Comely Trudy Wood Captures
Rose Tournament Queen Title
PCC CouAleb
Vol. 7, No. 12
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
December 11, 1957
Roses and Royalty Rule
Over Regal Royal Ball
The nineteen hundred and fifty-eight Tournament of
Roses Queen and Princesses will be honored by the Associated
Student Body this Friday at the Lancer Royal Bail. The dance
will be staged in Pasadena Civic Auditorium from 9 to mid¬
night to the theme of “Roses ^
and Royalty.’'
Bids may be picked up at the
Student Bank upon presentation
of ASB books. Admission for non¬
book holders is $2.50 per couple.
Semi-formal or formal gowns and
dark suits are in order for the
evening.
Stan Chambers, KTLA-TV an¬
nouncer, will be master of cere¬
monies, and Leighton Noble’s or¬
chestra will provide the dance
music.
Ten couples will be honored
attendants, accompanying the roy¬
al court to their seats of royalty.
Susie Kincaid, social affairs
commissioner, is in charge of the
annual ball. Members of her com¬
mission are on various planning
committees. Stu Brown is han¬
dling publicity; bids, Sharon Bry¬
ant; and decorations, Barbara
Fondren.
The Queen’s throne, fashioned
like a giant rose petal, will be
the main attraction, and will be
surrounded by decorations done
in red and gold. A white Christ¬
mas tree with red bulbs will be
another attraction of the dance
floor.
PC C Career Day
Slated Tomorrow
A total of 43 speakers from a
wide variety of professions are
scheduled to appear on the PCC
campus for the annual Circle
К
Career Day, which is to be held to¬
morrow, December 12, during the
assembly period from 11:40 to
12 noon.
The Career Day proceedings,
which are being coordinated by
Herb James, Circle
К
president,
and Dr. Robert Haugh, dean of
student activities, are being di¬
vided into 12 sections, each cor¬
responding to a PCC department.
Represented will be the De¬
partments of Art, Business, En¬
gineering and Technology, Eng¬
lish, Life Science, Physical Sci¬
ence, Mathematics, Music, Nurs¬
ing, Physical Science, and So¬
cial Science. Students interest¬
ed in a particular field will
thus attend a discussion in the
career field they have chosen.
Basic communication students
are required to participate in the
program, although any PCC stu¬
dent who has an interest in a cer¬
tain career field may attend.
Career Day bulletins giving
the names of speakers, their
topics, and room numbers for
the various groups are to be
posted at various points on the
campus. This will enable stu¬
dents to choose more readily
the topic in which they are
interested.
Included among the many
prominent speakers are Bob Rus¬
sell, a professional song writer;
Ted Morris, Pasadena personnel
director; interior designer Phil
Hunt, and Don Hansen, former
Courier editor and now city edi¬
tor of the San Gabriel Valley
Daily Tribune.
3n Jflemortam
Miss Irma Graham was a
dedicated teacher whose brilli¬
ant dreams of great things for
the Women’s Physical Educa¬
tion Department were only just
begun. A vivacious, happy,
seemingly carefree young wom¬
an, she will be greatly missed
by the profession, as well as her
many friends. She had devoted
her life to teaching, coming to
Pasadena in 1929, spending most
of her years at PCC and Muir
and climaxing her career by
becoming chairman of the
Women’s Physical Education
Department last September.
By her membership in num¬
erous professional organizations
she exercised wide influence on
the junior college program. She
became a recognized authority
on archery, presenting several
institute sessions, and as a
teacher in summer schools. Her
sabbatical leave was spent visit¬
ing physical education depart¬
ments of foreign countries so
she might bring back something
of value to the profession.
A perfectionist in dress, she
was famous for her hat story
which was told many times on
request and always proved
equally funny. She was a lover
of good books, a charming host¬
ess, a loyal friend, and a devot¬
ed teacher. Her epitaph might
well read:
“I count no days but the
school days.”
— Miss Elizabeth Jensen
Davis-Hall Speech
Semi-finalists Vie
Eight preliminary Davis-Hall
public speaking contestants now
remain to vie for semi-final hon¬
ors today at 1 p.m. in 12C. The
group of competitors who were
selected Monday are Warren
Smith, Bob Flowers, Gerald Heiss,
Richard Olson, Marg Genthe,
Claudia Harry, Marcyn Brown
and Henry Wapstra.
From this group, four will be
chosen today to Compete as final¬
ists. The debaters will meet at
Carpenter’s Santa Anita Restau¬
rant before judges and guests to
try for the first and second place
gold medal awards. Speeches
vary in length from five to seven
minutes and in subject content
from California history, the ro¬
mance of banking, Father Serra
to the citrus industry and a fa¬
mous native son, Bret Harte.
Approximately 21 students turn¬
ed out from Lancer forensics
classes to enter the yearly event.
