PCC Chronicle, April 21, 1948

OMD Offers Variety For Carnival According to all reports from the Order of Mast and Dagger carnival committee this year’s funfest will offer numerous and amusing enter¬ tainment booths in addition to the scheduled feature at¬ tractions. In keeping with the theme “In Old California” many coke sa¬ loons and pioneer establishments will dot the campus. The booths, over forty in number, will offer forms of recreation varying from the familiar “hitching post” to a fortune telling concession oper¬ ated by early California gypsies. Tunnel of Love One of the more enterprising campus clubs has planned a very unique offering for OMD’s spring frolic. Although the plans and specifications have not been giv¬ en, an application for a tunnel of love has been received by the contract committee. Other forms of amusement will include a kissing booth, hot dog stands, and many special attractions that have not been released due to the competition between clubs. Kaki Kratka, OMD member in charge of the carnival queen con¬ test, has announced that the race will soon be underway to nomin¬ ate aspirants for the carnival crown. Last year only five cam¬ pus groups were allowed to par¬ ticipate in the contest, however, Miss Kratka stated that plans will probably be expanded to in¬ clude a larger number of partici¬ pants for this year’s event. Shakespeare Festival Set Tomorrow Eve Finalists in the Ruth Doolittle and Frederick Arthur Smith Me¬ morial contests will compete for top honors in the Shakespeare Festival tomorrow evening. Those winning preliminary hon¬ ors were: Barbara Bennett, Sue Burch, Richard Carr, Winifred Fuller, Gene Jones, William Vass, and alternate June Woolley in the Ruth Doolittle competition for lower division students. Winners of the Frederick Arthur Smith contest were Patricia Crawley, Sue Eagon, Lawrence Fielder, Gloria Murphy, Floy Palmer, Elizabeth Warner and alternate Patricia Penny. Judges are: Dr. Merle N. Smith Pastor Emeritus of the First Methodist Church of Pasadena: Mabel Shrader of the Shrader School of dramatic art and Mrs. Edgar Melloi, former English stage actress. Vol. 43, No. 9 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California April 21, 1948 PCC’s clothing drive for battered Ludwigshafen gets off to a big start with Dick Gray, student body president, contributing the coat off his back while Jackie Yelland and O. G. Dressier help « Kev. Peter Paulson cram the clothing contributions into one of the many bags expected to be filled by Pasadena City College students. SCA to Launch Clothing Drive to Aid Ludwigshafen, Pasadena-Adopted City • Democracy Threatened by Eggs Last week a political demonstration near the campus gave critics of our school the best opportunity they have probably ever had to judge our student body as a whole through the performance of the most juvenile minds in our midst. One of the major weaknesses of our modern society is that the actions of a few people in a group can color the observations of critics so that the many are judged by the few. We are college students in a democracy and before any other group, because of our supposed intellectual advancement, should be ready to identify and uphold the principles implicit in the word, DEMOCRACY. Though we may not agree with what is said, there must be no question of a person’s right to say it. Probably the worst aspect of last week’s rowdy demon¬ stration is that many of the people who threw eggs and tomatoes at the speaker did so because he seemed a likely target. Many neither knew nor cared what he was saying. Every egg thrown was another gap in the democratic dyke. Each member of the student body should try to protect our reputation and our democracy by doing everything possible to prevent this small element from disgracing the rest of us by their lack of consideration for the rights of others. PCC students are requested to bring used wearing apparel and shoes to the SCA-sponsored clothing drive on April 27, Jackie Yelland, chairman, announced today. All clothing deposited in cardboard containers provided at campus entrances will be sent to the war-ravaged town of Ludwigshafen, Germany, which has been adopted by the City of Pasadena as a lend-aid pro¬ ject. Ludwigshafen is an industrial city of similar size to Pasadena. It was bombed 107 times and a large proportion of the popula¬ tion was killed or wounded dur¬ ing the recent conflict. In charge of the Pasadena