Ad Hoc Committee Cancels PCC Sit-In
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Protesters Meet
with PCC Offitiafs
Vol. 21, No. 14
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
December 16, 1964
The planned sit-in demonstra¬
tions at PCC to protest the “dis¬
criminatory” selection of the Rose
Queen were called off last Friday.
Members of the Ad Hoc Com¬
mittee to End Discrimination an¬
nounced that the sit-in had been
cancelled because campus leaders
had agreed to act on the problem.
AFTER more than three hours
of meetings, administrative, fac-
Band Wins JRB
Marching Trophy
Pasadena City College’s Lan¬
cer Band marched away with the
sweepstakes trophy as the “top
junior college band” in the Junior
Rose Bowl parade last Saturday.
The PCC musicians, under the
direction of Daniel Heistand,
competed against 17 other JC
bands to capture the award for
the second consecutive year.
LANCER coed Donna Duffy
also swept a trophy in inter¬
scholastic competition, winning
the solo baton twirling contest.
In past years, the Lancer Band
has retired two three-year march¬
ing trophies in JRB competition.
THE Lancer musicians, who
compose the official band in the
Tournament of Roses parade on
New Year’s Day, will appear on
local television several times this
month prior to the January 1 fes¬
tivities. The band will appear
twice on December 31: “The
Truth and Consequences” show
(11:30 a.m., channel 4), and the
“Kiwanis Kickoff Luncheon”
(channel 11).
PCC Royal Ball Honors
Tourney Queen, Court
The annual Royal Ball honor¬
ing Rose Queen Dawn Baker and
her court will be held Friday in
Exhibition Hall at the Pasadena
Civic Auditorium at 9 p.m.
ASB book holders will be admit¬
ted at no charge. Others will be
admitted for $3.50 a couple.
Dress is semi-formal for the
affair. Approximately 3000 stu¬
dents are expected to attend.
Jerry Rosen and his band will
provide music for the evening.
Bids are now available at the
College Bank, according to Carol
Hendrickson, social affairs com¬
missioner.
Students Present
‘Under Milkwood ’
“Under Milk Wood,” a PCC
Theater Arts Association produc¬
tion, will continue its five-day run
tonight after a successful debut
last night in the Little Theater,
30C.
The play will be presented
nightly at 8:15 through Saturday,
with an additional matinee per¬
formance tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.
ASB book holders will be admit¬
ted at no charge.
Students should exchange their
ASB book coupons for tickets at
the College Bank or in the Speech
Office, 20C.
OPEN FORUM — Pasadena City College freshman
Robert Kenedy tells a crowd of 400 students his
viewpoints on the controversial method of select¬
ing the Tournament of Roses Queen. The debate,
— Courier photo by Dick Ammon
which was held last Thursday south of the cam¬
pus dining room, aroused wide interest through¬
out the community. The college Human Relations
Committee sponsored the event.
Prexy Announces Voting Rules
to Fall Semester ASB Members
Student Body President Mike
Gallagher announced yesterday
that students holding one semes¬
ter ASB books will be eligible to
vote in next month’s election.
Gallagher’s announcement came
at the weekly ASB Board meet¬
ing after several complaints were
filed by owners of fall books. The
one semester books do not have a
voting stub for the upcoming Jan¬
uary election.
“THE Constitution is explicit,”
said Gallagher. “There is. no rea¬
sonable grounds for denying these
students the right to vote.”
The ASB Constitution (Article
II, Section 4) states that “the
rights and privileges of all those
holding (ASB) membership” in¬
clude “the right to vote.”
GALLAGHER’S decision will al¬
low 189 students who purchased
one semester books to vote in the
next election.
“Even though there is no stub
in the fall books, some method
will have to be devised to allow
these people to vote,” said George
Goold, ASB vice-president. “We
will probably just punch the back
covers of the books as each stu¬
dent votes."
Despite the Constitution's read¬
ing, many students still feel that
fall semester ASB members
should not be allowed to vote in
January’s balloting. One Lancer
commented, “When a student
buys only a one semester book,
this is an indication that he does
not plan to return to PCC in the
spring. Therefore, it is only logi¬
cal that he have no voice in de¬
ciding the ASB officers for the
second semester.”
