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Vol. XXV
Pasadena, California, February 23, 1934
No. 19
Principal
Will Talk
In Chicago
Dr. J. W. Harbeson Will
Address Convention
Next July
Traveler
Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal,
has been invited to address the an¬
nual convention for administrative
officers of higher institutions at the
University of Chicago, July 11-13.
Having chosen “A New Defini¬
tion of General Education” as the
central theme, the leaders hope that
the institute may contribute to a
clear understanding of the nature,
scope and essential elements in a
general education.
Expenses of the Pasadena prin¬
cipal will be borne by the institute.
Dr. Harbeson has accepted the in¬
vitation, believing much good will
come from the gathering.
“The Pasadena Reorganiza¬
tion” is the subject upon which
the local educator has been re¬
quested to present a paper. Dr.
William S. Gray, dean of the
school of education of University
of Chicago, sent the bid as rec¬
ognition of Dr. Harbeson's quali¬
fication in heading the junior
college movement.
Included in the paper will be a
definition of general education as
conceived in the Pasadena organi¬
zation as well as a discussion of
the nature, scope and essential
elements in the general education
that is provided in this school.
Five basic educational principles
which point to the four-year junior
college as the logical development
of upper secondary school organi¬
zations will be cited by the princi¬
pal. They are:
The junior college is a logical
part of the secondary school sys¬
tem and should be incorporated in
a well-rounded system of free pub¬
lic education;
The organization of the junior
college years as a part of the
local system gives to the stand¬
ard colleges and universities full
and untrammeled freedom to
concentrate on their proper
spheres of professional educa¬
tion;
The junior college is a new insti¬
tution and must develop character
and individuality of its own rather
than imitate the standard college
or university;
The junior college years consti¬
tute the logical completion of the
period of general, cultural or lib¬
eral education; and junior college
education should be open to the
masses without cost.
Two distinct groups of students
must be served by the junior col¬
lege curriculum; first, those who
are preparing for the university;
and, second, those for whom the
junior college will probably be the
last formal education, continued
Dr. Harbeson.
Meetings Board Makes
Are Held Appointments
By Groups
Juniors Install Heads As
Sophomores Name
Class Council
Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal,
who will travel to Chicago in
July.
Dance Held
Over Holiday
Annual Affair Draws 3000
Collegians To Local
Dance Floor
Joint Meet
To Be Held
Presentation of pins, a program,
and games will feature the C. S. F.
and Alpha Gamma Sigma recep¬
tions to be held in the social hall
on Tuesday, February 27. The C.
S. F. reception will take place at
3:15 p. m. and will be held in honor
of the newly elected, members of
the organization and 11 students
who were members of junior high
school scholarship societies during
their 10th year. At 7:30 p. m. mem¬
bers of Alpha Gamma Sigma will
meet to likewise honor their newly
elected members and the 13 C. S. F.
seal-bearers just entering upper
division.
“There has been considerable in¬
crease in membership in C. S. F.
and Alpha,” states Miss Mildred
Wellborn, adviser for these two or¬
ganizations. “I hope that every
eligible member will attend the re¬
ception of his society. If there are
any students who have not received
an invitation to the reception, and
who believe they are eligible for
membership, they may see me in
tent No. 239,” she said.
Geology Classes
Make Field Trip
Beginning geology students took
their first excursion Thursday,
February 22, at Eagle Rock and in
Devil’s Gate gorge. Approximately
fifty students attended.
The next geology excursion will
be held on March 3, in the vicinity
of Saugus.
Juniors and sophomores domi¬
nated the class activities of the
week. At the time the Chronicle
went to press other class councils
had not been announced.
JUNIORS
; INSTALL
j Witnessing the installation of
their class officers, juniors will at¬
tend an open house meeting in the
social hall this afternoon at 3 p. m.
Newly elected officers to take
the oath include: Robert Scott,
vice-president; Betty Lewis, secre¬
tary; and Bob Baker, treasurer.
