Pasadena Chronicle, September 24, 1943

Surprise band to cheer five Coeds and Joes VoL 35 Pasadena Junior College, September 24, 1943 Red Cross pulls strings for blood bank, work room No. 2 Assembly Today Features Name Band New drive for bonds will open Starting Monday, September 27th, the men and women of PJC will have an opportunity to back Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal, in his pledge at the OMD assem¬ bly of overwhelming PJC leader¬ ship in the forthcoming War Bond Drive. Under the leader¬ ship of the Student War Council with Ruth Champlain as its head and Ida E. Hawes as faculty ad¬ viser, the drive will be conducted through the English classes dur¬ ing one week and will end on October 1st. There will be Roving Treas- urettes who will go to the classes each day to sell stamps and take orders for the Bonds which will be issued through the Student Bank. In addition Bond booths will be setup in front of the main building and also in between the main build¬ ing and the Student Union Building. It is hoped that this year’s drive will far surpass the success¬ ful drive which was sponsored by Spike Jones last year. NX^omen needed for aircraft drafting plans The mathematics department of PJC, with the assistance of representatives from various air¬ craft companies, has developed a curriculum to prepare young women for detailed drafting and minor design work in war indus¬ tries. The core subject is War Production Drafting which meets from 8 to 10 daily, though other hours, even evenings, might be scheduled on demand. There is no prerequisite for the course, though some knowledge of me¬ chanical drawing would be help¬ ful. On completion of the single course, the young women could obtain work as draftsmen, and the whole curriculum would prepare them as semi-engineers, working in plants directly under senior engineers. The need is very acute, as it is through this type of work that plans and de¬ signs for all new aircraft and all improvements in old types of planes are made. Company offi¬ cials report that work is greatly retarded from lack of trained personnel and that one girl train¬ ed in this curriculum is worth as much to the war effort as 20 girls in the production line. A section of this work was suc¬ cessfully completed and all stu¬ dents well placed last year. For further information, see the in¬ structor, Alfred Wilcox or call the Mathematics Department, SY. 3-5111, extension 42. Frosh girls will meet to formulate new У chapter Over a hundred freshman girls will meet at 4:00 p. m. today in the Social Hall (room 208D) to organize Frosh “Y” chapters. At least three groups are planned for the future as a convenience for scheduling; one at 8:00 a. m., one at noon, and one at 4:00 p. m. These will meet twice, once monthly, once at the JC and once at the YWCA. The groups will be organized into social, service and discussion division, and are are under the advisorship of Miss Olive Kelso, Associate Dean of Women and Miss Betty Holman, Girl Reserves Secretary at the YWCA. MARY JANE CARTER . . . she’s already up to her ears in work planning IMC’s assemblies for the ensuing se¬ mester as the new Secretary of Activities. CHARLIE GREENSTREET . . . chosen for his vitality and exhuberant pep for the rugged job of arousing school spirit in the role of Pep Com¬ missioner. OMD opens year’s assembly program before large crowd Opening- this year’s entertainment program in accordance with a tradition as old as PJC itself, the Order of Mast and Dagger last Friday -presented the first assembly of the se¬ mester. After the Student body had joined in a rousing ren¬ dition of the Star Spangled Banner, Mary Jane Carter pledged, “the most sensational and entertaining assemblies ever to be presented at PJC.” She also voiced an appeal for bigger and better applause and appreciation School calls for pom -pom bouncers of the assembly programs. It was then that the climax of the assembly was reached. In a few well-chosen words, Principal John W. Harbeson voiced his ad¬ miration for the service rendered by those tapped for OMD in the past years, and urged that more students strive for this honor this year. Dr. Harbeson also stressed the necessity for bend¬ ing every effort toward the suc¬ cess of the coming War Chest Drive. Some excellent clowning was accomplished by cheerleaders, George Morzov and John Davis, who, with the aid of the Bulldog Band led the students in an en¬ thusiastic version of PJC’s songs and yells. Not the least important event of the assembly was a brief word of appreciation for the Chronicles sent to service men, by a sergeant from the Army Air Forces. Following this, voluntary contributions to sup¬ port the Chronicle mealing fund were received. Urgent call for song-leaders, the morale-builders of JC school spirit, has been isseud