Pasadena Chronicle, March 17, 1944

Vol. 35 Pasadena Junior College, March 17, 1944 No. 20 Mothers , Daughters Will Enjoy Dessert Together Next Thursday at AWS Party An opportunity for mothers and daughters to enjoy an evening together is now offered as plans for the AWS annual Mother-Daughter Party shape up. Because of war-time food limitations, this year’s affair will be a dessert-tea in place of the usual banquet. Doors will open Thursday, March 23 at 7 p. m. at the Pasadena Athletic Club. Entertainment recruited from the student body features the Nysean singers, Yvette Snedden of “Stormy Weather” fame, and Naomi Riordan, Rose Queen. Highlighting the evening’s program will be talks on “life in the service” with appropriate anecdotes by Lieutenant Helen Hagar of the Air Wacs and Ensign Virginia Lee Lindsay of the Waves. Handling- party details is Margie Nutt, AWS prexy, collo- borating with Juli.anne Burtt, Mistress of Ceremonies. Betty Lund will offer a toast to the mothers, with Mrs. E. O. Gra¬ ham giving responding toast to the daughters. Miss Bobbins and Miss Kelso are acting as advisors. Tickets, priced at 75 cents for two, can be bought at the Triton ticket window in the main hall. Since reservations are necessarily limited, coeds are urged to buy their tickets as, soon as possible. Frosh Club Plans Scrap Drive Day A scrap drive of one day’s duration will be held in three or four weeks and will be spon¬ sored by the Freshman council. Chuck Mitchell, newly elected frosh prexy has enlisted the aid of the class and the entire stu¬ dent body in an attempt to make this drive a complete suc¬ cess. Plans were laid by the council last Tuesday. Originally planned as only a paper drive, the groups has decided to in¬ clude metals on the list. Seniors Choose New Committees Monday afternoon the senior class council met, under the lead¬ ership of Blanche Marshall, and appointed its committees for the semester. Graduation: Grace Atkinson, Kay Wardwell, Johnetta Smith, and Lorraine Cuoton; The Prom: Nancy King, Frank McCormack, Hope Schlinger, Pat Marcy, and Connie Johnston; Senior Break¬ fast: Marjorie Otte, Bitta Sun- berg, and Doris Straten; Memor¬ ial: Nancy King; and the War Service: Joan de Leville, Pat Marcy, Frank McCormack, Jean Cockrane, Hope Schlinger, Connie Johnston and Grace Atkinson. The council voted to meet every other Monday afternoon at 3:00. Enrollment Drops As War Work Calls Many The end of the first triad chalk¬ ed up a total of only 3,570 stu¬ dents enrolled in PJC. This tre¬ mendous drop-off of enrollment is attributed naturally to the call of the Armed Forces and defense plants. Only 364 men students in the upper division still carry the banner for the old Alma Mater, while in the lower division classes the girls top the male enrollment by 82 students. Three to one is the ratio of girls to boys In the upper di¬ vision. The Serviceman’s flag, hung in the main hall, to commemorate the 1811 .Junior College boys, 78 of whom have lost their lives in front-line trenches. The flag was designed and purchased by the War Council. Judicious Judge Lubic Rules Over Minor Court Session Wednesday Newly-appointed Minor Court Justice Art Lubic called his court to order last Wednesday before a packed court room. Shaler Hanisch, Bom Stanley, and Russ Palmer pleaded “not guilty” to the charge of disorderly conduct, were slated for next Wednesday’s Superior Court Session. Pat Adamson and Joan Cunningham pleaded “not ieng in a restricted area and Bob Donahue, charged with smoking were not able to appear, instead sent Harry Moon and Jack Atchison to plead not guilty for them. Stewart MacDougall, guilty on a charge of smoking on campus, was fined $2.50, and Zoe Goodlander who also pleaded guilty was fined 50 cents by judicious Judge Lubic. Adam Burton and Wyman Wil¬ liams failed' to appear in court as summoned. They will be held on a contempt of court charge. The next court session will be at 3:00 Wednesday in 200C, students are invited to attend. guilty” to the charge of park- Radio Series Has Five Junior College Guests Betty Kline, Loren Barre, Mor¬ ris Buchanan, Adele Geraw, and Mary Lehman were guests on the “This Living World” series over KNX last Friday, March 10. The discussion question was “Jobs for Tomorrow.” Two phases of the post-war employment problem were presented by the panel. Mr. J. Ray Risser of the Social Studies Department directed this group which was chosen from outstand¬ ing student body leader. A drama¬ tization of the same subject of the day by professional actors always precedes the ten-minute student round-table discussion. La Verne Boyer’s Irishmen Will Play Jigs for PJC’s Green- Clads Sure ’n they’ll all be a’wearin’ the green at tonight’s Inter Class Sport Dance at the Odd Fellows Temple. With