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Pasadena Chronicle, February 19, 1932
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Final Scenes of
PAGEANT OF EDUCATION
Shows Junior College and
Muir Tech Graduates
In Graduation
Pae-iuiciui (Chronicle
Contribution s to
ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY
’First the Blade’ End with
Last Minute Rush to
Meet Deadline
Vol. XXIII
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 19, 1932
No. 18
CHORALISTS
GIVE RECITAL
. IN ASSEMBLY
George Washington Honored
In Birthday Celebration
Produced Here
EARLY COMPOSERS REIGN
‘Poor Soldier,’ English Opera,
Proves to Be Interesting
To Audience
A costume recital in commemora¬
tion of the George Washington Bi¬
centennial Celebration, was pre¬
sented by the Schubert Ohoralists
this morning in assembly.
Choral and solo numbers by ear¬
ly American composers were given
and the minuet, so popular in
Washington’s time, was danced.
Of special interest was a solo
from Washington’s favorite Eng¬
lish opera “The Poor Soldier,” by
William Shield, (1748-1892). This
air, “Nora, Dear Nora,” one of the
most melodious of the opera, was
given by Mrs. William F. Axtell.
Dedication Number
Another song, “Enraptured I
Gaze,” was selected from “A Set
of Songs” by Francis Hopkinson,
revolutionary composer, who dedi¬
cated it to George Washington.
A trio, “Miss Nancy’s Gown,” by
the American composer George W.
Chadwick, was given by Mesdames
Laird, Muir, and Cutler, the ac¬
companiment introducing the Don
Juan minuet by Mozart.
In recognition of Washington’s
native state, the ChoraJists sang
“Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.”
Lora Perry Sings
“Sons,” by Lora Perry (Mrs.
James W. Chesnut) of this city,
was sung for the first time in Pas¬
adena. Gertrude Ross, well known
composer of Los Angeles, was rep¬
resented by her beautiful patriot¬
ic number, “Peace,” in which Dor¬
othy Shaw sang the incidental solo.
The minuet was danced by Misses
Turner and Clark, Mesdames Ul-
man and Moore.
A tribute to Washington was
paid by Superintendent John A.
Sexson. The program was closed
with a tree planting ceremony and
the song “Trees” was sung by
WendaJI Hendrick®, after which the
audience united in the singing of
“America.”
Choralists Present Washington Program
Twenty-six Singers Who Appeared in Assembly This Morning
DR. HARBESON
MAKES STUDY
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Non-rec Students Should
Not Be Barred, Claim
Of Educator
“Should gates to higher learn¬
ing be barred to students of non-
recommended classification.”
“No,” is the answer of Dr. John
W. Harbason, who has embodied
findings of five-years’ study on the
subject into his book, “A Critical
Study of the Practice of Classify¬
ing Junior College Students into
Separate Certificate and Diploma
Groupings.”
In his volume, which will appear
in about three weeks, Dr. Harbeson
clearly shows by the use of more
than 100
Absence Petitions
Must Be Made Out
Every student who is absent
from any class or classes for
any reason whatsoever must
make out a petition for these
with Mrs. White in the text¬
book room before returning to
class.
Eleventh year students will
go to their counselors for ab¬
sence petitions. All unexcused
absences will be counted as
cuts.
News Channel
Undercurrents
be kept in cold storage until
March 17, St. Patrick’s Day.
Drama Club
W ill Present
One- act Play
“Rich Man, Poor Man,” to be
presented by Bauble and Bells in
•assembly next Friday, will be one
of 52 entries from Southern Calif¬
ornia in preliminary tryouts in the
annual one-act play contest spon¬
sored by the Community Playhouse.
Judges, including Mrs. Allison
Gaw, Mrs. A. A. Maxfield and Mrs.
Schyuler Brewter, will be present
in thje audience to make a decision
on the production. Students are
asked to give courteous attention
or remain outside.
