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Vol. 16, No. 4
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
February 21, 1962
Film on Greece sef for forum
Dr. Donald Shaw will narrate
his new film on Athens and
Greece at the Tuesday Evening
Forum next Tuesday at 8 p.m.
in Sexson Auditorium.
Dr. Shaw will explain the posi¬
tion which Greece occupies in
world affairs today with special
emphasis on that country’s fight
against the communist bloc.
HE WILL describe Athens as
the birthplace of Western culture
and will relate the account of the
Greek people since the time of
Socrates and Plato to win and
maintain their freedom!
Presenting modern Athens with
its industry and the inherent hos¬
pitality of its people against the
architectural ruins of the Romans
as well as the Venetians and Sara¬
cens, this film attempts to be a
conclusive answer to the ques¬
tion, “Will Greece Stay out of the
Communist Bloc?”
DR. SHAW has four academic
degrees ranging from a bache-
Four-year scholarships for col¬
lege sophomores and undergrad¬
uates interested in medical ca¬
reers are available through the
March of Dimes supported na¬
tional foundation.
Deadline for filing applications
for the medicine and medical so¬
cial work scholarships is April 1.
In medicine, applicants should
be currently enrolled as under¬
graduates in regionally accredit¬
ed colleges and must have been
accepted for fall admission to
the first year class of an accred¬
ited school of medicine in the
United States.
Applicants for medical social
work scholarships must be col¬
lege sophomores enrolled in re¬
gionally accredited colleges who
will start their junior years in
the fall and who plan to com¬
plete study for their master’s de¬
gree in social work in an accred¬
ited graduate professional school
of social work in the United
States that provides field instruc¬
tion placement in a medical fa¬
cility.
Recipients of the national foun¬
dation scholarships are awarded
$500 a year for a period of four
years. Their sole obligation is to
have the intention of completing
their education and of serving
the health fields as members of
their chosen professions, thus
helping alleviate serious short¬
ages of medical personnel.
Various awards
available at PCC
Now available to graduating
sophomores at Pasadena City Col¬
lege are various scholarships to
four-year colleges and universi¬
ties.
The Downey Junior Women’s
Club offers a $350 award to a
sophomore majoring in science.
Other available scholarships in¬
clude a $1000 American Legion
Post 13 award, 15 Pasadena Edu¬
cation Association awards of $200
each, a $250 Exchange Club of
Altadena scholarship, and a $100
PCC Faculty Association scholar¬
ship.
Also available are individual
scholarships for men and women.
Interested students should con¬
tact Miss Florence Brubaker in
112C. Deadline date for filing is
in most cases March 1.
lor’s to a doctorate in education
and psychology from the Univer¬
sity of Southern California.
Since graduation he has de¬
voted his time to travel and pho¬
tography.
During World War II, Dr.
Shaw, as lieutenant commander,
served as project supervisor with
the Navy’s training film branch,
and later as a civilian speech writ¬
er to Lt. Gen. Robert W. Harper,
Rep Council officers elected,
cigarette machines debated
Roger Rook and Russ Cheney have assumed office as vice-
presidents of the local Representative Council. The council’s
first meeting was led by President Barney Whitesell who con¬
tinued with unfinished business from the previous semester.
A report was given by Bob Pitt-
March of Dimes
sponsors awards
to medical majors
man on the progress of cigarette
machines. According to Pittman,
problems such as the age limit,
detrimental effect to local mer¬
chants, and the welfare, of the
entire student body had all been
met, and a letter had been for¬
warded to college president Dr.
Catherine Robbins and action
should be taken in the near fu¬
ture.
One student voiced objection
to the proposal charging “there
are more worthwhile things to
do,” such as the addition of milk
and fruit machines in the book¬
store. With this one exception,
unanimous opinion was that ciga¬
rette machines were worthwhile.
Also, the new student union build¬
ing would have provisions for the
installation of vending machines.
Under new business mention
was made of starting on the bike
racks and a clock for the east
side of C building. After the meet¬
ing Cheney stated, “I feel that
the liaison between the students
and the administration and fac¬
ulty is not strong enough. I am
now investigating this problem.
Interest by the instructors and
administration for the students
must be strengthened. I am open
to any suggestions for the solu¬
tion of this problem.”
Practice session slated;
pepsters selected soon
Practice sessions for flag girls
for the fall sports season are be¬
ing held this week. One will be
conducted today at noon and an¬
other Friday at noon in 120W.
The current flag girls will be
teaching routines for the tryouts
sometime in the month of May.
Among other things, the flag
girls will participate in such ac¬
tivities as pep rallies, football
games, basketball games, the
world renowned Rose Parade and
Junior Rose Bowl Parade.
