PCC Chronicle, February 16, 1949

Friday Set Aside As Day For Clubs Friday during assembly period, the second of a series of club days will take place. During this hour several of PCC’s special interest clubs will hold meetings open to the students. 'Mardi Gras7 To Be Theme of Monday's Backwards Dance “Mardi Gras,” patterned after the famous annual festival in New Orleans, will be the theme of the AWS-AMS Backwards Dance to be held February 21, at 9:00 p.m. at the Pasa¬ dena Civic. Music will be supplied by Bob Armstrong and his orchestra and vocalist. “Speci- “The main purpose of Friday’s club day will be to familiarize this semester’s new students with the many different groups on campus,’’ Pam Daily, commis¬ sioner of organizations, announc¬ ed. “A special clubs day gives every student a chance to become a member of one of PCC’s or¬ ganizations and this chance should not be overlooked.” HRONICLE Vol. 45, No. 2 Pasadena City College February 16, 1949 al attention has been given to the selection of the band to in¬ sure the satisfaction of all stu¬ dents,” stated Fred Jahnke, AMS president. Bob Armstrong’s or¬ chestra has recently finished an extended engagement at the Glen¬ dale Civic. Main feature of the evening will be a marriage booth. “The Marrin’ Man’s” name will not be revealed until the night of the dance. Jerry Donahue, AMS vice- Many of PCC’s clubs are plan¬ ning special programs for Fri¬ day. The Associated Women Stu¬ dents will hold an open house. During the hour, refreshments will be served and questions of new students will be answered. The language council’s four di¬ visions will sponsor work shops featuring games and music char¬ acteristic of the people who speak their language. Four groups will present mo¬ vies. Members of Ski Club plan to have movies pertaining to their sport. The Women’s Ath¬ letic Association will give a 30 minute motion picture in techni¬ color featuring the skiing, skat¬ ing and bobsledding finals of the 1948 winter Olympics. Both Sil¬ ver Screen and Sailing Club will also sponsor movies. In the music department, Kan- tela, PCC’s music club, has in¬ vited students to come sing with them and the Bulldog Band will hold a rehearsal open to the stu¬ dent body. Junior women are invited to a tea to be sponsored by the Juni¬ or Women’s Club. Here plans for the semester’s activities will be discussed. A club day bulletin will be dis¬ tributed Friday morning. It will contain a list of all club meetings and the rooms in which they will be held. According to Pam Daily, freshmen will be provided with a list of PCC clubs previous to Friday. Lancers Name New Officers And Members At a recent meeting eighteen students were accepted into Lan¬ cers, men’s honorary service or¬ ganization on campus. New Lancers were selected on the basis of service to the school. Prerequisites for membership in¬ clude at least two semesters of outstanding service, a high schol¬ astic standing and a sincere de¬ sire to promote and defend school spirit and to assist in upholding the traditions of the . campus. Those chosen include Wally Calvert, Sophomore Class presi¬ dent; Thomas Dillon, active in drama; John Evans, debate team; Bob Farina, past commissioner of finance; John Granath, Sail¬ ing Club; Hunter Hackney, past secretary of notifications; Ian Hanson, social science council; Skip Hicks, Sailing Club; Robert Hirohata, shieldman; and Fred Jahnke, AMS president. Bill Jones, past Frosh Class president; Donald MacDonald, Ar¬ gonauts; Robert MacMillan, Bull¬ dog Band; Tom Moss, Block P Society; Ronald Nelson, football; John Thorne, student govern¬ ment; Gordon Walleen, national honor society; and Richard War¬ ren, athletic commissioner. New officers of Lancers were also elected at the meeting. James Miller was chosen presi¬ dent while Bill Monroe, Augus¬ tine Rillorta and Bob Grinder were selected as vice-president, secretary and treasurer respect¬ ively. Ah yes, another Backwards Dance! Shown above, getting in condition for the big event are, from left to right; Margaret Johnson, AWS secretary; Fred Jahnke, AMS president; and Barbara Lafot, AWS prexy. Fred has so far withstood the girls’ efforts to go. Can he forever? 'Crafty Hall' Recalled For Command Performances For First Time Here Two command performances of the 1949 Crafty Hall, OMD’s traditional production, will be presented tomorrow morning at a special assembly and in the evening at 8:00 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. This is the first time in the 11 year history of Crafty Hall that a com- 1 Remember Mama7 Goes Into Production By Players7 Guild Cast has been announced for “I Remember Mama” which is to be presented by City College Players’ Guild in Sexson Auditorium March 23 as a matinee, and March 25 at 8:00 p.m. Debate Team Shines At Big Speech Fest Six members of PCC’s forensic team participated in the Western Association, Southern Division In¬ vitational Speech Tournament held last Saturday at UCLA. Barbara Carden, a member of the squad, won first place in women’s division of impromptu speaking. She was competing against students from 13 senior colleges and three junior colleges. June Woolley and