'Draft Possible Solution To Misconduct,' Says Archer
Editor's Note: Recent outbreaks of violence IJy youths in the North County area has prompted Roy A. Archer, Political Science instructor. to take an informal opinion poll of /tis classes. The results oj that pull will be published in a three part series in the TELE· SCOI' 1':. Following is the second article.
By Frank Orlando
Although students participating in Roy A. Archer's political science poll offered no solutions to combat the rising rate of anti-social acts of America's youth, Archer felt he possessed an answer. "The draft," the pofitical science mentor answered simply. "Probably the biggest reason for the misconduct of today's youth," he stated, "is a profound lack of discipline. The Army will provide that," he added smiling.· Archer pointed out that his students had noted a rise not only with young men but also with the girls. Archer offered no solution for female social offenders. TOO EASY SOLUTION
Dr. Roland Phelps, counselor and International club sponsor disagrees with Archer's answer to delinquency. "The draft is too easy an answer," commented Dr. Phelps. "Although it might work in some isolated cases, it is too quick to work for all of the offenders." Admitting that he had strong feelings in the cure of delinquency, Dr. Phelps
felt that the best means of combating anti-social acts is to re-examine all of our old stereotypes and personal values. Coupled with an increased use of professionally-trained psychologists, Dr. Phelps feels sure that significant results could be achieved. NORTH COUNTY VIOLENCE
In the actual poll over 70% of the students felt that there was a definite upswing in anti-social acts. Examples of violence occurring in the North County area were cited. Four weeks ago a disturbance at the Palomar Lanes in Escondidc grew to riot proportions, which resulted in the hospitalization of two police officers. One of the injured officers was beaten to the floor and kicked into a semi-conscious state. A week later four young men dragged a youth from his car and severely beat him for no apparent reason.
officers were present for their own protection?" The majority of the students replied that the loyalty of those present at the dance, rested with the young people fighting the police. This, Archer pointed out is an example of how respect for the state has deteriorated in our society. A paradox not explained by Archer exists when one considers that even though Archer's classes feel there has been significant increase in juvenile offenses; the offenders are exceptions and are giving young people in general a bad name. PUNISHMENT EQUALITY?
BLOOD IS THICKER
Another question answered by students concerned the punishment of the anti-social acts. "Should 14 to 17 year-olds be given the same sentences as their older counterparts?" The students almost unanimously answered in the negative. They felt that even though some more definite action must be taken, juvenile offenders should not be treated as hardened criminals.
Archer put the questions, "why didn't youths present at the dance assist the police officers at the Escondido dance? Didn't they realize that the
Both Archer and Dr. Phelps agreed with the students, Archer said, "I agree with my classes, young
State Conference Scheduled For May
Students To Attend Area 1 Conference
Approximately 10 students will represent Palomar at the Area One Conference at Southwestern College on March 26. The Conference is being held preliminary to
Next week the causes of the anti-social acts will be delved into. Archer lists these causes in thi.s order: family deterioration, loss of the church's influence, a general disrespect for the state and finally, an overemphasis on materialism.
According to Joe Malik, Director of Student Activities, selection of the delegates will be made to give as many freshmen as possible a chance to attend the conference. This is being done to give them as much experience as possible before next year when Area One will host the State Conference. MANY COLLEGES PARTICIPATE · Among the schools participating will be OceansideCarlsbad, Grossmont, Southwestern, San Diego Mesa, San Diego City, San Diego Eve· ningCollege and Palomar.
