Lancers Take Metro Title
HAPPY CHAMPIONS— Members of PCC's victo¬
rious Lancer basketball team carry their coach,
Ron Ayala, triumphantly across the court after
they defeated the defending champion Cerritos
- — Courier Photo by Richard Fujikawa
College Falcons in the PCC gym, and won the
Metropolitan Conference crown in their first year
in the tough jaycee league. Final score of the
important contest was 53-48.
Cornier
Vol. 31, No. 2
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
February 27, 1969
Convocation Keynote Address
Stresses Conflict in Change
Dennis Love Tabbed
in Unsung Hero Role
By MIKE McFADDEN
Pasadena City College is now the official champion of the
Metropolitan Conference following the Lancer win over de¬
fending champion Cerritos, 53-48. The Lancer attack was
headed by the outstanding performance of George Trapp, as
“You cannot extricate yourself
from the conflict of change,” Dr.
William Williams told his audi¬
ence at the fifth annual convoca¬
tion Tuesday.
Dr. Williams spoke on “Crisis
in Our Cities,” at the keynote ad¬
dress of the convocation, which
will continue on March 26, and
April 8.
Dr. Williams is a professor of
public administration at USC and
director of the Center for Social
Action there. He received his BA
from Morehouse College, Atlanta,
his masters in public administra¬
tion from New York University,
and his doctorate from the USC
School of Public Administration!
“We are in a revolution which
involves all of us,” he said. “You
cannot escape from the conflict
that arises from such change, so
you have to ‘manage yourself.’ ”
He said even those who are push¬
ing for change, members of the
The senior forensic team won
eight awards in a state-wide tour¬
nament this last weekend. Three
first place awards were captured
at Riverside College, where the
finest speakers gathered from 22
colleges.
Highest honors went to Craig
Holden for winning the top spot
in the championship division. His
remarkable dramatic interpreta¬
tion drew generous applause at
the awards assembly Saturday
evening.
In the novice division, Mai
Lumby captured two first place
awards. His victory in original
oratory and extempore will bring
him into the championship divi-
BSU, SDS, and others, have troub¬
le handling the conflict created
by the change they are trying to
bring about.
Conflict an Advantage
He said that conflict can be
good if it spurs to action instead
of being avoided.
Dr. Williams told the audience
that often change is resisted by
those who argue that we must
find the causes of problems before
action is taken. He noted instead
that we should take immediate
action treating the symptoms of
a problem.
A doctor treating the flu, he
pointed out, does not try to find
the cause of the flu, but does
whatever he can to relieve the
discomfort. He did not say that
causes of situations should be ig¬
nored, only that they should not
be used as an excuse for inaction.
sion in future competions. Lum¬
by was the only novice to win
two firsts.
Don Johnson won a superior
rating from the judges for his
speech analysis, and an excellent
in interpretation. William Davis
won excellent ratings in both ex¬
tempore and impromptu. Another
excellent went to Jeffrey Kanner
for interpretation.
“The senior forensics team has
done so well at Riverside that I
am anxious to go on to Hayward
for the Junior College State
Championship later in the
spring,” said Dr. Harold Salis¬
bury, head of the Communication
Department.
We cannot really ever know the
root causes of such events as riots
after they have happened. Only a
few aspects of the causes become
known, he said.
Those dealing with the prob¬
lems in the Los Angeles schools
are not deeding with the symp¬
toms. They are trying to avoid
change, using the excuse of need¬
ing studies on the causes of prob¬
lems.
In dealing with the problems
in the cities, we are no longer
• Continued on Page Four
he led all scorers with 23
points.
It was obvious from the start
that Trapp wanted this game
more than any other; his tremen¬
dous rebounding and deadly
shooting got the Lancers off to a
fast lead and his steady play for
the rest of the night gave PCC
the edge that it needed to hold off
the Falcons and claim the title.
The game started on an unusu¬
al note for the Lancers as they
did not control the tip-offs as
they do almost every time. Cer¬
ritos got the first shot and missed
as Trapp went up very high to
pull down the rebound and start
the Lancers on their way to vic¬
tory. Steve Rostker brought the
ball down court and passed to
Howard Nicholson, who in turn
passed the ball into the corner to
Trapp.
