Pasadena Chronicle, March 21, 1941

Vol. 32 Pasadena Junior College, March 21, 1941 No. 34 What, Again? Dell Hungerford, Board Give All To Make Stag Big Success Next Thursday One of the oldest traditions existing at PJC, will be aban¬ doned next Thursday evening in the John A. Sexson Audito¬ rium when the semi-annual AMS stag will for the first time open its doors to co-eds and males alike. This action came by virtue of the previously successful invasion into the AWS stag by “Brenda” and Cobina” alias Dell Hungerford and Bill Humphrey respectively, which resulted in an agree¬ ment between prexies, Hung¬ erford and Frances Stong, pro¬ viding that a girl gaining en¬ trance through any of the main doors of the auditorium will be allowed to see the program, but if she is exposed at the entrance, it will necessitate her lyricizing on any song before the entire congregation. To this startling announce¬ ment, Dell Hungerford confident¬ ly added that the show would doubtless be the “biggest thing ever to hit PJC,” as it will in¬ clude two and one-half solid hours of rollicking entertain¬ ment, which will feature eight top-notch vaudeville acts and two reels of motion picture film, rounded out with some torrid renditions of a genuine swing band composed entirely of girls. Chow SCA Members Nourished At Benefit With the world in its present state of turmoil, education in many countries has been reduced to the minimum. The Student Christian Association sponsored a benefit dinner last week at the First Congregational Church for the World Student Service Fund, in an attempt to further the cause of education. Because of a delayed telegram last week, it was believed former Attorney General Warren Allen had crashed in an airplane some¬ where in Mexico, where he had gone to look over his father’s mine. His friend Harlan Erickson, above, was ready to fly down with Warren’s parents to look for him. Arrangements were being made to send two Navy planes. Unaware of the “fuss’ being made over him, Warren completed his trip, turned up at the bor¬ der thirty hours later to learn from border officials he had “crashed.” Warren’s telegram had missed the six o’clock dead¬ line, closing time for Mexican telegraph offices, and had to go through a long relay from Santa Roslie. West Campus Mother-Daughter Banquet Today Celebrates 10th Anniversary With colorful Latin-America as their theme, the AWS, board have definitely launched their plans for the coming Mother-Daughter banquet on March 27, at West Campus. Since their organization, these affairs have occupied one of the most important spots on the AWS calendar — an event looked forward to by both mother and daughter. “This year commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Mother-Daughter banquet, and making it the most successful mother-daughter gathering we’ve ever sponsored, is our aim this year,” stated AWS president, Frances Stong. $5 PRIZES In order to promote a large sale of tickets, and attract the various groups of girls to the banquet a prize of five dollars will be given to the restrictive and the non-restrictive club who sells the most tickets; to be eli¬ gible a club must sell at least ten tickets. A new low price is being featured this year, for both mother and daughter tickets will sell at 75 cents. Betty Jean Schneider and Vir¬ ginia Curran, who are planning the event are so excited over their plans that they have turn¬ ed down an invitation of the AMS prexy to attend the stag that will be held on the same date. Speaker of the evening will be Kent Roberts, who will talk on .a subject related to South Amer¬ ica. He will be suplemented by music of the Melody Maids, PJC music organization, and the danc¬ ing of Barbara Turner and the Jarabi Club, Spanish dancers from the Mexican settlement. Companies 'C/A' Preparedness Model Home Houses New Brides7 School So you’re engaged, or perhaps you’re already standing over the kitchen sink; if not you'll want to file this article for future ref¬ erence. Dear Hubby need no longer go through the agonies associated with the first year л f married life for a Bride’s School has been started on West Cam¬ pus to help make adjustments. MODEL HOME? A caretaker had dwelt for twenty-seven years in a little bungalow on the grounds and last semester a tribe of student decorators, paperers, painters, seamstresses moved in to pre¬ pare it for a new school proj¬ ect in Pasadena. In short order the place was equipped with new curtains, stoves, other equipment with which a bride would expect to start her homemaking. The regular admission remains as usual at 10 cents including tax. Player's Guild Not Unemployed Stage-inclined Player’s Guild members find “employment” conditions around PJC’s Little Theater greatly improved. A full calendar planned by new president Rod Whitlow keeps time from weighing heavily on Guild members. Already the Guild has completed