Vol. 32
Pasadena Junior College, May 2, 1941
No. 39
Boy-Girl
Students Govern City,
Run Business, Collect
Money During Week
This week PJC students:
1. Took over duties of municipal government, sent eight
representatives and a chairman to the board of directors meet¬
ing, had City-manager-for-a-day Jerry Adams make the state¬
ment: “students have always been keenly interested in Boys’
and Girls’ Week . . . appreciate consideration shown them.”
2. Had Evangeline Sandstrom receive $225 early Tues¬
day morning, as her first act as
manager of the Civic Audito¬
rium.
Top Bow: Jerry Shaw, Mary Bronson, Betty Knapp. Middle, Betty
Kimer, Mary Bacon, Dottie Kumer, Bottom. Margaret Zeabold.
Princesses
Seven ' Typical Co-eds ' Picked
For 1941 OMD Carnival Court
Mary Bacon, Mary Bronson, Betty Rose Knapp, Betty
and Dottie Kumer, Jerry Shaw and Margaret Zeabold — that’s
the line-up of the royal court for the 15th annual Mast and
Dagger Carnival on May 16. Picked by OMD members from
more than 220 contestants, these seven girls were selected
from the 27 finalists in the final judging Wednesday.
One of the seven girls will be selected Carnival Queen,
Drama
liliom* Hits Snag,
But Set for Tonight
After several months of smoothly run rehearsals, “Lil-
iom” was all set to go. But this week hit a snag. The blow to
fall upon the shoulders of faculty adviser William 0. Payne
was announced that a second male lead was ineligible and
must be replaced. Quick decision awarded the part Wednes¬
day morning to rich voiced Barclay Hodgekin,, who had
All-Collegiate
Bulldog Band
To Preview Tour
At Redlands
In an out-of-town preview,
Audre Stong leads PJC’s Bulldog
Band to the Redlands Charity
Show tonight. Their performance
similar to the Homecoming Con¬
cert to be given at the Civic Au¬
ditorium May 23, is the first
presentation of the program to
be given generally throughout
their coming Western states
tour.
Unlike former years, the band
will abandon the classics and
give an entire collegiate show.
Especially featured at Redlands
will be “Impressions of Navy
Day,, with Admiral Boogie-Woo¬
gie, the Dancing Tars, a swing
drummer and a seemingly disin¬
terested co-ed. Other new acts are
“Impressions of an Afternoon
Rehearsal, Impression of 1941
Radio Swing, Jane Wells toe-tap¬
ping to the tune of “Stars and
Stripes Forever,” and Barbara
Turner and Celeste Clauser in
authentic South American cos¬
tumes dancing to “Down Argen¬
tine Way.”
Phatians--Sleepy?
Record Throng
Waits All Night
For OMD Booths
Equipped with blankets, sand¬
wiches, hot drinks, magazines
and playing cards, ambitious rep¬
resentatives from about a dozen
restrictive clubs spent 24 hours
waiting in front of the student
union to register for OMD Car¬
nival booths. Beginning their
vigil at 12:30 Tuesday, April 22,
they hel<j their positions in line
until the following Wednesday
noon with the Phatian club get¬
ting the first booth of the 1941
Carnival. This was the longest
line ever maintained, and indi¬
cates even greater student inter¬
est in the Carnival, according to
OMD President Swish Ogura.
RECORD NUMBER ENTRIES
The number of booth entries
is also expected to set a new rec¬
ord, with more than fifty organi¬
zations already registered. This
year’s theme of “Joe College”
gives clubs great leeway in the
construction of their booths. A
hot contest is expected for the
annual theme prize.
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Tomorrows Sarong Day
3. Stepped behind counters of
the majority of down town stores
and sold merchandise to approv¬
ing Pasadena townsfolk.
4. Charged books in and out of
Pasadena’s libraries in efficient
ways taught at PJC’s library.
5. Watched on as the towns
leading doctors and dentists went
through the days routine, learn¬
ed the “bedside manner.”
6. Had Warren Glass, acting
as Superior Judge, sit with Judge
Frank C. Collier through a trial
of two felony cases.
7. Put H. Lawrence Wilsey in
position of City Prosecutor, let
him try his mother on a parking
violation charge, had Judge Cal¬
vin Swallow pronounce decision
as “suspended fine.”
8. Stationed West Campus stu¬
dents in shorthand, dictation jobs
throughout the city.
Dr. Sutton Speaks
On Democracy
At School Session
Dr. Willis A. Sutton, Superin¬
tendent of Schools at Atlanta,
Georgia, will deliver a lecture on
“Does Democracy Pay?” at Sex-
son Auditorium Monday evening,
May 5, at 7:30. This address is
a part of the program for the
twenty-second annual Public
School Week, sponsored by the
State Board of Education, the
American Legion and the Ma¬
sonic Fraternity. Theme for this
year’s Public School Week is
“Our Schools — the Bulwark of
Democracy.”
