- Title
- Pasadena Chronicle, January 14, 1938
-
-
- Date of Creation
- 14 January 1938
-
-
- Description
- Student newspaper published and edited for the Associated Student Body of Pasadena City College weekly during the college year by the journalism students.
-
-
- Display File Format
- ["application/pdf"]
-
Pasadena Chronicle, January 14, 1938
Hits:
(0)
























CLUB TALENT
SLATED FOR
ASSEMBLY
PASADENA CHRONICLE
SEMI-ANNUAL
HOMECOMING
DANCE DUE
Vol. XXK
Pasadena Junior College, Jan. 14, 1938
No. 16
Bob Coates Is Elected ASB President In Primary
Amateur
Contest At
Assembly
Today's Meeting
Features Finals Of
Semesterly Tilt
Amateurs representing various
PJC clubs will headline today’s as¬
sembly program, presenting acts
varying from musical numbers to
slapstick comedy. Six finalists in
a contest that is becoming an an¬
nual affair, will vie for applause
and a loving cup to be awarded to
the winner.
FEW RULES
Each club is allowed to select its
best act for public showing, there
being no further rules concerning
the contest. The talent for each act
will come from the club repre¬
sented.
Preparations for the occasion
were started a few weeks ago when
club presidents began searching
their organizations for talent. Af¬
ter suitable acts had been found,
the clubs taking part met Wednes¬
day afternoon before judges of the
preliminary contest. Six acts were
chosen to enter the finals during
assembly period today. As the
Chronicle went to press before that
time, the names of the six clubs
were not available.
TIOGA WINS
Last semester, Maxine Bailey,
representing Tioga, women’s re¬
strictive social club, won the cup.
Secretary of Organizations Ro¬
salie Meub, in charge of the affair,
commented, “We hope that a large
audience is present at the assembly,
as we are sure that all the clubs
have worked hard to make their
acts as good as possible.” Judges
had not been selected at Chronicle
press time.
SOCIETY HEARS
MINE OFFICIAL
As featured speaker _ at the
monthly meeting of the Mineralogi-
cal Society of Southern California,
Dr. Louis D. Ricketts addressed
250 listeners, including 50 PJC stu¬
dents, on “Copper Development at
Ajo, Arizona” last Monday night
at 7:30 p.m. in the Pasadena public
library. Moving pictures of the
New Cornelia mine at Ajo, Ari¬
zona, followed the lecture.
During the course of his talk, Dr.
Ricketts reviewed the progress
made in the mechanics of copper
mining in the last 50 years. The
moving pictures presented a com¬
plete story of copper mining from
the blasting of the ore, through
the smelting process, up to the
finished product. After the movies,
Dr. Ricketts answered group ques¬
tions.
Since graduating from Princeton
University in 1880, Dr. Ricketts
has been instrumental in the devel¬
opment of Arizona as one of the
leading copper producing states.
He has held, among other positions,
the post of president and manager
of the Inspiration and the Andes
copper companies. He has also de¬
signed many of the larger smelters
in use today throughout the South¬
west.
REDLANDS PROFESSOR
ADDRESSES FACULTY
With “The Art of Teaching” as
his subject, Dr. Lawrence E. Nel¬
son, of Redlands university, ad¬
dressed the faculty of Pasadena
junior college, Wednesday, January
5, in 200C at 3:15 p. m.
Dr. Nelson, using the questions
and answers to intelligence tests
as the basis for his lecture, made
as his main point, the fact that
“teachers should make students
think, and not do the thinking for
them ‘because it is quicker.’ ” Dr.
Nelson also explained the part the
English language and literature
play in education.
This was the first meeting of
1938, and the first of the two gen¬
eral meetings of the year. The
next meeting will be in the Little
Theatre at 3:15, Wednesday, Feb¬
ruary 2.
YMCA HEARS DELEGATES
Reports from Asilomar delegates
were given last Tuesday evening at
the downtown “Y” where the
YMCA met for a business meeting
and recreation.
Members met in the lobby where
they played ping-pong and then
convened for their business meet¬
ing.
BUSINESS CLUB ELECTS
Members of the Magnatura busi¬
ness club elected J. Oliver Morgan
as, president for the second semes¬
ter, at a special meeting held at
the home of Dale Babcock, last
Tuesday evening. Paul Branch was
elected vice-president, while the in¬
cumbent president, Bill Frey, was
selected secretary. Sam Mardian is
th new treasurer.
