PCC Courier, March 12, 1958

Exotic Teahouse’ Opens Soon s— • Third Drama of Year (rC/C 7 COt4^VC€^L Previews in Assembly VOL. 8, NO. 5 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 12, 1958 Organizations Back Their Favorite Men for Campus Honor The mystery is over as the As¬ sociated Women Students reveal¬ ed the meaning behind their se¬ cret project, BMOC. The Big Man on Campus contest was plan¬ ned by the AWS members, who sent letters to various organiza¬ tions and departments, inviting them to participate by nominating the man of their choice. There are no special qualifications per¬ taining to the choice made by the group. Responses have been received by the Engineering and Technol¬ ogy Department, which is spon¬ soring Doug Stone; publications, sponsoring Herb James; the choir, who has nominated Bob Peters; Circle К and Spartans, sponsoring Gary Johnson; Caduceus Club, backing Dick Tichy; and the Women’s Athletic Association, sponsoring Bob Barnes. The Big Man will be chosen by the students at a penny a vote beginning March 13 and lasting through March 19. A table will be placed in the main hall of the C Building to hold the votes. Final results will be announced in the AMS Whis- kerino assembly and the AWS Fashion Show Thursday, March 20. Woodruff’s of Alhambra has contributed campus clothes, swim wear, and dressy outfits to make a well-rounded fashion show. Bar¬ bara Fondren and Sharon Bry¬ ant, show chairmen, have chosen ten girls to model the fashions, and invite all women students to attend and view the new spring and summer styles. The AMS man of distinction will be honored with the AMS Queen, Mitzi Lee Albertson, at the coed dance April 11, cospon¬ sored by AMS and AWS. This dance was originally scheduled for March, but has since been changed. THESE ARE THE FOUR . . . who’ll play the leads in the forthcoming presentation of “Teahouse of the August Moon,” being presented In part before the assembly tomorrow and in its entirety to morrow and Friday nights. From left to right are Hossein Ghafari as Sakini, Chuck Crafts as Captain Fisby, Cynthia Shu as Lotus Blossom, and Jerry Overland as Colonel Wainwright. •Youth Day Do you want to be a profession¬ al for a day? If so, remember that Youth Day is coming up soon. On this day students will be given the opportunity to visit the place of business of their choice. Applications will be available next week so start thinking where you would like to spend the day. Departmental Chairman States Science’s Stand By Harper W. Frantz Chairman, Department of Physical Sciences Recent months have witnessed a great increase in recognition of the basic importance of the physical sciences in our national life and in modern civilization. Many young people are asking as to their own qualifications for a scientific or engineering career. What does it take? Good ability, to be sure! But along with this it takes an intense interest — a real burning desire to succeed, and a willingness to start in where you are on the “educational lad¬ der.” There are no short cuts to a thorough scientific education, and there is no room for mediocrity of effort. The Department of Physical Sciences at PCC offers courses at all levels — remedial courses in chemistry and in physics for those who need more foundational experience, up to the thorough courses for science and engineering majors. We make no apology for asking a student who has not yet learned how to study and whose success in a given course is only “average” to repeat a semester’s work. And there is no disgrace in backing up and “hitting it again”! Genuine student interest and enthusiasm for a given course or a given profes¬ sional goal is always in direct proportion to the effort expended. Do our graduates succeed? Many transfer to the leading colleges and universities in the country, and make enviable records in the completion of their scientific and engineering training. Eleven of our geology majors now hold professorships in university geology de¬ partments. An earlier physics student here is a Nobel prize winner — Prof. Edwin MacMillan of the University of California. A UCLA professor, Dr. Clifford Garner, was a former chemistry laboratory assistant here. The director of research of the Atomic Energy Com¬ mission, Dr. A. E. Aebersold, got his start in chemistry here. Each of these have been honored as lecturers in our annual Faraday Lec¬ ture series. Yesterday I talked with an engineer at Consolidated Electrodynamics — one of my- former PCC students. Three weeks ago I visited Union Oil Research Laboratories in Brea with a PCC gradu¬ ate who went on to Cal Tech, then to Cornell for his PhD, and is now working on infra-red spectroscopy. Another is in charge of refinery operations at a major Southern California oil refinery. How about you? Want to major in science or engineering? First roll up your sleeves! Redlands Beckons Thirty Journalists Thirty PCC journalism students are attending Journalism Day at the University of Redlands today. The purpose of the special day is to acquaint high school and ju¬ nior college students with college journalism and present ideas for improving student publications. A newspaper contest is the main at¬ traction of the gathering. School newspapers, regardless of the method of production, will be judged by professional news¬ papermen and William Buttler of PCC, who is chairman of the ju¬ nior college activities. This is the eleventh year that PCC has participated in the an¬ nual Redlands journalism confer¬ ence. During