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Vol. 37
Pasadena Junior College, May 18, 1945
No. 14
WAA Banquet
To Honor PJC
Service Women
With “In Which They Serve,”
as the theme, the twenty-third
annual formal banquet of the Wo¬
men’s Athletic Association will
be presented May 24 at the Pas¬
adena Athletic Club in tribute to
the women now serving in the
armed forces.
The event, the climax of the
WAA year, is looked forward to
with anticipation by every mem¬
ber. Besides the customary team
credits and varsity stars, the high¬
er awards are presented at this
time. These include the Letter
Club pledge anouncements to
girls who have proved themsel¬
ves outstanding in service and
athletic ability; the gold winged
“P” pin for leadership and out¬
standing service to the club; the
college blanket for girls who have
not only given service to the club
and school, but are outstanding in
all sports the year around; and
finally, the presentation of the
loving cup to the outstanding
senior who has served the college
and the club best during the past
four years.
The Banquet Committees are
being headed by the following .
decoration, Ann Bowman and Dor¬
othy Rounsavell, Mrs. Dunn, ad¬
viser; entertainment, Evelyn Mu-
sacchia, Margaret Gerke and
Charlotte Agnew, Mrs. Horton,
adviser; program, Shirley Sault,
Miss Young, adviser; publicity,
Theda Cook, Miss Brown, advis¬
er; tickets, Lois Webb, Miss Gra¬
ham, adviser; and invitations,
Marilyn Welbourne.
Chemistry T earn
Enters Contest
For the thirty-first year, PJC
will enter a chemistry team in the
annual American Chemical soc¬
iety’s contest for lower division
students. This time the examina¬
tion will be held at UCLA on May
19.
Under the direction of Mr. O.
G. Dressier, the team has been
preparing ever since the first of
the semester and candidates have
been narrowed down to Florence
Perman, Joana Gray, Don Six, Al-
den Pixley, Phil Goodrich with
Dale Watson as alternate. These
students will constitute PJC s
team.
In previous years the team rep¬
resenting PJC has done exception¬
ally well, and last year’s mem¬
bers each won a $360 scholar¬
ship to any Southern California
college or university besides win¬
ning first place as a team.
Pom-pom Tryouts
Preliminary tryouts for Pom¬
pom girls for next fall’s football
season, will be held in the aud¬
itorium from 12-2 p. m., Tuesday,
May 29. Judging will be done by
the Pep Commission, under the
direction of Mark Miller Pom¬
poms will be furnished. Contact
Glendora Cline or Lois Jackson
for routines. Be sure to try out.
Betty Lund, WAA President
Audre Stong, Dean of Men
“Cradle Song,” by Gregorio and
Maria Sierra is the Workshop
production to be presented on
May 25 in the Little Theatre at
8:15. Under the auspices of the
Players’ Guild, Miss Kester, ad¬
viser, and Kathleen Hayes, dir¬
ector, the play is a comedy in
two acts, with the setting in a
convent in Spain. Admission will
be thirty cents.
Included in the cast are Nancy
McNaught, Sister Joanna of the
Cross; Madeline Harris, Teresa;
Mary Frances Miracle, the Prior¬
ess; Virginia Avery, the Vicaress;
Bernice Reeder, the Mistress of
Novices; Mary Dietz, Sister Mar¬
cella; Shirley Johnson, Sister Ma-
ria-Jesus; Frances Evans, Sister
Inez; Jeanne Reaney, Sister Tor-
nera; Merle Taber, the Doctor;
and Warren Simonds, Ar.tonio.
"Seventh" Approaches
Monday, May 21, marks the
opening of the Seventh War
Loan Drive on the PJC cam¬
pus. To increase interest and
thus produce material eviden¬
ce during the drive, the Soph¬
omore and Junior classes un¬
der presidents, Bob McGinley
and Jeanne Bartlett, respect¬
ively, are to engage in a bond
and stamp buying competit¬
ion. The contest will be cli-
, maxed by a V-J Bond Rally to
be held in Sexson Auditorium
featuring “Shoot the Works,”
a Navy Band from Terminal
Island, “Gobs of Fun” and oth¬
er acts.
Help Buy Bonds and Stamps
Students To View Preview
of Concert This Morning
Choir Contest Consists of
Public Poetry Presentation
In the Social Hall next Thursday afternoon from 3:00
to 5 :00 a -poetry recital will be held at which students, faculty
and friends are invited. The recital and contest are sponsored
by the Pasadena Verse Choir.
The first part of the program will consist of choir speak¬
ing of poetry, as learned in class, under the instruction of Miss
Elizabeth E. Keppie. Following
this, ten contestants w
Dramatic Club
Presents Play
this, ten contestants will partici¬
pate in individual recitations.
These contestants have previous¬
ly turned in a repertory of poems
with which they are most fam¬
iliar through class instruction in
group speech. No individual crit¬
icism has been given them. One
of these poems will be chosen by
the judges and the students will
be asked to recite it for the con¬
test.
The same contestants will also
read from sight, a- poem in which
they have had no group instruc¬
tion, although it will be in the
text book. No two participants
will give the same poems. Jud¬
ges for the contest are members
of the Verse Choir organization.
Tea will be served at 5:30, and
awards will be presented later.
