PCC CouSu&v
Vol. 13, No. 4
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
October 12, 1960
Accreditation committee to judge PCC
USSR actress
to speak here
on Soviet life
Kyra Petrovskaya, former of¬
ficer in the Russian Army and
star of the Soviet stage and
screen, will be the featured speak¬
er at next week’s Tuesday Eve¬
ning Forum in Sexson Auditori¬
um at 8 p.m.
Discussing the topic, “Everyday
Life in Soviet Russia,” Miss Pet¬
rovskaya will relate her impres¬
sions of the USSR, past and pres¬
ent, and tell how it has affected
her life.
DURING WORLD War II the
speaker emigrated to the United
States after she had met and
married an American diplomat in
Moscow. It was only through the
personal intervention of Vassily
Stalin that she was permitted to
even marry the American and to
leave Russia.
In her lecture tours through¬
out the United States, the former
Russian princess recounts to her
audiences the dramatic events of
her life in the Soviet Union be¬
fore and during the war.
Because she was the daughter
of a Czarist prince, Miss Petrov¬
skaya was rescued during her in¬
fancy and raised under an as-
sumer name by her father’s for¬
mer orderly.
AT THE AGE of eight she won
admission to a school for music¬
ally gifted children, and followed
this with classes in Leningrad’s
Institute of Theatrical Arts.
Upon graduation from the Rus¬
sian institute, she performed at
Leningrad’s Drama Theater and
immediately became one of the
leading Soviet actresses.
World War II temporarily in¬
terrupted Miss Petrovskaya’s ca¬
reer when she left the stage to
serve as a field nurse on the
front lines. Enduring the seige of
Leningrad, she became a sharp¬
shooter in the Red Army where
she was wounded by shrapnel and
later received military decorations
for her exploits.
Since coming to the United
States and attaining her citizen¬
ship papers here, Miss Petrov¬
skaya has appeared on numerous
television shows, published her
autobiography, “Kyra,” sung with
two major symphony orchestras,
and become a popular speaker
throughout the country.
Brando featured in
fund-raising movie
“Viva Zapata,” the first inter¬
departmental motion picture, of
the semester, will be presented
in Sexson Auditorium on Mon¬
day, Oct. 24, at 3:15 and 7:30 p.m.
This 1952 film features Marlon
Brando in the title role. Brando
turns in a magnificent perform¬
ance as the Mexican peasant who
rallies his people to overthrow
their totalitarian government. The
story of Zapata is one of the earli-_
est movie efforts for Brando and
for director Elia Kazan, who have
both risen to great artistic
heights since.
The setting for the story is
Mexico in the early 1900’s, when
the suppression of the peasants
by the government caused Emili-
ano Zapata to lead his people in
revolution. Their basic desire is
only for land reforms, but Zapata
and his followers soon learn that
power corrupts easily.
Supporting Brando are Jean
Roberts, Joseph Wiseman, and
Anthony Quinn. Novelist John
urior phofo by Bob Harris
Two Lancer coeds, both members ol' PCC’s new
medical assisting course, ponder over the intriea-
MAZE eies of putting a human dummy back together
FOR again. It’s all in the interest ol' science though, as
MEDICS the girls are on their way to learning the funda¬
mentals of medical assisting in hospitals, health
centers, or clinics, for a future career.
Girls fill new class
for medic assistants
New this year in the PCC curriculum is a medical assist¬
ing- course, -which can be completed in two years. The objective
of the program is to prepare women for employment as medical
assistants in offices, hospitals, clinics, health centers, and
other medical establishments.
PCC’s Placement Bureau will
help sophomore graduates in this
course find positions.
Shorthand, typing, physiology,
anatomy, and general education
courses make up the freshman
year of the block.
During the sophomore year,
students will take microbiology
and 12 to 15 units of medical as¬
sisting. The course includes learn¬
ing secretarial and receptionist
responsibilities plus the art of
assisting a doctor with medical
procedures and laboratory tests.
“High school graduates with a
knowledge of shorthand and typ¬
ing, plus a minimum of three suc¬
cessful years of office experi¬
ence,” explained Miss Margaret
Stason, chairman of the Life Sci¬
ence Department, “will be admit¬
ted to the block as sophomores.”
Students planning to enter the
program as freshmen should have
previously taken algebra, chem¬
istry, physiology, typing, short¬
hand, and bookkeeping in high
school.
Upon satisfactory completion of
the block program, the student
will graduate with the degree of
Associate in Arts and a certificate
of completion in medical assist¬
ing.
Steinbeck compiled the screen
play and the music of Alfred
Newman adds much to the story.
Admission will be 50 cents, and
tickets may be obtained from de¬
partmental representatives in
your classes. The profits from
this movie and from subsequent
pictures to be shown will be used
to make monetary awards to out¬
standing departmental students.
Inspection tour set
early in November
Early in November Pasadena City College will be visited
by a team of six educators. The purpose of this visit, which
occurs once every five years, is to accredit the college. This
team will spend two days on campus: During most of this time
the members will be dropping in -
Latest make-up methods
seen on cosmetology trip
Just where do cosmetology stu¬
dents go on a field trip? Why
to the Ambassador Hotel in Los
Angeles for a cosmetology edu¬
cation program.
