Pasadena Chronicle, April 11, 1930

Volume XXI Pasadena, California, Friday, April 11, 1930 No. 26 ASSOCIATED WOMEN PRESENT ‘GYPSY LOVER’ APRIL 23 GUILD PLAY SATIRE ON BARRYMORE Home Life of Actor Family Theme of “Royal Family” by Players’ Guild — -fr— CAST TO SEE L. A. SHOW — f- Stagecraft Class Working on Special Design for Setting and Scenery Based on the home life of an American family of actors, “The Royal Family,” written by George Kaufmann and Edna Fenber, will be presented by the Players’ Guild on the evening of May 2. The premiere of the play was held in New York City in 1927, and it ran fox several months. In addition to its production at both Los Angeles and San Fran¬ cisco during 1928, another Pacific coast presentation will be given by U. C. L. A. dramatic students on the evenings of April 15 and 16. The Players’ Guild cast is planning to attend this performance with Miss Helga Sjaastad, their direc¬ tor. Plans for the scenery of the lo¬ cal production are progressing. Archibald Wedemeyer has created a stage design which will be used as a setting, and members of the stagecraft class are all working on scenery for the play. On its production, the play was easily recognized by the theater- wise as a representation of the Barrymores and Drews, leading- family of the stage. John Barry¬ more is represented as a vital, swaggering figure, rushing from one mix-up to another with report¬ ers always on his trail. “The Royal Family,” on its professional pro¬ duction in Los Angeles and upon Broadway, New York, received the unanimous praise of the critics, as one of the most lively and amusing of recent plays. John Barrymore, himself, upon seeing it in Los An¬ geles, stated that it was an excel¬ lent study of his family, with the exception of the character portray¬ ing himself. - ♦ - R.O.T.C. Camp April 16 to 19 — + — Due to the presence of the com¬ manding general of the Ninth Corps area at Fort McArthur on April 14, 15, and 16, the camp of the local R. О. T. C. unit has been advanced to April 16, 17, 18, 19. The general is making an official inspection of the fort, and the com¬ mander of the fort wishes no other activities at the time. Small field problems with blank ammunition will be undertaken. For recreation the unit will visit the battle fleet, and inspect the har¬ bor by boat. The men will live in a barrack given to them and will be supplied with blankets, cots and camp equipment. Cooking will be done by members of the group, di¬ rected by Sergeant Morgan. The students will use their own transportation to camp, and will wear the regulation uniform — coat, white shirt, black tie and slacks. Both entertainment and education along military lines is expected to be the result of the camp. Rifle Team Scores Pasadena junior college rifle team has bettered the score which caused it to be one of the teams selected to represent the Ninth Corps area in the Inter-Collegiate match, in the first three stages of that match, according to a statement issued from the military office. The im¬ provement is approximately 100 points. This same team recently defeated El Paso and Texas teams by 60 points. Student Body Dance Tonight at Hotel Vista More than 300 of 500 is- dent body dance at Yista del sued tickets for the first stu- Arroyo tonight at 8:00 had been sold yesterday, accord¬ ing to a report from the council committee. Students are urged to ob¬ tain their tickets some time during he day, instead of waiting until tonight Ad¬ mission for men will be sev¬ enty-five cents, or a dollar and twenty -five cents a cou¬ ple. Those who attend the af¬ fair are requested to wear sport clothes. Every social activity that has been held by the students at the Vista, has been consid¬ ered a success, according to the student body government and the same record is ex¬ pected to be continued for this dance. LEADS IN FASHION SHOW GWENDOLYN DODGE SMITH DAWLESS 4 Prizes Offered In Essay Contest Four prizes are being offered in local essay contests now being held in Pasadena. In the Osteopathy essay contest the prize is one year scholarship in some Foreign Uni¬ versity. The local Chevrolet deal- 1 ers have offered a Chevrolet sport roadster as first prize in an essay contest. The Osteopathy contest is open to upper division students only; a one year scholarship in the Los Angelos College of Osteopathy is the prize offered in this contest. Manuscripts must be handed in to Murray Hill, head of the English department before 9 a. m. today. Both upper and lower division students may enter the Scientific Temperance essay contest sponsor- e dby the W. T. C. U. For upper division, the subject is: “Prohibi¬ tion, an Adventure in Freedom.” This is to be a review of the book by Henry S. Warner, or a discus¬ sion of any one chapter. The low¬ er division has the topic, “Business Advantages in Keeping Free from Alcoholic Drinks,” manuscripts must be given to Glenn Lembke in 113JC by April 28. The student’s Chevrolet essay contest is open to both upper and lower division students; the first prize in both divisions is a Chevro¬ let Six Collegiate Model Sport Roadster. Manuscripts must be turned in to the dealer with whom the student enrolls by April 15. “Are Natural Resources A Na¬ tional or an International Respon¬ sibility” is the topic of the Brooks- Bright essay contest; this contest is open to lower .division students only. The winner of this contest will receive a one year