PCC Chronicle, June 03, 1953

Polls Decide Suffrage Question PCC Chronicle Vol. 53, No. 15 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California June 3, 1953 Gals Twirl Into Band Twirls and tosses were witness¬ ed in the area around the Band Building last Wednesday as PCC hosted a group of baton twirlers who were competing for position in next year’s Bulldog Band. The winners and new twirlers are Mari Lynn Berry, Francie Dain, Sherri Kindred, Barbara Littlejohn, Dee Meyers, Peggy Peterson, Jo Anna Ptomey and Dennie Wombwell. Because the competition was so close among the bevy of tal¬ ented beauties, eight girls instead of the usual six, were selected. From these, a drum majorette and a head majorette will be cho¬ sen and one or more others will be eliminated in finals next fall. Tryouts were held at 3:30 by the band room. Graduating ma¬ jorettes Suzanne Evans, Judy and Jo Burdick judged the incoming majorettes for twirling ability. Personality and appearance were judged by Mrs. Jessie Chit¬ tenden, Arthur Dittberner, Wil¬ liam Butler and Walter Girdner. Beta Group Cites Eight Eight Pasadena City College journalism students have been selected for membership in Beta Phi Gamma, national honorary journalistic fraternity. To be initiated into the Alpha chapter, which represents the fraternity on the Pasadena cam¬ pus, are Gloria Donaldson, Chron¬ icle city editor; Dennie Womb- well, Chronicle feature editor; Jim Galbraith, reporter for the Athletics Press Bureau; Nancy Cline, Chronicle news editor; Kay Cushman, editor of the student handbook and Campus staffer; Doug Hope, Chronicle sports edi¬ tor; Ben Sewell, photographer; and Dick Anderson, Chronicle as¬ sociate editor. Invited into the ranks of the fraternity as an honorary mem¬ ber was Walter Girdner, adviser to the Athletics Press Bureau and pictorial journalism courses. Issues Placed on ASB Ballot Friday On this Friday, students will go to the polls to determine finally, the suffrage question which has plagued student leaders for the main part of this semester. Not long ago the Board voted down a proposal to submit the constitutional amendment, which would entitle every regularly enrolled City College student to vote for the ASB president, vice-president the four reps at large, to the stu- THIS? OR THIS? Musicos Review Recital for Series Six artists who performed at the voice and piano recital last night will review their program for tomorrow’s Campus Artist Series audience at 12:15 in Har- beson Hall. Ruth Gaylord, soprano, and Rodger Francke, baritone, will be the featured vocalists in the event. The program will also include the talents of two teams of duo- pianists, Clark Spangler and Wyatt Kondris and Alice Arzou¬ manian and Sally Bergman. Mrs. Amy Grau Miller coaches the pianists, and the vocalists are students of Mrs. Kathryn Barnard. Pecos Bill Tours School Via 1953 Campus Pages Pecos Bill seems to like Pasadena City College’s campus. At least, that is the impression one gets while following the fabled westerner’s trip through the pages of one of the finest yearbooks ever to be turned out of room 33C: the 1953 Campus. - — - Bacon and Eggs Greet New Spartan Members Daybreak will be observed by Pasadena City College Spartans when the girls rise and shine for their breakfast to be held at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17. An aroma of bacon and eggs will fill the Faculty Dining Room, as the Spar¬ tans welcome their new members, Key Adjustments Must be Made Students holding locker keys have been requested to turn them in to the Key Office, 14C, before the close of school. The keys may not be kept for summer school use. All lockers will be re-assigned next year, according to regular college practice. Reports of lost keys must be made to the Key Office, where proper adjustment will be made. School records will not be clear¬ ed until locker keys are either returned or accounted for. receive their honoraries, and give acclaim to those most active with¬ in the group this year. In addi¬ tion, flowers will be given to the new Spartans. Keys are to be awarded for out¬ standing service and next semes¬ ter’s officers will be elected by the group at this time. Serving as officers during the present semester are Eleanor Hawkins, president; Alice Hall- strom, vice-p resident; Patsy Woodbridge, corresponding sec¬ retary; Nancy "Norberg, record¬ ing secretary; Ann Whittier, trea¬ surer; and Judy Bath, merit com¬ missioner. Jessie Chittenden is the Spartan adviser. Bill rides into the school on the first page of the book, just under the striking tan cover. He meets administrative and student officials, the graduating classes, and