PC C CouXi&l
Vol. 11, No. 12
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
January 13, 1960
Lack of candidates
mars ASB election
Probably what will amount to one of the most dismal Associated
Student Body elections in the history of Pasadena City College gets
underway following tomorrow’s general assembly.
An almost unbelievable total of nine prospective politicians will
view the two-day voting proceedings with scarcely a worry in the
world. These nine candidates will be running for office with a complete
and definite lack of opposition.
Only the presidential race along with the freshman and sopho¬
more presidential hassles will be contested by two or more persons.
Meanwhile, six representatives at large, a vice-president, an AWS
president, and an AMS president are automatically in as eventual
members of the spring ASB Board unless there is a repetition of last
fall’s election mix-up.
Continuing to look on the pessimistic side, the Elections Commis¬
sion has abandoned the use of two polling booths because of a notice¬
able lack of inactivity incurred during the last ASB election when
only a little over 500 votes were cast.
Booths at the Women’s Gym and
К
Building will go into hiberna¬
tion for this election at least.
With interest at a low ebb and a dearth of candidates, this elec¬
tion is certainly in need of a tonic and it may find one in the race for
the presidency. Three prominent gentlemen are in the throes of
contesting for the school’s biggest student administrative position.
Roy Baughman, Doug Perry, and A1 Gaul have all achieved
prominence in governmental circles prior to the election and this
shapes up as one of the most interesting campaigns in quite a spell.
Dave Batterson and Kathy Primm will vie for the office of Sopho¬
more Class president and_ will also present a battle of the sexes at
the same time.
Bob Bruno, Tim Bennett, and Joe Martinez are the three candi¬
dates seeking the Freshman Class presidency.
Polls open tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.
Contestants enter *omd issue
Davis-Hall finals
Again, the college is in a period of happy hand-
SPEAKING shakes as the semesterly ASB elections loom before
OF the student body. Here, Acting Elections Commis-
POLITICS sioner Pat Augenstine is seen speaking before the
elections candidates.
International Relations Club
slates second political forum
Today at 3 o’clock in 200C the International Relations
Club will present the second in its series of Political Science
Forums. The topic of the program will be “Eisenhower
Abroad: His Goals, His Achievements.” The program will
Board ok’s
11 courses
for college
Eleven new courses ranging
from Russian to elementary life
science will be added to the PCC
curriculum during 1960, according
to plans released by the Pasadena
Board of Education. Three will
be offered for the coming spring
semester while the remaining
eight will not be put on the sched¬
ule until next fall.
Two new courses in Russian
will be available in February. Ar¬
thur Wiley, head of the Language
Department, has announced that
“Russian 1 (four units) is a be¬
ginning college course for those
who have had two years or more
of another language or who have
had some Russian previously.”
THE OTHER Russian course,
1A, will be offered only at night
for two units for those who do
not meet the requirements need¬
ed to enter Russian 1.
The third spring course, deduc¬
tive logic, will be added from the
extended day program.
A commerce and industry class
will be opened in the fall to gifted
or exceptionally mature business
majors. Map reading and inter¬
pretation and a Geography 2
course will also be added to famil¬
iarize students with maps in gen¬
eral and to instill the ability to.
recognize their limitations and
assets.
CONTEMPORARY social prob¬
lems will be added to the Division
of Humanities. It will cover the
social problems which confront
modern man and develop certain
criteria for judging sociological
issues, trends, and schemes.
Asian history will also be cov¬
ered in the new program. The
course will be divided into two
sections, Asia to 1600 and Asia
from 1600.
TWO NEW philosophy classes
will also be added to the sched¬
ule. The history of ancient phil¬
osophy will take up the early be¬
ginnings of philosophy while the
history of modern philosophy will
extend the course into the Renais¬
sance and develop it into the pres¬
ent century.
The fundamental principles of
the life sciences and their applica¬
tion to the home will be covered
in elementary life science. Mathe¬
matical Structures .9 will intro¬
duce the student to a number of
Johnston has performed serv¬
ices for the federal government
under Presidents Roosevelt, Tru¬
man, and Eisenhower. In World
War II under Roosevelt he served
as a member of federal boards
and commissions. Under Truman,
he served as chairman of the In¬
ternational Development Advisory
Board to which post he was re¬
appointed by President Eisenhow¬
er in July, 1953. In the fall of
1953 Eisenhower appointed John¬
ston as his personal representa¬
tive with rank of ambassador to
advance a program in the Near
East.
The author of two books,
“America Unlimited” and “We’re
All in It,” he has been awarded
Mike Mikesell, Alpha Butts,
George Speece, and Joe Capps will
go before the judges for the last
time tomorrow night in the last
round of the 1959 Davis-Hall
speech contest. The quartet will
conclude the event at a banquet
to be given in their honor at the
Pasadena YMCA at 7 p.m.
