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PCC Chronicle
Vol.
54,
No. 15
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
January 27, 1954
Norberg Irwin Anderson Woodbridge Blaekington Willis Wichman
Pauloo Martinez Blixt Vitz Lindsay Galbraith Moses
Dr. Langsdorf Named Principal
of New Two Year Junior College
Dr. William B. Langsdorf has been named principal of the two year junior college that
will replace Pasadena City College and John Muir next year. Acting on the recommenation
of Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stuart F. McComb, the Board of Education named Dr.
Langsdorf to the post at their regular Tuesday meeting. The appointment will not become
Suspense, Drama
Highlight Tapping
Thirteen students and one faculty member were tapped
this morning into the highest honorary organization at Pasa¬
dena City College, the Order of Mast and Dagger. The tapping
rites preceded the final performance of “Bop Fiesta,” a musi¬
cal comedy using a Latin Ameri¬
can theme. Students honored to-
official until after the bond elec¬
tion this spring, however.
Named to head the two new
high schools are Frank R. Walk-
up, principal of McKinley Junior
High, and Mrs. Gladiss D. Ed¬
wards, principal of Wilson Ju¬
nior High. Clyde E. Pfeiffer, as¬
sistant principal at John Muir
College, will hold a similar posi¬
tion in the administraton of the
new two year institution.
Dr. Langsdorf became principal
of Pasadena City College 20 years
after his graduation from the in¬
stitution at the head of his class
in 1929, succeeding Dr. John W.
Harbeson as administrative head
of the school. Upon completing
PCC, Dr. Langsdorf attended
Occidental College, where he
earned an MA degree. While a
student at Occidental he was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa, na¬
tional honor society. He received
his PhD in History at the Uni¬
versity of California in 1936 and
gained the distinction of being
elected to Phi Beta Kappa for
the second time.
After teaching history and gov¬
ernment for five years, Dr.
Langsdorf resigned an assistant
professorship to become head of
the Social Science Department at
PCC. In 1946 he was advanced
to the post of assistant principal,
which he held until appointed ad¬
ministrative head of the college.
Dr. Langsdorf, who is active in
community civic groups, is a
past president of the Southern
California Junior College Associ¬
ation, the largest and oldest such
organization in the country. He
is a past director of the Califor-
Beta Phi Gamma
to Initiate Three
New Members Soon
Elva Irwin, Loma Wevursky
and Walter Dulaney have re¬
ceived the much desired dinner
invitations from Beta Phi Gam¬
ma, national honorary journalism
fraternity.
Received on January 27, the
invitations signified their selec¬
tion as members ofthis organi¬
zation which honors journalism
students who have concluded two
semesters of outstanding work on
the staffs of Press Bureau, Ath¬
letics Press Bureau, the Chroni¬
cle, the Campus and the Pictorial
Journalism classes.
Initiation ceremonies will take
place February 11 in room 208D
at 6 p.m. and will be followed by
dinner at the Seafood Tavern.
The newly accepted members and
other members of Beta Phi Gam¬
ma will attend.
Newly elected officers for this
semester' include Glenn Carouth-
ers, president; Dick Anderson,
vice-president; Nancy Cline, sec¬
retary; Dennie Wombwell, treas¬
urer. Miss Mildred Poorman of
the English Department serves in
an advisory capacity.
nia Junior College Association,
and past president of District 18
of the Secondary School Princi¬
pals of California. Dr. Langsdorf
is the author of several books on
history and international rela¬
tions.
Local Scientists
Make Presentation
Highlight of a dinner of mem¬
bers of the PCC Physical Science
Department faculty was the pres¬
entation of a large silver serving
tray to Dr. Harper Franz and his
wife.
Franz, who was married last
December, was first presented
with two dummy gifts, following
which the tray was presented by
Edwin Van Amringe, department
chairman.
Students Urged to
Help Dime Drive
Help now!
It is not too late to contribute
to the 1954 March of Dimes, ac¬
cording to the National Founda¬
tion for Infantile Paralysis,
Washington, DC.
Vitally needed funds are still
being sought to help combat the
dreaded polio menace which
plagues everyone everywhere.
Founded by the late Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, the National
Foundation is slowly Whipping
the polio danger through persist¬
ent research projects financed by
the March of Dimes funds.
According to local sources, the
Pasadena contributions are be¬
hind their set quota. Pasadena
City College students can con¬
tribute through the many collect¬
ors placed in business establish¬
ments throughout the city.
MARCH OF DIMES
January 2 to 31
A.A. Noyes Club
Sees Braun Plant
Outstanding activity of the A.
A. Noyes Club at PCC during
the pest semester was a recent
field trip to the plant and labor¬
atories of the C. F. Braun Co.,
a large Alhambra chemical and
engineering corporation.
Highlights of the trip were a
visit to the research laboratories
and viewing of apparatus to in¬
vestigate the properties of me¬
tals. Also located in the labs was
heat-exchanger equipment.
Inspection of the equipment of
the manufacturing plant follow¬
ed the tour through the labora¬
tories. Guide for the group was
William Gardner, a project en¬
gineer at the Braun Corporation.
