SCA Presents
Hew President
Fantasy Introduces
Wonderland Theme
Vol. 39
Pasadena Junior College, May 31, 1946
No. 18
West Campus to Reopen Unusual Wonderland Fantasy
As Separate Jaycee Umt Rehearses for Final Shows
At its last Tuesday meeting, the Board of Education or¬
dered the long-awaited reopening of West Campus, as an
independent unit of the Pasadena school system under the
name, “John Muir Junior College.” This move was made
upon the recommendation of Dr. John A. Sexson, superinten¬
dent of Pasadena city schools, because the enrollment in
grades 11 through 14 had ex¬
ceeded the capacity of existing
facilities at Pasadena Junior Col¬
lege.
Four members of the adminis¬
tration were also approved by the
Board, chairmaned by 'Max H.
Turner in the absence of Dr. J.
Tyler Parker, president. PJC’s
vice principal, Dr. Archie Turrell
will be principal of the new unit,
with Clyde Pfeiffer of Wilson as
assistant principal and dean of
men. Mrs. Gladiss D. Edwards,
of Wilson, will be the Dean of
women and Dr. Henry I. Weitzel
will serve as chief of student per¬
sonnel.
Several emergency measures
have been considered by the
board to alleviate the overcrowd¬
ing of PJC because of the return¬
ing servicemen. Saturday class¬
es, a split day and emergency
buildings were some of the emer¬
gency measures considered.
SCA Banquet Honors Retiring
Prexy and Executive Board
Honoring retiring officers and graduating students, the
Student Christian Association will hold its eighth annual
Banquet tonight at 6:30 p. m. at the Throop Memorial Univer-
salist Church, 300 South Los Robles. In addition to the ban¬
quet, an installation of the newly elected and appointed officers
will be held. Not only SCA members will be present, but
their parents and friends have
Chronicle Editor
Missed By Staff
The Chronicle staff has missed
their editor-in-chief, Alan Ed¬
wards, who has been out for the
last two weeks due to illness.
Coming from Mark Keppel
High School, Alan became active
in journalism. As a result of his
splendid work, he was awarded
membership in Beta Phi Gamma,
national honorary journalism fra¬
ternity of which he is now presi¬
dent. After three semesters of
work on the staff, he was tapped
for OMD.
All of his friends are wishing
Alan a quick recovery and hope
that he wil be able to return to
school soon.
Delta Psi Omega
Stages Election
Membership in Delta Psi O-
mega is limited to those who
have successfully completed a
major role in a three-act play,
or done equivalent work. Mem¬
bers present at the initiation
were David Albee, Lillian Kovar,
Mark Miller, Bernice Reeder,
Frances Evans, Bill Hesson.
Following the initiation, elec¬
tions were held for next semester.
The new officers are Lillian Ko¬
var, president; Mary Dietz, sec¬
retary; and David Albee, treasur¬
er.
As a climax to the afternoon’s
activities, a surprise party was
given for Miss Flint, since she
is taking a leave of absence next
year. Delegations from Players’
Guild and the stage crew arrived
to join with Delta Psi members
in presenting her with a portable
radio as a going away present.
Miss Flint acted as adviser to
Players’ Guild for many years
until she became adviser to Delta
Psi Omega last year. She has
directed many main stage produc¬
tions as well as Little Theatre
plays.
The final production of the school year, the OMD June show, will this semester be one of the
most unusual of its kind in the history of PJC. Feeling that the student body would like an entirely
new type of entertainment, Jack Larson and Rowena Baker collaborated on the script of Fantasy in
Wonderland, which will feature witches, charms and comedy. Such favorites as Somewhere Over the
Rainbow and When You Wish Upon a Star are to provide a musical background for the story of Won¬
derland..
Solos will be presented by Ruth
Ellis, Grace Lynn Martin, Claire
Steinbaugh, George Tyree, and
a duet by Margaret Ellington
and Mark Miller. Special musi¬
cal effects are being created by
the Nysaeans while two original
compositions, Mountain Sunrise
by Jo Betty Hibbits and Sitting
on the Corner of a Star by John
Derthick, will be introduced
Charlene Burner, Jack Larson,
Art Huston, Liz Warner and Tom
Wirick assume the character
roles of Fantasy in Wonderland,
and featured entertainers are to
include Dolly Dimmit presenting
an original acrobatic routine; Jer¬
ry Shup, PJC’s Danny Kaye; and
something new in chorus danc¬
ers.
Sets for the production, being
designed by Tess Keyes and con¬
structed by students of the art
department, are nearing comple¬
tion. All costumes have been
created by Barbara Ritchie and
her staff.
Hal Cleveland, OMD member,
recently returned from the ser¬
vice, is acting as stage co-ordin¬
ator for the production and also
assumes an unusual role in it.
Miss Katharine Kester serves as
faculty adviser.
Tickets for the performances
may be obtained at the Triton
Booth in • the main hall of the
C building. Tickets for the Thurs¬
day morning, June 14 assembly
will be distributed before those
for the evening performance on
Wednesday. Student body books
may be used for the morning per¬
formance.
