Name Court
For Rose
Tourney
Royal Court Relates
Ambitions, Interests
Having attained its pinnacle of
importance, the ever present
crescendo of fanfare, publicity
and public acceptance, will reach
a climax tonight with the honor¬
ing of the seven Regal Court
members of the Tournament of
Roses. A short biographical
sketch of each princess follows.
PRINCESS ARLETTE
With an ambition to become a
radio announcer or actress, Prin¬
cess Arlette Barnes is studying
radio work here at Pasadena City
College. Bora in the City of Roses
18 years ago, Arlette is a gradu¬
ate of Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte
High School.
Entering PCC last September,
she is a member of Thespians,
national dramatic society, and of
Theta Rho Pi, national radio fra¬
ternity. Other interests enjoyed
by Arlette are dancing and water
color sketching.
PRINCESS BETH
After having taken vocal les¬
son, studied dramatics, and at¬
tended a modeling school, Prin¬
cess Beth Cobb decided that her
major interest is cosmetology.
Seventeen years old, Beth was
born in Iowa, attending school
there through the tenth grade.
Following this she came to Pasa¬
dena, entered McKinley Junior
High School, and later enrolled
here at PCC where she is now
in 12-1. The Cobb family has
felt the effect of the recent war,
having lost one of Beth’s four
brothers at Cherbourg.
PRINCESS DONA
Muir College Princess Dona
Duggan is carrying out her plan
of study with the idea of becom¬
ing a medical secretary and re¬
ceptionist. Her future educational
plans include the attending of a
nurse’s training school in either
Oakland or San Diego.
Seventeen year old Dona is a
member of the Muir Women’s
Athletic Association and of the
flag twirler’s group.
PRINCESS LU JEAN
A Spanish major planning to
obtain a teaching degree, Prin¬
cess Lu Jean Galloway, 18 year
old Muir 13-1 student, hopes to
eventually serve as a translator
in the diplomatic service.
Formerly attending Pasadena
City College, Lu Jean is now the
Mustang Band soloist, junior
class secretary and a member of
the A Cappella Choir, Alpha
Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Epsi¬
lon and the Muir Moutaineers.
PRINCESS VIRGINIA
Claiming sports and photogra¬
phy among her' major interests,
Princess Virginia Goodhue is ma¬
joring in merchandising at Muir
College. Eighteen years old and
in 13-1, Virginia works as a mod¬
Vol. 42, No. 10 Pasadena, City College, Pasadena, California December 17, 1947
One Will Be Queen
Tonight’s Royal Ball held in their honor, the seven girls chosen by the Tournament of Roses
Committee to be 1948 Rose Princesses smile prettily as they await the announcement of the Rose
Queen. They are, left to right: top — LuJean Galloway and Ethlyn Joyner; center — Dorothy Young,
Virginia Goodhue and Dona Duggan; bottom — Arlette Barnes and Beth Cobb.
Royal Ball
Honors Rose
Princesses
Annual Affair Slated
For Tonight at Civic
Carrying out the ‘Crown Jewel’
theme, the Royal Ball will be held
in honor of the seven lovely Tour¬
nament of Roses princesses, to¬
night from 9 to 12 p. m. at the
Civic Auditorium.
Princesses to be honored are:
Dona Duggan, Lu Jean Gallo¬
way, Virginia Goodhue and Doro¬
thy Young from Muir, and Beth
Cobb, Arlette Barnes and Ethlyn
Joyngr from PCC.
Dancing will be to the music
of Stanley Carl’s twelve piece or¬
chestra and vocalist.
Among honored guests at this
joint Muir-PCC dance will be
Tournament of Roses officials,
Royal Court judging committee,
Pasadena Board of Education
members and administr ative
staffs of Muir and PCC.
Co-chairmen of the dance com¬
mittee are Vangie Smitter of PCC
and Norman Green of Muir.
Other committee members in¬
clude: Jo Speck, Deb Remington,
Dick Grey, Ginger Peterson,
Souren Boghosian, Allan Henslee,
Bill Penny, Lee Krikorian, Elea¬
nor Anderson, Eloise Butler,
Adair McClelland, and Marcella
Blandine from PCC; Ron Force,
Cliff Rettig, Dick Wallis and
Rober Hadley of Muir. Faculty
advisers for the event are Mrs.
Gladiss Edwards, Muir dean of
women, and Miss Catherine Rob¬
bins, PCC dean of women.
el during her spare moments.
Providing her chief source of in¬
come, however, is her job as a
sales clerk in an El Monte dress
shop.
PRINCESS ETHLYN
Planning to eventually take up
fashion modeling as her life
work, Princess Ethlyn Joyner is
following a straight college pre¬
paratory major while here at
Pasadena City College.
When asked what she thought
of being chosen as one of the
seven princesses, Ethlyn admit¬
ted that she was “thrilled to be
in the Royal Court.”
Ethlyn is a 12-1 student and
was born in Louisiana. At PCC
she is a member of the Phenix
Club.
PRINCESS DOROTHY
Before entering Muir College,
Princess Dorothy Young attended
Eliot Jffnior High School. Hav¬
ing high hopes of becoming a
writer, the seventeen year old
song leader plans to complete
her education at a school of jour¬
nalism after graduation from
Muir.
A native daughter, having been
born in San Diego, 12-1 student
Dorothy is a member of the Muir
Women’s Athletic Association.
Bob Hope Airs
Show at PCC
Bob Hope, star of stage, screen
and radio, will appear in the
Youth Services Benefit Show, pre¬
sented by the Pasadena Junior
Chamber of Commerce, in the
Sexson Auditorium on Tuesday,
December 30, from 6:30 to 9:00
p. m.
Chairman of the show, Kenneth
C. Stever, announced that tickets
to the show could be obtained at
the PCC .bookstore. Also slated
to appear on the program is the
Tournament of Roses Queen plus
a big name surprise star.
Issue Dedicated to Christmas Spirit
It’s a beautiful, meaningful word — Christmas.
It calls to mind trees hung with shiny balls and
tinsel, green holly wreaths with bright red berries,
presents tied with gay ribbons, carols sung out clearly
over the crisp winter night, stockings brimming with
candies and apples and the Star.
Yes, the Star, which over the centuries has point¬
ed the way to the lowly manger where the Christ Child
lay and where Wisemen and Shepherds gathered to
worship him.
These are the things Christmas stands for.
It symbolizes the great miracle of all time — when
the Babe came forth into the world, bringing peace
and good will to all men.
Peace — goodwill — this Christmas, these words
sound almost hollow as we look across the seas to the
bleak Christmas which will be celebrated in many lands.
Lands where formerly Yule-tide bells rang out joy¬
fully proclaiming the anniversary of the birth of the
Child
Today, these bells are silenced, as families huddle,
chilled and hungry, around fireplaces upon whose
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