Pasadena Chronicle, February 19, 1947

Problems of School Hit At Dinner Student, Faculty Heads Discuss Parking Deal, New Name for School Holding its semi annual din¬ ner at the home of assistant prin¬ cipal William B. Langsdorf in La Canada, the student officers and faculty department heads of PJC men on February 13 to discuss problems facing Pasadena Junior College. Major questions that arose dur¬ ing the informal discussion, which was conducted by ASB President Jack Lamp, included the parking situation on campus and the name changing of Pasa¬ dena City College. Following a dinner of baked ham and candied yams, the group formed and heard an address by Dr. John Harbeson, principal of PJC. Lamp then called upon the various students and faculty members to express their opin¬ ions on the pertinent questions. Other questions which were discussed included the new West¬ ern States Conference and the formation of a permanent depart¬ ment of publicity. Lamp is quot¬ ed as saying that because of the congeniality and close relation¬ ship fostered by such meetings, he is in favor of holding similar student-faculty meetings at clos¬ er intervals. Student officers and faculty members present at the occasion included Dr. John Harbeson, Dr. Catherine Robbins, Dean Audre Stong, Dean John Anderson, Mr. O. G. Dressier, Miss Dorothy Dix¬ on, Miss Mildred Poorman, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton O. Bay, Miss Gladys Snyder, Miss Jeanette Strawn, Die Hawkins, Dick Van Anda, Dick Maitland, Dudley Ken¬ worthy, Ardith Roberts, Roger Stewart, Bob Aston, Elaine Lud- lum, Vangie Smitter, Bill Mos¬ ley, Vivian Lindquist, George Lit¬ tle, Sally Aguirre, Margaret and Carolyn Gerke, Roy Shaw, Jack Lamp and Grant Canfield. Year Book Pics Will Be Taken February 24 Monday, February 24, will start a week of picture taking for the clubs here at PJC. Beginning at nine o’clock Mon¬ day morning, Thelner Hoover, former student here, will tell all the clubs to “look at the birdie.” This will continue through Fri¬ day. Letters from the yearbook edi¬ tors have been sent to every campus organization urging them to have their club’s picture tak¬ en for the 1947 Campus. Each group must deposit five dollars in the student bank before the pic¬ ture can be taken, yearbook staff members said. The two require¬ ments for having a club picture in the Campus are: (1) a receipt for the five dollars must be pre¬ sented at time scheduled for pic¬ ture, and (2) a complete list of all members for both semesters with officers is to be submitted at the same time. Margaret Gerke, editor, and Gladys Snyder, adviser, stressed the necessity for being on time and for having both the require¬ ments ready on time. Pictures will not be taken unless the re¬ quirements are fulfilled, they said. With a budget of more than fif¬ teen thousand dollars this year, the Campus, should prove to be a distinctive accomplishment, but unless all groups are represented, it will not satisfy the students. All clubs who cannot have their pictures taken are kindly asked to inform the editors, since time has been reserved for all organi¬ zations. Vol. 41. No. 3 Pasadena Junior College. Pasadena, California February 19, 1947 Student Hurt in Motorcycle-auto Wreck Near Here William L. Young, 20, suffered lacerations and a possible skull fracture last Thursday, when his motorcycle collided with a car operated by Arthur Boardman, bus boy at the Huntington Hotel. The accident occurred at Sier¬ ra Bonita and Colorado Streets, police department sources said, at about 3:30 in the afternoon. Young, who lives at 1210 South Eighth Avenue, Arcadia, is an ex¬ tended day student at PJC. Young was thrown from his motorcycle and into the wind¬ shield of Boardman’s car. His head struck the glass, rendering him unconscious. He was rush¬ ed to the hospital. Boardman, who was uninjured in the crash, was not held. (Remember — one out of two may mean YOU!) CIVIL SERVICE Four New Members On Commission At the ASB board meeting of February 11 four new members were approved for civil service commission. The civil service commission’s function is to sel¬ ect the most qualified candidates to fill appointive positions on the cabinet. Those approved by the board were Jean Grosbach, Mary Ellen Siemon, Roger Munn and Ted Mc- Lane. Civil service commission¬ er Mary Lou Dearing stated that she felt that the candidates select¬ ed represented a cross section of the school and would not be bias¬ ed in their judgment of candi¬ dates applying for appointive of¬ fices. English , Language Councils Offer Cleopatra Movie George Bernard Shaw’s witty and satiric version of a famous love story Caesar and Cleopatra will be screened in Sexson Audi¬ torium on March 3 at 3:45 and 8:00 p. m. The two performances will be presented by the English and language councils. Proceeds will be used to finance student schol¬ arships and other student activi¬ ties. The admission price is 25 cents tax included. To Our Readers Good morning! You are now reading a Chronicle which is different than it has been in the past. It is designed to give more space for news and features and to make reading through its pages as easy on the eyes as possible. The fea¬ ture page is set in four wide columns to provide more room for reading material. The new, more attractive nameplate was designed by Midge Quenell. Its modernist¬ ic design, the Chronicle staff believes, is indicative of the rapidly advancing world of to¬ day. Holder Says Price Hike Necessary for Quality Year Book In a recent interview Earl Hol¬ der, manager of the campus bookstore, announced that a price increase may be necessary in or¬ der to publish a year book that is truly representative of Pasa¬ dena Junior College. Holder stated that rising prices in the publishing field as well as in every other field would prob¬ ably result in a price rise in the yearly PJC publication. Under the present student body fee the amount of $2.60 is alloted to the year book, however, said Holder, if the school were to