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Vol. 4, No. 15
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
June 6, 1956
New ASB Prexy
States Plans for
Coming Semester
Fellow Students:
Now that this year is draw¬
ing to a close, it is certainly
time to look forward to the
Mining fall semester. A great
many questions have arisen re¬
garding student government, its
effectiveness and its policies.
Some have expressed the opinion
that student government is a
small group that4 is only inter¬
ested in itself.
Perhaps this cry is not with¬
out partial justification, because
the scheduled time of meetings,
space available to visitors, and
general lack of interest on the
part of the student body as a
whole, have pushed student gov¬
ernment officers into a position
better known as “pounding your
head against a stone wall.”
Next semester, however, poli¬
cies will come under a direct
change. The Pasadena City Col¬
lege administration has approved
a one-unit student leadership
course in order to guarantee a
suitable time and location for
meetings, better coordination of
effort, and a better informed stu¬
dent body. The time for all meet¬
ings will be 11 a.m. Tuesdays
and Thursdays. The place of all
meetings will be the newly-estab¬
lished student lounge.
Student government itself is
being reorganized. The cabinet
will meet with the board in¬
stead of the vice-president as a
separate gi’oup as it has done in
the past. This will give the
board a better and closer un¬
derstanding of the interdepart¬
mental policies and problems.
The primary problem that has
stopped student government from
operating efficiently in the past
has yet to be solved. The solu¬
tion is plain, namely, student
interest! This can only be ac¬
complished by you. We of stu¬
dent government welcome your
suggestions or complaints. The
primary purpose of changing our
meeting place to the student
lounge is to provide adequate
facilities for you to come and
discuss our school problems
with us.
On our national political
scene, it has been determined
that those who do the most
complaining are those who gen¬
erally do not vote. Could not
this same shoe fit our own polit¬
ical scene? Have we found it
easier to blame our lack of
spirit on the co-existence with
Huntington Hotel Hosts
Final Dante of Semester
The Huntington Sheraton Hotel will be the site of the final
social event of the school year, the Freshman-Sophomore
Prom. It will be held Thursday, June 14, at 9 p.m. The Grad¬
uation Prom, held in honor of the graduating class of 1956, is
to be a formal affair held for both
Mexican Art and
Architecture Show
Held Over at Park
Ed Brower, ASB President
Hailed as one of the most imag¬
inative and interesting exhibits
ever installed in the Municipal
Art Gallery in Barnsdall Park —
concurrent displays of art in ar¬
chitecture and of contemporary
Mexican architecture — will con¬
tinue through June 24.
The wide range of the arts,
insofar as they directly relate to
architecture, is highlighted by the
varied media on display. There
are stone, wood, metal and ceram¬
ic carvings, sculptures and mo¬
biles. There are mosaics and hand
glazed tiles. There are ornament¬
al facings, friezes, mouldings and
inlays.
There is no admisison charge
for the display and Barnsdall
Park gallery hours are 1 to 9 p.m.
Tuesdays through Fridays and
1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sun¬
days.
•Bus Service
The Pasadena City Lines will
operate a shuttle bus service
from the northeast corner of
Colorado and Fair Oaks to the
Rose Bowl beginning at 6 p.m.
on Thursday, June 14, for the
Commencement Exercises.
Buses will return their passen¬
gers to the same corner after
the ceremony.
the high school or on some
other element of our imagina¬
tion we have created while ra¬
tionalizing or feeling sorry for
ourselves? Let us alleviate this
situation by attending student
government meetings and air¬
ing our views with one another.
You have elected me as your
student body president, but I can¬
not lead you. I can only repre¬
sent you, while you, the students
lead yourselves and your school
into being the finest in these
United States.
Ed Brower
ASB President-elect
Dr. Bell
'Growth
Sets Theme of
by Subtraction’
Commencement Practice
Planned ' Rain or Shine ’
The traditional rehearsal of the colorful procession and
music for the sixty-seventh annual Commencement Exercises
of the Pasadena secondary schools, Huntington Memorial Hos¬
pital School of Nursing, and Pasadena City College program of
nursing will be held in the Rose -
Bowl on Wednesday, June 13,
from 9:15 a.m. to 12 noon.
The complete Commencement
program will be rehearsed on
that morning to simulate the ex¬
ercises in the Rose Bowl on June
14 at 6:45 p.m. Class presidents
and valedictorians will go over
their speeches in the Bowl at 8:15
a.m. prior to the regular prac¬
tice. There also will be time for
an additional rehearsal of the mu¬
sic groups at 8:45 a.m. in the
Bowl.
There will be seats available in
the Bowl at the exercises on June
14 for all who care to attend with
or without tickets, and all inter¬
ested persons are cordially invited
to be present. Tickets, which are
used for convenience in distribut¬
ing the audience in the Bowl, are
available at the Campus Bank of
Pasadena City College, at the of¬
fices of John Muir and Pasadena
High School, at the Board of Edu¬
cation, the Chamber of Commerce
and the City Hall, according to
Mrs. Lois Ramey, manager of the
Pasadena City College Bank.
