Pasadena Chronicle, November 19, 1937

JOE LANDISMAN BRINGS HOME FORENSIC BACON PASADENA CHRONICLE "PRESERVE YOUR IDENTITY WITH FINGERPRINTS" Vol. XXK Pasadena Junior College, Nov. 19, 1937 No. 11 Pasadena Wins Western States Oratory Title Board Begins Fingerprint Project Registration Starts Monday At Booths On Campus Installation of fingerprinting booths on Pasadena junior college campus was announced this week by Bob Stapleton, student body president. Registration of finger¬ prints will be optional. Booths will be established at various points surrounding the campus, end will be run by stu¬ dents who have been studying- the process of fingerprinting under Mr. Higgins, chairman of the Lions’ Youth Council. Taking of prints will start Monday, November 22. and will continue for several weeks, allowing for 100 per cent registration. REGISTRATION OPTIONAL “I wish to impress on students the fact that registration of prints is entirely optional. We are under¬ taking this project for the better¬ ment of the school and will appre¬ ciate full cooperation from the stu¬ dents. Students should realize that having their fingerprints on file will be an aid to them as well as to the office,” according to Bob. Stapleton, student bodv president. Pasadena junior college is the second school in Pasadena, to have civilian fingerprinting. Muir Tech adopted this system last year and has reported successful results. Eighty-five per cent of the students there ' registered their fingerprints voluntarily, while student officers exnect even a larger percentage this year. LISTS ADVANTAGES In listing some of the advantages and purposes of the project, _ Bob Stapleton gave: positive identifiea- Continued on Pagre Three Tests Scheduled For Second Triad Pasadena, junior college students will have a one-day period to get back into the swing of school life before plunging into second triad tests as faculty authorities have announced that the examinations will commence Tuesday, November 30, instead of the preceding Mon¬ day. Teachers have been asked by John A. Anderson, dean of records, to adhere strictly to the exam schedule. Departures from pre-ar¬ ranged order of examinations will be published in the Official Admin¬ istration Bulletin. Schedule is as follows: Tuesday, November 30; Social Studies Survey and Social Science daily classes; Business Education Survey and Business Education 12th year daily and upper division TTh classes; Mathematics daily and TTh classes; Language TTh classes: Music dailv and TTh clas¬ ses; Technology TTh classes; Phys¬ iography. Wednesday, December 1; Lan¬ guage MWF classes; Physical Sci¬ ence daily (except Survey) and MWF classes: Business Education 11th ve-rr daily and upper division MWF classes; Art daily and MWF classes: Philosophy. Thursday December 2; English TTh classes; Social Science TTh classes: Science TTh classes; Art TTh classes; Physical Education TTh classes; Technology _ daily classes: Home Economics daily and TTh classes: Orientation. Friday. December 3: Physical Science Survey; Technology MWF classes; Business Education upper division daily classes: Biological Science daily and MWF classes; Psychology: Music MWF classes; Business English 1A; Language dailv classes. Monday, December 6 ; Humanities Survev : Social Science MWF clas¬ ses; Mathematics MWF classes; Home Economics MWF classes: Business Education 12th year MWF classes; English MWF classes. COMING EVENTS Friday, Nov. 19 — F r e s h m a n dance, Altadena recreation center Wednesday, Nov. 24 — J unior- Senior dance, Civic auditorium Friday, Dec. 3 — Alpha Gamma Sigma party Saturday, Dec. 4 — Football ban¬ quet, Newman dance, Altadena Golf club Dec. 9, 10, 11 — Light opera, “Stu¬ dent Prince” Friday, Dec. 18 — So p h о m о r e dance. MRS. PRESTON S. VAUGHAN 'World Peace' To Be Forum Topic Mrs. Preston Stanley Vaughan, orator, playwright, and distin¬ guished feminine journalist, will speak at the Tuesday evening For¬ um lecture series next Tuesday eve¬ ning, November 29. Her subject will be “The A-B-C of World Peace.” Mrs. Vaughan’s talk will mark the last of the lectures falling un¬ der the November topic of “Inter¬ national Affairs.” December topic will be “Government,” which will be opened by Dr. Earl Cranston, Redlands university, with his sub¬ ject, “Just What Is Russia Plan¬ ning?” Mrs. Vaughan is the wife of the Hon. Crawford Vaughan, former premier of S. Australia, who lec¬ tured in America during the War and later delivered the Lowell Lec¬ tures at Boston under President Lawrence Lowell of Harvard. Mrs. Vaughan has had the honor of being the first and only woman ever elected to the Parliament of Australia, N.S.W. and has been ac¬ claimed by the press of her country