Pasadena Chronicle, February 20, 1931

Vol. XXII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 20, 1931 No. 18 РИ RHO PI HAS BUSY SESSION AT CONVENTION Banquets, Debates, Extem¬ poraneous Speeches Fill Active Program AT GLENDALE IN 1932 Gle!nn L. Lembke Re-elected as Chairman for Next Session Pasadena junior college was host to delegates from all over the Southland who gathered here last Friday and Saturday to attend the second annual convention of the Pacific - Southwestern district of Phi Rho Pi, national honorary for¬ ensics fraternity. The, activities of the first day were climaxed by a banquet in the Arcade tea room, at which time an extemporaneous contest was held. Out of eight participants, Phillip Manning of Los Angeles junior college was judged the best, while he was closely followed by Glenm Johnson of Phoenix J. C. and Jack Layrng of Pasadena. Preceding the extemporaneous contest a business meeting was conducted with Donald Mclsaacs, president of the Pasadena chapter of Phi Rho Pi, presiding. During the meeting, Glenn L. Lembke, ad¬ viser of the local chapter and also national president of the frater¬ nity, was re-elected chairman for the next session. Others elected were J. N. Smeltzer, of Phoenix, to the office of secretary-treasurer. Interest Shown In Talk Contest — ♦— Increasing interest is being shown in the upper division Shake¬ spearean contest, according to Graydon Spaulding, president of the Players’ Guild. The local preliminary contest will be held March 25, and the finals, determining the boy and girl to represent P. J. C. at U. S. C. on April 24, will be held in the auditorium. Selections may be chosen by the contestant; the selection may bee a memorized selection portraying more than one character, it may be a soliloquy, or boys may choose from girls’ speeches and vice versa. It must not, however, be less than 25 lines nor more than 30. Further aid may be had by seeing Miss Elizabeth Keppie in 1£MJ. In 1929 Graydon Spaulding, while a sophomore, won first place in Southern California at the local Community Playhouse. In 1930, John Krumm was one of the three contestants in the finals at U. S. C. PAL SYSTEM IS GIVEN JR AISE Opinions Are Given by Dunk- erley, Jeanne Thompson, New Freshman Theater Party | at the Colorado - — * — J. C. night at the Colorado the¬ ater, sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. last Monday, drew a large attend¬ ance for two performances of “Fighting Caravans.” This was the first benefit the theater has given P. J. C. Songs by the Euterpeans and the Men’s Glee club, assisted by Emil Briano on the violin and Ful¬ ton Freeman on the cello, and led by Arthur McCulloch, student di¬ rector, were a part of the pro¬ gram. Douglas McMann and Larry Smith introduced Leighton Noble’s Trio, which played and sang sev¬ eral selections. The school song was sung accompanied by the theater orchestra. Elsie Dilmore was in charge of the affair. Doris Coventry directed the sale of tickets, with Alice Jane Philp as salesman chairman. The program was planned by Fannie Arnold, and Helen Ward secured the speakers. Kate Boyd acted as publicity chairman. “Hazing is not the right thing. It sets up the wrong feeling in the student, a feeling of retaliation and a dislike for the institution, when they should be given a better understanding of their fellow stu¬ dents. “The system of numbering the pal, the sponsor, and the student will naturally grow better as it is used,” stated Bill Dunkerley, sec¬ retary of oral arts, in a recent in¬ terview. Jeanne Thomson, one of the chairmen of the committee of spon sors, declared: “The pal-sponsor system is quite successful. The stu¬ dents have gone into it enthusiasti¬ cally.” An anonymous freshman said, “I am grateful to the school for putting the clamp on hazing. I think the pal system is better, be¬ cause if the new student comes in and is hazed, he loses his school spirit, and thinks everyone is down on him. To come to a new school and find everyone friendly makes our first acquaintance with the school a happy one.” FOLK DANCES, SONGS FEATURE ENTERTAINMENT Native Hungarian Gypsy Or¬ chestra Presents Interest¬ ing Program CYMBA LON~ SOLO GIVEN Larry Smith, Doug McMann in Skit Preceding Orchestra Hungarian music played by the “Gypsy Hungarians,” a native or¬ chestra, featured this morning’s assembly. Iolanka, native dancer, was also a member of the troupe. Their program