University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
VOL. LXII
NO. 8
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1970
Rightist-leader Luce talks against state education
Photo by Bruce Bolinger
LIBERTARIAN ON CAMPUS
Phillip Abbott Luce gives his views on state education.
Alumni plan activities for Stanford weekend
The General Alumni Association and the San Francisco Bay Area Alumni Club have invited alumni, students, parents and friends of USC to join them on Oct. 9 and 10 for a San Francisco weekend in celebration of the USC-Stanford game.
Festivities begin with the Annual Pre-game Reception at 6 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the Imperial Ballroom of the San Francisco Hilton Hotel, located on Mason and O’Farrell Streets. Admission price of $1 per person includes hor d'oeuvres. Cocktails will also be available for purchase.
At 9 p.m. the reception guests, the Trojan Marching Band, and the cheerleaders will march to Union Square for a pep rally.
The San Francisco Bay Area Alumni Club has also announced boat and bus trips to the USC-Stanford game on Saturday.
The Harbor Prince and two other boats will leave from Pier 43^ of Fisherman s Wharf at 9.30 a.m. and take a scenic route through San Francisco Bay waters to the Redwood City Yacht Club. From there buses will take USC fans to Stanford Stadium. After the game, buses will return to Fisherman’s Wharf. The entire cost is $10 per person.
Rooter buses will also be leaving from Union Square from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Round-trip bus fare is $3.50 per person.
Tickets for the bus trips can be bought from the USC Ticket Office, the Information Center, University Travel at 836 W. Jefferson Blvd.. and at the pre-game reception in San Francisco.
Boat tickets are available at the reception and by mail from Ed Jones, P. O. Box 2476, San Rafael, 94902. Checks should be payable to USC Alumni Club. The boat tickets are limited.
Further information on the pre-game reception is available from the Alumni House by calling 746-2300.
“The concept of free education should mean something more than economics,” said Phillip Abbott Luce, New Rightist leader who spoke to some 200 students on “The Counter Culture and Education’’ yesterday.
Luce’s presentation, sponsored by the Forum for Student Awareness, was a composition of opinion in regards to the state educational system, several lengthy readings, most of which were his own, and a question and answer period.
Luce said he bitterly opposes state education, which implies to him an indoctrination of the virtues of the state. Through such a program certain people who believe they have more knowledge, organize and execute institutionalized education.
It was Luce’s observation that the makeup and process of state schools is antiquated. Luce said that teachers and classes are attuned to the past. “Schools aren't capable of teaching about the future, not even reality. They make the present a future event.”
“Drop-outs aren’t the problem. The problem is the people who are staying in school,” he said.
Luce suggested that society get back to the concept of self- education, disagreeing with educator Herbert Spencer whom he quoted as saying that education is the formation of character.
The libertarian speaker also
took issue with the supernatural endowment often considered part of a college degree. “Degrees do not mean anything,” he repeated three times in succession. “It’s what’s in your head that means something.”
Luce offered as publicity we could do \yithout the events at Jackson State, which he termed institutional murder; Kent State University; Carl Oglesby, leader of Students for a Democratic Society; the farce of the generation gap; Black Panthers; the administration; and the President’s
daughter, with the suggestion of a new slogan, “Unleash Tricia Nixon.”
The essence of Luce’s message, however, was simple. “We must return to a child state. I have often thought there are not enough children and far too many adults.”
The subject of women’s liberation is an old one, said Luce, but he indicated his sympathy with those females in the society who have just realized their secondary position and wish to do something to correct it.
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ASSC calls meeting
There will be an ASSC meeting today at 4 p.m. in Student Union 309. The emergency meeting was called by Sam Hurst, student body president.
ON SENATE APPOINTMENTS
ASSC tries to bypass Hubbard
The ASSC has decided to seek the approval of the chairmen of the University Senate committees to admit proposed student nominees to the committees’ without President Hubbard's final approval, Chuck Jones, vice-president of academic affairs, said yesterday.
Since the beginning of this semester there have been no students serving on University Senate committees. This is due to the fact that nominations submitted by the ASSC President during May of this year have not yet been approved by the administration.
