The Telescope 16.25

Palomar

College

-WrlrsrnprVol. XVII

No. 25

May 19,1964

San Marcos, California

Dunn Resigns Presidency; Heads Peralta District Offered Position of Superintendent And President New Peralta College District

Reform Group ASB Offices lack Appeal, Formed To Only Two Posts Contested Council-Administration Cooperation Needed Better ASB States Former Council Officer Nick Kremer

Satisfaction is the end of "No decision has ever been its growth and effectiveness

By KARL JOHNSON more difficult than this one; and will continue in the service of progression. A new political no community, or college, or the students and public in the party with this thought, has This semester's ASB elections are following the colleagues will be missed years to come." been formed on campus. The same pattern as the fall semester. As of Friday, more," said Dr. John W. Dunn JOINS IN 1952 Student Progressive Party was the planned closing day for acceptance of petitions, upon his resignation as presi· Dr. Dunn joined the college formed in recognition of the dent of Palomar College last faculty as Dean of Students in need for better student govern12 petitions were in. Again as it was last semester Tuesday.

1952. At that time Palomar had ment. the only two posts in which two candidates are comPERALTA DISTRICT As a means of achieving betjust moved to its present San peting are ASB president and AWS president. In Dr. Dunn resigned his posi· Marcos site and the first per- ter government the Student Proview of the poor turnout the deadline for turning tion in order to accept the pres· manent buildings were pnder gressive Party will sponsor canin petitions has been extended till today. idency of the Peralta Junior construction. During his presi- didates pledged to carry out the College District in the Oakland dency, beginning in 1956, three following platform: Last semester an illegal says he can't understand this area. The district includes the other major expansion projects SPP PLATFORM proposition suggesting a raise l;lecause, "After all both groups cities of Oakland, Berkeley, (1) The candidates will start a in the price of coffee was put are trying to provide the college Albany, Alameda, Emeryville, fund drive to build a theater on the ballot to stimulate elec- with the best." and Piedmont. It has an and football stadium at Palomar. tion interest. The plan failed to assessed property valuation of In giving the reason why he (2) SPP candidates will work increase the voting. about $1 billion, has two col· did not seek re-election Kremer -through a regular committee TELESCOPE CAMPAIGN lege campuses in operation, said " .. . it was not worth it. of faculty members, administraThis semester Frank Orlando You do a lot of work which actwo others planned, and antici· tors, and students-for more initiated a campaign in the pates a fall enrollment of 12,000 student participation in the Telescope to promote student complishes absolutely nothing students. Dr. Dunn will become administration's control of stu- interest in ASB elections. In of lasting value." district superintendent and dent activities. summarizing the results of this 12 CANDIDATES president of the new and (3) SPP candidates believe I campaigp he states, "My aim Of the 12 people now eligible heavily-populated Peralta Junthat the Student Council should was to first: educate the student for the eleltion ten are memior College District. present a positive program for body about the functions of bers of the newly formed StuMAJOR STEP the preservation of academic I their elected representatives, dent Progressive Party. These The college board of goverfreedom regarding faculty and I second: it was an experiment to people are: James Logsdon, nors accepted his resignation, students. see if the school paper could be ASB President; Tom Wilbur, and said in a statement: "We (4) SPP candidates believe ! an effective instrument for bet- AMS President; Andrea Salrecognize that this is a major that the bookstore and snack tering student government." mon, AWS President; Peggy step in Dr. Dunn's professional bar should remain open until Now as the elections draw near Biszmaier, Vice President; Milt career and that the selection 4:00 in the afternoon. And SPP Orlando sums up by saying, "I Parker, Treasurer; and Repof him for the presidency of candidates believe that the ad- am sorry to say that the results resentatives at Large, Marilyn that district is an advanceDR. JOHN DUNN ministration should be aware of the Telescope stafrs effort Mendel , Jim Ellison, Bernadine ment and a testimony to the excellence of his administration were voted by the district. New of the need for the library to will not be evident until the con- Fleager, and Glen Bailey. clusion of next semester. But, at this college. It is with ex- buildings were erected in 1958, remain open until10:00 p.m.

