Pasadena Chronicle, March 28, 1941

PJC Sponsors Debate, Oratory Contests Vol. 32 Pasadena Junior College, March 28, 1941 No. 35 Clarinetist Sabin Featured Symphonic Varieties OMD Carnival Theme In Today’s Assembly Featuring such unclassic numbers as Rhapsody in Rhum¬ ba, Perfida, Pop Goes the Weasel, the Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege Symphony Orchestra will “break the ice” this morning when Milton C. Mohs directs the orchestra for the Friday assembly. The popular composition Perfida, will be played by the talented Melody Maids, seven-girl string ensemble. First or- Caramba I Mother-Daughter Banquet Tonight On West Campus Tonight tenth annual Mother and Daughter Banquet takes place in West Campus’s Student Union. Founded ten years ago by Mrs. U. R. Wingard and President of the AWS, this event has met success every year. These two who realized the need for a school affair by which both mother and daughter could par¬ ticipate in a good time, decided on a dinner, entertainment fol¬ lowing. For five years both the PTA and the AWS worked to¬ gether, made the event a success. Then PJC’s AWS took complete charge, built it up further. The theme for tonights occas- sion is Latin America. Serape and mantilla clad Jarabi Club members from the Mexican set¬ tlement and Barbara Turner, clicking her castanets, will do Spanish dances. Melody Maids, PJC music organization, will play atmospheric songs. Kent Roberts, telling of his travels in South America, will discuss cus¬ toms and ideas of Latin-Ameri- ca, is featured on program. Pre-nursing Students Gather In Pasadena For Exchange of Ideas Pre-nursing students from all over Southern California gather¬ ed last Saturday at Huntington Memorial Hospital to meet mem¬ bers of their profession, chat with those in the midst of train¬ ing, listen to advice of superiors. Sponsored by Huntington Hos¬ pital for the Nursing School, the affair had an attendance of over 200 from near-by colleges and those in Santa Barbara, San Diego, Long Beach, San Bernar¬ dino. Class of ’45 organizes, new system is success — Page 3. David Davis varies from his usual column to present a short story entitled, “Civilization.” Page 3. PJC student narates his es¬ cape from Holland. — Page 2. Player’s Guild produces two plays in Little Theater. — Page 2. PJC students to enter Har¬ vard in Fall — Page 2. Editorial Creative Section. — Page 2. Girl from Columbia will speak today — Page 3. ganized with five, three violins and two violas, for the purpose of playing for luncheons, teas, dinners, this nucleus proved so successful that it is still “going strong” after six years, outliving the original members. The en¬ semble now includes three vio¬ lins, a viola, cello, bass and piano. Highlight of the assembly will be the announcement of the theme for the 1941 Mast and Daggar Carnival. This year’s carnival will be the 15th annual event, and for the first time since 1925, the carnival theme was chosen by the stu¬ dent body in a contest. Hun¬ dreds of entries were judged and Theme Committee Chair¬ man Beth Lewis will announce the winner, who will be OMD’s guest at the carnival with all expenses paid — and the win¬ ner can bring a date. Playing the only solo of the program, nineteen year old Franklin Sabin, clarinetist ex¬ traordinary, who first learned to play in the seventh grade “just to get through,” now has local music circles talking about his promising future. In line for a scholarship at the famous Curtis School of Music in Philadelphia, Franklin first showed unusual talent at fourteen when he was selected to play at the All West¬ ern Music Conference under Al¬ fred Hertz and Frank Mancini. That same year he was the win¬ ner in Division A at the State Contest for solo Clarinetist, spon¬ sored by Band Masters. Last spring he went as soloist on the orchestra’s annual trip to North¬ ern California. Today, in great demand, he has eight rehearsals a week, is first clarinet for our orchestra, Meremblum Junior Symphony Orchestra in Hollywood, Pasa¬ dena Symphony Orchestra und¬ er Dr. Richard Lert and is in the student Woodwind Quintet. Girls Swing Band 7 Vodvil Acts Feature AMS Stag The AMS stag, celebrating “High School Night,” with the internationally famous comedian Ben McAfee, as master of cere¬ monies, thrilled more than 1500 with such features as Lee Keener and his one man band, the Lor¬ raine brothers and their fine tramboline act, and the humor¬ ous antics of Sid Martin and Co. For the first time in the his¬ tory of the semi-annual event, a eye-appealing swing band com¬ posed entirely of girls, was on hand to accompany the seven big vaudeville acts. As a part of the festivities, members of the