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Palomar College · Volume 24 Number 32
· A Publication of the Associated Students
''Decadence and Recovery in A mer. ican Education" was the topic of Dr. Russell Kirk, who spoke in the student union Tuesday night. Dr. Kirk, who has been called "Mr. Conservative'' and is considered by some to be the "best mind in the United States," opened his lecture with a statement whic h condensed his opinions on the present and future form of American e ducation. ''I believe American education is in decay, has been for some time and the hope for recovery is small."
Running, jumping, and the softball throw will be the major events at the Handicapped Childrens' Olympics for North County, to be held on the Palomar track field later this semester. The public is invited to attend the event, and several well-known professional athletes have responded favorably to invitati ons. Participating children must be entered by April 3. The contests will be held on May Day.
"However, a contestant may not enter m ore than two events . And swimmers will not be able to compete on the track," Ballard added.
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Education decay seen by 'Mr. Conservative'
ADCOP Olympics for handicapped planned for May
Anyo ne knowing of a handicapped child who would like to participate is invited to contact Ballard at 744-2157; in Poway, Don Gregory at 789- 0548; Escondido, Jim Crush, at 746-6624. Fred Ballard, ADCOP student at Palomar, is the area coordinator for the community event. This is the first time a separate contest has been held in the North County . "There will be five age level divisions from age eight to 19 and over, in all events,'' Ballard s aid . "And four levels of competition within eac h division to Insure that no c hild is competing without hope of winning a prize."
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He then stated that in his belief, the troub le with our present system is that the "ends of education" are unclear. With ad justme nt to the society being one of the aims presently, Dr. Kirk finds this a ruinous aim and that the "the first step to recovery is to seek out agai n the true aims of education and try to implement these."
Instructor Jjm McNutt demonstrates the newest purchase of Graphic Arts, the Baumfolder. In addition to perforating
and trimming, the 11 foot, 1600 lb. machine will put six folds in paper in infinite numbers of combinations. (Photo by George Elgin)
Banquet planning underway Donations of time, money and materials are still being accepted by the Palomar College International Club for the annual banquet on Saturday, March 20, 1971. Seve r al gifts of money and materials, ranging from a door prize donated by McDougalls Pharmacy of Vista, to a box of detergent from Sears in Oceanside, have been received. However, time, effort and participation are some of the vital ingredients necessary to produce an outstandingprogram. Song rehearsals are being held Monday and Wednesday at 3 p.m . inR-5 . Any and all students are invited to attend and join in the festivities. Anyone wishing to present a foreign
ethnic song or dance should contact Kuran ja Mungai, master of ceremonies, in the speech room, F-25.
American Eagle plays in Saturday concert American Eagl e, formerly Surprise Package will play a dance-concert Saturday night in the Palomar College Dome. Tickets for the dance- concert will be available at the door Saturday night. All Palomar students with ASG cards will be admitted for $1, guests and other students $2 each.
"Disturbing of moral imagination" was another area in which Dr. Kirk found folly in the present system. Repression of imagination, boredom, and frustration were listed as why the col-
Optical illusion art show begins Monday Beginning Monday and running for two weeks, there will be a disturbance in the Art Gallery--a "visual disturbance . " "The show will be designed to create a 'visual disturbance' of the space surrounding the viewer ," said Harry Bliss, gallery director. Walls in the gallery will be treated in a manner which develops the sense of space or depth where there is none. ''The viewer, in essence, will become a participant in the effect, much as an actor does on a stage or set. "As with most optical illusions there will be a conflict between actual space (the walls) and implied space , this being the illusions of perspective depth on the wall. " ·
lege student turns to rebellion and narcotics as a means of outletting his emotions. In citing his structur al reforms, greater diversity, greater scale, and abjuring snobbery were treated on the list of steps to recovery. Student-teacher relationships were also important on a greater "humane scale". Last of all, snobbery was considered a dangerous attitude with the present attitude being one of social status and not intellectual ends.
