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Pasadena Chronicle, April 13, 1934
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Jaysee Student Boc
.y Presents “Sweethearts,” a Lig'
ht
О
pera in Two Acts
Seniors will be in the limelight
of the social world tonight as they
present their annual Spring dance
at the Hotel Vista del Arroyo. Ar¬
rangements were made to have
Leighton Noble’s orchestra supply
the music for the informal affair.
Vol. XXV
JDasatiena Chronicle
Bauble and Bells and 54-A drama
classes will represent Pasadena
junior college in the annual Com¬
munity Playhouse one-act contest,
slated for April 16, 17.. Twelve
other schools from nearby cities
will also vie for honors in the
playfest.
Pasadena, California, April 13, 1934
No. 24
Community Playhouse Sponsors T ourn aments
OPERA
WILL BE
STAGED
‘Sweethearts’ Offered By
Music Department At
Muir Tech Soon
“Sweethearts,” a captivating mu¬
sical comedy, sparkling with wit
and abounding with sentiment, is
to be presented by the music de¬
partment, under the direction of
Miss Lula C. Parmley. The opera
will • be produced from the stage
of the Muir Tech high school at
8:15 on the evenings of April 26,
27, 28.
“1 am very much pleased with
the co-operation and progress of
the cast. ‘Sweethearts’ will be
one of the most entertaining and
loveliest productions which I
have directed at this institution,”
stated Miss Parmley. She con¬
tinued: “I hope that everyone
will avail themselves of the low
price and enjoy this year’s opera,
as it is appealing to all alike.”
Tickets for the annual affair may
be obtained on April 19 from either
the Hancock Music company or the
P. J. C. ticket office, at the price
of 35 or 50 cents. The proceeds are
to go to the student body fund.
Four of the specialty numbers
are under the guidance of Miss
Loretta Henrichs, girls’ physical
education instructor. Those partici¬
pating in “Military Parade” are
Helen Gere, Lois Messier, Margaret
Beauvard, Jane Maxey, Naomi
Prigmore, Mary Lou McConnell,
Anne Shields, Helen McGowan,
Ellen Jones, Violet Deky, Gertrude
Ganitt, Vera Lowerie, Betty Tyr¬
rell, Charlotte Corey, Barbara
Wood and Harriette Schmidt.
“Cricket on- the Hearth” will be
danced by Dorothy Bruce, Lenore
Gavell, Dorothy Collins, Charlotte
Drayer, Betty Jane Knapp, Mar¬
jorie Morton, Patricia Smith, Paul¬
ine Stevens and Natalie Theisen.
Margaret Bedwin, Charlotte
(Continued on page two)
There Is A
Weeping Wall
In Jerusalem
Tucked away from the eyes of
a curious world, there lies, hid¬
den deftly beneath the first floor
of the erstwhile Horace Mann
building, the Chronicle office,
rendezvous of saint and sinner,
reposing in the middle-age glory
of a forgotten institution.
Occasionally, as the mad rush
of the modern generation whiz¬
zes deliriously onward in the
search of the new and interest¬
ing, a small hole is left empty
upon the front page of the time-
scarred “old glory” of P.J.C.
And every reporter knows
that the editor needs copy.
So what to do but give him
what he wants — a short feature.
It doesn’t make sense — but so
what? There is a weeping wall
in Jerusalem.
DRAMA GROUPS TO
PRESENT PLAYS IN
THEATRE TOURNEY
Alumni Are
Given Honor
Charles Jennings, Allan
Manvel Selected For
Phi Beta Kappa
Recently elected to membership
of Phi Beta Kappa, national hon¬
orary scholastic fraternity at Occi¬
dental college, Charles Jennings
and Allan Daly Manvel, Pasadena
junior college alumni, were two of
11 seniors to be selected, according
to Dean Thomas G. Burt, secretary
of the Oxy group.
