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XX
Pasadena, California, Friday, September 21, 1928
Number 1
ROYAL EDICT
GOVERNING
FROSH GIVEN
College Traditions Formally i
Presented to New Class
at First Meeting
Y.M.AND Y.W.
RECEPTION
FRIDAY EVE
Hold Party to Acquaint New
Students with Work of
Organizations
NO CAMPUS SPOONING
Lower Classmen Must Wear
Ties and Caps of Green;
Other Orders Issued
i PRINCIPAL TO SPEAK
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Traditions of the college were
formally presented to the fresh¬
man class Wednesday, first lunch
period, in the men’s gymnasium.
Glenn Reed, chief justice of the
supreme court, elucidated rules of
conduct pertaining to freshmen in
the following words:
“Hark ye, freshmen, specimens
of unadulterated innocence, lend
thy lowly ears to this worthy
declamation.
“In the course of human en¬
deavor it sometimes becomes neces¬
sary for a superior people, such as
the upper classmen of this institu¬
tion, to force their civilization, or
traditions, upon an inferior and
lowly klan, known as the freshmen
of this institution.
Meekness Needed
“The said lowly klan having put
in an appearance on this campus
in large and undeniable quantities,
it becomes necessary to instill into
the hearts of said individuals,
making up the afore-mentioned
group, a spirit of meekness and
submission befitting such a motley
collection.
“Hence, it has been deemed wise
by the most learned upper class-
men, to instruct such fledglings in
the highest form of learning;
namely, frosh education.
“If Webster had been called
upon to include ‘frosh education’ in
his famous literary efforts, he
would have defined the term as fol¬
lows : That form of mental exercise
brought about by enforced physi¬
cal effort; the realization that self
is the smallest factor in human en¬
terprise; a rapid descent from
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Educators Praise 6-4-4 Plan
as Pasadena’s New System
Is Dedicated at Rose Bowl
W. J. Cooper, State Superintendent, Says New Grouping
Marks Distinct Stage in Development of Public
Education in California
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Jraduation Pageant to Combine 12th and 14th Years
. — Courtesy Star-News.
Dramatic moment’ in the dedication ceremony when girls,
dressed in white, formed a. large “P” while two student
body officers presented the school colors and emblem.
Lower picture was taken during the invocation.
Student Representatives Present Recently Adopted Colors
and Emblem to President, Who Pledges Loyalty
to United Institution
“The step Pasadena has
plan is a very important one
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Yell Leaders Will Try
Their Lungs Thursday
On Thursday, September 27,
semi-final try-outs will be held in
• the assembly to choose the four
best yell leaders in the college.
Final try-outs will be held at a
date that has not been set as yet
but which will appear in the
bulletin. All students whose scho¬
lastic standing averages “C” or
better is eligible.
Percy Gill, secretary of activ¬
ities, will receive all applications
in the student body office.
Before the final try-outs in the
assembly, George White, former
yell leader, will meet with appli¬
cants and will assist them in
mastering the futuristic figures
the candidates must evolve in an
attempt to produce a yell.
It has been decided that the
Board of Representatives will act
as the committee to chose the
yell leaders.
College Directory
The Chronicle staff office is
in the northwest corner of the
C building, where the attend¬
ance office formerly was.
The bookroom is in the base¬
ment of the
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building.
The bookstore is in the east
end of the basement of the C
building.
Car books may be obtained in
the bookroom.
The Lost and Found depart¬
ment is in the bookroom.
Slips may be sent to students
through the bookroom.
Students may be looked up
by means of files in the care of
Mr. Kerans, dean of records,
next to Mr. Harbeson’s office,
on the main floor of the C build¬
ing.
School Problems
Told to A.M.S.
by Dean O’ Mara
Stressing the important part
the students must play in suc¬
cessfully establishing the new Pas¬
adena junior college, J. P. O’Mara,
dean of men, was the featured
speaker at the v first Associated |
Men Students’ meeting of the ]
year held in the Calvary Baptist 1
church Tuesday, first lunch period.
Eric Strutt, A. M. S. representa¬
tive opened the meeting, and in¬
troduced the speakers.
Mr. O’Mara stated that with
the rise to the college plane,
greater freedom would be allowed
but the students would be under
greater obligation to obey the
laws of the school. Smoking
across the street is the students’
problem, and will be left entirely
up to the student officers to settle.
