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VIEWS OF
THE NEWS
- - by -
Douglas McMann
RETURNS
Democratic in form and efficient
in practice, student body govern¬
ment at this institution challenges
colleges and high schools through¬
out the country. Continually re¬
vised and “revamped” it functions
at the present time complete in
every detail. The present system of
uniting the offices of class repre¬
sentative and president is proving
ultimately successful and is meeting
the long felt need of coordinating
the classes with the student body
as a whole. Formerly, there was
no connecting “link” between these
organizations, the change being
brought about at the close of
school last year. A student body
and a set of officers should not
function separately but coordinate-
ly closing the gap by supporting
each other, both bodies progress¬
ing and expanding more readily.
It has been, in the past, common
for students to remain uninteres¬
ted in student activities and prob¬
lems with only a few to carry on
active participation. Assume the
duty that is yours, students and
engage in the enterprising work of
investigating your own student
body government. See how it
functions, and how it decides the
many problems which confront its
officers. Investigation removes
doubts and adds new ideas. Hear
the call and investigate!
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Keyed up to the point of direct
contact, Football and “School Spir¬
it” are ready to be unharnessed
and freed from the “grain-box!
Meaning, more or less, that this
season of the year comes but once,
when institutions of learning move
their classrooms onto the gridiron,
and take up “grand stand” sitting
as a popular pastime. We won¬
der how much luck and how many
victories will be dished out to Pas¬
adena junior college this season.
Campus gossip after football
losses is usually well “oiled”.
Teams and coaches are rated as
knowing little or nothing of the
pig-skin classic by the “lookers-
on.” The suggestion is made for
more student body encouragement
and much more support, with in¬
creased attendance at the games
and less talk of how to play foot¬
ball on the part of those who are
not on the field.
This column will appear, each
week and will endeaver to bring
decisive issues before the student
body. ' It is based on constructive
criticism and not -caustic com¬
ment. Appreciation would be felt
on the part of the writer if sug¬
gestions on various problems
would be submitted. In this way,
both the student body and the col¬
umn are sure to prosper.
Howard H. Pattee
Arnold Contest
Coming Oct 15
— ♦ —
Arnold Extemporaneous Contest
finals, which are held every fall,
will be given in Pasadena under
the guidance of the Phi Rho Pi
fraternity.
Two years ago, C. O. Arnold of
the Arnold Jewelry Co. Pasadena,
showed his appreciation to the
Pasadena City Schools, by donat¬
ing a diamond medal, valued at
sixty dollars, to the winner of an
extemporaneous speech contest.
Later the Oral Arts Committee
continued these contests.
The first year, 1928, winner of
the contest was Geraldine Ander¬
son, and in 1929, Marjory Leach
won the medal. Although many
boys have taken part in the con¬
tests, only girls have been the win¬
ners thus rar.
All upper division students who
wish to try out for the contest,
must see Elva Emerson, secretary
of the Oral Arts Committee on or
before October 15.
The five winners of the prelim-
Music Series Again
Coming for Schools
Pattee Recovers; Now
Back at School Post
After four weeks of illness,
Howard H. Pattee, dean of person¬
nel, has returned to school, Mr.
Pattee had his plans ready for en¬
rollment and his organization was
so complete that Lynn W. Hatters- ! inaries will contest in the finals,
ley, who took his place, was able club period, October 22, in the au¬
to carry on his work with short , ditorium.
notice. On October 24, all the winners
“I certainly am glad to be back, of the surrounding junior colleges
I regret very much that I was not will meet in Pasadena for the con-
on hand to greet the new stu- ference finals, which will be given
dents personally, but the work of
my ‘pinch hitter’ is to be highly
commended,” Mr. Pattee said.
at a banquet in the local student
social hall or one of the Pasadena
hotels.
Sponsored by the Junior League
of Pasadena, nine hundred season
tickets have been taken by patron¬
esses for the annual artists’ series.
This leaves twelve hundred to be
apportionately assigned to the
school students of Pasadena. Sea¬
son tickets for the five concerts
will be sold at $1 each; teachers
will also have special rates.
The first three concerts will be
given by the Los Angeles Philhar¬
monic orchestra. The next will
present the famous Mexican Tipica
orchestra which, according to Miss
Lulu C. Parmley, will give an un¬
usual and fascinating program
featuring Mexican music and in¬
struments and Spanish dances.
