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VO-MAG ISSUE
PLANNED
MARCH 18
Vol. XXVII Pasadena, California, March 6, 1936 No. 20
Bids Received By 137 At
Semi-Annual Distribution
By 26 Restrictive Clubs
New System Of Handling Bids Inaugurated By RICC
Under Leadership Of Helen Sperry; Weeks Of
Pledging To Begin For Future Members
Pledges of campus restrictive clubs were announced last Friday,
after the handing out of bids by the Restrictive Inter-Club Council
during the afternoon. Helen Sperry, president of the council, was in
charge, with a new system of handling of bids being inaugurated.
Approximately 137 students were the recipients of bids from the
Vocation
Magazine
To Issue
Walpole, Schad, Jeffers,
Woolcott, Stokowski
Are Contributors
APPEARS MARCH 18
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Books And Printing To Be
Featured In Second
Edition Soon
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The second issue of Vo-Mag,
vocational guidance magazine,
which will be circulated on the
campus and elsewhere March 18,
will include an exclusive article,
by Hugh Walpole, on the late
Rudyard Kipling. Others prominent
in their field who have been inter¬
viewed by Vo-Mag reporters or
have contributed articles are Alex¬
ander Woollcott, critic and writer;
Eric Pedley, polo player; Ward
Ritchee, distinguished printer;
Robert Schad, curator of rare
books at the Huntington library;
Ace Bragunier, sky writer; Leopold
Stowkowski, symphonic conductor;
and Robinson Jeffers, poet. .
The Encyclopedia Brittanica has
made a color plate in five colors
for the magazine of the Gutenberg
bible, which is owned by the Hun¬
tington library.
Dow Parkes, editor, estimated
that Vo-Mag, if published by a
pVofessional firm, would cost sev¬
eral thousand dollars, but because
none of the articles are paid for
and the printing and illustrating
is done at the campus printshop,
it is available to jaysee students
at 25 cents per copy. Vo-Mag has,
for the three years of its existence,
won All-American honors in the
International Scholastic Press as¬
sociation for the high quality of
its literature, art and printing.
A wire was recently received
from Random House granting Vo-
Mag permission to reprint a strik¬
ing sketch of Alexander Woollcott,
to illustrate an article of the critic
written by Carter Cordner.
The staff for the magazine in¬
cludes Dow Parkes, editor; Jane
Hazenbush, Charmaine Bliss, How¬
ell Breece, Millard Kaler, Thurman
Wilkins, Beverly Strube, Kit Cart¬
wright, Eugene Kaynor and Bill
Hull. Ned F. Stirling and Dean
of Guidance Ida E. Hawes, are ad¬
visers.
German Lore
Is Featured
Professor G. 0. Arlt, chairman
of the department of German, U.
C. L. A., spoke to German students
of this campus on the subject of
“German Folk Songs and Folk
Lore.” The talk, partly in English
and partly in German, was held in
100T, March 2, during convocation
period.
Stressing folk songs as indica¬
tors of the minds and culture of the
people who develop them, Profes¬
sor Arlt said, “Just as the fairy
story of mediaeval days is taken
as an indication of the supersti¬
tious beliefs of the common people
of that era, so will the modem pulp
magazines be taken, in future
years, as the indicator of the cul¬
ture of our age.”
г
Professor Arlt, who is making
progress in his first year on the
Westwood campus, received his B.
A., M. A. and PhD. degrees at the
University of Chicago, and has
been professor of German at that
University for a number of years,
as well as teaching at the Univer¬
sity of Indiana.
In addition to Professor Arlt’s
address, those present, who in¬
cluded the upper division German
classes, were entertained by folk¬
songs, sung by Mrs. Kathryn Bar¬
nard, a member of the faculty of
the music department here.
SEVEN INITIATED
INTO CLIO GROUP
Seven pledges were informally
initiated into Clio club, last Sat¬
urday night, at the meeting held
in Hunter house.
Those initiated were Frederica
Macafee, Howard Weakley, Jack
Hinchman, Donald C. Campbell,
Elaine Nehrich, Phyllis Newmyer
and Joy DeLonge.
