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Here
And
Now
By Merilyn Nutt, Editor
A growing trend in student
education, not necessarily in
academic form, is the increasing
appearance of organized and un¬
organized discussion groups.
The tradition of groups of stu¬
dents meeting to talk over prob¬
lems has long been established
and associated with the old pic¬
ture of Joe College, ukeleles,
and racoon coats.
The newer version is becoming
evident, especially on our campus,
and informal groups of students
may be observed gathering in and
around the new buildings. At PJC
there are several forum clubs, def¬
initely organized for the purpose
of acquainting students with the
social, political and economic
problems in the world today. Top¬
ics discussed at such meetings
range everywhere from the Aus-
tro-German situation, to love and
marriage.
Students, in their classroom
contact with teachers experi¬
enced in various fields, in their
search for knowledge, in their
active awareness of the world
about them, are particularly sus¬
ceptible to the advantages of
group discussions. The sharing
of ideas with one's fellows offers
an opportunity which is especi¬
ally appealing to young people.
Often students accept too read¬
ily the thoughts of another. Some¬
times one will accept another's
idea, perhaps because the individ¬
ual has never thought of it him¬
self before, without weighing the
thought carefully according to his
own standards of judgment. Youth
is quick to see the advantages of
round table discussions but per¬
haps not so quick to discern their
disadvantages.
Open forums, while they offer
opportunities for fusion of ideas,
also offer opportunities for con¬
fusion of ideas. Obviously, it is
undesirable that students should
depend entirely on discussions
for their extra-curricular infor¬
mation bureau. We are fortu¬
nate in being able to read a vari¬
ety of newspapers and mag¬
azines, each with a different ver¬
sion of the same story. At least
we can form our personal con¬
clusion from the dictates of sev¬
eral prejudices rather than from
only one.
Discussion groups are a distinct
division of modern student life,
and are certainly doing their part
in educating the youth of America.
Still, it is well to remember that
all is not gold that glitters.
* * ★
To a Student: Your letters of
agreement and otherwise were ap¬
preciated. The purpose of last
week's editorial was not to sit on
one or the other, or EITHER side
of ANY fence . . . evidently you
missed the satire.
I’ll be glad to talk with you . . .
come down to the Chron office
any afternoon this week after
school, if you care to discuss the
question further.
Six weeks of the "newer era"
have been marked off the old
calendar. Triad tests have come
and gone; the student government
has become acquainted with the
problems at hand and is progres¬
sing rapidly in overcoming diffi¬
culties; the community is becoming
more aware of the expansion of
Pasadena Junior College; Balboa
approaches; Spring is almost
sprung; and everyone is feeling
happier about the whole thing.
★ * *
Doctors Harbeson and Lemb-
ke returned this week from their
conventions in the East. Things
were pretty forlorn around here
during their absence but you no¬
ticed the flood subsided when
they returned.
★ ★ ★
San Francisco looms ahead. The
Chron staff anxiously prepares for
the annual newspaper convention
at Cal. Each year a delegation
from PJC attends the conferences,
round-table and panel discussions,
lectures, etc., and returns with new
ideas for the Chronicle. We ap¬
preciate this opportunity, especial¬
ly since it is afforded us by the
complete program of extra-curri¬
cular activities offered at Pasadena
Junor College.
PASADENA CHRONICLE
Vol. XXIX
Pasadena Junior College, March 18, 1938
No. 23
PLAN MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET
Left to right: Elinor Smith, program chairman; Miss Catherine
J. Robbins, dean of women; Phyllis Wilson, general chairman; Bar¬
bara Burtt, publicity chairman.
MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS MEET
AT ANNUAL A WS BANQUET
The Mother and Daughter Saint Patrick’s Day banquet, sponsored
annually by the AWS for all women students in the school and their
mothers, was held last night at the Shakespeare clubhouse.
PLAN COSTUMES
FOR PAGEANT
Costumes for “Alleluia,” Easter
p::geant, are being designed by
members of Thomas D. Stevenson’s
stage design class and made by
Miss Laura Elder’s vocational
clothing class.
