Tambourine’ Premiere Coming June 18
Many prominent movie stars
and Pasadena city officials have
been extended invitations to at¬
tend the world premier of Tam¬
bourine, OMD’s June show, slat¬
ed for Wednesday, June 18, at
7:30, John Cole, OMD president
announced.
Heading a star-studded cast will
be Tom Wirick as Piday, Norma
Christopher as Naomi, in the ro¬
mantic leads; and Liz Warner will
handle the heavy role. Other
members of the cast include Mar¬
tin Stornie as the tribe chief;
Ricky, Jack Larson; and Theresa
Dottie Bailey. Bill Penny will
enact a bird explorer, and Jack
Larson portrays a Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde sequence.
Tambourine, a musical operetta
written by Jack Larson, takes
place in a forest surrounded by
snow-capped mountains, where a
gay gypsy band is encamped.
Naomi, the Chief’s daughter is
in love with Pidal, a vagabond
minstrel gypsy; she cannot marry
him because the fortune teller
Kahli has prophesized that Nao¬
mi will marry a man of great
power. Pidal’s friend Ricky helps
Pidal out of this situation by im¬
personating the fortune teller and
everyone lives happily ever after.
Several fine musical selections
will be offered. Jealousy sung by
Karen Larson; Gypsy Love Song,
Dick Smith; Play, Fiddle Play,
Norma Christopher, and Strange
Music, Tom Wirick.
The production staff is compos¬
ed of Rowena Baker, director;
assistant director, Patti Penny;
secretary, Jean Thorns; music di¬
rector, Roger Munn; art director,
Midge Quenell; dance director,
Joan Wood; publicity, Ronald
Horwitz ; costumes, Barbara
Ritchey.
Budget Slash Looms
As Financial Chaos
Faces ASB Treasury
One of the gravest financial situations in PJC history is
confronting the student body, according to members of the
ASB board who have been assigned to the budget committee
for the school year 1947-48 .
Student body legal adviser, Roger Stewart, has stated that
“The student body has been put in a precarious financial con-
Radio Studio
Approved for
PJC Campus
Preliminary Electrical
Construction Started;
Radio Courses Planned
Dr. William B. Langsdorf an¬
nounced today that plans for a
new on-campus radio station had
been approved by the Board of
Education and that preliminary
construction on electrical equip¬
ment was already underway.
The architectural arrangement
includes two separate studio
chambers, a technician’s control
booth, and a reception room. The
location is planned adjacent to
the present attendance office.
Three Courses Offered
One beginner’s and two advanc¬
ed courses are offered to stu¬
dents interested in radio. The be¬
ginning course is radio broadcast¬
ing, and the two advanced are
radio speech and radio produc¬
tion. Courses are scheduled under
the English department and the
Vol. 41, No. 14 Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, Caliiornia June 11, 1947
Marquee Board Nears Completion
Pictured above is an artist's sketch of the new PIC marquee board.
Construction is scheduled to be completed this week. The Board is a
gift of the cabinet and classes of PJC.
Sign Being Erected by
Cabinet and 4 Classes;
Cost Set at $1300
Installation began last week on
the new marquee board which
will occupy a position at the cor¬
ner of Hill and Colorado Streets.
According to word received
from the contractors, construc¬
tion should be completed by
Chronicle press time. The mar¬
quee board (see artist’s sketch)
is constructed of steel and trans¬
lucent lucite. The sign is equip¬
ped with 150 unbreakable red
plastic letters and numbers. A
special theft proof storage place
is being built on the rear of the
sign to store the letters not in
use on the marquee.
instructors will be Lowell Bark¬
er and Virginia Barrus. Fred
Latshaw will be in charge of the
technical supervision.
Dearing Reveals Applicants
The three courses will be devot¬
ed to individual programs, proj¬
ects concerning programming,
newscasting, and practice in writ¬
ing, casting and producing radio
dramas. It is planned to have en¬
tirely student produced programs
eminate over a system of loud¬
speakers during the lunch hours.
Speakers are tentatively planned
for the Student Union and east
campus area.
Under the present set up, radio
classes have been possible only
through the cooperation of radio
station KPPC. Students enrolled
in the present classes must travel
to the downtown station to re¬
ceive instruction. With studios on
the campus, there is a possibility
that sometime in the future PJC
may be relaying its own radio
programs via the local Pasadena
stations.
ELECTION
Constitution Ratified;
LightTurnout of Voters
At the special election before
Memorial Day the recently re¬
vised ASB constitution was ap¬
proved with over a 100 vote mar¬
gin.
Keith Cutting, commissioner of
elections, tabulated the votes at
149 in favor of the new constitu¬
tion and 12 against.
The revised constitution repre¬
sented the labors of an appointed
committee headed by Sam Prich¬
ard and Roger Stewart. Other
members of the committee in¬
cluded Roy Shaw and Don Boyer.
21 Appointive Offices
Filled; 1 1 Vacancies
Remain at Press Time
Applications for appointive of¬
fices have been pouring in this
week, according to Marie Lou
Dearing, commissioner of civil
service.
Applying for commissioner of
athletics are Bob Baker and Tom
Kelley; secretary of pep activity,
Corky Champlain; secretary of
intramural, Stuart Boedecker.
Commissioner of publications,
Grant Canfield and Peggy Gil¬
bert; Chronicle editor, Frank
Weingartner and Edie Rankin;
Campus editor, Ernest Celmer
and Doloris Brennan. Doris Jo-
'Campus' Distribution Set for Next Week;
Pocket Size Handbook for Fall Semester
Margaret Gerke, Campus editor, has announced that the Campus
is in the bindery and distribution will be made in the immediate
future. Because of the increased cost of production and this year’s
enlarged volume, the price of the
book has risen to one dollar plus
Grosbach Volunteers
For Hostel Rebuilding
Volunteering her services, Jean
Grosbach, student at Pasadena
Junior College and national rep¬
resentative for the SCA, is one of
two hundred young people who
have joined the American Youth
Hostel Association for a trip to
Europe.
