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Pasadena Chronicle, March 24, 1933
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Weatherime
“It sure is swell,”
Said Uncle Ned
“To have salami and rye bread.”
“That may be so,”
Replied the king
“But I prefer the lovely spring.”
Dugout Verse
Cherry blossoms in Japan
Herald baseball in the land.
Mulligan’s or Saki’s son
Either way — it’s a home run.
Fostering the right relations
Nicer than a league o’ nations.
Vol. XXIV
Pasadena, California, March 24, 1933
No. 21
Carnival
Plans Are
Underway
Honor Group Sets May 19
As Date for Annual
'Circus’ Event
Preliminary plans for- the tradi¬
tional P.J.C. Carnival day are now
virtually complete. This annual
event sponsored, by Mast and Dag¬
ger, honorary fraternity will take
place on Friday afternoon and
evening, May 19.
As usual the activities of the day
will commence with a comic parade
which will form on Sierra Bonita
Street, turn on Colorado street and
around the front drive by the front
steps, and down Colorado street to
the flagpole. Any individual or
school organization is eligible to
put in a float.
At three o’clock the festivities
will begin out in the back yard.
The entire south end, of the campus
will be transformed into a grand
“midway.”
Different clubs of the school will
take charge of the shows and
booths. Dancing in the outside
men’s gym, ice cream parlors, a
real bar with brass rail and all the
effects, a complete side show, and
a five cent hay ride are a few of
the attractions which may be of¬
fered.
Officials of the event have de¬
cided that clubs first submitting
their entry blanks, now being cir¬
culated will be given choicest lo¬
cations for their booths. A trophy
is awarded annually to the organi¬
zation having the best booth in the
carnival.
Officers of Mast and Dagger who
are in charge of the affair are:
Dale Roe, president; Margaret
Johnson, secretary; Bob Coop,
treasurer.
Orator Wins
Second Spot
Second, place was won by Luois
Lagrave, P. J. C. orator, at the
Redlands Intercollegiate debate
convention held last Friday and
Saturday. Glendale took first hon¬
ors in this section.
Accompanied by Coach M. F.
Hoerger, other debaters and ora¬
tors who entered the competition
included Paul Jones, Lubert San-
derhoff, James Williams, Melford
Fish, Melvin Nelson, David Nel¬
son, Virginia Hudson, Dorothy
Rossback, Harley Spitler, Charles
Havens, and Joe Phelps.
Representatives left W ednesday
to attend the College of Pacific in¬
vitational tournament this week¬
end at Stockton, where they will
vie for honors with four-year and
junior colleges from the Western
states. Members of this team are
Paul Jones, Melford Fish, Lubert
Sanderhoff, and Melvin Nelson.
Critic Speaks
About Hamlet
“Get rid of your education be¬
fore attending ‘Hamlet,’ if you
want to appreciate the real Shake¬
speare,” suggested Clayton Hamil¬
ton, lecturer, author, and critic,
when he spoke to students in the
church, Wednesday during club
period.
Shakespearean audiences were
80 per cent illiterate, so the sounds
of words were impressed upon
them rather than words themselves.
His plays were written with an
toward so-called box office popu¬
larity, and were never visualized
as student study projects three
centuries later.
“ ‘Hamlet’ has been talked about
too much and is seen too little,”
the critic declared, when discuss¬
ing the coming performance of
Walter Hampden in that play as
well as in “Caponsacchi,” at the
Biltmore next week.
Mr. Hamilton was introduced by
Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, junior
college drama instructor.
Morgue Party Will
Increase 'Y’ Budget
By means of a “Morgue Party,”
March 27, at 7:30 p. m., in the Ives
& Warren Mortuary, the . college
Y. M. C. A. is planning to increase
its budget.
Not only will this type of enter¬
tainment reap financial benefits for
the club, but also parents and, their
friends will become acquainted
with J. C. glee clubs and; the fa¬
cilities of the mortuary.
Music will be presented by Eu-
terpean and Nysaean singers, with
Lovell Hindenlang, Y. M. C. A.
president, in charge of the pro¬
gram.
Work Starts
On Bulletin
Should the rat-tat-tat of a ham¬
mer echoing down the corridors, or
the several continents taking form
on a two-by-four map arouse the
curiosity of the student body next
week, they will know that construc¬
tion has begun on the bulletin
board that will stand between the
doors of the auditorium.
This plan, originated by the
board of representatives, will
tend to make students more
world conscious and alert to
present conditions, as well as
keeping them posted on (he lat¬
est student body news.
