Election Tension Heightens on Campus
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VOL. 7, NO. 3
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 2, 1957
Pep Loving tamers
Charter Choo-thoo
All aboard! Get ready to climb aboard the Pasadena
City College pep train to San Diego for the football game on
Friday, Oct. 4. The Pep Commission, led by Doug Stone, is
sponsoring the special pep train. A minimum of 300 rooters
must make reservations for the
train by today in order to pay the
rental fee. Tickets are now avail¬
able at the Student Bank for $6.50
round trip.
Students must make their own
arrangements to go to the Rivera
depot, from which the train will
depart. Traveling from Pasadena
to the depot by car takes an esti¬
mated 25 minutes. The train will
leave at exactly 4 p.m. Directions
to the depot may be found on
posters displayed around campus.
Rented especially for Lancer
rooters, the train will consist
of a baggage car which will be
converted for dancing and wired
for hi-fi recordings, lounge cars
and a snack car.
Buses will transport rooters
from the San Diego train depot
to the football stadium and re¬
turn after the game. The train
will leave San Diego at exactly
11:15 p.m. and arrive back in Ri¬
vera at approximately 2 a.m. Sat¬
urday. It will not be held for late¬
comers either to or from the
game.
Heavy clothing is suggested
for the evening, as the weather
is expected to be cool. The wear¬
ing of white shirts or jackets is
desirable but not compulsory.
Rooters are encouraged to bring
noisemakers of all types to the
game.
Car owners are urged to invite
rooters without available trans¬
portation to the Rivera depot to
ride with them.
Twenty-two candidates will vie for the four elective posts
•Wet Wednesday
A goodly number of the female
half of the Lancer student body
will be “all wet” today as the
AWS holds its annual wel¬
coming activity, a coed swim.
The swim will be held from 3
to 5 p.m. at the Women’s Gym
after which refreshments will
be served. All women students
are invited to join in the fun!
Parking Questionnaire
Prepared for Lanters
Acting on a survey made by a committee of student gov¬
ernment leaders, a questionnaire will be sent to all 10 o’clock
classes this Friday to take a poll regarding the parking situa¬
tion on campus. The questionnaire is a vital issue at present
as there are only enough parking
Casting Revealed
for ‘All My Sons’
Casting has been completed for
the first dramatic production of
the year, “All My Sons,” slated to
be presented October 31 and No¬
vember 1 in Sexson Auditorium.
The production staff has also been
selected by Miss Annabel Ander¬
son, play director.
Lead roles were won by Michael
Byrne as Joe Keller, the father;
Marcyn Brown as Kate Keller,
the mother; and Bob Cole as
Chris Keller, the oldest son. Ann
Deever, former sweetheart of the
dead son, who falls in love with
Chris, will be portrayed by Gin¬
ger Dubberly; and George Dee¬
ver, Ann’s brother, will be por¬
trayed by Chris Weingarten.
Comic Character
Ronald Murphy will be Dr. Jim
Bayless and his wife, Sue, will Be
portrayed by Barbara Pierce. A
rather comical character, Frank
Lubey, will be Garry Williams,
and his laughing wife, Lydia, will
be played by Nancy Higginson.
Student directors Shahrokh
Keshtkar and LeRoy Gilbert will
be assisted by Ed Cook, Dick
Waltz and Dick Henderson.
Prompters are Elaine Lynch, Kay
Ohren and A1 Sotelo.
Rehearsals Start
Daily rehearsals will be con¬
ducted from 3 to 6 p.m. The ab¬
sorbing drama will be given on
two successive days as the first
presentation of the PCC drama
department.
Don Keck will have charge of
stage settings while the Make-up
Club, under Mrs. Dorothy Colwell,
will take over cosmetics duties.
spaces for about one-third of the
total number of cars driven to
PCC.
Last week a student committee
headed by Bert Dorman checked
each car as it entered the stu¬
dent parking lots to determine the
number of riders each held. The
average car was found to have
1.5 passengers, with 60 per cent
of the student body driving alone.
A tiny 10 per cent of the cars
had three passengers or more.
For this reason, the question¬
naire was prepared to learn if
students are interested in car
pools or other means of allevi¬
ating the parking problem. Stu¬
dents will be asked to state how
they get to and from school and
if they would cooperate in a car
PCC Speech Team
Schedules Debates
Fresh after a summer vacation
and fortified by new talent, PCC’s
varsity forensics team, under Dr.
Paul Smith, is again ready for
action.
This year’s schedule begins with
a clinic to be held next Saturday,
Oct. 5, at Long Beach State Col¬
lege, which will include lectures
by experts on the debate question
and demonstrations of the differ¬
ent speech events. The season
will commence in earnest with an
individual events tournament at
San Diego State College on Fri¬
day and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19.
Ten major tournaments are
scheduled in the series climaxed
by the Phi Rho Pi (honorary for¬
ensics fraternity) National Tour¬
nament in Hutchinson, Kan., and
the Pacific Coast Tournament in
Los Angeles.
Last year the forensics squad
brought home awards in every
tournament they entered, includ¬
ing excellent ratings in impromp¬
tu speech, oratory, debate, and
sweepstakes in the Pacific Coast
Phi Rho Pi and in oratory in the
National Phi Rho Pi Tourney.
pool with other Lancers from
their area.
Poll answers will be tallied to
determine where improvements
can be made in the parking situa¬
tion now being used. If possible,
car pools will be organized and
special public buses will be ar¬
ranged for.
open m student government
hectic week of campaigning on
ident, open only to thirteenth
Assembly Features
Dave Pell's Octet
The mellow tones of Dave Pell’s
Octet will once again sound from
the main stage tomorrow during
the assembly period as the saxo¬
phone artist and his group per¬
form for the Lancer student body.
