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PLAYERS’ GUILD TO
STAGE MYSTERY AT
MARSHALL TONIGHT
MAST AND DAGGER
REVIVES CARNIVAL
EVENING OF MAY 25
Vol. XXV
Pasadena, California, May 18, 1934
No. 28
O-o-o-o-h Mystery!
Scene from “Black Flamingo” to be presented at Marshall/ Junior High
tonight in which the famed Marie Antoinette diamonds are stolen.
The drama centers around a rendezvous of political prisoners.
A. M. S. Reps Will Convene
At L. A. Men’s Conference
Representatives of the Associated Men Students in the person¬
ages of Dean James P. O'Mara, President Bob Wegge, Hbrace Hal-
derma.n and Newton Cox, will convene tomorrow at 9 a. m. at Los
Angeles junior college for the first annual Men’s Conference of Junior
Colleges of Southern California,
DISPLAY
STUDENT
HOBBIES
Non-Restrictive Clubs To
Sponsor Individual
Exhibits Here
With exhibits being held all day,
Pasadena junior college, along
with youths of other nations, is
celebrating Avocation day, today.
During the assembly period this
morning restrictive clubs spon-
ored a representative from Max
Factor's studio, who spoke on
“Stage Makeup,” in the women’s
gym.
Non-restrictive clubs exhibit¬
ed individually. W. A. A. pre¬
sented an exhibition tennis
match on the men’s courts. Jack
Creamer and Dave Gillain, win¬
ners of the city junior cham¬
pionships and runner-ups for
the men’s title for 1933, played
Laurie Gilson, several! years
Minnesota state champion, and
Bill McCay, No. 1 player on P.
J. C.’s undefeated 1934 tennis
team.
Epicomega presented a fashion
show in the social hall, modeled by
members of the millinery and
clothing classes. The Engineering
club showed moving pictures on the
construction of Boulder dam, and
Aesculapian exhibited modern and
old-fashioned surgical instruments.
Philatelic held an exhibition of
stamps while Nom de Plume dis¬
played manuscripts. Phylo showed
the newest books and Beta Phi
Gamma opened old files of the
Chronicle, Campus and Vo-Mag.
Bauble and Bells presented “The
Immortal Lover,” “Oh Nono” and
“The Little Prison” at the First
Baptist church.
Louis LaGrave and Martin
Lovelady debated the affirmative
against Charles Havens and
James Williams, of “Resolved:
That the powers of the Presi¬
dent should be substantially in¬
creased.” Areo-Tech association
presented an aeronautical exhibi¬
tion.
Cecil F. Martin spoke to the
sophomore class on “Coaching,”
and members of the Boys’ Glee
club sang several numbers. La
Filipina presented vocal, instru¬
mental and comedy numbers in the
music hall.
The Student Vocational Council,
which consists of representatives
from each department, includes:
Dorris Green, Paul Hattersley,
Ernest Bailly, David B. Brown,
Ellen Jones, Orlie Laing, and Iso-
bel Goldie are supervising the var-
ous programs. Miss Ida E. Hawes,
dean of guidance, is sponsor of the
day.
Graduation
Plans Made
Students Suggest Theme
For Commencement
Production
Commencement plans are near¬
ing completion. The novel part this
year is that students have sug¬
gested the theme; a student has
designed the stage setting; cos¬
tume illustration students have
designed the costumes for the
pageant figures; and students are
writing speeches and helping with
the printed program. In a word,
more than ever before students
have accepted responsibilities for
these exercises. A committee con¬
sisting of Ethyle Reed, Virginia
Blackwood, and Bill Payne are
working with Miss Ida E. Hawes,
dean of guidance, on arrangements.
Costumes are being made under
the direction of Floy Ruth Bishop.
Since this is a joint commence¬
ment, John 'Muir students are also
working on costumes, and the
printing of the commencement
program will be done by John
Muir students under the direction
of Eugene J. Memmler.
