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VARSITY WILL
CONTEST
COMPTON
Vol. XXVII
(fljroniclc
CONTRACT FOR
BUILDING
IS LET
Pasadena, California, April 24, 1936
No. 26
Three Year Wait Ends As Building Bid Is Let
Educators Recommend
Offer Of Construction
Firm To Government
Plant To Be Complete Next Spring Says Samuel A.
Cook As Board Accepts Bid Of Los Angeles
Contractor H. Mayson And Company
Marking a definite end to a three year wait,, which started with
the Long Beach earthquake in March, 1933, the Pasadena Board of
Education, in a meeting yesterday, recommended to the Federal
Works Progress Administration that the bid of H. Mayson and Com¬
pany, Los Angeles, for the entire Horace Mann building and auditor¬
ium be accepted.
For three years classes at Pas¬
adena junior college have been
held in tents and improvised
classrooms, pending the comple¬
tion of buildings which were de¬
molished because of the effects
of the earthquake. According to
Samuel A. Cook, head of the
grounds and buildings depart¬
ment of the board of education,
“The entire plant will be com¬
pleted by next spring.”
Modern Design
The Horace Mann building, !
which is the main structure on
the schoolground, is to be modern
classic in design, earthquake
proof and simple and economic
in detail, according to the arehi-
'tect’s specifications. Designed by
Cyril Bennett, Pasadena archi¬
tect, it is to be constructed en¬
tirely of concrete, with detail in
plaster and cast stone.
The Mann building will house
the administration offices, the li¬
brary, classrooms, a lecture hall,
the printing department, costume
and dressing rooms and the aud¬
itorium, which was designed by
Marston and Maybury, archi¬
tects.
House Science
The two side buildings, one to
house the physical science depart¬
ment and the other to contain the
life sciences department, are to
look nearly alike from the out¬
side. These two buildings are un¬
der construction now, and are to
be completed by next September.
Four contracting firms sub¬
mitted bids for this job. Whitak¬
er and Snook, who are construc¬
ting the two science buildings,
Carl Raoshaw, Weymouth and
Crowell and H. Mayson made the
offers. To the Mayson firm, who
bid $588,845 for the entire job,
including the auditorium, will J
probably go the contract.
Music Clubs
Are Active
Euterpean Singers, the male
quartet and a solo group from the
Pasadena junior college music de¬
partment, gave programs at Mar¬
shall junior high school, the Ma¬
sonic temple and the Angeles Crest;
CCC camp, respectively, within the
past two weeks.
Harry Gruwell, Frank Ryker,
Bill Caldwell and Harold Cleve¬
land, members of the male ciuar-
tet, under the direction of Miss
Carrie Sharp, and the Euterpean
singers, under the direction . of
Miss Lula C. Parmley, on Tuesday,
April 14, gave a program at Mar¬
shall.
As representatives of the Pasa¬
dena junior college music depart¬
ment, Constance Orozco, soloist.
Louise Williams, accompanist, and
Natalie Graverson, reader, with
duets by Mary Lou Perry and Mar¬
garet Russel , have been giving
programs at the Angeles Crest
CCC’ camp, each Wednesday for the
last three weeks.
U.S.C. TO SPONSOR
OPEN HOUSE DAY
Graduating seniors from high
schools and junior colleges through¬
out Southern California will be
guests of the University of South¬
ern California during open house,
to be held there April 25. Not
only will the visiting students be
given an opportunity to discuss
problems and future plans with the
deans and members of the Trojan
faculty, but there will be a general
assembly, headed by President R.
B. von KleinSmid.
Demonstrations and exhibits of
scientific research conducted by the
23 schools and colleges of U. S. C.
will fill the afternoon, to be cli¬
maxed by a dance honoring the
visitors given by the associated
student body.
Eleanor. Northrup, former P. J.
C. student body president, will
serve on the student committee to
welcome graduating seniors from
this school.
Hahn Speaks
As ’Peace’ Is
Talk Topic
Straw Vote Results Show
Capitalism As Cause
Of Conflict
At a time nationally set aside
for>he observance of peace, on the
anniversary of America’s entry
into the World War, April 22, stu¬
dents on this campus held open
discussions in third period classes,
and then convened to the men’s
gym to hear an address by Horace
Hahn, student of U. C. L. A., en¬
titled “Sherman Had a Word for
It.”
Stressing the fact that wars are
caused by private parties interest¬
ed in the financial gains possible
by stirring up a world upheaval,
Hahn said, “The European situa¬
tion of the present day is directly
attributable to the treaty of Ver¬
sailles. Today there .would be no
Hitler, no Mussolini, were it not
for that treaty which attempted to
punish Germany by backing her
into a comer, taking away her col¬
onies and leaving her no chance
for industrial and economic recov¬
ery after the war.”
