Vol. 33
Pasadena Junior College, May 29, 1942
No. 33
Pollmasters Anticipate
Fast Ballot Turnover
A rubber-necked dummy unofficially opened the se¬
mester’s campaign season last Friday, when said scarecrow
“swan-dived” from the balcony during assembly, startling
girls immediately below. Shouts for Lancer chieftan, Dale
Heistand, aspirant for ASB prexy, accompanied the descent,
rallied other candidates, Jim Eley and Frank Clement.
Student Spectator
Revised Summer Session
Operates As Three Terms
Revised Summer Session convenes June 29. The first of
three terms opens on that date, will last six weeks to be fol¬
lowed by a shorter five week term. The third term is ex¬
tended over the entire eleven weeks and is innovated in an
effort to aid working students.
Of primary importance in the present setup are the
revolutionized courses being offered students iD newly ini-
Students Vote
On Amendments
Cause for local Confusion may
be removed next Friday, when
students vote upon a proposed
Constitutional amendment ;
namely the substitution of
words primary and secondary
for previously used terms, fel-
only and misdemeanor. In regu¬
lation criminal code, misdemea¬
nors refer to grevious offenses
of some sort, whereas the JC
code applies it to anything from
smoking to gambling. Parental
censternation may be diminish¬
ed with news that Johnny is
guilty of only a primary rather
than a felony charge.
Taking a cue from history,
students will also exercise right
to amend present Civil Service
Commission Act, next Friday,
when they visit polling stations.
Dissatisfaction with existing
terms has led to following re¬
vision of the act. The commis¬
sion is to consist of four mem¬
bers from each campus with a
coordinating chairman and re¬
spective campus chairman chos¬
en from its ranks.
tiated civilian training plan. As
stated in the official bulletin,
stress is placed upon those
areas related to specific train¬
ing in defense industries, in fl-
ture military service, in civilian
defense, and for students need¬
ing special summer classes.
A fee of six dollars will be
required for any term, will cov¬
er any number of classes, no
additional charge being made
for additional classes. Admis¬
sion is open to all adults or
students meeting proper quali¬
fications of tenth grade gradu¬
ation. Registration should be
completed before June 28, all
eight o’clock courses opening
Monday the 29th at ten o’clock.
Courses listed in the Guid¬
ance Office at present cover
such vital fields as mathema¬
tics, English, art, business, phy¬
sical education, science, history,
junior stenography, aircraft,
and technology.
CHRONICLES WANTED
Students with copies of the
Chronicle carrying articles on
Latin America, used recently in
English class assignments, are
requested to bring them to the
office of Miss Loly, chairman
of the Language Department.
By NOEL B. YOUNG
The whirling, all-encompass¬
ing cyclone of war today howls
across the campus and rustles
the ballots to a new tune, levy¬
ing new-born demands on the
voting rank and file and candi¬
dates alike. On the voters to
pull earthward a fundamental
principle of our electoral sys¬
tem, which at times has been
rather neublous and cloud-
shrouded the principle of judi¬
cious voting, devoid of bias.
The whipping wind of war
against our faces revives the
realization that a strong sail
must be hoisted, woven from
the unyielding fabric of the
most stalwart student leaders.
As for the new student re¬
gime, to be determined by next
week’s finals, their term will be
perhaps the toughest in PJC
history. It will be an unceasing
struggle to maintain PJC pre¬
cedents and carry on the work
of a myriad extra-curricular ac¬
tivities in the face of decreased
enrollment and a slimming bud¬
get.
The annual budgeting has
always been a ticklish propo¬
sition, a minor conflict be¬
tween the Board and Cabinet.
The preliminary budgeting is
done by individual Cabinet
members. Rock-throwing pro¬
ceeds as the Board whittles
down each budget to what it
deems justifiable and to fit
into the limitations of the to¬
tal financial outlay. The
sharper the whittling, the
faster the rocks fly.
Shavings from whittled bud¬
gets will undoubtedly be thick
next autumn, and it will be the
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JIM ELEY
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Maiben Wins
Speech Medal
First Prize winner of the 36th
annual Davis-Hall Speech Con¬
test and winner of the M. W.
Davis medal was Jack Maiben,
fourteenth year student, who
spoke on the subject “The
American Way.” J
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n a-t h a n
Moreland, who treated the same
subject from a different angle,
was receiver of the second prize
presented by Mr. J. Herbert
Hall. Third place was awarded
to Jim Redding, whose subject
was “Unfinished Tasks.”
Canvassed Regions Yield
Junk In Salvage Drive
Scrapped junk was amassed yesterday in what used to be the
Hill Street ball field, but what now appropriately is called the
scrap pile. Restrictive clubs can now look upon their their effort
in canvasing specific territories for junk as a success.
Pasadena housewives added much to the suc¬
cess in contributing to the SOS drive. All scrap
collected in this drive will be sold and money
received will be used for defense purposes.
Although sponsored by the joint RICC, spark¬
ed by Glenn Riley (left) and Jeanne DeGarmo,
the drive had the active backing of the Pasadena
Junior College Defense Council and was con¬
ducted under their permission.
After yesterday’s deed was done, three hours
of various sports were carried on in different
parts of the campus. To wind up the day’s ac¬
tivities, a dance and a motion picture, concerning the war ef¬
fort, began promptly at 8:00 p.m. in the men’s gymnasium. Ad¬
mission to both of these activities was a ten cent war stamp.
FRANK CLEMENT
DALE HEISTAND
Today after a week’s deliber¬
ation, students vote in the pri¬
maries, will decide finalists in
all-important student body of¬
fices. As usual, feverish plans
hatched by managers, waylaid
indifferent Jayseeites, each can¬
didate’s pet headache. Peppy as¬
semblies this week infused some
spirit as Stu Fitch, elections
commissioner, impressed his
perpetual “vote Friday” upon
passing students.
Special bulletins listed candi¬
dates’ qualifications, platforms;
while pictures posted in main
halls attracted loiterers, raised
heated debates.
Effective in increasing voting
percentages is this year’s new
time element, polls being open
from 7:30 until 4:00. On the
East Campus polls are located
by E, C, D, and Technology
buildings, the Girls’ Gym, and
the Student Union. On West
Campus they are on the patio,
on the first and second floors
of the main building.
In Memory
Hero Feted
In Assembly
In the honor of Memorial Day
a special assembly has been ar¬
ranged today with Lieutenant
Colonel Cliff Titus as the main
speaker of the program. Lieu¬
tenant Colonel Titus belongs to
the 203rd Coast Artillery Anti-
Aircraft, was in the first World
War, and was once the state
senator from Missouri.
After the flag salute at the
opening of the assembly, Lloyd
Wyatt, an alumnus not attend¬
ing Pomona College, will sing
two patriotic songs. At this
time a tribute will be paid to
all junior college men who have
lost their lives in World War
No. 2. Tom Baxter will read the
names of the war heroes.
Following the speaker, the
male glee club will sing under
the direction of Miss Isobel
Smith. The Flag Makers, a dra¬
matic dialogue, with two char¬
acters represented, under the
direction of Miss Kester, will
then be presented.
Many Freshmen Attend
'Swim And Swing' Night
More than 100 PJC students
attended the “Swim and Swing”
night sponsored by the Class of
’46 last Friday night in the West
Campus Women’s Gym. Bad¬
minton, swimming and a dance
climaxed by refreshments were
the features of the evening.