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Vol. XXVIII
Pasadena, California, March 19, 1937
No. 26
Pasadena, Compton Re-admitted To Conference
Bulldog Band Starts For Three-Point Proposal
Concert Tour Early Today TG Revise Rules That
Caused Ousting Drawn
Davis-Hall Finals Won
By Jessup, Bandisman;
Contest In 30th Year
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Tourney Held In Men's Gym During Convocation
Period; Six Finalists’ Talks Are Featured;
General Topic Of Addresses Is “Peace”
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Eliminating over 30 student contestants to capture the respective
medals offered, Joseph Landisman, of the upper division, and Bruce
Jessup, lower division, last Monday morning won first places in the
finals of the 30th annual Davis-Hall Oratorical Contest. The tourney,
which was held in the men’s gymnasium during Monday’s convocation
period, featured the speeches of*
For April 8
Mother-Daughter Banquet
Planned By Women
Students
six finalists, three from the upper; Dinn/ii* To
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Year AW S Calendar
The tournament, which has now
completed it’s 30th anniversary,
was started when this institution
was the Pasadena high school, and
was originated by J. Herbert Hall
and the late M. W. Davis. Mr.
Davis and Mr. Hall founded the
contest in 1907, making it one of
the oldest oratorical contests in
which Pasadena students partici¬
pate.
Mr. Hall was present to award
the medals to the two winners of
the contest, and in making the
awards he said, “Although you can¬
not all have medals, I believe that
you who have prepared for this
contest have reaped some benefits
from the experience which will be
of value to you during your life¬
time. I wish to express my appre¬
ciation for the participation in this
events and to congratulate Mrs.
Irene S. Peters, head of the public
speaking department, who has been
in charge of the contest for the
past 18 years.”
Introduces Speakers
Clarbel Dougan, secretary of oral
arts, introduced the speakers and
presented Miss Mary Elizabeth
Davis, junior college Spanish tea¬
cher, who is the daughter of Mr.
Davis, co-founder of the meet.
Miss Davis, in behalf of her father,
said, “It was because my father,
(Continued on Page Three)
Bauble, Bells
Initiates 6
Initiation of pledges for Bauble
and Bells, lower division dramatics
club, was begun Wednesday. The
pledges are Richard Aspy, Bob
Morgan, Ralph Parkes, Mable
Prouty, James Ranck and Every
Stone. The initiation will terminate
with a formal initiation to be held
at the home of one of the members
at some future date.
Roger Tierney, treasurer of Bau¬
ble and Bells, is chairman of the
initiation committee. Committee
members are Harold Wolf, Wendell
Thompson and Edwina Waterbury.
The party committee for the for¬
mal initiation is Lorraine Gilb,
chairman; Fred Smith, Florence
Jansen and Dorothy Brown.
The Bauble and Bells club is at
present preparing three one-act
plays. They are “The Critic” by Val
Clarke, to be presented in thejun-
ior college assembly on April 9;
“Sad About Europe,” by Philip
Johnson, to be presented for the
Mother and Daughter night at the
Shakespeare club on April 8; and
“Twelfth Night,” a Shakespearean
play to be given at Occidental col¬
lege for the Shakespearean Festi¬
val on April 24, and also on our
campus for the Ruth Doolittle con¬
test. _ _
300 Attend
MRICC Dance
Japan and cherry blossoms will
be the theme of this year’s annual
A. W. S. Mother and Daughter ban¬
quet, to be held at the Shakespeare
clubhouse, South Los Robles ave¬
nue, Thursday, April 8, at 6 p. m.
The general arrangements are
under the direction of Shirley - C.
Smith, second vice-president of the
Associated Women students.
The theme will be worked out
under the direction of Jessie Ko-
yama, decoration chairman. Those
working with Miss Koyama on the
decorations are Elinor Smith, Phyl¬
lis Wilson, Mary Ann Moss, Dor¬
othy Bonner and Betty Wilcox.
