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Pasadena Chronicle, February 17, 1933
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WEATHERIME
Wet salt and rheumatiz were once
The best rain signs by far.
But now it never rains until
Gin Chow tells Harry Carr.
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All-American and Medalist Newspaper of Pasadena Junior College
FORGET IT!
"The sophomore blues of yester¬
year are graduated now.”
“Each person will receive $20,000
in energy units.”
Vol. XXIV
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 17, 1933
No. 17
ROCKWOOD IS
STILL MISSING
FROM SCHOOL
KEY WAS LEFT IN CAR
J. C. Senior, Missing Since
Noon Saturday, Has
Not Returned
Telling
It Tersely
The mystery of the strange dis¬
appearance of Bob Rockwood is
still unsolved at this edition of the
Chroncle goes to press.
On his way to the library at one
o’clock last Saturday afternoon,
the Pasadena junior college senior
picked up a friend at Los Robles,
whom he brought to J. C. Then
parking his car, a ’28 maroon
sedan, in the Union station at Col¬
orado at Chester, Bob walked, east
on Colorada. He apparently had
every intention of returning, since
he left the ignition key, and in¬
formed the attendant of that es¬
tablishment, where he was em¬
ployed, that he would be back in
two hours.
Smiles at Girls
Prom the oil station the missing
young man en¬
tered a used car
lot and he and
several fr i e n d s
looked at used
cars.
Bob was next
seen walking
down San Gab¬
riel boulevard,
where he smiled
and waved in re¬
sponse to hails
from passing
girl acquain¬
tances. At the
San Gabriel golf
club he was
pick e d up by
Junior, a junior
high school student, who carried
him as far as Whittier boule¬
vard. Bob had between $25 and
$30 with him, in a script book,
and bought his conveyor four
gallons of gas during the ride.
“Where’s Bob?”
Lieutenant Morris Judkins, ju¬
venile police officer, is leading the
search, and descriptions of the
missing student have been broad¬
cast over the interstate teletype
system. Baccalaureate club, of
which Bob is a member, have also
had cars out in a so far vain ef¬
fort to find the wanderer.
Theories for the disappearance
have _been ..advanced, ..but ..his
family are convinced that liter¬
ary work could not have been
the cause, since “Vagabond Rob-
by,” the narration of Bob’s
13,000 mile trip last summer, is
practically finished, and has not
been touched for several months.
In addition, the young man re¬
cently left a watch to be repaired
at a downtown jewelrv store, say¬
ing he would return in several
days to have his timepice regulat¬
ed. His mother, in response to
queries, told the police she thought
her son might be suffering from a
temporary lapse of memory, due
to his extra work in the service
Rockwood
George Day,
Keeping young Mexican shoe¬
blacks unusually busy, dining on
the customary tamales and en-
chilladas, and amusing ancient
crones with stuttering idiom, 40
upper division Spanish students
recently visited Los Angeles’
“Little Mexico,” Olivera street.
As an exhibition of the true
working spirit of student body
officers, a typical picture was
taken Wednesday in the west
office with representatives, presi¬
dents, and secretaries gathered
around a desk with a rather tat¬
tered pack of cards.
School has really begun, for all
over the campus young engineers
may be found at that pre-revolu¬
tionary pastime of surveying, li¬
brary fines are again filling an en¬
tire desk drawer, and parking lot
spaces are at a premium.
Tryouts for entrance to Bau¬
ble and Bells, lower division
dramatics club, will be held
March 2 at 3 o’clock in 200C.
All lower division students with
the exception of 12-2’s are eli¬
gible.
A pantomime and a short
memorized selection, designed to
show ability in characterization,
are the two entrance require¬
ments. A selection committee
composed of faculty and club
members will judge contestants.
WINNING SMILE
TO DETERMINE
FLOWER QUEEN
FINALS TO BE AT HOTEL
Contest Will Select Three
Eligible to Be Spring
Sovereign
Club Enters
Assembly in
Competition
Entered as a competitive restric¬
tive clu assembly, the Gunaike pro¬
gram this morning was put on by
members of the Buckner and Ness-
ley dance studio.
