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PASADENA CHRONICLE
Vol. XXIX
Pasadena, California, February 4, 1938
No. 18
By Merilyn Nutt, Editor
Beginning a new semester is an
old story. Beginning a “new era”
has also been done before. But
beginning anew . . . that is some¬
thing different. Today the Chron¬
icle sweeps aside the fragments of
the past and turns over a new
leaf.
We are grateful for the heritage
of high journalistic standards
which our forerunners have estab¬
lished and which we shall en¬
deavor to continue; we recognize
the precedent of outstanding
achievement which we shall labor
to uphold; we appreciate the fa¬
cilities which have been placed at
our advantage and the opportunity
which the Chronicle offers to us.
This background is of neces¬
sity a part of the plan. Yet
these things are somewhat shad¬
owed by the intensity of our en¬
thusiasm for the future and the
small impression we will print
there. It is our aim to combine
successfully the advantages of
the two factions, what has gone
before and what is to come,
with the paramount theme, the
present . . . what is happening
HERE AND NOW.
As a medium among the stu¬
dents, faculty, administration, and
the community, as an organ of
public opinion, The Chronicle is
qualified to represent the picture
of the day’s news to its readers.
We shall continue our policy of
service in the spirit of progress
and add to this the thought that
the most valuable service a news¬
paper can give is the presentation
of the right kind of news to the
right people at the right time . . .
HERE AND NOW. This shall be
the purpose of the Chronicle.
★ ★ ★
Peter Prouse and Crafty Hall
deserve much applause. Friday’s
show was sensational, but the re¬
peat performance Monday was
mediocre as the cast drooped be¬
fore a slow audience.
Crafty Hall will represent the
annual TAB frolics to be held
at the United Artists Theatre
February 25. The entire show
will also perform at the Alta-
dena Recreation Hall in the near
future. Pete’s booking highlight
is the appearance of his four
best acts with Fio Rito's orch
at the Florentine Room of the
Beverly-Wilshire, February 18.
Somebody said, “Let’s keep this
Crafty going until time for the
next one.” Not a bad idea.
★ * *
The time has come. Some sleepy
collegian will awake and find an
attendance grade alongside his
academic record. About time, too.
Tsk, tsk, the administration told
you so. Every day a student is ab¬
sent the school loses money.
All of this talk about the child¬
ishness of attendance regulations
is just ballyhoo. When Junior
College students can’t realize the
importance of academic work,
then is the time to help them to
this realization. The attitude of
some PJC students to date has
been most juvenile! Universities
which don’t have to depend upon
state funds are justified in omit¬
ting roll-call from the daily class
routine, but cutting is tough on the
junior colleges that receive their
yearly subsidies in proportion to
the average daily attendance of
the year before.
★ * ★
Pal Day was again a success
this semester. Practically an in¬
stitution at Pasadena Junior Col¬
lege, Pal Day is one of the
pleasures which students antici¬
pate. The Homecoming Dance,
another tradition which is re¬
called each term, was presented
Monday night at the Civic a la
Walt Disney. “Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs” provided
a clever theme for the affair . . .
credit to the secretary of social
affairs.
Auctioning life-size figures of
the seven dwarfs was Linwood
Wilde’s idea (he also drew the
figures and designed the bids for
the dance). Because of Linwood’s
thoughtfulness, the President’s In¬
fantile Paralysis Fund will be
richer. Dopey brought $2.75.
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Left to right — Mrs. Helen M. Stone, PJC speech instructor; Forrest
Skutt, third place winner; Joseph Risser, first place winner; Rev. R. F.
Pfeiffer, chairman of Junior Chamber committee, and Joseph Landis¬
man, second place winner.
JOSEPH RISSER TAKES FIRST
PLACE IN ORATORICAL MEET
With “Is Neutrality the Best Policy?” as his topic, Joseph Risser
was declared winner of the Junior Chamber of Commerce oratorical
contest held Thursday, January 27. at Pasadena junior college.
Joseph Landisman placed second
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with the subject, “The Mediterran¬
ean Situation,” while third place
honors went to Forrest Skutt, who
spoke on the same subject.
Three other contestants spoke in
the finals; they were Frances Bail¬
ey, “What Japan Hopes to Attain
in China;” William Maddison,
“Shall We Boycott Japan;” and
Frederick Smith who also spoke
on Maddison’s topic. From the or¬
iginal number of 35, these six were
chosen to compete in the finals.
Rev. Robert F. Pfeiffer served
as chairman of the Junior Cham¬
ber political education committee,
which sponsored the contest. Mrs.
Helen M. Stone, speech instructor
at PJC, is chairman of the junior
college speech arts committee.
Risser won the Kiwanis award at
Marshall junior high school in 1936,
and since then has obtained aca¬
demic recognition. Landisman won
the Western states oratory prize at
Bakersfield forensic tournament in
December.
