Pasadena Chronicle, December 15, 1939

Primary vote on January 5 by JOE BLACKSTOCK With a continuance of good stu¬ dent government at PJC in mind, 30 new student body officers will be chosen from the list of over 100 applicants for the positions at the primary elections to be held January 5. Final elections on posts where there is no clear ma¬ jority will be held Friday, Janu¬ ary 12. Officers on the ballot of the primary are student body presi¬ dent, associate president, AMS president and associate president, AWS president and associate, class presidntes, chief justice, and minor AWS and AMS offices. According to Elections Commis¬ sioner Lois Little, this election is expected to poll the largest num¬ ber of votes in the history of the school. This will be due not only to the fact that the enroll¬ ment is higher but that publicity for election candidates will be wide open. In the past a slight restraint has been placed upon too exuberant campaigners, but this year will find retrospective candidates using all the devices of party politics. Even though the past has held restrictions on electioneering, many unique devices have been used for gathering of votes. Dur¬ ing the election period, cars, dogs, horses, mules, and poultry have played a large part as used by candidates for getting publicity and likewise votes. Loud speakers blaring forth their combination of vote plugs and swing music are used fre¬ quently while cars also make a show during an election. Last year limousines, trucks and mid¬ get racing cars were painted with the usual “Vote for John Doe” signs and driven over the campus. Horses and dogs with election signs run wild during the period of drawing attention to their sponsors. The past years have been lean years, however, in rgards to the amount of votes polled. At the primary elections of October 7, 1938, only 1994 ballots were cast on both campuses. This means that approximately 5000 students did not vote. Thirty-one percent has been called a good vote in the past. In the present campaign with the publicity bars lifted, a record vote is not impossible. The stu¬ dent’s call to the polls will be sounded by the electioneer’s chant prevalent, the final step in PJC democracy is completed. An in¬ terest in the government will make the school completely dem¬ ocratic. Great competition is expected as leading students will vie .for the top positions of student body president and the AMS and AWS presidential spots. The open office of chief justice is also one that is very important in the PJC sys¬ tem of government. Voting will take place from 8 am to 3 pm on both campuses, with voting booths stationed at convenient corners of the school. There will be two ballots, one for the west and a separate one for the east. Identification cards must be shown by each student before voting. Presents program Natural dancing classes of the east campus, directed by Miss Pauline Brown, presented a Christmas program to the ele¬ mentary schools of the city last week. Pantomime dancing was used in the program to portray the following scenes: Santa Claus’ workshop, shopping, Christmas eve, and the Nativity with a chor¬ al background. 1940 Rose queen and royal court These Pasadena jaysee girls are the most beautiful of the school — in addition, they all have poise, charm, grace and person¬ ality. Top row: Queen Margaret Huntley, Dorothy Levinson, Marilyn Walker; second row, Eiayne Bilbo, Junette Duebert; bot¬ tom row, Edith Hickmon, Dixie Stromeyer. Queen of the 51st Tournament of Roses, Margaret Huntley, who will reign over the world famous Pasadena pageant the first day of 1940. She will be presented to the student body of PJC at the Royal Ball Monday night, and add the touch of royalty to dozens of social affairs during he holiday season. Babs Dougall, ex-queen, looks at Queen Margaret by BOB HARDGROVE Last year’s Rose Queen, popular Barbara Dougall, and all those who have preceded her, have had a “thrill of q lifetime” presiding over the world-renowned Tournament of Roses. Weeks of attention that only movie stars and returned heroes can attract from “the crowd,” hours before microphones and cameras, continuous round of gala social affairs and ending by the five mile ride down “the river of flowers” . . . and the cheers of a million dazzled people. To the Queen of the 51st Tour¬ nament of Roses, brunette Mar¬ garet Huntley, is addressed the following letter by Barbara Dou¬ gall, in hope that she can help Queen Margaret enjoy her unique experience, and perhaps point out pitfalls awaiting public idols. Dear Margaret: My sincere congratulations to a lovely girl who will be a lovely queen. I’m going to list a few do’s and don’ts about the queen’s job, but I’m sure during your reign you will be as sweet and gracious as you are now and as a queen should be. And now here are the do’s and don’ts: 1. Have a lot of fun. 2. Keep your feet on good, solid earth. 3. Don’t do anything, by word or action, that your student body would dislike; they are all behind you, eager to help and to know you, for PJC has the grandest student body of any school — any¬ where. 