PASADENA CHRONICLE
Vol. XXIX
Pasadena Junior College, Nov, 29, 1937
No. 12
Robinson Sparks
Varsity To 12-0
Win Over Tech
By Ed van der Veen
With Jackie Robinson doing- the
main share of the digging, Pasa¬
dena, junior college undermined the
favored Cal Tech Engineers last
Wednesday night in the Rose Bowl,
12-0. Pasadena JC thus won the
Pasadena grid championship for
the first time in what is planned
to be an annual event.
Robinson personally accounted
for the first touchdown and tossed
the pass which resulted in the
second tally. He was ably abetted
by starting quarterback Bill Busik,
who for the sixth time this year
marked up the highest average of
yards gained.
The game was much closer than
the result indicates, both scores
coming either directly, or indirect¬
ly, as the result of intercepted
passes, of which there were no less
than ten during the contest. The
Beavers had six passes go wrong,
while the Bulldogs lost the ball
four times.
Cal Tech had a decided edge in
first downs and yardage gained,
gaining 16 first downs to -10, and
224 yards to 197. Both running
attacks were about on a par, but
the Beaver aerial attack was the
reason for the Tech edge.
Tech showed promise of turning
the game into a rout, the first time
they carried the ball. Clay Smith,
Jack Osborne and Dick Rowell took
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Geologists Visit)
Famous Gold Mines
A visit November 20 and 21 to
the famous gold mines of Soledad
mountain and an overnight camp on
the floor of Red Rock canyon near
Mojave, California were features of
the fifth field trip of the current
semester for the Pasadena junior
college geology students under the
guidance of Edwin V. Van Am-
ringe, geology instructor.
The young scientists met at Red
Rock canyon, 9:30 Saturday morn¬
ing, November 20, and proceeded
to explore the nearby desert roads
and collect rock specimens from the
surrounding hills until dark. In¬
structor Van Amringe lectured on
the rock formations until the
lengthening shadows signified the
time for departure for those who
were not staying overnight.
The lecture was continued in in¬
formal manner around the camp¬
fire and the geologists turned in
early to prepare for the next day.
Next day, Sunday the 21st, the
Mineralogical Society of Southern
California escorted the students to
the Soledad gold mines, where the
remainder of the time was spent.
The group returned to Pasadena
Sunday night.
WORK ABSENCES TO BE CUTS
The custom of excusing absences
to look for, or accept, jobs during
the week prior to Christmas vaca¬
tion will be discontinued.
LIGHT OPERA CAST
Performers for the music department’s light opera. Reading from
left to right, back row: Eugene Baker, Marcus Silvera, Bob Young,
Willard Polhemus, George Grassmeuck. Second row, Mary Lou Heck¬
man, Earl Davis, Bill Ewing, Walter Reed, Don Hanna, Maurice Taylor,
James Stevens. Front row, Dorothy Cooke, Betty Gray, Norman Du-
rask, Sally Nees, Harold Cleveland, Jim Wallace, Beverly Arneet.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FEATURES
EXPLANATION OF FINGERPRINTING
“As soon as we have Pasadena junior college well on the way to
100 percent registration of fingerprints for civilian identification, we
plan to release this, project for nation-wide usage,” Everett Pitzer, Lion
club president, told students at a special assembly last Monday during
lunch period.
The assembly had been called to give students information concern¬
ing the civilian fingerprinting project started by Associated Students
here at PJC last Monday. Bob Stapleton, in charge of the committee
■working on the project, introduced
Mr. Pitzer.
Mr. Pitzer went on to explain the
uses and advantages of this system
of identification and then concluded
his talk with a plea for support of
•the project by students.
Mr. Pitzer’s speech was preceded
by a short talk by Helen Vaughn,
oral arts secretary and committee
member on the project, in which
she gave several local examples of
the use of fingerprinting as a
means of civilian identification and
expressed her wish for cooperation
from the students.
Entertainment for the program
was supplied by two students, Da¬
vid Vasquez and Margaret Dressier,
who gave piano solos.
