Pasadena Chronicle, February 12, 1932

Famous Scientist Special Issue for PAGEANT OF EDUCATION Will Go on Sale Next Friday; Two Pages of Pictures Will Be Shown Рас. alien а (fljvoniclc DR. ROBERT A. MILLIKAN Will Speak Here at Fourth Convocation on Nex,t Monday Morning Vol. XXIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 12, 1932. No. 17 BOARD MAKES SEECTION OF SECRETARIES Two Chosen to Serve in Same Positions as Formerly; Four Are New RAMSAY HEADS FINANCE Misses Harmon and Turner On Cabinet; Westling Is Sport Head Selection of the six secretaries to head departments of student activities has been made by the board of representatives. Two were chosen to serve in the same positions as last year. They are: Marjorie Harmon, secretary of activities; and Barbara Turner, secretary of records. Miss Turner has also served as secretary of the board. Former Captain Bill Ramsay, chief justice last semester and runner-up in this se¬ mester’s presidential campaign, was selected secretary of finance. Secretary of athletics will be Lambert Westling, captain of last year’s lower division football team. Carl Tivel, president of Players’ Guild, has been appointed secre¬ tary of oral arts. He has also been active in other dramatics activities. Social Affairs Bob Coop secured the secretary of publications appointment. He has served on the Chronicle and In the Publicity Bureau. Social af¬ fairs will be handled by Helen Rooke, former A. W. S. treasurer, and member of the senior council. Two Aid Justice Kate Boyd and Steve Seaton will aid Chief Justice Eric Emery in presiding over the student court in their new capacities as associate justices. Isis Renner assumes the duties of clerk of court, while Laurence Lataillade succeeds Louise Bonds in the office of clerk of the board. To Publish Verse Book On May Day To be published May 1, “First the Blade,” California collegiate anthology of verse, edited this year by Nom de Plume club, will contain approximately 80 of the best poems submitted during the past semester and up to February 15, deadline. Inez Effinger, Eugene Lepesch- kin, Jean Backus, Betty Anne Hazlehurst, and Michael Sheehey are the five contributors from Pas¬ adena at the present time. Win¬ ning poets of the state will earn the honor of having their poems printed in outstanding poetry magazines. Order blanks are now available from Miss Harriet McClay. For single copies of “First the Blade,” the price is $1.25, and in lots of 15 or more, the charge will be $1.00. To present winners in this fifth year of the contest, a state ban¬ quet will be held here some time in May. Nom de Plume, also in charge of this banquet, will invite all winners and contributors. Bulldog Percussion Artists PILSEN SHOW WILL DEPICT CLEVER PLOT ф Action in ‘Prince of Pilsen’ Forms Musical, Dancing Background Physicist REHEARSAL PROGRESSES To Present Comedy in March; Based on Story of Mistaken Prince Left to right: A1 Cook, Jack Davis, Ferl Roper News Channel Undercurrents Swimming miniature lakes and braving a “cat and dog” down¬ pour, approximately 3500 students, new and old, registered Monday for the second term. Together with the swishing of raincoats, squishing of galoshes, and the drip-dripping of umbrellas, the continual scratching of pens could be heard throughout the school busily filling out 11-page registration books. WILL STAGE EDUCATION PAGEANT Board Will Produce Spectacle to Demonstrate Retrospect, Forecast of Schooling The Pageant of Education, a retrospect and a forecast, will be the spectacle staged by the city schools and 'board of education in the neiw civic auditorium next Friday night as part of the ome-week ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new у edifice. Pageant will be written, directed amid produced by members of the city schools’ faculty in collabora¬ tion with Courtenay Monsen, sec¬ retary of the board of education. Three acts with a prologue and epilogue constitute the action. Pro¬ logue will show a school of yester¬ day with all the dunce cape and paper wads of the one-room school- house of 50 years ago. E. F. Mitchell will direct. Old Man Now In the first act, one of the stu¬ dents in the old-time school, now aii old man, brings his grandchil¬ dren to a modern kindergarten and elementary school. Christine Lof- stedt is director of this act. Act II Shows the same grand¬ children grown to junior high age. E. C. McCarty directs this episode. In aot III the grandchildren at¬ tend senior high school and junior college. This scene will be directed by George Henck and Miss Eliza¬ beth E. Keppie, junior college dra¬ matics instructor. Epilogue Scene In the epilogue, which will be supervised by Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of women, and Emma Bee Mundy of Muir Tech, a commence¬ ment scene will be depicted. In¬ cluded in this part will be the full Bulldog band of 160 pieces and about 250 students in caps and gowns. Musical numbers will 'be played preceding the pageant and between Acts II and III by the George Washington junior high school or¬ chestra, under the baton of Milton C. Mohs. As a background for music and dancing of “Prince of Pilsen,” mu- ; sical comedy now in rehearsal for | production in March, a cleverly ! worked-out plot is depicted. Gets News Story of the comedy is, briefly, as follows: News is