“Alleluia” will be presented by
the drama and music departments
of Pasadena Junior College on Ap¬
ril 2 and 3. Admission will be by
free tickets, obtainable at the
school bank, the offices of the
music department and F. C. Nash
and Company ticket agency in
downtown Pasadena.
Fourteen of the main costumes
are being designed by Claudia
Moore and Beth Lewis. Mrs. Ruby
E. Purviance, former PJC instruc¬
tor, is substituting for Miss Elder,
i and is giving guidance in the mak¬
ing of costumes. Richness in color
and a draped effect will be among
the main characteristics of the
costumes which will be made of
such materials as voile, velvet, ray¬
on, silk, Indian head suitings and
velveteen. Costumes for the glee
clubs, which will sing in the choir
processionals, will include white
vestments.
The stage setting for the pageant
is being designed by Bob Henry of
Mr. Stevenson’s class. Changes of
scenery will be depicted mostly by
variations in lighting effects. The
main scene will be typical of the
Biblical time of Christ, and will
represent a road leading to Gol¬
gotha, the place of Christ’s cruci¬
fixion.
'Magic Hormone/ Play
Broadcast by Students
“The Magic Hormone,” a radio
play by Wallace Swink, was pre¬
sented by PJC radio students over
KPPC, Wednesday evening, March
16. Directed by Ray Swartz, with
Herbert Grubbs handling sound ef¬
fects and Virginia' Lee Bobo as an¬
nouncer, the cast was as follows:
Professor MacLeod, Charles Ross;
Dr. Frederick Grant Banting, Lu¬
ther Newby; Charles Best, Don
Fuller, and Joe Gilchrist, Henry
Hughes.
ATTEND INSTITUTE
Curriculum Coordinator Glenn
L. Lembke and Miss Florence D.
Diment, of the social science de¬
partment, attended the last meet¬
ing of the Institute of Pacific Re¬
lations at the University Club in
Ivos Angeles.
Owen Lattimore, author of sev¬
eral books on Mongolia, and re¬
cently returned from Peking, was
the principal speaker at the iunch-
eon meeting.
KEPPIE SPEAKS ON VERSE
A talk on “The Educational Val¬
ues of Choral Speech and How to
Attain Them,” by Miss Elizabeth E.
Keppie, PJC' speech instructor, was
the feature of a meeting of Los
Angeles high school teachers, Wed¬
nesday, March 9. Part of the pro¬
gram consisted of poems given by
the Beverly Hills High School
Verse Choir.
Charles Service, Pasadena busi¬
nessman, main speaker on the pro¬
gram, following the dinner, lectured
on chinaware, illustrating his talk
with several exhibits of domestic
and foreign pieces.
The Players’ Guild, drama soci¬
ety, presented a play arranged for
the occasion. Sybil Passman, jun¬
ior college student, presented a
harp solo. The Nysaean singers
. nd a girls’ trio made up the rest
of the program.
Phyllis Wilson, AWS second
vice-president, had charge of all
general arrangements for the af¬
fair. Assisting her were Nadine
Gunderson, who had charge of dec¬
orations; Elinor Smith, entertain¬
ment; Ruth Nelson, programs, and
Barbara, Burtt, publicity. Betty
Moshisky, AWS president, presided
at the dinner.
A ticket selling contest was held
before the banquet among the girls’
.estrictive and non-restrictive clubs.
A prize of five dollars was offered
to the two clubs selling the most
tickets to the affair. As yet, the
winners of the contest have not
been announced.
Scottish Th eme Used
At J unior Cla ss Da nee
The “Highland Fling,” theme
title of this year’s junior class
dance, afforded many PJC students
respite from triad exam week last
Friday night. The dance was held
at the Altadena Recreation Hall.
Such fantastic capers as the
“Tarlatan Truck” and the “Bag¬
pipe Tussle” were indulged in by
the dancers, to Scoth tunes swung
out by Bob Young and his music-
makers. Herb McDonald made ar¬
rangements for the orchestra.
