HRON/CLE
Vol. 47, No. 4
Pasadena, California
March 8, 1950
Buchanan Stars Anita Felkner
In SCA Stage Extravaganza
Sponsored by the SCA and the Stage Technology group of PCC, “Let’s Live a Little”
will be presented for students and the general public March 10, at 8 p.m., in Sexson Audi¬
torium.. A benefit for scholarships for worthy students, the musical comedy is an entire stu¬
dent production. The story, lyrics and music for the show were written by Leonard Pacheco
“WAT’S THE GOOD WORD?” . . . queries the Chron photog
as he catches Mary Fran Betrelson, Anita Felkner and Sally
Strong in a pensive mood studying the script for the forthcoming
production, “Let’s Live a Little,” March 10, in which Miss Felkner
is starred.
ASB Board to Host Junior High
Students at Meetings Hereafter
At a recent Board meeting, representative at large Joan
Williams moved that students from junior high schools in
Pasadena be allowed to attend Board meetings. Members of
the ASB group approved of this plan and appointed Joan Ryd-
and Dick Ekmanian. Stanley Gol-
lery is the musical arranger for
the production.
Student director is Morrie Bu¬
chanan. He has previously direct¬
ed the great -musical “Knicker¬
bocker Holiday,” in New York,
and he has also played the lead
in a stock company’s presentation
of the drama “Emperor Jones.”
Assisting in the direction of the
musical comedy is Bill Vasse.
Broken Hearted Sailor
“Let’s Live a Little” concerns
the adventures of a broken heart¬
ed sailor and his two amusing
buddies on New Year’s Eve. The
two-act musical takes place in a
nightclub, where the three sail¬
ors go to celebrate the holiday.
Highlights of the -production in¬
clude the antics of the sailors and
the songs and dances presented
during the evening as a floor
show in the nightclub. Climax of
the play comes when Harry, the
unhappy sailor, finds new love
when he meets Sylvia, a singer
in the club. The drama ends at
midnight with everyone welcom¬
ing the new year joyously.
Portrayed by . . .
The part of the unhappy sailor
is portrayed by Bill Linton. An¬
ita Felkner has the feminine lead
as Sylvia. Other principals in
the play are Gloria Clerisse, John
Woods, Elpercy Smalley, Bob Lot¬
tie, Don Tressel, Joy Lombard
and Jacque Davis.
Also Ran
Chairman of the show is Roger
Okerstrom. Louise Bowley is as¬
sistant chairman. In charge of
costumes are Emiline Monsour,
Mary Jo Horton and Charlote
Parks. Headed by Louise Bowley,
members of the prop crew are
Frank Cooper, Norm Wheeler
and Bob Brown. Secretary for
the production is Jeanne Moore.
Faculty advisers are Ernest Beck¬
er and Donovan Ballard.
Admission for the performance
is 74 cents for adults and 50
cents for students.
Kantela Sets Dance
Date for Next Week
Kantela Club of Pasadena City
College is presenting a dance on
Saturday, March 18 at 8 p.m. in
the Library Hall which is open to
all students at PCC.
Bids may be purchased at the
Student Union or Triton Booth
for 50 cents a couple. Outfits for
the occasion should be dressy
sport.
Kantela, music organization on
campus, is holding this dance to
acquaint PCC students with the
club. Membership in this group
is open to any student who en¬
joys music even though he may
not be inclined in any particular
field.
One of the Club’s recent proj¬
ects was to provide the library
listening room with a supply of
records which the group purchas¬
ed by means of the club funds.
man, Frosh prexy, to work with
Fred Jahnke, ASB president, on
this project.
Because of low ASB funds,
June Woolley, Joan Williams and
Laura Gasper were appointed as
a committee to survey student
body accounts in order to get
clubs which have a slight surplus
this semester to deposit a small
amount back into the general
ASB fund.
Former ASB vice-prexy Wally
Calvert and Kris Johannesen, last
semester’s civil service commis¬
sioner, were appointed as chair¬
man and assistant chairman re¬
spectively of this year’s Youth
Day.
Jones Will Speak
In Convocation Here
Dr. William C. Jones, Whittier
College president, will address
the student body Friday during
the school year’s fifth convoca¬
tion.
Attendance at the assembly is
compulsory for City Collegians
with ten o’clock classes in Fresh¬
man guidance, men’s and wom¬
en’s physical education, art, mu¬
sic, engineering and technology,
life science, social science and
ROTC. ^
Students not required to be
present at convocation should re¬
port to ten o’clock classes for
study. The regular schedule will
be resumed at 10:38 a.m. when
convocation slips will be collect¬
ed.
AMS Elects Men
To Hold Offices
Associated Men Students Board
recently elected officers to com¬
plete final preparations for sem¬
ester activities, Hank Weber,
AMS president, announced last
week.
Chosen for the office of vice-
president was Wendell Soetens.
John Thie became secretary and
Glenn Moore was elected to the
office of treasurer.
Steve Schofield replaced Bill
Stone as a general representa¬
tive on the Board. Stone dropped
out of school, leaving a vacancy
on the fifteen-member committee.
Wally Calvert is the other gener¬
al rep on the board.
First semester activities for
the AMS was the co-sponsorship
with the AWS of the “Bachelor’s
Dilemma,” most recent of the
Backwards Dances. Board mem¬
bers, under the supervision of
Weber and faculty adviser Robert
D. Haugh, dean of men, joined
with Dallas Peterman, AWS pres¬
ident, and her AWS board to plan
the affair. Other activities so far
have been the participation, again
with the AWS board, in Pal Day.
