Radio , Video
On Display
Here Today
This afternoon and evening
from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 6:30
to 10:00 p.m., prominent radio
and television manufacturers of
the United States will display
their products free of charge to
the public at various points on
the campus.
Admiral, Crosley, Magnavox,
RCA, Hoffman and Spartan tele¬
vision and radio exhibits will be
represented in the main building
of the college in room 211, 203,
207, 216, 109, and 23 respectively.
Philco is displaying its merchan¬
dise in the E building room 105,
while Emerson sets are located
in D building, rooms 104 and 110.
Transvision products are in the
technology building .
Western Auto Supply has also
arranged a showing of communi¬
cation merchandise which is on
display in 212C. In room 28C,
the Pasadena post office has made
plans for an exhibit of post of¬
fice cancelling machines. The so¬
cial science department is spon¬
soring a visual education display
in room 227C.
Under the sponsorship of City
College’s business department,
displays of all office equipment
including the most modem type¬
writers, mimeograph machines,
IBM electromatic typewriters and
office furniture have been arrang¬
ed in the business building.
In front of C building are sit¬
uated a light police shortwave
exhibit and a Civil Air Patrol dis¬
play.
Foreign Nations
Represented By
Students Here
"International Row” has been
selected as the language depart¬
ment's theme for the City College
Communications Fair today.
Many countries including Spain
France, Italy, Germany and sev¬
eral Latin American nations will
be represented by students of
foreign countries and members
of the International Club by
means of staging dancing, sing¬
ing and displays typical of all
these nations.
French students have procured
two French automobiles and will
be dressed in costumes of Breton
and Normandy. Those who will
take part in this display are: Ray-
monde Patin, Bob Oden, Phyllis
Maninger, Sharon Matheny and
Tony Swanson. Sponsors are
French teachers, Mr. Arthur S.
Wiley and Miss Edna B. Eck-
ersley.
The Italian zone will fea¬
ture models of Italian motor¬
cycles and costumes with music
from Italy and Greece. Possibly
Primo Camera, former heavy¬
weight boxing champion of the
world, will be present. He will
be introduced by Dr. Gulio De
Petra, holder of several Euro¬
pean walking titles and City Col¬
lege student. Clive Costley and
Ardienne Reilly will also partici¬
pate with Miss Rosalie M. Wis-
mar and Mr. Elmer E. Sauer, fac¬
ulty members.
German exhibit will be enacted
by June Yundt, Dirk Bomhorst,
Ada Haussmann, Merlin Call and
Alice Berdahl. Miss Elizabeth E.
Bacon and Mr. Henry F. Corde-
lius will advise the pageant of
dances and German costumes.
Each division will have stu¬
dents available to speak in their
own respective languages to those
wishing to converse in foreign
tongues. Films which portray
each country will be shown at
the convenience of the spectators.
"International Row” wiU be locat¬
ed in the main building, room
numbers ranging from 121C to
143C.
Special Edition of the Pasadena City College Chronicle, April 29, 1949
Music Festival to Feature Parts
Of Bizet's Famed 'Carmen'
Broadcasts
To Highlight
Today's Fair
Television broadcasts, displays
of modern radio, radar, television
and other communications equip¬
ment and exhibits sponsored by
the various departments will be
featured in the Communications
Fair Open House this evening at
Pasadena City College.
PCG’s music department tonight presents the annual Spring Music Festival in Sexson
Auditorium at 8:00, as its contribution to the Communications Fair being held on the City
College campus. Highlight of the production will be a concert version of the best-loved num¬
bers of Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” rendered in English. Opei-a soloists include Marilyn
Egenes, who, as Carmen will sing the “Habanera” ; Patricia Perine, Barbara Lubin and Sally
Hazzard, who, as Carmen, Mercedes and Frasquita, respectively, will be heard in the “Gypsy
Song”; Richard Milius, as Esea-
millo, singing the “Toreador
Song”; Karen Larsen as Micaela;
Joe LaGue, Zuniga; Gerald Car¬
penter and Tom Wirick, Jose;
and John Westerdoll, Morales.
The Nysaean and Euterpean sing¬
ers form the chorus.
Choir to Sing
Also on the program are se¬
lections by the A Cappella Choir,
novelty acts, numbers by the
Melody Maids and the Concert
Orchestra, and an organ recital
by David Billeter. Margaret Ellis,
of the Pasadena Department of
Recreation will present dance en¬
sembles typifying the spirit of
Youth, Springtime and Music.
Queen to Sing
Entr-acte moments will feature
Kathleen Hulsey, soprano, with
flute obligato by James Hoffer;
Joan Wood and Robert Ramirez
in an inspiration tango; Virginia
Bower, singing musical comedy
melodies; and Lois Stoner, play¬
ing the vibraharp.
Costume Dances Featured
HOSTING . . . visitors to today’s Pasadena City College Com¬
munications Fair are, from left to right: Lois Banks, Spartan
president; Jim Miller, Lancer prexy; and ASB head man Ted
Todd. All three are active student leaders on campus and will act
as today’s official hosts to visiting throngs.
Visitors to View Modern
Electronic Developments
Communications exhibitions from the electronics depart¬
ment make up a large portion of the total displays on campus.