The two people opposing I personally feel that the Tele- these candidates are; Bob Metreme regret, but in this spirit, the most recent new construe- POSTER POLICY that we accept his resignation." tion w_as co~plete~ i': 1961, ~nd (5) SPP candidates will work scope has carried out its objec- Mullins, ASB President; and tives." ~he third maJor bUlldmg proJect , for a definite policy "that limits Barbara Partridge; A WS PresREGRETS LEAVING The decision to make this IS under. w_ay as a re_sult of a I the administration's unregu- COOPERATION NEEDED Nick Kremer, who served as ident. move has not been easy, "Dr. $2 ,5~0 mllhon bond Issue au- ~ lated control of Student posters.

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE Dunn said. "I have developed a thorized last fall. Palomar has (6) SPP candidates will work Representative at Large last In summing up Orlando said, semester, commented in an instrong attachment for Palomar, become widely kno~n a_s o_ne for a more dynamic and active "As students and as members for the faculty, my colleagues of the ~astest-growmg JUmor I Interclub Council. · terview that, "There is material of the Telescope staff we have on the ballot for next S·. mester's and my friends throughout the colleges m the western states.

I (7) SPP candidates will sug- ASB done all we can to promote the officers to mak• a good district. I regret that my family MANY POSITIONS . gest that the administration proASB elections. All that is left and I will be leaving the area Enrollment durmg Dr. Dunn's 1 vide more paved parking areas council." One of the roblems facing every council, : cording is for you to make your choice and the people who have sup- administr~tion climbed from for the students. tomorrow at the polls. If you 1 ported the college so loyally. about 600 m 1956 to the current i (8) SPP candidates feel that to Kremer, is the lac) of com- want good representation you plete cooperation f •m the I have great faith in Palomar's combined day and evening en- there should be a way for stuhave to vote for it." future and am confident that rollments of3,567. dents who have three finals, school's administra on. He scheduled for the same day, to petition for correction.

I STANDING OV• .TION 16 PAGE RESIGNATION (9) SPP candidates will conduct an investigation to correct the faults of the present assembly schedules.

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Schwarz Resigns From Palomar Claims Classes Were Censored

SPP CANDIDATES The candidates running under the Student Progressive Last week at the Palomar Board of Trustees meeting, Party are Vincent Streano, English Instructor, John M. Schwarz submitted a 16 page 1 Sophomore President; Peggy letter of resignation. Named "A Palomar Journal" the Biszmaier, Vice President; Tom . . . . . .

Wilbur, AMS President; Andrea letter charged offtctals of the school and other mdtvtduals Salmon AWS President· Mariwith censorship and acts calculated to "destroy culture". l lyn Me~d~l, Re~resenta'tive at · When asked whether he had if there was any unofficial cen- 1 LLargge; JJim EllLisond, RepA. SaBt ·t· 1 k t dd · · , . ar e; ames ogs on, any a dd I wna remar s o a sors~IP m the boo~store. 0 Nell President· Bernadine Fleager to his document, Schwarz re- rephed, "There IS no UNof- 1 ' . ' plied "I guess it speaks for it- ficial censorship here, and if I Rep. at Large; Glen _Balley, Rep. self. But the essential idea is th~re were any official cens_or- ~:e~:urr!~.; and Mllt Parker, that Palomar is a Junior College ship, I would not be workmg . . in its worst sense." here." Frank Orlando, editor The candidates not runn_mg "NO DISCUSSION" of the Telescope, told the board under the ~pp are Bob Mulhns, in answer to Schwarz's charges ASB . President an? Barbara Schwarz cited Palomar as an against the Telescope, "Speak- Partndge, AWS President. institution where "vital issues ing for the whole staff, there "INTERESTING ELECTION" are not freely discussed." He has been absolutely no censor"It is hoped that a second gave as a reason for the "lack ship or pressure exerted on me political party will be formed to of discussion" community pres- or any member of the staff by create a more interesting and sures and unscrupulous Public the administration. lfthere has I meaning student election," Relations men concerned only been any pressure exerted, it 1 stated Roy A. Archer, the SPP with obtaining funds for new has been for me to make all the advisor. facilities through the voters of decisions. " I On Wednesday at 11:00 the the community.

CLASSROOM FREEDOM primary elections will be held.

Dwight Boehm, Head of the The finals will be Friday.

