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Pasadena Chronicle, April 23, 1937
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Vol. XXVIII
Pasadena, California, April 23, 1937
No. 30
Public Schools Week Observance Is Scheduled
Assembly
Features
Orchestra
Midget Auto Racers Will
Perform On Horrell
Field Oval
GUESTS TO SPEAK
Don Ricardo’s Band Set
For Appearance This •
Morning
Combining the entertainment
features of Don Ricardo and his
orchestra, and the performances of
the two midget race cars post¬
poned from last Friday, this mor¬
ning’s assembly on Horrell Field
will be sponsored by the four
classes to form the first joint meet¬
ing of the semester.
Because of unavoidable circum¬
stances, the racers from the Gil¬
more Stadium were not able to ap¬
pear on last week’s program, but
they are definitely promised to ap¬
pear today by Bob Stapleton, sec¬
retary of affairs, who is in charge
of the meeting.
Ricardo Band Due
Along with Don Ricardo and bis
orchestra, who will play for the
Junior Race dance tonight, several
guest speakers will appear, and the
four class officers will be intro¬
duced.
The mighty midgets will prob¬
ably be driven by Bill Betteridge
and either Bob Swanson or Karl
Young, one of the machines being
furnished by the Don Lee corpora¬
tion of Los Angeles.
“The Ricardo band is regarded as
a fine musical organization, and in¬
cludes 12 pieces and a girl song¬
stress. The special arrangements
and novelty numbers are attrac¬
tions for which the group is fa-
(Continued on Page Three)
Picture Head
To Give Talk
Mrs. Nathalie Bucknall
To Talk To Parents
As the main speaker for the next
meeting of the Patrons’ association,
to be held on Monday evening,
April 26, at 8 o’clock, in room 202E,
Mrs. Nathalie Bucknall, research
head of the Metro-Goldyn-Mayer
studios, will speak on “How Trends
and Developments in the Film In¬
dustry Constitute Influences on
Youth,” according to Mrs. Charles
S. Howe, program chairman for the
Patrons’ association.
Bom and educated in imperial
Russia, Mrs. Bucknall was gradu¬
ated as a civil engineer from the
Women’s Engineering college in St.
Petersburg. She was recognized for
her nursing and secret service
work during the war and was given
the medal of St. George by the
Czar for bravery. Mrs. Bucknall
will tell of the work of her research
department since she created it in
1927, and the part it plays in in¬
fluencing the quality and standards
of productions.
A short business meeting will be
held before the main program in
room 202E at 7:30 o’clock. The new
officers of the association will be
elected at this meeting.
Music for the program will be
furnished by the male quartet of
the music department. The mem¬
bers of the quartet are Harold
Cleveland, Howard Hudson, Bill
Wilson and ' Gerrie Preffaw. Fol¬
lowing the meeting will be a social
hour.
“The faculty and all fathers are
especially invited to attend,” said
Mrs. Howe. “The general public is
also invited to this meeting which
will be of interest to everyone.”
LAST OF FOREIGN
FILMS PRESENTED
Starring Jose Mojica, Mexican
tenor, “La C'ruz
у
la Espada” was
presented by the foreign language
department of Pasadena junior col¬
lege college, Monday afternoon, at
the Raymond theatre. Sponsored by
a committee under the direction of
Mrs. Clara Giddings and Miss
Gladys Lee, this Spanish film was
the last of a series of five foreign
pictures presented this year.
Because of defects on the film,
the Latin travelogue, ‘When in
Rome,” which was secured by Miss
Sara Talbott, was not shown as
scheduled.
According to Elmer Sauer, a
crowd of over 1300 from Pasadena
and surrounding cities viewed the
film.
Dramatist
Miss E. E. Keppie, upper division
drama instructor and adviser of
Players’ Guild, who sponsors the
appearance of the upper division
contestants from PJC in tomor¬
row’s drama contest at Occident¬
al.
PJC Speakers
Take F irst A nd
Second Honors
Lower Division Students
Represent Pasadena
In Tourneys
Nosing out all other contestants
from Chaffey, Pomona and Alham¬
bra high schools, Dick More and
Dorothy LeBaker, Pasadena junior
college lower division represent¬
atives, placed first and second, re¬
spectively, in the first semi-finals of
the Toastmasters’ International Ex¬
temporaneous Speaking contest,
which was held last Thursday
evening at the Alhambra Elks’ club.
Speech Topics Told
“An Enlightened People” was
the topic chosen by More for the
winning selection, while “Labor
and Capital vs. the Consumer” was
discussed by Miss LeBaker. Other
high school representatives placed
as follows: Chaffey, third; Pomona,
fourth; Alhambra, fifth and sixth.
Preceding the speeches was a
dinner given by the Toastmasters,
at which the contestants were
guests.
