PCC CouXleSv
Vol. 11, No. 4
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
October 14, 1959
In the space of 19 years it is
possible for some eager souls to
complete an entire education but
for PCC’s math and astronomy
head, Dr. L. Clark Lay, there was
a 19-year interim period between
the time he graduated from USC
until he received his coveted doc¬
torate.
Dr. Lay, who left the Trojan
campus, diploma in hand, back in
1940, did not immediately start
the gruelling undertaking of
working towards his doctor of
education degree. In fact, it was
not until 1952 when the Ford
Foundation presented him with a
one year fellowship for study in
mathematics at UCLA that the
new doctor started the long
climb.
THIS YEAR his 19 year dream
came true when he proudly ac¬
cepted his doctorate from the
Westwood institution.
What did he do between the
time he left the USC campus and
the time he was awarded the fel¬
lowship? After receiving his MA
he joined the staff at the Lock¬
heed Aircraft Corp. and served in
the capacity as design engineer.
There he worked on the planes
which helped bring about the de¬
feat of the Axis powers of World
War II.
Dr. Lay’s first teaching job in
Pasadena was at the now defunct
John Muir College, which requir¬
ed his services in 1946 when the
school first opened. When the
college was dissolved in 1954, Lay
moved over to PCC and one year
later became head of the Math
and Astronomy Department.
SINCE COMING to the Lancer
campus, Dr. Lay has originated
a course in math now used by the
college. That is Arithmetic 102,
which, incidentally, served as his
thesis material.
Lay had been developing the
class to prepare those students
with poor math backgrounds, for
further study in the field. This
topic coincided perfectly with his
own educational aspirations.
In addition to his PCC duties,
Dr. Lay also serves on an advis¬
ory committee to the National
Science Foundation which selects
the programs to be used in teach¬
er training.
Dan T. Moore, an internationally-known counter-spy,
author, and journalist will be the speaker at the general as¬
sembly on October 15 in Sexson Auditorium. “The Boiling Pot
of the Middle East” will be his topic. Mr. Moore, a graduate
California drivers
now face two new
traffic regulations
Beleaguered California motor¬
ists who already have to buck
heavy freeway traffic, a copious
supply of signal lights and each
other now have two more laws
to contend with.
The first statute deals with li¬
censes. Under a new state ruling
no person will be allowed to pos¬
sess two driver’s licenses. You
now have to decide between a
chauffeur’s or operator’s license.
All you are required to do is
drop in to the nearest motor ve¬
hicles branch and sign the appro¬
priate form or mail the unneeded
license to the Department of Mo-
to Vehicles, Division of Drivers
Licenses, PO Box 2590, Sacramen¬
to, along with a statement that
you are surrendering one license.
The second law concerns un¬
registered vehicles. Effective Oc¬
tober 17 owners of vehicles which
are not registered for the current
year and which are left standing
on any public street or highway
must meet a new registration re¬
quirement.
From the date when registra¬
tion becomes due owners will
have 30 days grace in which to
comply with the law.
After the seventeenth of this
month, the Department of Motor
Vehicles will be obliged to collect
penalties on delinquent registra¬
tion fees, when application is
made to any field office or through
the mail.
of Yale University, is well quali¬
fied to giye a true picture of
what is happening and fgresee
what will probably happen in the
Middle East.
In his lectures, he has accurate¬
ly predicted the British defeat of
Suez, th,e fall of King Farouk,
and the revolutions in Egypt, the
spread of communism in the Mid¬
dle East, and many other things
that are now a part of history.
DURING WORLD WAR II he
served as executive assistant to
the chief of X-2 Counter-intelli¬
gence in Washington, and later
as chief liaison officer between
X-2, OCC, FBI, and the State
Department.
As a result of his familiarity
with undercover work, he was
Dan T. Moore
. . . addresses assembly
then assigned to the Middle East,
where from his office in Cairo, he
headed counter-intelligence opera¬
tions. In his lectures he draws
heavily on his own experiences as
a counter-spy.
A GIFTED WRITER as well as
a speaker, Mr. Moore has pub¬
lished articles and stories in The
Saturday Evening Post, Reader’s
Digest, Blue Book, Adventure
Magazine, Science Fiction, and
other publications.
His spy novel, “The Terrible
Game,” is receiving excellent re¬
views from the New York Times
and many other publications.
Moore now lives in Cleveland
with his wife and four children.
