The Telescope 15.14

Palomar College In This Issue: Univ. of California Seriu Page 2 Year-round education Page 2 Enrollme"t pictorial Page 3 Comets whip Imperial Valley Page 4

VOL XV

SAN MARCOS, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY_, FEBRUARY 4, 1963

N0.14

NEWSMEN PLEA TODAY FOR NAME CHANGE Board OK s New Editors 1

Newspaper Staff Is Well-Experienced Sophomore student Donald Yosua was named editor of the campus newspaper 'Scope at a special meeting Frid of the student publications board.

He replaces former editor Glenn Duncan, whose term ended with the paper's last edition.

Don Yosua Yosua, a social science major, was news editor of the Telescope last year. He resigned from the associate editor position in October as a protest against the formation of a student publications board at Palomar.

Ironically, that same board approved his appointment to editorship.

The board also approved the 'Scope's new staff of Duncan, Ivan Craig, Tom Saxe, and Gloria Wiencek.

Duncan, who won a state-wide award last year for an editorial condemning administrative attitudes, will be associate editor of the 'Scop':?. He is a journalism Glenn Duncan major.

Craig, who majors in oceanography, will fill the newly created post of pictorial editor. A sophomore from Escondido, he was formerly the managing editor of Telescope.

Saxe came to Palomar last falf from Vista High School, where he was sports editor of both the school paper and yearbook. He will continue on the 'Scope as sports editor this semester. Also a journalism major, Saxe writes part-time for a local daily newspaper.

Miss Wiencek, whom the board

Gloria Wiencek

approved as business manager, also held that position last semester.

She is a freshman business major and lives in Del Mar.

College May Purchase System For Direct Air-Raid Warnings Palomar College soon may have a direct-line air raid warning system to Divil Defense Headquarters in Colorado, Dean Robert L. Burton announced last week. The alert system, capable of receiving air raid alarms simultaneously with the rest of the nation, would be supplemented by the Navy surplus general quarters system recently acquired by the College.

According. to Burton, whl is civil defense committee chairman at Palomar, a warning originating from C.D. headquarters would be 'received by the proposed direct-line unit in the administration building. The warning would then be broadcast over the general quarters speakers, which are to be located atop several campus buildings.

Burton recently reported on the system to the administrative council, which in turn passed a recommendation for its purchase.

The direct-line system would be installed and maintained by the Pacific Telephone Company for a small fee.

Burton, who described the direct-line hookup as a "long distance phone call that's always connected," stated that the system would be able to signal advance early-warning alarms, as well as "take cover" alarms during actual attack.

The general quarters system, acquired by Science Division Chairman Charles A. Coutts, is the type used on Navy battleships to sound "man-your-stations" alarms during air attacks. It is presently being experimented with before its installation on the campus.

Spring Term Enrollments Still Rising Spring semester enrollment figures for Palomar College had soared to 2157 by opening day of the semester last week, and are still rising as scores of area residents continue to register for both day and evening classes.

Director of Admissions Robert L. Burton reported that as of 8:00 a.m. January 28, more than llOO students had enrolled for day classes and 1056 for evening classes.

Registration for the day college ended Friday afternoon, but extended day registration will continue indefinitely, Burton said.

The breakdown of day-class enrollment by towns, as of January 28, was: Escondido 459 Vista 289 San Dieguito 174 Fallbrook 111 Others 68 total 1l01

Traffic

Security officer William Vollmer reported he will tag autos parked in reserved spaces or exceeding the posted 15 m.p.h. campus speed limit. He also cautioned students not to go against traffic in the parking lots, but to follow the one-way arrows.

Boehm Back To Duties After Illness Chairman of humanities division Dwight Boehm has returned to administrative and teaching duties at Palomar College following a three-month absence due to a heart attack he suffered last semester.

Boehm, who is in his seventh year at Palomar, is instructing two Western Civilization classes this semester in place of history instructor Palmer Kremer, who is ill.

Boehm suffered the attack last September 25 while working in his office here. He was rushed to Tri-City Hospital where he was confined for several days.

He recuperated at home for the rest of the semester, and returned to his position here in January.

Harris Resigns

From Publicity The College Board of Governors voted to accept the resignation this week of John R. Harris, recently appointed director of public information at Palomar. Harris, whose resignation becomes effective Friday, came here in November to fill the newly created post and to instruct photo-journalism classes. He has accepted an executive position with a New York public relations firm.

