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VOL. 26, NO. 4
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 1, 1967
Swan Song,
Masterpiece
By Jean Hoffman
In ’’Swan Song” as in all his
works, Anton Chekhov reveals a
master’s style for combining
tragedy and humor in contrast to
the pathetic and the ridiculous. He
also commands an ability to blend
the somber side of life with light¬
ness, a technique which distin¬
guishes his plays as farcical rather
than tragical.
Because of the enactment of
these Chekhov qualities in a brilli¬
antly staged performance, it was
a pleasure to be of the audience at
the PCC New Face Repertory
Company’s presentation of “Swan
Song” last Thursday.
THE PLAY was an absorbing
dramatic study of an actor who
finally realized the shallowness of
his life after 45 years in the
theatre.
The scene was an empty stage
of a second-rate Russian provincial
theatre. The sole prop, a stool,
rested upside down in the center
of the stage. It was late at night
and an old actor, Vassily Vassil-
yich, in the costume of Calchas
(the renegade Trojan soothsayer)
entered from the wings holding a
lighted candle.
THE TWO-MAN cast, with
Bruce McGuire portraying Vassil-
yitch and Dan Murray as Nikitush-
ka Ivanitch, did a commendable
job. Both delivered their lines
flawlessly with a professional
smoothness which could only be
the result of long hours of prac¬
tice.
McGuire’s role demanded a
forceful conveying of fluctuating
shades of emotionality, since it
was mostly through him that the
significance of the play emerged.
McGuire met this demand elo¬
quently, giving an inspiring per¬
formance.
Murray’s portrayal of the old
prompter was so convincing that
he appeared every bit as old as
his character. The audience was
obviously delighted by the crippled
posture and failing voice which
Murray so aptly impersonated.
Because of the superb caliber of
the cast and the enthusiasm of
the audience, the company is con¬
sidering airing its performance
over television channel 28. This
opportunity the group has certain¬
ly earned.
PCC Pro vos
Invoke Dawn
By Alan Elerding, Jr.
“Invoke the dawn and praise
the dawn. It is the hope of man¬
kind.” So wrote Keats.
Invoking not only the sun, but
also each other, 50 of the PCC
hippies gathered together on a re¬
cent cold Tuesday morning to
await the sun’s rising on the east
side of the campus.
KEYNOTES were “enjoy” and
“be aware.” When the sun rose
it was duly applauded. It shone
on a huge drawing of a “good
day” sun chalked on the sidewalk
in several colors by several stu¬
dents. The “pits” rang with
sound as “Good Day, Sun-Shine”
by the Beatles was sung to the
accompaniment of a tape record¬
er.
WHEN a reporter from the
Pasadena Star-News arrived, the
organizer of the event, Tony Tus-
ler, explained how the meeting
came about. Following the ex¬
ample of the Provos, a group es¬
tablished to fight the loss of iden¬
tity in the isolation of our age,
certain people in the pits decided
to do something unusual. What
followed was the invocation of the
dawn.
The Provos hope to do many
more things in coming weeks,
such as flying kites and holding
a huge, week-long Monopoly
game. '
Mush, Art, Study
Wuiting in Europe
— Courier photo by Tim Vilsack
THAT FUZZY FEELING — Bruce McGuire is feeling fuzzy and re¬
morseful in a scene from the “Swan Song," that was presented in
the PCC Little Theater last week by the New Face Repertory
Company.
State Playoffs March 9-11;
Make Plans to Support Team
Western State Conf e r e n c e’s
champion Pasadena City College
Lancers will head for the state
junior college state basketball
playoffs in Santa Maria next
Wednesday.
Dates are Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday, March 9-11. Games
will be played in the Alan Han¬
cock College gym.
Pasadena’s first opponent will
be Hancock or Merced, Thursday
at 9 p.m.
Every student in the college is
urged to attend the playoffs.
Santa Maria is located some 250
miles north of Pasadena between
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obis¬
po. To get there you just get on
Highway 101 and keep going. For
those hardy souls who have the
time, money, and spirit and would
like to spend the weekend in San¬
ta Maria here are some details.
