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Vol.
XXII
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 13, 1931
No. 21
JOHN W. HARBESON PRESENTS
LIFE C. S. F. MEMBERSHIP PINS
—4—
Life Emblems Given to Honor Students in Assembly Today;
Singers From Music Department Present Program;
Catherine Allen Gives Reading
PICK FINALISTS
FOR CONTEST
— f —
Allen, Grose, Sanderhoff, and
Phelps in Constitution
Finals
— 4~
Catherine Allen, William
Grose, Lubert Sanderhoff, and
Joe Phelps were singled out in
the lower division Constitu¬
tion contest preliminaries last
Tuesday and chosen to com¬
pete in the finals during club
period next Wednesday. The
winners were closely pressed
by Luke Smith and Henry
Page, the other entrants.
Fifteen dollars will be awarded
to the one judged best in the finals,
while the second place winner will
receive 10. The final victor will
also be granted the privilege of
representing Pasadena in the sec¬
tional contest at Glendale April 24.
Competition will be furnished by
orators from seven other high
schools chosen by elimination from
50 Southern California schools.
Judges of the tryouts were Miss
Katherine J. Kenega, Clinton O.
Bay, and Miss Katherine Fleming,
all of the social science depart¬
ment. The speakers were judged
on the content of their oration, de¬
livery, and their fitness to appear
in the higher stages of the contest.
Extemporaneous speeches were not
given at the tryouts, but will be
required in the finals.
Arlene Ringle, secretary of lower
division oral arts, presided at the
contest.
Seventeen students, nine men and eight women, received
the official pin of the California Scholarship Federation in
assembly this morning. J. W. Harbeson, junior college prin¬
cipal, presented the emblems.
These students have become life members of the state¬
wide organization of which there are now 212 chapters in
‘the leading high schools of Cali¬
fornia.
Two February graduates who
received pins are Josephine Kisser
and Richard Rust. The others,
June graduates, are: Rollin Ben¬
nett, Margaret Dilworth, Sydney
Edward, Montie Glover, Bruce
Hicks, Malcolm Jayred, Jean Mc-
j Crea, Edria McDole, Perry Moer-
dyke, Caroline Paulson, Ellen San¬
derhoff, Cecil Shirar, Luke Smith,
Audrey Wishard, Talitha Young¬
blood.
In order to earn life member-
GUILD TO GIVE
PLAY SCENES
Group to Present Bits From
Shakespeare Plays
March 24
The Shakespeare Division of the
Players’ Guild has been requested
to present a half hour of scenes
March 24 at the Pasadena Shake¬
speare club.
Scenes from “Romeo and Juliet”
and “Othello” are being worked on
and the casts of each are giving
much time to their perfection. The
cast for Romeo and Juliet has not
as yet been definitely settled. Two
groups who are working on the
same scene in Othello are: Mar¬
garet Gardner and Phyllis Gillice,
and Lila West and Mildred Han-
niff.
The Othello scene cast includes:
Graydon Spaulding as Brabandto;
John Krumm, Roderigo; Carl Ti-
vel, Iago; Beth Porter, Deedemona;
Harold Constantion, Duke of Ven¬
ice; and John Garver as Othello.
The scene has been directed by Carl
Tivel under the supervision of Miss
Elizabeth E. Keppie.
Presentation of scenes at tlhe
Shakespeare club is, according to
Graydon Spaulding, president of
the guild, a distinct honor, espe¬
cially when such scenes are re¬
quested. “It aids the guild in fur¬
thering its dramatic reputation
and gives occasion for individual
excellence on the part of its mem¬
bers.”
(Continued on Page S)
DEBATERS MEET
TIGER TALKERS
— f—
Harry Fite, Catherine Moon
to Represent Local
School
— 4—
Lower division debaters will
journey to South Pasadena on
Wednesday, March 25, and defend
the negative of the question, “Re¬
solved: That college education ..or
the masses should be discouraged.”
Pasadena will be represented bv
Harry Fite and Catherine Moon.
An unusual debate, in that each
team will be composed of three
men, is planned with Franklin high
for April 15. Paul Manning, Joe
Phelps, and Milford Fish of Pasa¬
dena will argue for the adoption
of a uniform divorce law.
