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- Pasadena Chronicle, October 23, 1934
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Pasadena Chronicle, October 23, 1934
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SUPPORT
FRIDAY
ELECTION
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ATTEND
PATRONS RALLY
TONIGHT
VoL XXVI
Pasadena, California, October 23, 1934
No. 6
Will Hold Rally For Bonds Tonight At Civic
Fate of Local School
Structures In Voters’
Hands; $375,000 Asked
Amount Asked For Reconstruction Of Buildings Cut
To Less Than Half; Failure Of Bond Election
Leaves Public Responsible For Safety
Pasadena voters will go to the polls on October 26, to
decide whether the Pasadena students are to continue in
their scholastic activities, when they cast their ballots on the
$375,000 bond issue to rebuild structures in the city school
system
Due to the employment of SERA
labor in the dismantling of the
buildings at the junior college, the
sum now asked of the district elec¬
torate is virtually one-half million
dollars less than the sum formerly
asked.
Investigation following the great
earthquake showed that 19 school
buildings were not safe to house
the students of the Pasadena dis¬
trict because they did not comply
with the code for the structural
safety of buildings.
Under the state law school of¬
ficials are held responsible for the
danger to the students in event of
another shock. If district funds
are insufficient to rebuild the struc¬
tures then a bond election must be
called, after which, in the event of
a failure, the moral and legal re¬
sponsibility is ended. For this rea¬
son the Pasadena bond issue has
been called.
A thorough investigation of the
situation was made by the .state’s
architecture staff of structural en¬
gineers and the buildings were de¬
clared unstable.
Any liability resulting through
failure of the bond issue to pass,
will rest upon the public in case
of any damage to the buildings
and any loss of life.
The Long Beach earthquake oc¬
curred after school hours, and there
was no loss of life among the
school children. However the haz¬
ard of these ruined buildings so
( Continued on Page Three)
Debate Topic
Is Announced
Pi Delta Kappa Question
For Year Concerns
Arms Embargo
“Resolved: that nations should
agree to prevent international
shipment of arms and munitions,”
is the Pi Kappa Delta question to
be used in all of the debate fra¬
ternity’s tournaments during the
coming year, it was announced
last week by Earl D. Davis, local
mentor.
The question will be employed at
the Pi Kappa Delta Pacific coast
tourney, to be held at Salt Lake
City, Utah, during Thanksgiving
vacation, and at the district talk-
fest to be staged the latter part
of December at Redlands univer¬
sity. The Salt Lake get-together
is of the same nature as the one
held at Pasadena last spring, with
the University of Utah as host.
Coach Davis indicated that the
local institution might be repre¬
sented by a pair of teams in the
Mormon city convention, as well as
at the Redlands meet.
Practice encounters are being
lined up for the next two months
this week, with Los Angeles, Glen¬
dale and San Bernardino junior
colleges, Pasadena college, and lo¬
cal service clubs, as probable
scenes of gabfests.
♦ -
Dance, Games
Novelties To
Feature Party
Student Body Will Fete
Hallowe’en In First
Celebration
Amid black cats, ghosts, witches
and rattling skeletons, junior col¬
legians will celebrate the first of
the yearly Hallowe’en festivities at
an all-school party and dance to be
held in the men’s gymnasium on
October 26 at 8 o’clock. Tickets
are 10 cents, and may be pur¬
chased at the student store tomor¬
row, Thursday and Friday.
“Games, novelty numbers, and
two hours of dancing will feat¬
ure the evening’s entertainment
until the stroke of midnight
when — but come and see for
yourselves,” urges Betty Lewis,
chairman of the affair.
Game Committee
Miss Ruth Conrad, science in¬
structor, is faculty adviser for the
occasion, while Coach Everett
Niday is in charge of the games.
Student leaders for the games,
which will take up the first part
of the evening, include Nancy Kel¬
logg, Sadie Sellars, Mary Marsh,
Don Mansfield, Gerry Mountjoy,
Milton Valois, chairman, and Ver¬
non Lief.
The decoration committee under
the direction of Jeffery Littleboy
and consisting of Rosalyn Britt,
Bob Clark, Ed Barker, Bill Moir,
Gordon Eby, Jim Parsons and
Kathleen Cartwright has planned
to provide a genuine atmosphere
in typical Hallowe’en style. Light¬
ing effects will he managed by
Jim Mathews of the Silver Screen
club.
