’Male Animal’ opens Friday in Sexson
PCC CcmSiieAy
Vol. 15, No. 7 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California October 25, 1961
Late United Nations head Miller headlines COmedy COSt
sends PCC special letter
Ed. Note: Several years ago the late Dag Hammarskjold, then Secretary-General of the
United Nations, sent a special message to the student body of PCC describing what the UN
meant to him. In commemoration of United Nations Week, and as a tribute to Hammar¬
skjold, his letter is reprinted here, along with a UN statement from President John F. Kennedy.
“A great poet of the last century once said that he alone
merits freedom and life who knows how, daily, to justify his
claim. This United Nations Day we have reason to remember
the truth of this as men interested in the progress towards
ACTOR’S DELIGHT— Larry Miller, playing the comedy role of Tommy Turner,
tries some strong arm persuasion on Carlton McCaslin in a scene from “The Male
Animal." The play will open in Sexson Auditorium Friday night, as the first
theater arts presentation of the year.
Buckner’s dixieland-jazz
will hit assembly tomorrow
peace and order to which the
United Nations is devoted.
“We are all aware of the great
problems which are reflected in
the conflicts of present day inter¬
national politics. In the efforts to
resolve those problems, the
United Nations has a crucial re¬
sponsibility.
“LET US prove that we are able
to see far, and to judge with
courage and equity. Then we shall
be able to develop the organiza¬
tion we have created to the pow¬
erful instrument it should be.
“We are conscious on this day,
not only of the challenge of our
difficulties, but also of the chal¬
lenge of our opportunities. The
great advance towards universal¬
ity of membership in the United
Nations has made the organiza¬
tion more representative of the
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD
. . . wrote to PCC
several interests of the world
community than ever before, and
capable of wider and more effec¬
tive action to reconcile those in¬
terests for the common good.
“AND OUK material progress
has given us greater power to
help each other than previous gen¬
erations. We know that those
forces in man and the tremendous
force of nature, which gave us
the power to hurt, can be turned
to give us equal powers to heal.
“In observing United Nations
Day, may each of us reaffirm his
own part in our effort to wrest
freedom and life from our trials,
our conflicts and our struggles.”
Dag Hammarskjold
UN Secretary-General
IN HIS United Nations Day
proclamation last month, Presi¬
dent John F. Kennedy spoke out
for the UN:
“The United Nations has clear¬
ly demonstrated its capacity to
act as a force for peace and hu¬
man advancement, and has pro-
Dr. Robbins promises
water to fill pools soon
PCC’s mirror pools will be re¬
painted and permanently filled in
the near future, college president
Catherine Robbins announced last
week.
Recent experimentation on the
small pool to combat the forming
of algae has been reported suc¬
cessful by the paint company
which executed the tests.
Dr. Robbins commented that
further color tests for the two
pools will be taken until a desir¬
able shade is acquired.
vided a dynamic spirit which is
leading the nations of the world
along the road to human pro¬
gress.
“The United States strongly
supports the United Nations, the
Charter of which is rooted in
ideals and aspirations which we
share with freedom-loving people
in all parts of the world.”
Panel will discuss
communist action
in third meeting
The third part of a student-
teacher seminar series on “The
Communist Threat — What It Is
and What It Threatens” will be
offered tomorrow at 2:30 in 200C.
The topic “Communism in Ac¬
tion” will be discussed.
Persons attending the informal
session are advised to read “From
Lenin to Khrushchev — The His¬
tory of World Communism,” by
Hugh Seto-Watson, pages 50 to
270. The book is available in the
college bookstore.
PARTICIPATINGon this
week’s panel will be PCC instruc¬
tors Jack Anderson, Katherine
Jones, and Donald Proctor. Dean
of student activities S. Luke Cur¬
tis will act as moderator and give
a short introduction to the topic.
In each of the last two seminars
more than 120 students and fac¬
ulty members have filled the 200C
lecture room to participate in the
discussion.
ARMEN Sarafian, dean of in¬
struction and originator of the
series, stated tha't he has been
pleased with the response given to
the seminars, and believes that
they are becoming valuable edu¬
cational programs.
All of the seminars are being
taped by the college’s FM radio
station KPCS and will be broad¬
cast in the near future.
Trumpeter Teddy Buckner and
his dixieland band will take the
spotlight at tomorrow’s ASB as¬
sembly in Sexson Auditorium.
Performances by Buckner and
company have almost become a
PCC tradition, and every year his
concerts have drawn capacity
crowds.
