PCC CoWu&v
Vol. 9, No. 5
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
October 22, 1958
Student Journalists
Attend Conference
Saturday, Nov. 1, is the date
which has been named for the
seventh annual college journalism
day at UCLA. It will be attended
by representatives from the PCC
Courier and Pageant and their ad¬
visers.
Registration for delegates
from colleges and junior col¬
leges from all over Southern
California will begin at 8:30 in
the lobby of UCLA Music Build¬
ing. Workshops in the fields of
newspaper writing and year
book editing will be held from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For writers interested in news¬
paper work there will be work¬
shops on feature and creative
writing, news and editorial writ¬
ing and sports writing. For those
interested in yearbooks, classes on
design and photography will be
offered. There will also be a spe¬
cial advisers’ seminar.
Following the workshops
there will be a general assem¬
bly featuring Elmer Peterson,
NBC-KFI radio and television
news commentator, who will be
introduced by Rafer Johnson,
president of the UCLA associa¬
ted student body.
Following the speaker will be
the presentation of the Edward
A. Dickson awards in journalism
by Mrs. Dickson and Vem Knud-
sen, vice chancellor of the univer¬
sity.
A football rally luncheon in
the Kerckhoff Hall Patio will
be followed by the UCLA vs.
Washington State football game
at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
All delegates will be the guests
of the university at the lunch¬
eon, the game and the special
press conference and show at
Pacific Ocean Park’s Sea Circus
Arena in the evening.
Representing PCC will be Don
Blesi, Lynda Brangham, Allan
Gaul, Bud Green, Sylvia Leiva,
Carol McDonald, Don Merry, Wal-
Collegians Dance to
Don Ricardo’s Music
“Heaven on Earth” will be the theme 4>f the first Associ¬
ated Student Body dance of the year to be staged this Satur¬
day from 8:30 to 12 p.m. at the San Marino Woman’s Club.
The distinguished orchestra of Don Ricardo will perform in
what promises to be a fine eve-
PCC Publications
Take Tod Awards
ON THEIR WAY IN ... to dance to the music of Don Ri¬
cardo and his orchestra are these four eager Lancers. . The dance,
first of the new semester, will be held at the San Marino
Woman’s Club on Saturday night from 8:30 until 12. Presented
by the Associated Men and Associated Women Students Boards,
the dance lias been named “Heaven on Earth.”
ter Varnes and Jane Young of the
Courier and Grant Bachtold, Don
Blankenship, Nancy Edwards, Au¬
drey Hession, Karen Hooper, Jack
Koch, Jim Manweiler, Glenda Plo-
ger, A1 Salter, and Lorena Tre-
ydte of the Pageant. They will be
accompanied by their advisers
Mrs. Elaine Mo'rgan, of the year¬
book, and Miss Mildred Poorman,
of the paper.
Lecture Luminary Speaks
to Tuesday Forum Goers
“Wit and Invective in American Elections” will be the
topic of the October 28 Tuesday Evening Forum conducted
by Dr. Russell L. Caldwell of „USC. Dr. Caldwell, one of the
most popular platform personalities on the West Coast, has
been lecturing to civic organiza
'Stage Struck?
Students are urged to try out
for roles in “The Matchmaker,”
to be presented in the Little
Theater in December. Tryouts
will be held Wednesday, Thurs¬
day and Friday, Oct. 22, 23 and
24, in the Little Theater from
2-5 p.m. If you cannot come at
these times, contact Miss An¬
nabel Anderson to arrange for
a special reading for a part.
Both the Courier and the Pag¬
eant this week received first class
honor ratings from the Associ¬
ated Collegiate Press in the
group’s annual critical service for
newspapers and annuals on the
high school and college level.
Newspapers and annuals are
judged on the basis of such
categories as content, general
appearance, typography and
pictures. For each category
points are awarded and the to¬
tal number of points gained
by a publication determines its
final rating.
The first class award was grant¬
ed to the Courier of the spring
semester of 1958. Editor at that
time was Mary Lou Johnson who
is now a student at San Diego
State College.
In such categories of judging
as news coverage, balance,
treatment of copy and editorial
page make-up, the Courier re¬
ceived either “excellent” or
“very good” ratings. The pa¬
per also scored high in all oth¬
er phases of endeavor.
Of all junior college papers in
the United States which entered
the contest qply four received all-
American (highest) honors and
only nine received first class
awards.
A first class honor rating was
also garnered by the 1958 Pag¬
eant, PCC yearbook. Editor of
ning. Don Ricardo, an alumnus
of PCC, has been a respected
name in the top bracket of Pa¬
cific Coast orchestras for many
years. He has appeared in many
motion pictures, TV and in radio
productions.
