Vol. 32
Pasadena Junior College, June 25, 1941
No. 45
Smarties
Three Students Honored
With Commencement
Program Speeches
Grand climax to endless hours of preparation comes to¬
morrow night when some two thousand graduates parade
across the big green oval at the Rose Bowl and receive their
diplomas.
Three students, chosen to speak because of outstanding
scholarship, leadership and participation in school activities
are Barbara Fitch. Clarence Thurber, and Robert Burns.
Check This
Just for You
Here’s Thursdays
Special Schedule
EAST CAMPUS
8
8:00 —
8:10
9
8:17 —
8:27
10
8:34 —
8:44
11
8:51 —
9:01
12
9:08 —
9:18
1
9:25 —
9:35
2
9:42 —
10:42
3
10:09 —
10:19
Assembly 10:30
on
OMD Tapping and Awards
Assembly.
WEST CAMPUS
8
8:00 —
8:10
9
8:15 —
8:25
10
8:30 —
9:30
Assembly OMD Tapping and
Awards Assembly
11 9:35 — 9:45
12 9:50 — 10:00
1 10:05 — 10:15
2 10:20 — 10:30
3 10:35 —10:45
4 10:50 — 11:00
QSO Offers Classes
In International Code
Practice in International Code
is the offer of the Q'SO Radio
Club to PJC students. Classes
are being held at 3:00 this after¬
noon in the “E” building. After
that time the club will start
charging a fee of 50 cents a
month to carry on these lessons.
“Students don’t have to know
anything about radio to pick up
the code,” said Marvin Jahn, sec¬
retary. “Although the code is
similar to Morse, there are sev¬
eral differences. The Internation¬
al Code is the one used by land
and ship operators all over the
world.” Interested students
should go to one of the meetings
or contact one of the club mem¬
bers.
QSO began in the days of Pasa¬
dena High School but died out
with the transformation to a Ju¬
nior College. Several years later
members of the Phenomenonian
Club found radio equipment
stored in the Physical Science
building. Since it did not belong
to the school, they clamed it and
some of the Phenamenonians or¬
ganized the existing group.
Mrs. Buller Receives
National Honor
Mrs. Jewell Buller of the Art
Department faculty ranks among
the outstanding watercolorists
of the nation, in the opinion of
the San Diego museum.
Last week Mrs. Buller received
notice that her water color paint¬
ing, “Palos Verdes,” has been ac¬
cepted for inclusion in the Na¬
tional Watercolor Exhibit to be
shown in the art museum at San
Diego’s Balboa Park. The show
will continue through the early
part of the summer.
Mrs. Buller, a member of
PJC’s art faculty for six years,
is a product of Chinard’s school,
Los Angeles.
DEAN ST’ONG’S COLUMN
TO KUN ALL SUMMER
Throughout the year Dean
of Men Audre Stong has writ¬
ten a daily squib in the Pasa¬
dena Star News and Monrovia
News Post. His column is
known to be a helpful .little
booster to Mr. and Miss PJC
who find it interesting and use¬
ful. Title of his bit is “The
Dean of Men Says” and it will
continue to run in both papers
this summer.
SCHOLARSHIP
Barbara Fitch, who has a
grade point average of 2.91; is
a life member of Alpha Gamma
Sigma, is a member of Califor¬
nia Scholarship Society; has been
a Spartan five semesters; Secre¬
tary of Mast and Dagger and as¬
sistant carnival manager; served
as Representative at Large; pres¬
ident and acting secretary of
WAA. With a scholarship in her
pocket, Barbara will go to Uni¬
versity of California at Berke¬
ley next fall.
THURBER
Clarence Thurber, who has an
A minus grade point average, is
also a UC scholarship winner.
During his four years here he
has been president of Junior
Hi-Y one semester; foreman of
the Grand Jury, Associate Just-
tice; president NRICC; president
of Alpha Gamma Sigma; life
member of California Scholar¬
ship Federation; member Assem¬
bly Committee; member Senior
Class Council; Election Commis¬
sioner; chairman Vocational
Council; member of Deferred
Fees Committee.
WEST CAMPUS BURNS
Robert Burns, West Campus
business education major with
a
В
plus average, will go to
the University of Southern
California next fall. His extra
curricular record includes Se¬
nior class president; treasurer
Alpha Gamma Sigma; member
Civil Service Commission; Lan¬
cer; commencement committee
member; member class coun¬
cils eight semesters; member
of Board of Representatives.
Other students honored to par¬
ticipate at commencement are
Virginia Horn who will read the
theme poem, ASB President Bill
Burke will do an excerpt from
one of Lincoln’s addresses. La-
mont Johnson will be the voice
of 1776.
