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Pasadena Chronicle, June 14, 1938
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Final PJ.
С
Official Merg er Plans Released
^Calling Mr. Caplan— #
• • •
Activities Will Unify
• • •
Womens SecV Needed
An editorial board has been es¬
tablished by next semester’s
Chronicle staff, which is putting
out today’s and Thursday’s edi¬
tions of the Chronicle.
All editorials are written by
members of the board, following
its regular conferences, for the
next issue, and are not signed as
they reflect the opinion of the
board. "Five minds are better than
one.” •
* * *
U Call for Mr. Caplan— “Why
didn’t Tech get a chance to vote
on the Constitutional amendments,
providing for changes in PJC stu¬
dent body government?”
This question can be explained
thus: the new plan for the Student
Body Board of Representatives
constitutes a membership of seven
from the east campus and three
from the west. This was adopted
by the student government com¬
mittee, composed of an equal num¬
ber of student body officers from
both campuses.
It was necessary for some group
to take the initiative in settling
the matter, and logically a com¬
mittee of student body officers
should form the plans. This com¬
mittee recommended the seven to
three ratio of representation, and
the present PJC constitution was
amended to that effect by the pres¬
ent east campus Board. The three
new officers from the west campus
had not yet been elected at this
time, so who was to represent the
west campus? The people on the
committee which made the rec¬
ommendation to the Board.
And if this amendment had not
been made, by what authority
would the three new members
have been elected ?
However, the whole process was
illegal. In order to legally amend
the Constitution a favorable popu¬
lar student body vote must be
cast. The executive, Bob Coates,
is away with the band, and in his
place sits Max Caplan, senior
prexy. The initial move is up to
Mr. Caplan — that of instructing
the court, under Pete Prouse, to
hold an election on both campuses
to legalize the amendment.
Perhaps everyone is satisfied
with the adoption — and maybe
not. Before holding the vote, two
weeks must elapse during which
time any additional suggestions
may come forth to be put on the
ballot for the choice of the student
body. There is still time, Mr. Cap¬
lan, to insist that the duty be car¬
ried out the second week of next
semester.
★ * *
U Activities — An already spirited
election held last Thursday on the
west campus is a good indication
of the success that extra-curricu¬
lar activuties will have next semes¬
ter iais an impetus in unifying the
two campuses into one student
body.
Among other activities which
will bring the students together
more closely, in addition to the in¬
tra-exchange of students, will be
the supporting on one big team at
weekly night football games in the
Rose Bowl, student work on and
information in the publications, a
larger band, and dramatic produc¬
tions. The dropping of whatever
petty prejudices may exist will
certainly come about rapidly by
means of student cooperation in
activities.
* * *
If Women’s Athletics — The sugges¬
tion of creating a new secretary to
serve women’s athletics has re¬
cently confronted the Board of
Representatives. The amazing
thing about this suggestion is that
the Board has not taken action on
this long ago. For the need is
obvious once the facts are viewed.
Attend. During the last year
$450 was allotted to women’s ath¬
letics. And seemingly as many
and varied are the signatures to
be found on the requisitions where
a secretary’s signature should
be. It would seem that anyone
connected with women’s athletics
who happened to be around has
signed requisitions. The fact that
women’s athletics exist, and are
granted funds proves the need for
a secretary.
It is reported that the board has
created this position; but since the
board cannot create a secretary¬
ship the report was erroneous. To
be legal the student body will
have to vote that the office of sec¬
retary of women’s athletics be cre¬
ated. Then the board may appoint
someone to this office.
The way is clear. It remains
only for the board to take neces¬
sary steps towards an election.
PASADENA CHRONICLE
Vol. XXIX Pasadena Junior College, June 14, 1938 No. 34
Create Two
Schools7 as Part of P. J. C
LELAND M. PRYOR
HOTEL STRIKE
HAMPERS
BANDSMEN
Walking up seven stories at the
hotel; sleeping on the Pullmans;
eating at the railroad restaurant.
Such is the welcome that the
world famous Pasadena junior col¬
lege Bulldog band, official Tourna¬
ment of Roses band, received when
they arrived at the Portland Rose
Festival in Portland during a hotel
strike. Wires received from Audre
L. Stong, director of the band, and
William Duhkerley, secretary-man¬
ager of the Tournament of Roses,
stated that the band met with a
tremendous reception including a
great ovation at the Multnomah
stadium.
FURNISHES FUN
According to the wire received
from Mr. Stong, Portland’s hotel
strike furnished some trouble and
amusement. The wire stated: “Band
members and Toppers not affected
as yet by strike since we sleep in
our Pullmans at depot and eat in
railroad restaurant. Our three
rooms and band business office at
Hotel Multnomah going through
the strike with much delay as all
clerks, bellboys, waitresses re¬
placed by Portland’s college stu¬
dents and except for walking seven
floors twice when strike started,
eventually we get service through
all the fun.”
