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Volume XXI
Pas,adena, California, Friday, December 13, 1929
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No. 12
6-4-4 LEAGUE
HOPE OF JR.
COLLEGES
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Prominent Visitors to Pasa¬
dena Inspect Present
Conditions
HARBESON LAUDS PLAN
Junior College Convention
in Long Beach Is
Anticipated
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That a league of four-year
junior colleges is to be formed in
the near future is the opinion of
John W. Harbeson, principal of P.
J. C.
“Since launching the 6-4-4 plan
we have been followed and con¬
sulted by other schools which plan
to profit by our mistakes and suc¬
cesses. The most recent school
system is that of Ventura. Super¬
intendent Meroloe Martin and Prin¬
cipal Clark of the Ventura J. C.
visited here Monday, December
9. They were shown the student
body, Chronicle, administration
offices, and took a copy of the stu¬
dent body constitution back to Ven¬
tura.
“Another prominent visitor to
P. J. C. during the past week was
Lowry Howard, president of the
Menlo Park junior college, a pri¬
vate school for boys which shares
the Stanford campus. He and the
Ventura visitors are very much in¬
terested in forming a league of
four-year junior colleges, and plan
to attend a convention which is to
be held at Long Beach. This meet¬
ing of junior college administra¬
tors is being called by Principal
Lounsberry of the Wilson high
school and of the two-year junior
college of Long Beach. Definite
plans for forming a league of four-
year junior colleges will be discus¬
sed. It is hoped that at least six
schools will come into the league,
and that the number of football
teams can be cut to three.
“I favor having one frosh team,
and a lightweight and varsity team
from the other three years.”
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Local Talent Adds
To Jinx Program
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Featuring Earl Burtnett and
his famous “Biltmore Trio,” the
Junior Frosh Jinx was an out¬
standing success, according to
Malcolm Jayred, member of the
committee in charge of the pro¬
gram.
The “Biltmore Trio” played a
group of request numbers from
the latest musical comedies.
The Vaudeville club presented
a play entitled “Cabaret.” This
play was written and directed by
members of this club. Miss Max¬
ine Morgan, blues singer, opened
the program by singing “What Do
I Care?” She was accompanied at
the piano by Francis Moon.
“Two Discords,” enacted by
Schuyler Van Santford and Clif¬
ford Coffin gave the comedy sketch
to the novel production along
with Miss Elva Lois Kellog in the
“Dance of Spring.” Miss Mary
Coleman entertained with the se¬
lection, “Only a Rose,” from the
“Vagabond King,” and concluded
(Continued on Page 3)
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Orchestra Can Use
T alented Students
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Opportunity for admission to the
junior college orchestra is offered
to students of instrumental music,
according to Mr. H. H. Parker,
director of the orchestra, and for¬
mer member of the Los Angeles
Philharmonic orchestra.
The sixth period advanced class
is in need of several violin, viola,
cellos and other instruments.
Other classes are a beginners
orchestra and a class for those who
wish individual instruction on or¬
chestra 1 instruments. The or¬
chestra offers players the exper¬
ience of appearing before the pub¬
lic for its plays for various school
events.
Mr. Parker will interview the
students interested in 1-G from
7:30 to 8:00 a. m. or after sixth
period.
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j Victorious P.J.C. Team j
j Arrives Here Dec. 20 j
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The victorious Pasadena junior
college upper division football
team, fresh from their victory
over the strong Kamehameha
school of Honolulu, will arrive in
Glendale, Friday, December 20.
The pep commission urges that
all students be there in a great
reception for the team. A regular
pep rally, with yells and songs,
will feature the homecoming, ac¬
cording to Eric Strutt.
Returning with the team are
Coach Frank Baker and Mr. P. J.
O’Mara.
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J. C. Debaters
Lose Argument
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By a 2-1 decision Glendale de¬
baters won the upper division
league debate upholding the affir¬
mative side of the question, “Re¬
solved: That the plan of install¬
ment buying is detrimental to mod¬
ern business,” last night.
Geraldine Anderson and Mark
Gates, representing Pasadena, took
the negative side, while David Mc-
Curnin and John Diederick formed
the Glendale team. The Oregon
system of debating was followed.
“Glendale gave an attractive ar¬
ray of facts, but failed to tie them
up with the affirmative case,” said
the judges, who 'were from U. C.
L. A., when giving their decision.
Showing remarkable ability, the
Pasadena debaters in spite of then-
defeat at the hands of the Glen¬
dale team, hold promising material
for future debates, according to
Glenn Lembke, coach.
