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Palo mar College · Volume 25 Number 9 · A Publication of the Associated Students ·
October 29, 1971
· Sa n Marcos, Calif.
92069
Debate teams return with more trophies Third pl ace trophies were won by the Palomar debate team of Donna Reeps and Suzy Williams at the Arizona State University Debate Invitational he ld in Phoenix last week . After six preliminary round s , Palomar was one of the two community colleges teams to advance to the quarter-fina ls with victories over Arizona State, University of Texas, Mesa (Arizona) , Scottsdale and Brigham Young. Palomar became the only two-year sc hool left in the competition as they defeated Colorado on a 2-1 decision in the quarter fin als. A loss in the semi -final bracket to Cal State Long Beach finall y e liminated the Palomar team. At the same time the debate team of Bob Miller and Floyd McKiethen were competing at the Sacramento State Invitational and returned with an impressive four win-two loss as they defeated UC !3erkely, Fresno State (twi ce) and Santa Clara. Coach Ray Dahlin stressed the overall ten win- four loss record as an outstanding achievement for the college, since P a lom ar was represented in two geographi cal areas during the same weekend. Speech coaches Dahlin and Mitties McDonald are now preparing the squad for the Loyola Winte r Invita tiona l.
ROBERT GARVIN
SUSAN NB.SON
Plastic classes offered A s hort term course in fiberglass techniques and reinforced plastics processes will be offered in a new class starting November 4, from 7 to 10 p.m. Instruction will cover construction, manufacturing processes and uses in such products as boats, furniture, industrial, automobiles, aircraft and aerospace fi e lds. The course is directed to e ngineering, architectural, industrial design and art students, as well as those preparing
for the trades . Special attention will be given to providing ways in which individual students may make immediate use of the information presented. The i nstructor is John A. Wills, consultant to the plas tics industry for many years. The six-week session will include l ectures, visual aids and dem onstrations, with extensive use of color slides from the instructor's personal collection.
REALISTIC SffiiNGS FEATURED
'Dark of the Moon' opens Thursday By nosela De lCas tillo Forebodi ng, steep mountains surrounded by thick, linge ring mist, an ee ri e dense for es t, a small steeple and a myste rious dark cabin is the environment to be discovered by strolling through the e nchanted doors of room P33, You may find yourself like Alice, stepping into an a mazing fantasy-like world of witches , superstitions and myste r y. Though this may appear to be some · ones's e laborate setting for a Ha lloween party, it is actually the set designed by Norm an Gaskins, technical dit·ector fot· the drama department's production of ''Dark of the Moon" which opens No\·ember 4.
"We're being purely theatrical in creating the special effects," Gaskins said. "There is no attempt being made to s how reali sm.'' Othe r special effects used will be through make-up. The method of using Karo syrup and tissue paper to create old age is amo ng the make-up tricks being employed. Among the people he lping with the technical s id e of the play are Cathy Bronson and Ann Hamilton, wardrobe; Obie O'Brien and Bill Alge r, sound ef-
fects; Paul Peeve , Shelley Smith and Laurie Tanner, construction. Gaskins commented that everything seems to be under control in spite of l a te supplies. ''I also feel this will be one of the more interesting and appealing plays because it's an American play with a fantasy theme imposed." ' Gaskins conclud ed . The play will run November 4-6 and continue November ll- 13 in P-33.
Robert Garvin has been e lected ASG president in a n extre mely close runoff election. Garvin defeated the top vote getter in the first round, JC Heminger, by the narrow margin of five votes, 198 to 193. In the other two races being contested, Susan Nelson defeated Steve Miller 203 to 181 for the Vice Presidency. This made Susan the top vote getter among all candidates . Also, Donna Reeps was e lected Humanities Representative by a vote of 83 to 70 over newly e lected president Garvin. The votes were tabul ated Wednesday under the supervision of out-going Judicial Advocate Ray Daniel. Amongthose counting the ballots were TELESCOPE Editor Vic Heman, reporter Dave Fetzer, Student Assembly members John W. Glenn and Gary Fokken, Elaine Brooks a nd Amelia S. Calac. All r esults were double-checked to insure accuracy. At the outset of the campaign for presidency Garvin said: "The worsening student government situation at Palomar College is partially due to the apathy of the student body, but in fairness it must be recognized that it is also attributable to the lack of initiative and vigor on the part of the gove rnment coupcils of the past. "If the students are given an active
and vocal council willing to accept the responsibility for ideas leading to expansion of student influence and power, I believe participation and concern for the student governments here at Palomar will increase accordingly. "To accomplish this, the officers of the executive counc il must be willing to take strong stands on vital student interests. They must provide the type
Symphony Orchestra comes to Escondido Victor Alessandro, the only nativeborn Texan ever to become musical director of a major symphony orches tra, will conduct the San Antonio Sym phony in its appearance at Pilgrim Hall, Escondido, November 1, opening the 1971-72 concert series s ponsored by the Philharmonic Artists Association of Escondido. Now beginning his 21st year as a musical director, Alessandro leads one of the 33 major symphonies in the nation. Tickets for the series of five outstanding musical attractions a re available from Reese's Music Center or Mrs. Duncan Engel of Escondido.
of leadership that will be conducive to an atmosphere of student enthusiasm and concern on the issues . "I seek the office of the presidency because I have strong ideas about what must be done to enhance council effectiveness. I am willing to put myself on the block in an effort to achieve a greater voice for the students in the decisions of policy of this institution now made strictly by the administration. ''There are projects of value, such as a day care center, which have been on the drawing boards here for years. The faculty dining room would be easily convertible for this purpose. "Your support will determine whether we make the changes necessary to remove the student government from the realm of the farcical, or permit the continuance of the depreciation of student influenc e.'' "I run because of my opposition to those who would rechannel student funds from the worthwhile activities of all interests of this campus to those activities designed for the specific benefit of a few .
