•
Lib rar1an selected among women leaders By Cindy V olz "The women listed in Who 's Who of American Women are the leaders whose accomplishments have helped shape the history of our nation and the world ," says Marquis Who's Who Inc., in a pamphlet introducing the 1977-1978 edition of Who's Who of American Women.
there's certainly no time for selfadmiration. Mrs . Nesbin is in charge of all the library services. including the learning center and audio visual department. She also works on the library's night staff one night a week. and devotes another night each week to her library technology class. a course for which she One might never expect to find a junior wrote the textbook. With the aid of a full-time gardener. college librarian listed among those Mrs. Nesbin runs a fruit ranch in Vista distinguished women, but Esther where she grows tropical fruits and nuts Nesbin, Dean of Library Services, has such as sapotas, cherimoyas. been included ten times . Since her biography was first inc! uded macadamia nuts, Iimas, and almonds. in Who's Who of American Women in She is also interested in California's wild 1966, her fame has spread to some 25 flowers and served as president of other publications, including Who's Who Palomar's Cactus and Succulent Society in the West, Who's Who in America, in its first three years. Her favorite books are those on Who's Who of Contemporary Authors, religion and travel, and she was Directory of International Biography, delighted at the opportunity to visit the Who's Who in California, and Outstan- Holy Land in 1969. "It was an inding Educators of America. teresting trip," she says, but quickly But Mrs. N esbin doesn't spend her time goes on to tell of her trip to India the next memorizing a list of directories that year. "We were given an audience with include her name; nor are her office walls the Dalai Lama, the head of religion in covered with awards, nor her desk Tibet, and we also got a five-minute strewn with various copies of Who's Who audience with Indira Gandhi." open to the paee where her biography Central American libraries lured her appears. to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador Her walls are decorated with colorful Costa Rica, and Panama on a sabbatical posters and art work and her desk looks in 1973, which she completed with a like that of any other busy librarian and Viking trip to Iceland, Norway, Sweden,
Esther N esbin
Area schools perform in '1,000 Voice Choir' Approximately 1,000 students from 12 high schools in San Diego County will present a choral concert here Thursday evening, March 4. Directed by David Thorsen of California State University, Fullerton, the annual "1000 Voice Choir" will begin its perfor:nance at 8 p.m. In honor of the Bicentennial and American Music in Our Schools Day, the program contains exclusively American music -folk or composed. Selections by the choir include Dance, Dance, My Heart by Diemer; Chester by Gustafson; Stomp Your Foot by Copland; Oh Freedom arranged by Whalum; American The Beautiful arranged by Bennett; and And Thou, America by Butler. In addition to the combined numbers by the entire choir, each high school group wishing to do so will perform two selections alone during rehearsal for Mr. Thorsen. He will choose one of the two numbers to be performed at the evening concert. There will also be music of American origin. Admission to the concert is free for students in the eighth grade and younger. Tickets for others cost $1.25 and may be obtained at the box office prior to the concert. Tickets may also be purchased through the choral music department at any of the 12 participating high schools: Carlsbad, Coronado, El Capitan, Escondido, Fallbrook, Mount Carmel, Poway, Ramona, San Marcos, San Pasqua!, Torrey Pines, and Vista. The concert is the "culminating event" in the choral music education program at each participating school. The singers have been learning the selections in their own schools since Christmas and will rehearse as a group for the first time on the day of the concert. Thorsen, the guest conductor, is a
founding member of the Department of Music and is Professor of Music and . Director of Choral Activities at California State University, Fullerton. The Department has become nationally recognized for its excellent choirs and its comprehensive curriculum in choral conducting.
Bicentennial lectures set "Aspects of the American Heritage," a series of Bicentennial lectures being given by Palomar instructors, has already begun and will continue through this semester. Tuesday in room C-5 at noon, Palmer N. Kremer, chairman of the Bicentennial Committee, will speak on "The Declaration and Its Signers." According to Kremer, none of the 56 signers of the document could be talked into defecting to the British, despite some enticing offers. Frank R. Martinie will deliver a lecture on "Ben Franklin: America's Renaissance Man" on March 17 at 7:30 p.m. in C-5. The remaining lectures in the series will be: March 30: "Assassination: An American Tragedy" by Charles J. Hanlon. April 19: "The American Mixed Economy" by C. Ann Brink. May 4: "The Search For A Stable World" by Warren S. Hawley. May 26: "The Indian Myth: Its Place in History" by Robert L. Grider. All lectures are open the public. There is no admission charge.
