PCC Courier, March 03, 1965

PCC Preps for Annual Convocation Three-day Program iiiivv-mmj " ■ им if .y% jgfr gf) 9r Probes Automation у Я fW jW у Я ^Я у Я Я PCC students and faculty are cial and cultural progress, t S' Ж ^Ly preparing for the college’s sec- economy, leisure time, and educ ^ Ш ^^У 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 countries. . . . world traveler 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.