Blue prints drawn up by the
board cover every detail of the
glass casement that boasts a world
map bordered, on each side by bul¬
letin boards and poster spaces.
Above, a blackboard will shout last
minute notices, and shelves below
will hold the many treasured J. C.
trophies.
Clubs Will
Eat a Bullfrog’s
Skeenny Legs
Strange as it may seem, a
ielicatessen shop was established
in Dr. Max W. de Laubenfels’
zoology laboratory class, Tues¬
day afternoon.
These students of animal life
sampled frogs’ legs, the concoc¬
tion of French epicureans, but
unlike (he latter, caught, killed,
and dissected their own amphib¬
ians before the frying pan, lard,
buns, and pickles were produced.
Women Will
Have Chance
To Be Models
A.W.S.-A.M.S. Fashion
Show Will Display
Snappy Styles
Send Letter
Discussion at restrictive inter¬
club council meeting Wednesday
included the decision to send a let¬
ter to the administration explain¬
ing why the council had voted
down the resolution which prohib¬
ited restrictive club house parties
during Easter vacation. Restrictive
clubs do not feel that their group
is wholly responsible for reports
circulated, and that since letters
explaining the school’s attitude
have been sent to parents, it is
now an individual matter.
A proposed motion to be carried
back to the clubs and voted, upon
at the next meeting, provides for
six weeks' probation and non-rec¬
ognition of pledges if an organiza¬
tion violates the illegal rushing
rule, which advocates a “hands off”
policy from midnight of the day
preceding bidding until 2 o’clock
when the bids are issued through
the council advisers’ office.
Planning for the spring infor¬
mal, to be held. May 5, included the
appontment of the orchestra com¬
mittee, Florence Kennedy, Don Ed¬
win, Rudy Anderson, Emily Bet-
tanier, and Laurabelle Stanley; the
floor committee, Stanley Blush,
Eleanor Bacon, Virginia Kay, Nan-
cia Lamont, and Jack Shurar; and
the program committee, Bill Weg-
ge, Joe Dennis, and Ann Mason.
Ambitious May
Gain Fair Tour
For those who are ambitious for
a trip to the World Fair, Under¬
wood Elliott Fisher company is
holding an essay contest for high
school students.
Girls who delight in wearing
snappy, up-to-the-mode clothes will
have an opportunity to model them
at the spring A. W. S. and A. M.
S. Fashion Show, tryouts for
which will be held Wednesday at 3
o’clock on the 1-B floor of the wom¬
en’s gym.
In selecting the girls who will
be privileged to show the new
creations in the final production,
April 26, ponts of figure, bearing,
walk, and general appearance will
be considered.
In former years outstanding stu¬
dents in school activities have won
distinction in the Fashion Show.
Last spring ten mannequins mod,-
eled in “Tropical Moon” with a
South Sea island setting used as
background for a story of ship¬
wrecks and rescue.
The tale of a New York society
deb who became infatuated with a
boarder “recuperating” on an Ari¬
zona ranch, and sent for her
snappy eastern friends to cheer
him up formed the medium for a
unique 1931 performance, “Dickie’s
Dude.”
Contrasting the bustle of mod¬
ern life with the d.reamy simplicity
of a gypsy camp was the excuse
for a fashionable modeling in
“Gypsy Lover,” produced in 1930.
A representative from the art
and physical education depart¬
ments, and a downtown department
store will form the judging com¬
mittee to officiate Wednesday.
Applications for the Fashion
Show student director should, be
filed with Loreta Melton, first A.
W. S. vice-president, or Miss Cath¬
erine J. Robbins, dean of women,
by this afternoon.
Drama Contest
Deadline Is Set
First prize for the six students
who write the best 1000-word
theme of “Why I Should, Like to
Attend a Century of Progress,”
will be an all-expense trip for five
days in July to the Chicago World’s
Fair. Second prize winners in each
of the six zones will be awarded
portable typewriters, and third
prize winners will be awarded jun¬
ior portable typewriters.
Entries must be mailed by mid¬
night, May 1, 1933, to Century
Progress Contest Editor, Under¬
wood, Elliott Fisher Company, 342
Madison avenue, New York, N. Y.
Students may enter as many let¬
ters as they wish and entries must
be typewritten, while the original¬
ity of each must be certified by a
teacher. Winners will be announced
in the May 27th issue of Scholas-I
tic, national high school magazine.
