Pasadena Chronicle, May 20, 1938

Terriers, Bulldogs Will Combine Under One Banner Next Уеаг EXTRA EDITION 7East Campus, West Campus,7 as All One Big Happy Family PASADENA CHRONICLE By Merilyn Nutt Yesterday afternoon the Pasa¬ dena City Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to include John Muir Technical High School with Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege. The new unit in Pasadena's 6-4-4 plan will be divided into two divisions, the former Muir Tech to be designated as the West Campus and the PJC plant at Hill and Colorado Streets will be called the East Campus of Pas¬ adena Junior College. This movement was brought about primarily as an important development of the 6-4-4 plan. Its value as an economic measure cannot be overlooked, however. It is not intended that the cost of secondary education in the City of Pasadena be increased in total capita as a result of this consoli¬ dation. Rather, it is hoped that by further unifying the secondary level the cost of operation will be decreased. The redistribution of students, faculty and courses will be effected in such a manner that there will be no additional capital outlay. Therefore, the tax-payers burden will not be increased by the new system. In changing the high school to a junior college ad¬ ditional grants will be available from the state. * * * As another step forward in the development of higher local edu¬ cation, the uniting of the only high school with the first junior college in Pasadena will offer a tremen¬ dously increased educational advantage to the young people of this city. The freshmen and sophomore years of the standard university wil be added to the junior and senior years of the old Muir Tech High ' School. Then ninth and tenth grades which were formerly associated with the high school unit at Tech will be drop¬ ped, and the students normally en- roled in these classifications will return to the original junior high school districts. This change will lift the entire grade level of secondary educa¬ tion to a junior certificate and terminal course level. In other words, two plants in Pasadena will be equipt to graduate four¬ teenth year students in both col¬ lege preparatory and specializa¬ tion courses. Students, therefore, will be able to continue their edu¬ cation in Pasadena from the kin¬ dergarten through the fourteenth year, without interruption. * * * Numerous possibilities are im¬ mediately presented as one considers the complications and opportunities which the new sys¬ tem will offer. For example, how will the student government be or¬ ganized? Will each campus elect¬ ing its own officers to preside over its campus exclusively, or will an attempt be made d:o con¬ solidate the two units into one governing body? Will the year books, and news publications of the East and West Campuses be combined, and if so, how? The sports set-up is an involved situa¬ tion in itself. Varsities, minor teams and eleventh grade fresh¬ man athletics, eligibility require¬ ments, and other requlations will of necessity be revamped, as the athletic endeavours of both divis¬ ions of PJC are united. These and many other questions will be answered only as the new Pasa¬ dena Junior College plan pro¬ gresses. The same spirit of cooperation which has so characteristically represented the Pasadena school system in the past will carry through this period or reconstruc¬ tion. The administration, faculty, and student bodies of both the East and West Campuses of PJC will unite in undertaking the problems confronting them in ap¬ plying the new system. We of the West Campus cordially invite our fellow students from the East Campus, and sin¬ cerely hope that our combined efforts will create a “new era” at the new Pasadena Junior College. Vol. XXIX Pasadena Junior College, May 20, 1938 No. 31 Consolidate Junior College, Muir Tech Set-up For Athletics Changed Merger of Schools Cau ses Upheaval In Sports System by Hank Shatford A carload of headaches fell upon the athletic department yes¬ terday afternoon when it was announced by the school board that the schools of Muir Tech and Pasadena J.C. were to be joined into one new and enlarged educa¬ tional set-up. Just what the new set-up is go¬ ing to be no one can tell definitely but' several tentative arrangements have been made by the athletic and co-ordination departments. At present the plan provides for one varsity team and one frosh team. The varsity team will prac¬ tice and have as its base the present location at Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege, and while still uncertain, it is believed the freshman team will work out and have as its location Muir Tech. Head of the athletic depart¬ ment Bill Dunn said last night that the change came as a com¬ plete surprise to him and the de¬ partment, and that they had no definite plan as to what the de¬ partment would be like but was practically certain it would be a single, unified organization. One of the major problems, he said, was that concerning the transportation of the athletes from one school to another. Hav- Continued on Page Two Board President, Superintendent NO PLANS УЕТ FOR NITE SCHOOL Whether the joining of Pasadena Junior College and Muir Tech will affect the Extended Afternoon and Evening courses here at PJC and the adult education plan iat Muir was unknown this morning when the Chronicle went to press. David W. Reidy, head of the Ex¬ tended Day classes here expressed his complete approval- of the step, but added that he did not know the exact- effect it would have on the night school program. “I do not believe that the new program will change the present set-uip here. Muir’s adult education plan will also probably continue. Our afternoon and evening classes are concerned mainly with students forced to drop school before com¬ pleting, or Pasadena