Visitors may see such varied examples of electronic progress
as radio receivers, beams, transmitters, audio-amplifiers, os-
cilliscopes, and miniature television receivers. In room 202T,
music will be “shot” across the room on a 10,000 megacycle
radio beam; anyone can stop the
As the evening’s finale, the 75-
voice A Cappella Choir will sing
a number of melodies, concluding
with the Fred Waring arrange¬
ment of Tschaikowski’s “Nut¬
cracker Suite,” featuring interp¬
retive dances in costume.
Miss Parmley Directing
The entire production is under
the supervision of Miss Lula C.
Parmley, music department chair¬
man. Directors of the various mu¬
sical organizations are: Miss
Kathryn Barnard, Nysaeans; Miss
Carrie M. Sharp, Euterpeans; and
Miss Mabel M. Oakes, A Cappel¬
la Choir. Mr. Eugene Sullivan
conducts the Concert Orchestra.
Staging and lighting effects
will be handled by the stage tech¬
nology crew. Mr. Donovan Bal¬
lard is adviser.
"With an unusual amount of
outstanding vocal and instrument¬
al soloists, the Festival is expect¬
ed to be one of the finest in Pas¬
adena City College musical his¬
tory,” Miss Parmley observed.
Tonight’s festivities are the
first in a series of Pasadena City
Schools Festival Concerts slated
for the month of May.
Carnival Date
Set As Clubs
Prepare Plans
Wednesday, May 13, is the date
set for the twenty-first annual
OMD Carnival. Various local or¬
ganizations will display booths
centered on the theme “Coney Is¬
land ,” which was chosen from
a number of suggestions made by
campus clubs and groups.
Hours for the event are 5:30
p.m. to 12 p.m. Among articles
to be sold by the 48 booths are
games, food, cotton candy, pop¬
corn, rice and shoes. A fortune
teller and marriage booth will be
a few of the varieties of booths
exhibited. A Carnival Queen will
reign over the affair. A train
with 500 feet of track also will
be displayed.
Part of the proceeds from the
carnival will go towards the com¬
pletion of the War Memorial
Court.
flow of sound at will by walking
in front of it.
Transmitter Viewed
A 500 megacycle transmitter
will show the importance of an¬
tenna rotation in television re¬
ceiver sets. Showing the princi¬
ples of wireless teletypes will be
a machine in actual operation.
Models of the television receiv¬
ers built by students of the ad¬
vanced electronics class for in¬
structional purposes will be on
display. These receivers are only
10 inches wide and 10 inches
high, including the sound system.
Five-inch oscilliscopes built and
fabricated entirely in the class
will also be shown.
W6BAB On Air
In front of the physical sci¬
ence building the public will view
the operation of the equipment
for PCC’s amateur radio station,
W6BAB. Emergency tents, such
as might be required in case of
floods, fires or earthquakes, will
be set up on the scene, contain¬
ing portable transmitting and re¬
ceiving equipment.
City Officials Voice
Approval of Today's Fair
Officials in Pasadena’s city gov¬
ernment have recently voiced
their wholehearted approval of
PCC’s Communications Fair. In
letters to Mr. Audre Stong, ad¬
ministrative assistant to the prin¬
cipal, Chamber of Commerce
President Charles F. Prickett and
City Manager Don C. McMillan
praised City College for under¬
taking the task of presenting the
fair, which demonstrates every
known form of communication,
from voice to sight, air waves
and the printed page.
In his letter, Mr. Prickett stat¬
ed that he believed the idea of
a Communications Fair to be an
extremely timely one. “Just as
outstanding inventions through
the years have been responsible
for industrial revolutions, so can
we note the effect of radio upon
our everyday life, and now, tele¬
vision,” he stated. “Congratula¬
tions to Pasadena City College,”
he concluded.
Additional features of the event
will include the broadcasting of
radio programs emanating from
PCC over Pasadena station KX-
LA and the televising of such
events as the NJCAA boxing
championships, a concertized ver¬
sion of “Carmen” by PCC’s mu¬
sic department, and the final try¬
outs of the Hi-liters, college’s en¬
tertainment group, over televis¬
ion station KTLA.
Radio, TV Here
Most of the prominent radio
and television manufacturers of
the United States will show their
products to the public at various
strategic points on the campus
from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the
afternoon and from 6:30 to 10:00
p.m. in the evening. Such dis¬
tributors as Philco, Magnavox,
RCA, Admiral, General Electric,
Zenith, Packard Bell, Crosley,
Emerson, Hoffman and Transvis¬
ion will display radio and tele¬
vision sets.
GREETINGS
Cordial greetings to friends and
patrons of Pasadena City College
and a hearty welcome to our
Communications Fair.
Training in the arts of com¬
munications constitutes one of
the most important divisions of
our instructional program. In
Dr. John Harbeson
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this Communications Fair we
have endeavored to present to the
students, patrons, and friends of
Pasadena City College as compre¬
hensive a coverage as possible
of the means by which man has
communicated his thoughts and
feelings to his fellow man.
We extend to all of you a most
cordial welcome, and trust that
Mr. Audre Stong
you will find the afternoon and
evening both profitable and en¬
joyable.
