PCC Courier, January 11, 1961

PC C CoutUeSv Vol. 13, No. 13 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California January 1 1 , 1961 Red Nichols brings Five Pennies to PCC 18 candidates vie for votes in assembly Campaigning reaches a fever pitch today on the PCC campus as the candidates seek to wind up their efforts to obtain an ASB elective office. After an early signup of 27 candidates, expectations were high to have contests for all of¬ fices. Several of the potential candidates were forced to with¬ draw for various reasons, drop¬ ping the final number to 18. The office of ASB president of¬ fers the most interesting contest. Vying for this office are current Sophomore President Bud Green and Chris Valente, former head representative at large. Another interesting struggle is shaping up for the office of frosh president. Incumbent Bill Arens is seeking to hold off determined drives by Elections Commission¬ er Wally Clardy and Fritz Hoel- scheri The other contested offices are those of ASB vice-president, Hos- sein Shirkhani against Keith Hos- feld, and AMS president with Tom Evans against Bill Billotti. The remainder who are running are assured of their posts. Up for approval on the ballot will be the proposed Freshman Class constitution, which will be voted upon by the members of the Freshman Class only. The proposed amendments to the ASB constitution will be accepted or rejected by all voting students. Polling booths will be placed at strategic locations on campus. They will open tomorrow follow¬ ing the Red Nichols election as¬ sembly and will remain open un¬ til Friday at 3 p.m. In order to vote, a student will need his ASB book and identifi¬ cation card. The voting process requires only one or two minutes. Hoopsters oppose Compton, Cerritos Searching for its first elusive Western States Conference win in more than a year, Pasadena’s hopeful hoopsters enter¬ tain the dangerous Tartars this Friday at 3:30 on the Lancer home court. Then on Tuesday, Jan. 17, the Lancers encounter Cerritos on the former’s home - — Courier photo Red Nichols and his Five Pennies return to Sexson NICHOLS Auditorium tomorrow for a program of diversified AND jazz. The talented musical group, a long-time favor- COMPANY ite at PCC, was unable to appear last year because of a State Department tour abroad. ASB books will be required for admission. Revision of health classes studied by student committee Health education at PCC is the subject currently under study by the Student Curriculum Com¬ mittee. Reviving student inter¬ est in the subject is the main goal of this group. “Because of complaints about the amount of time spent taking a class that is a re-hash of things students have already had in pre- on court. Starting tipoff for that game is slated for 8 p.m. Compton is currently support¬ ing a 3-9 record, having defeated Harbor, 80-63; Long Beach State Frosh, 75-61; and Trade Tech, 84-72. The Tartars have already played two league game, both against Phoenix, and their record stands at 0-2. ANTHONY BURR, a returning letterman, will lead the team from his center position. The 6’5” sophomore has been averaging around 20 points per game. He is also the leading rebounder on the team. Other starters for the Tartars will be Richard Amos and George McQuarn at guards, Burr at cen¬ ter, Charles Weatherford and George Cairns at forward. Cerritos JC possesses a well- balanced quintet that will be among the favorites in the WSC race. Cerritos emerged a sur¬ prise winner of the Sam Barry Tournament, when its team de¬ feated Bakersfield, 57-56, in the finals. Cerritos, a spirited team with a lot of fine young shooters, could O’Neil. go all the way to the title but lack of height might handicap them. VERL PEARCE, a talented guard with a good shooting eye, will lead the team. He is the Fal¬ cons’ playmaker. Another fine player is cornerman Jerry Atkins. The rest of the starting lineup will include Bill Crow, Gary Stew¬ art, and Bill Evans. To meet the two teams, Pasa¬ dena’s youthful coach Hudson Scott will field a starting lineup of Vern Holloway and Gary Dor- ward at guard, Jack Strid at cen¬ ter, and Barry Eichorn and Phil Hoover at forward. Holloway leads the team in scoring with 180 points in 11 games, a 16 point-per-game aver¬ age. He is followed by Dorward . with 115, a 10 point average. Ei¬ chorn is the leading rebounder with 112. Holloway is far behind Eichorn with 68. Lancer starters will be back¬ ed up by Gary Ball, Jerry Gard¬ ner, Don Garris, Jim Lorenz, Lar¬ ry Mims, Don Nance, and Bob vious courses,” explains commit¬ tee member Linda Schaller, “we (the committee) are investigating possible ways of improving the health ed course.” The group has proposed com¬ bining the course in life science classes, and making health educa¬ tion coeducational, or revising the program to cover new areas. The California State Code does require health education, but does not specify the form in which it will be taken. Therefore, the com¬ mittee isn’t bound by any ruling. At present, all junior college students are required to take health education in the form of a two unit, two-hour class, before they are permitted to graduate. In February the committee will once again get together with the hope that members reach a deci¬ sion that can be put into effect for next year’s graduating class. Talented jazz makers make return showing Guesting at tomorrow’s elections assembly will be the ever-popular Red Nichols and his Five Pennies. The group will hold forth with the popular Dixieland