Vol. 34
Pasadena Junior College, October 30, 1942
No. 7
PJC Searches For Small-Scrap
Venture To Lost For
Two Weeks; Opened
With Extra Assembly
Clubs Designating Days
To Collect Special Articles
Latest in war-time ventures conjured up by venturesome
PJC students is Small-Scrap Salvage Saver, begun last Wed¬
nesday on both campuses, will continue until November 13.
With “Dig it out” as the patriotic motto students are asked
to bring to school with them bits of scrap to add to the col¬
lection. To initiate the drive a special essembly was held last
LAL-CHAND-MEHRA
. . . knows India
Hindu Authority
Former Aid
Will Speak
At Forum
Wednesday.
Purpose of the undertaking is
to clean up students’, neighbors’
homes, not already reached, of
all valuable scrap while it could
be put to some vital use.
Since transportation is nil this
necessitates the collecting of
smaller, never-the-less important,
bits of scrap. Students may bring
the following articles by bus,
street car or thumb. Iron, steel,
rope, rubber, burlap sacks, old
rafls and clothes, coat hangers,
canvas, keys, kitchen utensils,
and that metal atrocity, won at
the pike, which was long removed
from the living room to the less
noticable corners of dark closet.
Bins have and are being placed
at crucial points about campuses,
for students to cast in that need¬
ed salvage. When the drive is
completed the Pasadena Salvage
Committee will have the material
away, being donated, not sold,
by PJC.
This latest of campaigns has
been planned to cover a ten day
period, ending November 13. The
first three days have been devot-,
ed to general scrap, as 'the drive
gains momentum each remaining
day will be set aside for a spe¬
cial article.
A full student response is
expected as this is the only sal¬
vage drive to be conducted this
year. Students are urged to
visit neighbors as well as scour-
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Chow
Was ^Bengal LanceH
Technical Director
Former aid to Nehru, Lal-
Chand-Mehra will take the
stage next Tuesday at the regu¬
lar Evening Forum series, ex¬
pound his knowledge of “India
and the War.” Mr. Mehra es¬
tablished his reputation as an
authority on Hindu affairs in
Pasadena last year by speaking
at the Tuesday Evening Forum
series to the Social Science
classes at the junior college.
Mr. Mehra has acted as tech¬
nical director of the movie, “Lives
of a Bengal Lancer” and has
worked on other pictures dealing
with India. Not restricting him¬
self to behind-the-scenes activi¬
ties, he has also played minor
roles in Indian movies.
Last week, Robert Richart
Gros, San Francisco journalist
and student of Public Affairs,
spoke on “American Victory
Progress.” Mr. Gros has recent¬
ly returned from a trip to
Washington where he confer¬
red with President Roosevelt,
Wendell Wilkie and Donald
Nelson.
AMS /Digs/
Jazz, Gags,
Cereals
Literally revelling in bowls of
assorted popular breakfast brands
saturated in rich cream, fresh
fruit, hot drinks, the AMS Break¬
fast Club convened this morning
in the East Campus Cafeteria,
was fed, later entertained by
guest speaker Paul Motsinger.
The program committee: Bill An¬
thony, Hal Bosaki, Chuck Edson,
promised big things for current
program, delivered the goods to¬
day. Music, of a sort, comparable
in some ways, according to at¬
tending breakfasters, to the more
extreme rhythmic convulsions of
the heart of the African jungle,
was supplied by Audre Stong’s
“Little Jazz Ensemble” a-la ‘tea
room’ style.
Names of breakfast student
guests are picked at random from
the office files with approximate¬
ly 60 different individuals receiv¬
ing invitations each week. In the
future, however, it has been an¬
nounced that the club will meet
only every other week.
Made out last Spring with the provision that it was subject to
change, the ASB budget underwent slashes this week as the Fi¬
nance Committee met to discuss changes. Above are pictured rep¬
resentatives from school organizations who talked over pro and
con prospects of cuts in allotments to respective clubs. Reason for
necessitated change in budget was outlined by ASB President
Dale Hiestand, as a result of losses from football gate receipts,
other curtailed student activities. Losses from football games
alone has been estimated from five to seven thousand dollars.
Sexon Denies
Baker Campus Site
T
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Remain Unchanged
Beaver Dam Proves Better Locale For Campus,
Not Adequate Housing Facilities At Baker
Dr. John A. Sexson, superintendent of Schools, denied a
statement this week that PJC’s Baker campus will be moved to
Beaver Dam, Arizona. He stated that Army and Navy officials
had looked over the Beaver Dam site and merely had said that
it would make a better campus than the present one.
Dr. Sexson explained the Baker site was in very poor con¬
dition at present. There is not adequate housing facilities and
and not enough good water for
drinking. The food situation has
become a great problem, accord¬
ing to Superintendent Sexson.
He explained that school authori¬
ties will do all in their power to
make the conditions more liv¬
able for the boys. Priorities on
lumber and plumbing fixtures
have restricted construction of
more houses and mess halls.
Baker Campus is under the
authorization of the Civilian Pi¬
lot Araining program and has
no connection with the Army or
Navy except that students upon
completion of the training will be
entrants into the Army and Navy
Air Corps.
