PCC Courier, February 24, 1960

PC C CouJtie/v Vol. 12, No. 4 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California February 24, 1960 Sophomore Class head chooses 23 for spring council Sophomore President Dave Bat- terson will have 18 active and five honorary council members to as¬ sist him in planning the course of the class of 1960 of Pasadena City College during the coming semes¬ ter. Projects discussed at the coun¬ cil’s first meeting last Wednes¬ day included a booth at the OMD Carnival, May 13, the writing of the Sophomore Class constitution and the numerous activities sched¬ uled during graduation. These will include the Sopho¬ more breakfast and project, the Freshman-Sophomore Prom, Bac¬ calaureate Service ,and the actual graduation exercises themselves. It has long been the tradition for the graduation exercises to be held in the Rose Bowl with the college, two high schools, and the college nursing graduates taking part, and this procedure will again be followed this year. Election of officers was held last Friday with the following people being named to help lead the class: Chris Valente, vice- president; Joan Peterson, record¬ ing secretary; Joyce Teter, cor¬ responding secretary; and Dave Smith, treasurer. Other members are Ruth Bat- terson, Lynda Brangham, Marsha Cawthon, Nancy Clements, Patty Denton, Donn Easterling, Allan Gaul, Mike Henry, Sue Hise, Pat Huston, Don Merry, Kathy Primm, Lynn Siekler, and Sue Skillern. Barbara Anable, Roy Baugh¬ man, Jack Castagna, Bud Green, and Bob Hutchins, all honorary members, round out the spring council. Lancer Band plans open-air serenade In the cool shade of the carob trees near the Mirror Pools, the Lancer Band will present its first spring Pops Concert “On to Texas Coin Toss” tomorrow during the club period. The purpose of this open-air serenade is not only to provide stimu¬ lating entertainment but also to Committee begins graduation action raise funds to help finance its trip to the annual “Festival of Flowers” in San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24. A special invitation has been extended to the musicians to act as official Tournament of Roses Band at the event. They have not requested any financial assistance from the city, and therefore must earn their own money to cover expenses in¬ curred during the trip. Throughout the performance the spectators are asked to donate as much as possible to help sup¬ port the band’s excursion. The students will travel by bus to San Antonio following the spring vacation to take part in their first band tour in several years. In order to maintain their schol¬ astic standing, the students have received advanced assignments which will be completed during Easter vacation. Besides the February 25 con¬ cert, the band has planned pro¬ grams for March 4 and April 2. It hopes to sponsor numerous pa¬ per drives during the semester which will also contribute to the fund. Band officers for the spring se¬ mester include Larry Dominguez, president; Dick Shearer, vice-pres¬ ident; Barbara Randell, corres¬ ponding secretary; Mary Ann Til- ford, recording secretary; and Gene Johnson, treasurer. Plans for the seventy-first com¬ mencement exercises are now in progress after the first meeting of the Rose Bowl Commencement Committee. This June there will be an esti¬ mated 2925 graduating students from the combined schools of Pasadena City College, Pasadena High School, and John Muir High School. The committee is under the able direction of PCC’s administrative dean, Armen Sarafian. Members of the committee include Miss Doreen Abbott, Robert Bastian, Mrs. Marian Courtney, Miss Aud¬ rey Duff, Mrs. Maurece Dunn, Robert Fleury, Earl Holder, Miss Suzanne Macauley, Mrs. Eugenia Minas, Mrs. Marian Mosher, Mrs. Lois Ramey, Miss Betty Robeson, Paul Smith, Newt Stary, David Thorsen, and Mrs. Adele Tingey. Яннир —Courier Photo Practice makes perfect and perfection could well be TUNING the goal of these four bandsmen as they tune up THEM for tomorrow’s concert. They are George Mors, UP trombone; David O’Neil, trumpet; and Dave Back- haus, tuba. Dr. Lois Higgins expresses views on US crime prevention problem PCC teacher recalls recent trip to Moscow Exhibition Richard Little, PCC’s new teacher of Russian, will present “An Inside View of the Moscow Exhibition,” which will be colored by his own personal experiences. Alpha Mu Gamma, the national foreign language society, will sponsor the talk in Harbeson Hall next Tuesday at By Blanche Leonard “Crime prevention is a crusade with me,” said attractive Dr. Lois Higgins in an interview before the Tuesday Evening Forum lecture on February 16. “I have been in law enforcement work for 25 years,” she added. Mrs. Higgins is a charming, motherly, gracious lady — not at all like the common concept of a policewoman. She has a daugh¬ ter in college and a son at Har¬ vard, and says “I am prouder of my career as a mother than as a police officer.” “Crime Around the World” was the title