Pasadena Chronicle, October 18, 1940

Don't Lose Your Bargain Cardboard Ticket No. 8 'Areop' Dance At I00F Hall Tomorrow Night Vol. 32 Pasadena Junior College, October 18, 1940 Girls, Girls! Rose Queen Selection Competition Close Seven years ago, 1933, a new national executive had come into power, banks were closing, the NRA was taking hold, and, more locally, the Tournament of Roses Association was setting a new precedent for its annual New Year’s Day fes¬ tivities] Until 1933, the Rose Queen was picked from some promi¬ nent member of community so¬ cial circles, with ten chosen a few days before Jan. 1. Some¬ one realized that the cream of Pasadena’s crop of beauty was a typical college co-ed, from Pasa¬ dena Junior College. Dorothy Edwards was the first queen to be chosen through selective, eli¬ mination type contests, in which each girl in active attendance at PJC with the proper scholastic rating has an equal chance of being the far-famed “Queen-for- a-day.” POISE PLUS BEAUTY Yesterday in all women’s physical education classes, lo¬ cal judges from the student body and faculty craned their necks and their eyes picking the most beautiful, the best mannered, the perfectly poised co-eds who wall share honors as the 1941 Tournament of Koses Queen and her court of seven princesses. Today the same “selective-draft” is in progress, with alternate judges replacing those who have classes or whose eyes are giving away under the strain. It is of inter¬ est to note that no men stu¬ dents are acting as judges; perhaps they would be preju¬ diced. November 4 and 5, at West Campus auditorium, the girls chosen from the preliminaries will be given “the once over” by members of the Tourna¬ ment of Boses judging com¬ mittee, headed by attorney Louis Vincenti. Here the judges will boil down their material, hold more tryouts, give yet more queenly exams. Finally after weeks of testing, photo¬ graphing and practice there will emerge from her chry- sallis of secrecy the most charming butterfly of the year, the Queen. The identity of the court remains secret until the “right hour” for presentation to the world. Representatives of the AWS, WAA and SCA comprise the stu¬ dent judging committee with faculty members of the drama, art and physical education de¬ partments completing the pre¬ liminary committee list. Oddfellows Areops Hold Rush Dance Tomorrow Night As a climax to another stren¬ uous rusn season, more than 500 club members and pledges will be meeting to celebrate the is¬ suance and acceptance of bids. For the Areopagites, men’s re- Jane Johns, Bob Mohr’s pret¬ ty frau, is also the featured vocalist with the local band. strictive club, the celebration takes the form of tomorrow night’s annual Areop dance. This serves a preliminary for the pledging season, during which new club members undergo the process of informal initiation. “We hope that the dance will help new and old club members get acquainted . . . help students meet school leaders,” stated Are¬ op President Clarence Thurber. Jack Purcell, world’s champion badminton player, and Harry Sinclair, ace cycler, who will perform in today’s assembly. Exercise Cyclers Break Speed Limit In Today 7s Assembly Professional and amateur athletics will be the keynote of today’s assembly, including performances by Harry Sin¬ clair, Don Hester, Tom McFadden and Don Westine, top- notch cyclers. Sinclair placed sixth in the grueling United States road race, and only the European war prevented his entrance in Finland’s 1940 Olympics, plans for which were rudely interrupted by Russian conquest. SIXTY M.P.H. RACE With a spectacular sixty-mile an hour race actually be¬ ing performed on the stage, the assembly committee will also present Jack Purcell, world’s champion badminton player, and Robert Henie. Home talent will be represented by energetic Dave Mc¬ Bride, cheer leader and captain of the JC gym squad, who with the team, will bounce and gyrate in a gymnastic ex¬ hibition. The statement was erroneously made that Dave Free¬ man, national badminton champion, and native Pasadenan, would appear in today’s assembly. To be presented on both campuses, the assembly presen¬ tation was announced by Byron Lough, secretary of activities on the West Campus. Regular Friday schedule will be followed. Leaders Labor! doctor7 Warren Allen FLOAT DESIGN CONTEST This week also will see the start of a contest for two float designs: (1) the Queen’s float and (2) an all-school float. There are a number of prizes for design as well as designer. First prize for the Queen’s float is $50 and second and third awards of $25 and $10 respectively. (Continued on Page Two) “Smiling” Bob Mohr, for- " mer JC student, plays for Aerop dance t о m о rrow night night at the