Gaining momentum, Schwarz, charged that not only does the Humanities Division stated, Steve Hinthorne, present Public Relations department "The department (English) al- ASB President stated, "I think "conceal things," but listed the lows its members a great deal of we're very fortunate to have Mr. bookstore, classroms, library freedom in conducting their Archer and the people who and newspaper (Telescope) as classes." But he added this free- have worked with him . They being censored. Earlier in the dom does not include allowing have stimulated interest in poliyear when Schwarz first made instructors to discontinue as- tical affairs in the nation and his charge against the book- signments and promise "A's" to state and now in our own Stustore, Donald O'Neil was asked entire classes. dent Government. "

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Grisingher Draws Record Crowd; Talks On American Extremism

"Radical solutions may be needed to solve radical problems," commented Dr. Kenneth Grisingher in last Friday's Assembly in the Student Union. This was Dr. Grisingher's answer to the Birch Society's claims of too much strong government. of conservatism."

At the conclusion of his talk Dr. Grisingher was given a standing ovation by one of the largest audiences to attend an Assembly this semester.

"EXTREMISM ATHREAT" Dr. Grisingher went on to say, "Extremism has been a threat to many countries, but because of our long history of democratic government by free people the United States has remained relatively unscathed by extremism". He does not believe extremism is totally bad, but that, "The will of the majority rule while the minority must be allowed to exist. " STRONGHOLD OF CONSERVATISM In speaking of extremism in the past Dr. Grisingher commen ted that many ideas that were radical to the last generation are accepted as normal today. He cited Franklin D. Roosevelt as a prime example when during the Great Depression, "Roosevelt did more to shake up conservatism yet he saved capitalism, a stronghold

In commenting on the Birch Society's claim of Communist infiltration of our country Dr. Grisingher agrees that, "The American way of life is in peril through internal not external forces ," but he does not agree with the Birch Society's idea about the origin of these forces.

"OUT OF PROPORTION" He believes that the Communist issue is a hoax blown out of proportion by men seeking personal and political gain.

He commented that, "The Communist part in the United States contains a mere handful of people, and the law enforcement agencies we now have can handle any acts of sabotage which might be contemplated."

Super-patriotism according to Dr. Grisingher is a case where the only person thought to be patriotic is the one ·who has "loud-mouth" about how patriotic he might be. He stated that it had almost gone to the point that, "to be silent is to be disloyal. "

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Political Science Mentor Introduce's Honors Course Do you want a REAL political education? Next fall a stimulating, new and different class-room approach to political science will be put into effect. Dr. Kenneth Grisingher, who is promoting this program, stresses the fact that students will be dealt with on an individual basis.

The course is an upper level of Political Science lA; the classes are to be held once weekly. They will be conducted on a seminar-type basis, rather than merely lectures. Then, during the week, personal interviews will be arranged between student and professor. This will encourage the type of atmos- · phere so essential for the success of the 'individual approach'.

The program of reading in the class includes books of a more specific and involved type than those used in Political Science lA. Lectures are to be incorporated into the class Work, and the students will make reports on their findings from both lectures and readings.

This, the first Honors course ever to be offered at Palomar college, shows promise of being a challenging and exciting class to look forward to next fall.

Service Club Sponsors Senior Tea

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The Sigma Omicron (womens service organization) sponsored the SeniorGirls Tea last Tuesday. This t ea , coordinated by Karen Ruskin, was held to introduce approximately 300 senior girls from surrounding high schools to the college campus.

These prospective students arri ~ ed on campus at 3:30 and were ushered about by members of the Circle K. They toured various exhibits set up by different departments. Following the tour, the girls met in the student union for a tea and fashion show.

The fashion show, with commentator Dorothy Ward, featured outfits from Almas Dress Shop of Vista. Models were: Mary Lohr, Christine Youngsdale, Darlene Butterworth, Lyn Reed , Gayle Miller, Donna Starks, and Andrea Salmon (Andrea modeled the new Sigma Omicron sweatshirt, now available at the student store).

Assisting with the Senior Girls Tea were the faculty wives.

Journalism Day "The Role of the Newspaper in the North County," is the topic of a press conference scheduled for Palomar College's first journalism conference Saturday, from 9:00-1 :00. ·

don were the two first place winners last Thursday in Palomar's second annual intramural speech tournament.

Horton won out over thirteen other students in persuasive speaking with Richard Dean taking second and Leslie Clark third. Logsdon topped the eleven entries in oral interpretation of literature. Ivana Tonoff was a very close second and PatJergnigan was third.

