PCC Chronicle, March 03, 1948

Vol. 43, No. 4 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California March 3, 1948 Pictured in a scene from “George Washington Slept Here” are Elizabeth Warner and Dick Carr, who play the leading parts, John Kimbro, the crochety old uncle, and Dante Tadeo. SCA Banquet Fetes Walt Raitt; Name Peter Paulson as Successor Walt Raitt, SCA adviser, was honored by Muir and PCC students at a surprise farewell dinner held at the First Con¬ gregational Church, last Friday, Leon Marion, chairman of the event, disclosed. Raitt left March 1 for Stockton Junior College and Col¬ lege of the Pacific where he will resume a similar position of Restrictives To Initiate 111 Pledges Pledging for sixteen wom¬ en’s and eleven men’s restric¬ tive clubs is now underway, with sixty women and fifty- one men joining clubs. Accord- cording to an office directory, there is to be no hazing or bodily injury, and all initia¬ tions must be concluded by Sunday, March 7. Following are the pledges to the men’s clubs: ■ Amphion: Byron Batchelor, Jack Causey, Wally Franz, Don¬ ald Montgomery, Glenn Parrish, Don Smith, Murray Stone, Paul Tutino. Areop: Milton Cotten, George Corey, Harry Montgomery. Argus: Bill Moffett, Eugene Morehous, Don Nopar, Donald Skinner. Baccy: Tom Janieson, Dale Stevens. DSR: Bruce Boyce, Earl Steer, Neil Whitehead. Odion: Marcus Bates, Lee Fish- back, Charles Garvich, Andrew Thorpe, Gordon Walleen, Howard Kuneman, Richard Knerr. ©SF: Stan Reulman, Charles Vanderburg, James Wright. ©SR: Edward Balogh, Floyd Bevington, Carl Carter, Ken Cates, William Davis, Joe Erwin, Charles Ruiz, Jack Smith. Phatian: David Allen, Bob All¬ worth, Bob Grinder, David Hood, Ward Deems. Sequoia: Richard Arthur, Wil¬ liam Bell, Tom Daniels, Robert Powell, Conrad Schweitzer. Zama: Charles Stratton. Pledges to the women’s clubs are: Aeolian: Betty Ann Hollings¬ worth, Barbara Kennedy. Albibetes: Sally Anderson, Ai- lene Ryder, Paula Webb. Alphometa: Pat Highfleld. Deltae: Pat Downs, Jaquie Mills. Filogian: Jeanne Hovelman, Betty Smith, Barbara Meyer, El- oise Kinney, Minnette Vogel, Audrey Thalen, Janice Wicker- sham, Carolyn Miller, Pamela Clark. Gunaike: Elaine Barr, Patsy Hould, Mary Jane Findling, Day- sta Moore, Marilyn Miles, Bev¬ erly Whipple. L’Amitie: LeVonne W e s s 1 e r, Laura Lee Quinn, Rene Goed- hard, LeDene Cook. Pam: Jerryann Cour, Enid Goodman. Fhenix: Marjorie Wordwell, Betty Mae Hubner, Carolyn Buck- nail. Philotihian: D’mae Johnson, Vir¬ ginia Cook. Sorelle: Mildred Ball, Sherry Beth Cobb, Peggy Gilbert, Vickie Pugh, Joanne Tolbert. Tantda: Pegge Waters, Ruth Woodrum, Reta McGilvray, Verna Koenig, June Millen. The: Claudia Arnold, Ardienne Riley, June Rose, Conwa Conway, Cecilia Zerr. Tioga: Jeannie Schulz, Shirley Foth, Patty Lord, Margaret Sylva. Veda: Ilah Baddley, Eve Liddle, Ann Sween, Frieda Williams. VSO: Marty Galbreath, Lois Langley, Joyce Cronk. Fashion Winners Named at Show Presenting a show which was divided into three d i v i s i о ns, sports-casual, dressy and formal, last week’s AWS Coed Party, held in Sexson Auditorium, fea¬ tured the modeling of original “New look” creations by 30 PCC coeds. Winner in the sports-casual di¬ vision was Myrna Granger, with Eloise Butler taking first place honors in the dressy division; and Beverly Lober winning the formal. Judges of the show were fac¬ ulty members; Pauline Brown, physical education department; Jeanette S:rawn, social science department, and Laura Elder, counselor. advising and improving student- Christian activities. Manley, Maguire Speak The Rev. Felix Manley, minis¬ ter of the Council of Churches, and Bruce Maguire, regional di¬ rector of the student YMCA- YW¬ CA movement, were guest speak¬ ers of the evening. Featured on the program were various skits depicting Walt’s Life in Review, piano and vocal selections by the PCC SCA quar¬ tette, and