Martha Sissell reigns
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VOL. 15, NO. 12
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 29, 1961
FREEDOM OF PRESS?
Student editor pressured into resignation
Former PCC student Sheila Beaumont, ex¬
editor of the student newspaper, El Gaucho, at
the University of California at Santa Barbara, and
her staff have resigned because of alleged pressures
exerted by the student government concerning the
publication’s editorial policy.
Miss Beaumont’s resignation was submitted at
the same time it was requested by student body
president Tom Lloyd at a special meeting of voting
members of the legislative council.
Miss Beaumont charged that the student gov¬
ernment had been exerting pressure to affect the
paper’s editorial policy.
SHE DECLARED that the work of the staff
had become “impossible” because of disapproval
expressed by the Interfraternity and Panhellenic
Councils and resolutions condemning the paper by
the Residence Hall Association.
The former Lancer wrote in an open letter to
the Santa Barbara students, “The Greeks (members
of the fraternities at UCSB) were pricked by our
criticism. They have decided to replace our needle
of truth serum with their needle of novocaine.”
Miss Beaumont, in a special Courier interview,
said, “The dissatisfaction seems to stem from our
coverage of controversial subjects.”
A staff member of El Gaucho wrote in a final
edition of the publication which was called “El Fin,”
“The students of this campus, and the Greeks in
particular, are a shining example of the ‘great
American people'. Here, in our own student gov¬
ernment, we can see modern democracy at work.
The communists have no worry about taking over;
all they need to do is wait for this generation to
come to power.
“WE . . . HAVE attacked the Greeks and
are receiving our just dessert. We should have
known better than to stand against the great pre¬
servers of American freedom and stupidity. We
personally are not sorry to have offended. It makes
us most happy to know that some of the needles
have stung.
“There will now be a newspaper of the Greeks,
by the Greeks, and for the Greeks.”
Miss Beaumont said in summing up, “We en¬
deavored to make the University of California at
Santa Barbara have a newspaper of real value.
What we were doing was making the El Gaucho
a newspaper!”
Lancer talks with Kennedy
on foreign student program
In a personal interview with President John F. Kennedy
recently, PCC student Hossein Shirkhani was told that the
present United States foreign student program is one of the
effective ways of fighting communism. As national president
over Rose Fest
Official announcement
of queen made today
PCC freshman Martha Sissell this morning rose to the
heights of royalty, as she was selected to reign over the 1962
Tournament of Roses. Queen Martha was officially announced
to the public this morning at 9 o’clock at the Wrigley Gardens,
College schedules
Shakespearean
drama highlights
Theatrical troupers Richard
Gray and Mayo Loizeaux will pre¬
sent an evening of Shakespeare
Friday at 8:15 on the Sexson
Auditorium stage.
Their program, “Caviare to the
General,” will take the audience
through the highlights of eight of
Shakespeare’s most popular plays,
characterizing no less than 18 of
the famous writer's men and
women.
The program will also be given
Friday afternoon at 3:15. Matinee
tickets are 50 cents, with the eve¬
ning performance rates set at $1
Gray, Loizeaux
. . . acting here
for students and teachers and
$1.50 for adults.
“Accent will be put on pace
and variety, as the spectators are
taken from charm to tragedy,
from comedy to sheer fascina¬
tion,” program directors stated.
The event is part of a special
Shakespeare Day sponsored by
the PCC English and speech de¬
partments.
Among the Shakespearean
plays to be presented are “Henry
V,” “Hamlet,” “Romeo and Juli¬
et,” “Much Ado About Nothing,”
“Merchant of Venice,” “Richard
III,” “Othello,” and “Macbeth.”
Questioning
ASB president Ed Sanders will
hold a special session tomorrow
during which members of the
student body may openly ques¬
tion him on student affairs, ASB
policy, and problems concern¬
ing the college. This is the first
time such a conference has
been attempted at PCC. The
session will be held at 12:15 in
19C (ASB board room).
of the Foreign Students Associa¬
tion, Shirkhani was permitted to
talk with the president for almost
a half hour when Kennedy was
visiting the Los Angeles area.
They discussed some of the
problems of the exchange pro¬
gram and the Foreign Students
Association.
KENNEDY noted that the as¬
sociation is recognized by the
United States government and
considered it a good method of
bringing to other countries a true
image of America.
“President Kennedy leaves a
very good impression,” stated
Shirkhani. “He appears to be an
extremely intelligent person with
a friendly personality.”
SHIRKHANI’S appoin t m e n t
with the president wasn’t confirm¬
ed until the night before he ac¬
tually saw him. After extensive
arrangements were made with
Kennedy’s secretary it was decid¬
ed it would be more convenient
for the student leader to meet
the president in Los Angeles
rather than in the spring, as
originally planned.
Shirkhani was ushered into the
Biltmore Hotel conference room
where he met the president and
his aides. He remembers the at¬
mosphere to be “very friendly”
and said the president was telling
World affairs seminar
offered to Lancers
Interested students may attend
the 38th session of the Institute
of World Affairs, sponsored by
the University of Southern Cali¬
fornia, Sunday through Wednes¬
day.
The conference will be held at
the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel.
For further information about
registration, students should con¬
tact Paul Clark at SY. 7-7323 or
Dr. Harold Hanson in 219C.