TUESDAY,MARCH9,1965
Student Group Circulates Petition Dr. Kendall Humanities Speaker; In Favor Of Off-Campus Housing Music Topk Of Last Lecture During the past week petitions were circulated among the students on campus to determine their interest in an off campus housing project such as the one proposed by the Ashmore Corporation. The housing project proposed by the Ashmor Corporation would be located adjacent to the college on Artie Road. According to a Corporation spokesman the apartment units would provide low cost housing facilities for students and faculty. FOUR POINTS RAISED There were four main points stated on the petition. First the convenient location would attract students from other areas. This would not only include student living in the outlying towns of the college district, but also foreign students. Secondly the convenient location would
facilitate participation in collegiate functions and extra-curricular activjties. The third point raised was that students would conduct themselves in a mature manner appropriate to serious minded college students. The last point was that provision of housing by a private enterprise would eliminate the need for a bond or other financing by the college district to build dormatories thus relieving the· tax payers burden. OPPOSITION RAISED Active student response to the issue occur-red when members of the community started circulating a petition to protest the housing after a provisional permit to build had been granted to Ashmore Development Corporation by the San Marcos Planning Commission. '.l {
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With the completion of additional facilities Palomar College has initiated an experiment in "team teaching." Pre· viously the college has lacked a lecture hall large enough to combine several classes, although Robert S. Mikkelsen, head of the English Department, has been considering the advantages of this method for some time. MANY TEACHERS The English 1B classes which meet at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays have been using the "team teaching" program since the beginning of this semester. Each Tuesday the three sections meet in P-32 as one class. One of the instructors lectures on the weeks lesson. On Thursdays the classes meet with their individual professors and discuss in more detail the points presented during the Tuesday lecture. Thus far Mikkelsen has dis; ussed the "Fact versus Fiction" and "Character" aspects of literature. Miss Carmen Ca~is has covered the part played by figurative language in conveying meaning to the reader. The importance of action and setting in the total literary work was presented
Former Professor Of Music Has Taught At Many Colleges Dr. Raymond Kendall, dean of the School of Music, University of Southern California, will be the next speaker in the Palomar College humanities lecture series.
DEBBY GRAHAM
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Palomar Team Teathing In Experimental Stage by Richard Lee. VARIETY OF OPINIONS The team teaching program offers a variety of opinions to the student giving him a wider range of ideas from which to draw his own opinions than if he were subjected to the ideas of only one instructor. The value of this program is found in the emphasis of the differing backgrounds of interest and experience of the various instructors. One of the 120 students involved in this experiment feels that when a professor lectures in his area of specialization and experience, his presentation is more interesting. Students in general find A CHANNEL 8 news photographer is bareence festival which will begin March 21. it easier to listen to and take · The fountain, along with the rest of the ly visible through the fountain spray notes from an interesting lee· as he photographs the new science com- complex will be dedicated March 28 turer. plex for advance publicity on the sci-Photo by. Vince Streano EXPERIMENT Mikkelsen stated that while the present program is being conducted as an experiment . . . "I feel confident that it will be continued particularly in the literature courses." The English Department hopes to bring the team teaching concept into the English Jim Logsdon was elected honor its members, and a lA classes next semester. President of Alpha Gamma tutoring program. Eventually it is hoped that this To be eligible for temporary Nearly 1000 high sch'ool and Sigma at a meeting held March program will be extended to 4. Other officers elected were membership in AGS, a student college students have taken other departments. their college entrance examin- Barbara Fichtelman, vice- must achieve a 3.0 grade point ations at Palomar College in president; Peggy Biszmaier, average. After three semesters the 1964-65 testing period. secretary; George Austin, of membership, with an overAdelbert D. Porter, counselor, treasurer; Debbie Graham, all grade point average of 3.3 said that 230 students will be Inter Club Council representa- permanent membership is taking either of the two en- tive; and Cathy Wilkening, granted. However, permanent Tues. Camera Club lla.m. F-26 . membership may only equal trance tests today in the stu- publicity. ASB Publicity Cr•,nmittee Act. Office 11 a.m. Logsdon