Pasadena Chronicle, June 07, 1940

FOUR YELL KINGS SEVEN COEDS TO LEAD ROOTERS Pasadena Chronicle RED CROSS ASKS STUDENTS' AID IN WAR CRISIS Volume 31 The WRICC is to be com¬ mended highly for the attitude they took this week when they abolished the nractice of infor¬ mal initiatons. The ideals of many of these clubs were ren¬ dered practically meaningless because of the so-called cere¬ monies pledges were compelled to endure. Had there been some idea of proving oneself worthy in these initiations, the institution might have been one of merit. How¬ ever, the whole attitude taken by many of these clubs was one of either exhibitionism of the crudest form, or complete sav¬ agery. PJC, acting through its wo¬ men’s restrictive inter-club council, has taken one more step in the direction ofadult- hood. C.B. Thought for the week for some 7000 odd students, aver¬ age age 19, of greater Pasadena junior college appeared in the Bulletin last Monday. We quote: “Students are requested not to slide down banisters!” JTW While phalanxes of tanks roll side by side in deadly array over northern France, and war- birds drop their thousand-pound demolition bombs on the Eu¬ rope of island and continent, civilians and their children are suffering to a degree hitherto unknown. Bereavement is the order of the day; parents lose their children and children weep beside the motionless, crumpled bodies of their parents. But the victims who have gone on are no longer the con¬ cern of groups which would re¬ lieve this suffering; on the con¬ trary, individuals who are left without hope or sustenance are those in need of help. Why should all this concern us, students on another conti¬ nent, another hemisphere? For sentimental reasons? Perhaps. But the main reason is that the sufferers are human beings, and many of them are young. In last Tuesday’s air raid on Paris, 11 Parisian school girls were killed and 30 more were severe¬ ly wounded. It may be that I have not made myself quite clear. I mean that the bodies, the minds, and the morale of the generations growing to maturity are being blighted severely. I mean that if something is not done and done effectively, there will be a post-war generation of cripples — mental, moral and physical cripples. Thnk it over, students of PJC. Disregard the emotional factor, if you will, examine the situation in the clear cold light of reason. Then when you have reached your conclusion, turn an attentive ear to the plea of the Aemrican Red Cross. Listen to its case for the children of Europe. If you believe that they are worth saving, contribute to their relief. Go out today to the Red Cross tent located near the stu¬ dent union of each campus. Take your envelope which you will receive in your 10 o’clock class, give and give freely. The expression, “Give till it hurts,” is an error of the first magni¬ tude. Giving in order that a portion of humanity may be strengthened will never hurt! C.P. 'Largest Yearbook' To Be Issued June 19 The largest yearbook in the hstory of Pasadena junior col¬ lege will be issued to students the week after finals, probably June 19. The books may be ob¬ tained at the school banks upon presentation of student body cards. Three hundred and thirty five pages, many of them with full page pictures, will cover every phase of school life. Duotones, a new color picture process, has been used for the six division pages; and color will also ap¬ pear in the club section, with each club’s emblem being used as a background design in light brown. Pasadena, California, June 7, 1940 Pictured here is the nearly completed PJC-IV expected to be the Aero-Tech department’s fast¬ est plane, as seen through the eyes of Bill Mathhauser, PJC artist. Stanger, McBride, Areo-Tech’s PJC-IV England, Fallis Nearing Completion New Yell Kings After several retrials and much deliberation on the part of the judges, four yell leaders were chosen for next year. Two of these, Slick Fallis of west campus and Dave McBride of east campus, will be new to the job; the other two, John Eng¬ land and Norm Stanger, both of east campus, were yell kings last year. The song leaders’ trials turned into a major beauty contest as 18 coeds vieds for the coveted honor. After care¬ ful consideration, the judges chose Jean Lindsay, Lorraine Couert, Dottie Young, Randa- line Voss, and Jerry Beckman for next year’s song leaders. Dottie Young was the only girl from west campus in the con¬ test. Trying out for yell leader po¬ sitions were John Krenz and John England, an east campus team of former yell leaders; Bill Humphrey and Karl Keeler, another east campus team; and Bob Mardian, west campus, and Norm Stanger, east campus. Competing alone were Bob Eastman, east campus; Bob Menning, east campus; Jerry Hawes, east campus; Bob Thompson, South Pasadena high school; Bob McCarthy, east campus; Don Barry, east cam¬ pus; Slick Fallis, west campus; and Dave McBride, east campus. Those competing in the song leaders contest were Claire Car¬ ter, Jean Lindsay, Jean Scott, Elaine Bricker, Lorrane Gouert, Dottie Young, Randaline Voss, Jayne Terry, Dale Fleming, Vir¬ ginia Scott, Pat Leefedlt, Jerry Beckman, Ellen Hooker, Mar¬ jorie Menning, Laurie Boyle, Helen Savory, Dot Colwell and Wanda McCrillis. By Tom Hall Pasadena junior college’s Aero-Tech department will soon put the finishing touches to its latest and probably its most outstand¬ ing aeronautical creation — the two seater tandem trainer, PJC-IV — now in the stage of production just previous to the actual assem¬ bly work. Scheduled to be completed by the end of this semester, this trim new ship being constructed for a prominent sportsman pilot doctor of Southern California, - will not be ready to fly at least until the middle of the summer due to unforeseen difficulties and delay. PJC-II Outstanding Other Aero-Tech planes, of which the PJC-II was most no¬ table with its acceptance and purchase by the CAA last month, has given the production crew valuable experience and data applicable to this model. Powered by a 300 h. p. late model supercharged air-cooled Menasco “Super-Buccaneer” en¬ gine, and aided by an entirely new design, the plane is ex¬ pected to have a cruising speed of around 200 miles an hour. All-metal construction furnishes the plane with greater strength to withstand the strain that the added horsepower will natural¬ ly cause. Previous planes pro¬ duced at PJC have had less horsepower and never have been entirely all-metal. Experienced Workers Seniors with previous con¬ struction experience have hand¬ led most of the designing, build¬ ing and assembling under the supervision of Max B. Harlow, head of PJC aeronautical divi¬ sion and F. A. Hoffman, in charge of construction. Only ex¬ ception has been the welding work which is too important in the precision construction to be handled by anyone but an ex¬ perienced welder. Many of the students working on the plane spent last summer working in various southland aircraft factories but returned to work on this plane, started in January, 1939. Who's Who Honors Dr de Lanbenf els PJC’s Dr. Max W. de Laubenfels stepped into international print recently with the appearance of the 1940 editon of Who’s Who. This honor is official recognition of his reputation in the field zoology, accumulated by years of consultation and research carried on aside from activties as zoology instructor here. At numerous times during these busy years, “Dr. De” has been consulted on his subject by universities of America, Europe and Asia, and has done research for the United States Bureau of Fisheries, the Car¬ negie and Smithsonian Insti¬ tutes, and the Universities of Yale, Toronto, Washington, etc. He is the author of two pub¬ lished monographs and 16 other scientific treatises and has made invitational addresses to many scientific associations, including national ones. The appearance of his name in the ranks of the renown is gratifying, the Dr. confides, but there is no element of surprise, inasmuch as he was scheduled for a debut in that publication two years ago, at which time, due to some oversight or error in editing, he was omitted. Three other members of the Pasadena school system keep Dr. de Laubenfels company in the volume. They are Superin¬ tendent John A. Sexson, Harley W. Lyon, principal of Cleveland and Longfellow schools, who is noted for his activities in the national affairs of several so- cities, and Roscoe Lewis Ash¬ ley, former chairman of the so¬ cial science department, who is listed as an author of textbooks. ALPHA INITIATES Alpha Gamma Sigma will conduct its formal initiation and induction ceremony for their permanent members on Tues¬ day afternoon, June 18. Mem¬ bers will lunch at Eaton’s in Ar¬ cadia before the initiation. PJC Shops May Be Used For Training Defense Workers Indications that school ma¬ chine shops may be used by the government to