Chronicle Captures Top Jaycee Award
PCC CArom'c/e
VOL. 55, NO. 9
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
APRIL 7, 1954
Make-up,
Sports Win
SC Awards
Taking the award for best
front page make-up in a junior
college newspaper, the Pasadena
City College Chronicle last Satur¬
day tied with Los Angeles City
College Collegian in capturing
top honors at the USC News¬
paper Day.
Two of the six major jaycee
awards were won by Chron staff
members. Doug Hope received
the certificate for best sports cov¬
erage, with Dick Anderson, last
semester’s editor, and George
Morlan, present associate editor,
receiving make-up honors in the
absence of Nancy Cline.
This is the third consecutive
year that the Chronicle has re¬
ceived the make-up award. LA-
CC won honors in the news and
feature writing divisions.
Dennie Wombwell captured an
honorable mention in the news
division for PCC.
Billy Beedle Takes Oscar
as 'Best Actor of 1953’
“Oh you mean Billy Beedle!” exclaimed Robert Hayes,
life science instructor. “Oh yes, I remember him quite well.
He sat right there (pointing), right there at that table. He
was in my physiology class. Got a ‘B’ if I remember correctly.”
directing his re- - —
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grade diploma from PJC in 1938.
He completed a semester of thir¬
teenth grade before joining the
Pasadena Playhouse.
As a student at PJC Holden’s
main interest was in music rath-
Students Fight for
Bulldog and Colors
Blossoming into Pasadena’s most talked of and contro¬
versial academic issue is just who is going to shout “rah, rah,
Bulldogs” and under what pennants. The question, which
stems from a change in the school system, now involves stu-
dents, administrators, and alumni
•Youth Day
Students interested in partici¬
pating in Pasadena’s annual
Youth Day on April 27 will
have an opportunity to sign up
for positions in businesses, the
police department, the fire de¬
partment, newspapers, depart¬
ment stores, auto mechanics
shops, and city government.
Signup days will be April 7,
8, 9, 18 and 19 and a booth for
this purpose will be placed in
front of Sexson Auditorium.
Members of the Youth Day
Committee, headed by Roger
Samuelsen, are Jim Blixt, Jean¬
ette Payne, Bob Comelison and
Barbara Schmidt.
Hayes was directing his re¬
marks to a group of zoology stu¬
dents discussing the Academy
Awards.
“Billy Beedle was his real
name,” Hayes recalled. “The oth¬
er students used to kid him about
his name when we studied the
beetle in class.”
William Franklin Beedle, Jr.,
who changed his name to Wil¬
liam Holden when he became a
movie star, captured an Oscar
for his role as the somber war
prisoner in “Stalag 17” at the
26th annual awards ceremony of
the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences last Thursday.
He received the best actor of the
year award to thunderous ap-
Bill Beedle
plause from a glittering filmland
throng at the Hollywood Pan-
tages Theater.
Hundreds of City College stu¬
dents watched the award presen¬
tation on TV without realizing
that Holden 'was a student of
Pasadena Junior College 15 years
ago.
Holden, or Beedle as he was
known then, received his twelfth
at Pasadena City College. News¬
papers throughout the Los An¬
geles area have also taken an in¬
terest in it.
Under next semesters’ new ar¬
rangement, Pasadena High
School, which since 1928 has
been the colleges’ lower division,
will become a full-fledged high
school.
Demands Bulldogs
Mrs. Gladiss Edwards, principal
of the new high school, insists
that by right of “priority and
tradition — since 1887” the high
school should retain the Bulldog
insignia and red and white colors.
Dr. William Langsdorf, the
new PCC principal, supports Mrs.
Edwards’ theory and has suggest¬
ed compromise red and gold col¬
ors for the college.
Students Present Views
Solidly arrayed against the two
principals, however, is a Student
Fact Finding Committee repre¬
senting approximately 1300 stu¬
dents and members of the com¬
munity who have signed petitions
to keep the red and white colors
and the Bulldog as mascot.
The committee, headed by John
FitzRandolph, Jim Blixt, and Ron
Yielding, presented their views at
last Tuesday’s Pasadena School
Board meeting. Jim Blixt told the
board, “the petitions include
names of people who from the
standpoint of tradition and fin¬
ance feel that they do not want
to watch an integral part of com¬
munity life being dissolved for
the safe of temporary appease¬
ment.”
Board Backs Principal
In answer to this Dr. Langsdorf
stated that he wanted to see fair
treatment and suggested that if
a compromise cannot be reached
now, the question should be left
until next fall at which time the
students could take a vote on the
matter. He also indicated that
he may use his veto power to
squelch present student petitions
and appeals.
