Pasadena Chronicle, February 16, 1937

DANCE WEDNESDAY jDaoaticna (jQtyccmide Mouthpiece of 4000 Junior College Students Vol. XXV Pasadena, California, February 16, 1934 No. 18 Debators To Engage Stanford Upper Division Debators Will Meet University Next Week Applications Officers Due In Week Appointed Will Accept Social Affairs * ^ » * * Secretary Aspires J3V 1>ОЯ Т*Г1 Classes Meet Separately Civic To Today For Final Selection Scene Of New Semester Leaders \ p ■ * J oi Dance Clashing with the first string Stanford varsity debating team, the Pasadena junior college debat¬ ors will make their initial appear¬ ance this semester in the McWin- ley junior high school auditorium Saturday, February 21. Representing the junior college in the verbal tilt will be Paul Jones, Louis Lagrave and Mar¬ lin Lovelady, first string upper division debators. The Stanford delegates are as yet unannounced. Increase Powers? “Resolved, that the powers of the President of the United States should be substantially increased as a settled policy,” is to be the , topic of the contest. The local men will argue the affirmative angle of the question and the university students the negative. _ The competition will start at 7:30 in the evening in the audi¬ torium and the admission will be free. Charles Havens will preside and invites all jaysee collegians and also the general public to at¬ tend. Earl D. Davis, debate coach, will be present as faculty adviser to the students. No judges have been named. Topic Timely “The question will deal pri¬ marily with discussion of Presi¬ dent Franklin Delano Roose¬ velt’s policy in the present ad¬ ministration. At the present time such debates are being held all over the country from the small¬ est school to the capitol in Wash¬ ington, therefore it is unusually timely,” said Havens. The upper division team has had recent engagements with many im¬ portant institutions incllding Cal¬ tech, Redlands university, Univer¬ sity of Southern California, Los Angeles junior college, Compton junior college, Long Beach junior college and Bakersfield junior col¬ lege. _ _ Talk Series To Be Given Until Friday Applications for the position of secretary of social affairs will be accepted until next Friday at 3 p. m. Throwing open of the position again to the student body is due to the fact that no appointment has as yet been made. Students wishing to apply must turn in activity cards to Paul Jones, chief justice, in the student body office. Applications will be passed on at the next board of represent¬ atives meeting to be held next Monday afternoon, and the new secretary will be named. Duties of this office include the spon¬ soring of all social affairs such as the various afternoon and evening dances, the teas and onen houses, holiday parties and arrangement of the “pal” activi¬ ties at the end of each semes¬ ter. Leadership of several assist¬ ants is а1зд entailed in the re¬ sponsibilities of this office. Honor Group Has Banquet Initiation Held by Mast And Dagger; Term’s Heads Elected First Forum Lecture to Be Presented by Cal¬ Tech Professor Inaugurating a winter series of forum lectures, Graham Laing, professor of economics at the Cali¬ fornia Institute of Technology, spoke at the Pasadena public library Wednesday, February 14, on the topic, “Inflation and the Gold Standard.” Prof. Laing will be followed in the series by John Parke Young, Occidental college economics professor, who will lec¬ ture on “Money, Prices and Infla¬ tion; Their Relation to Each Other,” Wednesday, February 28. Meeting various Wednesday eve¬ nings at 7:30 in the library lecture hall, the forum series consists of five discussions of “Financial Prob¬ lems of the New Deal.” This free course of lectures on money, bank¬ ing and taxation, is sponsored by the adult education department of Pasadena junior college. Speakers for future meetings will be Bruce Anthony of the Uni¬ versity of Southern California, March 14; Floyd Burtchett of the University of California at Los Angeles, March 28; and Marvel Stockwell, also of U. C. L. A., April 4. Baccalaureates Will Hold Dance Among the activities listed on this week’s social calendar is the annual Baccalaureate restrictive