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Writer's Forum To Begin Today
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By Toni Stuart
Staff Writer
The College Bank sold more than 60 advance tickets for the Pasadena
Writers’ Forum to be held today and tomorrow, says Irene Simmons of the
College Bank. The two-day conference will be held in the Forum of the
Paramedical Science Building.
Helen Hinckley Jones, general chairman, opens the session at 1 p.m. today
with a talk entitled, “Tomorrow Is Today.” Mrs. Jones originated “Writers’
Week” in Pasadena 20 years ago as an opportunity for writers to meet each other
and exchange ideas.
She has authored 14 books and is a longtime teacher of the extended day class,
“Writing for Publication,” at PCC.
At 2:30 today, a panel discusses “Writing for Children and Young People.”
Eve Bunting, one of the panelists, has sold 14 books since 1972 and contributes to
the magazine, “Cricket. ’ Ms. Bunting’s topic is “What You Can Do Today.”
Betty L. Ryder, head of the Children’s Department of the Pasadena Public
'Library, will talk on “Books Children Read.”
Joan Oppenheimer, the third panelist, is to discuss “How to Write for
Teenagers.” Ms. Oppenheimer has written for “Redbook” and “Woman’s Day,”
as well as producing four books for teenage girls.
Non Fiction
A special panel on non fiction speaks at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The panel includes
Patrick McHugh, chief editor of the Los Angeles Times syndicate; Stella Terrill
Mann, author of “Change Your Life Through Prayer;” and Walter Wagner,
former director of publicity for Voice of America.
“As the Editor Sees It” forms the theme for the publishers’ panel to be held
Saturday at 10 a. m. Shelly Lowenkopf, West Coast director of Dell Publishing Co. ;
Elaine S. Tanton, administrative editor of “Modern Maturity;” and Gil Porter of
the Sherbourne Press are panel members. Their topics are, respectively, “The
Future of Publishing in America,” “A Magazine Editor Looks at Manuscripts,”
and “What the Unpublished Writer Needs to Know About Editors.”
Workshops
The California Writers’ Guild is sponsoring workshops on Saturday afternoon.
Gray Poole is chairman of the guild.
The 1 p.m. forum’s theme is “Are You Writing for Juveniles?” Harriet
Huntington, author of 14 books, is chairman. Others participating, with Ms.
Huntington are Helen Gillum and Sonia Levitin. Ms. Gillum has written radio and
TV scripts for Disney, the National Park Service and others.
Sonia Levitin teaches creative writing. Her most recent book is “Who Owns
the Moon?”
“Are You Interested in Non Fiction?”, hosted by Dan Post, is the second
forum scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday. It will be held in U215. Post heads Post-Era
Books and writes about the historical and technical aspects of hobby cars. He is
the author of “Volkswagen, Nine Lives Later.”
Also on the panel is Donald Duke, owner of Golden West Books. His specialty
is books about railroads.
Jeanette Lockerbie, editor of “Psychology for Living,” is the third member of
the panel. With Viggo B. Olsen, M.D., she wrote “Daktar-Diplomat in
Bangladesh.”
At 2:45 p.m. tomorrow, Gail Van Achthoven chairs a panel on “Has the Genre
Novel Captivated You?” It is to be held in U215i
Using the pen name of “Gail Kimberly,” Ms. Van Achthoven has written
short stories for Alfred Hitchcock Magazine” and several science fiction an¬
thologies.
after a successful career in the juvenile field.
■Ruth Wissman, the third member of the panel, wrote successfully for children
for many years. She has recently begun writing in the gothic field.
Forum
“You Can Market Without an Agent,” a forum chaired by Gloria Miklowitz, is
also to be presented at 2:45 p.m. Saturday. Ms. Miklowitz teaches two extended
day classes in writing at PCC. She has published many books for juveniles and
young adults.
Patricia Zonker— also on the panel— has published both fiction and non fiction
for denominational religious magazines.
La Vada Weir, both a writer and an agent, will fill the third spot on the panel.
She is the author of 11 hard-cover books for children. Her agency, “Writers’
Service,” is not yet two years old.
Merrill Joan Gerber, writer from Sierra Madre, highlights the forum with her
talk, “Getting to Where the Story Is,” at 7:30p.m. Saturday.
