War Dead to be
Honored Wednesday
Two Speech Finals
Next Week
Vol. 39
Pasadena Junior College, May 24, 1946
No. 17
Flas-raising Film
Shown at
Memorial Assembly
Next Wednesday, May 29, the
annual Memorial Day assembly
will be presented in Sexson Aud¬
itorium, dedicated to the PJC war
dead of World War II.
Taking part in the program will
be the A Cappella Choir, which
will carry out the theme of the
day in its musical selections, end¬
ing with their well-known Ameri¬
can Cavalcade. Dr. John W. Har-
beson, principal, and a chaplain
of the United States armed forces
will pay tribute to the dead. The
final part of the ceremony will
be the showing of a film depict¬
ing the fight on Iwo Jima, and
the flag-raising scene.
All veterans are asked to wear
their service uniforms on that
day, and those in uniform will fill
the reserved center section of the
auditorium during the program.
Don Logan, ASB president, and
Phil Miller, AMS president, assist¬
ed by several other board mem¬
bers, are in charge of the arrange¬
ments.
Students Submit
' Fantasy ’ Songs
From the many songs introdu¬
ced by PJC’s prospective song¬
writers, at the Fantasy in Won¬
derland song tryouts, two outstan¬
ding numbers have been selected
to feature in the show. As an
■overture will be played Mountain
Sunrise, a composition by Jo Bet¬
ty Hibbits, an active member of
the music department. A song
in a more popular style by John
Derthick, ex-serviceman, Sitting
on the Corner of a Star will be
soloed in the production.
A board selected the winners
because of their originality and
appropriateness to the Fantasy
theme of the production. Mar¬
garet Ellington was in charge of
the contest, assisted by Mark
Miller and Rowena Baker. *
Eligibility Cards
Due Wednesday
Cabinet, court and clerical ap¬
pointive positions for the next
semester are open to nominees
who submit eligibility cards by
next Wednesday, May 29, to the
box placed in 29C and the Bank.
On the eligibility card are re¬
quired only each teacher’s sig¬
nature, the approval of counselor
and Dean of Men or Women, and
the candidate’s signature. A list
of the offices available and the
names of those who have already
turned in their cards, is posted
in the student government office.
Next semester, student govern¬
ment returns to the single cabi¬
net system abandoned this session
for a bi-cameral arrangement.
However, there will be more pos¬
itions, with only the key officers
required to attend the weekly
cabinet meetings. This new pyra¬
midal plan was formulated by
Marian Moser and Roy Shaw.
Students are urged to respond
to the call for service in cabinet
offices, for in combined force they
bear the major responsibility for
efficient student government.
Stong's Bulldog Band
Has Spring Concert
True to their promise the Bulldog Band was on stage
yesterday morning and evening to entertain students and their
guests with the band's spring concert. During the perform¬
ance many old time favorites from the band’s library were
revived. One of these, entitled The Three Trees, featured Jerry
Shup as narrator, telling the humorous story of three trees,
two arithmetically progressing
OMD Carnival queen, Clair Steinhaugh, and SCA Ace,
Dick Maitland are shown a few moments before they received
their respective crowns.
Carnival Crowns Royalty;
Crowd Admires Gay Booths
As a climax to the festivities around the mirror pools
last Friday evening, Claire Steinbaugh" and Dick Maitland
were crowned Queen and King of the OMD Carnival in a
royal ceremony on the purple and gold carpeted steps of the
C building. Claire sponsored by the music department, repre¬
sented a scholarship fund for 14th year graduates, while
Dick represented the World Stu-
rabbits, a hunter and a bubbling
bass clarinetist (portraying the
brook).
Most difficult of the works per¬
formed was a transcription of
Dave Rose’s Holiday for Strings.
Mr. Rose admits that it was com¬
posed while he toyed with a
mapor scale, but it nevertheless
is a “must” in the popular rep¬
ertoire.
The PJC dancer Socorro Singh
performed twice, once to the ac¬
companiment of a clarinet trio,
and again to Jarabe Tapetia,
which was formed as the third
component of a medley. The oth¬
er two numbers were the Wel¬
come Song written by Fred War¬
ing, and Anchors Aweigh.
At the evening concert a more
extensive program was presented,
including Schubert’s Unfinished
Symphony and the Chopin med¬
ley, Remember Chopin. -
In opening his program Dean
Stong said that the band was not
very good but the energetic res¬
ponse of his audience to both the
comedy and music was certainly
returned with the best the musi¬
cians could give.
dent Service Fund, and was spon¬
sored by Phenix.
In addition to the coronation,
the evening featured carnival
gaiety, dancing and eating.
