Vol. 43, No. 13 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California May 26, 1948
Bill Richards is in no hurry to accept the bids to the Backwards Dance proffered by Cissy
Wellman, Carolyn Cox and Jean Glatts. He is now under observation in Ward B.
Backwards Dance Set For
Memorial Holiday Eve
“Dance from May to June” is the theme for the AWS-
AMS Backwards Dance, to be held at the Civic Ballroom
on Monday, May 31 from 9:00 p. m. to 12:01 a. m., with music
by LaVerne Boyer and his orchestra.
“A capacity crowd is expected at the dance as this is
the high point in the year’s activities,” said Ronald Horwitz,
AMS publicity chairman. “This
Phi Rho Pi Holds
Banquet Tonight
Phi Rho Pi, national forensics
chapter at PCC, will hold its an¬
nual initiation banquet tonight in
the Brookside Park dining room
at 6:00 p. m.
Fifteen prospective members,
chosen by student members of
Phi Rho Pi, have met the high
scholastic standards and national
qualifications necessary for con¬
sideration. According to Bob
Kratz, chapter president, the num¬
ber of active participants is up
to pre-war standards, and is ex¬
pected to increase.
PCC has the California Alpha
chapter, the first established in
California. It has a superior rat¬
ing for this year with seven firsts,
seven seconds, and eight thirds
in their competition with other
junior colleges and universities in
California.
The majority of Phi Rho Pi
members are students in the
speech production class, but any¬
one interested in speech work is
invited to contact Paul W. Smith,
faculty adviser of the organiza¬
tion, for a tryout.
Miss Fraser Wins
Browning Award
Honoring her outstanding work
in English, Kay Fraser, 14-2, was
presented with a volume of the
complete works of Browning, by
the Browning Society of Pasa¬
dena, last week at the Hotel Hun¬
tington.
Following a dinner, Nellie
Clark, representative for the Rob¬
ert Browning Memorial Scholar¬
ship Society, introduced Dorothy
Dixon, English department chair¬
man. Miss Dixon then introduc¬
ed Miss Fraser, explaining the
student’s excellent scholastic rec¬
ord.
Loan Fund Again
To Aid Students
The Scholarship Loan Fund,
which has granted money to
PCC students for the past twenty-
five years, is again offering loans
to lower division students to aid
them in obtaining higher educa¬
tion.
Organized just after the first
World War as a memorial for
PCC students killed in action, the
fund is made up of donations
from former students, faculty
members, and other interested in¬
dividuals.
To be eligible for a loan, stu¬
dents . must have maintained a
minimum average of C through¬
out their high school education,
and must be planning to attend
a college of Phi Beta Kappa rank.
“Scholarships of all types are
being offered to this year’s grad¬
uates,” explained Vance L. Burch,
chairman of the loan fund.
“Those interested should turn in
applications immediately,” he
stated.
Applications should be' submit¬
ted to Mr. Burch in 230C before
June 1. Mr. Burch will present
approved petitions to the Board
of Directors for indorsement.
dance should prove to be one of
the outstanding events of the
year.” Students from John Muir
as well as from PCC will be in¬
vited. Members of the faculty
and parents of students are in¬
vited as patrons at this semi¬
annual affair.
A fifteen dollar strand of pearls
will be given as a doorprize, and
another strand will be given to
the girl bringing the cleverest
and most original corsage for her
escort. Both prizes will be donat¬
ed by Myles Jewelry, Pasadena.
Another entertainment feature
will be a marriage booth, where
O. G. Dressier, prominent “mar-
ryin’ man” and PCC chemistry
teacher, will officiate. The mock
wedding ceremonies will be com¬
plete with certificates and wed¬
ding rings.
According to Patsy Lu Lynn,
AWS dance chairman, many uni¬
que ideas will be incorporated
into the decorations. Spring will
be the keynote, and suggestions
include daisy chains and silhou¬
ettes of dancing couples.
Tickets, which will go on sale
today, can be obtained at the Stu¬
dent Bank, at the offices of the
deans of men and women, or
from any AMS or AWS board
member. They may also be pur¬
chased at the door the night of
the dance. Tickets will cost $1.25
with a student body book, and
$1.50 without. The dance will be
dressy sport style.
Bruner, Shiells to Battle
In Final Elections Friday;
Anderson, Kratka to Vie
In the bitter student body presidential primary race last
Friday, Billy Bruner took a commanding lead of 221 votes
over his nearest rival, write-in candidate Leon Shiells, accord¬
ing to returns issued by Bob Bacon, elections commissioner.
There will be a run-off between the two and in several
other offices this Friday.
M usic Groups
Sat For Annual
Spring Festival
Six PCC music groups togeth¬
er with top student soloists and
instrumentalists will spotlight
the annual Spring Music Festival
to be held in Sexson Auditorium
tomorrow at 8 p. m.
Chairman Lula C. Parmley, has
disclosed that over two hundred
students will participate in the
music department program fea¬
turing favorite American songs.
