74th Commentement Exercises Slated
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VOL. 18, NO. 19 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JUNE 5, 1963
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THURS JUNE 6 thru 13
FINAL examinations
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FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE PROM
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— Courier photo by George Wagoner
MYSTIC LAGOON — Social Affairs Commissioner Carol Bevis points
out to Ted Huston and a fellow student the upcoming prom to be
held at the Huntington-Sheraton on June 13. Theme is "Mystic
Lagoon" and bids are available at the College Bank.
'Mystic Lagoon ’ Sets Mood
for Frosh-Sophomore Prom
Graduates to Receive
Associate in Arts Degree
Over 3000 students from John Muir High School, Pasa¬
dena High School, and Pasadena City College will graduate
when the 74th annual Graduation Exercises for the Pasadena
City Schools take place June 13 at 6:45 p.m. in the Rose Bowl.
English Dept
Fetes Students
for Excellence
Some $540 in scholarships and
honors was awarded to outstand¬
ing students in the English De¬
partment at the annual depart¬
mental awards tea in Harbeson
Hall.
Kilian C. Anderson received top
honors in the department, win¬
ning $300 in awards. Anderson
earned the $75 Robert E. Brown¬
ing Memorial Award for distinc¬
tion in the field of literature, as
well as the $50 Susan Isabel Fraz¬
er Award and a Pasadena Educa¬
tion Association scholarship of
$100.
HE WAS also selected for hon¬
ors extraordinary in literature
and received $50, and a $25 mone¬
tary award for superior leader¬
ship and service.
Anderson has served as presi¬
dent of the Creative Reading Club
and English Department repre¬
sentative for the student curricu¬
lum committee.
Gail Williams, past Courier
and Pageant editor and English
Council president, received $140
in department awards. Miss Wil¬
liams was given the $100 Elks
Club Emer D. Bates Journalism
Award, as well as $25 for supe¬
rior leadership and service, a $15
book certificate for superior
achievement in journalism, and
an English Council certificate of
merit.
THE HIGHEST single mone¬
tary award of the afternoon was
won by Drew Rogers, who was
presented with a $250 scholarship
by the Exchange Club of Alta-
dena.
Two Pasadena Education As¬
sociation scholarships were given
to Lynn Francisco and Marilyn
Klick. The scholarships consist of
$100 each.
Rossie Hull won the $25 Doro¬
thy Dixon Creative Writing
Award for outstanding achieve¬
ment in creative writing publish¬
ed in the Pipes of Pan. Miss Hull
also received a $15 book certifi¬
cate for her work as poetry edi¬
tor of the Pipes of Pan.
TO THE outstanding foreign
student in English, Christine Pa-
pageorgiou, the $50 Russell M.
Loesch Memorial Award was pre¬
sented. Miss Papageorgiou also
won a $15 book certificate.
Majmure Ulguray won $25
honors for outstanding student
in the foreign block program.
Honors extraordinary in the
field of literature and creative
writing went to Maxine H. Rena-
ker. Mrs. Renaker also received
$15 for service as associate editor
of the Pipes of Pan.
STUDENTS receiving superior
achievement awards in literature
were Marilyn Esther Hodges, Ju¬
dith Lynn Lockwood, Merle T. Ol¬
son, Nancy Pomerenk, and Bar¬
bara Tindpr.
For his work as editor-in-chief
of the Pipes of Pan, Michael
Hermsen was presented $25. Oth¬
er superior service winners were
Maud Myhre and Majm Mahmoud
Halimi, first and second semester
presidents of the International
Club.
Winners of the annual literary
contest also were honored. In es¬
say competition recipients of
awards were Olive Simonds, first
prize, and Kathleen Peters, sec¬
ond. Each received a $15 book or¬
der given by the Brown Shop.
Linda Love, John Newman, and
Joyce Lynn Johnson received first,
second, and third honorable men¬
tion, respectively.
