PCC Courier, September 14, 1964

Easement of Parking Limits Foreseen ASB Offers Plan fT fo ^ Directors ||K §Ш Ж Я JK Ж / PCC Senate President Dennis that parking hours be changed Thompson is optimistic about al- from the present 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. leviation of nearby street park- and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to 11 a.m. to Vol. 21, No. 1 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California September 14, 1964 ing restrictions in the near future. Thompson is hopeful that the city Board of Directors will ap¬ prove a proposal he presented to it late last month. THOMPSON, representing the Associated Student Body, asked 'High-rise' Construction to Continue until 1966 Phase two of Pasadena City College’s $2.9 million building pro¬ gram is well on its way toward completion. Construction on a five-story ac¬ ademic building and a two-story engineering and technology struc¬ ture have continued at a rapid pace since groundbreaking cere¬ monies last March. Upon its completion in January, 1966, the academic building will contain classrooms for business training and secretarial studies. The top two floors will house medical and dental assistant lab¬ oratories as well as a cosmetolo¬ gy department. College Welcomes Newcomers with Assembly, Dance An evening of orientation and recreation has been planned for Lancer students this Friday. The series of events will begin with the freshman orientation as¬ sembly at 7 p.m. in Harbeson Hall. Personal greetings will be extended by Dr. Catherine Rob¬ bins, president of the college, and S. Luke Curtis, dean of student activities. STUDENT body president Mike Gallagher and his ASB officers will explain the functions of PCC. The welcome will also serve as a get-acquainted gathering of in¬ terest to all new students. After the assembly, a fresh¬ man dance and a WAA sports night will run concurrently. Both events will begin at 8 p.m. and are open to all PCC students, both freshman and sophomore. DANCING in the Campus Cen¬ ter lounge will continue until 12 p.m. with a live band supplying the music. Dress for the evening is casual. The annual WAA playfest will run from 8 to 10:30 p.m. in the Women’s Gym. Admission is free. Activities will include dancing, badminton, volleyball, checkers, chess, cards, and table tennis. All necessary equipment will be supplied by WAA. Participants should wear tennis shoes. WAA first hosted the event in 1956 and, because of its populari¬ ty, has made it a regular project. The five-story structure will have a ramp connecting the sec¬ ond floor of the new building with the west wing main floor of C Building. The Technical Building, located east of the academic structure, will feature ramps from the sec¬ ond floor to the Music Building and another to the main floor of C Building’s east wing. Comple¬ tion date for the two-story build¬ ing has been set at September, 1965. College Enrollment Pasadena City College’s fall en¬ rollment is running above last year’s figures, with 7785 day student programmed through September 9. This figure sur¬ passes last year’s attendance of 7471. Enrollment for night classes is estimated at 5200, about the same as the 1963 fig¬ ures. Total college attendance will again be well over the 12,000 mark. 4 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Because a majority of PCC students attend classes in the morning, the college parking lots are full before 11 a.m.,” Thomp¬ son told the board. “The new plan will provide about 600 on-street parking spaces during the morn¬ ing hours.” The lack of restriction before 11 a.m. would end the present hourly shuffle of cars which causes congestion and noise in the area. “Present regulations do not keep the cars from the curbs of home owners,” Thompson empha¬ sized. “It only means that differ¬ ent cars are parked there each hour. After 11 a.m., the campus lots are adequate to accommodate all student automobiles.” THE PROPOSAL has been re¬ ferred to the Traffic Engineering Department for study. Its report will then go to the desk of City Manager Elder Gunter, who will make a recommendation to the directors. Although he is optimistic about approval of the proposal, Thomp¬ son doesn’t expect final action un¬ til later this semester. “If the residents in the area do not pro¬ test too vehemently, I think it has a good chance for passage.” PCC traffic officer Sam Adams is also hoping for approval of the parking proposal. “With the com¬ pletion of the southeast Bonnie Street lot this summer, we now have about 2200 automobile stalls in the college parking lots,” Adams told the Courier. “How¬ ever, they are just not adequate for all student cars in the early morning hours.” EVERYTHING'S COMING UP — Framework of five-story academic building (upper photo) was completed during the summer, point¬ ing towards the January 1966 completion date. Lower photo shows the entire college after all current construction is completed. ASB Prexy Gallagher Voices Plans for Upcoming Semester ASB President Mike Gallagher has some definite obser¬ vations about the role of student government which he hopes to channel into constructive action this