PCC Courier, March 21, 1962

Forensic squad captures championship i Comie% Vol. 16, No. 8 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California March 21, 1962 PCC orators rank first in State of California Pasadena City College’s forensic squad captured the Ju¬ nior College State Forensic Championship at the recent state¬ wide competition held at San Francisco State College. The Lancer group walked away with the sweepstakes after placing first or second in six of the ten _ events as well as being in the top five in the seventh event. More than 20 California junior Publication editors, adviser travel to JAJC conference Two Lancer journalists and journalism adviser Marv Jacobson will travel to Sacramento tomorrow to participate in the annual conference of the Journalism Association of Junior Colleges. Sandra Parsons, former Courier editor and secretary of JAJC, and Gail Wil¬ liams, Pageant editor, will attend the conference through Sunday as representatives of Pasadena City College. Sacramento State and City Col¬ leges will host the conference which begins Friday afternoon with a business meeting. At this time the nominations of new of¬ ficers, the presentation of a new constitution for approval and the discussion of next year’s site will take place. That evening the JAJC dele¬ gates will meet with CIPA mem¬ bers for dinner. CIPA is the four Dr. Lantos talks at Tuesday Forum Dr. Thomas Lantos, former Hungarian anti-communist under¬ ground leader, will discuss the topic “Hostilities Along the Chi¬ nese Border” as part of the Tues¬ day Evening Forum series next Tuesday at 8 o’clock in Sexson Auditorium. The public is invited and ample seating will be available after 8 p.m. A native of Budapest, Dr. Lan¬ tos has traveled widely on sever¬ al continents. During World War II he was an active member of Dr. Thomas Lantos . . former underground leader e anti-Nazi underground; then the early postwar period he is an active member of the anti- mmunist political activity in ingary. UPON BEING forced to leave s native land, he went to France id then came to the United ates. His professional training and s unusual personal background ake him a stimulating interpret- of world affairs, especially of e political developments in the mmunist countries. SINCE 1958, Dr. Lantos has «n on the faculties of the Uni- irsity of Washington and San rancisco State College. He was sociate director of the Econ- nic Education Conference at ills College in the summer of 62. He is a frequent lecturer on .dio and television and has giv- l numerous talks throughout the luntry. He received his PhD in ,e area of international econom- s at the University of California, e is a member of Phi Beta Kap- i and numerous distinguished 'ofessional associations. year college counterpart of JAJC. A journalist from the New York Times will speak on the upcom¬ ing west coast edition at this time. Saturday morning delegates will participate in writing con¬ tests and journalism workshops. After lunch, round table discus¬ sions will be held. Miss Wil¬ liams will head the panel on yearbook production. At the final banquet Saturday night prominent newspaperman Paul Veblin of the Santa Bar¬ bara News-Press will discuss how his newspaper combated the John Birch Society. Woman journalist discusses Japan Japanese newswoman Yoshiko Kajino will appear at PCC this Friday in 35C at 11 a.m. to dis¬ cuss different aspects of life in Japan with Lancer journalism students. Among other things, she will deal with the social and political life of Japanese students, the changing place of women in the Japanese society and her own ex¬ periences as a journalist through¬ out the world. After four years in Japan as a journalist with the Tokyo news¬ paper “Nichi-Nichi Shimbun,” she served as a traveling correspond¬ ent for about three years, visiting 16 countries in Europe and Ameri¬ ca, studying in Denmark and Germany and returning to Japan in the fall of 1960. She will spend the coming year touring the United States and Canada. PRESS CONFERENCE Dr. Robbins supports council’s Debate Hour Dr. Catherine Robbins, Pasadena City College president, stated in a press conference Friday with Courier reporters, “It is good for college learning to have such debates as the ‘Should the Communist Party USA Be Abolished?’ which is now being planned by the Repre¬ sentative Council.” She went on to add, “The debates have been professional in con¬ duct and without emotion.” In relation to a recent debate sponsored by the Young Republicans on the HUAC she commented, “Both sides did a good job on presenting opinions. We need to learn all we can about everything.” However, concerning the showing of the film, “Operation Aboli¬ tion,” President Robbins said, “It would be better to study the subject in other ways . . . maybe we shouldn’t bring in such a controversial issue at this time . . . there is too much emotion involved.” A broadcast of these and other comments made by the college president will be played over station KPCS tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. Dr. Robbins made the following statements concerning other hap¬ penings on the Lancer campus: Auditing of classes: “Junior colleges do not permit this because of limited space. We sometimes allow visitors permits. Auditing is often allowed at four year colleges, but is subject to space. Our first obligation is to the enrolled students.” Academic standing for teachers: “I am trying to be open-minded about the situation ... a recommendation will be made as soon as the faculty decides how it feels. “The faculty would