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Vol. XXVII
Pasadena, California, March 20, 1936
No. 22
RICC Plans Investigation Into Breach Of Rules
Plan New
Curricular
Addition
Will Educate Ability In
Technique Of Actual
Broadcasting
Mother-Daughter Banquet Change In
Arrangements Completed perjQ^[ Jg
Proposed
TALENT TRAINED
Cox Of KNX Speaks
To Faculty On Radio
School Here
By Jack Burtt
Meeting to discuss a projected
radical change in the curricula of
Pasadena junior college, the fac¬
ulty and students heard Leonard
Cox, program director of radio
station KNX present his views on
the matter of adding a course in
training for the radio to the courses
already offered here.
Would Be Unique
Mr. Cox talked and answered
questions for almost an hour as
the interested faculty entered into
the general discussion of the plan.
If this course is added it will place
Pasadena junior college in a posi¬
tion unique in that no other pub¬
lic school offers a course anywhere
nearly approaching the proposed
addition. This course would seek
to train talent for the radio: both
dramatic, musical, literary and
speaking. Aside from these posi¬
tions, future technicians, artists,
publicity agents, salesmen, steno¬
graphers, and office assistants will
it were trained.
Stressing the fact that there are
no reliable or legitimate radio
training schools in America, Mr.
Cox said, “The radio company of
today has not time for the training
of talent, although some have tried
it, and it is therefore, and logically,
up to the schools to take over the
job. The radio business, like any
other, must have a continuous
source from which to draw its ma¬
terial. The big jobs in radio, writ¬
ing, acting, selling, directing, and
a host of other occupations, are
held down by a relatively small
number of men and women. We
must have fresh material to take
their places.
Lacks Training
“There is today in this country
a great amount of talent suitable
for radio, but it lacks training.
The ability to project oneself over
the ether is only gained through
intensive practice, training and ex¬
perience. Most of this native abil¬
ity could find a niche for itself if
it were trained.
“And not only do we need dram¬
atic artists and dramatic writers,
cast includes all members of the
(Continued on Page 2)
Players Will
Give Satire
Vo-Mag Sale
Complete As
Classes Vie
Past Records Broken By
Salesmen; Trophy To
Be Awarded
Players’. Guild, upper class dra¬
matics society, will entertain the
associated student body, next Fri¬
day, with the play “The Pot-Boil¬
er,” written by Alice Gerstenber-
ger, when that group takes over
the assembly period, according to
Charles Braden, secretary of acti¬
vities. The play, a comical satire
on play writing, will show the pro¬
duction of a drama, following the
“play within a play” theme.
The cast of characters includes
Jim Ross, who plays the lead,
Charles Renshaw, Bill Caldwell,
Barbara Barnett, Elizabeth Ste¬
vens, Sam Zimmerman and Newell
Barrett. Patricia Denslow is the
student director, and Miss Eliza¬
beth E. Keppie, drama instructor,
is faculty adviser.
GRADUATE LIST
POSTED BY OFFICE
Lists of candidates for gradua¬
tion in June have been posted, ac¬
cording to Mrs. Barrington of the
records office. The tentative list
may be consulted on the north bul¬
letin board of the cafeteria, fac¬
ing the library.
Any students who have been
omitted or included by mistake are
requested to report the error at
Window No. 1, in the Records of¬
fice. All candidates for June grad¬
uation are expected to call at win¬
dow No. 1, Records office, for
graduation check cards, regardless
of whether or not their names ap¬
pear on the bulletin board.
With arrangements for Kathleen D. Loly, chairman of the lang¬
uage department, as guest speaker, a Bauble and Bell's play and
Mexican songs, final plans for the annual A. W. S. Mother-Daughter
- *ibanquet were completed last Wed¬
nesday, according to Alberta An¬
derson, general chairman. Held at
the Arcade Tea room, for the sec¬
ond year, the dinner is at six
o’clock, Thursday, Mareh 26. Tick¬
ets are fifty cents per plate and
will be sold by members of the
A. W. S. board and cabinet in the
student union office every day next
week during the lunch period.
