Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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-1' il. DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER--Earl Clement Attlee addresses Valley instructors and administra tors at a dinner in his honor preceding his lecture at Valley. Listening are Mrs. McNeIis, President McNelis, Dr. Hugh C. Willett, president of the Board of Education, and Mrs. Willett. In one of the major Athenaeum presentations of the spring semester, Earl Clement Attlee, post- war prime minister of Great Britain, met with Valley students to discuss the future of Europe. His snappy remarks and answers to queries provided a lively evening for a capacity audience. There was stand- ing room only again when Dr. Margaret Mead visited Valley as part of the day Athenaeum pro- gram. She hit close to home with her controversial views on young marriage and college. A broken ankle suffered shortly before her appearance at Valley left Dr. Mead confined to a wheelchair during the lecture. THRILLED FAN-Earl Attlee pauses to speak to a group of Y 'C Valley students who, like the unidentified young lady beside him, take the opportunity for an informal interview. . 47? -Q, 1 i- if . EZ' it ' X i i ADOLESCENCE IN REVIEW-Dr. Margaret i Mead and student body President John Y Gustafson share the speaker's platform ' before Dr. Mead's Valley lecture. fl 89

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ir' cs' V fl GENERAL MATTERS-General Carlos Romulo pauses with Miss Lorraine Eckhart, chairman of the Athenaeum Committee, before his lecture to a Valley audience. The Athenaeum, cultural organiza- tion at Valley for years, has brought outstanding lectures and programs to Valley students and community mem- bers of the organization. Previous years have brought such outstanding guests as Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Louis Armstrong to campus. Once a ioint student-faculty proiect, the se- lection of the varied speakers now falls under the guidance of Miss Lor- raine Eckhardt and Dr. Arnold Flet- cher, Valley instructors. Through their efforts General Carlos Romulo and Dr. Abraham Kaplan visited Valley this fall, ln addition to live activi- ties, the Athenaeum sponsors series of cultural films. Athenaeum Brings Culture to Valley WELCOMING COMMITTEE-Miss Lorraine Eckhardt greets another renowned Athenaeum speaker, Dr. Abraham Kaplan. ABCD ANR LMDITlD,l1r Al-nuknm llnnlnn Ann

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- W-1...,,,,-wh , ,Q-,,, TALKING SHOP - Artist Arnold Mensches discusses one of his paintings with instructor Flavio Cabral. Mensches' painting was part of the Athenaeum Art Ex- hibit. Busy Schedule Includes Art, Science Art and the sciences are closely related at Valley. Presentations of both are part of every semester's activity schedule. This year the Athenaeum, which usually spon- sors lectures. and films, presented an art exhibit in the Library. The paintings were selected from leading art galleries by art instructor Flavio, Cabral. The sciences are represented by the semesterly Behavioral Science Panel, whose topics range from sin, marriage and sex to the concepts of ideologies. Instructors from English and history as well as behavioral science de- partments ioin in the panel discussion. STUDYING SIN-The Behavioral Science Panel this spring presented four varied views on sin and morality. Members of the panel are Bernarr Mazo, psychology instructor, Roy Beaumont, English instructor: James McCarthy, philosophy instructorp and Eugene