'Barefoot' called depression reliever
By CATHEJEAN McGILLIN
“Barefoot in the Park,” the Drama Department’s Summer Mainstage production, opens Thursday at 8 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium.
Its director is Dr. Herbert Stahl, who has been a member of the faculty for 20 years. Stahl said he selected “Barefoot in the Park,” a light comedy, because it offers some relief from the everyday situations which people face.
“We are living in a period of time when a lot of serious events strike at us,” Stahl said. “People get tired of being sad and depressed so any time a playwright can produce a good comedy, it is a welcomed relief.”
“Neil Simon (the playwright) has a good sense of humor and a superb theatrical sense. Not many comic writers today are able to take a common place situation of life and make it an interesting story. Simon knows how far to go without becoming farsical or melodramatic. His large following is attributed to the fact that he produces entertainment for its own sake.”
“Barefoot in the Park” is a contemporary play set in New York City—the top floor of a brownstone on E. 48th Street. The time of year is February, the weather is 17 degrees.
Stahl said there are five main characters in the play. Michelle Deadeaux, plays Cory Bratter, a young and impulsive girl who sees her whole life as lying ahead. She portrays youth at its best—full of hope for the future.
“When things go well for Cory, her spirits soar,” Stahl said. “And when times are not as good, her spirits sink to a depth lower than the occasion justifies.”
Brian Blashaw plays Paul, Cory’s husband. He is a direct contrast to Cory. Proper and conservative in his manner, he easily becomes annoyed with Cory’s care-free behavior. Cory’s nickname for Paul is Perfect.
Paul has just completed law school and is trying to break into the field. An ironic point in the play is when he wins his first case and he only gets six cents.
Victor Valesco, portrayed by Wynn Pearce, is a debonaire gentleman of 58 who lives in the attic over the Bratter’s apartment. A bit eccentric, Valesco sleeps on the carpets of the dwelling. Paul tells Cory that Valesco is referred to as the “Blue Beard of 48th Street.” His colorful mannerisms offer a contrast to Paul’s dry approach.
An additionally humorous situation evolves when Cory and Paul try to get Cory’s widowed mother in-trested in Valesco. The mother, Mrs. Banks, is portrayed by Judith Shegren.
Eugene Carlson plays the telephone repairman. During the opening moments of the show, after the phone has been connected, he specifically asks Cory to request another repairman, in the future.
Chuck Jones who plays the delivery man, completes the cast.
Stahl held tryouts for the cast during the first few days of the summer session. He said he prefers small
group tryouts so he can get a better idea of the talent each student has.
“By having groups of about three at a time, I can evaluate the students on an individual basis,” he said. “Directions are given and I estimate how well they take them.”
Stahl said he likes to put the show on the fifth week of the summer session. From 1950 to 1959, Stahl directed 10 consecutive Mainstage Summer productions. This summer marks the first time in five years that a summer show has been produced. A crew of 15 will handle the behind the scenes work of this show. The lighting chief is Jim Gross.
Carol Brown is in charge of publicity.
All seats are reserved for the three-day run which closes Saturday. Students will be admitted on Thursday for 75 cents and on Friday and Saturday for $1. The general admission prices are $1.50 for Thursday and $2 for Friday or Saturday.
On opening night only, USC faculty and staff members will be admitted for $1. This is the first time an offer of this kind has been made.
Tickets will be on sale in front of Tommy Trojan at noon each day. The box office, which will be open
10	a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m., will handle telephone orders. Call 746-6063 or 746-2703. Some tickets will be available in the Drama Department office, 304A Parkview. This office is located across from the Stop Gap Theater, at the corner of Exposition Boulevard and Hoover Street.
University of Southern California
SUMMER
TROJAN
VOL. LXII, NO. 9
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1970
High school students learn to work computers in Project Soul
For 200 Los Angeles area inner-city high school students, summer means exploring the world of computer technology in Project Soul.
For the third year, under a giant from the National Science Foundation, USC is training area youths in computer science with an eye to give them a head start in their future schooling and careers.
Because of the previous summers’ successes and additional federal funding, the number of students being trained has been doubled, Carlos Ford-Livene, program director, said.
“Project Soul recognizes a particular need of inner-city young persons, many of whom can be classified as disadvantaged, and many of whom are minority group members,” he said.
“This training can mean a real head start for these young persons. It will enable them to compete more successfully with other more privileged students who might have had more readily available opportunities of this kind.'*
Ford-Livene, a candidate for the Ph.D. in mathematics, explained that participants are divided into two groups: 150 juniors and seniors who have
some background in mathematics and science and who are likely to qualify for admission to college, and 50 seniors, who do not have that background, most of whom will be seeking employment when they are graduated from high school.
The former are trained in scientific computer programming; the latter learn data processing and keypunch operation.
