First Language Convocation Successful
UCLA Prof. Urges
Language Emphasis
guest speaker spoke of the re¬
cently passed law concerning com¬
pulsory language for elementary
schools.
Stressing the need to increase
the amount of language majors in
today’s colleges, Dr. Lapp said
that he feels one of the best ways
to accomplish this is through in¬
spiring, devoted teachers.
This brought the speaker to the
all-too-common problem, especial¬
ly in universities, of teaching as¬
sistants or TA’s.
TEACHING assistants are grad¬
uate students who teach perhaps
one or two classes at the school
where they are studying in order
to continue their research. In a
recent survey concerning the
training of TA’s throughout the
nation’s universities and colleges,
it was discovered that at least 60
per cent of them provided no
teacher training at all.
Dr. Lapp professed that the
University of California, Berke¬
ley, Foreign Language Depart¬
ment expressed concern over this
problem, but responded, “What
can I do? I have 65 TA’s in my
department.”
Dr. Lapp feels that generally
these teaching assistants cannot
provide enough enthusiasm and
inspiration to make language a
successful experience for the stu¬
dent if they are not provided with
some teacher instruction tech¬
niques.
In closing, the guest speaker al¬
so stressed the importance of be¬
ing in frequent contact with the
language studied. Dr. Lapp feels
a minimum of five hours per
week in secondary courses is nec¬
essary. He also believes that
classes ought to be limited in size
to no more than 15 students.
Following Dr. Lapp’s introduc¬
tory speech was a panel discus¬
sion.
Leslie Koltai, chairman of the
PCC Foreign Language Depart¬
ment, expressed his happiness
with the turnout which filled Har-
beson Hall.
Newsman Shows
Documentary Film
Robert Cohen, distinguished
news correspondent and producer
of documentary films, will nar¬
rate his film, “Inside East Ger¬
many” at PCC’s Tuesday Evening
Forum, January 26, in Sexson
Auditorium at 8 p.m.
The production is the result of
much negotiation and “Red” tape
with East German authorities for
permission to travel throughout
the country.
TRYING to deal with as many
aspects of East German life as
possible, Cohen has filmed far¬
mer’s wives in their kitchens;
workers in the country’s enor¬
mous new factories in Saxony;
the eradicated tomb of Hitler;
“duck-tailed” teenagers; and the
sophisticated world-famous Ber¬
tolt Brecht Theater. Cohen also
presents views of West Berlin in
contrast to its eastern counter¬
part.
The film producer, who received
his master’s degree in motion pic¬
tures at UCLA in 1954, has served
in the US Army as a television
director and as a newsreel cam¬
eraman at Allied Supreme Head¬
quarters in Paris.
WHILE studying for his doctor¬
ate in social psychology at the
Sorbonne he visited Moscow to
observe the 1957 World Youth
Festival. At this time he was com¬
missioned by NBC to film Red
China while traveling with a
group of American students.
In addition to his lecture films,
Cohen has produced international
prize-winning documentary mo¬
tion pictures. He has also worked
for Associated Press, CBS-TV,
and radio stations in Los Angeles,
San Francisco, and New York.
Many of Cohen’s stories and
photographs have been published
in newspapers throughout the
United States and Europe.
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
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Dynamic speakers and a large
audience combined to make the
first Foreign Language Depart¬
ment convocation a successful
event.
The convocation, held last Fri¬
day in Harbeson Hall, commemo¬
rated the 40th anniversary of
Pasadena City College.
FEATURING Dr. John C. Lapp,
Foreign Language Department
chairman at Stanford University,
as the main guest speaker, the
topic “Renaissance in Foreign
Languages : A Perspective Into
the Future,” was discussed.
Dr. Lapp, a former UCLA staff
member, questioned the use of
“renaissance” in the title of his
speech because he feels that this
word indicates a complete “re¬
birth” assuming that the subject
matter (foreign language) had en¬
tirely died out.
Dr. Lapp pointed out that the
importance of learning foreign
languages has never been ex¬
pelled, and that a more appropri¬
ate definition for renaissance in
this case would be that it express¬
es “a spirit of continuity, not a
rebirth.”
TO EMPHASIZE society’s in¬
creased interest in language, the
OMD Selects Officers
at Recognition Banquet
Omicron Mu Delta, Pasadena
City College’s highest honorary
organization, selected its spring
semester officers at its semi-an¬
nual banquet Saturday.
