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Pasadena Chronicle, April 16, 1937
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ASSEMBLY
FEATURES
SPEED DAY
Pasadena
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FINAL ISSUE
OF VO-MAG
PUBLISHED
Vol. XXVIII
Pasadena, California, April 16, 1937
No. 29
Vo-Mag Will Go On Sale Next Wednesday
Speed Is If Mighty Midgets Will Race On P. J. C. Oval I 'Modern Art’ Is Theme
Theme Of
Assembly
Midget Race Cars, Bikes,
Motorcycles Are To
Be On Track
HORSE WILL RACE
Olympic Cyclists Will Be
Feature Of Today’s
Speed Show
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By A1 Gutzmer
"King Speed” will reign today
on Pasadena junior college’s first
"Speed Day,” as Horrell field will
become a motordrome and race
track during this morning’s assem¬
bly. Different phases of speed
will he illustrated by midget auto
race at 10 o’clock on the bleachers.
Crack speedsters will include
champ bicycle racers, a couple of
“demons of the dust” from Gilmore
stadium, Mack Robinson, Ameri¬
can Olympic sprinter from PJC,
and surprise attractions and the
appearances of world famed per¬
sonages, according to Bob Staple-
ton, secretary of activities.
Robinson Races
Speed events will be run off at
the Horrell oval in the order listed
as follows: Mack Robinson will
race against a horse, jockeyed by
Emery Hanson, in a 100-yard han¬
dicap sprint. Midget racers will be
piloted by Bill Betteridge and Bob
Swanson, of the Gilmore stadium,
considered top ranking southland
drivers by authorities in Los An¬
geles and Hollywood as well as all
over the country.
Charles Morton, winner of the
United States Olympic tryouts and
representative in Germany last
summer, will be among the cyclists
in the third race. Paul Cole, Cali¬
fornia junior champ; Tom McFad-
den, who showed in the Western Di¬
vision Olympic tryouts; and Don
Hester, young local peddler, will
contest Morton in what promises to
be one of the fastest events of the
day. All four cyclists are mem¬
bers of the Crown City Cycling
club.
Cyclists Featured
“This cycling feature is expected
to tie in very well with the day’s
program,” said Stapleton, “as
Pasadena is being considered as a
cycling center. Cycling events of
the 1932 Olympics were held in
(Continued on Page Three)
Architecture
Work Shown
Today marks the last day of the
two-week architectural exhibition
in the library, which was spon¬
sored by the T-Square club, an or¬
ganization of students in the ar¬
chitectural department.
Selected drawings in pencil, wa¬
ter colors and charcoal pertaining
to large buildings, or skyscrapers,
and residences were contributed
by architectural students. Bates El¬
liott rendered an original design
of the school library; Hideo Taka-
yama drew a bank building in wa¬
ter colors; and Bob Dickinson
drew a reproduction of the Shelton
hotel in New York, one of the
Rand Tower in Minneapolis, as
well as three renderings of houses,
and a drawing of the Community
Playhouse.
Planning for the next architec¬
ture exhibit, the T-Square club
has chosen Avocational Day as the
date at which time members in the
club will place sketchings on ex¬
hibition, and will arrange for a
talk to be given on “Sketching as
a Hobby.”
SPANISH PICTURE
TO BE SHOWN
For Magazine As Final
Issue Of Year Edited
Contemporary Artists Of Southern California Are
Featured In Portfolio; Seven Contribute
Articles; Industrial Art Included
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Annual Fete
Planned For
May 13 , 14
Mast &> Dagger Arranges
For Eleventh Carnival
And Parade
_ Closing this year’s series of for¬
eign motion pictures at the Ray¬
mond theater, the foreign language
department of Pasadena junior col¬
lege will present “La Cruz
у
la Es-
pada,” a Spanish motion picture,
at 3 p. m., Monday, April 19.
“La Cruz
у
La Espada,” is a ro¬
mantic story of the California of
1830, starring the famous Mexi¬
can tenor, Jose Mojica.
In addition to “La Cruz
у
la Es¬
pada” there will be shown a short
travelogue entitled “When in
Rome.” Tickets are on sale in the
office of the language department,
the college bank and at the Ray¬
mond theatre on the afternoon of
the matinee.
Featuring the theme of “Toy-
land,” Mast and Dagger will pre¬
sent on May 13 and 14 its elev¬
enth annual carnival and parade,
according to Jim Mathews, Mast
and Dagger president.
