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'Shrike' to debut Thursday night Under the direction of Buddy Ashbrook, the curtain is prepared to go up on the first play of the 1968 season at Palomar College. "The Shrike", Joseph Kramm's award winning play, will open Thursday night at 8 p.m. . in the drama lab. Centering on a frustrated director, plagued by an overpowering wife, the play revolves around a psycho ward in a big city hospital. Failing at directing, his luck fails him again when he is unable to commit suicide, the resulting hospitalization the opening of the play. Jim Downs, the frustrated director, finds himself virtually imprisoned in the ward, a standard practice in suicide attempts. Believing himself to be sane, he is not upset at first. Then his wife, played by Jeanette Ermia, enters the picture and for the frustrated director,
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Other members of the cast are : Miss Cardell , Jacquito Catalino; F lem ing, William Briggs; Miss Hansen, Pat Gehris; Dr . Kramer, Kent Gordon; Grosbert, Jim Southers; Dr. Barrow, Glenda Bradley; Dr. Schlesinger, Gene Floyd; Don Gregory, Bob Hutchings; Sam Tager, Tom Bates; George O'Brien, Ray Cavell; Joe Major, N. Jones; John Ankoritis, Tad Geer; Frank Carlisle, Mike Stodgill ; William Schloss, Jim Downing; Dr. Bellman, Greg Krueger; Miss Wingat e, Chole Damus; Harry Downs, Dave Jones; and Tom Blair, Jay Giles. Technically, the play emerges as another effort of the theater art departm ent headed by Norman Gaskins. The play takes place in a hospital
ward and a doctor's office. The two sets are spread across a corner of the rec-tangular drama lab. Work on the sets has been going on for several weeks. Aiding Gaskins in the work are five members of the theater arts class: John Rabe, assistant technical director; Michael O'Rand; lighting designer; Belita Felgen, and Sylvia Olcott, wardrobe; and Dave Jones. Admission will be 50~ with ASB card and $1.50 for those without cards. A special sneak preview is scheduled for Wednesday night for high school students. This will be Ashbrook's first drama effort since taking control of the drama department after the resignation of Frank White last spring to continue an acting career. Ashbrook formerly taught drama and coached swimming at Escondido High School.
THE TELESCOPE Palomar College · Volume 22 Number
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A Publication of the Associated Students
W. 23. 1968
· San Marcos, Calif.
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Student Court discussion continues; 'guilty' affixed for contempt of court By Jim Strain Don't look now, students, but "heah come de judge". At least that's the way it looked last Tuesday when the ASB Council disclosed plans for the establishment of a Student Court at Palomar. Political Science instructor Sheridan Hegland, the apparent author of the plan, spoke in its behalf and a measure to form a committee to draft a format for a court passed easily. Bill White, chairman of the Judicial Comm ittee, has charge of the formation of the court. Last weekend White attended the Area One conference in San Diego to get an idea of how the courses of other schools are set up and implemented. As of last week, though, no one in the student government seemed too sure of the exact purpose of the proposed court, only that it would primarily be
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responsible for the punishment of stugent malefactors. Everyone did agree that the court would have the power to expel those students whose crimes were sufficiently heinous . White said that, as far as possible, he would like the court patterned after the one at Stanford which he said has met with considerable success. "We're going to have two courts. An original court which will be entirely students and a second court. . . of students and faculty." Neither White nor ASB president Kim Clark were very specific as to who the court would try, but White did say that anyone could bring charges against anyone else. It would then be up to the court to bring the criminals to trial. On Friday, White notified The Telescope that it had been decided that subpoenas would be issued to the offending party and if he failed to appear in court that he would be notified again. If the defendant failed to appear a third time he would automatically be judged guilty. "That's contempt of court in
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"When Comedy Was King" will be presented tonight at 7 p.m. in P-32. The movie, the second in the film series now being presented at Palomar. stars Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, and The Keystone Kops. "When Comedy Was King" is traditional comedy, that is, comedy that by its very nature tells the truth about human conditions. Early Hollywood was masterful in this "truth telling". On November 12 "Citizen Kane" starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton will be shown.
