I^s Spring Carnival Time At City College
CHOO CHOO . . . toots the OMD Special as it chugs along
with that famed engineer, Sam (Jus’ call me Casey) Rowland at
the throttle. “Handlebars” Rowland is shown taking his best gal
(and we mean Jean Judy) out to “Coney Island” where they’re
havin’ that big, great, treeemenjous OMD Carnival. So, don’t
miss that train ride . . . get on board for fun and frolics at this
evening’s OMD Carnival.
Lucky Seniors to Establish
' Beach Head ' for Outing
HRONICLE
Vol. 45, No. 11
Pasadena, California
May 13, 1949
Fun, Frolic, Festivity, Festoons Famed
OMD ' Coney Island' Carnival Tonight
Under the auspices of the Order of Mast and Dagger the 21st annual Spring Carnival
will be staged on the campus tonight from 5:00 to 12:00 p.m. It has been appropriately en¬
titled “Coney Island of 1890” for it will feature all of the sparkling highlights of the famous
New York midway. In past years the OMD Carnival has been a milestone in the school cal¬
endar. In 1948 this organization presented the school with over $300 for the purpose of
starting the War Memorial Court. This year the entire proceeds will again go to this project
which is now nearing completion.
Archives Reveal Local Graduates
Gain High Achievement Records
In Colleges and Business World
BY JOHN A. ANDERSON
Dean of Records
Good news from colleges and universities about the
achievement of Pasadena young people is a familiar story.
The dean of records has compiled data for twenty years on
the records of transfers from Pasadena City College to insti-
Pasadena City College’s tradi¬
tional Senior Day will be celebrat¬
ed by 14-1’s, 14-2’s, February
graduates and post graduates on
Friday, May 20, at the San Cle¬
mente Beach Club, Morrie Wake¬
field, class president, announced
today.
Recreation facilities, including
table tennis, badminton, volley
ball and tennis as well as the
club’s private beach and fresh
water swimming pool will be
open for the use of all attending.
OMD Carnival Queen for 1948
will be crowned tonight at 9:00
on the front steps of the D Build¬
ing. She will reign over the re¬
mainder of this evening’s festivi¬
ties. Voting deadline is 3:00 p.m.
today.
Votes, to be counted by a spec¬
ial OMD committee, are a penny
each. All voting will take place
in the main hall of the C build¬
ing, where candidates’ pictures
are posted. Proceeds will be used
to help finance the OMD produc¬
tion in June
Representing the Women’s Ath¬
letic Association is black-haired
brown-eyed Lorraine Kinsey,
youngest of the group. A recent
graduate of McKinley Junior
High School, 16-year-old Lorraine
has a WAA varsity in tennis. She
is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and is in
the 11-2.
As its choice for carnival queen
PCC student government has sub¬
mitted Loa Shoemaker. A 13-2,
Loa has light brown hair and
blue eyes and is 5 feet 2 inches
tall. Serving as junior class pres¬
ident this semester, she has in the
past been AWS vice-president and
freshman class secretary. She is
18 years of age.
Pam Dailey, Omicron Alpha
president, is the special interest
clubs’ candidate for the coveted
royal position. Blonde, blue-eyed
Pam is 5 feet 3 inches tall. She
is 18 years old and is in 13-2. In
addition to her duties as commis¬
sioner of organization, Pam is a
member of the sailing and bridge
clubs.
From the art department, 19-
year-old Judy Harkness makes
her bid for the queenship. She
has light brown hair and blue
Cost of the complete day will be
50 cents while price of transpor¬
tation by the special chartered
bus is $1.75. Additional private
cars may be used by individuals
as means of conveyance.
All seniors with tickets will be
excused for the complete day. The
bus will leave the campus at 8:00
a.m. and will return at 10:30 p.m.
According to Wakefield, a bar¬
becue and dance on the veranda
will complete the festivities.
eyes and is 5 feet 2 inches in
height. She is a post graduate
student. Last semester Judy serv¬
ed as vice-president of Zeta Gam¬
ma Phi, honorary art fraternity,
and as secretary of art.
Religious clubs’ representative
is blue-eyed Julie Cramer. She is
a 13-1, has light brown hair and
stands 5 feet 5 inches tall.
