Campus Displays Major Face-lift Job
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Vol. 19, No. 1
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
September 1 6, 1 963
Crews Move,[Remodel
Classrooms ; Add Labs
Campus geography will puzzle many returning students
as well as their newly-enrolled classmates. Much of the cam¬
pus shows extensive remodeing. The most obvious changes
took place in the area formerly occupied by the bookstore,
where the store has been re- _
placed by a new one just south
of the Campus Center.
The Business Building was
moved to a site on the south half
Circle
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Rates
'First’ in USA
PCC’s Circle
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branch is presently number one in the
United States. The Kiwanis-sponsored men’s service club was
chosen as the most outstanding club at the Circle
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Inter¬
national Convention held in Norfolk, Va., August 27-30. The
award was given for superior
achievement throughout the past
year. Rich Bond, the club's past
president and present lieutenant
governor of the California-
Nevada-Hawaii district, accepted
the award for PCC’s club.
"This club has always been one
of the exceptional clubs in Inter¬
national Circle K," said Jim Mat¬
thew, international president. "Its
achievements of the past year can
only be recognized by this coveted
award.”
REPRESENTING PCC at the
convention were Bond, Larry Top-
jon, Ray Finkle, and Don Knott.
International Circle
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is com¬
posed of some 550 clubs and
boasts a membership of 10,000.
It’s the largest college service or¬
ganization in the country.
Approximately 650 delegates at
tended the Virginia convention.
THE TRIP to and from the Vir¬
ginian convention, taken by the
West Coast Circle K’ers, gave
them the opportunity to tour Can¬
ada and 24 of the 50 American
states, including visits to Chicago,
New York, Washington and the
White House, and New Orleans.
Kiwanis furnished a portion of
the travel expense money, with
the individual members supplying
the bulk.
Slides and movies of the trip
are to be shown on October 2, at
8 p.m. in the Student Lounge.
WAA Invites All
to Sports Night
The Women’s Athletic Associa¬
tion promises fun and recreation
for all students at its annual
Sports Night Friday.
The playfest will run from 8 to
10 p.m. in the Women’s Gym, ac¬
cording to Miss Suzanne Mac-
auley of the Physical Education
Department. Admission is free.
Activities will include badminton,
volleyball, dancing, checkers,
chess, cards, and table tennis.
WAA will supply all necessary
equipment. All participants
should wear tennis shoes.
“We hope the weather will per¬
mit outdoor tennis and swim¬
ming, too,” said Miss Macauley.
Miss Calista Wehrli of the PE
Department coordinated plans for
this year’s program, working
with WAA President Pat Stetson.
"Various campus groups plan¬
ned particular parts of the Sports
Night,” explained Miss Macauley.
“For example, the AWS arranged
for the dancing.”
WAA first hosted the event in
1956 and, because of its populari¬
ty, has made it a regular project.
College Attendance
Approximately 12,000 students
are attending Pasadena City
College this semester. Of tins
figure some 7000 are attending
day sessions and about 5000
are attending extended day
classes. This year’s enrollment
is about 600-700 higher than
last year’s figures. The enroll¬
ment figures for this semester
are only approximate since
it was determined before en¬
rollment had been completed.
Dr. W. Langsdorf,
Former President,
Lectures Students
Dr. William B. Langsdorf,
president of Orange State College
and formerly president of Pasa¬
dena City College, will lecture
students September 24 and 26 at
noon in Sexson Auditorium. Ad¬
mission is free.
Attendance is required for all
basic communication students.
Other students are invited to at¬
tend.
The Orange State president
started his college education at
PCC, and then transferred to Oc¬
cidental College.
DR. LANGSDORF came to the
Pasadena City Schools in 1939 as
a social science instructor at PCC.
He retained this post until he be¬
came president of the two-year
college in 1950.
As PCC president, Dr. Langs¬
dorf led in the merger of John
Muir College and Pasadena City
College. He also headed several
reorganization programs within
the college prior to the PCC-Muir
merger.