Pasadena won its first debate of
the season, scheduled with River¬
side, by default.
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Impromptu Contestant
San Berdoo Jan. 10
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Responding to the invitation of
San Bernardino junior college,
the first annual public speaking
contest will be held at 8 p. m.,
January 10, 1930.
San Bernardino has invited the
contestants and coaches to dine as
guests at 6 p. m. in their social
hall. At 7 p. m. the contestants
will be allowed to draw their spe¬
cific topic and to have until 8 p.
m. to prepare their speeches. No
coaching will be permitted during
this period. At 8 p. m. the con¬
testants will reassemble and will
at that time draw for positions on
the program.
The specific topics are being se¬
cured in the following way: The
commissioner has written to a
number of leaders in the athletic
field and asked them to submit a
list of five topics, “Which are suf¬
ficiently broad in scope to allow a
reasonably well-informed person
to speak for ten minutes and yet
so restricted as to eliminate the
possibility of a previously pre¬
pared speech.”
It was also requested that the
questions be so worded that they
could be defended, attacked or dis¬
cussed without partisanship.
After eliminating duplicates,
each question will be sealed in an
envelope. There will probably be
at least twice as many as will be
needed by the contestants.
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Art Students Win Prizes
in Xmas Card Contest
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Winning four out of the five
prizes offered in the Christmas
Card contest sponsored by the Bea¬
con Book Store of Pasadena, mem¬
bers of the first period commercial
art class under the instruction of
Mr. Wedemeyer, walked away with
most of the honors.
Those who won were:.
1st prize— Virginia Legakes— $7.50
2nd prize— Albert Hodge— $5:00
3rd prize— Edmund Gray— $2.50
4th prize— Marion Hansen— $1.00
5th prize — Lavor Brummett — $1.00.
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By Carl Echols
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ANCIENT
Primitive peoples observing the change of the sea¬
son and bowing before Zeus, Krishna, and Thor in
adultation, in awe. Cedar trees, holly wreaths, and
mistletoe .
MEDIAEVAL
Birth of a Savior. Legends of the Christ Child
Pilgrimages to the Holy Lands. Lords of manor and
gay ladies. Knights and serfs and a season of mu¬
tual merrymaking. Cedar trees, holly wreaths, and
mistletoe.
MODERN
Stockings, Santa Claus, and toys. The poor cheer¬
ed. Reindeer. Snow and sleigh bells. Sunrise ser¬
vice and Christmas carols. Employees and bonuses.
Fire crackers and warm drinks. Cedar trees, holly
wreaths, and mistletoe.
CONTEMPORARY
Cards and radio messages of cheer. Increasing in¬
terest in doing good. Presents, pre-season shopping
and post season debts. Life of Christ on the screens.
Charity workers distributing baskets of food. Cedar
trees, holly wreaths, and mistletoe.
FUTURE
Christmas spirit being manifested daily instead of
just once a year. Poverty disappearing. No need of
going into debt to buy presents to give them in order
to receive others. Christ Child born in the hearts of
men. Smiles, cheer and kind thoughts and deeds de-
monstated everywhere. No need of charity baskets.
Happiness increased. Love on earth in the hearts of
men. Cedar trees, holly wreaths, and mistletoe.
Victor Herbert's “The Red Mill” Scheduled
for This Year's All-School Musical Comedy
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“TKe Red Mill” bjr Victor Her¬
bert is to be the 1930 operetta
given by the music department, ac¬
cording to Miss Lulu C. Parmley,
head of the music department and
director of the annual production.
Herbert’s operas have never been
given on the Pacific Coast by any
stock company. They have been
produced by schools, however,
Hollywood high school ha v in g
given “The Red Mill” this year
with great sucess.
Victor Herbert, although of Eng¬
lish birth, spent the greater part of
his life in America as a violoncel¬
list, conductor, and composer. He
played in the orchestra of the Met¬
ropolitan Opera Company in 1886,
was band master of the 22 regim¬
ent of the New York National
Guard, and was called to Pitts¬
burgh, Pennyslvania as director of
the symphony orchestra until 1904.
Returning to New York he gave
however, as a master of operatic
melodies. “The Fortune Teller,”
“Babes in Toyland,” “It Happened
in Nordland,” and “Naughty Mar¬
ietta” are a few of his famous' op¬
eras. Herbert’s command of mus-
ic.U recnnique and 1 his ability to
produce such captivating melodies
have given him a prominent place
as a composer of operettas.
Competitive Club
Assembly Planned
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A competitive assembly will be
held early next year according to
announcements made yesterday.
