PCC Chronicle, April 28, 1954

Houses to Close Schools Week Open It has been said that free, public, state education is as American as apple pie. In line with this thought is the celebration at PCC of Public Schools Week, April 26 to 30. Sponsored by the Corona Masonic Lodge of Pasa¬ dena, under Dr. Holland Butterfield, chairman of Public Schools Week for the Lodge and PCC, our school has many activities slated to honor this week. The Life Sci¬ ence, Social Science, Business Education and Art De¬ partments have extended an invitation to the public to visit classes. Special motion pictures are also being shown by the Social Science Department in 200C. Hold¬ ing an Open House all day and evening every day of the week is the Art Department. An exhibition is also being displayed in the gallery. An Open House is the order of the day for the Business Education Department on Friday, April 30. On the terminating day of Public Schools Week sev¬ eral special events are scheduled. The radio section of • the English Department will hold an Open House. This will include a performance and recording of a radio show. The language laboratory of the Foreign Language Department will be open from 8 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Exhibits will be displayed all week in the Pasadena City College Library. April 30 is also the day set for the Physical Science, Physical Education, Engineering and Technology, and Mathematcs Department Open Houses. An assembly is to be presented by the Music Department. Further details are given in the Crier. PCC Chronicle Vol. 55, No. 10 Pasadena CHy College, Pasadena, California April 28, 1954 Sc/enf/sfs Sthedule Open House Friday Electric sparks will fly and weird odors abound as the De¬ partment of Physical Sciences opens its laboratories and lecture rooms to the public in Friday night’s open house. Held in the E Building from 4:30 in thq afternoon until 10 p.m., the Physical Science Open Model Home Opened by Technology Department Spotted around the Pasadena area are four homes which bear an unusual past: they were constructed entirely by stu¬ dents. Later this spring they will be joined by another dwell¬ ing, the product of the Pasadena City College building con- “ JOURNALISM ROW” GUESTS . . . enjoy refreshments during the annual PCC Journalism Day held April 21. Left to right are Dr. Catherine J. Robbins, Mary Ann Pennington, William But- tler, Sue Eugen (Arcadia High School, and Russell G. Gage (Rosemead). Chronicle Awarded Top Press Association Rating This newspaper has been awarded one of the highest honors in the college and university journalism field, the All- American rating of the Associated Collegiate Press. The winning series of Chronicles was published last semester Five Score Offer Talents to Campus in Music Assembly Nearly 100 musical students will combine their talents to bring to the listening audience an as¬ sembly this week that is spon¬ sored by the Music Department. The program is being directed by William Benulis. Three musical groups, A Cap- pella Choir, Nysaeans and Euter- peans, will participate in the pro¬ gram. The opening scene will be in a cathedral. The choir will sing "Jesu Dulcis.” Next soprano Mary Ann Ridout will sing “Ave Maria.” The choir will return with the singing of “David’s Lam¬ entation” and “Brahm’s Motet.” Following this will be Rodger Francke and “The Lord’s Pray¬ er.” Euterpeans will make their first appearance with the singing of “Laudamus.” Closing the first scene will be “Crown Him King of Glory,” sung by the A Cappella Choir. A complete change of setting will highlight the concluding scene, “Goin’ on a Hayride.” Ny¬ saeans and Euterpeans will com¬ bine voices for “Come to the Fair.” In line with the layout of the scenery will be “People Will Say We’re in Love,” a duet by Sharon Poorman and Dick Ham- mersla. “Cornin’ Through the Rye” is scheduled next by the choir. An¬ other duet, “Wunder Bar,” will be sung by Miss Ridout and Francke. Helen Avila will do a pantomime dance as the choir sings “Cindy.” Closing the assembly will be the blending of voices from 100 musical students as they present “Goin’ on a Hayride.” Band to Perform, Open Fund Drive By Mary Ann Pennington Pasadena City College’s Bull¬ dog Marching Band will perform in concert tomorrow noon on Memorial Court to open a fund drive designed to pay off the $1200 mortgage on the uniforms purchased last fall. Thursday and Friday PCC stu¬ dents will carry jars around the campus to collect contributions from the student body, and col¬ legians will be given a chance to tryout