Presentation of ' Gloria ' Slated for Friday
Vol. 42, No. 9
Pasadena, City College, Pasadena, California December 10, 1947
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PCC Radio Station to Hold
Dedication Services December 14
Climaxing months of planning, work and departmental
cooperation, Pasadena City College will hold official dedi¬
catory ceremonies of the new radio studio with the broad¬
casting of the Christmas choral drama, Gloria, on Sunday,
evening December 14 from 4:30 until 6:15, over stations
KXLA and KPPC.
This marks the first radio pres¬
entation of the Christmas pag¬
eant, and according to Loyal
King, station manager of KXLA,
this is also the first time a dra¬
matic show of this length has
been given on the air.
Committees Named
Behind all final arrangements
for the studio dedication is a
committee appointed by Dr. John
W. Harbeson to supervise the
day’s activities. Speaking for all
the committee members, Dorothy
Dixon, chairman, stated: “We
chose Gloria because of its sig¬
nificance. It is entirely a school
affair, and is presented through
the combined efforts of 300 music
and drama students. We feel that
it is truly representative of the
fine productions given here at
the college.” Other faculty mem¬
bers serving on the committee
are: Lowell Barker, Edward Cor-
nelison, Fred Latshaw, Lula
Parmley and Arthur Shildroth.
Commenting upon the selec¬
tion of committee members, Dr.
Harbeson said: “I believe that
this committee includes represen¬
tation from all of the depart¬
ments which will make extensive
use of the studio in our educa¬
tional program. This is a per¬
manent standing committee to
study and meet the needs aris¬
ing in connection with the opera¬
tion of the newly formed radio
department.
Studio to Aid Training
The entire radio committee is
agreed that with the dedication
of the studio, Pasadena City Col¬
lege will have some of the finest
facilities for radio training and
broadcasting of any of the west¬
ern colleges.
More than 200 special guests
have been invited to inspect the
radio studio on the day of the
inaugural ceremonies. Preceding
the broadcasting of Gloria, Dr.
John Sexson, superintendent of
schools, and under whose juris¬
diction this project was complet¬
ed, will make the official dedica¬
tion speech.
Prepare Script
For the radio production of
Gloria, Katharine Kester, author
of the Christmas play, has writ¬
ten a special script to supple¬
ment the necessary material
needed by the listening audience.
Gloria is under the joint direc¬
tion of Miss Parmley, head of
the music department, and Miss
Kester, dramatic coach. Mr. Lat¬
shaw, technical director, is in
charge of stage sets, lightings
and sound reinforcement.
Phil Udell will act as moder¬
ator for the radio audience.
PCC Debate Team
Takes Several Honors
Pasadena City College’s power¬
ful debate squad copped high
honors at the Western States
Speech Tournament at Santa Bar¬
bara last weekend, when the
school placed a total of six out
of eight debate teams in the
fiinals, with Bob Kratz taking
first place in men’s extemporan¬
eous speaking and John Chap¬
man winning top award in men’s
oratory.
Twenty-two colleges from mid-
western states participated in
the tournament. PCC contestants
were members of the speech pro¬
duction class, under the super¬
vision of Paul W. Smith.
Beta Phi Gamma
Holds Convention
Final plans have been made
for the national convention of
Beta Phi Gamma, honorary
journalism fraternity, to be
held for the first time in
many years on the PCC cam¬
pus, Saturday, December 13,
it was announced today by
Edith Rankin, president of
the Alpha chapter.
Two of the most important
events on the agenda will be in¬
stallation of Muir College and
East Los Angeles CC as chapters
of the fraternity. Muir’s chapter
will be known as the Alpha Beta
chapter with Bess Tye as adviser.
It will consis| of 11 charter mem¬
bers. The East Los Angeles CC
unit will be known as the Alpha
Gamma chapter.
Following the Little Rose Bowl
game, sports writers will get
their stories out under the watch¬
ful eyes of Mannie Pineda and
Shavenau Glick, from the Pasa¬
dena Star News, and Jim Hub-
bart, of the Pasadena Independ¬
ent, who will then select the best
story from among those submit¬
ted. Other prizes will be present¬
ed for sfories in fields of news¬
writing and editorials. Judges in
these fields will be Ruth Bill-
heimer, society editor of the Pas¬
adena Star News and Douglas
Woolf, editor of the East Pasa¬
dena Herald.
Arnold Huss, assistant manag¬
ing editor of the Pasadena Star
News and PCC alumnus, will
present prizes to winners in all
the various contests.
The convention will conclude
with a dinner and program ai the
Women’s City Club, 160 North
Oakland, Pasadena where Lee
Shippey, a Los Angeles Times
columnist, will be the principal
speaker. His subject will be The
Fun of Being a Journalist.
Double Cast Participates
In Choral Play ; Five
Performances to Be Given
Strains of Christmas music are heard everywhere on the
campus as the beloved Gloria goes into the final days of
preparation.
Written in 1933 by Katharine Kester, especially for
Pasadena City College, the choral play has been presented
every biennial or oftener, at the Christmas season, growing
in popularity and reknown.
Members of the student body
who have seen or taken part in
Gloria elsewhere will find special
interest in seeing the presenta¬
tion of Pasadena City College.
The 250 students of music, dra¬
ma and stage technology who
participate in the production are
enthusiastic as they see the var¬
ious phases of acting, singing
and pageantry blending into a
harmony of beauty.