Local Students
To Be Feted
With Youth Day
Youth Day, an annual affair for
students at Pasadena City Col¬
lege, has been slated for Tuesday,
May 17. On that day, members
of the PCC student body will un¬
dertake the responsibility of man¬
aging the affairs of the city of
Pasadena.
Various positions including
those of directors, the Board of
Education, the fire department
and police department will be va¬
cated by the usual post fillers and
occupied by pupils of City College.
It has been estimated that from
75 to 100 offices will be filled by
young people from this institu¬
tion.
Working on plans for the event
is a committee of student body
officers headed by Harry Mont¬
gomery. Rosemary Tarwater is
secretary of the day.
tutions all over the United States
and has issued many reports on
the subject. To bring matters up-
to-date, here are some recent fig¬
ures :
Within the past few months a
report was received from the Uni¬
versity of California covering the
records of 181 transfers. Two of
them made straight A averages;
36, between
В
and A, and 116, be¬
tween C and B; the general aver¬
age was 1.50. No wonder Dr.
Douglas Chretien who visited us
officially last December could say,
“You have a swell record at Cal.”
Dr. Herman Spindt, the director
of admissions, said something
like that in a letter to Dr. John
Harbeson which contains the
statement, “the low differential
for your school indicates that
your students have been excep¬
tionally well prepared to do the
work of the university . .”
Students Standout
The latest report from Stanford
showed the record of 70 transfers
during the three-year period end¬
ing in 1947. Pasadena City Col¬
lege was not only the largest jun-
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One of the outstanding features
of the carnival this year will be
a miniature train sponsored by
the Argonauts, men’s financial
service clubs. This train will be
operated in the area of the “D”
building. Other novel attractions
will include an 1890 saloon “own¬
ed and operated” by Theta Rho Pi
the City College radio clubs, and
a fast-moving vaudeville show di¬
rected by Delta Psi Omega, the
college drama club. Among the
more common booths will be
food, drinks, games and various
types of baseball and slingshot
concessions.
Crowning Climaxes Carnival
The highlight of the evening
will come at approximately nine
o’clock when amidst a fanfare
and flurry of introductions the
queen of the carnival will be
crowned.
Tech Tools Help
In the technical department an
extensive crew of hammer and
nail aspirants will provide for the
construction of the booths and
decorations along with the Chro¬
mosome Fountain. The Fountain
is something new to spring car¬
nivals being presented for the
first time last year. As some stu-
students may remember the fount
consists of brightly colored lights
surrounding the Mirror Pools
which change colors in accord¬
ance with the tone of the music
being played.
Bike Built for Quints
One of the more featured nov¬
elties in the afternoon will be a
bicycle built for five. This master¬
piece of locomotion will be do¬
nated by the Monrovia Fire De¬
partment and may be seen
around the campus on the after¬
noon of the Carnival.
Those members of OMD who
are responsible for the smooth
running of the carnival are: Jean
Judy, publicity; Pat Clark, secre¬
tary; Dick Biszantz, treasurer;
Alice Anderson, special events;
Peggy Gilbert, queen committee;
Sam Rowland, cleanup; and Kaky
Kratka, contracts.
The carnival will open at 5:30
in the afternoon and continue un¬
til midnight. According to Miss
Judy, an early arrival should be
planned in order to enjoy all of
the various concessions. They are
fifty in number, and a good part
of the evening will be needed to
see them all.
Six Speech Students Win
Prizes in Safety Contest
Six winners of the finals of the
Phil Robinson Speech Content
were announced Monday by Miss
Virginia Barrus, speech instruc¬
tor. Charles Wiggins placed first
in the upper division competi¬
tion and Keith Monroe was first
in lower division. Each were
awarded a prize of $15.
Barbara Carden and Herbert
Seal, upper division students,
took second and third places,
while Joan Wittek and Catherine
Cox placed second and third in
lower division.
THE LINE UP . . . for OMD Carnival Queen candidates above includes such local lovelies as,
from left to right: Julianne Cramer, who represents the Campus Religious Council; the art depart¬
ment’s Judy Harkness; P,am Daily, special interest clubs’ Queen choice; Loan Shoemaker, student
government candidate; and, Lorraine Kinsey from the WAA. The winnah will reign over tonight’s
OMD Carnival.
Five City College Lovelies
Vie for Carnival Queen