citizens inter¬ ested in furthering their education. I sincerely believe the merger to be the only solution to the problem that had arisen,” Mr. Reidy stated. Sharp7s Piano Classes Will Give Recitals Students from Miss Carrie M. Sharp’s advanced and repertoire classes will present a piano recital Monday evening in the music hall at 8 o’clock. Solos and two piano numbers from the following composers will be featured: Chopin, Schuman, Mo¬ zart, Leeuona, Schubert, de Bois- deffre, Saint Saenis, Gluck-sgambati, Bach, MacDowell, Von Weber, Men¬ delssohn and Arensky. Students taking part in the pro¬ gram are Carol Ernbree, Phillip Peterson, Yoshiko Shigetomi, Melba Schweinbold, Marian Haffner, Jean Scott, Joan Anderson;, Bonita Wil¬ liams, Ruth Carter, Helen Drueck- er, Betty Winchester, Jacqueline Hen-ill. John Duarte, baritone, will be guest soloist. Faculty and stu¬ dents are cordially invited to at¬ tend. RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP Frances Roberta Bailey, graduat¬ ing with a junior certificate, is one of ten lucky junior college students in the United States. She has re¬ ceived a tuition scholarship at the University of Southern California, which she will attend next fall. GUILD PRESENTS COMEDY As part of their “play a month” plan, the Players’ Guild have a comedy scheduled for today during the assembly period in the little theater. The presentation, “Helena’s Husband,” by Philip Moekler is a burlesque of the legendary Helen of Troy. Mrs. Louise B. Hoblit, left, president of the Board of Education, who presided yesterday as it voted unanimously to unite PJC and Muir Tech into a Pasadena Junior College with East and West Campuses. The Board recommended that Dr. John A. Sexson, right, and his staff, look into the problem of a curriculum for the new school. Administrators, faculty and student body will be com¬ bined under the new order. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS OF BOTH INSTITUTIONS LAUD SCHOOL UNIFICATION by Stellanne Lotz One student body, one principal, one student government, and one school spirit ... all for one and one for all, will be the theme of the newly formed East and West Campuses of the Pasadena Junior College. With the merging of John Muir Technical High School and PJC a complete new field of student problems and opportunities are revealed. How will the problem of student government be dealt with so as to assure fairness to students on both campuses? How will the student body fees (Muir Tech student body fees are only three dollars and the PJC fees are five dollars) be proportioned? Problems will arise as to the weekly publications of the two, formerly separate, institutions. The latter problem will be an excellent opportunity to start the long planned system of a semi¬ weekly junior college newspaper, More perplexing is the problem of student government. According to administration members who sat in at the committee meeting dis¬ cussing the new plan, everything will be done to (bring about a feel¬ ing of oneness between the two campuses. Eventually one student government will control both cam¬ puses with equal representation from each. However, until that time, it seems more likely to con¬ tinue with two student governments meeting together to discuss prob¬ lems pertaining to both campuses, and to plan for the neiw system of the future. In interviewing the present prex- ies of the two student bodies both expressed the enthusiasm of the students in the merger. Muir Tech Student Body President Jack Rey¬ nolds stated that such a move would do much to aid the building- up of reputations, athletically and scholastically, for both schools. “This new set-up -will rid the schools of the old unhealthy spirit of rivalry and all Pasadena will stand undivided in their school support,” said Bob Coates, PJC president. Dr. J. Harbeson Pleased With Merg er the the ex- Complete satisfaction with school board’s approval of Muir Tech-PJC merger was pressed by Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal of Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege, late last night when the board’s vote was made known. “Naturally, there are several de¬ tails of the new system to be worked out yet. Most of this will be done during the summer months. I am thoroughly behind the new plan and believe it one more step forward for Pasadena’s school sys¬ tem.” In regard to student publications of the two schools, Dr. Harbeson admitted that as yet, no definite arrangements had been made. “I believe that Muir Tech has an ex¬ cellent curriculum, such as their home economics and technology de¬ partments. However, we will con¬ tinue to offer similar courses here on the east campus, gradually cen¬ tering departments, as best suited, on the two campuses,” he said. As well as attending to duties here during the summer months in working out details of the system, Dr. Harbeson will serve as la mem¬ ber of the USC faculty for both summer sessions. Social Science Teachers Will Give Tea Social science teachers will give a -tea this afternoon at the Mira Monte hotel, South El Molino ave¬ nue in honor of Miss Marian E. Royston and Dr. Leon Yakeley, whose engagement was recently an¬ nounced. Miss Royston is on the staff of the Los Angeles Public Library and Dr. Yakaley is a social science in¬ structor here. After the marriage on June 10, the couple will leave for Washington, D. C., and New York en route to Europe for -the summer. CLUB PLANS PARTY The Cosmopolitan members are planning an “Aloha Party” for those who are leaving the club. It will take place in the near future and will be a very colorful gather¬ ing. Northwestern Offers Commerce Prizes A group of scholarships in the school of commerce of Northwest¬ ern University will be made avail¬ able to graduates of junior col¬ leges. Applications for the