Pasadena Chronicle, April 17, 1942

OMD Carnival Slacked Out7 By Decree Vol. 33 Pasadena Junior College, April 17, 1942 No. 28 Hawes-Hiestand Conference Day Combines Vocation Talks, Open House By MARGARET UTZ Some of the most noted speakers in all walks of life will gather today to lecture to PJC students on the East Campus in various vocational conferences. At the same time a special feature assembly will be held on the West Campus. Combining Vocational Day with open house, the Pasadena Patrons’ Association will join with the school in the day’s activities. Following a noon luncheon, Dr. John W. Harbe- son, principal, and Mrs. H. R. Morick will deliver short addresses. Miss Ida E. Hawes, Head of Vocational Day, and Dale Heistand, council chairman, have been instrumental in se¬ curing these "Southland notables. Among the more promi¬ nent speakers will be Mr. George Palmer Putnam, re- ,r<JU atbki (Editors note: On page 2 of this issue will be found a letter by Tamio Fugitnoto, member of Triple J. on-cam- pus Japanese club, explaining the feelings of Japanese stu¬ dents at having to leave PJC for evacuation centers. This editorial is in reply to that let¬ ter.) By NOEL B. YOUNG Thanks, Tamio Fugimoto, we’re all behind you. The sincerity of your words, last week, struck home and has given us renewed faith in the Nisei. I watched an ant struggle in our honey jar the other day, and I envied its position, for the ant at least had me to free it from its mire. But we, Tamio, are ensnared in irrevocable cir¬ cumstances, and there may not be anyone to pull us loose. You have a democratic heri¬ tage, as the rest of us, and it has been temporarily eclipsed by the misdeeds of our com¬ mon enemy. But the jeopardiz- ation will be but temporary, Tamio, as long as Old Glory flys over Manzanar. We’ll all be tremendously busy the next few years. You will be making your Owens Valley home self-sufficient, les¬ sening the burden on the rest of America, while we will be shouldering Garands to over¬ throw that burden. You are going to leave an irreplaceable gap in our alma mater. You have done monu¬ mental work for the OMD, Argonauts, Lancers and Let- termen, and rest assured that they will be hard hit by your loss. Your forefathers, Tamio, were Japanese, just as mine were English. Yours had a homeland of Oriental quaintness— of pic¬ turesque Fugiyama, cherry blos¬ soms, and teakwood temples — we’ll remember it that way. But to our future genera¬ tions, we’re passing on the Lincoln Memorial, the Statue of Liberty and stories of the constitutional convention. We’ll remember the U.S. as a melt¬ ing pot, which has made Ameri¬ cans out of English and Japa¬ nese, et al. There are green pastures on the other side of the fence. Perhaps, they are difficult to envision, for the fence is well- strung with barbed wire. But we’ll get across that fence some¬ how — sure, there’ll be scratches — but we’ll browse in those green pastures soon again. AMS President Lewis Saxby Shapes Stag April 29 Stag Show Plans Near Completion Two thousand, two hundred and fourteen tickets (total ca¬ pacity of the Sexson Audito¬ rium) are now being printed for 15 cents, apiece exchange, admission to the AMS Stag, April 29. Plans of AMS president Lewis Saxby and his repre¬ sentative council are now nearing completion. A two and one-half hour show of pro¬ fessional entertainment cost¬ ing $250 has been lined up, final contracts being signed now. Elaborate precautions will be taken to prevent girls from crashing the all-men show, the score now being 5-1 in favor of the boys. nowned publisher and author. Secured by the English depart¬ ment, Mr. Putnam will speak in the Auditorium on the subject, “Wide Margins; publishing, writing, living.” He has acted not only in the capacity of edi¬ tor and publisher of numerous journalistic enterprises, but in the political field as Mayor of the city of Bend, Oregon; Sec retary to the Governor of Ore¬ gon; Director, American Mu¬ seum of Natural History, Greenland Expedition; and has been in the employ of the Para¬ mount Productions. Mr. Put¬ nam, a Lieutenant in the last World War, has written among other works “Last Flight (with Amelia Earhart) ,” “Soaring Wings,” and “In The Oregon Country.” The Social Science Depart¬ ment was able to get Mr. V. E. Wilson to speak to those students interested in “Vo¬ cations of Today and Tomor¬ row in Psychology.” Mr. Wil¬ son has worked as a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, and is now the Vocational Consultant of Pasadena of the National Employment Bureau. The Vocational Council in charge of the conference speakers, consists of Dale Hei¬ stand, representing the phy¬ sical education department; Ellene Body, art; Seibert Weissman, business; David Davis, English: Raymond Bec¬ ker, language; William Cobb, life science; Dorothea Quigley ,- foods and nutrition; Colin Bury, engineering; Lowell Byer, architecture; Bill Birge, music; Sam Weiss, ROTC; Dean Gamble, physical sci¬ ence; Don Barry; social sci¬ ence; Arnold Livingston, tech¬ nology. (For complete Vocational Day schedule, see page 3). Constitutional Civil Service Change Being Contemplated Last week the Board of Rep¬ resentatives routinely accepted Civil Service commission resig¬ nations of Sei Shoda and Ernie Blumberg ; promptly approved appointment of Marilee Gilloon and Stu Fitch to the vacancies. Possibility of a constitu¬ tional amendment appearing on next election ballots is evidenced by dissatisfaction for the present membership set-up. As prescribed by the Constitution, five members serve on the commission. No designation of equal campus representation is made. Solu¬ tion offered by Commissioner Margie Evans proposes nine members; four from each campus, one commuting be¬ tween the two. A trial is now being made and if found prac¬ tical will be officially pre¬ sented for student body ap¬ proval. Machinery necessary for rec¬ ommending new Cabinet mem¬ bers and filling other appointive offices for next semester is be¬ ing geared now. Checking of eli¬ gibility and application cards containing notations of refer¬ ences, experience, qualifications, is followed by a personal inter¬ view. The latter is designed to ascertain personal bearing, and specific ideas of the candidate. Vaudeville Replaces Outdoor Festivities OMD President Dick Lord an¬ nounced today that because of a ruling by the Junior College Defense Council, this year’s an¬ nual OMD Carnival will be can¬ celled, the celebration to be re¬ placed by an indoor carnival and vaudeville show. The announce¬ ment came as a result of weeks of investigation by the Council and OMD Committeemen which proved that an outdoor carnival with thousands of people would represent a distinct defense haz¬ ard in case of a sudden blackout or air-raid. The strident body partici¬ pation which has made the carnival so successful in the past will not be lacking this year, for, as has been the tra¬ dition a theme contest will be held, and a beauteous queen chosen to reign over the fes¬ tivities. Program Committee Chair¬ man Larry Wallace only hinted at plans for the show, but the meagre information hinted at something the like of which has never strode across the stage of the Sexson Auditorium: big- name bands, famous radio come¬ dians, glamor gals, et al. Assist¬ ing Wallace on this committtee are Dick Fox, Ernie Blumberg, and Bill Simmons. . Delta Psi Omega Cloyde Howard (above) and Eleanor Prosser head the cast of “Mr. Pirn Passes By” with Lindsay Workman in the title role. The Delta Psi Omega production will be given May 1, in the Sexson Auditorium, at 8:15. Others included in the cast are Marion Sprott, Tom Baxter, Rachel Reid, and Vera Evelin.