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Volume
XXI
Pasadena, California, Wednesday, November 27, 1929
No. 10
“BALDPATE”
DRAWS BIG
AUDIENCE
B. and B. Play Financial and
Artistic Success, Says
Adviser
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JOHN KRUMM IS LEAD
—4 —
“Seven Keys to Baldpate”
Pleases, Interests Large
Audience
“Seven Keys to Baldpate,” pre¬
sented Friday evening by the Bau¬
ble and Bells dramatic club, was a
success financially and artistically,
according to Miss Katherine Kes-
ter, director of the play.
The “spooky” theme of the play
was brought to the audience first,
by the masked usherettes in ghost
costumes. The blue green coloring
of the scenery blended with the
dim lighting to give a weird set¬
ting.
John Krumm as William Magee
carried his character consistently
through the play. Graydon Spald¬
ing as Lou Max presented a diffi¬
cult role, but did it convincingly.
Elizabeth Porter as Mrs. Quimby,
Jeanne Thomson as Mary Norton,
acted their parts well. Charles Otis,
Robert Coop, Myrtle Hillman,
George Simon, Eve Violette, Don¬
ald Matson, David Morgan, Fran¬
cis Cooper, Wendell Morrow, Rus¬
sell Workman, and Edmund Dud¬
ley constituted the rest of the cast.
Their acting was, without excep¬
tion, well done and well received.
The play is interesting as an
author’s “take off” on himself. The
young author, William Magee, goes
to Baldpate Inn to write a book in
twenty-hours, on a bet. He is in¬
terrupted by bandits, women, poli¬
ticians, and ghosts who weave a
most fantastic modern detective
story around hijpa. These charac¬
ters turn out to be actors hired by
the author’s friend to show the fal¬
lacy of the former’s weird detec¬
tive tales. A second anti-climax is
reached when the whole story goes
back into the manuscript written
by the author to win his bet.
Scenery for Bauble and Bells
was constructed by the woodshop
class under the direction of Walter
Martin.
As fast as the pieces in the set
were finished by the woodshop, the
stagecraft class painted them, in a
color harmonizing with the theme
of the play.
Junior-Frosti Jinx to Be
Presented December 12
A Junior-Freshman Jinx will
be presented in the auditorium
at 3 o’clock December 12. Tic¬
kets are selling for 25c, and
students are urged to obtain
them early. They may be ob¬
tained from officers of the jun¬
ior and freshman classes.
Music by Earl Burtnett’s
Biltmore trio and entertainment
by Fred Walker’s troubadours
will feature the program.
Debaters Meet
Glendale Dec.12
Engineers Issue
[Magazine Soon
— 4 — ■
Scheduled to be released next
week, the Engineering Magazine,
sponsored by the Engineering
club of the junior college, will con¬
tain more than 18 illustrations in
its 24 pages. The cover will be
a full page cut of coast-wise ship
in dry-dock and the last page is to
have an illustration of a Rocky
Mountain electric locomotive. The
cuts will emphasize “Transporta¬
tion” to which the magazine is de¬
dicated.
Contained in the articles are
many stories on modem day en¬
gineering feats, for example,
“Submarine Oil Wells”. Herbert
Hoover and Thomas A. Edison
each have a page while two pages
are devoted to Aeronautics and
the Aero Club.
An interesting article on “Tele¬
photography” has been written by
an alumnus in an understandable
manner. A description of the new
municipal power plant with three
illustrations is presented. J. P.
O’Mara, Dean of Men, has written
a special article for the magazine.
The editor of the magazine is
Joseph Weiss while the business
manager is Donald Trumball. Ar¬
thur G. Gehrig is advisor and
James Fassero is assistant editor.
The magazine will sell for ten
cents and only 500 will be printed.
“Resolved: That the installment
plan of buying is detrimental to so¬
ciety” is the topic of the Glendale-
Pasadena debate to be held Thurs¬
day, December 12, in room 200-C.
The Pasadena affirmative team
will be chosen from one of the fol¬
lowing groups : Geraldine Anderson
and Donald Maclsaacs, or Barbara
Phillips and Martin Gates. The
team will be chosen on the night
of December 11 by Glenn L. Lemb-
ke, debate coach. Geraldine Ander¬
son is secretary of oral arts, and
a veteran debater, having been
prominent in oratory last year. She
is a member of Phi Rho Pi, nation¬
al forensic fraternity. Pasadena
has the first (Alpha) chapter of
the fraternity in California. Don¬
ald Maclsaacs is from Santa Mon¬
ica, and Barbara Phillips is from
Lancaster.
