Pasadena Chronicle, November 17, 1944

Several Assemblies Meet Today Bond Buyers To Name Pursuit Ship Vol 36 Pasadena Junior College, November 17, 1944 No. 10 Campus*Wide Sales In 6th War Loan Under Caps, Spars , Woes Present Students To Buy Northrop Black Widow Four Assemblies To PJC During Campus War Bond Drive Four assemblies, at which various PJC war activities and pre¬ war traditions are to be fully explained, will be substituted for the regularly scheduled Vocational Guidance Day which has been post¬ poned until spring. Frosh and all 13th grade students new to the college this year will assemble in Sexson Auditorium where the program is to be under the auspices of the Order of Mast and Dagger, highest ser¬ vice organization on campus. A1 McLeod, Secretary of Activities, will introduce Bill Sanborn, OMD president who will talk to the stu¬ dents on the benefits of active participation in extra-curricular work. He will emphasize the fact that PJC is a junior college. Bill Sanborn will also explain the functions of OMD, give a brief survey of it’s history, and tell how it gives recognition for high service. He will then introduce PJC’s principal, Dr. John W. Har- beson, who will make a brief talk on the “Philosophy of Life.” The Calvary Baptist Church, lo¬ cated across the street from PJC, will be the meeting place for all sophomore women and 13th year women students who attended PJC last year. Tournament of Roses officials and Spars Lt. Betty Bauck and Miss Billie Bauer will speak to the girls. Gail Reeves, Senior Class pres¬ ident, is to be in charge of all 14th year girls, who will gather in the women’s gym to hear the same program as the one given at the church but in reverse order. All men except those going to the auditorium are to report to the men’s gym. For all men and women interes¬ ted in aviation, there is to be a Civil Air Patrol meeting in 200C during the assembly period. Col¬ onel Rhine, Wing Commander in CAPS, will speak to the students. ■ — Photo by Bob Reed Scarlett O’Hara Pictured above are Jackie Scarlett and JoAnne O’Hara, Publicity Chairman and President respectively, of the newly reorganized Pro¬ duction Guild now in the throes of planning the program to be held Monday afternoon, November 20, in the Little Theater. The first program of the semester, under the auspices of the organization, will be “The Tenth Word,” a one-act play in two scenes. Charlene Burner and her cast will take the spotlight in the first scene as members of a colonial girls’ school; and their complete shock follows later as one of their members runs away with a man. The second scene is of a girl’s school in 1944 and the subsequent elop- ment of one of the girls and her sailor boyfriend. Tickets will be sold at the door. The cast of the play includes Barbara Swanson, JoAnne O’Hara, Charlene Burner, Bernice Reeder and Jean Rainey. With its purchase of a Northrop Black Widow pursuit plane, PJC will be helping to put into action one of the latest types of military aircraft. The drive is being conducted through the English classes until next Wednesday. When the entire $200,000 in bonds and stamps has been sold, the students of PJC will be allowed to choose the name for, and do the actual naming of the plane. The Black Widow is the first fighter plane to be designed specifically for night interception. It is armed with four 50-caliber machine guns which are operated from electrically controlled turrets. It has an undisclosed number of X-ANM Gives Box Supper One of the promising events of the year will be the Ex-Service Club’s (X-ANM) Box-Supper, which will be held December 15, from 7 to 12 in the Women’s Gym. The evening’s program will in¬ clude: dancing to a popular swing band, a floor show, and vocal in¬ terpretations of the latest hits. Girls attending the party are asked to pack box supper for two persons. Upon entering the gym, each will leave her box with an X-ANM member, who will auction the boxes off later in the evening to the fellow bidding the highest. Bids will start at 50c. Coffee, milk or cokes will be given with each box supper. Admission for girls will be the box supper. The men will be charged 25c. For reservations sign up now in the dean of men’s or women’s office. The entire student body is invited. Chairmen is charge of the com¬ mittees for the box supper are: Publicity, Patrick Biller; Refresh¬ ments, Dick Koslow; Finance, Bob Smith; Entertainment, Barry Berry hill; Public Address, Gene Burt. 20-mm. cannon, and its motors, which are also a military secret, are powerful enough to allow it to fly on one motor without an appreciable loss of either speed or altitude. The motors also have power equal to that of a full- sized diesel locomotive. Although the plane has