The next meeting of the organi¬
zation will be held March 28, when
Herbert Hoover, Jr., son of the
former president of the United
States, will be invited to attend
and speak, say club officials. For¬
mal initiation will also take place
at this meeting.
To Lecture
Professor John Bennett, theologi¬
an, who will speak in a series of
lectures at Caltech, under the
joint sponsorship of the Y. W.
C. A. and the Y. M. C. A.
Theologian To
Review Value
In’Y’ Lectures
John Bennett Will Speak
For Organizations In
Talk Series
John Bennett, systematic theolo¬
gian and Young people’s counselor,
will speak under the sponsorship
of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,
on the afternoons of March 9, 10
and 11, in Dabney Hall, at Caltech,
from 3:30 to 5:00 in the afternoon.
Mr. Bennett’s talks will review
the subject of “Ultimate Values in
Personal Living.” The talks, ac¬
cording to Margaret Munn, Y. W.
representative in charge of the se¬
ries of speeches, are for the bene¬
fit of any student on this campus,
with a charge of 25c for the three
lectures.
Well Qualified
Professor Bennett is well-quali¬
fied to deal with modern problems,
say “Y” members, because of the
forcefulness of both his spoken and
written pieces. He is one of the
youngest systematic theologians of
this country, and his vigor of style
marks him as one who will be a
definite influence on the thoughts
and lives of many students of
this country.
Holding graduate degrees from
I Oxford university and Union The¬
ological Seminary, Mr. Bennett has
taught at Union and is now an
associate professor of Christian
Theology at Auburn Theological
Seminary. In his various activities,
he has contributed to many maga¬
zines, and he recently was a con¬
tributor to the book, “The Younger |
Churchmen Look at the Church.”
Sell Tickets
Tickets, which are 25 cents for
the three talks can be obtained
from either members of the Y. M.
C. A. or the Y. W. C. A. “We hope
to assure Professor Bennett of a
full group during his talks, and
wish that all students interested
would be present, for we know he j
has something of very definite val¬
ue to offer them,” said Miss Munn.
Annual Talk
To Be Given
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman, assistant
professor of chemistry at Caltech,
will speak at the ninth annual Far¬
aday lecture, to be held March 2,
in the Muir Tech auditorium, ac¬
cording to the announcement of
plans last week.
George W. Josten, chairman of
the Faraday Committee, in announ¬
cing the plans, said that although
the exact title of the lecture has
not as yet been announced, Dr.
Beckman’s field is in Ionization
and Photochemistry, and that his
talk will have a practical applica¬
tion. The talk will probably center
around his organization of the
“Beckman Acidimeter.”
Preceding the talk, to be held
in the Muir auditorium, there will
be a dinner in the Tech cafeteria,
with Dr. and Mrs. Beckman as
guests of honor. Members of the
lecture and dinner committee will
attend the dinner.
OPERA TO BE GIVEN
The latest good news for music
lovers . is the production of the
“Barber of Seville,” will be pre¬
sented Sunday evening at 8:15 p.
m., March 1, at the Community
Playhouse.
This same company gave a splen¬
did performance of “Aida” and
many more like entertainments.
twenty-six organizations, and the-*-
same number accepted the pro- (
ferred invitation. Amphion was the
only group that did not send bids
to anyone. Acceptance dinners and
pledging ceremonies have been held
on the evenings immediately fol¬
lowing the bidding ceremony, and
all but one club have a list of new
pledges.
Pledge Period
For the next few weeks, new
members of the fraternities and
sororities will go through a period
of pledging during which time
pledges will not receive the bene¬
fits of full membership to their
respective organizations.
Last Friday’s procedure was the
culmination of several weeks of in¬
tensive rushing of future members.
Affairs during the four week per¬
iod, included all forms of parties
and entertainment features.
In carrying out the new system
of bid distribution, the recipient
of a call-slip to the Dean of Wom¬
en’s office, wrote on a form his or
her three preferences, receiving
only one bid in the order of prefer¬
ence. No fourth choice was allowed.
In former semesters, the total
number of bids that a student was
to receive were given to him. This
new system, however, was devised
by the Club Council to abolish con¬
fusion under the old system.
