Welcome To· Palomar College
EXCESSIVE HEAT AND LARGE CROWDS of registering stu· dents forced the registration out of doors the first day. Shown above are just a handful of the sixteen·hundred students expected to enter classes at Palomar this year. In the picture be· low Richard S. Miller, Associated Student Body President of Palomar, is shown filling out his schedule for the fall semester. "This year looks like it will be the best ever," stated Miller: ''I'm going to do my best to make it that way."
tracurricular program; but above all, do not slight your studies. You find that college is much more difficult than high school. If you establish sound work habits and set aside two or three hours each day for concentrated study, you should succeed. The faculty, Deans, administration a'Ild all other employees are here to help you, Please do not hesitate to call upon us if we can assist you in any way. Best wishes for a successful school year.
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Friday, September 16, 1955
Volume XI, No. 1
'55 Registration Largest In History of Palomar Registration Tuesday that morning were schedules with
was so heavy at Palomar Monday and registrants entering school Wednesday faced with the difficulty of filling out sixteen classes closed to them. As we went
to press Wednesday afternoon, the number of day students enrolled was already 67 per cent over last year's parallel figure of 224. "We've always wondered what our maximum capacity was on this campus," said Dr. Phil Putnam Wednesday, "this year we nearly found out. This time of year is always the "Approximately 35 courses are most interesting in the life of a offered in the night schedule and I think those students who can- teacher as we meet and begin our not get the classes they want in w ork with students. You will find the day program may be able to Palomar a friendly college. I solve their problem by enrolling urge you who are here for the in one of the night courses. "It now appears," Putnam fur- first time to get to know your ther stated, "that the capacity of faculty, not only as instructors the new buildings, which was but as friends . You will find all planned to take five years to of us interested in your problems reach, will be reached in one year." and in your successes. When asked to estimate the Palomar is growi•ng rapidly. number of night students that More students will be on the will enroll starting Monday, Dr. campus this year than ever beDodds stated that he wouldn't ·fore in its history. We are very like to venture a guess; however, interested, however, in keeping he thought the number would be the same fine working relationgreatly increased by "the heavy ships between students and facu lenrollment expected in geology, ty, an asset of a small college of Spanish and real estate, and our which you should take advantage. offering of credit courses both We are glad you are here. We here and at Camp Pendleton. hope you have a pleasant and "One non-credit course I'd like to successful year, and we hope you mention in particular," said Dr. will rea-lize how much we welDodds, "is the weaving class to come you. John W. Dunn be given in Escondido. There are Dean seven looms still untaken."
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Registration figures are incomplete at this time, but there is no doubt that our enrollment will exceed all previous records by at least 30 or 40 per cent. Unfortunately, you will find most classrooms crowded and that some classes you hoped to take have been closed. We ask you to bear with us, for better conditions are ahead. This year's Freshman class will be the first to graduate from the new college buildings which will be available in the fall of 1956. I urge all entering Freshmen to
Brubeck Plans Gala Musical Year for PJC
Helen Brown Becomes Dean of Women
As school bells chime and their pleasant sounds fill the countryside, so do those sounds which issue from the Music Buil~ing. This means, of course, that struggling musicians are putting forth their all in an endeavor to make this year, musically speaking, the best year ever. The students of Palomar College can expect to hear some good music from the several performing groups that are on campus this year. Heading this list is the A Capella Choir. This group under the capable leadership of Mr. Howard Brubeck, will take part in many events during the year. Next comes the hard working Pep Band. They will play at all of the Pep Rallies and Home games. This group rarely gets the support it deserves so learn the words io our school songs and help them out. Two performing groups are being revived this year after two years of suspended activity. They are the Marching and Concert Band and the Dance Band. The first rehearsal will be held Tuesday, September 20, at 7:00 P. M. It will be under the direction of Mr. Albert Krasic of Escondido High School. The Dance Band will rehearse some time during the day but as yet there has been no date set. Anyone interested in performing in any of these groups should contact either Mr. Brubeck or Larry Niggli. A new class has been added to the curriculum of the Music Department. It is called The Concert Appreciation Forum. This is a two semester course which will consist of four two-hour lectures preceding four concerts to be given in Escondido. Mr. Brubeck will lecture, q.nd discussions will be held on the coming concert. The first concert will be The Jose Greco Dancers on November 4th. Following this concert will be the Los Angeles Philharmonic on December 1st, the Vienna Choir Boys on February 27th, and Artur Rubenstein on April 17th. Student season tickets are $4.00 for four concerts.
