Top Scholarship Total Set as PCC Goal
PCC Chronicle
Vol. 55, No. 14
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
May 26, 1954
Six Begin Climb to
$32,000 in Prizes
Pasadena City College students are well on their way
towards equaling the mark of $32,000 in scholarships won by
PCC graduates last .year according to Miss Florence Brubaker,
dean of student personnel. Three full tuition scholarships to
the University of Southern Cali-
Publications Hold
Annual Banquet
May 27 is the date set for the
annual Publications Banquet. It
will be held at the Women’s City
Club, 160 N. Oakland at 6:30 p.m.
One hundred and fifty guests
have been invited to attend this
lohg-awaited event. At the ban¬
quet, journalism students will be
honored. Honor will also be paid
to those guests who have assist¬
ed the journalism students dur¬
ing the school year.
Scholarship Fund
Loan Application
Deadline Extended
Leading all other junior col¬
leges loan funds in the United
States with a reserve of over
$60,000, is the Scholarship Fund
Association, which makes loans
to deserving graduating students
of Pasadena and John Muir Col¬
leges.
Each year loans are made to
approximately 25 graduates of the
two colleges.
For the time the student is in
school and one calendar year aft¬
er final' graduation, no interest is
charged on the loans. Students
may borrow up to $800, but can
receive no more than $250 in any
one semester.
To receive an advance from the
Scholarship Fund Association,
the student must be a fourteenth
year graduate of City College or
John Muir with at least a C grade
average. The student must be
certified by character references
and he is required to have a co¬
signer to sign a promissory note.
Although the normal deadline
for application was May 21, emer¬
gency applications will still be
accepted by Vance Burch in 230C.
fornia have been awarded to Mary
Ann Pennington in fie school of
journalism, to Gino Bruno and
to Patsy Woodbridge.
At a luncheon of the Parent-
Teachers Association on Thurs¬
day, May 13, awards were made
to seven students. Cash grants
went to Anne Lindsay, education;
Carolyn Carr, mathematics; Kay
Cushman, English and journal¬
ism; Helen Lundquist, nursing;
Bill Tucker, zoology; Stan Hol¬
lingsworth, accounting; and Mag-
den Engen, theology. Previous
awards had gone to Anne Lind¬
say, Phil Bauman and . Carol
Blackinton.
Also presented at the luncheon
were life memberships, highest
honor given .by' the PTA, to Earl
Holder and Mrs. Jessie Chitten¬
den of the PCC administration.
Mrs. George Rodda, retiring pres¬
ident of the City College PTA,
received her past president’s pin
and a- coffee server.
All PCC students who receive
scholarship awards are urged to
report them to Miss Brubaker.
TOP STUDENTS WERE HONORED ... at a luncheon given
by the Pasadena City College PTA last week. Presiding at the
luncheon was Mrs. George Rodda, retiring president of the PCC
PTA. Principal speaker was Dr. William B. Langsdorf, who dis¬
cussed the reorganization of the high schools and junior college.
Art Faculty Plans Grant of Third
Ruth Estes Bissiri Memorial Award
Outstanding students in the Art Department at Pasadena City College will be recognized
on June 3 when awards and scholarships will be given to these students for their achieve¬
ment. This year the Art Department awards will be presented at 3 :30 p.m. in 211C in a meet¬
ing which is open to the public. Immediately after the presentation there will be a reception
®Pep Tryouts
Tryouts for upper division song
girls and flag twirlers will be
held on Tuesday, June 1, from
2:30 to 5 in 110W, Women’s
Gym.
Cheerleaders for the new juni¬
or college will be chosen from
2:30 to 5 in the samp place on
Thursday, June 3. All students
interested should apply.
Men Students Prepare
Stag Assembly Revival
Featuring the antics of 20 male PCC students, the AMS Stag
Assembly is now in preparation to bring out roars of laughter from
an assembly audience Friday morning.
Under the supervision of Robert Haugh, dean of student activi¬
ties, and the' direction of Chris Tambe, Stan Calhoun and Bill Belk,
the “all men, no women allowed” production will be divided up into
three sections.
The first of the three divisions will feature the Hawaiian Lovelies.
Now in the process of learning the hula from Lenora Purugganan,
the men, in their snug fitting hula skirts, will be the envy of all as
they shake and roll to the beautiful Hawaiian music.
The group of Hawaiian Lovelies includes George Marions, John
Mummert, Art Waldron, Rudy Mendoza, Wixie Robinson, Pete New¬
ton, Lee Conover and Stu Sommerville.
The second portion of the AMS Stag Assembly will feature a
Fashion Show with some of the latest designs in women’s Clothes
being modeled by some of PCC’s newest models. These include Phil
Bauman and' Jim Blixt, just returned from modeling school in Paris.
The final part of the show will be diverted from comedy as a
badminton exhibition is put on by two professional men now appear¬
ing at the Ice Capades in Los Angeles. These men have made many
television appearances including Ed Sullivan’s “Toast of the Town.”
and tea in the third floor gal¬
lery to open the twenty-fifth an¬
nual art exhibit.
