Pasadena Chronicle, November 06, 1942

'Dear7 Tags Enforce 'Hands Off' Policy Vol. 34 Pasadena Junior College, November 6, 1942 No. 8 7They Died In Action Assembly Features Radio Imitation Of Music-Drama Show Dedicated To Memory Of Former PJC Service Men Interpretation of a cross-section of America Through the Ages will be presented in today’s assembly, will tell story in radio-presentation fashion. As usual, Bill Sanborn directs ac¬ tivities, has announced dedication of this production to mem¬ ory of Pasadena Junior College men killed in action. Nyseans and Euterpean Clubs will furnish music. Music, Drama, Stage Craft AREOP BOB PERKINS . . . plugs pre-ration dance First — Last Areop Holds Open Dance Tomorrow Musical setting by Phil King- man and his new orchestra will provide entertainment for ex¬ ponents of jive, at first open sport dance of the 1942 season. Areop restrictive club will spon¬ sor tomorrow evening’s dance. Bob Perkins, in charge of pub¬ licity, announced that this may be the last open club dance be¬ fore gas rationing goes into ef¬ fect, November 22. Altadena Country Club will be scene of the sport dance slated to start at 9 last until midnight. Bids are purchasable for $1.10 per couple, from members or at door. departments, with aid of Mr. Harold Hansen of Social Science Department, script-writer, collab¬ orated efforts to produce this show, the first of its kind. Voices heard will be: Rosemary Seybold, Spencer Crilly, Duke Cox, Wynn Batchelder. The Negro Spiritual, Deep River,” will be sung by Morris Buchanan. Names of service men, former¬ ly students of Pasadena Junior College, who died for their coun¬ try will read as follows: Ira Boswell Cheaney, Jr., An¬ dress Bunn, John Charles Eng¬ land, Capt. Harry Findley, Rich¬ ard Edward Garcia, Wayne Gur- ron, Corp. Robert Hefley, Rob¬ ert Harry Houghton, Robert King Huntington, Louis E. Ir¬ win, Clarence H. Ives, John A.. Karli, Gilbert Kinney, Capt. William Knowles, Joseph Mor¬ gan, Lt. Robert R. Rieman, Harold Robinson. Col. Stanley K. Robinson, William Shafer, Lt. Albert C. Spehr, Lt. Roy D. Stone, Jr., Gerald Victor Strinz, Lt. Charles L. Simmers, Ed¬ ward Albert Thomas, and Allen Thibodo. Names of PJC men now in service for their country appear on page 3. Nancy and Pete GuildGives Comedy Amid sounds of rustling pro¬ grams, muffled sub-tone com¬ ments, Nancy Gillis and co-star Peter Daniells, along with large supporting cast, last night turned in the premiere and final performance of “Pride and Prejudice.” The sadly de¬ ficient audience of JC play¬ goers, beaming parents, and empty seats of Sexson Audi¬ torium, did their best to inspire actors to greater heights, found (Continued on Page 2) U. S. Army Officials Speak At Assemblies Problems of military service for men, war industries and home front service lor women were answered tersely but completely by Major Fetty, training officer; Captain Corkendahl, office of Tech¬ nical Information; Turley Talbert, Personnel Director of Douglas Aircraft Corporation; in special vocation talks last Friday. Major Fetty made it plain that good ground is necessary for the many specialized branches of armed forces. Trans¬ cripts from school should be in the hands of enlistee or draftee at time of enlistment showing math, science, mechanics, busi¬ ness courses have been takep, will speed up placement. Major Fetty further explained that out of two million men going into the Air Corps, one hundred thousand will be pilots. One pilot needs 19 maintenance men to keep him flying. Tests will be given when entering the forces determining th classification. Those passing at 110 or more are eligible for Officers’ Candidate School. Captain Corkendahl in his talk expressed the absolute neces¬ sity for men of 18 to resist “uniform fever.” It will be of great value after the war if service men have an education to back up the rehabilitation of themselves. The army does not want men who cannot stand up under the derision and ridecule of their fellow citizens, he stated. /7*1 &&ito->Ual At this moment a steel hull cuts through cold waves of the Great Lakes, a sharp wind blows, bringing forebodings of the bitter weeks ahead. In a few days the icy hand of the North will fall upon the men and ships that now nurse the tiny, vital trickle of iron ore from the pits of Minnesota to the yawning furnaces of Pennsylvania. When the winter freeze sets in, the ships must stop, denying the Bessemers of their life blood, the iron ore that makes steel. Some stockpiles of the precious raw materials still remain, of course, but these have been depleted by the