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SUBJECT “A”
EXAMINATION
TOMORROW
Jteiuicno (fljtcmidc
Mouthpiece of 4000 Junior College Students
WOMEN S GYM
SCENE OF
ENGLISH EXAM
Vol. XXV
Pasadena, California, February 9, 1934
No. 17
Free Hop
Is To Be
Featured
Dance in Both Gyms to
Follow Traditional
Game Tonight
All students, and especially new¬
comers, pals, and. alumni, are in¬
vited to the free home-coming
dance tonight. Dancing is sched¬
uled immediately after the P. J. C.-
Long Beach basketball game, the
music will begin soon after 9 o’clock,
for the benifit of those who do not
attend the game.
Both Gyms Used
The use of both the women’s
and men’s gym for dancing has
been made possible for tonight
by a loud speaking system. Mu¬
sic will be furnished by the Bull¬
dog band dance ensemble.
The largest reception committee
ever assembled here for a campus
entertainment, according to Miss
Catharine J. Robbins, dean of
women, will greet the guests to¬
night. Bob Wegge, A. M. S. presi¬
dent, and Marian Howell, A. W. S.
president, have been chief host and
hostess to the newcomers during
freshman week and will head the
reception committee tonight. Other
student body officers are included
on the committee; several stag as¬
sistant hosts have been chosen also.
This group will be distinguished by
badges.
The two advisers of the social
affairs committee, Miss Ruth Con¬
rad and A. R. Baldwin, and the
administrative officers will be pa¬
trons and patronesses.
Committee Sponsors
Harriett Tilden, recently appoint¬
ed secretary of social affairs, is in
charge of arrangements for the
dance. Members of the committee
of social affairs include Margaret
“Mike” Mulvaney, first assistant;
Mary Barrett, Anona Alexander,
Vincent Fite, Keith Cave, Berl
Watson, and Lambert Westling.
P. J. C. colors, red and white,
will be featured in the decorations,
but detailed plans have not been
revealed.
Heretofore, the home-coming
dances have been tagged on the
first Monday of each new semes¬
ter; the change this semester to
Friday night was due to the Y.
M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A. Hi-Jinks
held last Monday night.
This home-coming dance brings
to a close the week’s parties and
receptions; it is a climax to all
freshman week activities. For
many it will be the last home-com¬
ing dance while enrolled in Pasa¬
dena junior college. That is why
those in charge wish to say to
every new student, pal, old, student,
and alumnus, “Come. And don’t
forget, its free!”
A.W.S. Party
Approaching
Honoring St. Valentine, the
A.W.S. will entertain new and old
women students Wednesday, Feb¬
ruary 14, in the music hall at 3
o’clock. With a fashion show, card
playing, dancing, and refreshments
to entertain the feminine student
body members, the affair will ful¬
fill the purpose of acquainting the
newcomers with more familiar in¬
habitants of the jay see campus.
Hostesses will be A.W.S. cabinet
members.
Modeling the latest spring styles
will be Virginia Davis, Eleanor
Bacon, Barbara Pond, Rowena
Cook, Sadie Sellers, Rosalin Britt,
Jean Meffley, Be Baldwin, Beth
Lamb, and Betty Sawyer. Dickie
Holmes is chairman of the enter¬
tainment which will also include
dancers from Buckner and Ness-
ley, piano selections by George
Brown, and a dance contest open
to all guests.
The party is under the general
direction of Pauline Stevens, first
vice-president of A. W. S., who is
assisted by Anona Alexander, pub¬
licity; Doris Green, decorations;
Eloise Jones, Eleanor Berg, and
Alta Paquet, refreshments.
Bureau To Acquaint Public
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Offices
With Junior College Affairs Given
By Board
Bob Simpson
Tells Thanks
New President Expresses
Appreciation of Work
By Westling
To the members of the student
body I wish to express my most
appreciative thanks for the honor
bestowed upon me and for your
expression of confidence. There
could be no greater privilege at
P. J. C. than to serve as presi¬
dent of student body.