The plan is to have an elimination
contest with the four club pro¬
grams which are selected being-
presented before the students in
assembly.
According to Gloria Gartz, sev¬
eral clubs including Bauble and
more of his time to composing. A 1 Bells and Players’ Guild have al-
concerto suite for the cello, a dra- 1 ready signed up.
matic contata, and serenades fori A suitable prize will be awarded
strings are numbered among his I the winner of this assembly,
many pretentious compositions. , There is still time to enter clubs in
Victor Herbert is remembered, the assembly program contest.
Players’ Guild Present Plays
at Meeting; One to Be Selected
for Competative Assembly
j‘ Carmen’ and ‘ Rigoletto ’ jj
j Operas to Be Presented |
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“Carmen” and “Rigoletto” are
the two grand operas to be given
by the Columbia Grand Opera
Company in the junior college au¬
ditorium January 7 and 8.
“Carmen” with its dashing
Spanish music and brilliant cos¬
tumes, promises to be an unusual
treat for Pasadena students.
“Rigoletto” by Verdi adapted
from a drama by Victor Hugo is
one of the best known operas ;
those who wish to see this opera
may obtain tickets from the music
department.
Arnold Contest
Tryouts Held
In the preliminary C. O. Arnold
extemporaneous speaking contest
held Wednesday afternoon, seven
speakers were selected to compete
in the finals, to be held January 8,
club period.
Those who will take part in the
final contest are: Edward Davis,
Mark Gates, Jack Lang, Marjorie
Leach, Glenn Reed, Juliet Silver,
and Kathryn Smith.
Each year Mr. Arnold, a local
jeweler, because of his interest in
the junior college speech work, has
offered a diamond medal for the
winner of the final contest.
Those who participated in the
tryouts were: Marjorie Leach,
Mark Gates, Donald Mclsaaes, El¬
va Emerson, Susan Haynes, Harry
Fosdick, Delbert Brown, Juliet Sil¬
ver, Ernest Caldwell, Alfred Swit¬
zer, Gloria Casperson, Aletha Lo¬
max, Barbara Phillips, Walter
Groves, Jack Lang, Glenn Reed
George Bathwick, Edward Davis,
George Skinner, David Marsten.
Presenting a program of one-
act plays the Players’ Guild held
a meeting in the Little Theatre
December 11. “The Brink of Si¬
lence,” all student production, was
directed by Fred Moore, with the
cast including Edward Kilius, John
Eskijian, Maurice Stanley. Direct¬
ed by Lila Wing, the following
cast presented a fantasy, “The
Wonder Hat”; Evelyn Bates, Joy
Hollward, Gordon Lester, William
White, and Tony Smith. Adding
humor to the program the comedy,
“The Florist Shop,” was given
under the direction of Morris
Pacht with the cast including
Dorothy Julia Wolfe, Betty Saun¬
ders, Tony Smith. “The Very Nak¬
ed Boy,” an interlude, directed by
Ruth Baldwin, had as its cast,
Dwight Crandall, Donald Ivlac-
Isaacs, and the director.
From the plays presented, one
will be given in an assembly dur¬
ing January and one for competi¬
tive club assembly program.
Helen McMasters, vice-president
of the Players’ Guild, planned the
refreshments for the program.
Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie is ad¬
viser of the club.
To select the Player’s Guild an¬
nual play, members of the play¬
reading committee including
Gwendolyn Dodge, Dorothy J.
Wolfe, and Dwight Crandall meet
every Thursday from 7:30 to 2
o’clock, reading and discussing
plays.
Mexican and negro theatres
will be visited by the Players’
Guild members, who will also at¬
tend the Los Angeles premiere of
the Stratford Players in “Merry
Wives of Windsor” on January 6
at the Belasco theater, Los An¬
geles.
Pledges to the Players’ Guild
are Ralph Rendall, Woodford Mar¬
tin, Richard VanCuren, Donald
Maclsaacs, Edgar Williams, Laorel
Garver, Jeannette Tinn, Ruth Tre-
meear, Helen Kennedy, Cathryn
Root.
California Animals
Subject of New Class
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A field and museum class in the
study of animals found in South¬
ern California, laying particular
emphasis on the vertebrates:
fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds,
and mammals, meets on Tuesday
and Thursday from 1:10 to 4:00,
and those who are interested are
asked to hand in their names and
information concerning previous
science courses to Robert Hays,
room 3, Science building.
With the out of doors as the
laboratory, field studies of living
forms are made whenever possible.
