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Time To
Think
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EDITORIAL
By Harold Shafer, Managing Ed.
This week the perfection of the
Pasadena school system’s gold
tooth, our Junior College, is being
challenged as the student body
board, court and cabinet have be¬
come as a dentist, poking more de¬
terminedly for flaws in its compo¬
sition.
Tuesday morning, at the sug¬
gestion of the chief justice, the
members of the three branches
of student body government met
in the social hall at their first
monthly meeting to discuss each
others’ problems, exchange sug¬
gestions and clean up arising
difficulties, which rear their head
if not nipped in the bud.
This is good. We have finally
arrived at the age in school life
where we no longer are forced,
because of poor conditions, to in¬
stall the ambulance at the base of
the cliff, but rather have we grown
to the extent that we can take
time to work more closely to¬
gether and also to put our strength
into preventing, to a greater ex¬
tent, these difficulties.
:}c * *
However, here is one situation
for which a pound of cure is
needed — noise, selfishness, and
rank inconsideration in the li¬
brary. Our representatives know
about it ... it has continued
into the second semester . . . we
as students have done nothing
about it . . . has the library been
dropped by the students already
as is a new toy by a child after
its novelty has worn off?
It has. And therefore our
government is forced to act. The
students" legislative body has a
necessary ruling against disturb¬
ance in the library, and now the
law enforcing agency has to step
in to discipline 6,000 students,
nearly all of whom at one time or
another seem to have abused their
privileges in the library, and yet
they like to point with pride at
THEIR Junior College. Are we,
who are well on the way to be¬
coming young men and women,
going to be caught up on as child¬
ish and yet as serious a point as
this? No. we aren’t, we already
have been!
The officers are placing signs
in the library and in the halls
requesting less library disturb¬
ance. If this is not heeded, an
arrest will folow. Lancers and
Spartans are to be watching
over the "youngsters” with an
eagle eye every period of the
day, and claim they will show
no partiality in distributing tic¬
kets. The chief justice firmly de¬
clares no leniency from the court
can be expected. And there you
are.
* * *
The Spartans are “potlucking” it
at two meetings to discuss their
part in handling the problem. Are
the Lancers to become strict po¬
licemen once again? Chief Justice
Prouse requests a drive to "crack
down" on all offenses, and to dc
this the answer to the question is
an emphatic yes.
Another point brought up at
the meeting was sliding on ban¬
nisters. This comes under the
offenses mentioned above, as
does the increasing carelessness
of student smokers walking sev¬
eral feet onto the campus with
a cigarette before tossing it
away, or lying on the grass
while smoking, as has been ob¬
served. In the case of all of
these offenses, if we have the
law we might as well obey it
whether we are for or against
it. If the majority thinks against
one’s opinion, the only thing to
do is to respect the decision.
A good example of the need for
Lancer policing is the fact that
Jessie Koyama, secretary of pub-
lcity, reported at the meeting that
some of the bulletin boards have
been slashed by knives. This is
an extreme case, but only serves to
accentuate the need.
* * *
The Chronicle came in for its
share of constructive criticism at
the confab. The biggest issue
aroused was the question of why
the Chronicle doesn’t print news
Of the activities of restrictive
clubs. The answer is that in the
past, experience has proven that
one column is all that can be de¬
voted to this small part of the
student body, and in order to
Continued on Page Three
PASADENA CHRONICLE
Vol. XXIX
Pasadena Junior College, March 25, 1938
No. 24
WRITER
MARION PARKS
UCLA Physicist
Speaks at A G S
Convention Here
Dr. Joseph Kaplan, associate pro¬
fessor of physics at the University
of California at Los Angeles, spoke
to delegates at the convention of
Alpha Gamma Sigma, honorary
scholarship society, at the Pasa¬
dena Junior College last Saturday
morning.
“Good character, knowledge and
judgment, symbolized by the words
Alpha Gamma Sigma, are the traits
most needed by a student after col¬
lege. Invariably the student who
attains a high scholarship has done
so by asking the right questions
and thereby increasing his store of
knowledge, which he can carry out
into life,” Dr. Kaplan said.
