PCC Courier, November 08, 1961

Board paves way for campus politics PCC CoiVueb Vol. 15, No. 9 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California November 8, 1961 Group to discuss communist action throughout world The fourth in a series of six faculty-student seminars on “The Communist Threat — What it is and What it Threatens,” will be held tomorrow from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in 200C. The topic to be discussed will be “Communism in Action — Part II,” which deals with with the growth of the communist threat since 1945 throughout the entire world. Dr. Stephen Reichert of the so¬ cial science department will be chairman, and panel members will include instructors John Sny¬ der, Ruth Macfarlane, William Goldman, and Leslie Koltai. Koltai, now an instructor of Russian at PCC, fled Hungary during the 1956 revolution. This informal session is open to the public and allows opinions to be freely expressed between audi¬ ence and panel, according to Ar¬ men Sarafian, chairman of the series. It is recommended that persons planning to attend and partici¬ pate should read “From Lenin to Khrushchev — The History of World Communism” by Hugh Seton-Watson, from page 270 to the end of the book. The book is available at the college book¬ store. Mayor Lewis speaks to local business club Mayor Lewis Edwards will be guest speaker at the regular meet¬ ing of the PCC business club to¬ morrow at 12 noon. Also speaking on the program will be Pasadena city manager Don McMillan. Roland Sink, business club ad¬ viser, stated that all students are invited to attend the meeting, and stressed that the topics of discus¬ sion should be of pertinence to college students. I ^ ЯШ Authorized youth dubs may organize at PCC Student political clubs affiliated with the youth division of political parties on the California state ballot will be allowed to organize for the first time on campus, the Pasadena Board of Education decided in a four to one decision last week. The decision was made final by _ — Courier photo by Pete Sallstrom IN THE MOOD — Meg Chen, AWS president, practices a few new steps before the AMS-AWS dance Friday night. Her partner, Joe Sanfilippo, seems to be in the mood for the "Oriental Nocturne" theme, which will be carried out at the Elks club in Pasadena from 8 p.m. to midnight. 'Oriental Nocturne’ set as dance theme PCC students will dance amidst oriental decorations and to the music of one of the top Holly¬ wood bands this Friday night, ac¬ cording to AWS president Meg Chen. N “Oriental Nocturne,” the first dance sponsored by AMS-AWS will be held in the Pasadena Elks Lancer Band to participate in Sacred Torch ceremony Observances of Veterans Day will be solemnized Novem¬ ber 11, from 9:55 to 11 a.m., at Forest Lawn’s “Sacred Torch Ceremony,” accompanied musically by PCC’s official Tourna¬ ment of Roses band. This ceremony is in its second year in the United States. Scholars’ group honors freshmen Alpha Gamma Sigma, PCC's chapter of the California junior college scholarship society, will hold a reception next Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Harbeson Hall for the freshmen who were granted hon¬ ors at entrance. Dr. Zell O. Rust of the foreign language department, and adviser to AGS stated that this was an honor given to those entering freshmen in recognition of their outstanding achievement in high school. They must have maintained a high В or an A average for their four high school years and most were members of the California Scholarship Federation. Phoenix broadcast KPCS (89.3 FM) will broadcast the Lancer-Phoenix football game live from Phoenix Sat¬ urday night at 7, Pasadena time. Sportscasters Frank Dane, Bill Gruber, Bill Hughes, and Roger Zanarini will call the plays and hold halftime inter¬ views. The tradition of honoring sol¬ diers and veterans was originated in Belgium following World War I. THE LANCER Band, under the direction of Daniel Hiestand, per¬ formed at the Forest Lawn cere¬ mony last Veterans Day and has been invited back again this year to present another musical pro¬ gram of marches and patriotic selections. They will conclude with a pro¬ cession through the grounds and playing of “Taps.” As the com¬ memoration terminates the sacred torch will be placed on a symbolic tomb dedicated to the Unknown Soldier. The sacred torch burns contin¬ ually, and the flame has been transported to our country in or¬ der that Americans may also take part in this commemoration. OTHER countries who recog¬ nize and observe this traditional eleventh month, eleventh day, eleventh hour ceremony include Belgium, England, France, Italy, Israel, and Mexico. The Veterans Day memorializa- tion is open to the public and some on-ground transportation will be provided for persons who are disabled. Club ballroom from 8 p.m. to mid¬ night. “THE BAND for this dance is really first class,” said AMS prexy Fritz Hoelscher. “The group has made the musical sound tracks for such movies as ‘Ben Hur’ and ‘The Ten Com¬ mandments’.” Admission to the affair is free to ASB book holders, who should turn their book stubs in at the College Bank for admission tick¬ ets. Other students may purchase tickets for $2 per couple. THE DANCE, semi-formal, calls for dressy attire for the women and dark suits for men, Hoel¬ scher said. “Special care has been given to the decorations,” Miss Chen stated, “in order to make them as authentic as possible. An autumn color scheme will be blended with oriental decor.” Door prizes and between-dance entertainment have been planned, she added. Among those entertain¬ ing will be PCC students Donna Washburn and Babs Farese. adopting a set of 11 regulations governing the organizations. At the previous meeting, the board had approved the state law allow¬ ing political clubs to meet on campus and distribute publicity. AT TUESDAY’S meeting the following 11 regulations were adopted. 