Pasadena Chronicle, May 28, 1937

PASADENA CHRONICLE Vol. XXVIII NEWS INSERT Pasadena, California, May 28, 1937 NEWS INSERT No. 35 Alumni Of 1890-1937 Meet, Dine Election Of Officers For Next Year Held During Meeting Three hundred Pasadena junior college and Pasadena high school alumni of all the graduating classes from 1890 to 1937 attended the eleventh annual alumni banquet held last night at the Altadena Golf club. With Charles Paddock, PHS alumnus, and once “The World’s Fastest Human,” as mas¬ ter of ceremonies, and Earl V. Holder, secretary of the associa¬ tion, as chairman, the evening’s proceedings went off as planned. Officers Elected At a business meeting held dur¬ ing the evening, officers for the coming year were elected from a list supplied by a nominating com¬ mittee and nominations from the floor. As the Chronicle went to press before the banquet was held, the new officers were not available, but the names supplied by the nominating committee were Dr. George L. Coates, president; Mrs. Lois Delphey, vice-president in charge of social affairs; Ned F. Stirling, vice-president in charge of publications; Jeanette D. Strawn, vice-president in charge of mem¬ bership; Earl W. Holder, secretary; and Charles Alexander, treasurer. Nominations were also made from the floor. The nominating commit¬ tee consisted of Aram H. Khazo- yam, chairman, Dr. Gordon Spen¬ cer and Mrs. Alma Goodrich. The presentation of a heroic size bronze statue of -a bulldog to the school was discussed. Plans for homecoming day, October 15, were also talked of. Band Plays Entertainment by the Bulldog band was featured. Following the meeting the alumni danced to the music of Bob Mohr and his orches¬ tra. An award was made to the class having the greatest number of members present at the meeting, Present officers of the Alumni association are Dr. Coates, presi¬ dent; Mrs. Dorothy Dibble Wilson, vice-president; Richard Thomas, treasurer; Mr. Holder, secretary; and Mr. Stirling, publications man¬ ager. Mr. Stirling is editor of the Alumnus, official publication of the association. Among the old graduates present were W. F. Jones, president of the Pioneer club, class of 1928; Leon¬ ard L. Riccardi, city director, class of 1914; Carl C. Thomas, engineer, class of 1891; Joseph P. O’Connor, physician, class of 1921, and Mrs. Bertha Landreth Plant, class of 1890. Bob Stapleton Is Elected A.S.B. Prexy In Primaries Chief Justice, A. W. S. President Offices Are Left To Finals; Others Win By Majority Piling up an all-time record vote of 58 per cent, 2000 students went to the polls in last Friday's student body election to name Bob Stapleton as next semester’s student body president, and to leave two offices to be filled in Wednesday’s run-off election. Credit for the unusual turnout, the largest in the history of the junior college, goes to the newly instigated policies of the student court, allowing the candi¬ dates to publicize themselves by means of sandwich boards, posters, campaign managers, speakers and the public address system, -accord¬ ing to Kenneth Collins, incumbent chief justice. Primaries Held In the run-off election, held last Wednesday, Bob Coates and Charles (Bill) Emarine contested for chief justice, and Barbara Mil- liken and Rae Williams competed for president of the Associated Women Students. All other officers were elected by a majority vote in Friday’s pri¬ maries. Defeating Earl Schroeder, Bob Bonthius was elected senior class president; Pete Kingsbury, Institute Of Relations To Convene Soon Whittier College To Be Scene Of Summer's Two- Week Session Annual Near Completion Featuring “Swing,” this year’s issue of the Pasadena Campus, jun¬ ior college yearbook, will be dis¬ tributed to students starting June 14, according to a statement made by Elizabeth Ann McGill, editor, re¬ cently. Added to the staff within the last two months has been Fred G. Hoff¬ man, member of the English de¬ partment, who is now serving on the staff as adviser, supplementing the work of John Ehlen, member of -the art department, who is also an adviser. Ned F. Stirling, head of the publications department is the remaining adviser. The forms for the yearbook are more than half run off, according to Miss McGill, and some have gone to the bindery awaiting the re¬ mainder of the forms. The Crocker Union Lithograph company is do¬ ing the binding for this year’s edi¬ tion. The staff is editor, Miss McGill; staff manager, Art Schlendering; photo editor, Archie Hayward; and copy