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Volume XXI
Pasadena, California, Friday, May 2, 192S-3&
No. 28
“Royal Family” Enthroned in Junior College Auditorium 8:15 Tonight
MATSON ENTERS CONSTITUTIONAL FINALS
PASADENAN
ISWINNERIN
SEMI-FINALS
Winning Speech of District
Finals to Be Given at
Shrine Auditorium
125 J.C. SEATS RESERVED
Grand Final Winner Goes to
Seattle for Pacific
Coast Finals
— 4—
Marking the third victory of a
Pasadena contestant in as many
years in the National Constitution¬
al Oratorical contest, Donald Mat-
son, president of the sophomore
class, won first place in the district
finals held Friday evening, April
25, in South Pasadena high school.
Don Matson is now a contestant
in the Los Angeles Times semi¬
finals which will be held in the
Shrine auditorium this evening.
The winner of this contest will rep¬
resent California in the Pacific
coast grand finals to be held in Se¬
attle on May 9.
Competing against representa¬
tives of seven other high schools,
Matson was unanimously chosen as
first place speaker. He spoke on
“Liberty and Justice Under the
Constitution.” In his extemperane-
*100 Papers Advertise *
* Pasadena J. C. Beauty
* The distinction of having %
4,500,000 pictures appear in
more than 100 newspapers *
-x- in approximately 21 states
belongs to Virginia Evans,
junior at P. J. C. Miss Ev- *
ans was elected Queen of the
•* Pasadena Flower show, pre- *
siding at the opening cere¬
monies and awarding the
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medals at the conclusion of *
the show. As a consequence
* her picture appeared not on- *
ly in the daily papers but #
also in the rotogravure sec-
tions of the Atlanta, Min- *
neapolis Cleveland and St.
Paul papers.
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“Yellow Fever ”
Epidemic T
о
Rage
“Psitacosis may be terrible, but
wait until you get the ‘Yellow
Fever,’ ” says Harold Weight. “I
am not referring to the disease, al¬
though it may almost be called one,
but to the paper. We are knee deep
in the muck of yellow journalism,
and are having the wallowing time
of our lives. For ten cents, you
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your favorite teacher m the eye!’
may wallow m the cream of it.
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Leads in ‘Royal Family’ Perform Tonight
Bernard Melekian
Evelyn Bates
Gwendolyn Dodge
Dwight Crandall
Parade of Fords, Faculty
Head Hitting Side Show
Add to Carnival Thrills
Mast and Dagger Sponsors Gala Event for May 15; Twenty
Clubs Will Provide Dancing, Fortune Telling,
Bowling, Plays, to Keep Evening Lively
Stud
ous speech his topic was “The buting.
Check and Balance System of Gov¬
ernment.” Second and third nlaces
were awarded to Donald Fareed of
Glendale high, and James Dilley of
Hoover high, respectively.
Judges for the contest were El¬
liot Craig, judge of the Los An¬
geles District Court of Appeals;
Carlos S. Hardy, judge of the Los
Angeles Superior Court; W. C.
Hay, president of the Blue Dia¬
mond company; Carl I. Jacobson,
Los Angeles councilman; William
Marble, president of the John M.
Marble company; W. J. Desmond,
judge of the Los Angeles Superior
Court; Prof. Wesley Lewis, of the
U. C. L. A. speech department;
Harold L. Arnold, president of the
company which bears his name;
and Clayton I. Ward, editor of the
Alhambra Post- Advocate.
Don, besides being president of
his class, is also captain of this
year’s swimming team. He has
also been active in dramatics, hav¬
ing taken roles in “Seven Keys to
Baldpate” and “Miss Civilization.”
