Juniors, AMS in Run-offs, Profs Aid Students
554 Vote In ASB Primaries in Carnival Tempo
Five hundred and fifty-four voters went to the polls last Friday to elect nine candidates
to Associated Student Body positions for the fall semester. Unopposed candidate for the
presidency was John FitzRandolph, who polled 346 tallies. FitzRandolph, an incumbent, will
Patsy Woodbridge copped the vice-presidency from Kathy Gage
be a 13-1 student in the fall,
in the top race of the election, on
a platform pledging better 'co¬
ordination of the cabinet and
more effective publicity for stu¬
dent government programs. Syl¬
via Pauloo, unopposed candidate
for the presidency of the Associ¬
ated Women Students polled the
greatest number of votes of any
candidate, 394 votes from women
students.
Class top spots went to Ned Mil-
lis, senior; and Roger Samuelsen,
sophomore. Elected to the ASB
Board as reps at large were Toy
Blixt, Curt Tamkin, Mike Bonner
and Del Elliott.
The Junior Class presidency
will be decided today in a run-off
between Anne Lindsay and Ed
Linberg. Friday’s vote ended in
a tie. Terry Smith and Ron Fox
will also vie again the too-close
AMS race.
^Constitution Vote
Students will be given a chance
to decide whether there will be
universal suffrage on the cam¬
pus or not in a special consti¬
tutional election, Friday, June
5. Only ASB members may vote
in this important event, how¬
ever if the measure passes, .all
students on campus will be giv¬
en the right to vote for all
members of the Student Board
of Representatives. The Board
recently voted down a motion
to give the amendment to stu¬
dents for election, but this neg¬
ative decision was superceded
by referendum petitions.
Senior Plaque is
'Laid to Rest'
Perhaps the last Senior Class
plaque to be made by the PCC
foundry was poured recently by
W. L. Todd in the local build¬
ing. It took three days to com¬
plete. '
Senior Council members bought
the necessary 40 pounds of brass
after collecting the money by
selling stationery and assorted
cards. On the plaque when it is
laid in the front walk will be in¬
scribed the numerals, 1953. It
will be put in on Friday, June 5,
with Dr. William Langsdorf pre¬
siding. Dick Patterson is presi-
PCC Chronicle
Vol. 53, No. 14 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, Calif. May 27, 1953
TALLYING UP THE RESULTS ... of Friday’s ASB General Election are (left to right) Patsy
Woodbridge, candidate for the vice-presidency; John FitzRandolph, incumbent candidate for the
presidency; Bob Hackman, elections commissioner; and Kay Risser, out-going vice-president. The
results of the balloting placed FitzRandolph and Woodbridge at the head of the student government.
Runoff votes for the AMS and Junior Class are being cast today.
Publications Dinner Climaxes
Busy Year for Journalists
Hard working journalism students of Pasadena City College will climax a year of activity
Thursday night, May 28, when they will stage the annual Publication Reception and Ban¬
quet at the Women’s City Club. Students participating in all phases of college journalism
’ 1 -■““‘r along with their advisers, Miss Jessie Paxton, Pipes of Pan;
YO HEAVE HO . . . and the 1953 plaque is ready to be taken
to its final resting place in the walk in front of the C Building.
Dick Patterson, Senior Class president, and Clifford Strobel are
preparing to carry the 40 pound brass block to the Mirror Pool
area where it will be laid, June 5.
Miss Gladys Snyder, Campus;
Miss Mildred Poorman, Chroni¬
cle; William Buttler, Press Bur¬
eau; and Walter Girdner, Athlet¬
ics Press Bureau and pictorial
journalism.
Special invitations have been
extended to Dr. Stuart F. Mc-
Comb, superintendent of the Pas¬
adena City Schools, and Dr. Wil¬
liam B. Langsdorf, Pasadena City
College principal; Dr. Dorothy
Dixon, chairman of the English
Department, as well as other
school administrators, local news¬
paper personalities, and those
connected with the school publi¬
cations in some commercial as¬
pect.
