Debate Squad Journeys To Pasadena Vol. IX, No. 8
Palomar College
San Marcos, Calif.
February 26, 1954
Will Give Elections Turn New Baseball Field I Spotlight On Comets A Real Home Base Work began this week ple time to work out on on a new baseball field it before the season to be located ·o n the camNew Officers pus opens. Coach Ward (Rusof Palomar JC. It ty) Myers has expressed I
Jim Fortenberry was elected president of the Fresh class in an election held Wednesday, February 10. Al Polhamus was elected vice-president; Carrie Seebold,secretary; Don Stevenson, treasurer; and Arlene Knappe,council representative. Don Capps of the Soph class was elected president in an election hela last Wednesday. Ed Schaffroth was elected vice-president; Bob Br~nan, secretary; Jim Floyd, treasurer; and Don John, council representative.
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Mardi Gras Ball Old New Orleans will be transplanted to the Women's Clubhouse in Escondido on t!arch 7 for the AWS !1!ardi Gras Ball. Featuring masks and costu:nes, the affair will be tailored after the gala masquerade parties of the old South. students on campus will choose a king and queen to reign over the d!ll ce. The Circle K has chosen Judy Fleming as their candidate for queen. The A'NS a:re betting their pennies on Ed Schaffroth and Jim Fortenberry. The Knights have not chosen their candida t;es as yet. Sids have been on sale all week at $1.25 per--stag or drag. (Stags are wholeheartedly welcome1)
will be used by the Comet baseball squad for both practice and league games. The new field will be located directly beyond the football field toward San Marcos. Home plate is expected to lie about 80 feet from Highway 78, and the depth of the field will be a minimum of 400 feet. Another added feature of the field is to be a turf infield which should give Palomar one of the best in the South Central Conference. It will be completed within two weeks and should give the team 9.1!1-
deep satisfaction in the new field and feels it will be a definite aid to the Comets' pro~ress durihg the season. Palomar will also be wearing new uniforms that were purchased for last year but went unused when the te9J!l folded. In past years, Palomar has been forced to use Escondido's Finney Field and the Vista Community Center. Finney Field proved inadequate because Escondido High School also uses it and the Vista field is being torn up by a new highway.
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PJC At Retreat Approximately 30 Palomar students attended a non-denomi.nat.l.onal religious retreat at Lake 71ohlford last weekend. In a talent-tussle Friday evening, PJC gave a good account of itself with Tom Lasswell scoring several ap plause counts with his excellent interpretive reading. The jazz combo also played and a couple of humorous skits were presented. The Retreat was lead primarily by Bill Bright and members of the UCLA Campus Crusaders.Stirrinu testimonies were given by Terry Dubay, Bob Haydenfelt and Bob Davenport as well as a fine recorded nessage from Don Moomaw. The
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In Rehearsal "The Inspector Calls," an exciting play produced in New York in October 1947, is the Palomar Players next production scheduled for a March 19 premiere in the college theater. Authored by one of England's foremost playwrights, J. c. Priestley, the story tells of a family involved in the suicide of a girl, and the family's varied reaction to a possible public scandal. In rehearsal now, under the direction of Mr. Ben Padrow, the experienced cast includes Bobbe Hathaway, Tom Lasswell, Don John, and Bob Mitchell. Also featured in the play are two new members to the Drama department, Eloise Mason, and Kent Lansing.
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Eleven membe.rs of the Palomar Debate Team will participate in a speech tournament at Pasadenatoday and tomorrow. Debating on the subject, "Resolved: That the United States ShouldAdopt a Policy of Free Trade_," the local group is dl vided lnto five squads according to Mr. Ben Padrow, debate coach, who is accompanying the team. At a student assembly February 17, one di vision of the team presented a sample display of theconflict encountered whentwo viewpoints prevailed. Supporters of the Free Trade idea were Don John and Mel Hogan, whileopponents were Arlene Knappe and Wally Miller. Members competine against such formidable foes as USC and UCLA are, in addition to the abovenamed students, John Belford, Wayne Gruenewald, Tom Lasswell, Kent Lansi~g, Bob Mitchell, Al Polha>nus, and Don Wolfe. Belford, Gruenewald, and Lansing are new additions to the team, while Wolfe, who was at Palomar last year, has returned this semester from San Bernardino JC.
Music Students Visit 'L·IVeI Radio Show A nationwide NBC radio program played host to 28 members of the PJC Music Department at a "live" broadcast of the Railroad Hour, Monday, Februaryl5. The students arrived by car at 12 noon--of course some didn't makeit until 1:30--and were ushered through the performers• entrance, over the stage, and to theirchotce seats. By watching the rehearsal, the students were acquainted with many of the technical steps of preparing for such a production. Mr. Howard Brubeck made all necessary arrangements andaccompanied the group. Following the show, they toured Knott 1 s Berry Farm and dined at one of the Farm's fine dining rooms.