Sacramento City College - Pioneer Yearbook (Sacramento, CA)

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THE PIONEER OF SACRAMENTO JUNIOR COLLEGE MILDRED McFALL The “Jottings” The first issue of the Sacramento Junior College paper was published March 7, 1922, with Oscar Blumberg, editor, and Mildred McFall, associate editor. At this time the membership of the college did not exceed sixty students. Due to such a small circulation and limited scope for news , the paper was issued every two weeks in a mimeographed form. Mr. Blumberg resigned in favor of Miss McFall after the two issues and Miss McFall has continued to fill the office of editor to the present time. The “Jottings,” as a college paper, did not come into universal recognition until the semester beginning September, 1922, or the second year of its ex¬ istence. Up to that time it had been regarded as the results of several ambi¬ tious students, not as the official newspaper of the Sacramento Junior Col¬ lege. In the fall of 1922, more students became interested in the paper, the circulation became greater and the news field widened. All these things are essential for the growth and well being of a paper. The “Jottings” grew in size but not in frequency of publication. All editors experience the same difficulties in finding good reporters and in lack of student co-operation. Miss McFall is no exception and has at times been almost without student help. In spite of that she has continued to issue the paper at its stated times. At the present time the “Jottings” has a large office on the second floor of the Junior College. The paper itself is only issued twice a month and in mimeographed form but has become the recognized publication of the Sacra¬ mento Junior College. 31

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PIONEER OF SACRAMENTO JUNIOR COLLEGE VILA E. HUNT LLEWELLYN PENNY Annual Staff Vila E. Hunt. Mildred McFall. Llewellyn Penny. Margaret Hamilton. Jack Dennison. Clyde Seavy. Philip Broughton. Cora Patterson. Laurie Riggs. Charlotte Krebs. Genevieve Baker. Ruth Dodds. Richard Batte. .Editor-in-chief .Associate Editor .Business Manager Assistant Business Manager .Athletic Editor .Art Editor .Joke Editor .Alumni Editor .Dramatics .Society Editor .Literary Editor .Organizations .Sop homore Reporter 30

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THE PIONEER OF SACRAMENTO JUNIOR COLLEGE Dramatics The past year has brought forth a new organization, the Dramatics Club. At the beginning of last semester the need of such an organization was felt. A meeting was called for all those who were interested in dramatics. The society was formed and Laurie Riggs was elected as its first president. Later on in the semester a constitution was drawn up and the club became a reality. t Under the auspices of this club two plays were selected, tryouts were heid and the two clever one-act plays were soon on the road to a brilliant success. On the evening of Thursday, April 26, the plays were enacted at the luesday Club House before a large audience. The plays, “Standing Room Onl) and Sally For Keeps,” proved to be clever skits, played in a breezy sure way that would have been a credit to older and more experienced players. The cast for “Standing Room Only” was as follows: Elizabeth Laidlaw, Roy Portman, Jack Dennison, Ruth Dodds, Chispa Barnes, Bertha Gilmore, Mildred McFall, Margaret Hamilton, Genevieve Baker, Catherine Palmer! Mable ICleinsorge, Catherine Cremin, Alvin Beach, Oscar Blumberg and Con ONeil. This comedy emphasizes the problem of relatives. A young married cou¬ ple are living quietly and happily until relatives and friends swarm in upon them. Aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, cousins, and nephews flock to visit them. Soon the little house is filled. “Standing Room Only” is a very appro¬ priate name for the play, for truly, standing room is all that is left after all the relatives have arrived. “Sally For Keeps,” the other play given the same evening, was also an amusing little comedy replete with sparkling humorous lines and clever repartee. “Sail” is a society girl who loves to see herself in the pose of the tragic heroine, laboring under the burden of an even more tragic fate. She is a faddist and her newest craze is a belief that she has three distinct person- alities. Each personality has a different lover. It is not without many laugh¬ able situations that Saliy-Jane-Amy is brought into one and becomes “Sally For Keeps.” The cast was as follows: Sally-Jane-Amy, a girl with a triple personality, Laurie Riggs; Ted, engaged to Sally, Dair Davidson; Fred, also engaged to Sally, Percy Westerburg; Ned, Sallie’s cousin, Merle Shreck; The Butler, Alvin Beach. Both plays were directed by Miss Furuset, to whom the Dramatics’ So¬ ciety and Junior College are much indebted. Considering the time that this society has been organized it has made rapid strides. The members have been energetic in their support of it and there is no reason why it should not continue to be a worthy society of a worthy institution. The society will, no doubt, grow with the college. Next year, with a favorable start, it will, no doubt, accomplish more than it has in the past year. 32