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Vol. 32
Pasadena Junior College, November 5, 1940
No. 11
Stevenson points, court watches, secretaries dream, in hit-and-run case of Crilly vs. Vasquez
Verdict
Minor Court Finds Vasquez
'Not Guilty' In Hit-Run Trial
Discrepancies in the testimony of both the defendant and
the complainant caused Presiding Justice Warren Glass to
deliver a verdict of not guilty in the minor court trial of
Spencer Crilly vs. Roland Vasquez, held last October 25.
Vasquez was charged with failure to show identification
and hit-and-run, plus reckless driving. The automobile acci-
Fanfare
Rose Bowl Is Scene
Of PJC Parade
Last-minute plans for the most gigantic Pasadena City
School presentation ever produced were smoothed and ironed
out Thursday afternoon in the Dean of Men’s office as script
writers, directors and faculty advisers discussed emergency
problems.
After a two hour session, tentative plans were finally re¬
leased and the green signal was given to all departments par¬
ticipating in the great event.
Organized for the purpose of giving a financial boost to
the Student-Union fund, the Pasadena Pageant is being pre¬
sented by the students of PJC
and the five junior high schools,
as entertainment for the entire
city of Pasadena.
Decision
Judges Favor
Secretary
Of Finance
Four of PJC’s five supreme
court justices, Thuel V. Schu-
hart, Clarence Thurber, Bob Wol-
ton, and Dick Kendall voted in
favor of the finance secretary’s
contention that Article III, Sec¬
tion 2, Clause
В
of the financial
code was unconstitutional.
Meeting last Monday after¬
noon, the court and a few stu¬
dents, discussed the ins and outs
of the code, of PJC’s constitution
and the “spirit” in which the con-
stiuion was written last year.
LOST SECRETARY
Previously, the Board of Rep¬
resentatives had ruled that the
Student Body President and his
associate had the authority to
sign requisitions in the event of
an emergency when the Secre¬
tary of Finance could not be
found.
Decision of the Board was de¬
nounced by Secretary of Finance,
Jim Eley at the advice of War¬
ren Glass, who filed suit with
the Supreme Court as to the le¬
gality of the decision.
Attorney General Warren Al¬
len during the earlier part of
the court proceedings made it
clear, however, that neither the
Student Body President, his as¬
sociate the Board or the PJC
Student Body was on trial.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Represented at first by War¬
ren Glass, and later Francis Ste¬
venson, the secretary of finance
THUEL SCHUHART
charged that the ruling was un¬
constitutional and would en¬
danger the budgets of Pasadena
Junior College. Attorney General
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PJC PAGEANT IN ROSE
BOWL, 7:45 P.M. 2000 GIRLS.
Friday, Nov. 3. Special Ar¬
mistice Day convocation. East
Campus, 8:55; West Campus,
10:39.
Monday, Nov. 11. Traditional
semi-yearly Backwards dance.
Friday, Nov. 15. Football.
Biggest game of year, PJC vs.
Compton JC Tartars.
Saturday, Nov. 16. Players
Guild presents much publicized
“Dulc y,” starring Marilyn
Walker, Bill Burke.
Wed. Nov. 20. Football, PJC
vs. Sacramento JC. Rose Bowl,
7:30 p. m. Junior-Senior dance.
Civic Auditorium.
dent occurred September 27, on
the junior college parking lot in
front of the technology building
where, Crilly charged, Vasquez
rammed him broadside. Vasquez
countered with a hearty denial
of this statement. A great deal
of court discussion between Pros¬
ecuting Attorney Francis Steven¬
son and Defense Attorneys Hugo
Conzanarro, Warren Allen and
Sam Pritchard, centered on the
damage done to Crilly’s automo¬
bile, and the locations of the
dents. Court spectators were
amused by the reluctance of the
legal body to go out into the rain
to actually determine the dam¬
age done.
Students
Demand
Swing Music
Because of student demand,
the Campus Music Hour will
launch into weekly programs of
popular music. Dave Brady, Sec¬
retary of Music, has arranged
that the program will be every
Thursday, one week at 11:20 and
the next week at 12:20 in alter¬
nation with organ recitals.
