1962_05 The Daily Collegian May 1962

              COLLEGIAN
FRESNO   STATE   COLLEGE
VOLUME LXV    FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1962        NUMBER 86
FSC Senior Gets
Peace Corps Post
Joyce Thorkelson of Patterson, Stanislaus County, a senior
geography major, has received word from Sargent Shrivgr,
director of the Peace Corps, that she has been selected as a
member of an 80-member team which will go to Nepal next
fall.
Hiss Thorkelson, who was grad
uated from Patterson High School
In 19GS, will report to a univer¬
sity in the Washington, D.C., area
June 11 for six to nine weeks of
education In the language.
toms, traditions and history of the
Nepalese people. She will prob¬
ably be assigned to teach English,
geography and or home economics
In a secondary school In Nepal.
10 Million Population
The kingdom of Nepal lies
along the Himalayan Mountain
chain between Tibet and Indla.
The country Is GOO miles long
and averages 100 miles In width.
it has a population of approxi¬
mately 10 million.
Tbe Peace Corps program will
.provide teachers In secondary and
college-level education as well as
volunteers for agricultural exten¬
sion work. Nepal has an acute
shortage of teachers for Its sec¬
ondary schools, the result being
that only 12 per cent of the
school-age population is In school.
Miss Thorkelson and tbe other
volunteers will live and work
with Nepalese teachers while at¬
tending the university this sum¬
mer, Tbe Peace Corps group will
be taught ways to adapt to the
many social and cultural changes
that living In Nepal  will entail.
Upon conclusion of training
this summer, the college teachers
will fly to Katmandu In Nepal In
time to start tbe school year,
secondary teachers, however,
go to a four-week course at the
Peor*( Corps Field Training Cen¬
ter In Puerto Rico,
The program there In composed
of   physical   training,   community
development,   study   groups   and
intensified language training.
Ilalmy Climate
Katmandu, where Miss Thor¬
kelson will probably be assigned,
Is la the hilly areas at the lati¬
tude of Tampa. Fla., and an alti¬
tude of 4,500 feet. Temperatures
seldom exceed 90 degrees In the
summer, and there Is no freeilng
weather In the winter.
Miss Thorkelson will be as¬
signed to a house with two or
three other volunteers. Tho house
will probably bo without elec¬
tricity, kerosene being the chief
product for cooking, heating and
lighting.
The new Peace Corps member
belongs to the Kappa Alpha Theta
Sorority and has maintained a C
plus average at FSC. During her
high school career she edited the
yearbook, was a life member of
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Six Professors
To Be Honored
At Dinner
A dinner honoring six retiring
faculty members will be held Fri¬
day In the college Cafeteria from
S to 8 PM.
The faculty members
Marlon Grosse. head of the
plied arts division and chairman
of the Industrial arts department;
Betty Henderson, professor ol
home economics; Bessie Kylberg,
librarian; Donald Pymm, profes¬
sor of economics; Charles Quibell.
professor of botany, and Victor
Storlf.  professor of accounting.
College President Arnold E,
Joyal will be master of ceremon¬
ies. A special table is being re¬
served for previously retired fac¬
ulty and their gueRts.
Reservation deadline for the
dinner was Monday.
Sigma Nu To
Name White
Rose Girl
The Sigma Nu fraternity will
name Its 1962-63 White Rose
Girl at a formal dinner d.
Saturday.   .
The White Rose Formal will be
held at Pawllngs Lakeside Inn In
Klngsburg from 6:30 PM to 2
AM.
Finalists In the sweetheart con¬
test are Barbara Campbell of
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority;
Mary Helfrln of Graves Hall and
Agnes Mathlesen of Delta Gamma.
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dance.
Marines Here
A U.S. Marine Corps Orricer
procurement team will be on cam¬
pus today to confer with men and
women students who are inter¬
ested In the Marine Corps officer
training program.
MODa OWN FASHIONS — These girls will modal their own
products tonight in the Home Economics Club's Spring Fashion
Show at 7t30 PM In Art-Home Economics 216. From left they
the Sue Stone, Linda Garner, Margaret Muegenburg, president
of the home economic club, and Lynn Wicfcersham, a graduate
art student.