LAST CHRONICLE
OUT TODAY
Today’s edition of the Pasa¬
dena Chronicle is the last issue
of the semester, concluding its
weekly news service during the
initial period in the new build¬
ings.
The past semester has seen
the Chronicle take on new forms
of typography, including com¬
pletely new type, style and head¬
lines tending to form a modern
streamline makeup. This new
system, under the guidance of
A1 Gutzmer, whose term as exe¬
cutive editor is this week
brought to a close, has been de¬
signed to give more complete
news coverage, more entertain¬
ing features and easier reading.
The reason for this being the
last issue is that next week is
final exams week, and Chronicle
workers must take time off for
a little incidental studying, and
“let the paper go” for a week.
The first issue of the new
semester will be out January
29, the customary Sunday-be-
fore-sehool pal day, with helpful
suggestions to the new students
and the usual news. This paper
will be the first under the re¬
vamped staff and newly ap¬
pointed editor.
DAVIS-HALL
CONTEST
PLANS MADE
Preliminaries for the annual Da-
vis-Hall oratorical contest have
been scheduled for January 25.
Open to all Pasadena junior col¬
lege students, the preliminaries
will take place in two different
rooms. Lower division students
will compete in one room and up¬
per division in the other. From all
upper division students entering
the contest, two or three will be
chosen to compete in the final. The
same procedure will be used with
the lower division.
IN CHARGE
In charge of the upper division
contestants is Miss Irene Peters,
speech instructor. Miss Nell Marie
Remsberg will be in charge of
lower division.
Speeches will be judged upon
delivery and content. Time limit
will be about five minutes. It will
be entirely up to the students to
choose their topics as no main sub¬
ject has been selected. These con¬
tests have always been conducted
in this way in order not to handi¬
cap students by forcing upon them
subjects about which they knew
very little.
FORMER WINNERS
Last year’s winners were Joe
Landisman in upper division and
Bruce Jessup in lower division.
This year’s contest will be. the
thirty-first in these annual speech
tournaments sponsored by the Da¬
vis and Hall families. During June
last year a banquet was given at
the Vista del Arroyo hotel honor¬
ing these families for their con¬
tinued interest in the contests dur¬
ing the la.st 30 years. Invitations
to all previous winners were sent
and out of the 60 invited, 40 at¬
tended. Records of winners since
their graduation revealed that sev¬
eral had attained high positions in
their fields.
PJC SINGERS ENTERTAIN
Students from PJC’s music de¬
partment entertained at the annual
Boy Scout masters’ banquet of the
San Gabriel and Pasadena district
held at Oddfellows hall in Pasa¬
dena, Monday, January 10. The
singers included the Euterpean
Singers, the Nysaean Singers, the
Girls’ Trio, the Male Octet and
Norman Durask, soloist.
OMD WILL 'TAP'
NEW MEMBERS AT
SEMESTERLY MEET
Tapping of new members for
Mast and Dagger has been set for
the first item on the program of
the assembly Friday, January 28,
according to John Benton, Mast and
Dagger president. Tapping is a.
semi-annual event held at the end
of every semester for the purpose
of honoring outstanding students
by accepting them for membership
in the club, the highest honor on
the campus.
TRADITIONAL CEREMONY
At this time, in a traditional cer¬
emony, outstanding students in all
fields of activity on this campus
are selected for membership in the
club, now in its twelfth year on
the campus.
There are at present five active
members, John Benton, Lila Ren¬
ner, Chuck Braden, Norman Wil¬
liams and Jack Burtt. Besides these
active members, the club is repre¬
sented by a membership of more
than 150 alumni, all of whom were
active students at the junior col¬
lege in the past.
The new members tapped at the
assembly Friday will be introduced
to the alumni members of the or¬
ganization at a dinner Saturday
night, January 29, at the Arcade
Tea Room. This introductory din¬
ner is a traditional event. Plans
are being made for musical enter¬
tainment during the dinner, after
which an election of next semes¬
ter’s officers will be held. The en¬
tire group will then attend a per¬
formance of “First Lady” at the
Pasadena Community Playhouse.