train skilled craftsmen under the nation’s gigantic rearmament program were disclosed at the board of education meeting Tuesday night. A communication outlining plans for the expenditure of $63,000,000 through the nation’s public schools, $14,000,000 through engineering schools and $50,000,000 for the expansion of facilities requiring capital in¬ vestments, was received by Dr. John A. Sexson city schools su¬ perintendent from J. W. Stude- baker, commissioner of the United States Office of Educa¬ tion. Similar communicatons were sent to every school dis¬ trict in the United States with the request that immediate in¬ formation be sent to the federal education office as to the extent of their available facilities and the number of men they would be able to train. Immediately after Studebaker’s communica¬ tion was submitted to the board, the requested information was forwarded to Washington. Shops May Be Used Under the proposed program, the machine shops in the schools would be used after school hours for the training classes. The shops probably would be kept open until mid¬ night. Classes would be organ¬ ized in courses of 10, 12 and 36 weks in length, and would be on the basis of a 40-hour week. Each class would have a total enrollment of 20, and the fed¬ eral government would pay the schol districts a subsidy of $10 per week per student. In Desperate Need Indicating the desperate need of skilled machinists by indus¬ tries which will receive the huge defense orders, Howard E. Mar¬ vin, city schools apprentice su¬ pervisor told board members that there are 150 tool and die jobs open at a Burbank aircraft manufacturing plant and no one to fill them. Three large Southern Califor¬ nia machine shop companies have offered to pay construc¬ tional costs for the training of 30 employees in the junior col¬ lege shops. The men are now employed as “helpers” but the companies are in need of skilled craftsmen. Under the com¬ panies’ proposals, which the board okayed, the men would use the machine shops at the college on Saturday mornings. Vol. 32 OMD Tapping At Last Assembly Mast and Dagger’s regular semester awards assembly, fea¬ tured by the traditional “tapping” ceremony, will emphasize en¬ tertainment this year. According Spirit Of Freedom Commencement Held June 20 With the “Spirit of Freedom” as the theme, commencement ceremonies this year will sym¬ bolize gratitude for the privi¬ leges afforded youth in democ¬ racy. The exercises will be held Thursday evening, June 20, at 7 o’clock in the Rose Bowl. A special theme song appropriate¬ ly named after Henry Van Dyke’s famous poem, “God of the Open Air,” has ben adapted by Miss Katharine Kester for the occasion from a recent edi¬ torial in the New York Times which expressed the commence¬ ment theme. Student Committe Thinks In order that the theme might express the thinking of the student body a student com¬ mittee consisting of Howard Clapp, Barbara Place, and Vir¬ ginia Newman have been work¬ ing with the president, Robert Gillette, and Miss Ida E. Hawes. This committee has tried to em¬ body in its plans for the exer¬ cises that which seems of the greatest worth to them — the freedom of American life. Beginning at 6:30 the Bulldog band under the direction of Audre L. Stong will give a con¬ cert program. As in previous years the ushering is to be done by PJC freshmen and juniors, with the assistance of students and faculty of the five junior high schools. At 7 o’clock a trumpet call will announce the entrance of the estimated 3200 graduates. The 14th year graduates will enter first at the south end of the Rose Bowl, followed by the simultaneous entrance of the junior high school graduates from the north and the twelfth year graduates from the south. A student speaker selected from the senior class of PJC will give the saluatory address, which will be followed by the Invocation delivered by Rever¬ end Albert Edward Day, Pastor of the First Methodist Church. The graduates will sing when they are on the field at they take their places. Short speeches and pledges of repre¬ sentatives of the graduating classes will come next. More Singing Singing of “The Pledge of Al¬ legiance to the Flag” will be an innovation this year. The theme poem wil then be read and in¬ terpreted by lighting effects and by music, after which the grad¬ uates will enter upon Recession¬ al and receive their diplomas. A prayer in song by another youth, the last