List New Members
Pledges of the clubs, as an¬
nounced by the Restrictive Inter-
Club Council, and checked by the
Dean’s office, last Wednesday, are
as follows:
Abracadabra
Kathleen Reid, Jean Melges,
Margaret Thompson, Betsy Junker
and Marjorie Bunting .
Aeolian
Rhoda Ann Williams, Eveleth
(Continued on Page Two)
Shakespeare
Tilt Told Of
To celebrate the birthday of Wil¬
liam Shakespeare on April 23, the
Sixteenth Annual Shakespearian
Festival between senior high
schools and junior colleges will be
held this year on Saturday, April
25, at Occidental college, under
the direction of the Speech Arts
Association of Southern California.
All upper division students wish¬
ing to enter this contest from Pasa-
dent junior college should choose
thirty lines from any Shakesper-
ian play interpreting two or more
characters. Give your selection to
Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie in 1C
not later than March 11.
Each school is allowed one boy
and one girl representative. No
person who has taken a winning
place in the finals and any previous
Festival may again enter the same
section. Representatives will be
assigned to sectional programs ac¬
cording to the classification and
size of the schools from which they
come. If necessary, additional di¬
visions may be made according to
the type of selection presented.
Suitable recognition will be given
each representative appearing on
these programs. One representative
will be chosen from each section
to appear on the afternoon pro¬
gram held at 2 o’clock in the after¬
noon.
Y.M.C.A CHAPTER
HOLDS MEETING
Chapter Z, of the local chapter
of the Y. M. C. A. sponsored a
meeting at the downtown “Y”
building last Thursday. The meet¬
ing was opened by President Wel-
son Powers, and a short business
meeting followed the discussion of
a private boys’ school in which the
local “Y” has a particular interest.
As the evening progressed those
present were entertained by piano
selections by Paul Ciulhe.
. Paul Somers, club adviser,, in¬
troduced the speaker of the eve¬
ning, Arthur Cone, world traveler
and lecturer, around whom was
centered the main part of the meet¬
ing. His address contained stories
of his experiences inforeign coun¬
tries. Starting out alone with 30
dollars, Mr. Cone completely en¬
circled the globe and arrived in
the United States with twenty-sev¬
en dollars and some cents left.
Cotton And
Cord’ Dance
Is Scheduled
New Students Invited
To Attend Y.W.C.A.,
Y.M.C.A. Party
Amid a rustic atmosphere, a
“Cord and Cotton” barn dance will
be staged in the men’s gym tonight,
at 7:30, for the new students who
enrolled in February. It is being
sponsored by members of the Y.
M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Frank
Vane and his orchestra, who have
played at numerous dances and are
best known for their engagement
at the Masonic temple in Sierra
Madre, will provide the music.
Bids to the dance have been sent
through the message office to the
644 students who have enrolled this
year for the first time. Those who
have not yet received their bids,
which are free, may obtain them
at either of the “Y” offices. Ad¬
mission is by bid only.
President Welson Powers of the
Y. M. C. A. said that the well-
known radio team of Jack Culp and
Lloyd Larson will entertain during
intermissions with their hillbilly
tunes, that, several old-time square
dances will be held and that cider i
and doughnuts will be served.
The committees for the frolic
are as follows: publicity, Peter Hil¬
ler; decorations, Betty Backus
and Andrew Brown; refreshments,
Mary Alyce Wright, Carol Getty
and Frank Goble; program, Bill
Newbold and Catherine O’Dell.
I Guests of honor will include Dr.
and Mrs. John W. Harbeson, Miss
Catherine J. Robbins, Mr. and
Mrs. Olie G. Dressier, and the ad¬
visers of the Y. M. C. A. and Y.
W. C. A.
Officers request that those at¬
tending should wear cords and cot¬
ton and enter into the spirit.
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Air Program
Is Presented
Sparks of genius glowed when
students of the music and dramatic
departments of Pasadena junior
college broadcast a program or ori¬
ginal compositions and poems over
station KPPC, Wednesday evening,
February 26.