'Art/Artists: New Directions 4' opening with media symposium Art and Artists: New Directions 4 aired on NBC and CBS news programs. Price Hicks, producer of the 1972-'14 will open March 1 in room C-5 at 7 p.m: with a symposium "Media and the series on Women and the Arts featuring Arts." June Wayne, Louise Nevelson, Grace The panel will explore the attitudes, Glueck and Francoise Gilot among myths and facts about the relationship others. The show originated from station of "popular" media and "art" media to KCET, Los Angeles. a vante-garde artists and their Clayton Brace, Vice-President of McGraw-Hill Broadcasting and General audiences. According to Joyce Shaw, moderator, Manager of NBC television affiliate the spring lecture series will view the KGTV in San Diego. Claire Spark, Director-Producer of vital issues through the eyes of museum directors, gallery owners, the artists weekly arts program, "The Sour Apple Tree" for Pacifica Radio of Los Angeles. themselves and the media. Cecille McCann, Editor and Publisher The series will also provide the opportunity for viewers, collectors, artists and of "Artweek" in Oakland. Registraton for the lecture series may students to engage in an idea exchange about the complex new directions of be processed through the Department of Community Services. Fee for the series is American Art. $10 to $6 with ASG or Gold Cards. Members of the panel include: Lowell Darling, a Los Angeles video Admission to individual lectures is $2 or and performance artist, and founder and $1 with ASG or Gold Cards. Further information may be obtained director of the "Fat City School of Find Arts," will show a number of his filmed by contacting the Dean of Continuing "events" which have previously been Educaton at 744-1150 or 727-7529.
Scotland. the Orkney Islands, England, Denmark. Germany - "everywhere the Vikings went," she says. Upon her return home. Mrs. Nesbin .,.,Tote a report on the Stave churches of Norway, which are made of wood and remain standing after 800 years. Australia was the setting for her latest adventure. where she visited an underwater observatory where one can watch the ocean floor-through a panel of glass . Mrs. Nesbin came to Palomar in Januarv 1947. five months after the college. opt>ned. She ht>lped plan the library, and bought thl' first book. "I don't remember what it was," she confesses. "I used to know ev!.'rv book we had, but now I have to lo<;k in the catalog." Recently. she has been working on plar:s for a new building to house the library 's 110,000 books. The plans are in ~acramento. waiting for the state funding. Having been independent since 19f) . when her husband died, holding a high nosition and being free to travel , does Mrs. Nesbin feel liberated? "Well," she hesitates , "I don't know how to answer that. I never felt I was restricted in my marriage, so I never felt liberated when I wasn't married any more."
THE TELESCOPE
Palomar College • Volume 29, No. 15 • A Publication of the Associated Students • February 27. 1976 • San Marcos, CA
'THESE GUYS DON'T EXCITE ANYBODY'
Trickster Tuck criticizes candidates By Mark Brock "None of these guys have done anything to excite anybody." With this analysis of the 1976 presidential candidates, humorist Dick Tuck illuminated one of the major problems of this political year - distinguishing the candidates from one another. Tuck's talk, "The Role of Humor in American Politics," was addressed to a packed room P-32 last Monday night. For over ninety minutes, Tuck recalled past pranks (for example, sending John Connally a champagne bucket with a bottle of milk in it), attempted to predict
Illustrations West, glass at Boehm "Blown and Stain Glass" and "Design and lllustration, West Coast," will be the featured exhibits at the Boehm Gallery March 4-26. The display of glass as an art form will include the works of John Leighton, Robert Norton, Don Pettey, Ralph Pard Smith and Chris Tedesco. Design and lllustration, as seen in west coast publications, will include works of the following: Richard Carter, text book designer; Mark Hallet, biomedical illustrator; Jim Endicott, illustrator; Roseanne Litzinger, editorial illustrator; Don McQuiston, advertising designer; Richard Oden, illustrator; Everett Peck, editorial illustrator; Glen Iwasaki, designer, editorial illustrator; and Don Well, designer, illustrator.
