PCC CotVile/v
Two PCC writers
eye CNPA meeting
VOL. 14, NO. 1
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 1, 1961
Board of Education sets
dismissal as ultimatum
Pasadena’s Board of Education has issued an ultimatum
to PCC students on the problem of fraternity and sorority
hazing. This is the first time any such policy has been made
which concerns itself with activities of off-campus organiza¬
tions.
The Pasadena City College pol¬
icy, as stated in the catalog and
as approved by the Board of Edu¬
cation, is that students attending
the college are expected to main¬
tain satisfactory standards of citi¬
zenship at all times on the campus
and in the community.
When it is indicated that citi¬
zenship is unsatisfactory, the stu¬
dent may be placed on probation,
suspended, or dismissed as con¬
ditions warrant.
Hazing is banned by the Califor¬
nia State Law. Participation by
students in hazing activities will
be construed as unsatisfactory col¬
lege and community citizenship,
whether the hazing occurs on or
off campus.
PCC takes no responsibility for
off-campus organizations often
labeled “faternities” or “sorori¬
ties.” Pledging and similar on-
campus activities of such organi¬
zations will be considered unsat¬
isfactory citizenship.
Dr. Lovejoy adds
'humor' to forum
Dr. Philip Lpvejoy, internation¬
ally-known lecturer £nd scholar,
will discuss the topic “Humor
Around the World,” for next
week’s Tuesday Evening Forum
audience at 8 p.m. in Sexson Au¬
ditorium.
Ample free seating is available
for the public after 8 oclock.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for those
holding season admission tickets.
DR. LOVEJOY has gained keen
insight into the national and ra¬
cial characteristics of the people
of the world as a result of his ex¬
tensive travel. From this he re-
January graduates
plan appearance
at commencement
All January graduates of Pasa¬
dena City College who wish to
participate in the formal com¬
mencement exercises in June are
asked to leave their names and
addresses at the . office of Dean
Armen Sarafian, 102C.
This procedure will reserve a
place in the program and will as¬
sure receipt of material concern¬
ing the rental of caps and gowns;
etc.
Those who cannot make a defin¬
ite decision now may later send
a post card to Dean Sarafian’s
office. However, notification
should be made as soon as poss¬
ible.
The commencement exercises,
heralded as one of the most beau¬
tiful in the United States, will be
held in the Rose Bowl on Thurs¬
day, June 15.
All students who expect to take
part in the event should make a
notation of this day so that no
conflict of dates will arise later.
AMS, AWS offer
board openings
Students interested in school ac¬
tivities and participation are in¬
vited to apply for AWS or AMS
board positions for the spring
term.
Applications for both cabinets
are now available in the Student
Activities Office, 111C, where they
are posted on the bulletin board.
Blanks should be completely
filled out and returned to 111C
before February 8.
Applicants should also make
an interview appointment. Inter¬
views begin February 9, at vari¬
ous intervals after 3 p.m.
Women will work with AWS
President Carol Galbraith while
Bill Billotti heads the AMS.
During the spring term the
groups will be involved in such
activities as the AWS-AMS annual
dance, courtesy projects for fac¬
ulty members, OMD carnival par¬
ticipation, and the Big Man on
Campus contest.
Dottie Wheeler will travel to San Francisco tliis
POSITION weekend for the California Newspaper Publishers
PAYS Convention. Beta Phi Gamma president Marilyn
OFF Vore will accompany Dottie to the annual press
affair, featuring top journalists and publishers.
Speech tourney draws
Lancer forensic teams
On February 18, the Pasadena City College forensic team
will travel to Long Beach State College to compete in that
school’s j union college speech tournament. This contest begins
an extremely important semester for the squad with seven
tournaments scheduled. -
Two delegates will represent Pasadena City College at the
California Newspaper Publishers Convention at the Jack Tar
Hotel in San Francisco, February 3-6. Sen. Barry Goldwater
from Arizona will highlight the
convention by speaking to the
publishers from across the coun¬
try, besides the college delega¬
tion.
The two students to attend the
convention will be, Marilyn Vore,
president of Beta Phi Gamma, the
national honorary journalism fra¬
ternity, and Dottie Wheeler, new¬
ly-appointed executive editor of
the Courier.
The members of the faculty
that will attend include Nicholas
Beck, journalism teacher; Wil¬
liam Buttler, Press Bureau ad¬
viser; and Robert van der Veen,
PCC Press manager.
Some 250 junior college stu¬
dents will be represented at the
CNPA meeting which last year
was staged at the Statler Hotel
in Los Angeles. The conference
site alternates between Northern
and Southern California in order
to give the entire state better rep¬
resentation.
Leading journalists will also be
on hand to lead various discus¬
sions into the many realms of
modern-day journalism. After
their individual talks, they will
open the meeting for questions
from the floor.
During the convention itself,
.students will be given the oppor¬
tunity to assist in the writing
and editing of a special conven¬
tion newspaper.
Bakersfield and Palomar are ex¬
pected to furnish the local team
with its strongest competition at
Long Beach, while such familiar
names as Pierce, Cerritos, and
Long Beach City College are also
to be found on the entry list.
