Orange County Community College - Colt Yearbook (Middletown, NY)

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First row, left to right: Patricia Knickerbocker, Valerie Kovalcik, Andrew Averin, Alan Van Der Zee. Second row. Tony Bianchi, Al Fiore, Bill Hite, John Biroc. T HE College Readers is a club activity for students who enjoy reading aloud together. The group meets once a week to work with poetry and poetic prose for speech improvement purposes as well as the enjoyment of literature. Over the past few years they have presented a wide range of programs both on and off campus. These have included “John Brown’s Body” by Stephen Vincent Benet and “America Was Promises” by Archibald MacLeish. This year, instead of presenting a choral reading program, the club sponsored the first OCCC Oral Reading Festival. There were three reading hours of poetry, prose and drama followed by a Festival luncheon. Mrs. Thera Stearns formerly of the Speech Department of Michigan State University evaluated each of the reading hours and was guest speaker at the Festival luncheon. For the past three years the College Readers have sponsored a cake sale to help send a representative to the annual Apple Blossom Oral Reading Festival at Michigan State University. Under the direction of Miss Evelyn Steele the club concluded their activities at the graduation exercises by reading from the Psalms for the Invocation and Benediction. COLLEGE READERS 55

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First row, left to right: Manuel Tejeda, Carolyn Rinaldi, Bea Johnson, Peggy Burbank, Ida Elliot, Ruth Zoghby. Second row: Sonia Siwik, Mr. Stivers, Arthur Heisman, Harry Murphy. EL CLUB ESPANOL F OR its second year at Orange County Community College, El Club Espanol elected Manuel Tejeda, President; Marlene Pahuki, Vice-President; and Margaret Burbank, Secretary. Mr. Moses Stivers was the faculty adviser. There was an increase of ten in membership this year. On November 4, the club took a field trip to New York City. The members visited the Hispanic Society in the morning, and in the afternoon the group saw a Spanish movie. In the evening they had dinner at the Jai-Alai Restaurant in Greenwich Village after which they motored to the Brooklyn Academy of Music to see Carman Amaya and her troupe perform. The club participated in the Variety Show and in the Christmas program by singing Spanish songs. During Pan American week, April 1 1, the club sponsored a dance at the Legion Lodge. The “Spanish Fiesta at the lodge was grace¬ fully decorated in Spanish fashion by the club members. A special feature of the evening was the entertainment performed by the club. Plans for a field trip to Mexico were discussed with much in¬ terest and excitement this year but had to be postponed due to many difficulties. 54

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CARMEN ANGELONE Art Editor SPORTS EDITOR Paul Starkey ART EDITOR Carmen Angelone Mrs. Elena Horton EDITOR Carolyn Rinaldi LITERARY EDITOR Dee Mingey PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Bob Caplan SECRETARY-TREASURER Audrey Reichert ADVISORS Mr. Allen Hanson 1958 COLT A YEARBOOK carries fond memories of bygone days, a link with happiness past, but few of us realize all the trials and tribula¬ tions that have been experienced by those who have worked on its publication. The staff of the 1958 COLT, under the guidance of Mrs. Elena Horton and Mr. Allen Hanson has been working dili¬ gently since the fall semester. Only with the full co-operation of the Art, Sports, Literary, and Photography Staffs were we able to give you the finished product of the COLT. As years pass by, and you leaf through these pages, may you find many happy memories and cherish this COLT. Fist row, left to right: Betty Jean Wells, Carolyn Rinaldi, Natalie Kubik, Gina Colao, Judy Evans. Second row: Audrey Reichert, Mrs. Horton, Robert Caplan, Carol El left. Dee Mingey, Mr. Hanson. 56