PCC CoiVileSi
Vol. 14, No. 2
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
February 8, 1961
Face lifting brings water to mirror pools
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Spring debut
being planned
dramatists
Rehearsals are now in progress
for “Point of No Return,’’ the
first theater arts production of
the spring season.
“Point of No Return’’ was
adapted for the stage by Paul
Osborn from a novel of the same
name written by John Marquand.
Tryouts were recently conduct¬
ed to select the production’s cast.
Carrying the lead will be Hugo
Leckey as Charles Gray. Support¬
ing him will be Marcia Musser as
Nancy, his wife.
Bradna Watson will play
Charles’ former sweetheart, Jes¬
sica Lovell; Larry Miller will por¬
tray her father.
Other supporting actors will be
Mike Flemming as Roger Blake-
sley, Charles’ business rival; Joe
Clement as Mr. Burton, president
of the bank where Charles works;
Patricia Ridway as Mrs. Burton;
Carol Finne as Charles’ mother,
Esther Burton; Lee Collins as
Charles’ father, John Gray; and
Dick Hampson as Charles’ friend,
Jackie Mason.
Performances of the play will
be presented in the campus Little
Theater, March 2 and 3, stated
Mrs. Annabel Cooney, director.
New commission prepared
to handle parking problems
As a result of special legislation by the ASB Cabinet last
week, a newly-formed Parking Commission was added to the
list of school boards. Under the chairmanship of Steve White,
the purpose of the temporary organization will be to actively
continue the work initiated on
the Lancer parking problem by
the Freshman Class Council last
semester.
This will further open the proj¬
ect up to the support of the whole
school instead of limiting it to the
Freshman Class.
CABINET officials who voted
the new commission into effect
felt that lifting the parking bur¬
den from the Frosh Council to a
separate committee would be a
beneficial step. The freshman
group would then have more time
to work on student government,
dances, fund-raising projects, and
similar council business.
Seventeen students, with Miss
Calista Wehrle as adviser, will
primarily continue the job al¬
ready started of trying to change
the parking signs on many of the
campus-surrounding streets from
limited parking on both sides to
all-day parking on one side and
limited on the other.
The group feels that this will
Public now invited
to view art exhibit
Everyone is invited to view an
art exhibit now being shown in
the third floor gallery, located in
301C.
Art works being displayed con¬
sist of examination problems and
recent works done by PCC stu¬
dents.
This particular impromptu
showing features the accomplish¬
ments of a class in figure draw¬
ing and painting. Classes met
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
for two hours daily.
Sponsored by the Lance Art De¬
partment, the display will be open
to the public until February 17,
reported Art Department Chair¬
man Lennix Tierney.
Experiment provides
for wet , blue ponds
By Dick Ryon
An experiment involving the renovation of the Mirror
Pools has begun, bringing a hope for water-filled blue pools,
reported Earl Holder, business manager. Construction began
on the smaller of the two pools with first sand-blasting to
remove the black paint and then -
Intently interested, Dong; McMann, an alumnus and
now successful journalist, is being enlightened by
Dick Ryan, president of College 100, as to the plans
for renovation of the Mirror Pools. Work is now
in progress with maintenance crews sand-blasting
the black paint off.
alleviate much of the crowded
conditions for the students and
will save the citizens on these
streets the inconvenience and
danger of constant movement of
cars.
The plan is strictly an interim
solution to the present problem
until a permanent multi-level lot
is constructed. The leveled park¬
ing arba is under financial con¬
sideration by the Board of Edu¬
cation at the present time.
FRESHMAN Council members
formally circulated petitions in
PCCs neighboring area for this
change, and met with relative
success. Over 50 per cent of the
homeowners talked to agreed to
the student plan, and the proposal
was studied by the City Board of
Directors.
At the board meeting, however,
a group of citizens voiced their
dissatisfaction with the council’s
work and claimed that the stu¬
dents did not have the right to
do this since they weren’t of
legal age. This led to the recent
plea of the parking leaders for
parents to write letters to the
Board of Directors urging the
passage of the proposal.
Current plans of the new com¬
mission are to continue working
toward the proposal’s acceptance
by the city. They intend to do
further petitioning of residents,
and to continue to circulate the
giant student petition on campus.
Over 2000 Lancer names have
been collected for presentation to
the city directors.
Personal interviews will be
made with Judge Joseph Spran-
kle and the police chief of Pasa¬
dena requesting recommendations
for support of the proposal.
Any suggestions, information,
or questions concerning this com¬
mission may be submitted to
Steve White in 17C.
Campus clubs set
spring open house
Open house will be held by
various clubs and organizations
throughout PCC tomorrow at
11:40 a.m.
All freshmen or students now
enrolled in a basic communication
class are required to attend, but
anyone interested in learning
more about a particular club is
invited to attend.
The Inter-club Council has gone
to considerable lengths in pre¬
paring this biannual event. Sixty
clubs, councils, and commissions
have been asked to take part in
the festivities.