A melodrama entitled “Pro¬
posal Under Difficulties,” by
John K. Banks, is on the boards
for the entertaining half of the
meeting. The cast includes: Dor¬
othy Anderson, feminine lead,
played by Eleanor Berg; Robert
Yardsly, male lead, played by
Gilbert Somners; Jennie, played
by Mary Louise Perry, and Nor¬
wood Bergerman as Andrew
Cornaka.
All junior class members are in- !
vited and, according to Eleanor
Northrup, president, junior class
council members will be announced. I
Following the precedent set dur¬
ing the first weeks of the semester,
the board of representatives ap¬
pointed 11 students to various po¬
sitions at a regular meeting last
Tuesday.
Loretta Melton, last semester
president of associated women stu¬
dents, was appointed to the posi¬
tion of secretary of social affairs
vacated by Mary Linek. The duties
of the office include arrangement
of all social activities such as teas,
open houses, and receptions
throughout the year.
Debate managers were appointed
on the recommendation of Charles
Havens, secretary of oral arts. Bob
Trumbell was named for debate;
Eleanor Berg, upper division dra¬
matics; Jack Lonzo, lower division
dramatics; Paul McFarlin, upper
division oratory; and Henry Leffler,
lower division oratory.
Bob Archibald, Aaron Ehmke,
Jeanette Gilman, Lois Grubbs and
Caryl Moon were placed on the
election board following recom¬
mendation of Paul Jones, chief jus¬
tice.
Students’ Lives Safe
As Move Made Out Of
Weakened Structure
Local Team
Meets Palo
Alto Orators
A holiday atmosphere hovered,
over 3000 jayseeites as they crowd¬
ed the Civic auditorium dance floor
Wednesday night at the annual
student body dance.
Syncopations of Leighton No¬
ble’s orchestra, the leader of
which is a former junior colllege
student, were broadcast by spe¬
cial arrangement over KHJ. Ver¬
satility was displayed in the or¬
chestra’s several novelty num¬
bers.
Birthday Theme
The Washington birthday theme'
was furthered by two large Amer¬
ican flags draped over the patrons’
stand, and bobbing red., white and
blue bids added to the holiday
spirit.
A note of humor and mob psy¬
chology was sounded in distribu¬
tion of the restricted number of
bids as over five hundred students
crowded around the little ticket of¬
fice window in the front hall last
Friday afternoon, forming a line
down over the front steps and out
on the front walk. Monday saw no
decrease in enthusiasm for the lit¬
tle white cards, as the place of
distribution was changed to avoid
excessive crowding, and applicants
filed before the Lancer office.
Committees in charge of plans
were headed by Harriett Tilden,
acting secretary of social affairs,
and clerk of the board, consisted
of Burl Watson, managing bids;
Mary Barrett, handling decora¬
tions; Vince Fite; Lambert Wes-
tling; Anona Alexander; Mar¬
garet Mulvaney; and Keith Cave.
Patrons
Patrons and patronesses attend¬
ing included: Dr. and Mrs. John
W. Harbeson, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
O’Mara, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ander¬
son, Miss Ida E. Hawes, Miss Cath¬
erine J. Robbins, Dr. and Mrs.
Glenn L. Lembke; parents of stu¬
dent body officers, among whom
were Mr. and Mrs. William Wegge,
Kenneth C. Jones, B. A. Northrup,
Nollar, H. C. Tilden, J. E. Her-
bold; and advisers of the social
affairs committee, Miss Ruth L.
Conrad and Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Baldwin; also Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Rimel, Miss Edith Cartwright and
Lloyd Phillips.
SOPHOMORE
COUNCIL NAMED
Twenty-five 12th year students
were appointed this week to serve
on the sophomore council for the
coming semester, by Worden Nol¬
lar, president of the class; Norman
MacDonnell, vice-president; Eloise
Jones, secretary; and Donald Starr,
treasurer.
