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NEW OFFICERS
ANNOUNCED
BY BOARD
Jteaticna
(TI]vonidc
PLAYERS TO
PRESENT
‘SKIDDING’'
Vol. XXVII
Pasadena, California, February 7, 1936
No. 16
West And
Neely In
'Skidding’
Annual Guild Production
Opens At Marshall
Tonight At 8:15
KEPPIE IS DIRECTOR
Play Is To Be Comedy Of
Y ounqer Generation
By Rouveral
Kay West and Don Neely, ro¬
mantic leads of last year’s “Pass¬
ing of the Third Floor Back,” will
portray the juvenile leads of Mar¬
ion Hardy and Wayne Trenton in
this years Players’ Guild produc¬
tion of “Skidding,” at the John
Marshall junior high school, this
evening. The curtain will be called
at 8:15, according to Miss Elizabeth
E. Keppie, director and adviser of
the Guild.
A light comedy of the trials and
tribulations of the , well-known life
among the younger generation, the
play centers around the re-election
of Judge Hardy, portrayed by Ray
Frey, and the consequent rebellion
within his home. Jane Louise
Clary will play Mrs. Hardy, Mur¬
iel Rash, Aunt Milly; Paul Brine-
gar, Andy Hardy; Dorothy June
Evans, Myra Hardy; Lillian Black¬
burn, Estelle Hardy; Andy Carna¬
han, Grandpa; and Jack Swan,
Stubbins.
Reserved seats for the affair will
be 25 cents, it was announced, gen¬
eral admission being by ticket 14
of the student body book issued in
September. This ticket and -25
cents will command two reserved
seats.
Publicity for the production is
under the direction of Roy Burr,
while Robert Main is acting as
business manager. The sets were
designed by Bill Payne, who con¬
structed last year’s Rose Bowl
graduation sets. Betty Bruner will
have charge of costumes and Mar¬
garet Davis, student director, is
assisting Miss Keppie.
The Players’ Guild play has been
recognized for the past several
years as an annual event in local
student body drama circles. Last
year saw the production of Jerome
K. Jerome’s modern miracle play,
“Passing of the Third Floor Back,”
with Fred Warriner in the lead
and Kay West, who plays the lead
in “Skidding.” The year before
the Guild presented “The Black
Flamingo,” a mystery play of the
Cag-liostro type.
Tryouts Told
For Actors
Membership tryouts for Bauble
and Bells, lower division dramatics
club, has been set for Tuesday,
February 18, at three o’clock in
room 2C. All 11-1
Д1-2
and 12-1
students interested in dramatics
are eligible to try out.
Candidates will be askel to pre¬
sent a pantomime and h short read¬
ing or a scene from some play with
other candidates. For further in¬
formation students should see Miss
Kester, dramatics instructor and
Bauble and Bells adviser in 2C.
“We are looking for new talent
and we will welcome any candidate
to try out for one of the strongest
clubs on the campus,” says Miss
Kester. The Bauble and Bells club
participates in social as well as
dramatic activities. One-act plays
are presented at monthly meetings
and a full-length comedy is sched¬
uled to be presented in the spring.
“Farewell Cruel World” is to be
given at the next business meeting
of the club.
The new Bauble and Bells offi¬
cers for the semester are: Rosalie
Meub, president; Mary Ona Tar-
ner, vice-president; Anne Sussman,
secretary and Stuart Russell, trea¬
surer.
TEACHERS MEET
WITH STUDENTS
Newly-elected and appointed stu¬
dent body officers will meet with a
groun of faculty members next
Thursday, February 13, at the
home of Dr. John W. Harbeson,
college head.
Problems of the new semester
and student-faculty relations will
be discussed in order to bring about
a better relationship between the
students and between the students
and teachers.
In order to further this idea,
each student will invite one of the
faculty members as his or her
guest to attend the meeting.
Courtesy, Pasadena Star-News
Illness Causes
Faculty Dinner
Postponement
The annual faculty dinner,
held by the Faculty Women’s
club and the Pot Latch club,
men’s faculty organization,
slated for February 6, has been
indefinitely postponed, due to
the illness of the guest speaker,
Richard J. Neutra, well known
architect.