club dance, featuring Gordon Hen¬ derson and his popular dance band tomorrow night at the Pasadena Golf club. Bids may be obtained from any member of the club or at the student body office Friday, during both lunch periods. The dance is an informal affair, with grill room facilities open to patrons. Bob Simpson, student body president, is in active charge of the affair, assisted by Cliff Groves and Burl Watson. New officers of the club for the present semester are: Adrian Perry, president; George McCord, vice-president; Phil Gra¬ ham, secretary; Bob Layng, treas¬ urer, and Stan Blush, pledge mas¬ ter. With the primary purpose of feting newly elected members, Mast and Dagger, highest honorary cam¬ pus service society, met last Mon¬ day in the banquet room of the Alpine Chalet in Pasadena. Loretta Melton, Eleanor North- rup, Harold Keltz, Bob Leinster, Norman Ricker, Bob Simpson, Steve Seaton, and Jack Shep¬ herd were the guests of honor at the banquet, following the tapp¬ ing ceremonies on Horrell field last Friday. New Officers Following the dinner, new offic¬ ers were elected for the coming semester. Vincent Fite, last sem¬ ester’s A. M. S. head and Sequoia member, was chosen to replace Margaret Johnson in the pres¬ idency. Harriett Tilden, newly ap¬ pointed clerk of the board and Adelphote president, was named successor to Madelaine Currie in the position of secretary of the group while Leland Houghton was reelected to the post of treasurer. Active members including Anona Alexander, Doris Green, Lambert Westling, Leland Houghton, Mar¬ garet Johnson, Madelaine Currie, Harriett Tilden, Vincent Fite, Ster¬ ling Harshburger, Stanley Blush, and alumni Arnold, Ed and Peter Allen attended. Dean of men Mr. James P. O’Mara and his wife also were present. Name Ten Assistants To Fill Various Student Body Positions Ten students were appointed to various positions by the board of representatives last Tuesday morn¬ ing, as the governing body met to add to the list of collegians di¬ rectly active in the student admin¬ istration. Harriett Tilden was appointed to the position of clerk of the board after a long career at the junior college including the sec¬ retaryships of social affairs and records, and restrictive inter¬ club council leader. Harriett was also named chairman of the stu¬ dent body dance. She will suc¬ ceed Lois Grubbs in this post. Editor Named Succeeding Harold Keltz, Bud Paulson was named for the editor¬ ship of the Chronicle for the com¬ ing semester. Last semester he served as news editor on the pa¬ per and before that, acted as a re¬ porter. His new staff will be an¬ nounced next Monday. Upon the recommendation of James Williams, secretary of ac¬ tivities, seven were named as as¬ sistants to him. Leland, Houghton, recently re-elected treasurer of Mast and Dagger; Stan Blush, Mast and Dagger member and two-year president of the junior, class; and Don Starr, sophomore councilman and member of the election board, were appointed. Assistants Named Other appointments went to Virginia Bell, Chronicle and Campus staff member; Marvis Rogers, prominent in various ac¬ tivities; and Willa Rogers, Play¬ ers’ Guild enthusiast. Business of the meeting also in¬ cluded discussions of various prob¬ lems facing the board, the throw¬ ing open of the secretaryship of social affairs to the student body again, and answering of requests from the students and faculty. All classes met this morning for the purpose of electing officers for the sementer from a fiield of thirty six candidat¬ es. Various meetings were held in the women’s gym, church, and men’s gym. - - - J The rhythmic strains of popular ! selections were the presentation of | the Bulldog orchestra, band en¬ semble and, quartet at the senior class meeting in the men’s gym this morning. Seniors Vote The vote for class vice-president, secretary and treasurer were taken during the session, but had not been tabulated when this edition of the Chronicle went to press. Candidates for offices were: Stanley Blush, Bud Desenberg, A1 Herbold, Joe Phelps, vice- president; Lois Hughes, secre¬ tary; Perry Moerdyke, Adrian Perry and Merlin Shone, treas¬ urer. Vaudeville entertainment was of- Drama Cast