Merlin Call
Receives Elk
Scholarship
Merlin Call, former sports writ¬
er for the Chronicle and 14-2 law
major at Pasadena City College,
has been selected City College’s
most valuable student by the Pas¬
adena Elks Lodge it was announc¬
ed last week by Dr. Harry L.
Mitchell, grand exalted ruler of
the local lodge.
Call will receive a $250 scholar¬
ship award from the local lodge
and will be entered in the state
and national scholarship contests,
sponsored by the Elks National
Foundation for Scholarships.
Alice Anderson and Jacqueline
Yelland, City College student
leaders, were also entered in the
Pasadena Contest.
The winner was selected on a
basis of eight major factors re¬
garding scholarship, citizenship,
leadership, personality, persever¬
ance, resourcefulness, patriotism,
and general worthiness.
Stong Helps Elks
Audre L. Stong administrative
assistant to principal, Dr. John
W. Harbeson, was adviser to the
Elks in making their selection of
the winner. The three City Col¬
lege entries in the contest were
chosen by the Elks and the con¬
testants knew nothing of the se¬
lection until last w e e k’s an¬
nouncement.
State and National Prizes
The state organization of the
Elks offers a total scholarship
award of $1200. The national
award will total $12,000 to be
awarded to winners of the reg¬
ional contests. Selections for the
state contest will be made by a
group of prominent Elk leaders
in California. The national win¬
ner will be picked by the Nation¬
al Elk Foundation for Scholar¬
ships.
The state and national scholar¬
ship winners will be announced
by the local lodge in the near
future.
Speech Teacher
Receives Honor
One of Pasadena City College’s
speech instructors, Mr. Paul W.
Smith, has been appointed chair¬
man of the National Committee
on Intercollegiate Discussion and
Debate.
This nine-man group is respon¬
sible for selecting the standard
questions which will be used by
all of 'the colleges and universi¬
ties of the United States in their
intercollegiate discussions and de¬
bate tournaments in the school
year 1949-50. This is the first time
in approximately 15 years that a
junior college instructor has been
honored .
The organization of the com¬
mittee is made up of representa¬
tives of four collegiate honorary
forensic fraternities and the
Speech Association of America,
which has one member.
Mr. Smith represents Phi Rho
Pi, the junior college honorary
fraternity in which PCC has the
first California chapter. He is
adviser for City College’s Phi
Rho Pi group.
Entertainers Wanted
By Talent Organization
Entertainers on campus atten¬
tion! The Talent Pool, a new or¬
ganization for talented students
on campus is being organized.
Actresses, actors, singers, comed¬
ians and musicians interested in
taking part in assemblies, plays
and other school productions may
sign up in the dean of women or
the dean of men’s office.
Enlistees in the Pool will be
called upon to serve in outside
activities as well as for entertain¬
ment on the campus.
There is a great need for new
entertainers. The Talent Pool is
especially looking for new types
of musicians.
If you are interested in any
phase of show business, you are
invited to join the Talent Pool.
Finals Partially Abolished By Principals
Council; Triads Left Up To Teachers
Out of the numerous plans suggested to the Principal’s Council for the schedule of finals
one was adopted and will be put into effect this semester.
Beginning this semester triad examinations will be optional with the teachers. Final
examinations still will be required, but they will be one hour in length except in those courses
in which the instructor feels that a two-hour final is necessary. In most of these cases the
examinations will be held in two one-hour periods on the days scheduled.
This plan was discussed at a meeting last Wednesday and is designed to prevent stu¬
dents having too many examinations in one day. Regular class sessions will be held for those
students not having examinations.
HRONICLE
No. 6
Pasadena City College
March 16, 1949
'I Remember Mama ' Readied
For Stage By Players' Guild
“I Remember Mama“ will be offered to the public by Pasadena City College Players’
Guild, March 23, in assembly and March 25 at 8:00 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium
The production written by John Van Druten, is a relation of events in the life of a Nor¬
wegian family about 1910, by Katrin, a member of the household. As the play opens, Katrin
is seated, writing; she begins to read from the manuscript and the play gets under way.
SCREEN SCENE . . . from the Players’ Guild forthcoming
production of “I Remember Mama,” which will be presented
in Sexson Auditorium next Wednesday and Friday. Shown in a
scene, above, are, from left to right: Mimi Boreile, who portrays
daughter Dagmar, Joy Lombard, who takes the part of Chris¬
tine, Dagmar’s sister; and John Kimbro as Uncle Chris.
Pasadena SCA To Join Muir
In Combined Mountain Retreat
An All-Membership Retreat, sponsored, by the Student
Christian Association of both Pasadena City College and
Muir, will be held at Thousand Pines, Crestline, this Saturday
and Sunday, according to Mr. Ernest Becker, executive sec¬
retary of PCC’s SCA. Main features of the event will be in¬
formal “bull sessions,” group discussions and devotionals. Pur-
Fabiolan, Nursing Group,
Picks Semester Officers
Officers of the Fabiolan Club,
Pasadena City College’s pre-nurs¬
ing group, were elected at their
first meeting of the spring sem¬
ester held recently.
Officers include: Grace Erick¬
son, president; Edith Buckan,
vice-president; Cynthia Borbidge,
secretary; Dpra Jean Bevis, as¬
sistant secretary; Eileen Wagner,
treasurer; Dorothy Lindstrom, so¬
cial chairman; Elske Graswinck-
el and Nancy Johannesen, pro¬
gram chairmen; Helen Hess and
Elma Hodgson, publicity chair¬
men.
pose of the retreat is to integrate
the new members into the larger
group activities. There will -be
ample time for all new members
to become acquainted, share sim¬
ilar interests and arouse enthusi¬
asm. All membership retreats
are held three times a year in
the fall, midwinter and spring.