Semi-Finals To Be Held
According to Mrs. Irene S.
Peters, oratory adviser, the next
semi-final contest will be held this
week-end in Beverly Hills, with the
two victors to go into the finals,
which will be held soon. The win¬
ner of the finals will receive a $300
scholarship to any California col¬
lege or university of his choice.
Staff Visits
L.A. Papers
Visiting the Los Angeles “Times”
and the “Collegian,” of Los An¬
geles junior college, the staff of
the Pasadena Chronicle spent yes¬
terday afternoon studying methods
used by those two papers.
At the office of the Los Angeles
“Times,” the Chronicle staff was
taken on a tour where they saw
the organization of a metropolitan
paper, including the editorial of¬
fices and the composing rooms.
“I believe that excursions such
as these constitute a definite part
of the journalism staff activities
and add a great deal to the prac¬
tical knowledge of the students,”
said Jack Burtt, editor of the
Chronicle. “The tour of the Los
Angeles ‘Times’ gave them the ad¬
vantage of comparing college and
commercial journalism.”
DRAMA GUILD TO
HAVE DISCUSSION
According to Roy Winder, presi¬
dent of Players** Guild, members of
that organization are requested to
meet in 206Q during assembly peri¬
od today for an important discus¬
sion meeting.
Last Friday evening, following a
potluck dinner at the home of Win¬
der, a theater party was held at
Padua Hills. Patsy Burr, vice-presi¬
dent, was in charge of arrange¬
ments. Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie
is adviser of the club.
Pasadena To Participate
In Shakespeare Festival
Results Of Annual Drama Contest To Be Exhibited
In Fete Tomorrow At Occidental College
With all senior high schools and the chief junior colleges of
Southern California participating, the annual Shakespeare festival
sponsored by Occidental college will take place at the college tomor¬
row. As a result of the Shakespeare contest sponsored recently by the
Players’ Guild, upper division drama organization, Joe Pyle and Rutb
Today To Be
Deadline For
Gwinn were chosen to represent
Pasadena junior college with their
respective selections from “As You
Like It” and “Twelfth Night,” ac¬
cording to Miss Elizabeth E. Kep¬
pie, Players’ Guild adviser and
manager of PJC entries.
Уо
Sale
Semester’s Last Issue Is
On Sale By Seniors,
Juniors
In its final issue of the present
school year, Vo-Mag, this time fea¬
turing modern art as a theme, goes
on sale around school for the last
time today, as the seniors and jun¬
iors wind up their sales contest.
The portfolio of etchings, paint¬
ings, woodcuts, drawings and con¬
temporary art has proven to be the
outstanding feature of the issue.
With art work by recognized lead¬
ers in art in Southern California
as well as at Pasadena junior col¬
lege, the portfolio includes exam¬
ples of art with accompanying bio¬
graphical notes.
William Saroyan, literary stylist
and author, has contributed a short
story entitled “Two Pies for a
Quarter,” with an accompanying
sketch by Rafaelo. Accorded with
the distinction of being the inter¬
national leader of his story type,
Saroyan has written for Vo-Mag
for the first time in the present
issue.
Pasadena college students on the
staff of the magazine include Jim
Hawkins, art editor; Carter Cord-
ner, editor; Don Kubly and Georgi-
anna Stacy, publicity; Jack Guihan,
sales; Dean Ida E. Hawes, sponsor;
and Ned Stirling,^ adviser.
Newmanites
Plan Dance
In preparation for its seventh
annual spring dance, to be held in
the gold room of the Hotel Hunt¬
ington on May 8, the Newman club
will meet for an annual dance rally
on Sunday morning, May 2, at St.
Philip’s hall. Preceding the meet,
the Newmanites will attend mass
and communion at 7:30 a. m.
Phil Regan, radio and screen
celebrity, has promised to attend
the breakfast if he returns from
the East in tirpe, according to
Frank Murphy, publicity chairman.
Reservations may be made at the
Newman club office in St. Philip’s
hall, or by telephoning STerling
2968.
According to Bob Wagger, the
annual dance, with Hal Lomen’s
orchestra furnishing the music, will
be open to all students. Bids selling
for $1 per couple will be on sale
on the campus by members of the
executive committee for the next
few weeks.
Plans for the annual meeting of
the Federation of Catholic College
clubs of Southern California to be
held on Sunday, May 16, are being
made now.
AWS SCRAPBOOK
TO BE STARTED
This semester marks the recre¬
ating of the associated women stu¬
dents’ handbook which is being han¬
dled by Betty Wilcox, present sec¬
retary of the A. W. S., under the
supervision of Ellen Lombard,
president.
When the buildings were tom
down and the headquarters changed
places, the scrapbook being kept at
that time was lost. Interest in an
A. W. S. scrapbook was again
aroused at the beginning of this
semester.
