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Polynesi~n Paradise

Theme For Formal "Polynesian Paradise" is the theme for Palomar's Spring Formal this year. The freshman class is in charge of this annual event, to be held at the Catamaran in Pacific Beach, May 5,

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~~~er~~:~e~:iw~~o:e· p~~~id~~~u~; '~I rica Michele Church, Mia Boxman, and Houmberto Jun co, all students at Palomar. Dance music will be provided by the s ix piec-e band or Ch arley Parnell, and the dance floo1· will include the balcony overlooking Mission Bay. Raising mon ey for the event. the freshman class hM had a cake walk a·nd a booth at the recent Spring Carn ival. " \Ve have pu t a great deal of work into the preparation of this dance, and we hope that ev.eryon e will come out," says Jessi Lomellie, Freshman Class President. · - - -0 - - -

Music Department Performs Concerts Palomar's band and chorus performed" two conee1·ts Tuesday and will be performing again today for high schools in the surround ing area. Tuesday Palomar's band and choru s went to San Dieguito to perform a concert at 9 .a.m. After the finish of that concert they traveled to Ramona to perform again. Today the band and c-horu s will be going to Vista for a concert at - 10 a.m. and tllen on to Fallbrook for a 2: 30 coneert. The barrd under the direction of Mr. Burrel Monk. will play for about 3o minutes. They will.play marehes. a.n overture. a Spanish rhythm. some popular music. and will feature an instrumental solo. The choJ"Us which is directed by Mr. Howard Brubeck will featu1·e some sacred and contemporary music a will as an ancient number that dates back to third century Greece. ---()---

International Club To Visit Bay Area Palomar's International Club will make a tour of the San Francisco Bay Area by bua starting Tuesday, May 9, and returning the following Sunday. The group plans to visit the campusea of the University of Cal ifornia at Berkeley and Stanford University. The · purpoce of the trip ia to fa· miliarize foreign atudent• w ith some of the more impertant parts of the Bay Area.

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Dr. Eddy Asirvatham. Professor of Political Science at Jabalpur University. India. will speak at Palomar College on Friday, May 5, at 10 a.m. Dr. Asirvathem, widely known author and lecturer, on his third tour of this count1·y , rec eived his education at • the Uni\·ersity of Madras. Hartford Theological Seminary. a.nd Edinburgh and Harvard Univer siti es. Prior to his present assoc-iation, h~> wa.s with the faculty of Boston l'ni>ersitr, and before that was . President of the Indian Political Science Association at Nagpur University. as well as Sectional Presi-

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The remaining assemblies for the year are scheduled as fo llows: The El Camino College Choir will put on a conce1't May 19, at 1 p.m., in the SU. There will also be a debate tournament. A c-ampaign assembly for the ASB elections will be held May 22, at 10 a.m. May 26, at 20 a.m., academic awards will be given for the year. and athletic awards for men and women will be presented Friday, June 2, at 10 a.m. - - -P - - - -

Patrons Of Palomar Elect President Mrs. L. \V. Vidler of San Marcos was elected pres id~t of the Pa· trons of Palomar recently at a m eeting on c-ampus. Other Officers Other officers includes Mmes. Da l'id Preschern, first Tice president; Ralph Fleming, second vice president; W. Gordon White, recording secretary and M. C. Prine. treasmer. These new officers ";11 be installed at the May 23 meeting. Mrs. H. C. Colfman was chairman of the nomination committee. Make Donations

