Pasadena Chronicle, November 14, 1934

TAKE THE SPECIAL TRAIN TO VENTURA (Chronicle ATTEND DEDICATION OF NEW BUILDING Vol. XXVI Pasadena, California, November 14, 1934 No. 9 Student Union Building To Open This Week Freshmen Ready For First Hop Fall Dance Will Be Held At Hotel Maryland On Eve Of Nov. 1 6 With the completion of plans af¬ ter two weeks of organizing com¬ mittees and making arrangements, the freshman class will stage its first social event of the fall season this week-end with the presenta¬ tion of a dance at the Maryland hotel, Friday, November 16, at 8:30 p. m. Manny Harmon and his 11-piece orchestra has been chosen to sup¬ ply the dance music for the affair throughout the evening. Harmon’s ensemble played for the eleventh graders at their dance last spring, which was held in the Gold room of the Civic auditorium. His band appeared quite frequently at the local dance hall on Friday and Sat¬ urday evenings last spring and the first part of the summer. He has also broadcast over the radio sev¬ eral times of late from numerous clubs in Los Angeles. The lower classmen made their debut into campus life this term on the first day of school, when the bi-annual Y.W. - Y.M.C.A. “Frosh Hi-jinks,” was given in their honor in the men’s gymnasium Bids for the affair will be on sale the latter part of this week, and will sell for fifty cents. Committees, picked from the freshman class council, follow: Bids — C harlotte Blackstone, chairman, and Randolph Coffman. Dance floor — Randolph Coffman, chairman, Charles Backus, Barbara Blackwood, and Russell Jack. Dec¬ orations — Tom Stevens, chairman, Alberta Anderson, Robert Ford, Newell Partch, and Allison Stone. Hotel — Shirley Smith, chairman, and Prudence Lehrbach. Orchestra _ _ p hil Hawgoode, chairman, Charles Braden, Randolph Coff¬ man, A1 Solnit, and Allison Stone. Publicity — Milton Wopschall, chair¬ man, William Feasley, and Bar¬ bara Milliken. Class officers, elected by the freshmen at an election held Oc¬ tober 16, are : Phil Hawgoode, pres¬ ident; Tom Stevens, vice-president; Shirley Smith, secretary; and Al¬ berta Anderson, treasurer. Faculty advisers for the class are: Allison R. Baldwin, chairman, Miss Kathryn W. Barnard, Everett Niday, Miss Ruby F. Purviance, and H. Glenn Warren. Classes Plan Joint Dance With plans for the sophomore- junior dance rapidly being com¬ pleted, John Benton, sophomore president, announced at the execu¬ tive council meeting of the sopho¬ more class last Thursday that the main floor of the Civic auditorium will be used for the dance. The dhnee, which is to be held on Thanksgiving eve, Wednes¬ day, November 28, will be free to members of the two classes. Bids may be secured from coun¬ cil members the week of the dance. A short business meeting was :ld and a statement concerning ie budget made. Committees for the dance ap- )inted by Benton are: orchestra, arry Sheldon, Anna K. Jones and organ West; name, Evelyn Fred¬ rick, Marjorie Youngblood, Jack artt, Mary Beth Sachse; decora¬ ms,’ Lloyd Breyer, Jack Gooddell, ichard 'Burleigh; bids, Eloise ines, Kenneth Collins, Billie rain, Aubrey Davis; program immittee (for class meetings) m Herbold, Dick Lusk, Jane azenbush, Phil Monroe; publicity, irter Cordner, Henry McCune, rt McCurdy, Bob Cort; posters, at Nelson, Kay Veale, Jack Os- >rn, Irving Kornstein. Other committees were appointed T Don Starr, junior prexy. JOURNALISTS ELECTED Taylor Green, associate editor, and Fred Green, business manager of the 1934 Campus, were elected to membership in Beta Phi Gam¬ ma, honorary journalism fraternity, at a meeting held last Thursday evening at the studio of Dorris Green. Designer Frederic Jennison, who won first prize in the float design contest conducted by the Pasadena Tour¬ nament of Roses association. Dor¬ othy Arthur and Joyce Mansfield of jaysee also, took second and third places. Art Students Win Contest Float Designs For Rose Tournament Parade Garner Places From 116 entries, three students of the junior college won the Pasa¬ dena school contest to design floats for the 1935 Rose Tournament par¬ ade. Frederic Jennison, advanced art major student, captured first prize which was $25; Dorothy Ar¬ thur, second prize, $15; and Joyce Mansfield, third prize, $10. “Fire Bird” titles Frederic Jen- nison’s Russian legend design, dis¬ playing a large white bird in the foreground with four gold and brown mosques of different sizes on the rear portion of the float. Dorothy Arthur won with her sketch, “The Bride Niagara,” while Joyce Mansfield’s design is a scene from the old German leg¬ end, “Rumpelstiltskin.” Mary Bennett, Betty Bruner, Mary Ellen Nickum, Dorris Green, Mary Leslie Hemler, Kathleen Dexter, Lila Renner and Mary Lou McConnelly were among the J. C. students who received honor¬ able mention. A. M. Wedemeyer, art depart¬ ment chairman of the junior col lege, acted as judge with Edward O. Nay, Albert Stockdale, Cyril Bennett, Mrs. Stuart W. French and Charles E. Everard, chairman of the contest, Afternoon Hop Will Be Held Despite Delay For those who were disappointed at the postponement of the A.M.S.