Pasadena Chronicle, April 23, 1938

Here And Now.. by Merilyn Nutt, Editor Time to take inventory . . . the first year of the “new era” is al¬ most gone. Let’s look around and see what meets the eye. The gras; has grown into lawns, the trees and shrubs are beginning to look as if they belonged here, Califor¬ nia sunshine looks especially well with our new white buildings, and the mirror pools are more effective every day. Aside from the exterior fea¬ tures, there are the more impor¬ tant phases of JC which are also expanding and becoming an integral part of the junior col¬ lege. The unified lower division and college levels is proving it¬ self. Student activities have done their part in eliminating the breach between the twelfth and thirteenth years. Extra¬ curricular activities are open to all students. Restrictive and non-restrictive clubs, national and local honorary organizations, are all helping balance the aca¬ demic part of the junior college curriculum. Varsity athletics now include representatives from the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth grades. This plan has drawn the high school and college students into even closer accord and besides operating on a reduced financial basis, has increased student, fac¬ ulty and community interest in athletic events. Our campus has put a new spirit into this progress, The “tent era” was a definite setback which has proved difficult to overcome. But now, as the first year in the new surroundings is drawing to a close, it is evident that the effort expended toward the coordination and cooperation of PJC is being well rewarded. Naturally there are many ques¬ tions that have yet to be settled, but we are all in the boat together and we intend to row together. It is an honor to have some small part in such a young and growing project as the junior college. Not long ago the first junior college was founded. Today the spirit of advanced local education is spreading, and Southern California sponsors more junior colleges than any other area in the United States. The founders of the junior col¬ lege had a great thought to pre¬ sent to the citizens of America, The hard work and unfailing ef¬ forts of those men have nour¬ ished their brain child past a tot¬ tering infancy into a sturdy childhood. The junior college movement has been successfully guided through its childhood and now might be said to be in its adolescence. No fear is held for the JC at this point because it is realized that its background and past experience will help the junior college to adjust itself to the changing world. • • • Today Pasadena Junior College is host to a distinguished group of visitors. Members of the Southern California Junior College Confer¬ ence representing junior colleges from Bakersfield to San Diego, are holding their annual convention at PJC. We cordially welcome our guests and hope that their stay in Pasadena will be a pleasant reality and a happy memory. • • • If the results of yesterday’s Peace Poll are any indication, there are many students at PJC who are vitally interested in inter¬ national affairs. The annual con¬ ference of international relations will be held this summer at Whit¬ tier 'College. The speakers at the conference are national and inter¬ national figures in the various fields which have interest in world peace. This year Muriel Lester, famous the world over, will be one of the featured lecturers. Dr. DeHaas of the Harvard graduate school of business is also one of the speak¬ ers. The atmosphere of the entire program at Whittier enables one to informally meet with these great educators and discuss war and peace. An institute of this kind is in¬ valuable to young people interest¬ ed in the problems of the world to¬ day. PASADENA CHRONICLE Vol. XXIX Pasadena Junior College, April 23, 1938 No. 28 Junior College Convention Here Today Speaker . . . . MRS. LOUSE B. HOBLIT, Speaker (Story on Page 3) Association Prexy Sends Greeting Thanks Pasadena J C For Facilities It is expected that between six and seven hundred educators will be in attendance at the spring meeting of the Southern California Junior College association being held at Pasadena Junior College today. The conference begins _ at 9:30 this morning, with 15 section meetings which will be in session until 11:30. At that time the dele¬ gates will be given an opportunity to inspect Pasadena’s new plant. Session The general session of the asso¬ ciation will be held in the form of a luncheon at the Pasadena Ath¬ letic club at 12:15. Officers will be elected for the year and Dr. Tully C. Knoles, well-known educator and president of the College of the Pa¬ cific at Stockton, will speak on “America’s Educational Task.” The Junior College association, which has been organized for a number of years, holds two general con¬ ferences during the year — one in the fall and one in the spring. These meetings are designed to be of help and inspiration to every¬ body who is working in the junior college field. The following titles indicate the wide variety of subject matter: “Community Service Through an Extended Day Program,” “Efforts that are Being Made to Train Jun¬ ior College Students for Business Positions,” “A Program for the Co¬ ordination of Activities of Regis¬ trars and Counselors,” “The Chal¬ lenge to American Democracy,” “Classroom Hobbies,” “Sex Factors in Intelligence.” Instructive If the past can be accepted as a criterion, it seems certain that the Pasadena conference should prove very helpful to all who attend. The association is greatly indebted .to Pasadena Junior College for the entertainment of the day, and special credit should be given to Professor Cecil C. Stewart, secre¬ tary-treasurer of the association. A number of prominent Pasa¬ dena educators are appearing on the program, among them being Mrs. Louise B. Hoblit, member off the Pasadena