Montgazette, Vol. 01, No. 03, 1967-05-26

              MONTGAZETTE
Vol. 1, No. 3
Montgomery County Community College
Friday, Moy 26, 1967
KATHY KING NAMED COLLEGE QUEEN
Sue Curtiss
Uianna rung
GO TRIAD-GO! GO! GO!
Since the founding of Triad last semester with
only a handful of energetic students, Triad has
grown considerably.
Attendance at the bi-weekly meetings range
from 40 to 70 students.
Triad has completed the promotional work for
the first MC3 Spring Formal (which is hoped will
become a tradition at the school, and has set the
stage for the crowning of Miss Montco '67.
With the addition of new students in Triad, a
need for additional student officials is becoming
important. Elections for Vice-President, Treasurer, a.nd Recording Secretary were held on May
4th. The additional officials will help to organize
additional activities.
Triad is currently planning a TRIPLE-BLAST
weekend, which will include a private party for
Triad members and their guests, and a road rally.
Topping everything off will be swimming, and
other outdoor picnic games.
All students who do not participate in Triad
activities are urged to do so, especially with the
rapid growth of Triad. It may soon become necessary to limit membership of the club so that it
may participate as a true co-ed fraternity which
it actually is.
Do you remember the pressed
moments of only a few weeks ago?
The preparations for the Spring
Formal exhausted the funds and
jangled the nerves of many a MC3
student. But eventually the big
day did come and with it the joy
over' an affair that will remain
for all of us the highlight of this
the first year at MC3.
The affair, appropriately named
The Crown Ball was a huge success. It was so obviously well
planned that to say things went
smoothly would be a great understatement.
The setting for the Crown Ball
was the Maitre'D restaurant which
is located at the Cheltenham Shopping Center. The dinner began just
a few minutes after the set time
of 8 p.m. It included a fruit cup,
soup, veal parmesan, baked potato, green vegetables, salad, and
ice cream roll. Coffee and a
Danish Pastry buffet was served
later in the evening.
Music was provided by the "Del-
Fines" of Lafayette College. The
group played pop and contemporary music. Their style was
slightly reminiscent of that used
by the big bands of the latter
thirties. All in all their performance was exceptionally good, and
their vocalist's efforts merit
special applause.
The crowning moment of the
Crown Ball was the announcement
of the winner of the  Miss MC3
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Joanne Smyth
Sharon Wright
LIBRARY NEWS
Kathy King
Officer Pratelli Speaks
As you students have probably
noticed, MC3 has acquired a new
member of the staff - an elective
constable complete with moustache. His name is Officer Piatelli,,
Officer Piatelli resides in Con-
shohocken, and as a maUer of
fact, he even went to high school
here.
He is a state cop besides a
school cop, so his authority extends over the students of MC3,
and outside the school too. This
offers   him   little   leisure   time.
"I  think  the  students  here do
respect my authority, which in
turn, shows me the good student
body," says Officer Piatelli.
Officer Piatelli gives three rules
to the students:
1. Please keep your friends out
of the school unless you have permission  from the administration.
2. No smoking will be permitted except in the lounge. If
you are caught smoking, you get
one warning, and then your I.D.
card is sent to the Dean.
3. Make sure that you are attired properly.
John Pratelli
ELECTION INFO
PAGES 3 &4
With the advent of term papers, in both English
and History of Western Civilization, students have
been using the library, many for the first time.
With the help of the staff they have found useful
material for their term paper. As the term papers
are due, some this week and others in the middle
of May, students who put off working on their term
paper will be rushing to use the library. Will they
ever learn that it is best to start early!
Two weeks ago there was a notice posted stating
changes have been made in the library hours. The
library is now open Mondays from 8:30 a.m. to
9:00 p.m. This change was made to help the
students.
New books are still coming in. Many new history,
language,  and  many  other books are coming in.
I have noticed that the magazines are out of
order, especially Life, Look, and Saturday Evening
Post. When using magazines, you should put them
back in order. It was supposed to have been sent
to be bound. So please make sure you put what you
use back where it belongs. Following these suggestions, you can help us run an efficient library.
The library is here to help you, but we need your
cooperation, if we are expected to run the library
smoothly,
Peggi Hoffmeier, Library Aide
Drama at MC3
On Friday, May 19th our own
Montco Drama Club presented two
plays at the Plymouth Whitemarsh
High School auditorium.
The performances: two one-act
plays were directed by Mr. Harold
Van Kirk who is well known in the
local theatrical world.
The first play, The Dumb Waiter, by the English playwright,
Harold Pinter, was a combination of both the dramatic and
serious sides of life. It provided
an excellent commentary on the
everyday exasperations that seem
to be too much for "certain people." The second play, Maid to
Marry was a delightful nonsense [
spoof on modern civilization by
the European playwright Ionesco. Harold Van Kirk