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EXTRA !
This new-fangled education surely
does things up in a big way! In¬
stead of the students playing
hookey to attend the circus, the
educators and program chairmen
arrange for the A1 G. Barnes cir¬
cus to come to the students on
Horrell Field at assembly, April 20.
CO-ED PLACES
With “California and Her Places
of Recreation” as her subject, Dor¬
othy Sayers, jaysee co-ed, took
first place in a contest held last
Tuesday evening at the Y. M. C. A.
sponsored by the Pasadena Toast¬
masters’ club. Among the six con¬
testants, another campus girl, Pa¬
tricia Nelson, took third place.
Vol. XXV
Pasadena, California, April 6, 1934
No. 23
Jones and Lovelady Win Coast Speech Honors
Rulers of Book Needs
Show Are ! More photos
Selected
Two Jaysee Co-eds Are
Chosen Princesses;
Queen of Tech
Frances Neuman and Dorothy
Walsworth, representing Sierra
Madre, but both jaysee co-eds, were
chosen Princesses of Iris and Pop¬
pies, respectively, Wednesday aft¬
ernoon at the Vista del Arroyo in
the finals for the selection of
Queen for the Pasadena Spring
Flower Show to be held April 13,
14 and 15. j
Virginia Burr of Muir Tech
was named and crowned Queen
of the show from a field of 18
other aspirants for the honor.
Representing South Pasadena,
Virginia Brooks was chosen to be
Princess of Roses, with Doris
Cristo, of Muir Tech, being named
Princess of Tulips.
The queen and her four princ¬
esses were chosen from contestants
coming from 10 neighboring
schools. Other institutions enter¬
ing candidates were University of
Southern California, U. C. L. A.,
Occidental, Glendale J. C., Alham¬
bra and Monrovia high schools,
Westridge and Fllntridge.
The three finalists, Charlotte
Blackstone, Kay Butler and Sadie
Sellars, from junior college were
chosen by a student committee
last week, and received prizes in
class meetings.
The queen and attendants will
preside at the fete and will act as
hostesses during the three days the
show is in progress.
A group of civic leaders, of
which E. O. Nay, chairman of the
City Board of Directors was
head, judged and chose the young
women. Points on which contest¬
ants were selected were poise,
carriage and personality.
Mr. Nay said, concerning the
finalists: “As I survey the young
women selected by the judges to
be Queen of Flowers and Princ¬
esses of Roses, Tulips, Iris and
Poppies, I believe they are truly
representative of the beauty and
dignity of Pasadena and environs. |
Their presence as hostesses at the ■
Flower Show will add much to the |
glory and attractiveness of that in- I
stitution.” He then proceeded to j
place a wreath of pansies on the ;
Queen’s head.
Musician To
Attend Meet
Mrs. Amy Grau Miller, first vice-
president of the California West-
tern School Music conference, will
attend the music supervisors’ con¬
ference in Chicago. She left yes¬
terday and plans to return April 16.
The national conference, wdiich
meets bi-annually, is comprised of
six sectional conferences, of which
the California Western includes the
states of California, Arizona, Ne¬
vada, and the Philippine and Ha¬
waiian islands. The sectional con¬
ferences meet on alternate years
with the national.
Due to the efforts of Mrs. Miller, i
Pasadena will act as hostess to the j
California Western conference in I
April of next year. She is the state
chairman of membership and is a
member of the national committee
on membership.
Profs Revel |
Scribes Rebuffed
Chronicle reporters, who ordi- j
narily find the faculty men a i
helpful and encouraging lot, are !
baffled this week by their strange
reticence to discuss even the
most irrelevant details concern- !
ing the banquet which they ;
sponsored on Wednesday before
vacation to entertain their breth- J
ren of the Pasadena school dis- j
trict.
If the staff had not been an
actual car-witness to the orgy of j
vocal abandon in which old-
fashioned refrains were heart¬
lessly rendered, and if one of the
department heads had not con¬
fided the sad plight of his ordi¬
narily immaculate attire, the
wretched affair would probably ;
not have been brought to light. |
The Campus must have more
snapshots !
