Pasadena Chronicle, April 25, 1941

Vol. 32 Pasadena Junior College, April 25, 1941 No. 38 Chronicle Managing Editor Davis, Adviser Hodges . . . talk over plans for editing Pasadena Post on May 2 with Post City Editor Arnold Huss ( who speaks on ‘‘Journal¬ ism As a Profession” in room 158C this morning at 8 :50) Semi-annual Chronicle editing of the Post is held in con¬ junction with Boys and Girls Week. April 27 - May 4 Vocal Groups Spring Concert Tonight Features PJC Symphony By exchanging coupon No. 28 at the Student Union, students may obtain free tickets to one of PJC’s best productions of the year, the annual Spring Concert tonight, featuring the five vocal organizations and the Symphony orchestra with Margaret Elner and May Sakoda soloists. PIANIST FEATURED Margaret Elner, versatile pian¬ ist who is also a member of the Nysaean Singers will play a Liszt Fantasy. May Sakoda, who recently returned from Japan after several years absence will sing “I Know That My Redeem¬ er Liveth” from the Messiah. The vocal half of the .pro¬ gram will be closed by the com¬ bined groups of 300 voices singing “The Heavens Are Telling” from the “Creation.” A group of Czechoslovakian girls in native costume will ap¬ pear as guest artists singing songs of their homeland. PJC Students Take Over City For 7Boys and Girls Week In 1920 New York City’s Rotary Club founded a youth observance which within a few years spread to all parts of the world. Designed primarily to focus public attention upon students activities and progress, “Boys and Girls Week” is being nationally observed April 27 through May 3. Sponsored in Pasadena by the Junior Chamber of Com¬ merce, PJC has two active days of participation — Tuesday, April 29, and Thursday, May 1. Tuesday will be city government day, Thursday city business day. Last year 600 positions were open to interested students, this year there is room for more than 1000. Even so Dear. J. A. Anderson announced four appli¬ cations for every job had been turned in. Most popular single office was that of City Manager, having over 20 applications. ONE DAY JOBS Hand-picking the one-day job holders was a committee com¬ posed of one faculty, one stu¬ dent, and one Junior Chamber of Commerce representative. An¬ nouncement of those obtaining positions is posted on the door of 24 С (E). Students will be given absence excuses, introduction letters to downtown office in 24 C. (Continued on Page 2) 35th Consecutive Davis-Hall Speech Contest On May 13 Awards Presented ROTC Cadet's Military Ball At Civic Tonight More than 600 of PJC’s ROTC cadets, and hundreds of visitors from other ROTC units through¬ out Southern California, will at¬ tend the annual Military Ball this evening at 8 p.m. in the Gold Room of the Civic Auditorium. Distinguished army and reserve corps guests will act as recep¬ tionists. Unique entertainment will be furnished by several military pipers from Los Angeles. Part of the evening will be devoted to a presentation of shiny new med¬ als to the best company com¬ mander of PJC’s unit, the best non-commissioned officer, the best private, and the best fresh¬ man private. These were chosen by competition earlier this week. May 2 A great number of post cards have been sent out by the Music department inviting former mem¬ bers of the vocal organizations to come to this Homecoming concert. The reply has been a gratifying response from alumni signifying their intentions to at¬ tend. Admission price for par¬ ents and friends outside of school is 25 cents. 'Does Education Pay?' Noted Educator Will Speak Here On May 5 Dr. Willis J. Sutton, superin¬ tendent of schools of Atlanta, Georgia, will speak on “Does Democracy Pay?” at PJC’s East Campus Sexson Auditorium on May 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. This event will climax Pasadena ob¬ servance of the 22nd annual Public Schools Week, April 28 to May 5, and will carry out the general theme of “Education, the bulwark of Democracy.” Dr. Sutton’s outstanding speech at the recent National Educa¬ tion Assn, convention in Atlantic City stamped him as one of the foremost educational speakers in the country. Starting time of the speech has been advanced to 7:30 to enable Dr. Sutton to make early plane connections foi At¬ lanta. A band concert by the PJC Bulldog Band will precede the speech. 