COLLEGE
FRESNO
ASSOCIATED
PUBTISHED VOL.
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
XVI
8,
STUDENTS NO.
1962
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Mard¡ Gras Dance, Parade Held Tomorrow
OÍ OÍfice
Tomorrow at noon, the yearly Mardi Gras parade will courmence the annual Mardi Gras Ball. The ball will be held
New council members met with the old as the Sierra Sky Ranch Conference got underway. "During the two days of the
from 9 PM to midnight in the social hall of the Student Center tomorrow night. Sponsor of the event is the Delta
con-
ference, held rccently, the old members of the Student Body Council showed the new members what the duties and problems of thejr offices will be," Joseph King, advisor, said.
At the conference Dennis Rogers received a plaque for outstanding leadership for his work as the fall semester student body president.
All
members of the fall council ivele given awards for tlÌeir luork. "The first semes¿er council member is given a life membership and a pin, the second semester mem-
ber is given a pin and the third semester member is given a certificate of appreciation," King said. The iirst day of tire meeting was spent in making plans and arrangements
for tlìe
DEZiE WOODS, JoAnn Rizzo, Shqrron Smith crrd Ron Scott
model the costumes they will weqr to the qnnucrl Mqrdi Grqs dqnce tomorrow night.
City College Offers Two-Year
Professional Nursing Program summel sessions will be incltlded nnrsing curriculum. Students will have classes in the physical and soc¡al sciences and literature as well as nursing, Mrs.
second day,
in the
King continued.
On the second day Rogers iu. stalled Tim thomas as the spring semeste¡ student body presidenl, nerv officers.
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Suzanne Hazelton is vice-president; JaDet !'r'ancesconi, ciated degt'ee in professioual utllssecretary; tr'r'ed Faieta, treasurer; ing al FCC. The application for accreditation Ellen Ewing, AW'S president, and has been submitted to the Board Jerry Kuns, AMS president. The ten representatives ât large ef Nursing Education and Nurse are Barbara Cavanaugh, Ann Cooì<, Reg¡stration, the grouP emPowered Philip Ginsburg, Sam Ganimian, by law to regulate and accred¡t DerAI Jordan, Lloyd Kennedy, Judy schools of nursing in California. Moyer, Dewayne Peterson, Joan Mls. Mabelclaire Norman, tlit'ecWeber and Kenneth Maul. tor of the program, ìras been at Creativity in student govelnment FCC since last fall pt eparittg rhe was stressed by Thomas, who gerreral olganization anrl crttricrtcalled for a new outlook on school Ium for the proposed Professional affairs. nursing prog¡am. \frs. Norman ex"The main objectives of this se- pects lhe first class next fall to mester's studeut government rvill have between 25 and 30 select be to offer original programs fol membels. Classes rvill then be ad' enjoyment ând educational enrich- mitted once a year thereafter. ment of all members of our student Nursing Curriculum body," the president said. progrâm of genAn integrated Guests at the conference rvele nursing coul'ses and eral education Stuarl M. W'hite, president of FCC and Ivan ¡'CC pnblicity coverÍng four semesters and t\ryo
Thomas agreed and said every new council member now under'stands his job, which will benefit
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Community Hospital and St. Agnes where theY re' Hospital, as well as other health in the community education and nulsing their ceived agencies are planned. Under the meet the community needs for thus tuidance of a faculty member of more bedside nurses. lhe college, the student will have Further Screening experience in giving nursing care. !'CC plans to screen the aPPIi' Mrs. Norman sarcl the protram is planned to prepare the students cants on the basis of scholarshiP, a college administered testing program and health requirements. No restriction on age or marital stattls
Eighteen
fall council
members
leceived pins for their service: Jim Baum, Beverly Brelver, Miss Cava-
naugh, Mary Conner, Miss Cook, Joan Weber and F"aieta.
'Thomas, Miss Ewing, Kuns, Peterson, Miss Hazelton, Jordan, Robert Protzman, Rogers, Merle
Whitford, Jean Dudley and Kathy Kauffman.
X'or the
first time, the Interat the
CIub Council r¡¡as preseDt conference,
"Representatives from each club were present and I expect the ICC will be a re8ular member of the conference," King said.
The new commissioners
been selec[ed, but they
will not
announcedlntil the Student
ci]
have be
Coun-
members have approved my
choice, Thomas said.
CALENDAR OF THE WEEK Feb. 8
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AM-3 PM, United States Re' selve Team, Student Center.
Noon, AWS meeting
for
elec'
tion of officers, 86.
Noon, AMS meeting for electio[ of officers, B'5. Noon, Ilternational Club meeting, 8-6. Feb.
9
I PM to midnight, Mardi Gras Ball, Studeut Center Social , HaIl,
Feb. 10 8 PM, Basketball, FCC vs. Han-
cock, Mclane Gymnasittm Feb.13 Noon, Student Council, B-8. Feb. 14 6:30 PM, AWS dÍnne¡, commit-
tee room. Feb,
15
11 AM, Latin- American
CIub
meeting.
