Vol. 44, No. 1 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California September 15, 1948
Being welcomed by ASB Prexy Bill Bruner are Beth Karpe, Charlotte Musser and Howard Shanks.
Incoming Frosh Establish
Record Fall Enrollment
With 750 Frosh entering City College this fall, the
enrollment has reached greater proportions than ever before
in the history of the college. As the student populace increased
the problem of offering more activities to promote class par¬
ticipation and interest has presented itself and been solved.
Now, almost any student in school may join an organization
which agrees with his ideas and
enlivens his interest.
For those art enthusiasts the
Art Service Organization offers a
combination of social activity and
service work. Most of the poster
and publicity work at school is
done by the members of this
group. Those freshmen or new
students interested may register
in 211C.
All men and women students
are automatically a part of the
Associated Men Students and the
Associated Women Students, re¬
spectively. Two eleventh grade
students are elected by freshmen
for both organizations, as repre¬
sentatives of their class on the
AWS and AMS cabinets. Also for
men and women respectively are
the Campus YWCA and YMCA,
units of the Student Christian As¬
sociation freshman program.
An organization open to all in¬
terested American and foreign
students is the International
Club. This group is composed of
students of every race, faith, and
nationality joined together in or¬
der to seek a better understand¬
ing among peoples. For those
freshmen interested in music,
PCC offers a variety of oppor¬
tunities. Band and orchestra are
admitted as extra-curricular,
while other classes may be ar¬
ranged with the individual coun¬
selors. Kantela Club is compos¬
ed of all those interested in mu-
gpic, and the Women’s Glee Club
v'is offered for any singer. Public
speaking and drama, in class or
extra-curricular, are open to new
students interested in oral arts.
For those entertaining journalis¬
tic tendencies there are the
Chronicle and Campus staffs.
These are considered as classes
and students receive regular cred¬
it.
The Office Assistants Club is
open to eleventh grade girls and
others who volunteer, and is
credited by service points. Osti-
arians is composed of girls inter¬
ested in ushering, new entrants
see the dean of women for details
and enrollment. Although fresh¬
men are not eligible for hospital
work, they may give service in
the Red Cross organization on
campus by preparing Christmas
packages. Also for women is the
Whip, a group of freshman wom¬
en, with a few twelfth grade lead¬
ers, to act as official rooters at
football games and other similar
activities.
A service and social group de¬
signed to give unselfish service
to the school is the Triton Coun¬
cil, with membership attained by
application. Women’s Athletic
Association promotes activities
for freshmen as part of the regu¬
lar school program, while the Ski
and Sailing Clubs will take
names of those interested in
these particular sports.
Former Reporter
Fills SCA Vacancy
Ernest Becker, Jr., a staff mem¬
ber of the Pasadena Council of
Churches, has assumed the posi¬
tion of executive secretary of the
Student Christion Association to
succeed the Rev. Peter Paulson,
who had temporarily filled the
vacancy left by Walt Raitt.
In 1936 Mr. Becker graduated
from Amherst College in Massa¬
chusetts, and the following year
became a reporter for a New
York newspaper. Later he attend¬
ed the Union Theological Semi¬
nary in New York City and is
now an ordained minister of the
Congregational Church.
Robert Haugh
App ointed New
Dean of Men
Robert Haugh, PCC veterans’
counselor has been named new
dean of men to succeed Audre
Stong, assigned to other execu¬
tive duties.
The new dean is a graduate of
the Monrovia High School, where
he served as student body presi¬
dent, valedictorian of his gradu¬
ating class, and letterman in foot¬
ball and baseball.
USC Graduate
He was graduated from the Un¬
iversity of Southern California in
1935, having held the positions
of student body president, chief
executive of the Pacific Coast stu¬
dent body president’s association
and received the “President Rec¬
ognition Award” as outstanding
graduate in the class.
He is a member of the Trojan
Knights, Trojan Squires, Skull
and Dagger, Blue Key, Sigma
Sigma, Phi Delta Phi and Phi
Delta Kappa fraternities. Haugh
was also presidbnt and later
alumnus adviser of Kappa Sigma.
During the war he served with
the United States Navy aboard
a troop transport in the South
Pacific area for over three and
one-half years and was discharg¬
ed with the rank of lieutenant.
70332
Goslin To Direct
Pasadena Schools
Top Administrator Tells Need
For Greater Educational Facilities
Willard Goslin, former Minneapolis superintendent of
schools, has been chosen as head of the Pasadena school sys¬
tem to succeed Dr. John A. Sexson, who retired on January
1, 1948, after twenty years of service.
