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PCC Courier, January 23, 1976
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VOL. 40, NO. 16
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 23, 1976
Sarafian: 'Excellence
in All Endeavors . . .
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By David Willman
News Editor
“Progress on all fronts, excellence
in all endeavors.”
This has been the compelling creed
retiring PCC President Dr. Armen
Sarafian has attempted to abide
by during his decade of leadership at
this community college.
Dr. Sarafian has established himself
as an almost peerless administrator
luring his 36-year career in public
education. He is a strong advocate of
tuition-free learning, and says,
“Community college education is a
true avenue for equal education for
all.”
Anxious to devote more energy to his
new duties as president of La Verne
College, Dr. Sarafian says one reason
he decided to leave here was because
he now will be able to work until he is
70 years old. At PCC, he would have to
retire at age 65, ten years from now.
Reflecting back on his 29-year
association with the Pasadena Junior
and then community college system,
Dr. Sarafian terms the experience
“extremely rewarding.”
Dr. Sarafian established a 10-year
plan for facilities improvement as a
primary goal when he first assumed
his position as PCC president in 1965.
This has led to the construction of
many new structures, the latest being
the Paramedical Sciences (U)
Building.
Another major goal of Dr. Sarafian
was to make PCC curricula “more
responsive to the times and to the
students.”
It is this area which has provided the
greatest challenge for him.
“We have tried to put the accent on
the individual, and have strived to
improve each individual,” says Dr.
Sarafian. “It’s been tough to make a
program which is responsive to the
needs of 45,000 people.”
While Dr. Sarafian is aware that
DR. ARMEN SARAFIAN
. . . good-byes
many PCC students do not participate
in “traditional” college activities, he
attributes this to the fact that PCC is a
commuter college where students do
not actually live on the campus.
Dr. Sarafian also recalls that when
“important” issues have arisen, the
students have been quick to react.
“When I became president, there
were demonstrations. They (demon¬
strations) are a constitutionally
guaranteed right, and can serve as an
effective counter-force.”
Dr. Irvin G. Lewis, administrative
dean for Student Personnel Services,
recently commented on Dr. Sarafian ’s
handling of past demonstrations by
saying, “He was always ready to
listen. He felt that there was always a
solution to any problem.”
Dr. Sarafian feels graduating high
school seniors should not be dissuaded
from enrolling in college because of
the rising unemployment rate.
Although the prevailing economic
condition indiscriminately denies
many college educated persons jobs,
he believes that the pursuit of higher
learning should be for a diversity of
purposes.
Through the innovation of internship
programs at PCC, Dr. Sarafian has
succeeded in utilizing the community
as a functional laboratory, where
career -oriented students can gather
working experience.
Said Dr. Sarafian, “One purpose of
- college is to help each individual
develop to his or her maximum. It is
through college that a person can
acquire a broad understanding of the
universe, and be exposed to the best
thinking.”
He also asserts that college develops
wisdom, and instills proper judgement
for one’s career planning. Dr. Sarafian
feels that a college education can also
help to make individuals better
citizens.
A man of intense drive and enthu¬
siasm for his programs, Dr. Sarafian
aptly typifies the supreme college
administrator. His list of accolades
has been documented time and again,
but remains awesomely impressive.
Board of Trustees President Robert
J. Considine says of Dr. Sarafian, “His
leadership in education has not only
had a profound effect on our own
campus, but on our entire nation.”
A 30-year resident of Pasadena, Dr.
Sarafian enjoys reading one book
weekly, and traveling in his scant
spare time. He says he used to derive
pleasure from working in his rose
garden, but since the La Verne ap¬
pointment, has not had sufficient time.
At La Verne, Dr. Sarafian plans to
escalate the use of video tape in¬
struction, on a world-wide basis, and
simultaneously increase the im¬
portance of self-learning. He says this
can be accomplished with cable and
satellite television. He also envisions
libraries facilitating the tapes, so that
students may check them out at
random.
“We want to assemble the greatest
professors available, and combine
them with the television media,” re¬
marked Dr. Sarafian.
Dr. Sarafian intends to devote 15
years to his alma mater, La Verne,
and concedes he has not considered
what he might do after that.
Steven A. Reyes of the PCC Foreign
Language Department retires at the
close of this semester. The associate
professor of Spanish has taught full¬
time in the Pasadena area since 1948
when he bagan at John Muir College.
Dr. Armen Sarafian, outgoing PCC
president, said, “Steve Reyes has
given invaluable service. My respect
for him grows because of his conscien-
tousness and devotion to service.
“He is interested in doing the best he
can in developing educational horizons
for Mexican-Americans.”
Born in Etiwanda, Reyes is a
product of Southern California schools,
receiving his B.A. in 1935 at UCLA and
his M.A. from USC in 1949. He worked
his way through school picking
oranges despite having lost his arm in
a hunting accident when he was 14.
