AUDREY GRAVES
MARGIE EVANS
JANICE LONG
LOU SLEDGE
ANN McCAMENT
ARTIE LEE PAGE
Naomi Riordan Reigns As '44 Rose Queen
Queen Naomi Accepts Crown in Spectacular Coronation
Ceremony; Climaxes Wartime Reign at Rose Bowl
Contest Tomorrow Before Crowd of 75,000 People
Vol. 35 Pasadena Junior College, December 31, 1943 No. 11
OMD Sponsors Traditional
Crafty Hall As Their
Annual'Tapping' Assembly
For the first time in Crafty Hall history, this year’s show
will be presented as the OMD assembly. Promised for January
27, the curtain is scheduled to remain up a full hour and a half.
Following this will be the traditional tapping ceremony at
which time the Order of Mast and Dagger will publicly an¬
nounce those people who have been chosen for membership on
the basis of outstanding service to the school.
Veteran Bill Sanborn intends
KFI Staff Group
Performs Today
Secretary of Activities Mary
Jane Carter returns to active
duty this morning with a special
New Year’s Day assembly. In the
spotlight will be instrumentalist
Frank Shoemaker leading a se¬
lect group of eight KFI staff
orchestra members.
Frank was a featured soloist
with Jimmy Greer’s band for
seven years before joining forces
with NBC, and has appeared
prominently on the Camel Cara¬
van, the Fibber McGee and Molly
show, and Bing Crosby’s Kraft
Music Hall. He is equally adept
at tootling the alto sax or a clari¬
net, but coniines most of his solo
work with the KFI orchestra to
the latter instrument.
Along with the nine piece band
will come male vocalist Hal Dur-
win. Hal is a former lead vocalist
with Les Brown’s band of renown
Midway in the assembly Queen
Naomi Riordan and her court of
six princesses will be presented
officially to the student body by
Secretary Carter, with the or¬
chestra providing a musical back¬
ground during the presentation.
Members of the Silver Screen
club have built a special set for
the entire show.
to model this edition of Crafty
after a Broadway variety show,
coupled with the latest type of
singing commercials
Featuring the band of Lee Ki-
korian and nine other headline
attractions, the theme will be
“Fun Unlimited.” Announcing
will be done by Dick “Golden
Adenoids” Tufeld. Art Duncan
and Lorenzo Faloice, top negro
piano and tap dance duo, and
the sensational piano swing sty¬
list Boris Reznick will add to the
hep cats pleasures. For those
who like it low down and mellow,
there will be Yvette Snedden’s
version of “Stormy Weather.”
She is the singer who created
such a sensation at the fall var¬
iety assembly. Naomi Riordan,
lovely Rose Queen, will present a
monologue. Commedian Charley
Greenstreet will co-star with Bar¬
bara Wickham in a cooking act a
la the “Hey, Rookie” show and
will again appear aided and abet¬
ted by Corky Paul in an Army
number describing the trials and
tribulations of two PJC boys
“roughing it” in the Army. Also
tailored for the addicts of swing
will be the drum duet presented
by Lee Kikorian and Harold
Evans. Hit songs of today will be
sung by Barbara Nunn.
The pre-show, modeled after
the old-time olio acts will feat¬
ure Jo Ann O’Hara and a cast
of 15.
Letter To Margie
(Ed. note: The following letter was received by Margie
Evans. We are printing it in the hopes that other students in the
Junior College will be able to realize the things that Pvt. Kirsch
speaks of.)
Dear Margie:
You probably don’t know me nor have ever heard of me, but
I read your editorial in the Chronicle (November 12) and I think,
as I’m sure many others do, that you have the right idea.
I am a “night man” working 12 hours a night, six nights a
week, in an army station hospital . . . watching over thirty-seven
boys back from the front — and if you could see them, you would
feel as I do . . . some of them will go over the “East Divide” (as
we in the Army call it.) Tenof the boys would have lived if they
had had blood plasma when they were in need of it. But now it
is too late and I have to sit and watch them die a slow and pain¬
ful death, and I can't do anything for them. They call for their
sweethearts in a pleading voice — but what can a fellow do?
Nothing! It makes me sick.
I feel as though I’m doing nothing — but as you said, “don't give
in — give out!” But it’s hard. One gets so discouraged. Nothing can
help these fellows now— and I feel as though I could do more over¬
seas. But I guess I must be content to stay here with the boys who
have little hope. Some won’t ever be able to walk again because
their legs are amputated, or others have no eyes, and things like
that. Most people can’t understand the terror and tragedy that goes
along with it — I hope you do — that is why I am writing. If you could
see the mutilated bodies of some of these boys, well, then everyone
would understand.
One boy can’t believe he’s lost his legs. He won’t believe it.
He keeps putting his hands down — and nothing is there! God,
what a look comes on his face!
I was a student at PJC not so long ago. I wish I were back.
Maybe I will be someday.
Say a prayer for the boys. They sure need it. Thanks for all
your help already.
PVT. KEVIN KIRSCH.
Naomi Riordan, Queen of the 55th Annual Tournament of Roses, and her court of six lovely princesses will climax
several crowded weeks of public appearances tomorrow afternoon. The group will be featured guests as the Universities
of Washington and Southern California tangle in the spectacular Rose Bowl classic for Pacific Coast football supremacy.