The last performance of the sea¬
son will be by selected members of
the school orchestras and of the
Philharmonic orchestra combined.
‘Seven Chances’ Cast Given
by Bauble and Bells Judges;
Members in Fourteen Roles
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The difficulties of a young man who must be married to
inherit a large sum of money are told in the annual Bauble
and Bells play, “Seven Chances,” which is to be produced in
the junior college auditorium on the evening of November 7.
This announcement was made last week by Miss Katherine
Kester, adviser of Bauble and Bells, and director of the com¬
ing play. “The play, which is by
Roi Cooper Magrue, is a hilarious
comedy and should be appreciated
by our local student body and audi-
J. C. Astronomy Building to Have
One of World’s Best Telescopes
Pasadena Post
Praises Schools
Coming in for more than
their share of praise, the Pasa¬
dena City School system and
particularly the junior college
received a write-up in the Pasa¬
dena Post special edition which
was out last Tuesday. The ar¬
ticle praised the spirit of the
citizens of Pasadena in support¬
ing with bond issues the magni¬
ficent physical plants. of which
local schools boast.
The write-up said in part,
“The junior college is equipped
ivith all the facilities that are
enjoyed by the larger universi¬
ties. Hence, the students who
attend the local institution re¬
ceive the same training they
would have received had they
attended the first two years of a
standard college.”
The edition was put out for
the purpose of stimulating in¬
terest in raising the population
to 100,000. It contained many
views of Pasadena, and extra
copies are available for mailing.
“One of the four best telescopes
in the world will be installed in
our astronomy building,” says
Peter Stoner, head of the mathe¬
matics department. “Our largest
telescope hais a twenty-inch reflec¬
tor and is being built on the same
plan as the sixty-inch one on Mt.
Wilson. It has a pyrex mirror
which enables the student to study
the sun in the daytime and stellar
objects at night. It is as large as
many used in research work.”
Mr. Stoner is rather doubtful as
to the housing of the nine-inch
telescope which is already in J. C.’s
possession. The bids for the dome
and transit room have not yet
been received, but will probably be
in by next week. The Amateur
Telescope Makers of Southern Cali¬
fornia, have asked to be allowed to
use the telescope at least once a
month.
The building is to contain a dark
room for photographing, transit
rooms, a store room, an office,
laboratories, and a classroom on
the roof; there will be piers on
the roof for smaller instruments.
Drama Is Topic Of
Faculty Meeting Talk
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Oriental drama in all its phases
was the subject of a talk given by
Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie at a
meeting of the teachers held on
Wednesday afternoon. Miss Kep¬
pie discussed the many countries
Y.M.C.A. Field Council
Meeting Held Sept. 27
The Pacific Southwest Confer¬
ence of the Field Council of Jun¬
ior College Y. M. C. A.’s, held at
Camp Bethel in San Dimas Can¬
yon, Sept. 27-28, was attended by
approximately 50 representatives
from Chaffee, Citrus, Ful 1 e r t
о
n,
Compton, San Bernardino, Santa
Ana, Pasadena, Los Angeles, San¬
ta Monica, and Long Beach junior
colleges. Lectures, d i sc u s s i
о
n
groups, inspirational services, bus¬
iness session, and recreation feat¬
ured the meeting of the leaders.
The theme of the conference was
“A Challenge to Creative Leader¬
ship ;” each speaker took up one of
its phases. Dr. Walter F. Dexter
of Whittier spoke on “Survival,
Revaluation, and Correlation in
Leadership.” Other speakers were
Dr. Charles W. Jackson of Long
Beach; Dean McKee Fisk of Santa
Ana; Dr. W. A. Bell of L. A. J. C.;
and Mr. A. W. Mueller of Long
Beach.
Pasadena representatives were
Bernard Hulka and Albert Ellis,
new Chairman of the Field Coun¬
cil of J. C. Y. M. C. A.’s of the
Pacific Southwest.
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS APPOINTED
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Assemblies for the school year
1930-31 are to be under the juris¬
diction of the following assembly
committee, according to John W.
Harbeson, principal, and Miss Ida
E. Hawes, dean of women:
Faculty members — Muriel D.
Emerson, chairman; Lura A. Mer¬
cer, Elizabeth Flint, and Col. G.
