Pasadena Chronicle, November 15, 1929

Number 8 Volume XXI Pasadena, California, Friday, November 15, 1929. Music Department Will Take Part in Weekly Civic Concert at Memorial Park, Sunday - ♦ - Entire Personnel of Music Department Will Be Called Upon to Take Part in Interesting Program in Con¬ junction With Local Civic Group CONCERTS ARE IN ADDITION TO OPERA, VESPERS - 4 - Emil Briano, Violinist, Is Featured in Musical Program; Miss Parmley, Miss Childs, Mrs. Miller Will Have Complete Charge of Afternoon’s Events - 4 - Although the monthly vesper services were inaugurated on Sun¬ day, November 3, and opera prac¬ tice is to start in a few weeks, the music department is practicing a program for the weekly civic con¬ cert. This concert is to he held Sunday, November 17, at Memorial park. All branches of the music de¬ partment, including men s and women’s Glee clubs, P. J- C. band, Euterpean singers, male quartet, girls’ double sextet, and brass quartet are participating. Mrs. Amy Grau Miller and Pansy Hai- ' gazian will be the accompanists; Miss Carrie Sharp will direct the Men’s Glee club and the Girls’ Dou¬ ble sextet. Miss Lula C. Parmley, head of the music department, will direct the Women’s Glee club and Euterpean Singers. Emil Briano, violinist, is to play two selections, and a reading will be given by Geraldine Anderson. Program 1. Semper Fidelis . Sousa Swiss Boy . - . Bent (Cornet duet with band accom¬ paniment, George Coates and Lewis Franklin) . Lustpiel . Keler Bela P. J. C. Band 2. Down by the Sea . Penn The Torch Dance- . Germain The Lost Chord . Sullivan (P. J. C. Men’s Glee club) Miss Sharp, Pansy Haigazian 3. Meditation (from Thais) . . Massenet Schon Rosmarin . Kreisler -fr - English Teachers Entertained Nov. 6 — 4— Acting as host to English teach¬ ers at a breakfast to be given No¬ vember 16, at the Pasadena Com¬ munity Playhouse; Murray Hill, head of the English department, says, “This meeting is merely a friendly gathering to unite repre¬ sentatives of Whittier, Pomona, Scripps, U.S.C. and other junior colleges.” Breakfast will be served at ele¬ ven a.m., followed by an informal hour of discussion and “idea-swap¬ ping”. In the afternoon delegates will be guests of P.J.C. at the pro¬ duction, “Man and Superman”. - 1 - CAMPAIGN FOR GAME Students Urged to Distribute Posters to Towns Near to Pasadena — 4— Students with cars are need¬ ed to form a “flying squadron” which will cover nearby towns with advertising and publicity for football games and other college events. The squadron must get under j way this week with advertising For the Phoenix and Long Beach games. If you can work with this organization, see Larry Smith, Herbert Harris, or Doug McMann. Larry Smith will be in the office of the pub¬ licity bureau fifth period today to interview applicants. Publicity Bureau Active Emil Briano, Mrs. Miller The Publicity Bureau is running (Continued on Page 3) - 4 - - Hydrophobia Hound Gets Loose Nov. 22 Gnashing its teeth and frothing at the mouth, the latest edition of the “Mad Dog”, will he ready on November 22, and promises to eclipse all of its predessors. For the nominal charge of 25 cents, this masterpiece of humor may be ob¬ tained. One of its main attractions is a big feature athletic story by Mannie Pineda, which includes the line-ups of the upper and lower division teams for the all-import- ant frays with Long Beach. Ruth Pfeifer’s feature story on past Pasadena — Long Beach struggles has been gleaned from an inter¬ view with James O’Mara, and an¬ other feature story by Eve Violet- te entitled “Faculty Football” will enliven the pages of this super¬ heated publication. Lillian Holbrook, art editor, is arranging some original work, featuring cartoons by Dwight Crandall and Harlow Parker. The cover has not yet been decided upon, but several designs are being considered. Wallace Kadel Elected to U.C.L.A. Dramatic Society —4— Wallace Kadel, a graduate of Pasadena high school, was recently elected to membership in U. C. L. A. Dramatics society. This society produces all the major dramatic presentations of U. C. L. A. Mem¬ bership is based on the successful completion of competitive try-outs which are judged by the society as a whole. Mr. Kadel is now a junior in the college of letters and science and is majoring in history. a big campaign for the Phoenix game here next Saturday, and for the games at Long Beach Saturday and Thanksgiving day. Believing that people from surrounding towns should he interested in the inter - sectional game when the powerful team from Phoenix, Ar¬ izona comes to Pasadena, the Bu¬ reau is advertising the game in the nearby towns through placing posters there, and sending news stories to their local newspapers. Efforts are being made to have the game announced over the broadcasting outfit at the Rose Bowl when Cal-Tech plays Oxy there Saturday afternoon, and to have it announced over radio. Douglas McMann, Publicity Di¬ rector has personally organized and executed the campaign for “Seven Keys to Baldpate” which advertising has had many pleasing- comments. 