Publicity for the affair is in the
hands of Jane Hazenbush, Marga¬
ret Arnold, Jeanette Eastman,
Alyss Greer and Hortense Ellis.
Tickets Are 50 Cents
Tickets may be obtained after
Easter vacation at the bookstore
for 50 cents each. Billie Crain,
Donna Kingkade, Barbara Lom¬
bard, Mary Alice Whieldon and
Wanda Schoenberg are handling
this end of the affair.
Entertainment will be furnished
by Bauble and Bells, lower division
dramatics society, presenting a
play under the direction of Miss
Katherine Kester. The cast of the
play, entitled “Sad About Europe,”
included Dorothy Brown, Drusilla
Roach, Frances McBride, Roger
Tierney and Clarence Black. Betty
Samways is student director of the
production.
Faraday Talk
Is At Civic
100 Members Of Symphonic Band Will Play Seven
Concerts In Northern California Cities
will play its first engagement Fri¬
day evening at Bakersfield high, in
Bakersfield. Following, on Satur¬
day night, the band will play at
Fresno, from where, they will move
to play at the Municipal auditor¬
ium 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 organizaztioni responds to an
invitation to play at the opening of
the California Western Music Con¬
ference. Afterwards, on the return
trip the band will stop at the new
civic auditorium in San Jose, Tues¬
day night, March 23, and at the
Warner Brothers’ theatre in' Santa
Barbara, Wednesday night, the
24th of March.
By Howard Steinwinter
One hundred strong, Pasadena junior college’s combined sym-j
phonic band left early this morning on a trip which will last for sixj
days and will include a visit to at least seven California cities, with
seven different programs being given. The climax of the trip will be
as the band arrives in the bay region, there to give a performance at
the opening of the California West-*
ern Music conference in San Fran¬
cisco, where the band will play at
the Fairmont hotel.
Over $900 had been raised at the
time left this morning, with defi¬
nite prospects of more in the offing.
Return By San Jose
After the performance in San
Francisco the band will return by
way of San Jose and Santa Bar¬
bara, and will arrive in Pasadena
on Thursday, March 25, at the
completion of the greatest and
what is hoped to be the most suc¬
cessful trip in recent years for the
organizaztion.
Audre L. Stong, band leader,
shortly before the band left, said,
that he wished to express his ap¬
preciation to the mothers, fathers
and friends of junior college stu¬
dents as well as civic minded per¬
sons who sent in their contribu¬
tions during the “dollar shower”
fund sponsored recently by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
As previously mentioned, the
trip is the first of such length for
the organization in four years. It
is formally titled a Spring Con¬
cert tour and will not cancel the
usual shorter trips the band makes
annually.
Original plans for the jaunt in¬
cluded the chartering of a special
train for the members of the ag¬
gregation, the leaders and such
friends as cared to pay the neces¬
sary $19 to accompany the band.
Late this week, however, plans
were changed, and it was not
known at this writing whether
the band would make the northern
journey in the train or in chartered
busses, stopping at hotels in , the
various cities.
Leaving this morning, the band
Geologists
Start Trip
To Arizona
Faculty-Club
Meet On
Tap
With a crowd of about 150 cou-
>Ies attending, the annual informal
lance, sponsored by the Men’s Re-
trictive Inter-club council, was
leld at the University club last
iaturday night, March 13.
Glenn Peter’s orchestra provided
nusic for the dancing, and the
heme “Balboa,” chosen because of
iroximity to Easter week, provided
he motif for the affair.
Commenting on the dance, Jack
Anderson, general chairman, said,
'We of the M.R.I.C.C. feel that
he dance was a brilliant success
rom every standpoint. The music
vas excellent.”
Elwood Martin and Milton Wop-
ichall were in charge of arrange-
nents for bids, orchestra and floor.
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dance was open only to mem-
>ers of restrictive clubs.
