Vol. 23, No. 14 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California December 15, 1965
Elation Candidates
Register for Spring
A large field of candidates is
off and running in the Associated
Student Body elections.
In the forefront are six candi¬
dates for ASB president, pending
grade checks and providing every¬
one keeps the same amount of en¬
thusiasm. This figure also pre¬
supposes no one else joining the
race and meeting the Friday dead¬
line with 200 signatures on a nom¬
inating petition.
The contenders for the ASB
presidency are Dave Carroll, Dave
Phillipson, Steve Scott, Craig
Smith, Rich Wheeler, and Michael
Wrona.
Christmas Ball Begins
Holidays for Students
Agajanian Hall, 2215 E. Colora¬
do Blvd., will host the biggest
event of the year, according to
Debbie Sill, social affairs commis¬
sioner.
That is the address of the
Christmas Ball to be held on Fri¬
day from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The
Christmas Ball is being held in
place of the Royal Ball. The
change in the Rose Queen selec¬
tion procedures created the
change in the dance format.
Agajanian Hall is part of a new
church on Colorado Boulevard
which “will hold over 700 com¬
fortably.”
THE DRESS will be semi-for¬
mal, long or short dresses for
coeds and dinner jackets or dark
suits for men. Admission is free
with an ASB card and $3.50 per
couple without the card. Either
member of a couple can present
an ASB card at the College Bank
and receive two printed invita¬
tions to the ball.
Music will be furnished by the
Gregory Bogoshian Orchestra,
which Miss Sill says can play
anything “from Glenn Miller to
this and no doubt it will be one
of the most successful functions
of the school year.
College Gains
Polaroid Gift
The Polaroid Corp. has donated
$1000 to the Lancer Scholarship
Fund as well as an engraved
Polaroid camera to the Pasadena
City College photography classes.
PCC received the check in ap¬
preciation for the cooperation of
students in a recent picture taking
festival at the 12 May Co. stores.
More than 40 coeds cooperated in
demonstrating the Polaroid color
pack cameras.
Jack Rutherford, district man¬
ager of the Polaroid Corp., pre¬
sented a check for $1000 to S.
Luke Curtis, dean of student ac¬
tivities. Dean Curtis commented
that the picture taking event was
a most successful project. He add¬
ed, “The generous donation of
time by the PCC students contrib¬
uted greatly to its success.”
Russ Whitaker, head of the pho¬
tography section, said, "The gift
of a Polaroid color pack camera
is a fine supplement to our new
color photography laboratory.”
— Courier photo by Carl Neustrand
PAYOFF — Jack Rutherford of the Polaroid company hands S. Luke
Curtis, dean of student activities, a check for $1000 for the
efforts of PCC coeds who aided in taking photographs for the
camera company.
Theta Rho Pi Fraternity Dinner
Address to be Given by Owens
the Mexican Hat Dance.” Re¬
freshments, to be served by Chi
Sigma homemaking sorority, will
include hot cider, coffee, and dec¬
orated Christmas cookies.
ONE of the highlights of the
evening will be the announce¬
ment of the Mr. and Miss Colleg¬
ian contest winners.
Miss Sill stated, “All ASB of¬
ficers have worked very hard on
Mars Detection Is
Scientist's Topic
Dr. Gerald A. Soffen, senior
scientist in Space Sciences Divi¬
sion at Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
will speak tomorrow in I-Iarbeson
Hall on “Life Detection on Mars,”
at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Soffen, who received his
AB, MS, and PhD degrees from
UCLA, USC, and Princeton Uni¬
versity, respectively, will speak
on effects of ultraviolet irradia¬
tion on mammalian tissues; biolo¬
gy of the upper atmosphere; exo¬
biology and detection of extra¬
terrestrial life; and biological ex¬
periment, methodology, and in¬
strumentation.
The public is invited to attend.
There is no admission charge.
Gary Owens, one of the nation’s
top five disc- jockeys, will be a
special guest speaker at the Theta
Rho Pi annual banquet.
The banquet, sponsored by the
honorary radio and TV frater¬
nity, will be held at the Hickory
Hill Inn in San Gabriel on Decem¬
ber 30, according to fraternity
president Jim Mason.
THE fraternity has voted unan¬
imously to extend Owens a life-
Robbins’ Awards
Go to Freshmen
Daniel R. Speraw and Katherine
Lee Riordan have been announced
as the first winners of the Cather¬
ine J. Robbins scholarship awards.
The awards are named for the
former college president, who re¬
tired in June.
Both of the recipients are hon-
ors-at-entrance freshmen.
Speraw is a business adminis¬
tration major, while Miss Rior¬
dan is a social science major.
time membership to Theta Rho
Pi for his outstanding contribu¬
tions to local broadcasting, and
for his service as a member of the
advisory committee to Pasadena
City College on telecommunica¬
tions.
Members of Theta Rho Pi par¬
ticipate in many club activities
during the year. Among the most
prominent are the annual winter
alumni banquet, the OMD carni¬
val in May, the spring trip to
Lake Arrowhead, the semi-annual
club breakfasts, and the experi¬
ments in closed-circuit television
broadcasting. Active Theta mem-
Student Art Sale
Beginning Friday
Students from Shiro Ikegawa’s
graphics class will hold an art
print show which will begin Fri¬
day and continue Monday and
Tuesday prior to Christmas vaca¬
tion.
The presentation will display
the students’ work for sale. The
show will take place from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. each day, and will be
held in the second story of the
C Building in the corridor outside
the art class.
