Pasadena Chronicle, April 30, 1937

Vol. XXVIII Pasadena, California, April 30, 1937 No. 31 Patrons Get New Leader In Meeting Mrs. H. Mansfield Takes Over Presidential Gavel In Monday Election Mrs. H. A. Mansfield was last Monday night elected president of the Pasadena Patrons’ association to succeed Mrs. James Arthur Wil¬ liams, who has been president for the past semester. The election was held at the regular Patrons’ association meeting at 8:00 o’clock in the lecture hall of the physical science building. Other new officers who were el¬ ected at the meeting were Mrs. Stephen Cutter Clark, first vice- president; Mrs. James N. Wright, second vice-president; Mrs. Harvey Dorn, third vice-president; Mrs. J. W. Eck, recording secretary; Mrs. Harold Shafer, corresponding sec¬ retary; Mrs. John G. Burtt, treas¬ urer; Mrs. Milton Fish, auditor; and Mrs. Philip W. Senour, histor¬ ian. The members of the nominat¬ ing committee were Mrs. A. C. Twining, chairman; Mrs. W. L. Marston, Mrs. John G. Burtt, Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal, and Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean of women. Makes Statement In a statement to the Chronicle, Mrs. Mansfield said, “To serve Pasadena junior college as presi¬ dent of its Patrons’ association dur¬ ing the next school year is a proj¬ ect I am anticipating with a great deal of pleasure. I feel there is a real service we, the patrons, can give our school next year — -that of making the entire community jun¬ ior college conscious. We are proud of our school and so will be the entire district when they know that it is here for their use. Continued on Page Three - 4 - Classes Hear Band Friday In the first joint meeting of the four classes of this semester, the student body was entertained by the music of Don Ricardo last Fri¬ day, April 23, on Horrell field. Although the midget racers scheduled to perform failed to ap¬ pear, the orchestra filled the gap with music. Ricardo and his group played a second engagement Friday night for the school at the Junior Class Race at the Hotel Vista del Arroyo. There will be no assembly today because of triad examinations which are being held this week. Ted Fio Rito, scheduled to appear next month, canot give his perfor¬ mance it was learned this week, and Milton C. Mohs and the PJC symphony orchestra will probably pl.a.y at that meeting, according to Bob Stapleton, secretary of activi¬ ties, in charge of assemblies. Mrs. H. A. Mansfield, long promi¬ nent in junior college activities, who was chosen last Monday night to take the place of Mrs. James A. Williams as president of the junior college Patrons as¬ sociation. New Leader Miriam Shoop Wins Contest Miriam Shoop of this school won first place in the girl’s tragedy division at the All-Southern Cali¬ fornia Shakespeare festival held last Saturday, April 24, at Occi¬ dental college. Entered in the con¬ test were 30 representatives of Southern California high schools and junior colleges. Miss Shoop presented the death scene from “Romeo and Juliet.” She was chosen with Frederick A. Smith to represent the lower divi¬ sion of the junior college at pre¬ liminaries held April 15. Ruth Gwinn and Joseph Pyle represented the upper division. A copy of Shakespeare’s plays was awarded to Miss Shoop. The festival was an all day af¬ fair, with the morning devoted to the contest. In the afternoon mem¬ bers of Bauble and Bells, lower division dramatics club of this school, under the direction of Miss Katherine Kester, gave scenes from “Twelfth Night” _ PIGSKIN SQUAD TO SEE ACTION SOON For the first time since they hung up their suits at the close of the 1936 season, the varsity foot¬ ball squad will again see action when they take on the Santa Ana JC Dons in a pre-season match at Santa Ana, next weekend. The date will be told later. Jack Page, pep commissioner, is in charge of the organization of a rooting section for the game. I Candidates Will Campaign For Offices In Coming Elections, Savs Collins •/ - + - New Rulings By Student Court To Permit Individual Electioneering, Printed Publicity, Campaign Managers; Applications Made Starting May 3 - ♦ - By Fletcher Olsen Inaugurating a new and radical policy for campus elections, this semester’s pollings, announced by Chief Justice Kenneth Collins for May 28, will be featured by electioneering, political speeches, hand¬ bills ballyhooing for various candidates and a generally intense spirit of rivalry if present plans of student officials go into effect as they are OMD Carnival Is Scheduled Changing the men’s tennis courts from a scene of the usual athletics to a miniature toyland, the eleventh Mast and Dagger carnival will be in full swing Thursday and Fri¬ day, May 13 and 14. Cash prizes to be awarded at the carnival and the parade, May 13, include a $15 prize for the sweep- stakes float in the parade; $10 for the first' place winner; $15 for the organization making the most sales at the carnival; and $10 to the or¬ ganization having the best decor¬ ated booth, announced Jim Ma¬ thews, president of the Order of Mast and Dagger. In order for organizations to compete for any of -these prizes, members taking partare suposed to dress in costumes depicting the theme being carried out in the booth. At a recent meeting of the Mast and Dagger, Carter Cordner was selected to act as chairman of the Queen committee, while Bud Poul- sen and Harry Sheldon were cho¬ sen as co-workers. FASHION MODELS SOUGHT BY STORE For the purpose of selecting a group of feminine models to work at one of the downtown depart¬ ment stores in this city, tryouts will be held next Wednesday, May 5, in 104D, at 3 p. m. for all coed members of the junior college stu¬ dent body wishing to compete, ac¬ cording to Evelyn Calvert, who is the student representative for the store. As it will be necessary to have quite a few models, we expect at least 200 girls to try out for the jobs, which will afford them several hours work each week a.t good pay,” said Mis Calvert. The defi¬ nite number which will be selected from the group was not stated. “MIDGET” NECESSARY Due to the stress of triad exam¬ inations this week, the Chronicle appears in “midget” form. Next week will see a return to usual full size. slated at present. Started as an idea to further interest in student elections, and consequent interest in the govern¬ ment, the departure will be radical in that for the first time in over three years candidates will be per¬ mitted to electioneer for them¬ selves, and campaign managers to distribute printed literature about their candidate. Will Be Regulated The new system of publicizing names of candidates will be regu¬ lated to a certain extent by the student court, according to Collins. Rules laid down by the court pro¬ vide for the following things: Any one of three types of printed pub¬ licity, to be chosen by the candi¬ date; a campaign manager; cam¬ paign speeches given at any time except where they will disturb a class in session; no campaigning within 100 feet of the polls on elec- Continued on Page Three Shakespeare Tourney Held Pat Hops and Robert Willey are the winners of the annual Ruth Doolittle lower division contest in the interpretation of Shakespeare held Thursday, April 22, at 3:10. The scenes were given on an ap¬ propriate Shakespearian setting constructed on -the Bleeker house lawn by the Silver Screen club. H. L. Doolittle presented each member of the winning couple with a leather bound copy of the works of Shakespeare. The judges, fur¬ nished by Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle, were Mrs. Howard Machin, Mrs. Norman Stevens and Headly Read¬ er. POULSEN WINS IN ANNUAL CONTEST Bud Poulsen, student here, won first prize for best male acting in all divisions at the annual Little Theatre One Act Play contest held this year at Santa. Ana, with his character portrayal in the play, “Evening Dress Indispensible.” The play was produced by the Pasadena Drama Guild, sponsored' by the department of recreation of the Pasadena City Schools. Mrs. Michael Hallward directed the per¬ formance.