Pasadena Chronicle, January 15, 1932

Noted Wanderer TO APPEAR NEXT WEEK Hear ‘The’ Traveler Talk on Russia and Interview With Dictator JDaoaticna (flitonidc ‘First the Blade ’ IS COLLEGE ANTHOLOGY Student Poetry to Be Edited Here This Semester by Nom de Plume Vel. XXIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 15, 1932 No. 14 WALTER WILL SPEAK ON HIS VAGABONDAGE Will Give Two Lectures on Thursday and Friday In Auditorium ONE IS SEQUEL TO BOOK Renowned Traveler Scheduled To Describe Interview With Mussolini Candidates in Student Body Elections This Mornin Ellery Walter, renowned traveler and author, will appear in the audi¬ torium Thursday at 2:45 p.m. to present a lecture on “High Hats and Low Brows” and another at 8 p.m. on “Who Is Leading Russia and Where?” The first talk, a sequel on his book “Around the World on One Leg,” will include his interview with Mussolini. The second will be on his travels in Russia. Was President “Little Ellery,” as he calls him¬ self, was president of his class for two years, a member of the Uni¬ versity of Washington crew, a major in psychology, and found it necessary to work eight hours a day to further his education. After losing a foot as a result of an infection contracted in a rowing shell, he made his way around the world without funds, walking and talking with royalty and statesmen. Preceding the program, the Bull¬ dog band will present classic music. Audre L. Stong will direct. Tickets Obtainable Tickets for the lecture can be ob¬ tained from the bank and at the Hancock Music company. The first performance will be 25 cents for students and 50 cents for adults. The price for the evening perform¬ ance will be 50, 75 cents and one dollar. Net proceeds will go to the Pas¬ adena Teachers’ Loan Fund. ATHLETES RUN IN RACE FOR STUDENT HEAD Renner, Little, Cotton, And Ramsay Compete For Presidency POLL IS THIRD PERIOD All Four Have Made Names As Outstanding P. J. C. Lettermen Bill Ramsay Margaret Johnson Sydney Edwards Jeanne Thomson To Lecture On Lagerlof At Library Professor William Diamond of U. C. L. A. will speak on “Selma Lagerlof and Her Message” in the lecture hall of the Pasadena public library Thursday, January 21, at 8 p.m. Professor Diamond has lectured throughout Southern California on contemporary German literature, recently speaking on Lagerlof be¬ fore the modem language section of the Junior College Association of Southern California. He has made a study -of her writings. Selma Legerlof, one of the 18 members of the Swedish Academy and1 the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for imaginative litera¬ ture, describes realities in a fanci¬ ful, visionary manner. - ♦ - CITRUS VISITS AGAIN Citrus Union junior college as¬ tronomy classes made a second visit to P. J. C. observatory January 7. Willard elementary school will send its 6A delegates to visit this eve¬ ning. MUSICAL SHOW WORK BEGUN Specialty Groups Practice On Tunes of ’Prince Of Pilsen’ Specialty groups are now work¬ ing on the catchy tunes and lively choruses which make the “Prince of Pilsen” a sparkling musical comedy. Two groups have been definitely selected by Miss Lula C. ! Parmley, director of the produc¬ tion. Vassar Girls | They are: the Vassar girls who j are touring Europe — Dorothy Pier- ' son, Barbara T. Turner, Virginia | Cole, Mary Lou Rittenhouse, Eve- ilyn Driver, Edythe Clark, Lois I Wingard, June Ives, Laura Mae House, Evelyn Kohlmeyer, Doris Martin. Thelma Lucas, Geraldine Greeley, Opal Zimmerman, Dorothy Jackson, Clarion Leatart. American City Girls who are Katheryn Shaffer, Christine Wells, Marion Frey, Dor¬ othy Pierson, and Mary Lou Rit- i tenhouse. Kester Will Coach Miss Katharine Kester, dramatic j instructor, will coach the 10 leads ! in their lines jand stage business, j i Dramatic work promises to be un- j I usually clever under the direction of this coach. Dance ensembles will | add to the gay air of the produc- j i tion, and will be taught by dancing instructors from the physical edu- j ; cation department. Editorial Stresses Value of Good Student Citizenship Voting is probably the most evident mark of good citizen¬ ship. At any public election “Don’t fail to vote” is always a principal cry. To student voters whose elections are relatively just as important, this appeal applies just as strongly. Today, as some 20 students aspired to offices as student jeaders, it was the duty of 3500 junior college citizens to elect candidates who they feel will administer official duties befitting these responsibilities. But the voters’ duties do not stop there. They must follow up pledging their com¬ plete support to the officers of their choice. OTHERS SEND MOREPOETRY To Date Rival Schools Have Submitted More Copy To Anthology Today’s primary student body j elections promised to simmer down to a hotly-contested race for the presidency between four of the school’s best-known athletes. The quartet of letter- winners who will attempt to cast aside their