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Foreign 4 By PAM VESTAL Feature Staff Writer r Many of us are already a acquainted w i t h Abdulrahman I (A lb e r t) Khalil of Beirut, C Lebanon. Albert works in the Gamecock Room, cheerily I Albert Khalil from Ibanon serving coffee to groggy, half- 1 awake students. Albert, a sophomore in civil '1 engineering, has a refreshing reason for choosing Carolina: I Reader 's On January 2-1, Grosset & Dun- t lap's Universal Library will pub lish a paperback edition of Total itarianism, edited and with an in troduction by Carl J. Friedrich - r a volume based on a conference f held by the American Academy I of Arts and Sciences and including among its contributors forty dis tinguished social scientists, politi cal analysts, economists, Soviet: scholars, and historians. In it, such noted figures as George F. Kennan, Hannah Arendt, Merle' Fainsod, David Riesman, Karl Deutsch, and Erik Erikson analyze the origins and nature of total- t itarianism and lay the ground- ( work for the first theoretical in- ) vestigation of this crucial twenti eth-century phenomenon. c Totalitarianism asks and de bates questions of basic interpre tation : is totalitarianism primarily an economic, an anthropological, or a political phenomenon ? Is itst crucial feature the total planning of the economy, or the fact that Russians or Germans dlevelopedl it,c ) or autocratic rule by one man or simall group ? The volume( goes onc to exptlore the nature of the chal lenge of totalitarianism and the 1 issues raised between it and free-( dom. It takes up in turn ideologi cal and psychological aspects of the situation and then considersr SStudy Tour ,* Excursion Ib The historic sight of the well- c known song "Going to a Hlukilau" has been selected for the locationr of a Ilukilau planned for members I of the Adler University S tu dy 'Tour attendling the University of Hawaii Summer Session. Satur-c day, J u n e 27th, the wonderfulr event made famous by the song andl hula will be staged by ther Polynesian community in Laie int an outdloor setting, capturing the charm of old Hawii.I The authentic ceremony, seldom seen by Westerners, is presented Sby chiefs fi-onm Samoa. In a fale or I roundhouse, the chiefs share a drink made from kawa root with an honored guest. Students and teachers will have a chance to see a pig, turkey, taro, corn or breadfruit being placed into the imu (underground oven) andl see the food being taken out later in the afternoon. Hawaiian hospitality is at its h e ig ht at the noon luau with guests being urgedI to eat all they Ban-Lon Short Sleeve Polo Shirts South Carolina Book Store Friends I chose it because it accepted ne first!" He enjoys the school tmosphere, and is a loyal sup orter of the Fighting Game ocks; he has attended every ome game of both football and asketball. Asked his opinion of South arolina, its climate and peo le, Albert said that he likes it e c a u s e it's quiet, and the eather is nice. Most of all, he kes the people here, because hey are so friendly. Albert )ves people and enjoys making riends. Albert e n j o y s all of the ourses he is taking, but espe ially math, French, and P.T. A person of many interests, Llbert likes racing cars, elping people (the most im ortant), dancing, and all kinds , f music. Albert is a member of the 9 nternational Students C 1 u b, ; he Arabic Organization Club, nd he is planning to pledge a raternity. Although he is not certain of is future yet, Albert feels that K ic has plenty of time to settle { his matter and will d e c i d e rhen he graduates. See you in the Gamecock toom, Albert! he totalitarian system as it af ects intellectual life, and social nd economic organization. Carl J. Friedrich is Eaton Pro essor of the Science of Govern ient at Harvard University and ormer president of the American >olitical Science Association. New Con To Aid SE Announcement has been made at t. Peter, Minn., concerning the ppointment of Dr. E d g a r M. arlson, president of Gustavus dolphus College, to a commission vhich some educators term "one f the most significant new groups v'hich may ultimately affect the ourse of all public and private ducation in the United States." Knowvn as "The Commission on he Humanities," the 20-man team as been established jointly by the tmerican Council of Learned So ieties, the United States Chapters f Phi Beta Kappa, andl the Coun il of Graduate Schools. Dr. Barn by C. Keeney, president of Brown Jniversity, is chairman and D)r. Iarlson represents private liberal *rts colleges. Its purpose is to study current ieeds and problems in the humani Includes an. The authentic menu includes rk, poi, and pineapple, plus long ice and chicken, haupia (coconut iudding), coconut, banana e a k e Lnd punch. This is just one of many such ultural events p)lannod for the nembers of the Adler University ;tudy Tour to Hawaii this sum rser. Further information about his program can be obtainedl by writting D)r. Robert E. C r a 11l e, 0xecutive D)irector, at 345 Stock on Street, Sa'n Francisco 8, Cali ormia. Put Spring in Try our Body W $25.00, or be ab our Frosting, Ti1 ing Shampoo. $ Lorene Parhan Rosewood Sh< At4. Reme: By MARGARET SIHALEUL Feature Staff Writer A freshman is that abundant of college student who is looke< by high school students, toleri upper classmen, liked by other men, and in his mother's eyes ca wrong. Despite popular opinion men are in the class listed unde1 adults. It's a rather frightenin pect but never-the-less true. They comprise the most int and the most pitiful class of tl student body. After all, they re not know what they were gettii Somehow the college folders seem to omit the minor details the numerous hours spent on hoi and the multiple pop tests, ac tests, and term papers which Secretai There are many USC students who are secretaries of one sort or another. The origins of this oc cupation are interesting, and even engineering students might enjoy reading about them. Secretaries have been exercis ing their skills far longer than you might suspect - under working conditions which have varied drr.mnatically through the years. The scribes of ancient Baby lonia, who might be considered the world's first secretaries, took dic tation with wooden sticks on clay pads some 5,000 years ago. They wrote d o w n everything from poems to inventories to court ver dicts - all the records of that ancient society. And if their filing problems were terrific, they had the satisfaction of knowing they were absolutely indispensible - few other citizens could even write the difficult script. But Roman stenographers, no mission tholars ties. It is exploring the present state of scholarship and teaching in the humanistic scholarship-dis ciplines at all levels through grad uate school; sources of financial support available for research in the humanities and for curriculum dlevelopment ini humanistic disci - plines; the adequacy or inade quacy of reasearch materials for humanistic scholarship. Also up for investigation are the relations between the humanities andI the Federal government. On the basis of its findings the Conm mission will r e c o m m e n d steps which might be taken to solve existing andI potential problems and to remedy existing andl poten tial deficiencies. Commenting on his appointment andl the total value of the Com mission, Dr. Carlson said, "There is evide(nce that the concern for the improvement of education has resulted in concrete and compre hensive programs. However, this cannot allow us to ignore the fact that a certain distortion in educa tional emphasis has taken place. "The scholar who chooses to* cast his lot with the humanities must settle for greatly reduced financial aids for graduate study, a longer period of time invested in his training, I e s s advantageous arrangements for teaching and re search, and probably s mn a II e r eventual compensation." Smoking is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure; it is exquisite, andI it leaves one unsatisfied... Oscar Wilde Your Hairdo aves. $10.50 to righter you with >ping or Blond 12.50 complete. i Style Center pping Center mber Y fall on the same day. desolate and depressed f species seen sadly shaking his h I up to ing, "But it's not supp tted by this. I'm supposed to fresh- school." Bless their p e r n do no hearts! fresh- Invariably right befo r young the freshman thinks be g pros- lightful days of orient shaking forefinger war eresting your right and then to ie USC time next semester your ally did be here." At the time ig into. matter because the no always right and on the left was such as good-looking anyway. La nework, to sink in that maybe t heduled thing more to that state usually the ear. ry, How matter how great their skills, were literally slaves - or servants at best. After the Roman conquest of Greece, many Greek scholars wound up in the households of rich Romans, tutoring their chil dren and acting as private secre taries. Cicero, the Roman author whose works are still studied in many schools, d i c t a t e d his thoughts to Tiro, who took them! down in shorthand some 1900 years before Pitman and Gregg came along. Back in the .:ys of the horse less carriage an,: tie horsehair sofa, a "secretary" was either a tall desk with a lot of pigeon holes, or a bright young man who worked for a businessman, author or clergyman as stenog rapher and administrative assis tant. A "typewriter" was either a big, clumsy machine, sneered at by clerks proud of their beautiful penmanship, or the young lady who operated it. She was sneered at, too. A Boston businessman grumbled that he knew of "nothing so vexa tious as an uneducated, careless or flirty 'typewriter.' Women Rose But employers hired her just the same. For one thing, according to figures supplied by The Na tional Secretaries Association, the lady "typewriter" was willing to work for as little as $8 to $10 per six-day, .15-hour week! Meanwhile, want ads offering male office workers the astronomical (by turn of the century standards) sum of $30 a week went unanswered. 'rhe girl had other good points. In the words of one busi ness school head, "She never dailies with tobacco or the ser pent lurking in the wine glass. You need never worry that she will lose money playing stud poker or 'high, low, jack.'"