Vol. 46, No. 4
Pasadena, California
October 5, 1949
DER BINGLE CROONS ... to lovely, titian-haired Rhonda
Fleming- in Paramount’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s
Court” which will be screened in Sexson Auditorium at two per¬
formances next Monday by the local English Council.
Silver Jubilee Committee Makes Plans
For Week of Gala Celebrations;
Releases Schedule of Anniversary Events
Representatives of campus clubs interested in partici¬
pating in Pasadena City College’s Silver Anniversary Jubilee
parade met last Monday in 200C at three p.m. to discuss plans
for floats, Audre L. Stong, administrative assistant to the
principal and chairman of the
general committee for the Silver
Jubilee, presided over the meet¬
ing.
Pasadena’s Silver Jubilee will
commence with the formal dedi¬
cation of the new City College
Library on Sunday evening, Oc¬
tober 30. Herman Smith, head
librarian, will officiate. The Sil¬
ver Jubilee celebration will last
one week, ended with a student
parade on the following Friday,
November 4. The football game
that night in the Rose Bowl with
Ventura Jaycee is the homecom¬
ing game and will terminate the
celebration.
Parade on Friday
Activities for the week include
tentatively, a special Hi-liter as¬
sembly on Friday, November 4;
an Alumni baseball tournament;
an Alumni Day scheduled for
Wednesday, November 2; Extend¬
ed Day Silver Jubilee on Tuesday,
November 1; a special guidance
program on Thursday’s Academic
Day, November 3; and the club
parade on Friday.
Members of the general com¬
mittee are: Mr. Stong, chairman;
John A. Anderson, dean of rec¬
ords; Mrs. J. H. Boren, presi¬
dent, Parent-Teachers Associa¬
tion; Miss Dorothy Dixon, chair¬
man, English Department; Wil¬
liam K. Dunn, director of athlet¬
ics; Dr. Linn W. Hattersley, act¬
ing chairman, Social Science De¬
partment; Miss Ida E. Hawes,
dean of guidance; Bailey Howard,
chairman, Physical Science De¬
partment; Mrs. Loyal King, first
vice-president, P-TA; Dr. William
B. Langsdorf, associate princi¬
pal; Carl Metten, director of at¬
tendance; Robert Moses, chair¬
man, Engineering and Technolo¬
gy Department; Lula C. Parmley,
chairman, Music Department;
Mrs. Helen Reid, chairman, Art
Department; Dr. Catherine J.
Robbins, dean of women; Fred
Runyan, Fred Shoop and William
Stitt, alumni representatives.
WHIP, Frosh Pep Group,
Reorganizes; Debut Friday
Nancy Roney, newly-appointed
WHIP president, announced last
week that her group has been re¬
organized, and will make its de¬
but during half-time at the PCC-
Glendale football game in the
Rose Bowl Friday night.
This season will feature an en¬
larged version of the WHIP,
freshman girls’ pep organization.
One hundred twenty-seven appli¬
cations for membership had been
received at the end of last week.
Each prospective member must
Talent Sought by
Hi-Liters Here
Hi-liter talent tryouts will be
held next Tuesday in room 208D
at 3:00 p.m. according to Jerry
Shup, president of the City Col¬
lege entertainment group.
Semester tryouts are usually
sponsored by Hi-liters in order to
find new talent for use in shows
on and off campus.
“Purpose of these auditions will
be to discover outstanding stu¬
dents in the field of entertain¬
ment,” disclosed Jerry Shup.
Two shows for the group have
been scheduled for the near fu¬
ture, one here in assembly on
November 4, and the other at Al¬
hambra High School.
A tentative show at Compton
College, the week of the game
between Compton and PCC, and
another at South Pasadena High
School, are also among the or¬
ganization’s plans.
Phil Miller, who organized Hi-
liters a number of years ago, was
guest speaker at a recent meet-
ting of the group. Miller was also
originator of the Whip, and is an
alumnus of OMD.
Shup announced that the tra¬
dition of giving a Hi-liter ban¬
quet each semester will be re¬
sumed. The affair will probably
take place in January, when
awards will be made to outstand¬
ing members.
