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Vol. 10, No. 9 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California April 15, 1959
School dance becomes
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throwback to twenties
Crazy raccoon coats, shapely legs and even an occasional
pair of spats will be right in vogue on Friday evening, April
17, at the AWS-AMS dance. As an extra added feature of
this year’s next to final dance, the Big Man on Campus winner
will be crowned and then turned
loose to accept the plaudits of the
crowd.
In the running for the BMOC
plum are Pete Caputo, the choice
of both Spartans and Adelphians ;
Stu Rubin, who has the backing
of the WAA; Wayne Whitehall,
the choice of the nurses and den¬
tal assistants on campus; and
Bob Grant, picked by the choir.
Meanwhile the dance itself will
be a throwback to the so-called
“Roaring Twenties” as the theme
“Flapper Daze” would seem to
indicate. However, all firearms,
crowbars and knives will be con¬
fiscated at the door.
If by chance some poor unfor-
Circle
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prepares
Pasadena canvass
for Cancer Fund
In cooperation with other civic
groups in Southern California,
the Pasadena City College chap¬
ter of Circle
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will canvass busi¬
nesses along Colorado Street in
order to raise funds to fight can¬
cer.
Stu Rubin who, along with
Duke Milnar, is in charge of this
particular Circle
К
project, has
stated that each member of the
organization will cover about 32
businesses each. The group start¬
ed calling on the prospective do¬
nors yesterday, and will continue
to do so until the drive ends
April 30.
Although the sponsors of the
annual drive, which is being con¬
ducted throughout the Southern
California area, are not setting a
monetary goal, they are hoping
that one million “volunteers” will
participate in the fund raising
campaign. Of course, a “volun-
• teer” will only be regarded as
such if he contributes to the
drive.
tunate cannot obtain the neces¬
sary attire, casual campus clothes
will be, somewhat reluctantly, ac¬
cepted.
Entertainment for the evening
will be provided by an authentic
dixieland band who will offer a
variety of melodies, including
dixieland and popular. They will
also play requests.
Tickets for the gala event are
running at $1.50 with a student
body book and $2.50 without. The
ducats may be purchased from
any AWS-AMS cabinet member
or at the School Bank.
The dance, which is to be held
at the Pasadena Athletic Club,
will begin at approximately 8:30
p.m.
In all probability this will be
the last dance of the season be¬
fore the big graduation fling
along about the third week in
June. Meanwhile in between there
will be nothing to do but study
and cram unless you happen to
have a liking for beach atmo¬
sphere.
And don’t worry about refresh¬
ments. As things stand now, it
looks like the menu will consist
of just one entree — apple cider
and pretzels.
From all appearances this
should be a real gala affair and
a good time is contemplated by
all.
The concert will open with the
Pasadena City College commun¬
ity orchestra, which was started
earlier In the year by Jerome
Wayne Whitehill
•Correction
Contrary to a statement made
in last week’s editorial, regis¬
tration for the coming semes¬
ter will be made by mail UNTIL
August 14. After that date reg¬
istration must be done in person.
Landsman who will conduct the
musicians.
The second half of the mu¬
sical extravaganza will be present¬
ed by the PCC Lancer Band, un¬
der the direction of Robert
Fleury, chairman of the PCC Mu¬
sic Department.
Landsman himself will be solo¬
ist in the orchestra portion of the
program playing “Concerto No. 1
in A Minor for Violin and String
Orchestra” by Bach. David Thor-
sen, PCC choral director, will con¬
duct the orchestra in this num¬
ber.
In the second part of the pro¬
gram, two members of the Lan¬
cer Band will be featured. They
are Gary Fry, who will play
Mozart’s “Clarinet Concerto, ’’and
Phil Pruitt, vice-president of the
band, who will direct the band in
this number which he arranged
himself.
Bob Grant
PENNY A VOTE
College gets
H. G. Wells’
bone-chiller
One of the best science fiction
thrillers to come out of Holly¬
wood will be presented in PCC’s
Sexson Auditorium April 20 as
the last interdepartmental movie
of the year. The feature, “War
of the Worlds,” will be shown
twice, once at 3:15 and again at
7:30 that same evening.
Based on H. G. Wells’ novel of
the same title, the story relates
an invasion of Earth by Martians
who arrive in beautiful, efficient
and deadly machines. Naturally,
the world is thrown into a state
of panic, and remains in this con¬
dition until the movie reaches its
suspenseful climax.
