Tuck Menning Trial
Will Be Called Back
Salim Appointed Secretary Of Finance;
Sanborn Continues Duties Two Weeks
Dr. Albert E. Day was forced to ditch today’s assembly due to confronting predicament of being slated to speak at three
different meetings at the same time. Regularly scheduled personage on this year’s convocation list, Dr. Day informed Dr.
Harbeson this week of his plight, extended due regrets. In the twelfth hour, Dr. Harbeson deemed it best to cancel assembly.
When Bill Sanborn left school two weeks ago it left the position of Secretary of Activities vacant. Failure of persons responsible
to follow up and appoint a new chairman resulted in unplanned assembly. Thursday morning preceding last week’s assembly Dean
Stong and Bob Graff conferred, programmed a patriotic meeting.
Acting after highly discoursed events of last week’s hurriedly whipped-up assembly, Board scoured campus for efficient Secretary of
Activities to make sure like antics do not re-occur. In yesterday morning’s Board meeting several candidates were considered, none ap¬
pointed. Despite Sanborn’s letter of resignation he will act in the capacity of Acting Secretary until the Board can appoint a permanent
one in two weeks.
Reason for relinquishing his former position Sanborn stated in his letter to the Board: “Since I
expect to be drafted in the near future, and also due to the nature of the course I am now taking, I do
not think I shall be able tocontinue as Secretary of Activities. Do not misunderstand me ... I enjoy
the Work and the people associated with it, and it is not without a great deal of regret that I resign.”
In last week’s Board meeting a similar situation faced the members ; that of finding someone to step
into the Secretary of Finance’s shoes, after Bill Price hurriedly stepped out of them when the Navy
beckoned. Preparing for such an emergency at the beginning of the semester Price had been tutoring
an apprntice, Tom Sahm, who met no capable competition and was immediately selected to handle money.
Coeds Receive Club Invitations
Case Gets
Dismissal,
Procedure
Explained
By KATHRYN HOWETT
Jumping the gun on defense at¬
torneys, Don Boyer and Sam
Prichard, who were about to set
off a few fire-works of their own,
naive prosecutioners Don Barry
and Helen Wilkieson during the
course of Menning’s trial, last
Thursday evening, moved for a
dismissal of the case against
Tuck. Motion was granted unex¬
pectedly.
Like the cat with nine lives
it’s impossible to kill a good
trial, consequently Tuck Men¬
ning will be called back into
Superior Court in the very near
future, to once again face the
charge of parking in a restrict¬
ed area last November. In do¬
ing this the prosecution is ex¬
ercising privilege of re-opening
any court case. Helen Wilkie¬
son, student prosecutor will
this time be teamed with Ted
MeClean, PJC’s attorney-gen¬
eral.
The only reason given for this
re-hash of the whole affair was
the prosecution’s opinion that
more case-clinching evidence
could have been presented, which
makes everyone wonder, since it
was the prosecution who pleaded
for a dismissal of the case in the
first place. Their grounds at that
time were based on a JC prece¬
dent of long standing, that the
defendant has a perfect case
when he comes before a court
and pleads that his car was
pushed by person or persons un¬
known.
In an interview with the de¬
fense on this unexpected, new
development fight-on, Boyer
stated: “We sincerely believe in
the innocence of Tuck Menning.
Sam and I will argue Tuck’s
case until a favorite decision is
reached. We do this regardless
of any tactics practiced by the
prosecution.”
The debate which followed end¬
ed with the defense bringing suit
against the prosecution for slan¬
der, the use of illegal methods,
and the challenging of their Con¬
stitution of Court Procedure,
which can only be changed by
board action.
First and only witness for the
prosecution was Randolph Ball,
arresting officer, who gave a
short chalkrtalk, complete with
black-board map on which he
marked car’s position when dis¬
covered.
Tommy Grant, Mike Cle-
mence, Bob Peddycord, and Bill
Skelton all riders with Tuck
Menning and star witnesses for
the defense verified in turn the
approximate position of Tuck’s
parking place in the lot re¬
served for “student parking.”
Climaxing these preliminaries
in which “Abe Lincoln” Prichard
clashed innumerably with suave
Barry, the prosecution then asked
the court for a dismissal of the
case.
Offices of Miss Robbins (E) and Miss Kelso (W) became bedlams late Thursday afternoon when
sixteen women’s restrictive clubs of JC issued their bids. Ending a two week period of teas, breakfasts,
and barbecues, ninety-nine novice pledgelings received bids.
