PCC Courier, November 16, 1960

PCC CouSU&v Vol. 13, No. 9 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California November 16, 1960 HE’LL NEVER MAKE IT Series of science seminars opens today with talk, film As a response to the growing interest in the United States today on broadening and strength¬ ening our scientific programs, PCC’s Life and Phys¬ ical Science Departments have scheduled a series of six extracurricular seminars. The first, a lecture and discussion period by Norman Wakeman, will be held this afternoon at 4 in room 104D. Mr. Wakeman, an experienced biologist and lecturer from PCC’s own Life Science Department, will speak on “The World Between the Tides.” LYNN AUSTEN, faculty representative from the Physical Science Department, extended an in¬ vitation to any interested member of the faculty or student body. Admission will be free for the hour-long seminar. Supplementing Mr. Wakeman’s lecture for the first of the scientific programs will be portions of a film he recently completed on oceanography. Also entitled “The World Between the Tides,” Mr. Wake¬ man has shown his film in various places through¬ out the United States. OF PARTICULAR interest where college stu¬ dents have viewed the film is the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Hopkins Marine Laboratory, and the University of Washington, in the oceanography department. The color production also premiered on television during a recent scientific program. Wakeman has compiled his science information and research results into a soon-to-be-published book on oceanography which will be available to the public before long. “The purpose of these scheduled seminars, which we believe are of very high caliber,” ex¬ plained Mr. Austen, “is to widen and supplement the scientific education which PCC students are now receiving.” “THESE LECTURES,” he added, “will be on a fairly high scientific level, and we hope to attract those persons who are seriously interested in the physical and life sciences, and who will benefit from these related meetings.” Dr. Rodney Gale will be the featured speaker for the next program in December on the topic of “The Origin of the Vertebrae.” He will be followed by Dr. Bruce Conklin discussing “Sensation and Perception” in February. Later in the school year, guests will be Robert Bowles speaking on “Principles and Applications of Ion Exchange Experiments,” and Robert Johnson lecturing on “Acid and Base Theory.” Scholastic tea will recognize new members Alpha Gamma Sigma, Califor¬ nia state scholarship society, will hold a reception in Harbeson Hall next Tuesday afternoon. Silver pins will be awarded to students who have been accepted as mem¬ bers of the society. Among the 67 invited guests will be high school students en¬ tering Pasadena City College this fall, whose previous scholastic achievements make them eligible for membership. ALPHA GAMMA Sigma is pri¬ marily an organization to pro¬ mote scholarship among PCC students. Membership requires completion in the previous semes¬ ter of at least 44 grade points in 12 units of work, exclusive of physical education. The student must not have any grade below C and is required to present a satisfactory citizenship record. Florence Brubaker, dean of stu¬ dent personnel, will give informa¬ tion about the different scholar¬ ships available to Pasadena City College students at present. ANOTHER purpose of the re¬ ception is to give members of the organization an opportunity to become acquainted with each other and with members of the staff and the advisory committee. Officers of the chapter are John Spence, president; Ronald Carv¬ er, vice-president; Jeanne Kapin, secretary; and Todd Hauser, treasurer. „Yesterday was the last day ap¬ plications for this semester could be filed. Anyone interested in ap¬ plying for the next semester may receive information in 121C. •Hoop playday Two women’s basketball teams from PCC will attend the South¬ ern California junior college basketball playday next Friday where they will meet in com¬ petition with other women’s teams in this area. So far this year, PCC’s WAA team has won four out of their five basketball meets, losing only to Mt. SAC. Friday sports lunch ends football year — Courier photo by С. C. Adams Try as he may well-known TV performer Lee Giroux will not be able to fool the judges for the Rose Queen contest. This shot was taken at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel during the latest elim¬ ination. Friday, Nov. 18, is the date set for the annual Red and Gold Football Luncheon sponsored by the Associated Men Stu¬ dents Board. The luncheon will be held in Harbeson Hall from noon to 1 p.m. and only male students will be admitted. Stu¬ dents