'Tahitian Tromp’ Cancelled Hue to Flu
Dante to Be Postponed
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VOL 7, NO. 4
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 9, 1957
Journalists Convene
at UCLA Saturday
Editors, reporters and staff members of PCC’s Journalism
Row will journey to the annual Edward A. Dickson Journalism
Day at UCLA this Saturday, Oct. 12. The day’s program will
commence with registration and a welcome, after which the
representatives from colleges all
Foreign Students’
Orientation Begins
over the state will separate to
attend workshops affiliated with
individual specialties. These will
consist of feature and creative
writing, news and editorial writ¬
ing, sports Writing for newspaper
staff members, design and pho¬
tography for yearbook staff mem¬
bers, and an adviser’s seminar.
Among the prominent speakers
will be Edward A. Harris, St.
Louis Post-Dispatch correspond
ent and Pulitzer Prize winner
Rex Miller, former radio com
mentator and foreign correspond
ent, will also appear, as will Dar
sie L. Darsie, LA Herald-Express
feature editor, and Ted Robinson,
UCLA Daily Bruin editor, plus
many other prominent UCLA
graduates and students.
Following the workshops lunch¬
eon will be served, and the morn¬
ing program will be concluded
with the presentation of awards.
In the afternoon, all Journalism
Day guests will be guests of the
university at the UCLA-Washing-
ton football game at the Colise¬
um.
Attending from PCC will be
Courier Editor Joanne Osman,
Mary Lou Johnson, Ruth Hem¬
ming, Joanne Greene, Peter Bena¬
videz, and Ralph Sanchez from
the newspaper staff. Bob Veylu-
pek, Pageant editor; Herb James
Glenn Kahl, Grant Bachtold, and
Bette Stedfleld will represent the
Pageant staff. Miss Mildred Poor-
man and Mrs. Elaine Morgan,
Courier and Pageant advisers, will
also attend.
PTA Opens Annual
Membership Drive
Next week wll mark the open¬
ing of the annual membership
drive for PCC’s Patron’s Parent
Teacher Association. Letters will
be sent out next Monday to the
homes of each Lancer student in¬
forming parents of the the PTA
drive. A message from Dr. Wil¬
liam Langsdorf, Pasadena City
College president, as well as one
from PTA President Mrs. John
Ruskin Lane will be included.
In addition to the two letters, a
membership envelope will be in¬
cluded inviting the parent or
guardian- to join this local PTA
chapter. The envelopes can be
mailed back to the school or may
be brought to the Student Bank
by Lancer students. A 50 cent
membership entitles the holder to
a year's activity in the national,
state and local Parent Teacher
Association.
The money derived from the
membership drive is used for one
of two purposes: either for stu¬
dent welfare or for public rela¬
tions. The PTA sponsors many
loans for needy PCC students as
well as student grants and
awards. In addition, the revenue
raised through membership is
used to make PCC more well-
known throughout the communi¬
ty.
All adults, both members and
non-members will be invited to at¬
tend the four general PTA meet¬
ings of the school year. The first
one will be held Thursday eve¬
ning, Nov. 7, in Harbeson Hall and
will feature an interesting pro¬
gram of value to Pasadena resi¬
dents.
For the purpose of orientating
foreign students with the activi¬
ties and «functions of Pasadena
and the college, three meetings
are being held this week in 200C.
The first was held yesterday at
11 a.m., the second will be held
today and the final meeting, Fri¬
day, also at 11 a.m.
On the agenda for today’s pro¬
gram is a panel of business men
from this comjnunity to speak to
the students about the driving of
automobiles. Automobile dealer
Arthur M. Hannifin, lawyer Paul
H. Marston, and insurance agent
Gleeson L. Payne will compose
the panel. Mrs. Ruth McFadden,
the school nurse, will also be pres¬
ent to explain the health services
at PCC.
Friday Dr. Catherine Robbins
will show a series of slides of
PCC to the foreign students and
the college counseling service will
be explained by Miss Florence
Brubaker.
At the first meeting Tuesday,
Dr. William Langsdorf was pres¬
ent to greet the students.
TAHITIANS INVADE LANCER CAMPUS . . . only" to" find
that the annual AMS-AWS dance, the Tahitian Tromp was can¬
celled. Crystal Semler and Mitzi Lee Albertson welcome Pete
Caputo to the “Land of the Lancers” as Carol Cogswell and Bob
Toland look on.
Tuesday Evening Forum
Hosts European Traveler
Dr. Harold von Hofe, chairman of the Department of
Germanics at the University of Southern California, will be
the main speaker at the Tuesday Evening Forum to be held
October 15 in Sexson Auditorium at 8 p.m. Dr. von Hofe is a
specialist in Central European af-
Believing that a school dance would only help spread
instead of extinguish the growing number of flu cases, a
joint meeting of the AMS and AWS councils voted to postpone
Friday’s Tahitian Tromp indefinitely. Slow ticket sales and
the absence of many committee
chairmen also contributed to the
cancellation of the dance.
