Pasadena Chronicle, January 16, 1931

XXII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 16, 1931 . No. 14 jp. J. c. CURRENT OMMEN1 by Doug McMann — ♦ — fiat Are We Here For? RVe attend this institution be- hse we seek knowledge — we get lit knowledge only by study and lat mental effort. Our future de- (nds upon what we take out of institution in the way of learn- We are accepted in universi- and colleges on our scholastic cords. We are accepted in the Lsiness world on our mental cap- kity. We get that mental capacity lily iby study. re We Students? I If we represent the Pasadena (onior College as students and iolars, we are serving our pur- l>se. A student is usually classed a person interested in books who loasts a good strong scholastic av- Irage. He gets that strong echol- Istic average by mental effort and leeping his mind on his work. The fcudent does not let his mind wan- ler away from his work. He real¬ ises his purpose and keeps his mind let. |)ur Minds, Are They Set? Are there any in our number who |io not realize what the future may have in store for them? Are there liny in our number who are waste- Ing their time on matters which Kvill avail them nothing and which lie-tracts from their studies and Idetracts from their real purpose Ihere as students? If there are any lin our number who are faced with ’ such a serious problem, it is time they counted their cards. It is time that they got down to work, and made plans for the future. — 4— Overly Interested There are those in our midst who become overly interested in activ¬ ities and forget their studies. There are those in our midst who have given too much time to their extra curricular work and who find themselves lax in their scholastic records. These students were forc¬ ed to face a crisis before they real¬ ized what they were up against. They gallop through the semesters with no thought of their studies or scholastic records. They Served With all their faults, they serv¬ ed -their alm-a mater. They made the institution what it is today. They made school life interesting for those who attend school and do not indulge in activities. School must have its colorful side, and the colorful side they did have. If the colorful side of our life on the cam¬ pus has not been appreciated, at¬ tempts to make it so have truly been in vain. Honors Won By Graduates — 4 — High honor ratings have been ac¬ corded graduate C.S.F. members from P.J.C. in this year’s freshman class at Cal-Tech, according to in¬ formation from the Institute’s ree ords office. Roland H. Escherich and Paul L. Kartzze, C.S.F. life members, are among the 17 highest in section A of the class of 160 freshmen. Former members in section B, according to rating are: Donald Rooke, Ernest R. Howard, Richard S. Crutchfield, Horace W. Bab- Cock, Walter Anderson, Alfred I. Switzer and Harold D. Michener. John Boyle, a non-C. S. F. mem¬ ber is also in this group. Howard Rooke -and Switzer went out for football, the two latter re¬ ceiving numerals. Crutchfield also received a numeral for managing the freshman foot-ball team. INVITATION FOR MEET RECEIVED — ♦ — P. J. C. has been invited to en ter the one-act play tournament for secondary schools which is sponsored by the Pasadena Com¬ munity Playhouse, this being the second season of the contest. Last year Bauble and Bells pre¬ sented “The Bishop’s Candlesticks” with Graydon Spaulding, Kather¬ ine Allen, and Charles Otis taking the leading roles. Pasadena entered the semi-finals but Monrovia high school carried away the honors and first prize for their presentation of “Young America.” Rules for the tournament are that the preliminaries be held in the auditorium of the participating school during assembly periods. Preliminaries will be judged by a committee to be chosen by the school contract committee of the Playhouse and all preliminaries will be held before March 1. The play must not be over 30 minutes and no change of scenery is per¬ mitted. No definite play has been decided on by P. J. C., but several are be¬ ing seriously considered. Plays en¬ tered in these contests are of the highest type and have a real dra¬ matic qualities. The best judges will be secured to judge the play on points of characterization and interpretation, tempo, direction, voice, diction, makeup and costume. Y. W. and Y.M. Meet Together The first joint dinner meeting of the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A. which