PCC Courier, September 13, 1965

New College President Creels Lanters PCC Coutilesi VOL. 23, NO. 1 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 13, 1965 HARD AT WORK— From left to right, Brian Wardlaw, George Goold, and ASB President Dennis Thompson talk over plans for the fall semester. Thompson has been working on his program to promote greater student participa¬ tion in school affairs. The new president's plans for the first week of school include a dance and an assembly. Legislation Guarantees Teacher, School Board Negotiation Rights Dr. Sarafian Cites Student Citizenship Teachers throughout the San Gabriel Valley will be able to ne¬ gotiate directly with local boards of education for the first time due to a new education code law. Assemblyman Gordon Winton (D-Merced) authored the new law which was sponsored by the Cal¬ ifornia Teachers Association and goes into effect this Friday. It gives teachers the opportunity to be heard on matters concerning salaries, personnel policies, and curriculum in their communities. Under the State Government Labor Code, there was no provi¬ sion for the employer-employee relationship which has now been created as a part of the education code. Three important provisions of the bill, in addition to those al¬ ready noted are: 1. Negotiating councils in school districts where there is more than one organization representing cer¬ tificated employees are to be es¬ tablished. launch the first week of school. The week will be capped by Fri¬ day’s dance and the Red and Gold intra-squad football game Satur¬ day night. Not the least important func¬ tion of the week will be the sale of ASB cards. Dusty Holmes is in charge of the sale, which is ex¬ pected to total between 2500 and 3000. ASB President Dennis Thompson stressed the impor¬ tance of the sale which would “help to insure more and better assemblies.” ENROLLMENT is expected to be more than 13,000 for the first time. This breaks down to 8000 full-time day students and 5000 night students. 2. Reasonable regulations for employer-employee relationships are to be set up by the local board. 3. The collective bargaining pro¬ vision of the Labor code for pub¬ lic school employees is no longer in effect. San Gabriel Valley school dis¬ tricts are not expected to be great¬ ly affected by the law because of the liberal relations between teachers and school boards in most communities. Local teach¬ ers usually participate in studies which come before the board, which also recognizes California Teacher Association affiliated or¬ ganizations and considers their opinions. About nine out of ten valley teachers are members of Califor¬ nia Teacher Association affiliates and are required to submit mem¬ bership lists to boards. The num¬ ber of members an organization has must be disclosed to gain the right to represent employees. Final decision on whether to use ASB cards or the traditional books was made shortly before the start of the semester. In ad¬ dition to the $44 worth of activi¬ ties included with the card, stu¬ dents will be able to take a more active part in the government of the ASB. Voting privileges represent an important part of the card’s value and give the owner a voice in his government. AMONG the first week’s activi¬ ties will be the traditional pep as¬ sembly which will have a new look this year with several clubs putting on skits. Friday night will be the date for the first dance of the year with the annual Red and Gold game the following night. Participation in negotiations with councils from other organi¬ zations and the right for teachers to be represented before trustees, also is subject to submitting the number of an organization’s mem¬ bers. The purpose of this is to help boards determine the majority in¬ terests of the teachers in matters concerning educational problems. WAA to Sponsor PCC Sportsnight The traditional a 1 1 - с о 1 1 e g e Sportsnight, sponsored by the Women’s Athletic Association, will be held this Friday in the Women’s Gym from 7 to 10 p.m. During this night, volleyball will be featured on the main floor and ping pong, shuffleboard, and table games will entertain enthu¬ siasts upstairs. The pool area will also be open. Climaxing the Sportsnight will be the pie-eating contest. At this time a special celebrity guest will be introduced to judge the contest. Highlighting Friday’s activities and directly following the Sports¬ night, Circle К will host a dance upstairs in the Campus Center lounge. The Women’s Athletic Associa¬ tion and Circle К encourage Lan¬ cers to attend Friday’s activities. ’65 Rose Queen Appointed to FCA 1964 Rose Queen Dawn Baker was recently appointed to the Pasadena Foreign Cities Affilia¬ tion Committee by college presi¬ dent, Dr. Armen Sarafian. The committee consists of ad¬ ults named by Dr. Sarafian and student representatives from PCC and Pasadena high schools. Pur¬ pose of the committee is to pro¬ mote good relations between two sister cities — Ludvigshaven, Ger¬ many, and Mishima, Japan. “Student citizenship is going to be an important thing this year at PCC. Rather