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Vol. IX No.
13
Palomar College
San Marcos, Calif.
May
Cake Walk AGS Dinner Bond Issue Spring Formal Variety Show
14, 1954
Speers Tells OF Red Fear In Speech To PJC Students
Mr. Anti-everything: "No, they don 1 t need new buildings at PJC. A few more cheap 11 braces to hold those together will be fine.
An important decision will be made May 21. A decision which will either mean the continuat.ion of increasingly crowded conditions here at PJC or the commencing of a building program which will adequately serve the people of Northern San Diego County. A big orde r? No, just the !llinimum educational facilities which any growing comuunity deserves. It is up to us students to acquaint the people of this area with the needs of PJC whichwe arc confronted with everyday. It is we students who will largely determine the outcome through the amount of effort put forth in presenting the facts to our friends and nei ghbors. Time, effort, and a sincere desire to improve PJC are the essentials of a successful building progra~. -- Ed
Students Efeet
A S B Officers New student body officers for the 1954-55 college year at Palomar JC were elected following a campaign assembly Fr-iday, May 10. Campaign managers for various candidates extolled the virtues and minimized any alleged vices of their favorite sons or daughters, aseach aspirant was introduced to the student assembly. Immediately following, voting booths, (singular) were arranged and the
battle was on. There were a total of 53 votes cast out of a possible 85 student body card holders. The race for vice-president wasthe most hotly contested of all and was won by Bob Mitchell by a slim margin. Following are the elected officers: President, Jim Fortenberry; VicePresident, Bob Mitchell; Secretary, Nancy Perrine; Treasurer, Harriett Dair; Commissioner of Women's Affairs, Arlene Knappe; Commissioner of Men's Affairs, Al Polhamus; Commissioner ofPublicity, Kent Lansing.
Addressing approximately 200 students April 30, Mr. Fred Speers, editor of the Times-Advocate newspaper in Escondido, outlined his current trip throu gh the "Iron Curtain." Speers and his wife, al one with 30 other newspapermen and journalists, traveled through 17 countries and were entertained by ambassadors of 14 of these countries. Most interesting points of the excursion, accordin g to Speers, were Berlin, Vienna, Poland, Yugoslavia, and Russia. He pointed out the fact that very few people have been privileged to see such an eye-opening tour of vitally important countries. Berlin, said Speers, ~ an island completely surrounded by Soviet territory, and is, of course, divided into two parts, the Soviet sector and the allie d sector. The people of Eastern Berlin, in comp lete contrast to those of the western sector, are sullen, silent, and dull and this sector radiates little more than a grayish depressed effect. Speers said the ruins of war are ~till very obvious in the Russian controlledsector and that very little had been done to remedy the situation. Approximately 40 per cent of Berlin was dama ged. Speers went on to say Vienna was not as troublesome as Berlin mainly because of the airlift. This points up a lesson to the whole world of just what can be done if occupying powers agree upon terms. Speers stated Yugoslavia has been built up but that the same gloominess that shadows Berlin also holds true in this coUir try. He said Marshall Tito is first interested in selling himself to the world and secondly in
MR. FRED SPEERS selling his country. Tito has done an amazing job in building up h is army which is p robab ly the most notable feature of the country. Except for sportswriters, the persons in Speers' group were the first AJnerica:-t .io\.lrnalists to be in Poland since 1939. Warsaw was damaged 90 percent by the war and is a tragic city torn apart by war. He closed his talk by describine Moscow in great detail. The main feelin g Speers received after seeing Moscow was that fear reigns t h rough out the city and that this characteristic probably best describes Russia.
HEY there fellersl Get on the ball and ge t your date for the Spring Formal presented by the Freshmen Class. Saturday, May 29, is the date atthe Vista Optimist Club. ABS card holders are free. Bids are $2. See you there!