In poetry competition Nancy
Wirth placed first and Susan
Louise Wells, second. Richard
Moreno received honorable men¬
tion. Richard Winters and Beu-
Dress for the June 13 Fresh¬
man-Sophomore Prom will be
semi-formal, according to Social
Affairs Commissioner Caryl Bev¬
is. Men may wear dinner jackets
or dark suits and woman may
come in long or short formals,
Miss Bevis said.
The theme “Mystic Lagoon”
will be the keynote at the Hunt¬
ington-Sheraton poolside gardens
from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., follow¬
ing graduation exercises in the
Rose Bowl.
Don Ricardo’s orchestra will
furnish music for ASB members
NBC Television to Air
December's JRB Game
A national television network
will air the 1963 Junior Rose Bowl
game for the first time in the
event’s 17-year history.
Tom Gallery, director of sports
for the National Broadcasting Co.,
and William Leishman, game
chairman for the sponsoring Pas¬
adena Junior Chamber of Com¬
merce, made the announcement
jointly on Sunday.
\ According to NBC, the game
will be blacked out in Southern
California.
The Junior Rose Bowl, sched¬
uled for December 14, will pit the
best two junior college football
teams in the nation.
In past years the JRB game
has been TV’d regionally and also
shown the day following on a de¬
layed telecast, but this will be the
first coast-to-coast broadcast of
the game.
lah Thomas were awarded first
and second prize in the short
story division.
Recipients of English Council
certificates of merit were Ernest
Aguilera, Elizabeth Ames, Beth
Andrus, Barbara Browder, Ernest
Casarez, Isao Fukushima, Thomas
Klonaris, Gloria Mann, Jeff Mc-
Larty, Suzette Price, Jerry Row¬
lett, Peggy Schuerman, Masako
Sumida, Barbara Tinder, Karen
Van Brunt, Joe Vogel, Pam West,
and Kathryn Wiler.
and guests. ASB members may
still exchange their ASB tickets
for bids at the College Bank;
guest tickets are $3.
Decor for “Mystic Lagoon”
will be that of a southern lagoon
with candlelight and table deco¬
rations. The hotel has arranged
to serve refreshments during the
evening.
Couples who desire to have pic¬
tures taken will find photogra¬
phers at their convenience.
Eric Johnson and Barney White-
sell, this year’s ASB presidents,
will be honored in special cere¬
monies.
Council ‘Member of Year’
Freshman June Dorian has
been picked council “Member
of the Year.” The former Al¬
hambra High student was coun¬
cil “Member of the Month” in
April. Miss Dorian has served
as a council member for two se¬
mesters. She was chosen by the
Frosh Council.
Shapiro Awarded
Bachtold Memorial
Photographer Norman B. Sha¬
piro has been named recipient of
the Grant Bachtold Memorial
Scholarship.
The $50 award was presented
to Shapiro at the annual Beta
Phi Gamma Publications Banquet
Monday for his outstanding serv¬
ice to PCC’s publications.
Shapiro has served as photo edi¬
tor of the 1963 Pageant, staff pho¬
tographer for the Courier for
three semesters, and has been an
active member of Beta Phi Gam¬
ma, the honorary journalism soci¬
ety. He received two third place
awards for photography at the
Journalism Association of Junior
Colleges convention held earlier
this semester.
Also honored at the Publica¬
tions Banquet were new Beta Phi
Gamma tappees.
Those tapped on the basis of
outstanding service were Alene
Reynolds, Courier reporter; Joyce
Johnson, associate editor of the
Pipes of Pan; Dick Carnahan,
Courier sports editor; and Linda
Pintarell, Pageant.
Also, Janet Jeffs, photographer
for the Courier and Pageant; Ed
Bauckham, Pageant art editor;
and Larry Bonney, Pageant sports
editor.
Other outstanding journalists
of the year were honored at the
banquet with the presentation of
parchments and pins.
Jr. Exec’s Take
in 13 Members
Thirteen PCC men have been
selected for fall membership in
the Junior Executives, the busi¬
ness organization designed to
serve the college and community.
