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Pasadena Chronicle, December 01, 1939
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Frosh hop
at Vista
Dec. 9
Vol 31
Pasadena junior college, December 1, 1939
No Chron
next week
triad exams
No. 12
Majority of queen crown contenders
Graduates to speak
22 beauties
vie for Rose
queen title
Beauty took a back seat
among qualifications for the
Rose queen’s crown this week
as judges sent 22 remaining
contenders through a fast
pace series of difficult tests on
poise, originality, walk, voice
and personality.
Any of the 22 contestants
singled out from approximately
3000 junior college co-eds is pret¬
ty enough to wear the coveted
crown. Now elimination is being
made on the basis of other quali¬
ties which the Rose queen’s posi¬
tion demands.
Probably one of the most nerve¬
testing phases of the ordeal the
girls faced in the judging contests
was walking across the stage
alone and then standing for long
minutes before judges who at¬
tempted to break their poise and
test their originality with “fool”
questions, usually embarrassing.
In the microphone test they were
given a short script to read while
judges apraised the quality of
their voice for radio work.
The tests were conducted on
the stage of the Civic auditorium,
with 50,000 watts of light beating
down on the contestants and with
judges seated in particularly
darkened section of the auditori¬
um.
Earlier this week it was an¬
nounced that the group had nar¬
rowed down to 17. Chairman
Louis Vincento, however, stated
Wednesday that 22 girls were
still under consideration.
Frosh class dance date
advanced to Saturday
Phil Kingman and his orchestra
will play in “Chinatown,” created
by the freshman class at the
Vista del Arroyo hotel, on Sat¬
urday, December 9, from 8:30 un¬
til 12. This informal dance was
formerly scheduled for Friday
night, but it was changed at the
unanimous approval of the coun¬
cil.
Bids may be obtained at the
bank at 25 cents to freshmen and
50 cents to all others. This year
freshmen will be charged because
the beanies sold to the frosh at
the beginning of the semester
took much from the treasury. The
beanies were sold at much less
than they actually cost.
Committees working on the
dance are headed by Dale Hei-
stand, frosh prexy, with Ed Da¬
vis in charge of orchestra selec¬
tion; Jack Whitehead, floor com¬
mittee; Bob Sorenson, bids; John
O’Grady, refreshments and Vir¬
ginia Rooke, decorations.
'Relationship of Faiths'
theme of students talks
A symposium of PJC students
will speak on “Relationship Be¬
tween the Faiths” when the Pas¬
adena chapter of Aleph Zadik
Aleph sponsors a Catholic, Jew
and Protestant conclave at Pas¬
adena’s Temple of B’nai Israel
December 1.
Pictured here are 15 of the
22 girls who are still in the run¬
ning for the most coveted of all
co-ed titles, Rose Queen of the
Tournament of Roses. For three
weeks these girls have cljmbed
stairs, ladders, and other ob¬
jects designed to bring out the
utmost in poise. They have
spoken softly, loudly, smiled,
laughed, and answered “snap
judgment” questions.
15 more girls will be elimin¬
ated before the Queen’s court
of seven is chosen. This elim¬
ination is due to take place
sometime next week, and the
Chronicle will issue an extra
picturing the lucky seven des¬
tined for fame.
on vocations today
Dr. George H. Meridith, deputy superintendent of Pas¬
adena schools and national authority on primary and junior
high school education, will be one of the guest speakers in the
many group conferences to be held on the east campus this
morning in the Vocational day activities.
Many graduates of the junior college, who are outstand¬
ing in scholastic events, will speak on subjects they majored
in while at school, or made their
life work. The object of this se¬
mester’s Vocational day is to
bring to the students the relation¬
ship between their studies today
and their future vocations.
GRADUATES
The chosen speakers are gradu¬
ates and PJC faculty members to
give the students opportunity for
informal discussions with people
who have close ties with the stu¬
dents.
The group conferences will bear
on the possibilities of applying to¬
day’s learning to tomorrow’s
wages. Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean
of guidance and chairman of the
Vocational day procedure, stated
that the activities similar to to¬
day’s in previous semesters have
proven the most popular of as¬
sembly programs. She pointed
out the advantages of the confer¬
ence. “Students are expected to
attend one of the meetings for
their own benefit,” Miss Hawes
said.
BULLETIN
A special bulletin will be issued
this morning telling where the
various groups will convene, the
subject to be discussed, and the
speaker or speakers.
This program is the first of its
kind at the junior college. Al¬
though the Vocational conference
days have been held before, they
have not been conducted by peo¬
ple whose ties and interests are
so close to those of the students.
