PCC Coubleb
Vol. 11, No. 10
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
December 9, 1959
Tourney selects Margarethe
Sprankle
to address
assembly
Pasadena City College will be
celebrating the incorporation of
the Bill of Rights into the Consti¬
tution of the United States during
the week of December 9-15.
As a part of the commemora¬
tion, the Social Science Council is
sponsoring a special volunteer as¬
sembly in Sexson Auditorium on
Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 11 a.m.
THE PROGRAM will feature an
address by Judge Joseph A.
Sprankle. He will discuss the top¬
ic, “Rights and Freedoms for To¬
day’s Youth.” Judge Sprankle is
a graduate of PCC and serves on
the bench of the Pasadena Mu¬
nicipal Court.
He is well known as a lecturer
and for his interest in civic affairs.
He currently serves PCC as chair¬
man of the Tuesday Evening For¬
um Advisory Committee.
THE BILE OF Rights may be
said to pi'otect the citizen against
his own government. The rights
of citizens were stressed in many
colonial charters prior to the
American Revolution, but because
the Constitution did not guaran¬
tee these rights, many citizens
looked upon their new govern¬
ment with great disdain until the
first ten amendments were put
into effect on December 15, 1791.
From the first, the Bill of
Rights had wide influence and
similar provisions have been in¬
cluded in the constitutions of
many other nations. In America
the Bill of Rights can also be
found in the constitutions of the
several states.
Yule art display
opens in gallery
The annual Christmas Art
Show will open today in the gal¬
lery, 301C. This season's presen¬
tation, which is actually an Art
Department open house in dis¬
guise, will run until Thursday,
Dec. 17.
The department’s design class,
which competed in a contest to
create the- Pasadena City School’s
float in the 1960 Tournament of
Roses parade, will display their
works.
Also on display will be enchant¬
ing color shots of Rose Queen
Margarethe Bertelson and her six
lovely princesses.
Other works to be displayed had
not been decided upon at press
time but a mixed and varied ar¬
ray of work is promised for the
benefit of the gallery visitor.
Kathy Eastman stars as the fe¬
male lead, Nora Helmer, oppo¬
site Jerry Von Aspe as her ail¬
ing husband, Torvald Helmer.
Others in the cast include Lloyd
Steele as Dr. Rank; George Flow¬
ers as Nils Krogstad, the villain;
and Lynda Harris as Mrs. Linden.
HOWEVER, it takes more than
the actors alone to make a success
of any play, and “A Doll’s House”
is no exception. The efforts of
the people behind the scenes are
equally responsible for seeing to
it that the play runs smoothly.
Much of this arduous chore is
handled by the production’s stu¬
dent director, Jack Scottsdale. Be¬
sides guiding the cast through its
motions, he also has the respon¬
sibility of being sure that every¬
thing else which has to do with
the play is in order.
OTHER MEMBERS of the pro¬
duction team include Dennis Hens-
Radiant PCC €0-ed
is ’60 Rose Queen
By Don Merry
A charming 18-year-old Pasadena Ciy College coed with a
radiant personality and a smile that 'would bring a double-take
even from the most fastidious connoisseur of beauty is the
1960 Queen of the Tournament of Roses. Comely Margarethe
Bertelson, a tall, brown-haired,
Queen and Court
to make debut
at traditional ball
— Courier Photo by Celtil Touchon and John Difley
Newly enthroned Rose Queen Margarethe Bertelson
READY proudly displays her regal attire during recent pho-
TO tographing session at Wrigley Estate. Queen Mar-
REIGN garethe and her royal court will be the busiest
young ladies in Pasadena during hectic New Year's
activity.
Little Theater group
gets warm greeting
Warm response greeted last night’s opening performance
at PCC of Henrik Ibsen’s drama, “A Doll’s House,” the second
Theater Arts Association production of the season. The play
will continue its run in the Little Theater through this Satur¬
day, at 8:15 p.m. _
lee, whose job as stage manager
puts him in overall charge of
lighting, props, and set placement;
Ken Siggins, Lance Aldrich, Riad
Nasser, Charles Leathern, Dick
Hampson, Rita Mayo, and Asta
Robinson, scene construction and
painting,
Dick Hampson, electrician ; Ann
Robertson, sound; Rita Mayo,
Sheri Bateman, Nancy Cash,
props; Ellen Stepaneq, Ron Swin¬
dell, and Dick Evans, programs;
Carol Finne, Sandra Gorman,
costumes; Marcia Musser, Marilyn
Williams, Fil Katten, publicity and
business; and Sandra Gregus,
prompter.