~ fin 1870, census figures showed, there were in the whole United States exactly seven female office Ref reshme Game goes bei Coca-Cola! With its li\ never too sweet . better~ wit] Cok Sottled under the authority of The Coca-Cola Fresh Quite often a Despite thei reshman can be checking their m ead and moan- day, sitting inn >sed to be like tablos, and wear be at a party the freshman cla v e r t e d little able. That is, if y are the ones who -e final exams classes away env ek to the de- and unlimited c ition and that could grin at th ning "Look to exam and a ter in your left. This the fortitude to neighbors won't there's still two f it didn't really Despite the % ighbor on the professors, some n't particularly men do manage ter on it begins second semester iere was some- stay that way fc ment than met derful what the work can achie, You Hl workers. By 1900, nineteen years after the YWCA instituted the first typing courses for women, there were 200,000. And by 1910, women already held five out of every six stenographic and typing jobs. Today, there are over two mil lion secretaries, stenographers and typists in the United States - and 971, of them are women. Over half are married, and nearly half are over 40. But 75', of the "type writers" of 1899 were single, and half were under 25. Secretaries are growing not only in numbers but in status; in recent years professional ratings for secretaries have been introduced. In 1919, The Na tional Secretaries Association established the Institute for Cer tifying Secretaries, which tests secretaries for the coveted title of Certified Professional Secre tary. C'S Exams The CPS examination is given by educators on the first Friday and Saturday of May each year; complete application to the Insti tute for Certifying Secretaries, at 1103 Grand Avenue, Suite 410-B, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, must be submitted before D)ecember 1 for the following year's examina tion. The six-part examination measures skills in business ad ministration, business law, secre tarial accounting, secretarial pro cedures, secretarial skills, and per sonal adIjustment and human r'ela tions. When a c'andlidate passesS the exam, the Institute for C'er tifying Secretaries, on request, sees to it that the boss ge'ts word of his secreta'y's elite professional standing. 'Though competition in the secretarial field can be keen (one reason for the growing in terest among secretaries in the CPS rating), the future gets rosier all the time. Back in the '20's a top, private secretary itayoe te refrshed el lft bgbod jase . erse best.' Company by man r few faults such as helping I ail boxes six times a as the d ccently at fraternity It is t ng their beanie eaps, Ileart h is is really quite lov- tary he u like freshmen! They lieve th Irean their nights and Spanish isionint "B" averages gone Ab its. Besides who else As evidi e mention of a final charactel paper, and still possess int; cert smirk, "Why worry, after at nd a half hour- left." formulas indictive <oalition of to maint first semester f re.h- A ll in to gain the status of a pretty freshmen; and often case mal r several years. Won- next yet prospect of going to will turi e. That and a few upper e"k ave Chl could aspire to a salary of $10 a week - now, the best execu tive secretaries can command $10,000 a year. or more. For the future. crystal ball gazers en vision shorter hours and new office equipinent that will do many of the routine chores and enable the secretary to concen trate on administrative work. And no one would he more sur (lR(A 1900 -- lhis girl t' day week for $8.00: m4odern "ecre pay but their aatu%. To da e. 2.73 fe sional Secretarie- b% taking the o institute for Certifying tiecretariv%. fso lg of e engagement ig ac Trhe atistyu issux fasnd asting oaifactei pio selcign, reflect abeauty of te *Ta Pefecndtw ge ookales metand mediulou deC ptge tade's oursu so nameeskeda tore . id isi h rEEHAK TO PAMND ORENfI D)ays?, iints from certain sources, such -aft board. rue that in the past the PI'urple is only been awarded to mili 'oes, but manry freshmen be at anyone who has eridured 11 and registration, t.oo, has ve and beyond the call of duty. 'nced this class of person is -ized by an ngenious and coniv brum. It's not everyone who hour of hearing thi rty - line with ten - letter words, is able ain an all-knowing mien. all. the average freshman is good guy or gal, such as the be. Beside.,, take hope. world, r or so the gawky freshman i into a poised and confident ssman. inged prised than those pioneer. secre taries who filed 'lay tablets, slaved' over I atin shorthand sys tenms or worked as "typewriters" for. $h a week' Th' following are attributes of a go rod se"c ret a ry : 1. A bility to keep secrets. 2. A know- dge of psychology. :{. I'unrctuality; .1. A lert ness fo'r better methods. psMriter'" lroball1 workel a r.ix tari e a' ' io-tad not onl h% their 7 ha%e qualifiel a. 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