Pasadena Chronicle, September 13, 1942

Pal Day Unveils PJC At 1:30 Today Vol. 34 Pasadena Junior College, September 13, 1942 No. 1 SCA Give Hi-Jinks FridayEve Lunch Juniors, Sparked By Prexy Kilmer, Planning Picnic Purposing to start the college year right with a unifying social affair, the Juniors will hold their annual class picnic on the sec¬ ond Friday of the new semester. To be held in Tournament Park, the afternoon event will feature organized games, contests, and a picnic lunch for the entire Ju¬ nior class. Drawings will be held during the course of the after¬ noon with several prizes of De¬ fense Stamps to be given away. A beautiful queen will be chosen to reign over the affair by an all Junior vote, Friday, Sep¬ tember 18. Out of the five girls with the highest number of votes (Continued cn Page 3, Col. 6) Associated Student Body President Dale Hiestand called his cabinet and the Board of Representatives to order, brought to light summer's woes. Leaders pitched in and made short work of the problem-solving. Confab Student Officers, Administration Meet For Semi-Annual Retreat PJC student officers and key administration men gathered in deep confab last week, came up with concrete ideas and suggestions for wartime student government. A semi- annual af¬ fair since the adoption of the new constitution three years ago, the Student Retreat has be¬ come a tradition, has more than once been credited with solving a perplexing problem of student government. RUBBER CONSERVATION This year, as a war measure, student leaders scorned the various beach and mountain locations of previous meetings, instead chose the nearby lofty halls and small rooms of the Pasadena Athletic Club. Student moguls interspersed ses¬ sions at 10:00 and 2:00 with swimming, badminton, tennis, Come One . Strong Words Men, Women Assemblies Air School Policies Dr. Harbeson’s traditional wel¬ come to junior ^college under¬ graduates, as much a part of PJC as east campus mirror pool, west campus quad, will be delivered to men and women students in separate assemblies Wednesday morning. On east campu^» Lieutenant Commander Wiliam K. Dunn, Dean of Women Katherine Rob¬ bing, Spartan president Evelyn Morrickwill talk to girls of stu¬ dent policies. Dean of Men Audre Stong, AMS president Tom Stan¬ ton, Captain Lawrence BeApd will discuss men’s problems*en- listed reserve and other military set-ups. On west campus, Dean of Women Olive Kelso, Dean of Guidance Archie Turrell will con¬ duct similar talks. 'Best Friend’ Fails Transaction Library squash, checkers, sunbathing, and uncheon; discussed “off the record” the various problems raised for the 1942-1943 school year. WHERE THERE’S SMOKE . . . One of the biggest situations which the Board of Representa¬ tives faces is the growing smoking on the campus. Al¬ though no one from Dr. Har- beson down opposes smoking as such, the point was brought out that it is against a state As soon as registration is com¬ pleted, students may secure their library tags by submitting identi¬ fying number 7 cards to library assistant, receive in two minutes a small metal 'strip entitling them to customary service. Head li¬ brarian Winifred Skinner cau¬ tions students regarding losing or loaning tags. Action is now being taken against a summer school student who loaned his card to “best friend,” must now pay for book friend failed to re¬ turn. Loss of metal-stripped tag is also just that much premium material less in Uncle Sam’s coffers. HEADMAN DALE HIESTAND . . . ringmasters the show law to smoke on school grounds during school hours and the far more serious point that smoking revokes the insurance on the buildings. Most of it was attributed to the older de¬ fense workers who are taking classes here. HORRELL FIElD The proposed football schedule came under discussion also in that some members felt that it would be preferable to play the games on Friday afternoon on Horrell Field. Temporary blech- ers could be erected on the East side for the opposing team’s (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3) Chronicle Staff Enlarged; Editor Opens Meeting Whether they were feature edi¬ tor on Whittier’s Cardinal and White, news editor of Alhambra’s Moor, or just got A’s in junior high English, any student inter¬ ested in journalism has a swell chance of breaking into the Chron’s staff this year prophe- sizes Bill Anthony, managing edi¬ tor of the junior college weekly. “We’re all going to school more hours of the day in order to get all possible education before serv¬ ice-call, and will spend less hours on publications this year than before. Consequently a tremen¬ dous sized staff will be built in order to distribute the respon¬ sibility,” rhetoriced he. There will be an open staff meeting in room 31C the 21st at 4:00. Candidates, old and new, for this year’s staff, will be in¬ terviewed, receive picture of in¬ ternal newspaper work. Applica¬ tion may be filled out any time preceeding in the Chron office, 37C. West Campus students may apply to Miss Pinkham, English department. After Registration Liquids Served After two solid hours of writ¬ ing their last name first, recopy¬ ing class schedules nine times, frosh will be in need of a good stiff drink, be served punch in the SCA lounge. In rooms. 