Star Slates Performance
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
at PCC February 19
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF
. . highlights Fine Arts Series
The world-famous German so¬
prano, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
will sing at Pasadena City Col¬
lege’s Sexson Auditorium at 8:15
p.m. on Thursday, February 19.
Her program will include selec¬
tions from Richard Strauss, Hugo
Wolf, Mahler, Liszt, Grieg, Schu¬
mann, von Gluck and Mozart.
Miss Schwarzkopf’s mastery of
voice has few if any equals in the
world today. In March, 1969, a re¬
viewer for the Cincinnati Enquir¬
er was so impressed by her that
he wrote, . . it will be a night
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
patrons will long remember as a
rose-adorned triumph for a ‘Ros-
enkavalier’ heroine the like of
which none of may ever see or
hear again.
“What incredible artistry resid-
in this gracious, feminity-radia¬
ting prima donna. There are more
colors in this voice than there are
in the color spectrum of a deliri¬
ous Van Gogh!”
Today’s Reigning Queen
As a noted interpreter of the
works of Strauss, Wolf and Mo¬
zart, as well as many contempor-
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Vol. 32, No. 1
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
Printshop Staff Hails
Hew Heidelberg Press
The PCC print shop proudly
announces the arrival of its first
two-color printing press.
The new Heidelberg 18” x 23”
rotary flatbed is the latest type
and has many superior features,
including an automatic washup,
variable high speed, and extreme
precision.
The old press, which the Heidel-
ary composers, Miss Schwarzkopf
has been called “today’s reigning
queen of song.” Byron Belt of the
Newhouse Newspaper Syndicate
described one of her performances
by saying that in her speciality,
“Elizabeth Schwarzkopf has no
peers, and with the consummate
piano artistry of Geoffrey Par¬
sons (who will accompany her
at PCC) to assist her the even¬
ing was filled with the sort of
magic that belies criticism.”
Highest Praise
In the spring of 1969, while on
tour in the United States, Elisa¬
beth Schwarzkopf received accla¬
mation wherever she performed.
Perhaps the highest praise was
published by the Grand Rapids
Press, showing that regardless of
audience or size of surrounding
community, quality of the fix-st
magnitude is almost always a-
chieved by this fantastic artist.
The review stated, “And the
whole (concert), of course, was
tremendously enhanced by the ex¬
quisite singing of guest soprano,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ... a voice
of incandescent quality ... a con¬
summate musician . . .
“And despite the fact that she
has been singing many years, the
voice remains fresh and equally
thrilling in its low register and
at the very top. To hear her take
a high note, pianissimo, and hold
it as if it were something suspen¬
ded by a silk thread is to experi¬
ence a rare musical pleasure.”
The Melbourne (Australia) Her¬
ald likewise concluded, “There
seems to be no limit to what she
can do with her voice, no limit
to the variety of vocal colors she
can produce and not so much as
the trace of a flaw in her super¬
latively fine command of nuance
and phrasing.”
Miss Schwarzkopf’s career be¬
gan when she made her debut
with the Berlin Opera in 1938
after having studied music at
length in Germany. She then join¬
ed the Vienna Opera and later
appeared at London’s Covent Gar¬
den and at La Scala in Milan.
Good Seats Still Available
Accoi’ding to L. Herman Smith,
dean of community services, good
seats are still available for this
highlight of the PCC Fine Arts
Series. Smith reports, however,
that several community groups
and students from other schools
and colleges are planning to take
advantage of special group prices
to purchase large blocks of seats.
He cannot guarantee that tickets
will be available the evening of
the performance and therefore
urges all intei-ested students to
obtain tickets as soon as possible.
Special reserved seat tickets are
available to students, faculty
members and the general public
for only $2. Genei’al admission
tickets for students are available
for $1.50, or for $1 each when pur¬
chased in groups of 20 or more.
All tickets are on sale at the PCC
College Bank between 9 a.m. and
4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
For additional ticket informa¬
tion, call the bank at 793-4528.
Increase in JC
Finance Sought
Proposals for legislative
changes in the state support pro¬
visions for junior colleges, in¬
cluding an increase in founda¬
tion program per student from
$643 to $718, will be introduced
at the request of the Board of
Governors of the Community Col¬
leges.
An increase in adult foundation
program from $520 to $600 will
be recommended, as well as elim¬
ination of the statutory definition
of adults. The latter would bring
more students under the higher
regular foundation program.