that time, the Cour¬ ier has won many awards. More than 600 students are en¬ gaged in the all-day activities in¬ cluding panel discussions on graphics, features section, editing, advertising, sports and photogra¬ phy. Paul Strobel, Huddle editor, is a panel member of one of the spe¬ cial panels, “Telling the Junior College Sports Story.” Walter Bennett, instructor in the Engin¬ eering and Technology Depart¬ ment, is PQC’s representative on the second panel. PCC Women Vie for Tennis Laurels Pasadena City College, highly reputed for both its men’s and women’s tennis teams, is again sponsoring a women’s team to participate in the large tourna¬ ment annually sponsored by Ven¬ tura College, which will be held this Saturday after being rained out last week. Sheridan Blythe, Carleen Han¬ son, Donna Brush, Mary Wing¬ field, Ruth Hemming, and Lily Roum will represent this school in the tournament open to all Southern California junior col¬ leges. Thespians in “Teahouse of the August Moon” will pre¬ view their final product in an asssembly in Sexson Auditorium tomorrow at 11 :40 a.m. before opening tomorrow evening. The Theater Arts Association’s production of John Patrick’s ori¬ ental comedy will also be pre¬ sented Friday night. Show time both nights is 8:15 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. Hold¬ ers of ASB books will be admitted free. Tickets are $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. Season tick¬ ets are also good. The PCC facul¬ ty is sponsoring “Teahouse.” All money from tickets sold by facul¬ ty members will go to a student scholarship fund. Cosmopolitan Cast Students of many nationalities compose the cast. Hossein Gha¬ fari, from Iran, portrays the comical but wise Sakini, interpret¬ er for U.S. Occupational Troops. Chinese-born Cynthia Shu, a stu¬ dent in the foreign student de¬ partment, plays the lovely geisha girl, Lotus Blossom. There are also students of Pol¬ ish, Japanese and Korean birth. Of course, there are a few Ameri¬ cans in the cast, but they seem to be in the minority. Chuck Crafts, as Captain Fisby, is a jjjither impulsive young Army officer who is put in charge of get¬ ting an Okinawan village back in shape after the war. He is sent there by his gruff superior, Col. Purdy, who is played by Jerry Overland. When Capt. Fisby’s reconstruc¬ tion program seems to be ailing, the colonel sends an investigator in the person of Capt. McLean, portrayed by Leslie Perry. Others in the cast include Toni Cuppari as Sgt. Gregovich, Sylvia King as Miss Higa Jiga, and John Holmstrom as Mr. Oshira. People of the village are por¬ trayed by Claudette Ross, Nancy Higginson, Penny Mell, Sally Ry¬ an, Claire Watson, Sandra Tay¬ lor, Roman Pochylski, Sam Srour, Tadaaki Fujita, Bo Bai Kim, Clarke Bell, Dean Stewart, John Holloway and Doug Perry. Sev¬ eral lovely Oriental ushers sta¬ tioned at strategic spots in the auditorium will add flavor to the spicy production. Add One Goat Several children (borrowed from other schools) and one goat complete the large cast. There have been many technical difficulties, in addition to the dif¬ ficulty of outfitting an unusual cast. Donald Liercke, director, and Don Keck, stage technical di¬ rector, have solved the problems, however, in only a month’s time. “It is one of those ‘don’t miss’ productions,” one observer stated during a dress rehearsal. Model UN Attracts Ten Lancers as Delegates Ten delegates have been selected from a volunteer group preparing to represent PCC at the Model United Nations, April 23-26. The University of Washington will be the site of the eighth session of the Model UN, and the PCC delegation will represent Saudi Arabia. - lined S^udi Arabia’s stand on all issues. After being assign¬ ed to one of five committees on which Saudi Arabia is included, each delegate has concerned himself with a particular prob¬ lem on the MUN agenda. PCC has represented a country at every session of the MUN, which is fashioned precisely after the real United Nations. In past years, the Lancers have represent¬ ed Norway, Mexico and Belgium among others. It is especially re¬ warding to represent Saudi Ara¬ bia at this time, according to Miss Watson, for the small nation is presently very important in the Middle East. The experienced delegates agreed that attending the MUN is a valuable and exciting experi¬ ence. •Last Warning Last day to drop a class is this Friday, March 14. Make an ap¬ pointment to see your counselor right away if you’re one of those affected by this deadline. •Mental Robots Dr. Lewis Albert Alesen, а surgeon in Los Angeles, will discuss “Mental Robots” tomor¬ row in the extended day lec¬ ture. It is the fifth of a series of six lectures on the general topic entitled “How to Detect Communist Indoctrination.” It will be held at 8 p.m. in 200C. Chrysti Watson, who has at¬ tended the MUN, is delegation chairman. Her group includes Peter Molnar, Gail В e n к e r t, Charles Pfingsten, Shigeo Kitano, Jane Downhower, Susan Harris, Gay Lohr, Penelope Moline, and Michael Saadi, serving as repre¬ sentative to the World Court. Molnar and Saadi were delegates last year. Alternate delegates are Mike Carron, Ronald Miller, Dick Hol- limatti, and Christie Semler. The preparatory group has been engaged in study and discussion since the first of February fol- loing the deadline for applica¬ tions January 31. Application was open to all students. Twenty- four students started with the preparatory sessions. They have analyzed the inter¬ national situation and have out- i