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MEN, WOMEN
TO HOLD
MEETINGS
Jteaticna
(flironidc
VARSITY TEAM
TO CLOSE
SEASON
Vol. XXVII
Pasadena, California, February 14, 1936
No. 17
Patterson
And Kaler
Win Trials
Finalists Will Speak At
Rotary Luncheon On
February 19
YOUTH’ IS TOPIC
Absence Postpones Trials
As Two Out Of Ten
Report
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The prevalent flu epidemic near¬
ly proved to be too much for the
Davis-Hall oratorical contest when
only two out of ten lower division
contestants were able to be pres¬
ent last Tuesday at the tryouts.
Franklin Patterson and Millard
Kaler were chosen from 12 upper
division contestants who spoke on
the subject “Youth Faces a Chang¬
ing World.” Any phase of this
elastic topic could be selected by
the aspiring orators.
Tryouts for the lower division
orators were held at a specially-
called meeting on Thursday by
Miss Irene S. Peters, speech in¬
structor. Judges for the contest
were Miss Jessie Paxton, Miss Nell
Marie Remsberg and Mrs. Helen
Stone.
Finalists in the oratorical tour¬
nament will speak on February 19
before the Rotary club in Pasadena.
Following a tradition set in 1907
by J. Herbert Hall and M. W. Da¬
vis, the orators will be guests of
honors at a dinner given for them
by the Rotarians at which final
awards will be made, pending de¬
cision of the judges.
In 1932 the contest was divided
into two groups for the upper and
lower division students. Winners
since that time have been William
Dunkerly, William Jenkins, 1932;
Louis Lagrave, Frederic Warriner,
1933; Dow Parkes, Katherine West,
1934; and Carl Deisenroth and
Jesse Harvey, 1935.
Уо
Will
Appear Soon
Featuring printing and books,
Vo-Mag, vocational guidance maga¬
zine will be issued on March 4,
according to Dow Parkes, editor.
This theme will be carried out in
both style and printing composi¬
tion, he said.
A vocational article, by Ward
Ritchie, distinguished printer, wfll
be featured, as well as a portrait
of Robinson Jeffers, poet, by his
biographer, Dr. Clarke Powell.
Other articles will be written by
prominent student authors, many
of whose works have appeared in
the magazine in other issues.
Among these Millard Kaler, Char-
maine Bliss, Jack Burtt and Carter
Cordner, are the best known.
“This issue of Vo-Mag promises
to be one of the most informative,
and at the same time entertaining,
issues ever published within its
field. It presents authoritative ar¬
ticles, but also provides a wide
variety of subject material which
will be interesting to anyone,” said
Parkes, in commenting on the
forthcoming issue.
Students who wish to sell Vo-
Mag are asked to report to Miss
Ida E. Hawes, adviser of the pub¬
lication, according to the editor.
Students in charge of sales . and
business include Kit Cartwright,
business manager; Palmer Ander¬
son, subscriptions; and Eugene
Kaler, sales manager.
Other members of the staff are
William Hull, associate editor; Jane
Hazenbush, art; Charmaine Bliss,
feature; Millard Kaler, copy; How¬
ell Breece, literary ; Beverly Strube,
secretary; N. F. Stirling, produc¬
tion; and Dean of Guidance Ida E.
Hawes, sponsor.
DRAMA CLASSES
ENTER CONTEST
“Wurtzel-Flummery,” by A. A.
Milne, has been chosen for entrance
by Pasadena junior college in the
annual one-act play tournament in
March, sponsored by the Pasadena
Community playhouse, according
to Miss Katherine Kester, drama¬
tics instructor.
Experienced actors from the
play production class are being
cast in the drama. A tentative list
of characters include the following:
Viola Crawshaw, played by Vir¬
ginia D. Miller; Robert Crawshaw,
to be decided among Ray Frey,
Harold Landon and Stuart Russell;
Margaret Crawshaw, Lois Bank¬
er d ; Richard M e r i t
о
n, Peter
Prouse; Denis Clifton, Donald
Starr. Muriel Rash will be the stu¬
dent director.
3,803 Is Total
Registration To
Now , S ays Dean
On last Wednesday, February
12, the total registration figure
for this semester was 3803, ac¬
cording to Dean J. A. Anderson.
