GEOKGE SUPP
LLOYD TYLER
MILTON JOHNSON
JOHNNY SHIMKUS
TOM DOWDEN
Students Strut Red
Vol. 35 Pasadena Junior College, October 15, 1943 No 5
Betty Johnson Reigns Supreme Tonight;
Newly Elected Queen Of Football
Season Receives Crown At Halftime
After much deliberation and with keen competition among candidates, Betty Johnson, ju¬
nior, was chosen at last Monday’s football practice, to reign as “Football Queen,” at the Red
and White game scheduled for the Rose Bowl tonight. Shirlee Laurenson, Barbara Pitzer and
Gloria Place are the honored Princesses chosen to complete the queens company. At the
October 8 class assemblies, each class, with the exception of the “Frosh,” chose two girls to
represent their class for queen. The girls and their classes are respectively, Shirley Lauren¬
son, Freshman; Naomi Riorden and Barbara Pitzer, Sophomores; Betty Johnson and Helen
Petri, Juniors; and “Elli” Carter
and Gloria Place, Seniors.
Betty Johnson entered PJC as
a freshman after graduating
from Washington Junior High.
She is majoring in nursing and
is executive secretary secretary
of the Red Cross doing canteen
work in the Student Union. Bet¬
ty states she is “very pleased
with the honor, but I really don’t
think I deserve it.”
Shirlee Laurenson, daughter
of Coach Laurenson, came on
campus this year as a “Fresh¬
man.” Her interests center
around aviation. Shirlee com¬
mented after learning that she
had been chosen one of the
princesses that she felt very
lucky indeed.
Barbara Pitzer, Sophomore, is
new on campus this year, coming
from Marshall. She is majoring
in Liberal Arts. Barbara is quite
elated that the fellows chose her
as one of the princesses.
Gloria Place, Senior choice,
entered PJC as a freshman,
and is majoring in business.
She states that she is thrilled
with the honor that has fallen
upon her.
The queen will be crowned
during the half by the captain
of our football team, Don Wad¬
dell. Just before the coronation,
she will be driven across the
field in the front seat of a Buick
convertible, by “Babe” Horrell,
UCLA football coach. The three
princesses . riding in the back
seat. In keeping with the school
colors, the queen will be dressed
completely in white and the prin¬
cesses in red. After the crown¬
ing the queen will retire to the
bleachers where a section will be
roped off for her and her court.
Spark Drive
In War Chest
Convocation
The first convocation of the
year, a double feature, will meet
today at 9:55 in Sexson Audito¬
rium. Speakers will be Superin¬
tendent of Schools, J. A. Sexson,
and Abe Hay, chairman of the
War Chest. Each will discuss
the part PJC is to play in the
War Chest campaign. Mr. Hay,
who is president of the Securi¬
ty First National Bank in Pasa¬
dena, is expected to emphasize
the social responsibility of the
citizen to such projects as the
War Chest.
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BETTY JOHNSON
Sparkling football queen, who
splits up her school time with
such “toughies” as chemistry,
psychology and Spanish . . . and
does her bit for the Red Cross
and the Triton Council.
Lancers Take
Eight Members;
Plan New Duties
A scattered crew of oldtime
Lancers went into a huddle last
Tuesday and came out of the
“inner sanctum” of Audre
Stong’s office with the announce¬
ment that eight new members
had been added to their ranks.
On Monday, October 11, the suc¬
cessful candidates were notified
by mail of their acceptance.
New Lancers are Don Lusk,
Gordon Steinbis, Byron Beach,
Bill Gibbs, Ted Velasquez, Ted
Liljenwall, Jack Grund, and Bob
Henry. The neophytes met with
Lancer officers Loren Barre,
Hilly Stong, and Bill Sanborn on
Tuesday and received member¬
ship cards, Lancer sweaters, and
instructions as to their duties
and work.
Stu Hudson and Johnny Davis whip up routine for Chron photog as
missing Sid Freidlander rounds out the trio of cheer leaders for ’43
DICK SQUIRES
And White Today
Annual Tradition Still Intact As
Students Wear Colors, Turnout
For Game And Back Team
Today marks another annual Red and White Day traditional opening of the football sea¬
son. Climaxing the Red and White festivities the varsity team will play tonight at the Rose
Bowl against Compton Junior College. The Red and White dance previously scheduled for to¬
night was called off earlier this week. It was decided since dimout restrictions were lifted, it
would be much more appropriate to have the football game at night. If you were planning to
bring your gal friend to the dance tonight, bring her to the football game instead. The pro¬
gram for today and tonight will be as follows: At 1:30 school will be dismissed. Pep rally,
Phenix Captures 'High'
Club Honors as WRICCY
Contest Ends First Month
Announced today as the winners of the first “Club of the
Month” contest was Phenix, popular women’s restrictive club.
In accordance with rules set up by the Dean of Women’s office
as to scoring for each activity, this club far surpassed any
other. In addition to being named as “Club of the Month,”
this organization will be given write-ups in the Star-News,
Independent and Tab. Also to receive the credit due them will
Forum Adds
New Lecture
Programs
Featuring such distinguished
celebrities as Dr. Clarence Dyk-
stra, formerly Director of Se¬
lective Service, Alfred Noyes,
famed British poet, and Colonel
M. Thomas Tchou, former secre¬
tary to Chiang-Kai-Shek, the
Tuesday Evening Forum has
now made public its schedule for
the semester.
