ofessor Declares ate of Middle East rious; Not Hopeless
The situation in the Middle East was called precarious not hopeless by Dr. Sydney N. Fisher, associate profes-of history at Ohio State University, speaking at a noon mbly yesterday in Bovard Auditorium.
“Speaking on “The Middle East in World Affairs” the
visiting instructor explained that the areas are classed as critical in world situations.
“Because conditions change so frequently it is difficult to predict _ J. I n	_	which	way	they may go. Russia
Q I inspire	is 'being cautious principally be-
■	*	cause	she	is not sufficiently or-
ucator Says
eed Teachers
r. Frederick Mayer, professor philosophy at Redlands Uni-ity, Monday gave his ideas on future of American education re a group of teachers that ed the South dining room of mons.
he occasion was a luncheon ting of Phi Delta Kappa, na-al professional education fra-ity.
r. Mayer began his address by ng for teachers that inspire, merson said that education e reflection of the great her,’' Mayer said.
Student-Teacher Tie rom there he jumped into his recommendation for the fu-
ducation of the future should s the relationship of the stu-and the teacher. “It is too that so many students go to ge for pleasure," he said, e also said that the future ■a tion would stress guidance.
he said education will be-e more integrated, penalization means a cave ucation. There will also be e stress on an experimental osophy. It will be more down earth—for ultimately theory he most practical thing.
New Dawn warned that education Id become more expensive be-se it must reach everyone, believe that we must dream plan for the future. We are in the twilight, but in the dawn of civilization.”
Summer News
No. 4
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Wednesday, June 30, 1954
ganized and also because she is fearful of precipitating World War III. Communistic movements are active however, particularly in Iran,” said the speaker.
Editor
Dr. Fisher served as an officer in the Middle East Division of the Foreign Economic Administration during 1943-44 and the following two years was an officer in the Commercial Policy Division of the department of State. He was editor of the Middle East Journal and previously taught at Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey. He is a broth?r of Robert D. Fisher, financial vice president.
“Our program of military and economic aid to the countries of the Middle Ea6t will not be truly effective until we recognize the inhabitants as real p3ople. They realize their own wealth in oil potentials and know that they occupy a most strategic area in world affairs. However, they do not want to be envied because of these situations,” Dr. Fisher pointed out.
Understanding
“It behooves us to understand their point of view and their social and cultural backgrounds before we can hope to be of much assistance to them.”
Dr. Fisher believes that our government realizes the social and political implications and accordingly is adopting a positive policy. With the area rich in agricultural potential, proper handling of situations could restore it as one of the richest grain ceu. ters of the world as it was ill past ages, the speaker stated.
YPING CHAMPION O SPEAK HERE
jeorge L. Hossfield, ten times ner of the world’s profession-typewriting championship, will ak on “Modern Training and aching Methods to Develop ping Skill,” next Wednesday in Bridge hall at 8 a.m. and at a.m.
lossfield, an author, lecturer, consultant on typing methods, •terday predicted that within next ten years 85 per cent the typewriters used in busi-will be electric models, ossfield, director of Under-Corporation’s Teachers Ad-ory Service, has lectured in ools, colleges, universities and business teachers conventions oughout the United States and nada. His appearance here is rt of a lecture-demonstration
Many Articles
e typing expert has written merous articles, a standard text typewriting and a widely used -hand typing text for the ndicapped.
-lossfield entered a business
ool	in Patex-son, N. J., at the of 14 and at the end of three nths typed 54 net words a lute in a 15 minute test. His t competitive typing won the tern States Novice Champion->, where after five and a half nths of study, he wrote 75 words a minute for 15 min-
"ive months later, he captured American Novice Champion-
GEORGE L. HOSSFIELD
. . . typist
ship writing % net words a minute for 15 minutes, and four years later, the World’s Amateur Championship writing 145 words a minute for 30 minutes. w ..j.
New Record He established a record, of 143 net words a minute for one hour to win his first World’s Professional Championship. In explaining his time, Hossfield said, “All of the records were made on the basis of counting actual words instead of counting each five strokes as one word as is done on the present basis.”
Wright Advises
U. S. To Be itself
New Baxter TV Show, Others Top Weekend
Four programs featuring SC personnel, headed by Dr. Frank C. Baxter’s new show “Now and Then,” will go on the airways this weekend.
Baxter, the bard of Troy, began his program Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ort channel two as a summer replacement for his Shakespeare on TV series.
Last week on the first show he talked about the Egyptian sun Gods and their relation to our one-God concept of today.
This Sunday Dr. Baxter will witticise on John Keats’ immortal poem “The Eve of St. Angnes.”
Upon resumption of the Shakespeare series, his favorite subject, Dr. Baxter plans to discontinue the “Now and Then” shows.
Another SC-initiated program, “Halls of Science” on Saturday at 4 p.m. on KNBH Channel 4, will feature Mrs. Vivika Heino, visiting lecturer in fine arts, discussing “Go to Glazes.”
One of the nation’s foremost potters, she will tell about the different types of glaze that give a finish to pottery. She will also point out the opportunities for students to become ceramic engineers.
At the same hour on KCOP, Channel 13, Dean Raymond Kendall of the School of Music may be seen as one of the judges on “Debut,’’ a program which presents talented young musicians competing for a $1000 scholarship.
On Sunday at 10:15 p.m. on KTLA, Channel 5, Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid will moderate his weekly discussion program on American and British foreign policy.
