Commission Gives PCC Five Year OK
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Vol. 24, No. 3
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
February 16, 1966
New Gl Bill
Aids Veterans
After unanimous passage in the
Senate and the House, Congress
sent to President Johnson a GI
Bill proposal establishing a per¬
manent program of education for
veterans who have served more
than six months active duty in the
armed forces since Jan. 31, 1955.
The new GI Bill will give vet¬
erans up to 36 months of school¬
ing during which educational pay¬
ments ranging from $100 to $150
monthly will be allocated. Veter¬
ans going to school half or three-
quarter time will get proportion¬
ately less. The veterans will get
up to eight years to use their ben¬
efits. The bill requires three years
service to qualify for 36 months
of education at a college of the
veteran’s choice.
The present measure would cov¬
er all personnel serving more
than six months in the armed
forces, whether in war or peace.
Reservists serving on active duty
for six months would not be cov¬
ered.
The Veterans Affairs Office at
PCC will supply applications. All
applications must be delivered to
the Los Angeles office of the Vet¬
erans’ Administration.
— Courier photo by Bob Finkbine
ACCREDITATION TEAM CHAIRMAN— Dr. Louis G. Conlao dis¬
cusses PCC policies with college president Dr. Armen Sarafian
during the team's visit last semester. Dr. Conlan, who is president
of City College of San Francisco, was impressed with Dr. Sarafian's
shiny red homecoming button.
Students Hear Brown's Views
Five PCC students were among
800 family night dinner guests at
the California Newspaper Pub¬
lisher’s Association convention
who heard Gov. Edmund G.
Brown explain features of the
1966-67 budget he has since pre¬
sented to the State legislature.
The students, representing the
Campus
Corner
AWS BOARD SIGN-UP
THIS WEEK
Women interested in working
on the AWS Board can sign up
for interviews today. Coeds are
needed to serve and represent all
women students in the college.
Developing activities of interest
to women students is the board’s
semester goal.
CIRCLE
К
TAKES
BLOOD ON MARCH 1
Circle
К
will hold a blood drive
on Thursday, March 1, in the band
room, 100K. The drive will be
held from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. All
students are urged to be generous
and to donate blood.
LAST CHANCE FOR
PAGEANT PORTRAITS
Students who have not had
their pictures taken for the year¬
book (Pageant) have a last chance
to do so today through Friday at
Juanita Studio on North Los
Robles in Pasadena. The price is
$2.30 per sitting and provides four
proofs with negatives.
POLICE SCIENCE FRAT
OFFERS FINGERPRINTS
Students desiring a set of their
own fingerprints can now have
one at the minimal cost of 50
cents thanks to Lambda Alpha
Epsilon, PCC’s police science fra¬
ternity. Students should contact
John L. Sullivan, coordinator of
police science, 226C.
journalism section of PCC at
CNPA’s 78th annual convention,
February 4 and 5 at Palm Springs,
were Carol Mitchell and Dusty
Green, publications commission¬
ers for the current and past se¬
mesters, respectively; Larry Har¬
ris, editor of PCC’s yearbook, the
Pageant; and David Laidig and
George Elliott, current and past
editors of the Courier.
Mrs. Dorothy Kolts, Pageant ad¬
viser; William P. Buttler, Courier
adviser; Robert van der Veen,
PCC Press manager; and Walter
Bennett and Fredrick Hammond,
printing instructors, also attended
the convention.
The governor said his proposed
budget contains an increase of
$65 million in state aid to local
school districts, $570,000 for a
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
study of a statewide information
system, and studies conducted by
aerospace system engineers on
problems of crime, transportation,
and water and air pollution.
Besides speaking before a din¬
ner audience, Brown was the sub¬
ject of a student press conference,
at which he answered questions
about tuition in state colleges
and the university, financial aid to
private colleges, and the division
of California into two states.
“Education is the soundest in¬
vestment California can make,”
said the governor in reaction to
a question about the Collier Bill,
which appears almost every year
calling for tuition fees at state in¬
stitutions of higher learning. He
told students that he would not
like to be the one to change a cen¬
tury-old tradition of free educa¬
tion in California.
The governor pointed out that
even though direct subsidy of pri¬
vate education is prohibited by
the constitution, the state does
give grants for research that are
in essence financial aid.
The question of whether he fa¬
vored division of California into
two sections was met with a smile
by the governor. He said that
Northern California water proj¬
ects to reduce flood damage will
bring the beneficial water to thir¬
Report Cites Student
Praise of Facilities
By Carol Mitchell general comment, commendation,
“Freshmen through fifth semes- an(j recommendations.
sty Southern California, while in¬
come from the thousands of oil
wells in Southern California will
relieve taxes of people through¬
out the state.
“Northern and Southern Cali¬
fornia are mutually beneficial to
each other,” he said, “and Cali¬
fornia is the fifth most prosper¬
ous economic unit in the world.
Only the United States as a whole,
West Germany, the United King¬
dom, and France have a higher
gross national product than Cali¬
fornia. It would make more sense
to secede from the Union than to
form two separate states.”
Students also heard Herbert
Klein, editor of the San Diego
Union and former press secretary
to Richard Nixon, speak on new
concepts in journalism such as
“word-picture” writing and the
trend back to the old concept of
star reporters.