Next Monday a bus will take 61
PCC students including three in¬
structors, to the Ambassador Ho¬
tel to see and learn the latest de¬
velopments in the field of cosmet¬
ic treatment and application.
The instructors attending with
the students will be Mrs. Ruth
Sprague, Mrs. Dorothy Colwell,
and Mrs. Margo Graham. The
group will be gone from 9:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
on classes, talking with members
of the faculty and administration,
and inspecting facilities.
A booklet regarding virtually
all phases of PCC has been pre¬
pared for evaluation by the com¬
mittee. This booklet is the result
of six months research by the ad¬
ministration. It then took from
March through August of this
year to put the information into
the booklet.
EVALUATION of the booklet
plays an all-important part in the
work of the team. It furnishes
them virtually all of the infor¬
mation on such things as teacher
qualifications, aims of the college,
curriculum, and, most important,
actions taken on past recommen¬
dations.
At the last visit of an accredi¬
tation team in 1955, there were
two major recommendations:
First, that the class in student
leadership should be restored;
and, second, that the library
should be restored to its full size.
THE STUDY of the college
serves one main purpose. It al¬
lows the administration of PCC
(or any other junior college) to
find out how their work compares
with the work being done at other
‘ Antigone 1 tryouts
offer classic roles
All students are eligible for
tryouts for a role in the next play
of the PCC dramatic season, “An¬
tigone,” the modern-day version
of the Greek classic drama by
Jean Anouilh.
Auditions began yesterday in
the Little Theater and will con¬
tinue daily until Friday from
3-5 p.m.
Challenging roles are available
for aspiring actors who are inter¬
ested in interpreting highly dra¬
matic roles. There are openings
for eight men and four women.
Rehearsals for the play will be
held soon after selection of the
cast. It is scheduled for presen¬
tation in the Little Theater De¬
cember 6-9 under the direction of
Mrs. Annabel Cooney.
"Antigone” is the second dra¬
ma set on the PCC Theater Arts
schedule for this year. The first
will be “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
Next semester will see “Point of
No Return” in March and "On-
dine” in May.
schools.
There are two differet types of
accreditation. First, a five-year
accreditation means that the team
finds the school satisfactory with
only minor changes recommend¬
ed. Second, a two-year accredi¬
tation means that there is a glar¬
ing fault in a major area.
The results of the team’s re¬
search at PCC will be given in
the form of a report to the State
Commission for Accrediting Ju¬
nior Colleges. The commission is
then in charge of giving the ac¬
tual accreditation.
In order to prepare for the ac¬
creditation of the school, the pres-
idents and deans of the state’s
junior colleges attend an accredi¬
tation workshop every other sum¬
mer.
‘Brewster’ family
makes for hilarity
in stage rehearsal
Several bodies have recently
been found in the Panama Canal
and the guilty party seems to be
the “crazy” Brewster family.
When you hear the cry of
"Charge!” roar through the
house, the facts are verified.
The familiar saying, which orig¬
inated with “Arsenic and Old
Lace,” comes from Teddy Brew¬
ster, a delightful character be¬
lieving himself to be Teddy Roose¬
velt.
These are a few of the incidents
that go to make “Arsenic and
Old Lace,” a three-act comedy
Building expansion plans
in hands of Pasadena voters
What is going to happen to Pasadena City College? Educators,
students, and interested citizens of this area are demanding an answer
to this question.
Will PCC be remodeled here at its present location or will it be
moved to a new site? The answer lies with the voters; they will
decide the fate of junior college students in this area.
But if, the bond issue to move the college is voted down, the
master. plan for rebuilding PCC will go immediately into effect.
Students that have become impatient with the delay must realize
that it would be impractical to spend money on remodeling the school
if it is soon to be moved to another location.
But even if the college is moved it will take time and we are
assured that certain improvements will be made for the duration of
our stay at this spot.
Students have already noticed the reconstruction of parts of the
C Building and the new athletic field. Also because of the large
number of new students that are expected, reorganization of the
administrative offices is in progress. This is all part of the “new
look” that will represent PCC in the years to come.
Charlene Way
. . . plays leading role
written by Joseph Kesselring, a
truly hilarious play. Evening per¬
formances will be given in Sex¬
son Auditorium October 21 and
22.
Originally a big hit in New
York, the play featured such
great stars as Josephine Hall,
Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre.
Taking the leads at PCC are
Polita Marks and Charlene Way
as Martha and Abby Brewster;
Linda Gaulding as Elaine Harper;
Paul Stevens as Mortimer Brew¬
ster; Jon Middleton as Jonathan
Brewster; Hugo Leckey as Dr.
Einstein; and Phil Luther as Ted¬
dy Brewster.
Playing the Rev. Dr. Harper,
Officer Borrette, Officer Klein,
Officer O’Hara, Lt. Rooney, Mr.
Gibbs, and Mr. Witherspone will
be Frank Dane, Alex Franco,
Marshall Cohen, Tom Grosso,
Dick Hampson, Joe Clement, and
• Larry Miller, respectively.
Donald Liercke is in charge of
the play with Dave Tucker acting
as student director.