publish a book for this amount it would have only two hundred pages and would be spiral bound. A price increase of one dollar would give a volume of three hundred pages with padded covers. At the present time, the school is negotiating with the Veteran’s Administration so that the one dollar increase will be absorbed by the VA in the case of vet students. However, if the school should fail to complete a new con¬ tract, veterans as well as o.ther students, may obtain a refund on their fee if they do not wish to pay the additional dollar increase. New students, with the excep¬ tion of veterans on government bills, who entered PJC at the start of the spring semester will not be required to pay the addi¬ tional amount as it was incorpor¬ ated in the fee at time of en¬ trance. Holder said that if a price in¬ crease did take place payment would not be required until the time of issue of - the year books. Whip Members to Buy Own Outfits, Miller Declares In answer to recent inquiries as to how the newly organized “Whip” was to finance itself, Phil Miller, coordinator of the activi¬ ty, Monday dispatched a letter to the secretary of finance in which it was announced that each member of the “Whip” has paid 12 dollars for his own uniform. “The spirit with which they paid makes a few campus or¬ ganizations look sick,” Miller said. The letter, sent to John Koschwanez, outlined the finan¬ cial and structural plans of the Whip. At a meeting of the Whip com¬ mittee held Monday afternoon, the constitution was read and ap¬ proved by members. The purpose of the Whip, the constitution said, is to put freshman spirit to work in the capacity of school rooters. Earl Holder, school financial ad¬ viser, estimated future yearly costs of the Whip at around $5000, Miller declared. “However, I feel that we can finish this semester on about 150 to 200 dol¬ lars,” he said. The Whip committee includes Alice Anderson, chaiman, John Sebenius, Ethlyn Joyner, Patty Moore, Doug Jones, Nancy Spaul¬ ding, Barbara Pierson and Pat Grevatt. There are now about 100 freshmen on the whip, Miller said, and rehearsals for routines should start in two weeks. ELECTIONS .M inor Primaries Set for Friday The primary election for min¬ or offices will be held on Friday, February 21, Keith Cutting, com¬ missioner of elections announced today. Cutting stated that under the new ruling only student body books would be required to vote in the election. In the past, the election committee has required that ID cards be presented also. The commissioner also stated that the polls will be open from 8:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. thus al¬ lowing two more hours in which to vote. Cutting urged that all students get out and vote as the commission would like a record turnout. Here are the five lovelies who make up PJC’s present phalanx of song leaders. They are, left to right, Patty Ponto, Montel Phillips, Joan Ehrenelou, Joy Taranto and June Wooley. Miss Wooley and Miss Phillips were recently appointed to fill two vacancies. Nice, huh? • • •/ Wont be Home for Dinner , Dad ! School Joins West States Conference Dr. Harbeson Attends Meeting, Tells of Expanding Programs Dr. John Harbeson, principal, stated this week that Pasadena Junior College had joined the new Western States Conference which includes Compton and Muir Colleges, Phoenix and Ven¬ tura Junior Colleges, and Long Beach and Los Angeles City Col¬ leges. The meeting which was held February 10 at LACC was attend¬ ed by Pasadena Junior College representatives Dr. Harbeson, William K. Dunn and Dean Audre Stong. The meeting was held to expand the athletic programs of the schools involved. Included in the new athletic program are the championship and post season contests such as the Junior Rose Bowl game, the Western States Basketball Tour¬ nament, National Junior College track meet, West Coast Relays and other similar events. One of the major problems set¬ tled was the athletic eligibility question. Under the old setup a transfer student was required to attend the new school for one semester before he became eli¬ gible for conference athletics. Under the new program a trans¬ fer student is required to attend the new college for one year be¬ fore becoming eligible for confer¬ ence athletics. At the meeting it was stated that this policy had long been enforced by all regular colleges and higher class schools. Accord¬ ing to PJC representatives the school has been raised to a high¬ er level through participation in the new league. An illustrative example of the new regulation is: if a student transfers to Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege in January, 1947, he will not become eligible for the new ath¬ letic conference program until January, 1948. The new regula¬ tion was included to stop prose- lytism of players. Results of Theta Rho Pi Tryouts Are Announced To be or not to be was the question faced by a serious group of students February 13 at radio station KPPC. Present members, stated sec¬ retary Dick Conover, had the dif¬ ficult task of selecting eight new members from the eighteen appli¬ cants for Theta Rho Pi. Review¬ ing requirements for membership in the honorary radio fraternity Conover listed the following. 1. Be an actively enrolled student of PJC and above the eleventh grade; 2. Have an active work¬ ing interest in the field of radio; 3. Have some knowledge or back¬ ground of radio. Conover announced that after careful consideration of grades given on a number basis, thus el¬ iminating prejudices, the follow¬ ing eight students were chosen as the most outstanding in front of the mike: Florence McNabb, Liz Warner, Bob Mercado, Beth Messick, Evelyn Hollingsworth, Patti Penny, Bob Carrillo, Joan Douglas, Oliver Johnson and A1 Pearns. New members will be entertain¬ ed at a formal to be held at the home of Charlie Greenstreet on February 19. On Thursday, Feb¬ ruary 20, Theta Rho Pi will hold casting tryouts for their first ra¬ dio show of the semester which will be given on Sunday, March 2.