Dropping a class?
Penalty deadline
nears for students
If you are going to drop a class,
now is the time to do so.
Students may arrange with
their counselor to officially drop
a course or courses without pen¬
alty through the last day of the
sixth week of the semester. Any
courses dropped by a student aft¬
er the end of the sixth week will
be recorded with a grade of “F.”
Students should think carefully
about dropping any courses, and
should bear in mind that this may
necessitate taking another semes¬
ter or a summer session to com¬
plete requirements either for
graduation or transfer.
It is hoped that students will
make a wise decision if they are
planning to drop any courses and
that they will see that the official
change of programs are filed in
the IBM Control office, 5XC.
Remember to take care of this
matter on or before October 23,
and do not simply stop attending
classes.
PCC library seeks
part-time workers
For a student who is interested
in the school and the library, here
is a good way to be of service to
both. The library needs volun¬
teers. No previous training is
needed and it is a fine way to gain
experience.
Students can name their own
hours, too. They may work dur¬
ing free periods, lunch hours, be¬
fore and after school, and in The
evenings. The variety of jobs
might interest many students.
People are needed for checking
books, processing, typing, and oth¬
er jobs.
Service points many be earned
at the rate of one service point
per every hour of library serv¬
ice. These service points will
surely enhance any college stu¬
dent’s record.
Interested students who would
like more information concerning
library work can contact Mrs.
Mabel Kennedy at the library.
•Rose tryouts
Tryouts for the Tournament of
Roses queen will begin October
19 and 20. Tryouts are man¬
datory for all women’s gym
classes. Girls are judged not
only on their general appear¬
ance but also on their poise
and manner. To be relaxed and
comfortable girls are advised to
wear every day school clothes.
They are also advised not to
overdress. This year the tour¬
nament will be under the direc¬
tion of Sydney Curtis, dean of
student activities.
Foreign program
rates near the top
In case any of us doubted it when Superintendent Robert
Jenkins said at assembly two weeks ago that PCC is one of
the best junior colleges in the country, here is further proof.
PCC has the most intensive English program for foreign stu¬
dents of all the junior colleges in
the country, and could compete
with most universities on this
score, as well. So reports Wood-
row Ohlsen, head of the English
Department.
A change has been made in the
foreign student English program,
making it more concentrated, thus
enabling the students to take
courses in other subjects sooner.
There are only two “blocks” now,
with six hours a day of classes,
and those who place can finish
the English program in two se¬
mesters.
Foreign students take a test to
be placed, and formerly, were
placed in one of three blocks —
A, B, or C. In the fourth cate¬
gory, they took English 33A and
B, which equaled Composition 1A,
transferable for credit. They had
English four hours per day, five
days a week. Three semesters of
this heavy English study were re¬
quired. Now the program has been
streamlined, quickened.
This program teaches the stu¬
dents enough English so they can
successfully cope with any course
in the college. Foreign students
do not come, to this country pri¬
marily to study English, but to
master various fields of intellec¬
tual effort.
They have “F” visas, indicating
they are going to school. They
must carry at least 14% units to
satisfy requirements of the Immi¬
gration Office. Many of these stu¬
dents work in homes in the com¬
munity. Each student must have
a sponsor, who is not necessarily
the person with whom the stu¬
dent lives. This sponsor is re¬
sponsible for the student in an
emergency, but in most cases the
students support themselves.
The department makes use of
tapes, phonograph records, and
films in the teaching. Students
are taught English by five teach¬
ers, four of whom do nothing but
that.
Tomorrow and Friday all diligent Spartans, and
SPARTAN even those who aren’t so diligent, will have only
SUCKERS one objective in mind. That is to sell as many
ANYONE? suckers as possible to campus creatures of all
shapes and sizes. For a nominal fee it will now be
possible to aggravate your favorite teachers by
chomping heartily upon one of these sweets during
class. The red-sweatered coeds will be scampering
around the campus with their sucker baskets so
dig deep and help make their sale a big success.
Dr. L. Clark Lay is caught surveying one of the
many piles of outside work which occupies his time.
The Mathematics and Astronomy Department chair¬
man recently completed a 19-year climb to his doc¬
tor of education degree.
DEEP IN
A HEAP
OF WORK
AT TOMORROW’S ASSEMBLY
Dan Moore probes
Middle East issue
Lay earns
doctorate
at UCLA