Another recent achievement of
the club was the drafting of a
new constitution under the lead¬
ership of President Larry Patter¬
son. Adviser to the club is Rob¬
ert G. Bowlus, a teacher in the
Physical Science Department.
All members of the organiza¬
tion must be in the 14th grade
unless they have done outstand¬
ing work in their 12th and 13th
years.
assemblies; Jos Pauloo, athletics;
Jerry Cartier, awards; Anne Bel-
ler, civil service; Meliss Armi-
tage, departmental activities; Jim
Blixt, elections; Anne Lindsay,
finance; Dick Kahlstrom, health;
Essler Johnson, organizations;
Art Dyson, pup; Tom Littlefield,
publications.
Mary Ann Pennington, public
relations; Carol Gister, records;
Glenn Carothers, Campus editor;
Nancy Cline, Chronicle editor;
Anna McBride, clerk of the cab¬
inet; and Diane Emery, clerk of
the board, were also appointed.
The various secretaries named
are Veronica McGlaughlen, art;
Don He 1 grim, business; Kay
Cushman, English; Terry Smith,
intramural; Patsy Woodbridge,
language; George Morlan, physi¬
cal science; Blithe Gentry, Red
Cross; and Shirley Simson, social
science.
Also appointed were Diane
Winchester, WAA; Peter New¬
ton, ROTC; and Mary Walters,
religious activities.
Offices still open for applica¬
tion are scholarship, social af¬
fairs, pep, secretary of music,
secretary of forensics, secretary
of radio, and secretary of pho¬
tography.
day constitute approximately one-
third of one per cent of the total
PCC enrollment. New OMD mem¬
bers and highlights of their serv¬
ice are as follows:
Dick Anderson: Editor, associ¬
ate editor, city editor and report¬
er of the Chronicle, Key Club,
Beta Phi Gamma.
Carol Blaekington: CSF, AGS,
Spartans, Library, Language and
Physical Science Councils, WAA,
foreign tutoring, International
Relations Commission.
Jim Blixt: Key Club, Youth
Day, Junior Class president, ath¬
letics commissioner, Lancer- pres¬
ident, AMS Board, Sailing Club
president.
Jim Galbraith: Athletics Press
Bureau (three semester), pictori¬
al journalism, Davis-Hall Speech
Contest, Debate Squad, Beta Phi
Gamma, Gloria, Sigma Tau Del¬
ta, winner of Ruth Doolittle
Shakespeare Contest.
Donna Irwin: WAA vice-presi¬
dent and president, hockey, soft,
ball, swimming and basketball
team captain, speedball manager,
Spartan, Women’s Letter Club
(three semesters).
Ann Lindsay: Freshman Class
Council and secretary, Youth
Day, Repat-large, Social Affairs
Commission, co-director Fresh¬
man Camp staff, secretary Pasa¬
dena Youth Council.
Nora Martinez: Ostiarians,
WAA Board, Business Council,
archery manager, Triton Coun¬
cil, Spartans, Pal (two semes¬
ters), Women’s Letter Club.
Nancy Norberg: Spartan, com¬
missioner of international rela¬
tions, Social Science Commission,
Model UN, Red Cross, radio,
Sophomore Council, AWS Cabi¬
net, Gloria, tutoring (50 hours).
Sylvia Pauloo: Gloria, pup com¬
missioner, Frosh Camp, Spartan,
Assembly Commission, WAA,
AWS, Pep Commission, Pasadena
Youth Council, Rooters Club, Pal
(four semesters).
John Willis: President AGS,
Physical Science Council, Eng¬
lish Council, CSF Convention,
Chemistry Team, tutoring, win¬
ner Westinghouse Science Talent
Search.
Patsy Woodbridge: Spartan,
Repat-large, clerk of the Board,
ASB vice-president, AGS, WAA,
Language Council, English Coun¬
cil, records commissioner.
Mary Ann Vitz: Sigma Tau
Delta, Art Council, ASO, Eng¬
lish Council, Zeta Gamma Phi
(honorary art organization),
Christmas art sales.
Jesse Moses: Adviser to civil
service and elections commis¬
sions, adviser to Freshman Camp,
counseling outside classroom
hours, patrolling at football
games and assemblies.
Artist Series Features
Joyce Cox, Elena Dewar
Vocalist Joyce Cox and pianist Elena Dewar will entertain fac¬
ulty and student music lovers at Harbeson Hall, 12:15 p.m. on Febru¬
ary 2, for the Campus Artist Series.
Elena Dewar has been a finalist and medal-winner in the Search
for Talent, sponsored annually by the Pasadena Recreation Depart¬
ment. She has also appeared on ‘ the Sunday afternoon radio show,
“Talent and Review,” sponsored by the Pasadena Teacher’s Associ¬
ation. Added to these appearances are active membership in Kantela
and Hi-liters.
Joyce Cox, soprano, has been doing work with her mezzo-soprano
voice under Miss Isobel Smith.
All comers will be welcomed without charge to the Campus Artist
Series, which is sponsored by the Music Council.
New Cabinet Named
for Spring Term
A nearly full slate of appointive officers has been named
by the Associated Student Body to fill cabinet positions dur¬
ing the spring semester, according to Anne Lindsay, clerk
of the board. Appointed commissioners are Chris Tambe,
