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Vol. XXVI
Pasadena, California, March 13, 1935
No. 21
Hoerger Is
New Store
Manager
Will Take Charge In New
Set Up Of Student
Building
SYDNOR RESIGNS
Will Continue As Faculty
Member — Principal
Lauds Work
The resignation of Charles E.
Sydnor as manager of the Student
Book Store was announced yes¬
terday from the office of Dr. John
W. Harbeson, principal. The res¬
ignation will become effective on
the first of April.
Maurice P. Hoeger, business
education and former debate
teacher, will take over Mr. Syd-
nor’s managerial position imme¬
diately. Directely associated with
leading commercial houses in Los
Angeles between 1920 and 1930,
Mr. Hoerger is considered well-
qualified for the position.
Mr. Sydnor’s resignation comes
as a distinct surprise to the junior
college. He has been a member
of the faculty here since Septem¬
ber, 1922.
Through his native business
sagacity and indefatigable indus¬
try his greatest contribution to
the school has been his development
of the Student Book Store from a
small beginning to one of the
finest on the Pacific coast. The
store was placed in his hands in
1925, three years after his join¬
ing the faculty.
The organization, under Mr. Syd¬
nor’s leadership, has been distinct¬
ly of a service nature. It has
made possible the development of
many of our outstanding extra¬
curricular activities, such as the
Bulldog band, and has, when the
occasion demanded, made possible
the continuance of many such ac¬
tivities through the paying off of
deficits of the Associated Students.
At the same time, the book store
has adhered strictly to the regular
retail prices, in accordance to an
agreement with the Merchants’ As¬
sociation, and has regularly paid
more for second-hand books than
is customary in other college local¬
ities. At the same time he has
pursued liberal policies tending to
(Continued on Page Three)
Vo-Mag Sale
Best To Date
Unusual, Technical And
Artistic Are Put In
New Magazine
For the first time in the history
of the Vo-Mag sales pointed to a
sell-out on the first day except for
those held for subscriptions, ac¬
cording to Jean Backus, editor of
the magazine. Miss Backus is
greatly pleased at the sales results.
This proves, say authorities, that
jaysee-ites appreciate and under¬
stand the unusual, technical and
artistic endeavors incorporated in
the magazine.
The persons in charge of the
magazine include: editor, Jean
Backus; associate editor, Dow
Parkes; cover and layouts, Mary
Lou McConnelly; other members
of the board, Kent Collings, J. Roy
‘Peterson, Charles Allen, Winifred
Walker, and Carter Cordner, Ver¬
non Elliott, Helen Geire, Dorothy
Bruce and Sherwood Mark. The
vocational publication is under the
sponsorship of Miss Ida E. Hawes,
wnile Miss Jewel Bennett aids as
art adviser, and Miss Harriet Mc-
Clay as literary adviser.
Engineers Will
View Harbor
Lloyd V. Roberts, special repre¬
sentative of the Los Angeles har¬
bor department, will show 2000
feet of motion picture film at the
meeting of the Engineering club,
this Friday in 100-T.
The second semester gold block
“E’s” will be presented to new of¬
ficers: Fred Good, president; Fred¬
eric H. Parke, vice-president;
Francis Carlisle, secretary; Harlan
Murray, alumni secretary; Wilson
Jones, publicity manager; Trevor
Gardner, editor.
An all-day excursion to the Los
Angeles harbor district is planned
by the Engineers for Saturday,
March 30. The Ford motor plant,
Fort McArthur, a battleship of the
fleet, and the terminals are to be
visited.
L. D. Survey Course Accepted By Sproul
Resigns Post
Charles E. Sydnor, former book¬
store executive, who resigned his
position, to take up duties as a
regular faculty member.
Dr. Hutchins
Gives Speech
President Of University
Of Chicago Guest At
Alumni Dinner
Prior to his talk at 8:15 at the
Civic Auditorium on March 26 on
the “Rising Generation,” Dr. Rob¬
ert Maynard Hutchins, chairman
of the president’s committee on
international economic relations,
will be the guest of honor at a din¬
ner attended by University of Chi¬
cago alumni.
Dr. Hutchins is now on a year’s
leave of absence from his duties
as president of Chicago university.
Plans for the honorary dinner are
now being formulated under the
direction of Harold Huls, Pasadena
city attorney and president of the
University of Chicago alumni.
Broad cast over KHJ of the Don
Lee network, both classical and
popular music will be played by
125 members of the band under
the direction of Audre Louis
Stong, from 7:45 to 8:15 p. m. just
preceding Dr. Hutchins’ speech.
His speech is sponsored by the
Patron’s association of the Pas¬
adena junior college.