demands of a metal hungry ammunitions industry, starving for the steel that must be converted into General Grant tanks, Garand rifles, heavy artillery and airplanes. Only enough iron ore is on hand to last ONE more month! A single possibility remains: We must gather scrap metal to tide over until the boats can smash their way through again. To meet the emergency that confronts the whole war effort, the aid of Pasadena Junior College was asked in the gathering of small pieces of scrap that remain after the general drive a month ago. The student body pledged its cooperation and or¬ ganized a simple campaign to bring the vital war materials to a central collection point. Posters were made outlining the needs — students spoke in classes — the Chronicle carried full publicity, reviewing the help that every student could give — various organizations offered to sponsor one of the various materials. And yet, something was lacking: the active and full support of the student body and faculty in a matter that vitally affects each and every one of them. Immediately the charges flew: "It was a matter of poor or¬ ganization," "the faculty failed to give its support," "the stu¬ dents are lazy and too sophisticated," and others. The plain facts are that everyone is equally responsible. The matter goes much further than the mere collection of scrap, however im¬ portant that might be. It is a reflection upon the institution as a whole: faculty, students, administration — all of us. Our failure lies not in our lack of patriotism or our enthusi¬ asm for a war project, but rather in our seeming inability to adjust ourselves to the demands of a wartime national govern¬ ment. PJC students are quite as able as the next to meet the requests of a war economy, once they realize its effect upon themselves both as individuals and as factors in the war effort. For those of us unable to mold our own lives into the pattern set by that mother of all invention, necessity, some awfully hard bumps lie ahead. The scrap drive is simply a small sample of a much greater problem, yet we, the students, faculty, and administration of Pasadena Junior College, can solve it and prove that we are of the moral and mental fiber sufficient to meet any situation that presents itself. A week remains in the scrap drive. Go to the poster in your room and see what is needed. There is no home in the city of Pasadena that cannot supply at least one or two of the ma¬ terials needed. You may think that your house has been strip¬ ped clean, but why don't you look again? Some small piece will turn up that will eventually become a vital part in some soldier's rifle on a distant battlefield. Maybe YOU will be the soldier holding that rifle. Accept the challenge! JOHN LEWIS ALLEN. Civil War Carnival Displays Local Grid Talent Junior High/ PJC Varsity Stalwarts Vie For North, South FHonors, Armistice Day Nineteen Forty-two strictly hometown edition of annual P.-T. A.-sponsored football circus will be presented by all City Junior High School football teams, Wednesday afternoon, Ar¬ mistice Day, two o’clock, in Rose Bowl. Formerly, football teams were invited from outside cities. This year, tires made this impossible. City teams will be divided into north and south sections, consist of Washington, Eliot, Marshall, taking the northern salient; Wilson, Mc¬ Kinley, PJC Bullpups taking the southern side. Pasadena Bulldog Varsity has been divided into two squads, will vie with each other for climaxing honors. Kindergarten feuds, rank among junior high grid heroes, will be fought to bitter brush- off in fifteen-minute quarters, refereed by competent staff, headed by Clyde Phifer of Wil¬ son Junior High. Pasadena Council or Parents and Teachers again sponsors the affair, have issued tickets to vari¬ ous schools. Profits from sale at junior highs will go into school treasuries, will be utilized to care for needy children at each school. Lunches, clothing have been list¬ ed as some of uses to which the money will be put. FHere s Arnold Winner With the sponsor himself pre¬ siding as chairman, finals of the Arnold Speech Contest were held Wednesday evening in West Cam¬ pus Cafeteria, first award pre¬ sented to jaysee undergraduate, Alba de Giantomasse. Other par¬ ticipants in the annual extempor¬ aneous speaking event were Al¬ len Huls, Wayne Preston Barbara Steiner, Robert Gleason, Barbara Wilcox, all having won out in respective divisions in the semi-finals held last Friday. Turn-About Leads Coeds, Chasing Males, To Backwards Dance Spike Jones And His Orchestra Furnish Mood And Music Fried rabbit,* roast-lamb