H. White.
Student members — Secretary of
Activities Charles Weale, Donald
Trumbull, and Jeannette Tinn.
While no definite policies or plan
of program have been formed as
yet by the new committee, it is
hoped to obtain entertainment both
from talent within the school and
from without, says Miss Emerson.
Besides programs of straight en¬
tertainment, there will also be vari¬
ous rallies, routine assemblies, etc.
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ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
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Miss Mary Novis, P. J. C. grad¬
uate, has announced her recent en¬
gagement to Ralph White, former
president of the student body. They
will be married during the Christ¬
mas season.
Miss Kester
ence,” said Miss Kester. The play
will be the first major production
Elizabeth E. Keppie
where drama was found. She also
mentioned the privilege she enjoyed
while viewing the Oberammergau
Passion play. She also saw plays
and dramatic festivals in Austria,
Switzerland, England, France and
Delphi in Greece.
Her experience in Japan and
China were particularly interest¬
ing. She spoke briefly of to
Bunrakoo-za or Japanese puppet
plays. The Japanese audiences,
plays, actors, stage settings, and
playhouses were described.
In China, Miss Keppie was
forced to hire a group of five men
to present a puppet play as these
presentations are no longer pub-
lically given. One man served tea
to the other four, who were busily
supplying music and managing tlie
puppets.
UPPER CLASSMEN TAKE
THORNDIKE QUIZZES
Attendance at the Tho r n d i
к
e
Examination, which was held in
the auditorium, Wednesday, Oct¬
ober 1, was so great that many
were turned away. Those who were
unable to take the examination will
be given another opportunity, it
was announced by John W. Har¬
beson, principal. The date will be
announced in the Daily Bulletin
and the Chronicle.
The examination began soon
after 8 o’clock and lasted until
after 12. The returns will not be
available for sometime as the tests
will be sent away to be checked.
75 Women, 35 Men
Glee Club Nucleus
“With 75 members in the ad¬
vanced glee clubs for girls and
about 35 boys with previous train¬
ing, we have high hopes for u
splendid assembly in October which
will be given by the music depart¬
ment,” says Miss Lula C. Parm¬
ley, head of the music department.
According to Miss Carrie Sharp,
instructor of the men’s division,
there are two classes which are
open to students without previous
voice training.
The two clubs of the music de¬
partment, the Nysean and the Eu-
terpian, which are devoted to glee
club work, have planned many so¬
cial events for this semester.
Four Classes Hold Monday
Meetings ? Plan for Activities
SENIOR CLASS
Cello solos, played by Vivian
Berg, accompanied at the piano by
Hazel Berg; vocal selections, sung
by Alice Ashley accompanied by
Hazel Berg, with a violin obligato
by Dorothy Dibble; and readings,
by Helen McMasters, composed the
entertainment program of the sen¬
ior meeting, Monday, Sept. 29.
Arnold Huss, class president, in¬
troduced the class faculty commit¬
tee, Mrs. Helen M. Stone, Miss
Gladys M. Lee, Miss Elizabeth T.
Richards, Clinton O. Bay, and Mar¬
tin L. Pearson.
Principal John W. Harbeson in¬
stalled the class officers, Arnold
Huss, president, Erma Gartz, vice-
president, Jack Plotkin secretary,
and Byron Hogar, treasurer.
SOPHOMORE CLASS
Elections of class officers fea¬
tured the meeting of the sophomore
class held in the auditorium, Mon¬
day, Sept. 29. Myrta Olmstead, class
president, presided and announced
the nominations as follows: for
vice-president; Remington Olm¬
stead, and Virginia Petriquin; for
secretary, Virginia Fling, Eric
Emery, Mary Healy, Rollin Ben-
net, and Dorothy Rossback; for
treasurer, Charles Cotton, Peter
Allen, and Sydney Edwards.
The returns showed the election
of Rem Olmstead as vice-president,
Charles Cotton, as treasurer and
Dorothy Rossback as secretary.
JUNIOR CLASS
Election of officers for the com¬
ing year was the order of business
at the Junior class meeting, held
during club period, Monday, Sept.
29, in the Calvary Baptist church.
Joyce Dunkerly, newly appointed
president of the class, presided and
announced the officers nominated.
