PCC Chronicle, June 06, 1951

'Tambourine' Presentation Draws Near Yielding Wins Presidential OMD to Produce Gypsy Love Story, Race, Peterman New Veep Tapping to Precede Assembly Show Vol. 49, No. 16 Ron Yielding became president of the Associated Student Body in recent elections held on the local campus. Defeated in the primaries was candidate Mac Small by a margin of 12 votes. Dallas Peterman defeated Mike Schon for the office of vice-president of the student body. Dorothea Anderson and Bob Mandell, both white ballot candidates, became senior and junior class presidents respec¬ tively. Bob Josi de¬ feated Pat Hayes for the office of sophomore class prexy. Due to the small number of 11-1 students, Johnny/ Wells, the present f г о s h president, will carry his term of office through to the fall ” when a new class Yielding executive will be elected from incoming fresh¬ men. New representatives at large elected in final runoffs include: W a 1 n i t a Dorsey, H a r w a r d Stearns, Peter Adgie and Joan Jahnke. These finalists were cho¬ sen from 10 students who ran in the primaries. John Thie became president of the Associated Men students in the primaries by defeat ing John Wells. Carol Kipling, new Associated Women Stu¬ dents president, received 37 more votes than her oppon- e n t , Eleanor Johnson. Coeds filling posts on the AWS board for next semester Pdm Hall, first mONICLE Pasadena, California June 6, 1951 Dallas Peterman are as follows: vice-president; Joan Rydman, second vice-presi¬ dent; Linda Denny, third vice- president; Nancy Wichman, sec¬ retary, and Eleanor Monte, trea¬ surer. Approximately 950 students cast their votes in the recent stu¬ dent body election, according to Jim Bald, commissioner of elec¬ tions. This is a good turnout in comparison to recent tallies. Reception to Fete OMD Tappees Honoring newly tapped mem¬ bers of the Order of Mast and Dagger, a reception will be held in room 208D immediately follow¬ ing the assembly performance of “Tambourine” on Thursday, June 14. Numerous alumni members and faculty honoraries as well as present OMD’ers will be pres¬ ent to greet the newly initiated tappees. Summer School Students Register Many summer session classes are fast filling up at PCC as stu¬ dents register in increasing num¬ bers with over. 1000 registered to date, John E. Twomey, assistant principal in charge of Summer School stated. The six weeks session at Pasa¬ dena City College is scheduled to run from June 18 through July 27. Students should register with their regular counselors and in the Extended Day office, room 140C. With over 50 teachers, 75 sepa¬ rate academic courses are sched¬ uled in the fields of business, art, engineering and technology, Eng¬ lish, language, life science, math¬ ematics, music, physical educa¬ tion, physical science, and social science. Of special interest arc such courses as aviation design and construction, physiology, algebra and trigonometry, physics, chem¬ istry, geology, voice, piano, arts and crafts commerce and indus¬ try, English literature and public speaking. Most classes begin either at 8:30 or 10:30 a.m. and run for two hours. A second summer session of five weeks will be conducted at John Muir College from July 30 to August 31. Receptionists Wanted for Summer Registration All students Interested in be¬ ing receptionists for the new incoming 11-1’s in the fall may sign up in the office of the di¬ rector of student activities. Students may also get in touch with Nancy Wichman. Time involved would be two hours per day during the sec¬ ond, third and fourth weeks after school is out and serv¬ ice points will be given. Traditional Baccalaureate Ceremonies For Sophs, Seniors Set for Sunday Annual graduation activities will begin in earnest next Sunday with the traditional Baccalaureate Service in Sexson Auditorium at 8:15 p.m. Graduating seniors will wear caps and gowns for the first time at the event, which will feature the |lev. F. C. Benson Beilis, as- _ sociate rector of All Saints Epis¬ copal Church, giving the Bacca¬ laureate address. The invocation and benediction will be led by Dr. Earl N. Griggs, pastor of the Central Christian Church. Other major portions of the Service will include scripture readings by Senior Class Presi¬ dent Marguerite Russell and Sophomore President Joan Ryd¬ man. A violin solo, the Second Movement of Bruck’s "Concerto in G Minor,” will be presented by Rosemary McNamee, accom¬ panied by Mary Jane Lothras. Soprano Claire Arnold will of¬ fer a vocal solo, “God Is In Ev¬ erything” by Joseph Clokey. She will be accompanied by Charles Perlee. The A Cappella Choir, directed by Edward N. Qualen of the PCC Music Department, will also participate in the event. “Since the middle ages,” says Acting Assistant Principal Cath¬ erine J. Robbins, “Baccalaureates have been the colorful ceremon¬ ies preceding graduation. Today they are important features of graduation week.” Tickets for parents and friends of graduates are available at the Bank in the Student Union. Graduates are asked to assem¬ ble at the Mirror* Pools at 7:40 p.m. before the service. Senior stoles will be issued at this time “Tambourine,” exciting gypsy love story, will be presented on Wednesday, June 13, at 8 p.m. and on Thursday, June 14, in assembly by the Order of Mast and Dagger. The pro¬ duction will climax this year’s roster of assemblies. Pre-show performance on June 13 is open to the public. Roles in the production will be filled by top drama students. Major parts will _ _ _ _ be filled as follows: Claire Ar¬ nold, Therese; Gerry Fitzgerald, Pidal; Nira Monsour, Naomi; Bill Linton, Rickey; Jan Gibson, Kah- li; Guy Russo, chief; and Vince Campagna, gypsy. Sally Hazzard and Ann Vernon are soloists and Joyce Moore and Dick and Joanne Owens are solo dancers. The