PJC Talent For Assembly Program
Vol. 34 Pasadena Junior College, October lb 1942 No. 6
Sanborn To Present
Local Talent, Winners
Receive War Stamps
Finalists To Take Part In Crafty
Christmas Vacation
Moved Ahead ,
Dec. 12-27 Inclusive
Absence Excuses To Be Given
Workers Early As December 7
Pasadena Board of Education last Tuesday cleared the way
for junior college students to help merchants and storekeepers
here solve the impending acute labor shortage for holiday sea¬
son sales and business — if the students want to cooperate.
In accord with the school system’s policy of full cooperation
with the wartime emergency, the Board of Education set the
time of Christmas holidays from December 12 to December
TRIAD TEST SCHEDULE
1942 - 1943
MONDAY— October 19, November 30, March 8, May 3
Language MWF classes; Biological Science
daily and MWF classes; Business Education
11th year daily and upper division MWF class¬
es; Art daily and MWF classes; Philosophy; Eco¬
nomics.
TUESDAY — October 20, December 1, March 9, May 4.
Social Studies and Social Science daily classes;
Introduction to Business and Business Educa¬
tion 12th year daily and upper division TTh
classes; Mathematics daily and TTh classes;
Language TTh classes; Music daily and TTh
classes; Technology TTh classes; Physiography;
Geology.
WEDNESDAY — October 21, December 2, March 10,
•April 28.
Humanities; Social Science MWF classes (ex¬
cept Psychology, Philosophy, and Economics);
Mathematics MWF classes; Home Economics
MWF classes; Business Education 12th year
MWF classes; English daily and MWF classes.
THURSDAY — October 22, December 3, March 11,
April 29.
English TTh classes; Social Science TTh classes;
Science TTh classes; Technology daily classes;
Home Economics dail and TTh classes; Art TTh
classes; Physical Education and R.
О.
T. C. TTh
classes; Language daily classes; Orientation.
FRIDAY — October 23, December 4, March 12, April 30.
Technology MUJF classes; Business Education
upper division daily classes; Physical Science
(except Geology) daily and MWF classes; Phy¬
sical Education and R.
О.
T. C. daily and MWF
classes; Psychology; Music MWF classes; Busi¬
ness English 1-A.
Note: Three-hour classes meeting on but two
days a week, and daily science classes with
lectures on TTh will make the best convenient
arrangement in consultation with these
EXTENDED DAY CLASSES will hold their tests
during triad examination week, on evenings
selected by the teachers.
У
MCA
SCA Presents Special
Assembly Next Friday
Pre-Triad Meeting Will Start At
8:30; Benefit Collection Taken
Robert Mackie, General Secretary of the World Student
Service, will speak at a special assembly next Friday morn¬
ing, October 23, at 8:15 a.m. Unable to present Mr. Mackie
at a regular assembly due to Triads, the SCA, who are spon¬
soring his speech at PJC, arranged for the special time, be¬
fore regular classes. Unfortunately the same plan could not
be put into effect on the West Campus due to the conflicting
hours.
JC Red Cross
Issues Call For
Soldiers Gifts
Articles Collected
Sent To Solomons
“American Red Cross workers
are needed desperately at this
time in our national crisis,” ac¬
cording to Archie Wedemeyer of
the art department. Pasadena Ju¬
nior College has been called upon
to respond to this call for help.
Mr. Wedemeyer felt that it is
very necessary that the Red
Cross have millions of articles
to comply with the needs of the
battlefronts. Slippers, hot water
bottle covers, decontamination
boots, sewing kits, which are
called “housewives,” and warm
quilts are wanted badly to send
to fighting fronts in the Pacific
ocean.
These articles will not be used
at home base hospitals but sent
directly to the Solomon Islands
and other places near the coast
where our boys are fighting.
Pasadena Chapters of the Ju¬
nior Red Cross are asking for as
much as Junior College can con¬
tribute. Work is under direction
of Mrs. Devine, Junior Red Cross
Director in Pasadena.
Season's First
Swing Serenade
Rocks Auditorium
Top numbers drafted from the
current ‘platter parade,’ provided
entertainment for an assemblage
of ‘hep’ music-lovers, rocked Sex-
son Auditorium with the more
tepid of the ‘jump tunes,’ at the
season’s first Swing Serenade
Wednesday last. Apparently un¬
affected by the desperate situa¬
tion commanding the acetate in¬
dustry, the program included
choice of the late disc output,
provided ‘kicks’ for more than
two-hundred students.