Roland Vasques
Wins Bookstore^
Contest
Eighth semi-annual PJC sales
contest completed last week in
the Campus Book Store was won
by a wide margin by dark-eyed
Roland Vasquez. Also winner of
the Christmas sales contest, Vas¬
quez had a total of 244 points,
established a new high in points,
won a Packard-Bell radio.
Second place winner was Tim
Harrison, with 222 points, past
high places in bookstore contests,
a ten karet gold-ruby school ring.
Third place went to Masaji Go¬
to, who had 134 points, won a
Sheaffer pen.
In fourth place were Audrey
Jones and Ivan Nichols of West
Campus. With 69 points, they
won solid leather zipper binders.
Gold Bookstore manager keys
went to Robert Johnson, Roland
Vasquez, Tim Harrison, Masaji
Goto, Marion Potter.
Silver keys went to Bea Lock¬
hart, Roy Webster, Bill Eaton,
Don Hoover.
Gold Bookstore pins went to
Audrey Jones, Paul Billiter.
Silver pins went to Jeanette
Beinhauver, Dale Heistand, Mar¬
garet Boynton, Lois Rhodes, Ray
Berry, Patty Wood.
Prizes were given out at a ban¬
quet held at Eatons Santa Anita
on Friday, June 20.
Larry Kent Is Prom Band
Smooth toned Larry Kent will play for PJC’s Senior
Prom Thursday night beginning at 9 o’clock in the Pasa¬
dena Civic Auditorium, it was announced today. Bids for
the dance will come with each graduates diploma.
CLARENCE THURBER
ROBERT WATSON BURNS
BETH LEWIS
. . . $500 one-year Art Scholarship
to Scripps College.
MONTY SPAULDING
. . . $1,000 four-year scholarship
to L.A.’s Art Center School.
CADET LT. DICKENS! 3 LETS
. . . leads PJC Air Cadet Unit
Leads Air Cadets,*
Presents Bracelet
In sending out hundreds of
letters publishing their new air
training school, PJC’s ROTC of¬
ficials mailed one letter to “Jean”
Towery, inviting “him” to be¬
come an air cadet. Jean wrote
back a nice letter, said “he”
would be very glad to fly . . .
but I am at present a working
WOMAN, may I still join?” Of¬
ficials took Miss Towery, an
alumnus of PJC, now an L. A.
Chamber of Commerce Secretary
at her work, invited her to be¬
come the sweetheart of the air
division.
Unlike other branches of the
Army, Air Corps cannot be filled
by means of the draft but must
depend upon voluntary enlist¬
ments to fill the quota in the
present emergency. That quota
has been set at 30,000 pilots an¬
nually.
Cooperating with the War De¬
partment in training students
from the various colleges and
universities throughout the coun¬
try, PJC is organizing a special
local unit of “Flying Cadets.”
Named Pasadena Junior College
Flying Cadet Unit Number One,
it will have a leader selected
from each group.
BARBARA FITCH
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
The All-American Youth Or¬
chestra, 100-piece symphony of
“musical ambassadors” directed
by internationally-famed Leopold
Stokowski, will give concerts in
three California cities during
June, t was announced this week
by Robert Wayne Burns, Califor¬
nia NYA administrator. The 100
young artists will be heard in
Sacramento Thursday evening,
June 26; in San Francisco Fri¬
day evening, June 27; and on
Sunday afternoon, June 29, at 3
p. m. will climax a triumphal
nationwide tour with a concert in
the Pasadena Rose Bowl.
Finale
Awards OMD Tapping,
Boyer’s Music Feature
Year’s Last Assembly
LaVerne Boyer will play tomorrow at the semi-annual
Awards Assembly, at which the OMD tapping will take place
and other honors, awards, and scholarships given. Names of
many of these winners will not be divulged until the time of
announcement tomorrow.
Kiwanis winners for the junior college this year are Vir¬
ginia Spahr and Robert McLean.
SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN
Outstanding scholarships al¬
ready announced are those of
Clarence Thurber, University of
California; Barbara Fitch, Uni¬
versity of California; Robert
Burns, University of Southern
California; Ed Eubanks, Dart¬
mouth; Dick Kendall, Alpha
Gamma Sigma tuition scholar¬
ship to Occidental; Marion Fra¬
ser, Whittier; Maxine Tingle,
scholarship loan from the Shake-
spear Club; Beth Lewis, Scripps
College; Marilyn Crawford, Al¬
pha Gamma Sigma tuition schol¬
arship at Whittier; William Cass,
Whittier, and Monty Spaulding,
a four-year art scholarship at the
Los Angeles Art Center School.
OFFICERS GET AWARDS
Awards will also be presented
to retiring officers at this time.
