Pasadena Chronicle, April 16, 1937

ASSEMBLY FEATURES SPEED DAY Pasadena Ш (fhtoniclc 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 - Ф - - 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 тттттжшттт шЩйтШшшшт шт 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. - - - * - . 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.