ABS Elections underway
The ASB elections are now in full swing. The final election is to take place Friday, May 7.
The ASB offices to be filled are President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. All
candidates must have 28 units of credit and carry a 2.00 grade
point average at the end of the winter quarter. A petition is required for nomination which
must be signed by at least 25 but no more than 35 members of the student body. The petitions
must be returned to BOC before April 23. A person signing a petition may sign one and only
one petition per office. A candidate for the office of treasurer is required to have at least
one year of high school bookkeeping or one quarter of college accounting.
Poster material may be obtained from Gloria Ludke in the ASB office. There is no restriction as to number and size of posters, but they must be in good taste and must be placed in approved areas. All posters must be okayed by Mr. Feiro or a member of the election committee (Fred Hansen, Dave Edwards, Gloria Ludke or Pam Clerico).
Midway through the election campaign an assembly will be arranged to allow each candidate time to speak and or give a skit. Tie time to be allowed is approximately 5 minutes.
A few words of warning: if you are interested in running for an office, please contact
Dave Edwards as soon as possible. It would be to your advantage also to contact the person presently holding the office you are interested in so as to become acquainted with the
jobs and responsibilities of that office. It would also be wise to attend a few of the Board of Control meetings which are held Thursdays at noon. Be sure to watch the bulletins and the announcement boards as there are some very important announcements and dates which all candidates should be aware of. Also, it should be remembered that if the proposed changes in the Constitution are accepted, a
person may not hold more than one elected office in any BOC approved organization. This means AWS, Sophomore Class, Freshman Class, German Club, Cheerleaders and so on. Please
keep this in mind. Everyone who meets the requirements and strongly wishes
to support Peninsula Junior College is urged to run for an office. It is hard work, but the experience and knowledge gained make it work the effort.
WFCL Adopts Constitution
At first we thought it was an April Fool’s trick, but we found out it was no joke! Dave Edwards, Cyndie Bialik and Barb Maier left for Yakima Valley College on April 1 at 2:30 in
the morning. This unheard of hour in the morning was a necessity because the conference
started at 10:00a.m. and Yakima is a long way from Poi’t Angeles.
The purpose of the conference was to discuss and vote on the Washington Federation of Collegiate Leaders’ constitution, Each community college was allowed one vote as expressed
by its delegate, ours being Dave Edwards with Cyndie Bialik as alternate; During the sessions
the entire constitution including every Article and all the Bylaws were discussed and changes
were made. After the last Article of the constitution was discussed
a vote wastaken with all colleges present voting “aye” except for two abstentions.
With the passage of this constitution, our state-wide meetings will be carried out by its
rules and provisions.
The Community College Leadership Conference to be held at Grays Harbor College May 13- 15 was discussed and plans are being made to make it as beneficial as possible to leaders.
This will be the first meeting held using the newly adopted constitution. With high spirits of
accomplishment, delegates left warm sunny Yakima at about 3:30 in the afternoon for their respective homes.
Play Reading Marks Library Week
Library Week is being publicized all over the nation and here in Port Angeles the scene
is no different. Among the many events scheduled for that week, on April 30, Peninsula College
students will give a reading open to all the public at the library.
“The Misanthrope,” by Moliere is the play they have chosen.
This reading, although it is to consist of college students, is a project of the Community
Players. If not enough students will take part, the Players will fill in the vacancies.
At this point a tentative cast has been selected and rehearsals are underway, but students who
missed the sign-up sheets might signify their willingness to be considered in an emergency.
Faculty Members Awarded Grants
Several Peninsula College faculty members will exchange their role as teachers for that
of students thissummer, Instead of taking well-earned vacations.
Mr. Churchley, Assistant Professor in Chemistry, was awarded a NSF grant In chemistry,
and will attend the summer session at Oregon State University at Corvallis, Oregon.
Mr. Maloney, who was awarded a NSF grant in Economics, will be traveling to Missouri
where he will attend the summer session at the University of Missouri.