The delegates were welcomed by
Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal of
the junior college. After Dr. Kap¬
lan’s speech, the meeting was ad¬
journed to the Caltech Atheneum
for luncheon and a lecture by Dr.
Robert A. Millikan. Later, the
group made a tour of the Hunting-
ton Library.
Delegates from the following
junior colleges attended: San Fran¬
cisco, Glendale, Fullerton, Chaffey-,
Santa Rosa, Citrus, Long Beach,
Santa Ana, Santa Maria, Pomona,
Bakersfield, Taft, Compton, Ocean-
side, Placerville, Reedley, Brawley
and El Centro.
Radio Students Enact Play
Over Station
К
P P C
“Masquerader,” a radio play
written, by Pasadena Junior College
student William Maddison, was
presented over radio station KPPC,
Wednesday evening, March 23, by
students of the PJC radio produc¬
tion class.
Ray Swartz directed the follow¬
ing cast: Katherine Barrett, Jane
Clary; Julius James, Luther New¬
by; Stranger, or Death, Herbert
Brubbs; Betty, (Katherine’s little
sister), Fern Warner; Mrs. Barrett,
Josephine Merrill; supported by
Bertrell Brightwell and Bob Cavin.
Sound effects were handled by Vi¬
ola Fredericks and Ray Hentgen.
Authoress
Lectures at
Seri
CALIFORNIAN
orum
les
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Club Field
Representative To Talk
The first woman to aid Mme.
Caroline Severance of Boston in
establishing women's clubs in Cal¬
ifornia was Jeanne C. Carr of
Carmelita Park, Marion Parks,
authoress, revealed in her talk
Tuesday evening at the Pasadena
Evening Forum Lecture series in
the new PJC auditorium. Miss
Parks was speaking on "Women
in California History,” the third in
a series of four lectures on the
general subject "California.”
Names Perez Important
Miss Parks named Eulalia Perez
as probably the most important wo¬
man in the Mexican days of this
state. She owned the Rancho San
Pasqual as grantee and is alleged
to have died at the age of 145.
However, Miss Parks declared it
was more likely 115.
Miss Parks related some of the
terrible hardships endured by the
women who were the first to enter
California overland from Sonora,
Mexico, under the leadership of
Juan Bautista deAnza in 1776. She
also told the amusing story of Jo-
sefa Carrillo, who eloped with Hen¬
ry Fitch, accompanied by a chaper¬
one with 10 children.
Horrworth Will Speak
On the coming Tuesday evening,
Charles Horrworth, director of pub¬
lic relations of the All-Year Club
of Southern California, will con¬
clude this series of lecture on Cali¬
fornia with his talk on “The Future
of California.”
During the last ten years, Mr.
Horrworth has traveled more than
300,000 miles, advising metropoli¬
tan and rural communities in plan¬
ning programs for their develop¬
ment. He has served as manager
of the Bureau of Community Serv¬
ice at the University of Southern
California.
It was because of this field ex¬
perience and intimate knowledge of
the development of every resort
Continued on Page Three
Senior-Soph Groups
Select Balboa as Theme
With Balboa only two weeks off,
seniors and sophomores have se¬
lected it as the theme for their
annual matinee sport dance to be
held in the Civic Auditorium, April
4, from 8 to 6 p. m.
At a meeting last week, the coun¬
cils decided to use as the slogan for
the dance “Be on Deck.” Posters
placed about the halls, and other
publicity means will attempt to
carry out this idea of the sea. Bids
also related to the theme have been
designed by student artists. Renny
Haines and his swing orchestra
have been selected to furnish the
music for the dance.
Max Caplan, senior class presi¬
dent, and Dick Shannon, sophomore
class president, have been placed in
charge of the committees to work
out details for the affair.
CHARLES HORRWORTH
Organizations Secretary Announces
Semi-Annual Attendance Contest
If you feel a case of spring fever coming on you had better forget
it because the attendance contest among all PJC organizations begins
next Monday, March 28.
At the end of two months, three prizes of 5 dollars each will be
awarded to the three clubs having
the most perfect attendance rating
in their division. The three divis¬
ions will be the restrictive clubs,
the non-restrictive clubs and a
combination of the honorary amd
service clubs. The, ten organiza¬
tions having the lowest attendance
rating in their division will forfeit
50 cents for their divisional prize.
