University of Southern California
DAILY ® TROJAN
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1968, VOL. LX. N0.35
Ferenc Nagy speaks to students after speech
Nagy says thought stifled by Communist regime
The intellectuals behind the Iron Curtain are fighting a totalitarian regime which is above the ordinary people, said Ferenc Nagy, former premier of Hungary, yesterday.
He said he believes the intellectuals are not fighting a Marxist regime or an ideaPstic, Communist regime. Nagy addressed a small crowd at the Great Issues Forum.
Nagy, who now lives in Virginia, announced the position he was going to take as he began.
“I am anti-Communist,” he said. “Not because I was ousted from my own land by a
Communist dictatorship, but because I am a sincere man.” Nagy said that since the takeover of Russia by the Communists there has been little room for intellectual expression in the Soviet Union.
“A great Russian literature could develop, equal to that of any other nation in the world,” he said. “But since the dictatorship became effective, no writers or poets have been able to create great literary art.” Nagy emphasized that the intellectuals of East Europe are looking for freedom. He told about one of the men who had been arrested and convicted
following a demonstration in Moscow supporting Czech freedom.
“For five minutes before the police arrived I felt free, and it was worth three years in prison for those five minutes,” Nagy quoted the man as saying.
The former Hungarian premier also commented on Vietnam, saying that he is very anxious that the U.S. pull out of Southeast Asia. However, he hopes that such a withdrawal would not be a result of compromises in Europe.
“The politics of Asia and Europe should be kept separate,” he said.
SDS refuses to go to Student Court
“We will not waste the time to subject ourselves to student judicial action,” Daniel Brandt, co-chairman of Students for a Democratic Society, said yesterday.
SDS has been asked to appear before the ASSC Student Court over the moving of the speech by David Harris from behind the Student Activities Center to Alumni Park, Oct. 21.
In a letter to SDS, Paul Bloland, dean of students, offered the alternatives of appearing before the Student. Court or having an administrative hearing in the matter. The change in location of the speech allegedly violated off-campus speaker procedures. Bloland said the matter didn’t warrant severe action, but should be reviewed.
SDS has decided to take neither alternative.
The David Harris talk was conducted in a responsible manner without incident, Brandt said. The location is of little importance.
“The point that we wish to stress is that the present speaker’s policy is obsolete. We are against any restrictions on speakers. The David Harris presentation showed that the students on this campus are responsible and capable of conducting affairs of interest to them without administration aid or approval.”
As for the Student Court, Brandt called it a “front of the administration designed to pacify students.” All the student justices can do is recommend action, but the dean of students reserves the option to increase the punishment, so the court is meaningless, Brandt said.
Roland Trope, chief justice of ASSC Student Court refused to comment saying the matter was at Dean Bloland’s discretion. Dean Bloland was not available for comment.
I.D.S WILL BE CHECKED
I.D.s will be watched closely tomorrow at the Cal game, said Steve Sparling, vice-president of Knights. He also added that white shirts are mandatory for all students sitting in the rooter section.
Parent-student lectures to begin
The Experimental College starts a four-week, parent-student lecture series Tuesday on student mores.
The series is designed to establish lines of communication between the two groups in several sensitive areas.
The parents of 3200 freshmen and sophomores from the Southern California area have been invited to attend the series, which will feature four USC professors speaking on ‘The New Student: His Values, Politics, Lows, and Highs.”
Dr. J. Wesley Robb, professor in the School of Religion will begin the series at 8 Tuesday night in Hancock Auditorium with a talk on the “Profile of the College Student.”
He will be followed in succeeding weeks by three other educators. Dr. David W. Martin, professor of sociology in the School of Education, will speak on “Politics, Society and Alienation,” and “Love and Sex,” will be the topic of Dr. Leonard Olinger, a clinical psychologist who lectures at the Civic Center. Dr. Carl Faber, a clinical
psychologist who lectures at UCLA, will be talking on “The Drug Scene.”
“Actually, the lectures are only a vehicle to arrive at the dialogue,” said Steve Foldes, chairman of the Experimental College, and one of the initiators of the program.
“We have asked the professors to spend as
JUDGE NAMED FOR POETRY CONTEST
Charles Doyle, assistant professor of English, has been named judge of the "Son of Daily Trojan Poetry Contest."
"Prof. Doyle is just the kind of alert, young man we need to judge this contest," said Vickie Garcia, the woman sportswriter.
"It will take more than that to win it," he replied with an encouraging grin.
First prize will be worth $10 and the contest closes Nov. 20.
much time as possible in a question and answer period. Hopefully, when students and parents get together and communication is started by a teacher who empathizes with students, the two groups will speak honestly together in a way they can’t at home.”
The parents of freshman and sophomore students were notified because Foldes said he believes they are most concerned with the changes their children are going through at college.
However, Foldes hopes that many students will be interested in coming and inviting their parents.
The topics were chosen to explore the full range of controversies between parents and students. The four participating professors were selected because of their abilities to understand and interpret students, .Foldes said.
“These are all professors I have met and admired as beautiful people,” Foldes said. “Therefore, they are the people that I would like my parents to learn about students from.”
Now all get use of stacks
Freshmen and sophomores are now permitted to use the stacks in Doheny Library which were previously open only to upper division and graduate students.
The capacity of the library was doubled with the completion of additional facilities last year, but the library personnel were cautious in allowing the maximum number of students into the stacks.
In using the cautious approach, only upper division students were allowed into the main stacks, but projected figures on the number of juniors and seniors using the facilities proved to be too high.
As a result, all USC students will be allowed into the stacks.
BONFIRES BRING POLICE
BU LLETIN — Two students were taken into custody late last night on the Row after police and firemen were called to the scene of a bonfire at 28th Street and University Avenue.
It is not known whether the students were booked or released.