Topics to be discussed are “The
Moral Resp onsibility of the
United States,” “The Travail of
Political Emergence: Africa and
the Middle East,” “Revolution Un¬
realized: Latin America and
South Asia,” and “America’s Re¬
sponse to the Emerging Nations.”
him a joke within a few minutes.
After 10 or 15 minutes of seri¬
ous discussion on the student as¬
sociation Kennedy and Shirkhani
left the room for the hotel’s main
floor.
“As we stepped out of the ele¬
vator,” Shirkhani stated, “the
press and public officials looked
at me, turned to each other whis¬
pering ‘Who’s he?’ and then
quickly rushed up to shake my
hand too.”
Shirkhani, who is sponsored lo¬
cally by PCC instructor William
Goldmann, expects to have anoth¬
er talk with President Kennedy
later next year.
official home of the Tournament
of Roses Association.
The final announcement came
after a week of tension and elim¬
ination procedures for the seven
finalists.
SERVING with Queen Martha
will be six princesses: Bonnie
Barrett, Colleen Cary, Gayle Mor¬
ris, Marion Wiberg, Diane Willis,
and Joan Zeman.
A touch of royalty is not new
to brown-haired Martha, who
came to PCC with a PHS home¬
coming queen title behind her.
The sparkle in her expressive
brown eyes is a key to her sincere
interest in people and has led
her to choose a psychology major.
MISS SISSELL has lived in the
Pasadena area all her life. Her
talents include swimming and
modern dancing, and her interests
run from baking cookies to read¬
ing or watching a sports event.
She hopes to attend the Univer¬
sity of California at Santa Bar¬
bara next year.
For the seven finalists the cli¬
max of the contest actually came
last Monday noon at a luncheon
Night orchestra
sets first concert
The PCC Community Sym¬
phony Orchestra will present its
first concert of the season in Sex-
son Auditorium December 2 at
8:15 p.m. under the direction of
Frank Van Der Maten.
This group of nearly 70 musi¬
cians has been meeting on
Wednesday nights to prepare such
pieces as the "Oberon Overture,”
“Water Music Suite,” and “Sym¬
phony No. 1 in C Major” by
Beethoven.
Two brass choirs will be fea¬
tured in Gabrieli’s “Sonata Pian e
Forte” followed by “Meditation
from Thais” by Massenet. This
particular number will use the
talents of the entire violin section.
“Covent Garden,” “Westminis¬
ter,” and “Knightsbridge,” three
selections from the “London
Suite” by Coates, and “Sleigh
Ride” by Mozart will conclude the
held at the Wrigley Gardens,
when the choice was revealed to
a small private group, including
the princesses, the tournament
president, Judge H. Burton Noble;
chairman of the queen and court
selection committee, John Cabot;
Theodore J. Broadhead; Dr. Cath¬
erine Robbins; and PCC dean of
student activities, S. Luke Curtis.
THE NEWLY selected queen,
incredulous and overwhelmed,
was spontaneously surrounded
with warm congratulations from
her losing rivals.
The queen’s name was held se¬
cret to the public until this morn-
Martha Sissell
. . . royalty not new
ing, giving her time to get her
royal gown fitted and ready for
photographers.
Queen Martha spent most of
yesterday encircled by reporters
and photographers, and will also
be available for interviews and
photographs today, tomorrow,
and FYiday.
The Rose Queen and her court
were selected by a committee of
Judge Noble, John Cabot, Lawr¬
ence Cooper, Richard Davidson,
John Lamb, Sr., Dr. John Peters,
Hamilton Stone, Joseph Thomas,
and Gleeson Payne.
The queen and her court can be
seen on a color TV program today
at 5 p.m. on Channel 4. The royal
court appeared on the same chan¬
nel Monday and yesterday at 5:30
p.m.
Dramatists ready
’Seventeenth Doll'
The second major Theater Arts
production of the year “Summer
of the Seventeenth Doll,” will
open Tuesday night at 8:15 in
the Little Theater.
The play will run nightly
through December 9. Admission
is free to ASB book holders, with
the public being admitted for $1.
“Summer of the Seventeenth
Doll,” the story of two itinerant
cane-cutters in Australia, was a
sell-out success in London and
New York, where critics hailed
it for its “integrity, vigor, and
faithful portrayal of an unfamil¬
iar scene.”
Playing leading roles will be
PCC students Steve Camp, Dave
Guewell, Myran Ellison and
Kathy Eastman.
The two cane-cutting business¬
men had, for 16 years, been spend¬
ing their summer lay-offs with
two bar maids. Each season one
of the men brought his girl a tin¬
seled doll as a symbol of their
tender relationship.
This seventeenth summer, how¬
ever, is one of change and cli¬
max, when the familiar patterns
must be broken, new ways found
and unpleasant truths must be
faced.
Working with faculty director
Don Liercke is student director
Leila Etezadi.
program.
No admission will be charged.
—Courier photo
FREEDOM TODAY — Dr. Thomas Lantos, former anti-communist under¬
ground leader, will discuss "The State of Freedom in the World Today,"
at two general assemblies in Sexson Auditorium, December 5 and 7.
Basic communication students will be required to attend one of the as¬
semblies. A native of Budapest, Dr. Lantos has traveled extensively, was
once a member of the anti-Nazi underground, and was active in the
anti-communist political movement in Flungary.