Local ’Board Creakers’ Hold Audition
Hi-liters Preview
New Stagesters
PCC Chronicle
Auditions for one of Pasadena City College’s leading
service organizations were held last Monday, Feb. 16, in
Sexson Auditorium from 2 to 4 p.m. Acts were presented to
the judges, featuring vocalists, dancers and instrumentalists.
Acting as the judges of the con- _
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testants were all the active mem¬
bers of Hi-liters under the leader¬
ship of their president, Bob Lom¬
bardo. Each person who tried
out wore . his costume and ap¬
peared just as he would in a
variety show.
To establish good public rela¬
tions between PCC and the sur¬
rounding communities, Hi-liter’s
function is to entertain the vari¬
ous high schools, churches and
clubs in this area. The group
also presents their talents to City
College audiences.
On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the
members of Hi-liters entertained
Citrus High School. Phil Pruitt,
vice-president of the group, acted
as master of ceremonies. He pre¬
sented his band which played sev¬
eral selections; Carl Hughes,
singing the popular ballad, “Here
In My Heart”; Marilyn Jenkins,
doing two show tunes, one of
which was from “Oklahoma”;
Molly Culleton, tap dancing to
boogie, accompanied by Leroy
Carson at the piano; and sever¬
al guitarists, one of whom was
Chick Martin, who played and
sang “Don’t Roll Those Blood¬
shot Eyes at Me.”
The California Institute of
Technology will be the scene of
another Hi-liter program this
Friday, Feb. 20.
.Pasadena, California
February 18, 1953
Retiring Condi Receives
Highest Student Honor
Bob Blackman, the retiring coach who brought PCC two
national championships, received the highest honor Pasadena
students can accord when he was awarded an honorary life
pass to all PCC events at a recent dinner held for him. With
the life pass came a letter from
John FitzRandolph, ASB head,
which thanked Blackman on be¬
half of the students for his work
with the team, and his support of
PCC traditions and -standards. The
letter wished Blackman success
in his future job as head foot¬
ball coach at the University of
Denver, Colo.
Blackman has been at PCC for
four years in the capacity of
coach. During that time he has
mentored two national champion¬
ship teams, including the Little
Rose Bowl squad of 1951. He will
be succeeded here by Edwin H.
Nyden, Jr., who is now coaching
at Citrus Junior College.
Before coming to PCC Black¬
man was head coach at the Mon-
rovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School.
Saits Sail
in Second
Last Sunday PCC’s Sailing Club
went down to defeat in the brine
of the Los Angeles yacht club in
a sailing regatta held with Po¬
mona College and Caltech. Po¬
mona took top honors with a
score of 30; PCC sailed in sec¬
ond with 39 points, and Caltech
took the booby prize with 50
points.
Pasadena was represented at
the mast by Jim Blixt, John
Griffith and Bob Mitchell. Blixt
and Griffith won the third and
fifth race respectively in the five
race series. However these wins
were not enough to offset the
lead gained by the Pomona Sage-
hen skippers.
The PCC Sailing Club is open
to anyone who has an interest in
sailing or who would like to learn
to sail. Jim Blixt is commodore
of the organization, and a
dent interested in joining
gobsters should contact him.
READY TO COMPETE . . . for Hi-liters, campus entertainment group, in a past tryout was
Chick Martin with her guitar and vocal cords all tuned up for the audition. Facing her are Bob
Lombardo and Frank L. Hammond. Bob is president of the group, and Hammond acts as adviser.
Chick is now one of the featured members of Hi-liters, and was on the other end of the Hi-liter
trials held Monday.
Pasadena Graduate to Give
26th Annual Faraday Lecture
Dr. Paul C. Aebersold, a PCC graduate who has risen to the post of chief of the Atomic
Energy Commission’s Isotops Division will return on February 19 to deliver the twenty-sixth
annual Faraday Lecture. Dr. Aebersold, after winning his BS, MS and PhD from the Uni¬
versity of California and Stanford, was a member of the group which developed the cyclo-
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Six Penscratchers
Pledging Honorary
Journalism Club
Six new members have been
pledged to the Beta Phi Gamma,
national honorary journalism fra¬
ternity at PCC. These students
were accepted because of their
outstanding journalistic work and
ability during at least two sem¬
esters. Joan Fulton, Mike Mackes,
Rick Neumann, Janine La Fehr,
Glen Carothers and Jo Ann Kos
are the students pledged as new
members. Robert Haugh, direc¬
tor of student activities at PCC,
has been elected as an honorary
member. Initiation of these new¬
ly accepted members is set for
Friday, Feb. 27.
