Journalism Doors
Swing For Public
Pasadena City College’s honorary journalism fraternity,
Beta Phi Gamma, with the co-operation of the publications
commission, will sponsor a Journalism Open House for stu¬
dents of the college and surrounding high schools on Tuesday,
May 10, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. According to Lena Goroni,
president of Beta, purpose of the event is to interest prospec-
Junior Highs, Grammar Schools
To Participate In Music Festival
May spring music festivities of the Pasadena City Schools will be inaugurated Friday
night with the annual May musical presentation of the combined junior high school girls’
glee clubs and bands, and elementary school children. Feature attraction of the evening is a
cantata, “Wind of the West,” sung by glee club members. The 45-minute cantata will be di¬
rected by Dr. John Henry Lyons, Pasadena City Schools music supervisor. Glee club instruc¬
tors are Mrs. Eunice Ellis, Eliot Junior High ; Miss Ella Peterson, Marshall; Miss Adeline
CARNIVAL TIME ... at Pasadena City College has brought
together the friendly little group pictured above. The fella in the
middle, with the grin on his face, is “Jiggs” Bulldog. “Jiggs” is
shown compiling a few notes about the coming OMD Carnival
on the typewriter. The Carnival will take place Friday, May 13,
on campus. Gathered around “Jiggs,” from left to right, help¬
ing him are: Jacqueline Yelland, OMD prexy; Carolyn Gerke,
OMD veepee; and, Motoi Satomi, treasurer of the Order. “Jiggs”
and Ids friends will be looking for you at Carnival time! one week
from this Friday.
Thousands Of Spectators
Over-Run PCC Camp US
An estimated 25,000 persons, residents from all over
the San Gabriel Valley, attended Pasadena City College’s
Communications Fair held on the campus Friday afternoon
and evening. Acclaimed by school officials as the biggest
community event ever staged by the schools of Pasadena, the
Fair featured means of communication from clay tablets,
tive Journalism majors in the ac¬
tivities of City College publica¬
tions. Visiting students will con¬
vene in room 35C before making
a tour of the various journalism
offices.
Exhibits Prepared
Chronicle, Campus, Press Bur¬
eau, photographic journalism and
Athletic Press Bureau staffs will
prepare exhibits for the guests.
The City College print shop will
also be open for inspection. Beta
Phi Gamma members will explain
the functions of these various of¬
fices during the tour.
Handbooks Handed Out
A publications handbook pub¬
lished by the journalism students
will be distributed at the event.
This booklet contains information
about entrance requirements and
work on the publications.
Members of newspaper and
yearbook staffs of the five Pasa¬
dena junior high schools, Mar¬
shall, Eliot, Wilson, Washington
and McKinley, and journalism
students from high schools in the
surrounding areas have been in¬
vited to attend. Advisers of the
groups will also be present.
Carolyn Gerke, vice-president of
Beta Phi Gamma, is chairman of
the committee iif charge of the
affair. Kent Colwell, Lillian Hur¬
ley and Karen Byl are additional
members.
Color Movies
To Be Screened
Three technicolor movies will
be shown by Pasadena City Col¬
lege’s Stage Technology Club
Monday in Sexson Auditorium at
both 4:00 and 7:30 p.m. “Ro¬
mance on the High Seas,” star¬
ring Doris Day, Janis Paige, Jack
Carson and Don DeFore will be
the main attraction.
Two Warner Brother’s cartoons
"Inki at the Circus” and “Hop,
Look, Listen” will complete the
billing. During the ev^iing show¬
ing, a 21-piece swing band will
provide musical entertainment
for those attending.
Tickets may be purchased from
members of the Stage Tech Club
and at the student bank. After¬
noon tickets are 25 cents while
those for the evening are 35 cents.
According to Jim Moore, stu¬
dent technical director, and Win¬
dy Hill, past director, a special
camera will be used so that better
projection will be accomplished.
Masonic Youth Club
Recently Organized Here
Masonic Youth, a club compris¬
ed of students whose fathers are
members of the Masonic Lodge,
has recently been organized on
the City College campus with Mr.
Paul H. Gerrish as adviser.
The purposes of this organiza¬
tion are to support the free pub¬
lic school system of the communi¬
ty; to encourage among the mem¬
bers of the organization a life of
service in support of the activi¬
ties of the local schools; to en¬
courage within the membership
those personal characteristics
which are essential to the good
life.
Carnival Queen
Nominees Are
Announced
Names of candidates for queen
in the 1949 annual OMD carnival
were recently disclosed by Peg¬
gy Gilbert, chairman of OMD’s
carnival queen committee. Vy¬
ing for the royal position are
five Pasadena City College coeds,
representing various departments
at PCC.
Chosen from student body gov¬
ernment is Loe Shoemaker, who
occupies 21 C as junior class pres¬
ident. Pam Daily has been selec¬
ted by special interest clubs as
another prospect for the position
of sovereignty. From Women’s
Athletic Association, Lorraine
Kinsey will compete for votes.
Art department has sent Judy
Harkness as its candidate while
the representative from Campus
Religious Council is Julianne Cra¬
mer.
Who will be the lucky one to
hold the title of reigning lady at
the twenty-first annual OMD car¬
nival is left entirely up to the
PCC student body. Students may
vote as many times as they wish,
one's supply of pennies being the
only limitation. 'The victorious
candidate receiving the greatest
number of tallies will become
“Her Majesty, the OMD carnival
queen,” to reign over affairs on
May 13.
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Sponsors
The 7Hobo Hop7
Featuring Freddy Vincent and
his orchestra, the “Hobo Hop”
will be sponsored by City Col¬
lege’s newly-organized Bullpup
Athletic Club this Friday evening
from 8 to 12 midnight in the
women’s gym.