23C (EC), 27 (WC), club members will be present, answer all first day questions. Including dating difficulties for Tuesday night’s dance. SUBALTERN DAVE KILMER ... he buys the lunches Jane Wells, Singing Trio, Games, Dancing Past-masters at presenting the best in entertainment spec¬ tacles, Student Christian Asso¬ ciation moguls are again plan¬ ning to present to the PJC stu¬ dent body their semi-annual show, the Hi-Jinks. Purpose of the show is to indoctrinate PJC plebes into the whys and where¬ fores of campus life, intro¬ duce them to their student lead¬ ers, arouse a genuine interest in the activities of the SCA. Wandwaver for this semester’s colossus is the very attractive Carol Harford. Unconfirmed rumor has it that ASB gavel-thwacker Dale Hie¬ stand will master the ceremonies. On the floor show program, a specialty by Bulldog band’s gal Jane Wells, popular tunes by Shirley Simpson, Margaret Archi- ball, Tillie Munushian, other un- announced-as-yet talent. DATING NIXED From 8-12 p.m., this year’s Hi- Jinks will be held at the YMCA. Swimming, ping-pong, pool, vol¬ ley ball, badminton, and other games will be played until 9:30, then dancing and show. Definite¬ ly OK is it to come dateless, as couples do not pair off ’til danc¬ ing. Sport clothes with ties for the boys and high heels for girls are usually predominant. Aiding Mistress Harford are Betty Bloom, Bill Eley, Betty Hill, and Phyllis Hughs. Wrap checking will be done by a Spartan crew. Freshmen Welcomed, Inspect East Campus, Hear Vesper Services Weiners And Cokes Informalized First Frosh Meeting Last Friday Vivid comprehension of the mechanics of Pasadena Junior College will replace misconcepted views of frisky frosh, other new transfers when Pals meet Pals today at 1 :30. Related tra¬ ditions, some ancient, some new, by old students will convince new additions that although war-geared PJC is no club house, all is not work. Discussed will be paramount interests of im¬ migrants — restrictive club life (see page 2, column 4), poli¬ tics (page 1, column 4), dances (page 1, column 1) wolf or sheep tactics (censored), etc. — plus rou¬ tine information regarding loca¬ tion of IQ, D building’s men’s room, non-existing date bureau, scholastic societies, varsity pros¬ pects. HOT DOGS To west campus auditorium students will migrate at 3:30. There meet undergraduate lead¬ ers, learn school’s citizenship requirements ; meet Reverend Kenneth C. Holst, learn Chris¬ tianity’s citizenship requirements. SCA served refreshments in Quad after services will offer chance to hear less formal works of leaders, meet fellow and sister classmates. Before gorging guaranteed American weiners last Friday evening at east campus Stu U, new students enjoyed their first pep rally. Learned school yells and songs, saw PJC with its hair down. Class organization and ac¬ tivities were absorbed by the more ambitious. LAST NAME FIRST Following instructional assem¬ bly in Sexson auditorium Mon¬ day at 8:00 a. m., all new stu¬ dents will go through laborious two hour registration period, get writer’s cramps. Warning may well be issued to get and keep student body book containing rates or free admission to stu¬ dent body events. Wednesday classes meet, with morning assemblies. (See page 3 for period schedule.) Tuesday night’s homecoming dance will be first social event of season. (Story inside). At the YMCA Friday night, Freshmen hold Hi- Jinks, week later Juniors picnic. Monday the grind begins. BOSS MARYLIN PHILLIPS . . . she keeps ’em clean Oil Politicos File For Elections Fastest on-campus sport, in¬ tramural politics, some dirty, some clean resume September 23, application deadline. Sharp fresh¬ men, seeking entrance to inner PJC clique, find fall elections, win or lose, usually qualifica¬ tions enough. Junior high con¬ troller’s votes are fought over by higher ups — the door swings wide. Announced by election com¬ missioner, Marilyn Phillips, primaries are October 2, run¬ offs week later. Voters must remember new procedure, bring ticket books instead of identi¬ fication cards to polls. For can¬ didates, approval cards serve as application, are obtained from student body offices in Stu U. Cards are filled out with (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1) EDITOR JOHN LEWIS ALLEN ... he wears the spurs Bro nc-Buster Allen Wields Chron Policy In Lean Year Chronicle reins and $2,350 har¬ ness were tossed to slyfaced wrangler, John Lewis Allen, last Spring by a poverty stricken Board of Representatives. Hence was a climax. For two years Al¬ len had been striving for the job, now was the youngest edi¬ tor (just turning 18) ever to rule Chron destinies. Editor Allen’s current decision- to-make is a twisted one. Himself a proponent of tabloid-feature Chron, he faces necessity of pub¬ lishing full-size awkward sheet identical to this issue. Reason: War! In Spring finance meeting, J.L.A. told Representatives he wanted to produce four pages of tabloid twice weekly — make with the money. But increased empha¬ sis on military and defense ap¬ propriations, general decreased registration income ham-strung sympathetic legislation, cut the Chron off at the masthead. With emergency called finance meeting still slashing Fall budget, decis¬ ion is becoming heartbreakingly obvious. John Allen’s Chronicle career is not typical. With seven league strides he has completed a three year climb in two. In brief: joined staff in 11-1 as reporter, was assistant news editor 11-2, news editor 12-1. Big sprint in 12-2 called on every ounce of his rap¬ idly achieved dexterity, resulted in managing editor appointment. Among rungs of his ladder were rough obstacles. An efficient PJC defense counsel, hastily organ¬ ized during last Christmas vaca¬ tion, desired a special defense is¬ sue. Found top Chron editors working for Uncle Sam’s P. O., Johnny alone available. The re¬ sponsibility was thrust upon him; with a pint size repertorial staff, one part-time assisting editor he came through. Now, as have all preceeding editors, he’s striving to top past volumes. Appointing only one as¬ sistant to date, managing editor Anthony, he will work on the desk himself, be the man behind the headlines. Sends out two ap¬ peals; (1) to the ASB, “Please contribute Friday in assembly to Chron mailing fund for soldiers away from home and school;” (2) to students interested in jour¬ nalism, “come to open Chron staff meeting, Monday at 4:00 in 31C for application and inter¬ view.” JUN RARY