Faculty members associated
with the play include Mrs. Mar¬
garet Plantico, costumes; Miss
Dorothy Colwell, make-up; Wil¬
liam Bockus, programs; and Miss
Bess Tye, publicity. PCC classi¬
fied employee Don Keck serves as
technical and stage director of the
play.
Rose Queen Margarethe Bertel¬
son and her royal court will make
their first in person appearance at
Pasadena City College's tradition¬
al Royal Ball, Friday, Dec. 18,
from 9-12 p.m. at the Pasadena
Civic Auditorium.
Queen Margarethe along with
princesses Sherri Goodner, Vir¬
ginia Evans, Virginia Uebbing,
Barbara Thomas, Marian Kerby,
and Carolee Ream will be intro¬
duced at the gala affair to their
city college subjects and the in¬
vited guests from the city’s two
high schools, Pasadena and John
Muir.
KTLA announcer Stan Cham¬
bers will act as master of cere¬
monies while Keith Williams and
his orchestra will provide the mu¬
sical entertainment during the
evening’s festivities.
Tickets are currently available
at the School Bank at no charge
to ASB members and $2.50 to non¬
book holders. Semi-formal attire
will be the appropriate dress for
the affair.
Sophomore class
spurs project plot
If all goes as planned, Tofcn
Nunley and his Sophomore Coun¬
cil will perform one of the most
worthwhile projects to be seen at
the college this semester. They
are currently trying to work out
the problems of sponsoring a
school-wide Christmas party for
some 20 to 30 deserving orphans.
With only about a week left in
which to iron out the plans for
the party, Nunley and his coun¬
cil members are hurriedly trying
to l^ise enough money to put on
the event, which is tentatively set
for Sunday, Dec. 20.
“We’ll need the all-out support
of the entire Pasadena City Col¬
lege student body in order to
make a success of this venture,”'
Nunley s'tated. “It’s bigger than
just the Sophomore Class and,
therefore, we of the council want
the whole college to be a part of
it.”
bi’own-eyed bundle of gracious
femininity, was chosen last week
to reign over next year’s New
Year's Day activities, featui'ing
the Tournament of Roses parade
and the 1960 Rose Bowl game be¬
tween Wisconsin and Washington.
A court committee, headed by
G. L. Payne, selected Margarethe
over six other finalists. Miss Ber¬
telson succeeds Pamela Prather of
San Marino as Rose Queen.
During the Rose Parade she will
be enthroned upon the queen’s
float being surrounded by her six
princesses: Carolee Ream, Vir¬
ginia Uebbing, Marian Kerby, Bar-
bara Thomas, Sherri Goodner, and
Virginia Evans. At the Rose Bowl
game Margarethe and her court
will occupy the Royal Box.
The new queen is a native of
Minneapolis, Minn., although she
has resided in this area for the
past ten years. Her actual birth-
date is January 20, 1941.
For Margarethe the regal
achievement fulfilled a life-long
ambition despite the fact that she
harbored little hope when she first
entered the running.
“I never thought I’d even be in
the court let alone become queen,”
beamed Margarethe with a twin¬
kle in her eye as she effortlessly
produced her Sunday smile for
the benefit of photographers,
whose flashbulbs exploded inces¬
santly around her.
Queen Margarethe will be
feted at the Royal Ball, slated for
the Civic Auditorium on Decem¬
ber 18 and will be officially crown¬
ed by Tournament President Ray¬
mond A. Dorn on December 29 at
the tourney's Coronation Ball.
Hats off, gentlemen, to a de¬
serving young lady.
Marian Kerby
Virginia Uebbing
Sherri Goodner
Virginia Evans
Carolee Ream
Barbara Thomas