PCC Chronicle, December 10, 1947

Presentation of ' Gloria ' Slated for Friday Vol. 42, No. 9 Pasadena, City College, Pasadena, California December 10, 1947 * I 4 J 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.