Pasadena Chronicle, September 17, 1934

ATTEND FARMERS' FROLIC r-aticmi (fljroniclc USE CLASSROOM DIRECTORY Vol. XXVI Pasadena, California, September 17, 1934 No. 1 Plans for Buildings’ Reconstruction Completed ^ AlS"t7 , No Smokin! Modern Construction Is Building Keynote Of Three Structures “Junior College Can Boast of One of Finest Plants at Conclusion of Program,” Says Dr. Harbeson; Money Secured Through Sale of Land Modernity personified! Two words will explain the buildings of tha Pasadena junior college after their complete remodeling, to be started in the near future and concluded next June. Through funds made available by sale of district and inter-dis¬ trict property, money is forthcoming by which wreckage of the Jane Students Will Sign Records Registration Expected to Reach High Mark of Last Semester Registration officially opens to¬ morrow morning at eight o’clock, for the current semester, with all indications pointing toward an en¬ rollment almost equalling that of last year. Three thousand five hun¬ dred and forty students have al¬ ready signified their intention of attending P. J. C. this year and according to John A, Anderson, dean of records, several hundred more are expected to register be¬ fore October 8, the latest date on which registration will be permit¬ ted. This year, freshmen whose names begin with A to L will re¬ port to the cafeteria and M to Z to the Hunter house on regis¬ tration day, with all other stu¬ dents going to tents according to the following alphabetical sched¬ ule: A-Bru T 1, 7; Bry-Dun T 2, 8; Dus-Har T 3, 9; Has-Kuh T 4, 10; Lui-Moo T 5, 11; Mop- Rop T 6, 12; Riu-Swe T 13, 20; Swe-Z T 14, 21. Students whose study lists were made after Thursday, September 17, will report to T 15 and 22, regardless of their alphabetical! classification. Fail¬ ure to report to the designated place will seriously retard the student’s registration. It is of the utmost importance that every student register accord¬ ing to his study list made by the counselor, as many classes are al¬ ready full, and an unauthorized program change will cause incon¬ veniences and delay. All program changes should be made before the registration forms are filled out, whenever possible, to avoid confu¬ sion, and errors in the records of¬ fice. New Program Forms This year, instead of using the traditional form book, these same forms have been printed on two large sheets. On one sheet are all the cards which are retained by the various offices, while on the otjjier are those to be kept by the stu¬ dents. Obviously, this will speed up registration by making unneces¬ sary searching through the booklet for the required card. Signed pro¬ gram cards must be returned to the records office by Thursday of the first week and the identification card obtained. Until this card is turned in properly signed, registra¬ tion is not complete. Attendance Essential Attendance begins on the first day of classes. Any absences on, or after, this date, will become a part of the student’s permanent attendance record. An absence petition must be obtained from the attendance office within twenty-four hours after the stu¬ dents return to classes. It is es¬ pecially necessary that a high degree of attendance be main¬ tained this semester, due to the fact that there is already so much confusion on the campus, and any excessive absence will only aggravate this unfortunate con¬ dition. Mrs. Mable White, the attendance secretary, has her of¬ fice on the third floor of the wo¬ men’s gym this year. Each stu- ( Continued on Page Three) Head Greets All Students To every new and old student I extend a hearty welcome to Pasadena junior college. After a long summer vaca¬ tion, we will all be ready to pursue our studies and activities with renewed interest and en¬ thusiasm. The success of our activities this semester depends upon the whole-hearted coopera¬ tion and interest of every stu¬ dent both new and old. The many and apparent hand¬ icaps of our school buildings will not keep us back, for a school! is great not because of its buildings, but because of its students and faculty, so with our same gallant school spirit we will work hard and we will enjoy every day of the coming semester. ELEANOR NORTHRUP Student Body President Administrators have asked that all students observe the “no smoking” regulation on the campus at P. J. C. more strictly than ever before this semester. It is the hope of the adminis¬ tration that the collegians will co-operate in this movement to lessen the already high fire hazard caused by the temporary wooden and canvas housing fa¬ cilities. ■ Frosh Frolic Planned For Monday Eve Frosh Will Be ‘Tillers of Soil’ at Lower Class Entertainment “Turkey in the Straw,” played by a sprightly haywire orchestra, will