RETURNS TOMORROW
Yesterday the band gave concerts
at Berkeley high school and at the
University of California’s Interna¬
tional House. Today the 150-piece
organization will play for the San
Francisco Breakfast club and be
their guests on a sightseeing trip
of San Francisco. The band will re¬
turn home tomorrow.
Trades and
Technology,
Business
Established
Pryor, Cornelison
Will Be Directors
Of New Schools
The business education and
technology departments were
named school of Business and
school of Trades and Techno¬
logy of Pasadena junior col¬
lege last week as a part of
the reorganization of curricu-1
lum which has come with the
. recent east-west campus mer¬
ger.
Leland M. Pryor and Edward D.
Cornelison, respective department
chairmen, will act in their new ca¬
pacities as directors of the two
schools.
BUSINESS MOVES
The business school will be moved
away from the east campus and
concentrated upon the west campus
next fall, and the school, under Mr.
Pryor, will operate there exclusive¬
ly, according to most recent plans
of the committees which have been
working on the merger.
“No technical equipment will be
moved from either campus to the
other during the next year,” said
Mr. Cornelison, denying rumors
which have had the technology de-^
partment concentrated first on one'
campus and then the other. “We
are going to be busy with reor¬
ganization plans all next year now
that we have become a school, and
we are planning no shifting of
courses or equipment for at least
a year.”
PRACTICAL CURRICULUM
Significance of re-naming depart¬
ments to schools is that greater lat¬
itude in selection of courses will be
allowed the directors of each school
and freedom in this selection will
make for a more practical curricu¬
lum for majors in each department.
“We are modeling our school up¬
on plans laid down at other public
business colleges,” said Mr. Pryor.
“The Merritt school in Oakland,
the Metropolitan school in Los An¬
geles, two of the most successful
public business colleges in the
country, have proved themselves
thoroughly and we will set up our
school along similar lines.”
The school of Business of Pasa¬
dena junior college will be fully as
good as a large private business
college, even in job placement ser¬
vice, according to Mr. Pryor.
Students may enroll in the new
school of Business at any time dur¬
ing the school year and for any
length of time they wish. This ils to
enable those who are temporarily
unemployed to go to school in be¬
tween jobs.
There will be a full-time coordin-
Continued on Page Three
EDWARD CORNELISON
MOVIE, REVUE
TO BE SHOWN
TONIGHT
Helen Vaughn re-enters PJC
this evening at 8:15 through the
medium of the first all-student
sound film, “We-uns,” which will
show in the auditorium. A repeat
performance will be given tomor¬
row.
Acted, produced and filmed by
PJC students, the story of Helen
Vaughn’s JC days is told in three
reels of comic scenes, punctuated
with serious moments and innum¬
erable shots of student activities.
Nearly all of the big social mo¬
ments in a coed’s college life are
included in the film, as Helen
Vaughn does the campus with hero
Peter Prouse.
USE POLICE
Dramatic interest and excitement
reach an all time high in scenes
featuring a chase by the Pasadena
police department, the ensuing ride
in the emergency ambulance and
anxious moments at the emergency
hospital,
“We believe ‘We-uns’ to be the
first film of its kind ever produced,”
said Frank Severy, director and
cameraman, “and certainly note¬
worthy in that it is completely a
PJC affair.” The film has been in
production for an entire semester
under the guidance of Severy and
Violet Oavell, script-writer.
11- ACT REVUE
Continuing the evening’s enter¬
tainment will be 11 stage acts pre¬
senting JC’s top entertainers. Spec¬
ial features include Phil Kingman
and his popular orchestra, the Are-
ops with Alberta Anderson a;s spec¬
ial soloist, Dorothy Cooke, Lloyd
Wyatt at the piano, a 40-piece
band “take-off” on the Bulldog
Band, A1 Petravich and Jim Cas-
sity in “PJC Is’ Where You Find
It,” the Campus Cowboys, Elijah
Hodges from Muir Tech and Esther
Frome, talented young dancer.
Georgiana Stacy is in charge of
the stage review and Roy Beau¬
mont is handling the music.
PJC Courses
Assigned To
Locations
Merger Committee
Works Out Academic
Set-up for Next Year
Culminating several weeks
of perfecting the curriculum
plans, the merger committee,
composed of Dr. Glenn L.
Lembke, curriculum coordina¬
tor, Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean
of guidance, and Frederick
Bomcamp, recorder and coun¬
selor, announced the finished
curriculum for the 1938-39
school year this week.
