PCC Courier, May 29, 1963

Johnson , Igl to Argue Birth Society i Cornier Vol 18, No. 18 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California May 29, 1963 Miss Fredricka Taubitz Selected Valedictorian for Gradauting Class ABS Senate Sponsors Debate Next Tuesday Eric Johnson and Dan Igl will argue the subject “Thumbs Down on the John Birch Society” next Tuesday at noon on the Prairie. ASB President Johnson will represent the Birch Society’s views with Igl, editor of the ill-fated “Prayer-E” Fredricka Taubitz, member of Alpha Gamma Sigma for four se¬ mesters, has been selected the valedictorian for the 1963 gradu¬ ating class. Miss Taubitz was born 19 years ago in Los Angeles, the daughter of Marie Stewart and Ferdinand C. Taubitz. Her father was born in Czechoslovakia, reared in Chi¬ cago, and is presently an adver¬ tising artist. Mrs. Taubitz is a registered nurse. She has a broth¬ er, Stewart, who is attending LA State College. THE VALEDICTORIAN’S edu cation, all of which has been ac¬ quired in Pasadena schools, be¬ gan when she was four a half, at Francis E. Willard Elementary School. In second grade she join¬ ed the Girl Scouts of America and kept an active part all through high school, holding vari¬ ous offices throughout this period. As a young child, she studied piano and other musical and cre¬ ative activities. While attending Wilson Junior High School, Miss Taubitz par- Publications Fest Set Monday Night Beta Phi Gamma and the Publi¬ cations Commission will co-host the annual Publications Banquet Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Ricky’s Restaurant. All students who have worked on publications for the college are invited to attend. Tickets will be on sale at the College Bank for $2 for students on publications staffs and $3.25 for guests. Highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the 1963 Pag¬ eant by Julie Pauloo Watts. Mrs. Watts served as editor of the book this year. Students also will receive recognition for outstand¬ ing service to the school in the field of journalism. Following the banquet Beta Phi Gamma will hold its semi-annual initiation for new members. Board Appoints Officers to Posts Commissioners for the fall se¬ mester have been appointed by the ASB Board. They will be for¬ mally installed this evening at the ASB Banquet. The new commissioners will be¬ gin their duties in September. Serving as commissioner of ath¬ letics will be Lee Tinder; com¬ missioner of elections, Sharon Dyer; commissioner of publicity, Ray Finkle ; commissioner of so¬ cial affairs, Holly Sebby ; commis¬ sioner of religious activities, Den¬ nis French; and commissioner of speech arts, Sue McGauley. Myron Salisian will serve as pep commissioner; Ronelle Dix- son, secretary of forensics; and Colleen McClean as correspond¬ ing secretary to the board. Bon¬ nie Blanchard will continue to serve as assemblies commissioner. Taking over the position of cab¬ inet clerk will be June Dorian. Annette De Modena will serve as board recording secretary. Terry Worsdell will continue to serve as commissioner of finance. The commissions of interdepart¬ mental activities, Music, and pub¬ lications still remain open. Dick Carnahan has been appointed as editor of the Courier. The posi¬ tion of Pageant editor is also va¬ cant. ticipated in Girls’ Athletic Asso¬ ciation and was a member of the honor society. LATER, at Pasadena High School, she was on the Pasadena Drill Team and a member of oth¬ er athletic organizations. The val¬ edictorian obtained permanent FREDRICKA TAUBITZ . . . number one scholar membership in the California Scholarship Federation and was graduated with a gold star. During the last two years of high school she worked for a mail order firm. Besides her educational, athlet¬ ic, economic, and social activities, Miss Taubitz has attended the Michillinda Presbyterian Church. She has held the office of trea¬ surer for the Senior High Fellow- Opera Workshop The Opera Workshop will pre¬ sent a program covering music¬ al styles from Mozart through contemporary works Friday and Saturday night. Excerpts are in English and will be given in costume. Curtain time is 8 p.m. in Harbeson Hall. Some $2950 was awarded to graduating and continuing schol¬ ars during the annual OMD tap¬ ping and awards assembly in Sex- son Auditorium. Robert W. Brotnow was given the highest monetary award — by the American Legion Post No. 13. The award entitles Brotnow to a $1000 scholarship to be used at any college or university of his choice. IN ADDITION to various stu¬ dent activities, Brotnow has main¬ tained a 3.6 (В grade aver- Rev. Ortlund Talks at ASB Banquet Reverend Raymond Ortlund will address PCC’s semi-annual Associated Student Body Banquet tonight at 6:30 in the Pepper Mill Restaurant. Tickets are $1.70 for ASB of¬ ficers and $3 for guests. Reverend Ortlund, minister of the Lake Avenue Congregation¬ al Church, will talk on “Leader¬ ship.” Special recognition will be giv¬ en this semester’s officers for their outstanding work, according to Sue Berdahl, chairman. ship group and was chairman of several program committees dur¬ ing that time. At present she is a member of the College Discus¬ sion Group and youth choir. Miss Taubitz has belonged to Alpha Gamma Sigma, the honor¬ ary scholarship society, for her four semester at Pasadena City College. SHE HAS a part-time job with a local insurance agen which, ac¬ cording to the valedictorian, has given her “experience in the field of accounting in doing bookkeep¬ ing and secretarial work.” She also has obtained accounting expe¬ rience by maintaining her finan¬ cial records and accounts at home. During the summer before com¬ ing to PCC, Miss Taubitz travel¬ ed through Europe. The experi¬ ence has prompted her to plan to study, travel, and work, following graduation from the University of California at Berke¬ ley. At Berkeley she plans to ob¬ tain the Certified Public Account¬ ing Certificate and perhaps con¬ tinue and acquire her Masters De¬ gree in Finance. Her other interests include read¬ ing, sewing, and knitting. Her most prominent athletic interests are tennis and swimming. President Catherine J. Robbins, Dean of Student Activities S. Luke Curtis, and several hundred sophomores will attend the Sopho¬ more Class Breakfast next Tues¬ day at 7 a.m. in the Campus Cen¬ ter. Art Hewitt, sophomore class president, will give a welcoming address, present the yearbook, age at PCC. He is married, has two children, and plans to enter the USC School of Architecture next fall. American Legion citations for service went to Eric Johnson and Jane Millar. Recipients of the Kiwanis Club awards were Ken Hemming and Cheryl Coburn. Rich Bond re¬ ceived the Kiwanis Audre Stong Award and Roger Caro, the Cir¬ cle К Robert D. Haugh Award. A TWO-YEAR letterman in both football and baseball, Jack King earned the annual Meguiar Award of $300 for the outstand¬ ing graduating athlete. King will attend the University of Arizona. Judith Hemphill was awarded the top Soroptimist Club Award of $500, while Melissa Knapp and Trudi West received $150 each from the club. The Pasadena Rotary Club pre¬ sented Paul Ehni and Linda Hutchinson with $25 awards for outstanding service. Drew Rodgers and Judith Thiery received $250 each from the Exchange Club of Altadena. Harbeson Award winners for the two outstanding freshman students were won by Terry Wors¬ dell and Carolyn Brady. Each receives $100. humor magazine, taking the nega¬ tive side. The Senate will sponsor the de¬ bate. The Birch Society was found¬ ed at a meeting in Indianapolis, on December 9, 1958. Eleven men who were “influential and very busy” met for the two-day con¬ ference, presided over by society founder Robert Welch. IN FEBRUARY, 1959, the first few working chapters of the Birch Society were established. It has been charged that to¬ day the society has virtual con¬ trol of the California Young Re¬ publicans. An extreme conserva¬ tive, Robert Gaston, was elected to the presidential post while nine of eleven statewide positions are held by ultra-conservatives or avowed Birch Society members. Gaston was endorsed by former Congressman John Rousselot (25th District), who now is west¬ ern states director for the Birch Society. The beliefs of the John Birch Society have been spelled out by Welch in the society’s Blue Book. WRITES Welch, “Less govern¬ ment and more responsibility is the essence of our purpose and the guiding principle for our ac¬ tion . . .” (p. 127). According to Welch, govern¬ ment is evil. Government is al¬ ways and inevitably an enemy of personal freedom. It becomes the management of social enterprises rather than the agent for certain clear purposes. Government even¬ tually squeezes out the middle class (Blue Book, pp. 127-136). “Democracy is a deceptive phrase,” Welch writes, “a weapon of demagoguery and a personal fraud.” and announce the 22 outstanding graduating sophomores and pre¬ sent them with certificates. THE BREAKFAST, to be cater¬ ed by the PCC cafeteria, is on a sliding price scale. If more than 300 attend — as expected — the tick¬ ets will be $1. Toastmaster for the event will be Eric Johnson. Sue Abraham, breakfast chair¬ man, and her committee have ar¬ ranged a “gala party.” Included in Miss Abraham’s committee are April Day, Paula Ryan, Chris Cope, and Chris Manley. A SINGING group, “Karen Kuntz and Friends,” will enter¬ tain, and the Spartans will help to serve. Dedication of the class plaque in the walk by the Mirror Pools will take place at noon, instead of immediately after the break¬ fast, as reported earlier in the Campus Crier. Under the plaque is to be a container with the commence¬ ment program, all printed mate¬ rial concerning the graduation and baccalaureate service, and the list of 22 outstanding sophomores. The plaque will be laid by Soph¬ omore Class President Hewitt. Art Council to Sponsor Extended Day Pot Sale The Art Council will sponsor an extended day pot sale on June 12 from 7 until 10 p.m. in 300C. Contributors are to be Mrs. Sydney de Gung, Lois Edgar, El¬ len Currens, Sue McCollough, Hazel Каир, Mary Jacka, Chloe Kinball, Ray Kidd, Bryson Ge¬ rard, and Ed Traynor. Proceeds will be used to pur¬ chase a pug mill for mixing clay. The merchandise is offered at "moderate prices,” and refresh¬ ments will be served. Tickets Available for Class Prom-- 'Mystic Lagoon' Soft breezes and moonlit waters will capture the theme of the Freshman-S ophomore Prom, “Mystic Lagoon,” June 13 at the Huntington-Sheraton poolside gar¬ dens. Couples will dance to the music of Don Ricardo’s orchestra from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., following the graduation exercises in the Rose Bowl. Dress for the event is semi- formal. THE THEME “Mystic Lagoon” was submitted by Carol Jones dur¬ ing a contest to “name the prom,” sponsored by the Sophomore Council. Admission to the dance is free for Associated Student Body mem¬ bers or $3 for guests. Bids should be picked up in the College Bank. KAREN KUNTZ, newly-elected Senate president, will provide en¬ tertainment during the evening. At the same time, this year’s ASB presidents — Barney Whitesell and Eric Johnson — will be honored in a special ceremony. Photographers will be present to take pictures for couples who wish a souvenir of the occasion. Caryl Bevis and her Social Af¬ fairs Commission, under the ad- visership of Joseph Mathias and Mrs. Maurece Dunn, have spent the entire semester planning this social highlight of the year. Business Students Win Bank Awards Bank of America awards went to Michael Fisher, for business ad¬ ministration, and Sue Manzer, for secretarial studies, at the Busi¬ ness Department’s recent awards tea. Craig Bloomquist and Fredricka Taubitz received the Corcoran Memorial Awards, while Sandra McLain and William Webb were presented the Merrill J. Poore Memorial Awards. Receiving the Pasadena Adver¬ tising Club Award was Judy Pratt. Andrew Mauthe and Lorraine Robert were given the Pasadena Bar Association Award. Rotary Club of Altadena Voca- tioanl Service Awards went to Bonnie Bullard, secretarial stud¬ ies; Michael Craig, merchandis¬ ing; Kenneth Hemming, business management; Carol Hornbacker, retail training; and David Vilt, accounting. Ruth Searles won the Wall Street Journal Award. Carnahan Elected as Courier Editor Sports editor Dick Carnahan will serve as Courier editor-in- chief for the fall semester, it was announced today. Carnahan was elected Monday by the newspaper staff, and will succeed this semester’s editor, Elizabeth Patterson. The editor-elect has been sports editor of PCC’s campus news¬ paper for the past two semesters, and city editor during the last month. Previously, Carnahan was sports editor of Alhambra High School’s newspaper, The Moor, and was a sports correspondent for the Alhambra daily newspa¬ per, the Post-Advocate. Carnahan plans to attend San Jose State College following his graduation from Pasadena City College. He is to be introduced at a jour¬ nalism banquet next Monday. Top Students Win Prizes at Tapping Dr. Robbins , Curtis , Students Attend Sophomore Breakfast