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Commencement Day
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The 49th annual- PCC Commence¬
ment ceremonies are scheduled for
Friday. June 21. at 6:30 p.m. in the
Mirror Fool area.
Guest speaker is Dr. William H.
Pickering, director of the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory. His address is
entitled, “Inheriting the Future:
Reality or Illusion?”
Director of JPL since 1950, Dr.
Pickering and his staff are better
known to the world for having
developed the basic concept and
design of the attitude-stabilized, auto¬
mated spacecraft for remote investi¬
gation of other planets of the solar
system. Two of these space probes
were recently flown by NASA to Venus
and Mercury.
The commencement program starts
with the entrance of the platform
guests and faculty, followed by the
graduates, led by two of this year’s six
valedictorians, Beverly Kay Calhoun
and Leslie N. Nishimi.
The Lancer Band, directed by
Ronald Hoar, will accompany the
opening ceremonies with the tradi¬
tional march, “Pomp and Cir¬
cumstance."
Co-valedictorian Phillip B. Grant is
to lead the pledge of allegiance. An
invocation given by Dr. L. L. White,
pastor of Holman United Methodist
Church, is also scheduled.
Valedictorians Bernhild E. Horner
and Patricia Myers are expected to
give speeches. Ms. Horner, editor of
the Courier, will deliver an address
entitled, “Satisfaction Guaranteed,”
while Ms. Myers is to speak on “A
Lesson from the Past.”
Dr. Pickering is then to be intro¬
duced by the president of the Faculty
Senate, Leonard Perry.
After the main address, PCC
President Dr. Armen Sarafian will
introduce the graduating class and
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Vol. 37, No. 15
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
June 14, 1974
Jobs Available
Advisers Discuss Opportunities
Jobs with salaries ranging from
$450 to $700 a month are awaiting well-
trained secretaries and clerk-typists
who complete the PCC curriculum,
according to personnel experts who
visited the campus recently.
The Secretarial Science Advisory
Committee includes several members
of the business community. They in¬
clude an attorney, the personnel
director for Xerox, the president of the
Los Angeles Chapter of Executives’
Secretaries, Inc., a PCC alumna now a
successful legal secretary, and the
personnel director for a large firm of
lawyers. At the recent meeting, com¬
mittee members and faculty discussed
opportunities available to graduates.
The business members commended
PCC on the fine curriculum offered to
prepare students for successful em¬
ployment.
Laura Holty, PCC counselor in
business, declared that there are many
job opportunities with salaries ranging
from $450 to $600 a month, depending
upon the abilities and preparation of
the applicant.
PCC Student Leaders
Guide New Curriculum
In its last meeting of the semester,
the five members of the Student
Curriculum Committee present
discussed their ideas for the student
learning center and developed a list of
ideas for next fall’s committee.
The possibility of opening up sec¬
tions of the learning center to the
public was discussed and approved.
Members of the committee felt that
opening the center to the public would
be a great help for people in the
community who might need in¬
formation about a certain subject but
don't have the time to enroll in a class.
The committee expressed hope that
tutors employed in the learning center
would not tutor just one subject but
several. This would make it easier for
students needing help to find a tutor.
Committee members would like to
see calculators, practice microscopes
and typewriters made available in the
center for all students to use.
The committee also voiced their
approval for Senate members to
receive class credit for being on the
Student Senate.
Proposals left for next fall’s com¬
mittee to follow up on include having
Diet Concerns
Add Courses
Program
Senate and ASB representatives on the
committee and making the student
evaluations of faculty available to
students.
Also discussed were suggestions that
better attempts be made to publicize
new courses, including having a place
set aside in the Student Learning
Center where notices of new courses
could be posted and having someone
available at all times to explain those
courses. The committee feels that this
would make it easier for students to
find out more about a new class
without having to make an ap¬
pointment to see their counselor.
