PCC Courier, February 15, 1956

Princess Audrey Steals ‘ Roman Holiday PCC CoutileSi VOL 4, NO. з PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 15, 1956 ‘Elder Statesman 9 Voted OMD Prexy at Election Banquet At the semester banquet of OMD, PCC’s highest honorary service organization, the officers for the present semester were elected. Allen Carter, well known as “elder statesman” on the campus, was elected president. John Christie, last semester’s editor of the Courier, was elected to the vice-presidency with Verona Max- son being chosen for the secretar¬ ial post. George Morlan, editor of the Courier in ’54-’55 was elected to the treasury position. Academy Award Winner Stars Paramount’s Best Paramount’s Academy-award winning picture, “Roman Holiday,” will be shown as the third inter-departmental movie of the year. The picture will be run on Monday, Feb. 20, in Sexson Auditorium at 3:15 and 7:30 p.m. Admission will be 40 cents and the money will be devoted entirely to scholarships, awards and other student welfare projects. Paramount has hit the jackpot in this clever and intriguing com¬ edy. It is the story of a princess breaking through protocol for an unsupervised day on the town. Photographed in Rome, the pic¬ ture is filled with scenes of the Eternal City, and the extras are almost exclusively Italian. Greg¬ ory Peck plays the newspaper¬ man who falls in love with the princess and Eddie Albert is cast as a bewildered photographer. Audrey Hepburn imparts a spe¬ cial glow as the wistful princess on a sight-seeing spree. This is high comedy with emo¬ tional overtones, and under Wil¬ liam Wyler’s direction becomes a modern fairy tale with a ma¬ ture ending. Last semester’s president, Anita Wilcott, presided and installed the new members as well as the newly elected officers. Unanimous 'K' Vote Re-elects Carter IN THE NEWS . . . Roman Holiday plays at student prices for the benefit of students and parents alike and will appear twice, costing only 40 cents per person. Above, the leads, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, exchange words in one of the final scenes from the prize-winning movie. With a lively plot that never becomes dull or dry this one is worth seeing. Speaks for Forum Alan Carter, Circle К president of last semester, was returned to office by the unanimous vote of his colleagues during an informal meeting at the home of Ken Fa- ger Friday evening. Elected to aid Carter in the coming semester were Tom Dela- hooke, vice-president; Paul Hauge, secretary; Art Dyson, treasurer; Ron Plambeck, ser- geant-at-arms; Clark Herndon, membership secretary; and Ed Brower, activities director. Chuck Crayne, former Circle К member currently of the en¬ tertainment world, furnished the group with music for their listen¬ ing and singing pleasure. Eleven new members of the men’s honorary service organiza¬ tion were admitted. The list of honorees includes Ed Brower, Chuck Ayres, Dick Braeger, John Christie, Bob Grant, Ralph Kost, John Martin, Leonard Metz, Les Tracy, Jerry Van Meter, and Don Fedde. theme of the meeting this year is “Foreign Policy in the Shadow of the H-Bomb.” Outstanding speakers on vari¬ ous phases of American foreign policy, brought to Stanford from the government, educational and research institutions will be pres¬ ent. There will be debates,- panels and symposiums composed of ex¬ perts who will discuss such sub¬ jects as: the pressure for German reunification; the US stand on the Egypt-Israel dispute; analy¬ sis of Russia’s new world policy; evaluation of our policies toward India and others of the neutral bloc. Seminars composed of dele¬ gates will investigate and evalu¬ ate American policies. Last year’s conference featured Harold Stassen as its keynote speaker. This year’s speaker is as yet uncertain, but negotiations are being made to have George V. Allen, assistant secretary of state for the Middle East, speak on the problems of this troubled area. Plans for a delegation to attend the conference are being made by Newsman An excellent interpretation of foreign affairs will be presented by Richard D. Thomas, newsman and radio broadcaster, as the Tuesday Evening Forum on Feb¬ ruary 21 at 8 p.m. in Sexson Au¬ ditorium. He will speak on the Near and Far East, on America and her future, and on current world developments. •Politicians Pasadena City College has been invited by the University of Southern California to partici¬ pate in a mock nominating con¬ vention on its campus on April 5, 6, and 7. This convention is to be inter-collegiate and the first 54 colleges who submit ap¬ plications will represent the various states, territories and the District of Columbia. Each college will send a Republican and a Democratic delegation. Application blanks are avail¬ able in the Social Science of¬ fice, 213C. .br. Harold Hansen of the Social Science Department. Members of the student body interested in ob¬ taining more information about the conference may get applica¬ tion blanks from the Social Sci¬ ence