Alumni Reunion
Saturday Night
Honored guests at the annual
Pasadena Alumni Association
dinner-dance May 3, will be the
class of T6 celebrating their
twenty-fifth anniversary.
Highlight on the alumni’s so¬
cial calendar each spring is the
dinner-dance, a tradition since
1926. Saturday night’s affair wall
take place at the Pasadena Ath¬
letic Club at 7:30 featuring din¬
ner, a program with “Stan” L.
Hann, ’27, as master of cere¬
monies, and dancing later in the
evening.
Specially honored guest in ad¬
dition to the class of T6 will be
Miss Mabel B. Peirson, retiring
Life Science chairman.
and will reign over all PJC on
Carnival Day. Judges picked the
seven princesses as typical “col¬
lege co-eds” in order to carry out
the 1941 Carnival theme of “Joe
College.”
In Wednesday’s final judging,
the 27 finalists were graded on
poise, personality, appearance,
and popularity. Each girl was
seated in front of a microphone
and asked quick-answer ques¬
tions. Most all of the girls dem¬
onstrated remarkable ability to
think quickly, and excellent mic¬
rophone technique.
After the judging, the seven
girls picked for the Carnival
Court were photographed by pho¬
tographers from the Post and
Star-News, Times, Examiner,
Herald, Chronicle and Indepen¬
dent.
Way Ahead
Class of '44 Show
Scheduled in Near Future
Second auditions for the class
of ’44 Talent Show to take place
during assembly period sometime
in the future were held Wednes¬
day in the Social Hall of D build¬
ing.
Talent from both campuses is
to be used on the show which
will be produced on both cam¬
puses, exclusive, for the class of
’44 only. The Talent Show will
be sponsored and produced by
the Assembly and Pep Commit¬
tee of the Class Council. This
committee hopes this variety
show will promote better class
spirit.
learned lines of a minor player.
Wednesday afternoon he was told
to “report back stage . . . quick.”
Playing a large part in the
putting-aeross of “Liliom” is the
Linnebech projector. Used for
the first time at PJC, the pro¬
jector will throw upon the empty
back stage wall colorful Hun¬
garian scenes, painted especially
for “Liliom” with many tedious
hours of care, by June Spencer.
Stars of this Ference Molnar
play are Lamont Johnson, in the
title role; Nan Wallace, as his
wife Julie; Mickey Rogers Payne,
as Julie’s friend Marie; Marion
Sprott, as Julie’s daughter; Dor¬
othy Streib, as a carsel owner;
Barclay Hodgekin, as I.iliom’s
double-crosses, Friscer; Cloyde
Howard as Marie’s husband.
Musical Festival
Repeated For
Assembly Today
Combining all choral groups,
the Music Department will re¬
peat last Friday evening’s con¬
cert during the assembly period
this morning.
Opening the assembly will be
the combined women’s glee clubs
under the direction of Miss Kath¬
ryn W. Bernard. They will sing
“Carnival” by Fourdrain, and
“Cachucha and Finale” (The
Gondoliers) by Sullivan.
Both east and west campus
glee clubs under the direction of
Miss Isobel Smith will perform
with “The Campbells Are Com¬
ing,” a Scotch air, “Roll Chariot”
Noble Cain, and “The Animals
Are Coming.”
Under the direction of Miss
Lulu Parmley the Nvsaeans will
present “Every Flower” from
Madame Butterfly, Puccini, with
solos by Tressa Meherns and
Joanne Carter; “The Golden Sun¬
set” by Stanley D. Meacham, a
JC student. Their last selection
is “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,”
Jerome Kerns.
Two modern composers are
featured by the Euterpean Sing¬
ers who will give “O Caesar,
Great Wert Thou” (The King’s
Henchmen) Deems Taylor, and
selections from the “Student
Prince,” Romberg.' The Euter-
peans are under the direction of
Miss Carrie Sharp.
Concluding the program the A
Capella Choir’s selections, “Sere¬
nade” from the “Student Prince”
and “Didn’t My Lord Deliver
Daniel?” a Negro spiritual.
These spngs are under the direc¬
tion of Miss Mabel Oakes.
;Сгаск
the Big-time7
Unaccustomed?—
PJC Speakers Vie
For Southland Title
At Glendale
Speaking representatives from
nearly every leading college and
junior college of Southern Cali¬
fornia will converge on Glendale
JC May 3, to participate in the
Annual Spring Contest Day of
the Southern California Tourna¬
ment Association. Events will in¬
clude radio speaking, oral inter¬
pretation, and after-dinner speak¬
ing.
STRONG TEAM
PJC contestants represent the
best material in each of their
fields, according to H. J. Reeder,
faculty supervisor. They are:
radio speaking, Annette Findei-
son, Patricia Hill, Barclay Hodg¬
kin and Cloyde Howard; inter¬
pretative reading, Mary Ellen
Lane, and Lamont Johnson; aft¬
er dinner speaking, Jean Camp¬
bell.
