“SAY SI” ... a song written by Dick Allen is shown getting
the “once over” by Norm Bolognesi, Carolyn Gerke and composer
Allen before it was inserted into the script of next Thursday’s
OMD June Show. Caught by Chron photog, Howie French, the
three “wheels” are, respectively, left to right: show director, pro¬
duction oo-ordlnator and assistant director.
Seniors, Sophomores To Combine
For Traditional Baccalaureate
Services In Sexson Auditorium
Traditional Baccalaureate service for senior and sopho¬
more graduates will be held this Sunday, June 12, at 8:15 p.m.
in Sexson Auditorium. Graduation candidates will assemble
at the mirror pools at 7 :30 p.m. Dr. Leo Facto, social science
department chairman, and Mr. George Josten, physical science
instructor, will act as marshalls for the seniors. Mr. George
Forster, also of the physical sci¬
ence department, and Mr. George
Breece, PCC counselor, will is¬
sue red stoles to the upper class-
men, with the assistance of Spar¬
tans and members of senior ad¬
visory committee.
Marshalls for the sophomores
will be Mr. Charles Eckels, fresh¬
man adviser, and Mr. Arthur
Howells, social science instructor.
Mr. Eugene Lueders, language
teacher, and Mr. David Spaulding
of the life science department,
and the sophomore advisory com-
mitee will direct the formation.
Service in Sexson Auditorium
will open at 8:15 p.m. with David
Billeter performing at the organ.
The processional will march into
the auditorium, seniors in caps
and gowns and sophomores in
street clothes, to Gounod’s “Praise
Ye the Father.”
Invocation will be offered by
the Reverend Ernest A. Becker,
executive secretary of PCC’s Stu¬
dent Christian Association. A
Cappella Choir, directed by Miss
Mabel M. Oakes, will sing “Celes¬
tial Spring,” a motet in four
movements.
Wally Calvert, sophomore class
president, will give a scripture
reading followed by Marilyn
Egenes’ vocal solo, “The Holy
City.” Morrie Wakefield, presi¬
dent of the senior class will also
read from the Scriptures.
Baccalaureate address will be
delivered by Dr. Eugene Carson
Blake, minister of the Pasadena
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Becker
will give Benediction.
After services, the class advis¬
ers, administration staff, minis¬
ters, members of the Board of
Education, and class presidents
will lead the lines to the mirror
pools to greet the graduates.
Local SCA Group Joins Muir Club for Joint
Association Banquet This Friday at All-Saints
“Footprints in the Sands of Time” will be the theme of the joint
City College-Muir Student Christian Association Banquet Friday at
6:30 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church.
According to Mr. Ernest Becker, PCC SCA executive secretary,
City College’s group will provide mixers in the form of social and
square dancing. PCC students will also take care of room and table
decorations and clean up. Muir students will be in charge of the
program, financial arrangements and the installation of new SCA
officers.
Entertainment will be provided by Marion Wright as leader of
a community sing; a vocal solo by Lawrence Davy; George Rodda on
the trumpet and Tom Quinn, pianist. Students desiring tickets may
purchase them in room 25C.
City College students to be installed as next fall’s SCA officers
are: Evelyn Dobes and Roger Okerstrom, co-presidents; Mary Jo
Horton, secretary, and Roger Cartan, treasurer.
AWS to Hold Annual
Dinner; Install Officers
Annual Associated Women Stu¬
dent Banquet, sponsored by the
AWS of Pasadena City College, is
scheduled to be held Wednesday,
June 15, at 6 p.m. in the Venetian
Room, on North Lake Avenue
below Foothill Blvd.
“Main purpose of the banquet
is to install new officers, and bid
goodbye to the retiring board and
cabinet members,” remarked Bar¬
bara Lafot, president of AWS.
About 20 coeds will attend. Girls
who will be present are members
of the outgoing board, incoming
board, and outgoing cabinet. Dr.
Catherine J. Robbins, dean of
women, will install new officers,
and Shirley Barnes and Alice An¬
derson former presidents of AWS,
will take part in the program.