This number is exactly 30 less
than the total on a correspond¬
ing day last year. However,
the figures for this year snow
that 40 more freshmen have en¬
rolled than were enrolled at the
same time last year.
Several factors are respon¬
sible for the late registration,
and John A. Anderson, dean of
records, believes that possibly
this year’s total will equal that
of last year by the time enroll¬
ment closes, next Monday, Feb¬
ruary 17. Prevalent colds and
excesive rain are undoubtedly
responsible in some part for the
late registration. Furthermore,
the new semester at this school
began early, and students trans¬
ferring from other schools had
to register later than they or¬
dinarily would have.
Senate Will
Talk Before
Class Meets
Class Representatives To
Give Speeches On
Next Friday
“An Adventure of American
Government” will be the topic on
which the members of the “Stu¬
dent Senate” will talk in class
meetings next Friday during as¬
sembly period.
The “Senate” was chosen in the
student elections last semester and
five were picked to represent each
class. The winners of the speeches
Friday will compete against each
other later at the Civic auditorium.
The winners of the preliminaries
will he chosen by class vote and
the sponsors, the Pasadena Junior
Chamber of Commerce, will judge
the essays on”^the same subject
which each candidate wil write.
Those who will speak before the
senior class will be Bud Paulson,
Bill Caldwell, Ray Kahn, Carl
Deisenroth and Dexter Paddock.
The junior class will choose from
Tom Sommerville, Anna Katherine
Jones, Phil Hawgood, Elsie Jones
and Bob Thomas.
The representatives from the
sophomore class include Chuck
Braden, Phil Cartwright, Barbara
Milliken, Stuart Russell and Col¬
ine Upshaw. Freshmen candidates
are Bruce Jessup, Betty Wilcox,
Dick Balch, Andy Nelson yid Hen¬
ry Swafford.
The contest is an experimental
idea and if it is successful in its
first trial at Pasadena junior col¬
lege, it will become a national af¬
fair. Its purpose is to promote in¬
terest in the present American
form of government.
Trip To San Gabriel
Canyon Ends In Hike
Through Muck, Slush
Industrial Organization Class Excursion Comes To
Halt Because Of Cloudbursts And Landslides;
Five Automobiles Left At Camp
Though it started much as any other excursion, the trip to the
San Gabriel dam and the Monrovia tunnel of the Metropolitan water
district, taken by the industrial organization class, last Tuesday, under
the leadership of Edward D. Cornelison, of the technology department
here, ended with an evening of hiking in the mud caused by the recent
cloudbursts. - -
The class takes an excursion
once every two weeks to gain a
practical knowledge of the way
large industries are administered.
On this trip, the class saw the tun¬
nel and the dam, but as they were
looking the dam over, they were
warned that the canyon would be
impassible in a short time, due to
probable landslides caused by rain.
Beating a hasty retreat the first
three cars of the party got out
safely, but a slide, slicing down the
mountainside in the 200 feet dis¬
tance between the third and fourth
cars, stopped further progress. The
cars were driven back to the con¬
struction camp, abandoned and the
long hike to civilization was begun.
Both the new and the old roads
were covered with mud and stones,
and the walking in the canyon off
the road was very muddy. So, by
the time the house of two of the
men was reached, in Azusa, the
party was pretty muddy and cold.
At the house a roaring fire was
built, dry clothes put on, and a
large meal consumed. Said Mr.
Cornelison, “The meal was well
worth a several-mile walk in the
rain, and all thanks are due to its
sponsor, Mrs. Chamblin, the mother
of the two fellows.”
A call was put through 'to Pasa¬
dena for transportation home. Sev¬
eral cars were sent out and the
excursion wound up in this city
only six hours late.
Five of the automobiles were
left in the canyon and it is im¬
possible to say how long it will be
before they can be gotten out. As
the party was leaving the canyon,
a nice, shiny new car, belonging
to a construction engineer, was
caught by the landslide and slowly
engulfed. The driver escaped, how¬
ever.
HOLD SUPPER
Beginning its activities for this
spring semester, the Westminster
club held a pot-luck supper meet¬
ing at the Kirk house of the Pasa¬
dena Presbyterian church, Wed¬
nesday night.