Is Selected By Advisers ‘Sweethearts’ Is Annual To Be Given On April 21-27 Play Final casting for the musical comedy, “Sweethearts,” to be pre¬ sented by the music and dramatic departments on April 26-27, has _ „ _ _ been made by Miss Lula C. Parm- 1 morning in the women’s gym dur- i agairs, one bid will suffice for a Jaysee to Sponsor Annual Celebration In True Patriotic Style Dancing to Leighton Noble’s or¬ chestra, Pasadena junior college will move en masse to the Civic auditorium to celebrate the annual associated informal student body dance at 8 p. m. February 21. With decorations a la patri¬ otic, embellishing the Washing¬ ton birthday theme, the auditor¬ ium will be transformed into a maze of red, white and blue to honor the father of the United States. Bids carrying out the national tri-colors will be issued today and Monday from 3 to 3:30 by presen¬ tation and punching of identifica¬ tion cards. According to Harriett fered at junior class meeting this i Tilden, acting secretary of social ley and Miss Katiiarine Kester. Cast Given The feminine lead, Sylvia, princ¬ ess of Zilania, will be played by will portray the masculine lead, of Prince Franz, the heir to the throne; Phyllis Lockard and Ruth Fassett take the part of Liane, a milliner of Bruges; Mikel, a diplo¬ mat of Zilania, is taken by Fred Warriner; Mary Lou Rittenhouse and Dorothy Shaw are cast as Paula, proprietresses of the “White Geese.” Wendell Heckman and Charles Goldsworthy are taking the part of Lieutenant Karl, betrothed to Sylvia; Harper Welch and. Clifford Rosenberg, Honorable P e r c i v a 1 Slingsby; Stanley Taft as Petrus van Tromp; Gene Arnone and Na- tividad Vacio will represent Aris¬ tide Caniche. The daughters of Dame Paula are Jeanette, Clairette, Babette, Lisette, Toinette, Nannette, Ann¬ ette and Fannette, ancf are por¬ ing club period, and candidates for class offices were also presented by Eleanor Northrup, junior presi¬ dent. Entertainment Acts on the bill of entertainment included Bob Williams and his chow movie dog, Red Dust, who performed tricks such as extricat¬ ing himself from a knotted rope; and Hal Raywin and his magic vio¬ lin clogged and executed, the Rus¬ sian “bear dance” while playing the musical instrument; and Vir¬ ginia Bailey, student pianist, played popular selections at the be¬ ginning and end of the meeting. Candidates for office were Mary Helen Johnston, Emerson Matter and Bob Scott, vice-presi¬ dent; Betty Berry and Betty Lewis, secretary; and Bill Moir and Bob Baker, treasurer. Nor¬ man Ricker will head the com¬ mittee of election board members conducting the election. Installation of officers will take trayed by Grace Walker, Margaret place next Friday afternoon in the Russell, Lydia Caldwell, Helen social hall. An eighteenth century Clubs Are To Sponsor Play Sponsored by the Areopagite and Sequoia restrictive clubs, the “Ter¬ rible Turk” will be presented on March 1 on a benefit program at the Pasadena Community Play¬ house. Returns from the ticket sales will go to the clubs after a fund for a scholarship is presented, to the associated student body of Pas- Len McGee, Fannie adena junior college. Members of Kilius, Mary Linek both groups are now selling tickets. “The Terrible Turk” promises to be entertainment with a decidedly different touch than the usual ben- Plans Discussed Plans were discussed for the prospective Mast and Dagger car¬ nival to be held on the junior coll¬ ege campus next May 25. This car¬ nival has long been one of the out¬ standing features of the institut¬ ion’s calendar. It includes entries from many organizations and clubs of the school ranging from skill testing booths to side shows and short skits. efits, and a fide production is as- ATTENTION, CLUBS! Has your club reserved space in the greater 1934 yearbook? All clubs and organizations witehing space in the 1934 “Cam¬ pus” must turn in their fee of $6 at the school bank on or before Monday, February 19. Organiza¬ tions failing to comply with this requirement will be dropped from the list of reservations. Attica Club Is Started Holtham, Marguerite Schmidt, Frances Goodsell, Marybeth Sach- se, Thelma Lucas, Catherine Pettit, Beth Lamb, Josephine