ETELESCOPE
Palomar College · Volume 22 Number 28 · A Publication of the Associated Students
Feb. 7, 1969
San Marcos, Calif.
92069
Capacity crowd hears Leakey describe archeological finds By Lois Cavalier
Abraham Gruber, anthropology instructor, is shown with Dr. Louis Leakey
following Dr. Leakey's speech here before a capacity crowd Tuesday night.
600 REPLY TO QUESTIONNAIRE
"Man is definitely an animal, a mammal and a primate, but not merely these, as he has gone beyond any other animal to become what we call psycho- social with a 'computer brain'", anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey told a capacity audience of 2000 Wednesday night in the dome. Dr. Leakey's lecture on "What is lVlan? How Did We Come To Be What We Are?" was one of ten presentations in the 1968- 69 Palomar College Community Services l ecture series. "Man is the only animal able to reason in the abstract and to think about such things as beauty, religion and art, " Leakey said. This ability to reason plus the abilities of speech and the "precision grip" structure of our hands is what separates us from the animal kingdom. "Man separated from gorilla stock
Poll shows student interest in grades, culture By Jim Strain Students at Palomar want a pass-fail grading system, a new swimming pool, a new bookstore, more cultural events like the film series, humanities lecture series and student drama produc tions and a generally more fruitful academic life. At least that was the answer they gave to the recently tabulated ASB Program Evaluation. The Program Evaluation, more popularly known as the student poll, was taken last November in an effort by the ASB Council to find out the areas of major student support or discontent in campus life here. Questions covered such areas as intercollegiate athletics, social and cultural events, publications, curriculum, student governme nt and future ASB expenditures. The answer, with few exceptions, seems to be that students here want more of everything. Almost 600 · students replied to the poll which was broken down into several different parts. The first part dealt with the ASB financed athletic and cultural events. Of these, the lions share of support went to intercollegiate football with basketball, the film series and drama productions following closely. Intercollegiate volleyball and soccer were rejected as worthwhile receivers of ASB funds, but a healthy amount of backing was given a humanities lecture series and college music presentations. The one activity which met with small support in the first part of the poll was the forensics team. Only about a third of those questioned expressed any interest, while another third had no opinion on the Speech department-sponsors activities. The second part of the poll e ntered t he area of ASB-financed social activities and publications. In this part students were asked to select what they though were "worthwhile activities." Those receiving most favor were Homecoming and Christmas activities, teacher e valuation, Focus magazine and TELESCOPE. The Inter-Club Council's annual Club Week and AWS's Womeds Week failed to gain majority support, but it must be added that a large number expressed no opinion on Women's Week since it is still in the planning stage. It may also be a safe assumption that
many of those expressing no opinion or · a negative one were men. Faculty participation in ASB elections campaigns also received a definite thumbs down from the students with only about 25% in favor of the idea. An 11 a.m . college hour, that is, a campus-wide lunch period with no classes scheduled , was heartily approved with about 75% approving. In the third part of the poll those quizzed expressed a general satisfaction with the curriculum here as well as student counseling services. The recent hike of scholastic requirements from 1. 75 to 2. 0 was also well endorsed. By far the heaviest support in the curriculum section, however, went to the idea for a pass-fail or credit-no credit grading system. Only 69 students or about 11% of those responding rejected the possibility of the new system. The section on curriculum also drew the largest number of written comments on the poll. These ranged from demands for more classes to criticism of the faculty and courses offered. "Curriculum is fine--get rid of bad instructors , " or "teachers more interested in propaganda than education," or "more instructors needed," typified the solicited comments of the students . Many commented that there were too few courses offered in their particular field or that the courses were not conveniently scheduled, but these seem to be universal problems of the junior college system. Counseling services also came under fire in a big share of the comments with the unavailability of counselors, lack of information on services offered and that there were not enough counselors to offer any kind of pe rsonalized guidance. Another often-voiced complaint was that counseling was largely geared to San Diego State and that there was an information or communication gap in regard to correl ating Palomar's courses to those of other colleges and universities. Next, the poll dealt with the ASB budget and expenditures. Here those replying approved, by a small majority, the current financial set-up of the ASB . "no" was given to the A resounding idea of mandatory ASB cards and to the possibility of a $5 increase in the price of ASB cards.
In the section on publications and dis trict funding, most students indicated their support of last year's ill-fated tax override which would have helped the college . The question on publications asked if TELESCOPE should concern itself with campus news, offcampus news or both. Of those replying, 325 favored reportage of both kinds of news, 210 said campus news, and only four adventurous souls voted for offcampus news only. The final part of the poll sought student attitude toward the teacher evaluation, "Insight," published last year and presumably to have been used for the Fall semester. As it turned out, less than half of thos e questioned had even read "Insight" before registering and of those who d·fa read it, only half used it as a basis for their selection of courses and instructors. On the other hand , those who did use it replied heavily in its favor , commenting that it was a valuable tool. In the main, it seems that the majority is in favor of student evaluation of instructors even if they do not make use of the accumulated data. The feeling seems to be that the very presence of the evaluation tends to make the instructor more aware of the quality of his work. For thos e who wish them, complete copies of all the data compiled by the student poll may be obtained in the office of Student Activities Secretary in the Student Union building.
