Pasadena Chronicle, January 20, 1927

1 1 mat* VOL. XVIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 20, 1927 NO. 13 SIX CHOSEN FOR OFFICES IN CABINET Student Body Approves Number from Twenty- Two Candidates Two-Thirds Voted Final Election Necessary for Vice-President and Secre¬ tary of Men By Ralph Moslander From a list of twenty-two candi¬ dates, including all but one mem¬ ber of the present cabinet out for re-election, the local college elec¬ torate went to the polls last Thurs¬ day and chose next semesters occu¬ pants for six student body desks, at the same time placing their stamp of approval on four candi¬ dates for the remaining two port¬ folios. Two-thirds of the student body took advantage of this semi-annual opportunity in self-government. With such an abundance of good presidential timber to choose from, however, a number of voters could not make definite decision, with the result that the largest ballot was cast for vice-president, a total of 408 votes, as against 398 for president. The smallest tally 353, was cast for one justiceship of the Supreme Court, due to the fact that not all of the voters under¬ stand that the terms of the justi¬ ces are not con-current. Alma Authority Shows Benefits from College Study Since students are interested in the value of a college education in business life, Dean Everett W. Lord a world authority on labor and child welfare, and founder of the College of Business Administration at Boston University, has appraised the value of a graduate’s degree. Letters of 1926 Pioneers Published; Many Former J. C. Students Contribute Members of First Class Entering Pasadena Junior College Organize Club To Perpetuate Friendships; First Annual Message Presents Activities of Individuals Casual Comment tivities of members of the Pioneer A college graduate in his life- j club of Pasadena junior college, time earns about $150,000 which is which are interesting not only to $72,000 more than the high school those former students, but also graduate earns. The high school ! to the present members of this Presenting facts concerning ac- ! ley, the secretary wishes to be graduate earns $33,000 more than the untrained man or the man who has had only grammer school edu¬ cation. The total earnings of the average untrained worker from fourteen to sixty are about $45,000. The total earnings of the aver¬ age high school graduate from eighteen to sixty are about $78,000. Dr. Lord believes that his figures are represented because the ratio of the college men and and the un¬ trained workers is about the same in other states as in Massachusetts, which has a very great variety of occupations, and because the Bos¬ ton University is what he consid¬ ers a typical American institution. The statistics have been compiled from the official records of the Massachusetts Department of Lab¬ or which carefully lists every citi¬ zen and resident. Also Dr. Lord institution, the first annual Pioneer news letter is published in this issue of the Chronicle. This club was organized, last June, by and for members of the first class to enter Pasadena junior college, and its roster includes not only those who graduated in 1926, but also a number of students still at¬ tending P. J. C. The ninety active members chose for their first officers Wesley Jones, presi¬ dent; Grace Reeves, vice-presi¬ dent; Ruth Heyman, secretary, and Don Merris, treasurer. The letter, compiled and written by Ruth Heyman, was forwarded by Wesley Jones to James Simsarian, secretary of publicity. relieved from any responsibility in making these statements. They are startling to be sure, and possibly unbelievable, but Don claims they are the whole truth and nothing but the truth. He says: “Yes the house is never warm Yes, the meals are greasy. Yes, I’ve taken up smoking No, Louis only swears like the—” Is it too much to say that college changes us all? Just to think of Don smoking, and Louie indulging in ungentlemanly pro¬ fanity! Don is planning to be a landscape architect, therefore, when you are ready to build your homes, Pioneers, call on Don to plan your luxurious gardens. Your vice-president, Grace Reeves, and yours truly as sec¬ retary have adopted Pomona as an Alma Mater. We find life different but interesting, busy but EVERLASTING PEACE Our remedy for the prevention of war is to have all those in favor of war signify by joining the army. This arrangement would permit sane minded people to continue about their business and would eliminate the agitators. By sending a copy of this Chronicle to each member of the "“i uul club, James Simsarian will ac- ^ T е" complish the distribution of the ercisine- our vnr Г , nj°yln.g T, , : erasing our vocal chords in the . ™eSSfage- J reTds: 'college choir. There are nine has followed the careers of all of Greetlngs> deal Pioneers. Pioneers here from P. J. C. _ the graduates of the Boston Uni- No doubt you are all anxiously enough for an alumni group of versity. ' waiting to hear the latest