Membership in the organization
at the present time numbers 46.
Additional officers are Dave Bass,
vice-president; Gloria Yovan, re¬
cording secretary; June Woolley
and Laura Topalian, correspond¬
ing secretaries; and Charlotte
Johnson, treasurer.
be passed by the WHIP board
and advisers.
At a meeting last Thursday, the
girls made arrangements for
practice sessions to learn routines
and decided that they would make
their own uniforms. Free trans¬
portation to games at which they
perform will be furnished all
members.
Joan Haley is secretary of the
group, and “publicity girls” are
Dorothy Bond, Joanne Kelley and
Clara Wright.
Most Class Officers Elected In
Primaries; Finals Decide Others
Outcome of the primary Minor Class and Associated Women Students election last Fri¬
day was revealed by Pat Clark, commissioner of elections. James Corbett and Barbara Carden,
both unopposed in the primaries, were automatically elected Senior vice-president and secre¬
tary, respectively. Bill Cook with 81 votes defeated Mathilda Siemon with 27 to become class
treasurer. Mary Grooms and
Crosby Flicker Due For
Showing Flere On Monday
“A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” a Paramount
picture starring Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming will be presented
next Monday at two performances by the local English Council in
Sexson Auditorium. Shows are scheduled for four and 7:30 p.m.
The picture, released by the studio earlier this year, stars Crosby,
the crooner, as a village smithy in New England early in the Twen¬
tieth Century. An accident occurs and he is knocked unconscious to
' awaken later at the point of a jousting lance held by a knight, por¬
trayed by William Bendix.
Which Witch is Which???
He is taken to King Arthur’s court and pronounced a witch by
the evil Merlin. King Arthur is played by Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
Through a series of tricks with the mystic powers of a magni¬
fying glass and a pistol, he exonerates himself and renounces Mer¬
lin’s accusations. The King, very much impressed, confers upon
the American a knighthood and gives him the honor of becoming
Royal Blacksmith to the court. Bing’s love interest in the movie is
Miss Fleming.
Purpose of this presentation is to raise funds for materials
which will be sent to the school’s adopted town in Germany; for
awards to deserving students; and, to help publish the annual issue
of “Pipes of Pan.”
Admission to “Connecticut Yankee” will cost 25 cents with
tickets on sale at the Triton Booth, in the English Council office and
in the English classes.
Langsdorf Appointed Chairman
Of Reorganization Committee
Dr. William Langsdorf, associate principal, was recently
appointed by Pasadena City Schools Superintendent Dr. Wil¬
lard E. Goslin to the chairmanship of a Reorganization Com¬
mittee to study and make recommendations on possible and
desirable changes here at City
Hammond Does It Again!
Writes Comedy for Radio
Frank Hammond, campus radio
script writing instructor, has
written a radio comedy entitled
“Share the Bath,” which will be
aired over station KXLA on Oc¬
tober 16.
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Tryouts for the show will be
held Friday from one to three
p.m. for those with some previous
experience in radio drama.
“Share the Bath” is the story
of young newlyweds who have
spent most of their married life
in a one-room apartment. When
the situation becomes unbearable,
they set out to find more spacious
living quarters. Their search for
suitable housing leads them into
some amusing circumstances and
a surprise outcome.
AMS Color Luncheon
To Take Place Friday
Annual “Red and White” lunch¬
eon sponsored by the Associated
Men Students will be held Fri¬
day during the noon hour in the
Campus Dining Room.
Bob Rinehart, Glendale City
College varsity coach, and out¬
standing players from the Va-
queros’ roster, as well as Bulldog
stars and their mentor, Bob
Blackman, will be guest speakers
at the gathering. They will out¬
line team and conference pros¬
pects for the 1949 football season.
Jahnke said that he also ex¬
pects Glen Dobbs, Los Angeles
Dons gridster and his coach,
Jimmy Phelan to speak. Dobbs
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LANGSDORF
College.
