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Chronicle
Keynote Is
Service
PASADENA CHRONICLE
The Watch-
Word Is
Progress
Vol. XXIX
Pasadena Junior College, Sept. 24, 1937
No. 4
Dedication
Week Due
Oct. 11-15
Students, faculty and alumni of
the Pasadena Junior College will
offer to the citizens of the com¬
munity during the week of October
11 to 15, one of the most signifi¬
cant dedication programs ever to
be held in the history of Pasadena.
Present as the main speaker on the
program will be James M. Woods,
president' of Stephens college at
Columbia, Missouri, and one of the
leading junior college administra¬
tors in America.
As the theme of his address, Mr.
Woods has chosen the service of
junior college to the community.
With experience at Stephens, which
is one of the oldest junior colleges
in the country, Mr. Woods is known
for his writing on junior colleges
and is an outstanding educator in
his field, according to Dr. John W.
Harbeson, principal.
With the purpose of acquainting
the community with the new setup
on the campus at the junior college,
the Dedication Week will include
daily tours of the campus and
buildings, exhibits of examples of
student work in the various de¬
partments, and nightly entertain¬
ments in the auditorium of the new
Horace Mann building.
Planning Monday evening in the
dedication exercises as Almuni
Night, an entertainment has been
arranged by members of the alum¬
ni association. John A. Anderson,
dean of records has charge of the
entertainment in collaboration with
Dr. George B, Coates, president of
the alumni association.
The program scheduled for Tues¬
day night will center around stu¬
dent activities. Chairman of the
evening’s program is Miss Lula C.
Parmley, head of the music depart¬
ment. William K. Dunn, Miss Eliz¬
abeth Jensen, Miss Katharine Kes-
ter, Milton C. Mohs, all members
of the J. C. faculty and Henry
Swafford, secretary of activities,
are also on the committee. Making
Continued on Page Three
FENCING WILL
BE OFFERED
Starting soon after the first of
October, an extra-curricular course
in fencing will be offered to the
members of the PJC student body,
under the direction of James Mof¬
fat and Richard Predder, and su¬
pervised by. Major F. E. Bertholet,
commandant of the PJC unit of the
R.O.T.C.
The class will meet in the Bleek-
er house on the southwest corner of
the campus at the close of the two
o’clock period on days to be desig¬
nated by Mr. Boffat, who, with Mr.
Fredder, has given several fencing
exhibitions before the student body.
A set of six foils and masks has
been ordered, and will be used in
training fencing students.
A new rifle range, sufficiently
large to permit a six-man rifle team
to fire with ease, has also been
constructed in the basement of the
men’s gym. This will allow for
inter-school matches to be fired
here, according to Major Frank E.
Bertholet, and will increase oppor¬
tunities for instruction in marks¬
manship.
Additional quarters for class¬
rooms, an office, a cadet officers’
assembly room, and a locker room
have been provided for the mem¬
bers.
Munior, Don‘t Suck
On Your Thumb!7
Making little Johnny wash
behind his ears, and stopping
baby sister from sucking her
thumb, are only a few of the
many problems discussed in the
child training classes which are
being continued this semester
as a lecture course. Child train¬
ing is not only practical, but
interesting as well, according
to Miss Esther Tenionn, head of
the home economics department.
The home economics depart¬
ment expects to have a com¬
plete pre-school nursery next
year. Special construction of
this laboratory would provide
opportunity for the enrolled
students to observe the actions
of the children, and at the same
time remain unobserved them¬
selves.
Miss Kathryn Clemons, who
was the instructor in charge of
the pre-school nursery at the
Muir Technical high school, has
come to Pasadena Junior Col¬
lege this year to continue her
work.
Pep Commission
List Is Released
Commenting on the result of last
week’s game with Santa Ana, Jack
Page, pep commissioner, expressed
all Pasadena opinion in the phrase
“win or lose, we’re still behind you,
Bulldogs,” which mirrors the typi¬
cal Crown city sentiment toward
■the football team.