The same subject will be debated
upon with Riverside at Riverside,
December 6. Pasadena presents
the negative side in this debate.
The team will consist of Elva Em¬
erson and Delbert Brown, or Ale-
tha Lomax and Edward Davis. Mr.
Lembke will choose the team De¬
cember 5. Elva Emerson is man¬
ager of debate and is also a mem¬
ber of Phi Rho Pi.
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Boy Tap Dancers Have
Part in Musical Comedy
— 4-—
Work is progressing rapidly in
the boys’ tap dancing classes under
the direction of Miss Loreta Hen-
richs. The dancers are hard at
work preparing for ensemble num¬
bers of the coming musical comedy,
the name of which is as yet unre¬
vealed.
According to Miss Henrichs, sev¬
eral of the boys are progressing ex¬
tremely well. This year’s musical
show will be one of the largest and
hardest ever presented in the jun¬
ior college auditorium. The full
cast has not yet been announced.
Faculty Xmas Party
Scheduled for Dec.
16
“A real old fashioned Christmas
party is to be given the faculty
on December 6,” said Miss Ida M.
Shades, instructor in commerce
and head of the Christmas party
committee.
The theme of the Christmas spir¬
it will be carried out in both the
decorations and entertainment.
The party is being planned by the
faculty fellowship whose members
are: Miss Gertrude MacDonald,
Miss Ida M. Shades, Miss Jane
Meikle, Miss Mable Osburn, Miss
Carrie M. Sharp, Robert P. Hays,
Clinton O. Bay, and Leon Yakely.
The party is to be held in the
school cafeteria at 5:30 p. m. Plans
for the entertainment are being
jealously guarded by the com¬
mittee in charge in an effort to
give the faculty a big surprise.
We understand, so little of all things —
We whose young feet have through the
hopeless dark
Of age-long superstition stumbled up
Toward the faint light that quivers like
a spark
From the great living fire that men call
God —
We know so little of the thorn-spread
way
Sprinkled with crimson stains from the
bare feet
Of those who climbed before us toward
the Day -
We know not even if there be a God
But if GOD IS, we praise him that WE
ARE.
We praise Him for the strength that
stumbles on,
For dreams that guide us toward the
living star,
For feet that scorn the pain of crooked
thorns,
For lips that sing upon a desert trail,
For eyes that dare to laugh where
darkness is,
For hearts that know not what it is to
fail.
Thank God for Youth, and what Life
means to us,
For years that lie ahead for us to fill
With days and nights of work that
knows no fear,
With great deeds done because we say
“I will.”
Thank God for Youth and all that Youth
shall do,
For obstacles that spur us to achieve;
Thank God for all of life that we shall
know;
And Oh, thank God, thank God, because
we live!
Frosh Adviser Appeals
for Payment of Dues
To facilitate the payment of
freshman dues, L. W. Hatters
ley, class adviser, suggests that
class members pay their dues
to him in his counseling office.
The campaign for class mem¬
berships has not met with the
success the officers hoped for,
hence Mr. Hattersley is offer¬
ing this service to speed up the
work. He urges all . freshmen tc
pay up as soon as possible.
Miss Peri Returns; Will
Teach Spanish, Italian
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Miss E. Violante Peri has re¬
turned to take the place of Mrs.
Sarah Hatfield as an instructor in
Italian and Spanish. Miss Peri was
an instructor here until two years
ago when she was forced to retire
because of illness. Miss Peri re¬
ports that she is glad to be back
renewing old acquaintances and
making new ones, and hopes to re¬
main here for some time.
Miss Peri said that she thought
that the programs and atmosphere
this year much superior to those
when she was here before. She also
likes the 6-4-4 system better than
the former system of a separate
junior college and high school. Miss
Peri spent the time since her re¬
tirement two years ago in Marys¬
ville, Calif., with her mother and
sister.
ENGINEER THEATRE PARTY
The “Engineers” are stepping
out to a theatre party on the even¬
ing of Dec. 13 or 14.
