PCC Chronicle, September 21, 1949

Big Kickoff Parade Opens Grid Season HRONICLE Vol. 46, No. 2 Pasadena, California September 21, 1949 AMS Musical, 'Bluzarks', Prepared For Production In Assembly Friday Associated Men students will present their annual show in Sexson Auditorium Friday morning, according to Fred Jahnke, AMS president. “Bluzarks,” a musical, written and di¬ rected by John Kimbro, is the scheduled production. The plot deals with the life of a hill billy family in their mountain home. Existing with the belief that they can get by with as little effort as possible, ma and pa’s thirteen children chiefly oc- _ _ # Lower Division Pup Commission Newly Organized On Campus This semester for the first time in PCC history, provision is being made for a lower division pep commisson, to be known as the Pup Commssion. 4 The organization will function under the authority of the regular pep commission, and will have charge of the yell sections, publicity and stunts for the lower division Bullpup “A” games. Kirby Shaw, newly-elected Pup commissioner, stated, “It has long been felt that such a commission was necessary to emphasize the activities of the Freshman and Sophomore classes. The bene¬ fits from such a commission are many. Backing of lower division athletics, dances and other activities can be improved.” Dick Streeper, former Frosh president and present representa¬ tive at large; Wally Calvert, ASB vice-president; David Bass, Sopho¬ more class president; and Kirby Shaw, former vice-president and manager of the Bullpup “A” team, organized the commission. David Bass announced that he and two other cheer leaders, Doug Funderburk and Bud Lindsey, are completing preparations on their team routine which they will be able to perform at Bullpup “A” games. The new Pup commissioner and his commission made a number of decisions. It was resolved to set a date for tryouts to choose songleaders from the Freshman and Sophomore classes to help increase pep at Bullpup “A” games. Frosh Camp Declared A Success By Okerstrom Approximately 300 City Collegians boarded special buses Friday afternoon on their way to the first session of Fresh¬ man Camp at Idyllwild Pines in the San Jacinto Mountains. Arriving near dinner time, the campers were greeted by a cupy their time by ‘sittin’, spit- tin’, and singin’. “Although the cast is entirely male, I’m sure the charms of the men will be as entertaining as those of real wo¬ men,” said Terry Wright .assist¬ ant director of the production. Kim Cast as ‘Ma’ John Kimbro will head the cast as “ma”, with Mickey Martin as “pa”. Their sons Ш include Phil Bau¬ man, Dave Bass, Martin, E r wi n Hodgson, Bob Martinez and Gil College this year will hold a fea¬ tured position in the show. His name is Ted Nichols who is cur¬ rently a member of the singing staff at station KWKW. In the past he has sung with such re¬ nowned bands as Lionel Hamp¬ ton, and Freddie Slack. He is an upper division special at PCC and plans to enter UCLA as soon as he graduates. The staff for the “Bluzarks” will be: John Kimbro, director; Terry Wright, assistant director; Bob Lottie, stage director; cos¬ tumes, Eileen Gates, Jacqueline Davis, Jerry Vawter; props, Bob Fogg, Jim Nicholson, Jack Har- bron, Ted Nichols; make-up, Eileen Gates and Terry Wright under the direction of Miss Kath¬ erine Kester; publicity, Don Burns, Jim Nicholson, Bob Fogg. The stage crew for the produc¬ tion will be Phil Garcia, student director; Bob Bowers, assistant director; Bob Hogan, chief elec¬ trician; Irv Hess, chief carpenter; Bill Goodman, chief soundman; Roland Gutherz, chief rigger. Frosh Week Highlighted By Breakfast, Lunch Part of the Freshman Week program was the recent Frosh breakfast and lunch held in the school cafeteria during the 9 and 11 o’clock guidance classes on Fri¬ day. It was “dutch treat” with the menu for breakfast being a choice of donuts .coffeecake, milk, coffee and fruit juices. The lunch consisted of the regular cafeteria menu. After the refreshments, a 20- minute program was put on by the Hi-liters. The dean of men, dean of women, Dr. William Langsdorf, and Charles Eckels were introduced as guests of honor. June Woolley, AWS president, who was in charge of the affair, stated that she hoped that these get-togethers would prove bene¬ ficial to the Frosh students in helping them adjust to the new¬ ness of PCC. SCA Begins Class In Leadership Here “Pasadena’s Student Christian Association chapter has been ter¬ rifically busy so far this semes¬ ter,” stated SCA executive secre¬ tary Ernest Becker in a recent interview. “Besides planning last weekend’s elaborate Freshman Orientation Camp, which, inci¬ dentally required a great effort on the part of the SCA board and cabinet, we have now started leadership classes for those same SCA leaders.” The two-unit course, which is limited to SCA board and cabi¬ net members, is being instructed by Becker on Mondays from 3 until 5. Becker borrowed the idea for the class from a similar course offered to ASB board and cabinet members. This is the first year such a class has been offered to students other than those con¬ nected with student body govern¬ ment. Cabinet members taking part in the new class are: Roger Ok- ertsrom and Evelyn Dobes, co¬ presidents; Mary Jo Horton, sec¬ retary; Roger Cartan, treasurer. SCA student activities commis¬ sioners who comprise the board are: Charlotte Parks, world re¬ latedness; Charlene Thompson, social responsibilities; Jack Beas¬ ley, personal and campus affairs; Frank Cooper, Christian heritage; Bill Cooks, AMS rep; Neil Sher¬ wood, public relations; Shirley Lindholm, general services; Ro¬ berta Frantz, historian-librarian. section of the Bulldog Band. They were then directed to assigned cabins and issued bedding. Informal supper was chmaxed by a presentation of attending faculty members and student leaders to the incoming students. The group assembled in the camp amphitheater around an open campfire. Harry Montgom¬ ery, ASB president, introduced school administrators, student of¬ ficers, cheer leaders and several members of Hi-liters. Activities Outlined Each student officer briefly outlined the activities planned for his department this semester. The audience was next instructed in the art of rooting by David Bass, Mike Stevens and Jim