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Vol. XXII
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 23, 1931
No. 15
‘MONKEY’S PAW” IS GIVEN IN
ASSEMBLY BY PLAYERS’ GUILD
VIEWS OF
THE NEWS
by ■
Doug McMann
EXTRA CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
The entertaining side of school
life may be found in the realm of
extra crrricular activities.' The
things that help to make this
school “collegiate” are supplied by
those interested in this field. Ath¬
letics, plays, assemblies, publica¬
tions, and the like come under the
general heading of activities. Stu¬
dents are able to broaden the scope
of their present knowledge by the
variety of things offered. Only
ten per cent of the student body
are interested in activity work.
This ten per cent make campus
life interesting. ^
IS THERE AN"lNTEREST?
Among other things, we find
that the majority of the student
body is not interested in many of
the activities which are offered
each semeser. They go elsewhere
to be entertained, feeling that out¬
side happenings will be more at¬
tractive to them. It is this group,
the majority, which is needed to
support the activity program. It
has been proven in the past, that
programs, must have a popular ap¬
peal to attract the majority. That
fact should be realized during the
next semester.
A DIVIDED INTEREST
A large number of the students
like to dance. They have been well
supplied with dancing. Another
group leans toward the drama, and
still another claims athletics. Such
a variety should be offered that all
the students will be attracted, to
each activity in equal numbers. A
well rounded out extra curricular
program is a credit to any school.
THE SAME GROUP
Through observation, it has been
found that the same group attend
all the School events. This group
have learned to orient themselves.
Those who never attend are losing
the full value of their education.
They are not getting the real
meaning out if life. Just to go to
school is not quite enough. You
want college life and here it is,
just for the taking.
Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie
Directs Veteran Cast
in Production
— ♦ —
FRANCES STARR SPEAKS
—f—
Power of Mysterious Paw
is Depicted in One-
Act Play
- ♦
“The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W.
Jacobs was presented by the Play¬
ers’ Guild in -the regular assembly
this morning. The play, which was
directed by Miss Elizabeth E. Kep¬
pie, dealt with the power that a
monkey’s paw might hold over the
course of the owner’s life.
An old couple who idolize their
only son have him taken from them
by the power of the paw. The cli¬
max of the third scene where the
son is summoned back from the
dead through the power of the paw,
was well received by the audience.
The cast of the play was as fol¬
lows: Mrs. White, Gwen Dodge;
Mr. White, Bud Willard; Herbert
White, John Krumm; Mr. Samp¬
son, Bernard Melekian; and Ser¬
geant Morriss, Graydon Spaulding.
Miss Frances Starr, world-wide
famous star of the stage, spoke on
the life of a professional actress.
Miss Starr is here in Pasadena to
appear in a leading role in the play
“What Every Woman Knows,” by
Sir Jamies M. Barrie, which will
open at the Pasadena Community
Playhouse on February 5.
She has had experience in in¬
numerable roles, one of her most
famous roles having been the lead¬
ing part in the Western premiere
of “Rose of the Rancho.” The Com¬
munity Playhouse News in speak¬
ing of Miss Starr and her work
says, “Frances Starr, whose rare
beauty and marvelous artistry has
made her one of the major figures
on the American stage, is making a
special trip from New York to Cal¬
ifornia to appear in the title role.
This production promises to be one
of the most interesting that the
Playhouse has had the opportunity
of presenting to its patrons.”
Gilmor Brown, producing direc¬
tor of the local little theater, in¬
troduced Miss Starr.
MARJORY RAY
IS PLAYJVINNER
“Caught in the Act” Wins
Approval of Delta
Psi Judges
“Caught in the Act” by Marjory
Ray was selected for first prize in
the Delta Psi Omega one act play
writing contest which ended Jan¬
uary 9. This was the announce¬
ment -made by Bernard Melekian,
who had charge of the contest.
Mary Williams and Corrinne Chase
received honorable mention in the
contest. The judges were Clinton
O. Bay, Murray G. Hill, and Miss
Katherine Kester.
The -prize winning play will be
presented in an assembly that will
be conducted by the Delta Psi Om¬
ega. The play will have a cast and
a director drawn from the member¬
ship of the local chapter of the na¬
tional honorary fraternity.
“The officers of the fraternity
were certainly well pleased with
the response that came from the
student body. We hope that those
that entered this year, but didn’t
receive an award, will enter the
contest that this chapter will hold
next year,” said Mr. Melekian.
Piano Class
Has Program
A piano recital was given yes¬
terday evening in the music hall
by the advanced and intermediate
piano classes of Miss Carrie May
Sharp, of the music department.