4. Don’t let your princesses down at any time. They are eager to help you; be just as eager to help them. 5. Be nice and courteous to your judges, for they have done a lot for you. 6. Most of all, have a lot of fun. If you keep that thought in mind I’m sure you will find your reign easier and much more enjoyable. Remember, next year there will be another queen and another court — so, have fun. Best wishes, BARBARA DOUGALL Queen Margaret presented to JC at Royal Ball Monday Her royal Highness, Queen Margaret Huntley of the 1940 Rose Tournament and her court of six princesses will be pre¬ sented to the PJC student body at the Royal Ball on Monday, Dcember 18 at the Civic auditorium. Ray Noble and his or¬ chestra, acting as official musicians for the evening, will fur¬ nish the music. Hew grading machine simplifies work Teacher’s pet hasn’t a chance any more for leniency on examination papers. Most of the important tests given junior college students are now graded mechanically by an Interna¬ tional test scoring machine installed downtown this year by the board of education. The machine with an operating capacity of 400 tests an hour, scores paper by means of elec¬ tric “fingers” that dectect soft lead pencil marks electrically conducive to them. By using a master answer sheet, the current that flows through all “right” marks is made to register on the meter as total “rights,” and that which flows through “wrong” an¬ swer marks as total “wrongs.” Manipulation of control keys causes the final score to register in terms of appropriate scoring formulas or part scores. New queen calls reign phase o£ preparation by CAROL BORTIN Margaret Jayne Huntley will ride high on the royal float this year. She will greet the new year of 1940 as queen of the Rose Tour¬ ney festivities. Queen Margie is determined to use the experiences of her reign as merely another phase in her preparations for life. So far, her modesty is Miss Huntley’s outstanding characteristic. She attributes her appointment to training in poise through speech and dramatic training that she has received since she was five. In Margie’s entire three years at PJC she has maintained a scholarship average worthy of Alpha Gamma Sigma, she has gone high in the drama department both in acting and in her favorite field, directing. Although she had to give up her position as student direc¬ tor of “Sing Nowell” with the beginning of the rush of her royal activities, she worked with that production up to the night of the dress rehearsal. In her other favorite sport, teaching, Her Highness has proven herself an able woman by handling a Sunday school class of three- year-olds, and a class in oral training for another group, slightly older. But as a career, 18-year-old Margaret chooses neither acting nor teaching, but marriage. She intends to announce her engagement on her birthday, next June 1. Her training today is preparation for a happy and well-balanced married life. Success in marriage should be easily attainable for Miss Huntley because she enjoys all phases of domesticity — cooking, sewing and even eating. Is it a thrill to be queen? That’s what everyone asks Margaret, and she replies, “I haven’t had time to find out. So far, all I know is that it takes a strong constitution to stand all the posing and tests and comments, both favorable and unfavorable.” The greatest thrill will come when Margaret is allowed to pin a badge on Charlie McCarthy, her favorite actor. She will honor the diminutive grand marshal and his master-mind, Edgar Bergen, in a special ceremony. She was called for the court tryouts last year but was unable to attend because she had the flu. However, Miss Huntley was greatly surprised when officials notified her last week that she was to be the queen. “I’m glad that since I’m to have this chance it’s this year rather than last. I’m older now, and I think I can accept the honor and keep my equilibrium better than before. Born in the Stork’s Nest in Hollywood, Margaret is definitely a California girl, and since she received her education at Jefferson grammar school and John Marshall junior high before her entrance into the life of PJC, Pasadena feels justified in claiming her. The queen’s beauty comes in part from her love of life and the people in it. She enjoys dancing, reading of all kinds, writing, talk¬ ing, travel— in short, everything. She has only one trouble in the junior college set-up, she dosen’t like cokes. 76-page Vo-Mag to appear next spring Vo-Mag, PJC’s vocational magazine, will be issued some time in the middle of the spring. The 76-page book, larger and more com¬ prehensive than ever, will have a Pan-American theme on the people and government of the western hemisphere. Associate Justice Bob Gillette is the editor. The six princesses of the royal court are: Edith Hickman, Dixie Stromeyer, Eiayne Bilbo, Junette Duebert, Dorothy Levinson and Marilyn Walker. Howard Clapp, Associated Stu¬ dent Body president, will intro¬ duce the queen and her court at 10 p. m. in their first public ap¬ pearance of the 1940 Rose Tour¬ ney festivities. This ceremony will be preceded by a procession of the dignitaries to their stand. Guests of the evening will be: Tournament of Roses executive committee and ball committee, board of education, superinten¬ dent of schools, junior college ad¬ ministration, junior college social affairs committee, parents of the princesses, queen, student body officers and