Pasadena Chronicle, June 16, 1932

Graduation Ends JUNIOR ^COLLEGE LIFE For Many Students With Impressive Ceremony at Rose Bowl Tomorrow Chronicle Chronicle Staff HOPES THAT STUDENT All-American and Medalist Newspaper of Pasadena Junior College Readers Found a Source of Enjoyment in This Paper During 1931 and 1932 VoL XXIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, JUNE 16, 1932 No. 31 LEADERS IN SCHOOL WIN RECOGNITION — ♦— Students Are Presented With Achievement Awards For Years Work PRINCIPAL GIVES TALK Mast and Dagger Membership Given as High Honor in Final Assembly - ♦ - Student leaders received recogni¬ tion service to the school with the presentation of scholarships, an¬ nouncement of honor roll members, awarding of Bulldog pins, parch¬ ments, and certificates of achieve¬ ment in the final assembly of the year this morning. Presented on the basis of good work, character, high grades, and activites, awards were given many students after Dr. John W. Harbe- son’s welcome address and the Bull¬ dog band’s heraldry. Students who received parch¬ ments are: Jack O’Laughlin, Eve¬ lyn Bowen, Jack Wormell, Evelyn Bates, Jack Cutler, Donald Durby, Clarence Weight, Mary Linek, Margaret Ogden, Jack Griffith, Dick Young, Vincent Fite, Ed Macklin, Virginia Keim, Frank Tremaine, Clifford Cave, Lila Sute Kate Boyd, Dorthy Shaw, Florence Oberle, Clurman Bibbs, Chauncey Bell, Rex Hood, 1 Isis Renner, Bob Leinster, Bill Kantzer, Suzanne Kellogg, Sterling Harshberg, Dor¬ othy Rossback, Helen Rooke, Carol Hartung, Eleanor Northrup, Violet Widess, Winifred Cravens, Fred Warriner, Peggy Archibald, Harri- (Contmued on Page 3) MAST AND DAGGER HONOR AWARDED Membership to Mast and Dagger the highest honor that the junior college can bestow for extra-curri¬ cular activities, was awarded this morning to the following students: William Thomas, Dorothy Ross¬ back, Madelaine Currie, Steve Sal- isian and James Sherman, incum¬ bent or former student government fficials; Mannie Pineda, Richard Penny, and Fern Hulka, publica¬ tions; and Elizabeth Porter, dra¬ matics. The semi-annual banquet will be held tonight at the Eileen Tea Room, 1563 N. Lake Ave. Clifford Cave Robert Hardie Elizabeth Earl Dorothy Jester Wallace Kiger Lancers Will Head Sale of Programs — ♦ — Under the general chairmanship of Walter E. Wilcox, treasurer, and Sydney Edwards, the Lancers, re¬ cently organized service club, will have charge of the Commencement program selling this year. Each member of the organization is a captain, and will have under him five assistants. The captains are: Edward Ross, Bob Coop, Frank Holbrook, Eric Emery, John Shepherd, Burr Tupper, Leslie Mil¬ ler, Steve Seaton, Bill Bailey, Ned Thomas, Vincent Fite, Leonard Emery, and Jack Atkinson. Sixty-five hundred programs have been printed at the junior col¬ lege and a charge of 25 cents will be made for each. Board Fills Positions by Appointment The newly-installed board of rep¬ resentatives has filled all appoint¬ ive offices except editor of the Chronicle and clerk of the court. I/am'bert Westling was chosen for another term as secretary of ath¬ letics, and Marjorie Harmon was also re-elected to her post as sec¬ retary of activities. Other secretarial appointments were: publcatons, Inez Effnger; fi¬ nance, Sydney Edwards; records, Margaret Johnson; oral arts, Suz¬ anne Kellog; social affairs, Harriet Tilden. Records assistants are: Ronald j Swanson, Clifford Cave, Alice Janej Philp, Virginia Keim, and Lila | Suiter. Helpers in social affairs | are: Sophomore, Judith Rooke; Junior, Louise Sked, Roy Strutt; Senior, Craig McLaughlin. Members of the “Campus” will be: editor-in-chief, Marcella Pown- all; associate editor, Davd Briock- ton Brown; art edtor, Doris Green; business manager, Bernard Desen- berg. The assembly committee members are Ruth Henry, Margaret Jones, Bob ICaricofe, and Woodrow Thill- en. Associate justices are Lois Boynton and Barry Simmons, while Vivian Dibble will serve as clerk of the board. Prize to Be Given For Best Assembly A prize for the restrictive club presenting the best pro¬ gram in the assembly compet¬ itions will be offered next year. Applications should be made now or during the sum¬ mer to Marjorie Harmon. A committee of students headed by Marjorie Harmon, with Jamps O'Mara, dean of men, as faculty adviser, has been appointed. Members of the committee include Ruth Henry, Marjorie Jones, Bob Karicofe, and Woodrow Thil- len. News Channel Undercurrents Sport Teams Compete for Favors — • — • — Of Pretty Waitresses at Banquet ....Vying for highest prominence in the eyes of pretty girl wait¬ resses, athletic teams of