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Jim Cassity Will Present Annual Crafty Hall Assembly Today
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^ TOMORROW NIGHT
Vol. XXXI
Pasadena, California, Friday, April 26, 1940
No. 27
Ten Beauteous PJC Coeds
Chosen As Finalists In
OMD Carnival Contest
By Shavenau Glick
Ten girls remain from the 109 original candidates for
the court of the Order of Mast and Dagger Carnival, with
final eliminations scheduled for this afternoon. Seven lovely-
maidens, pick of the Pasadena junior college campus, will
b chosen this afternoon, one to act as Queen and the re¬
maining six as her court.
Members of OMD will act as judges, aided by Archie
_ _ _ M. Wedemeyer, art instructor
and honorary member of Mast
and Dagger, and Miss Elizabeth
Jensen, women’s gym instruc¬
tor, at this afternoon’s finals.
One Club Gets Two
One club, girls’ restrictive
club, was the only club to place
more than one girl in the fihal
round. Mary Leighton Taylor
and Margaret Morlan represent
the One clubbers this afternoon.
Only two no-restrictive club
girls survived the rigid elimina¬
tion last Wednesday afternoon.
These two were the cheery
Frosh club representative, Mar¬
jorie Maybury, and Claudine
Radeke, junior class contestant.
Other finalists are Pat Gorme-
ley, Pamphile; Eva Lois Tyrone,
Sorelle; Laurie Boyle, Zetedas;
Peggy Durrell, Aeolian; Mar¬
jorie Garland, Tioga; and Na¬
dine Gunderson, The Club.
Hundred Girls
In the first contest last Wed¬
nesday, 109 girls were entered
by various organizations on the
campus. Parading before mem¬
bers of OMD in the Social Hall,
this group was cut down to 35
girls, representing the finest
in feminine lines on the cam¬
pus.
These final 35 girls were
again put through their paces,
being asked to sit, stand and
answer various questions to
check poise, voice and nervous¬
ness.
Comfortably cool, moonlit
nights. Warm, balmy, Spring
time when students and faculty
should be in their most amiable
mood. A period which should
see close cooperation between
the two in their earnest effort
to further the goals for which
PJC so arduously strives.
Unfortunately the situation is
not as it could and should be.
Students are severely criticiz¬
ing some instructors and their
departments. Recent events,
within the past two weeks,
brought forth many caustic,
slurring remarks about the
manner in which certain classes
were being conducted.
Smart Alecks?
Luckily, for the large major¬
ity, theer are only a few such
egotistical, self-satisfied persons
in this school. There always
will be those few who know
more than anyone else. The
greatest fault with that type of
person is that he doesn’t real¬
ize how much good he could
do by using his criticism in a
helping fashion.
Rather than going around
and saying “cutting” remarks
which help no one, the “knock¬
er” might strive for better citi¬
zenship by using constructive
criticism. Talking to the teach¬
ers and giving them your ideas
will merit far greater success
than the habitual “beefing” ap¬
proach.
Slogan
The State of Missouri has a
slogan which runs like this:
“United we stand; divided we
fall.” It is easily applicable to
many things in the daily rou¬
tine of life on this campus.
T. H.
Morrison Elected
Music Club Prexy
Perry Morrison was elected
president of the newly-organ¬
ized Music club at a recent
meeting. Alcide Micheli re¬
ceived the post of vice-presi¬
dent; Phoebe Kepler, secretary;
Mary Louise Perdue, correspon¬
ding secretary; and Doris Mar¬
tens, treasurer.
Active members, admitted by
tryouts, must be performers.
Anyone with an interest in mu¬
sic may become an associate
member.
Active members are Judith
Ayer, Dorothea Behm, Marga¬
ret Elner, Irene Graham, Ida
Mae Jessen, Thomas Lockard,
Doris Martens, Bettie McAnal-
ly, Alice Munushian, Helen
Murphy, Lucille Peterson,
Franklin Sabin, Raymond Va¬
lois, and Cornelia Vanderstay.
Auditions for those students
desiring to become active mem¬
bers will be held Monday and
Tuesday afternoons, April 29
and 30, at 3 in the music
building (E). Anyone interested
is urged to get in contact with
Mrs. Weersing for the applica¬
tion blanks and instructions.