20-25 million years ago, but because of over-specialization in many of the offshoots which resulted only part of this separation became man as we know him today," Leakey said. He warned that man is today a creature of this same over-specialization and that the computer brain, precision grip and speech which have brought us so far along the paths of evolution are being used to create such things such as germ warfare . "Public opinion could be built and snowballed to where no-one would dare to destroy homo-sapiens at the point where he has evolved today," he said. "I would be a poor anthropologist if I was interested only in the past and not concerned for the future." Dr. Leakey is best known for his archeological work at several sites in East Africa, particularly Olduvai Gorge. His findings have upset theories of man's originand caused many textbooks to be rewritten, including one of his own which was still at the printer's when the new findings replaced many of the facts it contained. He is an anthropologist, paleontologist, archeologist, zoologi st, anatomist and author, and he and his wife Mary have
Bank of America awards slated The selection of two students to represent Palomar College in the fourth annual Bank of America Man and Woman of the Year Awards for outstanding junior college students will be held at Palomar College next Thursday. Any Palomar student who has completed 30 or more college credits with a grade average of 3. 0 or higher is eligible to enter the competition. Other criteria which will be used to select the winners includ e college ac tivities, community service, and a statement of purpose, said Robert Bowman, Palomar director of student activities. The man and woman student selected will receive a $50 cash award from the Bank of America and wi ll represent Palomar College in the area finals to be held at Palomar March 7. The two winners in the area event will receive $100 and compete in the state finals at the California Junior College Association Spring Conference, March 31 in Sacramento. The two state winners will receive $1000 each. Students wishing to enter this competition were requested to see Dean Bowman not late r than Monday.
Applications now available for fall semester at San Diego State Applications for admission to San Diego State College for the fall semester, 1969, are now available in the counseling office. Students who intend to transfer are urged to obtain and complete their application as soon as possible . Applications will be accepted beginning Feb. 17. To insure admission, students should file their application as soon after Feb. 17 as possible. The SDS admissions office has announced that students will be admitted on the following priority: 1) returning students in good standing, 2) prior registration at San Diego and Imperial County junior college transfers who have completed a minimum of 60 units with a GPA of 2.0 or better and who have completed all lower division requirements that can be completed at junior c ollege,
and 3) all other junior college transfer students from in or out of the county and first-time freshmen.
Creative photography showing m library The second installment of the continuing display of creative photography is now showing in the main library. Works of Mike Mahon and Clint Jones of the creative photography class of Justus Ahrend are on display. The show will continue through the end of this month. Next month, a one man show by Phillip Moore, editor of Focus magazine, will be seen. The display is a collection of shots of his model, Miss Lois Moore.
Leadership of the Palomar student government changed hands legally Monday night. Kim R. Clark, former ASB president, is shown handing ceremonial gavel to incoming president Lloyd Walker. Walker, a 32 year old former Marine
intelligence sergeant, won election last month against Jim Strain, news editor of THE TELESCOPE. The election saw only an eight per cent turn-out of students, one of the poorest percentages in the history of the school.
received awards and honors throughout the world for their efforts. In 1959, the Leakeys discovered the skull of Zinjanthropis, a near-man of about 1,175,000 years ago. They also discove red fossils of Homo Habilis, a "man of ability" of about 2 million years ago. Because of the theory that man originated in Europe or Asia, Africa was long neglected in the search for remains of early man, Dr. Leakey said. "Darwin said that it appeared that man and his distant cousin, the ape, separated in Africa, where apes and monkeys were and are more manlike than anywhere in the world." Dr. Leakey said that he is often asked how early man, unarmed and fraU, was able to surive among le opards and lions which were so prevalent. "Man is not cat food", he said, "and only one in 100,000 would eat human flesh. These large members of the cat family kill men only in defense of themselves or their young, and actually helped man by killing their natural enemies and providing food for him. The ability to make fire brought warmth and safety from other animals, and man could then begin to ponder things other than his basic needs, he said. At this point, "the critical turning point for man" came the change-over from survival to reason. The lecture was illustrated with slides of animals, fossils and pictures of the archeological work at the East Africa sites. A standing ovation followed Dr. Leakey's presentation. Future lecturers in the series include columnist Art Hoppe, ex- Roman Catholic priest William DuBay and chore ographer Agnes DeMille. Arrangements for the series are under the direction of Theodore Kilman, assistant dean of instruction, adult education and community service.
Resignations, survey discussed by board during last meeting Acceptance of resignations of several school employees and a report of the findings of a state-wide survey of junior college expenses were two subjects brought up at last Tuesday's meeting of the board of governors of Palomar. The board accepted the resignation of Adolph Heyne, head of the foreign language department, who will r etire from the faculty June 30 after mor e than 3 0 years of teaching. He was a member of the original Palomar faculty at the time of the school's founding in 1946 at a time when he was the entire foreign language "department", teaching German, French and Spanish. Res ignation was also accepted from Mrs. Rosemarie Schwartz, secretary to the president and the governing board, who plans to resume her college studies toward a degree. Her successor is Mrs. June White. Mrs. Kathryn Texeira will succeed Mrs. Betty Smith who is moving out of the district, as secretary to the director of vocational education. A report of the findings of a statewide survey show that Palomar is operating under tighter financial expenditures and receiving a lower percapita -student tax income than most junior colleges in California. Whereas the average junior college revenue per regular student is $708 in the state, ·at Palomar the figure is $628. Palomar's annual outlay for instructors and administrators, at $33 per student, is below the $38 average shown in the study of 66 junior colleges. The Palomar tax rate of 53 cents• is also lower than the average and stands forty-fifth in the tax listing for 66 colleges . College officials pointed out that although the r esearch indicates the college is spending less than the majority, and operating economically in all departments, "we obviously could do a better level of education if we had the financial income to do it with." A r eport on the Associated Student Body balance sheet as of December 31 showed assets in excess of liabilities, and officials said the fund "Is in better position than at this period last year, with no deficit in pro~pect ."