Pasadena Chronicle, June 16, 1938

Pasadena City Schools Will Graduate 2700 DEAD SENIORS NO STUDYING MAX COMES BACK tfDEADHEADS, OR^? Once a senior graduated from a junior college. Just like you seniors. He received his diploma, walked from the stage of an auditorium, went outside. There he took off his cap and gown, drew a pistol, smiled, and blew his brains out. They found a note in his vest pocket explaining the whole mor¬ bid action. “This is commencement. For me it is commencement in a friendly grave — newspaper cartoons laugh at diplomas.” At least he gave an excuse for being dead. And that’s more than what many of you seniors will be able bo do. You will be dead — not like our friend in the first para¬ graph — but you will be dead on your feet if you follow tradition. Don’t die. Please don’t. By those little pleas we defy all the rules of journalism, and preach a sermon. But someone has to stick a pin into the graduate. He mustn’t leave the Rose Bowl tomorrow night a defeated man. And maybe it would be best if he didn’t leave as president of the United States. But someone has to paint a rosy picture, and we have chosen our¬ selves, knowing that rosy paint is rare. The reason we have done this: we know a fellow who graduated last year who GOT A JOB! Not a good one, but he is still young. He’s married now, didn’t go to college like a lot of you lucky graduates are sure to do— but he is happy. He knows that many of you feHows who will go to college will come out dead, just like many of the corpses who will get out tomorrow night and go no further. Don’t you know of a fellow last year who GOT A JOB? Didn’t he inspire you to rise above the news¬ paper cartoons? If you don’t know such a fellow, dear seniors, allow us to loan you our pistol. ★ * ★ HWhy close library? — One of our pet peeves this last semester has been the closing of the library at night during test week. In the evenings when most of us would- like ai little public quiet in order to ram down a few importants we seem to have missed before, the library calmly closes its doors, and emphatically puts a crimp in our endeavors. The obvious answer is to study in the day time, but many of us hold down jobs that make this sort of thing impossible. Probably the library has some good defense for this protest. Per¬ haps the staff has been cut to a minimum before the end of the semester. But if some arrange¬ ment could be made whereby the room would be available for eve¬ ning study during the last hectic week it would be greatly appreci¬ ated by those who protest. ★ * * IJTo the members of the editorial board — After reading your article in which you condemned the gov¬ erning board of mishandling the power vested in them, it seems to me that you have acted without first checking fkcts. In the first place Muir Tech was represented in the committee adoption of the 7-3 ratio. Present officers from the west campus voted the Tech voice in the matter, the same as our student body officers voted the east campus voice in the tempor¬ ary set-up. The last sentence in this editor¬ ial page states: “There is still time, Mr. Caplan, to insist that the duty be carried out the second week of the next semester.” This last sentence is far behind time, in that the committee voted several weeks ago to hold such an election during the second week of the semester next fall. And above all, the splendid work being done by board mem¬ bers such as Bob Coates as student body president and Phil Cart¬ wright as chairman in handling the greater PJC merger should be commended instead of condemned. True, the article was written to arouse campus comment, but let me suggest to the editorial board that they thoroughly investigate a matter before flaying it in the fu¬ ture. Correctingly, MAX CAPLAN. Pasadena Chronicle Vol. XXIX Pasadena Junior College, June 16, 1938 No. 35 OM D to Tap at Assembly Today Select Music for Theme Of Impressive Fete Tomorrow Evening Junior Chamber of Commerce Names Exercises as Featured Pasadena Awards for Outstanding Students at Meeting Buddy Rogers and Band Will Play; Athletes Honored Culminating’ a year of stu¬ dent activities in a score of fields the annual awards as¬ sembly will be held this morn¬ ing at 9 : 50 in the auditorium. At this time students who have distinguished themselves in student government, ath¬ letics, journalism, scholastic work and many other cate¬ gories will receive their var¬ ious recognitions. This year, the assembly is spon¬ sored jointly by the freshman class and the department of activities. A committee composed of Boh Bra¬ den, secretary of activities, and chief justice-elect; Joan Bathrick of the