In entering my responsibilities,
my principal wish is that I may
prove myself as capable an ex¬
ecutive as did our retiring presi¬
dent, Lambert Westling. His
pleasant personality and leader¬
ship are acknowledged by all of
us. With the cooperation of our
newly elected, and may I say
most capable, student body offi¬
cers, of the faculty, and of the
student body, I may possibly be¬
come a worthy successor.
We are facing many difficult
problems this semester, but I
assure you that co-operatively we
can meet them. We have used
our bleachers as an assembly hall
with very little inconvenience,
and without a doubt the well-
constructed tents will substitute
as class rooms in an equally suit¬
able manner.
Therefore, on behalf not only
of myseltf, but of the entire
board of representatives, I wish
to state that it is our desire that
we come up to your expectations
in the duties to us.
(Signed)
BOB N. SIMPSON.
Inaugurated for the purpose of meeting the emergency)
in junior college contacts with the people of Pasadena, the
public contact bureau is being organized to acquaint out- 1
siders with the various functions and benefits of this insti¬
tution.
“A bureau to contact the city
will be advisable and impressive,”
said. Dr. John W. Harbeson, prin¬
cipal, as he pursued his talk to the
board of representatives two weeks
ago when the subject was brought
up for discussion. Bob Simpson,
new student body Leader, intro¬
duced the matter stressing the fact
that its purpose shall be to remedy
the acute problem in relation be¬
tween the school and the commun¬
ity.
Pauline Stevens, retiring sec¬
retary of oral arts, was appoint¬
ed temporary chairman of the
committee with Paul Jones, chief
justice, assisting her. Three sub¬
chairmen are yet to be appointed
to serve under the chairman and
will include students in charge of
music, dramatics, and debating.
Three departments of the curri¬
culum will participate in the ac¬
tivities to publicize the local cam¬
pus. Speech, dramatics, and music
will be the main offerings to be
given to various civic groups such
as luncheon clubs, men’s brother¬
hoods, etc. The sub-chairmen will
work directly with the heads of the
three departments.
The speakers’ bureau will offer
the speakers to the committee. This
group was formed a short time ago
to create interest in the bond elec¬
tion. Topics dealing with current
junior college and educational prob¬
lems, campus life, and the junior
college will all be discussed. Mrs.
Irene S. Peters, English instructor
and speech coach, will offer faculty
supervision to this division.
Dramatic students and thes-
pian club members, both Bauble
and Bells and Players’ Guild, will
extend the entertainment from
this section of the programs.
Miss Katherine Kester, dramatics
teacher and adviser of Bauble
and Bells, will advise the enter¬
tainers. Short plays, skits, and
monologues will be presented.
Miss Lula C. Parmley is to head
the musical contingent. The Euter-
, p.ean and Nysaean choruses and
the a Cappella choir will sing. So¬
loists will also perform but they
are as yet unannounced. During
the past semester these group
have given many performances to
the public.
The dean of men, James P.
O’Mara, will provide faculty super¬
vision to the committee itself. He
stressed the importance and neces¬
sity of this activity in the board
meeting.
Subject A Test
Results Correct
Student’s Lacks
Appointments Made to
Students Prominent
In Activities
'Tent City’
Progressing
With Haste
Canvas Rooms to Number
Near Fifty; Buildings
Vacated Soon
Advises On
Aeronautics
Leland S. Prior of the Boeing
School of Aeronautics (not to be
confused with Leland M. Pryor,
business education department
head), advised many interested
students as to aeronautical careers
yesterday morning ,at window 3 in
the records office.
“Who’s afraid of the big, bad
earthquake?” Pasadena junior col¬
lege students may safely laugh at
future tremors, for beginning next
week they will be safely housed in
bungalow tents erected on the
parking lot.