said, "We hope to 10% of the graduating class. dent union. Mar. 9 Tennis- MCRD 2p.m. Here Special temporary memberTwo types of admission tests make Alpha Gamma Sigma a Here Track- Riverside College 3p.m. more active club. We want to ship is also granted to incomwill be administered. The Act. Office Wed. AWS Judicial Committee lla.m. Scholastic Aptitude Test spon- show the st~dents that it is ing freshmen who have been F-23 Mar. 10 Baptist Student Union 11 a.m. sored by the Educational Test- possible to be a scholar and life ·members of the California F-11 Christian Fellowship 11 a.m. Scholarship Federation. ing Service will be given to at the same time to have fun. " F-25 Christian Science 11 a.m. PLANNED PROJECTS Adviser to the club is Jay students planning to enter F-22 Ixthus Club 11 a.m. Planned projects for the Johnson, French and Russia n colleges that require an P-32 11 a.m. Newman Clubachievement test. The Ameri- coming semester include a instructor at Palomar. The Father Cossoll can College Test required by Band Concert in conjunction meetings are held every Tues"Psychology & Religion" many state colleges will be ad- with the Patrons, a banquet to day at 11:00 in F-9. Sophomore Class 11a.m. R-2 ministered in the morning. Veteran's Club F-26 11 a.m. The test consists of four parts Baseball · S.D. Mesa 2:30 There - verbal, math, science, and Thurs. Alpha Gamma Sigma 11 a.m. F-9 social science. Mar. 11 Inter Club Council lla.m. Act. Office FUTURE TEST DATES Tennis - Grossmont 2p.m. There Students planning to transFri. HUMANITIES LECTURE SERIES fer to a college requiring an Mar. 12 Dr. RAYMOND KENDALL 10a.m. P-32 Gerlad Davenport, Planning on March 15. Whyte will disentrance test should check the Phi Beta Lambda lla.m. B-3 Director of Escondido, ad- cuss "Fire Fighting" in Room college catalog for the approPhi Rho Pi 11 a .m. R-02 priate test said Porter. Tests dressed the State and Local F-22 at 11 :00. Track- Grossmont-S.D.City 3p.m. There Davenport discussed the will be given here May 1 and Government class yesterday Baseball various reasons that lay beJuly 14. Students must apply on "Inside City Planning." Southwestern (League) Here 2:30 Davenport was one of a ser· hind the different planning for the tests in the student perSat. Baseball- S.D.City 1 p.m. There sonnel office at least a month ies of speakers who will ad- that has occurred in EsconHere Mar. 13 Golf- College of Desert 11 a.m. in advance of the test. ACT ap- dress the class this semester. dido. Also discussed were the Palm Springs Tennis - College of Desert 1 p.m. plication dates are April 24, The next speaker will be Louis zoning laws and how changes Whyte, Escondido Fire Chief can be made in them. June 16, and August 7.
Is Sweetheart For Circle K
The Circle K has chosen Debby Graham as its "Sweetheart" for the month of March. She was selected by the club members at the March 1 meeting. Kim Brown, Circle K member stated that, "Debby was chosen for her participation and interest in campus activities and projects." When informed of her selection as the March "Sweetheart" Debby staled that, "At first I was so surprised I didn't know what to say, but when I actually realized what the sit· uation was, I was honored and happy. " LIVES IN ESCONDIDO Debby lives in Escondido and is majoring in Foreign Languages. She attended Foothill Junior College for her freshman year and is now a second semester sophomore at Palomar. Her future plans include entering San Francisco State next semester. Debby is interested in music and art; she also enjoys skiing and swimming.
Entrance Logsdon Named President Oedipus Exams Given Of Alpha Gamma Sigma Cast Gets Here Today
Calendar of Events
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Dr. Phelps explained that it is impossible to put young offenders in the same cells and give them the same punishments as adult criminals. "They (the juveniles) have different motivations and cannot be lumped together." Dr. Phelps is a strong advocate of group therapy over the traditional method of confinement. He reports that there is a great deal of group therapy now being practiced by law enforcement agencies and they are achieving significant results. He also revealed that results ha,ve been attained where a probation officer meets with a young man at intervals. The State of California has used this method for some time.
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NEWS INDEX Book Review . . . . . . . Page 2 Through the Scope . . . . . . 2 Jumpology ............... 3 Club News ................ 3 Woman's Sports .......... 4 Track Feature . . ..... .. .. 4 · Rodeo Club ............ . ... 4
Palomar College
the May State Conference in ordcr-to allow the schools time to prepare material for the 1tate event. Workshops for both conferences will be similar. They will include Campus Communications, Collegiate Attitudes, Collegiate Organizations, Function of Student Government, and the President's Workshop. MCKENZIE LEADS WORKSHOP Jim McKenzie, Area One representative for Palomar College, has tentatively been scheduled to lead the- workshop on Campus Communications.
people should not be placed in an environment that would be destructive to their eventual outlook on life.