Other members of the pep com¬
mission, which has much to do in
the supporting of the football team,
include Dexter Abbott, Claudia
Bean, Roger Armstrong, Mildred
Schmertz, Bill Holmes, Jimmy
Klemper and Johnny Walker. Only
a few more will be picked for the
year’s roster.
The rooting section at the east
end of the Rose Bowl is to be en¬
closed by a wire fence, four feet
high on the sides and two feet at
the top. It will cover the section
below tunnels 3 and 6. Only
at these tunnels can junior college
students enter the rooting section.
As students enter the section they
must show their student body game
I book to the usher there. Students
are requested to fill up the front
seats before the yell leaders’ plat¬
form, in order that the late comers
will not cause confusion in getting
to a seat.
Page urged all junior college stu¬
dents to show a college spirit as
well as sportsmanship at the
games.
He also expressed the sentiment
that appreciation for the work of
an injured man should be shown by
students’ standing as they applaud
the man. Students who wish to
show their loyalty should remain
at the termination of the games to
sing “Sturdy at the Mountains.”
In tonight’s thriller the Bulldogs
tackle San Bernardino in the Rose
Bowl.
Football Squad Is To
Be Introduced Today
At A.M.S. Assembly
The players on this year’s var¬
sity football team are to be intro¬
duced to the Associated Men Stu¬
dents this morning during the
regular A. M. S. assembly. Sports
editor of the Pasadena Post, Rube
Samuelson, will he on hand to act
as master of ceremonies and will
interview Coach Tom Mallory, new
football coach here at jaysee, as to
what his plans and prospects are
for the coming grid season.
According to Audre L. Stong,
dean of men, “This is an impor¬
tant assembly. I, for one, want to
know the names and positions of
the football players, and this AMS
meeting will be an excellent place
to get acquainted with them.”
The new Associated Men Stu¬
dent’s president, elected in the spec¬
ial election, will pres’de over the
meeting.
Faculty Meet Postponed
Postponed until Thursday, Sep¬
tember 30, the meeting of the offi¬
cers of the Associated Student
Body and members of the admin¬
istrative staff will be held at the
home of Miss Winifred Skinner,
school librarian, with John W.
Harbeson, principal, presiding. Fac¬
ulty members will meet with the
students to discuss present J.C.
problems and solutions.
Last Opportunity For
Placements Offered
An extra and final placement ex¬
amination is being held on Satur¬
day, September 26, at 8:30 a. m. for
the benefit of those students who
have not yet had the opportunity
to take the placement examinations
and who are required to do so be¬
fore they can go on with upper
division composition and business
English courses.
As in the previous examinations,
students are asked to report first
to the bank in the student union
building to pay the $2.50 fee, -and
to purchase two bluebooks neces¬
sary in the examination. All stu¬
dents must be in the examination
room, to which they will be directed
at the bank, promptly at 8:30. Any
students arriving even five minutes
late will not be allowed to take the
examination.
Also given at the time of the
placement examination is the Thur-
stone test, a general psychology
quiz, which is used to assist the
counselors in Helping the student.
This test corresponds to the en¬
trance examination in any college.
The score in the placement ex¬
amination will be used by the coun¬
selor in placing the student in the
proper composition class, according
to
С.
C. Stewart, counselor in
charge of the examinations.
Miss Print; Galley Gal
Can you imagine a young, dark
haired girl bursting into the Chron¬
icle Office, dressed up in two copies
of the “Alhambra Moor,” and de¬
manding a job on the staff ?
“The Headline Gal,” “Perambu¬
lating Sports Page,” or what have
you, has a real technique at dress
making. You should see where she
made the editorials come out. If
you see this walking advertisment
for Alhambra High, which you un¬
doubtedly will, don’t try to tear her
dress — it’s cloth.
Musical Is
Го
Be G iven
By Louise Klopf
Beginning a weekly series of re¬
corded programs held in the Little
Theater, room 30 of the Horace
Mann building, Wednesday, Sep¬
tember 22, was a program study
of the late George Gershwin’s com¬
positions.