'Liliom/ Delta Psi Omega Play Features Emotional Depth7 Relying for their success on “emotional depth emphasized by scenic environment,” “Liliom” producers are using little stage equipment, many picturesque background?, elaborate costumes, in this annual Delta Psi Omega production, May 2 in Sexson Auditorium. “Liliom’s” rehearsals run without a hitch, progress ra¬ pidly, because “we are stressing smooth technique and or¬ ganization to eliminate ordinary rehearsal tension,” says For the 35th consecutive year, the better speakers of PJC will meet, May 13 in the Social Hall to decide the winners in the an¬ nual Davis-Hall speech contest. As usual winners of 1st and 2nd places will receive the Davis- Hall gold medals. Preliminaries are to be held April 28, in 104 D, from 2 to 5 p.m. Traditionally one of the out¬ standing speech events of the season, this year’s contest prom¬ ises to be most timely because of the topic “Youth Looks at the World,” which win be the theme of all speeches. Elizabeth Rems- berg, faculty supervisor, expects the seven minute talks to cover a great variety of fields and thoughts, because of the exten¬ siveness of the theme. There will be no restrictions on the subjects chosen so long as the speaker expresses his own opinion as well as what he has read. The contest is open to all active student body members of PJC. All orations must be memorized and delivered without notes. Interested students should con¬ tact Miss Remsberg in 172 C MWF at 10 or 11, or in 160 C, 9:00 MWF or 11T Th as soon as possible. BACTERIOLOGIST SPEAKS Dr. Arthur Foord spoke on “Laboratory and Clinical Diag¬ nosis in Relation to Medicine” at a recent meeting of the Aescu- lapians. faculty advisor Wm. O. Payne. BACKGROUNDS HOMEMADE Backgrounds, “merely a type of peasant design to give color¬ ful support to play, action,” are being made by June Spencer, will be projected upon the back stage by a Linnebach projector. COSTUMES FROM HUNGARY “Liliom’s” costumes were ob¬ tained in part from the Choui- nard Art Institute, came direct¬ ly from Hungary. Other cos¬ tumes for the large cast are be¬ ing made from five 60 yard bolts of cloth by stage design classes under direction of Edith Cran¬ dall. Girl’s outfits have one and three-fourths yards of cloth in each sleeve; five yards in each of their six petticoats; “caps . . . they perk, have ribbons tying under belts.” F ilms--Exhibits-Demonstrations Future Jobs Will Be Discussed At Today's Vocational Conference Aiding the student body to learn more of their chosen vocation or to help others decide, is the thought behind this morning’s semi-annual Vocational Conference Day. Formerly the spring semester was reserved for a voca¬ tional day, giving the students a chance to display their hob¬ bies, but during the last few years vocational day has become so popular and in such demand by the students, that avoca- ASB President Bill Burke . . . his board will probably have smaller melon to cut for next year. 1941-42 Budget April 30 Is Deadline For Budget Requests Looking far ahead in Finance Seci'etary Jim Eley who has is¬ sued a call for requests for a share in the 1941-42 ASB budget. Notices have been sent out to those organizations now receiving a part of this years funds; oth¬ ers which now have no account but expect to need funds next year should see Eley in the Dean of Record’s office or the West Campus Bank. DEADLINE APRIL 30 Warning that each activity must turn in an itemized appli¬ cation before April 20, Eley of¬ fers his assistance to the vari¬ ous organizations and their fac¬ ulty advisors who have trouble in drawing up such a budget. “The April 30th deadline is man¬ datory for all who wish full con¬ sideration to their applications,” Eley stated. This year’s total income will be up approximately §3000 as a result of the increase in ASB fees; good part of this increase will go to the printing of the traditional Campus which suf¬ fered this pear due to a short¬ age of funds. This year’s funds with 7000 students enrolled totaled §96,000, next year’s will probably be much lower with enrollment off due to national defense jobs. First Come, First Served OMD Carnival Booths Issued At Noon Today If your organization plans sponsoring a booth at the 15th annual Mast and Dagger Carni¬ val on May 16, come to the East Campus student body office to* day 12 to 3 p. m. as applications for booths and concessions will be given out at that time. OMD President “S w i s h” Ogura warns prospective spon¬ sors that, “there are 125 or¬ ganizations on both campuses and Mast and Dagger has ac¬ commodations for approxi¬ mately 100 booths, so a strict “first come, first served” poli¬ cy will prevail. Applicants must have booth application blanks completely and correct¬ ly filled out.” Last year Thesus, ROTC re¬ strictive club, won first prize for most successfully carrying out the carnival theme. The sopho¬ more class won first prize for selling the most articles (pop¬ corn). Booths should carry out the “Joe College” carnival theme in an original manner. Regulations for booth appli¬ cants are: 1. Applications will be ac¬ cepted at the beginning of the 12 o’clock period. 