Holding two contests, the A. W.
S. officers have been active
throughout the past week augment¬
ing ticket interest for the banquet
with two tickets to the Biltmore
Bowl to the woman student who
sells the most tickets, the minimum
number set at 20, and a five-pound
box of candy offered to the school
club or organization outselling
their competitors. Students wish¬
ing to compete should apply at the
student union office.
Are Mexican
Program arrangements follow
the Mexican motif. The guest
speaker, Miss Loly, will comment
on Mexican customs and traditions.
Dressed in native costume, Con¬
stance Orozco will sing several
Mexican songs. She will be ac¬
companied by Marijean Voseipka.
Bauble and Bells members will en¬
act a short skit. Kathleen Cart¬
wright, secretary of interior rela¬
tions, selected by the A. W. S.
officials, will act as toast mistress.
Marjorie Betts, president of the
Associated Women Students, will
preside over this social event. She
said today that the Mother-Daugh¬
ter banquet is an annual social
event toward which mothers and
daughters always look forward.
A. W.’ S. officials responsible for
arrangements are Alberta Ander¬
son, general chairman, Carolyn
Munn, program; Sarita Henderson,
decorations; and Margaret de
Haan, favors.
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With a practically complete sell¬
out of 1800 copies the first day of
sale, Vo-Mag, vocational magazine,
and All-American honor winner,
broke all previous sales records,
according to Dow Parkes, editor.
One thousand copies of the maga¬
zine were sold by subscription
alone, while freshman and junior
contestants could not supply the
deniand for the publication at the
beginning of the contest last week.
Special Features
Among the special features in
the issue is a wood engraving of
Hawk Tower, by Paul Landacre,
Los Angeles artist, which is copy¬
righted by Colophon, book collec¬
tor’s quarterly, published in New
York. This wood engraving has
never hefore appeared outside the
pages of Colophon. Permission to
publish it was granted Vo-Mag by
Elmer Adler, outstanding Ameri¬
can printer.
The winning class has not as yet
been announced, but represent¬
atives of both groups of salesmen
expected to win the trophy, at the
beginning of the contest on March
17. A banner will be awarded to
the winner as a revolving trophy,
which will be displayed in the Stu¬
dent Union building.
Elect Sales Force
Preceded by two days during
which subscriptions were taken
but no actual Vo-Mags issued, the
sales and distribution took place
on March 17 and 18, last Wednes--
day and Thursday. Salesmen for
the classes were members of the
class councils, recently chosen.
Individual students who sold the
most Vo-Mags are to receive
awards as did their classes. The
junior salesman who sold the most
magazines will be given two tickets
to the Biltmore Bowl, with corre¬
sponding compensation for the
freshman winner.
Winners in the contest are to be
judged on a basis of points, dis¬
continued on Page 2)
PLANS DISCUSSED
FOR CLUB DANCE
Plans for the annual dance, ten¬
tatively set for May 1 or 8, were
discussed at the Triple “J” meet-
Dancing To
Be Offered
For Pasadena junior college stu¬
dents who wish to learn to dance,
a course in ballroom dancing has
been planned for beginners. A se¬
ries of eight lessons will begin in
the men’s gym next Thursday,
March 26.
A nominal charge for the course
will be maintained, $1 for the
eight lessons. The afternoon of
March 26 and every Thursday
thereafter for eight weeks is to be
reserved for the instruction in the
men’s gymnasium, with Miss Ford,
noted ballroom artist, as the in¬
structor.
All students who are interested
in elementary ballroom dancing
ing held on the campus, on last j are invited to take advantage of
Wednesday morning, during club
period. Jbe hall and orchestra
committee has started negotiations
for securing an outstanding orches¬
tra and hall for the informal dance,
according to Shig Kawai, presi¬
dent. Members on the committee
include Jimmie Ivirita, Seesue Fu-
jimoto, Kimi Tomoyasu, Hid Taka-
yama, Emily Uchiyama and Tachy
Wakiji.
the course, according to Anna
Katherine Jones, secretary of so¬
cial affairs. They are requested to
contact Miss Jones or counselors
for further information.
