SP I CFORMAL DATE SET FOR SATURDAY, MAY 9 'Sleepy Lagoon' At
High School Seniors Win 20 Scholarships During Honors Day .
'lol. VIII , No. 12
San Marcos, Cal if.
Wednesday, May 6, 1959
Elsa Melanson To Accept Scholarship From State Jhrough Academic Work "There's just too much I want to learn and this scholarship d ecided necessity ," said Elsa Melanson, sophomore, who recently rece iv ed a st ate scholarship. " I competed for the scholarship on a statewide junior college level," Elsa smil ingly continued, " and w inning it has been a very pleasa nt surprise." Elsa, who, with her parents, moved to Vista from Boston, Massac h us~tts, in 1952, won an Honors Day Seholarsbip in 1957. The award, presented by Mr. Abe She! . houp of Yista, helped her to come to Palomar College. The pretty brown-haired miss won a trophy for first place in the nation in women's extempo· raneous, a superior in impromptu and an excellent in oratory during the rec·ent national Phi Rho Pi speech tournament at Aberdeen, Washington. She also won a certificate of merit for shorthand during the 1958 awards assembly at Palomar. Last seme ste r Elsa, five feet one 1 inch, and 98 pounds of vitality, ach ieved a 3.8 grade point average Elsa Melan so n of 4.0 grade points w,hile carryi ng 21 units of academic work to earn herself a membership in the Alpha IU.verside, but has received no Gamma Sigma hono r society. ·answer yet. A philosophy major with a high "I hope to do graduate work in interest also in history and litera- philosophy and to do some teachture, Elsa has applied for admis- ing," Elsa said, "and someday I sion to Stanford Uhiversity, Po- hope to dD a little creative writing. mona College and University of "The faculty members here at California. at both Berkeley and Palomar have aided and encouris a
Will Offer 13 Different Subjects This Summer The third session of summer school at Palomar College will begin with the opening of six week classes on June 22, and run through July 31, according to Dr. A. John Dodds, director. A curriculum of lower division courses in 13 different academic subjects will be offered in the summer program. Added this year will be Conversational Spanish, Reading Development, and a co-educational physical education class in the new "dome" athletic building. Students will be able to take a maximum of six units or a total of eight units with Reading Develop· ment. High school graduates and college students may register now; a $2.00 fee will be charged for admission to each course.
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Caps and Gowns "Caps and gowns will be availa ble in the Bookstore after June 1," Mrs. Elsie McNabb, Book· store manager stated. "To be assured of your cor. rect size, come in early. The caps and gowns rent for $3.00 ; tassels sell for 40 cents. Im mediately after graduation , the caps and gowns must be returned to the Bookstore," she said.
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me in every way possible," she concluded, "and I wish to thank everyone whlil bas helped me."
Vista Country Club
Some 20 high school seniors won scholarshi'ps in various fie lds at Palomar College's third annual "Sleepy Lagoo n " w ill be the motif for the P a lo m a r C ollege Honors Day program, April 23. Spring Formal this Saturd ay evening, May 9, 8 p. m . to 12 m id A total of 57 awards were given night, at the newly remode led V ista Coun try C lu b . to the entrants for first, second, and third place winners. D ancin g, in sem i-form al a ttire, will be t o the music of D ick Schools represented, first place Moreno's band. Admission will be - · ---~---------- winners and the scholarship field one dollar per couple or free with are respectively: Escondido: Kathy a student body card. The event is Barber, Business; Jeffrey King, sponsored annually by the Fresh. Chemistry; Sam San Miguel, For- man Class of Palomar College. eign Language; Janice Powers, Journalism; Jim Hobbs, MatheDu ring intermission, a st udent matics; Betty Ann Hollis, Music; King and Queen will be. core Linda Lance, Retail Sales; Bar- nated at to p.m. Candidates for bara Dowler, Secretarial Training; Queen are. Ch ri s Omori, Judy and J oyce Smith, Speech. Vista: Wh it e., Lyn n Hayden, and Sharon Etlie! Dzivi, Art ; Diane Ansh utz, House. Mike. Ke.I Ly, Spi ke. Ha rJ ournalism; Bonnie Hawkins, Nur s- vey, Ge.ne. Hul'ley, and Stan ing; and Vern Humphries, Phys- Nichols will be. candidates for ics. Fallbrook: Pat Fitzsimmons, King. .Biological Science; Ann Freyli ng, Mrs. Marguerite Delpy, of Vista, Speech and Drama; Charles God, frey, Mathematics; Phil Strittmat- is in charge of pu blicity and ter, Music; Pat Pinkham, Nursing public relations for the dance. ~ll entra.n~s in the contest reDinner will be served by the 1 ce1ved certificates and the second · country club, in the dining