Those named were Phil Abbett,
Brad Balmot, Kevin Fishburn,
Robert Gordon, Ken Hendrix,
Hiroyuki Ochi, and Jim Nabors.
Also chosen were Don Nebe-
ker, Marty Paskov, Ronald Van
Bibber, Harold Varnum, Bill
Whitehead, and Gerard Wilson.
Twenty-two applicants were in¬
terviewed by present club mem¬
bers. The final 13 were chosen
on the basis of past activities, de¬
sire to serve the school and com¬
munity, and ability to contribute
to the success of the club.
The white cap and gowned high
school graduates will receive di¬
plomas, while the black cap and
gowned college graduates will re¬
ceive Associate in Arts degrees.
Nursing students will be in uni¬
form, and school officials will ap¬
pear in the traditional black aca¬
demic robes.
“OUK CHALLENGE— A Better
World” is the theme for this
year’s graduation. Superintendent
of Schools Dr. Robert E. Jenkins
will speak on this subject, and
Fredricka Taubitz, PCC’s valedic¬
torian, will discuss “Faith.” The
John Muir and PHS valedictori-
FREDRICKA TAUBITZ
. . . valedictorian to speak
ans will talk on “Our Challenge —
Science” and “Our Challenge — Un¬
derstanding,” respectively.
In charge of the exercises for
the fourth year is Administrative
Dean Armen Sarafian. Aiding
him are John Muir and Pasadena
High School’s assistant principals,
Mrs. Lorrayne Zeutzius and Ar¬
thur Dittberner.
Conferring the degrees is Dr.
Robert Freeman, president of the
Pasadena Board of Education. In
charge of the marching and distri¬
bution is Miss E. Suzanne Mac-
auley. Dr. H. Leland Green will
direct the music program, and
Robert Heckman the combined
school choirs.
INTRODUCING the graduating
classes are President Catherine J.
Robbins, John Muir Principal
John A. Venable, and Pasadena
High Principal Mrs. Gladiss D.
Edwards.
The combined bands and choirs
of Pasadena CC, Pasadena High,
and John Muir High will perform
at the graduation.
Dr. Wesley P. Ford, the First
Christian Church in Pasadena,
will give the invocation.
TO GIVE greetings are Art
Hewitt, PCC; Budd MacKenzie,
Pasadena High School; Brenda
LaBorde, PCC registered nursing
program; and Kenneth Grant,
John Muir High School.
The public is invited to attend
the exercises free of charge. Tick¬
ets, for convenience in seating
spectators, can be obtained from
the College Bank, the high
schools, the Pasadena City Hall,
and the Chamber of Commerce.
The proceedings are to be broad¬
cast live over KPCS, Pasadena’s
campus FM radio station at 89.3
megacycles.
Social Security Cards
Students seeking summer em¬
ployment should obtain a social
security card. Applications may
be made at 740 E. Washington
Blvd., Pasadena.
Baccalaureate Services
Set Sunday in Sexson
Pasadena City College’s annual Baccalaureate service will be held
Sunday at 8:15 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. Some 2000 people, including
members of the Pasadena City Schools administration and at least
500 capped and gowned graduates, will attend.
The invocation and benediction will be given by the Reverend N.
Robert Kessler of Holliston Avenue Methodist Church of Pasadena.
Arthur Hewitt, president of the Sophomore Class, will give the
scripture reading.
Presenting the main address will be Brigadier Andrew P. Telfer
of the Salvation Army. The title of his address is “And There Passed
a Certain Man.”
Providing music for the service will be the Pasadena City College
Community Symphony Orchestra, the A Cappella Choir, and the
Madrigal Singers.
The Symphony Orchestra, directed by Frank Van Der Maten,
will play “Angelus” from “Scenes Pittoresques” by Massenet, and
Mendelssohn’s “March of the Priests.”
“Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord,” by Mendelssohn and “Ave
Maria,” by Bruckner will be sung by the A Cappella Choir.
The recessional is Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance,” after which
the graduates, their families, and friends traditionally meet at the
mirror pools.