Although known by their own
reputation, the Octet has also
gained recognition as a featured
act of the Les Brown Band.
To gain admission to the enter¬
taining assembly, an ASB book
must be shown at the door. In ad¬
dition to the musical portion of
the period, students who have ap¬
plied for elective offices will be
recognized and introduced. The
candidates for freshman presi¬
dent and three reps at large will
be elected tomorrow and Friday.
The program will feature a
combination of jazz and popular
songs. Pell has been associated
with many top bands including
Bob Crosby, Tony Pastor, Bobby
Sherwood, and currently, Les
Brown.
An RCA Victor recording star,
the Pell Octet has waxed 11 LP
albums which are still in demand.
Dave organized his group as an
outgrowth of the Les Brown
Band playing at school dances
and concerts between engage¬
ments. Each musician of the Oc¬
tet is a specialist in his own
right and these top performers
have helped to keep the Dave Pell
Octet among the top five such
combos in the country.
•Correction
The Courier was in error last
week. Steve Salisian is the pres¬
ident of the Pasadena Board of
Education.
Seismologist Charles Richter Lectures
Tuesday Evening on Quake Prediction
Dr. Charles F. Richter, world famed expert on earthquakes,
will be the first speaker for this year’s opening Tuesday Eve¬
ning Forum, October 8, to be held in Sexson Auditorium at
8 p.m. Dr. Richter received his BA degree from Stanford
University in 1920 and his PhD - — -
degree from the California Insti¬
tute of Technology in 1928. He
has been a professor of seismolo¬
gy at Caltech since 1928, first as
an assistant professor, then as
associate professor. With the help
of another professor, he wrote
“The Seimicity of the Earth” and
“Elementary Seismology.”
As a seismologist, he is affili¬
ated with the society of the Sig¬
ma Xi (science research), Seismo-
logical and Geological Societies of
Sessions Planned
for Music-minded
“Music hath charms to soothe
the savage beast” or so they say.
For this purpose, the PCC Lis¬
tening Hour is held at noon al¬
most every school day in 2K. The
great musical masterpieces of the
world are played from 12 noon to
1 p.m. for the benefit of interested
Lancer students.
Today and tomorrow the Listen¬
ing Hour will consist of the ro¬
mantic “Midsummer Night’s
Dream” by Mendelssohn as well
as “Escales” or “Ports of Call”
by Ibert. Students are urged to
bring their lunch while attending
the lunchtime musical concerts.
America, American Geophysical
Union, and the Royal Astronomi¬
cal Society of London.
The topic of Dr. Richter’s
speech should be of grave import-
Charles Richter
ance to the people in this area as
he will talk on the causes of
earthquakes and the ways in
which they can be predicted.
Tuesday Evening Forums are
discussions of public affairs using
outstanding speakers to discuss
problems and conditions facing
the world today.
tomorrow and Friday after a
campus. Freshman Class pres-
grade students, and three rep¬
resentatives at large, for which
both thirteenth and fourteenth
graders may compete, will be
elected to lead the student body
this fall semester.
Polls will be set up in six prom¬
inent locations on campus and
will open following the elections
assembly tomorrow. They will re¬
main open until 3 p.m. Thursday
and will again be set up for voting
Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Six Polls
The entrance to the C Building,
C Building main hall, the Prairie,
the Tech Building by the old
swimming pool, and the Sierra
Bonita Prairie will have voting
booths set up for the convenience
of Lancers.
To be eligible to vote, students
must show both their ASB book
and their identification number.
Candidates were required to be
carrying at least 12 units of work,
to have at least a “C” average,
and to also be an ASB member.
Five for President
Five students joined the candi¬
dacy ranks for Freshman Class
president while 17 will compete
for the three rep at large posi¬
tions available. Students are
urged to make it a point to de¬
posit their ballots in order to
make the election as democratic
as possible.
The election is under the super¬
vision of Connie Waldron as elec¬
tions commissioner. Ballots will
be counted by the Elections Com¬
mission members Friday evening
after the polls close at 3 p.m.
Lancerette Quartet
Tops AWS Voting
Vying for the board positions of
the Associated Women Students,
four women emerged victorious in
last Wednesday’s election. Headed
by AWS President Sue Thistle-
white, the new board consists of
Karen Dunbar, vice-president;
Susie Kincaid, corresponding sec¬
retary; Christie Semler, recording
secretary; and Ruth Olsen, trea¬
surer.
Elections were held from 8 a.m.
to 3 p.m. in front of the Women’s
Gym and were open to all female
students carrying ASB books. The
new board has charge of the AWS
swim “Aloha Afternoon” today
and will begin work on the AMS-
AWS dance scheduled for October
11.
Competing against Miss Dunbar
for the vice-presidency were Ce-
cile Levich and Carol Coverstone.
Sharon Bryant and Kay Dooly ran
for corresponding secretary while
Cecil Ann Rowe and Maria Elena
Camarata gave Miss Semler com¬
petition. Miss Olsen topped Kar¬
en Hooper and Carole Murazzi
to win the treasurer position.
International Club
Hosts Tea Series
To acquaint the new, foreign
students with PCC, the Interna¬
tional Club is sponsoring a series
of orientation teas nearly every
afternoon from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The
teas are held in the private homes
of Rotary and YMCA club mem¬
bers who are sponsoring the pro¬
gram under the directorship of
Miss Josephine Nissley.
Fifteen students attend each or¬
ientation session and are given
talks by student government and
International Club members. The
club will hold its first meeting for
new members Thursday, Oct. 10,
on Club Day. Sixty of the foreign
students toured the Pomona Fair
last Friday as another activity of
the group.