greet incoming freshmen at the “farmers’ frolic,” otherwise known as the bi-annual frosh hi- jinks tomorrow night. The Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. are sponsor¬ ing the traditional affair, which will begin at 7:30 p. m. on the out¬ door floor of the men’s gymnasium. Steve Salisian, Pasadena jun¬ ior college alumnus, will preside as master of ceremonies, while “Dodo” Ennis of the Pasadena Y. M. C.A. will act as song leader. To Roller Skate A hockey game on roller skates is one of the features planned by Coach Everett Niday to insure a good time for everyone present. Coach Niday is in charge of all the games' for the evening. Lancers and Spartans will be on hand to act as hosts and hostesses, and to assist with the entertainments. The haywire orchestra, another highlight of the occasion, will be made up of several harmonicas and fiddles. The musicians have not released their names as yet. Nancy Kellogg and Gerry Mountjoy are co-chairmen in gen¬ eral charge of the entire affair. Lenore Wilcox is managing publi¬ city and is being aided by Jean Harrin. As the party is sponsored each semester by the junior col¬ lege division of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A., Ruth Crawford and Edis¬ on Montgomery, new presidents of their repsective organizations, will be present to help freshmen get acquainted. O. G. Dressier, physi¬ cal science instructor and Y. M. C. A. adviser, will be the faculty head. Open House Shows Work Student Body Officers Form Committees For Affair “To make the new students feel acquainted with the school on the first day, we are going to have dif¬ ferent phases of the school’s activi¬ ties represented,” said Eleanor Northrup, president' of the assoc¬ iated students, planning the open house for all students to be held in the pergola from 10 to 12 on Monday morning, September 17. Officers Are Hosts Student body officers wll act as hosts for the affair. Don Starr is in charge of decorating the place, John Benton is arranging for re¬ freshments, while Pauline Stevens is managing the entertainment. Bob Baker has charge of invita¬ tions, and Jack DeLong will super¬ vise the cleanup work. Cabinet of¬ ficers will serve on the committees. Committees Listed Following are the committees: Entertainment: Pauline Stevens, chairman; Kay West, Bud Paulson, and David Patrick. Cleanup: Jack DeLong, chair¬ man; Alfred Einstein and Carl Deisenroth Decorations: Don Starr, chair¬ man; Eloise Jones and Dick Gorby. Invitations: Bob Baker, chair¬ man; Bill Moir and Joe Philips. Refreshments : John Benton, chairman; Fred Goode, Mary Alice Giannetti, Marjorie Betts and Ruth Hagadom. SECRETARY APPOINTED Miss Mary W. Smy.er, new junior college secretary of the Y. W. C. A., arrived here in Pasadena last Fri¬ day. Bond Sum Much Less In Revote Junior College Receiving $ 115,000 To Rebuild Classrooms After being refused permission to place the Pasadena high school bond issue on the general ballot in November, the Board of Educa¬ tion announced last Friday that October 26, 1934, has been set for the election. Three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars will be asked of the Pasadena school district elec¬ torate. This figure totals nearly one-half million dollars less than the sum formerly asked. Pasadena junior college will receive $115,000 of this sum if the election is won by the school administrators. This will be used to insure complete reconstruc¬ tion of the Mann, Addams and Agassiz buildings. Available money does not provide for re¬ pairing wings on the Mann structure. The remaining portion will be divided so that George Washington junior high will receive $200,000, Marshall junior high and McKin¬ ley junior high, $60,000. Superintendent John A. Sexson in explaining the election and hoped-for subsequent victory, re¬ marked that the board plans to finish the rebuilding program for $375,000 rather than the former figure of $860,000. This has been made possible by using all possible money from the district reserves, by using special authority for the state board of equalization to in¬ crease expenditures and by using labor paid by the SERA wherever possible. “Because of unsettled labor con¬ ditions, changing material prices and the drawback to time saving of the state agencies it has be¬ come immediately essential that this bond issue be passed to make these damaged plants ready for student occupants by the 1935-36 school year,” continued Mr. Sex- son. Stresses New Policies Emphasizing the need of a more complete and well-rounded pro¬ gram of religious education within the junior college, a report sub¬ mitted Saturday to the Pasadena Y. M. C. A. by the local Y. M. C. A. cabinet, stressed the future plans of the organization, the most im¬ portant of which is the plan to bring to the campus men of proven ability as speakers, through the medium of extra-curricular groups such as the Y. M. C. A. for the coming semester. The change was prompted by tha in¬ creased distance between class¬ rooms which the re-building pro¬ gram has in many instances neces¬ sitated. Basically, however, the sched¬ ule remains the same as Bast year. First period classes will begin at 8 o’clock and sixth per¬ iod will be over at 3 p. m. As last year, a special Friday sched¬ ule will be used, shortening per¬ iods from 55 to 50 minutes to permit an assembly program be¬ tween the second and third per¬ iods. Students having fourth period classes in a tent or physical edu¬ cation use the second lunch period, which comes between fourth and fifth period classes. Those with other fourth periods will eat be¬ tween their third and fourth per¬ iod classes. Explains Plans Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal ox the junior college, teils of new construction plans while com¬ mending the emergency housing work supervised by Dean of Men, James P. O’Mara. Mast- Dagger Will Sponsor First Meeting Allan B. Bixby Will Speak On Constitution for Annual Assembly In honor of “Constitution Week,” wnich is being celebrated at the present time, Allan B. Bixby will address the Mast and Dagger assembly Friday morning on the national document. Mr. Bixby is past state commander of the Amer¬ ican Legion, past commander of the American Legion, Post 13, seived as a member of former governor С. C. Young’s cabinet, acted as chairman of the veterans’ state v’elfare board and also as director of the veterans’ military affairs of California. Harbeson to Welcome Preceding Mr. Bixby, Dr. John Wv—Harheson, principal, will wel¬ come the student body and sections of the Bulldog band will entertain with novelty selections. The traditional first assembly which is sponsored by Mast and Dagger, honorary service organi¬ zation, will be held in the outdoor men’s gym, providing the atmos¬ phere is warm, but if the weather is cool, the gathering will take place in the bleachers. The affair was planned by Leland Houghton, Mast and Dagger president. Other club officers are Anona Alexander, secretary, and Doris Green, treas¬ urer. Following is the complete sched¬ ule for Mondays, Tuesdays, Wed¬ nesdays, and Thursdays: i 8:00 A.M. to 8:55 A.M. и 9:05 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. hi 10:10 A.M. to 11:05 A.M. IV A 11:15 A.M. to 12:10 P.M. 12:20 P.M. to 12:50 P.M. Lunch IVB 11:15 A.M. to 11:50 A.M. Lunch 11:55 A.M. to 12:50 P.M. V 1:00 P.M. to 1:55 P.M. VI 2:05 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. Friday Schedule I 8:00 A.M. to 8:50 A.M. II 9:00 A.M. to 9:50 A.M. 8:00 A.M. to 8:50 A.M. III 10:40 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. IV A 11:40 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. 12:30 P.M. to 1:05 P.M. Lunch IVB 11:30 A.M. to 12:05 P.M. 12:10 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. Lunch V 1:10 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. VI 2:10 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. College Head Gives Vesper Service Talk “A Threat or Promise” Is Subject of Speech By Mendenhall With “A Threat or a Promise” as his topic, Dr. William O. Men¬ denhall, president of Whittier col¬ lege, addressed a large congrega¬ tion at the Vesper Services this afternoon in the Calvary Baptist church. He was introduced by Dr. John A. Sexson, superintendent of Pasadena city schools. Greetings Given Greetings from the faculty and student body were delivered by Eleanor Northrup, student body president and Dr. John W. Har¬ beson, principal. Rev. H. L. Cald¬ well, pastor of the Cal.vary Bap¬ tist church, pronounced the invo¬ cation and benediction. Providing a musical prelude and postlude was Ivonne Brown, who selected “Finale” from Suite Joy- eux by Diggle, “Sanctus” from St. Cecelia Mass by Gounod, “Ave Maria” by Schubert, and “Festal March” by Calkin as her organ contributions. Additional melody was offered by Helen Lesh, harpist, playing “The Aeolian Harp” by Felix Godesroid and “The Green Cathedral” by Hahn. Virginia Vail sang “In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions” by McDermid and a mixed quartet composed of Nancy Kellogg, Thelma Lucas, Charles Davis, and Leonard Mar¬ shall rendered “As Torrents in Summer” by Elgar. The musical program was under the direction of Miss Lula Claire Parmley and Miss Kathryn W. Barnard. Before the vespers service pals escorted their assigned new stu¬ dents about the campus pointing out the puzzling features with which this year’s influx will have to cope. Students Will Attend Dance Bob Newlin’s Orchestra to Play at Homecoming Hop in Gym New