several old-time songs sung by the students and guests present. PCC students handling the af¬ fair included: Jim Rohrman, dec¬ orations; Dan Liming, recreation; Pat Sager, dinner; Esther Jessup, gift; and Betty Glimore, publici¬ ty- Name Successor From the SCA office this week came announcement of the ap¬ pointment of Peter Paulson, PCC grad, as new executive secretary, filling the post vacated by Raitt. Paulson was one of the origin¬ ators of the SCA movement on campus, and attend UC, Berkeley campus, after his graduation here. Reveal Campus Activities While a student here, he serv¬ ed as ASB president, was an OMD member, president of Al¬ pha Gamma Sigma and a Lancer. Paulson attended an Eastern theological seminary, and served as assistant minister of St. Paul’s Cathedral on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. He was recent¬ ly a member of the Episcopal mission board in Costa Rica. Wife to Assist Assisting him in the SCA work will be his wife, Louise, who with Beth Tunnison, SCA adviser at Muir, will take charge of the group here until Paulson official¬ ly takes over around April 1. 73 New Pledges In Radio Fraternity Qualified by their presentation of prepared dramatic material, as well as the reading of “cold” copy, thirteen candidates were in¬ itiated Monday night by Theta Rho Pi, honorary radio fraterni¬ ty- At the home of the fraternity’s vice-president, Phil Udell, the new members attended their informal installation Monday night. Those pledging were Bob Butner, Ruth Woodrum, John Braislin, Lee Day, Morris Wakefield, Barbara Cardin, Bob Robinson, Stuart Bas- quin, James French, Harry Tad¬ deo, John Hall, Mirren Deutsch and Sam Rowland, Jr. 2 PCC Speakers Win Top Honors Two first place speaking awards were copped by PCC stu¬ dents at the California Speech Tournament, held at UCLA re¬ cently. Vying against fifteen junior col¬ leges and universities, John Chap¬ man ranked tops in junior men’s oratory and Arlette Barnes plac¬ ed highest in radio speaking. Other awards were won by Lee Goroni, second in radio speaking with Virginia Bean ranking sec¬ ond and Peggy Jeffs third in women’s discussion. Six men’s and two women’s teams from PCC will participate in the Phi Rho Pi Pacific Coast speech tournament to take place at East Los Angeles Junior Col¬ lege this Friday and Saturday. Lowell Barker is the radio in¬ structor and Paul W. Smith, for¬ ensics. Conference Calls Dr. Harbeson to Atlantic City Speaking recently before dele¬ gates to the National Association of Secondary School Principals convention in Atlantic City, Dr. John Harbeson, PCC principal, re¬ vealed that there are now 40 four- year junior colleges functioning in the United States. In opening his subject, Evalu¬ ating the 6-4-4 Plan, Dr. Harbe¬ son stated: “This plan has now had a sufficiently long history and is sufficiently developed to warrent an evaluation.” Calling the four-year junior college “The New American Col¬ lege,” Dr. Harbeson expressed the belief that these institutions, of which PCC is one, are capable of standing on their own reputa¬ tions. He said, “It need not bask in the borrowed light of the stan¬ dard college; it has the possibili¬ ty of becoming the center of the educational and cultural life of the entire community to which all men and women, without re¬ gard to age or walk of life, may prepare for inspiration and the opportunity for life-long learn¬ ing.” P-TA Meets Monday For Panel Discussion Students and parents are invit¬ ed to attend the PTA open meet¬ ing scheduled March 4, at 8 p.m. to be held in Sexson Auditorium. Topic to be discussed at this meeting will be Building Unity Within Our City. A student panel from Paul W. Smith’s speech class will develop the theme along the cultural, in¬ dustrial, business and civic lines. After a brief business meeting the vocational and guidance de¬ partments will be open, and small