Booths sponsored by several of
the campus clubs included such
activities as fortune telling, wed¬
dings, squirting at candles, throw¬
ing rings at milk bottles and per¬
manent wave raffles. Cotton can¬
dy, candied apples, cider and
cookies were sold to provide the
necessary nourishment to last the
evening.
Burt Leads OMD
Planning of the carnival was
under the leadership of OMD
president Gene Burt. The first
in recent years, the OMD Carni¬
val was before the war a campus
tradition and was held annually
on the tennis courts.
King and Queen had Royal
Courts
In attendance for the king and
queen were three girls each rep¬
resenting a cause, and three boys
sponsored for the WSSF. The
three runner-ups in the “Race for
the Ace” drive were Hank Comp¬
ton backed by Filogian, Tom
Horn by Aeolian and Don Rector
by Third Horseman.
The girls were Jean Dorland
backed by X-ANM, Barbara Musa-
cchia by WAA and Jnae Wesley
by student government.
Masters and Slaves Follow
Ancient Banquet Traditions
Bringing forth ancient togas and wine bowls, and placing
the sacred laurel wreaths on their brows, members of the
five Latin classes will dine in true Roman style next' Tuesday
evening, when they meet at 6:30 p. m. in the Calvary Baptist
Church for the annual Roman Banquet.
The menial labors of the slaves will be managed by the
first and secpnd year classes, the
Five Finalists
Debate Monday
The finals of the Zimmerman
World Peace speech contest, spon¬
sored by the Social Science de¬
partment, will be held next Mon¬
day, in Sexson Auditorium, from
1:00 to 2:10 p. m. The best speak¬
ers of the preliminary tryouts,
who will compete at this time are
Claude Allen, Charles Kelly, Lil¬
lian Kovar, Robert Mercado and
Allen McKenlis. Anyone may
come to hear the speakers.
R0 Drills in Coliseum
Marching before ranking offic¬
ers in the regular army and Am¬
erican Legion delegates, PJC’s
ROTC unit won two seconds
when they journeyed to the Col¬
iseum, Wednesday, April 15, to
compete with other outstanding
units from Southern California
for American Legion awards. The
event lasted from 10:30 until 3:00
and included a battalion review,
military band, platoon and squad
competition.
Kantela Hears
Miklos Rosza
On Monday, May 27, the 6th
annual Kantela Club banquet will
oe held at the Pasadena Athletic
Club. Margaret Ellington, club
president of the first semester
and Roger Munn, president of
the second semester .will preside
jointly over the yearly get-togeth¬
er.
Some one hundred members
and alumni are expected to be
present to witness the awarding
of engraved certificates to mem¬
bers and associate members for
special services to the club. New
officers for next semester will
also be installed. Chairmen of
third year is entertaining, and the
learned fourth year students will
greet the guests and be waited
on by their slaves.
Thaliarche John Cole will pre¬
sent his greeting and conduct the
program in Latin. Entertainment
will be oriental slave dancers
(from the mbdern dance classes)
and a Roman parody of a well-
known phase of American life,
the quiz program, written by Roy
Shaw and John Cole.
In the life of the ancients, the
Roman banquet was an affair
several hours long, with many
Dr. Miklos Rosza
various committees will make
their annual reports to the group.
Speech Finalists Orate
Finalists in the Phi Rho Pi
speech contest will present their
prize orations Tuesday, May 28,
in the Social Hall from 3 to 5
p. m. At that time eight contes¬
tants chosen from the many stu¬
dents who entered the prelimin¬
aries held May 22 and 23, will
compete for the $5 second prize
and the $10 first prize. Winners
will be selected by teachers from
the English department. All stu¬
dents will be wecome to come and
hear the contestant’s orations.
Preliminary trials were held
last week before classes in inter¬
national relations ; contestants
were required to present an eight
to ten minute speech around one
of three topics concerned with
last world peace.
A first prize of $50 and a sec¬
ond prize of $25 will be awarded
the two winners. Upon request,
contest winners will present their
talks to various civic and com¬
munity groups.
main courses. The PJC version
will follow as closely as possible
to the original, with the celebri¬
ties and guests reclining for their
meal, the absence of eating uten¬
sils and the ritual of foot-scrub¬
bing, ' performed by the slaves for
their kindly masters.
In charge of this first banquet
since the pre-war years is Miss
Rosalie Wismar, Latin instructor,
and members of the Latin Coun¬
cil.
Dr. Miklos Rosza, Academy
award winner last year for his
musical score of the motion pic¬
ture Spellbound will be the speak¬
er of the evening. His subject
will be the history, development
and future of music in motion
pictures. Dr. Rosza will illustrate
his talk with recordings of some
of his own scores.
In harmony with the evening’s
mood, the banquet tables will be
decorated with musical staffs, tall
blue candles and pastel colored
flowers. Vivian Lindquist is in
charge of decorations.