The pageant will be described in
next week’s Chronicle. “Progress”
is the general theme — that earth¬
quakes and depressions are not
powerful enough to hold back
youth in its strivings. Beauty and
happiness, adventure and courage,
and ambition and service open
wide the eyes of Vision, the un¬
derstanding of the richer meanings
of life and lead to higher achieve¬
ments and more unselfish service.
Frederick Warriner has been
chosen to represent the symbolic
figure of Progress because of his
unusually fine speaking voice. Paul¬
ine Stevens will fill the role of
Vision.
Educator
Hear Dr. Frederick P. Woellner
discuss “Who Are the Edu¬
cated?” in convocation next
Monday.
Educator To
Talk At Last
Convocation
Final Meet Of Year Will
Feature Professor
From U.C.L.A.
Winding up the series of convo¬
cations for the current semester,
Frederick P. Woellner, associate
professor of education at the Uni¬
versity of California at Los Ange¬
les, will address the student body
on May 21 at 10 o’clock in the Cal¬
vary Baptist church, in an open
meeting. His topic will be “Who
Aro the Educated?”
Dr. Woellner is a critic in his¬
tory, having been a teacher and
department head at Buffalo State
Teachers’ college from 1915 to
1921 and a lecturer at the Univer¬
sity of California, both at Berke¬
ley and Los Angeles. He spent
two years at Columbia as re¬
search scholar. His Master of
Arts and Ph.D. were taken at
that university.
Since 1923 he has been lectur¬
ing, both in the North and South,
and has become well known in
California through this medium.
“He is a very popular speaker,
especially with young people. He
is humorous and witty, but brings
out the vital points of living amid
the lighter vein of thought. Pasa¬
dena knows him from the pulpit
where he has spoken for Dr. Robert
Freeman, and by his work with a
Bible class of the Pasadena Pres¬
byterian church.
“Many people are acquainted
with Dr. Woellner through his
regular broadcast of specially
prepared radio lectures. Those
who have heard him speak are
always anxious for the second
opportunity,” said Principal
John W. Harbeson.
Dr. Woellner is a member of the
Board of Civic Research League of
California, the Boy Scouts, the
American Academy of Political
and Social Science, the Mental Hy¬
giene and California Health asso¬
ciations, and is also a member of
Theta Xi fraternity, and among his
other accomplishments is an au¬
thor of books and magazine arti¬
cles.
“Members of the faculty, espe¬
cially, are invited to this last con¬
vocation of the year,” said Dr.
Harbeson.
percentage of 1.88. Aeolian, last
a rating of 1.734.
Compiled by Mary Lewis, sec¬
retary of records, the list fol¬
lows: Albibetes, 1.886; Aeolian,
1.734; Abracadabra, 1.729; Zyro,
1.635; Phrenocosmia, 1.606; O. S.
F., 1.567; Areopagite, 1.550;
Adelphote, 1.549; The Club,
1.523; Fitogian, 1.508; Sorelle,
1.484; M. O. S., 1.457; Pamphile,
1.405; Sanskrit, 1.401; Sequoia,
1.376; Tioga, 1.371; Gunaike,
1.368; Philothian, 1.297; Zama,
1.248; Alphometa, 1.234; Am-
phion, 1.221; XXVI, 1.115; Phe-
nix, 1.112; D. S. R„ 1.110; Bac¬
calaureate, 1.085; One, .084; and
Rostrum, .049.
The six highest places for the
preceding semester were taken by
Aeolian, 1.79; Albibetes, 1.72;
Phrenocosmia, 1.69; Philothian,
1.61; Pamphile, 1.60; and Se¬
quoia, 1.54.
CIRCUS
FROLIC
COMING
Mast And Dagger Annual
Spring Celebration
After Parade
—
The famous Mardi Gras will be
transplanted to the junior college
campus next Friday when the
Mast and Dagger Carnival reap¬
pears for another yearly perfor¬
mance. As special attractions for
| the gala affair, the service organi-
! zation, under the leadership of
Vincent Fite, is offering free danc-
i ing for afternoon patrons. Modern
rhythm will be furnished by mem¬
bers of the Amphion club who will
also present many entertaining
novelty numbers.
