PCC Takes Over Playhouse Next Week
Poore Memorial Committee
OREGON SENATOR
to ADDRESS forum lacks 'Golden State’ Showing
Wayne B. Morse, firey United States senator from Oregon,
will visit the City College campus next week to speak on the
final program of this year’s Tuesday Evening Forum schedule
at 8 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. The Senator, known for his
policy of “Government by Law,” which lays stress on the con¬
stitutional system of checks and
City College students, their parents, faculty members, and friends of the campus will
take over the Pasadena Playhouse next Wednesday night for a performance of the current
Playhouse feature, “The Golden State.” The April 2 presentation of the Sam Spewack produc¬
tion, making its premiere run on the west coast after a
balances, will close the 1952 For¬
um season with the topic “Integ¬
rity in Government.” His talk
will be based on his experiences
as a senator since 1945, backed
by 13 years as professor and
dean of law at the University of
Oregon.
The Oregon Republican, who
contends that it is the duty of a
legislator to represent the inter¬
ests of all constituents regardless
of political affiliations, has been
asked to formulate a “platform
for America” in the election year,
not - for Republicans or Demo¬
crats, but one which would bene¬
fit the whole country.
With the closing of this Forum
season, Lowell F. Barker, direc¬
tor of forums for the Extended
Day office, has already started
PCC Chronicle
Vol. 51, No. 7
Pasadena, California
March 26, 1952
Nursing Education Group Names
Langsdorf to Advisory Post
Pasadena City College has received nation-wide recognition in the selection of Dr.
William B. Langsdorf, principal, to membership on the advisory committee for a coopera¬
tive project for junior college nursing education. Meeting was held at the Teachers College
in Columbia, New York. Purpose of the committee is to operate iff line with recommenda-
highly successful New York
showing, will be sponsored by
the Merrill J. Poore Memorial
Fund committee to raise money
for a scholarship fund in mem¬
ory of the late chairman of the
Business Department, tragically
struck down by a runaway auto¬
mobile last summer.
Featuring a well known Pasa¬
denan, sta|;e, screen and radio
star Oliver Prickett, “The Gol¬
den State” is a comedy of South¬
ern California, the “mecca of
madness where streets are paved
with gold.” Since starting its
current run at the Playhouse, the
production has received rave not¬
ices from critics.
City Collegians wishing to at¬
tend the special PCC night per¬
formance may buy tickets at the
regular prices of 90 cents, $1.20,
$1.80 and $2.40. Many campus
Senator Wayne B. Morse
planning the 1952-53 series of
20 lectures by top authorities in
all fields of general interest. Tui¬
tion tickets reserving seats at
each lecture for the entire series
are on sale now to this year’s
Forum members for $1, and will
go on sale to the general public
next week at the same price. Ac¬
cording to Mr. Barker, all tickets
for this year were sold out be¬
fore the first program last Oc¬
tober.
Students Attend
Propaganda Confab
Students from PCC participat¬
ed in the recent conference en¬
titled “Who Makes Up Our
Minds” at the Pacific Oaks
Friends School. Propaganda en¬
thusiasts discussed the relation
of news sources to the present
trend of fear.
A few subjects taken up includ¬
ed: “Who is scaring us about
what?”, “Who gains from ‘slant¬
ed’ news?” and “Can we recog¬
nize ‘propaganda’ even when we
agree with it?”
USC Offers Three
Scholarships In
Administration
Three full tuition scholarships
amounting to a total of over a
thousand dollars are to be award¬
ed to junior college graduates
entering the School of Public
Administration at USC during the
school year 1952-53.
These scholarships are worth
up to $576 annually and will be
renewed yearly on a satisfactory
grade average. Students who
have completed 60 units of col¬
lege work and have finished the
basic requirements of the first
two years of college with a
grade point average of two are
eligible for the scholarship. Inter¬
ested PCC collegians should con¬
tact George Breece in the coun¬
selor’s office. Students applying
should possess a lively interest
in public administrative work.
Collegians to Run
City for a Day
During the month of April col¬
lege students from the local cam¬
pus and from Muir will share the
.privilege of actually participat¬
ing in certain downtown busi¬
nesses and professions. This op¬
portunity will be presented
through 'the annual Youth Day '
program which is planned by
both schools and carried out
through the cooperation of Pasa¬
dena merchants and leaders.
Bob Cornelison is head of the
PCC committee which is now
working on the Youth Day af¬
fair.
tions made by a joint committee
of the American Association of
Junior Colleges and the Nation¬
al League of Nursing Education
in March 1950.
Dr. Langsdorf was one of three
representatives from junior col¬
leges among the 15 committee
members. The PCC principal al¬
so represented the only junior
college in the nation to have a
successful training program for
professional and practical nurs¬
ing.
