[QRTAR BOARD TEA
Graduate Students To Speak at EVK
Two graduate students will be featured speakers at the rtar Board Conversation Tea tonight at 8:30 in EVK. lard Pipkin and Dorothy Bobilin, who are working for master’s degrees in the School of Social Work, will
tuss “Destination Vacation.”
CINDY BRASSELL
. activities chairman
UC, Junior uncil Host ariety Boys
The Junior Council and the pater University Committee play host to more than 100 from the East Los Angeles riety Boys Club at a picnic |iday morning at Griffith Park, lames and food for the boys, ?ed 8 to 12 years, will highlight |e trek to the park, according Cindy Brassell, Junior Council Jairman of the project.
The boys will be transported to outing in two trucks. At the ^rry-go-round in Griffith Park, ?y wili join 30 counselors who ^1 supervise the day’s activities. Ifter a morning recreational iod, the boys and counselors be served sandwiches, milk, apples.
•This is one of our most im-rtant charity projects,” Bob ^lderman, junior class president, “I hope that many Junior ;ncil members will join in the at Griffith Park and at the ie time help us make the a real success.”
Committee sub-chairmen are inis Hopper, sports events;
Joan Chapman and Chuck »wart, food preparation.
rt Students Ihow Works
'ew Potters,” the third an-students ceramic show now |..splay in the upstairs fallery I Harris Hall, features work 134 students of Viviaka and Heino, ceramics instructors, ^ore than 150 individual pieces displayed in the exhibition, ch was planned and arranged ? students themselves^ un-the direction of the Heinos, have been teaching at SC three years.
The ceramics will be on display Mar. 30.
Pipkin, recently returned from six months in Europe, has traveled extensively including trips to Hawaii and Mexico. He is currently working in local museums, and as an assistant instructor in petroleum geology.
Pipkin, with three friends covered 10,000 miles of Europe, driving an auto they purchased on their foreign arrival. Pipkin explained that buying the car was much cheaper than expensive European train travel.
Lawrence College
Mrs. Bobilin holds a BS degree from Lawrence College, Wisconsin. and is currently engaged as the teenage program director for the San Fernando Valley, and as assistant recreation directo • at El Retiro Home For Girls.
The two speakers will talk on how to make the most of the summer vacation, the cultural aspects, and places to go and exhibits to see.
They will also cover the summer scene from another angle— jobs. Mrs. Bobilin will discuss the employment opportunities available, and how they can be interesting and worthwhile to the student.
European Travel
Pipkin will speak on how to travel through Europe inexpensively and to get the most out of your trip. He will also outline thi important things to look for while touring.
Also speaking on the program will be Paul E. Hadley, head of the LAS advisement office and assistant professor of comparative literature.
Chairman for the Tea is Charlotte Mueller and committee chairmen are Donna Taylor, refreshments; Mary Joy Sorgen, posters; Jenner Lee, invitations; and Dortha Fox, publicity.
Panelists Slate Discussion on Nuptial Mores
Panelists from the Philippines, Iraq, India, and the United States will discuss marriage customs in their respective countries this afternoon at 3 in the International Students’ Lounge, according to Abdul Razzak Jallow, who will moderate the program.
The program, first in a series of educational events sponsored by the Intereultural Club, is open to all students. Refreshments will be served following the panel and the question session.
Corazon Montiel, graduate student in history, will tell of Philippine customs. Nouri Al-Khadim of Bagdad, graduate student in science, will relate Iraqian rites. Ramu Pandit, graduate student in economics, will give the Indian customs. Dr. James Peterson, marriage counselor and sociology professor at SC, will represent the United States.
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Vol. XLVI
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1955, LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
NO. 99
Social Standing Poor Foundation For Marriage Success - Peterson
REMEMBER MAY 7
Chase Dance Set
For Country Club
The ninth annual “Chase Dance ” sponsored by Tau Delta Phi fraternities at UCLA and SC, will be held May 7 at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, accordng to Chuck Hyman, SC’s co-chairman.
The semi-formal dance, for couples only, will be open to the public and features two
bands which will be selected on the basis of a student poll.
The Chase Humor Magazine containing cartoons, jokes, and various stories will be distributed free of charge to the expected crowd of more than 300 at the dance. The literary contributions will be gotten from the student body and prizes will be awarded.
