Fair Females Featured In Flotow Festival
SCJC Confab Graced
By ASB Attendance
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Vol, 47. No. 7
Pasadena. California
April 19, 1950
'Martha' Makes Opera Debut
As Lady Harriet Gets A Man
“Martha,” a light opera by Friedrich von Flotow, will be presented Friday, morning during
the second assembly period at 10 in Sexson Auditorium by the Music Department. Direction,
adaptation and continuity is by instructor Edward Qualen, choir director. Shortened to oc-
upy only one period, the opera still maintains all of the numbers for which it is noted.
STUDENTS SCRUTINIZE SCRIPTS ... for Friday’s dual
assembly presentations. “Martha” cast members from left to
right are James Witt, Georgette Haver, Sally Hazzard, Linda
Worsley and Gerald Carpenter. Costumes sported by the Misses
Worsley and Haver carry out English Richmond Fair theme of
Flotow’s light opera.
Hundred Comptonites to Invade PCC
For First Time, Show Down-state Talent
One hundred students from Compton College will invade
PCC on Friday, April 28, to present a talent assembly in
Sexson Auditorium. The variety musical production will fea¬
ture a Western atmosphere and commences with a ranch
Members of the Associated Stu¬
dent Body Board recently attend¬
ed a Southern California Junior
College Conference at Ventura
Junior College.
Main purpose of the affair was
to decide what to put on the
agenda for the California State
Junior College Conference at
Bakersfield Junior College which
starts tomorrow.
At the recent conference vari¬
ous matters were brought up con¬
cerning a reorganization plan for
the state confab. The idea was
initiated by Mt. San Antonio Col¬
lege.
Fred Jahnke, local ASB prexy,
was appointed president of a com¬
mittee to investigate athletic in¬
surance. Committees were also
formed to investigate publica¬
tions. These groups will look in¬
to the different phases of college
journalism including school pub¬
lications and outside publicity.
Members of the conference vot¬
ed in approval of supporting
‘Jenny Kissed Me’
tryouts were open to all stu¬
dents,” said Liercke, “and
we hope that all who were inter¬
ested were able to tryout.” The
cast includes 10 women and 4
men.
“Jenny Kissed Me” is a new
play which opened at the Call
Board Theater in Hollywood last
winter and has been given only
a few times in this area. It was
written by Miss Jean Kerr and is
reminiscent of the popular
movie of a few years ago, “Go¬
ing My Way.” The plot involves
a young girl left alone after her
parent’s death. She comes to live
with her aunt, who is a house
keeper for an old priest. His at¬
tempts to make her popular com¬
bined with her unconscious ef¬
forts to remain the same as she
is make up the plot of the com¬
edy. The romantic interest is
supplied by a young school super¬
visor who falls in love with
Jenny, despite his efforts to re¬
sist.
Aside from the OMD show, this
will be the last main stage pro¬
duction of the year, and, accord¬
ing to Liercke — “the best.”
Posters Give Warning
Of Clean Campus Week
Posters around campus will
soon announce the approaching
“Clean Campus Campaign” to
take place April 24 through April
28.
The purpose of the campaign is
to “. . . whip up school spirit and
pride in our campus,” says Com¬
missioner of Health Ann White.
Members of the committee be¬
hind the drive are Ann White,
Martha Hulbert and Mrs. Euna
Wicks of the Physical Education
department, headed by chairman
Leonard Edmondson of the Art
Department and co-chairman Bob
Bonds. The committee feels such
a drive is an important one and
plans to make it an annual affair.
alumni organizations of the jun¬
ior colleges.
At the prospective meeting at
Bakersfield, Pasadena City Col¬
lege will occupy the post of trea¬
surer, that is, Bill Jones, local
finance commissioner will act as
treasurer of the state JC gather¬
ing.
The following ASB Board mem¬
bers are among the 400 represen¬
tatives from various schools:
Fred Jahnke, ASB prexy; June
Woolley, vice-president; Eddie Le-
Grand, Senior president; Sharon
Matheny, Junior president; Mac
Small, Sophomore president;
Joan Rydman, Frosh prexy; Hank
Weber, AMS president; and Dal¬
las Peterman, AWS president.
Also attending were reps-at-
large Joan Williams, Laura Gas¬
per, Jack Corey, and Janet Hodg-
kinson. Ruth Squire, attorney
general, Bill Jones, finance com¬
missioner, and Patsy Peete, clerk
of the Board, also represented
PCC.
Continuation School Has
Easter Hat Parade
In Celebrating Holidays
Girls of the Continuation School
gathered at an Easter Party held
in the Continuation Department,
March 28, at 10 a.m. The party
centered around an Easter Hat
Parade in which everyone wore
the hat that was constructed and
designed in class work. A prize
was given to Joanne Banks for
the most syectacular creation.
A social hour of games and re¬
freshments followed. Guests at
the party were Arthur Dittberner,
Paul L. Motsinger, Miss Marjorie
McGlothlin, and Miss Genevieve
McClay.
Credit for the wonderful time
had by all at the event goes to
Miss Marjorie McGlothlin, in¬
structor of personal and social
problems in Continuation, and
Helen Anastas, Ramona Gunder¬
son and Clara Mae Todd, students
who planned the program.
hands of instructors in accredit¬
ed schools of the Pasadena and
South P a s a d e n a-San Marino
school districts.
Two students from the tenth or
eleventh grade from each school
will be chosen by the instructor
in charge to compete on a pro¬
gram presented June 13 before
the club, when a group of judges
will make the award.
The scholarship is interpreted,
not as a prize for the program
performance alone, but as finan¬
cial assistance toward special
training to develop talent shown
throughout the school year. The
applicant’s choice as a candidate
will be based on his creative im¬
agination, earnestness of purpose
and citizenship and his record in
this regard will be reviewed by
the judges in making their de¬
cision.