• Continued on Page Four
ter students who were interviewed
were high in their praise of fac¬
ulty, administration, personnel
services, and the activity pro¬
gram. They appeared to appreci¬
ate that they are receiving college
level instruction and treatment in
every respect.”
This opinion is part of the intro¬
duction to a report on Pasadena
City College recently submitted
by the visiting team of the Ac¬
crediting Commission for Junior
Colleges of the Western Associa¬
tion of Schools and Colleges. PCC,
inspected by the group for two
days last fall, has been re-accred-
ited for five years, ending on
June 30, 1971.
PCC, however, must make a
written report before July, 1969,
advising the commission on how
it has been given “greater autono¬
my so that a variety of operation¬
al matters can be dealt with more
expeditiously.” The commission
endorsed the Pasadena Board of
Education’s recent declaration in
favor of a separate and indepen¬
dent board for the college.
The report covers five major
categories: aims and purposes,
instruction, curriculum student
personnel services, and general
administration. Smaller subdivi¬
sions are then discussed through
Ineligibility Hits
ASB Government
Once again ineligibility has
pierced the ASB government. The
Freshman and Sophomore Classes
and International Student Com¬
mission find themselves without
presidents.
The problem of student officer
ineligigility, after elections are
completed is by no means a new
phenomena. The past three ASB
governments, under Presidents
Dennis Thompson, Bob Bordwell,
and Mike Gallagher, have faced
the same problem.
PCC’s minimum grade point re¬
quirement of 2.2 is one of the
highest in the state; however, sev¬
eral efforts, including one by
Bordwell last year, to lower it to
2.0 have failed.
Eligible students interested in
applying for the three vacant po¬
sitions are asked to file an appli¬
cation with Steve Scott, ASB pres¬
ident, by next Thursday. Appli¬
cations are available in both
Scott’s office and 111C.
The committee saw much to
commend. “The breadth and
quality of the educational pro¬
grams” and “the excellent in¬
struction offered throughout the
college”; course development in
most departments; the extensive
program of community services
and extended day offerings; vari¬
ous administrative and special of¬
fices, and many services to stu¬
dents. Student government and
student activities also received
high praise in the report.
Dr. Armen Sarafian, president,
was especially applauded for “the
time and energy” he has given to
meet with students and faculty
to get their views on important
administrative matters.
The committee noted that PCC
has a strong faculty staff. Its
growing list of advanced degrees,
its extensive research and writ¬
ings, and its growing proficiency
“in appropriate areas” through
summer and evening work out¬
side the college, were cited as
evidence of increasing profession¬
alism of the faculty.
Basic communication, a one-
unit freshman course, was com¬
mended for making a contribution
to general education.
“A broad program of technical-
vocational education which in¬
cludes 58 different curricula,” was
acknowledged by the team, which
recognized that “this represents
considerable expansion since the
last report, which stated that 37
different programs were being of¬
fered.”
Replacement of the substandard
technology building, in use dur¬
ing the last accreditation tour,
with the new technology building
and plans to move other technical-
vocational programs into the new
Robbins building were also com¬
mended.
“Despite hardships that exists
as far as space on campus is con¬
cerned,” the Department of Nurs¬
ing was commended for “the over¬
all excellence of the Associate in
Arts Registered Nurse program
that is being offered.”
Under “instruction facilities” it
was felt that “the front areas of
the campus are attractively land¬
scaped,” but “unfortunately it ap¬
pears that the college must con¬
tinue to use Building B, a most
unattractive World War
П
tem¬
porary building.”
Organizations Day Will Sport
New Format, Club Exhibits
The Inter-Club Council’s first
Organizations Day of the spring
semester will have a new format
this year. Instead of all clubs
meeting during the same hour in
. ;
— Courier photo by Carl Neustrand
ICC'S CLUB DAY will feature this police car among many other
exhibits tomorrow in the Campus Center patio. Elvin Miali and
Sandra Duerst, president and secretary of PCC's police science
fraternity, Lambda Alpha Epsilon, take tips on how to demonstrate
the equipment.
50 or 60 different rooms, the ICC
leadership has invited all clubs to
sponsor exhibits pertinent to their
activities from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
on the Campus Center patio.
An effort is being made to have
each exhibit symbolic of the re¬
spective club. Clubs are also be¬
ing given the opportunity to set
up information tables.
Beta Iota Delta, honorary for¬
estry organization, has announced
plans to have various pieces of
fire fighting equipment on hand,
possibly including a forestry
truck.. Another attention-getting
exhibit will be from PCC’s police
fraternity, Lambda Alpha Epsilon,
with a patrol car and motorcycle
on display. A sailboat will repre¬
sent one of PCC’s newest clubs,
the Spar Benders.
Feaure of the event will be a
noon noise hour, which could in¬
clude a dixieland band and sever¬
al attention-getting stunts. ICC
president Jim Mason stated that
all the exhibits will close at ex¬
actly 12:50 p.m. in order to keep
interest at a peak.
The purpose of the special day
is to give students a chance to
investigate as many clubs as pos¬
sible and to stir up an interest in
the club system. ICC will play
an active part in this semester’s
OMD Carnival, also led by Mason
and slated for May 6.