through undaunted Pep Commissioner Charlie Greenstreet. Try-outs are next Wednesday, room 200C from 3 to 5. “Games,” stated Charlie, “will be held on Friday after¬ noons this year instead of Sat¬ urday, which will make it easier for those who are work¬ ing.” One returning cheer leader will be seasoned Geni Benadum, who will aid her three new part¬ ners to work out snappy rhyth¬ mical routines. Cheerleaders will strut their stuff in regulation sweaters and white skirts. Coed party in near future will feature "Collegiate Varieties" plus fun for all Earmarked as one of the highlights of this semester is the annual Coed party, sponsored by the AWS. This year it prac¬ tically means an all-school party, due to the lack of campus men, so a capacity crowd is expected to occupy the Sexson Auditorium on Wednesday, October 6th, at 4:00 p. m. The talk of the town will soon be the talk of JC coeds for they will have a chance to view some of the specialties and enter¬ tainment groups composing “Col¬ legiate Varieties.” This group of accomplished JC artists and alumni has been giving perform¬ ances throughout the summer at various service camps, and cent¬ ers, and now have a grand total of over 80 performers. Their repeated popularity offers con¬ clusive proof as to the quality of their entertainment, thanks to their able and worthy director, Miss Kester, who gives five to six nights a week. An addition attraction will be refreshments which will be served after the show. Tickets will be on sale Mon¬ day, October 4th in the Triton Booth. The Coed Party this year is also somewhat of a benefit per¬ formance since the money usu¬ ally spent in obtaining a movie, orchestra or other entertainment will be given to a worthy cause in aiding the war effort. TONI McCLUNG . . . newly appointed Repre¬ sentative at Large replacing Barbara Tyler, she’s the for¬ mer OMD Bond Queen of last year. Drama club pledges new members The annual Player’s Guild tea and tryouts were held Monday and Tuesday respectively to ac¬ quaint students with the activi¬ ties of the drama club and to ob¬ tain members for the coming year. Play tryouts were held Thursday for the annual play but the cast has not been selected as yet. New members taken in last Tuesday are: Naomi Riordan, Charlene Burner, Mary Ann Moran, Mary Francis Miricle, Anora Tally, Marie Lindgren, Bob Stanley, and Bob Shaw. This year, in addition to the usual activities, Players Guild has taken on the added responsi¬ bility of providing entertainment for the servicemen stationed at West Campus and at Camp Santa Anita. Rumor has it that the an¬ nual play will be biven at West Campus to help acquaint the men stationed there with the type of work done by the sister campus, and to get them to feel that they are still a part of Pasa¬ dena Junior College. JC English teacher elected to office Mrs. Irene Sage Peters of the the English Department of Pasa¬ dena Junior College, has been elected Executive Secretary of the Western Association of Teachers of Speech for the year 1943-44. This organization began in San Francisco fifteen years ago and its annual conventions are attended by nearly 500 speech specialists from all educational levels representing eleven west¬ ern states. Due to cancellation of the meeting this year, ballot¬ ing by mail was necessary. Prior to her latest honor, Mrs. Peters has been general chairman of each of three conventions wmch have been held in Southern Cali¬ fornia, served on the Advisory Board and the Executive Council and is a charter member. PJC coeds meet WAC corporal PJC Coeds interested in WAC activities will get an opportu¬ nity to ask questions next Thursday, September 30 in Dean Catherin Robbins office. Corporal Kline, representative of the WACS and several other members of the WACS will tell the highlights of WAC ac¬ tivities between the hours of 11 and 2. Leader Kaye grad; program sponsored by Juniors, Seniors In line with Mary Jane Carter’s announced program of the “most sensational and entertaining” assemblies ever to be presented to PJC, the first student body assembly of the year, sponsored by the Junior and Senior classes, will feature a name -band. Although the name of the orchestra has been kept secret, the Chronicle has managed to learn a few facts about the history of the band and its personable leader. Up to a year ago, he appeared as a featured vocalist and enter¬ tainer with Sammy Kaye. Last year he organized his own unit and opened at the Utah Hotel, the dining and dancing Club bids given out October 1 Men’s and Women’s Riccy council had meetings recently to determine rushing policy and ac¬ tivities for the coming semester. Rushing will continue until Mon¬ day, Sept. 27. Bids are due in the respective deans offices Tuesday, Sept. 28. This gives the offices time to check the records of pros¬ pective