Drama Club
Has Tryouts
Candidates will compete for
membership in Bauble and Bells,
dramatics club, at the tryouts to
be held Tuesday, February 18, at
three o’clock in 100T, according to
Miss Katherine Kester, adviser.
Thespians will be asked to pre¬
sent a scene from any play, and
one or more students may work to¬
gether. According to Miss Kester,
if any candidate prefers to read a
scene at sight on the day of the
tryouts, he will be furnished a
scene to be read with other candi¬
dates. For further information stu¬
dents may see Miss Kester in 2C.
Although the Bauble and Bells
club is a dramatic club, social acti¬
vities are held during the semester.
At monthly business meetings one-
act plays are presented, and one
of the major projects of the semes¬
ter will be the presentation of a
full-length comedy. Officers for the
new term are: Rosalie Meub, presi¬
dent; Mary Ona Tarner, vice-presi¬
dent; Anna Sussman, secretary and
Stuart Russell, treasurer.
“It is one of the honors of this
school to belong to this organiza¬
tion,” said Miss Kester, “and may
I urge all 11-1, 11-2 and 12-1 stu¬
dents in any way interested in
dramatics, to demonstrate their
ability in this field.”
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MAGAZINE GIVEN
The Hobbies Magazine will be
received by the school library for
the next year, following the pre¬
sentation of a subscription by the
Philatelic club, campus organiza¬
tion for stamp collectors.
George H. Merideth Gives
Talk At First Convocation
George H. Merideth, deputy superintendent of the Pasadena city
schools, gave an address last Monday o,n "Social Democracy in the
School," before an audience of 1500 P. J. C. students and teachers
The occasion was the restrictive^
convocation of the morning of Feb¬
ruary 10, in the men’a gym.
Following an introduction by Dr.
Harbeson, principal, Mr. Meri¬
deth began, “The school democracy
compares favorably with democra¬
cy in the world at large, combining
the best features of the latter in
it student government.” He pointed
out that the schools of today are
far more advanced in social demo¬
cracy than those of a quarter of a
century ago, but deplored the fact
that for the most part, students do
not take as much advantage of the
present situation as they might.
Citing the school organizations
as examples, he declared, “Only
about 10 per cent of the students
of the student body of this college
participates actively in. the oppor¬
tunities offered. The other 90 per
cent allows opportunities to pass
by, thus not getting all that they
should from their college life.”
He advised that more members
of the student body look after
their outside interests, such as
clubs, restrictive and non-restric-
tive; music departments, including
the Bulldog band, the orchestra and
vocal groups; and literary activities
such as Vo-Mag and other publica¬
tions. Thus each student would be¬
come alive in his activities and the
general student body would im¬
prove its character and reputation
to no little degree.
“Character,” said Mr. Merideth,
“is what you are, while reputation
is what people think you are.” He
went on to say that while 10 per
cent of the student body kept the
reputation of P. J. C. high, there
was still room for improvement in
the other 90 per cent. “If P. J. C.
students would help in making good
scholastic organizations,” Mr. Mer¬
ideth said, “I believe that the true
character of the college would be
raised as well as its reputation.”
In closing, the speaker recom¬
mended that the modern college
student should cultivate a good
scholastic standing, physical fitness
in health and bearing, more and
better friendships with teachers as
well as students, and one or more
cultural pursuits. The latter would
include the arts, music or any other
field in which he could take a per¬
manent interest during and after
his college life.
Deans Visit
Pomona Fete
Through its principal, Dr. John
W. Harbeson, and John A. Ander¬
son) dean of records, Pasadena jun¬
ior college was represented at the
tenth aniversary celebration of
Claremont college in Pomona on
Friday, February 7, 1936.
Former President Herbert Hoo¬
ver and President Robert G.
Sproul of the University of Cali¬
fornia were present during the col¬
lege’s birthday. Dr. Sproul gave
the principal address. Mr. Hoover
spoke to the gathering during the
luncheon at the Refectory dining
room on the Claremont campus.
Among the highlights of the
celebration was the granting of an
honorary degree of Doctor of Lit¬
erature to George Honnold, a mem¬
ber of Claremont’s Board of Con¬
trol, also a member of the Metro¬
politan Water District.
Special honors were paid to Dr.