awards must be submitted to Northwestern Uni¬ versity by June 15. The contestants will be ’chosen on the basis of scholarship, competency, character, and health. For admission, students are re¬ quired to present an official tran¬ script of 54 semester-hours’ work of acceptable grade. These credits should include ;a year of English, a year of a laboratory science or mathematics, a course in elemen¬ tary economics, and a course in money and banking. PRESENT RADIO DRAMA “Ashes of Jade,” an original my¬ stery drama written for radio by Mary Ellen King, wias broadcast over KPPC Wednesday evening, May 25. EDUCATORS VOTE UNANIMOUSLY ON NEW ARRANGEMENT M uir Tech Is Now 7West Campus7 Of Pasadena Junior College While PJC Becomes 7East Campus7 by Jack Burtt The old John Muir Technical High School was officially named the West Campus of Pasadena Junior College, and this institution was given the title of the East Campus, when the Board of Education voted unanimously yesterday after¬ noon to merge the two schools into one. Athletics, many student body functions, curriculum, part of the faculty and administration will figure in the merger, making one Pasa¬ dena Junior College with two campuses. A committee composed of Dr. Glenn L. Lembke, curri¬ culum coordinator here; Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of Head Tells Of Effects Lembke Gives Preview Of New Plan Dr. Glenn L. Lembke, curricu¬ lum coordinator for Pasadena secondary schools, in an interview last night with the Chronicle, pre¬ sented the probable effects of combining the junior college and Muir Tech, which organization will be going into effect next September. Under the new plian, the adminis¬ tration for the two campuses, the East Campus and the West Cam¬ pus, will be carried on by one administrative body. One adminis¬ trative policy will operate for both campuses, with one policy-forming group meeting to work .out the policies for both divisions. The group will be much the same as the principal’s council has been in the past here, but will have rep¬ resentatives acting for both' cam¬ puses. “The whole plan is an attempt to equalize the sizes of classes and to provide better opportunities for Pasadena; students. In the past, it has proved economically un¬ profitable to have one school with small classes and one with large. The idea represents a saying to the taxpayer insofar as the pre¬ sent faculty and buildings will ac¬ commodate more students than in the past. Under the high school regime, courses at Muir Tech were mostly . .solids, five-day a week classes. Under the new system, courses on the West Campus will be organized on a college basis with two and three day a week classes enabling each teacher to handle more students and enabling each student to take more subjects. “The mechanics setups are still Continued on Page Two ♦■guidance; land Fredrick Borncamp, recorder and counselor at Muir, submitted plans for the proposed merger at a special meeting of the board last Thursday morning. The matter was tabulated until the reg¬ ular meeting of the board yesterday afternoon, at which time a unani¬ mous vote by the members effected the merger. Change Economical Purpose of the lehange, which will go into operation next Sep- . tember, is to revamp the organization of Muir Tech, now the West' Campus, to effect a more economic and practical system. At present, the Tech plant is operating at about fifty per cent of capacity, according to the board resolutions. Classes in that school average ten pupils per class less than the jun¬ ior college. Pulling this average far down have been the ninth and tenth grades at Muir, enrollment in which has been less than twenty percent of the entire student body during the past year. Drop 9-10 Grades Directly aimed at remedying this, the first resolution adopted by the board was “Be it resolved, that with the beginning of the school year 1938-39 the ninth grade courses at the John Muir school shall be discontinued.” Students will .be taken care of at the five junior highs throughout the city. Continued on Page Two Interpretive Dancers Present 'Echoes of Spain' Presenting “Echoes of Spain,” in¬ terpretive Spanish dances, Manuel Perez and his versatile partner, Italia de Nubia appeared in the auditorium last Monday. The program consisted of songs, piano solos and gay festive dances. Senor Perez introduced each num¬ ber in Spanish and then translated into English. Dances ranged from sentimental love ballads to the bar¬ baric baile of the gauchos. New Non-Stop Boulevard Seen As Pathway for Traveling Students by Forrest Duke Now that PJC students have rubbed their eyes enough this morning to realize we have hundreds more students than we had yesterday, it is time to think of the drastic measures to be taken to cope with the enlarged student body. First of all, it is quite possible that at least one-third of the students enrolled in the “NEW New Pasadena Junior College” will have to be transported to .and from the sepa¬ rate campuses at intervals daily. The old Muir Tech grounds, now our “Western Campus,” will be reached by an avenue containing no boulevard stops, according to a rumor that last night reached this correspond¬ ent. A system of regular busses can thus .allow pupils to meet their “classes on foreign soil” before being kayoed by the bell. Such an avenue, it is probable, will run north on Sierra Bonita to Orange Grove. From there it would go west to Lincoln Avenue, then north to the Western Campus. Forgetful students will suffer most from the new set-up, it seems, because they are to be pitied if their locker happens to be on the Eastern Campus when they discover in a West¬ ern Campus class that they have left an English book and pencil “back East.” The University of California has a branch campus, too . . . but look where it is — 400 miles away !