Some of the more noted were
“Bess, You Is My Woman Now,”
taken from “Porgy and Bess;”
“Summer Time,” from “Porgy and
Bess;” “Concerto in F,” from the
“First Movement;” and “Rhapsody
in Blue’”
“Many students attended this
program and more are expected at
the future meetings,” according to
Mrs. Winifred Weersing, of the
musical department.
These programs are to be held
every Wednesday in the Little
Theater, starting promptly at 12 :20
and ending promptly at 12:50, en¬
abling students to get to their 1:00
o’clock classes. If students are not
at the Little Theater on time, they
can occasionally come in late by ar¬
ranging to come in between the
changing of the records.
To make the programs more in¬
teresting, a varied outline has been
made, covering operas, semi-classi¬
cal, vocal, instrumental, and popu¬
lar music.
All-request programs have been
planned, and any student may re¬
quest a number by giving the writ¬
ten name of the selection to one of
the ushers. The Triton Council,
Pasadena Junior College women’s
service club, will act as ushers at
all Little Theatre Campus Musical
Hour programs.
Programs will be announced
ahead by bulletins, the Chronicle,
and by a mimeographed program
sheet, which is given to the stu¬
dents by the ushers at the end of
each program. These sheets, if
saved, could be made into a pamph¬
let or musical notebook, according
to the musical department.
The idea of the musical hour is
to try to bring the students and
music more closely together, and
to teach them to appreciate good
music.
The next program, which will be
Wednesday, September 29, will fea¬
ture Spanish music.
“These programs are sponsored
by the music department, and
should all be very interesting, so
watch the Chronicle, and the bulle¬
tins, and go to the Little Theatre
evry Wednesday at noon,” urges
Mrs. Weersing.
Electi
Plans For Future Are
Discussed At PJ.C.
Council Meetings
Numerous school problems, rules
and aims of the Pasadena Junior
College were discussed by repre¬
sentatives of all the restrictive
clubs; Miss Catherine L. Robbins,
dean of women; and Audre L.
Stong, dean of men, at a recent
meeting on the campus of the Re¬
strictive Inter-Club Council.
Early registration by the clubs
of their officers and members was
urged, while student activities was
another main topic of discussion.
In connection with this, the clubs
were urged to enter floats in the
History of California Pageant,
which is to precede the San Fran¬
cisco football game. Also, the clubs
were urged to give alumni suppers
preceding that game, and were
asked to support the plans for
ushers at the football games.
Matters of citizenship were dis¬
cussed, and the clubs were asked
to be influential in discouraging
students congregating and sitting
on the front steps. Club, coopera¬
tion. was requested in keeping the
campus clean, and in maintaining
order in assemblies, the library,
and the student union. Obeying
campus regulations across the
street as well as on the campus
was urged, together with a request
registered to discourage dances be¬
ing put on by the alumni, instead
of the active members.
Signing Of Constitution Remembered
As New Flag Presented To PJC
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the signing of the
United States Constitution, a Constitution Day assembly was held
last Friday morning in front of the new buildings at P. J. C. The ex¬
alted ruler of Pasadena Elks, Dr. Clifford M. Winchell, formally pre¬
sented the Pasadena Junior College with a new flag which was cere¬
moniously. raised by members of
the school R.
О.
T. C., as the Bull¬
dog Band under the direction of
Audre L. Stong, played “The Star
Spangled Banner,” and several
thousand students and visitors
stood at attention.
Joseph Scott, attorney and civic
leader, who gave the main address,
said: “Be mindful of those men and
women who gave you and me what
we have today.” He also said in
referring to the fact that the audi¬
ence stood about the campus in the
hot sun to take part in the assem¬
bly ceremonies, “It was a hot day
150 years ago, too, when a Repub¬
lic was born.”
Urging the young people to give
time and energy to work for their
country, Mr. Scott stated, “You
owe it!” He continued, “And don’t
forget, my friends, there is only
Continued on Page Three
Games Are Broadcast
“Associated presents the an¬
nouncing system with Earl S.
Ricker.”
