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Palomar College

Volume 23 Number 25 · A Publication of the Associated Students

Dr. Huber will

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on today' s education

Mexican seminar

Two s tud e nts pe rus th · (.;X hiiJits in the c ur r e nt Dwight Boe hm Ga ll e r y s how . "/\ n /\sse m iJiage of Asse mbl ages . "

.J 5 pi •c ,.; r ep r esenti ng the work of 20 p r o min e nt a rti s t are featu r e in the ex hiiJi l whi c h r uns through F ebr uar y 7.

'Assemblage of Assemblage' featured at Boehm Gallery An e xhibit in sculptura l cons tru c tions , descri bed as "A n Asse m bla ge of Asse m blage , ' ' is featur ed in t he new s how at Dwight Boe hm Ga ll e r y , P alomar Colle ge , whi c h will run through Feb . 7. The 45 works ex hi bited r epresent 20 promine nt a r t i s t s , inc lud ing George Herms , Lynn F oulkes , Tony Be rlant, and Dan Johns on, of the Los Ange les area, who have achi e ved national r ecognition and who are r eprese nted in the collection s of m any art museums ove r the country. Harry Bli ss , college art fa culty me mbe r and · director of the ga llery, s aid, "A ll the works in the exhibit e mploy the assemblage approac h in thei r c ons truc tion, in that they are composed of used or fabri cated mate rials. These have been br ought toge the r and e xploited for the ir unique , intrins ic qua lities and a s soci ations . "The individual works," Bliss s aid, "derive muc h of the ir expres sive content from the inte rpl ay of contrasting textures and the me taphoric s ugge stions of t he wide r ange of object s and mate rials com bined in their cons truction." Bli ss pe r s ona ll y collec ted the works

from th e a r t ists r epresented in the s how. The purpose , he said, " i s to s upply an ins ight into one of the m os t vigorous a nd susta ining und e r curr ents in conte mporar y art in the United States . Thi s is s ome thing tha t gre w ou t of the e arl y 20th century move m e nt of m e taphys ical painting, Dada , Cons tru c ti vi s m a nd Surreali s m, or iginating in Western Europe . Trans pla nted to thi s c ountry,'' Bli ss c ontinued, ''th e se persuasions , partic ula r Dada, have been c rossbred r ep eatedly and adoped as the pe r s onal idiom of many notable a rtists , such as Robe rt Rau schenberg, Loui se Ne ve ls on and Joseph Cornell. The works of these a rtis t s , a s we ll a s thos e r epre s e nted in our curre nt s how, r eflect the analytical, e xpe rimental, ic onoc lastic and m e taphys ical conce rns peculiar to 20th c entury art directions initiated by Picass o, De Chiric o, Marcel Duc hamp, Max Ernst, Kurt Schwitte r s and othe r demigodswhohave chosen to purs ue the question of art r athe r th an settle for s om eone e lse ' s answe r." The gall e r y hours are 8 a .m. to 9 p. m. Monday through Thurs day, 8 to 6 F rid ay and 9 a .m. to 2 p.m. Saturd ay. T he r e is no admi ss ion charge .

Awards applications are now available

Stud e nts by the hundreds ga t her in the Admissions Offi ce to regi s te r for the

San Marcos , Calif.

