Pasadena Chronicle, June 19, 1940

SEE PJC REVUE AT BOTH CAMPUSES FUN— MUSIC AWARDS ASSEMBLY TO HONOR MANY —BIG NAME BAND Volume 31 Pasadena, California, June 19, 1940 No. 33 Seventeen Act Review Feature Of Last Assembly On Both Campuses When the footlights of the two campus auditoriums blink their merry farewell on tomorrow and Thursday, PJC’s revue of 1940 will drag the finest school talent from the melee of graduation long enough to cavort through 17 acts of collegiate entertainment. Sponsored by the associated student body and pro¬ duced and directed by Seward Murphy, assisted by Yvonne Hancock, the two hour show will feature an important guest Bob Gillette, Prexy, Leads Seniors In Graduation Tlmrsday Sixteen Students Get Scholarships Dr. John A. Anderson, dean of records, announced last Thursday that 16 students of the Pasadena junior college had received scholarships, and four former members of the student body have also received awards. Gerald Martin, a senior, has received a $250 cash schol¬ arship to the University of California at Berkeley. The award was sponsored jointly by the Alpha Gamma Sigma, California junior college honor ■ star from Hollywood and a cast of 200 student artists. Hellzapoppin Patterned after the Broadway success, “Hellzapoppin” and the local hit, “Meet the People,” the revue will feature a two-ring circus type of performance, with acts simultaneously on the stage and among the audience. The hodge-podge of skits, musi- calnumbers and vaudeville acts will mingle Marjorie Garland’s voice, John Ritterath’s drums, Milt Banta’s boogie-woogie pi¬ ano, Evelyn Ireland’s nimble tapping toes and Bob Fisher’s banter and prestidigitation. A group of dancing students scheduled to fill a 10-week en¬ gagement at Earl Carroll’s will present their act intact. Musi¬ cal arrangements will be at¬ tended by a Cuban orchestra and the junior college symphony or¬ chestra, which will indulge in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” The musical underscore for most of the skits and songs will be the twin piano accompani¬ ment by Dorothy Garland and Larry Omohundro. Two Hours — Two Days Performance is scheduled to run 9-11 am, alternating for the two days with the awards as¬ sembly and two campuses. To¬ day will find the troupe on the west campus stage, and on the east tomorrow. McCASTLINE REPRESENTS Louise McCastline, president of AWS, will represent Pasa¬ dena this Sunday at the dedica¬ tion of the new Balboa bridge, according to an announcement by E. O. Nay, chairman of the board of city directors and se¬ lector of the representative. Pasadena is one of 20 inland cities to be honored with the invitation extended by Mayor Irvin G. Gordon of Balboa. Final awards assembly will be held at the east campus today from 9:36 am to 11:36 am and at the west campus during the same hours tomorrow. Mast and Dagger tapping ceremony will take place along with the presentation of awards. The assembly has been set at 9:36 am— immediately after the meeting of the lo’clock class for today. After the assembly, the 2, 3 and 4 o’clock classes will convene according to the sched¬ ule. Today, while the awards as¬ sembly is in progress on the east campus, the annual PJC Revue will be presented on the west campus. Tomorrow, the program will be reversed. According to Bud Childs, pro¬ gram director, the award pre¬ sentation and "tapping” will be allotted a half hour with a well- known dance band featured during the last half hour of the assembly. OMD members met recently and ballotted for the honored pledges after the unique system of “grading” candidates, accord¬ ing to their service granted to school. Gene Huxley, OMD prexy, declares this system pre¬ keeping o.ut an eligible candi- vents any "blackballing” from date and provides a fair basis for selecting those to be tapped. About 10 or 15 candidates will be chosen this year. Rotai-y award, Marilyn Cox; East campus Kiwanis awards, Joan Burrows and William Gil¬ lette; Homer award, Elishewa Gutzman and Gordon K. Over- holtzer; Alumni award, Gerald Graduation Prom To Be Held At Civic Thursday As a grand finale to the year’s activities, the annual graduate’s prom will be held in the Pasa¬ dena Civic auditorium, Thurs¬ day night, June 20, after com¬ mencement exercises. It is a semi-formal