Vol. 41, No2.
Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California February 12, 1947
Lamp Invites
LA Student
To Pasadena
Blind Girl, Refused At
Other Schools, Finds
PJC Answer to Dilemma
Hoping to bring some light in¬
to the life of Patsy Ruth Fergus,
16 year old blind girl, ASB Presi¬
dent Jack Lamp has extended
an invitation to attend Pasadena
Junior College. The Los Angeles
student recently became embroil¬
ed in school board red tape when
she attempted to bring her newly
acquired seeing-eye dog to school
with her.
The Los Angeles school sys¬
tem has arranged for a city tu¬
tor for Patsy because Superinten¬
dent of Schools Vierling Kersey
has taken the stand that a guide
dog may offer a menace to other
students. Lamp’s invitation was
prompted by the fact that PJC
has two blind students with guide
dogs in attendance at the present
time.
Patsy stated that under the pri¬
vate teacher method which call¬
ed for only two subjects and,
two visits a week it would take
her eight years to finish the two
remaining years of high school.
She also expressed the wish to be
with other students of her own
age and interests. In his message
to Patsy, Lamp, speaking for
the student body said, “You are
being deprived of your social life,
which is very necessary." Patsy
in reply stated that she would like
to attend PJC very much, but at
the present time her family’s res¬
idence is not within convenient
commuting distance.
CSF Holds Annual
Award Dinner
Pasadena Junior College Seal-
bearers will hold their annual
award dinner on February 25.
The Sealbearers are the highest
ranking graduates of the twelfth
grade at PJC. At the dinner,
which is to be held at the Hotel
Constance, new Sealbearers will
be awarded pins by the Califor¬
nia Scholarship Federation.
Dr. Raymond C. Perry, director
of teacher education at the Uni¬
versity of Southern California,
will be the speaker for this oc¬
casion.
CABINET
New Office Holders
Appointments OKed
Three new appointive offices
were filled last week when the
ASB board appointed Jean Beck
clerk of the cabinet; Jim Hub-
bart, commissioner of publica¬
tions; and Grant Canfield, Chron¬
icle editor.
Offices remaining vacant, ac¬
cording to latest board reports,
are clerk of the board, handbook
editor, secretary of photography,
commissioner of personnel pub¬
licity, secretary of notifications,
secretary of English activities,
secretary of art, secretary of oral
arts, secretary of scholarships,
commissioner of veterans affairs,
secretary of the bar.
Students interested in any of
the above mentioned appointive
offices are directed to contact the
civil service commissioner in
room 29C.
OLD GRADS
Lindell, Robinson Will
Face PJC Varsity
The varsity baseball team will
engage the Alumni Allstars this
Friday in Tournament Park.
According to Alumni president
Warren Dorn, such notables as
Jackie Robinson, now under con¬
tract to Brooklyn, and Johnny
Lindell of the Yankees, will play
for the Alumni Allstars. Manager
Hines will present the perpetual
Osborne Trophy to the winner of
this, the first contest.
Kantela Club Meets
Today at Four
Kantela Club extends a cordial
invitation to anyone interested in
music to attend its first meeting
of the semester tonight, at 6:30
in the Social Hall, 208D.
Featured on this evening’s pro¬
gram is a string trio under the
direction of John Pennington,
famous violinist and conductor.
Weston Dudley, piano, Marie
Marahan, cello, and James Hil-
dinger, violin, make up the trio.
Since its founding in 1938,
Kantela’s aim has been to pro¬
vide opportunities for any stu¬
dent interested in good music,
from both a performing and lis¬
tening basis, to hear each other
and outside talent.
Meef the New Chronicle ★ ★ ★
Truth for all shall be our constant endeavor. We believe
that a college newspaper must reflect the voice of all the stu¬
dents and must report the news from an unbiased viewpoint.
To fulfill this goal we ask the help of both the students
and faculty, for only with your cooperation and criticism can
we bring you the news, features and sports that you want to
read.
A newspaper that is properly organized can play an im-<
portant role in campus life. In a junior college as large as
ours there must be something tangible to unite the entire
school. Very few students or faculty members are able to. at
tend all of the various board meetings and school activities.
The school newspaper can inform the entire school of these
board proceedings and activities, and if the informjation is
presented in an unprej udicedmanner the reader can then be¬
come the judge.
In order to more clearly state our purpose, we the editors
and staff of the Chronicle, pledge ourselves to truth and ac¬
curacy for the entire student body and faculty of Pasadena
Junior College.
— Grant Canfield, Editor
SCA Starts
Membership
Campaigning
Members Feel Basic
Program is of Interest
To All PJC Students
Two-hundred members of the
SCA are working through a spec¬
ial drive this week to increase
their membership. With a desire
to share the opportunities of SCA
association with others, the pres¬
ent active members feel that the
basic program of the Association
will, because of its many phases
be of interest to every student.
Already boasting the largest
membership of any group on
campus, the SCA also claims dis¬
tinction because of its two pro¬
gram secretaries, Walt Raitt and
Elizabeth Lamb Tunnison. The
friendship, counsel and inspira¬
tion of these two is largely re¬
sponsible for SCA success, mem¬
bers believe. With a lounge and
office (room 23 and 250 central¬
ly located on campus, the SCA
invites all students to acquaint
themselves with its program and
facilities. •
SCA Activities
Promising a minimum of six
banquets and parties, each SCA
semester also features commit¬
tee projects and weekly supper
meetings. The first two triad
themes of the Tuesday supper
series in the Warmer Lounge of
Holliston Methodist Church are
Leadership Techniques and Per¬
sonality Growth. Staff, faculty
and community people will help
in their development.
