College president takes action on fraternity hazing
PCC CouHieb
Vol. 13, No. 8 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California November 9, 1960
Eight coeds clash for Red-Gold crown
Barbara Cinke
. . . Art
Elizabeth Meier
. . . Life Science
Lise Stephensen
. . . Business
ceremony will be the first of its
kind in the United States.
Two similar services wiH be
held, one at the Tomb of the Un¬
known Soldier in Brussels and
the other at the Arlington Ceme¬
tery in Washington D.C.
Ceremonies such as these
have been taking place in Europe
for the past 26 years, according
to Lewis K. Gough, co-chairman
of the People to People program.
Belgium, where the 1 now world¬
wide event originated, is sending
two torches to America this year.
The Lancer Band, under the di¬
rection of Robert Fleury, will
lead the parade of six veteran or¬
ganizations to the Court of Free¬
dom in Forest Lawn, where the
veterans will receive the torch
from visiting Belgian veterans.
Jointly sponsoring the dedi¬
cation are the American Legion,
American Veterans of WW II,
Disabled American Veterans,
Judy Davenport
. . . Newman Club
Sue Phinney
. . . Music
Wendy Triay
. . . WAA
Catholic War Veterans, Jewish
War Veterans, and Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Pam Eastwood
. . . Pep Commission
telegram from State Attorney
General Stanley Mosk. Here is
what it says:
“Before considering appropri¬
ate action involving your college
for violation of Section 10851-2-2
of the Education Code, I would
like to have your prompt and
thorough report of the following
n
The first question was what has
PCC done in the past to' prevent
hazing by students organizations.
Dr. Robbins in the past has seen
to it that notices were published
in the Crier, Courier, and classes
informing students of the law.
Next Mr. Mosk inquires as to
the action the administration has
taken against the responsible
students. The administration has
begun to ferret out those respon¬
sible. They will be assisted in this
effort by the Los Angeles County
Sheriff’s Department.
It is Dr. Robbins’ belief that
in one similar case the college
in question suspended those re¬
sponsible for the action. The is¬
sue was then dropped in that
case without criminal prosecu¬
tion taking place.
The administration has decided
to take no dismissal action against
the victimized pledges. However,
Dr. Robbins has the names of
several active members of the Re¬
gents, the fraternity in question,
who were responsible. These stu¬
dents will be dismissed.
There has been some specula¬
tion to the effect that the college
has no power over The Regents
since they are not sanctioned by
the school. In the code, however,
there is a law which states that
the school has the right to dismiss
• Continued on Page Three
J00T of R hopefuls
remain in contest
as judging stiffens
During the next few weeks,
Pasadena’s Tournament of Roses
Association will continue to re¬
duce the number of Rose Queen
candidates in preparation for
choosing her majesty on Novem¬
ber 29.
All selections will take place
at the new Tournament House,
Wrigley Gardens, 39 S. Orange
Grove Blvd.
On November 4 a judging ses¬
sion was held which brought the
number of contestants down to
100. Next Friday at 1:30 p.m. the
field will be further narrowed to
50 girls.
The select group will be re¬
duced to 25 next Tuesday as the
judging becomes more intense.
From these final 25 six princesses
and a royal queen will be chosen
to reign over the annual Tourna¬
ment of Roses.
Departments back
beauty candidates,
push 'penny' drive
Eight candidates for the annual
Red and Gold Day Queen title are
currently in a beauty battle for
the penny votes of PCC students.
Each of the eight royal con¬
testants represents a department
or club which is active on cam¬
pus. Traditionally each depart¬
ment backs its candidate with
publicity and collections for the
penny financial support.
The final candidates are . Bar¬
bara Cinke, representing the Art
Department; Judy Davenport,
from the Newman Club; Pam
Eastwood, backed by the Pep
Commission; and Joy Ilia, repre¬
senting the English and Technol¬
ogy Department.
Official candidate from the Life
Science Department is Elizabeth
Meier, while Sue Phinney is rep¬
resenting the music section. Lise
Stephensen and Wendy Triay are
being backed by the Business De¬
partment and Women’s Athletic
Association, respectively.
• During the week of November
14-18 all PCC students may cast
their monetary vote for the can¬
didate of their choice. Deadline
for placing votes has been set as
10 a.m. November 18, at which
time the results will be counted.
The candidate receiving the
largest number of pennies will
be declared the Red and Gold
Queen, with the other seven par¬
ticipants acting as royal princess¬
es of the special Lancer activities.
The winner will not be made
public, however, until the Red and
Gold luncheon following the tal¬
lying of the votes.
A required meeting of all the
candidates was held last week in
17C to introduce the coeds to the
schedule of the events, and the
rules which will govern the judg¬
ing. All possible candidates’
names were required to be enter¬
ed by November 1 with the AMS
Board, which is sponsoring the
event.
Ron Davis, AMS representative
for the queen contest, has urged
each department which is back¬
ing a candidate to really work to
get its choice elected. He stressed
the importance of complete and
unified support to make the con¬
test an exciting and successful
one.
Dance, sports, fun
planned by WAA
Twisted crepe paper and smiling dancers will be the order of the
day tomorrow night on the PCC campus.
The occasion is the second Sports Night of the semester. The
activities will be held in the Women’s Gymnasium.
Sports Night is being co-sponsored by the Women’s Athletic
Association, the Associated Women Students, and the Spartans. Fes¬
tivities will run from 7 to 10 p.m.
The dress will be casual, as defined in the Student Handbook. Ac¬
tivities will include a dance in 120W and recreational games of many
types.
In the past, Sports Nights have been among the most well-organ¬
ized and well-patronized of campus activities. Since this is the last
one of the semester, a special effort has been put forth to make it
one of the best.
The reason for the Thursday date is that, since Friday is Veterans
Day, the college will be closed.
WATCH Here Is still another shot of the lovelies who are
THE attempting to attain the title of Rose Queen. At
BIRDIE the judging shown the number of candidates was
reduced from 100 to 50.
Musicians will lead parade
for Veteran’s Day tribute
Pasadena City College’s 80-piece Tournament of Roses
Band has accepted an invitation to participate in the “Sacred
Torch” ceremony to be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Forest Lawn
Memorial Cemetery. As a part of President Eisenhower’s
People to People campaign, this -
Joy Ilia
. . . Engineering and Tech
Weekend initiation ends
in State investigation
Much has been written in the metropolitan papers recent¬
ly about the incident involving the hazing of certain PCC
students. This is the way the situation stands as of now. Dr.
Catherine J. Robbins, the president of PCC, received an urgent
