A Message to Peninsula College Students from President Maier
November 3 is an important day not only because of the national and state elections, but also because Referendum 12 is on the ballot.
This Referendum, if passed, will provide $59,000,000 matching funds for construction of school buildings throughout the state.
If the vote is favorable, the young people will be provided with adequate classrooms. If it is unfavorable, education will regress — over-crowding, double-shifting and curtailment of educational opportunitites will again prevail.
As you know, construction on our new site at Boulevard and Ennis is progressing (despite the 37-day plumber’s strke) and there is still a possibility that we will be moving before the first of the year.
The six buildings under construction are being paid for from funds from the localschool
district bond levy. The completion of the remainder of the buildings is dependent upon a 50 per cent favorable vote on Referendum 12.
Please encourage your friends and parents to vote YES for Referendum 12 on November 3. This will not increase anyone’s taxes as the
funds to repay this bonded indebtedness are available from existing motor vehicle excise taxes.
A YES vote will mean that our campus will be completed by the fall of 1965.
Referendum 12 Affects You
Referendum 12, appearing on the November ballot, will provide $59,000,000 in state matching funds for statewide school construction. The vote on this issue will directly affect
the students of Peninsula College. If the referendum is passed, the college can add to the
new campus: a lecture hall, a gymnasium, a practical nursing unit, a fine arts center
which will house a small theater, an art studio, a music and journalism unit, a student
center, and a bookstore.
The passage of the issue will require no new taxes. The bonds will be retired from the
existing Motor Vehicle Excise Tax which is taken on automobile registration and licensing. If the issue fails to pass, school construction will have to be financed entirely by additional local taxes on property.
Since 1953, the Washington State Legislature has voted on the use of the funds for construction. In August of 1963, the State Supreme Court ruled that the issue must be submitted to a vote of the people. Referendrum 12 will provide matching funds for four community colleges (including Peninsula),
22 new high schools, 23 new junior high schools, 91 new elementary schools and two
new vocational schools. It will also provide for many needed additions to existing, crowded
schools.
The students of Peninsula College mustencourage all voters to vote “yes” on Referendum 12 or face the possibility of attending college on an Incomplete campus.
Freshman Rally Planned for October 30
Under the leadership of Barbara Mair, freshman class will sponsor a rally designed to inform the voters of Port Angeles of the sincere desire of the students and teachers of Peninsula College tohave
Referendum 12 pass by a good margin.
The students are referring to the referendum by calling S.P.A.C.E., which stands for
Statewide Parents And Citizens for Education. The S.P.A.C.E. will provide more educational’
facilities, avoid high property taxes, and create more jobs and payrolls.
All students are invited to attend, so a good representation of our college will be in attendance. Students will carry signs both of the prepared and selfmade type.
On October 30, at 4:30thestudents will meet at the swimming
pool to begin the rally. From there the rally will move down the Lincoln Street block, down
1st to Oak, and down Oak to Front, and down Front to Lincoln, ending at the pooL
This rally is of great importance and Itssuccess depends on and directly affects the student. Laxity on the part of the students has been noticed concerning most college functions.
It is sincerely hoped that this will not be the case at this particular function. So, plan on eating late or
leaving late — those of you who commute, but come. We need your support!
Class Officers Elected
The elections for the Freshmen and Sophomore classes are over; the results are as follows:
Sophomores: President Fred
Hansen, Vice-President Malin
Charnell, Secretary-Treas. Toni
McReynolds.
Freshmen: President Steve
Counter, Vice-President Claudia
Homer, Secretary-Treas. Cindy
Bialik.
Much talk has been going around concerning the way these elections were handled. Many
people wondered why the candidates didn’t give speeches, and many people had trouble filling
out their ballots because they just didn’t know the candidates.
A conference with President Maier revealed that since it is the duty of the students to arrange tiie elections, any criticism or praise after the elections goes to the students themselves, and no one else.
It becomes apparent that the elections were not handled as well as they could have been
through lack of participation and interest on the part of the students.
So often it is heard around campus that the students want more responsibility, and more rights. If the elections are any indication of the students’ capabilities, it seemsthat any change
in their responsibilities should be a lessening, not a heightening of responsibilities.
