PCC CouSiieb
Voi.‘ 8, No. 6
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
March 19, 1958
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AMS-A WS Sponsoring
Whiskers and Fashions
Climaxing the exhausting events of the past few weeks
will be the annual AMS Whiskerino Assembly, the AWS Fash¬
ion Show, and the announcement of the BMOC winner, tomor¬
row at 12 o’clock. After weeks of frantic beard growing, the
male population will race to shave ,
TAKING NOTES ON STYLES ... to be worn at tomorrow’s
AWS fashion show is Sue Thistlewhite, moderator. Pictured giv¬
ing Sue the details are Sally Going, Sharon Bryant, and Barbara
Fondren, AWS models. This preview of spring fashions will take
place in Harbeson Hall at 12 noon, while the PCC men students
are attending an AMS assembly in Sexson Auditorium.
Lancers to Be Fined
for Jaywalking
“The basic problem is prosperi¬
ty,” stated Edward Grantzow,
traffic analyst of the Pasadena
Police Department, speaking of
the increasing automobile and
pedestrian problem at Pasadena
City College.
“Before' World War II,” he said,
“many students had to work and
spent much of their outside time
on the job. Today, however, these
students have more money and
so they buy cars.”
Grantzow continued by say¬
ing that whether or not it is
necessary, students who are
proud of their cars naturally
want to drive them to school.
Even if they live close to a bus
line it is much more conveni¬
ent to drive.
Larry Harnois, publicity coor¬
dinator of the Pasadena Police
Department, stated that to com¬
bat the rising traffic problem, the
department is embraking on a
program of selective enforcement,
which means enforcing traffic
laws in areas which have a high
accident frequency.
To accomplish this goal, mo¬
torcycle officers and patrol car
men will be assigned to the
area. For the present, anyone
violating the traffic laws will
be given a warning, but begin¬
ning next week, citations will be
issued to violators.
A serious problem around Pas¬
adena City College is jaywalk¬
ing. The California Motor Ve¬
hicle Code Section 563 makes it
illegal to cross the street between
two controlled intersections un¬
less a crosswalk is provided. Stu¬
dents of the college, however, are
in the habit of crossing the street
just about anywhere in the mid¬
dle of the block.
Last year, three students
were involved in accidents while
jaywalking. Since the police de¬
partment would rather prevent
accidents than see them occur,
it is hoped that citations issued
to violators will prevent acci¬
dents.
A second problem which will be
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®Exam Time
Everybody got his pencils
sharpened, pens in good run¬
ning order and plenty of paper?
Better have by Monday, because
that’s when mid-semester exam¬
inations begin. Each instructor
will announce the day of his
exam. Mid-term grades will be
sent to students to inform them
of their standing. Good luck!
off their growth while the weak¬
er sex get a preview of the newest
creations in dress and sport
styles.
Men will congregate in Sexson
Auditorium to conclude the Whis¬
kerino Contest held on campus.
Judging will be by applause only,
except for the full growth beard.
The Remington Rand Corp. has
contributed two electric shavers
as a reward for the full growth
shave off. Winners will be judged
on the basis of who can be clean
shaven in the shortest time. There
will be prizes for all participants
and door prizes for the spectators.
Judo Exhibition
Ed Beecher will provide the en¬
tertainment with an exhibition of
the deadliest forms of judo. Ed
Parker is internationally known
for his daring performances and
is one of the men from the ka¬
rate school whose hands are listed
as deadly weapons in the flies of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga¬
tion. As an added feature, a mys¬
tery queen will be crowned and a
prize awarded to the one who can -
identify the male in masquerade.
Another Teahouse
“Teahouse of AWS,” is the
theme chosen by the women’s or¬
ganization for their fashion show
in Harbeson Hall. Campus clothes,
swim gear, and dressy outfits
have been contributed by Wood-
duff’s of Alhambra, to feature a
typical collegian wardrobe. Show
chairman Barbara Fondren and
Sharon Bryant have chosen ten
girls to model the clothes. There
will be a narrator to describe the
styles.
The winner of the Big Man on
Campus contest will be an¬
nounced at both events.
Social Scientists’ View
Presented by Chairman
By Ralph J. Hallman
Chairman, Department of Social Sciences
Having partially recovered from a wounded pride and a
shattered complacency which the Russian satellites engen¬
dered, we begin to regain some scientific measure or perspec¬
tive. A second look assures us that our scientific and techno¬
logical education has been phe- -
nomenally successful: we have
produced 30 Nobel prize winners
in science to Russia’s one since
1930; we have created a standard
Ralph J. Hallman
of living and an economy which
has heretofore been only an un¬
believable dream; we are well on
the way to the eradication of all
disease. No need to be stam¬
peded into a crash program to
produce some monstrous machine
bent on destruction.
