Sophs Offer 'Hearts Were Young, Gay'
‘IS THAT SO!” . . . says Joanne Climes and Nira Monsour as
they ‘cheese’ for the Chronicle photog. They will appear in the
Soph play “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay” 'February 15 and
18.
City College Faculty Adds Seven
New Teachers to School Roster
Seven names have been added to the roster of Pasadena City
College teachers this semester. Five of these instructors are new to
City College and two are returning members of the faculty.
New incoming instructor in the Art Department is David Metz-
gar. He will replace Emmie Lou Maul, who has left to get married.
Two new nurses in the Life Science Department who will teach are
Miss Marcella Gawronski and Miss Joanne Ross Fleming.
Newcomer Julius Henry will replace Russell Mohn, who has
been an instructor in the Engineering and Technology Department.
Mohn will become a counselor this semester. Alice Carlton, mathe¬
matics instructor, will replace Miss Elinor D. Schneider, who died
last semester.
Returning to the faculty are Dr. Leo Facto and Miss Gertrude
MacDonald. Miss MacDonald is returning after three years of illness.
Dr. Facto, previous chairman of City College’s Social Science De¬
partment, is returning after a year’s leave of absence. Dr. Facto
will return to his position of departmental chairman in September.
Linn Hattersly, philosophy instructor, has been acting chairman
during Dr. Facto’s absence.
At the present time there are 271 people on the City College
faculty list including teachers, counselors, administrators, and de¬
partmental chairmen.
‘Conservation, People’s Business’ Is
Theme of Conference in Auditorium
“Conservation, the People’s Business” is the theme of the
first regional conservation conference to be held on this cam¬
pus Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The opening general
session will convene in Sexson Auditorium tomorrow at 8 p.m.
Students and the public are in¬
vited.
Mr. Milton Wopschall, presi¬
dent of the Pasadena Board of
Education, will give a welcome
speech. Pasadena Mayor A. Ray
Benedict will then extend greet¬
ings.
Roy Simpson Speaks
Mr. Roy E. Simpson, superin¬
tendent of public instruction and
director of education in Califor¬
nia will explain the aims of this
meeting.
Speaker of the evening will
be Mr. Willard E. Goslin, super¬
intendent of the Pasadena City
Schools. His topic is “Conserva¬
tion and Human Welfare.”
Hear About Foresters
On Friday at 9 a.m. Mr. P. A.
Thompson, regional forester of
the US Forest Service, will speak
on “Management of Resources for
the Greatest Good by Public
Agencies.” Mr. W. R. Schofield,
of the California Forest Protec¬
tive Association will also com¬
ment on the same subject.
Mr. William Vogt, national au¬
thority and author of “Road to
Survival” will be speaker at 2:15
on Friday at the general session.
His topic is “The Interdependence
of Resources.”
Into Third Session
Friday’s third general session
will be at 8 p.m. and features the
subject “Water: A Critical Re¬
source.” Col. Warren T. Hanum,
director of the State Department
of Natural Resources, will be
chairman, for the evening.
Following the speech, a panel
will be held. Members are Mr.
Richard Boke, regional director
for the United States Bureau of
Campus to Take
Club Pictures
“Pictures of campus organiza¬
tions will be taken for the year¬
book next Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday,” stated Ar-
dienne Reilly, Campus editor.
Announcements will be made
in the weekly bulletin telling
where and what time the pictures
will be taken. All clubs who
wish to have a picture in the an¬
nual should deposit ten dollars
in the student bank and give the
receipt to the Campus editor.
Students may make appoint¬
ments for graduation photo¬
graphs in room 31C next Monday,
or Tuesday. Pictures of twelfth
and fourteenth year graduates
will be taken starting Thursday,
February 23. Boys should wear
a jacket and tie, and an outfit
with a collar is preferred for
coeds.
Graduation pictures are priced
at two dollars. These photographs
will appear in the “Campus” in
the graduate section.
Campus staff also announced
that students may start turning
in pictures for the section entitled
“Campus Life.” These are infor¬
mal snapshots of various phases
of student life.
Reclamation; Mr. Owen G. Stan¬
ley, chief of the Engineering Di¬
vision of the United States Army
Engineers; Mr. Bert L. Smith,
secretary of the Irrigation Dis¬
trict Association of California
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HRONICLE
No. 2
Pasadena, California
February 15, 1950
‘An Ocean Trip With Skinners'
Has Laughter, Adventure
Sophomore Class will present “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay” this afternoon as a
matinee and Saturday evening, Febraury 18, in Sexson Auditorium. The play which was
written by Cornelia Otis Skinner deals with the hilarious adventures of two girls on a trip
to the continent in 1923. The girls, Cornelia Skinner and Emily Kimbrough, students at Bryn
Goslin Will Address
Students In Assembly
Dr. Willard Goslin, Pasadena superintendent of schools,
will speak at City College’s fourth convocation of the school
year today during the assembly. Originally scheduled for Fri¬
day, Dr. Goslin’s talk was advanced two days to permit him
Willard E. Goslin
Juniors to Conduct
Government Survey
A survey entitled “So You
Want to Get Into Student Govern¬
ment?” conducted by the Junior
Class Council will be held in the
near future.
Sharon Matheny, president of
the Junior Class, is in charge of
the affair. “Purpose of the sur¬
vey is to find out what you as
students do not know about your
government, and what you would
like to know,” stated the class
prexy.
Script Writing Contest
Deadline for all entries in
the KWKW script writing con-'
test will be March 15, at 3 in
the Pasadena City College ra¬
dio room.