Walter Vincenti, James Couch-
man, Franklin Lindsay, Bud Paul¬
son, Katherine West, Dickie
Holmes, Vivian Scott, Kathleen
Cartwright, Marjorie Betts, Pa¬
tricia Nelson, Betty Tyrrell and
Mary Dicks were named for the j
group.
Others appointed from applica- [
tions handed out in class meeting
last Friday were Jeanette Gilman,
Ruth Jones, Mary Lewis, Priscilla
Fox, Lyd.etta Everard, Gladys
Jones, Francis Walker, Margaret
Wold, Patricia Elston, Foster Mar-
kolf, Bob Wegge, Norman Martin,
and Ray Khun.
“The council is noticeably
smaller this semester than in
former years, as we feel that a
smaller group will be able to
work together more efficiently,”
explained Worden Nollar.
The first task awaiting the coun¬
cil is the planning and arranging
of the prom, scheduled for March
8. No plans have been made as
yet. Another function is the pres¬
entation of entertainment and busi¬
ness in the various class meetings
throughout the semester.
To Hold Second
Play Day Here
Fullerton, Riverside, San Ber¬
nardino, and Citrus will be the
guests of Pasadena junior college
at the second annual W. A. A.
play day to be held here Saturday,
March 10.
Last year at Riverside, Pasadena
was successful in winning both
singles and doubles tennis matches,
besides the two basketball games.
They were defeated only in the
volley-ball play-off.
Hockey, speedball, and tennis
are to be featured this year from
9 a.m. to 12 noon. A luncheon will
then be served in the cafeteria.
Thespian Club
Has Tryouts
Bauble and Bell Will Hold
Membership Tryouts
Next Thursday
Membership tryouts for the
Bauble and Bells, lower division
thespian club, are to be held in
room ID at 3 o’clock on March 1.
“Lower division students are cor¬
dially invited to participate and
men and women candidates will be
heard separately. Everyone is asked
to present a pantomine or short
memorized selection of three or
four minutes duration. These selec¬
tions may be given individually or
together,” Miss Kester, adviser to
the club, ascertained.
Anyone wishing further informa¬
tion mav consult Miss Kester in
the English department, across
from the library, in any of her free
periods, or see any member of the
club.
ONE ACT PLAY
TOURNAMENT
The one-act play tournament,
which is sponsored by the Pasa¬
dena Community Playhouse, is
postponed until April 16 or 17, ac¬
cording to Miss Katharine Kester,
who is directing the play entered
by the lower division,
This contest is one of the annual
events for all high schools and jun¬
ior colleges in the outlying dis¬
tricts.
“Bauble and Bells are entering
Sudermann’s ‘The Far Away Prin¬
cess,’ which should be of great in¬
terest to German students in par¬
ticular, since Sudermann was one
of the greatest German drama¬
tists,” said Miss Kester.
Dean J. P. O’Mara States That Tents Are Not Here
Permanently But Will Be Used Rest Of Year
As Temporary Answer To Troubles
“ ‘Tent City' is now being regularly occupied by the students.
Work on the tents is practically finished. I do not consider ‘Tent
City’ the solution of our problem — we do not know how long they
will continue to be used. However, we do know that they will be
used the rest of the year; they are not here permanently. I am com¬
pletely satisfied with the tents only
as a temporary answer for our
troubles,” states J. P. O’Mara, dean
of men.
As a result of moving many of
the rooms into the tents, most of
the department heads have been
moved. The language and com¬
merce offices have moved to the
second floor of the girls’ gym, (this
can be reached by entering the
east entrance of the girls’ gym) ;
the English office to a part of the
Chronicle office; the mathematics
office to the astronomy building;
the social science office to the old
R.
О.
T. C. office; the R.
О.
T. C.
office to the “S” building (old
Hunter building); and the bank to
the basement of the Jane Addams
building.
The following rooms have
been transferred: 200-C to 19-C
and stage; 208-C to 1-D; 218-C
to 3-D; 300-C to 4-D; 302-C to
2-D; 1-D to 5-D; 4-D to 100-T;
5-C to 241-C (tent).
