Pasadena Chronicle, October 09, 1934

TRY OUTS FOR PEP LEADERS CALL FOR STUDENT BODY BOOKS Vol. XXVI Pasadena, California, October 9, 1934 No. 4 Four Classes Select This Semester s Leaders - - - - - - - - - Warning! Classes Elect Officers In Midst of Assembly With Songs and Yells Seniors Choose Dean Griggs, Mary Helen Johnston, Nancy Kellogg, Leora Luce; Head Frosh Post And Other Class Offices Are Filled Invading the Pasadena portals in the midst of a pep assembly, replete with songs, yells, and flying ballots in the guise of streamlined aircraft, elections for the senior, junior, sophomore and freshmen class leaders were held la,st Friday during assembly period. Bulldog Is Defeated At Field Day Packed Stands W itness Annual Observance Of Grid Games Packed stands witnessed the an¬ nual Field Day observance, last Friday afternoon, when P. J. C.’s Bulldog was defeated by the Pur¬ ple Phantoms of Cathedral high school and the Terrier lightweights of Muir Tech in the first sched¬ uled football presentation of the season. Rooters from Pasadena junior college, Muir Tech, Cathedral, Wil¬ son, Marshall, Eliot, McKinley and Washington presented the desig¬ nated 25-cent admission charge which was the only means of gain¬ ing entrance to the athletic classic. Classes were shortened during the day to 30 minutes in order that the lightweight tussle might start promptly at 1 p. m. Sixth period was cut entirely to fit the schedule. Temporary cheer leaders and songstresses performed during the day, leading the bleachers in a se¬ ries of yells and songs. Permanent members of the pep commission have not been chosen as yet, but will be selected next Friday. The Pasadena Bulldog band per¬ formed between games and halves, starting a heated competition be¬ tween the junior high schools, as balloons were released with school designations raced into the skies. Lancers and Spartans, men’s and women’s honorary service groups, patrolled the gates and bleachers during the competition. This ob¬ servance of Field Day constituted the ninth annual time of competi¬ tion. Reversing their defeat of last year, Cathedral rose from a 20-9 defeat to a victory of 13-6. Fall Fashions To Mix With Hallowe’en Party Will Feature Cards, Contest, Puzzles and Refreshments In the typical festive atmos¬ phere, the A. W. S. Hallowe’en party for all coeds will hold sway in the men’s gym tomorrow after¬ noon from 3 to 5 o’clock. Amid cornstalks, pumpkins and orange and black streamers, the guests will view a display of fall fash¬ ions worn by attractive models. Other attractions will be a dance contest with prizes for the winners, cards, jig-saw puzzles and refreshments. Music will be sup¬ plied by Moreland Kortcamp and Billie Boynton. Committees for the affair headed by Anona Alexander, A. W. S. first vide-president, are: decora¬ tions, Betty Berry, chairman, Mar¬ jorie Sorver, Virginia Blackwood, Helen Wadsworth and Dorothy Sib¬ ley; games, Joanna Pupis, chair¬ man, and Myrian Edmiston; re¬ freshments, Olive Pupis, chairman, Judy Rooke, Gertrude Hogle and Leora Luce. Hostesses for the celebration are Pauline Stevens, A. W. S. presi¬ dent; Anona Alexander, first vice- president; Alta Paquette, second vice-president; Ruth Jones, secre¬ tary; Mary Marsh, treasurer; and the newly elected A. W. S. cabinet, assisted by members of the Spar¬ tans, women’s service group. Former Teacher Visits Pasadena Miss Estelle Tennis, a former member of the language depart¬ ment, is visiting Pasadena friends this week while en route to Oak¬ land for her vacation. Since leaving Pasadena, Miss Tennis has been in New York City and later in Paris, where she did research work in French museums for American textile firms. For the past few years she has been assistant manager of the Textile Color Card association of America in New York. Monday evening, Miss Katherine Kenaga, Miss Winnifred Mills- paugh and Miss Mildred Wellborn entertained at an informal recep¬ tion in honor of Miss Tennis at the home of Miss Kenaga. Students will receive the naximum penalty for infraction )f the “closed campus” rule which is in effect during all as¬ sembly and convocation periods. This ruling applies to all stu¬ dents enrolled at Pasadena jun¬ ior college and does not exclude those students having their sec¬ ond or third periods free. All violators will1 be required to appear before the Student Court. (Signed) . craig McLaughlin, President of Lancers. Restrictive Club Bids To End Rushing Traditional “Hands Off” To Be Strictly Followed By Organizations Marking the end of the new se¬ mester’s rushing season, with its usual four weeks of formal and in¬ formal club affairs, luncheon dates and other customary rushing tac¬ tics, restrictive club bids will be issued this Friday, at 2 p. m., through the office of Miss Cath¬ erine J. Robbins, dean of women and inter-restrictive club council adviser. All bids from the clubs, and the lists of those receiving