featured Dr. Allan Hunter of the Mount Hollywood Congrega¬ tional church, was held Wednesday evening at the Y. W. C. A. from 5 to 7:30 p. m. The large attend¬ ance of members proved its inter- I est in Dr. Hunter and enthusiasm in his subject, “Youth of Today. ’ I He is the author of “Youth’s Ad¬ ventures,” -and has been speaker at the -sessions of both -the Y. W. and I the Y. M. during the summer sea¬ sons of past years. Completing the program, Jean iMcCrae presented the colorful poem, “Springtime a la Carte.” The first joint meeting proved a Success, and the Y. W. C. A. girls |njoyed being hostesses to the Y. C. A. boys, stated officers of he club. Littleton Contest Subject Announced The Littleton Extemporaneous contest, to be held club period on March 11, looms up as the next pit- fall to lower division aspirants to oratorical fame. The general -subject for the con¬ test, as announced by Mrs. Irene S. Peters, oratory coach, is to be “Remedies for Unemployment.” Improvement In Conduct Asked “There are a few points in assembly conduct most of us have forgotten. In the first place, since there are so many of us, it is very necessary that everyone find a seat as soon as possible in order to avoid con¬ fusion and waste of time. Sec¬ ondly, since there are so many of us, it is not fair to save seats for your friends. “Thirdly, even though you are in assembly and find that it doesn’t interest you, please ob¬ serve the usual courtesy of quiet and don’t walk out.” “Fourthly, the auditorium doors close and stay closed from the time the assembly is called to order until it is adjourned. Therefore as no one will be al¬ lowed to enter late, students or faculty, please don’t rattle the doors.” “P.S. don’t forget to come to assembly on Friday.” CHUCK WE ALE, Secretary of Activities. NEAR SELL-OUT FOR TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE OF “THE FOOL” - ♦- - - P. T. A. Sponsoring Play; Proceeds To Go To Aid Worthy Students of Pasadena. Beth Porter has Ingenue Role ■ - — 4 - - Tonight’s performance of Charming Pollock’s play, “The Fo-ol,” sponsored by the Pasadena junior college, will be given to a crowded house. Tickets are going rapidly, according to those in charge, and may be purchased from several downtown banks and churches, the Pasadena Stationery Shop, Hotel Green, Pitzer & Warwick, and all schools. Tickets will be on sale at the door. The opening performance took place last night in the Pasadena junior college auditorium for John Muir Technical high, and a third performance will be -given on Sat¬ urday afternoon for elementary school children. Beth Porter, prominent student in junior college dramatics, a for¬ mer member of Bauble and Bells and now an active member in the Players’ Guild, has the ingenue role. -Completing the cast are Betty Thay-ne, Victor Donald, Will¬ ard Davis, Sillios Gilbert, and Edon T. Fairbanks. The play was written by Pollock in 1922, just after the world war, when conditions in this country were in turmoil. The plot i-s a ro¬ mantic story of a -young minister and his experiences. Net proceeds from the perform¬ ance will be used by -the P. T. A. to aid worthy students in the vari¬ ous city schools if they require help in the way of money, books, or other necessities. New Zealander Is Speaker Here Miss B-athie Stuart, who has been endorsed as an official repre¬ sentative -by the New Zealand gov¬ ernment, was speaker of the morn¬ ing in today’s assembly. Dressed in native costume, she gave several interpretations of native dances and songs. Motion pictures illus¬ trated the scenes which she de¬ scribed. According to authorities, Miss Stuart is the only lecturer touring the country who tells au¬ thentically of the beauties of New Zealand. Candidates for student body of¬ fices were formally nominated at this morning’s assembly. Students will vote for their respective can¬ didates on Monday in their third period classes. MUSIC CLASSES HOLD RECITAL — t— A piano ana voice recital will be held in Music Hall this evening at 8 o’clock. Members of Kathryn Warner Barnard’s advanced voice classes and Amy Grau Miller’s ad¬ vanced piano classes are combining- in presenting this musical pro¬ gram. There is no admission and all students interested in music are- invited. Talitha Youngblood will play (a) Two-Part Invention, Bach; (b) Prelude, Opus 28, No. 10, Chopin; (c) If I Were a Bird, Henselt. Four numbers will be sung by Ruth