Varieties
Varied with singing and dancing
the program inc 1 u d e ,d : “train
dance” by a nine-member top en¬
semble; “Buck Dance” by Doris
White and Jack Bridwell, junior
college students; “Mammy Dance”
by Mildred Parkhurst; and a Rus¬
sian dance by Sally Ann Hudson,
three-year old motion picture star.
An acrobatic dance number was
done by Doris Olcharvy, who also
sang “Take a Picture of the Moon.”
Buckner and Nessley portrayed
“The Dance of All Nations,” Pat
and Dave Bruer tap danced, and a
tango wa® interpreted by DeAn-
igeles and White.
A Dare Dance
Other numbers were a “Chal¬
lenge” buck dance by the ensem¬
ble, “Personalities Pep” by Robert
McConlin, ad a buck dance by Ed¬
die Garrat.
To date, clubs which have pre
setned their competitive assemblies
are M. O. S., "Club,” Pheniy, Za-
ma, Areopagites, and Adelphotes.
Stuart Chase
Will Appear
Pasadena residents will have
their first opportunity to hear an
authoritative dissertation on the
widely discussed “Technocracy,”
tonight at 7:30 o’clock, when the
well known writer and lecturer,
Stuart Chase, will appear at the
Civic auditorium under the aus¬
pices of the Pacific Geographic
society.
Mr. Chase, director of the La¬
bor Bureau, Inc., graduate of Har¬
vard and Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and one of the
country’s foremost economists will
also speak on “A New Deal” and
“Mexico.” He has promised to pro¬
vide trenchant comment on such
vital present day questions as:
“Where is the present age leading
us?” and “Do the mechanical con¬
trivances, the inventions, and the
machines work for us; or do we
work for them?”
Tickets, to be bought at the box
office, are reserved for 50 and 75
cents, $1 and $1.50.
Beer and Pretzels
Lends Atmosphere
Mugs of foaming beer and.,
trays of pretzels will lend a pre¬
war atmosphere to the Y. M. C.
A. Beer Party scheduled for 7 :30
Thursday evening in the social
hall.
All eleventh year men inter¬
ested in Y. M. work are invited
to join in the fun and frolic of
this event, while former Hi-Y
members are requested to be
present. During the evening a
number of small Y. M. chapters
will be organized to function as
separate school clubs.
World Discussion
At Vista Cancelled
Although the world friendship
discussion of Sunday afternoon
has been called off, another will
be offered free to P. J. C. stu¬
dents at 8:00 the same evening
at the Vista del Arroyo hotel,
with Tnazo Nitobe, member of
the Japanese House of Peers
and former secretary of the Lea¬
gue of Nations, and Theodore
Soares, of Caltech, as speakers.
Senator Nitobe will discuss
“The Future of Christianity in
the Orient.” and Mr. Soares will
talk on the subject of “The Fu¬
ture of Christianity in America.”
Invading the publicity stunt of
all dentifrice companies, the Chron¬
icle is conducting a “Winning
Smile Contest” to select three
girls eligible for qqueen of the
Pasadena Spring Flower show.
So that the sovereign may be
truly representative of the Crown
City, Pasadena junior college,
Muir Tech, Sacred Heart academy,
the Junior league and the business
girls will each choose three beau¬
tiful entrants to compete in the
final round, which will take place
at the Huntington hotel, March 15.
Lucky Five
Jaysee women will be picked by
a committee of five composed of
Bob Coop, John Krumm, Mary
Linek, Anona Alexander, and El¬
mer Dethlefs. Since entrants will
be judged from photographs as
well as actual appearance, pictures
of aspiring royalty must reach the
Chronicle office not later than
March 3.
The final selection of the queen
and her four attendants will be
undertaken by representatives of
the motion picture world, news¬
reel photographers, Community
Playhouse, and Pasadena theaters.
Is Queen of State
With the holding of the Califor¬
nia Garden Federation convention
in Pasadena at the time of the
semi-annual blossom festival, the
queen will preside over a state
affair.
Peggy Lou Neary, a junior col¬
lege student, reigned over the last
exposition, while Louise Bonds,
Marjorie Harmon, and Muriel Can¬
non were joint rulers at the previ¬
ous exhibition.