Staffers Will Ask ASB Council To Change Telescope to Scope 1

Campus newspaper staffers will appeal to the ASB Council this morning for permission to discard the student body paper's 17-year name Telescope, and to replace it with the one-syllable name 'Scope.

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' Scope photo - Dean

Twenty-one year armed service veteran William Vollmer of Vista has been appointed as the new campus security officer.

He replaces the present Pinkerton officer Graydon Kaeding, who has taken a manager's position with a Fallbrook firm.

Vollmer, who has worked for the Pinkerton agency since the end of 1961, was enrolled at Palomar during 1960 and 1961.

He is now taking day classes here.

Keith Wi II iams Will Perform At Sweetheart Dance Tau Epsilon will sponsor the second annual Sweetheart Formal dance Saturday, February 16, in the Palomar student union from 8:00 p.m. until12 midnight.

A queen and court will be selected for the event.

Tau Ep president Bob Crafts reported that the Keith Williams Orchestra, one of the "most-requested" among Los Angeles radio stations, will play at the semi-formal event.

Crafts said the band specializes in playing requested selections at dances of this kind.

Sale of dance bids will begin this week in the student union and in the ASB office. The cost is $3.50 per couple.

Palomar Debaters Win TV Match

reported that the nationally famous Chad Mitchell Trio was contracted to appear Tuesday, February 26, at the Escondido High School Gymnasium.

The Trio will perform at the ASB event following appearances on the Ed Sullivan show and at large colleges throughout the nation. Tickets for the folksinging performance are $2.00 It was decided at Wednesday's meeting that a questionnaire would be circulated each week by representitives-at-large conc erning some question of interest to students. This is reportedly an effort by council to cultivate a closer unity between the student body and student government.

There is still question as to whether even the council has the authority to approve the change, for the actual name Telescope was never officially ratified by the Associated Student Body or the council.

At Friday's special meeting of the publications board.

Yosua pointed out that the name Telescope is frequently mistaken as a publication of the Palomar Observatory.

He said also that there have been several comments about the "immature connotations" of the present name.

Cite Complaints Another complaint voiced was that Telescope has no relationship to the newspaper world, as do names such as Courier, Journal, Chronicle, and Post. Each latter name "signifies a reporter of events," Yosua said.

Yosua and Duncan suggested that the "more modern" name 'Scope be adopted. Thus, the identity of the paper would be preserved, as well as the aesthetic relationship between Pal-omar College and Palomar Observatory.

Definitions Referring to dictionary meanings of "scope," the editors pointed out that the new name would take on the added meaning of an observer of events.

"Scope" denotes a means for viewing or observing, a range of view, and room for free outlook.

It comes from the Greek word skopos, which means "a watcher, mark, or aim."

The editors finally maintained that the one-syllable name 'Scope was more in keeping with the terse style of modern-day news reportage.

Whims

Council Begins NewTerm The newly elected ASB Executive Council last week ushered in the Spring semester with new appointments, discussions and announcements.

Student Council president Con Caldeira appointed sophomore Ted Repa to chairman of the judicial committee. Randy Young and Susan Perrine were named presidents of the AMS andAWS. Other appointments were Jay Steinman to awards committee chairman, Irene Shansby to publicity director, and Mary LeeKey to ASB secretary. LeeKey replaces Linda Ham backer, who resigned from her post.

At a special student council meeting Wednesday, Steinman

The unannounced plea will take place at the council's regular weekly meeting at 11:00 a.m. today in the ASB office. Editor Don Yosua and associate editor Glenn Duncan will represent the newspaper, which published today's edition under the name 'Scope to exemplify the proposed format.

The action climaxes a similar appeal Friday to the publications board, which ruled the name-change out of its jurisdiction and referred the matter to the ASB Council.

'Scope photo - Crai2

'Scope photo - Crai&

PALOMAR DEBATERS Clayton Sketoe and Randy Young

took part in and won a half-hour live TV debate against the Cal Western Debate Team yesterday afternoon on KOGO, Channel 10. The Palomar duo took the negative stand on "Resolved: That labor unions and corporations should be subject to essentially the same regulations." Sketoe speaks at left; Young, debate coach Ronald Tabor, center, and Sketoe are introduced to watchers in right photo.