Dr. Carl D. Anderson, Caltech
professor and 1936 Nobel physics
prize winner, will make his first
platform appearance since receiv¬
ing the award, and will speak at
the Faraday lecture on the topic,
“Delving into the Atom.” The lec¬
ture, held under the auspices of the
Board of City Directors and the
junior college Sci-Math club, will
be on Friday, April 2, at 8:00 p. m.,
in the Civic auditorium. Admission
is free to the public.
Several hundred formal invita¬
tions will be sent to Pasadena’s
citizens and others, to induce inter¬
est in the affair.
The following committee has
been appointed to work on the de¬
tails accompanying the Faraday
lecture. Mrs. Irma Bush, Muir;
Miss Adelaide Jameson; Miss Ruth
L. Conrad; L. E. Hitchcock, McKin¬
ley; Guy E. Armantrout, Eliot;
Mrs. Gail Butler, Pasadena; I. S.
Cummings, Washington; W. Ellis
Pickett, Wilson; R. S. Williams,
Marshall; and, from Pasadena jun¬
ior college, C. F. Eckels, R. N.
Skeeters, B. W. Howard, L. C.
Damsgard, Glen Clyine, Audre L.
Stong and Milton Mohs.
JEAN PARKER DUE
AT NEWMAN FETE
Each member inviting some
member of the faculty, the Spar¬
tans are planning their annual fac¬
ulty dinner again this year. The
affair is slated for April 1, at 6:00
p. m., at the home of Rachel Wil¬
liams, secretary of the organiza¬
tion.
“Each Spartan will be hostess to
one member of the faculty,” said
Miss Williams. “The purpose of the
affair is to enable students and fac¬
ulty members to get together in a
group for the discussing of prob¬
lems relating to the school.”
Particulars of this affair will be
posted on the regular Spartan bul¬
letin board outside the office of
the dean of women after Easter va¬
cation, but Eloise Jones, president
of the group" has asked that each
Spartan ask her guest
vacation if possible.
before the
Play
Classes
Give Dramas
With Jean Parker, Pasadena girl
who became a movie star, as an
honored guest, the Newman club
will have its monthly Communion
breakfast at Hancock’s grill fol¬
lowing a 7:30 a. m. Holy Com¬
munion at St. Andrew’s church.
Open only to members of the
club, reservations for the break¬
fast, date for which was not avail¬
able, may be made at the New¬
man office in St. Philip’s hall.
“Followers,” a nineteenth cen¬
tury play and the first of a series
of period plays, was given last Fri¬
day by the play production class.
These period plays range from
the nineteenth century to the time
of Homer, the Greek poet, taking
in important periods connected
with drama. The purpose of these
plays is to study the mannerisms,
customs and costumes of the vari¬
ous periods.
This class, under the tutelage of
Miss Katherine Kester, produced
the play completely under student
direction. The following is a list
of students in charge: director,
Josephine Merrill; stage manager,
Yvonne Elwell ; scene artist and
carpenter, Robert Willey; mistress
of properties, Patsy Burr; mistress
of the wardrobe, Betty Grey; and
the cast including Dorothy Evans,
Marguerite Yochem, Lois Strong
and Ray Swartz.
ARTICLES PUBLISHED
“Factors Related to Scholarship
at Pasadena” and “Study Methods
and Sch
о
1 a r s h i p Improvement”
were the titles of two articles by
Dr. A. M. Turrell, counselor here,
which were published in the Febru¬
ary and March issues of the Junior
College Journal.
Drama Group
Chooses Play
For Contest
‘Hunger’ Will Be Players’
Guild Entry In Junior
College Tourney
“Hunger,” by Eugene Pillot, will
be the players’ Guild entry in the
annual Junior College One-Act
Play Contest to be held at the
Community Playhouse on April 12.
Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, Pasa¬
dena junior college drama instruc¬
tor and club adviser, is director,
with Ruthanna Marble as student
director.
