PCC Chronicle, November 17, 1948

Hi-Liters’ Big Show Set For This Evening Vol. 44, No. 9 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California November 17, 1948 Vocalists To Appear On Gala Program; Students Also Star Two Restrictive Clubs Placed Off Campus — LATE BULLETIN — The Administration Staff met late yesterday after¬ noon in Dr. Harbeson’s office to consider further the ques¬ tion of restrictive clubs. Information was presented re¬ garding a faculty poll taken early yesterday morning at the request of the staff. The results are as follows: 187 for the abolishment of RICCY from the Pasadena City College campus; 12 voted for the relainmenl of re¬ strictive clubs on campus. Dr. William B. Langsdorf, assistant principal of PCC, was quoted, “Decisions of this nature are the re¬ sponsibility of the administration staff. It was not the intent of the staff to shift this responsibility to the fac¬ ulty when they were asked for their opinion. The staff, however, did wish to know the attitude of the faculty before taking action of its own.” Pegasus and Argus, two Pasadena City College men’s restrictive clubs have been suspended from the campus for the remainder of the school year by order of the college ad¬ ministration. The reason for this action was the fact that both clubs have been guilty of disobeying the rules laid down by the school’s administration staff and Grouped around the piano, from left to right, are Hi-Liters Art Huston, Bob Longfellow and Virginia Bower. They are shown practicing for the Hi-Liter show, “Boll Call Review,” to be presented tonight in Sexson Auditorium, 8 o’clock. Seats are on sale for one dollar. New Members Selected By PCC Radio Fraternity New members of Theta Rho Pi, PCC honorary radio fra¬ ternity, were announced recently. Fred Dawson, ex-PCC stu¬ dent, and Virginia Barrus, radio instructor, were chosen as honorary members. Lena Goroni and Tom Dillon also were honored as “the first students” to be asked to join the club on a basis of their participation in school radio programs. British Cinema To Be Shown Here By Council “Great Expectations," a movie recently produced in England, starring Jean Simmons, John Mills and Valerie Hobson, will be shown in Sexson Auditorium, on November 22, by the English Council. There will be two per¬ formances, one at 4:00 and one at 7:30. Admission is 25 cents. Tickets will be sold in the Tri¬ ton Booth, the student bank, and in all English classes. Although regular movie admission prices have risen elsewhere, the English Council prices remain the same. Proceeds of the movie go toward various Council functions such as the five scholarships given annually to deserving 14tii year English-major graduates; the anthology of student writings “Pipes of Pan,” published every second semester; the journalism banquet, honoring all students contributing their various skills to PCC publications; and the Shakespeare Festival held every spring. “Great Expectations,” from the novel by Charles Dickens, is the story of a simple orphan boy, brought up in a Kentish village in England. His future was radi¬ cally altered suddenly, and he went “from rags to riches” in a very short time because he had befriended an escaped convict many years before. The movie has not departed at all from the Dickensian mode. From young Pip’s struggle to grow up as a gentleman in class¬ conscious 18th century England, arises an excellent plot. “We urge all students to attend either showing of ‘Great Expec¬ tations,’ not only to support the activities of the English Council, but also because we’re sure they will thoroughly enjoy it,” stated Lena Goroni, English Council representative. the Restrictive Club Council, of which they were members. Their club advisers were not informed of the off-campus meeting and therefore were not aware of the hazing that was being conducted. This is ’another infringement of the laws laid down by their own Restrictive Club Council. The suspension order was giv¬ en out by Dr. Harbeson, princi¬ pal of Pasadena City College, who said, “We cannot sanction this unpleasant and barbaric dis¬ play of bad taste and the out¬ ward flaunting of the rules set forth by the Restrictive Club Council and the administration of the college. We are not going to take time out of each week to combat bad publicity instigated by a small minority of the school. The administration staff has the matter under consideration and will in the near future make a more summary statement with respect to restrictive club policy in PCC.” Journalism Fraternity Pledges Hew Members Beta Phi Gamma, national jour¬ nalism society, admitted twelve new members this semester. Those who qualified have given two semesters of outstanding service to the school in the field of journalism. New members from the Chron¬ icle staff are Sam Rowland, Vickie Pugh, Don Werter, Ted Todd, Barbara Carden, Karen Byl, Roger Boedecker and Tom Noonan. Others are Carolyn Gerke, Kent Colwell and Jack Filer all from the Campus staff, and Deane Haller