J. A. Blaisdell, who is now round¬
ing out a quarter of a century of
service at the Pomona institution.
Present at Claremont’s tenth an¬
niversary were representatives of
60 western educational institutions
and many of California’s distin¬
guished sons.
FRENCH CLASSES
HEAR LECTURE
Parking Chief
Appointed By
Raymond Kahn
Frank Van Gilluwe was ap¬
pointed this week by Ray Kahn,
chief justice, to be in charge
of the parking commission. This
position is closely affiliated with
the student court and checks
on all violations of school laws
and traditions in the parking
lot.
Previously handled as a part
of the duties of the associate
justice, a student not connected
with the court was this semes¬
ter delegated to that office be¬
cause of the heavy work en¬
tailed.
To take the place of the Lan¬
cers and Spartans who last year
patrolled the parking lot to
maintain order, a parking com¬
mission will be apponited im¬
mediately by the new chairman
and Ray Kahn.
Any violations of regulations
which occur in this field will be
taken before the student court
which meets every Friday dur¬
ing assembly period in Miss
Robbins’ office.
AMS, AWS
To Install
At Meets
Women Plan Party For
All A.W.S. Members
February 19
POSTPONE
STAG’
Men To Feature Music
Of One Of Student
Orchestras
Cash Prizes
Offered For
Best Poetry
First Of March Told As
Deadline Of Contest
For Writers
French classes, during convoca¬
tion period last Monday, attended a
lecture given by Mrs. A. O. Boyle,
French instructor at Polytechnic
Elementary school.
Andre Maurois, internationally
famous French author, was the
topic of Mrs. Boyle’s talk. Speaking
entirely in French, she told some
of the interesting facts of the
author’s life, his native city and
gave a brief comprehensive outline
of some of his most outstanding
works.
COSMOPOLITAN
HOLDS MEETING
To get foreign students together
on this campus, the Cosmopolitan
club is holding a tea at the home
of its adviser, Miss Florence D.
Diment, at No. 5 Sierra Bonita
Place, across the street to the east
from the cafeteria-canteen today,
beginning iat three o’clock.
Cay Cauble, club president, ex¬
tends the invitation also to those
who have remained within the con¬
fines of the U. S. A., but are in¬
terested in folks from other re¬
gions of this earth. She asks col¬
legians to feel free to come around
today between three and five
o’clock.
‘Y* CHAPTER TELLS
ELECTED OFFICERS
Combining the semester elections
with an educational program, “The
Cid,” a chapter of the college Y.
M. C. A., met last Thursday night.
Bill Newbold, president, took
charge of the elections in which
26 members participated. The new¬
ly elected officers of “The Cid” are
Henry Brannon, president; Milton
Valois, vice-president; La Vem
Swanson, secretary-treasurer, and
Robert Dickinson, chaplain.
A prize of $15 has been offered
for the best original poem on any
subject, which is typed and left
in the office of Murray G. Hill,
head of the English department, in
the Technology building. Addition¬
al prizes of $5 are being awarded
the runners-up.
Any poem is eligible for the
prize, regardless of subject matter,
although there are several special
class prizes for the best! attempts
in separate fields. These are listed
as nature poems, free verses, son¬
nets, California history, and war
and peace.
The judges are to be Robin
Lampson, poet and critic; Profes¬
sor E. O. James, head of the Eng¬
lish department of Mills college;
Mrs. Eugenia T. Finn, author and
state president of the League of
Western Writers; Louis De Jean,
poet and director of the Williams
Institute of Authorship; and Pro¬
fessor Yvor Winters of the Eng¬
lish department of Leland Stanford
Junior university.
Several years ago some people
became interested in furthering po¬
etry writing by junior college and
college students, and a small book
of verse was written for this pur¬
pose. Each vear a colleee or junior
this book, “First the Blade,” which
college is the publishing school for
is to be published by Santa Rosa
junior college this year.
Week’s News
Associated men and women stu¬
dents to hold meetings this morn¬
ing, with plans for annual parties
on ticket. — Page 1.
* * *
Millard Kaler and Franklin Pat¬
terson are chosen finalists in the
annual Davis-Hall speech contest,
as absences postpone lower division
preliminaries. — Page 1.