Skiing, toboggoning and ice
skating will be among the winter
sports the members may engage
in. The week-end will cost $4.50,
including four meals and one
night’s lodging. Transportation
will be provided by the club and
members may sign up in the
SCA office, room 25C, immediate¬
ly. All arrangements are in
charge of SCA president Marion
Wright, and Billy Baily, Kay
Booth and Roger Okerstrom.
She tells how Mama always
distributes money from Papa’s
envelope at the end of the week
to cover expenses so that they
will not have to go to the bank.
The bank has become a source
of security to the members of
the family, for if any trouble
should present itself, the bank
account could get them out of
their predicament.
Coffins and Recipes
Further events in the life of
the family include the marrying
of Trina, their spinster aunt, to
Mr. Thorkleson, the undertaker,
and the amusing talk that Mama
has with Florence D. Moorhead,
famous writer, to find out if Ka¬
trin has any real writing talent.
For this, Mama trades some of
her most precious recipes.
What Bank Account?
In a few months, Katrin runs
into the house waving a $500
check, demanding that it be put
right into the bank. It is at this
time that Mama and Papa reveal
to the children that there is re¬
ally no bank at all, that they
had been pretending all along to
make the children feel safe and
secure. Then Katrin and the fam¬
ily gather together and begin to
read the manscript that won all
the money, thus the play draws
to a close.
Cast for “Mama’
Members of the cast are: Ka¬
trin, Marilyn Bree; Mama, Doris
Hall; Papa, Edward Parker; Dag¬
mar, Mimi Boreile; Christine, Joy
Lombard; Mr. Hyde, Len Smith;
Nels, Jack Beasley; Trina, Patti
Crawley; Singrid, Patti Parnham;
Jennie, Eleanor Eby; Uncle Chris,
John Kimbro; Jessie, Irene Daw;
Nurse, Kathleen Murphy; Mr.
Torkleson, Robert Towner; Dr.
Johnson, John Hall; Soda Clerk,
Tom Wade; Florence D. Moor¬
head, Jeanne Parker.
Spartan Group Decides
To Change Sweater Color
Spartans, honorary women’s
service club of Pasadena City Col¬
lege, will have their brown sweat¬
ers replaced by red ones. It was
recently decided by the Spartans
to obtain sweaters similar to
those of the Lancers, honorary
men’s service club of PCC. This
is the first time that the tradi¬
tional brown of the Spartan
sweaters has been changed. The
new outfits wifi be v-necked with
red and white emblems instead
of brown and white ones.
The Spartans were partly influ¬
enced in taking this action by a
change of the Lancer sweaters
last semester from black to red.
The chief reason is, knowing that
they are not only a policing or¬
ganization but a service club to
promote school spirit, they feel
that since red is a school color,
it would be more appropriate.
Accident Takes
Life of George
Williams Sunday
Services will be held at 11:00
a.m. this morning at Ives and
Warren Mortuary where relatives
and friends will pay respects to
George Williams, former Pasa¬
dena City College pep commis¬
sioner.
Ted Todd, ASB president and
one of George’s closest friends
ably expressed the sentiments of
both the faculty and members of
the student body when he said:
“George Williams was a wonder¬
ful guy! I could write a lot of
pretty words about him but it all
comes out the same. All I have
to do is remember the good times
I had with George, the outstand¬
ing work he did for our school,
and the numberless persons who
always had a good word for the
“jumping pep commissioner.” We
have lost a fine leader and I lost
a true friend.”
Mr. Carl Metten, student gov¬
ernment adviser, who worked
closely with George, echoed Ted’s
words when he stated: “We will
miss George Williams here at
PCC. As our pep commissioner
this past year he did an outstand¬
ing job. His desire to make the
college the best school in the
state was shown in his work. The
enthusiasm of the cheering sec¬
tion at our games was the result
of his personality and hard
work.”
George Williams was killed
Sunday morning when he ap¬
parently was accidentally pinned
between the elevator and gate of
the Sierra Madre-Lamanda Citrus
Association factory.
In February George received
the highest possible honor Pasa¬
dena City College can bestow:
he was tapped for membership
in Order of Mast and Dagger.
This was in recognition of ’ his
outstanding service as pep com¬
missioner for two semesters.
George had also been a PCC
cheer leader in 1946, a member
of the AMS Board for two semes¬
ters, and Junior Class Council
member.
Last year George became a
member of Lancers, highest
men’s honorary society on cam¬
pus. A 14-2 student this semester,
he planned to enter the citrus
field upon graduation.
St. Patrick To Be
Feted at Dance
On Friday evening Pasadena
City College’s social affairs com¬
mission will sponsor a student
body dance in honor of Saint Pat¬
rick’s Day at Pasadena’s Shake¬
speare Club from 9 to 12 p.m.
Paul Martin and his orchestra
will be featured at the affair.
Martin, a well-known guitarist,
specializes in music in which the
melody predominates. His elec¬
tric guitar is arranged in such
a way that a variety of effects
may be accomplished.
Wear That Green!
According to Milton Hinshill-
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d, appropriate decorations
will be displayed, although those
attending need not wear green.
Bids, designed by George Koteles,
are $1 per couple with a student
body book. Only 400 tickets will
be issued because of limited
space.