PCCs Silver Jubilee Set For Next Week
HRONICLE
No. 6
Pasadena. California
October 26, 1949
PASADENA CITY' COLLEGE TO CELEBRATE
'Twenty-Five Years of Progress'
‘‘Twenty-five years of progress” marks the theme of Pasadena City College’s Silver
Jubilee, to be celebrated in the Crown City next week. Plans have been completed and a pro¬
gram of events is scheduled for each day during the week. Starting Sunday evening with
the dedication of the new library on campus and extending until Friday’s Student Celebra-
Barbara Carden Replaces Sullivan
tion Day, the Silver Jubilee ob¬
servance marks the twenty-flfth
year of this institution as a juni¬
or college.
ALL SMILES ... as they complete final plans for next
week’s Silver Jubilee celebration, Audre L. Stong, general chair¬
man for the Silver Jubilee, Tom Smith, club parade chairman,
and Bill Stitt, CeeCee Alumni Association president, gather in
the Jubilee headquarters.
City College To Send Reps
To JC Confab Tomorrow
Pasadena City College’s representatives to the California
State Junior College Student Government Conference will
embark tomorrow morning for Arrowhead Springs Hotel, near
San Bernardino, where the fifth semi-annual conference of
As Finance Commissioner Here
Barbara Carden, former Senior Class treasurer and City College
Supreme Court Justice, was formally appointed by the ASB Board
to replace Jim Sullivan, who resigned, as commissioner of finance.
Sullivan handed his formal resignation of his office to ASB Pres-
dent Harry Montgomery at the October 13 meeting of the Board.
Miss Carden was appointed temporary commissioner at that meet¬
ing and received her formal appointment in meeting last Thursday.
Barbara’s official duties in her new office are to supervise the
distribution and spending of all ASB student funds; to* advise and
counsel all club officers as to their club expenditures; to assist Earl
Holder, financial adviser to the ASB, in his duties; and to serve as
treasurer of the California State Junior College Student Govern¬
ment Association. Barbara will attend the CSJCSGA conference at
the Arrowhead Springs Hotel near San Bernardino which starts to¬
morrow and runs through Saturday. (Ed. note: The CSJCSGA con¬
fab is covered elsewhere in this issue of the Chronicle.)
Players' Guild To Present 'Kind Lady',
A Melodrama, Today And On Friday
“Kind Lady,” a melodrama, will be presented today and Friday by the Players’ Guild
at Pasadena City College. Under the direction of Donald Liercke, the play concerns a
middle aged lady who takes in a tramp in order to help him. Through his plotting, his
family and friends move into the house, keeping the ‘kind lady’ as a prisoner. Assisting
Phi Rho Pi Schedules Speech
Primaries For This Afternoon
Lower division speech activities today will center on the
annual Phi Rho Pi forensics competition primaries slated for
4 p.m. in room 12C. Topic for the 11th and 12th graders is
the Silver Jubilee celebration at City College. Contestants
this organization will be held.
San Bernardino Valley Junior
College is acting as the official
hosts to the representatives of
this state-wide group.
Eight, and possibly ten, stu¬
dents will represent CeeCee at
the confab. Those already- hold¬
ing reservations are: Harry
Montgomery, ASB president;
Wally Calvert, ASB vice-prexy;
Fred Jahnke, AMS prexy; June
Wooley, AWS chief executive;
Eddie LeGrand, Senior Class
prexy; Bill Jones, Junior Class
president; Barbara Carden, com¬
missioner of finance; and Earl
Holder, financial adviser to the
ASB Board. Two reservations
are expected for Dave Bass, Soph
Class president, and Dallas Peter¬
man, Frosh Class prexy. Also, it
was revealed, another reserva¬
tion is hoped for a rep-at-large
to attend the conference.
Founded in 1945 under the
guidance of Mr. Holder, J. Ray
Risser, social science instructor,
and Neil Goedhard, then local
ASB president, the Conferences
have been held previously in San
Francisco, here at Pasadena, in
Fresno and in Santa Rosa.
Delegates will gather in a gen¬
eral discussion meeting to begin
the conference. General topics
will be covered in this meeting.
Later, the delegates will meet in
smaller discussion groups accord¬
ing to athletic leagues for fur¬
ther conferences on problems re¬
lating to- their specific gro'up.
These league meetings will be
closed to administrators, advisers
and faculty members. Only stu¬
dent delegates may participate in
these discussions.
“We hope to get better student
understanding,” stated ASB Pres¬
ident Harry Montgomery, “with¬
in our own league and make
basic uniform rules regarding the
school issuance of athletic
awards. We have hopes that a
lot more cooperation within the
Western State Conference schools
will come out of this conference,
^specially in regard to student
understanding." •
Religious Emphasis is
Convocation Theme
The Reverend Edward Good¬
man, pastor of the Calvary Bap¬
tist Church of Pasadena, will
speak at Convocation next Mon¬
day in a special assembly period.
Mr. Goodman will speak briefly
on the aspects of Religious Em¬
phasis Week, and religion in ac¬
cordance with education.
Kirby Shaw Elected to
Full ASB Board Office
Kirby Shaw, former secretary
of lower division pep activities,
was officially appointed Pup Com¬
missioner last week. His position
was attained through student pe¬
tition, and the appointment was
approved by the student board
last Thursday.
Three hundred sixty-five names
appeared on the petition, which
resulted in Shaw’s being elected
to the student cabinet by a ma¬
jority of votes. Formerly the
new commissioner had little voice
in student government.
may take any phase of develop¬
ment at PCC, and enlarge on
it in a four to five minute ad¬
dress. Each of the grades will
be judged separately. Date of
the final runoffs will be announc¬
ed later. First prizes to the win¬
ners will be gold medals.
