Pasadena Chronicle, September 26, 1930

Vol. XXII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 26, 1930 No. 2 LISTENERS CAPTIVATED BY WALTER Ellery Walter, World Travel¬ ler Speaks in Sept. 23 Assembly — t— TRAVELS ON ONE LEG of Hu- ‘Lit- Cultivation of Sense mor Advised by ‘ tie Ellery” — f— “Keep yaur head up; cultivate a real sense of humor and you’ll have a good time.” This was the advice^ given to future world trav¬ elers by Ellery Walter, who, ac¬ cording to the University of Wash¬ ington “Daily,” crowded into one year more blood-racing experiences than commonly falls to the lot of a half dozen ordinary men. Mr. Walter’s account of his journeys and experiences was thrilling, interesting, and sincere. The tremendous ovation awarded the speaker and the spontaneous laughter that swept the auditorium bespoke of a personality that was captivating. President of his class for two years; a member of the University of Washington crew; a major in psychology, Ellery Walter found it necessary to work eight hours a day in order to further his educa¬ tion. In regard to this Mr. Wal¬ ter says : “I would advise that stu¬ dents Who must work for their schooling do not work over four hours a day. More than that will be detrimental to their health. It was my overworked condition that led to the loss of my foot.” In speaking of the contacts made in the foreign lands, this “youthful adventurer” found most of the peo¬ ple friendly; however, he suggests that if a young man should feel the urge of travel that it would be better to rely on one’s own re¬ sources rather than on the friendly spirit that one might encounter. Relating with an unbounded en¬ thusiasm, “Little Ellery,” as he calls himself, told an amazing story of a young man, a college athlete, who, after losing a foot as a result of an infection contracted in a rowing shell, made his way around the world without funds, and experienced thrill after thrill from the South Seas to the Straits of Dover, walked and talked with royalty and statesmen, and “achieved the supreme adventure.” Judge Raymond Thompson pre¬ sided at the assembly, and it was sponsored by the Pasadena Board of Education. That Mr. Walter was pleased with the reception accorded him, was revealed when he said : “I might say that the student body is unusually keen and has a fine sense of humor, for they responded to many of my remarks that have gone unnoticed elsewhere.” THORNDIKE EXAM. TO BE HELD OCT. 1 — • — The Freshman Bible says, on page 40, paragraph 1 , “A fee of $1.00 will be charged for the Thorndike College Entrance Ex¬ amination, required of all up¬ per division students.” That ex- examination will occur Wednes¬ day, October 1, and will take the whole morning. Ho, therefore, all ye upper classmen, come next Wednesday morning, promptly at 8:00 with your thinking parts well oiled. Bring those dollar bills. This is the examination which Stanford, California, and other universities require of all their students. Their fee is $5.00. Aren’t you glad you are a stu¬ dent at P. J. C.? Come one, come all. Signed: Lynn W. Hattersley. Board of Representatives Filling Office Vacancies, Adjusting S. B. Finances ■ - ■f— — Filling vacant positions in the student government, ap¬ proving the budget for this year, appointing committees, class council members, and football managers, and discuss- 1 mg student problems have occupied the board of represent¬ atives during the first two weeks of school. Joyce Dunkerley has been appointed junior representative to replace Ruth Bidwell; Jaekinia. junior college press convention Layng is to be head of the pep : will be held in Pasadena Novem- commission, and Vic Carroll takes ber 8’ the board voted dollaTS for incidental expenses of the pub- Singers to Give Oct. Assembly Characterizing this year’s pros¬ pects for the glee club as being the best in several semesters, Miss Lula C. Parmley, of the music de¬ partment, emphasized especially the quality and blending properties of the newly formed glee clubs. With about 75 members in the ad¬ vanced glee club class for girls, and about 35 boys with previous training, the October assembly in which the music epartment parti¬ cipates promises to be one of the most polished programs of the season. Two classes in which the sudents without voice training are entered have shown many signs of surpassing the elder voice stud¬ ents, according to Miss Carrie Sharp, instructor of the men’s di¬ vision. Social events are being planned by the Nysean and Euterpian clubs. These clubs are devoted to those interested in glee club work, and are open to the advanced glee club members only. One Hundred Nurses Enroll as J. C. Pupils Don Matson’s place as A. M. S. representative. Doug McMann re¬ places Gloria Casperson as secre¬ tary of publications. Resignations of those elected last spring