They were assisted by the Euter-
pean Singers.
The program follows, Sonata —
Adagio, Allegretto, op. 27, No. 2
(Beethoven), Stanley D. Meach-
am; Country Gardens (Grainger),
Lorraine Green; A Japanese Sun¬
set (Deppen), Rolland Tincher,
Jr.; Marche Migronne (Poldini),
Roberta Coates; Prelude op. 28,
No. 15 (Chopin), Carol Clapp;
From a Wandering Iceberg (Mac-
Dowell), Olga Griff en; Gigue, from
First Partita (Bach), Arthur Mc¬
Culloch; La Spagnola (V. Di Chi-
ara), Song of the Jolly Roger
(Candisih), Euterpean Singers,
George Morgan, accompanist; Two-
Part Invention, No. 11 (Bach),
Arabesque (Debussy), Margaret C.
Strong; Scotch Poem op. 31, No. 2
(MacDowell), George Morgan;
Fantasie Impromptu op. 66 (Cho¬
pin), Catherine Wollam; Two-Part
Invention No. 8 (Bach), Liebis-
traum (Liszt), Kathryn Shaffer;
Concerto No. 1, op. 11, Adagio —
Finale (Don Weber), Betty Ganey.
Orchestral parts played on sec¬
ond piano by Luada Berg.
The Chronicle staff, on be¬
half of the student body.;
wishes to express to Arnold
Huss, senior representative,
sympathy upon the death of
his father; and to Miss Dora
Atkinson on the death of her
mother.
Fullerton To
Act As Host
Upper Division College Confer¬
ence Contest, open to students of
that division only, is to be held in
Fullerton, Saturday, March 21, ac¬
cording to a notice from Citrus
Union high school, where the con¬
test was conducted last year. The
name of the contest entry must be
in by March 17.
Tryouts for the P.J.C. entrant in
the contest are to be held approx¬
imately two weeks before the finals.
Speeches are to be on topics of gen¬
eral current interest with a max¬
imum placed at 1000 words; they
will be judged 50 per cent on deliv¬
ery and 50 per cent on literary
content.
A written copy of the oration
must be deposited with George H.
Bell, commissioner of forsenics of
the conference, prior to the opening
of competition. First prize will be
a silver loving cup ; second and third
place winners will be named.
Second place in last year’s meet
was won by Bernard Melekian of
P. J. C. speaking on the subject
“Youth Challenges Education”;
L.A.J.C. placed first.
ESSAY CONTESTS
ARE SPONSORED
— ♦ —
Upper and Lower Division
Students May Compete
With Essays
— ♦—
To encourage students to acquire
greater familiarity with the science
of chemistry, the American Chemi¬
cal society is sponsoring two na¬
tional prize essay contests, one for
college freshmen, the other for
high school students.
Eighteen cash prizes totaling
$6000 will foe awarded freshmen
attending colleges and universities
in the United States who write the
first, second, and third best 2500-
-word essays on special topics list¬
ed under the six general subjects:
the relation of chemistry to (1)
health and disease, (2) enrichment
of life, (3) agriculture and for¬
estry, (4) national defense, (5)
the home, (6) the development of
Nash’s Exhibit
Island Curios
Specimens loaned to Captain Ed¬
ward A. Salisbury, South Sea ex¬
plorer, by the Los Angeles Museum
are now on display at F. C. Nash
Company, and are available for in¬
spection by students and faculty,
according to a letter to Principal
John W. Harbesom from Charles
H. Prisk, editor of the Pasadena
Star-News.
SEVEN OFFICES
FILLED BY MID¬
TERM ELECTIONS
— ♦ —
McNamara, President; Huss,
Senior Rep.; Hoover,
Chief Justice
ALL ACTIVE^ STUDENTS
New Officers Have Been Very
Prominent in P. J. C.
Activities
— t—
Final check of ballots during sec¬
ond periods Monday and Wednes¬
day and in the A. W. S. assembly
Wednesday showed the following
elected: Dan McNamara, president
of the associated student body; Al¬
ice Ashley, A. W. S. representa¬
tive; John Seix-as, A. M. S. repres¬
entative; Harold Hoover, chief jus¬
tice; Bob Rockwood, sophomore re¬
presentative; Joyce Dunkerly, jun¬
ior representative ; and Arnold
Huss, senior representative.
Each of the new officers has
been prominent in the affairs of P.
J. C. Dan McNamara was this
year’s chief justice and is a mem¬
ber of the Mast and Dagger. Last
year he was official photographer
of the “Campus.”