“Rather than be content with
a last minute program, we will
postpone the dinner until such
time as the scheduled program
is available,” said Dr. Glenn L.
Lembke, counselor, who was in
charge of publicity for the
affair.
Mr. Neutra is well known for
his work on school buildings,
and advocates the modem
in architecture, and recommends
modern improvements in school
plants... He spoke here some
time ago, before the T-Square
club of the engineering depart¬
ment.
The program, scheduled for
February 6, will be presented at
the dinner.
‘Pals’ Greet
400 Freshmen
At Reception
130 Receive New Students
As Cummins Speaks
At Vespers
Incoming college students were
greeted Sunday by their pals at a
reception and vesper held in their
honor. Approximately 400 attended
the services and the tea which fol¬
lowed. One hundred and thirty
students were appointed to aid in
orienting the students, helping
them to adjust themselves to the
campus.
Dr. Robert Cummins, pastor of
the First Universalist church,
spoke at the vespers held in Cal¬
vary Baptist church and urged all
students to aim at “creditable
goals.”
Sam Schwartz, student body
president and Dr. John W. Harbe-
son, greeted the incoming group.
Superintendent John A. Sexson in¬
troduced the speaker. Rev. William
Bowyer, Calvary church, delivered
the invocation and the benediction.
Music, arranged by Miss Lula
C. Parmley of the junior college
music department, included num¬
bers by Priscilla Fox, organist;
Margaret Robbins, contralto; Jean
Gutherie, violinist, accompanied by
Marian Hoffner; the Majorettes
trio, composed of Eunice Throne,
Beth Lamb and Ruth Haworth;
and the male quartet, composed of
Harold Cleveland, Franklin Ryder,
Bill Caldwell and Dwight Mayfield.
Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean
of women, was in charge of the
affair. Anna Katherine Jones, so¬
cial affairs chairman, was in charge
of the. pals. Margaret De Haan
president of the junior college Y.
W. C. A. arranged the tea held
on the Bleeker house lawn.
VO-MAG ISSUE TO
STRESS LITERATA
Such literary celebrities as John
Masefield and Alexander Woolcott
have been interviewed by junior
collegian reporters for the Pasa¬
dena junior college magazine Vo-
Mag, whose second issue will go
into circulation March 4. Books
and printing were chosen by the
editor, Dow Parkes, as the theme
for the issue. Book collections in¬
cluding the Huntington and Do-
heny collections will be featured,
with illustrations.
Originating three years ago
under the guidance department,
Vo-Mag’s purpose is to inspire stu¬
dents to worthwhile vocations. It
has consistently won All-American
honors in the National Scholastic
Press association.
The staff includes Dow Parkes,
editor; William Hill, associate edi¬
tor; Kit Cartwright, business; Jane
Hazenbush, art; Charmaine Bliss,
feature; Millard Kaler, copy; How¬
ell Breece, literary; Eugene Kaler,
sales; Palmer Anderson, subscrip¬
tions; Beverly Strube, secretary;
Ned Stirling, production; and Dean
Ida E. Hawes, sponsor.
PLAYERS PRESENT
PROPOSAL PLAY
“A Proposal Under Difficulties,”
a play written by John Kendrick
Bangs, was presented by students
in Miss Katherine Kester’s play
production class at the Masonic
Temple, on Tuesday afternoon,
February 4. The program was
sponsored by the Community Chest
of Pasadena.
Announce
Officers Of
New Term
Cabinet, Justice, Clerks,
Editor Told By New
Representatives
FIFTEEN APPOINTED
Board Starts Term As
Semester Officials
Are Chosen
The student cabinet officers, as¬
sociate justices, clerks, and the
editor of the Chronicle were ap¬
pointed last Tuesday morning at
the first meeting of the new board
of representatives.
Appointments as announced, are
Charles Braden, secretary of acti¬
vities; Pat Paddock, secretary of
athletics; McFadden Parker, sec¬
retary of finance; Kit Cartwright,
secretary of publicity; Alice Flynn,
secretary of public relations; Ray¬
mond Frey, secretary of oral arts;
Maria Tomicich, secretary of or¬
ganizations; Anna Katherine Jones,
secretary of social affairs; and
Paul Owen, secretary of music. No
one has yet been named for sec¬
retary of records.
