Installation Dinner Honors ASB Officers
PCC Chronicle
Banquet Next Week
Initiates Leaders
Vol. 51, No. 14
_ Highlight of next Monday’s semi-annual Associated Stu-
Pcsadena, California May 28, 1952 ^ent Body banquet will be the gavel exchange between Dick
_ _ _ Owens, retiring ASB president, and Andy Castellano, mcom-
June Show Climaxes
OMD Inniversary
Final preparations are now being made for the annual
Order of Mast and Dagger June Show to be held in Sexson
Auditorium on Wednesday, June 11 at 8 p.m. Program will
also be given in assembly on the morning of Thursday, June
TWO SILVERADO STARS . . . from the Order of Mast and
Dagger June Show are pictured rehearsing their parts. Ann
Vernon and Pat Serrapica provide the “love angle” of the
western show. Silverado is a political satire on the 1890’s.
Artists Benefit
from Memorial
Fund Scholarships
Mrs. Helen Reid, chairman of
the Art Department, revealed
that a special scholarship fund
to be used annually for PCC art
students has been set up by Al-
phie Bisiri in honor of his wife,
Mrs. Ruth Bisiri. This year Ed¬
ward Traynor was awarded $800;
Annette Pagano, $500; Carol
Kipling, $150; Cliff Nelson, $250;
and Martin Mondrus, $300 respec¬
tively.
These students are chosen on
the basis of artistic ability, sin¬
cerity of purpose, cooperation,
and personal application to ac¬
complishment.
Traynor was also awarded a
$500 tuition scholarship to Carn-
brook. Antoinette Pagano also
received a $450 scholarship to
Art Center. June Otani won a
Bank of America award for dis¬
tinguished achievement.
Marian Franco and Elinor
Hawkins were given art books
for superior service and scholar^
ship. Mia Carpenter and Ed Tray¬
nor were recognized for outstand¬
ing creative achievement.
A number of special letters of
recognition were also awarded by
the Art Department, according to
Mrs. Reid.
City Club will be Acting Superin¬
tendent of Schools Frank R.
Walkup, who is to be initiated
into Beta Phi Gamma, national
honorary journalism fraternity,
and Roland Grinstead, PCC regis¬
trar, who has also been bidden
into the fraternity in recogni¬
tion of his services to journal¬
ism. Other guests will include
newspapermen, representatives of
publishers supply houses, pho¬
tographers, photoengravers and
many others with whom the local
journalists have worked in the
past months.
Other guests of honor include
Dr. William B. Langsdorf, Miss
Florence Brubaker, Bailey How¬
ard, Dr. Catherine J. Robbins,
Earl Twomey, and Dr. Dorothy
Dixon and J. Ray Risser, PCC
administrators; Robert van der
Veen and Bill Lindquist, printers;
12. Site of the play is Silverado,
a Western town whose civiliza¬
tion was “delayed” after the gold
rush days. Plot involves two
campaign managers with high
hopes of running the town, get¬
ting all they can get out of it,
and disappearing in typical
Western fashion.
However, the big-hearted sena¬
tor smooths out the troubles of
Silverado.
Howard Peterson plays the
part of Senator Shrimpboat. Pat
Worrell and Vince Campagna
are the two comical but clever
characters called Hank and
Frank. As campaign managers
for the two candidates for mayor
of Silverado, .they outwardly op¬
pose one another.
Charles Baldridge is Sam O.
Sneedby, typical well-to-do gen¬
tleman with a daughter, Marga¬
ret Sneedby played by Anne
Vernon. Love angle is provided
by Pat Serrapica, playing Bill
Young. Jim Brown fills the role
of a townsman, Jake Q. Sorquist.
Ray Shepherd is the double for
the part of Frank.
Serrapica and Miss Vernon are
the young lovers in the story.
Both have singing parts. Accord¬
ing to Ron Troxell, co-director,
“These two students are by far
among the top singing talent on
the PCC campus.”
Silverado June Show will be
preceded by traditional tapping
rites of the Order of Mast and
Dagger. At that time, collegians
who have rendered three semes¬
ters of service to the school, one
of which must be outstanding,
will be tapped into the highest
honorary society on the PCC
campus. President Mac Small
will preside over tapping.
Outstanding English students
were feted at Monday’s English
Honors Tea in Harbeson Hall
held under the direction of Dr.
Dorothy Dixon, department chair-
Miss Ruth Billheimer and Arnold
Huss of the Pasadena Star -News,
and James Curley, photoengrav¬
er.
A feature of the program, will
be the first public showing of the
1952 yearbook, The Campus, by
Editor Duane Allen, Entertain¬
ment for the evening will be pro¬
vided by some of PCCs outstand¬
ing musical talent.
Plans for the evening were
laid by Publications Commission¬
er Judy Irwin, aided by journal¬
ism advisers Miss Mildred Poor-
man, Miss Gladys Snyder, Wil¬
liam P. Buttler and Irvin Lewis.
ROTC Unit
Year With
Year end activities brought a
busy climax to the work of PCC
ROTC students last week, as
Capt. Merrill C. Windsor, com¬
mandant, issued special orders
awarding medals, ribbons, and
other honors to the year’s most
outstanding cadets.
The presentation of the hon¬
ors at the unit’s annual Award
Ceremony followed a two-week
period of semester closing activi¬
ties which included the annual
Father-Son Bean Feed on Memor¬
ial Court, and the yearly Bull¬
dog Honor Guard banquet.