Mr. Young, Assistant Professor in Physics, and Registrar of Peninsula College, has been
awarded a NSF grant in Physics to attend the summer session of the University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Quast, instructor of Political Science, Philosophy and German, has been promoted to Assistant Professor. The Buccaneer extends congratulations to these four faculty
members.
Symphony’s Final Concert April 29
The Port Angeles Symphony will present its third and final concert of the year at the high
school auditorium, Thursday, April 29 at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Van
Horn will conduct hisforty member orchestra in “FraDiavolo,”
Mendelssohn’s “Koncert for the Violin,” Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Sound of Music” and a
Strauss Waltz. The guest violinist is the famed Henry Siegl
of the Seattle Symphony. He will play the solo in Mendelssohn’s
“Koncert for the Violin.” Mr. Siegl has made it a habit to visit
Port Angeles at least once a year, and this year as always
the symphony and the town are looking forward to his visit. Members of Peninsula Junior
College who will take part in this concert are Julie Hoffman, Donna Sienko, Brandy Sundt, and Miss Holm.
Banquet Fetes PTK Initiates
Phi Theta Kappa held its annual initiation banquet, April 15, at the Lee Motor Hotel. Pam
Clerico and Jim Randklev conducted the initiating of the new members. The new members
were Nikki Lundberg, Judith Hoffman, Julie Hoffman, Jennifer Hulse, Karen Dugdale, Barb
Maier, Hildegard Eberhard, Judy Read, Cyndie Bialik, Barb Lawson, Roberta Ranchor, Fran
Huntingford and Cheryl Smith. Mrs. Cramp and Miss Holm
Installed new officers,Judy Read was named the new president;
Julie Hoffman, the new vice president; Judith Hoffman, the
new secretary; and Karen Dugdale, the new treasurer. Jennifer Hulse was elected as the new BOC member.
After the formal ceremonies, Mr. Fisch gave an Inspiring speech. At this occasion, also,
Mrs. Cramp was given a small gift in gratitude for herservices.
She will be going to Auburn next year and will no longer be at Peninsula. She was presented with a blue desk set and cigarette case. “She’s been a wonderful advisor and we hate to see
her go,” commented Pam Clerico. Mrs. Cramp introduced next year’s Phi Theta Kappa advisor,
Miss Holm.
The dinner came to a close at approximately 8:30 p.m. Fran Huntingford summarized the
feelings of all present. “It was beautiful . . . a very important part of my college career. I will never forget it.”
New Construction Ahead
E. John Maier, President of Peninsula College has announced through the medium of
the Northwest Junior College Newsletter, that the Board of Directors of School District No.
21 has authorized the call for blds for the second phase of construction for the college
buildings.
This group of buildings will comprise a student center, a little theater, a lecture hall, a
practical nurse unit, and a gymnasium. The estimated cost of
the second phase will be approximately $740,000. Bids will be
opened on May 6.
Charles Rueger and Associates, architectural firm, has
begun the preliminary planning for a fisheries technician
building. All the laboratory facilities necessary to the fisheries program will be contained
in this building, as will hatchery troughs and rearing troughs.
Students to Vote on Amendments
Pam Clerico and Fred Hansen announced the proposed constitutional amendments at the BOC
meeting, April 1, 1965. BOC was given one week to read and study
the proposed changes. Because of the thorough and excellent
efforts of Pam and Fred, the proposed amendments were accepted with hardly a whisper of
change. These changes will soon be voted upon by the student body. It is advisable for all
students to obtain a copy of these amendments from the student center and read and study
them very closely. This is our Constitution and we will be governed by it® Let’s be sure we
are making the right decision.
Editorial
Have you noticed the phone in our library? If not,
you really ought to take a look. It’s a solid chrome monstrosity, with a steel cable running from the mouthpiece
and earphone combination to the basic unit itself. It is
a nightmare of a telephone.