affair, beginning at 8:30. Music will be provided by the orchestra of Carl Hoff. All graduating students may attend, as bids to the dance will be found inside the diploma re¬ ceived at commencement exer¬ cises in the Rose Bowl. In past years, this dance has been very popular and well at¬ tended. It promises to be so again this year, and to be a beautiful and fitting climax of the school’s social season, which will not be soon forgotten by seniors and sophomores leav¬ ing PJC permanently. Yearbook Pictures On Sale Again Yearbook pictures, on sale last week, go on sale again to¬ day in the Chronicle office, 37C and continue for the duration of the week. Activity of the sales reached such feverish heights last week that it was necessary to post¬ pone selling until this issue of the Chronicle was published. Students jammed the office so thoroughly that it was impos¬ sible for the staff to work. All pictures are being sold at a small percent of their value; proceeds of the sale are being returned to the yearbook pro¬ duction fund. Martin; Phatian award, Robert Schureman ; architecture award, Lowell Lone; Engineering award, M. James Skinner. Alpha Gamma Sigma awards, Yen Guang Shiau, O. Ruth Ba¬ ker, Perry Morrison; Browning Memorial scholarship, Kather¬ ine V. Miller; Art department awards, Jack Griffin, Bob Rives; Robert A. Millikan award, Ray¬ mond Oeschli; C. O. Arnold award, Dorothea Behm. Administration honors, 12th grade: Arthur Becker, Robert Breece, Mary Condie, John Rempel, Helen Savory, Frances Dahm, Weston Embree, Richard English, Herbertha Gardner, Barbara Morse, Frances Stong, Barbara Gerschler, Richard Hahn, Vivian Kronquist, Flor¬ ence Lowe, Carol Lubic. Administration honrs — Mari¬ lyn Cox, Philip Flynn, William Lawson, Gerald Martin, Perry Morrison, Gordon Overholtzer, Yen Guang Shiau, Garner T. Summers. East campus Bulldog pin win¬ ners: Howard Clapp, Johnny Walker, Vince Erickson, Gene Huxley, Bob Gillette, Bud Child, Mabel Prouty Don Wierda, Ki- miko Fukutaki, Swish Ogura, Russ Walker, Marilyn Cox, Ma¬ son Hamilton, Sid Brown, Jack Griffin Mel Pepping, Eva Park, Marge Wilson. C. O. Miller scholarship, Mar¬ garet Mauller; other scholar¬ ships : Margaret Hearn, Beatrice Erickson, Dorothy Babcock, Bob Braden, Jean Woodworth, Ar¬ thur Becher, Jane Pritchard, Ada Bowdish, Phillip Flynn, Mary Frances Hughes. scholarship society and the uni¬ versity* alumni association. Win¬ ner of this award was selected by a faculty committee from the best students from each of the 26 chapters of Alpha Gamma Sigma in this state. As a lower division student, Gerald earned a permanent membership in the California Scholarship Federa¬ tion, and graduated from the 12th grade with administration honors. As a college student he has made an “A” in all but one of his subjects. Nothing Less Than An ‘A’ Mr. Anderson reports that Marilyn Cox, who was awarded a tuition award by the Univer¬ sity of Southern California, has made nothing but “A’s” in all of her subjects since she en¬ tered junior high school. Other students awarded Alpha Gamma Sigma scholarships were Yen Guang Shiau, Pomona college; Ruth Baker, La Verne College, and Perry Morrison, Whittier college. U. of C. Awards The University of California awarded a $100 scholarship to Katherine Virginia Miller and a $125 scholarship to Elishewa Gutmann. On a basis of his high scholarship record, Tom Gilbert received a tuition scholarship to Caltech. Margaret Mauller, because of the promise she has shown in the field of nursing, was given the C. O. Miller scholarship to the Stanford School of Nursing. In the field of art, Jack Grif¬ fin was the recipient of a four year, $1000 award from Art Center, and Bob Rives received a scholarship to Chouinard. Margaret Hearn has been awarded a $125 tuition to Whit¬ tier college, and Beatrice Erick¬ son received a $125 tuition award from Whittier Broadoaks. Dorothy Babcock is the recipi¬ ent of a Mills college scholar¬ ship for $400. Swarthmore col¬ lege awarded a $400 scholarship to Bob Braden, and Jean Wood- worth McCullagh, received a half-tuition award from Rock¬ ford college. PJC Grads Honored PJC graduates who have re¬ ceived scholarships are: Virgil Hinshaw, '39, awarded the Bookstore scholarship at Stan¬ ford; Allen Graber, ’39, received the William R. MacDonald award at Berkeley for $385; Lawrence R. Grannis, '39, re¬ ceived a Gamble Scholarship at Stanford; and Theodore Hatlen, '29, was awarded the University Graduate Scholarship at Stan¬ ford. These are the awards made known last Thursday to Mr. An¬ derson. 