Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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Retirees Retirees have more fun! And they obtain some of that fun by being enrolled in a variety of classes at PBJC. Age does not deter the process of learning. One retiree with a bubbling personality is Polly Apfel. She says art keeps her mind alert and keeps her from get- ting lonesome. I ' m not a sitter or a knitter or one for idle gossip, and painting helps me to relax, relates Polly. Her secret is a simple one, Keep busy when growing older. You need an ' ego satisfaction ' or you will become lost. Another interesting retiree is John V. Fair. Graduating three years ago from PBJC with a degree in business admin- istration, John, at that time, was an admirer of Watson B. Duncan III. Since then, he has dreamed of sculpting a bust of Mr. Duncan. This leads to a new study of des- ign and ceramics. He hopes to someday see his dream come true, when he can successfully sculpt such a bust. The plague that he plans to attach to this bust will read, He makes words come to life. Unquestionably, PBJC ' s most colorful retiree is Harold MCCann, now pushing 71. A purchasing agent for 37 years and quite conventional, he was reborn by a strong interest in Transcedental Meditation. Now called ' the oldest hippie on the Gold Coast ' , Harold ' s new-found love of art inspired a trip to Greece, Italy and Turkey to see some of what he studied in class, i- AUDREY DEVENEY Harold McCann, ' the Oldest Hippie on the Gold Coast ' c ' ' •■ l o John V. Fair in an art class Polly Apfel: Painting helps me relax. ' 10

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AV Room Movie selector LLRC Provides relaxation and study sources MR. ROBERTS Third floor card catalogue Faculty Service Librarian Mr. Roberts

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Bridging Cultural Barriers (above) Students exchanging ideas Nassrin Mohajeri (right) Anne Russi The presence of our many foreign students who currently attend Palm Beach Junior College allows for an invaluable cultural exchange between the student body and our visitors. There are two students in particular who greatly exemphfy this exchange--Anne Russi from Italy and Nassrin Mohajeri from Iran. Originally, Anne Russi was born in the United States but moved soon after her birth, to Bologna, a city in the north of Italy where her father still resides though she returned here some three years ago. During her stay she studied Spanish and German in addition to her two other acquired tongues— English and Italian. Her interest in German took her to Salzburg, Austria, to an inter- national school where she continued her language studies and where she stayed for one year. Presently, Anne is majoring in biology. She hopes to one day use her language background in a potential job as a biological researcher in the United Nations. In any case, the wealth she obtained from study and travel in foreign lands will well serve her in any future career as well as help awaken those she meets to what Nassrin Mohajeri terms the great similarities that all people seem to possess. Nassrin says, I think every- where I go, people are the same. Nassrin has also had the privilege of wide travel which brought her from Iran eleven months ago. Nassrin also expressed her interest in foreign languages especially English, which she hopes to perfect during her stay here in the United States. Though English is not commonly used in her native Iran, this ancient land is offering more and more high positions in the business world to those who are familiar with our language. And this is improtant to Nassrin who hopes to one day enter into the import export field upon her return. Though most of us can never hope to travel as ex- tensively as have Anne and Nassrin, we can still greatly benefit from meeting and speaking to them in the real- ization that this is indeed a small world with very few differences really separating her peoples. With the aid of cultural exchange perhaps one day we can bridge all barriers. 4. SANDRA KOUDELIK 11