According to Elmer Wilson, in
charge of publicity for the event
and sponsor of the Elmer Wilson
lecture series, teachers institute
makeup credit will be given foi
attendance at this lecture.
In his talk Mr. Hutchins will
take up the value of education and
especially college education to the
coming generation, according to re¬
leases from Mr. Wilson. Will the
rising generation figure the col¬
lege education as an asset for the
future? What future is in store
for the coming citizens of these
United States? The foregoing
questions will be answered by Mr.
Hutchins’ talk, according to Mr.
Wilson.
Plans Made
For Program
After taking part in the Lancas¬
ter Tournament of Roses day at
Antelope Valley with bad weather
interfering with many of the sched¬
uled activities, the Bulldog band
and Leader Audre L. Stong are
practising for future appearances.
A program will be played for
students of McKinley junior high
at an assembly in that school some
time in early April, and the fol¬
lowing week the men will journey
to South Pasadena high school for
the purpose of making a courtesy
presentation. Latest arrange¬
ments have been made to go to
Monrovia April 11, where a pro¬
gram similar to the others will be
given. In the meantime, playing
for assemblies at J. C. will prob¬
ably round out the band’s, early
spring program, according to
Stong.
No Chronicle
No Chronicle will be issued
next Wednesday because of test
week. The next issue will come
out two weeks from today.
Tests will be staged during
the week in accordance with the
bulletin issued through the office.
Special days will be assigned to
each division of study.
Hail Erin!
Group To
Stage Hop
Spartans May ‘Go Brogue’
But All Students Go
To Shindig
With the Irish patron saint as
the theme of the dance, the Spar¬
tans are sponsoring the all-student
body dance in the men’s gymna¬
sium Friday evening, March 17.
Cholly Martin and his Melody
Maestros have been selected to
play for the affair and will pro¬
vide a ten-piece orchestra. Nancy
Kellogg, a member of the Spar¬
tans, will sing.
Green and white is to be the
color scheme of the St. Patrick’s
Day “jig” and, among other Irish
features of the evening, all of the
patrons and patronesses are to be
members of the faculty who are
descended from the isle of Erin,
Teachers who will be present in¬
clude L. C. McAuley, Miss Harriet
McClay, Miss Lois Glidden, Miss
Elizabeth McKinney, Maj. Geoffrey
Galwey and Miss Kathleen Loly.
Eleanor Northrup was appointed
chairman of the dance committee
by Joanna Pupis, president of the
Spartans. Serving under the gen¬
eral chairman are Kit Cartwright,
who arranged for the green and
white bids; Eloise Jones will han¬
dle the decorations; Olive Pupis is
in charge of the checkroom; and
Lila Renler is managing the pub¬
licity.
Bids for the Spartan dance are
on. sale at the Student Union build¬
ing for 25 cents. They are also
being sold by any Spartan on the
campus.
This dance is the first social af¬
fair to be sponsored by the Spar¬
tans, an honorary service club, al¬
though members of the organiza¬
tion have assisted as hostesses at
the Frosh Hi-Jinks, the homecom¬
ing dance and the A. W. S. dance.
Officers of the group include Jo¬
anna Pupis, president; Maxine
Thompson, vice-president ; Leora
Luce, secretary; and Catherine
Butler, treasurer. Miss Catherine
J. Robbins, dean of women, is fac¬
ulty adviser for the honor society.
Oration Contest
Tryouts April' 24
The Peace Oration contest, under
the auspices of the Pasadena Peace
council, is open to both upper and
lower division students. Orations
from 500 to 1000 words in length
are to be presented. A tentative
date for try-outs has been set for
April 24. The six finalists are to
appear at a public meeting of the
Peace council, probably to be held
in the auditorium of the public li¬
brary.
All students intending to com¬
pete are required to sign up on the
bulletin board In 117T. Details and
topics are posted there.
WILL HOLD DANCE
Newman club members will hold
their annual spring picnic March
17 at Sunland Park, Sunland.
Picnickers are asked to met at
St. Andrew’s church on. North Ray¬
mond and Chestnut streets, at
10:30 a. m. with their lunches.
Transportation will he provided.
Other members who can offer cars
call
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ments and boating will be features
of the outing.
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Educator At
Convocation
Meet Today
Eastern Man Is Speaker
At Church Gathering
This Morning
“Christian Youth in the Building
of a New World” is to be discussed
by Dr. J. A. Stevenson, director of
the department of social education
of the Board of Education in Phil¬
adelphia, at convocation in the Cal¬
vary Baptist church, this morning.
Morton Dryden, president of the
Westminister club, presbyterian or¬
ganization, is to preside at this
March convocation.
