PCC Chronicle, March 02, 1954

Southland JC’s Convene Today Я /»jL * / _ Thirty Schools Send rl С C IfrOmCfC Delegates to Meet VOL. 55, NO. 4 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 2, 1954 CONVENTION PLANNERS CONVENED . . . several weeks ago to discuss today’s meet. On the President’s Planning Council are pictured from left to right: John Krawchek, state president of the CJCSGA; John FitzRandolph, SCJCSGA president; Thomas Smitham, Los Angeles Valley Junior College president; and Tony Boegemau, president of San Diego City College. Presidents State Three Letter Idea During an interview with Phil Bauman, Associated Student Body president, and John FitzRan¬ dolph, president of the SCJCSGA, the Chronicle learned that recent¬ ly a question has arisen concern¬ ing . the “Three Letter System.” In commenting on this Bauman and FitzRandolph made the fol¬ lowing report: “One and a half years ago, an education code committee was es¬ tablished with the purpose of pro¬ moting legislation which the CJCSGA desired. “After one trial semester, it was found that this committee was ineffectual because it had no method for carrying out its re¬ sponsibilities. The following con¬ ference adopted what was called the ‘Three Letter System’. Under this plan, each school would con¬ tact the representative in its dis¬ trict, informing that individual of resolutions of the assocation which pertained to the Education Code. The school would write this letter in triplicate, the origi¬ nal copy going to the legislator, . one for dts own file, and a third copy sent to the Education Code Committee central school. ‘For some reason, as soon as this method was beginning to trove its real merit, it was aban¬ doned. The main idea at this time as that the individual school vereignty was being invaded. This arose from misunderstand¬ ing and misinformation. Some schools felt that if they voted against a certain resolution, they would still be compelled to write to their district representative in favor of the resolution. This is ndt the case. The only obligation of member schools was to inform their representative of resolutions passed by the CJCSGA. “It is felt by some students that the ‘Three Letter System’ • Continued on Page Three Ten Workshop Sessions Included in Conference A series of ten workshop sessions will be included in the annual spring conference of the Southern California , Junior College Student Government Association, according to John FitzRandolph, president. The meetings will be held from 10 until 11:45 as part of the morn- Thirty junior college delegations are gathering at Pasa¬ dena City College and the Hotel Huntington today for the annual spring convention of the Southern California Junior College Student Government Association. The various schools represented are: Antelope Valley Campus, Hotel Meetings Planned Meetings on both the Pasadena City College campus and at the Hotel Huntington have been in¬ cluded in the agenda of the an¬ nual spring conference of the Southern California Junior Col¬ lege Student Government Associ¬ ation.. Several hundred delegates from the leading southland jaycees will congregate at Harbeson Hall in the Library Building between 8:30 and 9:30 for a registration- coffee hour, at which time pro¬ grams and orientation folders will be handed out. At 9:30 the general assembly will convene in Sexson Auditori¬ um in the Administration Build¬ ing. It will be attended by all of the delegates. Phil Bau¬ man, president of the Pasadena City College Associated Student Body, will lead the group in the flag salute, and the delegates will be welcomed by Dr. William B. Langsdorf, PCC principal, and John FitzRandolph, president of the SCJCSGA. An outline of the day’s session as well as the in¬ troduction of workshop chairmen will take place in this meeting. The ten workshops will meet at 10 in various campus locations, and each will be presided over by a chairman from one of the participating junior colleges. . Pasadena’s Hotel Huntington is the site of the luncheon planned for 12-154:30. Directions to the hotel are given in the orienta¬ tion folders. A half-hour infor¬ mal session will follow the lunch¬ eon, preceding the general ses¬ sion at 2. The afternoon meeting will last until about 4. Junior College, Chaffey College, Citrus Junior College, Clarence Pierce Junior College of Agri¬ culture, Compton College, East Los Angeles Junior College, El Camino College, Fullerton Junior College, Glendale College, Long Beach City College, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Har¬ bor Junior College, Los Angeles Valley Junior