The office of senior representa¬
tive is to be filled by Arnold Huss,
who has been editor of the “Cam
pus” and this semester’s senior
representative.
Alice Ashley has been prominent
in the affairs of the A. W. S., of
which she is now president, She
also appeared in a leading role in
the light opera, “The Red Mill,”
which was presented last year, and
was a handmaiden on the float in
the Tournament of Roses parade
this year.
J ohn Seixas, new president of
the A. M. S., was captain of the
upper division 1930 football team,
and a member of the senior coun¬
cil. Harold Hoover, who has been
manager of the Bulldog Band dur¬
ing tlie present semester was sel¬
ected as chief justice.
m
Rear Admiral Byrd
(Continued on Page 3)
P.T. A. Benefit
Play is „Given
Charming Pollock’s play “The
Fool”, under the auspices of the
P.T. A. for welfare work of the
Pasadena city schools, was present¬
ed Jan. 15, 16, and 17, in the audi¬
torium.
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, took the part of Dilly
Gilliam.
Friday night was Pasadena jun¬
ior college night and music by the
junior college orchestra was direct -
d by Hubert H. Parker. Thursday
light featured John Muir Tech with
heir orchestra taking part.
Main characters were: Willard
Davis who played the part of Dan-
el Gilchrist; Lillias Gilbert as
‘Mary Margaret”; Eldon J. Fair-
anks as Jerry Goodkind; and Betty
IThayne as Clara Jewett.
Other members of the cast were:
Toseph Hamm as Umanski; Eugene
Kohler as “Grubby” ; Coe G. Butler,
Joe Hennig; Leonard L. Riccardi,
Vlack; Muriel Kibbe, Pearl Hennig;
Vivian Gilbert, Mrs. Mulligan;
Ioward Dickie, Max Stedman; Jane
K. Louffoourrow, Mrs. Gilliam ; Beth
Porter, Dilly Gilliam ; Mildred And¬
erson, Mrs. Thornburry;
С.
C. Wal¬
ton, Burnaby; Anna Loise Wilson,
Mrs. Henchly;
С.
C. Walton, Mr
Henchley; James Anthony, Tony
Malducca; Harold Taylor, Riggs;
Merrit V. Eusey, Dr. Wadman;
William Bond, Charley Benfield;
Elizabeth Straith-Miller, Mrs. Tice.
DR. MAGUIRE IS
A. W.S. SPEAKER
Eastern College Experiments
Explained by Visiting-
Educator
Experiments in women’s educa¬
tion in operation in the prominent
Eastern colleges was the substance
of Dr. Mary Hume Maguire’s talk
in A. W. S. assembly Wednesday,
club period. Dr. Maguire is a grad¬
uate of Mount Holyoke college, and
an instructor at Radcliffe.
The primary goal of the women’s
educational system, she stated, was
to deviate from required courses
and lecture classes, and offer the
student an opportunity to work out
her individual plan of education.
Radcliffe has vested this idea in
the tutorial system, similar to that
of Harvard. The honor system is
being used at Smith college on the
basis of individual study.
Dr. Maguire also gave an inter¬
esting description of the play-writ¬
ing laboratory at Mount. Holyoke.
Following the speech, candidates
for A. W. S. offices were presented
by their campaign managers, and
elections took place.
CLUB CHOOSES
ONE ACT PLAY
Bauble and Bells to Present
“A Wedding” in Play¬
house Contest
“A Wedding,” by John Kirkpat¬
rick, has been selected by Bauble
and Bells dramatic club as entry
in the Pasadena Community Play-t
house one-act play tournament.
The play centers around the
troubles of a bridegroom one houv
foefore his marriage, and his futile
efforts to find an elusive collar but¬
ton.
The cast includes William Grose
as Bob, the bridegroom; Bob Coop
as Archie, the best man; Michael
Bheahy as Ted, a groomsman; Bob
Rockwood as the bride’s father;
Hazel Kaiser as Alice, the bride;
Catherine Allen as Mrs. Grayson,
mother of the bride; and Leta
Houston as Miss Grayson, the
bride’s aunt.
Representative^ of the Play-
house will review the production
when it is presented in assembly,
February 27. It will be given again
at “One-act Play Night” at the
Community Theatre in March. The
winner will receive a silver cup
emblematic of first prize, and also
a cash award. There will be an
award for the best individual per¬
formance.
Miss Katherine Kester, director
of the play, expects the production
to be a great success.