Why do we have such a phone? The telephone company
cannot risk putting the conventional type phone in because
they are “to easily burned, broken or otherwise disfigured.” The company didn’t come right out and say the
students of Peninsula College would disfigure a conventional phone, but the phone in the library entrance tells
us what they think.
Do we deserve this type of treatment? Are we so
juvenile that we have to have everything we use chrome
plated and bolted down? Perhaps you expect me to say no.
Perhaps you expect me to publicly condemn the telephone
company for faulty judgment. Well, I’d like to be able
to do so. I say like because I don’t feel that I can.
Looking back to the old campus, an incident comes
to mind. The students were keeping, or rather, failing to
keep the student center cleaned up. It finally got so bad
that the powers that be told us to clean it up or it would
be shut down. It worked for a while. Here at the new campus, however, the same lethargy is creeping in. The student
center is a disgrace. Not only do we fail to take our
garbage away from the table, but some haven’t even
been able to hit the ashtray with their cigarettes, as
burnt spots on the tile floor testify. Also, some have
managed to hit the table with the same effect. The results
speak for themselves.
As proud as we are of our new campus, and as much
as each of us wants to be recognized as a mature adult
person, I don’t think it’s too much to ask to keep the student center clean. It speaks for us. As I said before, I’d Hire to write that letter. How about helping me out?
BUCCANEER STAFF
Editors Donna Sienko, Glen Merriwether
Photography Jim Floyd
Advertising Valle Nevaril
Reporters Gloria Carter,Margaret Millican
Nisus
Spring now turning Inside out,
My robin’s-ear is tuned, tilting
Toward the breathwork in the earth,
The struggle of a choral darkness
In the pulse of worms, the lilting
Of my robin’s-heart, enough to know
The strain of giving birth
Has far more beauty than
The ease of being born.
– David Starnes
Book Review
By DAVID STARNES
Edward Lewis Wallant died in 1962. In the last three
of his thirty-six years, he produced four novels which
equally possessed the bang and briHlance of a first
novel; the awe that moves a reader to say: “This would
make a good movie.” Without labelling them, Wallant was a trafficker of
characters whose common ground is one of suffering.
If they are unable to move beyond it, they at least in the
end assume a more distinct and dignified bearing. Ordinary
people still prove to be the most extraordinary.In his first
novel, THE HUMAN SEASON, the main character is a
plumber; in another it is a landlord, or a pawnbroker, or
a hospital orderly. In all, the main character is also the
main sufferer. Like an unwilling Maypole, he stands rooted
and wrapped in the multi-colored guilts and wounds and
little deaths of those around him. These “colors” clash,
then blend with his own suffering. In Montaigne’s words
then, each character in this particular colorscheme “bears
the whole stamp of the human condition” — and he grins
from that bearing. There is a religious element in these novels that
doesn’t smack of religlosity.Each of the central characters
is Jewish (as Wallant was) and in THE CHILDREN AT
THE GATE he is obviously a kind of Christ. THE PAWNBROKER is a man embittered and haunted by memories
of Nazi Germany and nightmares of the concentration
camps. The most likeable sufferer, and at first the weakest, is the landlord in THE TENANTS OF MOONBLOOM,
who finally displays the same good of Wallant’s other heroes: sacrifice and compassion.
It is a pity that Edward Wallant did not live to write more. It will be a greater pity if what he did write does not survive.
NO Clocks in college
By DONNA SIENKO
Have you heard the lastest?
The faculty has decided that
there will be no clocks at Peninsula! Why???? Because the students spend half the period looking at the clock to find out when
the class will be over. I don’t
know about half the students, but
it takes me three fourths of the
period to find someone with a
watch so I can find out what time
it is. In the process I have usually stirred up the class to a
frantic frenzy. But I guess ifthe
faculty would rather have that
kind of disturbance than a constant glancing at the clock —
it is their prerogative.