Classes now meeting in the two
wings of the Horace Mann build¬
ing will be moved to the tempor¬
ary shelters first, leaving the other
classes in safer portions of the
buildings. The library, basement,
and offices will be the last to be
vacated in the main building, while
the Add.ams and the Agassiz build¬
ings will remain intact until the
end of the spring semester.
Half of the total allotment of
tents for the junior college have
now been erected on the parking
grounds and will be occupied as
soon as the canvas is put over
the wooden frames.
By a unique arrangement of the
roof construction, it is planned that
there will be a small air space be¬
tween layers of canvas. This will
decrease the likelihood of any
harmful effects from overexposure
as it will cut down the heat in
the summer, and, will also keep the
tents warmer during cold spells.
A substantial wooden wall will ex¬
tend three feet up the sides of the
tents, which will be steam heated.
The emergency shelters will be
just a little larger than the aver¬
age classroom, as classes may have
to be combined in one way or an¬
other. A possible arrangement may
be to have the programing changed
( Continued on Page 3)
“Dumb-bell English,” the fate
prepared for unfortunates who fail
to pass the Subject “A” examina¬
tion, is a thing of the past. And
while the exam will be given as it
has been in the past to entrants
to the junior college, as it was on
Saturday, February 3, the distinc¬
tion between passing and failing
will not cause the student to suf¬
fer the effects of the course previ¬
ously offered to those who failed
Classes stressing different phases
of English work will be formed
and the students laboring under
the same deficiencies will be
grouped together. The exam is now
given to students only to deter¬
mine their abilities in reading and
writing, and to program them in
English classes which will best
suit their respective needs. Three
hundred and forty-eight students
took the examination last Satur¬
day, it was announced.
Appointments to 11 important
junior college student body offices
were given by the board of repre¬
sentatives last Thursday as it start¬
ed this semester’s governing or¬
ganization.
Madelaine Currie, former A.
W. S. prexy, Pamphile member
and Y. W. C. A. worker, was
named secretary of publications.
This position carries with it the
duties of publicity, the Chronicle,
the Campus, and other student
publications. Oral arts will be
sponsored by Charles Havens, de¬
bater and Phi Rho Pi participant.
Responsibilities in this office in¬
clude debating, oratory, drama¬
tics, and music.
Collecting and filing of all rec¬
ords of the student body from
various departments and organiza¬
tions will be performed by Mary
Lewis, identified with The club,
first vice-president of the A. W. S.
and the C. S. F. Retiring sopho¬
more president and M. 0. S. mem¬
ber, Foster Markolf, received the
financial post. His functions include
authorization of all student body
expenditures and other monetary
problems.
Norman Ricker was reappoint¬
ed to the post of secretary of
athletics. He was senior manager
and has been recently elected
into the Lancers. This job su¬
pervises all athletics and the pep
commission.
The second reappointment was
given to James Williams at the ac¬
tivities post. He has also been as¬
sociated with dramat'cs through
the Players’ Guild,. All the above
students will be members of the
forthcoming cabinet.
Four other offices were filled by
the board. Lambert Westling, past
student head, received the chair¬
manship of the public affairs com¬
mittee. Be Baldwin was named as¬
sociate justice to serve with Bob
Archibald in the same post. Jean¬
nette Gillman will be the clerk of
the courts.
Tapping Rites Carried
Out During Assembly
By Mast And Dagger
Selection of Eight Prominent Students, Address by
Principal, Installation of Officers, Song and
Marimba Trio Mark Program
Elected to thei highest service organization on the Pas¬
adena junior college campus, eight prominent students, in¬
cluding Loretta Melton, Eleanor Northrup, Harold Keltz, Bob
Leinster, Norman Packer, Bob Simpson, Steve Seaton, and
Jack Shepherd, were tapper
Adviser
P.J.C. Holds
Civic Dance
James P. O’Mara, adviser of Mast
and Dagger, highest junior col¬
lege honor organization.
Clubs Hold
Open House
Tea Is First of Series
For J. C. Students?