According to former journalism advisor Roland K. Phelps, the name Telescope was a whim of two students of the first class ofPalomarCollege in 1946.

The couple was driving to the campus (then located at Vista High) one night, and trying to think of a name for the paper.

It was a cold night, Phelps relates, and the stars were clearly visible. The two 'students looked at the surrounding mountains and thought of the near-by observatory.

Connecting the observatory with the stars, they thought of the word "telescope" for the name of the paper. Shortly after they suggested it, the name was informally adopted and has been used since.

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Monday, February 4, 1963

The'Scope

Rough Going To Castle Of Knowledge

Editorial:

Provincialism Seen As Academic Threat

The editorial cartoon to the left is by sophomore student Howard Manning, the 'Scope's new staff illustrator.

Manning, a Poway resident, is enrolled in the special projects art class of Art Department chairman John Barlow.

The young artist, who is aspiring toward the field of commercial art, specializes in Dali· like surrealistic paintings. He is well-known on campus for the grotesqueness of several of his drawings.

Howard's work will be seen regularly this semester on the 'Scope editorial page.

An outstanding threat to education today is the group or individual that attempts to provincialize knowledge so that only some elite faction may enjoy it. But whether the criteria for that enjoyment lie in material or social status, the whole notion of selectivity in edueation conflicts with our American democratic ideals.

In the past few weeks an individual has begun to organize a group of the above description at Palomar College. Handpicking his student disciples, he proposes to impart to them philosophical wisdom and profundity that he has acquired through his own experience. He also proposes to procure outsiders to do likewise. Members of this organization would be subject to a $15 admission fee.

We are diametrically opposed to the formation of such a group. By this high degree of selectivity and considerable membership charge the organization of this group would be a step toward making knowledge a cliquish province. This clashes with the philosophy of Palomar College and with our principles of democracy.

We caution students not to be misled by eloquent speaking, but to exercise careful consideration of the consequence of such an organization before subscribing to one.

New Name In Tune With Modern Days This week's edition of your campus newspaper is an example of what the paper's format would be under the name 'Scope. The paper's name has not been changed as of yet; the running of this week's edition as 'Scope was done to give students an opportunity to see just what the paper will look like if the traditional name Telescope is dropped.

Today, at the weekly ASB meeting, newpaper representitives will ask the student council to consider the name change. The reason for this is simple: in a day of modern news reporting - characterized by high-impact, firey newspaper styles - a drab three-syllable word like "telescope" seems oldfashioned, even obsolete, when put against the terse, multiple-meaning names like Dispatch, Scanner, and Courier.

The noun "telescope" is wholly unrelated to newspaper reportage. It even has suggestions of immaturity when used as a college paper's name. It is frequently regarded as a publication of the Palomar Observatory. It is too long and it is too wishy-washy.

We advocate that it be discarded and replaced by the modern 'Scope. This name clicks. It stays in tune with an on-the-move society. It's unusual punctuation injects the name with an eye-catching seasoning.

Its meaning tags the paper as an observer of events, characterized by a broad outlook.

In short, the name 'Scope is better-suited to symbolize the movements of a fast-growing and broadthinking Palomar College.

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Donald Yosua ....................•.........•........ Editor-in-Chief Glenn Duncan ...•.•.............................•.. Associate Editor Ivan Craig ......•..•........ .. •.........•........... Pictorial Editor Tom Saxe .....••.•.••....•...............•..•......... Sports Editor Gloria Wiencek .........•....................... Business Manager The Ttu•c~ is the official publication of the Associated Students of Palomar College, San Marcos, California. Telephones: 744-1150 (Escondido area) and 727·7529 (Vista area).

The paper is produced bY. students and published Mondays during the school year.

Opinions expressed in this newspaper reflect those of the writers and not necessarily those of the college or of its students. Letters to the editor are welcome; however the editors reserve the right to cut letters to suit space. All letters of this nature must be signed.

Artist Howard Manning Joins Newspaper Staff

Staff Box Features 1st Prize Gold Medal The proposed staff box for the ASB campus paper under the possible new name 'Scope is shown today on this page.

The staff box uses the design from the first-prize gold medal won by the paper last year in statewide collegiate press compeutwn.

Under the editorship of Bob Newman, who is now attending the University of California at Berkeley, the Palomar paper copped the first-prize award in the California State Fair and Exposition.

