Pasadena Chronicle, May 05, 1944

Parents , Students Stong Schedules Activities ; Spring Concert Featured Headline news on-campus this week is the annual Commu¬ nity Day Festival sponsored by the Patron’s Association of Pasadena Junior College this evening. From 2:00 to 5:30, ex¬ hibitions will be shown in art, sewing, Red Cross production, and upholstery. Special meetings with counselors, deans and teachers will start at 2:15 and end at 3:00. Spotlight of the afternoon will be focused upon the big baseball game between the PJC Champion Bullpups vs. South Pasadena High at 4:00 p.m. “Eats” during the game will consist of the usual popcorn, soft drinks, and peanuts with paper “funny” money at the game. Number 19 ticket in the student body ticket books are to be torn out and presented at the office of the Dean of Men, Dean of Wom¬ en, or the Tryton Council booth, in order to receive the “funny” money. The family-teacher picnics (bring your box lunch) will start at 6:00, with students serv¬ ing coffee, milk, and dessert. At 8:00 o’clock in Sexson Audi¬ torium the Spring Concert, spon¬ sored by the Masonic Lodges will get under way. Five Pasadena church choirs will participate: The First Methodist, the Pasa¬ dena Presbyterian, the First Bap¬ tist, the First Congregational, and the Central Christian. Also featured will be PJC’s singing groups: the Nysaean and Euter- pean Singers, and the A Cappella Choir. Soloists will be Bill Ezelll, Margaret Archibald, Millie Lou Walker, and Geneva Ducey. AUDRE L. STONG . . . Uncle Audre backs AMS, Patrons’ Association in Com¬ munity Day activities. Will treat with free food and drinks. Two Early Birds Already In Race For Student Body Presidency Paralleling the nation-wide heated disputes over forth¬ coming presidential elections, is PJC’s own election prelimi¬ naries. Early birds already in the race for the student body presidency are Loren Barre and Allan McLeod. Other candi¬ dates for this office, according to Ruth Risser, Commissioner of Elections, will probably be in the race but as yet have not filed eligibility cards. In vieing for the office of AMS president, Jack Macy, Fred Bolander and Lloyd Pratt have already sub¬ mitted eligibility cards. No other candidates have filed for other of¬ fices which include AWS presi¬ dent, ASB vice-president, class presidents, student prosecutor, chief deputy prosecutor, superior court justice, 4 representatives at large, and AWS vice-presidents, secretary, and treasurer. Deadline for eligibility cards is next Tuesday, May 9. A compul¬ sory meeting of all candidates will be held May 10 in 104D at 4:00. If candidates are unable to be present they should notify Ruth Risser. Primary elections are sched¬ uled to take place May 19 and finals the following week, May 26. Carl Bailey To Speak At Today's Assembly Carl Bailey, radio’s tallest an¬ nouncer, known to thousands of students through his Juke Box program over Pasadena station KPAS, will be the major attrac¬ tion at today’s assembly, Esie Andrews, secretary of activities has announced. Mr. Bailey, an individual of some 6 feet, 10 inches, known to his intimate friends as "Shorty,” will talk to the student body for forty-five minutes on the trials and tribulations of a radio man. The title of his discourse is, “Yes, Radio Announcers Are Human,” or “How to Have a Job and Starve.” He expects to enlighten JC-ites on the deep dark myster¬ ies of “silly’ commercials, plat¬ ter spinning, and all the awful things eminating from 1110 “Shorty” spoke at South Pasa¬ dena High School last week, and was so well received that JC’s roving Esie called immediately to engage him for this Friday KATHLEEN HAYES . . . wins national honor. Kathleen Hayes Cops Beta Plaque Kathleen Hayes, JC drama stu¬ dent, took top honors in the col¬ lege division of the Shakespeare Festival, held in Occidental Col¬ lege, April 22. The national so¬ ciety of music and drama pre¬ sented her with the Phi Beta plaque for outstanding achieve¬ ment in the interpretive reading of Shakespeare. PJC was well represented at the all-day affair with forty stu¬ dents attending the program. Ten JCites participated in a short sketch condensed from “Much Ado About Nothing,” directed and produce!! by Miss Katherine Unite In Community Day Vol. 35 Pasadena Junior College, May 5, 1944 No. 24 Students To Plan phi Rho Pi Contest Nears; Cash Awards Are Offered ‘Do PJC students ha>'e too much home-work?” “What can we do tj improve the spirit of JC?" These are suggested topics for stu¬ dents who wisit to enter the preliminary speech contest tryouts spon¬ sored hy Phi Rho Pi during May 8, 9 and 10 from 11:00 to 2:00 and from o.OO to 4:00 each day in room 208D. All students are invited to enter these tryouts where by giving a five to seven minute talk they can express their opinion as to how this institution can be constructively improved. Winners from each group will participate in the final contest to be held at a later date. Judges will exchange analysis of the problem, interestingness of the talk, language and audience contact in rating each contestant. Mem¬ bers of Phi Rho Pi and faculty will act as judges. Phi