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Palomar College · Volume 25 Number 19 · A Publication of the Associated Students
Speech team
Led by Donna Reeps, a 14-member Palomar Forensics squad captured seven major awards in competition against 35 colleges at the Pacific Southwest Championships held at Orange Coast College recently. Miss Reeps was a double trophy winner as she won second place and fifth place in the championship rounds of impromptu and extemporaneous speakIng respec tively.
Receiving "superior " awards were Bonnie Anderson, two, and Cynthia Drinkwater. ''Excellent'' certificates were presented to Donna Reeps, Lori Broomhall, Cynthia Drinkwater, Wayne Johnson, Bob Shuford and Kathy Conner. Coaches Ray Dahlin and Mitties McDonald were extremely pleased with the 21 total awards since the team consists primarily offreshmen students.
Actress Sharon Lowe (center) and several local children, as munchkins, rehearse a scene from tomorrow night's play
'Wizard of Oz' to be presented in P-33 at 7 p.m. Admission is $1 for studen.t s and $2 for adults. (Nora Cochrane photo)
Musical featured tonight "It has to be the greatest musical ever mad e ," comments Dick Peacock on the next of a series of films being shown here. " 'Singin' in the Rain' just gets you into the delight of pure fantasy." Sixth in a series of seven films being shown to the American Film Class, Gene Ke lly's 1952 masterpiece will be played tonight in Room P-32 at 7 p.m. and will also be s hown tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. "Singin' in the Rain" is a gentle spoof combining nostalgia and sentiment
on the late '20's when "talkies" were beginning. Gene Kelly, who both starred and directed, has endeared himself to millions of people for his solo song and dance number to the title song. "Million Dollar Legs" Cyd Charisse, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds also star. "There is no charge and the public is invited to come lose themselves in a very c harming hour and one-half of pure and charming fantasy," said Peacock.
ELSIE McNABB ENJOYS 10 YEARS
Operator overcomes handicap By Leeayn Chapman Turn almost total blindness into an asset? Elsie McNabb, switchboard ope rator, has done just that. Mrs . Elsie McNabb has been at the hub of Palomar College communications for exactly 10 years as of last November 16. She has become a valuable source of information for anyone on campus who is having problems locating someone or something on the campus. All you have to do is pick up one of the campus phones and dial "0." Without a doubt, the voice on the other end of the line will be friendly and genuinely interested in helping you, and if you've got a problem you need help with, she's really concerned. Elsie came to Palomar College in 1954 to work as manager of the bookstore. At that time the bookstore was "a little hole in the wall in the business office that serviced about 350 students." She got things rolling and set up the present bookstore that's in the Student Union square. About that time, her eyes started to go bad and she took time off to treat her condition. She came back to the college in 1960 and was offered the job as switchboard operator. At this time, she was only partially sighted, but that didn't dampen Elsie's willingness to try something different. ''I had to learn to feel for the holes to plug into. I only worked for a couple of hours at first and the other operator helped me. "We had matchsticks and everything else stuck on the switchboard to help me find the connections. It was slow at first, but I learned." In the last ten years, Elsie's vision has dropped to 2/200 , as compared to a normal 20/ 20, which means she can't see normal sized writing and numbers on the telephone dial. Then last June, the Pacific Telephone Company and college officials decided it was time for a new type of switchboard. So the college purchased a dial tele-
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'Wizard' opens here tomorrow
returns with more honors
In the expository speaking event, Bonnie Anderson,CynthiaDrinkwater, Wayne Johnson and Lori Broomhall, won first fourth, fifth and sixth places in the championship round. Bill Thomas completed the Palomar major individual awards by taking fifth place trophy in the final round of persuasive speaking. After the three day competition the three Palomar debate teams a ll received "excellent" ratings as they won 12 of 18 debates. Debate award recipients were Bob Shuford, Floyd McKeithen, Suzy Williams, Bob Miller, Reeps and Thomas. Completing the team honors was the awarding of "superior" and "excellent" certificates to members who were r esponsible for the outstanding squad performance in individual events.