Dr. Stevenson’s topic is the
theme chosen for this year by the
Presbyterian youth council, to
which the group belongs. In part¬
icular, he will bring out how the
individual Christian youth should
behave in the construction of a
new order.
Speaking in schools and church¬
es, Dr. Stevenson is touring the
country addressing all types and
ages of people on their social and
moral welfare. He addressed L. A.
J. C. two weeks ago. “I under¬
stand the students were greatly
inspired by this dynamic speaker’s
discussion,” said Morton Dryden.
Next Friday night, Dr. Stevenson
will speak at the Pasadena Pres-
byerian church to which the public
is invited. He has not always been
a traveling lecturer. Seven years
ago he was a Presbyterian pastor
in Santa Ana.
Due to previous appointments,
Dr. Stevenson was not able to ap¬
pear last Monday, the original con¬
vocation date, and so the monthly
gathering was postponed until to¬
day. This prominent speaker was
secured through the courtesy of
Miss Blanche Wachob.
California Announces
Privileges To Jaysee
12th Year Graduates
W A A Plans
Introductory
Meet
Op
en
Survey Courses Being Introduced Here Begining
Next September Is Acceptable At U. of C.
Says Dr. Sproul Of State Institution
In accordance with a letter received this week by Prin¬
cipal John W. Harbeson direct from Dr. Robert G. Sproul,
president of the University of California, provision is being
made to permit 12th year graduates of Pasadena junior col¬
lege to enter Berkeley and U. C. L. A. after taking such ex-
’perimental survey courses as are
to be inaugurated at this school
beginning next September.
These courses, which will be ac¬
cepted for college entrance at Cali¬
fornia in lieu of the heretofore re¬
quired subjects which all high
school graduates who wish to en¬
ter college were compelled to take,
will come under the head of sur¬
vey courses which will attempt to
cover more territory by the group¬
ies °f similar material than has
been possible when each subject
occupied a year’s time.
Humanities
Scheduled to appear on the new
academic set-up which will go into
effect next September will be sur¬
vey courses in the humanities
which will include a study of lit¬
erature, art and music, attempting
to show the inter-relationships be¬
tween the different phases of cul-
ture represented. A comprehens-
ive course in the social sciences
would include the required subjects
ot American history and civics and
would be taken by each student in
the freshman class.
Physical science would be treat-
ed m another of these courses, and
would be made up of some chem-
Entertaining Program Is
For Assembly Open
To All Co-eds
An unusually interesting pro¬
gram, including dancing, singing,
and skating, is to be presented in
the men’s gym, March 15, during
assembly period, by the Women’s
Athletic Association of Pasadena
junior college.
This open assembly, to which
every girl is invited, is the first of
its kind to be presented by the or-
ganiation, and is under the direc¬
tion of Helen Brice, prominent W.
A. A. and Big “P” member; and
the W. A. A. board.
The program will include sever¬
al numbers by the famous Meglin
kiddies,
exhibition skating by a istry, phys;cs anJ theTlIied
Stamp Collector
To Visit Campus
C. Dickinson, the largest air
mail collector west of the Missis¬
sippi, will speak at the next meet¬
ing of the Philatelic club, Friday,
at 810 Montrose avenue, South
Pasadena, according to Bob Brown,
president.
Plans for a proposed purchase
of some imperforated sheets were
discussed at the last meeting of
the club, under the advisership of
Edwin V. Van Amringe, physical
science instructor, held in 200-M.
Shakespeare Try-outs Soon
• • • • ••••
Festival Set For First Week Of April
Tryouts are scheduled to begin
within three weeks for the annual
Shakespeare Festival to be held
April 6, at Occidental college, ac¬
cording to Miss Katherine Kester
and Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie,
lower and upper division dramatics
advisers respectively. The contest
is sponsored by the Speech Arts
association of Southern California.
As Pasadena has two years of
high school and two years of col¬
lege work, she is permitted to send
four representatives to the festival,
a boy and girl from each division.
Miss Keppie will conduct the pre¬
liminary contest for collegestudents
March 29, while the selection of
high school entrants will take place
sometime this month.
Because Hamlet’s Speech to the
Players, Hamlet’s “To Be Or Not
To Be” soliloquy, Portia’s Mercy
Speech, and all of Richard III have
proven so very popular, these se¬
lections will be barred from the
Festival in order that students will
further their knowledge of Shakes¬
peare by interpreting other pas-
sages.Contestants are required to
learn from 18 to 30 lines.
Pasadena has always placed well
in the contest. Last year Natlie
Thiesen nd Morton Dryden won
first places in the high school di¬
vision, while Fred Warriner placed
first and Pauline Stevens second
in the college group. This year
Warriner is student chairman of
the upper division contest.
