PCC Courier, April 28, 1971

VOL. 33, NO. 23 APRIL 28, 1971 PCC CoiVUesv PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA STAN WILSON, internationally famed folk singer, presents the final event in PCC's Fine Arts Series, Friday, May 7, in Sexson Auditorium. He gave a command performance for the lord mayor of Sydney, Australia. Stan Wilson To Finish PCC Fine Arts Series Student Curriculum Committee Wunts To Serve All Students Stan Wilson, folk singer extra¬ ordinary, will be the final event of the PCC Fine Arts Series, in Sexson Auditorium, Friday, May 7, at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $2 for adults; $1 for students. They may be re- served at the PCC Bank (793-4528) or purchased at the door. Wilson, who got his start at the hungry i in San Francisco, has sung in clubs from coast to coast, for university audiences, on national television, and at a command performance for the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Australia. Wilson’s act has been praised as “a winning combination of mu¬ sic and comedy”; as “one of the most outstanding acts we have ever had in our clubs,” says the talent coordinator for the Play¬ boy Clubs; “entertaining, highly professional . . . Superbly assisted by guitarist Lenin Castro” says Variety. The San Francisco Chronicle critic said he performs “with con¬ viction and involvement ... he can throw in a little humor (he’s funnier than the comic on the show).” Another said, “Stan is not only a terrific personality but also a fabulous folk singer, sincerely devoted to his art and his audi¬ ence,” and went on to say he kept OMD's Queen To Be Named The queen of the OMD Carnival will be selected and crowned Sat¬ urday, May 8 at the carnival. Can¬ didates are Elaine Landis, Chris¬ tine Condon, Patrice Nelson, Lin¬ da Conner and Elissa Eastwood. The votes will cost one penny each, and the selection will be made on the basis of who gets the most pennies. Money collected will be contrib¬ uted to the Twomey Memorial Award, given to an outstanding high school senior attending PCC next year, and the John Harbeson Award, given to an outstanding second semester freshman. a huge crowd in almost complete silence for two hours. He is said to give “Waltzing Matilda” a haunting beauty, and a calypso a sense of authenticity which few North American sing¬ ers can approach. He has been compared favor¬ ably with Belafonte. His voice is described as deeper and richer than Belafonte’s, and his diction crystal clear. Wilson records for Fantasy. He also writes songs, having com¬ posed “Rolling Stone,” which the Kingston Trio made popular. He also wrote “Jane, Jane, Jane,” and “Night.” By J. D. SHELNUTT If you’re hyped up on the dog¬ matic trip that nothing is relevant unless it happens tomorrow, read no further. It may be a hard fact to accept, but beauty in art exist¬ ed even before we were born. It was born in some Norman cave, when man was eating his neighbors. It flourished when Per¬ sia knocked on the door of democ¬ racy. It suffered under Toque- mada. And today, under endless war, hate, fascism, communism, new leftism, new rightism, ism- ism, it survives. Some of those caverns in which it survives today are available to you. The Philosophical Research So¬ ciety is an island of individuals that, among other things, are seeking “to discover additional knowledge by intensively investi¬ gating the essential teachings of the world’s greatest scientific, spiritual, and cultural leaders and by further clarifying and integrat¬ ing man’s heritage of wisdom.” Not only that, dear friends, they are going to share the beauty of their research with us. From May 2 to 30 they will display, at 3910 Los Feliz, LA, a collection of the photographic prints of Manly P. Hall. The view of the Koyasan Mon- astary in Japan alone should dis- By TERRY JOHNSON “How can we better serve?” was the main topic under discus¬ sion at the Student Curriculum Committee meeting held last Tuesday in Dr. Stanley E. Gun- stream’s office in the Campus Center. Before the main business was begun, though, Terry Johnson, Foreign Language Department representative, was elected chair¬ man of the SCC, replacing Rod O’Connor, who transferred to another school; while Debbie Glatts, representing the Women’s PE Department, was voted to the office of secretary. One of the main problems fac¬ ing the SCC is that of reaching the students. It is believed that a great many of PCC’s 14,000 plus students have little or no knowl¬ edge of the SCC, its function and how it can serve the student body. The primary function of the SCC is to seek out proposed changes and ideas in the present college curriculum and give ad¬ visory opinion to the administra¬ tive dean of instruction, Dr. Gun- stream. To fulfill this purpose, the SCC must promote and maintain open channels of communication be¬ tween the college administration and the student. The SCC must be an input for the students’ opin- Student involvement in inter¬ national affairs is the motiva¬ tion for the 21st sessions of the Model Nations to be held April 28 through May 1 at the Ambas¬ sador Hotel. This year PCC students will represent Austria at the annual event that began in 1951 with 350 student participation. Since then it has mushroomed to in¬ clude 1,000 students from 13 Western States, British Colombia and Mexico. Dan Schiff, who will be the Austrian Ambassador from PCC, explained that months of prepa- pel any doubter of the definition of “art” given to photography. Later, June 6 to 27, Sumi and colored painting by 18th and 19th century Japanese artists will be shown. A little closer to home, the Choir Now Auditioning Auditions are being held from now until May 3 for the selection of the 1971-72 PCC Chamber Choir. For further information, see William Hatcher, Chamber Choir director, at the music office in the К Building. The 32-voice choir has repre¬ sented PCC in a variety of pro¬ grams and concerts, and has re¬ cently completed a four-day tour of California, with performances in Sacramento, the San Francisco area, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara. A