NIXON PLACES SECOND
McCarthy Takes First at PCC
in Senate's Choice '68 Voting
Ron Karenga's Talk
Highlights Assembly
By Bryan Cuthill
PCC students followed the na¬
tional trend of voting in the re¬
cent Choice ’68 election held on
campuses across the nation when
they cast the most first choice
votes for Eugene McCarthy.
Richard Nixon, however, came
in second on the PCC campus,
whereas Kennedy came in second
on the national scene.
Although this was a national
election, it had no effect upon the
apathy of PCC students. Only 6.6
percent of the students eligble to
vote took part. In figures, 896 stu¬
dents voted out of an eligible
13,444.
The polls in this mock election
were open from 8 a.m. until
5 p.m. In a December poll run by
the Young Republicans Club, 868
students voted, with the polls
being open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and 7:30 to 9 at night.
McCarthy received 266 first
choice votes; Nixon received 207,
and Kennedy received 184. Fred
Halstead, a Socialist who had re¬
presentation in the Choice ’68 ral¬
ly that week, received one first
place vote. President Johnson re¬
ceived 38 first choice votes. Com¬
plete results are available from
the Student Senate.
In the three referendums, PCC
followed the nation trend : 356 stu¬
dents for reduction of the mili¬
tary effort in Vietnam. That is
40 per cent of those who voted
at PCC. Nationally, 44 per cent
was the vote.
Across the country there
seemed to be a split in feelings
The PCC Young Republicans
will hold their third mock nation¬
al presidential poll of the school
year Friday. The total vote of the
WAA To Hold
Awards Lunch
The Women’s Athletic Associa¬
tion will hold its annual Spring
Banquet Tuesday, from 6 to 10
p.m. The event is “Fiesta de
Mayo” to take place at El Poche
Cafe.
Mrs. Margaret Bennett of the
Social Science Department will be
the guest speaker. She will speak
of relationships between people
today.
The spring banquet is the high¬
light of the spring semester.
Awards will be given for tennis,
softball, badminton, gymnastics,
and swimming. For outstanding
athletic ability and leadership,
members are eligible for the
Letter Club Emblem.
This is awarded when four team
credits are earned. Team credits
are based largely on participation.
Red stars indicate varsity. Higher
awards are given when more
time and effort are put forth. A
gold “P” pin is awarded for eight
team credits and a blanket for
for twelve team credits.
WAA functions involve not only
members but coeds in general.
They represent PCC in every wo¬
man’s sport on campus and in
competition with other schools.
They help promote high ideals
and standards.
about the bombing. Nationally 28
per cent voted cessation, another
28 per cent voted suspension, and
25 per cent voted intensifying the
bombing. On campus the vote
went 30 per cent for cessation,
25 per cent for suspension, and
28 per cent for intensiifcation.
ON THE question of the “urban
crisis,” the voters were divided
over two answers. Across the
country 39 per cent of the voters
voted for education as the answer,
while 38 per cent voted for job
The English and Business de¬
partments of PCC have announc¬
ed the students who will receive
this year’s faculty honors. The
students will be presented at de¬
partmental meetings.
English Department awards go
to Kathleen Drake, literature, for
honors extraordinary. Superior
achievement awards go to Jack
Cook, journalism and editor of
the Pageant (yearbook); Ellen
Curtin, literature; Karl Lind-
auer, journalism; Theodore Long,
literature; John Maffei, journal¬
ism and editor of the Courier;
Leanne Polacco, composition and
literature; James Taylor, English
literature; and Judith Wood, Eng¬
lish literature.
Superior leadership award goes
previous two polls has surpassed
the total vote of the last five ASB
elections together.
If you missed out on having
your vote represented in the last
poll, be sure not to miss your op¬
portunity this time. The larger
the vote, the better the indication
of how the studen body feels.
Bring your student identifi¬
cation card to the polling booth,
which will be set up at the front
entrance of the Campus Center.
You will need to show it in order
to vote.
All of the leading candidates
will be individually pitted against
each other.
training. At PCC it was 40 per
cent for education and 39 per cent
for job training.
Over 1,072,830 students took
part in Choice ’68 on 1200 cam¬
puses. Over 44 per cent of those
who took part in this mock elec¬
tion will vote in November.
There were over 18,000 write-
ins and Vice-President Hubert
Humphrey received 60 per cent
of the write-in vote.
Choice ’68 was put on by Sper¬
ry Rand’s UNIVAC division and
Time Magazine.
to Ellen Curtin, English Council
and Student Curriculum Commit¬
tee.
Superior service awards go to
Cook, Pageant; Maffei, Courier;
Howard Maruyama, Pageant ;
Beth Merrick, Pageant; and Jean
Takagaki, Pageant.
MISS CURTIN and Kathleen
Drake are winners of the Robert
Browning memorial scholarship
award. Richard B. Stiteler won
the Dorothy Dixon creative writ¬
ing award.
Maffei and Cook were winners
of the Emer V. Bates journalism
award presented by the Pasadena
Elks Club. John Kontoyiannis
will receive the Russell Loesch
memorial award. Miss Polacco
wins the Jane S. Isabel Frazee
awards.
The outstanding student in the
foreign block award goes to Vi jay
Patel.
The Literary Contest award
winners are John Holden, first
place; Lynda Shurtz, second
place; Sue Van Winkle, third
place; William Pass, honorable
mention; and Douglas Parham,
honorable mention. The award is
given by Vroman’s Book Store.