April 24 is the final date set for
the Pasadena Community Play¬
house one-act play contest, to
which Players’ Guild will enter
James Barrie’s “Old Lady Shows
Her Medals,” as previously an¬
nounced.
Work in this production last se¬
mester partly completed Delta Psi
Omega requirements for Bill Den¬
man and, Jean McCrae, who, with
Henry Grattan, Betty Lawyer,
Evelyn Shuck, and Leia Houston
were initiated into the national
honorary dramatics fraternity last
Tuesday night.
Although the results of the
Delta Psi Omega annual one-act
play contest have not been an¬
nounced, plans for the presentation
of the winning opus in an early
May assembly are under -way.
Turrell Finds P.J.C. Has
W ierd Moniker Collection
By Ruth Windham
In pursuance of counselor duties, Archie M. Turrell discovered so
many unusual names that he has compiled a “What’s in a name?” col¬
umn, composed of P. J. C.’s odd nomenclature.
Autograph collectors might enjoy*”
finding the Charlie Chaplin Joe
(E?) Brown, Robert Burns, Will¬
iam J. Burns, Frances Scott Key,
and Robert E. Lee of the campus;
while student artists might be sup¬
plied with White, Green, Gray,
Brown, Black, and Blue from the
same source.
Pigg, Bacon, Fish (and Frye),
Haddock, Bair, Rice or Currie,
Teas, Dessert, Crum, together with
Hamm (Juliet, not Virginia), might
interest epicureans; with vehicles
represented by a Graham Paige
and a Ford Coop and a Rattle.
House • - hunting “newlyweds”
might see Locke, Dorr, Bannister,
Carstairs, Garret, Hall, Porch,
Payne, Glass, Dresser, and Gates;
and nature lovers might enjoy
Groves, Park, Dell, Cliff, and
Woods.
Nominal professions include:
Baker, Barber, Barker (or Show¬
man), Cook, Shoemaker, Fisher,
Miller, Miner, and Potter.
Combinations of “m
о
n i
к
e r s”
evolve: a Pyle Driver, the Long
and Short of it, a Lowe and Hei-
mann, a Bibb and Tucker, a Logg
Roller, the Lyon’s Maine, the Lyon
and, the Lamb, the Young and
Olds, a Book and Page, the
King(’s) Crown, a Lowe Price, the
Moon Leicht, Starr Gaze, Rough
and Ready, Meek and Pure, a Cross
Bair, Law, Justice, and a Consta¬
ble, and, a Sands, Stone, and Flint.
Forrest Brooks, Metta Lord,
John Cheers-Billy Whistler, Blue
Funk, Knight Walker, and Lay
Still might also be added to the
roster of unusual junior college
nomenclature.
Too late too classify: Allchin,
Howse, Valentine, and Nathan
Hale.
Gun Team
Beats All
Divisions
R.
О.
T. C. Repeats Win
Of 1932 to Cop Ninth
Area Championship
(Picture on Page 3)
Repeating its victory of 1932,
the rifle team of the R.
О.
T. C.
has again won the Ninth Corps
Area championship match.
With 3799 out of a possible 4000
points, the team not only surpassed
the high school and junior college
units, but also surmounted the 3766
score of the University of Wash¬
ington, a senior unit.
Maj.-Gen. Marlin Craig, com¬
manding officer of the area, re¬
cently commended the organization,
saying: “Please extend my con¬
gratulations to each member of the
team for his success in making
such a creditable showing for his
institution.”
Members of the winning group
in relation to their standing are
Kenneth Wilkes, William Hibbard,
Marshall Rusth, Charles Hewins,
Clarence Townsend, William Brock-
sieper, Clifford Pierson, Joe Tugby,
Edwin Word, and Melville Dike,
with James Arnold, Joe Arnold,
Raymond Ivunke, Charles Kilius,
and Gurney Paule as alternates.
Coach of the organization was
Sergeant William B. Morgan, as¬
sistant instructor of the local unit,
with Cadet Major Kenneth Wilkes
as student manager.
Beauties Vie
For Throne
With the prospects of occupying
a mythical throne and wearing a
floral crown, 22 of Pasadena's fair¬
est girls will compete for the
queenship of the Spring Flower
Show this afternoon at the Mary¬
land hotel.
Virginia Parker, Phoebe Frye,
and Maryland Holmes, winners
of the Chronicle “Smiles” con¬
test, will represent Jay see in the
city-wide search for the sov¬
ereign and her four attendants.
Judging the entrants will be E.