This statement will, for the third
successive year, greet the thou¬
sands of football fans who will
gather in the Rose Bowl to witness
the initial performance of the 1937
edition of the Bulldog varsity. -
Earl Ricker, P. J. C. alumnus
’29, began announcing football
games in 1927 when he broadcast
two games for the old Pasadena
high school via the public address
system. Since then he has an¬
nounced almost all of the games
played in the Rose Bowl including
the past seven New Year’s games.
Bill Dunn, director of athletics,
expressed enthusiasm over the
arrangements just completed with
D. D. Durr, advertising manager
for Associated, in that the Junior
College was allocated more games
than any other school on the 193*7
public address broadcast sched¬
uled bv Associated.
RADIO CLUB SEES
BIG YEAR IN 1937
Theta Rho Phi, honorary radio
club, starts its 1937-38 season with
Stanley MacDonald as president
and N. Vincent Parsons as adviser.
Present plans of the club point to
an outstanding season, with calls
for many programs for use both on
the air and before outside groups.
Members expect to sponsor one of
the assemblies near the end of the
first semester.
“The object of the organization,”
stated Mr. Parsons, “is to promote
the development of the broadcast¬
ing art, which includes acting, an¬
nouncing, script writing, technical
work, music, sound effects, and pro¬
duction.”
In the radio room of station
KPPC, Pasadena, the twenty-five
members will hold their monthly
meetings. Throughout the coming
season, the club will continue the
policy of inviting outside speakers
to speak at the meetings. Included
in the 1937-38 cabinet are Anne
Sussman, vice-president; Miriam
Rosen, secretary; and Allen De
Land, treasurer.
Guests Of Honor
Guests of honor at a tea and re¬
ception, held at the home of Leland
M. Pryor, head of the business edu¬
cation department, were the three
new business education instructors,
Miss Calkins, Mr. Gibson, and Miss
Juett; Mrs. Noble, wife of the as¬
sistant city attorney of Pasadena
formerly Miss Reed; and Miss
Enches, recently returned from a
year’s stay in London. Miss En-
cl.es told of her experiences in Lon¬
don and of the war scares.
Faculty Men Speak
At Initial AMS Meet;
Candidates Introduced
“Life should be lived according
to the theory that is yours and not
according to a set of rules and
regulations.”
This was the statement made by
Dr. John W. Harbeson, principal
of Pasadena junior college before
the initial meeting of the men stu¬
dents, Monday morning in the new
auditorium.
Four of the leading faculty men
spoke at the conclave, including
Head Coach William K. Dunn, Dean
of Men Audre L. Stong, and Vice-
Principal J. P. O’Mara.
In addition to the scheduled pro¬
gram, Chief Justice Bob Coates in¬
troduced the various candidates
who contested Wednesday’s pri¬
maries and who will contest today's
final elections. All men candidates
took their bow just before the fac¬
ulty speeches, while the women
candidates paraded after speeches
had been concluded.
Coach Dunn’s talk was confined
almost exclusively to the athletic
side of school life while the new
dean of men limited his disclosure
to the fact that his palatial offices,
including magazines and radio, are
welcome to the men students and
their troubles.
ina
ion
Is D
ue
Today
R.O.T.C. unit of Pasadena Junior College shown hoisting the
new flag presented to the junior college by the Benevolent and Pro¬
tective Order of Elks. The flag was raised during the Constitution
Day assembly held last Friday to commemorate the signing of the
Constitution of the United States by its makers.
Winners in the primary elec¬
tions, and candidates for the final
elections being held today from 8
a. m. to 4 p. m. were decided by
approximately 40 per cent of the
student body at the polls last Wed¬
nesday.
Betty Moshisky took the office of
Associated Women Students vice-
president by storm and Don Ack¬
erman was elected junior class
president, while the presidency of
the A.M.S. is still up in the air and
will be decided between Dick Bag-
nard and Herbert McDonald today.
John Benton and Earl Schroeder
are neck in neck in the race for
senior class president as are Bill
Reeder and Thuel Schuhart for
president of the frosh class. Bob
Allen and Dick Shannon moved into
the finals of the sophomore class
election for vice-president.