Winners in other divisions
against whom Don will compete this
evening are, Group A. Odie Wright
of Long Beach; Group B. Alice Pa¬
trician of Keedly Joint Union;
Group D. James Pike of Hollywood
high; Group E. John Woung of
Mr. Weight, with John Carmichael, i wil1 be the aPPeal at the faculty
is editing the annual insane edition ' head hitting sideshow at the car-
of the “Chronicle.” Aaron Rothen- ' nival, Thursday, May 15. Campus
berg is business manager, and , Pords demonstrate curves and
many “leading lights” are contri-ti . . . , ,
e b beauty spots m a general parade
over Pasadena on Wednesday. A
“Step right up, students, sock tivities will cease during the pres¬
entations and continue afterwards.
The mystery of the “Yellow
Fever” will be solved at the car¬
nival when the craziest Chronicle
will make its ostracizing appear-
ay»t
OXAi.
Prexys
Meet at U.S.C.
Eric Strutt will represent Pasa¬
dena at a convention of student
body presidents of California jun¬
ior colleges to be held at U. S. C.
May 6. Delegates will attend from
Citrus, Kern county, Brawley,
Compton, El Centro, Fullerton,
Long Beach, Glendale, Chaffey,
Pomona, Porterville, Riverside, San
Bernardino, Santa Ana, Santa Ma¬
ria, Taft, Ventura, Visalia.
The program of the convention
will include welcoming speeches to
the delegates by both R. B. von
KleinSmid, president of the univer¬
sity, and Leo Adams, president of
the Associated Students. After-
lunch in the legislative council
room, a tour of the student union
building will be made; this will be
■followed by a discussion led by
Leo Adams on “Student Govern¬
ment and Student Problems.”
The discussion will be composed
of consideration of all problems
connected with student government
machinery, the composition of the
student governing body, and the
scope and jurisdiction of student
government. The latter phase will
include among others the question :
“Should the student government be
subject to an absolute veto by the
faculty, or operate in co-operation
with the faculty, or be free from
all faculty check in all matters
pertaining to: student discipline,
fraternities, extra-curricular ac-
which took Pasadena junior college tivities, curriculum, administration,
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Thaliens Present
‘Bab’ Here May 6
That sensational comedy, “Bab,”
by storm two years ago, is to be
repeated when the Thalien Troup¬
ers, an organization of present and
former local students, present the
play in the auditorium May 9.
Eric Strutt, president of the stu¬
dent body, will take the male role
as Carter Brooks, with Miss Ber¬
nice Petheram, who played in the
original production, taking the
feminine lead as Bab. Ted Hatlen,
will take a prominent role.
Other members of the oast are
Charles Otis; Elva Lois Kellogg
from “The Rose of the Alhambra”
and “The Royal Family”; Gilbert
Higbee, Katherine Summers, Lang-
don Pierce, Edna Endicott, and
David Morgan will be seen.
and student body finances.” Dele¬
gates are reminded that they may
bring up any additional problems
besides those scheduled for con¬
sideration by the group.
Redlands Entertainers
Perform in Assembly
Redlands university entertainers
furnished the program for the
Wednesday assembly during club
period on April 30. Sleight-of-hand
and -card tricks, vocal selections,
and a violin solo were the high¬
lights of the presentation.
All twelfth, thirteenth, and four-
prize is offered for the most origi-
inal make-up for showing off a
Ford.
Members of Mast and Dagger
■are working hard on the plans for
the festival to be held in the men’s
gym starting at 7:30 p. m. There
will be dancing on the outside and
inside floors.
Approximately twenty restrictive
and non-restrictive clubs will have
booths on the basketball and hand¬
ball courts. In one booth will be a
fortune teller, and any dirt or
scandal a student may want to know
can be found out here. Gnawings
and cravings for food and drink
may be satisfied at booths selling-
candy, peanuts, popcorn, and soda
pop.
In addition to this there will be
a bowling alley, a dart-the-dart
sideshow and a shooting gallery for
the more athletically inclined. It is
also rumored that one of the clubs
will have a sister show.
Both upper and lower division
dramatic societies, Bauble and
Bells, and Players’ Guild will pre¬
sent plays that evening. Other ac-
Moon Shines In
BBFNOPJC Con.
