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Vol. 50, No. 3
Pasadena, California
Sept. 26, 1951
Primary balloting for this year’s Freshman Class officers
will take place next Friday on the campus, according to Elec¬
tions Commissioner Eleanor
’Beaus and A Belle’ Play
in Next Friday’s Assembly
Known as “Beaus and a Belle,” an instrumental en¬
semble of four people will be featured at this Friday’s
assembly in Sexson Auditorium at 9:54 a.m. ASB books will
be required for admission, as this is a paid assembly financed
by Associated Student Body
funds.
Very popular in the Eastern
states, “Beaus and a Belle” will
open at the Hollywood Palla¬
dium shortly after arriving in
Pasadena.
Lani Revuelto, assemblies com¬
missioner, pointed out that “Any
assembly of this type which costs
the student body money will re¬
quire ASB books. However, when
assemblies such as pep are held,
any enrolled student at Pasadena
City College may attend.”
Other assemblies for the rest
of the semester have also been
lined up. A few of these include
pep assemblies, Thanksgiving
program, Christmas musical pro¬
duction, community sing, elec¬
tion program, talent shows and
OMD’s Crafty Hall.
On Friday, Oct. 19, PCC’s num¬
erous organizations will cooper¬
ate to put on Club Day. At that
time, various clubs will hold open
house individually throughout
the campus in separate rooms. A
special club day bulletin will be
printed and distributed before¬
hand so that students may make
their choice on which one to at¬
tend.
Vocational Conference Day on
Friday, Nov. 30, is another sub¬
stitute for the usual assembly
setup. Held about once each sem¬
ester, Vocational Day features
speakers on numerous vocational
topics interesting to city colle¬
gians.
American Council
Education Tests
Set for All Juniors
Sponsored by the American
Council on Education, a series of
ability-placement tests are being
given to all junior students next
week in Sexson Auditorium.
All 13-1 and 13-2 students whose
last names begin with the letters
from A to L will take the test
Tuesday from 8 to 10 a.m., and all
those whose last initial is be¬
tween M and Z will be required
to take the test Thursday morn¬
ing. Absence excuses will be
issued.
The test is designed to deter¬
mine the individual’s ability to
learn and to reason. Results will
be turned over to the various
counselors to aid them in work¬
ing with the students. Scoring
will be on a percentage basis,
and those wishing to know the
results may learn them from
their counselors.
LOOKING OVER THE RULES . . . for conducting an elec¬
tion campaign are candidates for the office of Freshman Class
president (1. to r.) Trenna Kemper, John FitzRandolph, and
Sylvia Pauloo. Special elections are scheduled for the selection
of Frosh officers.
Campus
For ASB
Prepares
Conference
Final plans are being laid for the Southern California
Student Government conference to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 9,
at the Hotel Huntington in Pasadena. Pasadena City College
will officiate as chairman of the 1951 jaycee confab of schools
this section of the state. Ron
Great Plans Told For
Red- White Day Fiesta
City College’s annual Red and
White Day celebration a week
from Friday will be climaxed by
the traditional AMS Red-White
Luncheon, according to John
Thie, AMS president.
As many as 1000 guests are
expected at the men-only affair
to be held in Harbeson Hall on the
day of the varsity’s gridiron
clash with Glendale College. Ad¬
vance absence excuses will be
given to men missing classes to
attend the two-hour pep program.
On the program for the event
are the introduction of noted
guests from the sports world,
including Jim Hardy, former all-
American back and now televi¬
sion announcer of all PCC foot¬
ball games. Also scheduled to
appear are members of the Los
Angeles Rams football team, and
Mannie Pineda of the Pasadena
Star-News, with Bill Sumner,
sports editor of the Pasadena In¬
dependent.
Climax of the Luncheon pro¬
gram will be the selection of a
coed to become the AMS Football
Queen for the season. Various
men’s organizations on the cam¬
pus are sponsoring candidates
for the crown. Girls include: for
the varsity football team, Judy
Weed; Bullpup football, Dixie
Coon; Argonauts, Nancy Barring¬
ton; Key Club, Nancy Meeker;
and ROTC, Joan Ringer. All
campus men will be allowed one
vote for the queen, and every¬
one attending the luncheon will
be allowed an extra ten votes for
the girl of his choice.
Tickets for the Red-White
event will be on sale this week
by members of the AMS Board,
the football teams, salesmen in
Frosh Guidance classes, and the
organizations sponsoring Foot¬
ball Queen candidates. All Pasa¬
dena business men attending will
be given a chance on the drawing
of three season passes to the PCC
football games, and on five passes
to the Glendale game that eve¬
ning. The lunches will be served
by costumed members of the As¬
sociated Women Students Board.
Another Red and White Day
plan is to have everyone on the
campus dressed in the school col¬
ors, faculty as well as students.
All those failing to wear some
Red and White will be branded
as "Traitors” for the day by the
AMS and AWS Boards.
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Yielding, PCC student body pres¬
ident, will act as president of the
entire conference.
