Vol. 41 No. 9
Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California
April 23, 1947
Shaw Tells
Youth Day
Assignments
Civic and School
Posts Filled by
PJC Students
Tentative assignments for the
Youth Day program were posted
this week according to Roy Shaw
Chairman of the event..
Shaw said that since Muir had
been invited to participate in
PJC’s program this year, there
would not be as many vacancies
for students of this campus as a
fair distribution of posts has
been made.
Pasadena students will have
the opportunity to fill city and
business posts ranging from city
manager of Pasadena down to
the local humane officer. Shaw
expressed his gratitude to such
local business concerns as The
Broadway, Hertels, Mathers,
Sears and Nashes for cooperat¬
ing in the Youth Day program.
Assignments Announced
Some of the key positions filled
by PJC students include Jack
Lamp as city manager, Die Haw¬
kins as Chairman of the City
Board, and Roger Stewart as city
attorney.
Lancer President Pies Griffin
will assume the duties of Chief
of Police and the Pasadena post
office will gain a woman post¬
master as Rep at large Vangie
Smitter steps in to look after the
mail. Bob Aston and Ardith Rob¬
erts will take seats on Pasadena’s
city board of directors.
Former student body president
Neil Goedhard will become presi¬
dent for a day of the Pasadena
Chamber of Commerce, and John
Koschwanez, commissioner of fin¬
ance will administer as City Con¬
troller.
Novel Jobs
Pasadena City Schools will be
under the control of the students
for a day as Sally Aguirre takes
over the responsibilities of su¬
perintendent of schools and John
Cole assumes the duties of prin¬
cipal of PJC.
A novel feature of Youth Day
will be the use of PJC radio stu¬
dents to fill jobs at local stations
KWKW and KXLA as announc¬
ers and technicians. Students en¬
rolled in journalism courses or
newspaper work will find jobs on
the Pasadena Independent and
The Star News.
CONTEST
Finalists Vie For
Safety Prizes Today
Today at eleven o’clock in the
auditorium, four finalists in the
Phil Robinson Memorial Safety
Contest will vie for prizes rang¬
ing from five to 25 dollars. These
four speakers are Mary Ellen Sie-
mon, Patti Crawley, William Wel¬
ler and John Cole.
The contest is sponsored by
P. B. Robins.on, father of Phil
Robinson in whose memory the
event is conducted. Young Rob¬
inson, a student at Pasadena
Junior College six years ago, was
killed in an accident on the ath¬
letic field. Mr. Robinson is of¬
fering four prizes of $25, first
prize; $15, second prize; and $5
each for third and fourth places.
The contest will be attended
by the social science classes, the
English classes and the physical
education classes during the elev¬
en o’clock hour.
PJC students and student body officers got clean up week
off to a good start with some active participation. Pictured are
ASB vice-president Dick Hawkins and his assistants Louise
Campbell, Kaki Kratka, Ardith Roberts, Sally Aguirre and Tom
Kelley.
EXPENSIVE GAME
Lawbreakers Sweeten Pot as Nine
Verdicts Dealt at Court Sessions
Sliding down bannisters may be a faster way of getting
to class, but this act cost Paul Repath $1.50 for a disorderly
conduct charge handed down by Roger Stewart, Minor Court
Justice on April 10. Joseph Mardrios pleaded guilty to out
of bounds parking in the faculty
driveway and was fined $1.50.
Pleading guilty of smoking in a
restricted area, Marie Christen¬
son received a $5 fine and 16
hours work following three con¬
tempts of court, Stewart declar¬
ed.
Three traffic violators were ar¬
raigned before Minor Court on
April 17. Parking by the boiler
house netted Richard Griffin a
50 cent fine. Frederick Chorneau
received a suspended fine for hav¬
ing his car parked over the red
line which was obscurred by dirt.
Parking across a double line drew
Thomas Dahm a six-bit fine,
Stewart added.
Jones Changes Plea
Barbara Jones changed her
plea to guilty on charges of
smoking in a restricted area and
was fined four dollars at Superior
Court session, April 16. Handing
down its decision after a short
discussion, a Superior Court jury
acquitted Carl Spurney of charg¬
es of parking near a red line in
the student parking lot.
One “not guilty” vote at Super¬
ior Court Justice Sam Prichard’s
court will necessitate a new trial
for Dick McConnell, faced with
charges of smoking in a restrict¬
ed area.
ROTC Undergoes
Inspection in Bid
For Honor Citation
Annual Federal Inspection of
the ROTC unit was conducted by
a board of three officers from
Headquarters, Sixth Army last
Thursday to determine whether
the local unit would receive an
Honor School citation.
Lt. Col. William R. Wilson,
Commanding Officer of the RO¬
TC, stated that should the unit
receive the award, it would make
the fifth consecutive year. Mem¬
bers of the unit would then be
entitled to wear gold stars on
their sleeves replacing the pres¬
ent red ones.
The program lasted from 8:00
a. m. until 3 p. m. and during
that time the Pasadena ROTC
was put through its paces in re¬
view, practical tests, and theoret¬
ical tests. Results of the inspec¬
tion will not be known until June
when the reports of the Sixth
Army and War Departments will
be released.