Seniors Initiate
First Activity
Initiating the series of upper
class activities is the senior par¬
ty to be held tonight on the PJC
campus at 7:00 p. m. Festivities
will commence when the more
hardy students engage in an hour
of swimming in the plunge. Af¬
terwards seniors are to gather
near the cafeteria, where food will
be served. In charge of this
phase of the affair is Chairman,
Elaine Zworykin, assisted by
Mary Burkholder, Gail Reeves
and Herbert Wells. At 9:00 stu¬
dents are to adjourn to the Wo¬
men’s Gym, where a variety of
events will be featured. Dancing,
ping-pong, badminton, volleyball
and shuflleboard are to be offer¬
ed, so that each person may en¬
gage in his particular sport. Her¬
bert Wells will be in charge of
games. Muff Lauderdale is the
general chairman of the affair.
Audre L. Stong’s seventy-
five piece Bulldog Band will
present a preview of its fif¬
teenth annual homecoming
concert in today’s assembly.
The band will open the pro¬
gram with one of the newest
American marches, “American
Legion Forever,” by Morton
Gould. Following this will come
a novelty sequence featuring
clarinet and trumpet trios and
members of the trombone sec¬
tion.
In keeping with their tradition
of producing surprises for the
audience, the band’s next num¬
ber on the program will be a se¬
quence of South American fav¬
orites including “Bolero Non,”
“Argentina,” “Brazil,” “Take It
Easy,” South American Way,”
“Cielito Lindo” and “Chopinecus.”
Following this salute to our
South American neighbors, Audre
Stong and his bandsmen will pro¬
vide a novelty of gay nineties
numbers including “Daisy” and
“Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
Since the opening number was
one of the newest American mar¬
ches, the band will close the pro¬
gram with John Philip Sousa’s
“Stars and Stripes Forever.”
The following Friday, May 25,
an elections assembly is to be
held. At that' time candidates
for ASB President, Vice-president,
Representatives at large, Class
Presidents, AWS President, AWS
Officers, Superior Court Justice,
Student Prosecutor and Chief
Deputy Prosecutor will be intro¬
duced by Virginia Dean, Elections
Commissioner. The voting is to
begin a week later than was
scheduled and students are urged
to cast their ballots on May 25,
and June 1.
The fifteenth annual home¬
coming concert of the Pasa¬
dena Junior College Bulldog
Band will be presented tonight
May 18, at 8:00 in the Sex-
son Auditorium and will be
open to the public. No admis¬
sion will be charged, but all
seats are reserved and tickets
may be procured from the
Dean of Men’s office.
The program of the new sev¬
enty-five piece band is divided in¬
to sequences this year. The first,
a martial sequence, is. offered as
a tribute to former members who
are now serving in the armed
forces. A Pan American theme
then follows which features Zom-
ba dances by Gilda Morrison, a
native of Brazil, now attending
PJC; and a RhumbaTap by June
Snyder. Three trumpets, three
flutes, three trombones and three
clarinets offer selections in the
triplets sequence. In the next
number, “American,” themes of
Mozart and other composers are
to be developed in modern rhy¬
thm.
Traditional attraction is the af¬
ter-show, called the Bulldog Band
Alumni sequence, when former
members of the band come to the
stage and perform.
Students returning include Bob
Haver of Butcher Boy fame; Bar¬
bara Turner and Celeste Caluser,
dancers; and Jack Tindula, the
“mad marimba player,” who play¬
ed from 1938 to 1941 with the
band and is coming from the air¬
field where he is now stationed.
Children, age ten months to
eight years, belonging to alumni
members, will be allowed to beat
the Bulldog bass drum during the
last number.
Student Government This Week
Court In Session
Minor Court convened last
Tuesday, May 15, with Justice
Duke Cox, presiding. Ruth Thom¬
son pleaded guilty to a charge of
smoking and was fined two dol¬
lars, with one dollar suspended.
The case of Paul Kaufman, who
was arrested on the grounds of
destroying property, was dismiss¬
ed for lack of sufficient evidence.
Robert Upton’s case of violating
parking regulations and disre¬
garding rules of court contempt
was postponed until next session.
On Wednesday, May 16, Super¬
ior Court was called to order by
Justice John Cole. The case of
Margaret Ream, who was charged
with smoking, was heard. The
defendant has appeared in Minor
court twice before, being fined
both times. Leon Earl Shiells
was the attorney while Michael
Bader, acted as prosecutor. After
the court trial, John Cole, judge,
returned a verdict of not guilty.
Both court sessions, Minor and
Superior, are open to the student
body and all those interested in
legal matters and otherwise are
urged to attend. Minor Court
convenes on Tuesdays at 3:00,
while Superior Court is held on
Wednesdays at 3:30. Watch bul¬
letin for location.
Board In Session
A total of $265 was appropriat¬
ed for the Student Body Board, in
Thursday’s meeting of the board.
$175 is to be used for a banquet
to be held at Eatons on June 13
for members of the old and new
board and cabinet officers. $90
is to be used for pictures to be
hung, of former ASB presidents,
in 29C. The “pics” will cost $4
each. There is a possibility that
after the new Student Union is
built, the pictures will be trans¬
ferred to that building.
A request for $100 for extra ex¬
penses from the Bulldog Band
was tabled until the next board
meeting when a representative
could explain to the board for
what definite purposes the mon¬
ey was needed.
Jack Davis was appointed to
start a petition to be signed by
board members and department
heads, concerning an extra 10
minutes which is to be added to
the regular assembly time. This
request is to be brought up before
the next staff meeting.
Several suggestions for next
semester made by the board in¬
clude: a table in the cafeteria to
be reserved for SB officers, and
a special place in assemblies and
football games for the exclusive
use of the officers.
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