PCC Courier, May 31, 1966

Holder Elected in Record Low Vote Lama, McKee Fill Back-up Positions T>№ i Cornier Vol. 24, No. 16 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California May 31, 1966 By Russ Pooler With an all-time low of student participation, last week’s ASB governmental elections proved the lack of concern inhabiting the great majority at PCC. John Holder was elected pres¬ ident by a big margin over David Punctured Pipe Peril Problem Pondered By Herb Hemming' and David Laidig A Caterpillar tractor cleai'ing the foundation of the old Technol¬ ogy Building ruptured one of the main gas lines into the Pasadena City College campus last Thurs¬ day afternoon, sending dense gas fumes throughout the campus and causing the dismissal of aft¬ ernoon classes. Richard Grene, operator of the tractor for the National House Wrecking Co., was ripping out the cement foundation at 12:30 p.m. at the southwest corner of the building, when one of the teeth on the bucket of his trac¬ tor rammed the four-inch pipe. “According to the plans (circa 1926), the pipe was supposed to be six feet from the wall, but it was actually only two,” Grene said. “I was just lucky there weren't any sparks when the bucket hit the pipe. If there had been, it’d been all over,” Grene related. Firemen and policemen even¬ tually evacuated the campus, while the Southern California Gas Co. workmen studied maps to find the turnoff for the pipe. The gas was finally turned off at ap¬ proximately 1:50 p.m., an hour and a half after the puncture. The valve was found in the middle of Del Mar Boulevard. Honor Grads to Head Class Nancy Lee Mangum, the Cali¬ fornia Junior College Woman of the Year, was named valedicto¬ rian of the 1966 June graduating class. Maria Acker was named as the class salutatorian. Administrative honors for ex¬ cellence in scholarship went to seven top graduates selected from 1419 graduating sophomores, stat¬ ed Dr. Irvin Lewis, dean of stu¬ dent personnel services. They are Miss Acker, Miss Mangum, Maur¬ een McKelvey, Joanne Marie Mongold, Elizabeth Roberto, Jo- Ann Smith, Richard Allen Sugita, Terry Weir, and Patricia Wells. Miss Mangum, who entered PCC with honors as a gold seal graduate from PHS, has copped many honors for outstanding scholarship and service. She is a member of Alpha Gamma Sig¬ ma, Alpha Mu Gamma, Spartans, the Senate, International Rela¬ tions Club, and the Model United Nations delegation. Her interest in international relations led her to become the international stu¬ dent commissioner in the spring of 1965. She plans to continue her education at Stanford University in the fall, where she will work toward a PhD in history. Salutatorian Miss Acker also a gold seal graduate of PHS, re¬ cently was awarded the Altrusa International Scholarship Award and the California state scholar¬ ship, and was given honors extra¬ ordinary by the Social Science Department. In preparing for a career as an elementary school teacher, Miss Acker has worked as a teacher’s aide for the hu¬ manities team teaching program for the gifted at PHS for two years. After graduation this June she plans to marry and to attend Cal State LA. The reason for the long delay in shutting off the gas was due partially to the fact that Del Mar Boulevard was widened 10 years ago and the gas company did not realize that the valve was now in the middle of the street. “We usually try to repair the pipe while the gas is still on,” said Paul Bentz of the gas com¬ pany. “Due to the weather con¬ ditions, the gas was rising quite rapidly and there wasn't that much danger — people were just scared.” The gas shutoff left the Sexson Auditorium stage, the Bookstore, College Bank, coffee shop, Rob¬ bins Building, and the Women’s Gym without gas. After the valve was shut off, the classrooms were aired and de¬ clared safe by the Fire Depart¬ ment. Dr. Armen Sarafian de¬ cided that because of the late hour, because many students had gone home, and because the smell was still strong in several build¬ ings, classes should be dismissed until 5 p.m. Ten workmen from the gas company repaired the pipe by 4 p.m. and destruction continued on schedule. There was only one drawback — wreckers did not know whether the pipe ran straight down the 110-foot build¬ ing or varied inside and outside the wall. So man your gas masks! вшя Ш- —Courier photo by David Laidig JOHN HOLDER, ASB president-elect, sees a rosy outlook pinned to the lapel of VP-elect Mike Lama. Holder plans to direct ASB action toward what a majority of the students want. Women's High Honor Croup Taps 13*2 Amid shrieks and tears, 11 co¬ eds were tapped into Spartans last Friday. The highest honor¬ ary women’s organization on cam¬ pus, Spartans selects women stu¬ dents for membership based on — Courier photo by David Laidig and Larry WatTini AFTER ALL THE SHOUTING the Courier was allowed to take a picture of the scene of commotion that upset classes Thursday afternoon. The Courier editor and a photographer were refused admittance to the immediate area because they were students, while outside press people were admitted without question. New Pepsters Posted Song gii'ls are singing and cheerleaders are cheering. That is to say, the winning song girls and cheerleaders are, anyway. Newly selected song girls and the schools they last attended are Susan Bevens, PCC; Sharon Can- field, Temple