Exposure Cited
“Since the last war exposure of
the munitions makers has shown
the drastic lengths to which they
went to keep the war going and to
keep the consequent profits from
munitions flowing into their pock¬
ets.”
During the discussions held in
third period classes throughout the
school, a straw vote was taken to
determine the sentiment of the
students concerning war and peace.
In this poll it was found that 45
per cent of the students chose capi¬
talism as the outstanding cause of
war, while 55 per cent of them said
they would go to war only in the
event of U. S. invasion. One-half
(Continued on Page Two)
Examinations
Are Set For
Aoril 27 Week
Beginning on the week of
April 27 the following schedule
for the second triad examina¬
tions of this semester will be
used:
Monday, April 27 : technology,
MWF classes; business educa¬
tion, U.D. daily; physical edu¬
cation, daily and MWF classes;
music, MWF classes; business
English 1A; language, daily
classes; science, MWF and daily
classes.
Tuesday, April 28: English,
TTh classes; social science,
daily and TTh classes; science,
TTh classes; art, TTh classes;
physical education, TTh classes;
technology, daily classes.
Wednesday, April 29; social
science, MWF classes; mathe¬
matics, MWF classes; home
economics, MWF classes; phil¬
osophy; business education, 12th
year MWF classes; English,
MWF classes.
Thursday, April 30: business
education, 12th year daily and
upper division TTh classes;
mathematics, daily and TTh
classes; language, TTh classes;
music, daily and TTh classes;
technology, TTh classes; home
economics, daily and TTh class¬
es; orientation; physiography.
Friday, May 1: language,
MWF classes; science, daily
classes; business education, 11th
vcar daily and upper division
MWF classes; psychology, art,
daily and MWF classes.
♦
Lower Division
Debate Teams
Enter Tourney
Marking the first time in sev¬
eral years that lower division
debate teams have entered in a
debate contest, two teams com¬
peted at Redlands university on
April 17 and 18. The teams in¬
cluded George Hatch, Philip
Cartwright, Charles Braden and
John Trowbridge, with George
Hatch and Philip Cartwright
reaching the quarter finals in
the debate.
“Although,” says Earl D.
Davis, debate coach, “the teams
did not win a trophy, they gained
some excellent practice. We
have several fine teams and our
hopes are high for the future.”
Entered in declamation and
I extemporaneous speech was
Kenneth Hoge, while Raymond
Simpson competed in oratory.
Tom Stevens also entered in ex¬
temporaneous speech, but drop¬
ped out after the first round.
The lower division debaters
will also be entered in the L. A.
J. C. debate tournament to be
held May 8 and 9 at L. A. J. C.
Amateurs To
Have Chance
In Assembly
Twelve Acts To Enter
Tourney; Winners
On Radio
With Charles Braden, secretary
of activities', taking the part of a
second Major Bowes, this school’s
first amateur contest will be held
instead of the regular assembly,
this morning, in the men’s gym.
On the committee to judge the
display of talent will be Russ Sta¬
pleton, manager of the community
dances in the Civic auditorium; Bob
McCurdy, manager of the Civic;
Elmer Wilson, director of the Pas¬
adena concert series; and Leonard
Cox, program director of radio sta¬
tion KNX.
Although there were 36 acts and
individuals entered in the contest
by Wednesday morning, the Friday
program will be narrowed down to
the 12 best. These elimination
preliminaries were held Thursday
afternoon, with the result that five
singers and seven varied acts were
J chosen to perform today, under the
direction of Paul Owen, secretary
1 of music and head of the auditions.
To the two clubs whose entrants
win the two first places will go
prizes of $5 each. The best en¬
trants. wall travel to KNX to appear
on a program over that station in
the near future. Decisions will be
announced Friday morning.
This is the first time any attempt
has been made at this school to
offer potential talent an opportun¬
ity to express itself. Important,
then, is the fact that winners will
be given a chance at fame over a
regular radio station. Mr. Cox, who
offered the services of his station
in this capacity, is at present con¬
ferring with a committee selected
from the faculty on the feasibility
of a course in radio training at
this school.
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Combine J.C.
Orchestras
Joining selected groups of play¬
ers from 18 Southland junior col¬
leges, 18 artists from the Pasadena
junior college symphony orchestra
traveled to Los Angeles, last Sat¬
urday, to form an All-Junior Col¬
lege orchestra, and to present a
concert in that city.
It. was an all-day affair, includ¬
ing morning practice, a luncheon,
at which Miss Leland Irish spoke
on behalf of the Los Angeles Phil¬
harmonic orchestra, an afternoon
rehearsal, a concert over KHJ at
6:30, and an evening concert.
