Singers to stage traditional assembly
Tableau scenes planned
by drama department
Christmas music will fill Sexson Auditorium tomorrow
at noon when the combined PCC choirs join in song for the
annual Christmas ASB assembly. The music department will
be supported by members of the drama department for tableau
type scenes. -
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They will carry out the ideas
expressed in the vocal numbers.
Singing at the assembly will be
the Madrigal Singers, the PCC
Chamber Choir, and the A Cap-
pella Choir.
The Madrigals, a group of care¬
fully selected musicians, will pre¬
sent their rendition of the Span¬
ish carol, “Fum, Fum, Fum”;
a carol by Praetorium, “Lo How
a Rose”; and Brahms’ composi¬
tion, “The Hunter.”
The A Cappella Choir, 101
voices strong, will sing “The An¬
nunciation Carol,” by Rodgers.
Parents, teachers
meet on campus
for annual event
PCC’s faculty will meet With
the college PTA at a reception
scheduled December 26 in Harbe-
son Hall.
This annual event is a chance
for faculty, parents, and past
presidents to renew old acquaint¬
ances over a special program fol¬
lowed by refreshments, according
to Mrs. Nancy LeBoeuf, PTA
president.
The program will feature a
variety of acts presented by mem¬
bers of the International Club
and presided over by Fred Mona-
kash, club president.
Junko Houta will be featured
in a Japanese dance and Young
Sun Kim will present a Korean
dance and song. Vocal solos will
be highlighted by Kaleb Zia of
Hong Kong.
Three students from Kenya,
Francis Waiyakai, Simon Wam-
baa and Wellington Mutua, will
entertain with songs and guitars.
Munakash, who will also serve
as master of ceremonies, will pre¬
sent a dance from South Ameri¬
ca.
“This would be only a sampling
of our many talented foreign stu¬
dents,” declared Miss Josephine
Nissley, coordinator of the for¬
eign student program.
Dr. Robbins joins
accrediting team
Dr. Catherine Robbins, Pasa¬
dena City College president, visit¬
ed Imperial Valley College as part
of an accreditation team last
week.
Among other things Dr. Rob¬
bins helped to evaluate housing,
maintenance, finance, the struc¬
tural program, student personnel
service, and community relations
at the junior college.
Each year college administra¬
tors take turns in visiting differ¬
ent colleges to accredit them. Dr.
Robbins noted that more and
more stress is being placed on
the structural and teaching areas.
While an accreditation team
was at PCC last year members
visited some 60 classroom ses¬
sions.
Dr. Robbins noted, “Such a
visit is always helpful in observ¬
ing how other colleges operate. I
know I can always bring some¬
thing back to PCC.”
PCC’s president also participat¬
ed in an important administrative
conference last week at Palm
Springs.
The topic, “Federal Government
and Higher Education,” was
heard by administrators from all
over the United States.
The three day conference was
sponsored by Occidental College
and the American Assembly.
“I always learn a lot at these
meetings,” Dr. Robbins stated.
“There is always a helpful ex¬
change of ideas and they chal¬
lenge me to do a better job.”
“The Three Kings,” by Willan;
Shaw’s “Fanfare for Christmas
Day”; and “Praise Ye the Lord,”
by Hovahness.
VOL. 15, NO. 14
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 13, 1961
'Magic is the Night’ set
as theme for Royal Ball
Final touches are in order for the annual Royal Ball slated
for Friday evening at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Her
majesty Martha Sissell and her court of six princesses, Bonnie
Barrett, Colleen Cary, Gayle Morris, Marion Wiberg, Diane
Willis and Joan Zeman will -
— Courier photo by Pete Sallstrom
MUSIC IN THE AIR — Singers in the A Cappella Choir, Archel Robison,
Linda Breiten, and Gene Grob, practice their numbers for the Christmas
presentation slated tomorrow in Sexson Auditorium. The group will also
perform Saturday night in the traditional holiday musical event for the
college and community.
College opinion paper 'Gadfly’
survives college red tape
reign over the ball.
The theme, “Magic Is the
Night,” will be carried out by the
music of Don Ricardo and his 14-
piece orchestra from 9 p.m. till
midnight.
ADMISSION will be free with
the presentation of the appro¬
priate ticket in the ASB book,
or tickets may be purchased for
$3 at the College Bank. Dress
has been set as semi-formal.
“Our outstanding orchestra and
effective decorations will make
this Royal Ball a magic, mystify¬
ing evening for all,” confirmed
Pam Noble, social affairs com¬
missioner.
THE THEME, “Magic Is the
Night,” centering around a south¬
ern plantation atmosphere, will
be enforced with tall columns, il¬
luminated with multi-colored spot¬
lights, rising from a floor of pale,
swirling fog.
As an additional touch to the
yuletide season, a tall white
Christmas tree will adorn the ball¬
room.
Photographers will be present
for individual pictures of those
The social science council’s
opinion paper, “The Gadfly,” has
been approved by the administra¬
tion for on-campus distribution,
and will be published sometime
before Christmas.
The student paper, originally
to have been called “The Icono¬
clast,” will contain political opin¬
ion.
It will be advised by Ralph Hall¬
man, social science department
chairman; H. Woodrow Ohlsen,
English department chairman ;
Earl Holder, business manager;
and Dr. Catherine Jones, history
instructor.