Another after vacation debate
has’ been agreed upon with San
Diego. Although the date has not
definitely been decided upon,, the
clash will take place at San Diego.
“A Wedding” lo Be Given In
Playhouse Contest Finals
Chosen as one of the five final¬
ists, Bauble and Bells comedy, “A
Wedding,” will be presented in the
Pasadena Community Playhouse
one-act play tournament to be heid
at 8:15 Monday night, March 1G,
at the Playhouse.
In the junior high division two
schools from Pasadena placed,
John Marshall junior high pre¬
senting “At the Junction”; and
McKinley junior high giving “Wie¬
nies on Wednesday.”
In the high school division, John
Muir Tech presented “Canterbury
Triangle”; Redlands high school,
“Giant’s Stair”; and P. J. C„ “A
Wedding.”
“A great deal of support is need¬
ed for our play and an enthusiastic
crowd of boosters will help,” ac
cording to Jean MoCrae, lower di¬
vision dramatics manager. “A bril¬
liant performance by all the en¬
trants is expected and a show
worth while is in store.”
Tickets are 50 cents and $1 and
may be procured at any time from
Jean.
“We need all the support we can
get for this big performance. It
will mean a lot for our school to
be winners, for a lovely trophy is
to be given away,” states Miss
Katherine Kester, director of the
club.
Judges for the preliminaries
were Catherine Turney, stage di¬
rector and author; Miss Ada For¬
man, dancer ; Laddie Knudson, pro¬
fessional actor; and Miss Douglas
Cooper, drama instructor in Los
Angeles. Valuable prizes will be
awarded the winners.
Dr. Kotschnig Will Speak Here
on World Problems Wednesday
Sponsored by the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., and Cosmo¬
politan club as part of their international friendship pro¬
gram, Dr. Walter Kotschnig, general secretary of Interna¬
tional Student Service, has been scheduled as a special assem¬
bly speaker next Wednesday during club period.
This is Dr. Kotschnig’s first time on the Pacific Coast,
and it is only through a great favor
that P. J. C. will be able to hear
this eminent sociologist, is the opin¬
ion of Miss Louise Gibson, Y. W.
worker here.
International Student Service,
according to Miss- Gibson, has as
its objective to bring together stu¬
dents all over the world, to relieve
need, to aid in obtaining education,
and to minimize differences of race,
religion, and nationality. Its bud¬
get includes more than $100,000,
distributed among nearly a dozen
different philanthropic institutions
over the entire world. Seventy-
four thousand dollars more is
needed from students of the United
States, it has been announced. Last
year the students -of Pasadena con¬
tributed $120, says Miss Gibson.
Dr. Kotschnig himself is but 30
years, and is an Austrian by birth.
Orators Line
Up for Finals
— +•—
Tryouts for the upper division
oratorical contest took place yes¬
terday too late for publication. Ora¬
tors who had signified their inten¬
tion of entering were: Jack Layng,
William Dunkerley, George Bortli-
wick, and Virginia Perry. The win¬
ners will be announced next week.
The finals will be held on March
21, the winner being sent to Ful¬
lerton to compete with several
other junior colleges of the South¬
land. The victor at Fullerton will
receive an engraved loving cup.
Quarterly Exams
To Begin April 8
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“After the first ten weeks of
the semester, no courses may
be dropped for any reason
whatsoever.” This statement is
quoted from the Pasadena Jun¬
ior College Bulletin and is em¬
phasized by Mr. Anderson.
“The name of each student
carrying a certain course on
his program must appear on
the class roll and a grade must
be turned in for him at the
end of the semester.” Those
failing at the quarter have
ample opportunity to decide
whether to drop the course or
not due to the fact that the
allotted period of time over¬
laps the quarter by one week.
coming from a middle-class family
which was heavily hit by the war.
For this reason he has had to sup¬
port and educate himself since he
was 14 years of age. He has stud¬
ied at the universities of Graz in
Austria, Amsterdam in Holland,
and Kiel in Germany. It was at
Kiel that be later became a tutor,
remaining in this position until
1925. He majored in economics,
sociology, and international law.