as one of the greatest speakers of the day. Geologists Collect In Santa Ana Mountains Pockets and knapsacks bulging with fossils, results of their day’s picking and hunting, the Pasadena junior college geologists made their way homeward from the field trip to the Santa Ana, mountains, Ar¬ mistice day, November 11. The trip began shortly after 9 a. m. in Black Star canyon, and ended at 3 p. m. in the vicinity of Rabbit canyon. After the official ending of the trip, some of the fossil-fiends, spurred on by geology instructor, E. E. Van Ani- ringe, searched for another half- hour at Alison canyon. The Santa Ana mountains are of a peculiar formation, parts of which are highly fossiliferous. They were formed by great masses of complex, ancient rocks, pushed by the underlying rocks of the Los An¬ geles -basin, which bent up, expos¬ ing abundant marine fossils. One student was fortunate enough to discover an excellent specimen of ammonite, probably the best ever found! in this vicinity. For those who are not geologically-minded, an ammonite is an extinct type of snail. This specimen was perhaps a foot and a half long and weighed approximately twenty pounds. NEWMANITES PLAN ANNUAL FALL DANCE With Leo Carrillo as honorary patron, the Newman club annual fall dance will be held Saturday, December 4, following the football banquet at the Altadena Golf and Country club. Bob Mohr’s orchestra has been obtained for this event, which is to be an open dance. Newman members will play host to all junior collegians at this, their first big event of the fall semester. Contrary to the usual semi-formal occasions, this dance will be sport. Bids may be secured from Newman club members. REIDY ON STATE COMMITTEE David W. Reidy, director of late afternoon and evening classes here, has been appointed as a member of the newly-formed adult education committee, working in conjunction with the California Teacher’s Asso¬ ciation. The committee will study various phases of the adult educa¬ tion program as it exists in Cali¬ fornia, and as it should be prac¬ ticed. Job Experts Talk Today Periodic Vocational Conference Called For Assembly Hour Prominent speakers from many fields will address Pasadena junior college students this morning in 35 vocational conferences at 9:50 a. m. Speakers were chosen by the a&ninistrative heads of the departments and by the student vocational council with a view toward broadening the students’ vo¬ cational outlook, according to Joe Landisman chairman of the council. For students that do not wish to attend any vocational meeting a sound picture of the construction of the Golden Gate bridge will be shown in the auditorium by the Engineering club. Outsiders as well as students are invited to attend this feature, according to Arthur G. Gehrig, adviser of the club. “As we are in buildings this year, and no longer informally scattered in tents, Vocational Day will be much easier to handle, and thus a more important and suc¬ cessful day than it has been be¬ fore,” said Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of guidance. PROGRAMS LISTED ' Departments, student sponsors, speakers, subjects and rooms are as follows: ART — Don Kubly; Kem Weber, industrial designer, “How We Can Become Useful in the Industrial Field,” 300C; Merle Armitage, im- pressario, music, art, dance, “Art as a Vocation,” 211C. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE— Vir¬ ginia Patterson; Dr. Thomas Har¬ ter, chief of staff, Pasadena Emer¬ gency Hospital, “Work and Prob¬ lems of Emergency Hospital,” 101D; Miss Nellie Porter, Director of Nurses for 5th District of Calif., “Present Field of Nursing,” Wo¬ men’s Gym; Roy Tuttle, director, Recreation Campus and Play¬ grounds for L.A. County, Moving Pictures of Recreation and Winter Sports, 104D; Dr. С. M. Woodward, Dentist, “Requirements of a Dental Asistant,” 117D. BUSINESS EDUCATION— Joe Landisman; Harold Schaffer, Junior Vice-President, First Trust and Sa¬ vings Bank of Pasadena, “Bank¬ ing as a Career,” 12C; Harvey Christianson, Lockheed Aircraft Corp, “Opportunities for the Ac¬ countant,” 18C; Fred McMillan, General Agent, Penn, Mutual In¬ surance Co., “Futures in Insur¬ ance,” 240C; Miss Louise Hunt, Personnel Manager, Pasadena Branch, Security First National Bank, “Secretarial Opportunities,” East End of Library. ENGLISH — Owen Sloan; Ralph C. • Irmy, Pasadena Community Playhouse, “Profesional Aspects of Drama,” 158C; Miss Meredith Smith, E. P. Dutton Publishing Co., Continued on Page Three Soledad Mountain Goal Of Rock-Seekers Students of the geology classes, led by Edwin V. VanAmringe, geol¬ ogy instructor at Pasadena junior college, will embark on their fifth field trip of the current semester, Saturday, November 