Vote As You Please, But Vote
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Vol. 5, No. 8 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California October 31, 1956
Presley Receives
One Vote in Poll
of 1956 Candidates
The tabulation of a recent poll
taken in 22 American institutions
and government classes revealed
some interesting results. A straw
vote cast by these students show¬
ed that they preferred the Eisen-
hower-Nixon team as presidential
candidates over Stevenson and Ke-
fauver about two to one.
On one ballot both the two nom¬
inated teams were ignored and
Elvis Presley was written in for
one vote, but this is hardly con¬
clusive enough a test to determine
his popularity as a potential can¬
didate for the presidency, espe¬
cially since no vice-presidential
choice was indicated.
Those casting ballots in the poll
also indicated by 454 votes for
Republican Senator Thomas
Kuchel that they preferred him
over Richard Richards in the sen¬
atorial contest for this area. Rich¬
ards, the Democratic candidate,
received a count of 248.
The results of the tally indicat¬
ing party preference showed that
College Assembly
to Hear Debate on
Proposition Four
The third college assembly to¬
morrow wjll feature a debate on
the
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v ersial Proposition
Four on which California voters
will decide next Tuesday.
Dr. John W. Reith, head of the
Department of Geography at
USC, will present the arguments
in favor of the proposition. The
director of the Independent Pe¬
troleum Association, W. H. Geis,
will speak against it. Each de¬
bater will have a 20-minute period
to speak and will have a five min¬
ute period to answer his oppon¬
ent.
Proposition Four has received
much publicity in the last few
weeks by both the major and min¬
or oil companies. Dealing mainly
with the problem of conservation
of oil lands, it would create a
separate commission from the
Department of Natural Resources
which would order preventive
measures to limit production
when waste is evident.
Basic communications classes
must attend this assembly.
8 Receive Awards
in Forensics Meet
twice as many students either are
registered or would register as
Republicans than would register
as Democrats. Six indicated that
they were independents.
An interesting sidelight to the
poll was that three of those vot¬
ing for Ike and Dick neverthe¬
less showed that they would reg¬
ister as Democrats, while none
who voted for Stevenson would
register as Republicans.
The Republicans won hands
down as shown by the results of
these ballots. This howgver, is
not so surprising since they out¬
numbered the Democrats by at
least a two to one count. Pasa¬
dena has indicated several times
that it has the heaviest Republi¬
can vote in any city over 100,000
people.
Voters to Cast Ballots Next Tuesday
for National and Local Nominees
Students of 21 years of age and over will have an opportunity to exercise one of their most
important democratic rights, namely the voting right, in the presidential election next Tues¬
day, Nov. 6. Each precinct will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to enable everyone to vote
who is eligible. Three parties are on the ballot for the highest and second highest exec-
•Cigars, Doc?
It’s a Halloween baby for Dr.
and Mrs. Langsdorf, born at
5 a.m. this morning. And it’s a
bouncer, too, a 7 pound, 5 ounce
boy. CONGRATULATIONS!
Master Silversmith Exhibits Work
at Opening of New Art Exhibit
Carrying on the tradition of fine craftsmanship from the
Renaissance in our machine age is master silversmith Hudson
Roysher, who will present colored slides of his work October
31, at 3 p.m. in 200C during the opening of the new art ex-
Beta Greets Nine
at Initiation Dinner
Following Mr. Roysher’s
speech, a reception will be held
in the Gallery, 301C, where pho¬
tographs of his work and silver
craft by his students will be on
exhibit.
Currently an associate professor
of art at the Los Angeles State
College of Applied Arts and Sci¬
ences, Roysher has attained many
professional honors, not the least
of which was being chosen as one
of the five silversmiths whose
work was selected by the State
Department to tour Europe for
two years, 1951-53.
Outgiving and generous of his
time and energy, he demands
strict standards of design and
workmanship. Having worked
as a silversmith in the business
world, Roysher now devotes his
tune exclusively to church com¬
missions which offer a real
challenge to craftsmanship.
He has undertaken such ambi¬
tious projects as designing three-
foot candlesticks, a miniature tab¬
ernacle three feet high and 22
inches in diameter.
Halloween evening nine new
members will be initiated into
Beta Phi Gamma, PCC’s honorary
journalistic fraternity, during a
dinner meeting at Eaton’s Santa
Anita Restaurant.
Initiation will be handled by
Bob Christensen, 1955-56 Beta
president. Following the initia¬
tion proceedings, new members
will elect officers for the fall
semester. Beta activities for
the semester and the year will
also come under discussion.
