Pasadena Chronicle, May 29, 1936

FINAL ELECTION TO BE HELD TODAY jjaootieim f§ (Tlironidc MEMORIAL DAY ASSEMBLY SCHEDULED Vol. XXVII Pasadena, California, May 29, 1936 No. 31 Final Vote Today, As Referendum Is Sponsored Memorial Assembly Is Today Dr. Frederick Woellner Of UCLA Unable To Attend CANDIDATES SPEAK A Capella Choir, Quartet, And Euterpeans To Give Program Late yesterday, it was an¬ nounced that Dr. Frederick P. Woellner would be unable to speak in the student body as¬ sembly this morning. In place of the UCLA professor, through the co-operation of James P. O’Mara, dean of men, Charles Braden, secretary of activities, said that Joe Scott, prominent Southern California attorney and speaker, will address the students in the morning period. Dr. Woellner was unexpectedly called out of the Southern Cal¬ ifornia area yesterday morning, and was unable to keep his ap¬ pointment here. Combining music and politics, the annual Memorial day assem¬ bly will be held this morning in the men’s gym. Numbers by school musical organizations, speeches by candidates for student body offices and an address by Dr. Frederic P. Woellner of UCLA, will comprise the program. Candidates for major offices in the final elections being held today will make short campaign speeches. Those who will campaign are Sam Schwartz and Pat Paddock for stu¬ dent body president, Kenneth Col¬ lins and Jack Stocking for senior representative, and Dick Balch, Bob (Continued on Page Two) Y.W. Sponsors Benefit Play Modernism Featured In Art Exhibit Students' Creations Modern Home Shown For In order to raise money so that it will be posible to have a part time Y. W. C. A. secretary on the campus, Y members are sponsor¬ ing a benefit performance at the Pasadena Community Playhouse on Monday, June 4. The play will be “Rain from Heaven” by Behrman. Evelyn Cerny, general chairman for the benefit, is assisted by Mary Alice Wright, tickets; Elizabeth Freese, candy sale at the play¬ house; Peggy Twining, speakers who make announcements at vari¬ ous places; and Moya Fildew and Lurline Zuerner, publicity. Tickets can be bought at the Y room in the Bleeker house or from any Y members. Miss Mary Smyer, present Y. W. C. A. secretary, said, “I realize the necessity for a secretary for the Y girls. For this reason I hope the benefit is a suc¬ cess.” She will leave for the East at the end of school. CLUBS MUST FILE DATES FOR BOOK Result of Ref erendum Will Influence Fund Distribution Mast And Dagger Clears $500 On Carnival; Sequoia Wins Booth Prize For Medicine Show; Tapping Is Scheduled For June 5 Assembly Conducting a referendum to discover the general student senti¬ ment regarding smoking on the campus, Mast and Dagger is sponsor¬ ing a vote on that question in today's ballot. According to Bud Poulsen, president of the organization, the results of the polling will influence the distribution of the funds received at the carnival last week, which may be used to build a park surrounding the student union building where smoking will be permitted. Approximately five hundred dol¬ lars profit was collected at Dead- wood Diggin’s last Friday evening, announced Kit Cartwright, business manager. The exact figures will not be available until July 1, when all bills will have been received by the bank. Sequoia Wins Sequoia received first place for booth decorations with an Indian medicine show which presented free performances during the evening. Delta Psi Omega, Gunaike and Areop won honorable mention for decorated booths which stressed the “western” theme. The organization which made the most sales for the evening will be announced early next week after all the ticket stubs have been counted through the bank. Tapping of the new members of Mast and Dagger will take place at the assembly on June 5. Bud Poulsen will preside at the cere¬ mony which will recognize out¬ standing service in school activi¬ ties. Voting for new members is done on the basis of three semes¬ ters of unselfish work, one of ! which must have been unusual in the quality of service rendered. “Selection of Mast and Dagger members is not governed by prece¬ dent, but by the manner in which a, student has fulfilled his work on the campus,” said the president of •the organization, which is the high¬ est honor to be achieved at Pasa¬ dena junior college. Honoring the new members and commemorating the tenth anniver¬ sary of the Order of Mast and Dagger, a dinner will be given by the group, the last week of school. Ned F. Stirling and Nobu Kawai have been appointed alumni chair¬ men for the banquet who will work with Bud Poulsen, Joanna Pupis and Kit Cartwright, present offi¬ cers of the club, in planning the affair. All organizations or clubs that ish to hold social or business ac- vities next year must clear dates ith Miss Catherine J. Robbins, »an of women, and the clearing >use committee, the dean’s office mounced this week. Open dances must be scheduled ithin the junior college district, id closed dances must be within e school