June 4, 1958
PCC Coufti&v
Vol. 8, No. 15
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
Balloting Opens for Lancers Tomorrow
Student Body Officers
Determined in Contest
A heated contest is anticipated tomorrow and Friday when
Lancers are given the opportunity to vote for next fall’s stu¬
dent body officers. Associated Student Body offices to be filled
are ASB president and vice-president, Sophomore Class presi¬
dent, Associated Women Students
Students Sponsor
Publication Dinner
president, Associated Men Stu¬
dents president, and three repre¬
sentatives at large.
Candidates vying for these po¬
sitions will be introduced at the
ASB assembly tomorrow. The
assembly will open the secret bal¬
lot election.
Seven voting booths will be con¬
veniently located on campus for
all ASB holders. Booths will be
placed by the Sierra Bonita Street
entrance, the Music Building, the
Colorado Street entrance, in the
main hall of the C Building, on
the Prairie and on the Library
steps.
The voting booths will be open¬
ed from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thurs¬
day and from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Friday. ASB books and identifica¬
tion cards are required of all vot¬
ers.
Both sophomores and freshmen
are allowed to vote for Sopho¬
more Class president in the
spring election. Incoming fresh¬
men will cast their ballots next
fall for the office of Frosh prexy.
Three additional representatives
at large will be also elected next
fall.
Last semester an all-time high
of over 1000 votes were register¬
ed. This semester’s elections com¬
missioner, Joanne Greene, hopes
that even more students will take
the time to cast their votes for
their supporting candidate.
Mrs. MacFarland was appointed
new adviser to the Elections Com¬
mission this semester. She is re¬
placing Paul Sher.
Final tallying will begin at 3:30
p.m. Friday with the help of Spar¬
tans, Circle
К
and Adelphians.
Miss Greene compiled all the bal¬
lots and will supervise the polls
during- election time. Each class¬
room door will display a sample
ballot to aid students in their
voting.
Linguists Assemble
for Annual Dinner
Saturday Evening
The final PCC Foreign Lan¬
guage Council event of the year
will be a pot luck dinner held
Saturday at Elaine Hawkins’
home. The dinner is an annual
event sponsored for alumni, fac¬
ulty and members of the Lan¬
guage Council.
Graduating foreign language
students will be honored at the af¬
fair. Other business will be the
installation of new council offic¬
ers for next semester. Officers to
be installed are Bruce Pugsley,
chairman; Maria Camarata and
Carolyn Snurpus as recording and
corresponding secretaries; Dona
Mihalovic, publicity chairman ;
and John McCartney, editor of
the Linguist.
The PCC foreign Language
Council is a group of students
who are interested in the study
of foreign languages. To further
foreign language study and a
greater appreciation of the cul¬
ture of other countries, the group
sponsors such activities as open
houses, foreign language films,
and foreign language speaking
contests.
Students representing the nine
PCC publications and advisers
along with members of the fac¬
ulty and their guests are prepar¬
ing to attend the annual Publica¬
tions Banquet to be held Monday,
June 9, at the Pasadena Women’s
City Club.
The publications represented
will be brochures, the Pipes of
Pan, the Courier, the Huddle, and
the Pageant. Groups in attend¬
ance will be Beta Phi Gamma,
journalism fraternity; the Eng¬
lish Council; the Press Bureau;
and the photography lab.
Don Hanson, managing editor
of the San Gabriel Valley Her¬
ald Tribune, will be the keynote
speaker. The title of his speech
will be “Preparation and Luck.”
Hanson is an alumnus of PCC
and while at school was Courier
editor.
Welcome to the banquet will be
given by Dr. William B. Langs-
dorf, president of the college. Bob
Veylupek and Karen Hooper of
the Pageant staff will provide en¬
tertainment.
—Courier Photo by Don Moore
PRACTICING FOR FINAL TALLYING . . . which they will
do in the ASB elections which will take place tomorrow and Fri¬
day, are three members of the Elections Commission. Polls will
be open from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday and from 8 to 3 Friday.
Administration Chooses
Ohlsen as Chairman
H. Woodrow Ohlsen, present English Department instructor,
will become the new chairman of the English Department
upon the retirement of Dr. Dorothy Dixon, present depart¬
ment chairman. Ohlsen’s chairmanship will begin in Septem¬
ber 1958. -
A native of Iron Mountain,
Mich., Ohlsen received his BA at
Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis.
After one year of study at Boston
University, he received his MA
at the University of Michigan in
1942.
Ohlsen spent four years at the
University of Michigan as a
H. Woodrow Ohlsen
teaching assistant. Following this
he came to California and taught
on the faculty of UCLA for two
semesters. He transferred to Pas¬
adena City College in 1946.
Ohlsen, in 1948, was the first
PCC instructor to teach master¬
pieces of literature. At that time
there was but one section of the
class. Since then the class has
grown into four sections, three of
which are day classes and one
scheduled at night.
In addition to his teaching ex¬
perience, Ohlsen has had journal¬
istic experience as a member of
the staff of the Ann Arbor (Mich¬
igan) News. While on the staff
of that publication, he served as
reporter, copyreader and even
drama critic.
