Lancers to Hula at Islander
PCC Cottftiesv
Vol. 5, No. 9
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
November 7, 1956
Queen to Rule Over
Homecoming Dante
Beachcombers from near sands and far will play their
ukes and shake their hula skirts when they go to the Islander
Dance at the Sierra Madre Women’s Club on Saturday, Nov.
17. Sponsored by the Associated Men Students, this will be
the occasion at which the Home-
Debate Teams Win
at Practice Meet
— Courier Photo
IT’S OKAY TO POINT ... as long as you point out that Homecoming is coming soon and that
the Islander is dogging its footsteps. Collegians will don sarongs, snatch up their ukes and hula
over to the Sierra Madre Women’s Club on November 17 to honor the Homecoming Queen. Don’t
forget to save your pennies to vote for your favorite next week when the big glass jars will be
placed near their pictures in front of Sexson Auditorium.
Will Durant Discusses ®Darn It!
■Ten Greatest Thinkers f
2,000,000 homes. Published in
1926, it promises to hold a lasting
place in American literature. In
the pocket edition, it is reaching
a vast new audience.
The success of the “Story of
Philosophy” has led Will Du-
An authority on philosophy, a popular speaker, eminent
author, and historian, Dr. Will Durant will discuss the topic,
“The Ten Greatest Thinkers on the Problems of Mankind” at
the Pasadena City College Tuesday Evening Forum, November
13, at 8 p.m.
As a world traveler Dr. Du¬
rant has recently spent extend¬
ed periods of time doing re¬
search in many of the cultural
centers of Europe and Asia. He
draws from this vast back¬
ground of study and travel to
bring to his audience a dynam¬
ic presentation of information
which is geared to the prob¬
lems of today.
“The Story of Philosophy” by
Dr. Durant was the first of his
books to take scholarship into the
average home, in fact, into some
Sports Fans: Go to
Red-Gold Lunch
The Associated Men Students
of PCC Will host a Red and Gold
sports luncheon in Harbeson Hall,
Friday, Nov. 16, from 12 to 2 p.m.,
for all sports enthusiasts and Lan¬
cer fans.
Tickets, which may be purchas¬
ed for the nominal sum of $1.25,
will go on sale next week. A limit¬
ed number of tickets will be avail¬
able due to the space available in
Harbeson Hall. Swiss steak will
head the menu for the luncheon.
Served by Gwinn’s of Pasadena it
will provide a welcome change
from the usual box luncheon
which has been customary.
Several big names in the sports
field will be guests of the Lan¬
cers at this affair. Names of the
guests ' will be announced next
week.
There will be no assembly or
club period tomorrow. This is
due to the mid term examina¬
tions which are being adminis¬
tered this week to all PCC stu¬
dents. Assemblies and assem¬
bly schedules will be resumed
as usual next week. Next
Thursday’s will be a short pep
rally for the PCC-LACC home¬
coming fracas.
coming Queen and her five prin¬
cesses will be honored.
Located at 270 W. Sierra
Madre Blvd. in Sierra Madre,
the hall will be decorated in
Hawaiian style. The dress is
casual — how casual you care to
come is up to you. Anything
from pedal pushers to mother
hubbards is OK — and girl’s,
don’t forget that sarongs are in
order, too.
Entertainment for the evening
will be supplied by the Alumni
Association and all alumni are
invited. The music is by the Blue
Notes of Arcadia. The price of the
tickets is $1.50 a couple with ASB
books and $2.25 without.
This dance will follow the No¬
vember 16 homecoming game
at the Rose Bowl with Los An¬
geles City College. During half¬
time at the game the six candi¬
dates for queen will be intro¬
duced to the fans, and her
royal highness will be crowned
by Mayor Warren Dorn.
Voting to determine the winner
begins November 13 (next Tues¬
day). All the pennies of PCC
collegians will be used to vote
for their favorite when the large
voting jars are placed in front of
their pictures in front of Sexson
Auditorium. One penny counts as
a vote.
The six candidates for queen
are: Scotty Heath, chosen by the
College “Y”; Mariann Guyer, by
the Athletic 'Association; Kathy
Peterson, by the Lancer Band;
Maria Mancuso, by the Newman
Club; Mitzi Lee Albertson, by
the Theater Arts Club; and Cindy
Risdon, by the Ski Club.
