Pasadena Chronicle, June 19, 1935

GRADUATES RECEIVE HONOR AT OPEN HOUSE jtoGoticna Ill (fljvcmidc FAREWELL SAID TO GRADS AT ROSE BOWL Volume XXVI Pasadena, California, June 19, 1935 No. 32 To Honor Student Leaders Pins, Parchments, Honor Keys And Science Honors Given AWARD GRADS Refreshments Served By Spartans After Open House Pasadena junior college honor awards will be presented to stu¬ dents who have performed out¬ standing service to the school during this year, at the student body open house to be held outside the student union building at 10:30 tomorrow morning. The student body is invited to the open house, which is under the chairmanship of Charles Braden, freshman class president. Refresh¬ ments will be served by Spartans after the presentation ceremony in the student body building. Contrary to custom, Bulldog pins and parchments will be given this year only to graduating sen¬ iors and sophomores instead of to members of tha four classes. Women who will receive Bulldog pins are Marjorie Barmettler, Ruth Crawford, Ruth Hagadorn, Mary Helen Johnston, Helen Lesh, Anna Marjory Loomis, Mary Marsh, Helen Morley, June Matthews, Ilo Smith and Lynn Smith. Ed Barker, Harold Berg, George Brown, Trevor Gardner, Peter Geddes, Dick Gorby, Jim Herbold, Bill Lawson, Craig McLaughlin, Bill Moir, Joe Phillips, Ellsworth Stelle and Jack Keenan are the male grads to get pins tomorrow. Parchments will be given to Betty Berry, Ivonne Brown, Pris¬ cilla Pox, Moreland Kortcamp, Jeannette Mogensen, Patricia Nel¬ son, Mona Peterson and Ruth Will¬ ard, while for the men, Bob Cort, Jim Couchman, Charles Davis, William Fretter, Bill Hatch, Jack Jordan, Charles Love, Dick Lusk, Sherwood Mark, Henry McCune, Stanley Meacham, John Overholtz- er, Harry Sheldon, Frank Shipman and Joe Sprankle took the awards. Keys will be given at this time to student body officers, who have served on the board of represent¬ atives either semester, by Dr. John W. Harbeson. He will also present the graduating engineering stu¬ dent with the highest scholastic record an honor key. Miss Mabel B. Pierson, chair¬ man of the biological science de¬ partment, will present biology awards to Mary Shelton, upper di¬ vision grad, and Peter Hillier, low¬ er division graduate. A business education award to an upper divi¬ sion graduate will be made by Al¬ lison R. Baldwin of the business education department, but the name of the recipient will not be revealed until tomorrow. John A. Anderson, dean of rec¬ ords, will present parchments to students who received administra¬ tion honors both semesters because of their high scholarship rating. William K. Dunn, of the physical education department, will award life passes to athletes. VOTE RECOUNT With both candidates for the position of chief justice present, an official recount of the votes cas. in the last election was made recently under the direc¬ tion of Chief Justice Trevor Gardner and Associate Justices Jack Keenan and Marjorie Betts. The final results are: chief jus- lice, Carl Diesenroth, 887, Fred Good, 852; and for the position of treasurer of the Associated Men Students: Robert Hender¬ son, 462; Bob Bonthius, 155. Spartans Give Breakfast For New Members Nine women students selected for leadership and service to the school were recently voted into membership in Spartans, honorary women’s service group. They were guests at a breakfast held yester¬ day at the El Padre Inn, at which time Olive Pupis was installed as president of the club for the com¬ ing semester. Thelma Westling, Inez Endicott, Alice Flynn, Ruth Willard, Caryl Moon, Kay West, Helena deWaard, Anna Marjorie Loomis and Caro¬ line Munn were the girls selected to become active members next year. The Spartans assisted under the chairmanship of Marjorie Betts at the hooding ceremony preceding- baccalaureate service, and will be on hand to aid Miss Hawes at re¬ hearsals of commencement in the Rose Bowl. Architect’s Drawing Of New Building Physical aspect of .he main building, which is hoped to be completed by September 1. Latest developments in reconstruction of the Life an I Physical Science buildings include structural tests. Alumni Give Banquet On Senior Day Plaque, ‘Senior Scram’ Are Other Features Of Annual Event Side Building Stands Under Pressure Test Begin Structure Work Pending State Approval, Resulting From Examination Of Framework In Science Unit Under Heavy Weight Bringing class day to a success¬ ful close, the ninth annual alumni banquet will be held at the Uni¬ versity club at 6:30 this evening. This event will end a big day for seniors, even though the lack of facilities prevents holding the regu¬ lar class day exercises. The laying of the plaque of the graduating class will take place at 10 a. m., in front of the school, with next year’s seniors looking on. The “Senior Scram,” a publi¬ cation edited by Maxine Thompson, past editor of the Chronicle, will be distributed at that time. Gradu¬ ation rehearsal at the Rose Bowl will be at 3 p. m., and the ban¬ quet, to which all seniors and i alumni are invited, will be at 6:30. 