Committee functions and their
cabinet leaders include chapel,
Lois Beardslee; SCAN newspaper
editing, Stan Gollery; community
contacts, Mary Lou Dearing; in¬
ternational students, Leon Mar¬
ian; Christian vocations group,
Jim Maloney; lounge, Phyllis
Fortner; Dip and Dab poster
making, Dolores Melividoff; din¬
ners, Kay Booth.
Faculty Holds Firesides
Students in charge of arrange¬
ments of fireside discussions in
faculty homes are Mary Ellen Sie-
mon and Marshall Hattersley. A
community service project, the
toy loan will be assisted by in¬
terested SCA students this year
under the guidance of Shirley
Weinland.
Sex Divides Teams
Organized into men’s and wom¬
en’s sides under Ralph Smith and
Beverly Overholt, the YMCA and
YWCA membership drive teams
are both anxious for top honors.
The losing team will play host or
hostess, as the case may be, at
a party February in the Holliston
Youth lounge.
Lancer Applications
Pies Griffin, Lancer president,
announced this week that Lan¬
cer applications must be filed by
Friday, February 14. Because
Lancers is the highest men’s hon¬
orary service organization, stat¬
ed Griffin, at least two semesters
of active school service and rec¬
ommendation by two faculty
members is required.
Under the supervision of Dean
Stong the service club is dedi¬
cated to the enforcement of the
school code of Pasadena Junior
College. The present officers of
Lancers include Pies Griffin, for¬
mer prexy of SCA and a mem¬
ber of OMD, as president; and
Neil Goedhard, former ASB
prexy, as vice president.
John Raitt
Will Sing Here
BANQUET
AWS Installs New
Officers at Dinner
Beginning a semester of activi¬
ty, the semi-annual installation
banquet of the Associated Women
Students was held on Monday,
January 27 at Packards Restau¬
rant. The affair was held pri¬
marily to introduce the new AWS
president, Sally Aguirre.
Dr. Catherine Robbins, dean of
women, was presented with a sub¬
scription to the Book of the
Month Club by the members of
last semester’s AWS board in rec¬
ognition of the help given them
by her. The old board also gave
a gold ring to the retiring AWS
president, Dottie Merrill, for her
service to the school.
Dottie Merrill presented each
of her board members a bottle
of “Prince Matchabelli" cologne
in recognition of their service.
Retiring president Merrill, Dean
of Women Catherine Robbins, and
new board members were given
gardenia corsages.
The banquet was climaxed
when the new president, Sally
Aguirre, was given the tradition¬
al AWS gavel by the old presi¬
dent, Dottie Merrill.
Will Hail Music
Contest Winners
During Assembly
The All-American Junior Mar¬
imba orchestra will be present¬
ed at assembly this week. This
orchestra composed entirely of
marimbas was recently awarded
first place in the National Music
Contest at Carnegie Hall, accord¬
ing to Look Magazine.
The orchestra adjudged by crit¬
ics to be “the outstanding chil¬
dren’s organization in the world
today” will be brought to PJC
through arrangements of the ac¬
tivities commission. Dot Herse,
secretary of activities, announ¬
ced that the presentation will
take place on Thursday of this
week instead of the usual Fri¬
day date.
WSSF Drive
Begins Here
Next Monday
John Raitt, Star of
New York Stage Shows,
Will Climax Campaign
An entire week of campus ac¬
tivities will commence to roll this
Monday with the opening assem¬
bly of the World Student Service
Fund drive. At precisely the
same moment a parallel Muir JC
kick-off program wifi begin the
cross town college’s campaign.
Managed by Bill Schubert, the
variety show assembly of Holly¬
wood talent will be followed by
daily sales and stunts. Center¬
ing its drive in the same vein,
Muir will share the closing dance
with PJC at which time the en¬
graved gold trophy will be award¬
ed to the winning school.
New York Star to Sing
Lead man in Oklahoma and
Broadway’s Carousel, baritone
John Raitt will appear in both
PJCs and Muir’s student shows
preceding the dance on February
21. Opening the Sexson Audi¬
torium Carousel styled program,
Mr. Raitt, the brother of SCA sec¬
retary Walt Raitt, will sing sev¬
eral of his familiar hit tunes,
make a quick change of costume,
hurry across town and be
од
stage for the finale of Muir’s,'
“Round-up.” Tickets are on sale
at the JC bookstores, the Broad¬
way Pasadena and the local YW¬
CA.
WRIOCY Sells Food
During the week booths near
the student union will offer “cir¬
cus” goods under the charge of
the women’s restrictive club coun¬
cil. Bubble gum and candied ap¬
ples will be the order for Tues¬
day, with balloons and pop corn
on Thursday.
In trend with campus styles,
the Wednesday noon auction will
offer sweaters, bobby sox and
other collegiate items to WSSF
minded high bidders.
Mery-Go-Round
The clang of the calliope will
set campus ears ringing the last
two days of the week as a full-
sized merry-go-round locates it-
selfs in the north west faculty
parking lot for WSSF whirls.
Friday, the climax of the drive,
the circus will reign supreme at
PJC from morning till midnight,
with merry-go-round rides, stu¬
dent union candy and gum booths
the evening Carousel show and
the concluding dance.
WSSF is the unique relief ag¬
ency which is completely respon¬
sible for meeting student needs
around the globe. Today it is
helping in reconstructing the dev-
asted universities of Europe and
Asia, and in rebuilding the
strength of exhausted and sick
students and professors.
Our Error
The February 5 edition of
the Chronicle was in error in
its interpretation of the action
of the student board regard¬
ing the appropriation of the
Public Relations Bill.
In replying to the board’s
request the Chronicle wishes
to state that it was in error
upon this matter. Last sem¬
ester’s board had voted to drop
the matter and it is therefore
no longer a live issue. This
the Chronicle misunderstood.