of the Press Bureau. Lowell F. Barker and Fred Hammond have been chosen as honorary members of Beta Phi Gamma and will be initiated on December 3. News Briefs An all-out effort to interest for¬ eign students in the Internation¬ al Club was climaxed recently at a dance held in honor of students from foreign countries. “We are still trying to bring the foreign element at PCC to¬ gether,” stated Gilda Vasconselos, president of the group. “I would like to have everyone interested in the international situation at¬ tend our meetings and join our club.” Tentative plans for a “pot-luck” supper to be held on Friday, No¬ vember 19, have been made. Any¬ one wishing more information about the club and its activities is urged to drop in room 108C some time. » * * A prize of $50 will be given by the Muir student body to the PCC or Muir club selling the most tickets to the Turkey Tussle. Any club on either cam¬ pus is eligible to receive the prize. Tickets may be obtained at the Student Bank in the Student Uni¬ on Building. General admission tickets will cost $1.50, in a game expected to draw 30,000 people. Fred Dawson was selected be¬ cause of his direction of the Pleasure Time Series last year. Selection of Miss Barrus was based on her helpfulness with student productions. Lena Go¬ roni, organizer and director of several radio poetry programs, and Tom Dillon, who acted as radio engineer for the Pleasure Time Series and the Collegiate Variety Time Series last year, were chosen for their achieve¬ ments in the field of radio. Theta Rho Pi is being reorgan¬ ized this semester, making it an honorary fraternity. This year is the first time students have been selected because of their ac¬ complishments in school radio work. Dramatic programs sponsored by this fraternity may be heard every other Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. on KPPC, 1240 on the dial. The next program will be a mus¬ ical on November 24. Director for the show will be Mildred Clarke. Present officers of Theta are Jean Judy, president; Morrie Wakefield, vice-president; Bar¬ bara Carden, secretary; Bob But- ner, treasurer; Arlette Barnes, li¬ brarian; and Art Huston and Er¬ win Fuller, publicists. Artie Wayne, nationally-known singer, and Leslie Gray, record¬ ing artist for Bullet Records, will be starred in the “Roll Call Re¬ view,” scheduled for this evening at 8:00 p.m. in Sexson Auditori¬ um. Members of the Hi-Liters, PCC entertainment group, will also be featured on the program, which is being held to raise money for the World Student Service Fund drive taking place on campus this week. Art Huston, president of Hi- Liters, is in charge of the show. He announced that the Holly¬ wood talent was secured for the event by Campus Magazine. Artie Wayne recently was vo¬ calist for Freddy Martin at the Coconut Grove. His latest Capi¬ tol recording is "Sleepy Baby.” Leslie Gray, vocalist at Ciro’s in Mexico City, has recorded re¬ cently, “I’ve Got A Right to Sing the Blues.” Martin Stornie and Phil Udell will be masters of ceremony. The script for the show was written by Sam Rowland. Tickets for the review, which is also open to the public, will be on sale at the auditorium door for $1 without a student body book and 50 cents with an ASB book. Hi-Liters in the show will be Joan Wood and Jeanne Bowen, Spanish dancers; Randy Meyers, tap dancer; Jerry Shup, comedi¬ an; Phil Bauman, monologuist; Dick Smith, crooner; Dave Bass, Jolson impersonator. Marilyn Davidson, torch sing¬ er; Virginia Bower, semi-classical singer; Gloria Yuvon, pianist; Claire Arnold, vocalist; Jock Doughty, pianist and singer; and Bob Longfellow, Irish tenor. Jean Judy, cowboy singer; Rob Robinson, comedian; Lawita El¬ lis, vocalist; Carol Welbourne and Mitzie Miller, dancers; Lyle Gillerstrom, baritone; Claudia Arnold, jazz singer; June Roan, accordianist; Scott Alden, tenor; and the Silent Four, muggers. ContestWinners Announced Here Winners of the Phi Rho Pi final contest held Monday after¬ noon in the Social Hall, 208D, were announced yesterday by John Evans, president of Phi Rho Pi, national honorary speech fra¬ ternity. Dick Norwood was rated high¬ est in the 12th year division while Joan Climes copped first place in the freshman contest. Art Mil¬ ler and Gerald Miller tied for second place in the sophomore section. Esther Aboudara and Lou Allen, 11th year students, also tied for second place. Dick Norwood spoke on the failure of the United Nations and the danger of another war. Joan Climes made a plea for the sup¬ port of the UN. According to John Evans, the contest is held to promote lower division interest in speech activ¬ ities and to encourage partici¬ pation in speaking events. Winners of the semi-annual event were awarded gold medals for their achievement and are given a chance to participate in debate activities when they be¬ come upper division students. Preliminaries of the Phi Rho Pi contest were held on Monday, November 8. Seven students were selected from the trials to go to the finals.