For the past two years, the con¬
test has been known as the Stu¬
dent Senate, for which essays were
written by the entrants and judged
by the members of the Chamber.
This year for variety, the form of
New Enrollment
High Forecast
Total enrollment figures for day
and evening classes during the 1938
spring semester are expected to ap¬
proach a new high of 6000 regis¬
trants, according to Dean of Rec¬
ords John A. Anderson.
Study lists made up until last
Monday totaled 4340, an increase
of 182 over last fall’s number of
4158 made at the corresponding
time. Under the new registration
plan., 3196 old students were regis¬
tered last Friday. Registered Mon¬
day were 1144 new students. Late
registrants will probably bring
these figures up to a total day en¬
rollment of 4800 as compared to
last semester’s total day enrollment
of 4618.
Students may continue to regis¬
ter up to 4 p. m. on Monday, Feb¬
ruary 14. After this time, no stu¬
dents will be admitted except those
having official transcripts of work
done this semester at other schools.
This measure is necessary in view
of the fact that students entering
the contest was changed for the j af ter the first two weeks of school
more personal type of oral deliv¬
ery. However, the main idea, that
of keeping students interested in,
and abreast of, foreign affairs, was
kept intact.
Formulating plans, student lead¬
ers met with the Chamber as early
as November, to choose the subject
of int er national affairs, which
served as the contest theme.
Patrons Plan Meeting
For February 26
Issuing a special invitation to the
parents of all new students, Mrs.
H. A. Mansfield, president of the
Patrons’ association, announced
that the Patron meeting for this
month which will have the Life
Science department as its theme,
will be held February 28, under the
leadership of Dr. Glenn L. Lembke,
curriculum coordinator.
The meeting will be an attempt
to explain the work of the life sci¬
ences in the educational program
of the junior college. Assisting Dr.
Lembke in this will be Miss Mabel
Peirson, chairman of the depart¬
ment, and several instructors from
the division.
Physical science was the subject
of the January meeting, at which
Dr. Lembke spoke and Bailey W.
Howard, head of the physical sci¬
ence division, presided.
COUNCIL WILL MEET
Headed by Dr. John W. Harbe-
son, the principal’s council will
meet Wednesday, February 9, to
discuss problems which have arisen
within the departments during the
past month.
All administrators and depart¬
ment chairmen are members of the
group, which meets on the second
Wednesday of each month. The or¬
ganization is the official policy¬
forming body of the school.
find it almost impossible to make
up the work that hais already been
given, according to Mr. Anderson.
Dr. G.L. Lembke Talks
On Life Sciences
In charge of the faculty meeting
last Wednesday, Dr. Glenn L.
Lembke,’ curriculum coordinator,
presented a talk on the work of the
life science department with parti¬
cular attention given to the survey
courses of the department.
Attendance of members of the
life science department was re¬
quired, and attendance on the part
of other faculty members was op¬
tional. A discussion for all mem¬
bers of the department followed Dr.
Lembke’s talk.
Various departments of the
school have been the subject of
past faculty meetings. The pur¬
pose in having special meetings de¬
voted to each department is to give
members of the faculty an idea of
the survey courses in their own
and other departments. Mimeo¬
graphed material on departmental
work is distributed to all faculty
members.
Delta Psi Omega Will
Elect Wednesday
Election of Delta Psi Omega of¬
ficers will take place at the regu¬
lar meeting on February 9 at three
o’clock. These officers will be cho¬
sen from the nominees submitted
by Muriel Rash and Dorothy June
Evans, the nominating committee.
For the past semester the Delta
Psi has been more active than ever
before in its history. The presenta¬
tion of “The Dover Road,” a full-
length play, marked the most im¬
portant function of the club. Social
■affairs have consisted of teas and
meetings, and a Christmas party.
Tlnafore7 Return
Engagement Is
Slated Today
In answer to a wave of requests
from students who were unable to
see the initial performances Janu¬
ary 21 and 22, the Pasadena boys’
choir will present a repeat show¬
ing of the Gilbert and Sullivan
light opera “Pinafore” at 3:45 p.
m. today in the John A. Sexson
auditorium. Dr. John Henry Lyons,
director of music education in the
city schools, has arranged this per¬
formance as a special matinee for
students this afternoon.
Admission for this matinee will
be 25 cents, and tickets may be ob¬
tained at the junior college bank.
The box office will be open at 3
p. m. for those who wish to secure
tickets at that time.
All of the principals of last
week’s performances will heard to¬
day. One set of principals will sing
the first act, while the other set
will perform in the second act. A
note of novelty in the production is
the fact that every character is
played and sung by a boy. At the
performances last week many in
the audience doubted that boys
could sing with such high, sweet
soprano tones. The way the boys
handled their hoop skirts, however,
left no doubts about their sex.