The customer favored by Lady
Luck during the evening session
will become the possessor of a
midget radio. This presentation
will be made along with the
presentation of loving cups to
the clubs winning in parade and
j booth competition. An outstand-
I ing personality, whose name will
be revealed at a later date, will
award the prizes.
With Art Ryon, well-known com-
1 mentator, broadcasting the latest
news bits, and Norman Ricker and
Steve Seaton supplying traditional
ballyhoo, the crowd will experience
the true carnival atmosphere.
To open the celebration period,
groups participating in the actual
carnival will parade along Colo¬
rado street, led by the music of
the Bulldog Band and two cars
carrying Mast and Dagger mem¬
bers.
Organizations which have filed
intentions to enter either a dec¬
orated boat or a comical car are
Abracadabra, Aeolian, Albibetes,
Areopagites, A. W. S., Baccalau¬
reate, Chronicle staff, D. S. R.,
Gunaike, Phenix, Phrenocosmia,
Sanskrit and Sequoia. Other
clubs that wish to compete for
the two parade trophies are re¬
quested to make immediate ap¬
plication to Harriet Tilden, par¬
ade chairman.
Additional committees working
for the event are orchestra and
decorations, Eleanor Northrup and
Bob Simpson; publicity, Loretta
Melton, Bob Leinster, Anona Al¬
exander, and Peter Allen; booth
arrangement, Lambert Westling,
Sterling Harshberger, and Nor-
' man Ricker; booth application,
Margaret Johnson, Dorris Green,
Madelaine Currie; and parade,
Stan Blush, Harriet Tilden, and
Steve Seaton.
’Engineering’
Is Published
“Engineering,” a magazine pub¬
lished by the Engineering club and
intended to show the accomplish¬
ments and prospects of the junior
college engineering curricula, made
its appearance on the campus last
Friday.
Many interesting student-written
articles describing prominent en¬
gineering projects in and about
Pasadena are included between the
covers of this attractive 24-page
booklet. Valuable information for
prospective students, a summary
of the status of every one of the
160 engineering graduates of the
junior college, and side-lights on
the activities of the Engineering
club, completed the magazine.
W. E. McNatt, Jr., deserves a
great deal of credit as editor of
this worth-while publication, along
with the student contributors and
Arthur G. Gehrig, adviser.
semester's winner, came next with
tition were adopted, first period
classes would begin at 7 a. m.
and seventh period classes would
be dismissed at 1:25; each class
would be shortened to 45 min¬
utes.
In order to obtain the viewpoint
of the student body, Dr. Harbeson
visited several tent classes. He re¬
ports that approximately one-
W.A.A. Heads
Take Posts
Officers Will Be Installed
Amid Oriental Scenes
At Golf Club
Installation of newly elected W.
A. A. officers will be one of the
features of the W. A. A. banquet,
according to Miss Jean Young, fac¬
ulty adviser. The banquet, which
will carry out an oriental theme,
will be held at the Altadena Golf
club, May 24.
Newly elected officers are as
follows: president, Nancy Kel¬
logg; vice-president, Thielma
Westling; corresponding secre¬
tary, Elizabeth Wil'lmarth or
Kay Bowers; recording secre¬
tary, Joanna Pupis; treasurer,
Mary Marsh; parliamentarian,
Eleanor Northrup; hiking man¬
ager, Helen Brice; basketball
manager, Marjorie Bettannier;
archery manager, Josephine
Paulson; hockey manager, Ro¬
berta Vail; and handball man¬
ager, Kathleen Weight.
Frances McNearney, W. A. A.
president, is general chairman of
the banquet. Other members serv¬
ing on committees: entertainment,
Patricia Elston, Althea Slater,
Miss Irma Graham; tickets, Dor¬
othy Marsh, Leora Luce, Miss Lor¬
etta Henrichs; favors, Joanna Pu¬
pis, Ruth Willard, Mary Cornett,
Miss Mildred M. Margadant; dec¬
orations, Stella Norton, Marjorie
Bettannier, Dorothy Tollefsen,
Rosa de Waard, Miss Young; pro¬
gram, Mary Marsh, Anna Simsar-
ian, Miss Elizabeth Turner; and
awards, Nancy Kellogg, Miss Jean
Young.