If this doesn’t sound right to you that’s all right If the
interest is there that’s good too. However, until something is undertaken by the students, and
done properly, it still remains a cold hard fact that interest alone is not enough; action is
also necessary.
Civic Symphony uses College Talent
This year ten per cent of the musicians in the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra are associated with Peninsula College.
Julie Hoffman, Delaine Julian, and Donna Sienko play violin; Miss Holm plays clarinet; Brandel Sundt plays trumpet; and Arthur Tackett draws music from a big bass viola.
Peninsula students are fortunate to have a symphony in such a small community. Conductor
James Van Horn reports that only one smaller city in the United States has an orchestra
eligible to be affiliated with the America Symphony League.
The first concert of the season was given Oct. 15 in the high School auditiorium with music
by Mozart, Beethoven, Bizet, and the contemporary American, Henry Cowell.
The next concert on Sunday, December 6, will feature Handel’s MESSIAH with the Community Chorus. Students who have read George Bernard Shaw’s essay on THE MESSIAH
for English 101 should be especially interested. More- 1mportant, students who are beginning to understand the value of a liberal education should make an effort to take advantage of cultural activities in the community.
Merriwether,Bowes Finalists in Debate
Glen Merriwether and Martin Bowes, students at Peninsula College, were finalists In the Forensics Workshop hosted by Olympic College on October 8 and 9. Fourteen teams from six community colleges attended the workshop as an introduction to the debate season. Students
came from the colleges of Grays Harbor, Lower Columbia, Shore.
line, Centralia, Olympic and Peninsula. After four rounds of debate, a team from Olympic
and the Peninsula team of Merriwether and Bowers were undefeated. These finalists gave a
demonstration debate for allstudents and coaches.
The question for debate this season is “Resolved the Federal Government should establish a program of public work for the unemployed.”
Throughout the workshop, demonstrations were given In the other forensic activities of interpretive reading, Impromptu, oratory and extemporaneous speaking. Critiques of the speaking demonstrations were given
by debate coaches of the various
colleges.
AWS elects
The election of officers for the Associated Women Students
this year featured an unusual number of candidates and several closely contested offices.
A tie vote for the office of president necessitated a re-run of the election. The slightly
larger vote in the re-run gave
Toni McReynolds the margin needed to defeat runner-up Cecelia Rice. Other officers elected were as follows: Billie Jo Bradley, vice-president; Jeri Forester, secretary-treasurer;
and Janie Olsen, representative to B.O.C.
Daytime Enrollment Crowds Classrooms
Classes started at Peninsula College on September 22 with a total enrollment of 428 students,
excluding night school classes. This represents almost double the number of students enrolled
when the doors of P.C. were first opened in the fall of 1961.
As usual, the men outnumber the women almost 2 to 1. With
odds like that, the gentle sex can’t lose! The freshmen outnumber the sophomores 205 to
103.
After Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend have contributed heaviest to the student body.
Peninsula College can boast 34 out of state students and nine foreign students.
Three hundred thirty-two students signified an intention to go on to a 4-year college while
96 do not so intend. With over a hundred more students enrolled this fall than the
last, we congratulate the administration on making the ends of the classrooms stretch; however, we are certainly looking forward to the completion of our new school.
BOC Adopts Budget
President Dave Edwards called the first B.O.C. meeting of 1964-65 to order on October 8th. After introducing the officers and representatives,
Mr. Edwards outlined various projects the Associated Students have planned for the immediate
future. The proposed budget as explained by Mr. Felro, Director of Student Activities, was
unanimously accepted by the students.
The Associated Students meets every Thursday and meetings are open to all students.
You are urged to attend and take an active part in our student government and activities.
Be Aware
The recent events that have been taking place through out the world, at least the major events, ought to be common knowledge to all of us. We, as students, should be
aware of the world around us. Our studies are the foundation of our future; however, current events will determine the atmosphere of that future.
Sadly enough, we are more concerned with personal rather than political problems. We rush about, each of us in our own little world, while we let the rest of the world go by. For example, could you say who Russia’s new leader is, or what his political policies will be? Are you aware of the significance of Red China’s first successful atomic bombs? Did you note that England just had an election and did you note which party won? These things may seem remote; well then, let’s bring the picture a little
closer to home. Do you know the basic issues in our own national elections, or for that matter our state and county? Why will this election be crucial to our two party system of government? If you are informed on these issues then you are forutnate; however, the majority of us are
of us are informed and can not answer these vital questions.
