Pasadena Chronicle, January 05, 1940

VOTE TODAY en a ronicle VOTE TODAY Vol. 31 Pasadena junior college, January 5, 1940 No,-l-n Big Vote Forecast in Today*s Primary Election Candidates speak, Waring to play Candidates of the various offices in the primary elec¬ tions are the feature of the assembly program today. The complete Fred Waring broadcast of December 29 will also be given by means of recordings. There are 33 candidates to be introduced of which only about nine will be allowed to i - speak. They will be the students who are running for the offices of student body president, asso¬ ciated men and women student presidents, and class presidents. Candidates will be first on the program and the Fred Waring broadcast will follow them. This broadcast is the one in which Waring featured the new song he wrote for the Tournament of Roses and the Pasadena Bulldog band. The broadcast was recorded and now enables the assembly committee, headed by Barbara McColm, to present it to the stu¬ dent body. Teachers to learn of administration in January meet For the purpose of further edu¬ cating PJC’s teachers in the com¬ plex problems of school adminis¬ tration, three distinguished visi¬ tors from the central staff of the social education invesl igation group at Stanford, will visit PJC during the month of January. January 8 Edward Krug will speak to teachers about the use of motion pictures and other visual aids in education. Robert Bush, a specialist in curriculum and teaching meth¬ ods, will be here the week of January 15. Miss Lavonne Han¬ na, an expert in evaluation, or the construction of new types of tests will also speak then. The purpose of the social edu¬ cation group is to work with the faculty to instruct and advise them in new methods of modern education. PJC is one of the two coopera¬ tive schools in Pasadena, the other being Marshall junior high school. Guild to show one-act plays To stock the Little theater with more and better equipment for stage production, the Players’ Guild of PJC will present three one-act plays, Friday evening, January 12. “Crown of St. Felice,” “Finger of God,” and the “Ambitious Guest," are directed respectively by Jimmy Ariam, J. C. England and Payl Can-oil. Tickets at 20 cents may be ob¬ tained from the bank, or from Guild members. Miss Elizabeth Flint is adviser. MOS-The Club Dance at Midwick Jan.5. Alvino Rey with his singing guitax-, his orchestra and the King sisters' quartet, will play for the second annual MOS-The Club dance at the Midwick country club tomorrow evening from 8:30 to 12. This combination will make it one of the biggest restrictive club dances PJC has ever seen, accord¬ ing to Bob Dagget, in charge of the affair. Alvino Rey was recent¬ ly voted number one steel guitar player in the United States, and this is the first time he has been obtained for a restrictive club dance. Soft dx-inks will be sold at the usual price. Tickets may still be obtained- from club members, the school bank or the ticket of¬ fice. BOTTS NAMED PRESIDENT Phil Botts was elected president of the Plutocrats, a club for self- supporting students, at a meeting recently. Other officers ai-e Maxine, Engle, vice-president and social president; Eva Parks, seci-etary; Grady Murtry, treasurer. Radio-screen stars to pack next assembly Six Hits and a Miss, Jerry Co- lonna and Bill Goodwin of Bob Hope’s l-adio show; either Ray Noble or Skinnay Ennis; and the surprise appearance of an MGM star will pack every minute of the junior-senior assembly next Friday with top-notch entertain¬ ment. The assembly will be at 9:50 on the east campus and at 11:30 on the west campus, instead of at the usual times. Also on the program will be five junior cdllege singers, includ¬ ing Jaysee Clai-k, Jack Duarte and Marjorie Garland. The other two singers will be selected on the basis of auditions to be held Monday in the east campus audi¬ torium at 3 pm. Herb McDonald will act as mas¬ ter of ceremonies. After both assemblies, guest ar¬ tists and participants in the show will be present at a luncheon. 'Doorstep' to show farce Jan. 11 “On the outside hoping to get in” will not be the west campus Doorstep Players motto much longer if they continue to present such hits as their last production, “Inkslingers.” For their fii-st play of the new year they will present January 11th, in the west campus audi¬ torium, an original one-act com¬ edy farce by John Kirkpatrick, entitled, “The Tea-Pot on the Rocks.” The cast will include Anne Di¬ amond, Betty Romann, Bill Dick- enshcet, Geoi-ge Scott, James Ba¬ ker and Wilma Stratton. Players who have appeared in previous plays will understudy these lead¬ ing players. The student director will be Phyllis Blinn. ‘Birdies’ to Roost February 1-2 The “Birdies” will come home to roost February 1 and 2, and here’s hoping they don’t lay any eggs. . Written by Jim Cassity, with songs by Dale Babcock, the mu¬ sical extravaganza, “The Greeks Had a Bird for It,” promises to be a killer in every sense of the word. Dealing with college life, the opus brings in all phases of university existence, such as rushing, pledging, cram-ses¬ sions for finals, the kids and their tangled romances. With a new tune “Don’t Get Too Close to Heaven,” and Bet¬ ty Curland, JC warbler, these songs are guaranteed to do something to the audience. Appointments set for 1940 yearbook graduation pictures Some fourteen hundred gradu¬ ating sophomoi-es and seniors will pose for the yearbook’s “birdie” between now and the end of the semester. Noel studios, 33 W. Colorado, will photograph the group, which consists of 600 sen¬ iors and 