PCC Courier, January 25, 1961

Final exams end semester’s activities WLC selects 5 top women as members In keeping with past tradition, the Women’s Letter Club tapped new members into its organiza¬ tion last week in a special cere¬ mony. Selected for membership were Betty* Emerson, Josie Hicks, Jane Hilgendorf, Avis McElivain, and Jo Ann VanLeer. The highly restrictive organi¬ zation has a basic requirement of four WAA team credits and the passing of a rating chart before membership is considered. PCC CoufcieSi VOL. 13, NO. 15 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 25, 1961 Dr. Alan Watts brings spirit of Zen to forum Dr. Alan Watts, well-known philosopher and student of oriental religions, will discuss the topic “Zen : Its Meaning for the West” at the Tuesday Evening Forum next week at 8 p.m.' in Sexson Auditorium. Dr. Watts wrote his first book, Fourteen honored in service tapping by Circle К club Honored for their outstanding service to the college and com¬ munity are the 14 new members of Circle K, PCC’s honorary men’s service club. These men were Lancers anticipate fresh spring start on next Monday With a sudden surge in library attendance and a last minute cramming of lecture notes and textbooks, PCC Lancers today go into the last stretch of final exams. The two and a half hour tests, which began last Friday and will continue through this week, of¬ ficially mark the end of the fall semester. Classes are being held on a spe¬ cial schedule with students re¬ porting only to those sessions where one of their exams are be¬ ing administered. Testing begins at 7:20 a.m. and runs through 6:10 p.m. ABILITY, sportsmanship, relia¬ bility, leadership, fellowship, so¬ cial conduct, and service, all con¬ tribute to this chart which is drawn up by the Women’s Letter Club board and the faculty. Since this club is 40 years old and has such high standards and tradi¬ tions, membership is considered the highest honor to be granted by the Women’s Physical Educa¬ tion Department. After the girls have been select¬ ed, their main objective is to serve the school and the commun¬ ity. In order to strengthen fami¬ ly relations the girls this year organized a .mother-daughter bar¬ becue. Ш THE HOPE of establishing a suitable treasury, members hold several on campus candied apple sales every year, which act as a suitable financial supple¬ ment. In the coming semester the club is planning several more service projects. Already they have talked with the officials at the Arboretum, an old home be¬ longing to Lucky Baldwin, about the possibility of constructing signs on the grounds. Their plans have been approved, and they will work with the officials in completing this project. •Scholarships All students who wish to be ap¬ plicants for 1961-62 undergrad¬ uate scholarships to the Univer¬ sity of California campuses must take the Scholastic Apti¬ tude Test of the College En¬ trance Examination Board not later than February 4. This is in addition to filing a scholar¬ ship application by March 1. Further information may be obtained from Miss Florence Brubaker in 138C. “The Spirit of Zen,” at the age of 20 and since that time has be¬ come known throughout the world as an authority on both Eastern and Christian religions. He has authored more than a dozen books on comparative phil¬ osophy and religion, showing its significance in the world today and a sketch of its background and beginnings. Included in the list of his best¬ sellers are “Nature, Man and Woman,” “The Wisdom of Inse¬ curity,” and “The Way of Zen.” His most recent book, “This Is It,” was published last fall. DR. WATTS’ special concern is the interpretation of Eastern religious and philosophical ideas to the West, particularly the ver¬ sion of Buddhism known as Zen. He will discuss how problems which the Western world today faces can be clarified by the teach¬ ings of Zen Buddhism. In the course of his profession¬ al career, the learned speaker has been an editor, an Episcopalian minister, and a college professor. He was dean of the American Academy of Asian Studies until four years ago when he resigned to devote his time to independent writing, research and lecturing. RADIO LECTURES by the modern philosopher are regularly broadcast over stations KPFK in Los Angeles, KPFA in San Fran¬ cisco, and WBAI in New York, where he has attracted a substan¬ tial following. He has been a guest lecturer at universities as widely scattered as Cambridge, Harvard, and the University of Hawaii, and has served as chaplain at Northwest¬ ern University for several years. Noted pianist Mehr joins teaching staff Norman Mehr, noted specialist in group instruction in piano and former member of the University of Southern California School of Music preparatory department, will replace Dr. Amy Grau Miller as instructor in piano next semester. Dr. Miller will be on a sabbatical leave for travel. Besides service on the USC staff, Mehr has also taught music at Fresno State, Los Angeles State, Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, and has carried on a three-year training program in keyboard expe¬ rience with third grade teachers in the Bellflower City Schools. FOR NINE YEARS the talented pianist has operated his own group piano studio in Los Angeles. In addition he has written exten¬ sively on the group method of teaching piano for such music maga¬ zines as “Etude,” “Music of the West” magazine, “The Music Jour¬ nal,” and “The School Musician.” Last week PCC’s piano classes achieved a first when they staged a demonstration of piano and organ classes in Harbeson. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Miller, the festival include^ performances of techniques by classes, public participation in the demonstrations, and a display of piano and organ music, and materials. ACCORDING TO Robert Fleury, Music Department chairman, “This "demonstration gave dramatic evidence that persons of all ages, with or without musical background, can learn to play a keyboard instrument.” Pasadena City College currently has 596 students studying piano and organ in its day and evening classes. The process employed here stresses functional needs of the individual, meaning that each will be encouraged to play musically. THIS TRAINING assures each student that he will develop the ability to transpose, to play by ear, to improvise, to read music, and, in the process, develop keyboard sense and technique. Other music instructors who, along with their students, partici¬ pated in these programs were William Benulis, Howard Goetsch, Evelyn Hood, Ruth Koster, Jane Lashbrook, Norman Mehr, and Lorraine Schwartz. chosen by an interviewing board made up of active members, head¬ ed by Tim Bennett. Freshmen honored included Bill Arens, Tay Gerry, Fritz Hoel- scher, Claus Klang, Jim Morgan, Chuck Ryerson, Jon Sanfilippo. and John Sullivan. THE SOPHOMORES tapped to membership were Melvin Cohen, Frank Dane, Mike Henry, Terry Liercke, Alan Locher, and Dave Loffelman. ■ These men will be paid trib¬ ute at a party on February 4 at the home of Steve Fitch. They will be officially installed at an evening banquet next Tuesday at which the election of new semes¬ ter officers will take place. AS ACTIVE members of the service club these men will be in¬ volved in ushering at ASB as¬ semblies, working on and plan¬ ning the club’s many community projects, and helping with Circle X’s annual contribution to the OMD Carnival in the spring. Circle K’s latest fund raising project involved washing scores of cars on the women’s basket¬ ball pourts, which proved to be a profitable method of supple¬ menting the club’s treasury. Such similar projects are planned for next semester, after a new group of officers are elected. FOR ANYONE still uncertain of his exam schedule for the re¬ maining two days, copies of the program can be found in the Campus Crier distributed in var¬ ious places around campus. All night classes will hold their final testing during their regular evening sessions through this week. As of January 20 the Admis¬ sions Office reports that 4969 stu¬ dents are registered for day class¬ es with approximately 500 more anticipated. Night classes accum¬ ulated a total of 2596 students with 1500 more expected by next week. THERE WILL be only one new addition to the teaching staff: Norman Mehr, piano instructor, who will replace Dr. Amy Miller while she takes a sabbatical leave. Various clubs and honorary or¬ ganizations on campus have com¬ pleted their semester tapping of new members and are ready to begin work on new plans of ac¬ tivity and service. Highlight of the spring semester for most will be on the OMD annual carnival. With the student government under the new direction of Bud Green, the entire ASB Board is in the process of being selected, as well as Freshman and Sopho¬ more Councils. Within a few weeks procedure should be back to normal and the start of a new semester will be well underway. CHANGE OF BEAT Musicians to don uniforms THE PURPOSE of inviting high school musicians is to let them get acquainted with the school’s music program and with the band members. Usually the guests are high school band members most inter¬ ested in continuing in this field. Many present Lancer bandsmen first became acquainted with PCC’s music program when they attended the ball as high school students. Dr. Alan W. Watts . . will speak on Zen Residence reports required of aliens Any person who is not a citi¬ zen of the United States must report his present legal address to proper authorities before the end of January. This requirement is by law of the U.S. federal gov¬ ernment. This report is required of all aliens whether or not a change in residence has occurred since last year, and even though a re¬ port of a new address might have previously been filed with this service. The government has printed forms 1-53, Alien Address Report Cards, on which to file this infor¬ mation. Such cards are available at Post Offices or Immigration Service Offices in every city dur¬ ing the month of January. Further information or ques¬ tions will be handled through any one of the Immigration ■ Of¬ fices. MEMBERS OF the PCC band will rotate on the bandstand to furnish music for dancing. The plans for decorating have1 been sketched by Mike Seeley and will carry out the “Ballads in Blossoms” theme. Assisting with the decorations will be the flag girls and majorettes. Sally Shannon and Bob Tooth- man are in charge of making of¬ ficial arrangements for the ball. for Lancer's Military Ball “Ballads in Blossoms,” theme of the 1961 Tournament of Roses, will also be the theme Saturday evening when the Pasadena City College Lancer Band presents its annual Mili¬ tary Ball. The dance will begin at 9 p.m. in the Music Building. It is considered military because all men in the band wear their band uniforms. Dress for wom¬ en guests is formal. Special guests at the ball will be students from high school bands. Invitations have been sent to 28 high schools, and each may send five band members and their dates. PRELUDE TO THE BALL — Courier Photo Seen here in one of their daily practice routines, Lancer bandsmen will take a change of uniform come next Saturday night when they dress up for their annual “Military Ball.” To be held in the large bandroom, the social affair will host local musicians as well as guests from several high schools.