'Glass Menagerie Ends
Drama Season
PCC CouSiieSv
VOL 4, NO. 12 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MAY 16, 1956
'Old Broadway’ Touthes
Boards of little Theater
With a touch of “old Broadway” PCC’s Theater Arts
Association is presenting their final production of the year,
“The Glass Menagerie,” May 16, 17, and 18. A tenement house
in St. Louis invites you in to meet Laura Wingfield, a highly
— Courier Photos by Glenn Kohl
STARRING ... in the coming
Spring concert are Mary Lou
Lee, Ann Austin, Richard Deni¬
son, and Robert Ward.
Rocket Rockets Singers
on a ' Flight to Fantasy ’
sensitive girl who retreats, be¬
cause of a slight physical defect,
to a world of unreality in the
form of a glass menagerie.
Her mother, Amanda, also lives
in a world of illusions and is both
loving and nagging. Laura’s
brother, Tom, repudiates this un¬
reality and joins the Navy, carry¬
ing only bitterness and nostalgic
memories in his heart.
Jim comes into the lives of the
Wingfields as the “gentleman
caller.” He lifts them, for a short
time, into a world approaching re¬
ality and then departs suddenly,
leaving them to sink deeper and
deeper into unreality. “The Glass
Menagerie” is a warm and tender
heart-appealing story.
The cast, under the direction of
Miss Annabel Anderson, is com¬
posed of Freda Dringenberg as
Laura, Don Spruance as Tom, Bet¬
ty Ross as Amanda, and Ray
Stamat as Jim.
Designed by Norman Barsugli,
the sets will be under the super¬
vision of Elaine Heiman. Claud¬
ette and Jack Conner will have
charge of the lighting. Costumes
fall under the supervision of Neil
Hereford. Virginia Starr and By¬
ron Lewis attend to the proper¬
ties and Virginia Hougasian acts
in the capacity of student direc¬
tor. Don Keck and the stage crew
are responsible for the construc¬
tion and painting of the set.
The especially arranged music
that was used in the Broadway
production of “Glass Menagerie”
will be employed to lend effective¬
ness to the play.
“The Glass Menagerie,” written
by Tennessee Williams, promises
to be one of the finest produc¬
tions ever to be presented in the
Little Theater.
able mention recipients will re¬
ceive certificates.
Vroman's, The Brown Shop
and Nash’s Book Department
claim the position as donors for
this year’s Literary Contest.
Petitions of Nomination Due Friday for
Next Week's ASB Election Campaigns
Nomination petitions for the offices of ASB president and vice-
president, AMS president, AWS president, Sophomore Class presi¬
dent, and three representatives at large must be picked up and re¬
turned to 111C by Friday, May 18.
Nomination petitions for the above offices must have the signa¬
tures of 100 students for all offices except AMS, AWS, and represent¬
ative offices where 50 signatures are required.
Following the return of the petitions, there will be a publicity
meeting held during which the candidates will draw for positions on
the ballot. At the same meetng the candidates will be informed of
the election rules and regulations for the election that will be held
May 24 and 25.
All students interested in student government are urged to fill out
eligibility cards and participate in the election. If you feel that you
can represent the students attending PCC, this is your opportunity
to do so. A sample ballot of the candidates running for election will
appear in the Courier next Wednesday, May 23, the day before
elections begin.
Get the backing of some department or campus club and campaign
for the position that you feel best equipped to fill. Next fall, a class
in student government will be presented for those who are elected
to positions. This will aid in the smooth running of processes nec¬
essary in carrying out the duties of student self-government.
— Courier Photo by Brian Motta
TAKE A BREAK . . . Don Spruance, left, and Ray Stamat,
right, talk it over between rehearsals of the “Glass Menagerie,”
the Drama Department’s last presentation of the year. The play
will open tonight at 8:30 and will run through Friday, May 18.
The original music composed for the Broadway showing of this
play is being used. Freda Dringenberg and Betty Ross also star
in the production.
The annual Spring Concert is now m the last stages of
preparation. This year an entertaining musical comedy will
be presented which was written especially for Pasadena City
College by Eugene White. The
bers of the A Cappella Choir, the
Madrigal Singers, and the Men’s
and Women’s Glee Clubs. The
choral groups are under the di¬
rection of David Thorsen and the
student director, Dick Denison.
The musical comedy, entitled
“Flight to Fantasy,” is the story
of the travels of a college male
glee club to the unknown reach¬
es of outer space. After acci-
program will include the mem-
dentally setting off the rocket
of an untried and rather ludi¬
crous space ship, the group of
singers find themselves on the
planet “perfecto,” a planet in¬
habited only by women dedi¬
cated to the expression of life
in its most perfect state. What
happens when the glee club
hears perfect music and meets
the space women is answered
through the medium of music
and comedy in this highly
amusing play.