editors, A1 Gutzmer and Peter Prouse. PROGRAMS ARE DUE SOON “The new arrangement for next semester does not provide, as in the past, for an automatic lunch period,” said С. C. Stewart, counse¬ lor, in clearing up a point on which there has been considerable confu¬ sion in the minds of students pro- gramming for next semester, “therefore, it is necessary for all students to leave either their 11 or 12 o’clock classes free for lunch. Students should not plan to have lunch at 1 o’clock.” “Students neglecting to make out their programs in the near future will face the danger of being un¬ able to get the classes and courses that -they want,” continued Mr. Stewart. “Classes are rapidly filling up and it is expected that several of them will be closed shortly.” At the time the Chronicle went to press about 1000 students had already made out their programs for the next semester. For the purpose of instruction and study on the question of an effective peace program throughout the world, the third annual Inter¬ national Relations Institute will be held at Whittier college from June 29 to July 9. This session has been arranged by the American Friends Service committee in co¬ operation with the Council for So¬ cial Action of the Congregational church, and is open to all who are interested, of whatever religious or other affiliation. Membership and tuition fee is ten dollars and room and board at the college will cost an additional fifteen dollars. Registration can be made with a payment of five dol¬ lars on room and board, and the remainder of the $25 to be paid at noon on June 29 at Founder’s Hall, Whittier college, where the conference will begin at three o’clock on the same afternoon. Scholarships are offered to in¬ terested people, and awards, based on interest, ability, ambitions and scholastic standing will pay the winner’s tuition to the conference. All interested in attending this summer’s session should see Miss Katherine J. Kenaga in T-39. Instructors Told Instructors at the conference in¬ clude J. Anton de Haas, of Har¬ vard; William T. Stone, vice-presi¬ dent of the Foreign Policy associ¬ ation; Chen Shou-Yi, lecturer at Pomona; Bertram Pickard, student of international cooperation; Ley- ton Richard, minister of the Carr’s Lane church; J. Herschel Coffin, educational director of the insti¬ tute; Ben M. Cherrington, profes¬ sor of social science at the Univer¬ sity of Denver; E. Guy Talbott and Miss Ethelwyn Mills. Final Election Bulletin In last Wednesday’s final elec¬ tion, Rae Williams was elected A.WS president and Bob Coates was elected chief justice. Fifty per cent of the students voted. Grads Plan Class Day Class day will be celebrated by the graduating seniors and sopho¬ mores in a joint assembly of the two classes scheduled for Wednes¬ day, June 16, under the general chairmanship of Peter Prouse, sen¬ ior. A radio program is being planned for the assembly and all graduates desiring to participate in the mythical broadcast are urged to see Prouse in the student body offices located in the Student Union building. Plans for the special banquet to be held at the Hotel Vista del Ar¬ royo, Thursday evening, June 17, are moving forward swiftly, ac¬ cording to Henry Swafford, sopho¬ more class president. “This ban¬ quet is planned in honor of the graduating seniors and sophomores and we hope it will be the begin¬ ning of a new tradition,” Swafford said. Tickets for the affair are $1.25 each. DELTA PSI OMEGA GROUPS TO MEET Attending the regular semi-an¬ nual convention of the Southern California chapters of Delta Psi Omega, upper division dramatics society, friends and members of the Pasadena chapter will go to the Hollywood Playhouse on Vine street at 12:30 p. m. tomorrow, where talks and exhibitions -of the Federal Theatre Project will be heard. The latter part of -the af¬ ternoon will be given over to a business meeting. After dinner the delegates will attend a war play, “Johnny John¬ son,” at the Mayan theatre. Hosts at this convention are members of the Glendale J. C. chapter. All in¬ terested in attending should see Dorothy June Evans, secretary of the Pasadena chapter. DE LAUBENFELS CONDUCTS TRIP junior class president won over Jeannette Eastman; Bob Braden, sophomore class president, won over Herb Neale and Harold Sha¬ fer; and Bill Grannis, associated men students’ president, ran un¬ opposed. Defeats Leif, Cartwright Also victorius by a majority vote, Stapleton defeated Phil Cartwright and Vemie Leif for student body president. Other