Titles for the semester's pro¬
grams will be as follows. “Sweet
Tunes by Swing Bands,” "Swing
Bands Balance Art with Com¬
merce,” “Swing by Commercial
Bands,” “The Jam Band Takes
a Holiday,” "The Roof Comes Off
With the Jam Bands,” "The Vo¬
calists Swing Out,” “The Big
Bands Play from the Heart,”
"The Contrast: Swing Versus
Noise,” and “Symposium of
Swing.” The continuance of these
programs depends entirely upon
the support accorded by students,
but it is expected that there will
be no lack of student support.
First party of the school year,
given by the Frosh Club, organi¬
zation for freshmen women of
PJC, was given Monday evening,
October 14, at the home of the
president, Bessie Liljenwall. At¬
tendance of thirty girls made a
successful party of a scavenger
hunt.
ASB Board Meets;
Adds New Article
To Constitution
Various institutions of PJC
are now guaranteed prompt ac¬
tion by ASB officers when the
services of the latter are request¬
ed. A Writ of Mandamus was
presented and declared effective
during a meeting of the ASB
Board Tuesday, at West Campus.
Warren Allen proposed the ar¬
ticle which reads “An order of
performance may be issued by
any Supreme Court Justice com¬
pelling any ASB officer to ful¬
fill his duties. Failure to comply
would constitute contempt of
court, a misdemeanor.”
In the future, the article will
be included in a Court Procedure
which is now being drawn up by
the Board.
The Board last Tuesday also
decided to send Erickson and
Jerry Adams as representatives
to the San Francisco game and
to appropriate half the cost of
the weekly bulletin from the gen¬
eral fund.
New Advertising
Budroski President
Of Delta Sigma
Introducing prominent m e r-
chants to PJC business students,
making excursions to various
business houses, studying busi¬
ness methods in general, and ac¬
quainting business students with
each other — all this is included
in the program of Delta Sigma,
West Campus honorary account¬
ing club.
Last Monday this organization
made plans for the year’s lec¬
tures and excursions, and elect¬
ed officers. Elected were George
Budroski, president; Merle Tra¬
cy, vice-president; James Brown,
treasurer, and Valma Backs, sec¬
retary.
Two weeks from now Delta
Sigma will hold an initiation
meeting at which eight new
members will be inducted.
Talent Search)
Conducted
For New Show
“We want to find all the tal¬
ents represented in this school.”
With this statement Paul Carroll
launched his campaign to un¬
cover hidden talent for his new
production, “Which Way Is Up?”
If enough talent is found, the
script for this production can be
adapted to it instead of adapting
the talent to the script.
Auditioning will run from to¬
day, Nov. 5, through Friday,
Nov. 8 in room 104 D between 3
and 5. All talented students, even
harp players, are urged to try-
Club Is Formed
Roman Scandals!
Life of Emperor
Bared In PJC
Radio Show
Under the direct supervision
of seven different representa¬
tives of the Pasadena City
Schools system the series of pro¬
grams entitled “Art in Life” will
again be presented over the Don
Lee- Pacific Coast Network to¬
morrow at 1 o’clock. Students
can hear the program in 164 C.
Broadcast over a total of 32
stations, the purpose of the pro¬
grams is to “dramaize for class¬
rooms of the West especially for
the grades seven through twelve,
a definite contribution made by
the artisic world to humanity;
contributions that have made, or
are helping
о
make, this world a
better and a more beautiful place
in which to live.”
Under the general supervision
of Pasadena Junior College the
programs are written and pro¬
duced by Ray Wylie. Instructor
in charge of production, N. Vin¬
cent Parsons, is also the engin¬
eer in charge of the KPPC stu¬
dios, from which the broadcast
is relayed to KHJ, and from
there out over the network.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, the
group will present a story of the
romantic and fabulous Byzantine
period in art. Titled “The Temple
of Santa Sophia,” it deals with
the Emperor Justinian and the
Byzantine temple located in Con¬
stantinople. The story tells of
its history, creation, and interior
decoration, dramatizing salient
features of its past and influ¬
ence. The plot unfolds around
the fact that this temple is the
culmination of the Byzantine art
period, a blending of Roman
planning and the delicate art of
Eastern architectural execution.
