Vol. 45, No. 9
Pasadena, California
April 20, 1949
Muir Students Invade7 'Scheherazade to be Screened
City College Friday For
Joint Assembly Program
Pasadena City College will present its first joint assembly pro¬
gram this Friday at 9:40 in Sexson Auditorium when a group of
entertainers from John Muir College will take part in the annual Pan-
American Day program.
Ken Olsen, JMC commissioner of activities, and Barbara Carden,
local activities commissioner, have outlined a program of outstand¬
ing talent from both campi to carry out City College’s Pan-American
Day “good neighbor policy.” Chuck Huges, Muir student, will join
Olsen in acting as master of ceremonies. Muir entertainers on this
joint program will include: Shirley Stokes giving an impersonation
ol Beatrice Kay singing “Meet Me in Chiboygan”; Art Mueller doing
a rendition of “My Old Flame”; Deck Barker playing a piano med¬
ley; and, Danny Horton and his Be-boppers.
The program, first of its kind to be presented here this semester,
will replace the usual music department assembly which is generally
produced on Pan-American Day. Stated City College’s activities com¬
missioner, Barbara Carden: “The joint efforts of our two student
bodies in presenting this Pan-American Day assembly show realiza¬
tion of a Pasadena ‘good neighbor policy’ and premises to be a truly
great performance.”
Local Entrants Register
Tuesday for Fuzz Derby
All men students of Pasadena City College intending to
enter the annual AMS “Whiskerino” must register by April
26 to be eligible for the competition, Fred Jahnke, AMS presi¬
dent, revealed. Only two requirements for participation in
this contest are to meet the entrance deadline by registering
either April 25 or 26 at the booth by the student union and to
enter with a clean shave. The
event, held every year preceding
thp annual OMD Carnival, is open
to 'men students of all grade lev¬
els. Duration of competition is
from April 25 to May 13, the eve
of the traditional OMD affair.
New feature of this year's
Whiskerino will be special but¬
tons for all contestants stating,
“I Am an AMS Whiskerino Con¬
testant.” Prizes will be awarded
for the best all-around beard, the
best Van Dyke with sideburns,
the best goatee, the best novelty
beard and the best peach fuzz.
Winner will be announced on
the eve of the Carnival. For fur¬
ther information those interested
should check in the dean of men’s
office.
Festival Contest Finals
To Be Judged Thursday
Finals for the Frederick Arthur
Smith and the Ruth Doolittle
Memorial Contests will be held
during the Shakespearean Festi¬
val on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Social Hall.
'Six contestants from the upper
division will compete for the
Frederick Arthur Smith Memori¬
al Contest <and six contestants
from the lower division will com¬
pete for the Ruth Doolittle Mem¬
orial Contest. One winner will
be chosen from each group.
All contestants will enact pas¬
sages from Shakespearean plays
without props, scenery or accom¬
paniment. Judges for the contests
will be Dr. Merle Smith, Pastor
Emeritus of the First Methodist
Church in Pasadena, Mrs. Mabel
Young Shrader, director of the
Shrader School of Dramatic Art
in Pasadena, and Mr. Grayson
Spaulding, a member of the Hun¬
tington Library staff.
Social arrangements will be
under Mrs. Clara Haddock Wil¬
liams and Miss Katharine Kester
will be chairman of the contest
arrangements.
Admission to the contest will
be by invitation only. Special en¬
tertainment will be provided by
Tom Wirick who will sing selec¬
tions from “Kiss Me Kate.”
Debaters Shine
At Tournament
City College forensic students
won two first places, one second
and three thirds at the National
Phi Rho Pi Speech Tournament
held at Denver University on
April 14, 15 and 16.
Jacqueline Yelland won the in¬
dividual discussion award while
John Evans was selected first of
three finalists in after dinner
speaking. Merlin Call and Evans
placed second in the men’s debate
division when delegates from Pu¬
eblo, Colorado, won a three-two
decision over them. In the first
round of the finals, PCC’s team
defeated last year’s champions,
Weber College.
Barbara Carden and Miss Yell¬
and tied for third place in wom¬
en’s debate with competitors from
St. Johns College of Winfield,
Kansas. Miss Carden copped a
third in radio speaking while com¬
peting against both men and
women. Miss Yelland also won
third place in extemporaneous
speaking.
At the convention, Mr. Paul
W. Smith, City College speech in¬
structor, was elected president of
the National Phi Rho Pi.
'Lost and Found' Has
Switched to Stu U
Lost and Found, which previ¬
ously has been located in the of¬
fice of the dean of men, will here¬
after be situated in an office of
its own in the Student Union
building, it was disclosed by Bar¬
bara Lafot and Fred Jahnke, co-
chairmen in charge of re-estab¬
lishing the Lost and Found office.
The office will be open the first
fifteen minutes of the 11, 12 and
1 o’clock periods every day, and
representatives of the Women’s
Athletic Association will be in
charge of the office during these
periods. A charge of 10 cents will
be levied for each article claimed.