district, downtown Los ngeles or Hollywood, the rules of e school governing the social fairs, says. This early scheduling of events necessary to include those events the school handbook, which is ritten and printed during the immer vacation, for distribution the beginning of the fall semes- INAUGURATE CHAPTER Representing the Calif ornia holarship Federation, Miss Mil- ;d Wellborn, scholarship adviser, lugurated the new C. S. F. chap- ■ at the Flintridge School for I rls recently, when she presented :m with their chapter charter, yllis Wilson, member of the jun- college C. S. F. unit, was also ;sent at the installation of the w society of 11 members. ROTC Staff Is Appointed Major Geoffrey Galwey, comman¬ dant of the Pasadena junior college R. О. T. C., today announced ap¬ pointments in the staff of the corps, to be effective starting today. Twelve cadets received posts as commissioned officers in the or¬ ganization. They are Cadet Cap¬ tains Ira Cheaney and Robert Pal¬ mer; Cadet First Lieutenants Davis Christy Warwick, John Melvin Cun- diff and Cornelius Gallighen; and Cadet Second Lieutenants James Moffat, Richard Fretter, Charles Hogle, George Matthews, Paul Reichert, Edward Doak and James Stivers. Appointments to non-commis¬ sioned officers were also made. They are Henry Shaw, cadet mast¬ er-sergeant; Phillip Mishler, cadet sergeant major; Harold Hoblit and Clifford Pratt, first sergeants; Rob¬ ert Hammond and John Stevenson, cadet color sergeants; Edward Winsor, Nelson Price, Joseph Packi and Robert Robb, cadet platoon ser¬ geants; Howard H'otaling, Kenneth Edwards, Freeman Ingledew, Ray- mand Frey, Arthur Williams and Walter Berg, cadet line sergeants; and Albert Spehr, Andrew Wait- man, Max Davis, Robert Orr, Doug¬ las Mitchell, Jack Vockrodt, Peter Burrows, SamUel Horton, LeRoy Lusher, Leo Strelsky, Karl Berg and Robert Davidson, cadet corpor¬ als. Featuring “Art in Living,” the art departments of the Pasadena secondary schools held an exhibi¬ tion, May 18 to 24 inclusive, in the Carmelita Garden house. Stu¬ dents not only created the work displayed, but worked out the meth¬ ods of display. Showing how much can be made of nothing the stu¬ dents, with corrugated paste board, a little paint, a few tin cans, some tinsled paper, and a few odds and ends transformed the Carmelita i Garden house from an old fash- ioed dwelling into an inviting mod¬ ernistic home. ‘Is In Keeping’ Archie M. Wedemeyer, head of the art department, said, “Out of the hundreds of people who at¬ tended the exhibition, the many with whom the art instructors talked, were all of the opinion that this exhibition of student creative activity is more in keeping with present day art appreciation, and as a whole is more instructive as to what the students of art de¬ partments of city schools, are do¬ ing.” The exhibition was sponsored by the Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce. William S. Peters and Mr. Wedemeyer are members of the chamber’s fine arts committee. Students Listed The students who worked out the arrangements are Alice Lembke, chairman of the committee; Nor¬ man Williams, in charge of con¬ struction and lighting; Mary Elli¬ son, Elizabeth King, Freida Klas- sen, Jessie Koyama, Don Kubly, 1 Amy Lawson, Robert Leigh, Gen¬ evieve McLean, Carolyn Munn, Bill Phelps, Lila Renner, Patty Ros- borough, Maxine Stewart, Julia Stucky, Grace Wilkins and Cas- tleman Wilson. These students worked under the supervision of Miss Caroyln Woodhull, faculty chairman of the comittee, Mr. Wedemeyer and Thomas Stevenson, art instructor. Those who had pictures or work (Continued on Page Two) - - - Newman To Finish Year STUDENTS URGED TO MAKE PROGRAMS Programming of students for next semester has been in progress for three weeks, according to the counselors’ office, and all students planning to return to this school next year are urged to make their programs as soon as possible, says Dr. G. L. Lembke, counselor. “If the students would take ad¬ vantage of the comparative lull in programming now, they would not have to rush at the conclusion of this semester,” Dr. Lembke said. June 8 Is New Date For Start Of Test Week Featuring a last minute change of examination schedule, the records office, this week, announced a revision of the time allotment, that will cut one hour or class recitation for Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes. In place of the schedule previ¬ ously announced to start on Tuesday, June 9, the final ex¬ aminations will start on Mon¬ day, June 8. Customary procedure will be followed when Monday, Wednes¬ day, Friday classes will take their tests on each morning of test week, while Tuesday, Thursday classes will take their tests on each afternoon. The duration of the examinations will be the usual two hours foi 11 and 12 year students, and three hours for 13 and 14 year students. The schedule for the week is as follows: Monday, June 8, second period class examina¬ tions; Tuesday, June 9, third period tests; Wednesday, June 10, fourth