similar tour is being planned for next spring. The Chamber Choir sings in a variety of styles, from chants to spirituals and electronic music. Rehearsals are held at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri¬ days, and one unit of credit is received in Music 64. ions and desires to the curriculum and instruction committee. However, if the students are not reached, all is lost. Publicity is a key factor in the SCC’s drive to reach the student. At last week’s meeting, repre¬ sentative Doug Kraft reported that plans are in the works for posters to be prepared and placed around the campus in appropriate locations. Articles will also be sub¬ mitted to both the Courier and the Pasadena Star-News. Johnson then urged that each representative meet with the chairman of his department and discuss the role of the SCC and how it can better serve the stu¬ dent body as a whole and the in¬ dividual department. With only one more meeting left for the SCC this year, it is up to this year’s committee to build for the future. Copies of the summary of the Diversified Faculty Meetings for the month of March were given to each member in the hope that a priority list can be established for the SCC of next year. The summary includes propos¬ als going before the faculty, such as the establishment of an inter¬ im, where the student can engage in independent study, an eight- week enrichment or remedial course to begin in the middle of ration are required to learn the bylaws of the UN and the poli¬ tical and cultural ideologies of the country to be represented. Besides Schiff, Bob Madison, Joanne Gocken, Mike Dilbury, John Sluter, and Kathy Flanigan will present Austrian views on chemical and bacterological weap¬ ons, South African aparthed, in¬ ternational cooperation in outer space, problems of the human en¬ vironment, respect for human rights in armed conflicts, and many more controversial topics of international concern. Huntington Library is displaying what they have chosen to call “The Day Before Yesterday.” “D Before Y” is a collection of the manuscripts of American writers from Whitman to Jack London. If that seems a bit out of the orbit of art, a journey to the gal¬ lery will negate that supposition. Among the priceless history of literature on display there is a note scribbled by John Muir on the beauty of a grasshopper track. That, indeed, should appeal to our modern stragglers for the environment. Jack London’s “Mar¬ tin Eden” is seen at its concep¬ tion on the paper that London pressed pen to. Mark Twain’s Prince and the Pauper” struggles on another parchment, deleted and inserted in Clemmons’ dis¬ torted hand. There, too, is “Talk, Tariff, Technicality, Tedium, Tee-Totaler, and Telephone” in definition from the “Devil’s Dictionary” by Am¬ brose Bierce. “Bitter Bierce” alone would make the show for this writer! If you don’t know him, get ac¬ quainted; his view of life surpass¬ es all those before or since. Well, there it is; the only thing we can be proud of before our life ends: art. Enjoy it; there is still time, brother. the semester, elimination of one and one-half hour classes which meet two days per week, and the establishment of shorter, more in¬ tensive courses. The ideas and desires of the students are the life blood of the curriculum at PCC and specifical¬ ly of the SCC. It’s there for you. The next meeting of the SCC will be held Tuesday, May 18 at noon in Dr. Gunstream’s office. Challenge yourself to be there. Photo Show at Museum. “Film Classics of the Twenties,” a selection of rare and classic movies created during the prolific film-making years, 1920 to 1930, will be screened at the Pasadena Art Museum May 4 through June 18 each Tuesday and Friday eve¬ ning in the Crossett Auditorium at 7:30. Selected by curator of photog¬ raphy Fred R. Parker, the series includes a number of the most important films in the history of the silent cinema as well as the first films to incorporate sound. The movies range from such classics as Robert Wiene’s “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1920) and Robert Flaherty’s “Nanook of the North” (1922) to such rare films as “Manhatta” (1921) by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand. With “Film Classics of the Twenties” and the accompanying photographic exhibition, “Photo Eye of the 20s” (May 4 to June 20), the Pasadena Art Museum presents a detailed overview of the film-makers’ and photograph¬ ers’ concerns, They were an inte¬ gral part of that progressive art movement which was sweeping across Europe and America. For the convenience of the film- goer who wishes to view the ex¬ hibition, “Photo Eye of the 20s” in the evenings, the galleries will be open from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday evenings for the first two weeks of May. Admission to the series is by season ticket. For Tuesday eve¬ ning series only (seven evenings), cost is $10 for museum members and $15 for non-members. For Friday evening series (seven evenings), cost is $10 for museum members and $15 for non¬ members. Cost for the entire se¬ ries (14 evenings) is $17 for mu¬ seum members and $25 for non¬ members. Single admission tickets will be sold at the door for $2.50 on in¬ dividual evenings only if available. PCC Swimmers Eye State Title By JOE GOEKEN PCC’s swimming team, called by headman Ron Ballatore “the finest in the school’s history,” takes the final step in its drive for the state title when it com¬ petes in the 1971 California Junior College Swimming and Diving Championships at De Anza Col¬ lege Thursday, Friday and Satur¬ day. A seven-man contingent con¬ sisting of Joel Narcowich, Geoff Ferreira, Pat Sullivan, John As- pell, Jim Jacobson, Dave LaPatka and Andy Powell will make the trip north and will be cast in the favorites role along with peren¬ nial powerhouse Foothill. The Lancers demonstrated that they are the team to beat in the state meet when, despite below par performances by some swim¬ mers, they easily won the South- • Continued on Page Four Man's Only Pride and Wisdom Is Left with Art on Display Model UN Begins Week of Activities