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

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Even in the most '1-ifnble defeat there can be glory. Maybe it's not alwa , the grand type, with the crowd screaming wildly on its feet for its triumphant team and grandest gladiators, but there can be a more sophisticated type, one of deep, personal feeling, knowing that one has tried. This is the feeling which has been that of Valley College's twin stars, Ismael Uuniorj Morales and Herb Griffin. They have proved well that willingness plus ability are almost always rewarded, though quite often the form may come in varied shapes. It's a hard thing, relates Junior, Valley's ace end, to try to make a team into something it isn't. At first I felt sorry for the rooters in the stands, but that soon stopped when I realized that they knew what they 'were seeing and loved every minute of it. They gave us credit for the one thing we didn't lack-DRIVEV' Drive is nothing new to Ismael Morales. With over five years of high school and college experience behind him, Junior knows well what it is to win as well as lose. As a member of Howard Taft's successful '59 and '60 Valley All-Stars, Junior received training which he definite- ly feels helped enable him to shine as radiantly as he did this season. The other glowing star from Valley College's 1961 grid- VaIIey's iron squad is Herb Griffin. The powerfully built linebacker has been money in the bank all season for Valley linemen. Against Bakersfield, especially, a team picked by most of the experts as one of the finest junior college teams in the history of the Metropolitan League, Griffin repeatedly was the key man in most of the game's important plays. Many feel Valley might not have ever had possession of the ball if it wasn't for the playing that night of Herb Griffin. The versatile Griffin is an outstanding performer in any spot he's chosen to play. Coach Al Hunt discovered this before the season was a month old and since has put the powerfully built star in almost every position at one time or another. You never lose anything by giving the best you have, says Griffin. t'In defeat or victory alike you'll always gain something by giving everything. This type of spirit shown by Valley College's twin stars has often helped a team, which otherwise might have lost its desire to keep fighting when the going was getting rougher game after game, to meet reality and realize that the winning team isn't always the victorious one. Facing the football field as life itself has given added stature to the names of Morales and Griffin. On and off the field, these are more than merely football players. These are true competitors. Q Qs. Practically the whole Valley team had to lend a hand to stop Harbor's Sam Wicks.

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Magnet for job seekers Raymond Elias, taking the few steps that led him through the Placement Bureau door, confronted the smiling face of Mrs. Marion Van Meter, placement interviewer. Like many another student, Elias was searching for a job opening that would be in line with his course of study, that of a pre- med major. Sitting down, Elias told Mrs. Van Meter what he had in mind. Inspecting a long list of possible choices, luck ran true as she found exactly what he had hoped for-employment as a laboratory assistant. In visiting the Placement Bureau with the idea of securing this particular type of job, Elias was taking one of the early steps toward his long range career plan, specializa- tion in neurology. Employment in an educational position through the Placement Bureau allows for an outlook' of advancement even while still taking college courses. After initial place- ment, an active concern is taken with the student as to how he is getting along in his job. This attitude is taken to keep intact the amiable relations that have become a trade- mark of the bureau. The Placement Bureau was set up as a small operation by Mrs. Mary Bruick in 1950. At the time she was the only person involved. Mrs. Bruick engineered the production of what is now called the Occupational Explora- tion Series. In 1953 she turned to full-time counseling. At length Dr. Dallas Livingston-Little, placement coordinator, and Mrs. 'Marion Van Meter were put in charge of the system, which ha sexpanded into a full-time estab- lishment. I After some ll years the bureau has sprung into an operation that places on the average of 10 to 12 students per week in jobs. In September almost 100 students were placed, the largest amount to that date. Hopes are in order for just as large numbers of students in the future. Meanwhile, back on the job, Ray Elias is happy that he took those short strides that led him to the door displaying the sign Placement Bureau. As happy as the many others. Not all students plan to be a part of the medical profession as does Elias, of course, but there are other jobs to be filled in other areas. The Placement Bureau is an integral part of the college, referring the forward- looking student to jobs throughout the Val- ley and showing the employer just what Valley College stands for . . . friendliness. Mrs. Marion Van Meter, placement interviewer since 1953, displays a radiant smile following the successful placement of Ray Elias in a part time iob. .Y rp Dr. Dallas Livingston Little part time counselor as well as placement coordinator sets 'forth details with Ray Elias as to his duties on the lob If 5

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twin stars l l l l l i i Boarding a bus for the trip to Santa Monica, twin stars Herb Griffin cmd Junior Morales display the confident smiles which kept their team moving throughout the season's activities. W A,-4,,,,kA,,,,,.?7 i i l i i i i Q, 1: fe-gt. 'gi