Christmas Vacation
Will Start December 14
Christmas vacation starts
aturday, December 13, and ends
Sunday, January 6. December
16-20 is date for Teachers’ In
stitute. This program gives stu
dents a three-week vacation,
nile instructors have a two
-'eek. Because of New Year’s
oming on Wednesday, school
oes not open until the follow -
ng Monday.
Trianon Club Gives Tea
to Prospective Membe <
—4—
Trianon club entertained pros¬
pective members at a tea in the
girls’ gymnasium last Friday aft¬
ernoon. The club is divided into
two parts and the tea was given
by the first section. Arrangements
were under the direction of Ruth
Johnson, secretary of the club, as¬
sisted by the other club officers,
Merle La Rue, Margaret Spencer,
and Ruth Knowles. Mrs. Hazel
Cooper McNatt, adviser of the club,
was present at the tea.
Carols Will Feature
Next Y.W. Meeting
—4 —
Singing of Christmas carols and
a Christmas play will be the fea¬
ture of the meeting of Y. W. to be
held in the downtown “Y,” Decem¬
ber 5 at 5 o’clock.
The program is under the direc¬
tion of Geraldine Anderson, pro¬
gram chairman. She is directing a
Christmas play, “The Boy on the
Meadow,” to be presented by the
dramatics interest group. Those
who will take part are Pauline
Heinrich, Maple New, Mary Alice
Reinhart, Katherine Ford, and
Hazel Kaiser. Vivian Stansberry is
in charge of the costumes.
Each member who comes is re¬
quested to bring some toy for the
Mexican kiddies in the settlement.
The most desirable contributions
are balls, dolls, trains, skates, and
scooters.
Mary Larkin is in charge of the
decorations, while Blanche Hub¬
bard is designing the place cards.
Music Students to Give
Radio Program Dec. 3
Under the direction of Miss Lula
C. Parmley, the music department
of Pasadena junior college will
present a program over radio
К.
M.
T. R., Tuesday evening, December
3, from 9 to 10 o’clock.
Harry Bailey will give a group
of flute solos. Emil Briano is play¬
ing a selected group of violin
numbers.
Arthur McCulloch and Jud Slon-
aker will each present vocal solos.
Both the girls’ and boys’ glee
clubs will offer groups of choice
selections.
Graduates Make
Honor Group
— 4 —
Two former P. J. C. students
now attending Pomona college have
been elected to Phi Beta Kappa,
international honorary scholastic
fraternity. They are: Margaret
Lohlker and Catherine McMillan.
This is one of the highest honors
that a student may receive and is
only given to those maintaining ex¬
ceptionally high scholarship stand¬
ards.
Eighteen out of forty lower divi¬
sion June graduates of last year
who were life members of the C.
S. F. have continued to maintain
their high scholastice standing in
their freshman college work, ac¬
cording to Miss Kathleen Loly, the
C. S. F. and Alpha adviser. All of
these students have maintained an
average grade higher than “B.”
The ten out of eighteen students
named who are now attending P.
J. C. and their averages are: Mills
Hodge, 2.91; Mary Jenkins, 2.89;
Herman Smith, 2.85; William A.
P. White, 2.76; Geraldine Ander¬
son, 2.41; Elvin Douglas, 2.37; Mil¬
dred Marshall, 2.37 ; Eunice Elton,
2.31; Ruth L. Tremear, 2.22, and
Evelyn Anderson, 2.20.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Davis, in¬
structor in the modern language
department, has been confined to
her home for the past week by ill¬
ness. It is hoped that she will be
well enough to come back after the
Thanksgiving vacation.
Y.W.C.A. Holds Shower
to Furnish Ckibrooms
A shower for the new Y. W. C. A.
room was held in the model apart¬
ments Thursday afternoon, Novem¬
ber 21. Twenty-eight dollars in
cash and numerous small things
were received.
The decorations were in charge
of Mary Louise Shea, assisted by
Jane Denenberg and Marcia Smith.
Refreshment chairman was Alba
Pece.
One hundred and twenty persons
were present, including a number
'of faculty members.
