Long Beach City College - Saga Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 184 of the 1937 volume:

c U a4f £1937 Published by the Student Body of the Long Beach Junior College Long Beach, California Florence Stotter Editor and Business Manager In tune with the modern trend of education, which aims to integrate school hfe more closely with adult society, the 1937 Saga is an endeavor to portray the meaningful school activities of the Long Beach Junior College. No longer is education an academic cloister; instead it prepares stu- dents, through participation in College activities, to adjust themselves to a changing world. The traditional theme and arrangement of divisions have been dis- carded and, as a result, different campus activities in direct relation to one another comprise the sections, while campus life is the informal theme. The Editor. FOREWORD 1 IIWJ.-.. UiHiii IKI IS as H. ]B . T c U - 71 rN r SOPHOMORES SPRING CLASS OFFI- CERS: left to right. Pres- ident Leland Deck, Sec- retary Anna Virgin, Vice- President Ed Sv.-oboda. Treasurer Spencer Ray absent from picture. FALL CLASS OFFI- CERS: Vice-President Dave Robinson. President Johnny Carroll, Secretary Winifred Heiskell. Treas- urer Spencer Ray. Graduates Frances Corcoran. Frank Randall. Jane Grey, Spen- cer Ray, Mark Caton, and Johnny Carroll exchange signatures in the 1937 Saga. m M ,..,„„;: !tl F E B R U A R Y 6 R A D U A T E S lOE AMUNDSON Hammurabi; Track lellcrman ' 36; In- ROBERT AVERY Treas., A. S. B.l Bascbal LOISE BIXLER Conimcrtc Club; Bus. Adni CAROL BUELOW Kassai Prc4.. ' 36; A. W. S. otfic EUGENE CHASE ANNA GEISLER Prcs. Avestan Madha; Span. Club Music Club. ESKIL GROSS NORMAN JOHNSTON Spanish Club; Commerce Club Pn MARGARET LORE Secy A. W. S.; Kassai; Vikirni TAD YAE MARUYAMA W. A. A.; Scc ' y International Cluh: Commerce Club; A. W. S. Welfare Comm.; Out-of-Town Comm. ALLAN MILLER Liberal Arts. LEONARD McCULLOH Cross Country ' 34, ' 35. Track ' JS, 3fi Sports Ed. Vikingt Ar). Mgr. V.kinq CHARLES PRICE Collcq.- Y: Intramural Baskclball; hall: French Club: Fireman. ELIZABETH PAULINE MACDONALD Stuilent Club; Lib -ll Arts. ALICE RASMUSSEN Stenography. DOROTHY SCHROEPPEL Spanish Club: Choir: Music Club. CHARLES STEVENS DAN URBINA Plcdgemasier. Tong: Letterman ' s Club: President o( Student V. Rowing; Spanish Club: Out-o- Hammurabi. To ncrs ' Club; Fireman: Intcrclass Football. LORRAINE WHITNEY ody: Thor; Music Club; French Club. AL AMBROSIO College Y; Enginccrf: Chess Club. SALLY ARNOLD Sec. German; Alpha Ga French: Student Club. SYBIL BECKER Skalds; Prcs.. Treas.. WAA; L. AWS: Student Club; Basketball; Hockey: Baseball; Golf. ARVIN ANDERSON Co-Capt.. CC; Pres. Out-of-To™ Lcttermeii; Spanish; International. AVIS ANDERSON Ref. AWS; Gol! AL BARLOW Capt. Football; Baseball tetmen; Tong: Rep Thor; Viking Award Athle HERMINE BERGER Pres. Student Club: Prt Madha; Rec. Sec. AWS; kyric; Kassai: Sec. Avcstan Madh V. Pres. Student