The dance will be non-profit with the proceeds going into the fraternity treasury to be awarded later as scholarships to deserving students.
The entertainers from last year’s dance included the Freddie Martin and Les Brown bands, the Glen Gray groups, and vocalists Debbie Reynolds and Vic Damone.
“The dance this year is going
to be better than any in the past and we’re sure that with combined effort and sentiment of both campuses it will be a big success,” said Jordan, Colburn, who is in charge of production at SC.
Dean Will Serve On Panel During Association Meet
Tracy E. Strevey, LAS Dean, will serve as a panel moderator at the regional meeting of the Western College Assoc' -tion, Mar. 25.
The topic under discussion will be “The Research Resources of Higher Education.”
Sociologist Says Dating Confused
By Maggie Christensen
The Importance that college students place on the social standing of the people they date and on having a steady date is not a good basis for a happy marriage according to Dr. James A. Peterson, marriage counselor, when he spoke at the Faculty Club luncheon yesterday.
“In America the social burden
RITA MORENO—20th Century-Fox film star and last year's "Chase Dance" queen, is shown here with members of the Tau Delta Phi fraternity, sponsors of the annual dance. The affair will be held at the Riviera Country Club on May 7 this year. More than 3000 people are expected to attend.
Spring Registration Shows Decrease From Last Year
KcoJASr1 Bank Exhibit Honors
There are 11,157 daytime students at SC this spring, an increase from the 10,506 registered at the same time a year ago, Registrar Howard W. Patmore reported today.
With another 5123 attending night classes or taking courses at Civic Center, SC’s total enrollment is 16,280. This is a slight drop from last year’s I	~
total of 16,379.
Day students include 8538 men and 2619 women. Of the 11,157 University Park students, 3615 are also taking w’ork in University College and 155 in Civic Center. Of the 5123 exclusively in Civic Center and University College, 122 are in both divisions,
inal Rehearsal for Verdi s pera Will be Held Tonight
Final rehearsal for “A Masked Ball,” the first Verdi opera to be presented on the campus, will be held tonight- according to Dr. Walter Ducloux, head of the opera de-ttment.	*
a^°ther milestone in the long list of firsts for Dr. Ducloux, who will con-: ,a, rfeA P^rformances this weekend. In addition to being the first Verdi opera proved here, A Masked Ball’’ will be sung for the first time on the West Coast in the new
flish translation by Peter Paul
?hs, head of the opera depart Louisiana State Universi
but not at University Park. Thus, the total number of students in Civic Center is 1173, and in University College, 7964.
Registration by Schools and Colleges:
Architecture, 332; Commerce, 1947; Dentistry, 483; Education, 1906; Engineering, 1075; Graduate School, 975; Law'. 430: Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2464; International Relations, 94; Journalism, 74; Philosophy, 13; Library Science. 67; Medicine, 287; Music, 299: Pharmacy, 272; Public Administration, 145; Religion, 127; and Social Work, 167.
Of the 11,157 day students, 3156 are veterans and 8001 are non-veterans. Civic Center has 737 veterans and 159 non-veter-ans. University College has 2529 veterans and 2594 non-veterans.
Diamond Anniversary
SC’s Diamond Jubilee Year and founders of the university have been honored in a Founders Hall display gathered by the Farmers and Merchants National Bank, 401 South Main.
Photographs of Judge Robert M. Widney, “The Father
of SC,” and his brother, Dr. Jo-
ppening night is scheduled for lorrovv, with the curtain set to up at 8:30. Other performan-will start at the same time Saturday and Sunday eve-All three will be held in lard Auditorium.
Plot History ie plot of “A Masked Ball” an interesting history in it-It was originally based on assassination of King Gus-III at a masquerade ball in Sweden in 1792. L*sherettcs are needed for rjll fee nights’ performances of Masked Ball.” Anyone in-sted may contact Sterling at the School of Music or Ext. 541. Formals will be attire for those ushering the main floor. Dinner sses and flats are recom-I for the balcony.
Even though the Met did change the locality of the story, they clung to the names of the characters made famous through the years with the Boston setting.
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rect.