After graduation from UCLA, Reyes
taught Spanish at the Orange Evening
School and was also a reader for Santa
Ana Junior College. The teaching job
STEVEN A. REYES
. . . retiring
He says the Golden Rule actuates his
life, but it is certain that Dr. Armen
Sarafian’s departure from Pasadena
City College at the end of this month
will not be eagerly awaited by many of
the 45,000 people he has so skillfully
led.
was the realization of his childhood
dream.
“Ever since I was a kid the only
dream I ever had was to be a teacher.
This was not something that minorities
would normally aspire to. I worked
toward this goal even though there was
only a slim chance that my dream
would be realized.”
Before his first full-time teaching
job, Reyes took an examination with
the Los Angeles City School System for
a teaching position. The ultimate
results were frustrating.
“Although I placed number one out
of all the applicants tested, I could not
meet their physical qualifications be¬
cause of the loss of my arm.” At that
time servicemen from World War II
were being turned away from jobs
because of physical limitations, and he
feels that their situation helped him
find a job. “People were forced to
change their employment restrictions
because of the complaint of veterans.”
Department chairperson Dr. Marina
Cobb said, “We will miss Steve
terribly. We will miss most the fact
that he always gave of himself. He’s
never said no to an assignment. He’s
quite a rarity.”
She continued, “He has a wonderful
sense of humor and always has a smile
for everyone. I can’t think of anyone
within the department to whom Steve
Reyes has not endeared himself.”
One of his first acts as a retiree will
be to visit his daughter in Mexico.
Other than that trip, he has no firm
plans. “I figure the best thing to do is
to just play it by ear.”
He will miss the classroom atmos¬
phere at PCC. “I will miss the students
and speaking before them. Every new
semester is a brand-new experience,”
he said. “I’ve always looked forward
to the first day of the semester, and
some nights before new classes I
couldn’t even sleep because I was so
excited.”
Trustees Approve Curricula
Reyes Retires
This Semester
MAIL, MAIL EVERYWHERE— Alice Araiza, Security Office substitute
clerk, sorts through the mail that office received from the parking
permit mail-in last week. -Courier Photo by Pete Whan
2500 Requested
Parking Permits
The Security Office personnel
estimate that last week they received
2500 letters requesting parking per¬
mits. The letters were in response to
the new parking permit buying
program, where students sent in self-
addressed stamped envelopes in
return for permits.
“Approximately 200 letters could not
be processed,” said Virginia Dedeaux,
Security Office secretary. She ex¬
plained some letters had nothing in
them while others had no stamps on
the return envelopes. “Students who
have not yet received an answer
should come to the office and see if
their letter was one of those which was
not accepted.”
Sunday evening before midnight, the
Arroyo Annex post office had students
waiting for the midnight postmark.
They had to put out a special box to
handle PCC mail. “The students
refused to put their letters in the box
until midnight,” she said.
“It was like tax time, the post office
said,” Ms. Dedeaux added. “The post
office really made a killing with this. A
lot of the letters had two 10-cent
stamps, because no one seemed to
have the new 13-cent stamps. Many
people sent their letters special
delivery and a few were sent
registered.”
Ms. Dedeaux also said that many
letters came from different members
of the same family living at the same
address. “One lady became indignant
when we suggested her family ride
together.”
One letter had an American flag
drawn on the front with the words
“Take me, take me” on the back. “It
was our Bicentennial letter,” said Ms.
Dedeaux.
Students who did not receive a form
in the mail may put their names on a
waiting list. As of last week, there
were 500 names on the list.
Symposium Set
Energy Classes To Be Taught in Fall
By David Gero
Staff Writer
The Federal Aviation Administra¬
tion is sponsoring an Aviation Accident
Prevention Symposium to be con¬
ducted Saturday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the
U Building Forum.
The theme of the symposium will he
Aviation Accidents and What’s
Causing Them. John Hazlett, PCC
ground school aviation instructor, will
lecture on aircraft instrument errors.
He will discuss things that are causing
the accidents and how they can be
avoided.
By Patty Campbell
Staff Writer
The building construction class
headed by instructor Don Richardson
is in the process of installing storage
cabinets in the printshop. This isn’t
remarkable in itself. However, the
class was supposed to be learning
through experience how to remodel
houses.
The second week of the fall semester
Richardson and his class toured a
vacated apartment building that was
supposed to be remodeled into a small
apartment and three classrooms for
the future Hall of Science. PCC
students were awarded the job. The
architecture class headed by in¬
structor David Lopez drew the plans
for the remodeling.
The Board of Trustees for the Hall of
Science kept the plans, reviewed them
and submitted the proposal to city
council for approval. The city was
supposed to issue a permit for
alterations on the building.
