PCC Courier, October 21, 1964

Senate Sponsors Proposition 14 Debate PCC CoutU&v VOL. 21, NO. 6 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 21, 1964 PCC Clubs Hold Organization Day PCC’s annual Student Organi¬ zations Day program will take place tomorrow at 12 noon. Various clubs, honorary and service fraternities, religious groups, committees, and councils will have representatives station¬ ed in rooms all over PCC. These clubs will be represented for the specific purpose of mak¬ ing students aware of the organi¬ zations' existence, function, past history, and expei'ience. Some of the organizations will present special speakers, show films or movies related to their group, or give demonstrations. A bulletin will be available in 111C for those who are interested in obtaining room numbers for the organizations. Students are urged to become acquainted with the various clubs on campus. Coordinators of the event are hoping for full partici¬ pation by the student body. Comi, Lee Discuss Housing initiutive The ASB Senate will sponsor a debate on the controversial Proposition 14 next Tuesday in Sexson Auditorium at 12 noon. The entire student body is invited to attend. Proposition 14, the initiative which would repeal the Rumford Fair Housing- Act passed by the 1963 state leg- !AY 1 — Courier photo by Brian Black PRESIDENT SPEAKS — Dennis Thompson, Senate president, speaks to Lancer senators at the Senate Installation Breakfast last week in the faculty dining room. Thompson is flanked by Senate Vice- president Brian Wardlaw and Dr. Catherine Robbins, president of the college. IRC Sponsors Debate Bulletin Board to Observe UN Week A Model Security Council de¬ bate on the issue of Cyprus will be the highlight of activities this week at PCC in connection with the world-wide observance of United Nations Week. UN Week began Monday and will continue through this Satur¬ day, United Nations Day. This week commemorates the 24th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter. The Model Security Council de¬ bate will be held tomorrow in Harbeson Hall at 12 noon under the sponsorship of the Interna- AAUW Praises President Robbins Dr. Catherine Robbins, now in her sixth year as president of Pasadena City College, was re¬ cently presented the American Association of University Women achievement award by the women of the Pasadena branch. The honor was presented to PCC’s first lady at a banquet in the Campus Center. Dr. Inga Behr, physical science instructor at PCC, presented the award to Dr. Robbins. AFTER accepting the award, Dr. Robbins was given the honor of introducing and presenting the AAUW award to seven other women of distinction. They in¬ cluded Dr. Alice Campbell, medi¬ cine; Dr. Olga Todd, science; Miss Grace McFarland, education; Mrs. Jesse McNeil, world prob¬ lems; Mrs. Beebe Nuetzman, com¬ munity problems; and Misses Alice and Eleonore Schonefeld, the arts. Earlier this month, Dr. Rob¬ bins attended the 47th annual meeting of the American Council on Education in San Francisco. The theme of the conference was “Autonomy and Interdepend¬ ence,” DR. ROBBINS was a member of the ACE Commission on the Education of Women from 1959 to 1962 and attended four meet¬ ings of that commission in Wash¬ ington, D.C. Dr. Robbins has also received recognition from Pi Lambda The¬ ta. The current issue of that organization’s national publica¬ tion, Educational Horizons, con¬ tains an article entitled “Women in the Space Age" written by the Pasadena City College president. tional Relations Club. It will be open to all interested students. Each of the eleven nations on the actual Security Council will be represented by a student who will debate from that country’s point of view. International Relations Club president and coordinator of the debate, Nigel Stevenson, said that “this event will not only be in¬ formative to the student body, but it will also help us to prepare for the Model United Nations meeting later this year at Clare¬ mont College.” Dr. Harold Hansen, faculty ad¬ viser to the International Rela¬ tions Club, commented that “the UN is the most important inter¬ national organization and United Nations Week is held in order to focus attention on the organi¬ zation’s work, as well as the activ¬ ities of its many related agen¬ cies.” Foreign Students Arrange Activities PCC’s International Students Commission, undertaking their annual Pal Program, will sponsor a mix ’n mingle today at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center lounge. Anyone who would like to meet foreign students on an informal basis is invited to attend today’s social function. Refreshments will be served. The Pal Program pairs Ameri¬ can and foreign students of like interests in order to further un¬ derstanding in the world. All in¬ terested students should apply to Javad Khalizadeh, ISC president, or to Margarita Fastabend, fac¬ ulty adviser to the program. Lanterman Talks at GOP Meeting Frank Lanterman, Republican state assemblyman from the 47th district, will speak on campus tomorrow at 12 noon in 115E. The topic of his lecture will be “Politi¬ cal Crisis.” Lanterman, a resident of La Canada, has represented this area for many years. He is the state representative for Pasadena, Glen¬ dale, Montrose, Altadena, La Can¬ ada, and La Crescenta. The speech will be sponsored by the PCC Young Republicans. Presidential Film The PCC Young Democrats will present the film, “Let Us Con¬ tinue,” tomorrow at 12 noon in 104D. The movie, a biography of President Lyndon Johnson, is the same film which was shown at the Democratic Na¬ tional Convention in Atlantic City last August. Circle К Sale Circle K, PCC’s honorary men’s service organization, is holding a peanut brittle sale this week on campus. The club’s mem¬ bers will be selling one pound boxes for $1 through Friday. 