In top spot as featured musi¬
cian, Harlem’s-own, composer-
conductor-pianist, suave Kennedy
‘Duke’ Ellington gave out with
four of his most notable waxings,
included a number from his late
stage production, “Jump For
Joy.” Other tunes on the pro¬
gram were performed admirably
in a commercial, if not strictly
musical vein.
Vivacious, versatile Edwina
Dodson served as Mistress of
Ceremonies, presided over Swing
Serenade, announced good things
to come. Chief attraction of next
week’s convention will be
Count Basie, “and,” promised
Miss Dodson and co-sponsor Don
Ba,rry, “the Count will be groovy
. . . strictly in a solid slot.”
27, inclusive. The college will
close for Friday, New Year’s Day,
but will reconvene Monday, Janu¬
ary 4.
Arrangements were also made
for the release of business educa¬
tion majors and certain other stu¬
dents who are willing to pursue
an intensive two weeks course in
Salesmanship on December 7
with the objective in mind of fur¬
ther cooperating with the mer¬
chants in providing an adequate
staff for their Christmas trade.
The action was recommended
by Dr. John A. Sexson, superin-
tndent of schools. He pointed out
that a serious shortage of work¬
ers already exists in Pasadena.
SERIOUS SITUATION
“It’s not only a matter of ac¬
commodating merchants and
storekeepers, but shoppers and
the students as well,” said Dr.
Sexson. “As the stores and busi¬
ness firms here go into the holi¬
day season, the help situation
will be more and more serious.
The students want this work, but
they don’t want to sacrifice school
attendance for it. We should do
something to help all parties con¬
cerned without handicapping the
students in their school work.”
The board set the Christmas
vacation period in all city schools
as of December 14 to 28. Origi¬
nally the vacation period was
slated to start December 18.
In addition, board members de¬
cided to issue student work per¬
mits for the week of December 7
to 13, under certain conditions.
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
The permits will be issued to
students enrolled in business
courses to present evidence
from a merchant or employer
that they have been employed; to
students under 18 not enrolled
in business courses who submit
to the school principal a work
permit issued by the Child Wel¬
fare Department and signed by
the parents and employer, and to
students over 18 not enrolled in
business courses who present a
signed form from parents and
employer.
Petitions for absence must also
be signed by each of the student’s
instructors.
Students not enrolled in busi¬
ness courses will be given a
course of special preparation for
their assigned employment be¬
fore leaving school, and all stu¬
dents will be given an opportu¬
nity to make up any school work
they miss by reason of cooperat¬
ing in the work program.
Weekly Bulletin
Takes Whittling
So that activity-minded PJC-
ites might be able to have better
access to it, and carry it more
easily in their notebooks, the
weekly bulletin has been whittled
down in area to notebook size.
The idea of this, contrary to pop:
ular belief, doesn’t necessarily
conserve paper, but knocks sev¬
eral dollars from the overly-
drained printing budget, as well
as making it a more handy size.
Two New Defense
Courses Offered
Ships Drafting and Construc¬
tion, 59A-B adds a new name to
currently growing list of defense
courses. The function of the pro¬
posed course is to teach students
construction and engineering
drafting.
This program is designed to
cover units of study in advanced
ship design and construction,
with students deriving specific
benefits in other phrases of en¬
gineering training. The class is
intended for students interested
in professional engineering and
vocational, semi-professional.
The ship yards need trained
men immediately, placement can
be expected soon after comple¬
tion. Enlarging and widening the
scope of the present education
progress of PJC, this course is
part of the E.S.M.W.T. program
in cooperation with Caltech.
Mr. Mackie is making his first
visit to the West Coast in four
years, is a great favorite with
Eastern Colleges and Universi¬
ties. The World Service Fund,
which Mr. Mackie is represent¬
ing is the one channel through
which college educations can be
obtained by the prisoners of the
internment camps in Nazi Eu¬
rope. It also has established a
similar relationship with the oc¬
cupants of Japanese internment
centers.
After the first World War Mr.
Mackie served as general secre¬
tary of the British Student Chris¬
tian Movement and in 1938 was
elected as general secretary of
World Student Christian Move¬
ment. He was in France in 1940
at the time of German occupa¬
tion, helping administer aid to
the students there. Since the
start of the present war he has
traveled in North and South
America, India, Chitfa, and all
over the world, seeing the needs
of the students in the prison
camp universities.
The special assembly will last
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Hall Production During January
Plucked from what usually constitutes assembly audience,
PJC talent will take the stage today, show students what they
have been missing all year. Survivals of last week’s auditions,
will vie for top honors, awards in War Savings Stamps, chance
to participate in coming Crafty Hall program.
Minus Hudnut make-up, Astor ability, Bill Sanborn, will
emcee Review, bring on potentialities, attempt take-off on
popular Hollywood Showcase.