The restrictive inter-club council
has passed all plans concerning the
contest and have pledged their full
cooperation.
“It is hoped that this forfeiting
of money will give an added incen¬
tive to the contest which is being
carried out in a new and different
manner through the use of publi¬
city, and a theme as a means of
financing it,” Phyllis Richmond,
secretary of organizations, stated.
Dramatic Records
Of Easter Pageant
Actors Listed
Dress rehearsal for “Alleluia,”
Easter pageant, is on the after¬
noon and evening of Wednesday,
March 30. The performance will be
on Friday afternoon and Saturday-
evening, April 2 and 3. Free tick¬
ets may now be obtained at the
school bank, the music department
office and F. C. Nash and Company
ticket agency in downtown Pasa-
dena.
Most of the students taking leads
in “Alleluia,” Easter choral play,
have participated in other dramatic
activities. Among them are: Nor¬
man Durask, Priest of Today, who
has been in many recitals and con¬
certs this year, was the lead in
PJC’s light opera, “The Student
Prince” last semester; Josephine
Merrill, Mary, Mother of Jesus,
who has been in plays on the ra¬
dio and was student-director of
“The Student Prince;” Betty Grey,
Mary Magdalena, who has been on
the radio, in “The Student Prince,”
“Gloria,” and “Tavern.”
Murray Huss, a soldier, was in
“Dover Road,” “Hunger,” “Death
Takes a Holiday” and “The Student
Prince,” is secretary of music and
a member of Delta Psi Omega;
Warner Watson, Priest of Sanhed¬
rin, won a dramatic scholarship at
Northwestern University, and the
lead in “The Night of the Burning
Pistol,” directed in the Phoenix
Little Theater, has been on the ra¬
dio, in a stock company, in “Dover
Road,” at the San Marino Play¬
house, and is a member of Delta
Psi Omega; Joe Pyle, Beggar, has
played at the Community Play¬
house, been in “Hunger,” “Dover
Road,” worked at the San Marino
Playhouse and was in the Shakes¬
peare contest at Occidental and in
the Allied Arts Festival.
Edwina Waterbury, Heavenly
Messenger, has played at the Com¬
munity Playhouse, Gilmor Brown’s
Play Box and the Shakespeare Fes¬
tival at Occidental ; Frederick
Smith, Soldier, has been on the
radio — in Ed Lynn’s “Catherine the
Great,” in Shakespeare contest at
Occidental; Robert Willey, Judah,
has been in 18 plays at the Play¬
house, representative at Shakes¬
peare festival and winner of Doo¬
little contest; Peter Prouse, Sara-
din, has been in “Dover Road,”
wrote “Krafty Hall,” is past presi¬
dent of Delta Psi Omega.
“Allelulia” is sponsored by the
music and dramatics departments
under the, direction of Miss Lula C.
Parmley and Miss Katharine R.
Kester.
Federal Music Project
To Present Opera Here
“Hansel and Gretel,” a grand
opera by Humperdinck, will be pre¬
sented by the Los Angeles Federal
Music Project in' the auditorium on
Saturday, March 26, at 8 p. m.
Members of the cast include:
Maxine Carlo as Gretel, the girl
who is nearly baked into ginger¬
bread by the ugly witch, and Car¬
men Conger, who takes the part of
her brother, Hansel. Assisting the
cast will be a 90-piece orchestra,
conducted by Gastone Usigli.
PREFERENCES IN PERSONAL TRAITS
OF JOB APPLICANTS LISTED
Chief among objections of employers concerning the personal
habits of job applicants are the effects of late hours and dissipation,
lack of neatness, lack of frequency of baths, and bad breath or body
odor. These were among facts gleaned from a questionnaire mailed
by Counselor
С.
C. Stewart to Pasadena business men regarding their
reactions to PJC graduates.
Other characteristics, ranged in the order of their disfavor, are
the following: flippancy, ~ evasiveness in giving information, flashy
dressing (man), too much make-up (woman), bluntness and lack of
diplomacy and slouching in chairs during interview.