O. Nay, chairman of the city board;
A. J. Hay, first vice-president of
the Chamber of Commerce; Lester
Clark, manager of a downtown
theater; A. J. Dodge, art editor of
the Los Angeles Times; Tom
Burns, manager of the Associated
Press photo service; George Wat¬
son, manager of the Acme photo
service; Tom Sanson, publicity di¬
rector of the Community Play¬
house; and Russell Stapleton from
the Civic auditorium.
Students Meet
At A.W.S. Hop
Frolicking and dancing together,
over 200 new and old P. J. C. stu¬
dents assembled in the women’s
gym at the first afternoon dance
of the year, sponsored by ilhe A.
W. S. Popular rhythms were
played for the dancers by Jean
Duncan and his five-piece orches¬
tra.
Loretta Melton, A. W. S. vice-
president, made arrangements for
the affair with the help of: Vir¬
ginia Parker, A. W. S. treasurer,
who was in charge of ticket sales,
and Margaret Johnson, A. W. S.
secretary, in charge of hospitality.
Hostesses for the occasion were
Loretta Melton, Grace Anderson,
Margaret Johnson, Virginia Park¬
er, er, Mary Magnuson, Jo Collins,
Marion Howell, Bessie Moore,
Mary Leslie Heimler, Patricia El¬
ston, Mary Lewis, Elizabeth
Wright, Elizabeth Westmoreland,
Marjorie Ellis, and Lois Messier.
Attending as patrons and pa¬
tronesses were the following: Miss
Ida E. Hawes, Miss Catherine J.
Robbinis, James P. O’Mara, Miss
Florence Brubaker, Miss Gladys
Bucholz, Miss Dorothy Dixom, and
Miss Maude Oliver.
Lion Clubs Will Hold
Cord and Cotton Hop
The sum total of 49 cents will
pass from one “cord” to another
at the doorway of the Lamanda
Park Woman’s Clubhouse tomor¬
row night when the Junior Lions
act as hosts at a “cord and cotton
barn” dance.
An atmosphere of the days
“down on the farm” will be cre¬
ated by lemon dances, pass the
broom, etc. A dance committee of
Kermit Rima, Len McGee, Jack
Keary, and Myers Jones is in
charge.
Waves Baton
Honor Clubs
Will Attend
Yearly Meets
C.S.F. to Assemble Here
While Alpha Will Go
To Chaffee
The California Scholarship Fed¬
eration, district No. 9, which in¬
cludes all high schools other than
P. J. C., will meet here Wednesday
for its annual spring social meet¬
ing, while Alpha Gamma Sigma
plans its annual state convention
tomorrow at Chaffee junior college
in Ontario.
Four student delegates and a
faculty adviser are invited from
each school to the lower division
convocation which will include en¬
tertainment, dinner, formal pro¬
gram, and a reception. C. S. F. life
members are also welcome, accord¬
ing to Miss Mildred Wellborn, ad¬
viser of the local chapter.
Alpha representatives will dis¬
cuss three divisions of the ques¬
tion, “How can an honor student
best render service to his school?”
with section two led by P. J. C.
Clifford Gamer will be chairman
of Pasadena’s contribution to the
meet, and Jean McCrae, Margaret
Cederquist, and Ted Ross will as¬
sist him.
Organizations
Add Members
Additional pledges of restrictive
clubs are as follows: Abracadabra,
Jane Scott, Coral Clarkson, Anna
Louise Crum, and. Barbara Dorr;
Albibetes, Jean Darsie, Clarabel
Dougan, Evelyn Garrison, Evelyn
Lee, Helen Logue, Leona McComb,
Eleanor Mead, Priscilla Moerdyke,
and Carolyn Munn.
Phenix, Jane McCallum, Juliet
Domine, Jean Sanford, Dorothy
Wheeler, Eleanor Northrup, Jean
Stevens, Harriet Gamble, Jean
Shoust, and Cynthia Holmes; Phi-
lothian, Marion Henderson, Ber¬
nice Simonson, and Mildred Town¬
er; Phrenocosmia, Douglas Smith,
Joan Dawson, Bob Mulholland,
Harold Schultze, John Somers;
Sanskrit, Carol Glass, Dick Wright,
Bob Simpson, Bill Ramey, Ben
Klise, and Helen Warden; Sorelle,
Dorothy Artz, Virginia Bell, Mar¬
garet Ellis, and Dorothy Jackson.
