PCC Courier, October 06, 1976

Students To Name Teachers for Award Former Instructor Establishes Fund Students will annually nominate out¬ standing teachers for a $1000 award, recently established by former PCC teacher, administrator and board member, J. Hay Kisser. The first presentation of the award is set for September. 1977. At that time, two faculty members will receive the cash recognition following their nomination by grpduating sophomores this spring semester. In addition to the money, each recipient will have his or her name inscribed on a permanent plaque and receive an individual plaque. A petition signed by 20 students will place the teacher's name in nomination for the award. A selection board consisting of faculty and ad¬ ministrators will screen the nomina¬ tions and select the individual recipient each year. Designed to be a continuous award, the funds set aside by Kisser for the honors are large enough to draw the $1000 interest per year, according to E. Howard Kloyd, PCC superintendent- president. “The structure will be established so that the award will continue for a very long time," Dr. Kloyd said. Kisser began his career in education in 1910 as a teacher and coach in Kddy- ville, Iowa. He came to Pasadena in 1927 as a junior high school teacher and in 1938 joined the PCC faculty. In 1950 he became the chairman of the Social Science Department, a post he held until his retirement in i960. In 1900 he was elected to the Board of Trustees and was president of the Board in 1972-73. He was active in statewide junior college organizations and was president of Region Six of the California Junior College Board of Directors. A fellow administrator with Kisser and one who worked with him while Kisser served as a trustee, Dr. Floyd recognizes him as an outstanding asset to the college. “Kay Kisser was a master teacher," Dr. Floyd said. “His greatest goal as a teacher and board president was to provide master teachers for this school. He felt so strongly about it that he has gone and given money to recognize other superior teachers. “We have thought throughout the years that many great teachers have gone unrecognized. This is an excep¬ tional opportunity to recognize the abilities and talents of people on our staff," Dr. Floyd said. “I want to do everything 1 can to further Dr. Kisser's efforts to recognize the master teacher." The guidelines to be used by the screening committee focus on the teacher's ability to motivate students to make the best of the educational process. Guiding principles for the selection include the qualities of superior achievement in organization, prepara¬ tion and presentation of the material of the course; fairness and accuracy in grading; instillment of satisfaction and value in learning about a subject; and encouragement to prepare and achieve. Other qualities used to recognize the outstanding teacher include the ability to provide inspiration to gain student objectives in life and the encourage¬ ment of wholesome attitudes toward good citizenship and loyalty to family, school and country. The Kisser Award is the first to be established by the college to recognize outstanding achievement in teaching. Other schools in the area have no such awards of such monetary value, Dr. Floyd said. Goals of such an award as established by the college include the recognition of qualities that make teaching more rewarding and satisfying to both student and teacher and the recognition that the teaching profession is “probably the greatest in the molding of a successful life for young people.” Those who established the guidelines for award recipients said they hope the qualities will encourage teachers to recognize them as worthwhile ob¬ jectives and goals. It is also hoped by Kisser that other schools would follow the example set by PCC and set up incentives for quality teaching, Dr. Floyd said. VOL. 42, NO. 7 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 8, 1976 'Great Debate' Offers Campaign Choices; Student Attendance Low NEXT QUESTION — PCC’s Forum played host to Representatives of Democratic, Republican and Socialist Workers Party Presidential candidates, in what was billed as PCC’s “Great Debate.” Representa¬ tives are, from left, Mike McCue, representing Gerald Ford, Repub¬ lican; Silvia Zapata, representing Peter Camejo, Socialist Workers; Elena Rodriquez, moderator; and Mike Nolan, representing Jimmy Carter, Democrat. The event was co-sponsored by MECHA and the Young Socialists Alliance. — Courier Photo by Sue Andrews By Blake Sell Managing Editor A debate between the representa¬ tives of the Democratic, Republican and Socialist Workers Presidential candidates was held in the Forum Wednesday. It was co-sponsored by MECHA and the Young Socialist Alliance. Elena Rodriguez, representing MECHA and moderator for the debate, said in her opening statement, “The