Pasadena Chronicle, March 12, 1937

EASTER HOP IS MONDAY AFTERNOON JtelUlClUl Chronicle FINALS OF TOURNEY ARE SLATED Vol. XXVIII Pasadena, California, March 12, 1937 No. 25 Bulldog Organization Heads North For Concerts Easter Is Dollar Shower Provides Funds For Trip Convocation, Davis-Hall Theme Of Class Hop Senior, Sophomore Classes Sponsor Annual Matinee Dance At Civic BIDS AT *25 CENTS Merle Carlson’s Orchestra Slated To Play For Informal Affair With Easter as their theme, the senior and sophomore classes will sponsor their annual Spring dance in the Gold Room of the Civic auditorium on Monday, March 15. Traditionally a matinee dance, the affair will be held from 3:30 o’clock until 5:30. The dance will be infor¬ mal, and, in keeping- with the sea¬ son, the title chosen for the affair by the councils of the two classes is “Easter Parade.” Merle Carlson and his orchestra will provide the music for dancing. Jack Stocking, president of the senior class, and Henry Swafford, sophomore class president, who have charge of the general ar¬ rangements, plan to make this fete a gala occasion. Members of the sophomore and senior classes are entitled to attend the dance, accord¬ ing to Swafford, and may purchase their bids for the affair from mem¬ bers of the senior and sophomore councils. Bids, which may be pur¬ chased for 25 cents a couple, are also on sale in the Student Union building. Dividing the various duties con¬ nected with the dance, the seniors took charge of the bids, refresh¬ ments and orchestra, and the soph¬ omores took charge of the decora¬ tions and publicity for the affair. At the first council meetings of the semester, the two classes elected their own heads to take charge of the various committees. For the senior class, the committees and their heads are bids, Jack Stock¬ ing; orchestra, Bob Stapleton; and refreshments, Eloise Jones. The committees coming under the direc¬ tion of the sophomore class are Barbara Lombard and Barbara Burtt, posters; Stellanne Lotz and Merilyn Nutt, Chronicle; and Phyl¬ lis Wilson and Muriel Purdon, dec¬ orations. “Following a week of triad ex¬ aminations, we know that every senior and sophomore student will welcome this chance for a bit of afternoon relaxation,” said Stock¬ ing and Sw'afford in a joint state¬ ment. Vo-Mag Sales Contest Told Winning by a 23-sales majority over the sophomore class in the recent Vo-Mag sales contest the senior class will now challenge the juniors — winners of the contest which the freshmen held the first semester— to the final tourney, ac¬ cording to Jack Stocking, senior class president. This_ will decide the class championship, the win¬ ners to receive a trophy in honor of their success. Modem Arts is to he the theme of the next and final issue of Vo- Mag this year, and the magazine will be published April 21, accord¬ ing to Carter Cordner, editor. Ar¬ ticles for this issue have not yet been assembled, but plans include material on automotive and air¬ plane design, textile manufacturing, interior decoration, architecture, sculpture, painting and etching. “It is to be an issue dealing with art and its use in every field of pres¬ ent day endeavor,” said Cordner. Persons interested in working on the Vo-Mag staff should get in •touch with Carter Cordner by the end of this week as staff positions are now being assigned. DELTA PSI OMEGA INVITES PLEDGES Clad in traditional caps and gowns, officers of Delta Psi Omega, honorary drama group, formally initiated six new pledges at a meet¬ ing held last Saturday evening at the -home of Severine Callahan, club historian. As part of the initiation, cuttings from various plays were given by the pledges. Alumni who attended were Bernard Melekian, Lita Hus¬ ton and Vivian Andre. Combined Symphonic Band Will Play For San Francisco Music Conference In Tour By Howard Steinwinter Pasadena junior college’s combined symphonic band, with approximately eighty-five to ninety-one members, will leave the Crown city early Friday morning, the 19th of March, on a prolonged journey during which seven programs will be given in as many different California cities. The climax and prin- Conventions Attended By V ciple purpose of the trip, accord¬ ing to Audre L. Stong, band lead¬ er, will be the engagement at the opening of the California Western Music conference in San Francis¬ co, where the band will play at the Fairmont hotel. ‘Balboa’ Will Be Theme of Dr. Harbeson Pasadena Schools Praised By Rainey, Education Survey Director Representing Pasadena junior college, Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal, attended a convention of the National Educational associa¬ tion, held in New Orleans during the