Palomar College
ETELESCOPE
Volume 22 Number 38 ¡ A Publication of the Associated Students .
March 21, 1969
San Marcos , Calif.
92069
'0 pen Hours ' sess1o . n set today Students, faculty seek communication, dialog; minimum day schedule declared by administration
Michele Craig examines photos in the wallet of her step father, played by Jim
Southers . Scene is from current drama production, "Taste of Honey".
'Taste of Honey' hits the boards tonight "A Taste of Honey" the story of an embittered, pregnant girl and her fight for a personal identity, opened here last night and will continue its run through the weekend with performances tonight and tomorrow night. This is a love story, but not in the classical sense . The heroine is a dirty young girl from the wrong side of the tracks who falls in love with a Black sailor, becomes pregnant, gets rid of her sex-crazed mother, takes up with a homo-sexual, and then loses him only to regain her mother. Rosemary Schwartz plays what could be called the lead in her role as the mother. Michelle Craig shares top billing with her in the latter's role as the daughter. Jim Southers plays the husband of the mother, while Richard Creighton plays the young homosexual. Gregg Krueger plays Jimmie, the Negro sailor. The play takes place today in the slums of London, England, today where the girl shares a tenement slum dwelling with her mother. Everything is following
a fine rocky road when enters the oneeyed, drunken used car salesman who marries the mother. Everything begins to look up when the sailor moves in with the girl over a Christmas holiday. The girl finds a job is self supporting until she finds herself pregnant. The sailor goes back to the sea and she is again alone. Now enters the young homo-sexual boy, the first person who really cares for the girl as a person. As time progress and the girl nears motherhood, a true type of love begins to barely peak through, only to be quickly covered by the girl's veil of bitterness. The play has a quick ending, quite unexpected when it comes. Curtain is at 8 p.m. tonight and .tomorrow night in P-33, the drama lab. admission is $.50 with an ASB card. and $1.50 for others. There is one intermission when punch and coffee is served. Reservations may be made in the drama department.
SD bus project seeks aid Volunteers are being sought by the Art Department here to participate in the painting of one of the San Diego City Transit Company's huge inter-city busses. The painting is being done as part of a ¡
Speech team captures honors at Whittier Led by Hank Pinto and Ruth Ann Eicher, the Palomar forensics squad captured nine awards at the recent Whittier Col\ege Invitational Speech Tournament. Miss Eicher won the first place championship trophy and a superior rating in persuasive speaking with a speech entitle "Sweet Charity". Pinto won the second place championships trophies and superior ratings in both extemporaneous and impromptu speaking. Also, Cathy Widrig received an excellent rating in the extemp category. Tom Wheeler received an excellent rating in oral interpretation with a program entitled "The Forsaken Man" and Mrs. Ruth Hada received an excellent rating in expository speaking and an informative speech discussing "The Psychology of Children's Art."
county-wide competition of junior college Art Departments in commemoration of San Diego's 200th anniversary celebration. Two designs, whichhavebeenreceived with much enthusiasm by the sponsoring bus company, were submitted using different thematic approaches. Both conceptions feature a montage of San Diego area cultural and historical events. "S~tri Diego, Spirit of California," and "San Diego, It's Not How Your See It But What You Do With It," are the two theme titles. Art instructor James Hulbert told THE TELESCOPE that the transit company was so pleased with the quality and type of designs submitted by Palomar that they were faced with a dilemma as to how to proceed. "They are seriously talking of dropping the contest and letting us do all six busses," said Hulbert. Hulbert said that in any case a bus should arrive and work begin about the first of the month, perpaps going on during Easter Vacation. A film wiil be made of the painting Hulbert said, "and I suppose to a certain extent you could call it a happening." Interested volunteers have been asked to leave their names and phone numbers with any of the Art Instructors who will contact them when the bus comes.