June Woolley, incoming prexy,
will receive her gavel, and gifts
will be presented to Miss Rob¬
bins and board members. After
the social affair, board and cabi¬
net members are invited to a
slumber party at the home of
Miss Lafot.
LOCKER KEYS
All locker keys must be re¬
turned before close of school
and may not be kept out for
summer school use. Turn in
your key in the slots provided
,at the entrance to the locker
room or to the key office, 14C.
Report lost keys and settle for
them at the key office to clear
your school record. All lockers
will be reassigned next year.
Twenty -Seven City Collegians To Stage
Lavish Collegiate June Show, Cum laude
“Cum laude,” traditional OMD
June Show, featuring 27 City Col¬
lege entertainers, will be staged
in Sexson Auditorium, for the
public, Wednesday evening, June
15, at 8 o’clock and, for the stu¬
dents the following morning as
final assembly of the year.
Centered on the campus of Ren¬
frew University, the show devel¬
ops the theme that times haven’t
changed since 20 years ago. It
concerns the troubles of Norm
and Martin, collegians of 1949
and Willy of 1929.
Song hits of ’49 and ’29 are
featured throughout the show. An
original tune, “Say Si,” written
by Dick Allen, will be one of the
highlights of the performances,
Song and dance routines will be
presented by several members of
the cast and group numbers will
be featured.
Cast includes Martin Stornie,
Bill Penny, Dick Allen, Norman
Bolognesi, Arlette Barnes, Gloria
Murphy, Dona Bond, Eddy Stew¬
art, George Rodda, Mike Gordon,
Bill Manly, Paul Winter, Bill
Pickrel, Sam Parker, Dave Bass,
Jerry Shup, Phil Bauman, Gloria
Govan, Eddie LeGrand, Louanne
Bovey, June Woolley, Kris Johan-
nesen, Gene Ferguson, Bob At-
will, Joe LaGue, Bob Lotte and
Sam Stevens.
Norman Bolognesi is director of
the show and Allen is assistant
director. Both have had wide ex¬
perience with student produc¬
tions. Bolognesi was assistant di¬
rector of “Crafty and Hall,” OMD
February show, and Allen starred
in last year’s June Show.
Other members of the produc¬
tion staff include Carolyn Gerke,
business manager; Stillman Chub-
buck, treasurer; Dave Drieslma,
music coordinator; Jim Hawkins
and Betty Braden, art director;
Joe Held, property manager; Dick
Biszantz, programs; Judy Hark-
ness, costumes; Jim Moore, stu¬
dent technical director; Windy
Hill, chief electrician; George
Stewart and Patti Crawley, make
up, and Karen Byl, publicity.
Gene Sullivan, music instructor,
is faculty adviser.
Tickets for Wednesday’s per¬
formance may be purchased for
50 cents at the Student Bank or
Triton Booth.
HRONICLE
Vol. 45, No. 14
Pasadena, California
June 8, 1949
Thousands Expected To Witness City
Schools' Commencement In Rose Bowl
An estimated crowd of 85,000 parents, friends and teachers of Pasadena City School
graduates will assemble in the famed Rose Bowl at seven p.m. to witness the twenty-eighth
annual Commencement exercises. Commencement, the climax of the year’s school activities,
will start with a junior high school band concert at 6:15. Graduates from five city junior
high schools, John Muir College and Pasadena City College will gather in the Rose Bowl at
approximately 6:15 for their final activity as seniors of the class of 1949. A complete musi-
Prom Will Climax Activities For
Sophomores, Seniors This Year
Seniors and sophomores will climax graduation night by present¬
ing their annual prom at the Civic Auditorium, June 16, at 9:00.
Dress will be formal, men wearing dark suits and women in
formal attire. The bids will be issued free of charge to the sopho¬
mores and seniors in their diplomas as they graduate.
Theme for the dance will be “Moonlight and Roses.” Lavish
decorations are being prepared by members of the Art Council and
students of various art classes. Real flowers will be used to illus¬
trate an outdoor scene with the familiar moon and lattice-work.