Riordan. They are (a) Pierrot, by Watts; (b) The Shepherdess, by Horsman ; (c) The Angels Are Stooping, by Rudolph Ganz; (d) Nymphs and Fauns, by Bemburg. Three piano numbers by Frances Jensen will be (a) Valse Lento, by Scott; (ib) In the Evening, by Schumann; (c) A. D. 1620, by MacDowell. Lloyd Staples will sing Shakespearians Pick Selections Students planning to enter the annual Shakespearean contest for upper division pupils Which was es¬ tablished five years ago and is sponsored by the Players’ Guild, are already at work on selections. All upper division students are eligible. The entrants must prepare a cutting of from 25 to 30 lines from any of Shakespeare’s plays. The cutting may include two char¬ acters if the entrant feels quali¬ fied to impersonate two characters. Preliminary try-outs will be held soon soon after the second term starts. Successful runners-up m this preliminary will each receive some mark of recognition at the finals. The winning man and woman in the finals will receive -a leather- bound copy of Shakespeare’s plays, and are the entrants at the Sec¬ ondary School Contest held annu¬ ally at the University of Southern California. Fred Moore and Geral¬ dine Anderson were the winners at J. C. last year, and Fred Moore was a runner-up in the finals at U. S. C. Miss Keppie, adviser for the Players’ Guild and upper division dramatics instructor, will be glad to assist any student desirous of entering the contest, in regard to cuttings of suitable material. Stu¬ dents are urged to see Miss Keppie before this term ends, any day at the end of fifth period in room 19-C, or make a special appoint¬ ment with her. BETH PORTER SPEECH CONTEST ENDS THURSDAY — 4 — William Grose won first place and Harry Fife second place in the Davis-Hall oratorical contest -held in the auditorium, fifth peri¬ od yesterday. Speaking on the topic, “World Friendship,” Grose and Fife were adjudged winners over Joe Phelps, Luke -Smith, Lu- bert Sanderhoff, and Frank Ross, the other four finals contestants. Preliminaries were held Wednes¬ day afternoon. Judges were Miss Nell Rems- berg, Glenn Lembke, and Miss Katherine Kester, of the English department, and Leon Yakely, Miss Katherine Fleming, and Miss M. K. Perry of the social science department. For the eighteenth time, first and second place medals wore pre¬ sented to the winners by M. W. Davis and J. Herbert Hall, the sponsors of the contest. (Continued on Page 3) “ Constitution ” Is New J. C. Course This year the Constitution cre¬ dential can -be secured in a two- hour course, announces R. L. Ash¬ ley, head of social science depart¬ ment. This is called “Constitu¬ tion” and is -given Tuesday and Thursday, second period. A two- hour course in the Constitution is required by state law before a col¬ lege student may get a degree. Students who wish the whole six units of political science -should en¬ ter the third period class, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, taking the work of the second semester before the first semester. The course in Contemporaneous Civilization has been somewhat re¬ organized to place more stress upon civilization in the machine age. PALS ALREADY MAKING PLANS —4— “Second semester plans are al¬ ready under way for organizing the sponsor-pa.l system of friendly welcome for new students entering P. J. C. from local junior -high -and other outside schools,” states Miss Ida E. Hawes, student body ad¬ viser. “Cards will be available next Monday, upon which students are asked to express their willingness to serve as a pal to two new stu¬ dents. Please do not offer to do this unless you are willing to as¬ sume the responsibility involved,” said Miss Hawes. “It means wel¬ coming the new students on Sun¬ day afternoon, February 8, show¬ ing them the campus, attending the afternoon vesper service, ac¬ companying them to the Y. M.