news our own, don’t you think ? This Dr. Lard says, “Experience has , about Y°ur fellow-pioneers. Since group includes Clara Haddock, taught us that the youthful go-get- jeaving dear P. J. C. the Pioneers who is taking her upper division DEMOCRATIC There can be no doubt concern¬ ing the democrarcy of modem education. It must be a great comfort to the laboring man to know that any plumber, hod carrier, or plasterer is eligible to membership on the board of education. J. C. SPANISH CLUB HOLDS FIRST PARTY “Stanford - U. of C.” Tilts Feature Program of Entertainment Called El Rocinante JUST HUMAN NATURE Now that the basketball season has started, the know-it-alls are set to tell each other what they should -have done. WHO KNOWS? A Chicago girl has suggested that students at Northwestern Uni¬ versity wear blinders, similar to those worn by horses, in order to prevent sidelong glances during written examinations. This unique C. experiment has been tried by the young lady in question and she has testified to the efficiency of the shields. The Northwestern Derby may soon be a classic. Charter Membership Attained by Twenty-Two Who Attended PLAUSIBLE Co-eds at the University of Cal¬ ifornia (specific branch not men¬ tioned) are said to have formed an anti-petting league which they hope will spread to other univer¬ sities and colleges throughout the ffri^nl’^L'L^Tf’nlannincr^tu- ters^did not have the baiance°orl;he j have migrated to various parts work in English ' 'literature"- ' Gor- country. One of the rules of the Jent hndv assemblies and activi- background necessary to revolu- 1 the world. Some of us have don and Josephine Stevenson, leaK“e is that no girl be kissed tionize business as many expected f°und new Alma Maters, some of Arthur Cooney, Betty Bode, Betty ’ ’ to do when their short day was : us have decided to enter the real Peisch, and Ruth Howell. All dawning. schoo‘ of ,ife> and one or two feel that though the mother ship “Matters have settled back to nor- have even boarded the good ship seems to be far away, the tie mal and captains of industry con- , of matrimony. But all of us, binding Pioneer Pirates is strong, pecuveiy, won wie ш tinue to be the experienced men ; wherever we are, as we stand at j and that groups often meet in electors. Alva, bv her untiring , who have the equilibrium that noth- the polt^ b °r this new year, must strange lands to discuss old effort and pleasing personality, has j ing but years can bring. pause a few moments to look back times. endeared herself to the student j - - ! °Jer those two. blessed Years ful1 Stanford University attracted body during her tenure of office. T *- QVin-n о memones о goot lines, com- three other Pioneers. Louis 'JanitOrS otlUIl radeship, and inspiration и. vluch Creveling, J. C.’s famous ties, was the only incumbent not to run for re-election. Alva Conway and Joe Goodrich, . candidates for Secretary of Women and Sophmore Justice of the Supreme Court, res¬ pectively, won the approval of the Г* *1 I we I°unded under the leauership Scribes Ultice i of our beloved Deam Harbeson, i the splendid Pioneer class of ’26. car¬ toonist, made the Stanford Daily business staff, and is one of the two advertising managers that The entire present cabinet through laudable internal coopera- 1 tion and splendid leadership of, and j cooperation with the student body,. - iThouvh life is full „f haw ev„™ I'"” - - “ is closing the most successful se- Might Pick Up Valuable Material , jtt tj|| p ' . ! handles national and Palo Alto 7 .• , , c„„„a..l e Ce “ mtereStS’ stIli u advertisino- His m.W Destined for Scandal Sheet. grows dearer as time passes. Shall January 27 j we ever forget “Full Speed - i Ahead ? ” All students wishing to be well After school mester in the history of this insti¬ tution. J. Ruskin Lane, president-elect, and his associates have received decisive approval of the voting students. They will soon organize, and will then attempt to further nies in order that they may be able the achievement of the ideal in to purchase the scandal sheet pub¬ advertising. His major interest is advertising and this will be the first step in his life work. Bob Janda is doing nicely at last | Stanford, and expects to go out student body government. A final election will be held to determine which of the aspirants for vice-president — most hotly con¬ tested office in the primary — will take the S. R. O. out of the S. B. O., and which prospective secretary of men will try to keep up with the A. W. S. for the rest of the year. Candidates are: Louise Brown and Melville Caines, for the form¬ er; and Frank Lowry and Victor King, for the latter. The exact vote of the student body for each candidate is as fol¬ lows: President Ruskin Lane, 215; Wendell Walker, 129; Floyd Talbott, 54. Vice-President Melville Caines, 164; Louise Brown, 141; Charlotte Macomber, 113. Secretary of Men Victor King, 180; Frank Lowry, 149; Lewis Airth, 64. Secretary of Women Alva Conway, 370. Secretary