This nation-wide cooperative
project for junior college nurs¬
ing education which the commit¬
tee took up has been established
by the division of nursing edu-
Literature Contest
Deadline Revealed
Aspirant writers are reminded
that April 16 is the deadline for
turning in entries for the annu¬
al literary contest .
Instructor J. Robert Trevor re¬
vealed that Nash’s Department
Store has been added to the pre¬
vious list of Pasadena merchants
contributing books to be used as
prizes. Others are Vroman’s and
the Brown Shop.
Competition offers three
awards, in prose fietion, exposi¬
tory or essay, and poetry. Man¬
uscripts should be submitted to
Mr. Trevor either in the English
conference room, 160C, or in his
box in the faculty mail room.
Entries must have a pen name
on the cover and not the stu¬
dent’s actual name. Manuscript
should be accompanied by a seal¬
ed envelope containing the real
name with the pen name on the
outside. All work submitted must
be typed with double spacing.
Oliver Prickett
clubs have reserved blocks of
seats for their members. A per¬
centage of the night’s receipts
will go to the Poore Fund, which
was started last summer by
friends and associates of the pop¬
ular instructor soon after his
death. The committee has since
sponsored several money-raising
projects, including a week-long
paper drive.
The money will be used to pro¬
vide annual scholarships to stu¬
dents, not necessarily in the Busi¬
ness Department, who best exem¬
plify the traits for which Mr.
Poore was noted.
OMD Carnival Follows
Wild Woolly West Theme
This year’s Order of Mast and
Dagger Carnival on Friday, May
16, will be set up as a western
town in keeping with the “Sil¬
verado” theme, announced Pres¬
ident Mac Small.
Walks will have western street
names and OMD’s information
booth will serve as “sherriff’s
office.” A court of five coeds
from campus groups and depart¬
ments will reign over “Silverado.”
Special feature this year will
be the carnival preview from 12
to 1 p.m. of the same day when
booths will be open to sell food.
“We are especially concentrat¬
ing on trying to help the clubs
increase their profits,” stated
Small. Letters have been sent out
to campus organizations inform¬
ing them about carnival details.
Profits will be divided between
the participants and OMD. Mast
and Dagger’s share will help fin¬
ance charities including the two
$50 Harbeson scholarships award¬
ed each June to an outstanding
boy and girl 12-2 who plan to
return in September.
Dr. William B. Langsdorf
cation of Columbia’s Teachers
College, to help reduce the criti¬
cal shortage of nurses. The proj¬
ect will assist colleges to provide
programs for teaching the regis¬
tered nurse function in two years
instead of the usual three, and is
expected to eliminate the more
laborious and repetitive aspects
of training.
In addition to consultative ser¬
vice, the project will carry out
research to test the quality of
the new program and to develop
patterns for nursing education
in the junior colleges. A small
number of institutions will serve
as pilot centers the first year
with others to be added
AS
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Leaders Plan
Dessert Meeting
ASB members of the Board, the
Cabinet and the Court will gath¬
er at Jone Small’s home in Alta-
dena for a dessert meeting April
1.
Dick Owens, ASB president,
announced that this variation of
the usual meeting will be held for
business purposes.
Transportation Fair Set
to Open Next Month
Pasadena City College will play
host to the Transportation Fair
on Friday, April 25, from 6 to
10 p.m. and on Saturday, April
26, from 4 to 10 p.m. Purpose of
the Fair is to interest thousands
of people in Pasadena who have
not been reached in the past by
the conventional open-house pro¬
gram.
Held in conjunction with Pub¬
lic Schools Week, the event will
show various types of transporta¬
tion devices from planes to auto¬
mobiles. Extensive plans have
been started for the community
and all personnel of the Pasa¬
dena City Schools to take part in
presenting the event.
To date over 500 school and lay
people on 23 committees are
working hand in hand preparing
the activity. Dr. H. P. Blome,
general chairman, and Frank R.
Walkup, acting superintendent of
schools, are helping plan the af¬
fair. A few committees are: ex¬
ecutive, central, publicity, finance,
art, physical facilities, program,
school, travel bureau, airplanes,
and railway exhibits. Also work¬
ing are a safety education com¬
mittee, military automotive group
and history of transportation
committee.
Innumerable business firms
plan to display merchandise dur¬
ing the fair. Schools in Pasadena
will each have individual exhibits
also. However these will be clas¬
sified by topic or title and not
by school. Names of students
participating will be stressed
more than names of schools.
ASB Holders Get
Special Fox Rates
By agreement with the Fox-
West Coast chain of theaters,
PCC students possessing student
body cards are permitted to en¬
ter the show for the price of a
Junior.
This discount could add up to
a considerable saving on the part
of the student over a few sem¬
esters.
Every PCC collegian should
say “thanks” to the Fox-West
Coast theaters by using correct¬
ly their opportunity to go to the
movies at a lower price.