Rinehart, aided by song leaders Jean Judy and June Woolley. Campers Dance When the assembly was dis¬ missed, the campers gathered in the main hall for informal social and square dancing. On the following morning, op¬ tional Catholic and Protestant Church services were held. After breakfast, bandsmen led the group in a snake dance to the amphitheater, where the students were told of the formation of the Pup Commission, and informed of PCC football prospects by var¬ sity and Bullpup coaches. Ted Todd, OMD president, and Laura Gaspar, Spartan chief executive, explained the requirements for membership in honorary service organizations. Games Played Open recreation before lUnch included swimming, hiking, vol¬ leyball and touch football. After # Continued on Page Four Celebrity To Be Here Tomorrow For Red and White Day Pasadena City College’s third annual Kickoff Day, a Red and White celebration to officially open the local football sea¬ son gets underway here tomorrow at noon with a brief pep rally on the front steps of C building. Ceremonies to introduce the school song and cheer leaders Candidates For Minor Class Posts To Meet Today Meeting for prospective candi¬ dates for minor class officers will be held today in room 200C at 3:30 p.m. Deadline for turning in eligibili¬ ty cards is Friday. The cards may be obtained in the Student Body Offices, 21C. Pat Clark, commissioner of elec¬ tions, will distribute copies of the election code among those attend¬ ing. The number of posters, leaf¬ lets, and the amount of publicity each candidate may use will be discussed. Commissioner Clark will direct the candidates by giv¬ ing a short talk; she will then open the meeting to the floor to enable those attending to ask questions. A poll workers’ meeting will take place next Wednesday, when instructions will be issued to stu¬ dents who will work at the polls. All those interested may sign up in 21C, the dean of men’s office or the dean of women’s office. “New students are asked to participate in these elections,” said Pat Clark. “There are 20 posts to be filled: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior vice-president, secretary and trea¬ surer, and two Associated Wom¬ en students representatives from each class. Two important duties of minor class officers are to organize their respective class councils and to help make the activities of their class during the year a success. The eight AWS representatives to be elected will co-ordinate the ac¬ tivities of the AWS cabinet. Last semester there were con¬ troversies over the high prices charged for election pictures. Miss Clark announced that the cooperation of several students working on the elections’ com¬ mission has shown that expenses can be lowered. Theta Becomes National Club Theta Rho Pi, campus honor¬ ary radio fraternity, recently com¬ pleted arrangements to begin ac¬ tivities on a national scale. At a meeting this afternoon, Theta members will organize into special committees which will vis¬ it neighboring junor college and university campuses, informing radio students of the advantages of being affiliated with a national organization of this type. They also plan to elect a treasurer and a publicity chairman today. Since the fraternity’s hew con¬ stitution was ratified on August 14, PCC has become the first school to form a Theta chapter, and pay the ten dollar fee. This chapter is the California Alpha chapter. Initial organizers of subsequent chapters at other schools will be inducted into their respective clubs by present City College members. Theta’s new I Я ш KOTELES and a Hollywood celebrity as PCC’s Kickoff Day honorary dean will take place before the assem¬ bled student body. George Ko- teles, pep commissioner, stated that “Hollywood’s delegate to our rally is the secret of the decade. No one, other than the commit¬ tee chairman for the day, Skip Hicks, knows who he will be.” Parade to City Hall Immediately following the cer¬ emony on the front steps, the students will assemble in the pa¬ rade cars and move out past the new library onto Colorado Street. The parade, which is hoped to be the longest such parade in the history of the school, will be en¬ tirely mobile. The Bulldog Band, under the direction of Audre Stong, will be in trucks as will be the Whip. Song and cheer leaders will ride in front of the parade in convertibles. “It is out hope,” said Koteles, “that we can ‘loop’ the parade up as far as Washington Street and back downtown to the City Hall plaza.” Prizes for Decoration Prizes will be given to the best decorated individual and organi- zation cars. Clubs and stu¬ dents wishing to enter cars in the parade must sign up today in the dean of men’s of¬ fice before they are issued a per mit to drive in the parade route. M i t z i Miller! and Pat Gaard, holdovers from last year’s out¬ standing song leading group, will lead Alice Webster, Rosemary Kuchenski and Nancy Hurst as the City College pom pom girls this year. Cavorting in front of the local rooters this fall will be Jim Rinehart, Mike Stevens and three other, as yet undetermined, noise boys. Both groups have practiced long and hard to en¬ courage more active student root¬ ing. “I feel we’ll have a great season this fall,” stated Jim Rine¬ hart, spokesman for the groups, “and the team deserves a lot of encouragement and rooting from all, and I mean ALL, the loyal rooters around here. So come out to all the games and yell your heads off for a great team.” Koteles stated in an interview recently that “we’ll be using a lot of fine card stunts this fall. The pep commission has been work¬ ing all summer on new stunts. We have worked up a lot of stunts for moving cards that will require the best co-operation and attention from everyone in the stands. We’re going to have a good team this year under a good coach and they certainly deserve the best rooting we can give them.” status was organized by Presi¬ dent Bob Guenther, Secretary Mi- mi Borroel and Lowell Barker, club adviser. In order to establish a chapter of the fraternity, a school must have at least eight persons eligi¬ ble to join. Only written require¬ ment for membership is that the student must have participated in some division of radio or tele¬ vision activity, such as direction, acting, engineering, script writ- ng or producton.