Board Appoints Cabinet
Members For New Term
Nutt, Richmond, Braden, Huss, Kellogg, Page,
Eastman, Schmertz; Prouty, Little Given Posts
Nine members of the 1938 Pasadena junior college cabinet were
appointed last week before Chronicle deadline by the student body
board of representatives, in three special meetings, to interview all
candidates for appointive offices. The new editor of the Chronicle,
Merilyn Nutt, was -also appointed by the board, under the supervision
of Bob Coates, Associated Student
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YWCA Sponsor
Joint 7 Hi-Jinks 7
Tonight In Gym
Following the LAJC game this
evening, students will gather in the
men’s gym for the semi-annual Hi-
Jinks, sponsored by the YMCA and
designed to acquaint new with old
students, according to Frances
Bailey, YWCA president.
This event has become something
looked forward to by students each
semester, affording incoming stu¬
dents a chance to become ac¬
quainted and to fit into social life
here at PJC. Several get-acquainted
games have been selected to be
played this evening.
Carrying over from the game
this evening, basketball has been
selected as the theme to be carried
out in various ways. Several acts
of entertainment have been sched¬
uled.
Lois Little, secretary of the
YWCA, is in charge of the plans.
She is being assisted by Bill Davis,
YMCA president, Frances Bailey,
YWCA president, Mary Watt,
Frosh ‘Y’ president, Dick Reed,
Frosh Y president, and Ann Don¬
nelly, YWCA adviser.
OMD OFFERS
ASSEMBLY
TODAY
The Order of Mast and Dagger,
sponsoring their traditional first
assembly of the new semester, will
present a program in the auditori¬
um Friday featuring the installa¬
tion of the new Associated Student
Body officers, announcement of the
new board appointees and a musi¬
cal program by the Bulldog band.
Chuck Braden President
Presiding over Mast and Dagger
this semester is the newly elected
president Charles Braden, assisted
by Lila Renner as secretary and
Jack Burtt as treasurer. The new
members of the organization,
tapped last Friday in the tradition¬
al Mast and Dagger tapping cere¬
mony held at the last assembly of
each semester, are Philip Cart¬
wright, Robert Stapleton, Rachel
Williams, Vernon Leif, Jack Page,
Mildred Schmertz, Peter Prouse,
Rosalie Meub, Jessie Koyama, An¬
dy Longbotham, Erwin Wright,
Carl Harper, Ruth Hewitt, Harold
Cleveland and Mary Alice Whiel-
don.
ASB Officer Installment
Associated Student Body officers
to be installed at the assembly to¬
day are ASB president Bob Coates,
Herb MacDonald, AMS president,
Betty Moshisky, AWS president,
Max Caplan, senior class president,
Barbara Lombard, junior class
president, Dick Shannon, sopho¬
more class president, and Peter
Prouse, chief justice.
'Campus7 Photo Deadline
Set At February 1 2
Making it urgent for seniors who
have not yet had their pictures
taken to make appointments imme¬
diately, the yearbook deadline has
been set at February 12.
Georgia Hanes, “Campus” editor,
asked that all club presidents bring
lists of additional club members
to the “Campus” office in 23C, im¬
mediately and present them to Hel¬
en Cochran or Jack Bowden, in
charge of the club section.
Georgia Hanes 'and Freda Groff
are editor and associate editor, re¬
spectively, of the “Campus” staff.
Photography for the book is direc¬
ted by Bill Samways. Arch Hay¬
ward is business manager; Lee
Ruggles, art editor; Georgiana
Stacy, copy editor.
Merilyn Nutt Given
Editorship; Names
New Chronicle Staff
Merilyn Nutt, former managing
editor of the Chronicle, who was
appointed to the position of Chron¬
icle editor last Wednesday by the
student board, will bake over her
new duties with the next issue of
the Chronicle, filling the place re¬
cently vacated by A1 Gutzmer, last
semester’s editor.
Following the appointment, the
members of the new Chronicle staff
for this semester were lined up by
the new editor and journalism ad¬
viser. Filling the staff positions
on the paper will be Harold Sha¬
fer, managing editor; Barbara
Burtt, city editor; Stellanne Lotz,
activities editor; Forrest Duke, aca¬
demic editor; Bob Allison, clubs
editor; John Clark, administration
editor; Dale Clayton, news and
make-up editor; Helen Averitt,
copy editor; Hank Shatford, sports
editor; Bob Hardgrove, feature
editor; Alice Wilson, librarian, and
George Clute, circulation manager.
Assistants at the copy desk will
be Harry Stearns, Ralph Norton
and Peggy Gorrell. Feature desk
assistants will be Georgiana Stacy,
Howard Steinwinter and Leila
Belle Richey. Assistants at the
sports desk will be Johnny Beckler,
Shavenau Glick and Ed van der
Veen.