Dr. Nava tells views

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The gove rning boar d of Palomar College announced r ecentl y that Dr . F r ed e ri ck R. Hube r, President, ha s been invited to att end the Cente r fo r Inte rcultur al Docu me ntation in Cue rn avaca, Mex ico , dur ing the s pring and s ummer of 1970. Dr. Hu be r will pa rti ep ate in a s e ri es of semina r s und e r the the m e " Alte rnatives in Ed ucation." /\ di s tingui s hed group of inte rn ationa l ed uc ators will be present du ring thi s pe ri od. Dr. Hube r will a lso heco me acquai nted with the c ultur al he ri tage of Mex ic o and Latin A me ric a n countries and the Span is h la ngu age. Dr. l ~ ru ce Jaq ues , pres id e nt of the gove r ning hoa r d , said t hat it was importa nt at thi s ti me for President Hub e r to s eek s om e answe r s for the c ha lle nges of the 70' s . "Highe r ed ucation," sa id Dr. Jaques , "needs r e vitali zation and the logi cal pe r s on to provide this le ad e r s hip is the profes sional edu cato r . We fee l that Dr. Hube r and P a loma r Coll ege are very fortunate to have thi s opportunity to gain gre a te r ins ight into the probl e ms of this age." Dr. John Sc he ttle r, assi s tant di s tric t s upe rinte nde nt for bus iness se r v ice , will function a s c hi e f admini s tr a ti ve officer and De an of Ins truc tion Virgil Be rgman will be acting pres ide nt during Dr. Huber's abse nce. Dr. Hube r proposes to write a se ries of pape rs during his le a ve de aling with the vital issues affecting higher educ ation and p artic ularly Palomar College. Dr. Huber has been s upe rinte nde ntpresident of MontereyPe ninsulaColl ege and Pala Ve rde College. This year will s ee the comple tion of 30 year s of se rvice in public education by Dr. Hube r, 25 of whic h have been in c ommunity c olleges . In commenting on thi s ass ignme nt, Dr. Huber s aid, "I am deeply appreciative of the opportunity to s tep outs ide the syste m and take a good look at what i s happening on the inside . I a m also ve r y conscious of the fac t that the problem s facing highe r educ ation in the 1970's will be extre m e ly complex and need a c omple te r eassessm ent and new s olutions s ought."

January 20, 1970

spring semeste r. A r ecor d e nroll ment is expec ted to fi ll the c a mpus..

Applicati ons for Rota r y F oundation a wards for the ac ade mic year 1971-7 2 a r e ava il ab le in A- 62 in the Counseling Departm e nt. An oppo r tu nity fo r s tud y a br oad i s ava ilable to stude nts who a r e inte r ested in wor ld affairs a nd who can fu lfill a dua l role of s tude nt a nd "ambassado r of goodwill ." An awa r d covers rou nd- tr ip tra ns p ortation, educa tional , I ivi ng and m i s c e ll aneous r e la ted e xpe ns e s for one acade m ic yea r, plu s , in ce rta in cases , a p e r iod of in te ns ive language train ing in the s tudy countr y p r ior to the com me nce me nt of the r egul ar ac ade mi c year. Awa rd s a r e m ade for s tu dy in a ny fie ld and a r e te nab le in near ly 150 countri e s in whi ch t he r e • a r e Rotary c lubs. The deadline d ate for fi ling appl icati ons wi th the local d is tri ct Rota r yc lub is !\la r ch 15. 1970.

B1· Loi s Ca1·a li e r Rec e nt s tud ies ha\'e pro1·e n tha t gr ad e poin t aYe r ages in uppe r diYi s ion c la sses a nd futu r e s uccess in a c hose n fie ld are no d iffe r e nt if a s tud e nt att e nds a ju ni o r c oll ege or a unil·e r s it1· for lo11·e r d i\·i s io n work,' ' Dt·. J u lian \'a1·a s ai d here F r ida~ · night . "Ju nior c oll e ge::; gi1·e the 1ddes t educa tiona l oppo r t u nit~· t oda~· . a nd it is t he r e t hat we s hou ld c once ntra te mos t of our t ime a nd mone 1· , ·• he s a id . Dr . l\a1·a· lec tu r e. on "Edu c a ti on and Soc ial and Rac ia l Is sues " 11·as a pres e nta t io n of the Commu ni t~· Se n •ice s l ec tu r e s e r ies , unde r the d irec ti on of Roberl Bowman . a ss t. dea n of s tude nt pe r sonne l ac tiv iti es . ' ' \Ve have in ou r educa ti onal s ys tem in thi s c ou ntry today the e rrone ous idean that memori z ing in format ion cons titutes in te llige nce , whe n in t r uth ed ucati on s hould be a n attempt to unfold the capa bilities a nd na ti ve s kill s of the indi vidual. "The gre a t need is for lea rning to a na lyze a nd so lve problems ," he s aid. " T he r e is no point in m e morl zing the s tates a nd the Cons titut io n, a nd l tr ul y de test spe lling bees ." An authori ty on La ti n :\m erican hi s tory , Dr. ava is a me mbe r of the Los Ange les City Boa r d o f Educa tion and a professor of histo r y a t San F e rnando Sta te College . He as ta ught in Venezue la, Pue rto Ri co , Columbi a and Spain, and was a F ull bright lec tur e r and r esearc her to Spain. He s tated tha t biologis ts ha ve r ecently prove n that m alnutrition be for e birth and up to the a ge o f three yea r s adve rse ly a ffects the c he mi s try of the brain. "Thi s de fi c ie ncy causes an individ ual raised in a di sadvantaged famil y to suffe r throughou t hi s life for the apparent s hortc omings of hi s pare nts ," Dr. Nava said, ''It seem s inc ongruous to m e that mos t people are agains t pr oviding money for food and other as -