Club; Coordin. Com.; Mgr. Basketball; T Comm. Sir. AWS; WAA Val- Rcf.. IRENE BAUGHEY BETTY BIDDICK Alpha Gamma Stgma; Band: Ort J u N E e R A D U A T E S . « 4 ELEANOR BOYCE Mahabhaiala GAY BUBAR French; Skalds: Alpha ED BURNHAM JOSEPH CARDOZA Baseball: Alpha Gamma Sigma JOHN CARROLL Football: Pros. Cirgonjai Class: Viking Award. JOHN CARTER Rep. Athletics: Thor: Viking A Baseball: Track: V. Pres. Tong: VERA CASTILLO International; Spanish: Oul-o(-Towne Tea: AWS. MARK CATON Pres. ASB: Cirqonian: lege Y: Alpha Gamm Pres. Council: Thor. V. Pres. Col- ROY CHAPMAN Sp. Bureau: V. Pres. Oul-ol-Townc Pres. International: ' Holiday ' ' : Frem ;iiiiiiisiisiiiiiiii DAN CHERRIER Ed. Viking; Vikmq Ax ROBERT CLAPHAM Treas. Commerce; Trcas. Towncrs: Spanish. DORIS COLGAN Kassai; Mem. Ch. Stiidei Ch. AWS: Sec. French ELSIE COMBS Alpha Gamma Sigma; i Ch.; Hon. Pin; Musi Baseball: Tennis. FRED COOPER Prcs. Engineers; Ch. Cnordmn Com.; Photographer Viking. Saga. FRANCES CORCORAN Prcs. Kassai; Lead --Holiday ; St dent Club; AWS; Coordinatinq Con Reporter. Viking; A Cappella Cho Spanish; V. Ka; - ' Take Two from One Rcf.. Col. ROBERT CORNTHWAITE Pres.. V. Pres. Gille; Alpha Gamm Sigma: Lead - ' Holiday.-- --Icebound- Alpha Mu Gamma: Hon. Thor. WILLIAM CORNTHWAITE Caduceus: German: Out-of-Towners. SARAH CUTLER Alpha Gamma Sigma: 4t i u m H It i r dB4 ' rW 1 • ' NORMA DALES Prcs. Mahabharalo: Phi Rho Pi; Skald Col. Serv. Ch. AWS; Sec. Sp. Bi reau; Avcslan Madha. KENNETH DODGE Engineers; CC; Track. LORENE EATON Spanish; Music; Orchestr MADELENE DAY GALE DOUGHERTY BETTY ECKARD Reporter Vikmq; loui AWS; Pal Cap!.: Sec. Tjen Reporter Saga. Adv LELAND DECK Pres. Soph. Class; Viking Award; Phi Rho Pi; Bus. Mpr. Viking; Pres. Hammurabi; Treas. ASB; Trcas. AMS; College Y. JAMES EATON College Y; Demaskcra. MARGARET ELLSWORTH Front Page Ed. Viking; Sec. Beta MARY ESELUN Copy Ed. Saga: Copy Ed. Viking Hist. Mahabharata: Bela Phi Gamma Alpha Gamma Sigma: Skalds: Forum Com Inti al: Ka LILLIAN FOLEY Treas. Internalional; Ref. Cl . AWS: French; Tea Com.. Dec. Com.. Pal. Coop., Com.. AWS. MANO FREY Caduceus: Oul-of-Towncrs; German. PAULINE ESHELMAN Valkyrie; Beta Phi Gamma: Alpha Gamma Sigma; Press Club Trophy: Women ' s Page Ed. Viking: Sec. Kas- sai: Court. Ch. AWS; Reporter Saga. ROBERT FRANCE Gille; Sp. Burea u; Phi Rho Pi. CHESTER FRY College Y; Intramural Football. EDWIN FELLER MARY BETTY FRENCH Tienc Piger: Alpha Gamma Sit Gillc: Icebound : Holiday . Mn - rJ y- ' kit. ROCKWOOD GORTON Tceas. Out-o(-Towncrs; Rcf. Com. French Club; Director Majority Party: Spanish: College Y: Reporter Viking: Ed. Cuti STANLEY HANSEN Liberal Aits. JANE GREY Pros. Alpha Gamma Sigma Treas., Ticnc Piger: Spanish. EDWIN HARVEY Prcs. Commerce: Spanish: Oul-of- To ncrs: Sp. Bureau: Evening Col. THOMAS GRIEVE Ciraonian. JAMES HASHIMOTO Hammurabi: French: Pres. International. CLAIR HENRY Engineers. SHIRLEY HENZLER Sec. Avestan Matlha: Wei. Ch. AWS: WAA. ADA