groups of parents, teachers, and students will participate in dis¬ cussion groups. Classes which will be open for the discussion groups are radio, pre-nursing, cosmetology, tech¬ nology, art and speech. Students are urged to attend with their parents, and take part in the discussions. Officers Named For Alpha GammaSigma At the first meeting of the new semester, members of Alpha Gamma Sigma, national scholar¬ ship society, elected Jack Doyle to serve as president of the or¬ ganization; Don Ludolph, vice- president; Alice Cannistra, record-, ing secretary; Joanne Orr, cor¬ responding secretary; Pat Gould, treasurer. New office holders for the juni¬ ors will be: John Fehd, vice-pres¬ ident; Roberta Fifer, secretary; Robert Farina, treasurer, and AWS representative, Mildred Her- forth. Taking the sophomore class reins for the second semester are Eve Liddle, vice-president; Marcia Thurston, secretary, and Players'Guild Performance Set Soon Performances о f George Washington Slept Here, the riotous jKauffann-Hart come¬ dy, presented by the Players’ Guild, will be given in the Sexson Auditorium at an as¬ sembly March 5, 8 :30 a. m. and for the general public, Friday, March 5 at 8 :00 p. m. Elizabeth Warner portrays the sardonic wife whose optimistic husband, played by Richard Carr, has bought a ramshackle Connec¬ ticut farm house so he can “get back to the soil." Character parts are handled by Charles Green- street, John Kimbro and Martin Stornie. Name Director Joseph Pyle is student director. Staging will be handled by Ken¬ neth Mosley and Warren Hill, student technical directors. Kath¬ arine Kester is faculty adviser. Richard Carr plays Newton Fuller; Elizabeth Warner is seen as Anabelle Fuller, Charles Greenstreet as Mr. Kimber, Pat¬ ricia Parnham as Marge Fuller, Stuart Basquin as Steve Elder- idge, and Doris Hall as Katie. Reveal 'Cast Mrs. Douglas will be played by Joanne Fitz, Rena Leslie by El¬ eanor Eby, Clayton Evans by John Hall, Mester by Patricia Crawley; Dante Tadeo will play Raymond; John Kimbro is Uncle Stanley. Robert Blackshaw will be seen as Tommy Hughes, Joy Lombard as Sue Barrington, Mar¬ jorie Hawkins as Miss Wilcox, Martin Stornie, Mr Prescott; and Robert Carrillo, Legett Frazer. Richard Allen is property man¬ ager, Warren Simonds, business manager, and Edward Parker, publicity manager. Floy Palmer is in charge of make-up; Florence Greenstreet, wardrobe mistress. Dr. Langsdorf to Teach at Harvard Planning to teach a course in Junior College Education, Dr. William Langsdorf, assistant prin¬ cipal has been appointed to serve on the Harvard Summer School faculty for the 1948 summer term. Instruction in the Summer School, which extends from June 28 to August 21, will be given by members of the Harvard faculty and by instructors from over 40 American and foreign schools and universities. Among colleges to be repre¬ sented on the faculty are Har¬ vard, PCC, USC, Yale, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Tulane, University of Texas, University of Chicago and Columbia. Pro fessors from over 20 states, Ha¬ waii and Europe will make up the faculty for the summer ses¬ sion. Sharon Anderson and Barbara La- fot as AWS representatives. In the freshman household Joan Buckholz is now vice-presi¬ dent, Elinor Anderson, secretary, William Jones, treasurer, and Vir¬ ginia Ballou and Joanne Harris are the AWS representatives. Two more AWS reps have yet to be appointed, one each from the junior and senior classes. 12 Offices Filled in Minor Class Elections, Thurber Announces Results of the minor class elections held last Friday cul¬ minated in the filling of twelve vacant class offices, John Thurber, election commissioner, reported today. On the senior class scene Carolyn Cox was voted vice- president, while Betty Brown was elected secretary and Sally Shaffer, treasurer; Frances Collier was appointed AWS rep¬ resentative.