IF YOU want to see all three
Lancer games, Greyhound has a
bus that leaves Pasadena station
at 11:30 Thursday morning. The
return bus leaves Santa Maria at
9:25 Sunday morning, and the
round trip fare is only $8.96.
Phone number of the Greyhound
Bus Line (the only one with serv-
Twomey Scholarship
Announced by OMD
Omicron Mu Delta, PCC’s high¬
est honorary organization, has an¬
nounced the establishment of the
John E. Twomey Memorial Schol¬
arship for incoming freshmen to
PCC.
It will be awarded each spring
to the outstanding male and fe¬
male incoming freshmen who
have given unselfish service to
their high school the preceding
school year.
OMD was founded in 1927 to
recognize service rendered by
loyal students and faculty. In the
years that have since passed,
OMD has maintained the same
traditions of expressing recogni¬
tion and honor of service.
The characteristics that should
be looked for in the potential hon-
oree are an unselfish attitude, an
extraordinary amount of service,
good citizenship, scholarship, and
leadership.
• Continued on Page Four
ice to Santa Maria) is 792-7195.
If you would like to make motel
reservations in Santa Maria here
are the motels: Villa Motel, 1204
S. Broadway, phone WA. 5-8734;
Nite
Кар
Motel, 1007 E. Main St.,
phone WA. 2-4505; Ricks Rancho,
1414 N. Broadway, Phone WA.
5-2792.
Continued on Page Three
By John Maffei
You had better hurry if you are
thinking of going on the Overseas
Program this summer sponsored
by Pasadena City College.
“The response has been very en¬
thusiastic,” says Milan Zirovich of
the Music Department. “Already
90 per cent of the plane space
has been taken for the trip to
Florence, Italy.”
Fee for the European arrange¬
ments is $1,050, including study,
travel, accommodations, and
meals. The jet charter round trip
fare is $400.
Four study groups are planned.
They go to the Sorbonne, Paris,
the University of Madrid in Spain,
the University of Salzburg in Ger¬
many, and the University of Flor¬
ence in Italy.
All study trips will be great, but
if you are interested in music,
Florence is the place to go.
Courses in Italian music and
opera are being offered. Florence
is the seat of the world famous
May Festival “Maggio Musicale”
which continues through part of
July. You will also be in on the
outstanding music festivals of
Europe and a special summer ses-
son of opera and concerts.
ROME IS ONLY a few hours
away and you can see opera in
the magnificent Baths of Cara-
calla. You will see and hear “Aida”
as nowhere else in the world, with
renowned singers and stage set¬
tings that will take your breath
away. The triumphal scene in¬
cludes horsedrawn chariots and
camels.
Florence was the birthplace of
opera in 1600. It was also the
cradle of Italian art of the Ren-
naissance. Perhaps no other city
in the world is so rich in art
treasures. This program offers a
great opportunity to see and
study these treasures, with no
need to rely on photos.
The university of Florence of¬
fers the courses in music and art
in English, an important factor for
those whose knowledge of Italian
is limited.
THE FLORENCE group will be
under Zirovich, who was at
one time the assistant conductor
at the Teatro Communale, the
Florence opera house and the seat
of the “Maggio Musicale” festival.
Zirovich has worked with such ar¬
tists as Rodzinski, Mitropopulos,
Stokowski, Gui, Giulini, Callas,
Tebaldi, Simionato, Siepi, and
Tozzi.
After studies are completed, all
groups will travel for six weeks
under the leadership of Robert L.
Warren of the Social Science De¬
partment. The Florence group will
have the advantage of extra cities
not included in the tour of other
study groups: Ljubljana and Za¬
greb, Yugoslavia, Budapest, Vi¬
enna, Prague, and Munich.
All groups will visit London,
Paris, Liechtenstein, Lucerne,
Heidelberg, Cologna. Students
may choose to go north to Scandi¬
navia or to Moscow, Leningrad,
and Warsaw before rejoining the
main group in Amsterdam. From
there the students will go on to
Brussels, Paris, and then home.