The board also intends to in¬
troduce legislation requiring tui¬
tion charges for out-of-state stu¬
dents to be set high enough to
cover average instructional ex¬
penses.
berg replaces, had a top speed of
2000 impressions per hour, and
was hand-fed by the operator. It
was built in 1909, and had been
at PCC since about 1920.
Student Resources Center
Begins Campus Operation
— Courier photo by Steve Tom
MEMBERS OF Pasadena City College's printshop staff learn to
operate their new Heidelberg press from a company representa¬
tive. PCC is one of only two junior colleges in Southern California
to have installed the two-color press. It increases certains types
of production capacity 500 per cent. Left to right are Stanley
Coutant, compositor; Dick Jennings, factory representative of
Heidelberg Pacific, Inc.; Bill Lindquist, printshop manager; and
Jack Reitan, pressman.
The new machine has a top
speed of 5000 sheets an hour.
Coupled with its two-color capa¬
bility, this raises the actual im¬
pressions per hour to 10,000. Also,
the Heidelberg is fed automatic¬
ally, allowing the opei'ator to
constantly observe the printed
sheets as they come off the press,
something not possible with the
old unit.
In assessing the value of the
new press to print shop opera¬
tions, Bill Lindquist, shop man¬
ager, said, “The new press will
allow us to expand our facilities
to provide better service to the
college. The increased speed and
more flexible use of color will re¬
sult in our being able to meet
certain high quality printing re¬
quirements more effectively and
more quickly than ever before.”
Stan Coutant, print shop com¬
positor, also pointed out the value
of the new press for students of
printing courses. “It will allow
the students to gain insight and
personalized experience,” he said,
“with higher quality printing on
the most advanced equipment.”
Pressman Jack Reitan added,
"It’s really a first class printing
machine, superbly built and con¬
venient to operate.”
The German manufactured press
has been purchased with Voca¬
tional Education Act (Trade and
Industry) Funds, according to
Robert D. Bums, PCC director of
purchasing. This means that the
$15,000 spent for the machine by
the college may be fully reim¬
bursed from federal funds under
the legislation.
A new campus facility known
as the Student Resources Center
(SRC) began operations in 111R
last Monday.
Funded under Senate Bill 164
and approved by the Board of Gov¬
ernors of the California Commun-
Winter Aspect
Stirs Questions
What’s the inside story behind
the controvei’sial cover of Aspect’s
winter issue? Stephen Lantz,
editor, refused to comment to a
Courier editor this week.
When asked to clarify charges
that Aspect is l'iddled with hidden
suggestive connotations, Lantz
skirted the issue by saying, “As¬
pect, PCC’s student magazine, will
be available Friday at the
College Bookstoi-e and Bank. Our
winter issue attempts to bring
PCC into perspective with today’s
college scene.”
With articles ranging from fac¬
ulty strikes to low-cost travel, it
should act as a barometer for all
facets of campus concern, accord¬
ing to Dorothy Kolts, Aspect’s
faculty adviser.
Lantz suggests that you can
“plan your summer travel, inter¬
pret today’s ideologies, turn-on to
new fashion trends, or view the
progressive MECHA program at
work if you pick up a copy now.
Free to SBAC card holders at the
Bank, limited copies of Aspect are
also on sale at the Student Book¬
store for 75 cents.
ity Collgees, the center will be
part of the regular college pro¬
gram.
The mission of the center as a
student-oriented facility is two¬
fold. First, it will try to actively
encourage students handicapped
by language and economic disad¬
vantages to enroll and remain as
PCC students. Second, SRC will
aim at helping these students suc¬
cessfully participate in the many
educational opportunities offered
here.
To help meet its two goals, the
center will use the services of
student recruiters, student coun¬
selors, financial aids counselors,
student tutors, and student teach¬
er-aides. Tutors will be selected
from classes by teachers and rec¬
ommended to department heads
for approval before beginning
work at the center.
Other aides, recruiters, and
counselors will be selected by the
staff of the center and will be
announced to department chair¬
men and appropriate heads of of¬
fices during the next two weeks.
The work of the center is under
the supervision of student re-
soui'ces counselor Dale McCollum.
He is being assisted by Martha
Martinez.
McCollum urges all students
interested in working for the cen¬
ter or in participating in any of
the programs being administered
by it to contact him by Friday,
Feb. 20.
The SRC will be open from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