Billy Handenschild played an ori¬
ginal piano composition, “The
Dance of the Living Dead.” The
mixed quartet, Eunice Throne,
Ruth Haworth, Harold Cleveland
and Stanley Taft, .sang a chorale
for mixed voices, composed by
Mary Trautwein. Maryjean Vose-
ipka played three original piano
numbers, the composition of which
was inspired by the “Tempest.”
For the literary portion of the
program students read original
poems, representing creative work
of the English department. Ruth-
anne Marble read “The Optimist,”
by Marjorie Parker, “School Girl’s
Romance,” by Charmaine Bliss, and
“A Visit,” by Margaret Burkhold¬
er. Rosalie Meub read her contri¬
butions, “A Prayer,” and “Day-
Dreams.”
Clarence Black played the indis-
pensible part of the announcer.
This program was one of a se¬
ries, which has been presented over
the radio by various schools. Pasa¬
dena junior college will take her
part again, April 22 and May 27.
NEW MEMBERS ARE
INITIATED TO CLUB
Initiation of new members oc-
cured at the first meeting of the
Triple S club, Pasadena junior col- ,
lege discussion group, held at the,
home of Priscilla Moerdyke, 1025
S. Madison avenue, Friday, Feb¬
ruary 28. Seven new members were
initiated. Four other new members
were not able to attend this meet¬
ing.
Robert Hansen was elected presi¬
dent of the club in the election
which followed the initiation.
Others elected were as follows:
Dona Eifenbliss, vice-president;
Thurston Sydner, secretary; and
Bethany Todd, treasurer.
Leads Group
Milton C. Mohs, director of the
symphony orchestra, who will
wield the baton in assembly, this
morning, in the Men’s Gymnasi¬
um.
Instructor
Lectures On
Advertising
Dr. Max de Laubenfels
Says Advertising Is
Largely Lies
Dr. Max W. de Laubenfels, Pasa¬
dena junior college biology instruc¬
tor, gave an address last Monday
on “How to Make a Sucker Out of
Barnum.” The occasion was the re¬
strictive convocation of the morn¬
ing of March 2, in the men’s gym.
Before an audience of 800 stu¬
dents and teachers, Dr. de Lauben¬
fels explained how a college edu¬
cation can “make a sucker out of
the ‘Barnum’ who uses unethical
methods in advertising.” He said,
“A college education is of real
value in determining the false
from the true advertisments.”
However, the biologist and for¬
mer Chicago advertising agent pre¬
sented the good as well as the bad
aspects of advertising. Dr. de
Laubenfels declared, “Advertising
has done, and is doing considerable
worthwhile work, in that it raises
the high standards of living by
introducing new and useful inven¬
tions and discoveries to the Ameri¬
can public. It also helps to main¬
tain a high standard of quality
through keener competition, as well
as lower the cost of production in
providing ready markets for goods,
thus cutting out “standing ex¬
penses” and “selling time.”
In his discussion of some of the
more unfavorable points of adver¬
tising, Dr. de Laubenfels spoke of
the fact that when equal competi-
(Continued on Page Two )
UNIVERSITY^ SHOWS
ARCHITECT EXHIBIT
Architectural drawings hanging
in the halls of the technology
building are examples of the work
of students of the School of Ar¬
chitecture of U. S. C., under the
sponsorship of T-Square, archi¬
tects’ organization. The pictures
were put up Monday and will hang
until this afternoon.
The pictures, loaned through A.
C. Weatherhead, dean of architec¬
ture at U. S. C., include work of
former Pasadena junior college stu¬
dents. Boyd Georgi and Jack De-
Long, former A. M.S. president,
are the students.
Week’s News
NEWS
Symphony orchestra to play in
assembly in men’s gym this morn¬
ing. Page 1.
* * *
Restrictive Club bids and pledges
are announced by Restrictive In¬
ter-Club council. Page 1.
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Vo-Mag- out March 18, to feature
books and printing. Page 1.
★ * *
Amateur Program and Fashion
Show to be features of future as¬
semblies. Page 2.
★ ★ ★
League of Nations contest still
open to students. Page 2.