consisted of several folk songs and dances by the or¬ chestra, dancing by Iolanka, and a solo on the cymbalon, a Hungar¬ ian instrument which is a forerun¬ ner of the modern piano. Although the orchestra was only recently organized, thely have al¬ ready appeared locally at the Bev¬ erly Hills high school, University high school in Los Angeles, and the Town House, also of Los An¬ geles. In addition to this, Iolanka has appeared separately on several large vaudeville circuits. The bright native costumes worn by the orchestra members added to the color of their performance. Preceding the Hungarian pro¬ gram, Larry Smith and Doug Mc¬ Mann, junior college caudeville ,duo, presented a takeoff on the great American melodrama, “Sin¬ ners in Sex.” This popular pair has already appeared several times in assembly and also presented a skit at the Colorado theater on junior college night last Monday. - ♦ - Tryouts to be Held in M rch Tryouts for the National High School Constitutional Contest will be held March 3. Speeches are to be six minutes in length, on any phase of the National Constitution. All other contest speeches will be the -same as the tryout talk plus an extemporaneous speech of four minutes. Pasadena is in the “C” group of the California, Arizona, Nevada section. Winners of each school re¬ ceive $15 and compete in the group contest in Glendale. The winner goes to Los Angeles, where all group winners compete for a $500 prize, a trip to Washington, D. C., and are qualified for the Pacilc Coast finals, May 15. PARTY HELD Mrs. Jeanette Courtright acted as hostess to the Commerce faculty at a bridge party held at her home February 13. Contest Entries Take Awards DES MOINES, Feb. 18. (Special to the Pasadena Chronicle) — Har¬ old L. Iveltz and Margaret Gardner of Pasadena junior college, lower division, Pasadena, California, won seventh place nationally for head¬ line writing and fourth place for the Pacific Coast district in feature writing, respectively, in the recent journalism contest conducted by Quill and Scroll, national honorary society for secondary school jour¬ nalists. The contest try-outs were held January 24. The work of the two Pasadena winners were adjudged the best by Miss Hazel G. Long, journalism adviser at Pasadena, land sent to Quill and Scroll head¬ quarters here. Professor Emory Ruby of the Drake university de¬ partment of journalism and Wayne Gard, editorial writer for the Des Mines Register and Tribune and former journalism head at Grin- nell college, were the judges. Thousands of high school stu¬ dents from all over the United States took part in this contest, which was Quill and Scroll’s sec¬ ond this year. MAGAZINfDATE IS POSTPONED — ♦— Will Be Published in May; to Contain 40 Pages; Con¬ tributions Desired — t— Desiring to give the students of Pasadena junior college the best writing that can be produced by them, the Scholar and Clown staff announces their decision to post¬ pone the next issue of the maga¬ zine until May. At that time the staff plans to sell a forty-page pub¬ lication with no advance in prices. Change in plans does net mean that immediate contributions ar( not urgently desired, editors de¬ clared. Manuscripts may deal with any subjects from poems of spring to literary descriptions of a base¬ ball game, and should be turned in to the magazine office, it was fur¬ ther announced. Staff members include Catherine Colegrove, Mary Jones, Fortuna Otis and Elmer Dethlefs, editors; Dale Roe and Frank Ross, business managers; and Harlow Parker, art editor. Miss Edna F. Goodhew is editorial adviser. Student Body to Present Yodelers ■ — ♦ — “World’s greatest Swiss yo¬ delers” is the name given to the Zimmerman and Grandpille yodelers, who will appear in the program to be given in the auditorium next Wednesday, February 25, at 3:00, under the auspices of the secretary of activities and his assistants. This program will be the first of its kind in the new se¬ mester, and Jack Plotkin, who is in charge of arrangements, urges every student to be pres¬ ent to enjoy this unusual team. The program which is enti¬ tled “Echoes of Switderland,” has been presented over radio and on Victor and Columbia records. The Paramount and the Capitol Theaters in New York have also housed capac¬ ity audiences who were anxi¬ ous to hear these authentic ar¬ tists. Mr. Zimmerman and Miss Grandville are said to possess beautiful singing voices, and their