PCC awarded five year
accreditation
It was disclosed today that Pasadena City College
has for the second consecutive time been accredited for
five years.
A report received by Dr. Catherine Robbins showed
that PCC had been accredited by the Western College
Association after a visit of a six-man accreditation team
headed by Dr. Calvin D. Flint. PCC is outstanding as
a whole and has been given top honors by being ac¬
credited for five years.
“Without the marvelous cooperation of the faculty,
students, and staff, this high honor might never have
been achieved," states Dr. Robbins.
“THE COLLEGE acquits so well its prime objec¬
tive of offering an outstanding educational program
to all citizens of the community that one hesitates to
record the few limitations which the team made, for
these are the type of deficiencies which do not seriously
affect the educational program,” was stated in the
introduction of the report.
The report began with the college’s aims and pur¬
poses. It was noted that the school’s philosophy and
implementation of a general educational program was
excellent. Under this category it appeared that PCC
was meeting these aims and purposes as recommended
in 1955 by the last accreditation team.
Curriculum development was praised highly with
the Student Curriculum Committee getting special com¬
mendation. It also showed there is fine involvement of
students and faculty in curriculum development. There
was one mild drawback in that some courses may be
in tradition and not rational.
MOVING ON TO category III, education for trans¬
fer, it was noted that there was a high degree of trans¬
fer at PCC. A survey was made as to eligibility of
transfer into USC and University of California with
all junior colleges and PCC showed unusually well in
this field.
A second survey, again using USC, showed that PCC
students transferring there earned higher grade point
averages than students transferring from other colleges,
or those who had originally enrolled.
Section V, vocational education, rates among the
highest of the categories. The integration of cosmetol¬
ogy, medical assisting, dental assisting, and nursing
with life science was specially commended as being ex¬
cellent. The business education program was noted as
having the highest enrollment of 32 per cent of the
total enrolled at PCC.
Adult education ranked very high on the scale. The
extended day program showed that the community took
a great interest in the school. Noteworthy is the fact
that the GPA of the night student was double that of the
day student. This is in regard to the amount of “A’s”
received.
TEACHING METHODS was one of the highest
scores indicated in the instruction category. The accred¬
itation team visited 58 classes and laboratories and
found that the atmosphere was good and personalized.
The Tuesday Evening Forum and 1£ week summer
session were greatly commended.
The committee also recorded that the “instruction
was generally marvelous.” To bring up the prestige of
the college the group recommended that more advanced
degrees would be in order. Right now, eight per cent of
the teachers have doctorate degrees, 65 per cent masters,
19 per cent bachelors, and eight per cent with no
degrees.
One of the categories in which the school fell lower
was facilities. The old Technology Building was termed
as “very substandard.” The oil-soaked floors and maze
of corridors were very bad and appeared to be hazard¬
ous. The maintenance and operations of the school
plans left a bad impression. The campus buildings \Vere
generally in a run down state.
“THE AUDIO-VISUAL equipment and techniques
of the library would probably be used more if there
were an audio-visual center on campus,” commented the
team as they rated the Library extremely . adequate
with 61,000 volumes at the students' disposal,
Student personnel services were rated highly as
another category. “The student personnel staff are
commended for the high quality of the staff . . .” the
report stated. The basic communication classes were
said to be extremely effective. An increase in the stan¬
dard of probation was suggested to be no less than a
2.0 GPA from the now acceptable 1.5 GPA.
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VOL. 14, NO. 6
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 22, 1961
Hossein Shirkhani, foreign exchange student from Iran,
was recently elected president of the Foreign Students Associ¬
ation of the United States. The Foreign Students Association,
Fashion for spring
presented by AWS
Showing of fashions by the AWS tomorrow will be just
in time to give Lancers a preview of style trends in Easter
wear, and other types of spring clothing. The fashion parade
will take place in Harbeson Hall during club period. Contin¬
ental and traditional clothing will
point out the spring look for both
men and women.
Feminine fashions will be mod¬
eled by Linda Seidner, Julia Page,
Karen Gunderson, and Pam East-
wood. Modeling male attire will
bo Tay Gerry, Chuck Ryerson,
and Federico DeSilva.
HIGHLIGHT OF the activities
will be the announcement of the
student choice for "Big Man on
Campus.” Various organizations
on campus have sponsored BMOC
candidates.
Lyn Adams is sponsored by the
Sophomore Council; Jack Cas-
tagna represents the AMS; Circle
К
offers Bud Green; Freshman
Council candidate is Fritz Hoel-
scher; and Adelphians have se¬
lected Hossein Shirkhani.
PROVIDING entertainment at
the Associated Women Students
sponsored affair will be the tal¬
ents of Babs Farese and Dusty
Vensell.
Fashions and door prizes are
from DeSilva’s and Co. of Pasa¬
dena. Door prizes consist of two
outfits of clothing, one for a man
and one for a woman.
Tickets for the show can be ob¬
tained from any AWS member at
the cost of ten cents each or may
be purchased at the door just
prior to the show.
Karen Keene
. . . AWS model
Lancer musiemen
offer annual show
at 1 61 alumni meet
Tonight at 8:15, the Pasadena
City College Lancer Band, under
the direction of Robert Fleury,
will present the 1961 Alumni Con¬
cert. Admission to the concert,
which will be held in Sexson
Auditorium, is $1.
The band will play “Jesu Joy
of Man's Desiring” by Bach, “Tul¬
sa” and “January February
March” by Gillis, "March of the
Steelmen” by Belsterling, “Tango
for Band” by Osser, and several
Tournament of Roses selections.