week of February 19, and a two-day conference of the Ameri- canAssoci ation of Junior Colleges, can Association of Junior Colleges, to 27, at Dallas. At the National Educational con¬ vention Dr. John A. Sexson, super¬ intendent of the Pasadena schools, presented a life membership in the association to John Dewey, Ameri¬ can philosopher. At Dallas, the main speaker was Dr. Homer P. Rainey, director of the National Survey of Youth of the American Council on Education, who announced that the age of em¬ ployability is gradually receding, and because of this, a great re¬ sponsibility is thrown upon the jun¬ ior colleges who must meet this need. Dr. Rainey continued that, m meeting this need, the best form of organization is that of the Pasa¬ dena school system, the 6-4-4 plan. Department Fights Colds As a precautionary measure •guarding the health of students in the school, the health department here is asking that all people who have been absent from school for one day or more call for their ab¬ sence petitions at the attendance office immediately upon re-entering school. In this way, all students who may have been out with pos¬ sibly contagious diseases can be sent to the health office at once for examination to determine whether or not they can return to their classes without endangering the health of other students, according to Miss Ethel A. Fisher, school nurse. ... “Few students realize that a great many contagious diseases start with the common cold,” said Miss Fisher. “For this reason, every student with a cold should be particularly careful and should see the doctor or nurse before re¬ turning to classes.” _ Returning by way of San Jose and Santa Barbara, the band will arrive in Pasadena on Thursday, March 25, at the completion of the greatest trip the organization has taken in four years. All mothers and fathers of Pasa¬ dena junior college students, as ! well as all citizens who take per- 1 sonal pride in the band are urged ! to contribute a dollar to the fund being raised to help pay the neces¬ sarily large expenses incurred in such a trip. This “dollar shower” fund is being sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and although it will be possible for the band to make the journey anyhow — the necessary five hundred dol¬ lars coming from the student body fund — such contributions will help greatly to promote the general wel¬ fare of the trip. All persons wish¬ ing to contribute may send or mail their money to the San Francisco fund, care of the student bank. A special train will be chartered for the trip, and besides the stu¬ dents in the band, will be able to accomodate at least twenty-five or more friends and parents who wish to make the trip. For those wish¬ ing to do so, the sum of nineteen dollars will be charged, exclusive of meals. The money includes all transportation and sleeping accom¬ odations. Those planning to make the trip are urged to submit their applications as early as possible to Mr. Stong. As previously mentioned, the trip will be the first of such a length for the band in four years. It is formally titled a Spring Con¬ cert tour and will not cancel the usual shorter trips the organiza¬ tion makes annually. Leaving Friday morning, the band will play its first engagement Friday evening at Bakersfield high, in Bakersfield. Following, on Sat¬ urday night the band will play at Fresno, from where they will move to play at the Municipal auditorium in San Francisco, Sunday after¬ noon, March 21. The afternoon en¬ gagement does not conclude the schedule for Sunday, however, for the same evening the band will be heard in the Municipal auditorium in Oakland. The next day, Monday, March 22, comes the high spot of the trip as the organization responds to an invitation to play at the opening of the California Western Music conference. Afterwards, on the ( Continued on Page Three) POTLUCK SUPPER ■ GIVEN BY CLUB MRICC Dance Council To Sponsor Hop At University Club Next Saturday Presenting a “Balboa” theme, the Men’s Restrictive Inter-Club council will sponsor their annual dance at the University club, 175 North Oakland, next Saturday night, at 8:30 o’clock. The affair will be semi-formal, according to Jack Anderson, secretary of the council and chairman for the eve¬ ning. Advisers of all men’s restric¬ tive clubs will be honored guests as well as Dean of Women Cath¬ erine J. Robbins, and J. P. O’Mara, dean of men. __ Are In Charge Milton Wopschall is in charge of the bids which carry out the “Bal¬ boa” motif and which are on sale at the Student Union building or which may be obtained from re¬ strictive club members. The dance will be open only to restrictive club members. Glen