Noisy building sounds foretell new look
PCC CouXieSv
Vol. 15, No. 1 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California September 11, 1961
Local enrollment
Phase A marks start
reaches new high
for fall semester
Enrollment at Pasadena City
College has hit an all-time high
with over 10,000 students expect¬
ed for day and evening classes
during the fall semester of 1961-
62.
As of September 8, 6400 stu¬
dents were enrolled in PCC day
classes as compared to the 5900
enrolled last fall, and over 4000
have registered and are expect¬
ed to participate in the extended
day program.
According to John Weldon,
dean of admissions, the present
draft increase has not appeared
to have affected the enrollment
figure. Concerning the number
of students attending PCC, Mr.
Weldon emphasized, “It is diffi¬
cult to tell at this point just what
the final enrollment at PCC will
be since there will be changes
in many students’ plans.”
In comparison with other ju¬
nior colleges in the Southern Cal¬
ifornia area, PCC ranks high in
enrollment. The Lancer student
body is exceeded in size by only
Los Angeles City College.
Student government election
to select new Frosh prexy
The positions, which are of an
appointive nature, are generally
heads of various commissions
and councils. Most of the offices
were filled last June.
APPLICATIONS will be avail¬
able in 111C, as well as sign up
sheets for an interviewing ap¬
pointment with the civil service
commissioner.
As soon as all of the commis¬
sioners have been appointed,
work will begin to select members
for the groups, again using the
application-interview method.
All Lancers interested in serv¬
ing the student government in
some capacity are encouraged to
apply for membership on one of
the commissions.
One elective office will be at stake September 28 and 29
when members of the Associated Student Body flock to the
polls to choose a Freshman Class president. In the past a large
number of candidates have tossed their hats into the PCC po¬
litical ring, and all qualified fresh- - -
men interested in student govern¬
ment are encouraged to run.
Candidates must possess an
ASB book and should fill out ap¬
plications for office in the stu¬
dent activities room, 111C.
THIS IS THE first year that the
election of representatives at
large has not been held. These
officers were eliminated last year
by a change in the ASB Consti¬
tution, which now calls for a
Representative Council in its
place.
In order to obtain voting eli¬
gibility and have a voice in the
student government, it is neces¬
sary to own an ASB book and
identification card. Students will
be asked to present both of these
at one of the polling booths which
will be located at strategic spots
around campus.
CANDIDATES for Freshman
president will be introduced at a
Thursday assembly during the
campaign week. After the as¬
sembly, polls will open for busi¬
ness.
Once this Anal elective office
is filled and the student govern¬
ment gets on. its feet, applications
for several civil service positions
will be available.
Early birds park
under new system
The early birds didn’t get the
worm this morning, they got
parking spaces.
An entirely new, system of
parking for PCC students went
into effect this morning as the
850 precious parking spaces in
the west lots went up on a pure¬
ly “first come, first served” basis.
Officer Sam Adams reports that
every registered student at PCC
has been sent a parking sticker
through the mail, regardless of
how far from school he lives.
“The first one to the lots in the
morning get the spaces. It’s as
simple as that,” stated Adams.
— Photos courtesy Allison and Rible
Although the west side of the campus is currently
UP a field full of tractors, bulldozers, nails, and lum-
IT bermen, the above architect’s schetclies show what
GOES will replace the site of construction next year. On
top are plans for a new women’s gymnasium, and
beneath is the sketch for a student center.
’Collegiate air’ prevails at last
notes PCC President Robbins
“Since the separation of college
and high school on this campus,
a truly collegiate atmosphere has
been established at PCC. How
can we help but have a wonder¬
ful year?”
Dr. Catherine Robbins, presi¬
dent of Pasadena City College,
made this point clear in her an¬
ticipation of the coming college
term.
More than 3700 freshmen, anx¬
ious to begin their college careers,
and sotne 2500 returning sopho¬
mores, entered the gates of PCC
today to prove Dr. Robbins right.
Dr. Catherine Robbins
. . . foresees top year
PROGRESS and development
are the key words for the 1961-62
classes. A new trend in student
government and rejuvenation of
scholarship, sports, and student
activities will set the pace.
