Vol. 42, No. 3
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
October 1, 1947
Lancer Service Organization
To Accept New Members
Lancers, men’s top honorary service organization, is accepting
new applications for membership, according to word received from
Ted Velasquez, president.
Under a recent amendment, membership of the organization
was increased to 50 men. Velasquez stated that 30 new members
will be accepted to fill existing vacancies. Men students interested
in becoming a Lancer may ob¬
tain application blanks in the
dean of men’s office.
A few of the proment men
students in Lancers at the pres¬
ent time are: Martin Stornie,
AMS president; Dick Gorrie, co¬
captain of this year’s varsity foot¬
ball squad; Jim Blake, Huddle
editor and Chronicle sports edi¬
tor and many members of the
student board and cabinet.
The duties of a Lancer are
numerous and range from serv¬
ing at assemblies to acting as of¬
ficial hosts for the school.
PCC Court System
Begins Functions
Last week the PCC court sys¬
tem began its routine functions.
The first minor court session,
held Thursday, September 25,
with Judge Tom Waterhouse pre¬
siding, found Don Christenson
held in contempt of court.
The entire court system is con¬
templating a semester of inten¬
sive activity. Aside from routine
matters there have been plans
made for the introduction of
many new members in the PCC
Bar. Already, several unfilled
court positions have been ap¬
pointed by the Board of Repre¬
sentatives. They include Leon
Shiells, superior court justice;
John Maertin, chief deputy pros¬
ecutor; Robert Royster, Mary
Kay Jensen, Virginia Theis, and
Dick Graf, supreme court.
Debaters
Map Plans
Eighteen members of Pasadena
City College’s debating team are
mapping plans for an active year,
Don Strickland, manager, declar¬
ed today.
Associated with the Southern
California Tourney, PCC’s debat-
ors will clash with teams from
USC, UCLA, Redlands, College of
the Pacific, Pepperdine, Pomona,
Long Beach CC, Caltech and LA-
CC in the ensuing months.
Those debating for PCC are:
Bob Kratz, Bob Royster, Dick
Spurney; Mary Ellen Siemon,
Grant Canfield, John Chapman,
Leonard Nasatir, Shirley Remy,
Patty Crowley, George Donner,
Leon Shiells, Ronald Horowitz,
John Evans, Tom Waterhouse,
Don Boyer, Nancy Croman, Win-
don Arens and Manager Strick¬
land.
Kappa Zeta Bids Students
Students of outstanding ability
in any college subject are invited
to apply for preparatory candi¬
dacy in the Alpha chapter of
Kappa Zeta, national research
scholarship society of PCC.
Applications are now being re¬
ceived in room 119C. Students
are requested to leave name and
telephone number on the bulle¬
tin board.
PCC Principal John W. Harbeson named comedian Jerry
Colonna honorary principal, and presented him with a scroll in
memory of
РОС
Dedication Day. Colonna excused school at
noon and participated in the PCC pep rally and parade.
OMD Sells
PTA Circus
Dr. J. A. Sexson to Leave
Pasadena City Schools
Superintendent to Join UCLA Faculty;
Is Retiring to Conform to Board Policy .
Dr. John A. Sexson, superintendent of Pasadena Schools,
will retire next year to join the faculty of the University
of California at Los Angeles as a permanent member. Dr.
Sexson recommended that he be replaced at the end of his
present contract which expires January 1, 1948, but at the
request of the Board of Education has consented to remain
Tickets
Tickets for the annual football
circus slated for October 11 in
the Rose Bowl, will go on sale
today in all 9 o’clock classes, Pies
Griffin, OMD president, announc¬
ed today.
Under the joint sponsorship of
the Order of Mast and Dagger
and the Patrons Association, all
funds raised for this event will
be retained for on-campus wel¬
fare. Twenty cents is the student
rate; adults and faculty mem¬
bers will pay forty.
“All students and teachers are
urged to purchase tickets to aid
this worth-while and fieedy
cause,” Griffin said.
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First Huddle is
Complete Sellout
The first edition of the 1947
official pigskin program for Pas¬
adena City College, The Huddle,
sold out all copies at the Bulldog-
Santa Ana football game last
Friday and continued success is
expected under the new regime.
Edited by Chron sports editor
Jim Blake, the new Huddle is a
twenty-page book which intro¬
duces the PCC varsity football
players to the fans in the stands
and also gives many sidelights
on campus activities. The next
issue will be prepared for the
Rose Bowl game between the
Bulldogs and Glendale City Col¬
lege Thursday night, October 9
and will give a complete run¬
down on the first string varsity
players including their pictures
and bits of information about
each individual.
