Pasadena Chronicle, February 25, 1938

Here And Now.. By Merilyn Nutt, Editor The proposed $250,000 student union building is not so much a pipe dream as it might seem. The plans as they' are now presented provide for a cafeteria on the low¬ er floor, AMS and AWS lounges, student body and publication of¬ fices an the second floor. A patio furnished with tables and colored umbrellas is also included in the plans. AWS and AMS lounges would be so arranged that they could be transformed into one floor. The cafeteria would have a dance floor as large as the downtown Civic. Private ban¬ quet rooms would accomodate luncheon clubs and meetings of various organizations. The building itself would extend from the present student union west to the women’s gym, south to the parking lot ,and north to the handball courts. The patio would be situated on the south side of the building. At present the PJC campus offers nothing to its 5,900 stu¬ dents in the way of a social gathering place. This need for a building of this type has been made more alarmingly apparent this semester during the rainy weather. During lunch hours and free periods, students have been forced to congregate in the audi¬ torium and along the corridors. The confusion resulting from these gatherings has of course disturbed classes. * ★ ★ Moreover, the lack of a place for recreation and rest on the cam¬ pus makes it .necessary for stu¬ dents to migrate across the street into a less desirable environment. The community of Pasadena has noticed the atmosphere across the street and has commented long and loud about the attitude of students there. The citizens of Pasadena probably realize the need at Pasadena Junior College for a suitable student union, but it must be remembered that they have just floated a terrific bond in order to finance our new buildings. Since the student union would be primarily for student activities, does it not seem fair that the stu¬ dent activities should pay for the building? Mr. O'Mara, in carry¬ ing forward his usual policy of cooperating with the student body, has tabulated a tentative set of figures which show that through a moderate budgeting plan for stu¬ dent affairs, student activities over a period of twenty years would completely pay for the $250,000 student union. After its completion, the building would help to pay for itself. The dance floor, which would be more preferable than the Civic, could be rented for student body dances. The cafe¬ teria, bookstore, class dances, organizations, and otner student activities could contribute a por¬ tion of their annual profits to¬ ward paying oc the debt. What a small price to pay for such a sensational improvement. * * * Imagine having a place to relax and go collegiate. Wow! Lounges, suites of student body offices, ban¬ quet rooms and a huge cafeteria ... a good idea. Unpleasant situations such as those which have been taking place in the student body offices would certainly be alleviated with the advent of a building of sufficent size and furnishings to accomodate those students who are now using the student body office as a social hall. Yes, a new student union would certainly solve our problems. It would also be another step toward the collegiate level which PJC is fast attaining. At Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and other colleges, the modern student unions are the center of campus activity, and so they should be. And so it will be at Pasadena Junior College, if the present plans are completed. The sum of $250,000 repre¬ sents a lot of money. A debt for twenty years is some debt! But how else? You don’t hap¬ pen to know someone who would like to donate $250,000 to the new PJC student union, do you? We could name the building for him. PASADENA CHRONICLE Vo!. XXIX Pasadena Junior College, February 25, 1938 No. 21 Club Period Replaces Assembly Many Groups Plan Open Meetings To Aid Newcomers Pasadena Junior College clubs, non-restrictive and restrictive, will meet on the campus this morning when PJC holds its first club per¬ iod of the new semester. A special club bulletin containing time and place of the various club meetings has been distributed about the campus to all club mem¬ bers. Also given in the bulletin is a brief outline of the meetings as to the speaker or the program. Humanities Meet Slated For students who do not plan to attend any meeting, the applied humanities group will present a special program in the auditorium featuring a motion picture of Hen¬ ry Ford’s development at Dearborn, Michigan. Will Interest Newcomers “We have tried to arrange this morning-’s program