Lila Renner received the posi¬
tion of clerk of the board, while
Barbara Barnett was appointed to
serve as clerk of the cabinet. To
work with Ray Kahn, chief justice,
Fred Parkes and Jane Hazenbush,
were chosen as associate justices.
Lucia Pownall as the new clerk of
the court.
Harry Sheldon was named as
editor of the Chronicle for the com¬
ing semester. The newspaper is
the only one of the three publica¬
tions which calls for reappoint¬
ment of editors in February.
The naming of the nine secretar¬
ial positions and the other appoin¬
tive offices is one of the first du¬
ties of a newly-elected board of
representatives which chooses the
cabinet from application cards filed
a week previous to the closing of
the semester. Scholarship require¬
ments include a “C” average and
24 grade point during the two
semesters of the preceding year.
Each department of the school
is represented on the cabinet by
the secretary delegated to that ac¬
tivity. The associate justices take
care of campus law enforcement
and assist the chief justice in pre¬
siding over t.he student court. The
clerks of the board, cabinet and
court act in a stenographic capa¬
city attending to the correspon¬
dence of the groups and taking
minutes at their respective meet¬
ings. The Chronicle editor with his
assistants is in charge of the week¬
ly issues of the student publication.
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Council Plans
For Bureau
Plans for a service bureau were
formulated and discussed during
an inter-club council meeting held
last Wednesday afternoon in 202T.
Maria Tomicich, secretary of or¬
ganizations, announced that out¬
side town clubs have put in several
requests for programs from the
junior college clubs and that Miss
Robbins has made a call for the
club officers to formulate a plan
to guide new students in entering
organizations.
It was also announced that a
valentine dance, sponsored by the
Junior Lions, is to be held Febru¬
ary 14 in the Gold room in the
Civic auditorium, with the music
furnished by George Brown’s or¬
chestra.
The club period was adopted as
permanent and is to 'be held the
third Wednesday in every month.
The trial period has proved very
successful, doubling and even tri¬
pling membership in some of the
non-restrictive clubs, according to
the organization head.
DR. KAPLAN TO
SPEAK TO CLUB
Dr. Joseph Kaplan, professor in
the Department of Physics at the
University of California at Los
Angeles, will give an illustrated
lecture to the Sci-Math club next
Tuesday night at 8 p. m. in room
100T.
The title of his talk will be the
“Electrical Phenomena of the Up¬
per Atmosphere” and will explain
radio troubles.
Members of the Sci-Math club
дге
invited to bring their friends,
but for others who wish to hear the
lecture, tickets will be 25 cents for
adults and 15 cents for students.
Leader Dies
Courtesy Pasadena Star-News
Mrs. John T. Wootan, president of
the junior college Patrons’ as¬
sociation, who passed away last
Wednesday. Mrs. Wootan was
active on this campus, being es¬
pecially noted for her work in
establishing the Scholarship
fund.
Department
Program Set
For Monday
Instructor To Speak To
Lanquaqe Students
During Period
Special language programs have
been planned for French and Span¬
ish students during convocation
period, February 10, at 10 o’clock,
according to Miss Kathleen D.
Loly, head of the foreign language
department.
French students in the follow¬
ing classes —
ЗА, ЗВ,
4B, 52A, 52B,
55 and 56 will report to 202T to
hear Mrs. A. O. Boyle, instructor
at the Polytechnic school. “Al¬
though we are not announcing the
subject of Mrs. Boyle’s talk be¬
forehand, it will be one of general
interest to French students,” says
Miss I. A. Cass, French instructor,
who has charge of the program.
“Wings over Latin America” will
be the subject of Mrs. Minna
Hotchkiss’ talk to Spanish students
in 113W. Mrs. Hotchkiss is a
Pasadena resident and a Stanford
graduate of the same class as Her¬
bert Hoover, former United States
president: In her talk Mrs. Hotch¬
kiss will tell about her recent trip
from Mexico to Miami by the Pan-
American Airway route. Among
the places she visited were Colom¬
bia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argen¬
tina, Uruguay, Brazil, the Gui-
anas, Cuba, San Salvador and
Guatemala City. This program will
be open to the following classes:
Spanish
ЗА, ЗВ,
4B, 52A, 52B, 54,
56 and History of the Americas.