With her essay, “Are the Nat¬
ural Resources of a Country a Na¬
tional or International Responsi¬
bility?” judged best of those sub¬
mitted by P. J. C. students, Cath¬
erine Moon, lower division student,
will represent Pasadena junior col¬
lege in the Brooks-Bright Founda¬
tion National Oration contest. The
winner will receive one year’s tui¬
tion in any foreign university.
During the week two other essay
contests, sponsored by the W.
С.
T.
U., have come to a close. Winners
of these will be awarded cash
prizes. The subjects were: “Prohi¬
bition, an Adventure in Freedom,”
teenth year students were invited
to attend the university day ait Red- an^ “Business Advantage of Keep-
lands on Saturday, May 10. ing Free from Alcoholic Drinks.”
Atkinson Talks
on Eaton Park
Soph Dramatists
Prepare 6 Crichton 9
— t—
“This proverb which I am about
to repeat has stood by me day and
night for the past twenty years.
You would do well to heed its warn¬
ing. The proverb is - . The prov¬
erb was — 7 — . The proverb to which
I refer- - . The proverb says - .
Oh, dash it anyway! The proverb
is—!”
“Crichton, take father out. He
has evidently forgotten the prov¬
erb.” “Thank goodness, that is
over, my dear,”
When eccentric Lord Loam in¬
vites his servants . to one of his
monthly equalization teas to mingle
with the English aristocrats, trou¬
ble is brewing. And when he for¬
gets the little speech which he has
Upon the request of students in
California history classes, Dr.
Spencer T. Atkinson of Altadena,
will speak and show slides
Eaton canyon, Wednesday, May 7,
during club period in room 200-C.
Dr. Atkinson has proposed that
Eaton canyon be made a public
park, and he emphasizes the fact
that no other canyon near Pasa¬
dena has such an abundance of
wild life. Many skunks, foxes,
ring-tail cats, ’possums, woodrats,
and other small animals have made
this spot their home, while South¬
ern California wildflowers are rep¬
resented. If the canyon is made a
public park, all this wild life will
GUILD PLAY
SCHEDULED
FOR TONIGHT
Gwendolyn Dodge, Dwight
Crandall Take Leads in
Comedy Presentation
BARRYMORE* FAMILY “IT”
Tickets on Sale in Basement
Office and at Window
This Evening
Showing the congenial domestic
relations of a family of actors, the
“Royal Family,” presented by the
Players’ Guild, is destined to be a
“howling” success. Miss Helga
Sjaastad directed the play, and it
is due largely to her untiring work
and personality that the play will
be presented in a professional man¬
ner.
Gwendolyn Dodge as Fanny Cav¬
endish, an actress for 53 years,
plays her role as the dignified act¬
ress who refuses to step aside for
the younger school, and is, as she
says, “still able to troupe” in a
most convincing manner.
Perry and Gwen, played by
Larry Smith and Helen McMas-
ters, are charming as the youthful
lover's. Gwen’s rebellion against
the stage life in general and the
Cavendish family in particular due
to a quarrel with Perry in which
they try to find a way to put a
day and night life together, leads
to general family discussion in
which the worth of an actor is
loudly acclaimed the said actors
themselves.
The happy family life of the
Deans is announced at the entrance
of the two combatants when Mrs.
Dean (Katherine Lefflis) is sar-
strung together far the benefit of
the servants, 1 and Crichton, the but- j castically told that she was merely
ler, has to lead him to his room, ; an s^aKe noise” when the great
one of the high lights of “The Ad- playwright, William A. P. White,
mirable Crichton” is reached. married her. If these roles are
rather heated, they are well por¬
trayed.
Anthony Cavendish, whose chief
concern is dodging newspaper re¬
porters, flies in from California
This play is being presented by
the sophomore class on May 23 and
24 in the auditorium. Lord Loam
on is being played by Graydon Spald¬
ing, president of the Bauble and
Bells Dramatic society. Ernest, l°°kmg like a huge, good natured
bear. This part is taken by Dwight
Crandall.
