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Vol. 27, No. 17
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
January 1 7, 1 968
Caltech Economist Oliver Calls
Johnson Proposals 'Short Run'
“In the long run the world can’t
operate with both the dollar and
the gold standard,” Dr. Robert
Oliver of Caltech explained dur¬
ing his discussion of “Assault on
the Dollar” last Thursday in Har-
beson Hall.
“Johnson’s proposals are psy¬
chological and short run. The US
has just gotten the world to eli¬
minate controls on exchange so
that now the world is going the
way most economists say it
should. Therefore, just because
the US is a little worried, that
doesn’t mean she should wreck
it.”
The US is increasingly in a
creditor position. The world owes
us between 60 and 100 billion
dollars. These industry and gov¬
ernment-operations could be sold
to drive up the value of the dol¬
lar.
After World War II all Europe
was in a precarious financial state
without reserves to cover expen¬
ditures that would be necessary
if imports were to exceed ex¬
ports for a couple of months.
DURING THESE years and
throughout the 50’s deficit spend¬
ing by the US was necessary to
bring the European countries to
stability. All but England now
have reserves equal to 20 per
cent of their annual imports.
These reserves are in combina¬
tions of gold and dollars.
This dual monetary standard
is possible only because the US
has written into law that she will
buy or sell gold in unlimited
amounts at $35 an ounce. Fur¬
ther, of the $300 billion annually
involved in world trade, the US
handles $60 billion.
Therefore, the US could
lower the price of gold and those
holding gold reserves would be
hurt. Aside from this reason, gold
is impractical because it cannot
be invested, thereby earning in¬
terest and keeping pace with in¬
flation. And gold must be put
somewhere. For private indivi¬
duals the annual cost of storing
and insuring gold is equal to 10
per cent of its value.
THE DOLLAR, however is
much more flexible. There has
been much less inflation in the
United States since 1950 than in
any other country, so the dollar
has remained very close to an
absolute price level.
The dollar, being, involved in
the bulk of world trade, in the
most practical means of paying
for imports. If everyone in the
world were to decide that both
gold and the dollar were imprac¬
tical and an international unit
were created, the dollar would
not suffer. The value of the dol-
Project 67- 68
Second Session
Selection of participants for
the second session of Project 67
and 68 will begin February 7 at
noon.
Dates for the coming work¬
shops are February 13, 15, 20,
and 29; and March 7 and 14. The
first two meetings are scheduled
between 2 and 5 p.m. All others
will meet from 2 until 5:30 p.m.
Applications are available in
Dr. Delmas Bugelli’s office, 102
C, and the Campus Center.
lar is solely dependent on the
productive capacity of the US.
If the US were to announce
that it would no longer buy and
sell gold, the world would be off
By Lois Wickstrom
The first session of Project
’67 and ’68 began with the pre¬
mise that if there is a greater
awareness and understanding of
self, and a greater understanding
of man’s philosophies, there will
be improvement in communica¬
tion.
It ended with suggestions from
students on the administration
and faculty, from the faculty to
students and administration, and
from the administration to the
faculty and students.
Students decided that they
should make the faculty feel
needed (useful), make the faculty
aware of students’ personal goals
and enable student to achieve
goals with the class, thereby
making the teacher a facilitator,
not a dictator.
ONE STUDENT suggested that
the teacher for his major subject
should judge his work in relation
to that major rather than by the
current system which rates all
the students in the same class
against each other.
Students also felt that the teach¬
er should teach resources and act
as a resource for future experi¬
ence. The teacher should conduct
the class to fulfill class needs.
The teacher should grade by
basis of student knowledge and
interpretation rather than teach¬
er-viewpoint. A student should be
the gold standard. The only ef¬
fect of this action upon the US
would be the lowering of the
price of gold, thereby making it
available to industry.
permitted to explain how he
thought out a problem. Teachers
should be approachable on a
human and individual level.
S t u d e n t-faculty communica¬
tions could be aided by combining
the student and faculty dining
rooms. Teachers should put their
responsibility to students first.
STUDENT ideas for the admin¬
istration included trying out the
quarter system, catering to stu¬
dents rather than the communi¬
ty, believing that change isn’t
necessarily bad, and not being
afraid to stick their necks out.
Faculty suggestions for ef¬
fective work with students were:
Assign groups of students (per¬
haps 25) to an individual faculty
member. The purpose of the
group would be to discuss any
problems whatsoever — either ac¬
ademic or personal. The students
and the faculty member would
By John Maffei
Tom Coston is the new Assoti-
ated Student Body President of
Pasadena City College. Coston,
who ran unopposed for the posi¬
tion, received more yes votes
than nay’s and abstentions.
Coston is a graduate of La
Salle High School in Pasadena
and has most recently served as
Sophomore Class president.
A tremendous controversy has
arisen from the open race for
vice-president. There were no
candidates entered on the actual
ballot but several candidates did
run as write-ins.