of Finance Ralph Snyder, 210; Paul Ard, 117; Malcom Renton, 65. Secretary of Athletics Jack Stewart, 247 ; Charles Alexander, 145. Secretary of Activities Helen King, 226; Octavie de Beaulieu, 170. Secretai-y of Publicity Nobu Kawai, 292; James Sim¬ sarian, 101. Justice of Sujrreme Court Sophomore, Joe Goodrich, 353; Freshman, John McElroy, 267, Dorothy Hiatt, 92. At a special assembly held Wed¬ nesday, January 12, each campaign manager gave a one-minute speech nominating his candidate for of- was out informed are now saving up pen- j spring, our beloved Dean spent for baseball and track. The other six weeks in the summer session ! member of the trio is Clarence at U. S. C. When the summer Langstaff, who sent no report of session closed, Dean and Mrs. and their nephew I lished by the Scribes on the night Harbeson of the first J. C. carnival, January motored t0 Yellowstone for a two- 27. 1 weeks vacation. He says: “It was Although the members of the j a good outing and we came back club have been working on the to Pasadena quite refreshed and • t c i more firmly convinced than ever project for only a little more than fW , _ a week, much valuable material has already been unearthed. All the Pollies with pasts, and many with futures are to be found in the stories submitted. Fugitives from exposure may just as well .give themselves up now, state the members of the scandal sheet staff. One of the features of the publi¬ cation is the expose of the election. Authorities will give their views and opinions. Names of those in¬ dividuals who stuffed the ballot box will be recorded. Another item of service to the general student body is the classified ad section. If any¬ one still has a desire to get rid of anything after the siege of semes¬ ter exams, he may do so by notify¬ ing the staff. Even the reporters for the paper are being surprised with the wealth of information obtainable. However, this is not astonishing, for no expose has ever been made in junior college before. The name of the publication will not be given out until later. fice. Methods of campaigning and publicity varied from the wel- planned and well-organized, to the extemporaneous; from the verbal stretching of the imagination con¬ cerning qualifications, to very ma¬ terial methods of suggestion which doubtless carried some weight. Isabelle Greene presided during the spoken fray. that Pasadena is the best town in the West.” Concering P. J. C. the Dean says: “Miss Frey and I are still holding forth in the crow’s nest of the good ship “Pirate.” We have a crew of about 600 blood-thirsty outlaws and the beginnings of the cam¬ paign of 1926-1927 promise much for the future. Already some handsome prizes have been cap¬ tured and some others may be sighted along the horizon.” The Dean sends his very best wishes to every Pioneer for a successful completion of his or her college education. The Pioneers are mighty proud of dear P. J. C. The Pirates are certainly carry¬ ing on! What about that State Junior College Championship in football? We as Pioneers have a great responsibility in up¬ holding this wonderful reputation and honor of P. J. C. Wesley Jones, your faithful president, is in high standing at Stanford University. This sum¬ mer he traveled to San Francisco and gained a far-reaching renown as spokesman at the Lion Inter- notional Convention on behalf of Junior Lionism. He also expects to go out for debating this winter. Won’t we feel honored when he is installed as speaker in the House of Representatives? For the following report of your dignified treasurer, Don Merris, who is also attending Stanford and rooming with Wes- himself. We can but' draw the following conclusions: 1. He is cramming frantically in a vain effort to keep in Stan¬ ford. 2. He is dating madly and to the exclusion of everything else. 3. He is so hard up he can't spare the necessary 25c to join our organization. We extend our sincerest sym¬ pathy to Clary in his troubles. These Pioneers are proud of Stanford, their new Alma Mater, for Stanford won the Pacific Coast Championship which gave it the privilege of playing the “Crimson Tide” on New Year’s day, “winning” with a score of 7-7. I do not believe that professors at Stanford have much ability in holding their students, for the other day two of them were talk¬ ing, and one of them said: “John, I’ve lost another pupil,” as his glass eye rolled down the kitchen sink. But Stanford has many im¬ portant educational features. Wesley reported that he witnessed a very interesting electrical demonstration in the Ryan labora¬ tory. Two million one hundred thousand volts of electricity jumped a gap twenty feet wide. It was the first time such tre¬ mendous voltage had been sent through space. Southern Branch can also be proud of its fine representation of Pioneers. Among those enjoying the liberties of this huge insti¬ tution in which you almost lose sight of the university for the students, are Harold and Wilbur Towle, who drive