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VOL. 14, NO. 5
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 15, 1961
Dr. Mead aims talk
to space-age family
Dr. Margaret Mead, anthropologist, psychologist, and
writer, will lecture on “Parenthood for Spage-age Children”
at the Tuesday Evening Forum on March 21. Renowned in
the field of anthropology and in her studies of the primitive
people in the Pacific Islands, Dr. _
Mead has written over a half-
dozen books dealing with the top¬
ic. These books were so popular
that they were reissued in paper-
cover editions.
Dr. Mead received her PhD
from Columbia University and
received honorary degrees from
six colleges throughout the na¬
tion.
Since 1942 she has been asso¬
ciate curator of ethnology at the
American Museum of National
History.
Associated with Columbia Uni¬
versity since 1935, she began her
teaching profession with a course
on the study -of the individual
within the culture. After lectur¬
ing in France at Vassar College
Margaret Mead
. . . visits Tuesday forum
for three years, she returned to
New York University in 1940 and
lectured on child psychology. In
1954 she became adjunct profes¬
sor of anthropology.
When war broke out in 1941,
Dr. Mead was appointed executive
secretary for the Committee on
Food Habits of the National Re¬
search Council, and held this po¬
sition until 1945.
Many awards have come Dr.
Mead’s way for her outstanding
contributions in education and sci¬
ence. In 1940 she received Chi
Omega’s National Achievement
English instructor
will score exams
Frank L. Hammond of the PCC
English Department was chosen
for the second time to be on the
College Entrance Examination
correcting team.
Hammond, leaving for Prince¬
ton, N.J., on March 17, has the
distinction of being the only ju¬
nior college _ instructor honored
to be on the correction team.
“There will be about 200 on the
team chosen from all corners of
the country. Most of them come
from such outstanding institu¬
tions as USC, UCLA, MIT, and
a lot of the elite private finishing
schools,” commented Hammond.
He then added, “I imagine this is
quite an honor not only to me, but
to PCC as well.”
It will be Mr. Hammond’s duty
to read and correct the composi¬
tion phase of the exam. He ex¬
pects to correct over 500 exams
coming from all over the world.
He explained that this particular
exam is given to all English
speaking students who wish to
enroll in a college in the United
States.
Hammond sent in his name two
years ago applying for the job.
Last year he was accepted for
the team and was reported to
have done such a good job that
he was asked again.
Award; 1942 the Gold Medal
Award of the Society of Women
Geographers; and in 1949 she was
named outstanding woman of the
year in the field ot science by the
Associated Press.
Music Hour sets
Cora Lauridsen,
guitarist-vocalist
Next Tuesday, the Music Hour,
meeting in 102K at 11 a.m., will
feature Cora Lauridsen, contral¬
to soloist with the Pasadena Pres¬
byterian Church and instructor of
music at Occidental College.
Highly rated vocally, Miss Laur¬
idsen will background her Latin
American and early American
folksongs on guitar.
THE MUSIC Hour is a weekly
class designed to give music ma¬
jors the opportunity of observ¬
ing professionals at work. Also,
and this is increasingly becoming
the main objective, the class af¬
fords students the chance to gain
performance experience of their
own.
In its fourth semester, the Mu¬
sic Hour utilizes a student board
to govern its activities, which,
among other functions, programs
the class’ future events. These are
subject to approval by Adviser
Isobel Smith and Chairman Lor¬
en Salter.
STUDENT TRYOUTS at the se¬
mester’s end select participants
for the class’ recital, which will
be held Friday night, May 12.
Some of the outstanding future
programs of outside talent in¬
clude: April 11, Patricia Garside
on flute; May 9, Immaculate
Heart Madrigal Singers; and May
23, the Coleman audition winners,
a group of youngsters purported
to be extremely accomplished mu¬
sicians for their pre-teen age.
City bank gives
scholarship grants
to PCC students
At the Bank of America awards
dinner this Friday, Jan Carver
and Jon W. Clute will be the re¬
cipients of the Bank of Ameri¬
ca Scholarship Awards. Each will
receive $100 and a certificate of
recognition.
In order to qualify for the
scholarships the recipients had to
be taking business administration,
banking, secretarial, or clerical
fields, must have no less than a
3.0 grade average on a four point
scale, and must have earned a
minimum of 24 units of college
credits.
Personality appropriate to their
occupational choice, ability to get
along, and a record of successiul
participation and efficient leader¬
ship in extra-class campus activi¬
ties in their chosen field were also
taken into consideration by the
judges. The recommendation of
teachers was another important
factor.
