Pasadena Chronicle, December 10, 1937

MARKED FOR DEATH By A1 Gutzmer Some one who reads this edi¬ torial will be dead within two weeks. That sounds a little bit blunt, but it is a Statistical fact. You, if it is you who will die, will not boot the pail from pneumonia, either. You will be mangled, cut. \ ou might bleed to death, might die from hav¬ ing your insides torn out. It won t be much fun. , , ,, . It’s automobiles we’re talking about. The toll is mounting every day. Five percent of the student body is in some kind of an automobile acci¬ dent every week. All are not hurt, but the shaves are close enough every time to warrant notice. Be¬ fore long, some one — it may be you —will be lying on a slab. Luck cannot hold out forever, es¬ pecially when the carelessness is getting worse all the time. When students tear into the parking lot at forty miles an hour, do fifty-five in second along Colorado street and see if they can beat that stop light, the poor guy who comes in between is almost lost. He can’t do a tiling about it. He is marked for death. Everyone knows that automo¬ biles take a greater toll than any war ever has, ever will, probably. The automobile is the most effi¬ cient instrument of death ever put into the hands of the public. When this public happens to be a group of с г а с к о t, scatter¬ brained boobs who actually take a poke at the winged horseman just to see what will happen, something is wrong somewhere. We'd like to know what would happen to the boy or girl who went around pointing a gun — a loaded gun. He’d be put in a booby-hatch before he could pull the trigger.. Yet, a guy with glasses, driving with one arm, and a bottle of gin guns his car, without looking or caring where he’s going, gets a slap on the wrist. Judging by the way a drivers license is issued in the state of Cal¬ ifornia, an imbecile could get a li¬ cense entitling him to drive any car he wants to. As a result, li¬ censes for the year-around open season on humans are issued to folks who can’t see straight, have jerky nerves and who are generally incompetent. Just for fun, we went down to a registration office and pulled a bunch of boners which would really be serious, and no one said that it would keep us from getting a license. Almost anybody can get a card. It’s more important to write well than to drive well m getting one. . . Here at Pasadena junior college we saw a fellow get knocked 47 feet by a car last week. That fel- low just happened to be one who ; wasn’t so lucky. Similar incidents j with just a shade of luck would be even worse. . We ran across a solution to the problem which is being seriously ■ considered, silly as it sounds. It is to keep students from coming to | school in cars. Abolish the parking iot. Don’t let anyone drive to school. Force them to either walk or take a bus. That sounds like Fascism, but the accidemt situation is getting that bad. . We know students who drive cars to school when they live only two blocks from the campus. The only- reason they drive is to show off, let people know that they are “men and women.” And they’re the worst kind of drivers. Something ought to be done, even if not as drastic as the improbable canning of student driving. 1 he school administration, the down¬ town police, the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and the local faculty are united to put through a cam¬ paign to stop potential deaths. It’s up to us to co-operate. I DBAS ON WHEELS I Why couldn’t the school have a place to issue driving licenses as well as the state? We could start an office with a strict regulation which would eliminate reckless drivers from the parking lot and from around school. All those who have been offcn- dcrs in traffic courts before would be refused the privilege of cam¬ pus licenses. Perhaps tests could be made every couple of months instead of having one card good forever. Often people will change will be incapable of handling an automobile in time. A local traffic school might come in useful, too. Not as a pun¬ ishment, as most traffic schools are run, but rather as a real school where students can learn something worthwhile. Most drivers do not even under¬ stand the workings of the machine they operate. If they don’t know what they are doing, how can they know how to do it? Something else that the school authorities could do is issue stick¬ ers or plaques to students who have been driving for a year without an accident or an arrest. In Chi¬ cago, taxi drivers, some of them the toughest and roughest drivers in the world, work for years to get their honor star, and are really proud of it when they get it. A sticker that wouldn’t cost much, but it would mean a lot. IUST ACCIDENTALLY J Have you ever seen a man cry ? We saw one the other day. He had hit a little kid when he turned a