Schools from all over Southern
California participate in the all aa-
festival, which is held each year
at a different school. An entrance
fee of $1 is charged to help defray
expenses.
group of professionals; tap danc¬
ing by Dolores Gates, well-known
school dancer; songs by Nancy
Kellogg, popular J. C. vocalist; a
group of Spanish songs by Bea¬
trice Salazar, famous Spanish sing¬
er, and piano playing by Moreland
Kortkamp, who will also accom¬
pany some of the entertainers in
their numbers.
Nancy Kellogg, president of the
W. A. A., will welcome the girls
to the meeting with a brief speech.
Margaret DeHahn, editor of the
W. A. A. newspaper has prepared
a special issue for the meeting,
which will include a statement of
the codes and rules of this athletic
group.
Eight Taken
Into Players
— ♦ —
Barbara Barnett, Severine Calla¬
han, Jane Louise Clary, Edward
Darnell, James Ross, Jack Swan,
Elizabeth Stephens and Natalie
Thiesen were informally initiated
into the Players’ Guild, upper di¬
vision drama organization, last Fri¬
day night at the home of Nancie
Jean Allan, Guild member.
Formal initiation will be ob¬
served during assembly period Fri¬
day, according to Norbert Bund-
schuh, president. It is essential that
all pledges and members attend
this meeting. Plans will be dis¬
cussed concerning the guild activi¬
ties for the coming semester.
Vice-President Mary Lou Perry
has issued a call for all members
to try out for the new production,
“The Pot Boiler,” which will be
cast today in room 1-C. Any mem¬
ber is eligible to try out for this
drama that will be given at an aft¬
ernoon tea.
’35 Classes
Make Dates
ences. Home economics would be
one of the survey courses required
tor all girls before they were grad-
uatd from the lower division.
Compulsory
Occupying one hour a day, five
days a week, these survey courses
would be a compulsory part of the
lower division student’s work after
next year, it is planned. For the
(Continued on Page Three)
Psmith’IlJDo
It; No Fish
Rollicking Play Depicting
His Hilarious Antics
For April 5
“Do you want someone to man¬
age your affairs?— Someone to
handle your business — Someone to
take the dog for a run — someone
to assassinate your aunt? Psmith
wdl do it. Psmith will do any¬
thing— provided it has nothing to
do with fish!”
Leave it to Psmith,” an English
tarce of misadventure, will show
you how to solve all your difficul¬
ties, April 5, in the Marshall audi¬
torium, according to Miss Kath¬
erine Kester, Baubles and Bells
adviser.
Committees for the play re¬
cently appointed by Peter Prouse,
president, include: publicity, Jack
Lonzo, chairman; Fletcher North,
Glen Serres; and make-up, Ruth-
anna Marble, chairman; Eileen
Dougherty, Arlene Sprecher, Mar¬
ian Wouell, Don Schulze.
The house ecommittee will b
held by Anna Sussan, Helen Par¬
ker, Marjorie McMillan, Mary Ona
Tarner, Mary Beth Sachse, Mary
Emery, Miriam Rosen; and bus¬
iness, Norman Stolbe, chairman;
Jack Farnsworth, Jimmy Cairns,
Bancroft Nelson; program, Lillian
Wallis, chairman, and Loudelle
Jacobs.
As the deadline of March 23 ap¬
proaches, graduating seniors and
sophomores are rapidly making
appointments to have their gradua¬
tion pictures taken for the annual.
Starting next week, individual pic¬
tures may be taken any time dur¬
ing the day as the photographer
will have finished snapping the
day groups scheduled here on the
campus.
For those few remaining persons
who have not done so, appoint¬
ments can still be made during
both lunch periods at the Cam¬
pus desk, southeast entrance of
the Student Union building. Con¬
trary to reports, graduation pic¬
tures are photographed at the
Howlett Studio, 343 East Green
street, and not here at school.
This week’s bulletin contains the
rearranged schedule of day groups.
Ares Is Elected
Prexy of Group
Giraldo Ares was elected presi¬
dent of the Civil Tech club at a
recent meeting, while officers
chosen were Bill Bouett, vice-presi¬
dent; Albert Redding, secretary;
and John Kirsch, treasurer.
Three committee chairmen were
appointed by the president to serve
the club and include: scholarship,
Joe Rostron; service, Bob Bolster;
recreation and entertainment, Var-
ton Madian.
Among the activities participated
in by the club are a survey of the
track of Horrell field placing per¬
manent marks for the school track
events, and a map of the athletic
field for the physical education de¬
partment.