Students Broadcast
Story Of Heredity
Heredity, long a controversial
subject for mankind, will be
the highlight of the 16th Pasa¬
dena junior college March of
Science air show next Thurs¬
day, May 2, 1:15 —1:30 pm, over
the Mutual-Don Lee broadcast¬
ing system.
The script will feature inci¬
dents in the life of the Benedic-
tian monk, Gregor Mendel, and
his subsequent scientific find¬
ings that today are known to
the life science world as the
Mendelian Laws of Heredity.
Hodgkin, Wilson
Contest Winners
Barclay Hodgkin on April 23,
just 377 years after the birth
of William Shakespeare, won
first place in the men’s division
of the annual Ruth Doolittle
memorial contest for the inter¬
pretation of Shakespeare. His
contest selection was Act III,
Scene I, from the famous play
“The Merchant of Venice.”
First place winner in the
women’s division was Betty
Wilson, who gave a scene from
“The Taming of the Shrew.”
Guest of the afternoon was
Mrs. Harold Doolittle, who with
her husband, founded the con¬
test in 1925.
During the judging period,
three Players’ Guild members,
William Harvey, Burnace Mor-
tenson and Pat Hill, presented
a scene from Shakespeare’s “As
You Like It” in costume.
Left to right: Frances MacLachlan, Helen Berman, Ray Eber-
hard, Suzanne Farnurn (in window), and Harry Chamberlain.
Today's Guild Production Shows
Lynching Practice of Old South
By David Davis
In an effort to picture the cruelty of lynching, Players’
Guild will present, this afternoon _a drama of the south,
“Lawd Does You Undastan?” by Ann Setmore.
A melodrama, it won first prize in a tournament held
by the Anti-Lynching society.
The ageless philosophy of Negro life is pictured in the
eternal struggle of the weak against the strong. The story
_ - gathers in force, portraying the
emotions of an old negro wo¬
man, who fears for the safety
of her loved ones.
‘Little Harlem’
In ored rto acquire the “feel¬
ing” of the drama, the cast has
made several trips to LA’s "Lit¬
tle Harlem,’' and Central ave¬
nue.
The music department has
carefully prepared appropriate
Negro folk music, which ac¬
companies the rapid change of
drama tempo.
Directed by William Harvey,
president of Players’ Guild, the
cast includes Helen Berman,
Ray Everhard, Suzanne Far-
num, Harry Chamberlain, Fran¬
ces' MacLachlan, Tom Lockhard
and Donald Bernstein.
The music is under the super¬
vision of Rodney Whitlow and
the admission will be 15 cents.
ROTC LOCKERS CLOSED ....
Major F. E. Bertholet of the
department of military science
announced this week that the
ROTC locker room will# remain
locked after 12 midnight here¬
after and would be open ir, the
morning only under guard. Due
to unnecessary high spirits pr
vandalism, property in the lock¬
er room has been damaged and
these steps were deemed neces¬
sary.
HEW PAINT JOB WILL
DISCOURAGE SWALLOWS
IN MATING URGE
Because a clan of impatient
cliff swallows succumbed to the
mating urge before they
reached the cliffs, the C build¬
ing at east campus is getting a
premature coat of waterproof
paint this spring.
Every year the birds migrate
to the southland with much the
same reliable punctuality as the
famed San Juan Capistrano
swallows, although they are a
different species. Unlike the
mission padres, however, the
campus caretakers regard the
winged messengers of joy in a
more practical light, and they
become' a cleanup nuisance
rather than a holy miracle.
Last year’s tactics, namely re¬
painting the ledges upon which
they nest with a waterproof
paint that makes the area slick
enough to discourage home¬
builders, are being repeated this
year, and it appears that they
may again prove successful.
Since application of the second
coat, only two or three nests
have been observed.
SWORDS TO JINGLE
IN GOLD ROOM
The jingle of sabre chains,
flash of medals and gleam of
polished leather will greet mem¬
bers of the Reserve Officers’
Training Corps and guests at
the annual ROTC dress ball on
May 10 in the Civic auditorium’s
Gold Room.
The ball will bring to a climax
three days of strenuous drill
and competition at the annual
federal inspection. Medals will
be awarded at this time for the
best drilled companies, members
of the rifle team and best drilled
cadets.
