(El Gaucho received the following letter from the office of UC President Clark Kerr concerning the new directives issued from his office a few weeks ago. El Gaucho om itted from the letter only a long statement of policy made by former President Robert G. Sproul in 1940. With this exception the following is the complete text of Kerr’s statement.) STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT KERR ON STUDENT DIRECTIVES During the past year the University of California has been undergoing substantial administrative reorganization. A maJor part of this reorganisation has consisted of the decentralization of admin­ istrative authority, thus giving Chief.Campus Officers increasing Vol. XXX IX GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 10, 1959 No. 15 responsibility for affairs on their respective campuses. In the course of this process of reorganization it became nec­ ( essary in the student affairs area, Shelley Manners Skins Set as in many others, to review the BEGGAR’ OPENS WED. governing statewide policies, to determine the extent of the au­ COMEDY SET FOR SADIE GETS READY Tempo for Jazz Concert thority to be delegated to the by Kathy WilUams, Feature Editor Chief Campus Officers, and to EIGHT-NIGHT RUN That “ Man With the Golden Arm,” Shelley Manne, will beat codify the policies guiding ad­ With a “ cast of thousands,” or out the best rhythms tomorrow evening from 9 to 10 p.m. in the ministration on the several cam­ so it seems to technical director campus auditorium. The internationally famous drummer and his puses. Gerald Lanning, “ The Beggar on group are appearing under the sponsorship of the Sophomore Class Drafts of proposed regulations Horseback” goes on stage tomor­ Council’s “ Jazz ’59.” were circulated by the President row, Thursday, Friday and Sat­ A consistent winner of jazz polls, he won all maJor polls in to members of his immediate ad­ urday in the campus Little Thea­ " 1956 and 1957 awarded by ministrative staff and to Chief ter at 8:30 p.m. Down Beat, Metronome, Playboy Campus Officers during the An unusually large cast óf 50, Westra Sings Rare and others. Manne and his men Spring Semester, 1959. and 11 scenes with nine scenery German and French have made several highly suet Chief Campus Officers changes, make the production cessful Eastern tours and played were requested to consult one of the most energetic ever Mask This Evening innumerable concerts and TV with faculty and student presented at UCSB. The • Kauf­ Miss Dorothy Westra, assist­ groups on their campuses man comedy, a satire on con­ ant professor of.music, will be and to report the results of temporary American life, will the featured soloist at the second such consultation. There was feature an original musical score in the series of UCSB Faculty consultation among faculty by Dr. Roger Chapman of the Recitals to be given tonight in members and students by UCSB Music Department and a the Campus Auditorium at 8:30. Chief Campus Officers on all dance pantomime choreographed The program will be of rarely campuses during the Spring by Kay Brown, dance instructor heard chamber music performed Sem ester. in the PE Department. by Miss Westra and accompanied Furthermore, the President Strange Costumes by a variety of instrumental com­ consulted directly with the Com­ binations. mittee on Academic Frdedom of Mr. Lanning’s crew is also ha­ the Northern Section of the Aca­ rassed by the numerous sound Miss Westra has had exten­ sive training and experience in demic Senate, and on two occa­ cues because they must be care­ sions with the assembled Deans fully recorded so that they re­ choral, organ, voice and ^compo­ F * ’ ’ i: . ■ of Students. create the tonal qualities of radio sition. Before coming to Santa Barbara she spent four years con- Following these consultations, and telephone of the 1920s. Even I issued on October 22 regula­ properties present a problem, one certizing in Europe. She gave over 200 recitals abroad and has tions on the -subjects of Use of scene calling for one of the male University Facilities, Student Or­ members of the cast to appear made many opera and radio ap­ pearances. ganizations, and Student Govern­ (fostumed with a large black tele­ ment. Since these regulations phone strapped to his chest. Cantata SHELLEY MANNE The program will open in Ger­ have been the subject of much Pantomime Sequence man baroque with the first piece programs. Shelley has worked in discussion and considerable mis­ ANITA BARTON poses in a typical “Dogpatch” outfit which Action will take place on all being Franz Tunder’s solo can­ many motion pictures, among understanding, I am making the gals mill be wearing to the Sadie Hawkins Dance to be held them “ Guys and Dolls,” “ The following added comments in an acting areas of the stage and will Saturday night. Miss Barton, this