A proposal that all Tuesday and
Thursday classes begin at 8 a.m. was
also made along with the suggestion
that the next committee look into
changing the opening and closing dates
of the fall semester.
This could mean that the fall
semester would start earlier in the
year and end before Christmas,
resulting in a four to six-week-long
break between the end of the fall
semester and the beginning of the
spring semester.
This idea may be a way of ending the
problem students encounter after a
two-week break during the semester.
The break between semesters could
be used by students as a vacation or to
enroll in mini courses that the com¬
mittee is hoping will be offered.
The business committee members
emphasized the advantages of having
a variety of skills. Shorthand is still
important for secretarial positions
even though many executives use
dictating equipment. Margaret Cox of
Executives' Secretaries, Inc., said,
“The stenographer who wants to
become an executive secretary needs
to read the Wall Street Journal and
needs to take courses in finance to
understand a company’s business
atmosphere and annual report.”
The business representatives agreed
that the applicants who are able to
operate more than one kind of type¬
writer have an advantage. An appli¬
cant with a knowledge of word¬
processing equipment (MT-ST, etc.)
will rate from $1 to $2 more per hour.
This is remunerative on temporary
jobs. One firm pays $6 an hour for work
on the MT-ST and many firms hire MT-
ST workers at night. PCC offers a
course in the MT-ST every semester.
The committee discussed the op¬
portunities for bi-lingual secretaries,
who can earn at least $100 a month
more. For example, a lawyer took a
secretary to court to help with some
cases and paid her $25 extra each time.
Some companies will pay a base
secretarial rate plus a translation fee.
Also, these jobs often involve travel.
Some technical companies use trans¬
lators in German, Japanese, Spanish
and French. There is a need for these
skills.
The business representatives
declared that there are opportunities
for the mature student who has
returned for training after the children
are in school. They agreed that many
businessmen prefer the more mature
worker because she is sometimes
more dependable and reliable, and in
many cases she has a better attitude
than some of the younger employees.
Business professor Dorothy Abbitt
said, “There are always jobs for well-
trained clerical and secretarial
workers. The PCC Placement office
has more jobs for secretaries than can
be filled. In good and in slow economic
times, business needs well-prepared
secretaries and clerks. The PCC
Business Department can prepare a
worker for employment in one year or
in two years with fen A. A. degree.”
permanent members of Alpha Gamma
Sigma, a statewide scholarship
organization.
Roger Gertmenian.' president of the
Board of Trustees, is expected to
recognize the graduating class, and
confer the degrees.
The ceremonies end with the
recessional, “The Standard of St.
George,” played by the band. The PCC
Choir is also scheduled to perform at
the commencement.
After the ceremonies, graduates,
their families and friends, faculty and
administrators will have a chance to
meet in the Campus Quad. Music and
refreshments will be provided-.
The entire commencement program
is to be broadcast by PCC radio station
KPCS (89.3 FM) for those who are not
able to attend in person.
Of the 1765 students graduating from
PCC this year, about 500 of them are
actually participating in the com¬
mencement ceremonies. One of the
reasons for the low turnout is that
many graduates, especially night
students, carry more than one
responsibility, such as a family or a
job, besides school, according to
organizers.
Because of student schedules, this
year’s rehearsal hours for the
ceremony have been kept to a
minimum. Only a two-hour practice is
scheduled. The session should not last
longer than an hour.
Prior to 1966, when the college
became a separate district, the
commencement ceremonies had
traditionally been held in the Rose
Bowl.
The ceremonies by the Mirror Pool
are not as massive as they used to be at
the stadium, but because of that, they
are considered a more personalized
and intimate kind of commencement.
The individual names of the graduates
are still called.
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DIVING INTO SUMMER — PCC coed Cindy Harlow plunges into the
refreshing water of the swimming pool, and her dive is captured by a
well-prepared Courier photographer. He used a special underwater
camera and set it at the water level, achieving this unusual effect.