Every article appearing in the
Chronicle or the local papers is be¬
ing cut out and pasted in the book
as a record of the A. W. S. achieve¬
ments.
FABIOLAN BANQUET
HELD WEDNESDAY
At the Arcade tea room in Pasa¬
dena, the pre-nursing club, Fabi-
ola, held a social banquet last
Wednesday, April 21. Tickets for
the affair were 50 cents apiece. Ac¬
cording to Dorothy Gottlieb, presi¬
dent, the evening was interesting
as well as entertaining.
Representing the lower division,
Miriam Schoop will read from the
play, “Romeo and Juliet,” while
Frederick Smith will present a
scene from “Henry VI,” Part 3.
Stars At 9:30
At 9:30 a. m., all guests and con¬
testants are to assemble in the Oc¬
cidental college auditorium for
registration and instructions. The
senior high school presentations
will be divided into four groups as
follows: comedy for women, com¬
edy for men, tragedy for women
and tragedy for men. Junior col¬
lege selections will be given at the
same place and time.
Luncheon Meet Planned
At noon, there will be a luncheon,
where names of the winners of the
finals will be revealed, and a talk
given by a guest speaker.
Following lunch, the winner of
each group will present his selec¬
tion in the open air theatre, and
awards will be made. Several
schools are to give cuttings from
Shakespeare plays in costume.
Miss Kester Directs
At that time, lower division dra¬
ma students will present a scene
from “Twelfth Night,” directed by
Miss Katharine Kester. Members of
the. cast are Frederick Smith, Mal-
volio; Miriam Schoop, Maria; Hen¬
ry Hughes, Sir Toby Belch; Ed-
wina Booth Waterbury, Viola; Bob
Willey, Clown; and Florence Jen¬
sen, Olivia.
According to Miss Keppie, every
student, whether a drama student
or not, is cordially invited to attend
the festival, which is free of
charge. If one wishes to attend the
luncheon, tickets may be purchased
today for 50 cents from Clarence
Black, Dorothy June Evans, Miss
Keppie or Miss Kester.
Winners of the contest in both
upper and lower division competi¬
tions will be announced in next
week’s Chronicle.
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Peace Topic
Of Assembly
Arthur Cassaday Talks
For Campaign
Scheduled to take place yester¬
day morning, a peace program was
planned by Elizabeth Freese, chair¬
man, for the purpose of arousing
student interest in the current
peace problem. Arthur Cassaday,
secretary of the Emergency Peace
Campaign of Los Angeles, spoke
in a general assembly planned for
10 o’clock. Following the assem¬
bly, individual discussions were
held in third period classes.
Questionnaires on peace were
presented by the leaders of the
classroom groups, and provided
outlines for discussion. A poll
was taken when students were
asked to answer questions concern¬
ing peace. The purpose of the peace
poll was to determine the attitude
of Pasadena junior college students
on the peace problem today and in
the future.
Chairmen of committees who
were responsible for yesterday’s
peace program were appointed by
Miss Freese and include Harry
Rothrpck, classroom discusions;
Lucille Cook, publicity; Sarah
Meyers, decorations in assembly;
and Daniel Blatt, questionnaires on
the peace poll.
TRITON COUNCIL
PRESENTS SPEAKER
Continuing its policy of increas¬
ing friendliness among women stu¬
dents, the Triton Council enter¬
tained with a speaker, Wednesday,
April 21, at room 202E. The sub¬
ject of the lecture was clothes and
personality. Refreshments were
served.
The Triton has offered several
speakers this year and will present
at least one more. Sally Monsen is
club president. “The club is very
popular, very active, and renders
real service,” Miss Catherine J.
Robbins, dean of women, said.
Dr. John A. Sexson, as superintend¬
ent of schools in Pasadena, heads
joint observance of Public
Schools week biy every school in
the city. April 27 and 28 are
dates for local fetes to be spon¬
sored by combined school organ¬
izations.
School Head
Ruth Doolittle
Contest Run
Yesterday
Posting Of Winners Set
For Today In Bleeker
Residence
Finals of the annual Ruth Doo¬
little contest in the interpretation
of Shakespeare were held; yester¬
day afternoon on the Bleeker House
lawn, with an appropriate Shake¬
spearean setting constructed by
members of the Silver Screen club.
Names of the winners will be post¬
ed today on the second floor of the
Bleeker house.
Final contestants who were
chosen at a preliminary contest
held on April 8 were Richard Aspy,
James Brodie, Richard Hamilton,
Pat Hops, Chester Jaques, Rachel
Reid, Muriel Stevens Mildred Sum¬
ner, Edwina Booth Waterbury and
Robert Willey.
