Free Speech Forum For PCC'ers Only
Topics Must Conform to Laws
of California, United States
— Courier photo by Tom Wilmshurst
FREE BOOKS — Sophomore President Tom Coston and Freshman
President Bob White are shown accepting entry blanks for the
"How to Read a Book" drawing from David Somers, student co¬
ordinator of Great Books, a division of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Details are now being worked
out by the administration and
students on guidelines for a Free
Speech Forum that was unani¬
mously passed by the ASB Board
recently.
It was decided that ‘‘any per¬
son” shall mean any PCC student,
not just the 25 per cent holding
ASB cards. Other speakers can
reserve any area at PCC free by
filling out proper forms at city
hall or by obtaining an invitation
from a student for educational
purposes.
There shall be no restrictions
on “topics and-or ideas,” save
those which violate the California
Education Code, California Penal
Code, or Federal Law.
The idea of speeches being
held to a limit of 30 minutes has
yet to become definite, since
many ideas will take more than
30 minutes to cover. Also, the
$25 Bond for
Home Name
Building Construction students,
building their annual model home,
need a name for it. Entry blanks
are available just outside T build¬
ing to win the $25 savings bond
offered to the one who submits
the name that will be announced
December 8.
This contest, sponsored by the
Southern California Gas Compa¬
ny, closes Friday.
How to Read'
Book Giveaway
Tom Coston will pull entry
blanks out of the bin in the Book¬
store Friday morning to give
away $100 worth of Mortimer Ad¬
ler’s book, “How to Read a
Book.”
The bulk of Adler’s thorough,
informative and competent book
is devoted to the understanding
of nonfiction as opposed to the
misunderstanding and lack
о
f
comprehension common in the
schools and avoided elsewhere by
lack of reading.
The rules he prescribes are a
“Formulation of the method (he
has) observed in watching a med¬
ieval teacher read a book with
his students.”
AFTER rephrasing the three
R’s as reading, writing, and rec¬
koning, Adler suggests each book
should be read three times. These
readings can be done at the same
time, and the the result of such
mental activity is, expectedly, fa¬
tigue.
The first reading is analytic,
proceeding from the whole book
to discover parts and sub-parts
that comprise the format of the
book.
The second reading is synthetic,
to determinate how each part
fits into the whole to give the com¬
plete picture. This is done much
in the same way as is completing
a puzzle.
The third reading is critical.
It is here that the reader, after
being sure he understands the
author, decides if he agrees, dis¬
agrees, suspends judgement, or
feels that the author is unin¬
formed, misinformed, illogical,
or hasn’t seen the full implica¬
tions of his work.
ADLER warns that “you will
not learn to read just by reading
this book, anymore than you can
learn to drive a car by perusing
a driver’s manual.” Further, it
is only necessary to have some
understanding of the well thought
out rules this book contains to
read well. “If complete under¬
standing were essential, this book
would be a hoax.”
The rules start with knowing
what kind of a book you are read¬
ing and work up to suggestions
like writing down in the margins
the thinking you do while reading.
He even gives rules for talking
back to the author in such a way
that, were the author alive to hear
the arguments, he would be
pleased and possibly converted.
This book lives up to its title
and is worth borrowing if you
don’t win it.
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An article appearing in last
week’s Courier announcing a free
set of Encyclopaedia Britannica
was an error by the Courier.
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Vol. 27, No. 12
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
November 29, 1967
Young Repubs. Oust Member ;
He Comments on Their Decision
At the last meeting of the PCC
Young Repbublicans, Alan Test
was expelled from membership
in that organization by a vote of
17 backing the motion, 5 opposed
and 3 abstentions
In a statement on the expulsion,
the YR’s wrote, “Last Tuesday
the Pasadena City College Young
Republicans with an overwhelm¬
ing decision expelled a member
through due process of law.
“It may be assumed that the
feeling of the general member¬
ship was that the philosphical
purposes of this organization were
being undermined.
“The reasoning may be derived
from the First Amendment of our
Federal Constitution; this amend¬
ment guaranteeing the right of as¬
sembly. It is our assembled pur¬
pose to espouse the principles
and ideals of the Republican
Party.
