Laney College - Oak Log Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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students, captured first in editorial writing. Tower Managing Editor Jane Lose placed second in news, Sports Editor Fred McDonald Won third prize for his sports account, and ,lorn Jorgensen of Laney was awarded for his second-place adver- tising entry. Spring 1959 Tower executives Fred fEreditorj McDonald, Editor- in-Chiefg Pat Healey, Laney Editorg .lane Lose, Managing Editor, and Helen Englehart, Feature Editor, along with Mr. Gothherg, were flown to the Arrowhead Springs Hotel in San Bernardino to participate in the 10th annual California Intercollegi- Laney Tower staff contributes much hard work. ,XV X Fall News Bureau members. left to right: Marilyn Matsumoto, Pat Wilhite, and Mr. John Gothberg, adviser. Spring Tower Staff--SEATED, left to right: Kathy Davis, Fred McDonald, Judie Bailey, Jane Lose, Paul Jacobs. STANDING: Robert Hicks, Nina Susan, Ken Braunstein, Gloria McCoy, Mike Borgeson, Bob Lira. ate Press Association confab, March 6-8. Mr. Gothlmerg was elected president of the JAJC. College experience allows students to investigate the many fields in the journalism world. Perhaps future liy- lines in metropolitan news- papers will belong to ex- Tower writers.

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The story of The Tower, Oakland City College's newspaper, cannot be confined to the endless columns ofthe past, nor the future. It is reflected by every reported activity, the property of the associated students, the pride, and occasionally the grief of the reporters who witness an event, the editors who write the headlines and put the paper together, and the graphic art students who print it. The Tower was bor11 in February, 1955, and has grown up with the college. Be- cause of the two campus situation, news coverage is handled by staff members of both lVlerritt and Laney. Outside news releases are written by student members of the Public Relations Bureau, and sent to local newspapers. Spring Semester Public Relations Committee. SEATED, left to right: Bob Hicks, Wayne Wengerl, Paul Jacobs. STANDING: Mr. John Gothberg, ad- visorg Mike Borgeson, Bob Lira. Spring Editor Fred Mc- Donald and Fall Editor Rich Gohlke. Fall semester Tower staff. Tower and public relations advisor is lVlr. John Gothberg. Fall l958 staffers from both campuses attended the Northern California Journalism Association of Junior Colleges Conference at San Francisco State College on November 15 of that year. lVlr. Cothberg and Dr. John Summersette, journalism instructors accompanied the delegates. Fall 1.958 stall members were: Editor-in-Chief Rich Cohlkeg lVlanaging Editor ,lane Lose, Laney Editor Ron Peterson, News Editor W31'1'CI1 Mines, Sports Editor Fred lVlcDonald, and Business Man- ager Kay Gottula. City College dominated the awards by capturing four, the most won by any college of the 16 repre- sented. Clarence Vickland, one of Dr. Summersette's The TUWER

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Homecoming Queen Debbie Hong. Autumn! ushered into its college atmosphere by a Kick-off, and a dark brown pigskin casting a pale shadow over a cheer- ing crowd. Homecoming 1958! Indian Summer swirling its red and golden leaves over a college with the scent of fresh paint and a new name mingling with the aroma of falling leaves and the crisp, tingling bite of approaching Winter. Homecoming, 1958! Pretty girls' faces posted over the Mer- ritt and Laney campuses, smiling, beckoning, Vote for me! Students busily engaged at different booths, selling tickets to a Pizza feed at Laney, and to the Homecoming Dance. Homecoming, 1958! A voting booth with collegians milling around, showing their student body card-voting for their choice for Queen-tfive choices please!-some lobbyists in- cluded in the fray-congenially smiling and emphasizing-- vote for our candidate, sheis tops! Homecoming, 1958. Nos- talgic moments for tomorrow. Homecoming began November 1 with Oakland's Mayor. Clifford Rishell, proclaiming November 1-8 as oliicial HOME- T HE C ULLEGE T SPIRI T C OMES ALIVE COMING WEEK. It began with all the fuss, fervor and excite- ment that is Homecoming, and it ended in the same manner. Students swarmed into the Merritt campus auditorium Eri- day morning during college hour to watch George Lamont. well-known Bay Area TV personality, entertain with his bursts of hilarious humor and to ge their first real look at the Homecoming Queen candidates. ln between Mr. Lamontis showmanship, and the girls. the Merritt dance band enter- tained with listenable music. The big parade, one of the largest highlights of Home- coming, began at 2 p.m. Friday in front of the Laney campus. It proceeded down 10th Street to Broadway where curious interested Oaklanders started at the 28-odd cars, ranging from a 1959 Pontiac convertible to Corvettes and Thunderbirds which were rolling along in merry, pretty-girl, hand-waving procession. At Broadway the cars swept toward Telegraph Avenue and out Racine Blvd. to Bushrod Park where half- time festivities were beginning and the Oakland Thunderbird eleven were nursing their wounds. behind 16 to goose-egg. lThunderbird-egg?! at the hands of the Modesto Pirates. Students from both colleges stood and cheered as the motor- cade pulled into Bushrod and drove around the stadium. The cars braked to a stop in front of the Oakland cheering section where each Queen and her escort walked to their reserved seats to watch the remainder of the T-Bird gang-plank walking con- test. Misty-eyed Oakland students had to settle for the 16-0 defeat, but four Modesto touchdowns were called back to even up the old ball game at least a little closer. It was strictly a case of a good big team running over a good little team! Home- coming was drawing near its ebb-tide. What's in a name? And yet the names of the 21 candidates for Queen will be significant in their and our college memo- ries: Elaine Athens tSigma Delta Sigma! g Nancy Chin fOme- ga-,la-Chi!g Stephanie Clark !Co-Rec!g Patricia Crawford tDelta Psi! Q Kay Cottula lTower! g Karen Henneberry iKap- pa Phi Delta! 3 Deborah Hoag 1Alpha Phi Beta! g Ellen Lar- son t'Mu Phi Epsilon! : Lurline Perry !Theta Chi Epsilon! : Georgia Valtakis, O.F.A.: and Marie Younger tOmega Phi Kappa! from Merritt. Girls from Laney were, Claudia Eichaltz 4'Auto Body and Fender Shops! Q Betsy Crowley !Architectur- al Drafting! Q Joyce Burnight 4,Advertising! 3 Verla Robinson tRadio-Electronics and Medica Assistants!g Judy Hartwig tPlumbing and Cabinet Making! : Janet Wilson tTrade, Sew- ing, Millinery, Tailoring and Re-Upholstering! g Sharon Star-