This is the second year of the
tournament, which is an annual af¬
fair. Last year Bauble and Bells
offered “The Bishop’s Candle¬
sticks.” Although it did not reach
the finals, the play was well receiv¬
ed by students and judges of the
contest.
Applications For
Service Points Due
Those wishing consideration for
service points must have their ap¬
plications in by today. These must
be filled out according to the reg¬
ulations as found in the bulletin.
Blank applications may be had
at the student body office and are
to be returned there when filled out
and signed.
The bookstore urges that all
books that are for sale must
be turned in as early as pos¬
sible. The first that are turned
in will be first sold, Watch
the bulletin for notices con¬
cerning bookstore refunds.
CROWDS ARE TO
HEAR_ ADMIRAL
R.E.BYRDTODAY
— f—
Famed Explorer, Navigator
to Describe Thrills
of Expedition
TEACHERS SPONSORS
Moving Pictures to Supple¬
ment Lecture in Graphic
Manner
— ♦ —
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
noted aviator and explorer .of both
poles, will appear in person in tlhe
P. J. C. auditorium this afternoon
at 3:00 and this evening at 8:00 to
describe his flight to the South Pole
and the founding of the first An-
tartican city, Little America.
The event is being sponsored by
the Pasadena Teachers’ Associa¬
tion which has agreed to cover any
loss incurred in the matinee, a per¬
formance offered to the students
at a price of 75 cents. Admiral
Byrd’s lecture at Pasadena and
two other Southern California cit¬
es will constitute his only perfor¬
mances in this locality.
Nine thousand feet of motion
pictures which supplement the ad¬
dress, will enable the audience to
better visualize the hardships un¬
dergone by the great aviator and
his men. The greater part of these
films has never been shown before.
In the discovery of the South
Pole, Admiral Byrd succeeded
where others had failed. Aided by
present day inventions, he replaced
the efforts of Amundsen and Scott
with the airplane and radio, thus
gaining the southernmost extrem¬
ity of the earth.
The flight to the South Pole
was not for personal benefit, but
for scientific investigation. Thous¬
ands of miles in the Antarctic reg¬
ions were surveyed by aerial cam¬
era and observed by geologists,
and observed by geologists.
The endorsement of the Chicago
Rotary club, “His address! was a
one hundred percent success from
every point of view,” shows the
value of the famous flyer’s lecture
on this subject.
Admiral Byrd has received many
awards in recognition of his many
accomplishments. These include the
Distinguished .Service Medal, Na¬
tional Geographic Society Special
Medal of Honor, and the Congress-
onal Medal of Honor, which he
was awarded twice.
Preliminary Date
Set for Contest
The preliminaries for the annual
лррег
division Shakespeare contest
will be held the first part of March.
All students have been invited to
enter and are urged to try out by
Miss Elizabeth Keppie, upper div¬
ision dramatic director. •
Thirty lines are the maximum,
and twenty-five, the minium. One
or two characters may be inter¬
preted a.nd any selections from
Shakespeare are eligible. Those
students chosen from the prelimin¬
aries to enter the finals will be
given honorable mention for. their
efforts. The boy and girl winning
in the finals will receive a complete
set of Shakespeare’s works.
Last year’s U. D. Shakespeare
contest was won by Geraldine An¬
derson and Fred Moore. They were
both entrants in the big Southern
California Shakespeare contest
held at U. S. C. last April on
Shakespeare’s birthday.
P. T. A. board meeting will be
held January 29. Further an¬
nouncement will be given later, ac¬
cording to Mrs. L. B. Henry, presi¬
dent.
MILITARY BALL
HELD TONIGHT
— ♦—
The Reserve Officers Traini
Corps of Pasadena junior colle
will hold their annual Military B.
his evening at the Pasadena Am'
can Legion hall. The dance, beg
ning at 8 o’clock, will be semi-f
nal. Bids are on sale to studej
t $1.00 per couple.
The dance is being sponsored
the Shield and Eagle, officers’ cl
Major Ray Haskins, in charge
the affair, is being assisted by
>ther officers, and the ball pre
ses to be very successful.
Dick Moder and his popular B;
Joliers will furnish the music
I “ - - — ”
| Final Exams to
I -
i t
Examination schedule
I today will be as follows
jing tests will include a
| and Monday, Wednesds
| Friday classes. Tuesd;
j Thursday classes will h
laminations in the afterr
j First period tests will
jjan. 26; second period, ,
| third period, Jan. 28; foi
jriod, Jan. 29; fifth peri(
j 30 ; and sixth period,
j Regular classes will be i
jFeb. 3 for the remainde
1 week.
Begin Monday
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