candidates for chief justice were Howard Harwell Continued on Insert Page Two PJC Alumni Win Honors Honorary awards have been won in many fields of endeavor by alumni of Pasadena junior college at various colleges and universities throughout the world. At the Uni¬ versity of California at Berkeley, William Fretter, upper division graduate in 1935 and third highest ranking student in a graduating class of 199 students to get junior certificates, won a Phi Beta Kappa key. Fretter is the son of Mrs. Dorothy B. Fretter, mathematics and astronomy instructor here. He made an outstanding scholastic record during his four semesters at the junior college, according to John A. Anderson, dean of records. Another winner of the Phi Beta Kappa awards, also a graduate in 1935, and now a student at Po¬ mona, is Margaret Newlin. Miss Newlin is the daughter of Wallace A. Newlin, principal of the Eliot junior high school in Pasadena. Receiving another high honor, Walter Griffith has been given the honor award as the most outstand¬ ing 1937 graduate in all of the 18 chapters of Alpha Gamma Sigma. In the scholarship examinations given by the University of Chicago and taken by several hundred stu¬ dents from all over the country, Gordon Bowen, -a student here, won honorable mention. Winning the first prize in the Phi Beta Kappa essay contest, which consists of a substantial cash prize as well as the honor at¬ tached to it, Dillon Glendinning, debate student, was the first junior college student to capture first place in this contest. PAGEANT GIVEN FOR CONVENTION Dean of Guidance Ida E. Hawes, who annually acts as director of the graduation ceremonies held in the Rose Bowl. “Freedom Through Democracy” is the theme of this year’s ceremonies. Verse Choir Will Sponsor Recitations First Poetry Speaking Contest To Be Next Thursday Afternoon For the first time, -a verse speak¬ ing contest open to the entire stu¬ dent body will be sponsored by the Pasadena Verse Speaking choir next Thursday afternoon, June 3, at 3:15 in 206Q. According to Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, verse speaking instructor and director of the choir, a copy of the latest anthology of poetry will be given as a prize to the man and woman who excel in recitation of both memorized material, and reading of unstudied material from the book, “Poems for Enjoyment.” Submit Lists 'Freedom’ Is Planned As Theme Of Graduation Ceremonies June 18 Colorful Pageantry Will Feature Commencement Exercises For Junior Highs, Muir Tech, P. J. C.; Rose Bowl Will Be Traditional Scene P.-T.A. Holds Convention This Week Students wishing to participate in the contest should submit a list of poems in their repertory, from which the judges will choose one or two for the contestant to recite to Miss Keppie on or before June 1. The list must contain at least three poems, as the number in the reper¬ tory will have some effect on the judging, according to Miss Keppie. as chairman for the affair T , j. ,, , , ... , Mrs. James P. O’Mara Judges for the contest will be Mrs. Catherine Putnam, Miss Mar¬ garet Hookway and Miss Elma McFarland, officers of the Pasadena choir, which is sponsoring the con¬ test primarily to create more in¬ terest in choral verse speaking both as a means of obtaining -ap¬ preciation of poetry and improving diction. For the entertainment of the delegates to the annual convention of California Congress of Parents and Teachers, which is being held in Pasadena this week, the art de¬ partment of Pasadena junior col¬ lege, in conjunction with the jun¬ ior high and high schools of the city, presented a “Pageant of Youth.” As part of zoology and biology courses, Dr. M. W. deLaubenfels conducted approximately 150 men and women students through the California Zoological society’s col¬ lection of animal life in Los An¬ geles last Friday. The group left the campus by bus early one morn¬ ing and spent the day studying the traits and peculiarities of various beasts in their native environment. Legalize 6-4-4 Plan In State Assembly Vote Tuesday, May 25, legislation was passed by the State of Cali¬ fornia legalizing the junior col¬ lege and the 6-4-4 plan as advo¬ cated by the city of Pasadena. Heretofore the plan, while not illegal, has been extra-legal. In other words, while not cared for by the statutes of California, it has not been outlawed by them. The new legislation, while not providing any direct benefit to the junior college, will bolster its prestige throughout the state making