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Vol. 54, No. 8 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, Calif. November 4, 1953
Pasadena City College’s
with 100 new uniforms this
New Year’s Tournament of
AWS-AMS Tahitians
'Going to Hukilau’
Everybody loves a Hukilau and the Pasadena City
College AWS and AMS know it, for they will don sarongs and
other Hawaiian clothes for the Tahitian Tromp on Tuesday,
Nov. 10, from 8:30 to 12 p.m. With Don Ricardo supplying
the music the couples are to dis- —
PTA to Open New
Membership Drive
WINDOW SHOPPING
card their shoes and put on leis
as they enter the palm bedecked
Athletic Club. The wearing of
leis has been a tradition of this
annual affair and the flowers help
to make PCC’s biggest dance of
the year a success.
The Associated Women Stu¬
dents, headed by Sylvia Pauloo,
and the Associated Men Students,
led by Terry Smith, are spon¬
soring the affair. They have an¬
nounced that a marriage booth
will be included as a highlight
of the evening.
Students who are members of
the Associated Student Body,
that is, who own ASB books,
will be admitted to the dance
for $1 a couple. Others will be
charged $2 for admission to the
dance. .
Dress for the males will be Ha¬
waiian shirts with blue denims or
slacks. The women are expected
to wear Hawaiian dresses or sa¬
rongs.
“Help strengthen our Parent-
Teacher-Student partnerships” is
the slogan behind the eleventh
grade membership drive to be
held the week of November 9 by
the Pasadena City College Par¬
ent-Teacher Association.
Competing for the largest num¬
ber of freshman parents enroll¬
ed in the P-TA program are the
freshman guidance classes. A
party will be given this semester
for the class with the largest
percentage of PTA parents.
In charge of the arrangements
are Scott FitzRandolph, presi¬
dent of the Freshman Class,
Charles Eckels, director of fresh¬
man guidance, and Mrs. Joseph
Engholm, Mrs. H. K. McLeod",
and Mrs. Thomas Exton, PTA of¬
ficers.
Forensks Enthusiasts
Gain Awards at Meet
Santa Barbara was the scene of the first forensics tour¬
nament of this semester and members of the PCC squad
returned from the affair with a total of four certificates to
their credit. Kathy Gage, Sandy Mueller, Rowena Roberts,
Jim Galbraith and A1 Sotelo par- -
ticipated in individual events at
the meet on Friday and Satur¬
day, Oct. 23 and 24.
Approximately 300 people at¬
tended and such questions as
"How can we improve congres¬
sional investigating committees?”
and "Taxation” were brought up.
Los Angeles City College on
November 6 and 7 will play host
to the next forensics tournament
which will consist of 40 or 50
colleges and universities in
Southern California.
Debating is to be the feature
of the affair and the question
will be, “Should the Congress of
the United States adopt a policy
of free trade?”
In addition to those who at
tended the Santa Barbara tourna¬
ment will be Lillian Tomich, Bob
Noel, Bill Dailey, Lois Johnson,
Jack Cartier and Betty King.
Following the forensics meet
at LACC, the City College squad
will attend a tournament at Val¬
ley Junior College. The speech
experience gained at these gath¬
erings is in part a preparation
for the highlight of the year, an
all Western State Tournament at
Fresno.
Mademoiselle Searches
for Woman Journalists
Pasadena City College women writers have a chance to
get a head start on their careers as Mademoiselle ' Magazine
accepts applications from undergraduate lasses for member¬
ship on its 1953-54 College Board. Mademoiselle’s College
Board Contest offers a chance at -
winning one of the 20 Guest Edi¬
torships — -a month on the staff of
thq. magazine — or placing as one
of the 50 runners-up.
Those who are accepted on the
College Board write three assign¬
ments during the college year.
Assignments give College Board
members a chance to write fea-
Speaker to Elaborate on
Campus Teacher to Problem of Civilization
Lunch at Occidental
Miss Gladys Snyder, Pasadena
City College journalism instruc¬
tor, has been invited to attend a
luncheon to be given at Occident¬
al College on Saturday, Nov. 7,
in honor of Dr. Joseph Murphy,
director of the Columbia Scholas¬
tic Press Association.
Miss Snyder, one of the 25
Southern California publications
advisers asked to attend the lun¬
cheon, is the adviser of the Cam¬
pus, PCC yearbook, which has re¬
ceived several excellent ratings
from the CSPA in past years.
The national association, which
is sponsored by New York’s Co¬
lumbia University, each year
evaluates college publications
from all parts- of the United
States, and awards various cer¬
tificates of excellence to those
possessing outstanding journal¬
istic merits.
“What is to Save Civilization?” asks Dr. Will Durant at the
November 10 session of the Pasadena City College Tuesday Evening
Forum to be held at 8 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium.
Author and historian, Dr. Durant thinks of himself as an interp¬
reter of the past with the present and as an historian of “Man
Thinking.”
