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PAGE 1. Edwinna Dodson referees frosh prexy runoffs be¬
tween Elaine Leech, Allan Clark. Ted Liljenwall squawks
(Col. 3).
Sam Pritchard and Don Boyer plead Tuck Menning’s case
before higher court. (Col. 1).
Loren Barre would reorganize election commission. Repre¬
sentatives snub Bob Graff’s Board meeting. (Col. 4).
Candidates Clash
For Cl ass Off ices
In Race
Today
PAGE 2. Lois McNab edits Chron feature page. Her contract
expires in a week. Jacqueline McLeod chews the gossip.
Any resemblance to Tabbie is pathetic.
PAGE 3. Shirley Hettman asks for blood. (Col. 6) .
Tom Sahm appointed Sec. of Finance; Betty Mae Rine¬
hart may be Sec. of Activities. (Cols. 4, 5)
Kenny Kellogg serves his first AMS breakfast of the se¬
mester. (Col. 2).
PAGE 4. Irv Noren pitches five innings of shutout ball
against Poets. (Col. 6).
Bob Blacker is again lone letterman . . . this time it’s track.
(Cols. 3, 5).
Vol. 34 Pasadena Junior College. February 26, 1943 No. 19
Liljenwall
petitions
for revote
By MARY REEVES
Over a politician’s backfence
this week, Elaine Leech and
Allan Clark, frosh presidential
candidates spieled vote-getting
platforms with veteran strat¬
egy. (See story page 3). Steal¬
ing the fire from other not-so-
potent campaigns, Clark and
Leech seesawed precariously
this week in a typical race for
the big-time popularity. Some
20 per cent of the student body,
meagre voting proportion in
last Friday’s election, watch po-
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EDWINNA DODSON
ALAN CLARK
She breaks the clinch . . . between these two
ELAINE LEECH
Student Government "Club" Proposed
★ ★ ★ ★
★ ★
Tuck Menning rehash lays
verdict in Loren Bar re's lap
By KATHRYN HOWETT
Tuck Menning’s re-trial, held last Wednesday night, proved to be a farce from beginning
to end, reached that proverbial “broken-back-straw” climax, when the jury after a five minute
deliveration returned to state they were “stimied.” Result, a “hung” jury.
The trial, or better named “haggling session” lasted four and a half hours, could have
continued four more, if the building had not been closed by end-of -patience janitors at 11 p.m.
Now decision of where-do-we-go-from-here rests in the hands of Judge Loren Barre, who
must first appear in Supreme Court to question “constitutionality” of the' re-trial. If a favor¬
able decision is reached, prosecut¬
ing attorneys Bob Miles and Ted
McClean will carry through» mo¬
tion for a third Superior Court
Menning Trial.
First hour and half of session
was taken up with a legal free- .
for-all between attorneys, defense
having questioned the “legality
and permission” of re-opening
case after last week’s dismissal.
Judge Barre, after dubious head-
shakings, decided motion for re¬
trial was valid, therefore legal.
Twenty-five prospective jurors
waited patiently while legal mas¬
ter-minds unraveled high-sound¬
ing technicalities, confused every¬
one concerned.
Jurors finally sworn in were
Richard Bennett, Sam Harris, Bill
McHale, Barbara Hart, Lee Krik-
orian, Harold Evans. Alternates:
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Spartans to issue tickets
Concomitant with a series of recent law-infractions is the an¬
nouncement from big Spartan head, Marie du Shane, of new pow¬
erfully-advised ticket books. The official tool of eveiy Spartan, these
books preface the issuance of tickets to law violators, may be ef-
fecual in dissuading other potential “criminals” from on-campus
smoking, loafing, and general vagrancies. To be issued March 3,
the books facilitate a revamped policing program. Law-breakers, so
casually sure of safety, may shortly find their names in a Spartan
ticket book, and still later face minor and superior court justices
in JC’s judicial court system.
Issued on the premise that the Spartan’s “big sister” act
hasn’t panned out so well, the unofficial policewomen will now
be teamed with other law-enforcing groups but may still be
called upon for explanations or suggestions.
At March 3 Spartan meeting, girls will wrinkle brows over plans
for the men. An annual tea, resembling last year’s to which Spartans
cordially invited men, is in the offing. Tentative plans will be laid
at Wednesday’s meeting.
Centralized campus politics
considered by ASB Board
By BILL ANTHONY
At a time when the Elections Commissioner Dodson and her crew are facing a Supreme
Court investigation, Loren Barre’s proposal yesterday to a sleepy-eyed, quorum-less ASB
Board, smacked of a student government shakeup.
Barre, number one student attorney, proposed, but not in so many words, a revival of the
dissolved Arx club. Barre’s club would be “similar to Argonauts,” and embrace the election
commission and commissioner. Charles Doehrer’s Arx club was chiefly concerned with poll¬
ing student opinion, yet paraded student government theories from the student union to the
Board of Education.
Called the “Junior Statesmen of America” (make democracy
work), the organization is state wide. Barre would have the ASB
Board adopt the club on campus, give them sweaters, call their work
service. Their creed would be (1) to learn to govern efficiently, (2)
to learn to govern in the best interests of the people rather than
in the interests of personal gain.
PJC has been accused of harboring a very well oiled bureac-
racy. According to Barre’s scheme, machine politics would be
done away with. Chief weapon would be a voting student body.
The election commissioner would be president of the Junior
Statesmen (Pasadena chapter), the commission and others who
have served in student organizations for at least one semester
would be members. Ushering and other projects “to fit the needs
of the school,” would be their activity.
The ASB Board was powerless to act. Only eight of the 13 mem¬
bers had gotten home from club meeting in time to make the 8 a.m.
appointment. President Bob Graff shook his quorum handcuffs at
the eight representatives present. Yesterday morning was the first
this semester that a quorum failed to appear. Members have been
consistently absent or tardy; the scheduled 7:45 meeting seldom gets
underway before 8:15. 4
In attenpting to discipline his group, Graff suggests the
Chron weekly publish (in a box with bold face type), names
of representatives absent. Both to chide the guilty parties, and
to inform the student body which politicians were irresponsible.
Short classes
cut assembly
National rationing program,
aided by the public school, have
cancelled today’s assembly.
Teachers are leaving classrooms
in order to help register citizens
for food, gas, and tire ration-
books. Classes have been slashed
to a minimum schedule by this
program, making it impossible to
have a further cutting in order
to hold the assembly.
Next week, regular schedule
will be followed as classes resume
their normal status.
Men's And Women's Clubs Conclude Pledging
Pledges of PJC’s restrictive clubs go through fiinal duck waddling stages of campus initiation. Al¬
though outlawed by the Dean’s office, most clubs hold informal initiations tonight. Women have spent
the last two weeks wearing makeup on half their face, carrying members’ books, other slave deeds.
Men polish cars, take swat beatings, act as picture dbove. Monday it will all be over, new pins given.