Pasadena Chronicle, October 25, 1929

Ш ' 1 1 1 I4WL*\ Volume XXI Pasadena, California, Friday, October 25, 1929. Number 5 SENIORS TO GIVE DANCE SAT., NOV. 16 — f-=- Music Will Be Furnished by Former P.J.C. Student and Orchestra -4— BIDS TO BE OUT SOON — 4— Class President and Dance Committee Members State Plans Cords for the laddies and calico for the lassies plus a lot of other- feature attractions, the nature of which cannot be revealed as yet, are promised for the Senior dance at the Masonic temple November- 16, by Howard McBurney, presi¬ dent, and other dance committee members. Bids for the dance will be out within a few days and may be pur¬ chased from any officer or com¬ mittee member. It is only neces¬ sary that one member of the cou¬ ple be a full-fledged senior — which necessitates a membership. Bids will cost one dollar. Mort Heydenrich and his orches¬ tra will furnish the music. Mort is a former student of P. J. C., and played on a Dollar liner last summer. The social committee under- Mary Jenkins, vice-president, in¬ cludes Mary Louise Shea and Rad¬ ford Dartnell. The publicity committee is under Kent Dickerman, with Marjorie Sturgis, Florence De Clerque, and Miles Kemper as assistants. “With the exception of the prom, this is the only senior dance we will be permitted to have this year, and everyone is working hard to assure its success. We are going to have some excellent music, fea¬ tures, and everybody ought to get their tickets- «oen# “Carl , 'EhdewaTc^ h&s.is^S* a^good example by early negotiations for a date with a certain someone.” $1000 AWARD, FOR SCRIPTS “Current Literature,” a weekly magazine, announces a contest for student .Authors. Meritorious work will - be published at the close of the school year in a book entit, .“Jj^pary Leaves by T< Writers,” a collection eflljnMbst short stories, poems, ana essays written, by students during the year. The book .will provide an outlet-' for studegjL'' work and a chance forjjEjgggiftts to win early literary 'rdcoglijf ion and will be a permanfeit year-to-year record of the student’s Mferary work. All ' contributionsti-must be re¬ ceived before June’® in order to have a chance for" publication in the volume. ^Wprk sent in early, if deserving, will be published at times in the weekly issues of Cur¬ rent Literature. A total of $1000 in prizes will be awarded, and any student under 21 years of age !n any school is entitled to submit manuscripts. Further information aaKHfctails of- this contest may be оЙ^ЙэЙ Mr. Hill of the Eng- lish'^paT-tment. СшЬ Membership Grcp on East Bulletin Beard Showing the memberships of the clubs of P. J. C., a graph prepared by the graphic meth¬ ods class hangs on the east bulletin board. The six technical clubs are distinguished on the graph by the use of different color. The Engineering club heads the list of seventy-three clubs, showing a total of 114 members. Triple S is second with 82. Three so¬ cial clubs are composed of but six members each. The graph was prepared in the graphic methods class by Herbert Cono¬ ver. School, Civic Organizations Combine to Celebrate Light’s Golden Jubilee Debaters to Meet Glendale 39 A million candles wavered softly as a disturbing puff of air came in contact with the flames. A mil¬ lion hearts beat softly, listening. Then, “It lights!” And thus did we of the Pacific coast hear of the re¬ birth of the incandescent light. Through the efforts of the “X” club, the first commercial electric light bulb ever installed might have been seen Monday or Tuesday afternoon by anyone who ventured into the main hall of the Horace Mann building, in the Pasadena junior college. The original phono¬ graph invented by Edison drew many interested spectators to 'the exhibit. Thomas A. Edison is one of the very few benefactors of mankind who has lived to see his works in their full use, and recognized by all the world. On this, the fiftieth J. C. Wome ii Serve Football Suppers Following ' the game Saturday night, the members of the Pasa¬ dena and San Bernardino J. G.' teams put aside their animosity ■and together enjoyed a supper of hot chocolate and sandwiches at the Rose Bowl. Louise Norton, second vice-presi¬ dent of the A. W. S., had charge of serving the supper, with Isabel McLain, Eunice Elton, Ruth Pfei¬ fer, Mary Louise Shea, Lyvonne Adams, Myraline Brown, Martha Wood, and Alba Pece as her assist¬ ants. Tomorrow night a supper will be served after the lower divi¬ sion game with Glendale to the Pas¬ adena and Glendale lower division players. Returning the visit of the Glen¬ dale team, Pasadena debaters will meet the “Buccaneers” in their auditorium Wednesday, October 30 at 3:30 in their first debate a- way from home. Aletha Lomox, from Alhambra, Donald Mclsacs, from Santa Mo¬ nica, will champion the cause of Modern women in the question, “Resolved that Modern Woman is a Failure. In the evening Delbert Brown and Glenn Reed will con¬ tend that Congress should