2. No place in line can be held except by the presence of the club representative. 3. One person can represent one club only. tional day has been discontinued entirely. Nearly every field features speakers who are well known in their profession, thus enabling the student to gain a true picture of his vocational choice. Highlights of the morning Dr. George H. Merideth, on “Teaching,” Mrs. Fairfax Walk- up of the Playhouse, her sub¬ ject is “Drama as a Profes¬ sion,” Arnold Huss, City Editor of the Pasadena Post, “Jour¬ nalism as a Profession;” Ham¬ mond G. Nash, “Merchandis¬ ing,” and David O’Leary, Depu¬ ty District Attorney of Pasa¬ dena, “Criminology.” Instead of a speaker the En¬ gineering and Technology De¬ partments are sponsoring a sound film, “Look to Lockheed for Leadership” which will be shown in the auditorium, and an open house will be held in the Technology building. Life Sci¬ ence is featuring a Wild Flower Exhibit, Photo Exhibit, and Films in 104 D. Nationally known tennis stars will be featured in a tennis dem¬ onstration on the Boys’ Tennis courts. Ellsworth Vines will offi¬ ciate, while Frankie Parker, Hel¬ en Marlowe, Walter Wesbrook and Jane Stanton will play an exhibition game. Regular Friday schedule is in use today at East Campus, where closed campus rules will be en¬ forced. Since no assembly is scheduled for West Campus the regular schedule will be followed. Essay Finalists PJC Students Cooperate In May Day Meeting Tentative plans for the patri¬ otic mass meeting to be held in the Civic Auditorium May 1. were advanced Wednesday at a meeting of civic and educational leaders called at the suggestion of Dr. John R. Lechner, chair¬ man of the Americanism Educa¬ tional League. At the May Day meeting, starting at 8 o’clock, the 36 finalists in the essay con¬ test, “My Idea of a Good Ameri¬ can Citizen” will find out at that time who the 6 winners of the major awards are. DENNY TO APPEAR Reginald Denny, well known actor will act as master of cere¬ monies. Plans to date include an appearance by a Hollywood mo¬ tion picture star, and perform¬ ances by Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege musical organizations. Dr. Lechner, introduced by Chairman W. L. Blair, managing editor of the Post-Star News, said of the contest: “This type of project encourages the best in our young people, increased the faith of older persons in youth and demonstrates the values of our democracy.” Duke Rinaldi’s Band To Play Only 27 Out Of 220 Girls Still Left In Carnival Queen Contest Only 27 co-eds, out of more than 220 applicants, remain in the race for the coveted role of OMD Carnival Queen. In two prelimi¬ nary Ridgings last Friday, Mast and Dagger members carefully weeded out all but the most typical “Joe College” girls. Next Wed¬ nesday seven girls will be picked out of the 27 left, six of these girls will be Carnival princesses— one will be queen. Duke Rnaldi, popular PJC band leader, was signed to play for dancers at the carnival, held on May 16 at the East Campus. Senior President Bob Heublein will be master of ceremonies at the dance. QUEEN CORONATED AT CARNIVAL Announcement of the Carnival court (six princesses and queen) will be made several days before the Carnival. Announcement of the girls who will reign over the Carnival as queen will not be made un¬ til the night of the carnival, May 16. The queen will be coronated the evening of the carnival. The 27 girls who are still in the queen contest are: Phyllis Anderson, Mary Bacon, Shirley Biller, Mary Bronson, Martha Campbell, Muriel Clark, Lorraine Gouert, Gerry Griest, Mollie Hill, Katherine Hubbard, Betty Rose Knapp, Betty and Dorothy Kumer, Virginia Marston, Jeannie Olivera, Marilyn Phillips. Esther Petzoldt, Madelne Reilly, Jerry Shaw, Dorothy Stevenson, Anita Sympson, Berta Uriarte, Jerry Ward, Virginia Webber, Elea¬ nor Wilcoeks, Marilyn Wortman, and Margaret Zeebold. Margaret Zeabold. . . gets reassunng nod, from Mast and Dagger judges . . . goes into finals.