Escondido Planning Director Addresses Gove.rnment Classes
Dr. Kendall will speak on PROFESSOR OF MUSIC Music in the Student Union at The speaker has been pro10:00 on March 12. fessor of Music History, Literature and Criticism at USC since 1948. He is a director of the Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles, vice president of the Southern Symphony Association, and a former president of the Music Teachers National Association.
Rev. Kramer Speaks To
Wesley Club
Rev. Dr. Wendell B. Kramer, a Methodist minister, who has directed a program of community development aimed at improving the total life of the rural people of Bolivia, spoke on "A Look at South America," Monday at 11 :00 in F-25, for the Wesley club. Dr. Kramer has returned to the United States for a year's furlough from missionary service. He has been director of community development for the Methodist church in Bolivia for the past four years. Dr. Kramer has been engaged in initiating and developing one of the mosl comprehensive and intensive programs of rural life improvement to be found in any of the 47 overseas mission fields of the Methodist church. WORKED IN BOLIVIA Working in an area of several hundred square miles in tropical eastern Bolivia, he has directed a program encompassing agricultural, social, edt~cational, medical, economic, literacy and evangelistic work. Almost all of the work is among rural people and comprises more than 100 individual projects. He has organized rural schools, clinics, churches, literacy classes, 4-H Clubs, agricultural demonstration projects, cooperatives and village industries.
Dr. Kendall is also music columnist for the Los Angeles Times and for 14 years he was music editor of the Los Angeles Mirror. He received his B.A. from Occidental College in 1932 and his M.A. at Stanford University in 1937. He did graduate study in 1939 at the University of Basel in Switzerland. Occidental College awarded Dr. Kendall an honorary doctorate in 1947. TAUGHT AT STANFORD He has instructed and assisted in music at Stanford University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Southern California. He has been l he Music Coordinator for the National U.S.O., Music Editor for the United States Armed Forces Institute, Professor of Musicology and Curator of the Sterns Collection of Musical Instruments. Other honors that have been held by Dr. Kendall are the Vice-Presidency of the Ameri· can Musicological Society and the National Association of Schools of Music. He was a member of the Board of Directors for the Hollywood Bowl Association . Kendall is the sixth and last Humanities speaker. Theme of the lectures this year was "The Arts and Contemporary Human Directions."
Costumes Astronomy Workshop
The cast of "Oedipus the King," can be found rehearsing day and night in the drama lab pending their first dress rehearsal on March 11 . TRAVEL TO LA Those members of the cast playing principal roles are traveling to Los Angeles today to be fitted for their costumes at the Western Costume Company. In a n attempt to use Ian. guage that can be mastered by college actors and comprehended by the modern audience, the cast has spent much time practicing the "speech" in Frank White, drama instructor's, adaptation of the Greek tragedy. White's adaptation of the play strives to bring the audience the emotional catharsis experienced by Greek audiences, while at the same time, modernizing the la nguage but retaining the flavor of the play. L-SHAPED STAGE "Oedipus" will be presented on an L-shaped stage' March 16 through 20 in conjunction with the dedication of the new science complex.
Held Here March 19 Dr. Arp, Dr. Ehricke Two Featured Speakers The Southern Section of the 1965 NDEA Astronomy Workshop will be held on this campus March 19. The program, developed with the assistance of Charles A. Coutts, will feature as speakers Dr. Halton C. Arp, of the Mt. Wilson and Mt. Palomar Observatories, and Dr. Kraft A. Ehricke of General Dynamics Astronautics. Dr. Ehricke is presently in charge of the National Areonautics and Space Administration Mars Landing Project. "MARS PROJECT" Dr. Arp will speak on "P roblems and Progress in Cosmology" and Dr. Ehricke on the "Mars Project" both these speeches are scheduled for the morning of the 19th. During the afternoon Dr. Clifford E. Smith, Chairman of the As-
lronomy Department of San Diego State College, will head a symposium on the topic, "To what extent should the contributing sciences of chemistry, physics, geology and meterology be included in the general course in astronomy?" SPECIAL TOUR Also for the afternoon of the 19th Dr. Horace Babcock, Director of the Mt. Wilson and Mt. Palomar Observatories, has arranged for a special tour of the Mt. Palomar Observatory. One of the high points of the Workshop will be the to~r of the new Science Complex here at Palomar and specially the opportunity to see the just completed planetarium here on campus.