At Christmastime , 'All Men Are Brothers'
Kimbro Does It Again By Penning
'A Christmas Play' for Production
“A Christmas Play,” a fantasy by City College’s versatile Com¬
missioner of Activities John Kimbro, will be presented by the Drama
Department in assembly this Friday morning.
Starred in the major roles are Bill Vasse, Mimi Borroel, Jack
Beasley and Joy Lombard. Barbara Lubin will vocalize the role of
the Christmas fairy. The Music Department’s Euterpean singers,
men’s vocal chorus group, will provide the background music.
Mimi Borroel as the little girl shares the spotlight with well-
known Bill Vasse as the mysterious Mr. Dumas. Jack Beasley takes
the part of Mimi’s brother and Miss Lombard interprets the role
of the children’s mother.
BiU Vasse is well-remembered by local collegians for his many
Sexson Auditorium stage appearances. Joy Lombard recently ful¬
filled a role in "Kind Lady” here.
This is the second time that Mimi and Jack have appeared as
brother and sister. Last semester they were cast in the same relation¬
ship in the memorable “I Remember Mama.” Both have also complet¬
ed numerous radio projects on this campus.
Special stage effects are in charge of the Stage Technology
crew, under the supervision of Phil Garcia, student stage director.
HRONICLE
Vol. 46, No. 11
Pasadena, California
December 14, 1949
Bob Hope Show To Be 'Aired7
From Local Stage In Fortnight
East Pasadena Kiwanis to Present ‘America’s Favorite Comedian’
And Company, Including Doris Day and Les Brown Orchestra
America’s famed radio and screen personality, Bob Hope, the man with, the memory,
will broadcast his regular Tuesday evening NBC show from the Pasadena City College cam¬
pus on December 27 *in Sexson Auditorium, it was announced here recently by Dr. Arthur
L. Howells, Social Science Department instructor. East Pasadena Kiwanis Club, of which
Dr. Howells is president-elect, is
Major Election Nominees
Revealed By Commissioner Rose Court To Be Feted
At Royal Ball Monday Eve
Names of candidates running in the primary major
elections on Friday, January 13, were revealed by Ronald
Yielding, election commission. Ralph Smith, Fred Jahnke,
Bill Manley and Jack Fenner will vie for the office of ASB
president. June Woolley and Kris
Johannesen will compete for the
vice-presidency.
Hank Weber is the white ballot
candidate for AMS president.
Dallas Peterman and Elinor An¬
derson will run for AWS presi¬
dent.
Another Fenner!
Other contenders for posts on
the AWS board are: Janet Fen¬
ner and Carol Fitch, first vice-
president; Wanda Woock and
Mary Anthony, second vice-presi¬
dent; Norma Hancock and Carol
McGlasson, third vice-president;
Caroline Johnson and Betsy Josi,
secretary; and Charlotte Storz
and Billie MacAutem, treasurer.
3 for Senior, Junior
Vieing for Senior president are
John Kimbro, Bill Cook and
Eddie LeGrand. Sharon Matheny,
Don Lewis and Milton Freeman
are Junior presidential candi¬
dates.
Soplis and Frosh Run
John Thie, Bill Krueger and
Francis Small will run for Sopho¬
more president. John Lindsey,
Joan Rydman, Andy Castellano
and Nancy O’Dell are candidates
for Freshman president.
Four representatives at large
will be chosen from the follow¬
ing: Joan Williams, John Dor-
anee, Bob Jones, John Corey, Bob
Buwalda, Phil Bauman, Jacquie
Davis, Phyllis Maninger, Laura
Gasper, Ron Woodford, Mary
Cantrlee, Charlotte Johnson,
Mary Massabni, Janet Hodgkin-
son and Steven Schofield.
PCC Counselor
Gets High Post
Dr. Stewart Marsee, City Col¬
lege veteran’s guidance counse¬
lor, was approved last week by
the Pasadena Board of Education
to succeed Dr. Drummond J. Mc-
Cunn as assistant superintendent
of schools, in charge of business
administration.
Dr. Marsee will assume his new
duties on the City Schools admin¬
istration staff next Monday. Dr.
McCunn vacated his post to ac¬
cept a position as Superintendent
of Schools for Contra Costa Coun¬
ty in Northern California.