The cast consists of Stuart Rus¬
sel, the Beggar; Joe Pyle, the Poet;
Murray Huss, the Man; Charmaine
Bliss, the Girl; and Peter Prouse,
the Satisfied One.
Is “All-School” Affair
This play is the first all-school
production, with art classes design¬
ing costumes and the set, sewing
classes making' the costumes, and
Screen club, constructing the set.
“We have a play by a distin¬
guished playwright, Miss Keppie
has scored many successes with
plays she has produced at the Pas¬
adena junior college, and we have
a competent cast,” said Miss Mar¬
ble in discussing hopes for the con¬
test.
Preliminaries of the annual Play¬
ers’ Guild Shakespeare contest,
open to upper division students
only, will be held during the first
week of April in 206Q. The exact
date will be -given in the bulletin.
Contest Rules Told
According to Miss Keppie, selec¬
tions consisting of 30 lines from
any Shakespeare play and entailing
two characters, should be chosen
by contestants. The winners will
represent this school at a Southern
California junior college Shake¬
speare contest at Occidental college
on April 24.
DEANS TCLATTEND
PARLEY IN NORTH
No More Mention Of Past Difficulties Promised As
Hatchet Buried Between Bulldogs And
Western Division Athletic Group
Declaring that past difficulties are to be consigned to the waste
basket, that there will be a drastic revision of rulings and regulations
concerning the entire conference, the Western Division Athletic con¬
ference, for two years definitely at odds with Pasadena and Compton
junior dolleges, buried the hatchet in a meeting last Monday which
saw the virtual re-admission of the two erring schools. Out of the
conference for the past year because of infractions of various rules
which they considered intolerable, the action sees Pasadena and
Compton once more in a state of amicability with the other five
schools which make up the conference — Ventura, Glendale, Long
Beach, Los Angeles and Santa
Monica.
A three-point proposal of future
rulings, approved for discussion by
the members of the conference,
and which may form the nucleus'
of the new conference code, includ¬
ed the suggested laws following:
Proposal Drawn Up
(1) Past difficulties will never
again be mentioned, since the dif¬
fering parties cannot come to any
agreement as to who was right
and who wrong. (2) Under the fu¬
ture code no school in the confer¬
ence will be required to play any
of the others. Athletic schedules
will be made out with this in mind,
and any games which either op¬
ponent does not approve of will be
left as “open” dates on the calen¬
dar. Games between members of
the conference and schools outside
the conference will be permitted.
(3)Because of these new rulings,
there will be no future attempts
to determine the winners of any
junior college championships among
members of the conference.
Results of this, and future, meet¬
ings on the subject of reorganiza¬
tion of the conference will not ma¬
terially affect Pasadena until the
basketball season in the winter of
1937-38. A complete football sched¬
ule which includes schools as far
north as San Francisco and as far
east as Salt Lake City has already
been arranged under the direction
of Dean of Men James P. O’Mara
and Head Coach Bill K. Dunn, and
( Continued on Page Three)
Historical, Mineralogical
Sites To Be Seen In
1600-Mile Trek
SDonsored by the Mineralogical
Society of Southern California, a
caravan of 25 automobiles, with
members of the society, Pasadena
junior college faculty and geology
students, started a nine-day trip to
southeastern Arizona, this morn¬
ing, under the leadership of Edwin
V. Van Amringe, junior college
geology instructor.
Among points of interest to be
seen are the Arehaelogical Museum
of the University of Arizona, San
Xavier mission, the ghost town of
Tombstone, Coolidge dam, Gila
pueblo, the Casa Grande ruins and
other historical spots. Also to be
visited are ore deposits, mines and
smelters.
The trip, which will cover over
1600 miles, will be made in private
cars, the driver of each being re¬
sponsible for the food and supplies
of his group. Box lunches will be
put up daily at- breakfast times. An
official photographer will attend.
The first camp, for those leaving
tomorrow morning, will be at Tum-
co, while those leaving late in the
afternoon or on Saturday morning,
will proceed directly to the camp at
Tucson.