TEAM GOES
TO HAWAII
THORS. EVE
Twenty-two Men, Coach, and
Dean Will Make Island
Trip
WILL RETURN DEC. 19
Squad Leames for Honolulu
Battle from Glendale
Tomorrow
— 4—
“Over There, Over There”, this
is the song that is ringing in the
hearts of twenty two Pasadena
football players who will leave for
“Sunny Hawaii”” tomorrow night.
The team will meet the gridders
from the Kamehameha college, in
the last game to be played between
the two institutions, on the first of
December.
Thanksgiving night at 8:23 p.m
the football team will leave the
Southern Pacific station at Glen¬
dale, bound for San Francisco.
From the bay city they will sail
for Honolulu on the Palatial liner
S.S. President Garfield, leaving
San Francisco on the 29 of Nov¬
ember. The President Garfield is a
Dollar ship, which line has carried
all previous teams to the island.
On arriving at Honolulu they
will stay at the Seaside hotel on
the beach at Waikiki.
This year’s game will be play¬
ed on more even terms than the
grid battle of last year in which
the Hawaiian boys defeated the
Bulldogs, 33 to 6. The islander
team will be without the services
of Captain Johnny Wise who is
now playing on the team at the
University of Hawaii.
The boys from Pasadena who
will make the trip are: Bill Kel¬
sey, Stan Novak, Les Haight, Cliff
Herbig, Bob Williams, John Seix-
as, Nor Thompson, A1 Osborne,
“Dodo” Wright, Captain Jack
Rhine, Sheldon Hunt, Hugh Addis,
Paul Gruendike, Vic Gdrroll, John
Atwood, Walter (Beker, Dave
Smallhorst, La Mar Price, Reaf
Haney, A1 Cox, Ed Novell, Will
Brock. Coach Frank Baker and
P. J. O’Mara, dean of men, will
accompany the team to the islands.
After the game with Kameha
meha, the boys will sail from
Honolulu on the Matson steame>
S. S. Manoa. They will leave the
island on December 11 and will
land in San Francisco December
19, arriving in Glendale the next
day.
“Mad Dog” Praised by
Dean; Returns Good
“ ‘The Mad Dog’ this year was
far above the average college ma¬
gazines, ’’said Miss Ida E. Hawes.
“I enjoyed the art work especially,
and wish to praise the staff for
their efforts in working in short
feature articles among the jokes.”
The returns from the Mad Dog
sales were better than expected.
Last Friday’s sale amounted to
$180. Copies of the Mad Dog will
be sold at the Long Beach game,
Thursday. Expenses were made
through the work of the printing
department under John K. Leber-
man in printing the “Mad Dog.”
More than 1200 copies were printed
for this issue. Ruth Pfeifer was
editor, and Edward Aigner, busi¬
ness manager.
E’s, F’s Should Be Fixed
at Once-Dean Pattee
— 4—
The quarter failure list is
now out and in the hands of
the counselors, according to
Howard H. Pattee, dean of per¬
sonnel. Mr. Pattee urges all the
students who received grades
of either E or F to see .their
counselors at once if they are
in doubt of what to do.
Student Societies
Will Hold Dance
— 4—
Despite the hoodoo jinx that Fri¬
day, the 13th, portends, the C. S. F.
and Alpha arq giving their first big
dinner dance of the year on that
date. The affair is in general
charge of the officers of the two
scholarship societies, who are as¬
sisted by Miss Katherine Loly and
Miss Sara Talbott.
The program is being worked
out with the hoodoo or jinx idea
predominant. Mary Jenkins and
Lois Shattuck, the two presidents,
are confident that the dinner dance
will be a snappy collegiate affair.
They urge all members to attend.
To encourage dancing among
the scholarship members, a .danc¬
ing practice will be held in the mu¬
sic hall, according to the officers.
The scholarship societies are start¬
ing an active year with their Hoo¬
doo Whoopee, and plan to continue
with a series of really collegiate
affairs.
TERMITES DISCUSSION TOPIC
“Termites and Their Damage to
Structures” will be discussed club
period Wednesday, Dec. 4, in 200-C
by George W. Thoman of the Me
Everlast Corporation of Los Ange¬
les, before the Engineering club.
Mr. Thoman will bring a
К
i d a-
scope, pictures, electric model, and
specimens of wood destruction by
different species. Everyone is in¬
vited. In view of the general in¬
terest of this subject in the com¬
munity, the Engineering club ex¬
tends its invitation to all parents
and the public.
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