PCC Chronicle, October 24, 1951

Delta Psi Omega Play to Open n/l/l /*A „ . .. * t ■ Matinee Showing Г1> l C nrOnlCIC of 'Years Ago’ Today Rooters Bus Hired for Long Beach Run Plans have been made to allow rooters to travel by bus to the Long Beach varsity game. Tick¬ ets may be purchased at the stu¬ dent bank for a relatively small charge. The Pep Commission is hoping to get at least one bus filled but additional buses may be charter¬ ed if there are enough subscrib¬ ers. Inquire at the student bank for a ticket today. Buses will leave this Saturday from in front of the Mirror Pools on Colorado Street. Vol. 50, No. 7 / Pasadena, California October 24, 1951 Years Ago, Ruth Gordon’s popular stage show, will be presented in Sexson Auditorium at 3 p.m. today and at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow as the annual produption of Delta Psi Omega, honorary drama fraternity. “Years Ago” is the story of a young stage struck girl, Ruth Jones, who struggles to overcome her father’s wishes to become a physical culture teacher so that she can enter the theater. The efforts of Pa Jones and two of his physical culturalist friends to sell Ruth on a physical educa¬ tion teaching career, and Ruth’s equally persistant attempts to convince her parent of the value of a stage career, are complicat¬ ed by Ma Jones and Ruth’s Har¬ vard-man boy friend to develop the production into a delightful comedy which has pleased many audiences. Local drama" student Nira Mon- sour, already well known for her Penthouse Theater and Eagle Rock Theater performance^, plays the role of Ruth, while the part of Pa Clinton Jones is done by Ron Troxell, who has had lead¬ ing roles in several local dramas and is president of the PCC Del¬ ta Psi Omega chapter. Cindy Jensen, who has acted in and directed many campus produc¬ tions including “Baby Darlene” and “Once in a Lifetime,” ably portrays Ma Annie Jones. Pa Jones’ two physical cultur¬ alist friends, Mr. Bagley and Miss Glavin, are played by Pat Wor¬ rell and Jeanne Moore, while Dick Owens takes the part of Fred Whitmarsh, Ruth’s boy friend from Harvard. Also appearing in the produc¬ tion are Vince Campagna as Mr. Sparrow, the town’s delivery boy, Lois Johnson and Rosemarie Hur- limann as Ruth’s girl friends, and Punk, the cat. Chuck Bald¬ ridge directs the production, while Donald A Liercke serves as adviser. Sets were designed and built by the local stage technolo¬ gy class. Admission to the play is free for ASB members, while general admission is 50 cents and 25 cents for children and other students. Delta Psi Omega is a national honorary drama fraternity, for students who have shown excep¬ tional ability in the theater. For the PCC chapter, the annual play is an outstanding activity, al¬ though the cast is not limited to members, but is thrown open to all drama students. SCA ‘Ghoul Drool’ Halloween Party Set Friday Night Eerie ghosts and screaming goblins will chase witches around the SCA “Ghoul Drool,” the theme given to PCC’s and John Muir’s joint College Y Halloween party this year, which will be held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1757 N. Lake Avenue, on Friday, Oct. 26, from 8 to 12 mid¬ night. Chairman Mike Schon and Co- chairman Theodoric James, invite all members and their guests to an evening packed with fun and laughter. On the list of enter¬ tainment will be dancing, games, skits, refreshments and prizes for the best costumes. The party is being held Friday this year in view of the varsity football game on Saturday at Long Beach. Admission fee is 35 cents to cover custodian and re¬ freshment expenses. Noted Journalist to Address Forum Next Tuesday World famous Dorothy Thomp¬ son, author, columnist and radio commentator, will be the guest on next week’s Tuesday Evening Forum at 8 p.m. in Sexson Audi¬ torium. The noted woman journalist will speak on “These Crucial Days” at the weekly lecture pro* gram. Miss Thompson commands probably one of the largest audi¬ ences of any writer today. Her “On the Record” column is dis- All Class Assembly Slated for Friday Featuring some of PCC’s top talent, the all-class assembly will be presented next Friday in Sex¬ son Auditorium under the direc¬ tion of Cindy Jensen. Bill Peters will act as master of ceremonies. Peters has parti¬ cipated in numerous dramatic productions on the local campus in the same capacity. Dick and Jo Owens, well known dancers and cheerleaders, will en¬ tertain in the assembly. Provid¬ ing music will be Percy Smalley and his band. Sisters Ethel and Ann Vernon, who sang recently in the Fresh¬ man Orientation assembly are al¬ so scheduled to appear. Names of other acts will be revealed in a forthcoming issue. Following the all-class assem¬ bly the next week, will be a pro¬ gram sponsored by Theta Rho Pi, honorary radio fraternity. A few other assemblies sched¬ uled for the rest of the