ELIZABETH Sofra and Janet
Hammond are winners of the es¬
say award. The prize is donated
by the PCC Book Store.
Short story division winners
are Gerald Wild, first place; Pass,
second place; and Robert Ed¬
wards, third place. The award is
given by the Pasadena Book Co.
Honors extraordinary in the
Business Department are award¬
ed to Mrs. Sofra, who is the only
By Jack Cook
Sounds of drums in the back¬
ground; girls in African cos¬
tumes, their hair worn natural;
the colors black and white inter¬
mingled; this was the scene in
Sexson Auditorium as PCC’s first
all-black assembly began.
The background music and
preparations lasted for about a
half-hour, then the featured
speaker was introduced; Maulana
Ron Karenga, founder and chair¬
man of US, a militant black na¬
tionalist organization. Most of you
will remember him from his “de¬
bate” with Dr. Jerome Wolf last
year.
Karenga began his speech with
his basic message: “Go back to
black.” It was directed at Ne¬
groes, and any remarks made to
whites during his speech were de¬
signed to make his points to the
blacks who were present. The
call “go back to black” simply
means that the Negro should re¬
turn to his African heritage and
the black experience in America,
Karenga said.
KARENGA defined “Negro”:
(as opposed to “black”) “He
doesn’t know his own name; he
thinks he is a product of America.
He’s a slave. He’d rather have a
Washington Day or Lincoln Day”
(than a day for blacks.)
person to garner awards in both
departments.
Superior achievement awards
go to Robert Dewan, Linda Holm,
Boyd Rollins, Don Stedfield, Pa¬
tricia Vargo, and Susan Walder.
Certificates of proficiency in
accounting go to Robert Clayton,
Dewan, Frank Marino, William
Nance, Rollins, Mrs. Sofra, Don
Stedfield, and Frank Stever.
Mathematical analysis awards
are presented to Dewan, Thomas
Legacy, Susan Montes, Suzanne
Pritchard, Rollins, Mrs. Sofra,
and Stever.
MARSHA Boal, Cheryl Bobbin,
Joan Horspool, and Beverly
Laudemann receive awards for
merchandising.
Secretarial science awards were
gained by Catherine Caressale,
Judy Childs, Adele Cooke, Diane
Hardash, Joyce Hawkins, Miss
Holm, Miss Cargo, and Miss Wal¬
der.
Clayton and Miss Vargo are the
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Karenga has a program for
blacks, which he describes in
three phrases: “self-determina¬
tion, self-respect, and self-de¬
fense.”
Self-determination means the
right of the black man to decide
things for himself. “We didn’t
have to ask Sacramento to have
this day . . . Don’t ask people can
you have things; just take them,”
Karenga said.
Self-respect means that blacks
should not “act as leeches on the
white man . . . The white man
is from the ice box zone and the
black man is from the tropical
zone.” This means, according to
Karenga, that the white man and
black man can never get together.
Self-defense: “Defend against
the idea that the black man has
never done anything” . . . (Facts
you may not have known: Marco
Polo stole iron from Africans, ac¬
cording to Karenga, and a black
man invented the traffic signal.)
KARENGA described art’s
place in the black man’s life.
White man’s art, he said, has no
relation to the black’s reality.
Art, for the black, must be func¬
tional. It must have a social mes¬
sage. It must be collective: “must
be from all, by all, for the good
of all.” Art’s vocabulary must be
simple: not “to be or not to be”
but “to survive or not to survive.”
It must be “simple but profound.”
Art must be committed to revolu¬
tion.”
Karenga directed his last re¬
marks at Negroes who do not
want to join his revolution: “If
you don’t want to change, black
people, you need to be destroyed
in the change.”
The second half of the program
was taken up by black music, po¬
etry readings, and drama. Chil¬
dren from Washington Elemen¬
tary School who were attending
the assembly were warned that
some four-letter words would be
used.
This reporter had to leave at
the beginning of the second peo-
try reading, but at least the first
two poems carried out the theme
of the assembly.
It was reported that after the
assembly some lockers in the
dressing rooms backstage were
broken into, and that some of the
performers helped themselves to
food in the cafeteria. The Afro-
American Student Union agreed
to pay for damages and for the
food eaten.
International Club Queen
Dance Slated for Friday
International Club, the largest club on campus, will hold the
International Club Queen Dance Friday night from 8 to midnight at
the Campus Center.
This is one of the major activities of the club, with dances,
picnics, barbecues, swimming parties, and other performances given
throughout the semester.
Founded more than 10 years ago, the club now enjoys a member¬
ship of more than a hundred students, including both American and
international students.
General objective of the club is to provide more opportunities
for American and international students to gather together under a
more cordial environment, so that some understanding may be
achieved with the cultures and civilizations of the other countries.
The queen will be selected from candidates on the basis of per¬
sonality, support to the club, posture, and poise. The successful can¬
didate will be crowned at the dance. The winner of the International
Club scholarship award will be announced on the same night. As a
tradition this award is given preferably to an American member who
intends to study abroad.
Music will be provided by a live band, and dress will be informal.
The admission for members is 50 cents and for others $1.
— Courier Photo by Howard Maruyama
LOOKING IT OVER — Mr. Norman Abbey and Alan Bonine look
over the prints that will be entered in PCC's Spring Art Exhibit.
The exhibit will run through June 3 in the Campus Center lounge.
YR Mock National Poll
Scheduled for Friday
English, Business Departments
Honor Outstanding Students