Both students have been prom¬
inent in college journalism at
Occidental. Jennings has been
assistant editor of the college
paper for two years, while Man¬
vel has been columnist for the
same period. Jennings is aCso a
member of Sigma Alpha Epilson
fraternity; Manvel is affiliated
with Phi Kappa Alpha, honorary
economics group.
Other students receiving the dis¬
tinction of being elected to Phi
Beta Kappa are Ed Gulick, Dor¬
othy Bell, Paul Hadley, Grace Frei¬
burg, Paul Paulsen, Francis Jacob¬
son, Janice Brasch, Ethel Phillips
and Harold Droscoll.
These two young men make the
third to receive honorary awards.
At a recent election of members
at the University of California at
Berkeley, George Kuznets, former
alumnus, was one of 16 seniors to
receive the honor of the key.
Program Work
Will Begin Soon
Preparations have been made
for initial programming for next
semester, to begih next week.
“First come, first serve,” said
Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of
guidance. “Closed classes will be
Unavailable to tardy applicants,”
she added.
At window five, students may
procure their program and coun¬
selor sheets. This window will be
open from 7 :30 to 8 in the morn¬
ing, and both lunch periods.
Men, Women
Hold Meets
Sports Writer And Play
Were On Programs
This Morning
Holding their second meetings of
the current semester, both A. M.
S. and A. W. S. organizations met
this morning for informal pro¬
grams.
With entertainment the order of
business, the co-eds gathered in
the women’s gym for a program of
varied features.
“Little Prisons,” a oore-act
play, under the direction of Gwen
Gaze, was presented with Martha
Bertonneau as the elevator ope¬
rator, Clara Mansfield as the rib¬
bon clerk, Anna Lee Cliff as gen¬
eral manager of the Bon Ton,
Suzanne Whitcomb as a wealthy
patron, and Althea Croxson as a
newspaper writer. The setting
for the entire drama was laid in
an elevator.
Additional pleasure was provided
by Billie Boynton playing popular
piano selections and a tap dance
by Kit Cartwright, Ivonne Brown
and Mary Raftry, accompanied by
Miss Jean Young, physical educa¬
tion instructor.
The program was planned by
Pauline Stevens, first vice-president
of A. W. S.
Bill Henry, sports authority,
spoke at the men’s meeting in the
men’s gym.
Mr. Henry is well known
throughout the West for his
sport columns and criticisms in
coast newspapers, and especially
for his work as sports editor on
the Los Angeles Times, during
the past few years.
Bob Wegge, president, presided
at the meeting and announced fu¬
ture plans for the organization,
among which are tentative plans
for a father and son banquet to be
held some time this spring and pos¬
sibly an informal afternoon get-
together for the men students.
Prize Offered
By Sponsors
Judged on both excellence and
progress, eight lower division stu¬
dents were selected last week to
compete in the Ruth Doolittle Me¬
morial contest finals to be held on
April 19 in the music hall.
Preliminary winners and the
dramas from which their selec¬
tions were chosen are: Beverly j
Bechtel, “King John”; Lita Bo- !
nynge, “Macbeth”; Severine Cal- j
lahan, “Romeo and Juliet”; Mary
Cornett, “Midsummer Night’s
Dream”; Bernard Hayes, “Rich¬
ard VIII”; Laura Langford
“Henry VI,” part 3; Virginia Dor-
thea Miller, “As You Like It”;
Marybeth Sachse, “Macbeth.”
Three faculty members judged
the contest; Miss Georgiana Elisa-
beth Flint, business education ad¬
viser; Miss Nell M. Remsberg,
English teacher; and Mrs. Irene
Peters, English instructor. Jack
Lonzo, who managed the lower di¬
vision, also managed the contest.
