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Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
November 26, 1958
Lancer Coeds Reign as Rose Princesses
Oratorical Contest
Invites Entries of
College Speakers
One of the oldest traditions at
Pasadena City College is the
Davis-Hall Public Speaking Con¬
test, which has been held annual¬
ly for 51 years at Pasadena High
School and PCC, It was inaug¬
urated in 1907 by M. W. Davis,
then a member of the Pasadena
School Board, and J. Herbert Hall,
who was for years a prominent
jeweler in this city.
The contest was initiated with
the idea in mind to promote in¬
terest in good speaking and in
civic problems. For many years
students with an urge to voice
their opinions have looked for¬
ward to this unusual opportuni¬
ty to do so.
Since Mr. Davis’ death in 1932,
his widow, Mrs. Fannie Davis,
and his daughter, Miss Mary E.
Davis, a retired teacher of lan¬
guages at Pasadena City College,
have continued to sponsor the
contest with Walter Hall, brother
of the late J. H. Hall.
This contest is open to any
member of the student body
and will be held the first week
in December. The first elimina¬
tion contest will take place on
December 1, and the second on
December 3. The field of con¬
testants will be narrowed to
four finalists at the second elim¬
ination.
A winner will be chosen at a
banquet to be held at Marino
House in San Marino on the eve¬
ning of December 4 at 7 o’clock.
Medals will be awarded to the
first and second place winners.
The speeches must be from 5
to 7 minutes in length, and
must be extemporaneous in the
style of good conversation.
Speeches will be judged on or¬
ganization, originality and pre¬
sentation. The speakers may
use notes in preliminary con¬
tests.
Any interested students are ad¬
vised to contact Benjamin Mar¬
shall of the speech activities de-
WHICH ONE WILL REIGN . . . over the 1958 Tournament of Roses? That is the big question
at PCC, as elsewhere, as the pageant has finally been narrowed down to seven finalists. In competi¬
tion for the high honor are Miss Diane Price, 101; Miss Pamela Prather, 100; Miss Tliea Corcoran,
25; Miss Diana Rasmussen, 103; Miss Kathy Ransom, 102; Miss Marily Sampson, 109; and Miss Carole
Mark, 75. An interesting sidelight to the contest is the sudden drop in female enrollment at PCC
after the contest to determine the queen is over. At that time the boys start to out-number the
girls, but it was fun while it lasted.
Tournament of Roses Judges
Select Seven Queen Finalists
World & (fairs Institute
Invites School to Forum
Out of the original 1900 contestants, seven Pasadena City College coeds were selected
last week to reign over the festivities of the annual Tournament of Roses events. One of the
finalists will be named Rose Queen of 1959 on Tuesday, Dec. 2, while the remaining six
girls will be named her princesses. By number, the seven finalists are Thea Corcoran, 25;
Carole Mark, 75; Pamela Prather,
100; Diane Price, 101; Kathleen
Ransom, 102; Diana Rasmussen,
103; and Marilyn Sampson, 109.
Miss Corcoran, 17, is a native of
Minneapolis, Minn., who hopes to
become a medical librarian. The
dark-haired coed lists swimming
Circle
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Group
Sponsors Annual
Career Day Meets
Pasadena City College’s Circle
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club will hold its eighth annual
Career Day on Thursday, Dec. 4,
during the ASB assembly period.
The event is planned to give
Lancer students a twofold oppor¬
tunity to gain insight into the
world of work. First, students
who already have chosen their
occupational field will have a
chance to hear tips from a speak¬
er already established in that
field.
Also, students who are unde¬
cided as to a career will be able
to see what certain job fields have
to offer. This is especially impor¬
tant to students investigating two
or more job possibilities.
Fifty speakers representing
every department and major
field in the college curriculum
will appear on campus to dis¬
cuss their occupations with in¬
terested students.
Speakers have been selected
from the fields of art, business, en¬
gineering-technology, English, life
and physical science, mathemat¬
ics,, music, nursing, physical ed¬
ucation and social science.
Each speaker and those choos¬
ing to attend his section will be
assigned a room in which to meet.
Speakers, career fields and room
numbers will be posted on cam¬
pus and will be listed in a bulle¬
tin next week.
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members and their
adviser Dr. Joseph Hall, have
selected the various speakers to
insure that each will give the
best possible information to stu¬
dents.
In past years students and fac¬
ulty alike have considered Career
Day to be an important part of
preparing the student for a pro¬
fession.
Many students have chosen ca¬
reer fields on the basis of the
information given at the various
career meetings.
Any Pasadena City College students who have an inter¬
est in the field of international relations are invited to attend
the 35th session of the Institute of World Affairs to be held
at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel in Pasadena on December
7-10. -
Dr. Harold A. Hansen, who is¬
sued the invitation, stated that a
sign-up sheet for students is on
the bulletin board in the Social
Science Department office, 213C.
Attendance is limited, however,
to students who hold ASB books.
The registration fee for the
convention is $1, but this will be
refunded to those who attend.
