Hartnell College - La Reata Yearbook (Salinas, CA)

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Crowds grew in size and enthusiasm— finding the lecture topics topical and in¬ formative. Here an audience of nearly 500 listen intently as journalist Louis Fischer speaks from firsthand experience on The Russian Problem. A sober discussion of the world s atomic struggle was presented by nuclear physicist Ralph Lapp speaking about The Challenge to Man. Before his address Dr. Lapp (second from right) visited with students Stanley Soroken, Sandy Ciucci and Kert Davis as well as in¬ structor Gerald Holmes and Dr. Ching. Literary research came to the campus in the per¬ son of Dr. Mark Schorer, head of the English De¬ partment, University of California at Berkeley, when he spoke in the library on Three Men: Anderson, Fitzgerald, Hemingway. The writer and critic, author of Sinclair Lewis, An American Life, discussed his research with Hartnell English department head Randall Decker before the lecture. Hartnell realized more fully her role as a com¬ munity college this year by becoming even more of a center of culture as well as an educational institu¬ tion. In its third year of the Hartnell Presents lecture series, some of the problems, the culture and the entertainment of the world were brought to Salinas by educators, journalists, actors and artists. The audiences demonstrated that citizens of the area enjoyed the presentations and recognized the col¬ lege’s contributions.

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Russia, America and the World was the subject of Louis Fischer ' s lecture in Sep¬ tember which brought an over¬ flowing crowd to the library to launch the Hartnell Pre¬ sents series for its third year. The journalist reported on con¬ ditions he found in the red empire during a recent visit as a comparison to conditions during the 1920 ' s and later when he spent 14 years in Moscow reporting the scene to the American people. Listening to Fischer are Dr. Braverman and Dr. Ching while a tape recorder in the foreground transcribes the talk for a later student session. Stimulated students—part of the value of the Hartnell Presents events was the invigoration of ideas and discussion of disputes on campus. Author-journalist Robert St. John, for example, came to campus in October to speak on Explosive Africa, a subject he had studied at firsthand after a recent tour of several countries there. His report of fearful conditions in the new nations and colonies instigated a discussion as seen above led by Elliott Pisor, coordinator, and including (left to right) Helen Adkins, Steve Burns, Judy Rianda, Pisor, Marcia Mammen, Barbara Fahey and Pat Kelly. COMMUNITY COLLEGE CULTURE CENTER

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MEETING OF THE MINES In the main lounge of the Student Union the minds of both students and faculty were brought together for the purpose of discuss¬ ing interesting topics which would offer many sides. Here students and faculty could express their views and possibly find a com¬ mon ground. To lead off the 1961-62 version of the Student-Faculty Discussions. Dr. Ching introduces the topic. What Makes a College? To his left are Dr. Feder. the brain trust of these gatherings; Elliott Pisor, his student counterpart; and Mrs. lanet Abbot, a regular at these meetings. An entertaining as well as informative discus¬ sion on Mathematics Without Tears was pre¬ sented by Math Instructor Mr. Dan Coulter. Here he demonstrated the Roman Numeral Sys¬ tem and math magic in a manner which de¬ lighted students and faculty. It was plain to see (left to right) Lee Simon- det, John Thompson, Richard Weymouth and John Michel had engaged their brains to grasp the trend of thought to retort with an honest student opinion at the discussions. Bringing out the facts about the day ' s subject What Sense: Modem Art? is Mr. Amyx who explains what part modem art plays in our society, and what are its effects upon us.