FORMER STUDENTS
TO SING ON TRIP
J.C. Students
Given Chance
As Amateurs
Opportunities for amateurs
are open to Pasadena junior col¬
lege students in several
атаь
teur shows now under way, ac¬
cording to Charles Braden, sec¬
retary of activities. Aspirants
for honors may participate in
junior college restrictive com¬
petitions, as well as the city
wide contests.
Plans are in nucleus for an
inter-organization amateur show
to be given in a future assem¬
bly, but they are not definite
enough as yet to warrant detail.
However, an active amateur unit
that is already in progress has
attracted a number of jayseeites
during the past weeks.
The “Discoveries of 1936,”
sponsored by the Shriners’ club,
and open to anyone in Pasadena,
has had the “Jaysee Trio,” Bull¬
dog band singers, and other rep¬
resentatives of the junior col¬
lege in competition with other
amateurs from the age of four
to about fifty, during some of
the past programs at McKinley
junior high school.
Robert Ringle, Donald Erdman
and Chesney Carver, former Pasa¬
dena junior college students, will
leave Claremont, March 27, on a
tour with the Men’s Glee club of
Pomona college. The trip, which
will take them to the bay region
of California, will last until April 6.
Among other things, including
14 engagements at schools, clubs,
churches and theaters, the Glee
club will be heard over the air on
the Sperry flour program, Tues¬
day, March 31.
Eleven Charged With
Violation Of Silence
Before Bidding
ACTION DELAYED
Previous Motion Is Not
Illegal On Technical
Grounds
Defeating by a vote of 11
against to 8 for, a motion in favor
of dropping all investigations
against restrictive clubs charged
with violation of the traditional
“hands-off” policy, the Restrictive
Inter-Club council met, last Wed¬
nesday, with an indefinite post-
ponment of the entire problem.
Preceding the motion for ignor¬
ing the investigation, Restrictive
Organizations Sequoia, M. O. S.,
and Phenix charged 11 of the 26
organizations comprising the coun¬
cil with violations of the ordin¬
ance. A discussion as to the cor¬
rectness of the definition of the
silence period, that lasts from
Wednesday at midnight before bid¬
ding time until the actual distribu¬
tion of bids, was held.
Change Period
As a result of the latter dis¬
cussion, it was moved that the
silence be observed from Thursday
at midnight until Friday, when
the bids will be distributed. It was
referred to the organizations of
the council for a vote by all of
these groups, with subsequent am¬
endment to the council’s constitu¬
tion.
The charges of breaking silence
were made at a meeting of the
council last week, when no definite
action was taken. The only result
of that meeting was to pass
a motion to the effect that all
clubs, definitely proved guilty of
illegal rushing, should be placed
on probation, and not allowed to
rush or bid any new members dur¬
ing the first four weeks of next
semester. This ruling, however,
was pronounced illegal by Helen
Sperry, council president, and was
dismissed on a technicality.
Is Outgrowth
This latter action was an out¬
growth of the wording of the con-
continued on Page 2)
Tlu’ Causes
Explained
The pre-nurse and pre-medical
divisions of the Aesculapian club
held discussion on influenza and
lung diseases, during club period
Wednesday, March 18, in Tents 34
and 35.
Wynne Pearson took charge of
the pre-medical meeting. Stating
that 51 percent of rock miners suf¬
fer from dust in the lungs, he
revealed some startling facts con¬
cerning causes and effects of the
disease, and related some incidents
of consumption scandals in mines.
In the discussion held in the pre¬
nurse section and conducted by
Edith Bakke, the importance of
influenza victims going directly to
bed, remaining there, and obeying
doctor’s orders, was stressed. The
causes of flu were enumerated, and
methods of treatments were told
by various members of the club.