style for which they are so well known. Red Nichols, the group’s organizer and leader, stands in the front rank MEDICO leader featured Tuesday in evening series “Medicine — Weapon of Free¬ dom” will be the topic presented by Dr. Peter D. Comanduras next Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Sexson Au¬ ditorium as part of the Tuesday Evening Forum series. Dr. Comanduras is now secre¬ tary general of MEDICO, and in his speech will describe the world¬ wide work of this organization. ' In 1957, Dr. Comanduras relin¬ quished a successful private med¬ ical practice in Washington, D.C. to join the MEDICO administra¬ tive staff. Since this time his work has carried Him to numerous coun¬ tries throughout the world. Among the places visited are Af¬ rica, China, Korea, Japan, India, Burma, Thailand, Jordan, and Pakistan. By means of modern medical aid, MEDICO wages an unceasing war against disease around the world. The movement is based not just on the concept of mak¬ ing friends but on the more fun¬ damental desire of America to share her knowledge and skills with the needy sick. Teams of physicians and med¬ ically-trained assistants are sent into the under-developed areas of the world where they build, equip, and staff clinics and small hos¬ pitals. Familiar to many is the work of Dr. Thomas Dooley in Laos, who is sponsored by MED¬ ICO. Dr. Comanduras’ tours take him not only to the already estab¬ lished Medical International Co¬ operation projects, but to investi¬ gate new project sites and to ob¬ serve all American overseas proj¬ ects. of the all-time jazz greats. He de¬ veloped during the 1920’s a jazz style which retains the drive and danceability of the old Dixieland but which surpasses it in depth. During the early years of the organization of his group he had virtually all of the really big names in jazz working with him. Among those who have worked for him are the following jazz greats: Jimmy Dorsey, Lenny Hayton, Joe Venuti, Jack Tea¬ garden, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Pee Wee Russell, and Glenn Miller. Recently his life story was made into a motion picture by Paramount under the name of “Five Pennies.” This production gives the part of the redhead to another popular performer with a crimson thatch, namely Danny Kaye. The appearances of Red Nichols and his group at the elections assembly has become a tradition at PCC. Year after year he has played here to a packed Sexson Auditorium. Prior to Nichols’ appearance on the stage the candidates for ASB election will be introduced with at least the two candidates for ASB president making short addresses. Despite any extra time which might bfe taken up with the intro¬ ductions, Mr. Nichols’ perform¬ ance will be given in its entirety. installation plans Outgoing and incoming board and cabinet members and com¬ mission advisers must purchase their tickets by Friday, Jan. 13, for the Installation-Recognition Banquet which will be held on Tuesday evening, Jan. 17. The banquet will be held at Pierre’s Restaurant in San Ma¬ rino. The featured speaker will be Rabbi Galpert. Tickets may be purchased at the College Bank. •Twirl tryouts Majorette tryouts for next se¬ mester will be re-opened to all interested women Friday at 1 p.m. in 100K. Women will be required to do all the basic twirls plus a routine to their own record. For more informa¬ tion contact Robert Fleury or Kathy Pengra downstairs in the Music Building. Frosh parking program reviewed by city council Due to several last minute setbacks, the proposed changes in off- campus parking have failed to pass the Pasadena Board of Directors, and as a result will not be able to go into effect until next semester. The main difficulty seems to have been that the Freshman Council members who went around to get the petition signed went only to the citizens on the side of the street which was directly involved. Another group, hostile to the proposed changes, went to the resi¬ dents on the other side of the streets and convinced them, through some mistaken information, that the proposal would eliminate parking on their side of the street. It will now be necessary for the freshmen to go around again with their petition on the side of the street that they did not cover and convince the residents of the soundness of the idea behind the proposed changes. When they have the signatures of these residents, they will go before the directors again with the proposal. It is estimated that to complete the project will require approximately one month of add¬ itional work. 200 grads qualify for Lancer degree On January 27, approximately 200 students will become gradu¬ ates of Pasadena City College and will receive the Associate in Arts degree. In addition, there are 20 candidates for high school diplo¬ ma. Although PCC, like most col¬ leges, does not hold a commence¬ ment exercise for first semester graduates, these students are cor¬ dially invited to take part in the annual ceremony for June gradu¬ ates. All candidates for graduation, whether in January or in June, are reminded that this ceremony will be held in the Rose Bowl on June 15, 1961. Dr. Catherine Robbins, presi¬ dent of the college, says that “The Rose Bowl commencement is an impressive tradition, and is wide¬ ly heralded as one of the most beautiful in the United States.” PCC will not give high school diplomas to the 20 candidates for the latter but will send a recom¬ mendation to each student’s high school, stating that he has earned a sufficient amount of credit for the diploma.