Instigated last spring upon the
suggestion of Dr. Goslin, the com¬
mittee will make a four-to-six
month survey of
Pasadena City
College an d;
make a formal if
report to the su
p e r i ntendent’s
office as, to the:
desirable
changes neces¬
sary to the wel-
fare of the
school, students
here and the
community as a
whole.
The committee met for the first
time a week ago to discuss
methods and means to be utilized
in the survey. Another meeting
was held yesterday to continue
this discussion.
8-Man Committee
Last spring, local faculty mem¬
bers elected four of their col¬
leagues to the committee. They
are: Dr. Stewart Marsee and Miss
Florence Brubaker of the Guid¬
ance Department; Miss Evelyn
Enches of the School of Business;
and Ray Risser, Social Science
Department instructor and presi¬
dent of the Pasadena Education
Association. Dr. Goslin made
four appointments to the com¬
mittee. Those appointed were:
Dr. Edward Rowins, supervisor,
Division of Personnel, city
schools; Dr. Robert Gilchrist, as¬
sistant superintendent of schools;
Bailey Howard, department chair¬
man, PCC Physical Science De¬
partment; and Dr. Langsdorf. Dr.
John W. Harbeson, principal, and
Dr. Goslin will serve as ex-officio
members of the committee.
Reports will be released period¬
ically to keep the public informed
Doris Sigler will be Senior Class
AWS representatives.
Johnson Junior Secretary
Sharon Matheny and Joan Wil¬
liams in the Junior Class ran
off for the office of vice-presi¬
dent yesterday. Charlotte John¬
son became Junior Class secre¬
tary, with 37 tallies more than
— LATE FLASH —
The proposed constitution
was defeated yesterday 331 to
160. Sharon Matheny copped
the office of Junior vice-prexy.
with 84 votes to Joan William’s
59. Howard Bagley defeated
Mary Boone in the Soph treas¬
urer race and Nancy O’Dell de¬
feated Jean Cram for Frosh
vice-prexy with a 19 vote lead.
Dona Lowe. Steven Schofield de¬
feated write-in candidate, Ed Pro¬
ber, to become treasurer of the
Junior Class. Janice Johnson and
Beverly Harbert will occupy the
posts of AWS representatives.
Tompkins Soph’s Weep’
David Tompkins with 87 votes
more than his opponent, Pat Wor¬
rell, was elected Sophomore vice-
president. Also in the Sophomore
Class, Dorothy Cort with 121 tal¬
lies to Douglas Moran’s 88 won
the position of class secretary.
Mary Boone and Howard Bagley
were candidates for Sophomore
Class treasurer in yesterday’s
finals; results have not been an¬
nounced yet. Mary Anthony and
Gail Tyler were elected by the
Sophomores as AWS representa¬
tives.
Frosh Posts Filled
Jean Cram and Nancy O’Dell
vied for the position of Fresh¬
man vice-president yesterday.
Name of the winner has not yet
been revealed. Joanne Rydman
copped the most votes for secre¬
tary of the Freshman Class. An¬
dy Castellano became class treas¬
urer when he defeated Joanne
Kelly by a 46 vote margin. Bar¬
bara Armstrong and Carol Fitch
are the Freshman AWS repre¬
sentatives.
According to the commissioner
of elections .approximately 850
students voted in the primaries
on Friday. More polls than usual
were on campus last Friday in
order to give more students a
chance to vote.
Tuesday Forums Get
Started Here Again
Pasadena’s Tuesday Evening
Forum will open its 13th season
on October 11. Speaker of the
evening will be Dr. T. Walter
Wallbank, world traveler and ob¬
server of international affairs, an¬
nounced John Twomey, director
of Extended Day school.
The forum audience poll last
season chose Dr. Wallbank as a
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of the committee work, Dr.
Langsdorf stated.
“We feel that this, our twenty-
fifth year as an educational insti¬
tution is a particularly good one
to study possible changes on our
campus,” Dr. Langsdorf said.
“There are several faculty and
administration staff members, in
addition to Dr. Harbeson, who are
retiring this year and we feel that
a report of this sort will re-estab¬
lish Pasadena City College’s aims
and its position in the communi¬
ty,” he concluded.