The first event in the annual fete
will take place on Horrell field,
when floats from different organi¬
zations in the school will line up in
front of the judges for inspection
and for the various awards.
Parade Marches
The parade will then wind its
way up Sierra Bonita and over
Colorado street to Orange Grove
avenue, down Orange Grove to
Green street and back to the jun¬
ior college.
The carnival itself departs from
custom this year, according to
Mathews, and will be held on the
men’s tennis courts instead of on
the basketball courts. Connecting
the tennis courts and the dance
floor will be a decorated walk.
Booth Applications Due
Organizations wishing to make
applications to enter floats and
booths may enter applications af¬
ter April 20, in the Student Union
building. Booths will be erected by
the Silver Screen club, work being
started around May 11.
Prizes will be awarded to booths
which are most attractively decor¬
ated, which make the most sales.
The best float and the one carrying
out the theme most successfully
will also be given prizes.
“An attempt is being made to
bring the bands from the junior
college state convention to the an¬
nual event, but nothing definite has
as yet been arranged,” said Math¬
ews. _ _
RECORDS PHOTOS
MADE RECENTLY
* Today’s “Speed Assembly” will*
feature the performances of two
midget race cars from the Gil¬
more Stadium, several Olympic
cyclists from the Crown City
Cycling Club, a man versus horse
race, and a motorcycle exhibition.
These events will combine to
form what is believed to be one
of the most novel and interesting
asemblies ever presented at the
junior college. The program is
scheduled to be given on the
track, and will start promptly at
10 a. m.
Hutchins To
Copy Scheme
Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins,
president of the University of Chi¬
cago, announced Monday in Los
Angeles that Pasadena’s type of
four-year course, half high school
and half university, soon will be
inaugurated at Chicago.
“For the first time this will be
tried in a major university,” said
Dr. Hutchins. “It is as much along
the lines of our effort to give a
college education to students of or¬
dinary promise, getting them out
more quickly into life, as retain¬
ing the exceptional students
through the present years of col¬
lege.”
Considering awarding a bache¬
lor of arts degree for the course,
according to reports, the educator
plans to inaugurate it soon.
Pomona Wins
First Prize
In Tourney
Pasadena Out Of Placing
In Playhouse Drama
Contest
For purposes of identification,
photographs of several hundred
freshmen and new juniors were
taken last Tuesday and Wednes¬
day, in room 9D. The photo¬
graphs will be filed for future use
in the records office, along with
the transcript of each student, ac¬
cording to John A. Anderson,
dean of records.
Assisting the professional pho¬
tographer who did the work was
Charles Lesher, a student of the
art department. “Care was taken
with each photograph in order to
get the best results for identifica¬
tion purposes,” said Mr. Ander-
Fete Given
By Students
Students in the class of history
of the Americas, under the direc¬
tion of Miss Elizabeth Wheeler,
presented a program in recogni¬
tion of Pan-American day, Wed¬
nesday evening, April 14, at 8
o’clock, in the Altadena recreation
center.
Introduction for the affair was
by Don Biles, and the proclama¬
tion by Harlan Eastman. Other
students who took part were Oli¬
ver Bowen, Sophia Stamer, Dor¬
othy Quesnell, Marian, Louis and
Douglas Melzer, Don Short, Jack
Anderson, Soflora Berber, Char-
maine Bliss, Mary Jeanne Vose-
ipka, Coleman Macdonald, Nelson
Price and Frances Brockhaus.
Samuel Ortegon, a visiting rep¬
resentative from Mexico, gave a
response to the program. Mem¬
bers of the Latin-American con¬
sulates in Los Angeles and mem¬
bers of civic and service clubs in
Pasadena were honored guests.
GERMAN STUDENTS
HEAR TRAVEL TALK
COUNCIL MEETS
At a meeting of the sophomore
council held last week and presided
over by clas president Henry Swaf¬
ford, plans were made to enter a
booth and float in the annual Mast
and Dagger carnival, and to join j
with other classes in an assembly |
in the near future. Financial re- 1
ports of the class dance were made. 1
Miss Magdalena Stuzmann was
the speaker at the German meet¬
ing, held Monday morning during
convocation period in room 100T.
Miss Stuzmann, who has traveled
a great deal over the countries of
Europe, in particular Germany and
Switzerland, related some of her
experiences in Germany and also
described some of the German cit¬
ies, which she judged to be most
interesting.
The meeting was in charge of
Eugene Lueders and publicity was
handled by E. E. Sauer, both on
the faculty.
