'Epitaph' Emanates from Sexson Stage
Vol. 19, No. 8 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California November 6, 1963
Drama Dept. Presents
Play Friday, Saturday
“Epitaph for George Dillon,” starring Lee Collins and
Sheri Emond, will emanate from the Sexson Auditorium
stage Friday and Saturday night at 8:15. Admission for
activity book holders is free; admission for others is $1. The
play by John Osborne and Anthony Creighton is the Drama
Department’s first production of the season.
The play describes the decline and fall of a worthless
man, George Dillon. The lead character is a largely unbelieva¬
ble man who wants to act in and write great plays, but is des-
Tuesday Forum Hears
Noted Writer, Librarian
Cary Owens Talks
Tomorrow in 4C
Disc-jockey Gary Owens will
speak to PCC’s radio production
class tomorrow at 10 a.m. in 4C.
All interested students are in¬
vited.
Owens, 29, has been with sta¬
tion KMPC since Sept. 1962. Be¬
fore last year the bearded disc
jockey worked for several radio
stations including KORN in Mit¬
chell, S.D.; KIMN, Denver; KILT,
Houston; KSTA, San Antonio;
WNOE, New Orleans; WIL, St.
Louis; KEWB, San Francisco;
and KFWB, Los Angeles.
WHEN ASKED why he sports
a goatee and large horn-rimmed
glasses, Owens once replied, “I’ve
never analyzed it, but I may be
a phoney.” Owens often makes
similarly absurd remarks with ut¬
ter conviction and absolute con¬
trol on his daily (3:05 to 6 p.m.)
program. He has offered listen¬
ers a free “funny looking green
thing with a picture of a duck
on it.” ■! *
Owens was born on May 10,
1934, in Mitchell, S.D., and attend¬
ed elementary and high schools in
nearby Plankinton. The announc¬
er worked his way through Wes¬
leyan University as a reporter-
cartoonist for a local newspaper.
HE WAS married to Arlette
Markeli in June, 1956. A son
Important Dates
November 8
11:45 a.m. — Admissions Counselor,
Chapman College. Orange Calif.,
will interview prospective transfer
students. Sign up, 112C.
November 9
Last day to register without penalty
for December 7 Scholastic Aptitude
Test.
November 9
UC engineering examination for
February 1964 transfers.
November 9
ACT test at Los Angeles State Col¬
lege. Registration closed October 12.
November 12
8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., 138C — Grade lev¬
el 5 or above students not on pro¬
bation or other “hold” and honors
at entrance freshmen may make a
spring counseling appointment.
was born in 1960.
In the Gavin National Disc
Jockey Poll, conducted annually
by Billboard Magazine columnist
and program consultant Bill Gav¬
in, Owens has been among the
nation’s top five for the past four
years.
As a journalist, Owens has writ¬
ten for TV-Radio Mirror, McFad-
den Publications, and several hu¬
mor magazines.
38 Lancers Pass
Police Education
Course Recently
Thirty-eight PCC students were
graduated Friday from the peace
officers’ basic training course
and are now active members of
11 San Gabriel Valley police de¬
partments, according to John L.
Sullivan, instructor and coordin¬
ator for the course.
Speaker for the graduation
ceremony was Joseph L. Carr,
chief trial deputy for the Pasa¬
dena District Attorney’s Office.
The course, designated Police
Science 150, is sponsored jointly
by PCC, Pasadena Police Depart¬
ment, the State Department of Ed¬
ucation, and the Federal Bureau
of Investivation.
Classes for the five-week, five-
unit program are held at the Pas¬
adena Civil Defense Center in
Altadena. The instructors are all
active law enforcement person¬
nel.
The objectives of the Peace Of¬
ficers’ Basic Training School are
to teach new officers the funda¬
mentals of police work and an
understanding of the equipment
used, establish an esprit de corps
among officers, increase efficien¬
cy, develop uniformity in police
practices and procedures, and to
develop cooperation among law
enforcement agencies.
tined never to achieve his aims.
He is a sly, hypocritical, debt-
ridden, aspiring actor and play¬
wright who is invited to stay for
a few days with the Elliots, a re¬
spectable lower-middleclass Lon¬
don family.
DILLON is still there a year
later with disastrous results: pri¬
vately ridiculing the Elliots, Dil¬
lon takes their money, uses abu¬
sive language which shocks Mrs.
Elliot, and thoroughly incurs Mr.
Elliot’s hatred.