it an even greater part of the state school system, ac¬ cording to official expectations. Cheanev Gets Appointment Because of his outstanding rec¬ ord made in the local R. О. T. C. unit, Ira B. Cheaney, Jr., senior captain and commander of the Red Crown Platoon, special drill squad, has been awarded an appointment and ordered by the War Depart¬ ment to report to West Point. Cheaney’s appointment was se¬ cured by Representative H. Jerry Voorhis, representative in Congress from the district including South I Pasadena, where Cheaney resides. He passed his physical examina¬ tions in San Francisco, March 2 and 3, and was excused from all mental examinations because of his high school and college scholarship records, which were approved by the War Department. Cheaney made an exceptional record in the local R. О. T. C., ac¬ cording to Major F. E. Bertholet, officer in charge of the unit, enter¬ ing the ranks as a private in Sep¬ tember, 1935, and rising in the space of two years to senior cap¬ tain of the battalion. By Harold Shafer With colorful pageantry depicting the theme of “Freedom Through Democracy,’’ graduating students of all the Pasadena second¬ ary schools will receive their diplomas in the Rose Bowl again this year on June 18, at 7:15 p. m. More than 2600 students will receive their diplomas at the conclusion of the ceremonies, which are an "♦■annual feature of the memorable graduations. Schools Take Part Graduates of seven schools will participate in the exercises depict¬ ing how democracy means a great¬ er freedom for all persons, accord¬ ing to Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of guidance here, who is in charge of the direction of the pageant, to¬ gether with Miss Emma B. Mundy of the John Muir Technical high school. Graduates of the five junior high schools, McKinley, Eliot, Marshall, Wilson and Washington, and those of John Muir Technical high school and the Pasadena junior college will combine to present again this year the impressive demonstration and climaxing ceremonies. Graduates Included Presenting a more outstanding feature this year than ever before, the ceremonies will be taken part in by the graduates themselves. This is unusual because the gradu¬ ates up to this time have not been able to take an active part in the pageant itself. In previous years much of the pageantry itself has been depicted and interpreted by undergraduates. Stage effects with symbolic structures illuminated by special lighting arrangements will be erected at the south end of the Bowl and the audience will be seated on the east and west sides of the stadium. Last Ceremony Told Last year at the same ceremony in the Rose Bowl the graduates filed down the field in impressive lines, following the pageant which depicted the “Lost Atlantis,” and the lessons to be learned from that long lost civilization of the distant past. Caps and gowns for graduating seniors are now being ordered at the bookstore in the student union building, according to Jack Stock¬ ing, senior president. Sophomore men will wear dark suits and sophomore women will wear light dresses, as was the style last year. Junior high graduates will be dressed the same as the junior col¬ lege sophomores. Held each year after the gradu¬ ation ceremony in the Rose Bowl, the combined senior and sophomore prom will this June be held at the Hotel Vista del Arroyo, according to Henry Swafford, sophomore president. Two orchestras will play at the affair, which is expected to be one of the most gala social oc¬ casions of the school year. Peace Told As Theme Of Discussions As Open Meetings Are Billed Holding their annual state con¬ vention, from May 25 to 28, dele¬ gates of Parent-Teacher associa¬ tions throughout the state of Cali¬ fornia met in Pasadena this week to attend, lectures and discussions on “Peace Through Understand¬ ing.” Mrs. В. C. Clark, president of the Parent-Teacher associations of this state, presided over the convention. Other officers in charge of the convention were Mrs. О. H. Spradling, general chairman; Mrs. R. G. Goodhue, district hostess; and Mrs. J. D. Rinehart, local chairman. At Civic Auditorium All the meetings were held at the Civic auditorium. Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of the University of Southern California, spoke on the topic, “What Is Peace?” at Tuesday’s meeting, at which the theme was “Philosophy of Peace.” The junior college sym¬ phony orchestra and the a Cap- pella choir presented several musi cal numbers. At the evening’s pro gram in the Civic auditorium, the P.