The social scientist believes
that in the long run our real
Program Produces
Research Experts
In line with a cooperative edu¬
cational program being carried on
between Pasadena City College
and the Jet Propulsion Labora¬
tory of Caltech is a . recent an¬
nouncement by Dr. Catherine J.
Robbins of a two-year college-
level course leading to the Asso¬
ciate in Arts degree and a re¬
search technician certificate.
This new course was developed
by PCC engineering instructor
Frank Ziol with the assistance of
JPL’s manager of mechanical
services. It is designed to en¬
able. research technician gradu¬
ates to enter industry immediate¬
ly as engineering assistants. Grad¬
uates may still continue their
schooling in engineering or indus¬
trial management.
The two-year course includes
mathematics, descriptive geome¬
try, general physics, chemistry,
machine shop, metalworking, in¬
strumentation, engineering draw¬
ing, U.S. History, and English
composition. All of these courses
were adopted from the catalog
courses with the exception of in¬
strumentation.
Cooperation in this program
provides JPL with trained person¬
nel and enables PCC to gear its
courses to the needs of JPL and
Pasadeha’s other scientific indus¬
tries.
Four' Lancer instructors are
now teaching or have taught at
JPL. Ziol is teaching the physics
of sound, light, and electricity;
Vernon Spaulding an advanced
course in electronics; and Lawr¬
ence Johannsen, basic electronics
and industrial electronics. Last
year departemnt chairman Robert
Moses taught slide rule, algebra,
trigonometry, basic electronics,
and general physics.
crisis lies in another area: it is
the area of human values. Some
of these values are expressed in
such words as freedom, equality,
and the general welfare. Our col¬
lege catalog states our case. The
major objective of the social sci¬
ences, it points out, is the develop¬
ment of free minds which are
nourished by free institutions
which in turn rest upon a free
society. Every single day, some¬
where in the world, these basic
ideals are involved in a crisis
which is as significant as that
brought on by the Russian sput¬
niks. It is these crises which edu¬
cation must address itself to; for
if the human race is to survive, it
will not be through the instru¬
mentality of bigger and better
missiles or increasingly complex
satellites, but through the imag¬
inative insights of the humani¬
tarian as he probes the impact of
these instruments upon human
nature and upon human social
and political relationships.
We applaud science and its un¬
believably successful methods.
But we also make a plea for the
imaginative teacher, for the
statesman with vision, for the
citizen who is motivated by a
faith in his own worth and by a
love of freedom and equality.
Faraday Lecturer
Speaks on Campus
for Annual Contest
Pasadena City College’s 31st an¬
nual Faraday Lecture Contest for
San Gabriel Valley area high
school science students will be
held in Sexson Auditorium at 8
p.m., March 20. Speaker for the
program will be Dr. Joel H. Hil¬
debrand, head of the University
of California Chemistry Depart¬
ment, who will speak on “Science,
Real or Fake?”
The PCC Faraday Lecture
series was inspired by the ex¬
ample set by the famous sci¬
entist Michael Faraday, who as
a young man took notes at a
lecture given by Sir Humphrey
Davy, thus receiving a stimulus
toward a great science career.
In keeping with Faraday’s ex¬
ample, students who attend the
lecture will be urged to take
notes, which will be turned in at
the conclusion of the evening.
Notes will be judged by members
of the physical science faculty
and the Chemistry Club. Students
whose notes are judged outstand¬
ing will receive such prizes as
science books and slide rules. Sev¬
eral copies of Dr. Hildebrand’s
recent book, “The Meaning of
Science,” will be awarded.
Although the regular pro¬
gram will not' begin until 8 p.m.,
there will be a pre-lecture din¬
ner to honor Dr. Hildebrand.
The dinner Will be held in the
California Institute of Technol¬
ogy Athenaeum. For the first
time, science teachers from ju¬
nior high and high schools in
the area have been invited to
attend the pre-lecture dinner,
which is to be held at 6 p.m.
At the dinner, Dr. Hildebrand
will speak to the teachers on
the improvement of science
teaching in the schools.
Besides science teachers and
students, the public is also in¬
vited to the lecture. There will
be no admission charge.
—Courier Photo by Jack Koch
LOLLIPOP, LOLLIPOP, OH LOLLIPOP . . . seems to be the
musical strain running through the heads of Spartans Joanne
Greene, Eleanor Salgado and President Elaine Perry, who are
shown launching a publicity drive for the semi-annual Spartan
Sucker Sale to be held on Thursday, March 20, and Friday,
March 21.
