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Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
December 10, 1958
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Queen Pam Prather
ment judges, is studying to be¬
come a social worker. She en¬
joys working with children and
teaches a Sunday school class at
the San Marino Community
Church.
Her hobbies include flower ar¬
ranging, puttering around the
yard of her San Marino home and
baking cookies, cupcakes and
cakes.
Outdoor activities appeal to the
queen, who enjoys sailing and
swimming. She also enjoys watch¬
ing a good game of football.
The girl who thought “she was
too short to be queen” stands only
5’2” and weighs 110 pounds. Green
eyes and blonde hair add to the
charms of this year’s queen.
Miss Prather does not forget
the intellectual side of her per¬
sonality, however. She enjoys
reading books which deal with
historical subjects and she also
enjoys classical music. Pat
Boone, Perry Como and Frank
Sinatra are her favorite popular
music personalities.
A busy schedule looms for the
Queen and the members of her
Royal Court, who are at present
the most-photographed young
ladies in the United States. They
met the public at the Queen’s
Breakfast, held last Thursday at
the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel.
The Queen and Princesses will
also appear at the Pasadena City
College Royal Ball, the Corona¬
tion and Ball at the Pasadena Civ¬
ic Auditorium on December 29
and, of course, the famous Rose
Rarade on January 1, 1959.
“I have watched the Rose Pa¬
rade for years,” commented the
Queen, “but I never dreamed that
someday I would be able to par¬
ticipate so closely.”
Pasadena City College’s Lancer
Band will join with 18 other bands
to provide the music for the thir¬
teenth annual Junior Rose Bowl
Parade and Game to be held in
Pasadena this Saturday.
In the parade, the participating
bands will be interspersed with
cars carrying the officials of the
event.
Bands will appear in the follow¬
ing order: Official Band, Shasta
College, Orange Coast College,
Yuba Junior College, Eastern
college band (to be announced
later), Bakersfield Junior College,
Mt. San Antonio College, El Ca-
mino College, Long Beach City
College, Valley Junior College,
College of the Sequoias, Pasadena
City College, and another west¬
ern school to be announced later.
Speech Department
Announces Winners
of Annual Contest
Robert Plank and Anthony
Roberts finished in a tie for first
place and Shirley Fleming and
Joynell Simmons tied for third
place Eft the 51st annual Davis-
Hall speakoff, held at the Marino
House last Thursday.
Medals were presented to the
winning speakers by Miss Mary
Elizabeth Davis and Walter Hall,
following judging of the speeches
by Lu Spehr of the Pasadena
Star-News and Vance Burch and
Dr. Irvin Lewis of the PCC fac¬
ulty.
Bob Grant of PCC represented
Phi Rho Pi, the college speech
arts fraternity as master of cere¬
monies. Over 60 PCC students,
faculty members and Pasadena
citizens attended the banquet pre-
ceeding the speeches.
The Davis-Hall Public Speak¬
ing Contest was begun in 1907
and has been held every year
since that date. Founders of the
competition were M. W. Davis
and J. Herbert Hall.
College Celebrates
Christmas Musically
Pasadena City College’s Music Department will present
its annual Christmas gift to the community this Friday eve¬
ning at 8:15 in the Sexson Auditorium. This year’s music
pageant will feature three different types of Christmas music.
For the first time David Thor- - -
•Bookworms
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . . . Miss Pamela Prather was
chosen the one to rule over the 1959 Tournament of Roses.
Queen Pamela was selected over 1900 other Pasadena City College
coeds in the annual contest to find a monarch to reign over the
New Year’s Day festivities. She and her Court will make their
first national appearance this Tuesday on the George Gobel Show.
