PCC Courier, October 27, 1972

Higgins Probes Psychic Depths BASEBALL GREAT — PCC alumnus Jackie Robinson, the first black major league bareball player, died of a heart attack on Monday at the age of 53. Robinson began his athletic career at PCC, lettering in baseball, basketball, football and track. He went on to the University of California at Los Angeles, where he received national attention as a track and football star. Robinson was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. He is shown here attending the 1965 Homecoming dinner. “Among the spirits,” a demonstra¬ tion of psychic phenomena by Dr. Howard Higgins, will be presented at Pasadena City College’s Tuesday Eve¬ ning Forum on October 31 at 7:30 in Sexson Auditorium. Dr. Higgins will show how fortune¬ telling mediums enable “spirits” to return personal messages to their living friends, and how they tell for¬ tunes and secrets. The program is in two parts, the first being a composite seance made up of features from seances by leading me¬ diums. In this part of the program, many — even in the most sophisticated audiences — are led to believe in the possibility of fortune-telling. Then follows the expose. Demon¬ strations of alleged psychic phenome¬ na, speech and music are all blended in an expose that is dramatic, interest¬ ing, educational and entertaining. According to Dr, Higgins, he will approach his subject with the ob¬ jectivity of a pure scientist. “But,” says Dr. Higgins, “this program is more than mere entertain¬ ment. It is a scientifically sound discussion of the psychology of suggestion — in an effort to protect the public against fraud.” Dr. Higgins, former dean of Emerson College, Boston, and the head of the Division of Psychology and Education, first became interested in the methods of mediums and fortune¬ tellers while working toward his doctorate in psychology. He found that to investigate certain phenomena adequately he needed a thorough background in magic as well as in academic psychology, hence his study of magic to complete an academic research project. He has since continued his investiga¬ tion of mediums and fortune-tellers as a hobby. Dr. Higgins is the author of “In¬ fluencing Behavior Through Speech,” Former PCC Great Jackie Robinson Dies All of us at Pasadena City College were saddened to hear of the death of Jackie Robinson, who passed away earlier this week. Jackie Robinson, probably cne of the finest athletes to walk this campus, died of a heart attack on Monday in his New York City commuter community of Stanford, Conn. Robinson was 53. Robinson made his gallant start in the world of athletics here in Pasadena, from high school on to Pasadena Junior College (1937-1939), where he lettered in four sports (baseball, basketball, football and track). He led many of those teams to championships, and set many school as well as conference marks. From Pasadena he went to West- wood to the campus of UCLA, where he became the first ever to letter in four sports. Robinson was outstanding in football and track where he earned national acclaim. After UCLA, Robinson served three years in the Army, and was discharged as a lieutenant, He then started coaching baseball at Samuel Houston College while he played baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs. Robinson received his first major league baseball tryout with the Boston Red Sox, but was declined a chance to join the club. However, the Brooklyn Dodgers did take him in 1947 where he was to play for 10 years. Robinson became the first black to play major league baseball, led the Dodgers in hitting, and even won the highest award given in the majors, the Most Valuable Player award. After a sensational 10 year stay with the Dodgers, Robinson was traded to the New York Giants. This is where he Programming Procedure Beginning November 1, all students code level 5 and above may make appointments in C216 to see coun¬ selors and arrange programs for the second semester. On November 6, code level 4 and below may begin to make appointments. Social Security numbers will be required of all stu¬ dents as identification numbers for next semester. Application blanks are available in the Admissions Office or at the post office for those students who do not have a number. Your programming will be delayed if you do not have a Social Security number at the time of your counsel- ing appointment. Dance for Sickle Cell on Nov. 22 A dance to raise money for the Sickle Cell Anemia fund is being sponsored by Black Student Union (BSU) members of Pasadena City College, Blair High School and Muir High School. The dance will be held on Wed¬ nesday, Nov. 22, in the PCC Campus Center from 9p.m. tol a.m. Tickets for the dance go on sale beginning Wed¬ nesday, Nov. 1, at Gemini Records, Modern Sounds and Target Records in Pasadena. According to Lonnie Baine, BSU president at PCC, many well-known personalities will attend, such as Soulful Precious Perk, Leo and Right on Roger from KPCC, Don Tracy from KGFJ, Michael Paine from XPress, Don Jones, and Billy and Gary. Baine said that he is also trying to schedule the 5th Dimension. He explained that BSU is an organization of functional and unified qualities. “We realize that those who create rather than criticize, develop rather than destroy, and practice rather than preach, will minimize the bad and maximize the good,” said Baine. “That is our quest for Black solidarity. He added that the group is “for unity as opposed to division, self- determination as opposed to depen¬ dency, for collective work and responsibility as opposed to in¬ dividualism, and faith as opposed to skeptism.” Projects in which BSU are currently interested are a day care center, a supplementary school, a book program and Sickle Cell night. quit the game in a dispute over the trade. Ever since, Robinson has been in¬ volved in many helpful activities. He became involved in tours for the NAACP, tried to get more ap¬ pointments of black coaches and ad¬ ministrators, and served the com¬ munity as an active citizen for the concern of others. In 1962 Jackie Robinson was en¬ shrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the first year he became eligible for the honor. Jackie Robinson will always be re¬ membered here at PCC right where he made his start to stardom. He was an all-around person and is remembered by many members of the coaching staff present on this campus today. Change of Speaker In place of Ron Wright, who was scheduled to appear here for Politics Week, Charles Smith will speak on Friday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. in Harbe- son Hall. He will speak on behalf of John Schmitz, American Indepen¬ dent Party presidential candidate. I CowUeb Vol. 35, No. 6 October 27, 1972 Directors Careful in Spending Cafeteria, Bookstore Profits The Board of Directors for the Stu¬ dent Service Committee is currently meeting to determine how the money it is receiving should be spent. The committee receives its money from a percentage of the profits from the cafeteria and bookstore opera¬ tions. The cafeteria profits are paid monthly and the bookstore profits are paid annually in April. The Board is composed of nine members, including John Eikenbery, dean of student acitvities; Stanley Riordan, director of business services; Collection of Ethnic Art On Display in Art Gallery The Wayne Long Collection of Ethnic Art will be on display in the PCC Art Gallery October 30 through November 17. It will consist mainly of primitive African sculpture, but will also include artwork from India, Thailand, Mexico and New Guinea. “The objects included in this exhibition,” said Long, “were acquired not in an attempt to form a complete collection covering any single period, area, or culture, but only because of my personal reaction to each one as a work of art which I knew I would enjoy living with.” Long, currently the gallery director and a teacher at Otis Art Institute, has been collecting objects since he was a student. He now has a room in his house filled with artwork that is almost three times the size of the PCC Art Gallery. The selection that has been chosen for the PCC display includes 110 ob¬ jects, and Long has tentatively agreed to come to the opening on Monday and answer any questions concerning them. Most of the exhibits are made of wood, stone, inlaid glass, or ham¬ mered sheets of copper. One carved wooden head has skin stretched over it and real teeth in the mouth. There is also an African ceremonial dragon mask with a cavity for hot coals in the mouth to give a firebreathing effect. “These objects, demonstrating man's imagination, motivations, and artistic abilities, have become a major part of my environment and have been responsible for my fascination with the study of the people themselves, their environment, their way of life and beliefs, their taboos and religions, and their customs and habits which govern the form and content of much of their art,” said Long. Some of the exhibits on display were made with a definite purpose in mind, aside from religious and aesthetic motives. One of these is a “talking drum,” which was made with rawhide strips on the sides that may be squeezed to change the tone of the beat. This was used as a means of communication similar to that used by American Indian. Even to the inexperienced eye the collection as a whole is entirely fascinating. In the words of gallery director Larry Heliker: “I used to work at the Museum of Natural History and they don’t have a collection that’s this good.” Chris Lucas, ASB president; Dough Kent, a fulltime PCC student selected at large; Kathy Raffee, representative from the Student Senate; and Frank Baum, representative from the Faculty Senate. Other members include Mrs. Lois Ramey, representative from the Edu¬ cational Assistants Association; and Richard Snow, representative from the California School Employees Asso¬ ciation. The commissioner of finance, who is on the board, has not yet been chosen. Riordan said the account is currently very minimal, and “no great change will occur until next April when the bookstore profits will be paid.” Eikenbery and Riordan both agree that very little of the money should be spent for the first year. “The com¬ mittee has to be careful how the money is used,” said Riordan. “We can’t always work at a deficit. “The fund will be paying tor what was traditionally paid for by student body cards until four years ago,” said Eikenbery. “It will include anything that would benefit the campus as a whole. It will fund a variety of activi¬ ties, not just one.” Eikenbery feels that different activi¬ ties are needed for a well-rounded college to the interest of all the stu¬ dents. One important project of the com¬ mittee, stressed by both Riordan and Eikenbery, is to pay for the men’s and women’s athletic insurance. The dean of student activities said this is a “bare necessity.” Other projects that the student service fund will be used for include forensics, drama and music. Eiken¬ bery suggested that tournaments in ping-pong, chess and bridge be established when the fund accumu¬ lates a feasible amount of money. "The committee has discussed the expenditure of constructing banner poles in the mall,” said Riordan. “The idea of the poles is to string banners between them to advertise what you want. “This idea which has been around lor years, is only a possibility. No de¬ cision has been made,” continued Riordan, who feels it is a worthy cause. The Food Service Committee will be part of the Board of Directors of the Student Service Committee. It will meet with Bud Thorup and Mel Jackson of R & R Food Services, managers of the cafeteria, to review price changes, criticisms and compli¬ ments that are received. The com¬ mittee will provide a mechanism for evaluation of food services and will look into ways of improvement. Bill Passed, Transcripts Cost More One dollar will be charged for each college transcript requested, after two free copies have been granted to the student, beginning January 1. For years, the cost has been 50 cents. This amount was set according to state law. Recently, Assembly Bill 265 was passed which allows community colleges to raise the charge. The Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees voted for the raise. This fee includes transcripts for the supplemental which reports work in progress during the semester, then the final grade at the end of the semester. However, it does not cover mailing cost. “We are not trying to make a profit out of this,” said Dr. Irwin G. Lewis, administrative dean for student personnel. “But we hope this will help to close the gap of the cost.” He em¬ phasized that this charge is consistent and in line with what other community colleges are charging. a widely used college textbook on the psychology of persuasive speech. This program is part of a series on topics of current interest. PCC has presented the Forum annually to the community since 1937. Season tickets are available at the College Bank. For more information call PCC at 795-6961. 