MARGARITA Fastaband of the
Foreign Language Department is
the other faculty member. Depend¬
ing on the number of the students
in the program, other members
of the Foreign Language Depart¬
ment will likely live and travel
with the students.
A regularly enrolled student of
PCC may petition to earn credit
for this work by examination, pro¬
viding he is in good standing, has
completed 15 units in residence
with an overall grade point aver¬
age of 2.5 or better, and has not
previously failed the course. Stu¬
dents may earn up to seven units
of credit for the summer.
The tour will last 70 days, with
departure date set for June 22
and the return September 1.
Turkish Customs, Arthitetture
Shown in John Coddurd Film
By Bob Daily
At an ASB Assembly in which
the contrast between modern-
world living and primitive peasant
living was shown, John Goddard,
traveler of 95 countries and over
500,000 miles, showed slides and
commented about Turkey last
Thursday.
Goddard’s first stop, after leav¬
ing Los Angeles by jet, was Istan¬
bul, capital of Turkey, and rated
with Rome, New York, Bangkok,
and Hong Kong as his favorites.
While there are automobiles in
Istanbul, and their drivers are as
bad as Tokyo drivers, there are
far more horse-drawn carriages.
Probably the most burdensome
work in the world is done by Turk¬
ish men, who carry loads of up to
220 pounds on their backs to grain
and fruit markets, he said.
The highly religious attitude in
OMD Clues
OMD is sponsoring its annual
Guess the Theme of the OMD
Carnival Contest. The student
who comes up with the closest
answer will receive $10. All
suggestions should be taken to
111C. Clue No. 1 — “Take a trip
in a southerly direction to this
year’s - Carnival kotorye
boodyet zu Ehren das altissime
quatrieme anniversaire de I’Om-
icron Mu Delta.” Clue No. 2 — ■
“Holy Jumping Beans! The
mad-hatter is dancing to this
year’s OMD Carnival.”
Istanbul was evidenced by the 440
mosques in the city. In the court¬
yards, there are open markets
where people trade for their needs
The Turks greatly enjoy bargain¬
ing.
Among the architectural mar¬
vels there, are St. Sophia, a large
mosque with six minarets; the
wall surrounding the city, like
Rome’s, was built on seven hills;
and the ancient military fortress
overlooking the Bosporus, used
by the Ottoman Turks, and the
link between the Mediterranean
Sea and the Black Sea.
The itinerary included a small,
secluded island in the Marmara
Sea, where tranquility is guaran¬
teed by laws prohibiting automo¬
biles. It is the summer home of
many wealthy Turks, when the
population swells from 15,000 to
40,000.
One of Goddard’s best shots
was of a dignified, proud march¬
ing band made up of people from
varying ethnic heritages, many
with European- Arabian ancestory.
Another was the graceful, mar¬
velously co-ordinated movements
of a beautiful Turkish belly
dancer.
Next stop was at Edirne, an
agricultural city near the Bulgar¬
ian border. The threat of Commu¬
nism to freedom was noted by
Goddard who explained that a Bul¬
garian woman was recently shot
trying to leave Bulgaria to enter
Turkey.
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New Colloquium Series
Begins Here Friduy
PCC’s English Department colloquium series for the spring se¬
mester begins Friday, when Dr. Elton Davis, college psychologist,
discusses “The Twilight Zone in Problem Solving.”
All offerings in the series are set for Harbeson Hall.
J. Robert Trevor, English Department, speaks on “J. Alfred
Prufrock: Twentieth Century Hollow Man,” March 17 at 11 a.m.
Milan Zirovich, Music Department, discusses “Characterization and
Emotion as Developed in Opera,” April 18 at 11 a.m. Mrs. Jeanne
Brown, PCC Lbrary, talks on “Contemporary Drama: Experiments
in Reality,” May 5 at 1 p.m.
The concluding program of the spring series offers Mrs. Helen
Barnes and Arthur Kelley, English Department, and Dr. Jerome
Wolf, Social Science Department, in “Uncle Tom Exhumed,” a panel
discussion on the novel, May 26 at 2 p.m.
Students and staff are invited to attend the discussions, according
to Mrs. Norma Sullivan of the English Department, chairman.