period; Thursday, June 11, fifth period; Friday, June 12, first period; Monday, June 15, sixth period. Hinds Talks For Players’ Annual Meet Elections Scheduled As New Polling Places Set At Gym Buildings Sam Schwartz, Pat Paddock Run For President Of Student Body; Anna K. Jones, Kenneth Bodger Are On Chief Justice Ticket Final student body elections, held each semester for the student body and class offices, will be held today at polls placed at the men's and women’s gym buildings, from 8:00 a. m. to 3:00 p. m., according to Ray Kahn, chief justice, who is in charge of the election. Sam Schwartz, incumbent, and Pat Paddock, president of Lancers, will run - -»for the position of president of the Lancer Group associated student body‘ Chooses Ten New Members Service Is Qualification For Selection: Heads Are Elected Primaries Held Primary elections for the offices of chief justice and sophomore and senior representatives, were held last Monday. Anna K. Jones and Kenneth Bodger remained in the running for the justice position, and will appear on that ticket in Lancers, men’s honorary service organization, selected ten new men for membership, last week, in its bi-annual election of members, ac¬ cording to Pat Paddock, group president. At the same, time offi¬ cers to head the group for next semester were also chosen. Those who were chosen for the honor include Sid Johnson, Gren- | ville Lansdell, Howard Bachman, Irving Wright, Vernon Lief, Jack • Stocking, Jack Page, Bill McElroy, FINAL BULLETIN! Mast and Dagger President Bud Poulsen announced late Wednesday that the organization would sponsor a referendum in the elections today, to see how student opinion stands on the question of setting aside a par¬ ticular spot on the campus where smoking would be permitted. I he referendum, he said, would he nothing more than an indica¬ tion of how the students felt on the matter. No definite action will be taken on the results of this vote. As its final social event, of the year, the Newman club of Pasadena junior college, organization of Catholic students, will hold a com¬ munion breakfast at the Altadena Golf club, Sunday, June 7. The breakfast will be preceded by at¬ tendance at the 7:30 o’clock mass at St. Elizabeth’s church, Altadena. The executive committee, headed by Frank Murphy, Newman presi¬ dent, is completing plans to make this event a fitting climax to the club year, according to Murphy. Awards of recognition will be pre¬ sented to outstanding Newman members, whose names will be an¬ nounced in the meeting Sunday. Entertainment will be furnished by pianists Paul Cuilhe and A1 Cluff, with Jimmy Arnold as vo¬ cal soloist. Bertrand Boyer will perform on the harp, and an as yet unannounced a speaker will give a talk, according to Murphy. The program is being planned by Jane Flynn, social secretary. Reserva- •toins must be in to the campus Newman office by next Friday. CLUB TO MEET Triple “S,” Pasadena junior col¬ lege literary society, will hold a meeting this evening, at the home of Donna Eisenbise, 112 North Hudson avenue. President Bob Hansen will have charge of the election of officers for the coming semester. Annual Affair Held At Arcade Tea Room Last Friday Night With Samuel S. Hinds, movie and stage actor, as the main speak¬ er, Players’ Guild, upper division dramatics group, held its annual alumni banquet in the Arcade Tea Room, according to Ray Frey, president. “The. banquet was a great suc¬ cess despite one disappointment,” said Frey. “Robert Taylor, screen star, failed to make his scheduled appearance, as he was unfortu¬ nately called on location.” Bill Henry, juvenile player for MGM, filling in for Taylor, came with Patricia Ellis and Grace Dur¬ kin. Henry answered questions concerning stage and screen work put to him by Guild members and alumni. , Made Member Charles Prickett, business man¬ ager of the Pasadena Community Playhouse, was made an honorary member of the organization. Fol¬ lowing the introduction of several alumni, Don Mansfield, former stu¬ dent body president, was elected as the new president of the Guild alumni association. Following the banquet, members and guests attended the perform¬ ance of Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the D’UrbervilLes,” current offering at the Playhouse. Officers of the alumni association who were in charge of the banquet are Graydon Spaulding, president; Katherine Root, vice-president and secretary; and Norbert Bundschu, treasurer. Lila West and Judith Gibson were program co-chairmen, in charge of speakers and the din¬ ner, respectively. the finals today. Jack Stocking and Kenneth Collins, who are run- , Jack Boaz and Curtis Davis. . - Chosen For Service TS senior president, received i The new members were chosen highest votes on their ticket on the grounds of past service to WI ln the finals. Three the school, of a duration of at i mel?’ lunnlnS for the office of least two semesters of active work, soP™moj'e representative, received in connection with student body or extra-curricular