In keeping with the hobo theme
all those attending will wear le-
vis and peddle pushers. Members
of the Bullpup club will operate
several concessions during the
evening to raise money for the
club’s treasury.
Bids for this all-school Hance
may be purchased from club
members and at the student body
bank for $1. The hard times
theme will be developed in the
decorations.
Norman Green is in charge of
arrangements for the dance. Wal¬
ly Calvert, Bob Beggs, Don Mur¬
ray and Bill Stone, vice-presi¬
dent, are additional members of
the dance committee. Henry
Weber, president; Harold Hamm,
secretary, and Jim Trader, trea¬
surer, are the other officers of
the group which was formed ap¬
proximately a month ago to give
recognition to Bullpup athletes.
dating from 2300 BC, to the most
modern communications media,
television. Fifteen national dis¬
tributors of radio and television
were present to display their
wares to the capacity crowd.
A battery of cameras from sta¬
tion KTLA-TV were trained on
the campus at various points of
interest; thus, enabling specta¬
tors in the classrooms to view on
television what was going on in
front of the school. The milling
crowd that thronged the halls
and classrooms from early eve¬
ning to 10:30 p.m. gave an air of
festivity to the Fair.
Every department attracted
crowds to their varyfhg exhibits
and displays. Students and fac¬
ulty alike contributed to the suc¬
cess of this great community ef¬
fort. Members of City College’s
stage technology group, who set
up the intricate wiring system
for the evening, were commend¬
ed highly for their work as were
students of Silver Screen who
were in charge of films during
the Fair.
Mr. Audre Stong, administra¬
tive assistant to the principal and
chairman of the event, stated: “I
believe the whole-hearted cooper¬
ation of faculty and students
contributed largely to the suc¬
cess of the Fair. This spirit of
New Architecture Club
To Hold Initial Meeting
Initiatory meeting of the Pasa¬
dena City College architecture
club will be held today at 3:00
p.m. in room 102A, according to
Mr. Gene Pleger, architecture in¬
structor.
All students interested in ar¬
chitecture and" its related fields
are invited to attend this meeting.
Officers will be elected, function
of the group will be outlined and
the first social activity will be
discussed. Purpose of the club is
to establish a more informal ac¬
quaintance among students inter¬
ested in this field through meet¬
ings and social functions.
Members of this organization
will study contemporary archi¬
tecture and will, in this way,
learn to appreciate it. They will
also participate in field trips to
various architectural and art
projects in the vicinity.
co-operation extended to the lo¬
cal commercial exhibitors who
gave so generously of their time
and effort. We thank them and
members of the press for their
support.”
Hunt, McKinley; Mrs. Doris Hol-
singer, Washington; and Miss
Rua Ellen Lowe, Wilson. The
cantata was written for Dr. Ly¬
ons by Mr. Roy S. Stoughton.
On May 13 the John Muir Col¬
lege band will entertain at Muir’s
Mead Auditorium. Band instruc¬
tor is Mr. H. Leland Green.
Boys’ Choir Entertains
Twenty-fourth anniversary of
the founding of the Pasadena Boy
Choir by Dr. Lyons will be com¬
memorated by toe Choir’s annual
spring concert in the Civic Audi¬
torium on May 15. The program
will feature Dr. Lyons’ arrange¬
ment of Mendelssohn’s motet,
“Hear My Prayer.”
Muir vocal organizations will
sing at Mead Auditorium on May
20, while at Sexson Auditorium
the Bulldog Band, led by Mr.
Audre L. Stong, will present a
homecoming program.
High School Bands Play
Under the direction of instruc¬
tors Messers Hugh Palmer, Eli¬
ot; Charles Chase, Marshall; The¬
odore Gundry (orchestra) and
Gardner Eikenberry (band), Wil¬
son; John McFarlane, McKinley;
and Russel Margrave, Washing¬
ton, a combined concert of the
All-City Junior High School Band
and Orchestra is slated for May
21 in Sexson Auditorium.
Library to Host
Main branch of the Pasadena
Public Library plays host to PCC
piano and voice recital on May 25.
The following day, a joint pro¬
duction of both junior college
A Cappella Choirs, directed by
Miss Mabel M. Oakes, PCC, and
Miss Isobel Smith, Muir, is sched¬
uled in the Civic Auditorium.
According to Dr. Lyons, the
overall theme of this year’s mu¬
sic festivities is the California
Centennial celebration.
Festival Results Reveal
Ability of Thespians
Winners in the Frederick Ar¬
thur Smith and Ruth Doolittle
Memorial Contest for the Shake¬
spearean festival are Doris Hall,
Lenny Smith, Jeanne Parker and
Joan Ewart according to Miss
Katharine Kester, City College
dramatics instructor.
Selections of the winning con¬
testants were, Doris Hall as
“Margaret” from Richard III;
Lenny Smith as “logo” from Oth¬
ello, Jeanne Parker as “Margar¬
et” in Henry VI, and Joan Ewart
as Lady Macbeth from Macbeth.
Passages were enacted from
the Shakespearean plays without
the use of props, scenery, or any
other kind of accompaniment.
The judges for the contest were:
Dr. Merle Smith, Pastor Emeri¬
tus of the First Methodist Church
in Pasadena; Mrs. Mabel Young
Shrader, director of the Shrader
School of Dramatic Art in Pasa¬
dena; and Mr. Grayson Spauld¬
ing, member of the Huntington
Library staff.
Six contestants from the upper
division competed for the Fred¬
erick Arthur Smith Memorial
Contest, and six contestants from
the lower division competed for
the Ruth Dootlittle Memorial
Contest. The winners will re¬
ceive the complete works of Wil¬
liam Shakespeare.