PJC Alumni Put On Annual Dance
Edit Special Issue Of Chronicle
By Marjorie Rhodes
The Pasadena junior college Alumni association will hold its
annual meeting at the Altadena Country cllub tomorrow night at
7:30, dedicated to the class of 1915, which is celebrating its 25th
anniversary in the form of a dinner dance with music by Bud
Malian’s orchestra
At an executive committee meeting held April 3 in the west
campus social hall, representatives of many classes pledged them¬
selves to ask as many members of their classes as they could to
the banquet.
Harold Kienly, president of the pioneer class of 1926, was ap¬
pointed chairman of the nominating committee for the class of
1940, with Ralph Moslander, class of 1933, and Herbert E. Hill,
class of 1915, assisting. Herbert E. Hill and John Waldo head the
class of 1915.
The alumni will have a special edition of the “Chronicle” to¬
morrow, to be edited by Shirley Owen, first editor of the “Chron¬
icle” and distributed to the alumni.
Arthur Syvertson, class of 1922 and at present a prominent
attorney, will act as toastmaster at the banquet. Members of the
present school administration are expected to attend.
Officers of the association are Charles Alexander, president;
Max Van Praag, vice-president; Jeanette Strawn, in charge of
social affairs; Clara Haddock, secretary of membership; Graham
Berry, secretary of publicity; Wilbur Towle, treasurer; and Earl
Holder, executive secretary.
Program To Greet
Visiting Parents
Parents of students will be
welcomed to PJC today with
a program which includes a
tour of the campus led by
Spartans and an informal Pa¬
tron’s association luncheon
around the swimming pool. The
program was arranged by
school officials as part of the
state wide observance of Public
Schools Week which each year
gives citizens an opportunity to
inspect the schools they are
supporting and see what stu¬
dents are doing.
In Pasadena during the past
week most of the public
schools have had open houses
and exhibits of student work
for visitors. The program at
PJC will start at 11 am today
in the Sexson auditorium with
conferences with counselors for
parents of 10-2 and 11-1 stu¬
dents. At 11:30 am the tour of
the campus will begin followed
at 1 pm by a luncheon.
For the further entertain¬
ment of visitors an exhibition
of student art work is being
displayed.
John Lucas Plays
At Froshie's Hop
By Agatha Swartz
One of the big dances of the
year, so we are told, will be
the annual Frosh club hop this
pm. Feature of the jig is to
be the smooth music of the in¬
imitable John Blampied Lucas
and his reformed Mentor Street
Maniacs.
Guess who they have for a vo¬
calist! Well, I won’t keep you in
suspense another moment cause
I found out that it is none other
than pretty PJC coed, Geri
Banfield. The “you know what”
will start at 8:30 and terminate
at the witches’ hour, midnight.
Dale Fleming, chairman of
the dance committee, says that
there are still a few bids at 75
cents, but you better hurry.
Dale also says:
“Sec you all there!”
Radio Entertainment
Features Big-time
Grumbles Soup Show
By Tom Hall
Highlight of the Spring assembly programs comes to
PJC students today with the fourth presentation of “Crafty
Hall” under the sponsorship of the senior class. Both cam¬
puses will be entertained with drama, comedy sketches and
vocal numbers in this annual show, given in the style of a
variety radio hour.
Reading entirely from
Boys and Girls
To Take Over
Town For Week
With only the final work of
choosing participants to be
done, preparations have nearly
been completed for this years
Boys and Girls Week when bus¬
iness and political science stu¬
dents will literally take over
the town.
May 7 is the day that has
been set aside for the taking
over the government jobs and
May 8 for the commercial jobs.
Participating students will be
excused from all class on these
days.
The selection of students will
be made Monday, April 29.
George Juett Jr. and Howard E.
Marvin of west campus are in
charge of the selection of busi¬
ness students and John A. An¬
derson will choose the students
who will occupy government
positions.
Interested business students
may turn their names in to one
of their teachers, and political
science students to Vince Erick¬
son, student body president.
Dr. Lembke Will
Introduce Film
“The River,” a US Documen¬
tary film, beautifully filmed
and accompanied by excellent
musical interpx-etation of mood
and picture, will be shown in
200C Wednesday afternoon at
3:15. Dr. Lembke, curriculum
coordinator, will introduce the
presentation, explaining the
various curricular applications
of this type of documentary
film.