Ms. Gerber has published 48 stories in magazines such as “Mademoiselle,”
“New Yorker,” “Ladies’ Home Journal” and “McCall’s.” Ms. Gerber’s new
novel, “Now Molly Knows,” is a book club selection of Doubleday Books.
Throughout the conference, books by participating authors will be for sale.
Registration fee for the Pasadena Writers’ Forum is $5. The fee for individual
sessions is set at $2 and may be paid at the door.
Parking is available in the parking lot adjacent to the Paramedical Science
Building, between Sierra Bonita and Bonnie avenues.
Senate Okays Transfer
of $800 from Reserve
Vol. 37, No. 10 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA May 3, 1974
By Sergio Caponi
News Editor
The Student Senate unanimously
approved Tuesday the transfer of $800
from the ASB unappropriated reserve
to the general fund to finance past ASB
expenditures and coming PCC events.
Forensics
Cop Ninth
Nationally
Multiple honors have been won by
the speech team at the National Junior
College Championship Speech Tourna¬
ment April 22-26. PCC’s seven-man
team placed ninth nationally, out of the
72 schools entered in the national
tournament in Omaha last week.
Placing first nationally in oral in¬
terpretation was Tom Carter, who also
won second place in readers theater.
Placing second in readers theater with
Carter were Kim Thomas and Pat
Love, reading “Rhapsody in Blue.”
Second place honors were also at¬
tained by Margaret Duncan in the
category of oral interpretation. Miss
Duncan also received the third place
award in persuasive speaking.
Silver and bronze medals
representing second and third places
were earned by Jim Sayer. The silver
medal was awarded for ex¬
temporaneous speaking, and the
bronze for impromptu speaking.
Also in extemporaneous speaking,
Matthew Brandstetter won a third
place award for extemporaneous
speaking.
Barbara Mitchell and Miss Love
were awarded excellence certificates
in persuasive speaking and oral in¬
terpretation, respectively. The ex¬
cellence certificate indicates a rating
in the top 20 per cent of all contestants
participating.
Week
Booths
holding a pot luck dinner in the
cafeteria at 7 p.m. Those individuals
who do not bring food items must pay
$1 to participate.
The sounds of J. P. Smoketrain, a
live rock band, will provide the music
for dancing feet at the International
Club Dance in the Campus Center at
8:30 p.m. thus closing out International
Awareness Week. Admission is $1 per
person.
The unappropriated reserve of $1800
is the money that has been allocated
for next semester’s student govern¬
ment. Although such funds should not
be used this spring, an exception can
be made by a joint vote of the ASB
Board and the Senate.
“We had to pay a lot of bills from last
semester even if we weren’t respon¬
sible for those expenditures,” said
ASB Finance Commissioner Bill
Schneider. He reported that due to the
spendings, the ASB general fund is
now insufficient to cover future
financing of activities, therefore
making it necessary to allocate at least
$800 from the unappropriated reserve.
Among the different expenses
Schneider mentioned was $300 for the
QMD Carnival and the recently ap¬
proved $250 for the swim jackets. “Any
money that we don’t use will go back to
the unappropriated reserve for next
semester,” said Schneider.
He also pointed out as a supporting
example that the Adelphians Club
turned back to the ASB $100 previously
allocated to them, which they no
longer needed.
Next speaker was ASB President
Stuart Silver, who presented a brief
summary of the items discussed in
Thurday’s ASB Board meeting. Silver
said that for the next two weeks, the
ASB Board is expected to study a new
food services proposal introduced by R
& R Food Company. No details of the
proposal were made available.
Silver also announced that starting
next Tuesday, forms for ASB election
candidates will be available from
Dorothy Byles’ office in the Campus
Center. Applications should be sub¬
mitted to Mrs. Byles before the May 10
deadline.
Senate President Scott Peterson
commented on the new Senate con¬
stitution to be introduced to the Senate
members. “Basically, the renewed
Senate constitution would fill certain
gaps left behind when Stuart Silver
wrote the new ASB Constitution. The
two of them, however, would work as
one,” said Peterson.
Two Students Receive
High Scholastic Honors
Two PCC students were recently
awarded for their outstanding
achievements in school and throughout
the community.
Pasadena Boy Scout Explorer
Douglas V. Armstrong was named as
one of eight young men and women
Explorers from across the country to
receive the 1974 TRW National Ex¬
ploration Award.
