January 26, 1971 Cal Poly Report
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Volume 21, Number 23 January 26, 1971 WIDELY-KNOWN LINGUIST ARCHIBALD HILL WILL BE CAMPUS VISITOR Poetry, literature, linguistics, and the humanities will be treated by Archibald A.. Hill, who will be a visiting lecturer at Cal Poly next week (Feb. 1-5). Lectures, special events, and an exhibition of literary criticism are planned in connection with the week long visit by Dr. Hill, a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Hill's visit to Cal Poly is co-sponsored by the English Department and the Foreign Language and Linguistics Department. Gloria Jameson (Head of the Foreign Language and Linguistics Department) is general chairman for the series of events which. will begin with a poetry workshop to be held in the Staff Dining Room from 2 to 6 p.m. on Monday (Feb. 1). Mrs. Glenna Luschei is chairman of the poetry workshop. A poet and editor and the wife of Martin Luschei (English Department), Mrs. Luschei was chairman of a very successful poetry reading which recently was presented to a standing-room-only crowd. Area poets interested in the poetry wo~kshop to be conducted by Dr. Hill may obtain further infor mation from Mrs. Luschei (544-5074). Various aspects of Dr. Hill's visit to the college are being presented. in cooperation with the College Union Fine Arts Committee, the college Library, and the Art Department. Leader in Development of Linguistics Dr. Hill is recognized as one of the leaders in the development of linguistics in the United States. As an English professor at the Universities of Michigan,. Virginia, and Texas, he has been the linguist who has done most to explore the intriguing field of linguistic-stylistic-lit~rary research. He is noted as a scholar of Medieval English language and literature, the American Indian and Eskimo languages, and · a specialist in· the teaching of English as a second or foreign language. His AB is from Pomona College, his AM from Stanford, and his PhD from Yale. · During World War II, Dr. Hill aided in breaking the secret codes of enemy communications. Since that time, in addition to his full schedule of university classes, he has been a representative of the U. S. Department of State for two terms each in Japan and Taiwan as organizer of programs in TEFL, and a special lecturer in Yugoslavia and Poland. In 1969 he was president of the Linguistic Society of America; the Thord-Gray.1ecturer in Lund, Sweden, during the spring of that year; and a lecturer at colleges in New York, Alabama, and Texas. Of interest to teachers, writers of poetry, students, and others will be a public lecture to be presented by Dr. Hill in the Cal Poly Theater next Tuesday (Feb. 2) at 8 p.m., entitled "Sunflowers Over Two Centuries." The title does not indicate a horticultural subject, according to Dr. Jameson. She indicated that Dr. Hill will provide some literary and linguistic insights into Allen Ginsberg's "Sunflower Sutra" and William Blake's "Sunflower," and a linguistic approach which he has used in pointing out similarities between the linguistics of songs by the Beatles and the everyday language of poetry by Robert Frost. (Continued on Page 2) Cal Poly Re2ort -~ January 26, 1971 -- Page 2 TELE-COUR$$ PROPOSALS STlLL BEING SOUGHT BY COMMITTEE Proposals for co~rses for poasible presentation by Cal Poly on commercial television stations in the Central California Coast Area are still being sought by the ad hoc Educational Development Committee, according to Don M. Morris (Associate Dean, Continuing Education}; who ia chairman of the group. The committee is presently considering production of a course of up to 2 units of credit to be presented in 30-minute segments. Salary and/o~ released ttme arrangements wil~ be arTanged to fit the circumstances of the course and instructor finally selected. Subject matter is open at ~his point, but courses with broad appeal are important to syccess of the program. Dr. Morris. said . the committee will continue to receive proposals from members of the college faculty and instructional departments through Feb. 4. He urged those interested either in learning more about the proposed program series or in proposing cou~ses to contact h~ at his office, Adm-309, 546-2053. WIDELY-KNOWN LINGUIS~ • (Continued from Page 1} I . ; . ' I In addition to his public lecture on Tuesday evening, Dr. Hill will visit literature and linguistics classes at Cal Poly. Robert J. Huot (English Department} (546-2202) is coordinating the class visits. John F. Kerr (also English Department) will serve as Dr. Hill's host during the lecturer's visit in San Luis Obispo. Special invitational faculty evenings deal~ng with specialized areas of literature, linguistics, and the humanit;l.es are abo being planned on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (Feb. · 3, 4, 5} evenings. Hosts for the three evening events are Marvin