s b tanc e to mi not·itY groups of a ll r aces , 11·he n bill ions in pt·ic e s uppo r t is given to fa rm e r ::; e y e r ~ · yea r in thi s c o untr~ · for not grt)ll·ing food ... He hlam t's '·on•t·- s pec ia li za ti on and lac k of t·espon s ihi litl' on m•a rl_1· e l· er ~ · ­ o nt> ' s p:t rl " fo t· fa il u t'L' to dea l effec til·e !l' 11·ith the hig qu e stion of po1·e rt y. " .I t is not ju::; t mi n or it ~· g r ou p:;; ;; uc h a s ~ l e •dc:t n- . \ me ri ca n s . \ m e t·ic an India ns ancl :\ep; t·oe;; tha t are s uffering ineq ua lit y. hut di::<:td l·ant agc..•;; :\ngl os as \\'(' II.

One of t he n• t·\· goocl things to eom<..' fr om the prote s t:;; of mino iriti c s is thl' te nde nc 1· of S11·cde · a nd ~ l a1· s and lri :;; h to once aga in become proucl of the i r ri c h cu lt ural he ri tages , ·• he s a id. ·· J look fonl'a rd to the da.~ · whe n m~· 01111 c hild r en c a n di ·p lay thei t· c ult u r a l hackg r ounds proud l.1· a nd frc · I~· , wi thou! dt>fe ns ive ne s s or hc..•lli gc t·a nc e. ·• Dr . l\a1·a wa s inlroducecl hy Tom Cas ta neda , p r es ide nt of the \l cx iea n- :\m e rican You th :\ ssoc ia tion he r e.

BULLETIN ,\n e le c ti on will he hc lrl toda y and tomo r row to e lec t . \ ~ l l c ou nc il offi ce r s for the s pring s e meste r. Anyone with a n 1\ SI1 c a r d is ur ged to vote . P olling pl ac es will he in the Stude nt Uni on and a t the :\ l'l co mpl c.x today and in the Stu de nt ll ni o n a ncl ouls irl t• P -3 2 tomorrow. The pol ls will he open fr om 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The new e lec tion is he ing hc lcll>cc au ,.;t• the fi rs t one , in whi c h .John J-;ea ly de feated Jo n l ~ ngl e , was inva lidated . :\ c co rding to t he /\Sn c on s tituti on, t,ca ly a nd se veral othe r e lec ted repre se nta ti ves a t la r ge we r e ine li g il>lc be cause they we r e fr es hm e n. i ne pe r ce nt of the e ligible ASB m em bers voted in the las t e lec ti on.

PE offers camping course Camping and outd oor exploration have zoome d in r ecent year s to one of t he top r ec r eational activi ties of a population fav ored by the scenic wond e rl and over the vast s tretches of San Di ego c ounty and a ll Californi a , r anging fr om ocean be ac hes to mounta ins to dese rt.