Now at work on a multiple-volume history of civilization, four
volumes of which are complete: “Our Oriental Heritage,” “Life of
Greece,” "Caesar and Christ,” and “The Age of Faith”; he expects
to publish in 1955 "The Renaissance and the Reformation.” A sixth
volume, "The Age of Reason,” will bring the narrative up to the
present.
“The project,” says the New York Times, “is grandiose enough
to stagger the. imagination. With prodigious learning, with Olympian
detachment, with such rhetorical skill, Dr. Durant has taken every¬
thing human for his province, and has written history which is lively
as well as learned, stimulating as well as exhausting.”
Dr. Durant’s book, “The Story of Philosophy,” was a phenomenal
best-seller; it served topopularize a neglected subject and motivated
many people- to pursue further the study of logic and thinking. This
work was translated into 12 languages.
Durant is the author of 12 books and holds a PhD from Columbia
University.
tures about campus life; to sub¬
mit art work, fashion, feature,
fiction or promotion ideas for
possible use in the publication;
to develop their critical creative
talents; and to discover their own
abilities and job interests.
College Board members who
come out among the top 20 on the
assignments win a Mademoiselle
Guest Editorship and will be sent
to New York next June to help
write, edit, and illustrate the
August College' issue. They will
be paid a regular salary for their
month’s work, plus . round-trip •
Continued on Page Three
Berkeley, LA State
Ask for Records
From the Registrar’s offices
here at City College comes a no¬
tice of special interest to those
students planning to enter the
University of California or Los
Angeles State College in the
spring of 1954. Directors of ad¬
mission at the two schools have
requested that applicants for¬
ward transcripts to them as soon
as possible.
Those entering the University
of California are required to send
tHeir transcripts to that school
during the present semester.
Registration for the school opens
February 8 and 11 of 1954.
LA State College has warned
that they cannot guarantee pro¬
cessing of any transcripts re¬
ceived after Jan. 8, 1954.
Bulldog Band will be outfitted
year, possibly in time for the
Roses Parade. The new outfits
will replace the tattered garments
that have seen the famous band
through several marching and
concert seasons. The old uni¬
forms will probably be sold to fin¬
ance a small part of the new
ones.
Instrumental in bringing about
the action on the question of
new uniforms for the band, which
is the official musical organiza¬
tion for the Tournament of Roses
New Year's Day festivities, has
been a special committee. Serv¬
ing on the committee have been
Dr. William B. Langsdorf, Pasa¬
dena City College principal; John
FitzRandolph, ASB president;
Bob Cornelison, ASB finance com¬
missioner; Robert Haugh, dean
of student activities; Earl W.
Holder, business assistant; and
Mrs. Carolyn Weersing, chairman
of the Music Department.
Bob Carroll, stage technology
.instructor; Raoul Proctor, stage
manager; Dana Moffat, supervis¬
or of music in the Pasadena City
Schools; Dennie Wombwell, rep¬
resenting the Press Bureau, and
Dick Anderson, editor of the
Chronicle are also on the com¬
mittee. Dr. Catherine Robbins is
chairman.
The style of the uniforms has
not been determined at this date,
nor has any commercial firm
been delegated to supply them.
Another meeting of the commit¬
tee has been called for this after¬
noon, at which time definite ac¬
tion on these matters will prob¬
ably be taken.
College Will
Host Guests
Next Week
Class discussions, exhibits and
strenuous publicity will herald
the arrival of American Educa¬
tion Week at Pasadena City Col¬
lege.
Operating under the central
theme, “Good Schools Are Your
Responsibility,” PCC will join
with the schools of the nation in
holding open house for the pub¬
lic during the week of November
8-14.
In collaboration with the event,
the school library will feature an
exhibit of educational publica¬
tions. The astronomy depart¬
ment will hold an open house in
the observatory.
The Music Department’s Lis¬
tening Hour will feature lessons
in cultural advantages at PCC.
Sign painting classes will cover
the campus with posters publi¬
cizing the event.
Class discussions will feature
such topics as: “The Quality of
American Education Today,” “The
Real Meaning of Public Educa¬
tion” and “What are the Main
Obstacles to Getting a True Edu¬
cation?"
The topic, “Why Education?”
will be discussed by Pasadena’s
part-time continuation classes.
Dean of Lectures and Forums
Lowell F. Barker will speak at
Burbank Elementary School and
will show adult education movies.
Will Durant will speak on “The
Destiny of Civilization” at the
Tuesday Evening Forum.
More than twelve million peo¬
ple are expected to accept the in¬
vitation to visit classrooms and
observe actual schoolwork
throughout the nation.
Dr. Catherine Robbins, assist¬
ant principal, remarked that
American Education Week is a
wonderful opportunity for us to
stress fine scholarship and the
advantages of free public educa¬
tion in America.