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

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journalism adviser Edward A. Irwin has more than one deadline filling his busy work week. The thinnish instructor not only supervises the week- ly workings of the Valley Star and Crown, but he lends his spare time during the week and weekends to im- proving teaching standards throughout the country. During the past eight years, he has held the vice presidential post of the American Federation of Teachers on the national level and guided the local AFT as its president for more than six years. So when he is not teaching, Irwin often travels to New York and other parts of the United States to sit in on committees. Emerging from the conference rooms after long hours of debate, the staunch supporter of education hopes to have gained benefits for the teachers he represents as well as the students. On numerous occasions he has spoken before the Board of Education and on radio and television urging the improvement of teacher welfare, personnel practices and educational policy. Not only does the dedicated teacher spend many of his free days working for the AFT, but he is often called upon as an after dinner speaker. So it's a full time job holding down these positions of teacher and union leader. t l. Journalism instructor Edward A. Irwin, national vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, talks with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Max Rafferty and L. A. Board of Education president Georgiana Hardy at an AFT conference. The world is a stage on which every man must play a part. This cliche applies to the life of'Patrick Riley more than once, for as an actor he portrays numerous charac- ters on the stage plus the role of a Valley College theater arts in- structor. Riley's experience in the entertain- ment field adds to his capability as an acting teacher. ' He has directed or acted in more than 150 plays and acted for 37 weeks in a radio series, Tell me a Story. Riley toured as company manager for the Children's Theater, an adult professional company playing to children, from 1953-56. He staged the opera, Martha, and appeared in the movie, Riot in Cell Block 11. More recently he has appeared on many television shows-Tombstone Territory, Zane Grey T h e a t e r, Stoney Burke, Follow the Sun and Death Valley Days, numbering just a few. Riley, still keeping active in the field, came to Valley in September 1961. He began teaching the tech- niques of stage make-up, stagecraft and the history of the American theater. Riley now adds stage acting classes and the directing of two productions a year to his schedule Patrick Riley, cn professional actor, comes out from behind the lights to instruct his acting class at Valley.

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to futures unlimited The graduation ceremony and dis- tribution of degrees at Valley Col- lege marks an important milestone in the life of each participating stu- dent. For some it is the termination of two or more hard years of study which have led them to the end of one road and to the beginning of another that leaves them to fend for themselves in their chosen ca- reers, in this hustle-bustle of the modern world. Numbered in this category are 139 of 588 of this year's graduates. The remaining 449 students will use this diploma as a passport to carry them to many different insti- tutions of learning to explore furth- er the professions they have chosen. There are 188 graduates of the class of '64 who have reached this important goal in life, who are mar- ried and supporting families while completing their college education. Several graduates are past35 years of' age, and 18 are past 45. These older students have returned to col- lege to take supplementary courses or just to finish what they were un- able to do at an earlier stage in life. Contrary to popular belief, the Associate in Arts degree is not al- ways acquired in a two-year period. Only 90 graduates attained the proper number of credits this year to receive the degree in that period of time. Approximately 350 have taken from 25 to SM years to receive theirs, and 148 have taken 4 years or more. Students who are anxious to com- plete the prescribed number of cred- its are able to do so in two years with no difficulty. But those who work and have outside responsibili- ties usually take lighter courses and take longer to receive their degrees. Majors of the graduates vary greatly. They range from education, business, engineering and math- science to physical education. Despite variations in age, majors and years of study, graduates unite on their final day at Valley to say, Au Revoir, Alohai' or just plain goodby, as they leave the campus that has become a part of them and which will always be different and better for what they have given to that campus. Once a Monarch, always a Mon- arch, they realize as the A.A. de- gree changes them from college student to alumnus. Dean William Lewis gives final instructions to graduates, bringing many weeks of preparation to a close. Last year's distinguished guest speaker was Dr. Max Rafferty, state superintendent of public instruction lrightl shown with Dr. Ralph Richardson, member of the Board of Education, who awarded the degrees .ul