The contest is sponsored annu¬
ally by Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Doo¬
little of Pasadena. The three win¬
ners selected from the group of
eight will be awarded a prize by i
the sponsors. i
Body
‘Far Away Princess,’ ‘Land Of Hearts Desire' Are
Dramas To Be Entered For Competition On
Thespian Tourney Coming April 10-17
"The Far-Away Princess" and "The Land of Hearts Desire are
the plays that Bauble and Bells, and 54-A drama students have se¬
lected respectively to enter in the annual one-act play contest, which
is sponsored by the Pasadena Community Playhouse. The upper
division contest will be held April 16, and the lower division in the
- ’ - j afternoon of April 17
The lower division enters a play
every other year in the contest,
while the upper division enters a
play annually. In the alternate year,
Muir Tech represents the city of
Pasadena.
“The Far Away Princess” is
the tale of an athiletic young
poet, ably portrayed by Edward
Faye, who falls in love through
his day dreams with a delicate
young princess (Natalie Theis¬
en). He erects a telescope
through which he sees a young
girl in the princess’s garden,
whom he think is the princess.
Those who go to see the players
will see what happens when the
hero later meets the real prin¬
cess.
Barney Hayes has an amusing
Chairman
Student
Dance To Be
Given In Gym
Talbot’s Orchestra W411
Furnish Music; Japan
Will Be Theme
Mount Fujiyama, myriads of
Japanese flags, and gay lanterns
are only a part of the decorations
being planned for April 18 when
students will gather in the wom¬
en’s gym to dance to the tunes of
SENIORS’
DANCE IS
THIS EVE
Upper Classmen To Hear
Leighton Noble At
Vista Affair
Jack Talbot’s orchestra at the first !
Г0
e a, w°uld-be-smging waiter
free all-student body afternoon
dance for several seasons.
The famous Japanese moun¬
tain will be in the background of
the orchestra box, which will be
bordered by greenery and a bam¬
boo fence. Hundreds of brilliantly
colored Japanese flags and fes¬
tive lanterns will form a roof of
color and the walls of the gym
will be banked with greenery.
Helen McGowan, student dancer,
and various specialty numbers will
be featured by the dance band. Ac¬
cording to Loretta Melton, secre¬
tary of social affairs, a surprise
program is being prepared for the
occasion, which will include Jap¬
anese dances.
Japanese girls, in charge of Fu-
miko Saijama, in native costumes
will serve iced-tea and rice cakes.
“The social affairs committee
considers this the high spot of
the remainder of its social calen¬
dar,” said Loretta Melton. “They
arc making it free so it is truly
a student body affair.”
The committee in charge consists
of Loretta Melton, secretary of so¬
cial affairs; Vincent Fite, senior;
Sadie Sellars, Fred Green, junior;
Keith Cave, Patty Devor, sopho¬
mores; and Charlotte Blackstone,
Lila Renner and Johnny Benton,
freshmen. The board of represent- \
atives will act as hosts and host¬
esses with the committee.
in a Tyrolean inn, while Mary Beth
j Sachs, and Lita Bonyage portray
; character parts. Margaret Wall
, and Katherine West characterize
; two socialites while Barbara Mc-
i Cullough is a servant lady in wait¬
ing, in the play. Newell Barnet
| portrays the incomparable lackey.
Helen Irene Stone is student
director of the drama, and Miss
I Katherine Kester the faculty ad-
i viser. William O. Payne designed
and constructed the set, and the
Standard Furniture company
loaned a large cupboard for use
in the play.
The setting of “The Land of
Hearts Desire” is laid in old time
Ireland, when the fairy people were
supposed to have visited the Irish
households. The story is one of a
(Continued on page four)
Records Photos
J Kathleen D. Loly, chairman of the
I jaysee foreign language depart¬
ment, which has sponsored four
departmental assembly programs
during the Friday morning per¬
iods this year.
Linguists To
Bill Soprano
i Noted Blind Singer, J. C.
Student To Present
Musical Affair
JOINT DANCE
M. 0. S. and “The Club” are t
having a joint informal dance at
Annandale Country club, Friday, !
April 20. Bids are to be purchased i
for $1, and 9 to 12 are the hours. J
Deadline April 18
Deadline for records photo¬
graphs is Wednesday, April 18.
