Pasadena Chronicle, April 03, 1936

PRINCIPALS TO CONVENE IN PASADENA Jto^aDetm (Tliton idc AMS, AWS MEETINGS IN ASSEMBLY Vol. XXVII Pasadena, California, April 3, 1936 No. 24 Failure Of System Is Discovered Proof Of Dishonesty Seen In Research Work, Term Papers paperjTpurchased - - Government By Students Is Threatened By Dishonesty Complete failure of the recently adopted honor system was threat¬ ened last week, as rumors spread throughout the campus as to the buying and selling of term papers and research work, throughout all departments of scholastic activity. No apprehension was felt by students and faculty members until the situation became acute through the acquiring of definite proof against a large number partici¬ pating in the dishonest activities. This proof was not a result of any investigation called by those in charge of the system, but was un¬ covered by pure accident. As the breadth of uncovered circumstances grew, the proof against individuals also enlarged. The evident use and re-use of papers by students and the pur¬ chase and copying of research work will definitely do away with any advantages that have been gained by the adoption of the system. It becomes up to the students, there¬ fore, not the faculty or administra¬ tion of the school, to take the problem and evolve some means of settlement. While the honor system offers many advantages, with the recent upheaval of all the ideals embodied the plan becomes one of the worst possible systems of student government. Unless some action is taken by students, either individually or collectively, there is no other alternative but for the school to return to the old- fashioned idea of police-like super¬ vision of class work and study. While the practice of dishonesty is by no means a general attitude of the entire student body, never¬ theless it- is up to the general stu¬ dent body to see that the situation is immediately remedied. If this is not done, then there can be but recourse for the administration: to step into student government and challenge the students’ right to govern themselves. Therefore, it is up to individual students to retain their innate honesty and uphold the system that they voted into effect last June, not only to retain student government, but to show t^at the honor system can be effi- ciently and honestly run. Victors To Attend Meet Two persons, one man and one woman, will be chosen from the winners of the preliminaries held last week, to represent Pasadena in the annual Shakespeare festival to be held at Occidental college on April 25. Of the many tryouts of last week, five were chosen tem¬ porarily, Jack Swan, Don Starr, Paul Brinegar, Natalie Theisen and Jane Clary. The two finalists will be chosen some time shortly after Easter vacation. In last year’s contest, Bud Poul- sen, former Chronicle editor and Mast and Dagger president, won the district junior college division award. “We have every hope of again winning the contest, this year, which is one of the most im¬ portant dramatic events of the year in Southern California,” stated Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, Players’ Guild adviser. The Guild is again sponsoring the local en¬ trants, and will present a cutting of “A Comedy of Errors” at Occi¬ dental as well. MANEUVER HELD IN PREPARATION As preparation for the annual inspection of the R. О. T. C., the companies of the local corps held a maneuver at the Pasadena police pistol range last Wednesday. The inspection will be held on May 15. A group of men was selected for a patrol to demonstrate the principles of scouting, patrolling and musketry to the batallion. After the demonstration, the batal¬ lion was given a problem in which it was to attack an imaginary enemy, to illustrate security on the march by the use of an advance guard. The group was given a lecture on musketry and combat principles by Major Geoffrey Galwey, com¬ mandant of the local unit. Milliken Wins Bowl Tickets In Ducat Sale Selling 55 tickets, Barbara Milliken, treasurer of A. W. S., was the winner of the ticket contest sponsored by the Asso¬ ciated Women Students board and cabinet for the annual Mother-Daughter banquet held last Thursday evening, accord¬ ing to Marjorie Betts, A. W. S. president. Miss Milliken received two tickets to the Biltmore Bowl. Pamphile, restrictive club, won the five-pound box of candy offered to the organization sell¬ ing the most tickets. With over 150 people attend¬ ing, the Mother-Daughter din¬ ner was one of the most suc¬ cessful in recent years, accord¬ ing to Miss Betts. Miss Kath¬ leen Loly, chairman of the lan¬ guage department, was guest speaker, commenting on Mexi¬ can customs and traditions. Winners For League Test Are Selected Papers Of Sarah Myers, Phillip Cartwriqht Sent East Sarah Myers and Phillip Cart¬ wright will represent Pasadena junior college in the National League of Nations contest in New York. Their papers, written dur¬ ing the contest last Friday, were judged the best of the eight en¬ tered. Six hundred high schools of the United States participated in the contest. Final announcements of the