Miss Gladys M. Lee, Spanish teach¬
er, is in charge.
N. Y. A. GIVES AID
TO MEN, WOMEN
Women’s N. Y. A. assignments
for the month of February 13 to
March 12 will be given out during
both lunch periods next Monday.
The N. Y. A. is an outgrowth of
last year’s SERA and is handled
by Miss Catherine J. Robbins, clean
of women, and James P. O’Mara,
dean of men, and Mrs. Trask. The
deans handle the giving out of as¬
signments while Mrs. Trask keeps
track of the time sheets and makes
out the record of hours worked.
About 185 men and 179 women
are helped each month by the aid
of this work which is given to
those who could not stay in school
without it.
OFFER GRADUATE
BUSINESS AWARD
Honor scholarship from the
School of Business of the Univer¬
sity of Chicago will be offered to
outstanding junior college gradu¬
ates this year as in the past. Schol¬
arships are awarded on a basis of
scholastic standing, extra-curricu¬
lar activities and personality traits.
Students interested in applying
for an award, should see Dean of
Records John A. Anderson as soon
as possible as the University has
asked that candidates names be
sent in early this year.
The award consists of the full
tuition price or $100 a quarter for
one year. Quarterly renewal is
contingent upon the student’s main¬
taining satisfactory work.
Patron President Mrs.
John T. Wootan Dies
Of Lingering Illness
Death Ends Active Career Of President Of Junior
College Patrons’ Association; Noted For Work
On Scholarship Fund During Past Year
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Mrs. John T. Wootan, president of the Patrons’ association, died
Wednesday, after suffering from pneumonia since last December.
Mrs. Wootan was particularly active in the administration of her or¬
ganization, being especially noted for her work in furthering the
Scholarship fund, school aid to junior college students.
Plan To Hold
Yearly Davis-
Hall Contest
Among her duties, Mrs. Wootan
: included active work in the Com-
I munity Chest organization, and the
Pasadena Tournament of Roses as¬
sociation. This year she had been
elected head of the parents’ group,
after serving a previous year in a
similar capacity with the South
Santa Anita Parent-Teachers’ as¬
sociation.
‘Youth, Changing World’
Topic For Orations
In Contest
Tryouts for the Davis-Hall ora¬
torical contest, annual speech af¬
fair have been announced for Feb¬
ruary 11, by the oral arts depart¬
ment.
Any phase of “Youth Faces a
Changing World,” may be selected
by entrants as the subject for a
seven-minute' talk. All collegians,
lower and upper division classmen,
are eligible, according to the an¬
nouncement. There will be two con¬
tests, however, one for seniors and
juniors and one for sophomores
and freshmen.
Submit Names
Students are asked to submit
their names to Irene S. Peters in
tent 52, by noon of February 11, in
order to compete in the affair. This
contest is held annually under the
direction of the oral arts depart¬
ment, and each year winners are
the recipients of prizes donated to
make the affair possible.
Those orators who are chosen as
finalists will be guests of honor
at a dinner given for them by the
Rotary club of this city, next
March. At this banquet, final
awards will be given, after the de¬
cisions rendered at that time.
Vie In Tryouts
Following this contest, entrants
from the upper classes will vie in
tryouts to choose a person to repre¬
sent this college in an oratorical
conference on February 29.
This contest was first established
in 1907 by J. Herbert Hall and the
late M. W. Davis. The year 1932
marked the division of the contest
in two parts for the separation of
the upper and lower groups. Win¬
ners since that year have been
William Dunkerly, William Jen¬
kins, 1932; Louis Lagrave, Frederic
Warriner. 1933; Dow Parkes, Kath¬
erine West, 1934; and Carl Diesen-
roth and Jesse Harvey in 1935.
