AMS Queen Balloting Starts Tomorrow
PCC CotVueSi
VOL. 3, NO. 10 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 16, 1955
Candidates Vie for
Homecoming Title
Associated Men Students of Pasadena City College today
begin a week of campaigning for their nominees for the AMS
Queen who will reign over the homecoming game against
Compton. Vying for the royal position are five PCC coeds,
Figure to Be Discussed
One of the most amazing geometrical figures in antiquity
will be explained at a meeting of the Math Council on Mon¬
day, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. in Harbeson Hall. Dr. Leon Bankoff,
an authority on the figure, will deliver a talk entitled “Curi¬
osities of the Shoemaker’s Knife,
announced T. E. Sydnor of the
Mathematics Department. All in¬
terested persons are invited to at¬
tend.
First described by Archimedes,
the Shoemaker’s Knife has in¬
trigued mathematicians for 22
centuries. The names of Descartes
and Newton appear in the roster
of mathematical luminaries who
have shown an interest in this
strange figure, technically known
by its Greek name, the Arbelos.
Dr. Bankoff has lectured on the
Shoemaker's Knife before the
Mathematical Association of
America, at the conference
sponsored by the National Coun¬
cil of Teachers of Mathematics,
and before high school teachers
attending the LACC “In-service
Training Projects.” In addition,
the Math Clubs of Occidental Col¬
lege, LACC and Pomona College
have heard Dr. Bankoff expound
on this beautiful gem of ancient
Greek geometry.
Surprisingly enough, Dr. Bank¬
off is not a professional mathe¬
matician. His formal math study
ended with calculus 30 years ago,
but his interest in math was re¬
newed upon encountering a prob¬
lem in a magician’s magazine sev¬
eral years ago. He is well known
for his contributions to the prob¬
lem sections of the American
Mathematical Monthly, School Sci¬
ence and Mathematics, and Pi Mu
Epsilon Journal, and the Mathe¬
matics Magazine.
A practicing dentist in Los An¬
geles, Dr. Bankoff received his
BS degree at City College of New
York in 1928 and his DDS from
SC in 1932.
Thanksgiving Plot
Set for Assembly
“Thanksgiving: World Scene”
will be the theme for the Thanks¬
giving assembly to be held tomor¬
row during the regular assembly
hour.
The religious clubs of PCC will
combine to offer a program of
musical and dramatic scenes of
harvest time festivals in our coun¬
try and in countries around the
world. PCC’s students from for¬
eign lands will express thanks¬
giving as it is done in their own
countries.
PCC’s A Cappella Choir, under
the direction of David Thor-
sen, will provide the music. All
students are invited to attend.
ASB books will not be required.
Editor Flies East
to Journalist Meet
nominated by campus men's or¬
ganizations.
The candidates include Yvonne
Flint, Circle K; Cyndi Gray, Vet¬
erans Club; Diane Oates, varsity
football team; Sanda Russell, en¬
gineering and technology stu¬
dents; and Barbara Woolley, Lan¬
cer Band.
One candidate will be crowned
queen by Dr. William Langsdorf,
PCC president, during homecom¬
ing festivities, and the other four
will serve as princesses.
It was announced by Ken Fa-
ger, AMS president, that the con¬
test will continue until Novem¬
ber 23 when AMS members will
have elected the candidate of their
choice during the penny voting.
Voting booths will be set up in
the main hall of C Building, and
proceeds from the election will be
used to finance an AMS project.
Returning Speaker Takes
Ticket to Tacoma Tourney
Our leading public speaker, Ken
Fager, will leave this weekend
for Tacoma, Wash., to represent
PCC at the Western States Speech
Tournament.
One of the highlights of last
year for PCC was the number of
awards won by the members of
our speech teams. Under the di¬
rection of Dr. Paul Smith our
team won many of the top awards
in both western and national tour¬
naments. This semester the only
returning public speaker is Ken
Fager, which leaves Dr. Smith
with only one well trained speak¬
er.
For this reason Ken Fager will
be a lone representative of our
school at the Western States tour¬
ney. He will enter men’s impromp¬
tu, men’s extemporaneous, and
men’s oratory, all of which are
fields in which Ken has won many
awards.
Council Plans for
Charter Change
Plans for the coming English
Council sucker sale, and discus¬
sion on amending the constitution,
headed the November 8 meeting
of the English Council.
The English Department took
first place in the ticket* sales of
the last interdepartmental movie
by selling 137 tickets. “The Sea
Around Us,” the coming inter¬
departmental movie is the next
subject for ticket sales competi¬
tion between departments.