to fill these places came without warning just before opening of school. Muriel Cannon and Leroy Mc- Burney were transferred from sophomore to Junior Council. Man agers in the oral arts department are: dramatics, Gwendolyn Dodge, U. D., Wendell Morrow, L. D.; de¬ bating, Alfred Escherich, U. D., Frank Rose, L. D.; oratory, Kath¬ erine Summers, U. D., and Aileen Ringle, L. D. The pep commission this year will consist of four members, one from each class. They are: How¬ ard Kupfer, senior ; Muriel Cannon, junior; Dorothy Rossbach, sopho¬ more; and Lee Soctt, freshman. The freshman class council will be appointed by the board as soon as recommendations have been re¬ ceived. Due to the fact that the Califor- licity department. It was also de¬ cided that but one staff should be in charge of all magazines this year. Faculty advisers for the pub¬ licity department were annunced: Miss Gladys Snyder, chairman of faculty publications committee and adviser of “Campus”; Miss Hazel Long, faculty adviser of the “Chronicle” and publicity bureau. Publicity bureau appointments were: chairman of publicity rec¬ ords, Muriel Cannon; of arts, Har¬ old Meinel; of news, Bernard Me- lekian. Discussion in board meeting and with coaches brought out the need of a new system of student man¬ agers and another set of rules con¬ cerning sport awards. Temporary appointments for football man¬ agers were: upper division, Donald Fowle and Bob Bickford; lower di¬ vision, Babe Wood; L. D. varsity, Ralph Black and Jack Snipes, with Lewis Brantley and Cliff Sandlam for lower division lightweights. KEEP “PINK SLIPS” URGED BY SYDNOR — • — All students are urged by Mr. Charles E. Sydnor of the com¬ merce department to keep their pink slips given with each pur¬ chase at the Bookstore. These are good for a ten percent re¬ fund at the end of the semester. There are still a few second hand books wh i c h may be bought at substantial reductions declares Mr. Sydnor. Books for all the U. D. courses are also available at the Bookstore. A complete line of class pins pen¬ nants, auto stickers, watch fobs, belt buckles, and candy is also carried. Pom-pons Go On Sale Three Teachers For Rooting Section “Extensive planning,” declares Miss Ida E. Hawes, dean of wom¬ en, “is now under way for the fin¬ est rooting section ever organized at P. J. C.” Under the chairman¬ ship of Lila Suiter, a committee of students met before the opening of school and made more than 600 red and white pom-pons. These pom-pons are to go on sale shortly before the first game and will sell at twenty-five cents each. “The members of the committee One hundred student nurses have who spent time on this project de- Newly Married been added to the student body of P. J. C., as the result of an agree¬ ment reached between the Board of Education and the Pasadena hospital board. These girls are all high school graduates recommend¬ ed for college, are to participate in all student activities, and pur¬ sue their studies here. When their 28-month course is completed, the nurses will be graduated with jun¬ ior standing and will at the same time have finished training as nurses. Lincoln G. Damsgard, astronomy teacher, is new to the school this year, having been formerly on the staff at U. S. C. He also spent a year at Lick observatory. Coming Season to be Active One For Dramatics; First Play Nov. 7 That the season of 1930-31 will be a banner one for school dram¬ atics, was the opinion of Miss Katherine Kester and Miss Eliz¬ abeth E. Keppie, advisers of Bau¬ ble and Bells and the Player’s Guild, respectively. Both teachers and officers of the club expressed confidence that the productions of this year will exceed in quality those of any previous year in the history of the college. The first major production of year will be the Bauble and Bells annual play, to be presented Nov¬ ember 7, in the junior college audi¬ torium. The play to be produced will be decided in the near future by the committee which has been reading plays since last June. Try¬ outs for new members were held last Thursday, Sep tember 2 5. Announcement of the initiates will be made sometime next week, ac¬ cording to Bob Coop, president of the club. Miss Kester, adviser of the club, in speaking of the com¬ ing year, said, “Bauble and Bells is looking forward to one of the greatest years of its existence. Through graduation last June, we lost many valuable members, but students interested in dramatics have come to us from the junior high schools.” Player’s Guild is planning to pre¬ sent short plays for assembly and for organizations outside the school. Larry Smith, president of the Guild, said that tryouts will be held on Wednesday, October 1. On the same day, during club period, the Guild will hold their first regu¬ lar meeting of the year. Other officers of the club are: Don