bids must be handed in to Miss Robbins by Friday morning, at 8 a. m. This time limit must be strictly ob¬ served, and a penalty will be given for late bids. Using the accustomed procedure of the school rushing rules, restrictive club members must, after submitting their lists, follow the “hands off” policy from 12 midnight, Thursday, until 2 p. m., on Friday. In order to be sure this policy is carried out, club members are requested to stay away from the dean of women’s office during the restricted period of time. Notification of bids awaiting the students will be made by means of call slips, sent throughout the day, from Miss Robbins’ office. Stu¬ dents receiving these call slips are asked to present the slips at the office immediately, and to receive their bids at that time. Because the end of the rush sea¬ son, the issuing of new bids, and the “hands off” rule that no stu¬ dents may receive bids during Thursday night and Friday, all re¬ quire a great deal of careful ob¬ servance, and work on the part of Miss Robbins and Ed Raymond, inter-restrictive club council presi¬ dent, students are asked to co¬ operate as fully as possible during this time. Penny Frolic Will Be Held Start saving your “cents” for the Annual Penny Carnival and Fun Frolic to be held at the Frank¬ lin school on Saturday, October 13. The show will start at 7:30 and will continue until 12 p. m. Admission will be one “cent” for each inch of sole on one foot, and all football players are urged to attend. Entertainment which in¬ cludes two big shows, fishing for those expert rodmen, a big balanc¬ ing act for all, and a challenge ping pong tournament. This annual carnival will be sponsored by the Women’s Auxili¬ ary Benefit Emergency Relief Fund of the Caretakers’ associa¬ tion. Prizes and food will be do¬ nated by the women of this asso¬ ciation. T-Square Holds Club Election The T-Square club of Pasadena junior college had its first meeting of the semester on October 1. This organization was formed to further interest in architecture and the al¬ lied arts and has among its mem¬ bers students of the institution who are interested in building practice. The meeting was held to elect new officers, who include John Schofield, president; Ralph Minnik, first vice-president; Ralph Eski- jean, second vice-president; Alice Lembke, secretary; and Brooke Morris, treasurer. Talbot Band Will Play At Assembly Popular Vote To Select Song, Cheer Leaders As Band Plays With Jack Talbot and his nine- piece orchestra the chief attrac¬ tion, junior collegians will con¬ vene Friday morning during as¬ sembly period to Horrell field for the first regular assembly of the current semester. Up to now, according to David Patrick, secretary of activities, all assemblies have been special class or AMS-AWS meetings. However, he said, from now on the regular assemblies, beginning Friday, will be held. As during last semester, all assemblies will be held on Hor¬ rell field bleachers. While Friday’s meeting will fea¬ ture the music of Talbot’s orches¬ tra and sundry soloists, a small portion of the 40-minute period will be given over to the selection of new cheer-leaders and song- leaders. Unofficial tryouts were held last Wednesday, under the su¬ pervision of Dick Gorby, secretary of athletics, so that a group of arm-wavers might be present Fri¬ day to officiate at the Field Day fracas. These choices, however, are not official and actual choices will be made Friday by popular vote. Jack Boaz, Bill Bogart, Bob Chambers, Vernon Lief and Mor¬ gan West, cheer kings, and Kay Butler, Dot Cordrey, Dot Shute and Kay West, quartet of song leaders, were chosen to officiate only dur¬ ing Field Day, last Friday. Those who lead songs and yells then, and any other member of the student body who wishes, may try out this Friday. So far it is planned to have five judges, three representing the stu¬ dent body and two the faculty, to select the final pep commission at the coming meeting, October 12. It is the aim of the assembly committee, according to Patrick, appointed this week by the board of representatives, to bring about as interesting and varied programs as possible. Patrick stated that there will be a meeting of the committee in the near future to discuss plans for the coming se¬ mester. Faculty Tastes Own Medicine So finally they’ve reversed the process, and those pesky teachers are at last being made to swallow their own medicine. And now they’re racking their brains along with their suffering proteges for those will-o’-the-wisp inspirations which make English these immor¬ tal or merely plain “F” papers. But it’s all for a good cause, so be not alarmed. Under the direc¬ tion of Audre L. Stong, head of the faculty public relations committee, a series of articles which in time will cover every phase of the cur¬ ricula of our institution of learn¬ ing, was inaugurated last Sunday in the Pasadena Post. The articles are to be