A Grim Fairy Tale . . .
And now, little kiddies:
Once upon a time there was a
Junior College, and as was the
custom in that great democratic
institution, elections for student
officers were held. To make this
a real fairy story, there were two
knights on white horses who
competed for the fair hand of
Dame Ballot, aided and abetted
by the stupid peasantry.' The pea¬
sants, by their votes, helped the
fair lady choose one of the
knights, but, as in all fables,
there loomed on the horizon a
great black villain whom we shall
call for convenience, “Elections
Commission.” True to the tradi¬
tion of the past two or three
years, this big, black villain had
not bothered with all the numer¬
ous rules for courting Dame Bal¬
lot. “Elections Commission” had
gone along on his own and none
of the pijhsantry bothered to
question his methods or his vari¬
ous and sundry vices. Perhaps
there would be some excuse for
his negligence if the rules had
not been printed for him in the
“Peasant’s Bible,” commonly
known as the Handbook, which
is accessible to all.
From the “Peasant’s Bible:”
Article 3, Section A: “All ballot
boxes shall be sealed or locked
by the elections commissioner in
the primaries, while in the finals
they shall be locked by a promi¬
nent member of the faculty ad-
ministiation and from thence¬
forth guarded by a member of
one of the enforcement authori¬
ties named in the Campus code.”
Not only were most of the boxes
unlocked during the day, but
where was that prominent mem¬
ber of the faculty with his little
lock and key?
Article 3, Section C: “Each poll
shall be manned by two members
of the election board and one
member of the enforcement au¬
thority.” Putting it mildly, at
least one poll had a Lancer or
Spartan on duty for only four
out of the seven hours!
Article 3, Section F: “Members
of the ASB shall have one and
only one vote. Violation of this
rule shall subject the student to
a felony charge.” Of course,
there wouldn’t be any stuffing ( ! )
but how does the big, black vil¬
lain account for the numerous
extra ballots cast?
Article 3, SectionG: “Every stu¬
dent wishing to vote must have
his identification card with the
signatuie of the owner appearing
thereon.” There must have been
somebody with his ID card sign¬
ed. We didn’t see him, nor see
anyone forced to sign before re¬
ceiving his ballot.
Article 3, Section J : “There
shall be no electioneering or loit¬
ering within thirty feet of the
polls.” Strange that both knights
minus their white chargers, weie
not only loitering, but sitting on
the election tables, oblivious of
classes.
Article 3, Section K: “The elec¬
tions board at the polls shall pro¬
ceed with only one student at a
time and At no time are they to
be examining the ciedentials of
more than one student.” The noon
hour found most of the polls
looking like an assembly line at
Lockheed. That is, until they ran
out of ballots.
Article 3, Section O: “No mem¬
ber of the elections board or en¬
forcement group is to say any¬
thing at the polls which might be
construed as a possible influence
on the voting of the day.” The
poll workers asked more $64
questions than Phil Baker, and
one member, a Lancer, in what
he believed line of duty, opened
each and every ballot and pro¬
ceeded to comment on the justice
of the vote.
Article 3, Section Q: “Counting
of ballots shall take place in a
room on campus mutually agreed
upon by the elections board and
suitable for an audience of stu¬
dents who may sit towards the
rear of the room, separated from
the counting- by a rope. The room
also shall be properly patrolled
by members of the enforcement
authorities.” Excited peasants,
wandering in and out of the room
gave it the appearance of Grand
Central at train time. There is
evidently a rope shortage.
After the counting, the ballots
were deposited in an open, card¬
board carton and placed for
“safe-keeping” in the Dean of
Men’s secretary’s office. Why not
stack them in the main hall and
give the souvenir hunters a real
field day? (Of course by now a
recount would be a waste of
time.)
And, kiddies, kiddies, we can
only wait and hope that some
day the peasantry will reform
the big black villain and elections
will be held happily ever after.
Moral: We propose a fund to
be set up by the student body
board for the express purpose of
buying glasses for “Elections
Commission” so he can, from
now on, read the small type in
which the “Peasant’s Bible” is
printed. Good night, children,
sweet dreams!
THE EDITORS.
Sam Soghomonian Elected New ASB Prexy
Vol. 35
Pasadena Junior College, June 2, 1944
No. 29
Louie Jordan
Assembly
Under the sponsorship of men’s
service club Pegasus, and the
Junior Class, Sexson Auditorium
will echo to the jumpy rhythms
and novelty numbers of Louie
Jordan and his “Tympany Five”
todays.
This popular combo is the
di awing card, at present, of the
world famous Trocadero in Holly¬
wood. Playing to a happy and
hep audience nightly, they are
tops with jive and jazz hounds
of all ages. Comedy, in the Jor¬
dan style, makes for a laugh-a-
minute.
His arrangement of “Ration
Blues” is probably the most talk¬
ed of novelty, with “Is You or Is
You Ain’t My Baby?” which made
such a hit in the movies, “Follow
the Boys,” running a close sec¬
ond.
The dusky Mr. Jordan, and his
fellow bandsmen promise a top-
notch program for all assembly
goeis this morning.
Business Machine
Operators Needed
The demand for operators of
Burroughs Bookkeeping Machines
and Comptometers is still far be-
yrond the supply. For this reason
special courses will be offered to
women during the first summer
school session with Miss Jeanette
Courtright as instructor. Train¬
ing on the Comptometer requires
attendance in both morning and
afternoon classes, a total of four
hours a day for six weeks. Train¬
ing on the Burroughs can be ac¬
complished in one class over a
six weeks’ period.
Eveiy girl in last summer’s
class who wanted to secure work
had a well-paid position by the
end of the summer session. One
left at the end of the fourth
week to take a $155 job.