of meetings so as to interest students who are not members of clubs as well as club members. It is our hope that stu¬ dents, although they are not a member of any club will attend some meeting. Several clubs are holding open meetings and have programs of interest to outsiders,” Phyllis Richmond, secretary of or¬ ganizations and in charge of ar¬ rangement of club meetings this morning, stated. The regular engineering lecture, which is required of all upper divi¬ sion engineers, will be held in room 200C at 9:50 a. m. Three reels of pictures, “The Manufacture of Seamless Steel Tubing” will be shown. Visitors other than engin¬ eers will be welcomed. Two language sings will be given, the German group in room IS, and the French in room 104D. KOO TO TALK AT CONVOCATION To acquaint PJC students with the work of the YMCA and YWCA in the Orient, Dr. T. Z. Koo, widely known among American educators for his leadership among students in China, will speak Monday, Feb¬ ruary 28, in the auditorium during convocation period. According to literature from the YMCA international, when Chiang Kai-shek was president of China, seven of the ten members of his cabinet were either former secre¬ taries of the YMCA or officers and directors of local associations and warm personal friends of the founders of the YMCA in China. The “Y” in China has a special mission to preach the gospel of international good-will. “I have no hesitation in saying that I count the work of the YMCA and YWCA as among the most significant of all the efforts on the part of the peo¬ ple of the West to solve their own nroblems,” stated Koo in a recent lecture. From reports sent to the United States, it has been said that there is no personal emnitv between the students of China and Japan. They deplore the circumstances that have alienated them and say quite de¬ cisively that they wish “things could be different.” Twenty-three of China’s 80 main colleges have been oartially or totally destroyed and this has displaced 30,000 stu¬ dents. From his contacts with youth in various parts of the world. Dr. Koo feels one of the significant trends in human affairs today is the grow¬ ing determination of youth to rise above national and racial barriers end to join hands with each other in the creation of a new world or¬ der. In speaking of the Far Eastern Student, Emergency Fund, Dr. Koo oointed out that money is adminis¬ tered in the Orient regardless of nationality. HERE’S THE LIST OF SPRING HOPS Only eight more chances to “truck on down” at official PJC dance left for this semester! The first of the series will be the junior class dance Friday, March 11. On Tuesday, March 13, after school a ‘Pal’ dance will be held in the women’s gym. Then Friday, March 25 the Men’s Restrictive I n t e r-C 1 u b Council will sponsor its annual dance. Monday, April 4, a matinee dance sponsored by the seniors and sophomores, and Friday, April 22, the freshman class dance. Dancing in the men’s gym from 3 to midnight will be one of the features of the an¬ nual OMD carnival, Friday, May 13. On Thursday, May 19, a mati¬ nee dance to celebrate the elec¬ tions, and then, to culminate the semester’s dancing, the annual Graduation Prom on Friday, June 17. PLANS MADE FOR ANNUAL SCIENCE LECTURES William D. Leech, founder of the Faraday lectures in 1928, is re¬ turning for a home-coming lecture, April 7, on “Vim, Vigor and Vita¬ mins.” Mr. Leech a former instructor in the science department of PJC, has for several years been conducting experiments with vitamins in Aus¬ tralia. At present he is working in the laboratories of Cal Tech. As at the past Faraday lectures, there will be a grand prize of a brief case for the best set of notes among the Pasadena junior high school students as well as five book prizes. The notes are taken in a special section and handed in ten minutes after the conclusion of the lecture. The idea of the lectures is based on a story about Faraday. As a child Faraday went to all the lec¬ tures of Sir Humphrey Davy, the eminent chemist of that time! Later Faraday compiled all the notes ta¬ ken at these lectures and presented them to Davy, who was so pleased that he offered Faraday the oppor¬ tunity to work in his laboratory. This gave Faraday his start which led to his outstanding success in the field of chemistry and electric¬ ity. In honor of Faraday, Mr. Leech conceived the plan of inviting speakers from the various fields of science to talk to the students of the Pasadena schools. The taking- of notes, as was done by Faraday, gives the students an, opportunity to evidence their ability. Last year