News Briefs Officers for this year's Palom a r Young Democrats were elected at a recent meeting of the club. This year' s officers are: PresidentMike Furgal; Vice President-Susan Stanley; Secre tary-Treasurer -Kent Fairchild; Interclub Council RepresentativeSteve Kirby; and Publicity ChairmanEddie Williams. The club meets every Friday at 11 a.m . in P-18 under the guidance of Mr. Roy "Pat' Archer, faculty· advisor .
*** Paul Zimmer, assistant to John Stull, 80th District Assemblyman, will speak here today at ll a.m. in P-20. College Republicans are sponsoring the talk on ecology and the "now student."
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Two draft counselors will man a table in the Student Union Monday and Tuesday to answer questions and provide information from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Fantasy films reached an all-time high in 1933 with the production of "King Ko?g." In this original, uncensored version, Kong eats several people and rips off a girl's dress. First showing is November 2, in P-32 at 7 p.m. to be repeated the following day at 1 p.m .
Instructional technology courses system pioneered by Dr. Mahan
The History of Costume class designed the country costumes to be worn by the large cast and t he Stagecraft class used their creative e ne rgies in constructing the set. A real cohesive effort was put into the construction of the set by Gaskin's classes. Some of the problems confronted by Gaskins and his c rew were fitting the set inside such small facilities and obtaining certain visual and sound effects . With so many different scenes, a multi-scene setting was devised by Gaskins by building a turntable cabin. In turning the cabin around on the turntable, the inside is opened and seen. "The difficulty in this structure was making it work appropriately, smoothly without making too much nois e or getting stuck," Gaskins explained. Students Garth Warner and John Higdon assisted with the designing of the pivot and wheels on the cabin. Gaskins call ed this idea "a new innovation for a limited stage." "Another problem was getting the massive mountain-top effect. The mountains had to be built on different levels and sturdy e nough for people to run up and down and be able jump on.'' Gaskins added. Special effects were designed by Ed Null who e mploys a strobe . light, black light and fog machine to acquire particular atmospheres.
Nelson new vice president, Humanities elects Reeps
Steve Phelps, who plays John, and Rosemary P owers, portraying Barbara Allen, r ehearse a scene from the upcoming play "Dark of the Moon." Op-
ening night is scheduled for November 4, in the Drama lab (P-3 3). (Photo by N. Cochrane)
A system of instructional technology, using especially prepared tape recordings and manuals , has been developed by a faculty member who said the innovation has the potential capacity of 1,400 students for one instructor. Dr. Harry C. Mahan, chairman of the department of behavorial sciences, has placed the system in full operational use this fall after six years of expe rimentations and refinements of the plan. "Our department, in 1965, embarked on a project to simultaneously improve and reduce the cost of presenting the introductory course in general psychology," he said. "After five yea rs of experim entation, the course was reclas s ified from experimental to operational in the fall of 1970," Mahan said. In the first semester l ast year, 569 students were enrolled. The number went above 600 last spring, and in the current fall semester the e nrollment is 800 stude nts. "The basic thesis of the system is simplicity itself," Mahan said. "Instead of atte nding lectures , students listen to the prepared tape cassettes or study from manuals designed around the questiona nswer method of instruction. Their class attendance may be limited to once a week, during which they take a taperecorded, oral, 20-minute test. These tests are scored right in the classroom by machine in less than two minutes for a c lass of 50 students. Following this, the remainder of the hour is de-
voted to discussion of those items that a r e missed. Students who have not achieved a qualifying score return to repeat the test at another hour. "Fourteen suc h tests," he continued, ''most of them having up to 25 questions devoted to the review, comprise the course requirements." "Project Socrates " has attracted the atte ntion of colleges and univers ities throughout the country and virtually every community college in California has r equested examination copies of the manual for the course,' 'Mahan said. "With no further development or equipment than we have right now, I estimate the normal teac hing load for one instructor being overworked. Also, the use of classroom space is out to a little more than one-third of that needed for traditionally-taught courses.~ Observers of the system have called it a significant breakthrough in the use of instructional technology, with a potential for releasing faculty time and classroom space for other courses in which small sections are necessary. Mahan said that in the initial classes under the system last year, student attrition in the course was not appreciably higher than that of the college as a whole even though successful com pletion required a grade level not lower than "B". This college year is the first 'year of full operation of the course at Palomar. The system will be available for adoption on other campuses by the fall of 1972, Mahan said.