semester. “Besides its responsibility of handling finances for campus func¬ tions,” Gallagher told the Cour¬ ier, “student government should provide activities which are not a standard part of attending college. At its best, student government should be supplying students with College President Anticipates Rewarding Year for Everyone Bulletin Board ICC Meeting All club presidents are request¬ ed to attend the Interclub Coun¬ cil meeting next Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 3 p.m. in 12C. Plans for the club open house will be dis¬ cussed at this meeting. Officers Needed Applications for vacant ASB commission posts are now avail¬ able in the Student Activities Office, 111C, or in the office of Vice-president George Goold in the Campus Center. The posi¬ tions of finance, assemblies, de¬ partmental activities, music, and speech arts commissioners are open. Applications for sec¬ retaries of drama, radio, and forensics are also available. Dr. Catherine Robbins, entering her sixth year as president of Pasadena , City College, is antici¬ pating a most rewarding year for students, faculty, and administra¬ tors alike. In a recent Courier interview, Dr. Robbins noted campus devel¬ opments and the preparation for PCC’s upcoming accreditation as the foreseeable highlights of the new school year. “The accreditation is actually a self-evaluation, a search for ways of improving ourselves,” she said. “This year our faculty and admin¬ istrators will be busy analyzing our strong and weak points. We are looking forward to a fine re¬ port next fall.” When questioned about the erection of the new campus build¬ ings, Dr. Robbins replied, “We are very pleased with the steady progress. Upon completion of the new structures, our problem of overcrowded classrooms will be greatly eased.” Dr. Robbins also discussed sev¬ eral other subjects of pertinence on the PCC campus: Administrative appointments: “Irvin G. Lewis has been appoint¬ ed the new dean of student per¬ sonnel. Cleon Butz, a PCC coun¬ selor for several years, has re¬ placed Dr. Lewis as dean of guid¬ ance and counseling. We also have three new counselors this fall — Gladys Barry, Donald De- Pledge, and Harriet Van Osdel.” Campus parking: “There is no chance of new parking lots in the foreseeable future. We are using all our alloted funds for the build¬ ing expansion program.” Out-of-state tuition: “I think it is only fair for out-of-state stu¬ dents to pay the tuition fee. Cali¬ fornia can not afford to educate these students without some reim¬ bursement. Because of the fine reputation of California’s junior DR. CATHERINE ROBBINS . . . college president 651042 colleges, the influx of out-of-state students in recent years has been tremendous.” International Circle К Honors Local Chapter The PCC chapter of Circle К was selected as the third-top club in the nation at the organiza¬ tion’s International Convention held in Chicago, Ill., August 31 through September 3. The local Kiwanis-sponsored men’s service club was competing against its counterparts from all parts of the country in the silver division. International Circle К consists of more than 550 clubs throughout the nation. Representing PCC were the club’s officers. They included Mike Cassidy, president; Dwight Espe, past president; John Fowle, secretary ; and Terry Barbour, treasurer. Cassidy is optimistic about even a better showing at next year’s convention. “We’ve got more members this year,” said Cassidy, “and we’ve already planned many more projects than ever before.” The PCC chapter has already completed its first project of the year. The Circle K’ers were hosts of the three-day Pasadena Art Fair held this past weekend in the City Hall plaza. assemblies, dances, athletics, etc. This semester we hope to give Lancers an ample supply of these extra-curricular activities.” Gallagher’s ASB Board has al¬ ready taken action toward allevi¬ ating off-campus parking restric¬ tions in the area. “We are very optimistic about approval of our plan,” the ASB president said. “One of the city directors has told us that our proposal is a novel ap¬ proach to our problem, for un¬ like other such plans, ours has no selfish aspects which take any¬ thing away from the residents.” Gallagher also has distinct viewpoints about other imminent issues, including mandatory ASB books and fraternities. “Rather than making ASB books manda¬ tory, I would make a number of areas more attractive to ASB members. I would give students an added reason to buy the books. For example, ASB members should have priority to student lockers.” Concerning fraternities, Galla¬ gher would like to see coopera¬ tion between the school and the “off-campus” organizations. “The fraternities command a large group of people, most of whom are amiable people full of enthu¬ siasm. I think we can channel this enthusiasm into activities which benefit students, faculty, and the entire campus.” Gallagher and the ASB Board encourage all interested students to attend the board meetings, which will be held every Tuesday at 11 a.m. upstairs in the Campus Center. Students will always be welcome to talk over any prob¬ lems which the student govern¬ ment works on.