marked a high spot in the Faraday lectures, being the tenth anniversary of this event. Nearly a Third Of Student Body Attends Dance Semi-Annual Student Dance Held at Civic In keeping with the theme of Washington’s birthday, the semi¬ annual student body dance, en¬ titled “Hatchet Swing” this year, was presented in a blaze of red, white and blue decorations at the Civic Auditorium Monday night. The dance, attended by 724 couples, featured the music of Hank Evans and his orchestra, with vocals by Fran Thurman, and was sponsored by the Associated Men Students and Associated Women Students of Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege. Colorful decorations and bids were designed by Betty Moshisky, AWS president, and Phyllis Wilson, AWS second vice-president. ‘Jaysee’ Sings President Herb McDonald, of the AMS, and Miss Moshisky headed the dance committee, which spent two weeks in preparing for the af¬ fair. Among the features of the dance was a minuet, done by dan¬ cers in the costumes of George and Martha Washington, -and the unex¬ pected appearance of “Jaysee” Clark, star of the Crafty Radio Hour, who sang “Everything You Said Came True.” Nicknames for Dances Student hosts and hostesses were present to aid t-he dancers in find¬ ing, partners. Bids listed the dance.- under nicknames, composed around the Washington theme, instead of the usual numbers. Patrons for the dance were Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean of women, Dean of Men and Mrs. Audre L. Stong, Mr .and Mrs. Ar¬ thur S. Wiley, Dean of Records and Mrs. John A. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mallory, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wedemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. David W. Reidy, Dr. and Mrs. John Mc- Morris and parents of the members of -the student body board. Four PJC Students In National Debate Phil Cartwright, president, Jean Valentine, secretary, R.a у m о n d Simpson a-nd Dick Moore will rep¬ resent PJC’s chapter of Phi Rho Pi, honorary debate society in the na¬ tional debate tournament at Nor¬ man, Oklahoma, Easter vacation. “There will be probably 50 teams competing for national honors,” Coach Earl Davis said. These teams come from all parts of the United States and represent the nation’s junior colleges. Last year’s tournament, held in Long Beach, was won by Pasadena’s team of Franklin Patterson and George Hatch. “The men are very well prepared and will offer strong competition for other teams of the country,” Mr. Davis stated. Subject for this year’s debate is: Resolved that the National Labor Relations Board should be Empow¬ ered to Enforce Arbitration of All Industrial Disputes. Campus M usic Hour is Definite PJC Activity Since it was established last semester, the Campus Music Hour has become a definite factor in Pasadena Junior College activities. Presented under the direction of the student board, in the person of the secretary of music, two concerts a week are given in the Little The¬ ater. Programs have been arranged to appeal to the student body and the same selections are given at both concerts so that all students may hear each week’s series. Admission is free, and program notes are fur¬ nished with each concert. Students may come in at any time during the hour, but are asked to wait and find seats between numbers. The music consists of records, with selections varied from opera or symphony to the type of modern music exemplified by the George Gershwin program presented at the beginning of the school year. STUDENTS LEARN FENCING For at least two months follow¬ ing their first meeting, February 1, instructions will -be given members of the Pasadena Junior College Fencing club. The club was formed by several dramatic majors inter¬ ested in learning fencing tech¬ nique on the stage. Senior Bench Under Construction; Plans Furthered by Committee Tire nearly completed Senior Bench will be placed in, a small cement area between the Horace Mann building and the Student Un¬ ion. The bench, built in a semi¬ circle, is 50 feet long and made of redwood, so that senior’s in-tiials and what-not may be carved on it. The junior class plans to donate funds for a low wall around the bench. It is believed that a pride in tra¬ dition will keep lower class stu¬ dents from entering the senior zone, as no regulations will be made to enforce privacy for the seniors. The recent rains have retarded the work on the bench, but it will be continued as soon as the weather permits, Earl Schroeder, past chair¬ man of the Traditions committee, said. The commitee at its last meet¬ ing- discussed plans for having an “Old Clothes Day,” for having an “Engineers’ Corner” and a “Chem¬ ists’s Corner” on the campus, and are working toward having smok¬ ing on the campus sanctioned. Plans ai-e also being- made for a cement bulldog to be used in a traditional ceremony in which the seniors will paint the bulldog green and the incoming freshmen will be required to scrape the paint off and paint it brown. It will be placed somewhere between the Horace Mann building and the Student Union,. The Traditions committee is headed by Earl Davis, faculty adviser, and' Max Caplan, chair¬ man. Each semester four students from each class are chosen -to be¬ come members in the organization, in addition to the four class presi¬ dents, the student body president, the AWS and AMS presidents, who automatically become members. All members remain on the committee until they graduate. MUSIC HOUR Little Theater — Every Wednes¬ day, 12:20; Thursday, 11:20 “THE MUSIC OF SPAIN” Tango in D . Albeniz .Iota . Falla Gardens of Spain . Falla Malaguenas . Lecuona Valencia . Ibert A la Luz de la Luna. ...Folk-song Bolero . Ravel Spanish students are especially invited. Contest Sponsored By Chamber of Commerce Sight-saving is the theme of the poster and essay contest which is being sponsored by -the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. Any stu¬ dent in the Pasadena school dis¬ trict, who is less than 20 years of age, may enter. Posters will portray in some manner, Ways to save eysight. The essays will concern some actual ex¬ perience in the writer’s home by which attention is called to possi¬ bilities for better lighting facilities, or other means to save eyesight. Deadline for the judging of the essays and posters is March 3. Win¬ ning posters will be displayed in downtown store windows and the winding essav.s will be published. Cash prizes will be given. LECTURER Dr. Morgan Odell MORGAN ODELL OF OCCIDENTAL NEXT LECTURER Dr. Morgan Odell, Occidental College, will address Forum lec¬ ture-goers Tuesday evening in the Pasadena Junior College auditorium at 8 o’clock. Odell will speak on “Personal Psychology: The Marks of a Mature Mind.” Dr. Odell’s lecture will be the last of the February topic “Psy¬ chology.” The March topic of this series of twenty-four lectures, “California,” will t>e opened by Leo Carillo,. famous motion picture star, and member of one of California’s oldest families. Graduated from Pasadena High School in 1913, Dr. Odell went to Occidental College where he fin¬ ished in 1917. He then spent two years of service overseas in the World War. Returning, he was giv¬ en his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees for work at the University of Southern California. He was given his PhD by the Uni¬ versity of Chicago in 1931. At present, teacher of philosophy and religion at Occidental College, he is also author of a - number of monographs dwelling upon that field. He is a nationally-known lec¬ turer, having talked at meetings of several large institutions in the west. Recently he gave a group of lectures in Salt Lake City for the Rocky Mountain Conference of the YWCA. _ Spring Fashion Show Presented By AWS Spring styles in active and spec¬ tator sport types were presented in a fashion show sponsored by the AWS in the auditorium, Wednes¬ day afternoon, February 16. Jean Ford, AW S first vice-president, was in charge of the affair, which was sponsored by Kay Veale, a former Pasadena Junior College student now with F. C. Nash and Co. Bathing suits were loaned by Jantzen’s, and modeled by Maxine Tullose and Carol Cunningham. Other fashions were furnished by the College Shop. These latter were modeled by Marilyn Cox, Amy Whittaker, Betty Moshisky, Jane Ganslee, Margaret Williams and Dorine Holmes. Following the fashion show, re¬ freshments were served in -the of¬ fice of Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean of women. Administrators Travel To Convention In East Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal of Pasadena Junior College, is at¬ tending the American Association of Administrators and Superinten¬ dents convention which is being held this week in Atlantic City. Accompanying Dr. Harbeson are Dr. Glenn L. Lembke, secondary curriculum coordinator, Dr. George H. Meredith, assistant superinten¬ dent and Claude W. Hippier, direc¬ tor of child welfare for the Pasa¬ dena City Schools. The group of administrators first went to New York, returning by way of the convention in Atlantic City in time for the opening day yesterday, February 24. Following the completion of this meeting, Feb. 28, the