Although this group is small at
PCC, being composed of only 11
members at present, it enters,
many student activities. Each
year it is active in co-sponsoring
the annual journalism banquet.
Beta Phi Gamma is a national
honorary fraternity and all mem¬
bers are elected for life. Miss
Mildred Poorman is the adviser.
Newman Names Heads,
Makes Plans for Show
Along with the announcement of this semester’s Newman
Club officers, Augie Rillorta, president, related plans for the
variety show to be presented around the first of May. Any¬
one interested in trying out for the variety show is invited
to attend one of the Newman
AMS Announces
Twelve on Board
tron. Prior to the war, Dr. Aeber¬
sold was actively engaged in de¬
velopments leading to the govern¬
ment’s Plutonium Project.
In June, 1944, Dr. Aebersold
went to Oak Ridge to serve as
technical consultant on problems
of research, operation and health-
safety connected with the atom
meetings or come in ,to 23C, the
SCA office, and speak to Augie
Rillorta.
Chosen as director of the pro¬
gram is Bill Bahrt. Mary Ann
Theck wil act as assistant direc¬
tor, while Bill Barrett is musical
adviser, and La Verne Spirito su¬
pervises the choreography.
This semester’s Newman of¬
ficers: Augustin Rillorta, presi¬
dent; Veronica McLaughlin, vice-
president; Ann Williams, secre¬
tary; Dave Nemzek, treasurer;
and Orlie Laing, faculty adviser;
have urged all old and new Catho¬
lic students to join the organiza¬
tion.
The next meeting is to be held
on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m.
in St. Phillip’s Hall. Beach par¬
ties, a progressive dinner, horse¬
back riding and skating have
been planned by the Newmans.
Joint meetings with the New¬
man Clubs of John Muir College
and the California Institute of
Technology are now being held
and students from the John Muir
organization are participating in
the PCC Newman variety show.
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Twelve members have been
named to the second semester
Associated Men Students board,
according to Tom Smith, AMS
president, representatives from
each of the four classes, upper
division athletics, ROTC, Aero
Tech, and lower division athletics.
David Free has been named
Spring-term vice-president of the
organization, with Bruce Burdick
and Glenn Carothers, secretary
and treasurer, respectively.
Lower Division class members
chosen as board representatives
are Gary Clarke, freshman, and
John Thurman, sophomore. Jun¬
ior Tery Smith and senior Doug
Delahooke are the Upper Divis¬
ion representatives.
Arthur Dyson has been selected
to represent Lower Division ath¬
letics, while Peter Newton fills
the post of ROTC representative.
The two board members from
the Areo Tech Department are
Bob Hackman and Jim Blixt. Up¬
per Division athletics is repre¬
sented by Dick Mathews.
Dr. Paul C. Aebersold
bomb project. His work in the
health and protection of workers
at the Los Alamos test grounds
during the atomic blasts won him
high praise.
After the war, Dr. Aebersold’s
interests were again turned to
peaceful uses for atomic energy,
and he was particularly interested
in production and use of isotopes.
In 1946 he returned to Oak Ridge
as chief of the Isotopes Branch
of the Manhattan district to in¬
itiate and administer a nation¬
wide program.
The Faraday Lecture at Pasa¬
dena City College is under the
supervision of Dr. William D.
Leech of the Physical Science
Department, with George W. Jos-
ten, also of the Physical Science
Department, as co-chairmen. The
lecture, upon the subject “New
Keys to Chemical Knowledge,”
will commence at 8 p.m. in Sex-
son Auditorium. Junior high
students who are interested in sci¬
ence attend and take notes on the
lecture. The notes are judged by
members of the PCC science clubs
and the top boy and girl in the
city are awarded briefcases.
Winners from the individual ju¬
nior highs will each receive a
book on science autographed by
Dr. Aebersold.
Band Invited to
USC Performance
Attending the annual winter
concert of the USC Trojan sym¬
phonic band this evening will be
members of the PCC Bulldog
instrumental organization, accor¬
ding to Lee Chrisman, director.
Buses will transport the bands¬
men to the Bovard auditorium,
where the 91 piece organization
will present a concert designed
to appeal to persons of all mus¬
ical tastes. The second balcony
of the auditorium has been res¬
erved for music students from
southern California high schools
and junior colleges. Included in
the music- are ballet selections.