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Vol. 10, No. 4 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California February 25, 1959
Acting president of City College named
Officers for the AWS Board
were recently elected at a meeting
held in Dr. Catherine Robbins’
office on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Bar¬
bara Hawkins, the new AWS pres¬
ident for this semester, named as
her assistants on the board Kay
Dooly, vice-p r e s i d e ft t; Lynne
Smith, recording secretary; Vicki
Karma, corresponding secretary;
Joyce
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ter, treasurer.
At the same meeting officers
were also appointed to the follow¬
ing positions: historian, Hygeia
Ocampa; courtesy, Jo Faust; pub¬
licity, Jane Moon; freshman rep-
resentative, Barbara Anable;
sophomore representative, Judy
Nelson.
Other cabinet members are
Nancy Augenstein, Geraldyne
Berry, Vivienne Bishop, Suzie
Danz, Patti Denton, Nancy Hill-
mer, Harlie Judy, Nancy Kinn,
Donna Langrud, Glenda Ploger,
Judy Rockley, Nancy Stite, Anne
Thomson and Jan White. Jeanne
Hutchinson is an honorary mem¬
ber.
After 35 years of hard work as a teacher, administrator
and leader at Pasadena City College, Dr. Catherine J. Robbins
was rewarded for her faithful service when she was named to
the position of acting president of PCC yesterday. Dr. Robert
E. Jenkins, superintendent of _
“Funny Face,’’ the first musical comedy done by
HIGH Audrey Hepburn, will be featured as next month’s
STEPPING interdepartmental movie. In this film, Miss Hep-
HOOFERS burn returns to the media for which she was first
trained, namely dancing,
Tunny Face ’ movie provides
Freshman Council entertainment for many
ready for duties
Kathy Eastman, Freshman
Class president, recently announc¬
ed the members of her cabinet.
Serving as officers are Phil Good,
vice-president; Susie Danz, secre¬
tary; Davg Felton, chairman of
publicity; and Ron Guccione, ser¬
geant-at-arms.
Members of the council consist
of the following: Barbara Anable,
Ken Beam, Nan Burnett, John
Castagna, Doug Collett, Tom Ec-
cleson, Dee Fuller, Allan Gaul,
Bobbie Geddes, Jack Hagen,
James Hager, Sue Hise, Malinda
Howell, Judy Huff, Joe Huston,
Ray McKeever, Dave Ralston, Pat
Secor, Karen Shanley, Jim Ward-
law, Jan White.
Meetings will be held every oth¬
er Wednesday at 7 a.m. at Van De
Kamp’s. At the first meeting,
plans were discussed for the OMD
carnival and for Jazz Night, pos¬
sibly starring the Kingston Trio.
CHANCE FOR COMBAT
Audrey Hepburn returns to the field of entertainment for
which she was first trained — as a ballet dancer— in the first
departmental movie of the second semester. The picture,
“Funny Face,” will be shown on Monday, March 2, at 3:15 and
again at 7:30 p.m. in Sexson Audi- - -
torium. Tickets may be obtained
in class for 40 cents and the mon¬
ey will be donated to scholarships,
awards and other student welfare
projects.
Department councils will com¬
pete with each other in the sale
of tickets, in order to create a
strong incentive.
SALES AT THE box office will
be equally divided among the
councils. Balances after expenses
have been taken care of will be
distributed on the basis of the
“effort percentage.”
“Funny Face” turns the Cinder¬
ella theme into a delightful mu¬
sical comedy set in modern day
Greenwich Village. Elfin Audrey
portrays a sweet young maid
Women’s gym sees
sports night action
Sports activities of many kinds will be offered to Pasa¬
dena City College students this Friday night from 7-10
o’clock, when another of the college’s sportsnights takes place
in the Women’s Gym. The event will feature such events as
volleyball, tennis, swimming and
dancing. Cokes and other refresh¬
ments will be served to the parti¬
cipants of the night’s doings.
Many organizations will have
a hand in seeing that the sports-
night is a success. Among them
is the school’s chapter of Circle
К
which will handle the publicity
and the Spartans, which will be
responsible for the equipment.
INDIVIDUAL events will be
taken care of by various other
school service organizations. The
combined efforts of the AWS-AMS
Boards will see that the volley¬
ball activity is kept at a maxi¬
mum while the Social Affairs
Commission will see to the danc¬
ing phase of the program.
The WAA will take care of ten¬
nis enthusiasts. In addition, they
will also take care of the clean¬
up chores after the affair is over.
IN THE PAST, sportsnights
have proved to be a success and
it is expected that Friday night’s
activity will not break the trend.
After this Friday, at least one
more sportsnight will be held in
finishing out the semester. At
present it is scheduled for some
time in May and no reason is seen
at this time for a change in dates.
Noted Ram player
set for PCC visit
One of the most famous football
players in professional annals will
appear at Pasadena City College
on March 5 to speak at the Relig¬
ious Activities Council assembly
in Sexson Auditorium. The Rev.