SC Receives Press Award
SC received a second place award in the community projects division of the exhibit contest of the American College Public Relations association, it was announced yesterday.
More than 150 colleges and universities entered exhibits of publications and other public relations materials in the respective categories—student recruitment, fund raising, special events, community projects, and unusual public relations problems.
New Students May Begin Law Classes Early
Students qualified for admission to the School of Law at the University of Southern California can start their legal education at SC on July 26, it was announced yesterday by Dean Robert Kingsley.
This applies to veterans of the Korean war who were discharged before August 20, 1952, and must start law school before that same day this fall in order to qualify under the Korean GI Bill of Rights, Dean Kingsley said.
Applicants must be eollege graduates, and they have until July 16 to apply and be accepted for the classes which start on the 26th. .	•
by Cliff Gewecke
Speaking before a near-capacity crowd in Bovard auditorium, America’s sharpest critic of its architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, last night called for America to quit accepting works of old cultures and to “be itself.”
“What’s wrong with America?” the 88-year-old dean of American architects asked. “A-merica is what’s wrong with America. We need to ' be ourselves.
“Science has provided us with a great toolbox. We have the highest standard of living in the world. But we haven’t started on a culture of our own with our own spirit.”
Spirit Lost
Wright, who flew in late yesterday afternoon from Wisconsin especially for his appearance, defined "spirit” as that something which our forefathers had in founding our country, but which we since have lost. t
“Our forefathers were dedicated to sanctity and use of the individual as such,” Wright said.
“We have taken a culture washed up on our shores and done nothing to change it.”
To emphasize his point about America’s acceptance of another’s culture, Wright referred to the Roman civilization.
“We are not America,” he said.
“We haven’t yet built a culture.
Are we going to build another failure like the vistas of the Past.”
Find Culture A *c-
His body a bit stooped, but with his voice ringing in defiance Wright declared that America will have to create a beautiful environment to have culture.
The oft-humerous, but still serious architect called for an organic architecture “where a part is to a whole as a whole is to a part.”
"That’s what America’s contribution to architecture should be»” he said.	*	mijt.
Criticizes Capitol	V
Wright named the nation’s capital in Washington, D.C., as an example of what American architecture should not be.
“How silly it is to try and do business in the capitol building,” he said.
In referring to Los Angeles,
Wright declared that the city is attractive and someday will be the biggest in the world.
“This city has not yet set,” he said. “It is still more or less free.
America can still live and be born as a cultural entity here. Freedom won’t find its cultural soul in the east, it’s too well off. Finished.
It’s too late to establish individuality in art there/’
As he neared the end of his 45-minute speech, Wright called for an understanding of the why in architectural buildings.
“You can’t be an individual unless you have an understanding,” he said.
He furthered this remark by claiming that our guide in appreciation of architecture should lie in the heart and in our love of beauty, not in the head.
Wright brought his talk to an abrupt close by saying, “I don’t know how long I’ve talked, but it’s long enough. You get the idea.
Have I made myself clear?”
Lecture On Germany Set Tomorrow
John F. Golay, Oxford University professor now working on a study of the establishment of the German Federal Republic at Oxford, will give his first of three lectures on the republic tomor-rom at 3:15 p.m. in the Doheny; Art and Lecture room.
Golay’s topic tomorrow will be “The Development of 1he New Western German Constitution.” Other lectures will be given July 8 and 15.
A graduate of SC in 1938, Go-lay has held several high government posts. His most recent position was that of Executive Secretary, office of the U. S. High Commissioner for Germany. On this job he supervised 53 American professional, clerical and stenographic employees, and 38 Ger-^ man employees.
Golay got his B.A. in Journa- ■) lism from SC, and his B.A. and • M.A. in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford in 1941, i* He served in the air force front 1942 to 1946, reaching the rank of flight lieutenant.	11
From 1946 to 1948 he was Ml instructor in political science, international relations and law at Pomona college.
In 1949 he joined* lh« govern* ment as deputy U. S. secretary allied high commission for Ger-many._____________________J
Calendar
Of Events
Textbook Display Open on Campus
Books, thousands of them, lounge on tables and line the walls of the Commons basement. They are all part of an exhibit sponsored by the California Bookmen’s Association to show teachers and parents the latest in elementary and secondary textbooks.
TODAY — Recreation Institute^ 9 a.m., Bovard auditorium.
URA golf tournament, 8:3® p.m., Inglewood Country club. { Dr. Frank Baxter lecture* “Shakespeare on Television," 3:13 p.m., Doheny Art and Lecture room.	I
TOMORROW — Recreation Institute, 9 a.m., Bovard auditorium.	*
URA social dance workshop, 8 p.m., dance studio, PE building.
Graduate tea, 3 p.m, graduate lounge.	, j
FRIDAY—Nothing. SATURDAY—Weekend trip to Grand Canyon.	) .
SUNDAY—Fireworks. TUESDAY—General Assembly, “Henry James and His Tiger Cat,” Carl J. W’eber, noon.
Religion in Life Series, “The Role of Religion in Marriage,” James A. Peterson, 3:15 p.m., Doheny Art and Lecture room.
Graduate Recital, Marta Baro-lin, soprano, 8:30 p.m., Hancock auditorium.
Official
Notice
Monday, July 5, will be observed by the university as an official holiday. Classes will not meet and all university offices Will be closed.
J. E. Fields
R. D. Fisher
A. S. Raubenheimer