Campus bull session
to discuss political parties
PJC students will hold a sched¬
uled bull session on school politi¬
cal parties next Tuesday in 170C
from 2 to 4 in the afternoon.
250 to attend football banquet ,
teams and coaches to be feted
“Dinner for 250, please, James”
will be the order issued Saturday
night, December 9 at 6:30, when
the annual football banquet will
be consumed at the Altadena Rec¬
reation Hall.
Guests of honor at the fete will
be the football fighters of the
Spartan, varsity, and A and
В
frosh teams with their coaches.
PJC’s AMS organization is direct¬
ing the evening’s entertainment
which will feature entertainers
from Victor’s restaurant in Pas¬
adena. AMS Prexy Johnny
Walker will be master of cere¬
monies for the evening. The AWS
cabinet members will be hostesses
of the banquet, and as tradition
demands, will serve the hungry
guests.
MOTIF
The football theme of this
year’s feast will be carried out in
the rooting section motif, with
place cards, decorations and fa¬
vors all bringing out the form and
color of PJC’s newly established
cheering squadron.
Arlene Jones and Kitty East¬
man, AWS second vice-presidents
on the west and east campuses,
respectively, have managed the
affair with the assistance of var¬
ious committees. Barbara Place,
associate AWS president, will pre¬
side; Bill O’Donnell, associate
AMS prexy, will introduce the
guests, and Ray Galceran, secre¬
tary of athletics, will introduce
the teams and coaches.
COACHES
The coaches of the respective
teams will then speak on the
activities of the teams and indi¬
vidual members. Coach Tom Mal¬
lory will say “farewell” to this
year’s Bulldog team and greet
the rising stars of next year’s
members.
Guests of the night will be the
administration members, chief
justice of the student court, the
Rose Bowl committee, secretaries
of finance, public relations, pub¬
licity and athletics, the superin¬
tendent of schools, members of
the Board of Education, officials
of the Elks club, student band
managers.
The pep commissioners, song
and yell leaders, presidents of
Lancers, Spartans, Argonauts and
Ostiarians, editor of the Chron,
the student board, ROTC parking
c'ommission director, AMS and
AWS officers and reporters.
These men and women are to
be honored at the banquet be¬
cause of the valuable aid in var¬
ious forms they have given the
team.
‘Prison life’ topic of
convocation Monday
Mrs. John P. Buwalda, prominent in community circles, will
speak at the third convocation of the school year, Monday, December
4, in the auditorium at 8:37. She will speak on some phase of prison
life.
All students with nine o’clock classes in language, life science,
physical education, study halls, technology and social science, includ¬
ing the schools of business, are required to attend.
Because the superintendent of schools, John A. Sexson, has
scheduled a required institute session on this day, the following
schedule will be in effect.
Eight o’clock
CONVOCATION
Nine o’clock
Ten o’clock
Eleven o’clock
Twelve o’clock
8:00— 8:30
8:37— 9:27
9:34—10:04
10:11—10:41
10:48—11:18
11:25—11:55
One o’clock 12:02—12:32
Two o’clock 12:39— 1:09
Three o’clock 1:16 — 1:46
(Four and five o’clock classes
will not meet.
‘Sing Nowell’ to attract
Christmas audiences
by MARGUERITE YOCHEM
Representing PJC’s gift to the Pasadena community combined
music and drama groups will present the original “Sing Nowell,”
Christmas choral play, to audiences five times during the week of
December 11-18.
This new Christmas production is a collaboration by Miss Kath¬
arine Kester, who has written the story and the play, and Miss Lula
Claire Parmley, who has selected the music through extensive re¬
search. The play has never been given before, and it is the pl$n of
the drama and music departments — - ;
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Handsomely staged, brilliantly
costumed in the elaborate cos¬
tumes of the period, and with
sparkling music as background
and accompaniment, this huge
production promises to be one of
the finest things given on the
campus this year.
Rehearsals for the performance
have been taking place for more
than three weeks, with a large
cast in attendance.
Admission to the assembly on
the east campus will be through
the student body ticket number 18
which can be exchanged for an
Closed campus will prevail during the convocation.
to alternate this pageant with
Gloria every other year.
The setting of the play is laid
in England in the 16th century,
and the music will be the Eng¬
lish carols and folk songs of that
period, and also music of a later
period.
