Pasadena Chronicle, January 28, 1944

Dr. Eugene Blake Addresses 475 Graduates Sunday ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ' ★ Homecoming Dance Slated For Women’s Gym Monday Vol. 35 Pasadena Junior College, January 28, 1944 No. 14 60 Seniors , 475 Sophs Hold Graduation Service Commencement exercises for graduating- Seniors and Sophomores will be held Sunday afternoon at three in connec¬ tion with the Vesper Services in the Sexson Auditorium. Mon¬ day, registration day, will bring a turnover of 500 students for P-JC, what with midyear junior high school graduates entering: for the first time. The non-too-silent halls and cam¬ pus of PJC will lack the ring form of graduates. 60 of this number representing the Senior class, have run the gauntlet of final examinations, emerged suc¬ cessfully, and will receive di¬ plomas. 415 Sophomores will fol¬ low this group to the stage. Traditional caps and gowns will 'be worn by the upper division graduates. Lower division grads will attire themselves in suitable churchwear. Speaker for the afternoon will be Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Minister of the First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Blake will be introduced by Dr. George H. Meredith, Deputy Superintendent of the Pasa¬ dena City Schools. Dr. John W. Harbeson will give the grad¬ uates a send-off as will Joe Harbison, newly elected ASB president. The invocation will be given by Wait Raitt, execu¬ tive Secretary of the SCA. Harbeson Council Eyes Postwar PJC Planning A new series of meetings is in the offing for the Principal’s Council. Under the leadership of Dr. Harbeson, plans are materi¬ alizing for post war curricular activities. The council is made •up of department chairmen and members df the administrative staff. Problems now confronting the councial are: (1) a study of prob¬ able post war problems with a view to get necessary background material, and (2) to start organiz¬ ing a possible postwar curricu¬ lar program. Americanos lodes Last meeting of Americanos Todos was opened by a general description of the Christmas party given at Vesa Temple. Fol¬ lowing this was a Spanish read¬ ing by the secretary, Ruby Galle¬ gos. of 475 familiar voices in the Administration Honors Grads Patrene Emily Miller has just received Administration Honors, the highest academic award in the January graduating class of PJC, upper division. Patrene has made the remarkable record of a perfect “A” scholarship aver¬ age during her entire school car¬ eer. She is a graduate of Grant Elementary, McKinley Junior High and Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege lower division. Her 13th year was spent at Iowa State Teachers’ College, Cedar Falls, where her uncle is Dean of the Faculty. Patrene is a language major and also possesses great ability in music, especially piano, and is President of Kantela Club at Pasadena Junior College. She attended Mills College last sum¬ mer on an Alliance Francaise scholarship, and will enroll at the University of California at Berke¬ ley in February. Lower division graduates who have been similarly honored are Joanne Hunnicttt, Betty Lund, Marian Moser, and Bill Schubert. Joanne is a member of AGS and CSF and a swimming and horseback riding enthusiast. She will continue her studies at PJC until Stanford opens in the fall, where she expects to major in Public Health. Betty is very ac¬ tive in student activities, being an officer in both the AWS and WAA, and a member of the Women’s Letter Club. Marian is an accomplished pianist and, after working until fall, expects to enter USC as a music major. The sole male representative of the group, Bill Schubert, was the star center on the Bullpup varsity football team and an all-around athlete. He also plays the horn in the Bulldog Band. Spartans and Lancers Elect Club Officers, Choose Hew Members for Coming Semester Spartans and Lancers, top women’s and men’s service clubs on campus, held elections of officers and new members this past week. Honored were 32 students and two faculty members. Dorothy Wylie was elected president of the Spartans for the coming semester. Mary Faith Martin will be the new vice-presi¬ dent, Janet Frayne the recording secretary, Betty Stegner the corresponding secretary, and Barbara Turner the treasurer. New Spartans include: Margaret Archibald, Gerry Bates, Mary Jane Garter, Virginia Lee Cordray, Lucille Coviello, Jackie Curren, Betty K. Johnson, Betty Jean Kline, Janice Long, Betty Lund, Patrene Miller, Marjorie Milton, Minnie Morgan, Marjorie Nutt, Shirley Parker, Mary Reeves, Betty Rossback, Johnetta Smith, Rosemary Soghomonian, and Emmy Wieler. Miss Anna Mae Scholtz and Mrs. Alice Newcomer were elected to honorary membership. Ted Velasquez will be the new Lancer prexy. Jack Grand was elected vice-president, and Bill Sanborn re-elcted secretary-treas¬ urer. Twelve new Lancers w ere taken in at Wednesday morning’s meeting. Alphabetically listed, they are: Rocco Azzarito, Bob Baker, Wilbert Dalzell, Charles Greenstreet, Tom Iiams, Frank McCormack, John Muir, Norman Peek, Robert M. Shaw, Richard Tufeld, Arnold Swanson, and Don Waddell. Music To Be Furnished By La Verne Boyer’s Orchestra