Only ASB book holders will be
admitted to the noon assembly
which will feature jazz, dixieland,
and ballads interpreted by Buck¬
ner and his five proteges.
Buckner got his start in dixie¬
land in 1950 when Louis Arm¬
strong suggested he join “Kid”
Ory’s band, at that time one of
the biggest dixieland groups in
New Orleans.
After four years of training
under the “Kid,” Buckner broke
on his own. He formed the
"Dixieland All-Stars,” a dream of
his since he took up the trumpet
at the age of nine.
Later, he acquired his present
group of musicians which has
made several movies with Fats
Waller, cut five LP albums, and
appeared in nightclubs and jazz
festivals all over the world.
Currently Buckner is being fea¬
tured at the Beverly Cavern in
Hollywood.
Four years ago, following their
first “big time” performance be¬
fore 6000 jazz devotees, critics
immediately hailed Buckner for
having “one of the finest jazz and
dixieland bands in the business.”
PCC’s drama department will
make its local debut this Friday
night when it presents “The Male
Animal” in Sexson Auditorium.
Curtain time for both the Friday
and Saturday night performances
is 8:30 p.m.
Larry Miller will play the star¬
ring role of Tommy Turner in
the James Thurber-Elliot Nugent
comedy, which follows the antics
of a group of college grads re¬
turning to their alma mater for
homecoming ceremonies.
Confusion and laughs arise
when an old beau of Turner’s
wife’s returns to the campus and
attempts to prove the worth of
brawn over brain. Playing the
roles of Mrs. Turner and her for¬
mer football hero will be Barbara
Ransom and Frank Dane.
TICKETS to the production,
put on entirely by PCC students,
are $1, with admission being free
to ASB book holders.
Another triangle to the plot de¬
velops when Turner’s niece, play¬
ed by Marilynne McLeod, becomes
emotionally entangled with an in¬
tellectual student and a football
player.
A third element of comedy
comes from a narrow-minded
board of trustees which attempts
to suppress the reading of a let¬
ter in Turner’s English class.
Turner, who had been termed
“a tiger” in a campus editorial
takes a stand on the principles of
freedom of ideas and refuses the
wishes of the trustees.
HE LATER deems it necessary
to engage in a fist fight to prove
he is, after all, a male animal.
Featured in the roles of the in¬
tellectual boy friend and the head
of the trustees, are Bill Howie and
Carlton McCaslin.
Other supporting characters
will be played by Jack Dahlka,
Jennie Keas, Lee Collins, Lynda
Powell, Kathy Eastman, and
Berry Codron.
Student direction is being han¬
dled by Steve Camp and his as¬
sistant, Priscilla Cummings.
ANNABELLE Cooney, drama
adviser, has promised this produc¬
tion to be “a delightful evening
of comedy and farce.”
Turner, in the starring role, has
appeared in the previous theater
arts productions of “Arsenic and
Old Lace,” “Point of No Return,”
“Of Flesh and Spirit,” and “On-
dine.”
He is president of Delta Psi
Omega, the campus chapter of
the honorary drama fraternity.
TRUMPETER TEDDY— Appearing on the Sexson Auditorium stage tomorrow
during the ASB assembly will be dixieland jazz musician Teddy Buckner and his
band. The performance will begin at 1 2 noon, for ASB book holders only.
Press conference summary
Following is a summary of the main points discussed with col¬
lege president Catherine Robbins last Friday in a Courier press con¬
ference:
The Wall: “Plans are being made to turn this area into a botani¬
cal garden . . . The new student center should alleviate much of the
obvious separation of student groups and interests due to off-campus
organizations.”
Civil Defense Provisions: “The college civil defense committee is
well-organized for any emergency . . . The lower levels of the campus
buildings could serve as shelters if needed for such use.”
Classes in Communism: “The college does not at present plan to
teach any separate classes about communism. Instead, I feel it’s im¬
portant to cover this instruction through existing social science classes
contrasting American heritages with those of other countries and
forms of government.”
United Nations Day: “I am pleased in the manner in which PCC
students are celebrating United Nations Week. The United Nations
is something we need for world peace, and PCC should make every
effort to support it.”
Construction: “The new campus center and service buildings
should be finished by the opening of school next year. Additional
parking will be ready by next January; however it will not entirely
alleviate the parking problem.”
JC Conferences: “These meetings have proved very valuable in
the past, giving rise to many new ideas. They often make us appre¬
ciate what we have.”