And I suppose if they would
rather have a troop of students
clanging into their class five to
ten minutes late because some
instructor “forgot to wind his
watch,” that, too, is their prerogative.
But when it comes down to not
letting -the students set a time
schedule for a test or not working out a decent outline for a
theme because there are no
clocks around for the students
to judge by, I feel that this is no
longer their prerogative! How
many times have you had to rush
an end to a beautiful theme because you didn’t realize the
time? How many times have you
had to sacrifice part of a quiz
because time flew by and you
didn’t know what time it was?
How many times are you in a
plain state of frustration because no one has the time, and
you’ve got an appointment downtown, or you’ve got a bus to
catch or a deadline to meet?
I agree that every Instructor
has a reason to dislike clocks,
for they are a nuisance. But to
get rid of them Is not solving
anything; It Is only introducing
a worse evil to Peninsula. It’s
about time that the students
did something —- for we are
the victims of this decision —
not the faculty.
Captain Perriwinke’s Periscope
By GLEN
Seen around the new campus • . • looks of misery
concerning the short Easter vacation • . . amazed biology
students looking at ‘all sorts of “weird and wonderful”
things during their lab period … look of horror on
the face of the proprietor of Laurel Lanes as Mr. Quenette’s beginning bowling class goes through its paces.. . •
look of horror on my face as both Machelle Pangratze
and Pat Shore defeat me in the beginners’ bowling class
. . . Mr. Evans displaying a few “silver threads among
the black,” claims the Community Players are making
an “old man out of him” … Mr. Quast giving a pop
quiz for lack of attendance … Inez Schroeder back at work
behind the snack bar, how was your “vacation”? …
Workers finally finishing up the courtyard thanks to the
learned advice of many members of the faculty and
student body … some early morning “parking lot activity” … Mr. Fisch refusing to demonstrate a ritual
Indian dance to elaborate a lecture in Washington State
History … Abe Qualagahsi looking awfully lonely this
quarter, what’s the matter, Abe?. • • Mr. Evans bringing
his twin brother up for a look at the campus, I guess
things could be worse … That’s all for now • • • Yo Ho
me hearties.
Heart Fund Growing
One of Peninsula’s dearest funds Is that of the fireplace fund, more commonly known as “the hearth fund.” Tills Is afund set up to raise money for afireplace which will eventually go in the yet to be constructed student center. About $2,000 isrequired if we are to have the fireplace.
Several functions have been organized for the sole purpose of raising money for this fund. One such function is coming up in the near future. This is AWS’s “Brick Sale.” This week-long sale is scheduled for the last part of May. Bricks will be sold to anyone who pays a dollar.
Those who “buy a brick” will have their names inscribed on a plaque which will be placed somewhere near the fireplace. All the money gained by this sa will, of course, go toward the fireplace.
As this fund stood on March 31, there was a total of $216.27 a long way from the set goal of $2,000, but there is stilltime and the money can be raised if students want the fireplace. It will require support and attendance of all functions connected with the “hearthfund.” Remember— you could be sitting right in front of a warm, blazing, yummy fire right now . .. Support the Hearth Fund.
Track team boasts two promising members
Peninsula’s track team, which consists of two boys, traveled to Olympic College in Bremerton
to compete against fifteen other colleges, in PC’s first track meet of the year. Frank Oney
took an excellent fifth position to disc throwing. He missed a better position by fouling on
his best throw. Allen Louk came to sixth in the broad jump with an excellent distance of 19’10”.
He missed a fifth position by only an eighth of an inch. Mr. Feiro is veryproud ofthis
team. He says that they have a great potential and will get a lot better as the season progresses.
The next meet is to be held next Saturday at Skagit Valley College.
Another New Class
Many new students have been seen around the campus since April 19, when a class for general office clerks was started. This class, under the MDTA program,, has an enrollment of 20 women, and is a 48-week program. Mrs. Frank Thayer, of Vancouver, Washington, was employed as Instructor for the group.