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pass assembly Student use of the faculty di ning room as a student-faculty lounge and general use of the faculty restrooms were passed las t week by the student assembly. These measures will now be presented to the administrative council, which, if passed, will go to the faculty senate for final approval. Also discussed during l ast week's m eeting was possible revision of the hiring standards for students employed on campus. It was suggested that only the preceding semester's grade point average of 2. 0 or better be the requirement for gaining employment, rather than the present rule of requiring that a student maintain a cumul ative 2.0 grade average. It was al so s uggested that all grades received at schools previously attended should not be taken into cone ration when hiring campus employees . The possibility of forming a student employee grievance committee consi s ting of two students and two faculty members is another consideration of the assembly. These student hiring standards revisions must also be considered by both the administrative council and facu lty senate.
ROLE IN RELIGIOUS DRUG FILM
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Student stars 1n By Rosela Del Castillo
Wood block printing such as shown above will be the subject of a lecture by Mr. Katsumi Iwata in C-5 .
Japanese arts lectures begin Mr. Katsumi Iwata will be here today, Monday and Tuesday to give lectures on Japanese fine arts . His lecture today will be on "T he Japanese Block Prints." It will begin at 9 a.m. in C- 5. On Monday "Ink Painting and Zen Buddhism" will be the topic . The lectu r e will begin at 9 a.m. in C-5. On Tuesday Mr. Iwata will give a workshop in wood block printing in C- -±3 at9a.m. Mr. Iwata is a Japanese artist, teac her a nd lectur er, who is touring US art schools and colleges to improve relations between our countries.
What is it like to play a leading role in a motion picture? Steve Phelps who recently filmed a movie for a Brigham Young University motion picture production came up with some interesting answers. Phe lp s, a theater a rts major, was se lected from a large number of people from San Diego, Utah and Los Angeles to play a leading role in a religious movie filmed in San Diego County. ''The story centers around a boy named Nick who wants to do something for his c hurch," said Steve. A bishop assigns Nick to look after a family who have strayed away from the Mormon Church. I play the part of the son of this family, Kurt Robbins. Kurt's on drugs and Nick tries to straighten him out. They hold long talks on the beac h and Nick persuades Kurt to have a c hu rc h meeting in his home. "During the c hurc h meeting, Kurt's parents become e motionally involved in · the spiritualism because of the people's goodwill. And I guess the moral is Kurt gets c leaned up," Steve concluded. Among the film locat ions were San Diego's Hoover High, La Jolla, Balboa Park, Pac ific Beac h and many people's homes . Steve mentioned that although the process of filming went s lowly a t first and there was a lot of sitting around, the director and all the professional people were extreme ly patie nt and kind to him and the other nonprofessionals. " I 've done a lot of stage acting, but the transition between film and stage acting i s fant astic. Your facial expressions are ve r y limited on film. The camera is very close . You must be tec hni call y correct , but each movem e nt must be exact." Performing has played an important
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role in Steve's life . In fourth grade he was awarded a plaque for writing a symphony. In high school he took an active part in drama, where he "learned more about acting from Buddy Ashbrook than anyone else." Presently he 's the lead singer, organist, harmonica player and writer for a rock 'n roll group named "Scorpio." "I really e njoy instrume nta l playing and have learned qu ite a bit about acting through this. When you're playing in a group you have to recogni ze the audience's mood, so you know what to say between songs or even what songs to play." However, Steve dreams of a new type of performing to participate in or perhaps to establish, ever since he did a production of "The Devil and ~niel Webster'' in which he c hose the music to portray the s tory's theme in music.
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and status, but you can never really reach a pinnacle where you can say I'm greater than anybody else." Steve hopes to pursue a theater arts
career by continui ng school in Queen's College at New York and perhaps study for a semester at the University of Madrid in Spai n.
Steve Phelps is pictured above holding a photograph of a hypodermic needle which symbolizes his part in the up-
coming motion picture that was filmed in p a rts of San Diego County. (Photo by Jim Dybka)
"I've thought of going into a new phase of performing. I'd like to start a company that presents religious ideas and philosophies in r e lationship to God a nd man. It would be religious but not restricted to any r e ligious in particular. Music, poetry and body movement would be coord inated to portray a moral story." Steve speaks exuberantly as he tells of his work and future. His facia l expressions convey a refreshing since rity . In describing himself, he hesitates and a look of bewild erment flashes through his eyes as he says , "That's hard. But , well, let's see. I'm a very natural person. If 1 was something other than human , I think I'd be a blade of grass, blowing in the wind among many other blades. Something very simple . "This stems from my philosophy. I believe nobody can be ultimately great. I think you may r eac h a certain goal