Daily
Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXVI, Number 63
Los Angeles, California
Thursday, January 10, 1974
Nixon Library at USC Is Possible but Unlikely
ROXA BRADY
DT photo by Bob Chavez
Graduate Students Elect Council Rep
BY BRIAN ROBINETTE
StafT Writer
A small group of graduate students ignored a disappointing turnout and elected a new representative to the University Council yesterday afternoon, thus filling the position which had been vacant for months.
Less than 20 students, out of a total of3.000 graduates at USC, convened in the Town and Gown foyer to select Rona Bradv, a graduate student in comparative literature. as their new representative. The 87-member University Council is designed to serve as an advisory body to President Hubbard. Brady will serve as the replacement forthe former graduate representative, who chose to terminate her studies last August.
ALTHOUGH Brady will now serve as the only official graduate representative to the council, there is much speculation as to whether she will remain alone.
Yesterday’s election, said Charles Mayo, dean of the Graduate School, was repeatedly postponed because the school has been expecting the council to adopt revised bylaws which would have allotted graduate students two more seats. Rather than wait longer, said Mayo, the decision was made to fill the vacated position.
However. Peter Scolney, a graduate in philosophy and chairman of the Student Caucus, said that graduate student interest is well-represented on the Council already. Nine of the 14 student positions, he said, were already occupied by graduate students.
Before the election, Scolney also warned prospective
candidates that the job of representing the students would entail between five and 20 hours per week, depending upon the member's dedication.
THE ONLY candidacy requirements included that the aspirant be a graduate student currently pursuing a higher degree, and that the candidate be available to attend the Council meetings on Mondays at 3:30 p.m.
Brady said she intended to improve communication among graduate students by instituting either a mailing list or posting graduate newsletters.
Th people attending voted rather than the individual departments due to the lack of students.
BY PETER WONG
Managing Editor
By the time USC observes its 100th anniversary in 1980, it has a slight chance ofgetting an imposing showpiece for the celebration—a presidential library.
But in comparison with other possible locations for a library and museum in honor of President Nixon, USC’s chances are so slight that they are practically nonexistent, Leonard R. Wines, executive director of university relations, said Wednesday.
IN THE Los Angeles Times of Dec. 31, Leonard K. Firestone, president of the Richard Nixon Foundation and a USC trustee, w^as quoted as saying that USC and Claremont College have recently proposed their campuses as sites for the Nixon library.
Foundation officials have considered three other sites for the library—San Clemente, the location ofthe present Western White House; Whittier, supported by the city government and Whittier College (Nixon’s alma mater), or a portion of the Irvine estate in Orange County.
The choice of the location for the library and museum is likely to be made from among the sites in San Clemente, W’hittier and the Irvine estate.
The site at San Clemente, the subject of much controversy because of government-financed improvemements on Nixon’s property, is presumably where President Nixon will live and work after he leaves office.
The site at Whittier is supported by Whittier College, which plans to establish a Richard M. Nixon Institute for Graduate Studies, perhaps much like the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Uni-
versity or the Lyndon B.Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.
USC HAD BEEN interested in obtainingthe presidential library during the early years of the Nixon administration because such libraries are highly prized, Wines said.
The two most recent Presidents, Kennedy and Johnson, have located their libraries on major university campuses.
The $10-million-plus Kennedy library, now under construction, will be located at Harvard University. The $19-million Johnson library was built at the University of Texas.
But Wines said that the foundation officials wanted to locate the library and museum on the same site—and that USC’s acreage (the campus is 111 acres) was too small to accommodate both, which would have to handle an influx of tourists and visiting scholars.
HOWEVER, about six months ago, John E. Cantelon, vice-president for undergraduate studies, wrote a letter to Firestone and said that USC would be interested in having the Nixon library, though not the museum, if the two are built in separate locations.
Cantelon wrote the letter at the request of President John R. Hubbard. Wines said.
Last spring, Hubbard was quoted as saying to a Daily Trojan interviewer that while it would be nice if USC were named as the location of the Nixon library, “where would we put it?”
If USC really wanted the library, though, it has some factors in its favor.
First, a number of alumni have served in the Nixon administration, including First Lady Pat Nixon, a 1937 graduate. She was honorary chairman of USC’s annual-giving campaign for 1972-73.	(Continued	on	page	2)
EARLY AWARD NOTICES SEEN
Aid Outlook Termed Good
Funding for student financial-aid programs is in fairly good shape for the 1974-75 academic year, Pamela H. Walbom, director of the Student Aid Office, said Wednesday.
Following congressional
passage in December of an appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare and presidential approval, HEW7 regional panels will begin soon to allocate more than $1 billion to the
Stop Gap Offers 4Father's Day9
Trilby Conried (left), Judy Heinz and Karla Hullender portray three divorcees in a scene from Oliver Hailey’s comedy Father's Day.
Father's Day will be presented by the Division of Drama through Saturday night at
8 in the Stop Gap Theatre.
Ticket prices are $1 tonight and $1.50 Friday and Saturday. Tickets may be reserved by calling 746-SHOW’ (7469) or may be purchased at the door. DT photo by Bob Chavez.
nation’s colleges.
WALBOM SAID the early enactment of the bill and early allocations by HEWT would permit the Student Aid Office here to notify first-time and continuing aid recipients of their awards by April 24, and in many cases, much sooner.
“I think our totals will be about the same, although since 10% more institutions are competing for the same federal funds, we may lose a little bit,” W'albom said.
Last year, the student-aid appropriations for the 1973-74 academic year were not approved until the end of April.
MOST FEDERAL aid programs are supposed to be forward-funded—that is, money appropriated in one year is to be spent in the following year.
However, budget battles between the Nixon administration and Congress have delayed appropriations until the last minute.
“Congress gave us a nice surprise this year.” Walbom said, not only because of the timing of the appropriation but also because the programs that were funded.
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