senior classes from high schools in outlying areas were privileged to visit various exhibits, displayed by some of the larger organiza¬ tions here at PJC, and were later the special guests of AMS the stag. Officers from other junior col¬ leges in California, including San Mateo and Ventura were pre¬ viously invited to an open forum, treated to a dinner, and also wit¬ nessed the stag as special guests. . . . One of 10 outstanding Men In U. S. Dr. Krick Speaks April 6 At Faraday Dinner Dr. Irving P. Krick, associate professor of meteorology at Cal¬ tech, will be the Faraday speaker on April 6 at West Campus audi¬ torium. His presentation will be titled “Long and Short Range Weather Forecasting.” As a prominent weather fore¬ caster Dr. Krick. has instigated a special military air corps group which is being trained in long range weather forecasting. Dr. Krick was chosen as one of the 10 outstanding men und¬ er thirty-five in the United States by the Chamber of Com¬ merce for accomplishments in the field of weather forecast¬ ing. In almost every industry of America, weather forecast¬ ing has become an important and useful factor. Dr. Krick has forecasted for sport enter- prizes, moving picture indus¬ tries, agricultural groups, de¬ partment stores and many oth¬ er small and large cooperations. Class of '44 Officers Meet For First Time; Crack Into Busy Year First official meeting for the elected officers of the Class of “44” was held on West Campus last Tuesday. Bob Harrison, new president, proceeded to get things done in a down to business man¬ ner. Adoption of the new meet¬ ing schedule was discussed and accepted. Class of “44” officers are: president, Bob Harrison. East Campus: vice president, Mary Lou Gulack; secretary, Betty Bloom ; treasurer, Don White- head; AWS, representatives, Jean McCune, Jane Shields; AMS rep¬ resentative, Clair Kirk. West Campus: vice president, Betty Bagby; secretary, Nickey Curran; treasurer, Ruth Ison; AWS representative, Ann War- nick; AMS representative Dick Busik. Pasadena Host OMD Carnival Queen Contest Begins Monday Second only in importance to Rose Queen is the queen of the Mast and Dagger carnival. Every year PJC’s co-eds vie for the honor of reigning over the school’s biggest social event, an¬ nual OMD Carnival. This year seven girls will be chosen on April 18 for the. court — one of these seven will be named Car¬ nival Queen for 1941. EVERY CO-ED ELIGIBLE Every girl at PJC is eligible to compete for postions on the queen’s court, from which the queen will be picked. Applica¬ tions may be obtained from the student body offices on both East and West Campuses. These appli¬ cations must be returned before April 16. Applicants will be judged in the East Campus Social Hall at 3:30 p.m. on April 18. Con¬ testants must wear street clothes. The seven chosen for the court will be announced several days before the carni¬ val, which takes place on May 16, and the queen will be coro¬ nated the night of the carni¬ val. Carnival theme will be an¬ nounced in this morning’s as¬ sembly, and clubs may apply for booth permits shortly. Booths and costumes must tie-in with the general th’eme of the car¬ nival. UCLA Adopts 'Host' Club Idea Started At PJC The UCLA “Daily Bruin” re¬ vealed recently that PJC’s Host Club is being copied in detail by students at the University of California at Los Angles. Headlines of the “Bruin” last week told of a round of “Host” parties to be given by a UCLA “Host” Club. There is no organic connec¬ tion between the PJC Host Club and the UCLA “Host’ but UCLA “Hosts” have been coming to Dr. Max W. DeLaub- enfels, advisor and originator of the Host idea, for advice. “Small colleges do not need such an organization, but every large university has a real prob¬ lem; the bigger the crowd, the harder it is to “break in” and make friends. Once in, of course the rest is easy,” Dr. DeLauben- fels explained. He went on to say that, “both here and at West- wood the idea of the Host is to break the ice and get friendships started for the kind of fellows and girls who can then stay friends and make more friends.” PJC Presents ' Sweetmeat Game ' In Playhouse One Act Play Tourney PJC’s contribution to the annual Pasadena Playhouse One-Act- Play Tournament, held at the Community Playhouse April 1, is “The Sweetmeat Game” by Ruth Comfort Mitchell. Heading the cast of selected actors are Dan Livingston (a blind boy), and Eleanor Prosser (his step mother), supported by Thomas Prosser, Kenneth Rawlinson, and Joe Bouzek. “Sweetmeat Game” is a modern play set in San Francisco’s Chinatown on the evening of the Chinese New Year. Director of the play is Miss Dorothea Fry, West Campus dra¬ matics instructor, and Mr. Scott R. Beal, advisor of last summer’s “Dramatic Workshop” is co-director. Ten one-act-plays will be giv¬ en, five in the afternoon and five in the evening. “The Sweetmeat Game” has been placed third in the evening program. Since Pasadena is playing host to the other junior colleges a large turnout is expected. Tickets may be bought at the school banks on either campus and also from members of the cast and staff. Jack Hasslinger of West Campus is chairman of the play Com¬ mittee. Coach Evans, Debater Blumberg . . . You’ve Got to Prove the Need For Union. 