scholarship in any foreign university which the ydnner may select. Mr. Lembke must have all manuscripts by April 25. Bibliographies and additional in¬ formation can be obtained in 113-C. J. C. TEACHERS MEET — ♦ — Twenty-five from Pasadena Faculty Attend Annual Spring Conferences at San Bernardino Cauldron Club Presents Steeb Omeron in Concert Two eminent artists, Miss Olga Steeb, pianist, and Dr. Carl Om¬ eron, tenor, appeared with the Cauldron Singers at their concert Tuesday evening in the junior col¬ lege auditorium. Miss Steeb has been acclaimed by critics as one of the most cul¬ tured pianists of the day. Carl Om¬ eron is well known as a radio art¬ ist of KHJ. He is said by music critics to be one of the few singers who can give a classic and interest¬ ing rendition of Handel and Mo¬ zart. One group sung by the Cauldron Singers was most extraordinary in that the selection, “Miladie,” is a suite by Joseph W. Clokey, a pro¬ fessor of music at Pomona college. “The annual spring conference of the junior college association at San Bernardino, April 5, was the largest and most successful one ever held,” stated John W. Harbe- son, principal, yesterday. There were altogether about three hun¬ dred present, and Pasadena was represented by over twenty-five faculty members. Group meetings of the different curriculum departments were held from 9:30 a. m. to 12 m. Members of the P. J. C. faculty who spoke in their respective groups were : Arthur G. Gehrig, engineering; Murray G. Hill, Eng¬ lish; Miss Kathleen D. Loly, lan¬ guage; Miss Winifred E. Skinner, library; Bailey W. Howard, physi¬ cal science; and Peter W. Stoner mathematics. Student Clubs Discussed “The Social Group in the Jun¬ ior College,” was the subject dis¬ cussed by Mr. Harbeson in the ad¬ ministrative group. Stating that restrictive clubs were now quite general as a junior college organi¬ zation, Mr. Harbeson presented the following restrictive club resolution Which is enforced at P. J. C. with the approval of the state Board of Education: It is to have a bona-fide consti¬ tution filed with and approved by the faculty committee on organiza¬ tions. It is to have a faculty sponsor approved by the principal. It is to maintain membership in good standing in the inter-club council. Iits membership must be com¬ posed of junior college students. Any part of the social progress involving the] meeting of mixed groups is to have the approval of the dean of women. It must be a “local” club; i.e., it is not to be affiliated with any junior college outside of the Pasa¬ dena junior college and its alumni. It is not to go by a Greek letter name. It is not to maintain a house. Dr. W. W. Kemp, dean of edu¬ cation, University of California at Berkeley, spoke during the after¬ noon on the junior college .develop¬ ment. Dr. Kemp mphasized closer co-ordination between the junior college and the secondary schools. Small Girls in Assembly Today — + — - The performers in this morn¬ ing’s assembly were two little mis¬ ses, Jean and Joan Halamicheek. Jean is known throughout South¬ ern California for her singing and j is called the baby nightingale of' California, while Joan who plays | the violin, is caled the youngest! concert violinist in California if not in the United States. These two children were trained by their parents in Chicago previous to coming to the coast. This young team has appeared before many gatherings in the Southland. They have played and sung at the Am¬ bassador, the Biltmore, the Glen¬ dale Women’s Club and many other places. Jean is 12 years old while Joan is but 11 years of age. Many Los Angeles music critics who have heard the pair predict a great fu¬ ture for both. The program *his morning was as follows. Trie children were ac- ' (Continued on Page 3)1 Eligibility Rules Are Explained Prospective candidates for stu¬ dent body offices for next year met Wednesday at the club period in room 200-C. Les Haight, chief jus¬ tice, explained the necessity for prompt filing of the eligibility cards. The eligibility rule for student body offices is as follows: The can¬ didate must have attained 24 grade points during the past semester and1 must be maintaining at least the same average at the close of this first quarter. Immediately after spring vaca¬ tion, instructors will be ready to sign these cards giving the grade to date for this semester. These cards must be returned to Les Haight by 3 o’clock, Friday, April 25. If the eligibility rules have (been met, and the student’s candi¬ dacy has been approved /by the dean of men or the dean of women, the candidate may take out a peti¬ tion on Monday, April 28. All pe¬ titions must be returned to Les Haight by 3 o’clock, Wednesday, April 30. Candidates will be pre¬ sented in assembly on May 2. Pri¬ mary elections will be held Wednes¬ day, May 7, and finals, Wednesday, May 14. “Many outstanding leaders of the school have already announced their intention of running for of¬ fice, and others are urged to come out and make this election spirited and hotly contested,” says Haight. Last year the importance of holding the elections early was clearly demonstrated. After the completion of the student body elec¬ tions it is necessary to hold pri¬ mary and final elections for asso¬ ciated men students and associated women students; to appoint the class councils and the sponsors for next year. Congratulations Sent to Post Staff — 4— ir. Harold Weight, Editor