Vol. XXVII
Pasadena, California, September 20, 1935
No. 1A
Harlem Scene Of Annual
Homecoming Hop; George
Brown’s Orchestra Plays
With the men’s gym temporarily resembling a scene in Harlem,
the semi-annual Homecoming dance will welcome new and old stu¬
dents tonight at 8 p. m. The theme "Harlem Night" will be carried
Meeting Held
For Board
Installation
With Mast and Dagger, honor¬
ary junior college organization, in
charge of the assembly, Friday
morning, the new student body of¬
ficers, comprising the board of rep¬
resentatives, will be officially in¬
stalled by Dr. John W. Harbeson,
principal of the school, in behalf
of the administration and student
body, in the men’s gym.
Jim Martin, Mast and Dagger
president, will be in charge of the
meeting until the installation cere¬
mony, when Don Mansfield, new
president, will take charge. Dr.
John W. Harbeson, will administer
the oath of office, and will deliver
a short outline of school plans.
Coaches Leland C. McAuley and
Bob McNeish will be introduced,
the latter giving a short “pep”
talk to the assembly. Following
this, the Bulldog band, popular
music organization, will give a
specialty number arranged by their
leader, Audre L. Stong.
Kit Cartwright, Mast and Dag¬
ger member, will explain the ideals
and plans of her organization, for
the benefit of new students.
Hopkins Edits
Handbook
Edited and revised by Donald
Hopkins, the student handbook
made its appearance last Wednes¬
day. Traditions, activities, proce¬
dure, new period schedules and the
football schedules were all given
in the volume.
Students who were unable to ob¬
tain the brown-covered book in
their second period class may now
procure them at the office of Miss
Catherine J. Robbins.
P.J.C Librarians
Are Appointed
Miss Eleanor Homer, junior
college librarian , has been ap¬
pointed to the executive board
of the California Library asso¬
ciation for this year. This board
has charge of all libraries in
the state.
Miss Winifred Skinner, head
librarian, has been made a mem¬
ber of the committee on schools
for librarians of the California
Library association. This com¬
mittee is in charge of all li¬
bra
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schools and decides
whether schools should be
founded in various districts.
Miss Homer has been librari¬
an aj the junior college for ten
years while Miss Skinner has
been librarian since before the
junior college was begun, start¬
ing in 1911 at the Pasadena
High school.
New Election Is
Scheduled Soon
For Junio r Head
With Bob Masoner, elected
president of .he junior class, not
in school this year, class advi¬
sers find it necessary to hold an
election to determine the future
head of that class. Until this
head is found, John Benton,
former sophomore prexy, will
temporarily hold office. The
election will be held with the
election of minor class officers,
probably on October 4, when all
class groups will meet.
Also without a president is
the new freshman class, which
will at the same time as the
juniors choose their leaders for
the coming semester. Charles
Braden, former president, is in
charge until the election of new
heads.
Deans To Get
Applications
Two hundred and fifty-seven up¬
per division students have so far
been employed under the NY A.
Other men and women needing
employment should fill out an ap¬
plication at the deans’ offices, the
girls at Miss Catherine J. Robbins’
office, and the boys at James P.
O’Mara’s.
“Women students who did not
make applications for specific" jobs
at specific hours must do so at
once,” said Miss Robbins. Accord¬
ing to Mr. O’Mara, assistance for
lower division students has not yet
been given, but an allotment of $5
a month will be made to them la¬
ter.
NY A assignments include such
duties as cleaning the tents and
grounds, assisting teachers and
and working in offices. Employees
receive an average of $15 a month.
Art Department
Adds New
Teacher
- • —
Thomas D. Stevenson, formerly
of Alhambra high school, has been
added to the art department of
Pasadena junior college. His ser¬
vices, however, will not be on a
full time basis.
Mr. Stevenson, starting as a law
student at UCLA, soon turned to
art, completing this course with an
A. B. degree in 1934. The follow¬
ing year he taught stage craft and
commercial art at Alhambra high.