This marks the fiftieth anniver¬
sary of the contest which was in¬
itiated in 1907 by J. Herbert Hall,
prominent Pasadena businessman
and M. W. Davis, then a member
of the school board.
’Toys for Kiddies'
Drive Encouraged
by Soph Council
In cooperation with the Toys for
Tots drive which the United
States Marine Corps sponsors an¬
nually, PCC’s Sophomore Coun¬
cil will collect toys for needy
children this week for their “Toys
for Kiddies” drive. Toys obtained
will be given to the Marines for
distribution.
Toys of any material, type, or
size will be appreciated. Students
are asked to donate to the drive
articles which they might have
had as children or those which
they might purchase from a mer¬
chant.
Large white barrels will be
seen stationed in the hallways
and hangouts about the PCC cam¬
pus. Students are urged to con¬
tribute to aid needy children to
whom these toys will be given.
Chairman of the drive is stu¬
dent body vice-president Larry
Walker. Marine reserve student
Audie Lachman, together with Lt.
Joe Hunter, is acting as liaison
between the two organizations.
Sophomore Class President Bob
Flowers is coordinating the event.
The United States Marines be¬
gan collecting Toys for Tots
many years ago. Aided by mer¬
chants in the collection campaign,
an average of 250,000 toys are
given to the Marines each year.
Broken and soiled toys are re¬
paired and from the above total,
75,000 toys are distributed to
needy children throughout the
country.
•For Women Only
Spartans, campus women’s serv¬
ice organization, announce that
applications for membership
are now available and can be
obtained in
И1С,
17C, the Stu¬
dent Lounge, the Women’s
Gym and the WAA clubroom.
Applicants must maintain a “C”
average and have one semester
of outstanding service to the
school. Deadline for returning
applications is Friday, Dec. 13.
RADIANTLY SERENE AND REGAL ... in her eye-catching
white satin ball gown, Trudy Wood, 16-year-old honey-colored
brownette with a youthful complexion and a vivacious sparkle to
her hazel eyes, reigns supreme over the 1958 Tournament of Roses
parade and game on New Year’s Day. Queen Trudy is a Lancer
freshman and was selected from a field of 1800 coeds to bear the
title of this year’s Rose Queen.
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Business Honor Student
Commences Rose Reign
Disproving the theory that beauty queens are “beautiful
but dumb” is the Lancerette who will grace the throne of the
Rose Queen for the 69th annual Tournament of Roses. Trudy
Wood, a native Pasadenan, and an honor student as well, was
Office-seekers Take Out
Student Body Petitions
PCC issues its semi-annual plea for student government candi¬
dates this week as petitions for the 12 ASB Board positions and a
large variety of appointive positions are being made available. The
second semester will open these offices to new applicants and stu¬
dents are urged to begin their campaigning now by fulfilling the
petition requirement.
Petitions may be obtained in the Student Activities Office, 111C,
according to newly appointed Elections Commissioner Jean Hutchi¬
son. They will be due Wednesday, Dec. 18, with the proper number
of signatures. ASB presidential candidates require 100 signatures,
AMS and AWS presidents, 75 signatures, and class presidents and
reps at large take 50 signatures.
Each election aspirant is required to fill out an eligibility card
which must be signed by his instructors before he will be approved.
In addition, all candidates must have their picture taken between
10 and 12 noon or 1 to 3 p.m. on December 16, 17, or 18 in the campus
Photo Lab.
Publicity for the election cannot be put up before Monday morn-
mg> Jan. 13. It must first be okayed by the notifications commissioner,
Ernie Johnson, and the elections commissioner.
Student body presidential candidates will be required to deliver
a one-minute speech before the student body on January 16 at an
ASB assembly. All election candidates will be introduced at that
time.
Polls will be open for voting immediately after the assembly
January 16 and continue all day January 17. A record crowd of
voters is anticipated.
announced as this year’s Rose
Queen last Wednesday by *the
Tournament officials.
Miss Wood is a freshman coed
majoring in business administra¬
tion at PCC. As a Pasadena High
School student last year, Trudy
won a National Secretaries As¬
sociation scholarship and main¬
tained a straight “A” average in
her studies.
The lively miss stands
5’4У2”
and weighs 123 pounds. She types
herself as an outdoor girl, but
since she became Rose Queen,
has become a serene and poised
personality who holds the title
of “Her Highness” very well.
The Queen and her Court were
honored last Thursday at the
traditional Queen’s Breakfast
where Bob Crosby entertained for
the guests. They will again be
feted at the Royal Ball Friday
evening and at the Coronation
Ball December 27 in the Civic Au¬
ditorium. The Queen’s Coronation
gown is made of white satin and
is imprinted with a flower design
bedecked with sparkling jewels.
When asked her first reaction
when she learned that she had
been selected as queen, Trudy
laughed, “I screamed, I cried, but
I didn’t say anything!”