Both Jan and Jon have had pre¬
vious business experience. Jan
has been a receptionist and typist,
and hopes to become a legal sec¬
retary. Jon is studying for a
career as an accountant, and has
been employed as a bookkeeper
for Colliers International.
Each year the Bank of Ameri¬
ca gives 60 of these scholarships,
two per school, to 30 junior col¬
leges throughout Southern Cali¬
fornia in order to help meet the
great demand for top caliber per¬
sonnel in the business world,
which includes the Bank of
America itself.
Honorary club observes
foreign language week
March 19-25 is the seven day interval set aside as Nation¬
al Foreign Language Week. It is sponsored by Alpha Mu
Gamma, which is an international intercollege honorary so¬
ciety for language students. In commemoration of the week
the Alpha Mu Gammas are pre¬
senting four radio programs on
KPCS.
Under the theme of “World Un¬
derstanding Through Foreign
Language,” the programs will go
— Courier photo
Arthur Wiley, chairman of the Foreign Language
OVER Department, is busy taping a program for presen-
THE tation over the college-operated radio station,
AIR KPCS. The broadcast will be heard during Na¬
tional Foreign Language Week.
on the air March 15, 16, 21, and
22 at 7:30 p.m.
FIRST OF THE four programs
will be an introduction to the
week and the department by Ar¬
thur Wiley. Next on the pro¬
gram is “Post Card from Paris”
presented by Larry Wittnebert
and Gloria King. The program
will be brought to a close with a
talk by Dr. Fredrick Muller.
The program of March 16 will
be Dr. Henry Cordelius’ talk on
his year in Europe. It is titled
“Teacher Abroad” and will be in¬
troduced by Dr. Catherine Rob¬
bins.
The March 21 program will con¬
sist of a panel discussion on “Why
Study Latin.” Members of the
panel will be Mrs. Elizabeth Cul¬
ver, Stephenie Kern, Phillip Bai¬
ley, and Frank Schlesinger. Mod¬
erator will be Albert Bacha.
Also on the same program, Ste¬
ven Reyes, Darlene Rowe, Patrick
Davis, Jo Chapman, Judy Lopez,
and George Ererman discuss
“Spanish Today.”
CONCLUDING the program¬
ming will be another panel dis¬
cussion. Dr. Marina Cobb will
lead the group, consisting of Roy
McMeen, John Hedrick, and L.
LUnde, on the subject of “Value
in German Culture.”
The week will be brought to a
close with a live presentation in
Sexson Auditorium on Thursday
at 8 p.m. Featured in this pro¬
gram will be many distinguished
guests and TV personalities.
The whole week is under the
direction of Leslie Koltai.
Lynn Adams
Sophomore Council
Five campus he-men, all trying to convince fellow Lancers
that they possess the sterling qualities which every girl adores,
are currently in hot competition for the coveted “Big Man on
Campus” label. Battling for the title are Lynn Adams, spon¬
sored by the Sophomore Council;
Jack Castagna, backed by the As¬
sociated Men Student; Bud Green,
Circle K; Fritz Hoelscher, Fresh
man Class Council; and Ilossein
Shirkhani, put up by Adelphians.
Sponsored by the board of As¬
sociated Women Students, the an¬
nual contest affords Lancers the
opportunity to determine, by
means of a penny vote, the male
specimen they consider claims
the “mostest of the bestest.”
VOTING JARS, accompanied
by large photographs of the five
gentlemen have been on display
in front of Sexson Auditor, um
since last Monday. The contest
will continue until next Friday,
when the pennies will be counted.
Announcement of the winner,
who will get nothing but a swelled
head and a moment of glory, will
be made at the AWS Fashion
Show in Harbeson Hall, March 23.
TICKETS FOR the style fling
are on sale from AWS members
for ten cents.
During the contest period the
organizations backing candidates
have taken over publicity and
campaigning responsibilities for
their big man.
Chairman of the contest, AWS
president Carol Galbraith, has
expressed her hope that everyone
who has not yet voted for his
favorite candidate will do so im¬
mediately.
Money from the competition
will go into the AWS treasury to
support various service projects
of the organization throughout
the year.
Jack Castagna
. . . AMS
Bud Green
. . . Circle
К
Fritz Hoelscher
. . . Frosh Council
Hossein Shirkhani
. . . Adelphians