Board of Education, and Dr. Margaret E. Bennet, direc¬ tor of guidance in the Pasadena city schools; and the following members of the Pasadena Junior College staff: David W. Reidy, Paul Billeter, Miss Florence Diment and Dr. A. M. Turrell. (signed) WESLEY V. SMITH, President Art Section Meeting Plans Listed Mr. David W. Reidy, director of the late afternoon and evening pro¬ grams at Pasadena Junior College, will speak to the art section meet¬ ing at 9:30 a. m. today. Speaking on “Community Service Through lain Extended Day Pro¬ gram,” Mr. Reidy will be followed by panel discussions. Leading the first discussion is Mrs. Jane Hood, chairman of the art department at Eagle Rock High School. Mrs. Lois W. Morgan, Los Angeles Junior College art department head, lead's the second discussion. These talks will be in room 211-C of the Horace Mann building. PRESIDENT SMITH PLANS MEETINGS, GENERAL SESSION Over 600 Delegates Will Participate In Program of Spring Conference; important Speakers Scheduled Over 600 delegates are expected to meet today on the Pasadena Junior College campus to participate in the spring convention of the Southern California Junior College associa¬ tion, Cecil C. Stewart, secretary-treasurer of the association, announced this week. Featuring many prominent speakers of Southern Cali¬ fornia the 15 section meetings and the luncheon planned by Wesley V. Smith, president of the association, Citrus Junior College, will provide an opportunity for noted educators to get together and exchange ideas and suggestions. Meetings Section meetings will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a. m. Delegates interested may attend meetings in administration, art, biological sciences, business education, deans of women, physics and chemistry, registrars and counselors, speech arts, social sciences, engineering and mathematics, English, for¬ eign languages, home economics, library, music, philosophy- psychology, physical education for men and physical educa¬ tion for women. Each meeting will be conducted with a speaker, a pro¬ gram chairman, and a panel for discussion. Questions and discussions will be allowed for each speaker. Exceptions to this plan are the deans of women, who have no conference program, and the physical education for men group, which will meet with the section meeting of physical education for women. Speakers Among the outstanding educators who will speak during the convention are Mrs. Louise B. Hoblit, former president of the Pasadena Board of Education, who has been active in the promotion of the Pasadena Board of EducationSHRDL — S promotion of Pasadena city schools ; Dr. W. F. Book, former¬ ly chairman of psychology and philosophy department of Indiana University, who has written books on psychology and many scientific articles and studies ; Dr. Tully Cleon Knoles, president of the College of the Pacific at Stockton since 1919 ; Dr. Aaron Rosanoff, psychiatrist, professor at the Univer¬ sity of Southern California, who conducts a sanitarium at Rosemead. Luncheon ' The general session of the association will be held in the form of a luncheon at 12:15 at the Pasadena Athletic club at which time the officers will be elected for the coming year. Dr. Knoles will address the group on “America’s Educational Task.” - . Music will be presented by Pasadena Junior College stu¬ dents Norman Durask, tenor, and David Vasquez, pianist. The selections will be “Little Spanish Dance,” Navarro, piano solo, “Tarantella,” Rossini, vocal solo, “The Sleigh,” Kountz, vocal solo, and “Malaguena,” Lecuona, piano solo. PROGRAM: Southern California Junior College Association Meeting SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1 938— PASADENA JUNIOR COLLEGE SECTION MEETINGS: 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. Administration, Wesley V. Smith, chairman. Room 208, Life Science building. “Administration — Board of Education Relationship,” Mrs. Louise B. Hoblit, member, Pasadena Board of Education, O. Scott Thomp¬ son, superintendent, Compton Junior College district. Art, Carolyn Woodhull, chairman. Room 211, Administration building. "Community Service Through an Extended Day Program,” David W. Reidy, director late afternoon and evening program, Pasadena Junior College. Panel: Mrs. Jane Hood, chairman, art department, Eagle Rock High School; Mrs. Lois W. Morgan, chairman, art depart¬ ment, Los Angeles Junior College. Biological Sciences, Clifford L. Wright, chairman. Room 101, Life Science building. “Wild Flowers of Southern California,” Dr. P. A. Munz, Po¬ mona College. Business Education, Bruce Clark, chairman, Room 158, Administra¬ tion building. General Theme — "Efforts That Are Being Made to Train Junior College Students for Business Positions.” 1. “What We Are Doing in Stenography and Secretarial Train¬ ing” Miss Elsie G. Brown, Compton Junior College. 2. "What We Are Doing in Salesmanship” Paul Billeter, Pasadena Junior College. 3. "What We Are Doing in Banking and Office Procedure’’ Miss Irma Tapp, Fullerton Junior College. 