Geologists
Plan Easter
Trip North
Annual excursion of the geolo¬
gy classes of PCC this year will
be a 1200-mile trip to the Mother
Lode region of the Sierra Nevada
On Saturday morning at 7:00,
past and present geology stu¬
dents, their families and several
faculty members leave Pasadena,
returning the following Thursday
evening.
Main purpose of the trip is to
study the geology of the region
and make a collection of rocks
and minerals. This year’s route
was selected primarily because
1949 marks the centennial anni¬
versary of the famed California
Gold Rush, instrumental in the
ultimate annexation of Califor¬
nia to the United States.
Party Will Camp Out
The party of 140 persons will
camp at designated spots along
the route. Each carload will be
treated as an independent unit,
taking care of its own needs.
Camping will be open, except in
the event of inclement weather
in which case tents will be used.
Arriving at the “ghost” town
of Hornites late Saturday after¬
noon, the group will camp at the
Mount Gaines gold mine, 6 miles
east.
To Visit Gold Mine
On the following day Bear Val¬
ley and Columbia will play host
to the travelers. After supper at
Murphy’s they will visit Mercer’s
Cave, renowned for its beauty.
Following a visit to the deepest
gold mine in North America at
Grass Valley and the world’s lar¬
gest gold dredge at Hammonton,
the party will see Sutter’s Fort
and the State Capitol in Sacra¬
mento.
Fossils to be Taken
Fossils will be collected at Co-
alinga on the return trip after a
stop at the Pinnacles National
Monument, hideout of the notori¬
ous bandit, Tiburcia Vasquez. A
tour through the famous Kettle-
man Hills oil fields will follow.
‘Trip to be One of Best*
“Weather permitting, we ex¬
pect this year’s trip to be one of
the best in fifteen consecutive
years during which we have con¬
ducted these excursions,” stated
Mr. Edwin Van Amringe, geology
instructor.
A traditional affair, the trek is
annually attended by former Pas¬
adena geology students from all
over the country, as well as by
members of the present student
body. On last year’s trip, the
classes visited Boulder Dam and
other desert areas in Nevada and
Arizona.
Announcement
All June graduate pictures
must be taken by Friday, April
8 in order that they may be
run in the graduate section of
the 1949 Campus. These are
being taken at school in the pic¬
torial journalism lab, 6XC, ac¬
ross from the textbook room.
Austin Studio photographers
will take the pictures from 9:00
алп.
until 5:00 p.m. Fees charg¬
ed at time of sitting are $1.50
with student body book and
$2.50 without.
PCC Debate Teams Participate
In National Speech Tournament
Two Pasadena City College debate teams will participate in the annual National Phi Rho
Pi Convention and Tournament at Denver University on April 14, 15 and 16. Barbara Carden,
Jacqueline Yelland, Merlin Call and John Evans have been entered in several of the tourna¬
ment’s events according to Mr. Paul W. Smith, City College speech instructor and first vice-
president of National Phi Rho Pi, honorary forensic fraternity for -junior colleges. Miss Car¬
den will take part in the women’s debate division, oratory, impromptu speaking, progression
DEBATE TEAM MEMBERS . . . Barbara Carden and Jac¬
queline Yelland, seated, and Merlin Call and John Evans, stand¬
ing, will represent Pasadena City College at the National Phi
Rho Pi Convention and Tournament to be held April 14 to 16 at
Denver University. Mr. Paul W. Smith, local speech instructor,
will accompany the group on the eastward trek.
and radio speaking while Miss
Yelland will participate in de¬
bate, oratory, extemp, impromptu
and after dinner speaking events
while the former will also take
part in progression and the latter
in oratory.
To Discuss Federal Aid
The four will debate on the na¬
tional subject “Federal Aid to Ed¬
ucation.” All are familiar with
this topic since they have attend¬
ed tournaments at Cal Tech, Red¬
lands and Bakersfield.
Selection of students attending
was based on seniority and ex¬
perience as well as their records
in previous debates. Both Miss
Yelland and Mr. Evans are in
their second year of debate while
the other two entered this activi-
last semester.
Snow Trip Included
In addition to the various in¬
dividual events there will be a
student forum in which all will
participate and several social ac¬
tivities including a banquet and
snow trip.
Representatives from junior
colleges throughout the United
Stales will convene at Denver,
Colorado to participate in this
annual occurrence. Every year
City College sends students to
represent it in the National Phi
Rho Pi Tournament.
Last year the convention was
held at Weber College in Ogden,
Utah. PCC student Leon Shiells
took second place in after dinner
speaking, while another, John
Chapman, copped a third in ora¬
tory. Bob Kratz and Chapman
earned a fourth in debate for
City College.
Noted Caltech Chemist
Easter Play to Honor
Memory of Mr. Latshaw
Speaks Here Tomorrow
Pasadena City College’s Faraday Lecture committee has
secured Dr. Linus Pauling for tomorrow’s twenty-second an¬
nual Faraday Lecture at 8:00 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium.