two plays, two others are in production. First of future productions will be “Aria da Capo,” a fan¬ tasy by Enda St. Vincent Mil- lay. Following “Aria” will be the comedy “Lovesick,” adapt¬ ed from a “Maudie” story of Ladie’s Home Journal fame. Policy behind these and all Guild plays is to give perform¬ ances to interest the entire stu¬ dent body, fill all Little Thea¬ ter’s 137 seats each perform¬ ance. Aims of President Whitlow are to produce a three-act play to be presented at the end of the semester, to hold several social meetings with speakers from the Community Playhouse. Weissman President Of Magnatura Club At a recent joint meeting of Magnatura Club officers for the remainder of the school year were chosen. They are Siebert Weissman, president; Cyrl Ross, vice-president, and Jim Quinn, treasurer. Student Union Editorial by Mary Scott Hill— Page 2. “Editor’s Notes,” by Don Carlson — Page 2. “Telegraph Desk,” Charles E. Allen— Page 2. Habitual Public Pulse — Page 2. Odion Dance Held Tonight —Page 3. Geologists Plan Easter Field Trip — Page 3. “Aria de Capo,” Play to be staged soon — Page 3. H. D. Thoreau’s Scintillating column appears on page 4. Varsity Baseball Discussed — Page 4. Ditto For Varsity Track On Ditto Page. Include Varsity Tennis When You Read Page 4. Significantly, hosts and host¬ esses consisted of individuals from many nations, and seating was so arranged that all might share in the variety that was af¬ forded by the cross-section of the world. Menu, decorations, entertain¬ ment were all carried out in an international theme. The program featured the Spanish dancing of Celeste Clau- ser and Roy Perez, and the bari¬ tone singing of James Shaw. Ditching Poll Conducted By Faculty- Student Council Some PJC faculty members have now and then complained about too frequent student ab- scenes for allegedly legitimate reasons. Pat Sloan, member of the Fac¬ ulty-Student Council (to help straighten out problems between students and faculty) took it up¬ on herself to conduct a poll March 6, discovered the various reasons for the constant class cutting. Poll results revealed the most common reasons for ditch¬ ing: 1. The subject, or teacher, or both were too boring. 2. The homework had not been done. 3. Individuals were too lazy to attend. 4. Students wished to linger in parking lot, student union, etc. 5. Miscellaneous interests. The Faculty-Student Council is now trying to improve the situ¬ ation, at least to some extent. First step will probably be improving the system of pro¬ gramming to give students bet¬ ter opportunity to enter classes and subjects they like. This would supposedly increase the limit of students per class wher¬ ever necessary, at the same time would eliminate deliberate ab¬ sences in some cases. Swing On a Postcard In Paris, before 1939, they could mail records. Postcards were made with a Record right on it so all you had to do was to put your piece of mail on your phonograph and it played for you. Mrs. Antoinette Packer, French teacher, picked up such a card on one of her trips to Paris and it is now posted in the Language Exhibit case with mu¬ sic sheets from several foreign countries. Of ROTC Unit Hold Maneuvers Ordinarily peaceful Arroyo Seco wash became a battle¬ ground last Sunday morning as ROTC Companies “C” and “A" held field maneuvers in the rough. For two and one-half hours, attack theories were giv¬ en plenty of practical tests’ be¬ fore the theoretical enemy was captured. Highlight of the morn¬ ing was authentic attack from the air, with diving airplanes giving the cadets a realistic pic¬ ture of modern warfare. Under supervision of Com¬ manding Officer Bertholet, the mock battle is held often enough to give ROTC men additional field experience. Ending without any more serious casualties than a few poison oak cases, the man¬ euvers ended with a lunch at the picnic grounds. There were so many regis¬ trants for the first class that Dr. Gertrude Laws, director of women’s education, now plans to open second at a future date. Course is designed to acquaint bride with problems she will meet in family relations as well as housekeeping questions. The last week, devoting itself to learn ing simple recipes, the class is divided into groups. Each group prepares a dish, at the end a complete meal is served, table ar¬ ranged. GADGETS STUDIED Three days a week the bunga¬ low is a demonstration place for commercial representatives and students engaged in domestic employment, arrangements of flowers, use of gadgets, better methods for laundry work, oth¬ er house activities are taught. Of nineteen now enrolled for Bride course, four are junior col¬ lege faculty teachers’ wives. Bye-bye PJC Journalists Leave for Berkeley; Attend "College of Publication" Early Wednesday afternoon, five Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege journalists forgot school, exams, trekked 500 