College, Los An geles Trade Tech Junior College Los Angeles Metropolitan, Mt, San Antonio College, John Muir College, Oceanside-Carlsbad Ju nior College, Orange Coast Col lege, Palo Verde Junior College. Pasos Verdes College, Palomar College, Pasadena City College, Riverside College, San Bemar dino Valley District Junior Col lege, San Diego Junior College Santa Ana District Junior Col lege, Santa Barbara Junior Col lege, and Ventura Junior College Under the leadership of John FitzRandolph, students at PCC have spent numerous weeks preparing for the conference. Planning assistance was given by Anne Lindsay, secretarial; Roger Samuelsen, registration; Dick An¬ derson, publicity; Sylvia Pauloo, luncheon; Anne Whittier, coffee hour; Jim Blixt, parking; and Curt Tamkin, notifications. Secretaries for the workshop sessions, supplied by the Pasa¬ dena City College Business De¬ partment from secretarial stu¬ dents, are Kathleen Creasey, Sally Evers, Carol Faukner, Ber¬ tha Flores, Marilyn Gilmartin, Patricia Hagen, Rosemary Lord, Betty Pintarelli, Patricia Smith, and Karen Thorne. Phil Bauman, PCC student body president, has invited all dele¬ gates to visit the City College student government headquarters and inspect ASB facilities of the host campus. ing session, and each will be headed by a student from a par¬ ticipating junior college. Phil Bauman, president of the Pasadena City College Associ¬ ated Student Body, will preside over the student body prexy workshop, with Robert Haugh, dean of student activities, as his faculty resource person. The as¬ semblies and rallies meeting will be under the management of Tony Hicks of Ventura, with Miss Irene Knox serving as resource person. Ray Levin of East Los Angeles is chairman of the ath¬ letics workshop, with Miss Eve¬ lyn Fields as resource. The cam¬ pus organizations session will be under the direction of Nat Trives of Santa Monica, with Sheldon Hayden as the resource person. John Muir College’s Willard Johnson will be in charge of the constitution meeting. The finance workshop has been divided into two sections, one dealing with budgets over $10,000 and the other coping with prob¬ lems met by schools with smaller financial allotments. Linda Bar¬ ton of El Camino, is chairman of the first meeting, with Hamilton Maddaford as resource, and Carol Price of Antelope Valley is in charge of the second, with Earl Holder as resource. Public relations and publicity will be headed by Bev Pitfield, of Santa Monica, with Miss Florence Vlach as resource, while Vladimir Chernick, of Los Angeles Valley, is in charge of the publications meeting, with Miss Esther Davis as resource person. Geri Milling¬ ton and Orion Landreth will be chairman and resource person, re¬ spectively, of the social affairs panel. Langsdorf, Bauman , FitzRandolph Welcome Delegations to Convention All of us at Pasadena City College join me in welcoming the student leaders who are here in attendance on the Southern California Junior College Student Government Associ¬ ation meetings. We are happy to be able to serve again as host to this conference, in which we have had a vital interest since its inception. I know that your deliberations will be prof¬ itable to all of us. If there is any way in which we can be of assistance in pro¬ viding hospitality, we will cer¬ tainly be happy to do so. W. B. Langsdorf Principal. It is a rare pleasure to wel¬ come the student leaders of the Southern California junior col¬ leges to our Pasadena campus. It is my hope that through this healthy, informative exchange of ideas, and formulation of resolu¬ tions, that we, who comprise to¬ day’s students and are represent¬ ing our respective schools at this conference, might make these schools better institutions through our efforts here today. I wish you all a successful conference. Phil Bauman A'SB President Welcome to the spring confer¬ ence of the Southern California Junior College Student Govern¬ ment Association. It is a great privilege for Pasadena City Col¬ lege to host the student leaders 'of the southern section. Student government has been described as the basic step lead- — гтт т т л лш т , _ „ ing students to the path of un- DR. WILLIAM LANGSDORF . . . Pasadena City College derstanding of broader political principal; John FitzRandolph, president of the Southern Califor- and social problems when they as- nia Junior College Student Government Association; and Phil SUme their role as responsible Bauman, PCC student body president, will be greeting student citizens in our society Today’s leaders from all over Southern California today. • Continued on Page Three