of her lecture, with the emphasis on the world-wide prob¬ lem of narcotics. Some of the questions we asked her were as follows: Q: What do you think about closing the border to Mexico so our youth cannot go down for dope? — Courier Photo Dr. Lois Higgins (1.) has a right to look proud as BADGES Tuesday Evening Forum Chairman Ralph Hallman OF and Courier reporter Blanche Leonard examine the HONOR police badges which she has worn during her career as a leading law enforcement officer. A: Some study and research should be made in that direction to see how much traffic is going on. The big problem is that we don’t have the law enforcement officers to watch the entire bor¬ der. Q: Are there an alarming num¬ ber of youthful dope addicts, or are the newscasters seizing upon this subject for headlines? A: It is not being whipped up by the press. Eighty per cent of the narcotic addicts are between the ages of 17 and 29. It is a male problem, as 85 per cent of the ad¬ dicts are men. Q: What are some of the causes for the amount of juvenile delin¬ quency now going on? A: There are almost as many causes as there are delinquents. We hear the home being blamed, the school, and the church, but seldom do we hear the individ¬ ual himself being blamed! This cause stands out to me— the re¬ fusal of the individual to accept personal responsibility. Q: What about the English sys¬ tem, where the addict gets his dope for nothing? A: This is a myth. England is bound by the Geneva convention on narcotics as we are. The picture she gave of drug addiction was grim. Narcotics are injurious to the brain, the cause of faulty judgment. They cause girls to lose their procreation ca¬ pacities. They are the cause of many of today’s horrible crimes. They cause the complete mental and moral breakdown of a hu¬ man being. The noted criminologist ended her lecture on a reverent note by saying that prayer is the miss¬ ing value in the behavioral sci¬ ences today, that we must look on each day as a milestone in our journey toward God. 3:30 p.m. In the summer of 1959, Little was one of the 75 chosen out of 2000 applicants for the position as guide at the American Exposition in Moscow. INQUIRIES QUITE frequently deviated from the subject at hand and were directed with “loaded” implications at the American way of life. The guides discussed what questions were most likely to be asked and decided how it would be best to answer them. In choosing what responses would be the best, guides made their own decisions and were not influenced by the U.S. State De¬ partment. LIKE ALL THE American guides, Little was deluged with invitations to Russian homes where he had the unique oppor¬ tunity' to engage in sincere per¬ sonal discussions with many dif¬ ferent Russian families. His interesting experiences with the people and his inside view of life in ordinary Russian homes will make his lecture exciting and vital to all internationally-minded students. Engineering Week features displays In honor of Engineering Week, a display consisting of parts and tools of special engineering merit has been constructed in the Pasa¬ dena Education Center. The week was started by the National Society of Professional Engineers during the depression to promote the then declining en¬ gineering profession. Since George Washington was an en¬ gineer, the week is traditionally celebrated to include his birthdate. The college itself is planning no special activities for the week. However, all interested students are invited to visit the Education Center and view the display. AGS holds first meeting of spring Alpha Gamma Sigma, the hon¬ orary scholastic society at Pasa¬ dena City College, will hold its first meeting of the semester to¬ morrow in 207E from 12-12:30. Election of spring officers and a discussion of other business will highlight the meeting. Anyone who believes he is eli¬ gible for membership in the or¬ ganization is urged to attend the meeting to make sure that his scholastic achievements meet the requirements of the organization. College department councils press sale of movie tickets Departmental council members are currently pushing the sale of tickets for their third interdepartmental presenta¬ tion, “Bell, Book and Candle.” March 7 has been set as the date for the screening of the film which will be shown twice in Sexson Auditorium. It will be - : - - presented first at 3:15 and again at 7:15 p.m. Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Ko- vaks and Hermione Gingold, the comedy can best be described as “bewitching,” with the emphasis on the witching end of the word. The plot revolves dizzily around a pretty witch (Miss Novak), her warlocklike brother (Lemmon), a bewildered book publisher (Stewart), and a hair-brained writer (Kovaks), who lives off bread and butter . . . and bourbon. What happens when Stewart and Koyaks, two “normal” indi¬ viduals tangle with the out-of-the ordinary characters of New York makes “Bell, Book and Candle” a movie well worth seeing.