social committee. The ball committee consists of Mickey Shaw and Beverly Beach, secretaries of social affairs; Peg¬ gy Ingham, in charge of the pro¬ cession; Durward Howes, dance publicity chairman. Others in the committe are: Jeanette Mellon, Lorraine Alton, Margaret Wil¬ liams, Virginia Rains, Bill Cur- land, Dennis Gibbs and Ted Coop¬ er. The ball will be semi-formal, which means tuxedos or dark suits for the boys and formal eve¬ ning gowns for the girls. Girls will not wear corsages by a new ruling of the ball committee. Students planning to attend the ball are urged to purchase their bids not later than today because there are only 1000 available. Bids are one dollar and may be pur¬ chased at the ticket windows on both campuses with the presenta¬ tion of student body tickets. The ball will be broadcast from coast to coast over KHJ, the Mu¬ tual broadcasting system from 11:30 to 12 p. m. It is not certain yet whether the Queen will ad¬ dress the nation during the broad¬ cast. STUDENT SPEAKS Felix Gutierrez, east campus student and editor of the “Mexi¬ can Voice,” official publication of the Mexican Youth conference, was one of three California stu¬ dents of Mexican descent partici¬ pating in the first Arizona Mexi¬ can Youth Conference held at Tempe last weekend. Marge wears rose crown by CHARLIE ALLEN The wrinkled hand of fate touched the brunette curls of pretty 18-year old Margaret Hunt- ley, and turned the spotlight of the nation upon her, for she is queen of the 1940 Tournament of Roses. Working hand in hand with the new-born babe, 1940, who starts his reign at midnight on January 1, Queen Margaret will take over the scepter when the first rays of sunlight creep over the Sierra Madre mountains. From then un¬ til New Year’s Day is dead, she will rule over this troubled war torn world. Two millions will throng Pasa¬ dena streets to catch a glimpse of her — twenty millions will eagerly listen to radio announcers de¬ scribe her actions — and a hundred million will follow her every move through thousands of news¬ papers. SEVERE TEST Thrust suddenly from everyday routine into the bewildering pan¬ orama of fame Queen Margaret will face a severe test of charac¬ ter. Will this brief brush with fame change the destiny of this lovely co-ed, who was plucked from the classroom to rule over the world’s most colorful spec¬ tacle. Certainly our queen and her six beautiful princesses have run the gauntlet of human emotions in the exacting eliminations which reduced their ranks from several thousand to seven, all in a few weeks. The stamina required to go through endless tests required by the judges would be worthy of many a man, much less a supposedly fragile girl. But now the eliminations are al over, and the girls have to settle down to the tedious business of perfecting themselves for the long sequence of dances, recep¬ tions and banquets that will fill their holiday calendar. PERSONALITY A complete personality course, under the directions of Louise Hinds, a professional model, will teach the girls how to prepare for the coming notoriety they will face. Instruction in dressing and make-up is intended to make them flawless in appearance, and walking and posing before cam¬ eras put the final polish on their glamor. When they are perfect, they are released from this course — and start to face the endless rounds of dress fittings, and pub¬ licity pictures which intensify their hold on the public. Even before these girls have had a chance to finish their prep¬ aration for fame — they have to start making public appearances. First comes the Royal Ball where the school greets their queen and court. This is an informal affair, and serves to give the girls a chance to break into the limelight among their friends. Tournament officials are on the alert for mis¬ takes made in this appearance, and they are quickly corrected. Even this first function is impor¬ tant enough to be broadcast over a national network. CORONATION The Coronation Ball follows hot on the heels of the Royal Ball, and the girls start to mingle with famous folk with whom they will live during the next few weeks. This is their first brush with fame, and the first time they are thrown in contact with the celebrities who witness their cor¬ onation. The pace quickens, and invita¬ tions allow no time for a breath¬ ing spell — party follows party in rapid succession. Finally the day draws near. By the eve of their ascension to the throne, New Year’s Eve, they are polished by the constant buffeting against fame, and are ready to make their bow before the world. When this fateful day arrives, Pasadena, and particularly the junior college, should pay homage to these girls, who have endured the trials and tribulations of a fickle public. Their shot at fame may end with the descending sun of January 1, or it may go on in¬ definitely through movie con¬ tracts which bring extended glory — but whatever happens, these girls will always find the real lasting glory in the halls and arches of their school— a school which is justly proud of them— and deep in the hearts of their schoolmates, whose hearts beat for them. Primary elections Jan. 5 No. 13 Royal Ball Monday at Civic Vol 31 Pa sad Pasadena junior college, December 15, 1939 MARGARET HUNTLEY 1940 ROSE QUEEN