All interested should immedi¬
ately contact either their coun¬
selor or Leland Pryor, director of
the School of Business.
Personality Quiz Rate Yourself
1. Are you a “sitter” and spectator when you could be
swimming, hiking or playing ball? . ABC
2. Do you get enough physical exercise each day to be
thoroughly tired when you go to sleep at night? . ABC
3. Do you join such organizations as Red Cross, music and
drama departments instead of being just a bookworm?
А В
C
4. Remember, the fellows and gals in college who are most
popular and who rate highest in personality work with
their churches, the YMCA, or YWCA or have worked in
Girl or Boy Scout, DeMolay, or Job’s Daughters. How
about you? . ABC
5. Do you know how to make introductions, express ap¬
preciation for gifts and hospitality? These are only two
of many social skills you need for popularity . ABC
6. Do you mingle easily at social affairs where both sexes
are involved? Do you dance? Both of these are neces¬
sary for an “A” grade here, . ABC
7. Do you earn some money of your Own, no matter what
the task? . . . ABC
8. Do you do things-you do not naturally enjoy because
you know it is the “right” thing to do? . ABC
9. Do you engage in games and sports even though you
know that you will make a poor showing, and, if you
lose, are you a good sport? . ABC
Lucille Coviello Wins AWS;
Norman Peek Heads AA/IS
Sam Soghomonian, elected last Friday to the ASB presi¬
dency in a close run-off election with opponent, Loren Barre,
will take over the reins of student government for his en¬
suing term of office next semester. At this time, legal-minded
Sam says he hopes to accomplish a consolidation of students
and student government. He stated to a Ohron reporter yes¬
terday, that as is, there are many men and women in this
Junior College not caring for its
Baccalaureate
Speaker Day
Graduating Seniors and Sopho¬
mores will attend Baccalaureate
Service Sunday, June 11, at 7:30
p. m., in the Sexson Auditorium.
Seniors will assemble at the mir¬
ror pools, in caps and gowns, for
the hooding ceremony, being held
at 6:45. Sophomores will as¬
semble at 7 :00.
betterment, or even trying to get
into the swing of school life. His
aim is to unify this diversified
state of affairs to a place where
everyone can work together for
a clear-cut purpose, seeing where
they are going and knowing what
to do about pioblems confronting
the student body.
Supervising, the voting stu¬
dents, who gave Sam Soghomo¬
nian a majority lead, was Ruth
Risser, Commissioner of Elec¬
tions. She reported that out of
the entire Associated Student
Body only 36 per cent made use
of their democratic .right of vot¬
ing for the candidate of their
choice. From the Junior Class
with 42 per cent casting votes,
came the highest percentage of
activity. They won the $25 prize
offered to spur on the low elec¬
tion interest. The Sophomores
were next with 40 per cent of its
class turning out to vote.
Students Receive Administration Honors;
Tarr Named Senior Class Valedictorian
Seventeen successful candidates for “Administration Honors,” highest scholastic award
for graduates, have just been announced by John A. Anderson, Dean of Records at I^asa-
dena Junior College. Students so honored must have maintained at least an “A minus” aver¬
age in all subjects for the past two years, and the majority are considerably above this high
level. The upper division is represented by three: Naomi Washburn, Elizabeth Helen Tarr,
and Frederick Warner. Naomi Washburn is a graduate of Marshall Junior High, a member of
Kantela and Deseret Clubs and Alpha Gamma Sigma and Sealbearers honor societies. Miss Tarr
is class valedictorian, a graduate -
of Wilson Junior High, a member
of Sigma Zeta Psi, Faculty Hon¬
ors Society, and has acted as as¬
sistant in both the language and
the biological science depart¬
ments. She is planning to take a
medical course at Stanford but
has also been offered a schol¬
arship to Pomona.
Frederick Warner came to
Pasadena from Ventura Junior
College but prior to this travelled
extensively, first as a member of
the Merchant Marine and later
with the U. S. Embassy in Mexico
City. He is planning to enter the
University of California at Berke¬
ley, where he will continue as a
major in languages and go from
there to George Washington Uni¬
versity in Virginia to study inter¬
national diplomacy.
The lower division graduates
receivink honors are:
Wilbert G. Dalzell, Dorothy Ann
Engelhardt, Margaret J. Feier-
tag, Donald C. Ludolph, Marjorie
Maninger, Nelle Louise Nelson,
Mary J, Schultee, Meredith Vir¬
ginia Thompson, Wayne Un-
tereiner, Betty Loraine Good-
list includes Betty Loraine Good¬
man, Laurel Rockwell, Carolyn
Jane Todd, Donald E. French and
Charlotte Evelyn Lester.
GRADUATION WEEK
SCHEDULE
Sunday — 7:30 p. m.
Baccalaureate Exercises.
Tuesday — 9:00 a. nr.
Commencement Rehearsal
Wednesday — 8:55 a. m.
Awards Assembly
Thursday —
Senior Breakfast 7:30 a. m.
OMD Assembly, 10:45 a. m.
DR. ALBERT E. DAY
. . . Service Speaker
The address will be deliverer!
by Dr. Albert E. Day, pastor of
the First Methodist Church. His
topic will be “A Democratic
Faith For American Youth.”
The invocation, benediction, and
scripture reading will be given
by Dr. M. N. Heicher, of the
Altadena Community Church.
The musical program will in¬
clude numbers by the Euter-
pean Singers, A Capella Choir,
and the Melody Maids. Direc¬
tors of the groups are respec-
tivley, Miss Carrie Sharp, Miss
Mabel Oakes, and Miss Lula
Claire Parmley.
Graduates may obtain tickets
for their parents and friends, and
a section will be reserved especi¬
ally for them. The public will be
admitted ’after the reserved sec¬
tion is opened at 7:15.