If a student has a free period
during the day, no attendance at
library or study hall will be
required, if the scholarship is
good. At signs of failure at
work, however, the free period is
taken away, and attendance at
study hall made compulsory.
Laying Foundafion Difficult
A difficult task lies before the
students in laying the foundations
of the new institution, according
to Dean O’Mara. Many good
points must be adopted from both
old schools, and from all the
schools of the nation. The dean
closed with an enumeration of
the three “ships” that must be J
included in B. J. C. — Sportsman¬
ship, Citizenship, and Scholarship. [
Principal Harbeson was next
introduced, and spoke briefly1
congratulating the college
on its possession of such a ster- j
ling character as Mr. O’Mara,
and seconding his remarks.
Eric Strutt then called for dis¬
cussion of student problems. As
none was forthcoming, the meet¬
ing was adjourned.
New Bureau to
Spread Publicity
California Public to Be Kept
Informed of Happenings
at P. J. C.
“Puting Pasadena on the Map”
is the purpose of the Publicity Bu¬
reau, a new student activity being
organized by Neal Batterson and
Herbert Harris to send pictures
and stories of all the important
events of the school year to news¬
papers throughout California, and
to school and college papers.
In addition to the task of get¬
ting general publicity for the col¬
lege, the bureau will undertake the
advertising and publicity for ath¬
letic events, school plays, and other
student activities.
Aids Student Activities
All the major colleges and uni¬
versities in California have pub¬
licity bureaus, which are found to
bo of great value in that they cre¬
ate good-will toward the school,
they attract new students, and
they have a cash value in that they
increase the attendance at plays
and games, and thus swell the box
office receipts. It is expected that
the new publicity bureau will do
all these things and that, in addi¬
tion, it will introduce to the gen¬
eral public of California, “Pasa¬
dena, the first four-year Junior
College.”
This new organization, which is
a part of the Department of Stu¬
dent Publications, is ranked equal
to the newspaper, the annual, and
the new college magazine, and of¬
fers to journalists and to students
interested in advertising and pub¬
licity work an opportunity to gain
valuable experience and at the
same time give loyal service to the
college.
Fifteen or twenty students will
comprise the staff of the Publicity
Bureau, which will include a di¬
rector and assistant director, sev¬
eral reporters, copy readers, four
stenographers, advertising men,
feature and editorial writers, a
business manager, representatives,
(Continued on Page Seven)
Choice of Clothes
to be Restricted ,
Says Miss Hawes
“Womanliness” was the subject
of the talk by Miss Ida E.
Hawes, dean of women, at the
first meeting of the Associated
Women Students held Monday
noon in Calvary Baptist church.
According to Miss Hawes the
first essential of womanliness is
joyousness and happiness, and for
woman to be interested in the
welfare and comfort of others.
Choice of clothes will be re¬
stricted this year, and if neces¬
sary a regulations court will be
held to restrain the girls from
wearing of party dresses and
clothes of that type to school.
Miss Hawes said she doesn’t mind
a little rouge but cosmetics should
be used sparingly while on the
campus. The dean of women ex¬
pressed the hope that no court
of regulations would be necessary.
Glad to See Girls
As a secret keeper Miss Hawes
declared she was very proficient,
and at any time she wil be glad
to see the girls and discuss prob¬
lems with them. “I am never
too busy to see the girls,” said
Miss Hawes, “perhaps I can’t
see them just at the time they
want to come in, but they can
make an appointment to see me.
I want the girls to feel free to
come to me with their problems
and they can be assured that I
will keep their confidences.”
John W. Harbeson, principal of
junior college, spoke to the A. W.
S. and referred to Miss Hawes
as the best friend the girls could
have at school. Mr. Harbeson
said he was well pleased witlj the
response to the announcement of
the meeting. “Unity in or¬
ganizations is what we want
this year,” said Mr. Harbeson
in his talk, “and to carry on
the standards so well started
in the old P. H. S. and P. J. C.
is our aim.”
Elizabeth McCullough presided
taken in adopting the 6-4-4
in the educational history of
^California,” said William John
Cooper, state superintendent of
public instruction, in his talk Sun¬
day afternoon in the Rose Bowl
where the new- institution was for¬
mally dedicated.