“Those students who have
failed to comply with this school
requirement,” said John A. An¬
derson, dean of records, “will
avail themselves of this final op¬
portunity. The photographs are
necessary for each student’s per¬
sonal record. Remember the
date, it is important.”
The photographer will be in
the social hall in the “D” build¬
ing from 8 in the morning until
3 in the afternoon.
There will be no additional
cost as the fee should have been
paid at the time of registration.
Flies Will Look To Laurels
•••• ••••
Drive Launched Against Insects
Mr. Fly will have to look to his laurels if he has any intention
of upholding the pestiferous reputation which he has developed by
undesirable antics about the tent region. Shades of Sherlock Holmes,
in the guise of a biologically in-
Genevieve Wiley, noted blind so¬
prano, and Harlow Mills, P. J. C.
student, will present a musical pro¬
gram under the auspices of the
foreign language department, April
20, during club period, in the music
hall.
Miss Wiley is well known in
Southern California through her
appearances in the Hollywood
Bowl last summer, and with the
Pasadena Civic orchestra last fall.
She is also an accomplished
pianist, having for several years
financed her vocal lessons by
playing at various functions,
i More recently Miss Wiley has
i been much in demand at meet¬
ings of the Fine Arts club, the
Los Angeles Friday Morning
club, and other similar organiz¬
ations, and sings frequently over
the radio.
Mr. Mills gained considerable
reputation while a student here, as
a pianist and composer, and in the
fall of 1929 won a one-year schol¬
arship at the Curtis Institute of
Music, in Philadelphia. He contin¬
ued his study in orchestra and com¬
position there for four years, re¬
winning the scholarship each
year. In the summer of 1933, Mr.
Mills accompanied his composition
professor to Italy and Germany for
six months further study.
He has recently returned to
Pasadena in view of opening
a studio, and doing concert work.
At the present time, Mr. Mills
is taking several language and
music courses here.
All students and faculty of Pas¬
adena junior college will undoubt¬
edly be glad to welcome Harlow
back, and to enjoy this most ex¬
ceptional program which the for¬
eign language department has ar¬
ranged.
In the soft lights of the grand
salon of the Vista del Arroyo hotel,
gay seniors will glide to the melod¬
ious tunes of Leighton Noble’s or¬
chestra tonight.
Beginning at 9:15, this even¬
ing’s Spring frolic will be infor¬
mal. Bids were given out to 300
eager upper classmen during the
lunch periods today and Friday.
To judge by the crowds waiting
outside the student body office,
seniors had little fear of the mis¬
fortune said to befall those who
make merry on a Friday the 13,
especially when a new moon
threatens to continue the evil
spell until, as a last quarter, it
j dies away in the west.
“The senior dance will be a gala
affair,” assures Rudy Andersen,
president, who is supervising. “We
| have been working hard to make
it interesting, lively, and entertain¬
ing for everybody.”
Margaret Johnson heads the dec¬
orations committee, assisted by
Willa Roberts, Aaron Ehmke, and
Bob Rex. Aiding in keeping the
bad luck jinx from appearing on
the Vista dance floor are Mike
Mulvaney, Harriett Tilden, George
McCord, Florence Kennedy, Jimmy
Ware, Lois Hughes, A1 Herbold,
Virginia Petrequin, Craig Mc¬
Laughlin, Bill Lynn, Norman Rick¬
er, Marvis Rogers, and Paul Jones,
I’he next event of the senior
; class will be a meeting on May
11. At the annual carnival on
May 25, seniors will maintain
a booth and sell refreshments.
| Baccalaureate services on June
10 will be followed three days
■ later by Class day, the entire
year culminating in graduation
| in the Rose Bowl and the final,
| brilliant prom on June 15.
Patrons and patronesses for this
evening’s occasion will include Dr.
and Mrs. John W. Harbeson, Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Anderson, Miss
I Ida E. Hawes, Mr. and Mrs. James
I P. O’Mara, Miss Catherine J. Rob¬
bins, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wede-
meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Ollie G. Dress¬
ier, Mr. and Mrs. Audre L. Stong,
and Dr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Lembke.