La Verne Boyer’s band playing jig-time, -students will honor the Irish Saint by dancing from 9 to 12 in the hall located at 175 North Los Robles, will also probably kiss more than a Blarney Stone. As an inter-class affair, the dance has been planned by Nancy Young and presidents of the Frosh, Soph, Junior and Senior classes respectively. Chuck Mitch¬ ell, Freshman President and Elene Pappen, Soph Chief, will handle decorations and the cleanup de¬ tails. The Juniors, under Glennie Cline, will do the publicity while Seniors, with Blanche Marshall directing, will arrange for the band and hall. True to tradition, the wearing of the green will be expected of all those attending. Admission will be 75 cents per couple. L Amitie Wins Club Contest The L’Amitie Club has won the February “Club of the Month” contest for their outstanding par¬ ticipation in war activities. L’Ami- tie’s particular contribution is the organization of a hospital group formed under the direction of Miss Elder, the club’s advisor. The girls in this group are acting as nurses aides in the Huntington Hospital. This contest, sponsored by WRICCY, determines the club that has done the most in aiding the war effort each month. The award is made on the basis of points for service given. The girls’ activities include: folding surgical - dressings on campus, entertaining the servicemen in USO units, selling stamps and bonds, making scrapbooks for the Bed Cross, and doing cleri¬ cal work at Cal Tech. Success Greets First V-Mail Day V-Mail Day, held Tuesday, March 7, proved successful with over 1,000 V-mail forms distri¬ buted from the Dean of Men’s office. Students having friends, relatives, and sweethearts over¬ seas, readily took advantage of JC’s free postage. Complete in- ' structions for those who had not previously used V-mail were available and names were selected from a list of some 1,300 service¬ men. Plans for the continuation of V-mail days are in the making and Dean Stong hints that they may be held at least once a month. Price Control To Re Discussed at Forum Elmer Nelson, director of Pub¬ lic Relations, will speak here on “Price Inflation and Government Control,” Tuesday March 21, at the regular Tuesday Evening- Forum in Sexson Auditorium. Price control and rationing to combat inflation and strengthen our war effort are not new sub¬ jects to an American citizen. Thinking along these subjects however, has not always been as clear as it might be. To what extent are controls necessary to¬ day? How long will they be con¬ tinued? Must we have them for a period after the war is over? Certainly these are questions of significance to all. Mr. Nelson served the government during World War 1 as Economic Ad¬ visor. A man of wide business ex¬ perience, a former university in¬ structor and consultant to numer¬ ous private interests, he will re¬ view the changing scene with ob¬ jectivity and detachment. Convocation To Have Dad Elliott PJC is honored to have as guest speaker for convocation today, a man who has spent his life helping and guiding the young people of the world to a fuller life through Christian understand¬ ing. Arthur James Elliott, known to thousands as “Dad” Elliott, has been active in YMCA and church work since he graduated from Northwestern University in 1902. In 1935, upon his retirement from the YM-CA, a group of col¬ lege presidents, pastors and oth¬ er influential Christian leaders organized a committee to sup¬ port the continuance of Mr. El¬ liot’s services to high school and college students. In recog¬ nition of his work and in prep¬ aration for the larger work be¬ fore him, he was sent on a trip around the world to dis¬ cover the trends of religious thought among foreign youth ABTHUB JAMES ELLIOTT . . . talks to students world over. and to render whatever services he could offer them. Since his return to America, “Dad” Elliot has traveled over the country and talked to thou¬ sands of young people. He has kept no record of the number of meetings he has addressed, but he is known to have talked with over 35,000 high school and col¬ lege students, one by one, in per¬ sonal interviews. In 1938, Dr. William Lindsay Young, president of Park College, conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon Mr. Elliott. Lega! Society Issues 'Сгаск Orders From now on the students of JC will be on an equal basis under the school’s criminal code. All Lancers and Spartans have been issued ticket books and will is¬ sue tickets to any member of JC who violates any of the school constitution. Sam Soghomonian, Chief Jus¬ tice, went into conference with Captain Morgan recently and it was agreed that all students not members of JC who were caught roaming the campus would be listed as vagrants and would be taken into custody by Captain Morgan.