1000 Students To Continue An estimated 1000 students will attend summer school on the PJC east campus this year, David Reidy, dean of the sum¬ mer session, announced recently. One hundred and nineteen courses are being offered in the humanities, life science, physi¬ cal science, business and social science departments. This num¬ ber includes 22 courses for jun¬ ior high school students. The summer session will last from June 24 to August 2 with registration on the first of these days. Through longer class per¬ iods and more concentrated study semester courses will be thoroughly covered in this time. A fee of $2.50 per unit with a maximum of $7.50 will be charged for all non-laboratory courses. High school laboratory courses will cost $10 plus de¬ posit and college lab courses $3 per unit, plus a deposit. These fees will not fall due until regis¬ tration day. Students now attending PJC may enroll for the summer ses¬ sion through their counselors. Others should contact Dean Reidy, room 140C. ’The Doll's House' Closes PJC Season Hendrik Ibsen’s famous social drama, “The Doll’s House” was the last dramatic presentation given at JC this year. It was presented last Wednes¬ day evening, under the sponsor¬ ship of Players’ Guild, directed by Patricia Peteler. In the cast which included the supervising director, George Spelvin, were Tom Lockard, Georgie Lee Gripp, Marian Sprott, Patsy Peteler, Esther Trynin and Dick McMoyler. Annual election of Players’ Guild officers was held May 5. Paul Carroll was elected presi¬ dent; Eleanor Prosser, vice- president; Lois Ijams, second vicepresident; Maxine Rogers, secretary ; Sylvester Demning, historian; Cloyd Howard, treas¬ urer. Elizabeth Flint, advisor, has urged all interested students to attend Players' Guild tryouts next semester, October 2. FACULTY BREAKFAST The fellowship committee of the faculty issued invitations this week to all faculty mem¬ bers for the farewell breakfast to be held this Friday morning at 8:30 in the west campus cafe¬ teria. This project terminates the year’s social program which the committee has provided. Mast -Dagger To Honor Sixteen Hard Working Students At Assembly 3200 Students To Be Honored In Rose Bowl Thursday Night At 7 In an impressive ceremony symbolizing gratitude for'' the privileges enjoyed by youth in a democracy, an esti¬ mated 3200 students will graduate from PJC and five jun¬ ior high schools tomorrow evening at 7 o’clock in the Rose Bowl. Choosing “The Spirit of Freedom” as theme, a student committee consiting of Howard Clapp, Barbara Place and Citizens' Advice On Public Defense And Education Asked In the belief that public- spirited citizens may have valu¬ able suggestions for the public schools in the education pro¬ gram as it relates to public de¬ fense plan, the Pasadena Teach¬ er's association has formed a committee to receive such sug¬ gestions. Chairman of the committee is Dr. William B. Langsdorf, who is also chairman of the PJC di¬ vision of social studies. Dr. Langsdorf states, “It is the firm belief of our teachers that the school provides the greatest common defense for our coun¬ try and for democratic institu¬ tions. Teachers Strive To Train Pasadena teachers have long been striving to train for effec¬ tive citizenshipin democracy. They realize that this is needed now more than ever before. They are approaching the in¬ creasing demands placed upon them with all the skill and training at their command.” Members of the committee are Dorothy Nay Brown, Esther M. Cogswell, Charles D. Howk, Bailey W. Howard, Myrtle Kurth, J. O. McClintic, Wallice Newlin, Adelaide Ticknor, Bess Tyne, Archie Wedemeyer and Elizabeth Wheeler. Dr, Langsdorf Says Dr. Langsdorf also said that “It is the though of the com¬ mittee that the objectives of civic responsibility are admir¬ ably stated by the educational policies commission of the Na¬ tional Education association. The objectives are: “ ‘Social justice, social activi¬ ty, social understanding, criti¬ cal judgment, conservation, tol¬ erance, social applications of science, world citizenship, law observance, economic literacy, political citizenship, and devo¬ tion to democracy.’ ” Student Board Eats At Earl Carroll's Completing a semester of suc¬ cessful legislative labors the board of student representatives climaxed their efforts with an annual party. The final get-to¬ gether, held at Earl Carroll’s, proved a grand "last supper.” The affair was arranged by “Spider” Webb and student of¬ ficers present included Vince and Harlan Erickson, Bob and Kitty Eastman, Louise McCast¬ line, Bill Simmons, Bill O’Don- nel, Barbara Place, Bob Gillette and William Webb. Virginia Newman working with the president Robert Gillette, and Miss Ida E. Hawes have tried to express in their plans for the exercises that which seems of the greatest worth to them — the freedom of American life. Kester Adapts Miss Katharine Kester has especially adapted a theme song for the occasion from an editor¬ ial appearing in the New York Times recently that expressed the spirit of commencement. It has been appropriately named “God of the Open Air,” after Henry Van Dyke’s famous poem. Beginning at 6:30 the Bulldog band, under the direction of Audre L. Stong will give a con¬ cert program, at 7 o’clock a trumpet call will announce the entrance of the graduates. The 14th year graduates will enter first at the south end of the Rose Bowl, followed by the si¬ multaneous entrance of the jun¬ ior high school graduates from the north and the twelfth year graduates from the south. They will sing when they are on the field and as they take their places in the grandstands. Reverend Day To Speak The invocation will be deliv¬ ered this year by Reverend Al¬ bert Day, pastor of the First Methodist church, followed by short speeches and pledges of representatives of the graduat¬ ing classes. Singing of “The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag” will be an innovation this year. The theme poem will then be read and interpreted by lighting effects and music, after which the graduates will enter upon recessional and receive their diplomas. Lights To Blaze Next will come a prayer in song by a youth chosen from the graduates, the singing of the last stanza of “My Country ’tis of Thee,” the Stars and Stripes symbolized in a blaze of pure white light reaching to the sky, the “Star Spangled Banner” and the 1940 com¬ mencement will be over. With his diploma every PJC student will receive a bid for one couple to the dance at the Civic auditorium which imme¬ diately follows the commence¬ ment. RED CROSS GETS $792 Pasadena junior college Red Cross drive netted $792 from faculty and students. When the money was turned in to the lo¬ cal chapter they could hardly be¬ lieve it to be true. “May we take this opportunity to thank all you for your en¬ thusiasm and whole hearted support,” said Hilda Chase, chairman, east campus, and Elizabeth Caulkins, chairman, west campus, emergency Red Cross First Aid corps. Junior College Girls Knit Sweaters For Destitute French Children Junior college women students, as members of the White Cross Sisters of America, are knitting sweaters and coats for refugee French children. The organization is headed by Madeline Carroll, actress, who has turned over her chateau in Other White Cross Sister groups Mary Lean, PJC students, ass the local group of 21 members, including Bernice Nadey, Helen Spansail, Jeanne Green, Lou Miles, Donola Jordan, Jo Ann Moore, Betty Farrington, Eve¬ lyn Civee, Madelyn Pyle, Su¬ zanne Chute, Florence Lowe and Margaret Ledbetter. Members meet with Miss Car- roll in Pasadena every other Friday night, although they have also met at Miss Carroll’s home in Santa Monica and sev¬ eral times at Paramount stu¬ dios. All materials for knitting are supplied by Miss Carroll. Miss Mary Lee is knitting in¬ structress. France to French war orphans, ire at UCLA and Hollywood high, isted Miss Carroll in establishing Betty Litz, Bob Morgan Win Poetry Contest Betty Litz, junior, and Bob Morgan, senior, were winners in the annual poetry recital con¬ test held recently under the di¬ rection of Miss Elizabeh E. Kep- pie. The contest, held in the social hall, wus judged by four mem¬ bers of Miss Keppie’s Adult • Verse Choir. They presented to the winners an Anthology of English and American Poetry.