800 sophomores. “If picture appointments are made now, there will be no rush to beat the deadline, which will be set soon,” Wilson Hole, “Cam¬ pus” editor, said. “If students who expect to have their pictures in the annual do not make appointments and pre- fer to take their chances in the last several days, they will find that they will be allowed a min¬ imum of minutes in which to be photographed, if they can arrange it at all; whereas 15 minutes will be allowed if they make an early appointment,” Hole added. Appointment books have been placed in the Chronicle offices of both campuses. SB president race is hot contest; six in chief justice fight Student democracy swings into action this morning at 8 when the campus voting booths open to record the first 1940 PJC primary election. Today’s election marks the first time campus dfficials have permitted candidates abso¬ lute freedom in campaigning. Indications point to one of the most novel, colorful and inter¬ esting election in school history. BULLETINS , Instruction bulletins will be distributed in 8 o’clock classes this morning and will list all candidates and their qualifications. Students are urged to use these slips for identifica¬ tion of candidates when they are presented to the student body during assembly this morn¬ ing. Polls will remain open until 3 o’clock this afternoon: Half million to hear PJC science broadcasts by LYLE NASH More than half a million radio listeners on the Pacific coast are expected to hear the first in a series of “March of Science” broadcasts by PJC students over KHJ and the Don Lee Pacific network of 31 MISS FRY RETURNS Miss Dorothea Fry, west cam¬ pus public speaking and dramat¬ ics teacher, has returned to school after a six week leave on official business. 20 PJC students in speech tourney Twenty students will be chosen this Tuesday to represent PJC in the annual Southern California speech tournament on January 11, 12 13 at Pomona JC. Tryouts will be held in rooms 229C and 235C from 2 to 4. “1939-1940, the Crisis Year” is the extemporaneous topic, the im- pi'omptu topic being “The World We Live In.” These topics were taken, after careful study, from Time, Newsweek, Nation and from radio and the daily press. sta¬ tions, next Thursday, January 11, from 1:15 to 1:30 pm. Twenty-one progi'ams are to be presented by the radio and sci¬ ence departments of PJC, fi’om January 11 thi-ough June 6, as a part of the Don Lee School of the Air. David 31. Reidy, director of public relations, is in charge of the project for the junior col¬ lege, while N. Vincent Parsons, PJC radio instructor, will be in charge of production. Former PJC student Raymond Swartz «111 be producer for the junior college while science depart¬ ment heads: Mable B. Peirson, Bailey VV. Howard and Edward D. Cornelison will be in charge of gathering material for script writers. Three writers will wi'ite the 21 scripts. They are Mrs. Margaret Kuhns, Beverly Hills; Robert Cummins, Pasadena; and Ray¬ mond Swartz, Temple City. Programs will originate from the studios of KPPC. The casts of radio players will be selected from PJC’s two l-adio production classes. Today’s program, "Oppoi'tune Accident,” was written by Mrs. Margaret Kuhns, was prepared by the life science department, under the direction of Paul Mot- singer, west campus instructor in life science. JOHNNY LUCAS AT DANCE Johnny Lucas presented his Mentor Street Maniacs, a group of six musicians from his orches¬ tra, to PJC’s students at a mati¬ nee dance yesterday afternoon. Barbara Fitch runs unopposed in race for WAA prexy After the Women’s Athletic As¬ sociation election January 16 and 17, Bai'bara Fitch will continue to be pi'esident, as she is unop¬ posed. Evelyn Morick and Marge Williamson are running for the office of vice-president; Dorothea Neuens and Wanda McCrillis, for corresponding secretary; and Bar¬ bara Daley and Olga Siebert, for recording secretary. PICTURES ON DISPLAY The position of treasui'er is be¬ ing sought by Virginia Mclntii'e and Jackie Vermillion; that of pai-liamentarian by Mui'iel Gott¬ lieb and Bettie Clough. Names and pictures of all candidates are posted on the downstairs bulletin board of the women’s gym. Managers for the different spoils for which WAA members will compete during the coming semester will also be elected at that time. Candidates for speed- ball head are Mai-y Ellen Dahm and Beatrice Burley; those for tennis are Ruth Banks and Louise Foster. Vii-ginia Spahr and Fran¬ ces Dahm are aiming for the po¬ sition of baseball manager. POINTS FOR RIFLE WAA points will be given fox- rifle practice in the second se- mester. Sally Jean Biele and Jeanne Thomas are competing for top position in this sport. Mabel Murfee and Vivienne Walter are in the running for swimming head. South, Erickson Platforms Announced Without editorial comment, The Chronicle presents statements by the two candidates in today’s presidential election. They are: by VINCE ERICKSON Many would-be presidents of the past have brought out grandiose platforms of things they hoped to accompish, but after getting into office they have found out that one man cannot accomplish anything — and the wholehearted support of the board is needed to put across any idea. I am aware — as anyone who sat on the board would be — of the problems facing the school. I will guarantee that all of the progressive proposals outlined below will be actively supported, and that I will have an excellent chance of securing the cooperation of the new board to pass these proposals. A. To stimulate campus social life with: 1. Moi-e all-student aftei-noon