'Tote a Toy for the Tot' Drive Planned Program and marketing work study students will assist the PCC Faculty Association as it sponsors this year’s Toys for Tots drive. The drive is held every year by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at Christ¬ mas time to collect toys for needy children. Leonard Dionisio, associate professor in the Business Department, is in charge for PCC. The drive, which will be held for two weeks from December 4 to 15, is now in its planning stage. No definite theme has been decided on yet, but Dionisio said that the phrase, “Tote a toy for a tot,” was being considered. Booths will be distributed through¬ out the campus for collecting the toys. A display window will be set up in the R Building and all the toys collected will be placed in the window. “Let’s show that PCC students and faculty are really considerate. Help those less fortunate than ourselves. The drive will be coming soon, so be on the lookout for it. And be sure to save your toys for the drive,” said Dionisio. Graff man in Recital at Caltech Gary Graffman, the only modern pianist to have recorded with all six of America’s leading orchestras, will perform in recital in Caltech’s Beck¬ man Auditorium, Pasadena, on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. A student of both Horowitz and Serkin, Graffman is considered the musician’s musician with lavish praise from his peers, including Artur Rubinstein. For his program at Beckman Graffman will perform Beethoven’s Sonata in C minor, Opus 13 (“Pathetique”); Brahms’ Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Opus 24 (recorded by Graffman for Columbia Records); “Gaspard de la Nuit” (Ondine, Le Gibet, Scarbo) by Ravel; and Balakirev’s “Islamey” (Oriental Fantasy) which Graffman has also recorded for Columbia. Tickets are available at the Caltech ticket office and all agencies. For additional information, call 793-7043. Drops and Withdrawals A teacher’s request for a student to be dropped can be accepted when the absences total more hours than the hours for which a class is scheduled in two weeks. A teacher should not allow a student to remain in class after a drop or withdrawal (whether the action was voluntary on the stu¬ dent’s part or resulted from a teach¬ er’s request) but instead should send him at once to his counselor with a signed recommendation for rein¬ statement. To be readmitted, the student must present a new “Late Registrant Class Admission Card,” which will be followed by the “Offi¬ cial Readmit Notice.” New HEW Guidelines Require Written Plan PUMPKINS, ANYONE?— The PCC Chamber Choir Booster Club is sponsoring a pumpkin sale to raise funds for the group’s trip to Kansas City. Over 1000 pumpkins are being sold in the PCC parking lot on Hill and Colorado on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28 and 29, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Showing the great variety of sizes available are Frank Blosser, Sue Warner and Lisa Karekin. New guidelines from the Depart¬ ment of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) require that each public institution must “organize in written form its plan to overcome problems of past discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion or national origin.” Dean Mildred M. Wardlow included this information in a report to the Board of Trustees on the 55th annual American Council on Education (ACE) conference titled “Women in Higher Education.” “The purpose of the conference was to explore the issues of equality and equity, accountability, and autonomy and how it relates to the rapidly changing social economic and per¬ sonal roles of women,” explained Dean Wardlow. The HEW requirements state clearly that each college or university, community college or four-year in¬ stitution, which has a contract with the Federal Government must set up in written form its plan to eliminate discrimination of minorities and women by establishing department- by-department within the college and collegewide, a written plan establishing goals of the institution. “These are goals, not quotas,” said Dean Wardlow. “The executive orders have been misunderstood in this regard in some quarters. “The Federal Government through HEW has an enforcement organization to which an individual who considers himself to be aggrieved may appeal. HEW may bring class action charges, if HEW agrees that there is discrimination. “HEW attempts to work with the institution so charged, to remedy the discrimination. If the institution refuses to comply, HEW may take action.” The concensus of the conference, according to Dean Wardlow, was that HEW intervention is the price educators pay for lack of ac¬ countability to minorities and women; that HEW intervention may cause higher education to lose its autonomy. New directors were elected at the business session of the conference. When the slate was presented by the nominating committee, several delagates objected, contending that more women should have been nominated. ACE President Roger W. Heyns stated that a revised nominating procedure already was planned for next year in order to seek a larger number of candidates for director positions. Approximately 1,600 persons at¬ tended the annual meeting. About one- third of the registrants were women.