PREPARING TO BRAVE . . . the cold depths of Pasadena
City College campus swimming pool is Jack Craig. Craig is one
of the many City Collegians whb will splash in the Senior Swim,
an all-school swimming party to be held on April 8. In charge
of the event is Terry Smith. Sponsored by the Senior Class, the
swim is open to ail Pasadena City College students, and will last
from 7:30 until 10 p.m. Refreshments and background music
will be provided, according to Smith. Dressing rooms will be
'available in the Women’s Gym. Charge for the evening splash
party has been set at 35 centg per person, with proceeds being
used to finance the forthcoming Senior Prom.
WUS Seeks Aid for ~
Students in Fund Drive
Pasadena City College will shoot for a goal which does
■ credit to the college in the forthcoming fund drive for the
World University Service organization, according to Burton
Bishop, adviser to the PCC Campus “Y.” Sponsored by the
“Y,” the ASB Board, and the
ASB Cabinet, the drive seeks
funds to be distributed by stu¬
dent-faculty panels in 63 free na¬
tions to aid students. Chief aid
goes to the newer democracies.
Among aid tendered by WUS,
formerly the World Student Serv¬
ice Fund, are food supplies, tech¬
nical materials, and medical fa¬
cilities and care.
Organization of the drive is
spearheaded by the Campus “Y.”
In charge is Alger Ciabattoni, as¬
sisted by an executive committee
of campus leaders to be named,
and a larger operations commit¬
tee composed of representatives
of all groups on campus who wish
to aid in this project.
William Holden
er than dramatics. He was active
in the A Cappella Choir.
From the Pasadena Playhouse,
Bill jumped into stardom as he
played the lead role in his first
picture.
During World War II, Holden
spent four years in the army.
When he returned to the mo¬
vies, he felt people had forgot¬
ten him. The public proved him
wrong, however, by lauding his
comeback performances.
Holden, with his wife Brenda
Marshall at his side, explained to
reporters after the presentation
that as much as he enjoyed his
triumph, “it was wholly unex¬
pected.”
. Bill Holden is the only Pasa¬
dena Junior College alumnus to
ever win the coveted Oscar for
the best actor of the year.
Model UN Staged on
Westwood Campus
Eleven students from the Pasadena City College campus were in
attendance at the Model United Nations session held last week on
the University of California’s Los Angeles campus.
Chairman of the delegation was George Papadopoulo, whose
native land is Egypt. Mike Bonner, Lillian Tomich, Nevenkh Vuka-
vich, Bernie Metzgar, Ron Fox,( Naomi Loeser, Ann Whittier, Betty
Palmer, Fran August and Barbara Cook were among those repre¬
senting Pasadena City College at the event, which was attended by
students from the leading colleges and universities of the state.
The program operated along the lines of a regular United Nations
meeting, and current problems, which face the world legislative
body , today, were discussed.
Representing Iraq, the PCC delegation brought up the major
interests of that near-eastern country, including the Arab problem
and the internationalization of Jerusalem. Ivy Greshian, exchange
student from Iraq, acted as adviser to the group. Gunnar Engen,
Rita Hernandez, Anneke Kuiper and Hamid Fad were also present,
providing background material from each of their countries to the
PCC delegation. All are foreign students at the school.
The session wound, up with a banquet at the Ambassador Hotel,
which was attended by such personalities as Jose Ferrer, Kirk Doug¬
las, Paul Gilbert, Will Rogers, Jr., and Stanley Kramer. Featured
speaker was an Indonesian delegate to the United Nations, who
spoke on the position of the east in relation to the armament move¬
ment.
Tethnology
Plans April
Open House
Do you want to know how
smart you are? On display in
the Pasadena City College Depart¬
ment of Engineering and Tech¬
nology on April 30 will be a large
electronic brain which can ap¬
proximate your intelligence from
questions which you ask it.
The brain, only one of a num¬
ber of unusual displays to be of¬
fered, will highlight the Technol¬
ogy Open House, to be held this
year in conjunction with the
Physical Science Department’s
annual show.
Constructed by the building
construction class of Dean Rein¬
hold, the model home will be on
display to the public. This is the
first year that the bungalow has
been, finished before the open
house, according to Louis J.
Drake, technology instructor in
charge of the open house.
Also featured on the show will
be a demonstration of the silk
screen process in the sign arts
field. Instructor Francis Baker,
a member of the three-man com¬
mittee assisting Drake, spear¬
heads this display. Also on the
committee are Fred Hammond,
printing section, and Lawrence
Johannsen, industrial electricity.
Held in conjuction with the
Physical Science Open House to
be held on the same evening, the
technology demonstrations will
open at 4:30 in the afternoon, ac¬
cording to Robert Moses, chair¬
man of the Department of Engin¬
eering and Technology.