Personnel of the programs in¬
clude David Reidy, Courtenay
Monsen, A. M. Wedemyer, Julia
Clausen thue, and David Young.
Art Classes Begin
Work of Designing
Rose Queen's Float
With the selection of the 1941
Tournament of Roses Queen al¬
ready underway, PJC art classes
have begun in earnest their work
on the designing of a float for
her majesty. This year’s theme,
“America in Flowers,” offers
many varied opportunities for
beautiful floral creations.
In order to acquaint the con¬
testants with the construction de¬
tails, available flowers, and oth¬
er essentials, Mr. Robert Bennett,
and Mrs. Colman, prize-winning
float designer for many years,
spoke before the class last week,
and distributed booklets and lit¬
erature concerning former pa¬
rades, and the rules for this
year’s contest.
Prizes are awarded to the most
adaptable and the best design
submitted, judged from the
standpoint of construction and
the originality of the float.
SPECTACULAR PROGRAM
The program will start with
an exhibition of a much-publi¬
cized six-man football team in
action. During the game a run¬
ning commentary will be heard
from Mel Chase, it was an¬
nounced. Immediately after the
game the parade of flower¬
decked floats will begin, each
one entering from the south
end of the field and driving
around the. Bowl. As the last
float leaves the Rose Bowl the
famous Bulldog Band will en¬
ter, followed by the Elks Top¬
pers and the Victor McLaglen
Motorcycle Corps.
After this demonstration 400
athletes in perfect physical con¬
dition will give an exhibition of
the famous “1, 2, 3, I’m a foot¬
ball player” stunt.
Following this event three-hun¬
dred girls in filmy attire will
whirl and gyrate in a barbaric
fire dance.
PATRIOTISM STRESSED
Changing the theme immedi¬
ately, the Pageant will present
a colorful unfolding of the Amer¬
ican Flag. During this part of
the program dramatic incidents
in the history of our nation will
be presented by Theta Ro Phi,
national honorary radio frater¬
nity. A surprise climax is prom¬
ised for the end of the entire
production that plans to show
democracy at its best.
Cheerful note in the whole
proceedings for students that are
not taking an active part is the
fact that periods for Thursday
will be drastically cut, due to
the enormous number of stu¬
dents all over Pasadena that are
in the cast, and due to the ne¬
cessity for before-curtain re¬
hearsal.
Technical direction has been
under the control of William O.
Payne. Other faculty advisers
are Audre L. Stong, and Ida Mae
Hawes. Students who have work¬
ed long and hard in preparation
of the event have been Virginia
(Continued on Page 2)
Crilly loses to Vasquez in
hit and run trial. — Page 1.
“Dulcy” previewed. — Page 4.
Thuel V. Schuhart and the su¬
preme court make historic rul¬
ing on constitution. — Page 1.
Pasadena attends Pageant,
8:00 Thursday night as varied
spectacle unfolds on Rose Bowl
turf. — Page 1.
Pasadena trims Modesto Fri¬
day night in colorful contest
before 30,000 fans. — Page 3.
Frosh Bullpups easily smash
Perris High. — Page 3.
Highlights of big Sophomore
dance. — Page 2.
New column, “Twilliger’s
Travels,” by Twilliger. Or did
you guess? — Page 4.
For Peppy Commercial Students
From the ideas of West Campus business teachers a new
club for commercial students was formed last Wednesday.
Designed to promote extra-curricular activities among adver¬
tising students, the organization is entitled the “Ad Club.”
The Ad Club is particularly open to members who work
or wish to work on the Chronicle advertising staff. Students
interested in this activity are invited to gather in room 109,
West Campus, at three o’clock this afternoon. The forming
and adoption of a club constitution will be discussed. A
Chronicle advertising campaign will be immediately launch¬
ed. Points to be stressed are salesmanship and commecial art.
Service points will be awarded for active participants in ad¬
vertising work.
President pro-tem for the club is Lee Writer, Chronicle
assistant advertising manager; advisers are Mr. Paul Billeter
and Mr. Merrill Poore. Future plans for the organization in¬
clude sales contests and awards for superior artistic layouts.