Schools placing in their first pre¬
sentation before judge® will com¬
pete in semi-finals at the Commun¬
ity Playhouse in March. Final com¬
petition will be held in the Pasa¬
dena civic auditorium.
Valentines having been surrep¬
titiously sent and having been re¬
table®, oO graphs, and ceived with wild guesses, inventive
other important data, that un,ver- and creative will tave to
sity education could not be denied
non-recomm ended students without
inflicting injustice.
Using backgrounds, records,
standardized test scores, trait rat¬
ing scales, and the new University
of California classification as the
base of his survey of 250 .students
of each group, the junior college
principal found the following to
be true:
Although recommended students
are superior as a class to non-rec-
ommended, the groups so definitely
merge into each other that no real
boundary can be drawn, with the
result that exclusion from educa¬
tional opportunities cannot apply
I to all members of the lower status.
Without injustice, no plan has
i yet been devised whereby high
[school graduates can be classified,
j Furthermore, classifi cation by
! general standard® “results in the
loss of the individual in the crowd.”
Humor Lives
In Teachers
In a recent class recitation, a
teacher made a remark worthy
of the halls of fame, proving
that professors have a sense of
humor.
“What is poetry?” asked the
teacher.
The quick answer came, “Im¬
agination."
Not to be daunted, the in¬
structor again queried “What is
imagination?”
“Imagination is the wander¬
ings of the mind,” answered the
clever pupil.
Immediately the teacher retal¬
iated with “I’ve known lots of
people whose mind wandered,
but who were not poets.”
Distribute Student
Activity Calendars
Student activities books for the
second semester were distributed
Wednesday, but those who failed
to obtain them may call at Miss
Catherine J. Robbins’ office.
“In order to avoid conflicts
of dates, alll junior college or¬
ganizations are requested to
register their activities with
the clearing house committee
before making any definite
plans for them.”
The school calendar, as well as
the aims of the assembly commit¬
tee and the clearing house mem¬
bers and rules, are published in it.
Showing the universal and
proverbial habit of leaving
things to the last minute, the
editors of “First the Blade”
were showered with special
delivery and airmail letters
Monday, the last day for con¬
tributions.
“D. Pression” seems to have
made inroads upon social affairs
at school. Upon mention of a pros¬
pective party, members of clubs
shut up like clams, making a silent
announcement of a dearth of
open-doored houses.
Again the school grounds
are beautified by the appear¬
ance of many promising young
army officers in full regalia.
Flags are raised and lowered
with members of the R.
О.
T.
C. in attendance, marching
stiff and straight, detouring
for no one.
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DEBATERS TO
OPPOSE U.S.C.
Raymond Rees and Jack Biffle
Will Represent P. J. C.
In Contest
Opposing women debaters from
U. S. C., Raymond Rees and Jack
Biffle will attempt to capture the
winner's laurels when they discuss
the affirmative aide of the central
control of industry question today,
j sixth period, in 200-C.
Russel Holm and Robert Faulk¬
ner are traveling to the Los An¬
geles university to talk for the
negative proposition of the same
topic.
An audience inspires debaters,”
said
С.
C. Stewart, adviser. “The
sight of many people urges the
talker to present his topic with a
g-reat deal of fire and ‘punch’ in
older to convince them. For this
reason, the squad and coach will
appreciate as large an attendance
as possible.”
At least two teams will be enter¬
ed by the Alpha chapter of Phi
Rho Pi in the national convention
at Glendale iin April. The question
will be on the belief that the states
should adopt unemployment insur¬
ance.
As a reward for their victories
over Compton and Long Beach,
Chester Anderson, Melvin Nelson,
Tom Brady, and David Nelson vis¬
ited Mr. Stewart's cabin ix the San
Bernardino mountains.
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Olympics Intrude
On Freshie Party
Spirit of the Olympics has in¬
vaded P. J. C.l The approaching
Olympiad will be the theme of the
freshman party to be given by the
Y. W. and Y. M. C. A., February
26, at 7:30 p. m., in the women’s
gym, lor frosh and new students.