Many of the classes which have
changed to the tents have different
lunch periods, to save confusion
and noise caused by the changing
of classes during lunch hour.
All those having a fourth peri¬
od class in the tents, the “P, or
the “Q” buildings, have the first
lunch hour. All those outside of
this category have second lunch
hour.
Students passing among the
tents during the periods are asked
to be as quiet as possible. Any
noise penetrates the tents much
easier than the former rooms.
The fifty tents have been erect¬
ed in about one month. Almost
ninety men, working on different
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Sweethearts’ Will Feature
' Mother Goose ’ Characters
“Dear old, queer old, Mother Goose, we gather about you.
Curly heads love to look in your great story book. What would all
the kiddies do without you?” Many of the selections taken from
the opera, “Sweethearts,” which is
to be presented by the music de¬
partment on April 26 and 27, are
built around characters from
Mother Goose.
Clever costuming will be dis¬
played by such characters as Little
Boy Blue, Tommy Tucker, Jack
Spratt, Miss Muffet, Bo-Peep, Jack
Homer, and Jack and Jill.
All of the novelty dance num¬
bers will be presented by members
of Miss Loretta Henrichs’ ad¬
vanced dancing classes, who will be
announced later, according to Miss
Lula C. Parmley, musical director
of the opera.
Specialty dances help to hold the
audience’s interest during the stag¬
ing of this annual event. “Military
Tap,” “Black and White Ensem¬
ble,” and the “Balkan Peasant” are
a few of the tap dances.
A unique arrangement is in the
form of a Humpty Dumpty dance.
All those participating are to wear
costumes of white egg shells, with
their heads and arms extending
from the top and bottom. The
theme of this nursery rhyme is car¬
ried out in the most minute detail.
Other selections are: Wooden
Shoe Dance Ensemble, a duet waltz,
one of Kate Greenaway’s interpre¬
tive dances, and a dance given by
a group of show girls in conjunc¬
tion with the song, “She’s Pretty
as a Picture, She’s Lovely as a
Rose.”
Groups Will
Give Benefit
“The Terrible Turk” will be pre¬
sented next Thursday evening by
the Areopagite and Sequoia re¬
strictive clubs on a joint benefit
program at the Community Play¬
house.
Ticket sales are progressing
rapidly, according to club members,
and a block of 30 has been sold to
the M. O. S. for the largest sale of
the campaign. Bob Trumbell is han¬
dling the Sequoia sales, and Craig
McLaughlin, Areop head, the Are¬
opagite.
A fund from the sales will be
presented to the associated student
body of the junior college to he
set aside for a scholarship. Tickets
may be obtained from either group
through members.
“The Terrible Turk” is a trav¬
esty on stage life based on an ac¬
tual Broadway figure. Vincent
Sherman will play the lead, and
Seymour Robinson, New York pro¬
ducer, will stage the comedy. Both
are New Yorkers.
Three Bulldog Debaters
Orate With Stanford
Team At McKinley
“Because of the request by the
Stanford delegates, no decision
was made as to the winner of
the junior college-Stanford de¬
bate. As the outcome of this, ho
judges were chosen to determine
the winner of the debate,” assert¬
ed Charles Havens, secretary of
oral arts.
Upper division debaters met
Stanford University Wednesday,
February 21, in their first debate
of the semester, in the McKinley
junior high school auditorium.
The topic in question was, “Res¬
olved: should Roosevelt’s policies
be permanent ? and how much
power should a president have?”
The local team, composed of
Marlin Lovelady, Louis LaGrave,
and. Paul Jones, took the affirm¬
ative, while Stanford argued on
the negative. The visiting debat¬
ers were David Mellinkoff, Andrew
Bright, and Fred Bold, captain.