pro¬ gram is the “Shares Organiza¬ tion,” a community group ap¬ pointed by the City Board of Di¬ rectors, who are planning other community and school projects in the near future. Clothing deposited in the boxes should be in such condition as students themselves would like to receive if in a similar situation. Types of wearing apparel in¬ clude: coats, skirts, blouses, sweaters, caps, felt hats, gloves, scrafs, neckties, handkerchiefs, and aprons. Quilts, blankets!, sheets, pillow cases, towels and wash cloths have also been named by the SCA committee. A11 kinds of sewing materials, needles, thread, scissors and pins are stated in the needed list. 120 Apply For 65 Youth Day Offices Ten new civic offices and twelve different positions in religious fields were open to PCC-Muir student applicants for Youth Day posts on May 6. According to Bob Kratz, chair¬ man, approximately 120 PCC ap¬ plications were received by dead¬ line time last Monday for the 65 available jobs. This semester an opportunity was afforded individual students to express their interest in ob¬ taining the office they desired to participate in. The list of students chosen to hold positions will be posted in room 21C on April 30. A special meeting will be held to orientate the students in their respective activities on May 3 at 4:00 p. m. in room 21C. “We sincerely hope that Youth Day will serve better than ever before to acquaint the students with city administration and prove to city officials the results of PCC’s education in leadership,” Kratz related. Pre-Teaching Club Names Officers Election of officers and organi¬ zation of a constitutional com¬ mittee was featured at the Pre¬ teaching Club meeting held March 31. Willard Covert, originator of the organization was elected pres¬ ident; Bill Lindsay, vice-president and John Maguire, publicity di¬ rector. Eloise Cole and Irene El¬ lington were chosen correspond¬ ing and recording secretary, re¬ spectively. Mary Patty is advis¬ er for the group. Main purpose of the club is to bring together all education ma¬ jors and others, who are consid¬ ering teaching as a career. 160 Student Conference Delegates Set Week For Racia I Eq ua lity Secretarial Class Offered Next Term A secretarial administration class will commence next semes¬ ter for the first time since 1941, meeting from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m., daily, under the guidance of Mar- gorie Flynn. Courses of study to be includ¬ ed in the business education class will be typing, shorthand, busi¬ ness English, filing, office ma¬ chines, mimeographing, account ing and instruction on personal improvement. News Briefs . . . “Spring Spree’ Freshman-Soph¬ omore sponsored dance will be held Saturday, April 24, from 9 to 12 p. m. in the National Guard Armory, with music by La Verne Boyer and his orchestra. “Dream of Youth,” three-act dramatic play by John Kimbro, will be presented tonight at 8:15 in the Little Theater. Shelden Messick was named winner of the Phil Robinson Speech Tournament on Safety in contest finals held here recently. Richard Spurney placed second, with Robert Bacon and Winden Arens tied for third. Pasadena and Muir College leaders in the recent student government convention are pictured above. Left to right are Jack Lamp, past PCC president; Jack Macy and Dick Maitland, co-chairmen; and Neil Goedhard, originator of the conference and past PCC president. The semi-annual California Jun¬ ior College Student Government Conference was held at the Hotel Green last week. One of the major resolutions of the conference was the adop¬ tion of a program for the elimi¬ nation of racial prejudice. May 10-14 was set aside as “Educa tion of All Races” week. Mapped by PCC Prexy Dick Gray and El Camino JC Presi¬ dent John Lampo, the 5-point plan stresses the importance of community cooperation.. Speakers addressing the con¬ ference included Earl Holder, PCC-Muir financial adviser; Dr. Baillard, Long Beach City Schools; Dr. J. Whitcomb Brough- er, Glendale Baptist pastor; and Dr. Catherine Robbins, PCC dean of Women. The conference concluded with the election of Jack Hays, Bakers¬ field CC, as central regional pres¬ ident; Jack Ertola, Marin Coun¬ ty College, northern regional head and Charles Webster, East Los Angeles CC, southern sec¬ tion chairman. The site of next semester’s con¬ ference will be Fresno, under the sponsorship of Reedley College, with Eldon Bowen, as new confer¬ ence chairman.