With a brief account of the epi¬
demic of 1918, and some compari¬
sons of that with the figures of
the recent influenza seige locally,
the meeting was adjourned.
Club Accepted
By Council At
Recent Meeting
Approved by the Restrictive
Inter-Club council at its meet¬
ing on Wednesday afternoon,
a new restrictive club will join
the ranks of the 26 others im¬
mediately. The group is called
the D. A. C. club.
Officers of the group are
John Trowbridge, president;
Bob Hurt, vice-president; Bob
Stapleton, secretary and Orval
Larkey, treasurer. The club ad¬
viser has not yet been an¬
nounced.
Members of the club are Bill
Stidham, Ray Fox, Bob Han¬
sen, Bob Westerbeck, Bob
Coates, Regnor Qvale, Hal
Smith, Stan Schuster, Howard
Bachman, Dave Bowman, John
Taylor and George McRoberts.
Payton Jordan is an honorary
member.
Dance To Be
Held In Gym
In Afternoon
Freshmen and Juniors To
Dance To Music Of
Hal Lomen
Announced as a tie-up for junior
and freshman class Vo-Mag sales¬
men, an afternoon hop, to which
all members of the two groups are
especially invited, with all other
associated student body members
conditionally asked, Class Presi¬
dents Tom Sommerville, of the jun¬
iors and Bob Dickinson of the
frosh, told plans for an afternoon
dance to be held next Wednesday
in the men’s gym.
Hal Lomen and his orchestra,
who has played at beach cities and
other Southland places, will fur¬
nish the music for the occasion, an¬
nounced the entertainment commit¬
tee.
Plan Features
In line with the hop, many other
features are planned by the two
classes for the April period, said
Sommerville. Patterned after the
Senior-Sophomore week, last sem¬
ester, the two classes are gradu¬
ally formulating definite ideas for
the period. Included in the month
will be the issuing of a publication
similar to the Senior-Soph “Bred,”
composed of all student work.
Creating the traditional rivalry
of two factions, the Vo-Mag sales
contest has precipitated a feeling
of competition between the two
groups, that is expected to hold
over, and last through the events
planned during the month of April,
says President Dickinson.
Jane Hazenbush is chairman of
the decorations committee for the
afternoon event, while other mem¬
bers of the two class councils are
arranging all other details.
Week’s News
Annual Dramatics Contest
Is Announced By Players
With the annual Southern California Shakespeare contest at
Occidental on Saturday, April 25, and a local festival in honor of the
famous bard to be held on this campus the day before, Players’ Guild,
upper division dramatics group, an-* - - -
nounced this week the tryouts for
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“d have ready for ro¬
tation 30 or more lines portraying
the two contests. Two individuals,
a man and a woman, according
to Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, ad¬
viser and director of the Guild, will
be sent to the Occidental contest,
and six or eight contestants will
he chosen after the tryouts to pre¬
sent cuttings in the local festival.
Tryouts will be held in 1C next
Wednesday, March 25, at 3 o’clock.
Anyone interested in dramatics
may enter, stated Miss Keppie,
provided they be in the upper di-
two or more characters.
The judges for the tryouts will
be Mrs. Helen Stone, Miss Nell
Remsberg and Miss Elizabeth Pax¬
ton, members of the oral arts com¬
mittee.
While plans are not as yet com¬
pleted for the festival here, it is
possible that the Verse Speaking
choir will present lines from the
work of Shakespeare, in addition
to a cutting, by members of the
Guild, of “A Comedy of Errors.”
NEWS
Final decision on charges against
11 restrictive clubs postponed until
future meeting. Page 1.
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Vo-Mag is complete sell-out, as
freshmen and juniors vie in selling
contest. Page 1.
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Spartans follow St. Patrick’s
Day motif at dance, as leap year
affair to be given. Page 1.
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Juniors and freshmen to give
afternoon dance with all school
conditionally invited. Page 1.