Decorations and plans are now completed for Monday eve¬ ning’s semi-annual Homecoming Dance to be held in the Wom¬ en’s Gym. With the advent of a smaller, more compact student body the dance has been shifted back from the Civic Audito¬ rium to its roosting place when the Homecoming idea was first originated. LaVerne Boyer, ex-PJC hero and popular South¬ ern California bandleader, has MONA MARIE WILLEY . . . Deserts Civic, comes home New Students Hold Pa! Day Sunday Traditional Pal Day plans are being sponsored by the AWS under the direction of prexy Mar¬ jorie Nutt. New students, both freshmen and incoming trans¬ fers, will meet this Sunday at two o’clock in order to become acquainted with PJC. Old stu¬ dents will act as pals and will show the prospective “geniuses" around campus, while the new students learn something of PJC traditions and policy along with the “do’s and don’ts” of campus life. At three o’clock all new stu¬ dents will meet in the Sexson Auditorium for Vesper services which will be combined with the graduation ceremonies. Dr. Eu¬ gene Carson Blake will address the assembly briefly at this time. After the service, all will ad¬ journ to the front of the main building where the students may become acquainted with the stu¬ dent body officers introduced earlier in the day. Refreshments and an air of informality will complete the day. AGS Elects 10 Members Foi* the ' first time in the his¬ tory of Alpha Gamma Sigma, students were elected for per¬ manent membership at the end of the fall semester. Those initiated were: Barbara Anne Steiner, Eleanor B. Ver¬ non, Doris Beck, Joanne Car¬ ter, Gracy Mary Curren, Mar¬ jorie Jean Evans, Patrene E. Miller, Marjorie Colwell Milton, and Margaret Marilyn Theiss. These students have taken ac¬ tive participation in JC since their entrance and in addition to a high scholastic record, they were recommended by a faculty committee from the standpoint of character, service, and lead¬ ership. A formal initiation was held Sunday afternoon, January 23, at the Hotel Green, Mary Faith Mar¬ tin presiding over this part of the program as junior hostess, and Miss Ida Hawes representing the administration. Following was an informal supper, at which Miss Dorothy Dixon, hostess for the faculty committee, Mrs. Lor- rayne Calkins, representative of alumni members, and Dean Cath¬ erine Robbins were guests. The eleventh and twelfth year students earning permanent mem¬ bership in CSF will receive their certificates at a brief ceremony in Dr. Harbeson’s office Sunday afternoon, at 1:45. CSF pins have been ordered for this group and summer school graduates, and will be available by April 1. Receiving certificates will be: collected a healthy array of musicians and plan entertainment from 9 to 12. Admission will be 75 cents per couple. Mona Marie Willey, Secretary of Social Affairs, is head of all ar¬ rangements. Malcolm Agnew, George Campbell, and Bob Blod¬ gett have functioned as a decora¬ tion committee. The decorations in mind are the traditional red and white, but will be arranged in an extraordinary manner for the edification of PJC students and alumni. Bulldog Varsity Whips Santa Ana Five, 62-35 Pasadena JC ’s basketball var¬ sity ambled to its fourth suc¬ cessive Southern California Jay- see Conference cage triumph by walloping Santa Ana, 62-35, in the men’s gym Wednesday eve¬ ning. PJC is now tied with Comp¬ ton for the conference lead, both teams prepared to battle it out in the near future for the crown. Ted Eckerman, Mel Baer, and Marvin McClain were' the Bull¬ dog hotshots, Eckerman bucket¬ ing a sensational 24 digits, Baer 14, and McClain 12. PJC led at the half, 36-20. Roberta Brinkley, Cedric B. Cowing, Joanne Hunnicutt, Elizabeth F. Lund, Robert B. Mayall, Marian Moser, Mar¬ garet Mary Oliver, William Duane Schubert, Donna Pau¬ line Thorpe, Carolyn Watson, and Roslyn Zelinka. Joe Emphasizes Participation of Students JOE HARBISON I deeply appreciate the honor of being elected Student Body President of PJC and feel equally the responsibility vested in me. Since the attack on Pearl Har¬ bor, which demanded that the U. S. engage in this great global conflict it has become necessary for the youth of America to rise and defend the ideals which we all hold dear. Hundreds of PJC men are now serving in armed forces and hundreds more of our present student body are serving on the home front. This, of course, is as it should be. Conse¬ quently there is an increasing difficulty for students to partici¬ pate in school government and extra-curricular activities. Still it is our obligation to uphold the traditions of PJC goverpment. A few of these are good citizenship, practical and efficient education, and willing, active cooperation in school activities. The success of any institution is largely dependent upon the mutual cooperation of the facul¬ ty and students. In these days it is imperative that each student give conscientiously of time and effort on his school program, in¬ suring adequate preparation for the future world democracy. To the students of PJC I ask that each one continue to mani¬ fest the same fine spirit and co¬ operation that has become a tra- -dition at PJC. Signed, JOE HARBISON.