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Homecoming Week Will Feature Rally With Queen Reigning Over Festivi ties
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Palomar's fi::st homecoming, complete with a glamorous queen, mght rally, football game and dance will Vista, California, Wednesday, October 18, 1950 Vol. 4, No.2. Five Cents be c~lebrated tomorrow and Friday on the campus. The election of the queen, from among the six beautiful contestants nominate~ last Thursday, is planned for today. T~e. young ladies nominated for election to the Calendar of Events royal position are as follows: Jan Norville from Fallb~ook; Mary. Lou Hill £::om ~scondido; "Tommy'' Fwre, Escond~do; Mary Ahce Rail, F'allbrook; Darlene Oct. 19Boyd, Escondido; Helen Bakke, Vista. It is planned Homecoming R ally, 9:00 The principal roles in the Palomar Players' fall prothat those not elected Palomar Queen will act as atp.m., on the campus. duction, Thornton Wilder's "Merchant of Yonkers,'' tendants in her retinue. Graduates of '47 and '48 will have been filled, leaving a few minor parts yet to be Oct. 20be the .gue~ts of the student body while open house will Palomar vs. El Centro at cast. This fast moving farce of life, love and pursuit in be mamtamed for all alumni and former students for Vista, 8 :00 p.m . the 1880's has been scheduled for one performance at the two days. Homecoming· D a n c e at the Escondido High School Auditorium, Saturday, Mary Conner. Hall, San MarA rousing rally, featuring a Dec. 9. cos, after the game. STUDENT PUBLICATION OF PALOMAR COLLEGE
Major Roles Filled in Fall Play To Be Presented in Escondido H. S.
Rehearsal · O'Ot under·way, last week, with the principals blocking out the basic action of the script. Much new talent will be found among the 17 members of the cast. Don Sheahan and Cathy Burt will take the leading roles of Mr. Vandergelder, the miserly widower of Yonkers, and Mrs. Levi, the clever widow who traps the merchant into a proposal of marriage, though not until after she has exhausted her bag of tricks. In substantial parts are Gwen Moore as Ermengarde, Mr. Vandergnlder's marriageable niece; Harold Cotton as Ambrose Kemper, the a1·ti.<;t; Nick Barnhill and Ronald TC nney as Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, Mr. Vandergelder's two incompetent clerks; l\Iary T;ou Hill as l\Irs. M-olly 1\Iollo,v; i\onna Anderson a." ~1innie l~'ay; \Vanda Cast<-llani as l\Irs. Van Huysen; and Melden h1sh a.<; Melchior Stack. \Vork on tlw fom· elaborate sets will begin this week. tudents who are interested in thiR phase of play production may earn one or two units of credit and several points toward membership in the national honorary fraternity, Delta Psi Omega, by signing up for the course in Theater Crafts, or seeing Mr. Kelley, the director.
U.N. Speaker At Meeting of Patrons
Oct. 24Student Council meeting, third period. Oct. 28Paloma1· vs. Ocean,;ide at Oceanside, 8:00 p.m.