1 Give Program I Earl Holder, organizer of the | banquet and secretary of the alum¬ ni association, has arranged a pro¬ gram, which will include two hours of dancing with Bob Kim¬ brough’s Hollywood Knickerbocker orchestra, to begin immediately after the dinner. Guest of honor for the evening j will be George H. Merideth, asssist- j ant superintendent of Pasadena city schools. Dr. John W. Harbe¬ son will deliver a short address, as J will John A. Anderson. H. B. Richardson and Victor Jory, for¬ mer P. J. C. student, and now a film actor, will also be honored guests. President Don Millican will open the program with a welcome to the alumni, after which Joe Sprankle will lead a toast to the class of 1935. Election of officers will be held during the course of the evening. Dinner music will be furnished by Robert and Carleton Fromholdt, who will give an accordian duo. Members of the Bulldog band quartet, including Stanley Meach¬ am, William Caldwell, Norbet Du¬ arte and Henry Dake, will render several vocal selections. Miss Ivonne Brown, Henry Dake and Charles Love will be featured in an organ novelty, and dance spe¬ cialties will be presented by Max¬ ine Ford, Lucy Schaffer and Miss Jestly. Tickets for the affair are 75 cents a person, and reservations may be made with Mr. Holder in the bookstore. After a 24-hour weight and strain test on the corner of the Louis Agassiz building, experts in charge of the experi¬ ment gave assurance that in all probability the present frame is in such a condition that work-* - may proceed within a short time. It was explained, however, that until the actual figures recorded by the delicate gauges had been ap¬ proved by state authorities, no positive statement could be made public. Await Approval Hold Prom, Supper For Graduates Should the state officially ap¬ prove the test, work will be be¬ gun in about three weeks, since some new re-designing has been decided upon and necessarily in¬ volves time. The main change con¬ templated has to do with a new type of walls for the buildings. Under the new design approxi¬ mately $25,000 additional will be expended on the Louis Agassiz and Jane Addams buildings. Officials on the job said that the date speci¬ fied for completion was formerly October 21, but due to the delay during the test, two or three months longer will be required. Meets New Rules Before work was started on the building for the first time, tests were made by the state placing 96 pounds of weight per square foot on the frame, but new regulations were issued and called for a re¬ sisting pressure of 150 pounds per square foot. At 2 o’clock last Tuesday a total of 68 5-100 tons of sand in bags was placed on a 38 by 24 square of the concrete floor. On 24 Hours For a period of 24 hours this stupendous load was on the con¬ crete slab and during the entire time an official expert was locked in the room underneath the sand load to take readings. Computa¬ tions were taken every 15 minutes from minute strain gauges on the beams and deflection gauges im¬ mediately under the slab. Although no figures could be given, it was explained that the maximum de¬ flection was not even 1-10 inch dur¬ ing the 24 hours. The results of the test will af¬ fect all three of the buildings in¬ asmuch as they were all originally constructed under the same speci¬ fications. Baker, Benton Head Affair To Be Held At Vista Del Arroyo Climaxing a semester of activi¬ ties headed by Presidents Bob Baker and John Benton, seniors and sophomores will convene Fri¬ day night, after graduation cere¬ monies at the Rose Bowl, at the Vista del Arroyo hotel for the an¬ nual prom. Bob Fellows and Ted Mack will provide music for the occasion. The affair will begin at 7 :30 with a buffet supper for graduates. Dancing will begin at 9 o’clock. It will be semi-formal. Bids for the prom are free to graduates who may obtain them at any time this week in the student body office, according to Benton, sophomore chieftain. Tickets for the supper which, while not com¬ pulsory to those who care to dance, will start the later evening ac¬ tivities, will be 75 cents a plate and may also be procured in the Stu¬ dent Union building. According to Baker, senior prexy, the prom will be one of the finest the school has seen in several years. “And while that sounds like a stereotyped statement,” he adds, “we really mean it. Both sopho¬ mores and seniors have cooperated splendidly and, as a result, we will have a very excellent dance.” Cabinets meet This afternoon at 2:45 there is to be a meeting in the Hunter house of all the old members of the AMS cabinet and the new members for next semester. All members are urged to attend to talk over plans for next semester and meet the new officers. Nineteen