Japanese dances, a talk on Ti¬
bet by Miss Doris Shelton, girls’
league adviser at Redondo Beach
high school, and athletic awards,
will complete the program.
Tickets are 75 cents apiece and
can be purchased in the gym office
any period of the day.
Goodwill Meet
To Be Sunday
Sunday, May 20, at the First
Baptist church, a Youth Goodwill
meeting will be held. The program
is to start at 6 p. m. with Dr.
Thomas St. Clair Evans of U. C.
L. A. as speaker. Music will in¬
clude selections by the First Bap¬
tist choir and Miss Constance
Orosco, talented Mexican artist.
Junior college racial groups will
attend, and all others are cordially
invited.
third of the students said it would
be impossible for them to arrive at
school in time for the proposed 7
o’clock classes. Dr. Harbeson deems
the proposed schedule inadvisable,
for “the opening at 7 o’clock
would disrupt family life to an un¬
reasonable degree, in view of the
facts that large numbers of our
students come from great dis¬
tances.”
George Blum, president of the
A. M. S. of L. A. J. C., says: “The
success which the A. W. S. of vari¬
ous Southern California jaysees
have had in promoting a junior col¬
lege conference of women suggests
that the men of these colleges
might gain much value by a simi¬
lar venture. The problems of junior
college men are such that a con¬
ference of men might lead to a
common solution.
Bob Wegge has been request¬
ed to address the group on
“Class Activity Under Extra-
Curricula Activities” — a major
part of the general topic of the
convention, “Problems of Junior
College Men.”
The tentative program for the
day is as follows: 9-10 a. m., reg¬
istration; 10-12:30, visit of the L.
A. J. C. campus and swimming;
12.30-1:30, luncheon; 2-5, discus¬
sion meeting, 5:30-7:30, banquet;
and at 8:15 will be a play, “The
Student Prince,” presented by L.
A. J. C. music and drama depart¬
ments.
Amendment
Is Accepted
Voting on Two Proposals
Will Take Place In
June, February
Sponsored by Norman Ricker,
secretary of athletics, and passed
by the board of representatives at
its last meeting, two significant
amendments were added to the
athletic constitution of the junior
college. These are:
All athletic awards are given
on the condition that the recipi¬
ent shall remain in school until
the end of the semester and
maintain satisfactory scholar¬
ship throughout the semester,
unless exceptional reason be
made to the secretary of ath¬
letics after conferring with the
director of athletics.
In case two letters are won by
an individual in the same sport and
same year, only the highest divi¬
sion letter shall be awarded.
Two proposals will be submit¬
ted to the student body by the
board. The first, to be voted upon
at the June 1 elections, provides
for the permanent establishment
of a public relations bureau,
composed of a chairman and rep¬
resentatives from forensics, dra¬
ma and music. The bureau will
be responsible for off-campus
publicity and a supply of avail¬
able entertainment for jaysee or¬
ganizations.
The second proposal, held over
until next February, will create a
publicity bureau responsible for all
campus publicity. Its rulings shall
be responsible to the board of rep¬
resentatives.
Skating Party
To Be Tonight
Triple “J’s” roller skating party
is to be held tonight, at the Lincoln
park rollerdrome, in Los Angeles.
Skating will start at 8 p.m. and
will continue for three hours.
Tickets may still be obtained
from officers of the club, or may
be purchased at the door.
During assembly period today,
Triple “J” members met in 206-E,
where plans for the annual beach
party were discussed.
Restrictive Clubs’ Grade
Point Ratios Are Listed
Snatching the cup for high scholastic achievement, Albibetes
came out on top of all restrictive clubs in grade point ratios with a
Harbeson Rejects Shorter
School Day As Inadvisable
After being considered by both Principal John W. Harbeson and
John A. Sexson, superintendent of Pasadena schools, the petition that
a minimum school day be adopted, has been rejected.