Department in 213C. The application blanks should be re¬ turned to Dr. Hansen as soon as possible. Thomas began his career as news interpreter and business an¬ alyst 25 years ago, when he toured 20 countries in Europe as a free-lance writer. He then spent four years in Paris with the Associated Press and The New York Herald Tribune, re¬ porting on France’s growing la¬ bor movement, the gathering clouds of war, and the growth of the Rome-Berlin Axis and the Nazi invasion of Austria. In 1938, Thomas returned to the United States to broadcast in French and English on NBC’s short-wave international broad¬ cast and to become chief news analyst for WBNX, an independ¬ ent New York station. During World War II, Mr. Thomas was called on by the United States Army Psychologi¬ cal Warfare Branch to make the D-Day invasion of North Africa as a civilian. He landed with the first units at Oran and set up radio programs, the first heard in that area since the Nazis took over, at Oran, Rabat, Algiers, and Tunis. His duties included trans¬ mitting radio orders in French from General Eisenhower to the French resistance movement. In 1944, Thomas returned to the United States, joined the Army as a private, graduated from Army Intelligence School, and was sent to the Pacific on a secret mission. He was given a direct field com¬ mission by General MacArthur, and served as an Air Force in¬ telligence expert for more than two years in the China- Japan-Ko- rea area, with missions to the Philippines, Thailand, India, Paki¬ stan, Arabia, and Egypt. In 1948, he joined the staff of the New York Times and spent five years with that organization, writing on domestic and foreign affairs for the Times’ radio sta¬ tion, WQXR. A Harvard graduate, Thomas has received diplomas from the University of Paris and has been decorated by the French Govern¬ ment for his efforts in behalf of Franco-American friendship. His keen observation and wide expe- Ralph D. Thomas rience have provided Mr. Thomas with a rich background for his interesting and enlightening lec¬ ture on America and the con¬ struction of world peace. • Electronics Classes Plan for Equipment February 15 is the date set for the bidding on new electronic equipment. The electronic laboratory has grown and can no longer use the old equipment of their depart¬ ment. Now it is their turn to get some new equipment. This electronics class is the largest single vocational curricu¬ lum in the Engineering and Tech¬ nology Department and will be in a position to put the new equip¬ ment to good use. Until the new equipment ar¬ rives, the 68 students now enroll- Fourth Foreign Polity Conference Scheduled Stanford University has invited PCC for the fourth year to participate in its annual Western College Conference on American Foreign Policy. The conference will be held on the Stanford University campus February 26 through 28. The Final Casting Set for Play ’Elizabeth' “Elizabeth the Queen,” a play by Maxwell Anderson who also authored “Saturday’s Children,” has its final casting in order and it will be presented on March 8 and 9 under the direction of dra¬ ma teacher Donald Liercke. Eloise Taylor has the female lead of Elizabeth. Eloise is a dra¬ ma major with a considerable amount of previous experience, considering her work in plays in South Pasadena High School and the Pasadena Playhouse. The male lead of Essex goes to Maurice Perreiah, who is also a drama major, just out of the Army. Maurice plans to further his education at SC. Diane Mam- mano has the part of Penelope Gray and Ray Stamat has the role of Sir Walter Raleigh. Bob Bruce will play Sir Robert Cecil, and Don Spruance has the role of Francis Bacon. Lancer Band Heads for Snow Vacation As a reward for their repeated fine work in service of the school and their annual perform¬ ance in the Tournament of Roses Parade the Lancer Band is going on a vacation. The group, composed of the PCC Lancer Band and a few se¬ lected players from the senior ranks of the John Muir and Pasa¬ dena High School bands, will go on an all-expense paid snow trip. They will leave this Friday for the San Bernardino Mountains. The Tournament of Roses is only one of the many outstanding events that the band takes part in. In addition, they have pro¬ vided music for such occasions as the Big Ten Luncheon, Los Angeles Breakfast Club, Pre¬ game Kickoff Luncheon, welcom¬ ed the Michigan State team, and played an engagement at Disney¬ land. Five to ten hours each week during the end of November and December, was put into rehears¬ als, drills, and numerous perform¬ ances. The outstanding work done on leading the Tournament of Roses Parade is proof enough of the hard work and many hours each player devotes to the band each tournament season. ed in this course will still work under the limited facilities that they had during the rehabilitation of the old Tech Building. Along with the arrival of the new equipment, the department ment hopes to move the electron¬ ics class back into the old Tech Building by March 22.