Betty Holmes was elected presi¬
dent of OMD by the organization’s
active members.
Other officers include Walt
Rydzewski, vice-president; Merri-
lee Harter, secretary; Dick Trubo,
treasurer; and Becky Barber and
Barbara Hodge, historians.
The dinner, which honored the
organizations new tappess, was
held at the Antique Inn in Pasa¬
dena. Over 100 OMD members
and alumni attended the function.
The organization will sponsor
the annual OMD carnival sched¬
uled in May.
Journalists Trek
to CNPA Confab
Four Lancer journalists and
their faculty advisers will travel
to Sacramento during the semes¬
ter break to attend the annual
California Newspaper Publishers
Association Convention.
The PCC representatives in¬
clude Dick Trubo, fall Courier ed¬
itor; Cheryl Zintgraff, spring
Courier editor; Karen Anderson,
publications commissioner; Mari¬
lyn Nash, Pageant; William Butt-
ler, Pageant and fall Courier ad¬
viser; Nick Beck, spring Courier
adviser; Robert van der Veen,
PCC Press manager; and Fred
Hammond, printing instructor.
The delegates will attend the
Sacramento conference from Feb¬
ruary 4-7. During the weekend,
they will participate in numerous
discussions and interviews, in¬
cluding an exclusive press con¬
ference with California Governor
Edmund G. “Pat” Brown.
The Lancers will also sit in on
roundtable discussion groups with
professional journalists from all
parts of the state.
Approximately 900 to 1000 pub¬
lishers, newspaper executives,
and students are expected to con¬
vene in Sacramento.
Lancer Coed to Edit
College Newspaper
Cheryl Zintgraff will direct pub¬
lication of the Courier next se¬
mester as its executive editor.
Miss Zintgraff, currently fea¬
ture page editor of the Courier,
was elected to her new post last
week by the newspaper’s staff.
Nursing Student
Receives Award
Suzanne Avery, freshman nurs¬
ing student, has been awarded the
Dr. Yolanda Brunie Scholarship.
The 17-year-old Lancer was se¬
lected on the basis of scholarship,
enthusiasm, and dedication to her
career of registered nursing.
A check for $125 was presented
to Miss Avery by Dr. Catherine
Robbins, president of Pasadena
City College. The monetary
award is annually donated by the
Alpha Delta chapter of Delta
Kappa Gamma.
She succeeds Dick Trubo, the cur¬
rent executive editor.
The 19-year-old foreign lan¬
guage major is entering her third
semester on the Courier staff. She
served as a feature writer and
news reporter before assuming
the position of feature page edi¬
tor this fall. She was tapped by
Beta Phi Gamma, honorary jour¬
nalism society, in November for
her contributions to PCC publica¬
tions.
A graduate of John Muir High
in Pasadena, Miss Zintgraff wrote
for its award-winning newspaper,
the Blazer. She was fine arts edi¬
tor of the senior edition.
She was the recipient of an
award in advanced English and a
member of the California Scholar¬
ship Federation.
The editor-elect attended the
University of California at Ber¬
keley her first semester of col¬
lege. She wrote for the UC year¬
book.
— Courier photo by Dick Ammon
THE COURIER CLIQUE — Courier editor-elect Cheryl Zintgraff
checks several press releases prior to the final weekly deadline.
Miss Zintgraff will assume the editorship next semester. Fall editor
Dick Trubo and adviser William Buttler look on.
— Courier photo by Dick Ammon
THE START OF SOMETHING BIG— Fall ASB President Mike Galla¬
gher (left) passes the executive gavel to newly-installed spring
president Bob Bordwell at the Installation and Recognition Ban¬
quet last Thursday. Bordwell and the other officers will assume
their new positions with the beginning of the new semester on
February 9. ( See story on page three. )
FBI Chief Hoover Commends
Pasadena Courier Editorialist
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
has praised the Courier in a per¬
sonal letter to City Editor Karen
Anderson.
The FBI chief, who referred to
a December 9 editorial concerning
himself, said:
“I have read your editorial en¬
titled ‘LBJ’s Replacement of J.
Edgar Hoover Would Be Tragic
Blunder for America’ which ap¬
peared in the December 9 edition
of the PCC Courier.
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