IOOF hall. Bids $1.10 at the door, or from mem¬ bers. Doorstep Player’s pro- d u c e initial drama in West Campus Auditorium, Wed. Oct. 23, at 3:00 p. m. Chronicle Ad Staff needs mem¬ bers. Those interested are invited to attend a meeting in room 208D E. C. at 3 p.m. today. Refresh¬ ments served. Inoculates Frosh With Tradition Pumping Frosh students full of school procedure and traditions for the last two weeks, have been 15-odd student- leaders, working under ambitionus Attorney-General Warren Allen. The idea behind a student taught orientation course was to rekindle lagging school spirit in incoming students. Work- Held at the IOOF Temple, the dance will swell with the strains of Bob Mohr’s orchestra. Bob, a former PJC boy, was featured in “Scatterbrain” and other movies. Bids for the dance may be ob¬ tained at the door, at the Stu¬ dent Bank, or from Areop mem¬ bers. The price is $1.10. Chief Justice Re-Elected Thuel Schuhart, pre-legal stu¬ dent and captain of ROTC, is again PJC’s Chief Justice. Last year in a popular vote election for the office, Schuhart’s two vote margin of victory was hotly contested by the rival candidate, Peter Paulson, who declared the election illegal and demanded a re-vote. Nevertheless, when the strictly supervised recount was finished, Thuel was formally named Chief Justice for the 1939- 40 year. Because of last year’s debate, the new constitution rules that the Chief Justice must be chosen by the Supreme Court itself, from their number. Accordingly, last Monday evening the five newly appointed justices, Dick Kendall, Clarence Thurber, Bill Walton, Thuel and Willis Fallis, met in Dean J. A. Anderson’s of¬ fice on the East Campus and de¬ cided that Thuel being the most experienced and politically suc¬ cessful should be re-elected to head the school’s highest court during the present year. ing feverishly, Allen managed to whip eight of his committee¬ men into class chairmen, who in turn arranged for speakers to cover the various phases of school life. All went well for the first week, then class chairmen be¬ gan to feel the gaff of having to be at school at 8 every morning (a thing most of them have not done since their high school days) and began missing their classes. However, most of the classes went off as scheduled, and, as Allen states, “ . . . things could have been worse.” Whether the frosh have soak¬ ed up knowledge of school life or not will be discovered in a few days, when a comprehensive examination will be given. Class chairmen included such dignitaries as Barbara Fitch, Mort Brandler, Dave Brady, Charlie Allen, Bill Walton, Dave Orswell, Pete Paulson and John Waterhouse. Speaking were Harlan Erick¬ son, Ed Davis, Warren Allen, Swish Ogura, Virginia Spahr, Lucille Nutt, Dale Hiestand. Francis Stevenson, Noel Young and Carl Palmberg. Crafty Hall's Punchy-Wunchies Hardest assembly for PJC stu¬ dents to gain admittance to is “Crafty Hall.” Usual over conges¬ tion outside Sexson auditorium is expected again this year as “Crafty Hall” stages itself on Friday, October 25. Direct take-off of famed Kraft Music Hall radio program, this annual production is this season being directed by witty Dick Mc- Moyler, star performer of ’39 “Crafty Hall.” Whole idea of the special assembly show is “per¬ sonalizing a regular radio variety show.” An entirely student enterprise, "Crafty Hall” presents a cast of students directed by students in a sparkling show of PJC talent. Mythical sponser of the ’40 “Crafty Hall” hour is Punchy Wunchy breakfast cereal, actual bill footer is PJC’s big student body. Biggest swing band to be featured on the show is being di¬ rected this year by Gabriel Bar- told who leads 25 picked musi¬ cians. _ No. 8 Politics Frosh Prexy Named In Final Election With one short of 700 freshmen voting in Wednesday’s final election, Jim Nash triumphed over John Roubian for the office of Freshman Class President. Nash received 425 votes to 274 for Roubian. Jim when interviewed, stated his appreciation of the con¬ fidence shown by the class in him by saying, “My greatest aim in fulfilling my office of president, is to better serve the freshman class by making it a more active agent in student affairs.” With nearly 1100 fresh- Activity Colossal Show In Rose Bowl Nov. 7 Financial wrinkles creasing the brows of the student union benefit committee were smooth¬ ed away Thursday when the Board of Representatives applied a special $1500 “lotion” to under¬ write occuring expenses. With this backing, committeemen (see Chronicle Oct. 15) uncrossed their fingers and went ahead with plans — mainly to have a gi¬ gantic show, one hour of parade, one hour of pageant. Among ideas turned in to Wil¬ liam O. Payne, faculty produc¬ tion