Noon, International Club, 8-6. Noon, Inter-Club Council, A-128.
lecting matelials for decoration,
planning and organizing the parad.e
aDd preparing entertainment for intermission at the dance. A numbär of dance routines w-ill also be presented at the daDce. Those attendiug will be attired in
Who Wonts
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Jones,
chairman. Five student body members from Reedley College, including an advisor, were also guests. "The conference lvas highly, successful," King said.
Ball. They are making Ilosters, col-
costume dress.
of providing qualified "bpdside" The Boald of EducatioD of tlte Nornian said. commu[ity. The Laboratory sessions in Fresno lìurses for the Flesno City Sclìools has aporoved that some 75 to 85 shows study the new the iDitial accreditation of alì asso- County General Hospital, Fresno per cent of these graduates remain
who in turn installed the other
everyone.
Psi Omega, FCC drama organization. The Jeiry Venturi quintet will* provide the music for the evening. sponsor. Candidates will also be Featured vocalist for the band ¡s presented at the ball. DuriDt the Rosaland Andrews. dance the king and queen will be At noon tomol'rolv the Palade c¡owned, witl begin oir San Pablo Avenue' Judges for the king and queen Each organization participating in will be four faculty members: Curthe pa¡'ade will sponsor a king atrd tis Draper, Sumpter, Mr6. Martha queeu candidates ì¡/ho wiII partici- Trovillion, and Franz Welnshenk. pate in the parade. Candidates for A representative for each club will the thrones will be judged on their also judge. o|ganizations originality of presenDelta Psi Omega members are tation, said Ctyde Sumpter, DPO busily completing preparation for the dance activities, said Robert Bell, chairman of the Mardi Gras
MRS. MABELCLAIRË
NORMAN
for beginning.positions at the
pa-
Overseos Job? Information on ¿wo special programs for students wishing to work abroad is now being offered by the US National Student AssociationThese two programs have been created to accommodate the many
students desiring to work abroad. The programs begin with a period of two to four weeks spent working in either England or lsrael,
is placed on the applicant. Further information on the followed by a longer period of tnavnursirrg program may be obtained el in surround¡ng couhtries. 'l'he Israel and Western Europe by contacting the director of nursProgram begÍns $,ith a tü'o week ing educafion at FCC. Mrs. Norman received hel mas- stay in, a co-operative work camp tel' of science deglee in nursing in Israel, workirrg with the people school administration in June, there and learning about the life 1961 at UCLA. She has attended of the Islaeli. the San Jose State College and The English work program beSacramento State College, Univel'- gins witlr a four rveek stay at an sity of Ha.¡¡aii and the University English student farm near London. The participants will join with of California at Berkeley. students from all over the world Educatronal Background lo harvest England's strawberry She took hel' basic nul'sing edu- crop. The final rveeks of the procation at the Highland School of gram ìi'ill be spent visiting ScotNulsing in Oakland. Mrs. Norman land, Ireland and Holland. holds a bachelor of science de8ree For further information on these in nursing education from the Uni- and other work opportunities versity of Washington. abroad, write USNSA, Dept. K, She iaught at the Sacramento 2161 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 4, City College from 1951 to 1955 and Calif . the San Jose State College from
tient's bedside. The two-year course leading to 1'958 to 1960. an associate in arts degree and She has served as educational qualifying the graduate for eligibil- director of the KnaPP College of ¡ty to take the State Board Exam- Nursing in Santa Barbara; medical ¡nat¡on for a Registered Nurse li- supervisor and clinical ¡nstructor cense, was authorized by t,he legis- for the Highland School of Nursing in Oakland and clinical ¡nstrucIature in 1957. tor for the French HosPital of (Salinas), Hartnell Modes to, Ventura and El Camino College Nursing in San Francisco. Mrs. Norman served as an inalong with Fresno will offer the Professional Nursin g Program. structor for the Navy Nursing Twenty California junior colleges Corps during 'World War II. She now offer this program. also served as Joint Executive Requirements Listed Seeretary for the Board of LicensA minimum of high school grad- ing of Nurses and the Nurses' uation, plus a year of high school Association in Hawaii. Her other chemistry with laboratory or its experiences in nursing include ofequivalent are included ln the re- I fice nursing, qperating room nurse, quirements by the nursing board. general tluty and camp nursing.
Shover Writes For J ournol
Robert Shaver, instmctor of creative writing and other English courses at FCC, wrote an article for the December issue of the Junior Coltege Journal, entitled
'Ðnglish 1À and the Term Paper.' The main idea of the article gives Shaver's approach to a successful writing of a term PaPer for the English 1,q. Btudent. Shaver
further related this success to the student's future college yea¡s if sincerely wants the student ". to be successful."