Delta Psi To Present Play Tomorrow
Vol. 44, No. 7 Pasadena City College. Pasadena, California November 3, 1948
Comedy To Highlight
Drama Club's First
Production Program
Guidance Program
Planned For Friday
Vocational Guidance Day, traditional PCC guidance pro¬
gram, will be held during Friday’s assembly period at 9:40
a.m. This 40-unit activity, under the supervision of Ida
Hawes, dean of guidance, is presented each semester by par¬
ents, teachers and students. According to Dean Hawes the
program was instigated approximately 20 years ago to “alert
Dick Allen, Mr. Jordan in “Heaven Can Wait” puts the halt¬
ing Anger on Joe Pendleton played by Howard Schwartz as he
views a woman, Patty - Parnham as Betty Logan, for the Arst
time. Since both men are invisible in the comedy, “Bette” is
totally unaware of the situation.
Yelland Heads
WSSF Drive
WSSF campaign committee for
the World Student Service Fund
drive to be held on this campus
from November 15 to 17 has re¬
cently been appointed. Jacqueline
Yelland was selected to head the
group.
“The campaign committee
hopes to raise $3000 for the fund
during a period of three days,”
stated Miss Yelland. “It will be
a tremendous undertaking and
the support of the whole student
body will be needed to reach the
goal.”
Contributions to the World
Student Service Fund will direct¬
ly benefit university students and
teachers in war devastated na¬
tions all over the world.
The annual campaign will be
conducted on a competitive basis
with Muir. This is PCC’s last
chance to take the WSSF trophy
away from its competitor. Muir
has won the cup for two consecu¬
tive years and if they take it this
time, the trophy will be their^
permanently.
“An all out campaign includ¬
ing many special events is being
planned and personal solicita¬
tion and competition between
clubs will be emphasized,” the
chairman said.
Other members of the WSSF
campaign committee are: Kris
Johannesen and Sharon Ander¬
son, special events; Harry Mont¬
gomery, special gifts; Pat Clark
and Ted Gilbreath, personal so¬
licitation; Barbara Carden, radio;
Jim Hawkins, art; Karen Byl,
journalism.
NEWS BRIEFS
Students planning to work dur¬
ing Christmas vacation will be re¬
quired to take merchandising or
non-sales classes as a supple¬
ment for the class time they will
lose. The taking of these classes
carries no guarantee that teach¬
ers will not require advance
school work from those students
working the week before school
is officially dismissed but these
classes are necessary for eligibil¬
ity to work.
Thanksgiving vacation is the
deadline for applications to be re¬
turned. These applications which
serve as evidence that a job has
been obtained will be available
at the PCC placement bureau in
119C.
** * *
The AMS-AWS semi-annual
Backwards Dance is to be held
November 10 at the Pasadena
Civic. Carroll Wax and his band
will furnish the music. Theme
of the evening is the “Golden
Centennial.” There will be a mar¬
riage booth for the girls lucky
enough to get their men. Bids
are $1.25 with student body book.
the students to opportunities in
all fields.” Each department will
have a number of prominent
speakers to lead the discussion
groups.
Arthur E. Raymond, former
City College student aqd now a
vice-president and chief design¬
er for Douglas Aircraft Corp.,
will lead one of four engineering
and technology discussion panels.
Other speakers in this depart¬
ment’s program will be: Merrile
Swan, United Geophysical Com¬
pany engineer, and Seth Brown,
president, Los Angeles Typo¬
graphical Union.
Newscaster to Appear
Wayne Miller, writer, news¬
caster and announcer of the Rich¬
field Reporter, will lead one Eng¬
lish group. The second panel will
be led by Samuel Herrick, di¬
rector of the Pasadena Commun¬
ity Playhouse.
City Manager Present
Don C. McMillan, Pasadena
City Manager, will be one of six
speakers on the Social Science
Council group discussions. Others
giving lectures in this depart¬
ment's panels include: Homer
Bell, Monrovia attorney; Dr. Mar¬
garet E. Bennett, director, pupil
personnel department; the Rev.