Events will begin Saturday
morning, following the 8 a.m.
registration. Because of trouble
resulting from last year’s open
tournament, numbers of en¬
trants in each division have
been limited.
Speech!
Seven Finalists
Chosen In Annual
Speech Contest
Seven of PJC’s finest speakers
were chosen in last Monday’s
preliminaries to participate in
the finals of the annual Davis-
Hall speech contest, to be held
May 13. Those picked out of the
field of 45 include: Ruth Banks,
Jean Campbell, Warren Harrison,
Louise McCastline, Leroy Miller,
Mary Wailes, and Jack Wecker.
Tom Larkin is to act as an al¬
ternate.
Theme for this year’s speeches
“Youth Looks at the World” was
chosen in order to give students
a better chance to express their
own feelings and ideas of the
world situation. The results, ac¬
cording to Elizabeth Remsberg,
faculty supervisor, have been ex¬
cellent.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hall and
the Davis family, joint sponsors
of the contest, are to be honored
guests at the finals, to be held
at 6 p. m. in the Social Hall
Awards will be made to winning
contestants at this time.
Originality Stressed In ' Go Native7
Dance Given By Sorelles-Sequoians
Presenting something different in the way of restrictive club
social affairs, the Sorelle and Sequoia clubs are giving a “Go Native”
dance, tomorrow evening at the Shakespeare club, with Chuck Piper
and his orchestra.
South Sea Island atmosphere is being planned, with paper machie-
palm trees, thatched huts, tropical flowers and a bamboo bar serv¬
ing Hawaiian punch.
Costumes for the dance will range from sarongs,' to tattered
palm beach suits, to beach comber attire — ragged jeans and a T-shirt.
Leis will be given at the door to complete the costumes. It is said
that one group of enterprising club men are planning to stage a
safari, using club pledges as gun bearers. Another man has left his
palm beach suit wadded up in a small drawer, in preparation for
his role as a South American bar fly.
The dance is open to the student body, and bids may be pur¬
chased at the door.
Campus7 Gets Praise
From Editors of 'Life7
Still waving his white banner for PJC’s bantered-over
Life-style magazine Campus, Chronicle Editor Carlson this
week really had something to stomp up and down for. From
Life magazine’s editorial offices in Rockefeller Center, New
York City, came a letter last Monday from a woman well-
known to Life readers, Gertrude Epstein.
Editors Prince and Carlson shipped a Campus hot off
the press in February to Life’s editors, asked for a frank
criticism of their magazine. But somewhere the copy clogged
in the mails and never arrived. With Spring vacation came
a letter from Gertrude Epstein asking why the copy of Cam¬
pus had never reached New York, requesting they send her
another immtediately because Life editors wanted to look it
over.
The second Epstein letter follows:
Dear Mr. Carlson: April 22, 1941.
Thanks a lot for sending the second copy of “Campus”
which arrived safely and has been read with close attention and
much interest. I think the photographs are particularly remark¬
able, especially the “glamor” portraits by Tom Walton (although
these are the least like LIFE’S. As you know, LIFE prefers the
candid, unflattering news picture, even for beautiful girls.) On
the whole, the level of the camera work is very high.
As I said in my other letter, we wouldn’t want to pass judge¬
ment, and the Editors are somewhat too busy to take time off
and write you the kind of detailed criticism that might be of
some use. Personally I don’t think you need advice particularly;
all you need to do is to keep going along the same lines. From
a journalistic standpoint, “Campus” seems to be way ahead of
the usual college annual.
Sincerely yours,
GERTRUDE EPSTEIN,
For the Editors of Life.
Chronicle Staff Will Edit
Tomorrow's Pasadena Post
Tonight a dozen members of PJC’s Chronicle staff get their
semi-annual crack at the “big time” when they edit tomorrow morn¬
ing’s Pasadena Post. Chronicle staff members take over regular du¬
ties of Post newsmen, and even guest write nationally famous syn¬
dicated columns.
Former Chronicle Editor Charlie Allen will guest write
Walter Lippman’s “Today and Tomorrow,” Chronicle Editor Don
Carlson takes over W. L. Blair’s “Lookout,” Campus Editor Cecil
Prince will write “News Behind the News,” Chronicle Managing
Editor Dave Davis writes Charley King’s “Splinters from the
Post,” and Ray Cushman will write “Pertinent Paragraphs.”
Chronicle Feature Editor Joe Hansen will write a short story.
Editor Carlson announced his staff for the Post as follows:
Charlie Allen in charge of front page and telegraph news; Dave
Davis in charge of local page and Pasadena news; Johnnie Water-
house, Lois McNab, and Ray Cushman will help Davis on the local
page. Noel Young will cover police news, and Norby Verbeck the
city hall. Other reporters are: Bettye Monell, and Alan Burrows.
Joe Ashbury will handle sports news.