corner without looking where he was going. He blubbered like a baby, and stood weeping alongside the car, wouldn’t touch the kid he’d Continued on Page Two PASADENA CHRONICLE Vol. XXIX Pasadena Junior College, Dec. 10, 1937 No. 13 7The Student Prince7 , Music Department Operetta, Has Final . Billings Tonight And Tomorrow Preview Showing Held After School In John A. Sexson Auditorium Yesterday Previewing two repeat performances tonight and tomorrow night, the Sigmund Romberg light opera. "Student Prince," produced by the Pasadena junior college music department, was presented at a matinee showing yesterday afternoon to an audience of students and adults in the new John A. Sexson auditorium. The curtain rose at 3 p. m. on the first scene of the opera. The stage setting was designed by the»- - U.S.C. DIRECTOR junior college stage design classes under the direction of Thomas D. venson, and constructed by the Silver Screen club. Results of the months spent in rehearsal were demonstrated in the singing of Sylvia Nees, who plays Kati-ie, the servant-girl heroine of the opera, and Norman Durask, who enacts the role of Prince Karl Franz, who loves Kathie. An ex¬ cellent supporting cast includes Harold Cleveland as Dr. Engle, the kindly, understanding friend of the young prince; Bob Hansen as Lutz, comical valet to the prince; Eugene Baker as Hubert, the valet's assistant and sto-oge; Earl Davis as Ruder, the accomodating keeper of the tavern where Kathie is employed, and Betty Grey as Gretchen, niece of the proprietor. Solo singing and choral work has been under the direction of Miss Lula C. Parmley, music depart¬ ment head, Miss Carrie May Sharp and Mrs. Kathryn Barnard. Dramatics are under the super¬ vision of Miss Katherine Ivester and Student Director Josephine Merrill. Orchestral accompaniment, furnished by 22 pieces from the PJC symphony orchestra, is direc¬ ted by Milton C. Mohs. Ballet dancing and the lively peasant dances are the work of Miss Pauline Brown, PJC instruc¬ tor. Costumes for the players were made by the sewing classes of Miss Laura E. Elder, while cos¬ tumes for the principals, rented from a Hollywood firm, have been worn by such film notables at Grace Moore, Marian Davies, Ron¬ ald Colman, and other famous stars. Over 200 students from other schools attended yesterday's mati¬ nee, and talent scouts from many Continued on Page Three COMMITTEE PLANS FOR NEW TRADITIONS Plans for a "Senior Bench” are | being arranged by the Traditions committee, a newly-organized group that studies college tradi¬ tions on other campii and works to¬ ward the adoption of desirable I traditions here. The bench will be a rendezvous I for "seniors only,” where they can congregate and hold discussions, j according to Bob Stapleton, student | body president. The committee has j been working on the plan for some J *!mo ond if +Кл — I DR. W. BALLENTINE HENLEY Director of Co-ordination I’niversity of Southern California Dr. W. Henley To Lecture Here By Bob Allison .. * . — — , , Dr. W. Ballentine Henley, direc- time, and if the architect s draw- i tor of co-ordination and assistant ings are completed in time, the benches will be finished by the end of Christmas vacation. The pro¬ posed location is between the Stu¬ dent Union building and the Horace Mann building. Plans for a “Sophomore Walk” and a “Junior Leaning Bar” are also contemplated by the commit¬ tee. The Traditions committee is try¬ ing to have smoking on the cam¬ pus sanctioned because of the corn- professor of public administration at the University of Southern Cal¬ ifornia, will speak in the John A. Sexson auditorium at the Tuesday evening forum lecture on Decem¬ ber 14. Second in the speeches coming under the December forum topic of "Government,” Ballentine’s speech has been titled “Democracy De¬ cides. A public lecturer for over ten years, he has been instructor in Open Forum Will Hear Faculty Men A round table discussion by members of the faculty on the sub¬ ject of science and human happi¬ ness will feature the last meeting this year of the Pasadena junior college Open Forum, to be held on next Tuesday evening, December 1(>, at S p. m. in room 202E. Dr. John McMorris of the physi¬ cal science department wlil present the idea that science and human happiness are entirely divorced from each other. Lynn W. Hatter- sley of the social science depart¬ ment will show how the social sci¬ ences tie in with human happiness, and Fred Hoffman of the human¬ ities department will give his ideas on how science and human happi¬ ness are definitely related. Dr. F. Von Roesdell Meyer, for¬ mer correspondent for the London Daily Mail addressed the Open For¬ um last night in room 202E on the subject of “East and West.” His talk was followed by discus¬ sion and questions on the topic in which all in