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

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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

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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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Encouragement of scholastic achieve- ment is a year-round proiect at Valley, with many individual clubs giving scholar- ships to deserving members. Amounts vary from S25 to grants as large as SIOO. In addition, the school offers the Vierling Kersey scholarship. Outside interests are particularly active in Valley's scholarship program. Many community business and service organizations sponsor grants of various amounts in certain subject areas. The two S250 scholarships offered by the Sherman Oaks Women's Club to students in Valley's newly opened nursing cur- riculum are outstanding examples of the interest taken by outside groups. Bank of America also offers periodical grants to business maiors on a state-wide basis. WINNING HAND-Arthur Wayne Frederick, mathematics maior, holds the handful of aces that won him the S100 Tau Alpha Epsilon scholarship. Frederick maintained a straight 4.0 average. I P I, F31 l Added Attractions Given to Scholars KNOW THEIR BUSINESS-Valley students Dennis Fitzgerald llefti and Business Department, and K. B. Johnston, Linda Green lcenteri relax with President McNelis after receiving S100 congratulate the winners. business awards from the Bank of America. Jack Brown, chairman of the from the bank, are on hand