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VOL. 14, N0.15 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JUNE 7, 1961
Commencement scheduled for June 15
Practice set
for June 13
in Rose Bowl
Traditional rehearsals of the
impressive 72nd annual Com¬
mencement Exercises of the Pasa¬
dena City Schools will be held
in the Rose Bowl, June 14, the day
before the actual ceremony, from
9:30-12 noon.
The complete commencement
program, with the theme “Toward
New Horizons,” will be rehearsed
on that morning. Class presidents
and valedictorians will give their
speeches in the bowl at 8 a.m.
Music groups will rehearse at 9,
and marching practice will be at
10.
ALL PERSONS who Will be
participating in the graduation
ceremony are expected to make
an appearance for the rehearsal.
Seats are available in the Rose
Bowl at the exercises on June
15 for those who wish to attend
with or without tickets. All inter¬
ested persons are invited to at¬
tend.
Tickets are being used for con¬
venience in distributing the audi¬
ence in the bowl, and are avail¬
able at the Pasadena City College
Bank, the offices at John Muir
and PHS, the Education Center,
the Chamber of Commerce, and
the City Hall.
The rehearsal and exercises will
take place regardless of weather
conditions. Campus clothing will
be worn at the rehearsal, and for
the actual ceremony all gradu¬
ates will wear standard caps and
gowns. The only exception will
be with the nurses, who will be in
official uniform.
BUS SERVICE will be provid¬
ed by the Pasadena City Lines
from the northeast corner of Colo¬
rado Blvd. and Fair Oaks Ave.
to the Rose Bowl beginning at
6 p.m. on the evening of the ex¬
ercises. Buses will return pa¬
trons from the bowl to Colorado
and Fair Oaks after the cere¬
mony.
Baccalaureate Service will be
Sunday, June 11, at 8:15 p.m., in
Sexson Auditorium. Graduates
should assemble wearing caps
and gowns at the Mirror Pools at
7:45 p.m. At this time stoles
will be issued. Anyone wishing
tickets for parents or friends
should contact the College Bank.
TOWARD NEW HORIZONS
Beta Phi Gamma
elects fall officers
Monday evening following the
Publications Banquet, the elec¬
tions of Beta Phi Gamma officers
for next fall were held with Dick
Ryon being chosen for the presi¬
dential duties.
Bob Kingsbury was elected to
the position of vice-president with
Helene Bjorklund unanimously
voted secretary.
Dan McLean will take over as
treasurer, and Pete Sallstrom was
elected historian.
PCC to open for sessions
of summer school June 19
Any student wishing to register for summer session class¬
es is urged to see his counselor for immediate programming.
Two separate sessions will be held, the first beginning June
19 and continuing until July 28. June 19 is also the last day
to register for the first session. _ _ _
The second session, running
from July 31 through September
8, will offer similar classes.
More classes than ever before
Spartans, Circle
К
clubs recruit
members on service records
Spartans and Circle K, PCC’s honorary service
clubs for outstanding women and men, respectively,
recently took a number of new members into their
ranks.
Eleven college women were tapped into the
“red sweater” Spartans on May 24. Those selected
for membership were Marilyn Bower, Susie Cal-
vetti, April Day, Paula Davis, Sally Grant, Irene
Guttman, Diane Meyer, Pam Noble, Penny Petras,
Sally Shannon, Vicki Stevenson, and honorary mem¬
bers Miss Mildred Tolhurst and Miss Lillian Vosloh.
The new tappees, together with past honoraries
and active members, met at a breakfast last Wed¬
nesday in the faculty dining room, for a casual get-
together and acquaintance period.
Officers to serve the group for the first semes¬
ter of next year were also selected. Patty Fogel
was elected Spartan president; Carol Galbraith, vice-
president; Vicki Stevenson, recording secretary-
corresponding secretary; and Marilyn Bower, trea¬
surer.
Circle
К
selected as their new members the
following students: Steve Bos, Roger Carro, Tom
Hutcheson, William Gruber, William Hughes, Rob¬
ert Kingsbury, Terry Knox, Richard Ryon, Ed
Sanders, Barry Schweiger, James Walz, Ronald
Way, and Steve White.