First Sociology Field Trip to Dry Creek
The Sociology 210 class with their instructor Mrs. Drain, has made two very interesting field trips recently. The first was to the Dry Creek School where special classes are held for the mentally retarded children. Mr. Crawford, speech therapist for the Clallam County schools, who now headsthis program, gave a most Informative talk to the class before the trip. He stated that there are 50 million mentally retarded persons in the United States, and that out of the 126,000 born every year, 80 per cent have no educational opportunities afforded them. As it costs about $50,000 to institutionalize each retarded person, it is far more practical to try to educate them to be self-supporting If It Is at all possible. In this way they can be Integrated Into the community.
The program in Clallam County was begun by Mr. Meacham, and In 1958 a speech therapist was added. A second has
been added since, and It Is hoped that others may be added to the staff to serve the needs of the children of junior high school age.
The children are classified as either educable or trainable, with a classroom to serve each group. There are thirteen children in the educable group at present, and about the same number in the trainable group. These children are Integrated with the other children during play periods, and are well received by them. The Peninsula College students were very interested in observing the teaching methods employed with each group.
“Oh, My aching back!”
Once again Peninsula has offered its famed spring hiking course. This activity was of interest to the Seattle Post Intelligencer which printed a three page article about “Hiking at Peninsula Junior College.”
This year Mr. Feiro and Miss Holm have already taken their athletic crew on two hikes. The first was on April 3. The class hiked to Lake Ozette. It was a beautiful day and there were more than a few groans about the heat. They had lunch on the beach at Sand Point. Along the trail they saw many interesting things, one of these being old Indian paintings engraved in the rocks at the beach. Mr. Feiro was constantly giving information lectures which made the hike even more interesting. The hike lasted about ten hours.
The second hike was taken on the tenth. This time ML Storm King at Crescent Lake was the final goal of the group. They didn’t climb to the very top of the mountain but Instead to a peak just below the summit.
Again it was a beautiful day —only this time the students were prepared. They also had time to see the Merymere Falls. They returned home about 11:00 a.m. Several more hikes are planned for the future.
AWS Bake Sale a sell out
“How much is that?”
“Try some of this!”
“Boy, this is good. Pll take
some more!”
These were common statements heard all day Friday, April 16, In the student center. AWS sponsored a welcome Easter Bake Sale. Food of all sorts was laid out and priced — cupcakes, cookies, cakes, pies and more. The snack barsaw a large drop in business as Its usual consumers were drawn to the other side of the room by the tantalizing aroma of home-made food.
It had been hoped that there would be enough food left over so that it could be used at the car wash the next day — but to everyone’s surprise most of the food was gone by 2:00 p.m. The small amount that was left was auctioned off to the highest bidder. The food left after the auction was given free fo anyone standing around— especially the girls.
The sale brought in twenty dollars to AWS’s small treasury. All the money will be spent on the upcoming Mother-Daughter Spring Tea which is to be held this Sunday In the library. Gloria Carter and Bill! Jo Bradley, the co-chairmen of the sale, have expressed great thanks to all the women who brought food for the sale. Without their contributions the sale would not have taken place.
Sociology Class Goes to Fort Worden
Just a few miles from Port Angeles, there exists one of the state’s best juvenile delinquency rehabilitation ‘centers. Completely unaware of this fact, the Sociology 201 class, headed by Mrs. Drain, started out forFort Worden, Tuesday, April 13, 1965.
The first hour was spent in conference with Mr. Lindquist,the present Superintendent of Fort Worden, and past Superintendent of Green Hill. Mr. Lindquist spent a lot of time discussing the type of child represented at Fort Worden, their problems and their treatments.