Winners of the awards at the
ceremony last Thursday included
man, and Kathy McKinney, presi¬
dent.
Duane Allen, Ruth Brown, Mac
Small and Dot Herrmann re¬
ceived special English Depart¬
ment awards. William P. Butt¬
ler presented journalism keys to
six students. Paul Smith pre¬
sented 10 trophies, 16 medals, 37
certificates and a sweepstakes
cup to his speech students.
Frederick Smith drama award
went to Nira Monsour. Pat Wor¬
rell received special recognition
for his work in radio. Ruth
Brown, William Johnson and Rob¬
ert Wilkinson won in literary
competition. Laura Topalian re¬
ceived the Browning Award for
achievement in literature.
Names of next year’s English
Council officers were revealed:
Laura Goroni, president, and Pat¬
sy Woodbridge, vice-president.
Tops
A wards
Cadet Lt. Col. Jerome Selmer,
commandant’s medal; Cadet Capt.
Richard Dougherty, best com¬
pany; Cadet 2nd Lt. Peter New¬
ton, best platoon; Cadet Sgt.
Joseph Morena, best squad; Cad¬
et S/Sgt. William Halopoff, man¬
ual of arms; Cadet Pvt. Everett
Munsey, best attendance; Cadet
1st Sgt. Thomas Bauer, best ser¬
geant; Cadet Pvt. Richard Speck,
best private; Cadet Cpl. John
Jacobs, best corporal; and Cadet
Sgt. Harriman Cronk, marksman¬
ship.
First, second and third year
honor medals went to Cadet Cpl.
Clark Spangler, Cadet 2nd Lt.
Jack Holt, and Cadet Major Don¬
ald Proctor, respectively, while
first year and third year honor
ribbons were awarded to Everett
Munsey, first year, and to Mai-
Faced with the job of making
students yell their lungs out at
the football games next year are
the newly picked cheer leaders
and song girls chosen by mem¬
bers of the pep commission in
Harbeson Hall, Wednesday, April
21.
Chuck Batterson, Norman Mul-
lison, Doug Funderburk and Ray
Shephard were the boys judged
the best at flailing the arms.
These boys w*ere chosen on a
point system, with each judge
ing student body chief. Mem¬
bers of the PCC student board,
cabinet and court, will attend
the affair at 7 p.m. at Pierre’s
restaurant. Special awards will
be given to all retiring student
body executives. Members of the
spring semester board will es¬
pecially be honored.
Castellano is chairman of Mon¬
day’s banquet. As vice-president
of the student body this semes¬
ter, he will take charge of the
banquet as one of the veep’s
many duties.
Newly eleoted board members,
and appointees for next semes¬
ter’s cabinet and court will be
officially installed. The new board
will consist of George Milan, vice-
president; Ron Troxell, senior
president; Pat Hayes, junior
prexy; Dave Free, sophomore ex¬
ecutive; Eleanor Johnson, AWS
president; John FitzRandolph,
AMS president; and Nancy Wich-
man, Burt Howells, Patsy Wood-
bridge and Gary Beggs, repre¬
sen tatives-at-large.
The Associated Student Body
banquet has been a long-time tra¬
dition at Pasadena City College.
At that time student leaders are
given an opportunity to mingle
with faculty advisers.
Cabinet members are appoin¬
ted by the civil service commis¬
sioner and his commission at the
end of each semester. Jone Small
has acted in this capacity since
February. The new civil service
official will be initiated at Mon¬
day’s banquet to carry on this
responsibility next semester.
Seniors and Sophs
to Attend Service
Senior and sophomore gradu¬
ates will assemble at the mirror
pools at 7:40 p.m. on Sunday,
June 8, for traditional Baccalau¬
reate services. Seniors should
pick up stoles at this time.
On Tuesday, June 10, gradu¬
ates will attend a compulsory
commencement rehearsal in the
Rose Bowl from 9 a.m. to 12
noon. Senior breakfast is slated
for Wednesday, June 11, at 7:45
a.m. in the Campus Dining
Room.
Graduation is scheduled for 7
p.m. on Thursday, June 12, in
the Rose Bowl, followed by the
graduates prom in the Civic Aud¬
itorium at 9 p.m.
colm Carter, Robert Hicks, Sey¬
mour Levine, Donald Proctor,
and Jerome Selmer, all third
year.
The various awards were do¬
nated by different civic, military
and veterans organizations, and
included many other attendance,
citizenship, neatness, leadership
and various activities.
giving contestants one to five
points on appearance, personali¬
ty and routine. Students , with
the highest total of points were
the winners.
Song girls were chosen on the
same merits. The prancing pom¬
pons next fall will be wielded
by Dolores Valadez, Karen Hjal-
land, Shari Tent, Susan Hoffman
and and Sue Tomlinson. The
number of both girls and lead¬
ers has been increased over last
year.
Publhations Banquet
Honors Administrators
PCC publications staffs will honor city schools and busi¬
ness persons who have aided them throughout the past year
as the climax of the year’s work is reached at the annual
Publications Banquet tomorrow evening. Heading the list of
honor guests at the Women’s
English Accomplishments Recognized
at Annual Departmental Honors Tea
Pep Commission Appoints
Pepsters for Next Year
