Pasadena Chronicle, September 15, 1946

HOMECOMING DANCE FOR 16th Rhythm By Teen Agers Orchestra Red-White Featured In Traditional Event For 18 years, the Homecoming Dance has been held on the first Monday of each new semester, and the event scheduled for Sep¬ tember 16th at the Civic Auditor¬ ium will be in keeping with a tradition nearly as old as PJC itself. With Hoagy Carmichael’s Teen- Agers supplying the rhythm, this first social event of the school year promises to provide an ev¬ ening of solid entertainment. The Teen-Agers, by the way, have the youngest combo in radio, and may be' heard regularly over KFI. They make all their own arrange¬ ments and recordings and have won large ovations during pre¬ vious engagements at the Civic. Bids, which are 80 cents plus a student body book, may be pur¬ chased on campus or at the Civic box office. The program lasts from nine ’til twelve; students are asked to wear dress-sports attire. According to Vangie Smitter, social affairs chairman, the dance this time is to be centered around the red and white theme. School colors will predominate in crepe paper decorations strung gaudily from walls and ceiling. “Over 850 couples came to the Homecoming Dance last Febru¬ ary,” Vangie said, “and we expect this attendance to rival those fig¬ ures closely.” Coca Cola, Vangie hopes, will be served for refresh¬ ment. Since 1928 it has been custom¬ ary to hold a Homecoming Dance at the beginning of each semes¬ ter. Its original purpose, that of welcoming new students and add¬ ing spirit to the opening of school, has been preserved throughout the years. Now, with school life taking on an added significance, it is believed that social events such as this will receive more and more emphasis. Back in 1928, students were just as jive hungry as they are today. Of course, in those times they went through a lot of gyra¬ tions which would seem as out of place as liver saute at a vegetar¬ ian dinner. But the spirit, the gaiety, the all-around urge to get together and work off excess steam, is the same. The Home¬ coming Dances which have been so successful in the past will un¬ doubtedly Still be going strong 18 years from now. LOCKER KEYS TO BE , ISSUED WEDNESDAY , Locker keys will be issued Wednesday, September 18th, W. E. Wilcox, locker custodian, has announced. Two persons will be assigned to all book lockers, and those ap¬ plying for keys should come ( to¬ gether with a locker mate of their own choosing. Men may not share with women for locker assign¬ ments; distinction between men’s and women’s locker rooms will be discontinued. Wilcox requests that student do not ask for lab¬ oratory lockers before Monday, September 23rd. ATTENTION COEDS Girls with talent are needed as hostesses in the Hi-liters, an¬ nounced Phil . Miller, president. Those wishing to sign up for this type of work should contact Ro- wena Baker as soon as possible. Vol. 40 Pasadena Junior College, September 15, 1946 No. 1 PAL DAY WELCOMES THE FROSH SEEK CITY AID IN PEP RALLY Plan Fete For Frosh On Friday, September 20, the junior college campus will be turned over to the newest add¬ itions to the student body when annual Frosh Day will be held. This day each year culminates a week of “getting acquainted” for all new Freshmen students. The AMS, AWS and SCA presi¬ dents who are sponsoring the Hi-Jinks have programmed a full day’s activities to begin and close with a special Freshman assem¬ bly. At 9:00 a. m. Friday morning a restricted Freshman assembly will be held in the John Sexson Auditorium. Tickets to each of the days events will then be dis¬ tributed in Freshman classes. At 4:00 intra-mural^ sports will be held in the men’s gym to be followed at 5:45 by a stag feed. The fellas will meet on the bleachers, while the girls have drawn the grass back of the Stu¬ dent Union. The picnic is under the supervision of the frosh class council, AWS, Frosh Y and SCA with Nancy Munn, Jim Rohrman, Tom Van Dyke and Delcia Burns representing. Box lunches will be consumed while a program of entertainment combined with use¬ ful information for those still in doubt is presented. SCA will then hold the reins to offer the Hi-Jinks assembly beginning sharply at 7:30 in the John Sexson Auditorium. A pre¬ mier of new and old talent will be presented by Stan Gollery, well known to all older JC stu¬ dents for his fine work in last year’s assemblies. The talent show will be followed by the tra¬ ditional show of red and white colors in a pep rally designed to innoculate all new students with the proper “hold that line” spirit. PARADE UP COLORADO ST CONSIDERED Support of the City of Pasa¬ dena was sought by the Pep Com¬ mission Friday in an effort to make Pasadena into a real col¬ lege town. Plans for a large-scale pep rally in which the whole student body will stream up Colorado Street, are being made for September 27th, immediately preceding