PCC Democratic Delegation Walks Out
GOP Convention Fights Over Nixon
Nominating Conventions
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With a feeling of expectation the PCC delegates attended
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feeling of expectation
and took part in, for the most part, their first political nomin¬
ating convention. With the almost “real” feeling of a political
convention the delegates attended meetings and elected of¬
ficers for the coming conventions.
PCC was given Kentucky and
represented that state at the two
day conference at USC. The Com¬
modore Hotel was the meeting
place for all of the colleges that
took part and the night before
the conventions the caucuses for
the different factions continued
until almost dawn. Caucuses were
held to plan strategy and to plan
moves and countermoves if nec¬
essary. They were also held to
try to sway delegates from one
nominee to another, with varying
success.
As in real conventions, the pro¬
ceedings were far from quiet and
orderly. The Republican conven¬
tion nominated Eisenhower by ac¬
climation and then proceeded to
take almost three hours of debate
and balloting to agree on Nixon.
Upon arrival, the Republican
delegates were greeted with pic¬
tures and posters of Ike and Dick
plastered over the auditorium. Up¬
on objection from the floor that
the delegates were being taken
advantage of and told how to
vote, the chairman suggested that
if any of the delegates felt this
way that they were free to re¬
move the posters. Upon hearing
this, a large number of the dele¬
gates eagerly removed the Nixon
advertising.
Tom Delahooke was elected
chairman of the Platform Com¬
mittee and also acted as floor
leader of the Kentucky Republi¬
can delegation. Carol Moore was
elected secretary to the National
Committee in the pre-convention
meetings.
In the Democratic convention,
the national party leaders were
more subtle in their manner but,
nevertheless, achieved their aim.
Stevenson was nominated on the
first ballot by a small majority.
Upon the announcement of this
ballot, the block of supporters for
Justice William O. Douglass with¬
drew from the convention in an
attempt to make their position
known. The Douglass supporters
were of the opinion that a “me
too” policy was not strong enough
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VOL. 4, NO. 8
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
APRIL 11, 1956
— Photo Courtesy L.A. Examiner
HERE’S THE WAY . . . Bargaining for votes for Stevenson is in progress here in Saturday’s
Mock Nominating Convention at USC. Almost round the clock caucusing and trading of votes char¬
acterized the politically-directed convention. Above are John Frazer of El Camino, Bob McClure of
Chaffey, and George Herrerra, Stevenson caucus leader from El Camino.
Beta Phi Gamma
Holds 'Journalism
Day' Open House
Stop the presses! PCC’s Alpha
chapter of Beta Phi Gamma, na¬
tional journalism fraternity, is
presenting its fourth annual Jour¬
nalism Day, April 16 from 3 to 5
p.m.
This will be an open house for
all high school and junior college
students. of the area who are in¬
terested in journalism. A survey
of the classes offered in journal¬
ism, lithography, and creative
writing will be made at this time.
A guided tour of the journalism
facilities of the college will in¬
clude the photography laboratory,
the printshop, the Pageant and
Courier offices, and the Press Bur¬
eau headquarters. Talks and
guidance on journalism and the
allied fields are also on the
agenda. A contest of writing for
publications will be held during
the two-hour program. Graduate
journalists will be available to
talk to the students interested.
The program will be concluded
by the serving of refreshments in
the Courier office. All students
are invited to attend and to learn
of the work done in the area of
journalism.
Redlands Presents
Pell , Kessel Jazz
for ‘Campus Chest 1
“Modem Stylings” in music are
being presented by the Associated
students of the University of Red¬
lands for a beginning of a new
series of musical presentations.
The concert, will present the
Dave Pell Octet and the Barney
Kessel Quartet in a two hour long
performance Saturday, April 21,
at 8:15 p.m. The concert will be
presented in the Redlands High
School Auditorium on Fen Street
and will include a 15 minute inter¬
mission. Tickets are on sale at
the student union at the Univer¬
sity and may be secured for $1,
$1.25 and $1.50 per person. Stu¬
dents may write for these re¬
served tickets to D. J. Stewart,
ASUR student store, University
of Redlands.
The “Campus Chest” will re¬
ceive all the proceeds of the con¬
cert after expenses have been de¬
ducted from the receipts. The
Redlands Campus Chest is a com¬
bination of the Community Chest
and March of Dimes which also
gives to other worthy charities.
Get your reservation letters in
the mail early to receive the best
seats for one of the most out¬
standing jazz concerts to be pre¬
sented this year.
PCC Department
Work Shown PTA
Pasadena City College’s PTA
will meet Thursday, April 12, at
8 p.m. with Mrs. Val Wright pre¬
siding at a brief business meeting.
The session will be followed by a
program featuring the students
of the college.
The program will be under the
direction of Frank Hammond, a
member of the faculty, and will
feature five departments. From
the Engineering and Technology
Department there will be repre¬
sentatives of the engineering, elec¬
tronics and auto mechanics class¬
es. The Life Science Department
will be represented by students
from the dental assistant, cos¬
metology and pre-dental classes.
The students from the Social
Science Department will summar¬
ize the results of the late Mock
Nominating Convention held at
USC. The Women’s Physical Ed¬
ucation Department will present
a modern dance and also a stu¬
dent from the Council. From the
Art Department there will be ex¬
hibits on display
Fudge Sale Gains
Scholarship Funds
Miss Kathleen Loly, who was
chairman of the Language Coun¬
cil for 28 years, is honored an¬
nually by the presentation of an
award to an outstanding lan¬
guage student. The award will be
given this year at the June din¬
ner of the Language Council.
The scholarship was started
last year to honor Miss Loly upon
her retirement after 40 years of
teaching.
Money for the award is raised
by the Language Council and the
recent fudge sale for this purpose
netted approximately $80.
‘Barnyard’ Goes Backward
Hey gals, grab your guys for the turn-about dance of the year, the “Barnyard Ball,” set
for April 14 in the Sierra Madre Women’s Club House this Saturday, from 8:30 to 12 p.m.
Cotton dresses, jeans and sport clothes will be the order of the evening for dancing in the
“Barnyard” to the music of La Verne Boyer’s band. The club house, according to the decora¬
tion committee, is to resemble as
closely as possible some scene
common to a farm, such as the in¬
terior of a barn, or even a barn¬
yard.
Cider and doughnuts will be
served during the course of the
festivities and during intermission
entertainment will be provided
while couples pause for breath.
Tickets for the gala event spon¬
sored jointly by the AMS-AWS
are on sale in the student bank
and on the Prairie. Price of ad¬
mission is $1.25 with ASB book
and $2.50 without.
‘Whiskerino
The male population is request¬
ed to refrain from the use of
ail shaving apparatus in an ef¬
fort to obtain a bushy appear¬
ance at the coming OMD Car¬
nival. This is commonly known
as a whiskerino contest and, of
course, will be judged. The
judges state that they will be in¬
fluenced mostly by a beard, sec¬
ondly by its size and shape. In
the size and shape department
it may take on the general ap¬
pearance of a bush, Van Dyke,
full growth and novelty. If you
are influenced by the novelty
field, your imagination is your
only guide and rule so may the
fur fly where it may. If this
biological horticulture appeals
to you, you have until May 11
to cultivate.
— Courier Photo by Glenn Kahl
COME ON, BOB . . . Don't fight it. The girls are determined
and this is leap year anyway. The “Barnyard Ball” is coming
next Saturday and preparations are proceeding at a frenzied pace,
so get your tickets now. Above, left to right, are Helen Mead’
Bob Christensen, and Ephra Doezie.