PCC Courier, May 23, 1962

ASB elections slated tomorrow, Friday X>C£ i Cowrie* Candidates tell planks in Sexson Aud. talks Lancers will go to the polls tomorrow and Friday to elect fall semester Associated Student Body officers. Voting booths will be located in front of Sexson Auditorium, at the east and west (Prairie) entrances to C building, and at the main library entrance. _ Vol 16, No. 16 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California May 23, 1962 Social Science tea set for Thursday Scholastic awards will be pre¬ sented to outstanding students in the social science field at the an¬ nual Social Science Awards Tea Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. in Harbe- son Hall. Honors extraordinary will be given to seven students with “A” averages who have shown out¬ standing leadership and service, while 24 students will receive hon¬ ors for superior achievements in various areas of the social sci¬ ence field. Monetary awards will be grant¬ ed to some students by represent¬ atives from the following organi¬ zations: Pasadena Education As¬ sociation, Soroptimists of Alta- dena, Business and Professional Women’s Club and the Panhellen- ic Association. Many honored students were se¬ lected by their respective teach¬ ers on the basis of outstanding performance in the classroom. Awards and honors will be giv¬ en to students for superior achievement, honors extraordin¬ ary and superior leadership and service. PCC teacher runs for assemblyman Jay Burchett, engineering and technology instructor, is a Repub¬ lican candidate for assemblyman in the 71st district (Orange Coun¬ ty) in the upcoming June 5 pri¬ mary. If elected, Burchett says he will strive for the creation of fami¬ ly centers to help curb the alarm¬ ing divorce and broken home rates in California. Statistics he has collected show that the overall divorce rate in California over the past 21 years is 47 percent, and that the broken home rate, due to divorce, sepa¬ ration, annulment and desertion is approaching 70 per cent. The United States, as a whole, has at least three times the divorce rate of any other civilized country. Burchett is vice-president of the United States Divorce Reform, Inc., which is devoted to advocat¬ ing legal reforms in the field of divorce. He also is the founder and past president of the Orange County chapter of Parents With¬ out Partners, Inc., an organiza¬ tion made up of men and women who are the sole parent of a fam¬ ily. These organizations are aiding Burchett in his campaign, but he says he realizes it is a difficult road to election. He wryly ad¬ mits, “If I am elected, I will be the most surprised individual in Orange County.” Elections commissioner Paul Ehni said a booth also may be located in front of the music building. MACHINE AGE — Seen in a sequence from their annual contempo¬ rary dance program are these members of Orchesis Club. The two kneeling students represent Lancers working in the language lab while the other two are machines. The program will be staged Friday at 8:30 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. Orthesis club stages modern dance program Orchesis Club will stage its an¬ nual contemporary dance pro¬ gram this Friday at 8:30 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium under the di¬ rection of Raffaelle Van Curen. The group will also give por¬ tions of their performance to¬ morrow at noon in Sexson Audi¬ torium after a presentation by the elections commission. “From the College Catalog” has been set as the program’s theme. Sponsored by the Associ¬ ated Student Body and the wom¬ en’s physical education depart¬ ment, the costumed dance inter¬ pretations have been inspired by different classes and activities around campus. Among the catalog titles to be illustrated by the 38 dancers and 12 production personnel are Eng¬ lish literature, the Romantic Movement, international rela¬ tions, East Meets West, phychol- ogy, inner space, basic communi¬ cation, social orientation, flower arrangements and finals. With the exception of the open¬ ing and closing numbers which were created by Mrs. Van Curen, all of the dance sketches are choreographed by students. Background music for the sketches include works by Res¬ pighi, Moussorgsky, Prokofiev and Gershwin. Tickets for the evening perform¬ ance may be purchased at the box office at $1 for adults and 50 cents for students. Life science tea honors Lancers Outstanding life science stu¬ dents will be honored at the an¬ nual Awards Tea in Harbeson Hall tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Awards and certificates will be presented to the outstanding stu¬ dents in the field of life science at 4 p.m. after refreshments and tea. “The department of life science likes to honor its fine graduating students,” department chairman Margaret Stason noted. “This is one way we can do this.” Awards in extraordinary, supe¬ rior achievement and superior leadership and service will be giv¬ en at tomorrow’s awards tea. The students honored are se¬ lected by the life science faculty. The awards are then presented by the students’ own teachers. Members of the family have been invited to attend. Names of the selected students will be held until tomorrow’s event. Four candidates