primary purpose of this activity is to present and discuss the important issues of the day." Each representative was allowed 10 minutes to present his or her views on that party's candidate. This was followed by an invitation for students in the audience to direct questions to the panel. The debate, billed as the “Great Debate,” was well-publicized. Hand¬ outs were circulated on campus and in many classes. There were approxi¬ mately 30 students in the audience. The Forum can seat approximately 300 people. John Eikenbery, former dean of student activities, attended the debate and remarked that adequate publicity was not the problem. “It’s the student’s lack of concern," he said. Although labeled as a debate, none of the panel debated its candidate’s views on the issues with other representa¬ tives. The entire activity was con¬ ducted by allowing the representatives to voice the candidates’ stands on the issues. Each of the representatives said that their candidate was the best for the job. Songs Interpreted for Hearing Impared Signers Sing in Production Model Home Bidding Postponed As Business Deal Waits to Jell By Diana Lejins Staff Writer Hands moving to rhythm is music to the eyes of PCC hearing- impaired students in the stage pro¬ duction of “Annie Get Your Cun" beginning Wednesday, Oct. 20. The performance begins at 8 p.m. at the Jester’s Theatrical Society, 560 S. Fair Oaks. Pasadena. A few minor changes have made the theater accessible to the wheelchairs of physically handicapped persons. Dr. Lucille Miller, coordinator of By Dana Pedersen Fine Arts Editor The model home now standing at the south end of campus may not return to the auction block as originally scheduled by the Board of Trustees. A business deal appears to be brewing between James Dorsi, the original bidder and an undisclosed third party. .“We have a potential bidder in mind and it looks favorable." said Robert Burns, director of purchasing. "Currently, lots of things are up in the air and we're waiting for them to jell” According to Burns. Dorsi himself has been working on his own to find a prospective buyer. As the original bidder, he has the right to negotiate terms of his contract with another bidder. Once the third party takes over the original bidder's contract, he then becomes financially responsible for any outstanding debts to PCC. After the original commitment was made to the college. PCC no longer had any financial obligations to the model home. Dorsi was the foreman of the building operations on the model home and was its only bidder this past summer. He had planned to move it to a new site, but when the estimated final cost of moving the home rose to $70,000. he backed out of the deal. During a two-week period in June following completion of the home, 1300 people traveled through it, yet Dorsi’s bid of $24,100 was the only one sub¬ mitted. The obstacles encountered along the way, according to Dorsi. were too much for him to handle. He said that he spent six months searching for an appropriate lot to accommodate the home, but was unable to find one for numerous reasons. The cost factor continued to be his biggest problem throughout the months. Before, the home could be moved anywhere it would have been necessary to lay a foundation and install plumbing. Burns added. “If things don’t go as they should, the home will probably go up for rebidding as originally plan¬ ned." Public Apathy Cancels 'Heavenly Bodies' Show —Courier Photo by Dawn Adams SILENT SONG— Interpreters for the hearing-impaired rehearse musical number from “Annie Get Your Gun.” Dr. Lucille Miller, far right, directs the rehearsal. The performance will be held Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. at the Jesters Theatrical Society, 560 S. Fair Oaks. the Hearing-Impaired Program, and Evelyn Couch, staff interpreter for the hearing-impaired, will play the roles of co-director with the help of prompter Lucy Rogers, staff interpreter. Bert Huntley, Sharon Vine, Ron Atkinson, Suszannah Berrett, Wayne Mclntire, Beth Thompson, Genie Farrow,, Gloria Muldoon and Barbara Pilero, staff interpreters, have been rehearsing the play since the beginning of the fall semester. Hearing-impaired student Aurora Carmona will interpret “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun.” Despite her hearing impairment, Aurora is able to pick up enough of the music and vibrations to keep pace with the performers. Tickets for the performance are being sold by the Resource Center for the Handicapped to benefit the William A. Brackenridge Memorial Fund for PCC handicapped students. The fund aids handi¬ capped students in financial emergency situations. The money is often used to fix a broken wheel¬ chair. repair a malfunctioning hearing aid or purchase a white cane. Tickets at $3 per person go on sale Monday at the Resource Center for the Handicapped (west