The rehearsal and exercises
will take place “rain or shine.”
One of the most important and beautiful services held
for and by the graduates of the Pasadena City College Sopho¬
more Class is the Baccalaureate Service. The Class of 1956
will attend its own service this coming Sunday, June 10, which,
begins at 8:15 p.m. in Sexson Au¬
ditorium.
The Baccalaureate address
will be given this year by Dr.
Charles R. Bell, Jr., minister of
the First Baptist Church in
Pasadena. The subject of his
speech will be “Growth by Sub¬
traction.”
The graduates will assemble in
caps and gowns at the Mirror
Pools at 7:40 p.m. in preparation
for the traditional march into the
auditorium. Graduation stoles, a
colorful completion of the aca¬
demic costume, will be issued at
this time.
The program will begin with
an organ prelude played by
Ladd Thomas, organist. The
prelude will include “Largo” by
Veracini, and Toccata by Nevin,
after which the graduating stu¬
dents will march slowly into the
auditorium in formation.
A hymn, “Praise Ye the Father,”
will be sung, and the Reverend
Father Michael Montoya, CMF,
will pronounce the Invocation. The
A Cappella Choir, under the di¬
rection of David Thorsen, will per¬
form a number entitled “For All
the Saints.” Tom Delahooke,
Sophomore Class president, will
then give the scripture reading
from Matthew 5:1-14.
The aforementioned address
by Dr. Bell will follow, after
which the A Cappella Choir will
sing a second selection, “All
Breathing Life, Sing and Praise
Ye the Lord,” by Bach. The
Benediction will be given by
Father Montoya, followed by
the Recessional, “Land of Hope
and Glory,” by Edward Elgar,
which will end the service. The
officers and graduates will exit
Dr. Charles R. Bell, Jr.
from the auditorium in forma¬
tion.
Tickets for the Baccalaureate
Service are available in the Stu¬
dent Bank now for parents and
friends of the graduating class.
freshmen and sophomores. It
will take place after the com¬
mencement exercises.
Well known for their tremen¬
dous music, Arvin Dale and his
orchestra will play for dancing
until 12:30. Social Affairs Com¬
missioner, Ginette Benson, is mak¬
ing the final arrangements with
the aid of this semester’s Frosh
Class president Ralph Kost. Also
in the planning and decorating
group are Diane Mammano, Es-
tella Alarid, Gretchin Climes, Ad¬
rienne Lamborn, John Thurman
and Chuck Phifer.
Heading the publicity depart¬
ment is Irene Feder, Courier re¬
porter, assisted by Leonard Metz
in the role of secretary. In charge
of posters and general publicity is
Chuck Ayres, an active member
of the Signets.
Admission will be free with
ASB book and $2.50 per couple
without.
•Bowl Plans Year
•City Bands Play
Hollywood Bowl today an-
announced its summer musical
events which open July 10.
Programs are being formed for
27 concerts. Top bracket guest
conductors will direct the Los
Angeles Philharmonis Orchestra,
and internationally known vocal
and instrumental soloists are on
the programs.
Season tickets let buyers enjoy
a considerable saving as compar¬
ed with single night tickets. In
one section of the amphitheater
the saving is 50 per cent.
Another bargain offer is a $12
value for $10, which can be ap¬
plied any night on any ticket res¬
ervation or general admission
seat in the Bowl.
Band concerts stretch the length
of Los Angeles this Sunday when
the city’s Bureau of Music pre¬
sents free programs from 2 to 4
p.m. at MacArthur and Exposition
Park in the central area, at Pt.
Fermin Park in San Pedro and at
Sunland Park in the Verdugo foot¬
hills west of San Fernando.
There will also be free commun¬
ity sings from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday
at Lincoln and Hollenbeck Parks
in Los Angeles and Orcutt Park
in Canoga Park.
New Alumni Association Under Bauntan
Slates Meeting and Dance June 18
First event on the activity list
of the Pasadena City College
Alumni Association will be the
first annual meeting and Athletic
Club dance, President Phil Bau¬
man has announced.
The meeting will be held in
Harbeson Hall on June 18 with
the dance following. La Verne
Boyer’s orchestra will provide mu¬
sic and entertainment for the
function.
The group is a new organiza¬
tion, formed last summer. State
incorporation proceedings have
been started and Bauman, former
PCC student body president, re¬
ports that excellent progress has
been made in planning activities.
The organization is open to
membership for graduates of both
PCC and the now defunct John
Muir College.
Art Waldron, a former AMS
president, is serving as vice-pres¬
ident of the association. The ex¬
ecutive board is composed of Pete
Bodourian, membership ; Alan
Carter, social events; Chris Tam-
be, public relations; Jerry Costa,
special projects; Bob Graf, sec¬
retary; Clark Herndon, treasur¬
er; and Jim Galbraith, athletics.
