Pasadena Chronicle, February 24, 1933

WEATHERIME George Washington retired when His earthly work was done. But now his birthday visits us And brings the nice, warm sun. Pac-tuicim (П]шпс1с All-American and Medalist Newspaper of Pasadena Junior College ITS A BANNER Don’t miss the banner story on page 3. It outlines Stuart Chase’s “End of Epoch and New Deal.” — The Editors. Vol. XXIV PASADENA, CALIFONRIA, FEBRUARY 24, 1933 No. 18 FATHERS WILL TREK BACK TO SCHOOL DAYS DAD-SON FEED COMING Event Is Scheduled for Next Thursday at 6:30 P. M. In Cafeteria Dads of about 600 men students will take the long-forgotten trek back to school days when they dine with their boys at the second annual father-and-son banquet to be held in the cafeteria next Thursday eve¬ ning at 6:30 p. m. Included in the program, in addition to the bill-of-fare, will be the usual after - dinner speeches and a variety of musi¬ cal ente rtain- ment. James W. Foley, feature writer of the Pasadena Star- Jas. W. News and re- Foley ported as an in¬ teresting speaker, will deliver the principal address. Dr. John W. Harbesori, principal, will welcome the banqueteers. Robert Hendricks will sing sev¬ eral tenor solos, the marimba band will play, and incidental musical novelties will lighten the program. The banquet will even boast a master of cerem о n i e s in the person of Lambert W est- ling, president of the A. M. S. De spite the depression rate of 30 cents per plate, sponsors aver that the quality and quantity of food will match pros¬ perity menus. James P. O’Mara, dean of men, urges that all men and their fathers attend the dinner. “Fathers will become better acquainted with the school, and their sons will reflect that ac¬ quaintance. This is a really worth¬ while occasion.” Although this year’s banquet is only the second annual the A. M. S. is planning to make a tradition of the occasion when all the dads and lads sit together to dine and talk it over. The dinner last year also starred a message from a famous speaker and the vaudeville type of entertainment. This consisted mainly of a talk by Dr. Edward W. Thompson, pas¬ tor of the First Congregational church, and a demonstration by Ellsworth Vines wherein he showed the “championship strokes” that carried him to 19 major titles. Women’s College Gives Scholarship To the girl who aspires to study at Scripps College, but otherwise would be unable to attend without financial aid, the Luckie Scholar¬ ship is being offered this year. The honor that accompanies the scholarship will be given only after eligibility is determined. Twelfth year girls among the highest third of the class only are considered. This scholarship was awarded to Frances Stewart, a prominent J. C. student last year. Miss Catherine J. Robbins urges the prospective applicants not to hesitate in applying because of financial difficulties, as help in the form of a job will be offered, as well as the scholarship. This scholarship is also renewable. For further details, those inter¬ ested should see Miss Robbins. Tea-shop Comedy May Appear Here After Bauble and Bells presents “Teapot on the Rocks,” by John Kirkpatrick, to the Shakespeare club Tuesday, the play may be given in assembly here if the pro¬ gram committee, headed by Syd Edwards, can arrange a showing. In the words of the author, the scene of the play is laid in the “Brass Kettle,” a tea-shop which goes in rather heavily for red can¬ dlesticks, blue hand-painted mod¬ ernistic furniture, green paper doilies, and yellow salt cellars in the shape of kewpies, elephants, etc. “It’s the sort of place a woman might think was ‘cozy’ and the sort of place a man wouldn’t enter even to escape a blizzard,” Miss Kath¬ erine Kester, director of the play, adds, “Bauble and Bells has a pen¬ chant for good comedy. We hope this may be as laughable as ‘Bach¬ elor’s Quarters.’ ” Bob Hendricks (Jnneeded Shoes Rockwood’s Only Souvenir of Excursion A pair of shoes that he doesn’t need — that’s about the only sou¬ venir Bob Rockwood has of a week’s apparently uncontrollable wander¬ ing from which he returned last Saturday just as calmly as he left the the Saturday before. First to San Diego and then clear to San Francisco was the route traveled with errant feet by the erstwhile student body presi¬ dent. Not until he asked the skip¬ per of a tramp steamer docked in the Golden Gate for a job did he “snap out of it,” and start hitch¬ hiking for home. Now that he is back again, Bob has determined not to let his experience dampen his out¬ look. “I never have been afraid to look anyone in the eye. I am not now,” he declared in a per¬ sonally-written communication to the Chronicle. An author he intended to be and still does. “I maintain that Pasa¬ dena looks like a bed of roses af¬ ter one has been away from it for a few days, _ and sometime I hope to be counted among its notables. It is up to me to prove what I have in me.” While waiting for his writing abilities to foment, in all possibi¬ lity, Bob will be reinstated to his job at the Union station at Michi¬ gan and Colorado, according to the regular attendant. The Union au¬ thorities ordered a medical exami¬ nation for their employee, and granted him a week’s rest to re¬ cuperate. So that he could attend school, last September Bob chang¬ ed his hours from full time to part time night work. Now,, if current rumors can be taken as a fact, he will not return to school. If during his missing week, Bob was suffering from a physi¬ cal ailment, it is probable that he was being influenced by a vaga¬ bond trip he took last year. It was not till he found himself on the wharves of San Francisco, that he realized he was not on the former excursion. The authentic account of his trip Bob gave to Lieutenant Morris Judkins, juvenile officer of the Pasadena force. With only $15 in his pocket (from which he bought the souvenir shoes), he went from the service station where he work¬ ed to the Hill avenue branch libra¬ ry and from there was given rides to Whittier Boulevard. Then he hitch-hiked to San Diego, staying at a hotel and boarding “Old Iron¬ sides.” From San Diego he was given a ride all the way to Bakersfield, and then by shorter lifts reached San Francisco. When his memory of past events suddenly returned on the docks, he immediately set out for Pasadena, and is now resting at home. STUDENTS HARNESS DEPRESSION They Must Be Somethin ’ Like the Guys That Skin the Wolf at the Door By Virginia Larned Notice the way the Jaysee student body has harnessed the depres¬ sion. If successful people are, as the psychology class expounds, the ones who adapt themselves to adverse situations, then P. J. C. can be classed ultra-successful. Bulldog students have put the economic ogre to work. They have even phased the administration. One of the deans himself admited, “If we find any one hungry, we feed him, although such a program of giving stray meals is necessarily resorted to- only in near-starvation cases.” Upper divisions have degenerated, to the ranks of freshmen to enjoy Smiles In tlie News that privilege of the young, rented books. It is rumored that whole classes are now working this m!oney-saving trick, under the blind scrutiny of teachers and text-book clerks. For a similar reason, knowledge-seekers submit them¬ selves to the fines and rigid in¬ spection of the library. Janitor Cares “Smaller wages, more work,” is the policy for instructors, declare the department heads who are particularly overloaded. History and geography groups expand from the usual number of seats to crowd the aisles, and nobody except the janitor seems to care about chok¬ ing the class room thoroughfares. What does it matter if extra chairs do break the fire ordinance — this is the depression. Speaking of heat, students are glad to see summer coming so that they can get warm for once, ac¬ cording to the observation of a language mentor, who says they buy lunches with the money saved on the gas bill last winter. Neither candy nor chewing gum has de¬ creased in popularity, nor has there been any apparent shortage of per¬ manent waves, says a Spanish teacher. Perhaps the students did feel cold. Unknown Ancestor While political scientists have formulated theories to annihilate current business disorders, girls in the home economics department have made art of “renovating gowns,” so they call it, to save cash. A black and gold creation with a long metallic sash would