Night Forum
To Feature
Science Talk
“Science in a Frightened
World” will be the topic lor the
Tuesday Evening Forum sched¬
uled lor the evening oi March 1
at 8:00 p.m. in Sexson Auditori¬
um.
Dr. Milton Silverman, science
editor ol the San Francisco
Chronicle since 1933 will be guest
speaker lor the evening. Dr. Sil¬
verman has also served the Na¬
tional Research Council, the Of-
flce ol Scientific Research and
Development, and the Columbia
University Division ol War Re¬
search.
From 1938 to 1940 he was re¬
search associate at the University
of California Medical School in
San Francisco. During the San
Francisco World Fair, he was
director of the Hall of Science.
Dr. Silverman is a frequent con¬
tributor of articles on modern
scientific research to leading Am¬
erican magazines.
Parking Rul es
To Be Enforced
At City College
Through the Fire Department,
proper marking and sign posting
of the campus has been complet¬
ed so that fire equipment can
be brought to any point on the
campus.
Enforcement of these new
parking regulations was taken
over by the Pasadena police de¬
partment last Wednesday. All
students are asked to observe the
rules.
Students should enter the park¬
ing lots by entrances only. Cars
should not be parked between
double white-orange lines or near
buildings. Park in car space as
marked — do not park over white
lines. Student cars should . be
parked on the lots entering from
Hill Avenue while faculty cars
should be parked on lots enter¬
ing from Sierra Bonita.
Motorcycles and scooters have
been assigned areas at the Hill
Avenue entrances. Bicycles park
north of the T building. Motor¬
cycles, scooters or bicycles must
not be ridden through the pedes¬
trian areas on campus. Tim con¬
struction company for the new
library asks that there be no car
use of the Colorado Street en¬
trance except to cafeteria, book¬
store crews and delivery trucks
to the cafeteria and bookstore.
“Co-operation for safety is nec¬
essary by all employees, students
and visitors to keep our campus
safe from fire, accidents to per¬
sons and damage to your car,”
Audre L. Stong, announced.
Luncheon to Precede
Ball Game with Alumni
Preceding Friday’s PCC varsi¬
ty vs. Alumni All-Stars baseball
game, the traditional pre-game
luncheon will be held in the cam¬
pus dining room at noon.
Ollie Prickett, columnist for
the Pasadena Star-News, will be
master of ceremonies for the
event. According to Fred Jahnke,
AMS president, several outstand¬
ing baseball players are expect¬
ed to attend. Among them will be
Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh
Pirates, home run king for two
consecutive years, and Peanuts
Lowry of the Chicago Cubs.
Entertainment and music will
be provided at this luncheon held
in honor of the two baseball
teams. Tickets for the event may
be obtained at the student bank
for 75 cents. Admission to the
Alumni game will be 25 cents
for students and 50 cents for the
general public. Those buying
tickets to the luncheon will be
excused from class at 12:00.
HRONICLE
Vol. 45, No. 3
Pasadena City College
February 23, 1949
Blasier Announces Minor Class
Election Rules; Elections Friday
Names of candidates competing on the primary ballot in minor class elections to be held
Friday have been announced by Herb Blasier, commissioner of elections.
On February 16, the election commission met to arrange the distribution and manage¬
ment of polls. Members of the Lancers and Spartans will each take a turn serving at the
polls on election days. During the meeting, an assignment sheet for poll supervisors was
submitted to Robert Grinder, Lancer treasurer, for approval. Roberta Boren made known
Trying to Impress freshman Moya King with the importance
of balloting in the forthcoming minor class officer election are,
shown above, commissioner of elections Herb Blasier and Roberta
Boren, election commission member.
Friday's Award Assembly Offers
Special Features To Local Pupils
Students of Pasadena City College will be in for a real
treat this Friday when assembly time rolls around. The stu¬
dent council have put their heads together and have emerged
SCA To Publish
Feature Paper
For Pupils Here
First issue of this semester’s
SCAN, Student Christian Associ¬
ation News, will be published on
Tuesday, March 1.
According to Neil Sherwood,
editor, this first issue will in¬
clude SCA news, and a special
welcoming editorial by Mr. Er¬
nest A. Becker, SCA executive
secretary. Caricatures of Mr.
Becker, Ruth Lahman, his sec¬
retary, and Marion Wright, SCA
president, will also be featured in
the March 1 publication. Those
will be accompanied by stories
about the three.
A page of the paper will be de¬
voted to the SCA policy which
was formulated during the first
years of its publication. For the
first time in the history of the
paper, a printed flag will be used.
The entire ■ sheet was mimeo¬
graphed before this semester.
Seven hundred copies of SCAN
will be published and each fac¬
ulty member will receive an is¬
sue.
SCAN staff will be composed of
SCA members. Jerry LeGate is
cartoonist for the paper and Mr.
Becker is adviser.
with a program that proves to
be something exceptional in the
way of assemblies.
Featuring the annual award
of letters to the men who have
participated in fall sports, the
assembly will be highlighted
with the showing of the movies
taken of the Turkey Tussle last
November. Included in the pro¬
gram will be a prominent person¬
ality, not yet divulged, to assist
in the presenting of the letters.
Among those to receive their let¬
ters will be the members of the
varsity, junior varsity and Bull-
pup “A” and “B” football teams.
Also scheduled on the program to
receive recognition for their con¬
tribution to the schools athletic
prestige will be the members of
the Cross Country track team.
Movies that were taken during
the Turkey Tussle will include
action shots as well as half-time
activities. This will be the sec¬
ond showing of these movies to
a Pasadena audience, the first be¬
ing members of the participating
teams at their respective foot¬
ball banquets.