“Song of Scheherazade,” a Universal-International technicolor movie starring Yvonne
De Carlo and Jean Pierre Aumont, will be presented today at two separate performances by
the PCC Kantela Club. A short subject, “Claire De Lune,” is also scheduled. For the conveni¬
ence of those attending, both a 4 o’clock matinee and an 8 o’clock screening are planned. The
short subject will be shown before and after the main film each time. Price of admission is
thirty-five cents. “We have hired a special technician for the day to make certain that the
THE YVINN AH! Lena Goroni, City College post-grad, is
shown .above, proudly displaying the trophy she won in the KW-
KW Radio Script Writing Contest held in March. Miss Goroni, ’*
an outstanding student here, won the contest on a basis of radio
writing ability and technique with a biography of Guiseppi
Verdi, Italian composer.
film will not be too dark,”' stated
Joanne Stanley, in charge of
movie arrangements. “We are al¬
so using a high-powered lens to
safeguard the cohesive quality of
the film,” she further disclosed.
“Song of Scheherazade” fea¬
tures the life and times of com¬
poser Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakoff,
with many examples of his fam¬
ous music interspersed. A rollick¬
ing happy-go-lucky Russian sail¬
or late in the Nineteenth Century,
Rimsky-Korsakoff was often apt
to allow his maritime duties to
become sadly neglected when he
became absorbed in his music.
Also distracting to him was the
captivating lovliness of Schehera¬
zade, the beautiful dancing-girl.
Proceeds from the sale of tick¬
ets will be used to completely
furnish a music room with a clas¬
sical and semi-classical record li¬
brary and listening apparatus for
all students’ enjoyment in the
new library building. Private
headsets will be installed on rec¬
ord players so that the largest
possible number of people may
be able to listen to individual sel¬
ections simultaneously. Musical
scores will also be available.
Kantela has, in anticipation of
the new building'^ completion,
compiled a record library of 700
records with money received
from its last movie presentation,
“Fantasia.”
Officers of Kantela, whose pres¬
ent membership totals 100, are:
Bill Pfaff, president; Beth Ruben-
son, vice-president; Lynn Doney,
corresponding secretary; Geor¬
gette Haver, recording secretary;
Joan White, treasurer; and Glenn
Wills, financial secretary. Mrs.
Carolyn Weersing is the club ad¬
viser.
NOTICE
One hundred copies of “Cam¬
pus,” will be available to non¬
student body members, alumni
and others. Price for the 352-
page yearbook is $4.75, payable
at the student bank at once
with the coupon below.
Get money in now, for there
are only a hundred to be sold
and the demand is great.
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Hi-Liters Choose New
Members At Tryouts
City College entertainment
group, Hi-Liters, held tryouts re¬
cently for new members in room
200C, according to Sam Rowland,
club president.
The new members include: Mar¬
ilyn Lewis, Dick Allen, John
Montgomery, Eddie Bruntley, Ed¬
die Stewart, June Wooley, Elea¬
nor Eby, Robert Towners, Irwin
Fuller and John Kimbro.
Hi-Liters have been taking their
talent to hospitals and schools, to
provide entertainment for them.
An extensive schedule has been
planned which will give many
more the benefit of their per¬
formances.
Script Writing Contest
Lena Goroni, post grad at City College, won the KWKW
trophy award for the best radio script entered in the KWKW
Script Writing Contest, which was conducted in March, with
her 30-minute play, “The Life of Guiseppi Verdi,” Mr. Lowell
Barker, radio instructor, announced. Second place went to
Joseph Blacks!) aw, 14-1 student, for his entry, “Two Minutes
OMD Carnival Queen
To Be Selected Soon
Five different departments of
Pasadena City College will enter
a candidate for queen of the 21st
annual Order of Mast and Dagger
Carnival, scheduled for May 13,
Peggy Gilbert, chairman of the
qeeen committee, announced.
“This Friday is the deadline for
all entries,” stated Miss Gilbert.
A candidate each from student
government, Women’s Athletic
Association, special interest clubs,
music department and Campus
Religious council will vie in the
contest.
Each vote for a candidate is a
penny. The voter may vote as
many times as he wishes. Every
day the student body will be no¬
tified about the number of tallies
each candidate has.
Fast,” while
В.
B. L. Lindsey,
14-2, copped third with “Pirates
of Babylon.” Twelve Pasadena
City College students submitted
entries for the competition on
March 15.
According to Mr. Eddie Al¬
bright, program director for sta¬
tion KWKW and chairman of the
judging committee, choosing the
winning entry was .a difficult de¬
cision. Miss Goroni’s script was
selected because of its originality
and because it showed a better
knowledge and ability of hand¬
ling radio technique and produc¬
tion.
The script writing competition
was sponsored by Mr. William J.
Beaton, station manager of KW¬
KW. “The Life of Guiseppi Ver¬
di” will be presented on this
station by members of PCC’s ra¬
dio classes in the near future.
Awards will be presented to the
three winners on June 2 at the
English department’s awards tea.