Final acceptance of the women's deanship at Palomar College was made this week by Miss Helen Brown, former president of Lux College for girls in San Francisco, according to Dr. Phil Putnam, Palomar president. Notification of Miss Brown's acceptance came this week as the college enrolled its largest freshman class on record ..... A distinguished woman leader in education, Miss Brown is presently working on her doctorate at the University of Southern California. She was former head of the guidance department at Chaffey Junior College prior to her positiO'Il as president at Lux. The new dean's wide experience includes personnel work as a psychologist for the Army Air Corps and as an assistant in psychology at Columbia University. Miss Brown's avocations include cycling. The dean doffed her honors recently to ride on the first bicycle excursion across Can. ada.
Miss Helen Brown
Construction Set For November "Construction of new buildings is scheduled to begin Nocember after all bids have been awarded," stated John W. Dunn, assistant superintendent of Palomar College. Bids will be accepted in October. Plans now include the construction of a library, science building, locker rooms and shops. Space for buildings has already been cleared by Dick Crafts, operator of the equipment. Possible purchase of another strip of land for the shops has slowed down preparation work for that one building. According to Charlie Crafts, head custodian, an estimated ten thousand yards of earth has been moved in the process of clearing the sites.
Bulletin A requirement for graduation from Palomar College is a course in First Aid. This course is not given in the day schedule, but is offered in the evening program on Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p. m., beginning September 21, and extending for 9 weeks. Those who have not had this course in high school should avail themselves of this opportunity to meet this requirement for graduation.
Student from Madrid Enters Cla~ sses Here Palomar is again fortunate in having students from many foreign lands. One such student is Francisco Trinidad from Madrid, Spain. Francisco received his Bachelors degree in Madrid from the Instituto del Cardenal Cisneros in 1941, and since his discharge from the army in 1945, has been in the import-export business. "If you want to .learn to fight bulls," states Francisco, "you would go to Spain, and if you wish to learn modern business methods, you would come to the United States." While visiting this country, Trinidad's interest in Palomar was first aroused by a chance meeting with Dr. Schwartz. After an investigation of the colleges in the southland, Francisco decided Palomar would be his best bet to study the principles of American business.
Sports Rehash
Sportscoop
by Denny Vopat
by Denny Vopat
Besides looking at all new co-eds, college boys are turning their thoughts towards this fall's football prospects. This is the time of the year when the great sports writers are arguing about which college teams are going to be among the top ten in the nation, what player will be All-American and who will be coach of the year. So far in the pre-season polls it looks like the UCLA "Bruins" and the "Sooners" from Oklahoma are neck'n neck in th~ :tace for the- strongest team in the nation. The players predicted to be outstanding in the college laurels for this fall are Jon Arnett from USC and Jioward "H?palong" Cassidy from Ohio State for the backs and Leon Clark, end for USC, and Calvin Jones from Iowa are the sportswriters' choices for outstanding linemen. But what I, as well as you readers, are more interested in is the football squad known to us as the Palomar "Comets." From the "Comets" performance in the South-Central Conference last year they should field a threatening team, but the "Comets" have lost via graduation or the armed forces the nucleus of their second place team of last year. This loss included such outstanding players as the two-year all-canference end, Jan Berlin, the all-state center Jim Fortenberry, and the well known "Big Jay" Viera. Not only did we lose these important linemen but such backs as Bill Bucher, Don Fortis, Bill Leith and Karl Geise. To most teams this would be a disheartening loss, but not to the head mentor at Palomar College. Coach Bob Bowman has dane an outstanding job recruiting players from southern high schools. Most of the players up from the south this year have been donated by Grossmont and Helix, both strong contenders in the Merto-league. Up from the south to bolster the Palomar line are such players as Jerry Parli, all-Merto guard, Gary Thomas, Lee Thayer, and allMetro end, Lynn Cupp. Cupp also punts 70 yards. The above players are products of Grossmont. To bolst:O!r the backfield is quarterbaek Sal Contreras and fullback Ed Smith also of Grossmont. From Helix comes Neal Curtis another all-Metro choice. Adding strength to these newcomers are five lettermen .Jeftovers from last years squad. Among the lettermen are: Wally Rodgers, a hard driving fullback, Al Kish and Steve Karazian both fleet halfbacks and end Larry "The Toe" Tessary. These men form the nucleus with which Coach Bowman has to build around. Although it is a little early to say yet, from the looks of the material Coach Bowman has to work with, it looks like a good year for sports. Another thing that is a little early to talk about is how the South-Central Conference football standings will be at the end of the season. Regardless of the early date, I would like to give my prediction now and see how far wrong I am at the season's end. My choice for first place is Antelope Valley. This choice is derived from the strong showing they made last fall. It was very difficult to make a choice for second place. The best I could do was to make it a toss-up between Palo Verde and our own "Comets." In fourth place we find Citrus. Oceanside and Imperial Valley bringing up the bottom in that order. Let's all hope my forecast is wrong and Palomar finishes in first place.