24 Will Make Voyage to Honolulu for Game - 4 - - Upon the recomendation of the administration, the board of repre¬ sentatives at its regular Tuesday meeting voted to send twenty-two men and two faculty members to Hawaii for the Kamehameha game. This will allow two complete teams accompanied by Coach Baker and Dean James P. O’Mara to make the voyage. The cost of sending the team to the islands is so high that it is doubtful if another con¬ tract will be signed with Kameha¬ meha. The date of the next combined meeting of the administration, board, cabinet, and student court was set for December 6. A system of filling vacancies in the “Fresh¬ man Thirty” with new students as the old ones move to higher grades was approved. Superintendent Sexson Commends Spirit at Armistice Day Game in Rose Bowl Mr. John W. Harbeson, Sir: It was my very great pleasure to he the guest of the student bodies of the two schools represented by yourselves, at the Armis¬ tice Day football game. If you have an opportunity, I should appreciate it if you would take occasion to say to your student bodies that the Board of Edu¬ cation and the administrative corps of the entire system join with me in expressing to these student organizations our most hearty appreciation of the fine spirit exhibited during the course of this game and the fine attitude maintained throughout the entire after¬ noon. The display of the bands, the rooting sections, and all that went with the game was a most desirable expression of school spirit and has been commented on quite widely throughout the city in a very favorable way by those of our citizens who saw this program. I believe if the spirit and the color of this occasion can be kept up, that this Armistice Day afternoon will grow in the city and that increasingly large crowds will attend upon and give support to our athletic events as a result of the fine spirit and tils fine attitude which this inter-school game has developed. Please let me say to all of you that we most sincerely thank you and appreciate the fine type of student body self-government that will make such an event as this possible and in this way con¬ tribute so much to the success of our schools. Most sincerely yours, J. A. Sexson, Superintendent. Advertising Contest Attracts Many Students; Business Men of Pasadena Sponsor Parley - 4 - Silver Loving Cup to Be Presented to Winning Speaker; Eleven Contestants Vie for First Place; Similar Contests Held Before FINALS TO BE AT MARYLAND HOTEL BANQUET - 4 - Contest Is First of the Year; Thirty-Two Speakers Heard in Elimination Contest; Two Members of Faculty Judge Contest - 4 - Means of Choosing Opera Cast Set — ♦ — ■ Participation in the opera is to be a distinguished honor this year, according to Miss Lula C. Parm¬ ley, head of the music department and director of the annual produc¬ tion. The administration has rec¬ ognized this annual opera of the music department as a school event. As a result, a standard for participation has been set. All members of the cast and chorus must be passing in all subjects. Late rehearsals for the opera will not be accepted as a legitimate ex¬ cuse for not doing the assigned home work. Miss Parmley has made the additional requirement of an A or В in glee club to qual¬ ify for a part in the opera. This does not restrict the opera to pres¬ ent glee club students. Those who expect to be in the opera should inform Miss Parmley of their in¬ tentions. One hundred will participate in the opera this year, excluding dancers and orchestra. - 4 - - Cord , Cotton Hop Tomorrow Night Informal festivities will prevail at the senior cord and cotton hop to be held tomorrow night at the Masonic Temple. Bids will be sold at the door but may he secured now at the east student body office for $1.00. It is necessary to have paid class dues in order to attend the dance, and one member of each couple must he a