The announcement of the winners and the awards were made at an informal dinner held for all contestants after the tournament in the faculty dining room.

The first place winners will have their names engraved on the two permanent plaques on display in the speech building plus a $10 credit in the ASB bookstore. The second place winners each received a $5 credit in the bookstore and the third place winners got $3 each.

In both of the events all the contestants spoke in two preliminary rounds of competition to determine who would make the final round. The finalists were picked on the basis of their showings the first two rounds and the winners were deter~ined by their overall performance in all three rounds.

The judges for the tournament were faculty members and members of the speech team.

Final round judges were Ron Tabor, director of forensics, and Victor Heyden, head of the speech department.

At the dinner Tabor termed the tournament a huge success and stated, "I believe that the participation in this tournament shows that there are a number of students here on campus who are interested in what is going on around them and that they are willing to work by themselves."

Spr~ ng FOCL be distr and fa cards,

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,, Spring of 1964, will ':>uted to all students ulty holding ASB ay 27 through May

29.

This semester's editorship wa s filled by Diane Lichtenberger and Esther Whitt, Associate Editors. Ad· visors for the production are Mr. Theodore Kilman, Journalism in,structor, . and Mr. Justin Ahrend , Photography.

Art Sale Held

By Art Guild The Art Guild will sponsor an art display and sale this Friday, at 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Student Union in conjunction with the Annual Spring Concert. Articles on sale will include pottery, paintings, prints, mosaics, wall hangings, pillows, and other creative art pieces.

The sale is being sponsored by the Art Guild and ten percent of the proceeds will go into the Art Guild Fund. Any student wishing to exhibit for a possible sale must get in touch with John E. Barlow or Bernard W. Dusek, art instructors early this week.

There wilfbe a second sale on May 25 to 28 in the library. All articles dis-played at this time will be those not sold at the first sale. Purchases can be made at the second sale through the library staff.

At the last student art sale a total of $250.00 worth of art work was sold.

Annual Speech Contest Held Lincoln Horton and Jim Logs-

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COUNCIL PROFILES

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No Obiective Appraisal Of 1

Student Council s Achievements

By J. C. WESLEY

A number of charges have been leveled at our ASB council lately charging the council as a whole and its mem~ers individually of being apathetic, lazy and uninterested in student affairs. At no time though has anyone made an objective apraisal of what the council has done based on what the council has the power to do.

REPRESENT STUDENTS

At the present time the council is elected by the students to REPRESENT the student body in those affairs that involve the students. The council does not have the power or authority, as many students seem to believe, to run student and school affairs.

All motions passed by the council, all activities approved by the council, and all suggestions made by the ASB council are subject to the administration's approval.

Often this approval is nearly automatic but as soon as the student body or the council steps out of line the administration has the power to step in and over rule ANY student request or demand.

MANY POWERS

For example the council has the power to schedule a dance at any time but before that dance is held it must be app:roved by the Dean of student activities and the business office. The council can also write a dress code but before it becomes official it is subject to approval by the administration as well as the school board.

At other times the council only acts as a clearing house, putting its stamp of ap-

proval on rulings passed by the administration. An example of this is the ASB budget which is prepared by Dr. John Schettler in the business office and sent to the council for its approval.

COUNCIL'S ACHIEVEMENTS

Contrary to what many students believe the council does not have the power to run the school. Everything that it does is subject to administrative approval.

Now what has the council done, remembering what it has the power and authority to do. The council this semester has scheduled several dances that have been cancelled for a number of different reasons.

The council has discussed tbe campus dress code and tomorrow on the ballot the students will be able to voice their opinion, but it must be kept in mind that whatever is decided the administration will have the final vote.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

The council has not been too active in pushing for more student activities and in helping the students in a number of other areas. There has also been a lack of communication between the students and the council, not only this semester but in many . past semesters. And the council has also failed to show the students the importance of an active student government - but when all is said it must be remembered that the council does not run the campus and that it has helped to accomplish many things which will benefit the students.

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Apathy s ·opposite Examined

By NICK KREMER

A great deal of prosaic blood has been spilt recently on apathy. I will approach the subject from the assumption that the opposite of apathy is school spirit. I think there is a great deal of school spirit on the Palomar campus.