will be excused from 12 o’clock classes to attend. The luncheon, which highlights the close of each football season, will honor the members of this year’s Lancer squad. IMMEDIATELY following the luncheon, an outstanding pro¬ gram will be presented featur¬ ing Lewis B. Sanborn. Mr. San¬ born will show a breathtaking movie on the new sport of sky diving (parachuting). In addition to all this, the luncheon will include the crown¬ ing, by the mayor of Pasadena, of the 1960 Red and Gold queen. At present, eight lovely coeds are vy¬ ing for this honor with the win¬ ner to be chosen through a penny- а election. Nutrition authority brings health talk to forum audience Dr. Leroy E. Burney, surgeon general of the United States, will discuss the topic, “Nutrition and the Nation’s Health,” at next week’s Tuesday Evening Forum in Sexson Auditorium. The medical authority will em¬ phasize the relation of nutrition to good health by analyzing vari- Ob! That’s something grownups need! PC C religious clubs unite for ' Brotherhood ’ program THE CANDIDATES and the campus organizations backing them are Barbara Cinke, Art; Judy Davenport, Newman Club; Pam Eastwood, Pep Commission; Joy Ilia, Engineering and Tech nology; Elizabeth Meier, Life Sci¬ ence;- Sue Phinney, Music; Lise Stephensen, Business; and Wen¬ dy Triay, Women’s Athletic Asso¬ ciation. Assisting at the luncheon will be members of the AWS Cabinet. Tickets for the affair may be purchased for $1.50 either at the College Bank or from an AMS Board member. Top ASB officers await ’Frisco trip Jack Castagna, Charlotte Fedde, Tim Bennett, Patty Fogel, and Bud Green will represent Pasa¬ dena City College at the 30th Cal¬ ifornia Junior College Student Government Association Confer¬ ence this weekend. Dean Luke Curtis, Miss Har¬ riet Van Osdel and Earl Holder, acting in an advisory capacity, will accompany the students. Serving in Pasadena City Col¬ lege’s permanent office of con¬ ference treasurer will be Jack Hagen. The meeting of the bi-annual conference will be held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The five top officers of each ju¬ nior college in the state meet to discuss problems relating to stu¬ dent government. Dr. Leroy Burney ... to address forum ous factors which affect the nutri¬ tional value of food. He will also discuss the effects of chemical sprays on fruits and vegetables, the nutritional effects of hormone injections in animals. As head of the United States Public Health Service, Dr. Burney administers an annual budget of nearly one billion dollars and a personnel of about 25,000 individ¬ uals. He has served as surgeon general since 1956 and has earned a distinguished place among the medical and public health author¬ ities in the country. For nine years Dr. Burney was the state health commissioner for Indiana, and then in 1943 he was recalled to Washington to be as¬ sistant chief of the Division of States Relations. In addition to his contributions to public health in this country the nutrition expert was chief del¬ egate of the United States to the World Health Assembly in Gen¬ eva in 1957, In observance of Brotherhood Week, November 14-17, the Re¬ ligious Activities Commission is presenting a two-day program pointing up the value of brother¬ hood in the life of the student. Today from 2-4, the program will get under way with an open house in Harbeson Hall: The pur¬ pose of this program is to ac¬ quaint the student body with the various religious clubs on cam¬ pus. Beginning the program in the open house is the presentation of a movie entitled “Facts on Faith.” Next the presidents of the. vari¬ ous clubs will be introduced to the assembled students. After the introduction, each of the presidents will present a brief talk on his club. The clubs that will be represented include the Newman Club, Lambda Delta Sigma, the Inter-varsity Christian Fellowship, Christian Science, and the College Christian Associa¬ tion. Tomorrow, the commission is presenting another program in Harbeson Hall, during the club period. This program will con¬ sist of a group of Occidental Col¬ lege students of various faiths, who will present a discussion of religion as its affects the college. At the head of the Religious Activities Commission is Commis¬ sioner Carol Pearcy. Assisting her in the preparation are Ron Snow and Richard Giles. Their adviser is Miss Dorothea Emer¬ son. •‘Hamlet’ showing Sir Lawrence Olivier’s film ver¬ sion of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” will be shown Friday in Sexson Auditorium from 8-11 a.m., for any interested students. There will be no admission charged. The same film will also be pre¬ sented for extended day Eng¬ lish literature classes tomorrow evening in 200C.