Vol. 32
No. 27
Pasadena Junior College, February 6, 1941
'Which Way Is Up' Debut Today
Tapping
OMD Assembly To Give
"Which Way Up" Preview
And Tap New Members
This year’s Mast and Dagger Variety program, to be
held during assembly period today, which is presenting “the
most talented artists in school,” was produced by Jerry
Hawes. The program features a preview of “Which Way Is
Up?” starring Francelia Welsh, who will sing one of the
original songs from that play.
Rose Princess Ellen Harmon will give a vocal solo ac-
Speech Contest
To Be Held
In Stockton Soon
One of the oldest contests in
speech fields is the one held at
the College of the Pacific in
Stockton, California.
Four fields will be in the con¬
test — debate, extemporaneous,
oratory, and impromptu. Spon¬
sored by the speech department
of PJC, those who survive the
tryouts and are chosen to go
will have their expenses paid
by the school.
Interested students should ap¬
ply to the teachers in their field.
William Evans is in charge of
debate; Hedley Reeder, im¬
promptu and extemporaneous,
and Mrs. Irene Peters, oratory.
Further details may be found
in 28 or 127 C, East Campus.
For Silver Screen Dance
Open Invitation Offered
All students of PJC are invit¬
ed to the dance to be held Feb¬
ruary 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. in East
Campus Women’s Gym, under
the sponsorship of the Silver
Screen Club.
No admission will be charged,
and a large attendance is ex¬
pected. The Silver Screen offi¬
cers have secured many of the
latest recordings of famous dance
bands to play at the dance.
companied by a choral back¬
ground, and Art Weatherby, star
of “Gloria” will also solo.
Tommy, the talking dummy,
accompanied by “Maestro” Bob
Fisher, will supply comedy, while
a trick “Phantom Orchestra,” led
by Henry Burman, is designed to
make the “flesh crawl on the
necks of the audience.” It is ru¬
mored that he will have a beau¬
tiful assistant. Orchestrations
for the occasion will be supplied
by Laverne Boyer’s Band, which
is also playing at the Homecom¬
ing Dance Monday.
As a finale for the assembly
Harlan Erickson will formally
present Bill Burke with the job
of ASB president, during the
West Campus assembly, as a
gesture of inter-campus friend¬
ship. “Swish” Ogura, president
of the Order of Mast and Dagger
will preside.
Player's Guild
Holds Tryouts
Tryouts for “Blackout,” a one
act mystery comedy set in pres¬
ent day England, are being held
by the Player’s Guild Tuesday
afternoon, February 11, 3 and 4
o’clock in the Little Theater.
A spy story by Margaret Muir
Raine, the tryout is open to
members of the drama clubs and
all students with some acting
experience.
Elizabeth Flint, Player’s Guild
advisor, will direct the produc¬
tion which will be presented in
the Little Theater March 5, 6,
and 7. Proceeds will go for much
needed stage equipment in the
Little Theater.
Reception
Homecoming Dance Monday;
Orientalism Is Decoration Theme
Always looked forward to, the annual Homecoming
Dance wall be held next Monday night, 8 :30, at the Pasadena
Civic Auditorium. This event is a semi-annual affair held
in honor of the incoming new students and is always well at¬
tended by old students and alumni in addition to the honored
guests. Bids are on sale at 50 cents per couple to students and
alumni at the door of the Civic as well as the ticket win-
New Feature Will
Appear In Chronicle
If a wheezy individual should
accost you on the campus one of
these days and ask you your
name, class, and whether you fa¬
vor the return of the bustle,
don’t yell for the police. It will
be a Chronicle reporter collect¬
ing material for PJC’s latest
journalistic fling, “The Inquir¬
ing Reporter.”
For this new column, a report¬
er will ask eight or ten students
their opinions on some topic con¬
cerning PJC. The first of these
vest-pocket Gallup polls will ap¬
pear in the next issue of the
Chronicle.
If you have any question of
opinion you would like to have
the Inquiring Reporter ask, just
write it down, address it to the
Inquiring Reporter, and drop it
into the Chronicle mail box by
Student Union. Credit will be
given if your question is used
unless you wish your name with¬
held.
dows on both campuses.
In charge of this spring’s dance
are the secretaries of Social Af¬
fairs, Lucille Nutt and Evange¬
line Sandstrom, who are co-chair¬
men of the dance committee.