Many more students besides Miss Harlow are planning on refreshing
themselves this summer with stops at area recreation facilities.
Among these will be the PCC pool, open for public use Monday
through Friday afternoons.
Occupationally Oriented Career Program
To Be Offered in the Fall by Life Sciences
Two new occupationally oriented
health career programs are scheduled
to begin in the fall as part of the Life
Science curriculum, according to
Pauline Anderson, allied health
development officer.
Both the dietetic technician and
radiologic technology programs are
currently offered in part, but on a non¬
credit basis. Next year the programs
will be operated on a credit basis and
become part of the curriculum leading
to an A. A. degree.
Mrs. Anderson explained that the
dietetic technician program, training
students for careers in food
preparation in the health care field,
has gained the approval of the Board of
Examiners of Nursing Home Ad¬
ministrators.
Due to new state regulations
requiring licensure, persons already
employed in health care services may
take the course to earn their cer¬
tificates and maintain employment.
The license must be renewed every
two years. To do so, a person must
qualify for a minimum of 100 hours
(one three-unit class equals 54 hours)
of additional course work to keep up to
date in the field. Of the 100 hours
required, 60 per cent must be credit
classes and 40 per cent may be from
career -related seminars.
The radiologic technology program
has been approved by the California
State Bureau of Radiologic Health and
the American Registry for Radiologic
Technology.
- Students involved in this program
gain practical experience by working
in the field. “We’re not going to accept
more students than we have training
openings for,” said Mrs. Anderson.
“Everyone will get at least eight hours
of work per week in a local hospital.”
An A. A. degree through this
program qualifies a student for the
state certificate and the American
Registry exam. “This program offers
upward mobility in that students can
transfer to four-year institutions,” she
said. A B.A. in the field qualifies
students for teaching and ad¬
ministrative positions.
Mrs. Anderson added that applicants
are currently being screened for ad¬
mission to the program. “We really
have some well-qualified students.
Some of them have changed their area
of interest from liberal arts because of
the need for a salable skill.”
Pasadena May Join
ROP Expands Program
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Four new courses will be added to
the Dietetics Assistance program next
fall. The classes are Modified Diets,
School Menus, School Food Service
Management and Quantity Foods.
“Modified Diets” teaches the ap¬
plied principles of nutrition related to
special and abnormal physical con¬
ditions. The course studies the effects
of proper nutrition upon the human
body, particularly those with medical
or surgical problems. The class will
meet at Santa Anita Convalescent
Hospital.
“School Menus” is offered to em¬
ployees of school food services.
Students plan appropriate menus for
various ages and groups within the
framework of a school cafeteria.
Different types of school lunches,
standards of service and solutions to
operation problems are studied.
“School Food Service Management”
and “Quantity Foods” are also open to
employees of school food services.
“School Food Service Management”
trains students for management of the
school lunch program, organization,
administration policies, financing and
controls.
Students enrolled in “Quantity
Foods” will learn quantity food
operation, standards for attractive
service, effective utilization and
equipment and time and work simplifi¬
cation methods.
The site planned for “School Menus”
and “Quantity Foods” is Temple City
High School.
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SUMMER LIBRARY HOURS
First session — 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and 5:30 to 9 p.m. Monday through
Friday: Second session — 7:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. and 5:30 to 0 p.m. Monday
through Thursday. Also, 7:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. Friday.
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DEMOLITION DERBY— Constructive destruction
took place earlier this week in the PCC Auto Shop,
when a jeep owned by Richard Perkins was hitched
by a chain to an office wall. The offices were moved
to another part of the building in order to make
room for additional hoists. The activity was a joint
—Courier Photo by Steve Ripley
venture of Lome Johnson’s building construction
class and Tom McEntire’s auto mechanics
students. PCC maintenance personnel assisted the
project by. disconnecting the various steam, gas
and electrical conduits.