dances 2. More festivities similar to the Mast and Dagger carnival 3. Moi-e class activities; breakfasts, dinners, etc. 4. Woi-k toward a new gym and student union 5. An official non-restrictive inter-club council and promo¬ tion of non-restrictive club activities such as Host parties. B. To impi-ove democracy by giving all students pax-ticipation in: 1. “Bull session” for discussion among students interested in school problems 2. More infoi-mation in the Chi-oniclc, including publication of student expenditui'es 3. Moi-e student-ltxculty gatherings to foster close harmony C. To better intei'-collegiate feeling by: dances, debates, din¬ ners and activities after athletic events D. To cultivate community goodwill by: 1. An active alumni group to form part of the student gov¬ ernment 2. An efficient student employment bureau run by students E. To promote efficient student government to make democ¬ racy a condition instead of just a word with: 1. Mei'it system in appointive offices 2. More efficient expenditui-e of student funds 3. More efficient filing of student body records. F. Recognition of need for new constitution and guarantee that evei-yone will have ample opportunity to participate in its making. by RED SOUTH After an extensive two month study of every de- partment at PJC, 1 have found the following to be the most important student needs: 1. Public sentiment, through clubs and downtown organizations, will help my work toward a new gym¬ nasium. and student union. 2. Important announcements may be made by the installation of loud speakers as the rooms are already equipped for that purpose. 3. It will be possible to increase students’ knowl¬ edge of different departments of the school, such as music, drama, ROTC, technology and science through student tours and advertisement. 4. Students to write in complaints about school administration that will be studied by a committee appointed by the board. 5. More advertising for coming events, such as plays, athletics, etc. 6. Education concerning student-government will be increased through a student-government class and the teaching of student-administration in orientation classes. 7. Efforts will be made to further participation by the music department and the Bulldog band in national broadcast hook-ups. 8. More social life such as afternoon dances and Host parties will be in effect. Better assemblies are planned, and should be broadcast ; and the appointment of efficient secretaries is planned. 9. More participation in student elections. 10. My entire platform theme is built around the creation of better school spirit at PJC, and better co¬ operation between the East and West campus. Officials announced that: 1. Only identification cards were required for voting. 2. Student body books not re¬ quired. 3. Election results will be pub¬ lished in tomorrow morning’s Pasadena Post. Following are today's candi¬ dates : Student body president: Vince Ei-ickson, Elbex-t Lee South; asso¬ ciate student body president: Rob¬ ert Burns; chief justice: Bob Blodgett, Richard Farnham, Le- land Harder, Peter Paulson, Thuel Schuhart, Bill Vatcher. AMS president: William Webb; associate AMS president: Wayne Mills, Bill O’Donnell. AWS president: Louise McCast- line, Mable Prouty, Virginia Spahr; associate AWS president: Barbara Place. Senior class px-esident: Robert Gillette; junior class president: Hai-lan Erickson, Dell Hungei-- ford, Arthur Lox-enzini; sopho¬ more class president: Ernest Blumberg, Bill Humphrey, Charles Rubsamen, Bill Simmons. Highlight of the election this year is the race for student body president between Vince Erick¬ son, present senior class pi'esi¬ dent, and Red South, present pep commissioner. Observers report that the contest is strictly a toss- up. The Chronicle believes that before the students vote they should know the duties of student body president, and judge the can¬ didates by their qualifications for this particular position. The duties of our president are mainly executive and he should know how to get along with peo¬ ple — pai-ticularly those with whom he will have to work. The pi-esident is the connecting link between the school and the tax¬ payer, and he ci-eates by his ap¬ pearance at civic functions either a good or bad impression — the people will judge the students by the type of man they elect stu¬ dent body president. Scandinavia to be forum topic With a subject as timely as the new year, Wilfi-ed L. Husband, lecturer on Scandinavian affairs, will talk on “The Scandinavian Experiments” to the first of the 1940 Tuesday Evening Forum Lecture sei-ies audiences on Jan- uai-y 8 at 8 pm in the east campus auditoi'ium. Mr. Husband is considered a leading interpreter of Scandinavi¬ an px-oblems on the American lec¬ ture platform, in addition, he “knows how to lectui’e,” accord¬ ing to James B. Pond, editor of Program magazine. A graduate of Kansas in 1922, Mx\ Husband did journalistic work in various American cities from 1923 to 1927. In 1928 he was associated with Professor Irving Fisher of Yale. In 1929 he was advertising manager of Scribner’s magazine, and since that time has been traveling and lecturing on world conditions. He visited Scandinavia in 1936 and 1937 and again last year. The lectui-e inaugurates a series of four on the genei-al subject of “Social Legislation.” ROTC UNIFORMS CHANGE Officei's of the first battalion of PJC’s ROTC, with Cadet Major Henry Downey commanding, will be identified in the future by chevrons, Sam Browne belts, and shoulder insignia only. The cap formerly worn by officers will re¬ place the overseas type of cap.