OMD Taps 28 New Members Today
Yearly Production of
7 Crafty Hall' Features
Wirick, Bolognesi
Crafty Hall, annual production of the Order of Mast
and Dagger, was presented on Thursday, February 3, and at
the final student assembly this morning.
Television, instead of the usual radio theme, was the
keynote of the show. In keeping with the television theme,
the show was produced in various shades of black, gray and
white. The surprise ending was
a brilliant finale to the program.
It was a pageantry of color with
HRONICtE
Vol. 44, No. 15 Pasadena City College February A. 1949
Mast and Dagger Membership
Swelled By Tapping Ceremony
At This Morning's Assembly
Twenty-five students and three faculty members outstanding for their service and citi¬
zenship received the highest possible honor Pasadena City College can bestow in the tradi¬
tional Order of Mast and Dagger tapping ceremony, which opened the Crafty Hall assembly
this morning. The tapping began after a short speech by Dr. John W. Harbeson, honorary
president and charter member of the organization. Kathlyn Kratka, president of OMD,
announced the names of the tappees from the stage as they were escorted to the rear of the
“Mugging” for the photog are, above, left, Tom Wirick and
Norm Bolognesi, stars of today’s OMD presentation, “Crafty
Hall.” Wirick and Bolognesi, City College comedians, are co¬
sponsors of the melodramatic comedy which was presented in
Sexson Auditorium today.
ASB Board Declares Calvert
As Sophomore Class President
Winter Theme
Selected For
Monday Dance
“Winter Wonderland” is the
theme chosen for the semi-annu¬
al Homecoming Dance, Monday
evening, February 7, from nine
to twelve at the Pasadena Civic
Auditorium.
The “Winter Wonderland”
theme was thought to be appro¬
priate because of the heavy snow
that blanketed Pasadena recently.
Decorations for the dance will in¬
clude snowmen, limbs of trees
covered with white snow, and sil¬
houettes which will be cast on
the dance floor throughout the
evening. Even the bids will be in
the shape of miniature snowmen.
The Homecoming Dance this
year, will be the first of its kind
to have outside decorations as
well. Large snowmen will be
placed around the entrance of the
auditorium, while a public ad¬
dress system will announce the
event with appropriate records
and speeches.
Don Ricardo and his fifteen
piece orchestra, having complet¬
ed engagements at the Aragon
Ballroom in Santa Monica, and
the famed Santa Catalina Island
Casino, will furnish the music for
the evening’s dancing. The or¬
chestra highlights original ar¬
rangements for the violin with
every musician doubling on that
instrument.
Bids may be secured at the Stu¬
dent Union for $1 with student
body books, or for $2 without
books.
Davis-Hall Speech Contest
Winners Announced
Winners of the Davis-Hall pub¬
lic speaking contest were an¬
nounced Tuesday by Virginia
Barrus, speech instructor and
supervisor of the event.
Rodney Hoover, with a speech
entitled “Liquid Gold: Califor¬
nia’s Water,” received the gold
medal for the upper division con¬
test. Shirley Barnes, who spoke
on “Lucky” Baldwin, was first in
the lower division competition.
Malcolm Clement, Donald Bid-
well and Richard Davis were the
additional finalists in upper divis¬
ion while Ruth Squire and Karen
Byl were the other lower division
contestants.
The finals of the contest were
held at the annual Davis-Hall
banquet on January 31 in the
Old Vienna Room of the Hotel
Livingstone. The seven finalists
at this affair were chosen from
more than 500 contestants, ac¬
cording to Miss Barrus.
Walter Hall, co-sponsor of
Davis-Hall, which is one of the
oldest annual competitions at
Pasadena City College, awarded
the gold medals to the winners.
Jacqueline Yelland, secretary of
oral arts, was mistress of cere¬
monies for the evening.
Judges were Katharine Kester,
drama instructor, Dr. William
Langsdorf, PCC vice-principal,
and Mrs. Vance L. Burch.
the entire cast joining in the
scene.
Tom Wirick and Norman Bol¬
ognesi co-starred as Crafty and
Hall, two theatrical booking
agents who were trying to keep
vaudeville alive. The plot con¬
cerns their struggle to keep their
agency going among a public that
has grown weary of vaudeville.
Their efforts however, were even¬
tually rewarded and the “happy
ending” followed.
Sam Rowland made his debut
as a character actor who lent
some variety and some unexpect¬
ed color to the black and white
pf television. Also making their
debuts were June Wooley, Claire
Arnold, Jo Jeffries, Richard Mil-
lius, David Bass and Norman
Bolognesi.
Also starred in the cast were
Martin Stornie, John Hall, Dick
Smith, Art Huston and Jean
Judy.
A new tempo was set in Crafty
Hall production during the hour
and fifteen minutes of the pres¬
entation. A new stage technique,
simplicity of design, and accent
on plot rather than variety acts,
were the keynotes of the show.
The plot was taken from an idea
by J. C. Clark and Pete Prouse,
who produced Crafty Hall in
1938. The OMD show was first
presented in 1938. In succeeding
years the production has been
presented in a variety of ways
by Bill Penny, Bill Sanborn, Char¬
lene Burner and Phil Miller. Tom
Wirick and Norman Bolognesi
were directors for this year’s
show.
Board Briefs
Financial Committee Recommen¬
dations Approved:
Payment of $1 for tickets to
Homecoming Dance with an
ASB book; $2 without a book.
Granting of $3 to international
relations commission for a for¬
eign students tea.
Granting of $113.67 for athletic
awards including Block P let¬
ters.