never recognize its blue organdie ancestor. The city employment bureau finds jobs for men with wives and children rather than for school boys. Thus J. C. men may soon have to adjust themselves to the extent that they acquire families to get work. The depression has caused many changes, and may stilt do more. NEW RULING Taylor Green and Ben Ludden created a sensation and a new style Saturday evening when they at¬ tended the Campus progressive dinner in women’s skirts. Junior high guests alone could not have accomplished the great quantity of hissing and yelling which accompanied the perfor¬ mances Thursday and Friday of “When Crummels Played.” Following the Associated Wo¬ men Students party the other day, Eric Emery, president of the Lan¬ cers and former chief justice, was seen hauling Virginia Keirn, A. W. S. president, up and, down school walks in a two-wheeled cart. According to Dr. William Ben- net Munro, historian and Caltech professor, there are two classes of men: one consisting of work¬ ers, the other of technocrats. Everything from formaldehyde and burning sulphur to preserved sharks assist in making scents in the science building and its vicinity far from aesthetic. “Paging Mr. Student, paging Miss Student.” Privileged char¬ acters here have hourly been re¬ ceiving telegrams concerning im¬ portant stock tips. For further information consult one of the recipients or a member of the an nual staff. NEW MEMBERS Literati accepted as Phylo mem¬ bers at a recent meeting are Helen Morley, Margaret Holdeman, Mary Alice Gianetti, Mary Linek, Ruth Herron, Anona Alexander, Jean Meffley, Kent Peisch, Henry Fetzer and Walford Crockett. Discussion at the next meeting, March 16, will center on modern foreign litera¬ ture. Technocracy Will Be Tryout Subject Under the new poilcy, adopted by the local R. О. T. C. headquar¬ ters, uniforms will be worn only during drill period, according to Captain Galwey, head of the unit Tricks of Trades Books Are Here Latest tricks of all trades are available for student perusal in “Careers,” a set of vocational guidance books recently sent to Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of guidance, by the Institute of Re¬ search, Chicago. Any student is at liberty to use these publications by com¬ municating with the guidance dean or with his counselor. The merits and disadvantages of the national reforms advo¬ cated by Technocracy will be discussed extemporaneously by prospective debaters at tryouts today, at 3 p. m., in room ID. Coach M. F. Hoerger and the varsity debaters, Lubert Sander- hoff, Milford Fish, Melvin Nel¬ son, and Paul Jones, will act as judges. Selection will be made for in¬ tercollegiate meets with Utah college and Cal-Tech, both dual affairs scheduled for February 28. Controversialists will also be sent to a sectional tournament to be held at the district Phi Rho Pi, national honorary forensics fraternity, at Bakersfield, March 3 and 4. The subject for these debates will be the war debts. MONDAY MADE DEADLINE FOR & SMILE EVENT 3:00 P. M. IS FINAL TIME Clubs Given Extension to Pick Contestants for Flower Queen To grant each club more time to choose two of its girls with the most enchanting smiles, the judg¬ ing committee has extended until Monday at 3 the deadline for con¬ testants to enlist their photographs in the “Winning Smile Contest” which will decide P. J. C.’s choice as queen of the Pasadena Spring) flower show. Dressed in semi-formal or tea gowns, Miss Aeolian, Miss Phreno- cosmia, and other beauties, will flaunt their most engaging smiles before the judges’ stand after they promenade from the steps of the Jane Addams building across the sacred campus, and around the flag pole next Friday afternoon. An orchestra will pep the steps of the decide which ten girls have the vieing contestants, while officials most attractive appearances. Tough Break Enthusiastic spectators are re¬ quested to stay on the circular drive back of the hedge so that they will not obstruct the proces¬ sion as it winds across the lawn. Any Jaysee coed with a happy face is eligible to become a con¬ testant with other local beauties, provided she submits her likeness at the Chronicle office and appear in the