The election resulted as follows:
vice-presidept, Bill Dunkerly; sec¬
retary, Katherine Summers; and
treasurer, Bob Little. It was an¬
nounced by the adviser, Miss Eliz¬
abeth Wheeler, that the afternoon
of October 17 would1 be a free af¬
ternoon for the juniors, and a com¬
mittee is working on plans for a
program to be given.
of the year and, hence, is of un¬
usual interest.
Tryouts for the parts were held
in room 1-B on Monday, September
29. Judges were Clinton O. Bay,
Elizabeth E. Flint, and Miss Kes¬
ter. Every member of the club was
present to try out, and the talent
shown promises well for the play
and future club activities, accord¬
ing to Miss Kester.
Bob Coop, president of the club,
and one of the most active mem¬
bers, was chosen as the lead. He
takes the part that Buster Keaton
played to such good effect in the
movie version of the play. Bob took
the part of .the gangster, Bland,
in last year’s production of “Seven
Keys to Baldpate,” and had a small
part in “Bishop’s Candlesticks,”
the play that was entered in the
Pasadena Community Playhouse
contest.
Margaret Gardner, who is new
to junior college dramatics, will
play opposite him as Anne Wind¬
sor. Although this will be her first
appearance on the Jaysee stage,
Margaret was prominent in junior
high dramatics, having taken a
leading part in the senior class
play of the John Marshall junior
high a year ago.
The complete cast follows:
Henry Garrison . Paul Arvin
Mrs. Garrison . Mary Williams
Georgy Barrison . Louise Bonds
Earl Boddard . Hylton Sanders
George . Edmund Dudley
Joe Spense . Russell Workman
Irene Trevor . Jean McCrae
Lilly Trevor . Catherine Allen
PeggY Wood . Eleanor Levins
Billy Meekin . Gilbert Somner
Ralph Denby . Austin Hurley
Betty Wellingby .
. Marguerite Constanchion
Bob Coop announced that all
members will be connected with the
play in some way. Those who
failed to receive parts will be in¬
cluded in the lists of committees
to be announced soon.
“The talent shown at the try¬
outs was unusually fine in view of
the fact that many of those par¬
ticipating are new members. The
student body should be particularly
interested in the coming play be¬
cause of the large number of new
faces to be seen,” said Miss Kester
in speaking of the tryouts and the
cast.
FRESHMAN CLASS
Jimmie Scott, president of the
Associated Students, presided at
the first freshman meeting of the
year, held Monday, September 29,
in the auditorium. Miss Eleanor
N. Corcoran of the commerce de¬
partment was introduced as the new
class adviser. Dan McNamara
urged the class to support the pro¬
gram given by the Sierra Madre
American Legion on October 2.
Election of officers resulted in the
selection of Margaret Johnson for
president; Bill Burkhardt, vice
president; Madeline Curry, secre¬
tary; and Clifford Grove, treasur¬
er.
LATIN CLASSES
HONOR POET
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In common with thousands of
secondary schools throughout the
country, the Latin Department of
P. J. C. is planning a celebration
to honor the bimillenial birth of
the great Roman poet Virgil. There
will be special music and speakers
at the assembly on October 15th
in the auditorium.
600 POMPONS TO GO
ON SALE NEXT WEEK
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Six hundred pompons will go on
sale next week for the next game.
Marjorie Strohm, second vice-
president of the A. W. S. and in
charge of girls’ athletics, appointed
Lila Suiter as chairman of a com¬
mittee in charge.
Every girl is invited to attend
the A. W. S. girls’ rally on Octo¬
ber 15, in the auditorium.
No Chaperons
For Game Trip
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“Absolutely no responsibility
will be assumed by the admini¬
stration of Pasadena junior col¬
lege for students going to San
Diego to attend the class A foot¬
ball game to be played next
Friday, October 11, declares
John W. Harbeson, principal.
“In previous years, the team
has gone down by automobile,
while rooters went by boat,
train, or in cars. Each year
groups of faculty members have
acted as chaperones except
wheit parents accompanied the
students.”
“This year NO INSTRUCTOR
WILL ACT AS CHAPERON
for students making the trip.
Those wishing to go must take
their chaperones with them. We
wish to make this quite clear to
both students and parents,” Mr.
Harbeson continued. “Faculty
members attending the game
will travel as independently of
the student body as any Pasa¬
dena citizen.”