Organizations taking part in the
production are the Euterpean
singers, as loggers and watch¬
men; Nysaean singers, as coun¬
try girls and the idealistic moth¬
ers of the world who came into
the picture of the Christ child
asking for world peace; the A
Cappella choir, seen or and heard
in the roles of gentry men and
women; the men and women’s
glee clubs from both campuses
who will be a, cathedral choir
seated in the balcony doing anti-
phonal singing with the large
group on the stage, and a large
cast of students of the dramatic
department.
The set will be the interior of
an old English manor house on
Christmas Eve, when the gentry
entertain the servants and the
country folk in their homes. The
old English traditions and cus¬
toms of that period are being
played up and add interest to the
play which has many other novel
features. Beautiful dances, reflect¬
ing the Christmas spirit, will be
put on by the physical education
departments of both campuses,
and are under the direction of
Miss Pauline Brown and Mrs.
Grace Nossek. Musical directors
assisting are Miss Carrie M.
Sharp, Miss Mabel M. Oakes, Miss
Isobel Smith and Mrs. Kathryn
Barnard. Costumes are under the
supervision of Mrs. Ruby Purvi-
ance and Miss Laura Elder.
Girls and teachers heat
boys in football game at
Sci-Math club outing
Twenty-eight student and facul¬
ty members of the Sci-Math club
watched the boys’ football team
go down in defeat before a team
composed of the girls and some
of the teachers at a picnic held
at Cabrillo beach November 18.
Dreams of future
theme of this year's
Junior Rose parade
“Dreams of the Future is the
theme for this year’s Junior Rose
parade, which will be held at 10
am on December 29, starting at
Colorado and Mentor streets.
Different interpretations of the
theme will be presented by floats
from the organizations of virtu¬
ally every school in Pasadena, and
many commercial groups. Entries
of school clubs and organizations
may be made in the Chronicle of¬
fices, 37C on the east campus, and
207 on the west campus.
Floats may be constructed by
anyone, but participation in the
parade itself is limited to those 13
years of age and under. Construc¬
tion will be by means of super¬
structures on top of wagons,
trailers or similar conveyances,
and there will be no cars, trucks
or motorcycles in the parade.
Entries will be judged by rules
similar to those of the Tourna¬
ment of Roses parade, but the
J unior parade Will have additional
divisions such as comic division,
bicycle division and pony division.
OFFICERS
Officers of the Junior Rose com¬
mittee were elected at a recent
meeting, and every office holder
is a PJC student, except presi¬
dent Bob Stapleton, who was stu¬
dent body president here, but is
now attending UCLA. Other of¬
fice holders are: vice-presidents,
Ed Davis and Howard Vose;
treasurer, Dud Hall; executive
secretary, Warren Allen; and bus¬
iness secretary, Barbara Dougall.
Forum lecture canelled
as speakers testify
before Dies committee
Next Tuesday’s evening forum
lecture was cancelled this week
with the announcement by David
W. Reidy, forum director, that
John C. Metcalfe, former special
agent for the Dies committee who
was scheduled to speak at Decem¬
ber 5th’s Forum, has been placed
under Federal Subpoena for De¬
cember to appear before the Dies
committee.
Mr. Metcalfe was to speak on
“Uncovering Un- Americanism” in
connection with the activities of
the Dies committee investigation
of Nazi and Fascist activities.
An attempt was made by Mr.
Reidy to secure Jerry Voorhees,
California congressman, who has
been engaged in the same work.
Mr. Voorhees, however, has al¬
ready left for Washington to
serve on the Dies committee.
CordeSius photos, Drurer
paintings on display
An exhibit of art photography,
pictures taken in Germany by
Mr. Henry F. Codrelius, is on
the German department bulletin
board. In another window are
reproductions of paintings by
German painter, Albert Duerer,
also brought from Germany by
Mr. Cordelius.
Modern German Christmas
cards will be added next week
and this exhibit will be replaced
with a German toy exhibit.
J C music organizations
broadcast on NBC web
The Nysaean singers, directed by Miss Lula C. Parmley and
accompanied by the junior college symphony orchestra, Milton C.
Mohs, conductor, gave a music broadcast on Saturday evening, No¬
vember 25 over the NBC Red network.
The broadcast was the second time in four years that singers
from PJC have been heard in connection with the Music and Ameri¬
can Youth broadcast of the Pacific coast series. During the fall
series of this year many other schools have been presented, and it is
the aim of the music educators to introduce the best musical pro¬
grams possible from a wide range of schools throughout the west
coast.
Leslie P. Clausen, LA city college, who was in charge of the
program, commended our school’s representatives highly.