frosh council; and Shorty Grannis, freshmian president, is handling the arrangements. BUDDY ROGERS The meet will last about one and one half hours and will feature entertainment as well as the awards. Heading the list of enter¬ tainers is Buddy Rogers and his nationally famous orchestra. Aside fro-m his motion picture work and his radio broadcasts, Mr. Rogers and his group have appeared ap¬ peared on the Roosevelt roof in New York City and at the College Inn in Chicago. He is currently playing at the Palomar in Los An¬ geles. Braden stated, “Even at the last minute if Mr. Rogers’ screen work should prevent his coming, we have made arrangements for the orchestra now playing at the Troc- adero to appear in his place; we can say positively that a really big band will come today.” In Charge of Commencement . . . . IDA E. HAWES EMMA BEE MUNDY SENIORS SAY GOODBYE WITH VALUABLE GIFT It’s curtains for the senior class — and the senior class says “curtains for PJC.” The traditional gift of the seniors to the school this year will be just that — curtains. Max Caplan, president of the class, has announced the purchase of a $100 cyclorama to be used in the Sexson auditorium. Bob Henry and Andy Longboth- am were appointed by Caplan to investigate the matter, and they have sent to New York City for the material. Henry is at present stage manager; both committeemen are members of the stage crew and Silver Screen club. The senior bench, which was sug¬ gested last semester by president Earl Schroeder, has been purchased at an approximate cost of $250 by the senior group. A plaque for the front sidewalk of the east campus has been bought, according to Caplan, and will bear the figures “ ’38,” following the custom of each departing senior Dr. Soares Speaks At Baccalaureate Services Sunday At an impressive allegorical Bac¬ calaureate sermon in the John A. Sexson auditorium, Sunday, June 9, Dr. Theodore G. Soares of the % Neighborhood church opposed de¬ terminism and reminded Pasadena junior college graduates that “It’s up to you to choose your way.” MAST AND DAGGER The Order of Mast and Dagger, Pasadena junior college’s highest honorary society, will tap their newly-elected members. Charles Braden, former class president and president of the order, will con- Continued on Page Four AMS ENDS YEAR WITH DINNER A semester of AMS activities, in¬ cluding recordJbreaking stags and dances, was closed Saturday night at the dinner for officers and cabi¬ net at the Arcade Tea Room, ac¬ cording to Herb MacDonald, AMS president for the past semester. Officers for next semester and AMS administrative groups for the past five months discussed past AMS activities and tentative plans for next year. Plans were made for further improvement of this se¬ mester’s popular men’s stags, ac¬ cording to MacDonald. Under MacDonald’s leadership, attendance at the stags was doubled over that of previous se¬ mesters. The high record for 1933 for attendance at a men’s stag, an audience of 800, was topped this year with an attendance of 1236. class. West Campus Holds Annual Class Day Class Day, one of Muir’s oldest traditions, was held yesterday. Contrary to rumors, yesterday’s event was not the last in the his¬ tory of the Lincoln avenue campus. The tradition will probably be car¬ ried on next year iais a west cam¬ pus activity, much the same as the east campus holds annual Class Days. Starting with a breakfast in Tournament Park, the class assem¬ bled on the Muir campus to present the class gift. Like the east cam¬ pus ceremony, the plaque is set in the front walk after the presenta¬ tion. Seniors then entered the audi¬ torium for an assembly. Speakers were asked beforehand to confine their remarks to one or two min¬ utes, in order to include all pro¬ gram material. The Kiwianis award, and the Ter¬ rier award, the two highest attain¬ ments possible for Muir seniors, were awarded. The Bausch-Lomb science award, and the Arnold mu¬ sic award were also given. Dr. Soares spoke of two feasts to which the inexperienced were in¬ vited — the feast of wisdom and the feast of folly. “You can go to the feast of wisdom or of folly as you choose. Lady Wisdom’s banquet offers the best in human experience. Lady Folly serves impulsiveness, love of ease and offers easy money. Lady Folly says try everything once.” Dr. Soares pointed out that there are some things that should be left untried. “For instance,” he said, “I never want to have any experi¬ ence with poison ivy.” Nearly 2500 persons, including upper and lower division graduates heard the sermon. Commencing with the filing into the auditorium of school administration, board of education