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Vol. 25, No. 7
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
October 26, 1 966
Luber Sees Pound's Poetry
as Enigmatic, Inconsistent
By Bill Seavey
It has been said by some that,
to be literature, composition must
be meaningful.
In the strictest sense, this
statement is not entirely antilo¬
gous to the enigmatic poetry of
Ezra Pound. However, the state¬
ment is true if, to be meaningful,
composition must also be con¬
sistent. This is Ezra Pound’s
weakness as discussed by George
Luber at the English Colloquium
Friday.
The trouble with a discussion
of Ezra Pound seems to be that,
paradoxically, to understand him,
you must abandon understanding.
For Pound does not fit into any
niche; his poetry follows neither
rhyme nor reason.
IT IS literally a potpourri of
the workings of a sometime
genius, sometimes simple, and
sometimes distorted mind. For
Pound, says Luber, “says things
simply because he is inspired to
say them at the time. Pound does
not write with consecutive
thought.”
What is understandable is the
basis for this criticism of Pound.
His biography, like his poetry,
just doesn’t always rationalize.
Supposed principle, which varies
from time to time, has driven him
to outlandish pursuits and prac¬
tices.
He defected to Italy during
Bulletin Board
Food Drive
The annual Adelphian Canned
Food Drive will be held Friday.
The door-to-door drive begins at
7 p.m. at 3002 San Pasqual. Col¬
lected food will go to many
needed families in the Pasadena
area. Four service organizations
participating are Adelphians,
Spartans, Junior Executives,
and Circle K. Those who wish to
contribute canned goods are
asked to take them to the Adel¬
phian desk in the service office
of the Campus Center.
Program Planning
All currently enrolled students
not on probation or other “hold”
may make counseling appoint¬
ments by presenting their stu¬
dent ID cards on November 8
and 9 in Sexson Auditorium
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and in
138C from 4 to 9 p.m. All stu¬
dents may make appointments
in 138C on November 10 and
thereafter from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
All students on probation
should refer to their letters of
October 18, duplicates of which
may be obtained in 138C, 146C,
or 104C.
CSCLA Transfer
E. T. Long of California State
College at Fullerton will be on
campus November 22 from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. to discuss trans¬
fer plans with students. Sign
up for interviews in 112C.
‘No Time for Sergeants’
“How I Won My Medal.” Well,
why don’t you find out about it
Friday and Saturday evenings
in Sexson Auditorium? Curtain
time for “No Time for Ser¬
geants” is 8:15. Price is $1 per
person or PCC ASB free. Tick¬
ets may be obtained in advance
in 20C.
World War II merely to protest
the United States’ monetary sys¬
tem. He was an avowed anti-
Semite. All this led to his psychi¬
atric examination by the US
Army and an eventual commit¬
ment to a mental institution.
AND, almost at the same time,
he won the Bollingen Award for
Poetry, from the Library of Con¬
gress.
Members of PCC’s AWS partici¬
pating in the annual AWS South¬
ern California Junior College
Conference last Thursday were in
charge of the workshop, “Repre¬
sentation of Campus Women’s
Organizations.”
Emily Vezerian, president of
ICC, was the chairman.
Delegates from 33 junior col¬
leges participated in the confer-
So the inevitable questions: Can
we separate Pound’s poetry from
the man, and evaluate it on that
basis? And if so, has it any value,
although confused? And was
Pound, in spite of or because of
his alleged insanity, a genius or
a phony? Associates have dis¬
agreed.
Luber says he was neither — less
than a genius and more than a
phony.
ence at Victor Valley College.
PCC’s eight delegates, Anastasia
Doovas, AWS president; and
Karen Patterson, Julie Johnson,
Yvonne Knaus, Rose Hudson,
Jean Griffin, Barbara Gellan, and
Miss Vezerian, reported it was “a
great and worthwhile experience.”
Guest speaker was Mrs. Wood-
row Miller, wife of the mayor of
Victorville, who spoke on the
secret of leading a fun-filled life.
The college took a step sky¬
ward yesterday with the dedica¬
tion of the Catherine J. Robbins
Building. The high rise structure,
completed last spring, represents
a new phase of growth for the
college.
Dedicated to Dr. Robbins, presi¬
dent emeritus, the building repre¬
sents years of planning and con¬
struction. Much of the planning
and the actual construction were
completed under Dr. Robbins’ ad¬
ministration. She retired in 1965
after 42 years of service to the
college.
THE five-story structure in the
center of the campus houses mod¬
ern dental and medical labora¬
tories and facilities for nursing,
cosmetology and business educa¬
tion. The new Tutorial and audio¬
visual centers are also located in
the structure.
