PCC Courier, May 15, 1963

Соишь Jazz Combo Plays at ASB Assembly The presidential and vice-presidential candidates will present their platforms during the Associated Student Body election assembly tomorrow at noon in Sexson Auditorium. Comedians Vic Grecco and Fred Willard and the Jazz Crusaders will perform at the assembly _ Vol. 18, No. 16 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California May 15, 1963 which requires an ASB book for admittance. Madach Wins Phil Robinson Contest Mike Madach, speaking on “The Importance of Sex Education in Secondary Schools,” has been awarded $25 for first place in the Phillips Brooks Robinson, Jr. Memorial Safety Speech Contest. Art Hewitt placed second to win $15, and Jim Taylor and Adamay Mowatt tied for third. Each re¬ ceived $10. Twenty-four people competed in the run-offs, which were held Thursday. KPCS-FM, the campus radio sta¬ tion, will broadcast the best speeches tomorrow at 3 p.m. The speech contest was estab¬ lished in the memory of Phil Rob¬ inson, a former PCC student who was fatally injured while playing football in 1942. The contest was established, and has been financed by Robinson’s relatives. Student Speaks on Korean Politics “Korea: Militarism or Anar¬ chy” will be the subject of the talk to be given at the meeting of the International Relations Club tomorrow. The talk, which will be given by Kerry Johnson at noon in 227C, will be concerned with the econ¬ omics and politics of America’s most costly bastion of freedom. Johnson, who is enrolled in PCC, returned from Korea in Jan¬ uary. He was residing in Korea during both the 1960 student revo¬ lution and the 1961 military coup. After graduating from Seoul American High School he worked for an American insurance com¬ pany in the Korean capital. Conklin Lectures in Sexson Aud. Dr. Bruce E. Conklin, chairman of the Life Science Department, will lecture during the annual health education assembly next Tuesday at noon in Sexson Audi¬ torium. Conklin will discuss “Marriage and the Family.” The assembly, required for all persons taking Health Ed 2 and 44, is open to students and fac¬ ulty. Admission is free to all persons. Dr. Conklin received his PhD at USC, and taught at Muir High School before coming to PCC. As well as teaching marriage courses, Conklin is a certified psy¬ chologist and a family counselor in his spare time. WILL WAIL TOMORROW— The J azz Crusaders, considered one of the ten best new jazz combos by a Down Beat Magazine critics poll, will per¬ form along with comedians Vic Grecco and Fred Willard at the election assembly tomorrow in Sexson Auditorium. The presidential and vice- presidential candidates will present their plat¬ forms. Orators Win Speech Sweepstakes Pasadena City College orators won the sweepstakes award at the University of Hawaii speech tour¬ nament last weekend. Eric Johnson and Marty Paskov won six out of seven possible trophies at the tourney. Johnson captured first in ex¬ temporaneous speaking and was named the most outstanding speaker. Paskov won first in oratory and was named the second most out¬ standing speaker. The debate team of Johnson and Paskov also won first place debating on the national topic: non-communist the world should form an econ¬ omic community.” The PCC orators were compet¬ ing with two and four year col¬ leges from across the nation. The trip was made possible by a special allotment from the Asso¬ ciated Student Body funds. Polish Film Shows Saturday at 8:15 Cinema Limited will present “Eve Wants to Sleep,” a 1957 Polish comedy which launches a humorous broadside at officialdom, Saturday at 8:15 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. Tick¬ ets are $1.25 for single admission and $1 for students. Included on the bill is “Goya,” a biographi- “Resolved that the communities of ‘Angry Sea’ Screens “The Angry Sea,” a two-hour surfing movie produced by John Severson, will screen May 22 at 8 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. The color film features surf in Mexico, California, and Hawaii. Admission is $1.50. Proceeds from the showing are to be used for Junior Chamber of Commerce charitable activities. Instructor Dr. Frank Yett Speaks to AEDS Conference in Washington Dr. Frank Yett, member of the Pasadena City College Mathemat¬ ics Department and instructor of the PCC computer courses, has been invited to speak at the con¬ ference of the Association for Ed¬ ucational Data Systems this week in Washington D.C. Research on Dr. Yett’s subject for the conference, “Large Scale Program to Analyze Certificated Staff of School Districts With Re¬ spect to Training, Experience, Costs, and Policies Which School Boards Promulgate in Order to Maintain a Certified Staff,” was conducted last summer when the instructor was a member о fthe Dance Friday The ballroom dancing classes will sponsor a dance — “La Primavera” — Friday from 8 p.m. until midnight in the Cam¬ pus Center. Tickets are 50 cents and can be purchased at the door. The dress is “dressy sport.” Refreshments will be served. UCLA teaching staff. Recently Dr. Yett served as con¬ sultant to the Riverside city schools and the Charter Oak Uni¬ fied School District on problems of statistics, finance, and demog¬ raphy. Other AEDS conference discus¬ sions will explore the significant research being done on the pro¬ gress of educational data systems in teaching, attendance records, and finance management. Simon to Speak at Seminar Today Life science instructor Philip Simon will speak on the tech¬ niques used in electron