attendance took part. Because of the triad exams, this meeting of the discussion group was held a week later than the usual time. plaints made by outsiders about I public speaking and debate coach the smokers on the sidewalks in I for the American institute of bank- front of the school. Earl Schroed- I ing since 1930. He is a member of er, president of the committee, the Los Angeles, the California, and stated that if students were allowed the American Bar Association. He to smoke in the area between the is associated with the American Horace Mann building and the Stu- Academy of political and social dent Union, it would keep them j science and a member of the Los from the front sidewalks. | Angeles Breakfast club. He holds the following degrees I at the University of Southern Cali¬ fornia; A.B., M.A.,iLl.B., and M.S. I P.A. He has an honorary degree ■ from Willamette university and at- i tended Yale university in 1928-30. j - TALKS ON RUSSIA “Russia desires peace,” Dr. Earl ! Cranston, professor of political sci¬ ence at Pomona College, declared at the Tuesday evening forum lecture, November 30. Cranston was speak¬ ing on “Just What Is Russia Plan¬ ning?” His speech marked the first of those under the December topic of “Government.” Cranston' explained that Russia, like America in her early stages, wants about twenty years of peace 1 in which to orient herself. He ex- plained her army, the largest in j the world, as purely i defensive | one. He claimed Russia to be inter¬ ested in the future of her children, | and told of the large institutions Continued on Page Three WEEK'S NEWS IN BRIEF Rose tour n a m e n t princesses one of whom will be queen, se¬ lected. Page 1. * * « Two more performances of "The Student Prince;” music de¬ partment operetta, slated tonight and tomorrow night. Page 1. * * * Bill Busik named recipient of annual "Most Valuable Player" award. Page 4. * * # Chronicle wins awards at wes¬ tern states journalistic conven¬ tion in San Francisco. Page 1. * * * Annual football banquet not highlighted by presentation of letters owing to new association ruling. Page 3. * * * Increasing danger of automo¬ bile accidents pointed out in edi¬ torial by Chronicle editor. Page 1. * * * Don Kubley designs prize win¬ ning school float in New Year's day parade. Page 3. V * * Semi-annual sophomore dance plans receive final touches. Page Advanced Art Students Arrange New Displays PJC advanced art students un¬ dertaking special projects for the school’s use are Don Kubly and Tommy Laurson, members of Zeta Gamma Phi, national honorary art fraternity. These students are arranging a double display case for vocational guidance. Each week a different school department submits material to them and the displays are ar¬ ranged. Two department exhi¬ bits have already been constructed in the cases, which are located in front of the counseling offices. Ruth Nelson, another advanced student, took the project of cover¬ ing two card catalogue boxes with brown fabricord for Miss Florence Brubaker, member of the counsel¬ ling staff. Miss Nelson’s project consisted of choosing the type of fabric that would be most sendee- able and selecting the color that would blend best with the appoint¬ ments of Miss Brubaker’s office. Miss Helen Hunt, instructor of the craft classes, said, “Miss Nel¬ son has done a fine piece of work. Such a project renders a great service to the school, and at the same time gives the student added experience.” CHRISTMAS PARTY NEXT FABIOLAN MEET With the approach of the Christ¬ mas season, Fabiolan club members will fete the occasion in the social science hall, D building, tonight, at a pot-luck dinner and party. The dinner, at six o’clock, will be fur¬ nished by club members, and will carry out the Christmas theme of Santa Claus, using red and green color schemes and favors. Entertainment will be presented by members of' the club. Miss Ma- dama Morgan of the Los Angeles General Hospital will speak on “The Advantages of Training in General Hospitals versus Private Institutions.” Forty guests are expected to at¬ tend. Those who have not signed up already are asked to do so be¬ fore noon Friday, at Miss Fisher's office in the Women’s Gym. All women students interested in nurs¬ ing, laboratory work, and allied professions, are cordially invited to attend. Tournament Of Roses Princesses Chosen Five Girls From PJC, Two From Tech Listed; Queen To Be Announced Next Week, With Coronation Scheduled For The 29th Chairman Robert Snyder, of the publicity committee for the Tour¬ nament of Roses, released the names of the seven girls to com¬ prise the queen's court this week. There are two girls from Muir Tech, Winifred Argetsinger and Jean Studley. The other girls are Beverly Arnett, Anita Edmison, Winifred Gordon, Jetsy Posthuma ' *and Cheryl