Officers of Phi Rho Pi, honor¬
ary speech fraternity on campus,
are Barbara Carden, president;
Ed Hearle, vice-president; and
Charles Russell, secretary-treas¬
urer.
“This contest is the most im¬
portant lower division forensics
activity of the semester, and we
hope that all Freshmen and
Sophomores who are interested
in speech work will participate,”
Hearle said,
in the direction of this play is
Morrie Buchanan, a student here.
He has obtained much dramatic
experience with the Holiday Play¬
ers, and also with a stock com¬
pany where he played the lead in
“Emperor Jones.”
The part of the ‘kind lady’ is
portrayed by Eleanor Eby. Miss
Eby has taken parts in numerous
dramatic works at PCC including
“Night Must Fall,” Jane Eyre,”
and “I Remember Mama.”
Bill Wagner portrays the
tramp. He has done a great deal
of dramatic work outside of
school; however, this is his first
appearance at PCC.
An invitation has been extend¬
ed to other schools in order to
increase the attendance at this
performance.
Tickets are on sale at the Tri¬
ton Booth at 25 cents for the
matinee, and 50 cents for the
evening. Owners of student body
books however, are admitted free
at the matinee and for 25 cents
at the evening performance.
Hi-liters Name Five
To Membership
Hi-liters chose five new mem¬
bers at semester tryouts held
two weeks ago.
The following were admitted
for their outstanding perform¬
ances: Ted Nichols, baritone;
Gloria Gonzales, Spanish dancer;
Daniel Horton, pianist; and Dick
and Joann Owens, dancers.
Organization officers previously
announced that the purpose of
the tryouts was to discover out¬
standing talent on the City Col¬
lege campus.
Hi-liters has a number of
shows slated for the semester.
The group is in charge of the
assembly during Silver Jubilee
Week. Members will give a show
tomorrow at South Pasadena
High School and at Caltech’s an¬
nual Pajamerino on Friday.
Pasadena City College Represented by English
Department at Mt. San Antonio Conclave
Woodrow Ohlsen represented Pasadena City College in a con-'
ference on Remedial Composition, which was held last Thursday on
the campus of Mount San Antonio Junior College,
Altogether there were twenty colleges represented at this im¬
portant convention. Ten of these colleges actually were participants,
while the other ten were visitors, The colleges taking part each was
represented by an instructor from their faculty who discussed the
nature of the Remedial Composition program at his respective
school. Remedial Composition Is better known on the campus of
PCC as English essentials 23A,
Mr. Ohlsen was accompanied by Miss Dorothy Dixon, depart¬
ment chairman; Frank Hammond, Robert Trevor, Jbhn Stewart
and Cleon Bufz.
It is the wish of the colleges attending this meeting to exchange
and discuss old and new ideas. Through this medium they hope
to improve the courses at their own schools.
Goslin to Dedicate Library
Dr. John W. Harbeson, CeeCee
principal, will preside over the
opening ceremonies at the dedi¬
cation of the library. Herman
Smith, head librarian, is in
charge of complete arrange¬
ments. The Rev. Ernest Becker of
the local Student Christian Asso¬
ciation, will deliver the invoca¬
tion. Dr. Willard E. Goslin, Pas¬
adena superintendent of schools,
will make the formal dedication.
Three outstanding librarians of
this area, Miss Doris Hoit, Pasa¬
dena Public Library; Robert O.
Schad, Curator of Rare Books,
Huntington Library; and Lawr¬
ence C. Powell, UCLA, will each
give a brief talk. City College’s
A Cappella Choir will furnish the
music.
Convocation on Monday
Monday morning there will be
a convocation assembly at 9:48.
The Rev. Edward Goodman, pas¬
tor of the Calvary Baptist
Church will deliver an address on
religious emphasis in relation to
college education.
Extended Day department’s
Tuesday Evening Forum will rec¬
ognize the Silver Jubilee observ¬
ance in a special topic discussion
to be held Tuesday evening at
7:45 in Sexson Auditorium. The
library will also hold an open
house from seven till nine the
same night.
Alumni to Sign Kids
“Registration” of alfimni sons
and daughters for future gradua¬
tion will highlight the celebration
of Alumni Day on Wednesday.
At 3:15, Dr. Robert Gilchrist, as¬
sistant superintendent of schools,
will address a faculty meeting
honoring teachers who have re¬
tired and those who are still here
that were present at the change¬
over to the jaycee 25 years ago.
Alumni are invited to attend
a reception for faculty members
in the Library Hall which will
be sponsored by Faculty Men’s
and Women’s Clubs; Dr. Stewart
Marsee and Mrs. Dorothy Fret-
ter, presidents, respectively of
the two clubs.
Alums to Stage Show
Wednesday evening at eight o’¬
clock, the alumni will stage their
annual production in Sexson Aud¬
itorium. Bill Stitt, local Alumni
Association president, revealed
that the program may be carried
over a nation-wide broadcast
hook-up. No information has yet
been released on the content of
the show as this paper goes to
press.
Noted NY’er to Speak
Academic Day will mark
Thursday’s observance. That
day’s program will be in charge
of Charles Eckels, Freshman co¬
ordinator, and will be based
around City College’s Freshman
guidance program. Mrs. Dorothy
Phillips, noted New York authori¬
ty on the subject and instructor
at New York University, will
meet with Frosh groups all morn¬
ing and will address a joint P-TA
Freshman meeting in the eve¬
ning. This joint gathering will
meet at 7:30 in Sexson Audito¬
rium.
The Radio Department also an¬
nounced that it was holding open
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