Hartnell College - La Reata Yearbook (Salinas, CA)

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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.

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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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HARD WORK GETS REWARDS “Hitch your wagon to a star.” That s exactly what many of Hartnell’s students have done. They have worked hard for these awards. This year the fruits of their labor were realized. Italian in heritage, but American in citizenship, John Bernardi received his naturalization papers from Judge Anthony Brazil in September. The A.S.B. president came from Lucca, Italy, to Castroville when still a young boy. Here he grew and adopted the ways of his new culture until today he sounds, thinks, and promotes like a native. Musical talent by no means passed unnoticed this year on campus. As Dr. Ching looked on, Kitty Teves and Barry Robertson received musical scholarships of $100 from Ronald Howe, who represented the Hartnell Community Chorus Best darn junior college feature writer in the state. as proven at the March journalism conference in Sac¬ ramento. Lee Simondet humbly ac¬ cepts the first-place trophy from Reed Nessel, vice president of the Journal¬ ism Association of Junior Colleges. Just think, he is all ours too! The most-traveled student on campus was Ron Bottini, spring editor of the Sentinel. Here h e was just leaving for New York and a journalism con¬ ference for 200 editors of college newspapers. Later in the spring he headed the delegation to the state journalism fete at Sacramento. Final¬ ly, he attended the state student gov¬ ernment convention in Los Angeles. In all he has traveled over 7,000 miles—That ' s going places!