14 out of 18
Trapp put a couple of head
fakes on the Cerritos defender
and then went straight up and
sank an 18-foot jumper.
Trapp continued to be an over¬
whelming force in the early part
of the game as he sank the first
eight of the Lancer points and
14 of the first 18.
PCC held the lead for almost
the entire contest. Only once was
Cerritos able to claim an advan¬
tage, and that was when they
took the lead of 16-15 with 10:16
left in the first half.
The Lancers were never able to
hold a commanding lead in the
first half and reached their larg¬
est margin with a little more than
a minute remaining in the half,
31-24.
Second Half Stall
The teams traded baskets early
in the second half and the Lan¬
cers still held a six-point lead
with 15 and one-half minutes re¬
maining in the game.
Pasadena went into a stall fol¬
lowing a Cerritos basket with
15:44 remaining. For two min¬
utes the Lancers stalled before
Dennis Love was trapped with
the ball and forced into a jump
with Bob Horn. Love controlled
the tip to Eric McWilliams and
the Lancers went back into the
stall.
About one minute later McWil¬
liams saw an opening in the Cer¬
ritos defense and drove down the
lane for a lay-up and an easy two
points for the Lancers.
The two teams forced turnovers
on each other and then the Fal¬
cons were finally able to score
after being held for five minutes
without a bucket.
Love Outstanding
Love was the unsung hero of
the night as he scored 12 points
and his deft ball handling forced
Cerritos into fouls and other cost¬
ly errors.
Perhaps the greatest thing that
Love has contributed to the team
this year is his consistency. He
is always good for about 10 points
a game and about as many re¬
bounds.
Clutch free throws by Love
with less than a minute to go
put the game away for the Lan¬
cers as they then held a seven-
point lead and merely had to
avoid the foul in order to assure
victory.
Rebounding was the key to vic¬
tory for the Lancers as they al¬
lowed Cerritos only one shot each
• Continued on Page Four
Annual Race Won
in Record Time
In case you missed it in the
Valentine Day rush, the twenti¬
eth annual Shove Tuesday Pan¬
cake Derby was held February 18.
The competition pits the best
from the towns of Liberal, Kan.,
and Olney, England. These flap-
jack flippers train long months
to get ready for the annual event,
which has been held since 1950.
This year the competition pitted
Miss Silva Winstanley, an 18-
year-old shoe factory worker
from Onley, against a field of 11
from Liberal, headed up by veter¬
an filpper Miss Raneta Pomeroy,
who at the age of 18, is a veteran
of five years of open competition.
The Olney contestant came
through with an outstanding time
of :04.2 (two-tenths of a sec-
one off the existing world stan¬
dard) to defeat the American en¬
trant by a full three seconds. The
S-shaped 425 yard course that
the British entrant performed on
is considered a tough one by
those knowledgeable in pancake
racing circles.
First prize to the Olney was
two long kisses from the sexton
of the town of Olney. Tom Rich¬
ardson, Pancake Derby chairman
from Liberal, wired his congra¬
tulatory message to the new
champion. It was rumored that
he offered Miss Winstanley a
large bonus and a five year
guarantee to come to Liberal and
turn pro. The champion had no
comment on this offer.
Minorities Needed
for UC Dentistry
The University of California
School of Dentistry in San Fran¬
cisco has extended its fall dead¬
line for 1969 minority applicants
who will have completed two
years of pre-professional educa¬
tion by the fafl of 1969.
Mexican-American, black, and
American Indian students are
needed in dentistry and dental hy¬
giene, as well as all the health
fields.
Special consideration will be
given to applicants from these
groups. In addition, complete fi¬
nancial aid is available. The Com¬
mittee for Minority Recruitment
will assist minority applicants
with their applications.
Write immediately to CMR, 249
Millberry Student Union, 500 Par¬
nassus, San Francisco, 94122. In¬
clude your name, address, phone
number, and time you can be
reached by phone.
— Courier Photo by Herb Bowerman
DR. WILLIAM J. WILLIAMS was the keynote speaker at PCC's fifth
annual convocation Tuesday. Theme of the address was "Crisis in
Our Cities." He stressed that an awareness and moral courage
are needed in solving today's problems.
Three Firsts Awarded to
Pasadena Speech Team