'Cinema' Presents European Movies Cinema Limited will present “Ashes and Diamonds," a 1959 award-winning Polish film, as the featured movie in Saturday night’s presentation in Sexson Auditorium at 8:15. Single admis¬ sion tickets will be sold for $1.25. The production, directed by An¬ drzej Wajda, was awarded the grand prize at the Vancouver Film Festival in 1960 and the film critics’ award at the 1959 Venice Film Festival. The movie is set within the area of a small Polish city in one full day — the day of Germany's surrender — and re¬ volves around the efforts of a young resistance fighter to spot and assassinate a new Polish Communist leader. In a movie review, the New York Times said, “It isn’t easy to understand how the Communist satraps allowed Wajda to make this film, yet it is graphically il¬ lustrative of the fact that all to¬ talitarianism is sickeningly point¬ less, no matter under what dis¬ guise it masquerades." “The Little Spoon,” a fascinat¬ ing story of a museum exhibit, will be the co-feature. It was film¬ ed in France in 1961. Saturday’s performance will be the fourth in a series of pre¬ sentations of foreign films. Cine¬ ma Limited is a non-profit cultur¬ al organization sponsored by the Pasadena Art Museum. Television Newsman Discusses DeCaulle David Schoenbrun, who has chief in Paris for the Overseas won an international reputation as a television reporter and as a specialist in French political af¬ fairs, will discuss “DeGaulle and His Plans for France” at the Tuesday Evening Forum next Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. Schoenbrun will analyze the impact of DeGaulle’s policies on both the Western world and the communist block nations, and will emphasize the efforts of De- Gaulle to build a major third power in Western Europe be¬ tween the two world antagonists. Schoenbrun has just returned from Paris as European corres¬ pondent for Metromedia TV- Radio. He had a long distin¬ guished career in Europe as CBS News Paris Bureau Chief, a post he has held since 1947. During his 18 years in the French capital, he became an acknowledged au¬ thority on France, NATO, the Common Market, and Charles DeGaulle. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for combat ac¬ tion with the French Army and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government. During World War II, he served in military intelligence in North Africa and as combat correspondent for the Seventh Army in Italy and the invasion of Southern France, and then with the French Army in the libera¬ tion of Vienna. After the German surrender, Schoenbrun was de¬ mobilized in France. He became chief correspondent and bureau News Service through 1946 and then for CBS in 1947. He covered France, NATO, and North Africa for CBS, and was chief correspondent for interna¬ tional conferences. During the years 1947-1952, Schoenbrun also covered Indo-China. In 1952, he covered the Eisenhower campaign for three months. Schoenbrun is the only reporter to have won four separate Over¬ seas Press Club awards in as many different categories: “Best TV Reporting of Foreign Affairs" (1962), “Best Magazine Article” (1960), “Best Book on Foreign Affairs” (1957), and “Best Radio Reporting from Abroad” (1955). He is also the recipient of the 1959 Alfred I. DuPont Award as Commentator of the Year. DAVID SCHOENBRUN . . . European correspondent islature, will be discussed by two authorities on the subject — Paul Corn; and Sharon Lee. Comi is a member of the "Com¬ mittee for Yes on Proposition 14.” He is a professional actor and has appeared in over 250 television shows and 13 motion pictures. He is a Korean War veteran and a graduate of El Camino College and USC. Mrs. Lee is a member of the “Californians Against Proposition 14.” She is active on both the state and local levels. She is also a member of the League of Women Voters and is active in several other community organi¬ zations. AWS Schedules Slate of Functions The Associated Women Stu¬ dents will sponsor a “Women’s Week” next week, with all events and functions open to all PCC students, both men and women. An open house has been set for Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Cam¬ pus Center lounge. A fashion show, featuring ski, campus, and semi-formal wear, and clothes for the Royal Ball, will be held on Tuesday in the Campus Center at 12 noon. PCC students will serve as models. Men’s apparel will also be shown. An administrative rec e p t i о n next Wednesday and an assembly featuring Jimmie Rodgers on Thursday will terminate the week’s activities. AWS will also sponsor a penny- a-vote contest throughout the week to select Mr. and Miss Col¬ legian. The money from this func¬ tion will be used to set up an AWS scholarship fund, and to send PCC representatives to state¬ wide conferences. Val Hughes, president of AWS, said, “My objective is to make women students familiar with their government. We want them to feel wanted and to realize the importance of their government.” Lancer Coed Analyzes Socialism in Sweden Bonnie Reed, a Pasadena City College student who has recently returned from 13 months in Swe¬ den, will speak on campus to¬ morrow at 12 noon in 135C. The meeting is being sponsored by the College Christian Association. Miss Reed attended a Swedish junior college for a full year and has been in great demand for speaking engagements since her return to the United States. She is expected to discuss the youth of Sweden, their aspira¬ tions, moral values, and their sense of security. She will also discuss socialism in that country, its meaning, and its long-range ef¬ fects on the society. This meeting is the first of a series of open meetings of social and cultural interest sponsored by the CCA. The organization ex¬ tends an open invitation to all PCC students.