Arts Set Yuletide Assembly
PCC Chronicle
Vol. 52, No. 11
Pasadena, California
December 10, 1952
It’s Your Ball-VOTE
Today, polling booths and ballot boxes will once again
appear on the PCC campus, this time for a special election
on a proposed amendment to the Associated Students’ Con¬
stitution.
Judging on past elections, probably, out of a student
body of almost 5000, some 150 people will vote.
Does it seem ridiculous? Of course— but it’s true! In
recent years, the number of ballots cast in local elections has
been consistently and amazingly low'.
Is there any reason why today’s election should be any
different? Actually, there are several reasons.
In the first place, there has been a great deal of open
controversy on the proposed amendment, backed by carefully
planned advance publicity. Students should know what the
issues are, and their importance.
Secondly, the outcome of the election is of immense im¬
portance to the entire college. Depending on today’s vote,
future violators of campus laws and traditions will have to
answer to a student COURT or a student COUNCIL — and
that is something which may affect ANYONE.
In any case, the game is on, the play is called, and the
chips are down. YOU are the ball carrier. It’s up to you to
do the right thing. GO VOTE!
FBI Agent Speaks on
Bill of Rights Here
“The FBI and our Bill of Rights” is the topic of discus¬
sion planned for the commemoration of Bill of Rights Week,
December 9-15. Logan J. Lane, special agent from the Fed¬
eral Bureau of Investigation, will present the civil rights dis¬
cussion in Sexson Auditorium,
Tableaux to Mark
Christmas Festival
Sparkling scenes of the Yuletide season will be presented
to this year’s Christmas Festival audience on Friday, Dec. 12
in Sexson Auditorium during the assembly period that day
and at 8 p.m. in the evening.
FIT FOR A KING ... is the Christmas delicacy which is
being held carefully by Lu Ann Short in a scene from PCC’s
annual Christmas program to be presented at 8:57 Friday morn¬
ing in Sexson Auditorium. Looking on are Jeanette La Marr
(right) Pat Wagner, and David Player, all members of the cast.
The show is to be presented by the combined Music, Drama and
Art Departments of PCC and no student body cards will be
required.
December 15 at' 1 o’clock.
Sponsors of the program are
the members of the Social Sci¬
ence Department, headed by J.
Ray Risser. Several social sci¬
ence classes will be in attendance
during the event and any stu¬
dent with a free period is invited
to come.
In keeping with the observance
of the week, eleventh and twelfth
grade speech students yesterday
presented a Bill of Rights pro¬
gram to the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors. Held at
9:45 in the Board of Supervisors
office at Los Angeles, the pro¬
gram centered around the signifi¬
cance, value and obligation which
the document implies.
Featured in the event were Jim
Galbraith, Gloria Hopkin, Dor-
ene Mallory, Tom Owen and Ruth
Word.
Banquet Honors
‘ Valuable ’ Player
Last night the annual Elks
football banquet honored the
“most valuable player” award to
the outstanding players of John
Muir and PCC.
A large silver trophy was pre¬
sented to the most valuable play¬
er for the two local colleges. Un¬
fortunately, it was too late for
the results of these awards to
be published in today’s Chronicle.
Jess Hill of USC and Red San¬
ders of UCLA were supposed to
be amongst the dignitaries repre¬
sented there. Also on hand for
the festivities were many stellar
pigskin heroes of the past and
present, along with notable
coaches, sportswriters and college
officials.
Last year the trophy was giv¬
en to Fullback Bill Bennett for
Pasadena, possibly the finest
blocking back PCC has turned
out in the school’s history.
The banquet followed the 23rd
annual Kiwanis Kickoff Lunch¬
eon held at the Civic Auditorium
yesterday noon.
Voters to Decide Between
Council and Court Systems
City College students today will go to the polls to cast their ballots on a proposed
amendment to the ASB Constitution which, if passed, will eliminate the PCC court system,
replacing it with a Student Council system of law enforcement. Should it be approved by the
student body today, the amendment would see the end of the Student Courts which were set
Tableaux depicted by the mem¬
bers of the Drama Department,
songs by PCC’s various singing
groups, congregational singing,
and solos will comprise the pro¬
gram.
The first scene will be a snow
scene. “The Night Before Christ¬
mas” will be brought to the audi¬
ence in the second scene, which
takes place around the fireside.
"Cantique de Noel”' will be sung
by Mary Ann Ridout . and Roger
Francke, followed by “Ave Ma¬
ria,” sung by Evelyn Kresick and
accompanied by harpists, Joan
Lundberg and Carol Scrutchfield.
The third scene will be pre¬
ceded by the traditional candle-
lighted processional by the A
Cappella Choir. The curtain will
then rise on a cathedral setting.
Depicting familiar old and new
Christmas carols, a family scene
will be featured in the next tab¬
leaux. It will be accompanied by
the choir singing, “I Wish You
a Merry Christmas.”
“Sing Noel” will then be offer¬
ed by the Madrigal Singers.