Future events for the club in¬
clude the sponsoring of an assem¬
bly during the first week of the
new semester. The annual Mast
and Dagger Carnival, to he held in
the spring, is also being planned
by the members at the present
time.
Bagnard, Shroeder Cede Student Body
ц
Presidency; Caplan, Prouse, McDonald,
Moshisky, Shannon, Wilson Get Majorities
Had only one more student voted in last Friday’s primaries, to¬
day’s election set-up for the position of student body president would
be entirely different. After tying for second place with 459 votes each,
Earl Schroeder and Dick Bagnard ceded the election to Bob Coates
after four days of recounting and worrying.
Bob Coates took the field far out in front with the wide total of
over 900 votes, lacking only a few votes in last Friday’s primaries of
being elected by the majority of votes cast. However, before any
decision was made for more than
a few hours, a rapid succession of
recounts was made by the election
board, headed by Blakemore Thom¬
as, acting in the capacity of chief
justice in lieu of Bob Coates, in¬
eligible to supervise the election
because he was a candidate.
The result of the primaries of
January 7, then, is that Bob Coates
is president of the associated stu¬
dents. As all other elections for
ASB and other offices were settled
in the primaries, there will be no
“final” election which was sched¬
uled for today.
Up until Wednesday afternoon
the apparent result of the five re¬
counts of the ballot was, in effect,
a second primary, still leaving the
election of the president in the
balance unless a candidate, prob¬
ably Coates, would have won a
simple majority in today’s election.
However, one of the candidates
got the idea of generously ceding
the election to the far-ahead
Coates, and both candidates filially
did so.
But only after a series of re¬
counts which is one of the longest
any election board has ever faced.
The first recount was called at the
demand of Bob Coates, then only
three votes from a majority. How¬
ever, the second recount swung sec¬
ond place from Bagnard to Schroe¬
der, and almost before the election
board had filed the ballot, another
recount at the demand of Bagnard
was called, according to Miss Cath¬
erine J. Robbins, dean of women
and adviser to the associated stu¬
dent body.
A quick series of recounts final¬
ly reached a tie for Schroeder and
Bagnard in the fifth tally, made
Monday morning. The problem of
further appending recounts was.not
settled until late Wednesday after¬
noon when the two granted the
ballot to Coates.
Discrepancies in the respective
counts ranged all the way from
2 to 30 votes, according to election
board members. Six recounts, offi¬
cial and unofficial, were held, start¬
ing last Saturday and running
through Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. One .recount, not
prompted by the candidates, was
made voluntarily by the election
board itself.
Holding a two-to-one margin
over Rachel Williams, Peter
Prouse, editor of Vo-Mag, was
named to replace Coates for the
Chief Justice pos-t. The count gave
Prouse 1015, Williams 516. Wilbur
Jacobs received 282.
Associated Women Students fur¬
nished the closest contest of the
Continued on Page Three
LECTURER
I
Placement Exams For
Juniors Offered
Placement examinations are to
be given on Saturday, January 22,
at 8:30 a. m., and on Monday, Jan¬
uary 24, at 6:30 p. m., for all stu¬
dents wishing to enroll in the jun¬
ior class next semester.
The regular placement examina¬
tion fee of $1.50 must be paid in
the bank before taking the examin¬
ation. The receipt for this pay¬
ment will be used as an admit¬
tance to room 200C, where the
examination is being given.
С.
C. Stewart, counselor in
charge of the examination warned
that students arriving late in room
200C will not be allowed to take
the tests on that day. Mr. Stewart
also emphasized the fact that no
other date would be set for taking
the examinations other than the
Saturday and Monday already set
aside.
The placement examinations are
given to determine the English
classes for which students are
suited. Results of these tests aid
the counselors in deciding the
courses best fitted to the student’s
ability.
Mr. Sibewar-t stated that students
need not feel nervous in taking
these placement examinations as
they are simply tests to dete:mine
the English knowledge and literary
ability of students. There s no
necessity or use in studying for
these tests, Mr. Stewart added, as
they cover general knowledge accu¬
mulated over a long period of ~ime.
Players7 Guild Advisor Announces
One- Act Play Writing Contest
Pasadena junior college one-act playwrights will have a chance tt
test the merits of their work in a one-act play writing contest, spon¬
sored by the Players’ Guild, according to Miss Elizabeth Flint, Players’
Guild adviser.