Ward G. \T ye r s , cha irman of t he departm e nt , said the c ampi ng c ou r s e is des igned to he ne fit both the n ovi c~ ~ nd the e xpe r ie nced outdoo r s m e n, p rovt c..lt ng infor matio n and pr oce clu res to inc r e ase the i r pl easures a nd sa fe ty in the outdoor s . Doc \ larrin. of Pa lomar ' s phys ical edu ca tion 'i ta ff. 11·i ll be ins truc tor for the l'Oll l' SC' 11·hi c h wil l mee t fr om I to

10 p.m. e ac h Tu esday . T hose who e nroll, he sa id, may r e gi s te r fo r the cou r se a t the fir s t me e t ing o f t he c las s Feb 3, in n oom 0-1 3. Ma rrin will inc lud e in the se ri es s p c ial ex hibits of cam ping e quipme nt, a nd va rious gu es t lec lu r e r e s a lso will v is it the c l ass during the s e ri es . !\1ye r s sa id th e su bjec ts wi ll run th rough a b road r ange o f ca mping lo r e , inc lud ing T yp es o f c am pi ng hy te nt , tra ile r, cam pe r, mobile home or in the ope n; organ iza ti on for a tr ip, s e lecti ng sites a ncl loc ation s , road ma ps a nd cam p grou n ds in s c e ni c loca ti ons t hroughout t he Cni ted State s and Canada; s p ec i f i c in for ma ti on c lim ate , topography , pl an t and wi ldli fe ; typ e of e qui pme nt for the cam pe r, a nd me th ods of us ing it; food ancl c ook ing : c lothing a nd pac k ing : se ttin g up ca mps ; fir e s , fir e p r eve nti on anti conse r vat ion: wa te r sa fe ly a nrl fi r s t aid : r ec r ea ti ona l ac tiviti t;s : hac k pac king a nd moun ta in c lim bing.

Popular Palomar photography instructor Justus Ahrend shows students (L to R) Sharon Smith, Jim Hallowes and Jeanie

Tolmasoff a photo o f fi s hing boa ts in Naples he took. He is pl anning a European photography tour next s umme r.

Because of the publi c's fas t-growing inte r est and par ti c ipa ti on in weeke nd or vac ation ca mp ing, the Pa lomar College Phys ical Ed ucation depa rtme nt will offe r an eve nin g c ourse dur ing t he s pring se mes te r to cove r all phas e s of c a mping methods a nd techniqu es .

EUROPEAN TOUR

Travel geography course offered A course in " Travel Ge ography of Europe , " de signed for L th the c it ize n planning a trip abroad or for the armchair trave le r, will be offe r ed in a n evening class during the s p r i n g se mester. Charle s A. Coutts, as s i s tant dean of instruction and s c ience departm ent c hair man who has traveled wid e ly in all the countries of Europe, will be ins tructor for the c lass which will meet each Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. in Room E -19. He said enrollment may be made fo r three units of c r edit, or as a nonc r ed i l ad ult education course . Re gis tratio n ma y he made by a tte nding the fi rst c la s s sess ion Fell . 2. '·Through the actual planning of a t rip to l·: umpe the c la s s will become acquaint ed 11·it h hi s to r ical bac kground, the cu lt unli t·egions . the eco no my , pr in-

c ipa l cities a nd leading tourist attrac tions of the countri es of Weste rn Europe , Coutts sa id. " orn e of the countries of Eastern Eu r ope and the Middle East a ls o will be discussed . "Exte ns ive use will be made of outstanding colo r m ovies , s lides and travel literature provided by the c ountrie s concernned," he said. "Transportation, hote ls and restaurants will be thoroughly treated. The travel films are excellent, and many of the m are award winners . Guest lecturers will be pres ent for some of the c las s s ess ions to speak on selected countrie s.''

Feb. 9, England; Feb. 16, Scotland and Ireland ; F eb. 23, France ; March 2, Ge rmany ; March 9, Switzerland; March 16, Italy; March 30, Greece and the Greek Is lands. April 6, Turkey ; April 13, Yogoslavia, Roumania and Bulgaria; April 20, Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia: April 27, Ne the rlands, Belgium and Luxembourg; May 4 , Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden; May ll, Spain; May 18, Middle East; May 25 The L ittle Countries: San Marino, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, Gibraltar, and the Vatican City; June 1, Overview of Course.

The 16-meetings course has this schedule for the countrie s to be featured in the series, with all sessions to include ge ne ral planning for a trip to Europe: F eb 2, Introduction to the course;

Further information may be obtained by calling Dean Coutts at the college, or those who wish to enroll may do so merely by attending the first class session Feb. 2.


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