Students are urged by the
yearbook editors to turn in snap¬
shots of social and campus life —
s c i e n c e -excursions, vacation
scenes, faculty members, views
across the street, and other
scenes portraying campus life.
The photos should be clear, of
more than one person, but not
so many as to make the picture
confusing, and not too small in
size.
A box will be placed on the
bulletin board soon. Watch for
it and drop in your snapshots.
Places Won
By Orators
Doolittle Winners Were
Chosen In Prelim’s
Late Thursday
Preliminary tryouts were con¬
ducted yesterday to choose the
three students who will represent
P. J. C. in the Ruth Doolittle Me¬
morial contest to be held April 19.
The preliminary contest was judged
by Miss Elizabeth Flint, Miss Nell
M. Remsberg and Mrs. Irene
Peters, faculty members. At the
time the Chronicle went to press,
the winners had not been an- !
nounced.
The contest is sponsored by Mr.
and Mrs. H. S. Doolittle, parents
of Ruth Doolittle, who was deeply
interested in dramatics and who
died while attending this school.
“It is one of the most important
speech events at Pasadena junior
college,” said Miss Katharine Kes-
ter, coach, “and students enter into
it with great enthusiasm. It gives
unusual training in speech because
plays of Shakespeare put great re¬
sponsibility on the actor’s and
speaker’s voice. In addition, the
contest has the further advantage
of promoting a wide study of
Shakespearean plays, and the con¬
testant learns to know Shake¬
speare from the actor’s point of i
view as well as the literary.”
The contest has been an annual i
event here for nearly ten years. |
Last year’s finalists were Fred ]
Warriner, Don Mansfield and Vir- j
ginia Gregg. Both men chose j
speeches of Shylock from “Mer- 1
chant of Venice,” while the worn- '
an contestant chose the dialogue j
between Katharine and Petruchio
in “Taming of the Shrew.”
Entrants and winners will be
announced in next week’s Chron- i
icle.
FERA Toilers
To Re-Apply
Local workers under the FERA j
must re-apply for work during the [
month of April. According to I
James P. O’Mara, dean of men, a i
new list of workers is to be made
out in order to distribute oppor¬
tunities for work.
Applications for women’s posi¬
tions were turned in last Tues¬
day, according to Miss Catherine
J. Robbins, dean of women, with
a total of 77 renewals and about
13 new applications.
Mr. O’Mara says, concerning the
work project, “It has provided
many needy students with an op¬
portunity to remain in school who
would otherwise not be able to
continue. Tha young people are all
hard workers and are doing good
work.”
Many of the projects, including
laboratory work and ground im¬
provements, are well under way.
The front lawn is being prepared
for seeding and many clean-up
projects have been completed.
Bandsmen Offer
Sunday Concert
Bulldog band members are broad¬
casting every Sunday evening at
8:30 o’clock over radio station
KECA. Numerous requests have
been received for special numbers
to be played by the bandmen.
On the coming Sunday the string
ensemble of the band will present
its program. A week later the
brass quartet will be heard. Time
on the air has been arranged for
until the close of school in June
by Audre L. Stong, band director.
Friday 13
Isn’t Jinx
For Dance
Seniors to Defy Unlucky
Evening By Holding
Informal Hop
Defying the evil jinxes of Fri¬
day the 13th, seniors will violate
hoarish traditions of many bygone
centuries, making merry under the
light of a pale new moon as they
gather for an informal dance at
9:15 in the gay ballroom of the
Vista del Arroyo.
Leighton Noble’s music mak¬
ers will furnish the rhythmic
melody for the dancers, who will
be admitted by bids given out
both lunch periods on Thursday
and Friday, from the student
body office. Three hundred will
be given out to the upper class-
men. Since the affair is semi-
closed, only one of the couple
need be a senior.
