,...., National Delta Kappa Alpha Honorary Cinema Fraternity. 31sT ANNIVERSARY HONORARY AWARDS BANQUET honoring GREER GARSON ROSS HUNTER STEVE MCQUEEN February 9, 1969 TOWN and GOWN University of Southern California PROGRAM I. Opening Dr. Norman Topping, President of USC II. Representing Cinema Dr. Bernard R. Kantor, Chairman, Cinema III. Representing DKA Susan Lang Presentation of Associate Awards IV. Special Introductions Mrs. Norman Taurog V. Master of Ceremonies Jerry Lewis VI. Tribute to Honorary l\llembers of DKA VII. Presentation of Honorary Awards to: Greer Garson, Ross Hunter, Steve McQueen VIII. In closing Dr. Norman Topping Banquet Committee of USC Friends and Alumni Mrs. Tichi Wilkerson Miles, chairman Mr. Stanley Musgrove Mr. Earl Bellamy Mrs. Lewis Rachmil Mrs. Harry Brand Mrs. William Schaefer Mr. George Cukor Mrs. Sheldon Schrager Mrs. Albert Dorskin Mr. Walter Scott Mrs. Beatrice Greenough Mrs. Norman Taurog Mrs. Bernard Kantor Mr. King Vidor Mr. Arthur Knight Mr. Jack L. Warner Mr. Jerry Lewis Mr. Robert Wise Mr. Norman Jewison is unable to be present this evening. He will re­ ceive his award next year. We are grateful to the assistance of 20th Century Fox, Universal studios, United Artists and Warner Seven Arts. DEPARTMENT OF CINEMA In 1929, the University of Southern California in cooperation with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offered a course described in the Liberal Arts Catalogue as : Introduction to Photoplay: A general introduction to a study of the motion picture art and industry; its mechanical founda­ tion and history; the silent photoplay and the photoplay with sound and voice; the scenario; the actor's art; pictorial effects; commercial requirements; principles of criticism; ethical and educational features; lectures; class discussions, assigned read­ ings and reports. The Dean and instructor was Karl T. Waugh. Special lectures listed in the catalogue included Douglas Fairbanks, J. Stuart Blackton, Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg, Clara Beranger, William Cameron Menzies, Edwin Schallert, and William C. DeMille. In 1932 the Department was the first in the United States to offer the Bachelor of Art's degree with a major in Cinema. In 1935 the Department was the first to offer the Master of Art's degree with a major in Cinema, and was the first department to offer the Ph.D. in Communications with a major in Cinema in 1958. The Department of Cinema of the University of Southern California is the oldest and the largest in the United States. The University has received an Academy Award, has had 20 films shown at Edinburgh, and has won eight Screen Producers Guild Awards and numerous other awards horn festivals both here and abroad. CINEMA DEPARTMENT STAFF William Allen Glenn McMurry Irwin Blacker Ken Miura Jarvis Couillard Lester N ovros Douglas Cox Eugene Peterson Herbert Farmer Don Perrin James D. Finn Melvin Sloan W olfrorn Von Hanwehr Richard Smith Sol Lesser Maynard Smith Jerry Lewis Sidney P. Solow David W. Johnson N orrnan T aurog Bernard Kantor-Chairrnan King Vidor Arthur Knight Malvin Wald Herbert Kosower George Wehbi Anne Kramer Daniel Wiegand Bob Liu Frank Withopf Russell McGregor Richard Harber-Faculty Advisor of DKA Distinguished scholarships available to students: The Acme Laboratory Scholarship Cinema Circulus Scholarships The George Cukor Scholarship The Directors Guild of America Scholarship The Samuel Warner Employment Scholarship established by I ack L. Warner The William Morris Agency Scholarship Delta Kappa Alpha, National Honorary Cinema Fraternity, was founded at the University of Sou them California in 1936. Its purposes are to provide an opportunity for fellowship among students of Cinema; to maintain a relationship between the motion picture industry and film students; and to promote the phases of film that are symbolized by the initials D K A: Dramatic, Kinematic, Aesthetic. Officers of the National of DKA Herbert Farmer and David Johnson Officers of the Alpha Chapter, Fall semester 1968 Susan Lang President Francis Frost, S. J. Vice-President Michael A. Callahan, S. J. Secretary Howard Price and William Duke, Jr. TreasurePs Officers of the Alpha Chapter, Spring semester 1968 Francis Frost, S. J. President Michael A. Callahan, S. J. Vice-President Paul Magwood Secretary Jerome Kessenich Treasurer New active members of the Alpha Chapter Fall semester 1968 William Duke, Jr. Ronald E. Kopp Robert F. Ebinger, Jr. Leonard J. Lipton Richard Holdredge Paul C. Magwood Raymond Icely Bruton Peterson Stephen Judson Stephen Pouliot Jerome C. Kessenich W. Milton Timmons ~bi~ tertifie~ tbat 3Jnlpt A. ®~<ttnuunr bas been initiateb an ..8ttibt Jl'lltmbtr of tbe aipba <!tbapttr ftnibersitp of ~outbern <!talifornia ~tlta lltappa 1tilpba Jl}ational ~onoracy <!tinema .fraternitp May1969 Prtsitlmt