'Arsenic and Old Lace’ debuts Friday
Force set to open
in total auditorium
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PCC’s drama department will make its local debut this
- - - - - week when it presents “Arsenic and Old Lace,” a comedy in
VOL 13, NO. 5 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 19, 1960 three acts written by playwright Joseph Kesselring. The cur-
- — - - — _ : _ tain will go up at 8:15 in Sexson Auditorium for the Friday
Tryouts begin
to pick queen
for Rose Court
Queen and princess tryouts for
the 1961 Pasadena Tournament of
Roses festivities were held yester¬
day and Monday in all women’s
physical education classes.
Women, attired in casual cam¬
pus clothes, paraded before a
group of downtown businessmen,
faculty members, student repre¬
sentatives, and two former Tour¬
nament of Roses princesses.
THE FIRST round of elimina¬
tion for the world-famous event
will be up to this non-partisan
group, and their decisions will be
announced as soon as possible.
Identification for the candidates
was strictly impersonal for the
first round of judging, and every
girl carried only a 5x8 card with
her student code number marked
on it in dark black ink.
Primary judging is based main¬
ly on poise, appearance, and
grace. As the contest continues
personality, interests, grades, and
other factors will enter into the
picture.
ALL CANDIDATES, according
to the tournament rules, must be
presently carrying at least 11
units of college work, and have a
satisfactory attendance record.
Grade point averages must be
C or better and the student can¬
not have any grades of E or F
and not more than one D during
the period of tryouts.
Since preliminary eliminations
are held in the women’s physical
education classes candidates must
be officially enrolled in a physical
education class of some type.
Post-graduate and married stu¬
dents are not eligible to compete.
Ultimately a queen and six
princesses will be selected from
the PCC campus to reign over the
annual New Year’s Tournament
of Roses festivity.
— Courier photo by Fred Ireland
Oh, for the delicacy of a bit of choice wine mixed
HAVING carefully with a dose of potent arsenic. Polita
FTJN, Marks and Charlene Way seem to know the recipe
GIRLS? well as they rehearse for their parts in “Arsenic
and Old Lace,” which will open in Sexson Audito¬
rium Friday night.
Vacancies remain
in Lancer cabinet
for appointive jobs
Experiments help curb
usual traffic headaches
The parking and traffic situation at PCC has been some¬
what improved this year due to some strategic manipulating
on the part of Officer Sam Adams and his staff. More spaces
have been provided and traffic flow has been regulated.
According to Officer Adams, -
1800 stickers have been issued.
There are 1200 spaces available
and according to class scheduling
and attendance averages the en¬
tire 1800 who have stickers can
be accommodated.
Applicants for the remaining
appointive offices in PCC’s stu¬
dent governmen t have been
screened and the students to fill
the positions will be announced
this week.
“We have had an overwhelm¬
ing turnout,” said Civil Service
Commissioner Ginny Syers.
THOSE APPLYING for the
various positions were interview¬
ed by Dean S. Luke Curtis, Miss
Harriet Van Osdel, Ginny Syers,
and the three representatives at
large, Sandy Cassinelli, Terry
Liercke, and Hossein Shirvani.
and Saturday night performances.
Holding the starring roles in
the play are Polita Marks and
Charlene Way portraying Martha
and Abby Brewster, two old maid
sisters who take to serving their
friends afternoon wine spiced
with arsenic.
THE OTHER characters in the
stage farce are played by Linda
Gaulding as Elaine Harper, Paul
Stevens as Mortimer Brewster,
Jon Middleton as Jonathan Brew¬
ster, Hugo Leckey as Dr. Ein¬
stein, and Phil Luther as Teddy
Brewster.
Characterizing the Rev. Dr.
Harper is Frank Dane; Officer
Borrette, Alex Franco; Officer
Klein, Marshall Cohen; Officer
O’Hara, Tom Grosso; Lt. Rooney,
Dick Hampson; Mr. Gibbs, Joe
Clement; and Mr. Witherspone,
Larry Miller.
DONALD Liercke is in charge
of the production, with Dave
Tucker acting as student director.