“I am also glad to remind you
of the many commendations PCC
received last spring by the State
Accreditation Committee,” com¬
mented PCC’s first lady. “The
college was highly praised for its
high quality of instruction and
the fine caliber of the Associated
Student Body.”
Dr. Robbins is the only woman
in the state functioning as presi¬
dent of a public college, and has
only two female colleagues in the
entire nation. This fall, she be¬
gins her third year as head of
Pasadena City College.
DR. ROBBINS has been con¬
nected with PCC since 1923, when
she was a teacher of business ed¬
ucation and matehmatics. At that
time, she relates, there were only
200 college students on the cam¬
pus.
In 1931 she took over her first
administrative office as dean of
women, and served later as dean
of student activities and as dean
of administration. She became
president in 1959.
Presently, Dr. Robbins also
serves a three-year term on the
National Commission for the Edu¬
cation of Women, which meets
three times a year. The commis¬
sion consists of nine members,
and the selection of Dr. Robbins
for membership can be regarded
as proof for the high reputation
of PCC at large, as well as for
Dr. Robbins’ own outstanding
abilities in leadership and admin¬
istration.
On June 23 Dr. Robbins attend¬
ed the last meeting of the com-
^^^^giiseion in Washington.
ASB book sales
keep steady pace
Sales of student body Activity
Books are keeping well up with
the pace set last year, according
to Student Bank officials who are
handling the transactions.
With the mailing out of infor¬
mational brochures to all regis¬
tered students, the sales picked
up immediately, and since that
time orders have been coming in
steadily.
The $12 Activity Books contain
tickets to campus dances, assem¬
blies, athletic events, dramatic
presentations, and election voting
tickets, and other college events.
Students may purchase their
Activity Books in the Student
Bank from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon¬
day through Friday.
of long expansion plan
Constant sounds of tractors, trucks, cranes, and pound¬
ing hammers can’t help but remind Lancer students that PCC
is getting a fresh new look. The construction work on campus
is all part of a 10-year program of expansion for the college.
Right now workers are on _ _ _
Phase A of the building program
which includes construction of
a new campus center, women’s
gym and service center. These
modern buildings will be located
at the west of the campus.
Construction of these three
buildings began during the spring
semester of 1961, and is scheduled
to be completed by July 24, 1962.
THE TOTAL cost of the build¬
ings in Phase A will amount to
approximately two million dol¬
lars. Architect for the project is
the firm of Allison and Ribel,
while Secrest and Fish, Inc., of
Whittier, is doing the contract¬
ing.
Presently 60 men are working
on the buildings with a great deal
of equipment such as cranes
and lifters, all under the organi¬
sation of Construction Supervis-
er Thomas Kearns.
The campus center building, oc¬
cupying the site adjacent to the
college library, will house dining
rooms for faculty and students, a
coffee shop, and a canteen on the
ground floor. The second floor
will consist of student body of¬
fices and a student lounge.
THE SOUTHERN section of
the old Women’s Gym had to be
demolished to provide space for
the new gym, which will have
locker rooms, equipment rooms,
and staff offices, in addition to a
7200 square foot gym.
In addition to the new construc¬
tion, a program of modernizing
old buildings is also in progress.
The main buildings are being re¬
wired and new electrical material
is being installed in order to en¬
able the present electrical system
to carry a heavier load.
MUCH OF THIS work was done
during the summer, but students
must still be prepared for mov¬
ing out of some classrooms that
remain to be rewired.
This coming winter plans will
be completed for a second phase
in the expansion program. A
new classroom and technology
building is planned, as well as an
extension to the Physical Sci¬
ence Building, and an audio-vis¬
ual communication center which
will be the center of speech, thea¬
ter, film and radio.
DR. WILLIAM Briscoe of
UCLA, a specialist in junior col¬
lege buildings, is the consultant
on the new plans.
Administrative Dean John E.
Twomey, in viewing the future
plans of the campus, stated, “The
problem of expanding the PCC
campus cannot be quickly solved.
Some of the present buildings are
50 years old, and the question is
not only buildings, but rebuilding.
“As to the new construction,
our main problem is our shortage
of space. Whereas the minimum
land space required for newer
junior colleges is 90 acres, the
PCC campus consists of only 37
acres plus 12 acrps of newly
bought land across Sierra Bonita
Avenue, to be used for parking
lots.”