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Turk Gains Fourth;
PCC Gamers First
Vol. 26, No. 6
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
March 15, 1967
Tutorial Center Makes Gains
as PCC's Mutual Aid Society
By Tom Leonhardt
PCC has a Mutual Aid Society.
Surprised? You probably are be¬
cause it isn’t known by that
name. You probably know it
as the PCC Tutorial Center.
The Tutorial Center, under the
'Viva La Fiesta'
Carnival Theme
To stimulate interest in the
1967 OMD Carnival on Horrell
Field on May 12, the organization
held a “Guess the Theme” Con¬
test and Cristina Ramirez won
the $10 prize by guessing it — -
“Viva La Fiesta.”
Since 1928 Omicron Mu Delta
has sponsored the carnival which
normally attracts over 2000 peo¬
ple. The majority of organiza¬
tions on campus participate by
creating booths which carry out
the chosen theme, and whose
proceeds are shared between
OMD and the individual organiza¬
tion.
The OMD share goes toward a
scholarship given to returning
male and female freshman stu¬
dents who have contributed serv¬
ice to PCC. Another scholarship
is given to the incoming male
and female freshmen who have
given outstanding service to
their high schools.
Officers include Lee Rosen,
president; Julian Bender, carni¬
val chairman; and Diane Sisco,
publicity chairman.
direction of Mrs. Alberta Crag-
gett, does qualify as a mutual
aid society, however. It is en¬
tirely student-oriented rather
than subject-oriented so that on
a given day you can walk in and
find students helping students
in a variety of subjects or just
in general study techniques.
YOU WON’T find the set-up as
clearly defined as the “bright”
students teaching the “slower”
students. Mrs. Craggett has
found that the best tutors are
often the
В
or C students who
have really had to work for their
grades. And they are tutoring
other students that aren’t neces¬
sarily dumb or slow. Students
who go for help she considers
“wise.”
SOME OF these students are
recommended to the Tutorial
Center, some come on their own.
All who stay to work and learn
do so strictly voluntarily.
Does Mrs. Craggett’s system
work? With her student tutors
and programmed materials, she
claims success bordering on the
miraculous. Students with F’s
and D’s have pulled their grades
up to the C and
В
level. They
have gained self-confidence and
“an enthusiasm” for learning.
LEARNING is “hard work but
it should be a satisfying experi¬
ence,” says Mrs. Craggett.
Some of her philosophy seems
to be rubbing off. The faculty
has noticed vast changes in once
poor students who were “wise”
enough to visit room 115 in the
Robbins Building.
Student tutors find satisfaction
in their work, too. There aren’t
enough of them yet, but those
helping now often work nine
hours a week. Some spend as
much as 15 hours a week tutor¬
ing. There is an honor roll in C
Building naming outstanding stu¬
dent tutors but Mrs. Craggett’s
words say more about them than
the list.
“I FEEL especially indebted to
the students who serve as tutors.
• Continued on Page Four
By John Maffei
Jerry Tarkanian’s Pasadena
City College Lancer basketball
team is the best in the state.
The Pasadenans overcame al¬
most insurmountable odds to gain
the championship of the Califor¬
nia State Basketball Tournament.
The victory was the fourth
straight for Tarkanian (three at
Riverside and one here) and the
first ever for PCC.
PCC beat the Vikings of Long
Beach City College Saturday
night, 89-79, to gain the title.
In the opening round Thursday,
the Lancers played host Alan Han¬
cock College and were almost up¬
set
Hancock, playing on its home
court and in front of 3,800 home
town fans came out fired-up and
held a 4241 edge at the half.
Pasadena looked very nervous
and shot only 34 per cent, 15 for
34, from the floor in the opening
period.
BUT Tarkanian’s cagers over¬
came the hometown crowd and
roared out for the second half.
With John Trapp and Sam Rob¬
inson leading the way, the Lan¬
cers fired 50 per cent from the
— Courier photo by Tom Wilmshurst
WE'RE NO. 1 — Tap Nixon, John Trapp, Willie Betts, and Don
Guyton hoist coach Jerry Tarkanian on their shoulders after win¬
ning the state basketball playoffs at Santa Maria. The Lancers
defeated Long Beach CC, 89-79, to gain their first-ever state
crown and the fourth in a row for Coach Tarkanian.
Dr, Wolf, Don Karenga
Debate Diatk Freedom
PCC’s newly formed Afro-American Student Union will
present a debate tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the student lounge
between Dr. Jerome Wolf and Ron Karenga on the merits of
cultural nationalism as a vehicle of black liberation in America.
