Pasadena Chronicle, December 18, 1940

/ For Christinas Shopping 'Bests' See Chron Ads Christmas Greetings From The Chronicle Vol. 32 Pasadena Junior College, December 18. 1940 No. 21 Board Rules Lancers/Spartans/Shieldmen Needn't Take Examination To Pass Out Tickets At the ASB Board meeting, Thursday, it was voted that Lancers, Spartans, and Shieldmen would receive ticket books without having to pass a test made out by the Law Enforce¬ ment Commission. The idea of making the law enforcement officers take this test originated at the Constitutional Con¬ vention. However, this policy then stopped. Warren Allen Board again Thursday before last. It was a battle between the law enforcement officers and the pro* secutors. Lancers Bob Mardian and Bill Simons opposed tests whereas Francis M. Stevenson and Warren Allen were in favor of them. President Harlan Erickson told the Board to go ahead and hash the thing out between them¬ selves. Given that cup they let themselves go. MILD TALK Discussion was mild enough at the beginning. That the Lancers, Spartans, and Shieldmen must have passed the test to get their ticket books was explained to the (Continued on Page 3) Asilomar Scene Of SCA Holiday Conference Representing PJC as well as the SCA, some eight or nine stu¬ dent body leaders are planning to attend the eighth annual Co¬ educational Student Christian As¬ sociation Conference at Asilo¬ mar on the Monterey peninsu¬ la, between Christmas and New Year’s. One of the big events of the year in the program of the SCA this is but the second year that the conference has been cooper¬ ative . . . that is each delegate pays his own way, as well as en¬ gaging in camp chores. Activi¬ ties in each day’s program have been well planned and with an hour and a half round table dis¬ cussion being the most promi- (Continued on Page 3) was pursued for a while and brought the matter before the Cooperation Arx Club Formed To. Further Interest In Student Affairs To bring about more coopera¬ tion between students and more interest in school affairs, a new club has been formed, the Arx Club. Growing out of a group at Eliot, the Archlites, it is pattern¬ ed after United States constitu¬ tional government. The students who graduated from Eliot decid¬ ed to carry on the organization at PJC as a non-restrictive club. It is definitely not restricted to Eliot students alone. The Arx, just started this year, has an active membership of 45 students. It is offering its serv¬ ices to the Junior Rose Parade committee. Recently elected of¬ ficers are Charles Doeher, presi¬ dent; Joan Muirhead, secretary of records; Verne Harper, secre¬ tary of economy; Margie Evans, secretary of coordination; Mary Kalb and Tom Larkin, secretaries of publicity, and Fred Hawley, secretary of state. The club is mainly interested in the political aspects of JC life. They wish to interest more peo¬ ple and obtain student participa¬ tion in such activities as voting. Those who would be interesed in finding out more about this or¬ ganization or would like to join it are invited to come to Room 302 C, East Campus, at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17. Flying Opportunity 16 Civil Training Students Get Licenses All future aviators and aviatrixes of PJC will be inter¬ ested in the Civil Pilot Training Program, which starts on February 1 in the Trades and Technology building. This pro¬ gram is divided into two courses, primary and secondary. The primary course, consisting of 75 hours of classroom in¬ struction and from 35 to 50 hours of flight instruction, of¬ fers to its successful graduates five units and a private pilot’s Wednesday, December 18 — Royal Ball. Meet her majesty at the Civic at 8:30 p. m. Thursday, December 19 — Christmas Vacation begins. Saturday, January 11 — Dance Symposium, West Campus, 9:00 a. m. Zama Open Dance, 8;30 p. m. Friday, January 17 — Wom¬ en’s Restrictive Inter - Club Council Dance. Saturday, January 18 — Schneeflieger Club Dance, 8:00 p. m. Wednesday, JaJnuary 22 — Informal Dance, East Campus, 3:15 p. m. Monday, January 13 — Convo¬ cation. Speaker, Mrs. Irene T. Heineman, Assistant Superin¬ tendent of Public Education. license from the Civil Aero¬ nautics Administration. Only qualifications are the completion of one year of college work by February 1 and the passing of a strict physical examination. The secondary course, which consists of 150 hours of class¬ room training and from 40 to 45 hours of flying instruction in the heavier types of planes, has for qualifications