Verse Talkers
Would Perform
words to that effect. Evelyn Shuck is the lady referred
to while John Krumm does a bit extemporaneous villaining. The
nonchalant gentlemen with the folded arms is Bill Denman. Peg¬
gy Rhodes gazes in horror at a Spot on the back of Krumm’s
coat. See this bit of action tonight in the ultra melodrama
“When Crummels Played.”
UPPER TALK TRIALS ARE FRIDAY
Debate Aspirants Must Give Five-Minute
Speeches on Subject of Technocracy
Since for the first time aspirants for the debate squad are not re¬
quired to take regular class work to participate in debating activities,
competitive tryouts for upper dvision team candidates will be open to
all juniors and seniors next Friday
While Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie’s
choral verse-speaking choir accepts
no appointments to perform dur¬
ing their first semester’s training,
when the second semester comes
around there are many invitations
which the choir is pleased to meet.
The group will give its first re:
cital before the Alpha Gamma
Sigma scholarship society, Febru¬
ary 28, at 7:30 p. m. in the social
hall, their program including the
following numbers: Temeraire,
Musical Treat, 100th Psalm, Big
Steamer, The Camel, Blow Winter
Wind, Mine Sweepers, The Motor,
Whistle Whistle, and Foreboding.
The choir’s second appearance
will be before the Shakespeare
club in March in a full repertoire
program, while in April the or¬
ganization will present an all-
Shakespeare chorus at the South¬
ern California Shakespeare festi¬
val and contest.
Trip to Europe Is
Prize in Contest
With a trip to Europe offered
as first prize, the League of Na¬
tions contest set for March 4 is
still open to lower division stu¬
dents under 21. Other prizes in¬
clude $50 for second ranking and
five awards of $10 each.
Information and registration
blanks may be obtained on request
from the reserve shelf of the
library.
at 3 p. m. in room 200-C. Five
minute extemporaneous talks on
technocracy will be the test.
Although technocracy is still ri¬
ding the crest of popularity in the
college and university discussions,
belief in it as a solution for world¬
wide financial problems is general¬
ly becoming an “economic fad,”
according to a recent issue of the
New York Times. Since Howard
Scott, origniator of the theory
broke with Columbia university,
interest h,as waned in his plans to
readjust society on the new basis.
Tries It on Friends
Mr. Scott had propounded, the
idea to his friends who would lis¬
ten to him for the past 10 years,
but the general public was first
acquainted with the scheme when
it was published last November.
Heralded then as an agency to re
volutionize the nation on an ener
gy unit standard, technocracy was
rapidly spread by magazines,
newspapers, and speakers. Three
thousand, charts on business condi¬
tions were promised, and mach-
inesfor measuring energy were
predicted. When nothing definite
happened, the public lost its en¬
thusiasm.
It’s a Novelty!
Due to the novelty of the idea
and to the many points for argu¬
ment both pro and con, techno¬
cracy remains a favorite debate
subject. Outlook for the forensic
season here is brilliant, according
to M. F. Hoerger, with the vic¬
torious varsity returning, but
there is room for more partici
pants. Team members will have an
opportunity to appear before ser¬
vice organizations and intercollegi¬
ate meets. Nearly 200 word frays
were staged during 1932.
Outstanding convincers will be
considered as eligible for member¬
ship in the Phi Rho Pi, nation¬
wide honor society for debaters.
Drama Club Will
Not Enter Contest
St. Valentine
Acts as Host
To 200 Girls
New, Old Women Students
Frolic at A.W.S. Party
on Wednesday
MELODRAMA
LIVES AGAIN
IN VEHICLE
S. B. BOOK WILL ADMIT
Final Performance of ‘When
Crummies Played’ Is
This Evening
Black Death Dances in Wierd
Germanic Mystery Production
Black Death danced in the lecture room when six German stud.ent-
minstrels presented an international friendship program of a fantastic
medieval mystery play, “The Dance of Death,” followed by German
folk songs, to jaysee students Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Made up as a skeleton, Karl Mohri played the role of Death, who
led away rich and poor alike in a
last weird dance, to the beat of
solemn music. The play was writ¬
ten in verse by J ohannes Lippel
during the Middle Ages, from
which time it has been preserved
intact and presented regularly in
some German and Austrian thea¬
ters.
