May 14, 1958
PCC CoufU&v
Vol. 8, No. 12
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
— Courier Photos by Ralph Sanchez
Pictured above are the four
leads of the A Cappella Choir
who will be featured in the an¬
nual Spring Concert. From
top to bottom are Gerald Rich¬
ardson, Susan Falkner, Robert
Peters, and June Land. The pro¬
duction will be staged in Sexson
Auditorium Friday and Satur¬
day, May 16 and 17, at 8:30 p.m.
— Courier Photo by Jack Koch
A STITCH IN TIME ... by May 16 and 17 and the Pasadena
City College A Cappella Choir will be ready to present its annual
choral concert. Above, choir members Carole Claussen, Jackie
Layng, and Mary Ragland are busy preparing costumes for the
program which is entitled “River Boat Belle.”
Tennis Honors Won
by WAA Players
in SCJC Tourney
Long known for the excellence
of its tennis players, PCC’s wom¬
en’s tennis team proved the apt¬
ness of its reputation last Satur¬
day, when its members competed
in the annual all-Southern Califor- f
nia Junior College tennis tour¬
nament.
Pasadena returned with three
of the top eight awards, taking
top honors in
В
Flight singles
and both A and
В
Flight consola¬
tion doubles. Sue Hallman, this
school’s third-ranked singles play¬
er, easily took the
В
Flight cham¬
pionship. Ruth Hemming and
Lily Roum, second ranked doubles
combination, recovered from one
defeat to move into the final
match of the consolation tourna¬
ment and defeat Lucy Garcia and
Mary Wingfield, also of PCC.
Sharon Sieger and Lois Watts,
who represented this school in the
В
Flight doubles division, had nev¬
er before played as a team and
never before participated in a
tournament. They took the
В
con¬
solation championships after the
longest match of the day, the sec¬
ond set of which ran to 24 games.
•Cabinet Offices
Applications are now available
in 1I1C for 11 ASB cabinet po¬
sitions to be filled for the fall
semester. These include com¬
missioners, secretaries, and edi¬
tors. Applications must be turn-
ed in by 12 o’clock Monday,
June 2. Qualifications may be
checked in the Job Analysis
books at the Library reference
desk. Interviews will be held
June 2, 3, and 8 in 111C from
3-5 p.m. A “C” average and
an ASB book are the only nec¬
essary requirements.
At the present time there are more than 300 foreign stu¬
dents attending this college. One of the main problems which
arises for these students is finding a home. Nine thousand
miles from their own homes, they are in need of a place where
Caduceus Planning
Reference Library
In an effort to expand facilities
available to pre-medicine and sci¬
ence majors on this campus, the
Caduceus Club has just begun
the task of compiling a medical
reference library. According to
Bill Thon, club president, this li¬
brary will make accessible books
which are not usually available to
students through the school li¬
brary.
Club members are currently
sponsoring a campaign for dona¬
tions of either medical reference
books or capital with which
books may be purchased. Bqoks
such as medical dictionaries and
numerous anatomy and physiolo¬
gy texts are much in demand.
Caduceus Club, one of the larg¬
est and most active clubs on cam¬
pus, states as its main purpose
the broadening of interest and
furtherment of the knowledge of
club members in the various fields
of medicine.
Membership in Caduceus is ob¬
tained by petitioning the club’s
executive council. The other of¬
ficers for this semester are Dick
Nalick, vice-president; Kathy
Kirkman, recording secretary;
Pat Hargreaves, corresponding
secretary; and Gordon Engel,
treasurer.
Anyone interested in contribut¬
ing to the library is asked to con¬
tact Harold E. White, Caduceus
Club adviser.
Also included in this busy club’s
schedule for the semester are sev¬
eral more informative meetings.
The first of these will be held to¬
morrow night at 7 in 104D at
which time Dr. Phyllis Presley,
obstetrician, will show a movie
and speak on the birth of quad¬
ruplets by Caesarian section.
they are accepted.
Since Pasadena City College
has no housing facilities for these
students, it falls mainly to the
lot of their advisers to aid them
with the housing problem. A
plea is now being sent out for
more homes and families who are
willing to have a foreign stu¬
dent live with them.
More than 60 students have
been placed in homes in the
past, but more are needed. Oft¬
en difficulties and conflicts in
their own homelands cut off
their funds and contacts, or
their sponsors are unable to *
continue doing so. In such sit¬
uations, the students find them¬
selves in dire need of inexpen¬
sive housing.
There are three plans in exist¬
ence for housing arrangements,
and each student is placed under
one of these plans. By the first
of these, the student enters the
household as a guest, and does
comparatively little toward the
upkeep of the house or other
chores. According to the second
plan, the student helps as much
as possible with household duties,
and may have definite obligations
in the home. Finally, in the third
plan, the student does specified
work around the home, in return
for which he receives an allow¬
ance not to exceed $50 per month.