Finally, he sells an inferior play
and a prosperous producer makes
it a financial success. Dillon
abandons his dreams for wealth,
and settles down permanently
with the Elliots to write more fi¬
nancially successful plays.
THE CAST for this initial dra¬
ma includes Sheri Emond as Jo-
sie; Antonia Coviello, Ruth; Ron-
dee Gridley, Mr. Elliot; Marsha
Duncan, Nora Elliot; Peter Car-
domone, Percy; Lee Collins,
George Dillon; Jerry van Asp,
Geoffrey Colwyn-Stuart; James
Barton, Mr. Webb; and John Britt
as Barney Evans.
Barbara Richardson is stage
manager. The play is directed by
Donald J. Ewing, faculty adviser.
Band Represents College
at Veterans' Ceremony
The Lancer Band will represent
PCC at the Veterans’ Day Sacred
Torch Ceremony in Forest Lawn
Memorial Park Sunday, according
to Dan Hiestand, band director.
The band will play a brief con¬
cert at 1:30 p.m., followed by the
ceremony, which begins at 2
o’clock.
The Sacred Torch Ceremony is
held each year in commemoration
of the war dead of all nations. It
is one of two such ceremonies in
the United States, the other of
which is held in Arlington Nation¬
al Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. The
ceremony is held as a part of the
“People to People” program insti¬
tuted by former President Dwight
Eisenhower.
Television will cover the cere-
money which begins with the
lighting of torches from a flame
which came originally from Bel¬
gium. Among the dignitaries
present will be the Consul-Gen¬
erals of all nations represented,
high military officials, and lead¬
ers of veterans’ organizations.
Phoenix Tickets
Tickets for PCC’s bus trip to
Phoenix are available at the
College Bank. The price is $10
round trip. The bus will leave
the campus at 7 a.m.
Dr. Lawrence Clark Powell, a
widely-known librarian and writ¬
er, will discuss the topic “Man
Looks to His Own Creative Pow¬
ers” at the weekly Evening For¬
um next Tuesday at 8 p.m. in
Sexson Auditorium.
Ample seating is available after
8 p.m.
DR. POWELL will discuss the
types of literary material of the
Southwest US which provide a
fertile, untapped source of ideas
for creative expression. The
speaker has written several books
which deal with the Southwest.
Some of the books are “A South¬
western Country,” “Heart of the
Southwest,” “A Passion for
Books,” and, his latest work,
“Southwestern Book Trails.”
The writer was born in Wash¬
ington, D.C., attended public
school in South Pasadena, and
was graduated from Occidental
College. For graduate work Dr.
Powell went to France, where he
received his doctorate at the Uni¬
versity of Dijon in 1932.
HE RETURNED to California,
spending the next four years
working with rare books. In
1936, he entered the University
of California School of Librarian-
ship. After receiving his certifi¬
cate there, Dr. Powell joined the
staff of the Los Angeles Public
Library, and in 1938 became an
assistant in the Acquisitions De¬
partment of the UCLA library.
From 1944 to 1961 the writer
was the university librarian and,
since 1960, dean of the School of
Library Science.
— Courier photo by Dick Ammon
HOMECOMING QUEEN — Marian Johnson is crowned Homecom¬
ing Queen during halftime activities of Friday's Pasadena-Pierce
football game. Princesses are Penny Harwood, Mary Cutler,
Nannette Pistole, Janis Thompson, Carolyn Higgins, and Sandi
Cataloni. See story, page five.
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTISTS — Chuck Cornejo
(left) shows Kay Strong and Bill Hauser, presi¬
dent of Art Council, some of the work being ex¬
hibited for the annual Fall Art Show, through
Nov. 15 on the second floor of C Building. Some
35-40 realistic and non-objective paintings are
displayed for student and faculty perusal. See
story on page 5.
Herald-Ex Columnist Speaks
to Young Republicans Tues.
Columnist George Todt will dis¬
cuss “The Challenges to the Amer¬
ican Free Enterprise System”
Tuesday at noon in 200C.
The Young Republicans will
sponsor the speech by the Herald-
Examiner political columnist.
Todt’s column, entitled “George
Todt Speaks,” is published five
times a week — Sunday through
Thursday — in the Examiner. The
column has been quoted in the
United States Congressional Rec¬
ord more than 250 times during
the past seven years by some 50
US congressmen.
The columnist has received nu¬
merous awards for his work.
Most notable among the awards
are the “George Washington Hon¬
or Medal” from the Freedom
Foundation at Valley Forge, and
the “Special Freedom Leadership
Award” from the same group.