Dr. Will Durant
rant to use his time exclusively
in the work of writing a com¬
prehensive story of civilization.
He has completed five volumes
with success, “Our Oriental Heri¬
tage,” a history of Asiatic civili¬
zation from the beginning to 1963;
“The Life of Greece,” “Caesar and
Cleopatra”; “The Age of Faith”;
and the latest published in the
fall of 1953, “The Renaissance.”
PTA Sends Greetings
to All College Students
TO THE STUDENTS OF PASADENA CITY COLLEGE:
The Patrons’ Parent-Teacher Association of PCC welcomes you,
and hopes that you will have a year here never to be forgotten.
The college PTA is a strong organization which differs from other
local units in the nature of its programs and activities, but funda¬
mentally its objectives and policies are the same as carried on by
the State Congress of PTA.
We have four student representatives on our Executive Board
who will present your reactions to our group and who will request
our help if you need it.
Our theme this year is “Our College Curriculum Strengthens
Your Community.” Our purpose is three-fold:
1. To provide a better understanding among students, parents
and teachers.
2. To be a means of interpreting the school curriculum and
activities to the parents and the community.
3 To assist deserving students to remain in school by our student
welfare program.
One way we help deserving students is through our Emergency
Financial Aid Fund, as stated in your Handbook.
To finance these funds we depend a great deal upon our PTA
membership dues, which are 50 cents per person. Please urge your
family and friends to join.
Our first meeting of the year will be held Thursday, Nov. 8, at
8 p.m. in Harbeson Hall. Ten PCC counselors will present a panel
discussion on educational opportunities, transfer, terminal, and make¬
up programs, and guidance testing programs. There will be a question
and answer period after the discussion.
You and your parents and friends are invited to attend.
The object of PTA is to be helpful. Do not fail to call on us.
Mrs. Joseph Engholm, President
Out of a total of 14 debates,
PCC’s forensics group came home
with nine wins from an invitation¬
al tournament attended at Los
Angeles City College last Friday
and Saturday. This meet was
sponsored by the Southern Cali¬
fornia Forensics Association and
25 schools attended.
Of the eight who participated,
the team of Marvin Jackson and
Bill Westerlind won three debates,
the team of Pat McBroom and
Decia Krost, two. Jack Yancey
and Bob Grant won two also, as
well as Kjell Nelson and Joel
Wallock. Dr. Paul Smith accom¬
panied the group.
All eight debated the pros and
cons of the question accepted by
the Association for the 1956-57
season. It is: Resolved: That the
United States should discontinue
direct economic aid to foreign
countries.
PCC Reps Attend
AMS Conference
Dean of Student Activities Rob¬
ert Haugh and five representa¬
tives of the AMS Board will go
tomorrow to Barnes Park to at¬
tend the regional conference of
Associated Men Students, spon¬
sored by East Los Angeles Juni¬
or College.
They will attend the general
meeting and workshops. These
workshops, set up for the dele¬
gates, will deal with finance, pres¬
idents, and projects. The con¬
ference will last from 8 to 3:30
and lunch will be served.
Delegates from Pasadena in¬
clude Bill Hepp, Lloyd Kazmaier,
Chuck Phifer, Chuck Scurlock,
and Larry Walker.
Editor to Speak at
Cleveland Meet
The director of the American
Collegiate Press Conference, Fred
Kildow, of the University of Min¬
nesota, has asked Courier exec¬
utive editor Priscilla Rockwell, to
serve as a discussion leader for
an editors’ forum when she flies
to the conference in Cleveland
this week. This is a national meet
which annually draws over 5000
college publications workers from
all over the United States, and
this year will be held in Cleve¬
land Statler Hotel on November
8-10.
It will feature five short
courses intended for publica¬
tions workers in colleges where
there is no journalism instruc¬
tion, but there will be numer¬
ous other sectional meetings
and panel discussions.
Priscilla will direct a panel dis¬
cussion whose members are edi¬
tors of non-dailies and will have
the opportunity to attend other
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