- A. W. S., social affairs dance that was to be held last October 17, but was put off because of rain, comes the announcement that the after¬ noon prom will be held November 21 from 3 to 5 p. m. in the men’s gym, according to Jack De Longe, A. M. S. president. Featuring the Melodians, popular orchestral aggregation, this affair is one of the first jointly-held A. M- S.-A. W. S. social affairs dances to be presented to the student body as a whole and represents the ef¬ forts of presidents Pauline Ste¬ vens and Jack De Longe, and Kay West, secretary of social affairs. AMS-AWS Will Hold Meetings Football Stars To Talk To Men — "Ideal Girl” Is Women's Topic With both organizations offering programs of popular appeal, the bi-monthly meetings of the A. M. S. and A. W. S. steal the lime¬ light for the Friday assembly peri¬ od this week. “Cotton” Warburton, Julie Bes- cos, “Inky” Wotkins and Tony Beard are to be the featured speakers at the A. M. S. meeting- in the men’s gymnasium, accord¬ ing to Jack DeLong, president. Each of these well-known U. S. C. football players will offer short talks on the most spectacular play or player in the game with which they have come in contact. Cheering will be led by yell i leaders Morgan West, Jack Boaz, Vernon Lief and Bob Fosdick. “Type of Girl” “What type of girl is the ideal of junior college men?” This de¬ batable question will be answered at the A. W. S. assembly in the bleachers by four prominent jay¬ see men. Giving their require¬ ments for the perfect girl friend will be David Patrick, secretary of activities; Bob Rockwood, pep commissioner and former student body president; Joe Phillips, sec¬ retary of oral arts; and Allan Hayes, outstanding Lancer. Musical entertainment will be offered by Connie Orozco, who will sing several Spanish songs, and Billie Boynton, who will play popular piano numbers. A few minutes of the program will be given over to a plea for contribu¬ tions to the Community Chest and other welfare organizations as a part of the Mobilization for Hu¬ man Needs campaign which is be¬ ing carried on throughout the United States. The program is under the direc¬ tion of Anona Alexander, A. W. S. first vice-president, and will be presided over by Pauline Stevens, president. Council Split Is Defeated By a vote of 18 to 10 the Inter- restrictive Club council Friday re¬ jected the proposition to divide it¬ self into men’s and women’s groups at a meeting held during the as¬ sembly period. Of equal importance came the announcement from Miss Catherine J. Robbins, council ad¬ viser, that contrary to the ruling laid down earlier in the semester, clubs may hold closed dinner dances outside of the junior col¬ lege district. Plans for the women’s council dance to be held January 11, were outlined by Kay Butler, vice-president of the council. A seventy-five cent levy on all mem¬ bers of women’s organizations was unanimously approved. To facilitate the distribution of bids through the message office, it was voted to move the deadline for turning in bids from Friday morn¬ ing to Thursday. Dave Patrick, secretary of ac¬ tivities, appeared before the coun¬ cil to explain the proposed special train to be chartered for the Ven¬ tura game Thanksgiving Day and urged the whole-hearted co-opera¬ tion of every restrictive club. Each organization was requested to turn in a tentative list of its mem¬ bers who would reserve seats on the train by this afternoon. BancVs Fame I Brings Honor The wide fame of Audre L. Stong’s Pasadena Bulldog band again became apparent during the past week with requests from both the University of Washington and Notre Dame University that the local aggre¬ gation represent them at their football games in the Olympic Stadium with the Southern Cali¬ fornia Trojans. The local footers, needless to say, have accepted. The Huskies will meet the Sons of Troy on December 8, while the Irish from South Bend, Indi¬ ana, arrive the previous week. Complimentary passes for both games will be given to all par¬ ticipants. Next Saturday the Bulldog Band will*1 play at the lower divi¬ sion San Diego grid contest at the Border City. They will leave Friday morning, giving a concert en route in the afternoon at the San Juan Capistrano high school. Vo-Mag Topic Is Announced Cuts, Drawings, Stories, Interviews Are In Issue Of Magazine “Travel and the Professions” is the topic of the first issue of the Vo-Mag which will go on sale November 21. With a variety of attractive cuts and outstanding line drawings by student artists, the magazine will be sold at a subscription of sixty cents, for three issues, or twenty-fiVe cents per copy. Exclusively for Vo-Mag, Lee Shippey, noted columnist, has writ¬ ten a “Lee Side O’ L. A.” story, while Bill Henry, Los Angeles Times sports editor, has contrib¬ uted an article on football. Interviews Burton Holmes, renowned