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PATTERSON IS
WINNER
OF CONTEST
Vol. XXVIII
Chronicle
Pasadena, California, November 25, 1936
Hop Music
Due To Be
Broadcast
Hal Howard's Orchestra
To Go On Radio Over
KNX At 10:15
‘SHOWBOAT’ THEME
Junior-Senior Prom Will
Be Held Tonight
At Civic
JUNIOR-SENIOR
DANCE
IS TONIGHT
No. 12
Band Leader | Traffic Is
Topic Of
Tourney
For the first time in the history
of the Semi-annual dances given by
the Junior and Senior classes, a
half hour of the “Showboat” dance
program will be broadcast over sta¬
tion KNX from the exhibition hall
of the Pasadena Civic auditorium
this evening at 10:15 p. m., accord¬
ing to Jack Stocking, senior class
president. Arrangements have been
made for Hal Howard’s orchestra
to play for the dance and radio
program.
“Showboat” will be the theme
carried out for the dance. The
bandstand will be occupied by Hal
Howard and his melody orchestra
will be decorated to represent the
proverbial showboat, and the theme
will also be embodied in the hall
decorations. Members of the regu¬
lar art classes who make up the
decorations committee for the eve¬
ning have said that the decorations
will carry out the idea of the typi¬
cal old Southern Showboat which
plied up and down the Mississipp
river during the nineteenth cen¬
tury.
Patrons for the occasion will be
members of the Pasadena Board of
Education and Pasadena junior col¬
lege faculty. They include Mrs.
Louise B. Hoblit, president of the
board of education; Carl Z. Jack-
son, vice-president of the board;
Courtenay Monsen, secretary; Dr.
John A. Sexson, superintendent oi
public schools; George H. Merideth
and Drummond J. McCunn, deputy
superintendents of Pasadena
schools; and Jackson C. Thompson
and Dr. J. T. Parker Jr., members
of the board of education.
Members of the junior college
faculty who will attend the dance
as patrons will be the senior and
junior class advisers. Senior ad¬
visers are E. D. Cornelison, R. P.
Hays, Ruth Denning, Eleanor Ho¬
mer and Miss Ruth L. Conrad. A.
P. Hay, Everett Niday and Miss
Gladys Lee are the advisers for the
juniors. Patron arrangements were
in charge of Eloise Jones, secretary
of the senior class.
Students may obtain bids for the
dance today at the student body
offices in the Student Union build¬
ing, upon presentation of identifi¬
cation cards. Tickets are free to
all Pasadena junior college stu¬
dents when proper identification is
presented to officials, and the tick¬
ets may also be obtained at the
door tonight at 8:15.
Leading the orchestra for the Jun¬
ior and Senior prom tonight will
be Hal Howard, here pictured.
His orchestra has played in
many southland night spots, ac¬
cording to the orchestra com¬
mittee of the dance, and he has
a really good dance band.
Group Hears
Astronomer
In Meeting
Dr. F. G. Pease Speaks To
Sci-Math In First Of
Lecture Series
Deadline For
Election Set
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Wednesday, December 9 has been
announced as the deadline for ap¬
plication cards for student body
elective offices for next semester
according to Harry Rothrock, asso¬
ciate justice.
Twenty-four grade points are
necessary for eligibility for elec¬
tive positions and signed cards
with second triad grades should
be turned in before four o’clock a
week from next Wednesday. Pri¬
mary elections will be held on
Monday, December 14.
Final elections are scheduled for
Friday, December 18 at which time
the offices of student body presi¬
dent, senior, junior and sophomore
presidents, A. W. S. and A. M. S.
presidents, and a chief justice will
be chosen.
LITERARYGROUP
EXTENDS DEADLINE
Manuscripts Judged As Application
For Membership In Club
Dr. F. G. Pease, speaking on the
subject, “Pouring and Annealing
the 200-inch Disk,” was the main
attraction at the Sci-Math astron¬
omy lecture, according to David
M. Spaulding, member of the bio¬
logical science department here,
and president of the club. The
meeting was held in room 202E,
the Physical Science building, at
8:00 last night.
