THESE TWO STAR IN ‘FAR OFF HILLS’
PCC Chronicle
Vol. 50, No. 9 Pasadena, California November 7, 1951
Local Actors to Give
Family Comedy Play
“The far off hills are green . . .
Things seem grand — until we
have them.” This line sets the
theme of the play, “The Far Off
Hills” which is to be presented
in Sexson Auditorium on Novem¬
ber 19 and 20 under the direc¬
tion of Jeanne Moore.
A study of dreams and reality,
the production is a family com¬
edy built around the overbearing
PCC Coeds Attend
Annual Conference
at El Camino JC
El Camino Junior College was
the setting of this year’s annual
AWS-WAA convention, Novem¬
ber 3. Approximately 400 stu¬
dents attended the conference
which was themed “We Come
Next.”
PCC’s delegations were led by
Carol Kipling, AWS president,
and Donna Rhoades, WAA prexy.
Pasadena was in charge of the
General Assembly program which
was the first meeting on the
agenda. The speaker PCC pro¬
vided for this program was Dr.
Eleanor Metheny, chairman of
the physical education depart¬
ment at USC. Dr. Metheny spoke
on the theme, and was preceded
by musical selections by Ann
and Ethel Vernon of this cam¬
pus.
Various important phases of
women’s place in school govern¬
ment and activities were discuss¬
ed in the different section meet¬
ings by women students from all
of Southern California.
ROTC Instructor
Gets Reassignment
City College’s ROTC unit loses
one of its Regular Army instruc¬
tors this week as M/Sgt. Robert
H. Moore leaves his post here to
take up new duties at Fort Ord.
Sergeant Moore’s new assign¬
ment will be as a captain in the
Army Reserve. He will serve as
a platoon leader at Fort Ord, one
of the largest Army basic train¬
ing centers on the west coast.
Commissioned a second lieuten¬
ant in the National Guard in
March of 1941, Sergeant Moore
saw action throughout the Pa¬
cific and in the Philippines in
World War II, being awarded
among other medals, the Silver
Star, the Bronze Star and the
Purple Heart, and receiving a
promotion to captain in 1945.
Maintaining his captaincy in
the Reserve M/Sgt. Moore was
assigned to PCC as an instructor
from April, 1947, until he re¬
ceived his new orders last week.
The ROTC also announced last
week the promotions effective
November 1 of several commis¬
sioned officers and non-commis¬
sioned officers, including Cadet
Major and Battalion Executive
officer, Cadet Capt. Jerome Sel-
mer; to Cadet Captain and Bat¬
talion Adjutant, Cadet 1st Lieu¬
tenant Donald Proctor, and to
Cadet First Lieutenant and Com¬
pany Commander, Cadet Second
Lieutenant Fred Brown.
NROTC Opens Tests
Men students interested in
applying for university schol¬
arships under the Naval Re¬
serve Officers Training Corps
program will be able to take
the preliminary examinations
at
РОС
on December 8. Appli¬
cations for the test must be re¬
ceived in Princeton, New Jer¬
sey, no later than midnight,
November 17. Further infor¬
mation may be secured from
Assistant Director of Student
Activities Robert D. Haugh in
101C.
personality of an eldest daughter,
Marian Clancy, who is tied to her
home by the blindness of her
father, and who dreams of enter¬
ing a convent. The situation de¬
velops with the introduction of
Harold Mahony, who, shackled to
an insane wife, has visions of a
happier marriage with Marian.
The theme is brought home when
events liberate both characters,
whereupon Harold decides that
he prefers bachelorhood, while
Marian realizes that a nunnery
would not suit her and promptly
marries another man, because it
offers a new opportunity for dom¬
ination.
The plot is lightened by Mar¬
ian’s sisters, Pet and Ducky,
played by Lois Johnson and
Carole Childs; by the “go-getter”
personality of Pierce Hegerty,
the man Marian marries, portray¬
ed by Roy Loza; and by Oliver,
Dick, and the maid Ellen, acted
by Starling Jordan, Bill Bowen
and Gloria Silian, respectively.
Marian is characterized by San¬
dra Campbell, while Pat Clancy
is played by David Stone and the
doleful Harold is done by Bill
Belk. The cast is advised by
drama instructor Donald A.
Liercke.
The show will be offered at 8
p.m. a week from next Monday
and on the following day at a 3
o’clock matinee and again at 8.
Red Cross to Fete
Interested Students
All phases of the Red Cross
will be discussed at an orienta¬
tion meeting in the Social Hall,
208D, on Monday, Nov. 10.
Students interested in the Red
Cross are invited to attend the
meeting and to become acquaint¬
ed with this organization. A film
and short talks will make up the
body of the program, and refresh¬
ments will be served.
Presents for the soldiers in Ko¬
rea is the problem on which the
Red Cross is now working. This
project aims at having every club
on campus donate enough money
for at least one present to a
doughboy. Money for these gifts
should be in by November 20.
