Homecoming
Dance Is
First Activity
What: Dance
When: Monday
Where: Civic
Vol. 39
Pasadena Junior College, January 27, 1946
No. 1
Today Begins
"Frosh Week"
Followng the activities of Pal
Day on Sunday, at which time
the new students will become
oriented with the location of
various spots on the campus and
be informed of the activities and
traditions of college life, the first
week of the semester will be con¬
cerned with welcoming affairs.
Doughnuts and milk will be ser¬
ved for new freshmen on the Aud¬
itorium stage, and for other new
students in the Music Hall at 8:00
a. m. Monday morning. FoUow-
ing this an assembly will be held
until registration time.
On Monday evening at the Civ¬
ic Auditorium the Homecoming
Dance will be held for all stu¬
dents. The Teen-agers will play
for the affair, for which tickets
will be on sale at the Civic box
office.
To culminate the first week, the
new freshmen will be honored at
the SCA sponsored Hi-Jinks held
at the YWCA on Friday evening,
February 1 at 8:00 p. m. Tickets
will be given to the frosh in their
Orientation classes.
Student Body Books containing
tickets for all student body dan¬
ces and other student affairs are
issued upon payment of the ASB
fee. Is is important to procure
and keep these books throughout
the semester.
Students Keep
PJC Traditions
Campus traditions which per¬
petuate the more meaningful
events and ceremonies of college
life are maintained year after
year by successive PJC'ers. Fol¬
lowing the orientating events of
the first week of each semester
including Pal Day, Graduation,
Homecoining Dance, freshman
week and the SCA Hi-Jinks, the
first three weeks are given over
to the women’s restrictive clubs
“rushing” of new members.
During the year, two back¬
wards dances are held, with the
coeds playing the masculine soc¬
ial role; asking for dates, provid¬
ing the bids, transportation and
refreshments. Additional affairs
are the AMS stag and the AWS
Coed Party.
Each year there are several
traditional assemblies; the Bull¬
dog Band presents an assembly
just prior to its Homecoming
Concert in the latter part of May.
Former PJC men who gave their
lives in World War I and II are
honored in the Memorial Day as¬
sembly. Towards the end of the
semester there is an Athletic A-
wards Assembly for the presenta¬
tion of all letters and special hon¬
ors in men’s sports. An Honors
and Awards Assembly, arranged
by the AMS, presents high com¬
munity and school awards.
The final assembly of each sem¬
ester is the OMD traditional pro¬
duction with the “tapping” cere¬
mony.
The spring semester is climax¬
ed by the graduation ceremonies
in the Rose Bowl and the Grad¬
uates’ Prom at the Civic Audit¬
orium.
, — Photo by Bob Reed
Don Logan, Student Body President, introduces Mr. Vail Amringe (Van), popular faculty mem¬
ber, to new students and freshmen. The group of pals, pictured above, are showing campus centers
to the newcomers. This group is found on the steps of the administration building commonly call¬
ed the “C” Building. The famous PJC Mirror Pools are situated in front of this structure.
Teenagers to Play at
Home-Coming Dance
A huge cardboard bulldog surrounded by red and white decora¬
tions will sit before the Patron’s Box as an honored guest at the open¬
ing Student Body Dance at the Civic tomorrow night, Monday, Janu¬
ary 28. Lasting from 9 'till 12, the Homecoming Dance, open to
everyone, is traditionally a get-together-again affair, and welcome
to all new PJC students.
The Teen-agers, novelty band
from the Hoagy Carmichael show
on Monday evenings, are to play
for the dance— their third appear¬
ance for Jayceers. Admission will
be 80 cents plus Student Body
books (issued upon registration
to newcomers) per couple or
stag, and extra special sport
clothes wili be worn.
The Social Affairs Committee
under the leadership of Dottie
Merrill, commissioner, has plan¬
ned the entire dance for the stu¬
dent body.
To All New Students:
To all new students:
It is important that all fresh¬
men and new students as well
as old receive their student
body books. Without this one
is not a regular member of the
student body of Pasadena Jun¬
ior College.
Also without this the stu¬
dent is not entitled to the
Chronicle, (the weekly paper
put out by students at PJC)
the handbook which names all
the interesting things that a
new student should know a-
bout PJC; a reduced rate at
all student body dances, foot¬
ball games; and the Campus
(yearbook) given to all stu¬
dents in June.
Vespers Follow
Campus Tour
Senior and sophomore gradu¬
ates will be honored by parents,
teachers and friends today at the
Vesper Service in the Sexson Aud¬
itorium at 3:30 p. m. The invo¬
cation and benediction will be
given by Walt Raitt, Executive
Secretary of SCA, who will intro¬
duce the afternoon’s speaker, the
Reverend Rival Hawkins, Minis¬
ter of the Washington Christian
Church. Rev. Hawkins was a
member of the first graduating
class of Pasadena Junior College
in 1926.
