Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Vol. 27, No. 15
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
December 19, 1967
KPCS-FM Expands Strength
from 370 Watts to 4000
as audio-visual. The students gain
experience with professional stu¬
dio equipment as engineers, sound
men, floor managers, and camera¬
men.
Yule Assembly
Slated Today
PCC’s Music Department is
sponsoring an ail-campus Christ¬
mas assembly today at noon in
Sexson Auditorium.
You will hear such old Christ¬
mas favorites as “Carol of the
Bells,” "Fum, Fum, Fum,” “Do
you Hear What I Hear?” “Joy
to the World,” “O Holy Night,”
“Deck the Halls,” and many oth¬
ers. There will also be a Christ¬
mas message from the president,
Dr. Armen Sarafian.
There will also be a community
sing. Students will be invited to
participate in singing “Hark the
Herald Angels Sing,” “O Little
Town of Bethlehem,” “Jingle
Bells,” “Joy to the World,” and
“Silent Night.”
This is a great opportunity to
kick off the vacation time in
grand style and have some fun
doing it.
Sea Survial
Talk Topic
James Stewart, diving officer
at Scripps Institution of Oceanog¬
raphy, University of California,
San Diego, will present a lecture
and film at the Tuesday Evening
Forum, January 9, in Sexon Au¬
ditorium, at 8 p.m. The popular
lecture series resumes then after
a break for the holiday season.
The public is invited without
charge. Ample seating is avail¬
able.
Stewart’s topic is “Survival un¬
der the Sea,” which covers his
wide experience in training divers
for scientific and technical pro¬
jects.
A graduate of Pomona College,
with teaching credentials from
San Diego State, Stewart has
been diving since 1941. He has
been on the staff of Scripps since
1957.
He has conducted diving sur¬
veys off Eniwetok Atoll, Baja,
California, and the South and far
Eastern Pacific, particularly in
studying pollution effects.
Christmas
Ball Set
PCC’s annual Christmas Ball is
set for tonight from 9 to 1 in the
Rendezvous Room of the Biltmore
Hotel.
Music will be supplied by A1
Gayle and his orchestra, with two
short shows by the Flintridge
Singers, according to Nancy Dy-
sart, social affairs commissioner.
Bids are available at the Col¬
lege Bank, free to ASB members
and $1 for non-members.
The ball is semi-formal, Miss
Dysart emphasized.
Exam Schedules
Schedules of final examinations
for the first semester are avail¬
able in this week’s Crier.
“With the added power KPCS
can better serve the district. Now
we are not reaching some of the
outlying areas clearly. With the
increase in power we can send a
strong signal to the fringe and
outlying areas.
“We will now be able to serve
the other city school systems in
our district with programs such
as the music and language broad¬
cast now being received in the
Pasadena area.”
Johnson was referring to “City
Schools Listening Hour” broad¬
cast daily by KPCS at 10:40 a.m.
It includes tape recordings pro¬
duced by Dr. H. Leland Green,
Pasadena city schools coordinat¬
or of music education, for use in
the primary grades.
Another example is the pro¬
gram “Una Aventura Espanola”
at 7 a.m. Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday, the audio version of
the Spanish lessons telecast for
Pasadena city elementary schools.
“These programs and others could
now be used in elementary schools
in the contiguous districts,” said
Johnson.
Work has begun on the antenna
atop C Building and it is just a
matter of time before KPCS is
ready to broadcast with 4000
watts.
Johnson, who has been at PCC
since 1953, remembers that KPCS
went on the air in 1957 with only
170 watts.
The telecommunications section
of the Communication Depart¬
ment offers experience in pro¬
gramming, and production, writ¬
ing, directing, hosting, and act¬
ing under Dr. John Gregory, in
charge, and Anthony Georgilas,
who is in his first year at PCC
after years of experience in com¬
mercial and educational television.
Johnson and Sidney Orloff
handle the technical classes, such
Saturday Library Hours
An innovation this year, the Li¬
brary will be open for study
the two Saturdays before final
examinations — January 6 and
13. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
These days replace the former
Christmas and spring vacation
days.