An additional wing to the Rob¬
bins Building should be completed
by 1969. The construction bid has
already been made, but is being
held until December to allow the
new junior college board and the
JC's Discuss
New Board
By Dawn Baker
The old battle of local versus
state control is a big issue in the
formation of a separate junior
college governing board for the
78 California junior colleges.
The two-sided issue — concern
over the loss of local control and
the need for a single, strong voice
for junior colleges at the state
level — has left junior college ad¬
ministrators divided on the state
board plan.
In an attempt to discuss the
pros and cons, the California
Junior College association has
slated a meeting today and to¬
morrow to discuss the proposi¬
tion. Dr. Armen Sarafian, presi¬
dent of PCC, is attending the
meeting in Los Angeles.
DR. Sarafian feels that there is
a definite need to strengthen the
junior college position at the
state level. “We need a strong
voice.” But “there is always the
risk of attempting to vest the
power entirely at the state level.
We must have local control to
maintain the role of the junior
college as a community college.”
The junior colleges are now ad¬
ministered by local boards of edu¬
cation with minimum supervision
by the state board of education
and state department of educa¬
tion. The local board contributes
73 per cent of the finances, and
the state provides the other 27
per cent.
Proponents of the junior col¬
lege board have looked enthusi¬
astically to the possibility of
gaining state funds to relieve the
local taxpayers and to support the
junior college budget. This re¬
lief is welcome enough, but does
not give a clear picture of how
funds would be distributed by the
state.
ANOTHER argument for the
plan has been heard by the
“strong, single voice” advocates.
They feel that junior college su¬
pervision does not belong to the
state board of education, which
oversees the elementary and sec¬
ondary schools. These advocates
favor giving the junior college
status with higher education, and
better representation before the
state legislature.
The state board plan may im¬
prove the voice of the junior col¬
lege, stated Dr. Sarafian, “but I
do not agree that it will give us
a single voice. Under the pro¬
posed plan, the local board will
continue to express the needs of
the local junior college to the
state board.”
The proposed state junior col¬
lege board still needs approval of
the Legislature. However, Dr.
Sarafian sees it as “imminent and
inevitable.”
present board of education to dis¬
cuss the construction together.
Construction cost of Robbins
East was approximately $1.78
million.
SPEAKING at the dedication
ceremonies was Dr. William B.
Langsdorf , president of PCC from
1950-1959, during which time the
bond was passed to finance the
construction of the Robbins Build¬
ing. Dr. Langsdorf is now presi¬
dent of California State College
at Fullerton.
Also on the program were Dr.
Armen Sarafian, president of
PCC; Dr. Robert Jenkins, super¬
intendent, Pasadena City Schools;
James N. Stivers, Jr., president,
Pasadena Board of Education;
and John Holder, president, Asso¬
ciated Student Body.
Sue Millican
JE's Queen
Susie Millican is the new 1966-
67 Junior Executive Queen.
She was selected from a group
of three finalists recently, the sur¬
vivors from a group of 25 appli¬
cants. Selection was based on
poise, personality, and speaking
ability.
Queen Susie will attend all JE
meetings and serve as hostess at
club luncheons. She will also
serve as hostess at Pasadena
Junior Chamber of Commerce
banquets and conventions. JE’s
are sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Susie, a pert brunette, is a
business major, with ambitions to
become a legal secretary. Now a
sophomore, she wants to transfer
to the University of Southern
California upon her PCC gradua¬
tion.
As a freshman, she was honor¬
ed as Freshman Class Princess.
She is also active as a song girl
and a Senator. Her outside inter¬
ests include horseback riding,
sewing, and dancing.
SUE MILLICAN
. . . Miss JE
GEORGE LUBER — PCC professor discusses the writings of Ezra
Pound at the second English Department Colloquium. Luber con¬
cluded that Pound was somewhat less than a genius and more
than a phony.
AWS Chooses Models
for Semi-Annual Show
Models have been chosen for the semi-annual Associated Women
Students’ Fashion Show to be held on November 1, at 12 noon in
the Campus Center lounge.
Models are Jo Ann Andrews, Janice Bowman, Donna Cockrell,
La Wanda Green, Willetta Files, Stella Garcia, Margaret Markov,
Cindy Ochoa, Rosa Maria Sosa, Susanne Stoddard, Steve Luder, and
Scott Ausdale.
The clothes are from The Place and Atkinson’s Men’s Wear.
Admission is free, punch and cookies will be served, and door
prizes will be given.
In addition, a $25 gift certificate from The Place will be awarded
to a woman model chosen by the audience.
Mary Arnold, chairman of the fashion show, invites all students
to attend and have an inside look at the “in” clothes for this year.
AWS Delegation Leads
Workshop at Conference