of the Library). Due to declining interest in the general public, the evening lectures traditionally held at the PCC Plane¬ tarium have been canceled. Programs generally consisted of a brief talk on some aspect of celestial phenomenon, followed by a demon¬ stration of the school's Spitz A-3-P projector and console. The Spitz A-3-P is capable of projecting an image of ideal sky conditions for any area on any given night of the year. The machine is also able to show how the visible stars have and will change over the years, and can project lines across the artificial sky showing the location of the celestial equator and meridians that are the basis of original time measurement. These programs have been held regularly since the opening of the Planetarium in 1965. Tuesday Evening Forum To Begin With Armstrong's Film on 'Down Under' Ken Armstrong, producer, writer and lecturer, will begin the Tuesday Evening Forum lecture series with a film entitled “Brawny Australia” Foreign Students Helped with S/ano and Idioms NUTTIER THAN A . . . — Houssam Allhayyal accepts a handful of natural tidbits from health food advocate Gypsy Boots. Boots was on campus to promote the annual Pumpkin Festival being held this weekend in Northridge. The renowned author of nutritional books visited the studios of KPCS-FM, 89.3, to call the Pumpkin Festival to the attention of KPCS listeners in the San Gabriel Valley. Speakeasy, a new' Thursday noon group, which meets in C225, helps foreign students master the intricacies of English slang and idioms. The group was started by Sharon Scull as a result of an “English as a Second Language" class she taught last year. Students in the class had little time to practice the English language verbally and some of them expressed an interest in idioms and pronunciation. These interests led her to start the Speakeasy group, she said. The first meeting covered the changing of meanings of words in the English language, such as the word speakeasy, which she has changed from meaning an illegal beer bar to a class to learn how to speak English well. Mrs. Scull realizes that schedules do not always allow students to regularly attend the Thursday meetings, so the class is designed to be a complete lesson each time it meets. This way a student will not fall behind by missing a class, she said. She tries to vary the lessons so students will not become bored. Last week students performed a skit. The students in the group are happy to have a class that they do not have to pay for and in which they are making new' friends, Mrs. Scull said. Mrs. Scull said she finds foreign students “delightful" and welcomes them to the group. Especially those who have problems with idioms, like the student who cannot figure out w'hy a girl is sometimes called a “knock¬ out." October 12. at 7:30 p.m., in Sexson Auditorium. Armstrong's film is a compre¬ hensive study of the land “dow'n un¬ der.” The film features wildlife scenes, w'ith kangaroos, wallabies, platypuses and unusual birds. The continent also boasts one-third of the world's known w'ildflowers. Its cities are contemporary, the inhabitants friendly and hospitable. Highlights of the film include: life¬ styles in the cities, sports, walking the Great Barrier Reef and the Barossa Valley w'ine festival. Armstrong, a graduate of the Fniversity of Michigan, spent 17 years as a featured performer and news and editorial director for Cleveland, Ohio television stations. He later became a foreign correspondent in Southeast Asia for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He has been producing travel docu¬ mentaries for the lecture circuit and television since 1967. KEN ARMSTRONG . . . opens Forum KPCS Broadcasts Radio Dramas 'Earplay' Features Full-length Plays KPCS. 89.3 FM. will broadcast “Earplay" as an American Drama Project beginning Tuesday. Oct. 5 and following Tuesdays at 10 p.m. The pro¬ gram will air full-length plays, acoustic documentaries and satire over the San Gabriel Valley. “Earplay " season 76-77 offers more than 30 hours of innovative radio drama productions. Headlining the first show was Edward Albee's “Listening." Upcoming in the “Ear- play" season will be an adaptation of Archibald MacLeish's famous Broad¬ way play. “JB." George Bernard Shaw's “Man and Superman." a visit with John Howard Griffin (author of "Black Like Me"), Sir Terrence Kattigan's new play. “Cause Celebre." which documents the true story of the Kattenbury-Stoner murder trial, and Henrik Ibsen's classic drama. “A Doll's House." Later in the season "Earplay" will present an adaptation of "Crime and Punishment" by Eeodor Dosteovski. "Earplay” is a pioneer in the American renaissance of radio drama production employing some of the best Writing, acting and directing talent and using advanced technology and original music to produce sound scores rather than sound effects. к