Gui Id Try-Outs D ue
Wednesday Afternoon
Officers of the Players’ Guild
for the second semester were elec¬
ted at a business meeting of the
club last Wednesday, January 26.
Josephine Merrill was named
president; Harold Wolff, first vice-
president; Miriam Shoop, second
vice-president; Muriel Rash, secre¬
tary; Dick Hamilton, treasurer;
Mary Ellen Shehay, historian. Miss
Elizabeth Flint is adviser.
The club’s plans for the next
semester include participation in
the one-act play contest sponsored
by the Pasadena Community Play¬
house in March, several one-act
plays to be presented in the Little
Theater and at least one play to
be presented in assembly.
An opportunity for membership
in the guild is being extended to
twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth
year students, who may try out
Wednesday afternoon in room 30C,
from 3 to 4 p. m.
Candidates for membership
should present a selection from
some play involving two or more
characters and not more than five
minutes in length, including the in¬
troduction.
Body president.
The new secretaries chosen are:
secretary of activities, Bob Braden ;
secretary of organizations, Phyllis
Richmond; secretary of music,
Murray Huss; secretary of oral
arts, Joan Kellog; secretary of so¬
cial affairs, Jeannette Eastman;
secretary of athletics, Jack Page;
clerk of the board, Mildred
Schmertz; clerk of the court, Ma¬
bel Prouty; clerk of the cabinet,
Lois Little; and editor of the
Chronicle, Merilyn Nutt.
Applicants Interviewed
All the applicants were person¬
ally interviewed by the members
of the board before each appoint¬
ment was made, in order to insure
a fair opportunity for each person
applying to state his past experi¬
ence, qualifications, and plans for
the future, provided he should re¬
ceive the appointment. These stu¬
dents make up the cabinet and
have charge of the general formu¬
lation of student policies under
their particular position.
The members of the board who
choose these new cabinet members
besides Coates, are Herb McDon¬
ald, associated men student presi¬
dent; Betty Moshisky, president of
the associated women students;
Peter Prouse, chief justice; Max
Caplan, president of the senior
class; Barbara Lombard, president
of the junior class; Dick Shannon,
president of the sophomore class,-
and Bill Reeder, acting president
of the freshman class.
Gives Reason
Speaking of the extended time
taken to make the appointments,
Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean
of women, stated: “While the ap¬
pointments could be taken care of
in one day, it is found to work
better with the personal interviews
the board to g;et a better idea of
their qualifications.”
Bob Coates, chairman of the
board, said that the new members
of the cabinet were chosen for their
untiring efforts in their particular
activity, and that the board at¬
tempted to select the leading can-
didate for each cabinet position.
HONORARY CLUB
FORMED AT PJC
That a chapter of Rho Delta Ep¬
silon, national honorary co-educa-
tional political science fraternity,
will be formed here was definitely
decided at a closed meeting of the
Pasadena junior college Open For¬
um, held at the home of Joseph
Landisman, chairman, Thursday
evening, January 27.
Plans had been discussed at a
previous meeting, but action was
deferred until the members had a
chance to hear representatives from
the national headquarters of the
fraternity. Three representatives
attended Thursday’s meeting and
answered questions, defined mem¬
bership requirements and told of
the purpose and ideals of the fra¬
ternity.
The purpose of Rho Delta Epsil¬
on is to sponsor forums and dis¬
cussion groups and to give credit
for exemplary work in the political
science field. The principal work of
the Pasadena chapter will be to
carry on the Open Forum. Char¬
ter members are: George Grass-
meuck, Joseph Landisman, Bob
Hull, Bancroft Nelson, Jean Valen¬
tine, Dick Moore, Helen Averitt,
Dave Ellis., George McClure, Dono¬
van Courtier, Ray Simpson, Merle
Davis and Fred Hoffman, adviser.
ENGINEERS NOMINATE
Nomination of officers and plans
for second semester activities will
be discussed at a meeting of the
Engineer’s club in room 200C on
Friday at 9:50 a. m. Upper divi¬
sion engineers only will attend.
WEEKS7 NEWS
Board names appointive officers.
Three sessions required owing to
large list of candidates . Page 1.
Neither team has edge as Bull¬
dogs face LAJC here next Friday.
. Page 4.
Four acts from Crafty Hall will
perform in Ted Fio Rito’s floor
show on PJC night at the Beverly-
Wilshire . Page 3.
Joe Risser, Joe Landisman, For¬
rest Skutt winners in Junior Cham¬
ber speech contest . Page 1.
Everett Dean Martin to speak at
Tuesday Evening Forum lecture
series . Page 3.
Mast and Dagger assembly this
morning. Traditional event . .
. '. . Page 1.
New Chronicle staff announced
by Merilyn Nutt, editor . Page 1.
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