Essayists Try
Civitan Contest
Lower divisioners with a yen
for essay writing are eligible for
the annual Civitan Club essay
contest. The theme, which should
be between 750 and 850 words in
length, must pertain to “Good
Citizenship,” and be turned in
to Miss Grace Wickham by next
Wednesday.
Three compositions will be
selected from this group to com¬
pete in a city-wide contest, from
which three winning essays will
be chosen. The paper receiving
first place will be eligible for
entry in an international contest.
Orchestra
Will Play
In Concert
Symphonists Will Present
Musical Moods, Late
Compositions
Presenting a variety of musical
moods, ranging from the old class¬
ics to the most modern composi¬
tions, the Pasadena junior college
symphony orchestra, conducted by
Milton C. Mohs, offers its second
free concert of the year this eve¬
ning to 8 o’clock in the auditorium.
For the opening number of the
evening, Mr. Mohs has chosen the
celebrated “Symphony in ‘G’ Min¬
or,” by Mozart. This number, con¬
taining the Allegro olto, Andante,
Minuetto and Allegro Assai move¬
ments, is considered by many crit¬
ics to represent that composer’s
greatest contribution to music.
The soloists of the evening are
Margaret Strong and Forest Math¬
ews, students of the music depart¬
ment, sharing the piano work in
Felix Mendelssohn’s “Concerto in
‘G’ Minor” for piano and orches¬
tra. Miss Strong plays the first
movement, the Allegro Molto,
while Mathews interprets the An¬
dante and the final Allegro.
A note of modernism is insert¬
ed into the program as the orches¬
tra presents “Clouds,” by Arthur
Lange. The English horn and oboe
carry the placid melody through¬
out the entire number.
Bizet’s “Carmen Suite” con¬
cludes the evening’s program. The
Aragonaise, L’Arsienne and the fa¬
miliar Les Toreadors are included
in this suite which is taken from
the famous opera, “Carmen.”
Dean Thanks
Quake Help
Thanks is given by Miss Cath¬
erine J. Robbins, dean of women,
to the students of P. J. C. for their
help when asked to contribute
various articles to aid the refugees
of the Long Beach earthquake.
Over six boxes of food,, $18.68,
clothing and other articles, such as
soap, blankets, and other necessi¬
ties were collected.
More shoes are needed although
students have filled the box half¬
way with discarded footwear. Ar¬
ticles may be placed in the red and
white box in Miss Robbins’ outer
office.
Students Eat
Cheaper Lunch
From the cafeteria comes the
report that the 1600 students
flocking daily to its breadline are
receiving more for the same price
than in the golden days of pros¬
perity.
The depression has pulled down
the price of a meal ticket from
the average 16 to 18 cents spent
before the conclave, to the present
average of 14 to 16 cents, while
the quality and quantity of the
rations have remained the same.
Carniverously inclined junior
collegians devour more combina¬
tion meat dishes than in the good
old days and the cafeteria staff
claims that the student body puts
away 20 gallons of soup a day.
Chocolate, banana cream, butter¬
scotch, and apple pie grace the
menu with unexcelled popularity,
according to Miss Anna Cundiff,
head cafeterian, who states that
the students consume from 50 to
55 pies daily.
ARTISTS PLEDGE
Zeta Gamma Phi, international
art fraternity, announces the
pledging of Don Hall, Bert Mc¬
Leod, Paul Ichihara, Caryl Moon,
Charles Christman, Betty Lawyer,
Mary Dumas, Martha Shenkle. Of¬
ficers of the club are: Howard
Roberts, president; Dorris Green,
vice-president; Margaret Hinshaw,
secretary ; and Boyd Georgia, treas¬
urer.
Class Observes Similarity
Between Two Earthquakes
As in the San Francisco quake,
reinforced concrete and stucco
buildings withstood the recent
shocks. Physical and historical
geology classes formed this hypo¬
thesis after viewing earthquake
areas during an all-day excursion,
March 11. Under the sponsorship
of Edwin Van Amringe, earth
changes and their effects were
studied, at Norwalk and Hunting-
ton Beach, Long Beach, Compton,
Lynwood, and Huntington Park.
Schools and churches were found
to have suffered greatest damage
while large office buildings such as
those of Long Beach were hardly
touched. Excelsior high, Norwalk;
Huntington Beach elementary
school; Long Beach Polytechnic
high; Compton junior college: and
Huntington Park high were all de¬
molished.
The students studied wide cracks
in the Huntington to Long Beach
road and the collapse by land slide
of Dominguez hill.