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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
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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.