D. Brown and John Mo~t (both English Department), Robert G. Lint (Foreign Language and Linguistics Department} and til:~ ~ .. ·Beinice ~oughran (llead of Art Department). Faculty . interested in attending any of the invitational evenings are asked to telephone ·the English i)epart!lnent; (546-2597} . for further information. During the w~ek of lectures, a special exhibit in Dexter Memorial Library will feature pain~inga and_ drawings inspired by poeJDs and other works of literature. CANCELLATION QF FIUM SHOWING ANNOUNCED BY JAPANESE STUDENTS The show~ng of the Japa~ese laaguage feature film Seven Samurai, which had been scheduled for next Moqday . (Feb. 1) evening :l,n the campus theater, has been cancelled. Allan Hoshida, a spokesman for Tomo Dachi 'Kai, an organization of Japanese students at Cal Poly which had arranged ·the .showing, said that difficulties in finali~ing arrangements for use of the famed motion pic~ure caused the change. Hoshida said Tomo Dachi Kai will cqnt~nue ita plans for a showing of Seven Sam~rai at the college, probably sometime this spring. CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES SlGN-UP WILL END THIS WEEK Employees interested in the chiropractic services program of the California State Employees Association have until the end of this month to sign up for the program. For further infor~ation, contact the Personnel Office, Adm-110, 546-2236. Cal Poly Report January 26, 1971 -- Page 3 SUNDAY EVENING CONCERT WILL FEATURE WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB The 84 voices of the Cal Poly Women's Glee Club will be featured in an evening program of music and song Sunday (Jan. 31) at the Presbyterian Church, Marsh and Morro Sts., San Luis Obispo. The program will start at 5 p.m. in the Hart Building annex of the church, and the public is invited to attend the songfest. Admission will be free. The Women's Glee Club, under the direction of Harold Davidson, head of Cal Poly's Music Department, will perform such hymns and folksongs as When I Can Read My Title Clear, I Like the Land with The Golden Hair, and Danny Boy, in addition to Bach's Spring Comes Laughing and Palmgren's May Night. Also slated are several Cal Poly songs. Joining the Women's Glee Club for the Sunday performance will be Cal Poly's Collegiate Quartet of male voices and the Women's Sextette, composed of vocalists from the larger glee group. NEW EMPLOYMENT REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTED TO PERSONNEL STAFF The recent appointment of Clyde Scott to the Personnel Office as employment representative has been announced by Larry Voss (Director of Personnel Relations). Scott's duties include responsibility over the recruitment program for staff positions with particular emphasis on the recruitment of minority group members as well as coordinating the special community-related trainee programs in which the college is now participating. Formerly associated with Coast Joint Union High School in Cambria, Scott received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Pepperdine University and has taken additional course work at University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Santa Clara, and Cal Poly, and was on the Dean's Honor List at both Cal Poly and at Pepperdine. Scott is officed in Adm-llOA of the Payroll-Personnel Office complex. His office telephone number is 546-2605. ADDITIONS TO LIBRARY ARCHIVES COLLECTION SHOWS NEW FACE OF CIVIL WAR Little-known aspects of the American Civil War as recorded in the handwritten corres pondence of a regimental quartermaster in the Union Army are now available for study on campus. The letters, inventories, and post-war reunion notices of Capt. Jonathan C. Wallace, a member of the 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, were given to the Cal Poly Library by the soldier's grandsons, realtor Charles H. Wallace of Morro Bay and airline pilot Malcolm C. Wallace of Houston, Tex. "These items of correspondence are valuable examples of primary historical evidence for certain facets of the war," said Donald W. Hensel, history faculty member who examined the letters before they were added to the college library's archives collection. "Students of this conflict will find these documents enlightening as they try to comprehend the greater tragedy of the American people in civil discord and the struggle of the individual soldier." (Continued on Page 4) Typewritten copy intended for the next issue of Cal Poly Report must be received prior to 12 noon Frida , Jan. 29, in the Office of Information Services, Administration-210. .. Cal Poly Report January 26, 1971 Page 4 TICKETS FOR C S E A EVENT SELLING RAPIDLY Tickets for the "Night on Bourbon Street" party of Cal Poly Chapter 97 of the California State Employees Association, which is being planned for the evening of Feb. 20 at the Veterans Memorial Building in San Luis Obispo, are selling rapidly, according to Mrs.