Selections played by the orches¬
tra were Egmont Overture, Bee¬
thoven; London Symphony, Haydn;
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,
Schuman; Carmen Suite, Bizet;
Finlandia, Sibelius, and Rhedra
Overture, Massenet.
“A Symphony to Jehovah,” re¬
cently composed by Norbet Duarte,
student at this school, will be
played by the orchestra on May 22.
Work on the score has just been
completed, and with completion of
parts for the orchestra, rehearsals
will start.
Players’ Guild, Bauble And Bells
Hold Festival; Contest To Honor
Anniversary Of Wm. Shakespeare
Willey, Mansfield Chosen
. As Representatives
At College
i n Four n e y
Selections Are Given In |
Yearly Ruth Doolittle
Tournament
Selections from Shakespearean ,
comedies and tragedies were given j
by finalists in the annual Ruth
Doolittle memorial contest, which [
was held yesterday on the Bleeker
house lawn. Florence Jansen, Bar- j
bara Snider, Miriam Shoop, Vir¬
ginia Williams, Marion Youell,
David Alehin, Robert Burns, Clar- :
ence Black, Murray Huss and Ray
Schwartz were the ten finalists in
the contest.
Started in 1925
“Started in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Doolittle in memory of their
daughter, who was a dramatics |
student at this college, the Doo¬
little contest has become a herit¬
age of Pasadena junior college,”
stated Miss Katherine Kester, dra¬
matics instructor. Presiding at
this year’s event was Ruthanna
Marble, lower division dramatics
manager. Judges for the finals
were James Chamberlain, Mrs.
Walter Putnam and Miss Harriet
Sterling.
Robert Willey and Doris Mans¬
field will represent the Pasadena
junior college lower division at the
Shakespeare festival at Occidental
college on April 25. Their alter¬
nates are Harold Landon and Bar¬
bara Snider. These finalists were
selected from 31 candidates who
participated in the preliminary
tryouts, held on the campus, April
14. Mrs. Irene S. Peters, Mrs.
Helen Stone and Miss Nell Marie
Remsberg were faculty judges fo>
the preliminaries.
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Art Tuition
Award Told
Students at Pasadena junior col¬
lege are to have the opportunity
of entering the Art Center school’s
annual competition for six $1000
three-year scholarships. There has
been an average of at least one
student from Pasadena winning a
scholarship each year, and three
years ago four out of the six stu¬
dents who won the contest were
from this school, reported J. H.
Ehlen, art instructor.
This contest is open only to those
students who, for financial reasons,
would otherwise be unable to con¬
tinue their art study. All contest¬
ants must be high school graduates
or students in junior college, uni¬
versities or art schools.
Submit five examples of your
work, no piece to exceed 25 by 38
inches over all. On the back of
each drawing state if the piece
was done with criticism, and give
your name and address and the
name and address of the last
school you attended.
All entries must be received by
noon, May 6. The contestants will
be notified before May 30, and all
scholarship awards will go into ef¬
fect September 8, 1936.
FACULTY TO HOLD
DINNER, MEETING
“The Scope and Sequence of
Major Learnings in the Curricu¬
lum” will be the topic of a meet¬
ing sponsored by the State Depart¬
ment of Education on Monday aft¬
ernoon in 100T, to which all fac¬
ulty members are invited.
Administrators and faculty mem¬
bers of adjacent junior colleges
will also attend. Following the
meeting a turkey dinner will be
served in the cafeteria at 6 p. m.
COLLEGESTO HOLD
SPRING FESTIVALS
Both Whittier and Occidental
colleges are holding Spring Festi¬
vals this year which are open to
junior college students. Yesterday
was the first day of the two-day !
annual Spring Festival at Whittier
college.
Occidental college will hold its
Spring Festival next Friday, May
1. Invited are all junior college
women students.
Is Director
.Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, drama
instructor, who is in charge of
all upper class activities in the
annual Shakespeare Festival.
B. Howard Is
Civic Leader
Science Department Head
To Lead Chamber Of
Commerce
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Bailey W. Howard, head of the
physical science department, was
elected president of the Pasadena
Chamber of Commerce at the first
meeting of the new board of direc¬
tors, held last Tuesday.
Mr. Howard, who was first vice-
president of the organization last
year, and who has served on the
board of directors for three years,
said, “Pasadena teachers gave the
Chamber very fine support, there
being about fifty teachers wdio are
members of that body at present.
The Chamber of Commerce was
organized to handle civic and busi¬
ness affairs, such as the Arroyo
Seco freeway or Altadena fire and
flood control. We have here, in Pas¬
adena, a permanent office and its
force, . and the Chamber stands
ready to serve the citizen in many
capacities.”