George W. Hill, pastor, First Bap¬
tist Church of Pasadena; John
D. Dillencourt, director, Pasa-
Pasadena Community Chest; and
Howard E. Marvin, director of
the vocational education depart¬
ment.
R. R. Montague, chemist for
Standard Oil of California, Dr.
Robert B. Leighton, research
physicist, and Dr. Richard H.
Johns, associate professor of ge¬
ology, will be present to speak
to the Physical Science Council’s
three panels.
Foreign Student Panel
The foreign language depart¬
ment will present a two-panel
program featuring foreign-born
stu'dents leading the discussion
groups. The .mathematics coun¬
cil is planning three groups to
be led by Dr. R. P. Dilworth, Cal
Tech associate professor of math¬
ematics; Dr. A. G. Wilson, Cal
Tech astro-physicist, and Harry
W. Douglas, director of the US
Weather Bureau in Pasadena.
The music department is spon¬
soring a talk by Leslie Clausen,
director of the Southern Califor¬
nia Junior College Music Asso¬
ciation. Marjorie Donaldson,
head of the circulation depart¬
ment, Pasadena City Library,
will speak to aspiring librarians.
City College guidance counsel¬
ors will lead the panels in this
field. George E. Breece, Robert
G. Moses and Florence L. Bru¬
baker will join Mrs. J. S. Boren,
PCC P-TA vice-president, in three
feature panels in the guidance
discussion groups.
Professional Guides
Life science panels will be un¬
der the guidance of five leaders.
They are: E. Rudy, cosmetology;
D. Milton W. Valois, dentistry;
Dr. Paul Popenoe, family rela¬
tions; Jessie L. Kohr, nursing;
Specialist To Address
Tuesday Evening Forum
On Business Conditions
“Business Conditions of 1948-
50” will be Elmer S. Nelson’s
topic at the, Tuesday Evening
Forum, November 9. The public
is cordially invited to all these
weekly Forums which begin
promptly at 8:00 in the Sexson
Auditorium.
Mr. Nelson has had Wide ex¬
perience in business and foreign
trade in the United States and
abroad. Formerly on the faculty
of the University of California,
he taught courses there in for¬
eign trade, economics, money and
banking, and transportation.
Until recently, he was a busi¬
ness specialist in the Office of
International Trade, Los Angeles
Regional Office and the United
States Department of Commerce.
Club To Sponsor
Speech Contest
In order that lower division
students may take a more active
part in speech activities, Phi Rho
Pi, forensic fraternity on campus,
is again sponsoring a speech con¬
test. Preliminaries are to be held
Monday at 4:00. Any 11th and
12th grader is eligible to com¬
pete, provided he has prepared a
five minute speech on any phase
of the United Nations.
Three students from each
grade level will participate in the
finals to be held in the Social
Hall on the following Monday.
Phi Rho Pi members will serve
as judges and also as coaches to
students wishing help in prepa¬
ration. Students will be judged
on the content and presentation,
of their speeches with the two
winners each receiving a medal.
Winners last year were June
Wolley, 12th grade level, and Bob
Wilkenson from the 11th year.
and Emma Bee Mundy, practical
nursing.
Brown S. McPherson, general
manager of the Broadway de¬
partment store, will be associat¬
ed with George Herman, Los
• Continued on Page Four
PCC Reps Leave
For JC Confab
Pasadena will be well repre¬
sented at the forthcoming Cali¬
fornia Student Government Con¬
ference in Fresno on Nov. 4, 5
and 6. Eleven representatives
from the PCC student body ex¬
ecutive board will attend.
Those who will represent PCC
are Bill Bruner, Margaret Henze,
Deb Brennan, Ted Todd, Alice
Anderson, Harry Montgomery,
Kris Johannesen, Joan Buchholz,
Bill Jones, Robert Farina and
Earl Holder, financial adviser.
Agenda Topics
The Fresno Conference will dis¬
cuss problems concerning student
body activities. On the agenda
for the three day conclave is a
discussion of eleven points of in¬
terest in student body affairs.