activities. The group takes charge of pa¬ trolling the campus during assem¬ bly and convocation periods, and enforcing “closed campus” during such times. Its other activities in¬ clude the policing of athletic ac¬ tivities, and the patrolling of as- an identical numbers of votes, and so will all appear on the ballot in the finals. They are Dick Balch, Bob Stapleton and Bob Dickinson. Candidates Are Others who will run for office in the elections, today, are Carolyn Munn, A. W. S. representative; Frances Pfeiffer and Barbara Mil- semblies and other gatherings liken, first vice-president; Rachel where this service is necessary. Sponsor Fire The main event of the school year for the group comes in the fall semester, when the organiza¬ tion sponsors the annual bonfire and pep rally the night before the traditional football game with Long Beach Polytechnic high school. The men’s organization collects wood for the bonfire, and keeps an all- night vigil to protect the large pile of wood from any marauders from the beach city. At the same time, the organization sponsors the beard contest, which has become an annual affair, with the winner being presented a silver loving cup, during the entertainment pre¬ ceding the fire. New Officers Jimmy Couchman was chosen to lead the group for the next term, with Art Clark selected as vice- president, and Ray Kuhn, secretary- treasurer. J. P. O’Mara, dean of men, is adviser for the organiza¬ tion. Win Prizes In Contest Sarah Meyers and Philip Cart¬ wright, students at Pasadena jun¬ ior college, recently won prizes in the tenth annual League of Nations contest, held March 27, according to Miss Katherine Kenaga, of the social science deparment here. The Pasadena Peace council of¬ fered the prizes, the Peace Prize cup and a scholarship to the Whit¬ tier Institute of International Re¬ lations, to supplement the prizes of¬ fered to winners in the contest by the League of Nations association. Miss Meyers will attend the Whit¬ tier Institute in June, while Cart¬ wright is to receive the cup. Prizes offered by the association included a trip to Europe during the coming summer, a second prize of $25 and five additional awards of $5 each. Louise Morley, Ros- lyn Heights, New York, a student in Hunter College high school, won the first place award. NEWS Schwartz and Paddock run for student body president, as polling places changed to men’s, women’s gyms. Page 1. * * * Assembly following Memorial Day theme and featuring Dr. Fred¬ erick Woellner, introduction of can¬ didates scheduled for morning peri¬ od. Page 1. * * * Results of referenduin on smok¬ ing to decide disbursement of Mast and Dagger carnival funds, says president. Page 1. * * * ~ Music department takes four places in Southern California mu¬ sic tourney. Page 2. * * * FEATURES Review of Carmelita Garden art exhibit given by junior college critic. Page 4. * » » Shakespeare quotation taken as theme for student article. Page 4. * * * SPORTS Tennis, golf, frosh baseball and •track lettermen announced. Page 3. * * * Mary Hendrickson wins W.A.A. award as annual banquet held for presentation of cup andl awards. Page 3. Williams, second vice-president; Mary Weiser and Rosemary Snipes, secretary; Eveleth Clark and Rose¬ mary Snipes, treasurer; Paul Doug¬ las, A. M. S. president; Bill Dun¬ ham, vice-president; Bob Louns- bery, secretary; Earl Roulac, trea¬ surer and Philip Cartwright, junior representative. Polls are being placed at the women’s and men’s gym buildings, with the polls for the women vo¬ ters at their building, and the men’s polls at their gym. Vote Small Only 600 students voted at the primary elections, according to Kahn, who said, “This vote, repre¬ senting less than one-sixth of the student body, is much too small for the democratic running of a stu- ( Continued on Page Two) - - - • - - Five Attend Convention Five junior college members of the Delta Psi Omega local chapter attended the annual convention held at Pomona junior college on Saturday, May 16. Following a reception at the Po¬ mona Ebell club, luncheon was held at the historic Adobe Alvarado. A table reading by the Glendale jun¬ ior college of “Bury the Dead” was given. Miss Aline Sholes, of •the International Arts theater at Shanghai, gave an informal talk. Mary Lou Follet, Roy Burr, Lil¬ lian Blackburn, Dorothy June Ev¬ ans and William Payne were the representatives from Pasadena. The last Delta Psi Omega meet¬ ing of the year will be held at the home of Mary Lou Follett, 1227 San Pasqual, at 7:30 tonight for the informal initiation of pledges. ALPHA MEMBERS TO TURN IN PINS That all members of Alpha Gam¬ ma Sigma, honorary scholarship society, are asked to turn in their membership pins, was officially an¬ nounced by Miss Mabel Perry, group adviser, this week. All pins are to be turned in for the summer, regardless of the stu¬ dent’s eligibility for next semester, the official announcement said. Lost : pins must be reported to Miss Perry, and paid for by those stu- ! dents who lost them.