their pitching arms by tossing their dimes and quarters into the sousaphones. The uniforms, first used in the Tournament of Roses Parade, are of a modern cut, and place the Bulldog Band in line with the best dressed organizations in the nation. House will feature the work of a majority of the science stu¬ dents of the college as well as unusual outside exhibitions. Faculty director of the show is James Meldrum, PCC physics teacher, according to Edwin Van Amringe, chairman of the depart¬ ment. Student chairman is George Morlan, president of the Physical Science Council, with assistants being Jack Van Amringe, Bob Biller and- Dick Fulmer. Special exhibitions have been arranged in three fields: chem¬ istry, physics and geology. All lecture rooms and laboratories will be open. Motion picture techniques and equipment will be demonstrated by Larry Booth and Jim May as a feature attraction of the phys¬ ics section. Geologists will un¬ fold the story of the earth’s crust and chemists will construct everything from cloud chambers to hydrochloric acid. •Late News Notes New sounds will flow from the instruments of the Hi-liter Band on April 30 at the all¬ school dance. РОС students are invited to the “Starlight Ren¬ dezvous” which will be held at the Pasadena Elks Club, 400 W. Colorado. Ticket are $1.50 per couple. struction class. With more than 1000 square feet of floor space, the 1954 mod¬ el home was first opened on April 22 and will be on display until May 21. It will be a feature at¬ traction of the Engineering and Technology Open House, to be' held April 30. The class in building construc¬ tion each year designs, details, mills, and builds a model home and displays it fully furnished for four weeks. Work is con¬ trolled by a student superintend¬ ent, an assistant, foreman and leadmen. Instructor of the class is Dean Reinhold. More than 20 students worked on this year’s model home under the direction of Superintendent Frank Vining. Assistant superin¬ tendents were Harry Morgan and Clem Araw. Billy Antoine and Mauricio Valdez filled the foremen spots. Campus Hosts 500 in Muir Visitation Approximately 500 students from John Muir College were guests of the students and admin¬ istrations and PTA of the Colo¬ rado Street campus last week, where the new two-year college will be located next fall. Tours arranged by PCC gave the Muir students a chance to become familiar with the physi¬ cal layout of the campus. The visitors heard talks by Dr. William B. Langsdorf, Pasadena City College principal and prin¬ cipal-elect of the new school; Dr. Clyde E. Pfeiffer, who will serve as assistant principal; and Phil Bauman and Terry Clancy, stu¬ dent body presidents from PCC and Muir, respectively. under the editorship of Dick An¬ derson, and included the special Turkey Tussle and Tournament Dick Anderson of Roses editions. The paper last received an All-American two years ago. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota, the Associated Col¬ legiate Press is a national organ¬ ization designed to better the col¬ lege journalism field through competitive ratings, and its mem¬ bership includes 444 schools from all over the country. Overall comment on The Chron¬ icle noted the paper as “a lively, colorful student publication — in content as well as layouts.” The Mother-daughter Banquet Staged by Women Students Hard-working fathers of PCC coeds will return home this Thursday night to find their house devoid of mother and daughter. The reason? The an¬ nual AWS Mother-Daughter ban¬ quet! According to Sue Doehring, president of AWS, the affair will be held in Harbeson Hall at 6:30 p.m. on April 29. Tickets can now be obtained in Dr. Cather¬ ine Robbins’ office, 104C, and in the Student Bank. Miss Doehr¬ ing extends an invitation to all women students and their moth¬ ers. Not only with the females feast but entertainment is also being planned. A fashion show, nar¬ rated by Joan Jahnke, is another event of the evening. Although a catering service will provide the dinner, AMS members will serve as waiters. paper received “excellent” scores on balance, creativeness, copy¬ reading, editorials, sports cover¬ age, sports display, and typogra¬ phy- Nancy Cline, current editor, served as associate editor on the winning papers, and Doug Hope was sports editor. Miss Mildred Poorman is faculty adviser to the Chronicle, which is printed in the shop of the Pasadena City Col¬ lege Press under the supervision of Robert van der Veen. The Chronicle is the only local junior college newspaper to re¬ ceive the award, and one of the few on the west coast.