Tryon and Bette Bennett. Stanley Meacham or Andrew Clark as Captain Lou- rent, and Bob Simpson as the Guard. Annual Production This affair is one of the annual spring productions and, according to the two directors, promises to be an entertaining event. The re¬ hearsals are well under way with the cast progressing nicely, ac¬ cording to Miss Parmley. Party By Billed Y.W.C.A. Prof. Odell of Occidental Will Speak on Social Adjustments Inaugurating a new club with the purpose of furthering interest in the R. О. T. C., the Attica club held its first dance last Friday at the American Legion hall. The organization is limited to 40 members, chosen from contestants in the beauty contest sponsored by the R. О. T. C. shortly before the close of last year. Men interested in the local until were also- eligible. The 40 members have already been chosen, it was stated, Captain Geoffrey G-alwey, head of the local army corps, is the faculty sponsor of the group. Induction Of A. W.S. Heads Will Take Place Next Friday St. Valentine’s anniversary will be feted by Y.W.C’.A. members at their monthly association meeting, to be held Thursday night, from 5:30 to '7:30 at the downtown Y.W. Morgan Odell, of the philos¬ ophy department at Occidental college and Asilomar conference leader, will be the speaker of the evening. His subject is on the question of making friends and becoming adjusted to school ac¬ tivities. Decorations, invitations, place- cards and name identifications will t all carry out the valentine theme. ! All Y.W. members are urged to sign up as soon as posible if they are oble to attend. The dinner Is 26 cents. Members of the program council planning these monthly meetings melodrama will be presented by Eleanor Berg. The meeting will be in the form of an open house with all junior classmen invited, espe¬ cially junior council members who are to be announced by that time. Applications are still available for suggestions both for meetings and personal wishes in regard to serv¬ ing the class. Sophomores Convene Sophomores convened in the Bap¬ tist Calvary church this morning to elect officers. When the Chron¬ icle was “put to bed” the results had not been released. Worden Nollar, twelfth year leader, pre¬ sided for the first time. James Will¬ iams, secretary of activities, head¬ ed the election board members serving on this balloting. Andrew Bird, James Couch- man, Doug Dean, Norman Mac- Donnell and Mason Mallory were candidates for the vice-presi¬ dency. Two women students, Ar¬ lene Allen and Eloise Jones, ( Continued on Page 3) couple, the number being restrict¬ ed to 1500. “Men wearingTords and sweat¬ ers will not be admitted,” ac¬ cording to Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean of women. Guests invited include deans and parents of student body officers, consisting of Dr. and Mrs. Harbe- son, Mr. and Mrs. O’M-ara, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Miss Ida E. Hawes, Miss Catherine J. Robbins; Messrs, and Mesdames Simpson, Howell, Wegge, Jones, Northrup, Nollar, Anderson and Tilden; also advisers of the social affairs committee, Miss Conrad and Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin; and Dr. and Mrs. Lembke. Committees officiating are head¬ ed by Harriet Tilden, include Mary Barrett, in charge of decorations; Berl Watson, handling bids; Bob Baker, Vincent Fite, Lambert West- ling, Margaret Mulvaney, Anona Alexander and Keith Cave. Faculty Member Is Appointed As School Trustee Dr. Clarence W. Thurber, presi¬ dent of Redlands university, re¬ cently made the announcement of the appointment, as a trustee, of Linn W. Hattersley, M.A„ and member of the Pasadena junior college social science department. Mr. Hattersley teaches psychology and philosophy, and has been a member of the faculty for seven years. At one time Mr. Hattersley was also a missionary in India. Marion Hattersley, Mr. Hatters- ley’s daughter, and an alumnae of Pasadena junior college, who now attends Stanford university, was very prominent in the A. W. S. are Ruth Jones, general chairman j ancj scholarship societies. Paul Hat¬ tersley, a son, is a present mem Installation of officers of will be conducted on Friday, Calvary