If the plan outlined by the pe-
ANNUAL
PLAY IS
TONIGHT
‘Black Flamingo’ Will Be
Given At Marshall
Auditorium
Shrill screams, a raging storm,
charming ladies, romance, and hi¬
larious comedy all weave the mys¬
terious atmosphere in which “The
Black Flamingo,” a play by Sam
Janney, and staged by the Play¬
ers’ Guild, is produced.
The play begins at 8:15 tonight,
at the John Marshall junior high
school auditorium.
This is the first costume melo¬
drama produced by P. J. C. Ac¬
cording to Miss Elizabeth E.
Keppie, director. Popo, played
by Ray Radford, is a part that
gives an actor opportunity for
impersonation of a part and
period, foreign to any of the
present day. Cogliostro, the ma¬
gician of Marie Antoinette, is
played by Norbert Bundschuh.
Patricia Skinner, playing the
part of Clotilde, the poor little
kitchen slave of the inn, is offered
a chance to obliterate her own
personality in a crude comedy
role. Constance Johnston, as Nich¬
ole, mistress of Clotilde, is playing
the hard-faced, evil-looking shrew
who robs her guests.
Bodier and Boudienne, played
by Dick Hanna and Andrew
Carnahan, respectively, are in¬
mates of the sinister Black Fla¬
mingo, where they plan murders
as calml
у
as they eat meals.
The heroine, Diana De Lussac,
an aristocrat, fleeing with her
father and sister from the Paris
mob, is interpreted by the stately
Lita Houston.
Her brother, as portrayed by
Fred Warriner, displays the hot-
tempered young soldier of the
court, bent on his errand to re¬
cover the diamonds of Marie An¬
toinette. Dore Seeley produces the
off-stage violin music. The other
characters, aristocrats and mob,
are working in their opposite
camps to round out the perform¬
ance.
The junior college orchestra un¬
der the leadership of Milton C.
Mohs, will provide music in keep¬
ing with the atmosphere of the
play. Archibald M. Wedemeyer and
his art class have designed and
painted the unique setting for the
play, while Bill O. Payne and the
following students compose the
technical committee: Norman Will¬
iams, assistant stage manager;
James Mathews, electrician; Allyn
Cowley, floor electrician; Elmo
Switzer, property man; and Lyn¬
don Vivrette, Donlyn Vivrette and
Iativie Vacio, stage carpenters.
The business committee con¬
sists of James Williams, chair¬
man; Tom Pollock, George Long-
worth and Carroll Tainter. Miss
Elizabeth Flint coached the
dance and Louis Lataillade, the
fencing. Costumes are from the
Western Costume company of
Hollywood, and from the recrea¬
tion department of Pasadena
schools.
Students will be admitted by
their student body activity book,
ticket No. 40. All other tickets will
be 35 cents. Only these will be
reserved.
Miss Keppie, adviser of Players’
Guild productions for the past
eight years, is producer of “The
Black Flamingo.” She declared
that “this is the most ambitious
play as far as quick action and co¬
ordination of stage hands, actors,
and interpretation goes, yet at¬
tempted by the Guild. The spirit
of close co-operation, which this
play demands, cannot but reflect it¬
self in the future undertakings, and
aid the educational development of
each participant.”
This play was first produced at
the Carnegie Institute of Technol¬
ogy, Pittsburgh, with the author
supervising. It was later given at
the Pasadena Community Play¬
house, with Maurice Wells, former
student of jaysee, playing the part
of the troubadour, Trigoud.
Subject A Exam
Comes June 2
Catching up with unwary stu¬
dents, Subject A exams are
again staring entering student
body members in the face. Ac¬
cording to Murray G. Hill, chair¬
man of the English department,
Subject A English examination
is required of all students en¬
tering the upper division for the
first time regardless of type of
course they are majoring in. The
examination will be given Satur¬
day morning, June 2, in the cafe¬
teria. The fee is 50c payable at
the time of the quiz. All candi¬
dates must also bring a slip
from the registrar’s office signi¬
fying that they are qualified to
take Subject A.