PC C CousU&i
Vol. 3, No. 12
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
December 7, 1955
PTA Continues
Membership Drive
The PCC Parent-Teachers As¬
sociation, as a result of its mem¬
bership drive, has reached a total
of 489. This is believed to be the
largest junior college PTA mem¬
bership.
The present membership does
not, however, meet the goal of
600 set by the organization. Mem¬
bership is still open to all adult
students (those married or over
21) and parents.
Newman Club Plans Party
for Girls at Orphanage
Members of the Newman Club,
under the direction of Brian Ford,
will host a Christmas party for
the younger girls at the Los An¬
geles Orphanage on Sunday, Dec.
11.
Forty members of the club will
participate in presenting ice
cream, candies and individual
gifts to the girls. The Altadena
Council of the Knights of Colum¬
bus and Arden Dairies will co¬
sponsor the affair.
FOUR TO SOLO . . . These four young singers will take solo
parts in Friday’s musical production, ‘Festival of Lights.” Left
to right, starting at the top, are tenor soloist, Thyriss Munford;
alto soloist, Margo Nelson; soprano, Orolie Fosdick; and baritone,
Bob Ward. “A Festival of Lights” will be presented in Sexson
Auditorium at 1:15 p.m.
Christmas Musital Will
Feature Four Soloists
Four experienced vocalists will sing solos in the Christmas con-
‘cert "A Festival of Lights,” slated for December 9.
Soloist of “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” will be Orolie Fosdick, first
soprano. Miss Fosdick, a graduate of John Muir High School, was
a member of the JMHS A Cappella Choir, and at present sings in
the choir of the Church of the Lighted Window.
Featured in the “Christmas Oratorio” by Bach, will be alto
soloist Margo Nelson, 14-1 student who sang in the Spring Concert
last year. She has also been a member of the Madrigal Singers for
a year and a half.
Thyriss Munford, 13-1 student from Rock Castle, Va., will be
tenor soloist for “Mary a Baby.” Munford was a soloist for his high
school A Cappella Choir.
Featured soloists for “Go Tell It on the Mountain” will be Bob
Ward, baritone from Gary, Ind. Ward was a member of the Gary
Municipal Ox-atorio Chorus, and of the Indiana University A Cappella
Choir.
All four Pasadena City College students are music majors.
“A Festival of Lights” will be presented in Sexson Auditorium
at 8:15 p.m.
Election of New
ASB Officers Set
Election of next semester’s ASB
officers will be held on January
10 and 13, it has been announced
by Elections Commissioner Ed
Brower. Any student with an ASB
book and at least a "C" average
may run for office.
Applications and petitions may
be picked up in the office of the
dean of student activities, 111C,
starting today, and must be re¬
turned by December 16. The of¬
fices to be voted for in the Janu¬
ary election are: ASB pi'esident
and vice-president, AMS and AWS
presidents, Sophomore and Fresh¬
man Class presidents and six rep-
x-esentatives-at-large.
For any further information
contact either Brower or Miss Lil¬
lian Cochrane in 111C.
Beta Phi Gamma Holds
Regional Convention
Beta Phi Gamma, the honorary journalistic society for ju¬
nior colleges which was originated on our campus in the early
1930’s by Miss Gladys Snyder
will host the Western Regional
City Manager Will
Discuss Civic
Rights and Duties
As the key feature of the Bill
of Rights Week, the Social Sci¬
ence Council will present a spe¬
cial assembly in Sexson Audito-
rium next Wednesday, Dec. 14,
at 11 o’clock with the city man¬
ager, Don C. McMillan, speaking
on the rights and duties of citi¬
zens.
The Social Science Department
invites all students as well as
teachers and classes which meet
at this time, to attend.
and Mrs. Glenn B. Merrifield,
Convention Saturday, Dec. 10.
Representatives from the sever¬
al colleges with Beta Phi Gam¬
ma chapters, and those desiring to
obtain chapters, will meet in Har-
beson Hall for registration at 9
a.m. Saturday morning. A gener¬
al meeting will follow the regis¬
tration period.
The morning hours, after the
general session, will be spent in
business and discussion meetings.
At 10 a.m. the members will break
up into smaller work sessions and
disperse to various parts of the
campus. Student leaders from
the different colleges have been
designated to preside over these
meetings.
Contests in news, feature, edi¬
torial and sports writing ai-e
scheduled for the same time as
the group meetings, with prizes
for the winners of each section.
J udges will be honorary members
of Beta Phi Gamma, practicing
journalists and alumni members
active in joui'nalism.
Lunch at Van de Kamp’s and at¬
tendance at the Junior Rose Bowl
game will put the capper on the
day for the journalists.
Chapters have been urged by
William Buttler, Beta Phi Gamma
national pi'esident, to send news¬
papers, football programs, athlet¬
ic brochures, etc. for display pur¬
poses during the convention, so
that the different chapters may
get new ideas from the activities
of others.
JOAN CULVER . . . pink cheeked, blonde, with hazel eyes
and a bubbling personality yesterday was named Queen of the
67th annual Tournament of Roses. The daughter of Mrs. I. H.
Culver, Queen Joan will be inducted into her royal office at the
Coronation and Ball to be held at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on
December 28. She and the six beautiful princesses who make up
her court, Sue Anderson, Sharon Doty, Yvonne Flint, Arnette
Fredrickson, Lelia McEachern and Gail Shannon, will appear at
numerous pre-parade, pre-game functions of the Tournament of
Roses, including the Royal Ball to be held on Friday, Dec. 16 to
which all ASB members will be admitted free.