Gold medals will be presented
to the first and second place win¬
ners in this, one of the oldest con¬
tinuous speech contests in the
state. M. W. Davis and Herbert
Hall inaugurated it in 1907 to in¬
terest students in speaking on
current, national, and city prob¬
lems.
General topics for the speeches
include; “Problems of the Young
Adult” by Mike Mikesell; “World
Understanding” by Joe Capps;
“Narcotics Problems” by Alpha
Butts; and “Encouraging the Stu¬
dent to Save Money Through Mu¬
tual Funds” by George Speece.
modern mathematical ideas and
investigate the application of
these to the physical life and be-
haviorial sciences.
honorary degrees by more than
a score of colleges and universi¬
ties. -
Eric Johnston
. . . industry’s future
Pasadena City College’s Order
of Distinguished Service, more
commonly known as OMD, will
hold its semi-annual tapping
ceremonies next Thursday. At
that time President Bob Grant
and Co. will honor several wor¬
thy students who have given
unselfish service to their school.
In order to offer complete cov¬
erage of this traditional event
the Courier will not be distrib¬
uted until next Thursday in¬
stead of the usual Wednesday
date.
chairman of the Foreign Lan¬
guage Department on January 17.
Because of their high scholastic
standing in the field of foreign
languages the following students
are being admitted to Alpha Iota:
Liselotte Gramberg, Gary Green,
Sue Hise, Beverly Johnson,
Charles Lindelef, David Mann,
and Dietrich Petermann.
The solemn candlelight cere¬
mony for the initiates will be led
by Suzie Fox, president; Hiro
Iwasa, vice-president; and Elka
Boettcher, secretary. The new
members will be given the chance
to become better acquainted with
the honorary society, its history,
and its goals.
Among the many projects spon¬
sored by Alpha Mu Gamma at
PCC is the celebration of Nation¬
al Foreign Language Week.
Through various projects of this
Civil Service sets
application date
Application for appointment to
the college’s numerous civil serv¬
ice positions are available now in
the Student Activities office, 111C,
according to Civil Service Com¬
missioner Bob Grant. All applica¬
tions are due at 4 p.m., January
18.
The positions must be filled by
the start of the spring semester
and, therefore, it is hoped that
anyone who is interested in filling
one of these openings will fill out
an application and aply for an in¬
terview appointment immediately.
feature Mike Mikesell, Dick Kus-
serow, and Bob Palmer.
Mikesell will give a comprehen-
nature, the foreign language so¬
ciety strives to acquaint the pub¬
lic with their world neighbors who
speak other tongues.
activities, 111C.
All prospective candidates are
urged to keep their appointment
since this is the last opportunity
they will have this semester to
apply for admission to the organi¬
zation. Anyone who fails to keep
his interview time should go to
the Activities Office and apply for
another personal interview.
The membership committee,
headed by Doug Perry, will make
its final candidate selection tomor¬
row and present its recommenda¬
tions before the club at their next
regularly scheduled meeting,
Tuesday, Jan. 19. At that time
they will vote on the proposed
candidates.
Circle
К
is planning to hold next
semester a jazz show and its an¬
nual car wash and blood drive in
addition to the other service proj¬
ects it undertakes throughout the
year.
sive discussion of the President’s
trip to Bonn, London, and Paris
in August and September while
Kusserow will speak on the Presi¬
dent’s goals and achievements
during his recent goodwill tour of
Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Finishing the program, Palmer
will analyze the implications and
prevailing forecasts of the much-
heralded summit conference. He
will also discuss the President’s
forthcoming visit to Russia.
Following the speakers, the
audience will be invited to join
the discussion and ask questions.
A very successful presentation is
anticipated in view of the highly
professional first forum program
in this series held in November.
Music Hour stars
college musicians
The members of the Pasadena
City College Music Hour will hold
the first in the current series of
concerts on Friday, Jan. 15, at
8 p.m. in 102K, the choir room.
Soloists and ensemble groups
of the PCC Music Department will
be featured in the first formal
student concert to be presented
this season. A balanced program
has beet; planned consisting of
music by authors from every era
in music.
Members of the public are cor¬
dially invited to the concert and
to the reception which will fol¬
low. No admission will be
charged.
Motion picture prexy
scans industrial future
“America’s Industrial Future” is the topic on which Eric
Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association, will
speak at the Tuesday Evening Forum on January 19. He will
explain how America can remain economically and politically
strong in her cold war against
communism.
Foreign language fraternity
initiates seven new members
Alpha Iota, the Pasadena City College chapter of Alpha
Mu Gamma, national honorary foreign language society, has
elected seven new members to the fraternity. A special initia¬
tion ceremony will be held at the home of Arthur S. Wiley,
Circle
К
hopefuls
face oral interviews
Candidate interviews for admission into Circle K, the
honorary men’s service organization at Pasadena City College,
are presently being conducted by the club’s membership com¬
mittee from 1:30-3:30 in the office of the dean of student
