Vol. 42, No. 7
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
November 5, 1947
Civic is Site
For Dance
Monday
With the musical setting sup¬
plied by Hal Derwin and his Capi¬
tol Records recording orchestra,
this year’s annual Backwards
Dance will be held Monday night,
November 10, from 9 until 12 at
the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
Originally planned to be a for¬
mal affair, dress for the dance
has now been changed to “dressy
sport.” According to Marilyn L.
Bums, AWS president, “The em¬
phasis should be on ‘dressy’
rather than on sport.” Miss Burns
also stated: “Since this is the
first Backwards Dance of the
year, we hope to see the Civic
filled."
Girls to Pay
As in years past the saying,
“turn about is fair play,” will'be
followed to the letter. With .all
of the evening’s expenses, sup¬
posedly being paid by the girls,
this is the one night of the year
when they have the opportunity
to ask any eligible male on cam¬
pus to be their date for the eve¬
ning.
Hal Derwin to Play
Since student considerations
were foremost in the minds of
the arrangemeht committee,
great care went into the selection
of a band to play for this year’s
Backwards Dance. - Only after lis¬
tening to several groups audition,
were the committee members able
to select Hal Derwin as their
choice. | •; •
. Beverly Lober, AWS vice-presi¬
dent and chairman of the eve¬
ning’s program, announced that
the theme of. the dance will be
“Stardust.” The affair is being
co-sponsored by AWS and AMS.
President of AMS is Martin Stor-
nie.
Lamp Schubert Named
To Chamber of Commerce
Jack, Lamp, ASB prexy, and
Bill Schubert, athletic publicity
director, yvere voted in as mem¬
bers of the Pasadena Chamber of
Commerce, it was disclosed to¬
day. t .
According to Walter Dorn, ex¬
ecutive secretary, Lamp is the
first PCC president to be select¬
ed for. Chamber of Commerce
membership while in office.
Schubert, a former PCC stu¬
dent, iiow handles athletic pub¬
licity here.
Graduation Pics
Pictures of February grad¬
uates are being taken this
week and next by
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Studio,
24 South Vinedo, for the school
annual, The Campus.
Editor' of the yearbook, Deb
Brennan, stated that February
graduates who expect to have
their pictures in the annual,
must have portraits taken by
November 20. June graduates
desiring to- have their pictures
now may do so, she added.
Appointments for pictures
are being taken at the booth
in the main hall of the C build-
ing.
Taxi service is provided be¬
tween the photographers and
school
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Studio. Service
is hourly, originating and ter¬
minating at the east entrance
of the campus on Bonnie Ave¬
nue.
Thespians At Work
Florence Green street and Paula Athens lead Charlie Greenstreet and Lyle Spilman around
by the ear in Delta Psi Omega’s presentation of “Uncle Harry.”
Student Body Officers
To Attend Conference
Jack Lamp, ASB prexy, will
act as president of 23 Southern
California junior colleges at the
semi-annual California JC con¬
ference in San Francisco tomor¬
row, it was learned yesterday.
Lamp will act as conference
chairman, handling panel discus¬
sions concerning major problems
and affairs.
Tryouts Narrow Queen Chances ;
Art Students Design Floats
Monday third tryouts for the Tournament of Roses
narrowed possibilities for queen from 150 to about 50. This
tryout was conducted off-campus by officials of the Queen
Selection Committee of the Tournament. From this group of
PCC and John Muir girls, seven will be chosen to become the
Queen and Princesses of the New Year’s day celebration.
Delta Psi
To Present
TJncle Harry7
Featuring the story of a mild
and placid man with a murder¬
ous spirit, Uncle Harry will be
presented by Delta Psi Omega,
in Sexkon Auditorium, Novem¬
ber 7, 3:15 and 8:00 p. m., War¬
ren Simonds, student director, re¬
ported today.
Student-star Charlie Green-
street heads the cast as the kill¬
er, with Paula Athens and Flor¬
ence Greenstreet as the ill-fated
sisters. Barbara Breen and Liza-
beth Warner complete the major
leads.
Unique Sets
Three intricate sets, a tavern,
house and governor’s chamber
are being created by technical
director Jack Culver, and the
stage crew under the direction
of Fred Latshaw. According to
Culver, over 150 hours will be
spent designing and constructing
the sets.
Admission with ASB Book
Admission to the matinee per¬
formance is free to PCC students
with their ASB books and tickets
for the evening performance can
be purchased at 75 cents from the
Triton Booth.
Handling the scene activities
are: David Drielsma, Marilyn
Bree and Gene Jones properties;
Roberta Griffis, Trudy Burroughs
and Evelyn Dobes, costumes; Pat
Penny, Harriet Fite, Eleanor King
and John Kimbro, make up; Su¬
san Webster and Sue Eagan, pub¬
licity.
Other Cast Members
The supporting cast includes
Floy Palmer, Lyle Spilman, Os¬
car Parkhurst, Warren Simonds,
Art Huston, Martin Stornie, Bob
Carrillo, Tom Wirick, Dick Carr
and Doris Hall. The entire mys¬
tery is under the direction of
Donald A. Liercke, faculty ad¬
viser.
The student body president will
fly to San Francisco tonight,
while a PCC delegation compos¬
ed of Dick Maitland, ASB vice-
prexy; Jeanette Strawn, student
body adviser; and Earl Holder,
student body financial adviser,
will leave by train tomorrow
morning to attend the 3 day con¬
ference.
Former PCC prexy, Neil Goed-
hard, was founder of the confer¬
ence, for the purpose of uniting
all JC presidents and vice-presi¬
dents in a common understand¬
ing of student affairs.
Lamp told the Chronicle, “It
is with great honor that I repre¬
sent Pasadena City College and
the southern junior colleges. I
am sure that PCC will continue
to be a leader in this group.”
Students from art classes of
Leonard Edmundson and Helen
Hunt are diligently wielding pen¬
cil and brush in their attempts
to design floats to carry the
Queen and her court and to rep¬
resent Pasadena City Schools.
Student Prizes
Prizes are offered to the stu¬
dent artists for the best float
design.
For the Queen’s float, the
prizes are as follows: first, $35;
second, $25; third, $20; fourth,
fifth and sixth, two tickets to the
New Year’s game.
Offers for the school float are
the same, excepting that there is
no sixth prize. However, five
girls will be chosen by merit of
their float designs to ride on the
float, Miss Hunt stated.
AMS Chooses First Entrant For
Hadi Tripps, Tl-2 PCC student,
was selected as the first weekly
winner in the AMS campus glam¬
our girl contest scheduled to run
for five more weeks, Martin Stor¬
nie, AMS president announced
yesterday.
Out of the six weekly winners,
the most photogenic glamour girl
will be picked by a group of
newspapermen and photogra¬
phers; she is to be officially
crowned Miss Glamour of 1948,
and as grand prize will receive
an 11 x 14 portrait of herself.
Miss Glamour of 1948 is ear¬
marked to reign over the AMS
Snow Party, tentatively set for
January.
Weekly winners’ pics are slat¬
ed to appear in the Chronicle and
on the bulletin board in the lower
hall. Professional photos of the
campus glamour girls are taken
by the official Campus photog¬
rapher,
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Studios of Pasadena.
All girls, student body mem¬
bers, not in the Rose Tournament
finals are eligible to participate
in this contest, Stornie said.
Hadi Tripps, who is first winner in the “Glamour Girl”
contest sponsored by the AMS.