Musical Choirs Perform
in Christmas Assembly
The Music Department’s annual ASB Christmas assembly will be
presented tomoi-row at 12 noon in Sexson Auditorium. Admission is
free to holders of ASB books.
The Chamber Choir, the Madrigal Choir, and the Concert Choir
will sing selections based on carols, music from foreign lands, and
music based on various periods of musical history.
THE CHAMBER Choir will present a program of “The Three
Kings,” by Willan, and three Far Eastern carols from Mongolia,
Korea, and the Philippines.
The Madrigal Choir will sing, “Lo, How a Rose,” Praetorius; “A
Shepherd’s Carol,” Jewell; “Lullaby, My Liking,” Holst; and “Carol of
the Drums,” by Davis.
ROBERT E. Heckman, music instructor, is director of both the
Chamber and Madrigal groups.
The Concert Choir’s selections will include “Joseph Came Seeking
a Resting Place,” Willoughby; “Fum, Fum, Fum,” a Spanish Christ¬
mas carol; and “Christmas Day,” a choral fantasy of familiar carols
by Holst. Stennis H. Waldon will direct the concert singers.
— Courier photo by Marci Livingston
SCHOLARLY BREAKFAST— Dr. Irvin G. Lewis, PCC dean of admis¬
sions, speaks to members of Alpha Gamma Sigma at the scholar¬
ship organization's fall recognition banquet last week in the
Faculty Dining Room. Walter Rydzewski ( seated ) , president of the
club, presented new members with honorary parchments.
ulty, and student representatives
promised to return to their re¬
spective groups to ascertain whe¬
ther there was backing for any
move to change the Rose Queen
selection process.
The representatives will meet
again on Friday to release some
sort of policy statement.
If there is agreement for a
change in the selection process,
a committee will be set up to
study the problem and present
recommendations to the school
board.
THESE talks culminated a
week of vigorous arguments on
campus. The turmoil began last
Tuesday when representatives of
the Student Human Relations
Club presented a proposed change
in the Rose Queen selection to the
ASB Board. The group wanted
the stage of judging from the 25
semi-finalists to the final seven
princesses and queen to be open
to student voting. All other stages
including the queen selection
would be handled as they are now.
However, the ASB Board de¬
feated the resolution, 6-4. ASB
President Mike Gallagher later
commented that he felt the de¬
feat was not due to the merits of
the measure, only to the lack of
study done on the problem before
presentation of this solution.
LATER that day, the Senate
met to discuss the same problem.
After debating for an hour, a
straw vote was taken and there
was a slight majority in favor of
changing the Rose Queen selec¬
tion process.
On Thursday, an open forum
was held south of the Campus
Center. Four hundred students
and faculty witnessed a debate on
the controversial issue.
PCC student Jimmy Nabors led
off the debate with a searing at¬
tack on the “unfair” discrimina¬
tion in the Rose Queen elimina¬
tion. Because no Tournament of¬
ficial was in attendance, Senate
President Dennis Thompson pre¬
sented arguments for the Tour¬
nament.
THE arguments fell thusly : The
Tournament feels that since it is
a private association and the
queen only represents the Tourna¬
ment that the selection is its own
business. In addition, the Tourna¬
ment feels that students have
neither the time nor the objective¬
ness to be good judges.
THERE seemed to be a general
feeling that some change was in
order to democratize the selection.
Many students wanted the matter
handled by a city-wide vote.
The ferment at PCC is far from
over. Neither is the threat of the
sit-in. Nabors, a member of the
canceled sit-in, predicted, “If the
situation does not resolve itself
to the satisfaction of the commit¬
tee, demonstrations will take
place at a future date.”
Bulletin Board
Roaring 20’s
The Roaring 20’s Dance, a proj¬
ect of the Sophomore Class
Council, is scheduled for next
Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in the
Campus Center lounge. The
Tru-Tones, a Disneyland dance
band, will provide the music.
Admission will be $1.50 per
couple for students with ASB
books and $2 without.
Print Show
The Christmas Original Print
Show will be on display on the
top floor of C Building for three
days beginning this Friday from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show is
composed of student work un¬
der the direction of art instruc¬
tor Shiro Ikegawa.
Mistletoe Sale
The Foreign Language Council
is selling mistletoe on campus
for the remainder of the month.
The hand-picked Christmas dec¬
oration is being sold for 25
cents a bag.