Conference Is
Planned By
Journalists
PCC will be host to the nation¬
al convention of Beta Phi Gam¬
ma, journalism fraternity, on De¬
cember 13 and will entertain del¬
egates from college chapters west
of the Mississippi.
In the opening sessions, dis¬
cussion groups will be carried on
by advisers, year book editors,
and staffs of newspapers.
A sports writing contest to be
judged by three local metropoli¬
tan sports writers will be con¬
ducted at the Little Rose Bowl
game which members of Beta
Phi Gamma plan to attend in the
afternoon.
At the evening banquet to be
held at the Women’s City Club,
160 North Oakland, chapters
from Muir College and East Los
Angeles Junior College will be
installed. Mass- initiation of new
members from each of the par¬
ticipating schools will be held at
that time.
Present at the convention will
be Darrell Place, national presi¬
dent of Beta Phi Gamma, and
Mildred Poorman, vice-president.
Arrangements for the convention
are being made by Miss Poorman
and the Alpha chapter of Beta.
No Chrons Next Week
Because of triads, there
will be no regular issue of
the Chronicle next week.
However, plans are under¬
way for a joint Muir-PCC
newspaper on Nov. 26 in
connection with the Turkey
Day game. Watch for this
special edition.
Radio Play Set
For Assembly
Norman Corwin’s highly suc¬
cessful radio play, Psalm for a
Dark Year, will be presented by
the PCC radio production group,
A Cappella Choir, orchestra and
Melody Maids at the Thanksgiv¬
ing assembly, November 26, Dick
Ozenghar, Religious Council vice-
president, disclosed today.
According to Ozenghar, Norm¬
an Corwin will personally attend
rehearsals to offer suggestions.
The original New York musical
score will be featured and unique
staging effects will be used.
PCC students acting in the ra¬
dio production cast include: Lar¬
ry Fielder, Rosemary Federer,
Dick Carr, Joyce Minasian, John
Hall, Leigh Brown, Irwin Fuller,
Duke Turich and Andrew Thorpe.
“This will mark the first time
that a radio program has ever
been featured at a PCC Thanks¬
giving Day assembly,” Ozenghar
said.
Models Presented to
Geology Department
In appreciation of the excellent
educational opportunities' made
available to his daughter, Mari¬
anne, by Pasadena City College,
William Otto, preparator of fos¬
sils in the Department of Geolo¬
gy, California Institute of Tech¬
nology, has recently presented to
our geology department five mod¬
els of ancient reptiles.
Four of these are reconstruc¬
tions of dinosaurs, which lived
from about one hundred million
to one hundred twenty-five mil¬
lion years ago, and the fifth is
the dimetrodon, a primitive rep¬
tile that preceeded the dinosaur.
The models are being display¬
ed for a limited period in the
main hall of “C” building, near
room 118.
Joan Lambert, 13-1 PCCite, was selected as this week’s
Glamour Girl contest winner. Miss Lambert is a music major
and plans to attend USC upon graduation. Four more weekly
winners are to be selected before the grand winner Miss Glamour
of 1948 is chosen, according to Martin Stornie, AMS prexy.
Chairman Tom Powers and members of WSSF drive steer¬
ing committee discuss campaign plans. Left to right: Walt Raitt,
Motoi Satomi, Betty Gilmore, Powers, Mary Ellen Siemon and
Leon Marion. Absent from the picture is Marilyn Burns.
Hopless , Homeless , Hungry Vets
To Meet VA Counslor Today
Veterans.: Do you have money problems? Have you found
a way to stretch your $65 so you can eat more than once a
day? Have you found a method of living while you wait for
that check that’s three months behind?
These and sundry other questions will be answered to’day
when a special representative of the Veterans Administration
Classes Sponsor
Campus Clean-up
This is Campus Clean-up Week,
being sponsored by the four class¬
es with Freshman Class Presi¬
dent Harry M
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mery in
charge.
According to Montgomery, the
entire campus is being patrolled
by the reps at large and mem¬
bers of the class councils who
will see that the grounds are not
littered with paper and other de¬
bris.
The reps at large are patrolling
nicotine gulch; the seniors are
watching the senior benches and
Student Union area; juniors have
charge from the bird rail to the
D building and freshmen are
handling publicity.
arrives on the PCC campus (vet¬
erans affairs office) to help vet
students with their problems.
According to E. R. Eberle, cam¬
pus veterans counselor, the repre¬
sentative due today is an expert
in veterans affairs and will be
able to initiate tracers to get at
the cause of deferred allowance
payments. Eberle also stated that
veterans who have not received
their GI checks for October
should not despair until after
Nov. 15 as a shortage of help
and greatly increased veteran en¬
rollment has caused a delay in
the issuance of checks.