Rose Tournament
Announces Queen
The old saying, “A beautiful girl can get by without
knowing anything,” certainly does not apply to Pamela Pra¬
ther, Lancer beauty who will reign over the events of the
70th annual Tournament of Roses. Queen Pamela, selected
last Wednesday by the tourna-
Lancer Bandsmen
March in Parade
The Library Council’s annual
Bookworm Contest offers two
prizes for the most interesting
and well-selected book collec¬
tion in a particular subject area
belonging to a PCC student. You
may win a $10 book order as a
first prize, or $5 in cash as a
second prize. Closing date for
the entries is December 10. The
winning collection will be dis¬
played in the Library the week
of December 15.
sen and his Madrigal Singers will
present Gian-Carlo M e n
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1 1 i’s
Christmas opera, “Amal}l and the
Night Visitors,” an opera first
commissioned for television and
given its premiere by the NBC
Television Opera Theater in New
York City in 1951.
Taking the part of the little
crippled Amahl is Billy Craeger
from Long Beach. Playing
Amahl’s mother will be Grace
Coplan. Featured as the kings
and shepherds will be Paul Vor-
werk, Douglas Livingston, Rich¬
ard Milius and George Blackburn,
all of whom are in the Madrigal
Singers.
The special stage setting for the
opera has been especially de¬
signed by Bill Bockus, art in¬
structor at PCC, and Don Keck,
stage technician.
The second part of the musical
extravaganza will be the first pub¬
lic appearance of the newly or¬
ganized 70-piece College-Commun¬
ity Orchestra, under the direction
of Jerome Landsman.
The final section of the concert
will feature the PCC A Cappella
Choir, also under the direction of
Thorsen. The group will appear
for the first time in their new
scarlet robes. Music by Bach, Pal¬
estrina and Handel will be heard
as well as interesting arrange-
ances.
Their schedule began on Sun¬
day, Nov. 23, with the President’s
Tea, held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Hoefflin, Jr.
On Tuesday, Nov. 25, the mem¬
bers of the court were guests at
President Stanley Brown’s dinner,
attended by officers of the Tour¬
nament of Roses, the Queen Se¬
lection Committee and their
wives.
The Presentation Luncheon was
held in the Garden Room of Pasa¬
dena’s Huntington-Sheraton Hotel
on Wednesday, Nov. 26, and last
Wednesday the members of the
court appeared at the Rose Pa¬
rade Participant’s Dinner at the
University Club.
At noon today the Queen and
her Princdsses will attend the
Big Ten Luncheon at the Bilt-
more Bowl, followed on Novem¬
ber 16 by an appearance on the
George Gobel television show.
As the day of the Rose Parade
nears, the court members will at¬
tend the Football Writer’s Lunch¬
eon at the Annandale Golf Club
on December 22, the Tournament
of Roses Membership Tea at the
Huntington-Sheraton Hotel and
the Pasadena City College Royal
Ball.
The Coronation and Ball at the
Pasadena Civic Auditorium, the
meeting at the Los Angeles Break¬
fast Club and the Kiwanis Kick¬
off Luncheon on Wednesday, Dec.
31, will be the final events before
the close of 1958.
Then, on New Year’s Day,
comes the event which is 'synony¬
mous with the Tournament of
Roses — the famous Rose Parade.
This will mark the culmination,
for the Queen and the Princesses,
of all the hustle and bustle of pre¬
vious weeks.
ments of Christmas carols repre¬
senting music of various lands.
This performance will end a
busy week for the Choir who pre¬
sented the “Magnificat” by Bach
at the Oneonta Congregational
Church in Pasadena last Sunday
evening. The group, singing 117
strong, was joined by the voices
of the church Chancel Choir, also
under the direction of Thorsen,
and the church orchestra to pre¬
sent the moving Christmas ora¬
torio.
Standing room only was’ avail¬
able in the large main sanctuary
of the church in South Pasadena
for the evening performance
which marked the beginning of
the Advent season for many lo¬
cal residents who each year
eagerly await the annual Bach
sing.
Besides preparing these two
concerts, the singers have been
busy throughout the last two
months with outside programs in
this area.
Marilyn Sampson
Bevy of Beautiful Rose Princesses
Prepare for Busy Rose Court Slate
The task of Royalty is never an easy one and certainly
the seven members of the Tournament of Roses Court can
vouch for this fact, for since their selection, life for them
has been a continuous round of public and private appear-
Kathleen Ransom
Carole Mark
Diane Price
Thea Corcoran
Diana Rasmussen