written by the teachers themselves as a sort of evaluation of their particular courses, defend¬ ing their place in the curricula, and incidentally acting as a bit of red hot publicity for the cause of the impending bond issue. The series was inaugurated Sun¬ day with the appearance of an ar¬ ticle by E. V. Van Amringe, head of the geology department, and will continue intermittently until October 26, when the question of under just what conditions we em¬ bryo students will absorb our knowledge in coming years. Frosh balloting was the feature of the voting due to the election of a class president to head the list of incoming new officers. Phil Hawgood defeated John Trow¬ bridge and Charles Braden in the presidential race, while Tom Ste¬ vens copped the vice-presidency by winning out over Robert Bonthius and Ailene Srecher. Shirley Smith automatically became secretary due to lone candidacy in the elev¬ enth-year group. Philip Cartwright and Oscar Horn competed against Alberta Anderson, who received the position of treasurer. A. W. S. representative will be Annette La¬ rue, who ran against Prudence Lehrbach, Ellen Lombard and Lila Renner. In order of seniority, the four¬ teenth-year group chose Dean Griggs for vice-president of the senior class over Ted Eastman, as Mary Helen Johnston received the secretaryship over her oppon¬ ent, Ruth Bishop. Gordon Eby won the post of treasurer. Nancy Kel¬ logg and Leora Luce were named representatives to the associated women students’ cabinet. Six students were recruited from the large ranks of the junior class to compete for the four positions open to complete the list of presi¬ dent, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer and A. W. S. representa¬ tive. The first post, having been filled last semester, was not open but Norman MacDonnel was given the second office with no other op¬ ponent in his field. Raymond Kahn defeated Mabel Pierce for the third job named while Stewart McCul¬ lough beat Robert Deford in the fourth berth. Kathleen Cartwright, another lone candidate, received the A. W. S. class post. Sophomores chose Bob Masoner over Harry Sheldon for the vice¬ presidency, Eleanor Roobian auto¬ matically became secretary as did Bill Hatch, who sought the treas¬ urer job. Real competition was met in the A. W. S. race for represen¬ tative by Helen Morley and Mar¬ garet Davis, who were victorious over Marjorie Sorver and Lenore Wilcox. Seniors met in the men’s gym and later attended the rally in the bleachers while the other classes held all the business in the tem¬ porary auditorium. Guild Admits New Players Secret Title Of Play To Be Revealed? Start On Rehearsals Players’ Guild formally initiated new members, last Tuesday, at 3 o’clock, in tent 10. A party, held afterwards in Mrs. Irene Peters’ tent, was directed by Constance Johnston, vice-president, and Patri¬ cia Skinner, secretary of the club. George Longworth was elected as treasurer, and play production committees were appointed. Re¬ hearsals for the big play are now being held at John Marshall junior high. Of the production staff, the elec¬ trician, grips, floormen, props and assistant directors have not yet been appointed, while those defi¬ nitely chosen on committees are: business, George Longworth, chair¬ man, Newell Barrett, Tom Pollock, Garroll Taintor and Pauline Stev¬ ens; publicity, Bud Paulson, chair¬ man, Patricia Skinner, Harold Cleveland, Eldon Gordon and Nancy Kellogg; costumes, Betty Bruner, chairman, Doris Clarke and Esther Shafer; staging, Margaret Free¬ man, chairman, and Elaine Hea- cock in charge of the make-up; and Don Neely, chairman, Patricia Denslow and Ray Burr are to man¬ age the props and dress stage. Stage crew manager is James Matthews. EPICOMEGA MEETS The first meeting of the Epi- comega club is scheduled for next Monday, October 15. Eleanor Northrup, Student Body President, who heads the com¬ mittees planning the all-school Hallowe’en party to be held Oc¬ tober 26. Spook Party Is Scheduled This Month Affair Is Set For Friday Evening, October 26, In Men’s Gym An all-school Hallowe’en party is in the offing. Friday night, Octo¬ ber 26, has been selected by the committee in charge as the time for the gala get-together of all the students and faculty members of the junior college. The affair is to be held in the men’s gymnasium beginning at 8 o’clock. Numerous Hallowe’en games will be played during the forepart of the evening. There is to be danc¬ ing after the games and refresh¬ ments are to be served. Eleanor Northrup, student body president, called a meeting last Tuesday to which she re¬ quested that the organizations on the campus send represent¬ atives. A member of the student body at large was also appointed by her to take part in the plan¬ ning. Committee heads were chosen from those in attendance at the meeting. Betty Lewis, represent¬ ing the senior class, is in charge of the decorations. Bertille Glan- ville of