20. The gold mines of Soledad mountain will be one of the objectives of the tour. Leaving at 8 a. m., private cars will take the rock seekers to the mines near Mojave where an ex¬ tensive educational tour will be made, presenting to students the methods used and the ores to be found in the vicinity. To complete the day rocks and minerals are to be collected in the Rosamond hills of Red Rock canyon. Sunday will find the Mineralogi- cal Society of Southern California conducting a trip in the near vicin¬ ity and some of the students are planning to stay overnight to at¬ tend, although the official geology excursion is ended Saturday eve- ning. PARADE POSITIONS VOTED APPOINTIVE According to action taken by the Student Body Board Wednesday morning, positions as student man¬ ager, cashiers, and head salesmen on the 1938 New Year’s grandstand will be filled by appointment this year. Students will be appointed upon application and without pay. Eligibility cards may be obtained in the student body office or at Window 1 in the records office and must be returned to the Student Body -Office, with grades to date, by 4 o’clock on Monday, November 22. The bandsmen and other stu¬ dent groups have already offered their services as salesmen, ushers, and assistants to the appointed officers. JOSEPH LANDISMAN PACIFIC COAST CHAMPION ORATOR Student Prince7 Cast Rehearses As Production Date Draws Near With the production dates approaching, rehearsals are in prog¬ ress for the coming production of the light opera, “The Student Prince," is to be presented by the music department of Pasadena junior college, under the direction of Miss Lula C. Parmley. A matinee performance is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, December 9, while evening offer¬ ings of the light opera will be pre¬ sented Friday and Saturday, De¬ cember 10 and 11. All PJC students are able to ob¬ tain tickets at the matinee at re¬ duced rates. Coupon No. 19 in the student body book may be used as a 25-cent credit toward any seat. Groups from other high schools and colleges are planning to attend. In previous years the music de¬ partment has given such light operas as “The Red Mill,” “The Prince of Pilsen,” “Sweethearts” (by Victor Herbert) and many others. Fashion Show Feature Of Assembly Next Wednesday Nov. 2 4 Future fashions will be shown at a fashion show during the as¬ sembly program for Wednesday, November 24, at 9:50 a. m. Evelyn Calvert, campus representative for Nash’s department store, is work¬ ing with Hank Swafford, secretary of activities, in completing plans for the program. Nash’s will furnish the women’s fashions to be modeled, while eith¬ er Nash’s or Hoelscher’s clothing store will provide the men’s cloth¬ ing. Organ or orchestral accom¬ paniment is being arranged to act as a background while the fashions are being shown, according to Swafford. 1200 PERFORMANCES During the period of construct¬ ing the main buildings it was not possible to continue these, but now that the new auditorium is avail¬ able, the music department is again resuming this type of pro- Continued on Page Three Under the former Friday sched¬ ule, classes throughout the day were shortened five minutes to al¬ low for the 33-minute assembly period. Under the new schedule, classes before the assembly will be shortened the usual five minutes, and classes following assembly will be shortened eight minutes. After 4 p. m. classes will meet on the hour according to regular schedule. ENGINEERING CLUB INSPECTS PLANT Participating in a field trip to military bases and a power plant in the Long Beach-San Pedro vicinity, sixty Engineering club members visited the 40-million dollar steam station of the Southern California Edison Company on Terminal Is¬ land. Ideally located in regard to nat¬ ural gas and fuel supplies, as well as the infinite supply of cold ocean water for condensing purposes, the plant is capable of continuously producting 550,000 horse-power. Fortifications of the Fort MacAr- thur harbor defense were inspected and the Engineers were shown the methods of computing ranges for the coast artillery guns. Of special interest were the mobile anti-air¬ craft guns ,able to fire 30 shells per minute with an 85 degree vertical range of 16,000 feet. FRATERNITY NAMES NEW MEMBERS Newly-elected members of the PJC chapter of Zeta Gamma Phi, national honorary art fraternity, include Margaret Bacon, Joy de Longe, Elizabeth Madley, Jessie Koyama, Beth Lewis, Hank Howell and Jack Griffin. SPECIAL ASSEMBLY WILL MEET MONDAY A special assembly is to be held Monday, November 22, featuring entertainment and an explanation of the advantages of civilian fin¬ gerprinting. The assembly will be given twice, once