A shepherd scene accompanied
by the singing of “Lo How a
Rose E’er Blooming” and “Hark
The Herald Angels Sing” is the
next tableaux.
The three wise men will be
shown while the Euterpeans
sing “March of Kings.”
Concluding the tableaux, the
Nativity scene will be viewed by
the audience. “Legend of the
Bells” will be heard in the back¬
ground.
Soloists in the program will
include David Graeme, Joan Bur¬
ris, William Bart and Lois Vegt.
The dancers are Helen Avalia,
Eileen Hancock, Flo Pascoe, Bar¬
bara Logan, and Margaret Christ¬
mas.
Festival music is being direct¬
ed and handled by Miss Isobel
Smith, Mrs. Kathryn Barnard and
William Graham. Art Depart¬
ment directors are Miss Pauline
Brown and David Metzger. Don
Ballard is in charge of the stag¬
ing, while the faculty committee
has also helped in the production
of the program.
PCC Hosts
Prof Meet
Twenty-one junior colleges will
be represented tomorrow, Decem¬
ber 11 from 2-5 p.m. in Harbeson
Hall, as Pasadena City College
plays host to the first session of
the semi-annual Institute of
Modern Language.
Dr. Langsdorf, who heads the
administrative staff at PCC, will
speak on the topic “Foreign Lan¬
guage in the Community Col¬
lege.” John K. Wells, head of the
Foreign Language Department at
East Los Angeles Junior College,
will talk on "Progress Report on
the Foreign Language Require¬
ment.”
Dr. William B. Langsdorf will
serve as .chairman, and Miss
Kathleen Loly, head of foreign
language at PCC, will serve as
moderator.
Refreshments will be served by
the host school, and the lan¬
guage laboratory at PCC will be
studied by the group. . There will
also be a discussion of the vari¬
ous uses of audio techniques and
materials in the field of foreign
language instruction.
up in the pattern of the Federal
judicial system with minor, su¬
perior and supreme courts, when
the Associated Student Body was
founded.
Instead of the courts, the am¬
endment would establish a Stu¬
dent Council form of justice de¬
signed after that used at the Uni¬
versity of Southern California.
As planned, the new set-up
would retain the present Su¬
preme Court, while violators of
student laws, rather than stand¬
ing trial in the Minor and Superi¬
or courts, would be summoned
before the Council.
Under the proposed system, the
Councils would consist of a Men’s
Council and a Women’s Council
of seniors and juniors appointed
by the ASB president at the rec¬
ommendation of the civil serv¬
ice commission and with the ap¬
proval of the Board.
Offenders would be called be¬
fore one of the Councils to ex¬
plain their actions, after which
the council would have the power
to recommend suitable punish¬
ment to the principal for action.
Any alleged violation would be
referred to the Council by mem¬
bers of the Lancers and Spartans,
the college’s honorary law en¬
forcement organizations, or by
any student or faculty member.
Under the present court sys¬
tem, violators cited by Lancers
or Spartans are brought to for¬
mal trial in the Minor Court,
where the case is either settled
by a plea of guilty or bound over
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First Showing of Film
to Be Dinner Feature
World premiere showing of the film “This is Our Fresh¬
man Camp” will be the feature attraction of the Freshman
Camp, Dinner to be held in the Holliston Methodist Church
social hall on December 15. Along with Dr. and Mrs. William
B. Langsdorf and other members
Red Sweater Girls
Invite Applications
Applications are now being ac¬
cepted for membership in Spar¬
tans, honorary girls’ service or¬
ganization, according to Jone
Small, president. Any girl who
had given one semester of serv¬
ice to PCC will be considered for
membership.
Membership applications may
be obtained from the Spartan bul¬
letin board in the Attendance Of¬
fice. The following information
concerning the prospective mem¬
ber is required on the application:
service she has contributed to the
school, statement of what she
thinks Spartans is, why she wants
to become a member of Spartans,
list of three Spartans she knows
and has worked with, and recom¬
mendations by three faculty
members.
Miss Jessie Chittenden is the
group’s adviser and Eleanor
Hawkins is membership chair¬
man.
of the PCC administration, Dr.
and Mrs. Robert Freeman will be
guests of honor. Dr. Freeman was
immensely popular at the camp,
playing his accordion around the
evening campfire.
All campers, staff members,
PTA members, faculty, adminis¬
tration, and SCA members are
invited to the gala affair, which
promises to be one of the biggest
events in SCA history, according
to Bill Jones, student director of
the Frosh Camp. The film has
been in preparation for over two
years, under the supervision of
student technical director Stanley
Paul and pictorial journalism in¬
structor Walter Girdner. Script
credits go to Kay Risser and Jim
Rosoff. Louis Bode was the pho¬
tographer.
Presiding over the dinner will
be Dan Lewis and Eleanor Haw¬
kins, co-presidents of SCA. Er¬
nest Becker, SCA adviser, has an¬
nounced that the party atmo¬
sphere will prevail.