Favors Given
Special dance numbers and sur¬
prise features have been arrang¬
ed by June Mathews, chairman,
and the entertainment commit¬
tee. Andrew Carnahan, Alfred
Einstein, Marjorie Seaver, Ger¬
aldine Williams and Bud Paulson
are members of the group.
False noses and funny hats will
be supplied by the favors commit¬
tee, of which Bertille Glanville is
chairman. Cider and doughnuts
will be served during the evening
by the refreshments committee
working under Helen Phillips,
chairman.
Tickets may be bought during
both first and second lunch periods
and also before and after school at
the student body bookstore for 10
cents per person. Kathleen Cart¬
wright is in charge of the tickets
which will be sold by members of
the junior class council. They
will be on sale Wednesday, Thurs¬
day and Friday of this week and
may also be obtained at the door
that evening.
Galwey Offers
Cup; Is Major
New Editors
Are Chosen
Passage of School Bonds Is
Immediate Faculty Concern
Passage of the School Bonds is just as much a concern of
the faculty as the students. Just now the chief concern too
often is centered upon the point of “protecting the youth."
However, those charged with the responsibility of instruction
should be included in the reasons for passage of the bonds.
Proper instruction is impaired, if not made practically im¬
possible, by the present temporary and inadequate facilities.
Without laboratory equipment the science classes must be han¬
dled on the basis of “this is the way you would do it, if you
had a chance to do it.” The physical education people have
been more than magnanimous in giving up their facilities. The
recent storm eloquently demonstrated the difficulties when there
is no place for the students to retreat if signed up for gym¬
nasium. No teacher can give the proper amount of attention
to his or her class preparation or presentation of subject matter
when each class and every teacher is running in competition with
its neighbor. Students cannot give the proper amount of con¬
centration when distractions are on every hand.
Faculty members are vitally concerned over the outcome of
the vote because they recognize the degree to which proper class
work is decreased under the present inadequate housings. They
recognize that the students are working against handicaps which
could readily be eliminated with the proper physical plant.
They recognize that their own efficiency is retarded with the
present facilities.
Taxpayers are thus losing money by not spending money!
Every day that school is in session, as now, the taxpayers are
not getting full value received. Were they to spend the money
of bonds, the new buildings would more nearly insure adequate
and proper instruction than any other single move the people
of Pasadena' could make!
Bonfire And
Rally Slated
On Game Day
Final Shaves Are Taken
By Entrants of Annual
“Whiskerino”
The rally must go on! Not¬
withstanding the fact that, due to
the date conflicting with the upper
division schedule, the traditional
football game between the lower
division and Long Beach Poly
high has been shifted to Friday
afternoon, November 2, school na¬
bobs came up last Friday with the
decision that the bonfire rally
which annually precedes the big
game will go through as scheduled
on Thursday evening.
Provisions for the rally, which
will again be held at Tournament
park, are being made by the
Lancers, under the direction of
Fred Childs, committee chairman.
Decisions as to whether or not an¬
other parade and dance will ac¬
company the rally as last year,
have not as yet been announced.
The “whiskerino” contest, which
has peen a feature of the Long
Beach rally since 1931, got under
way yesterday with the registra¬
tion of entries, all clean-shaven, at
the Lancer bulletin board.
Contestants in the stubble-strut¬
ting derby who failed to register
yesterday can still get into the
fray by reporting to either Craig
McLaughlin, Lancer president, or
Fred Childs some time today.
Entries include Bill Ruediger
defending champ, Chuck Wright,
Alfred Einstein, Joe Putnam,
Eugene Kaynor, Arnold Abajian,
James Lamb, Don Dougall, Ray
Burby, Jack Russell, Elmer Mor¬
ton, Frederick Langford, John
Hall, George West, Joe McCloskey,
Bob Strathearn, Bob Scott, A1
Wing, Bob Henderson, Herb Pal¬
mer, Herb Gorman, Bill Stitt,
Charles Haines, Jim Kam, Walt
Manz, Lloyd Breyer and Richard
Pressner.
Commission to
Enforce New
Parking Rules
The parking commission, head¬
ed by Associate Justice A1 Ein¬
stein, was put into action last
Wednesday. The duties of this
commission are to enforce the
rules of the parking space, the
most important of which are no
parking in restricted areas, no
horn-honking or other noises
that tend to disturb classes, no
smoking and consideration of
other people’s property and rights.