One of the most frequent excuses for not being informed on current events is, “I am too busy.” This
excuse gives us an easy way out, as we are rationalizing our laxity. We are busy with our school work and private social lives; therefore we can ignore all these problems.
After all, it really is not very pleasant to concentrate on current issues and if we can successfully Ignore them, perhaps they will go away.
Another excuse used to explain our ignorance of the issues, and one which we all use is, “Why should I care?” If I know what is going on, no one is going to give me a medal, and who wants to sit down and talk politics?
After we have identified our own personal reasons for not becoming aware of, or Involved in, current problems and realize that they are inadequate, lame, and lacking in practical judgment, then we are well on the way towards being informed. As you know, once you identify and accept a problem it is much easier to cope with, and this problem is the same as any other. We owe it to our country and to ourselves as its future leaders to be informed. How can we say we are informed if we do not
know the issues? How can we know the issues unless we study them? NOW IS THE TIME, for us to become informed. The events taking place now will soon be history.
What kind of history will it be? What should we do as individuals to insure the future world as a better place for us to live?
College Has Distorted Room
By FRED HANSEN
Hey students — guess what? Mr. Meacham has a distorted room. (No, not mind—room.)
The Psychology Department is now the proud possessor of “The Distorted Room,” a device which
is manufactured by Shaw Laboratories. The purpose of the room is to Illustrate perceptual conflict, otherwise known as an optical Illusion.
The principle of the room is simple. When looking into the room from your classroom seat, it appears to be perfectly rectangular. When objects of identical size are placed in each
corner of the room one will appear to be larger than the other. Ordinarily we would interpret the smaller of the two images to be farther away, but the observer “knows” the room
to be rectangular. This phenomenon is termed perceptual
conflict.
The student, however, has only been “tricked” into believing the room to be rectangular. Actually, the left hand corner is twice as far away as the right hand corner. This mechanism produces the visual conflict
which makes one of the identical images appear larger than the other.
Mr. Meacham has, however, one minor problem with this device, and that is where to
store it. Any suggestions?
Does Anyone Play the Piano?
By JOAN ROGERS
Since Peninsula College began in 1961, the music department has struggled to display the musical talents of men and women for the students and faculty.
Each year has shown considerable improvement. In the past we have had and enjoyed the Peninsula College Choir, directed by Mr. Freeman, and the instrumental ensemble directed
by Miss Holm. This group not only added variety to lastyear’s Spring Concert, but also helped
support the Pirates basketball games.
This year Mr. Freeman has started something new. He has chosen a few select male and
female voices that he hopes to train to perfection, and has started a vocal ensemble for our
enjoyment. Although this is a tremendous idea, there is one problem. This group (as well
as the College Choir) is without an accompanist. A piano player is desperately needed!
How about YOU?
It has been arranged that this class will be worth one credit. However, students who are
carrying a full credit quota now, are still welcome, and in fact, needed. The class will meet
twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 in the high school music room.
Short, out-of-town trips maybe possible at some time or other. Lots of hard work is in store,
but the enjoyment others get from hearing you is reward enough, and makes the hardwork
very worthwhile.
Please, if you play piano, get in touch with Mr. A. Lee Free. man, or a member of the choir.
They’ll appreciate your help and you’ll enjoy it!
Dear Freshmen:
Dear Freshman:
Your are now embarking upon
the most Important career of
your lifetime. Your college career Is the most important step
you will ever take. Why? Because a college education will
help determine whether you will
become a success or failure in
your later life. To be more
explicit — a college education
is almost equal to success.
Too many students, mostly
freshman, however, are dropping out of school to seek full
time employment. Most of these
students have taken the attitude
that college is too “rough” for
them, or that they just were
not “cut out” for college. To
some extent this is true. Yes,
college Is difficult, especially
in the freshman year, and some
people are not capable of making a success of college. My
remarks are not directed to this
faction, but rather to you Incoming freshmen of Peninsula
College.