The award, which is jointly spon¬
sored by TRW Inc., the Explorers Club
and the Exploring Division of the Boy
Scouts of America, was presented to
Armstrong in recognition of his ac¬
tivities in astronomy, during the 70th
annual Explorers Club Dinner in New
York.
Previous winners have spent the
summer in Nepal studying car-
niverous animals, or mapping an
underwater reef in the Bahamas, or
studying glacial movements in the
Alaskan ice fields. In addition to field
experience, winners receive financial
aid from the Explorers Club and the
TRW Foundation.
Tess Goodrich, a second semester
PCC student, was awarded the Cer¬
tificate of Merit by the National Merit
Scholarship Program. She was
recognized for “high potential for
college achievement by distinguished
performance in the National Merit
Scholarship Program.”
Because of her high scholastic
ability, Miss Goodrich was graduated
a year early from Pasadena High
School in June 1973. She was the only
finalist chosen for the award at PHS
from three semi-finalists and was
therefore the only winner of the Cer¬
tificate of Merit at PHS.
In recognition of her superior high
school record, she was awarded an
honors standing at entrance to PCC.
Vocal Recital
in Sexson
PCC’s Music Department presents
its spring choral concert tonight at 8: 15
in Sexson Auditorium. Admission is $1.
The PCC Concert Choir and
Chamber Singers are scheduled to
perform.
The Concert Choir plans to present a
variety of choral music from the 16th
century to the present. Both sacred
and secular selections are to be per¬
formed.
The Chamber Singers are also
presenting a variety of songs. These
include, “Romancero Gitano,” a group
of Spanish gypsy songs by Tedesco,
and folk music of Scotland, Argentina
and Rumania.
William Hatcher is the conductor of
both groups and Laurence Wong is the
accompanist.
SURPRISE— Five faculty members and 13 students
were “tapped” into OMD, PCC’s highest honorary
society, on Thursday. At left, Dr. John Gregory
congratulates one of the tappees, Margaret O’Don¬
nell, professor of communications, after she was
surprised by students. At right, Tom- Carter is
“caught” in the handball court. The other faculty
members tapped into OMD are Frank Baum,
chairman of the Mathematics Department; Beverly
Johnson, assistant professor of Women’s P.E.;
Ralph Williams, professor of mathematics; and
Margarita Fastabend, assistant professor of
foreign languages. The other new OMD members
are Terry Sarnstag, Betsy Woodford, Rhonda
Hubert, Phyllis DeVine, Lynda Moriana, Sylvia
Holmen, Tania Horton, Lou Nishimura, Mary
Keegan, Eric Bergren, Michele Banks, Joyce
Hawkins.
The Child Care Action Committee
announces the winners of its “Bike for
Tykes” rally held last Sunday.
Daniel Hyke, psychology major, won
first place in the senior classification,
which included riders of advanced
ability. He received a $5 gift certificate
and a metric tool kit.
The winner in the junior classifica¬
tion, competing against bike riders of
moderate ability, was Rob Ingels of
Sierra Madre. Prizes in this category
were a $5 gift certificate, a bike speed¬
ometer and a rearview bike mirror.
In addition, Ingels won the grand
prize that was raffled off among the
first place winners in all classifica¬
tions: a $15 gift certificate at a bike
shop.
William Logan, assistant professor
in the Department of Communications,
won a $3 gift certificate, a bike head¬
light and a rearview bike mirror for
coming in first in the novice classifica¬
tion.
First place in the family classifica¬
tion went to the Bud Rowe family from
Mount Baldy. They won a day pack
and a $3 gift certificate:
Prizes were donated by Carousel
Toys, Kids Bike Shop, Sam’s Bicycle
Shop, Cycle World, Macabob Toys,
Montrose Bike Shop, Kelty Cyclery,
Alhambra Wheel and Cycle, J & P Bike
Shop and Gilmour’s Bike Shop.
—Courier Photo by Rosemary Q. Weiner
ON A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO— Bud Rowe teams up with little Lori
Meechan during the “Bike for Tykes” rally held Sunday. Starting
point was the PCC Hill Ave. parking lot. Proceeds from the event
went to the Child Care Action Committee. Students and members of
the community participated in the bike rally.