Mc- Isaacs, treasurer, who is on an ex¬ tended vacation; Smith Dawless, who takes his place temporarily; Joy Hallward, vice-president, and Katherine Summers, secretary. Officers of Bauble and Bells are Bob Coop, president; Virginia Bunch, vice-president; Hazel Keis- er, secretary, and A1 Fitch, treas¬ urer. serve commendation,” Miss Hawes said, “They were Lila Suiter, chairman, Kate Boyd, Grace And¬ erson, Madeline Currie, Fran Me- Nerney, Mary Morse, Ann Mason, Norma Duclos, Dorothy Rossback, Helen Fitch, Lois Hughes, Jane Johnson, Esther Cornelius, Loret¬ ta Melton, Mr. John K. Leberman, printing instructor, and Bill Hum- ason.” - 4 - Library Enlarged During Vacation That the extensive remodeling and renovating of the library was one of the biggest developments in the physical plant of the school during the summer, is the opinion of Miss Winifred Skinner, librar¬ ian. “The large increase in en¬ rollment made the change neces¬ sary, and increased efficiency is sure to be the result,” said Miss Skinner. The old night school office has been turned into a workroom, and the space formerly occupied by the workroom has been turned into a teachers’ study room. The library staff had found it impossible to re¬ serve tables in the main reading room, and the faculty room is a decided improvement. The room is not reserved exclusively for the teachers, but the tables are for their use only, Miss Skinner point¬ ed out. All periodicals are to be found dents for their earnest attempts to between the librarian’s office and ! make the institution a more united Proving conclusively, that i n - structors are also susceptible to Cupid, three members of the P. J. C. faculty put behind their days of bachelorhood during the summer. Mr. E. Van Amringe, geology in¬ structor was married to Miss Vio¬ la Hale, former _ Pasadena student, June 23. A postponed honeymoon trip was taken at Lake Tahoe. It is suspected that Mr. Van Amringe took advantage of this trip to bring many geological specimens to P. J. C. Glenn Lembke, debate coach, and national president of Phi Rho Pi, honorary debate fraternity of this school, was married to Miss An¬ nette Melchior of Syracuse, New York. Mr. Lembke is a graduate of Syracuse University, and is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. С. C. Stewart, former teach¬ er at Santa Ana J. C., now teach¬ ing speech and composition, was married at the “Wee Kirk o’ the Heather” church at Glendale to Miss Ruth Lawry, of Long Beach. Mr. Stewart is a graduate of the University of Redlands a'nd has done graduate work at California and U. S. C. Mrs. Stewart is a teacher of piano and an associate of Abby De Avirett, well known pianist of Southern California. - - ♦ - SUPT. SEX SON IS SEPT. 24 SPEAKER Voicing an appeal for student co¬ operation in a coming building pro¬ gram and in the efforts of the ad¬ ministration to weld a more united four year junior college, John A. Sexson, superintendent of Pasadena City Schools, spoke to the audience in a special assembly held during the club period Wednesday. Mr. -Sexson carried the audience through the early days of Ameri¬ can educational life up to the dev¬ elopment of the junior college idea. He expressed the appreciation of the Board of Education to the stu- the workroom. Here all copies of magazines, both bound and un¬ bound, are found, and the room is in constant use for reference work. “The spirit of the student body is the best I have ever experienced in the way of study and use of the library. Last year we noticed an improvement along this line, but the spirit that pervades the library is one of study — as it should be,” said Miss Skinner. one, but added that the time had come for the erection of equipment which would be in keeping with the college spirit that the students had built up. He stressed the need for a new science building, increased facilities for the music department, a student union building, and a new library. He ended with an appeal to the students to “sell” the Pasadena citizenry о n the four year idea. A.M.S., A.W.S PICK HEADS Myma Wilson was chosen chair¬ man of the new A. W. S. cabinet at a joint meeting of the executive board last Friday. Marcia Smith and Myma Wilson represent the seniors; and Marian Hattersly and Dorothy Lee, the juniors; Jeanne Thomson and Norma Duclos, the sophomores; and Louise Bonds and Margaret Johnson, the freshmen. That the new cabinet will meet at 2:00 and the executive board at 3:00 on Thursdays was announ¬ ced. The election of officers featured the A. M. S. meeting held last week. Those nominated for the various offices were “Sonny Hig¬ gins and Albert Ellis for vice- president; Ralph Black for treas¬ urer, and Dick Thomas, Don Trum¬ bull, and Steve Salisian for secre¬ tary. “Sonny” Higgins was elect¬ ed vice-president with 253 votes; Ralph Black was unopposed; and