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VOL. 67, NO. 2 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JULY 14, 1988
‘12 Angry Jurors’ Set To Premiere
Little Theater Production Explores Emotions, Conflicts in the Jury Room
By Linda Spaulding
Staff Writer
Guilty or not guilty, 12 members
of the jury must decide a young
man’s future.
His fate will be decided in three
performances of Reginald Rose’s
Twelue Angry Jurors, the summer
play running July 21 to 23 at the
Little Theater
The play begins with the 12
jurors deliberating to decide
whether the young defendant is
guilty of murdering his father.
Twelve men and women are
brought together in this play, each
with his own unique view of the
case. Each carries with him some
hidden personality traits and ex¬
periences which affect his judge¬
ment in reaching the verdict. After
the first voting takes place, one
juror holds out for a not guilty
verdict and wants to question ail
evidence to determine without a
reasonable doubt the guilt or in¬
nocence of the young man.
The story accelerates when new
evidence provides some doubt in
the mind of yet another juror. The
fast action dialogue between the
jurors, “reflects the multitude of
talent among these fine actors,”
said Bruce Gill, assistant
professor of communications.
Having taught drama here since
1971, Gill selects his plays
carefully in order to give his stu¬
dents the best learning experience
possible. He chose Twelve Angry
Jurors for two reasons.
“First, it’s a short three act
play. My job is to really expose
actors to multi-media, because
that’s what they need to be trained
for today.” They will perform on
stage and later on television. “Sec¬
ond, it fits our facilities. It’s a play
with a small set that has been
constructed in the Little Theater.”
Later, it will be moved to the TV
studio and video-taped to give the
players a different experience.
This particular play “has some
wonderful generation gaps.” Like
a real jury, the cast is mode up of
individuals of varying age, from
teens to the over 60 crowd.
The cast members are inden-
tified only by numbers, jurors
number one through twelve. In¬
cluded are number one (foreman,)
Alice M. Coulson; two, Nancy Wil¬
liams; three, Shane Perterson;
four, Esther Spencer; five, Duane
Taniguchi; six, William McGov¬
ern; seven Sheri Emond; eight,
Milton Murrile; nine, Glen Klein;
ten, Rick Izquieta; eleven,
Theabeth Addis; twelve, Oliver
Yeo and guard Dru Klein.
Gill cast the parts of the various
jurors based on the actor’s at¬
titudes and on the way they read
the roles. It took about 24 hours of
casting to put the group together.
The play was first produced for
television in 1954 and later became
a motion picture starring Henry
Fonda.
In writing Twelue Angry Men,
which was the original title, Rose
said that he attempted to blend
four elements that he had seen in
the jury room: how the evidence
was interpreted by each individual
juror; the relationship of juror to
juror in a life-and-death situation;
the emotional pattern of each
juror; and the physical problems
such as the weather, the time and
the uncomfortable jury room.
Rose felt that these elements
presented him with excellent dra¬
matic possibilities.
The play opens July 21 at 8 p.m.
and runs through July 23 in the
Little Theater. General Admission
is $5 and senior citizen tickets are
$3. Pre-sales and reservations may
be made by calling 578-7039 or at
the box office, 578-7485.
Courier/Steve May
Castmembers of ‘12 Angry Jurors’ rehearse a heated scene.
Two Dean Positions Filled
By Sean DuPont
and Coleen Meyers
Editor-in-Chief
and Special Correspondent
The restructuring of the col¬
lege’s administration continued
last week with the announcement
that Dr. William Goldmann will
head the newly created post of
Dean of Educational Services.
Also announced was that Gold-
mann’s old post, Dean of Institu¬
tional Advancement will be filled
by Dr. Grover Goyne, currently
the vice president of instruction at
Cypress College.
“It (the restructuring) was a
way of improving administrative
structure at the college,” Dr. Jack
Scott, architect of the plan, said in
early May. Scott previously was
the president of Cypress college.
Goldmann assumed his new
position July 1. He retains his post
Blood Drive To Help Late Accountant
By Sean DuPont
Editor-in-Chief
Betty Harry
One hundred and forty-five lives
were saved by PCC students dur¬
ing the summer blood drive held
last week on campus.
The drive collected 37 units of
blood, according to Monique
Brinkman, Pasadena field repre¬
sentative for the Pasadena Red
Cross. The organizaton had set a
goal of 40 usable units of blood,
which may be met when paper¬
work at the Red Cross is finalized.
Brinkman said that out of 72 peo¬
ple that signed up for the drive, 42
kept their appointments.
One unit of blood equals one
pint, and the Red Cross estimates
that each pint helps save the lives
of four people.
“The turnout is not bad for the
summer,” she said. She explained
that due to the intensive summer
class schedules, 40 units was a
realistic goal for the organization
to set.
“July is a terrible month overall
for blood drives, and coupled with
the AIDS crisis, we are seeing a
drop in donations,” said Brink-
man.
The drive also served to raise
blood for Betty Harry, former
principal payroll clerk in account¬
ing services, who died last month.
The need to replace blood in her
behalf was deemed “urgent” by
Dr. Jack Scott in a letter to faculty
and staff.
Harry started working with the
college in November, 1976 as act¬
ing account clerk. Since August,
1980, she held the position of prin¬
cipal payroll clerk and had re¬
cently retired.
Harry was a graduate of Biola
University in La Mirada and had
been active in the Christian min¬
istry in Southern California for
more than 40 years. She is
survived by her husband Reverend
Kenneth Harry and by her two
sons Phillip and Robert.
“She was friendly and helpful,”
said coworker Jon Clute, director
of accounting services.
Because Harry utilized many
units of blood, her family has
requested that anyone donating
blood ask that it be given under
Betty Harry/Kaiser Permanente
Sunset. Due to delayed paperwork,
the Red Cross did not have the
exact number of units given in last
week’s drive on behalf of Harry.
Donations will be accepted on
July 18 and 25 at the Arcadia
Library, 376 W. Huntington Drive,
in the meeting room, and on July
23 at 4540 Oakwood Ave. in La
Canada-Flintridge. Those wishing
to donate at other times should call
Blood Services, (818) 799-0842 for
an appointment.
as Executive Assistant to the Pres¬
ident as well as well as continuing
serve as Dean of Institutional Ad¬
vancement until August 1, the day
Goyne is expected to arrive.
According to Goldmann, the
newly created post became
necesssary due to the changing
demographic face of the college.
He cites statistics that show the
traditional college student, aged 18
to 24, sharply declining while
other, older groups are increasing.
He says that a trend that started
five or six years ago will produce a
population with the average age of
40 by 1990.
With the population growing
older, Goldmann feels that the
largest chance for growth for the
college is in the non-credit areas
that he will supervise. His new
responsiblilies include the library,
the Learning Resource Center, the
electronics department, the
Learning Assistant Center, radio
station KPCC, media services,
staging services, community and
continuing educational programs
and the instructional TV pro¬
grams.
“We will be appealing to a so-
called ‘non-traditional’ college age
group in addition to the traditional
college age group, from which we
still attract students. Our largest
chance for growth will be in the
non-credit areas,” like community
education and the community
skills center programs. “These
programs seem ripe for ex¬
pansion."
Goldmann said that he expects
to see the trend end in the
mid-1990’s.