Music will be furnished by
Charles Marlow and his orches¬
tra, well known for their ap¬
pearances at the Victor Hugo.
Patrons and patronesses in¬
clude department chairmen and
their wives, faculty members of
the social affairs committee
members of the administration
staff, and parents of the student
chairmen. Students may ex¬
change ticket 22 in their student
ticket books for a bid at student
rate.
OSTARIANS TO MEET
Ostarians, important service
club on the Campus, will hold
a meeting on Wednesday eve¬
ning, February 5, at 7:30 in
room 208 D. Business of the
session will be the election of
officers and new members.
Francelia Welch, dressed in the costume of an exotic houri, re¬
pels the advances of the bad, bad, “genii” Jack Dunbar, in one of
the wilder scenes from “Which Way Is Up?” In the background
is part of the set, supposedly representing an ancient castle in
India.
Pal Day
New Students Become
Aquainted With School
Royally entertained by the junior college, new students
are spending this week getting acquainted with their “new
home.”
The starting gun was a luncheon held at the Student
Union. Guests were Junior High School graduates accom¬
panied by their Senior Guides. Seated at long tables and
around regular patio tables, they learned about Junior Col¬
lege activities, meeting their fu¬
ture advisors, who spoke over a
loud speaker system.
On the East Campus, Sunday,
February 9th, at 2:30, new stu¬
dents will meet their Senior
Guides, who will take them on a
tour covering all school build¬
ings, Campus Centers, at the
same time, they will be told cam¬
pus traditions.
MEET COLLEGE LEADERS
Concluding the tour at 3:30
students will go to Vesper Serv¬
ice in auditorium, and meet col¬
lege leaders. Moving on to the
Student Union Patio, they will
be given refreshments at the ex¬
pense of Student Christian As¬
sociation, the purpose: to get
new students acquainted with
each other and college leaders.
Eight o’clock Monday morn¬
ing, new student week ends
when they gather in auditorium
to receive instructions for regis¬
tration day.
At the registration room where
they go next, student leaders will
be there to help them and ans¬
wer questions.
New Spartans
Picked From Ranks
Of PJC Women
Helen Sharp, Fall Semester’s
President of Spartans, has just
announced the names of girls
fortunate enough to gain mem¬
bership in the Spartans, woman’s
service club counterpart to the
Lancers.
As each semester draws to a
close a new set of girls is chosen
to become Spartans, women’s
service club. Girls are chosen
from students who have done the
greatest amount of service work
during the preceeding semester,
in athletics, student affairs, or in
politics.
This semester girls lucky
enough to make the grade are
Arline Voboril, Lucille Nutt, Vir¬
ginia Rooke, Josie Forteville,
Ann Boring, Evelyn Morick,
Phyllis Floyd, Betty Jean Schnei¬
der, and Mary Belle Felton.
Lancers Induct
New Members
At Luncheon
Lancers, men’s honorary serv¬
ice organization, is proud to an¬
nounce thenames of sixteen new
members inducted at special
luncheon meetings recently.
New men who joined the ranks
of PJC’s top men’s club are:
Mel Bloomquist, Ernie Blum-
berg, Earl Brooks, Bill Burke,
Jack Crawford, Bob Heublein,
Del Hungerford, Bill Milan, John
Mcafee, Bob McCarthy, Dave Mc¬
Carthy, Dave Orswell, Pete Paul¬
son, Rosario Chavez, Harold
Spriesterbach and Don Sweet.
Lancers not only enforce stu¬
dent and administration rules,
but are responsible for the up¬
keep of school policy and morale.
Their job covers everything from
acting as hosts to delivering mes¬
sages, and the familiar black
sleeveless sweaters are a sign
of service; the Lancers are al¬
ways willing to help any student.
Extravaganza
AH Student Musical
Production Staged
February 6, 7, and 8.
First presentation of the long awaited student produc¬
tion, “Which Way Is Up?” will be given this afternoon on the
West Campus stage at 3 :30. The next two performances will
be on the East Campus Friday and Saturday nights at 8:15.
Written by Paul Carroll, most prolific of JC’s play¬
wrights, “Which Way Is Up?” is as enigmatic as it sounds.
A group of tourists visit an ancient castle in India, a few
of them get locked in after dark.