-T. A. delegates were entertained by the Bulldog band. ‘Society’ Is Topic With the topic of “Society’s Re¬ sponsibility for Peace” for Wednes¬ day’s program, a symposium was held in which Dr. John W. Harbe- son, principal, was one of the speakers. On this same day, the Patrons’ association sponsored luncheon for delegates at the Alpine Chalet in Pasadena. Acting was On Wednesday evening, the P, J. C. art department presented their pageant presenting the stages of “Youth,” at the Civic auditor¬ ium, under the direction of Thomas D. Stevenson, art instructor here. Dr. John A. Sexson, superintendent of schools, spoke to the audience which attended the affair. “Foundations for Peace and In¬ dividual Responsibility” was the topic of the day on Thursday and was discussed in a meeting at which the Pasadena Boys’ Choir sang. The theme for Friday is “Youth and the World Today.” Throughout the week, an exhi¬ bition of the work of the Pasadena city schools, done by students of kindergarten to junior college age was shown in the exhibition hall of the Civic. In charge of the sec¬ tion of the exhibit from the junior college were Miss Helen Hunt, in charge of art displays; Miss Kath¬ erine Kenaga, social science; Miss Mildred Margadant, physical edu¬ cation; and Dr. John McMorris, physical science. SPECIAL EDITION ISSUED Mailed this week to schools , in every city of over 10,000 population in the country, the Chronicle issued a special edition dedicated to the 6-4-4 plan of education. Board Minutes SUMMER SCHOOL TO BEGIN SOON Pasadena’s summer educational program, open to adults as well as students, will commence with regis¬ tration at John Muir Technical high school, June 21, according to T. V. Truman, head of the summer school. Courses are to be offered in fif¬ teen fields with the following tui¬ tion: $5.00 for each two-unit course, $7.50 each three or more units in academic studies, $10.00 for each three-unit laboratory sci¬ ence subject. Physics, chemistry and aircraft ’are the only classes that are to be taught at PJC. All others will meet at Muir. May 25, 1937 The meeting of the board of representatives was called to order by the president, Pat Paddock, in Miss Robbins’ office at 7:10 a. m. Harold Shafer pointed out the mistake in the minutes appearing in last week’s Chronicle. Bulldog pins are to be awarded to graduat¬ ing sophomores for outstanding service, as contrary -to what was printed. Plaques on which the names of the student body officers since 1934 are to be engraved will cost ap¬ proximately $35 according to Le- nore Wilcox, secretary of records. This matter was left to next year’s board. The reading of the list of -the graduating class was continued and more names were checked for rec- comendation for graduation awards. The meeting adjourned at 7 :55. Respectfully submitted, BARBARA LOMBARD, Commission Plans Vote Next year’s yell and song leaders will be chosen in the bandroom on June 3, at 3 o’clock, it was -an¬ nounced by Jack Page, the present Pep commissioner. As appointive offices will be filled by that time, next year’s pep commissioner will take charge. According to Page, anyone in¬ terested may enter the contest. They should hand in their names to him before June 3. Contestants may try out indi¬ vidually or in groups but will be judged individually. The points on which they will be judged are rou¬ tine, spontaneous enthusiasm, per¬ sonality and ability to work. The rules of the contest laid out by Page are that yell leaders must work out two routines. Song lead¬ ers must work out a routine to one school song, the name of which is to be given when -the contestant applies for her tryout. If it is pos¬ sible, girls should bring pom-pons. A pianist will be there to play the songs for the girls, or they may have their own accompanist. AESCULAPIANS TO MAKE LAST TRIP As the last outing of the year, the Aesculapian society, PJC pre¬ medical cluh will hold a beach par¬ ty at Goff Island Cove, Laguna beach, Monday, May 31. Speaking on the “General Prac¬ tice of Medicine and Surgery,” Dr. H. Taylor will address the Aescu- lapians on Friday, June 4. The meeting will open at 8:00 p. m. in 104D. Dr. Taylor is well known in med¬ ical circles and has just completed an article on a rare disease, for the American Medical Journal. Ac¬ cording to Harold Hoblit, president of the Aesculapian club, the talk will he followed by a general dis- Clerk of the Board, cussion of various diseases.