Pasadena Chronicle, June 12, 1942

Student Production Takes Stage We were in an analogous position last year. We had an undefeated record, from 1776 right through 1918, making the stakes high. We were teet¬ ering on the brink of some¬ thing. That we all realized. But we were torn between Pacifists and Interventionists. We were 130 million milling strategists without a coopera¬ tive purpose. We weren’t sure whether or not we were at war, so workers dubiously continued to strike. We weren’t sure whether we were going to win, so we forgot to laugh and our lips were taunt. Students didn’t know whether to prepare for peace or war, so student election spirit lagged, and football games were ill-attended. A challenge to any other class on either campus was made today by Mr. R. Jackson’s Auto Shop class to top the record they set in the paper drive. In three days the class of 18 students collected the mass of paper shown in the picture, a record to be heralded as the best in the school so far. It has been estimated that if every PJC class, on both campuses were to amass an equal amount of newspapers, the returns would buy a Jeep for the Army. If each of five thousand students were to bring their morning and evening papers, as well as any shopping news, each day for a week, the deed would be done. CLOYDE HOWARD ard, and a cast of 25, repre¬ senting cream of PJC talent; leading roles are shared by Dave Rubsamen and Priscilla McWilliams, Lindsay Work¬ man and Phil Alexander. Admission is free for the aft¬ ernoon performance, thirty cents will be charged for the evening show. Prexy Davis Seniors Turn Into Last Lap With Finals In Offing Vol. 33 Pasadena Junior College, June 12, 1942 No. 35 Student Spectator By NOEL YOUNG In San Francisco, four years ago, there was a high school football team with a blitzkrieg brand of ball that brought it three successive championships and put it in line for a fourth. Its record was historically great, and everyone but the team heralded it as unbeatbale. They were called the “Wonder Boys.” Midseason came and the psychological strain on the “Wonders” neared the explosive point, the stakes were too high. They went into the game on a tightrope, slipped and lost. But the psychological hurdles van¬ ished, the boys loosened up and “Blitzed” to the crown. Students Amass Bundles For China Today the combined efforts of Cloyde Howard, Harry Chamberlain, and Bill Graham will meet the public in the form of a musical comedy, as the All-Student Production, co-sponsored by the Senior Class and Associated Student Body, will meet curtain calls at 3:15 and 8:00 p.m. “The Strangest Things,” will include eight original tunes, one being the rejuvenation of “Among the Embers” sung by Jane Ford. Tom Baxter, an all- too-smart robot, leads the cast to a merry chase as he kills one one character of play Phil Alex¬ ander, interpreting well-known scientist and doctor. Written by Crafty Hall screwball, Chamberlain, and produced by “Bull-whip” How- All-Student Musical Comedy Gives Matinee And Evening Performances Service Opens 42 Class Breakfast Plans Proceed For December 7, we teetered on our tightrope, slipped and fell. But for the first time we began to laugh, to breath freely and work with a com¬ mon purpose. We had gotten over “pre-game jitters.” We feel oddly indebted to the toothy Jap, for the black eye he gave us snapped us out of our coma, united our team and gave rise to such battle- qries as “Go Get ’Em McClus- key!” born in our raid on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Our own campus shows signs of America’s new lease on life. It began with the Defense Coun¬ cil, which mushroomed over¬ night, followed by paper drives, the ‘Blackout’ Carnival, Salvage Day and the reoent record shat¬ tering elections. This was only a counterpart. Elsewhere, production acceler¬ ated, RAF felt its oats and our Navy wrought thunder in the Coral Sea and at Midway. The “champs” are over the psychological hurdles, our mid¬ season reverses is water under the bridge, and another “crown” lies over the horizon. "Unknown^ Forty-eight percent of the student body do not know E. Ray Davis is Student Body President! Twenty-three per cent would like an opportunity to work with the Defense Council. These figures were revealed by the Student Polling Associa¬ tion in a recent survey wherein students were asked “Who is president of the Associated Stu¬ dent Body?” and opinions on the efficiency of PJC’s Defense Council. According to Eric Woodbury, polling director, no students queried believed the defense work here of “no value and a waste of time.” This poll was conducted by social science Classes. Question¬ naires were distributed to 100 students, with the aforemen¬ tioned results. This was one of the first surveys taken by the Student Polling Association. Periodically, questions will be circulated on timely subjects. Senior Week Opening the first page of a seven-day chapter entitled Se¬ nior Week, members of this year’s graduating class will as¬ semble Sunday evening, June 21, to march into the John Sexson Auditorium for the an¬ nual Baccalaureate Service. Se¬ niors will gather in front of the auditorium at 6:45 p.m. where the mirror pools will reflect the hooding ceremony, traditional donning of caps and gowns. Processional will begin at 7:30. Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Los Angeles pastor, will deliver the solemn address to those stu¬ dents who are leaving PJC this year. Drs. Henry Weitzel and W. Hardin Hughes, John Mc- Morris and Max W. de Lauben- fels will head the senior col¬ umns, immediately following the entrance of the Administra¬ tion group. The Baccalaureate Committee asks that all Seniors who have not ordered caps and gowns, have measurements taken at the Student Book Store, Features Toxy/ Fisher Highlight of a week of Senior activities held in honor of the graduating class will be the an¬ nual Senior Class Breakfast, June 24. For the first time the affair will be held on PJC soil. Mr. Rufus Mead, Associate Principal, has promised that the mirror pools, which decorate the front of the main building of PJC, will be filled for the Se¬ nior’s benefit. Bob Fisher, an alumnus of PJC two years ago, and now featured on the Red Skelton program, will form part of the morning’s entertainment. Cloyde Howard, producer of “The Strangest Things,” and Crafty Hall, will act as master of ceremonies. The first course of the break¬ fast will be served at 7:30, the entertainment continuing until the assembly period at 8:55, ac¬ cording to Peggy Maclagen, who heads the Breakfast musi¬ cians. Bowl Exercises “Commencement as usual, if possible,” is the aim of the graduation committees of the 12th and 14th grades. Under the guidance of Dean Hawes, stu¬ dent committees are formulat¬ ing plans for a simple affair that could be transferred at a moments notice to the various auditoriums throughout the city. Despite the protests of some the Board of Education has re¬ ceived permission for the event, subject to immediate cancella¬ tion by army authorities, and has ordered that the bowl rites be attempted. 14th year gradu¬ ates will be attired in the tra¬ ditional cap' and gown and 12th year in formals -and dark suits. The program will be as usual, the singing by • graduates of “Land of Hope and Glory,” “Praise Ye the Father,” and the traditional response; the vari¬ ous speeches by the class presi¬ dents and the assembled digni¬ taries; and the presentation of diplomas.