OMD CARNIVAL SLATED FOR FRIDAY
Vol. 41 No. 11
Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California
May 14, 1947
'Seven Seas'
Is Theme of
Big Festival
Annual Event Planned
As Most Elaborate One
Ever Held at School
Priced Just Right!
Featuring a “seven seas” motif,
the 21st OMD annual carnival
will get underway at the campus
mirror pools Friday evening, May
16.
According to OMD President
John Cole, this year’s event, the
first since the conclusion of the
wax, will be the most elaborate
ever held at PJC. Over 45 booths
are slated to aid in the merry
making. The entertainment in¬
cludes everything from special
bargains in kisses to frog races
and sponge throwing.
Revised Constitution
In addition to candidates for
the various offices, students will
be asked to ratify the revised
ASB constitution which appears
in today’s issue of the Chronicle.
An election extra will be printed
giving the platforms of the var¬
ious candidates. Cutting stressed
the importance of every student
casting h i s vote. “Everyone
should make use of this oppor¬
tunity to aid in the running of the
school,” he said.
Special Lighting
Special lighting effects will en¬
hance the gaiety of the brightly
decorated booths bordering the
mirror pools. Cole has asked that
the student body turn out in col¬
orful costumes to add even more
to the brilliant display.
Campus organizations have se¬
lected five candidates for the title
of carnival queen. Votes will go
on sale at 5:30 p. m. at a penny
a throw, the OMD committee
has agreed. Highlight of the ev¬
ening will be the crowning of the
queen who, after awarding tro¬
phies to the best booths, will ad¬
journ to the women’s gym to
reign over a special dance spon¬
sored by the activities commis¬
sion.
Amusements
Included among the amuse¬
ments being sponsored separately
by men’s and women’s restrictive
clubs and non-restrictive organ¬
izations, are a shooting gallery,
campus movies, ring toss, penny
pitch, photo booths, fishing well,
baseball and bottles, marriage
booth, sling shot and bottles,
squirt gun and candles. Numer¬
ous refreshments and foodstuffs
will also be served.
“Police Chief” Pies Griffin confers with Assistant Chief
Bob Sears as Bob Claytor of John Muir College stands by.
Scene is from Last week’s Youth Day observance. Claytor was
Muir Chairman.
Offices for which any eligible
student may run are as follows:
ASB president and vice-president,
four representatives at large, four
class presidents, AMS and AWS
president, vice-president and sec¬
retary-treasurer; one superior
court justice, and one student
prosecutor.
It costs a penny to cast a vote for OMD carnival queen.
The five aspirants are: left Ardith Roberts and Anne Tyler;
center. Barbara Burt; right, Joyce Logue and Betty Swan.
PJC Grabs Honors in Speech
General Elections on Tap
FRANKIE
Singing Stars Booked
For Special Assembly
Frankie Laine and the Dick
Haymes Trio will appear at a
special assembly this Friday, the
Block P Society, sponsors of the
assembly revealed today. All
12:00 classes will be excused for
the show which starts promptly
at noon, according to Dick Gor-
rie, president of the Block P.
Frankie Laine appeared previous¬
ly at PJC and received such ova¬
tions that a capacity crowd is ex¬
pected to fill the auditorium.
Revised Constitution up
For Ratification; Meet
Candidates on Friday
General student election pri¬
maries will be held Friday, May
23, Keith Cutting^ elections
commissioner, declared today,
and students will have the op¬
portunity to meet candidates dur¬
ing the elections assembly Wed¬
nesday morning.
Student body books only will
be used to enable the student to
cast his vote, Cutting said, and
extra polling places are to be set
up near the student union and D
building. The elections commis¬
sion plans to devote a day and a
half to balloting, he added.
FIRST CLASS
Chronicle Receives
National Honor Rating
First class honor rating among
junior college weeklies through¬
out the United States was award-
the Chronicle Monday by the As¬
sociated Collegiate Press.
The ACP score sheet gave the
Chronicle 885 points — 115 short
of the 1000 required for All-
American rating, the top award.
A letter from the ACP judges
stated that the paper would be
considered for all-American rat¬
ing at the end of the semester,
which gives staff members on the
"Chron” a chance to make up the
required points.
This is the first time PJC’s
newspaper has been considered
for a national journalistic award
in over 20 years.
Tournament
Locals Come Out on
Top in Competition
With 7 Other Schools
PJC captured the unofficial Phi
Rho Pi speech sweepstakes Tour¬
ney competition with seven dis¬
trict schools, at Long Beach, May
2 and 3, Paul W. Smith, speech
instructor, announced today.
Sam Prichard placed first in
men’s extemporaneous; Dave Mc-
Callum tied for second; Bob
Kratz pulled first for men’s
impromptu, John Cole was nam¬
ed second and Bob Royster, third.
Gloria Johnson took second in
women’s oratory and placed third
in women’s extemporaneous.
Mary Ellen Siemon and Lois
Childs netted second in women’s
debate. John Cole and Bob Roy¬
ster tied for second in men’s de¬
bate.
According to Smith total points
for the tourney ranged from zero
to PJC’s high of 26. Bakersfield
came in second with 23 points
and John Muir took third with a
total of 18 points. The most note¬
worthy event of the day for PJC
was the capture of first, second
and third in the finals of men’s
impromptu.
Fate of Name
Change Rests
On Students
Board of Education Set
To OK New Name
If Vote Passes Test
By J. E. Hubbart
The battle of school titles will
be decided at the polls tomorrow
when PJC students will vote on
whether the school’s official name
shall remain Pasadena Junior
College or be changed to Pasa¬
dena City College.
Ballots will be distributed in
10:00 o’clock classes and students
will be asked to ratify the ASB
board’s decision to change the
school's name. Inasmuch as the
administration, alumni associa¬
tion, and student board have al¬
ready voted unanimously to
change the title to Pasadena City
College, putting the proposition
on the ballot constitutes little
more than a formality suggested
by the Pasadena Board of Educa¬
tion.
What actually happened is that
the Board of Education, after
learning that PJC wanted the
For a pro and con presenta¬
tion of “Pasadena Junior Col¬
lege vs. Pasadena City Col¬
lege,” turn to page two.
change, was hesitant in granting
an approval due to a similar sit¬
uation prevailing at John Muir
Junior College. Both schools
wanted to drop the “junior” from
their titles, and the board, rather
than render an outright decision,
agreed to okay the change only
after the proposal had passed a
vote of the student body.
ASB President Jack Lamp is
in favor of putting the proposi¬
tion to a popular vote in that it
will indicate for certain whether
or not the students actually fa¬
vor the change. When it was first
suggested by the ASB board that
the proposal be put to a student
vote the idea was frowned upon
because of the drain on an al¬
ready impoverished school trea¬
sury. It costs around 100 dollars
to hold a special election.
Western States Conference Rulings May Affect
Student Body; Board Rejects Sections at Hearing
Controversy arose at last Thursday’s ASB board meeting when
Earl Holder, student body financial adviser, read the recommenda¬
tions of the Western States Conference financial officers, the most
noteworthy of which was a proposed establishment of a 40 cents fix¬
ed price for all students attending conference games and a ruling
that competing football squads be limited to 33 men.
General admission prices will be boosted to $1.25 when the new
plan goes into effect, Holder said, as he covered the most important
sections of the WSC minutes. The board finally approved the min¬
utes with the exception of the 40 cents charge and the 33 man clause.
Recommendation was made that adjustment be made at these points
when Jean Slaughter, representative at large, and Tom Kelley, AMS
president, pointed out that in the case of a winning game, many
players would not have a chance to participate. Board members
felt that the 40 cents charge was too high.