Star show set The Universe and Dr. Einstein is the name of the current show at the planetarium. Shows are given every Wednesday night at 7:15 and 8:30. Admission is free. After each show, on clear nights, a 14inch Celestron telescope is available for viewing the various heavenly sights. New shows begin the first Wednesday of each month. Next month's program is The Last Sunrise. The remaining shows through August are: Black Holes, Are the Martians Coming?, Spaceship Earth, and Explore the Sky.
Car stickers needed Starting next week, the campus security force will be issuing tickets to illegally parked cars and to cars without parking stickers. "We recommend that all students buy a parking sticker as soon as possible," said Associated Student Government president Mark Good. "The $2.50 for the parking sticker sure beats a $10 parking ticket." Parking stickers may be bought at any time in the business office.
results of the New Hampshire Primary, and responded to queries from the audience. "I predict Reagan will trounce Ford, mostly because of Nixon's China trip," said Tuck. "But the Democratic race will be very indecisive." (As it happened,
Wadia speaks for seminar Dr. Maneck Wadia, Del Mar management consultant, will speak on "Management and the Behavioral Sciences - An Anthropologist Looks at Management" tonight in room P-32 from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow, February 28 in room F-9 from 10 a.m. to noon. Dr. Wadia is the second speaker in the spring mid-management seminar series sponsored by the Palomar College Departments of Business and Continuing Education. A graduate of St. Xavier's College, Wadia received his MA and PhD in Anthropology from Indiana University and returned a year later to receive his MBA in Business Administration in 1958. A recipient of many honors, Dr. Wadia received four research grants while at Indiana University; a Ford Foundation Faculty Fellowship in 1960; a "Top Ten" professorial award while at Stanford University in 1964; and is listed in Who's Who of Contemporary Authors in 1968, American Men of Science in 1969, Marquis Who's Who also in 1969 and Who's Who In the West in 1971. For further information, contact Bob Lent, coordinator of the midmanagement series at Palomar College, 744-1150 or 727-7529.
Ford won barely and Jimmy Carter scored a thirty per cent win over Morris Udall.) Tuck then ventured some opinions on specific candidates: "Jimmy Carter will get a run for his money, but I can't help think that to most people he looks more like a kid in a bus station on his way to summer camp than a President on his way to the White House. "Jerry Brown, governor of California, will be the most amusing to watch, and he'll go a long way in building his reputation as an anti-politician, but the delegates in 1976 just won't be ready for a bachelor President who refuses to live in the White House or fly on Air Force One. "If Henry Jackson became President and gave a fireside chat, the fire would go out." Asked what he was doing in Southern California, Tuck replied "I have a dear friend who's off to China and I thought I'd mind the store for him." In response to another question Tuck said that "If the election were between George Wallace and Ronald Reagan, I would have to vote for Reagan. Wallace is just inadequate while Reagan's pragmatic. He has the cleverness of Nixon without the meanness." Tuck was then questioned on the possibility of a Nixon comeback. "There are two people I never bury in this business: Sam Yorty and Richard Nixon." Tuck continued, "The China trip will do much to rebuild his confidence. Whatever one thinks of him, his 1968 comeback was truly remarkable. We'll hear more from him in the future ." Tuck does not enjoy being referred to as a prankster; he prefers to call himself irreverent. "This election needs irreverence," he concluded, "because politicians take themselves far too seriously."
I
I
Letters to the editor are invited and should be placed in The Telescope editor's tray in room R-4A or in the Campus Mail slot in the mail room ofthe administration complex. Your views on matters of campus concern are sought as are your comments or criticism of this publication. Letters should be limited to 300 words where possible and submitted by Monday of the week intended for publication.
*** The Escondido Humane Society presents a revealing film entitled, The Animals Are Crying! It will be shown March 1, 1976 at 7:30p.m. in Room P-32. It was filmed by two college students in the East and shows in graphic color, man's inhumanity to animals.
A question and answer period will follow the documentary.
***
Meetings for the ASG Student Legislature, have been changed to Mondays at 2 p.m. in the faculty dining room. These meetings are open to the public.
*** Films and information about breast and uterine cancer will be presented as part of the program For a Wonderful Life. This free program will take place in P-32 March 8 at 7 p.m. Dr. Katherine Carson, a San Diego gynecologist will be available to answer questions. The program is being coordinated by Betty Harlan, extended day nurse for Health Services.