PCC CouAleA
VOL. 33, NO. 1 1
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 9, 1970
PCC Dramatists
Do Ciassk Parses
Lost Camera
Marsha Belin Garcia left a Ni¬
kon camera in the car of a man
who picked her up hitch-hiking
last Thursday, Dec. 4 at the
corner of Hill and Colorado
streets. The man is described as
a PCC law major who has a
blue sports car, and is asked to
get in touch with Miss Garcia
either through the PCC photog¬
raphy classes, or by calling her
at 795-6400.
By DENISE IRVINES
If you enjoy good humor, you
must see “Pierre Patelin” and
“Sganarelle,” two brilliantly fun¬
ny plays being presented by PCC’s
Theater Arts group.
The plays opened the weekend
of December 3 and will be pre¬
sented again December 10, 11, and
12 at 8:15 p.m. in the Campus
Center student lounge.
Even though the students had
to use the small stage instead of
our auditorium, due to construc¬
tion, they give an excellent per¬
formance. In fact, the “close sit¬
uation” is rather a tribute to their
delivery.
“The Farce of the Worthy Mas¬
ter Pierre Patelin” is the best and
most well-known of medieval
French farces. It is typical of the
extremely funny and earthly
comedy of the 14th Century.
Yet the play brought out re¬
semblances to our modern day
concept of marriage. I refer to
when Patelin’s wife backed him
up in his lies for profit’s sake but
bickered about how poorly he pro¬
vided for her.
The plot centers around a not-
doing-too-well lawyer, Patelin,
who schemes up ways not to pay
money for needed goods but ends
up being cheated out of his fee
by a dumb shepherd who thinks
he’s a sheep.
Vets Like School
School enrollments among
Vietnam veterans increased
during fiscal year 1970 by 31
per cent, bringing the number
of enrollees in VA training pro¬
grams to 1,211,000.
Patelin was brilliantly portray¬
ed by Craig Longoria. Mary Shel¬
don was fantastic as his wife,
Guillemente. Both players are ma¬
terial for future stars. Mary
could make it on her voice alone
— her range is unbelievable.
Rick Coles captures the “agree¬
ableness and shrewdness of a bus¬
inessman” as the draper who is
taken in by the schemes of Pate¬
lin. Carl Lutz is extremely funny
in his roles but he’s probably just
as good as a serious actor.
“Sganarelle” is equally funny as
“Pierre Patelin.” It deals with mis-
concepted love affairs and wrong¬
ly identified lovers.
Christian Stance stole the show
as Sganarelle. He was a charm¬
ing, right-to-the-tee dummy. He
really turned on the audience’s
laughter.
Wendy Brookover, as Sganar-
elle’s wife, was spicy and deliver¬
ed her role like a pro. She might
eeven be considered comparable
to Streisand in the “Owl and the
Pussycat.”
Cathy Connolly was very pretty
as Celie. Anthony Anderson real¬
ly sells the “fatherly humor with
a money heart” as Celie’s father.
His old man voice comes natural¬
ly. The nurse, Jo Neeson, is a
good dramatic actress but she
really sells the humor.
Lelie is played by Eddie Hode-
maker. He is the dashing lover,
and with time he will undoubt¬
edly be a dashing actor, too.
Remember, you don’t have to
go to the Ahmanson Theater to
see good acting. PCC’s theater
group has equal — if not better — -
ability. So plan to attend “Pierre
Patelin” and “Sganarelle” this
weekend.
ASB Patio Meeting
Gets Things Done
By KICK ERMSHAB
The ASB Board met on the pa¬
tio of the Campus Center last
Thursday, and held its weekly
meeting despite the cold weath¬
er and the fact that the Board
had to try to outspeak the piped-
in music.
Orchesis, the modern dance
club, has asked for $40 to put
on its annual program. This is
Maugham Talked
Creative Dialogue
The Creative Reading Club will
be getting together this Friday at
7:30 at the home of Woodrow
Ohlsen; maps are available in
117C.
The action will be an open dis¬
cussion on Somerset Maugham’s
“The Summing Up.”
“The Summing Up” is noted as
“must” reading for any writer
interested in the livehhood of
writing. It is a non-fictional, non-
autobiographical account of
Maugham’s reflections of life as
an artist.
Ohlsen describes it as a novel
of “lucidity, simplicity and eu¬
phony.” Many good ideas and
recommendations for good books
are mentioned. Throughout the
book there is self-analysis.