Plans were discussed concerning
a proposed Sci-Math trip to see the
processes of grinding which are
now under way On the mirror for
the 200-inch telescope, to be in¬
stalled at Palomar mountain in the
future.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Fretter, chair¬
man of the astronomical section of
Sci-Math, said about Dr. Pease,
“He is an astronomer of repute,
and has been long connected with
Mount Wilson. He aided in the en- i
gineering work on the 100-inch
telescope which is now at Mount
Wilson. His talk was interesting
and he is a very fine speaker.”
The next lecture sponsored by
Sci-Math is to be December 8, at
the same time and place as last
night’s gathering. The biological
science section is sponsoring this
lecture, and it is to be delivered
by Dr. H. G. Wilm, associate civil
culturist at San Dimas canyon.
His lecture will be on the subject
“Care of the National Forests.”
Furniture To
Be Exhibited
Franklin Patterson First
In Annual C. O. Arnold
Speech Contest
VALENTINE SECOND
"My Responsibilities” Is
Title of Winning Talk
Thursday Night
Franklin Patterson, last Thurs¬
day night, won the annual Arnold
Extemporaneous Speech contest
with his speech, “My Responsibil¬
ities.” The contest was held fol¬
lowing a dinner at the Altadena
Pines.
Other contestants and their
speeches on the general topic,
“Traffic Safety,” were Raymond
Simpson, with “Road Hogs;” Helen
Vaughn, “Carelessn ess;” Ruth
Gwinn, “Accidents of Common Oc¬
curence;” and Jean Valentine, “Fa¬
cing the Facts on Traffic Acci¬
dents.” Valentine won second place.
Patterson was awarded a gold
medal set with one diamond which
is given by C. 0. Arnold, each year.
The contest was started in 1928.
The speeches were judged by the
audience which consisted of the
faculty administration, former
winners, student body officers,
speech and drama teachers, Eng¬
lish teachers, members of Delta
Psi Omega, drama fraternity, and
officers of the drama clubs on the
campus.
Former winners present, who
were guests of honor, were Joe
Phelps, 1933; James Williams,
1932; Jack Layng, 1930; and the
first winner, Geraldine Anderson,
1928. Those unable to be present
were Marjory Leach, 1929; Ted
Lewis, 1931; Carl Deisenroth, 1934;
and Lloyd Howard, 1935.
Six contestants were chosen at
the preliminary tryouts held on
November 10 by the faculty judg¬
ing committee composed of Miss
Jessie Paxton, Mrs. Helen Stone
and Miss Nelle Remsberg, English
instructors, and Leon F. Yakeley,
social science instructor. Edith Mc-
Fee was also scheduled to speak
but was unable to do so at the last
minute.
Muriel Rash, secretary of oral
arts, presided at the banquet, and
Clarabel Dugan, chairman of ora¬
tory, was in charge of the contest.
Mrs. Irene S. Peters, public speak¬
ing instructor, is the faculty chair¬
man for the contest each year.
Schedule For
Second Triad
Tests Is Told
Tests for the second triad will
begin the Tuesday after Thanks¬
giving, according to John A.
Anderson, dean of records. Any
changes will be announced in
the classes which are affected.
Tuesday, December 1: busi¬
ness education 12th year daily
and upper division TTh classes;
mathematics daily and TTh
classes; technology TTh classes;
language TTh classes; music
daily and TTh classes; home
economics daily and TTh classes;
orientation ; physiography.
Wednesday, December 2: lan¬
guage MWF classes; business
education 11th year daily and
upper division MWF classes;
art daily and MWF classes.
Thursday, December 3: Eng¬
lish TTh classes, social science
daily and TTh classes; science
TTh classes; art TTh classes;
physical education TTh classes;
technology daily classes.
Friday, December 4: technol¬
ogy classes; business education
upper division daily; biological
science daily and MWF classes;
physical education daily and
MWF classes; psychology; mu¬
sic MWF classes; business Eng¬
lish 1A; language daily classes;
physical science survey
Monday, December 7 : social
science MWF classes; mathe¬
matics MWF classes; home
economics MWF classes; philo¬
sophy; business education 12th
year MWF classes; English
MWF classes; humanities sur¬
vey.