coordinator, was one which suggested that two sixman foot¬ ball teams give an exhibition game between parade and pa¬ geant. The parade committee, under Secretary of Organizations “Ginny” Spahr, has enlisted the cooperation of every campus or¬ ganization and has already prom¬ ised the appearance of 30 floats. Representative Barbara Fitch, di¬ rector of the pageant, already has reserved tunnels 9 trhough 14 in the Rose Bowl for the spec¬ tacle of unfurling the national emblem and the women’s physi¬ cal education department has set its “fire dance” into rehearsal. (Continued on Page Two) Restrictive Clubs Issue Bids Today To Lucky Pledges Surprising even the women’s restrictive club members is the fact that this year for the first time in the history of restrictive clubs at Pasadena Junior College there will be approximately 225 bids issued this afternoon be¬ tween the hours of three and four-fifteen. One hundred and seventy-five of them will come from the Dean of Women’s office at Bast Campus, the other fifty from the Dean of Women’s of¬ fice at West Campus. Since the initiation of the wom¬ en’s restrictive clubs in 1927 vari¬ ous ways of issuing bids have been used. The original method was for the club to present these bids individually. As time went on this proved unsatisfactory, for often a club eager to obtain a certain girl, would be inclined to last minute rushing and putting pressure on rushees, making it impossible for them to receive bids from other organizations. Seven years ago the Women’s Restrictive Inter-Club Council voted to issue bids through the Dean of Women’s office, a meth¬ od which has proved quite suc¬ cessful. LAW CHANGED Last year this law was again changed. For on these eventful Friday afternoons it had become the custom for club members and rushees to gather on the front steps waiting to see the results. Due to public demonstration, the clubs agreed to keep away from the Deans’ offices when bids are given out; hence the rule of si¬ lence from midnight Thursday to three p.m. Friday. Notification of girls who have bids awaiting them in the offices of Miss Catherine Bob¬ bins, Dean of Women at East Campus, and Miss Olive Kelso, Associate Dean at West Cam¬ pus, was accomplished yester¬ day when post cards announc¬ ing this fact were mailed. men on the two campuses, he is eager to get a cross-sectional rep¬ resentation from all groups in his Frosh Council. He believes that this will bring the class unity, making possible better class spirit and enthusiasm and in¬ crease its prestige. Nash, an 11-1, is well qualified for the office to which he was elected. While in McKinley Ju- nor High, he became student body president, editor of the school newspaper, holder of many lesser offices, and received the Kiwanis award. Through error in last Tues¬ day’s Chronicle election returns Bob McCormick’s name was omitted. He was elected sopho¬ more class vice-president. With apologies to all we submit the re¬ sults in the vote for that office: Bob McCormick — 166. Joan Marking — 66. Eileen Ireland — 23. Art Via Radio Presented in JC Program Complete with producers, scriptmen, players and announc¬ ers, all of them Pasadena Junior College students, was the radio presentation, “Paeolithic Art.” It was second of a series of “Art in Life programs, which are given on the Don Lee Broadcasting System for the benefit of art his¬ tory students in three Western states. These programs, given every Wednesday at 1 o’clock, originate in the studio of KPPC in Pasadena. To give more people a chance to show what they can do in ra¬ dio, tryouts are held for each presentation. Next week’s radio show will be .“Egyptian Art,” and bulletins for tryouts will be post¬ ed beforehand. Last Wednesday’s players were Cederic Ward, as the Marquis de Sautaula, the dis¬ coverer of the Paleolithic art (prehistoric art); Hazel Harris, as the Marquis’ daughter; Lois Ijams, as his niece, and Bill Davis, Don Claus and John Rich¬ ardson. The announcers were Ed Clowes and Edward Wheeler. Script writer and producer was Raymond Wiley. Mr. Vincent Parsons, assisted by Jananne Gawthorp, supervised the produc¬ tion with the cooperation of Archie Wedemeyer and the art department. New feature, “Faculty mem¬ ber discusses — ” This week the Asiatic situation, by Miss Flor¬ ence Diment. — Page 4. Bulldog meets bulldog to¬ night in Bose Bowl. Page 3. Frosh Bullpups meet Whit¬ tier High next after So. Pasa¬ dena upset. — Page 4. Helen Averill, essay contest winner, in interview. — Page 2. Junior class to hold “draft dance” Oct. 22. — Page 2. Don Edell, versatile halfback interviewed. — Page 3. Restrictive club bids given out today. Page 2. Cartoonist goes internation¬ al, depicts Europe’s terrible trio. — Page 4.