Orators Set to Attend Davis-Hall Speech Contest
Vol. 40, No. 14 Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California January 15- 1947
Lamp, Shaw Finalists in Presidency
Race; 28 Percent Vote in Primaries
Roy Shaw and Jack Lamp
emerged from last Friday’s pri¬
mary balloting as the two can¬
didates competing for the ASB
presidency in today’s election
finals.
Results of the primaries tabu¬
lated early this week, showed a
28 per cent student vote cast.
Lamp led Shaw almost contin¬
uously throughout the race by a
small margin, increased his lead
considerably when the student
union ballots were counted.
One Disqualified
Of the nine candidates for rep¬
resentative-at-large entered on
the primary ballot, only one, Pat¬
rick McCarthy, will not run in
the finals. In all other offices,
the primary ballot determined the
winners.
Results
ASB President: Oliver Duffy,
258; Jack Lamp, 725; George
Mooradian, 92; Roy Shaw, 407.
ASB Vice President; Don Boy¬
er,, 464; Die Hawkins, 699, Bill
Gibbs, 212.
Rep.-at-large: Bob Aston, 508;
Keith Cutting, 413; Burt Eaton,
342; Richard Graf, 458; Robert
Jensen, 472; Patrick McCarthy,
207; Bill Mosley, 745; Jean
Slaughter, 640; Vangie Smitter,
456.
Senior President: Eva Jane
Conry, 127; Dick Van Anda, 219.
Junior President: Jack Bren¬
nan, 119; Dick Maitland, 256;
Jack Sailer, 96.
Sophomore President: Dudley
Kenworthy, 142; Mary Masterson,
58; Peter* Pauling, 21; Max
Roy Shaw
Srtong, 38; Charles Young, 15.
Freshman President: Norman
Green, 58; Ardith Roberts, 218.
AMS President: David Fisher,
64; Tom Kelley, 419; Tom Pow¬
ers, 138.
AWS President: Sally Aguirre,
628.
AWS 1st Vice President: Caro¬
lyn Gerke, 627.
Jack Lamp
AWS 2nd Vice President: Mari¬
lyn Bums, 407; Beverly White-
side, 298.
AWS 3rd Vice President: Eu¬
nice Peters,- 612.
AWS Secretary: Carol Ash,
378; Shirley Whitmore, 315.
AWS Treasurer: Jane Ander¬
son, 609.
Superior Court Justice: Sam
Prichard, 1034.
Chief Deputy Prosecutor: Tom
Waterhouse, 1097.
Student Prosecutor : Leonard
Nasatir, 1078.
Esther Haines, civil service
commissioner, announces that ap¬
plications are being accepted for
all appointive offices. Eligibility
cards are available in 29C, the
student body office, and are due
on or before Friday, January 17
at 4:00 p. m.
The civil service commission
will interview all applicants on
Monday evening, January 27 in
29C. “Students are urged to take
advantage of this opportunity to
serve their school and student
body,” said Esther Haines. Can¬
didates who were defeated in the
elections are also eligible to ap¬
ply for one of the cabinet posi¬
tions.
Board Approves Public Relations Fund
Haymes Show Hosts PJC ers
At Broadcast on January 23
A motor caravan, sporting 500
fortunate PJCites, will trek to
the CBS studios in Hollywood,
January 23, to be special guests
of Dick Haymes, star of radio
and screen, at his usual Thurs¬
day evening broadcast from 6:00-
6:30 over KNX.
Haymes, voted the most popu¬
lar male vocalist by students
here at school, will officially dedi¬
cate the program to PJC and pro¬
vide added entertainment after
the regular half-hour is over.
The announcement made re¬
cently by Warren Dorn, number
one PJC alumnus, culminates
over two months of feverish ac¬
tivity by this self same energet¬
ic individual in connection with
Dick Uhl, former show producer,
Haymes, Helen Forrest and Mike
Watson in bringing about this
project.