Co-Workers Working with Dr. Ducloux is Dr. Herbert M. Stahl, professor of drama, who is in charge of the stage direction. Dr. Stahl was originally persuaded to come to SC by the late William C. de Mille. Since coming here, he has directed 12 plays, including “Dream Girl” by Elmer Rice and “Beyond the Horizon” by Eugene O’Neill. “A Masked Ball" will be I his first operatic work and as : such will fulfill one of his burning ambitions. Dr. Stahl said.
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Seniors Have One Day Left
Sifniors only have until tomorrow to purchase their fee bills in the Bursar’s Office, •Jerry Baker, senior class president, warned yesterday.
Seniors will not be required to show their statements at the time of purchase. Baker added.
Seals Splash In Adventure Movie on TV
Two Han cock Foundation
Trojan Chest To Interview For Positions
Trojan Chest interviews will be held for committee chairmen, today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Senior class office, 214 SU, according to Jerry Nace, chairman.
“Several positions are open for this year’s chest drive,” Nace said. “Persons w7ho have worked on the chest before will receivp priority, but experience is not a necessity.”
Petitions are available in the ASSC offices for the chairmanships and minor positions.___
Junior Prexy Chosen Blue Key Delegate
Bob Halderman, junior class president, has been chosen Blue Key representative for the organization’s regional convention at the University of Nevada.
Halderman, who is also a member of the Greater University Committee and Beta Theta Pi fraternity, was selected to attend the gathering at a meeting Tuesday night at the Theta Xi house.
Blue Key is an honorary junior and senior men’s organization. To be a member the man must be active in at least one major and one minor campus activity while maintaining a high degree of scholarship.
Allen A. Arthur, Diamond Jubilee publicity director, was the featured speaker at the Tuesday night meeting. He was introduced bv Ken Shanks, speech lecturer.
seph P. Widney, founder of the School of Medicine are among pictures and documents of the early history of SC now being shown in the south lobby.
Pictures of John G. Downey, a former governor of California and first president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, I^aias W. Heilman and Mr. and Mrs. Ozro W. Childs, all donators of SC land, may also be seen.
The display, which has been at the Farmers and Merchants Bank since the first of The year, also includes Judge Widney’s scrap book, a picture of the first building (now the School of Music), a program of the graduating exercises of June 23, 1887. the land deed, and a map of the 1876 survey of West Los Angeles.
of marital choice is on the young people themselves, and the institution of dating began with the idea that it would give them a chance to meet different types of people and thereby make a wise choice. In college, however, dating gets all mixed up with rating. If they can’t date a wheel they try for at least a spoke,” he said.
“This feeling adds even more to the traumas of courtship, which is usually emotionally traumatic anyway. There is a tendency to barter, trading a pin or a ring for the emotional security of a date every night. People get involved in a strong emotional experience on a false premise. They lead the other person to believe that they care more than they do for the sake of security or sexual satisfaction.
“When people are hurt in an experience like this, it leads to bitterness and a kind of withdrawal from others. They are afraid to be honest.”
Complete Trust Needed A feeling of fear and hatred cannot Head to a happy and full marriage, according to Dr. Peterson, wrho feels that a marriage must have a complete trust between twro people, a trust which is prevented by a previous psychic shock. ’
On this basis Dr. Peterson referred to college social life as “the great scramble to get attached.”
"A group of unattached senior women at Pomona University communicated with me a short time ago about the pressure that the concentration on marriage puts on them,” Dr. Peterson said. “They told me that they had become depressed, doubtful of their own abilities, unable to study. They asked me how to cope with the pressure, the sense of defeat that they are forced to feel. They wanted to know what to do about their loneliness and their sexual impulses.
Virgins With Degrees?
“One of the most pressing problems was that men outside of college think that by the time women have graduated :hey are no longer virgins.”
He said that he had congratulated these wome i and many like them as being the most mentally mature of the college group. Statistics show that marriages have a better chance of success when they are with people in the age group from 20 to 25.
Dr. Peterson spoke of another feallr.g that women are likely to get in college, that it is inappropriate for a woman to be all that sh° can be.
“There is a cultural lag on the part of men that forces a woman
“The need of men to have their egos built up cannot stand the competition of a capable woman. If a woman is all she can be, she draws admiration from men, but no dates; she is devalued as a person. The same thing holds true in marriage. Men have to feel superior and they can’t when a woman is too much of a woman.”