been on combat duty for many months, it has yet to be com¬ promised — the term meaning that none have been captured by the enemy. In the Pacific theater, it has been used mainly to destroy Japanese shipping, while in the European theater it is used to “knock down” buzz bombs. On D-Day every available Black Wi¬ dow was in the fight over the Channel. At the present time, it is spearheading the attack of Patton’s victorious Third Army. To protect the crew from en¬ emy fire, armor plates, bullet- resistant glass, and deflector plates are mounted in strategic positions throughout the plane. Protection from the cold at high altitudes is afforded each crew member by individual heaters. Fluorescent lights built into each side of the cockpit cause the dials of the instrument board to glow in the darkness. Court Pleads For Attorneys More help is needed in the court system of PJC. Jobs are open for attorneys, deputies, jud¬ ges, and jurists. The student court is run by the students and provides some very good experience for those interested in legal activities. Court officials stress that in order for the students at Pasadena Jun¬ ior College to have a democratic government they will have to par¬ ticipate in the function of it. There will be a meeting of pros¬ pective court members November 20 in room 29C, at three o’clock. Students interested in taking part in the court system should be present. Students planning to be present should leave a note in Rosemary Soghomonian’s box in 29C. ROTC Stages Annual Ball December 2, the ROTC is hav¬ ing its Annual Formal Military Ball which will be held in the Gold Room of the Civic Auditor¬ ium from 8:30 to 12:00. The ball is considered to be one of the most outstanding events of the year. Art Whiting and his band have been selected to provide the mus¬ ic for the dance. There will also be a performance by the Exhib¬ ition Squad under the direction of Cadet Lieutenant Hodges Gaines. Climaxing the dance wil be the traditional Saber-Arch formed by the cadet officers of the unit. Setll! ■ ! I® .* . : PP g g§PS College SPACS Participate In United World Conference Under the sponsorship of the SPAC Central Committee from thirty Southwestern Colleges, a mock peace conference trial will be held December 2 at Occidental College. Each participating college will represent a country, with PJC assuming the role of the land of Hitler’s Reich. Crucial problems will be discussed to demonstrate what would happen if Christian Statesmanship instead of power politics should head the peace conference. The group plans to draw up a “Bill of Rights” for all nations in a post¬ war world. Points to be dis¬ cussed are: political order, econ¬ omic order, colonial problems, an international police force, minor¬ ities, and treatment of conquered nations by the victors. Keynoter at the first plenary session will be Huntley Dupre, Executive Secretary of World Student Service Fund. Students interested in participating are urged to contact Nadine Ostlund, SPAC commissioner, as soon as possible. Queen Tryouts Begin Monday Campus beauties will parade before Rose Queen judges Mon¬ day and Tuesday, November 20 and 21, when preliminary try¬ outs are held to choose the trad¬ itional Tournament of Roses court. Girls are signed up in the Physical Ed. classes, and must present identification cards. This year will herald the eleventh an¬ niversary that the Rose Queen and Princesses have been chosen in this manner. After the first elimination, second tryouts will be held Friday, December 1, at 3 p. m. Qualifications for eligibility are as follows: 1. Candidates must have no grades of E or F and not more than one D at time of tryouts. 2. They must be carrying 11 units including credit for work experience, and attendance rec¬ ords must be satifactory. 3. Senior, Juniors, and Sopho¬ mores are eligible. Post cards will not be mailed to chosen selectees, so girls are urged to watch bulletin board in Dean of Women’s office for re¬ sults. The committee in charge of planning the tryouts is: Miss Elizabeth Jensen, Lucille Coviello, Gail Reeves, Audre L. Stong, Nor¬ man Peek, and Miss Catherine J. Robbins. Student Body Adopts Ward Members of women’s clubs, restrictive and non-restrictive, met last Monday afternoon for an all-student program, presented by the WACS and the WRICC. The purpose of the meeting was to explain what PJC coeds can do to help the war effort. Jackie Curren presided and announced that non-restrictive clubs may, for the first time, compete for the Club-of-the-Month. A movie was shown by Lieu¬ tenant Bowles, which explained what the WACs are doing in the war. Lucille Coviello announced a new project, the giving of Christmas presents to casualty cases in a hospital ward adopted by PJC.