Your freshman year will be
arduous (look this word up),
and seemingly impossible at
times. College is a new type of
education, and it will open new
horizons to you. By a “new
type of education,” I mean Inis:
College will prepare you tothink
critically and reflectively, and
make you capable of weighing
all viewpoints on a particular
issue before arriving at an educated answer. By “new horizons,” I mean the wealth of Information locked within the
pages of your textbooks. Your
mind Is the key to those pages,
and with the proper training
this “key” Is truly your personal key to success.
The question is, how does a
freshman acquire this key to
thinking critically and reflectively? The answer is your
ENGLISH CLASSES. Pay attention and listen Intently in them,
and do your assignments carefully and thoughtfully. Your English Instructors are there to
assist you in training your mind
to the college level of thinking. They will help you in every
way possible; take advantage of
this wonderful opportunity.
Above all — stay in schooL
Sincerely yours,
Fred Hansen
(Sophomore)
The Sports Beat
By PAUL KELLY
Peninsula has opened again for another
year and It Is time for the better half (or
are we more than half … I hope not) to think
of football. Unfortunately we have no league
football, but for those who enjoy the game we
have six intermural flag football teams.
Last year Intermurals were a lot of fun
and we are bigger this year. Men, check the
list in the student center; you’re all on a team.
Try to get your team to the top.
Results of team play October 7, 1964:
There will be round-robin play with a
tournament between the top four finishers before the end of the quarter.
Team three ran over team four 27 to 0.
Miller, Doherty and Wilson were the ones in on
all the action in the first game. Wilson caught
two passes for TD’s, with Miller and Doherty
each throwing two.
Twenty-seven to six with team six over
team one was the score in game two. There
it looked like Callis doing the throwing and
Hordyck, Fullerton, Pennington and Bailey
dragging them in for TD’s.
Game three was the thriller. Team five
eked out a PAT which was the difference in
their seven to six victory. Smiley to Zorich
was the combination for all seven points.
There were a few teams short handed; check
and see which team you’re on.
Take a look around, sophomores, and I’m sure you’ll see
more long tall guys around this
year than last year. There are
quite a few over the six foot
three mark and Coach Quenette
is sure that these boys can be
developed into a well-balanced
basketball team. Thisis our first
year in league play and Coach
feels we have an excellent chance
to get in to the eight team conference tournament at the end
of the season.
League play is here for base.
ball, also, and if you have the
ability or interest, talk to Coach
Quenette.
Freshman Dance Big success
Friday, October 2 was the
night of the famous Freshman
Class Bar-B-Que-Slop-Hop. The
dance was the first of the year
and we are sure it is to be
considered the best of the year.
The biggest attraction of the
dance was, of course, the bonfire, and all those hot dogs, and
marshmallows. Even though it
was a cold night, everyone managed to tromp out to the fire
and fix themselves a burnt but
raw hot dogand a flaming marshmallow on a stick. We spied
several people coming back tor
thirds and fourths, although
they’d never admit it.
The fire may have been warm
and the food “delicious,” but
most couldn’t resist the music
coming from the Student Center^ and soon the focus was
once again on the dance.
The dance, itself was highlighted by several unusual
dances especially the one performed by Aziz Aubeh and Irahiam Qulaghasi. It is an Arabian dance, done to the count of
six. It appeared quite easy too.
Ruth Londahl and Donna Sienko
volunteered to learn it, but gave
up in despair.
Captain Perriwinkle’s Periscope
By BRANDY and GLEN
Sincere congratulations to Malin £harnell for placing
first in the Firearms Safety Contest at Dungeness . . .
Thanks to the Sophomore Class for helping our predict
tion of less than 12 people at the 2nd Class Meeting become
a reality . . . Sorrow at learning of Nikita’s replacement;
who’s burying who, Nick Baby . . . Approval of the girls
on the Tennis team wearing their costumes to school.
We’d like to see more of this . . . Thanks to long-winded
Profs who cut into our five minutes between classes; by
the end of the year every student should be able to do’the
hundred yard dash in 10 flat with no strain . . . Best wishes
to Brandy, who seems to be intent on becoming a drag
racer . . . Good luck to Clayton Baldwin in his own private
search for Miss America . . . Good luck to us after this
article is published . . . Until next time . . .