Terry Smith captured 66 of the
259 votes cast in the election, but
don’t get excited if you’re a Smith
fan, because Smith was disquali¬
fied on a technicality. Smith will
appeal his disqualification at the
earliest possible date.
SO NOW the logical person to
assume the vice-presidency
would be the person who gathered
the second highest number of
votes. But a logical answer would
be that two people can’t hold the
same office. Yes, there was a tie
for second place. Ed Crocker and
Ron Toms both gathered 24 votes
to deadlock the race.
Now things really become in¬
teresting, and aren’t they always
when PCC becomes involved in
student government? The situa¬
tion student leaders now must
face is should they hold a spe¬
cial runoff election between
Crocker and Toms to determine
the vice-president, or should they
wait for a ruling on the appeal
by Smith which may not be forth¬
coming until next semester?
Well as you can see things
really seem to be messed up
again in the ASB.
TOM QUINN was voted AMS
president. Among his other ac¬
tivities, he was co-chairman of
homecoming this year. Quinn is
a graduate of Pasadena High
School and ran unopposed for
AMS president.
Leslie Wells gained the position
of Freshman Class president. He
was AMS president this semester
and is a graduate of John Muir
High School. He too ran unop¬
posed.
Tim Moore was elected Sopho¬
more Class president by a nar¬
row vote over Sue Perlson. Soph¬
omore Class was one of the few
positions for which a contest was
held. Moore is a graduate of San
try to know each other as per¬
sons.
Other suggestions were: Dis¬
cuss the possibility of having a
“buddy system within student or¬
ganizations. Build self-confidence
in students to eliminate a sense
of failure. Reinforce success pat¬
terns instead of emphasizing neg¬
ative patterns. One way to do
this would be to start pass-fail
courses.
Cooperate closely with the Tu¬
torial Center so that students can
work on material relevant to
classroom activities. Be sure
that students are aware of free
health services, such as psycho¬
logical counseling, eye and ear
examinations, and the like.
THE FACULTY felt that such
suggestions could be thrown out
if skills could be developed for
personal intimacy with students
• Continued on Page Three
Garbiel High School.
Sandy Scott has been elected
AWS president for the second se¬
mester in succession. Miss Scott,
like most of the candidates in the
election, ran unopposed. She is a
graduate of Pasadena High
School.
GIL EASTMAN will be the new
Senate president. Eastman, a
graduate of Blair High School, al¬
so ran unopposed.
The new Sophomore Class Con¬
stitution passed by a vote of
88-22. The strange thing about
TOM COSTON
. . . Spring ASB prexy
this is that a copy of the consti¬
tution was not available in every
polling place. I am sure that they
were originally in the booths, but
at some point during the day
some of the constitutions man¬
aged to disappear.
There are two appeals that
stem from this electon. One is
the Smith controversy over the
vice-presidency, and the other
stems from a charge of illegal
voting practices. It seems that
one candidate claims that ASB
cards were being passed out, and
people were being urged to vote
with them.
The Election Commission, un¬
der the leadership of Janet Hoop¬
er, is looking into both matters.
Chadwick
Bike King
By Stephanie Richardson
The Gran Prix of PCC, better
known as the Great Tricycle
Race, was held last week in
front of the C Building.
After two enduring laps
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speed and excitement, Warren
Chadwick, representing Delta Psi
Omega, raced to the finish line
15 seconds before his opponents.
Warren’s custom-made fire-en¬
gine-red tricycle with a converted
bench seat and wire wheels,
withstood the partially wet pave¬
ment and sharps curves well.
Warren, dressed in his black
racing suit, was later awarded a
trophy, and a kiss by Penny Ken¬
dall, AMS Sweetheart, for his
outstanding achievement.
Rick Johansen, representing
Junior Executives, pedaled in
for a second place, while Larry
Suderman, representing A d e 1-
phians, finished third. They will
be awarded certificates later for
placing in the event.
The only mishap occurred at the
beginning of the first lap when
an unidentified starter found his
handle bars were not attached
to his trike.
Other contestants were Don
Cox, AMS; Tom Sanders, AWS;
Oscar Palmer Circle K; Geoff
Godfrey, Highlanders; and Bos-
kin Khayatt, International Club.
Bookstore Hours
Students are reminded that the
PCC Bookstore will remain
open during the semester break,
January 29 through February 2
from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Motto of the Bookstore is “Shop
early and avoid the rush after
the new semester begins.”
Civil Engineering Seminar
Moderated by R. Hauck
A civil engineering seminar, sponsored by the Southern California
Section of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, will
update practicing surveyors and civil engineers.
The seminar will extend over 12 sessions, starting February 14,
from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday in Harbeson Hall, moderated by
PCC’s instructor of engineering and technology, Richard E. Hauck.
The $20 fee includes an awards dinner.
—Courier photo by Don Casey
CAMPUS SPEAKER — Dr. Robert Oliver explains that the world
cannot continue indefinitely to use both dollars and gold for in¬
ternational monetary units, during his seminar, “Assault on
the Dollar.'
First Project '67-68 Session
Names Inter-Department Ideas