Dick Thomas was elected treas¬ urer with 192 votes. The president last year, Don Matson, failed to return to school this year. Vic Carroll was appointed by a meet¬ ing to the Board of Representa¬ tives to fill this position. ■ - 1 - Pattee, Personnel Dean to Return to School Howard H. Pattee, dean of per¬ sonnel, is expected to return to his work Monday, according to Lynn W. Hattersley, who has been act¬ ing as dean since the opening of school. As the counselors have been busy with registration, Mr. Pat- tee’s absence has made them short- handed, and they are anticipating his return with much pleasure. Ill¬ ness following an attack of influ¬ enza has been the cause of Mr. Pattee’s absence, and P. J. C. is glad to hear of his recovery. - ♦— - - — Although the Engineering club is one of the youngest clubs on the campus, it is also the largest, hav¬ ing about 120 members last year. Three times during the school year the club arranges engineering in¬ spection trips to many places of technical interest. EXPANSION OF DEBATING PROPOSED — t — Unique Method of Presenta¬ tion to be Begun By Lembke ROSS DEBATE MANAGER — t— Debates to be Presented Be¬ fore Pasadena Clubs Under the direction of Glen L. Lembke, debate coach, a new method of presenting lower division debates is being evolved. In past de¬ bating seasons the subjects have been chosen and then presented to whatever audi¬ ences came out to hear them after school. This year the audience is to be selected first and the subject prepared for them. That is, instead of debating for J. C. students only, since we are no longer in a lower division league, the teams will speak before Pasadena clubs on subjects of general interest to all citizens. After the speakers have finished the audiences will be invited to join in a discussion of the subject upon which the debate was given. Frank Ross, the newly-appointed lower division debate manager, is at present working to perfect this new system. He hopes to begin debating in some organization af¬ filiated with Pasadena junior col¬ lege and then take the teams be¬ fore the Shakespeare, Service, and Optomists’ clubs, the American Legion, and similar organizations. “No previous experience is re¬ quired for enrollment in the be¬ ginning debating classes,” declares Mr. Lembke. “This is held Tues¬ day and Thursdays, second period. The advanced class, fifth period three days a week, is to be com¬ posed of students with some ex¬ perience as speakers. There are openings in both classes for stud¬ ents interested, and I feel that we need more material from which to draw for teams. Anyone wishing to take up either of thesS classes wil have to do so before 4 p. m. today.” Murray G. Hill, head of the Eng¬ lish department, and John W. Harbeson, principal, both favor the proposed new arrangement as a means of promoting closer con¬ tact between students of the junior college and the civic organizations and citizens of Pasadena. Nurses Elect Officers — f— Initiation of probationers by up¬ per classmen was the purpose of the meeting, September 16, of all student nurses. Officers elected by the proba¬ tioners’ class were: Elizabeth Al¬ len, president; Adah Ruth Ellis, vice-president; Barbara Wright, secretary- treasurer; and Dorothy Williams, social chairman. They will hold office for the first six months of their training. 91 More Women Students Than Men in Total of 2,950 Enrolled Evidence of the increasing pub¬ lic sentiment for the junior college experiment, according to John An¬ derson, dean of records, is revealed in the statistics thus far compiled by the records office, relating to the enrollment of students in P. J. C. Figures show that 458 students have come to the institution from high schools and colleges other than the local junior high schools. “The scholastic standing of our upper division students is the high¬ est since the organization of the college,” Mr. Anderson states. “Eight hundred and thirty-one, or more than 65 per cent of the up¬ per division students are recom¬ mended.” The total enrollment of the col¬ lege also has increased materially, surpassing all previous records, with 2950 students, and it is ex¬ pected that the 3000 mark will be reached shortly. The women stu¬ dents exceed the men by 91, there being 1295 men, compared with 1386 women in attendance. Institutions represented in this semester’s enrollment include: Al¬ hambra, 95; South Pasadena, 91; Monrovia, 51; El Monte, 11; Hunt¬ ington Park, 11; Los Angeles, 61; U. S. C., 9; U. C. L. A., 6; Stan¬ ford, 1; Occidental, 1; University of Hawaii, 2; Caltech, 1; Pacific Union, 2; Washington State, 1; Loyola, 2; Girls’ Collegiate, 4. From high schools in other states come 95 students, while those from foreign countries number ten. There are only four students en¬ rolled who have formerly received their degrees.