Bob Stapleton brought the pro¬
gram to a close with an explanation
of the process of fingerprinting. He
illustrated his talk with a, finger¬
printing set which is to be used
here on the campus. Stapleton told
students of the various bureaus
that had been established about
the campus and urged them to have
their fingerprints taken.
FIRST OPEN DANCE
HELD BY FRESHMEN
Freshmen held their first open
dance of the semester last Friday,
November 19, at the Altadena Rec¬
reation hall. Since there was no
football game that night, the dance
began at 8:30. Dress for the affair
was informal.
Hal Lomen provided music for
the dancers. Thanksgiving served
as the theme for the affair and
was carried out in decorations and
the bids.
Dance chairmen were Patty
Frayne, decorations; Barbara Gra¬
ham, bids; Jean Mackay, refresh¬
ments; Margaret Williams, orches¬
tra.
PLAYERS' GUILD PLANS
FUTURE PERFORMANCES
Two plays, “Romance is a Rack¬
et,” and “The Deluge,” are to be
given by the Players’ Guild in the
auditorium soon. The former, a
satire on modern romance, is being
presented under the direction of
Rachel Reid.
The cast includes Bill, played by
Dean Rockwell; Kitty, by Charlotte
Bomgardt; Luigi by Dick Hamilton;
•Nell, by Mabel ProutyjMiss Edith,
by Betty Luster; Wally, by Roger
Tierney and Angeline, by Mary Lou
Henry.
CAMPUS MUSIC HOUR
In the Little Theater, Monday,
November 29 and Wednesday,
December 1 at 11:20 and Tues¬
day, November 30, at 12:20.
Unfinished Symphony....Schubert
March Mi'litaire . Schubert
Student Prince7
Opener Due
December 9
By John “Jaysee” Clark
Culminating over two months of
strenuous effort on the part of Pas¬
adena junior college music, art and
craft students and instructors, the
curtain will rise on the first per¬
formance of Sigmund Romberg’s
light opera, “The Student Prince”
at 3:15 p. m., Thursday, December
9. Additional night performances
are to be presented on the following ■ -
Friday and Saturday nights, De¬
cember 10 and 11.
The John A. Sexson auditorium
in the main building is the scene of
daily rehearsals for the cast of over
50 students. Tickets will go on sale
December 1 at the school bank and
the F. C. Nash & Co. ticket office.
Prices are set at fifty and seventy-
fiVe cents for all performances but
PJC students may obtain a credit
of twenty-five cents toward any
seat at the matinee by presenting
coupon number 19 of their ticket
book at the place where they buy
their tickets. All seats are re¬
served.
From advance previews of scenes
from the opera and from occasional
glimpses of the elaborate stage set¬
tings developed for the show by
Jaysee stagecraft classes and the
Silver Screen club, the general
opinion of observers is that the
“Student Prince” will be the most
beautifully and lavishly produced
light opera ever presented by the
junior college music department.
Three monster stage sets are re¬
ceiving finishing touches under the
hands of the members of the Silver
Screen club, working in conjunction
with the stage design classes of
Thomas D. Stevenson, who is also
in charge of the campus publicity
of the opera. The sets were de¬
signed by the classes and con¬
structed by the club. Small models
of the sets are being made in the
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Biology And Zoology
Students See Museum
Over 200 students from Pasadena
junior college biology and zoology
departments enjoyed an all-day
field trip Friday, November 17,
west of point Firmin, near San
Pedro.
Four Department of Education
busses left the PJC campus at 8
last Wednesday morning and pro¬
ceeded to Exposition park in Los
Angeles, where the students went
through the famous fossil exhibits
in the museum and heard a lecture
on the various forms of prehistoric
life by Dr. Max W. deLaubenfels,
biology instructor.
Habitat groups of native Cali¬
fornian, American, and African life
were also viewed by the students,
and a new exhibit of marine and
deep sea life was inspected.
Leaving the museum at approxi¬
mately 11 :30 a. m., the student pro¬
ceeded to the beach near San Pe¬
dro.