A minimum all-inclusive cost of
$16 will be charged, with a regis¬
tration fee of 25 cents per person
to cover general expenses, which
is payable at the first camp.
According to Mr. Van Amringe,
no one will be authorized' at any
time to leave or join the group
without express permission. Guns,
liquor and gambling will be strictly
prohibited, and disorderly conduct
will not be tolerated.
OPEN HOUSE HELD
BY A.W.S. MEMBERS
Holding open house on Tuesday
in the office of Miss Catherine j.
Robbins, dean of women, at 2:15
to 4:15, the A. W. S. represented
by Mary Ann Moss, acted as host¬
ess to faculty members and stu
dents who wished to become ac
quainted with one another.
Scholarships
Are Offered
Week’s News
Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal,
will attend the principals’ meeting
of the California high school and
junior college conference in San
Francisco, March 20, while James
P. O’Mara, dean of men, will attend
his sectional meeting of this con¬
ference on March 22.
“This convention is expected to
last for three or four days, during
which time all high school and jun¬
ior college problems will be dis¬
cussed,” said Dr. Harbeson.
FROSH CLUB PLANS
MARCH GATHERING
To elect new officers, there will
be a meeting of the Ffosh club
Wednesday, March 31, at 3:00 p.
m. in 104D. Rachel Williams is
in charge.
Miss Williams urged that fresh¬
man women be present as several
women student body officers pres¬
ent to talk of the work of their
departments.
NEWS
Bulldogs are re-instated, along
with Compton, in the Western Di¬
vision Athletic conference follow¬
ing parley held over proposed new
conference rulings. Page 1.
Joseph Landisman and Bruce
Jessup, upper and lower division
entrants, are winners in 30th an¬
nual Davis-Hall contest. Page 1.
One hundred members of sym¬
phonic band start concert tour to
north this morning on chartered
train. Page 1.
Organizations committee mem¬
bers chosen, committee is working
on attendance contest, club records,
service bureau. Page 3.
FEATURES
Balboa, Arizona to be Easter
week resorts for vacationing jun¬
ior college students. Page 2.
SPORTS
Easter week will see invasion of
north by John C. Thurman’s base¬
ball squad as games with Santa
Clara, St. Mary’s, Bear frosh and
Modesto junior college are slated.
Page 4.
Notices of more scholarships
have been put on the bulletin board
at the entrance of the administra¬
tion building. Students who wish
to be more thoroughly informed on
any of them should see John A.
Anderson, dean of records.
The University of Redlands will
award a full tuition scholarship for
the third college year, to one of
the five highest ranking graduates
of Pasadena junior college for the
academic year 1937-38, in the col¬
lege of liberal arts.
There will be 10 appointments to
full tuition scholarships given by
Northwestern University School
of Commerce, which includes the
Medill School of Journalism, to
junior college graduates. The
awards will be made on a basis of
scholarship, leadership, character
and health.
California Institute of Technol¬
ogy is giving 12 or more freshman
prize awards, carrying one-half
tuition. These are to be judged by
all available information about the
applicant, except his financial sta¬
tus.^ Also, there will be 10 half¬
tuition awards given to superior
students who could not otherwise
attend the institute because of
finances.
GIFT COMMITTEE
ORGANIZED HERE
Organizing a “courtesy to Teach¬
ers” committee, Miss Catherine J.
Robbins and Jane Hazenbush, A.
W. S. representative, met with the
members of the newly formed com¬
mittee in Miss Robbins’ office at 4
o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The
committee has made plans to leave
Easter gifts in the teachers’ boxes
just before Easter vacation.
‘YM’ HAS IRISH DINNER
Featuring a talk by Dean of
Men Janies P. O’Mara on St. Pat¬
rick’s day, the junior college Y.
M.C.A. sponsored a banquet last
Wednesday night at the downtown
“Y.” With Jim Morgan, president,
in charge, the dinner was open to
any man student at 35 cents apiece.