JANUARY 1, HERE WE COME! — Pasadena City
College Lancer Band prepares for the Tourna¬
ment of Roses Parade, January 1. The Lancers
—Courier photo by Don Casey
are the official Tournament of Roses Band and
will lead the parade. Dr. Richard Coy is the di¬
rector, Angelo Medina is the drum major.
— Courier photo by Ronald
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LOOKING IT OVER — Prof. Kenneth Johnson, Dr. John Gregory,
and Mrs. Winifred Burke look over proposal that gave added
power to PCC radio station KPCS-FM, 89.3.
After years of struggling,
KPCS-FM, the Pasadena City Col¬
lege radio station, has received an
increase in power — from 370 to
4000 watts. Kenneth Johnson, in¬
structor of radio engineering at
PCC, announced the change.
“It has been a long process,”
says Johnson.- “We are grateful
to Fred W. Volken, a former PCC
student who is now an engineer¬
ing consultant, for his help in
preparing our application.
Red Polka-Dot Undies
Debut in Rose Parade
By Jimi Gernert
Hey, where did those red polka-
dotted “undies” come from? Oh
yes, they match, but under a
white band uniform? Even though
the Tournament of Roses is spec¬
tacular, getting ready for the big
moment has its ups and downs.
Just ask the Lancer Band mem¬
bers!
Then there is always the joy
of being the band director. The
most attentive students are al¬
ways more than willing to help
“redecorate” Dr. Richard Coy’s
front lawn. The secret of that
“professional” look is all in the
help of the water hose.
15 Awards
to Speakers
PCC’s forensics squad, coached
by Leonard Perry, won four tro¬
phies and 11 certificates recently
at the fall State Championship
Tournament held at Los Angeles
Pierce College.
The trophies were awarded to
Don Johnson, first in novice men’s
oral interpretation; Ted Roberts
and Melanie Lewis, third place in
championship debate; La Wanda
Green, second in novice impromp¬
tu; and Doug Boyles, second in
novice men’s oratory.
Superior certificates were won
by Johnson, oral interpretation;
Roberts and Miss Lewis, debate;
Miss Green, novice impromptu
and oral interpretation ; and
Boyles, oratory.
Excellent certificates were
awarded to Bill Davis and Jim
Jennings for novice debate; Rob¬
erts, championship extemporane¬
ous speaking; Miss Lewis and Pat
Jacobs, both for oral interpreta¬
tion.
Have you ever tried to remove
water-soaked toilet tissue from
trees, grass, a car, and the side¬
walk?
Well, Dr. Coy hasn’t either, be¬
cause his neighborhood is the
home of two friendly Boy Scouts
who do their good deeds for the
day every time the toilet tissue
crew makes the scene.
The band is featuring a medley
of tunes in the Tournament of
Roses Parade. A slow military
march style will feature “March
Grandioso,” “Eagle Squadron,”
and the “Senator Everett Dirksen
March,” written by Red Skelton,
honoring the parade's Grand Mar¬
shal.
A medley of show tunes in¬
cludes “Lover” and “California,
Here I Come.”
The third song style is a Latin
rhythm, written for the band by
Truman Fisher of the Music De¬
partment faculty. It features ev¬
ery kind of percussion equipment
from tambourines to cow bells.
That brings up another point of
interest. The selection “Brazil” is
written for brass and percussion,
so the woodwind players are help¬
ing the percussion section with
the noise-makers. Besides their
woodwind instrument, they must
manage to carry a percussion in¬
strument, too. Strings were put
to use, and around the neck have
gone all sorts of weird instru¬
ments. Have you ever tried
marching so two maracas won’t
rattle while you are saluting the
grand marshal with his own per¬
sonal song?
Needless to say, it’s been amus¬
ing getting ready for the Tourna¬
ment of Roses Parade. It takes
hard work and lots of drive. This
is my first time to march in the
parade. If it looks easy — try it
sometime!
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