PCC Coufiieb
Vol. 10, No. 8
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
April 8, 1959
PCC secretaries
attend conference
of college women
Pasadena City College will be
well represented this Saturday,
April 11, at the fourth annual
Career Day program for secre¬
tarial students which this year is
entitled “Destination — Executive
Secretary.” Twelve PCC students
will be among the more than 120
junior college women throughout
the Los Angeles metropolitan
area who have been selected to
attend this get-together.
THOSE ATTENDING the -con¬
ference which is sponsored by the
Los Angeles chapter of Execu¬
tives’ Secretaries, Inc., include
Katherine Primm, Katherine De-
kay, Nancy Edwards, Carol Gun-
neson, Diane Karagozian, Donna
Lombardo, Catherine Miller, Lois
Rock, Nadine Samardzich, Anita
Unge, Gertrude Wood and Fred-
rica Williams.
The girls will be accompanied
by Mrs. Frances Cobbs, instruc¬
tors, Business Education depart¬
ment, and faculty representatives
Miss Dorothy Abbitt, Miss Fran¬
ces Daugherty, Mrs. Laura Holty,
Miss Betty Krai, Mrs. Jane Laurie
and Mrs. Patti Mark.
THE PROGRAM this year is
being held in the facilities of the
new Union Oil Center. The pro¬
gram is designed to better pre¬
pare young women for careers in
business. John B. Clark, director
of industrial relations of Nor-
thrup Corporation, is the guest
speaker, and members of the ca¬
reer girl organization will partici¬
pate in a panel discussion on the
advantages of the secretarial field,
office etiquette, telephone tech¬
nique and effective communica¬
tion.
The Los Angeles chapter of Ex¬
ecutives’ Secretaries maintains a
$150 scholarship for a secretari¬
al student in each of the ten ju¬
nior colleges in the metropolitan
area.
DID YOU PETITION?
Noted jazz artists
perform Saturday
Once again Pasadena City College has managed to pro¬
vide the best in the entertainment field to Pasadena patrons
of the arts. The Circle
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Club of PCC, a service organization
sponsored by Pasadena Kiwanis Club, has garnered the services
of the Cal Tjader Quintet, the
•Hurry up!
Informed sources from , 111C
state that applicants are still
being accepted for the Youth
Day visits to local business es¬
tablishments. There has been
an extension of the normal time
limit to permit more interested
participants to take an active
part in the festivities. Anyone
who feels that he or she would
like to attend may obtain infor¬
mation by contacting Mrs. Lil¬
lian Castagna in 111C imme¬
diately. Don’t put it off another
minute. Youth Day is Apjpl
21.
Front office checks
graduation list
With more than 800 graduation petitions filed for the
coming June ceremony, Mrs. Peggy Allen of the Records Office
is now in the process of checking and double-checking individ¬
ual records and making reports to the various counselors.
This is a momentous under-
The Mastersounds, well-known jazz instrumental
MASTERS group, will be featured in the ’59 Spring Jazz Fes-
OF tival on Saturday, April 11, at 8:15 in Sexson Audi-
JAZZ torium. The festival, which is sponsored by Circle
K, will also highlight Cal Tjader, Buddy Collett and
Ann Richards.
Student singers harmonize
at Pasadena music festival
Singers from all over Pasadena met in Sexson Auditorium
last Saturday evening where they raised their voices to pre¬
sent the first all-city vocal music concert of the year. The All¬
city Sixth Grade Chorus, under the direction of H. Leland
Green, Pasadena music coordin- _
The concert has taken many
months of planning and rehear¬
sal. It was organized to strength¬
en ties between the vocal music
departments in all the Pasadena
schools, as well as to give student
singers a chance to hear the type
of music other choral groups are
preparing.
Air Force voices
need for recruits
in
many
is a
taking and it makes a very busy
woman out of Mrs. Allen. Stu¬
dents have often wondered why
they are required to file for a pe¬
tition so early in the year and
the answer is simple.
WHEN THE petitions are filed
early enough it gives Mrs. Allen
adequate time to check all rec¬
ords thoroughly and in case of
an error or deficiency it allows
the student and his or her coun-
selor to confer and to make the
necessary adjustment.
When the semester is complet¬
ed the final grades are figured in¬
to the student’s record. While
the process of checking the
individual records, Mrs.
Allen also keeps scholarship in
mind.
Different departments have dif¬
ferent standards for scholarship,
the highest being administrative
honors. Here a grade point ra¬
tio of 3.67 or better is needed.
Mrs. Allen stated that only a
very few ever attain this level
of efficiency.
ALSO LISTED among Mrs. Al¬
len’s duties are the sorting assem¬
bling and of course ordering of
diplomas for the Rose Bowl fes¬
tivities. This final bit of arrang¬
ing is done in the Women’s Gym
just prior to graduation.
Mrs. Allen also brought out an¬
other interesting and informative
point. If a student files a petition
but doesn’t graduate and remains
in school, he must file again the
semester before he expects to
graduate. This rule has in the
past caused a lot of grief to grad¬
uation aspirants.
But right now we’re glad we
are not in Mrs. Allen’s shoes.
music
ator, opened the concert singing
with a group of five numbers.
They were followed by the All¬
city Junior High School Girls’
Glee Club, under the leadership of
Dan Hughes of the Pasadena
High School vocal music depart¬
ment.
The final group of six songs
was sung by the combined choirs
of John Muir High School, Pasa¬
dena High School and Pasadena
City College. They were directed
by Dr. Charles C. Hirt, director
of choral music at the University
of Southern California.