PCC Child Cure Action Committee
Announces Bicycle Rally Winners
lateraatioaal Awareaess
Features Foreiga Studeat
By Charles Winston
Staff Writer
International Awareness Week at
PCC is scheduled to run May 6-10.
During these seven days, the college
hopes to spotlight the foreign students
and their respective countries.
Informative and entertaining ac-
Eta Delta Offers Beauty
Services on Curl Nigbt
Beauty services will be offered at
money-saving rates during the Eta
Delta Club’s “Curl and Uncurl Night”
on Monday, May 6.
The fund-raising event, open to both
campus and community, is scheduled
from 2 to 8 p.m. in the campus
“salon” in R409. Interested persons
should call 792-8361, for an ap¬
pointment.
A shampoo and set is only $2.
Haircuts and manicures are priced at
$1. Get a cold wave or a chemical
straightener for $7.50 and a shampoo
press for $3.
Men can enjoy a shampoo and hair¬
style for only $2. This event offers a
way to save on a haircut and con¬
tribute to the Eta Delta Club fund.
Each year this club raises money to
finance a banquet, in honor of
cosmetology graduates. An elaborate
ceremony takes place during which
gold pins and certificates are
presented to approximately 50 seniors.
COMMUNITY CONCERT
The Pasadena Community College
Concert Association presents
“Musicale ’74,” featuring faculty
and professional artists from the
college and the community,
tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. in Harbeson
Hall. Proceeds will go to the Young
Artists Scholarship Fund. General
admission is $1. Tickets are
available at the door. For further
information, persons should call the
PCC Bank at 578-7336.
tivities are to be shared every day.
Exotic foods in the cafeteria, displays,
showcases throughout the campus and
booths in the quad area will be daily
happenings.
Slides of various countries are to be
seen on the campus closed circuit TV
system. These pictures are to be shown
A party afterwards provides a
perfect ending to the activities of the
PCC Cosmetology Department.
Last year, the Eta Deltas donated
their services at least twice a month to
handicapped children at Villa
Esperanza. Next month, during the
OMD Carnival, they will host a
Southern California Hairstyling
contest and show.
Club Attends
International
Youth Meet
Christian Scientists from PCC are
scheduled to join Christian Scientists
from college campuses throughout the
world at an international youth
meeting in Boston this summer.
The conference, set for July 29
through 31, is expected to draw more
than 10,000 young people. It will focus
on meeting individual needs, com¬
munity problems and the healing
mission of the Christian Science move¬
ment.
The meeting, sponsored by “The
Mother Church, The First Church of
Christ, Scientist,” in Boston, will be
held at the Christian Scientist Center.
in the Campus Center or the cafeteria
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.
The festivities on Monday open with
exhibits and displays.
Tuesday at noon in the quad area a
Jamaican dance demonstration is to
be presented. African folk dancing
from Kenya, Nigeria and Rhodesia is
also scheduled.
Bob DePew, associate professor of
life sciences at PCC, is to speak to the
faculty members on the opportunities
of teaching abroad. His talk is
scheduled for the Free Speech Area
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. DePew
will handle individual consultations in
the faculty dining room after his talk.
Spain, Pakistan, China
On Wednesday at noon in R122,
Suzanne Bravender, associate
professor of art, will talk about Spain.
Mrs. Bravender spent one year in
Spain while on a sabbatical leave. She
also plans to share some of the
splendor of that country on color
slides.
Thursday, Pakistani folk dancers
will perform at noon in the Free
Speech Area. At the same time a won
ton sale should be in progress up in the
Campus Center; also at noon, an in¬
ternational soccer game is to be played
on Horrell Field.
During the hour of noon to 1 p.m., the
Chinese Club is to present folk dan¬
cing, a Kung Fu demonstration,
Chinese caligraphy and other
exhibitions.
An English version of a Chinese
cultural film can be seen in C301 at 2
p.m. A Chinese dinner in the cafeteria
is set to run from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets
can be purchased for $2.50 at the
College Bank. All are welcome.
Greece Slides
On Friday, H. Woodrow Ohlsen,
chairman of the English Department,
has consented to share slides and
speak about Greece at 1 p.m. in C302.
Ohlsen, who spent a year in that
country on a sabbatical, said, “I shot
500 pictures hoping at least 100 would
come out all right.”
International Club members are