PCC CouSli&C
Vol. 11, No. 7
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
November 4, 1959
— Photo Courtesy Allison and Rible, Architects
CAMPUS CENTER
. student meeting place
College politicos
scan '60 election
“Nixon, Kennedy, Rockefeller,
Johnson: How They Line Up,”
will be discussed in the first in a
series of political science forums
to be presented at PCC. The pro¬
gram will be held in 200C on No¬
vember 12 at 12 noon.
Featured on the program will
be a taped address from Congress¬
man Edgar W. Hiestand, who will
presen): an introduction to the
topic. PCC president, Dr. Cather¬
ine Robbins, will open the pro¬
gram with her comments on the
forum.
Suzie Fox will discuss the polit¬
ical backgrounds of the four can¬
didates. Will Fuller will use his
international affairs background
to compare the foreign policy
stands to which these men adhere.
Mike Kavanaugh will then com¬
pare the economic policies of the
four. Mike Mikesell will conclude
the program with a summariza¬
tion of their strengths and weak¬
nesses to date.
Big 4 offers PCC
‘Heaven on Earth9
Combining forces to present the big dance of the year, the
AMS, AWS and the Freshman and Sophomore Councils will
offer the PCC student body “Heaven on Earth” at the Altadena
Town and Country Club this Saturday evening from 8:30 until
12 midnight.
Courier
Capsules
On Friday, Nov. 6, Pasadena
City College will be represented at
the annual southern regional con¬
ference of Alpha Gamma Sigma,
state honorary scholarship soci¬
ety, at Riverside College. Making
the trip to Riverside will be three
officers of the club plus the chap¬
ter’s local adviser. President War¬
ren Johnson, Vice-president Ken
Bowman, Secretary Heidi Billis,
and E. Erdley Beauchamp are the
people who will be representing
PCC. AGS chapters from all over
the southland will be in attend-
A total of 300 prints and 700
books went on sale Monday in the
bookstore as the store’s fourth an¬
nual sale got underway. The sale
lasts until the end of November.
Paintings and reproductions by
and of such worthies as Picasso
and Van Gogh will be featured.
Books will cover every possible
field and in some instances have
been reduced from prices as high
as five and six dollars. Everything
at the sale goes for the nominal
fee of one buck.
Christmas cards and decora¬
tions will be the topic of the third
art convocation of the school year.
The meeting ,open to all PCC stu¬
dents, will be held on November
17 at noon in 211C. Messrs. Wil¬
liam Enking and Lennox Tierney
will discuss methods and means
of prepping for the Christmas sea¬
son.
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The Language Council is pre¬
senting Jean Cocteau’s production
of “La Belle et la Bete” (The
Beauty and the Beast) on Mon¬
day, Nov. 16. The movie will be
shown in Sexson Auditorium at
3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Making ar¬
rangements for the presentation is
Delphine Hillsefh and a commit¬
tee of four. Several high school
French classes will be attending
as project groups. There will be
English subtitles..
Twelve fortunate orphans were
treated to the Lancer-Ventura
football game October 17 by the
college’s honorary service organi¬
zations, Spartans and Circle K.
The group, all girls incidentally,
were from 9-14 years of age and
were from the Episcopal Home in
South Pasadena.
All students studying French
have been invited to participate in
the French Conversation Hour at
12 noon next Tuesday in 305K. The
event is being sponsored by the
Language Council with Bob Korn-
stein, chairman of the council’s
French section, in charge.
PCC growth seen
in building plans
“Our new building program, when completed, will allow
Pasadena City College to continue to be one of the outstanding
junior colleges in the country.” The author of these words was
PCC administrative dean, John E. Twomey, who was referring
to the new $5 million building _
plan destined to get underway
next summer.
As the cost indicates, the reno¬
vation design is one of immense
proportions. It will consist of the
construction of nine buildings or
portions of buildings, the demol¬
ishing of certain existing obsolete
and unsafe structures, the refur¬
bishing of athletic field, track and
sporting facilities, and the crea¬
tion of multi-deck parking accom¬
modations.
In fact, the long range master
plan calls for the redesign of two-
thirds of the 38 acre campus, pro¬
viding it exclusively for college
use. Building will be done in three
increments with the first incre¬
ment consisting of two phases.
ACTUALLY THE “new look”
program, the project of the firm
of Allison and Rible, Architects,
will begin immediately following
the completion of the current foot¬
ball season with the regrading and
returfiing of Horrell Field.
Phase A of increment one car¬
ries a $2,550,000 price tag and
constitutes the erection of a 43,100
square foot Campus Center Build¬
ing, a 40,280 square foot Wom¬
en’s Physical Education Building,
and 5500 square foot Service Cen¬
ter Building. These three struc¬
tures are to be designed with con¬
temporary materials and methods
in a manner to integrate them
with existing buildings which will
remain part of the campus.
PTA maps goals
for coming year
Student aid and community re¬
lations is the basis for the Col¬
lege Patrons Parent-Teacher Asso'
ciation program for this year.
Not only are parents and teach¬
ers urged to join this organization
but older students are also en¬
couraged to support the PTA pro¬
gram. The dues are only 50 cents
per person for the college year.
Four meetings will be held by
the PTA during this school year,
the first of which is scheduled for
Thursday, Nov. 5, at Harbeson
Hall. It will begin at 7:45 p.m,
and will feature the program “See
Your Community College in Col¬
or.” Refreshments will also be
served.
At later meetings such events
are being planned as a speech on
mental health and a travelog with
color pictures of Japan.
Listed for construction in phase
В
are a four-story classroom build¬
ing, a student store and a canteen.