Almost 40 other colleges in the state competed in the con· test.

Year-Round Classes: Coming Soon?

by Glenn Duncan Palomar is ahead of area col· leges in preparation for the "tidal-wave enrollment"' threat· ening within the next two or three years, Spanish instructor Dr. Daniel J. Pratola said Wednesday.

Pratola is chairman of the faculty Year-Round Operational Committee, established to research various plans for using college facilities a full year rather than for just the traditional eight or nine months.

Pratola said that the threemember committee has researchea various calendars to the point where findings can be submitted to different departments here for "feasibility studies."

"Palomar is the first college in this area to conduct such extensive research on year-round education," he said.

Two types of year-round calendars being examined are the trimester and the quarter plan.

Under the trimester plan, students may attend classes three full semesters per year instead of two. Each term is the equivalent of a semester in the traditional two-term system.

In the quarter plan, students may attend classes four terms in a year. The terms are shorter than the traditional semesters, and students, consequently, take fewer courses per quarter.

But both plans make it possible for a student to graduate in three rather than four years.

Pratola said that there are variations of these two plans and also some other year-round plans being studied here.

He pointed out, however, that if Palomar should adopt a yearround system, the system would mesh with either the trimester plan of the University of California (the University has announced plans to institute a trimester system by Fall, 1964), or with any system that might be implemented by some state colleges.

According to an article in the December 15 issue of Saturday Review, the trimester plan is drawing support from a number of colleges and universities.

Edward H. Litchfield, chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (which has been operating under the trimester system since 1959), says in the article that 28 colleges have adopted the plan in the last three years, and 85 colleges are known to have committees investigating the plan.

Of the institutions now using the trimester plan, he lists "the

entire higher educational system of the State of Florida, the akland campus of Michigan State, the University of Michigan, and Harpur College of the Liberal Arts in Binghamton, New York.

"The University of California is experimenting with it in its graduate business administration and education programs; New York University has it for the College of Medicine and Dentistry."

The tnmester plan at the University of Pittsburgh lengthens the school year to 11 months, according to Chancellor Litchfield. The three semesters are divided by the Christmas holidays, the Easter holiday1 and a month-long summer holiaay.

He says, "The same amount of work is ... covered in each trimester as was covered in the semester under the previous system, and credits from a trimester at one institution are transferable to semester credits at another without penalty."

The bachelor's and master's degrees can be earned in the same number of years as were previously required for under-

graduate work alone, and in some cases in fewer, Litchfield says.

Dr. Pratola indicated that any plan developed here would have to be submitted to the college business office for detailed study, and then to the County Board ofEducation for approval.

The other two members of the Year-Round Operational Committee are Dr. Harry C. Mahan, social science department head, and Irene A. Petz, chemistry instructor.

Deadline Nears February 10 is the deadline for entries in the Dunn Memorial Essay contest, it was announced at the meeting.

The contest, in honor of College President John W. Dunn's father, is based upon the present humanities lecture seriE:;, :heme, "Society and Freedom."

Four U.S. Savings Bonds will be awarded to winners of the competition.

Nine Campuses and One University: 1. How the Statewide System Operates Editor's note: This is the first of a series presenting a portrait of the University of California. This brief description of the statewide system wiU be followed at intervals by descriptions of the individual campuses, existing and planned.

Major policies for the seven operating campuses of the University of California and the two that will open in the next few years are developed by the statewide administration, with headquarters at Berkeley.

The university is a co-educational, nonsectarian instit~tion largely supported by appropriations from the state legislature.

Additional revenue comes from student fees, gifts and endowments, and state and federal grants for research and public service.

Undergraduate instruction on all campuses is organized into colleges - four-year institutions which accept students directly from high school or from junior colleges - and schools - upper division and graduate institutions which offer work, professional in nature, to students who have completed two or more years of pre-professional training in one of the University's colleges or in a comparable institution. The graduate division on each campus supervises advanced study for students who have completed an undergraduate curriculum.

Organization and government of the University is entrusted, under the state constitution, to the Board of Regents, composed of 24 members. Sixteen of these members are appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown and eight, like the governor, are members because of offices they hold.

President Clark Kerr is executive head of the University in all its departments and all its campuses. He is appointed by the Regents and is directly responsible to them. The president's staff includes several vice pr~sidents and deans, one of whom supervises work with high schools and junior colleges.