PCC soprano Karen Larsen,
Hollywood Bowl audition contest¬
ant, will be heard in the concert
number, Waltz King, and the Mel¬
ody Maids string ensemble are
offering original versions of Fid
die Faddle and Alice Blue Gown.
Jean Askew and Dorothy Mor¬
ris have a piano solo from the
Saint Saens concerto, while Julia
Zaustinsky, violin-artist will ap¬
pear in swing versions of Hoe-
down and Nobody Knows the
Trouble I’ve Seen.
Euterpeans choral group plan
to sing the Pilgrim Song and
Nysaean members are scheduled
to give
О
Lovely Night.
The Two Americas, by South
American composer Domenico Sa-
vino and sung by the A Cappella
Choir will conclude the evening’s
performance.
Other PCC groups in the cast
include, the concert orchestra un¬
der the baton of Gene Sullivan
and Flute Ensemble, composed of
Jean Berg, Ethel Myers and Pat¬
sy Lynn.
Mabel Oakes is in charge of
the A Cappella Choir and Kath¬
ryn Barnard is faculty director
of the Nysaean Singers.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the festival and no
admission charge is required.
USC Professor
To Judge Contest
Conrad Wedberg, professor of
speech at USC and a co-author
with Elizabeth Keppie and Miri¬
am Kessler of the book Speech
Improvement through Choral
Speaking, will be one of the
judges at the Elizabeth Keppie
Poetry Speaking Contest which
will take place in the Social Hall
tomorrow afternoon at 4.
Entrants are Patricia Alexan¬
der, Patti Crawley, Doris Hall,
John Hall, Marjorie Hawkins,
Margaret Howland, John Kimbro,
Barbara Lafot, Linda Lagton,
Shirley Mintz, Floy Palmer, Patti
Parnham, Kathleen Welsh and
John Westerdoll.
Barbara Luer will sing at the
tea which immediately follows
the contest.
Sponsored by the Pasadena
Verse Speaking Choir, the com¬
petition is in honor of Elizabeth
Keppie, founder of the organiza¬
tion and for many years a drama
instructor at PCC.
Bruner polled a total of 675
votes to Shiells’ 434 with Jim
Emerson trailing at 284 votes out
of the 1556 total number of peo¬
ple voting.
Other results found Alice An¬
derson and Kaky Kratka engaged
in a vice-presidential run-off as
they polled 631 and 408 votes
respectively. Bob Kern, the other
ASB vice-prexy candidate garner¬
ed 261 votes.
Senior Class presidency re¬
mains undecided as a result of
a misunderstanding at the polls
when 14-2 students were not al¬
lowed to vote. Deb Brennan led
Martin Stornie 278 to 130 in the
primary ballots.
Two other run-offs resulted in
the Sophomore Class race and in
determining the representatives
at large. Joan Buchholz and Son¬
ia Riha will contest the Sopho¬
more leadership having gathered
118 and 91 votes respectively to
Rouse Schaum’s 71. Top reps
were Jack Edmonds, 700; Harry
Montgomery, 570 ; Carolyn Lynch,
560; Sharon Anderson, 501; Kris
Johannesen, 499; and Carl Rei-
darson, 354, who are sure to be
in the run-off. Trailing these six
were Ward Deems, 333; Eddie Le-
Grand, 312; Eve Liddle; 299;
Jackie Fey, 290; Roberta Fifer,
282; and Hunter Hackney, 227.
Unopposed Ted Todd captured
603 votes to win the AMS presi¬
dency easily. Shirley Barnes de¬
feated Barbara Lafot by a total
of 330 votes to 253 in the AWS
presidential race. New AWS vice-
president Patsy Lu Lynn tallied
531 votes in her unopposed cam¬
paign.
Margaret Henze defeated Fred
Jahnke' 199 to 144 for the presi¬
dency of the Junior Class while
Bill Jones defeated his write-in
opponent Jim Stone by 37 votes
to 18, in the lightly polled Fresh¬
man Class presidency tangle.
The amendment to the Consti¬
tution presented on the ballot was
passed by the overwhelming mar¬
gin of 692 votes to 209. The am¬
endment provided for a one year
term for the pep commissioner,
secretary of finance and the attor¬
ney general.
Bruner, who recently came to
PCC from Marlowe, Oklahoma,
was an outstanding tackle on
Coach Tom Mallory’s 1947 foot¬
ball squad and is expected to be
a strong candidate for all-league
honors next fall. Shiells has serv¬
ed here as AMS president dur¬
ing the past semester and has
been with the PCC Bar Associa¬
tion for several terms.
The final election promises to
be a very hotly contested cam¬
paign because of the preliminary
squabbles among the candidates.
The voting percentage may reach
an all-time high if the indications
prove correct.
PCC Sends Two Reps
To Boys' State Meet
Two PCC students, William Kil-
lingsworth and John Thorne,
have been selected by American
Legion Post 280 to attend Boys’
State at Sacramento, from June
19 to 26.
Student alternates will be Fred
Myers and John Nicholson.
Those attending this year’s ses¬
sion of Boys’ State were recom¬
mended by Dean Audre Stong
and interviewed by the Legion¬
naires, who considered them on
their adaptability to school disci-
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