— Courier Photo by Brian Motta and John Miller
HER MAJESTY, ANN MOSSBERG ... the 1957 Queen of the Tournament of Roses, is a blue¬
eyed, brown-haired, 13-2 coed who is the tallest of the girls in this year’s Rose Court. The daugh¬
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar M. Mossberg of 14 Waverly Drive, Alhambra, Ann wore number 124
during the competition. She is an education major and hopes to teach on either the Junior high
school or senior high school level. She wants to continue her education at UCLA when she finishes
her two years here at PCC.
While Queen of the 68th annual Tournament, Ann will be attended by her six Rose Princesses,
Mitzi Albertson Lvnn McCaffrey, Antoinette McClean, Frida Nilsen, Frances Smith, and Diane Wag¬
ner She will be introduced to PCC at the Royal Ball at the Civic Auditorium on December 14. Details
are ' on page three of this tesue. Later in the month she will be officially installed into her office by
Tohn S Davidson president of the Tournament of Roses Association, at the Coronation Ball on
Decenfber 28 On’ New Year’s Day she and her court will ride on their own float in the Rose Parade
and will occupy the Royal Box at the Rose Bowl Game.
Ann’s parents, both born in Sweden, exclaimed in surprise and joy at the announcement that
their daughter had been named Queen, “It could only happen m America.
1 Festival of Lights ’
Tells Christ’s Birth
A candle-lighting ceremony will climax the annual presen¬
tation of the Pasadena City College Christmas Concert, Friday,
Dec. 7, at 8:15 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. “A Festival of
Lights,” is the theme of this year’s production which is spon¬
Lollipop Proceeds
Pay for Postage
A new kind of lollipop will
make its appearance on campus
December 17 and 18, as English
Council members promote the
sale of a peppermint-flavored
variety.
Money derived from the sale of
the 10 cent lollipops will be used
by the council to pay postage on
the clothing which was collected
for the Coberg school late in No¬
vember.
PCC adopted this German
school in 1945 and every year
since then has sent necessities to
them. When the program was
first started only English books
were sent, but as the years passed
a need for clothing was made evi¬
dent by the letters sent by the
students.
Each year the English Council,
under the direction of Dr. Doro¬
thy Dixon, chairman of the Eng¬
lish Department, sponsors these
drives as two of their most im¬
portant projects.
Also under the supervision of
the council is the sponsorship of
the Pipes of Pan, an anthology
of student work, and the English
Honors Tea which is held at the
end of each school year.
Nancy Robinson is the presi¬
dent of the current council.
sored by the Pasadena City Col¬
lege Theater Arts Board. It will
be directed by David Thorsen.
Hymns, carols, and the story of
Christ’s birth in tableaux, narra¬
tion and song, will complete the
program. Four tableaux scenes
will be given, the Prophecy of the
Birth, the Annunciation, the Ful¬
fillment of the Prophecy, and the
Adoration.
Pasadena’s two choral groups,
the Madrigal Singers and the A
Cappella Choir, will join voices
for their part of the presentation.
They will be featured in folk
carols, ancient Christmas chants,
and the traditional Yuletide
hymns. Soloists for the program
include Mary Ann Crocker, Gladys
Burns, Jerry Richardson, Diane
Davidson, Bob Peters, Mary Mar¬
tin, Charlotte Smith, and Bruce
Remsburg.
The special candle-lighting cere¬
mony was adopted by Mr. Thor¬
sen from an ancient Christmas
service and is being presented for
the second consecutive year.
The Nativity program will in¬
clude student participants from
five departments of PCC. The
departments of music, drama, cos¬
metology, arts, and stage tech¬
nology are combining their talents
for the holiday production.
The program is open to stu¬
dents and community residents
on a no admission charge, no re¬
served seat basis.
Students will see a portion of
the program tomorrow at assem¬
bly period.
Befa Phi Gamma Hosts
Conference Saturday
Journalism students and advisers will come from ten junior col¬
leges to participate in the second annual Vocational Journalism Con¬
ference which will be held at PCC this Saturday, Dec. 8. Co-sponsor¬
ing the event with the Alpha chapter of Beta Phi Gamma here on
campus is the Journalism Association of Junior Colleges, under the
direction of John (Sky) Dunlap.
An estimated 125 students are expected to be on hand for regis¬
tration at 9 a.m., eat refreshments, take a tour of Journalism Row, the
printshop, and other parts of PCC’s journalism setup.
Members of Beta will gather for a meeting later in the morning,
and will initiate new members and a new chapter. William P. Buttler,
PCC journalism instructor and national president of the organization
will preside.
A general session in Harbeson Hall will introduce the leaders of
the ensuing workshops to the delegates. Mannie Pineda a PCC
alumnus and sports writer for the Pasadena Star-News, and Skip
Webster, an alumnus now in the publicity department of CBS, will be
among the featured speakers in the professional journalism fields.