Students desiring further infor¬
mation are requested to see their
drama instructors.
Dirk Cabel Wins
KWKW Contest
Dirk Cable, former PCC stu¬
dent, was announced as the win¬
ner in the KWKW second annual
Scriptwriting Contest, according
to Frank Hammond, faculty su¬
pervisor.
The play, “The Ghastly Affair
of Sir Arthur Hemptstead’s Nose”
will be directed by William J.
Beaton, manager of station KW¬
KW and president of the South¬
ern California Broadcaster’s As¬
sociation.
Honorable mentions were given
to John Kimata and Bob Guen¬
ther, City College students, whose
plays will be presented over the
air at a later date.
Script writing contest was or¬
iginated by Beaton to act as
a stimulus for student ability in
writing. Beaton designated two
trophies to be awarded, one to
be presented to the winner as an
individual trophy, and also for
the winner’s name to be inscribed
on the large permanent trophy
in station KWKW.
Pasadena City College will rec¬
ognize Public Schools Week with
the opening of the annual Music
Festival, Friday at 8 p.m. in Sex¬
son Auditorium.
Walton Tallon and other mem¬
bers of the Masonic Public
Schools Week Committee will be
present to make a brief explana¬
tion of the purpose of Public
scene.
Included in the cast are tap
dancers, a ventriloquist, an im¬
personator, chorus girls and vari¬
ous other kinds of talent.
The visitors will bring their
own sets and costumes for this
production. This is the first time
in City College history that
Compton has given an assembly
at PCC.
Last semester a group of Hi-
liters, entertainers on the local
campus, went to Compton Col¬
lege to present an assembly. Bill
Peters, Hi-liter president recent¬
ly disclosed that “It was the most
successful show given by our
group last semester.”'
“We hope to have a large turn¬
out at this assembly as these stu¬
dents from Compton have spent
much time making preparations
for a performance practising the
‘good neighbor policy’,” stated
Ralph Villani, assembly commis¬
sioner.
Schools Week.
Dr. Willard E. Goslin, superin¬
tendent of the Pasadena Schools
announced that “Public Schools
Week” is an opportunity for the
public schools and the friends of
public education to put their best
foot forward, and it behooves the
schools to get such help as they
can.”
Set in England at the Rich¬
mond Fair during the reign of
Queen Anne, “Martha” deals with
the adventures and misadven¬
tures of Lady Harriet and Nancy,
her maid in waiting, as they dis¬
guise themselves as servant girls
to be indentured for a year when
prospective employers gather for
an annual hiring session at the
Fair. Lady Harriet becomes
Martha, and Nancy assumes the
name Julia.
Martha and Julia sign a con¬
tract to work for two young far¬
mers, Lionel and Plunkett, for
the following year. They escape,
however, and return to Lady Har¬
riet’s castle. The two employers
search diligently, and are amazed
to encounter their delinquent
charges taking part in a hunting
expedition.
Comes Love Interest’
Upon further investigation,
Martha, having become romantic¬
ally attached to Lionel, discovers
that he is in reality the Earl of
Darby; hence, he is an eligible
suitor for her. After consider¬
able maneuvering, including the
recreation of the Richmond Fair,
the pair is finally united, and
Julia and Plunkett realize their
love as well.
Lula Parmley Supervises
Under the . overall supervision
of department head Miss Lula
Parmley, the cast is as follows:
Lady Harriet (Martha), Sally
Hazzard; Nancy (Julia), Marilyn
Egenes and Doriana Goiorani;
Lionel, Joseph LaGue and James
Witt; Plunkett, Gerald Carpen¬
ter; Sheriff, Sam Stevens and
Robert Lottie; servant girls, Pat¬
ricia Perine, Marcella Farmer and
Claire Arnold; farmer’s wife,
Marguerite Hougasian; farmer,
George Rodda; ladies in waiting,
Georgette Haver, Dierdre
O’Rourke, Norma Scharer, Linda
Worsley, Alice Largent, Sharyne
Spero, and the Misses Arnold,
Perine and Sanders. The chorus
of servants and farmers will be
composed of A Cappella Choir
members.
A repeat performance
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“Martha” and “The Pirates of
Penzance” will be given Friday
evening in the auditorium at 8.
No admission will be charged.
Friday’s PCC operatic presenta¬
tions are the first in the annual
Pasadena Music Festival series.
Also featured at the evening
performance will be the Nysaean
singers in grand opera numbers
and the concert orchestra with
Miss O’Rourke as soloist.
Prospective Sport Writers
Urged to Contact Lewis
PCC students, both upper and
lower division, who wish to be
considered next fall for assign¬
ments as sports reporters for the
Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena
Independent, the Alhambra Post-
Advocate, the Monrovia News-
Post, or the Los Angeles dailies,
see Mr. Lewis in room 207 of the
Men’s Gym before enrolling for
the fall term.
This is a class project of jour¬
nalism 8AB, 58 ABCD (athletics)
students.
Vasse Announces New Delta Psi Omega
Play Will Go Into Production this May
Bill Vasse, president of Delta Psi Omega, announced
that its spring production will be “Jenny Kissed Me,” to
be presented May 24 and 26. Tryouts were held April 11, 12
and 13 under the supervision of Donald A. Liercke. “The
Fine Arts Offers Monetary Awards
For Outstanding Dramatic Ability
Scholarship of fifty dollars is being offered by the Fine
Arts Club of Pasadena to encourage young students of dra¬
matic ability, according to Miss Katharine Kester, chairman
of the contest committee. Rules governing entries are in the
Public Schools Week to Start
With City College Music Festival
