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Vol. 10, No. 2
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California February 11, 1959
Lancer Band Again
Acts as Host for
Annual Military Ball
Clad in their full dress uni¬
forms, bandsmen from high
schools all over the San Gabriel
Valley will meet next Saturday
evening for the annual Military
Ball at Pasadena City College. (
For the past five years, the tra¬
ditional event, which is sponsored
by the Lancer Band, has started
with a receiving line where all of
the visiting musicians meet the
leaders of the PCC unit.
Following the signing of the
guest book, there will be dancing
to the music of the Collegians in
the band room and refreshments
served in the Music Office. Films
of the SC and UCLA marching
bands and the Tournament of
Roses will be shown.
Serving as official hosts and
hostesses for the evening will be
the parents of the band members.
Chairman of the ball is Gary Fry
who, together with his commit¬
tee chairmen, selected a Valen¬
tine theme of “Hearts and Flow¬
ers.”
“Each year,” says Lancer, Band
director Robert Fleury, “the de¬
mand for tickets is greater.” Be¬
tween 130 and 150 invitations
were sent out to the 11 top bands
in this area.
This will be the first important
event on the band calendar for
the spring semester. Last semes¬
ter the group was kept busy play¬
ing for PCC athletic events as
well as parades and special pro¬
grams. Last month the group
served as official Tournament of
Roses band playing for all tourna¬
ment functions. _____ - — -
How About You?
This week we will once again observe Brotherhood Week.
Or at least some people will observe it. Others will practice it
and still others will ignore it. This week will provide an
excellent opportunity to begin practicing what we have been
preaching.
Here at Pasadena City1 College we may have the feeling
that there is no problem at PCC involving brotherhood. Al¬
though we may not have the problems that exist in other
parts of our country, we still have room for improvement.
Brotherhood is not limited to racial or religious tolerance.
Brotherhood involves every living man, woman and child in
the world.
True, problems exist between the peoples of different
races and religions, but also a tremendous social wound can be
uncovered in our every day life. This wound has been caused
by intolerance of many of our peoples, possibly even our neigh¬
bors. In fact, the accusing finger may even be pointing at you.
Have you ever found yourself forming an opinion of a
person even before you met him? The most common way to
accomplish this feat occurs when you know his name but have
never met him. Or even after meeting him you might wonder
because of his name what his family history might be.
To some people wondering is as far as they go, but others
allow their imaginations to build a wall between them and
the person in question. Thus, as a result of prejudice, this
person never receives an opportunity to display his abilities.
This problem is even more evident when races and relig¬
ions are involved. It is more evident that some people are of a
different race or religion and for this reason alone people form
an opinion of the whole group at the expense of the individual.
Each man is an individual and should be treated as such.
Our nation only suffers as a result of prejudices that do exist.
We must realize that the prejudices do exist and work from
there. It is the duty of every American to do everything in
his power to stamp out biases, but the best way is for each
person to stamp out his own.
Let’s not start next week on this project, let’s start now.
There is a time to talk and a time to act. Our country has seen
much talk but little action. This is the time to show the people
of the world that we are willing to prove that our country is
the leader in the fight for democracy.
You don’t have to go looking for someone to practice
this feeling of brotherhood with. You’ll find that all you have
to do is to treat your friends and your classmates with respect
and feeling at all times and you will be accomplishing a great
deal. Treat each person you meet as an individual and you will
be surprised how much better you are treated in return.
Courier Editor Interviews
Governor at Conference
Last week a delegation of student and faculty journalism
representatives went to San Francisco for the purpose of
attending the seventy-first annual meeting of the California
Newspaper Publisher’s Convention. The purpose of this trip
was to introduce the students to _
— Courier Photo by Janie Young
ANOTHER PROSPECTIVE YOUNG VOTER . . . received the
firm handshake of the Honorable Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, gover¬
nor of California, when the two met in San Francisco at a session
of the seventy-first meeting of the CNPA convention. Allan Gaul,
editor of the Courier, pictured with Governor Brown, was attend¬
ing the conference as a journalism representative of Pasadena
City College. The governor’s appearance was rare in that this was
his first press conference before students since he assumed the
position of governor.
LATE FLASH1
PCC Entry Wins
Foundation Award
Officials at Pasadena City Col¬
lege were notified yesterday that
PCC’s entry in the Thomas Jeffer¬
son section of the Freedom Foun¬
dation Awards has received one of
the two $1000 first prize awards.