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Results of the r ecent honon; day contest are as follows; first place " ·inners were: Katherin Griffin, biology. FaJlbrook; Judy Garlow. business administration, Escondido; Mike Tuynman, foreign language, Escondido; Margaret Tiefenthaler, journalism, Vista and Diane Galindo. Escondido; Nick Hinchliff, rna thematics, Fallbrook and J eJTY Henning, San Dieguito. Connie Mae Conrad and Stephen ,~·h eeler, music . of Vista and Gary G. Vix, music. Fallbrook. Rich \Valker, pbysic·al srience. Escondido: Dana Sue Corlett, retail sales. ista ; aud Elinor Toll, secretarial training, Vi sta. Awards were donated by A. D. Porter· of ''Palomar College, two \Valker S r ott Co. scholarships, Rotary Club of Itamona. Optimist Club of Eseondido, Kiwanis Clubs or Vi.· ta ami Escondido, Rotary Clubs of Escondido and San Marcos, the San Dieguito Women's Club, the Patrons of Palomar and Sears, Ro ebuck and Company of Escondido. A joint s chola1·ship was also donated by the Firesid e Res taurant of E scondido aud the Business Club or Palomar. ---o------

Drama Department Presents Readings

. The Pa~ro~s of Pa~omar, a sen·-, Students from the drama depart. 1re o1·gamzatwn serYmg the needs ment ";11 present a collection of ot the college, donated $200 ~o t~e readings on !\lay 26.. a.nd June 2, Pa.lomar_s~e-ech team for thelJ' tnp in the Student Union. according to tot the · t 1.uckt ?\atwnal Speech Contest in u.nr. "y 'JCtOI. H 6)·d en. d rama. ms S oc. on . tor. "Why, what is man ?"-a ReadA.ecording to M1·s. C. M>~.rk Reed, the Patrons a.cthities for the 1960- e r's Theatre AntholOgy, is the title 1961 include the a wards· or $953.44 of tbe presentation. Some original in sc-holarsnips fo1· Palomar stu- material from Mr. Mikelson's crea.ti\•e writing. class will be read dents. along with "'prose and poeU'y of a.c<:epted literary quality, both serious and humorous, dealing with man and the human eondition," says Mr. Heyden. Prose selertions will include some by James Thurber f1·om ·''Thurber's l<"'ables." a fable by ~amuel Johnson, and a yarn by Mark Twain. Poems by Whitman. Sandburg, Frost. Auden. F eaJ"ing, and Yeats are also ineluded. Richard B01·evitz. l\ficbele Chnrch, Waide Dixon, Poll y Marshall. Mary Sue McGonnell. Craydon Kaeding-, Pete1· Stevenson, Gary Ritter, and Robert Jones, drama students, will re;ul the selections. "The Skin of Our Teeth,'' a comedy by Tbomton Wilder. originally announced as the spring drama production, has been cancelled, according to Mr. Heyden , and th e readings will take its place. The readings will begin at 3 p.m .. RoN HILL and la st until about 4:30.

Ron HiH Take~- Publicity Director Post Vacated Recently By Bob Anderson Ron Hill. 19-yell.l·-old freshman. ha s been appointed to the student publicity diret:tor's post. it was announced last week. Hill, a business administration major, v.·ilJ coordinate and publicize student a.etlvities with campus and outside officia Is, as director of publicity. He has been actiYe in sports, drama, and speerh. and was formerly ed itor of a high school newspaper. Prior to c-om in g to Palomar, he was a. member of the Freshman Class Council and Intra-Fraternity Council at the university of Califomia .

HS Studen ts w·In Honors Day Awards

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Vote On Constitution

Elect:ionsSet: May 24 The ASB has tentatively planneq to hold two elections this month, reports Ron Smith, ASB President. A special election which will present for student approval the newly revised constitution, the new ca mpus code of condu ct, and a new financial code. The second e lection to be held on May 24, will be a balloting for candidates seeking ASB offices. Smith said two separate elections would ena ble eolle'ge students to be better informed about what they ";n be Yoting on. Tentatively. there are plans a lso being c-onsider ed for a preliminary election. should there be three o1· mo1·e cand idates seeking any· one of the offices. A preliminary election. if h eld, would be conducted to determine the two most popular candidates for the offires. Should thjs occu)·, it woulcl be the first time in the history of Palomar College tl).at such an election would be held. Smith urges everyone who is eligible a.nd willing to be a nominee for an ASB office to see him or ,.ice P1·esident John Diepersloot.