To facilitate administration of academic matters, the Regents have established an Academic Senate, consisting of the faculty -and certain of the administrative officers. The Senate, subject to the approval of the Regents, determines conditions for the admission of students, and for granting certificates and degrees.

It authorizes and supervises all courses of instruction in the academic and professional schools and colleges and exercises general supervision of the discipline of students.

Next: The Berkeley campus.

The'Scope

Monday, February 4, 1963

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Photo essay

The College Dra1111a Act One: Registration

by Ivan Craig

The inevitable form that requires information complete enough for a Security clearance.

It is important to ask for clarification and help from Counselors.

Mr. Porter aids a young co-ed in a thorny schedule problem.

Oh, well, here is a form to fill out a form for a form.

This time a studied moment is enhanced by a cigarette, but the prevalent form.

A poised moment of completion- a few more minutes and the end of registration may be in sight.

Checking for final errors and registration is complete. Now the classes begin.

Oh, no, not again. The forms.

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Monday, February 4, 1963

The'Scope

Sports Talk

Boys Are Hot: 1

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8ig Five Cop Weekend Games

Comet - cagers captured two victories over the weekend to run their season record to 17-4 and their winning streak to 12 games.

Palomar belted the San Diego Marines Friday night at Cal Western's Gym, 70-64, and took care of conference foe Imperial Valley Saturday at the Dome, 73-49.

John Fairchild tallied 31 points, 21 in the second half, to pace the come-from-behind win Friday.

Fairchild had 23 rebounds and was 11-for-11 from the free throw line. He impressed Cal Western scouts with numerous spectacular assists.

Jon Stanley backed him up with 15 points and Ted Repa had 11. Stanley and Repa also helped in overwhelming board control by the Comets during the second half.

Lynn Martin came off the bench to help spark the second half rally. PC trailed at inermission, 31-25.

IVC folded early in Saturday's encounter. The Arabs were down, 27-11, when Brennan began platoon substituting.

Palomar's reserves held onto a 34-23 halftime margin and the starter returned in the second half to make it a complete runaway.

Guard Mike Walters turned in an outstanding effort by scoring 16 points and playing well in all facets of the game. He led both squads in scoring.

Jon Stanley also performed especially well for the Comets.

He finished with 14 points, the same number as Fairchild.

Repa meshed 13.

Palomar's 12 straight wins have come at the expense of Chaffey (71-57), Long Beach State JV (87-69), San Diego State Frosh (62-46), Imperial Valley (86-63), Antelope Valley (95-63), Santa Barbara (77-46), Oceanside (97-74), San Diego Marines ('79-59), Phoenix (75-48 and 77-53), San Diego Marines again (70-64) and Imperial Valley again (73-49).

The Comets are lH> in the South Central Conference.

They face Antelope Valley and Santa Barbara on the road in all-important conference tests next week.

PALOMAR (70)

Box Scores: MCRD(64)

F Adams(10) Repa (11) FLake(2) Stanley (15) C Mealy(25) Fairchild (31) G Blackwell (0) Walters (3) Vitale (5) G Iverson (14) Scoring Subs: Palomar - Marin (5); MCRD - Sellers (8), Lake (2). Halftime Score: MCRD 31, Palomar 25.

PALOMAR (73)

IVC (49)

Repa (13) F Collins (2) Stanley (14) F Yarbrough (7) Fairchild (14) C Keaton (8) Vitale (4) G Dickerson (13) Walter (16) G Beope (3) Scoring Subs: Palomar - Bell (4), Martin (3), Hollis (2), Foster (2), Nielsen (1). Halftime score: Palomar 34,IVC23.

If PC's basketball team is successful in its bid for a third straight South Central Conference championship, the Comets will have to face the Desert Conference winner in an elimination game for the right to enter the state tourney at Sacramento.

The addition of two new California conferences made necessary an elimination game for both the sec winner and the first place team in the Metropolitan Conference.

The elimination game will be on a rotation basis each year and in 1964 other conferences will be involved. It will be played on a neutral court.

A PC victory would put the Comets into the first round of the State tourney at American River College at Sacramento.

The Comets would face the winner of the Big Eight Conference, which is being led at this time by unbeaten City College of San Francisco, the defending State champ.