Through the decorative efforts
of a committee headed by Nancy
Streeter, the Altadena Recreation
Hall was transformed into a Scot¬
tish moor by the use of heather
around the walls, while multi-col¬
ored streamers of crepe paper car¬
ried out a clever tartan plaid motif.
The bids, which sold for twenty-
five cents, were planned by Phyllis
Wilson, and the cut was designed
by Linwood Wilde.
This was the first school dance
which Frank Severy had the privi¬
lege of photographing in connection
with his endeavor to record differ¬
ent phases of junior college cam¬
pus life.
Patrons for the dance were Miss
Catherine J. Robbins, dean of
women, Miss Edith Witherell, Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Wiley, Mr. and Mrs.
Max Hallow, Mr. and Mrs. Audre
L. Stong, Mr. and Mrs. Ned F.
Stirling, parents of class officers.
MUSIC HOUR
Little Theater — Wednesday, 12:20;
Thursday, 11:20
ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM
Prelude to Act III, Lohengrin
Prize Song. Die Meistersinger
Spinning Chorus, Flying Dutch¬
man
Prelude to Act I, Lohengrin
Procession of the Grail, Parsifal
Festival March, Tannhauser
Expedition Artist To Show
ALPHAMEMBERS
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Carnival Theme
Announced/ Jinx/
Predictions Upset
Announcing a direct reversal of
plans, and incidentally leaving the
publicity committee in the lurch,
Mast and Dagger members voted
unanimously in favor of “South Se:-.
Island” as a theme for this year’s
carnival, according to Charles Bra-
dena, president.
“The publicity committee jumped
the gun on us,” said Braden, “and
announced the wrong theme. We
have since decided that the South
Seas offer more possibilities as a
theme than did Jinx. And besides,
this isn’t the thirteenth annual car¬
nival, it’s the twelfth.”
Meub Is Chairman
Palm trees, grass huts, Hawaiian
orchestras, and hula girls were
promised in the announcement of
Rosalie Meub, chairman of the
theme committee, who listed some
of the possibilities of the theme at
the meeting last Tuesday after¬
noon.
The Queen of this year’s carnival
will be a “White Goddess,” it was
tentatively decided by the members
upon announcement of the theme.
Rachel Williams, in charge of the
queen committee, has announced
selection of the queen, by members
and a few faculty people, to take
place late in April.
‘Coconut Grove’ Provided
Dancing during the carnival will
take place in a “Coconut Grove”
with an orchestra featuring Hawai¬
ian and “sweet" music, Bob Staple-
ton, chairman of the dance com¬
mittee announced. The men’s gym
will be decorated with palm fronds
and grass to resemble the real Co¬
conut Grove.
Clubs will receive letters from
the theme committee in a short
time, and will be expected to choose
subjects for their booths. An¬
nouncement of booth subjects, and
placement of booths on the carni¬
val grounds, will be made in the
near future.
AMS Legislative
Groups Ma ke PI ans
For Afternoon Dance
The afternoon dance sponsored
by the Associated Men Students
board and cabinet will be held Tues¬
day, March 29, in the women’s gym
from 3 to 5:30 o’clock. The dance
is being held for the purpose of
obtaining information on the possi¬
bility of holding more afternoon
dances in the future, according to
Herb MacDonald, AMS president.
Laverne Boyer and his orchestra,
who have played for a number of
past school dances, will furnish the
music for the affair. The music to
be played will be the requests of
students, according to McDonald,
in charge of general arrangements.
Bob Childs, AMS second rice-pres¬
ident, is in charge of publicity.
Planning a new form of enter¬
tainment, the AMS officers are
sending letters to all club presi¬
dents asking them to have their
pledges at the dance. Pledges will
be called upon to give impromptu
entertainment, according to Jack
Marr, who has charge of sending
the letters to club officers. Admis¬
sion to the dance will be by student
identification cards.
“We hope to be able to have
more afternoon functions in the fu¬
ture,” said McDonald. “If this
dance is successful, the AMS will
sponsor more dances of the same
type.”