Hallman noted that the advis¬
ers are for the purpose of finan¬
cial and grammatical advisership
only — not censorship. The paper
will strive to maintain a policy
of balanced viewpoints.
“We believe that this publi¬
cation will be an excellent means
of expression for student belief
and opinion and will be a valu¬
able addition to our student ac¬
tivities program,” Hallman stated.
Discussion of uranium
arranged for Lancers
The second part of a six part
science seminar will take place
at 4 p.m. today in 115E.
Mrs. Alice Corey, chemistry and
geology adviser, will be the guest
speaker.
She will talk on “The Relation¬
ship Between the Chemistry and
Geology of Uranium.”
Mrs. Corey has worked for two
and a half years on the Atomic
Energy Commission.
Students will have an oppor¬
tunity to ask questions following
the speech, according to seminar
chairman Lynn Austin.
“All Pasadena students are wel¬
come to participate in these sci¬
entific meetings,” Austin stated.
“There .will be ample opportunity
for discussion of scientific ideas.”
Although the number of arti¬
cles published will be limited by
the paper’s size, all submitted ma¬
terial will be printed at one time
or another. Material should be of
a feature-editorial type, rather
than news items or letters.
Students interested in serving
on the paper or writing an article
may check with any of the ad¬
visers.
Circle
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Circle
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applications are now
out for the second semester of
the men’s honorary organiza¬
tion. Students may obtain ap¬
plications in 111C. Interviews
will be held January 3, 4, 5 by
Circle
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members.
begins tomorrow
An orientation meeting will be
held tomorrow in 2F at noon for
students interested in attending
the Model United Nations next
spring at San Diego State Col¬
lege.
PCC will represent Colombia in
the mock UN meet which will re¬
ceive delegates from the western
part of the United States.
PCC traditionally sends 15 to
20 delegates to participate in the
event, which strives to increase
knowledge of the functions and
structure of the United Nations.
Any student interested in par¬
ticipating in an event of this type
must attend tomorrow’s meeting,
according to International Rela¬
tions Club president Carolyn
Crockett.
wishing a souvenir of the occa¬
sion.
Pam Noble and her social af¬
fairs commission have planned
the entire Royal Ball festivities
this year.
Board proposes
special committee
to revise elections
Resolutions to form an elec¬
tions procedure committee and
a constitutional amendments com¬
mittee were passed, 6-2, in last
week’s ASB Board meeting.
The dissenting votes were those
of freshman president Pat Glea¬
son and sophomore president
Alan Locher.
Also passed was a proposal to
create a new commission, while
abolishing an old one. The new
commission will be the publicity
commission, established for the
purpose of making publicity for
the organizations represented on
the ASB Board and the Cabinet,
with the exception of the inter
club council and the pep com¬
mission.
The present notifications com¬
mission would be abolished and
made into a committee of the
new commission.
The elections procedure com¬
mittee was set up for the purpose
of finding new and better ways
of running elections so that more
students would take an active in¬
terest in their ASB government.
The amendments committee
was established to make arrange¬
ments and plans to put a proposal
before the board that amendments
be put on the next ballot to turn
elections into a general activity
that would involve participation
from all the students.
Ed Sanders, ASB president,
pointed out that every semester
the topic of turning ASB elections
into an affair in which all the
students can vote has been dis¬
cussed. By putting this on the
ballot, he stated further, the is¬
sue would be settled.
Dr. Jenkins heads sixth seminar
Dr. Robert Jenkins, superinten¬
dent of Pasadena City Schools,
will be the main speaker at the
sixth and last in a series of com¬
munism seminars, December 14
from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in 200C.
As a conclusion to the five pre¬
vious seminars, held at intervals
since September 28, the Thursday
topic will deal with freedom and
its challenge for the future. -
After an introduction by Dr.
Jenkins, a panel consisting of four
teachers and two students will
discuss the topic, also allowing
the audience to participate.
Moderator for the panel will
be dean of instruction Armen Sa-
rafian, the other members of the
panel being Robert Phillips and
Vance Burch of the social science
department; Lennox Tierney of
art department; and students Car¬
olyn Crockett and Warner Smith.
“It is very important that the
student body hears the points that
will be made at he panel,” Sara-
fian emphasized, “especially be¬
cause Dr. Jenkins has received
numerous awards for his contri-
Dr. Robert Jenkins
. . . heads seminar
butions to the question of free¬
dom.”
Dr. Jenkins was recently rec¬
ognized for his project of encour¬
aging teaching about the Ameri¬
can heritage in the Pasadena edu¬
cation system.
During the past five seminars
PCC students and faculty mem¬
bers have received an over-all
view of the threat communism is
posing to democratic institutions.
The audience has traveled
through Europe, South America,
and the Far East, examining with
the panel members the spread of
communism and trying to deter¬
mine the cause and effect the
spread has had.
One session was devoted to dis¬
cussing the doctrines of commun¬
ism, particularly those of Marx,
Lenin, and Stalin.
Last week the seminar discus¬
sion centered around the book
“The God That Failed,” which
tells the story of a group of
authors who turned to commun¬
ism and then rejected it.
Sarafian , who was responsible
for initiating the seminars, com¬
mented that the sessions hoped
to give students a supplement to
the information on communism
which they can receive in their so¬
cial science classes.