Prints are expected to be sold
from $4 to $10.
bers select plays for presentation
using the facilities of KPCS along
with video equipment from the
Engineering and Technology De¬
partment.
INSTIGATED by Donald Wil¬
son, instructor, the first alumni
banquet was held in December
1958. Extensive research by Rick
Knapp during the following sum¬
mer enabled the organization to
reach a large number of its active
and inactive members. The Theta
Rho Pi winter alumni banquet
has since become a telecommuni¬
cations reunion and a fraternity
tradition.
Reservations should be made in
advance through radio station
KPCS. Closing date for reserva¬
tions is December 21. Tickets are
available at the College Bank.
Robert Erlich Presents
Existential Colloquium
Robert Erlich, PCC English in¬
structor, will present Friday's
English colloquium, entitled "Ex¬
istentialism: A Modern Student’s
Dilemma,” at 10 a.m. in Harbeson
Hall.
“Total responsibility in total
solitude,” is one rather broad def¬
inition of existentialism. Jean
Paul Sartre has termed it as “ex¬
istence before essence.” It also
has been described as rejection
and negation of any traditional
system, and as the positive affir¬
mation of the individual man.
This philosophy has become in¬
creasingly popular in the United
States since the end of World
War II.
Literature has played a large
part in the development of the
philosophy and will be dealt with
by Erlich. Its development and
expression in the works of mod¬
ern writers will be discussed.
Among writers who have had
the largest influence are Sartre,
Camus, Hemingway, and Faulk¬
ner.
The effect of existentialism on
the life and thought of twentieth
century students will be stressed.
Noel' Presentation by Concert
Choir Scheduled for Saturday
The Concert Choir will present this year’s Christmas production,
“Noel,” Saturday at 8:15 p.m.
The 100-voice choir, under the direction of Stennis Waldon, will
develop the theme of the nativity with music and pageantry. Range
of selections will cover from thirteenth century plain song to con¬
temporary composers. Numbers will also include several instrument¬
alists from the Music Department.
Among the selections will be “Sheep May Safely Graze" by Bach,
arranged for two flutes and chorus; two compositions by local com¬
posers: “Gloria in Excelcis” by Florence Jolley, from LA City College,
a brilliant setting for chorus with brass ensemble including a so¬
prano solo; the familiar carol text of “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem,”
arranged by Charles Smith, a resident of Pasadena, and music
director at I-Iolliston Methodist Church.
The audience will be encouraged to join in the singing of several
familiar Christmas carols. Other highlights include “O Clap Your
Hands” by Vaughn Williams, another brilliant setting for chorale
and brass, followed by a candlelight procession and nativity tableau.
The Christmas tableaus are under the direction of Donald Ewing of
the drama section. Members of the cast are from the Speech
Department.
The program is free and open to the public.
Senate President Rich Cacioppo
is no longer a contender. “On the
basis of the current student gov¬
ernment outlook for next year, I
lack the enthusiasm to run,” said
Cacioppo.
Dave Carroll, Inter-Club Coun¬
cil president, has teamed with
Soph vice-president Dan LuKen-
so, who is running for ASB VP.
Carroll plans to make up his plat¬
form according to the desires of
the students, and hopes to come
up with a program that will dem¬
onstrate that student government
can be useful.
A team effort is being made by
the Young Republicans to form a
“more conservative student ad¬
ministration than we have had in
the past,” according to campaign
manager Bill McLinn. The YR’s
are supporting Craig Smith, orig¬
inator and manager of “Operation
Green Beret,” for ASB presidency,
and Kerry Kruger, current YR
president, for the AMS presiden¬
cy.
For the back-up position of ASB
vice-president, four candidates
have declared. They are Raymond
Fors, Senate vice-president; Peter
Holmstrom, a former AMS presi¬
dent; Mike Lama, commissioner
of publicity; and Soph veep Lu-
Kenso.
Robert Hansen, Tom Harter,
and Shelley Linderman have en¬
tered the Senate president race.
Sophomore president for next
semester is likely to be Emily
Vezerian if no one else chooses
to run. The two contenders for
Frosh president are Rich Lom¬
bardo, and Joe Rudzic.
Kerry Kruger is competing with
Bill Meyers for president of the
Associated Men Students.
Debby Sill and Nancy Jane Ur¬
ban both want to represent the
campus women as Associated
Women Students president.
Christmas Fete
Set by AGS
Alpha Gamma Sigma, state ju¬
nior college honor society, will
welcome honors-at-entrance fresh¬
men at the AGS Christmas party,
Monday at 3 p.m. in the faculty
dining room.
Following a speech by Cleon
Butz, dean of guidance and coun¬
seling Dr. Irvin G. Lewis, ad¬
ministrative dean for student per¬
sonnel, will present certificates to
PCC students whose spring 1965
grades qualify them for member¬
ship in Alpha Gamma Sigma.
Members will decorate a Christ¬
mas tree, which will be donated to
a needy family. The program will
conclude with musical entertain¬
ment and refreshments, accord¬
ing to Mary Koehler, AGS presi¬
dent.
Bulletin Board
Applications for appointive of¬
fices arc now available in 111C
or from the ASB vice-president.
Appointive offices include com¬
missioners and secretaries as
listed in the Student Handbook.
* * *
There will be school on Mon¬
day and Tuesday, Dec. 20 and
21. Christmas vacation for PCC
students and faculty begins on
December 22.
☆ * *
The Bank of America will pre¬
sent a $1000 award to the Cali¬
fornia junior college man and
woman of the year. Criteria for
selection are college activities,
community service, and a “B”
average in 30 or more units.
Apply now in 112C.