Similar contests will be held on
both campuses, winners will re¬
ceive $5.00 in stamps, boogie-
woogie contest winner, $2.50 in
stamps.
Among slated talent is listed
Jerry Peacock, drummer; Yvet¬
te Snedden, interpreter of
Gershwin’s “Summer Time”;
Howard Burbank, xylophonist;
Beverly Gardner, rendered of
“Mr. Five by Five”; Clark Lag-
erstrom, ventriloquist; Jackie
Watkins, singer of “Serenade
in Blue” type; Art Duncan, tap
dancer; Glenn Passmore and
Chuck Ashcroft, bass and drum
duet.
Among those vieing for boogie-
woogie contest honors will be J.
P. Davis, Skippy Whitmore,
Frank Dickmore, Don Eckel.
ASB officers will constitute
previously arranged, picked-at-
random judges, chose those who
will help in Crafty Hall, schedul¬
ed to be held some time in De¬
cember.
Law Violators
Get Tickets,
Bar Warns
Prosecutors Office
Plans Announced
Opening with a zippy meeting,
Thursday evening in the Social
Hall, members of the Bar Asso¬
ciation hashed out plans for pre¬
senting the students of PJC who
do not keep within the law, with
pieces of paper known as tickets.
Ralph Simmons, student prose¬
cutor presented plans for the op¬
eration of the prosecutor’s' office
for the semester.
Beginning October 19, deputy
prosecutors will be patrolling the
parking lots with sharp eyes, for
those who park their jalopes
where they shouldn’t. Strict en¬
forcement of the laws will be
kept.
Plans were discussed to have
a prominent attorney to speak at
the next meeting, which will
probabaly be held October 21,
and the possibility of holding a
mock trail in the Supreme Court.
The results of the election of
officers; Don Berry president,
Ted McLean, vice president, and
Don Boyer, Sec-Treasurer. Mr.
Baldwin from West Campus will
be the advisor of the Association.
All students interested in law
or becoming members of the Bar
Association, should come to the
new series of law lectures which
are planned to be held soon.
These series will be given by
John Harrison, Superior Court
Justice, and will be very useful
to those who plan to take the
Bar Examination.
Extended Day's
Enrollment High
Enrollment this year in extend¬
ed day classes is far above that
of previous years. Not only is
this true but continued atten¬
dance is also very high.
Several new classes have been
added under the mathematics and
commercial business program.
The trend of the students is
along business and trade lines al¬
most exclusively.
NICKEY CURREN
. . . she’s no Lazy Sue
Patriotic
AWS Erects
Booths , Sells
War Stamps
' Plan Gigantic Drive
On Both Campuses
Typical Elmers anl Lazy Sues
were left somewhere in the dust
of energetic planners for PJC’s
latest patriotic venture last week
end, as venturesome bosses map¬
ped out mammoth AWS Stamp
and Bond Sales. As a weekly in¬
novation, the sale is slated for
Wednesdays, in West Campus
main hall, East Campus student
union, where permanent booths
will flag passing joes, provide
banner publicity for cause.
Ten-centers are prophesied for
major popularity, as zealous fore¬
go noon-hour cokes, place dimes
upon winning bets, U. S. War
Stamps and Bonds. For ease in
handling details, AWS heads,
Nickey Curren and Betty Jean
Schneider, have OK’ed blueprints
for specifically outlined systems
committees are managing red-
taped official business.
Set-up “for duration” the
booths will hold business hours
between 9:00 and 3:00 each Wed¬
nesday, have drafted student
workers as booth caretakers.
Committeemen appointed to date
are Ruth Wylie, booth chairman;
and Dorothy Wylie, publicity.
Elaboration of present plans will
be effected immediately follow¬
ing East Campus meeting of stu¬
dent leadrs and advisers.
Guild Cast Begins
Play Rehearsals
Sentimentality and comedy
fuse together in forthcoming
Player’s Guild presentation,
“Pride and Prejudice,” as Miss
Elizabeth Flint started rehears¬
als after selection of cast last
week. Past Crafty Hall perform¬
er, dramatist, Nancy Gillis was
chosen to play the lead, Eliza¬
beth Bennet. Peter Daniels, new
to PJC, is practicing to play op¬
posite her as Mr. Darcy.
The cast, made up of some 24
students, includes: Bill Mitchell,
Mr. Bennet; Patricia Reid, Mrs.
Bennet; Alvin Wirick, Mr. Bing-
ley; Herbert Hertel, Mr. Collins;
Ruth Ferris, Jane Bennet; Char¬
lotte Meidel, Lydia Bennet.