★ ★ ★
FEATURES
Places of entertainment, recom¬
mended to student, listed by writer.
Page 4.
★ ★ ★
SPORTS
Varsity to send team to Long
Beach relays tomorrow. Page 3.
* * *
Jaysee baseball teams open sea¬
son with double win. Page 3.
Symphony
Orchestra
Will Play
Group Will Perform At
Today’s Assembly In
Men’s Gym
MEMBERSHIP IS 119
‘Polovetsin Dances,’ ‘On
The Trail,’ on Program
Of Musicale
Directed by Symphony Orches¬
tra Instructor Milton C. Mohs, the
119 members of the symphony or¬
chestra will be featured at the as¬
sembly this morning, at 10 a. m., in
the men’s gym.
The orchestra will interpret sev¬
eral selections among which will
be “On the Trail,” by Ferde Grofe,
which depicts a cowboy driving a
team of mules over the mountain
trails of Arizona; an arrangement
of the favorite Rudolf Friml com¬
positions, also by Ferde Grofe; and
the “Polovetsin Dances” by Boro¬
din.
Quartet Plays
The string quartet members will
play at the Shakespeare club next
Tuesday. The quartet is composed
of Ruth Hewitt, first violin; Grace
Eleanor Wood, second violin; Edna
Hamm, viola and Mary Tweed, cel¬
lo. The quartet is coached by Mr.
Mohs.
Last Wednesday morning the
symphony aggregation was well re¬
ceived at Muir Tech, where a con¬
cert was presented under the baton
of Mr. Mohs. During the course of
this concert the orchestra played
the numbers that it will present
today in assembly as well as sev¬
eral heavier works rehearsed for
the concert that was presented re¬
cently at the Civic auditorium.
The orchestra was organized in its
present form over four years ago
and has had a successful growth to
its present size and achievements.
Names Listed
The members of the orchestra
are as follows:
David Allchin, John Ashcraft,
Jane Baker, Bill Bayley, Honor
Beecroft, Bert Boyer, Lawrence
Bridgeman, Cherie Broadbent,
Lindsey Broadbent, Miriam Brooks,
Herbert Brown, June Brown, Ber¬
keley Bryant, Beth Bullard, Linnea
Burman, Virginia Burnham, Joan
Burrows, Gordon Cannon, Alex
Cartwright.
Margaret Chester, Jimmie Cod-
ron, Fritz Daenitz, LaVeme Deign-
ton, Paul Douglas, Marjorie Dri-
(Continued on Page Two)
Guild Tryouts
Results Told
The following have been pledged
into Players’ Guild after the try¬
outs held February 26: Marjorie
Twomey, Barbara McCullough,
Mary Henry, Granville Trout, Al¬
bert Spehr, Charles Lesher, Ray-
linn Pattison, William Burke, Rob¬
ert Hansen, Edward Crofut.
Nineteen men and women tried
out and surprisingly more men con¬
tested than women. According to
Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, adviser
of Players’ Guild, this was the best
try-out ever held, more talent was
revealed, and the members were
more satisfied with results.
Informal initiation of the pledges
will take place on Friday, March
13, at Jane Clary’s home, formal
initiation, Friday, March 20. Plans
are being made for the Spring for¬
mal dance to be sponsored by the
Players’ Guild and an excursion to
the Community Playhouse later in
I the year.
The officers for this semester
are president, Raymond Frey; vice-
president, Jane Clary; secretary,
Clarky Sharp; treasurer, Don Nee¬
ly-
Neophytes will be informally in¬
itiated at Friendship town on Fri¬
day, March 13 at seven o’clock in
the evening. All members report
to Jane Clary before Monday,
March 9.
ST. PATRICK’S HOP
TICKETS ON SALE
Bids in green and silver are now
being sold by all Spartan members
for 25 cents a couple for their
dance to be held on Friday, March
20 in the men’s gym. The hop is
under the direction of Marge Bet-
tannier, Spartan president.
An orchestra has not yet been
selected, but the orchestra commit¬
tee, under Alta Paquette, chairman,
is to choose one soon. Decorations
which will carry out a St. Patrick’s
day theme are under the direction
of Helen Sperry.