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Vol. 8, No. 11
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
May 7, 1958
State-wide Meeting
Held in Pasadena
Pasadena City College, together with three other junior
colleges in this area, will host the twenty-fifth semi-annual
California Junior College Student Government Association
Convention. The conference will be held at the Huntington
Sheraton Hotel beginning tomor-
row and continuing through Sat¬
urday.
The convention will host some
400 delegates from 63 different
California schools. All delegates
will attend workshops which will
discuss and attempt to solve mu¬
tual problems of procedure and
administration. The workshops
will discuss problems in athletics,
finance, student government, cam¬
pus organizations, and publicity.
PCC, working with Mount
San Antonio, Glendale, and Cit¬
rus Junior Colleges, has been
planning for this conference
since July 1957. This school
is in charge of printing and
editing the publications for the
convention, as well as preparing
workshop reports and resolu¬
tions, voting standards, signs,
publicity, and finances. Joanne
Osman, PCC’s publicity and
public relations commissioner,
was in charge of editing the
convention newspaper.
The keynote speaker at the con¬
ference will be Dr. Boyce Van
Osdel, who will speak on “Heaven
Is Not for Sissies.” Dr. Van Os¬
del received his honorary doctor
of divinity degree from the Uni¬
versity of Redlands in 1951, and
presently devotes much of his
time to youth organizations.
In recognition of the state¬
wide importance of this con¬
vention, the Honorable Goodwin
J. Knight consented to write an
editorial directed to the student
government leaders attending
the conference. It states in part,
“Our students are the corner¬
stone of the nation’s future.
Your meeting in Pasadena is
fundamental in this respect, and
accordingly, I believe that your
objective of helping to solve
mutual problems pertaining to
student government is one not
only affecting students but also
the broad field of education as
well as the public.”
The Lancer delegation to the
convention will include Chuck
Ayres, ASB president; Pete Ca-
puto, ASB vice-president; Larry
Stump, Freshman Class presi¬
dent; Cecile Levich, AWS presi¬
dent; Doug Stone, Sophomore
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Sponsors
Annual Car Wash
Students will have a chance to
drop their cars off for a fast bath
tomorrow at the Circle
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car
wash which will be held on the
women’s basketball courts. Lim¬
ousines and Volkswagons alike
will be washed for $1.
Wayne Whitehill, chairman of
the one-day car wash, promises-
that every car brought to be
washed will be guaranteed a park¬
ing space. If a student usually is
frustrated by the limited parking
j facilities, tomorrow is a good day
I to relieve his tensions.
Every member of the service
I club will take part in the mass
car washing project. Larry
| Stump is assistant chairman.
A system has been set up by
I the club whereby the type of
vvashing job is individually suited
to the owner’s desire. For in¬
stance, those wishing to have soap
used during the process will have
their cars soaped. Other similar
| accommodations will be provided.
This will be an excellent op¬
portunity, according to Whitehill,
I for gals to have their dirty work
[done and for the guys to relax in
I class while their cars are made
I sparkling clean.
Class president; Sue Thistlewhite,
social affairs commissioner; and
Grant Bachtold, state treasurer
for the CJCSGA. Dr. Robert
Haugh and Dr. Irvin Lewis will
serve as advisers for the group.
Clubs’ Mail Boxes
Go Up This Week
Sixty pigeon-hole type mail
boxes will go up in the Student
Lounge, 17C, next week for each
of the clubs and departments. The
boxes are intended to provide a
better medium of communication
between the clubs and depart¬
ments themselves, and between
student government §and these
groups.
Cecile Levich, AWS president,
initiated the project and was ap¬
pointed by the Board to carry it
out. She has been assisted by
Kathy Kirkman, Inter-club Coun¬
cil commissioner, and Joanne
Greene, elections commissioner.
The mail boxes will be located
in the lounge' on the wall between
the north windows and the door
leading into the student body of¬
fices.
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LEADERS AIM TO CONQUER . . . new modes of leadership
at the CJCSGA Conference to be held tomorrow through Saturday
at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel in Pasadena. Acting hosts of the
semi-annual state convention are Pasadena, Citrus, Mount San
Antonio and Glendale Colleges. Excitedly preparing last minute
details are Joanne Osman, Dr. Irvin Lewis, Sue Thistlewhite, and
Chuck Ayres.
Fatuity Member Speaks
for Geographital Group
Di. Delmas Bugelli, Pasadena City College geography
instructor, will speak on “Depopulation Problems— Italian
Apennines before the Los Angeles Geographical Society in
Harbeson Hall, Friday at 8 p.m. The lecture will be illustrated
by a series of colored slides. _ -
Bugelli studied at the Univer¬
sity of Chicago and the Univer¬
sity of Pittsburgh before earn¬
ing his electorate at Columbia
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Dr. Delmas Bugelli
University in the spring of 1957.
While he was working toward
the degree, he spent over a year
in Italy.
Bugelli devoted much of this
time to making photographs,
maps, and surveys. He
was much concerned over the re¬
cent population shift from the
mountain areas to the overcrowd¬
ed cities. Bugelli stated that many
people who come to the cities are
unable to find work, thus con¬
tributing to problems of over¬
crowding and surplui of labor.
He emphasized that the
slides he will present will not be
of interest to those who prefer
interesting tourist sights. They
will present a true record of con¬
ditions in the Apennines, his
area of study.
The Los Angeles Geographic¬
al Society, sponsor of the lec¬
ture, presents a series of lec¬
tures each year, featuring many
different speakers. The lectures
are held at different auditori¬
ums in this area.