Patrons of Palomar .Junior College began their fifth year's Oct. 31progrnm with the nnnual memStudent Council uweting. bership tea and program Wedthird period. nesday, Oct. 11 at 2 p .m. in the ~~-J! lovely gardens of the J\. N. Chamness home in Twin Oaks Valley. Shade provided by the giant sycamores was e pecially welcome to the 170 members and guests who attended the afterOver 6000 books and bound noon's program. Col lege Presimaga~ines are in tlw eolleg-e lident Dr. Elon Hildreth crave a . welcoming addreRs. \Vritten in- 'bl'ary at pi'<>S<-'nt "·ith new perivitations were extended to all odieal."i and newspapers arrivingpersons connect<'d with tlJ<' col- eontinu:llly, aecording to MrH. lege and parents of tit<> students I:<Jst!Jer :-\esbin. librarian. It is wert> <•specia lly hm1m·cd. lwin:.c Pnlarg-ed continually to i\Tis• Elsir ,)pns<•n, southwest meet tlH• npr•<ls of studPnt,; and l'<'giona l director of t lie { n ited tli<'Y ;JJ'(• lll'g'l'd to brow;;e around , ations Assoriation in Califor- and h• <"IIIJJ" af'qnaintl'd with till' nia , spoke of tlw vali1c of world libn1J·y sys1<'lll o •· to use the JJeworg-ani~ation and told of the illly rl•finisliPd ti.ibles 011 11·hi<•h to ner workings of the l nitNl 1"\a- stndy. Tile library is ofJf'll fnnn tions Afisrmbly. Shr was intro- H a.m . to 8 fl.lll. duced by Mr!-l. Em<>rson Mors<' ':\'11-s . . 'esiJin k<-pt tlw library of Panma Valley and urgrd li ~-; OJWII d m·ing tile smnnwr <;ession tener~-; to support tlw lnit ··d but by til<- time it burl al'l'ivPd nt Nations program . the San Marcos site she had beMrs. R. E. Wallace, .-;ocial gun to feel that she '"as operatchairman, was hostess for the ing a mobile unit. !<'rom the social hour which followed the American Legion hall, wher·e it afternoon's program and re- was housed last .r~'ar, the library freshments were ·erved by MeJ·- was moved and set np on the lene Bates, Suzanne Bates, Vista Recreation sitr. then a few Helen Bakke, Madalyn Daw, on, weeks later moved to its pre. ent Mary Lou Hill and Gwen Moore location. of the Palomar College student body. *"--~Patron's president, Mrs. T;yman Hisey, presidend over the The second portion of elections afternoon's program and Revto the student council, held in erend Ackley of the First. Conthe fall to permit entering fresh- gregational Church of Escondido men to be represented, were held gave the invocation. Mrs. Albert Aviation is coming to Palomar last week to complete the form- N. Chamness, honorary presicollege. dent and _chairman of the Meming of the council. Courses in aviation, aerodyLyman ''Spike'' Hisey was bership Committee announced chosen commissioner of men, membership of the Patrons to b('1 namics, meteorology and civil air regulations in pre-flight training while Francis Merchant, Fred 257. will be offered to under-graduAshley and James Cross will be ate and adult members of the representatives at large. college enrollment within a couAt meetings of the Freshman ple af weeks, according to Dr. and Sophomore classes held last Elon Hildreth, after a conferweek, the two bodies elected their ence last Wednesday with W . Palomar's band is planning class officers and a representative from each class to be a mem- stunts for both the El Centro Earl Sams, Aviation Education game Friday night on the Vista Consultant, California State Deber of the student council. As Frosh representative, the high .school field as part of the partment of Education, and Dr_ Freshman class chose Bill Tip- homecoming and for the Ocean- Tipton Wood, director of adult ton. Filling the four class of- side game the following week at education at Palomar college. fices were : Artis Wade, presi- the coast town, according to Di- While funds are not available dent; Bob Linares, vice-presi- rector Howard Kay. He asks all at present for the inclusion of a dent; Joy Kazmer, secretary, students with instrumental mu- course in flying and the grantsic ability to volunteer to help ing of private and commercial and Bill Reed, treasurer. Following the same procedure, make this a success and he also licenses, further investigation the Sophomores elected Nick wishes all girls who have had along this line is in progress. At Barnhill as representative to the any drill team experience to join present, those students who wish, may take flying lessons at their council. Chosen to fill the class his marching group. own expense in connection wiitt The band will rehearse its conoffices were: Fred Ashley, president; Harold Cotton, vice-presi- tribution tomorrow evening, the ground course subject'S. Three local schools of aviation dent; and Meredith Trow, secre- Thursday, on the Richmar school have expressed themselve willplaygrounds. tary.
