PCC Courier, May 15, 1968

VOL 29, NO. 12 MAY 15, 1968 PCC CotiHi&v PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA J1Illir« ** ' *•».<> ■ OM--1' Grecian roc * 1ВВ»&ДЗ«& 'Much Ado About Nothing' Set for Six Shows in Theuter, 30C An Elizabethan air will pervade Pasadena City College’s Little Theater for the next two weeks when the drama department, un¬ der the direction of Dr. Donald Ewing, presents William Shake¬ speare’s “Much Ado About No¬ thing.” Performed for the first time in 1598, “Much Ado About Noth¬ ing” is considered by some cri¬ tics to be one of the bard’s finest comedies. Three plots compose this play: the love relationships between Hero and Claudio, and Benedick and Beatrice, and the struggle for power between Don Perdo, prince of Arragon and his bastard bro¬ ther, John. Claudio (Peter Bergren), a young lord of Florence, returns from warfare and falls in love with Hero (Chris Potter), a noblewoman of Messina. A wed¬ ding is planned. Benedick (Stuart Byles), a loi’d of Padua who is also returning from the war, enters Messina to find that his old sparring partner Beatrice (Pamela Rabin) is ready for another nine rounds in the ring. SCOFFERS at love, yet magne¬ tized to each other, Benedick and Beatrice capture the imagination and affection of the audience. Hero and Claudio unite with Hero’s father Leonato (Richard Green) and Don Pedro (John Fruytier) to make Benedick and Beatrice fall in love with each other; however, it is the gross wrong to Hero, slandered by J. Hamilton Speaks at Final Colloquium Friday in Harbeson The fourth and final in the spring colloquim series presented by the English Department under the chairmanship of Assistant Professor Ben Rude, will be Fri¬ day at 11 a.m. in Harbeson Hall on the topic “Literary Symbol- — Courier photo by Ronald Tom OH, REALLY? — Mary Gerke (seated) talks to Chris Potter in scene from Shakepseare's “Much Ado About Nothing." Pamela Rabin is eavesdropping in the background. The play opens Fri¬ day in the PCC Little Theater. Florence Mattar OJI/ID Queen; Susan Lanti Harbeson Winner Florence Mattar, Susan Lantz, Nancy Ross, Robert Lee, Delta Nu Chi, Spartans, and the Music Council carried off the gold dust from the OMD Carnival Friday night. Miss Mattar, representing the Speech Department, was crowned Queen of the Carnival. The Queen is selected by students voting be¬ fore the Carnival, at a penny a vote. Miss Lantz won the Harbeson Award for an outstanding woman freshman. Susan won the award for over-all outstanding service to the school and a high scholastic record. She has been active in service clubs, including Spartans and Adelphians, and is organiza¬ tions editor of the Pageant. She has also accepted the editorship of next year’s Student Handbook. A male Harbeson winner was not selected this year. Miss Ross, of San Gabriel High, and Lee, of Muir, won the John Twomey Award. The Award was established as a permanent mem¬ orial to Dean John E. Twomey, who died last year. The Award is presented annually to an out¬ standing high school senior man and woman, chosen from the area schools, who plan to transfer to PCC. Delta Nu Chi (Bible study club) won the theme prize for their dart throw booth, the Spartans’ marriage booth won the sweep- stakes prize, and the Music Coun¬ cil’s caricature booth won the president’s trophy. The awards were presented by Ralph Story, radio commentator and comedian. Offers PCC Students Charge Account By A1 Menconi Ask not what you can do for your community, but ask what your community can do for you. Well, you need not ask any¬ more. The first real interest shown PCC students in a long time was demonstrated by Silver- woods clothing store. Silverwoods is offering some¬ thing that should be of interest to all of us. A charge account with no questions asked. That’s right, any PCC student, upon presenting a student I.D. and a California Drivers License, can open a free, 30-day account with one of California’s largest clothing chains. Silverwoods, located on Lake Avenue just above California, specializes in collegiate fashions for men and women — their pride and joy being the Cougar Shop. Gant, Arrow, Hart, Schaffner and Marx, are just a few of the name goods that stock their ample shelves. They like to be thought of as the clothing version of the "Pepsi Generation.” If you have been, looking for a way to develop a charge account, you have probably found that to receive credit a past credit record is needed. Now is your chance to develop a good credit rating that will be invaluable to you all your life. If you want to take advantage of this offer, drop by Silverwoods and pick up a student charge ap¬ plication. If you have any ques¬ tions about it, see A1 Menconi, your Silverwoods student repre¬ sentative. Grecian Rock Friday Night If you are not doing anything better Friday, come to the “Gre¬ cian Rock.” It is a dance, for those of you who don’t know, and it is being held for a good cause: To help raise funds for the ASB Cabinet to promote more and better stu¬ dents activities and assemblies. It is being held at the Campus Center from 8 p.m. to midnight. Music will be supplied by the Two Train Running. Cost