The deadline for plays is April 8, giving entrants ample time to
work their productions into shape. The length of the play should be
limited to 30 minutes playing time. Players’ Guild will produce the
prize-winning play in the little Theater, probably during a club period
assembly.
Fred Hoffman of the English department, Miss Flint and two stu¬
dent judges, to be selected from the membership of the Guild, will
judge the plays, and their decision will be filial.
Economy of character, space and time, with no over-crowding of
incident, were advised by Mr. Hoffman. “Students should realize the
value of accuracy in dialogue and should employ skill in plot structure,
with unity and economy of incident,” he further recommended.
Plays should be submitted to Miss Flint or Roy Winder, Players’
Guild president.
BRADFORD ELECTED
WAA PRESIDENT
Electing Becky Bradford, who
ran unopposed, president for the
second consecutive semester, mem¬
bers of the Women’s Athletic As¬
sociation of Pasadena junior col¬
lege chose their officers for the
spring term Wednesday, January
5, during gym periods.
Other officers forming the WAA
cabinet are Barbara Fitch, vice-
president; Mary Ann Moss, corres¬
ponding secretary; Marjorie Geh¬
rig, recording secretary; Evelyn
Bradford, treasurer; Frances Bail¬
ey, parliamentarian; Virginia Mc-
Intire, baseball manager; Twila
Jack, tennis manager; Joan Bur¬
rows, speedball manager; and Mir¬
iam Brooks, swimming manager.
These officers were installed at
the Hockey-Archery finale, Thurs¬
day, January 13, in the women’s
gym. All WAA members were in¬
vited.
CLIO ELECTS OFFICERS
Election of officers for the com¬
ing semester was the chief business
at the last meeting of Clio club,
PJC discussion group. The new of¬
ficers are: Jean Valentine, presi¬
dent; Alice Wilson, vice-president;
Dale Clayton, secretary, and
Charles Carkeek, treasurer.
The election of officers followed
a talk given by Mrs. John Clayton,
author and traveler. Dancing, re¬
freshments and pool followed the
elections.
MUSIC HOUR
The Campus Music Hour will
lot be given this week because
tf examinations. Selections from
‘Porgy and Bess,” the opera by
George Gershwin, will be given
a the Music Hour in the Little
Theater the week after, at 11:20
jVonday, January 24, and Wed-
rnsday, January 26, and at 12:20
Tuesday, January 25.
DR. SACHAR
NEXT 'YOUTH'
LECTURER
Historian, biographer, educator,
and recognized by authorities as
one of the ablest forum speakers
of his time, Dr. Abram Leon Sa-
char will discuss “What Is Youth
Thinking” at the Tuesday Evening
Forum lecture, January 18.
Throwing out the picture of the
happy-go-lucky youth of pre-de¬
pression days, Dr. Sachar will pre¬
sent a new youth, a product of
hardships and financial troubles. He
will discuss what this new youth
of today is thinking.
VOTED FAVORITE
He was voted the favorite one of
26 speakers, including many na¬
tionally known celebrities, at the
Sinai Forum in Chicago. He also
polled first in the important Cincin-
atti Forum.
Among the large cities of the
country in which he has appeared,
are Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit,
Boston, Philadelphia, Washington,
Rochester, Montreal, Winnipeg and
St. Louis. At Cleveland he spoke
on the celebrated Town Hall pro¬
gram and was immediately re¬
booked for the entire course.
SIMPLIFIES TOPICS
He is noted for his ability to
present the most complex subject
in simple words. He has a sense
of humor which livens his talks
and retains interest.
Sachar was born in New York,
and later attended Washington and
Harvard universities. He also
spent three years in post graduate
research work at the University of
Cambridge. He received his doctor
of Philosophy degree for his work
upon the Victorian House of Lords.
RESIGNS POST
He resigned in 1929 from the
faculty of the University of Illinois
so that he might become National
Director of the Hillel Foundations.
His articles have appeared in the
New Republic, the Menorah Jour¬
nal, Books, and other prominent
journals. He has interviewed fa¬
mous political figures, correspon¬
dents, relief officials and labor lead¬
ers.
It was the Prime Minister of
Ontario, Canada, who said of one of
Ids speeches: “Dr. Sachar’s address
is the most, remarkable of its kind
that I have ever heard.”
ENROLLMENT JUMP TO
4750 FORECAST
An increase of 150 students is
expected when the records office
completes registration for the next
semester on Friday, January 28
and Monday, January 31.