not le¬ vy a uniform vehicle act. The question of “Modern Wo¬ men” is one of two selected by Pasadena from a group of six questions submitted to the colleges in the league from which two are chosen for the league debates. Pasadena’s first choice is; “Resolved: That the installment plan of selling is detrimental to the welfare of society.” Those who are candidates for the team this year include those taking part in pre-season debates ith GKn^lale junior college, and Ime Anderson, Secretary of Oral Arts, Blva Emerson, mana¬ ger of debate, Donald Mitchell, participant in non-conference de¬ bates last year, and Gwen Dodge, star debater under Mr. Earl Davis who was debate coach at Pasade¬ na in 1927. As soon as the league questions are decided, the class will start work with a series of practice de¬ bates within the squad to get into training. ke league schedule will be an- ed s.jjjhultafi^ously. ■ Music Department Presents Assembly —4— The music department, under Miss Lula C. Parmley had charge of the assembly given today. The .glee club, accompanied by- the band, opened the program with “Sturdy as the Mountains.” Playing “Our Director,” by 1^ ley, and “Cuba Lai&d,” Sousa, the band, led by Mr. S: continued the program/ For! third number, a quartet composed of Robert Kidder, Bob Hendricks, Delbert MacBeth, and Floyd Brehm gave some selections. The Girls’ Glee club, directed by Miss Parmley, arid accompanied by Mrs. Miller, sang “Yesterday and Today” by Spross, and “Little Orphan Annie” by Andrews, as the fourth number. The brass quartet gave the fifth number, playing Barnby’s “Sweet and Low.” Tlje . Boys’ Glee club closed the ^rog^am, singing three selections. Miss Parmley expressed her ap¬ preciation of the work done .by Mr. Stong, the new band leader. SOPHOMORE1 SWEATERS TO ARRIVE IN 4 WEEKS — 4 — Sophomore sweaters will be de¬ livered in about four weeks and measurement will be limited,, ac¬ cording to Douglas McMann, soph¬ omore treasurer. Probably today and one day next week will com¬ pile the ordering of them at the bcrbptore. After that, students wilrbe mgasure^at 376 East Colo¬ rado strei Freshman- Junior Jinx Is Planned for Ncv. 26 —4— Plans for a Frosh-Junior Jinx were discussed at a joint meeting of the junior and freshman class officers last Wednesday. The date has tentatively been set for Novem¬ ber 26. The jinx will include a moving picture and vaudeville, for which a small admission fee will be charged. Harlan Updigraff was appointed general chairman. He is a junior, and former Muir Tech student. The other committee members who will work with Harlan and of¬ ficers of the two classes are: Mary Burger, Paul Bryan, Alwilda Shaw, Remington Olmstead, Charles Smallhurst, Helen Fitch, and Mac Jayred. All positions, however, are subject to change. anniversary of his invention of the incandescent light bulb, there is no¬ where to be found anything but praise for Mr. Edison and his “eternal sunlight.” The climax of a week of cele¬ brating, was the symphony of lights in the Rose Bowl, Monday evening. Michio Ito, who danced at the opening of the Bowl for night events, gave his famous shadow dance. This program was preceded by the Chamber of Commerce lunch¬ eon, at which Dr. R. W. Sorensen of California Institute of Technol¬ ogy spoke of Mr. Edison and his work. The Pasadena city hall and the Colorado street bridge, as well as Colorado street itself, have been given special lighting effects all during the past week. Journalists to Meet at Long Beach Sat. —4— Discussions of journalism and writing will be held at the semi¬ annual junior college press conven¬ tion to be held in Long Beach, Sat¬ urday, November 2. Representatives from junior col¬ leges all over Southern California are expected to be present. The delegates will attend a luncheon at the Pacific Coast club and a ban¬ quet in the evening at the Breakers hotel. They will also be guests at a football game in the afternoon and a semi-formal dance after the banquet. Some of the topics to be dis¬ cussed at the conference, which will be held in the forenoon at the Woodrow Wilson school, are: Fea¬ tures, editorials, pictures in an¬ nuals, advertising, and other top- Advertising Contest ^ Winner to ReceiveCiip t ^ ■ / A silver loving cup will A be awarded the winner of the Щрег division advertising contest b.yvthe Advertising club of Pasadena .'f or the best three-minute speech ' on any advertising subject. Tryouts will be held Tuesday, November/12, in 1-B. Seven will b e selected t о speak a t. — the Advertising club dinner on her 26, when the winner1 casern According to William Dunkerly, manager of oratory, all students have a good chance as upper and leaver division are being conducted separately. Ail speeches will be judged on a b§.sis of . originality of subject and good conffent plan. ТЙе .general subject is advertis- infjpbtit any phase of the subject may 'fee selected. Suggestions are “Тйе .. Advertiang of