prizes will be made some time in May. The prizes in the national contest will be first, a trip to Europe with a stay in Geneva next summer; second, $25; and third, five additional prizes of $5 each. Six Listed The six other contestants were Sally Glass, Maxine Jester, Phyllis Rowe, Anne Bogert, Milton Wop- schall and Bennie Hawk. Local prizes will be announced and awarded later. The Peace cup of¬ fered by the Pasadena Peace Coun¬ cil will be given to the winner_of the local contest. To a student with a high rank¬ ing examination and who has taken part in peace work at Pasa¬ dena junior college, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom will award a scholar¬ ship to the Whittier Institute of l International Relations held at Whittier college in July. Miss Sybil Moore, member of both local peace organizations, as¬ sisted Miss Katherine Kenega, fac¬ ulty member in charge of the con¬ test, in giving the test. Judges for the contest were Miss Moore, Mrs. R. L. Dalager and Mrs. Lydia Michener, represent¬ atives from the, local groups. - ♦ - Scholarships Are Offered Harold E. B. Speight, dean of men at Swarthmore college, will be in Pasadena, April 6, to inter¬ view candidates for that school, according to Fred G. Young, so¬ cial science instructor. Swarthmore, located just outside of Philadelphia, offers five schol¬ arships for freshman men, valued at $500 each. To be eligible a candidate must rank well on three points, scholarship, character and leadership. With the date for the competi¬ tive examination set for April 25, students desiring to compete for the University of Chicago scholar¬ ships may leave their names with John A. Anderson, Pasadena junior college dean of records, not later than April 15, it was announced last week. The examination is with¬ out fee, and will last for six hours beginning in the morning. On April 21, Professor Hugh Willett, chairman of the committee of admissions at the University of Southern California, will also come here to interview students inter¬ ested in entering the school next year. YEARBOOK CLOSES PHOTO SECTION No more Campus appointments may be made by seniors and soph¬ omores, the deadline having been reached this Wednesday. Nine hundred students have made ap¬ pointments and will have their pic¬ tures in the yearbook. Modesto Entry Hampered By Auto Accident But Takes First SAN DIEGO SECOND Eley And Barnett Best Actors In Playhouse Tournament Narrowly escaping death in an automobile accident, while en route to Pasadena, the Modesto junior college dramatists won three first places in the seventh annual Pasadena Community Play¬ house association One-Act Play Tournament for Secondary Schools, Tuesday night, March 31. Billie Bell, one of • the members of the cast, was seriously injured, suffer¬ ing a fractured skull and cuts and bruises. Judd Sturtevant, who played the part of the father in the Modesto entry, continued his part with a severely fractured arm. Dr. John W. Harbeson, as princi¬ pal of Pasadena junior college, is heading the reception commit¬ tee to welcome visiting school executives to the convention of the California Principals’ Asso¬ ciation. Plays Host Third Is Taken By Pasadena Pasadena Third Third place was won by the Pasadena junior college entry, “Wurzel-Flummery,” by A. A. Milne, directed by Miss Katherine Kester, drama instructor. The cast included Virginia Miller, as Viola Crawshaw; Peter Prouse, Richard Meriton, M.P.; Harold Landon, Robert Crawshaw, M. P.; Lois Bankerd, Mrs. Crawshaw; Jayne Shepherd, Crawshaw maid; and Donald Starr, Dennis Clifton. Mur¬ iel Rash was student director and stage manager; William Payne served as technical director, and Lyndon and Donlyn Vivrette com¬ prised the stage crew. Maurice Maeterlinck’s “The In¬ truder,” was the play performed by the Modesto players, that took first prize in the junior college division. Robert Eley, the blind grandfather in “The Intruder,” won first place for the best in¬ dividual acting, and Evelyn Bar¬ nett, “The Intruder’s” Ursula, was judged the finest actress. San Diego Second San Diego Army and Navy Academy won second place with its presentation of “Just Till Morn¬ ing,” by Thomas A. Langan, which was directed by Mrs. William Currier Atkinson. During the time Mr. Langan was a newspaper reporter covering a state prison, he received the inspiration upon which the play was based. While the judges were reaching a decision as to the winner of the junior college division, Taft union high school, winners of the high school division finals, present¬ ed its winning play, “The Neigh- ( Continued on Page Two) • - : -* *■ - Classes Have Easter Hop With bids and decorations carry¬ ing out an Easter theme, approxi¬ mately five hundred seniors and sophomores danced last Tuesday afternoon to the music of Bob Mohr’s orchestra. The pre-vacation dance was held in the Gold Room of the Civic auditorium from 3 to 5 o’clock. Refreshments were also served. Patrons and patronesses of the affair were Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Harbeson, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O’Mara, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ander¬ son, Miss Catherine J. Robbins, Miss Ida E. Hawes, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Baldwin, sophomore adviser, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Hoerger, sen¬ ior adviser, Mrs. L. A. Caldwell, and Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Feasley. Honors Won In Forensics By Debaters Glendinninq, Deisenroth Take First, Second In Speakinq Dillon Glendinning and Carl Dei¬ senroth, speaking for Pasadena junior college, won first and sec¬ ond places, respectively, in the ex¬ temporaneous speech division of the forensics contest sponsored by the Pacific Southwest division of the national speech society, Phi Rho Pi, held at U. S. C., March 2.7 and 28. Glendinning was judged best by two judges and second best by the third. Deisenroth, still on crutches, had recently been re¬ leased by St. Luke’s hospital where he was confined with a broken leg. Others placing were Bob Shuler, Jr., who won third place in men’s oratory, and Franklin Patterson, who won fourth in the same sec¬ tion. In the debate division Frank¬ lin Patterson and Roy Littlejohn reached the semi-finals and Dillon Glendinning and Carl Deisenroth reached the finals. Earl D. Davis, debate coach, as chairman of the Pacific Southwest division of Phi Rho Pi, presided over the meeting. April 2 to 6, Deisenroth and Glendinning will compete in the national tournament of Phi Rho Pi, which is to be held in Hutchinson, Kan. Since this is one of the most important national contests and most important on the schedule of the Pasadena debates, a great deal of interest concerning this session has been manifest on the campus. According to Earl D. Davis, de¬ bate coach, another team, as yet unannounced, may accompany Glen- dininng and Deisenroth if sufficient funds are forthcoming. TUITIONS OFFERED Nineteen tuition scholarships are available for C. S. F. sealbearers for 1&36-37 in ten California col¬ leges and universities. College of the Pacific, Immaculate Heart, La Verne, Mills, Occidental, Pom¬ ona, University of Redlands, Scripps, Whittier and University of Southern California offer the schol¬ arships. Three Attend Convention Of California Alpha Club With three delegates,, Edison Montgomery, Alpha president; El¬ sa Sauer, secretary; and Ray Kahn, representing Pasadena junior college at the annual state meet¬ ing of Alpha clubs, held at Ful¬ lerton on Saturday, March 28, a new resolution that students in jun¬ ior colleges should receive tempo¬ rary active membership in Alpha Gamma Sigma was proposed. Dr. W. O. Mendenhall, president of Whittier college, was the main convention speaker, using as his subject, “Why I Envy Youth.” At the general morning meeting pre¬ sentation of Pasadena’s chapter, a charter was made. Kahn was a discussion leader at the group meetings which followed the gen¬ eral session. Following the lunch¬ eon, Fullerton junior college pre¬ sented a play, “Torches,” for the delegation. The Pasadena junior college chapter realized the need of such unification of lower and upper di¬ vision certificate and non-certifi- eate students, as the new constitu¬ tional amendment proposes, when earlier this semester it adopted a tentative measure assuring these students temporary associate mem¬ bership in Alpha. The resolutions, which this school’s Alpha chapter will vote on at the next meeting, must now be passed by the 17 scholastic chapters in the organiza¬ tion before becoming a permanent part of the Alpha constitution. Miss Mildred Wellborn, local faculty ad¬ viser, was the committee chairman for the group that drew up the resolution. I California Principals Convene In Pasadena For Annual Sessions Hotel Maryland Is Headquarters For State Educators During Three-Day Stay In South; Meetings, Plans Made For Special Sessions On Program For the first time, the annual convention of Secondary School Principals is being held in Pasadena. The Maryland hotel is the headquarters for the visitors during their three-day stay, which began yesterday. As president of the Secondary Will Present Silver Cup As Contest Ends Award For Attendance Tourney To Be Given In Assembly Schools society, Dr. John W. Har¬ beson, principal, is serving as head of the reception committee. Prob¬ lems and the work done at the Pas¬ adena junior college will be dis¬ cussed at the round tables of that section of the conference. At the opening meeting yester¬ day morning, Dr. John A. Sexson, superintendent of Pasadena city schools, gave an address. Others who spoke at that session were Dr. Vierling Kersey, state super¬ intendent of public instruction, and Dr. A. A. Douglass, chief of the division of secondary education. 