First round state tourney games are set for March 7 with the playoffs continuing through March 9.

ESCONDIDO DRIVE-IN

Scoring: Name Points John Fairchild ............ 454 Jon Stanley ............... 340 Ted Repa ... ..... .. ... ..... 284 Mike Walters ............. 155 Ed Vitale ................. 117 Lynn Martin ................ 37 J. B. Hollis ................ 16 John Partain . ... ........... 11 David Foster ............... 8 Harold Rosewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Larry Nielsen ........... .. .. . 7 Ron Graf ........ ..... ...... 5

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..___ _ _ _ by Tom Saxe Unbelievable as it may seem, spring sports are already upon us. Today is the beginning day for one team, in fact. The Comet golfers tee off their season at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon against Santa Ana College, the defending Eastern Conference champs, at Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa.

Friday the golfers will battle Orange Coast College on the same course in the second match of the most ambitious of all Comet golf schedules.

Coach Bowman thinks a lot like coach Brennan. He feels that you learn by playing the best; so he went out and scheduled the best.

Palomar will face such powerhouses as Long Beach City College and San Diego City College during the regular season, then after its all over will host both the South Central Conference and State tournaments at Torrey Pines golf course.

It's an ambitious schedule to be sure, but Bowman feels he has the golfers to do it justice.

All four competitors who played for the Comets in last year's State tourney are returning. Top-ranked Chuck Mackey leads the list of veterans, which also includes John Partain, Rich Rady and Ivan Craig.

Craig was low medalist for Palomar in last year's South Central tournament at Circle R. The Comets captured the conference crown by 39 strokes over Oceanside after going through the regular season with a 10-3 record. They took lOth in the State.

Bowman lists several other promising golfers now out, but he stresses that he is interested in any golfers consistent in the 70's who want to try out for the team.

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John Fairchild leads the basketball team in scoring after 21 games with 454 points for a 21.6 average.

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ESCONDIDO

While Bowman's golfers have been practicing at Circle R, Coach Ward (Rusty) Myers' baseballers have been working out on the college diamond. Their first game is scheduled for Feb. 15 at home against Riverside City College.

The Comet nine will open defense of its South Central Conference championship March 2 at Santa Barbara City Colle,ge. Myers is pickin.l'! OceansideCarlsbad as the "team-to-beat" in the conference this season, but no one should be too surprised if the Comets capture the championship again.

Five lettermen return from the team which was 9-1 in the league and 19-8 overall last year. Foremost among the veterans are centerfielder Gary Copeland, a .358 hitter, and hurler Terry Cavanaugh (8-2). Defensive whiz Bill Townsend, a first bas·e man and pitcher, is also back as are twirler Rich Long and utility man Jack Crenshaw. Dan Forill returns from two years ago.

Myers has corralled a big portion of the local talent from 1962 high school ball, and he admits he'll be tough if he can develop another top-flight catcher.

The sked includes such opponents as San Bernardino, Fullerton, and defending Metropolitan Conference champion San Diego City College.

Palomar fell to San Diego's Knights in the first round of the State playoffs last season.

CINDER OPENER FEB. 23

Brennan's trackmen have been working out more or less on their own for the past week as they prepare for their Feb. 23 opener against Vernus Ragsdale and powerful San Diego City College on the home oval.

There are about five basketball players who may join the squad after the conclusion of cage season who could make a big difference in the PC track fortunes. Brennan is hoping for the addition to the team of middle distance runners Jim Bell and Ted Repa, high-jumpers John Fairchild and Jon Stanley, and high jumper-broadjumper Lynn Martin.

But even as the situation stands now, the Comets could be tough. The Nation's second-ranked high school javelin thrower from last year, John Tushaus (221'-8"), leads a list of outstanding prospects.

Tushaus will throw unattached this year because he is from out of state (Libby, Mont.). John was only four inches short of the nation's prep best last year.

Brennan hopes 'fushaus can overcome an arm injury which he suffered in an off-season workout in San Diego.

Tops among those who will compete for Palomar this season are miler and half-miler Jess Serrano, sprinters Dave Rightmer and Mike Condry, hurdler Bill Anderson, and hurdler-field event man Dave E. Jones.

Serrano, a transfer from track powerhouse Santa Ana College, could be one of Southern California's best this year.

The tennis team will again be handled by Stu Carter. Detailed information was unavailable at press time.