Friday’s assembly should be
placed in the “must” column of
your school calendar. It will be
a full house of royal entertain¬
ment sprinkled with the memo¬
ries of the 1948 football season.
to the commission just what
space would be available for cam¬
paign posters, most of which are
issued through the ASO.
On Friday, February 18, candi¬
dates met with the election com¬
mission in a special candidates’
meeting. At this time they drew
numbers to decide the questions
of position on the ballot and post¬
er space.
Besides Blasier, students serv¬
ing on the election commissidh
this semester are: Sam Rowland,
Robert Grinder, Joy Cloud, Kay
Cole, Roberta Boren and Ladine
Cook.
The primary election is sched¬
uled for February 25. Its out¬
come will provide that there be
no more than two candidates’
names placed on the final ballot
for each office.
A list of candidates and the
offices for which they are run¬
ning follows:
Senior Class offices: vice-presi¬
dent, Robert Farina, Roberta Fi-
fer; treasurer, Tom Dillon, Mari¬
lyn Robinson.
Junior Class: vice-president :
Gordon Pickett and Neil Sher¬
wood; secretary; Georgia Ing¬
ram; treasurer, Janis Doty; AWS
representative, Luanne Frye and
Mary Carter, Matilda Siemon.
Sophomore Class: vice-presi¬
dent, Phyllis Maninger, Kris Jo-
hannesen, Robert Beggs and
Nancy Noll; secretary Caroline
Johnson, Barbara Bowen, Arden
Webb and Joanne Harris; trea¬
surer, Arthur Miller, Karen Lin-
damood and Fred Moller; AWS
representative, Kay Cole, Beverly
Locken.
Freshman class: vice-president,
Dorothy Cort, Elizabeth Ander¬
son, Kirby Shaw, Howard Bagley,
Mac Small, Roxie Marble; secre¬
tary, Patty Butler, Joanne Mor¬
gan, Mary Anthony and Dallas
Peterman; treasurer, Bob Jones,
David Tomkins, Shirley Cook,
Carole Leopold, Dorothy Herr¬
mann; AWS representative, Ann
Harlow, Norma Billups, Joan
Smith, Sherre Martin, Gloria
Poore, Marcia Pomerly, Janet
Fenner.
Blood Bank Asks
For Student Aid
On Monday, February 28, a
mobile unit of the Red Cross
Blood Bank will be on campus
to receive donations of blood
from anyone who desires to give
it.
PCC’s Red Cross College Chap¬
ter is sponsoring this unit in an
effort to build up the blood sup¬
ply in the Pasadena area. During
the week, interested students
and faculty members may make
appointments to give blood at
the Red Cross desk which will
be in front of the Student Union.
Students must be over 18 years
of age and if under 21 must have
written consent from their par¬
ents. Every person giving blood
will receive a paper allowing him
a free blood transfusion if it is
ever necessary.
According to John Nicholson,
chairman of the Blood Bank di¬
vision of PCC’s Red Cross chap¬
ter, the mobile unit will not come
to the campus unless 75 appoint¬
ments are made.
Deadline for
Contest Set
As March 1
Deadline for entries to be sub¬
mitted to Mr. Don Sparks in
room 118C, for the first annual
PCC literary contest will be 3:00
p.m., March 1.
Sizeable prizes are to be award¬
ed to the winners of the contest,
these include three prizes of fif¬
teen dollars worth of books each
at the Patio Book 3hop,.Vroman’s
and the Brown Shop. Pictures
will be taken of the winners in
the stores as they make their
choice of books.
The contest is open to all mem¬
bers of the City College student
body ffrom 11-1 to post graduate;
entries will be judged by profes¬
sional writers who have disting¬
uished themselves in their respec¬
tive fields.
The manuscripts may be in the
form of poems, short stories, es¬
says, radio scripts or one-act
plays. They must have not been
published anywhere off-campus.
Administrators
Take Leave For
School Confabs
Two Pasadena City College ad¬
ministrators will attend two con¬
ventions in two different cities
this month. Dr. John W. Harbe-
son, City College principal, will
leave tomorrow for Chicago
where he will preside over the
33rd annual convention of high
school, junior and city college
principals of the United States.
Dr. William B. Langsdorf, lo¬
cal vice-principal, left last Sunday
for San Francisco where he will
attend two meetings of national
educatiors. Dr. Langsdorf will
meet with the
Associ-
of Schools
the first of
three sessions in
Mark Hop-
Hotel on
26. The
e
с о
n d confer-
n c e requiring
. Langsdorf’s
presence is to be
the A m e rican
Junior College
Conference to be held in the St.
Francis Hotel from March 2 to
March 5.
Dr. Langsdorf
Association of
Dr. Harbeson will address the
Chicago convention on: “What
Are the Current Trends in Junior
College Education?” This nation¬
al convention will continue from
February 26 to March 2. The con¬
vention theme is: “Education for
Tomorrow’s Youth.” Among the
features on the meeting agenda
will be the presentation of 200
exhibits and visits to the high
schools and national colleges in
the Chicago area.
Trends in the national junior
college education program of
which Dr. Harbeson will address
the assemblage
are: closer rela¬
tionship between
junior colleges
and f
о
u r-year
colleges; the ef¬
fort to maintain
year-round class¬
es in junior col¬
leges ; and, the
lack of attention
being given to
the younger jun- Dr. Harbeson
ior college students.
The second conference that Dr.
Langsdorf wifi attend, the Amer¬
ican Association of Junior Col¬
leges, is being held in the West
for the first time this year. Sev¬
eral representatives to this con¬
ference will pass through Pasa¬
dena on their way to San Fran¬
cisco and on February 22 will
make a tour of the city junior
college school district, including
City College and John Muir Col¬
lege. These representatives will
also be honored at a banquet at
the Hotel Huntington.