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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.