Under the direction of Rudy
Andersen, senior president, ar¬
rangements for the anti bad-luck
hop have been made by a com¬
mittee composed of Mike Mul-
vaney, Harriett Tilden, George
McCord, Florence Kennedy, Jimmy
Ware, Lois Hughes, A1 Herbold,
Virginia Petrequin, Craig Mc¬
Laughlin, Bill Lynn, Marvis Rog¬
ers, Willa Roberts and Paul Jones.
Patrons and patronesses for
the occasion will be Dr. and
Mrs. John W. Harbeson, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Anderson, Miss
Ida E. Hawes, Mr. and Mrs.
James P. O’Mara, Miss Catherine
J. Robbins, Miss Nydia E. Cor¬
coran, Miss Isabella A. Cass,
Miss Cora F. Simpson, Mr. and
Mrs. Roland W. Grinstead, Dr.
and Mrs. Max W. deLaubenfels
and Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Josten.
Shakespeare
Trials Today
Players’ Guild To Sponsor
Shakespeare Meet
On April 20
Tryouts will be held today in
19-C at 3 o’clock, for the Shake¬
speare contest, sponsored by the
Players’ Guild, to take place April
20 at Calvary Baptist church. The
preliminary contest will be judged
by three faculty members.
This year the Southern Cali¬
fornia Speech Arts association
has limited the participants to a
choice of 20 or 30 lines from the
three Shakespearean plays: “The
Tempest,” “King John” and “The
Winter’s Tale.”
From these preliminaries four
men and four women students
will be selected to take part in the
April 20 Players’ Guild contest at
the church. From this, one man
and woman will be chosen to rep¬
resent the school in the Los An¬
geles contest.
This contest has been spon¬
sored annually by the Speech
Arts association to motivate
work fn drama and literature,
and was originally held at the
Pasadena Community Playhouse.
The University of Southern Cali¬
fornia has held it in its auditor¬
ium for the past three years.
Attendance prizes will be award¬
ed for the school having the largest
number of guests at the Ann
Hathaway luncheon to be held at
12:30 o’clock on April 21. Credit
will be given as follows: 15 points
for each principal of the school,
10 points for each vice-principal,
five points for each teacher, two
points for each student from
schools not in Los Angeles county,
and one point for any student or
visitor.
Earl D. Davis, junior college de-
I bate mentor, whose coaching of
i the 13 jaysee debate teams en¬
tered in the recent Pi Kappa
Delta speech tournament here
was a main factor in the local
team’s victories over 40 compet¬
ing teams.
Dr. Harbeson
Wins Honor
I Jaysee Principal Elected
As Chief Executive
To Society
Pasadena was awarded an honor
when Dr. John W. Harbeson, jun¬
ior college principal, was elected
president of the California Society
for the Study of Secondary Edu¬
cation at a meeting of the group
at Fresno last week, which fol¬
lowed the principals’ convention
there.
“We feel you are the man for
the place,” said William F. Ewing,
assistant superintendent of Oak¬
land public schools, in a letter to
| Dr. Harbeson.
I The organization was formed
: nine years ago, but offices of the
association were moved only re¬
cently from Berkeley to Los An¬
geles. L. P. Ferris, principal of
Oakland high school, was chosen
vice-president, and Horace M. Re-
bok was elected secretary-treas¬
urer, and executive director.
'The official organ of the society
i is the California Quarterly of Sec-
i ondary Education. Professional con-
i tributions to secondary education,
j chiefly by secondary school teach-
! ers, are contained in the Quarterly;
many articles written by Pasadena
| junior college teachers have been
printed. It is recognized as one of
the outstanding publications of its
kind, and is known all over the
United States. Principals at the
convention were anxious to have
their teachers support it.
Dr. Harbeson is anticipating a
“big job” as president of the
group, for, besides financial prob¬
lems to be ironed out, the policy
of the society, nature of the Quar¬
terly, appointments of editorial
board and associate editors for the
magazine, and problems of co¬
operation with teachers’ associa¬
tions must be solved and settled.