Other officers of the senior class
to be voted on today are: for vice-
president, Bette Miller and Bob
Bugbee; for secretary, Elizabeth
Moody, Lila Renner, and Ray Jones.
A mistake in the printing of the
ballots ran Bob Bugbee as a candi¬
date for president of the senior
class, he should have been on the
ballot for vice-president.
Donald C. Neill was elected vice-
president of the junior class while
Jane Lewis was elected secretary
and Phyllis Richmond, treasurer. '
Sophomore secretary is Pat Lew¬
is, and the treasureship is to be
decided at the finals today between
Nadine Gunderson and Bob Mc-
Continued on Page Three
SB Heads-F acuity
Meet Postponed
Because of the still unfilled stu¬
dent body offices, the supper-meet¬
ing of the administration and the
student body officers has been post¬
poned from the original date of
Thursday, September 23, to Thurs¬
day, September' 30. The place for
the meeting has not yet been de¬
cided upon.
The discussion of student af¬
fairs and problems of the fac¬
ulty and student body officers are
still scheduled to be led by Dr. John
W. Harbeson, principal, as was for¬
merly planned. Miss Catherine J.
Robbins, dean of women, and Audre
L. Stong, dean of men, have charge
of the plans for the supper.
Detailed discussions of the fac¬
ulty-student administration activi¬
ties and problems are scheduled to
be held between the newly elected
student officers and the advisers.
At this meet will also be several
new faculty members who will be
introduced into this circle.
“The plans for the meeting have
been unchanged and will proceed
as were formerly given out except
for the necessary change in date,”
stated Miss Pauline Novak, secre¬
tary to Dr. Harbeson.
HARBESON SPEAKS AT
A.W.S. ASSEMBLY
Principal John W. Harbeson was
introduced as the first speaker on
the program of the A.W.S. compul¬
sory meeting in the men’s gym at
10 a. m. Monday, September 20.
Dr. Harbeson spoke on school reg¬
ulations, and the importance of a
civic spirit in PJC life.
Patrick O’Mara, new vice-prin¬
cipal, followed with a short talk on
citizenship, and emphasized the ne¬
cessity of following regulations.
Bob Coates, chief justice of the
school court, introduced the candi¬
dates for those student body offices
which are still vacant.
Lila Renner, president of the
Spartans, women’s service organi¬
zation, told students the purpose of
this group and also gave informa¬
tion concerning the manner in
which girls are elected to the asso¬
ciation.
Other speakers were Becky Brad¬
ford Representing the W.A.A, Ro¬
salie Meub, secretary of organiza¬
tions, Frances Bailey, president of
the Y.W.C.A. and Miss Catherine
J. Robbins, dean of women.
PJC
в
usiness Faculty
Enlarged By Three
Three new teachers have been
added to the staff, because of the
large increase of enrollment in the
business education classes, accord¬
ing to Leland M. Pryor, head of
the department. The new teachers
are Miss Calkins, a former Pasa¬
dena Junior College student and
graduate of U.C.L.A., Mr. Gibson
from Montana, and Mr. Juett from
Occidental College.
A new class offered this semes¬
ter, is a business education survey
class which is proving to be very
popular among the students. It is
required of all lower division busi¬
ness education majors and is a
prerequisite for many upper divis¬
ion courses offered in this field. This
new course is a survey of the dif¬
ferent business fields and instruc¬
tion is given in business transac¬
tions.
LOST, FOUND MOVED
The lost and found department is
now lcated in the new main build¬
ing- in the textbook room in the
basement. Under the direction of
Miss White, head of the textbook
room and attendanec office, the lost
and found enables students to re¬
cover lost books and other valuable
articles.
Located in the textbook room in
the women’s gym last year, the lost
and found was moved to the new
building at the end of last semester
when the basement rooms were
completed for occupation. Students
finding lost articles are asked by
Miss White to take them immedi¬
ately to the lost and found for the
benefit of students reporting to re¬
cover them.