Dr. Pauling is president of the American Chemical Soci¬
ety and chairman of the division of chemistry at the Califor¬
nia Institute of Technology.
Smoking Rules
Designate Areas
Last week the ASB Board pass¬
ed a revision to the student body
constitution concerning smoking
regulations.
The revision is as follows:
“Smoking shall be prohibited in
all buildings and on the steps
and porches of» all buildings.
Smoking shall also be prohibit¬
ed in the area bounded by the
fronts of the C, D and E build¬
ing and Colorado Street, and
also in the areas north of the
D and E buildings.”
“The reason for the revision,”
said Ted Todd, ASB president, “is
to gain the cooperation of the
student body by simplifying the
new regulation as much as possi¬
ble.” Formerly, there was much
confusion among the students as
to what constituted an offense.
The subject of Dr. Pauling’s
lecture will be the molecular na¬
ture of blood.
This year’s contest will again
be headlined by the junior high
school notes contest which is an
open tournament for all junior
high school students. Notes tak¬
en during the lecture will be
judged by City College upper di¬
vision science students, and
awards made to winning contest¬
ants at a later date.
This event, now in its 22nd
year, was originated by Dr. Wil¬
liam A. Leech, professor of chem¬
istry at PCC. It is held in honor
of Michael Faraday, prominent
scientist of the nineteenth cen¬
tury, who contributed so greatly
to many fields of science.
The PCC Faraday committee
is under the chairmanship of Dr.
Leech with Mr. George W. Jos-
ten as co-chairman. Prizes are
to be arranged by Mr. Earl Hold¬
er of the student bank. The din¬
ner committee is headed by Ralph
Barmore with Robert Bowlus and
Lee Schill assisting.
“The Master Passes By,” a play
based on the Easter Biblical peri¬
od, will be presented at assembly
on Friday.
The story tells of the two men,
a young robber and a thief, who
are crucified at the same time as
Christ, and of the man who was
freed. The setting is a dreary
prison cell where the three men
are awaiting trial.
Cast includes: Bill Regnolds as
Serguin, a young robber; Len
Smith, a thief; John Kimbro, the
coward; and Bob Guenther, the
centurian.
This play was written and pro¬
duced by John Kimbro and di¬
rected by Winifred Fuller. Joy
Lombard is stage manager.
Nysaeans will open the pro¬
gram by singing, “King of Love
My Shepherd Is.” Background
music for the play will be sung
by a double trio of girls. They
will combine voices with a male
quartet for the finale.
The entire assembly will be
dedicated to Mr. Fred Latshaw
who was formerly the technical
director of all City College pro¬
ductions.
— LATE BULLETIN —
Because of the faculty meet¬
ings tomorrow, the preliminar¬
ies of the Frederick Arthur
Smith contest in interpretation
of Shakespeare have been post¬
poned to Tuesday, April 19, at
4:00 p.m. The Ruth Doolittle
contest is April 21 as scheduled.
Fred Latshaw,
Tech Teacher,
Dies Suddenly
Mr. Fred F. Latshaw, Pasadena
City College stage technology in¬
structor, died suddenly of a heart
attack early last Wednesday
morning at the age of 54.
A member of City College’s
faculty for 11 years, Mr. Latshaw
had been a teacher in the city
school system since November,
1920. In June of ’48, he was
made a member of the Order of
Mast and Dagger, highest honor¬
ary society on campus, for his
outstanding work toward the
betterment of the college.
Mr. Latshaw had been stage
technology adviser for a limitless
number of student productions.
He also helped to make several
'OMD carnivals successes and
was responsible for the revolu¬
tionary chromosonic fountain fea¬
tured in last year’s event.
In 1942 he took a leave of ab¬
sence to serve in the United
States Signal Corp for the dura-
THE LITTLE WARRIOR
The crashing hammers are
mute of sound;
The saws have lost their hum;
A solemn stillness is all
around; —
And actors' lips are dumb.
The happy laughter has lost
its voice;
We hear no known foot-fall.
The brilliant foot-lights do not
rejoice; —
'Tis but an empty hall.
The little warrior has left our
stage;
His hearty voice is gone.
His actions linger as with our
age;—
His mem'ry still lives on.
Kim
In memory of Fred Latshaw,
who brought so much advance¬
ment to Pasadena City College.
tion of the war. In February,
1945, he returned to PCC to re¬
sume his teaching duties.
At the time of his death, he was
working on a committee author¬
ized to revise safety regulations
for all machinery used in the lo¬
cal school system.
Mr. Robert Moses, acting head
of the technology department,
says of Mr. Latshaw: “If it could
be said that any man was indis¬
pensable in the technology de¬
partment, Fred was the man. His
ability to organize and carry a
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