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Pasadena Chronicle, March 29, 1940
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’ST. JOAN' TO BE
PRESENTED TONIGHT
BY PLAYERS' GUILD
SEQUOIA-AEOLIAN
INFORMAL DANCE
TOMORROW NIGHT
Vol. 31
Pasadena, California, Friday, March 29, 1940
No. 24
“GEORGE BERNARD SHAW” VISITS HERE TO PLUG PLAY
George Bernard Shaw In Visit
To East Campus Little Theater
By David Davis
Motorcycle officers, photographers, newspaper reporters and
students waited expectantly last Tuesday morning for the sur¬
prise campus visit of George Bernard Shaw, famous author,
PJC STUDENT BODY OFFICERS SWEAT
OVER BUSINESS ACCUMULATED
DURING RECENT VACATION PERIOD
Important Discussion Over Erickson's Suggestion
That Board Appropriate Twenty Dollars For
Prizes To Speech Tournament Winners
Governors of Pasadena junior college’s student body convened
last Tuesday and plunged into the accumulated business of debit
and credit as though Easter had never existed.
Most important discussion of the day followed Junior Presi-
dwent Harlan Erickson’s suggestion that the speech department
be appropriated $20 for prizes to winners in intramural speech
tournaments.
cynic and playwright.
The event was heralded as one
of the most spectacular publi¬
city stunts ever arranged by any
school dramatic organization.
Mr. Shaw was attired in a
cool palm beach suit and a nat¬
ty sailor hat.
As he stepped from his huge
limousine, Mr. Shaw was
munching a huge, extremely or¬
ange carrot.
A tremendous crowd gathered
about the aged vegetarian and
escorted him to PJC’s Little
Theatre, where he will appear
this evening to witness the
Players’ Guild production of the
epilogue of his own work, “St.
Joan.”
Rumor has it that it wasn’t
really Mr. Shaw, but a fake. But
you know how rumors are.
“St. Joan” is student-directed,
produced and acted. The master¬
ful touch of Robert ben Ali, as
typified by “Manya” is again
brought forth in this Players’
Guild presentation.
The cast includes Patsy Pete-
ler, Joe Pyle, Jack Dunbar, Don
Fuller, Lamont Johnson, Bill
Harvey, David Brown, Dan Ben¬
edict and Dan Simon.
Grenes Krai, Alan Wood and
Sylvester Demming are the tech¬
nical staff.
JOHNNY LUCAS PLAYS
FOR AFTERNOON DANCE
Johnny Lucas and his orches¬
tra, formerly known as the Men¬
tor Street Maniacs, played to a
well-attended afternoon dance
yesterday afternoon in the
women’s gym, east campus.
Geri Banfield, featured vocal¬
ist with the orchestra, sang
special arrangements of “The
Isle of May” and “St. Louis
Blues,” while the orchestra
swung out with “Pagan Love
Song,” “Lady Be Good” and a
jam session rendition of the
“Blues.”
MRA Group Busy
Easter Week
As many PJC students spent
Easter week resting from school
or preparing for return, mem¬
bers of several Southern Cali¬
fornia colleges attended training
centers of Moral-Rearmament at
Webb school, Claremont, and in
Pasadena.
The groups have been actively
engaged in pressing the ideas of
Moral-Rearmament into service
ever since a big assembly here
last semester, participated in by
men and women from many
ports of the world, and faculty
members and students of PJC.
Two meetings were held last
week. Twenty-five men met in
Claremont on Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday. The women’s
meeting, held in Pasadena, was
attended by 35 coeds; Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday.
Women Invade PJC
In German Movie
“Drei Maederl Um Schubert,”
meaning “Three Women in
Schubert’s Life” is the German
moving picture to be presented
in the Sexson auditorium on
Monday, April 1 at 3:30 and 8:00
pm. Fifteen cents admission will
be charged for the show spon¬
sored by the German division of
the language department.
As the title indicates, the pic¬
ture concerns the great compos¬
er, Franz Schubert, and contains
many of his most famous pieces.
Paul Hoerbiger takes the part
of Schubert, while three Ger¬
man women stars play the sis¬
ters with whom he has a series
of love affairs.
Blind Xylophonist Plays
Wilson Places In
National Oratory
Margie Wilson, PJC orator,
added a third place in the na¬
tional Phi Rho Pi women’s ora¬
tory championships to her grow¬
ing list of accomplishments in
last week’s four-day national
Phi Rho Pi speech tournament
at Ogden, Utah. Miss Wilson’s
third place was the only victory
taken by the five representatives
of PJC.