Walker, from Pasa- CHRONICLE, I dena junior college. VO-MAG WIN NEW HONORS Winning four honor ratings, the Pasadena Chronicle, and Vo-Mag, vocational magazine, were awarded ! more prizes than any other entries ' at the Western Division convention of Alpha and Beta Phi Gamma, na¬ tional honorary collegiate journal¬ ism fraternities, according to Miss Gladys L. Snyder, adviser for the Alpha chapter of Beta Phi Gamma at PJC'. The convention was held at the Hotel Stewart in San Fran¬ cisco, Nov. 26 to 28. The Chronicle was judged second in the all-around newspaper com¬ petition, as the Long Beach junior college Viking won first place. An editorial on the policy of the Chron¬ icle by A1 Gutzmer, and a football sports story by Shavenau Click, former sports editor of the Chron¬ icle, each won top ratings in their respective divisions. Vo-Mag was E resented an “especial certificate of onor, in recognition of its out¬ standing position among collegiate publications.” Jack Burtt, president here of Beta Phi Gamma, editor of the Tab, off-campus magazine, and former editor of the Chronicle, won first place in the writer’s tournament to which Beta' Phi Gamma members from all chapters west of the Rocky Mountains were invited. Partici¬ pants were required to write a news story, a feature article, a sports story, society article, and an editorial on given topics. The mer¬ its of the five articles were aver¬ aged together and a gold cup and writer’s key were awarded Burtt, whose average was highest accord¬ ing to ratings of staff members of San Francisco newspapers, who presided as judges. Burtt was praised for his work in the tourna¬ ment by Miss Rose Marie Hass, chairman of tjie judging committee. Delegates attending the conven¬ tion from Pasadena were Barbara Burtt, Dorothy LeBaker, Merilyn Nutt, A! Gutzmer, Jack Burtt, stu¬ dents; Mrs. John G. Burtt, and Mrs. Gladys L. Snyder, advisers. The queen of the court, to be se¬ lected from these seven girls, will be announced in the middle of next week, according to Mr. Snyder. Details Planned Full details for the Tournament of Roses program for New Year’s Day will be discussed at a dinner meeting in the Athletic club next Tuesday. Officers, directors, all committee men and participants in the parade from other cities will get together for the first time this year, Secretary William Dunkerley announced. Float decorators of Southern California will describe some of the innovations planned for 60 major floats, while Glendale’s mayor will deliver his annual chal¬ lenge to other cities for the sweep- stakes trophy. Theme “Playland" The queen will be crowned at the Civic auditorium on December 29 at the annual Coronation Ball. Ac¬ cording to Elmer C. Wilson, in charge of the music for the coron¬ ation, the orchestra for the ball will be announced early next week. The girls have already had their first appointment with the dressmakers, who will costume them in accord¬ ance with the general theme of the parade, “Playland,” and the speci¬ fic theme of the queen’s float which is yet to be chosen. According to Robert McCurdy, chairman of the Rose Queen selec¬ tion committee, these seven girls have been chosen for their grace, poise, charm, speaking voice, and above all for possessing the eombi- Continucd on Page Three DECLARED UNO FFICIA L Failure to turn in their constitu¬ tions has rendered ten PJC cam¬ pus clubs unofficial organizations, Miss Robbins, dean of women, an¬ nounced this week. Included in this list of clubs are: Shield and Eagle, Home Economics, Tri-Arts, Wesley, Air Co-eds, DAC, OSF, Phataan, Open Forum, Pheno- menonians. Presidents of these should see Miss Robbins immediate¬ ly. ACCIDENT INVOLVES JAYSEE STUDENTS Knocked 20 feet by an automo¬ bile on Sierra Bonita, James Eng- strom, 17, of North Holliston ave¬ nue, was put in the Huntington Memorial Hospital last week when crossing the street outside a cros¬ sing zone, according to police rec¬ ords. Charles Hogle, attempting to help the injured student, had to en¬ list the aid of another witness to get Engstrom to the hospital. When the receiving station received him, Engstrom was unconscious, and his condition serious, although not very crtical. According to Motorcycle Officer Paul Boble, who investigated the accident, the driver of the car which hit Engstron, cited for reckless driving, was on the wrong side of . the street when the acci¬ dent occurred. The driver of the car involved was Charles Kelley, Jr., of 415 Winthrop Drive, Alham¬ bra. Kelley said that he had hardly started his car, 'but ‘witnesses and the police officer reported skid marks more than 65 feet long when his car hit Jim Engstrom, hurling him 20 feet down the street. ORATOR ADDRESSES CLIO CLUB MEMBERS Joe Landisman, Pasadena junior college orator, delivered his ora¬ tion, “The