Given Honor Of Permanent Membership In Alpha Gamma Sigma 'Broadening Horizons’ Theme Of Graduation In Rose Bowl Friday Musical Talents And Entertainment By Combined Junior College, Muir Tech And Junior Highs Featured At Annual Commencement Following the theme of “Broadening Horizons,” seniors and sophomores of the junior college and graduates of Muir Tech and city junior high schools will receive their diplomas and certificates at the Rose Bowl, Friday afternoon, with the ceremony starting at 4 :30 o’clock. f Youth Must Make Peace,’ Talk Theme Rev. В. E. Watson Speaks To Graduates At Baccalaureate Pointing out that at the present time the world did not seem to have any place for the graduate, Rev. Benjamin E. Watson, pastor of Central Christian church, ad¬ dressed the graduating classes Sunday evening at the Civic audi¬ torium. The speaker claimed that it is up to youth to pull the world out of the so-called depression by using the Golden Rule in everyday life and also stated that if the gradu¬ ate will live a life of adventure he will find the purpose of his life. In addition, Rev. Watson said, “It is times like these when on¬ ward sweeps of human progress have their origin and not notably in times of great prosperity. The outstanding eras of moral and re¬ ligious insight have been times of exile, yearning, and heartache, times of struggles and hardship.” The invocation and benediction was given by Rev. H. L. Caldwell of Calvary Baptist church. Musical Program Under the direction of Miss Lula Claire Parmley, singing, and Mil- ton Mohs, orchestra, a musical program was presented preceding the address. Numbers by the A Cappella choir, the orchestra en¬ semble, with special selection by a mixed quartet composed of Eunice Throne, Thelma Luce, Stanley Meacham and Allan Burt, and solo selections by June Spear, Stanley Taft and Charles Davis, made up the urogram. Additional music was supplied by Marie Ford, violin, Helen Lesh, harp, and Ivonne Brown, organ. The ceremony began with the hooding directed by Dr. John W. Harbeson and the procession of the graduates. The baccalaureate ser¬ vice was under the general super¬ vision of Miss Catherine J. Rob¬ bins, dean of women. Gives Thanks To my fellow students: The semester past has been one filled with changes, hopes and great faith. In attempting to di¬ rect into successful projects that faith which you so willingly trust¬ ed to my judgment, I have erred a countless number of times. For those blunders that have been made during this administration, I humbly ask your forgiveness and in the same breath thank you for your kind cooperation in trying to make Pasadena junior college out¬ standing as a leader among its class. It is with regret that I relin¬ quish my office, but in so doing may I wish each and every one of you who remain with the institu- A ten-minute concert of the combined junior high bands, fol¬ lowing which the Muir and junior college bands will play, will pre¬ cede the main event. As a unit the seven bands will present Bagley’s “National Anthem” as an ensem¬ ble number. _ Glee clubs from the two senior high schools, the Muir chorus, Ora¬ torio chorus, A Cappella choir and Nysaean singers of the junior col¬ lege will appear under the direc¬ tion of Miss Lula C. Parmley, Miss Mabel M. Oakes and Miss Carrie M. Sharp. The entire vocal group together with the 2400 graduates will sing the response, “Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer,” “The Processional,” Gounod’s “Praise Ye the Father,” and Elgar’s “Land of Hope and Glory.” The large en¬ semble numbers will be directed by Dr. John Henry Lyons, director of music for the Pasadena schools. Moreland Kortcamp, jaysee soph¬ omore, is to introduce the page¬ ant, after which Muir singers will sing a medley of old English songs sung by the early settlers of our country. Colonial dancers will en¬ ter to the music of Mozart’s minuet sung by the Muir singers; while the Maypole dance will be intro¬ duced by the junior college groups singing old English folk-songs. A more modem period will be represented by a formal pompon drill, in which 120 young men will portray modern athletics in panto¬ mime and poses. These will be joined by 148 girls and will climax in an interpretive dance. One of the most impressive numbers of the evenin'*1- will be the singing of Schuetky’s “Send Forth Thy Spirit” during the procession¬ al. Junior high and high school graduates will precede the seniors of jaysee, dressed in dark blue caps and gowns, with tassels and stoles of crimson. Upon reaching the field, the A Cappella choir will sing; followed by. a Muir Tech graduate, Mary Elizabeth Heyman’s expression of appreciation from the classes fol all that the Pasadena schools have offered to those graduating. The invocation will be pronounced by Dr. Torrance Phelps, pastor of the First Congregational church, and the