In conjunction with his teach¬
ing, Ohlsen spent one year in
England as a Fulbright exchange
teacher during 1951-52. While in
England, he had the opportunity
to visit Sweden, Denmark, and
other countries.
Graduating Class
Plans Last Event
Members of Pasadena City Col¬
lege’s Sophomore Class will meet
for the last on-campus activity of
the school year at the sophomore
breakfast, which is scheduled for
Tuesday, June 10, at 7 a.m. in the
school cafeteria.
The event is open to all four¬
teenth year PCC students but
only 200 seats are available. They
will be sold on a first come first
served basis.
Bob Grant will MC the affair.
Entertainment will be provided by
Don Venable, who will play the
piano; Keith LaMotte and a four-
piece band; and a quartet com¬
posed of Bob Peters, Paul Vor-
wei'k, Jerry Richardson and Rich¬
ard Milius which will sing for the
assembled sophomores.
Doug Stone, class president,
will give the president’s address.
Following the breakfast the group
will adjourn to the Mirror Pools
to dedicate the class plaque. The
class gift will be presented at
this time.
PCC Journalists
Enter Fraternity
Beta Phi Gamma, national hon¬
orary journalism fraternity, will
hold its semi-annual initiation
dinner Friday night at the home
of Mrs. Ruth Holt.
Ten journalists will be initiated.
They are Peter Benavidez, Nilo
Fanucchi, Jim Gilbert, Sheila
Grattan, Jim McCrary, Jackie
Minassian, Glenda Ploger, and
Walter Varnes.
Honorary membership is being
given to Mrs. Alice Allen, secre¬
tary in the admissions and rec¬
ords office, and Walter Bennett,
lithography instructor. The new
members were chosen for their
outstanding work in the journal¬
ism field,
At an after dinner meeting and
initiation of new members, Beta
will elect officers for next semes¬
ter. This semester’s officers are
Bob Veylupek, president; Pete
Molnar, vice-president; Karen
Hooper, secretary; and Don
Moore, treasurer.
English Department
Honors Outstanding
Work and Service
Pasadena City College’s English
Department will present its an¬
nual awards at a program to be
held this afternoon. Students
whose scholarship and service
record are outstanding will be
honored.
Honors extraordinary will be
presented to Ann Cameron, Eliza¬
beth Davis, Lynn-Harshman, Her¬
bert James, Mary Lou Johnson,
Nelly Liu Hsuen-Chiau, Loretta
Morgan, Joanne Osman, Lileo
Thomas, Robert Veylupek, and
Chrystal Watson.
Superior achievement awards
will go to Joan Akira, Donald
Baratta, Roger Chilton, Gail
Frampton, Cosette LaPlante, Le-
land Lynberg, Thomas Miller,
Peter Molnar, Patricia Owen, and
Judith Potter.
Frances Elam, Ruth Hemming,
Marcia Mancuso, Peter Molnar,
and Ralph Thomas will receive
awards for leadership and service.
Superior service honors will be
presented to Bob Brogger, Carol
Finke, Joanne Greene, Thomas
Sproull, and Dorothy Weston.
PCC publications awards will
go to the following outstanding
staff members: Dana Roth, Rich-
ai'd Ramsey, Jim Shoup, Joanne
Greene, Ruth Hemming, Mary
Lou Johnson, Joanne Osman, Paul
Stroble, Peter Molnar, Ralph San¬
chez, Robert Veylupek, Cai-ol
Finke, and Don Moore.
Awards from PCC radio will be
received by Marcyn Del Brown,
winner of the KWKW l-adio script
writing contest, and Rick Knapp,
who will receive a trophy.
Other awards include the Rob¬
ert E. Browning Memorial Award
which went to Elizabeth Davis
the Russell M. Loesch Memoria
Award, presented to Peter Mol
nar; Phil Robinson Speech Con
test Award, to William Rowland
first place; Rosemary Vaughn
second; and John Misenheimer
and Ronald Murphy, third.
•Final Transcripts
Students who have already sent
an initial transcript for trans¬
fer to another college should
come to the Records Office in
110C beginning June 9 to make
out a transcript request for
final grades only. Transcripts
of final grades are not automat¬
ically sent to colleges at the end
of the semester unless a re¬
quest is made by the student.
New Summer Session
Includes Night Classes
This summer the regular Pasadena City College summer session
will be supplemented for the first time by a schedule of evening
classes. The new schedule is the result of three or four years of
planning and student requests for a class schedule which would al¬
low them to work as well as attend summer school.
The day class schedule will include courses in art, bxisiness,
engineering, English, foreign language, life science, mathematics,
music, physical science, and social science.
The night schedule is much the same, but no courses in foreign
language or music will be offered. However, health education and a
nursing program will be available only at night.
For a complete listing of the summer schedule, interested students
may see the lists in 118C. Programming for summer school is under
way now, and classes begin June 23.
Next September, Pasadena City College will have a new
class schedule which will include classes planned for 7 a.m. and
4 p.m. The regular day schedule of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. will also be
retained.
The scheduling changes were brought about by the expectancy
of a greatly increased enrollment, and consequently, a lack of class
space available. To fui-ther alleviate the class crowding, several new
instructors are being added to the PCC faculty.