The double cast will carry the
leading roles: the Prophet-Priest,
John Kimbro; the Singing Priest,
Gerald Carpenter, George Tyree;
the Herald Angel, Olga Schaller,
Margaret Ellington, Vivian Lind¬
quist, Karen Larson, Helen Boi-
llat; Obed, Robert Carrillo, John
Hall; Judah, Jack Larson, Joseph
Pyle; Elizabeth, Barbara Bree,
Kathleen Welsh.
Saradan of Chaldea, Richard
Carr, Lawrence Fielder; Soldiers
of Herod, Delbert Longanecker,
Stuart Basquin, Arthur Huston,
Tom Wirick, Gerald Price, Rus¬
sell Priore; Heavenly Messen¬
gers, Sue Eagon, Eleanor Eby,
Marjorie Hawkins, Floy Palmer,
Eleanor Ramish, Isabel Taylor,
Martha Wyland.
Singing Heavenly Messengers,
Mary White, Betty Jones, Neva
Jean Eisenbise, Sue Burch, Mau-
rine Quick, Laurita Ellis, Bar-'
bara Lubin, Doris Hall, Marian
Wright; the Madonna, Eileen
Huffman, Mary White, Betty
Jones, Jean Alexander; Joseph,
William Ezell, Homer Wilcox;
the Three Kings, Don Larson,
Gerald Carpenter, Allan Shuey,
Homer Wilcox, William Ezell,
Eugene Ware, Robert Gruwell.
General faculty directors are
Lula Claire Parmley, chairman
of the music department, who
has made the musical arrange¬
ments and selections; Katharine
Kester, author of Gloria, and di¬
rector of drama; and Fred F.
Latshaw, director of stage tech¬
nology. Other members of the
faculty production staff are:
Kathryn Barnard, director of Ny-
saean Singers; Carrie M. Sharp,
director of Euterpean Singers;
Mabel M. Oakes, director of A
Cappella Choir; Carolyn Weer-
sing, director of Girls’ Glee Club;
Elizabeth Flint, director of cos¬
tumes; Laura M. Elder, costume
consultant; Clinton O. Bay, house
manager.
Elizabeth Warner is acting as
student director; Jack Culver, as
student technical director.
Gloria is a tale of love and sac¬
rifice. Based on Bible lore, it bor¬
rows from legend, and tells a
story of a shepherd boy, a lost
king, and a frightened mother.
Their loving sacrifice and their
faith are rewarded by a vision of
the manger, with the Celestial
Choir singing Gloria in Excelsis
Deo (Glory to God in the High¬
est).
The musical setting, of both
old and modern Christian num¬
bers, is inspiring, beginning with
the Hebrew chants of the temple,
and mingling the anthems of
men with the songs of the angels.
The students of stage technolo¬
gy are working on new scenic
effects which will give added
beauty to the stage picture.
Presentations will be at the
following times: for the student
body, at a special assembly, Fri¬
day, December 12, at 9:40 a. m.;
for the public, Friday, December
New Cafeteria
To Open Soon
“Immediately after the Christ¬
mas vacation,” Dr. John W. Har¬
beson told the Chronicle, “the
new school cafeteria will be open
and ready for service.”
This long awaited annexation
to the PCC campus will contain
two separate dining rooms for
students and faculty, as well as
a soda fountain.
Name Improvements
The main improvement the caf¬
eteria will have over the present
canteen system is that the stu¬
dent dining room is designed to
accommodate five hundred diners
while the Student Union seats
only sixty.
The soda fountain will be open
all day and dining rooms will
serve between the hours of 11:00
and 2:00. Prices will remain low
enough to cover net purchasing
costs and costs of operation.
Snack Bar to Operate
Functioning only as a between
classes snack bar, the old Student
Union will continue its activity,
but the canteen behind the “C”
building may be eliminated en¬
tirely.
There will be a formal chris¬
tening ceremony after the open¬
ing; but as yet the date is un¬
decided. Students will be noti¬
fied of this official event by bulle¬
tin.
In conclusion, Dr. Harbeson
said, “Mrs. English and her corps
of workers are entitled to a lot
of credit on the way they have
served the faculty and student
body, considering the difficult con¬
ditions under which they have
had to work.”
12, 8 p. m.; Sunday, December
14, 2 and 4:30 p. m.; Monday,
December 15, 8 p. m. Tickets
may be obtained, for public pres¬
entations, without charge at the
Board of Education, the student
store, the principal’s pffice, and
the office of the music depart¬
ment, of Pasadena City College.
Gloria has been chosen as the
representative campus activity
best suited for the dedication
event of PCC’s new radio sta¬
tion. Dr. John A. Sexson, su¬
perintendent of schools, will give
a brief address of dedication, on
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p. m.,
which will be followed by the
broadcast of Gloria over KXLA
and KPPC directly from the Sex¬
son Auditorium stage, in the ex¬
act form in which it is viewed
by the audience.
Gloria is not regarded as an
entertainment, but rather as a
service of worship. Walt Raitt
will give the invocation at the
assembly presentation; pastors of
Pasadena churches, at the other
performances. The choral play
inspires in the audience a mood
of deep, quiet reverence, as the
sacred story unfolds. There is
never any applause to break the
hush of worship, for Gloria rep¬
resents the holy aspect of Christ¬
mas.