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Meet in Harbeson
Vol. 25, No. 10
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
November 16, 1966
Koertge Divulges Function
of Fiction ut Eng. Colloquium
By Bill Seavey
A rather unorthodox approach
to fiction will be taken by Ron¬
ald Koertge, instructor of English,
Friday at noon, in an English
colloquium session in Harbeson
Hall.
“I oppose those who believe that
fiction should have an artistic,
social, or moral function,” says
Koertge. The words “artistic,”
“social,” and “moral” are ambigu¬
ous, he says. They are defined
by “a certain group of people
(professors, critics, and other big¬
wigs) who pass around arcane
terms under controlled condi¬
tions.”
Escape, then, is the only func¬
tion of fiction. “Reality,” it seems
to Koertge, “is hard to get along
with. You read a book not to im¬
prove yourself, not to advance
your thinking, nor to make your¬
self more sensitive and alive. If
you want to learn something,
then you aren’t reading fiction the
way most people do. You’re read¬
ing textbooks, historical fiction,
or historical biography.”
Student Leaders
Attend Area 4 Meet
By Stan Conger
Sixteen members of Pasadena’s
student government recently at¬
tended a meeting of the California
Junior College Student Govern¬
ment Association (CJCSGA),
Area 4.
The meeting itself consists of a
number of workshops, which ana¬
lyze aspects of student govern¬
ment. These workshops make rec¬
ommendations and resolutions on
student government, which are
then presented before the gen¬
eral assembly. Resolutions are
voted on, while recommendations
are merely stated.
The five resolutions passed this
semester included these:
1. That student-faculty commit¬
tees be formed to discuss mutual
problems.
2. That the registration ex¬
penses of the state workshop
chairmen be paid by the CJCSGA
beginning with the spring 1967
meeting.
3. That the CJCSGA reaffirm
support of the option of local
governing bodies to legislate man¬
datory payment of student body
fees.
4. That no workshop chairman
Surveyors
Make Maps
Pasadena City College survey¬
ing students, under the direction
of instructor Richard Hauck, are
now in their third year of assist¬
ing the U.S. Forest Service in pre¬
paring the base topographic maps
of the Horse Flats and Chilao
areas of the Angeles National
Forest.
The surveying students have
done similar work on Mt. Wilson,
including such areas as Bluff
Lake, according to Hauck.
erm Paper Seminar
Dr. Roberta Markman will rep¬
resent the Tutorial Center in of¬
fering a seminar on “How to
Write a Term Paper” from 3 to
5 p.m. tomorrow in 102R. Pre¬
register in 115R.
may call a meeting before the
end of registration.
5. That student governments
of Area 4 colleges form student-
faculty advisory committees with¬
in the student governments.
Vidal Discusses
Modern Novel
“The Novel in the Age of Sci¬
ence” is the subject to be dis¬
cussed by Gore Vidal at the Tues¬
day Evening Forum, next Tues¬
day.
Novelist, playwright, critic, and
political sharpshooter, Gore Vidal
has had a unique career. Follow¬
ing school in Washington, D.C.,
he graduated from Phillips Exe¬
ter Academy.
Three years later, at the age of
19, he published his first novel,
“Willawa,” still recognized as not
only the first, but one of the finest
World War II novels.
Between 1948 and 1954, he pub¬
lished eight novels, among them
the international bestseller “The
City and the Pillar,” “The Judg¬
ment of Paris,” and “Messiah.”
He has also published a collection
of short stories, “A Thirsty Evil.”
After spending 10 years writing
for television, stage, and screen,
he returned to his first love, fic¬
tion, with the novel “Julian," in
1954.
Vidal’s newest book, which will
be published early next year, is
titled "Washington, D.C.”
John Aldridge wrote in his
study of American writing in
1950, “After ‘The Lost Genera¬
tion,’ Gore Vidal, at 25, occupies
an enviable position in American
letters. Not only is he the young¬
est of the group of new writers
whose books began attracting at¬
tention right after the war, but
he has already produced as large
and varied a body of work as
many of his contemporaries may
be expected to produce comfort¬
ably in a lifetime.”
He entered politics actively in
1960, running for Congress from
New York’s 29th Congressional
District.
Vidal’s essays continue to ap¬
pear in the New York Review of
Books, Book Week, and the New
York Times. Ilis latest film adap¬
tations include “Is Paris Burn¬
ing?” and “The Night of the Gen¬
erals.”
Is escape, then, the only value,
as well as function, of fiction?
“Probably not,” says Koertge.
“The thing is, people shouldn’t
read a book for the wrong rea¬
sons. I had a lot of teachers who
told me there was an uplifting
moral purpose to fiction. I never
found any. People go to a book
and they don’t understand it.
Then they say, ’Gee, it must be
good.’ And they think, because
they can’t understand it, that
something must be wrong with
them. That probably isn’t the
case. Probably something is
wrong with the book.”
A good book, then, has only
as much value and goodness as
the reader places upon it. “A good
book is good for you, and that is
the only criterion you have to
have,” says Koertge.
Can, then, a “dirty” book be a
good book? “I guess it is for
someone who wants to read it.
But the only trouble with dirty
books is that . . .”
Rather than speculate on why
Koertge does not advocate “dirty”
books, attend the English collo¬
quium Friday. Everyone is in¬
vited.
The colloquium series is direct¬
ed by Norma Sullivan, chairman.
Two more colloquiums are plan¬
ned for this semester.