Local AMS Prexy
Chosen Executive
of Southern League
John Thie, local AMS prexy,
was elected first president of the
Southern California Associated
Men Students conference at El
Camino Junior College on No¬
vember 1.
Representatives of numerous
junior colleges of the southern
section of the state were present.
On the roster of topics discussed
John Thie
were finances, ways in which to
strengthen the newly formed
southern organization, and other
AMS activities.
According to Thie, “A state or¬
ganization called the California
Junior College Associated Men
Students was formed a few years
ago, but the northern, central,
and southern sections operate
separately as a check in case the
state organization should fail."
As local AMS prexy this sem¬
ester, Thie recently sponsored the
AMS luncheon which had a rec¬
ord turnout. Another new idea
of his AMS board was the recent
queen contest to select a coed to
reign during football season as
Red and White queen.
'Touchdown Trot’ Hails
Varsity After Game
Varsity football players and the PCC coaching staff will
be hailed as guests of honor at the “Touchdown Trot” follow¬
ing next Friday’s game against Ventura in the* Rose Bowl.
At the close of the game, fans will parade from the Bowl to
the after-the-game dance in Har- • — - -
beson Hall, which will be open
until midnight. A football theme
will dominate the event as a sa¬
lute to the local gridsters and
their mentors for their successes
this season.
Refreshments vfall be provided
by the Senior Class Council
as another step in, their fund¬
raising campaign.
An ASB book will be the only
admission required for /the event,
which is sponsored by the Social
Affairs Commission under the di¬
rection of Phyllis Perry,. Helping
with arrangements have been
commission members Earleen
Gordanier, Joan Arnold, Marian
Wallace, Dodie Anderson, Betty
Dusenberry, Pam Hall, Lily Mai-
moni, Carrie Wright, Phyllis
Shelley and Joan Bell. Male mem¬
bers of the commission are Har¬
old Walker, John Thie, Elwood
Kingsland, Larry Harris, Alan
Richards, Bruce Sweet, Clai-
bourne Howard and Dick Kuns.
Seven Local Leaders
to Visit State Confab
Fifty-three California junior colleges will meet at Fresno
on November 15 to discuss student government problems in
the State Student Government Conference. Pasadena City
College will send seven delegates and two advisers to this
annual event. The delegates who
Chest X-ray Unit
to Return Friday,
After Breakdown
are to leave by train Thursday,
and return by bus the following
Saturday are Ron Yielding, ASB
president; Dallas Peterman, ASB
vice-president; Bob Mandell, Jun¬
ior Class president; Bob Josi,
Sophomore Class president; Carol
Kipling, AWS president; John
Thie, -AMS president; and Andy
Castellano, state treasurer. The
two faculty members who plan
to attend are J. Ray Risser and
Earl Holder.
This year’s conference will take
up many important problems now
facing student leaders. Work¬
shops will be held on such vital
matters as war emergency, stu¬
dent body income, finance and
athletic incomes, publicity and
public relations, student organi¬
zations, student body elections,
assemblies, awards and also an
AMS and AWS workshop. Ron
Yielding, who is state vice-presi¬
dent, will head the publicity
group, and Mr. Risser will act as
adviser for this same group.
PCC Observes Law Week
City College observes Law
Enforcement Week this week
with an extensive program to
educate students as to campus
laws and traditions. Under the
direction of Law Enforcement
Commissioner Jim Bald, mem¬
bers of Lancers and Spartans
and the Law Enforcement Com¬
mission will publicize all regu¬
lations which are most fre¬
quently violated because of ig¬
norance.
Pasadena’s mobile X-ray unit
will return to the campus next
Friday to complete a scheduled
two-day stop-over which was in¬
terrupted two weeks ago by a
mechanical failure.
The truck sponsored by the
Pasadena Tuberculosis Associa¬
tion will return to its post in the
area north of the Student Union
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to make
precautionary chest X-rays for
any students desiring them.
In the time that the unit was
previously on the campus, from 8
a.m. October 25 until its break¬
down at 10 o’clock the following
morning, 952 students were X-
rayed.
Second Movie Stars
Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum is the star in
the second of the departmental
movies, the Red Pony. This mov¬
ing epic about a boy’s love for
his horse is to be presented
Thursday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. and
at 8 in the evening.
In charge of selling tickets is
the English Council. Publicity
will be managed by the Business
Council, and the Stage Technol¬
ogy group will handle the equip¬
ment and operate the machine.
Post-Game Dance Salutes Varsity
GRID STARS SLICKING UP . . . for the Touchdown Trot,
after-the-game dance being held in honor of varsity squad and
coaches following Friday’s game with Ventura, are John Stellem
and George Textor. Marian Wallace holds mirror while Stellem
combs hair, and Joan Arnold applies the shine rag to the foot
that Textor has used to give Pasadena many points-after-touch-
down.