The group will gather informal¬
ly in the club’s lounge at 6 o’¬
clock in preperation for the tur¬
key dinner to be served. At a
short program scheduled to fol¬
low the banquet, Commissioner
of Publications Dick Anderson
will introduce Joan Fulton,
Chronicle editor; Bill Blanken¬
ship, Campus editor; and Rick
Neumann, commissioner of pub¬
lic relations, who will in turn in¬
troduce the members of their re¬
spective journalism staffs, advis¬
ers and guests.
The light program will include
a brief ceremony by Beta Phi
Gamma, national journalism hon¬
or fraternity, which will initiate
eight students and one faculty
member into its ranks. Beta Phi
Gamma represents the outstand¬
ing journalism students on the
Pasadena City College campus.
Although the OMD Carnival is over, the eighth annual
Pasadena Education Scholarship Carnival is yet to come.
Brookside Park in Pasadena is the place and tomorrow, Fri¬
day and Saturday, May 28, 29 and 30 are the dates. The car-
- nival will feature Craft’s 20 Big
Shows, a half-dozen major rides,
kiddierides, booths, displays, ex¬
hibits and concessions by PTA,
Girl Scouts, sororities and civic
clubs.
The Carnival will open at 3:30
p.m. Thursday and Friday, and
at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Members
of the Pasadena Elementary
Men’s Teachers Association will
take tickets.
According to Dr. Harold P.
Blome and Herman Fink, co-
chairmen of the Carnival, the af¬
fair will attract an attendance of
approximately 12,000. The Pasa¬
dena Education Association con¬
tract guarantees the Association
$1500, plus the “gate” which will
collect nine cents from each stu¬
dent and 14 cents from all others.
The proceeds will be allocated
to the Student Service Fund
scholarships. In the past seven
years the Carnival has raised
about $14,000, which has been
loaned to 46 individuals, in
amounts varying from $50 to
more than $1000. With this as¬
sistance many award recipients
have been able to obtain a col¬
lege education.
Faculty Men Fry
Fish, fell Officers
A Fish Fry was the setting for
the introduction of new officers
of the Faculty Men’s Club on Fri¬
day, May 22. The affair was held
in Azusa.
Arthur J. Schechter was elect¬
ed president of the club at a re¬
cent meeting. Other officers are
Frank Hammond, vice-president;
Richard O’Neill, treasurer; and
Russell Journigan, secretary. Re¬
tiring president is Dr. Joseph
Hall.
Guesting at the Fish Fry was
Dr. John W. Harbeson, past prin¬
cipal of PCC.
Stoner Feted by
Math Department
Peter Stoner, retiring chairman
of the Pasadena City College
Mathematics and Astronomy De¬
partment, was honored by mem¬
bers of the department at a din¬
ner party held Friday night at
the Women’s City Club.
The affair was carried out in
a festive mood, with the group
singing songs appropriate to
events in the lives of Mr. and
Mrs. Stoner.
Stoner has been an instructor
in the PCC Math and Astronomy
Department for 41 years, and the
chairman since 1927. His quiet
manner and subtle humor have
made his classes favorites among
the thousands of students that
he has taught.
Students to Honor
Warriors on Friday
Honoring those who died for
our country on the battlefield,
a moment of thoughtful silence
will be observed on Friday, May
29, at 11:05 in the morning.
A wreath will be placed on the
plaque in the War Memorial
Court, thus paying tribute to
those men and women. Partici¬
pating • in the ceremony will be
Dr. William Langsdorf, Robert
Haugh, John FitzRandolph, presi¬
dent of the Associated Student
Body, and Kay Risser, vice-presi¬
dent of the ASB.
Radio Fraternity Greets
Nine New 'Networkers’
Congratulations are in order for the nine new members of Theta
Rho Pi, national honorary radio fraternity. Tapping was held
Monday, May 25.
Tappees are Don Caufield, Lee Conover, Marilyn Culotta, Bob
Holden, Marilyn Jenkins, Paul Sharp, June Stine, Gordon Wright
and Harald Dyrenforth, instructor.
Installation will be held tomorrow at the home of Ken Box,
former president. Nancy Hemmings is this semester’s president,
while Doug Cure acts as vice-president and Annette Manaugh handles
the secretary-treasurer duties.
Many Theta alumni will attend tomorrow’s meeting in addition
to the officers and Chris Tambe, Roger Lockie and Jim Francis.
Tappees were selected on the basis of their record for two semes¬
ters, one of which was outstanding in radio work.