all other sports except the much-lauded football, which had its day last semester, were regaled Tuesday by the A. M. S. and A. W. Sj in an informal athletic banquet. Madelaine Currie, A. W. S. pres¬ ident, and Bill Thomas, A. M. S. president were in charge of arran¬ gements, and Carol Hartung head¬ ed the group of girls who served. They included Mary Esbenshade, Emmalina Richards, Peggy Arch¬ ibald, Maryland Holmes, Jean Thompson, Joyce Dunkerley, Har¬ riet Tilden, Dorothy Rossback, Lois Boynton, Lila West, Barbara Turner, Marjorie Harmon, Louise Bonds, Marjorie Ellin, and Mer¬ cedes Bergmann. Guests of honor were Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean of women ; Miss Ida Hawes, dean of guidance, Mrs. Louise B. Hoblit, president of the board of education; John A. Sexson, superintendent of Pasadena schools; George H. Mer- ideth, assistant superintendent of Pasadena schools; John A. Ander¬ son, dean of records; and J. P. O’Mara, dean of men. By Marion Starr That students might realize the honors and championships with which their school as been showered since its first year, 29 of the 46 banners have been hung in the front hall. — ♦ — With towers of books per¬ ched precariously in their arms, dozens of husky young men have joumeyied to the book room during the last 7 days to deposit the volumes which have been making stu¬ dents gray-headed for the last 18 weeks. Caesar has at last been van¬ quished (although some students say that he has added them to his list of victories) and has been re¬ legated to book shelves until Sep¬ tember, when he will return with armies brushed up for another struggle. This afternoon, graduates will be able to sit on their spec¬ ially constructed grandstands and watch under-graduates ca¬ vorting madly on the Rose Bowl lawn, dancing for their benifit, as in other years they performed for their senior fri¬ ends. Marion Hattersley Honors for 6 Students Are Given Highest academic awards have been announced for six students, five of them rating administration honors and one winning a scholar¬ ship at Broadoaks. Chosen class speaker because of superior grade records and ability for leadership, Marion Hattersley, senior, and Clifford Cave, sopho¬ more, who were excused from final exams last week, will talk at the Commencement exercises at the Rose Bowl tomorrow afternoon, to¬ gether with Martha Runquist, Muir Tech student. Sounding the keynote of the whole program, Cave will read from the prophet Isaiah, while Marion will represent the youth of the world, with their vision, hope¬ fulness, and determination. Martha will interpret the theme poem, “Federation of the World,” by Nathan Haskell Dole. Dorothy J ester, twelfth-grade honor student, with an average grade-point ratio of 2.84, has had her name added to the list for ad¬ ministration honors, previously an¬ nounced as Clifford Cave, Robert Hardie, and Wallace Kiger, lower division, and Marian Hattersley, upper division. These students were excused from all final exams last week. Elizabeth Earl, life member of Alpha Gamma Sigma, has been awarded the $150 scholarship of¬ fered by Whittier college to Broad¬ oaks School of Kindergarten-Pri¬ mary Training, according to Miss Kathleen D. Loly, chairman of the scholarship societies committees. INTERNATIONAL PEACE SPIRIT WILL BE GRADUATION THEME - ♦ - Noted Californians and Prominent Students Will Speak at Exercises as Standard Bearers Salute World Consuls Saluting their countries in token of the Pasadena junior college-Muir Tech Commencement theme, “World Friend¬ ship,” speakers and national insignia tomorrow afternoon will instill into the hearts of the thousands of onlookers the spirit of peace among the nations. - + - BAND WILL ESCORT , I)R. VON KLEINSMID IS COLOR GUARD CHIEF SPEAKER “Let us be true to our home, to ; Basing their addresses upon the our town, to our state, to our | ideal of world friendship, 1933 lan<i’ graduation theme, noted Califor¬ nians and prominent Pasadena students will be speakers at the Rose Bowl exerrises tomorrow afternoon. Master Subject Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of the University of Southern California, and most out¬ standing Commencement partici¬ pant, will have as his subject, Humble in all success, unspoiled by our heritage grand, Yet to the whole wide world ex¬ tend the brotherly hand!” This, the theme of the 1932 Rose Bowl Commencement of Pasadena junior college and Muir Tech, is to be carried out tomorrow afternoon with salutations to the nations of the world with the countries’ standards. 