1. Regular club meetings are open to all regularly enrolled stu¬ dents and to college personnel. 2. Two faculty members shall act as advisers. 3. The formation of political clubs shall be handled through the regular procedures establish¬ ed for the creation of all student clubs. 4. The duties and responsibili¬ ties of the faculty advisers shall be the same as those for other student organizations and clubs (refer to page 12 of the Faculty Handbook, 1961-62). 5. There shall be no collection on campus of funds for off-cam¬ pus political campaigns for the benefit of specific candidates or issues. 6. NOMINAL dues may be col¬ lected if required for the purpose of affiliation with the official youth division of a political party. 7. Any monies collected shall be deposited and disbursed through the College Bank in the regular manner. 8. There shall be no campaign literature distributed on campus for the benefit of specific candi¬ dates or issues. 9. Bulletins, circulars, and other publicity materials shall be sub¬ ject to the controls regulating all such campus distributions. Polit¬ ical clubs may publicize meetings off campus if they are involved as sponsors or co-sponsors. 10. All guest speakers and audio-visual materials must be cleared through the regular chan¬ nels. 11. Changes in the above regu¬ lations may be made with the ap¬ proval of the board of education. INTERPRETING rules number ber five and eight, dean of stu¬ dent activities S. Luke Curtis in¬ dicated that clubs could promote general ideas such as “Vote” or “Go Republican”; but they could not collect funds or use publicity for one particular man or any one specific issue such as “Proposi¬ tion 18” or “Bond Issue A.” Appearing quite concerned about the so-called threat of com¬ munist infiltration, board member Mrs. LuVerne LaMotte repeated¬ ly hinted at specific regulations to block the Communist Party from meeting on campus. Mrs. LaMotte seemed to feel that there was a chance that the Communist Party could manage to get on the California ballot. The one dissenting vote was that of board member Steve Sa- lisian, who had previously voted against accepting the new state law. “Why can’t we have religious clubs using our facilities when we can have political clubs? It’s wrong. I’m going to vote against it,” Salisian said. Youth plan confab to air problems “California Youth Are Ready for Community Service” is the slo¬ gan for the 1961 Governor’s Con¬ ference on Youth for Community Service, to be held at Long Beach November 13 and 14. Administrative dean Armen Sa¬ rafian, dean of student activities S. Luke Curtis, and three Pasa¬ dena City College students will attend the conference as delegates from Pasadena. Some 200 youth representatives from all parts of California will be present at the confab, which is designed to promote youth service projects throughout the state. Successful youth projects are to be brought into focus, and com¬ munity teams will be trained to initiate and execute these proj¬ ects. Pasadena City College stu¬ dents scheduled to attend the two- day governor’s conference are Donn Proven, representative from Los Angeles County; Thurman Jones, president of the confedera¬ tion of youth clubs ; and Margaret Ronning, active in the community vacation volunteer program. “Conferences of this kind are held every four years,” explained Sarafian, who is in charge of the coordination of the Pasadena dele¬ gation, and is chairman of partici¬ pation from the schools of Los Angeles County. Lack of quorum restricts council in debate hour, cigarette action Because a quorum was not attained at the Rep¬ resentative Council meeting held October 31 those members present were unable to take action on vital issues pending legislation. Chairman Joe Sanfilippo was forced on several occasions to table measures until the body should meet again. The main topic of discussion was the proposed debate hour. Introduced by the College 100 last year, the purpose of the debate hour would be to encourage participation and discourage antipathy by offering a chance for constructive criticism. It might also set a more collegiate air by intelligent debates, the group agreed. A STRAW vote revealed that Lancer students would support the debate hour. Advantages of the innovation are that the discussion group would al¬ low numbers of individuals to participate, and that discussion would pertain directly to school activi¬ ties, it was stressed. However, it was pointed out that a great deal of effort would be necessary for proper preparation or the hour could become a free-for-all. A COMMITTEE was also formed to deal with the matter of securing cigarette machines on cam¬ pus. Dr. Catherine Robbins has said on the subject of cigarette machines, “there are better things to fight for.” At a recent student government conference at PCC it was learned that approximately 80 per cent of junior colleges in Southern California either have cigarette machines or sell cigarettes over the counter. A GENERAL campus improvement committee was formed to deal with such problems as new benches and clean-up. The constitution committee voiced the opinion that immediate action was necessary in the form of an amendment to correct the constitution so that only a majority of representatives would be needed to conduct an official meeting.