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Presented for the first time will be the 1961 Homecoming
. . . . . Queen at the annual AMS-AWS dance next Saturday night.
VOL 13, NO. 6 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 26, 1960 Set in an autumn motif at the Altadena Town and Country
- - - - - - - Club, the dance will be attended by both Pasadena City College
Artistic show
exhibits work
of PCC grads
Six prominent alumni from
Pasadena City College’s Art De¬
partment will have on display
their latest works in a special
three-week art exhibit here.
Under- the sponsorship of the
Lancer Art Council, the’ exclu¬
sive collections of photographs
and paintings can be seen Oc¬
tober 27 through November 10
in 300C free of charge.
THOSE ALUMNI participating
will be Marvin Carlson, Bob
Hurst, Fidel Danieli, Paul Hauge,
Jim Borrowman, and Norman
Zanmitt.
Tomorrow afternoon an open¬
ing reception will be held in the
showroom at 3 p.m. where the
honored guests will be presented.
Marvin Carlson is now the own¬
er of a San Marino photo studio,
which he opened after receiving
his art background at PCC. He
will have on display a variety of
his personal photographic col¬
lection.
students and alumni. Music is to
be furnished by the Continentals.
Following the Homecoming
game with Cerritos College by
one night, the October 29 event
will mark the first dance of the
season.
Tickets may be purchased for
$3 a couple in the College Bank
this week. Students holding ASB
activity books will be admitted
for $2.50.
The five Homecoming queen
finalists will be chosen by a pan¬
el of AMS Board members and
will be presented at the dance.
The final decision will be made
by the student body’s penny vote,
and the winning candidate will be
the one collecting the greatest
number of pennies.
Traditionally, the queen has
been the candidate sponsored by
the Engineering and Technology
Department. t
Last year’s contestant from
this department was Susan De-
Clerq. As queen she presided
over the dance with the rest of
her royal court.
“This is the first dance of the
year,” said AWS representative
Carol Galbraith, “and we hope
that the student’s enthusiasm will
be sufficient to make it a real suc¬
cess. The dress is to be dressy
sport and the atmosphere casual,
so a good time should be had by
all.”
' — ‘Courier Photo
Selling tickets to the Lancer Homecoming Dance is
THAT’S easy business when you get an enthusiastic crowd
THE like this one. The dance, jointly sponsored by
SPIRIT! AMS-AWS, will bring PCC alumni back to their
Alma Mater for a memorable evening.
Dancers bring creativity,
theatrical style to assembly
A 1959 PCC graduate and now
a student at UCLA, Bob Hurst
is studying to be an art teacher.
Fidel Danieli is presently teach¬
ing art at Eagle Rock High
School, after graduating as a Lan¬
cer in 1958.
Bob Hauge received his art
training here in 1957, and later
attended at Art Center. Now em¬
ployed in an art firm with a
UCLA graduation behind him,
Jim Borrowing, an alumnus of
the class of ’57, will add several of
his personal collections to the
show.
Norman Zammet is a 1957 art
graduate also, and is now contin¬
uing his education at the Los An¬
geles County Art Institute.
Roger Mejias, publicity chair¬
man for the Lancer Art Council
which is sponsoring the show, em¬
phasized the uniqueness of the
exhibition as a chance for current
art majors to compare their talent
and progress with that of former
students.
journeys, including a one-man
trek from Africa’s Atlantic Coast
to the Red Sea, the film depicts
the rapidly changing face of Af¬
rica.
He shows the forgotten cities of
Timbuktu and Djenne, the cliff¬
dwelling ragons, primitive arts
and crafts, tribal weapons and
Hector Acebes
. . . jungle traveler
tools, musical instruments and
dances, and a variety of animal
life.
A graduate engineer from the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech¬
nology, Mr. Acebes has spent
most of his adult life exploring
Possible recruits
to question officer
- All men students interested in
the Marine Corps after college
will have the opportunity to ques¬
tion Capt. J. W. Warner, officer-
selection officer for the South¬
western United States, when he
visits PCC tomorrow and Friday.
Captain Warner will be sta¬
tioned at the Bookstore from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. both days to hold
interviews and to explain the var¬
ious Marine officer training pro¬
grams. Qualified students may
apply for one of these programs
at this time.
Marine officer candidates are
still draft deferred while they are
in college. In addition, they are
required neither to take special
academic subjects during the
school year nor to attend reserve
meetings.
the jungles of South America
and Africa. He prefers to live
with the primitive people on his
journeys, and feels through this
he can become better acquainted
with their habits, customs, and
languages.
Many articles written by Mr.
Acebes have appeared in Time
and Look magazines, along with
photographs taken in the wild
country. A nation-wide television
program, “Bold Journey,” has al¬
so carried accounts of his expedi¬
tions.
Rose Queen trials
resume tomorrow
Tomorrow 125 of Pasadena City
College’s fairest coeds will parade
before the Tournament of Roses
selection committee in hopes of
staying among the 100 who will
remain after the judging.
Soon these 100 will be further
narrowed down to 50. From these
50, the finalists will be chosen.