Oscar Wolfe, played by Bernard
Melekian, is Julia Cavendish’s
manager. He is, however, the man¬
ager of the whole family. Flatter¬
ing Fannie Cavendish, “loaning”
money to Julie with which to pay
Loam’s nephew, who undertakes to
write an account of Loam’s ship¬
wrecked party on a desert island |
and publish it, is portrayed by
John Krumm, manager of lower di¬
vision dramatics.
Graydon, who is the dramatic
editor of the Pasadena “Campus,” j
sticks,” he portrays the bishop.
be saved, while at the present time b,as^
Уеа1'
he won first place in the
Shakespeare contest.
it is being rapidly destroyed, and
may soon be obliterated. The cost
to the city of Pasadena should be
small for it already owns the land
and would only have to pay for a
caretaker. Biology, forestry, and
natural history clubs could take
advantage of studying wild life in
its natural environment, if the
change is undertaken.
Although the canyon has already
been used by the local science and
engineering departments for study
and surveying excursions, its
change into a public park, with the
preservation of the animal life,
would increase its value to schol¬
ars and nature lovers.
All faculty members and stu¬
dents interested in the canyon are
invited' to hear Dr. Atkinson’s talk.
J. C. Artists Will Be
Shown in Arts Magazine
Asking permission ' to print a
view of the P. J. C. art exhibit
shown at the Pacific Arts associa¬
tion display, Pedro J. Lemas, edi¬
tor of the School Arts magazine,
in a letter to Miss Katherine Mc-
Gorray, head of the fine arts de¬
partment, praised J. C. artists. He
asked^for examples of art work to
use in the magazine.
has been active in dramatics at botheisome C. O. D. bills, and
P. J. C. during the past few years. ! ranging' for the safe conduct of
In “Seven Keys to Baldpate,” he j
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seem to be included in his
played the part of Lou Max, gand- ! ^ob’ sa^ n°thing of persuading
ster. In “The Bishop’s Candle- !the temperamental Julie that her
presence is necessary at important
conferences.
Julie Cavendish, a great actress
even in her own home, is played
by Evelynn Bates.
Maurice Stanley plays the role
of Mr. Gilmore Cavendish, who
after 19 years, again shows up in
the life of Julie and helps the fam¬
ily out of some rather unpleasant
publicity due to the wayward Tony.
John is past president of Bauble
and Bells and was this year’s win-
appeared prominently in several
workshop plays at the Pasadena
Community Playhouse, and has
taken part in “Miss Civilization,”
“Speaking to Father,” and “Seven
Keys to Baldpate.”
So. Calif. Colleges to Hold Open
House For High School Students
Occidental college will stage its
annual May festival in the after¬
noon and evening of May 9, with
several hundred girls from South¬
ern California high schools in at¬
tendance. Features of entertain¬
ment are to include a tour of the
campus, crowning of the May
queen, May fete, and an informal
dinner and dance in the patio of
the student union building. The
festival is in charge of the Asso¬
ciated Women students.
Redlands college will act as host
to high school and junior college
students May 10, and will hold
open house with all buildings open
for inspection. Pasadena junior col¬
lege will be represented by the
Men’s Glee club, which will com¬
pete with other glee clubs. Pasa¬
dena is also entered in the declama¬
tion contest.
A full program has been planned
and all activities will be free to
visitors. In the evening the g'reat
“R” will be lighted on the moun¬
tainside; this is a tradition of the
college. The day will be climaxed
■by the presentation of the play,
“When Knighthood Was in Flow¬
er,” in which Dave Ackley, a for¬
mer Pasadena student, will play a
prominent role.
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Inviting graduates and faculty
to an “open house” program, May
14, Leland Klingerman, student
body president of Woodbury Busi¬
ness college, Los Angeles, says :
“The annual visiting day will fea¬
ture an elaborate program which
will include an inspection of the
(Continued on page 3)