Students attending as part of
their orientation classwork will
be assigned to interview any club
of their choice. Notes will be
taken regarding the meeting on
such things as purpose of the
club, the activities performed in
it, officers, and requirements of
membership.
They will then reorganize their
notes, and prepare to relay what
they learned in a report at the
next meeting of the basic com¬
munication class.
The open house in the spring
is run on a much smaller scale
than that in the fall. This is due
to the amount of first semester
freshmen.
the application of an epoxin sub¬
stance covering. This covering,
which is sprayed on like paint,
will provide a glass-type surface
and have the durability of con¬
crete.
Holder stated that one of the
problems with the pools has been
algae control. “Like in all pools,”
he added, “algae forms on the
sides in the crevices, making it
hard for maintenance crews to
clean. With the epoxin material’s
glass-smooth surface, the algae
won’t have a place to settle and
grow roots.”
A simple brushing down every
three months will rid the pools
of any algae that may have
formed. Normal cleaning periods
are every month as the pools
stand now.
RENOVATION price of the
small pool will cost an estimated
$200. If the experiment proves
successful the larger pool will be
repaired at an estimated cost of
from $600 to $700.
Proper application requires di¬
rect contact with the concrete
and the least amount of moisture
possible. Thus before the actual
spraying can be done, the black
surface coating must be removed
by sand-blasting.
ONCE THE super-convoy mix¬
ture is applied, it will require a
48 hour drying period before the
pools can be filled. If the super¬
convoy, a product of the Kelly
Corp., doesn't crack or soften up,
then the experiment will be term¬
ed a success and the project will
be earned on to the remaining
pool.
After the super-convoy has set¬
tled, a fire-profing paint will be
sprayed on. The color will be
royal blue and will still provide
that deep mirror effect.
The other problem with the
pools is the plumbing. “The pipes
have become corroded through
the years from leaves and debris
to an extent that they are prac¬
tically unusable,” states William
Krantz, superintendent of main¬
tenance. They will have to be
replaced by a pipe with a larger
diameter.
The diameter of the pipes now
installed is one and three-quarter
inches. The new pipes will have
a diameter of from two to two
and a half inches. This will pro¬
vide for easier drainage. The
plumbing is not scheduled for in¬
stallation until three months aft¬
er the super-convoy material has
for one of the 17 available posi¬
tions.
Out of all the applications, one
person was recommended and
two alternate recommendations
were submitted to the ASB Board
and advisers. All first choice rec¬
ommendations were approved and
they were immediately installed
into office.
Applicants were quizzed on
their knowledge of the office of
their aspiration, previous service
been put on. Actual cost for the
drainage system has not been
told.
OUTSIDE LIGHTS surround¬
ing the pools and front buildings
have been scheduled for erection
in mid-semester. There will be
six light standards posted along
the walkway beside the pools.
They will stand 10’6” and will
have a reflector dome.
Six more lights will be built in
front of the E and D Buildings,
and two in front of the C Build¬
ing. They will be the same height
as the lights along the pools. All
of them will have white light for
greater reflection on the water.
Because leaves and debris
from the surrounding trees have
caused most of the existing con¬
dition, the inside row of trees will
be removed. However, with the
remaining two outside rows, the
aisle effect will still be predom¬
inant.
Authority on Asia
jives next lecture
to forum audience
In a return visit, Dr. Claude
A. Buss will be the guest speaker
at next week's Tuesday Evening
Forum gathering in Sexson Au¬
ditorium. “How Asians View
America” will be the topic pre¬
sented by the well-known lecturer.
Having just returned from a
year in Japan, Hongkong, and
Southeast Asia, Dr. Buss is par¬
ticularly well qualified to describe
America’s image as viewed
through the eyes of Asians, es¬
pecially Chinese and the recent¬
ly emerging revolutionary forces
among the Japanese.
Formerly a foreign service of¬
ficer of the United States in the
Civil service posts
selected last week
Civil service posts for 17 students were recommended by
the Civil Service Board and approved by the ASB Board
earlier this week. The Civil Service Board, consisting of the
six representatives at large and Chairman Ginny Syers, inter¬
viewed over 70 applicants aspiring _ _ _
to the college, their hopes and
endeavors of improving the par¬
ticular office of their interview,
and their motivation for seeking
an office.
Once the students are given of¬
fice, they are automatically on the
ASB Cabinet with Hossein Shir-
khani serving as presiding officer.
They also must enroll in the lead¬
ership class which takes up the
11 o’clock hour on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Claude A. Buss
. . . Asian authority
Orient, he observed American for¬
eign policy in action and attempt¬
ed to discover ways and means
for us to strengthen our diplo¬
matic position abroad.
Dr. Buss does not minimize our
problems but believes the past
two years have brought over -all
improvement in our relations.
Educated in this country and in
Europe, Dr. Buss was previously
chairman of the Department of
International Relations at the
University of Southern California.
His latest book is entitled “The
Far East” and has just been pub¬
lished. He is also the author of
many articles found in national
magazines.