The judging will be held off
campus. The contestants will
show off their charms at the
Wrigley mansion which was re¬
cently given to the Rose Bowl
Association.
Saida Gerrard’s theater dance
company will bring an atmos¬
phere of creativity and diversi¬
fied musical moods to Sexson
Auditorium tomorrow when they
appear as featured guests in an
ASB assembly.
Only students holding ASB ac-
tiviity books will be . admitted to
the special stage production,
which begins at 11:40 a.m.
The Gerrard dance group has
toured extensively throughout
the United States .and has met
with wide acclaim from profes¬
sional newspaper and dance crit¬
ics.
Performing from their reper¬
toire of original modern dance
‘Smiling’ students
face camera’s eye
Individual pictures of freshman
and sophomore students are now
being taken and the process will
continue until November 4, ac¬
cording to Ben Van Horn, year¬
book editor.
All pictures are being handled
in 102V by a professional photog¬
rapher from Juanita Studio in
Pasadena.
WOMEN students are asked to
wear dark-colored sweaters with
necklines. White should not be
worn in order to get better pho¬
tographic results. Men students
must wear white shirts, ties, and
coats.
Each student is to select the
best pose from the four proofs
he will receive, and then return
it to the Pageant office in 31C
as soon as possible.
If a student fails to do so, the
choice will be left to the judgment
of the photographer.
THESE PROOFS will then be
retouched and given to the Pag¬
eant staff for publication in June.
If personal pictures are desired
by any student, extra orders may
be made by contacting Juanita
Studio.
The Pageant staff expressed its
hope that everyone will have his
picture in the 1961 Pageant, and
further stressed the necessity of
being on time for all appoint¬
ments.
routines, Miss Gerrard’s precision
troupe dances in a wide range of
concert and theatrical styles.
Emphasis is placed on the dra¬
matic, lyrical, and humorous.
Music for the performers
ranges through many periods,
from ancient to contemporary,
and is arranged for piano, voices,
instrumental, and orchestra en¬
sembles.
Herself a distinguished artist,
Miss Gerrard has received out¬
standing recognition as a dancer
and choreographer. She has ap¬
peared as a soloist with numer¬
ous symphony orchestras, and has
created dance arrangements for
opera, films, and the theater.
The entire company has been
presented in concert by USC,
UCLA, the Long Beach Sym¬
phony, and the Los Angeles Phil¬
harmonic Orchestra.
John Rougherty of Dance mag¬
azine recently hailed the dance
routine as “a performance in the
best tradition of modern dance.”
In a review from the. New York
Times, John Martin proclaimed
Saida Gerrard as “an artist who
dances to perfection with a de¬
lightful realization of comedy
mood.”
Beginning at 8 p.m., the event
will feature door prizes.
The Freshman Class Council
will be selling large yellow mums
all day Friday and class president
Bill Arens expressed his hope that
all students and alumni will ap¬
pear at the dance sporting the
traditional Lancer Homecoming
symbol.
Patty Fogel, AWS president for
the current semester, emphasized
that tremendous preparation has
been put forth by the combined
boards and encourages all Lan¬
cers to turn out to enjoy the fun
and activity planned.
Foreign students urged
to check medical plan
All foreign students who are
free during the 10 o’clock period
are urged to come to 200C to re¬
ceive information on a highly
beneficial health and accident in¬
surance policy.
This policy is approved by the
Institute of International Educa¬
tion. ft offers moderate cost with
excellent coverage in case of ill¬
ness or accident.
•Book bargain
More than 700 books and fa¬
mous prints will go on sale to¬
morrow at the bookstore, and
will continue being sold
throughout November. Values
of the items, which are on a
variety of subjects, range from
$1 to $7, All sales will be on a
first come, first served basis.
lane er band to lead
Veteran’s Day parade
Pasadena City College’s Lancer Band will lead a procession
through Forest Lawn Cemetery on Veteran’s Day, November 11, as
a part of the “Sacred Torch Ceremony.”
About 75 of the 94-piece band will take part in the ceremony,
which is a part of President Eisenhower’s “People to People Pro¬
gram,” according to Robert Fleury, head of the Music Department.
Similar activities will take place at Brussels, site of the Unknown
Soldiers’ Tomb, and at the Arlington National Cemetery.
This ceremony is being sponsored jointly by six veterans organi¬
zations. They are: the American Legion, American Veterans of
WW II, Disabled American Veterans, Catholic War Veterans, Jewish
War Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Co-sponsor is Eddie
Rickenbacker.
The ceremony will be open to the public and on-grounds transpor¬
tation will be provided for persons who are disabled or otherwise un¬
able to get around.
Proceedings will begin with the procession at 10 a.m. and con¬
clude at approximately 11:30 a.m., at which time a torch will be placed
on a symbolic tomb dedicated to the Unknown Soldier.
African explorer
returns to forum
Hector Acebes, traveler and photographer through the
African jungles, returns once again to PCC’s Tuesday Evening
Forum next week to narrate his documentary film, “Africa
Astir.” Two years in the making and filmed on three separate