The keeperof the castle, a screw
of the first water, conjures up
a geniee who possesses a “col¬
lection” of bits of history. This
geniee delights in recalling these
historical scenes and watching
them relived.
Notable example of the mix-
up that results from such ac¬
tion is given when Lucretia
Borgia, famous woman poison¬
er Dorothea Streib) .visits a
modern honky-tonk cafe to
latch on to some of Milt San¬
ta’s boogie-woogie.
Female lead in the production
is taken by Francelia Welch who
plays a dual role— a tourist and
a princess. Same sort of role is
portrayed by Cloyd Howard,
Francelia’s romantic lead. Vil-
lianess of the production is Nan
Wallace who brews all sorts of
powerful potions to foil Cloyd’s
love-making.
“Which Way Is Up?” is pat¬
terned after a lavish Broadway
niusicale, and “Hellzapoppin’.”
Responsible for the success of
the staging is Bob Wolcott, work¬
ing as stage manager. Publicity
has been handled by Jerry
Hawes, also producerof today’s
Mast and Dagger Assembly.
Tariff is two bits for students,
35 cents for adults. Tickets can
be purchased at the door, ticket
window, or bank.
Lawrence College
Offers Student
Scholarships
Promising students may profit
by applying for the scholarship
offered by the Sarah Lawrence
College. Eligibility for a scholar¬
ship depends upon scholastic
ability, need for financial aid,
and an indication that the can¬
didate will profit by the educa¬
tional methods in use at the col¬
lege. Amounts granted toward
the tuition and residence fees
have ranged from $150 to "$1500,
and have been awarded to about
ten per cent of the student body.
Students may also apply for
a room in the cooperative dormi¬
tory for a self-help post paying
for their work in various de¬
partments. Loans are also avail¬
able. Application should be made
before February 1. The scholar¬
ship forms should be in the ad¬
missions office by March 15.
Further information may be had
at the dean of records office.
TURN IN CARDS
Students leaving PJC at the
end of the present semester
are requested by Winifred
Skinner, Librarian, to turn in
library charging cards at once.
No Frosh
Class System Reorganized
In Governing Council Move
Recommended by the Frosh classes, a revolutionary
class system finally passed the Governing Council at their
meeting January 23, while Freshmen officers waited anxious¬
ly for the decision. Hereafter the Class of ’44 will be com¬
posed of those students who in normal progress will gradu¬
ate in either February or June of 1944. 11-1’s of the spring
semester will form the beginning for a new Class of ’45.
Officers of the Freshman
Class believe that the new sys¬
tem will bring more class
unity, develop a more perma¬
nent organization, give Febru¬
ary students an equal chance
in planning class affairs and
holding offices. David Reidy
has been adviser for the Fresh¬
man Class Council (chairman,
Jim Nash) in their efforts to
introduce this plan.
The proposition for organizing
the Class of ’44 which was sub¬
mitted and approved, was:
“Those students who are now
11-1’s and 11-2’s who will, with
regular progress in school sub¬
jects, graduate in February or
June 1944, shall be known here¬
after as the Class of 1944, will
abandon the designation Frosh,
Soph, etc. In this manner the
personnel of the class will re¬
main intact, organization will be
possible over longer periods and
there will not be the confusion
now existing.”
Five hundred and seven stu¬
dents will form this new class.
Approximately 300 of these are
enrolled on East Campus and 200
on West. The girls of the Class
of ’45 will outnumber the boys
by one, 254 to 253. The first
group to start their Jaysee car¬
eer under this plan.
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'Liliom' Chosen
For Production
By Delta Psi's
Highest honor for drama stu¬
dents at PJC is election to Delta
Psi Omega, the junior college
chapter of the national honorary
drama fraternity, Alpha Psi
Omega. Among its members are
listed the outstanding players in
recent school productions.
Last week DPO met with its
advisor William O. Payne and
chose “Liliom,” a play by Ferenc
Molnar, as its spring production
in May. They were influenced in
their selection by an opportunity
presented to Delta Psi Omega by
Mrs. Nelbert M. Chouinard, to
use her collection of authentic
costumes of the period and the
research facilities of the Chou¬
inard Art Institute in Los An¬
geles. Motion pictures which she
took in Central Europe will also
be viewed by the club at an early
date.
The scene of ‘Liliom’ is laid in
the notorious section of Buda¬
pest. Here Lilom lives up to his
name which in Hungarian means
‘the Tough.’