will be compet¬ ing for the ASB presidency. They are Barney Whitesell, 18-year-old pre-law major and president of Rep Council; Fritz Hoelscher, 19, business major and last semes¬ ter’s AMS president; 20-year-old accounting major Gary Leo Gar- rigan, a former AMS board mem¬ ber; and Ed Bauer, 21-year-old engineering major who was a last minute entrant. Nancy Tooker, Steve Bos and Jon Elam are running for vice- president, and Pris Cummins and Eric Johnson for Sophomore Class president. Sue Abraham faces Sandy Del- perdang for president of Associ¬ ated Women Students, and Jim Taylor and Larry Gilmour are the AMS presidential candidates. All candidates may be heard at the special elections assembly to¬ morrow at noon in Sexson Audi¬ torium. The program, open to non-ASB book holders, will in¬ clude a modern dance presenta¬ tion by the Orchesis club. Platform statements by candi¬ dates for the top two offices may be found on page two. Applications out for ASB positions Applications are now available for appointive positions in the student activities office. Applications must be returned to 111C by tomorrow and appli¬ cants must sign up for an inter¬ view. The following commissioner- ships are open: athletics, depart¬ mental activities, elections, music, inter-club council, international student activities, publications, re¬ ligious activities, speech arts and social affairs. Positions as editor of the Cour¬ ier, Huddle, Pageant, Pipes of Pan and Prairie are also open. Applications are available for secretaries of awards, drama, forensics, photography, radio, ASB recording and corresponding secretaries and clerk of the cabi¬ net. Interested students should con¬ sult advisers of their respective commissions and obtain a recom¬ mendation before applying and obtaining an interview. Any ques¬ tions may be answered by Dean S. Luke Curtis. ‘Madame Butterfly’ The West Coast Opera Co. will present excerpts of “Madame Butterfly,” by Puccini, today at II a.m. in 102K. Admission is free. School construction bond goes before state voters June 5 Joseph Wagner directs band at performance in PHS aud. Joseph Wagner, famous con¬ ductor, composer and lecturer, will guest conduct at the annual spring concert to be presented by the Lancer Band this Friday at 8 p.m. in the Pasadena High School auditorium. Wagner will direct two of his own compositions, “Eulogy” and “Concerto Grosse.” Other numbers on the program include “Parade of the Chariot¬ eers,” “North Sea Overture” and “Carnival of Venice” with Mal¬ colm McNab, soloist. Majorettes Kathy Pangra, Han- ell Marr and Judy Bandy will perform to “Barnum and Bailey’s Favorites” followed by “First Suite in E flat for Military Band.” “Polyphonies for Percussion” features John Miller, Jim Kelt- ner, Craig Holden, Diane Steele and Penny Couvillon as soloists. Flag girls Sylvia Martin, Meri Gage, Nancy Davis and Sue Phin- ney will twirl to “Tournament Park,” a number which was spe¬ cially written for the Lancer Band and was played during the Rose Parade. Selections from “Porgy and Bess,” “Symphony No. 5” and “Stars and Stripes Forever” will conclude the program. At least two major buildings will be provided on every campus in the state, including California’s 72 junior colleges, if Proposition 3 on the June 5 primary ballot is approved, it was announced this week. Proposition 3 calls for $270 million for build¬ ings on California’s public higher education cam¬ puses. Los Angeles County will receive $142,795,633 of the total amount. Dr. Archie Turrell, publications director for the Pasadena Board of Education, noted that this is the first time junior colleges have been included on a state construction bond issue. The measure would financially benefit Pasadena City College, he said. IN ORDER to be put into effect, approval by a simple majority of the voters is needed. Proponents of the bond issue state that “sky¬ rocketing school population throughout the state has made the bond necessary.” A recent census canvass indicates that by 1965 the junior college population will increase by 60,650 pupils; state colleges, 33,920; and University of California, 70,508. California, with 8.8 per cent of the nation’s population, accounted for 12.5 per cent of all uni¬ versity and college enrollment in the United States, authorities pointed out. The proposition forms a part of the five-year state building construction program, starting July 1, 1962 and ending June 30, 1967. Junior college construction would get under¬ way in the school year 1963-64 and should provide buildings for occupancy by the opening in Septem¬ ber, 1965. THE DEPARTMENT of Finance points out that California has a greater enrollment in public and private colleges than any other state — 448,000 in 1960 compared with New York’s second-ranking 351,000. The Department of Finance has also released a public statement that passage of the bill will “in no way tend to lower California’s fiscal position.” Currently the state’s bonded debt status is rated the lowest of the ten major industrial states in net debt per $100 of personal income. Part of the bond issue will be allotted for facil¬ ities of the State Departments of Mental Hygiene and Corrections, Youth Authority and State Divi¬ sion of Forestry.