PCC CcHibleSi
Vol. 10, No. 5
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
March 4, 1959
Men's president
announces board
for current term
Recently at the first meeting
of the second semester, the Asso¬
ciated Men Student’s Board elec¬
tions were held and officers were
selected. President Doug Perry
presided over the proceedings.
The new officers and the posi¬
tions are Dick Vallone, vice-presi¬
dent; Allan Gaul, secretary; Jack
Hagen, treasurer; and Mickey
Layne, historian. Also named at
the meeting were committee heads
for an upcoming AMS-AWS dance.
These are Tony Jester, publicity;
Dick Whittinghill, decorations ;
and Mike Collins, entertainment.
Members of the new AMS
Board include Roy Baughman,
John Castagna, Mike Collins, Al¬
lan Gaul, Jack Hagen, Dennis Jen¬
sen, Tony Jester, Art Kelly, Don
Larsen, Mike Layne, Harold
Lloyd, Tom Petrucci, Ted San¬
doval, Dick Vallone, Wayne White-
hill Dick Whittinghill and Dale
Wullner.
Dr. Robert Haugh acts as the
adviser for AMS.
Some of the activities planned
by the AMS Board during the
second semester are two sports
nights, the annual whiskerino
contest, the AMS-AWS dance and
the OMD carnival.
Deacon Dan Towler
speaks at assembly
Tomorrow students and faculty members of Pasadena
City College will have the opportunity to hear one of the most
famous fullbacks in the history of professional football speak
on a subject which he has now
— Courier Photo by Bob Arp
This may seem an odd combination for an ordinary
FULLBACK man, but Deacon Dan Towler, who will speak at
AND tomorrow’s assembly, is no ordinary man. After
CLERGYMAN making football history as a fullback on the Los
Angeles Rams team, he gave up the sport to de¬
vote his life to the ministry.
Lancer journalists travel
to Redlands conference
Members of Pasadena City College’s various publications
will venture to San Bernardino this Friday and Saturday,
March 6 and 7, for the California Intercollegiate Press Con¬
ference at Redlands University and the Arrowhead Springs
Hotel. Five students and one ad- -
viser will be sent to the confer¬
ence to represent Pasadena City
College.
Those presently scheduled to
make the trip are Janie Young,
commissioner of publications and
public relations; Karen Hooper,
editor of the Pageant, campus
yearbook; Allan Gaul, editor of
the Courier; Grant Bach told,
sports editor of the Pageant; and
Lynda Brangham, photography
editor of the Courier. Accompany¬
ing the group in the capacity of
adviser will be Mrs. Elaine Mor¬
gan.
EACH OF the students will en¬
ter a competition at Redlands in
a variety of writing contests.
Janie Young will compete in a
Red Cross drive
gains momentum
Members of the Inter-club
Council and the College 100 will
conduct PCC’s annual Red Cross
drive next Tuesday and Wednes¬
day, March 10 and 11, during the
9 o’clock classes.
The actual collection of money
will be handled by representatives
of the College 100 while the ICC
will be in charge of publicity as
well as other phases of the drive.
Classes without a representative
are asked to appoint one.
Collection envelopes should be
turned in at the close of the pe¬
riod to the School Bank. The two
envelopes, along with some Red
Cross fact leaflets, will be placed
in the teachers’ boxes for distri¬
bution to their various classes.
The purpose of the envelopes is
obvious while the booklets ex¬
plain a little about the purposes
and workings of the Red Cross.
The former include blood drives,
water safety and first aid classes,
health services for the sick and
injured, disaster protection , as
well as sponsorship of the Junior
Red Cross.
newswriting contest, Grant Bach-
told will enter the sportswriting
competition, Lynda Brangham
Will compete in the photograph
caption contest, Karen Hooper
will enter the yearbook copy writ¬
ing contest and Allan Gaul will
compete in the editorial contest.
This convention was organized
in 1955 and was an outgrowth of
the journalism and publicity sec¬
tion of the Southern California
Junior College Association, which
consisted of colleges generally in
the counties from Santa Barbara
and Kern through San Diego.
A SIMILAR Northern Section
was formed a year later to in¬
clude northern and central coun-
■ ties. The overall state group was
organized in 1957. Each unit has
officers who share communica¬
tions, minutes, curriculum, etc.
State president of this group
comes from one part of the state
one.year and the other the next.
The purpose of the California
Intercollegiate Press Conference
is to improve junior college jour-
alism by undertaking projects rec¬
ommended by members.
Humor magazine
nears completion
The Prairie, PCC’s infamous
humor publication, will feature a
special spring motif as it goes on
sale next week. Heralded by
many as the greatest literary tri¬
umph since “Children’s Activities”
and “The Weekly Reader,” the
Prairie will present its views on
such prominent matters as the
Bovemian flower situation, Easter
shopping and America’s newest
dance craze, “The Lunge.”
Said Dave Felton, newly ap¬
pointed editor of the magazine, in
an exclusive interview in front of
the men’s washroom, “The Prairie
is something no home should be
without . . . good reading for the
whole mentally-twisted family.”
Annual BIE day
offers instructors
educational outing
In order to further the develop¬
ment of understanding between
business and education, Pasadena
City College, in cooperation with
other Pasadena schools and local
businessmen, will take part in the
city’s annual Business-Industry-
Education Day, this Friday,
March 6.