trav¬ eler, and such other noted char¬ acters as Francis Lederer and Frank Morgan, cinema stars, add popular interest, while Bobby Grayson and Cotton Warburton represent the sports angle. Burton Holmes, reknowned trav¬ eler and lecturer, and Dr. Robert Freeman, Presbyterian minister, were interviewed on travel and re¬ ligious education, respectively. Weather Prediction An article on third dimensional weather prediction, by Irving Krick, along with descriptive es¬ says and an interesting feature on the investigation of crime, compile the remainder of the first issue. Last year’s issue of the Vo-Mag, under the editorship of Howard Sharpe, won All-American honors. Yearly Staff Heading this year’s staff are Jean Backus, editor, and Dow Parkes, assistant editor, while others on the staff are: Ethyle Reed, art editor ; Ellen Jones, busi- nes manager; Kent Collings, pub¬ licity; Miss H. L. McClay and Miss Jewell Bennett, advisers; and Miss Ida E. Hawes, sponsor. Societies To Have Study Members of C. S. F. and Alpha Gamma Sigma and their friends are invited to use T-35, headquar¬ ters for the two honor societies, as a study hall. The • tent is free dur- . ing second and fifth periods on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Bulletins which will contain not only an¬ nouncements of particular interest to honor members, but also an¬ nouncements of scholarships, will be posted in the tent. Members of Faculty Permit Selves To r Crack-Wise’ At Burlesque Of Education Burlesquing the modern trend of education, faculty members permit¬ ted themselves to “crack wise” at their annual dinner, held November 8, at the Pasadena athletic club. Integration and experiments re¬ ceived the impact of the burlesque. A reading by Miss Katherine Kes- ter, dramatics teacher, “Our New Department of Animal Husband¬ ry,” was especially aimed at the orientation system. Centering around the “John Dewey Day School for Dogs,” the reading told about the dog who learned nothing except the ability to understand “self.” Even the menu was subject to the “New Deal in Education,” theme of the banquet. Guests were permitted to satisfy their hunger with: I, Correlated Cocktails; II, Sup¬ plementary (silent) soup; III In¬ tensely integrated salad, with uni¬ fied dressing; IV Core curriculum, which included (a) Indoctrinated fowl with Gestalt dressing, (b) project potatoes, (c) vitalized vegetables, (d) accelerated rolls; V Terminal pudding with motivated sauce; and IV, extra-curricular coffee. A humorous talk by Dr. John A. Sexson, superintendent of schools, music by the Bulldog band, under the direction of Audre L. Stong, and a short play, “Integration Demonstration,” by the “faculty roughnecks,” assisted by John A. Anderson, dean of records, and George H. Merideth, deputy super¬ intendent of schools, completed the somewhat informal program. The meeting was then adjourned to the dance and bridge salons. Honor guests included Dr. Sex- son, Mr. Merideth, and members of the board of education. С. C. Stewart, counselor, was toastmas¬ ter, and Miss Dixon was general chairman of the banquet. Activity Center Is To J House Fountain, Bank, Bookstore and Offices Plans For Opening Depend On Rapidity Departments Make Their Final Moves; Hope Structure Personifies Activities Of Students Rehabilitation of the junior college campus reaches the completion of its first big project when the student union building becomes the center of student activities after its formal dedication and opening during the forthcoming week. “I am especially happy to see the student union building about to open. The administration sincerely wishes this struc- 8 Extempore Winners Will Enter Finals Winner of Speech Contest Will Be Presented With Medal ture to personify the junior col¬ legians and their activities,” ex¬ plained Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal. Plans for the opening, formed by Bud Paulson, Pauline Stevens, John Benton, Phil Hawgood and Carter Cordner, depend on the date, which is now indefinite. This date will be within the next three school days, however, de¬ pending upon the rapidity with which the various departments make their final move. To Hold Open House Eight winners of the Arnold Extemporaneous speech contest tryouts, supervised by Mrs. Irene Sage Peters, will vie in the ban¬ quet finals at the Lighted Candle, Thursday, November 15, at 6 p. m. Dow Parks, Carl Deisenroth, Chester Radford, Millard Kaler, Harold Berg, Virginia Sydnor, Ruth Johnson and Marion Picton were chosen as finalists, last Tues¬ day. Miss Jessie Paxton, English instructor; Maurice Hoerger, busi¬ ness education; and Leon Yakeley, social science, acted as judges for the preliminaries. C. 0. Arnold, sponsor, will pre¬ sent the victor with a diamond medal at the finals where the win¬ ner will be chosen by audience de¬ cision. Guests will include Dr. and Mrs. John W. Harbeson, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O’Mara, Miss Catherine J. Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Anderson, Miss Ida Hawes, admin¬ istration; Dr. and Mrs. John A. Sexson, George H. Merideth, heads of Pasadena school system; Miss Katherine Kester, Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, Earl D. Davis, speech instructors; Murray G. Hill, Eng¬ lish department chairman; Dr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Lembke, Maxine Thompson, editor of Chronicle; Benjamin Ludden, Campus editor; Eleanor Northrup, student body president, and other officers of the board; members of Phi Rho Pi, debating fraternity; members of Delta Psi Omega, national drama organization; presidents and vice- presidents of Players’ Guild and Bauble and Bells; managers of upper division and lower division dramatics, oratory and debate. Bach Musical Will Be Given An invitation is extended to all students to attend a musical de¬ voted to the compositions of Bach which will be presented by students of the music department, Novem¬ ber 15, at 3:15 in the Bleeker house, according to Mrs. K. W. Barnard, instructor of music, Helen Lesh will speak on Bach, the man, chorales will be sung by groups from the voice classes and mixed choruses, and George Rich¬ ardson will play the famous “Air for 'the G String,” as a cello solo. Betty Over, Munson Hovey, Iso- bel Munn, Priscilla Fox and Doro¬ thy Pfeiffer will play solos for the piano, and a mixed quartet com¬ posed of Eunice Throne, Thelma Lucas, Stanley Meacham and Stan¬ ley Taft will sing the Hallelujah” from the “Christmas Oratorio.” Library Open To Students Due to unforseen difficulties in the removing of the steel girders of the old auditorium, according to Miss W. E. Skinner, head librarian, the library remained closed last week. Original plans called for the removal of the entire girders by swinging them over the auditorium wall, but because the building would not stand the strain, the gir¬ ders were removed in pieces. During the time that the library was closed, reserve books were cir¬ culated from the stage in the ad¬ ministration building, for the dura¬ tion of one period at a withdrawal. The junior college bookstore will be housed in its permanent quar¬ ters there as will the bank, which is now to be found in the administra¬ tion building. A modern fountain replete with tile and leather chairs is now fully installed in the struc¬ ture located on the former wom¬ en’s hockey field east of the wom¬ en’s gym. “Student body offices with facili¬ ties for each student officer will centralize extra-curricular activi¬ ties in this modern addition to the campus. The board of representa¬ tives invites every collegian to visit our new quarters,” said El¬ eanor Northrup, student body pres¬ ident. If the opening falls on Thurs¬ day or next Monday a special as¬ sembly is planned. Dr. Harbeson will formally dedicate the build¬ ing at this time. Other features of this special gathering include a musical program by the Bull¬ dog Band under the direction of Audre L. Stong and a short mes¬ sage by Eleanor Northrup. At the conclusion of the ceremonies a tour of the student center is planned. Fountain, bookstore and bank service will be avail¬ able all day. Lodges Bank, Bookstore A student body open house will be held in the afternoon from 3 to 5 p. m. at which time all student body officers will be present to show students over the building and acquaint them with the student government of the junior college. Flowers in the form of typical congratulatory bouquets have been promised by the restrictive clubs, Chronicle, Campus and other local organizations. They will be promin¬ ently displayed to carry out the opening theme. Several other important addi¬ tions will be annexed in the future as quickly as funds are available. Publications will be located there in the form of Chronicle, Campus and Vo-Mag sanctums. Men’s and women’s lounges and a complete social hall are provided for in the second story layout. It is also the hope of the administration that the grounds surrounding the student union building can be landscaped into the form of a park. Concerts To Be Presented To be presented among the se¬ ries of five concerts by the Young People’s Symphony concert group for the 1934-35 season, is the opera, “Hansel and Gretel,” as in¬ terpreted by the San Carlos grand opera company, according to Caro¬ lyn R. Powell, music instructor. This opera will be the third presentation in a series of five or¬ chestra concerts featuring the Los Angees Phiharmonic orchestra, the Pasadena Civic and the junior college symphony orchstras. The entire symphony concert se¬ ries is to be presented in the Civic auditorium during the 1934-35 season, and is open only to holders of season tickets. These may be procured from any member of the music faculty or from Miss Novak in the administration building office. Since no single tickets for any of these concerts are available, and the number of season tickets is limited, students are urged to buy or reserve their seats early. I