Other characteristics, tolerated but not regarded favorably, are
listed in the same order. They are: bragging, grammatical errors, use
of mascara, not- looking directly at interviewer, use of brilliant nail
polish, too much talk of extraneous things, use of slang, too little talk
— information has to be dragged out, wearing of earrings for business,
lack of poise, possession of unpleasant voice, nervousness, lack of
winning smile, and poor penmanship.
Of the four methods of business training, 13 found high school
training most satisfactory, 29 preferred junior college training, 19
university and 37 business college. The most favored combination was
junior college and business college.
In the last issue of the Chronicle, several errors were made in a
story on this questionnaire. Concerning characteristics not involving
personality, the following statements are now correct: references are
considered necessary, but employers don’t object to lack of experi¬
ence. The average applicant does not lay too much stress on begin¬
ning salary, nor does he apply for jobs too advanced for him. Prefer¬
ence is given to students who have worked their way through school,
taken part in extra-curricular activities and maintained a high scholar¬
ship record.
Sophomores Join Seniors
In Musical Assembly
Bulldog Band, Nysaean, Euterpean Singers
Promise Program of Novelty Numbers;
Juniors and Freshmen Meet in Gym
Combined entertainment of the Bulldog Band, the Nysaean sing¬
ers, and the Euterpean male chorus headline the all-musical assembly
to be presented in the auditorium today. The senior class is sponsor¬
ing the assembly, together with the sophomore class.
— * “Old King Cole,” a. musical nov¬
elty number, will be the first of the
'ALL REQUEST'
DANCE PLANS
MADE
ВУ
AMS
For the second time this semes¬
ter the women’s gym will be the
scene of am open dance when the
Associated Men Students of Pasa¬
dena Junior College will present
their informal dance next Wednes¬
day afternoon, March 30, at 3
o’clock.
The theme for the dance is “All
Request” and students are urged
to make their musical wants known
to LaVerne Boyer, whose orchestra
will provide the music. Admission
to the dance is by student identifi¬
cation card.
Bill Dinjian and Kenny Gordon
are in charge of the publicity for
the affair, and the chaperones will
be Mrs. Ruth N. Chase, Miss L. E.
Calkins, Miss E. G. Hegglund and
Miss C. J. Robbins, dean of women.
Herb McDonald, AMS prexy,
feels that this type of dance fills a
long felt want among the students
at PJC.
“If this dance is a success, it is
our plan to continue with bigger
and better informal afternoon
dances for the student body,” he
said. _ “The last informal dance,
held in the women’s gym, showed a
surprisingly good turnout. Over 500
students attended,” he concluded.
Students Interviewed
For College Entrance
Professor H. C. Willett, director
of admissions of the University of
Southern California, met prospec¬
tive students from PJC in the rec¬
ords office last Wednesday.
J. A. Anderson, dean of records,
also announced that the University
of Redlands will award a full tui¬
tion scholarship for the third year
in the College of Literal Arts to
one of the five highest ranking
graduates of Pasadena Junior Col¬
lege during the academic year,
1937-38.
Mr. Anderson said that the vari¬
ous registrars from Southern Cali¬
fornia colleges have not yet an¬
nounced the dates when they will
interview future students, but he
believed that the dates would be
released next week. Students
should see the representative from
their proposed college to plan
studies and review the entrance re¬
quirements.
Dr. Lembke Will Speak
At High School Meet
Dr. Glenn L. Lembke, secondary
curriculum coordinator, will con¬
duct the discussion meeting of the
cooperative high schools at Frank¬
lin High in Los Angeles.
“Possible ways of evaluating ex¬
perimental courses in progressive
high schools in Southern Califor¬
nia will be the topic for discussion
at the meeting which is a continu¬
ation of the meeting of Feb. 18.
Called by Arthur Gould, assistant
superintendent of schools in Los
Angeles. Representatives from
all over Southern California will
attend the meeting.
offerings by the Nysaeans, followed
by Ray Noble’s familiar “Good
Night Sweetheart.” Miss Lula C.
Parmley, music department chair¬
man, will accompany -the group on
the piano.
_ Under the direction of Miss Car¬
rie M. Sharp, the Euterpean male
singers will present two numbers.