Tomorrow,” "LSrent Forces of Advertis¬ ing,” and “Why People Respond to ■Advertising.” Bob Mead won the contest last year, and Helen Ward was the win¬ ner three years ago. ' - 4 - A Ipha Society Jo Meet Wednesday ■ — 4— Alpha society, upper division scholarship organization, will hold its first social meeting of the year Wednesday, October 30, at 7:30 p. m., in the music hall. Fifty honorary life-members of the C. S. F., seventeen re-elected, and four¬ teen new members will be the guests. Pins will be presented and officers elected. Music and readings will be given and refreshments will be served. The party will be in the form of a Hallowe’en party, and will be in charge of Mary Jenkins, vice-president. Miss Loly, the society’s adviser, left today by auto for Fresno, where she_wilLbe a delegate to the annual C. S. F. convention for fac¬ ulty advisers. Miss Loly is chair¬ man of the college relations com¬ mittee, and is a state officer of the convention. New Equipment Proves Valuable to Canteen “Keen!” “Swell!” “Darn good!” This constitutes the comments made by the students in regard to the canteen. Judging by the ■ crowd at the back of the building, members of the cafeteria are not the only per¬ sons that can boast new equipment. The curiosity of many hungry stu¬ dents is well satisfied when they “perch” themselves on one of the new stools and indulge in extraor¬ dinary good food. 2.8 Grade Points Give School Honor The distinction of being honor graduates of the school and being excused from final examinations in alL subjects in which the grade is A or B, is the award to be given to all students having a grade point average of 2.8, according to Howard Pattee, of the administra¬ tion staff. This means that students who are to receive this honor must make grade averages of a little less than “A.” For example: In a fifteen-unit program, with five three-unit courses, four “A’s” and one “B” would average exactly 2.8. The grade point index, or grade point average, is found by dividing the number of grade points by the number of units. Last year, thirty lower division and five upper division graduating seniors qualified for the honor. The grades used as a basis for figuring were those of the semester preced¬ ing, but this year the standing for the current semester up to as late a date as possible, will be used. SENIOR MEMBERSHIP CARDS ON SALE NOW - 4 - Seniors must secure member¬ ship cards, which will go on sale Monday in the east student body office, before attending senior functions, according to senior of¬ ficers. Many surprises are in store for seniors who have their mem¬ bership cards, so officers advise every senior to buy one next week. Frosh Week Will Be on New Basis Next Year An entire revision of Frosh week will be made by the stud¬ ent court, according to a deci¬ sion made by the Board of Rep¬ resentatives Tuesday. The changes will go into effect next fall. At the same meeting, Bar¬ bara Turner was appointed Clerk of the Cabinet. A letter from Mr. Harbeson, thanking the student body for its presentation of student- body books to the administra¬ tion and faculty was read by Eric Strutt. The rest of the meeting was spent in discus¬ sion. BUREAU SETS NEWS DESK FOR DAILIES Metropolitan News Service Organized for P. J. C. Publicity - — 4 — • HARRY FOSDICK HEAD ' — 4 — News Staff Positions Open for Students Interested in Journalism New Members Added to C.S.F. — 4— Chapter I of the C. S. F., lower division scholarship society, will hold its first regular meeting of the year Thursday, October 81, in 200-C during third period. Special permission has been granted by the administration to hold these month¬ ly meetings during class periods. Not more than six of these meet¬ ings will be held this year, and they will be during different peri¬ ods each month. The faculty scholastic committee invites all former and regular members to attend the first busi¬ ness meeting. Pins will be awarded to new members, officers for this semester will be elected, and re¬ ports of the district and state con¬ ventions held recently will be given by the delegates. The delegates to the district convention held at Bur¬ bank high school, October 23, were: Lois Shattuck, Lorraine Smith, Richard Crutchfield, and Willard Stone. Miss Kathleen Loly was the delegate to the state scholastic convention. CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION, CHAPTER I (First Semester 1929-30) Re-elected Members Girls — Olive Bramley, Mary Brine- gar, Muriel Cannon, Frances G. Crum, Elizabeth Earl, Inez L. Effinger, Elea¬ nor A. Evans, Mary V. Garrison, Pansy Haigazian Marion B. Hatters- ley, Dorothy Holliday, Alice Carolyn McDuffie, Gwendolyn Pyeatt, Mary Alice Reinhart, Ruth Roby, Marie Rol- lier, Ellen Sanderhoff, Marjorie Fran¬ ces Secrest, Lois Shattuck, K. Lor¬ raine Smith, Ethel Spero, Katherine Correa Summers, Margaret Thum, Katherine Truman, Barbara Turner, Ruth Van Horn, Talitha Leona