Club Council Will Organize
Ronald Yielding, commissioner
of organizations and president of
the Inter-club Council, will choose
members for his council in the
near future.
The Inter-club Council coordin¬
ates various activities of the clubs
on campus including Club Day.
All club presidents should sub¬
mit their names, addresses and
the address of their advisers to
Yielding as soon as possible if
they wish their organizations to
remain regular clubs on campus.
Cook Makes Vice-prexy;
Clark Elected Secretary
In recent minor ASB elections, Bill Cook was elected vice-
president of the Senior Class. Shirley Clark is secretary and
Wanda Woock and Xenia Fabian are new AWS reps. In the
Junior Class race, Marguerite Russell became vice-prexy, Bar-
Senior Class Will
Stage Preview at
Uptown Theater
City College’s Senior Class will
present a Twentieth Century-Fox
preview on Friday, March 24, at
the Uptown Theater.
The project is being presented
by the Senior Class with the pur¬
pose of raising funds for the Sen¬
ior Prom to be held at the end of
the semester.
Special shorts will also be
shown along with the preview.
“We expect to have some dis¬
tinguished guests present to greet
those attending the movie,” stat-
bara Bowen, secretary and Dave
Bass, treasurer. Representing the
AWS are Eleanor Monte and
Alice Berdahl.
Ron Woodford is Soph vice-
president, Dorothy Cort, secre¬
tary, and Ashley Hewitt, treasur¬
er, and Barbara Stunden and Nor¬
ma Billups are AWS representa¬
tives.
New Frosh officers are Andy
Castellano, vice-president, Anne
Doremus, secretary, Shirley Dan¬
iels, treasurer, and Marcia Lytle
and Jackie Lail, AWS reps.
Approximately 620 students
voted in minor primaries and 200
in the final elections.
ed Ralph Vilani, activities com-
missioner.
• Admission price for the show¬
ing is 74 cents and tickets may
be purchased at the Student
Bank.
Harbeson to Be Featured on First
Program Direct from City College
Tonight for the first time in City College’s history, a radio show
from the PCC studios will be broadcast by direct line to station
KPPC .
Entitled “Salute to Dr. Harbeson,” the half-hour drama at 8:30
p.m. will be dedicated to Principal Dr. John W. Harbeson for the
services he has rendered the Pasadena City School system and the
citizens of the community.
Bill Hodgson will take the lead as Dr. Harbeson, along with
Jack Beasley, Bob Wolfson and Tom Wade, who will also participate
in the production. Others in the cast include Barbara Lubin, Forrest
Besocke, Joy Lombard, Muriel Carlson and Jim Tice. Will Grant
and George Irwin are sound production man and engineer respective¬
ly, while Jim Brown will announce.
The entire production is under the direction of Lowell F. Barker,
radio instructor.
At the close of the program, Dr. Harbeson will give a short
talk on his 30 years of experience on the City College campus.
An excerpt from Dr. Harbeson’s speech to be given tonight is
“What a glorious privilege has been mine to serve as a humble
leader of the superb faculty and student body who have brought
about this marvelous transformation. May the years ahead bring
yet more glorious laurels to our Alma Mater and may her service to
the young men and women of our community become ever more
effective as the years come and go.”
Stated Mr. Barker, “It seems quite appropriate that this first
program to be broadcast from our school studios should pertain to
Dr. Harbeson.”
LeGrand Calls Seniors to Assembly
Helps Officer to Decide on Plans
Senior prexy Eddie LeGrand recently called a compulsory
assembly of all 14-2 students enrolled at City College to help
class officers decide on various problems pertaining to the
graduating class. Ninety-two
'Dee Peef Chorus Sings
At John Muir Recently
Sponsored by the SCA social
affairs commission, a Displaced
Persons Chorus gave a concert in
John Muir’s auditorium on March
3.
This chorus is composed of
young men and women from Po¬
land, Latvia, Lithuania and other
former free nations now under
the Soviet regime. Members of
the musical group have chosen to
live in the US rather than submit
to Soviet rule.
While members of the chorus
were living in Europe, they sang
together in an underground or¬
ganization called “Youth for Free¬
dom.” Their sole purpose in do¬
ing this was to undermine the
roads of totalitarianism.
Indian dances were also given
in last Friday’s program by the
Los Ayuneros, American Indian
dancers from the Los Angeles In¬
dian Center. This group, under
the direction of Hubert Honanie,
a Hopi Indian, was among the
highlights of the program.
students pledged to help sell
tickets to the Senior movie, while
31 agreed to purchase tickets.
Questions were also asked con¬
cerning Senior Day, an annual af¬
fair for 14-2 students. Students
also decided to have their prom
alone instead of with graduates
from Muir College this year.
Dr. Leis, PCC Counselor,
Plans Next Career Day
Dr. Ward W. Leis, PCC coun¬
selor, announced that the annual
Career Conference Day will be
held on March 31 during the as¬
sembly period. On this day each
department will have its own
' confab.
The program gives students an
opportunity to participate in con¬
ferences with outstanding lead¬
ers of different fields.
Dr. Leis stated, “There will be
no more conferences until March
31, which enables the depart¬
ments to put their efforts toward
the one day.”