room and third place winners received and, weather permitting, there will gold and silver medals respective- be dancing under the stars in the Gene Hurley ly. patio. A new feature for the Spring Alternates will receive the schol- Formal, this year, will be continuarship if the winner does not at- ous music throughout the entire tf-nd Palomar. evening. Stereophonic music will ---o--be played d uring the occasional intermissions taken by the band. "Palomar is adding some new Gene Hurley, president of the members to its already excellent Freshman Class, said, "We have included a lot of extra features staff," informs Dr. John Dodds, Palomar College A cappela choir in this dance, and I personally Dean of Instruction at Palomar. Six new instructors will be addrprently participated in the. annual think it will be one of the best eel next fall including Dr. Harold San Diego County Choral Festival to be held this year." C. Coffman, Social Science; Dr. held on the Oceanside College and Robert l\1. 'Woodward, Business; High School campus. ---o--Mrs. Jane U. Abrams, Social SciAll clay rehearsals were conductence; Mr. Warren D. Donahue, ed under the direction of Dr. Mathematics; and Mr. Richard F. Charles Hirt of USC, accompanied IN MEMORIAM Norlin, English. by Howard Brubeck of the Palo. It was with deep regret that According to Dr. Dodds, "We mar College Music Department. are . adding more sections to the Dr. Hirt is a nationally known Palomar College administration, curriculum to accommodate an an. choral conductor, and director of facu lty, and students learned of ticipated increase in enrollment the Hollywood Presbyterian Church the death last week of i\Irs. BonChorus and LTSC choral activities. nie Porter, wife of Biology inhere next spring." The increased staff will make At an open public concert prestructor Del Porter. possible new sections in English, sentecl later in the evening, a total Funeral servic-es were held of H choral numbers previously I<'riday in Fallbrook, home of the Typing, Mathematics, and Political Science. Increased time for learned in each school were pre. Porters for the last seven years. Survivors are her husband; a faculty members allows Palomar sen ted. daughter, Connie, 7; a brother to add new courses in Geology, Approxiuateiy 500 students from San Diego County high schools, of Redondo Beach; and her Contemporary Civilization, SociolPalomar and Oceanside-Carlsbad mother of Des i\Ioines, Iowa. ogy, and Psychology for the com. ing Fall semester. 1College participated.
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'College Adds to Staff,' Says Dean John Dodds
Palomar ACappela Choir In Choral Festivities
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Opening Set For June
New Cafeteria Will Include Largest Junior College Snack Bar In State Tentative plans are being made plan the new cafeteria and to. "Palomar students will have a 1 dominates throughout the cafetreat this year when the new cafe.! teria wing. The kitchen equipment to use student bus-boys to help work with the architects and cut down the confusion at the builders. I am very proud t.o take teria opens, in June," said Mrs. is modern and functional, and will tables. part in this important campus a-d· be a joy to work with," said Mrs. Alice G. Coulter, cafeteria mana"It has been my privilege to help dition," she concluded. Coulter. ger. "Workmen are pushing bard to complete this important new addition to our campus." The cafeteria has a lways been unofficial "headquarters" on campus, and the new building, empha. sizing larger size, and better service to students, will carry on this I tradition. The cafeteria w ill feature the "scramble system" in serving. students will pay for their selections as they choose them, eli m inating long waiting lines. T he building will include one of the largest junior college snack bars in the Stat e, and will seat 60 students. · St udents should show politeness J, and respect w hen in the snack j· bar a nd dining r oom ," Mrs. Coul, · 1 ter said. A facu lty din ing room is being j constructed, a nd classrooms in the , , ~· buil-ding will be used by English , - ......J Speech, R eadin g Improvem ent, and " because of an expected increase in student enroll· Architectura l Drawin g classes. Th e NEW CAFETERIA_ "Just thinking about our new Bookstore will also have la rger ment in the fall.' ' cafeteria m akes m e happy," Mrs. Alice Coulter, cafe. A new system of serving food and a larger quarter s in t he new a ddition . dining area will el iminate lon g w a iting lines an d "Emph asis is als o on color s and teria man ager te ll s assistant Olive O'Donnell . ina d eq1...1:tte s eatin g f a cili t ie s . decor. Brigh t, ch eerful color pr e - "Completion of the new building is timely," she says,
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