Payment of 50 cents admission
to the Thursday night perform¬
ance of Crafty Hall.
Motions Passed:
Motion to accept the revised
constitution of ASO and Zeta
Gamma Phi.
Motion making Wally Calvert
the official Sophomore Class
president.
Discussions:
Discussion of the recent elec¬
tion.
Committees Appointed:
Judiciary committee of four,
Harry Montgomery, Margaret
Henze, Joan Buchholz and Bud
Lorbeer to revise the election
code.
Recommendation Made:
Recommendation that a provis¬
ion be made to assure the Civil
Service commission that aspir¬
ants for ASB offices are stu¬
dent body members.
At a special ASB Board meet¬
ing held last Friday, Wally Cal¬
vert was officially declared Soph¬
omore Class president.
A controversy arose over the
Sophomore Class election when
none of the three final candidates
received a majority of votes. In
the final election of January 19,
New Inter-Club Council
Elects Semester Officers
Inter-Club Council officers were
elected at a recent meeting of
all club presidents and their ad¬
visers. Preparatory plans for fu¬
ture inter-club activities were
suggested and discussed.
As president of the council,
Pam Dailey, commissioner of or¬
ganizations, directs the inter-club
activities. Other officers elected
were: Don Darms vice-president,
Alpha Beta Gamma (science);
Louise Goroni, secretary, New¬
man Club; and John Granath,
treasurer Sailing Club.
Clubs List Activities
All clubs on campus are re¬
quested to leave copies of their
constitutions and pertinent facts
about their clubs in Pam’s box
in 21 C.
Information lists about the
purpose and activities of all PCC
clubs are being prepared for the
incoming Freshmen.
Wally Calvert received 137 votes
to Kris Johannesen’s 99. The third
aspirant, Don Eidemiller, was
lowest with 75 tallies. This is a
total of 311 votes which means
that a majority vote would in¬
volve at least 157.
This fact was presented to the
ASB Board at its regular meet¬
ing on January 20 by Bob Engep,
commissioner of elections. After
some discussion the members of
the Board decided to have a Soph¬
omore Class re-election between
Calvert and Johannesen to settle
the question.
On the afternoon of January
20, the action of the Board was
suspended by the Superior Court
justice, Ruth Squire, on the
grounds that the Supreme Court
was the only body on campus
with the right to render a decis¬
ion on the re-election.
A Supreme Court session was
scheduled for January 28 to de¬
cide the point but, preceding this,
the ASB board, which consisted
of both the newly-elected and re¬
tiring officers, reconsidered its
previous action and ruled that
the final Sophomore Class elec¬
tion was legal since there is no
provision in the election code
stating that a majority vote is
essential in a final election. This
action made Wally Calvert the
official Sophomore Class presi¬
dent.
auditorium by the OMD mem¬
bers.
The following students were
picked from over 5000 PCC stu¬
dents for their unselfish service
to the school. Each one of them
has had at least three semesters
of service in more than one field
of endeavor, excellent citizenship,
and a cumulative grade average
of at least C. The list and quali¬
fications of the new tappees fol¬
low:
RICHARD ALLEN: Theta Rho
Pi president, Delta Psi Omega
president, “Heaven Can Wait,”
wrote music and played lead in
“Notorious Thieves,” “Shoot the
Works,” Crafty Hall script.
ALICE ANDERSON: Whip, 3
semesters; Whip president, AWS
president, Frosh Class vice-presi¬
dent, Freshman Class Council,
Sophomore Class Council, WAA,
5 semesters; Civil Service com¬
mission, Spartans, 2 semesters;
Frosh Y, CSF treasurer, ASB
vice-president.
ALICE BERGMAN: (Hunting
ton Memorial Hospital) president
of PCC Huntington Memorial stu¬
dent nurses, social chairman of
student nurses student body, pre¬
sided at student convention of
California State Nurses Associa¬
tion, recruiting duty, represented
the nursing student body at the
National Convention of the
Nurses Association; (PCC) presi¬
dent of Nursing Club, club night
participation, “Fantasy in Won¬
derland.”
BETTY BRADEN : Sophomore
Class Council, Junior Class Coun¬
cil, Art Service Organization, 2
semesters; Art Service Orgraniza
tion president, Brush and Palette,
2 semesters; sets for “Balguna
Del Mar” and “Carousel,” OMD
Carnival publicity, Art Council,
pep commission, 2 semesters;
athletic publicity.
BILLY BRUNER: commission¬
er of men’s athletics, Block P,
Shieldmen, varsity football, ASB
president.
SHIRLEY BUTTERFIELD:
Sophomore Class Council, Juni¬
or Class Council, Language Coun¬
cil, 2 semesters; Language Coun¬
cil chairman, AGS secretary,
Spartans, 2 'semesters; commis¬
sioner of departmental activities,
CSF president, Chronicle report¬
er.
STILLMAN CHUBBUCK: Ar¬
gonauts, 5 semesters; Argonaut
board, 2 semesters; Argonaut
president and vice-president,
court bailiff, Junior Class Coun¬
cil.
PAT CLARK: Ostiarians, 3
semesters; Ostiarian president,
Junior Class Council, registration
day worker, 3 semesters; AWS
Pal, 3 semesters; Red Cross
work, records committee, Glee
Club, department of public rela¬
tions, clerk of the Board.
DAVID DRIELSMA: Bulldog
Band, 4 semesters; Bulldog Band
Council, orchestra, A Cappella
Choir, 4 semesters; A Cappella
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