Political forum
Approximately 150 people attended the Political Forum held
October 20th which was sponsored by the Community Service
Committee of Peninsula College.
Mr. Sandison and Mr. Hansen, both running for the state
senate, presented their views.
Following these two speakers
the candidates running for state
representatives presented their
views. Various Issues which had
arisen during the campaign were
discussed.
Mr. Meacham and Mr. Quast
did an excellent job, and the
forum ran smoothly and dealt
with issues of importance.
Soph dance
The Mandrakes, the group
from the Lee Hotel, provided
live music for the Sophomore
Dance on October 16. The group
consisted of a lead guitarist,
a piano player and a drummer;
They started the dance with
mixers such as Ebb Tide, and
other similar tunes. Later they
played songs such as Chug-A.
Lug, and Rock ’n Roll tunes,
such as Jorgen Inghman’s
Aphache were also played. The
Mandrakes, because of their en.
gagement at the Lee Hotel, had
to leave at eight o’clock, but it
was very evident from the participation that their show was
enjoyed immensely.
Later in the evening, punch
was served by Miss Carole Shulte. The hawaiin punch was especially prepared by three
sophomore chefs, who were
Steve Olts, John Tate, and Fred
Hansen. Even though it was not
alchoholic, the trio received
many compliments for their efforts.
Two Instructors added to P.C. Faculty
The new Instructor you’ve
seen around the campus, the
gentleman who smokes a pipe,
is our math instructor, Mr.
Jack Evans. He was born in
Manchester, New Hampshire,
which is about 50 miles north
of Boston, and also explains
his Eastern accent,
Mr, Evans graduated from St,
Anselm’s College with a degree
in math and a minor in physics. From there he went to
Officers’ Candidate School and
became an ensign. He served
aboard the U.S.S; Roanoke as
a main propulsion Officer and
left the service as a lieutenant,
On returning to civilian life, he
worked for General Electric at
Hanford Atomic Products Operations as a specialist in Research and Development, From
there hewent toWashingtonState
University where he attained the
academic rank of an Instructor
and spent six years prior to
coming to Port Angeles.
Port Angeles reminds Mr.
Evans of a place where he lived
in Maine as a child. He likesthe
people and locale and enjoys
water and snow skiing.
Mr, Evans is gratified at the
caliber of students in his math
classes and appreciates and enjoys the close association with
students that is possible in a
small school as compared with
the tremendously large classes
at the University. He is interested in seeing more activities,
especially in the field of math
and science. He would like to
have a visiting lecturers’ service, that is offered by mathematics associations, come to
Peninsula.
Have you heard of PJC’s scavenger? His real name is Mr.
Mausolf and he is our Fisheries
instructor. He has attended the
University of Washington, but before this he became experienced
in many other fields. At first
he was a mechanical draftsman;
then he went to Wyoming where
he worked on a “dude ranch.”
From here he went to Idaho,
where he tanned furs for two
winters and workedwith the Forest Service. By this time he was 19.
He had planned to go to Alaska, but got sidetracked at the
University.
Since then he has spent seven
summers in Alaska, working
with the Wildlife Service and
operating as a commercial fisherman. He once started a small
corporation to manufacture an
invention of his, but this wasn’t
“too” successful. He has also
worked as a carpenter, which
now is considered to be his second trade. Peninsula provided
his first assignment in teaching.
Since he was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and has traveled some distance, we asked
him what he thought of Port Angeles and the college. He told us
he liked both Port Angeles and
the college very much and that
he feels that this town has excellent opportunitiesfor the fisheries program; although, he admitted, our program is 24 years
behind that of the University.
The fisheries program is quite
complicated and its graduates
will be trained in variousfields:
Fisheries science, hatchery
work, fish and game management, fish research and the gathering of oceanographic data. The
students must know all about
the area’s fish, fresh and salt
water; they must know all the
commerical fishing methods and
must be manually adept in the use
of the tools. They must also
take a well-rounded liberal arts
course.
