.
“4. The president of the university is requested to recommend the suspension of normal university business on Nov. 5.
“5. Students and employees of the university are encouraged to make use of this holiday by voting in a symbolic manner or otherwise participating in election oriented functions.”
The resolution ended with “Let our slogan be No classes on Nov. 5, STUDENTS ARE VOTING THIS YEAR.”
ASSC Vice President Mat Pasternak said of the resolution, “It is a kind of boycott in support of the democratic process.”
Several of the activist political groups on campus such as SDS and The Resistance will be advocating a boycott of classes by distributing leaflets.
“Almost every campus is recommending cancellation of classes,” Pasternak said. “Even if classes are not cancelled, at least the issue will be raised and perhaps all classes will discuss politics which would have a great deal of value.”
NON-VOTERS TO HOLD PICNICS
A picnic for students who have decided not to vote in the general election this year will be held all day today in Alumni Park. The affair is sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society and The Resistance.
Food, drink and balloons will be available in the park, now called "Resistance Park" by the two organizations.
Area crime down: car thefts are up
University division police reported that 16 cars were stolen in the U.S.C. area during the last week, even though the overall incidence of crime had decreased.
Among the stolen vehicles were: A 1962 chevy taken at 2821 University Ave. on Oct. 27 and a 1963 chevy taken nearby at 2831 University Ave. on the same day.
A 1963 chevy was stolen from a parking lot at 1115 W. 30th St. Friday. The following day a 1962 corvair was stolen at 1219 W. 36th St.
There were also numerous reports of radios and tape players stolen from cars.
The largest single theft of the week occurred on Oct. 28 when a sliding door of an apartment at 2831 S. Ellendale was broken and a student’s-stereo record player and records valued at $525 were removed.
Adderley to open series
JULIAN 'CANNONBALL' ADDERLEY
When Julian “Cannonball’ Adderley plays the alto sax, he tells a simple story. Life, sacrifice, struggle, and happiness are all there.
Adderley will premier Friday the ASSC Little Concert Series in Bovard
Auditorium at 8 p.m. The ASSC Cultural Affairs and Entertainment Committees are co-sponsoring this first in a series of five concerts that will include classical guitarist Christopher Parkening and sitarist Debu Chaundhuri.
Adderley and his cornet-playing brother Nat, who is also featured in the group, live in Tallahassee, Fla., where their father gave up his own dreams of becoming a cornetist to teach speech and drama in order to support his family.
Today, the Julian “Cannonball” Adderley Sextet, featuring Nat Adderley, is listed among the top-rated jazz groups in the country, its versatility attracting the attention of all age groups.
“We play things that are very commercial, others that are very modern; and we like ballads and play them,” said Adderley. “But we never play anything we do not like, and do not believe in.”
In August, 1964, Adderley signed an exclusive contract with Capitol Records Inc. for whom he recorded the single “Goodbye Charlie” and an
album, “Fiddler on the Roof., a jazz interpretation of the hit Broadway production.
When he is not performing Adderley spends his time working as a disc jockey, freelancing as a jazz writer, and waging a continuous war against the spread of narcotics.
His nickname dates back to his high school days in Tallahassee, when a friend tagged him with the name “Cannonball”, a moniker which resulted from a healthy appetite.
Non-reserved tickets for students will be $3, $2, $1.50, and may be purchased at the Bovard ticket office. Season tickets for the series, which will extend through March, are also being sold. Season ticket holders will be seated in the front of the auditorium for every concert. For students, the season tickets are priced at $5; for faculty, $7; and for the general public, $10.
Students briefly sieze control of Valley State
Northridge (CNS)—Members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) briefly seized control of three floors of the administration building at San Fernando Valley State College yesterday.
The students quietly left the building at 4:05 p.m. after talking to a delegation of school administrators headed by Dr. Paul Blomgren, acting college president.
No arrests or incidents were reported.
The BSU took over the fourth and fifth floors of the administration building at approximately 12:30 p.m. The takeover followed a rally calling for a student strike in protest over tomorrow’s election.
A spokesman for the campus newspaper. The Daily Sundial, reported other student complaints included request for dismissal of the freshman football coach at the college, a rumor that funds would be cut off in the educational opportunities program, and another rumored takeover of all auxiliary functions by the state college board of trustees.
The second floor of the building was seized by SDS shortly after 12:30. The United Mexican-American Students (UMAS) held the third floor for a brief period.
The rally proceeding the takeover was sponsored by SDS, which called for similar demonstrations on other college campuses.
Police said about 250 BSU members seized control of the fourth and fifth floors of the administration building. Approximately 50 officers were sent to the school.
The Los Angeles Police Department placed 11 divisions on tactical stand-by alert and aided campus police in surrounding the build'ng.
Blomgren began negotiations with the students at 3 p.m. Newsmen were not allowed inside the building and stood watch with the police officers.
Following their exit from the building, the BSU members went to the athletic department to talk with the school’s athletic director and Blomgren.
A crowd of about 700 persons who had stood outside the administration building quickly dispersed when the students and administrators left.
A spokesman for the California State College system said all power and water to the building had been shut off during the takeover. All direct telephone lines to the building itself were busy.
USC debaters are among nation fs best, coach says
Besides USC’s constant recognition as one of the top schools athletically in the nation, the debating team is also ranked among the best in the country.
Coached by John De Bross, director of forsenics, and Dave Burbans, the debaters finished their competition last year as the nation’s third best.
“We are definitely in the top five right now,” De Bross said.
Although qualifying more teams for the elimination rounds of a tournament at Loyola University Friday and Saturday, the USC squad did not win team honors.
Among the 40 schools competing, UCLA won the senior division while Loyola was the junior division champion. USC was cohost of the event.
The debate topic is: Resolved: That executive control of the U.S. foreign policy be significantly controlled.
The subject remains the same in all national debates for one year. All teams are required to thoroughly research both sides of the proposition and may be asked to debate either position.
“The teams have been researching the subject since mid-August,” De Bross said. “By the end of the year they have easily completed as much research as a grad student presenting a master’s thesis.”
This weekend the team will participate in a tournament at Oklahoma State University. In January, USC will host a tourney with Dartmouth and Harvard among the participating teams.