Another thing that can harm a marriage in its early years is the sudden realization of women who have just graduated +hat a small, struggling home is not like a college, according to Dr. Peterson. In liberal arts colleges, women are directed tdwarefs culture but have no idea wrhat to do with a small baby.
Emotionally Sterile
He said that there is also a tendency for too much education to make people emotionally sterile, while the important factor in marital happiness is emotional maturity.
“We teach people to judge life intellectually and through syllogistic reasoning. We forget how to laugh, how to cry, how to love, how to hate. We begin to feel that there is something nonacademic, and therefore bad, about feeling. But while married people are together, the level of ‘togetherness,’ which is the key to an ideal marriage, is usually lower. The married college graduates may stay married, but it is doubtful how much they appreciate it.”
Education and Marriage
He cited statistics compiled from studies of college undergraduates and graduates showing a marked difference in the type of married life led by people who have gone higher than secondary schools. His conclusion was that the more education people have, the better their chances for a happy marriage.
Women usually need more education than men, according to these statistics, and the average woman will have a happy marriage after a 3-month engagement while it takes men 6 months. The divorce rate of Cornell University graduates is 6 per cent compared to 17 per cent for other people. The happiest married graduates are chemical engineers, with ministers and college professors coming second ar.d third.
“College people are a very sterile lot,” he said. “Out of the rest of society, 17 per cent are childless, but 24 per cent of college couples are. TTie main reasons for this are the later marriage age, often after the fertility height has been passed, the child spac-
to inhibit her abilities if she is ing and control techniques prac-to be popular,” he continued. | ticed by educated people,
iecided to restore the opera authent-c setting as Verdi ided.
Robert Back and Carl Schultz, basses; and James Gibbons and Jerry Miller, baritonei.
Seals,” will be narrated by Dr. John S. -Garth,
Photog Office Sets Sr. Proof Final Deadline
Deadline for seniors to turn in picture proofs is 3Iar. 27. If they are not returned by then, the pictures will be chosen by the photography office.
Circus Clowns Will Cavort at Chase Big Top
"The circus, complete with banners, clowns, and acrobats, will be brought to the Chase Hotel “Big Top” April 30, as the theme of this year’s Beaux Arts Bal} sponsored by the School of Architecture.
The Beaux Arts Ball originated1 in the School of Beaux Arts in Paris. Students seeking to free themselves from the strains of a rigorous schedule organized their annual masquerade ball.
No Retailer Cooperation, No NSA Discount Cards-Cerrell
The date for issuance of National Student Association discount cards and directories has been put off indefinitely due to lack of cooperation from local merchants.
According to Joe Cerrell, member of the NSA committee, at present only five stores have agreed to participate. “Unless we get at least 10 or 15 stores to join, SC students won’t be able to receive NSA discounts.” UCLA has 45 store backings at present.
Discount cards entitle holders to 10 to 30 per cent discounts on commodities from membership stores in the community, and from merchants serving other NSA members in the southland— UCLA, LACC. Loyola, Mt. Saint Mary’s, and Immaculate Heart.
Bill Van Alstyne, ASSC president, said that he doesn’t expect too great a response since most of the stores in this area already have a “captured clientele.”
Cerrell said that each store pays $5 upon joining. The national organization receives $1 of this, and $4 is kept at SC to pay for discount cards, the directory, and publicity. Membership in NSA will be free to students.
The directory, issued with the
cards, will list commodities alphabetically and the stores offering these items at a discount.
Cerrell asks that if anyone knows of a store interested in offering discounts to college students to contact Billie Lyris at EVK.
Alpha Kappa Psi Chooses 17 New Pledges For Fall
Alpha Kappa Psi, national commerce fraternity, has chosen for pledging next semester Franklin B. Airheart, Theodore Banks,
Ed Vail, Bob Kessel, and Ned Thompson.
A grade point average of 2.5 or better is required by the fra-
Gene A. Bender. Donald Childers, \ ternity.
Val R. Cleuenger, Gene H. Fredricks, and Norman E. Jones.
Others are David E. McEaffin, John S. Marsh, Spence O’Malior, William Fluke, William R. Phillips, John Selak Jr., Jerry Stolp,
The fraternity, whose object is to foster scientific research in fields of commerce, accounts, and finance, has more than 80 active chapters and 28 alumni chapters in the U.S.