1 Awards will be made today in assembly by Maria Tomicich, sec¬ retary of organizations, to winners of the club attendance contest, held throughout the past month. A large silver loving cup, engraved with the winning club’s name, will be presented during assembly period by Miss Tomicich to the president of the group. All school organiza¬ tions, including restrictive, non- restrictive, service and honorary clubs, have entered the contest, results of which have been tabu¬ lated through the cooperation of Mrs. Mabel White, attendance offi¬ cial, and her staff. Plan Rotation It is planned, according to Miss Tomicich, to make the contest con¬ tinuous throughout one month of the school year, thus rotating the cup. “We feel,” she said, “that this will act as an incentive to better attendance, and will tend, as well, to further general student body interest in organizational activi¬ ties.” The Non-Restrictive Inter-Club Council, responsible for the month¬ ly Wednesday club period, is mak¬ ing the contest an important fea¬ ture of this, its first semester’s activities. As the entire idea of the contest is new, initiated by the committee of organizations, the repetition of the contest depends on the support given the tourney by members of the different organizations. Q. S. O. MEETS To hold code practice, and to hear an as yet unannounced speak¬ er, Q. S. 0., amateur radio organi¬ zation, will hold a meeting tonight, in the men’s gymnasium, at 7:30. The speaker will cover some phase of amateur short-wave reception or broadcasting, with refreshments following the talk. Week’s News NEWS California secondary school prin¬ cipals convene in Pasadena for three-day stay. Page 1. * * * “Wurzel-Flummery,” Pasadena entry in one-act play tournament, places third. Page 1. * * * Writer tells of failure of honor system since its adoption last year. Page 1. * * * Two papers sent East to national League of Nations contest in New York. Page 1. * * * A.W.S. and A.MJ3. hold separate meetings during assembly today. Page 2. * * * Ninth Faraday lecture held last night. Dr. Arnold Beckman, speaker. Page 2. * * * CONVENTION All reports and news on the meetings of the principals’ conven¬ tion on Page 3. * * * SPORTS Coach John Thurman’s Bulldog varsity team will play Compton jaysee, there, tomorrow. Page 4. * * * Track team seeks fourth win in meet with Santa Monica tracksters at the UCLA track. Page 4. * * * Sixteen boxers enter ring tonight in finals of the local boxing tour¬ nament. Page 4. * * * Spring practice for last year’s football lettermen called by Coach Bob McNeish after Easter vaca¬ tion. Page 4. Are Divided The morning sessions today and tomorrow will be divided into three groups: high school, adult, and continuation and junior college in¬ struction. At these meetings prob¬ lems and methods of specific types will be discussed. Luncheons are in charge of dif¬ ferent groups. Dinner last night was separated as to different col¬ leges, Stanford, University of Cali¬ fornia and the University of South¬ ern California. Brown Is Head Arthur M. Brown, principal of Woodrow Wilson junior high, is in charge of the programs. Afternoon meetings will be general sessions. Today and tomorrow they are ar¬ ranged by Association of Califor¬ nia Secondary School Principals and the Western Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Yesterday a symposium on the new secondary school curriculum was discussed by the group. “The annual meeting of the Cali¬ fornia Principals’ association is one of the great educational con¬ ventions of the state. Pasadena is indeed honored at the privilege of serving as the host' city. We trust that the visiting principals will find their stay here so pleas¬ ant that they will desire to return for a future meeting,” said Prin¬ cipal John W. Harbeson. Convocation Speech Told Cosmo Morgan, counselor and head of the fiction department of the Writers’ club, in Hollywood, has been selected as the speaker for the monthly convocation to be held in the men’s gym on Monday, April 13. Mr. Morgan will discuss graphi¬ cally the general build-up of mo¬ tion pictures from the writing an¬ gle, disclosing how to find the moral behind the film, and what effect certain pictures produce edu¬ cationally. With the use of a “Cosmo-Color Charted Writing Technique,” ap¬ preciation and understanding of art in literature, fiction, drama, arti¬ cles and motion pictures, can be given to the audience by Mr. Mor¬ gan. Students with second period classes in English, art, humanity survey, language, physical science, physical science survey, music, home economics and study hall will attend this third convocation of the spring semester. As usual, students in other classes will remain in their second period classrooms. NEWMAN^CLUBS CONVENE APRIL 17 The Southwest Province of Fed¬ eration of College Catholic clubs, of which the Pasadena junior col¬ lege Newman club is a member, will hold a three-day convention in Los Angeles, on the week-end of April 17. The convention will open Friday night, April 17, with a semi-formal dance at the Hollywood country club. The following day there will be talks and round table discus¬ sions directed by noted Catholic laymen and priests. On this day, also, the important business will be taken up, such as the election of officers and annual reports. This will take place at the New¬ man hall at Los Angeles junior college. The conclave will conclude Sun¬ day morning with a mass and com¬ munion, followed by a breakfast at the Los Angeles Athletic club.