The major roles of the musical
comedy will be played by Dick
^Denison, as the professor; Bob
Ward, as Steve; Ann Austin, as
Aurora; Mary Lou Lee, as Alice.
Also included m the cast of the
play are Joe Kirwin, Bobby Shep¬
herd, Dick Wees, Margot Nelson,
and Bruce Remsberg.
A formal concert of choral
music will precede the presenta¬
tion of “Flight to Fantasy.” The
100 members of the A Cappella
Choir, the Madrigal Singers,
and the Men’s and Women’s
Glee Clubs will join together in
songs by Hassler, Bach, Mo¬
zart, Brahms and Copeland. Sol¬
oists in this first part of the
program include Charlotte
Smith, Robert Peters, Bruce
Remsberg and Ann Austin.
Admission to the Spring Con¬
cert is $1. All seats are general
admission. Tickets will be avail¬
able at the box office on the eve¬
nings of the concert. They are
available now from the members
of A Cappella Choir, Madrigal
Singers, and the Glee Clubs.
•Playhouse
Tickets to the current Pasa¬
dena Playhouse production,
“Solid Gold Cadillac,” starring
ZaSu Pitts, are being offered
for sale on campus by the stu¬
dent nurses. Tuesday, May 22,
at 8:30 p.m. is the play date
for which these specially priced
tickets are slated. All tickets
are priced at $1.50. There will
be no reserved seats at this per¬
formance. Tickets will also be
sold at Huntington Memorial
Hospital. See tlie student nurses
for cut rate admission to this
play.
Lighthouse All-stars to
Head Thursday Assembly
One of the best known modern jazz groups in the nation
will headline the assembly period this Thursday in Sexson Au¬
ditorium. The Lighthouse All Stars are musicians who with
only one exception, Sonny Clark, are former members of the
famous Stan Kenton Band.
Each of them is a contracted
recording artist. They record as
a unit on the Lighthouse Series
for Contemporary Records, and
have cut four 12-inch long-play al¬
bums now available to the public.
The Howard Rumsey Light¬
house All Stars have played con¬
tinuously at the Lighthouse in
Hawthorne, Calif., for the past
seven years. They have also made
many appearances at most of the
Southern California campuses and
at many junior colleges and high
schools. They have appeared on
Gene Norman’s “Jazz Concert”
also. A month ago they were fea¬
tured on Dave Garroway’s “Wide,
Wide World,” a national telecast.
Players in the band include Bob
Cooper, Bud Shank, Frank Roso-
lino, Stan Levey, Sonny Clark,
and Howard Rumsey. Stan Lev¬
ey’s special version of “Viva
Zapata” will be played at Thurs¬
day’s program.
Music Students
Gain Membership
in 'Starlight Club'
Attending the Hollywood Bowl
Starlight Club’s first meeting of
the year held in Los Angeles
were Mary Cox, Ann Austin, Oro-
lie Fosdick and Ladd Thomas, all
of whom are music students re¬
cently appointed to membership.
The four students were wel¬
comed at the gathering by Mrs
Hubert F. Laugharn, Jr., and
Mrs. Stephen Titus, heads of
the Bowl’s Colleges and Uni¬
versities Committee, as Pasa¬
dena City College’s newly ap
pointed members of the group.
All Starlight Clubbers were
briefed by Bowl representatives
on the coming eight-week musical
season which opens July 10. It
was disclosed that the programs
will include popular features, in¬
cluding a jazz night and pop con¬
certs every Saturday, in addition
to classical music presentations.
Winners Announced
in Literary Contest
Winning first place in PCC’s
recent annual Literary Contest
were, in their respective fields,
Priscilla Rockwell, poetry ;
Charles Van de Mark, essay; and
Russell Bruegger, short story.
Second place positions went
to Russell Bruegger, poetry;
Charlotte Smith, essay; and
Elizabeth Shea, short story.
Third place positions were at¬
tained by Bertrand Bertrando,
poetry; a tie between Lawrence
Berg and Harry C. Oswald, es¬
say; and a tie between David
Woeller and Harry C. Oswald,
short story.
Honorable mention awards
went to Elizabeth Shea and Ann
Milliken, poetry; Florence Taddei
and Chukwuka Okeke, essay; and
short story, Lawrence Berg and
Norman Blazer.
Originated eight years ago by
Don Sparks, PCC counselor, the
Literary Contest was judged
this year by J. Robert Trevor,
poetry; Mrs. Virginia Alexan¬
der, essay; and Mrs. Pat Stad-
ley, short story.
The awards, to be given at the
English Honors Tea May 31, will
consist of: first place, a $10 book
order; second place, a $5 book
order; and third place and honor-