The East Pasadena Rotary Club
is contributing financially to aid
the PCC delegation.
The conference itself has the
theme “Agenda for American Ac¬
tion” and will discuss ways in
which the United States can act
to improve its position in today’s
world.
The opening session on Sun¬
day evening, Dec. 7, will have as
topic “The Pattern of Faith,”
and will discuss the impacts of
religion, science, democracy and
communism at home and
abroad and the balance of power.
The Monday session will pon¬
der “The World Divided,” as dele¬
gates see the entire world arena
as a scene of activity, states and
groups of states working at cross¬
purposes.
“Weights and Scales in the Bal¬
ance of Power” will be discussed
at the Tuesday meeting. America
and Russia and the elements of
strength and weakness of each —
a new balance of power will be
the main topic.
The concluding session held on
Wednesday, Dec. 10, will formu¬
late an “Agenda for American
Action.” Directions and alterna¬
tives for United State policy, in¬
cluding America’s role in the
United Nations will be the main
topic.
Many of the top United States,
experts in various fields related
to foreign policy will speak to the
delegates. Scheduled to appear
are George V. Allen, of the United
States Information Agency; Dr.
Hans J. Morgenthau, author of
“Nuclear Strategy and Foreign
Policy”; Dr. Robert Strausz-Hupe,
author of “The Balance of Tomor¬
row”; and Gen. Maxwell D. Tay¬
lor, United States Army Chief of
Staff.
Other speakers include Walter
P. Coombs, Charles E. Martin,
President Paul Smith of Whittier
College and Dr. H. Arthur Stein¬
er.
and badminton as her favorite
sports, in addition to which she
sings in her church choir.
Miss Mark is a native of Los
Angeles. The 17-year-old coed
enjoys swimming and knitting,
sings in the choir of her church
and is enrolled in the dental as¬
sisting program at Pasadena
City College.
Miss Prather is a native of Pas¬
adena and is 19 years of age. She
is studying to become a social
worker. The blonde finalist con¬
siders swimming and sailing to be
her favorite sports.
Miss Price, 18, is a native of
Toronto, Canada. The brown¬
haired coed is studying to be¬
come a medical secretary and
lists volleyball as her favorite
recreational pastime.
Miss Ransom is a 17-year old
native of Glendale. The blonde
lists water skiing and swimming
as her favorite sports. At Pasa¬
dena City College she is studying
to become a legal secretary.
Miss Rasmussen, 18, is an¬
other native of Pasadena. She
is studying to become an air¬
line hostess. The favorite pas¬
times of the brown-haired coed
are swimming and dancing.
Miss Sampson is a native of
Los Angeles and is 18 years old.
At Pasadena City College she is
pursuing a career in merchan¬
dising. Swimming, skiing and
dancing are the blonde’s favorite
recreations.
English Council Collects
Clothes for Refugee Tots
For the twelfth consecutive year, the English Council will
conduct its annual pre-Christmas clothing drive to secure
clothing for Pasadena City College’s adopted refugee school
in Coburgh, Germany. The drive will begin Thursday, Dec. 4,
and continue through Friday, Dec.
12, under the chairmanship of
Vivian Hurd and vice-chairman
Audrey Hession.
In the 11 previous years, PCC
has sent food, clothing, books, gar¬
den seeds and even musical in¬
struments to Coburgh.
The school, which is populat¬
ed with refugees from the Rus¬
sian sector, is headed by Prof¬
essor Raimund Stick who ex¬
pressed his gratefulness for the
goods PCC has sent in the past
years. He wrote, “Your assist¬
ance has done more good than
tons of propaganda.”
Special boxes for collecting the
clothes will be placed in all class¬
rooms in which English Depart¬
mental classes are held, such as
composition and literature. The
English Department Office will
also be furnished with one of the
special containers. Needless to
say, clean, usable clothing is most
desirable.
Last year PCC sent 21 pack¬
ages of clothing for which the
postage amoimted to close to
$90. Therefore, the drive will
be followed with a sucker sale
on December 18 and 19 to meet
the expense of shipping the
clothing.
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The town of Coburgh is locat¬
ed close to the border of the Rus¬
sian Zone and, consequently, a
daily stream of freedom loving
people, especially youngsters,
crosses into the town.
Writes Professor Stick, “They
(the children) were especially
encouraged by the ‘Voice of
America’ broadcasts to cross
the border, often leaving every¬
thing behind. (They listen to
the broadcasts illegally.) Our
school is a shelter and refuge to
all those people who arrive and
we try never to disappoint
them.”
“They are picking up your prin¬
ciples and ideas; by and by and
one day they will act to other
people just as you taught them by
your good example.”
English Council members and
all students taking part in this
annual clothing drive urge all stu¬
dents of Pasadena City College
to participate in this good will
gesture by bringing such articles
of clothing as they have access to.
It is hoped that the membership
of this year’s Lancer student body
will do even more to help out
than did last year’s students.