Faculty Members Judge
The judges for the preliminary
contest were Mrs. Helen M. Stone,
Miss Nell Marie Remsberg and
Miss Elizabeth Flint, members of
the English department.
The contest, restricted to the
lower division, was established by
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Doolittle in
memory of their daughter Ruth,
who died a number of years ago
while an active drama student at
this school. Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle
attend the contest each year, fur¬
nish the judges for the contest and
present prizes to the winning boy
and girl. The purpose of the tour¬
nament is to further interest in the
study of the drama.
SENATE ESSAYS ARE IN
According to Henry Kearns, of
the Pasadena Junior Chamber of
Commerce, the essay papers of the
Student Senate were handed in last
Wednesday, April 21, and the final¬
ists will be announced in the near
future.
Week’s News
NEWS
Pasadena schools hold city-wide
observance of Public Schools Week,
from kindergartens through junior
college. Page 1.
Katherine Kester and Elizabeth
Keppie, P. J. C. dramatics teachers,
go to Occidental for speech events.
Page 1.
Midget racers return for today’s
assembly as Don Ricardo’s orches¬
tra plays. Page 1.
“Turf Club” theme of annual jun¬
ior class dance, scheduled for to¬
night. Page 3.
• • •
SPORTS
Nine track and field athletes go
to Iowa for Drake university relay
carnival. Page 4.
Varsity baseball team cops ninth
straight win of season. Page 4.
• • •
FEATURES
Writer advises girls to be beau¬
tiful in sports, Chronicle says
“hooey.” Page 2.
Details of gypsy decoration told
by scribe on the “ins” with tor¬
tuous applications. Page 2.
Exhibition,
Drama To
Be Viewed
Art Departments Combine
To Present Pageant
Of Youth
IS APRIL 26 TO 30
Masons, Legionnaires Aid
In Staging Programs
In Auditorium
By Elizabeth Arthur
and Harold Shafer
Designed to better acquaint the
citizens of Pasadena with what the
public schools of this community
offer in building a well-rounded
education by means of proper gui¬
dance from kindergarten through
junior college, the eighteenth annu¬
al Public Schools week will be ob¬
served in Pasadena during the week
of April 26-30, inclusive.
Acting under the direction of the
Grand Masonic Lodge of California,
the combined Masonic Lodges of
Pasadena have been appointed a
committee to work with the Board
of Directors and the Board of Edu¬
cation of the city of Pasadena, as¬
sisted by Pasadena Post 13, of the
American Legion, to sponsor the
presentation of the program which
will demonstrate the progress of
educational achievement in this
community.
Exhibitions Arranged
Numerous exhibitions and spec¬
tacles will be held which will be free
to public inspection and enjoyment.
The extensive program includes
demonstrations and exhibits of
work in full operation, combined
into one exhibition, as it occurs in
the classrooms of the Pasadena
City Schools. This demonstration
will be held in the Exhibition Hall
of the Civic auditorium on Tuesday
and Wednesday, April 27 and 28,
from 1 to 9 p. m. each day.
Pageant Sponsored
Featuring a spectacular pageant
entitled, “Youth,” the week will
close with a meeting in the Civic
auditorium on Friday, April 30, at
7:30 p. m.
Open to the public, with admis¬
sion free, the pageant will interpret
an allegorical pilgrimage towards
peaceful living, in which Youth
(Continued on Page Three)
Frosli Dance
Is Scheduled
Gene Cole's Band Signed
For Hop On May 1
Featuring the music of Gene Cole
and his orchestra, the Freshman
Surrealist ball will be held at the
University club, 175 North Oak¬
land, on the evening of May 1.
The dance will be distinctly dif¬
ferent from the usual type of
dances, in that it will be free to
freshmen. The free bids will be
issued to the freshmen only, and
others may obtain their bids for 25
cents at the bank in the Student
Union building.
According to Harold Shafer, the
freshman class president, “This is
the first time in several semesters
that a class dance has been given
free to its members. However, be¬
cause of the limited number of peo¬
ple that may be handled at the
dance, it will be a matter of first
come, first served, when the bids
are issued at the bank next week.”
Although the bids will be given
free to freshmen only, others so
desiring may obtain bids at the
bank for 25 cents.
INFORMAL DANCE
WINNERS NAMED
As the feature attraction of the
informal afternoon dance, held on
Tuesday afternoon, April 20, a
dance contest was held. Bob Staple-
ton and Elizabeth Farris were the
winners. As prizes they each re¬
ceived a phonograph record. Miss
Farris was presented with a Guy
Lombardo recording and Stapleton,
a Tom Dorsey.
This dance was under the direc¬
tion of the social affairs committee
headed by Barbara Millikan. She
was assisted by Margaret Arnold,
a member of the committee. It was
free to all students. Music was pro¬
vided by new recordings which
were bought especially for the
affair.