A student committee consist¬
ing of Jack Lamp, as general
chairman, Dawn Dixon, in charge
of ticket distribution, and Dick
Gorrie, transportation, has been
set up in close working agrees
ment with Dorn.
The most pressing problem,
that of a fair distribution of the
limited ducats, was solved when
the committee decided to limit
the allotment to just two tickets
to a, person; thus, permitting a
larger scope of students to see
the broadcast. The tickets will
be distributed from the student
bank, first come, first served,
starting noon-time Thursday.
The November 20 edition of
Principal Expected
To Arrive Home from
Washington D.C. Today
Returning from a USAFI
meeting which was held in Wash¬
ington, D.C. this past week, Dr.
John W. Harbeson, principal of
Pasadena Junior College, is ex¬
pected to arrive in Pasadena to¬
day.
One of the eleven civilians ap¬
pointed to the committee by the
Secretary of War, Dr. Harbeson
left last Tuesday by train to at¬
tend the meeting which was one
of several periodic meetings to
be held during the year.
Purpose of the meeting was to
discuss various aspects of the
current program now being offer¬
ed by the USAFI. Many sub¬
jects now on' the curriculum of
the Armed Forces Institute were
to be reviewed as to their nec¬
essity and timeliness, and new
courses were expected to be add¬
ed to the program.
the Chronicle first informed the
public of Haymes’ intention of
honoring PJC by giving a broad¬
cast from Sexson Auditorium.
Surprisingly enough, it was
not the fact that Haymes was
unable to come here, but the in¬
ability to find or make a free
date in the use of the auditorium
on a Thursday evening which
necessitated the change.
Last Thursday the ASB board
voted 5 to 4 to appropriate 500
dollars from the treasury to “in
duce desirable students to at¬
tend PJC.”
The bill was passed with the
approval of the finance and ath¬
letic boards and is called thd
Campus Public Relations Fund.
According to Denny Scott, who
introduced the legislation, the
money will be used to give din¬
ners for prospective students who
might “add to the school.”
Votes Cast
Of the ten board members pres¬
ent at the meeting, nine voted.
Ted Todd, Denny Scott, Tom Van
Dyke, Dottie Merrill and Tom
Kelley voted in favor of the mea¬
sure, while Roy Shaw, Bill Schu¬
bert, Rowena Baker and Barbara
Ritchie voted against it. Neil
Goedhard declared himself in
favor of the bill, and Dick Van
Anda did not vote.
Opposition Speaks
Roy Shaw opposed the bill as
athletic bribery, while one of the
faculty members present pointed
out that most schools all over the
country such as the Big Nine,
etc., are swinging away from this
sort of thing. He suggested that
if PJC had to get athletes in this
way, the school is headed for
dark days.
Bill Schubert agreed with this,
saying that athletic gratuities
“smack too much of professional
stuff.” He recommended that PJC
investigate other schools and
urge them to “get back on the
right road.” “Pasadena mer¬
chants might get behind us more,
also,” he added.
Financial Situation Reviewed
Earl Holder, student body fin¬
ancial adviser, reviewed the fin¬
ancial policy. He declared that
the school did not have 500 dol¬
lars in the treasury for this pur¬
pose, and that the money would
have to be drawn from the re¬
serve fund. He cited budget in¬
creases, which he said, the ASB
treasury was already having dif¬
ficulty meeting. The football bud¬
get has already been increased
by 2000 dollars, he asserted, while
the athletic board received a re¬
quest last Wednesday for an ad¬
ditional 2000 dollars.
The basketball team has only
108 dollars left of its working
fund, Holder said, and the trip to
Modesto cost the treasury 500
dollars. Nearly all major organi¬
zations in the school have asked
for more money, he declared, add¬
ing that if PJC continues as it
has this year, it will wind up in
the red.
Goedhard Wants Bill
Speaking in favor of the bill,
Neil Goedhard stated that each
player on the Compton football
team was given a sweater and
blanket by students and local
businessmen respectively.