Five Pasadenans competed in
the tourney, while the PJC de¬
bate coach, William Evans, was
honored at the tourney banquet.
Mr. Evans was elected editor of
the 1940-41 edition of the Per¬
suader, official publication of
Phi Rho Pi.
Although not a competitive
event, four Pasadenans received
a rating of “excellent” in pro¬
gression. They were William
Budke HI, Margaret Bolin, Mor¬
timer Brandler and Francis
Bradley.
Twenty-six schools through¬
out the country sent more than
250 speakers to the tourney
which was held at Weber col¬
lege in Ogden.
Memorial Contests
Held During April
The Ruth Doolittle Memorial
contest in the interpretation of
Shakespeare, will be held April
9 and 23.
Students of the 11th and 12th
grades are eligible. The require¬
ments are a scene from any
Shakespearian play, of 18 to 30
lines, which is to be preceded by
a 50-word introduction explain¬
ing the dramatic situation.
For additional information see
Katherine Kester in 30 C.
The Frederick Arthur Smith
memorial contest will be open
to students of the 12th, 13th and
14th grades. It will be held Ap¬
ril 5, and is sponsored by Play¬
ers’ Guild, and Delta Psi Ome¬
ga. Further information can be
obtained from Elizabeth Keppie
in the Little Theatre.
Mt. Wilson Astronomer
To Be Faraday Lecturer
Bob Gillette, senior prexy and
former star member of the
school’s debate squad, pointed
out to the board that the speech
department had been granted a
very generous appropriation at
the beginning of the year, and
that the $20 now needed for this
new enterprise should have been
saved and could have been if
more forethought had been
given.
Other board members decided
that former expenditures made
by members of debate and ora¬
torical squads should not be con¬
sidered in a project which would
include every member of the
student body who wished to par¬
ticipate.
Due to Gillette’s argument,
however, the motion was tabled
and following an investigation
will be voted on next week.
Minutes of the meetings of
PJC’s newly established athletic
board’s first meeting were read.
They contained a new motion
providing for complimentary
passes to all school athletic
events for every employee of
the junior college. Other comps
will be obtainable by the press,
Rose Bowl employees, football
scouts, scoreboard keepers, and
perhaps police and fire depart¬
ment members.
James P. O’Mara member of
the committee, called attention
to the plans for an ice skating
rink to be built in Pasadena
soon. He suggested that ice
hockey be added to the sports
curriculum here. Another sub¬
ject taken up was the increased
interest being shown by stu¬
dents in many other winter
sports.
Chief Justice Thuel Schuhart
took the floor to ask the board
to appoint a male clerk who
would swear in witnesses at the
coming two jury trials. His rea¬
son for desiring a man student
was that females giggle and dis¬
rupt the general morale of the
court. Jim Speers was sug¬
gested for this position and re¬
ceived the appointment. Schu¬
hart then announced the sug¬
gested amendments to the new
criminal code. The board ac¬
cepted them.
The chief justice tendered
Warren Allen’s resignation as
prosecuting attorney and Louis
Irwin’s at justice. Warren
Glyass, west campus, was ap¬
pointed in Allen’s place. Irwin
will probably take up a post as
prosecutor, Schuhart said.
TWO ASSEMBLIES
TO BE FEATURED
ON EACH CAMPUS
Awards To Be Presented
To Band In Auditorium
Men To See Action
Harold William Roberts, co¬
ordinator of events, and now
acting commemorative secre¬
tary, has been designated to
personally present parchment
scrolls and medals to musical
organizations of PJC in today’s
AWS assembly for their 1939
Fair participation. The presen¬
tation will be in conjunction
with a fashion show by F. C.
Nash and Co.
Groups receiving the honors
are the Bulldog band, symphony
orchestra, Nysaean singers, Eu-
terpean singers and the A Cap-
pella choir. Scrolls will be pre¬
sented to Dean Audre L. Stong
and musical directors Lula C.
Parmley, Carrie M. Sharp, Ma¬
bel M. Oakes and Charles Dana.
Civic and educational groups
who took part on the California
program in ’39 are now being
honored by presentations such
as the one to be held here today.
This gesture of appreciation
on behalf of the state of Cali¬
fornia came through the cour¬
tesy of the 25 commissioners
appointed by the Hon. Culbert
L. Olson, governor, with a cor¬
dial invitation to return to the
California state building for the
Fair in the ’40 season, May 25
through September 29.