The rich man was portrayed by
Robert Ritter; the soldier, by Wolf
Kaiser. A woman’s and a girl’s
roles were taken, respectively, by
Karl Rumplet and Hans Grumann,
while the leader, Robert Oelber-
mann, played the Beggar.
After the performance, Y. W.
C. A. girls entertained the Ger¬
man youths at tea in the social
hall, doing their best to converse
in German, English, Spanish, or
French, all of which were spoken
to some degree by several of the
visitors.
Contrary to previous year, Bau¬
ble and. Bells, lower division dra¬
matic club, will not enter the Com¬
munity Playhouse annual one-act
play tournament.
Believing that Pasadena schools
should be represented every year
in the contest, Muir Tech and P.
J. C. will alternate every year in
presenting a play, which will not
be entered in the contest proper,
but will be presented with the
other contestants in finals and
semi-finals. This year Muir Tech
is giving the drama.
St. Valentine played host to over
200 women when the A. W. S. held
a “get acquainted” party in the
music hall Wednesday afternoon.
Frolicking over jigg-saw puzzles,
playing bridge, and dancing in the
midst of “red hearts” and other
Valentine atmosphere, new and old
women students had a chance to
make many new friends.
Peps It Up
Providing peppy dance rhythms,
George Brown performed on the
piano for dancers. Out of many
couples entered in the dancing con¬
test, Dorothy Rossbach and Anne
Mason went off with high honors —
two boxes of Valentine candy.
The Nysean Singers, under the
direction of Miss Lula C. Parmley,
offered the selection, “On Love but
a Day.” An old lecturing at an
“old ladies’” meeting was personi¬
fied by Mary Elizabeth Seeley, a
small child.
A medley of popular numbers in
a harp arrangement was given iby
Helen Lesh. Colonial characters of
Valentines, in the persons of Nata-
lane Mosher and Phyllis Lee, of¬
fered an intricate toe dance.
And the Hostesses
Plans for the affair were made
by Loreta Melton, second vice-pres¬
ident of A. W. S.
Hostesses for the party, who help¬
ed to serve tea and make guests
feel at home were: Miss Catherine
J. Robbins, Virginia Keim, Grace
Anderson, Loreta Melton, Margaret
Johnson, Virginia Parker, Bessie
Moore, Mary Lewis, Jo Collins,
Pat Elston, Marion Howell, Mary
Magnuson, and Leslie Hemler.
Miles’ Original Stage Designs
Brightens Art Building Halls
Durant and Reed
Will Debate Here
Original stage designs of such
huge motion pictures as “The King
of Kings,” “The Big Trail,” “The
Big Parade,” and “The Iron
Mask,” make the halls of the art
department seem like a producing
studio.
Harold Miles, former art direc¬
tor for United Artists, Universal,
DeMille, and Fox companies, is
showing an exhibit of working sets
for a period of two weeks, depict¬
ing grim soldiers, frontier towns,
and medieval towers. At present
Mr. Miles is an instructor of thea¬
ter design at Chouinard School of
Art and Los Angeles junior col¬
lege.
Scenes of firing cannons from ]
“The Big Parade” and dramatic
portrayals of the life of Christ
from “The King of Kings” drawn
in black and white are side by side
with a saloon brawl, its gambling
cowboy's behind upturned tables.
Three water colors of medieval
streets and castles are painted rea¬
listically, the towers brilliant or¬
ange and the London thorough¬
fares somber gray.
According to art authorities
here, this exhibit is one of the
most welcome displays that the
department has procured.
“Resolved, that Democracy is a
Failure,” will be the question for
debate between Will Durant and
McClellan Reed in the auditorium
next Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
Mr. Durant is the author of “The
Story of Philosophy,” a popular
non-fiction book, and is a distin¬
guished lecturer. Mr. Reed as a
speaker is noted for his insight
into human nature.
Judge Ben Lindsey, the eminent
jurist, will preside. Well known as
the promoter and first judge of
the children’s court of Denver, he
has recently written two books on
the subject of juvenile delinquen¬
cies.
Tickets may be purchased for as
low as 50 cents at Vroman’s art
shop and through P. T. A. organi¬
zations.