Youngblood. Boys — Walter E. Anderson, Horace W. Babcock, James William Bowen, Richard Crutchfield, Norman Bran¬ son Dewees, Frank E. Dische, Roland Herman Escherich, Albert W. Hodge, Ernest R. Howard, Malcolm Jayred, James Henry Jennison, Paul Kartzke, Donald D. Matson, Eugene G. Matti- son, Gifford McCasland, Harold David Michener, Charles Otis, Hoite R. Ram¬ sey, Alston Renner, Donald R. Rooke, Edward Ross, Richard O. Rust, John Henry Schulkins, Harold S. Singer, Willard John Stone, Alfred Ivan Switzer. Newly Elected Members Girls — Virginia Anderson, Margaret E. Bothell, Ruth Floyd, Opal V. Gar¬ ber, Roberta LaRue, Clarion E. Lea- tart, Patricia McLaughlin, Mabel New, Myrta Olmsted, Ruth Riordan, Alice Marie' Shetler, Mildred H. Simpson, Marcella Spivey, M. Odessa Williams, Ruth Windham. Boys — Elmer E. Day, Kendall El- lingwood, Heber Goode, C. Howard Groth, Robert H. Kalliwoda, David Morgan, Loyal Edward Nelson, James Smith, Robert Stenger, Michael Swee¬ ney. (Continued on Page 3) L. D. HALFBACK WINS FOOTBALL SHOES “Len” Morgan, halfback of the lower division varsity was the re- ciprocant of a pair of football shoes given by the Weatherby Kayser Shoe company for the best player in the lower division squad. Morgan received the shoes for his sterling work in the Santa Ana- Pasadena game, played at Santa Ana. He showed up well in the contest, getting off several fine runs and punts. EMORY FOSTER IS MARRIED IN EUROPE — 4 — Word has been received of the recent marriage of Emory Foster, formerly a member of the Pasa¬ dena high school faculty, and Miss Jean Mac Jannet. The marriage took place in Geneva, Switzerland. According to the announcement, which was received by Miss Elma Holloway, Mr. and Mrs. Foster are at home to their friends at 21 Rue Mirabeau, Paris, where Mr. Foster is engaged in educational work. To stimulate P. J. C. publicity . in local and Los Angeles daily pa¬ pers, a Metropolitan News Service has been organized with every pa¬ per represented by a junior college correspondent, according to Doug McMann, director of the publicity bureau. That publicity is a recog¬ nized factor in the school’s func¬ tioning, is acknowledged by admin¬ istrative officers and student body leaders. Harry Fosdick will head the new publicity group, which works under the auspices of the publicity bureau in their activities. Clarence Vetterli, Star-News re¬ porter, and “Mannie” Pineda, Post reporter, are active in the Met¬ ropolitan News Service. Students who have done publicity work or who are interested in journalism are invited to apply for positions through the publicity office in 13-C. In discussing J. C. publicity, Mr. McMann said: “Every agency pos¬ sible is being utilized by the bu¬ reau. Blackboards, bulletin boards, hall boards, and other ideas are being used to put the junior col¬ lege on the map. Photographic Work “The utilization of the bulletin board in the hall has been estab¬ lished this year to greater extent than ever before. Frank O’Conner, cartoonist, will draw signs supply¬ ing students with original ideas, supplemented by classroom signs drawn by Lillian Holbrook, Mad Dog cartoonist. Gilbert Sperry, ac¬ tive in photographic work, has re¬ cently been appointed official staff photographer. Clubs desiring pic¬ tures to accompany newspaper re¬ ports may make use of this new feature. “The appointment of Vernon Archibald to head the bulletin board committee was made last week. Elizabeth Swartsbough is his assistant. Robert Stenger, chairman of window displays, has added Wendell Morrow and David Mor¬ gan to compose his committee. This committee, as is evident, uses the more prominent downtown stores to set up their displays. The displays will exhibit trophies, banners, ath¬ letic equipment, and various other things symbolic of J. C. “People desiring their publicity to have special attention should submit their material typed and on standard size typing paper. Martha Maines, official staff correspondent, will be responsible for special pub¬ licity notices. Publicity material should be placed on her desk in 13-C. The publicity bureau aims to create interest in every school ac¬ tivity.” New Girls to Be Guests at Party New girls in the Pasadena junior college will be the guests of the Associated Women Students at a party in the gym, Wednesday aft¬ ernoon, October 30, at 3:15, the end of sixth period. All girls who entered this year from other schools are to be entertained at that time by old students. Hallowe’en will be the motif for the affair, the gym being decorated with autumn colors. Refreshments will be served, and a program will be given, consisting of a play, readings, and other numbers. Flor¬ ence De Clercq is chairman of the committee for the party. Her as¬ sistants are Katherine Summers, in charge of the decorations; Mar¬ guerite Muzzey, who will oversee the refreshments; LeaDell Dudley, who is planning the program; and Hazel Tucker, in charge of the publicity.