PCC Chronicle, March 22, 1950

HRONKLE 47, No. 5 Pasadena, California March 22, 1950 'Mooncalf' Debuts As Entry In College One-Act Contest City College dramatic department will present a series of one-act plays in assembly March 24, and in the evening at 8 :15 p.m. First of the plays will be “Mooncalf Mugford,” which is the serious story of a woman’s attempt to follow her husband into the realms of his insane mind. Bill Linton will play the part of Mooncalf, with Marilyn Stingle portraying his wife. Others included in the p„y which is directed b, Bar РЦГСНаГС| OWNS СОШв baxa FTanklin are Carol McEwen, Marilyn Murie and William Vasse. This play was originated as a student project in play produc¬ tion class. It is this drama which will appear at the Pasadena Play¬ house March 29 as Pasadena’s entry in the State Junior College One-act Play tournament. Shades of Lincoln’s Beard Second of the series is “Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers.” “A delight¬ ful account of a child’s sugges¬ tion and based on actual histori¬ cal incident,” said Donald Liercke in commenting on the drama. Mary Ellen Jones will play the little girl, and will be supported by Bob Bonds, Cornelia Kircher, Charlotte Rothman and Tony Ta- rullo, with Cynthia Jensen direct¬ ing. This play will be the entry in the high school division of the tournament. Altar Bound Third in the series of produc¬ tions will be a drama titled “A Wedding,” which will also be giv¬ en in assembly. It is a farce about a situation which has con¬ fronted most of us at one time or another. Joy Lombard and Bill Hodgson will provide the love in¬ terest aided by Brady Twiggs, Ronald Troxell, Bob Wolfson, Evelyn DeRush, and Alivia Rob¬ erts who also is directing. “It is hoped we can build some interest in the one-act plays and in the type of work we so often do in the Little Theater as well as provide an evening of choice entertainment,” stated Liercke. Liercke and Miss Nancy Mac- Naught are faculty supervisers with the assistance of stage tech classes. Anatolians to Fete New Collegians Members of the Anatolian Club met Wednesday, March 15, to dis¬ cuss plans for the Open House to be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. in 208D. The purpose of the Open House is to acquaint all new students with the different clubs and or¬ ganizations of Pasadena City College. Refreshments will be served. The Anatolian Club is compos¬ ed of representatives of all the clubs and organizations on the Pasadena City College campus. Club adviser is Robert Trevor. Under him are Margaret John¬ son, president; Erwin Fuller, vice- president; and Jeanne Moore, sec¬ retary-treasurer. In Marriage Problems Mondays in the Extended Day a course in marriage Offered Division problems has been added to the curriculum of Pasadena City Col¬ lege by Dr. Dora Purchard. Be¬ ginning in March, the course is given without charge on Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in room 137 of the C building. Well known as a consulting psychologist and lecturer, Dr. Purchard is conducting the class personally. A former faculty member at the University of Den¬ ver, Dr. Purchard has studied ex¬ tensively in Switzerland, France, Germany, Sweden and Italy. She earned her master’s and doctor’s degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. A non-credit course, the class is especially suited for those who are planning marriage and for young married couples, but reg¬ istration is open to any interested persons. Among the topics which will be discussed during the course are: sex adjustment after marriage, planning for a family, and physical, mental and emotion¬ al maturation. Frosh Talent Tryouts Reach Semi-final Stage Semi-finals for the Freshman talent show were held Tuesday, March 14, at 3 p.m. “The tryouts showed the ter¬ rific spirit of the Freshman Class,” said Joan Rydman, F’rosh Class president, “and I hope that they will continue to show such spirit throughout the rest of the semester.” Find Hidden Talents The tryouts were held for the purpose of discovering the hidden talents of the Freshman Class to be presented in an assembly, May 5. The top names on the list for the semi-finals were Doris Apra- mian and Dorothy Derr, singing “Dearie”; Shirley Daniels, uke and song; Jody Falstrom, Kath¬ erine McKinney, Carol Kelly, trio; Pat Howarth and group, black¬ face routine; Nancy O’Dell, pian¬ ist; Jean Cram, vocalist; Sherrill Oliver, tap dance; Pat Irving, vo- .calist; Valerie Reynolds, imper¬ sonator; and Joan Rydman, pian¬ ist. Percy “Eckstine” Smalley will be guest star of the show. Frank Hammond is the faculty adviser. The finals were held yesterday at 3 p.m. in the auditorium, but the results are not yet known. Come to the 'Mardi Gras' Carnival For Mad-cap Thrills, Excitement Pasadena City College’s annual spring carnival presented yearly by the Order of Mast and Dagger will take place Friday, May 12, fea¬ turing the theme Mardi Gras. Plans are now underway in the OMD office under the direct supervision of Harry Montgomery, club president, and Edwin Van Amringe, adviser. Karen Larsen is directing publicity. Featuring the masks, costumes, decorations and mad-cap activi¬ ties of New Orleans’ famed festival, this year’s Carnival holds prom¬ ise of being the best in the 25-year history of the school, according to club officials. Applications for booths will be taken in the OMD office, main hall of the C building, from April 12 to 18. Contracts between OMD and club officials building carnival booth will be signed April 24-28. Booths are limited in size and construction but not in decoration and purpose, except that there cannot be booths for gambling. Declaimers Emerge Victors In Phi Rho Pi Speech Meet Pasadena City College’s forensics squad coached by Paul W. Smith, captured five first place cups from a possibility of eight last weekend at the annual Phi Rho Pi speech meet held at Long Beach City College. Events fell into four categories in men’s and women’s divisions: debate, extemporaneous speaking, oratory