PCC Chronicle, October 15, 1952

Pep Choo Choo Chuggin’ North Rooters Will Yell, Dance on 'Pigskin Special’ to Ventura “All aboard for the PCC Pep Special to the Ventura game Friday night!” shouts Pep Conductor Doug Funderburk, as he and his commission make final plans for the five-car train to carry pepsters to the Bulldog-Pirate tiff this weekend. A special car will be provided for those rooters who like to jiggle the feet en route, and dancing will be interspersed with re- Lancers Initiate New Members FIVE PEP LEADERS . . . eager to be off and away to Ven¬ tura, hop aboard the wrong: train at the Lyon Pony Express Museum in Arcadia. Note to pessimists: The special rooters train Friday nigrht will move under its own power. Lancers, PCC’s honorary men’s service group, announces the ac¬ ceptance of 14 new members to the organization inducted at a dinner meeting last night. Bob Yokoyama, president of the club, stated that the follow¬ ing male students’ applications had been okayed for membership: Richard Camarella, Edward Da¬ vis, Gary Evans, Joel Fischer, Howard Gebler, Bob Livengood, Vincent Perna, Grant Raddon, William Richards, Pat Ross, Jo¬ seph Schiro, Tom Shea, Terry Smith and Dave Stetler. ’Late Bulletin The deadline for buying tickets for the Rooters train to Ven¬ tura this Friday has been ex¬ tended to noon Wednesday. Tickets may l>e purchased at the Student Bank. PCC Chronicle freshments, yells and songs. This ding-dong grid train, containing only PCC’s enthusiastic students, will leave from the Glendale Southern Pacific station at exactly 5 p.m. Friday evening. On the way up, no student may sit on his hands, and all vocal cords should be exceedingly lim¬ ber and ready to yell. The con¬ ductor will be instructed to pile on the coal and send her full- speed ahead to get a spirited crowd of Bulldog rooters to Ven¬ ture in time for the kickoff. The Ventura Pirate Band will be on hand in the station to toot a brassy hello to the varsity visi¬ tors. Here the commuters will switch to waiting buses to be zipped out to the stadium for the game. Roundtrip tickets for this inno¬ vation in the PCC pep transporta¬ tion scene are now on sale for $3.75 at the Student Bank. Tickets are selling fast and the Pep Com¬ mission looks forward to a large crowd of ardent supporters for the Red-White gridsters at Ven- Vol. 52, No. 5 Pasadena, California October 15, 1952 PCC Clubs to Hold local Talent Open House Friday plans Show With over 100 clubs and organizations functioning to fufill the demand of the great variety of interests displayed at Pasadena City College, the forthcoming Club Day, October 17, warrants the serious consideration of every student body member to participate. Accord- - ing to Ron Fox, commissioner of organizations, “There is always an acute and ever present need for willing, active people to lend their services to the many club programs. Speaking in behalf of all clubs represented, I can say that every sincere person will be more than whole-heartedly welcomed.” Held once each semester Club Day is set aside as that time when new students, or old students not previously affili¬ ated with a club, may familiar¬ ize themselves with the organi¬ zation of their choice, become acquainted with club members, and learn of the wide range of benefits available to them. In short, Club Day is provided to orient students as to the best possible application of their abilities and interests. Eight types of clubs receive of¬ ficial sanction and recognition. As determined by the aims they strive to achieve they are: honor¬ ary, councils, athletic and sports, humanitarian, music, ROTC, ser¬ vice, vocational. Picked at ran¬ dom are the following examples of each existing type: Order of Mast and Dagger, PCC’s highest honorary service organization ; several prominent councils, Art, Business, English, Religious, etc.; social-athletic are the Hunting and Fishing Club, Sailing Club, Ski Club, Men’s Athletic Associa¬ tion; humanitarian include the Student Christian Association, Newman Club, International Club, Christian Science Organiza¬ tion, each of which is dedicated to a better spiritual relationship between students of every race and creed; offered within the mu¬ sic organizations are A Cappella Choir, Kantela, Madrigal Singers, incorporating any phase of music where interest has necessitated a club; ROTC clubs are open to officers and men of that organiza¬ tion; a score of school service clubs have gained importance, Hi- liters, Key Club, Lancers, Play¬ ers’ Guild, and the Anatolians who sponsor Club Day, to name a few; vocational organizations, social-p r a c t i c a 1-educational in their operation, are open to stu¬ dents of aviation, medicine, sci¬ ence, engineering, nursing, pho¬ tography, printing, etc. Extra-curricular activity in any one of the numerous club groups wil serve to measur¬ ably enhance the student’s daily school life. Publication of a special Club Day bulletin will give the location of each club’s room display where in¬ formation can be obtained re¬ garding its activities. Rose Tournament Race Starts Soon Preliminary tryouts for the Tournament of Roses Queen and Court will be held in the Wom¬ en’s physical education classes next Monday and Tuesday. Women students must be un¬ married, have a C average, and must be in the sophomore, junior or senior classes to qualify. Re¬ sults of the first tryouts will be posted in room 104C, the assist¬ ant principal’s office. Members of the PCC student body will have the opportunity to view the dramatic talent of our school in the October 24 assembly. Delta Psi Omega and the Players’ Guild will present two one-act plays in Sexson Audi¬ torium. With Lois Johnson di¬ recting and Marguerite Moore as¬ sisting, the cast will bring “And the Villain Still Pursued Her,” a melodrama, and “Why I Am a Bachelor,” by Conrad Seiler, to the audience. The “Why I Am a Bachelor” cast will consist of Shirley Smith, Pat Inman, Dorene Mallory, Mi- liss Armitage, Chris Tambic, Bill Belk and Gary Schaffer. “And the Villain Still Pursued Her” cast will be Robert Wright, Starling Jordan and Pat Mac- Intyra- PTA Offers Grid Cirrus The Pasadena Council of Par¬ ents and Teachers will sponsor the eighteenth annual Football Circus, which will be held Oc¬ tober 18 in the Rose Bowl. Ticket sales for the event will be han¬ dled at PCC by the Order of Mast and Dagger, the campus’ highest honorary service organi¬ zation. Proceeds from this year’s cir¬ cus, as usual, will be used in aid¬ ing youth and welfare activities in the city schools by providing free milk for underprivileged students. Money from PCC ticket sales wall be contributed by the PTA to campus scholar¬ ship funds. It is hoped that the proceeds from the Football Cir¬ cus will be sufficient to add con¬ siderably to both the scholarship and milk funds. tura. Any student interested in Tickets will be on sale at all getting his commuter’s strip of the Pasadena schools, and ele- should contact the Bank immedi- mentary students will sell them ately- in their neighborhoods. ‘Meet the Consuls 9 Comes Tomorrow Cooperation and better understanding between the United States and Great Britain are topics which will be discussed in the first of PCC’s new Extended Day lecture series, “Meet the Consuls.” Robert Henry Hadow is the speaker in the opening lecture tomorrow in the _ _ Sexson Auditorium at 8' p.m. Each lecture will be given on suc¬ cessive Thursday evenings, with H. Woodrow Ohlsen, PCC Eng¬ lish instructor, who spent last year teaching in England on the Fulbright Exchange Plan, as chairman and moderator. Beginning at 8 p.m. each ses¬ sion will last for two hours. Ap- promixately one hour will be taken by the speaker to present his subject, and the remainder of the time will be given to ques¬ tions from the audience. Alpha Gamma Sigma, PCC honor scholarship society, is sponsoring the series in coopera¬ tion with the Extended Day. The next four sessions will feature lectures from consuls represent¬ ing France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy. Although the first meeting will take place in Sexson Auditorium because of the large turnout ex¬ pected, the remaining four are scheduled to be held in Harbe- son Hall. Each lecture is free of charge to the public. Robert Hadow, member of the British Diplomatic Service since 1919, has served in Persia, Tur¬ key, Canada, Austria, Czechoslo- SPACESTERS FROM WAA TO INVADE COLORADO CAMPUS THIS THURSDAY What’s this? A flying saucer must have landed on the PCC campus. Little people from out of space are invading the Women’s Gym. Don’t panic students; it’s just the Women’s Athletic Associ¬ ation planning another welcome party for their new freshman members, and the theme is “Space Chase; a party destined to be out of this world!” Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock in the WAA clubroom, the festivities begin. Once gathered there will be a division into teams, and the squads will take off on a stellar course across the campus searching for hard-to-find cosmic objects to win the coveted prize in the treasure hunt. After the hunt is over, the spacesters will zoom back to the WAA central interplanetary base for refreshments of Hawaiian punch and cookies. Planet visitors may also exchange news as to what new developments are new on the various strata at this time. Nancy Hayes, high visor of the WAA spherical theme announces a record turnout has signed up to attend the gala event tomorrow. Donna Irwin, general chairman of the event has been kept busy planning enough activities to keep everyone busy, and Diana Douglas is finishing up her plans for providing the refreshments. WAA team captains will wear space helmets to carry out the space idea. Robert Hadow vakia, Argentina and Washing¬ ton DC. He was adviser on Latin American affairs to the British Delegation at the United Nations Assemblies from 1945 to 1948. During World War I, Mr. Hadow served with the Seaforth High¬ landers. He was wounded twice and awarded the Military Cross.