“The River” is a record of
the Mississippa river — where it
comes from, where it goes and
what it has cost us. This pic¬
ture was written and directed
by Pare Lorenz for the Farm
Security Administration and is
being shown here through the
efforts of William O. Payne,
chairman of the visual educa¬
tion department.
These pictures are presented
each week to acquaint teachers
with these new films, which
they may obtain from the var¬
ious 16mm. film , sources.
ript, the show moves along
with the usual fast pace of any
big time radio program. Pro¬
ducer-writer Jim Cassity directs
the cast of 25 assisted by Dee
Dee Cope.
All Standouts
Standouts in the star-studded
cast are familiar actors and en¬
tertainers around the campus
and include many of the names
seen in the last Cassity produc¬
tion, “The Greeks Had a Bird
For It.” Marjorie Garland,
Texas vocalist; Yolanda Cicca-
relli, pretty, dark-haired song¬
stress; and Jack Duarte, who
will sing the prologue of “Pag-
liacci.”
Additional musical entertain¬
ment comes with the rhythms
of La Verne Boyer and his or¬
chestra, featuring the drums of
John Ritterath with the solo,
“Symphony in Drums.”
South Pas Boogie Woogie
Nate Benedict, guest artist
from South Pasadena, will give
an exhibition of some of the
finest “boogie woogie” piano
playing heard in this part of
the country.
Hal Wolff and J. C. England
handle the heavy drama by do¬
ing a section from Norman
Krasna’s “Cutting from Smal
Miracle.” William Burke, III,
Mable Prouty, both of “Greeks”
fame, as well as Dick McMoy-
ler and Mary Watts have prom¬
inent parts in the variety show.
Howard Clapp, last semes¬
ter’s student body president,
will take the master of cere¬
mony duties, ably assisted by
Cassity. Sound effects and tech¬
nical details are under the di¬
rection of Dick Mazy, whose
work and experience’ at CBS
made him the logical man for
the position.
Todays perofrmancc of this
highly anticipated assembly
marks its third appearance on
the junior college assembly
schedule. Three years ago, the
idea originated in the brain of
witty Peter Prouse and was
competently started on its way
to becoming an annual affair.
NOTICE TO GRADS
Attention: Candidates for
graduation — upper and lower
division — east and west cam¬
puses —
If you are planning to grad
uate in June of 1940 and your
name does not appear on the
list posted on the records of¬
fice bulletin board, report to
window 1 in the records of¬
fice at once. If you do not
wish your name to appear on
your diploma as it is listed,
call at the records office this
week to make corrections.
PJC Constitution Convention
Breaks Up After Eleven Weeks
By Charles Allen
Pasadena junior college’s Constitutional convention broke up
late Tuesday nighr after a torrid three hour session which cli¬
maxed eleven weeks of work in framing a new school constitution
The final step before referring this document to the voters was
tanen last r.ight when the Student Board of Reprsentatives ap¬
proved the new constitution. Students will go to the polls on May
7 to vote on ratification or rejection of this new constitution.
Fifteen Leaders
The constitutional convention was composed of 15 student
leaders, who were elected to represent the classes that laid the
groundwork of the new paper. With both the convention and the
classes working at top speed, the new constitution was polished
into shape so that students would have time to study it before
voting on May 7.
The new complex governmental structure and the rules and
regulations under which this streamlined government works are
outlined in the new constitution’s fourteen articles and more than
seventy-five sections. So closely has this document been patterned
after the federal constitution that it contains an elastic clause
which gives the Student Board “the power to make all laws that
are necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing
powers concerning any department, or the student body as a
whole.”
Constitution Preview May 6
Convention members, which included Vince and Harlan Erick¬
son, Bob Burns, Bob Eastman, Jim Cassity, Bill Simmons, Walt
Clubb, Dick Mazy, Johnny Krenz, Anne Clark, Leonard Swartz,
Helen Sharp, Howard Clapp, Warren Allen and Francis Stevenson
are planning to “preview” the new constitution in an open forum
on May 6. Interested students may question a panel of constitu¬
tion makers as to points they feel are not quite clear. Further
information concerning this forum and a complete text of ihe
new constitution will be published in next week’s Chronicle.
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