In March, 1959, Dr. Langsdorf
resigned his position at PCC to
become president of a newly-
formed Orange State College. He
was succeeded by the present col¬
lege president, Dr. Catherine J.
Robbins.
AT ORANGE State Dr. Langs¬
dorf became immediately involved
in such problems as construction
of facilities, staffing the college,
and programming the students.
Dr. Langsdorf had to rent pri¬
vate buildings in order to have
the new college in operation by
the following September.
At that time he considered the
operation “a major challenge.”
However, an already-passed bond
issue insured the construction of
proposed buildings on schedule.
Leaders Welcome
Freshmen Friday
New students can learn about
PCC at the Freshman Welcome
Assembly Friday night at 7, up¬
stairs in the Campus Center.
S. Luke Curtis, dean of student
activities, and ASB President
Steve Rada and all ASB officers
will greet incoming students and
explain the functions of PCC.
The welcome will also serve as
a get-acquainted gathering and is
of interest to all new students at
the college.
After the welcoming a dance,
complete with live band, will take
place.
Immediately following the
dance Circle
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will sponsor a pie¬
eating contest in the new patio
between the Bookstore and the
Campus Center. Contestants are
to be picked from the audience.
Dress for the evening is casual.
NEW FACILITIES — A Lancer student views the new $184,000
campus bank and bookstore which was constructed during the
summer and was dedicated last Thursday. The ASB sponsored the
dedication. The new building is part of a $5 million construction
program.
21 New Teachers
Start PCC Careers
Twenty-one new and transfer¬
ring teachers will commence their
Pasadena City College instruct¬
ing careers today.
Now teaching for PCC are Su¬
zanne Bravender and John Opie,
Art Department; Calvin Burns and
Richard Hauck, Engineering and
Technology Department; Dr. Bry¬
ant Giles, Phyllis Nelson, Harlan
Swan, and Max Treuscorff, For¬
eign Language Department; and
Robert DePew and Susan Hanen-
berger, Life Science Department.
Other new teachers are Frank
Baum, Mathematics Department;
Mary Spaulding and Adrienne
Westebeck, Music Department;
Anne Camara, Martha Hoard,
and Margaret Vietmeier, Nursing
Department; Jack Bell, Speech
Department; Russell Lockhart,
Alberta Walker, and Jerome Wolf,
Social Science Department; John
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e n b e r y, counseling ; and
Jeanne Y. Brown, library.
Miss Bravender gained her mas¬
ter's degree in fine arts at UCLA
and the Los Angeles County Art
Institute. Opie attended Kent
State and — subsequently -Akron
University (both in Ohio), where
he earned his master’s in art. He
has previously taught in Ohio.
BURNS, now with PCC’s En¬
gineering Department, is a USC
graduate (BA degree) and is a
civil engineer. He has never
taught. Hauck has been a sur¬
veyor with the LA County Road
Department. After taking extend¬
ed day courses at Pasadena City
College and USC, Hauck earned a
certificate in civil engineering.
Treuscorff is the only new for¬
eign language teacher. He holds
a master’s in French which he
gained at UCLA. Treuscorff has
taught at Occidental College,
South Pasadena, and PCC extend¬
ed day courses. Dr. Giles and
Swan are transfers from Muir
High School, while Mrs. Nelson
is a Pasadena High transfer.
MRS. HANENBERGER, a new
life science teacher, was educated
at UCLA and San Fernando State.
A teacher of cosmetology, she has
previously taught in Riverside.
DePew is a transfer from Muir.
Math teacher Baum has trans¬
ferred from Muir.
Presently with PCC’s Music De¬
partment, Miss Spaulding achiev¬
ed her master’s in music degree
at Pomona and Michigan State.
She has taught at Santa Barbara
City College and the University
of Texas. Mrs. Westerbeck gain¬
ed her master’s at USC and has
taught in South Pasadena and
San Marino.
A GRADUATE of the Univer¬
sity of St. Louis, where she ma¬
jored in nursing education, Mrs.