Originally a big hit in New
York, the play featured such
great stars as Josephine Hall,
Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre.
Later a motion picture was made
from the stage version starring
actor Cary Grant.
ADDING TO the fun and hilar¬
ity of the crazy Brewster family
is brother Teddy who, believing
himself to be former President
Teddy Roosevelt, periodically
bursts down a flight of stairs
shouting in his loudest voice a
spirited cry of “Charge!”
A light-hearted romance be¬
tween younger kin Mortimer
Brewster and his fiance, Elaine, is
interrupted by the unusual an¬
tics of Jonathan Brewster and
his character friend, Dr. Einstein,
who together plot fantastic
schemes.
Political talk set
for Tuesday Forum
“Political Parties or Pandemo¬
nium” is the theme of this week’s
Tuesday Evening Forum speaker,
Dr. Arthur Larson.
Dr. Larson has a background
— Courier photo by Bob
Motorist Jim Reed tries to explain to Officer Sam
Adams that there just isn’t any other place to park
his tiny Citroen, but the school patrolman won’t
change his mind. Crowded parking lots are only
one of the problems facing PCC’s current traffic
system.
GUESS
WHO’LL
WIN
AN INNOVATION this year is
the creation of a small car area.
This is an area of 85 spaces al¬
lotted to foreign cars measuring
13’3” or under. “We know of no
other college campus with ’such
an arrangement,” said Officer
Adams.
Motorcycles and scooters also
have a designated area this year
in which to park. These require
no sticker, and offer adequate
space for students with motor¬
cycles.
STUDENT PARKING is re
stricted to the Hill Avenue stu¬
dent parking lots only. Faculty,
administratice, clerical, and main¬
tenance personnel are provided
with adequate parking in speci¬
fied areas.
There is a small amount of fac¬
ulty parking occupying a portion
of one of the Hill Avenue lots.
This restriction of student park¬
ing has eliminated cars moving
around buildings and blocking
driveways.
OFFICER ADAMS’ staff of stu¬
dent parking attendants is doing
a commendable job of directing
traffic and preventing confusion
in the lots.
One thing is certain and that
is that no car without the author¬
ized and duly-issued sticker at¬
tached to the windshield is al¬
lowed to park in the lots.
Anyone not having a sticker
and parking there regardless will
be given a citation. These tick¬
ets are handled by the Pasadena
Municipal Court.
The positions offered were so¬
cial affairs, secretary of speech,
elections commissioner, religious
activities, secretary of drama, sec¬
retary of awards, departmental
activities commissioner, and sec¬
retary of music.
Recommendations from the in¬
terviewers then went to the ASB
Board where final voting was
done on the applicants.
ALL POSITIONS except that of
commissioner of pep are set up
on a semesterly basis, and the
offices will be open for new lead¬
ership in the spring for those in¬
terested in serving as a student
leader.
Newly inaugurated this year
is a foreign student’s commission¬
er who will serve PCC’s foreign
population. This office was cre¬
ated upon the suggestion of one
of last year’s representatives at
large.
Its purpose, reports Commis¬
sioner Syers, is to bring about a
greater unity between the large
number of foreign students at¬
tending school here.
•Hazing ban
Dr. Catherine Robbins has is¬
sued a memorandum reminding
all PCC students, organizations,
and institutions that any form
of hazing is banned by State
law in California. Activities in¬
volving any kind of physical
treatment of pledges or others
are especially subject to prose¬
cution.
which includes law practice, teach¬
ing law, college administration,
and acting as Under-Secretary of
Labor, and director of the U.S.
Information Agency.
He has authored several im¬
portant books, including “The
Law of Workman’s Compensa¬
tion,” “Know Your Social Securi-
Dr. Arthur Larson
. . . political expert
ty,” and “What We Are For.”
He is now director of the World
Rule of Law Center recently es¬
tablished at Duke University.
Dr. Larson received his doctor
of civil laws degree from Oxford
University in English, where he
was a Rhodes scholar, and he has
been made a Fellow of Pembroke
College, Oxford. In 1952 he re¬
turned to England under a Full-
bright research grant to study the
British national insurance sys¬
tem.