miles to Berkeley, California, to attend a clinic of their chosen pro¬ fession — “The 1941 College of Publications.” With their adviser, Wayne L. Hodges, went Don Carl¬ son, Chronicle editor; David Davis, Charlie Allen, Dick God¬ dard, and Cecil Prince. Addition Captain Ballard Appointed New ROTC Instructor Fast on the heels of Captain Carter, who is replacing Lt. Col. Bertholet as head of PJC’s Military Science department soon, is Captain Lawrence E. Ballard of the Infantry Re¬ serve, called to active duty by the Army to assume direct su¬ pervision of all ROTC classes here as an ROTC “Instructor.” Directed to report on March 13, Captain Ballard now may be found on the parade grounds and field off Blanche Street daily teacliing America’s fu¬ ture generals the tricks of army routine. The University of Kentucky in 1929 handed Capt. Ballard a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, turned him loose in the world. Army officials further recognized his capabili¬ ties by commissioning him a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserve as a result of his ef¬ forts in the ROTC department while at the university. His Second Lieutenant bar changed in color from gold to silver in 1932, denoting Ms pro¬ motion to a First Lieutenant. Four years later he was again promoted, this time becoming a Captain, which rank he has held to this time. In outlining the future work of the ROTC unit, Capt, Bal¬ lard stated that great stress will be put upon rifle firing. Very shortly the firing range will be put open in the after¬ noon, giving all those interest¬ ed a chance to greatly improve their firing ability. Scholars Elect Officers, View Catalina Film CSF, PJC’s highest scholarship society, held a meeting Thurs¬ day, March 13, to elect officers for the coming semester. Those elected are Lewis Saxby, presi¬ dent, William Yamamoto, vice- president; Janet Frayne, secre¬ tary-treasurer. In addition to the election pro¬ ceedings, a film on Catalina Is¬ land was shown to all present. Sojourn Snow On Calendar For Out-of-Staters Providing the snow at Big Pine holds out, the Out-of-State Club plans to hold a snow party there on Sunday, March 23. Club members desiring- some relax¬ ation from the triad exams should meet at the East Campus Mirror Pool at 7:00 a.m. LOST AND FOUND The lost and found office is open daily at 10, 11, and 12 o’clock periods, and requests that all students claim lost articles, and turn in found ones, at the time. The offices are located in the attendance offices on both East and West Campuses. Arriving on the Berkeley cam¬ pus, Thursday morning, the JC delegates registered in Eshleman Hall, were given an official badge told to wear it continually during campus tours — “or else.” Wending their way through round table discussions and con¬ tests in editorial writing, news coverage, and sports writing Thursday, the delegates will sleep on campus, in fraternity houses. Same schedule will be re¬ peated Friday, Saturday, with delegates relaxing from journal¬ ism long enough Saturday after¬ noon to attend the Santa Clara- Cal. baseball game. For the first time in many a day, the staff was absent en masse when Chronicle was pub¬ lished. Production, however, was under the able supervision of Larry Casey, city editor, and former news editor. Hurry Graduation Photo Deadline For Campus Today This week Campus editors an¬ nounced that they are sticking to their statement in last Friday’s Chronicle, will definitely close graduate photo appointment books today. Graduating sophomores, seni¬ ors who have neglected to do so before, are urged to register for picture appointments today in either West Campus or East Campus Chronicle offices, report at appointment time to Howlett Studios, 343 E. Green Street in Pasadena. Campus will close ap¬ pointment books at 5:00 this aft¬ ernoon, Howlett Studios will close PJC schedule at 5:00 to¬ morrow afternoon. Graduates pictures will appear in special section of next “Cam¬ pus,” due in June. The next “Campus,” editors announce, will follow same style as February is¬ sue, presenting interpretive, pic¬ torial coverage of Pasadena Ju¬ nior College’s two big campuses. One of the many highlights of next issue will be an inside, pic¬ ture story of West Campus’s famed School of Trades. Handling “Campus” affairs on the West Campus in Chronicle’s Bob Cum¬ mings. Tuesday, March 18 — Tuesday evening forum, 8:00 p. m. Sex- sen Auditorium. Friday, March 21 — Sport night 7:00 p. m., West Campus. Friday, March 21 — Odion Club Dance, 8:30 p. m. Monday, March 24 — Senior- Sophomore _ Matinee Dance, 3:00 p. m. bold Room, Civic Auditorium. Tuesday, March 25 — Alpha Gamma Sigma Party for Fresh¬ men, (11-1) 3:15 p. m. Thursday, March 27 — AWS Mother-Daughter Banquet 6:30 p. m. Friday, March 28 — All PJC Day, 4:00 p.m. Thursday, April 3 — Annual Faraday Dinner, Student Union on West Campus, 6:00 p.m.