Charles Wherrit and Alice
Advanced Shorthand
Class Is Announced
Opening of a new adult class in
advanced shorthand has been an¬
nounced by Leland M. Pryor,
chairman of the commerce depart¬
ment.
Miss Elizabeth Flint will in-
truct the course, which will meet
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri¬
days, at 1 o’clock for one hour.
The course is principally de¬
signed for those who wish to re¬
view or increase their speed.
Basketball Dances a/e in,cl™ of **
•r r~" J T affair, hint of novel entertainment.
lO End J OmOrrOW i Assisting them are: refreshment
— ♦ — I committee, Violet Jardine, Herbert
Tomorrow night the last of the Wennerberg; program, Boyd
P.J.C.-MUIR TECH GRADUATION
EPILOGUE CLIMAXES PAGEANT
Four Acts Are Preceded by Prologue Reproducing Paasadena’s
First Little Rustic Schoolhouse; Dunce
And Birching Episodes Included
Simple dignity and impressive contrast are the keynotes
of the fourth act and epilogue which will be given by the
junior college to climax the Education Pageant tonight at
the new Crown City civic auditorium.
Preceded by a prologue which will reproduce Pasadena’s
first little rustic schoolhouse, four acts will tell the story of
a mistreated boy, grown old, watch-d - — -
ing the realization of his child’s
hopes for improved education. The
final fulfillment of the Utopian ed¬
ucation system comas during the
epilogue, when a miniature Rose-
Bowl commencement will be pre¬
sented.
In Kindergarten
Following the dunce-cap and
birching episode, act I, under the
direction of Miss Christine Lof-
stedt, will be a day in a kindergart¬
en and elemetary school of 1932.
The second act, under the super¬
vision of E. C. McCarty will bring
to the stage the self-importance
and haste of students at junior
high school, on opening day.
Three immense circles of light
on a darkened stage will be junior
college’s setting for pantomimed,
separate scenes, lasting one min¬
ute each. They will depict every¬
day activities of the normal stu¬
dents in the curricular subjects of¬
fered here.
To Watch Methods
Modem parents, who may have
been companions in that little “red
school house” of the prologue, will
watch methods used to teach as¬
tronomy, aviation, and nursing.
Languages will form atmosphere
for this act, directed by George
Henck and Miss Elizabeth Keppie.
The quaint movements of an old
Russian folk-dance, “Kamarin-
skai,” will bring the charm of a
little old world village to the stage,
with students from the women’s
gymnasium participating.
With the curving tiers and state¬
ly columns of the Rose Bowl on a
basketball dances arranged by A1
Renner throughout the season,
will be given in the men’s gym
following the Long Beach J. C.
game.
Two loving cups are to be given
as prizes for the best dancing cou¬
ple. Prince’s colored orchestra
will furnish the music.
Washington ’s
Life Pictured
Student patriotism was
aroused by a motion picture on
“THe Life of Washington,” in¬
cluding films on “Winning In¬
dependence” and “Building the
Nation,” which were shown to
sixth period history and civics
classes Wednesday.
Washington’s courtship, prin¬
cipal battles of the Revolution,
and scenes of Valley Forge,
were shown in interesting de¬
tail.
O’Donnell, Pat Shultz; invitations,
Margaret Ben net; decorations,
Gwen Snipes, Herbert Wenner¬
berg; games, Jack Cutler; public¬
ity, Mildred Dale.
Subject A Results
Obtained From Slips
Students may find whether
they have passed or failed sub¬
ject A examination in English
by obtaining result slips at
window 3 of the records office,
according to Murray G. Hill,
chairman of the English de¬
partment.
Two hundred fifteen stu¬
dents took the test February 6
to be admitted into upper di¬
vision of P. J. C.
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LATE BULLETIN
Restrictive Inter-club Coun¬
cil has pledged about 100 dol¬
lars to the Pasadena Com¬
munity Chest fund.