City; Joyce Graw- under, Temple City; Susie Milli- can, PCC (head song girl) ; Carol Schumacher, San Gabriel; and Cheryl Thompson, La Canada. Cheerleaders are Lynette Mer- mi jo, Hawaii; Lynda Frame, Rose¬ mead; Nancy Gaines, Rosemead; Marsha Geiger, PCC; Judy Mar¬ tin, PCC (head cheerleader) ; Gary Simmons, Rosemead; and Sandy Vanga, PCC. Tryouts for song girls and cheerleaders were held twice this year. The nominations are com¬ pleted in May so that the girls can perfect their routines in the summer and be prepared for foot¬ ball season. outstanding service and scholar¬ ship. Each tappee was presented with the Spartan sweater and a letter- of congratulation by her Spartan big sister. The tappees are Diane Alpert, Pam Cooper, Anastasia Dcovas, Beth Jackson, Karen Patterson, Cheri Richmond, Kay Riordan, Di¬ ane Sisco, Linda Stewart, Emily Vezerian, and Judy Williams. Two honorary members, Mrs. Mary Lou Maxson and Mrs. Nor¬ ma Sullivan, were also tapped for membership. Known as the “Campus Center Mom,” Mrs. Maxson is the Campus Center re¬ ceptionist. Mrs. Sullivan, a mem¬ ber of the English Department, has given outstanding service in her department and is chairman of this year’s English colloquium series. For the first time in Spartan history, two male students were chosen for honorary membership. Rich Cacioppo and Gerald Tambe were honored for “perserverenee extraordinary” for having tried to become Spartan members. The 13 tappees will be honored at the semi-annual Spartan break¬ fast tomorrow morning at 7, in the faculty dining room. The Spartan scholarship and the Out¬ standing Spartan Award will be presented by Cheryle Cale, Spar¬ tan president. KPCS Extends Broadcast Year KPCS maintains its “Total Ra¬ dio” pledge by expanding the broadcast year six weeks into the first summer session. With the help of the staff, it has been pos¬ sible to bring to listeners a fine variety of excellent programs. This summer workshop will be entirely a student effort with all work being done by the students with a minimum of faculty super¬ vision. The new staff for the summer session is Richard Moore, pro¬ gram director; Julian Bender, chief engineer; Tim Price, news director; James Mason, director of special events; Gary Galvin, station liaison; and Steven Ber- drow, public relations. totaled 237 votes, while Laidig got 59 and Zirbel polled 54. A grand total of 361 students cast their votes out of over 2900 ASB card holders on campus. This is a 12 per cent turnout. Named vice-president was Michael Lama with 184 votes. Runners-up were Nancy Jane Ur¬ ban, 64, and Beth Jackson, the write-in candidate, 94. The office of Senate president went to Kent McKee, who sound¬ ly beat Greg Hicks, 266 to 54. Sophomore Class president for next semester is Richard Longo- bardo. He easily defeated his op¬ ponent, Willie Loman, by a dis¬ tance of 150 votes, 211 to 61. Steve Ito is the new AMS pres¬ ident with 121 ballots to 77 for Bill Myers. Anastasia Doovas tallied 100 votes to out-score her opposition, Lynn Donaldson-Butler with 32, to become AWS president for the fall semester. Others taking office in the fall are Emily Vezerian, new Inter- Club Council president, and Paul Masamoto, elected International Student Commission president. Miss Vezerian was chosen at the ICC meeting held last Thurs¬ day. Both she and Masamoto will be on the ASB Board along with all the others elected during last week's balloting. Two Senate vice-presidents, also to be on the Board, will be elected at the next Senate meeting. All incoming officers will be in¬ stalled in the ASB Installation and Recognition Banquet to be held in the faculty dining room, Friday evening, June 10. The steady slip of student vot¬ ing throughout the years reached the bottom this semester as the previous low of 393 votes cast in January, 1965, was beaten. Last semester 468 voters storm¬ ed the polling booths at election time. This is a far cry from the record 1035 ballots totaled in Jan¬ uary of 1958. In the past the Courier has complained about the consistent apathy of the students at the polls. In June, 1955, the paper said, “A scant 678 students out of 2000 ASB card holders went to the polls . . As our student body grows, it looks as if the concerned partici¬ pation in school affairs drops pro¬ portionately. This semester’s 12 per cent turnout displays accu¬ rately the mood of most every¬ one at the college— “Who cares?” Association Comes Back Along come The Association to¬ day at noon in Sexson Auditori¬ um to unload its repertoire of unusual musical arrangements ranging from jazz to classically oriented ballads. Former PCC student, Russ Guiguere brings the group back to campus for this special awards assembly to encore its current hit record, “Along Comes Mary,” as well as the soon to be released album for Valiant Records. Led by elf-like Gary Alexander, the group includes Ted Bluechel, drums; Brian Cole, bass; Terry Kirkman, recorder and other in¬ struments; Jim Yester and Gui¬ guere, rhythm guitar. Dick and DeeDee will be fea¬ tured at the OMD assembly, Thursday at noon. The duo will bring to the stage their road show plus their top-selling songs, “The Mountain’s High” and “Tell Me.” The assemblies are free to stu¬ dents with an ASB card and 75 cents for those without. Tick¬ ets will be on sale at the window across the hall from the audito¬ rium.