Give Your
Bit!
Give Your
Best!
Vol. 40, No. f
Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, Calfomia
October 30, 1946
Community Chest Campaign Opens Here
Today; New Record for School Predicted
Inter-School Cooperation is
Proposal of Pep Counselor
FRENCH DECORATE
PJC TEACHER FOR
WAR RELIEF WORK
Arthur S. Wiley, PJC French
instructor, has been awarded a
citation by the French Govern¬
ment, for his activity as presi¬
dent of "France Forever,'1 a
French war relief organization,
it was learned today.
The citation, the Medal of
French Gratitude, was presented
by M. Robert Prigent, French
Minister of Health and Popula¬
tion, in the name of the govern¬
ment of France.
While visiting in France, Mr.
Wiley said, he attended the con¬
vention Of the European Congress
of International League for New
Education, in which eighteen na¬
tions were represented.
Amiable, six foot four Don
Liercke, adviser of the pep com¬
mission today expressed the be¬
lief that a cooperative attitude
between PJC and other junior
colleges has at last been fully at¬
tained.
When PJC and Glendale Jun¬
ior College held
their recent ex¬
change of assem¬
blies, the policy
of “friendly riv¬
al r y” displayed
was indicative of
a pattern being
followed by near--
ly all Southern!
California junior!
colleges. Liercke i
said, and the
large Glendale
turnout at the
PJC dance last
Saturday was a gratifying ful¬
fillment of the aims of school
board officials.
With the 1947 Community
Chest drive already well under
way, PJC opened its own "red
feather” campaign today with a
prediction that student contribu¬
tions will reach an all-time high.
Dottie Merrill, women’s coun¬
cil chairman in charge of the
drive, stated that AWS represen¬
tatives in 10:00 classes will ac¬
cept contributions for the Chest
at that time.
Last year, PJC students collec¬
ted a total of S1802. No specific
quota has been set for the school
this year, but each will give as
much as he feels he is able.
Organized in 1921, the Commun¬
ity Chest is not a relief or social
agency itself, but raises and dis¬
penses funds for its member ag¬
encies. The work of the Chest
falls into four major divisions;
securing of contributions for
member agencies, distribution of
funds, development of a program
for welfare, interpretation of
problems and remedies for them.
The money contributed by stu¬
dents will go to many organiza¬
tions which build character, pro¬
mole health and aid people in
need. Many people will be help¬
ed financially by the chest; others
will get medical aid; others will
get recreational opportunities.
Everyone gives and everyone ben¬
efits. None of the work done by
the Community Chest is duplicat¬
ed by the government agencies.
The campaign officially began
October 14 and will continue to
November 14. A victory luncheon
will be held on the latter date
when, it is hoped, the Pasadena-
Altadena goal of $410,542 will
have been reached, according to
Mrs. Cora H. Callender, director
of publicity for the 194S-47 cam¬
paign.
Women Invited
To Open House
To acquaint more PJC coeds
with their Dean, Miss Catherine
Robbins, and with each other,
an AWS Halloween Open House
is scheduled for today, October
30, in the Dean of Women's of¬
fice from 2:00 until 4:15 p. m.
All women students are invited to
attend and refreshments will be
served.
Another event of coming inter¬
est to women students is a stu¬
dent panel on The place of restric¬
tive clubs at PJC. According to
Miss Robbins, this discussion will
be held on Wednesday, November
6, at 3:00 p. m. in 200C.
THE RED FEATHER KID
An all-time high?
Champion Swingsters to Play for Assembly
East- West Junior College Rose
Bowl Classic Coming December 7
HI-LITERS LEAD CALTECH
RALLY PARADE THROUGH
TOWN FOR FIRST SHOW
Starting the new school year
off in a blaze of light the Hi-liters,
Army and Navy hospital enter¬
tainers on campus, last Thursday
participated in the annual Cal
Tech bonfire and pajamarino rally
giving a show from the stage of
Pasadena’s State Theater.
Members of the Hi-liter’s char¬
ter board in charge of the organ¬
ization’s activities, were given a
dinner by Dabney Hall at Cal
Tech, followed by a huge rally
around the bonfire. The Hi-liters
with the Cal Tech student body
paraded through Pasadena to the
theater where talented PJC'ers
presented a stage show.
Close on the heels of the or¬
ganization’s first appearance of
the semester, last Sunday the
entire group visited the Vista
Hotel presenting a show for ser¬
vicemen at the Pasadena Region¬
al Hospital.
Change of Personnel
This year, the Hi-liters have
undergone an almost entire
change of personnel. Nineteen
new girls have been accepted as
hostesses as a result of tryouts
held recently, making the total
number 30. These hostesses, it
was explained, take care of the
personal element in the hospitals,
talking with the servicemen in
the wards and recreation halls
while the entertainers perform.
By Tom Burdick, Sports Editor
An annual Junior Rose Bowl
game, featuring the top junior
college team in Southern Califor¬
nia representing the West and a
corresponding eleven, picked from
the rest of the country upholding
the standard of the East, is to
be inaugurated December 7 in the
famed Arroyo saucer, under the
sponsorship of the Pasadena Jun¬
ior Chamber of Commerce.
