Summer
Trojan
Vol. LXVI, Number 11
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, July 24, 1973
Former head of UCLA philosophy giving lectures on Jewish thought
ABRAHAM KAPLAN
By Beverly Brown El Segundo High School El Segundo High School Journalism Workshop Philosophy students should know Who’s Who better than “Who’s WTho in America,” “WTho’s WTho in Israel,” and “WTho’s WTho in World Jewry.” They should
know because Abraham Kaplan, listed in each of the above references, is teaching a course here this summer.
His course, titled “Jewish Thought: The Philosophical Basis of Religious Doctrine” began June 19 and will conclude August 2. To expand on
this course, Kaplan will also be giving two public lectures.
The first lecture, “The Meaning of Loneliness,” was given July 11. Kaplan explained that loneliness was a universal feeling and then read a few selections from songs and poems to demonstrate this.
The lonely man once had something he loved, but he no longer has it. This is not because it was taken away from him, but because he has isolated himself from it. The lonely man lives in a ghetto of his own making.
Thia paradox, as explained by Kaplan, is the result of fear. The lonely man is deprived of something cherished by his own withdrawal. He withdraws from fear, the fear of being rejected. Yet, if he masters the fear of rejection, he faces the fear of acceptance. He is afraid that if he is accepted he might not be good enough, or possibly too good.
If the lonely man is accepted and is too good, he might gain a commitment, thereby losing his freedom, or worse, being used up and then flung aside.
The lonely man can’t be so close to others that he might lose himself in them or so far away that it isn’t worth keeping his self, or Identity.
“These are the successive circles of the hell in which the lonely man lives his life,” said Kaplan.
Kaplan’s second public lecture, “The Self and Its Identity” will be presented tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Mudd Hall 105.
Kaplan, brought up as an orthodox Jew, was born in Russia in 1918 and became a U.S. citizen in 1930. Last year he also became a citizen of Israel, where he is presently living.
In Israel, Kaplan is the dean of the University of
Haifa. He said that although the population of Israel is less than that of the county of Los Angeles, it has seven universities.
Kaplan said many people do not realize that thousands of young people come to Israel to study for a year or two and that many of them are not Jewish.
Kaplan is the former chairman for the Department of Philosophy at UCLA. He has been a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan and has been a visiting professor to Harvard, Columbia, University of Hawaii, Oregon State University, and Hebrew University.
Kaplan has a daughter, Jessica, attending the University of Michigan and a daughter, Karen, who is living in Israel. His wife is a child psychologist and an expert on Japanese flower arranging.
University Council committees designated as task forces
University gets assistant in government relations
The executive committee of the University Council has designated the four interim committees of the University Council as task forces.
This announcement came from Martin Levine, chairman of the University Council.
The task force on credentials and elections is responsible for examining all aspects of election procedures for council membership and for the executive committee. It also supervises all new elections. The chairpersons for this committee are Mel Henry and Norman Lane.
Peter Scolney and James Walker lead the task force on bylaws. This group proposes appropriate organization and procedures for the council, and reports on the representation as it affects students, faculty, women, minorities, untenured faculty, academic sectors, teaching assistants, research assistants,
and other members of the university community.
The task force on structure is responsible for integrating all committees, commissions, and task forces under the jurisdiction of the council and to consider the effectiveness of each certain group. Chairpersons are Kim Nelson and Terry Polin.
The communications task force is headed by Ted Brannen and Bridget Malloy. It is the duty of this group to consult with the other task forces to ensure that there is two-way communication between the council and the campus at all times.
The change in the designation of these groups was made to indicate that they are bodies which will function for only a limited period of time to accomplish certain specified functions.
Head of piano department to give recital today in Town and Gown
Lillian Steuber, chairman of piano instruction in the School of Music, will present a free recital for Phi Delta Gamma, a national fraternity for women graduate students in all fields of study, this afternoon in the foyer of Town and Gown.
Stueber will play works by Scarlatti, Debussy, Schumann, Chopin, Villa-Lobos, and Riegger.
All women graduate students and women faculty members are invited.
Reservations should be sent to Carol Stewart, presi-
dent of Phi Delta Gamma, at Clark House in the music department, or may be phoned in to 674-3540.
Henry Reining has been appointed special assistant for government relations for the university.
Reining, a professor of public administration and dean emeritus of the von KleinSmid Center for International and Public Affairs, will be a special staff assistant to President John Hubbard and will survey the needs for and possible establishment of a campus office of governmental relations and liaison.
The need for such a position like the one Reining has been appointed to stems from the fact that USC comes in contact with governments at international, national, state, and local levels in its research and community service work.
Such an office would then increase USC’s effectiveness in service to government and make possible greater contributions to the formulation of sound public policy.
Reining has had 40 years of experience with govern-
Paper ends biweekly publication on Friday
Japanese professor to give 2 lectures here
The Summer Trojan will publish its last issue of the seven-week summer session on Friday.
Those who want to have notices or stories published in this issue should contact Patta Steele. Summer Trojan
editor, in Student Union 420, or phone 2203, by tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.
Beginning Wednesday, August 1, the Summer Trojan will appear only once a week on Wednesdays for four weeks.
Koki Sato, professor of comparative literature at Toho Gakuen College in Tokyo, will speak here on Thursday and Friday.
Sato has taught in various schools and colleges in Japan and has published several books on comparative literature involving American and Japanese topics.
He will lecture Thursday on “Contemporary Japanese Literature,” and his Friday lecture will cover “Japanese Literature and the Literature of the Wrest.”
Both lectures will be from 1:15 to 3 p.m. in Founders Hall 129.
The lectures are free and open to the public.
ment all levels. He has been an advisor to the United Nations, and to the U.S. Department of State and has been active with the governments of Brazil, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and the Philippines.
He is now serving on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration board and on one with the U.S. Civil Service Commission.
He has served in an advisory capacity to the California State Government Reorganization Commission, and an advisor to the Southern California Association of Governments.
Reining began as an instructor in public administration in 1932 and has been a dean for 20 years, first of the School of Public Administration and then for the last six years of the von KleinSmid Center for International and Public Affairs.
Reining retired from that post on July 1 but will continue to teach in public administration.
Language prof to speak Thursday
Bruce W’ardropper, a professor of romance languages at Duke University will present a lecture Thursday at 3 p.m. in Heritage Hall auditorium.
Wardropper will speak on “The Implicit Craft of the Comedia.”
This lecture is free and open to the public.