The topics are as follows:
Social programs of the school;
Intramural program; Athletic in¬
surance; Training of student
leaders; Programs other than
athletic or social; Draft status;
Sale of student body cards; Elec¬
tions; School budgets; A discus¬
sion on the topic, “Are you a
rubber stamp?” (Do students or
faculty control school govern¬
ment); and Problems from the
floor.
Report to be Given
The group from the southern
section, which includes Pasadena,
will present a report on the de¬
cisions made at the recent East
Los Angeles Conference, held Oc¬
tober 8 at East Los Angeles Jun¬
ior College.
The conference at that time
appointed a committee to work
on the problem of representation
and rules of the State Board of
Athletics. The committee will
make its recommendations at the
Fresno meeting.
A report will also be given con¬
cerning the request of the junior
colleges to the CIF asking if it
would be possible to underwrite
an insurance policy for upper di¬
vision sports.
First semester production
of PCC drama group Delta
Psi Omega will highlight
“Heaven Can Wait,” a three-
act comedy-fantasy in Sexson
Auditorium at 4:15 p.m., No¬
vember 4, and 8:15 p.m., No¬
vember 5.
This play gained great popu¬
larity on Broadway and was later
made into the movie, “Here
Comes Mr. Jordan.”
Plot which deals with relations
between this and the other
world, centers around the adven¬
tures and life of Joe Pendleton,
prize fighter and saxophonist.
Joe, who has been killed in an
airplane crash, finds that his
time has not yet come and that
he is not scheduled to die for
another 60 years. Arrangements
are made to send his spirit back
to earth so that he may continue
his life. However, Mr. Jordan
learns that Max Levene, Pendle¬
ton’s manager, had the body cre¬
mated thinking Joe was dead. A
hilarious chain of events follow
in which Joe occupies the bodies
of a murdered financier and that
of a dead boxing champion. The
love interest enters when Joe, as
Jonathan Farnsworth, tries to
right the wrongs of the real J.
Farnsworth and encounters the
charming Bette Logan, daughter
of a man Farnsworth ruined.
Later Joe enters the body of
K.O. Murdock and loses all recol¬
lection of his past but meets
Bette once more and falls in love
with her again. As K.O. Murdock
he is once more returned to the
world of the living.
Cast Members
Members of the cast are: Joe
Pendleton, Howard Schwartz; Mr.
Jordan, Dick Allen; Messenger
7013, William Vasse; Julia Farns¬
worth, Gloria Murphy; Tony Ab¬
bott, Stuart Basquin; Bette Lo¬
gan, Patty Parnham; Max Le¬
vene, Bob Robinson; Mrs. Ames,
Patti Crawley; Nurse, Carolyn
Land; Susie, maid, Alicia Rob¬
erts; Ann, maid, Maureen Hen¬
derson; Williams, Dick Root; 1st
Escort, John Westerdoll; 2nd Es¬
cort, Bob Guenther; Workman,
David Holt; Lefty, Bob Robinson;
Doctor, William Reynolds; Plain
Clothesman, Robert Blackshaw.
Production Staff
The staffs include: Student
Director, Carolyn Land; Publici¬
ty Manager, Sue Eagon; Proper¬
ties, Ellie King; Costumes, Bar¬
bara Lubin; Make-up, George
Stuart; Business Manager, David
Drielsma; and Mr. Liercke dir¬
ecting.
WITSCUT Meaning
Finally Revealed
The Sailing Club, in an exclus¬
ive release to the Chronicle, has
admitted the responsibility for
the deluge of “WITSCUT” signs
which have blanketed PCC the
past three weeks.
WITSCUT, according to John
Granath, club commodore, means
“What Is The Sailing Club Up
To.” The answer has been given
by Sailing Club officials as the
formal “launching” of the club
as a co-operative association. The
affair will be attended by a Holly¬
wood celebrity and by city and
school officials. Featured will be
the launching of six types of
boats in the Mirror Pool. The
craft will be a Snowbird, Snipe,
Pacific 14, Lehman dink, and the
International 14.