With its presentation of “Dead
Men Can’t Hurt You,” story of a
girl haunted by the memory of a
tyrannical father, by Jewell Both-
well Tull, Pomona won first place
last Tuesday evening in the junior
college division finals of the eighth
annual One Act Play Tournament
sponsored by the Pasadena Com¬
munity playhouse. Dalys HoutS,
who took the leading part in the
Pomona entry, and Lee Vincent,
leading character in “Fixin’s” by
Erma, and Paul Greene, Modesto
JC entry, which took second place,
gave the best individual perfor¬
mances, according to the judges.
Milne Play Third
Third place in the tournament
was given to San Bernardino, with
“Portrait of a Gentleman in Slip¬
pers,” by A. A. Milne. Points con¬
sidered in judging were characteri¬
zation and interpretation, tempo,
direction, voice and diction, make¬
up and costume.
The plays were presented in both
afternoon and evening. Junior col¬
leges represented in the afternoon
were Taft, with “The Command
Performance,” by Jack Stuart
Knapp; Santa Maria, with “Spiced
Wine” by Willis Knapp Jones; ana
San Bernardino.
First entry in the evening divis¬
ion was Pasadena., with “Hunger,”
by Eugene Pillot, which was direc¬
ted by Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie,
assisted by Ruthanna Marble. Those
in the cast were Stuart Russel,
Joe Pyle, Murray Huss, Charmaine
Bliss and Peter Prouse.
Glendale JC presented the next
entry, “Woman’s Might,” by June
Storm, followed by Pomona and
Modesto.
GEOLOGISTS PLAN
FIELD EXCURSION
Issuing for the last time this school year, the third issue of Vo-
Mag will go on sale next Wednesday morning, April 21, according to
latest reports by the editors. Featuring contemporary art in this edi¬
tion, seven prominent modern artists of Southern California are pre¬
sented, and many reproductions of their work in photographic half-
-*-tone engravings are shown.
Vo-Mag Goes . ‘.‘we are especially featuring ar-
Into Fifth
School Year
Magazine's History From
Spring, 1932, Until
Now Told
By Fletcher Olsen
In the fall of 1932, a magazine
about the size of one of the “di¬
gests” appeared on this campus
under the sponsorship of the stu¬
dent vocational council, which had
been appointed to publish it and
also take care of a few minor du¬
ties. It had no name other than jts
theme, and in the course of that
school year there were four issues
which took up four themes, includ¬
ing art, business and science.
Well gotten up, it had one dif¬
ficulty, according to its first editor,
Howard Sharpe. That difficulty was
that no students were reading it.
Change Made
Convinced that they had a good
idea, the group met with Miss Ida
E. Hawes, dean of guidance, and a
magazine emerged which featured
a regulation college publication size
and ten pages devoted to student
talent. Shdrpe was again appointed
editor, and together with Mary
Linek, art editor, the new maga¬
zine took shape and issued three
times during the school year. More
cuts, larger size, snappier makeup
served to make it popular, and the
j name “Vo-Mag,” chosen in a con-
J test won by Student Body Presi¬
dent Eleanor Northrup, soon be¬
came* a by-word around school, and
one of this school’s most valuable
features was under way.
Following Sharpe next year came
Jean Backus, who developed the
magazine a little farther along the
road to what it is now, introduced
more student talent, and chose defi¬
nite themes for each issue such as
Oriental and Desert.
Student Talent Used
Dow Parkes followed Miss Back¬
us, continuing the increase in stu¬
dent talent, and putting out per¬
haps the most scholarly of any is¬
sue of Vo-Mag, the literary issue
of Spring, 1936.
The present editor, Carter Cord-
ner, is more than upholding his end
of the magazine, and with his art
editor, James Hawkins, is putting
out probably the most beautiful and
interesting magazine of any.
Three national awards of All-
American rating have been awar¬
ded to Vo-Mag. All-American rat¬
ing is, incidentally the highest hon¬
or rating awarded in any contest.
The first editor, Howard Sharpe,
is now an editor for McFadden pub¬
lications; Mary Linek, his art edi¬
tor, is working in the advertising
department of a Los Angeles de¬
partment store; Jean Backus and
Dow Parkes have not yet gradu¬
ated from their respective colleges,
California and UCLA.
tides by artists in this issue,” said
Carter Cordner, editor, “and we
are including examples of the
work of each. Commercial design
and art in modern business, mod¬
ern architecture and contemporary
painting, photography, etching
and woodcut work are included in
the list of articles.”