“The university had plenty of time to consider the nominations,” Jones said. “Usually the nominees are notified during the summer so that they can plan their class schedules around their committee meetings.
“Because of this delay on the part of the administration, many of the students have had to withdraw their applications due to class conflicts. We submitted the nominations in good faith and the administration, in this delay, has incurred a breach of faith with the students.”
Jones said that the students can no longer sit back and wait when the university releases policies such as the one on student dissent without any student approval, and at the same time forces the students to listen to statements by Dr. Hubbard that there are students voting on every University Senate committee.
When contacted, Paul Bloland, vice president of student and alumni affairs, said, “Only the President of the university could make the final appointments. If the ASSC goes ahead without the approval of Dr. Hubbard, these -students would not be considered official members of the committees and thus would not be allowed to cast a vote.
“Hubbard, as the newly appointed President, has a lot of added work and must be given more time to research the nominations. The ASSC, in making a statement such as this one, is not being very helpful to the new President.”
Dorm food problems cited by food service director
BY PETER WONG
The student opened a plastic bag and dumped three dinner rolls with gray mold in front of Herb Harbeson, director of residence halls and food service.
“These rolls were in the warmer, offered for dinner the previous night,” he told some 150 students who met Tuesday night to discuss food service.
Harbeson cited four major problems in the food operation: finances, quality, service and discipline.
He said the program ran on a deficit this summer partly because of soaring prices on raw food—an average of eight percent. He pointed out that the costs of raw meat has risen about 20 per cent and cooked meat about 40 per cent.
“We considered raising prices for meal contracts, but the forms had already been sent out,” Harbeson noted. “We are attempting to control the situation through selected cutbacks.”
These cuts were the basis of the recent no seconds policy. However, selected entrees will be allowed as seconds beginning Monday, he said.
“We might not have enough money to finish the year,” Harbeson warned. He promised a reassessment of the food
service financial position around Oct. 15 which may guide future operations.
“Maybe you should throw out such items as steak on the menu because of high costs,” one student suggested. “Spend the money on better food preparation.”
Harbeson said that food service took 64 percent of the average cost of room and boarc. per student per day ($3.04 of $4.75). Raw food was allotted $1.22, labor 85 cents; repayment on bonds for, dorm construction 85 cents: and overhead 12 cents.
One student reported that because of the no seconds policy, some students were spending up to 70 cents extra elsewhere for food.
Three alternatives for better service were offered:
1)	All students could pay up to $50 more for their meal contracts.
2)	Individuals could pay extra for seconds.
3)	Students could fill out a questionnaire to determine the majority will on proposed action.
Many expressed their dissatisfaction with a questionnaire because it was time-consuming.
“Student government has been slow to organize,” said Dennis Penrose, Men’s Halls Association president. “With the election of dorm presidents, and with what we’ve heard tonight, we now know what you want—and we will act.”
Other students complained about food taste.
“Mass-produced food leaves a lot to be desired. We re trying to do the best we can with our staff,” Harbeson said. “It isn’t being done deliberately.”
“If we are serving bad food, that’s our fault, and I take full responsibility.”
Criticism was aimed at the food service staff.
“The staff at Trojan Hall is incompetent. The worker’s won't put out utensils, rolls, and other items,” one student claimed.
“They’re not paying attention to what their jobs are,” another added.
The staff was closing some food stations earlier than the deadline, even though students were still in line for food, a third student complained.
“You get better results with honey
instead of vinegar,” Harbeson advised students, urging them to be patient with the staff.
He stressed such problems in discipline as free-loading and unauthoriz-ing use of meal tickets.
“There’s been tremendous abuse. It’s always been a problem, but last year was particularly bad.” He said some 800 portions were served at Trojan Hall, though only 525 had contracts there.
The new checker system was also criticized. But Harbeson defended the system, explaining that the checkers save the food service money on trays, silverware, and china.
“We hope that the controls we now have will stop freeloading and other abuses.”
Other officials at the meeting were Robert Guzman, general food service supervisor; Norm Sparrow, Men s Complex manager; Bill Stanely; assistant director of residence operations; and Steve Watts, assistant director of food service.
Another meeting for evaluation will take place within six weeks, Harbeson announced.