The Helms Athletic Founda¬
tion’s Southern California Board
of Football, made up principally
of Los Angeles sports writers
and an advisory committee rep¬
resenting the Pasadena Star-News
Long Beach Press-Telegram, San¬
ta Ana Register and the San Ber¬
nardino Sun will make the selec¬
tions. They will then be passed
on to the Junior Rose Bowl game
steering committee which will
issue the invitations.
The announcement comes as a
distinct pleasure to junior col¬
lege sports fans who for years
have been talking about the pos¬
sibilities of this “natural” in our
midst. Unfortunately that is ex¬
actly what it has been— just talk.
The Pasadena Junior Chamber of
Commerce deserves a great deal
of credit for seemingly doing the
impossible these days, taking the
bull by the horns in showing the
initiative in this matter.
Santa Ana, Bakersfield and
Compton apparently have the in¬
side track for the West's selec¬
tion, while Kilgore JC in Texas,
and the Cameron Aggies of Okla¬
homa are in the front running
for the Eastern bid.
Pasadena JC’s once feared Bull¬
dogs, haven’t a prayer, while.
(Continued on Page Four)
Following the PJC trend of
the year, to do something bigger
and better than ever before, AMS-
AWS will present Look’s All-
American Teenagers, the Hawai¬
ian Swingsters, for this Friday’s
assembly, AMS president Bill
Schubert announced today.
Because of the popularity of
this group and the many outsid¬
ers wishing to see the show, only
those showing student body books
iV. £.■*_*> • :t- .
DOTTIE MERRILL
“No Levi’s, please . . .
at the Bank or Triton Booth be¬
fore Friday will receive tickets
to the assembly.
El Monte Boys
These musicians are a few
boys from El Monte who really
made good, and their record
speaks for itself. This summer
they entered the Southern Cali¬
fornia championship contest at
the Shrine Auditorium and walk¬
ed away with all honors. Then
the “Swingsters” went to Carne¬
gie Hall to represent this area,
and took top awards for their
group. Bob McBurney, vocalist,
was presented a trophy by Frank
Sinatra as the best male singer
under 19 in the nation.
The AMS, with Walt Thornhill
as committee chairman, is plan¬
ning and presenting the show. In
turn, Dottie Merrill and her AWS
board are leading the way in
Sadie Howkins’ day backwards
dance plans for both groups. In
commenting on prospects for the
dance, Miss Merrill said:
“We want everyone to dress
hillbilly style, but no levi’s on
the girls, please!”
STUDENTS NOT IN FAVOR
OF BARUCH A-BOMB PUN
Contrary to the ideas of Ber¬
nard Baruch, students polled this
week favored inspection by an
international Commission of all
atomic energy production. The
student body favored it 68% to
17% against it. In a separate
veteran poll the results were 75%
for this issue. According to Roger
Stewart, this shows that PJC is
progressing toward all out dem¬
ocracy.
Total results:
Q. Do you favor inspection by
an International Commission of
all atomic energy products?
A. Yes — 68%; No — 17%; No
Opinion 15%.
Q. Should we continue to main¬
tain troops in China?
A. Yes — 57%; No — 29%; No
Opinion 14%.
QUEEN ASPIRANTS AWAIT
DECISION OF OFFICIALS
Final rose queen tryouts were
held in the women’s gym last
week, with 115 aspirants being
chosen by judges to represent
PJC before Tournament of Roses
officials.
In the preliminary tryouts held
on October 21 and 22, over 2150
coeds passed before a judging
committee composed of flye stu¬
dents, three teachers and one par¬
ent. Secondary tryouts, held on
October 28 included 317 girls and
this number was later narrowed
down to the PJC quota of 115.
The list is posted on Dean Rob¬
bins’ bulletin board.
Settlement Reached on Pledge Issue;
MRICC Starts Three Week Grind
In the wake of strict conduct
rules laid down by the adminis¬
tration last week, men’s restric-
tives began a toned-down 3-week
pledging season Monday that
made many a would-be sadist
wring his hands in despair.
For a while, it seemed, on
campus pledging was to be whol¬
ly abolished, but the argumenta¬
tive powers of MRICCY members
proved too much for the lone
stand of Dean of Men, Audre
Stong. However, to a great ex¬
tent, Stong’s directives were fol¬
lowed. There were to be no paint¬
ed faces at school; no pledge
would be compelled to carry a
herring hanging from his belt;
no one was to receive bodily
harm— during school hours. Club
members accepted the rules and
smiled. Undoubtedly the more
strenuous activities would occur
off campus.
Id Menioriam . .
Last rites for former Chron¬
icle editor, David Davis, were
held on Sunday, October 20.
The services were conducted in
the Lamb Funeral home at
3:00.
“Dave,” as he was known to
his associates, was Chronicle
editor in 1942. After gradua¬
tion from PJC, he attended
Stanford University, where he
was editor of that school
paper. During the war, Dave
Davis served in the Office of
War Information.