Beginning next year students
will be able to enroll in the west
campus plant for the 13th and 14th
grades. General introductory
courses in the five divisional fields,
humanities, life sciences, physical
education, physical science and
mathematics, and social studies,
will be offered on both campuses,
as they form the basic framework
for the future specialization of the
student.
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Most important of the depart¬
ment location changes is the
school of Business which is to be
directed by Leland M. Pryor on the
west campus. All courses pertain¬
ing to economics -and commerce
will be moved to the west campus
to provide more centralized busi¬
ness curricula. Only two typewrit¬
ing courses -will be left on the east
campus. These two courses will be
for the student who is not a major
in the department, and desires to
learn typewriting for his own per¬
sonal use.
Basic art courses are offered at
both the east and west campuses.
Those majoring in art must take
the advariced course which will be
given on the east campus only. The
majority of the biological science
courses will be offered on the east
campus with the fundamentals du¬
plicated on the west campus for
students who are .not majoring in
life sciences.
ENGLISH ON BOTH
Fundamental English courses
will be duplicated on both campuses
so that those working for a junior
college diploma will be able to take
their specialized major in addition
to the required subjects without
traveling between the east and
west campuses. Advanced courses
in English will be located on the
east campus.
Students interested in printing
will have a chance to take the be¬
ginning and advanced courses on
both campuses. Staffs of the
“Chronicle” and “Campus” will
have classes on both the east and
west campuses. The “Vo-Mag” will
have a class on the east campus
only. Besides the one staff class on
the west campus, there will be no
journalism courses offered there.
Continued on Page Three
WEST CAMPUS ELECTS REPRESENTATIVES
BOB COATES, President.
Clapp, Newman, Hodgkins To Be
New A S
В
Board Members
The west campus filled the three positions allotted it on
the Board of Representatives by the new set-up last Thurs¬
day afternoon when it elected Howard Clapp associate stu¬
dent body president, Walter 'Hodgkins associate AMS presi¬
dent, and Virginia Newman, associate AWS president. Other
candidates running were Bob McMann and Walter Switzer
for associate SB president; Charles Baker, Louis Irwin and
LeeMoyne Mark for associate AMS president; Dot Loos,
Mary Sanford and Barbara McColm for associate AWS presi¬
dent.
Now that results of this election are known, there re¬
mains only one position left open on the board — that of fresh¬
man presidency. As usual, this position will be decided at
the minor class election early next semester. Tentative plans
are to have this election participated in by both the west and
east campuses. If so, this will be the first joint vote of the
Continued on Page Three
HOWARD CLAPP, Assoc. Pres.
Will Leave . .
PAT O'MARA
LEAVES EAST
CAMPUS
by Forrest Duke
The loss of Vice-P r i n c i p a 1
O’Mara wiill be felt by students as
well as faculty next semester, hut
the east campus loss will be the
west campus gain.
Chosen by the administration
leaders to, mold the students of
the west campus into a mutual
bond with the east campus group,
James Patrick O’Mara will move
his headquarters to the new part
of Pasadena junior college. While
there, he will acquaint the veteran
high school pupils and the new
upper division pupils with the tra¬
ditions of college life now enjoyed
by the junior college student body.
BELIEVED LARGEST
At first shocked by the merger
announcement, students of Muir
Tech are now realizing the bene¬
ficial aspects of the move, and are
heartily endorsing the formation
of greater PJC. Together with at
least a thousand students who will
attend the Lincoln avenue institu¬
tion lor the first time, this west
campus student representation will
work under Mr. O’Mara for a uni¬
fied junior college — -believed to be
the largest in the world.
Most students on the east cam¬
pus know Mr. O’Mara, and know
what he has done for the school.
CAME IN 1913
The new student body will no
doubt accept jaysee’s jovial Irish¬
man with the same warm feeling
that has been extended him here.
Mr. O’Mara came to the present
campus in 1913 when the school
was still Pasadena high 'School.
Ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth
grades were taught, and student
enrollment was 1100.
Before he came to California,
southern Indiana was his home.
Graduating from Indiana State
university after attending Indiana
State normal college, he got his
master’s degree at the University
of Southern California.
Acting as vice-principal of a high
school in Tulare was Mr. O’Mara’s
first administrative duty in Cali¬
fornia. He came to Pasadena in
1910, his first year here being at
the Throop academy.
Since that time, he has been well-
known in educational circles
throughout the Crown city, and ac¬
ceptance of the west campus post
will discover for him new fields of
Continued on Page Three
NEW OFFICER
PLEDGES SUPPORT
The combination of PJC and
John Muir Technical high school
is one of the biggest things that
ever happened to Pasadena. We,
of the west campus, pledge our
hearty cooperation in the new
student body union and our ear¬
nest hopes that the greater Pas¬
adena junior college will attain
new and finer glories for Pasa*-
dena.
HOWARD CLAPP,
Associate President,
Associated Student Body