75 Entered Annual Phi Rho Pi Western Tournament Here This Week More than seventy-five contestants representing every leading junior college in Southern California in the Phi Rho Pi annual Western Division Speech Tournament will arrive at PJC Friday morning. Usually held at USC, this year’s tour¬ nament will do much to uphold the name of PJC in the for¬ ensic world. Including such events as dehate, extemp, oratory and aft- Western Hemisphere Debate Tourney Open To Public Today, Tomorrow Today and tomorrow Phi Rho Pi Tournament, will give PJC students their first chance to see and hear the Bulldog debate teams in action against top teams from the leading Jaysees of Southern California. Debaters have been scheduled for Friday afternoon and all day Saturday in room 104 D, which is capable of accommodating some 200 spec¬ tators. DEBATE SUBJECT Even though students in col¬ leges and junior colleges have been debating the subject: “Re¬ solved: That the Nations, of the Western Hemisphere Should Form a Permanent Unidh” for nearly a year, it has retained its timeliness and current interest, Tournament director William Evans stated, “and we feel that the public should have a chance to hear this topic discussed. We have, therefore, opened all de¬ bates to the public.” Some of the teams which are scheduled to participate are those from Bakersfield, win¬ ners of the Stockton Tourna¬ ment and LACC, who won the Bakersfield Contest. Every school except PJC has at least one women’s team entered. Beginning with registration in the Social Hall at noon Friday, contestants will receive team numbers, by which they will be known throughout the tourna¬ ment. Immediately before they are to debate they will be inform¬ ed as to which room they are to go to. Upon reaching the room they will see, for the first time, their opponents and judges. Aft¬ er finishing the debate, they re¬ turn to the Social Hall for fur¬ ther instructions. This plan has been used successfully at several pervious tournaments. It is used to eliminate the practice of “scouting another team.” First place winners in all di¬ visions will receive either medals or loving cups. There is also a slim possibility, if a PJC team wins, that they will be sent back to North Carolina for the Na¬ tional Debate Convention. er dinner speaking, the two-day contest will be a climax to a full year of speech work, the Nation¬ al Debate Convention being the only inter-collegiate contest to follow. TWO PJC TERMS Representing PJC in debate will be Mervin Baker and Ernie Blumberg, Tom Larkin and John Waterhouse. Coach William Evans hopes that both teams will be in “near the kill” because of their recent showing in the LA¬ CC contest, in which Larkin and Waterhouse placed third and Baker and Blumberg made an excellent showing. Jack Wecker, Henry Brau- man, Mary Wailes and Jean Campbell are entered in ora¬ tory. Wecker, who placed in the finals of the LACC tournament, in competition with such col¬ leges as USC and UCLA, is PJC’s strong man in this field. Earl Bricks and Jean Camj* bell are entered in after-dinner speaking. Only entry in extemp at the present time is Ed Davis. Highlighting the tournament will be a banquet for all contes¬ tants, coaches and judges, to be held Friday evening at the Uni¬ versity Club, 175 N. Oakland. Following the banquet the finals of the after dinner speaking will be held. EVANS HANDLES TOURNEY Hard working man behind the scenes is PJC’s Mr. William Evans. With the help of a few ambitious debaters, he has suc¬ ceeded in planning and prepar¬ ing what promises to be one of the most interesting and best- run tournaments of the season. Monday, March 31 to Tues¬ day, April 1 — One Act Play Tournament, Community Play¬ house. Tuesday, April 1 — Tuesday Evening Forum, Sexson Audi¬ torium. Thursday, April 3 — Annual Faraday Dinner, Student Union on West Campus, 6:00 p.m. Friday, April 4 — Convocation Friday, April 4 to April 13 — Geology Field trip to New Mex¬ ico. Sunday, April 6 to Sunday April 13 — Easter Vacation. Wednesday, April 22 — Dead¬ line for Eligibility cards for Student Body, AMS, and AWS officers.