educators will go to Philadelphia to attend the convention of the American Asso¬ ciation of Junior Colleges which will be held on March 4 and 5, re¬ turning to Pasadena on March 10. DICK REEL ELECTED At a recent meeting of the Frosh Y, Dick Reel was reelected presi¬ dent of the organization. Other of¬ ficers elected were Dick Kindall, vice-president: Neil Beckman, sec¬ retary, and Willard Trum, treasu¬ rer. First meeting of the club under the new officers will be held today during club period. The club will meet in room 164C at' 10 o’clock. Reel urges all freshmen to attend. Minor Class Elections Fill Posts Freshman President/ Other Representatives Are Picked "Shorty” Grannis was elected freshman class president at the minor elections, held at nine dif¬ ferent polling places on the cam¬ pus last Friday. Twenty-six other offices were filled at the election. Because many candidates were unopposed and because none of the races was close, save one, no tabu¬ lation of votes was made immedi¬ ately. Those elected automatically take office for the semester. Class Officers Named New senior class officers, except for the president, elected two weeks ago, are: Hank Shatford, vice-pres¬ ident; Barbara Blackwood, secre¬ tary; and Bob Dunbar, treasurer. Junior officers: Bob Allan, vice- president; Don Thorpe, secretary; and Martha Williams, treasurer. Sophomore: Howard Vose, vice- president; Marilyn Cox, secretary; and Nadine Gunderson, treasurer. Freshman, except for president: Harry Walker, vice-president; Julia O’Grady, secretary; and Thu el Schuhart, treasurer. Representatives Picked Two were elected from each class to represent their classes in the Asociated Men Students, and two for the Associated Women Students from each class except the fresh¬ man, in which race three candidates tied with 130 votes each. The tie will be run off later. The following women will repre¬ sent their classes: seniors, Helen Clark and Marie Roberts; juniors, Beverly Jane Gray and Ruth Nel¬ son; sophomores, Jane Russell and Ann Sanborn. Those tying for freshmen representatives were Bar¬ bara Graham, Marjorie Landis and Louise McCastline. The following men were elected as Associated Men Students repre¬ sentatives: seniors, Oliver Morgan and Jack Sorenson; juniors, Bill Dinjian and Kenneth Gordon; soph¬ omores, Bob Hueblein and Neil Reese; freshmen, Bob Carder and Pat Kennedy. STUDENTS FORM CHEMISTRY CLUB Gerald Seares was elected presi¬ dent of the newly-formed upper division Chemistry club at the first meeting held last Friday in the Physical Science building. The club was formed^ with the purpose of promoting outside activities in chemistry and to function with other scientific fields. In addition to the election of of¬ ficers, the constitution of the club was read and adopted by the mem¬ bers, and the basis for membership established. All upper division chemistry students may join the club and dues of 50 cents a semes¬ ter will be charged. Several ex¬ cursions are planned in conjunc¬ tion with the club’s work. Weekly meetings will be held on Friday at 3 p. m. in room 115E. Other officers elected to the club were: vice-president, Lorenz Lowe; secretary, Roseoe Johnson; treas¬ urer, Mariano Abejon; membership committee, Murray Zimmerman, Bob Bevis; program committee, Craig Townsend, Thomas Lenz; publicity committee, Art Keene. Club members include Abejon, Bevis, Johnson, Keene, Lenz, Lowe, Shears, Townsend, Zimmerman and Martin Barnes. Faculty adviser to the club is George W. Josten. Virgi I Cl ass Members Institute Meetings Latin students of the junior col¬ lege Virgil class have instituted a series of evening meetings to be held at the homes of the various members for the purpose of hear¬ ing reports on appropriate books. Elizabeth Harvey, Fred Sum¬ mers and Gerald Martin gave the reports at the initial meeting at the home of Miriam Elliott. A social hour and refreshments were in¬ cluded. Vergil Hinshaw gave the report for the second meeting which was held at the home of Betty McCaskill. The reports given were on the accomplishments of Augustus Cae¬ sar, a literary criticism of Virgil, “Dido, Queen of Hearts,” by Ger¬ trude Atherton, a novel based on Virgil’s “Aeneid,” and “The Com¬ monest People of Ancient Rome,” by Frank Abbott, which tells about the language, literature and life of the common people and points out similarity of the corporations and trade unions of ancient Rome to those of today. DEBATERS ON RADIO Phil Cartwright and Richard Moore, champion Pasadena Junior College debaters, appeared on ra¬ dio station KPPC. Wednesday eve¬ ning, February 23.