WITH INCREMENT two will
come an addition to the Physical
Science Building and a new shops
building; an addition to the four-
story classroom building while in¬
crement three comprises a third
and final addition to the classroom
building, an addition to the shops
building and, finally, a new wom¬
en’s athletic field facility will be
created.
Due to face the wrath of the
demolition crew are A, B, W, H,
G, and V Buildings, old tech and
welding buildings, and the old
swimming pool. Thus, the era of
the so-called “wooden huts” will
come to a rather undignified end
but these shacks have long been
an eyesore with students and fac¬
ulty.
The new college plant will en¬
able the school to participate in the
phenomenal growth of collegiate
education in Southern California
Collegians slate
sports night fare
for November 13
Because of the enthusiastic sup¬
port of the first Sports Night of
the semester, the sponsoring clubs
will hold a second activity on No¬
vember 13 in the Women’s Gym
from 7-11 p.m.
As usual the evening will be
filled with a great variety of
amusements, as armies of for¬
midable Lancers face each other
across the gym floors, armed with
badminton rackets, ping-pong pad¬
dles and volley balls.
Weather permitting, the pool
will be open for those hardy souls
who like the exhilarating feeling
of swimming in Arctic waters.
Male polar bears are reminded to
bring towels.
Adding to the variety of the ac¬
tivities will be a dance in the gym
sponsored by AMS-AWS Coun¬
cils. Informality is the keynote
and all participants are invited to
dress in comfortable sports
clothes. Only one word of advice:
please wear tennis or rubber soled
shoes.
PCC is primarily grateful to the
WAA for organizing this popular
college function. Linda Moore,
president of WAA, coordinates her
planning with Dean Curtis and the
ASB. The Spartans will be in
charge of the table games and
Circle
К
will handle the publicity.
No admission is charged; any¬
one may attend. A special invi¬
tation is extended to members of
the faculty to join in the fun
of this on-campus activity.
Danny Stewer’s orchestra, com¬
plete with a charming female vo¬
calist, will supply the music dur¬
ing the evening. According to
AMS President Roy Baughman,
Stewer and his musicians, known
as the Biltmore Orchestra, have
appeared throughout the south¬
land and recently played an en¬
gagement at the Pasadena Civic
Auditorium.
Three City College musicians
will perform for the enjoyment of
the evening’s participants while
the band is taking its intermis¬
sion. The Kingston Trio type com¬
bo, called the Lamp Liters, is
composed of Don Gragaset on ban¬
jo, Dick Adams on guitar, and
Tom West who strums away on
the gut bucket.
To add to the activity, door
prizes will be presented to the
lucky card holders who will have
a chance at ten record albums
featuring jazz and popular record¬
ing artists.
Nancy Stith’s AWS Board has
been set the task of decorating
the scene of the dance and** also
the responsibility of seeing to it
that invitations are presented to
the faculty and administration of
the college who are more than
welcome to attend the affair.
Tickets can be obtained from
any AMS or AWS board member
or through the school bank. The
price of the dance ducats has been
set at $1.50 for ASB book holders
and $2.50 for those who do not
own the red and gold price reduc¬
er. Dress for the affair will be
dressy-sport.
Pageant, Courier nail
awards at UCLA meet
Two of PCC’s journalistic publications, the Pageant and
Courier, which have always enjoyed marked success at UCLA’s
Journalism Days in the past, were once again the recipients of
• Continued on Page Three Edward A. Dickson awards at the eighth annual affair last
Saturday.
Freshmen hear
college chancellor
“College Education : A Threshold to Maturity” will be the
topic of Dr. Samuel B. Gould, recently appointed chancellor of
the University of California, Santa Barbara, at tomorrow’s
general assembly in Sexson Auditorium. The noted lecturer
and essayist will present the facts ,
and values of a college education.
Dr. Gould served as president of
Antioch College in Ohio before
receiving his present appointment
at Santa Barbara. He holds de¬
grees from Bates College (BA,
LLD) and New York University
(MA).
The author of “Knowledge Is
Not Enough,” a collection of 15
essays on education, has also dis¬
tinguished himself with actions as
well as words. During World
War II he was the recipient of the
Presidential Unit Citation with
bronze star.
“I heard Dr. Gould speak at his
inauguration,” noted PCC presi¬
dent, Dr. Catherine J. Robbins.
“He made an excellent talk and
will be an inspiration to our Pasa¬
dena City College freshman stu¬
dent in the general assembly.”
The assembly, which is a re¬
quirement for all basic communi¬
cation students, will be presided
over by Dr. Robbins. Administra¬
tive Dean John E. Twomey will
introduce the upstate college
chancellor.
Dr. Samuel B. Gould
. . college and maturity
The Pageant, fine Lancer year¬
book, picked up a third place hon¬
or in its division while the Cour¬
ier took second place in the news¬
paper category. Last year both
Pasadena publications topped
their respective fields but there is
a ruling stating that no one pub¬
lication can repeat as overall win¬
ner in successive years.
LAST YEAR’S Pageant was ed¬
ited by Karen Hooper while Mrs.
Elaine Morgan served as adviser.
A1 Gaul, current ASB vice-presi¬
dent, handled the Courier from his
editor’s chair last semester with
Miss Mildred Poorman acting as
adviser.
The day itself was a howling
success. Attendance records were
shattered conclusively as over
2700 students from 120 junior col¬
leges and high schools attended.
IN FACT, it was so crowded
that not all guests managed to
see in person the official awards
that took place in tiny Royce Hall,
which has a seating capacity of
only 1800.
Gustave A. Arlt, dean of the
graduate division; Robert E. G.
Harris, chairman of the gradu¬
ate department of journalism; and
Pete Gamer, president of the as¬
sociated students, all welcomed
the visitors on behalf of UCLA.
The guest speaker was KNXT
news reporter Ed Fleming.