Pasadena Is Host To
Annual Meeting Of
Teachers’ Association
Three Day Meeting To Include Debate, Choral,
Extemporaneous Work; Verse Speaking Choir
Will Perform November 27
Starting tomorrow morning, Pasadena will be host to the annual
convention of the Western Association of Teachers of Speech, with
Mrs. Irene S. Peters, junior college speech teacher, acting as hostess,
to a special program which follows directly on the heels of the annual
speech tournament, finishing today.
The convention, which is composed of speech teachers from the
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tor service
By Post 13
American Legion Honors
Bandsman’s Service
To School
Four Elected
Members Of
Honor Club
Beta Phi Gamma Informal
Initiation Planned
Next Week
A further extension of the dead¬
line of the Nom de Plume, honor¬
ary writer’s organization, has been
granted, and all aspirants to the
club will have until Thanksgiving
to submit their work for criticism.
The manuscripts are offered as ap¬
plication for membership in the
club.
“The deadline has been ex¬
tended,” said Prouse, “to offer the
students who have not yet found
the time to write their manuscripts
the time to do so.”
Prouse again urged students
who are interested to submit manu¬
scripts, and cited several benefits
that in his opinion mav be obtained
through the club
Modern furniture, designed by
■the Art Structure Class 62A, is the
subject of the third art exhibition
in the library and administration
buildings sponsored by Zeta Gam¬
ma Phi, honorary art fraternity.
This exhibition, which will be on
display November 30, represents
the first three problems done in
that class.
According to Miss Helen B.
Hunt, instructor, it is for the pur¬
pose of showing the practical value
of an art structure class. The de¬
signs use such textures and materi-
ials as strips of wood or metal.
Students who have work repre¬
sented in the exhibition are Betty
Backus, Carolyn Boschke, Betty
Burton, Phyllis Caspary, Rachael
Colvin, Rose Karsh, Frieda Klas-
sen, Thomas Laursen, Jeanne Ma¬
ther, Robert Reece, Lee Ruggles,
Walter Scott, Art Shipman, Julia
M. Slucky and Castleman Wilson.
NRICC TO GATHER
During class meetings today, a
meeting of the non-restrictive in¬
ter-club council will be held in
100T. “All presidents, unable to
attend, should see that their club
is represented,” urged Bill Weil
secretary of organizations.
Fencing Club
To Organize
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Not included in the list of jun¬
ior college extra curricular activi¬
ties since 1933, a fencing club is
now in process of formation, ac¬
cording to Bob Broaddus, a fencer
and junior college student.
A meeting to discuss plans for
the projected club will be held in
room 100T, at 10:00 a.m. today.
All students both men and women,
are invited to attend the meeting,
according to Broaddus.
John McKee, president of the
California Guardsmen, will speak
if he can be secured by the stu¬
dents in charge of the program.
Arrangements were still uncertain
last Monday, however.
“It is hoped, if enough interest
is shown,” said Broaddus, “that a
fencing club can be established on
the campus. We hope, also, to
eventually have a fencing team,
and maybe a regular class in the
sport. Mr. McKee is a possibility
as an instructor, and we can ob¬
tain equipment through the
Guardsmen at a reduced rate.
Four new members were elected
to membership in Beta Phi Gam¬
ma; honorary journalistic frater¬
nity at a meeting held last Satur¬
day night. Those chosen were Eli¬
zabeth Anne McGill, James Haw¬
kins, Marjorie Thompson and Don¬
ald Robert Hopkins.
Officers elected for this semester
are Ruth Battelle, president;
Harry Sheldon, first vice-presi¬
dent; Jack Burtt, second vice-pre¬
sident; Helena deWaard, secre¬
tary-treasurer; and Carter Cord-
ner, pledge master.
Informal initiation will be held
on Saturday night, December 5.
The formal ceremony will be held
at a dinner meeting the week fol¬
lowing. Officers for last year
were Harry Sheldon, president;
Ed Lebaker, vice-president; and
Harriette Hills, secretary-trea¬
surer.