List Winners
Of Try-Outs
Chosen Students Eligible
To Participate In
Final Contest
dined CWA worker, are stalking
the campus and adjoining property,
bent upon a mission that bodes no
good to the winged messengers of
disease.
It is the intention of the
sleuth to employ a bit of crimi¬
nal parliamentary which kidnap¬
ers have been finding far too
successful of late; namely, sub¬
mission by striking through
homes and offsprings. For this
reason a search is being conduct¬
ed that will eventually lead to
the discovery of the breeding
place and its eradication.
To clarify the situation in the
eyes of the average student, to
whom a fly is nothing more or less
than something to lend diversion
to an uninspiring lecture, it might
be well to quote the startling reve¬
lations of Dr. Max W. de Lauben-
fels, biological instructor, who is
supervising the crusade:
“Flies cannot travel more than
approximately 200 yards under
their own steam,” Dr. de Lau-
benfels explains, “and they sel¬
dom live longer than three or
four weeks. Since there is a com¬
parative scarcity of flies in the
northeastern portion of the cam¬
pus, and a continuous abundance
in the tent region, it is evident
that the flies have one or more
breeding places somewhere near.”
Because of locked doors and pri¬
vate ownership of property, the
student investigator has been un¬
able to obtain access to every sec¬
tion of the suspected area, and Dr.
de Laubenfels advocates protective
measures to subdue the pests until
the ultimate goal can be reached.
“Sheets of flypaper, hung verti¬
cally from the center beam in the
interior of the tents, would be
most effective,” he explains, “and
although I have no tent classes of
my own, I would like to see some¬
thing accomplished for the relief
of my colleagues and students.”
Club Told Of
Scenic Road
Roscoe A. Goodcell, member of
the review department of the
Southern California Automobile
club, .addressed members of the
T-Square group, April 6, during
assembly period.
Mr. Goodcell spoke regarding the
Pacific highway, the road which
will eventually connect scenic at¬
tractions of the continent. Through
use of lantern slides Mr. Goodcell
showed the route taken by the
charter party of nine men which
left Los Angeles on March 15,
1930. The purpose of the expedi¬
tion was to determine the location
of the highway and to arouse in¬
terest in the project. “It is intend¬
ed,” stated the speaker, “that this
highway tap every major highway
in the western half of the United
States.”
Plans were made for a tour of
the city on April 15. Members are
asked to meet at 9 a. m. in the
parking lot.
Winners of the preliminary
Shakespeare contest held last Fri¬
day to choose contestants to com¬
pete in the final contest, were first
place, Pauline Stevens and Fred
Warriner. Pauline Stevens por¬
trayed the characters Constance,
; King Phillip and Padua, the Cardi-
i nal, from the Shakespearen play,
I “King John”; while Fred Warriner
i recited Caliban’s and Prospero’s
! speeches from “The Tempest.”
Dick Hanna, delivering King
i John’s death speech, from the play
j “King John,” ranked second, as did
Grace Archer, who recited Miran-
do’s and Prospero’s speech from
“The Tempest.”
Ray Radford, presenting Pros¬
pero’s speech from “The Tempest,”
and Mary Hicks, portraying King
Laeaes and Hermione’s speech
from Shakespeare’s “Winter’s
Tale,” ranked third.
These students will be eligible to
participate in the final Shakespear¬
ean contest sponsored by the Play¬
ers’ Guild at the Calvary Baptist
church next Friday. At this time
one man and woman student will
be selected to represent the school
on the following Saturday, at the
Cumnock schools, 5353 West Third
street, Los Angeles.
Other participants were Con¬
stance Johnston, Gilbert Sumner,
Eleanor Berg and Dorothy Carol.
Judges included the following
faculty members: Miss Elizabeth
Flint, business education teacher;
Miss Jessie Paxton, English ad¬
viser; and Miss Florence Diment,
social science instructor.