Others Later
Members of jaysee’s faculty and
student body officers acted as spon¬
sors for the first time at the week¬
ly Civic auditorium dance last Fri¬
day evening, February 2. Lambert
Westling, past student body presi¬
dent, presented the fox-trot dance
awards.
Among the faculty the guest
sponsors were: Miss Catherine J.
Robbins, dean of women; Colonel
George H. White; Miss Nydia Cor¬
coran; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cor-
nelison; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Eckels;
Mr. and Mrs. Audre L. Stong; and
Mr. and, Mrs. L. M. Pryor.
Student sponsors included: Bob
Simpson, student body president;
Eleanor Northrup, junior class
president; Foster Markolf, past
sophomore class president; Jim
Herbold, past president of the
frosh; Paul Jones, chief justice;
Lois Grubbs, pro tern clerk of the
board; Jeanette Gilman; William
Ramey; Margaret Wold; Adrian
Perry, and Mary Beth Gunter, hon¬
orary R.
О.
T. C. cadet captain.
Officers To
Be Balloted
The leaders of senior, junior and
sophomore class activities during
the coming semester will be chosen
in the respective class meetings
February 16, from a list of candi¬
dates for vice-president, secretary,
and treasurer. Petitions for candi¬
dacy to these offices must be turned
in to Paul Jones, election board
chairman, by 3 o’clock next Tues¬
day, when the ballots will go to
press.
Symphony Orchestra Will
Give Program On Series
Open house for all new and old
students was held Wednesday in
the social hall from 2 to 4 p. m.
The tea was the first of a series
of such affairs to be sponsored this
semester by the restrictive clubs,
for the purpose of establishing bet¬
ter acquaintances between students.
Restrictive inter-ciub council of¬
ficers, Dick Thomas, president;
Harriett Tilden, vice-president;
Florence Kennedy, secretary; and
John Veale, treasurer, were official
hosts and hostesses, assisted by re¬
strictive club presidents and stu¬
dent body officers. Entertainment
during the tea consisted of piano
selections by George Brown, and
radio music. Tea and doughnuts
were served by representatives of
women’s clubs, under chairmanship
of Catherine Butler. Those who
served were: Margaret Mulvaney,
Mujj Tingle, Jane Ross, Catherine
Petite, Virginia Daily, Alwin Evans,
Roberta Coates, Ray Henrietta,
and Babe Higbee.
The planning committee was
composed of Harriett Tilden, chair¬
man, Eleanor Northrup, Bob Simp¬
son, Rudy Andersen, Bud Desen-
berg, Dick Thomas, and John
Veale. Miss Catherine J. Robbins,
restrictive inter-club council ad¬
viser, sponsored the affair.
in the traditional Mast and
Dagger ceremonies on Horrell field
this morning.
“Election into the society, ad¬
vised by J. P. O’Mara, dean of men,
honors those students who have
rendered distinctive service to the
junior college. At least three se¬
mesters of service are necessary,
one of which must be outstanding,”
explained Margaret Johnson, presi¬
dent of Mast and. Dagger.
Recipients Active
Loretta Melton was chosen be¬
cause of her several semesters
work in the Y. W. C. A. and the
associated women students. Last
semester Miss Melton served as
president of the A. W. S., partici¬
pating at the same time in many
other activities.
Prominence displayed in activi¬
ties by Eleanor Northrup, caused
her to be invited into the honor
group. Miss Northrup has given
her time for several terms to the
A. W. S. and to the junior class.
She has just finished one semester
as president of the junior class and
has been re-elected for the forth¬
coming term of office.
Publications, including the Chron¬
icle and Campus, was the depart¬
ment in which Harold Keltz showed
distinctive ability. Harold has just
completed a semester of editorship
of the Chronicle. He also served as
sports editor on the prize-winning
1933 yearbook.
Bob Leinster also was singled
out because of his work on the stu¬
dent publications. For two years
Bob supplied the sporting enthusi¬
asts with news as he fulfilled his
duties of Chronicle sports editor.
Before that time he served as a re¬
porter for the paper.