students! Old students! The annual homecoming dance will be¬ gin at eight o’clock next Friday evening, September 21, on the out¬ door floor of the men’s gymnasium. Bob Newlin’s orchestra will help make the first school dance of the season a success. Culminating Affair This dance is the culminating af¬ fair of freshman week and, accord¬ ing to Kay West, secretary of so¬ cial affairs, the dance is to promote school spirit and enthusiasm. The dance is given particularly in hon¬ or of incoming freshmen and jun¬ iors, but all students are urged to be there to greet former friends and make new friendships. As the present enrollment is one of the largest in the history of the school, a large attendance is ex¬ pected. Newlin Engaged Bob Newlin’s eleven-piece or¬ chestra has just completed a sum¬ mer engagement at “Daneeland” in Los Angeles, and, to judge from all reports, the band proved to he pop¬ ular with the younger set. Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal; John A. Anderson, dean of records; Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of gui¬ dance; Miss Catherine J. Robbins, dean of women; and James. P. O’Mara, dean of men will be honor guests, while student body officials will assist .as hosts and hostesses. Addams, Louis Agassiz and the Horace Mann buildings can be com¬ pleted. At the conclusion of the wrecking, contracts will be let for the reconstruction of the three buildings. Complete rebuilding of the Ad¬ dams and Agassiz structures is planned, although present plans provide for repairing of the front of the Mann building only. If funds hold out work will be started on the east wing. “Pasadena junior college will be able to boast of one of the finest plants in America at the concilia sion of our rebuilding program. The very latest designs, materials and equipment will be used in the rehabilitation,” said Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal. Change Names The department of physical sci¬ ence will occupy the Agassiz build¬ ing which will be named the Phys¬ ical Science building. Biology will be moved into the Life Science, now the Addams, along with the home economics department. These structures will be ready for second semester usage. According to Dr. Harbeson, Dean of Men J. P. O’Mara has been re¬ sponsible for the emergency hous¬ ing of classes and departments on the campus. “Mr. O’Mara deserves much credit for his work on this problem,” the administrator contin¬ ued. Lend Labs Muir Technical high school has extended P. J. C. an invitation to use its laboratories during the eve¬ ning. Jay see classes will feature textbook work during the first semester and lab experiments when the science buildings are ready. In this way complete subject coverage can be secured in the two units of work. In closing his remarks on the jaysee outlook, Dr. Harbeson sug¬ gested that just as good work as ever can be done if we set our minds to it. Hr. Harbeson Welcomes All “The year 1934-35 1 may be¬ come the greatest year in the history of the junior college. True, we do not possess all of the luxuries we have enjoyed in past year, but we do possess everything that is needed for good college work. All of our classes will) be comfortably ac¬ commodated in rooms adequate¬ ly equipped for efficient instruc¬ tion. Laboratory work will be carried on as usual. All the books of the library will be available to our students. In short, we are prepared to do as good work as we ever did. “The fact that we are de¬ prived of some of the luxury and conveniences of the past will only serve as a challenge. No man ever does his best when everything is easy for him. Those people who accomplish worth-while things are usually not the ones who are most favor¬ ably situated to accomplish them. We never do our best until the going gets rough and we are confounded with difficul¬ ties and obstacles. It is the over¬ coming of difficulties that calls forth the best that is within us. “For these reasons we can make the present year one of glorious and challenging oppor¬ tunities. The will to succeed may transcend all the inconven¬ iences of physical environment. “Never have I observed a finer spirit in our faculty and student body than exists at the present time. Let usi cling ten¬ aciously to the goal of making the year 1934-35 the best in the history of Pasadena junior col¬ lege.” JOHN W. HARBESON, Principal. Passing Time Lengthened From Five to Ten Minutes New Class Schedule Basically Same as Former Years; Increased Distance Between Classrooms Is Reason for Slight Changes in Program The lengthening of the passing time allowed between classes from five to ten minutes and the subsequent shortening of all periods features the revised schedule of classes adopted by the administration