Betty Kovacs will discuss
“Camus’ The Plague” in Harbe¬
son Hall, December 19, and
Woodrow Ohlsen, Hugh Peterson,
and Mrs. Sullivan will talk about
“D. H. Lawrence: Preacher, Psy¬
chologist, and Artist,” in a panel
discussion of “Sons and Lovers.”
The seven newly elected mem¬
bers of the board of trustees for
the Pasadena Junior College Dis¬
trict met the PCC faculty for the
first time last Thursday.
The winners of Tuesday’s elec¬
tions were the honored guests of
the Faculty Association at the
group’s monthly meeting in Har¬
beson Hall.
Attending the meeting were Ce¬
cil Osoff (Area 1), J. Ray Risser
(Area 2), Walter T. Shatford II
(Area 3), Dr. Robert Freeman
(Area 4), Charles F. Eckels (Area
5), Carl Ludlow (Area 6), and Dr.
Robert Boyd (Area 7).
Of a possible 187,065 eligible
voters, 104,486 cast their votes
for the trustees. They were elect¬
ed out of 32 candidates in the
area contests.
Dr. Boyd, an Arcadia school
board member who ran unoppos¬
ed, was the top vote-getter with
14,926 votes. Second was Dr.
Freeman, Pasadena Unified
School District member, who tal¬
lied 8243 votes.
He was followed in order by
Eckels 7750, Ludlow 7066, Osoff
6699, Risser 5604, and Shatford
3948.
The seven-member board will
officially take over the governing
of Pasadena City College from
the Pasadena Board of Education
next July.
Trustees elected in Areas 2, 4,
and 6 will serve one-year terms
before standing for re-election,
Rounds to Speak
on Laser Beams
The Life Sciences Department
of Pasadena City College is spon¬
soring a lecture by Dr. Donald E.
Rounds on "The Laser Beam in
Medicine,” in Harbeson Hall, at
7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1.
It will be free and open to the
public.
Dr. Rounds, who has pioneered
in studying the effect of laser en¬
ergy at the molecular and cellu¬
lar levels, is scientific director of
the Pasadena Foundation for Med¬
ical Research.
A ROSY FUTURE awaits the Tournament of Roses royal court that
will reign over the New Year's festivities. Standing are Karen
O'Kane, Mayfield; Mary Fenoglio, PHS; Cathy Grund, PCC; and
Barbara Hewitt, PCC. Front row, Janet Wopschall, Cheryl Blanken,
and Barbara Beckley, all of PCC.
and those in areas 1, 3, 5, and 7
will serve two-year terms. There¬
after, all trustee terms will be
four years.
Barb Hewitt
Named 1967
Rose Queen
By Dawn Baker
1965 Rose Queen
Blonde Barbara Hewitt of Pasa¬
dena City College became the 78th
Tournament of Roses Queen yes¬
terday.
The announcement was official¬
ly made by the president of the
tournament, Henry Kearns, at a
news conference in Wrigley Gar¬
dens.
“I’m just so excited, I didn’t
believe it could happen to me!”
was her reaction as she graciously
accepted the coveted honor. Bar¬
bara, a 19-year-old freshman, was
chosen from seven finalists who
were named last Friday.
The other six, members of the
1967 Royal Court are Cheryl Eliz¬
abeth Blanken, Barbara Anne
Beckley, Janet Wopschall, Karen
M. O’Kane, Katherine Grund, and
Mary Lynn Fenoglio.
All are PCC students except for
Miss O’Kane, who attends May-
field School, and Miss Fenoglio,
who is a senior at Pasadena High
School.
Barbara, a blue-eyed beauty who
wore the number 269 during the
competition, is a stately 5’7” tall
and weighs 122 pounds. At Pasa¬
dena Barbara is majoring in his¬
tory studying to become an ele¬
mentary school teacher.
She has lived in the Pasadena
area for four years, making her
home with her family in Alta-
dena. She has two brothers,
David and Peter, and two sisters,
Susan and Deborah.
Practical at heart, Barbara lists
as her hobbies cooking, badmin¬
ton, and tennis.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Burton Lee Hewitt of 1274
New York Drive.
The Royal Court is set for a
busy season filled with activity.
Today, Barbara and her court is
set for a busy season filled with
activity. Today, Barbara and her
court will visit CBS and NBC,
posing for photographers with
some of the stars of the two net¬
works. They will be hosted at a
luncheon at Scandia Restaurant
in Hollywood.
Barbara will make her first of¬
ficial public appearance at the
Rose Queen’s Breakfast on De¬
cember 1 at the Huntington-
Sheraton in Pasadena.
Miss Canfield
Voted 1966
Frosh Queen
Sharon Canfield, 1966 Fresh¬
man Class queen, was selected
last Friday to reign over the
Pasadena City College-Glendale
College game.
Sharon, a graduate of Temple
City High School and a secre¬
tarial major, was active there as
a song girl two years, senior class
treasurer, Girls League historian,
Dance Club and Concert four
years, junior varsity cheer lead¬
er, and Christmas dance queen.
She was also a member of the
California Scholarship Federa¬
tion.
Sharon's court includes Connie
Carroll, Cynthia Clark, Virginia
Grunow, Yoshiko Otha, Cheryl
Thompson, and Sue Wood.
Queen Sharon and her court
were introduced at Friday’s game
that cinched the WSC crown for
the Lancers.
Money collected in the penny-a-
vote election will be used for fu¬
ture class activities.