the season’s second grid contest with Chaffey, Pep Commissioner Phil Miller has announced. The City Manager’s help is being sol¬ icited to provide a police escort for the parade, and it is hoped that the city’s cooperation can be obtained in the forthcoming “descent on Pasadena.” In view of PJC’s rapid growth in recent years, the Commission believes the city should become fully cognizant of the importance of the college to Pasadena. Stu¬ dents themselves will take a much greater interest in school activities if they know the city is behind them, Miller said. Pep rallies of this sort, com¬ mon in other college towns throughout the country, have nev¬ er before been attempted here. If the rally is successful, it will splash more color on the sports picture than Pasadena has seen in years. The “great exodus,” it is said, will begin from the pep assem¬ bly, customarily held just before the first football game of the season. From there, students will be urged to drive, walk or run up Colorado Street, making all the noise possible, and in gen¬ eral, imparting some of the school spirit to the city as a whole. Handbook Has Answer Attention All Students ! ! ! Just off hand, how many of the following questions can you ans¬ wer without asking a friend or a teacher? 1. Where on the PJC campus would you find the Hunter House? 2. Where would you locate Ar¬ ticle IX of the Campus Criminal Code? 3. How many honorary socie¬ ties are there at PJC? 4. What football team does the PJC varsity play on Friday, No¬ vember 29, 1946, and where is the game to be played? Well? How many questions were you able to answer correct¬ ly? Did you know where to get the information without having to bother half the student body? The answers to these and many other questions which will come up this fall may be found in the 1946 edition of the PJC Hand¬ book. The Handbook is given to all the students when they regis¬ ter. Between its crimson covers has been included nearly every¬ thing of importance to the old and new students of PJC. On page 15 is a map of the campus. Pages 7 and 8 contain the crim¬ inal code and the governing laws. We could go on, but then there would be nothing left for you to look up in the Table of Contents on the inside cover of the Hand¬ book. The Handbook Has Everything! Use it as you would a combina¬ tion road map and encyclopedia. Don’t thumb through it and then use it to adorn the nearest waste¬ basket. The Handbook may be used throughout the year for on pages 25-29 is the Activities Cal- Newcomers To Learn J.C. Ways Beanies In Comeback After Five Year Absence Celebrating its eighteenth year as a campus tradition, PJC once again welcomes the bi-annual “Pal Day” at 2:00 this afternoon with open doors, warm smiles, and punch and cookies. With stu¬ dents pouring in from five jun¬ ior high schools and many out of town schools, the position of a pal is an important one. Act¬ ing as a “big brother” C': “big sister” to the new students, they will inspire the first dawning of of school tradition and services and facilities. Touring the halls and class¬ rooms, new students will become acquainted with us and with col¬ lege life. The possibilities of en¬ gaging in extracurricular activi¬ ties will be pointed out, with em¬ phasis on running for offices, earning service points, and apply¬ ing for appointive student body offices. Athletic, service, music, science, general interest clubs and restrictive clubs will be discussed and entrance encouraged. The new term starts with a burst of school spirit, the old custom of frosh-beanies heading the bill. Last used in 1941, Neil Goedhard is reviving it as one of his first official acts. All incoming freshmen will be required to wear the traditional red and white beanies for the first week of school. They must wear them everywhere except in class. If a freshman is caught without his beanie he will face any dread consequence that may be brewing in an upperclassman’s head. The freshmen will pay fifty cents along with their student body fee. Various student body officers will chat with the newcomers as they enter the different class¬ rooms. They will learn of the use of the textbook room, health cen¬ ter and records and counseling departments, with emphasis on the library and attendance office and regulations surrounding them. Following the excursion, all the new-found pals will go together to the Sexson Auditorium to the Vesper Service where Reverend William H. Myers, Assistant Pas¬ tor of the First Methodist Church will approach the topic" Our Fu¬ ture is Now.” Refreshments will be served at the close of the ser¬ vices. endar which includes all the ev¬ ents for the coming year. Follow¬ ing this is the PJC Constitution which every school spirited stu¬ dent will want to read and be¬ come familiar with in order to take a more active part in the functioning of the student gov¬ ernment.