Competition will be held in the
following five categories: debate,
impromptu, extemporaneous, oral
interpretation of literature, and
oratory. As always, the speakers
will have to be well versed in
current national and internation¬
al problems in order to perform
well.
The coming tournament holds
special interest for four PCC de¬
baters. Joe Capps and A1 Tracy
will be defending their second
place title won last November in
the Western Alternate Tourna¬
ment at USC and attempting to
improve on it. Ann Hoover and
Judy Hutton, third place finish¬
ers at USC, will be doing like¬
wise.
Among the more important
tournaments awaiting the squad
are the state championships to be
held at Bakersfield, the national
tournament in Stockton, and the
debate championship at San Fer¬
nando State College. Last year’s
Pasadena team finished second in
the' state and third in national
competition.
®Parking Change
Because the contractor is start-
__ mg immediate const ruction
work on the campus center, the
Women’s Gymnasium, and the
service building, a barricade
has been built on the Hill Ave¬
nue parking lot. The barricade
will remove approximately 400
parking spaces and will protect
students and employees from
entering work areas. After stu¬
dents are parked, they should
walk to the campus buildings
via the sidewalk either on Del
Mar Boulevard or on Colorado
Boulevard.
Goddard presents conquest
of Congo to Lancer assembly
John M. Goddard will present “Congo Conquest,” an all¬
color, full-length motion picture of the world’s largest Water
course, at tomorrow’s ASB assembly. This film depicts Mr.
Goddard’s amazing adventures in traveling over 2000 miles
of the Congo alone except for the -
Dr. Philip Lovejoy
. . . humor authority
ceives the basis for most of his
lecture material.
He finds the common language
of humor to prevail powerfully
among all men and all nations,
and believes that the political
signs of the times can be inter¬
preted in the range and depth of
the humor which emerges.
NUMEROUS educational posi¬
tions held by Lovejoy include
teaching, acting as a principal,
and later as a superintendent of
a large school system.
He is the recipient of many hon¬
ors, including official decorations
from the King of Denmark and
the President of Chile. He was
also a consultant to the United
States delegation in San Francis¬
co when the United Nations was
being created.
Speakers rostrums are a famil¬
iar sight to the humorous politi¬
cal authority, as he has shared
his experiences with audiences in
South America, Mexico, Nether¬
lands, England, France, Thailand,
India, Australia, Norway, Greece,
and Italy.
ASB Prexy Green
speaks fo Lancers
Dear Fellow Students
We have just begun another semester at Pasadena City College.
It is now up to us to make the most of the months which lie ahead
Many opportunities will be presented to us and it will be our
responsibility to recognize these openings and thus to build a better
college. However, we may also meet certain blocks in the road, but
by working together, we can get around them.
We must meet the challenges of the new semester as a unit.
Otherwise, we can do nothing when there is so much to be done. Our
first and primary task is to fulfill the many varied needs of the PCC
student body. Once this is started, we will be well along the road to
increasing the pride associated with going to PCC.
We, the students you have elected to positions of leadership in the
ASB, will be doing our part to bring more and better activities to the
campus. It will be our task to alleviate some of the problems which
now confront us.
But most of all, it will be our responsibility and obligation to
provide the best quality of leadership possible.
However, we can only do so much. If we are to progress during
the coming semester and to raise PCC to even greater heights, then
we must all work together.
It makes no difference if some of our loyalties rest with one
department more than another, or with one club over yet another
club. Our first loyalty must be to the college.
By working together, we can elevate the standards of Pasadena
City College to an even higher level. Together, we can build pride
in our college and pride in being a Lancer.
Bud Green
ASB President
company of primitive Africans.
’ Resisting all efforts to explore
its course,, the Congo was for cen¬
turies considered one of the de¬
sirable mysteries of geography.
Completely different in subject
and story is this account of John
Goddard’s travels through this un¬
tamed land in the heart of Africa.
During his 11 years as a pro¬
fessional explorer, Mr. Goddard
has traveled through and explored
some 55 countries. His travels
on land, sea, and in the air total
over 350,000 miles.
The highlights of his' career
came in exploring and photo¬
graphing three of the world’s
mightiest rivers, the Nile, Colo¬
rado, and Congo. Mr. Goddard
led an epochal ten-month-long ex¬
pedition down the entire 4160 mile
length of the world’s longest riv¬
er, the ancient Nile, for the first
time in history, an unfulfilled
dream of many of the great Af¬
rican explorers, including Stanley
and Livingstone.
Most recently he traversed the
2750 mile long Congo River, the
world’s second largest water
course. For the Congo’s unex¬
plored and most dangerous ex¬
panse, Mr. Goddard was accom¬
panied by Jack Yowell, a 36-year-
old British explorer and journal¬
ist. The two men successfully ne¬
gotiated 125 vicious rapids in their
fragile kayaks, then disaster
struck when they upset, in the
last stretch of rough water and
Mr. Yowell was drowned.
After this tragedy Mr. Goddard
continued alone or in the company
of Africans, finally reaching the
river’s mouth at the Atlantic aft¬
er six months of fantastic adven¬
turing to become the first to ex¬
plore the whole length of the Con¬
go.
John M. Goddard
. . Congo Conquest
