ACCREDITATION TEAM VISITS PALOMAR CAMPUS College Program To Be Evaluated Says President
Vol. XIII, No. 5
San Marco.s, California
Wednesday, November 23, 1960
CHRISTMAS FORMAL The Christmas formal will be held this year at the Hotel Del Coronado Circus Room, reports Ron Smith, chairman of the Inter-Club Council, which has formalized plans for the colorful affair. Smith said that Inter-Club has scheduled the traditional event on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 9 p.m. to 1 p.m. There will be no charge for holders of student body cards. For non-card holders, he said that bids will be sold for $1.50 per person or $3.00 per couple. Bids will be available starting Monday.
LEADERS amoag the student officers on campus are the ASB officers shown above. From left, are Rich Borevitz, treasurer; Tom Capra, publicity; Bill Quinby, president; Ron Smith, vice president; and Ann von Hayden, secretary.
Council Activates Student Court; Appoints Members
Capra, Quinby and Miss von Hayden returned Monday from studeat government conference held Four students and a chairman in San Francisco where junior college student will constitute Palo~ar's newly government problems were aired. organized student court known as
CJCSGA Admits Phoenix Speaker Examines Humanities Topic In Final Lecture
Five delegates and two advisors from Palomar trav eled to the Sheraton Palace HoteJ in San Francisco last weekend for the semi-annual California Junior College Student Governme-nt Association state convention.
of Phoenix College and the adoption of safety factors, including padded goal posts, for junior college football. Workshops attended by the Palomar contingent were: Athletics , Student Government, Current Problems. Publications and Public Relations and Finance over $35,000. When queried each of the delegates said that many new and constructive ideas had been gained from the confere nce. Borevitz is now in the process of drafting a new Financial Code for Palomar, with the help of many of the ASB treasnrers from other schools. On the social side, the Palomar cre.w celebrated a night on the town Friday night and from all reports. socialized with a vigor remarkable even for college students. Tbe trip up and back was made by PSA Electra Jet. The return trip was marred slightly by a mixup in tickets and ended up with the girls standing in the air terminal watching the plane, with the men on it, take off for San Diego.
Ann Von Haden. Sue Schoenberger, Bill Quinby. Hich Borevitz, The last public lecture of a and Tom Capra were assisted by serio!>s of six will be presented the advise of Dean Catherine Jones today at 2 p.m. in the stud ent and Dean Robert Burton. union buildin~. reports Mr. Virgil Bergman, Humanities Division The CJCSGA is in fact a lobby chairman. group representing the junior col· Presenting the lecture will be leges in Sacramento. :\lr. Dwight Boehm, head of the Highlighting the actions taken Ent;lish Department, who will speak on the topic, "Why the Humani- by the group were the admittance ties?" The speaker, a graduate of Antiorb College and Harvard University. is well known for his eruditiou in the field of English literature and history. He has been a member of the college faculty for Jive years. San Diego hi gh schools with In its second year, the lecture Sweetwater heading the list topped series has drawn the approval of all competition Friday and Satur· the students, faculty and public, day to receive honors at the eighth Bergman said. He pointed out that annual novic-e speed tournament the lectures are open to the public held here on campus. and he urged all students and other Sweetwater High Scl1ool won the interested people to attend. coveted sweepstakes trophy for , the fourth year in a row with a • total of 51 Ih points. A new trophy , was offered this year. Sweetwater students retained the original tro· My dear .Miss Priscilla, phy by winning the sweepstakes Thanksgiving time and just the award three years in a row, from excuse I need to con-espond with 1957 through 1959. • l you again. Just think what we Mt. Miguel High School students placed second with 26 0 points, fol- started, my dear; never expected ' lowed by Helix High School with it to come to this, and neither , 13 points, and Point Loma High would old Governor Bradford. Remember way back in 1621, that School with 11 points. first festive occasion? Three days Over 300 novice speech students or delightful gorging after that . participated from 26 high schools, dreadful winter; was I stuffed. reports Kathy Barber, tournament I must say, they certainly took MR. DWIGHT BoEHM director. their leisure in establishing this
Sweetwater Wins Coveted PC Trophy
R~member
the Judi cial Committee, according to rec ent action by the Student Council. The committee, provided for in the Student Body Constitution, ha.a been dormant for the last two years. ASB president Bill Quinby bas, up to this time, picked the group of fGur stud<!nts : Susy We arne, Norman Branchflower, Ric Blomendale and David Hawley. Dean Rob· ert Burton will act as the group's advisor. "The committee, if handled correctly, could exert much pressure and influen<:e on student activi· ties," said Quinby. The committee is set up to investigate and make recommendations to the Executive Council concerning student problema arising on campus. Dean Burton said, "I am strongly in faYor of a Judicial Committee here at Palomar." He went on to say that he would like to see the committee progress and grow into a regular and important part of student government. The chief function ot the group, unlike our State and Federal cou rts, is to interpret and recommend rather than enforce. The committee will meet in rlos.ed sessions every other Thursday.
Thanksgiving?
Palomar students. faculty anct adminis-tration extended a wel c ome this week to the six-man accreditation team from the Western College Association. The team wa.il on campus yesterday and will r emain the rest of today. In commenting on the visit, Dr. John Dunn, college president, said, ''The accreditation process is w lcomed and apprecia t ed by the faculty and staff at the college. \Ve have been preparing for this visit for almost a year now. The preparation and the resulting self-eva luation has resulted in a strengthening of the entire college program. I would like to urge all students and faculty to extend every courtesy and full cooperation to the visiting team." Team membern include Mr. Garlyn A. Basham. president of Taft Junior College and chairman of the committee; Mr. Gordon R. Melgren, dean of instruction at Fullerton Junior College; Mr. Frank R. Martinez. dean of instrnc~ion at. Citrus Junior College; Mr. Roy Petrie, professor of education at Occiden tal College; 11r. Dale Arvey, a biology instru c tor at Long Beach State College and l\lr. Stanley E. Sworder, chief of the Bureau of Adult Education of the State Department of Education. The group will meet tonight with the administration and board members, t~ review the visit.
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Record Company Releases Brubeck Jazz Album Just released by Columbia Records is Dialo-gues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra, a composition by a Palomar Faculty member, :\!r. How. a rd Brubeck. Last December Mt·. Brubeck's composition was performed in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dave Brubeck Quartet under the direc· tion of Leonard Bernstein. The piece was rel eased late this summer. The album. entitled Bemstein Plays Brubeck Play Bernstein, is available in local record shops in hi·fi and stereo.
-o--• Remember Palomar Christmas Formal, December 17, at the Hotel Del Coronado. Bids now on sale from lnterclub Council members and from Dean of Students.
By Bob Newman
and t:hanks t:o lady publicist:
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joyous holiday. You remember George Washi,ngton, of course. Why be proclaimed a Thanksgil'ing for the French alliance, a Thanksgiving for the Constitution, even one for putting down the Whiskey Rebellion. Then the southern colonies naturally refused to celebrate at all. \V e never did see eye to eye with them, you know. We really owe our gratitude to Sa.m h Hale, the editor of the "Ladi~ Magazine." She publicized Thanksgiving so much Mr. Lincoln
had to dec-lare it a national holiday. That was back in 1863. Things went smoothly after that until one of those modern presidents up and changed the date of the whole affair. That was enough to make me turn over in my grave. And these domestic turkeys, ugh! Even so. people must still enjoy the feast as much as ever. Well, 1 until next year my dear . . • Your Hopeful Admirer, }lyles Standish