BIE Day is designed so that
faculty, administration and busi¬
nessmen can have a chance to
delve into each others fields of ac¬
tivity. To help accomplish this
task, over 100 businessmen will
host the school leaders of Pasa¬
dena in an attempt to show the
educators the inner workings of
industry.
IN RETURN, the teachers and
administrators will present a con¬
vocation program in PCC’s Sex-
son Auditorium from 12 noon un¬
til 12:30 on Friday. As. well as
meeting their business hosts at
that time, the school personnel
will present a panel discussion on
business and education.
Pasadena’s Chamber of Com¬
merce (who is sponsoring the
day’s activities in association with
the American Enterprises Com¬
mittee and the Pasadena Civic As¬
sociation) made the actual busi¬
ness assignments but the school
leaders made their own selections,
each individual choosing the busi¬
ness activity which interested him
most.
AFTER THE program, the par¬
ticipating educators will be enter¬
tained at lunch by their individual
hosts. Then, they will be escort¬
ed to the business, industrial or
professional establishments of
their choice.
Students attending junior and
senior high schools which are par¬
ticipating in the day’s activities
will not be required to attend
classes all day. PCC, however,
will remain in session until 11:20.
At that time, college students
will be free for the remainder of
the day. Furthermore, they are
asked to remove their cars from
the school parking lots since the
spaces will be needed for the busi¬
ness and educational groups
which will be arriving for the
BIE Day events.
•Costume Party
All international students are
urged to attend the annual pro¬
gram reception for the com¬
munity this evening at 7:30 in
Harbeson Hall. If you have a
national costume please wear it.
Those who have promised to
bring cookies and exhibits
should see that they are left in
the Foreign Student Office and
should check with Miss Elder
or Mrs. Hansen-Moller. Those
on the program should be in
their places promptly at 7:15.
'Safety first
This week a Poliomyelitis Clinic
will be held in Alhambra on
Monday, March 9, at 226 S.
Olive from 6 to 9 p.m. Students
under 21 who wish innocular
tions must at all times bring
a note from parents or guardi¬
ans requesting polio vaccina¬
tions.
undertaken as his life work —
religion. The Rev. Dan Towler,
better known as Deacon Dan Tow¬
ler, will speak at the assembly
which will highlight Moral and
Spiritual Emphasis Week.
The assembly will be held in
Sexson Auditorium during the
club hour at noon tomorrow. It
will also feature the PCC A Cap-
pella Choir. The Religious Ac¬
tivities Council has gone to great
pains to make Moral and Spiritual
Emphasis Week a success.
PEOPLE WHO have played a
big part in the formation of the
week’s plans include Art Kelly,
religious activities commissioner,
and the Religious Activities Coun¬
cil’s adviser, the Rev. Burton
Bishop. These people also helped
bring Rev. Towler to PCC.
The Reverend Daniel Lee Tow¬
ler was born in Donora, Pa.,
March 6, 1928, and was one of a
family of nine children. In 1950
he was graduated cum laude from
Washington and Jefferson Col¬
lege, where he not only excelled in
track and football but also earned
a graduate scholarship to Harvard
University.
WHEN HE was drafted by the
Los Angeles Rams in 1950, Tow¬
ler became a professional football
star, playing both halfback and
fullback. In 1952 he led the Na¬
tional Football League in ground
gaining with a 5.7 average in
156 carries.
Rev. Towler received his min¬
isterial diploma from the USC
School of Religion in June 1956.
He is currently the minister of the
Lincoln Avenue Methodist Church
in Pasadena.
After the assembly there will
be an informal luncheon with stu¬
dents having lunch with Rev.
Towler in the student dining
room. A picnic will be held in
the afternoon between 3:30 and
6:30 p.m. at Lacy Park in San
Marino.
Noted film producer talks
to Tuesday Forum goers
Noted producer of educational and commercial films
Robert C. Davis will focus his talents upon the Lone Star State
when he speaks on a “Yankee Spy in Texas,” to the Tuesday
Evening Forum on March 10 in Sexson Auditorium at 8 p.m.
In his talk, Mr. Davis will pre- -
sent much of the joys and excite¬
ment of traveling in Texas. In
addition, he will call upon his 20
years of experience behind the
lens of a camera to help show
Robert C. Davis
some of the highlights and his¬
tory of this much talked about
state.
BECAUSE OF HIS extensive
travels, which have carried him
to many parts of the globe, it has
often been said of Davis that “the
world is his oyster.” Through his
films and talks, he has opened
this oyster to appreciative audi¬
ences who have not had to suffer
the costs and discomforts of trav¬
eling to these lands themselves.
A native of Kansas City, Mo.,
Davis served in the Army Signal
Corps during World War II as a
radio operator and technician,
serving in Iceland. With the aid
of this experience and training,
he now designs and builds his
own special photographic and
high fidelity sound equipment.
REALIZING the necessity .for
people to acquire a greater under¬
standing of their neighbors, whe¬
ther of an adjoining state or of
a country half-way around the
world, Davis decided to try to por¬
tray for others the human inter¬
est and esthetic qualities found
in unfamiliar areas.
Davis’ interest in people and his
wide background, acquired
through his travels, helped him
achieve this goal. Next Tuesday,
the area he will cover is not too
distant, but should prove to be as
interesting and entertaining as
any foreign land.