Mr. Cooper said that the first
public school in California was
founded in San Francisco in 1S48
without help from the state. In
1868 the University of California
was founded at Berkeley. Los
Angeles built a high school in
1871 and in 1910 Fresno started
what was to become the first
junior college. Piece-meal sys¬
tem prevailed in the state, first
an elementary school was estab¬
lished, a university followed the
elementary school, and it was not
long until a high school was
established. Kindergartens, junior
highs, and the junior college were
next in line. The 6-3-3 system of
the junior high failed because it
took too long for a student to
become well enough educated to
fit himself for his vocation.
Citing other examples of lead¬
ership in educational history,
Mr. Cooper congratulated Pasa¬
dena on her spirit of pioneering
and assured the college that it
would have the sincere support of
the State.
Prominent Officials Present
Prominent city and county of¬
ficials and educators spoke giving
praise to Pasadena’s step forward.
Clayton R. Taylor, chairman,
board of city directors, said that
the people of Pasadena may well
be proud of its new institution,
and that it was a pleasure to
bring greetings to the junior col¬
lege particularly to the young
men and women entering the col¬
lege.
H. S. Ux»john, county superin- j
tendent of schools, declared that)
it was a pleasure and honor to
bring greetings from Los Ange¬
les county. He praised Pasadena
highly and said that the people
of Los Angeles county would be
watching the experiment of the
6-4-4 plan.
John Amherst Sexson, superin¬
tendent of tho Pasadena city
schools, acknowledged the greet-
To acquaint students, particu¬
larly those who are new to the col¬
lege, with the work and social rec¬
reation activities of the college
Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A., these
organizations will hold a reception
in the women’s gymnasium Friday
evening, September 21, at 8 p. m.
Ellen Bowers, Y. W. C. A. presi¬
dent, and Louis Beck, president of
the Y. M. C. A. group, are in
charge of the program. They are
being assisted materially by Miss
E. M. Homer and Miss Florence
Brubaker of the “Y. W." and- Mr.
Charles Sydnor of the “Y. M.,” in
planning entertainment and decora¬
tions for the. evening.
Unusual Features
Two very interesting and un-
j usual features have been arranged
! by the committee in charge of the
j program. Miss Katherine Kenaga,
! instructor in the social science de¬
partment, will give a short talk on
; some of her experiences on a recent
trip through Europe. Miss Eliza¬
beth Keppie, instructor of drama¬
tics, has promised to tell several of •
her interesting stories to the group.
Musical features of the program
will be a harp solo by Helen Bliss,
sophomore, and piano solos by Vir¬
ginia Gilloon, senior. Louis Beck
will probably preside.
Since the reception is primarily
for new students in all college
classes, Mr. John W. Harbeson,
principal of the college, will be pres¬
ent to greet the guests of the or-
ganizations. An explanation of the
purpose of both the Young Women’s
Christian Association and the
Young- Men’s Christian Assocition
will be given by Miss Bowers.
Refreshments will be served.
Overcrowded Printshop -f. I
Causes Handbook Delay
Trials and tribulations in the
form of crowded print shops and
limited funds have added delay on
to delay in tho earnest efforts of
a small staff to publish a worth- * J
while Student Hand Book. Finally,
all indications point to the prob¬
able circulation of the Frosh Bibles
on Tuesday or Wednesday of next
week.
It was hoped that they could be
distributed upon the opening day
of school, but both the school shop
and any company in town which
gave a figure within reach of the .
student body could not do the work
in time for the early distribution.
The employees of the school print
shop consented to work nights in
order to prepare them for this
week, but such a quantity of work
was requested by higher authori¬
ties that in order to complete it at
all, the press work will have to be — — ■
done outside. The booklet will ap¬
pear by Wednesday, at the small
cost of 5 cents.
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Freshman Regulations
The following is a summary
of the most important freshman
rules in effect from September
24 to October 6:
Green caps and ties must be
worn. For the women a green
hair ribbon replaces the cap.
Freshmen must keep off the
steps of Horace Mann building.
No member of the lower class
may speak to a member of the
opposite sex upon the campus
between 8 a. m. and 3:30 p. m.
Corduroy trousers must not
be worn unless the class numer¬
al is conspicuously painted upon
them.
Upper classmen must be ad¬
dressed as sir or madam.
“Freshman Bible” must be
constantly carried.