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ond annual Convocation March tion.
Vol. 22, No. 4
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
March 3, 1 965
Clubs to Sponsor
Organizations Day
Meeting in assigned rooms, all
open clubs will recruit new mem¬
bers and coordinate their groups’
activities tomorrow, Student Or¬
ganizations Day, from noon to
12:50 p.m.
Fifty-seven clubs will partici¬
pate in this get-acquainted effort,
including the five formed last se¬
mester: Ski, Philosophy, Sociolo¬
gy, Investment, and Student Hu¬
man Relations Clubs.
Many of the meetings will fea¬
ture informational displays, films
or color slides, or talks by author¬
ities in particular fields.
The club membership drive,
sponsored the first week of the
semester by the Inter-Club Coun¬
cil, continues its successful enlist¬
ment of students. According to
Mary Blowers, ICC president,
membership already has surpass¬
ed that of last semester. Infor¬
mation tables in the foyer of the
Campus Center are now being
manned by separate clubs.
Student Organizations Day is
the second such group participa¬
tion day this semester. A Student
Organizations Open House was
held February 18.
ICC will also sponsor a get-ac¬
quainted reception Friday morn¬
ing at 7 in the Faculty Dining
Room. Black coffee and dough¬
nuts will be served.
— Courier Photo by Stan Carstensen
CONVOCATION UNFOLDS — In preparation for PCC's second
annual Convocation, Lancers complete work on a billboard oppo¬
site the Campus Center.
Journalists Receive Top Awards
at USC's Newspaper Conclave
Fall semester Courier executive
editor Dick Trubo, and fall semes¬
ter photography editor Dick Am¬
mon received top awards at USC’s
recent Journalism Day.
Trubo was the recipient of the
highest award for an editorial in
a junior college paper, and also
was given an honorable mention
Lancer Band Performs
at Rose Parade Show
The Pasadena City College
Band and Rose Queen Dawn Ba¬
ker and her court will participate
in Sunday’s premiere showing of
the official color and sound film
of the 1965 Tournament of Roses
Parade.
The program will begin at 3
p.m. at the Pasadena Civic Audi¬
torium. Admission will be free
and the public is invited.
The PCC Band, under the direc¬
tion of Daniel S. Heistand, will
perform a special concert prior to
the showing of the film. The mu¬
sical group, which has served as
the official Tournament of Roses
Band for 35 years, also is sched¬
uled to receive a special award
later in the program.
Miss Baker and her six-member
court will assist Tournament of¬
ficials in making awards to the
major parade trophy winners.
Eugene Sullivan, PCC associate
professor and work-study coun¬
selor, will provide organ music
throughout the program.
Job Opportunities
The Placement Bureau lias an¬
nounced that employers in the
area are visiting- the campus to
interview June graduates. This
provides an opportunity for stu¬
dents to explore different em¬
ployment possibilities.
certificate for excellence in a
news story.
JUDGES who chose Trubo for
the editorial award commented on
his intelligent and thorough way
of bringing national politics to the
college level.
Ammon earned the top award
for snapping the best news pic¬
ture in a junior college newspa¬
per. The picture was of Tut
Hayes, a prominent Negro sup¬
porter of Barry Goldwater.
Eight Peace Corps
Delegates Arrive
Prepared to dispense informa¬
tion to whole classes or to indi¬
viduals, eight representatives of
the Peace Corps will arrive on
campus Monday, maintaining an
information table in the foyer of
the Campus Center through Fri¬
day, March 12.
Four members of the team re¬
cently have returned from over¬
seas assignments as Peace Corps
volunteers; the other four are
from the Washington, D.C., head¬
quarters of the corps.
Interviewing and testing will be
held in 156C for interested stu¬
dents.
Former PCC Teacher
Dies After Heart Attack
Gladys L. Snyder, former ad¬
viser to PCC’s yearbook, the Pag¬
eant, died last Thursday after an
apparent heart attack.
Miss Snyder suffered the attack
in the foyer of Pasadena Civic
Auditorium, where she was to
view a travelog.
She gave 35 years to teaching,
and was awarded membership in
OMD while at PCC.
Receiving the Crombie Allen
award as the best junior college
newspaper was the Valley Star of
Los Angeles Valley College.
Judging of the news publica¬
tions was conducted by Roy H.
Copperrud of USC’s School of
Journalism. The categories in
which the newspapers were grad¬
ed consisted of writing, editing,
pictures, editorials, and make-up.
Tying for first in the high
school division of overall news¬
paper awards was John Muir’s
Blazer. The paper deadlocked
with Newport Harbor High. This
was the first tie for the top hon¬
or in the history of the contest.
PCC students and faculty are
preparing for the college’s sec¬
ond annual Convocation March
11, 12, and 25. The focus: “Auto¬
mation — Its Impact on Educa¬
tion.”
The event, sponsored by Pasa¬
dena City College and the College
Faculty Association, is being co¬
ordinated by Chairman Frank J.
Ziol, associate professor of engi¬
neering and technology.
THE THREE-DAY program
will center on four prominent
“professors-in-residence,” who will
search for implications of auto¬
mation on the worker and on so-
Concert Spotlights
Faculty Members
The special 40th anniversary
concert of PCC’s College-Com¬
munity Orchestra — spotlighting
the talents of six members of the
Music Department faculty — will
be presented Saturday at 8:15
p.m. in Sexson Auditorium.