grand parade. Restrictive clubs, staunch in the support of their candidates’ pulchritude, are taking advantage of the abundance of outstanding girls by selecting not one but two entrants. Private Session Bob Coop, John Krumm, Mary Linek, Anona Alexander, and El¬ mer Dethlefs will judge the aspir¬ ants for royal renown at the pa¬ rade, seconding their decision with the elimination of seven contest¬ ants next Wednesday in private session. I Muir Tech, Sacred Heart aca¬ demy, the Junior League, and the business girls are each entering three prospective sovereigns for the final judging at Huntington hotel, March 15. Representatives of film companies, news reel pho¬ tographers, Community Playhouse, and Pasadena theaters will make the final choice of queen and her four ladies-in-waiting. Players Will Choose Entry Players Guild entry in the Pasa¬ dena Community Playhouse one- act play contest, which will take place March 20 and 21, will be chosen from three plays in the repertoire of Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie’s production class and the Players Guild club. “Thank You, Doctor,” by Gilbert Emery, was offered successfully by Players Guild before the Indiana club of Pasadena and during tb Homecoming Night program. “The Stolen Prince,” by Dan Totheroh. was given last semester as a pro¬ duction class play, while W. B. Yeat’s “The Land of Heart’s De sire,” an Irish fantasy now in re¬ hearsal, is another possibility. Due to the proximity of the junior college to the Playhouse, no definite choice will be 'made until local entries are called, in, at which time the play that offers the most unified and effective characteriza¬ tions will be chosen. hall last evening. After singing their own original “Stein Song” among other kinds and hearing a short pep talk by Lovell Hindenlang to organize new chapters, the brew consumers ad¬ journed to an improvised bar which, minus the brass bar of other years, lent an atmosphere of the past, when earthen mugs were slipped, streaming, across the shin¬ ing surface. “When two mugs get together, it’s sure to be fair weather,” was the motto of the evening, even though they are filled with only root beer. Arranging the unusual gather¬ ing were Lovell Hindenlang, newly elected president; Walt Pollack Bill Rockwell, Gerry Mountjoy, Glen Serres and Don Mansfield, vice-presidents; Ed Montgomery, secretary; Clifford Caves, treas¬ urer, and Morton Hilbert, field council. O. G. Dressier and Paul Somers act as advisers for the group. Opponents WILL DURANT McCLELLAN REED Mary White Chosen For Music Lead Woven around, a German folk tale, “Тле Rose Maiden,” musical fantasy which this year is to re¬ place the annual junior college opera, will have Mary Novis White, Rose Blossom; and Gene Borger, the forester*, as leads. Other solo parts include: Spring, Bob Hendricks; Winter, Arthur McCulloch; and Virginia Vail, Mar¬ guerite Schmidt, Christina Welles, Walter Pollock, Stanley Taft, Stan¬ ley Meacham, Jack Barnard, and Ralph Worrali. Although the fantasy, the ninth production by the music depart- men, has a plot, it will be told in a choral arrangement composed by Frederick Cowen. Mrs. Amy Grau Miller, Mrs. Carolyn Reed. Powell, and Vladi¬ mir Ussachevsky will accompany the chorus of 200 voices with two pianos and an organ, together with a harp background by Helen Lesh. Members of the choral group will be taken from the preparatory men’s, preparatory women’s, ad¬ vanced boys’, and advanced girls’ glee clubs and a eappella choir. Miss Lula C. Parmley, music de¬ partment head, is in general charge of the presentation, assist¬ ed by Miss Katherine Kester, dra¬ matics; Miss Loreta Henrichs, en¬ semble dances; and Miss Carrie Sharp, music. Petition for excuses for absence must now be made out before the student returns to any class. Students should retain their copy of the petition throughout the se¬ mester. i chemistry student. Approximately 33 students gap¬ ed in amazement at the points dis¬ cussed by William D. Leech, chem¬ istry instructor, in his lecture on “The Theory of Solutions” last Monday afternoon in 208E. DURANT-REED WORD TUSSLE HERE TONIGHT PEOPLE WILL TAKE PART Audience Is Privileged to Ask Perplexing