The AMS assembly today in
the men’s gym is featuring box¬
ing and wrestling bouts by pro¬
fessional exponents of the pu¬
gilistic arts. All men are invited
to attend and observe the manly
processes of self destruction.
Wiliam Webb, AMS president,
will direct the event and hopes
to have several members of the
gym teams give demonstrations.
The west campus presents
and amateur show with swing
band, marimba player and tap
dancers. Marjory Garland and
Yolanda Ciccareli, of the forth¬
coming PJC Review of 1940, will
offer several numbers. Bill
O’Donnel, associate AMS presi¬
dent, will conduct the show on
that campus.
Expression Of Ideas Told
Patron's Association
Five students, representing
five phases of school work Wed¬
nesday told the Patron’s asso¬
ciation some ways in which PJC
students may learn to express
themselves. In a panel discus¬
sion of the subject “Learning to
Express Ideas,” led by Dr. Glenn
L. Lembke, they praised the
Pasadena school system for the
opportunities it afforded but de¬
clared that “it is hard to get
students to take advantage of
the opportunities in speech,
drama, radio and journalistic ex¬
pression.”
In addition to the usual ways
of communicating ideas, by
speech and writing, which were
explained by William Burke, ra¬
dio; Robert Hardgrove, journa¬
lism; and Margie Wilson,
speech, the use of mathematics
and science as expression of
ideas was told by Edna Smith
and Clifford Hoagland.
Warren Allen Resigns
From Prosecutor Post
Warren Allen’s resignation
from the office of student prose¬
cutor was officially accepted by
the board of representatives last
Tuesday morning.
Warren Glass, former deputy
prosecutor, was appointed by
the board to fill Allen’s position.
Allen resigned because of low
grades and constitutional work
which conflicted with the court
job.
Louis Irwin resigned from as¬
sociate chief justice (west cam¬
pus) to take the position of dep¬
uty prosecutor for west campus.
SCIENCE EXCURSIONS
Paul Motsinger’s science sur¬
vey classes of west campus are
planning two excursions in the
near future. The first will be
to the San Diego Zoo, where
the students will study various
types of animals and their life
habits. The second will be to
various places of scientific in¬
terest in Los Angeles county.
I00F HALL SCENE OF
SEQUOIA-AELOIAN HOP
The Sequoia-Aeolian clubs
open the Spring social season
tomorrow night with their joint
open informal dance at the
IOOF Hall, Los Robles and Wal¬
nut, to the music of Hal Lomen
and his band.
Dancing hours are from 8:30
to midnight, furnishing ample
time for everyone to exhibit
their newly learned Easter
dance steps, and for those inter¬
ested in seeing the new couple
combinations as an aftermath of
Easter vacation, it will be just
the time and place.
Dress is informal. Bids are
$1.10 and may be secured from
club members, at the student
bank, or at the door.
WC Students Will
Defend Rights
All west campus students who
are interested in defending their
position in the current constitu¬
tion building program and who
would like to hear “the other
side,” may do so at a meeting to
be held Monday at 3 pm in room
212 at the west campus.
The meeting will be entirely
open; open to all west campus
students and east campus stu¬
dents too. This move was felt
necessary inasmuch as both
groups have expounded their
views but have not had the
chance to compare them with
those of the others.
The committee in charge is
headed by Bill Webb and in¬
cludes Johnny Kranz and Ernie
Blumberg.
A constitutional assembly will
be held May 7, and a conven¬
tion, the date of which will be
given later, will climax the
lengthy discussions of democ¬
racy and student needs which
have prevailed.
100 Geologists
Return From Trip
Eating delicious pancakes for
early morning breakfasts, view¬
ing beautiful desert scenes and
colorful sunsets, sleeping in the
open, telling stories around
campfires — these are some of
the experiences PJC geology
students had on their sixth an¬
nual excursion during Easter va¬
cation.
The group of 119 students
left Pasadena the first day of va¬
cation early in the morning on
a motor trip which took them
through the Mojave desert,
through Death Valley and over
the state line into Nevada twice
before they arrived home on
Thursday, March 21.
Most exciting incident of the
trip occurred at Ubehebe craters
in Nevada when a student, Keith
Kelley, after descending into the
crater with the rest of the stu¬
dents, attempted to climb out
a different way and found him¬
self stuck 50 feet from the top
with a 750 drop beneath him, un¬
able to go up or down. He was
finally rescued with a rope low¬
ered down from the top of the
crater.
