PASADENA CITY COLLEGE LIBRARY
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Vol. 13, No. 1 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California September 14, 1960
Special events spark Hello Week plans
Presidents extend
greeting to students
Welcome to PCC. I wish to
extend a very sincere hello to the
new students of Pasadena City
College while to those who are
returning I say with equal sin¬
cerity, “Welcome back.”
Junior College life offers many
opportunities. An extensive cur¬
riculum taught by excellent in¬
structors is combined with an
extra-curricular program that is
open to you. Sports, interest
clubs, and student government
are only a few among many.
You will note that college life
has special advantages as well as
some problems. One of the obvi¬
ous advantages is the fact that
you are receiving an inexpensive
education for your first two years
of college. Among the problems
associated with junior colleges is
the adjustment which every stu¬
dent must make to this environ¬
ment.
The fact that you are enrolled
in PCC shows that you already
have some interest in it.
It is now your school and the
interest you take in its activities
reflects your pride in yourself and
the college you attend.
I have extended my welcome
secure in the knowledge that just
as Pasadena City College has
something for you, you in turn
have much to contribute to it.
We of student government
would like to know you person¬
ally and if we can be of any as¬
sistance to you, please drop in
to the Student Body Office, 17C,
or the office of the Dean of Stu¬
dent Activities, 111C, at any time.
Jack Castagna
ASB President
Liercke sets first
open play reading
Open readings for the Pasadena
Theater Arts Association play,
“Arsenic and Old Lace,” will be
held in Sexson Auditorium from
3-5 p.m. today, tomorrow, and Fri¬
day, according to Donald Liercke
of the Speech Department.
Tryouts for the play, which
will be PCC’s first major dramat¬
ic offering of the 1960-61 school
year, are open to anyone wishing
to read for a part.
Greetings to All Students:
As Pasadena City College be¬
gins the academic year, 1960-61,
we all face a challenge to main¬
tain a truly collegiate atmosphere
through fine scholarship and cam¬
pus and community activities.
This is a famed community in¬
stitution with academic, vocation¬
al, and extra-curricular programs
to meet the needs of individual
students and to serve the area
surrounding the college. Univer¬
sity and college transfer courses,
vocational education, training for
constructive citizenship, guidance,
and community service are major
functions of Pasadena City Col¬
lege and of the other junior col¬
leges in the state of California.
High standards of scholarship
and campus citizenship encourage
students and faculty to superior
attainment in the classroom and
in college life. Pasadena City
College stands for quality in col¬
lege education. The college is
fully accredited by the Western
College Association and by the
California State Department of
Education. *
Dr. Catherine J. Robbins
President
Pasadena City College
College sets end
of month election
The election of a freshman
president and three representa¬
tives at large has been slated for
September 29 and 30, according to
word received from the office of
the dean of student activities.
Petitions and other election ma¬
terial are available in the office
of the dean 111C, where interested
students will also sign the elec¬
tions intention book.
Candidates must be carrying a
minimurji scholastic load of 12
units, maintain at least a C aver¬
age while in office and be a mem¬
ber of the Associated Student
Body.
Also tentatively set for the
September ballot is the newly
completed Sophomore constitu¬
tion. PCC’s second year students
will be asked to either accept or
reject the document as written by
last spring’s soph president, Dave
Batterson, and his council.
Barbecue, other extras
to highlight program
Barbecues and other special activities fill the spotlight of
this year’s expanded Hello Week, according to ASB Vice-
president Charlotte Fedde and Sophomore President Bud
Green, coordinators of the big doings which began on Monday.
A specially catered beef barbe¬
cue, with all the trimmings, will
cap the week’s activities Friday
afternoon at Brookside Park. A
full menu from the beef to a
choice of coffee or coke will be
included in the $1 price of the
meal.
— Courier Photo by Larry Beale
Attendance office
spells out rules
Since absences make it impos¬
sible for the student to profit as
he should from his courses, the
attendance regulations at Pasa¬
dena City College are rigidly en¬
forced.
College regulations recognize
only two types of absences for
which work missed can be made
up. The student will be subject
to grade penalties on all other
absences, according to the At¬
tendance Office.
Authorized absence permits are
issued to students for trips which
are officially approved by the col¬
lege administration. Students who
are absent from school because
of illness may be re-admitted
with an excused absence.
ASB assemblies
feature diversified
fall term program
General and ASB assemblies
will present diversified and un¬
failingly interesting programs
this year. Music, filmed lectures,
travelogs, sports, dance, and dra¬
ma will all be featured at future
assemblies.
Responsible for the assembly
programs this semester are Donn
Easterling, commissioner of as¬
semblies, and Frank Hammond,
adviser. They have arranged for
five general assemblies and 13
ASB assemblies to be held dur¬
ing the year.