Musical numbers will be pre¬
sented by the Nysaean and Eu-
terpean singers, and greetings to
graduates and new students are
to be given by Dr. John A. Sex-
son, Superintendent; Dr. John W.
Harbeson, Principal of the Jun¬
ior College; and Don Logan, Pres¬
ident of the Associated Students.
The Senior Class President,
Mary Rutte is to lead the salute
to the flag, preceeding the pre¬
senting of diplomas to the grad¬
uates by Dr. J. Tyler Parker, Jr.,
President of the Board of Educa¬
tion; Max Turner, Vice-president;
Dr. A. M. Turre’ll, Assistant Prin¬
cipal; and John A. Anderson,
Dean of Records.
Student chairmen for the day’s
activities include Dottie Merrill,
Betty Rutte, Phil Miller and Don
Logan.
Hi- Jinks Presents
Finale For Frosh
An all-frosh barn party to wel¬
come these new eleventh graders
to their coming semesters at PJC
will be held at the YWCA on
Friday evening, at 8:00 p. m. by
members of the Student Christ¬
ian Asisociation, headed by Vir¬
ginia Smith and Jack Cummings,
general chairmen. An informal
- mixer held in connection with
the bi-weekly Teen-Tavern, the
affair will begin with corny mov¬
ies during the first hour to create
the desired atmosphere.
Following these will be folk
game, mass barn dances with a
professional caller, and also roller
skating and swimming. Old fash-
~ ioned, slapstick, silent films will
be thrown on the walls during
dancing in the large room later
in the evening.
Novelty intermission numbers
_will be presented throughout the
evening’s activities, and patio and
lobby games will be available for
those whose enjoyments are
found in such directions. Plaids
and jeans will be appropriate
wearing apparal and the even¬
ing’s fun will be available to frosh
free upon presentation of tickets
received in Orientation classes.
Class Opens For
Chronic Cutters
Established at the beginning of
the September semester for those
who cut classes continuously, the
Detention Rooms are held six
hours a day for these students,
under faculty supervision with
special tutors. This applies only
to lower division students and
others under eighteen according
to the Compulsory Education
Law.
A student absent for more than
one day because of illness must
secure a re-admission slip from
the school nurse, 18C, before he
will be admitted to classes .
Pals Greet
New Pupils
A new program of activities
for the coming semester was op¬
ened today at 2:30 with the ob¬
servance of another traditional
pal day.
Pals will greet the frosh and
other new students in order to
take them on a tour of the cam¬
pus. Officers and student centers
will be pointed out, and an oppor¬
tunity will be afforded to the new
students to meet various college
leaders, includng members of the
Board and Cabinet.
The services of the library, at¬
tendance office, textbook room,
health center and records and
counseling departments will be
emphasized, and an account of
the library and attendance regu¬
lations will be given.
The frosh and the new students
will then have explained to the
PJC’s extra-curricular activities
program, elections and the meth¬
od of securing service points and
appointive positions in connection
with the student body govern¬
ment. The work of the Red Cross
College Unit, which is to con¬
tinue even in peace time, will be
brought to the attention of the
new students.
The advantages of restrictive
and non-restrictive clubs are to
be pointed out. Athletic, music,
oral arts and general service
clubs will be explained to the new
students.
Phyllis Wickman, SCA presi¬
dent, and Walt Raitt, Executive
Secretary, are to be in the SCA
lounge and office in order to ac¬
quaint the freshmen with Frosh
Y Clubs and welcome the new
upper divison students to PJC.
The traditional Vesper Service
follows the tour of the campus
conducted by the pals. This is to
be held in the John A. Sexson
Memorial Auditorium.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
On all days except Fridays
and other days of special as¬
semblies, classes from 8:00
a. m. to 9:00 p. m. normally
begin on the hour, and each
class continues for 53 minutes,
with 7 minutes for passing be¬
tween each. Every Friday, ex¬
cept during triad weeks, an
assembly is held in the Sex¬
son Auditorium, open to all
Student Body members. The
schedule of classes on such
days is as follows:
Eight o’clock . 8:00- 8:43
Assembly . 8:50- 9:49
Nine o’clock . 9:47-10:27
Ten o’clock . 10:34-11:14
Eleven o’clock . 11:21-12:01
Twelve o’clock . 12:08 - 12:53
One o'clock . 1:00- 1:53
Two o’clock . 2:00- 2:53
Three o’clock . 3:00- 3:53
Four o’clock . 4:00- 4:53
Five o’clock . 5:00- 5:53