the inter-restrictive club council is taking over the selection of favors, while June Mathews, from the student body at large, is rounding up the entertainment. Games are being planned by Milton Valois of the Y. M. C. A. and George Josten, Y. M. adviser, is aiding him. Helen Phillips of the Y. W. C. A., and Miss Mary Smyer, advisory secretary of that activity, are heading the refresh¬ ment group. Tickets are being taken care of by Kit Cartwright representing the junior class, and Lavonne Gar¬ ber, sophomore class, is seeing to the publicity. Miss Ruth Conrad, adviser to the social affairs com¬ mittee, is helping in all these preparations. The committee chairmen will pick their own group members from the activity which they rep¬ resent. Foresters Elect New Executives Officers for the new semester were elected last week by the For¬ estry club, with the new execu¬ tives: Horace Self, president; Estel Sitze, vice-president; Horace Mc- Birnie, secretary; and Cloudsly French, treasurer. The group plans to have speak¬ ers who will emphasize the recrea¬ tional side of forestry for the ini¬ tial part of the semester’s pro¬ gram. These will be represent¬ atives of the forest service and allied branches. Last year’s non-restrictive intra¬ mural champions, the Foresters, plan to enter all the events this year including the forthcoming tennis, swimming and cross-coun¬ try contest. “We hope to take the championship again this year,” said President Self. Fire Chief Speaks To Chamber Warnings Issued As Fire Prevention Week Is Inaugurated Yearly loss of life through fire catastrophes amounts to more than three times the number of Ameri¬ cans killed in the World War. This was the startling statement re¬ vealed by chief of the Pasadena fire department, E. F. Coop, in a speech made yesterday at the luncheon given to the Junior Chamber of Commerce. This meeting was held in order to promote Fire Prevention Week, which is now in full sway. Repre¬ sentatives attending the luncheon from Pasadena junior college were Edward Cornelison, technology ; Archibald Wedemeyer, art depart¬ ment head; and Dr. Glenn L. Lembke, instructor of journalism. An interesting demonstration of swiftness in preparing fire appa¬ ratus was given by the Pasadena fire department, when they set up their equipment in 55 seconds. Pasadena has one of the lowest fire losses per capita of any city in the United States. The loss in the nation is $4.25 per capita, while in Pasadena it is $0,394. The total amount of money lost through fire is $31,528 per annum. Last year there were 40 false alarms turned in to the fire de¬ partment, with the average cost of each alarm amounting to $657.28. This is a penal offense listed among the felony charges. Comparatively low was the num¬ ber of fire losses in Pasadena. The total number of fires was 55, with an average of $573.24. Investigation revealed that the cause of only 15 fires was unknown, while the highest number of fires was caused by rubbish. Other sources of fires were said to be grass, short circuits in auto wir¬ ing, auto backfires, smouldering cigarettes, fire scares and sparks from chimneys. In order to hold down the ex¬ pense on equipment the Pasadena fire department has two engines which lack but a few months of being twenty years old. A total of 366 alarms were re¬ ceived by telephones, alarm boxes, still alarms, privately and through the police. Expenditures of the department are comparatively low in respect to the number of calls which have been answered in the past year, amounting to only $240,564.04. During the past year 366 alarms ( Continued on Page Three) New Singers Are Selected New Euterpeans were selected last Wednesday and Friday morn¬ ings, by Miss Carrie Sharp, ad¬ viser of the men’s singing group, which meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 7:15 in the Hunter house. Except for a tenor and a bass, all the voice positions are filled. As a whole the Euterpeans have blended voices, and are now work¬ ing on five interesting selections. This year’s officers are: Harper Welch, president; Franklin Ryker, vice-president; Larkin Williams, secretary-treasurer; and Andrew Clark, manager. Tenors are: Frank¬ lin Ryker, Hal Mettler, Bob Oros¬ co and Harold Cleveland; second tenors, Frank Wark, Larkin Will¬ iams, Wilson Powers and Peter Geddes. Harper Welch, Ralph Butterfield and Bill Boswell are the baritones, while the bass is represented by Fred Carpenter, Andrew Clark and Dwight Mayfield. Staff Meeting There will be a very impor¬ tant meeting for all staff mem¬ bers and reporters of the Chron¬ icle today at 3 p. m. in room 203 of the Technology building. No further “beats” or news assign¬ ments will be made to persons not attending this meeting. In case attendance is impos¬ sible today, there will be an¬ other meeting tomorrow aft- noon *f the same nature. Anyone interested or connect¬ ed in any way at all with the Chronicle must attend.