Camara has taught at the Uni¬
versity of Hawaii. Mrs. Hoard,
another new nursing instructor,
acquired a master's degree from
San Fernando State and Stanford
University. She has taught in
South Dakota and Minnesota.
Mrs. Vietmeier attended Pitts¬
burgh University, has taught in
Ohio, and spent the past year
with the City of Hope.
Bell, the sole new speech teach¬
er, graduated from USC as a
speech major. He holds a mas¬
ter’s and has taught at Los An¬
geles State.
Social science instructor Lock¬
hart gained his master’s in psy¬
chology from USC. He has never
taught, spending recent years in
research. A sociology major, Mrs.
Walker earned her master’s at
USC. She has taught at USC and
at Harbor College. Wolf, a politi¬
cal science major, attended LA
State and USC. He has lectured
at USC.
Counselor Eikenbery is a trans¬
fer from Washington Junior
High.
of the women’s athletic field. The
old cafeteria was remodeled to
contain two conference rooms
and 12 classrooms which will ac¬
commodate classes in foreign lan¬
guage, business, technology, and
social science.
A SECOND area of change is
south of C Building, where A and
F Buildings are to be demolished
to make way for a new engineer¬
ing building.
Mucli remodeling work was
completed during the summer.
The Counseling areas in C Build¬
ing were remodeled for greater
efficiency. Engineering and tech¬
nology offices are now in C Build¬
ing and 19C now includes lan¬
guage lab equipment for new for¬
eign students wishing to improve
their English.
A new color processing lab
stands adjacent to the photogra¬
phy rooms.
OTHER remodeling work in¬
cludes the welding shop, the fin¬
ishing touches on the south park¬
ing lot, work on the Life Science
Museum in the lower level of D
Building, and the creation of new
storage areas in the Music Build¬
ing.
Work done during the summer
was in conjunction with overall
building plans designed to com¬
plete new facilities by 1966 and
to accommodate 9000 students.
The two most imposing struc¬
tures, which form the core of this
plan, are the proposed engineer¬
ing building south of C Building
and a five-story classroom build¬
ing planned in the area of the old
bookstore.
The five-story classroom build¬
ing will be the first segment of
a proposed building to replace the
A and Business Buildings.
Don Hunt's Footballers
Make Debut on Thursday
Students can meet Coach Don
Hunt’s 1963 football “package”
Thursday at noon in Sexson Audi¬
torium.
It’s an Associated Student
Body assembly but no ASB book
is required for this event.
Scheduled to be present are the
football team, the Lancer Band,
the coaching staff, cheer leaders,
and song girls.
The program will give the stu¬
dent a chance to meet the team
he will see in action against San
Mateo Junior College one week
later.
ASB Book Sales
Associated Student Body books
have been sold to some 1149
Lancers. The book, which sells
for $12 and Is available In the
College Bank, has stubs for all
PCC sporting events, several
dances, the college yearbook, an
insurance policy, and numerous
other things.
Dr. Robbins , ASB President
Address Incoming Students
We know that you are pleased
with the current campus develop¬
ment and beautification. These
improvements are an inspiration
to each of us to strive for our
highest potential in scholarship
and in the operation of the col¬
lege.
May 1963-64 challenge us all to
superior standards in everything
we undertake.
Pasadena City College is ap¬
proaching its fortieth anniver¬
sary. Let us all work together
so that the close of this college
year will honor wonderful PCC
at its greatest level of excellence!
— Dr. Catherine Robbins
President
Pasadena City College
The college which you are now
attending, Pasadena City College,
prides itself in its quality three¬
fold education— intellectual, cul¬
tural, and social.
While intellectual stimulation is
the immediate goal for which you
should strive, the cultural and so¬
cial aspects of your education
should not be overlooked.
Pasadena City College offers
plenty of opportunity to develop
all phases of your education. By
taking advantage of only a por¬
tion of our educational facilities
you would be cheating yourself.
Why not use your initiative and
enjoy Pasadena City College?
Welcome to college.
- — Steve Rada
ASB President