Negotiations are underway for the
addition of the Pasadena Unified
School District to the ML Wilson
Regional Occupational Program
(ROP).
The program, offering vocational
education on an open-entrance and
open-exit basis to high school, college
and adult students, now encompasses
the Arcadia, La Canada, San Marino,
South Pasadena and Temple City
school districts. “If Pasadena joins us
it will almost double our program,”
said John Young, director of the ROP
office at PCC.
Both these negotiations and the
outcome of the summer program will
determine the curriculum to be offered
next fall. Stressing the usefulness to
college students of the summer
program offered by ROP, Young said,
“Any or all of these programs are open
to any college student who might seek
training on a short term basis. For
many students, the three to six weeks
PCC Board
Adopts New
Job Titles
In response to the need for a change
in administrative structure, the Board
of Trustees June 6 adopted a resolution
changing various administrative titles
and giving the dean for instruction
increased importance.
Calling for no increase in salaries or
salary ratios, four administrative
titles are being changed.
Dr. Stanley Gunstream, the ad¬
ministrative dean for instruction, will
be the vice president for instruction
and continuing education. This
position merges the entire instruc¬
tional program to include adult educa¬
tion, community services, part-time
credit offerings, continuing education,
and occupational education.
In collaboration with all the
department chairmen, the occupa¬
tional education staff and the deans
assigned to his department, Dr.
Gunstream assumes total responsi¬
bility for the schedule of classes,
teacher load, teacher assignments,
curriculum development, inservice
education, instruction and instruc¬
tional resources.
The department chairmen will be
directly responsible to Dr. Gunstream.
Dr. Irvin Lewis, administrative dean
for student personnel services, has had
his title changed to vice president for
student personnel services.
Stanley Riordan, director of
business services, is now the vice
president for business services.
The vice president, Dr. E. Howard
Floyd, had his title changed to deputy
superintendent.
of training that will make them em¬
ployable while in college can be very
useful.”
Summer sessions will run con¬
currently with other college courses.
The first session begins June 24 and
ends August 3. The second session is
scheduled for August 5-Sept. 11.
Many of the vocational classes will
take place within the community with
students actually working in related
business situations. The Auto Agency
Occupations program is offered at five
area auto agencies: Foothill Datsun,
Colliau Chevrolet, Mission Chevrolet,
Arcadia Datsun and Huntington Ford.
Some agencies offer the class daily
while others host students three times
per week. The class may be taken
mornings or afternoons.
Other courses being offered in the
community are landscaping gardening
and department store merchandising.
The four -week landscaping class is
scheduled daily from 1:30-4:30. The
first two weeks, students learn the
basics at Temple City High School and
then move to the L.A. County Ar¬
boretum for practical experience.
Other programs, covering such
topics as TV production, building
maintenance, refrigeration and air
conditioning and key punch operation
are conducted in local high schools or
at PCC.
Gutierrez Selected
To Join National
Advisory Council
Ralph Gutierrez, coordinator of co¬
operative education and placement at
PCC, was recently appointed member
of the Advisory Council of the National
Center for Voluntary Action (NCVA).
He was named to the post by the NCVA
Board of Directors.
“Gutierrez’ efforts in service to his
community have been outstanding,”
said George Romney, chairman of the
board. “We feel that his advice would
be of tremendous assistance to us.”
Headed by NCVA’s Executive
Committee member Alexander B.
Ripley, the NCVA Advisory Council
was created to study different means
to improve the council’s service to
volunteers and voluntary
organizations in the western United
States.
The council is scheduled to meet at
least twice a year, with the first
meeting slated for June 25 in San
Francisco. Gutierrez’ membership on
the Advisory Council will last a year,
with the possibility of a re-appoint¬
ment for one additional year.
NCVA is an independent, non¬
partisan and non-profit organization
first established in 1970. Its main
function is to stimulate and strengthen
problem-solving through volunteers
and voluntary organizations.