Dan Towler, former LA Ram
fullback, will be featured as the
highlight of Religious Emphasis
Week, March 2-5.
During Religious Week, the re¬
ligious clubs on campus will meet
as follows: Newman Club at 7
a.m., Tuesday, at St. Phillips
Church; Inter- varsity Christian
Fellowship and College Y at 7
a.m., Wednesday, at Calvary Bap¬
tist Church; Christian Science
Organization at 4:15 p.m., Wednes¬
day, at 314 S. Hill Ave.
schools and secretary to the Board
of Education, announced today
that Dr. Robbins has been select¬
ed to fill the presidential position
until a permanent president is
named.
The professional history of Dr.
Robbins is synonymous with that
of Pasadena City College. Over
three decades ago she first made
her appearance at Pasadena High
School. After one year at PHS,
she moved on to the new Pasa¬
dena Junior College.
HER FIRST position at the ju¬
nior college was that of an in¬
structor in the Business Educa¬
tion Department. Later she
taught mathematics and Spanish.
This was her position from 1924
until 1931.
In 1941 she was named acting
dean of women. Thus began her
slow but sure climb to the top of
the PCC administrative ladder.
Dr. Robbins served as dean of
women from 1931 until 1950. Then
in the fall of the 1950 school year
she was appointed dean of student
activities.
whose occupation as an assistant
bookshop keeper has made her
an unfortunate, dust-covered book¬
worm.
A ray of hope begins to light
her drab, dull life when the
charming continental personality
of Fred Astaire enters the scene.
Fred interprets the role of a glanff
or photographer from the distant
and glittering realm of the fash¬
ion world.
HE IS SEARCHING for a new
face for his fashion model photo¬
graphs and needless to say he is
enchanted with the impish Aud¬
rey. From this point her rise to
fame via several amusing inci¬
dents is inevitable.
The film has been rated one of
the best musical comedies of the
year.
WITH THE formation of the
new Pasadena City College just
completed, Dr. Robbins became as¬
sistant principal. She served in
this capacity until 1954. In 1954
she moved on to become adminis¬
trative dean. This was her posi¬
tion until her well earned pro¬
motion was announced today.
AS A REWARD for her efforts,
Dr. Robbins has received the Civ¬
ic League Award in 1957 and the
Council of Women’s Clubs award
in 1956. Thes e awards were
made for outstanding service to
the community.
Recently she was named in the
first edition of Who’s Who of
American Women. This is just
another acknowledgment of her
many achievements.
Dr. Robbins commented: “I re¬
alize that it is a very heavy re¬
sponsibility to follow our fine
president, Dr. William Langs-
dorf. Pasadena City College has
had three excellent men as past
leaders and I consider it a real
challenge to exercise temporary
leadership in the ihterim period
pending the selection of a perma¬
nent president.”
Bud Shank quartet appears
tomorrow at ASB assembly
One of the truly outstanding music men of the modern
jazz era will guest tomorrow at PCC’s second ASB assembly of
the new semester in Sexson Auditorium. The artist is Bud
Shank, well known jazz impressionist. Shank started his
musical career as a clarinetist at -
the age of ten.
It marked the start of a career
which has placed his name along
side such notables as Charlie Bar-
net and Alvino Ray, two men
with whom Shank worked in his
beginning years as a musician.
Thus Bud Shank is known all over the United
KING States and even abroad. Tomorrow Lancers will
OF have an opportunity to hear the great clarinetist
JAZZ appearing for the first time alone on the Sexson
Auditorium stage.
AFTER MASTERING the clari¬
net, he switched to the tenor sax.
This he did at an equally early
age for he made the change while
still in high school.
While attending the University
of North Carolina, Shank added
the alto sax to the growing list
of instruments which he was even¬
tually to master. The beginning
of his career as a flutist, how¬
ever, was somewhat of a fluke.
ALTHOUGH HE had studied
the instrument for several years
in order to round out his musical
education, he did not harbor any
extensive plans for its later use.
It wasn't until the incomparable
Stan Kenton began forming his
impressive “innovations” orches¬
tra that Shank began to play the
flute in a professional capacity.
Kenton, in need of a first-class
lead altoist, who could also double
on the flute, chose Bud. This de¬
cision proved the opening of a
whole new career for Shank.
AFTER LEAVING the Kenton
group in 1951, he faced a few
hard years in establishing him¬
self as a jazz soloist. But finally,
in 1953, jazz fanciers started to
notice this young man who play¬
ed so well so many different in¬
struments.
After that, numerous awards
started to come his way. Perhaps
the most notable recognition came
from Theme Magazine which vot¬
ed Shank the number one alto
sax and flute player in the coun¬
try.
His other awards (new star
alto winner, Downbeat, 1954; ar¬
rival of the year, Metronome, 1954,
etc.) prove that the jazz artist be¬
longs beside the great names men¬
tioned above. It also shows that
tomorrow’s assembly promises
one of the big treats of the 1958-
59 school year.
AWS names new
officers, cabinet
to semester posts
Dr. Robbins takes
new job March 1