furnished energy needed during hours after consumption by combined AMS, AWS representa¬ tives, resulted in tentative plans for semi-annual backwards dance, slated for next Tuesday. Dean Audre Stong, noted for concocting barbecues, comeforth, managed a solid affair at Stong manor last Sunday, lead discourse in dance plans. With “Bag Your Man,” the with male sex, coeds will turn¬ about, play fair, furnish bids, transportation, plus food. “Spike” Jones and dance orchestra holds a position on the Gilmore radio show, along with his popular novelty band comprised of the City Slickers, featured at assem¬ bly in past weeks, will make-up evening’s entertainment. “Dear Tag,” to pin on the captured male are given each girl after purchase of bid, re¬ semble in size a hunting licen¬ se certificate, rperesent “hands off, he’s taken” sign for other coeds. Traditionally held at Civic Auditorium, doors will be opened at 9 o’clock. Sports clothes are designated as ap¬ propriate. Sponsored by the AMS and AWS, Tom Stanton, Claude O’- Haver, Nicky Curran, Betty Jean Schneider head OK’ing of plans. Committees have been arranged as follows: decorations, Hilly Stong, Jim McCloud, Beth John¬ son, Barbara King, Richard Frank,; publicity, Dot Kienholtz, Betty Musselman, Mildred Rod- strom, Frank Wyche and Mar¬ garet Schueutz; “Dear Tags,” Ruth Champlain, Shirley Grow, Peggy King, Dottie King. Coeds are expected, by males, to escort respective selves to something more tangible in the way of food, following dance. Bids are on sale at 75 cents per couple. Trouper Shirley Gloria7 Staff Commended By Director Lauding the cast, praising skeleton production staff, Kathar¬ ine Kester yesterday announced that “this year’s version of Gloria shows promise of being the most outstanding yet attempted. Never before have I had the pleasure to direct a more talented group, nor seen the play shape up with such brilliance.” Foot-light veteran Shirley Davis is cast in the role of Elizabeth, wife of the Priest Zacharias. Baritone-voiced part (Continued on Page 2) motto, assuming- equal footing ERIKA MANN . . . eluded Nazis Revolution? Erika Mann Will Speak At Forum Lecturer Is Noted Author, Playwright “Will there be a Revolution in Germany?” is topic of Erika Mann, guest speaker at next Tuesday Evening Forum. Miss Mann, famous authoress and daughter of the noted writer, Thomas Mann, fled from Ger¬ many when the Nazis came in¬ to power, was accompanied by her father and brother, all of whom are now becoming Ameri¬ can citizens. Miss Mann is a contributor to “Atlantic Monthly,” “Vogue” other well-known magazines, has also written, directed, acted in several plays. A well-known authoress, she has written such books as “School for Barbari¬ ans,” “The Lights go Down,” “The Other Germany,” and collaborated with her brother, Klaus Mann, to write “Escape to Life,” a book telling of her escape from Germany. Formal Banquet At Vista Opens Women's Meet Three hundred coeds will arrive in Pasadena this evening for fourteenth annual AWS-WAA conference to be held at the Vista del Arroyo Hotel, tonight and tomorrow. Convention will open at 7 p. m. with a formal banquet, followed by entertainment in the ballroom. “Keep ’Em Sailing” is the theme, Long Beach Junior College, hostess school. Under leadership of Dean Ida E. Hawes, conference has been held each year with twenty junior colleges of the south land rotating as hostesses. Conference has been held regularly in Pasa¬ dena at the Vista with Pomona, Glendale, Pasadena, Compton, East Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and now Long Beach Junior College serving as chairmen of cooperative arrangements. Miss Mattie L. Paine, Dean of Women, Long Beach, will serve as con¬ ference head. Saturday morning’s discussion group topics are “The Marriage Problem Today,” “Responsibilities Toward the Service Men,” “Par¬ ticipation in National Defense,” “Preparing for work in the Post-War Period,” “Practical Demonstrations of Democracy,” “Character; The Foundation Stone of Democracy,” “Economy of Time and Money,” “Popularity.” A luncheon under auspices of Long Beach WAA will be served at 12:15. Delegates who will attend the convention from East Campus are Betty Smith, WAA president; Dotty Miltimore, vice president; Mary Jean Owen, Hockey manager; Nadine Timmons, Women’s Letter Club president. Those attending part time will be Barbara Webber, Bad¬ minton manager; Mildred Young, AWS representative; Jean Stock, Mary Randall, WAA representatives; Frances Evans, WAA paper; Eleanor Vernon, Basketball manager; Margaret Dahm, recording sec¬ retary.