Now, to answer the big question: Why is he called the scavenger? The federal and state
governments provide funds for
equipment, but Mr. Mausolf
needed the equipment before the
funds came. So he began to
scrounge around for his equipment. “But,” he says, “other
schools do it.” It’s a good ex.
cuse to ease the guilty conscience, isn’t it Mr. Mausolf?
As you can see, the fisheries program is a big job, and
it requires an equally big man
and we feel that Mr. Mausolf
is just that man. We welcome
you to Port Angeles and especially welcome you to the staff
of PJC instructors. And we wish
the best of luck to you and your
fisheries program.
John Pogany Instructs Evening Classes In art
John Pogany, well known Olympic Peninsula artist, is instructing the Peninsula College Evening Division art class program which consists of three
quarters of oil painting – Art ll?
12, and 13. This quarter, emphasis is being put on the fundamentals of color technique and
handling of simple still life and
landscape composition.
Pogany, who has studios in
Blyn, teaches classes in color
and landscape throughout the
area. Many of his widely exhibited paintings are in private
collections. One of his most
interesting endeavors is the
series of murals at the William
Randolf Hearst Alpine village,
Wytoon, in Northern California.
In 1930 Willy Pogany, American
Weekly artist-illustrator and
father of John Pogany, was commissioned to paint murals on
two chateaus. After 25 years
they had weathered to the extent that John Pogany was commissioned to restore them. He
also painted a third to complete
a triad.
A foreign student
By IBRAHIM QULAGHASI
On my way to the United States
I was convinced of one thing, that
the Americanpeople have a great
deal of money in their pockets.
This was due to many thingsthat
I had seen and heard about
before I got to America.
For one thing your Hollywood
movies depict the wrong side of
American culture to my people
back home in Jordan. From these
movies the people of my country get the Impression of the
average American as being a
rich and wealthy person; can
you blame them? Your movies
show a beautiful home, a new
car in the garage, and the latest
of household equipment. Naturally we foreigners are impressed and fooled by your at
tractive movies. Also your cowboy movies give us the idea that
you have huge herds of cattle.
The cowboy movies also show a
great deal of agricultural advancement.
I would not be exaggerating if
I said I thought American dollars grow on trees, because I
actually would say thatthe United
States is ahead of any other
country financially. But thisfact
alone does not make you the most
important country in the world.
Before we can judge you as a
typical citizen of the world we
must make you understand that
you are not the most civilized
and desired tourist in the world.
You expect to see and find things
in other countries just as they
are here in America and this
simply is just not the case. The
(average) American does not
realize that some people in this
world are not even able to live
due to lack of industrialization
in many of the under-developed countries of the world.
Also the American Foreign
Aid program is not as beneficial as it could be. Usually the
money goes to the top government officials and not to the
people that need it. Money from
the Foreign Aid program is
usually spent for military purposes in my country rather than
for medical help where it is
most desperately needed. We do
need your aid for such things as
more hospitals, better education systems, building highways, vocational training, and to
help keep our Palestinian refugees from starving to death.
When your Foreign Aid money goes to our government officials,we cannot help but hate
them. We cannot help but think
of you as the “Ugly Americans”
when you send us money rather
than the technical help we are
so desperately in need of. I am
glad that the Americans are
finally realizing this problem
and have started the Peace
Corps. The Peace Corps is doing a fantastic job in our country and we are grateful fortheir
help. Once the Americans abandon the Idea of buying their
friends they will find that they
will be gaining more friends
around the world.
Concerning your schools and
the student life here in America, I say it is a privilege to
attend school here. I enjoy the
activities and the goings on of
the campus, in spite of the fact
that a student has enough work
to keep him busy during the
week. I am also impressed by
your scholarship program which
is available to all qualified students. Your teachers are not
very strict and are very easy
to get along with and are willing
to help students who want help.
I would say that your country is going through a very
hard stage of its existence right
now, but this will pass peacefully if the authorized people
will carry the burden of security for the United States and
the rest of the world as well.
I, personally, believe that the
United States is the most desirable nation in the world. I
sincerely say that I like this
country and that is why I came
and am here now. If you will
keep in mind the hints I have
given you and try to understand what they mean, then I
think America will be a lot more
respected by the rest of the
world. I, and others like me, can
only judge your country the way
we see it.
