Education Week
This is American Educa¬
tion Week. All Parents of
Pasadena .Junior College
students are invited to visit
the school to see how edu¬
cational institutions are de¬
veloping the nation's young
people.
Notice To Readers
In accordance with an ad¬
ministration ruling which
limits extra-curricular ac¬
tivities during triads, the
Chronicle will not be pub¬
lished on the regular issue
date of November 27.
Vol. 40 No. 9
Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California
November 13, 1946
Annual Alumni Homecoming Program Slated
For November 22 in Bowl
100 Band Members Present Tenth
Annual Assembly at ComptonToday
Determined Varsity
Out to Dump Cubs in
Coming Bowl Fracas
If Coach Tom Mallory’s grid
charges can maintain the fighting
spirit so evident in the local’s
moral victory in holding a far
superior Long Beach eleven to a
respectable 21-10 decision last
week, loyal Red and White sup¬
porters may be presented with
the first full-fledged triumph of
the season Friday night in Die
Rose Bowl as the Bulldogs and
LACC Cubs square-off in a
Metro Conference tilt.
Although the game is rated a
definite toss-up, the Cubs have by
far the most impressive record.
In the curtain-raiser the ’’cocky”
Cubs showed they were an out¬
fit to be reckoned with by twist¬
ing the tail of the Chaffey Pan¬
thers, 13-7. A 0-0 scoreless tie
with Santa Monica definitely put
a cramp in their style, however,
and before the Cubs recovered
successive losses to Bakersfield,
Long Beach and San Francisco
were incurred.
Last week they jumped on the
victory wagon once again, down¬
ing Ventura 19-7.
A set of talented backs led by
Cliff Schroeder, Cyrus Taylor,
Dave DePorte, “Pepper” Gomez
and a rather inconsistent line,
characterizes the Cub’s offense.
Captain Willie Wong, all-Southern
Cal guard, leads the herd. Other
standout linemen are Frank Gi-
ampetro, stocky bull shouldered
tackle, Johnny Josephs, 230 pound
tackle, Rich Bauer, center; and
Frank Moore, Bill Mitchell, and
Don Hunt, ends.
Believe It Or Not, Perfect
Balance Girl is Comins
This Friday’s assembly will fea¬
ture a variety show, Jim. Nichols,
secretary of activities announced
today, starring Helen Sue Goldy,
the believe-it-or-not "perfect bal-
lance” girl.
The balancing act, billed as
“Helen Sue Goldy and partner,”
is coupled with that of Harry
Kahn, the “upside-down-and-back-
wards writing mental marvel”
who appeared recently at the
policemen’s show.
Assembly time, as usual, is at
8:50 a. m.
Presenting their tenth annual
assembly, 100 members of the
active PJC Bulldog Band today
journeyed to Compton Junior
College to present a double ses¬
sion of what director • Audre
Stong terms the typical Bulldog
Band show, complete with solo¬
ists and novelties.
But for two war years, the
Bulldog Band has faithfully made
an annual bus trip out Compton
way to entertain the student
body.
Director Stong disclosed that
on file at present there are ap¬
proximately forty invitations
from different clubs, schools and
organizations to be met during
the year.
An engagement at the local
Rotary Club on December 4 will
be followed by trips to the Los
Angeles Breakfast Club and many
surrounding high schools.
Warren Dorn, President of the
Alumni Association, today des¬
cribed plans for PJC’s annual
alumni homecoming program
which is scheduled for November
22 in the Rose Bowl.
Dorn and his two committee co-
chairmen, Mannie Pineda and
Tommy O’Laughlan are planning
the program which will supple¬
ment the annual homecoming
football contest. Pineda, a for¬
mer PJC athlete is now a sports
reporter for the Pasadena Star
News. O’Laughlin played quar¬
terback on the championship
squad of 1936. The homecoming
game will be a resumption of the
age-old feud between the Bulldogs
and the Compton Tartars.
A queen for the occasion will
be chosen by the PJC team, Dorn
said, from a group of pictures
sent into the Star News or the
Student Store by interested alum¬
ni. The queen must be an alum¬
na, a married woman, and a
mother, he explained.
There will be a special alumni
rooting section adjacent to that
of the student rooters. The alum¬
ni cheer leaders, Dorn said, will
be Vernon Leif and Stuart Rus¬
sell, who were PJC yell leaders
from 1937 to 1939. The half will
be taken over by the PJC and
Compton bands, and the Bulldog
Band alumni will also play dur¬
ing the game.