back and forth from Pasadena to the university. unless she is engaged (when, pre¬ sumably, she may be kissed by any¬ one!). Surprising how many slob¬ ber Janes are taken for granted throughout the colleges of the coun¬ try! There ought to be a big run on the glass factory as a result of this ruling. Sophs Prepare for Big Season Will Test Endurance on Mount Wilson Again in Near Future Hill climbers in the sophomore class will have a chance to exert themselves in the near future if plans for the hike to Mt. Wilson go over as they are expected to by Max Casey, president. Last year the trip to the peak was considered the most success¬ ful of all the sophomore excursions, and it was planned to make it an annual affair. The present class had no activities as freshmen and are expecting to make up for lost time when the ban is lifted during the coming semester. The trip has the whole hearted endorsement of the administration and is strongly recommended by Dean Harbeson as being both edu¬ cational and recreational. It will probably be held on Friday, when the telescopes are open to the pub- The exact date has not been lie. set, but it will be after the geology excursion, which occurs on January 28 and 29. since they have recently pur¬ chased a car. Harold is helping his father give lessons and is giving a few himself, while both of the Towle brothers are filling in orchestras many times. They say, however, that they will break their best dance engage¬ ment this side of Watts to be with us at our reunion. Russell Wilson spent the sum¬ mer pleasantly taking short trips to the beaches and mountains. He is majoring in German at South¬ ern Branch. Frederick Schroeder is impressed with the ease with which he is able to prepare his work after such a sound foun¬ dation he received at P. J. C. All Pioneers received that and appreciate it. Wallace Good has advanced ( Continued on Page Three) Although semester exams were only two days ahead, the members of the new junior college club for¬ got all their troubles and worries at their first party last Saturday evening at the home of Elizabeth Clarke. By finding tags which were hid throughout the rooms, and on which either “Stanford” or “U. of C.” was written, the members of the gathering were divided into two rooting sections. Henry Lopez was chosen as leader for “U. of Fritz Schroeder was chosen as leader for “Stanford.” The first number on the pro¬ gram was “La Carambola,” which is a game very similar to a spell¬ ing contest. After letting “U. of C.” beat them in the first number, “Stan¬ ford” rooters won in “La Partida de Futbal,” which requires long- winded “fullbacks.” Next on the program was “La Carrera Musical,” in which the various members entertained the audience with solos, duets, and choruses. Perhaps the most important question was settled in “El Deba¬ te,” in which Henry Lopez and Fritz Schroeder defended their re¬ spective sides. The judges award¬ ed fifteen points to “Stanford” for defending and uplifting the honor of the Ford in a systematic way and five points to “U. of C.” for the amusement that their speaker afforded. By this time --the "Stanford” rooter had the largest number of points; hence they were awarded the prize of the evening. At the same time honorable mention was made of the noteworthy efforts of the “U. of C.” rooters. Forming a line behind then- leaders, the members marched to the dining room where refresh¬ ments were served. Votes of thanks were then extended to Mrs. Clarke, Elizabeth Clarke , Mrs. Hatfield, and the officers of the club. The president announced that the Spanish club would work with the Cosmopolitan club and the Deutscher Verein in presenting a program at the carnival which is to be on Thursday, January 27. Also Rocinante has been chosen as the name of the club. The names were presented by Mr. Me Swain and voted upon at the meet¬ ing which was held on January 5. At this meeting it was also decided that all students who could fill the requirements for membership and who attended the party would be charter members. The charter members of the club are as follows: Mrs. Margaret Hatfield, James Gibson, Thornton McSwain, John McElroy, Evelyn Beeler, Zama L. Shriver, Eliza¬ beth Clarke, Lydia Bowen, Frances Waskoski, Freda Buckingham, Fritz Schroeder, Amiilfo Mendiza- bal, Frank Smith, Winifred Kelley, Mildred Frank, Lewis Airth, Henry Lopez, J. Chilton Shirley, Bess Hangliter, Helen Johnson, Lillian Strickland, and Margaret Bundy. ART OFFERED Because of popular student de¬ mand, a new series of art courses is offered for next semester. Miss E. M. Blumve, a graduate artist, will conduct classes in these sub¬ jects, which will meet in the Jane Addams building in the afternoon. The classes will be held as fol¬ lows: Intreior Decorating — 1:20-2:20, Monday and Wednesday. Applied Design — 2:20-4:20, Mon¬ day and Wednesday. Outdoor Sketching and Painting -1:20-4:20, Tuesday. There will be no fees other than those for necessary materials.