* * * Students interested in learning about new countries and meeting foreign students should come to the International Club meetings Mondays at 11:00 a.m. in F-22. Everyone's welcome whether they're from a foreign country or from the United States. Officers are e lected and appointed. The e lective officers are ( 1) President, Evelyn M. Cortez; (2) Secretary, Teresa Rubio-Romero; (3) Treasurer, Richard L. Freeman; and (4) InterClub Rep. , Marlina S.Aganad. The appointive officers are: ( 1) Publicity Chairman, Lynne Grant; (2) Social Chairman, Arella Osborne; (3) Awards Chairman; Jim Von Mormann; (4) Scholarship Chairman, Marlina S. Aganad ; and (5) Attendance Chairman, Maria Baeza. The co-advisors are Mr. Richard Norlin and Dr. David Pratola.
* * * "The Changing Woman• will be the theme of the Annual Pacific Southwest Women's Collegiate Association Conference to be held at Mira Costa College this Friday, from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Mrs. Marjorie Warmer, dean of women, San Diego State College will be the guest speaker. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for the women students at Palomar to meet with other young women in the area to exchange ideas pertinent to their own AWS organizations on campus . Workshop topics to be discussed are (1) "Role in Cornm .mity"- Grossmont; (2) "Role on Campus" - Mesa; (3) "Effective Communication"- Southwestern; (4) "Role in Politics"- Mira Costa; (5) "Our Influence on Next Generation"City; and (6) "Influence in the Home"Palomar.
anybody's language," said White.
The Judicial Committee chairman also emphasized that the administration was not just handing over its authority. "T_he administration is backing it, but we have to present them with the plan for their approval; of course that's just a formality," he explained. He also pointed out that convictions by the court would be subject to review by the Board of Trustees and could be overturned by a four-to -one vote of that body. The court will be set up like a student court at a four-year college, White said . "There are too many different factions aboard this campus to have a JC type of court. A university type system is the only way we can hope to make it work." White also revealed plans for a poll of the students on their views before any final action will be taken on the tribunal. The method of the selection of judges will be under close scrutiny by the committee and Chairman White said that any comment or constructive suggestion on this or any other aspect would be most welcome.
Above, three doctors give a grim diagnosis to the wife of despondent play director Jim Downs. L. to r., Gene Floyd as Dr. Schelsinger; Jeanette des Ermia as Mrs. Downs; Kent Gordon as Dr. Kramer; Glenda Bradley as Dr. Barrow.
Below, three patients Tom Bates, Tad Geer, and Bill Lehrke confer in the hospital ward. Much of the scenery was loaned by the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital. "The Shrike" opens Thursday night in the drama lab P-33. Curtain rises at 8 p.m.