In addition to this, Larry Cur¬
tis, a clarinet soloist, will play
“Rondo” by Mozart, and a trum¬
pet trio of Keith LaMotte, John
Kleker, and John Nyquist will
play “Bugler’s Holiday” by An¬
derson. Larry Hobson will act
as guest conductor for this num¬
ber.
For the finale, the band will
play “Stars and Stripes Forever”
by Sousa. The alumni will assist
in playing this piece.
Following the final number, the
audience will be shown a film of
the entire 1961 Tournament of
Roses Parade.
Mr. Fleury stated that the band
has worked hard to make this pro¬
gram a success, and a good- time
is anticipated for all who attend.
Koltai plans talk
on foreign affairs
International relations has be¬
come the topic of the day. Every¬
where in the world, people are
anxious to learn more about their
fellow man, in order to under¬
stand and live in peace with him.
On April 5, Leslie Koltai of
the Foreign Language Depart¬
ment. will speak on “Europe To¬
day.” The exact time and place
will be announced at a later date.
Koltai, instructor at Pasadena
City College, former “Voice of
America” worker, and ex-citizen
of Hungary, is interested and in¬
formed in the field of internation¬
al relations and plans to teach a
class on this topic this summer.
— Courier photo
Newly-elected FSA president Hossein Shirkhani
PCC TO is now underway and making plans to meet with
WHITE President Kennedy this summer. Here he is talking
HOUSE to a White House representative about a possible
meeting date, and travel plans.
Tuesday forum patrons
travel into ’Switzerland’
Kenneth Richter, world traveler, photographer, and lec¬
turer, brings to the Tuesday Evening- Forum, April 4, “Swit¬
zerland,” a film awarded first prize in the Detroit World
Adventure Series Popularity
racial unity of the country it
brings to light the nature of its
people, their industries, and
amusements.
He presents the three life facets
of a people, home, community,
and state, on a related whole, all
parts of which bring to the ob¬
server an unusual intimacy of
subject.
DURING HIS days at Harvard,
where he majored in astronomy,
Mr. Richter, because of financial
difficulties, turned to photogra¬
phy. He made adventure films,
and showed them as he talked to
an audience.
After graduation, realizing that
the world of celluloid was his true
forte, he traveled to South Ameri¬
ca, living for a time with the
head-hunters of South America,
whom he labels “. . . very friend¬
ly people.” He eventually re¬
turned to the U.S. with a film of
the area and lectured with it ex¬
tensively.
DECIDING THAT more tech
nical data would be of value, Mr.
Richter next went to Hollywood.
For five years he worked with
camera crews of major studios,
developing a polished camera
technique and a usable knowl¬
edge of all phases of the photo-
Poll. Emphasizing the inter¬
graphic art.
On his travel slate Richter, in
his search for material, has log¬
ged more than a million miles
and visited half of the countries
•of the world.
formed two years ago at Har¬
vard University, is an organiza¬
tion designed to deal directly with
foreign students' relations in the
United States. There are approx¬
imately 2000 foreign exchange
students along with resident for¬
eign students whom Shirkhani
represents.
Traditionally the FSA president
has an opportunity to lunch with
a high official in the United States
government and to discuss with
him problems that have arisen
within the foreign student ranks.
IN THE SUMMER, Mr. Shir¬
khani will have such an oppor¬
tunity. Exactly what he plans to
talk over with government repre¬
sentatives has not been disclosed.
Before the conference there will
be a number of visits to surround¬
ing colleges and universities at
which time Mr. Shirkhani will
meet with foreign student groups
to get the general feelings of their
educational opportunities. He will
also be looking for a person to
appoint vice-president.
PLANS ARE already underway
to locate an office site. Shirkhani
intends to enroll in USC next
term and will, therefore, open an
office near the campus. An office
staff of two part-time secretaries
will suffice. He has already ap¬
pointed Dick Ryon as his publici¬
ty and public relations chairman
and Joe Clements as his TV and
radio chairman. Both are PCC
students.
Shirkhani's background in the
field of politics demonstrates his
qualification for the job. He was
ASB president of his high school
in Iran. In the states he served
as rep of the house at Arcadia
High, and as rep at large and
ASB vice-president at PCC.
He was elected to the office of
FSA proxy by a board of trustees
in New York and will serve a
four year term.
Department observes week
honoring foreign languages
Tomorrow the Foreign Language Department of PCC will pre¬
sent a special program in Sexson Auditorium to serve as the culmin¬
ating event in the department’s observance of National Foreign
Language Week.
Featured speaker at the program will be Dr. John C. Lapp, chair¬
man of the French Department at UCLA, who will speak on the im¬
portance of modern foreign languages to Americans.
The evening promises to be entertaining as well as informative.
There will be soloists from the Music Department performing under
the direction of Robert Heckman and a scene from Jean Anouilh’s
“The Lark” enacted by Larry Miller find Carol Finne. Foreign folk
dances will also be presented.
Prominent civic leaders will be on hand and invitations have been
sent to well-known television personalities.
The program has been preceded by a series of broadcasts on
KPCS, the last of which will be given tonight.
Those enroute to the program, which begins at 8 p.m., will be
greeted by an exhibit on Foreign Language Week. It was prepared
by the Art Department and placed at the main entrance to C Building.
Copies of the Linguist, the department’s foreign language newspaper,
will be sold at the door.