Besides his many night club
and ballroom engagements, he
has appeared at the annual Pasa¬
dena City College Royal Ball, the
Tournament of Roses Ball, and at
the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
The Associated Men Students in
conjunction with the Associated
Women Students have been plan¬
ning the affair from the outset
of the year. Presidents Don Fork
and Jean Hutchinson have work¬
ed closely with co-chairmen Dick
Malone and Glenda Ploger.
Committee chairmen who have
been working with the presidents
and chairmen are as follows: tick¬
ets — Pat Byrns and Tom Grigs¬
by; refreshments — Susie Danz
and Mike Collins; decorations —
Kay Dooly and Dick Whittinghill;
site — Jane Young and Ken Beam;
publicity — Vivian Hurd, Pat Hen¬
ry and Doug Perry. Don Rogers
was in charge of scheduling the
band.
’ Dress will be dressy sport. Ad¬
mission is $1.50 per couple with
ASB book and $2.50 per couple
without ASB book.
the award-winning annual was
Bob Veylupek.
The awards are granted to
newspapers and annuals by the
University of Minnesota which
sponsors the critical service.
'Executives
There will be an important
meeting of club presidents in
12C at 3 p.m. today. Important
plans will be discussed.
:ions for the last ten years while
:eaching at USC, the Michigan
institute of Technology and the
Jniversity of Michigan.
President of the USC Faculty
Jlub and the American Associa-
:ion of University Professors, Dr.
Caldwell received his AB degree
:rom Hiram College and AM and
Dr. Russell L. Caldwell
PhD degrees from USC where he
is now an associate professor of
history.
The author of several history
textbooks and professional arti¬
cles, Caldwell will analyze the fall
election issues in his Tuesday eve¬
ning lecture.
Besides having a brilliant lec¬
turing career for the last ten
years, Dr. Caldwell has taught in
Volant High Sghool in Pennsyl¬
vania, Brookfield High School and
Wooster High School. He moved
to USC as an assistant pro¬
fessor of history in 1946, a posi¬
tion he occupied until 1950 when
he. became associate professor.
In connection with his lectur¬
ing, Dr. Caldwell has served as
a panelist on Chancellor Rufus
von KleinSmid’s Teleforum on
world affairs, especially the Mid¬
dle East. He has also served as
president of the Western Region
of International Platform Asso¬
ciation, one known as the Lyceum
Administration.
Spartans Purvey
Peppermint Twists
Today and tomorrow the Spar¬
tans, Pasadena City College hon¬
orary women’s service group will
be selling peppermint twist suck¬
ers to Lancers. Any students in
classes and in the halls will be
fair game for the Spartan sales¬
women.
At Pasadena City College, the
Spartans promote welfare work
in the community as well as at
PCC, they promote student parti¬
cipation in college activities and
they help the ASB Board and Cab¬
inet to enforce the Pasadena City
College constitution.
Among their projects for the
year, the Spartans aid in publi¬
cizing Hello Week, selling shak¬
ers at football games, help in
blood drives and perform other
services to the college.
Gloria Neil Graces Annual Classic
as Newest 'Miss Junior Rose Bowl'
Gloria Neil, a lovely blue-eyed, blonde coed from Pasadena
City College, has been chosen to reign over the thirteenth
annual Junior Rose Bowl Game to be played on Saturday,
Dec. 13, in the Rose Bowl. Gloria, a freshman student at PCC,
is a liberal arts major who in¬
tends to continue her education
at San Jose State College where
she will study to become a color
psychologist.
She was selected over four oth¬
er finalists from an original field
of 65 on the basis of facial beauty,
poise, beauty of figure, intelli¬
gence, speaking voice and general
charm.
The announcement of her selec¬
tion came as a result of final
judging at a Junior Chamber of
Commerce luncheon held on Mon¬
day, Oct. 13.
The seventeen and a half year
old, 5’4” beauty is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Neil of Palm
Springs. Born in Phoenix, Ariz.,
Gloria entered PCC this semester
after graduating from Palm
Springs High School.
Linguists Present
First French Film
"Sylvie and the Phantom,” a
French film, will be presented by
the Foreign Language Depart¬
ment and the Foreign Language
Council at two showings on Mon¬
day, Oct. 27.
The film, a Gallic fantasy-com¬
edy, will be in French with Eng¬
lish subtitles. Two showings will
be held and are open to the pub¬
lic without charge. No reserva¬
tions are required. The matinee
will be at 3:15, the evening per¬
formance at 7:30.
The story is centered upon a
girl whose dreams bring back to
earth the ghost of a handsome
youth who had died 100 years be¬
fore. To complicate her life, three
false ghosts appear.
AND NOW WE PRESENT . . . Gloria Neil, Miss Junior Rose
Bowl of 1958. Gloria, a freshman at Pasadena City College, is a
graduate of Palm Springs High School who plans to attend San
Jose State College upon graduation from PCC. As Junior Rose
Bowl queen she will appear at various civic functions before
reigning at the annual Junior Rose Bowl game on December 13.