- Y. W. reception Friday evening, February 13, and helping them register, become acquainted at school, and making them truly feel that P. J. C. is a friendly school.” ■ - 4 - Students must get all bas¬ ketball books before the end of this semester. The bank will close distribution then. Verse Book to Appear May I “First the Blade,” fourth annual California anthology of verse by college students, is to be published May 1, by San Bernardino junior college for the Intercollegiate Fel¬ lowship of Creative Art of which P. J. C. is a member. Last year P. J. C. writers en¬ tered a number of poems in the contest; four of these wrere -printed. Thirty-five schools, including the University of Southern California, Scripps college, which published the book last year, and Occidental, enter the contest each year. All upper division students are eligible to enter this contest and are urged to do so by Murray G. Hill, head of the English depart¬ ment, who also adds that it is an honor to -both the writer and his school to have a poem printed in this beautiful book. Poets and critics of interna¬ tional fame will select the prize winning verses in each of the fol¬ lowing divisions: the poem or group of poems of the most prom¬ ise, poems using a California back¬ ground or subject, best Arthurian verse, and the best humorous verse — not parody. Prizes amounting to $85 will -be presented, which will make competition keen in the vari¬ ous divisions. The -poetry must be placed in the office of the English department on or before February 1 so that they may be sent for judging. Varied Topics in New Library Bocks Several new and much dis¬ cussed books have recently been added to the library. They are: “Tennis,” by Helen Wills; “Mod¬ ern Architecture,” by Bruno Taut; “Schumann Heink” (The Last of the Titan®) , by Mary Lawton ; “First the Blade,” (a group of poems by California students) ; “My Musical Life,” by Walter Damrosch; “Ten Greek Plays,” translated into English by Gilbert Murray; “The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner,” by Albert Lav- ignac; “Marionettes,” by Edith Ackley, and “Sculpture,” by A. M. Rindge. 'ANNOUNCEMENT OF CANDIDATES IS MADE TODAY —4 — Twenty-one Aspirants for Of¬ fice Make Speeches of Acceptance —4— ELECTION ON MONDAY Four Candidates are Unop¬ posed ; Many Out for Soph. Rep. — 4— With 21 candidates running for 8 offices, the semi-annual elections for student -body officers of the Pasadena Junior College will be held all day Monday, January 19, ■according to Dan McNamara, Chief Justice. Four of the candi¬ dates who are running unopposed are assured of election. They are Arnold Huss for Senior Represen¬ tative, Dan McNamara for presi¬ dent of the Associated Students, John Seixias for A. M. S. repres¬ entative, and Alice Ashley for A. W. S. representative. Of the other offices, the position of So-phomore Representative seems to be the most popular, with six candidates for the office. They are Malcom Jayred, Dorothy Rossback, Sydney Edwards, and Bob Trumbull. The other offices and those whose names will appear on the ballot as candidates are: Chief Justice: George Burby, Jack Plot- kin, and Harold Hoover; for Jun¬ ior Representative: Bob Coop, Bill Dunkerley, Joyce Dunkerley; and for Freshman Representative: Bill O’Neal, Margaret Johnson, and Bill Burkhardt. U. D. DEBATERS MEET SX. FROSH Coach Glenn L. Lembke’s upper division debate team engaged in a non-decision meet with the Univer¬ sity of Southern California fresh¬ men last night, and will clash with the same team tonight. George Borthwick and Donald Swain made up the Pasadena af¬ firmative team, while Ben Cohan and Donald Mitchell were the mem¬ bers of the negative team. The question to be argued is, “Resolved: That colleges and uni¬ versities are justified in paying the actual expenses of athletes.” This is the subject agreed upon for the second round in the upper division league. “These two debates with such stiff competition should go far in preparing our upper division men for their league encounters with (Continued on Page 3) Los A ngeles R. О. T. La Invited To Dance — 4 — The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps’ annual dance, to be held January 23 at the American Le¬ gion hall on North Marengo ave¬ nue, is to be semi-formal, an¬ nounces Cadet Major Herbert Smith. Members of R. О. T. C. units of Los Angeles have -been invited with their friends, states Major Smith. Bids are available at $1.00 -a person. “We consider the social life a very vital part in the training of young men in college,” declares Col. G. H. White. Mixed Chorus Class Is Congratulated Mixed chorus classes have been very satisfactory this semester, ac¬ cording to Mrs. Kathryn Barnard, music instructor. “Nearly 75 per cent of my students are eligible for the glee clubs, especially -boys. In all my classes the students have been enthusiastic and eager to learn. There has been no discipline problem. The classes are to be con¬ gratulated,” said Mrs. Barnard.