senior. Many interesting features have been planned for, among them a costume dance by Helen McMast- ers. Decorations will be carried out with red and white in a colleg¬ iate motif. Dance music will be furnished by Capt. L. H. Love and his Musical Musketeers, those who do not care to dance may play bridge. Mary Jenkins heads the social committee with Radford Dartneil and Mary Louise Shea as her assistants. The publicity commit¬ tee is under the direction of Kent Dickerman. Music, Amusements Planned for Jinx Music and entertainment will feature the frosh-junior jinx De¬ cember 4 in the junior college audi¬ torium. Program will include hired vau¬ deville entertainers. The main fea¬ ture will be Earl Burtnett’s Bilt- more trio. They record for Bruns¬ wick and are nationally known. According to Hugh Anderson, president of the junior class, a pre¬ view will replace these entertainers if they cannot be obtained. Entertainment will start at 3:30 p. m. The entire student body is invited for 25 cents. Debate Season to Open December 6 — ♦ — Coach Glenn Lembke is lining up his upper division debaters in pre¬ paration for the first league debate which will occur on December 6. The question to be discussed is, “Resolved: That the installment plan is detrimental to the welfare of society.” Pasadena’s opponent is to be Riverside junior college. The debate will take place at Riverside. Pasadena will take the negative in this fray. A Pasadena affirmative team will meet a Glendale negative team here either December 5 or 12, debating on the installment plan problem. The Riverside encounter assumes importance as it is the first conference debate of the sea¬ son and the outcome has bearing- on Pasadena’s standing in the league. Candidates for the affirmative team are: Geraldine Anderson, Mark Gates, Barbara Phillips, and Glenn Reed. Those out for the negative are: Delbert Brown, Ed¬ ward Davis, Elva Emerson, Alfred Echerich, Aletha Lomax, and Don¬ ald Mclsaacs. There will doubtless be changes in the line-ups. Several practice debates are to be held Fines Off Nov. 6 States Librarian The first “fineless” day since this year’s inauguration of library fines, fell upon Wednesday, No¬ vember 6. “I hope the time will not be far off when we will he able to sus¬ pend the fine system,” said Miss Winifred E. Skinner, librarian, “and if the students respond prop¬ erly, I know it will come to pass.” Miss Skinner also feels that stu¬ dents are becoming more respon¬ sible owing to the fact that fines have materially decreased in com¬ parison with last year’s. A list of new library books will be published shortly when it is complete. From time to time the library presents various exhibits dealing with subjects of interest. Also the magazine rack is fast becoming a rack of worthwhile current events. Either of these features is worth time of the student. R.L. Ashley Returns From Convention Roscoe L. Ashley, representing Pasadena junior college, led the discussion of courses of study at the Social Science convention held at Glendale, November 9. The short session included a talk by Dr. Rockwell Hunt of U. S. C., who spoke on his world trip, giving special emphasis to Hawaii, Japan, and the Philippine islands; and a review by Dean Griffings of the extension courses offered at San Bernardino junior college. Pianologues Head \ Assembly Program Frieda Peyche, world-known art¬ ist, who has just returned from a tour of the east including New York, presented pianologues in this morning’s assembly. Miss Peyche was in Pasadena last year. Her program, which included original numbers, featured the “Yosemite Legend.” The pieces are known for their variations ranging from hu¬ mor to pathos. To advertise “Seven Keys to Baldpate,” the Bauble and Bells dramatic club gave a short five- minute skit from the play which will be given November 22. TICKETS ARE PUT ON SALE — 4— Bauble and Bells Society Play Near Production; Prices 35c and. 50c - - 4 - Sale of tickets for Bauble and Bells dramatic production, “Seven Keys to Baldpate,” opens Monday, November 18, in the regular ticket office in the basement of the C building. Prices will be 35c and 50c. The sale will continue through the week. In an interview with members of the cast and the director, Kather¬ ine Kester, it was discovered that Jeanne Thomson, feminine lead, has had stage experience in plays at Washington and Marshall jun¬ ior high schools. She has also played in productions given at the Community Playhouse. When inter¬ viewed she said: “It’s been so thrilling rehearsing ‘Seven Keys,’ with blood curdling screams, pistol shots and ghosts; we are all shaky and nervous after practice. Miss Kester’s unselfish devotion of her time to our rehearsals has been wonderful.” “Elizabeth Porter, Mrs. Quimby, has changed materially in charac¬ ter since she played the feminine lead in ‘New Brooms.’ She has dis¬ tinguished herself in student direc¬ tion of plays,” Miss Kester said. Elizabeth was the student director and manager of the Bauble and Bells repertory play, “The Course of True Love.” She delighted dele¬ gates from California’s schools when she took the part of Viola in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” Bob Coops as Bland, one of the numerous villains, has nad active (Continued on Page 3) - 4 - - P.J.C. Sends Delegates to Speech Convention — 4— Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, dra¬ matics teacher, and Miss Irene S. Peters, instructor of speech, will be Pasadena’s official delegates to the west coast college speech teachers’ conference in San Francisco, No¬ vember 29 and 30. This is the first meeting of west¬ ern organization. Plans for affilia¬ tion with the national group of speech and dramatics professors are being made. The Southern California teach¬ ers held a meeting last Saturday at Occidental college. Thirty four- year colleges and two-year institu¬ tions were represented. Speakers included Miss Keppie of Pasadena, Profs. Charles Marsh, U. S. C.; Charles Lindsey of Oc¬ cidental; and Miss Florence Hub¬ bard, U. S. C. The first oratorical contest of this school year was marked by a satisfying turnout, according to Bill Dunkerly, student manager of this year’s advertising contest. Thirty-two students tried' out for entrance into the finals, to be spon¬ sored by the Advertising club, which has as its members, busi¬ ness men of this city who are in¬ terested in the furthering, and bet¬ tering, of advertising. It is their idea to interest the students of Pasadena junior college in finding and studying new ways of adver¬ tising by holding one of these con¬ tests each semester. The finals will be held at the Maryland hotel fol¬ lowing a banquet. A silver loving cup will be pre¬ sented to the winner of the finals chosen from the following: Bob Alexander, Virginia Bunch, Horace Cline, Edmund Dudley, Bill Dun¬ kerly, John Lowe, Wendell Mor¬ row, William Ramey, Arline Rin- gle, Katherine Summers, or Vir¬ ginia Theism. Miss Remsburg is coaching these selected eleven for the contest. Clinton O. Bay, Mrs. Helen M. Stone, and Mr. Sydner, representatives of the Advertising club, were the judges of the pre¬ liminaries. Some of the titles of the speeches were: “Why People Respond to Ad¬ vertising,” “History of Advei-tising in the United States,” “Present Possibilities in Chilian Advertis¬ ing,” “Honesty the Best Possibil¬ ity,” and “The Advertising Twins,” i a specialty combining advertising | slogans. These advertising contests have been held several previous semes¬ ters. The Advertising club hopes to continue them in the future. - 4 - - J.C. Math Courses Work of Committee - — ♦ — • Attempting to help the student who plans to complete his educa¬ tion to the end of the junior col¬ lege course, a state educational committee has been named by Vier- ling Kersey, superintendent of pub¬ lic instruction, to which Murray W. Haws of Pasadena has been ap¬ pointed. This appointment comes to Mr. Haws as a result of work along a similar line, the one on which the committee plans to work. This problem is to plan a junior college mathematics course which will be sufficient for the needs of the student who plans to enter a profession and who is unable to complete a course in a four-year college. - 4 - - Studio of Arts Recently Opened by P.H.S. Alumna — 4— A studio of arts has recently been opened by Miss Lois Linfield Brooks at 207 South Lake avenue. Miss Brooks was graduated from P. H. S. in 1924 and will be re¬ membered for her work in the art department. She was graduated from U. C. L. A. in 1928 and is a member of Delta Epsilon, national honorary art sorority, and of Delta Gamma, social sorority. Miss Brooks specializes in gift suggestions, bookbinding, pottery and clay modeling, costume design¬ ing, and many other types of arts and crafts. She also instructs classes and gives private lessons. Miss Alice V. Gertmenian, a grad¬ uate of the American Academy of Dramatic Art, has charge of dra¬ matic art at the studio.