Riverside College - Tequesquite Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT is a contagious commodity. Probably the chief reason for the spread of that happy feeling at RCC this year was the great number of happy teachers that inhabited the campus. One of them was Fleming Smith, long- time business department instructor, who ran away with the title of Teacher with the Merriest Twinkle. There was good cheer throughout the campus immediately preceding the annual Christ- mas recess, with a well-attended Christmas As- sembly, and the usual Wassail celebration, which warmed the cockles of many a cold heart. SPIRITED PAIR - Randy Snook and Jill Godwin were two of the participants in the annual Christmas play at Open House. HAPPY GATHERING - Among all these familiar faces Santa Claus can still be identified because of his beard and the great big buckle. Some other faces in the crowd: Bob Harold, Maureen Whitaker, Marsha Smith, Caren Vassily, Jill Godwin, Randy Snook, and Mike Rudolph as Santa Claus.

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Pat Scileppi Rod Jones Woman of Year Is Man of fear IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC that she would give the credit to someone else. This was a comment made when Pat Scileppi, 1966 Woman of Distinc- tion, attributed much of her success to her foren- sic coach. Dr. Dina Stallings. Forensics and speech, of course, are the fields in which Miss Scileppi gained national recognition, as she came within an inch of being named National Speaker of Dis- tinction at the National Tournament in Odessa, Texas. When she accepted the Woman of Distinc- tion trophy, she said, I ' m very thankful for this beautiful honor that has been bestowed upon me. I ' ll always try to live up to the honor of being named woman of the year. Miss Scileppi is inter- ested in a teaching career. Besides her speech activities, she has served as AWS treasurer, and publicity chairman for the RCC chapter of SCTA. RCC ROYALTY - Man of the Year Rod Jones plants a kiss on Pat Scileppi, Woman of Distinction. Both were key members of the RCC Forensics Team which took national honors during the year. ROD JONES wasn ' t around to pick up his trophy when he was being honored as Man of the Year at the annual Associated Men Students awards banquet. He was in Odessa, Texas representing RCC in the national speech tournament and doing quite well, too. Needless to say, he was glad to pick up the trophy when he got back. In the meantime, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald O. Jones, kept the trophy for him. Like his contemporary Woman of the Year, Pat Scileppi, Rod is a serious speech student and served as president of the Forensic Association. Additionally, he represented Riverside in the Bank of America contest for the junior college Man of the Year, was on the Dean ' s list, and a member of Alpha Gamma Sigma, statewide junior college honor society. He was chairman of the Mardi Gras Committee and business manager of AMS. Runners-up for Man of the Year were Vic Collins and Nick Ferguson. THE COURT — in the competition for Woman of Distinc- tion, all agreed that a lovelier group could hardly be found anywhere. The girls are, from left: Donna Lytle, Sandy Tewksbury, Ingrid Lindemann, Allene Archibald, Kathy Werring, Pat Scileppi, the winner, Donna Robin- son, Kathy Kennedy, Pamela Ede, Pat Hannon and Winifred Yen.