Classroom work consists of dem¬
onstrations, assignments, reports,
and lantern slides.
Several field trips are to be
made to the Los Angeles Exposi¬
tion museum, one to the desert,
one to Balboa to study shore
birds, one to Mount Wilson* or
one of the mountains in the Sierra
Madre range. Most of the trips
are in the vicinity of Pasadena
and will cover the Arroyo Seco
I thoroughly.
Notebook work, reports, read-
lings, and term papers as well as
simple preparations of birds and
■ mammal skins will occupy most
of the laboratory time, ' here will
be no text books required, but sev¬
eral recommended and assigned
chapters from Grinnell’s “Animal
Life in the Yosemite,” Hoffman’s
“Birds of California,” and An¬
thony’s “Field Book of Mammals
of North America.”
DRAMATIZE
“RINGING OF
THE CHIMES”
Bauble and Bells Present
Annual Xmas Pageant
in Assembly
TWO PERFOR M A N CE S
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Songsters Aid in Production;
Public Invited on Sunday
Dec. 15 at 3 P.M.
Man’s gift to God as exempli¬
fied by the ringing of the chimes,
not for the king who gave only
his" crown, but for the boy who
gave love and unselfish service,
was the motive of the Christmas
pageant, “Why the Chimes Rang,”
presented by the Bauble and Bells
dramatic club and the music de¬
partment for the student body
Friday morning, December 13.
Miss Katharine Kester, adviser of
| the Bauble and Bells, and Miss
j Lula C. Parmley, head of the mu¬
sic department, directed the pro¬
duction.
A prologue, God’s gift to man,
represented the birth of the Christ
child. Robed in white and silver,
! the girls’ glee club sang Christ¬
mas songs of praise as the narra¬
tor told the story of Bethlehem.
The pageant will again be pre¬
sented for the general public, Sun¬
day, December 15, at 3 p. m. This
annual production has been given
on a more pretentious scale each
year, and this year the music and
stage effects far surpass any
previous efforts. The cast, many
of whom are taking the parts for
the second year, is well chosen,
and the characters are realistically
portrayed.
The program is as follows:
A. Orchestral numbers: (1) Sla¬
vonic Dance (Dvorak); (2) Faran-
dole (L’Arlesienne Suite) No. 2
(Bizet).
B. Silent Nig’ht, Holy Night
( Art inboo a] fbnv.io'i
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mixed chorus and voice class
quartet
C. A Snow Legend (Joseph W.
Students Contribute
Toward School Floats
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Following the custom of past
years the Pasadena City Schools
will enter three floats in the Tour¬
nament of Roses Parade this year,
it was announced by John W. Har¬
beson, chairman of the school ac¬
tivity committee of the Pasadena
City Schools. A collection was ta¬
ken during the second period this
morning to provide money needed
to finance the floats.
The annual field day held early
in the fall contributed over $150
to the fund, but as approximately
$1800 are needed, the plan of con¬
tributing through envelopes was
devised.
(Continued on Page 3)
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Art Classes To Give
Institute Pageant
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A pageant of modern .art will be
presented by the art department
Tuesday evening, December 17, in
the P. J. C. auditorium for the
Teachers’ Institute. The art stu¬
dents have prepared the sets, cos¬
tumes, and props, and are securing
tho music. The pageant is under
the direction of Mary Sullivan, art
instructor. The complete cast is as
follows :
Story teller, Thomas Anderson ;
Night and Zodiac, Dorothy Wolfe;
slaves, Katherine Baker, Virginia
Cope, and Hazel Kaiser; gift bear¬
ers, Gladys Gray and Florence
Hatley; dancer, Eve Violette;
Mental Power, Archie R
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Youth, Mary Elizabeth Foster and
Edmund Gray; Music, Isabel Cha¬
pin. Alice Batchelder and Francis
Winkler, dressed in costumes typi¬
fying ^ night, will distribute pro¬
grams.
First X-Ray Pictures of
Plants Shown Dec. 3
The first X-ray picture ever
taken of the growth of plants was
shown in the P.J.C. auditorium,
Thursday evening, December 5.
Arthur Pillsbury, noted natur¬
alist, accompanied the x-ray and
colored pictures with a description
of the processes and time involved
in making a photographic history
of plant development.
Not only plant growth, but that
of cells and marine life were depict¬
ed. Although shown as movies, the
pictures were still photographs, ex¬
posed at set .intervals over periods
of time from several hours to as
many months. This enables Mr.
Pillsbury to show his audience the
entire life of a plant or marine an-
mal in thirty or forty seconds.