Lutheran Club Elects
Offi cers for Semester
Margaret Betz was elected presi¬
dent of the newly-formed Lutheran
Students’ Club at a meeting Tues¬
day night in the social hall of the
Life Science building.
Other officers elected were:
George Spindt, vice-president ;
Wanda Schoenberg, secretary; Har¬
ry dePew, treasurer, and Mary
Faust, historian.
Plans were made at the meeting
to combine with the Glendale unit
of the National Student’s Lutheran
organization. Members also decided
to invite all Cal Tech students to
become members of the Pasadena
Junior College unit. A discussion
of plans for a banquet to be held
in April was held preceding a talk
bv Miss Helen Bixby Clark, UCLA
alumna in charge of organizing Lu¬
theran student clubs.
SCHOOL SECTION PLANNED
Wayne L. Hodges, teacher of
journalism here, has been placed
in charge of two pages of school
news to appear in the 50th anni¬
versary edition of the Star-News
in April.
MEET HERE
TOMORROW;
HEAR KAPLAN
Dr. Joseph Kaplan, associate pro¬
fessor of physics at UCLA, will
speak on the “Products of Schol¬
arship after College,” for the an¬
nual Alpha Gamma Sigma conven¬
tion here tomorrow.
Dr. Kaplan has been highly rec¬
ommended by Dr. Hedrick, presi¬
dent of UCLA. The young doctor
has won success and popularity
through his understanding of stu¬
dent problems and for his contacts
with the students. He is a mem¬
ber of Phi Beta Kappa and a grad¬
uate of Johns Hopkins University.
'Scholarship' Subject
“Products of Scholarship” is to
be the theme for the convention.
At the business meeting students
will discuss the products of schol¬
arship in college.
At the general session Dr. John
W. Harbeson will welcome dele¬
gates to Pasadena Junior College.
Harlow John Mills and Elizabeth
Morgridge Mills will present piano
compositions of Mr. Mills’ father,
John Mills. Mary Elaine Gartz,
president of the Pasadena chapter,
will preside.
Receives Prize
Among- the compositions to be
presented are “English Folk
Tunes,” one movement of the
“Italian Sonata,” and “Indian Leg¬
end.” Mr. Mills received the $1,000
Columbia prize for the “Italian
Continued on Page Three
PASTOR TALKS
ON DEMOCRACY
IN CONVOCATION
Giving a panoramic view of
democracy and religion as com¬
pared with fascism, communism,
socialism and their government su¬
pervised churches, Rev. B. J. Ja¬
cobson, pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church, spoke to PJC students in
the auditorium at Monday’s con¬
vocation.
Wandering from his topic freely,
Rev. Jacobson spoke -about every¬
thing from Paul Robeson’s football
playing to the way Rachmaninoff
practices. However, he did mention
the method of Hitler’s supervision
of religion in Germany, even to the
ousting of a bishop who now
preaches from his cell in the jail.
In regard to Rachmaninoff and
his practicing, Jacobson quoted him
as saying, “If I don’t practice for a
day, I know it; if I don’t practice
for a week, my critics know it, and
if I don’t practice for a year, the
whole world knows it.” “This,”
said Jacobson, “shows the necessity
of daily practice in attempting to
reach the highest attainments.”
Other meetings were held during
the regular convocation period.
Julio Fasseron, a student from Ar¬
gentina, spoke of the method of
education in his country at the
Spanish meeting in 104D.
Mrs. Robert H. Perry outlined
the work of the Alliance Francaise
to French students gathered in
202E.
Chairman of the USC German
department, Edwin T. Mohme,
spoke to the German students in
the Little Theater.
Magnatura Establishes
Scholarhip Loan Fund
A scholarship loan fund has been
established by the Magnatura Club,
PJC business majors’ society, for
those of its members who are out¬
standing in the field of commerce
and business administration. The
club will elect the student to whom
money from the fund will be loaned.
The fund has been put under the
supervision of the Pasadena Junior
College Scholarship Fund Associa¬
tion in order to safeguard its fu¬
ture. Seventy-five dollars has al¬
ready been put into the fund by
Magnatura, and additions will be
made from time to time.