Bill Ewing will sing a solo part
against a choral background in
“Davy Crockett,” a descriptive
number, and the “Musical Trust,” a
novelty including 16 “folk-songs”
will follow. David Vasquez will ac¬
company the men on the piano in
both numbers, aided by Phillip Pe¬
terson on the second.
The highlight of the program
will be a musical “History of
Swing” played by the Bulldog
Band, under the direction of Audre
L. Stong. It will begin with the
old-fashioned minuet, and will go
through the barn dance, Wabash
Blues, up to the ‘Big Apple.’ Sev¬
eral couples will dance on the stage
to the strains of the “Dipsy Doo¬
dle.” The band program will close
with “On the Trail” from Ferde
Grofe’s “Grand Canyon Suite.”
Max Caplan, senior class presi¬
dent, and Dick Shannon, soph presi¬
dent, have made arrangements for
the program.
Juniors and Frosh
The junior and freshman classes
will meet in the men’s gym to enjoy
a program of music by Phil King-
man and his orchestra, and a dem¬
onstration of fancy roller-skating
by Billy Yates, professional skater,
and his partner.
After the formal introduction of
class officers, the dance orchestra,
will take over the program. Billy
Yates, who is appearing through
the courtesy of the Pasadena “Big
Top” skating rink, has spent many
years on the stage perfecting his
act. He is the former California
amateur roller skating champion.
PATRONS DISCUSS
LIFE SCIENCES
Dr. Glenn L. Lembke, secondary
curriculum coordinator, will present
a. summary of the life science de¬
partment at the monthly meeting
of the Patrons organization, Mon¬
day at 3 o’clock in the Little Thea¬
ter.
Mrs. H. A. Mansfield will pre¬
side at the meeting with Mrs. S. C.
Clark as program chairman. Special
attention will be given to the biol¬
ogy required course and the Ameri¬
can family survey course. Ques¬
tions of the Patrons will be an¬
swered by the faculty.
This is the fifth meeting in this
school year. Others have been on
the general studies by Dr. Harbe¬
son, the humanities and physical
science departments discussed by
Dr. Lembke. The last meeting was
directed by J. P. O’Mara; assistant
principal. The next meeting, to be
held in April, will concern terminal
education — technology, busimess
and semi-professional education.
Pryor Elected President
Of Investment Corporation
Leland M. Pryor, department
chairman of the Pasadena Junior
College business education staff,
has been elected to the presidency
of the Investors Mutual Building
and Loan Association this month.
PJC Men Enter Oratory Contest
At Redlands University Today
Six men are representing PJC at the Redlands University Oratory
Contest today and tomorrow at Redlands. Dave Laird, Vincent
Erickson, Dick Moore, Joe Landisman, Jean Valentine and Ray
- ♦ Simpson will compete in oratory,
debate and extemporaneous speech
against other junior colleges and
colleges of Southern California.
Simpson and Moore will repre¬
sent PJC in debate, while Laird
and Valentine will compete in ex¬
temporaneous speech as well as in
oratory. In oratory Simpson will
speak on “Old Man River,” Erick¬
son will warn youth in his speech
“Pied Piper” and Laird will give an
indictment of conditions on U. S.
highways in his “America, Declare
War!”
Youth is the subject, too, of Lan-
disman’s oration titled “Northwest
Passage.” Moore’s “Idiot’s De¬
light” is a condemnation of war,
while Valentine will repeat his
“My Oration,” which won him sec¬
ond place in the Pacific Coast con¬
test.
Radio Students To Present
'David Passes By7 on KPPC
Next Wednesday evening, March
30, on radio station KPPC at 8:45,
PJC radio students will present
“David Passes By,” one of the
Barnstormer's series, formerly pro¬
duced over KFI.
With Ray Swartz directing, and
Lois Erwin as narrator, the cast is
as follows: David, Robert South-
worth; Hank, Bob Caveny; Ma,
Denise Fildew; Biddle, Ray Hent¬
gen; Laura, Bertrell Brightwell;
Mr. French, John Leberman, and
Mrs. French, Virginia Lee Bobo.
The script was loaned through
the courtesy of Forrest Barnes, the
author.