Pickers Feed Army
Sore backs and dirty faces
were the results of two weeks’ cf
tomato picking by men and wom¬
en students of jaysee. The girls
alone picked 19,700 cans of toma¬
toes last Saturday, which will be
shipped to boys overseas. The
Army requires that soldiers carry
three cans of solid pack tomatoes
in knapsacks as a ration allow¬
ance.
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rations
Arnold Contest
Preliminaries
Held Today
Aspiring orators, perspiring
forensic students will try re¬
spective hands at winning of top
awards in current version of an¬
nual Arnold Extemporaneous
Speaking Contest, with prelimi¬
naries holding forth this after¬
noon at 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00,
room 28C. Both East and West
Campus students will be eligible
to enter, with any topic of gen¬
eral interest permissible as try¬
out material. Speeches must be
outlined and copies given to the
judges by the contestants before
all declamatory deliveries.
A banquent to be held in West
Campus Cafeteria will see the en¬
action of the final elimination
November 4, Mr. Arnold’s per-
sonel presentation of the award
to first-place winner.
Conferences Relate
Opportunities For
Student War Work
Major Fetty, Corkendahl, To Speak
To Boys, Turley Talbert To Girls
Problems of military service for men, war industries
and home front service for women, will be emphasized today in
meetings sponsored by the Guidance Department on both
campuses.
Different from days set aside in past years for Vocational
Conferences, this year will feature addresses on PJC students’
place in the war, answer constant question, “What can I do
to help?” Previously, southland
notables in the professional world
were secured, spoke to students
interested in respective voca¬
tions upon preparation, plans
for life work. Each department
in the junior college was repre¬
sented by a student major, who
formed a council responsible for
selecting, making arrangements
to secure speakers. Today, lec¬
turers were attained through ef¬
forts of Ida E. Hawes, Dean of
Guidance.
Different, too, is meeting place
for conferences. In past, school
rooms, auditoriums held stu¬
dent audience. Today, groups will
meet in Calvary Baptist Church,
across street from East Campus,
as well as on campus.
Major Fetty, Training Officer
from San Bernardino Air Depot,
will address two groups, speak¬
ing first (Men’s Gym, both Cam¬
puses) to the men seventeen
years old and under on the
Technical Opportunities with the
U. S. Army Air Forces, will then
talk to the women’s groups
(Auditoriums, both campuses)
on the part they can play
in technical jobs in industry and
at Air Depots.
Turley Talbert, Personnel
Director of the El Segnndo
Plant of the Douglas Aircraft
Corporation, will talk to the
women (Auditorium, both cam¬
puses on opportunities for
women in the Aviation and oth¬
er war industries.
Colonel Deams and Captain
Corkendahl will be sent from the
Office of Technical Information,
Army Headquarters, Huntington
Hotel, talk to men 17 years
old (Men’s Gym, both Campuses)
on preparation for Military Serv¬
ice. Captain Corkendahl will talk
to those men eighteen years and
older (Calvary Baptist Church,
East Campus; Women’s Gym,
West Campus) about problems
on induction into military service.
Pre-engineering students will
meet in room 202D (East Cam¬
pus only) where Professor
Franklin Thomas, Head of Civil
Engineering Department at Cal
Tech will speak on “The Place
of the Engineer in the Present
War Efforts.”
Pre-medics and pre-dental ma¬
jors will meet' in 200c (East Cam¬
pus only) where they will hear
some of the problems relative to
the field of specialization and
Military Service. Lieutenant-
Commander James M. Marshall,
Navy Hospital, Corona, will sup¬
plement his talk with motion pic¬
tures.
Conference Schedule
BARBARA TURNER
. . . twinkles her toes
1 8th Century
Players Guild
Enact Play
November5
/Pride And Prejudice'
Stars Gillis, Daniel is
In colorful Eighteenth Cen¬
tury costumes, the Players’
Guild will present a sentimen¬
tal three act coShedy, “Pride
and Prejudice.” Dramatized by
Helen Jerome from Jane Aus-
ent’s novel, this Broadway hit
will be held November 5 at
8:15 p. m. in the Sexson Audi¬
torium.
Under the direction of Barbara
Turner, the Langler Gavotte, a
delightful dance of the period,
will open the second scene of the
first act. The play is a story of
the duel between Elizabeth and
her pride and Darcy and his pre¬
judice. Each gives in before the
play is over, and pride and pre¬
judice meet halfway.
Students will be admitted by
number 8 ticket in Student Body
Book. Adult admission will be
30 cents.
Assembly Schedule Followed
For Important Conferences
EAST CAMPUS SCHEDULE
Men (18 years and older as of July 1, 1943).. . . Calvary Bap¬
tist Church
Captain Corkendahl
Men (under 18) . . . . . . . . Men’s Gym
Major Fetty, Colonel Deams
Engineers . . . . - . . . 202 D
Professor Franklin Thomas, Cal Tech
PreMedics, Pre-Dentals . . . 200 C
Lieutenant-Commander James M. Marshall
All Women . . . . . Sexson Auditorium
Turley Talbert, Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Major Fetty, S. B. A. D.
WEST CAMPUS SCHEDULE
Men (18 years and older as of July 1, 1943) _ Women’s Gym
Captain Corkendahl
Men (under 18) . .*.. . Men’s Gym
Major Fetty, S. B. A. D., Colonel Deams
All Women . . . . Auditorium
Turley Talbert, Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Major Fetty, S. B. A. D.