The board of governors of the
Alumni Association is as follows.
Warren Dorn, ’39, president; Ver¬
non Lief, ’37, vice president; Earl
Holder, '30, secretary; William
Stitt, ’35, treasurer; Robert Kerr,
’27, parliamentarian.
Other members of the board
are: Jeannette Strawn, ’29; Dr.
Virgil Chatterton, T3; Mrs. Bev¬
erly Kettle, ’42; Mrs. Twila Jack
Hicks, ’40; Stuart Russell, ’38;
and Mrs. Fannie Jiroy, a rose
princess in 1932.
Warren Dorn
Although no official decision
was rendered by the judges, PJC
debaters nevertheless showed up
well against their opponents.
Among those debaters who parti¬
cipated were Mary Ellen Siemon,
and Gwen Ruth taking the nega-
li\e side of ‘he question, Sam
Prichard an-:. John Cme also tak¬
ing the negative, and Bob Kratz
and Bob Royster- handling the
aifirmative
Although the practice debate
was mere1
у
a preview of what
is to come, from its results de¬
bate coach, Paul W. Smith, pre¬
dicted PJC’s: successful outcome
in 'he Compton tournament to lie
held in the rear future.
ASB Board Checks Student Pep
Phil Miller
To prevent the usual last min¬
ute slump in school spirit, ASB
president Neil Goedhard request¬
ed a detailed report from the pep
commission at an ASB board
meeting held last Friday.
All members of the commission
along with the four cheer leaders
were subpoenaed to appear at
the meeting, the purpose of
which, Goedhard explained, was
to whip up the spirit of the stu¬
dent body for the rest of the sem¬
ester. In a heated discussion
which lasted over an hour, board
members charged pep commis¬
sioner Phil Miller with allowing
FamousPlay'OurTown'OpensHereFriday;
TicketsWill Be onSale All Week at Booth
Final touches were added at
dress rehearsal last Friday to
Thornton Wilder’s play Our
Town, scheduled to appear before
PJC audiences at 3:15, November
13 in the Sexson Auditorium.
The Players’ Guild which is
presenting the show, under the
direction of Katharine Kester, is
hopeful of carrying out the com¬
pletely unusual and deeply inter¬
esting pantomime scenes of this
great American portrait of town
life. A second performance will
be given at 8 p. m. Saturday,
November 16, Elizabeth Warner,
student director asserted, and
tickets may be had any day this
week for 50 cents or a student
body book.
The large cast of characters is
headed by: Charles Greenstreet,
Wesley Tackitt, Patti Penny, Tom
Wirick, Tyler Duff, Florence Mc-
Nabb, Frank Little, Edward Par¬
ker, Jack Larson, Keith Cutting,
Dorothy E. Bailey, Ronald Hor-
witz. Rowena Baker has organ¬
ized and trained the village choir.
Our Town is an unusual type
of play for junior college presen-
taDon in that it uses no scenery
but is dependent on special light¬
ing effects and the imagination
of the audience. The stage tech¬
nology class, with Fred F. Lat-
«haw as instructor, is finding the
play a new experience in experi¬
mental staging. Don Rector is
production coordinator.
the commission to grow lax in
the performance of its duties.
The board also demanded a more
coordinated routine on the part
of the yell leaders.
Miller countered by naming
past accomplishements, which he
said, spoke for themselves of the
commission’s competence. It was
finally decided that the pep com¬
mission sit only in the first two
rows during games; that the yell
leaders practice regularly; that
lancers keep outsiders from the
rooting section.
As a result of the meeting,
yell leader Vincent Smale, and
pep commission member Doris
Ballance announced their resigna¬
tions yesterday. They expressed
indignance at the tenor of the
discussion, intimating that the
procedure employed was “child¬
ish and unnecessary.” Song lead¬
er Bettie Ball also resigned.
Varsity Debaters
In Practice Tilt
With Caltech Team
In preparation for the forth¬
coming tournament at Compton,
PJC debaters participated in a
practice debate held at Cal Tech
last Thursday, November 7, on
the question: “Resolved, that the
Federal Government should re¬
vise its labor legislation to con¬
trol strikes and industrial dis¬
putes.”
WEDDING SCENE — Members of “Our Town” cast sing hymns in scene from coming production.