Shirley Barnes took part in the oratory division while Barbara Carden and Ruth Squire participated in the discussion section. Ruth Squire with Bill Norris also rep¬ resented PCC in the extemporan¬ eous speaking contest while John Evans was PCC’s representative in men’s impromptu speaking. Mr. Paul Smith, PCC speech instructor, served as director for the speech tournament’s oratory division. The production which has en¬ joyed great popularity both as a play and movie depicts the home life of a Norwegian family. Katrin who is relating events in the life of her family speaks chiefly of her mother, around whom the plot revolves. The story takes place at the turn of the century, when times are a little rough, and the average fam¬ ily has to watch every penny that comes in and goes out. “Mama” at the end of every week, sepa¬ rates all the money that has come in to pay the bills, and there is always a small pile for her “bank.” Cast includes: Katrin, Marilyn Bree; Mama, Doris Hall; Papa, Edward Parker; Dagmar, Mimi Borelle; Christine, Joy Lombard; Mr. Hyde, Len Smith; Nels, Jack Beasley; Trina, Patti Crawley; Singrid, Patti Parnham; Jenny, Eleanor Eby; Uncle Chris, John Kimbro; Jessie, Irene Daw; Nurse, Kathleen Murphy; Mr. Torkleson, Robert Towner; Dr. Johnson, John Hall; Soda Clerk, Tom Wade; Florence D. Moor¬ head; Jeanne Parker. m a n d performance has been scheduled. According to Jacque¬ line Yelland, OMD president, nu¬ merous requests for additional showings brought about the de¬ cision to repeat it. This year’s Crafty Hall, under the direction of Tom Wirick, fea¬ tures a television theme rather than the usual one of radio. Tom Wirick and Norman Bolonesi are co-starred as Crafty and Hall, two theatrical booking agents who try to revitalize vaudeville through the television medium. The plot centers around their struggles to accomplish this end. A new stage technique, em¬ ploying simplicity of design, as well as emphasis on plot rather than separate specialty acts help¬ ed to make the show one of the most popular Crafty Hall per¬ formances. An experienced cast also added to its success. Martin Stornie, Art Huston, Sam Rowland, Jo Jeffries and John Hall lend variety to the show in their parts as character actors. David Bass, Karen Lar¬ sen, Richard Milius, Jean Judy and June Woolley are featured in several specialty numbers. During tomorrow morning’s performance, sections of the aud¬ itorium will be reserved for new students. After all new students are seated, the doors will be op¬ ened to the general student body. Also special participant tickets to the evening performance will be sent to parents of freshmen and other new students. president, will be in charge of the booth. Also responsible for mar¬ riage booth arrangements are Dave Allen and Bob Bradley. Tickets may be obtained at the Student Bank. They may also be purchased at the door before the dance. Bids will cost $1.25 with a student body book or $2 if stu¬ dent body book is not presented. The dance will be casual sport. Anyone wishing to carry out the Mardi Gras theme in costume may do so. “Many unique ideas will be carried out in the decorations, and special events have been planned for the intermission per¬ iods,” state Barbara Lafot, AWS president, “it promises to be a very successful affair.” Arrangements for the dance are in charge of Barbara Lafot, AWS president, Fred Jahnke, AMS president, and June Wooley. Sam Rowland is publicity chair¬ man. Seven Students Picked For Membership On Language Council Names of the seven new mem¬ bers of PCC’s Language Council were announced recently by Shir¬ ley Butterfield, council chairman. Sharon Matheny, Phyllic Man- niger and Sonia Cohen were selected for membership on the French committee. Clive Costley was chosen for the Latin commit¬ tee. June Yundt is the new Ger¬ man committee member while Jim Corbett and Jeanne Bowen accepted posts in the council’s Spanish division. Requirements for membership in the Language Council include at least a В average in all lan¬ guage courses and an interest in the language field. Committee chairmen for this semester are Joanne Orr, Span¬ ish; June Rosen, Latin; Alice Berdahl, German, and Tony Swanson, French. According to Shirley Butter¬ field, the council will sponsor a movie on March 7. Other tra¬ ditional activities PCC’s language council will sponsor are four par¬ ties for each of the language di¬ visions and a faculty dinner at the end of the semester. Yelland Selected As New OMD President Members of PCC’s highest hon¬ orary society, Order of Mast and Dagger, recently elected their of¬ ficers for this semester. Jacqueline Yelland, a June tap- pee, was chosen president. Caro¬ lyn Gerke was selected vice-pres¬ ident while Shirley Butterfield and Matoi Satomi were elected secretary and treasurer respect¬ ively. This semester Mr. Edwin Van Amringe, PCC geology instruct¬ or, officially takes over his duties as OMD adviser. Mr. Charles Eckels, freshman counselor, is re¬ tiring adviser. According to Jacqueline Yel¬ land, the one big project for this spring is the OMD Carnival to be held on May 13. The major car¬ nival committees will be appoint¬ ed soon.