The candidates from left to right for the Pasadena Games
Association Queen were Barbara McCausIand, Juanita Ough,
Jean Thorns and Betty Law. Betty Law was chosen by the
committee to serve as Queen at the games which started last
night in the Rose Bowl.
been invited as have former
SCA members.
Following the banquet, the in¬
stallation of officers will be held.
Professor Robert Van Osdel will
present the challenge to the offic¬
ers. The organ background is to
be supplied by Barney Durham.
Mary Surface has arranged a
program which includes Bill Nel¬
son as master of ceremonies
Ruth Ellis is scheduled to sing,
and the Melody Maids will pre¬
sent several musical selections.
PJC alumnus, Dick Kendall, will
lead the community singing. The
theme of the affair is “The Fu¬
ture of the Graduates.” Violet
Espinoza, Frank Watts and Stan
Gollery headed the committees
which planned the banquet .
Officers to be installed are Jean
Grosbach, president; Stan Gol¬
lery, vice-president; Mary Sur¬
face, secretary; Bryce Bressler,
treasurer; and Phyllis Wickman,
national representative. The
names of the other eight board
members- will be disclosed and
those students will be installed.
Dave McCallum and Delcia Burns
planned the instalation.
After the affair the evening will
be concluded with formal folk
dancing led by Gerald Dearing.
'Ike Week —
—AT A GLANCE
The Kantela Club, leading mu¬
sical club on campus, held their
semester elections a week ago to¬
day. Five positions were filled
at this time. Roger Munn, a
leader in the Bulldog Band, was
elected president, Wayne George
was elected vice-prexy, Georgia
Myers is the new recording sec¬
retary, Dorothy Barnes will han¬
dle correspondence and Jean Berg
will manage the club’s treasury.
Roger Munn’s first activity was
the Kantela excursion to Catalina
yesterday.
* * *
Walt Raitt, executive SCA sec¬
retary has just announced the
SCA executive board for the com¬
ing semester. They are: national
representative, Phyllis Wickman;
Christian heritage, Gerald Dear¬
ing; world relatedness, Mary Lou
Dearing ; SPAC, David McCallum ;
We Are One, Pies Griffin; Social
service, Delcia Burns; public re¬
lations, Lorraine Stone; member¬
ship, Jim Rohrman; and church -
manship, Lois Beardslee. Mrs.
George Merideth has again been
elected as chairman of the Advis¬
ory board.
Rowena Baker
Totals of OMD
Drive Revealed
A grand total of $1720.70 was
collected in the recent week-long
OMD drive, by votes for the
queens and their causes. So an¬
nounced Gene Burt, who also said
that the additional proceeds from
the carnival were now being com¬
puted.
To the credit of the girl elected
queen, Claire Steinbaugh, rep¬
resenting the scholarship fund,
were 12,945 votes, and $647.25.
Barbara Musacchia, the WAA’s
representative for. the welfare
fund, collected 10,909 votes, for a
total of $545.45, while Jane Wes¬
ley, of the student government,
had 6800 votes and $340. Jean
Dorland, the X-ANM candidates
for the veterans loan fund, receiv¬
ed 3760 votes, amounting to $188.
Forty percent of each booth’s
intake from the OMD Spring Fes¬
tival will go to the club treasury,
and the rest will go to the general
fund to be divided between the
four causes. Over $1000 was col¬
lected for the WSSF drive spon¬
sored by the SCA, in the race for
the ace, and Dick Maitland was
crowned at the Festival.
Today is Last Chance
More students are still asked to
apply for the various cabinet and
student body offices which must
be filled before the end of the
semester. A list of the positions,
and candidates who have already
applied is posted in the case out¬
side the auditorium.
Those applying who have not
an eligibility card as yet must
speak to Charlotte Agnew, civil
service commissioner, or Elaine
Ludlum, sometime today, and
have their name placed on the
list.
Phi Rho Pi and Zimmerman
Winners Are Johnson, Kelley
Winners of the Zimmerman
World Peace speech contest were
announced by Dr. Langsdorf af¬
ter the finals last Monday.
Charles Kelley, one of the five
finalists, took first place. There
was a tie for second place be¬
tween Lillian Kovar and Bill Nel¬
son.
The speeches dealt with the
subject Obtaining a Lasting
World Peace. Each of the con¬
testants gave an eight to ten
minute talk on his ideas concern-
the topic. Judges for the event
were Miss Jessie Paxton, Mrs.
Helen M. Stone and Mr. Lowell
Barker.
Awards will be presented to the
winners at the Awards Assem¬
bly, June 12, by Mr. Frank Zim¬
merman. A first prize of $50
and a second prize of $25 wil1
be awarded the winners at this
time.
The fourth annual Phi Rho Pi
contest finals were held last Tues¬
day under the direction of John
Douglas Cole. Gloria Johnson,
former Davis-Hall winner, captur¬
ed the first place of this event.
She spoke on the United States
Foreign Policy. Eleanor McLean
was awarded second place for her
discussion of the relations of the
United States with Spain and
France.
The awards were made by John
Cole, president. Following, the
announcement of the winners,
tea was served to the guests and
contestants by Jean Bay, Elaine
Ludlum and Mrs. Irene S. Peters.