from Mexico studies for Palomar degree By Lois Cavalier
When Raul Herrera travelled from Monterrey, Mexico, to register as an engineering major at Palomar this summer, he was carrying on a family tradition. Raul and his three brothers have all "followed in the footsteps • of their father, who is a mechanical engineer in Monterrey. And Raul is the fourtl) brother to attend college in San Diego County. His brother Mario majored in mechanical engineering here in 1964-66, then transferred to Purdue University, where he earned his bachelor's degree. He is now working in Mexico . David Herrera attended Palomar in 1963-64 and received his degree from the University of Illinois. He, too is presently working as a civil engineer in Mexico. Carlos, the oldest, attended what is now lVIiraCosta College but was known as Oceanside- Carlsbad College when he was there in 1959-60. He transferred to the University of Illinois where, of course, he got his degree in civil engineering and returned to Mexico to live . Raul, the youngest, plans to attend Palomar for two years and then get his engineering degree from the Univer...: sity of Illinois. His future? To be · a mechanical engineer in Mexico City, "Where the best opportunities are". What brought all four brothers to North San Diego County from Monterrey, which is on the east coast of Mexico ? "My aunt lived in Vista about ten years ago and Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Riley were her neighbors and close friends," Raul explained. "My parents wanted my oldest brother to attend college in the United States, and the Rileys expressed interest in being his sponsors. "Carlos liked living here and David thought the engineering department at Palomar was very good," he said. "Since then each of us has been sponsored by the Rileys and lived with them while we. go to school." Mr. and Mrs. Riley have three grown sons of their own. English is not spoken in Raul's home in Monterrey or among his friends, but
his pronunciation and vocabulary, which he says he learned and practiced only in the classroom, are nearly perfect. Sometimes he searches hesitantly for the right word to make his meaning clear, but he nearly always comes up with it. The most controversial events in Mexico now are the student riots, but "it is often difficult to have definite ideas about things that are happening, even though they are within the borders of your own country", he says. He follows the riots to some extent in the newspapers and on television, but offers no opinions about what political groups are involved or why they occur, except that "they don't solve anything." There have been no outbreaks of violence in his home city of Monterrey. "Our major university is the Institute Tecnologico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, where about 1,000 students from all over the United States come to study a variety of subjects, but expecially mastery of the Spanish language. It is one of the few universities in Mexico which offers credits transferrable to the United States", Raul said. Monterrey, the industrial capitol of Mexico with a population of one million, is mountainous and very hot most of the year, according to Raul. His favorite sport, soccer, is practically nonexistant in San Diego, but he is able to enjoy another favorite, horseback riding, occasionally. He belongs to the International Club at Palomar and likes meeting students from other countries. Although in Mexico boys are allowed to drive cars at a comparable age to American boys, they may not take a girl out alone in a car until after they are married. "The chaperone is always, always there", he sighed . At dances boys and girls arrive and leave separately, the girls with their ever-present chaperones. The Herreras are a close family, Raul says, and all four of his brothers come to their Monterrey home often for family reunions. "Surprisingly, the main topic of conversation is often engineering."
Navy, Marines trade six years
for education under ADCOP How would you like to sign away six years of your life for the privilege of attending Palomar? Thirty -six men students have done just that and are quite happy about it. They are Navy and Marine enlisted men who are going to school here under the Navy's Associatiate Degree Completion Program (ADCOP). The group of 29 sailors and seven marines is headed by Warrant Officer Dwaine Moore under the overall command of the Naval Training Center in San Diego. The program, which was begun in the Fall of 1966, is designed to give career enlisted personnel advanced training which is competitive with that offered by civilian institutions and industries. The Navy and Marine Corps also feel that by providing Petty Officers and s taffN CO's with college training that they will improve communication between commanders and their troops. In order to be admitted to the highly selective program a serviceman must obligate himself to six years' active duty upon being accepted. ADCOP is open to all active duty enlisted persons who are of pay grade E-5 or above. They must be recommended by their commanding officers, possess s u fficiently unblighted service records and be selected by the Bureau of Naval Personnel. Those selected attend one of three schools; Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California, Pensacola JC in Pen-
sacola, Florida, or Palomar. There they pursue an education related to their specialty in the service which may range from data processing to photography to electronics. This fall only 75 Navy people are currently under ADCOP in the entire US and of these, 29 are at Palomar. As a pilot project the program has met with such success that the Navy hopes to greatly expand it in the near future. At Palomar, the success has been phenomenal. Since the start of the project two years ago, at least two ADCOP men have been awarded their Associate degrees with a 4.0 average. Several others have graduated with honors and about 80 percent make the Dean's list every semester. There have been no drop-outs from the program and, according to Warrant Officer Moore, only one drop-out nationwide. Palomar's chapter of the Alpha Gamma Sigma honor society reads like an ADCOP roster sheet. The president, vice president, treasurer and InterClub Council representative of the organization are all ADCOP members. The sailors and Marines have a maximum of two years to complete the course and most do it in three semesters and a summer session. They must maintain a 2.0 average or be put on probation. If a student fails again to achieve the magic 2. 0.. . ZAP! So far this hasn't happened.