club members and send out notices to them. Bids will be issued from the deans offices Fri¬ day, October 1. The traditional silence period will prevail from midnight, Sep- at 4 o’clock October I. During tember 30 until issuance of bids at 4 o’clock October 1. Dur¬ ing this time club members and rushees will not communicate with one another. This bives the rushees an opportunity to decide for themselves their club preference without any outside influence. A new ruling has been put in force regarding the bidding of rushees. A student entering PJC as a 11th grader last February and now in 12-1 must have se¬ cured 24 units in PJC during the spring and summer semesters. He cannot count his surplus ju¬ nior high units for entrance to a restrictive club as a 12-1. Pledging will terminate No¬ vember 1. Several of the men’s clubs have deemed themselves ienactive for the duration due to the lack of possible membership. However, twelve clubs are plan¬ ning to continue with their pres¬ ent status. They are: Amphion, Areops, Baccy, DAC, DSR, MOS, OSF, OSR, Pegasus, Phatian, Se¬ quoia, and Zama. The MRICCY president elect for the coming terms is Byron Beach and the secretary is Bob Talbott. Men’s Restrictive Club plans for the coming year are, as yet, incom¬ plete but you can be sure that they will include work toward the war effort. The Women’s Riccy meeting was held to coordinate ideas and plans for the Club-of-the-Month activities. The idea of plan is that each club will compete for the monthly title through a sys¬ tem of points. Each Red Cross volunteer service ‘will be reward¬ ed with points and the club doing the most each month will receive the title. To make things fair for clubs with small enrollment, the points will be divided according to the number of members in the club. Such jobs as clerical work, taking surgical dressing courses, becoming staff assist¬ ants, and learning the work of the motor corps will merit points. Some of the girls have already volunteered and one of the “meaner” jobs taken on by as¬ piring clubsters is canteen work and working in the cafeteria. Points are due September 28 in the Dean of Women’s office for this month’s work and they will be tabulated there to see which club is to head the list. (Continued on page 3) showplace of Salt Lake City. After a record-breaking seven months, he was booked for the Rendezvous Room at the Bilt- more Hotel where he plays daily for afternoon dancers. Despite his heavy schedule, he has found time to play for student body and fraternity dances at UCLA and USC. Booked again and again, his band has become the favorite of the college crowd. Versatile is the word for the young maestro. In addition to being the featured vocalist, he also plays the violin, trumpet, piano, tenor sax, and has worked out several clever group novel¬ ties. Organizer of this show and one of the busiest women on the campus this year is charming Mary Jane Carter, Secretary of Activities. Now a 13-1, she has undertaken the difficult task of planning the year’s assemblies. Despite a smaller budget, and difficulties of obtaining artists because of the war, she has al¬ ready scheduled for the coming semesters many unusual shows and individual acts. Soon to ap¬ pear is the current top radio and concert orchestra, the Hancock Ensemble. This is one of the few times these popular artists have consented to make a per¬ sonal appearances Another first, according to Mary Jane, will be the annual presentation of the traditional Crafty Hall on December 31st. Bill Sanborn, producer and di¬ rector of last year’s successful Crafty Hall, and his assistant, Bob Henry, are doing their best to really end the year with a bang-up show. There is also a strong possi¬ bility that we may be included in the itinerary of the two all¬ soldier hit shows from Blythe or the Las Vegas Air Corps Gun¬ nery School. Although not of the “This Is the Army” scope, the two shows have been so popular in their many appearances throughout the Southland that they have been booked for the Hollywood Canteen. Cafe change ups seating capacity Much in the news recently was the subject of PJC cafeteria con¬ ditions. Many people were mis¬ led into believing that the cafe¬ teria had been condemned as be¬ ing unsanitary. According to Mrs. Cundiff, the very able head of the cafeteria unit, this is not the true story at all. Actually only a recommendation was placed with the school authori¬ ties that some way be found to expand both the kitchen facili¬ ties and the seating capacity as the number of meals served has increased almost 100 per cent. Actual construction of a new building has been out of the question because of wartime re¬ strictions. However, separate space has been found for a wash room which is equipped with the latest type machine for washing and sterilizing the dishes.