All of the assemblies will be
held in PCC’s Sexson Auditorium
and will begin at approximately
11:40 a.m. on Thursday. Since
the school will be on an assembly
schedule, all students are urged
to familiarize themselves with
the change of time.
The assembly programs are
paid for from the money taken
in on ASB books which cost $12
per book. This money enables
the school to get such entertain¬
ers as Teddy Buckner and his
famous Dixieland band.
Students will find these assem¬
blies rewarding to attend and
they will also feel more a part of
Pasadena City College when they
participate in such activities as
the ASB-sponsored general as¬
semblies.
Dean stresses advantages
behind ASB book purchase
Associate Student Body books, “the ticket to a successful
college life,’ according to Dean of Student Activities S. Luke
Curtis, are currently on sale at the College Bank. The ASB
card entitles the purchaser to admission to all PCC athletic
events, which this year will in- -
elude four football games in the
famed Pasadena Rose Bowl.
Admission to a full schedule of
basketball games will also be in¬
cluded in the list of ASB benefits.
PCC’S NOTED Theater Arts
Association produces several
plays during the year and by pur¬
chasing an ASB book, Lancers
will be able to view the perform¬
ances at a special admission rate.
Last year, such productions as
“The Doll’s House” by Henrick Ib¬
sen and “Dream Girl” by Elmer
Rice highlighted the year’s plays.
Dean S. Luke Curtis
. . ASB book spokesman
Dean Curtis also pointed out
that by becoming a member of
the ASB, Lancers will be able to
participate in the many sports-
nights and dances at the college.
The Royal Ball, given in honor
of the Rose Queen, the two AMS-
AWS dances, and the prom are
only a few of the events which
ASB members will be able to at¬
tend at special reduced rates.
THE PRIVILEGE of voting in
the ASB elections was also added
to the long list of advantages to
ASB membership cited by the
dean. ASB members will go to
the polls three times during the
year to elect the student leaders
of the school.
. By buying an ASB book, stu¬
dents will also be able to receive
the college’s award-winning year¬
book, the Pageant.
Students who buy ASB books
will also benefit from a special
discount coupon which entitles
the holder to discount rates at
various Pasadena theaters, bowl¬
ing alleys, and other businesses
which honor the book.
ASB books may be purchased at
the College Bank for $12 for the
year or for $6 for one semester.
The purchase price may be paid
in $2 installments if the entire
amount can not-Jje, .paid at one
time. blDuow
AN EQUALLY complete and
tasty fish meal will be available
for those who do not want the
beef. A limited number of tickets
are currently available at the Col¬
lege Bank and should be pur¬
chased as soon as possible.
Games, a pep rally, and the
crowning of the Hello Week
queen will also crowd Friday’s
already filled schedule.
Tonight, a special orientation
assembly has been scheduled as
an additional part of the Hello
Week program. It is designed to
better acquaint new Lancers with
the high points of their college
and it will also feature a pep
rally and other entertainment.
DAVE BACKHAUS and his
folk-singing group will entertain
in between talks by various stu¬
dent government leaders. Pep
Commissioner Harold Guida is
also hurriedly putting the final
touches to a special skit which he
will present to tonight’s assem¬
bly audience.
The first sportsnight of the
1960-61 school year will be held
immediately following the assem¬
bly in the Women’s Gym. Danc¬
ing, volleyball, and other activi¬
ties will be featured.
A mystery man and woman
contest will also help to add more
life to the hustle of Hello Week.
Prizes will be awarded to the first
man to say hello to the mystery
woman, and the first woman to
say “Hi” to the mystery man
during the equally mysterious
mystery hour.
ASB leader seeks
students for posts
Several student government po¬
sitions are still available to quali¬
fied ASB members, according to
Civil Service Commissioner Ginny
Syers.
Vacant commission posts in¬
clude athletics, departmental ac¬
tivities, music organizations, no¬
tifications, religious activities,
speech arts, elections, and social
affairs.
Lancers are also needed to fill
the positions of secretary of
drama, secretary of forensics,
secretary of radio, secretary of
athletic publicity, secretary of
awards, corresponding secretary
of the ASB Board and clerk of
the ASB Cabinet. An editor for
the Pipes of Pan is also needed.
“These civil service positions
are open only to members of the
Associated Student Body,” em¬
phasized Miss Syers, “and, there¬
fore, anyone who is interested in
truly serving the school should
purchase an ASB book immedi¬
ately.”
The commissioners who have
already been appointed are Donn
Easterling, assemblies; Miss
Syers, civil service; Jack Hagen,
finance; Alan Locker, inter-club
council; Harold Guida, pep; and
Danny Ganguin, publications and
public relations.
PINNED
TO
PCC
It’s buttons and more buttons for AWS President
Patty Fogel and Sophomore President Bud Green
as the AWS leader pins a “PCC Freshman” button
on Alice Munson. The red and gold buttons are a
part of the college’s Hello Week program.