brought to Francois, manager of the Hotel Internationale, that Carl Otto, Prince of Pilsen, will arrive incog¬ nito. Being a good business man, Francois sees to it that every guest in the hotel knows that the prince is coming. A.M.S., A.W.S. TO ENTERTAIN NEW PUPILS Organizations Will Fete All Newcomers in Next Two Weeks OLYMPICS TO BE THEME Tuesday and Wednesday, even yesterday and today, marked unexcelled scrambling and beating of tardy bells on the part of students who were trying to find elusive elapses. It’s one thing to enroll in school, another to enroll in classes. Old students should not be sur¬ prised to see smaller, rather im¬ portant looking boys and girls marching through the halls. They are likely to be tripped over, but even such an impending catas¬ trophe does not lower the tilt of their noses. Never mind, they’re probably 11-1’s. With a blare of trumpets, Hans j Wagner, Cincinnati brewer, who is J mistaken for the prince, arrives, a j little dazed at the sudden popular- | ity, but quite willing to accept the homage offered. Widow Spots Him Hans is immediately spotted by Mrs. Crocker, dashing young widow from New York, and so gains the enmity of Lord Somer¬ set, who is seeking the hand of the wealthy widow. Soon the real prince arrives with a party of Heidelberg stu¬ dents, hears of the impostor, but before he can reveal his identity, encounters Nellie, Hans’ daughter, j and decides to let the game pro¬ ceed. Falls in Plot Amid duels, balls, beautiful girls and all the attributes of a “season at the shore,” Hans drifts bliss¬ fully on, only to fall into a plot of Francois to sell plans of the fort. Jimmie turns Hans over to the po¬ lice as a spy, but he is rescued by the prince, who reveals his true identity. — ивааейу J^asadena Jr*ost. Dr. Robert A. Millikan SAVANT WILL- SPEAK HERE Honor Groups Plan Pleasure Journey Whether to go to Catalina Is¬ land, Ramona ranch, or San Pedro harbor for their annual excursion confronts members of C. S. F. and Alpha societies, who will be ex¬ cused from school Friday, May 20. Henry Sievers, chairman, Marion Howell, Walter Nichols, and Ruth Van Horn form an investigation committee to decide the issue. BULLDOG BAND WILL APPEAR TOO A special Washington’s birthday program will be part of the Bull¬ dog band appearance during the opening of the civic auditorium, February 22, at 8 p. m. “Participation of the band in the board of education night next Friday will be in the spirit of Rose Bowl graduation in June,” said Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of women, who is in charge of this scene. Band will also participate in the R. О. T. C. drill Saturday night. Busy indeed was the public inkwell Monday at the book- store. Suddenly finding a shortage of ink in their pens, students would rush to the popular ink-stand to make the best of that opportunity. — - + - — Students Wait for Subject A Results — ♦ — Two hundred fifteen students la¬ bored over themes and questions testing their literary knowledge when they took subject A English examination here last Saturday. Results, which will determine the composition course of each student, will not be known for about a week, according to Murray G. Hill, chairman of the English department. Past Action Of League To Be Told Dr. Millikan Will Talk Travels at Assembly Next Monday on Service Jobs Are Unfilled LAST DANCE Last of the series of basketball dances arranged by A1 Renner is scheduled for February 20, after the Long Beach J. C. game, in the gym. More students are needed for service point work this semester, according to Miss Catherine J . Robbins, dean of women. Many ac¬ tivities are open to students desir¬ ing points. Students are needed for such tasks as assisting teachers, carny- ing messages for the text-book staffs, and taking part in various athletic activities. Students must know their free periods before making application for positions. High Grades Merit Alpha Membership If an upper division student has 30 grade points, he should investi¬ gate at once, as he might receive membership in Alpha, honorary scholarship society. Application blanks should be filled out immediately and left in 116-C, foreign language office. Members not applying for re-elec¬ tion are requested to return their pins to the same office. What has the League of Nations done in the 11 years of its exis¬ tence? This question forms the basis of the sixth annual examin¬ ation contest on the League to be given March 18 in the library. Tesit will consist of queries about the League, which must be an¬ swered fully from previous prep¬ aration. All material for study is available at the librarian’s desk to students when they register. Priaes include a European trip, and 50, and 25 dollars. Relating his European impres¬ sions, Dr. Robert Millikan, execu¬ tive council director at Caltech will speak from 10 to 10:40 Monday morning in assembly. Dr. Millikan recently journeyed through Europe and his talk will deal with 'sights 'and 'scenes in that continent. As this is a convocation lec¬ ture, attendance is compulsory for all except students en¬ rolled in composition 21A and 21B, who will report to Cal¬ vary Baptist church, while others will convene in the auditorium. “Members of the faculty are also requested to be present at either one of these meetings,” said Dr. John