stanza of “My Country ’tis of Thee,” the Stars and Stripes symbolized in a blaze of pure white light reach¬ ing to the sky, the Star Spangled Banner and the com¬ mencement will be over. Tickets for the graduation ex¬ ercises may be secured from any graduate or by sending a self-addressed, stamped enve¬ lope to Walter E. Wilcox, Pasa¬ dena junior college. Campus Pictures Sold Next Week Thousands of pictures of stu¬ dents — in formal and informal poses — will be sold by the year¬ book staff at the east campus Chronicle office (370, begin¬ ning next week. Individual pictures will be of¬ fered for sale at ten cents a print, while large photographs will be sold for only 25 cents. Cuts, including restrictive club emblems for club letter¬ heads, will go for only 75 cents, a fraction of their original cost. The sale will last only a few days. Funds received will go back into the yearbook produc¬ tion fund. CORRECTION On page 3 of this issue of the Chronicle, the early morn¬ ing examinations are from 8 to 10 o’clock instead of from 9 to 10, as announced. to Bud Childs, program director, the award presentation and “tapping” will be allotted a half hour, and a well-known dance band will feature the last half hour of the assembly, which will be held during the last week of school. Mast and Dogger members will meet this afternoon to se¬ lect those candidates for mem¬ bership in PJC’s most honored society. This is the final bal¬ loting and is conducted under OMD’s unique system of “grad¬ ing” candidates according to the service they have rendered the school. According to Gene Hux¬ ley, OMD president, this sys¬ tem prevents any “blackballing” from keeping out an eligible candidate and provides a fair basis for selecting this to be “tapped.” About 10 to 15 can¬ didates will be chosen this year. Red Cross Asks For Student Aid In War Crisis Both campuses of Pasadena junior college will participate in a vigorous campaign to se¬ cure a large institutional con¬ tribution to the American Red Cross today. A Red Cross tent will be erected on each campus and will be open from 10 o’clock until the close of the school day to receive the students’ contri¬ butions. Envelopes will be dis¬ tributed during the 10 o’clock period. Each student is re¬ quested to insert his contribu¬ tion in the envelope and leave it at the Red Cross tent which will be set up near the Student Union building. “I am sure that every student in Pasadena junior college as well as every member of the faculty will wish to fly to the aid of this worthy cause,” said Dr. John W. Harbeson. “In times like these we cannot turn a deaf ear to the cries of hun¬ gry and homeless children of war torn Europe.” The drive is being made in response to an appeal from Mrs. Anna Bissell McCay, chairman of the Junior Red Cross, Pasa¬ dena Chapter of the American Red Cross, for funds with which to meet the tragic suffering brought by the war in Europe. John A. Sexson, superinten¬ dent of Pasadena City Schools, is urging the cooperation of students and faculty in this campaign. No More Informals For PJC Club Girls “Club girls” have seen their last molasses and scrambled egg shampooing of pledges’ tresses; PJC coeds have eaten their last spaghetti “worm” and potato chip “snail” and endured for the last time the agonies of hell week. The women’s Restrictive in- ter-club council last Tuesday passed a law abolishing infor¬ mal initiations for women of this college. The practices which have been followed in these in¬ formals were branded by the council as “unladylike and un¬ adult.” Action was inspired directly by pictures of one women’s club which appeared in Life two weeks ago. Authorities of the WRICC declared that the ac¬ tivties pictured were not fitting conduct for students of the Pas¬ adena junior college. In place of the former rather gruesome practices, pledges will be given mental tests on social attitudes, aptitudes, memoriza¬ tion tests — but no more digest¬ ive tests, and no more physical punishment. Pledges may also entertain members with plays and recitations— but that’s all. Outside of the lack of infor¬ mals, rushing and pledging ac¬ tivities will go on as usual. TEXTS TO BE RETURNED All textbooks belonging to the school must be returned to the textbook room before students will be allowed to take final ex¬ aminations. This ruling applies both to lower and upper division students, Mrs. White, in charge of textbook room, announced.