These college men were installed yesterday
morning at a breakfast meeting at Eaton’s Res¬
taurant, where a short ceremony honoring the new
tappees was held and official pins were distributed.
Circle
К
and Spartans are recognized on cam¬
pus as honorary organizations devoted to school and
community service. During the past school year
they have held numerous drives and fund-raising
projects, from which the profits go to worthy
community needs.
Noteworthy was the Circle
К
and Spartan
joint project of treating Pasadena underprivileged
children to a Dodger game, complete with a tour of
the Coliseum scoreboard facilities and treats to the
traditional hot dogs and popcorn.
• The two clubs also combined their efforts for
a recent cerebral palsy drive, in which they went
from house to house collecting money. The Circle
К
car wash and the Spartan sucker sale were typi¬
cal of on-campus fund raising projects, where the
money went to the individual treasuries and was
kept for special services to the college of communi¬
ty-
are being offered this year with
several new teachers being added
to the summer school staff.
All summer school units are
equivalent to those offered dur¬
ing the regular year and carry
full transfer weight.
Students may take summer
school classes for make-up work,
in order to ease their regular
load next year, and for enrich¬
ment purposes.
Ceremony honors
large grad class
at traditional site
Amid last minute checks of
caps and gowns, mussed hair, the
jumble of television cameras,
thousands of excited spectators
and .finally, nostalgic strains of
“Land of Hope and Glory,” the
Pasadena City College graduating
class of 1961 will hold a final
ceremony in the world famed
Rose Bowl, June 15.
Dean Armen Sarafian, Com¬
mencement Committee chairman,
announces that, “The 72nd Com¬
mencement Exercises will feature
the largest number of A. A. de¬
gree candidates ever assembled
from the two-year Pasadena City
College.”
THE FACULTY of the Physi¬
cal Education, Speech and Music
Department are busily making
arrangements for this noted com¬
munity enterprise, which is cited
as one of the most beautiful and
impressive in the nation.
This year, the Board of Educa¬
tion has adopted a new system
of distributing diplomas. Partici¬
pants at the exercises will re¬
ceive their “diploma book” con¬
taining a certificate certifying
they are on the list of graduates.
Upon official verifications of
final grades and requirements the
official A. A. degree certificate
will be mailed to all 1227 gradu¬
ates.
“This is a regular procedure
at major colleges and universi¬
ties,” reports Dean of Records
John Weldon, “and will elimin¬
ate mistakes and embarrass¬
ment.”
GRADUATION candidates are
afforded every opportunity to at¬
tend the Commencement Exer¬
cises. A number are being per¬
mitted by their employers to par¬
ticipate while on company pay.
Other students have made an ex¬
tra effort to be present.
“They look upon this occasion
as a means of expressing their
appreciation for the education
they have received,” states Dean
Sarafian.
With the hard work done by
students and faculty, the 72nd
Commencement Exercises prom¬
ise to be a “gratifying success.”
•Frosh ushering
Freshman students are invited
to serve as ushers for the Com¬
mencement Exercises in the
Rose Bowl, June 15. Women
students should wear suits,
sweater and skirt, or simple
dresses and low heels. Men
should wear suits or slacks and
coats with ties. Any freshman
interested should sign up im¬
mediately in the administrative
dean’s office, 102C. Service
hour credits will be awarded
for this work.
Prom couples to spend eve
in mood of ' tropic splendor ’
“Tropic Splendor” is the theme
of the Freshman-S ophomore
Prom J;o be held amid the beauti¬
ful Terrace Gardens of the Hunt-
ington-Sheraton Hotel, June 15,
from 9-12:30 p.m. The gardens
will be alight with scented can¬
dles and decorated with floral ar¬
rangements and tiki gods.
Couples will be admitted to
the last dance of the year with
an ASB book or with a $3 ticket
obtainable at the College Bank.
The dress is semi-formal.
Organized and planned by the
Social Affairs Commission, prom
couples will dance to the music
of Don Ricardo and his band. A
photographer will be on hand for
those who want pictures of the
memorable event.
Aqyone who would like to help
with decorating on June 15 at 4
p.m., should contact Lolita
Arendt by leaving his name and
phone number in her box in the
ASB offices,