and impromptu speak¬ ing. Teammates Ruth Squire and Barbara Carden won first prize in the women’s debating fray. A senior, Miss Squire serves as PCC attorney general. Miss Car¬ den occupies a student govern¬ ment position as secretary of for¬ ensics and graduates from the fourteenth grade in June. Gals Are Fast Thinkers Miss Carden also snatched a cup from the women’s impromp¬ tu event. Extemporaneous hon¬ ors were taken by Janice Johnson first, and Miss Squire, who re¬ ceived a second place medal. Formerly a Wichita, Kansas, high school student, Miss Johnson is a City College junior majoring in speech. Wendall Stanley, Eminent Virus Scientist To Address Twenty-third Faraday Lecture Twenty-third Faraday Lecture will be given by the Faraday Lecture Committee of PCC on Thursday, March 30 in the Sexson Auditorium at 8 p.m. Dr. Wendall M. Stanley will be the speaker. Dr. Stanley was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946. His specialty is viruses. An Indian boy who nearly became a football coach, he show¬ ed viruses to be protein molecules, not organisms. The speaker heads the new virus laboratory at the University of California. This will be a contest on lecture notes for junior high school students in Pasadena. “Vitality versus Viruses” is the subject of the lecture this year. Two grand prizes will be awarded the winners. Awards include a brown leather notebook with the student’s name engraved in gold for the grand prize and a popular science book for each winning contestant from the individual junior highs. ‘MOONCALF’ STARS CONTEMPLATE . . . thoughtfully from left to right: Marilyn Murrie, Bill Linton and Marilyn Stengle. Linton and Miss Stengle star in the upper division entry in Playhouse one-act competition. City Collegians Searching For Permanent Costume Reserve System Certain City Collegians have embarked upon the project of setting up a system whereby a few semesters from now the school might be provided with costumes for its dramatic and musical productions. According to the plan which is under consideration, each time a group at PCC gives any kind of a production, it would donate at least one item to a growing supply of costumes. The first students to get tradition under way are the Cuban dancers in “Let’s Live a Little,” SCA’s recent musical production. Roger Okerstrom, former co-president of the Student Christian Association, is heading the project. Stated Okerstrom, “If each group on campus which gives a production in the next few years donates at least one item, it won’t be long before we will have nearly all the necessary costumes to put on a play. At the present time, we have no such supply to which we may resort.” Okerstrom also pointed out that no place has been provided on campus where costumes might be stored, and that merely a cupboard or small closet would fill the need for such a storage place. Fox Preview at Uptown Theater To Be Sponsored by Senior Class bly on May 12 featuring talent from surrounding junior colleges and Senior Day, at Little Corona on May 17. Class prexy Eddie LeGrand re¬ cently called a compulsory as¬ sembly of 14-2 students to help her and her cohorts decide on var¬ ious problems pertaining to the graduating class. No Muir Dance As a result of the poll taken at the assembly, it was decided to hold the Senior Prom without Muir. In regards to the band pre¬ ferred at the dance, students named Carroll Wax or Ike Car¬ penter. Two hundred and fourteen stu¬ dents pledged to donate one dol¬ lar each to the fund for the dance while 280 promised to be present at the Senior Breakfast in June. City College’s Senior Class will present one of Twentieth Cen¬ tury-Fox’s best previews of the year on Friday, March 24 at the Uptown Theater at 4 p.m. Tickets for the major studio preview are priced at 74 cents and may be purchased at the Stu¬ dent Bank or from members of the Senior Class Council. A-Coupla- Bucks Alex Cooper is expected to be a guest of honor at the affair. The disc-jockey will deliver a welcome message to students. Special shorts will also be shown along with the preview. Proceeds from this project will be used for the Senior Prom to be held at the end of the semester and for other class activities. Future Dates Other coming events for 14-2 students include a Senior assem- Woolley Orates Eloquently An oratorical cup was obtained by ASB Vice-president June Wool- ley, a 14th year speech major. In the men’s contests, Junior Dick Norwood, whose major sub¬ ject is law, was presented the ex¬ temporaneous speaking cup. ‘Mike’ Does Double Duty Michael Schon, who previously served on Alhambra High School debating team, tied for a second place medal for his efforts in impromptu speaking. He also placed third in the oratory event. Other Schools Get One Apiece Men’s debate was won by Bakersfield College, while Los An¬ geles City College took the men’s impromptu cup and Long Beach was the oratory winner. Other schools participating in the speech competition were East Los Angeles Junior College, John Muir College and Compton Col¬ lege. Smith’s contingent was taken exclusively from the ranks of the local speech production class, an upper division course furnishing training in competitive forensics. Coeds Honored at ‘Girls Week’ Fete In recognition of the annual “Girl’s Week” of Pasadena, 15 City College coeds were guests of honor at the Pasadena Busi¬ ness and Professional Women’s club dinner on March 14. A group from Huntington Hos¬ pital and a number from John Muir College were also present along with the 15 from PCC. Each student at the dinner was a special guest of a business wo¬ man interested in the girl’s vo¬ cational aspirations. A speaker from Bullock’s of Pasadena discussed “What You Should Consider When Choosing Your Wardrobe.” City College representatives in¬ cluded Gerry Glawe, Joanne Orr, Judy Kamph, Ardienne Reilly, Shirley Seip, Juanita Guest, Dal¬ las Peterman, Elinor Anderson, Juel Park, Norma Hancock, Mar¬ ilyn McHale, Joanne Stanley, Dottie Sutherland, Barbara Ellis, and Marian Brown.