This parking commission is
backed by the court, which will
prosecute any violations of the
parking space laws.
BILL LAWSON,
Chief Justice.
Dr. Harbeson
Gives Talk
At the assembly held last Fri¬
day, Dr. John W. Harbeson gave a>
short talk on voting for the school
bonds issue, supplemented by a
selection of “hot” piano numbers
played by George Brown, dusky
musician.
Dr. Harbeson urged students to
remind their parents of the need
of new buildings, and the lack of
money available. He deplored the
condition of the campus, especially
in wet weather, and the danger the
damp tents put the pupils in.
Making the ivories of the old
gym piano dance in agony, George
Brown pounded out swiftly, surely,
and anything but silently such
tunes as “Tiger Rag,” “Dinah,”
and “I Only Have Eyes for You.”
He made quite an impression on
the students, and was recalled for
an encore with thundering ap¬
plause.
The jaysee yell and song leaders
did their stuff with vim and vigor,
and the assembly cooperated in
like kind, making their vocal cords
expand and contract with earsplit¬
ting effects. After a few words by
! Eleanor Northrup, student body
I president, the assembly was dis-
! missed.
To the cadet earning the great¬
est number of points under the
new merit system, Major Goeff-
rey Galwey, local ROTC com¬
mandant, will present a silver
loving cup. The new system, in¬
augurated at the beginning of
the present semester, allows
cadets to earn and lose points.
Points may be earned for extra
activity such as rifle squad work,
armory guard and other activity.
Dirty rifles and uniforms will
lose merits for the cadets. Only
cadets and non-commissioned of¬
ficers will be eligible for the
award.
A dispatch from the war de¬
partment recently notified Gal¬
wey of his promotion to the rank
of major. He has been a cap¬
tain since 1917.
With the announcement of seven
;w appointments to the Campus
aff at the last meeting, the writ-
g staff is nearing completion,
he latest appointments include :
lap editor, Chuck Davis; sopho-
ore editor, Margaret Davis; ath-
tics, Bob Cort; men’s sports,
orbet Duarte; publications, Pat-
cia Lauder; faculty administra-
on, Jean Backus; and assistant
isiness manager, Marshall Beni-
ct.
Last Wednesday featured the
st regular meeting of the group;
jwever, anyone who is interested
i doing work on the publication
is been asked by Ben Ludden,
litor-in-chief, to come around the
lampus office in 202T, and make
imself known.
School Budget For 1934-35
Approved By Dr . Harbeson
Drawn up by Bill Moir, secretary of finance, submitted
to and approved by Principal John W. Harbeson and the
board of representatives, the school budget for the ensueing
ity, $50; Public Relations, $90;
Lancers, $65; Spartans, $35; Mast
terms is as follows:
Budget, 1934-35
Reserve, $1000; Deficit (1933-
34) $960; Associated Students,
$1240; Public Address System,
$170; Total, $1410.
A. W. S., $390; A. M. S., $170;
Assembly Fund, $250; Oral Arts,
$190; Bauble and Bells Play, $140;
Players’ Guild Play, $140; S. B.
President’s Expenses, $25; Public-
and Dagger, $75; Social Affairs,
$350; Scholarship Societies, $200;
Student Welfare for Men, $100;
Student Welfare for Women, 100.
Symphony Orchestra, $170.; Vo¬
cal Organizations, $170; Christmas
Production, $140; Bulldog Band,
$530; Annual, $4000; Chronicle,
$700; Men’s Sports, $4700; Wom¬
en’s Sports, $350; Total, $16,500.
Program Given By
Patrons’ Association
Dr. Soares W ill Speak
Attendance Is Requested By Faculty As Future Of
Pasadena Junior College Is At Stake; Bulldog
Band Is On Program
Mrs. Charles F. Jones, president of the Pasadena junior
college Patrons’ Association, is in charge of the faculty re¬
ception to be held at the Civic auditorium tonight at 7 :30.
The public and students are also invited.
After the concert of the Bulldog’s band, beginning the
Youth Speaker
DR. THEODORE G. SOARES, pro¬
fessor of Humanities at Califor¬
nia Institute of Technology and
pastor of the Neighborhood
Church, who will address Pasa¬
dena Patrons’ Association at a
mass meeting in the Civic audi¬
torium tonight, speaking on the
topic, “Shall America Have a
Youth Movement?”
