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

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Instructor Athlete Champion Miss Jeanne Pons, women's physical education in- structor, is especially qualified to teach her students in the field of badminton. She is presently state women's doubles badminton champion. A 13-year veteran of Valley's physical education de- partment, Miss Pons has held this doubles championship from 1959 to 1961. In 1962 she ranked third in the mixed doubles competition. In the 25 years Miss Pons has been playing bad- minton, she has entered more than 100 tournaments, and won more than her share of them. Miss Pons first entered competition shortly after her graduation from the University of Southern California in 1944. Since then she has been teaching in the South- land and regularly entering tournaments. A graduate .of Marshall High School, Miss Pons graduated from USC in just SW years, then taught at Foshay Jr. High School, San Fernando and Polytechnic High Schools before coming to Valley just one semester after the school's opening. Known as one of the most cheerful professors on campus, Miss Pons also teaches archery and volleyball in addition to her badminton classes. Off campus sports such as bowling and golf vie with badminton for her time. Jeanne Pons' excellence in the sports which she teaches undoubtedly makes her one of the select few who practice what they teach. ' Miss Jeanne Pons exhibits the form that helped her win the state doubles badminton championship. N t - l tg , ' if 4 . t 'iii L , i ' , x fi ' , 155 if Lv r - t,,. .,s?' . . ' h .Q1:w5?t..'-'-Ya.. '24--, ' - - 1-.r tl 1 -' V ' y t ,p :big g gg

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4,7 is ' A 80 Flovlo Cobrol inspects ci mural which he has lust completed The art of self expression comes easily to Flavio Cabral, who finds self expression in his art Using a style he calls contemporary classical, Cabral paints for a variety of purposes H1s works have been shown in major U. S. galleries and exhibitions. Prominent collectors have added his works to their collections. He paints murals, one of which was done for Madison Junior High School depicting the progress of the shipping industry from the prehistoric raft to the modern nuclear freighter. Valley College students know Cabral best for his exhibit in the cafeteria, which was arranged in coopera- tion with the Executive Council. Holding degrees in art, education and painting, he shares his creative talent with the students in his art history and painting classes. His painting is known for his disciplined brush, elegiac mood and richly' luminous pallette. He translates his thoughts into deeply expressive colors and rhythmic patterns. Cabral feels that the professional artist is striv- ing to be accepted, and there must be a greater return to professionalism in the arts if they are to survive. Oops massed a spot Ccbrol odds lust a few more flmshmg touches

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ji Photography is Earl Theisen's first interest, and his natural ability as a teacher has provided him with his second interest. Now senior photographer for Look Magazine, Theisen has had a lifetime of experience to draw from in teaching his evening division photography class at Valley. He re- gards his teaching as a laboratory, and as a learning experience not only for his students but for him- self. Emotions and feelings rather than facts keynote' the class discussions. Theisen's method of instruction places emphasis on the student's opinions of his own and his fellow student's work. Theisen uses ideas as a primary teaching aid. Instructing a class where art, psychology, philosophy and technique mesh, he has found a way to make photography an un- matched personal experience. Theisen awaits the verdict ot his Look Magazine editor, as they choose pictures for an article. Earl Theisen, lecturer, is shown here with TV star Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore on an assignment for Look.