PCC Courier, May 23, 1956

Musical Flight to Fantasy’ Starts Friday ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ AS В Elections Beginning Thursday Combined Efforts Produce PCC CcmSileSi Varied Spring Concert VOL 4, NO. 13 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MAY 23, 1956 Climaxing one of their most active and successful sea¬ sons, PCC’s A Cappella Choir, Madrigal Singers, and men’s and women’s glee clubs will present their spring concert, “Flight to Fantasy.” Tickets are available at the box office until 8 p.m. this Friday and Sat- _ — Photo by Bill Furst JOINING IN . . . with director David Thorsen in the final rehearsals are, left to right, Obie Blakely, Richard Denison, Don Crowl, Bruce Remsberg, and Joe Kirwin. urday nights. All seats are gen¬ eral admission and admission price is $1. Preceding the presentation of “Flight to Fantasy,” 100 members of the A Cappella Choir, Madri¬ gal Singers and the Men's and Women’s Glee Clubs will give a formal concert. The music will include works by Hassler, Bach, Mozart, Brahms and Copeland. Soloists with these groups are Charlotte Smith, Robert Peters, Bruce Remsberg and Ann Austin. Both Ann and Bob are music majors, with large musical back¬ grounds. In M-D High, Ann was in concert choir I and II as well as having appeared in several plays and being a gold seal grad¬ uate. She is currently a vice- president of the A Cappella Choir, secretary of Delta Psi Omega, and soloist with the San Gabriel Valley Symphony Orchestra. Bob Ward comes originally from Gary, Ind. An Army vet¬ eran, he has sung with the Gary Municipal Oratorio Society, United States Steel Chorus and Men’s Glee Club, Indiana Uni- Carlene Hester Honored With Annual WAA Cup Carlene Hester’s service and WAA work combined to net for her the WAA silver loving cup. The cup is presented at the WAA Banquet to the graduating girl who has attended PCC for two years and has rendered outstanding service to the school and WAA. T Service Club Offers Applications for New Members Applications will be available Monday, May 28, in 111C, for Circle K, PCC’s men’s honorary service organization. Applications should be returned by June 1 to me. Circle К members are chosen each semester from among the men students who have a record of service to the school, which may consist of any and all types of extracurricular activities. There are a maximum of 35 mem¬ bers in this Kiwanis Club spon¬ sored, civic organization. If you are one of the men stu¬ dents who have served the school and are interested in further bet¬ tering the relationship of the school and the community, don’t forget to apply for Circle К be¬ fore June 1. •Architecture Sunday, May 27, is the final op¬ portunity to see the first west coast showing of a display of contemporary Finnish and Mex¬ ican architecture at Barnsdali Park, Vermont Ave. and Hol¬ lywood Blvd. The exhibit was organized by the Smithsonian Institute of Washington, D.C. Carvings and other art of the two countries are also on dis¬ play. Other higher awards presented on the evening of May 17 at the WAA banquet were red blankets with a gold felt “P” going to Lou¬ ise Fundenberg, Carlene Hester, Verona Maxson, Carol Spanks, Nancy Griffith, Janett Hoover, Virginia Mott, and Julie Spen¬ cer. Receiving life passes were Car¬ lene Hester, Verona Maxson, Jan¬ ett Hoover, and Julie Spencer. Virginia Mott was presented with a gold “P” pin. Tapping into the Women’s Letter Club added one more bit of spice to the affair. “Key to Happiness” was the theme of this happy occasion held at the Altadena Town and Country Club. The evening was highlighted by guest speaker, the Rev. Bob Richards, famed pole vaulter. Polls Open Tomorrow for Campus Elections Eight voting places will be situated in strategic places around the campus for the convenience of the students during the election tomorrow and Friday. Three booths will be located on the Prairie, one by the E Building, one by the Men’s Gym, one by the Women’s Gym, one by versify A Cappella Choir and the Men’s Glee at PCC. At pres¬ ent Bob is a member of PCC’s A Cappella Choir, Madrigal Sing¬ ers, president of the Kantela Club, a member of the Music Council, and the Inter-club Council. Dick Denison, a graduate of John Muir High, is the student director for “Flight to Fantasy.” He, too, has had much experience in the field of music. Dick has had the position of choir manager for 1956, student director of the Spring Concert for 1955, student director for the Christmas “Festi¬ val of Lights.” He has also been active in A Cappella Choir, Mad¬ rigals, and the Men’s Glee Club. In the forthcoming production he plays the role of “the professor.” Also handling large roles in the spring concert are Bobby Shepherd as George, and Rich¬ ard Wees as* Alvin. This is the first large production for Bob¬ by, who has had radio and TV singing experience, and who has sung with several clubs and church groups. Richard Wees has had an abun¬ dance of musical experience, some of which was. at San Jose State. He is anxious to re-enter San Jose in the fall and to earn a spe¬ cial secondary music teaching cre¬ dential. Mary Lou Lee, who plays Alice in “Flight to Fantasy,” is also a music major who has UCLA as her goal. She is a member of the A Cappella Choir, Madrigals and Kantela Club. the Mirror Pools, and one be¬ side the Technology Building. Polls will open tomorrow at 1 o’clock following the assembly and remain open until 3 p.m. Friday the polls will open _ at 8 a:m. and will close at 3 p.m. Workers are needed for both days. Anyone wishing to help out by working in one of the polling places is asked to sign up in Dean Haugh’s office, 111C, Three of the six representatives at large will be elected now, and three in the fall. This idea was decided upon to grant the incom¬ ing Freshman Class a chance for more participation in student gov¬ ernment offices. By the new meth¬ od they will have a chance to fill four places rather than the usu¬ al one, that of freshman presi¬ dent. Wanted: Plans . . • We have a responsibility to the next class, to give them the best student officers available. The officers who are elected now will lead next fall’s students in one of two directions: to a semester that will be remembered as challenging and active or a semester that will not - - - - Eighteen Students Chosen to Receive PEA Scholarships in Teaching Field Eighteen students have been named recipients of scholarships from the Pasadena Education As¬ sociation, according to Mrs. Es¬ ther Cogswell, presiderft of the as¬ sociation. The 18 were chosen on the basis of worthiness, ability, grade point ratio of 2.00 or above, and an edu¬ cational goal leading toward teaching or some social service type of occupation. This year’s group is preparing for further ed¬ ucation in the fields of law, medi¬ cine, dentistry, engineering, and teaching, the largest number be¬ ing in the latter vocation. Elected to receive the scholar¬ ships are Martha Brumage, Jac¬ queline Dohm, Arthur Dyson, Carlene Hester, Janett Hoover, Mae Kosobayashi, Rosemarie Ohanesian, Ronald Palfrey, Eliza¬ beth Parker, Ronald Plambeck, Roberta Royse, Frances Slater, Clare Crane, Margarita Fasta- bend, Peter Force, Robert Hop¬ kins, Arthur Tripps, and Dorothy Fabrin. Pasadena teachers from all grade levels each year stage a carnival to raise money for the scholarships. Approximately $2500 will be alloted among the 18 stu¬ dents for their future education. be remembered at all. Students with imagination and initiative can lead in student gov¬ ernment and make it a semester to remember. We must elect such a group and make it a semester to remember. We must elect such a group of students or we are ad¬ mitting that we don’t care what happens to the school. Because of the short time al¬ lowed for campaigning, we have little basis on which to vote for a candidate. We have no chance to hear what the candidates think or really intend to do. It’s not enough to be for more school spirit. A platform must be presented that states constructive plans to create student interest. To do something you must have a , plan or goal in mind. If we vote for the candidate with the most advertising out, that says nothing, we might as well not vote. The candidate who has ambi¬ tion and real interest in the stu¬ dents will do more than put up advertising that says “Vote for Joe Doaks for Dog Catcher.” He must have the imagination to do something in his campaign or he will lead student government in the same "vote for Joe Doakes” manner. There are about 2000 members of the ASB who are eligible to vote. Last election 365 students took time to vote. This is not government by the majority but government by the consent of the majority, who didn’t vote. We have only eight opportuni¬ ties to vote while we attend col¬ lege, so let’s be 100 per cent stu¬ dents not 25 per cent students. Wear your halo or hero medal this Thursday and Friday. Vote, but vote for something! Artist Inspired by New Pipes of Pan The creative ability of the Pas¬ adena City College students as ex¬ pressed in the 1956 issue of Pipes of Pan has inspired Margaret Welsh to paint an impressionistic picture. The picture, which was espe¬ cially painted for Pipes of Pan, is a part of the Pipes of Pan exhibit in the library. The arrangement was done by George MacCauley of the library staff. The exhibit also features, in addition to the inter¬ pretative painting by Mrs. Welsh, the drawings of Russell Bruegger from which the illustrative cuts for the Pipes were made.