BULGING BALLOT DRAWS' LARGE TURNOUT St:ud.ents Cast Votes
Class, ASB Offices Vol. XIII , No. 2
San Marcos, California
Wednesday, October 12, 1960
A ballot literally bulging with names was put before lhe student body last Friday in the ASB election. Freshman and Sophomore officers were elected along with three
'New Magazine Will Be Published In Spring' -- Editor Palomar will he among the first of the junior colleges to publish a magazine of general circulation reports editor Norman Branchflower, who said plans for the "new type" publication are already un-
Electronic Brain
Faci:, Not: Science. Fiction Homecoming Plans Include Coronation Banquet, Bonfire Palomar's 1960 Homecoming Week will take place October 19. through October 29. First on the li st of e v ents is the election of Homecom ing Queen. to be held :\1onday, Octo bet· J 9, in front of the !'tudent u nion . The announcement of the 1960 Homecoming Queen "·ill be made at the Coronation Banquet, sponsored by the Cirde K. Ron Smith, Cit·cle K President. has promiRed this oc·c·nsion to be of ·•special splendor." The affait· will inc-lude a turkey dinner. prep:ued and served by the cafeteria staff. :\Iusical entet·ta inment along with a "south of the borde r atmosphere" w ill be prov ided throughout the evening, on ly to be climaxed '"ith the <·rowning of the queen. Tickets fo,thi!'" eYent ea.n be :::ecured through the Circle K for a ' nominal ~2.25 fee. A pep rally is planned fot· F'riday. Oc·tober 28. at Jl a.m .. followed by the annunl bonfi r e the same e\·ening at 8 p.m. . Saturday; Oc·tober 29. marks the date of the Homecoming Game at the Yista field. followed by the Home<·oming Ball to be heir! in the student union. "Homecoming in the past has always prover! to be one of the most successful events of the year. It is hoped that all ASB members as well as the alumni will attend at Homecoming events." ' said Smith .
The sc-ience instructor calls it ·•a Analog Computer. p;lorifiecl adding marhine." Not Sc ience Fiction But in popular vernac-ular you All non-science students "·ho know it as an "el ectronic brain." :\tore spec-ifica lly Mr. Godfrey have seen the mac h ine in the :\lortimer and l\lr. Charles Coutts, lab tab the thing as fiction-but head of the Science Department make no mistake, say the science and Science Dh·ision head, respec-- students, it works. The machine, designed this sum. tively, will tell you it's a Heath mer by i\Ir. Mortimer and l\Ir. Coutts, is a special design. "'There are two different kinds of computers." they said. "There are digital computers and analog <·omputer s. An analog computer is to a. d igital computer as a ·! ide One of the lar gest high sc·hool rule is to an adding machi n e. speech tournaments in the state Analog computers are found as will be he ld on campus the week- part of the works of the digital end of Xo,·embet· 18-l!l. The Palo- computer:· mar College ~ovice Speec·h TournaFor the Student ruent. auording to :\Ir. Virgil BergThe instructors fee l that future man. will have 300 students at· s<-ientists should have some contending from San Diego Count~· c·eption as to what computers achigh schools. tually are and what they c-an do. The events include: I mpromptu "SimplY, this is why we built the no prE:paration; Extemporaneous nwchine,"' they said. limiteci preparation; Orntorical "The approx imate cost. includDeclamation- a famous memorized ing "·orking hou r s and parts, is speec-h; Dramatic Inte r pretationsomewhere in the neighborhood the oral interpretation of prose or of $5,000." Tl1e project for the poetry. two men "·as financ-ed by the The tournament will be run by college and the Federal GovernPalomat- Debators. and the judges ment under the Federal Aids will be chosen from the Speec·h lA Program. c l asse~. The e,·ent winners will be Both men pointed out that a presented with their trophie at a elass in computet· instntetion may banquet at 6 p.m. 011 Saturday be ~tarted next emeste t· for all students who are interesed. even_i1_1g_ ._ _
Palomar Will Host Speech Tourney
ACCREDITATION Students, faculty members and a dministration will be vis ited ne xt month by an accre-ditation team representing the Western College Associat ion , reports Palomar College Pres i ~ent , Dr. John Dunn. The vis it , schedule{! for November 22 and 23, will bring the six-member committe-e to the campus to evaluate the entire Palomar College program.
