PCC Courier, December 10, 1969

PCC CotViieb VOL. 32, NO. 1 1 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 10, 1969 Four Irreplaceable Art Pieces Stolen Artist, Art Gallery Members Issue Request for Information Artist Jan De Swart and the staff of the new PCC Art Gallery were shocked last week when they found that four pieces of the sculptor’s exhibit had been stolen. The artist emphasizes that the work is not extremely valuable in a monetary sense, but that they are valuable to him in a per¬ sonal sense. They are irreplac- able because they represent the artist’s highlights in different kinds of experimental sculpture. The artist and staff of the gal¬ lery have made a plea to anyone having knowledge leading to re¬ covery of the pieces. This letter sent by the artist to the art gal¬ lery personnel and the editors of newspapers in the Pasadena area best explains the request. Dear Editor, I was shocked to learn of the theft of several pieces of sculp¬ ture from my collection on exhi¬ bit at the Pasadena City College Gallery. They were valuable highlights from a long creative CJCSGA Conventions Show fungible Results Each fall a delegation of PCC students attends the California Junior College Student Govern¬ ment Association conferences. At the recent San Diego event, rep¬ resentatives were told of the fol¬ lowing legislative bills affecting junior college students. Student PubUcations — AB 388 (Vasconcellos) : authorizes the is¬ suance and distribution of student sectarian, partisan, or denomina¬ tional publications on campus. Student Funds — AB 907 (Knox) : requires the approval of a repre¬ sentative of the student body or¬ ganization and the faculty adviser as well as the person designated by the campus for the spending of such funds. Work Experience Education — SB 672 (Alquist): gives a tremen¬ dous boost to these programs by allowing, for the first time, full state funding for the work experi¬ ence portion of cooperative educa¬ tion programs. Aid to Disadvantaged — SB 164 (Alquist) : appropriates $3 million to the state’s junior college sys¬ tem so that approved local cam¬ pus programs can be established to identify, recruit and retain dis¬ advantaged students. Junior College Finance — AB 606 (Veysey) : increases funding for each full time student per year from $628 to $642 and from $510 to $520 for each defined adult (over 21 taking 10 units or less). Despite this increase, the first in three years by the state, the jun¬ ior colleges are still in a most uncomfortable financial situation as the average cost per student in 1968-69 was close to $780. This is compared to the average cost per student cost to the state of pupils in state colleges ($2470) and in the university ($4962). Campus Disturbances — AB 534 (Murphy) : makes it a misdemea¬ nor for persons disturbing the peace or who fail to leave or re¬ turn to the campus after being ordered off. - — AB 1286 (Stull) : mandates disciplinary action for and re¬ moves eligibihty for scholarships, grants, loans, etc., from persons convicted of campus disturbance crimes, and declares that all stu¬ dents in California higher educa¬ tion be given a copy of the cam¬ pus behavior rules with penalties, at registration. Transfer Priorities — SCR 55 (Alquist) : This Senate Concur¬ rent Resolution, which lacks force of law but makes public the leg¬ islature’s intentions, declares that junior college transfer students shall have first priority admission to state colleges or the university. life and I shared them with the students in order to encourage them to get involved in this kind of personal exploration. One was a hand-carved chest of precious wood, which incor¬ porated a collection of small keys that had been accumulated over several generations in our family. Also stolen was a study for an architectural commission of stained glass windows. It repre¬ sented the central theme of a series made by a unique method, and as such is irreplaceable. One was a piece much loved and reluctantly lent for the exhi¬ bition by its owner. The fourth piece, which I made some twenty years ago, was my choicest example of early explor¬ ations of oceanic character of optics in acrylic. This theft is a major loss to me. Even more, it is a violation of the student’s privilege to be intimate with the artist’s creative life and work. If the person re¬ sponsible for this loss would be willing to return the pieces, no questions would be asked and the artist would feel it possible to continue to share his work with students in colleges everywhere. Anyone with information is re¬ quested to contact Bob Jahnke care of the PCC Art Gallery, ex¬ tension 412. He can also be reached through the Art Depart¬ ment office. THE HOME of artist Jan De Swart contains many items of interest and value. Several of the art pieces on the table are among the ones stolen last week from the PCC Art Gallery. A plea is being made by the artist for information leading to the recovery of the pieces. AMS Stimulates Much interest on Campus Through Activies By Duffy Johansing Out of AMS this semester has come more good for the entire student body at PCC than for any other organization on campus. A presentation by Thomas Bradley, record happenings in the student lounge, a jazz concert, a talk by Jesse Unruh, and a to be held in January, are all the results of tthe 18 members car car rally, both of which are results of the 18 members of AMS and their dedicated president, Rudy Fordham. The Associated Men’s Students has been defunct for the past four semesters and gave itself the label of a do-nothing club. With this stigma, Fordham realized that the potential worthwhile club would completely lose all student interest and become extinct. Being a lover of challenges, Rudy ran for AMS president on the ticket of the present ASB and was elected. While working 15 hours a week and taking 17% units at PCC, Fordham is fast rebuilding his organization to what it was a few years back. His accomplishments to date certainly bear this out and his is not yet through. Rudy is running for the same office next semester. “From being dialogue commis¬ sioner last year and watching how the ASB Board has changed from a do-nothing group to a do-some¬ thing unit, I am inspired to do something for AMS and related student body,” stated Fordham. He continued, “I don’t want peo¬ ple to feel that AMS is back on its feet again, but it is getting there. If we could have more par¬ ticipation by the students we could look forward to a success¬ ful and eventful spring semester.” “If you avoid my plea, all I can say is — if you’re not part of the students bringing unity to the campus, then you’re part of the problem that perpetuates apathy.” DAVID TERAUCHI, pianist; Carla Norman, so¬ prano; Dale Graf, tenor; and Priscilla Young, mezzo-soprano (from left), all members of the Concert Choir directed by Richard Hatcher, re- — Courier Photo by Daryl Chang hearse for the annual Music Department Christ¬ mas Concert to be given in Sexson Auditorium Saturday night at 8:15. Admission will be free, and students, faculty, and public are invited. Free Christmas Concert Scheduled for Saturday A Christmas happening will take place on December 13. The Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and the Madrigal Singers, assisted by the Chamber Orches¬ tra, will present the annual Christmas Concert. Musical selections will range through four centuries of Christ¬ mas music. Featured musical works include “Magnificat,” by J. S. Bach, sung by the Chamber Choir and ac¬ companied by the Chamber Orch¬ estra. Soloists will be Priscilla Young, Carla Norman, John Polk, Jeanne Stephenson, Dale Graf and Vaughn Given. The Chamber Choir, under the direction of William Hatcher, will perform “Cantica pro tempore natali” — Songs for Christmastime — by Strategies a contemporary Dutch composer. Directed by Robert Heckman, the 16 Madrigal Singers will ren¬ der various Christmas selections from the Renaissance. “Command Thine Angel That He Come,” by Buxtehude, and “Christmas Cantata,” by Daniel Pinkham, will be sung by the Concert Choir. The Cantata fea¬ tures a double brass quartet ac¬ companiment. The Concert Choir is also under the direction of Hatcher. The Chamber Orchestra is con¬ ducted by Dr. Robert Fleury, chairman of the Music Depart¬ ment. This concert is the major music¬ al event by the choirs on campus this year. The concert will be held at Sexson Auditorium De¬ cember 13 at 8:20 p.m. Admission is free.