By Chris Read and Jim Strain Palomar College's first "Open Hours" takes place this morning at 11:30 on the grass in fron of the Student Union. Also billed on campus posters as a love-in, the "Open Hours" session will. immediately following today's minimum day schedule. The purpose of the session is to open the lines of co m1Unication between stu,dents and facuity. "We have an obligation to students to promote this, s ince the students have voiced a need for this type of thing," said Palomar President Dr. Frederick Huber. The history of this dates back to a meeting between Dr. Huber and SDS leader Neil Hoffman which took place three weeks ago. At this time, Hoffman expressed his idea for the establishment of a student loan fund. His opinion was that students should be allowed to participate in junior college education. He also expressed concern over the lack of "Chicano" students on campus. Other points were to place text books in the library and a program of aiding disadvantaged students. Dr. Huber, seemed agreeable to these ideas, but thought that the faculty should be made aware of them. At this time, Dr. Huber invited Hoffman to address the faculty at one of the regularly scheduled faculty meetings. The meeting took place last Friday in the Phil Putnam Library. After Hoffman spoke to the faculty, Mr. Peter Bollington of the English Department got up and suggested the students hold a "love-in" for the purpose of communication between faculty and students. This idea was seized upon by ASB President Lloyd Walker, and late Tuesday afternoon he started the wheels rolling by applying to Dr. Huber and Mr. Gene Jackson, Faculty Association President, about the possibility of having a minimum day schedule for Friday. "Having attended the faculty meeting last Friday, both faculty and students expressed the idea that there should
be an informal get together, in order to open the lines of communication on both sides," said Walker. "I feel this is an opportunity for students who care to meet the faculty members who care enough to come. I didn't arrive at this conclusion haphazardly. I talked with several people and thought that it was the necessary thing," said Walker. Walker emphasized that his actions were taken by himself without appro-val of the ASB Council, but he further pointed out that in informal talks with those council members and students he had met, he had met with their general approval. Mr. Jackson reiterated the communication between him and Walker, commenting that "Mr. Walker indicated to me student interest for the minimum day and asked if I would request Dr. Huber's support." Dr. Huber approved of the minimum day and Jackson sent messages to all members of the faculty which read, "As a result of discussions among students, I have been requested by Mr. Walker, ASB president, to ask the faculty to take part in the Palomar College "Open Hours" Friday, March 21 at 11:30 on the lawns between the library and the student union. The Administration has approved a minimum day class schedule to support this activity. As I understand the spirit of the event, you should bring your lunch, your wits, and a willingness to participate." Some faculty members, however, have reacted in a way that makes the name of "love-in" something of a misnomer. Several instructors , feeling that proper channels were not followed in approval of the minimun day or that the action was taken too hastily, have vigorously protested. Some have merely decided not to hold class at all, while others have adamantly declared their intention to hold full 50 minute classes at the regularly scheduled time. Political Science instructor Roy "Pat" Archer told his classes that he expected their attendance at the normal time for
the Friday meeting. "Because we, the faculty, were not consulted on this, a group of us instructors have decided to hold classes as scheduled. I am opposed to .minimum day schedules and assembly schedules of all kinds. The idea of students and faculty getting together, although. is alright." Archer further expressed the opinion that Jackson was not empowered to speak for the faculty without first obtaining the view of the entire association which Archer said had not been done. . "It's a long time until Friday, " Arc her said V{~dnesday.
The address of State Senator Clair Burgener scheduled at Palomar this morning for government students has been cancelled. The announcement was made by Sheridan Hegland, Palomar instructor and himself a former state legislator. "It simply wasn't practical because of the minimum day schedule here," Hegland said. ''I count Clair as a personal friend, and regret the inconvenience this causes him. Incidently his appearance here has been scheduled for weeks and many students ' for some time have looked forward to this event." When asked to express an opmwn on the minimum day Hegland responded with a tight-lipped "No comment."
* * * The following is the m1mmum day schedule that has been passed by the Administrative Council for use today to allow students to attend the "Open Hours" session. Students are urged to contact their own instructors to see if individual classes will adhere to this order. 8 a.m. Classes 9 a.m. Classes 10 a.m. Classes 12 Noon Classes 1 p.m. Classes 2 p.m. Classes 3 p.m. Classes
8:00-8:25 8:30-8:55 9:00-9:25 9:30-9:55 10:00-10:25 10:30-10:55 11:00-11:25
Press, council miss out on 'Open Hours'; iournalists, leaders attend conferences Palomar's press and student leaders will be in absence today when the "Open Hours" session gets under way. Both groups will be attending state conventions of their own interests. The student leaders are attending the California Junior College Student Government Association Area Conference to be held at Southwestern College. The leaders will be participating in workshops that will investigate problems in the fields of student values, campus communication, curriculum, and campus problems . The student presidents will have a separate workshop to discuss their own problems peculiar to their jobs. The purpose of the Area I conference is, according to ASB :President Lloyd Walker, to ready proposals for present. ation to the statewide conference of the CJCSGA. The conference was not limited to student government leaders. A list was available for two weeks before today and any interested student was eligible to attend at the expense of the ASB. Members of the staffs of both campus publications, THE TELESCOPE and Focus magazine, are traveling to the Disneyland Hotel for the annual convention of the Journalism Association of Junior Colleges . Along with attending meetings to discuss mutual problems of campus newspapers, the students will compete in events testing abilities in every field of writing and photography. Attending from THE TELESCOPE are editor Steve Krueger, Chris Read, Starr Bennett, and Tom Anderson. Represe nting the photography department will be George Anderson, Ted Karou nos , and Bill Anthony. Focus magazine personnel will be Jackie Easley, Cece McPherson, and Steve Schneider. Both groups will be leaving campus before the scheduled 11:30 meeting of faculty and students.
ASB President Lloyd Walker and Steve Krueger, TELESCOPE editor, look over
a recent edition of the paper. Both will be heading delegations to state confabs.