PALOMAR CIRCLE K Club President, Ron Smith, is shown here accepting a check for $500 for the decoration of the recent L a V ista Charity Ball held in the student union. From the left are Mrs. M. F . Beihl from the Soroptimist Club of Vista , Mr. Paul E skenasy, treasurer of the Vista Lions, Smith, and Dr. Daniel Pratola, advisor to the Circle K.
Representatives at Large t o t h e Student Council. Palomar's new Reps at Large are: Jim Dunlap, Bob Mackey, and ·John Meyer. Dunlap won easily with 171 votes, l\faekey and :\!eyer tied at J 30. ju~:;L above Jeanne Po\l·ell with J2(j and Peggy Shine \l"ith 1] 5. On the Sophomore ballot. Rich Thomas- gained the pre~i<lency wirh a 65-H eount o,·er Rich Borevitz. Linda Janis is the new \"ke PrPsident. Linda pkkecl up RG Yoles while her opponent. Bunny Lugbauer. ret·eivecl 23. In the rac-e fat· sophomore Sec-retary, Nan<·y Dunn won the offic·e
den,·ay following recent staff ap· pointments. with 69 ,·otes to Colleen Davis· ~0. :\lark :\Iartin just shaved his opBranchflower said the magazine, ponents in the raee for Trea~nre1·. titled '·Forus," wilf replace the The count waH" :\!arlin. -t2, Baincollege yearbook in order to meet bridge 38 and :\IeLeod 29. the "·ider interests of students in Claudia Huston is the Reprea more professional type publica- sentative to the Student Coun<"il. The FTeshman offic·ers are Pnsition . dent, But<·h Glenn: \"ic-e President. "Although the new magazine- Jesse Lomeli: Sec·retary, Judy Picwhic-h will be available for campus c·hiottino; Treasurer. Jim Bell : and distribution some time in January Hepresentath·e is Yit-ky Bu r ton. The Fre~; hman ,·oting bJ·ealHlown - will be ed ited by journa lism stu · is as follows: dents, the staff will solicit manuPre i<lent: Glenn 128, Blomensc·ripts and art fr om all students," dale 4 5, Greer 29; Yice Presi<len t: Branchflower pointed out. Lomeli 106. Maynard 36. Seymou1· 29, Johnson 17. and O'Connor 1£.. Two issues of the magazine will Sec-retary: Pi<'~hiottino 99. Toyiaf> be publ ished each year. 55. and Rawlings 47. Treasurer: Dell 59. Bris<·oe 53, Rkard 4H. Daly 40. Hepresentath·e to tht> ASD: Burton 106. Baket· 72, and So nth\\ ard 23.
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Nixon Clobbers Kennedy 213-134 In Political Science Straw Vote Hichard Xixon is favored for the pt e~ i dency of tl1e l'ni ted States by members of the Palomar College Student Body. He defeated Jar·k Kennedy in a straw vote election held last Friday on campus, 213LH. :\Irs. Jane Abrams' politieal sc-ience classes originated and planned the mock election whic·h "-ag held at the same time as the ele<'tion of student body officers. The numb r of students \'Oting on the ).' ixon·Kenn dy issue represented about one-third of those enro ll ed in day classes at Pa lomar. The purpose of the poll was to determine ho\\· U1e m::).jority of the students wou ld vote if the elec-tion. "·as_ held last Friday instead of t h e first week in ~ovember. A lthough 1'\ ixon was the choice of 61 per cent of t he Yoters, t h e popu larity of b oth cand idates is subject to ri se a nd fall in the next
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month as a resu lt of the televi~Pd debates and speeches whi<·h will be closely watched by voters. \'oters in communities nt·omH' Palomnr also faYored ).'ixon O\ f Kennedy. 282-127. the undec-ide numbered 53. The ballots were di: tributed by students undet· th direction of :\frf<. Abrams.
NIGHT BEAT " Ni gh t class es ar e m eeting · the needs and intere s t s of th e col ~ lege dist rict c omm u nity, as · i-nd icated by an evening co llege en r ol lment of 1,600 studenh ," reports Dr. Robert Woodward , director. Among others, classes which have proved popular are Conversational Russian, Gene r al Ac~ounting , Beginning Electronics, and Princ iples and Practices of Real Estate, says Dr. Woodward.