There are four groups of lec¬
ture topics, which are, respec¬
tively: “A World At War,” a re¬
view of the war picture as it ap¬
pears in the fall of 1943; “Lands
of the Future,” which discusses
Alaska, the Far East and Si¬
beria; “Allies in Action,” lectures
on the allies in war and peace;
and “What Sort of a World,”
which will present plans for
post-war organization.
Under the first series, “A World
at War” will appear the follow¬
ing lectures:
October 19 — Edward Tomlin¬
son, Inter-American Analyst for
the Blue Network, will lecture on
the America’s at War.
October 26 — Deane Dickason,
newscaster, will present Close-
Ups of the Fighting Fronts.
The second group, “Lands of
the Future,” will include:
November 2 — Vanya Oakes,
Journalist, “Far East and the
Future.”
November 9 — Hudson Strode,
writer, “Model for a World —
Scandinavia.”
November 16 — Sydney Mon¬
tague, author, “The Great North
Road.”
November 23 — Alfred Millotte,
visual aid coordinator at North
American Aviation Co., will
speak on “Alaska’s International
Highway.”
November 30 — Siberia will be
the subject of Emil Lengyel’s
lecture.
December 7 — Mortimer J. Ad¬
ler, author, will speak on geo¬
politics — - “Living Space and
Lands of the Future.”
December 9 — A special Thurs-
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be the girls of L’Amitie, who held
second place.
The contest is scored on a
point basis. Such activities as
rolling bandages, making surgi¬
cal dressings, acting as Junior
Hostesses, and selling bonds and
stamps merit one point for each
hour.
Rating two points per hour
are crop harvesting, nurses
aides, the aircraft warning
service and similar services.
Blood donations are worth
eight credits as are completed
scrapbooks and an hour spent
in hospital entertainment.
The largest possible individual
score is given for 100 per cent
participation of the club in the
purchase of 10 and 25 cent war
stamps in one week.
PJC Collegiate
Varieties Seek
New Talent
There is now an opportunity
for talented members of the PJC
student body to volunteer their
services for Collegiate Varieties.
This organization of patriotic
students, alumni, and interested
community members banded to¬
gether last spring under the di¬
rection of Miss Katherine Hes¬
ter, drama department. Origi¬
nally designed as a morale-build¬
er for nearby military camps, its
popularity has grown to such an
extent that it is now in constant
demand on the programs of ci¬
vilian organizations.
Because of the increasing
popularity of these shows, new
acts are urgently needed.
Almost any type of act is ap¬
plicable to these shows. In the
company are magicians, ven¬
triloquists, and actors and act¬
resses who do special sketches
and monologues. Although the
work of planning the programs
and the individual acts, as well
as handling the various mistress-
of-ceremonies jobs', has been
turned over to the drama classes,
there is still a great deal of work
as no two shows can be exactly
the same, though occasionally
acts which have been very popu¬
lar are repeated at audience re¬
quest.
1:45, at Horrell Field. Be sure
to wear red and white clothes.
At 1:55 Clem Tomerlin will in¬
troduce the Bullpup players and
will give the lineup for both
teams. At 2:00 o’clock, just be¬
fore the kickoff of the Loyola-
PJC game, there will be the Flag
Salute, followed by the National
Anthem.
During the half, there will be
an introduction of candidates
for Queen. Each candidate will
be introduced by her own class
president. At 7:45 there will be
a snake dance with everybody in¬
vited to join in. 7:55 Clem Tom¬
erlin will introduce the varsity
players, and give the lineup, and
during the half we will have the
official coronation of the queen
and her. court. The Bulldog band
will add its share to the program.
Babe Horrell, famed PJC grad,
will witness the games and es-
court the queen on and off the
field.
The admission for PJC stu¬
dents will be a ticket from your
student body ticket book. Iden¬
tification cards will not do. Ad¬
mission is with student body
tickets, 50 cents for adults, 25
cents for Junior High students,
and 11 cents for Elementary
School students.
Pep Team
Sets Song
Leaders
Charlie Greenstreet, dynamic
head of the pep commission, an¬
nounced this week the names of
the song and cheer leaders for
the 1943 season. These students
were picked after exhaustive
tryouts in front of the entire pep
commission which this year in¬
cludes Bill Porter, Bob Henry,
Art Lubic, Bill Sanborn, Chuck
Mitchell, Bob Shaw, Jean Eggest
and Ruth Champlain.
Two alternate groups of song
leaders have been selected.
Each of these active students
finds more and more demands
being made on their time. In
the first game of the season
Barbara Conner, Marilyn Phil¬
lips, Blanche Marshall, Vir¬
ginia Gobles, and Beppo
Thompson will turn on their
charm.
Following in the footsteps of
their “Mutt and Jeff” predeces¬
sors, Sam Johnston and George
Morzov, the new commission has
appointed Johnny Davis, Stuart
Hudson, and Sid Freedlander as
the school cheerleaders.
Library Closes Evenings
Winifred Skinner, head Librar¬
ian, announced early this week
that the PJC library will be
closed during the evening hours.
Heretofore the library had been
open daily from seven to nine at
nights.