The present enrollment figure
stands at 4600, and the increase to
4750 will include approximately 500
graduates of Pasadena junior high
schools and high schools of neigh¬
boring towns.
Under the new registration
plans, whereby old students regis¬
ter in their Friday classrooms and
new students register on Monday,
larger numbers of students can be
taken care of with less time spent
waiting in lines, according to John
A. Anderson, dean of records.
Working in conjunction with Mr.
Anderson this semester will be O.
Gaylon Dressier, of the physical
science department, who will help
direct enrollment procedure.
NEWMANITES WILL SKATE
Newman club, religious organi¬
zation, will give a closed skating
party at Lincoln Park Roller rink
on January 21 at 10 p. m.
The entire rink will be turned
over to the club. This is probably
one of the last affairs for the club
this semester and all members are
urged to attend. Tickets may be
secured from the president of the
club, Ronald Dube.
January 31
Date For
Pal Dance
Many Social Affairs Are
Planned For New
Students
The semi-annual Homecoming
dance will be held as usual, the
first Monday of the new semester,
January 31, at the Civic auditori¬
um. The dance, sponsored by the
Associated Students, will be as¬
sured of an excellent orchestra, it
was announced by Secretary of So¬
cial Affairs Jeanette Eastman. It
will be primarily an affair for new
students. “Pals” are asked to es¬
cort their new students, and every¬
one is invited.
PALS NEEDED
This is only one of the many so¬
cial affairs arranged for the new
students. They will first be taken
on a tour of the campus on Sun¬
day, January 30. Following that
will be i a vesper service in the
auditorium at 8 p. m. and a tea
sponsored by the YWCA in the
social hall at 4:30 p. m.
Seventy-five men and 75 women
are needed as -“pals” for these oc¬
casions and are asked to sign up in
the offices of their respective deans.
USE DATE BUREAU
The date bureau will again func¬
tion for the Homecoming dance, it
was announced by Jeannette East¬
man. “I feel the date bureau will
be particularly effective for this
dance as many of the students will
be new and this offers an excel¬
lent opportunity for them to get
acquainted with their fellow stu¬
dents,” she stated.
Girls are to turn their names in
to the date bureau office at the
north end of the Student Union.
They are urged to turn pictures in
with the rest of the information as
it is absolutely necessary. Names
must be turned in by Monday or
Tuesday of the last week of school
and boys looking for dates should
call at the office during that week.
DR. SEXSON WINS
HIGH HONOR
Dr. John Amherst Sexson, super¬
intendent of the Pasadena City
Schools, has been elected president
of the American Association of
School Administrators, announced
George Bush, superintendent of
South Pasadena Schools.
Dr. Sexson received the largest
number of votes of the five candi¬
dates for the presidency, and will
be inducted into office at the Atlan¬
tic City meeting in February.
This post, the highest honor at¬
tainable in the field of education,
came, to Dr. Sexson in recognition
of his splendid accomplishments.
For the past 15 or 20 years, lie has
served on a number of major com¬
mittees and was chosen as one of
the original group to serve on the
American Policies Commission of
the National Education Association.
He is also president of the Cali¬
fornia Teachers’ Association and
past president of the State Teach¬
ers’ Associations of Arizona and
Colorado.
PLAY SERIES BEGINS
“Meet the . Duchess” will open
the new series of plays at the
South Pasadena Little Theater,
January 24. Junior college student
body. members have appeared in
previous plays and assisted in pro¬
duction. The group was organized
in September, and is now appear¬
ing in a permanent auditorium of
their own at 1211 S. Fair Ooaks
Avenue.
WEEK'S NEWS
IN BRIEF
Election Board takes five days to
untangle primary elections. Six
counts necessary before final de¬
cision reached . Page 1.
Plans for Homecoming dance
near completion. Date bureau will
be used for the second time .
. . . Page 1.
LAJC takes league opener from
Bulldogs, 27-22 . Page 4.
Finalists in Junior Chamber
speech contest named. Will speak
on Far East situation. . Page 3.
Davis-Hall contest due soon.
Traditional event here for past 30
years . Page 1.
Dr. Abram L. Sachar, famed lec¬
turer, educator and biographer, will
be next speaker at Tuesday Eve¬
ning Forum. . . . Page 1.