“The money is not to be
used solely for athletics,” he
maintained, “and any organiza¬
tion in the school may draw from
the fund.” Goedhard stated that,
“If we are to make money later
on we have to spend some first,”
Editor’s note: Two administra¬
tors stated, during an interview,
that they felt that the basic idea
of the fund had been misrepre¬
sented at the board meeting. Up-
pon further investigation it was
discovered that the fund is defi¬
nitely open to any student group
and that the basic principle is to
acquaint outsiders with PJC. This
is the same plan practiced by al¬
most every junior college in the
Southern California area.
Finals Will
Be Held on
January 28
Finals in the Davis-Hall speak¬
ing contest will be held at a ban¬
quet on January 28, 1947, accord¬
ing to Mrs. Irene Peters and Mr.
Lowell Barker of the English
department who are in charge.
Arrangements for the banquet
are under the direction of Mary
Ellen Siemon, secretary of oral
arts, and members of Phi Rho
Pi, national honorary speech so¬
ciety.
Preliminaries will be held
Tuesday, January 14 from 2:30
p. m. to 4:30 p. m. in room 172C.
Speeches will be from 5 to 7 min¬
utes long, will be judged on or¬
ganization, originality and pres¬
entation. The judges will be Miss
Effie Brooks, Dr. Leon Yakeley
and Mrs. Helen Mounts, assisted
by members of Phi Rho Pi.
Names of the finalists will be
posted on the Phi Rho Pi bulletin
board.
40th Year
Irene Peters, contest organizer,
stated that this is the 40th year
of the contest which was estab¬
lished in 1907 by Mr. J. Herbert
Hall and Mr. M. W. Davis. Since
the death of Mr. Davis, the con¬
test has been carried on by Mr.
J. Herbert Hall, Miss Mary Eliza¬
beth Davis of the Spanish depart¬
ment and Mrs. Fannie Henion
Davis.
For many years when PJC was
a high school, there were first
and second places, but since it
has become a junior college the
Davis medal is awarded to the
upper division winner, and the
Hall medal is presented to the
lower division winner. It is be¬
lieved that last year was the
first time in the history of the
contest that both medals were
awarded to girls. Marilyn Rob¬
inson, now a speech major at
Stanford, received the Davis med¬
al for the upper division. The
Hall medal for the lower division
was presented to Gloria John¬
son who is now a sophomore
here.
Subjects Chosen
The finals will take place on
Tuesday, January 28 at the La
Solana, 450 South Grand Ave¬
nue. Seventy-five people are ex¬
pected to attend, including parti¬
cipants, judges and honored
guests.
The following are the subjects
from which contestants may
choose: Racial Understanding;, A.
Life, Not Just Living;, Values De¬
rived from Learning' and Prog¬
ress Begins with Dissatisfaction.
The Davis-Hall is an annual
contest which is open yearly to
the student body of PJC. All
those interested in the oral arts
are urged to take advantage of
this fine opportunity for partici¬
pation.
The contest began in 1907,
when Helene Cartwright Sailler
won first place with her speech,
A Blot on Escutchea. In 1912,
Dr. Morgan Odell was judged
first place winner with his sub¬
ject, America, the Land of the
Square Deal. 1927’s leading con¬
testant, Mr. Stanley Hahn, sel¬
ected as his topic, Education, an
Aid to Civilization. In the year
1932, Mr. William Dunkerly, Jr.,
was top-line winner, when he
spoke about A Changing Age.
Two years later, Mr. Dow Parker
was given first prize for his
speech, California Looks to the
Future.
David MeCallum and Lillian
Kovar won the coveted
honor in 1945, and last year,
Gloria Johnson (from the lower
division) and Marilyn Robinson
(from the upper division) were
judged the best contestants.
From the diversified subjects
that the winners chose through
the various years, it can be seen
that all have an equal opportuni¬
ty in the Davis-Hall contest.