PJC Well Represented
In Music Festival
The junior college music de¬
partment of Pasadena will be
well represented at the Junior
College Music Festival April 2,
when the members of the A Ca-
pella choir under the direction
of Lula C. Parmley and Mabel
Oakes, and the 39 members of
the symphony orchestra, play
with the combined groups from
the southwestern states.
Students To Decorate
If the opportunity presents it¬
self, the west campus painting
class will decorate an old house
in Pasadena. The house, not yet
selected, must be vacant for six
weeks and very much run down
in order to demonstrate the stu¬
dents abilities as remodelers and
to show what the west campus
handicraft classes can really do.
Here is an opportunity for some¬
one who may have a house in
need or redecorating or knows
of such a house, Fredric Green,
instructor, announced.
Friton-AWS Coffee Hour
West campus Tritons and
AWS have invited all women
students to come to the annual
Coffee Hour.
For girls interested in Triton
this is an opportunity for them
to become acquainted with the
club, officers said.
Later there will be a joint
meeting of the Triton with the
east campus, with a pot luck
supper served.
CHEMIE CLUB OFFICERS
New officers recently elected
to the Chemie club for Spring
semester aure Clifford Hoagland,
president; Elisheira Gutmann,
vice-president; Philip G. Young,
secretary; and Joe Peachman,
treasurer.
Membership to the Chemie
club is restricted to upper divi¬
sion students interested in chem¬
istry.
Pierce Knox, blind high school
student of Oakland, will be the
featured artist of the April 5
assembly.
Pierce is acclaimed as the best
xylophonist of all American
high schools, having won the
national first prize at Cleveland,
Ohio, three years ago. Because
of his amazing ability he played
an engagement at Ripley’s “Be¬
lieve It or Not” at the San Fran¬
cisco World’s Fair.
The assembly will also feature
some star of the networks
whose name is not known at
present.
COSMETOLOGISTS HEAR
Miss M. Quick, director of the
employment bureau, presided at
an informail discussion March 4
at the west campus cosmetology
classes. The class discussed the
placement of girls in homes by
the junior college. An under¬
standing between employers and
employees makes working con¬
ditions easier for both, she said.
W. H. Christie, astronomer
connected with the Mount Wil¬
son observatory, will speak for
the 13th Faraday lecture, April
18, at the west campus auditor¬
ium. His topic is “What the
Stars Tell the Earth.”
Mr. Christie was born in Eng¬
land, worked at McGill Univer¬
sity in 1912 as a medical labora¬
tory assistant, came to British
Columbia in 1914, went over¬
seas, and returned to the Uni¬
versity of British Columbia,
where he received his BA in
1927.
He was astronomer at the Do¬
minion Observatory at Ottawa,
and came to Mount Wilson in
1929. He works under the direc¬
tion of Dr. Walter S. Adams of
the Mount Wilson Observatory
staff, and is a stellar astronomer
specializing in Photometry and
Spectroscopy. He is an expert
in his field and known for his
Friday night lecture on Mount
Wilson.
PLYMOUTH PLANT VISITS
A working model of the Ply¬
mouth automobile plant was
exhibited to the west campus
auto mechanics classes Tues¬
day, March 26. The model is
enclosed in a full length
glassed-in trailer, and includes
a scale copy of the largest
building in the Detroit branch
of the Plymouth factory. Mr.
Crocker, of the advertising di¬
vision of the Chrysler corpora¬
tion, was in charge of the dis¬
play.
‘April Showers' Theme
Qf West Campus Fete
“April Showers” will be the
theme of the Mother-Daughter
banquet to be held April 4 in the
west campus cafeteria at 6:30
pm. Tickets are on sale at the
box office window at 35 cents
per person.
Helen Savory, general pro¬
gram chairman, is planning to
have a renowned woman speak¬
er to give a few highlights on
home decoration. There will al¬
so be musical entertainment.
EAST CAMPUS MUSIC HOUR
Wednesday, 11:20 and 12:20;
Thursday, 11:20 and 12:20, 200C
“Music of Rimsky-Korsakov”
1. Tale of the Young Prince and
the Young Princess (from
the Scheherezade Suite)
2. Flight of the Bumble-bee
3. Caprice Espagnol
WEST CAMPUS MUSIC HOUR
Wednesday, April 3 at 12:20
Summer Idyl . Rothledger
Melody of Love . Eugelmann
Andantino in D Flat . Lowden
Intermezzo in E . Major
Miniature Suite . Rogers
(a) Prelude
(b) Intermezzo
(c) Pastorale
(d) Loccata
In the Luxemburg Garden
Gertrude Gilbert, guest organist