Only a fraction of the picture’s
$1,600,000 cost was spent on flesh
and glamor actors as the greater
percentage of money went into
the construction of miniature
props and scenery.
The 50-feet high saucers with
their 30-feet high cobra head ray
guns are actually only miniatures
built on the movie lot, but they
are so realistic that audiences all
over the nation have testified as
to the realistic effect presented
by them.
Tickets for the science fiction
shocker are being sold for 40
cents apiece by the various de¬
partment councils on campus.
Tickets will also be available in
the box office before each per¬
formance.
Stu Rubin
chosen to vie for the BMOC
crown. The Spartans and the
Adelphians have nominated Pete
Caputo; WAA has nominated Stu
Rubin; nurses and dental assist¬
ants from the Life Science Build¬
ing have chosen Wayne Whitehill,
and the choir has picked Bob
Grant.
Each candidate will be support¬
ed by the different organizations
who will be in charge of cam¬
paigning and getting publicity for
their Big Man. Much fun is ex¬
pected to fly in this close con¬
test since each organization is
determined to place the coveted
crown on its candidate’s head.
Voting will be held from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Votes will cost one pen¬
ny apiece and jars for these trib¬
utes will be provided in the main
hall of C Building under the pic¬
tures of the candidates for BMOC.
“The total amount of pennies will
be fed to the undernourished pig¬
gy bank of AWS,” stated the
board’s president, Barbara Haw¬
kins.
This year’s BMOC will be an¬
nounced and crowned at the AMS-
AWS dance to be held on Friday,
April 17, from 8:30 to 12 at the
Pasadena Athletic Club. There,
the BMOC will preside over a
court of “Roaring Twenties” dan¬
cers and Dixieland music.
Students are urged to vote for
their candidate for BMOC and to
support “Flapper Daze” dance
for the crowning of the big man.
Model home opens
its doors to public;
hard work finished
Climaxing months of hard
work on the part of over 15 sepa¬
rate classes of the Pasadena City
College Engineering and Tech¬
nology Department, this year’s
model home opens its doors to¬
day.
The spacious six-room dwelling,
which is furnished in modern
decor by Foes Furniture of Pasa¬
dena, will remain open for five
weeks during which time the stu¬
dents of the building construction
classes will show interested Pasa¬
denans through their project.
Under the direction of Dean
Reinhold, the students have done
all the work themselves from pub¬
licity to interior electrical instal¬
lation.
During the five weeks that the
house will be open, sealed bids
will be accepted to be opened in
May when the home goes to its
. new owners. In the past the
houses have sold for over $7000
to residents of Pasadena and Al-
tadena.
Making his second appearance is as many semes-
TOOTING ters, jazz trumpeter Teddy Buckner has been
TEDDY brought back to Pasadena City College by popular
BUCKNER demand. Buckner will play at the assembly to¬
morrow in Sexson Auditorium.
Students make preparations
for commencement exercises
Orders for caps and gowns for graduation candidates are now
being taken at the School Bank, announced PCC’s acting president,
Dr. Catherine Robbins. Rental of the blue caps and gowns will be
$3.25 which is to be paid when the order is placed.
Graduation announcements and cards will also be available at
the School Bank. A committee from the graduating class including
Donna Langrud, Bill Loomis and Kay Dooley have selected a French,
single fold announcement engraved in hairline script. The envelopes
will be conventional white vellum with a gold embossed crest.
Cost for the announcements will be 16 cents each plus four per
cent sales tax. Thermographed and engraved cards will also be on
sale. Thermographed cards will cost $1.90 per 100 and the engraved
cards will be $3.25 per 100 plus sales tax. All orders must be paid
for when they are placed and no orders will be accepted after May 15.
Graduation exercises will be held in the Rose Bowl on Thursday,
June 18, at 6:45 p.m. Candidates for graduation will include students
from John Muir and Pasadena High Schools, Pasadena City College
and the graduating nurses from Huntington Memorial Hospital.
Music Department schedules
band concert for next week
Highlighting the April calendar for the Pasadena City
College Instrumental Music Department will be “April Musical
Moments,” this year’s band and orchestra concert, which will
be presented Friday, April 24, at 8 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium.
Coed organizations
list BMOC entries
Four fine specimens of manhood will be competing for
the title of Big Man on Campus in the year’s most important
male popularity contest. The BMOC contest will be held during
this week. After much debate, four candidates have been