PCC Extends Welcome
to Accreditation Team
A six-man team of top men in the field of education will end
their visit to Pasadena City College this afternoon.
Dr. John Aseltine, chairman, assistant superintendent in charge of
post high school education, San Diego City Schools; Dr. William
Noble, president of Riverside College; Dr. Roy Petrie, chairman of
Education Department, Occidental College; Dr. William McCreary,
consultant in counseling and guidance, State Department of Educa¬
tion; Dr. Roy Tozier, professor, Los Angeles State College; and
Raymond Casey, director of Los Angeles Harbor Junior College,
comprise the Accreditation Team which has been studying PCC since
last Monday evening.
Fourteen areas of study will have been evaluated for the purpose
of accreditation by the time the team leaves today. The six-man
team will be separated into two-man teams, with one as chairman
and the other as a consultant, who will be primarily responsible for
the study of the following areas: aims and purposes, curriculum de¬
velopment, general education, student activities, student personnel,
library and other aids, meeting special needs, vocational education,
adult education, adequacy of instructional staff, financial resources,
adequacy of facilities, and effectiveness of administration.
Following this visit a report will be made to the Commission
for Accrediting Junior Colleges of the Western College Association.
This commission of six members will review the accreditation report
and recommend whether Pasadena City College should continue to be
accredited, and for what number of years, up to five, before another
visitation.
PCC’s representative to the As¬
sociated Collegiate Press Nation¬
al Conference sponsored by the
University of Minnesota, will be
the executive editor of the Cour¬
ier, John Christie. The ACP is
the same organization that award¬
ed an “All-American” rating to
the Courier for last spring's edi¬
tions under George Morlan.
The conference is being held
in the motor city, Detroit, on No¬
vember 17-19. As a schedule, the
convention will begin with a tour
of the Ford Motor Co. early
Thursday. The day will end with
a dinner and speech, the latter
to be given by one of our lead¬
ing journalists. Friday will be
devoted to conferences and work
sections that will be carried over
into Saturday. Saturday will ter¬
minate the conference with an¬
other banquet and a dance.
These three days of activities
will be hosted by the big three
of the motor world: Thursday by
Ford, .Friday by Chrysler, and
Saturday by General Motors.
The Hotel Statler will be the
meeting place for the journalists
who will come from all parts of
the country, from both two and
four year colleges. This will be
the first time our ASB has sent
a representative to these confer¬
ences, an act, incidentally, that
was approved unanimously.
In one of the conference ses¬
sions Christie will be a member
of a four member panel whose
topic of discussion will be “This
is how we are going to do it this
year.”
Leonard Metz, managing editor,
will edit the Thanksgiving edition
of the Courier in the absence of
the executive editor.
WHAT A WAY TO START A CAMPAIGN . . . The candidates for AMS Queen are looking for
your vote, men, and the campus clubs and organizations that are sponsoring them are on the move to
get out the vote for their candidates. From left to right above are Cyndi Gray, Veterans Club; Bar¬
bara Woolley, Lancer Band; Diane Oates, varsity football team; Yvonne Flint, Circle K; and Sandra
Russell, engineering and technology students.
Antiquated Geometrical
The Sea Around Us 1
Screens Here Tomorrow
The office of student activities
requests that a group of our stu¬
dents plan to meet the football
team from Boise when they ar¬
rive at International Airport at
5 p.m. tomorrow.
All pep participants are re¬
quired to attend, and it is hoped
that a good representation of the
student body will be on hand to
greet our opposing team and es¬
cort them to Gwinn’s Restaurant
where they will be hosted at a
banquet by the Lancer Club at
6:45 that evening.
Lancers to Greet
Team at Airport
Tomorrow the second interdepartmental movie of the
year, “The Sea Around Us,” will be shown. The usual two
performances will be given in Sexson Auditorium, one at 3:15
and the other at 7:30. Based on Rachel Carson’s best-seller,
the film has drawn high praise
wherever it has been shown and
as the best technicolor documen¬
tary of 1953 it took an Academy
Award. Produced with all of the
skill Hollywood possesses, the
film admirably expresses the spir¬
it of the book.
Miss Carson is a person of high¬
est qualifications being both a
fine marine biologist as well as
editor in chief of the United
States Fish and Wild Life Service
publications. Her best-selling book
has brought to the public a new
awareness of the part the sea
plays in the life of every person.
Admission to the film is only
40 cents for either performance,
with all of the profits realized
from the showing of the picture
being divided among the depart¬
ments to be used for awards and
scholarships for deserving stu¬
dents.