State College
System 100
Years Old
The California State Colleges
mark their one hundredth anni¬
versary today for it waa exactly
a century ago — May 2. 1S62 —
that the California Legislature
passed an Act constituting a
Board of Trustees for the Normal
School of the State of California.
The Board received power to es¬
tablish and maintain, "in the City
of San Francisco, or at such other
places as the Legislature may
hereafter direct — to arrange and
effect all tho details necessary to
carry out the purposes of this
Act."
The   legislative   actl
on   further
Hated  "that females.  :
15 years of
ige  or  over,  or any  n
sale  of  the
ige of  IS years or ovi
ir. shall be
■milled    to    admission
.    and    the
ate   of   admission   for
those   not
fixed  at   J5   per  month."
On July 21, 1862. the school
was organized In a room on the
ground floor of the high school
building on Powell Street In San
Francisco. The original enroll¬
ment consisted of "one gentleman
and five ladles." The number of
students Increased to 31 at the
end of the first term, "only three
of  whom  were gentlemen."
The original appropriation pro¬
vided by tho Legislature was
JB.000. which was Increased to
$6,000 In 18E3.
From this significant, though
modest beginning, the California
State Colleges now number 17
boasting an enrollment of over
100,000 students and are recog¬
nized as the largest system of
higher education in the Western
Hemisphere. The faculties num¬
ber over 5.000 aad the capital
facility programs represent an In¬
vestment fn  tho billions.
According to a report published
by tho California State Depart¬
ment of Education In 1SS3, the
full and part time student enroll-
Push Cart Relays
Scheduled Tomorrow
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PAST WINNER — The po.h cart reloyi will get underwoy on
Ihe track behind Ihe gym tomorrow al 11:30 AM. Delta Gamma
Sorority will try lo repeat their victory lost year. Pictured ii the
team of Judy Martin and Bob Carpenter which won Ihe 1960
relays. They were tponiored by Lambda-Chi Alpha.
Tickets Go On Sale For
Euripides' 'Trojan Women'
Tirkl-I
play  '
for  thi
Women" will go on sale tomor¬
row from 1 to 3 PM in the Little
Theater box office.
Admission Is free to students,
however they must pick up tick¬
ets at the box office, and 11.50 to
the general public. The play will
open  May  11  In  the Little Thea-
Alvln Kaufman, assistant pro¬
fessor of speech and the play's
octor. said "Trojan Women"
essentially the story of how
wars destroy the lives of men.
The play was written by Eurl-
Crowd Welcomes
Gold Coasters
By Andrea Laafranco
Collerfan surf Writer
ne Gold  Coast Singers — a
pair ot contemporary folk singers
lth a downright funny routine
-   performed   yesterday   in   the
uffy men's gymnasium before a
crowd of about 2.000.
Fortunately, the former Fres-
ians. Ed Rush and Qeorge Cro¬
marty, do not come from the
striped sports shirt category of
[•folk singers. They have choson a
classier repertoire.
The program was sponsored by
the Fresno State College board of
fine art*. Student body vice presi¬
dent Larry Layne welcomed the
entertainers.
The cleanshaven self-accom¬
panied singers sang several
wicked" numbers including some
about middle aged women, green
stamps and peace corps rejects.
They took time to pay tribute1
their home town by singing a
twangy hillbilly tune about true
love that had turned spur.
The "well known, well loved
traditional American folk songs"
were avoided.
'We hate them," quipped Bush.
Kaufman said,
"but It is Just a.s meaningful
exciting today."
Mrs, Ann Levin, graduate
speech major. Is cost lo the lead'
Ing role of Hecuba. Others In the
cast are: Mrs. Ann Vermel. An¬
dromache: Itobert Ellis. Posei¬
don; Helen West. Athena; Sonia
Dulgarln, Cassandra; Delia Pala-
dlno. Helen; Mike Dyer and Dick
Pandukht. Talthyblus: Bill David¬
son and Doug Wedel, Menelaus.
Sharil Martin, Jacky Mello,
Sally KIrchman, Jeanne Allard,
Marge Conner, Mtchele Couchot,
Beverly Fors, Bessie Hondrlx,
Eunice Hicks, Diana Raymond,
Ruby Sanders and Donctta ZaII as
the Women of Troy.