* * *
22 engineers are stuck in Metro¬
politan water district tunnel, as
excursion party sends for aid
when floods drench district. — Page
1.
* * *
Student Senate members to
speak in class meetings on “An
Advantage of American Govern¬
ment.” — Page 1.
* * *
Officers of Mast and Dagger,
honorary society, are chosen at
banquet for new members. — Page
a
* * *
Players’ Guild, upper division
dramatics society, present “Skid¬
ding” at Marshall auditorium.
“Good job,” say critic. — Page 3.
* * *
Eligibility cards for minor class
offices and Freshman class presi¬
dent, due February 21. — Page 3.
* * *
“Where to go and what .to do”
is highlight of feature material. —
Page 2.
* * *
Varsity basketball team closes
season in tilts with Santa Monica
and Ventura junior colleges. — Page
4.
* * *
Trackmen to meet Caltech -con¬
tingent in initial meet tomorrow.
— Page 4.
For the purpose of installing
their new officers, the A. M. S.
and A. W. S. are to hold a joint
meeting today during assembly
period. No definite program has
been detailed as yet, but president¬
elect Johnny McDonough of the A.
M. S. expects to feature the music
of one of the student orchestras.
The incoming officers of the As¬
sociated Women Students organiza¬
tion, to be installed by Miss Cath¬
erine J. Robbins, dean of women,
are Marjorie Betts, president; El¬
len Lombard, first vice-president;
Alberta Anderson, second vice-
president; Charlotte Bakkela, secre¬
tary; and Barbara Milliken, treas¬
urer.
The new Associated Men Stu¬
dents’ officers wil be sworn into
office by Mr. O’Mara, dean of men.
They are Johnny McDonough, pres¬
ident; Bob Campbell, vice-presi¬
dent; Jack Anderson, secretary;
and Herbert Gammell, treasurer.
Officers of both groups were elec¬
ted at the general school election
of last semester.
The A. W. S. will hold a party
open to all women students next
Wednesday, February 19, in the
men’s gym, featuring Washington’s
birthday as a theme. Ellen Lom¬
bard, first vice-president of the A.
W. S., is in general charge of the
affair, with the members of the
board and cabinet serving as re¬
ception committee. Games, danc¬
ing, a fashion show, and refresh¬
ments will provide the entertain¬
ment.
Johnny McDonough, A. M. S.
president, announced Tuesday that
the men’s stag party, originally
planned for the evening of Febru¬
ary 19, is indefinitely postponed.
No further plans have been made
to date.
Course For
Adults Told
A lecture and discussion course
for Pasadena Evening high school
has been arranged by the Califor¬
nia association for Adult Educa¬
tion. The first program was held
last week and subsequent programs
will be held on each Wednesday
night in the lecture room of the
Pasadena library at 7:30 p. m.
The program and speaker for
February 19, will be Dr. Clarence
Case, sociology professor of the
University of Southern California,
who will talk on “Insuring the Es¬
sentials.”
On February 26, Oliver Carlson,
author and journalist will speak
on “Problems of Industrialized
Agriculture.” Following this talk,
Dr. Towne Milander, director of
the Regional Labor Board, will
speak on “Government and Labor”
followed by Mr. Carlson speaking
again on “The Government and the
Farmer,” on March 11.
Mr. Carlson will also talk on
March 18, on “The Plight of the
Farmer: An Appraisal of the A.
A. A.” “Trade Barriers: The Ec¬
onomic Foreign Policy of the Un¬
ited States” will be the topic on
which Dr. Arthur G. Coons, pro¬
fessor of economics at Occidental
college, will speak on April 1.
HOME ECONOMICS
CLUBS COMBINE
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The combining of the Catering
club and the Epicomega club has
resulted in the formation of a new
non-restrictive club in the home
economic division, hereafter to be
known as the Aemrican Home club.
This new organization will be
divided into three sections, com¬
posed of a foods section, a clothing
section and a home section. All
meetings will be held during club
period with the exception of a
monthly social meeting to be held
for small groups in the homes.
New officers and a new constitution
will be formed immediately.
February 19, during club period,
there will be an open meeting at
which Miss Claire Cronowett of
Gold Hill Studio, Monrovia, will
demonstrate flower arrangements.
All girls interested in this subject
are invited to attend.