Scripts may be radio dramas,
light or heavy, timed to play
14 minutes and 30 seconds or
29 minutes and 30 seconds.
Manuscripts are to be submit¬
ted to Frank Hammond, in¬
structor, or Mimi Borroel, stu¬
dent chairman.
Gals, Get Your Guys;
Chance to Hitch Up!
AMS and AWS will co-sponsor
a backwards dance at the Civic
Auditorium on February 21,
Washington’s birthday at 9 p.m.
Theme for the evening is
"Bachelor’s Dilemma.” The mar¬
riage booth will be located in its
usual corner. Vern Rowe will
provide the music and Shirley
Gordon will sing current favor¬
ites.
Those attending should wear
dressy sport. Admission is one
dollar with ASB book and two
dollars without.
to leave town in time to fulfill a
previous commitment. The reg¬
ular assembly hour will be ob¬
served.
Students who meet in ten o’¬
clock classes in any of the fol¬
lowing departments will be ex¬
cused to hear the educator’s ad¬
dress: men’s and women’s physi¬
cal education, English, language,
business, physical science, mathe¬
matics and ROTC. All others
will report to their ten o’clock
classes for study. School will re¬
sume at the close of the convoca¬
tion period.
All absentees at either the
assembly or the study period will
be reported to the director of at¬
tendance, and convocation slips
will be distributed at the auditori¬
um doors at the close of the pro¬
gram.
AWS Forum Meets
In Dean’s Office
Next AWS forum will be held
today from 3 to 3:30 p.m. in the
dean of women’s office.
Representatives of the various
clubs and activities including art,
music, athletics, student govern¬
ment, Red Cross, speech arts,
general interest and service clubs
will give short informal talks
which will be followed by discus¬
sion and refreshments.
The activities forum is spon¬
sored by the AWS and Dr. Cath¬
erine Robbins, dean of women. It
has been meeting throughout the
past semester for the purpose of
acquainting students with clubs
and activities around the campus.
Come-As-You-Are
To Post-Game Dance
Social Affairs Commission of
Pasadena City College will spon¬
sor a post-game “come-as-you-
are” dance to be held in the wo¬
men’s gym Friday night after the
basketball game with the Muir
Mustangs.
Maureen Callahan, local social
affairs commissioner, is in charge
of all plans. She reveals that
City Collegians will enjoy the
finest of America’s bands . . . “on
record, of course!”
Lasting from final hoop time
until midnight, admission is by
student body book only. Refresh¬
ments will be on sale throughout
the evening.
“This, the first post-game dance
of the new semester, should real¬
ly start things off right,” Miss
Callahan stated. “We expect a
large turnout and hope that all
the kids attending the game will
come out to women’s gym after¬
ward. It should be a great game
and a terrific dance.”
Mawr College decided to make a
trip to Europe with Cornelia’s
famous parents. Their antics
throughout the trip prove to be a
great source of amusement and
laughter to the other passengers
on the boat.
Comes the Love Interest
During their trip on the boat,
Cornelia and Emily meet two
very eligible young men and pro¬
ceed in their own way in leading
them on. As the ship docks in a
French port, Cornelia comes
down with the measles and, with
the aid of the two young men, is
smuggled off the ship. The rest
of the play is a highly comical
account of their adventures while
taking in the sights of Europe.
“I think the audience will enjoy
the show as much as the cast
does presenting it,” said Miss
Nancy MacNaught, faculty direc¬
tor of the show.
Days of Straight, Narrow
“The audience will also enjoy
the costumes which the cast
wears. They date back to the
days of the straight and narrow
dresses, the short skirts, skull
hats, and rolled up stockings,”
Miss MacNaught also added.
All Lower Division
Cast includes: Cornelia Otis
Skinner, Nira Monsour; Emily
Kimbrough, Joanne Climes; Otis
Skinner, Robert Bonds; Winifred
Blaugh, Jeannette de Werthemer;
Harriet St. John, Mary Bertleson;
Dick Winters, Dave Bass; Leo
McEvoy, Phil Bauman; Inspector,
Betty Joan White; Madame Elise,
Cornelia Kircher; M. de la Croix,
Ronald Troxell ; Admiral, Don
Walker; Window cleaner, William
Richards; Purser, Joe Meeker;
Steward, Brady Twiggs.
For Those Backstage
Claire Arnold is the student
director, and is assisted by: prop¬
erties, Sterling Frank; Costumes,
Betty Brusher, make-up, Jack
Beasley; business and publicity,
Terry Wright.
The student technical staff will
include Bob Hogan as the student
director; John Lorenzini, sound;
Roy Smith, construction; lights,
Roland Buthers; rigging, Bob
Meyers with Dick Metz.
Red Cross to Give
Show for Drive
Red Cross unit on the City Col¬
lege campus will present an as¬
sembly on March 3 in Sexson
Auditorium. The show will prob¬
ably resemble a radio program
which will be recorded and pre¬
sented on the radio at a later
date.
Another of the council’s major
semester projects is the Red
Cross drive, which will last from
March 6 through 10 on campus.
The national drive will last
throughout the entire month of
March.
Officers of the Red Cross Coun¬
cil at the present time include
Anne Harlow, chairman; Sarnie
Delmonte, first vice-president;
Bob Collins, second vice-presi¬
dent; Clyde Bartman, third vice-
president; Barbara Stunden, Pat¬
sy Collins and Jacque Barker,
first, second and third secretar¬
ies respectively; and Suzie Mes-
sick, treasurer.