1200 Graduates Following the entry of 12001 “The Master Weaver’s Design” graduates, heralded by trumpet while Dl, Adrian Hartogi consul ’o{ the Netherlands and secretary of calls, the standard bearers, escort¬ ed by 150 junior college bandsmen, - — will enter to salute world consuls, ^lc Consular Corps in Los Ange- guests of this occasion. jles, will use “The World Is Wait- With a patriotic dance, 63 girls ing for the Dawn.” Spearmen Elect Bob Coop Leader Bob Coop, erstwhile secretary of publications, was elected president of the Lancers, campus guardians, at a meeting held in the social hall Tuesday. Coop will be aided in his cam¬ paign to uphold P. J. C. tradition by Bill Baillie, vice-president; Lambert Westling, secretary; and Ted Ross, treasurer. under the direction of Miss Loreta Henrichs and Miss Jean Young of P. J. C. and Mrs. Grace G. Nossak of Muir Tech, will offer a tribute to the insignia, while to complete the theme, 50 American ags will appear. Two hundred voices under the direction of Miss Mabel M. Oakes of Muir Tech and Miss Lula C. Parmley of P. J. C. will lead the graduates in the processional and recessional. Seven Platforms On seven platforms on the east Following the processional of graduates, Clifford Cave, repre¬ sentative of the twelfth year class, will recite “The Word of the Prophets.” The invocation will be given by Dr. Edward B. Thompson, pastor of the First Congregational Church. Theme Poem Martha Runquist, speaker from the graduating class of John Muir Technical high school, will recite the theme poem, Nathan Haskell Dole’s “The Federation of the World,” after the response, “Fa- , , , . . I cuwi шс rcbpuiist', г a orot J ’1 ^ by dec" ! ther, Hear the Prayer We Offer, - oroted lattices and columns, sur- has been sung by thc classes. ^ mounted by huge baskets of flow- | Guatemala march, «otilia .. will be ers leading along the processional lines, the graduates will be seated. The chorus will occupy the central section, flanked by the fourteenth year graduates in traditional cap, gown and stole, and on either side of these, the twelfth year grad¬ uates will find their places. Alumni Reminisce At Annual Banquet Recalling memories of days at P. J. C., graduates gathered for the fourth traditional Alumni Banquet last Monday night in the cafeteria. With toastmaster Dan McNamra presiding, Doris Johnson open¬ ed discussion of old times. Herman Smith, 1930, had complete charge of the dinner; Maryland Holmes, upper divi¬ sion student, decorated the tables; Raymond Kendall plan¬ ed the music; John A. Ander¬ son, dean of records, acted as general chairman. ELECT OFFICERS New Women’s Rifle Club officers are: Vera Nicholson, president; Bee Baldwin, vice-president; Mary Alice Gianetti, secretary; Marion Corson, treasurer. (Continued on Page S) Graduates to Thank Corps Of Helpers Grateful and fervent thanks of 1932 graduates tomorrow night will echo pleasantly in the ears of the corps of workers who made the Commencement spectacle possible. With Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of women, as general head, and Miss Emma Bee Mundy as associ¬ ate chairman, both John Muir high school and Pasadena J. C. instruc¬ tors contributed their services. Senior marching was directed by Miss Elizabeth Jensen and Miss El¬ eanor Moody, J. C. and Muir Tech physical education ins tructors. with decorations under the man- agement of Charles S. Cooper, head , gardener, and stage construction jin charge of Arthur Smith. Accompanying dances were su¬ pervised by Misses Loreta Henrichs and Jean Young, P. J. C. physical [education teachers, and Mrs. Grace j Gilson Nossak, John Muir; while j field directors will be Audre L. j Stong, band, and Colonel George H. 1 White, standard bearers. Graduates Parade Jaunty Outfits — • — • — - While Others Struggle With Lessons Graduates made their first efforts to shake off the 'bond of serfdom, Class Day, by appearing in jaun¬ ty outfits and parading blissful idleness before the unfortunates who have still to struggle with irk¬ some lessons. Opening the assembly were stage acts followed by announcements and presentations of awards by Hugh Anderson, senior president. To carry out the ancient tradi¬ tion Seniors and Sophomores ten- d e r 1 у endowed under-graduates with the huge gilt class key, after which the class was informed that the entire amount of money set aside for the combined class gift would be donated to the scholarship fund. Dr. John W. Harbeson and Hugh Anderson presided over the laying of the 1932 plaque, which was set out on Washington’s birthday. Luncheon was served the gradu¬ ates in the cafeteria. Those super¬ vising the event were Woodrow Thillen, chairman, Don Rampton, and Winifred Craven.