Film director C aries al te s wil stage the Delta Kapp' ~ Alpha silver anniversary· pro· gram honoring Mary ickfort and Harol Ll y in the US ! · Town and Gown Jan. 6. A t r e s s Bett a vi wil serve as mistress of ceremo nies for the program whicl also will note tl1e founding o the rofessional cinema frater 111ty at USC in 1937. Featured on the program '(being . written by Arth · gh , will be e e Allen anl. c em o , a Ion g witl ---P Z k , eo ge Cuko a Del a D v s Members· of the planning committee for tl1e event in elude M s e rge Axelrod M . ar y B and, Mrs. Bea It ice Greenough, M s. Leilanf Atherton Irish, Shirley Jones J e a n e e MacDonald, Mrs obert tack, Barbara Stan ~yck, Mrs. orman aurog Ruth Waterbury, Mrs. Olil Wellborn, Mrs. Tichi · Wilker· son, Cukor, Y. Frank Free an and t nlev Kramer. * * * ~ . 100 UNIVERSAL CITY PLAZA UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA 91608 PHONE 965 - 4321 EXECUTIVE OFFICES January 27, 1969 Dr. Bernard Kantor Division of Cinema University of Southern California University Park Los Angeles, California 90007 Dear Doctor Kantor: Enclosed please find our check #84422 in the amount of $240.00. This is in payment for the Delta Kappa Alpha 31st Anniversary Awards Banquet to be held on February 9, 1969. The following are to be seated at our table: Mr. and Mrs. Berle Adams Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dorskind Mr. and Mrs. Harry Garfield Mr. Dan Ritchie and Guest Mr. and Mrs. Jules Stein Mr. and Mrs. Ned Tan en Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Weitzman Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Witt Will you please send all the tickets and parking maps to my office for distribution to the above. Kindest BW:kb Att: Volume II Fall 1969 Number 1 Cinema Circulus Newsletter Seminars To Encourage Dialogue A series of monthly discussion seminars between student film­ makers and members of Cinema Circulus will be sponsored by the group's Board, according to Tichi Wilkerson Miles, Vice Presi­ dent of Cinema Circulus. The decision to conduct these meetings was the result of an exploration on the part of the Board and of students who had met with Mrs. Miles in order to find more meaningful ways of bringing together students and professionals. "We hope that members of Cinema Circulus will volunteer to attend these late-afternoon dinners and evening viewings of stu­ dent film," Mrs. Miles stated. "It was the Board's decision to turn the tables about and ask the students to show their material for criticism rather than have them sit back and view the work of professionals." "We are hoping that during the three months we try this we will have seven or eight professionals and an equal number of students at each of the seminar sessions ." Mrs. Miles explained PRESENTATION - Jack L. Warner, seen last May 5, when he pledged $1. 5 million toward the construction of the Ann and Jack L. Warner Hall of that the Board would not want to call upon individual members Cinema , a multi-story structure which will house USC 's Division of Cinema. of Cinema Circulus more than once a year, and she asked that The Hall of Cinema will be part of the planned $4.4 million Center for the all members interested in participating in the seminar program Performing Arts at USC. write her directly so that their names can be placed on a working list. "The real aim of the program is not only to let the young Wise Calls for Revolving Fund film -makers have the advantage of calling on the experience of Robert Wise, President of Cinema Circulus, has called for a older professionals, but for both groups to get to know each revolving fund to assist students in the completion of films which other, and for the members of Cinema Circulus to better under­ they have already begun. Citing the cancellation of American stand what young people are doing, how they are thinking, and Film Institute grants for the making of small films, Mr. Wise has what they believe they want from film and film -making." asked that Cinema Circulus step into the breach to assist USC Cinema Division students, who in the past often have been re­ The Board agreed that a special committee should be created cipients of AFI small film grants. to coordinate the seminars. It is expected that the first such program will take place in late October. Dr. Bernard Kantor, "The best way we can do this," Wise told the Cinema Circulus Chairman of the Cinema Division, agreed to arrange the dinner Board, " is to establish an annual revolving fund of $2,500 from which students can draw up to $200 to complete films which at the USC Faculty Center or at a nearby restaurant where films might not otherwise be completed ." Wise announced the addition could be screened . However, it was agreed upon by the Board of $500 to his Cinema Circulus contribution for this purpose .