Rho Pi is a national junior college forensic organization of which Pasadena Junior College has the California Alpha chapter. This year California Alpha is the largest chapter in the United States, and nas been active for eighteen years. Each year it has been the policy of this group to sponsor some speech activity and this year it is a speech contest. Anyone wishing to participate may sign up in the Dean of Men’s office or the Dean of Women’s office or in the SCA office. First prize will be $15.00; second prize will be $5.00; third and fourth prizes will be $2.50 each. Members of the committee who are planning this contest are: David Albee, chairman; Marjorie Otte, John Learned, Bill Sanborn, Beverly Best, and James Gray. Those who are members of Phi Rho Pi are not allowed to enter the contest as it is to encourage inex¬ perienced speakers. Phi Rho Pi members sponsor Oratorical Clam-Bake. Left to right: Joan Learned, Margie Otte, James Gray. Second row: Wayne Un- tereiner, David Albee, Bill Sanborn, Norman Peek. SCA Will Feature Dr. Fritz Kunkel In Monthly Dinner Program May 9 Dr. Fritz Kunkel, one of America’s outstanding psych i- aterists, will be the special speaker at the Parent-Student din¬ ner and conference sponsored by the Council of Church Wom¬ en and the SCA, to be held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church on the evening of May 9. His topic will be the Chris¬ tian Home in War Time. He is especially noted for his book on the psychology of religion. Added items on the agenda Future World Two very interesting labora¬ tories in post-war living will be sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee this summer for all who are interest¬ ed. One is the Whittier Institute of International Relations which is being held for the tenth year from June 28 through July 8 inclusive. The areas for study in the In¬ stitute will be Inter-racial Rela¬ tions in America, Our Relations with Latin-America, Eurasia and Africa in the Peace, Government and Industry. Rural Reconstruc¬ tion, The United States and the Orient, and Christianity’s Part in the Restoration. The Institute membership fee will be $12.00 for ten days plus customary rates for college meals and rooms. Two college credits, graduate or un¬ dergraduate, may be obtained by additional work and fee. The other laboratory will be the International Student Service Seminar which is being held for the first year from June 24 through August 12. The areas for the seminar study will be The Impact of American Education upon Orien¬ tal Students, The Role of Reli¬ gion in the Modern World, Contri¬ butions of the Orient to the win¬ ning of Peace and to the Creation of a New Type of Society, Ameri¬ ca, Britain, and Russia in the Peace, as viewed by the Orient. Specialized faculty members will help the group analyze their problems and the historical, eco¬ nomic, religious and sociological aspects of the international peace will be considered. The membership fee will be $75.00 and two scholarships will be available through Pasadena Rotary. Students will be selected through the Social Science De¬ partment. OMD Plans Stamp Drive And Preview Monday will mark the opening of OMD’s premeire project of the year as they start a war stamp and bond selling campaign on campus. Decorated booths will be set up in the main halls and one Argonaut and OMD member will be on tap all day to sell stamps. The stamp drive will be cli¬ maxed Friday when a top Holly¬ wood star plans to bring a spe¬ cial motion picture which will be previewed two days later in New York. Admission to this 3:00 p. m. as¬ sembly will be by student body books and school will be closed at that time. Lucille Coviello, OMD member is acting as general chairman of the stamp drive and Don Wad¬ dell is in charge of the booths. Library Features Russia In Books By NANCY MacNAUGHT Russian Book Week has been the theme of the library’s book display for the past week. The Music, Art, and Social Science Departments have cooperated in the display. The music department has featured Russian music and composers on the Campus Mu¬ sic Hour; the art department has made several display post¬ ers, and a committee from the social science department ar¬ ranged the display. Miss Skinner believes that such close cooperation between de¬ partments will foster interest in projects, and hopes to continue it in succeeding weeks. will be dinner music supplied by SCA members and a Youth Fo¬ rum which will discuss the sub¬ ject of “Being a Real Person,” under the direction of Dr. Hil¬ dreth Caldwell. There will be nu merous other forums going on in some part of the building. Reservations must be made by this afternoon, May 5. See Walt Raitt in the SCA office. Everyone is invited to attend. Lockheed 4-4 Plan Rumors have been afloat about the status of the “Lockheed 4-4” plan and whether oh not it was going to still be open in the fall. Although Dean of Men, Audre Stong, and the Lockheed counse¬ lor, Mr. Hoerger, had nothing to say, Dr. Turrell of the Technol¬ ogy Department reported that the semesters of both of the groups would end on June 16 along with the rest of the school.