appearances have always been of the high¬ est quality. As an added attraction a mo¬ tion picture will be shown dur¬ ing an intermission in the yo- deling program. The name of the picture has not been de¬ cided. Tryouts for 66 A Wedding 99 to Be Held in Next Assembly - 4 - - The preliminary tryout for “A Wedding-,” the P. J. C. entry in the Pasadena Community Playhouse one-act play tournament, will be presented in next Friday’s regular as¬ sembly. “At this assembly on February 27 the representative from the Playhouse will judge our play. I am asking every¬ one to be quiet and courteous for much depends on the attitude of the audience,” states Miss Kath¬ arine Kester, director. The play centers around a bride and groom on the afternoon just before the wedding. Everything runs smoothly until the bridegroom loses his collar button. A scene ensues, whereupon the bride re¬ fuses to marry the groom. After many trials the wedding goes off per schedule. Members of the oast include: bridegroom, William Grose; bride, Hazel Kaiser; best man, Bob Coop; the bride’s father, Bob Rockwood; the bride’s aunt, Leta Housten; the bridegroom’s mother, Margaret Miller, and a groomsman, Michael Siheehey. Committees for the play are : student director, James Bruce ; properties, Eleanor Levins; pro¬ grams, Betty Swartzbaugh; stage, Edmund Dudley; costumes, A1 Lut zoff and Treva Scott. Court Initiates Order Campaign —4 — Harold Hoover, student court chief justice, has begun an in¬ tensive campaign for order. Muriel Cannon and Bill Ram¬ sey, new associate justices, are cooperating in work on closed campus, parking, and other problems. Eric Emery heads a com¬ mittee on enforcement of closed campus rules.. Better- parking will be undertaken by a committee under Cliff Wil¬ letts. PASADENA IN PHOENIX WIN Question of Athletic Subsidiz¬ ing Argued by Contend¬ ing Debaters “This was the best all-round de bating we have had this year,” stated Glenn L. Lembke, Pasadena debate coach, in commenting on the double defeat given Phoenix junior college by Pasadena’s de¬ baters last Friday and Saturday- on the proposition, “Resolved : That colleges and universities are justi¬ fied in paying the actual college expenses of athletes.” Pasadena is the only junior col¬ lege to beat Phoenix twice this year, and this is the third victory in two years. Phoenix is making a successful debating tour through Southern California, meeting the strongest teams in this part of the state. Their record before meeting Pasadena was two victories over Glendale and Long Beach and a victory and defeat in their two contests with Los Angeles and San Bernardino. Bob Ryan and Barbara Phillips upheld the affirmative for Pasa¬ dena against Stanley 'Shaw and Lew Oliver, while the judge was S. M. Hayden, Santa Ana debate coach. The negative side for Pasa¬ dena was defended 'by Bill Ander¬ son and Winston Trevor, while James Jones amd Glen Johnson represented Phoenix. Ray Unterei- ner of Caltech was the judge. Reception for Freshies Held The Y. M.-Y. W. reception held last Friday night, gave an oppor¬ tunity’- for the new students to meet the officers of the student body and the pals as a group. Emil Briano played a number of violin selections, followed by Ar¬ thur McCulloch, who sang several numbers. A skit was presented by Douglas McMann and Larry Smith. Steve iSalisian had charge of the games. School and old-time songs were led by Lila Sueter. Cider and doughnuts were .served early to permit those present to attend the student body dance. Committees were: general, Lois Wingard and David Bruce-; pro¬ gram, Dorothy Rossbach; decora¬ tion, Bill Dunn; refreshment, Jo¬ sephine Bibra. Joyce Dunkerley was master of ceremonies and in charge of the reception committee. Dramatics in Club Election Bauble and Bells elected Virginia Bunch president at a recent meet¬ ing. She has held the offices of vice-president and secretary, and has been active in all of tihe club’s work. Other officers are : vice-president, Elizabeth Swartsbaugh; secretary, Hazel Kaiser; treasurer, Bob Rock- iwood. Miss Katherine Kester is ad¬ viser. An evening meeting and infor¬ mal party is planned by the out¬ going officers, at which time the installation of the newly elected ones will take place. G. K. CHESTERTON IS SPEAKER HERE LAST MONDAY EVENING Noted Author Exposes Fallacies of Cultured in Witty Talk Criticizing Educational Expression of Today; Expounds Humility