Fort Worden has the capacity of 144 and 64 girls — total capacity of 208. The Fort now has
custody of 220 children, with a long waiting list. The children here range from 13 to 15 years of age. They come for all socioeconomic groups, but more are represented bythe economically deprived. These kids have the same IQ as any child ofthe same age. In fact, as Mr. Lindquist suggested, they are no different than any junior high school student in intellect, physique, ability, desires, etc. However, more
than 50 per cent of them come from broken homes.
The types of offenses most commonly represented are for girls — incorrigibility and running away from home; and for boys — burglary and auto theft. Runaways are the hardest to discipline. Most Inmates do, at least once, attempt to run away from the Fort. Some, as Mr. Lindquist said, are not really running from the Fort but running to home. Most runaways create a big commotion, but Mr. Lindquist hasinstructed the staff not to make a big production of the runaway. This way most runaways lose all desire to leave and are satisfied to stay. The idea of discipline was probably most interesting. The Fort has a belief that discipline is no good if it is full of hate. The children are never struck by a staff member. The usual type of discipline is just a loss of privileges. There is no fence around the Fort. Inmates are allowed to smoke with their parents’ permission. They are allowed to wear what they want. After six weeks they are allowed to go home on weekends. Isolation is used as the severest type of punishment.’It’s usually given to runaways and to
those who constantly cause trouble. The isolation rooms are tiny rooms within a larger room.
They contain just a bed and a toilet with a tiny barred window and thick, heavy doors.The children usually stay there for 6 to 12 hours and needless to say — rarely are there more than twice.
Mr. Lindquist emphasized the idea that these children commit crimes not because they want to but because they have to. Even though they say they know why they kill and rob, they really don’t know. The staff at the Fort pays more attention to what the child does than what he says; actions are more important than words.
After the conference the class was given a lunch. It was good food; the lunchroom was clean and good-looking; and the service, by the children themselves, was excellent.
After lunch the class was given a tour of the Fort. The “cottages” were in excellent condition, quite modern in fact. There were two types of barracks: one for those who can be trusted not to run away; they have their own rooms and a kitchen — and are
somewhat like a college dormitory. The other type is for those who,because they might run away are housed in an army-typebarracks and share a common bedroom.
Each cottage has a recreation room with a TV, radio and phonograph. Theboys have pooltables; and the girls have sewing machines.
The school has a science laboratory where students are presently experimenting with mice. There is a painting room, a band room and several other “special rooms.”
The tour ended with another question and answer period with Mr. Lindquist. One point brought up which is of great importance is that of the hiring and paying of the staff. A staff member must be a college graduate with six years of schooling. He must have very good grades and of course must pass the standards which the Fort sets up for its staff. One would think after all this that the pay of the staff members would be fairly high, but it is not. As Mr. Lindquist pointed out, there are several members who, if all things were right, could get welfare from the state, their income is so low. The highest pay is about $500 a month.
As can be expected it is hard to find staff members and even harder to keep them. There aren’t too many to begin with. In face of all these facts, Mr. Lindquist still urges students to look
into this field. “The rewards,” he said, “are more rewarding than just money. They reach the soul.” Agreement was voiced by the cottage counselor standing at his side.
AWS Mother-Daughter tea held April 25
A tea is the most feminine of affairs, usually given In honor of someone or something. At Peninsula the word “tea” always brings to mind the AWS MotherDaughter Spring Tea which is
given to honor the mothers ofthe women students at Peninsula.
This year, the tea will be a first —the first formal affair to be held at the new campus. It is
scheduled to take place Sunday, April 25, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the new library.
Among other things, a fashion show is planned consisting of spring and summer wear of all
types from local stores. Kristi Morrish will put her talents to work and will narrate the fashion
show. Corsages for the mothers will be handed out at the door as each mother and daughter passes
through. Betty Petit and Jeri Forester, the co-chairmen of the affair, have emphasized that this affair
is for all mothers and daughters.
It is, of course, the high point of AWS’s social year. Every woman student is encouraged to
bring her mother to the tea. It has always been an enjoyable affair in the past, and this year
should be no different. We hope that everyone will attend
