'Gloria'
Bond Drive
Approaches
Goal
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Pasadena Junior College, December 8, 1944
No. 12
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Gloria" To Herald Opening Of Christmas Season
Traditional Choral Pageant To Be Given
Three Times For Campus, Community
Surprise Bond Purchase
Brings Drive Near Goal
Although the PJC War Council, under the leadership of Frank
McCormack, had set the purchase of a $200,000 Northrop Black
Widow Night Fighter Plane as their goal for the year, a surprise
purchase of $150,000 worth of bonds by Joe Crail, President of the
Coast Federal Savings and Loan, pushed the drive within $1,168.75
of the year’s goal. In an effort to realize this sum as soon as poss¬
ible, War Council members, Lu¬
cille Coviello and Jack Thurber,
will take over the AWVS Victory
House in front of the Post Office
all day tomorrow. They will auc¬
tion off relics from the beaches
and foxholes of South Pacific
battlefronts.
Last Friday and Saturday Jane
Kroneberger, Barbara Lauderdale
Margaret Seaman, and Jack Thur¬
ber manned the bond booth at the
Broadway - Pasadena, selling al¬
most $12,000 worth of bonds and
stamps.
On display in the student book¬
store this coming week will be a
large outline drawing of the Black
Widow which will be blacked in
as the totals advance.
With its purchase of the North¬
rop Black Widow pursuit plane,
PJC will be helping to put into
action one of the latest types of
military aircraft. The Black Wid¬
ow is the first fighter plane to be
designed specifically for night in¬
terception. It is armed with four
50-caliber machine guns which are
operated from electrically control¬
led turrets. It has an undisclos¬
ed number of 20 mm. cannon. The
motors also have power equal to
that of a full-sized diesel loco¬
motive.
Annual Banquet
Features Panel
The annual SCA Brotherhood
Banquet will be held Tuesday,
December 12, in the Holliston
Avenue Methodist Church.
There will be a panel discussion
based on the theme of the event,
Brotherhood. Tolerance, sincer¬
ity, and mutuality will be dis¬
cussed by the following three
speakers: Ted Duran of the
Pasadena Settlement, Dave Wal¬
dron of the American Friends
Service Committee, and Walt
Worrill of the 28th Street YMCA
in Los Angeles. Program chair¬
man is Pearl McAfee.
Dinner arrangements are being
made by Edwina Dunn. The sup¬
per price is 35 cents and all res¬
ervations for supper must be
made not later than today in the
SCA office.
All students interested in inter¬
racial fellowship are invited to
attend.
Macy Stages
Victory Dance
As an after game entertain¬
ment feature the Pep Commission
held a dance in the Women’s Gym
on Friday, December 1, to cele¬
brate the game between PJC and
Compton JC.
Pep Commissioner Jack Macy
was in charge of the dance dur¬
ing which several guests from
other junior colleges in South¬
ern California were presented by
their host, Sam Soghomonian,
.student body president.
Alu mna 's 'Wind In My Hair'
Is Opening Theta Production
Theta Rho Pi, honorary radio fraternity of Pasadena Junior
College, will present its first production of the year, “Wind In My
Hair,” over radio station KPPC this coming Sunday, December 10,
from 12:15 to 12:45 p. m. An original radio play by Grace Nord,
PJC alumna, “Wind In My Hair” stars Frank McCormack as
Randie, Frances Evans as Beth, Robert Shaw as John, and Adrienne
Osborn as Ellen. Charlene Bur¬
ner is student director; Peggy
Curtiss produces and Leon Sheills
announces. The entire produc¬
tion is under the advisorship of
N. Vincent Parsons.
One of the oldest clubs at PJC,
Theta Rho Pi this year is at¬
tempting an unusually strenu¬
ous production schedule because
of the increase in membership.
An evening at Columbia Square
in Hollywood is planned for this
coming Wednesday to enable
members to see large scale pro¬
duction.
Contest Winners
Awarded Prizes
The “Keep His America Ameri¬
can” contest sponsored by the
Kiwanis Club and open to all
students of PJC ended November
1. The contest was organized
students with varied talents to
participate.
Student winners include, Har¬
riet Pritchard and Marian Moren
in the Speech Division; Mary
Jean Thomas in the Radio Di¬
vision; Cyrus Khabiri in the
Poem Division; Marian Moser
and Ruth Thornburgh in the
Short Story Division and Mary
Rutte and Marian Moser in the
Essay Division.
Fifteen, ten and five dollar
prizes were presented to the win-
news with different divisions
rating different cash prizes.
The theme of the contest,
sponsored by the Pasadena Ki¬
wanis Club, was how the citi¬
zens at home can keep America
and its institutions alive for the
servicemen fighting on distant
battlefields. The winners were
announced by Mr. Wyatt, chair¬
man of the Kiwanis club.