members, department heads, all in caps and gowns, up¬ per division graduates, capped and gowned, wearing red stoles, the processional made an appropriate program. The processional was “Marche Pontificial,” played on the organ by Miss Lula Claire Parmley. Rev. B. G. Jacobson of the Calvary Baptist church made the invocation. Jean Guthrie, violinist, played the selection “Romance.” A male quartet, composed of Elwin Pfaff, Walter Reed, Randolph Coffman and George Grassmeuck, directed by Miss Carrie M. Sharp, sang “The Army of the (Lord.” Free Prom Bids Given Board Selects Twenty-five Senior Bulldog Pin Winners Twenty-five graduating seniors have been chosen by Board of Representatives to receive the annual Bulldog awards, for outstanding service during four years at the junior college, to be presented in the awards assembly today. Bulldog pins have been presented for outstanding service for the past several years, according to Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean of women, but only for the last three years have they been awarded ex¬ clusively to the 25 most outstanding members of the senior graduating class. The student board, in decid¬ ing the names of the 25, reads the name of every member of the grad¬ uating upper division class before making the final decision on the awards. Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal, will present the 1938 awards this morning to Frances R. Bailey, Richard Bagnard, John Benton, JaJek Burtt, Philip Cartwright, Robert Caveney, Kenneth Dauble, Robert Dunbar, Mary Garttz, Mur¬ ray Huss, Jessie Koyama, Thomas Laursen, Andy Longbotham, Rosa¬ lie Meub, Jackson Page, Virginia Phillips, Peter Prouse, Muriel Rash, Mildred Schmertz, Earl Schroeder, William Schuelke, Henry Shatford, Georgiana Stacy, David Vasquez and Helen Vaughn. M uir For First Time Juniors at Muir are receiving free bids to the annual Prom this year for the first time. This move has been made possible through the discovery of sufficient funds in the junior class treasury to finance the dance without the usual income from junior bid purchasers. No bids are to be sold today after 1 p. m. They may be purchased until then in room 201 (west cam¬ pus). The Prom will be held tomorrow night in the Gold Room of the Civic auditorium, music being fur¬ nished by Hal Loman’s orchestra. Event for Month of June Pageantry as only Pasadena can effect — impressive cere¬ mony in which 2700 city school students will receive their diplomas, will shape tomorrow night's annual graduation in the Rose Bowl at sunset. Five junior high schools, Muir Tech, and the upper and lower division students of Pasadena junior college will take part in the huge pageant to be given in their honor. A special tower has been built in the south end of the Bowl especially for the commencement exercises. The Boy Choir of 250 voices and a chorus of 250 junior high girls will be in the south ♦ end of the bowl, complementing the vocal groups of high school and junior college students. Antiphonal singing is expected to be one of the most impressive parts of the exer¬ cises. DIRECT PAGEANT Ida E. Hawes, dean of guidance, east campus, and Emma Bee Mun- dy, west campus, directors of the commencement exercises, an¬ nounced! the final plans for the program Wednesday. Bands from the five junior high schools will give a concert program. For the ensemble number the Pasadena junior college Bulldog band and the present west campus band will en- ter the Bowl and play with the other bands. Two hundred girls in white Gre¬ cian gowns, accompanied by the Bulldog band will march upon the field to make a line the entire length of the stadium. Through this line of boys and girls will march the administration oif the secondary schools, the Board of Education and the honor guests: William Dunkerley, John McWil¬ liams, Edwin Server, Franklin Thomas, Stanley Barnes, Rev. Al¬ fred James Hughes and directors of the Pasadena Chamber of Com¬ merce and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. SOUNDS CALL When these dignitaries reach their places, a trumpeter will sound a call and the graduates will enter, ■the junior high School students arriving first — the girls wearing white dresses and the hoys wearing dark suits. Twelfth year studtents will enter from the south end dressed in the same way. The jun¬ ior college seniors will appear in caps and gowns, and the graduate nurses in white uniforms. Marilyn Cox, a representative from the 12th year students of PJC, will make the salutatory speech. The invocation will be given by Rev. Alfred James Hughes, pas¬ tor of the Holliston Avenue Metho¬ dist church, followed by a choral