( Continued on Page 3)
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Women Have
Better Eye
For Money
Women do have better eyes for
money than mem. Two P. J. C.
girls have taken advantage of the
opportunity “to pick up” a stray
50 or 100 dollars with little effort,
while the boys have neglected the
chance.
Prizes of 100 dollars, 50 dollars,
25 dollars and even a trip to
Europe will be awarded the win¬
ners of the sixth national competi¬
tive contest on the League of Na¬
tions, and all that has to be done
to win is to write the best answers
to a test on the doings of .the
League.
The best paper of each school
will be sent to national headquar¬
ters after the test on March 18.
Material can be found at the libra¬
rian’s desk, where students must
sign if they enter the contest.
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RESERVATIONS
Reservations for club pic¬
tures in the annual may be
made with Wesley Daley,
“Campus” business manager,
or Miss Mary Sullivan, art
adviser, in 208-B now. Full
page layouts cost five dollars,
and half pages, three.
EDITORS GET
LAST POEMS
Special Delivery and Airmail
Bring Manuscripts to
‘First the Blade’
By special delivery and air mail,
hundreds of last minute poems
were received by the editors of
“First the Blade” Monday, dead¬
line.
From the odd thousand poems
received, approximately eighty will
be printed. This demands careful
reading, and, according to authori¬
ties, many deserving poems will of
necessity de discarded.
Adviser Encourages
“Don’t be discouraged this time
if your poems are not published,”
encourages Miss Harriet McGlay,
faculty adviser of the editing club
Nom de Plume. “The next attempt
will be even better than that of
this year.”
Prizes are awarded for the best
poems, not only for poetic form,
but also for beauty of content of
thought. Awards of 15, 10, and 5
dollars are offered to first, second,
and third place winners. Not only
prize poems, but also others printed
in the verse volume, will be consid¬
ered for publication in some of the
nation’s outstanding poetry mag¬
azines.
Former Contributions
During the last two years, P. J.
C. students have had contributions
printed in “First the Blade.” They
were Miriam S. Buck, George Kuz-
nets, Gretchen Reudiger, and Mur¬
id Trigg in the 1930 volume; and
Velda Johnston, a prixe winner,
Mary M. Jones, and Pamelia Wood
in the 1931 book.
Among the contributors this
year from Pasadena are Inez Ef-
finger, Eugene Lepeschkin, Betty
Anne Hazlehurst, Michael Sheehey,
Jean Backus, Marion Harris, Clar¬
ence Calkins, Hartley Batey, Doris
Worcester, Ronald Mackie, Joan
Sawyer, Graham Berry.
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Chemistry Students
Meet to Plan Team
Fourteen students met with O.
G. Dressier Monday to begin or¬
ganization of the P. J. C. team for
the annual chemistry contest in
May.
Mr. Dressler’s topics of discus¬
sion were “The Four Major Divi¬
sions of Chemistry,” “The Metric
System,” and “The Present Day
Molecular Theory of Matter” as
presented by Prof. Horace G.
Deming in his comparison of prop¬
erties of gases with the molecular
theory.
Meetings, which will be held
about once a week, will be divided
among the instructors, each one
taking a meeting. The team will
be chosen by a process of elimi¬
nation.
Junior Officers Begin Plans
For Program in Auditorium
Plans for a Junior Jinx in the auditorium Monday afternoon, Feb¬
ruary 29, are rapidly being formulated by class officers.
This program, which is open to members of all classes for 15 cents,
will consist of a minstrel show,-1
colored orchestra and quartette,
tap dancing, and a half-hour pro¬
gram by the “V” club.
Committees are: Sydney Ed¬
wards, class president, in general
charge; Lois Hughes, program;
and Bob Coop, publicity.
THEATRE PARTY
The cabinet of the Y. W. C. A.
will attend a theatre party to be
given to them by the cabinet of
the Y. M. C. A. next Monday,
Washington’s birthday, at Grau-
man’s Chinese to see “Mata Hari."
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