then starts his tour of the college. He attends football and basketball games, vocal and in¬ strumental music concerts, dra¬ matic productions and assembly programs. Some of the traditional college scenes viewed by Bill have been captured by the cameras of the pictorial journalism department,' . and the hundreds of artistic pho¬ tographs included in the annual will never let the graduate for¬ get the bright memories of col¬ lege life. Interesting patterns of color and unusual makeup have been woven into the book, and each page sparkles with eye-catching features. Several pages have also Linbers, Smith Okayed by Voters Voted to positions on the ASB Board of Representatives in last Wednesday’s finals were Ed Lin- berg, Junior Class president-elect, and Terry Smith, AMS president¬ elect. Ed ran on a platform which included more activities for his class, including a class newspa¬ per. Terry pledged himself to better representation of lower di¬ vision students and bigger and better men’s activities. He hopes to promote the sale of more stu¬ dent body books next semester. been devoted to college life pho¬ tographs, many of which were furnished by the student body. Guiding Pecos Bill on his tour of the campus were Editor Bill Bankenship, Associate Editor Jo Ann Kos; and the entire pro¬ duction staff of the 1953 Campus. Miss Gladys Snyder acted as ad¬ viser. After a preview of the book at the annual Publications Banquet, the journalism students of Pasa¬ dena City College can only agree with Pecos’ opinion of the 1953 Campus: It’s tops in every re¬ spect! dents for a vote. However, the measure was passed over the Board’s veto by a referendum procedure. Those who speak out against the amendment offer as their main argument the fact that stu¬ dent body finances are controlled by the student board and contrib¬ uted by ASB members. They feel it would be wrong to allow those who have not bought books to have a say, by voting, in the reg¬ ulation and dispensation of fin¬ ances. They also point out that the Associated Student Body is an organization similar to a club and that those who are not mem¬ bers of the organization should have no right to representation in the group. Another argument is that taking away another priv¬ ilege from the student body books will tend to discourage and de¬ tract from sales, which are al¬ ready extremely low. In supporting the measure, some student leaders point out that since all students can vote for their class presidents and AMS and AWS heads without a book now, the regulation of fin¬ ances has rested for some time under the possible control of non- ASB members (a six-to-five voting majority) with no radical results, and that the laws made by the group apply to all students by virtue of a grant of power from the administration. Therefore, they feel that all students should have a right to have a voice in the legislation by which they are controlled. Interest in student government, they argue, might rise with a larger participation in voting as well as more school spirit. It has also been pointed out that no one would buy a stu¬ dent book merely to vote, and collegians who work or have heavy home duties have little time to take advantage of the other after school hour activities included in ASB membership. It will take a two-thirds voting majority in Friday’s balloting to pass the measure. * Building Our Future * <$> 1953 Graduation Theme “Building our Future” is the theme for the 1953 commencement of the secondary schools of Pasadena. It was selected by the presi¬ dents of the graduating classes of the two Pasadena junior colleges, the seven junior high schools and the Huntington Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. The program, which will begin at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 18 in the Rose Bowl, will feature Dr. John Frank Scott, pastor of All Saints Episcopal Church. He will give the invocation following the entrance of the graduates. Brief addresses will be made by Superintendent Stuart F. Mc- Comb, Board President Vernon M. Brydolf, and college valedictorians. The class presidents will follow the script prepared by the students under the advisership of two Muir College teachers. All the secon¬ dary schools participate in the planning of the talks with the leader¬ ship between the two colleges from year to year. The colorful commencement marching and music will follow the Rose Bowl tradition, with the program of music under the leader¬ ship of H. Leland Green, supervisor of music in the Pasadena City Schools. Miss Elizabeth Jensen, Miss Irma Graham and Miss Audrey Duff in general command of the procession of the 3652 graduates.