during each lunch period so that all students might attend. Everett Pitzer, Lion club presi¬ dent, will talk on the use of civilian fingerprinting and its purpose. Bob Stapleton will then explain how registration will be carried on here at Pasadena junior college and will probably give location of booths here on the campus. Helen Vaughn, secretary of oral arts, will then give a short talk concerning finger¬ printing here. Stapleton, who has been working on the project for the past few weeks, will he in charge of the assembly. Special entertain¬ ers who will perform at the as¬ sembly have been obtained by Bob Stapleton. G. R. GROSE TO LEAD RELIGIOUS CONCLAVE Dr. George R. Grose, former president of DePauw University and now a feature writer for the Star-News, will lead a student dis- cusion group on religious philoso¬ phy in the Little Theatre on Tues¬ day afternoons from 3 to 4 o’clock. Students have expressed a desire for such a group and Dr. Grose has consented to conduct the weekly discussions until Christmas vaca¬ tion. The first meeting of the se¬ ries was held Tuesday, November 9. PRINCIPAL AT CONFERENCE Dr. John W. Harbeson attended the meeting of the National Youth Administration Committee on Pro¬ cedure at Occidental College on Saturday, November 13. Landisman Gives Prize Oration Cartwright-Moore Reach Debate Finals; Beaten By Utah Joseph Landisman won first honors for Pasadena junior college in the Bakersfield forensic tourna¬ ment, held November 11, 12 and 13, with his oration, “The North¬ west Passage.” For his speech, a description of the work of Russian explorers in the Arctic, he was given a gold cup, to be kept as a permanent award by PJC. Phil Cartwright and Dick Moore, entered as Class “A” team in the junior debate division, reached the finals of their field, but were beaten by a strong team from Weber Col¬ lege of Ogden, Utah. Cartwright and Moore were one of the three teams which remained undefeated throughout the preliminaries. FOURTH IN ORATORY Raymond Simpson placed fourth in oratory, second and third places being taken by Bakersfield and Los Angeles junior college, respectively. Landisman won this event. Jean Valentine, winner of the Ar¬ nold extemporaneous speaking con¬ test held here last Tuesday, repre¬ sented Pasadena in extemporaneous speaking, and was defeated in the semi-finals by one point. In addition to the above men¬ tioned, two other debate teams were sent to the contest. Jean Valentine and Raymond Simpson in class “A,” and Helen Vaughn and William Magginetti in class “B.” DEBATE TOPIC The Phi Delta Kappa national debate topic, “Resolved: that the National Labor Relations Board shall be empowered to enforce arbi¬ tration in all industrial disputes,” was- the debate subject for the con¬ test. “The tournament was very suc¬ cessful in that it proved excellent practice for those who partici¬ pated,” said Earl Davis, debate coach, “and I wa,s pleased with the showing that our representatives made. To tell the truth, I didn’t Continued on Page Three Freshman Open Dance Is Tonight Featuring Hal Lomen-’s orches¬ tra, the freshman class will hold an open dance this evening at 8:30 o’clock at the Altadena Recreation Hall. Bids selling at 50 cents apiece may be purchased at the student bank. Freshmen will be admitted free and may obtain bids at the bank. In anticipation of the coming Thanksgiving vacation, the holiday has been selected as the theme for the affair. Carrying this theme out in decoration is Patty Fra.yne, in charge of a committee of freshman class members. Jean MacKay is in charge of re¬ freshments, while Margaret Will¬ iams has arranged for the orches¬ tra. Dress for the affair will be informal. Bids bearing a dull gold turkey with an orange background have been printed to add to the holiday theme of the occasion. Barbara Graham is in charge of bids. AMS STAG POSTPONED An AMS Stag, originally sched¬ uled for this past Wednesday, has been postponed until December 15. The Bulldog Band will present a stunt as the feature of the program which includes dproximately twelve stunts put on by various clubs. WEEK'S NEWS Western states oratory title won by Joe Landisman. Debate team reaches finals, but defeated by Utah. Page 1. Student body board plans fin¬ gerprinting and other projects. Page 1. Senior- junior dance planned for after Caltech game. Page 3. Vocational Day conferences feature array of speakers. Page 1. Preparation for music depart¬ ment light opera,, “The Student Prince,” increases as production dates draw near. Page 1. Three PJC faculty members receive doctors’ degrees after years of intensive study and writings. Page 3. Jean Valentine named winner in Arnold extemporaneous speak¬ ing contest. Page 3.