The trip is scheduled to start
from New York on June 1 and
will end the first of September.
The purpose of the project is to
rebuild the hostels that were
bombed during the war. The
work will include actual labor
on the part of every person, Miss
Grosbach said.
a student body book. Mem¬
bers of the faculty have acclaim¬
ed the volume as the finest ever
produced. There are over 300
multi-colored pages and padded
covers have been added.
Next year’s handbook has also
undergone some major changes,
Bill Kay, Handbook editor, reveal¬
ed today. The new book will be
pocket size, and the number of
pages will be increased to 64.
By using the reduced size book
the student body was able to
make a saving of 600 dollars over
the cost of the former large size
book.
sephson has filed for commission¬
er of social affairs.
Secretary of civil service, Rich¬
ard Philips; secretary of elections
Pies Griffin; commissioner of
awards, Jeannie Colyar; commis¬
sioner of activities, Art Huston;
clerk of the Cabinet, Carolyn
Gerke; secretary of the bar, Leon¬
ard Nasatir and clerk of the
Board, Pat Clark.
The following offices at the
Chronicle deadline had not been
applied for: secretary of health,
secretary of Whip, secretary of
photography, secretary of hospi¬
tality, commissioner of personnel
and publicity, secretary of notifi¬
cations, commissioner of depart¬
mental activity, commissioner of
records, commissioner of organi¬
zations and attorney general. Miss
Dearing stated that all students
interested in holding a student
office should apply immediately
in 29C.
The sign is being presented to
the school by the four classes
and the cabinet of Pasadena Jun¬
ior College. A portion of the mon¬
ey used to finance the construc¬
tion of the sign was given to
the. school by the graduating
class of 1942.
Members of the marquee com¬
mittee, which is comprised of the
four class presidents, said that the
need for the marquee board has
long been a topic of conversation
throughout the school and that
they were happy to take the final
step in meeting the needs.
Cost of the board has been set
at 1300 dollars. This amount re¬
portedly includes a 500 dollar dis¬
count given by the sign company.
LANCERS
Luncheon and Special
Meeting on Agenda
George Mannschreck, treasurer
of Lancers, the men’s top cam¬
pus service organization, announ¬
ced to the Chronicle today that a
special luncheon for all members
will be held next week.
The luncheon and program will
be held in a reserved dining room
at Eaton’s in Arcadia. At the
meeting of June 3 it was decided
to hold a special meeting during
the last week of school to discuss
new problems in organization and
the merit system.
The meeting will be unique for
at an undisclosed hour on an un¬
disclosed date all Lancers will be
called by office slip to assemble
for the meeting. At that time
new officers will be elected and
the men receiving Lancer keys
will be named. The elective of¬
fices to be filled include presi¬
dent, vice-president, secretary and
treasurer.
Pies Griffin, retiring president,
will be in charge of the program.
dition due to the failure of the
Veterans Administration to settle
it contractual obligations with
Pasadena Junior College. The in-
flative costs of student body ac¬
tivities have also contributed a
great deal in decreasing the re¬
serve funds of the student body
treasury.”
VA in Arrears
According to Earl Holder, stu¬
dent body financial adviser, the
Veterans Administration is some
55 thousand odd dollars in ar¬
rears in the settlement of ac¬
counts. More financial difficul¬
ties arose last month when the
VA withdrew from an agreement
to finance the student body fees
for veteran students. This meant
that the student body treasury
was forced to absorb an addition¬
al loss.
Jack Lamp, student body presi¬
dent, told the Chronicle that be¬
cause of the aforementioned dif¬
ficulties, a resultant decrease
must be made in the budgets of
campus organizations and sched¬
uled school activities.
Budget Hearing
The first open budget hearing
is set for June 16 from 7 to 9
p. m. in 29C. The confirmation
hearing will be on June 17 at
8 a. m. in 29C. Lamp said that it
behooves all persons who have
submitted budgets to be present
for both hearings because the
budget committee is forced to
slash budgets to the minimum. It
may be necessary for organiza¬
tion members to defend their re¬
quested budgets.
Kratz Appointed
To Fill Elective
Office by Board
Bob Kratz, member of the PJC
Bar Association and former ASB
presidential candidate, was ap¬
pointed student prosecutor last
week to fill an elective vacancy.
Because no one ran on the pri¬
mary election ballot for the office,
Kratz’ appointment came in ac¬
cordance with stipulations set
forth in the ASB constitution.
Jack Lamp appointed Kratz with
the approval of the Student
Board.
Kratz was a runner-up in the
recent student body elections,
having placed behind Lamp. He
has long been active in PJC le¬
gal circles and campaigned on a
platform of student representa¬
tion by means of a “president’s
council” which, he claimed, would
be the only way of getting an
accurate picture of student de¬
sires.
No More Hostesses for
Hi-Liters , Hawkins Says
The Hi-liters, hospital entertain¬
ment troupe on campus, will no
longer use student hostesses dur¬
ing their tours, Die Hawkins,
president, announced at the sec¬
ond annual banquet held at the
Brookside Country Club last
Thursday.
The action was taken upon re¬
quest from the various hospitals,
Hawkins said, because most of
the servicemen are hospitalized
relatively near their homes. The
banquet presented several noted
faculty guests and paid tribute to
Hi-liter’s personnel for services
rendered this past semester.