The plans got snagged in paperwork
and red tape. When the plans reached
Richardson’s desk again on December
The program will include films,
other speakers and a question and
answer session.
The symposium is one in a series of
programs that are conducted on a
continuing basis on the subject of avia¬
tion safety.
Participants in the symposium in¬
clude the FAA, industry and aviation
instructors.
The program is open to the public
and is usually well attended by San
Gabriel Valley pilots.
10, there were several new
requirements added. Provisions for
the handicapped, emergancy exit
hardware and a fire alarm system had
to be added.
The plans then went back to the
architecture department for additions
and corrections.
If all goes well the plans will be
ready this week to re-submit to the
building department for approval of
the corrections. Then the permit can
be issued and the building construction
class can start the remodeling work.
And the semester is over.
Fortunately, the building con¬
struction course is a four semester
vocational program. The class has
learned to use tools, read tape
measures, make cabinets and shelves,
install them and top them with
laminated plastic.
They’re getting an education in what
the real world of construction is all
about, said Richardson. Things never
seem to go exactly the way we would
like them to, he said. But learning
craftsmanship, he added, takes time.
Two classes on energy were ap¬
proved by the Board of Trustees
during Monday’s meeting, and will be
added to the college curriculum next
fall. The energy program is unique on
the community college level.
Pasadena is a member of a nine-city,
California energy conservation
project. The recommendation that
PCC call a planning session to
determine the need for classes in this
area sparked a committee meeting
last month. The representatives in¬
cluded individuals from various in¬
dustries and agencies. Also in at¬
tendance were Dr. Harold Salisbury,
who represented Dr. David Ledbetter,
dean of instructional services, and
Vernon G. Spaulding, supervisor of
occupational education.
The planning meeting was followed
by a sub-committee meeting, during
which class development was
discussed. Enrollment expectation for
each class was estimated to be 30.
The two classes are entitled Energy
100 and 102.
The former would be an overview of
energy sources and technology, such
as fossil, solar nuclear, geothermal,
wind and tides. It would include an
assessment of U.S. and worldwide
energy resources, the potential social
and economical problems of shor¬
tages, and offer a historical per¬
spective of energy use, including
future projections. A discussion of
nuclear energy technology would
include its safety and possible effects
on the environment.
The second course would encompass
energy management in buildings in¬
cluding structural types, materials
and equipment to be used. The class
agenda would include a description of
both the construction of buildings
designed to conserve energy, and the
adaptation of older structures for the
same purpose.
The two classes would meet three
hours per week. Energy 100 would be a
general-interest course. The 102 course
is classified as an extension education
class, instructed on a more technical
level.
PCC President Armen Sarafian
expressed interest in the development
of the new energy program. “I am
delighted to see the two courses on
Energy which were created by the
Engineering and Technology
Department. It is extremely important
that our citizens become fully aware of
the energy situation and alternatives
that face not only the United States but
the rest of the world in the immediate
future.”
Finals Scheduled To Begin Today
8:00 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
5:15 p.m.
Friday,
10 MWF
2 MWF
3-6 F
January 23
10 Daily
2 Daily
4-7 F
Monday,
8 MWF
1 MWF
2-5 M 3-6 M 4-7 M
January 26
8 Daily
1 Daily 1-4M
4 MWF 4 Daily
Tuesday,
8-9:30 TTh 9 TTh ,
9:30-11 TTh
1-4 Th 2 TTh
2-5 T 3-6 T
January 27
9-10:30 TTh
10 TTh 10-12 TTh
2:30-4 TTh 2-5 Th
4 TTh 4-7 T
Wednesday,
9 MWF
11 MWF
1-4 W
3 MWF 3 Daily
January 28
9 Daily
11 Daily
2-5 W
3-6 W 4-7 W
Thursday,
7:30-9 TTh
10:30-12 TTh
1 TTh
3 TTh
January 29
8 TTh
11 TTh 11-12:30 TTh
1-2:30 TTh 1-4 T
3-6 Th 4-7 Th
Friday,
January 30
7 Daily
12 MWF
1-4 F
2-5 F
Monday,
February 2
7 MWF
12 WF
Cooperative English
Examination
3-5 M
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Late afternoon and evening classes meeting more than once a week and beginning after 4 p.m.— hold
two-hour examination on the first scheduled meeting in the final examination week: January 26-31.
Saturday classes and evening classes meeting only once weekly— hold two-hour examination on the
regularly scheduled day during the final examination week : January 26-31 .
For block-of-time classes not named in the schedule, use the box most nearly paralleling the starting
time of the class.
Classes meeting in time slots not shown in the schedule or footnotes— final examination during last
week of semester at a time approved by the Department Chairman and the Office of Student Per¬
sonnel Services.
A student having more than two examinations scheduled in one day may consult his professors with
regard to suitable alternatives.
Building Class Awarded
Future Classroom Revamp