“WE THEREFORE recognize
the right of any individual to
conceive his own thoughts; but
when the individual tries to super¬
impose his admitted contrary po¬
litical views upon our organiza¬
tion, we reserve the right to deny
him the privilege of expressing
those contrary political views in
Reading Club
Meets Friday
The novel “Zorba the Greek”
by Kazantazakis will be discussed
by the Creative Reading Club,
Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Roberta Markman, ad¬
viser.
All students and faculty mem¬
bers are invited.
Copies of the novel are avail¬
able in the PCC Bookstore and
in libraries. Participants are urged
to read the novel in advance for
the discussion.
A map giving directions to
Mrs. Markman’s home is posted
in the English Department office,
137C. Students who need rides to
attend the meeting are asked to
contact Mrs. Markman in 135C.
our forum. The stated purpose of
this organization is to further the
principles and ideals of the Re¬
publican Party.
“The Pasadena City College
Young Republicans did this with
the consideration of the individ¬
ual’s basic rights and the basic
right of this club to meet without
him!
“In regard to the statement
that our adviser, Mr. Vetterli,
sounded like McCarthy, we are
sorry to say that Mr. Vetterli was
very disappointed by this state¬
ment; some of us thought that
he sounded much more like John
Adams or Abraham Lincoln.”
IN REGARD to the action, Test
stated, “The Young Republicans
Club, according to their constitu-
hours in which the forum will be
held during school hours, 7 a.m.
to 10 p.m., will, require some
thought. Other details will be
worked out by Scott Ousdahl,
Bob Henry, and Tom Coston in
cooperation with the administra¬
tion.
Dr. Armen Sarafian, PCC pre¬
sident, said he felt the forum is
a good idea, and students should
get details ironed out as soon as
possible, while there is such en¬
thusiasm for the project. He ad¬
ded that there have been forums
in previous years, and they have
been good for the students and
the college.
Project
'67-'68
tion, have every right to expel
a member. I was expelled legally
and in a proper manner.
“The charges brought against
me and the way the proceedings
were handled stunk of witch hunt¬
ing, red baiting, and all ethical
standards of democracy and fair
play.
‘Gary Miller, club sergeant at
arms, and Richard Vetterli, fac¬
ulty adviser, mounted a personal
attack on my beliefs and associa¬
tions. Miller quoted me out of
context, and Mr. Vetteili handled
himself as no one has in this
country since Senator Joseph Me
Carthy.”
The above statements are exact
quotes. The reader can judge for
himself.
The first meeting of Project
’67-’68 participants was held last
week with in introduction of Drs.
Marrianne and R. T. Williams,
by Dr. Del Bugelli.
Dr. Bugelli gave the back¬
ground of the two psychologists
who will be giving a total of 60
hours to PCC. They are both
graduates of PCC and have been
part of experimental programs,
their most recent at UCLA.
The first activity of the psy¬
chologists with the 60 campus
participants was an interview and
an introduction to another project
in which each interviewee was ex¬
pected to tell things about him¬
self that he would not want pub¬
lished in a newspaper biography.
Most participants admitted that
they feared telling their secrets
to this group jus as much as to
the public at large.
Everyone was instructed to
walk around the room silently
and look at everyone else trying
to communicate without speak¬
ing, and then shake hands.
Drs. Marianne and R. T. Wil¬
liams asked that the participants
form new representative groups
to decide what communication ac-
tivties each individual would like
to learn during the project.
Some goals were to listen with¬
out interrupting and to project
personal ideas, to accept aggres¬
sive and affectionate sides of peo¬
ple and communicate with both,
and to achieve better communica¬
tions among faculty, students,
and administrators through tech¬
niques of communication.
SANDPIPERS — Members of the Sandpipers, who
performed at yesterday's Music Hour, are from
left, Ken Balewood, Nancy Taylor, Phil Younce,
— Courier photo by Dave Alvaranza
Valerie Hoggins, Sugar Ward, Sam Walker, Su¬
san McDill, and Thom Baker. Not pictured is
Robbin Becker.