Before coming to City College
in his recent capacity as coun¬
selor in the fall of 19-16, Dr. Mar¬
see was, in succession, a high
school teacher in Waldport and
Astoria, Oregon. Then he served
a year in the US Navy and receiv¬
ed his discharge in 1943.
From 1943 until 1945 he was
a senior draftsman for the Wil-
lamett Iron and Steel' Co. in his
northern home state. In 1944 he
was appointed recreation director
for the city of Portland.
Seniors Planning
Backwards Dance
After Vacation
A “Sadie Hawkins” backwards
dance will be presented by the
Senior Class on Friday, January
6, in the Women’s Gym from
9 to 12 p.m.
Charlie Price and his orchestra
will provide music for the oc¬
casion. Prizes are to be awarded
to students with the best cos¬
tumes.
“A special singer has been se¬
cured for the affair,” stated Eddie
LeGrand, Senior Class president.
“A contest to guess the guest’s
name will start today and last
until Friday.”
The singer who will entertain
at the dance is five feet, one and
three-fourths inches tall and
weighs 105 pounds. She was born
in Corpus Cristi, Texas, and is a
graduate of Fairfax High School.
A blue-eyed blonde, she is the
mother of two children.
She has sung with Benny
Goodman’s band and made trips
to the South Pacific and to Eur¬
ope during the war.
A prize will be awarded to the
correct guesser of the contest.
Contestants should leave their en¬
tries with their name and tele¬
phone number in Eddie Le-
Grand’s box in 21C by Friday.
Bids for the dance are priced
at $1 with ASB book and $2
without.
Featuring the theme, “Royalty and Flowers,” and the
music of Carroll Wax and his orchestra, the annual Royal
Ball will be held from 9 to 12 p.m. Monday at the Pasadena
Civic Auditorium. The seven Rose Princesses chosen from
coeds at Muir and City College
Female Gabsters
Win Speech Fest
Competing with representatives
from 40 four-year western col¬
leges, Barbara Carden and Ruth
Squire, Pasadena City Collegi-
ennes, took first place in the
women’s speech finals of the
Western Speech Association Tour¬
nament held recently at Sanford
University.
Other students participating in
the competition, attended by over
459, were Mike Schon, who re¬
ceived a Congress certificate, Jan-<
et Durham, runner-up in the wo¬
men’s impromptu division, and
Shirley Barnes, Marv Malin,
Charles Russell, June Woolley
and Herb Seal.
Following six preliminary
rounds of junior women’s debate
and one final round, PCC faced
the University of Utah for the
deciding point. The opposing fac¬
tions debated the question, “Re¬
solved: The US Should Establish
a Marshall Plan in the Orient.”
Miss Squire and Miss Carden pre¬
sented the affirmative arguments.
Contending that conditions in the
Orient at the present time were
conducive to such a plan, they
then explained their own pro¬
grams based on Marshall Plan
principles.
Next semester’s national debat¬
ing subject deals with the advis¬
ability of socializing United
States’ basic industries.
PCC Principal, ASB President Extend
Christmas Season Greetings to All
Cordial holiday greetings and
sincere wishes to every student
in Pasadena City College for the
Merriest Christmas and the Hap¬
piest New Year he has ever had.
I hope you will all get some
good recreation during the holi¬
days. May old Santa remember
you well. Be sure to see the
world famous Rose Tournament
Parade, and if you don’t feel that
you can afford a ticket to the
game or can’t get one, don’t for¬
get to listen in with me over the
radio.
John W. I-Iarbeson
Principal
We are now enjoying the
Christmas spirit. This spirit of
warmth, friendliness and cheer,
which we feel at Christmas time
is not always fully appreciated.
If we were to fully realize the
value 5f such spirit, I am sure
we would perpetuate it all the
year around. For two weeks the
entire Christian world is united
in a bond of worship and friend¬
ship. Merry Christmases are be¬
ing exchanged between all classes
and creeds. This is a democratic
time of the year, a friendly time
of the year, when all are going
out of their way to make another
happy. The result of this spirit
is a warm community spirit
among all peoples.
May we of Pasadena City Col¬
lege dedicate oureslves to the
perpetuation of the Christmas
spirit. Let our alma mater be
known as the college with the
Christmas spirit all year around.
A Merry Christmas to you;
may Santa be good to you all.