athletic togs for the toga of public office are: Charles Cotton, three year varsity football man ; Bob Little, all around football, basket¬ ball and tennis star. Ramsay Is One Bill Ramsay, ’ present chief jus¬ tice and three-year baseball and football letterman, and A1 Renner, incumbent secretary of athletics, and monogram-winner in football, basketball, track and cross-country. For senior representative, Hugh Anderson, present secretary of Verge Speakers to Appear in Program Because the Indian Club of Pas- j adena appreciated the efforts of the j verse-speaking choir, composed of members of Miss Elizabeth E. Kep- ' pie’s essay and drama classes, the club has asked Miss Keppie to pre¬ sent this group again. “The Pot Boilers” will be the main light of the program this year. Other numbers will foe: “Temperaire,” by Newbolt; “King’s Breakfast,” foy A. A. Milne; “Icicles,” by Shakespeare; “The Camuel,” by Guiterman, and “Foreboding,” by Don Blandie. Chef Cooks Dance Dish ‘Chip Off Old Baton 9 Will Lead String Quartet Here Monday “A chip off the old baton.” As a new version of the time Hubert H. Parker, orchestra dir No, It’s Written Law; Under Table — ♦ — Cafeteria tables seem to be be reserved for special clubs and parties by an unwritten law. During lunch periods, club periods, and after school, groups of students create round tables of discussion. Inscriptions and initials are carved on the tables, reminding one of the days of the little one-room schoolhouse. honored saying, Allen Parker, son of ector at P. J. C., will present the string quartet of Kern county junior college, where he is a stu¬ dent, in a one-hour program in the music hall Monday afternoon from 2 to 3 p.m. A graduate of Pasader.a, young Parker went to Kern county .T. C. to become leader of the musical group. On his program Monday afternoon will be what is believed to be the first recital in Southern California of the B-La-F Quartet, a composition by four noted Rus¬ sian composers, Rimsky-Korsaka- kov, Liadowfi Glazinow, and Bro- dine. FILM OF RECORD CATCH SHOWS - + - Zane Grey’s Struggle with World’s Largest Marlin Caught with Hook Is Depicted — - A huge Marlin swordfish leaps completely out of the water in an effort to shake loose the hook. At the other end of the line, Zane Grey, premier fisherman and author, strains on an almost doubled bamboo pole. The scene is repeated again and again until at last California’s western story writer lands the 1040-pound fish, a world’s record for hook and line. Thus is depicted the most thrill¬ ing scene of the world preview of Zane Grey’s South Seas fishing trip, presented in the auditorium Wednesday afternoon and evening by the junior college Y. M. C. A. Bob Carney, son-in-law of the famed angler and former student of P. J. C., appeared and explained that Mr. Grey was unable to make a personal appearance because ill¬ ness confined him to bed in his Altadena residence. Besides the feature length film, three short subjects, Mickey Mouse cartoon, John P. Medbury’is “Trav- elaugh” in Africa, and “Snap¬ shots,” a group of intimate glances of popular stars, were shown. George A. Brown and Delos West played and sang for the afternoon performance, which was attended by large groups of junior high and grammar school students. In the evening, Raymond Ken¬ dall, pianist, and Emil Briano, vio¬ linist, played several musical num¬ bers. An interesting display, including a large stuffed yellowtail, other cured fish, and several deep sea fishing implements, attracted wide attention outside the auditorium doons. Committees that contributed to the success of the show were: Publicity, Dale Roe; ticket sale, Boyd O’Donnell and Charles Wher- ritt; program, Hugh Anderson, James Sherman and Herbert Wen- nerberg. O. Gaylord Dressier, ad¬ viser, and Paul Sommers, boys’ work secretary in Pasadena, also That “First the Blade,” Cali¬ fornia college anthology of verse, is receiving more contributions j finance, opposed Steve Salisdan, from other schools than from Pasa- who is running for reelection, dena, is the statement of Miss Har- i Sydney Edwards, present junior riet McClay, adviser of Nom de 1 president, and LeRoy McBurney, Plume writing club, which is edit- j football letterman, contested for ing the volume this year. the position of junior representa- Student Contributes Jtdve. Inez Effinger, a student, has con¬ tributed “The Question,” “Ao Ap- pollo,” “Spring for Manhattan,” Four Compete Four candidates who competed for sophomore president were Lou- Chef A1 Renner is cooking up another dance for hungry feet after the M. O. S.