Mrs. M. L. Pearson of the asso¬
ciation shall be in charge of the
money and responsible for the col¬
lection of the principal and interest
on the loans.
1565 TAKING LANGUAGES
Due to the continual improve¬
ment of intemationEfl communica¬
tion and transportation, and the
aroused interest in various foreign
countries and their affairs, students
of PJC are showing more intensive
interest in foreign languages, ac¬
cording to Miss Kathleen D. Loly,
chairman of the department.
Of the 1565 students enrolled in
language classed, 619 are enrolled
in French, 329 in German, 514, in
Spanish and 103 in Latin.
South Pole
Movies at
Assembly
Color motion pictures of Ant¬
arctica, filmed by David Abbey
Paige of the second Byrd Antarc¬
tic expedition, will be shown at
this morning’s assembly in the au¬
ditorium. The assembly will be at
9:50 a. m. and will be open to as
many members of the student body
as can be accomodated.
Byrd Comments
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
leader of the expedition, commen¬
ted: “On my Second Expedition to
the Antarctic we took with us, for
the first time in the history of
American exploration, an eminent
artist, David Abbey Paige, of New
York, to record graphically the
various phenomena and their unus¬
ual colors. A hundred pastels were
brought back from Little America
.:s a part of his work. This unique
collection should be shown to the
public under most favorable con¬
ditions — not only nationally, but in¬
ternationally — for it is the only
example of its kind in American
art . .
Four Titles
Four films were prepared es¬
pecially for students by Mr, Paige,
one of which will be selected for
this morning’s assembly. The sub¬
jects are, “Color in Antarctica,”
“The Story of the Expedition,”
“Life Under the Midnight Sun,”
and “Aviation Hazards in the Fro¬
zen South.”
Mr. Paige was one of the men
awarded the Congressional award,
“Presented to the officers and men
of the Second Byrd Antarctic Ex¬
pedition to express the very high
admiration in which the Congress
and the American people hold their
heroic and undaunted -accomplish¬
ments for Science unequalled in the
history of polar exploration.”
According to Bob Braden, secre¬
tary of activities and in. charge of
the assembly, the students of Pas¬
adena Junior College should feel
very privileged to see these motion
pictures, as they are the first and
only graphic examples of their kind
in the United States.
Seniors, Sophs
Plan Assemblies
The Pasadena Bulldog Band will
headline the entertainment to be
presented to. the senior class at the
class day assembly, March 25, ac¬
cording to Max Caplan, senior
prexy. At the last meeting of the
senior class council, members se¬
lected the band as the principal
part of their program.
Development of plans for a Soph¬
omore-Senior Field Day was also
discussed at the meeting. The
Council decided to present the Field
Day during assembly on Friday at
some future date. Seniors and
sophomores will go to the grand¬
stand while the other classes are
in the auditorium. Included in the
program will be the traditional tug-
of-war, greased pole events, sack
races, and other activities planned
to bring about a closer feeling be¬
tween the two classes.
The Field Day committee is
headed by Dick Biles, assisted by
Millie Schmertz and Raymond
Richter. A list of the volunteer
workers for the Field Day will be
posted on the bulletin board in the
student union.
In addition to handling major
problems of the sort revealed
above, the class council appointed
committees to handle the increasing
number of minor administrative
problems.
COMING EVENTS
David Paige of Second Antarc¬
tic Expedition will show colored
motion pictures of Antarctica at
assembly in auditorium this
morning.
★ ★ ★
Alpha Gamma Sigma will hold
its annual convention here to¬
morrow. Dr. Joseph Kaplan is
main speaker.
•k
к
★
AMS will sponsor afternoon
dance in women’s gym next
Tuesday. Laverne Boyer and his
orchestra will play. Admission
by student body cards.
★ ★ ★
Music, drama departments col¬
laborate in preparing “Allelulia,”
Easter pageant, to be given April
2 and 3.
★ + *
OMD carnival theme changed.
Annual affair on May 13 will be
entitled “South Sea Island,” in¬
stead of “Jinx.”