4. "How Advertising Is Taught at Los Angeles unior College.” D. Eugene Kinnett, Los Angeles Junior College. Each talk is to be followed by discussion. Election of officers. Deans of Women, Pearl Hamlin, chairman. No conference program. * Continued on Page Three Principal . . . . DR. JOHN W. HARBESON Principal, Pasadena Junior College Harbeson Welcomes Delegates 'Pasadena Junior College Honored' The faculty and students of Pasadena Junior College feel high¬ ly honored at the privilege of en¬ tertaining the Southern California Junior College Association in its annual Spring Conference. We have had most delightful relations with all the colleges which com¬ pose the southern association. True, we have taken a lot of beat¬ ings at the hands of your splendid athletic organizati ons, but the fierceness of competition has never been permitted to eclipse the spirit of sportsmanship and inter-schol¬ astic good will. After spending three and a half years in tents we are naturally both happy and proud to be housed in our new buildings. If, there¬ fore, in the enthusiasm of the mo¬ ment we should transgress the bounds of true modesty we trust that you will exercise a spirit of tolerance and consideration. Virtually our entire faculty as well as representatives from the student government lame present at the conference to serve you in any way we can. Please do not hesitate to call upon us for any service we may be in a position! to render. We trust that the day will be so pleas¬ ant and profitable for all of you that you will want to visit us again. JOHN W. HARBESON, Principal. Extended Day Division To Show Graphic Story Of Water District “Empire of the West,” motion picture dramatically depicting the story of the Metropolitan Water District, will be shown to students of PJC and Pasadena citizens Thursday in room 200C. The picture begins with the com¬ ing of early pioneers to California, shows how they built the cities and farms and orchards which soon grew to a size that brought acute water shortage in this semi-arid region. Then it unfolds the story of the plan to bring water from the Colorado river, 300 miles distant, the story of the men who worked to make the project a success. The motion picture was loaned through the 'courtesy of the Metro¬ politan Water district and is spon¬ sored here by Director David W. Reidy of the Extended Day classes. Admission is free and no tickets are required. If necessary, ar¬ rangements may be made to hold the movie in the auditorium. Verse Speaking Choir Will Give Program A program of ballads, lyric and dramatic poems to foe spoken in unison, two part and sequential speaking selections, will be pre¬ sented by speech classes Wednes¬ day evening, April 27 in room 200C. The verse choir recital is under the direction of Miss Eliza¬ beth E. Keppie and music will be provided by Mrs. Kathryn W. Bar¬ nard. P J C HOST AT CIE A MEETING Industrial Education Association Convenes Here Next Week Pasadena Junior College will be host to the annual state confer¬ ence on industrial education to be held Saturday, April 30, in con¬ junction with the annual confer¬ ence of the California Industrial Education association. Members and officers of the -CIEA and teachers in the Pasadena city schools are arranging an exhibit of school projects and exhibits of machinery, tools and supplies. So¬ cial features and a program are being planned by George D. Henck, president of the industrial associa¬ tion, and his associates. Superintendent Walter F. Dexter, superintendent of public instruction, state of Cali¬ fornia, said that “these conferences are conducted largely for the im¬ provement of our teachers in trade and industrial arts classes. I rec¬ ommend that they attend for their own personal benefit and the bene¬ fit of their educational programs.” Certificates of award will be given for entries in the exhibits. Projects will be judged for design, quality land usefulness. Entries should be prepared for exhibition before 9 a. m. Saturday, April 30. Edward Corneldson, Pasadena Junior College, department of tech- nology, is in charge of entries. Awards Awards will be presented in the following classes: arts and crafts, printing, pattern work, forge work, machine work, bench work and welding, auto mechanics, electricity, painting and decorating, architec¬ tural drafting, mechanical draft¬ ing, aeronautics, art-metal work, sheet-metal work, food preparation, cosmetology, petroleum, forestry, household service. Guests to the convention will be shown the new 200-inch telescope now under construction at Califor¬ nia Institute of Technology; they will see the reflecting mirror being ground during their visit at the college. They may also visit the Huntington library and art gal¬ leries. The department of technol¬ ogy at Pasadena Junior College will be in operation during the conven¬ tion. Bulldog Band PI ans Trip to Oregon The Pasadena Bulldog band leaves by special train on June 4 for its annual trip to the Festival of Roses in Portland, Oregom. Five concerts are planned enroute to the festival. The band is scheduled to arrive in Las Vegas on the evening of June 4, where a concert will foe given under the auspices of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. They will give a noon conieert Sun¬ day, June 5, in Salt Lake City, and make appearances also in Pocatello, Idaho; Baker, Oregon, and Le Grande, Oregon. The group will arrive in Port¬ land to take part in the Rose fes¬ tival, playing nightly concerts from June 8 through June 11. Returning to Pasiadena on June 15, the band will foe in Sacramento on June 12 and in San Francisco the next day. Another stop on the return trip will be made to play at the opening of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Oakland, June 14. The Drum Majorettes, Jetsy Fosthuma, Ruth Gifford and Made¬ line Kelby, who appeared in the feature film “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” will accompany the band. The girls appear in various parts of the musical program, acting iae farmerettes in “Whistle While You Work,” dancing the “Big Apple” in “History of Swing,” and appearing as tight walkers in “Impres¬ sions of a Day at the Circus.” The band, under the direction of Audre L. Stong, began its spring schedule last Saturday when it marched in, the Knights Templar parade in Santa Monica. The band will play in the morning at the Fox theater in Ventura for the Ventura Junior College and, give a night concert for the Santa Barbara, Jun¬ ior Chamber of Commerce in Santa Barbara May 17. The morning of May 25 the band will make its tenth appearance before the Los Angeles Breakfast club in a Me¬ morial Day concert.