Dr. Hirt, who has traveled all
over the country directing high
school and college groups as well
as his own chorus, was assisted
by accompanist Robert Heckman,
John Muir High School choral di¬
rector.
Great Britain’s Dame Hess
comes to LA Philharmonic
England’s distinguished artist, Dame Myra Hess, who
has been acclaimed all over the world for her piano artistry,
will play at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium, Satur¬
day evening, April 11. This presentation is being staged by
the Community Civic Music As- - j -
sociation.
Following the conclusion of
World War II, Dame Myra came
to America where music-lovers
now anticipate her concert tours
with great interest. Although her
repertoire is large, Dame Myra
has for some years devoted her
programs to works by great clas¬
sical composers.
This talented artist is common¬
ly known in music circles as “the
first lady of the piano” and is con¬
sidered a technician without ap¬
parent limitations of ability.
The program will begin with
Dame Myra Hess playing two
Bach preludes and fugues and
Bach’s Toccata in D major, fol¬
lowed by Sonata in C minor by
Mozart. She also plans to play
sonatas by Franz Schubert and
Ludwig von Beethoven.
The title, dame, the equivalent
of a knighthood, was conferred
on Myra Hess by the late King
George VI in recognition of her
musical achievements in behalf of
her country. Although she had
been scheduled to make a world¬
wide tour during the early part
of the war, Myra Hess elected to
remain in England during the
war. There she led the organiza¬
tion of the now historic lunch¬
time concerts in the National Gal¬
lery for the hard-pressed working
people of London.
At a time when almost all em¬
phasis has been placed on the
space age and rocket trips to the
moon, the United States Air Force
has issued an urgent call for
young men to fill career' posts as
pilots and navigators.
There is an increasing need for
pilots and navigators because
many of the flying personnel now
on duty are World War II vet¬
erans and will be retiring within
the next five years.
The majority of Air Force pi¬
lots come from the aviation cadet
program which enables young
men who have graduated from an
accredited high school to receive
a commission and to become ei¬
ther a pilot or a navigator. The
Air Force recruiter in this area,
M/Sgt. Edward D. Burley, says
that the Air Force prefers young
men who have attained an educa¬
tional level of at least two years
of college.
A second lieutenant on flying
status, single and living off the
base, receives $438.58 a month; if
married, $455.78. In addition, free
medical care is furnished, and an
annual 30 day paid vacation is
granted each airman.
Pilot classes begin every six
weeks and navigator classes be¬
gin every two weeks. Any young
men between the ages of 19 and
26% who are interested in the
aviation cadet program should
contact local Air Force recruiting
representatives.
Mastersounds Quartet, the Buddy
Collette Quintet and Ann Rich¬
ards, vocalist, to perform at
PCC’s ’59 Spring Jazz Festival
this Saturday,- April 11, at 8:15
p.m. in Sexson Auditorium.
This is the first time that these
artists have appeared on the
stage in Sexson Auditorium and
it is hoped that the show will be
such a success that the jazz festi¬
val' will be made an annual fete.
Circle
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members are Currently
in the midst of an active cam¬
paign to attract a large crowd to
the event.
Students at Pasadena City Col¬
lege may obtain their tickets as
us«ual at the School Bank. Other
business establishments in this
area are currently selling tickets
to all interested patrons. These
establishments and the addresses
are: Duford-Kaiser, 463 E. Colo¬
rado St., Pasadena; Arcadia Music
Mart, 21 E. Huntington Dr., Ar¬
cadia; Peckham’s Melody Shop,
9554 Las Tunas Dr., Temple City;
Berry and Grassmeuck, 140 W.
Main St., Alhambra.
Melody Manor, 2326 Huntington
Dr., San Marino; Johnson Music
Co., 510 S. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia;
Fred’s Music Center, 8927 Valley
Blvd., Rosemead; Gibson’s, 1237
N. Lake Ave.; Pasadena; Alta-
dena Record Shop, 843 Mariposa,
Altadena; and the Hi-Fi Record
Center, 3770 E. Foothill, Pasadena.
Civic-minded pair
sponsor orations
on value of safety
“To Call attention to unsafe
conditions on campus as well as
in the Pasadena or even the
southland area as a whole,” is the
reason why Mr. and Mrs. P. B.
Robinson are sponsoring a pub¬
lic speaking contest on the topic
“Safety.” Another reason is that
they want it to serve as a memo¬
rial to their son who was acci¬
dentally killed on this campus a
number of years ago.
The contest is open to any mem¬
ber of the student body and is de¬
signed to give all who enter a
chance to devise and suggest new
ways to make dangerous condi¬
tions safe. The memorial con¬
test will also serve as a means
for students interested in public
speaking to gain experience.
THE CONTEST, which has
been in operation for a number
of years, will use Harbeson Hall
as the judging place for this
year’s final round of speeches.
Prizes totaling $60 will be award¬
ed to the winning speakers.
Any speech which uses the gen¬
eral theme “Problems of Safety
in Student Life” as its subject
will be acceptable. Speakers may
include moral as well as physical
safety problems as their topic.
ENTRIES WILL BE judged on
organization, originality and pre¬
sentation, as well as phrasing and
delivery. It is recommended that
the speech be in the conversa¬
tional manner — simple, direct and
sincere.
Notes are permitted if they are
not distracting and if used so as
not to detract from the effective¬
ness of the speech. The talk must
be between five and seven min¬
utes in length.
As stated above, the contest is
open to anyone, but students oth¬
er than those enrolled in speech
classes who wish to enter should
notify Benjamin Marshall in 6C
before April 13 to insure their en¬
try in the contest.