micros¬ copy today at 4 p.m. in 104D. The lecture is the last of the current series of science seminars. Simon also will show slides of equipment used in electron mi¬ croscopy, relate its use in biologi¬ cal and chemical fields, and dis¬ cuss some of the history and recent advances in the field. cal study of the Spanish artist as told through his work. The film explains the social and political effects of his cartoons, etchings, paintings, and writings. An orig¬ inal music score was composed and played by Vincent Gomez. “EVE WANTS to Sleep,” pro¬ duced during the relaxed days of the Gomulka regime, rediscovers a truth from the United States silent film days: although the police may not be funny, police¬ men are. “A cinema collector’s item — a most unusual film!” wrote Bosley Crowther, movie critic for the New York Times. “A very rare thing indeed.” Director Tadeusz Chmielewski creates a mythical city where criminals wander more or less un¬ molested with the police manag¬ ing only a beleaguered chaos — similar to .the world devised by Mack Sennett during the 1920’s. THE FILM, specifically, deals with a girl thwarted at every turn in her moneyless search for a place to sleep. “Eve” was awarded the grand prize at the San Sebastian and Edinburgh film festivals. The spring season of Cinema Limited will close when the Swed¬ ish film “Miss Julie” is presented June 1. Cinema Limited was established to encourage the appreciation of the cinema as an art. ‘Prairie’ on Sale PCC’s humor magazine, “The Prairie,” is off the press and can be purchased for 50 cents at the College Bookstore or first floor, C Building. The 44- page publication, edited by Dan Igy, is “zany, controversial, and volcanic.” Band's Spring Concert Features Noted Musician Robert Marstellar, trombonist with the Los Angeles Philharmon¬ ic Orchestra, will be the guest soloist for the Lancer Band’s an¬ nual spring concert Friday night at 8 in the Wilson Junior High School Auditorium. One dollar tickets for the con¬ cert can be obtained from band members, the College Bank, and the Music Department. Grecco and Willard, who met in the cast of an off-Broadway play two years ago, are billed as “two deft practitioners of the uncom¬ mon art of genuine humor.” “We’re not trying to satirize or criticize anybody,” Willard said, explaining his theories of humor. “We see a little bit of ourselves in everything we take off on. We play it straight.” The Jazz Crusaders, a four- man combo, was judged among the ten best new jazz groups in a recent Down Beat jazz critics poll. Lancers to Take Board Exams Saturday Morning Approximately 400 students will take College Board Exams Satur¬ day morning at 8:30. Students will meet in Sexson Auditorium at 8:15 a.m. and will go to the assigned test areas. The test, to be administered by counselor Cleon Butz, is given to students who wish to go on to private or state four-year colleges or universities. Test scores are recorded in the office of the Education and Test¬ ing Services and can be subse¬ quently sent to any college or university. The library has material on how to prepare for the exams. Butz also has pamphlets that contain sample questions. Any student may obtain copies from him. Three PCC Clubs Win ‘ Best ’ Award The Inter-Club Commission has chosen Circle K, Highlanders, and Dana the three best clubs on cam¬ pus. ICC presented a plaque to Cir¬ cle K, an honorary service club, for its “outstanding enthusiasm.” The Highlanders, who promote an interest in hiking, received a plaque for “their superior record of performance.” Dana — a club designed to fur¬ ther interest in geology — rated a plaque for “creating such out¬ standing interests as to stimulate enthusiasm in such a field.” Honorable mentions were awarded to Newman Club, the psychology club, and Junior Ex¬ ecutives. Selection was based upon at¬ tendance and participation of members, activities and projects, records, alumni, member recog¬ nition, and president-adviser rela¬ tionship. Final selections were made by Barbara Browder, ICC president; Dr. Paul W. Smith, ICC adviser; and S. Luke Curtis, dean of stu¬ dent activities. Students Vie Monday for Cheerleader Spots Students from 20 local high schools will try out for positions as song girls and cheerleaders Monday from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in Harbeson Hall. Sixty to 70 students are expected to compete. Each participant must have a routine lasting approximately two minutes. OFFICIATING at the tryouts will be Pep Commissioner Kevin Fishburn. Organizations and preparation of this year’s program has been done by Mary Mennenga. The judges of the tryouts will be football coach Don Hunt, Stu¬ dent Body President Eric Johnson, Dean of Student Activities S. Luke Curtis, secretary Lillian Castagna, teachers Patsy Mark, Phil Simon, Art Schechter, Business Manager Earl Holder, Chris Cope, Mary Mennenga, and Cheryl Whitmore, last year’s pep commissioner. THE STUDENTS selected will be notified approximately one week after the tryouts. “Among the many attributes that the song girl and the cheer¬ leader must have, namely appearance, discipline, and talent,” Fish- burn said, “I feel that the chief attribute rests within the personality of the applicant. By personality I don’t mean charm, but the ability to be always inflated with ‘bounce to the ounce’ and ‘fun to the ton.’ “With the attainment of this goal,” he continued, “we can also have the achievement of a fine group of pep enthusiasts worthy to serve their school in the best way possible.”