College Library
Growing Rapidly
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Elections Fill Student Council
Kenney Elected Telescope Head
Romild Krnney was chosen editor of Tlw 'relescope for this year nt an rlect ion held Monday of last wrek by the journalism class. His choice will have to be confirmPd by the student council before it brcomes final. Kenney was one of the spark plugs on the staff of the paper Ia t Y<'flr and will handle much of t-h1' sport news. which he i now doing- for the Escondido Timr.<.:-A.d vocate, and will plan Pach iss1r<- of the paper_ Hen1bers of tlw jou l'll alisul class a Iso will have eharg-e of 'l'he :\Tirror. bnt ;m <'dito1· hm; not yrt ht>l•n <·hosPJI for that post. A
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Singing Group :\ J!I' W rh-;s in voic1• is b<'ing fonn1•d b,v How;rrd Kay to teach the f'nndamentals of singing and tlw ehJ.<.:S members will receive both g roup and individual instrn<:t ion according to the di rector. This will be a two unit eoursP ;~nd will nwet during- the rif1 h w; ·iod_
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Comets Are No Longer Earth Bound; Aviation Courses Will Be Offered
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Band Provides Grid Stunts
ing to turn ove1· their pre-flight clas>;es to Palomar thns far and it is possible that their instructor, Geor·ge Brusch, may conduct the work. Facilities of George Almand's Flying School, San Marcos :B--,lying Service and Hi Hi Sky Ranch near Oceanside will be available for this work. These courses will be helpful to every one who is interested in commercial or private aviation careers. Aviator Sams flew into San Marcos to keep his appointment with Dr. Hildreth and was escorted through the campus of Palomar college. "The National Aviation Education Council " he stated, ''has taken a decid~d stand and urges the schools to cooperate with industry, labot· and government in the development of an aviation education program that is commensurate with the needs of the city, county and Rtate SPrved by the Rehool. ''
I'Oaring bonfire, is planned as an enthusia. tic prelude to the football game on the Vista high field the following evening and thE' announcement of the election of the queen will be another hig·hlight of the occa ion. On Friday night the Palomar gridder take on the team from El Centro juniGr college in what promises to be a tough struggle and one thrilling to watch. A dance at the Mary Y. Conners hall in San Marcos will follow the game and it is here that the Queen of Palomar with her reti-mr(', will be COJ'O~ated and reign for the evening'!> festiYities. An interrsting- fratnre of the homecoming will br the first formal registration of all alumni ancl foruwr 1-;t ndc·nts in an alumni hook w!Ji<-11 "-ill h<> r·etr1in Pd hy the colleg-e for thp r<'turuinggroups in f'OJ'lH<'r l'<'ars to -~tud,· and Hlltog-mph. [t 11 ill fw fotlll;f in thr• lih1·ar_,. dnr·ino· till· tii'O <lays of hollii'<'Otll in:.r. -{:;·----
Yearbook Meeting Helpful To Staff l<'ine photog-raphy, pleasing layouts and interesting themes were but a small part of the prog-ram presented at the college yearbook workshop at Compton .Junior college Oct. 6 and attended by Don Kennedy, last year's Mirror editor, and ,John Findlay, advisor. DiRCUS'>ions alld demonstrations in the choice aud development of a theme were given by .Jack Cann icott of the Los Ang-eles Engraving Comp<lllY while Bill Retchin displayed m~ny of the cover put out by S. K. Smith Company and made suggestions in their choice. Many practical ideas in the preparation of copy were made hy Mrs. Christien Beeson Colton high school advisor, and ~he displayed a couple of their books in which the themes were most cleverly conceived nnd expertly developed. Anthony R. Loya, commercial photographer, displayed many striking and dramatic shots taken for annuals. The workshop promises to be an annual affair according to .Jean T.;andon Taylor, director of 'fJUhlications at Compton college, who acted as chairman.
*·---ADVISOR IS PICKED Mrs. Irma ,Johnson, Palomar English instructor, was invited to be faculty advisor of the student council at a meeting in the administration building, Oct.. 10. She gracion. ly accepted.