-Baccalaureate basketball game tonight in the men’s gym. Eaters Should bring 15 cents for a large bowl of dancing. Norman Shaw and his orches¬ tra will serve out the “hot stuff.” Prizes will be given to the best dancing couple on the floor. Associated women stu¬ dents will check overcoats. Last week’s dance prize was won by Ruth Darbey and Gil¬ bert Higbee. Prize was donat¬ ed by a local grocery. Students Warned to Obtain Ticket Book All first semester students who do not obtain basketball books (be¬ tween now and the end of the sem¬ ester will be unable to get them after the start of the second sem¬ ester, according to Walter E. Wil¬ cox, bank treasurer. These books will foe the only stu¬ dent body card issued for the rest of the year, which is contrary to the opinion that another card will be issued. Books will be given out to all student body members during school hours. “New Spring,” and “Solitude.” Mi- ise Bonds, clerk of the board and chael Sheehey has entered “Son- song leader; Bob Carpenter, Lean- net-” ; ard Emery, and Margaret Johnson, Poetry of any type and an any |who is running for a second term, subject may be submitted to Miss 1 Nominees for chief justice were McClay, or Clarence Calkins, stu- i George Burby, who has served as dent editor. Deadline for all man- , vice-president for the senior class uscripts is February 15. These during the past semester; Eric manuscripts will not be returned, ; Emery, now an associate justice, but will be kept on file in the 1 and Dick Young, library. J Jeanne Thomson, incumbent, and Rules Follow \ Madeline Currie, ran for the posi- Following rules for manuscripts j tion of A. W. S. Bill Thomas was must be followed: Poems must foe ! unopposed and so was automatic- typed on standard size typing pa- : а^У A. M. S. president. per, on one side only. In the upper | * - right hand comer, the name of the1 /W/T/lUfl/ A.rts student, and his year in college must appear on one line. On the; next is the college address and | name of institution, and one the last the contributor’s residence. Each poem should appear on a In the new manual arts building separate sheet, and if there is more . last week’s developments centered than one page to a poem, the pages about the electric laboratory and should be numbered consecutively, were concerned largely with the - ♦ - installation of the main switch Install New Main Switch Should Present board 38 feet long and 80 inches , high. Absent Petitions Twenty-five electric motors, some Students tempted by the low fringe of snow on the Sierra Madre mountains must remember that ab¬ sence petitions must be presented to Mrs. Mabel White in the text-book room within 24 hours after the stu¬ dents return to school. Eleven one students will report to Mrs. White for petitions instead of to their counselors until the end of the semester. Mrs. White’s office is open from 7:30 each morning .until the close of second lunch period. with generators, are being set up and one with gear arrangement will be used for the study under working conditions. Work on these machines and numerous other small jobs will take the remainder of the term to complete. Main motor generator set con¬ sists of a 125-horsepower motor, and an 85-kilowatt generator which has been installed with connections to the switch switch board and will furnish direct current for the elec¬ trical and other laboratories in the building. Science Contestants Will Hear Speakers Various speakers will talk to sci¬ ence students to prepare them for the coming chemistry contest. These meetings will begin soon after examination week. This contest is sponsored by the American Chemical Society, South¬ ern California branch. About 50 schools participate, each sending a team of seven students. - Ф - TO PRACTICE SERVICE Mrs. Mary R. Brown’s home en¬ tertainment class will soon begin a series of four luncheons in the so¬ cial hall fifth periods. aided. Contest Scheduled For March Dates Shakespeare contest preliminar¬ ies and finals for junior college entrants will take place March 1 and 18. Representatives will com¬ pete with delegates from over the state at U. S. C. Contestants are required to mem¬ orize .Shakespearean .selections of not more than 30 lines and should present their declamations in teams of two. ‘ European Nations Looking For Leadership, ’ States Gus Gedat “It is not for money that European nations are looking toward America, but for leadership.” Stressing this point as a solution of present economic and political conditions, Gus Gedat, assistant' general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Berlin, Germany, discussed present-day trends before a group | of students last Thursday morning. ! Approaching elections in Ger¬ many and America are evoking (wide interest in north-central Europe, according to the “Y” head; in Germany, to see whether govern- (ment control will pass into the hands of Communists or Fascists, ' and in the United States to watch whether the mew president will be not only nationally-minded but also internationally minded. Dish With Paper Slips! What th - ? Students passing the east garden during the week won¬ dered what a small glass dish containing slips of white paper with blue numbers were doing on the ground beneath a tree. Was it hatching a prize to be drawn with the slips* or was it the calling card of some un¬ usual visitor?