Final deadlines for taking of
pictures for Campus are announced
by editor. Page 2.
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Debate team authorized to jour¬
ney to Kansas to participate in na¬
tional tourney. Page 2.
FEATURES
“Engraver’s shop perfect place
for murder,” says writer, as trip
through plant described. Page 4.
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SPORTS
Coach Otto Anderson’s track
team to meet LAJC runners on
Horrell field tomorrow, as win ex¬
pected. Page 3.
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Cathedral high and El Monte
Lions on schedule for Freshman
tracksters. Page 3.
Spartans
Hold Leap
Year Hop
Frank Vane’s Orchestra
To Play,? Lone Males
Not Admitted
IN MEN’S GYM
St. Patrick’s Day Will Be
Theme For Service
Group’s Dance
Frank Vane's orchestra will
play for the Spartan leap year
dance, which will be held tonight
in the men’ gym with St. Patrick’s
day as the theme.
Bids, which are green and silver,
are being sold by all Spartan mem¬
bers, or may be purchased at the
door tonight. They are 25 cents
and no unescorted males will be
admitted.
Is Second Dance
According to Marjorie Bettan-
nier, Spartan president, the pro¬
ceeds of the dance will supplement
student body funds given the club
to provide sweaters for active
members. This is the second dance
sponsored by the service group, the
first being given last Spring.
Decorations for the dance are
under the direction of Helen Sper¬
ry, and they will carry out the
Irish theme. Betty Lewis was in
charge of the bids. Other Spartans
repsonsible for arrangements were
Alta Paquette, orchestra and Har-
riette Hills, publicity.
Are Patrons
Patrons for the dance will be
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Harbeson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O’Mara, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Anderson, Miss Cath¬
erine J. Robbins, Miss Ida E.
Hawes, Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Stir¬
ling, Mr. and Mrs. Alison Baldwin
and Fred G. Young.
The Spartans completed plans
for the dance at a pot-luck supper
held at the home of Betty Lewis
in South Pasadena, Wednesday
night. The executive board in
charge of all activities this semes¬
ter includes Marge Bettannier,
president; Eloise Jones, vice-presi¬
dent; Lila Renner, secretary and
Carolyn Munn, treasurer.
Will Exhibit
Art Works
Pasadena’s first annual civic art
exhibition, which is sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
is open to' the public at Carmelita
gardens until March 29.
“The purpose of this exhibition
is to stimulate an interest in the
creative work of Pasadena’s artists
and to educate, the citizens of Pas¬
adena to the fact that the artists
in this community are doing some
of the best work in the United
States,” said A. M. Wedemeyer,
art instructor at junior college,
member of the fine arts committee
of the Junior Chamber of Com¬
merce, the jury of awards for the
exhibition and chairman of the
hanging committee.
Francis Baxter, former junior
college art student, was awarded
the only honorable mention of the
sculpture exhibited. Of the four
honorable mentions of paintings
one was done by King Brock, a
former junior college student.
DRAMATICS CLUB
TO LEARN BROGUE
With “The White-Headed Boy”
selected for their annual play,
members of the Bauble and Bells
club, lower division dramatics
group, are learning to speak the
Irish brogue, according to Miss
Katherine Kester, adviser and fac¬
ulty director. The Irish comedy is
scheduled to be presented at the
John Marshall junior high school
auditorium on May 8.
Bauble and Bells members cast
in the play are Rosalie Meub, Tom
Stevens, Murray Huss, Ruthanna
Marble, Charlotte Clary, Dorothy
Brown, Harold Landon, Clifford
Pratt, Stuart Russell, Mary Ona
Turner, Anna Sussman and Lois
Bankerd. Jack Farnsworth, stage
manager, and Miss Jean McCrae,
assistant director, are others as¬
sisting in the production.
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DEBATE IS GIVEN
Walrus club, campus discussion
group, met in tent 15, during club
period Wednesday, to hear a de¬
bate on the question, “Does Pre¬
paredness Lead to Peace?”