Mr. Howard’s duties as president
will include presiding at meetings
and appointment of committees to
carry on the work of the organi¬
zation.
Aaron G. Marcus, first vice-
president; Donald C. McCoy, sec¬
ond vice-president; George S.
Campbell, treasurer, and William
Dunkerley, secretary for his 16th
term, are the other officers that
were elected last Tuesday. The se¬
lections were made by a nominat¬
ing committee composed of Roy G.
Christensen, Thornton H. Hamlin
and Dudley C. Monk.
Week’s News
j NEWS
! Final bids let on Horace Mann
building as work on side buildings
progresses. Page 1.
* * *
Annual drama festival under
way, with lower and upper division
dramatists presenting scenes from
Shakespeare. Page 1.
* * *
Bailey W. Howard, head of
physical science department, is
elected new Pasadena Chamber of
Commerce head. Page 1.
* * *
Amateurs get chance in first
amateur contest to be held in
school. Page 1.
* * *
Pasadena students active in cele¬
bration of Public Schools Week.
Page 2.
★ ★ *
SPORTS
Track meeting with Compton
Tartars announced for Friday
night, there. Page 3.
* * *
FEATURES
Geologists sleep in coke oven as
Death Valley visited during Easter
week. Page 4.
Cutting Of 'Comedy Of
Errors' Is Offered
By Guild
READINGS* G I V E N
Jane Clary, Paul Brinegar,
Pasadena Entrants
At Occidental
Celebrating the 320th anniver¬
sary of the death of William
Shakespeare, schools and institu¬
tions all over the world this week
j presented plays, contests, tour¬
neys and festivals featuring the
work of, the immortal Bard. The
local campus will honor the play¬
wright with a program this after-
! noon, sponsored by the Players’
j Guild/and tomorrow local thespians
i will trek to Occidental college
I where, for the second consecutive
! year, the Southern California
j Speech Arts association will hold
| its annual Shakespearean festival.
Wednesday afternoon, Players’
Guild presented a short program
for the Pasadena Junior Shake¬
speare club, featuring the Verse
Speaking Choir of Miss Elizabeth
E. Keppie, junior college instruc¬
tor and Players’ Guild adviser and
director.
Program at 3:15
This afternoon’s program, which
| begins at 3:15 in front of the Blee¬
ker House, offers a presentation of
“A Comedy of Errors.” J’he play,
enacted by members of the Guild,
will run about forty-five minutes
and is the same cutting used by
Thomas Wood Stevens and the
Globe Theatre Players at the San
Diego Exposition.
The drama will be enacted in a
replica of the old Globe Theatre
of London, in construction during
the past week under the direction
of William O. Payne. The famous
“pit” will house the audience and
the wings and balcony will be
erected in part. Regarding the
project, which the Silver Screen
club is constructing, Payne, who
designed the set, said, “In develop¬
ing a restoration of the Globe
Theatre of Shakespeare’s day, one
is confronted with material that
is entirely conjectural. There seems
to be no true drawing or even
rough sketch of the actual octagon
where ‘Burbage played.’ The set¬
ting used by the Guild, however, is
made to the style set by the For-
( Continued on Page Two)
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Conclave Is]
*3
Held In L.A.
With an estimated attendance at
the opening dance of between fifty
and eighty people, the Newman
club of Pasadena junior college
met with the Catholic organiza¬
tions of U. C. L. A., U. S. C. and
Los Angeles junior college, for the
annual convention of the South¬
west Province of Federation of
College Catholic clubs, according
to’ Frank Murphy, local president,
last week-end, in Los Angeles.
About twenty members from
Pasadena attended th.e talks and
round table discussions held on
Saturday at the Newman hall of
' Los Angeles junior college. The
important business of the conclave
was taken up at .this meeting.
On Sunday morning Pasadena
was represented by 30 members at
the mass and communion followed
i by a breakfast at the Los Angeles
Athletic club.
With the close of the convention
the Newmanites are now selling
bids to their annual spring dance,
to be held at the Huntington hotel,
May 16. The bids are $1 and can
be obtained from the members or
at the Newman club office.
Y' HAS ELECTION
AT DINNER MEET
Holding their business meeting
after a dinner at the downtown ‘Y’
on Wednesday, April 22, the Y. W.
C4A. conducted election of officers
for the coming semester. Running
for president were Jeanne Bobo
and Elizabeth Freese; for vice-
president were Gysje Ekdon and
Ruth Pouder, for secretary; Peggy
Twining and Phebe Wells; and for
treasurer were Mary Alice Wright
and Mary Martha Moreland.