For the third consecutive year
the Ruth Estes Bissiri Memorial
Scholarships will be given to stu¬
dents in the Pasadena Art De¬
partment to assist them in their
art career. Mrs. Ruth Estes Bis¬
siri was an art instructor at this
college for a number of years. As
she devoted so much of her life
to art students, Mr. Bissiri chose
to establish a memorial to his
wife by making available funds
to assist art students in their edu¬
cation either at college or at an
advanced school. These scholar¬
ships have totaled $2000 in each
year. In addition Mr. Bissiri es¬
tablished a permanent fund by an
initial gift of $10,000 to perpetu¬
ate the scholarships.
The qualifications for such
scholarships are that the recipi¬
ents must have attended PCC for
at least one semester. They must
show promise, good character
and have a need for financial as¬
sistance.
Students are nominated for con¬
sideration by instructors in the
Art Department. The awards are
made by a committee composed
of Mrs. Helen Reid, chairman of
the Art Department, and David
Metzgar and John Ehlen, art in¬
structors. The amount to be
awarded to each student varies
with individual need.
Other awards will also be made
at this time. The Art Council
will present art books and port¬
folios to the winners of various
categories. Students will be rec¬
ognized for outstanding creative,
achievement, service to the school
and department, and personal
progress.
Faculty honors will round out
the departmental awards. Parch¬
ments will be presented to stu¬
dents for honors extraordinary,
which will include service and
achievement and honors in serv¬
ice and leadership.
Beta Phi Gamma
Names 8 Tappees
"Alpha Chapter of Beta Phi
Gamma, national honorary jour¬
nalism fraternity, has recently ac¬
cepted eight new members in the
organization,” announced Presi¬
dent Glenn Carothers .
Bob Christiansen, Herb DeLey,
Bob Jeffrey, Bruce Johnson,
Mignon McClean,. George Morlan,
Mary Ann Pennington and Stew¬
art Toy were selected as new
members on the basis of at least
two semesters of outstanding
work in the field of publications.
An initiation dinner for new
and old members will be held on
Wednesday, June 2. Officers and
members of the John Muir chap¬
ter of Beta Phi Gamma will also
be invited and the groups are to
have a joint installation.
Three Split Prizes
In Literature Battle
Richard J. Farrel, Lela Simp¬
son and August L. Woolf have
been announced as the first prize
winners in the annual Pasadena
City College Literary Contest, ac¬
cording to Ivan C. Jones, direc¬
tor.
Farrell received his award for
his short story; “A Portrait of
the Artist as a Fighting Man”;
Miss Simpson won in the poetry
division with her poem, “Faith”;
and Woolf’s non-fiction essay ar¬
ticle, “Tribute to a Father,” took
first place in that division. The
first prize winners received $10
book orders donated by Vroman’s,
The Brown Shop, and Nash’s
Book Department, leading Pasa¬
dena bookstores.
Runners-up in the short story
division were Stewart Toy, Nor¬
ma Thompson and
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John¬
son; in the poetry section the
works of Donna Dardenne, Mary-
Ellen Seifert and Mary Lueder
were considered. Martha Meller,
Robert A. Hanks, Magne Engen
and Phil Bauman placed in the
essay section.
Judges for the 12 short stories,
35 poems and 27 essay-articles en¬
tered were Don W. Sparks, PCC
counselor, and Hannah Smith and
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Evelyn Dorio, short story writers
for popular publications.
WAA Honors Outstanding
Senior at ‘Aloha’ Fete
Outstanding members of the Women’s Athletic Association were
honored at the formal WAA banquet, tTuesday, May 18, at the Pasa¬
dena Athletic Club. Highest award of the evening was the silver
loving cup presented to Donna Irwin. The cup is given each year
to the most outstanding senior in WAA.
WAA blankets were presented to Mary Moore and Dianne Win¬
chester. Five girls were given “P” pins: Lea Ann Bessonette, Nancy
Corbett, Frances Hugos, Dorit Lundborg and Dawn Malcolm.
Phil Bauman, ASB president, awarded life passes to all PCC
athletic events to three graduating seniors. The lucky winners were
Donna Irwin, Frances Hugos and Rita Keller.
Sixteen girls were tapped for the Women’s Letter Club. Chosen
on the basis of their athletic ability, sportsmanship and service were
Fran August, Lynn Boswell, Carol Conel, Barbara Crusberg, Sally
Fairchild, Sara Fulton, Louise Fundenberg, Blythe Gentry’ Judy
Hannah, Joann Johnson, Anneke Kuiper, Linda Lesh, Ann Lightbody,
Shirley McCool, Elsie Roum and Pat Winchell.
Featured speaker of the evening was Dr. Max H. Morrison, who
spoke on “The Autocracy of the Average.” Entertainment was pro¬
vided by Leonora Purugganan, who did two original Hawaiian
dances, and Linda Lewis, who sang, accompanied by Joye Woolley.
Carrying out the banquet theme of “Aloha,” decorations included
palm trees around the banquet hall, and arrangements of tropical
fruit on the tables.