Triple fJ’ Meet
For Discussion
HP Campus Day
Will Be April 19
Y. M. C. A. all-campus day,
April 19, was scheduled at a meet¬
ing of the organization’s cabinet
last Tuesday at the downtown Y.
M. The day will be started with
a waffle breakfast in the social
hall and will be concluded with a
dinner at the Flintridge Country
club. Officers for 1934-35 will be
elected and installed at the dinner.
Reports of chairman and the treas¬
urer will be read. 0. G. Dressier,
adviser, revealed the plans.
Honor Students
Triple “J” members met today
during assembly period in 206-E
to discuss the details concerning
the annual informal spring dance
which will be held in May. Fur¬
ther details of this event will be
announced at a later date.
With the members of Triple “J”
acting as hosts and hostesses, more
than 150 enjoyed an evening of
roller skating at the Lincoln Park
Rollerdrome in Los Angeles, during
Easter vacation. Dr. Henry Weit-
zel, adviser of the club, was pres¬
ent at the skating party.
To Dance Here
Members of Alpha Gamma Sig¬
ma and C. S. F. will hold their an¬
nual dance in the women’s gym at
8 o’clock this evening, according to
announcements from Perry Moer-
dyke and Walter Vincenti, general
chairmen of the affair.
Chairmen in charge of the dance
committees are: Pat Elston, pro¬
gram; Victor Langford, decora¬
tions; Noble Maines, refreshments;
Henry Kohler, bids; and Carl Dei-
senroth, bouncers.
Junior Collegians Are
Triumphant In Debate
Tournament Held Here
Paul Jones and Marlin Lovelady Win Coveted Pacific
Coast J. C. Championship In Pi Kappa Delta
Affair; Result Is Trip To Kansas
Debating in the recent Pi Kappa Delta debate tournament, Paul
Jones and Marlin Lovelady won for P. J. C. the coveted Pacific Coast
Junior College debate championship. Jaysee’s champion debaters
were victorious over a field of more than forty debate teams, repre¬
senting Phoenix J. C., Modesto J. C., Utah State Agricultural college,
Sentiment,
Wit In Famed
Herbert Play
Yearly All-Student Opera
To Be Presented By
Music Groups
Under the sponsorship of the
student body, the annual spring
opera, “Sweethearts,” by Victor
Herbert, will be presented by Miss
Lula C. Parmley and the music de¬
partment. The play is scheduled
for the evenings of April 26, 27
and 28, at the John Muir Tech¬
nical high school.
Critics acclaimed Victor Her¬
bert the most popular composer
of the light operas to be devel¬
oped in the American theatre.
His opera “Sweethearts” is full
of brilliant and witty portrayals
interwoven with romantic senti¬
ment.
It has been successfully perform¬
ed by members from the Fullerton
junior college and Santa Monica
high school. At Santa Monica the
play scored such a hit that the
city board of directors asked them
to stage it again for charity.
In previous perfomances the
operas have opened with an ensem¬
ble number, whereas the curtain
rises on “Sweethearts” sans play¬
ers, but on a scene of a courtyard
in a town on the edge of Belgium.
Previous plays under the di¬
rection of Miss Parmley are:
“Pinafore,” “The Mikado,” “The
Fire Prince,” and “Once in a
Blue Moon,” by Henry Hadley;
‘The Marriage of Nannette,” by-
Noble Cain; “Briar Rose,” “The
Maid of Tokyo,” and “The Prince
of Pilsen,” by Louis W. Curtis;
‘The Rose of Alhambra,” by
Dodge; ‘The Rose Maiden,” by
Gustav Luden; “The Red Mill,”
and now “Sweethearts,” by Vic¬
tor Herbert.
Others assisting Miss Parmley
are Miss Katherine Kester who is
directing drama, Milton Mohs in
charge of the music, Miss Carrie
Sharpe, who will assist with the
singing, and Miss Loretta Henrieh,
who is directing the dancing.