the successful completion of the primary course and the possession of enough units to be eligible for gradu¬ ation in June. Graduates from the secondary course are award¬ ed a minimum of eight units and are eligible to enter the Army or Navy Air Corps at the beginning of the basic training stage, eli¬ minating the usual primary stage. Sixteen students will grad¬ uate from the secondary course at the close of this semester. The government will probably set the quota of 50 students apiece for the primary and sec¬ ondary courses, of whom five may be girls. Applications for both courses are now being received and con¬ sidered. Inspecting officers are Cadet Captain Straub, Cadet First Lieu¬ tenant Tegart, in command. Right to left, Corporal Bob Hefley, Corporal Don Jackson, Line Sergeant Dick Gilbert, Staff Ser¬ geant Bill Anthony. Bulldog Exhibition Drill Squad Has Successful Season With their performance at the Eliot Junior High School last Friday night the exhibition drill squad under the com¬ mand of Cadet Lieutenant Robert Tegart concluded a highly successful season of exhibition drilling in and around Pasa¬ dena. The squad was organized last September from picked men of PJC’s own ROTC unit. They are boys who, in addi¬ tion to their regular uniform, have been wearing those snap¬ py white Sam Brown belts and nifty garrison hats. As a re¬ sult of their constant practicing twice a week they have been able to give performances throughout the past months. Many of the showings have been given during the- half-time periods of the Friday night games in the Rose Bowl Along similar lines, another drill team has been organ¬ ized, using the exhibition squad as a nucleus. The big differ¬ ence between this team and the exhibition squad is the size, the former having thirty-six men and the latter having fif¬ teen. The larger outfit, which is under the command of Cadet Captain Robert Walters, is now drilling strenuously every Thursday night in order to approach perfection. The main reason for all this activity, is to meet other similar drill pla¬ toons from Glendale, Los Angeles, and perhaps even the RO¬ TC from UCLA. The drill routine in this case is the regular close-order being taught in the three ROTC class periods. Last June, a hastily organized drill platoon under, then, Lieutenant Robert Walters traveled to Glendale in order to bring home, if possible, a cup which is awarded yearly to the best drilled team from Glendale and Pasadena. Unfortunate¬ ly the contingent from Glendale managed to nose out the team from PJC. Accordingly, this is one of the reasons why the local organization is starting early, for they seem deter¬ mined to relieve Glendale of the hotly contested cup. Perhaps the most novel and appropriate innovation m the larger drill platoon is the British Army style of drill. This was introduced as an extra stunt last year and found favor with the somewhat over-awed Glendale units. This adaptation consists of the British manual of arms and the long slow stride so characteristic of the English regiments. All march¬ ing is done to the music of bagpipes, which make results in a striking effect. Dana Club Members Plan Vacation Of Excursions Last Friday the Dana Club held a meeting and laid exten¬ sive plans for their activities during the Christmas holidays. The meeting was characterized by the members’ active interest in the various trips which were planned. Twelve of the students got their heads together and planned a trip to Crestmore, which is near Riverside. Crestmore is the second largest mineral collecting locality in the United States. An¬ other excursion is planned which will take the club to the neigh¬ boring state of Nevada. They will visit Goodsprings, Nevada, to collect various minerals. Argonauts Honor Swish Ogura A meeting was held last week by the Argonauts in honor of Swish Ogura for his many years of service to the organization. Ogura, former president of the Argonauts, is now in the same capacity for Mast and Dagger. During the celebration seven new associates and three actives were elected to the group. Peter Paulson, chief of the Ar¬ gonauts, • announced that the Ostiarians and the Argonauts, will get together for a hike and a wiener roast Saturday, Janu¬ ary 4, at Sturdevant Falls in Santa Anita Canyon. ScFiolars Attention! New Courses Offer Many Opportunities Born of persistent ideas in the minds of students, in¬ structors, department chairmen and in the mind of Dr. Glenn Lembke, new courses were formulated and presented to the