By MARGARET ELLINGTON AND ALAN EDWARDS
Many weeks of rehearsal and preparation by 250 students climaxed this weekend, when the
Scripture-inspired, traditional choral play, “Gloria,” will be presented in Sexson Auditorium for three
performances: this morning during the regular assembly; this evening at 8:00; and Sunday afternoon
at 3:00. From the first scene to the grand finale “Gloria” is a service of worship with a spirit of
reverence prevailing. It is the story of a wiseman, a shepherd youth, a frightened mother and their
supreme sacrifices for the Christ. As the story unfolds the actual fulfillment of the prophecy, the
stage lights grow brighter and
reveal the scene at the manger
with the Child, the Mother and
the Wisemen. In the background
a choir of angels sings the great¬
est Noel music of all time.
Drawn from advanced drama
and music students, actors and
singers include Morris Buchanan
as the Prophet Priest, Doriana
Goiorani as the Madonna, Wes¬
ley Alderson as Joseph, Bruce
Lyon as Judah, Betty Sharp as
Elizabeth, and Margaret Elling¬
ton as the Herald Angel.
Other members of the cast
are as follows: Charles Hughes,
Saradan of Chaldea; Edward
Johnson, Obed; John Cone, the
Singing Priest; Robert Kratz,
James Devine and Warren Sim-
onds, soldiers of Herod; Florence
McNabb, Charlene Burner and
Bernice Reeder, Heavenly mes¬
sengers; Homer Wilcox, shep¬
herd; Eric Pyle, Robert Long- 4
fellow and Elton Howard, Three
Kings.
The Nysaeans, Euterpeans, un¬
der the direction of Miss Carrie
Sharp, and the A Cappella Choir
and voice classes under the direc¬
tion of Miss Mabel Oakes will
take part.
The production is directed by
the author, Miss Katherine Kes-
ter and Miss Lula C. Parmley,
with Nancy McNaught acting as
student director. The stage crew
and production staff members are
as follows: Harry Moon, Chuck
Parsons, Edward Mundt, Gene
Burt, Marie Lindgren, and Ar¬
lene Schulz.
Scene from Gloria, traditional PJC Christmas choral play
Soloist Presents
Season's Songs
On Tuesday, December 12,
Grace Dressier will present the
second in a series of organ pro¬
grams in Sexson Auditorium at
12:20 p. m. Sponsored by the
Kantela Club, Grace will play a
program of Christmas music
which will include a group of
Christmas Carols, an arrange¬
ment of “Silent Night,” by Kreck-
el, “How Bright Appears the
Morning Star,” by Elert, “Star
of Hope,” by Biggs, and “Sin-
fonia” and “Prelude and Fugue,”
in E Minor by Bach. Students
are urged to be in their seats by
12:30 as the auditorium doors
will be closed at that time. All
students are cordially invited to
attend what promises to be one
of the high points on the list
of holiday programs.
PJC Assumes
Germany^ Role
A Bill of Rights for humanity
to confront the issues of peace
was the goal of the United World
Student Conference which met
at Occidental College last Sat¬
urday, December 2. The confer¬
ence was sponsored by SPAC’s,
the Student Public Affairs Com¬
mission of the Regional Council
for the YMCA- YWCA in the Pa¬
cific Southwest. The PJC dele¬
gation took the representation of
a defeated Germany at the peace
table. By scanning libraries and
speaking to professors, research
committees gathered their ma¬
terial for the various delegations.
Various commissions on political
order, economic cooperation, and
military power played an active
part.
Representative students were
registered by 9:30 when the of¬
ficial sessions began. The newly
appointed executive secretary of
the World Student Service Fund,
Dr. Huntley Dupre, was the key¬
note speaker.
A Festival of Nations climaxed
conference events at 8:30 p. m.
when student delegates from all
the colleges represented gathered
in the Occidental Patio. Folk
dancing as well as social dancing
was the order of the evening.
An additional contribution to
the success of the conference was
the special “SPAC News” edited
by Nadine Ostlund, PJC SPAC
Commissioner.
Give To Hospitalized
Servicemen In PJC's
'Adopted' Wards
Oratory Wins
First At Meet
Delivering an original oration
on the topic, “Son of the Un¬
known Soldier”, Marilyn Robin¬
son, freshman at PJC, placed
first in the women’s oratory div¬
ision of the Southern California
Invitational Forensic Tourna¬
ment held here.
Miss Robinson competed a-
gainst women from eleven South¬
ern California universities and
colleges. In all, over one hundred
students participated in the var¬
ious divisions of the tournament.
Eligibility Cards
Due Tuesday
Candidates for next semester’s
student body offices must hand in
to Helen Erb, elections commis¬
sioner, their eligibility cards by
next Tuesday if their name is to
appear on the January 5 primary
ballot. These cards may be ob¬
tained in room 29c. Those pros¬
pective candidates who qualify
will meet Wednesday to obtain
information concerning campaign
and advertising regulations. Of¬
fices open are listed in the week¬
ly bulletin.