He has also devoted some time to
social service investigation.
Mr. Stevenson has specialized in
woodcarving and crafts and was an
assistant in the craft department
at UCLA in 1934.
School Plan
Studied At
Conference
Pasadena junior college is recog¬
nized as one of the foremost or¬
ganized modern educational
schools in the United States, ac¬
cording to Dr. John W. Harbeson,
principal, who recently returned
from the Conference of Research In
Higher Institutions. The meeting
was held at the University of Min¬
nesota, September 9 to 14.
Sixty universities were repre¬
sented at the conference, which met
to discuss and solve problems con¬
fronting colleges. Pasadena, the
only junior college represented,
was invited to the confab because
it is solving one of the most ser¬
ious of these problems — the dupli¬
cation in the senior years of high
school and the lower division of
college. Stanford and the Univer¬
sity of California were the other
California schools represented.
The first evening of the conven¬
tion, Dr. Harbeson explained our
four year plan to the educators. A
lively discussion followed his talk, 1
but not one unfavorable criticism
was spoken. The two year junior
colleges were not favored because
they provide too short a time for
the student to adjust himself, while
the four year plan provides for the
completion of a student’s general
education besides presenting two
year terminal courses.
The General College of Minne¬
sota university, Chicago college,
and the new Teachers’ college at
Columbia university, were the
other experimental schools present.
Curriculum, guidance, institu¬
tions, internal organization, objec¬
tives and regionalism were the
other topics studied and discussed.
Dr. Harbeson made the return
trip from Minnesota by air in or¬
der to be present at the opening
of school.
Is Last Day
Today is the last time students
will be able to make use of the Y.
M. C. A. information booth. Ac¬
cording to the new plan, the booth
will remain open only during the
first week of school, rather than
for the entire semester as before.
Judging from the number of stu¬
dents given information during
the past week the Y’s information
booth is an essential part of every
semester’s beginning.
out in decorations and in a colored
orchestra under the leadership of
George Brown.
The orchestra is already known
to the student body, having played
many times for various school
functions during the past year.
Featured in the personnel of en¬
tertainers will be Fletcher North,
a singer and tap dancer, and Mr.
Brown himself, who is an accomp¬
lished pianist, as attested by the
success of his appearance made
during the past semesters. Don
Starr, past junior class president,
will officiate as master of cere¬
monies.
The dance, which is given at the
opening of each semester for the
purpose of introducing the new
students to the school is under the
sponsorship of the social affairs
committee with Anna Katharine
Jones in charge of all arrange¬
ments. Miss Jones is assisted by
Bud Paulson and Don Starr carry¬
ing out plans for the dance. Re¬
freshments will be taken care of
by the school Y. M. C. A., which
also handled the Mardi Gras car¬
nival last Monday evening.
There will be no charge for ad¬
mission and all students, including
alumni, are invited to attend.
Women 9 Men
Will Meet
In order to aid the student to
adjust himself to the campus, com¬
pulsory meetings for the men and
women will be held Monday at 10
a. m. Boys will meet in the men’s
gym, while the girls will convene
in the bleachers.
Representatives from campus
women’s organizations, W. A. A.,
Y. W., A. W. S. and Spprtans, will
speak. Miss Catherine J. Robbins,
dean of women, will tell what jay-
see expects of the women students.
General policies of the school
will be the theme for the men’s
meeting, at which Dr. John W.
Harbeson, principal, Dean J. Pat¬
rick O’Mara and William Dunn,
head of athletics, will speak.
Regulations
With the statement that “it
will be the policy of the court
this semester to strictly en¬
force and uphold all current
campus rulings and to deal di¬
rectly with violators of those
rules,” Carl Deisenro.h, sChief
Justice, explained his plans for
the forthcoming semester.
Jane Hazenbush and Raymond
Kuhn are associates. Barbara
Barnett is clerk of the court.