Under the joint sponsorship of
Pete Caputo, AMS president, and
Sue Thistlewhite, AWS president,
the south sea dance was scheduled
to be held Friday evening, Oct.
11, at the San Marino Wopian’s
Club from 8:30 p.m. to midnight.
Refunds
Students who have already pur¬
chased their tickets to the dance
may have their money refunded
by bringing their ticket to the
Student Bank or to the AMS-AWS
member who sold them their
ticket.
Chairmen Ill
Several of the committee chair¬
men for the dance have been ill
and thus did not make their ar¬
rangements for the affair. Susie
Kincaid was in charge of publicity
while Ruth Olson was responsi¬
ble for preparing refreshments.
Sally Going was handling decora¬
tions for the dance. The attire
was to have been casual wear —
sarongs, beachcombers, hula
skirts and the like.
No definite date has been set
for the annual dance although
two dates in November are being
considered. Students are urged to
refrain from being in large crowds
as the flu is contagious.
ASB Government
Receives Advisers
PCC’s student government will
hold a Faculty-Student Open
House Monday, Oct. 14, in the
Student Lounge.
According to chairman, Sue
Thistlewhite, this event will en¬
able each board member and com¬
missioner to become better ac¬
quainted with the adviser for his
or her office.
The ASB urges every member
of the board and cabinet and all
of the advisers to attend some
time between the hours of 2:30
and 4:30 p.m. In this way, a bet¬
ter understanding and coopera¬
tion between PCC’s students and
faculty administration will be pro¬
moted.
’Football
Lancers are reminded that the
football game at Riverside will
be held Saturday evening, Oct.
- 12, instead of Friday as usual.
The game, starts at 8 p.m. and
will be played at the Riverside
Junior College stadium.
fairs and is chairman of the Na¬
tional Selection Committee for
Fulbright scholars.
Dr. Hofe has toured many for¬
eign countries. He recently re¬
turned from an extensive trip
through Europe, where he had
Lancer Coed Kathi Peterson Selected
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Planned Rgjgn a$ ^SS Junjor R0Se Bowl
for New Lancers -
Dr. Harold von Hofe
the opportunity of visiting all
major German cities as a guest
of the German government. While
there he attended numerous round
table discussions with gqvern-
ment officials in order to form a
vivid picture of current political
and' economic trends. He also
visited churches and schools, fac¬
tories and offices.
Tomorrow between 12 o’clock
and 1 p.m., the annual Club Day
open house activities will take
place on the PCC campus. Each
of the 61 campus clubs and or¬
ganizations will supply a repre¬
sentative to orientate new stu¬
dents on his particular club or
organization.
Each of the representatives
will be appointed a specific
room on campus. Open house
club location schedules will be
distributed from the Courier
and Crier stands sometime to¬
morrow morning. ‘
Open house attendance is com¬
pulsory for students enrolled in
all basic communication classes.
By attending open house, the
basic communication students will
be able to compile the informa¬
tion necessary for their basic com¬
munication class speech reports.
Each BC student is responsible
for learning the activities of a
specified club and returning to
his class to inform members
about it. ,
All students are invited to at¬
tend at least one of the open
club meetings and students may
attend more than one club ori¬
entation if time is available.
Several club days are held
throughout the year in an effort
to acquaint students with the or¬
ganizations on campus and to bet¬
ter aid each individual in finding
an interest that coincides with his.
Selected as Miss Junior Rose Bowl of 1957 last week was
Kathi Peterson, second year PCC coed and former Homecoming
Queen. Kathi, a brown-eyed, 19-year-old brunette, was chosen
over four other beauties by Pasadena’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce. As Miss Junior Rose
Bowi, Kathi wiii reign over the Dedication Slated
for Music Building
Although PCC’s new Music
Building has been in use nearly
a year, it will be officially opened
on Friday, Oct. 25. And a gala
event it will be, to judge from
the day’s program.
The festivities will begin with
an open house for all PCC per¬
sonnel and culminate in a lunch¬
eon at 12:30, immediately after
the opening ceremonies have been
performed.
Next on the program will be a
convocation for all music stu¬
dents, which will center around
the installation of the Music Coun¬
cil members. The various music
clubs and organizations will be
introduced, the music faculty will
be presented, and a general orien¬
tation of the department is plan¬
ned. From 4 to 5:30 a dance is
scheduled to the music of the Hi-
liters and is to be open to all
students, f
Music Department alums will
meet for supper at 6 p.m. and at
8:15 p.m. a gala concert will be
presented by prominent Lancers,
both past and present. The day
will climax with an open house.
Kathi Peterson
twelfth version of Pasa¬
dena's annual Junior Rose Bowl
game, December 14.
An art education major, Kathi
also serves the school as head
song leader. Last year she cop¬
ped the homecoming queen title
as the candidate of the Lancer
Band.
The traditional. Miss Junior
Rose Eowl sweater was presented
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