Peters’ orchestra will provide the music for the dance, and entertainment will be furnished by professional talent. Elwood Martin is in charge of these features. Decorations are al¬ so being handled by student com¬ mittees. According to Bill Phelps, presi¬ dent of the M.R.I.C.C. council, “This dance is annually sponsored by the council and we hope to make the affair a great success.” A.M.S. Council Has Meeting Members of the Associated Men Students’ council held a meeting last night at the home of Dean of Men J. P. O’Mara for the purpose of discussing intra-mural sports and the coming stag, according to Vernon Leif, A. M. S. president. “Basketball, the now featured intra-mural sport, held an impor¬ tant part in the discussion, while plans for the stag, which will be held after Easter, were also gone into thoroughily,” said Leif. Definite arrangements have been made to feature professional base¬ ball players at the stag, and also on the program will be a wrestling match between Pat Pattison, of Pasadena junior college, and an unknown grappler. MOTHER DAUGHTER DINNER SCHEDULED - ♦ - ' Under the direction of Shirley Smith the annual A. W. S. Mother and Daughter banquet will be held at the Shakespeare club, Thursday, April 8, at 6 p. m. In keeping with the spring season the theme of the banquet will be Japanese and will be carried out by Jessica Koyama, decoration chairman, with cherry blossoms. . Entertainment will be furnished by Bauble and Bells, presenting a short play under the direction of Miss Katherine Kester. Tickets for the affair will be 50 cents apiece. Jane Hazenbush and Margaret Arnold are in charge of publicity for the banquet. Held in conjunction with the Westminster club of L.A.J.C., the Pasadena chapter participated in a snow party at Mount Baldy Febru¬ ary 27. The regular monthly meet¬ ing of the Westminster club was held at a potluck supper in the tea room of the Pasadena Presbyterian church March 3, where Stanley F. George spoke on “The Measure of a Man.” At a joint meeting of the Pasa¬ dena J. C. and L. A. J. C. clubs an excursion was held, Saturday, March 6, in which the members visited the “Goodwill” 'and the “All Nations,” charitable institutions in Los Angeles. A pot luck supper was held at the Kirk-House tea room on Wed¬ nesday, March 10, by the P.J.C. and L.A.J.C. clubs. PLAYERS GUILD TO ATTEND PLAYHOUS Following a pot-luck dinner, members of the Players’ Guild will attend a performance of “Lost Horizons” at the Community Play¬ house next Friday evening. The dinner will be' held at the home of Peter Prouse, 935 Poppy street, Altadena, at 6:30. Formal initiation of new mem¬ bers was held during assembly period last week, followed by a tea at which one act of the play, “Be¬ linda,” by A. A. Milne, was pre¬ sented. Those initiated were James Laird, Joseph Landisman, Edwin Morgan, Henry Smith, Kay Snyder, Josephine Merrill, Natalie Graveson and Harlan Swan. Oratorical Contest W ill Be On Monday Morning - — ♦ - Same Time Calls For Two Meetings, As Speaker^ Contest In Thirtieth Annual Competition For Upper And Lower Division Honors - 4. - Completing the thirtieth year of annual competition at the Pasa¬ dena junior college, the finals of this year’s Davis-Hall Oratorical contest will be held next Monday, March 15, during convocation per¬ iod, in the women's gym, according to Mrs. Irene Sage Peters, speech School Will Not Sponsor Balboa Trips Says Dean Chaperonage or other respon¬ sibility for student house par- lies for week-ends or vacations will not be assumed by Pasa¬ dena junior college, it was an¬ nounced last Monday by the Pasadena junior college admin¬ istration. According to Miss Catherine J. Robbins-, dean of women, some organizations have in¬ stalled regulations for the con¬ trol of their own members, but as other groups or individuals are often involved, it is not pos¬ sible to control the whole situ¬ ation. “This matter has been dis¬ cussed seriously by faculty, stu¬ dent and community organiza¬ tions,” said Miss Robbins, “but no satisfactory solution has been found.” Letters will not be mailed to parents of club members this year. School Gives Scholarships Twelve $300 Awards To Be Included in Honors For the purpose of determining the winners of 24 scholarships which are being offered by the University of Chicago, a competi¬ tive examination will be held here on Saturday, April 24, under the direction of John A. Anderson, dean of records. The examination will last about three hours, accord¬ ing to Mr. Anderson. Twelve awards of $300 each and 12 of $150 each will be made on the basis of competitive examination, and 13 awards of $300 each and 13 $150 scholarships will be awarded