Baptist church. Mrs. Willard Stone, winner of the Noble award for being the most valuable citizen of Pasa¬ dena for 1933, will officiate in installing the new officers, who are: Marian Howell, A. W. S. president; Pauline Stevens, first vice-president; Caryl Moon, sec¬ ond vice-president; Marjorie Betts, secretary; and Mary Cor¬ net, treasurer. Miss Mary Yost, dean of wom¬ en from Stanford university, will give the main talk. She has had extensive experience with young the associated women students February 23, at 10 o’clock in college women, and has been for two years, the president or the Dean of Women’s association of Southern California. Helen Lesh will play a harp solo, and Ivonne Brown will be at the organ. Loretta Melton, retiring presi¬ dent, will preside at the meeting. Those who are also retiring from office are Mary Lewis, Dorothy Marsh, Virginia Davis, and Mary Leslie Hemler. All women students are invited to attend this meeting, which is the first of the new year. Violet Jardine, decorations; Kit Cartwright, posters; Kay Dilworth, music; Lee Joyner and, Jane Whit¬ more, hostesses; Charlotte Bakkela, games; and Alice Flynn and Max¬ ine Thompson, publicity. Officers To Be Elected In Meet Election of officers will occupy the business of the first meeting of the semester for associated men students next Friday, during club period, in the men’s gymnasium. Offices of vice-president, secre¬ tary, and treasurer will be filled to assist Bob Wegge, president. Dean J, P. O’Mara will speak. There will be no further program as it is purely an organization meeting. her of the student body, and ■ is known for his work in the A. M. S. and his ability as a scholar. Council Meets With Principal Members of the administrators’ council of the Southern California junior college association met yes¬ terday in Principal John W. Harbeson’s office, for the purpose of electing a new president of the association. Dr. Harbeson held this office for two years and was succeeded by the recent incumbent, John B. Griffing, who has resigned to take a posi¬ tion as educational adviser for the С. С. C. in the San Francisco area. Refreshments were served by the associated women students. Homecoming Dance Held Women’s Gym Is Scene of Large Fete; Bulldog Ensemble Plays More than 600 students and alumni of Pasadena junior college, including a large percentage of newcomers and pals, attended the bi-annual home-coming dance here February 9. According to Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean of women, this was the largest crowd that has ever attended the mid-year home-coming dance, and one of the largest num¬ bers for either the fall or spring term home-coming. To accommodate the dancers, both floors of the women’s gym were used. Red silk shirts, worn by the Bulldog dance ensemble, emphasized the red-white collegi¬ ate decoration scheme for the dance. Several request numbers were played during the evening by the ensemble. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin, Miss Ruth Conrad and Miss Robbins were chaperons. Mr. Baldwii and Miss Conrad are advisers of the social affairs committee, which was in charge of the dance. Harriett Tilden is secretary of social affairs. Ten Tuitions To Be Given One Scholarship To Go To One School Is Ruling of S. C. Ten tuition scholarships, not more than one to be assigned to a single school, are offered for the academic year 1934-35 by the University of Southern California, to selected graduates of accredit¬ ed junior colleges. The awards, ranging from $270 to $285, cover the tuition charges for the junior year at the university. Applicants recommended from the junior college, in order to qual¬ ify for the scholarship, must have attained a high school record, mustbe a February or June 1934 graduate, and must hold a place in the highest tenth of his class. All data in support of the candidacy of the applicant must be received direct from the principal of the junior college. Each student must meet fully the requirements of the university for “admission to advanced stand¬ ing,” and must present evidence that he has earned 45 and will pre¬ sent 60 units of advanced standing from an approved junior college.