A complete lineup and roster
for both teams will appear on
newly arrived slick paper which
will make the second edition even
more attractive than the first.
Price of the program is twenty-
five cents and it is deemed ad¬
visable to purchase your copy
early since the last number sold
out half an hour before game
time.
Friday's Assembly
Tells /How to Propose7
Produced by the Players’ Guild,
How to Propose, a one-act come¬
dy, will be presented at assembly,
Friday morning at 8:50.
The play consists of six se¬
quences on how proposals have
been made through the ages, and
is open to all student body mem¬
bers.
The cast includes : lecturer,
Jack Larson; cave man, Tom Wi-
rick; cave woman, Floy Palmer;
Sir Montmorency, Dick Carr;
Lady Ermintrude, Barbara Bree;
Mr. Butts, Art Huston; Miss Vera
Butts, Florence Greenstreet.
Mr. McBean, Charlie Green-
street; Butch, Frank Little;
Cookie, Nita Hollman; Linda Van
Courtland, Pat Crawley; Kent
Van Porter, Bob Carillo; Elaine
Popkins, Lizabeth Warner; and
George, Lyle Spillman.
Faculty adviser is Miss Kath¬
arine Kester.
SCA to Hold
Annual Retreat
Winding up an extensive mem¬
bership drive, members of SCA
will hold their all-membership re¬
treat next weekend at Kamp Kole
below Mt. Wilson.
The ret-reat is open to all mem¬
bers, but camp facilities are lim¬
ited to 70, so SCA’ers are urged
to sign up for the event immed¬
iately.
Featured event at the retreat
will be a panel discussion by
ASB and SCA officers on the
place of SCA on campus. Jack
Lamp, ASB president, Dick Mait¬
land, vice-president, Marilyn
Burns, AWS prexy, and Edith
Rankin, Chronicle editor have
been invited to attend.
Dr. Harbeson Attends
Washington Meet
Dr. John W. Harbeson left the
campus Friday for Washington,
DC, where he will attend a con¬
ference of the US Office of Edu¬
cation, slated for September 29
through October 3.
Dr. Harbeson will serve as con¬
sultant on a study of state re¬
sponsibilities and opportunities
for expanding and improving ed¬
ucational processes in junior col¬
leges.
The principal was selected for
the conference by Commissioner
J. W. Studebaker of the educa¬
tion office in Washington.
AWS Board Re-organizes
Campus Woman's Council
In order to provide better rep¬
resentation and offer more girls
an opportunity to work with the
ASB Board, a Campus Woman’s
Council is being formed again
this semester. Representatives
are to be elected from 10 o’clock
classes, or, if the students don’t
know each other very well, she
may be appointed by the instruc¬
tor. A representative from each
restrictive and non-restrictive or¬
ganization will also be elected.
The duties of the Council will
be to represent the classes and
clubs and keep them informed as
to activities and plans of the
AWS Board.
The first meeting will be Octo¬
ber 9, at 4:00 p. m. in the Social
Hall and thereafter meetings will
be once a month.
on the job until July 1, of next
year, the end of the present fis¬
cal school year.
In recommending his own re¬
tirement, Dr. Sexson stated that
he wished to conform to the
Dr. John A. Sexson, superin¬
tendent of the Pasadena City
Schools, recently announced his
plans for retirement in order to
join the UCLA faculty.
Board of Education policy of re¬
tiring certificated personnel at
the age of 65 years.
Dr. Sexson has achieved na¬
tional recognition because of his
bringing schools and the com¬
munity into a closer relationship.
He has maintained that teachers
and students are not set apart
from the community but are
sharers in its life and activities.
Rural School Teacher
Dr. Sexson was born in Omaha,
Neb., November 6, 1881. He be¬
gan his teaching career in the ru¬
ral schools in Nebraska. Later,
in succession, he became: super¬
intendent of school at Mancos,
Telluride, and Sterling, Colorado;
and later superintendent of
schools in Bisbee, Arizona.
Dr. Sexson’s stature as an au¬
thority on public education has
been recognized by his being el¬
ected to the presidency of the
American Association of School
Administrators in 1938 and 1939,
and during the same year was
president of the Horace Mann
League of America. For seven
years he held membership in the
National Educational Policies
Commission, and is regarded as
the highest authority on public
education in the nation.
Junior College Patron
He pioneered the junior college
idea and is co-author of the book
The New American College,
which describes the influence of
the junior college in advance¬
ment of higher education for the
many.
Dr. Sexson served as a major
in the first World War, and is
now chairman of the education
committee of the American Le¬
gion’s national rehabilitation com¬
mittee.