To aid in keeping veterans in¬
formed on current developments
a bulletin board has been reserv¬
ed adjacent to room 114C. Mr.
Eberle stated that all PCC vet
students are responsible for the
information posted on this board.
Dr. Harbeson Sends Message
To Entire Student Body
From time to time I have been
asked regarding the relationship
of student body government (in¬
cluding the responsibilities of
Lancers and Spartans) to the of¬
ficial Administration of the col¬
lege. I am, therefore, issuing the
following statement in response
to this inquiry.
The policy of the Administra¬
tion is to recognize the campus of
Pasadena City College as a demo¬
cratic, self-governing community.
In our thinking it is a laboratory
of democracy. Students, through
their organized student body gov¬
ernment and elected officials,
make and enforce their own cam¬
pus laws. The policy of the Ad¬
ministration will unfailingly be to
support the Student Body officers
in the serious business of self-
government in which they are en¬
gaged.
I feel, therefore, in response to
inquiries that I should state
frankly that any student who
manfests defiance to the organiz¬
ed student government, or who
fails to show his identification
card on request, or who mani¬
fests defiance and refusal to com¬
ply with the requests of Lancers
and Spartans, or who refuses to
answer a summons to court, or
to carry out conscientiously a
penalty imposed by the court up¬
on conviction, will, if brought be-
for the principal of the college,
be summarily suspended from
school. The hopes of democracy
lie in the respect for law and in
the practice of democratic self-
government. If we try to raise
for the next generation a group
of citizens who are to make de¬
mocracy work, educational insti¬
tutions must do their part in
training for that function.
It is for these reasons that I
expect every student of Pasadena
City College to comply with the
requirements of laws passed by
the student body board of repre¬
sentatives and cooperate cheer¬
fully with the officers, of the stu¬
dent body in carrying out these
student body legal enactments.
— John W. Harbeson
Principal
PCC, Muir
Battle For
WSSF Goal
“Our airline . . . their life¬
line.”
With this slogan typifying
the aid which the World Stu¬
dent Service Fund provides
for needy students all over
the world, PCC’s WSSF drive
will officially kick off at half¬
time of the Thanksgiving Day
football game with John Muir
College. The campaign will fol¬
low last year’s in that a con¬
test with Muir will be held, each
school striving to reach its goal,
which was calculated according
to enrollment.
Goal Revealed
Goal for PCC is one thousand
dollars, while Muir has to reach
five hundred dollars to win the
contest.
Chairman of the drive is Tom
Powers, assisted by Mary Ellen
Siemon. Members of the steer¬
ing committee include Marilyn
Burns, windup and trophy; Leon
Marion, game; Betty Gilmore,
publicity; Motoi Satomi, contest
and finance; and Dick Maitland,
community contact.
Aid Needy Students
Funds raised from the WSSF
campaign, Powers explained, are
used to help students in devas¬
tated Europe and Asia. Food,
clothing, books and medical at¬
tention will be distributed to
those most in need of aid from
American students.
The money, which is raised by
American colleges and universi¬
ties, Powers continued, is distrib¬
uted equally between Europe and
Asia, with distribution points lo¬
cated at Geneva, Switzerland, and
Chungking, China.
State Theme
Theme of the drive this year
will be an attempt to fly aid to
these needy students. PCC will
fly for Geneva, with laps along
the way representing" percentage
of money collected, while Muir
will head for Chungking.
Winner of the drive will re¬
ceive the trophy which is now in
possession of Muir.
Present Trophy
Tentative plans for presenta¬
tion of the trophy include a PCC-
Muir faculty basketball game,
where the student body president
of the winning school will re¬
ceive the award from the presi¬
dent of the losing school.
Advisers for the campaign are
Jeanette Strawn, student body ad¬
viser, and Walt Raitt, SCA exec¬
utive secretary.
Mr. Raitt announced today that
students will be given a chance
for a pre-drive donation at the
Thanksgiving assembly.
New Council Organizes
Pasadena City College’s newest
council, the social science, met
last Thursday to draft plans for
a social science assembly and the
vocational day, Dr. Leo Facto,
faculty adviser and social science
department head, announced to¬
day.
PCC, Muir Plan
‘Hobble Gobble’
The “Gobble Hobble” a speeial
pre-Thanksgiving Day dance
sponsored jointly by the eight
classes of Pasadena City College
and John Muir College, is slated
for Nov. 26 according to Dick
Gray, PCC senior class prexy.
The dance will be held in the
Pasadena Civic Auditorium and
dress for the evening will be date
dresses and heels for the women
and sport coats and ties for the
men. Gray said that negotiations
are being completed for the ap¬
pearance of a top college band
to provide the syncopation for
the event which is scheduled to
run from 9 to 12 p. m.
Bids will be on sale at the Civic
box office. The price with student
body book is $1 per .couple and
without $1.25.