In addition to the lectures, the
group sponsors a program of field
trips and tours to places of inter¬
est. Also on their schedule are
seminars and other activities.
Teachers attending the program
will receive one unit of institute
credit.
Courier Evaluated
First Class Paper
Each semester the Courier sends
some of its papers to the Associ¬
ated Collegiate Press, a nation¬
wide organization with a mem¬
bership made up of colleges
throughout the nation. It is con¬
nected with the University of
Minnesota. These papers are
judged by professional newspa¬
permen against the other papers
submitted in their class, and rat¬
ings are given out accordingly.
In keeping with its reputation
as one of the top junior college
newspapers, last semester’s Cour¬
ier, under the capable leadership
of Joanne Osman, received a First
Class rating, with a total of 3220
points out of a possible 3800.
The Courier received ratings of
Excellent in 12 of the 23 cate¬
gories. Included among these
were top ratings for news stories,
style, features, sports coverage,
editorial page make-up, the in¬
side newspage, headlines, typog¬
raphy, printing, and photography.
A Cappella Choir
Presents Musicale
Pasadena City College’s annual
Spring Concert will be held May
16 and 17 in Sexson Auditorium
at 8:15 p.m. Tickets for the per¬
formances are $1.
The first half of the concert
will be choral selections by the
A Cappella Choir. The second half
will consist of a presentation of
an original musical, “Showboat
Belle,” said PCC choir director
David Thorsen.
A Cappella Choir will sing
such selections as “Echo,” “The
Creation,” and “Sweet Suffolk
Owl,” a sixteenth century ballad.
The musicale will have in its
score popular favorites such as
“Polly Wolly Doodle,” “Around
the Corner,” and a selection of
folk songs and negro spirituals.
Leads in the musicale will be
taken by June Land, Gerry Rich¬
ardson, Mary Martin, Lynne Kaes-
emeyer, Suzie Faulkner, Bob Pe¬
ters, and Zita Schwab.
PCC Math Council
Hears Meaning of
‘Shoemaker Knife'
One of the most amazing fig¬
ures in recreational geometry
will be explained at a meeting of
the Mathematics Council on Mon¬
day, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. in
Harbeson Hall. All interested
persons are invited to attend.
Dr. Leon Bankoff, authority on
the geometrical figure, will deliv¬
er a talk entitled “Curiosity of
the Shoemaker’s Knife,” an¬
nounced T. E. Sydnor of the Math¬
ematics Department. It is Dr.
Bankoff’s second visit to PCC, his
first being in November, 1955,
when he spoke on the same topic.
Described by Archimedes
First described by Archimedes,
the shoemaker’s knife has intrigu¬
ed mathematicians for 22 cent-
turies. The names of Descartes
and Newton appear ori the roster
of mathematical luminaries who
have shown an interest in this
strange figure, technically known
by its Greek name, the Arbelos.
Dr. Bankoff has lectured on the
shoemaker’s knife before the
Mathematical Association of
America, at a conference spon¬
sored by the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics, and be¬
fore high school teachers attend¬
ing the LACC in-service training
projects. In addition, the Mathe¬
matics Clubs of Occidental Col¬
lege have heard Dr. Bankoff ex¬
pound on this beautiful gem of
Greek geometry.
Not a Professional
Surprisingly enough, Dr. Ban¬
koff is not a professional mathe¬
matician. His formal math study
ended with calculus 30 years ago,
but his interest in math was re¬
newed upon encountering a prob¬
lem in a magician’s magazine sev¬
eral years ago. He is well known
for his contributions to the prob¬
lem sections of the American
Mathematical Monthly,- School Sci¬
ence and Mathematics, the Pi Mu
Epsilon Journal, and Mathemat¬
ics Magazine.
A practicing dentist in Los An¬
geles, Dr. Bankoff received his
BS degree at City College of New
York in 1928 and his DDS from
SC in 1932.
®Spartan Hopefuls
All applications for Spartans,
women’s honorary service or¬
ganization, are due this Friday v
May 9. They may be returned to
the envelopes from which they
were obtained. All applicants
are invited to meet the Spar¬
tans at a tea to be held next
Wednesday, May 14.
Coronation and Awards
Highlight OMD Carnival
Each year the carnival sponsored by Omicron Mu Delta, highest
honorary organization on campus, is one of the most important events.
Not only PCC students, but the community in general, patronize this
event. This year, with the theme set as the “Roaring Twenties,”
promises to be no exception.
Any club or department on campus is invited through the Inter¬
club Council to participate by sponsoring a booth in the carnival. This
year approximately 25 contracts have been signed for booths. Among
those which will highlight the show will be speakeasies, a 20-minute
vaudeville show, last year’s sensation, the car smash, the perennially-
popular egg throw, a bicycle-built-for-two concession, a flivver ride,
and numerous refreshment booths.
Two other important events will take place at the Carnival. The
first will be the coronation of its queen, who will be chosen by con¬
tributions placed in jars in the main hall of C Building. This year,
for the fif-st time, ten candidates from ten different departments
are vying for this honor. Candidates are Jane Downhower, Marsha
Elliott, Sue Faulkner, Sue Hallman, Sue Highnote, Elaine Jones, Alice
Miller, Jackie Minassian, Kathi Peterson, and Joan Schweisthal.
Secondly, the winners of the Harbeson Awards, given annually
to the outstanding boy and girl in the Freshman Class on the basis
of service to the school, grade point ratio of 3.0, ASB membership,
need, and intention of returning to PCC. Last year, these awards
went to Herb James, OMD president this semester, and Joanne Osman,
formerly executive editor of the Courier.