Any person or ' family who
would be willing to have one of
these foreign students live In
their home is urged to contact
the foreign student office for
further information. A concen¬
trated effort is being put forth
by Spartans and Circle K, the
women’s and men’s honorary
service organizations on cam¬
pus, as well as by a volunteer
committee which is coordinat¬
ing all efforts in behalf of the
housing situation, to locate
homes.
In addition to financial difficult¬
ies, the students are also seeking
homes as places to practice their
English, learn more about this
country, and feel wanted and
needed.
Annual Spring Concert
Opens Friday Evening
Pasadena City College's 100-voice A Cappella Choir will
be heard in its annual spring concert Friday and Saturday,
May 16 and 17, in Sexson Auditorium at 8:15 p.m. The con¬
cert will be divided into two sections. The first half will
consist of a formal concert by
the choir and soloists under the
direction of David Thorsen.
The choir will sing selections
representing various periods of
musical history, including the
“Sweet Suffolk Owl,” an English
madrigal; a contemporary setting
of the 150th psalm, by Newbury;
a musical setting and narration
of the poem “The Creation,” by
James Weldon Johnson; and the
“Echo Song” by the 16th century
composer, Orlando di Lasso.
The second half of the concert
will be an original musical com¬
edy, “River Boat Belle,” written
by Eugene White. The story re¬
lates an incident in the life of a
show boat captain along the levee
in Tennessee. The original stage
settings from the musical “Show
Boat” are being used in the pro¬
duction. The musical score will
include authentic folk tunes of the
south sung by the soloists and
choir.
Leading roles of the musical
are La vine, sung by June Land;
Gerald Richardson as Captain Na¬
thaniel; Suzie Faulkner as Janie;
and Robert Peters as the first
mate, Tyler. Others in the cast
include Zita Schwab, Mary Mar¬
tin, and Lynne\ Kaesemeyer.
Tickets may be purchased from
any member of the choir, and will
also be available at the auditori¬
um box office.
Robinson Speakers
Hold Final Round
Finals for the speech contest
on “Problems on Safety in Stu¬
dent Life” will be held tomorrow
in Harbeson Hall at 3 p.m. The
four finalists will deliver a five to
six miriute speech which will be
judged on organization, originali¬
ty and presentation.
The entries were narrowed
down to four from about 30 stu¬
dents who applied for the prelim¬
inary contests held Monday, Tues¬
day and Wednesday of this week.
The contest is sponsored by Mr.
and Mrs. P. B. Robinson and their
relatives in memory of their son.
•MUN Delegation
Any student who is returning to
PCC next year is eligible to
sign up for the 1959 delegation
to the Model United Nations.
PCC will almost certainly rep¬
resent Japan, and will be able
to send the largest delegation
they have ever sent. Next year’s
MUN will be held at USC.
In Memoriam
Dr. Clyde Pfeiffer, administrative dean at Pasadena City
College since 1954, passed away suddenly last Sunday night as
a result of a heart attack. Dr. Pfeiffer was an outstanding ad¬
ministrator, well recognized throughout California, and highly
esteemed by the students and faculty at Pasadena City College
who worked so closely with him.
Dr. Pfeiffer, who came to California from Pennsylvania,
received his undergraduate college training at several institu¬
tions and his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Occidental
College where I had the privilege of having him as a student in
several of my classes. He came to Pasadena as an instructor
and then shortly became an administrator, first in an elemen¬
tary school, then at Wilson Junior High School, before joining
the John Muir College staff as assistant principal in 1946. He
went on to complete his doctorate in education at the Univer¬
sity of California at Los Angeles.
With the merger of John Muir with Pasadena City College
in 1954, Dr. Pfeiffer became administrative dean at Pasadena
City College. His contribution to the college has been invalu¬
able. During the last several years, his work as chairman of
the Student Personnel Committee, of the Theater Arts Board,
and of the Athletic Board have brought him into contact with
many students and faculty, and his recent service as a mem¬
ber of the Pasadena Education Association Salary Committee
has been particularly significant for faculty members. The fact
that Dr. Pfeiffer worked long hours under heavy pressure with¬
out doubt helped to bring on his attack.
Dr. Pfeiffer’s enthusiasm, his devotion to duty, and his
honest and straight forward approach to all problems will be
greatly missed. I am sure that all the students and faculty at
Pasadena City College join in an expression of sympathy to
Mrs. Pfeiffer and to Dr. Pfeiffer’s two children.
W. B. Langsdorf, President
Pasadena City College
Dearth of Housing
for Students Noted