Carroll Wax has been chosen by the senior committee as the band for
the evening’s entertainment.
Arlette Barnes is in charge of the dance. Her committee consists
of: Jim Hawkins, Bob Pfister, Bob Farina, Bob Curran, Dave Driels-
ma, Rose-marie Bourne, Barbara Carden, and the two class presidents,
Morrie Wakefield, senior, and Wally Calvert, sophomore.
In closing, Wakefield said, “The purpose of this dance is not
necessarily to have a name band which the crowd will all remember,
but rather to concentrate on the decorations so that the "dance itself
will be long remembered.”
AGS Honors
9
Life Members
Annual initiation and dinner
sponsored by Alpha Gamma Sig¬
ma in honor of those students
who are receiving permanent
membership in the club will be
held on June 14 at the Women’s
Civic Club of Pasadena at 5:00
p.m.
Purpose of the initiation is to
induct those students who have
qualified for life membership in
the organization by maintaining a
grade point ratio of 2.3, by main¬
taining eligibility for temporary
membership during three-fourths
of their upper division attend¬
ance; and, by finshing 60 units
of academic work at PCC.
James Corbett and Nancy Lau-
bach, junior officers of the group,
will act as host and hostess for
the dinner and initiation.
Mrs. Robbins to Retire
From English Department
Completing 25 years of teach¬
ing in the Pasadena school sys¬
tem this semester, Mrs.' Ruth
Robbins, PCC English department
instructor, retires this month.
She plans to join her husband, a
furniture manufacturer, in Len-
ore, South Carolina, where she
will make her home. The for¬
mer Miss Ruth Pinkham, she
was married last June to Mr. R.
C. Robbins of Lenore.
Mrs. Robbins was a member of
the first class to be graduated
from Pasadena High School in
1914. The high school was the
forerunner of PCC.
Mrs. Robbins taught at John
Muir Junior High School, situ¬
ated on Los Robles and Walnut
Streets. When Muir Technical
High School was established, she
served on its faculty, remaining
until, as the PJC West Campus,
it was closed at the outbreak of
World War II. She then joined
the English faculty at PJC, where
she has continued until now.
cal program, presented by the
various school bands and choral
groups participating, will high¬
light the evening’s program. Mr.
Willard E. Goslin, city schools
superintendent, and Mr. Vernon
M. Brydolf, president of the local
Board of Education, will speak
briefly on “The Challenge of the
Hour,” and “A Hundred Years
of Progress” respectively. Merlin
Call, City College senior valedic¬
torian, will deliver a brief talk,
“We Stand Ready.” Sally Sesaer,
senior valedictorian of Muir Col¬
lege will give a talk titled “Youth
is Unafraid.”
Commencement exercises for
the entire City Schools graduates
in the Rose Bowl first began in
1923. Previous to that, the pro¬
gram was presented in Tourna¬
ment Park. Miss Ida E. Hawes,
City College dean of guidance,
has been the chairman from this
school for many years. She stat¬
ed recently, “The commencement
program has long been an out¬
standing tradition in this school
district. It is an inspiring and
beautiful spectacle dedicated to
those graduating seniors who
have worked so hard for their
goal within our sphere of educa¬
tion.”
Musical solos and ensembles
will highlight the evening’s pres¬
entation. The Pasadena City Col¬
lege Bulldog Band, under the di¬
rection of Mr. Audre L. Stong,
will join the Muir College Mus¬
tang Band, which is directed by
Mr. Leland Green, in a program
of musical entertainment. The
City College choral ensemble,
under the direction of Miss Lula
Parmley and Miss Mabel Oakes,
will also present a brief choral
work. Mr. Eugene Sullivan, Cee-
Cee faculty member, will play
some march improvisions on the
Hammond organ. Betty Lou
Jones and Richard Milius, music
students on the local campus, will
sing two solos,
mittee.
Also graduating is the nurs¬
ing class from the Huntington
Memorial Hospital school.