University of Southern California
KING TO BE HONORED
A convocation in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will take place today at 6 p.m. in the University Religious Center courtyard.
"The convocation will be a memorial for Dr. King and a time for recommitment to the doctrines for which he stood/' said Rev. Chip Hoffman, of the United Ministry.
Included in the program will be a five-minute speech by a member of the BSU and a short talk by a minister from the immediate area.
In addition, ,Ken Foster, a USC student, has arranged a special number which he will play on his guitar.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 8. 1969, VOL. LX, NO. 100
A memorial service for Dr. James D. Finn, chairman of the Instructional Technology Department of the School of Education, will be held this afternoon at 4 in the University Methodist Church, 817 W. 34th St.
Dr. Finn, 54, died April 2 from complications resulting from pneumonia and diabetes in the Community Hospital of San Gabriel. Formal services will be held Saturday.
President Norman Topping will deliver the eulogy at the service and Dr. John Cantelon, university chaplain, and Irving R. Melbo, dean of the School of Education will deliver brief addresses.
Dr. Finn, a faculty member since 1949. was an internationally known authority on the uses of technology in education. He was a former president of the National Education Association’s Department of Audio-Visual Instruction and of the Educational Media Council, a group of 14 national educational and commercial organizations in the educational media field.
Dr. Finn was actively engaged in research in addition to teaching, and directed a medical Information Project for General Practitioners at USC.
Tom Bradley, city councilman and leading listening to Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, noted social
mayoral candidate, was in the audience last niqht psychologist, discuss the racial dilemma.
Change sought in counting of write-in votes
Songfest ’69 selects 13 groups to compete
Thirteen groups have been selected to complete in Songfest ’69 in the Hollywood Bowl May 10.
Tickets for the 16th annual musical event will go on sale Thursday in the Student Union box office. Prices are $4 for box seats, with reserved seats at $3 and $2.
Four groups will complete in the small groups division: Sigma Nu and little sisters, directed by Phil Crowley; Alpha Gamma Delta, directed by Jayne Proppa; the Chesire Cat, directed by Ken Foster, and Sigma Phi Epsilon, directed by Ron Panich.
Those competing in the production division are Alpha Delta Pi-Phi Delta Theta, directed by Mimi Stermer and Hook McCullough; Pi Beta Phi-Pi Kappa Alpha, directed by Debby Frame, and Delta Delta Delta-Phi Gamma Delta, directed by Jennine George and Vern Olsen.
Choral division will be composed of the Kappa Alpha Order directed by Paul Fest; and Sigma Phi Epsilon, directed by Dan Lunham.
The novelty division will include the Trojan Knights directed by J.J. Johnson, Dave Mangone and Elliot Zwiebach; Alpha Phi-Phi Sigma Kappa, under the direction of Kathy Craig and Bruce Polay; Gamma Phi Beta-Phi Kappa Tau, directed by Debbi Dillingham and Ron Sparberg, and Alpha Gamma Delta-Delta Sigma Phi, directed by Jayne Proppa and Pete Smock.
Dr. Finn, educational expert, dies; memorial today at 4
Dockson, dean of Business School, resigns
Robert 0. Dockson, dean of the School of Business and the Graduate School of Business Administration, has resigned to accept a position on the Board of Directors of California Federal Savings and Loan Association.
The resignation will become effective Sept. 1, the 10th anniversary of Dockson’s deanship.
Dockson has been on the faculty for 18 years, and has been dean of the School of Business since 1959. Under his leadership the Business School has become one of the most outstanding of its kind in the country.
“My life at the university has been stimulating, exciting and rewarding,” Dockson said. “The opportunities to contribute in building up the school have been numerous and challenging.
“My decision to leave has not been made lightly. I feel I must, at this time of my life, move on into an area which offers a new set of challenges and which will offer me new opportunities for personal achievement, satisfaction and service to the community and the nation.”
President Norman Topping said, “We regret losing Dean Dockson, but we are indeed grateful for the years of outstanding service he has given here. Under his astute leadership, the School of Business Administration has grown in stature and in size. We know that his attributes of leadership will continue to serve Southern California well.”
During his tenure at the university, Dockson has activated an extensive research program, an Executive Programs Division, an Advisory Board of Students, and Business Affiliates, the corporation support group. He has also made numerous improvements and revisions in the school curricula.
Insecurity said
to breed racism
Before American racism can be dealt with realistically, Americans will have to realize that it is a product of a basic national insecurity, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, noted social psychologist, told a capacity audience last night.
Clark, professor of psychology at City University of New York, and president of Metropolitan Applied Research Center, lectured on “The Dilemma of the Insecure,” as part of the Haynes Foundation Lecture Series in Founders Hall, 133.
The series, “The Racial Dilemmas of Americans,” continues tonight with Clark speaking on the “The Dilemma of Ethnic Diversity.” Clark will lecture Wednesday and Thursday evenings as well.
He said that the dilemma of insecurity is rooted in American history saying that America was the first nation founded by dispossessed, rejected people* thy debris of other lands.
“In order to understand the fabric of our society, one must understand the dilemma of the insecure individual who seeks, above all else, some semblance of security, some crutch,” he said.
He also noted that sometimes a person’s sense of unworthiness supports a need to disparage other human beings and thus elevate himself.
A lively audience, which included such noted Los Angeles citizens as Tom Bradley, councilman and mayoral candidate, State Sen. Mervin Dymally and Assemblyman Bill Greene, remained after the lecture to question Clark.
In reply to a question Clark said that capitalism, the most successful economy ever devised, could eliminate poverty, slums and ghettos, but has failed to do so because of government officials.
“The only reason we have cruel distinctions imposed on a minority is the lack of genuine concern on the part of those people who could make the decisions to have an effective system,” said Clark.
A motion to repeal a new ruling on valid write-in votes has been introduced before the Elections Board of Inquiry.
Pat Lawless, elections commissioner, presented the motion to the board, headed by Roland (Happy) Trope, chief justice.
The law regarding valid write-in votes was recently revised so that anything written in would count as a vote. This would allow names such as Mickey Mouse or anarchy to be tallied.
The previous law said that only names of enrolled university students would be counted. All others would not be considered.
The decision will have an important effect on the race for junior representative between Dave Dizenfeld and Steve Ogle.
Under the present law, all write-in votes were tallied in the March 26 election, and Dizenfeld received exactly 50 percent—not a majority. If just one of the write-in votes is declared invalid, Dizenfeld will have a one-vote majority and will be declared the winner.
As it is. another run-off is necessary and has been scheduled for tomorrow.
Lawless will argue for the repeal of this new law and a return to the old.
He feels that allowing any name or comment to count as valid could greatly change the outcome of an election and that the new law accepting anything written is unconstitutional.
Trope expressed the belief that votes for people such as Mickey Mouse were expressions of dissatisfaction and should be counted. Also, problems arose when ballot counters disqualified a name without checking to see if it was a student’s.
ROBERT DOCKSON
Dorm residents can eat in Grill
Dorm residents will now be able to eat anywhere on campus in a trial program set up by the Business and Housing Office in conjunction with the Women’s Hall Assocation.
Any resident can obtain a floating meal tag giving him up to $1.45 in credit for lunch in the Grill, Commons or other dorm dining halls.
The trial period begins April 14 and will run through May 17. If successful, it may be incorporated as a regular program next year.
Meal cards can be obtained at the complex managers’ offices between 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Meal tag numbers will be crossed off the regular check list. Meals may be purchased anywhere on campus between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.