Harry Montgomery
ASB President
will be presented for the first
time to the public at Monday
night’s dance.
CC, Muir Work Together
This year’s ball has been plan¬
ned by Shirley Clark of PCC and
Joan Macy of John Muir College.
PCC is handling decorations, bids
and publicity, while Muir has
charge of the presentation and
throne.
PCC Committee Are:
Assisting Miss Clark are Jim
Corbett, art; Sharon Hutchinson,
decorations; Nancy Mahoney and
Lorna Grover, ticket sales; and
Marlene Clark, Phil Bauman and
Janet Robinson.
Only 11 Years Old
The tradition of holding a
Royal Ball was established in De¬
cember of 1938 by ASB President
Bill Coats and has continued ever
since as an annual affair for
Pasadena’s two junior colleges.
Shirley Clark Says —
Shirley Clark, social affairs
commissioner at PCC said, “A
great deal of time and effort has
been used to prepare this gala
event of the year. Special plans
include having each princess rep¬
resented as a flower and present¬
ed as such in the script.”
Harry Montgomery, PCC stu¬
dent body president, will extend
a welcome to guests at the ball
and Jim Ewart, Muir prexy, will
introduce the master of cere¬
monies.
Bids for the semi-formal dance
are priced at $1.50 with student
body book and $2.50 without. Tic¬
kets are on sale at the Student
Union and will also» be sold at
the Civic Auditorium Monday
evening.
Career Day Last Friday
Featured Caltech Prof
Career day last Friday was pre¬
sented by the Mathematics and
Women’s Physical Education De¬
partments.
Peter W. Stoner, chairman of
the Mathematics Department,
presented this program. Dr. Rob¬
ert B. Dilworth from the Califor¬
nia Institute of Technology gave
a talk on occupational opportuni¬
ties in mathematics, for students
in upper division classes.
For students in lower division
classes, a discussion on the occu¬
pational value of mathematics
courses was led by Mr. Stoner,
William Olsen and Guy Arman-
trout.
On the same day, Miss Eliza¬
beth Jensen, chairman of the
jointly sponsoring the half-hour
radio program with the Pasadena
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
A two-hour show on the local
stage will follow the broadcast.
Aired over
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Hope and company will be
aired over Los Angeles station
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FI on their standard six o’clock
national time hook-up. Doris
Day, Columbia recording star and
a recent hit in the movies in her
own right, will fill in her regu¬
lar vocal and comedy assign¬
ments with the nation’s favorite
wit. Les Brown and his band of
renown do the background music
for the show and complete the
program by backing Miss Day as
they did when she was the band’s
name attraction several years
ago. Another member of the cast
will be Miss Ryan, the weekly
intruder to Hope’s comedy rou¬
tines. Hy Everbach, announcer,
completes the name cast for the
local show.
Tickets on Sale Now
Student tickets are on sale this
week only in the Student Bank
for $1.50 and $1.80. Tickets for
the general public will go on sale
Friday and range in price from
$1.90 to ten dollars. Proceeds
from the ticketsale will go to help
complete an East Pasadena Youth
Center, a project of the EP Ki¬
wanis group.
Plans for the entire show are
in the hands of Dr. Howells and
his associates in the Kiwanis or¬
ganization. “We hope,” said the
president-elect recently, “that this
show will receive the community
subscription as it should. We are
grateful to Mr. Hope for his par¬
ticipation in supporting this very
worthwhile project of ours: the
Youth Center. It is not often that
the city gets such an opportunity
to be so entertained and to sup¬
port a worthy cause too."
Art Group Holds
Decorations Sale
Decorations for Christmas are
being sold in the Student Union
Tuesday and Wednesday by mem¬
bers of the City College Art
Council.
Greta Lopez, secretary of the
Art Council, is in charge of the
project. According to Council
representatives, the assortment of
decorations is very large, and
prices are quite reasonable. Pro¬
ceeds from the sale will go
toward an Art Council student
fund.
Women's Physical Education De¬
partment, presented a speaker in
this field. Dr. Aileene Lockhart,
professor of physical education
at the University of Southern Cal¬
ifornia, talked on opportunities in
recreation, health and physical
therapy.
Next career conferences will be
held on January 13. These will
be presented by the Business and
Life Science Departments.