Sylvia Martin, head flag girl,
said, “It is a wonderful experience
to be a flag girl and we urge all
of you who will be here next se¬
mester to try out.”
Young Democrats
Now forming on the PCC cam¬
pus is the political club, the
Young Democrats. The organi¬
zation is now in the process of
ratifying a constitution and
seeking approval from the ASB
board. Any interested students
should refer to the bulletin
board in 111C.
Dr. Donald Shaw
. . . expert on Athens, Greece
USAF, the man who organized
the Berlin air lift.
Tickets for the 1962-63 Tues¬
day Evening Forum season re¬
cently went on sale. A ticket en¬
titles the holder to a reserved seat
for the 20 programs and sells for
$2. Tickets may be purchased in
164C at Pasadena City College.
Basketball today
The basketball game between
PCC and Pierce slated for Fri¬
day has been rescheduled. The
game will be played this after¬
noon at 3:30 on the Lancer’s
home court.
PAINTING BENCHES— Looking over
Sparse group supports
idea, makes proposal
By Harlow Church
A sparse but interested crowd participated in a discussion
on the controversial “open elections” proposal recently.
Attended by college president Dr. Catherine Robbins and
elections adviser Carl Bovero, 'the discussion was sponsored by
the elections commission to get an idea of student opinion on
the proposal, which if passed, would allow the whole student
body to vote for student government officers, instead of only
having ASB book holders participating in the activity.
SPEARHEADING the drive for “open elections” was elec¬
tions commission member Jim Taylor. According to Taylor,
the benefits of such a system would be fairer representation
and more school interest on the part of the student body. He
stated that there are some students who frankly cannot af¬
ford an ASB book, but who would be interested in voting. Dr.
Robbins mentioned that there would be a “lot of merit” in
having open elections.
To allow the whole student body to vote requires that
the PCC Constitution be amended. After careful reading of
the constitution, Taylor found eight sections in four articles
in need of change. Copies of proposed changes were distribut¬
ed to all present.
ASSUMING THE changes are acceptable, Taylor said a
draft containing them could be submitted to the ASB Board.
If the board approved the changes, a special election would be
called, or if the board gave approval two weeks before the next
regular election, voting would be at that election. Adequate
publicity would inform the voters. If passed, double voting
would be prevented by stamping student ID cards.
Also outspoken in favor of the measure was another elec¬
tions commission member, Peter Cooper. Using historical
examples and precepts to support his views, he said there are
at present two different types of student body members, ac¬
tive members, or holders of ASB books, and general members,
non-book holders. In his estimation, the general members are
“second class citizens” of the school, being affected by decisions
made by the ASB, but having no voice in them. However, both
Taylor and Cooper believe that the holding of an ASB book
should be a prerequisite for an occupant of a student govern¬
ment office.
THERE WAS surprisingly little opposition to the open
elections, so little that Bovero said that the whole discussion
was based on the assumption that the constitutional changes
were completely valid. Disagreement centered mostly around
wording of the proposed changes rather than the validity of
the changes themselves.
Also discussed at the meeting w’as the lack of participa¬
tion in student government. Taylor noted that only 700 of
the 2500 ASB book holders voted at the last election, out of
a total of 6000 students.
Various reasons were advanced for this apathy: lack of
publicity, lack of attachment to a two year college, and lack
of interest of segments of the student body such as foreign
students, older students, ex-servicemen, and working students.
COOPER CALLED the popular conception of school spirit
“hogwash,” and stated the way to get participation is to have
issues of importance to interest the electorate.
Taylor hoped that open elections, week long voting, and
more publicized campaigns would result in a larger turnout.
Library displays
religious books
A display of books on religion
is being shown this week at the
PCC library in celebration of “Re¬
ligion in Life Week,” George Mc¬
Cauley, librarian, announced.
The display is being presented
in the front showcases and in
those on either side of the main
desk.
The books exhibited represent
different types of religion
throughout the world and their
foundings.
Memorial fund increased
for engineering Lancers
The Pasadena City College Wal¬
ter Putnam Memorial Engineer¬
ing Fund, established to encour¬
age and inspire promising fresh¬
man students, has recently been
augmented with a check for $500.
Putman, a Massachusetts Insti¬
tute of Technology graduate, is
remembered for his distinguished
record as Pasadena’s building su¬
perintendent, and for his leader¬
ship and participation in civic
affairs.
— Courier photo by Bob Kingsbury
one of the benches they
will be painting are Circle
К
members Terry Knox and Fritz Hoel-
scher. The men's honor service organization is sponsoring the
project which is designed to help give PCC a neater, cleaner
appearance.