Annual Play
Title Is Told
By Dramatists
j
“Passing of Third Floor
Back” Is Name
Of Drama
“The Passing of the Third Floor
Back,” by Jerome K. Jerome, has
recently been announced as the
1934 Players’ Guild production,
now being rehearsed at the Mar¬
shall junior high school.
Originally produced by Sir John¬
son Forbes Robertson in Great
Britain, it was later brought to
the United States by Sir Johnson
and presented in the east.
Playhouse Produced
The Pasadena Community play¬
house has twice produced the
drama. It was first offered by the
players at the old theater on Fair
Oaks avenue 10 years ago, and last
June revived at the new structure
on El Molino avenue.
Sam Hines played the lead at
each local production and, accord¬
ing to Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie,
adviser, promises to attend the
junior college interpretation of
the classic.
Versatile Actors
“It would be impossible for the
Players’ Guild to produce this fam¬
ous play if the junior college did
not have the group of versatile
and experienced actors it now pos¬
sesses,” explained the adviser.
George Longworth, treasurer of
the group, announces that reserved
tickets will be on sale prior to the
opening on Friday evening, No¬
vember 8 at the Marshall auditor¬
ium. Tickets from the students’
activities book may be exchanged
for another reserved seat next to
the one purchased.
PI DELTA KAPPA ELECTS
Marjorie Barmettler, Carter
Cordner, Taylor Green, Ben Lud¬
den and Maxine Thompson were
elected to membership in Pi Delta
Kappa, honorary literary frater¬
nity, at a meeting held last week.
Quality of published literary
works was the basis of choice of
the new members.
program at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Jones
will welcome the public, introduce
the guests, and present the year’s
program of the Patrons’ Associa¬
tion. Greetings will be given by
Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal,
and Dr. John A. Sexson, superin¬
tendent of schools.
Dr. Theodore G. Soares, director
of the Humanities department of
Caltech and first vice-president of
the Patrons’ Association, will
speak on “Shall America Have a
Youth Movement?” He is well
known throughout the country for
his humanitarian ideals.
This program is for the purpose
of interpreting for the general
public just what the educational
system of today demands and to
show them the need for the bond
issue of October 26.
The special project of the asso¬
ciation for this year is the plan¬
ning for more idealistic conditions
on the college campus to meet the
leisure time needs of the students,
not only for the students of today,
but for all students of junior col¬
lege in the days to come.
Mrs. Mary Blair Wallace will
present a series of six lectures —
every Wednesday afternoon until
December 5. The complete course
will be one dollar, or twenty-five
cents for each lecture.
The lecture tomorrow will be
“Twenty Years A’ Growing.”
Those following will be “Emotional
Development a Necessity,” “To¬
ward Understanding Men,” “Social
(Continued on Page Two)
Anderson To
Be At Meet
Record Dean to Represent
Junior College at
Convention
Dean of Records John A. Ander¬
son will represent the Pasadena
junior college at the annual meet¬
ing of the Pacific Coast Associa¬
tion of College Registrars, to be
held at the Multnomah hotel in
Portland. Ore., on November 11,
12 and 13.
Mr. Anderson is secretary of the
organization, and will preside over
several of the discussions and elec¬
tion of officers. Highlights of the
convention will be a talk on the
management of student FERA
labor to he given by Mr. J. B.
Speer of the University of Mon-
tant, and a discussion on “Scholar¬
ship and Probation,” in which Mr.
Anderson will take a leading part.
Group From South
A group of delegates to this
meeting representing Southern Cal¬
ifornia schools will leave Los An¬
geles Friday evening, November 9.
Included in this group will be rep¬
resentatives of all of the leading
junior colleges and universities in
this part of the state. Some of
the delegates are planning a pro¬
longed stay in the northern city
for a sightseeing trip, but Mr. An¬
derson expresses doubt of his
being able to remain in Portland
that long.
Straw Vote
• • • • ••••
November 2 Set
Jaysee students will have the
chance to express their choice on
the gubernatorial office of this
state. The election will be held
Friday, November 2.
Election booths will be at the
side of the pool.
The results are to appear in
the Tuesday morning edition fol¬
lowing the voting, the day of the
statewide selection. Dr. Har¬
beson, principal, sanctioned the
vote if it is entirely under stu¬
dent responsibility and in no
way connected with the school or
faculty of the institution.