PCC CotPii&v
Vol. 10, No. 6
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
March 11, 1959
Lancer journalists
cop Cl PA trophies
By Lynda Brangham
Two representatives of Pasadena City College kept the
name of PCC in the limelight at the California Intercollegiate
Press Association Convention at Redlands University and the
Arrowhead Springs Hotel last weekend. Pageant Editor Kafen
Hooper and Courier Editor Allan
Gaul received awards in the fields
of yearbook copy writing and edi¬
torial writing, respectively.
The contests were held at the
University of Redlands and the
AMS shows film
for PCC car fans
The Associated Men Students of
Pasadena City College will pre¬
sent for the enjoyment of the
student body a film on the every¬
day uses of the sports car as well
as excerpts from some of the im¬
portant races at an assembly to¬
morrow at 11:40 in Sexson Audi¬
torium.
Not only does this film, which
is is being discussed at the time
of showing by Cam Cooper, an
expert on sports cars, tell of the
everyday use of these powerful
and thrifty vehicles, but it also
gives the viewer an idea of the
safety features and the roadabil¬
ity of sports cars.
“Sports Car Rallies” will give
the sports car enthusiasts a
chance to see how some of the
best drivers in the business han¬
dle their cars in the most impor¬
tant races. It will also provide
an opportunity to view almost all
of the various famous sports cars
of our day.
Everyone who wishes to attend
the assembly is invited to do so,
but they are reminded that peo¬
ple entering the assembly are re¬
quired to remain until the 12:30
dismissal bell. This is only show¬
ing courtesy to the people who
go to all the work of preparing
the show.
contestants were required to write
their compositions extemporan¬
eously.
IN ADDITION to attending the
writing contests the college jour¬
nalists participated in open work¬
shops on newspaper and yearbook
writing. The PCC delegates,
Grant Bachtold, Lynda Brang¬
ham, Janie Young, Karen Hooper
and Allan Gaul arrived at the
Arrowhead Springs Hotel Friday
afternoon and after attending
several sessions, including a Beta
Phi Gamma meeting, they were
entertained at a buffet dinner and
a dance. Mrs. Elaine Morgan at¬
tended the proceedings in an ad¬
visory capacity.
The following morning the dele¬
gation journeyed to Redlands for'
the writing contests and more
meetings. They attended a lun¬
cheon at which cartoonist Virgil
Partch, better known as VIP,
amused the audience with his
clever cartooning.
AFTER LUNCH the representa¬
tives adjourned to a meeting of
the California Journalism Asso¬
ciation of Junior Colleges. There
they elected the schools from
which next year’s convention of¬
ficers will come.
They returned to the hotel for
the awards banquet sponsored
by the California Newspaper Pub¬
lishers Association. The speaker
for this final meeting was Jack
Kenaston, program director of
KRCA-NBC.
Next year’s convention will be
held in San Francisco with Sacra¬
mento Junior College providing
the president for the junior col¬
lege delegation.
Dr. Margaret Mead speaks
to Tuesday Forum audience
Dr. Margaret Mead will be guest speaker at the Tuesday
Evening Forum, Tuesday, March 17, at 8 p.m. in Sexson Audi¬
torium. She will discuss the changing roles of marriage part¬
ners in today’s contemporary family life. Dr. Mead is con¬
sidered one of America’s greatest
living scientists and anthropolo¬
gists and has long been famous
for her far flung work. She is
also known for her published
writings in anthropology.
Dr. Mead’s work in the field,
which began in 1925, has taken
gained for her many honors and
awards. One of these was award¬
ed to her in 1949 when she was
named the outstanding woman of
the year in the field of science
by the Associated Press.
Lloyd Steele Susan Shoemaker
Thespians present ‘Winterset’
as initial play of spring term
All is in readiness for PCC’s
dramatic presentation of Maxwell
Anderson’s “Winterset” which
opens a two night stand in Sex¬
son Auditorium tomorrow eve¬
ning. Curtain time for both per¬
formances is 8:15.
Tonight a final dress rehearsal
will be held terminating over a
month of preparation for the pro¬
duction that has been designated
as the “big one” for the 1958-59
school year.
SINCE FEBRUARY 2, the first
day of the second semester, the
thespians have been working un¬
der the watchful eyes of director
Miss Annabel Anderson and stu¬
dent director Joy Crawford. Now,
everything is in the hands of the
student actors themselves.
Ironically enough, the play will
be opening just 12 days after the
sudden passing of the man who
wrote it. Maxwell Anderson, a
Pulitzer Prize winner in 1933 for
“Both Your Houses,” died Febru¬
ary 28 of a stroke in his Stam¬
ford, Conn., home at the age of
70.
If past references are any cri¬
terion, the lead roles in the play
are in very capable hands. Lloyd
Steele, who stars in the male lead
as “Mio,” is a graduate of South
Pasadena High School where he
was active in drama. He has also
had experience in Town Hall and
Penthouse theaters as well as the
Pasadena Playhouse.
AT PCC he played the part of
Oscar Hubbard in Lillian Hell-
man’s “Another Part of the For¬
est” and acted as student direc¬
tor of Thornton Wilder’s “The
Matchmaker.”