Demonstrations in physical
drill, platoon drill, manual of
arms and company drill were giv¬
en.
Campus Cleanup Drive
Enters 3rd Day; More
Student Aid Sought
Policing of Nearby Streets and
Lawns May Hold Answer to Parking
Hex, Student Body President Says
PJC entered the third day of its campus cleanup cam¬
paign today as student and faculty leaders emphasized the
need for a concentrated effort on the part of the entire school
to make the project a success.
The proposal of cleanup
a meeting of the ASB board,
being conducted at other junior
colleges and stems from Visalia
conference discussions of campus
improvement problems. Student
Body President Jack Lamp start¬
ed the ball rolling Monday by
naming a committee of four rep¬
resentatives at large to take
charge of the drive, paint trash
cans and butt buckets and dis¬
play posters at vantage points
on the campus.
May Ease Parking Aspect
It was brought out at the board
meeting that the cluttered streets
near the school may have much
to do with why parking restric¬
tions have not been lifted. Lamp
called attention to the messy
front yards of nearby residents,
saying, “It’s no wonder these
people don’t want the parking
zones removed when students sit
in cars and toss lunch wrappers
on their lawns.” Extension of
Lancer and Spartan patrols to
cover these areas was offered as
a remedy.
The Block P Society joined
with other enforcement bodies
this week to keep watch over the
campus and to see that cleanup
rules are obeyed. Lamp declared
that strong arm methods were
not the answer, however. “It is
only through student cooperation
that we can make the drive a
success,” he added.
Included on the cleanup com¬
mittee are Bill Mosley, Bob As¬
ton, Vangie Smitter and Gene
Slaughter. Joe Callahan, Chroni¬
cle cartoonist, was commissioned
to draw a poster for the main
hall.
week, passed last Thursday at
was in keeping with campaigns
SHAKESPEARE
Baily, Lyon Nab
Kudos at Festival
Dorothy Baily and Dorothy
Lyon took first place honors at
the annual Shakespeare Festival
last Thursday night at La Sola-
na Inn in Pasadena.
The festival, conducted through
the drama department of PJC, is
sponsored jointly by the Doolittle
memorial contest for lower divi¬
sion students and the Smith me¬
morial contest for upper division
students.
The vehicle of Miss Baily, up¬
per division winner, was a selec¬
tion from King Henry VIH. Miss
Lyon gave an excerpt from The
Taming of the Shrew.
Second place honors were won
by Jack Larson who spoke of
Two Gentlemen from Verona,
and Doris Hall who portrayed
Ann in King Richard III.
Other participants of the con¬
tests included: Elizabeth Warn¬
er, John Donahue, Bill Hesson,
Kathleen Welsh, Charles Young,
Patti Crawley, Eleanor Eby and
Dick Carr.
Barbara Bree acted as Mistress
of ceremonies and Tom Wirick
presented a short skit using the
titles of all of Shakespeare’s
works as his script. A dinner of
fried chicken preceded the speak¬
ers.
Pictured above are Campus Sweetheart Elaine Sheets and
attendents Margaret Silva and Betty Hubner. The three comely
PJC coeds were chosen by a committee of married veterans
under the sponsorship of the Associated Women Students.
Nine New Members in Elaine Sheets Named A WS Sweetheart
Phi Rho Pi Rites Tonite
Tonight at 6:00, members of
Phi Rho Pi, the national honor¬
ary forensic fraternity will init¬
iate nine new members at their
semi-annual induction ceremony
and banquet.
New members who have gain¬
ed honors for PJC at speech ev¬
ents throughout Southern Cali¬
fornia include Gloria Johnson,
Robert Royster, Robert Kratz,
Cleon Sherrill, Ted McLean, John
Chapman, Richard Spurney, Pies
Griffin and Jessie Paxton.
Climaxing Sweetheart Day,
Elaine Sheets, PJC senior, was
crowned “Campus Sweetheart,”
last Wednesday, April 16, when
Sally Aguirre, AWS president,
presented the sweetheart with a
crown of spring flowers and a
lovely orchid corsage. The two
attendants, Margaret Silva and
Betty Hubner, runners-up in the
contest, received old fashioned
bouquets.
Sponsored by AWS, the affair
was completed by the students
Mother-Daughter Banquet
Faculty women teachers
will “adopt” one of their
Spanish speaking students
as a daughter for the annual
Mother Daughter Banquet
slated to be held at the Odd
Fellows Hall, 175 North Los
Robles Avenue tomorrow
night at 6:30 p. m., announc¬
ed Sally Aguirre, AWS pres¬
ident. Mexico will be the
theme of this year’s pro¬
gram.
toasting the sweetheart with
punch and then eating ice cream
served at a brightly decorated
booth in front of the mirror
pools, while music played over
the loud speaker.
The judges for the contest
were nine war veterans who
roamed the campus incognito
during the three lunch hours,
picking one girl from each hour.
Contestants included every girl
who wore a cotton dress.