Band Feature
Of Jamboree
Marimba Ensemble And
‘Gob Stix Three’ In
New Song Hits
Thirty minutes of melody as pre¬
sented by the Bulldog band in its
annual jamboree this morning
proved to be one of the most popu¬
lar assemblies to date.
Under the direction of Audre
L. Stong the bandsters’ program
was replete with novelty num¬
bers and popular tunes, and the
pot pourries for which the band
is famous.
The marimba ensemble featuring
Guilford Sandusky, A1 Cook and
Gene Sullivan played, followed by
the singing band in an imitation
of Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
doing “Sailing,” which proved an
outstanding feature, and is an
original Bulldog band arrange¬
ment.
Baalis Grubbs, Harlan Mur¬
ray and Bob Crawford with their
two violins and a guitar played
the “Naughty Waltz” and a
group of interesting ensembles
which included the Laurel and
Hardy theme song by the “Gob
Stix Three.”
In an imitation of the “Old Sol¬
diers Parade,” featuring Bill Bo¬
land and Richard Frickey and end¬
ing with the entire company of 150
members playing “My Gal Sal”
and “Tiger Rag,” the assembly
closed in a thunder of applause.
and other prominent Pacific Coast
and local institutions.
Linder the able guidance of
Earl D. Davis, the champion
team fought its way through the
entire competition with but one
defeat. The question for the
tournament was, “Resolved: That
the powers of the president of
the United States should be sub¬
stantially increased as a settled
policy.”
As a result of their victory,
Paul Jones and Marlin Lovelady
journeyed via the Santa Fe to In¬
dependence, Kansas, where they
debated in the national Phi Rho Pi
debate convention. They returned
to Pasadena Tuesday, having won
two out of four debates.
Pasadena J. C. was also fortu¬
nate in tying for second place in
the junior college women’s ora¬
tory division. Willa Roberts,
speaking on “The Rising Tide of
Dictatorship,” shared second hon¬
ors with Miss Merriam Sunshine,
of L. A. J. C., who won the na¬
tional women’s oratorical cham¬
pionship at Independence, Kan.,
(Continued on Page 3)
Y M Sponsors
Convocation
Los Angeles Pastor Will
Talk Before Men At
Morning Meet
Addressing the men students at
convocation on Monday, Dr. Her¬
bert Booth Smith, pastor of the
Immanuel Presbyterian church in
Los Angeles, has chosen for his
topic, “The Program of a Progres¬
sive Life.”
“Dr. Smith is a speaker of
distinction, unique, with a per¬
sonality which makes him a
popular speaker among young
people. He has the ability to pre¬
sent and discuss topics of uni¬
versal interest of non-argumen-
tative nature in an artistic and
appealing manner,” said Olie G.
Dressier, Y. M. C. A. adviser.
Dr. Smith is a graduate of
Princeton university and Princeton
seminary, and has occupied the
pulpit of his present pastorate for
the past 15 years. He has watched
and worked to make his church a
service to young people, to aid
them with their problems.
Winning recognition through
his work, Dr. Smith was candi-
dated for moderator of the gen¬
eral assembly of the Presbyter¬
ian churches throughout the
United States. Just before the
armistice, he was chosen to meet
with President Wilson to confer
on current topics of that time.
This convocation is sponsored by
the Y. M., and is for men only.
Those in business education, Eng¬
lish, biology science, mathematics,
physical science, and social science
will report; all others including
women students will remain in sec¬
ond period classrooms.
Alum Falls
Not First Escape
If Victor Anderson thought
that he had made the climactic
escape of his career when he
graduated from Pasadena junior
college last June, he found all
such conjecture groundless when
he toppled from his pursuit plane
5,000 feet above Kelly field,
Texas, on March 20.
The former technology stu¬
dent, son of J. V. Anderson, jay¬
see caretaker, was hurled earth¬
ward when his life-belt became
detached from the plane during
an acrobatic loop. The resultant
parachute ride led past high-ten¬
sion wires and threatening roof¬
tops to safety, and a member¬
ship in the world-famed Cater¬
pillar club.