“They are excellent reproduc¬
tions — the best examples of con¬
temporary Southern California art
we have ever run,” was the com¬
ment of James Hawkins, art edi¬
tor, concerning the art work in the
magazine.
Artists Contribute
Among the artists who have
contributed articles for the pub¬
lication are Arthur Millier, of the
Los Angeles Times, writing on
the “Younger Generation,” an ar¬
ticle concerning the young artists
of our day; Mildred Bryant
Brooks, Pasadena etcher, “Etch¬
ing,” an appreciation of contem¬
porary etching as an art; and
Mrs. Marjorie Adams, registrar
and co-head of Art Center, “Art
Goes Into Business,” commercial
art.
Kem Weber, Los Angeles com¬
mercial artist, “Industrial De¬
sign”; Hartley Burr Alexander,
professor of philosophy at Scrips,
“Growing Styles in Arhiteccture,”
a philosophical interpretation of
modern building; Merle Armitage,
Los Angeles critic, “What of Mod¬
ern Art”; and Mary E. Snyder,
(Continued on Page Three)
Sponsored by the Mineralogical
society of Southern California, an
over-night geology field trip to the
vicinity of 29 Palms will be made
tomorrow and Sunday. Students
desiring to participate only on
Sunday may do so, according to
Edwin E. Van Amringe, geology
instructor at Pasadena junior col¬
lege.
Camp will be made on Saturday
at Rattlesnake canyon, five miles
west of 29 Palms, where large
feldspar crystals are found, ac¬
cording to Mr. Van Amringe. On
Sunday, the Gold- Crown gold
mine, owned by Ed Novell, former
P. J. C. student, will be inspected
at 10 a. m., with dinner at noon
served by the mine chef.
The return home will be made
through the “Wonderland of
Rocks” and the Joshua National
monument.. Wendell Stewart, Min¬
eralogical society secretary, will
conduct the trip.
Week’s News
NEWS
Midget auto races, horse-versus-
man race will be features of Speed
Day assembly today. Page 1.
• • •
Spring issue of Vo-Mag will go
on sale Wednesday, with arts, dec¬
oration, orient as theme. Page 1.
• • •
Pomona wins Playhouse tourney
as Pasadena entries rate lower
brackets. Page 1.
• • •
Peace Day to be observed next
Thursday as Pan-American rela¬
tions stressed by educators. Page 3.
• • •
Changes in Alpha Gamma Sigma
scholastic requirements, affect
lower division membership. Page 3.
* * *
Miss Catherine Robbins, Dr. Glenn
L. Lembke will represent Pasadena
junior college at Long Beach con¬
ference tomorrow. Page 3.
Juniors Plan
Hop At Vista
Under the auspices of the jun¬
ior class, an informal open dance
will be held Friday night, April
23, at the Hotel Vista del Arroyo.
In keeping with the theme of
“Horse Racing,” the “Vista Han¬
dicap” will be run, as music for
the dance is furnished by Don Ri¬
cardo’s orchestra.
President Phil Cartwright has
appointed the following committee
chairmen to carry on the plans for
the affair: Paul Douglas, Eldon
Miller and Bob Dunbar, publicity;
Oliver Compton and Phil Cart¬
wright, bids; and Art Shipman
and Shirley Smith, decorations.
Because only a limited number
of bids are being offered, the first
two days of this week’s sale were
restricted to junior class members.
However, all student body mem¬
bers may now purchase bids in the
Student Union building.
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Attendance
Prize Chosen
Prizes for the annual club atten¬
dance contest were decided upon at
a meeting last Tuesday morning of
the board of representatives. Ac¬
cording to Bill Weil, secretary of
organizations, the grand prize will
be the perpetual cup, which Clio
and La Filipina have held for the
past two semesters, as well as a
cash prize of five dollars.
In addition, there will be a prize
of two dollars for the leading club
in each of the four classes, honor¬
ary, service, social and educational.
The winner of the grand prize will
be considered separately from its
group and the second best club of
its group shall receive the two dol¬
lar award, said Weil.
La Filipina, with a ratio of .71
period absences per member per
month, is leading the field. Leaders
in the various groups are as fol¬
lows: honorary, Delta Psi Omega,
4.00; Zeta Gamma Phi, 4.12; ser¬
vice, Spartans, 4.88, Lancers, 4.92;
and restrictive, MOS, 3.54.
The contest has two more months
to run, while next week the bulletin
board at the northwest corner of
the Technology building, near tent
1, will be used by the organizations
committee to post the standing of
the various clubs.