response by the graduates, “Father Hear the Prayer We Offer.” SEXSON SPEAKS Dr. John A. Sexson, superinten¬ dent of schools, will speak, showing the city’s progress and the promi¬ nent part played by the Chamber of Commerce. Donald C. McCoy, Chamber of Commerce president, will respond with a short address. The choral groups at the north will then sing “Unfold Ye Portals Everlasting,” followed by the pre¬ sentation of classes. Dr. J. Tyler Parker, president of the Board of Education, replies to the group. As student speaker on the theme of the pageant, Vera Myers, Muir Tech, will tell of the part that Continued on Page Three GRADUATING CLASSES PLAN YEARLY PROM “Heah comes de showboat. Puff, puff, puffin’ along.” With this theme in mind, the senior and sophomore classes will give their dance in the Vista del Ar- division graduates tomorrow night, from 9 until 1 2o’clock. Following the theme of a south¬ ern showboat coming down the river and pulling up to the wharf, the dance will take on a true southern atmosphere. The dance floor will be decorated to represent the swamp region in the flats. Don Ricardo and Boh Moore will fur¬ nish the music. “To the many students who have asked me about the bids,” Phil Cartwright, manager of the dance, stated, “they will be given to the graduates at the Rose Bowl Friday evening with their diplomas.” Senior and sophomore commit¬ tees who have planned the dance are: sophomores — Nadine Gunder¬ son, Elizabeth Farris, Dexter Ab¬ bot, Bob Henry and Peggy Wil¬ liams; seniors — Don Kubly, Lee Ruggles, Jack Griffen, Shirley Smith, Barbara Millikan and Max Caplan. FIVE MEN TAKE STONG'S DUTIES During Audre L. Sbong’s absence on his trip to Portland, five mem teachers have been appointed dean of men to officiate in his place. The five men, Russel M. Guth- ridge, A. Roy Baldwin, John C. Thurman, O. G. Dressier and Ar¬ thur S. Wiley, take charge of the office in their extra periods. These five men took over the dean of men’s duties. West Campus Faculty Will BreakfastiTomorrow Instead of the usual faculty luncheon on the last Friday of the school year, June 17, Rufus Mead of the west campus has approved the courtesy committee’s plan for a faculty breakfast tomorrow morn¬ ing. It is to be held in .the cafeteria on the west campus at 8:30 a. m. Track, Baseball/ Swimming, Tennis And Golf Letters Given Today One hundred and twenty-eight and frosh letters Thursday, when venes. Letter winners in baseball, ball, frosh track, and frosh swim н ming are those that will receive awards. The complete list of lettermen for spring follows: Varsity track — Ulysses Allen, Ches¬ ter Benjamin, Wesley Bowers, Ed Cal¬ lahan, Arthur Cazares; Lyle Daugh¬ erty, James Edinger, Jack Gordon, Bill Harvey, Jack Horre-11, Bob Kring, Fred Mayes, Paul Mechler, James Mil¬ ler, James Peterson, Francis Pierce, John Pimley, Bob Prey, John Ritter- rath, Jack Robinson, John Ruffin, Bill Wall. Frosh track — John Smithson, Ed¬ ward Vath, Forrest Calkins, Walter Hollywood, Gerald Kennedy, Joe Kien- holz, Takeshi Nishi, Richard Reel, Edward Sevadjian, Richard Strelsky, Paul Tinkle, Julian Tucker, Craig Ty¬ ler, John Wachtler, Bud Holloway, Charles Kadley, Henry Kondo, Wil¬ liam Morita, Charles O’Hara, Kitoshi Sameshima, Don Stiles. Gym — Bob Johnson, Bob Reynolds, Bob Smith, Bob Anderson, George Van Dorn, Walt Drown, William Ma¬ this, Erwin Wright, Ray Binder, Bob Binkley. Varsity baseball — Ray Bartlett, John Bowden, Jerry Downs, Tom Downs, men will be honored wtih varsity the annual awards assembly con- track, gym, swimming, frosh base- Charley Gibson, Stanley Gray, Horace Greeley, Forrest MacDonald, Bob Mer- riam, Joe Pintar, Neil Reese, Jack Robinson, Don Schulze, Fay Starr, Clemmie Tomerlin, Van Wade. Swimming — Hollis Adams, George Caypless, Dennis Crile, Ivan Duke, Michael Safanov, Lloyd Wyatt, Don Neill, Charles Rasparry, Owen Davis, Norman Stolba. Frosh swimming — W i 1 1 i s BLack, Rhe-inhold Bailey, Bill Campbell, Bob Menning, David Elliott, Don Ward, Dick Rember, Jim Mead, Phillip Far¬ mer. Frosh baseball — Walter Atamanuck, Koji Fukutaki, Arthur Harmer, Wil¬ liam Kiggins, Don Powell, Robin Reese, Joe Reid, Harris Rivers, Tom Rogers, Ted Young. Varsity tennis — R obert Bresnan. William Ford, Dave Freeman, George Killeen, Herbert Labensart, Maurice McLoughlin, Gordon Spivey, James Wade, Douglas Whitfield. Frosh tennis — Ray Alsweet, Norman Bennett, Joe Davis, Bob Johnson, Roy Laird, Loriston Mosely, Robert Orr, Joe Rensch, Sam Romano, Lawrence Segur, Robert Stahley. Golf — Dexter Abbott, Robert Allen, Joe Cooper, John Farry, Bob Huleatte, Maurice McLoughlin, Bill Solaini, Jim¬ my Woodard.