He has been extremely active in
the youth movement in Germany
and Austria, and received his post
of secretary of the I. S. S. in 1927.
As secretary of this organization,
he has visited nearly all of the
countries of Europe. He speaks
English, German, French, and
Dutch, and has a reading knowl¬
edge of three or four other lan¬
guages.
URGE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
FOR STUDENT DANCE TONIGHT
Only 286 Bids Available for Semi-Formal Affair at
Vista del Arroyo Ballroom Tonight;
75c per Couple
—4 —
“The dance tonight is to be the outstanding Associated
Student Body event for this semester. Due to its location in
the beautiful ballroom of the Vista, and the services of Leigh¬
ton Noble’s peppy dance band, a large attendance is antici¬
pated,” states Dan McNamara, president of the associated
students.
“Only 286 tickets are to be placed*-
on sale, to avoid the unpleasant¬
ness of an overcrowded hall. Re¬
ports from the various committees
in charge indicate that plans are
underway for an enjoyable eve¬
ning.”
The dance, a semi-formal affair,
is open to all students. Bids are
75c for either couples or singles.
It will last from 8 to 12.
Committees include: Fannie Ar¬
nold, general chairman; Jimmie
Scott, assistant chairman; Boh Lit¬
tle and Myr.na Wilson, decorations:
Herb Smith, publicity; and Ralph
Hess, finance.
DELEGATES GO
TO U. S. C. MEET
— ♦—
Nine Journalists to Attend
Newspaper Day
Tomorrow
New Council
Is Appointed
New class council members ap¬
pointed at the board meeting on
March 10 are: Seniors, Webster
Clayton, Helen Haver, a.nd Dick
Parker; juniors, Dick Thomas, Bill
Gannon, Ed Macklin, Marguerite
Faulkner, Earle Sawyer, Katherine
Austin, Bill Bullock, Edward Ross,
Carlos O-drizolas, Bob Coop, Gwen¬
dolyn Pyeatt, and Francis Moon.
Sophomore council: Charles. Cas-
serly, Virginia Dietcher, Watson
Haskell, Virginia Fling, William
E. Grose, Clark Starr, Florence
Saunders, William D. Thomas,
Beitty Turner, William A. Wegge,
Jack Weir, and Norman L. White;
freshman council, Cynthia Huell.
Faculty Men Added
To Potlatch Club
Initiation of new faculty men
into Potlatch club took place yes¬
terday evening in the cafeteria.
Those initiated were: George
Breece, Allison R. Baldwin, Lin¬
coln C. Damsgaard, William M.
Holmes, David M. Spaulding,
George W. Josten, and Chalmer B.
Shaver.
The Bulldog band provided mu¬
sical selections for the dinner fol¬
lowing which they played for the
Pasadena university club.
STUDENTS ATTEND
MISSION PLAY
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Many P. J. C. students attended
the Mission Play on Pasadena
night, March 11. Tickets for the
excursion, sponsored by the Pasa¬
dena Chamber of Commerce, were
sold at half price to all students.
R.O.T.C. To
Hold Parade
Lieuit.-Col. Jerome Pillow will of¬
ficiate at the annual R.
О.
T. C.
inspection and parade to be held
on Horrell field, Marcih 17.
According to Col. G. H. White,
the parade and inspection will be
during third and fourth periods.
The program will probably include
a close order drill, extended order
drill, and calesthenics, besides in¬
spection.
The staff for the day will be Maj.
Herbert Smith, battalian command¬
er; Lieut. Frank Ridge, adjutant;
Maj. Ray Haskins, Captain Pat
Kenney, and Oapt. Jack Sylvester,
company commanders.
R-K-0 ACTS TO
FEATURE JINX
Frank Allen, Taro and Vallon
to Perform at Junior
Program
—4—
Two R-K-0 acts are to be fea¬
tures of the annual “Junior Jinx,”
which is to be held in the auditor¬
ium at 3 p. m. March 25. Frank
Allen, a humorous magician, will
prove that the hand is quicker
than the eye, but cannot beat the
instinct of humor. Taro and Val¬
lon, a fast-moving adagia skating
act, travels under the caption of
“The Whirling Demons.” Two mo¬
tion pictures which have not yet
been decided upon, one a “synchro¬
nized” comedy and the other a fea¬
ture production, will conclude this
year’s junior class presentation.