Dr. Wolf, a member of PCC’s
—Courier photo by Tom Wilmshurst
HE CHAMPS — Coach Jerry Tarkanian offers words of encour-
igement to members of his state championship basketball team,
he crown was the fourth in a row gained by Tarkanian.
Easter Egg Sale
The Adelphians are sponsoring
their traditional Easter Egg
Sale of chocolate covered marsh¬
mallow eggs this week. All
profits from the sale go to the
Sycamore Boys Home in Pasa¬
dena. The home uses part of
the money to help pay operat¬
ing expenses. The rest of the
money helps send the boys to
summer camps. So get your
dimes out and help support a
worthy cause.
WAA Car Wash
The Women’s Athletic Associ¬
ation will sponsor its second car
wash of the school year on
April 15. Cars will be cleaned
at the Mobil Service Center, 102
W. Las Tunas Blvd., San Gar
briel. Proceeds will go to help
send needy boys to summer
camp.
Social Sciences Department fac¬
ulty, received his master’s degree
from USC and is well known on
campus for unorthodox and out¬
spoken views.
Last year, he presented a con¬
troversial discussion on “Miscege¬
nation in the Old South” for the
English Department colloquium
series. Recently, he and another
PCC faculty member, Miss Ardith
Eudey, took part in a march on
the state Capitol to protest Gov¬
ernor Reagan’s tuition policy.
Karenga, founder-chairman of
an organization known as “Us,”
holds a master’s degree in politi¬
cal science and is working on a
PhD in African studies. He is
also currently affiliated with a
number of “grass roots” cultural
organizations in the Los Angeles
area.
Buddy Rose is the president of
the Afro-American Student Union
which, in its first year of exist¬
ence here, has already sponsored
one of the most successful dances
in the history of the college.
floor in the second half to hold
on for a hard fought 79-75 victory.
Hancock’s Bulldogs went all out
and were breathing down PCC’s
necks before Darrell Evans sank
two clutch free throws with time
running out to cap the victory.
After the game Coach Tarkan¬
ian said, “The team didn’t play
together tonight. I would call a
time out to give some strategy,
and only two or three of the guys
would listen. I felt that the tre¬
mendous home crowd helped
them more than it hurt us, al¬
though we were aware that they
were there.”
THE SECOND game turned out
to be somewhat of a breather for
the locals. The Red and Gold took
on the Imperial Valley Arabs, the
only team to beat the Lancers
this season, and breezed to a 75-
60 win.
The PCC crew shot 51 per cent,
16-31, from the floor in the first
half to jump off to a 41-27 lead.
Evans and Willie Betts led the
Lancers’ first half rush as they
scored 11 and 12 points respec¬
tively. Betts shot 80 per cent, 5
for 6, in the half.
Betts was still going strong in
the second half and fired in 3 of
4 shots, scored 9 points, and
grabbed 5 rebounds. For the game
Sweet Willie finished with 20
points and pulled down 10 re-
• Continued on Page Four
Dr. Feinstein
Will Speak
on SCOPE-TY
Dr. George Feinstein of the
PCC English Department will dis¬
cuss “Censorship: The Battle of
the Bilge” on the award-winning
SCOPE-TV program on Channel
7 at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
Dr. Feinstein, a popular book
reviewer for several newspapers,
is well known for his humorous
presentations. In discussing the
issue of censorship, he will include
the questions: Shall we fumigate
our novels? Is our press too free?
Who can we appoint to protect
our morals?
He will also describe remark¬
able instances of censorship, sig¬
nificant judicial decisions and the
rise and fall of Anthony Com¬
stock, a 19th century apostle of
censorship.
Dr. John Gregory, head of the
telecommunications section of the
PCC Communications Depart¬
ment, is the coordinator of the
college-produced programs. PCC
produced 22 programs last season
and has already presented 15 of
the 25 planned for the current
season.
Trevor Discusses
'Hollow Man' Fri.
J. Robert Trevor will discuss
“J. Alfred Prufrock, Twentieth
Century Hollow Man,” Friday
11 a.m. in Harbeson Hall as part
of the English Department Col¬
loquium series.
Trevor, associate professor of
English, feels that in his two
poems, “The Hollow Men” and
“The Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock,” T.S. Eliot has epito¬
mized Twentieth Century man’s
loss of individuality and values.
These concerns have been ex¬
pressed by numerous writers,
politicians and others, but it is
these two peoms which provide
perhaps the most succinct and
penetrating expression. Trevor
wiH analyze the poems and their
methods for the audience of the
sixties.