W. Harbeson. Dr. William Bennet Munro, lead¬ ing political scientist and profes¬ sor of history and government at Caltech will address students and faculty during the latter part of April or the first of May. Enjoy Lecture Although it has not been possible for every one to attend each lecture, the majority of the student body enjoyed Honorable Joseph Scott when he stressed the theme of opti¬ mism and discussed the economic situation and better citizenship. Others who spoke previously were Dr. Merle N. Smith, telling “Need of Courage,” and Dr. Theodore Soares, reflecting on “War Causes, and: Disarmament.” Contest Coming As a memorial to Calvin Little¬ ton, the annual Littleton extempor¬ aneous contest will 'be held April 15. Impromptu speeches of intro¬ duction, presentation, acceptance, welcome, nomination, announcement and boosting may be (given. California Editor To Talk Tonight Alonzo L. Baker, nationally known California editor, will give a free lecture on “Is the Canadian System of Liquor Control Successful?” in the auditorium tonight at 7 :30. Mr. Baker will relate his ex¬ periences during two months’ survey of the liquor situation in Canada. Facts, statistics, and conditions will be re¬ vealed. Bandmen W ill Combine with Mormon Chorus as Highlight Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. Party to be Given February 26 in Women’s Gym Both A. W. S. and A. M. S. are i providing entertainment for new I students next week with a party | Wednesday for women and luncheon | Thursday for men. A. W. S. will give a party to all new women in the women’s gym¬ nasium on Wednesday, at 3 p. m. New men are invited to the cafe¬ teria luncheon to be given by A. M. S. Thursday. A program to acquaint men with the work of (the organization will be given. “Olympic Games” will be the theme of the Y. M.-Y. W. C. A. party in the women’s gym Friday, February 26, at 7:30. Alice Jane Philip, social chair¬ man of the Y. W., a.nd Charles Wherrit, chairman for the Y. M., are preparing games and entertain¬ ment through the following com¬ mittees: Violet Jar, dine and Her¬ bert Wennerberg, refreshments; (Continued on Page 3) — ♦ — INSTRUCTIONS TO NEW PUPILS Schedule of lunch periods: Stu¬ dents assigned to fourth period classes on east half of campus will have first lunch. Those assigned to fourth period classes on west half will have second lunch. Closed campus regulations: The P. J. C. campus is closed during second, third, fifth, club and assem¬ bly periods. Members of closed campus committee will be at all entrances, and only persons with signed excuses will be allowed to leave. When in need of books, paper, pencils, pens, or other (supplies, purchase them from the bookstore in the basement of the C building. Eddy Lecture Is Coming to Local Church Bulldog students are invited to a lecture by Sherwood Eddy, in¬ ternational traveler, at First Methodist Episcopal church, Colo¬ rado and Oakland, Sunday at 1 p. m. A Yale graduate, Mr. Eddy has spent most of his time in foreign countries. He has just returned from his sixth trip to Russia. Among famous personages whom he has interviewed are: George Bernard Shaw, Ramsay MacDon¬ ald, and Mahatma Gandhi. His local performance is being sponsored by junior council on In¬ ternational Relations, of which junior college Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. are members. SUPPLEMENT COMING A four-page pageant supple¬ ment containing two pages of pictures and two pages of addi¬ tional news is being prepared by the Chronicle staff and will be sold next Friday noon for five cents. Combining with Maestro Glee club of the Mormon tabernacle, the Bulldog band will present the highlight of their Easter tour on March 24, in Salt Lake City, under the direction of Audre L. Stong. The musical heralds of Pasadena will leave Saturday morning, March 19, arriving at Las Vegas that afternoon. After visiting Hoo¬ ver dam Sunday, the red and white bandmen will present a concert at Boulder City, followed by one at Las Vegas the same evening. Numbers will be played at St. George, Utah, o,n March 21. The music men will travel to Beaver, Utah, the next day, presenting a musicale that night at the Lions’ convention. After lunching at Nephi, Utah, the band will arrive at Salt Lake March 23, where the main events of the journey will take place. Cedar City, Utah, will be host to the musical aggregation March 25, and the next day the band will head for home, arriving the same night or Sunday morning. Previewing this trip, the large group will give a presentation cov¬ ering all possible details at El Monte high, Wednesday. First Stage Fired By Rifle Team Shooting of the first stage of the match for the ninth corps area has been completed by Pasadena’s R. O. T. C. rifle team. There are two more rounds to be shot in this con¬ test, which includes all the junior R. О. T. C. units. Scores are: William Brocksieiper, 198; Jack Griffith, 198; Clarence Townsend, 197; Marshall Rusth, 196; Charles Hewins, 193; Kenneth Wilkes, 193; Roscoe (Smith 192) William Hibbard, 190; Bill Windasj 190; James Arnold, 184. Total! tally was 1931 out of a possible] 2000 'shots. ENGINEERS EAT All engineering students will dine in the technical laboratory Tuesday, February 23, at 4 p. m. Two films and speakers are being secured by Will P. Childs, chair¬ man.