Steve Wilson, Bob Erlckson,
Dave Stover and Bill Elaentrager
as the soldiers.
Dyer and Pandukht will play
the part of Talthyblus on alter¬
nating nights and Davidson and
Wedel will do tbe same with tbe
role of Menelaus.
The schedule for the play runs
as follows: Friday, Hay 11, open¬
ing night, students and general
public: May 12, students and pub¬
lic; May 13, faculty night. May
17, high schools, and May 18 and
13, students and public.
TRYOUTS OPEN FOR
CHEERLEADER SPOTS
be held  tomorrow  at  7 PM In
the   IjtbOrntory   School   Audl-
fM   try on ts   will   be   held
Say and Wednesday at 7
with the finals  scheduled
far next Thursday at 7 PM.
Judges an Student Body
President Mssrv Baxter, octivl-
tJcsj advisor Mrs. Alice Powell,
and Hike Garrison,  rally com-
String Quartet
On Campus
Tomorrow
The Otto Fold String Quartet
will present a program of string
music under the auspices of the
Board of Fine Arts tomorrow at
1 PM In the Little Theater of tho
Speech   Arts  Building.
Currently making Ua, fourth
coast-to-coast tour of the.United
States, the quartet was organized
In 19-19 In Budapest. In addition
to the US, It has toured Australia,
Now Zealand and Europe, playing
In most of the world's leading
concert halls.
Tomorrow's concert is open to
the public without admission
charge. Seating will be on a first-
come, first-served basis.
5 Trophies
At Stake
In Relays
The green flag will start
the eighth annual Lambda Chi
Alpha Pushcart Relays tomorrow
from 11:30 AM to 1 PM on the
dirt track west or tbe Gymnasium.
There Is expected to be stiff
competition for the five trophies
awarded. Delta Gamma will be
trying to win for tbe second year
in a row.
Applications
Larry Forsyth, Lambda Chi
member, said, "We have had sev¬
en or eight entry blanka turned In
and are expecting some late appU-
catlons today. We will accept en¬
tries today as long as the cart la
finished by race time tomorrow.
Trophies will be awarded to the
best looking cart and to the win¬
ners of each division. The events
have been split Into fraternity,
sorority   and    Independent   dlvt-
Wlnners Co nipt'to
The winner of the main event
will receive the Lambda Chi
Alpha Perpetual Trophy. The con¬
testants for tho main event will
bo the winners of the different
divisions. The winners will be de¬
cided by the best times sot by
pushing a cart around a quarter
mile track by a tour man team.
There wilt also be a drawing ot
numbers Issued to competing or¬
ganisations for rive prizes.
Education
Department
Starts Paper
The "Education Grapevine."
under tho editorship of senior
Carrol Jacobsen, made>ita debut
last month ror the benefit ot all
education students and faculty.
Supported by the education dl-
iloo and edited by tho newly
organized Education Student
Council, the once a month news-
ir is supposed to facilitate
communication among education
itudents.
Sparks Speaks
In Its first issue, Richard K.
Sparks, head of the division of
education, wrote: "The present
efforts on tho part of the division
(tlucatlon, Including the Edu¬
cation Student Council and this
newsletter, represent efforts to
establish an early and continuing
tlficntlon with professional
matters. They represent a way of
saying to each and every student
who plans to become a teacher,
You are entering a diverse and
demanding profession which will
demand all of your ability and
rgy. The sooner yon begin to
understand the nature of the task
you have undertaken, the better,
j r professional obligations
have already begun.' "
Mailed Monthly
Thclma M. Rea, assistant pro¬
fessor of education, Is the faculty
adviser for the publication. All
students in education will be
malted a copy of the newsletter
once a month.
Jim Hnenergardt le president
of the Education Student Council,
Rod Holcomb Id vice-president
and Dorothy Plerlni la the nee ro¬
tary.
STRING QUARTET — The Otto FeId String Quartet will present
a program of string musk under tha auspices of the Fresno State
Col leg e board of fine oris at 1 p.m. iomorro w in the Little Thea¬
ter of Hie FSC speech arts building, Quartet members ore, left to
right. Otto Feld and Janet Rogers, violins; Gyorgy Szehde, viola;
and Joseph DiTullo, cello.