of the Chronicle Dear Harold: Please extend to the edi¬ torial staff of the Chronicle my congratulations on the fine piece of work which they did on ,the April 7 issue of the Pasadena Post. The work they did reflects credit on themselves and upon you. Very sincerely, John W. Harbeson Principal Mr. Rex Truman, Pasadena Junior College Journalism Department, Pasadena Junior College Dear Mr. Truman: It was exeedingly gratify¬ ing to see the capable man¬ ner in which the Junior Col¬ lege students edited the Pas¬ adena Post yesterday, April 7. I wish to express to all (Continued on Page 3) Debaters Lose to Los Angeles High — p- Los Angeles high school took what was conceded to be the closest debate of the season from Pasa¬ dena lower division on the subject, “The United States should not in¬ tervene in Hispanic-American af¬ fairs.” The judge, in his own words, “hated to make the decision be¬ cause it was so close,” and compli¬ mented the members of both teams. Pasadena was represented by Lubert Sanderhoff and Herman GertsofF, speaking on the affirma¬ tive side of the question. The Los Angeles team of Rashford Harris and Sam Lyon defended the nega¬ tive. •Herman GertsofF, opening the af¬ firmative argument, declared that the United States, in quelling the strikes in addition to permitting governments sponsored by them to pass laws giving penitentiary terms to strikers, was responsible for the 40-cent a day wages which are found in Central America. “In¬ dians are sold into slavery in the interior of Peru to American rub¬ ber companies,” he stated on the authority of the “Nation” maga¬ zine, “and all intervention but sup¬ ports big business.” Lubert Sanderhoff claimed that the United States protects Ameri¬ can usurers loaning money to the Latin-Americans at 45 per cent in¬ terest. Not only have unpopular governments been established by foreigners, but freedom of speech, press, and assembly have .been in¬ fringed upon. “America cannot re¬ main a democracy at home and an empire abroad,” he said. A debate on disarmament, at Santa Ana, Monday, was won by a Pasadena team composed of Will¬ ard Stone and Jeanne Bishop. ROMANCE YS JAZZ THEME OF SHOWS Dreamy Life of Gypsy Camp Gives Setting for Costume Display — t— ADMISSION FEE IS 25c — ♦— Gwendolyn Dodge and Smith Dawless Lead Char¬ acter Parts — + — Contrasting the romantic and dreamy life in a gypsy camp with the fast and jazzy routine in a modem city is the theme to be carried out in the annual A. W. S. Fashion Show, the “Gypsy Lover,” to be presented in the auditorium at 3:15 April 23. Admission will be 25 cents. Out of twenty students who tried out for character parts, the follow¬ ing were selected for their respec¬ tive roles: Cynara, Gwendolyn Dodge; Milano, Smith Dawless; Mixail, Arnold Huss; Lilly, Mar¬ jorie Sturges; Madeline, Isabel McLain; Toodles, Jeanne Thomson; Millie Mikt, Marian Larson; But- siara, Edna Endicott; Dionisio, Elva Lois Kellogg. Cynara is a white girl who had been stolen by the gypsies when a baby and brought up to believe her¬ self a member of their race. Mil¬ ano is a gypsy youth who woos Cynara in true Romany style and finally wins her heart. Others who are in the gypsy camp scene are: Mixail, the gypsy king, Millie Mike, a young gypsy girl who is in love with Milano, and Butsiara and Dionisio, two old gypsy women. When Cynara’s real parentage is revealed on her eighteenth birth- day, she is sent back to her city home. She is welcomed by her two sisters, Madeline, the high-brow, and Toodles, the flapper, who carry out detailed plans for her initiation into modernized city life. Lilly, as the clumsy maid of the household, causes comical situations by her awkward actions and spontaneous remarks. In a drawling voice at unexpected intervals, she threatens to leave unless better treatmnt is given. The jazz boys who supply the syncopation of this scene are “Red Mill” Cast Hold Dance at Country Club Sixty participants in the annual opera attended the “Red Mill” din¬ ner dance at the Belmont Country Club April 4. School colors were carried out in the decorations which were red and white sweet peas and tulips, red candles, and baloons. Speeches were made by th prin¬ cipals, and skits from the “Red Mill” were presented by members of the cast. Song hits of the mus- ! ical ocmedy were sung. Dancing to the Biltmore orchestra via the ra¬ dio climaxed the evening. (Continued on Page 3) - f- - - College Artists to Give ‘Next’ The Pasadena chapter of the or¬ der of the De Molays is presenting a musical comedy entitled, “You’re Next.” It will be presented in the junior college auditorium on A.pri: 23 and 24. The cast of this spar¬ kling comedy of modern day in¬ cludes Floyd Brehm, who is remem¬ bered for his work in “The Rose of the Alhambra”; Mary Coleman, who is playing the role of Mrs. De Pree, society matron; Elva Lois Kellogg, Eugene Borger, Francis Cooper, Loren Treen, and many oi the local singers. The lyrics for “You’re Next’ were written by Gwynne Denni and the dialogue by Lucien Denni They are personally producing the musical comedy. Mr. Denni is now with Warner Brothers Vitaphone productions. Recently he was with Ziegfield in New York. Both Mr and Mrs. Denni are well known or Broadway as producers of populai hits. Two of the song hits of the plaj are “A Little Love Nest” anc “You’re О. K. With Me.” Tickets are on sale at Hunter & Williams and by any member oi the De Molay.