Questions By Elmer Dethlefs Will Durant and McClellan Reed fight it out on the question “Re¬ solved That Democracy Is. a Fail¬ ure” tonight in the auditorium. Durant has the affirmative; Reed the negative. They’re bound to discuss the ed¬ ucation issue — the bulwark of any political or social organization. Hence they might alternately build up or tear down the great tradi¬ tional systems of learning. More likely they will revive this old question for the benefit of worried junior college students — S hould secondary and higher education be withheld from all but the few stu¬ dents with unusual ability? Anything Goes Twenty minutes will be allowed for questions from the. audience. Here the debaters cannot escape carrying the fight to the great is¬ sues pending before the legislature — the problems of abolition of com¬ pulsory education, proposed tuition charges, and elimination of de¬ partments. Anything goes. It’s all in demo¬ cracy. The backgrounds of both men contain a wealth of experiences and contacts to fortify their posi¬ tions on the democracy question. Durant jumped from college to a job as Hearst reporter but quit be¬ cause he was interested in philo- sphical speculations of happenings rather than in news. He became a teacher and lecturer of philosophy and during the years he taught lost faith in the masses. Reed educated himsel| by peer¬ ing over the shoulders of more fortunate boys as they sat reading by the country roadsides. He en¬ tered college at 28 and. became teacher, newspaper editor, bank of¬ ficial, and publicist in rapid order. Durant was born and raised in a manufacturing district. His father was a factory foreman. Reed be¬ gan life in the Blue Ridge of Vir¬ ginias. His father was a mountain- eeer. Lost Faith While Durant has lost faith in the masses, Reed believes that you can buttonhole a farmer and listen to an intelligent answer to your social or political question. Durant dotes on Spinoza. Reed talks more of Abraham Lincoln. Although Reed has been a Pas¬ adenan for eight years the local audience knows more of Durant. This is mainly because he became famous overnight with his best¬ selling “Story of Philosophy.” Reed is far from being an unknown. The blessings of democracy are still working for Reed. Although clever in forensics he is reputed to be taking elocution lessons from his wife. But then Durant hasn’t much to kick about Democracy either. Long after omitting his Hearst job because of his fine-spun philosophical concepts he came back to the racket and wrote senti¬ mental sob stories of a famous murder trial. It’s all in Democracy. Anything goes. Billed as an added attraction, Judge Ben D. Lindsay will preside. Now what does he have to do with it? Relations Student Will Lecture Here The University of International Relations will send one of its students to address the Interna¬ tional Question Mark meeting scheduled, for next Wednesday in the cafeteria committee room. Since Dr. John Carruthers, vie - chancellor of the University of in • ternational Relations, has offer'’/ to secure well known and accom¬ plished speakers, the Question Mark meetings are assured enter¬ tainment for the rest of the schodi year. At the last luncheon, Kate Boy h chairman of the organization, t"l 1 about the speakers at the Interna¬ tional Relations course at the ViJtn del Arroyo hotel. The series of lectures for chem¬ istry team candidates opened Feb¬ ruary 13 with a talk on “The Ki¬ netic Molecular Theory and Gas Laws” and will continue with a dis¬ cussion by George Josten on “Ex¬ perimental Theory of Industrial Process” February 27. IPs a Root Beer Party When School Fellows Get Together Kegs of swishing, foaming, fragrant root beer — all that one could drink — piles of pretzels, and lusty, cheering songs welcomed freshmen and former Hi-Y members to a special get-together meeting given in their honor by the three jaysee chaptrs of the Y. M. C. A., in the social ABSENCE PETITIONS Magical Powders and Bottles Attract Awed Chem . Students An array of vivid solutions, colorless powders that became brilliant hues, when mixed, salt crystals enlarged thousands of times, long necked bottles of various shapes, is enough to dazzle the orb of any