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EAGER COMET PLAYERS SEEM INTENT on what play quarterback Denny Vopat has for them. Players are: L-R Back row: Don George; Lee Thayer; Jerry Parli; Ed Calac. Front row: John Standerfer; Steve Kazarian; Wally Rodgers; AI Kish; Lynn Cupp.
Football .Jast year was the best in the school history. The "Comets" had an outstanding 6-3 season record, one of these losses was to a strong Long Beach Navy team speckled with pro players. Palomar was not expected to win this game but did make an outstanding showing. The conference record was 3-2. The outstanding game of the season was a 14-12 loss to league champion Antelope Valley. Basketball was not as high as it could be, the "Comets ended the season with an 11-14 record, ending fourth in the league with a 4-6 record. Coach Bowman was met with a small group of tracksters and was · hampered all season with injuries. Outstanding on .l ast years squad, was Phil Rogers, who set a school record with a 6 feet 2% :inch , effort in the high jump.· · The baseball team started out slow but ended fighting for the top spot in the league, losing out by orily one game with a 7-3 league record.
Comets Open Season at Fallbrook September 24
Head football coach Bob Bowman's hopes for a ~ outh Central Conference championship will ride on the new wing-T formation employed by the Comets this season. Nearly 35 top prospects, including the unusually low total of just 5 returning lettermen, have turned out for practice sessions to date, according to Bowman and assistant coach Ward (Rusty) Myers. Returning lettermen are backs, Al Kish, Wally Rodgers, Steve Kazarian and Denny Vopat. Just one lineman, end Larry Tessary, returns from last year's monogram winners. The Comets look strong at ends with Neal Curtis (Helix), Lynn Cupp (Grossmont), Frans Van Es (San Dieguito), Leon Dube (Escondido), John Standerfer (Fallbrook), Joe Wolowsky (a holdover from last season) and Tessary dualing for the starting nod. At tackles Bowman has, Ed Calac (Fallbrook), Mike Moore, Jerry Cascioppo (Escondido), and Harold Schultz (Escondido). Guards viing for a starting position are Don George (Escondido), Jerry Parli (Grossmont), Buford Jones (Escondido), Gary Thomas (Grossmont), and Dale
Cowan (holdover from last year). The PJC coaches report three fine centers on the squad. Bob Ponton (a letterman at Palomar in 1949), Lee Thayer (Grossmont) will bolster the Comets up the middle. Bowman is confronted with an overabundance of fullbacks. Jim Kneen (Vista), Ed Smith (Grossmont), Bud Gerstle (Escondido), and Rogers round out the four fullbacks. Sal Contreras (Grossmont), Pete Young (Escondido) Howard McManigall (Fallbrook) and Vopat have been splitting the chores at quarterback. Bowman has five right halfbacks, Kish, Kazarian, Ray Jones (a holdover from last year), Bob Jones (Escondido) and Bob Kundinger (San Dieguito.) The coaches feel that the 1955 squad will boast more depth than last year's team which finished second in South Central standings but lack the front line talent of that squad, considered to be the best in the school's history. The Palomar squad opens the 1955 football season against an unknown Santa Barbara team, 8:00 p.m. St., Sept. 24, at Fallbrook:
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COACH BOB BOWMAN is faced with the difficult task of fill· ing the above helmets left empty by graduation. The only re· turning lettermen · are: left to right: AI Kish, wingback; Wally Rodgers, fullback; Denny Vopat, quarterback; Steve Kazarian, tailback and Larry Tessary, end.
1955 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Sat. Sept. 24 Sat. Oct. 1 Sat. Oct. 8 Sat. Oct. 15 Sat. Oct. 22 Sat. Oct. 29 Sat. Nov. 5 Sat. Nov. 12
Time 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
Team Santa Barbara Pierce Ventura Palo Verde Imperial Valley Citrus Antelope Valley Oceanside
Place Fallbrook Canoga Park Vista Escondido El Centro Vista Lancaster Vista
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