The meaning of the phrase school spirit has been raped by years of devotion to the great god of rah-rah athletics, dances, and similar frivolity. The true meaning of spirit goes much deeper into the feeling and regard of a college for the purpose of education.

INSTRUCTOR INTEREST

At Palomar there is a great interest in the school by both faculty and students. Instructors are vitally concerned if you do or don't understand a particular point they have made.

Teachers are anxious to help organizations and are more than willing to be advisors.

They are anxious to support club efforts to improve the campus's intellectual climate by attending meetings and offering to be speakers.

ATHLETIC TEAMS

Other expressions of spirit have come through the efforts of athletic teams, music department, speech team, and the newspaper.

Even though these organizations sometimes lack the general student body support, they have made individual efforts to be good for the sake of the college. The athletic teams have finished consistently on or near the top of conference standings. The music department is in the middle of an extensive spring concert schedule benefitting the college and surrounding community. The speech team has scored impressive wins against national

collegiate competition. The newspaper staff has turned out an informative, stimulating newspaper.

POLITICS AND POLITICIANS

Campus organizations have expressed their spirit numerous times. They have attempted to stimulate the campus and live up to the purpose of education. Prime examples are the political organizations. They have brought a series of outstanding spe akers to the campus including presidential candidate Barry Goldwater and next week senatorial candidate Alan Cranston. They are making the campus body aware and concerned about political matters. Additionally, a group of concer ned students have banded together to form a student political party. This is a deep expression in the hope that things can be improved and the desire to improve them.

STUDENT SPIRIT

Finally I think there IS a spirit among the general student body. They have come here for an education. They are seeking to learn despite occasionally being sidetracked. I think there is spirit when a student body has the respect for an instructor's intellectual stature that was evidenced at the assembly la st Friday by the standing ovation Dr. Grisingher received.

Yes Palomar has faults, but it also has a spirit. The best aspect of that spirit is the desire among all of the above groups to improve it. I think any college would be willing to trade its rah-rah superficial spirit for the true spirit evidenced when an instructor received a standing ovation after a speech.

AWS Prexy Julie Leyer States: Students Too Busy For Clubs

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By LORNA FLEMING

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By the end of the Fall semester this year, Vicki Saunders, AWS president, had resigned. The job was too time-consuming.

Julie Leyer, then vice-president, volunteered to take over the post of president.

Her main qualifications are that she ·is interested in school politics and anxious to promote her organization. While serving as vice-president she worked in close association with Vicki in planning the Christmas Formal.

FASHION SHOW

such as the Circle K or Sigma Omicron has.

This is one drawback of the organization, says Julie because without meetings or representatives at large, they have no direct connections with their members. "However," she continued, "I don't think people really have the time, in a two-year school such as this, to be very active or interested in clubs. Palomar is more of a 'stopping off place' where students are mainly interested in studying so they can go on to a four-year institution. "When I took the office," said Julie, "I was under the impression that it was mainly a representative post instead of a meeting type thing. " And so it has remained.

Julie began a vigorous Spring semester of activities with the organization of Mother-Daughter Fashion Show. After three months of careful and hard work the fashion show ran smoothly and successfully with an MASS MEETINGS attendance of about 400. Currently, Julie Julie has some plans which she hopes can is working for more people to run for AWS eventually be put into effect. Next semester offices next year. she hopes to work with the new officers.

The AWS is comprised of four officers First of all, she would like to TRY to have a who represent all the women students of few 'mass meetings' of the women students. the school. The president attends student If by any chance there would be a turnout, council meetings each week. There are no it would be a definite improvement for meetings for the AWS members as a 'club' AWS. She also wants to put out a standard-

ized booklet with the organization, aims, and purpose of the AWS. This, she said, would be a big help in making the club a more effective system.

SHARE AUTHORITY

When asked what she thought to be the purpose of AWS Julie said: "I think that the women students should be represented and should have their own voice in student council. The activities of the AWS provide a type of activity which the girls can share with each other and their mothers. The mothers can know what their daughters are doing - and this is something unusual , something most colleges don't have."

What type of an organization is AWS at present? Says Julie: "We're sort of ineffective in many respects, but this we hope to correct. You might call us well organized . . . for a LOOSE body. One of the most frustrating problems I have encountered has been the lack of communication. I have spent days just trying to FIND people this semester."

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