semester include: Thanksgiving program directed by Jeanne Moore; “Glor¬ ia,” major music production, al¬ so headed by Miss Jensen; elec¬ tions assembly with Eleanor Johnson as chairman, and OMD’s Crafty Hall show. Three PCC Coeds Pitked as Cinderella Princesses Three PCC freshman coeds were selected last week as mem¬ bers of the Cinderella Court to reign with two Muir freshmen at the Tournament of Roses Prin¬ cesses Association’s Cinderella Ball next Saturday. The girls, Judy Lynn Roberts, [Frosh Queen Lu Ann Short, and Carol Neely, will join Muir coeds Leah Feland, chosen Cinderella Queen, and Sandra Gilman,. -to rule over the dance, which is sponsored by the recently formed Princesses Association to raise funds to enable 19 teen-agers in a Pasadena girl’s home to contin¬ ue their schooling. The Cinderella Ball is to be an inter-school and community wide semi-formal affair at the Pasa¬ dena Athletic Club starting at 9 p.m. Cinderella will be attend¬ ed by a Hollywood star “Prince Charming” and she and her court will ride in limousine coaches. The Association, formed exclu¬ sively of ex-Tournament of Roses Princesses to perform community services, plans to make the Ball an annual event, and will yearly pick a Cinderella Court from the freshman classes at Muir and PCC, because freshmen women are ineligible as candidates for the regular Rose Court. Campus Military Men Prepare for Rifle Matches City College’s ROTC unit is currently engaged in prepa¬ rations for the Sixth Army Rifle Match and the William Ran¬ dolph Hearst match which are to be conducted in the neg,r future. The two matches are outstanding events in the ROTC calendar. Sixth Army competi¬ tion involves high school and junior college teams all over the south western United States, while the Hearst match is a na¬ tional contest. Cadets are currently practicing in the ROTC rifle range in the basement of the Men’s Gym. Elimination trials will start soon to determine members of the unit’s competitive team, who will represent Pasadena in all matches this year. Those chosen for the rifle squad will be further trained before competition begins by M/Sgt. Siegfried F. Sulecki. The group stood for its first formal dress parade last week and was inspected by Capt. Mer¬ rill C. Windsor, professor of mil¬ itary science and tactics, com¬ mander of the unit. Chest X-ray Unit To Visit Campus Arrangements have been made with the Pasadena Tuberculosis Association to post a mobile chest X-ray unit on the campus tomor¬ row and Friday. The X-ray truck will be parked in the area south of Harbeson Library ' for the convenience of students from 8 to 4:30 on both days. The Xray examination, which makes. possible early diag¬ nosis and treatment when cases of ТВ are discovered, are abso¬ lutely free, a service of the Tu¬ berculosis Association. All stu¬ dents are urged to take advan¬ tage of the opportunity for a precautionary check-up. Every¬ one examined will be notified of the results within a short time. Dorothy Thompson tributed three times weekly to 160 newspapers. In addition, she writes monthly articles for the “Ladies Home Journal,” and ap¬ pears fortnightly in the “London Observer.” A trustee of Town Hall, New York, she shares in its program and is also often heard on the Town Meeting of the Air broadcasts. Her address at PCC will be a bonus event for Forum audiences. Since the end of World War II, she has made three trips to the continent, covering Europe and Africa in 1945, viewing the Polish national elections in 1947 and visiting England, Turkey, Greece, Trieste and Germany in 1949 to view the current situa¬ tion. Campus Mourns Two Faculty Men City College suffered the loss this week of two faculty mem¬ bers, music teacher Courtney H. Eikenbery and physical science stock room manager Walter C. Guinn, who died at their homes after illnesses which had en¬ forced their absences in recent weeks. Services were held yesterday for Mr. Eikenbery, a piano in¬ structor and a PCC graduate in 1945, when he was valedic- t torian of the Senior Class. While at PCC he was active in both the Music and Language Depart¬ ments, and was a member of the Order of Mast and Dagger. His brother, Gardner Eikenbery, is assistant director of the Bulldog band, and his wife also teaches in Extended Day music classes. Final respects were paid Sun¬ day to Mr. Guinn, who, as man¬ ager of the science department stock room for five years was well known to all PCC chemis¬ try students. He was noted as a fan of all Bulldog athletic teams and was the personal friend of many PCC athletes and students who worked as stockroom assist¬ ants. PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON PA . . . Nira Monsour re¬ hearses a scene in the annual Delta Psi Omega production “Years Ago” as she tries to wangle “Pa” Ron Troxell’s approval for her plans for a stage career. Looking on is “Ma” Cindy Jones.