By Richard Penny Gilbert K. Chesterton, English author and connoisseur in wit and paradox, last Monday evening spoke here under the auspices of the Pas¬ adena Lecture course. Known as a pronounced foe of anything that would disparage the human enterprise, his subject-topic, exposing the fallacies of modem culture and education, was charac¬ teristically entitled, “The Ignor¬ ance of the Educated.” Mr. Chesterton directed his shafts of irony and humor at those who believe themselves to be the cultured few. In masterly fashion, shown by the appreciative laughter of his audience, he pointedly at¬ tacked the shallow reasoning of the economist, the pretentious pub¬ licity of the newspaper, the meddle¬ someness of the pseudo-scientitst, and .the gullibility of the many types of educated people. As a philosopher, “G. К. C.” be¬ lieves enough in the human race to give- it some hope for the future. In summary, he said: “Let us cultivate a little more lumility, a little less insolent belief n our infallibility nad rememlber rthat it is easier to make out a case "or the infallibility of the mob than for the infallibility of the edu¬ cated.” SPEECH* 'ARTS ARE ORGANIZED - ♦ - Dunkerley Appoints Manager, to Hold Banquet at SemesteT End — f— Bill Dunkerley, Secretary of Oral Arts, announces new organization plans in Ms department, with ap¬ pointment of manager of oratory, debate, dramatics1, and music. Oratory manager appointments are: Katherine Summers, upper di¬ vision; Arleen Ringle, lower divi¬ sion. Winston Trevor and Joseph.. Phelps are to be upper and lower division debate managers, respec¬ tively. Carl Tivel will manage upper di- yision, and Jean McCrae, lower di¬ vision dramatics. Marion Hatters- ey is music manager. At the end of this semester, it is he intention of Cahifman Dunker¬ ley to have a banquet to which all those who will have participated actively in oral arts will be invited. At this time awards are to be made to those who have worked hardest, without regard to degree of excel¬ lence as indicated by contest awards. The new speech arts committee will meet every Friday morning of this semester. At this meeting Her¬ bert Smith of the publicity bureau ,will attend, as publicity manager. (( Junior Jinx ” Being Planned —4— Plans are being made by the jun¬ ior class for the annual “junior jinx,” which will consist of an aft¬ ernoon of entertainment in the auditorium, March 25. Scheduled are motion pictures, music, and a famous magician. Ex¬ act names are being kept secret by junior council members, but they are ardent in their guarantees of an engrossing show. In inviting the whole student body to attend, they use their islogannsong : On the first of March say: Save a penny a day Till you have twenty-five, So on March twenty-five You’ll be able to pay, And they’ll not say you nay When you sway to the fray On the junior jinx way. Four Elected to Delta Psi Omega Four new members have been elected to Delta Psi Omega, na¬ tional honorary dramatic frater¬ nity. Those honored are: Ruth Baldwin, Ruth Walter, Bud Will¬ ard, and Graydon Spaulding, all active members of Players’ Guild. New officers are: Bernard Mele-. kian, president; Dffhald Mclsaacs, vice-president; and Dwight Cran¬ dall, secretary and treasurer. Play is Presented By Dramatics Class — * — . “A Valentine Fantasy at the Sign of the Cleft Heart,” a play by Theodosia Garrison, was pre¬ sented by the girls of Miss Kath¬ erine Kester’s lower division dra¬ matics class at the annual spring luncheon of the 'College Women’s Club of Pasadena, at Hotel Vista del Arroyo last Friday. Phyllis Upton, student director, gave the introduction. The charac¬ ters were: a maiden, Louise Lee; and Love, Jean McCrae. The play was presented again Monday evening at a special P. E. 0. meeting. Campus in Need of Photographs Humorous photographs are in great demand by the “Campus” staff for the annual issue. Ten thousand are asked for, and are to be dropped in the ticket 'box in 205-C as soon as possible, accord- ng to Dwight Crandall, secretary. Basketball Books Out for Freshmen — f— Walter E. Wilcox, treasurer of the school bank, makes the following announcement: Stu¬ dent body ticket books are available now at the school bank for all students just en¬ tering the Pasadena junior college. “All students who have com¬ pleted courses involving lab¬ oratory fees may obtain their refunds now at the school bank,” says Mr. Wilcox.