Next spring a convention will be
held for Pasadena junior high
schools as has been done in the
past. The purpose of the conven¬
tion is to acquaint future journa¬
lists of the facilities at Pasadena
junior college. In conjunction
with the convention, a contest is
held at which the outstanding jun¬
ior high school paper is chozen by
Beta Phi Gamma members.
President Ruth Batelle has ap¬
pointed Cordner to take charge of
arrangements for the informal ini¬
tiation next week. It will be held
at the president’s home and alum¬
ni of the group will be invited to
attend.
Pasadena Post 13, of the Ameri¬
can Legion, last week cited four
Pasadenans to civic honors, and
four more to honors earned by risk¬
ing their lives to save others. Au-
dre L. Stong, director of the Bull¬
dog band, and chairman of the jun¬
ior college public relations com¬
mittee, was recipient of one of the
civic awards.
The following is a copy of the
award:
“Pasadena Post Number 13,
American Legion, rec
о
g n i z e s
with this citation your outstand¬
ing services toward making the
citizens of Pasadena ardent sup¬
porters of Pasadena junior col¬
lege, and its many activities.
“As chairman of the Pasadena
junior college public relations
committee you have contributed
greatly to a closer liaison between
Pasadenans and their junior col¬
lege, and as director of the Bull¬
dog band, you have built up one
of the outstanding musical or¬
ganizations in the United States.
We highly commend you for
these services.”
Mr. Stong, as director of the
band, has provided the entertain¬
ment at all but one of the football
games played this year. With his
band, novelty numbers and fire¬
works in his between-the-halves
stunts, he has contributed much to
student and civic enjoyment of the
recent successful Bulldog football
season.
Besides his work on the band,
Mr. Stong, as sponsor of the Pas-
dena Patron, a news organ which
is distributed to parents of every
student in the junior college, has
brought to the citizens of Pasadena
a means of finding out just what
type of work is carried on at this
school. Harry Sheldon is the edi¬
tor of the paper.
Week’s News
Programm ing
In Order For
Next Monday
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Programming for next semes¬
ter will begin Monday morning
after vacation, according to Miss
Ida E. Hawes, dean of guidance.
Appointments will be made on
the platform in the administra¬
tion building as formerly.
“Students are urged to see
their counselors as soon as pos¬
sible in order to avoid the last
minute rush,” - said Cecil C.
Stewart, counselor. “To be sure
that each student may have
plenty of time to discuss his
plans with his counselor and
parents, it is very important
that an appointment be made
immediately,” he continued.
Air School
Awards Told
Offering as first prize the Boe¬
ing airline and air transport engin¬
eering courses, with a tuition value
of $6040, announcement of the
eighth annual Boeing scholarships
was posted recently on the bulletin
board in the office of John A. An¬
derson, dean of records.
Second, third and fourth prizes
in this contest, which offers a total
of $11,000 altogether, in schol¬
arships, are an amateur pilot fly¬
ing course with a value of four
hundred dollars and choice of one
of the following courses: air trans¬
port engineering, practical aeron¬
autical engineering, airline techni¬
cian, dispatching and meteorology,
airline operations and airline me¬
chanic.
“The Boeing scholarship awards,
which are some of the best in the
country, were won by Gilbert Sper¬
ry, a Pasadena alumnus, in 1934,”
said Mr. Anderson.
Full eligibility requ irements,
along with the method of judging
for the awards, and full details of
all the courses that are offered,
can be obtained in the records office.
NEWS
Western Speech Teachers’ associ¬
ation meets for three day conven¬
tion in Pasadena. Local faculty
members have charge of meeting.
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Junior and Senior prom to be
held at the Civic tonight, with Hal
Howard and his orchestra furnish¬
ing the music. Admission is free.
Page 1.
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Franklin Patterson wins first in
annual C. O. Arnold contest, speak¬
ing on “My Responsibilities,” a
subdivision of the theme “Traffic
Safety.” Page 1.