DISPLAY ART
Exhibiting the work of its mem¬
bers, Zeta Gamma Phi, honorary
art fraternity, is hanging paint¬
ings and drawing in the upper cor¬
ridor of St. Patrick’s scnool across
the streetin the art department.
Collegians and the general pub¬
lic, as well, may see these produc¬
tions that range from portraits to
landscapes and sketches.
Week’s News
Mrs. John T. Wootan, president
of the Patrons’ association, passes
away. — Page 1.
* * *
Players’ Guild, upper class dra¬
matics society, offers “Skidding” at
John Marshall auditorium. — Page
1.
5k ❖ *
Mast and Dagger, honorary so¬
ciety, offers assembly and plans
banquet in honor of new members.
— Page 3.
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George H. Merideth, deputy su¬
perintendent of schools, slated to
address students in first convoca¬
tion of semester. — Page 3.
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Appointment of new student of¬
ficials announced by board of rep¬
resentatives following first meet¬
ing. — Page 1.
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Baker’s squad host to Cubs, re¬
turning to the home court. — Page
4.
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Thurman’s team has first call as
baseball season starts — Page 4.
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Trackmen in initial trial; sched¬
ule meet with Cal Tech.- — Page 4.
>k * *
Remember: “What is Most hon¬
orable Is Also Safest.” — Livy.
In aiding the scholarship fund,
under her directions the Patrons,
last fall conducted many affairs
designed to finance students who
attend this college. Among these
activities, the coat-hanger drive,
which functioned on this campus
last fall, was the most successful.
This fund, established some years
ago, reached its peak of culmina¬
tion under Mrs. Wootan’s direction.
Mourns Loss
“The passing of Mrs. John T.
Wootan has come as a severe blow
to Pasadena junior college. As
president of our Patrons’ associa¬
tion, she had initiated and pro¬
moted a program of student aid
which is destined to have far
reaching effects. As a result of her
wise planning and keen executive
ability, a beginning has been made
in a program of scholarship aid
which we trust will continue
throughout the history of Pasadena
junior college. Because of Mrs.
Wootan’s friendly and intelligent
interest in young people and her
g-racious and congenial personality,
her many friends at Pasadena jun¬
ior college have learnedof her pass¬
ing with deep sorrow and profound
regret. Her educational vision and
courageous leadership will remain
for us all as a challenge to the best
within us,” said Dr. John W.
Harbeson, principal, in speaking of
the passing of Mrs. Wootan.
Ability Exam
Is Offered
For the benefit of those new up¬
per division students who have not
taken their Subject A examination,
either last January 25 or February
6, the last Subject A of the semes¬
ter will be offered in the library,
Saturday, February 8, at 8:30 a.
m. The fee is one dollar.
In combination with the Subject
A, an English placement examina¬
tion and the Thurstone psychologi¬
cal test will be given. Because of
occassional indefinite results from
other schools, Pasadena requires
these tests here.
Every examination is used for
the benefit of the students. Poor
readers are placed in a remedial
reading class under the supervis¬
ion of Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, a
specialist in this line and drama
teacher. The results are also used
for reference when future employ¬
ers refer to the school.
SYMPHONY PLAYS
FOR ELK AFFAIR
Repeating their concert of last
Saturday, the symphony orchestra,
directed by Milton C. Mohs, played
for the Elks homecoming program
at the Elks hall in Pasadena Tues¬
day evening. After a concert which
included Polevetsian ‘ Dances by
Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakow’s Eas¬
ter Overture, and Herod Overture,
by the American composer, Henry
Hadly, the Elks entertained the
junior collegians with vaudeville
acts, refreshments and dancing.
DEADLINESAReT
SET BY EDITOR
“All organizations expecting to
have a page in the annual must
have paid their six dollars for the
pag-e by February 14,” stated Inez
Endicott, editor of the publication.
Payments are now being accepted
in the Campus office, room 203,
technology building, daily. The
deadline will not be extended.
February graduates expecting a
picture in the annual should make
their appointments by February 7.
June graduates must have their
pictures taken before April 3. Ap¬
pointments may be secured in -the
Campus office, 203T, during both
lunch periods and after school from
2:00 until 3:00.