year’s Homecoming Queen, tata, “ Ach, Herr, lass deine lieben continue uninterrupted through advises„ UCSB females to start rounding up fnales for the “ turn­ Englein,” and will be accompa­ Man With the Golden Arm” and attempt to clarify the situation. many of the scenes by use of the about” dance. Thb dance will fdature the naming o f a UCSB nied by the quartet and the harp­ “ I Want to Live.” The Regulations on Use of “Li’l Abner.” — Photo by Bob Quittner two curtains and the movable sichordist, Wendell Nelson, as­ As a boy, his father, a tympa­ University Facilities and props. Although the play orig­ sistant professor of music. This nist, started Manne on thè saxo­ Student Organizations phone. A year later he decided inally called for a Persian set­ will be followed by another solo Students at the University of ting, Dr. Theodore Hatlen, di­ cantata and two songs from the instrument wasn’t for him ‘POET AGAINST WORLD’ and through the intervention of California have now and have rector, wanted a Western se­ George Friedrich Handel’s “ Neu- Billy Gladstone, the great drum­ always ,had the complete freedom quence. This was inserted by en Deutchen Arien.” of all citizens to participate in in­ the dance pantomime which lapts Arthur Honegger’s “Trois mer was allowed to trade the sax TOPIC OF NOTED POET in for a set of drums. “ That was ternational, national and local af­ about five minutes. Chansons” will open the French fairs. They may engage in the Three villains, Nick Scott, George Barker, distinguished was a reaction against the classi­ portion of the program. These the best thing that ever happened to me,” Shelley says. wide variety of organizations and Dave Gillespie and Mike Vaile, poet, novelist and essayist, is fea­ cal traditions in poetry up to are excerpts from a work based activities which are open to citi­ a bartender, Steve Alkire, a sher­ tured in an All-College lecture. that time by the younger poets on a Hans Christian Anderson Manne took on his first pro­ zens generally. fessional Job on a ship, playing iff, Buzz Knight, and four danc­ this afternoon in the classroom of the ’30s and ’40s. It was op­ fairy tale. In the exercise of this freedom ing ladies, Leslie Higgenbotham, auditorium at 4, speaking on posed to the rationalistic atti­ Fantasy between New York and Le Havre. they have organized many off- Jan Morgan, Claire Williams and “ Poeta Contra Mundi,” the poet tudes of such poets as Pound and A song fantasy about a for­ Between trips he spent much time campus groups for the purpose of Barbara Casey, are featured in against the world. , Auden. tune teller, “ La Voyant,” by Hen­ in 52nd Street clubs and in Har­ expressing their varying view­ lem, learning, listening, sitting in the cast. Considered one of the fore­ Barker’s first works, “ Allanna ri Sauguet, is one of the unusual points. Political groups, religious Tickets are on sale .at the.- most contemporary poets, Barker Autumnal,” a novel, and “ Thirty works of the evening. when possible. He finally left groups, special interest groups of the swaying decks to Join the Graduate Manager’s office. Stu­ is a writer of great independence Preliminary Poems” were pub­ Others performing in the pro­ many kinds are readily available dent rate is 75 cents, general ad­ and imaginative force. Born in lished when he was 20. His early gram are: Nancy Keele, Joseph swinging Bobby Byrnes Band, to students desiring such partici­ mission is $1.25. Season tickets Loughton, Essex, he has been a poetry — lyrical, personal and Berta and Gary Echols, who are later leaving Byrnes to replace pation. are available at the Little Thea­ leader in the Apocalyptic Move­ tragic— was received by the crit­ students, and Maurice Faulkner Dave Tough with Joe Marsala. Beyond these general free­ ter box office or by calling ment in England. ics as distinct and individual, and Clayton, faculty members, He has played with Bob Astor, doms of every citizen to par­ 7-5611, extension 2248. The Apocalyptic Movement Continued on page two and John Moyer, guest artist. Continued on page two ticipate in community politi­ cal, religious, and intellectual life, students understandably 1 ‘THE BEGGAR OR HORSEBACK’ SOPRARO WESTRA SIRGS TORIGHT want to bring as much as pos­ sible of this “ outside” life to the campus where they must of necessity speiid so much of their time. And, in fact, the recent history of the Uni­ versity has been marked by a continuing increase in the freedom of students and stu­ dent groups to utilize campus facilities for the discussion of the controversial issues of the tim es. The most notable development in this regard was the amend­ ment of Regulation No. .17 in 1957. This amendment liberal­ ized the conditions under which student groups could bring to the campuses speakers on and discus­ sions of controversial issues.