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VOL. 33, NO. 8
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 18, 1970
Three PCC Coeds Included
in Tournament of Roses Court
KATHLEEN ARNETT, 1970 Tournament of Roses Queen, will reign
over the 52nd annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game.
A Pasadena City College coed, she has always wanted to be
queen; now her dream has come true.
Rodriguez Gives Up
ASB, Senate Posts
Kathleen Arnett, a PCC sopho¬
more, has been proclaimed queen
of the 1971 Tournament of Roses
at Tournament House in Pasa¬
dena.
The Royal Court, composed of
two high school coeds and five
college students, was revealed No¬
vember 2 by Tournament presi¬
dent A. Lewis Shingler, following
a breakfast for 26 finalists at
Association headquarters.
The Royal Court includes Miss
Arnett; Patricia Hartman Burch,
Arcadia High School; Cynthia Lee
Coleman, PCC; Debbi Ann Gil¬
more, Temple City High; Janet
Kaye Hagemeier, Pasadena Col-
Draft director Curtis W. Tarr
established a policy last week per¬
mitting men to drop certain draft
deferments at their discretion.
For example, a student defer¬
ment can be abandoned whenever
it is to the holder’s advantage,
without awaiting the end of the
condition under which it was
granted.
As it was explained: “A student
could choose to enter the 1-A
manpower pool late in a year
when it was apparent his draft
lottery number will not be reach¬
ed by his local draft board. Ex¬
posure to the 1-A classification for
even part of the year counts for
the entire year.”
If a man ends the year in the
1-A status without being drafted,
The Donald A. Liercke Mem¬
orial Scholarship Fund has been
established by the Liercke family
in memory of Donald A. Liercke,
a professor in the Communica¬
tions Department, who succumbed
to a massive coronary attack on
Friday, Oct. 30.
Spring Semester
Programming
Programming for the spring
semester began yesterday in Sex-
son Auditorium and will continue
through Monday, Nov. 23. It will
run from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. every
day except Friday, when the fa¬
cilities will close down at 4 p.m.
Students are instructed to note
their individual priority numbers
and coordinate them with the fol¬
lowing schedule. Those not able
to do so must report to a listing
later in the week:
Tuesday, priority numbers 1-
400 reported from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and 401-800, 1 to 9 p.m.
"Wednesday, 801-1200, 8 a.m. to
1 p.m., and 1201-1600, 1 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, 1601-2000, 8 a.m. to
1 p.m., and 2001-2400, 1 to 9 p.m.
Friday, 2401-2800, 8 a.m. to 1
p.m., and 2801-3200, 1 to 4 p.m.
only.
Monday, 3201-3600, 8 a.m. to 1
p.m., and 3601-4000, 1 to 9 p.m.
If a student has not yet made
an appointment for spring semes¬
ter programming, he may do so
by presenting his ID card in 138C
from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday
through Thursday, and from 8
a.m. through 4 p.m. on Friday.
All appointments should be
scheduled during non-class time.
lege; Christine Marie Hartwell,
PCC; and Paula Kay Hubbard,
Pasadena College.
Shingler nervously called out
the winning numbers and names
on the front steps of Tournament
House, where the 26 finalists were
assembled.
“But if you think I’m nervous,”
Shingler said, “Bud Baker (chair¬
man Harrison R. Baker, Jr., of
the queen committee) broke all
the fingernails on his right hand
opening these envelopes for me.
“How the committee could
make any choice at all I can’t
understand. You couldn’t miss
with any seven out of the 26.”
he is moved into a less vulnerable
category.
Tarr gave a warning to people
who have deferments: “If you
want your draft board to renew
an expiring deferment, you must
give it proof in advance that you
are still entitled to it. The board
is not obliged to find out for
itself.”
The new draft policy applies to
classifications 1-S, 2-A, 2-C, 2-S,
and 3-A. Boards are instructed to
consider, promptly, all requests
for reclassification from defer¬
ment into a draft eligible status.
This is a new policy and is un¬
tested. Don’t throw away your
deferment until you see what hap¬
pens with your local draft board.
Liercke, mourned by students
and faculty alike, began his 25-
year career at PCC in 1946. Dur¬
ing his years of outstanding serv¬
ice to the college, he directed
many plays and was responsible
for many outstanding produc¬
tions.
Several of his students have
gone on to careers in the theater,
films, and other performing arts.
His students will remember him
as an instructor of exceptional
ability with a willingness to meet
them much more than halfway in
solving their academic problems
and with a deep personal concern
for each of them. His colleagues
in the Communications Depart¬
ment and throughout the college
feel his loss as a loyal friend and
co-worker, ever ready to give of
himself in time and energy far
above what was required.
He had served on the Faculty
Association, the Faculty Men’s
Club, and on many committees,
besides being sponsor of Delta
Psi Omega, drama fraternity.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 4, at
the Holliston Avenue Methodist
Church, while interment was in
Mr. Liercke’s home state, Iowa.
Surviving are his wife, Ardith
Liercke, two daughters, Sharon
Bennett and Marchele Seymour,
and two sons, Terry and Donald.
Mr. Liercke was, at the time of
his death, the stage director for
the current musical production,
“The Boy Friend,” the program
of which carried a memorial page
dedicated to him.
Following the announcement of
the Royal Court, and a session
with photographers and TV cam¬
eramen, the court was taken to
Bullock’s for immediate fittings
for their official costumes.
Queen Kathleen Arnett is 19,
has dark brown hair, stands 5’4”
tall, weighs 125, and is a sopho¬
more at PCC, with a teaching car¬
eer in view. Her parents are Mr.
and Mrs. James D. Arnett of Los
Angeles. She has two brothers,
James and John, and a sister,
Janet.