The assemblies will be directed
by David Reidy on East Campus
and Patrick O’Mara on West
Campus.
Bulldog Guards
Map Plans To
Handle Traffic
Oiling up their parking and
ticket-taking details, the Bulldog
Guards, honor ROTC service
club, are already mapping plans
to handle PJC’s weekly Rose
Bowl exodus next fall.
Electing club officers, assign¬
ing gate and parking captains,
recharging ancient flashlights,
are but a few of numerous prep¬
arations necessary in the club’s
work of directing streaming traf¬
fic, handling carnival - minded
crowds.
Praised by local police officials
for coordinated work during past
year, club officers recently turn¬
ed over Guard reins to new ex¬
ecutives: president, Milton Blake-
man; executive secretary, George
Willets; vice presidents, Dale
Magee, Bill Anthony. Typical of
Guard’s spirit, all work and no
pay, was parking-dictator An¬
thony’s call for well-bodied men
who didn’t mind their dust with¬
out salt. Guards, as do most oth¬
er worthwhile school organiza¬
tions, work for no credit, shun
service points, receive only en¬
joyment in activity.
Summer Defense
Classes To Give
Semester's Credit
Men students, take advantage
now of the defense courses to'
be offered by the PJC School of
Trades and Technology at West
Campus, and prepare yourself
for a real job in defense activi¬
ties. This is the advice of Mr. Ed-
wn Cornelison, chairman of the
department.
Classes start Monday, June 30,
continuing throughout the sum¬
mer. Four national defense
courses are offered in a 20-week
training period, carrying a full
semester’s credit. Upon comple¬
tion of the course, you are either
one semester nearer graduation,
or you are in direct line for a
job in defense industries.
Trades offered are auto me¬
chanics, aviation technology, ma¬
chine shop, and welding. Classes
meet from 7 a.m. to 12 noon
daily, except Saturday. Scheduled
for afternoons are technical re¬
ports and drafting, or technical
mathematics.
Requisition for entrance is
your high school graduation rec¬
ord. To enroll, have your prin¬
cipal send a complete transcript
of your record to Dean John An¬
derson immediately after gradu¬
ation
More
F urther Appointive
Offices Filled
For Next Year
Recently filled appointive of¬
fices not before listed are: At¬
torney General, Bill Yates; Sec¬
retary of Oral Arts; Tom Lar¬
kin taking the pLace of Dave
Palmer; Secretary of Notifica¬
tion, Pauline Pnpis; Secretary
of Recreation, Mildred Rod-
strom; Secretary of Social Af¬
fairs, Betty Heatherington; Mi¬
nor Court Justice, Dick Fox;
Activities, Larry Wallace; Or¬
ganization, Jean Hartman;
Women’s Athletics, Olga Zen-
oil; Men’s Athletics, Dick Bu-
sick; Clerk of Cabinet, Lor¬
raine Kingsley; Bureau of Pub¬
lic Health, Ruth Rodstrom; Bur¬
eau of Oral Arts, Jack Has-
linger; Elections, Dick Pember.
Gaieties Off
Last minute notice from As¬
sembly producer: Because of
last-minute technical difficul¬
ties, the “Gaieties” assembly
scheduled for presentaton on
both campuses this morning
has been called of. Mel Best’s
orchestra will play instead.
400 Tech Alumni
Hold Annual
Get-Together
Busiest man in Pasadena last
week was associate principal Ru¬
fus Mead, who was single-handed
holding an alumni meeting for
graduates of a ghost school.
The occasion was a reunion
honoring grads of John Muir
Technical High School from 1929
to 1938.
The combination banquet-dance
had an attendance of over 400.
Principal of Muir Tech (now
West Campus), Mr. Mead re¬
called many names of his old stu¬
dents.
Since graduate i in ’29, Clin¬
ton Worthington, ^draftsman, has
made a voyage to the South Seas
where he learned to perform to
Hura Hura, a Tahitian cere¬
monial dance, so he and Barbara
Howland by request performed
at the banquet.
Montel Phillips did a hula, Bill
Pankey sang, and Bob Barnette
was master of ceremonies; the
Jarabe Club entertained, and Bob
Malian’s band played for the
dance.
Mrs. Dorothy Mongreig Root,
class of ’30, general chairman of
the event, challenged the class
of '31 to stage the 1942 reunion
and Cecil Potter accepted.
Summer School
Registration Begins
Registration for Summer
School courses at PJC starts
tomorrow. Opening day for
classes is next Monday, June
30. Courses offered number
nearly 200. Regular semester
credit is given for the six weeks
term. Cost of tuition is $2.50
per subject.
Students who intend to en¬
roll are urged to see their coun¬
selors immediately. Summer
school counselor sheets may be
found in the main offices Of
either campus.