Music Department Chairman
Robert M. Fleury will conduct
Moussorsky’s “Night on Bald
Mountain,” Lancer Band Director
Daniel S. Heistand will be a solo¬
ist in Telemann’s “Suite in A Mi¬
nor for Flute and Strings,” and
Robert Heckman and Milan Ziro-
vich will be duo-pianists.
William Benulis will narrate
Saint-Saen’s “Carnival of the Ani¬
mals,” and Frank Van Der Maten
will conduct several pieces.
Admission and parking are free
to the public.
OMD Discloses
'65 Theme Clues
OMD, Pasadena City College’s
highest honorary service organi¬
zation, will award $10 to the stu¬
dent who correctly guesses the
theme of the 1965 OMD Carnival.
All entries must be turned in
by March 15. Anyone may enter,
and there is no limit to the num¬
ber of entries per person. Entry
blanks may be obtained in the
Campus Center or in the Student
Activities Office, 111C.
OMD already has revealed two
clues to aid in guessing the
theme. They are: (1) “All of the
letters of the theme are included
in the four clues,” and (2) “An
Oriental marketplace will be the
setting of the OMD Carnival, May
7.” Two additional clues will be
given next week.
The winning entry will be the
one containing the earliest, most
correct answer.
OMD will offer a $25 prize to
a PCC club or organization if it
correctly guesses the theme.
Lennox Tierney Relates
East-West Value Conflitt
Lennox Tierney, chairman of PCC’s Art Department, will
discuss “Cultural Values: East vs. West,” at the coming
Tuesday Evening Forum in Sexson Auditorium at 8 p.m. The
teacher, world traveler and student of Oriental culture, will
illustrate his lecture with selec¬
tions from his file of more than
15,000 color slides.
Tierney replaces the scheduled
forum speaker, Rabbi Samuel
Sandmel, who had to cancel. Tier¬
ney has done extensive traveling
in Japan and Europe. He also has
studied at Sogetsu Ryu, Tokyo,
and at the University of Heidel¬
berg, Germany.
Tierney served as occupation
art supervisor with the Far East
Command in Tokyo, and with the
Headquarters Area Command in
Heidelberg.
The art instructor has had sev¬
eral years’ experience as a guest
lecturer for the University of Cali¬
fornia Extension Division, and as
a travel consultant touring 39 LENNOX TIERNEY
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cial and cultural progress, the
economy, leisure time, and educa¬
tion.
Keynote speaker Dr. Walter
Buckingham will talk on “Auto¬
mation — An Impacting Force” to
students in Sexson Auditorium.
He is director of the School of
Industrial Management at the
California Institute of Technolo¬
gy-
Another guest lecturer, Paul
Schrade, regional director of the
United Auto Workers, will discuss
“Automation — An Unemployment
Concern,” while Dr. Procter
Thomson will speak on “Automa¬
tion — Progress Without Unem¬
ployment.” Dr. Thomson is a
professor of economics and ad¬
ministration at Claremont Col¬
lege.
THE OTHER speaker will be
Dr. Ralph Girard, dean of the
graduate diviison at the Univer¬
sity of California at Irvine, whose
topic will concern “Automation
and the Learning Process.”
Preparation for the annual
event has been underway for
some time as is shown by the
preparatory seminar conducted
by the English Department re¬
cently dealing with “Cybernation:
The Silent Conquest.”
Master’s Thesis
Becomes Script
Part of social science professor
Richard Vetterli’s thesis may soon
be viewed by the public in local
theaters.
Vetterli recently rewrote a sec¬
tion of his thesis (dealing with at¬
tacks against the Mormons) in
scenario form, sent it to Frank
Nugent (writer of “Mister Rob¬
erts”) who did a screen script, and
secured a director. A major stu¬
dio now has an option on the
story.
The movie probably will be
filmed this summer with Vetterli
employed as the technical adviser.
The film tentatively is being call¬
ed “The Mountain Movers.”
Vetterli’s thesis alsd has been
expanded and published in book
form.
Liaison Committee
Holds First Meet
The community liaison commit¬
tee of the foreign student pro¬
gram at PCC will hold an impor¬
tant meeting this Tuesday in the
Campus Center at 2:30 p.m.
The co-chairman of PCC’s com¬
mittee, Alice Mothershead, will
greet more than 300 committee
members from all over the San
Gabriel Valley.
Members donate time and finan¬
cial support to help foreign stu¬
dents at the college to learn more
about American life. A problem
to be discussed at the meeting is
that of the need for more homes
for men foreign students.
President Treks
to JC Convention
Dr. Catherine Robbins, presi¬
dent of PCC; Dr. Delmas Bugelli,
president of the Faculty Associ¬
ation; and Arthur Schechter, past
president of the Faculty Associa¬
tion, will attend the 45th annual
convention of the American As¬
sociation of Junior Colleges this
week in Dallas, Texas.
The convention is expected to
attract 1000 delegates, college ad¬
ministrators, faculty, and repre¬
sentatives of state departments of
education and universities.
Gov. John Connally of Texas
will deliver a special message on
education. Horace T. Morse, dean
of the general college at the Uni¬
versity of Minnesota, will also
speak.