In order to win the prize, PCC
had to compile a book on a sub¬
ject that could be tied up with
the foundation’s credo. This credo
condensed emerges as “The Amer¬
ican Way of Life.’ Pasadena City
College tied their subject in by
combining the need for scholar¬
ships with this American way of
life.
The work was done under the
direction of Miss Bess Tye and
her committee who donated the
time necessary to, do the work.
the new ideas being brought into
professional journalism.
The students who made the trip
were Janie Young, commissioner
of publications and public rela¬
tions and also president of Beta
Phi Gamma, honorary journalism
fraternity; Walter Varnes, execu¬
tive editor of the PCC Courier last
semester; and Allan Gaul, present
executive editor of the Courier.
Members of the faculty making
the trip were Mrs. Elaine Mor¬
gan, adviser to the Pageant, cam¬
pus yearbook; and Bill Buttler,
Press Bureau adviser. Bob van
der Veen, production manager of
the Pasadena City College Press,
Pep Commission
Sets First Meeting
Pasadena City College’s spring
Pep Commission will hold its first
meeting of the new semester,
Monday, Feb. 16, at 3 o’clock in
HMD, according to Dick Vallone,
head of the commission.
Any and all interested parties
are encouraged to attend this first
meeting which will discuss pep
plans for the coming semester.
The commission is open to any
student who is willing to work on
the organization of pep on the
Lancer campus.
At the meeting, plans for a pro¬
posed Pep Commission Conven¬
tion and the stimulation of better
spirit at home and away athletic
events will headline the discus¬
sion.
If students interested in trying
out for next year’s cheerleader,
song and flag girls positions, or
any other pep job, are unable to
attend the meeting, they are ask¬
ed to contact Pep Commissioner
Vallone in 17C for information
pertaining to the above post.
accompanied the group as the
sixth representative from PCC.
The majority of the sessions
were round table discussion
groups. Some of the groups that
were found to be profitable to
PCC representatives were “News¬
paper Make-up,” by Edmund G.
Arnold, director of trade relations,
Merganthaler Linotype Co., New
York; “The Newspaper of 1970,”
by Ed Murray, managing editor,
Los Angeles Mirror-News; and
“Photo-Journalism,” by Edgar Or-
loff, news and picture editor of
the San Francisco News.
The highlight of the trip for
the students was the opportunity
to hear and meet the new Gover¬
nor of California, the Honorable
Edmund G. (Pat) Brown. Gover¬
nor Brown was well received by
the entire group and at one point
in his talk he indicated what his
position would be at the 1960
Democratic National Convention
in Los Angeles in regard to the
Presidency.
“I would consider it an honor
to run for the Presidency as a
favorite son candidate in 1960,” he
said. “However, at the present
time I am more concerned with
the problems that exist in Califor¬
nia.”
Governor Brown was queried
about his stand on the proposed
30 year mandatory prison sen¬
tence for the possession of nar¬
cotics. He stated firmly that he
was opposed to any sentence that
would interfere with' the jurisdic¬
tion of the court.
Later he was overheard in the
hall replying to an individual
who asked him if two million sig¬
natures on a petition would alter
his stand. His answer was, “Two
million or 15 million signatures
would not alter my stand on this.
Principles are involved and I will
not change my mind.”
Oh! That’s something grown-ups need!
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Club Members
Plan New Blood Drive
Pasadena City College’s chapter of Circle
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is presently
completing plans for their annual blood drive, scheduled for
Wednesday, Feb. 19. This year is the eighth such drive spon¬
sored by Circle
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on the PCC campus. A goal of 180 pints of
blood has been announced by Stu
Rubin who is in charge of the
drive. Last year’s goal of 140
pints was met and club members
are confident that the increased
goal will also be achieved.
Beginning next Monday morn¬
ing, Circle
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will have a table
set up in the main hall where
students interested in giving
blood may sign up.
Students must be over 18 years
of age to give blood and if under
21 they must have cards of con¬
sent from their parents. These
cards are available in the student
activities office, 111C.
All blood donated will be cred¬
ited to Pasadena City College so
that the members of the family
of any students who give blood
to the drive will be able to get
blood from the Red Cross in case
of emergency.
Again this year Circle
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is
sponsoring a contest among the
various clubs on* the Pasadena
City College campus, with awards
going to the clubs having the
greatest number of pints of blood
donated.
The smaller clubs on campus
will also have a chance for awards
as there is a trophy for the run¬
ner-up club.
Off campus organizations are
also invited to take part in this
competition, with awards for
these groups.