Cynthia Lee Coleman is 18,
blonde with hazel eyes, stands
5’6” tall, weighs 112 pounds, and
is a freshman at PCC studying
nursing. Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. James T. Coleman of Arca¬
dia. She has a brother, Timothy,
and a sister, Nancy.
Christine Marie Hartwell is 20,
has brown hair and brown eyes,
stands 5’4” tall, weighs 105, is a
sophomore at PCC majoring in
humanities and wants to be an
airline hostess. Her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Bennett Hart¬
well, live in Sierra Madre with a
brother, Steven, and two sisters,
Debbie and Pam.
Originally, 472 coeds from 16
schools within the Pasadena Area
Community College District enter¬
ed the compeetition. The nine-man
judging panel reduced the field
to 184, then to 67 before choosing
the 26 finalists during four try¬
out sessions.
Cal State LA
Alters Admission
California State College, Los
Angeles, which has been unable
to admit every qualified student
in recent terms, will be in a posi¬
tion to accommodate several thou¬
sand additional students during
the 1971-72 academic year when it
departs from the tradition and no
longer permits freshmen to begin
their college careers in the fall
term.
The break with tradition is be¬
ing taken in an effort to admit
increasing numbers of students
seeking entry into Cal State LA,
said Dr. William F. Long, director
of admissions and records.
The new policy will permit
freshmen, or sophomores trans¬
ferring from another university
or college, to begin their college
work only during the summer
quarter in 1971 or during the
winter or spring quarters of
1972.
“By altering our admissions
policy, and with some increase
in available facilities, we will be
able to admit 17,000 new students
in 1971-72,” said Dr. Long, “com¬
pared with the 12,000 new stu¬
dents expected to enter in 1970-
71.”
Freshmen and sophomores are
identified by Cal State LA as
those students who have earned
fewer than 60 semester units of
college work.
Juniors, seniors and graduate
students will continue to be ad¬
mitted to any of Cal State LA’s
four quarters, but, Dr. Long
pointed out, “It is almost certain
that the college will be unable to
accommodate all juniors and sen¬
iors who might prefer to begin
attending in the 1971 fall quar¬
ter.”
The admissions chief noted that
it would be advantageous for
students who will be eligible for
admission as juniors and seniors
in the 1971 summer quarter to
enroll at that time, rather than
gamble on being admitted in the
fall. Large numbers of students
traditionally transfer from junior
colleges into Cal State LA during
the fall term.
By RICK ERMSHAR
Well, it was one of those days
again. The big note at the Board
meeting, which was held on No¬
vember 12, was, of course, the
resignation of Oscar Rodriguez.
Rodriguez held the posts of
Senate vice-president and ASB
Board parliamentarian.
The Board went into closed ses¬
sion to discuss the matter, then
came back out. Oscar read his
public letter of resignation. The
audience and Board members all
had a good laugh, and then busi¬
ness continued.
Paul Schwartz reported that the
teacher evaluation cost $1700 not
including, however, the profits
from selling the results, which
will be out today. On sale in the
bookstore at a cost of 25 cents,
this will be a six-page booklet.
The Board then voted to change
the bylaws to permit audience par¬
ticipation before each motion went
to a vote. Each person who speaks
up will have two minutes to
speak, but there was no clause
stating how many times an indiv¬
idual could raise his hand to
speak.
Ethnic Balance
A motion was brought up about
the ethnic balance of the judges
committee for the Tournament of
Roses, and proposing that we not
let that committee use our cam¬
pus facilities until there is a bal¬
anced judging committee and
court. This motion was tabled,
pending further investigation by
the president of the Associated
Women Students.
The finance commissioner noted
that he had been presented with a
bill from the bookstore for $126,
which was spent by the Pep Com¬
mission to buy paper for the
cheerleaders’ pom-pons.
Next came a request from the
audience for the Board to have
the homecoming chairman hand
in an itemized list of expenses
for homecoming day. The Board
passed that motion, giving John
Coffey two weeks to hand it in.
Next, a student suggested that
since there was a commissioner
of ecology that there ought to be
a commissioner of peace. The
Board tabled that until next week.
This was followed by announce¬
ments, and adjournment
Two weeks ago, a Courier ar¬
ticle by this reporter praised the
Board for finally responding to
the students’ wishes and telling
the Homecoming Committee not
to spend that $500 for the fire¬
works; now the continuation of
that story.
The ASB Board met the next
day and completely reversed its
decision of the day before by
fully complying with the Home¬
coming Committee on that $500.
On Thursday, Oct. 29, the Board
recommended that the committee
not spend it, but the Board said
it had no power over the actual
spending of it.
Friday morning the Board de¬
cided it did have control of it, and
that it did authorize that expen¬
diture.
The meeting Friday was called
without publicity, so the concern¬
ed students of the day before
could not return to defend their
position. There were no micro¬
phones, so the meeting got under¬
way before the small (about 10
people) audience noticed. The
Board railroaded the motion
through and adjourned within 10
minutes.
Executive Meet
The next Board meeting was
helld on Thursday, Nov. 5, in the
ASB president’s office. It was an
“Executive Board meeting,” so
they closed the doors and shut
out the students.
An hour later, they emerged in
a definite state of confusion. This
reporter asked several different
members what had been accom¬
plished, and none of them could
come up with a level answer that
matched anyone else’s.
One person said that the whole
hour was spent on one subject,
while another said that five or six
subjects were covered. A majority
of the Board members were heard
mentioning words like “recall,”
about the PCC faculty stepping
in and eliminating (or at least
improving) student government.
There was a lot of door-slam-
ming, shouting, and whispered
conferences in the hallway, and
talk of another meeting to be
held the next day.
Draft Policy Change Will
Allow Unrestricted 2-S Drops
Donald A. Liercke Fund
Established as Memorial