Three important contentions
were made by the local team. They
were: that there is a need for reg¬
ulation of industry by the national
government, because the system of
individualism has failed to meet
the three fundamental demands
that the people of a country have
a right to make of a government,
the right to work, the right to re¬
ceive proper remuneration, and the
right to be guaranteed safety of
investments; how the president,
working through agencies for the
regulation of industry, agriculture,
money and banking, and organiza¬
tion of labor could meet these three
demands; and that the president
was the logical agency to exercise
these powers, and since these are
permanent problems the substantial
increase should be given as a set¬
tled policy.
The Stanford debaters returned
a rebuttal which was considered a
ready breaking down of the affirm¬
ative.
Members of both debate teams
were the guests of Bob Simpson,
student body president, at a dinner
in their honor, and after the argu¬
ment were guests of honor at the
student body dance, held in the
Civic auditorium.
Scholars To
Be Selected
Transfers Will
See Dr. Wrenn
Dr. Gilbert C. Wrenn, adminis¬
trative counselor at Stanford, will
be at Pasadena junior college Mon¬
day afternoon to confer with stu¬
dents who are transferring not only
to Stanford, but to any college
which presents a problem which
the student would like to discuss.
Before and after the Stanford-
Mills aptitude test Saturday morn¬
ing, Dr. Wrenn will also be avail¬
able for conferences.
Tea Will Be
Held By Club
Epicomega, women’s home eco¬
nomics club, is sponsoring a tea
for home economics majors, Mon¬
day, February 26, in the social hall
from 3 to 4:30 p. m. There will be
two tryouts for the organization,
the first of which will be Thursday,
February 29, at 2:30 p. m., and the
final one Friday, February 30, dur¬
ing club period. Both tryouts will
be held in the social hall. The
candidates are required to bring
with them something they have
made, either food or clothing.
Newly elected officers who will
guide the destinies of Epicomega
this semester are: president, June
Mathews ; vice-president, Evelyn
Kingman; secretary, Georgianna
Brown; and treasurer, Dorris Hal-
let. The club’s adviser is Miss Ma¬
bel Osburn, home economics in¬
structor.
Selection of the applicant for the
Luckie scholarship, given by
Scripps college of Claremont, was
decided upon last Monday by the
committee which met with the Pas¬
adena junior college administration
staff.
Members of the joint committee
from Scripps college and those
from Pasadena were: Mrs. Robert
Wells, chairman; Mrs. A. B. Luck¬
ie, donor; Principal John W. Har¬
beson; Miss Catherine J. Robbins,
dean of women; and the entire ad¬
ministration staff of the junior col¬
lege.
Miss Mary Crouch, assistant to
the dean of women at Scripps col¬
lege, interviewed the applicants for
the scholarship.
The deadline for submitting ap¬
plications was Friday, last. The
winner for this year will not be
announced until the last week of
the current semester.
This is the third year the Luckie
scholarship has been given. Fran¬
ces Stuart was the first recipient;
Ruth Herron being the winner last
year.
Chest Drive
Nears Goal
SPECIAL!
A meeting will be held Mon¬
day afternoon at 3 o’clock in the
men’s gym for representatives
of all men’s restrictive clubs.
Every club is to have two stu¬
dents present who will turn
their entry into the intra-mural
basketball league, which will
start soon. Drawings for the
schedule will also be held.
Pasadena teachers are rapidly
fulfilling their quota for contribu¬
tions to the Community Chest,
stated Drummond McCunn, presi¬
dent of the Pasadena Teachers’
association.
This year’s goal has been set at
$8,000, which is $1,000 over that
of last year. The contribution dur¬
ing 1933 was over ten thousand
dollars. Due to additional cuts in
salaries, the amount is expected to
fall short of last year’s attainment.
“However, we are hopeful of reach¬
ing the goal that has been set,”
said Mr. McCunn. Over five thou¬
sand dollars has already been con¬
tributed and several schools have
not yet reported of this amount.
Junior college teachers have do¬
nated about a thousand dollars.
Subscription cards were given
out by the Teachers’ association,
and all money will pass through
this organization before being
turned over to the Chest.