The primary objective of the computer programming course is to enable students to use a digital computer by the second day of classes. The course also seeks to motivate them to learn increasingly sophisticated levels of a computer language and to extend the students’ background in mathematics.
“We hope this course will provide valuable background for these students to learn more about computer science in college, and enable some to use the computer to solve problems in mathematics, engineering and the sciences from a very early point in their college careers,” Ford-Livene said.
“They also may be able to get computer-related part-time jobs to aid them in financing their college education. For ex-
Wilson Riles will speak at faculty luncheon tomorrow
Dr. Wilson Rfles, Max Rafferty’s opponent in the race for state superintendent of public instruction, will address members of the faculty at a luncheon tomorrow in the Faculty Center.
His topic will be “Major Issues in California Education.” Rafferty spoke on the same subject two weeks ago at the last Faculty Center Association Luncheon.
Riles is currently serving in the State Department of Education as deputy superintendent of public instruction for programs and legislation. He has also served as chief of the Education Department’s Bureau of Intergroup Relations, director of compen-scry education and associate superintendt of public instruction.
Riles has served on numerous commissions and committees dealing with education.
ample, a participant in last year’s program, who was graduated from Garfield High School, has been employed during the past academic year in the computer laboratory at East Los Angeles College, where he is a student.”
This summer he has returned to serve as a laboratory assistant in Project Soul.
Forty of the remaining 50 students will take a six-week data processing course, and the other
10	will be trained in keypunch operation. Both of these courses will be oriented to practical business procedures to prepare the students for jobs in the field, Ford-Livene said.
“The students who complete the data processing courses and keypunch operation successfully will have sufficient background to fill trainee positions in many computer-allied fields,” he said.
“We are intensifying our af-forts to stimulate participation in the program by industrial firms, and genuine interest in these students and their potential employability in the field.”
To evaluate the program’s effectiveness, data on this summer’s participants will be collected over the next two years.
Questionnaires will be administered to the students at the beginning and end of the sessions, in the spring of 1971 when the participants will be completing high school or their first year of college or employment, and in spring 1972.
At that time, the desirability and feasibility of further follow-up will be determined. The results of all phases of the follow-up study will be made available to the National Science Foundation and other interested parties, Ford-Livene said.
Dr. Richard Bellman, professor of mathematics, medicine and electrical engineering, created Project Soul two years ago. He said he hopes other colleges and universities across the nation will adopt the same type of program.
Photo swap meet, show to be held
A unique combination of a swap meet and photography exhibition will be presented Aug. 1 and 2 in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
'Photographers with all types of equipment, including movie cameras, collectors’ items and antiques, will be roaming the auditorium floors or manning tables to either sell or swap their goods.
In addition, works by nationally-known photographers will be on display. The exhibit will include photographs by Todd Walker, Derryl Curran, Bill Doherty, Bob Flick, Ellen and Victor Landweber, Peter Lo-Prestie, Jean Claude Gilland and Guy Sherman.
The proceeds from the swap meet-exhibit will be used to open a gallery to display photographs in the Los Angeles area.
“Our aim is to further photography as a fine art and to enable people to collect meaningful works by important photographers,” Paul Schwartz, one of the organizers and a professional photographer, said.
“We would also like to be able to showcase the work of new photographers, to introduce them to the art public and to educate the market in general to photography in some of its unfamiliar facets.
Gerry Kim, who is also a professional photographer organizing the event, added;
“There are countless new techniques in photography such as combining graphics and sculpture with the basic forms. Working with dimensions, space and movement is now an essential tool.”
At present there is no gallery for displaying photographs in Los Angeles, the two men said. It is their hope that a gallery can be opened where young photographers, not yet known nationally, can show their works, and also where people can become aware of the new trends in photography.
Admission to the swap meet is $2 for swappers and $1 for buyers. The meet will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. People will be able to rent table space to display either equipment or prints. Arrangements may be made at the door.
Since the event is a combination swap meet and print show, many people may want to come to see the exhibits even though they have nothing to swap or buy, Kim said.
Workshop to probe community services
The potential for higher education in the area of community problems solving will be explored in a special summer workshop, designed to outline the development and current activities of community services programs in higher education.
“Community Services in Higher Education will be offered by the School of Education for two units of credit from Aug. 3-14. Classes will meet from 9-11:40 a.m.
Emphasis will be placed on community college programs, continuing education and extension programs of interest to the administrator or graduate student who wants to prepare himself for the task of administering viable programs.
In addition to a study of the development of community service as it relates to continuing education and the extension services of the university, detailed attention will be directed toward the community college and examples of on-going programs of community services.
The instructor for the course will be Dr. William Keim, nationally recognized authority in the field. Keim is presidentelect of the National Council of Community Services for Community and Junior Colleges, chairman of the California Junior College Association Committee on Community Services and has served as a consultant in several states.