Queen Naomi and her court will be honored earlier at a special New Year’s Day Luncheon attended by local notables and
cinema favorites. First formal “unveiling” of the princess came at the Tournament of Roses Dinner held December 8
in the Pasadena Athletic Club. On December 21 the Royal Court held the spotlight at the Queen’s Breakfast; Queen
Naomi was officially presented with the crown bv Frank M. Brooks, president of the Tournament of Roses Association,
at the Coronation.
The Coronation, held Wed¬
nesday evening in the Civic
Auditorium, featured music by
Horace Heidt and his Musical
Knights. With admission by
special invitation only, guests
were largely members of the
Tournament of Roses Associa¬
tion and officers and men of the
armed forces. However, PJC
coeds who participated in the
memorable Brookside Park
tryouts also received invita¬
tions. University of Washing¬
ton gridders were also invited,
but a stringent bed-deadline
forced their Cinderella-like de¬
parture at the stroke of 10. The
ceremonies and show at 8:30,
featuring several prominent en¬
tertainers, were followed by the
Coronation Ball.
After attempts to get a $60,000
stage set into the auditorium
proved abortive, the Tournament
Association obtained the stage di¬
rector of “Blackouts” to con¬
struct a new set from salvaged
materials.
At the Queen’s Breakfast such
personalities of screen and radio
as Major Knox Manning, Tex
Ritter, Roddy McDowell and Lt.
Robert Sterling joined Queen Na¬
omi and her Royal Court in an
informal program of entertain¬
ment broadcast exclusively by
Pasadena’s KWKW. Lt. Sterling
highlighted the program with the
presentation of scrolls of appoint¬
ment to the princesses.
Queen Naomi Riordan has be¬
come well known to PJC stu¬
dents through her participation
in dramatic activities, particular¬
ly in the “Torch Bearers” and
the recent Southern California
Speech Festival. (She’s a mem¬
ber of the popular Players Guild.)
Also active in art and sports, she
writes a gossip column for her
paper, and is a member of the
Aeolian restrictive club.
No native, this year’s 17-year-
old queen came to Pasadena from
Muskegon, Michigan. Naomi has
hopes of attending UCLA, but her
TOURNAMENT OF ROSES QUEEN, NAOMI RIORDAN
Busy Sophs
Working Hard,
' Mystery ' Show
Promising a good program, the
Sophomore Class will sponsor the
forthcoming Election Assembly
which is to take place January
7. A hitherto unheard of the¬
atrical society, the Ajax Dramatic
Group, will take an active part
in this assembly, along witH
Sophomore President Wayne Un-
tereiner, who will preside.
The hard working partici¬
pants will start rehearsals Mon¬
day, which will continue
throughout the week. However,
the mysterious script, which as
yet has not been released, is
still being discussed by the
authors. As no one knows what
to expect, the Sophomore Coun¬
cil' feels that a record crowd
will attend.
The first portion of the pro¬
gram will be occupied by the pre¬
sentation of candidates and their
campaign speeches. The Sopho¬
more entertainment follows and
will conclude the assembly.
Capping Services Held for
Student Nurses Last Night
The Capping Service for 28 student nurses who entered the
Huntington Hospital School of Nursing in September, and who
have been accepted to continue their training, took place in
candlelight in Sexson Auditorium at 8 :00 on December 30. The
guest speaker, Dr. Max Mason of Cal Tech, was introduced by
Dr. John W. Harbeson. Following Dr. Mason the student
nurses took their Florence Nightingale pledge with the figure
of the great humanitarian be-
humanitarian
fore them, portrayed by Jean
Bigam, assistant director of
nurses. Scenes were depicted in
pantomine of student nurses
duties in surgery, in class room
instruction, in military affairs,
and in Red Cross.
All the student nurses are
classified as members of the stu¬
dent body at the Junior College
until they receive their diplomas
at the end of two and one half
years. They are also members of
the USCNC and wear the official
uniform which is nation wide for
street wear. In the hospital they
wear the uniform which is used
at the Huntington Memorial
Hospital.
The following are the nurses
who are in the ceremony:
Anna Bader, Letha Bartel, Car-
mina Baldassarre, Mona Bitten-
curt, Ruth Brown, Mima Carter,
June Classon, Marietta Diethsch,
Betty Fowler, Wilma Hiatt, Jean
Hadel, Pauline Harbers, Betty
Harris, Jean Kisling, Lois Lee,
Florence Ann Lindquist, Eleanor
Pottenger, Katherine Morse,
Lois Pruitt, Marilyn Rogers,
Ellen May Scott, Pattiejane Sut-
liff, Norma Segale, Polly Ann
Skinner, Lorraine Thompson,
Rose Marie Walbrook, Dolores
Wilson, Shirley M. Wilson.
HORACE HEIDT
real plan for the near future is
to become a member of the Pasa¬
dena Playhouse, thus following
a tradition set by Pat, her older
sister.
Margie Evans, student body
president, was born 19 years ago
in Upland but moved to Pasadena
at the tender age of two. Promi¬
nent throughout her high school
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