show also features a large chorus of men and wom¬ en students. Gypsy Story “Tambourine” is an account of a gypsy love affair with a typical colorful gypsy background. Ac¬ cording to Director Betty Brush- er, the scenery and setting of the play are in keeping with the theme of the production. Staff Members Members of the production staff responsible for the show, include Miss Brusher, director; Barbara Franklin, assistant di¬ rector; Ruth Squire, stage man¬ ager; Kathy McKinney, secre¬ tary; Joanne Stanley, stage de¬ sign; and Laura Topalian, pub¬ licity chairman. Assembly performance will re¬ quire an ASB card for admission. A 60 cent fee will be charged for the special pre-show performance on June 13. Tapping Thursday Assembly showing on the last day of school will be preceded by traditional tapping rites. At that time students who have contrib¬ uted outstanding service on cam¬ pus will be recognized by being tapped into the Order of Mast and Dagger, highest honorary organi¬ zation at Pasadena City College. OMD sponsors two assemblies each year: the traditional Crafty Hall show in February and the June show which climaxes the school year. Different Type of Awards Assembly Set Up, Departments to Meet Alone Next Wednesday has been slated for another traditional awards assembly according to Bruce Hesslup, secretary of awards. At that time outstanding collegians will be recog¬ nized in their various fields of service. Numerous awards will be made by service groups such Pasadena Coeds Awarded Passes Cynthia Jensen and Joanne Climes were recently announced winners of the Pasadena Play¬ house free pass awards for the months of May and June respec¬ tively. The two coeds automatic¬ ally become “actresses of the month.” Miss Jensen is a fourteenth year student at PCC. She direct¬ ed the upper division play “The Boy Comes Home,” entered in the Playhouse junior college fes¬ tival. The production received top honors under her direction. Winner for the month of June, Miss Climes is a 13-1 student who has participated in numer¬ ous dramatic productions includ¬ ing “SNAFU,” “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay,” "Dear Brutus” and “Clarence.” Awarding of free passes to out¬ standing drama students on the Pasadena City College campus was initiated in May of 1951 when Miss Jensen received the first award. Recipient of the award is selected on the basis of recommendations from drama in¬ structors. as the Kiwanis Club. Scholar¬ ships such as the Panhellenic will also be given at that time. According to Hesslup, a new system is being tried this sem¬ ester whereby the awards assem¬ bly in Sexson Auditorium will last only a part of- the period. After a number of the more im¬ portant awards of school-wide in¬ terest have been made, the nu¬ merous departments will meet in separate rooms where they will hold their own individual pro¬ grams to take care of the depart¬ mental awards. Programs will be distributed to students as they leave the audi¬ torium, telling them where each department is meeting. Banquet to Honor New, Old Officers Retiring and incoming ASB of¬ ficers will be honored next Mon¬ day evening at the semi-annual installation banquet of student body officials. Scheduled for 6 p.m., the affair will be held at the Hotel Living¬ ston dining room at 139 South Los Robles. A special program has been planned for the evening accord¬ ing to Ron Yielding, ASB veep, who is chairman of the banquet. Frank Walkup, superintendent of schools in Pasadena will be guest speaker. New student body officers on the board include Yielding, pres¬ ident; Dallas Peterman, vice- president; Dorothea Anderson, Bob Mandell, and Bob Josi, sen¬ ior, junior and soph presidents, respectively; John Thie, AMS president; Carol Kipling, AWS president; and Peter Adgie, Wal- nita Dorsey, Joan Janke and Harward Stearns, reps at large. Chairman of Local English Department Earns Doctor of Philosophy Degree Miss Dorothy Dixon, campus English Department chairman, was formally notified last week that she had passed her final oral examination and will be awarded the degree of doctor of philosophy in English at the University of Southern California graduate school. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, where she graduated from the Girls’ Latin School, Miss Dixon ob¬ tained both her BA and MA de- . ... . . Social Science Teacher Elected Phi Beta Officer grees from Radcliffe College. In 1924 she came to Pasadena City College as an instructor, and, 21 years later, became English De¬ partment head. Her Radcliffe di¬ ploma reads “magna cum laude with honors in English and Lat¬ in.” Having taken graduate studies in 21 English courses, Miss Dixon added six courses in her minor subject, Latin. Her doctor’s the¬ sis consisted of an annotated translation of the 1621 edition of Alexander Gil’s “Logonomia An- glica,” the first English trans¬ lation ever to be done of this grammatical dissertation, com¬ plete with introduction and criti¬ cal notes. Miss Dixon has traveled exten¬ sively throughout Europe and serves as consultant for ancient Latin in the local area. She teaches English literature at Dorothy Dixon PCC, and becomes the second City College department head to possess a PhD degree. Miss Mildred Wellborn, local instructor in the Social Science Department, was recently re-elec¬ ted secretary-treasurer of the Southern California chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Associa¬ tion. Phi Beta Kappa Alumni chap¬ ters in Southern .California in¬ clude more than five hundred members from colleges and uni¬ versities throughout the United States. Dr. Earl Cranston, dean of the School of Religion of the Univer¬ sity of California became presi¬ dent. Dr. Cranston visited the local campus this year to speak at an assembly.