Northwest Passage,” winner of the Western states ora¬ tory prize at the Bakersfield foren¬ sic tournament, at the last meet¬ ing of the Clio club, discussion group, held at the home of Dale Clayton last Friday evening. Following Landisman’s oration, a panel discussion, led by Ray Simpson, Dick Moore, Jean Valen¬ tine and Landisman, was held on the subject of industrial disputes. Refreshments, billiards, cards and dancing followed the discus- LEMBKE PRESIDES AT FACULTY MEETING Pointing out the nature of the social studies survey. Dr. Glenn L. I.embke, curriculum coordinator, presided over the second of the special faculty division meetings, Wednesday afternoon, December 1, in the Little Theater at 3:15. Teachers of all social science, busi¬ ness education, and orientation classes were present. “Since the greater number of stu¬ dents who attend junior college do not continue their formal education after graduation, special attention is given to preparing students to take their place in the community directly after graduation,” said Dr. Lenibke. CHRON STAFF TO EDIT POST Practical experience in daily newspaper work will be offered Pasadena junior college journal¬ ism students when they take over the editorial departments of the Pasadena Post Monday, Decem¬ ber 13. This year the young journal¬ ists are to have complete charge of all the operations of the news¬ writing, editing, and feature de¬ partments of the paper instead of aiding the regular Post news¬ men as they did last year. All syndicated feature material will be displaced by student work. Editor-in-chief will he A1 Gutz¬ mer. Editors in charge of regu¬ lar desks are: Wire desk, Merilyn Nutt; City desk. Jack Burtt, Har¬ old Shafer; Copy desk. Dale Clayton. Freda Groff, Helen Averitt, Ralph Norton; Sports desk, Shavenau Glick, Ed Van der Veen, Hank Shatford, John Beckler, Johnny Bowden; Feature desk, Georgianna Stacy. News sources will he covered by the following reporters: police and fire departments. Bob Allis¬ on; emergency and other hospi¬ tals, S t e 1 1 a n n e Lotz; hotels, trains, and clubs, Barbara Burtt, Betty Burt, and Beverly Jane Grey; suburban news, John Clark and Berniece Jahn; city hall news, Jerry Carll; school news, Forrest Duke; courts, Dorothy LeBaker. Photographs will be taken by Archie Hayward and Bill Samways. GUILD TO GIVE CHRISTMAS PLAY “The Christmas That Bounced,” a comedy by members of the Play¬ ers’ Guild, is the main attraction of next week’s assembly, to be held during the regular Friday assembly period, December 17. Roger Tier¬ ney, vice-president of the Players’ Guild, is in charge of producing the play. Direction is by Miss Florence Waskokski of the drama depart¬ ment, assisted by Harold Wolff, student director. The play is filled with involved situations, including the dilemma of Jerry Parker,, who must recover his ring from his fiancee, Anna Saf- ford, for a finance company. He has presented her with the ring, but has been unable to make the payments. One of the laugh-provoking situ¬ ations occurs as the recipients of gifts from Mrs. Clara Hewes com¬ pare notes and find that she sends them gifts which they had sent her the Christmas before. The cast of characters includes: Clara Hewes, Mary Lou Henry; Sam Hewes, Frederick Smith; Jer¬ ry Parker, Dick Hamilton; Sarah, Rosalie Meub; Anna Safford, Vir¬ ginia Miller; Stella Clark, Rachel Reid; Jane Safford, Muriel Rash. Sets, and scenery have been es¬ pecially designed by Warren Ream. As with other stage productions this year, Silver Screen club is in charge of lighting. Henry Swafford, secretary of ac¬ tivities, who arranged the Christ¬ mas program, announced that there will be at least two surprise fea¬ tures in addition to the play. TRITON COUNCIL PLANS SUPPER PARTY The Triton council will entertain a small group of girls on Tuesday afternoon, December 14, at the new social hall in the D building. The party will consist of an informal supper followed by several games. Virginia Phillips and Beverly- Grey are in charge of refreshments and entertainment respectively. Final plans for the new Triton insignia were made at a meeting held last Friday, December 3. A gold identification bracelet bearing the PJC seal with “Triton” printed below it on the identification plate was selected by members. They will be ordered through the Pasa¬ dena junior college bookstore. Miss Clemens is the new adviser for the council, as Miss Robbins relinquished the position because of numerous activities of the council. MUIR REUNION ON DECK Muir Tech alumni, class of ‘36, will hold a reunion dinner-dance at the Thursday club in La Canada on December 28, 7:15 p.m. Reserva¬ tions for the affair can be made by phoning Miss F. E. Root, Muir Tech teacher, or Dan Alellanes, Colorado 3996. Bids are being sold at $1.50 a couple.