English Prof Sees End To Prejudice

Smith stated, "the purpose o! th& student council is to serve as a representative body of a ll Palomar College students, JH>t just a minm·ity of those who hold offices and the few who are willing to co me -ont and vote." Smith continued, "the student council trys to b fair in all or its aetions, but it needs yom· paJ·tieipation and support in student government in ordet· to do the best job possible.'' --(}---

Trustees Announce New Students Dean Palomar College trustees hav ' the contract of a new dean of stutlents and a reorganizatio'n of the pres e nt college admiuistration . Dr. Terrel Spencer, former vit·e president in cha.rg e of !.'tudent a . tivities at the University of Houston, bas been named to the dea.n ot students post. Dr. Spencer is pre . ently vice principal of a Houston high school. · The ne" · dean is expected to teach psycholog here next Fall. He received his doctorate at the University of Chicago and has attended Han·anl University for special study in th field of student personnel. Trustees a lso appoin ted Mr. ViJ·giJ Ber·gman dean of ins tru ction. Dr. John Dodds. present clean or inst1·nction, resigned recently to aceept a teaching assignment at Califomia Western University. P1·esent Dean of Student Personnel, ~Ir. Robert Durton, will a.s:;um the d ea.n of admissions post. A ne''' four-year contrat·t '" a.s a lso approved for eollege President Dr. John Dunn .

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Racial prejudice could become non-exi stent according to PaJomar English profess01·, Robert Mikkelsen. l\lr. Mikkelsen advanced thls the• ory in a ta lk before approximately 35 students in the third Alpha Gamma Sigma sponsored cultnraJ progTam last Wednesday. New developments in science, said Mikkelsen show blood types. genes and other physiological factors to be as important as physical ....,.----()--appearance in classifying races. "Just t1-y and exe1·t p1·ejudice against blood type AB," said Mikkelsen. Spealdug on "Race a nd Popular l\lisconeeptions of Rac-e," he said, ":!'\o rac·e has superior intelligence Palomar coed Jacomina Sue potential. . . . There are no biolo;:;ica.I setbacks in intenacial ma.r- Jones won first place in the recent riage. . . . There is no Jewish short story contest sponsored l:rx_ race." the Oceanside Blade-Tribune.

PC Co-ed Wins Writing Contest

"Anyon e ran be a. Jew." he said, "s imply by joining the religion." Mr. Mikkelsen said tba.t Negro genes can now be d·e tected in 1-ed eorpus c-les. "E,·entually, if we hav e a. cla.ssirication of race, it will not be based on superficial obse!'Va.tions;· he said.

Miss Jones wins a prille of 25 . doJI.ars for her stol'y, which is. tit.t.e.cf "Leaving What To Go Wh-ere? t · Don't Know." The story was one of several cultmitted by members of Mr. R&llert: Mikkelsen's Creative Writing class.

Sigma Omicron, WRA Co-Sponsor 'Collegiate Spring Around The ;World' "Collegiate Spring AJ·ound the World" w1JI be tbe theme o[ the annual Senior Girls Tea to be held Tbm·sday afternoon f1 :6m...-. 3:00 to 4 :30 in the Student Union. Sigma Omicron a.nd the Asso- , ei11ted Women Students are co-sponsming the afl'air. This tea will be held fo r senior girls fmm the high sch~l'l! in \"j sta, Escondido, Fall brook, R..."lmona. and San Dieguito. It.'! purpose is to welcome them to our campus and show them what life at Palomar is like. Jill Rumbaugh, h ead of the decoration committee, has planned to d e pict college dress in severa l co untri'es of the world. Paloma1· coeds _w_ill model th.ei1· own clothes appropriate for every type of activity. Those ass istin g will be Judy Toyias. Suzy 'Vearne. Maryann Cuzenza. Carolin e Richard, Jo Ellen Corzine. Ba.rbara Sturgell, Rosa Blandforrt; Martha P1·ine and Susan Holtz. Miss Richard is in charge of the~brief fash ion show whic·b will emp hasize the "rigbt" and •·wropg" way to dress for campi!><. Commentator for tb e show v.·lll be Brenda Reed.

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