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AWS will honor two football
teams at annual football banquet,
to be held in Altadena soon. Page
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ing choir, under the direction of
Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, giving
a demonstration which will accom¬
pany a speech on “Verse Speaking”
to be given by the conductor. This
event will take place on Friday
afternoon, November 27, in the
Little Theater of the Huntington
hotel, at one-thirty in the after¬
noon.
Ten Daily Events
Approximately ten events to be
held each day are open to the pub¬
lic and all those interested in
speech, either debate, extemporan¬
eous or choral, are invited to at¬
tend, according to Mrs. Peters.
The committee of local arrange¬
ments, which includes as general
chairman, Mrs. Peters, convention
hostess, Minne Mae Lewis, and the
local executive committee made up
of Miss Peters, Dr. John W.
Harbeson, junior college principal,
Murray G. Hill, head of the Eng¬
lish department here, Charles F.
Prickett and Minna Mae Lewis,
have planned for two conducted
trips for the convention.
Tours Taken
The first, a tour of the new
Pasadena Community playhouse
and School of the Theater, will
take place as a regular part of
the convention program on Friday
afternoon. The second, a tour of
the Huntington library, will take
place on Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock.
“In addition to the preceding
tours,” said Mrs. Peters, “the com¬
mittee is recommending that all
delegates should attend the Pasa¬
dena Community playhouse produc¬
tion of “Paths of Glory.”
Tournament Held
The annual speech tournament,
which started Monday, November
23, and has a field including over
100 debate teams, concludes this
evening with the finals in the de¬
bate at 8:00 o’clock, and the finals
in oratory at 9:00 o’clock.
Pasadena Speakers
Pasadena speakers and debaters
under the direction of Earl D. Da¬
vis, Pasadena debating coach, in¬
clude as girl’s oratory, Helen
Vaughn; girl’s extemporaneous,
Edith McFee and Ruth Guinn;
men’s oratory, Jean Valentine, Ray¬
mond Simpson, Charles Singerman,
and William Magginnetti; and
men’s extemporaneous, Franklin
Patterson, Robert Hansen and Gil¬
bert Lee.
The program for today in the
speech tournament is as follows: at
8:30, general assembly; at 9:00,
round 5 debate and at 10:30, round
6 debate. For the afternoon’s pro¬
gram at 1:30, round 7 debate, 3:30
semi-finals, 3:30, drawing for ex¬
temporaneous, and at 4:30, the ex¬
temporaneous finals. The evening’s
program will consist of the finals
in the debate and the finals in ora¬
tory, at 8:00 and 9:00 respectively.
Tournament headquarters for the
speech contests is the Hotel Green,
where over 70 judges officiate for
the debaters.
Fashion show and orchestra to
entertain in assembly today, which
will be a curtain raiser for the
Junior and Senior prom tonight.
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Resumes of speeches given in Vo¬
cational conferences given. Page 3.
FEATURE
“Customer Stopped by No Suit’
Dilemma,” as feature scribe enters
haberdashery. Page 2.
SPORTS
Pasadena Bulldogs lasso Glendale
Vaqueros 19 to 0 to in final game
of undefeated season for the lo¬
cals. Page 4.
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Basketball season definitely un¬
der way, as “king” football hiber¬
nates for another year on Pasa¬
dena campus. Page 4,
ARGONAUTS ELECT
TEN ASSOCIATES
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Service Club Constitution Changed
To Accomodate Extra Members
Ten new associate members were
elected to membership in Argon¬
auts, school service organization, in
a meeting held November 12, ac¬
cording to Bill Weil, Argonaut
president.
New associate members are
Sherman Abajian, Julius Hoffman,
Jim Haines, Hollis Goddard, Eu¬
gene Moreland, Max Chaplain, Bob
Whitemore, John Winn, Tom Niel¬
son and Harold Shafer. The club
now numbers fifteen active and
twenty associate members.
“In order to have ticket sales
that the Argonauts are in charge
of, more efficient, the constitution
of the club has been changed to ac¬
commodate 50 associate members,”
said Weil.
GIVES LECTURE
Speaking on “Forest Conserva¬
tion,” H. E. Hedger, assistant chief
engineer for the Los Angeles coun¬
ty flood control, gave a lecture
Monday night, November 23, for
the Forestry club.