executive counsel yesterday for approval. They were passed, and it was also decided to enforce the hitherto lax rules for course prerequisites. Courses in the 70 series will be open to Seniors only while those numbering in the 50’s are for Juniors and Seniors with recom- Counseling Appointment Card System Rel ieves Jam Twice each year Room 118 C is invaded by throngs of clamor¬ ous students, who either jam ten feet deep against the walls in a vain effort to catch a glimpse of “Counselor,” or else bite nails, tap feet, wait with ill-concealed patience to be programmed. Attempting to do away with this, is a new method, simply titled “Appointment Card Sys¬ tem.” In each class, cards have or will be brought around to fill out, and on which all free periods are to be checked. Several days later the cards will be returned to the class, with the appoint¬ ment time written on them. By this method, each student will be alotted an adequate time for programming, and for which he will not have to wait endless hours. Appointments will be given out at the office window only to complete transfers to West Cam¬ pus, and to counselees of Dr. Weitzel. Glee Club Heins Migrant Workers The Men’s Glee Club has as¬ sembled hundreds of gifts for the men, women and children of the migrant camps. The Wom¬ en’s Glee Club and the girls of the voice classes have aided the boys in this very fine work by wrapping the gifts in appropri¬ ate Christmas style. mended status and those Sopho¬ mores who will complete their high school requirements during the current year. Those who have yet to pro¬ gram for next semester will have the edge on early birds, these students will have many new courses from which to make their selections. In the East Campus Life Sci¬ ence Department, a special Phy¬ siology section has been created (Continued on Page 3) 'Art In Life' Finale On Air Wednesday Finishing with a smashing fi¬ nale this week (Wednesday, 1 p. m., KHJ) is “Art in Life,” which has had compliments thrust upon its series of eleven shows from all sides, including fan mail all up and down the west coast; di¬ rectors of KHJ, who claim it is one of the best student produced- acted shows, and from art, hu¬ manities, high-school teachers. Put. on through the united co¬ operation of the student body, Vincent Parsons, instructor of ra¬ dio at PJC; and Ray Wylie, pro¬ ducer-director, nevt week’s show is an appropriate climax for the entire series. Titled "The Mural,” it deals with wall painting down through the ages, it starts with paleo¬ lithic man, through the Renais¬ sance period, and up to the San Francisco Fair, where murals of Diego Rivera where shown. It brings out a review of all shows produced this year, and has the largest cast of any show yet. 175 Jobs National Defense Program At PJC T rains 400 The National Defense Program, inaugurated in this school in July of last year, has put PJC in an important posi¬ tion in the defense of the country. At the present time over 400 men are being trained here to occupy various positions in the aircraft and munition factories of the nation. This training is offered to any man 18 years or over. The vari¬ ous divisions of training are shop, tool and die making, elec¬ trical and gas welding, pattern making, blue print reading, and mechanical drawing. In several months these courses will be supplemented by a course in Strength of Materials. Because of the importance of this training program, it is being financed entirely by the Federal Government. Because of the gov¬ ernment’s interest in the training it is possible that they will fi¬ nance the machinery and equip¬ ment for a new foundry build¬ ing. The percentage of men placed on jobs after they have completed their training has been very high. Since July 1, 1940, more than 175 have been placed in jobs in the defense industries of the nation. Men taking the training come from the WPA, the State Em¬ ployment Bureau, and from var¬ ious Southern California factor¬ ies. Main object of the training is to prepare men for the semi¬ skilled jobs and to meet the na¬ tional defense ne'eds. aircraft sheet metal, machine Interview with Rose Queen Sally — Page 2. All Christmas Feature Page — Page 4. Review of Gloria — Page 4. Bulldogs to meet San Berdoo — Page 3. Francelia Welch selected as feminine lead of “Which Way Is Up. — Page 2. Formal Coronation — Page 2. Joan Steffgen writes her col¬ umn again. — Page 2. Pasadena’s Bulldogs Beat Fullerton Hornest. — Page 3. Campus Fashions. — Page 2. Topping the Talkies— -Page 2