Management of the senior class
for one semester, including direc¬
tion of the functioning of various
athletic sub-managers, and per¬
forming of the duties of secretary
of athletics for another caused
Norman Ricker to be tapped. Nor¬
man has just been re-appointed to
the athletic secretaryship.
Rules Enforced
Enforcement of the junior col¬
lege regulations w.as the field in
which Steve Seaton showed his
ability which merited him entrance
into the organization. A Lancer for
several semesters, Steve success¬
fully organized and. policed the
parking lot last year.
Bob Simpson, student body presi¬
dent, was voted into the group due
to his outstanding work in the sen¬
ior class presidency. Bob also had
charge of the downtown parking
lot during the New Year’s Day pa¬
rade, and performed other services
for jaysee.
( Continued on Page 3)
Ten Chosen
By Lancers
Prominent Junior College
Men Added to Service
Organization
Pasadena junior college sym¬
phony orchestra, directed by Mil-
ton C. Mohs, will be presented in
its second program of the 1933-34
series of young people’s concerts,
at the Civic auditorium, this aft¬
ernoon.
This musicale is the third in the
group presented annually by the
junior league of Pasadena. The
entertainment will feature two so¬
loists, Forrest Mathews and Carl
Deisenroth, pianists, who, with the
orchestra, will present the “Carni¬
val of the Animals,” by Saint-
Saens. In this suite many animals,
ranging from the elephant to the
swan, will be represented by vari¬
ous orchestra instruments. Forrest
Mathews will play first piano,
while Carl Diesenroth will play sec¬
ond.
Other selections which will be
heard include “Unfinished Sym¬
phony” by Schubert; “Hungarian
Dances 5, 6, and 7” by Brahms; and
the “French Military March” from
the Algerian Suite by Saint- Saens.
This program, now inaugurating
the eighth year of these musical
presentations offered to the boys
and girls of the Pasadena schools
as well as to the citizens of this
community, is regarded as a defi¬
nite step in the future assurance
of these entertainments. The local
orchestra feels particularly hon¬
ored. to play in the same series as
the Los Angeles Philharmonic or¬
chestra, the Vienna boys’ choir,
and the Pasadena Civic orchestra.
Contrasting with the other pro¬
grams presented by the junior col¬
lege orchestra, admission will be
by season tickets only.
Pastor Will
Speak Here
Why students should acquaint
themselves with present-day con¬
ditions will be told Economics
group members next Thursday by
Rev. Allan Hunter. Rev. Hunter,
pastor of the Mount Hollywood
Congregational church, led a large
group of pastors in picketing dur¬
ing the recent Los Angeles gar¬
ment workers’ strike.
At the meeting, to be held at 3
o’clock in 5-D, Thursday, Frank
Wilby, present group chairman,
will turn over his position to Ernest
Bailly, business manager of the
last Vo-Mag. A party to be held
soon will also be announced. R. W.
Grinstead is faculty adviser of the
Y. M.-Y. W. C. A. unit.
Ten newly elected Lancers will
don the traditional black sweaters
this semester, following decisions
reached at a recent meeting of the
Lancer membership committee.
Those selected were: Worden
Nollar, lower division football
captain, new sophomore class
president and Areopagite club
member; Craig McLaughlin, track
athlete and Areopagite member;
Crossan Hays, lower division
basketball center; Foster Mar¬
kolf, sophomore president last
semester and M. 0. S. partici¬
pant; Philip Graham, Baccalure-
ate; Berl Graham, Baccalure-
Norman Ricker, secretary of ath¬
letics last semester; Billy Lynn,
upper division football and bas¬
ketball man; Ed Raymond, and
Charles Casserly, lightweight
football captain two years ago
and upper football letterman last
semester. The new members were
chosen after two weeks observa¬
tion.
The Lancers, men’s service club,
loses several members this semes¬
ter including Jack Shepherd, retir¬
ing president. J. P. O’Mara is the
adviser of the service group.