Produced in authentic old-fash¬
ioned melodramatic style, “When
Crummies Played,” annual Play¬
ers’ Guild dramatic cluh produc¬
tion, was presented in the audi¬
torium yesterday afternoon before
a large and. enthusiastic audience.
The final performance is sched¬
uled for this evening at 8:15. Stu¬
dent body books are good for gen¬
eral admission, while reserved
seats are priced at 40 cents. There
is still time to secure such seats
either from the student body office
or from the ticket office this eve¬
ning.
Described, by Miss E. E. Keppie,
club adviser, as the most pretenti¬
ous offering ever attempted by the
upper division dramatic club,
“When Crummies Played,” ar¬
ranged by Sir Nigel Playfair, is
built around George billo’s nine¬
teenth century drama, “The Lon¬
don Merchant,” and although it
was considered a deep tragedy by
playgoers of that d.ay, it is ex¬
tremely amusing to modern audi¬
ences.
Peanut Vendor
In keeping with the spirit of
the stiow, vendors of peanuts,
apples, and candy are in evi¬
dence between acts. A note on
the program, which is arranged
in the style of early nineteenth
century, announces that cheers
and applause for the hero and
hisses and boos for the villainess
are entirely in order during the
course of the play.
The play has three acts and
more than ten scenes bearing such
thrilling titles as Industry, Temp¬
tation, Remorse, Suspicion, Mur¬
der, most foul, The Accusation,
The Arrest, Repentance, and Retri¬
bution.
Krumm Scores
Evelyn Shuck, a newcomer to
the junior college, playing the
part of “Millward,” tne villainess,
proved very effective and was well
received by the audience. John
Krumm in the title role of “Vin¬
cent Crummies,” and! Maurice Cor¬
bett as “George Barnwell,” were
also outstanding in their roles.
Nelda Miller and James Miller de¬
lighted in the ballet-interlud.e.
Several novelty numbers, hits of
the nineteenth century, were pre¬
sented between acts. The Crummies
quartette, composed of Stanley
Meacham, Herb Wenneberg, Ralph
Worrell, and Walter Polloch,
dressed in costumes representative
of the period, sang a group of old
songs.
Lot of Fun
Jack Hamilton, president of
Players’ Guild, advises students
to come early as a capacity
house is expected. Costumes and
scenery are both designed for
the period concerning which the
play was written. It is expected
tiiat they will be a source of
amusement to tonight’s audience.
Following is the complete cast
of the production, which was di¬
rected by Miss E. E. Keppie, dra¬
matic coach, assisted by Winni-
fred Craven, student director, and
Violet Widess, assistant.
Narrator, Too
Jean McCrea, narrator; John
Krumm, Vincent Crummies; Fred¬
erick Jennison, Nicholas Nickleby;
Dick Planna, Smike; Evelyn Shuck,
Mrs. Vincent Crummies; Neld.a
Miller, Miss Ninetta Crummies;
James Williams, Mr. Fluggers;
Gilbert Ralston, Mr. Folair; Henry
Grattan, Mr. Lenville.
Paul Arvin, Mr. Smittle Tim-
berry; Peggy Rhodes, Mrs. Sne-
vellicci; James Parker, Mr. Sne-
vellicci; Jean McCrea, Miss Bel-
vawney; Elva Lois Kellogg, Mrs.
Grudden; Bill Denman, Master P.
Crummies; Maurice Corbett, Mr.
Crummies; Jack Hamilton, Mr.
Bravassa.
Parking Chairman
Announces Rules
SCHOLARS TRY PUZZLES
Jigsaw puzzles will again be¬
come rampant in J. C. circles when
the semi-annual C. S. F.-Alpha
welcoming parties are held Febru¬
ary 28 in the social hall at 3 and
7:30 o’clock.
For the benefit of new stu¬
dents, Steve Seaton, chairman
of the Lancer parking commit¬
tee, announces the rules for
parking.
On entering the school lot the
south driveway must be used,
and for exiting, the north drive.
No smoking is allowed in cars
either coming in or leaving the
premises, while a speed limit of
15 miles an hour is enforced with
pedestrians accorded the right
of way. Special stalls are re¬
served for the faculty.
The committee also requests
that the parking lot be kept free
from waste paper.