Student government officials
will discuss various topics im¬
portant to junior college activi¬
ties. Main purpose of this con¬
vention is to discuss what ideas
the Southern California junior
colleges would like to present at
the state-wide conference held
later in the semester.
Pasadena City College has act¬
ed as treasurer at the state con¬
ference for a number of years
and will continue in this capacity
this semester. John Muir Col¬
lege plays the role of secretary.
Students participating in the
conference of October 9 aside
from Yielding are Dallas Peter¬
man, ASB vice-president; Doro¬
thea Anderson, senior class presi¬
dent; Bob Mandell, junior class
president; Bob Josi, sophomore
class president; John Thie, presi¬
dent of the Associated Men Stu¬
dents; Carol Kipling, AWS presi¬
dent; and reps at large Sue Cor¬
win, Joan Jahnke, Peter Adgie
and Walnita Dorsey. The newly
elected freshman president will
also take part.
Student body adviser is J. Ray
Risser, while Earl Holder is fin¬
ancial adviser.
Johnson. The primaries will
determine which candidates will
compete in the final elections
next week on Wednesday.
For the four class positions
open, 20 candidates filed eligibili¬
ty cards with Miss Johnson last
week. In addition to three can¬
didates for the post of class
president, there are five aspir¬
ants to the office of vice-president
while the positions of secretary
and treasurer drew six applica¬
tions each.
Platforms Revealed
The three presidential candi¬
dates quoted their election plat¬
forms as follows:
Trenna Kemper: “We have a
fine opportunity at PCC to build
ourselves into an outstanding
class. I would like to try my
best to do this for you.”
John FitzRandolph: “As Frosh
we must work to make a place
for ourselves. It’s important that
we build a strong class to take
us through our four years here.”
Sylvia Pauloo: “All Freshmen
should pull together to put this
class on top, so that in the future
we will be recognized as an out¬
standing group. I will try my
best to make this possible.”
On the list of vice-presidential
„candidates are Vincent Perna,
Virginia Strong, Ethel Vernon,
Ronald Fox and Loralyn Milne.
Running for Frosh secretary are
six girls, Nancy Neely, Ann Par¬
sons, Joan Johnston, Irene Oates,
Barbara Keyston and Helen Gar-
ben. The six candidates seeking
the office of treasurer are Mary
Ann Reister, Johnny Johnston,
Burton Howells, Nancy Hommell,
Dorothy Martolio and David
Sundstrand.
Eligibility Rules
Write-in candidates for any of
the offices must, according to the
Elections Code, return an eligi¬
bility card to the commissioner
before the polls close on the day
of the primary elections. Should
a write-in be one of the top two
candidates for his office in the
primary, his name will be print:
ed on the regular ballot for the
final election.
All candidates, write-in or regu¬
lar, must be regularly enrolled
students and members of the
ASB, says the Code, and only
student body members may vote.
Math Club to Meet,
Hear Englishman
The mathematics section of the
Order of Magnitude will meet
Monday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in 232C.
Featured speaker will be John
Beggs who will tell of his experi¬
ences as a student of mathe¬
matics in England.
Installation of officers at the
last meeting included Stuart
Bowen, president; Marvin Ridley,
vice-president; Carol Blackington,
secretary-treasurer.
The organization meets on al¬
ternate Mondays. All students in¬
terested in promoting interest in
math are urged to join.
Key Club to Fete Initiates
at Induction Banquet
Key Club, local men’s honorary service group, recently
inducted 13 new members from various fields of school ac¬
tivities. They include Larry Harris, Jack Stubbs, Bill Jones,
Addison Hawthorne, Don Hanson, Jim Andre, Dick Owens,
Jim Brown, Don Norwood, Eddie
Hi-liters Schedule
Talent Tryouts
Krieger, Chuck Perlee, Larry Hal-
vorsen and Lew Formaster.
Key Club members will gather
Tuesday, Oct. 2, for a dinner
meeting honoring new actives.
President Andy Castellano re¬
vealed that Ted Todd, first presi¬
dent of Key Club and former
PCC student body president, will
be present to speak on tlfe ob¬
jectives and purposes of the or¬
ganization when it was first con¬
ceived on this campus.
Key Club is approximately two
years old, and the youngest of
the men’s honoraries at PCC. The
group has undertaken many
worthwhile projects such as con¬
tributing blood, holding a faculty
car-wash, and placing more
benches throughout the campus.
“If you’ve got talent we want
you,” says Chuck Perlee, presi¬
dent of the Hi-liters. Tryouts for
talent will be on September 27
at 3 o’clock in Harbeson Hall.
The club needs any and all kinds
of acts.
Hi-liters was formed in 1925
and for many years traveled
around to veteran's hospitals.
Now they tour hospitals, churches
and schools in the Southern Cal¬
ifornia area. Providing oppor¬
tunities and experience for the
talented in the field of entertain¬
ment is the purpose of the Hi-
liters. Active membership is ob¬
tained by participating in these
tryouts each semester.