The class officers, Joyce Dunker¬
ley in charge, acting as a commit
tee are managing all arrangements ;
John Thomson and Betty Berry
lead the ticket committee, and Her¬
bert Smith is in full charge of the
publicity for the event.
P. J. C. will send nine offi¬
cial delegates tomorrow to the
Sinth Annual Newspaper
Day at the Uni versity of
Southern California depart-
nent of journalism. Miss Ha¬
zel G. Long, adviser, will also
attend. Three hundred repres¬
entatives are expected from
high school and college news¬
papers.
Lower division delegates are:
Richard Penny, news editor of the
Chronicle; Harold Keltz, sports ed¬
itor; Eleanor Levins and Peter Al¬
len, reporters.
Upper division delegates are:
Herman Allen, editor-in-chief; El¬
mer Dethlefs, feature editor; Ruth
Cox, copy editor; and Velda John¬
ston, columnist.
Speakers include Chester G.
Hanson, special reporter, and Myra
Nye, club and society reporter,
both of -the Los Angeles Times;
Carol H. Smith, publisher of the
La Mesa Scout; Henry Raymond
Judah, president of the California
Newspaper association; and Col.
Samuel C. McClure, president of
the Southern California Newspa¬
pers, Inc.
Bird Songster is
Assembly Feature
Bird imitations and feats of
sound transmission by Charles Kel-
log, naturalist and bird singer,
amazed students at last Friday’s
■assembly.
The famous naturalist’s bird
songs were particularly lifelike be¬
cause they were sung and not whis¬
tled. The formation of Mr. Kellog’s
throat below the vocal cords is like
that of a bird, and he is thus en¬
abled to sing with the same range
and quality.
In competition with three other
clubs, W. A. A. carried off the
prize in the Hi-Jinks contest held
in the A. W. S. meeting Wednes¬
day in the auditorium, by present¬
ing “The Fatal Quest.”
Characters were: King, Pat
Reid; Queen, Ethelyn Boyles ;
Tragic Atmosphere, Althea Slater;
Duke, Dick Proohaska: Princess,
Louise Small ; Curtain, La Rue Fir-
GLEN CLINE SPEAKS
AT ALPHA MEETING
— ♦ —
Each letter in the word “Schol¬
arship,” was represented last Fri¬
day evening by Glen Cline, P. J. C.
science teacher, in an address to
the members of Alpha society.
W.A.A. Wins
Jinks Contest
SPRING1MUSIC
FESTIVAL SOON
— ♦ —
Biennial Event to Be Held
in J. C. Auditoruim
March 26, 27
Snapshot Day is
Planned by Staff
Snapshot Day has been
planned by the Campus staff
to obtain pictures for the hu¬
mor section of the annual. An
extra annual will be given ito
the student handing in the
most humorous snapshot rep¬
resenting college life.
“This section necessitates a
large number of snapshots for
it is planned to be the strong¬
est part of the annual,” said
Larry Smith, editor-in-chief of
the Campus.
The photographs should be
placed in the box in front of
of room 205-C.
Announcement is made of the
biennal Spring Music Festival of
the department of music in the
Pasadena public schools. The plain's,
according to John Henry Lyons,
director of music education, include
two concerts to be given on the
nights of March 26 and 27, in the
junior college auditorium.
Every organization conducted by
the music department will be heard
in musical selections. The Pasa¬
dena junior college music depart¬
ment, Lula C. Parmley, chairman,
and the music department of John
Muir Technical high school, Mabel
M. Oakes, chairman, will furnish
the entire program on the evening
of March 27.
The opening night will present
music from elementary and junior
high schools. Combined orchestras,
choruses, and glee clubs will repre¬
sent the junior highs. Elementary
schools will contribute a massed
fifth grade chorus, sixth grade
chorus, combined orchestra, and a
massed drum and bugle corps from
20 schools.
Tickets for the festival will be
on sale next week and may be ob¬
tained from Miss Parmley or any
member of the music department.
Student Body Dance Tonight~~Vista del Arroyo