on the basis of the student’s academic record and the recommendation of the junior college from which the student has graduated. Eight awards are being offered by Stanford and will be chosen by competition. Six of these are for students entering as freshmen, the other two for juniors. Each of these awards amounts to $300. On the basis of scholastic record and personality, one award for $1000 will be made to a student en¬ tering Yale as a freshman. The awTard allows the student $250 a year for four years. Six awards which will cover the expenses of the freshman year are being given by Harvard on the basis of past school record and a competitive examination. Week’s News NEWS Symphonic band plans trip to northern cities to play seven con¬ certs, music convention in San Francisco is last stop. Page lv Finals in Davis-Hall oratorical contest are slated for next Mon¬ day morning during convocation period. Page 1. Annual Easter matinee dance slated for Monday afternoon, with Merle Carlson’s orchestra furnish¬ ing music. Page 1. Terminal courses importance told by administration. Page 3. Fifth annual Toastmasters’ con¬ test, Redlands debate tourney, to be entered by Pasadena speech stu¬ dents. Page 3. FEATURES Spring fashion parade reviewed by Carol Chic. Newest in perfumes told. Page 2. SPORTS Bulldog tracksters plan competi¬ tion with Santa Barbara, Loyola, Chapman college on Horrel! field tomorrow. teacher m charge of the tourna¬ ment. With three students from the lower division and three from the up-per division entered in the finals, this year’s contest is considered by authorities as a very represen¬ tative result of the general in¬ terest in public speaking now pres¬ ent in the student body, since over 30 other candidates have been elim¬ inated by the six finalists. “This interest in the contest is very grat¬ ifying to us, because one of the original purposes in founding the tournament was to create an inter¬ est in public speaking among the members of the student body,” said Mrs. Peters, concerning the tourney. Peace Is Topic With the general topic of the speeches as “Peace,” the three low¬ er division contestants, with their specific subject titles, are as fol¬ lows: Bruce Jessup, “Economic Peace;” Virginia Kallshian, “The Returns of War;” and Wendall Thompson, “Peace and Patriot¬ ism.” Upper division entrants and their topics are, Manuelo Gambito, “Victories of Peace;” Joseph Lan¬ disman, “America’s Obligation;” and Helen Vaughn, “From Mars to the Master.” Although the list of judges was not available this week, Miss Kath¬ erine Kenaga, social science teach¬ er, will be among those on the fac¬ ulty committee to judge the final¬ ists. Donate Medals One upper division member and one from the lower division will be chosen from among the six competing finalists to receive med¬ als which are donated annually by the late M. W. Davis and J. Her¬ bert Hall, who started the contest as a means of arousing more in¬ terest in public speaking at this school. This tournament has been sponsored by the pair since 1907. The finals of the contest, to be held Monday, were moved up to ( Continued on Page Three) ‘YWTVHold Irish Dinner Open to all men students at Pas¬ adena junior college, a St. Patrick’s dinner will be given on Wednesday, March 17, at the downtown “Y” and will be sponsored by the jun¬ ior college division of the Young Men’s Christian association. According to Bill Davis^ chair¬ man of the banquet, “the dinner will not be a benefit affair, and every person attending will receive his 35 cents worth of food, besides an excellent program. An interest¬ ing discussion will follow.” J. P. O’Mara, dean of men, has promised to be on hand to give a St. Patrick’s speech appropriate to the occasion. “The professional entertainment will feature a team of Irish jig¬ gers,” said Davis. “In case possible 1 banquet members do not know what an Irish jig is, it is remotely related to the Highland fling.” According to Jim Morgan, presi¬ dent of the Y. M. C. A. club, the following 11 boys were formally initiated at a business meeting held Wednesday, March 3. They are Elmer Preston, Edwin Pickett, Dick Mott, Peter Paulson, Glenn j McWilliams, Wendall Thompson, John Cole, Henry Webber, Bob Powell, Gordon Smith and Jim McAfee. Tickets for the banquet are now available from any Y. M. C. A. member. SPARTANS INVITE FACULTY TO DINE Holding their annual faculty din¬ ner, the Spartans will meet at the home of Rachel Williams, treasurer of the organization, on Thursday, April 1, at 6:00 o’clocq in the eve¬ ning. The faculty dinner is held once each year by the honorary girls’ organization, and a member of the faculty is invited by each