have more prestige. There are angles of morale involved. We wouldn’t want to weaken our fine morale. Others feel we are a college and would like appropriate titles. Only 21 JC’s in California are considering moving to faculty ranks. I want to hear all sides.” Temporary Buildings: “The temporary wooden buildings on cam¬ pus are not condemned. They were meant to be temporary but the increased college attendance forced us to keep using them. These wooden buildings will be torn down to make room for the new aca¬ demic building, which will soon be built.” — Courier photo by Jack McMaster TROPHY TAPPERS — Displaying the trophies captured in the recent State Tournament at San Francisco State College are orators Ruth Payens, Roger Meadows, Eric Johnson, Jeanine Whited and John Raphael. The PCC speakers won the Junior College State Cham¬ pionship at the event. Foreign language department sponsors essay competition The third annual foreign lan¬ guage essay contest is being spon¬ sored by the foreign language de¬ partment next week during Na¬ tional Foreign Language Week. Southern California junior col¬ leges are invited to participate in the competition which is divided into three language sections — Ger¬ man, French and Spanish. Ten dollars will be awarded to each first place winner in the three divisions and second place winners will received $5 each. “WE HAVE had very success¬ ful essay contests the last two years,” stated Arthur S. Wiley, foreign language department chairman. “The opening year of the contest brought us only two participating junior colleges while five entered last year.” The essays should range from 500 to 1000 words and all entries must be the sole work of the authors. Three individuals from each of the language sections will partici¬ pate in judging. PRIZES AND certificates for first and second place winners and certificates for third place winners will be presented at the foreign language department’s awards tea. During National Foreign Lan¬ guage Week the fifth annual for¬ eign language speaking contest will also be conducted. Sponsor¬ ed by the Alpha Iota chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma, competition will be held in the music build¬ ing on April 11. The contest will consist of five minute speeches in either French, German, Spanish, Russian or Lat¬ in. Prizes will be given to the winners at each language level and will be presented at the awards tea. Additional information on both of these contests may be obtain¬ ed from Wiley in the language department. Drama tryouts Tryouts for the next major dra¬ ma production, “Anastasia,” will be held daily next week in 30C from 3 to 5 p.m. colleges participated in the com¬ petition for state championship. IN WOMEN’S debate Ruth Pay¬ ens and Jeanine Whited nabbed the California State Champion¬ ship. Other state champions are Joe Capps in the men’s impromptu event and Judith Thiery in wom¬ en’s interpretation. In women’s impromptu Miss Payens placed second in the state. She also captured second in the state in the area of wom¬ en’s extemporaneous. In women’s oratory Miss Whi¬ ted placed second in the state. RATING among the top five men’s debate teams in Califor¬ nia were Roger Meadows and Eric Johnson. Other Lancers participating in the competition were John Ra¬ phael and Ottis Pittman. Runners-up to the victorious PCC squad were Palomar and Fresno City Colleges tying for second place. Carl Bovero, adviser, stated, “This accomplishment reflects highly upon all the students of Pasadena City College. Needless to say, we are all very proud and appreciate the many hours of hard work these PCC state cham¬ pions put in.” ‘Aparajit o’ shown in Sexson soon The foreign film, “Aparajito” will be shown in Sexson Audito¬ rium this Saturday at 8:15. Writ¬ ten and directed by Satyajit Ray, it was awarded the grand prize at the 1959 Venice Film Festival and prize for the best direction at the San Francisco Film Festival 1959. Also playing on the same bill is “Rooftops of New York,” a running scene of New York City. The film is part two of a trilo¬ gy that promises to be one of the cinema’s outstanding master¬ pieces. It continues with the life of young Apu begun in the first film, “Pather Panchali.” In this story, we see the concern of the mother for her growing son, es¬ pecially after the death of her husband. The whole pattern is shaped by the mother’s attitude of tender¬ ness and sadness as she feels the boy growing away from her. The obvious and rare distinction of these films is their subtle and re¬ vealing observation into the lives of simple, humble human beings. The productions are presented by Cinema Limited, a cultural, non-profit film society in cooper¬ ation with the Pasadena Art Mu¬ seum, which has as its prime ob¬ jective the screening of films of distinction and honor which for many reasons have never reached the audience they deserve. Regular admission is $1.25 per person, while student rates are $1. Students choose Fisher as Big Man on Campus Mike Fisher, pep commissioner, was chosen as the Big Man on Campus after a week of penny voting. Fisher was announced as the BMOC yesterday at the AWS fashion show in Harbeson Hall. He will now act as “Li’l Abner” in the OMD carnival, the theme of which is “Dogpatch Days.” The BMOC contest is an annu¬ al activity of the Associated Wom¬ en Students Board. In charge of the contest this semester were Lou Fundenberg and Bobbi La- louses. According to AWS president Cathy Shelburne, Lancers exhibit¬ ed a great deal of interest in the contest and the proceeds will go towards the AMS-AWS dance.