Mrs. Elaine Morgan, Pageant
adviser, will be the guest of
honor for the evening. 4
The Alpha chapter of the na¬
tional junior college journalistic
fraternity is located on the PCC
campus, having been founded
here in the late 1920’s by Miss
Gladys Snyder, former PCC jour¬
nalism teacher, and Mrs. Glenn
Meryfield.
Currently the fraternity is un-
utive positions of the land; Adlai
E. Stevenson and Estes Kefauver
on the Democratic ticket, Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon
on the Republican ticket, and
Enoch A. Holtwick and Edwin M.
Cooper on the Prohibition ballot.
Of the three vice-presidential can¬
didates, two are local residents,
Nixon from Whittier, and Cooper
from Montebello.
Competing for Federal Congres¬
sional offices, Republican Thomas
H. Kuchel, Prohibitionist Ray
Gourley, and Democrat Richard
Richards are vying for Califor¬
nia’s United States Senatorial va¬
cancy. For the Representative in
Congress of the 19th District,
Democrat Chet Holifield and Re¬
publican Roy E. Reynolds are
competing.
In the State Legislature, Wil¬
liam A. Munnell, Democrat, and
John R. Hunchy, Republican,
are the candidates for the Mem¬
ber of Association, 55th Dist¬
rict.
In addition to the slate of can¬
didates to be voted on,* 19 propo¬
sitions and proposed laws are on
the ballot. Included in the propo¬
sitions are a Veterans Bond Act,
School Bonds, Church Exemption
of parking lots, Framing County
Charters, Civil and Criminal Ap¬
peals, and State Indebtedness.
One of the more controversial
propositions, No. 4, on Oil and
Gas Conservation will be reviewed
in tomorrow’s assembly for PCC
students.
der the supervision of William
P. Buttler, PCC Press Bureau
head, who was elected to the
national presidency last year.
Beta, as an honorary fraternity,
is open only to those students who
have successfully completed two
full semesters of junior college
journalism work.
•Season Tickets
The Music Department of Pasa¬
dena City College announces
that season tickets for the Los
Angeles Philharmonic Orches¬
tra’s 1956-57 season are now
available. The cost to students
and faculty members is $6 for
the entire group of concerts.
Good seats have been reserved
for those who purchase tickets
for this significant cultural
event. Tickets are on sale in
the Bookstore immediately.
at Santa Barbara
The small group who attended
the Southern California Intercol¬
legiate Forensics Association
Tournament last Friday and Sat¬
urday at Santa Barbara returned
home victorious, a tradition of
this college’s forensics teams.
The PCC team won eight
awards of excellent. Jack Yancey
led the group with two awards,
one for discussion and one for
oratory.
Pat McBroom, Joel Wallock and
William Westerlind also won
prizes for oratory while Bob
Grant received an excellent in
extemporaneous speaking. Wil¬
liam Butcher won an award for
discussion, and Don Priestly re¬
ceived an excellent for interpreta¬
tion. Dr. Paul Smith accompan¬
ied the group north.
Twenty schools participated in
the contests and 250 students vied
for honors.
Heaps to Get A Sweep
and A Mop Tomorrow
Every kind of automobile from Model A to Cadillac will
be driven to the women’s basketball courts tomorrow when
the Circle
К
again sponsors its annual car wash on campus.
Amid soap suds, water and scrub brushes, approximately 20
members of Circle
К
will bend
Lancer Fans: Go to
for
their backs to raise funds
their Christmas project.
Beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday
morning and continuing until 3
p.m. Thursday afternoon, Circle
К
members will endeavor to give
each student’s car the best wash
job for the nominal fee of $1 per
car.
Bob Ward, director of tomor¬
row’s car wash, promises a
thorough cleaning of the interi¬
or as well as the exterior of
each car brought to Circle K.
Circle K, the honorary men’s
service club on campus, each year
promotes different fund raising
events. The money from them
goes to financing their various
activities which are both chari¬
table and community spirited.
Pre-Pierce Dance
Support the Lancers; attend the
pre-Pierce game dance from 3-
5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1, in Har-
beson Hall.
All Lancer rooters are planning
to attend the dance immediately
preceding the Pasadena-Pierce
clash this Friday.
Intended to rouse the spirit of
the rooters, the dance is jointly
sponsored by the Freshman and
Sophomore classes. Under the
guidance of Freshman and Sopho¬
more President Murray Mead and
Diane Mammano, this is the first
of many cooperative activities.