is $1 with an ASB card and $1.50 without. Everyone is welcome. Theme of the Carnival was “Goldrush Gulch,” and apparently the various booths attracted enough dust (in the form of 10- cent pieces of scrip) to make the Carnival a success. According to Joe Mathias, OMD adviser, there were more people at the Carni¬ val than have attended the event for at least the past two years. Couples were still lined up at the Spartans’ marriage booth at clos¬ ing time. Mathias commended the booth operators for their fast and ex¬ cellent clean-up of the carnival area. The Carnival was held in spite of the fact that there were re¬ ported threats to disrupt it. Sev¬ eral Pasadena policemen, in addi¬ tion to PCC’s own security people were on hand to insure a quiet and peaceful Carnival. Library Hours PCC’s Library will be open Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., May 18, and June 1. ism: A Case for Obscurity.” All interested persons are welcome. Associate Professor James Hamilton will discuss symbolism in literature as a means of com¬ munication. “The ability to abstract is a major difference between man and the lower creatures,” says Hamilton. “Language, of course is certainly the most vital pro¬ cess of abstraction yet devised; but words are only symbols to which we have all agreed. “If man were content to leave his communication process at this level, if would be difficult enough, but he has evolved another lan¬ guage. This medium, in literature, is known as liteary symbolism. Symbolism is our e m о t i n s brought to the surface without embarrassment.” Hamilton will attempt to explain and justify the learning of such a means of communication, using examples from famous writers. He hopes to mention enough books that each listener will have read at least one. Claudio at the alter, which preci¬ pitates the real understanding be¬ tween them. Benedick and Beatrice trust in Hero’s innocence and it is Bene¬ dick who scents the villainy in John. To prove his affections for Bea¬ trice, Benedick challenges Claudio to a duel. Happily, the injunction goes no further than the chal¬ lenge, for at long last Dogberry (Douglas Broyles) and his com¬ rades expose the crime and solve the problem. The villain of the piece is Don John (Craig Holden), a “plain¬ dealing villain,” so lacking in sub¬ tlety as to seem almost funny. AFTER some sort of treason he has lately been reconciled to his brother, but Claudio, who has dis¬ tinguished himself in the recent warfare, has been honored at Don John’s expense. Thus, the bastard bother has reason to hate Claudio and to want to thwart any plans which will bring happiness to Don Pedro or Claudio. One cannot believe that his evil designs are destined to pros¬ per, however, as the title of the play indicates. Performances dates are May 16, 17, 18, 24, and 25 at 8:15 p.m.; May 23 at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free with an ASB card, $1.50 with¬ out an ASB card and $1.75 for high school students. Selective Service It was reported by Glen Cline, dean of student personnel serv¬ ices (106C), that many selective service registrants have been in to see him regarding their re¬ cent reclassification as 1A. In many cases, this reclassification was due to the student’s failure to complete his written request for deferment and file it with the draft board. This written request may be accomplished by completing SSS Form 104 at the draft board. All registrants in¬ terested in deferment should be sure that they have completed this form. Lamer Band Concert Scheduled for Saturday The annual Spring Concert by the Lancer Band, official Tourna¬ ment of Roses Band, will be pre¬ sented on Saturday, at 8:15 in Sex- son Auditorium. Admission i s free. Among the selections will be “Incantation and Dance” by John GRECIAN ROCK — Sandie Sullivan and Jackie Marshall display poster proclaiming the ASB Cabinet's Grecian Rock. Two Train Running will be the band; admission is $1 with a student body card and $1.50 without. The place is the Campus Center. Barnes Chance, “Tulsa” by Gillis, “Festive Overture” by Shostako¬ vich Hunsberger, “Five Minia¬ tures” by Jaquin Turina, and “Hands Across the Sea” by John Philip Sousa. A highlight of the evening will be the performance of “Concerto for Trumpet” by Haydn featur¬ ing Stephen S. Potter on the tuba. Potter played in the con¬ cert band at California State Col¬ lege at Long Beach for two years. He then played in the U.S. Air Force Strategic Command Band for a year and a half. Steve’s musical history was then followed by his playing in the 16th Air Force Band stationed near Ma¬ drid, Spain for two and a half years, giving concerts all over Western Europe. “Horn Concerto Number 3” will also be performed May 18th fea¬ turing Larry Olson on the french horn. Olson played in the Army Band and was stationed in Ger¬ many for two years playing throughout that country. That Lancer Band will perform a combined concert with the Hol¬ lywood Tabernacle Band and the Wellington Band of New Zealand, May 19. On Memorial Day, May 30, the band will play at the Veterans Administration Cemetery for a televised concert. Lancer Band Director is Dr. Richard Coy.