December 14, 1971
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phone switchboard that everyone thought was great, except Elsie. She couldn't read the letters or numbers. Eric Davis, a repairman for the company, was assigned to the job of working with Elsie to modify the switchboard. Between the two of them, they came up with a whole new concept in switchboards. They devised saw-toothed, wooden
strips, arranged in groups of fives in stairstep fashion, which were placed across the top of the five rows of station jacks. The different levels of the strips help Elsie quickly identify station. Those strips are painted in bright colors which she can easily tell apart. Then to aid her dialing, Davis notched the dial. (continued on page 2)
Over 80 members of the "Wizard of Oz'' will be skipping down the yellow brick road tomorrow night at 7 p.m . in room P-33. Other performances are scheduled for December 16,17,18,and19with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Buddy Ashbrook, director, stated that the cast for Oz had a tremendous community turnout. "We've. had problems with it being a large cast and our schedule being pressed for time, but I feel the cast will come through very well," Ashbrook said. Norm Gaskins, technical director, is in charge of the many special effects that will be used in the play. Puffs of smoke on the witch's entrances, a cyclone, a revolving bridge, a rocket ship and the use of a video tape T.V. are among some of the effects. The seven sets designed by Gaskins, are painted in bold, bright colors. "We've used very bold, colorful techniques in designing and painting to achieve the storybook concept. We've painted the set as a child would.'' "The bushes and flowers are done in mod styles and colors. The set is all flat· except for the witches' castle which will be done in 3-D. We've tried to have the set look like illustrations from a storybook,' 'Gaskins added. Songs such as "Over the Rainbow" will be played by a 14-piece orchestra conducted by Claudia Kiethley All the dancing mumbers are choreographed by Kim Eckert. The large cast is headed by Sharon Lowe as the dreamy Dorothy. In the role of the whimsical Scarecrow who only desires a brain is David Fennessy. Lawrence Walters plays the part of the sympathetic Tinman who tends to occasionally rust. The tender-hearted cowardly Lion will be interpreted by John Higdon. Jill Moore will appear as the revengeful Wicked Witch and Nancy Moore as the kind Sorceress of Oz. In the title role of - Oz, the powerful ruler who turns out to be a fake is Don Gray. Supporting cast includes: John Sophos, Cliff Dettmer, John Macomber, Charles Senge, Mitties McDonald, Paul Peevey, Don O'Rourke, Terry Kanester, Donn Peppler, Don Hain, John Aimon, Kurt Nelson, Ellen Hexom, DeLynn Ketcherside, Jan Bourgoin, Shelley · Smith, Teri Bartlette, Cher Woodward, Cathy Garvin, Dolly Laskowski, Kim Sturdevan, Carol Chandler, Kathy Hutchinson, Sue Rutherford, Sue Cooper, Rosemary Powers, Gwen Hulbert, Beth Kant, Regina Mazzetti, Martha Andersen, Glenna Smith, Barbara Carr, Eleanor Sherburne, Carolee Kent and Kim Eckert.
Children playing munchkins are: Tommy Averell, Gigi Bantz, 1farcia Couty, Nicole Deforge, Annie Dummer, Tyson Dutton, Douglas Hubat, Melissa Jonak, Daniel Kline, Hollie Larsen Ruth Malton, Frankie Marino, Jeannie Marino, Alisa O'Brien, Laura Parker, Sharen Quirk, Patty Reeps, Douglas Reeves, Maureen Russell, Rosemary Samhammer, Scott Sohpos, Ben Sternberg, Dan Sternberg, Kathy Tanner, John Thayer, Tim Undheima and Shelley Vigil. Among the members of the technical crew are: Ed Null, Garth Warner, Cathy Bronson, Shelley Smith, Paul Peevey, Mary Marcello, AnneHegrat, Suzanne Cooper and Glendie Koyl. Reservations can still be made for Thursday and Sunday night performances by calling P-33.
Speed bumps' removal urged For those of you who detest the parking area speed bumps, ASG president Bob Garvin has some good news for you. Changes are being made. Garvin, along with Judicial Advocate John Higdon, talked about these changes in an interview. Garvin said that the course of action on the matter was decided by meetings of the Administrative Council. The first bump on the east entrance has been removed, according to Garvin. About the others, "the others will be retailored so the slope will be altered," Garvin noted. How will this be done? Through generous use of asphalt, workers will "fill in the angles and lessen the angle of incline" in Garvin's words. The president had the hopeful news that the work "is in the process" of being completed. The next question was what about the cost involved. Garvin said students have a good chance of avoiding most of the burden of payment. The money "comes out of district funds," he asserted. However, your "parking fees do go for road maintenance." according to Garvin. What about the future ? Garvin declared he was "in the process of meeting with the administrators on the possibility of removal of all the bumps." From here, Higdon took over the conversation. He firmly stated that he and Garvin were "not vindictive" in this action. Higdon mentioned he had been studying the legal aspect of the matter. While noting that the bumps were considered to be illegal in certain cases of hazardous situations on public property, Higdon asserted the bumps are "still hazardous on private property." But what if the administrators balk on the issue of removal? According to Higdon, the "next step would be the Board of Governors." If that fails, what? Higdon claimed he has "been in contact with an attorney" willing to take on the case, but he hopes "it won't have to go that far." The interview ended with statements of confidence from both parties. Garvin: "I think we're going to get a resolution that favors all the students on this campus." Higdon: "At this time, can't see any possibility of failure."
News Briefs MECHA will be sponsoring the movie , "The Battle of Algiers", today• from 3-5 p.m. in room P-32.
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Students, faculty or members of the community wishing to donate toys or money to help MECHA in their annual toy drive and Christmas party for underprivileged children, are asked to bring contributions to the MECHA office in R-5.
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Elsie McNabb, lower left, is shown during a recent interview with reporters
from the Bell Telephone Company. She has been the switchboard operator at
Palomar for the last lO _years.. (Photo by Eric Johnson)
For those of you that need the use of the library to finish up on your term papers, book reports or just read a book, the Phil H. Putnam Memorial Library will be open all through Christmas Vacation. The hours are as follows: MondayThursday 7:30-9:50, Friday 7:30-4:00, and ·saturday 9:20-2:00.