“The Summing Up” was first
published in 1938. Maugham is
perhaps best known for his novel,
“Of Human Bondage,” which ex¬
plored the depths of human emo¬
tions and motivations.
He is also noted for his plays,
short stories and other novels
which were predominantly writ¬
ten in the traditional realistic
style of the nineteenth century.
He died in 1965.
This is the twelfth year that
the club has met. It consists
mainly of English Council mem¬
bers, but welcomes all PCC’ers
who are interested in creative
discussion.
Allan Lamson and Ohlson are
co-advisers and welcome ques¬
tions.
The Creative Reading Club
meets once a month at the homes
of advisers or students. Come and
join us.
being looked into, and will be
brought up again next week.
The report from the homecom¬
ing people about their finances,
which was already one week late
did not appear again. John Cof¬
fey refused to make an account
of his expenditures, claiming
that he had to answer to no one
but himself.
The Board assigned the Fi¬
nance Commissioner to check
into the matter and come up
with some results within one
week. This means that the meet¬
ing on December 10 will be very
interesting, as there appears to
be some questions where the
money went.
Paul Schwartz announced that
he had received $154.25 from
sales of the Teacher Evaluation
booklets; and Mark Sullivan an¬
nounced that there will be more
Frosh-Soph concerts and film
flicks.
Folk Group Being
Planned at PCC
Three International Club mem¬
bers are endeavoring to form a
group this semester on campus
for the study of folk dancing.
Foreign as well as American
students who are interested in
this field are exhorted to join,
and need only put their names on
the sign-up sheet provided in 145C.
Tuncer Toprakci, Tayfun Amijr,
and Umit Tamer, backers of the
projected group, are themselves
members of a professional folk
dancing group called “Amman.”
They have enjoyed continuing
success on their performing tours.
It is from these tours that the
idea of a folk dancing group at
PCC was conceived. It is also
through this group that Toprak¬
ci, Amijr, and Tamer decided that
folk dancing is an art that has
come to be enjoyed by a great
cross-section of society.
The popularity of folk dancing
rises from its expression of vari¬
ous national customs, characters,
and backgrounds.
If the idea of a campus folk
group catches on, the group would
perform not only at school activi¬
ties but also at public functions.
Student interest will be appreci¬
ated.
Careful Stepping Necessary
in Campus Cave-In Vicinities
The first weekend of Decem¬
ber saw a three-day rainstorm hit
the Southern California area.
This made transporting your
body, either in your auto or on
your own feet, somewhat more
dangerous than normal. Slick
streets and sidewalks made the
driver and the pedestrian be on
the alert for unexpected objects.
One place where you can finally
relax and enjoy the smog-clearing
rain is in the safety of your cam¬
pus — usually.
Unfortunately, if you expect to
walk down toward Horrell Field
using the route at the west end
of V Building (the route toward
the now-removed Model Home),
you must be aware of the ground
falling in.
On Wednesday, Dec. 2, the hole
which you see in the picture on
this page caved in. Another check
the next day revealed that two
more holes had opened up.
Altogether, there have now been
four cave-ins in this one area.
The very strange thing about
this entire situation is that in the
places where the now-existing
holes are, is exactly where last
summer’s construction crews dis¬
rupted classes for such a long
time with tractors and graders to
repair cracks in the street.
RICK COLES points an accusing finger at the
other members of the cast in a scene from the
comedy, “Pierre Patelin," to be presented on
December 10, 11, and 12 at 8:15 p.m. in the
Campus Center student lounge. See review of
this and companion production on this page.
THREE OF FOUR recent cave-ins are visible in this staff photo of
the area immediately east of the A Bungalows. Students should
beware of this area until resurfacing is completed.
Free Film
“Miguelin,” directed by Horacio
Valcarcel with Luis-Maria Hid-
algio, Luis Dominigez Luna, Al¬
berto Domarco, Spanish dialog
with English subtitles, will be
shown Monday, Jan. 11, in the
lecture hall of the Bobbins
Building, 122, at 4 and 7 :30 p.m.
This is a non-violent film. It is
a simple tale of a little boy who
matures beyond his years and
makes a personal fight against
the poverty of his village. It
won the Children’s Film Award
at the Cannes International
Film Festival. Admission free.
Everyone welcome.