Considered one of the most outstanding school adminis¬
trators in the nation, Mr. Goslin is also president of the
SCA Hosts
American Association of School
Administrators, and was voted
Minneapolis’ “Man of the Year”
in a 1946 poll.
He has long been an advocate
Freshman
of operating on a truly democrat¬
ic basis and believes that one of
the greatest single democratic
Hi-Jinks
strokes we can make today is to
strengthen and extend education
in all our communities and in all
Each semester for more than
10 years, Pasadena City College
has welcomed freshmen and new
students to the school by holding
the bi-annual Hi-jinks show, spon¬
sored by the Student Christian
Association. The fall semester of
1948 is heralding a new and dif¬
ferent evening of entertainment,
to be held Friday, September 17,
at 7:45, and highlighted by mov¬
ies, dancing and swimming.
The planned schedule consists
of:
7:45- 8:00
8:00- 9:00
9:00- 9:30
9:30-10:15
10:15-11:30
Gathering in Sex-
son Auditorium
Stage Show
Original Mixers
Choice of movies
or swimming
Dancing and re¬
freshments
Included in the talent show is
Kenny Waterbury, a Temple City
resident who has entertained at
PCC before with his numerous
talents such as, western singing,
joke telling and amusing fiddle
playing. Karen Larsen, Bulldog
Band vocalist, is also on the pro¬
gram.
Tickets for the evening’s events
will be issued to all freshmen in
their orientation sessions during
the first week of school. New
students are urged to go to the
Student Christian Association of¬
fice, room 25C, to secure their
tickets.
While appreciation is extended
to the whole SCA organization
for sponsoring such a worthwhile
event, special consideration
should be offered to Patricia Sag¬
er, general chairman; Jacqueline
Yelland, program chairman; Bet¬
ty Graves, publicity; and Ernest
A. Becker, Jr., new executive sec¬
retary for SCA at Pasadena City
College, who will supervise the
Hi-jinks.
With tickets available free of
charge, the show is aimed at ac¬
quainting freshmen and new stu-.
dents with social life at PCC.
countries. He thinks that through
increased educational facilities
we can and will acquire higher
levels of professional ability.
The 48-year old superintendent
is a native of Missouri. He was
born on a farm and attended the
village high school and the lab¬
oratory high school of the Uni¬
versity of Missouri. After receiv¬
ing his bachelor of science degree
from Kirdsville State Teacher’s
College, Mr. Goslin earned his
master’s degree at the University
of Missouri in 1928. Before re¬
siding in Minneapolis, the new
superintendent was head of the
school system in Webster Grove,
Missouri for 15 years.
Mr. Goslin’s acceptance of the
School Board’s offer of the super¬
intendency was received with en¬
thusiasm by all Board members.
He began his work here on July
1, after taking up residence here
with his wife and daughter.
In a recent interview, the super¬
intendent released the following
message for the students of Pas¬
adena City College:
“Greetings to Pasadena City Col¬
lege:
Chronicle Receives
Highest Rating
For the first time in the history
of Pasadena City College the cov¬
eted All-American award has
been granted to the Chronicle by
the Associated Collegiate Press,
affiliated with the University of
Minnesota.
Under the co-editorship of Jim
Blake and Betty Gilmore, last
semester’s paper was scored 940
points from a possible 1000. PCC
received this top award from the
more than 69 schools participat¬
ing in the four year junior col¬
lege group.
Possible scoring factors were
news coverage, excellence of
news stories, features, editing,
make-up, editorials and sports
page. Each spring, six issues of
the Chronicle are sent to the
East for judging. Also included
as a basis for point scoring is
the improvement made over the
previous year’s issues.
“As one who is just beginning
his duties as superintendent of
schools in Pasadena, I wish to
extend to the students and teach¬
ers of the Pasadena City Col¬
lege my sincere best wishes for
the school year which lies ahead.
Each of you is a citizen of a
school community which is as
large as many of the towns of
America in addition to being a
citizen of Pasadena. As a citizen
of the school and of this com¬
munity, you have a magnificent
opportunity to make this school
year count in accomplishing
those things which will result in
the Pasadena City College and
the community of Pasadena be¬
ing a better place in which to
live and learn.
“As you resume your school
life, I hope that you as students
and teachers will endeavor to
work together in those areas of
living which seem to you to be
important and dynamic for your
own growth and development and
for the improvement of your
community.”