response, “Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer,” will be sung- without accompaniment. Then the graduates will proceed with the processional, singing as they ad¬ vance toward the stage, the tradi¬ tional processional song, Gounod’s “Praise Ye the Father.” Robert Baker, president of the senior class, will welcome the audi¬ ence and contrast the educational opportunities of today with those of 1635. . The reviewing of the broader aims of modern education and setting up the standards and ideals, which these graduates will carry with them, will be done by Harold Berg of the jaysee senior class. As the American flag is present¬ ed, the nine class presidents will pledge the loyalty of their respec¬ tive classes to the highest ideals for which our nation stands. Only two adult speakers will ap¬ pear on the program. Dr. John A. Sexson, superintendent of city schools, will briefly address the students, contrasting old education with, new and pointing out respon¬ sibilities of the graduates. William (Continued on Page 3) tion the very best of good fortune under the very able leadership of Donald Mansfield, the student body president-elect. Sincerely yours. DAVE PATRICK, President, Associated Students. Tapping Of New Members In Meeting Achieving the highest scholastic award the upper division gives, 19 graduating students have been elected to permanent membership in Alpha Gamma Sigma, honor scholarship society. Installation will take place today at 12 o’clock at the Community Playhouse, where luncheon will be served fol¬ lowing the ceremony. The 19 students are Dorothy Adams, Harold Berg, Klea Eliza¬ beth Bissell, Elizabeth Burman, Lorrayne E. Calkins, William Bache Fretter, Dorris R. Green, Wilson Jones, Elaine M. Fasten, William A. Leicht, Frances E. W. Maughan, Jean McEwen, William Moir, J. Robert Perkins, Joe Phil¬ lips, John Scales, Christine Strick¬ land, Helen Summers and James R. Ware. Pins will be presented by Mrs. Dorothy Fretter, faculty member, and Miss Jessie K. Paxton will read the ceremony which she wrote for the occasion. Two Alpha mem¬ bers, Olive Pupis, hostess, and Edison Montgomery, host, are in charge of the affair. Elizabeth Burman will play several harp se¬ lections for the guests. The Alpha alumni have been invited to the affair. Faculty mem¬ bers who will attend are Miss i Kathleen Loly, Miss Mary Davis, Miss Rofena Lewis, Miss Jessie i Paxton, Mrs. Dorothy Fretter, Ar¬ thur Wiley and Miss Mildred Well¬ born. | Since the origination of the I chapter in 1926, only 124 students have attained permanent member¬ ship. Membership is limited to 10 per cent of the graduating class. In addition to their scholarship rating, prospective members are recommended by the faculty on the basis of scholarship, character and student attitude. Permanent members of the Cali¬ fornia Scholarship Federation, lower division honor unit, were presented their membership pins by Dr. John W. Harbeson yesterday at the club room in the Hill street library. Refreshments were served following the ceremony. The 22 students who were awarded were Aubrey Davis, Jr., Evelyn Frederick, Sarita Hender¬ son, Beulah Hughes, John Benton, Vaughn Burdick, Richard Burleigh, Delos E. Flint, Ray V. D. Gerhart, Jack Goodell, Anna Katherine Jones, Ed Maroder, Patricia Nel¬ son, Jack Osborn, Elsa Sauer, Florabel Sleeth, Ilo Smith, Paul L. Smith, Lorraine Ulrich, Helen Wadsworth, Harriet F. Webb and Lenore M. Wilcox. Appointive Jobs Deadline Holds Deadline for applications for ap¬ pointive offices was rigidly en¬ forced yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock by Dean of Women Cath¬ erine J. Robbins, to whom the ap¬ plications were submitted. Tomorrow those applications will be in the hands of the Board of Representatives, who will choose from the applications those who will fill the 14 appointive offices. Those 14 offices are: the nine secretaries of activities, athletics, finance, oral arts, publications, rec¬ ords, social affairs, publicity and public relations; the three clerks of the board, the cabinet, and the court; and the two associate jus¬ tice positions. As Mast and Dagger president, Eleanor Northrup, announced “Let the Tapping Begin,” at their recent assembly, Principal John W. Har¬ beson chose Audre L. Stong, Bull¬ dog band leader, as the first fac¬ ulty representative since the deans to be named as honorary member of the service organization. Outstanding students who were invited to join the club were Kit Cartwright, Mary Alice Gianetti, Joanne Pupis, Nancy Kellogg, Mary Lou McConnelly, Jim Parsons, John Benton, Jim Mathews, Jack De Longe, Bill Moir, Lyndon Viv- rette and Donlyn Vivrette. The annual Mast and Dagger alumni banquet will be given to¬ morrow evening at the University club, and the new members will be honored guests on that occasion. Election of officers will be held and cards and dancing will feature the evening’s entertainment. i