than be concern¬ ed only with student government — which includes only about a fourth of the total student body — the plan of student citizenship will involve almost everybody at PCC.” The speaker was Pasadena City College’s new president, Dr. Ar¬ men Sarafian. Dr. Sarafian suc¬ ceeded Dr. Catherine Robbins, who retired after 42 years of service to PCC and the community. The Faculty Loses 27 Members Loses due to retirement, resig¬ nation, leave of absence, and death are often heavy in a college's fac¬ ulty ranks. Pasadena City College’s facul¬ ty losses are no exception this year. Many familiar faces, both of instructors and administrators, are missing. The most obvious absentee will, of course, be PCC's former presi¬ dent, Dr. Catherine Robbins. In her 42 years of service to educa¬ tion, Dr. Robbins helped promote the junior college movement, es¬ tablished herself as the “first lady” of American junior colleges and merited the respect of both students and faculty who worked with her. Other long time associates with the college who have retired or resigned include Clara Williams and Dr. Anne Haaker, English; Dr. Arthur Howells, phychology; Dr. Donald Proctor, history; Dr. Henry Hellmers, life science; Nicholas Beck, Courier adviser; John Thurman, men’s physical education chairman; and Dr. Har¬ old Hansen, history, who died earlier this year. On leaves of absence are Robert Bastian, physical education; Dr. Norman Juster, physical science; Glenda Lippmann, social science; Barbara Matson, physical science; Beatrice Rodenburg, English; Thurston Sydnor, physical sci¬ ence; and Lennox Тлетеу, Art Department chairman. Other instructors who either re¬ tired or resigned were Pat Blake- slee, Charles Duffy, Robert Hays, Eugene Kessler, Judith Klinger, David McMillian, Robert Phillips, Margaret Rothwill, Edward Tray- nor, John Walker, and Joy Went- sel. Parking Situation Improved for Fall There appears to be little rea¬ son why PCC students cannot find convenient parking this semester. There are five school parking lots on campus and parking limits on adjoining streets recently have been liberalized. The college Senate last year asked the city of Pasadena to re¬ lax the parking limits. During the spring semester of 1965 the city began to change the signs and limits around the college. Most parking signs around PCC now have a one hour parking limit, but it does not go into ef¬ fect until 11 a.m. By that time many students leave the college parking lots and students who had their cars parked on the streets can bring them into the lots. Last year students who parked in one hour parking areas had to move their cars every hour or risk getting a parking ticket. new president foresees a very suc¬ cessful year, especially in student participation in school events and in an improved curriculum. “WHETHER actually in an elected office or not, every stu¬ dent will have a chance and an equal opportunity to be a part of this citizenship movement, there¬ by helping both his college and his fellow students,” he said, “with the greatly increased stu¬ dent interest and participation we expect, and a new student presi¬ dential advisory council, support for the elected officers and col¬ lege events and functions should be at a new all-time high.” While Dr. Sarafian mentioned some areas of concern on the PCC campus, he stressed the fact that the college has and is living up to its reputation for outstanding achievement. He pointed out that PCC has been instrumental in pro¬ moting several unique junior col¬ lege courses, of which the most important is nuclear technology. DR. ARMEN SARAFIAN . . . PCC president It was founded while Dr. Sarafian was dean of instruction. PCC is one of very few JC’s that offer a major in this area, which has the support and approval of the government and the nuclear in¬ dustry. “WE WOULD like to add, or at least change some of our voca¬ tional courses, but we are some¬ what limited by finances and room. We are, however, planning a fairly extensive examination of the E courses, and some of our institutional technology courses. We feel that these changes and additions will greatly increase our scholastic capabilities in these re¬ spective fields.” Dr. Sarafian looks forward to a great year. “After learning how our student government will go about its work in cooperating with the stu¬ dents, I feel that the excitement and momentum generated cannot help but make this year one of the best in the school’s history.” College Offers Classes at Muir High School Creative writing, shorthand, citizenship, and speed writing courses will be taught at John Muir High School this year under the sponsorship of Pasadena City College. The courses are being offered as part of the college’s education¬ al services division. Citizenship is being taught for Pasadena area residents who are seeking naturalization. Classes start with the first week of school and no registration fees will be charged. Address of the high school is 1905 Lincoln Avenue. Dance, Assembly, ASB Sale Highlight Week's Activities Several important activities will