Susan Shoemaker is cast in the
female lead as “Miriamne.” She
is a graduate of Pasadena High
School where she played the title
role in that school’s production of
“The Curious Savage” last year.
She was also seen in “Another
Part of the Forest.”
Salvatore La Magra, who will
appear as “Esdras” and William
Boyle, who holds down the role
of “Trock,” head a competent
supporting cast. La Magra, a
native of Bayonne, N.J., is a grad-
All stories remain the ex-
uate of the Dramatic Workshop
of New York and has done sum¬
mer stock at Long Island and
Baltimore theaters. He also di¬
rected summer theater at Glen
Burnee, Md.
Boyle, from Watervliet, N.Y.,
has sung professionally around
New York and also in the Air
Force. He plans to go on to the
Pasadena Playhouse next year.
Other more prominent members
of the cast include Robert Morris
as “Judge Gaunt”; Paul Stevens
as “Garth”; and Leslie Perry as
“Shadow.”
Those who plan to attend either
performance are advised to be in
their seats at least ten minutes
ahead of the scheduled curtain
time.
literary contest offers
cash prizes to writers
Five hundred dollars is waiting for the person who is
creative enough to write the winning short story in the 1959
Writer’s Digest Short-short Story Contest. A total of $3500
is to be given away in this creative writing competition. All
short stories, in order to be con- _
sidered, must be original, unpub¬
lished and no more than 1500
words in length; typed or neatly
written. If the writer wishes his
creation returned an enclosed
stamped addressed envelope is re¬
quired.
shown as being capable of emo¬
tions.
Interested individuals can enter
the competition by sending their
manuscripts, along with the sub¬
scription fee, to Writer’s Digest,
22 East 12th Street, Cincinnati,
10, O.
Dr. Margaret Mead
her to the Samoan and Admiralty
Islands, New Guinea, Bali, as
well as areas in the western
United State where she studied
American Indian cultures. Her
research and her investigations
into cultures, both modern and
primitive, have resulted in a large
body of published works.
Her outstanding contributions
to science and education have
City College hosts
area music festival
For the second year the San Gabriel Valley District Music
Festival will be held in the Music Building of Pasadena City
College. Next Saturday is the day scheduled for the solo and
ensemble competition featuring outstanding musicians from
high schools and junior high
schools in the Pasadena -area.
The contest will be held from
8-3:30 in the Music Building with
the contestants receiving certifi¬
cates signifying the grade they
received. The grades will be su-
period, excellent, good, fair and
poor.
Over 200 musicians are expect¬
ed to compete for honors this
weekend. The judges for the solos
and ensembles will be Paul Ox¬
ley, San Bernardino Valley Col¬
lege; Vito Susca, Los Angeles
State College; and Fred Graff,
Ganesha High School. They will
judge the students in interpreta¬
tion, intonation, phrasing, suitabil¬
ity of the selection and memoriza¬
tion.
Bands and orchestras will be
competing on Thursday and Fri¬
day, March 19 and 20, in Sexson
Auditorium. After being judged
on their prepared music, the
groups will adjourn to Harbeson
Hall where' they will be graded
on their sight reading ability by
John Del Monaco from Compton
High Schools.
The other judges for the band
and orchestra competitions will
be Nels Bonar, Fullerton High
School; Norman Rust, Ban Diego
State College; Dr. Edward Tritt,
Redlands University; and Edan
Vail, Riverside College.
elusive property of the individual
writer. The names qf the winners
will be published in a summer is¬
sue of Writer’s Digest. All scripts
will be returned as soon as pos¬
sible and not later than August
30, 1959.
THE CONTEST closes at mid¬
night on April 25. Three judges
will read each script in order to
determine a winning entry. The
judges’ decision will be final.
Stories may be any length up
to 1500 words, but not longer.
There are no taboos as to sub¬
ject matter, and the contest is
open to all writers. If an individ¬
ual does win an award he is under
no obligation to the holders of
the contest, the Writer’s Digest.
POINTS TO be remembered
when a story is being written for
this competition include: (1) All
varieties of stories, humorous,
children’s stories, action, love, fan¬
tasy, mystery, etc., are acceptable;
(2) Get into the story in the lead
paragraph; (3) Plots should be
simple and not rely on coinci¬
dence; (4) Whether funny or se¬
rious, characters should be
Marine fraternity
holds first meeting
As any former leatherneck will
tell you, there is no such thing as
an “ex-Marine.” Marine veterans
at Pasadena City College know
this and have united to form a
recognized college fraternity in
order to maintain their former
ties with the Marine Corps. The
new fraternity will be named the
Former Marine Fraternity (FMF)
and will be sponsored by PCC
coach Nor Jaqua.
Coach Jaqua is a reserve major
acting as liaison officer for PCC.
He will help guide the Former
Marine Fraternity in its early
steps of development.
All former Marines interested
in becoming a member of this
new on campus organization are
urged to attend the first meeting
which will be held tomorrow in
229C from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Any¬
one who is unable to make this
meeting can obtain information
by contacting Coach Jaqua, Chet
Sigmund or Paul Stevens.