Women receiving bids are: *
L’AMITIE: Patsy Lee Brown, Barbara Burgess, Betty Carson, Ruth Engelhardt, Priscilla Hannah,
Barbara Hart, Helen Marie Kelly, and Rosamond Holmes; GUNAIKE: Virginia Haynes, Suzanne Half¬
acre, Alice Kennedy, Mary Linendill, Stephanie Veselich; PHENIX: Beth Du Shane, Francis Alex, Mary
Alice Keene, Doris Cowen, Judy Miller; AEOLIAN: Becky Morris, Marge Ewing, Peggy Hadley, Shirley
Woodbury, Orilla Daggett.
THE: Rosie Stapleton, Susie Saxby, Bernice Cartnell; ONE: Maya Navell, Jean Darrow, Marion
Cox; ALPHOMETA: Barbara McBeth, Anna Johnson, Claudine Crowell; TANDA: Barbara Reade, Betty
Knight, Lillian Jones, Artie Lee Page, Mary Waller, Ann Walker, Kathryn Sharp, Gloria Stone, Georg¬
ette Mason, Marietta Dietsch; PAM: Winnie Wortman, Bobby Jean Ives, Gloria Moore, Kay Powell, Bar¬
bara Pell, Le Clair Bertrand, Patsy Horton; SORELIE: Virginia Webber, Joan Rigg, Margaret Le Clair,
Beatrice Le Clair; TIOGA: Dorothy Coke, Helen Erb, Florence Fugate, Mary Hildebrand, Jane Cron-
berger, Estelle Miller, Anita Ross, Janet Safford, Jeanne Swanson, Doris Truff.
FILOGIAN: Suzan Gough, Barbara Tyler, Helen Hall, Virginia Anderson, Allene Glass; ALBI-
BETES: Kathryn Chubbach, Helen Buchanan, Jean Pierson, Dolores Ferdden; PHILOTHIAN: Mary Ellen
Medler, Ann Warner, Jean Willcox, Dorothy Meyers, Margaret Butler, Shirley Davis, Audrey Farr.ar,
Laura Jacobson; VEDA: Nickey Curren, Nadeene Fleck, Patty Jack, Rayneta Johnson, Wynell Morton,
Francis Truitt, Lucille Truitt, Eleanor Cobb, Bettina Marsh, Nancy King, Dorothy McLaurin, Bonnie
Kreuser. VSO: Peggy Rowland, Patricia Rogers.
Names of several West Campus men’s pledges were omitted in the February 11 edition of the
Chronicle. They are:
PEGASUS: Jack Gordinier, Jim McAdams, A1 McLeod, Don Vokal, Fred Walton, Bob Melger;
ZAMA: Bill Jones, Robert Knapp.
Coming socialites pose outside Catherine Bobbin’s office, after receiving club bids. (Story on the left).
Dragon-slayer Don Barry grimaces in midst of name calling the Defense Council in Menning Cose.
Defense attorneys Sam Pritchard and Don Boyer jubilantly beam
on defendant Tuck Menning, following Barry’s tirade requesting
dismissal. Their smiles changed to leers later, as they realized
strategy behind Barry’s move. Now they threaten counter court pro¬
cedure. Reason: Menning’s case was “dismissed,” but no actual ac¬
quittal was gained. There were mumblings about “unconstitutional.”
Freshman Secretary: Bette Car-
roll, Carol Drew, Betty Lou John¬
son, Joan Learned, Dextra Puter-
baugh. West Campus: Peggy
Neil, Jackie Curren.
Freshman Treasurer, East
Campus: Barbara Heyns, Jean
Lewis, Hans Morisch, and Lee
Zeigler. West Campus: Phyliss
Weikinger.
Sophomore Vice-President, East
Campus: Barbara Tyler.
Sophomore secretary, East
Campus: Jean Sledge.
Sophomore Treasurer, East
Campus: Helen Erb.
Junior Vice-President, East
Campus: Carl Blahnik. West
(Continued on Page 3)
Interest In Student Government
Tested In Minor Elections
Vol. 34
Pasadena Junior College, February 19, 1943
No. 18
Assembly Cancelled Today
PJC will go to polls today to
elect Student Body representa¬
tives for the remaining semester.
“Although you may have never
voted before,” says Edwinna Dod¬
son, election commissioner (E)
and Helen Knox (W), “We want
to top our deplorably low record
of a 40 per cent student vote.”
Students who have not yet paid
their Student Fees, will be ineli¬
gible, since identification cards
will be required at the polls. Pick
your candidates from the follow¬
ing lists:
For the office of Freshman
President, East Campus: Allan
Clark, Donald Elliott, Elaine
Leech, Phillip Sharer; West Cam¬
pus, Phyllis Pearce.
Freshman Vice-President, East
Campus: Jim Branch, Jewel Dren-
the, Jack Grund, Marian Leo¬
nard, Marie Milliken, Pat Mil-
timore, Betty Thomson, and
Nancy Young. West Campus:
Lona Kohlmeyer, Barbara Mon-
ninger.