PERMALIA HOCK Fund Ch. AWS; Avestan Madha ' c ' ' i 5 if T IH J - p BYRON HOLLIDAY Hammurabi; Front Page Ed. Vihiic, HICHIRO KANOW ELSYE KNOTH Malhcmalics. EDWARD HULSE Enp-nccis. HELEN KERR Mathcmalics. ROBERT R. KNOWLES Pres., Sec. Caduccus; Pres. Gcr Hist. Caduceus. IRENE JURGENSEN Sec. WAA: Hockey; Sp. Bal ball; GoK; Basketball; Spani! Wei. AWS. GERTRUDE KLINGA.MAN Madrcgal Singers; Band; Orche.str, Sludcni Club; German; AWS. ROBERT LAHEY Si iXfl ♦ •si STANLEY LAWRENCE Collsge Y; Swimming. FLOYD MAHANNAH Viking Staff; Fcalure Page Editor; Saga Staff; Beta Phi Gamma. FRANK MASON Crew: Reporter Viking; Sec. Colle. Y; German; Sp. Bureau; Debate: F RUTH LOCKE Dec. C.h.. Coop. Ch. AWS. ROBERT MAIDEN Treas. Fresh. Class; Pres, Pre;.. Treas. Sp. Bureau Skalds: Interclass Debate: ASB; Ch. Employ Rho Pi: Pri .-Trea: Debat. Council; Hon. Th. Phi AVENELL MEGOWN Commerce Club. HAZEL LOUNSBURY lOHN MARTEL Football: Ba.seball: Sec. Letlerr Hon. Thor; Tong; Viking Award. KARL MERCER V. Pres. Caduceus; Ii ball. Softball. BEN MITSUDA ROBERT MORTON Tong; Rowing. EMMA MAE MURPHY ROGER MONTGOMERY Ptcs. Cadi;ccus; Alpha Gamma Sic SYBIL MOSS Prcs. Frencli; Studcnl Club: Pal Capl. Tea. Pub. AWS. BRUCE NELSON MARGARET MORROW Alpha Gamma Sigma: V. Prcs. Alpha Mu Gamma: V. Prcs. Inlcmational: Avestan Madha. BILL MOWER Engineers: Chemical Eng FRANK NEWELL Golf S.C.J.C. Champ 35: Golf S.C. Inlcrcolk-giatc Champ ' 36: Bus. Mgr. Tong: Gcilf 2. (I •«• . 4- .i v ' Srrij •■ ' - . V • ' •• 5frtf ■ ' :♦ ' •  l -o ' - ' i«4- ' ' ' N   rt r RUTH OLSON Sec. Alpha Mu Gamma: Sec. Gccmnn Trcas. Alpha Gamma Sigma. JEANETTE PATCHEN Music Club Award: Orchestra: Baud Sludcnt Club: A Cappella Choir French: Instrumental Trio. CORRINNE RAMBO Avestan Madha. ROSE MARIE OSBORNE A Cappclla Choir: Pres. Music Club. LINUS PHILLIPS Beta Phi Gamma Trophy: Phi Rho P,: Asst. Ed. Handbo ing: Thor: Forum )k: College Y: Vik- SPENCER RAY Baseball: College Y: I mcrce; Spanish. JAMES PADFIELD Swin.minq: CC: Out-o[-Towncrs: Com GERALD QUINN Rep. ASB: Pres. Out-of-Towncrs: V Pres. Engineers: Ed. AAE Record: Re porter Viking: College Y. WILLIAM ROBERT RESCORLA Sec. College Y; Forum Com.: French. ■ ' . f- mmmmjimMMM ROGER RIDDLE Band: Orchestra; Music; V. Prcs. icrnalional; ■Icebound ; ' Hollda Alpha Gamma Sigma. CLIFFORD SCHAEFER Alpha Gamma Sigma. VAUGHN SMITH Engineers; Alpha Gamma S lejc Y; Prcs. Ou[-o(-Tov man; Treas. AMS. WILLIAM G. ROSENBERG Assl. Sp. Ed. Viking; Sp. Ed. Viking CLYDE SEEK EVELYN SKIRVIN Skalds; Tea Ch. AWS; Alpha VIRGINIA RYAN Fund AWS; Sludcnl Ch WAYNE SIRGINSON Caduceus; College Y; Viking French; Interclass Football. MARGARET STARK Prcs. WAA; Col. Scrv., Rcf.. AWS; Mgr. Hockey; Trcas. Avcstan Madha. RUSSELL STEWART Track; CC: Engineers. EUGENE STUMP Hammiirahi: Speakers Bureau: Prcs Ph, Rho Pi; Prcs. Sludcnl Body: Col- JAMES SUGIHARA Sec. Engineers: Alpha Can College Y: German. LEONARD TEMPLE Pres., Treas.. Sec. Advertising: Span- ish: College Y. EMILY COALE WALKER Out-of-Towners; Spanish. ROBERT TURNER French: Alpha Gamma Si ALMA WALLACE Sludenl Club: Friendship Ch. AWS HELEN WACKERLE Fresh. Rep. AWS; Spanish. ETHEL WATT ' 0 FERN WEBBER GLADYS WILLIAMS Rac. Ch., Hobby Ch. Sludcnl Club: Sec. Skalds: ■Icebound : Drama Work- shop: Alpha Gamma Sigma; Gcimaii: Wcl. Ch. AWS. ARTHUR WELL2 HAROLD WILSON College Y: Alpha Gamma EDWIN YOCKY V. Baseball: Alpha Gam BILL HARRIS JOHN L. LOUNSBURY ROBERT B. WHITE Eight years of virtual hibernation were broken this year when the Alumni asso- ciation began to advertise its existence by Doing Things. Led by Bill Harris the first semester and then by Robert B. White, the association engaged in a record year of opera- tions. Dinners, homecomings and meetings were attended with more enthusiasm than ever before. And with Leslie Nason as sponsor, the Alumni began in earnest to spread the fair name of Long Beach Junior College around in the right places. U M N Left to right: William T. J. Harris: Past Pres.. Virginia Cole: V. Pres.. Everett Morris: Treas.. William Cheney: Corr. Sec. Leslie Nason: Adviser. Bob White; Pres.. Esther B. Thompson; Rec. Sec. Chas. Wise; Mr. Chas. Jackson: adviser. (Not in picture) Floy Violette; Rec. Sec. and Art Rene. FR ESHMEN SPRING CLASS OFFI- CERS upper right. Pres- ident Don SiK ' ershield. Vice-President Bill Ames, Secretary Marjorie Lud- low, Treasurer Rosemary Myers. FALL CLASS OFFI- CERS: Treasurer June Stewart, President Wally McDannel. Vice-President Tom Shallenberger, Sec- retary Ruth Mather ab- sent from picture. f r %Wf f 1 p di « 1 i r ..ji 7v w l - A A fl 1 f lii Tf : ' H| ' ;W i iiH B ' J ve MOcuJlaA l mhiJieS I B R R Most hallowed of the College ' s halls of learning, most truly expressive of today ' s educational ideals, is the library. There may be found yesterday ' s masterpieces, cur- rent thought and philosophical theory, technical books in great numbers and half the College ' s population. Capacity crowds of 150 students all during the day mark this not only the intellectual, but also the great social center of the institution. Average daily circulation figures of 368 out of a total collection of 18,500 volumes indicates the consistent use of this collection, already noted among Southern California junior colleges. Newest and finest books in every field of knowledge may be found on its shelves, with still newer ones, from cookbooks to calculus, waiting to be catalogued. Miss Fay Tunison, head librarian, con- ducts this institution with a firm hand, subduing exuberant students at one instant and locating a thesis on Andorran com- merce the next. She is assisted by Miss Lorena Hopkins, assistant librarian, and Miss Edna Hay, clerk. N.Y.A. students working in several shifts also help in keeping the stacks, files and mid- period rush in order. Scoop! Students use Lilii.uy lur study LIBRARIANS: left to right, Miss Lorena Hopkins, Miss Edna Hay, [Vliss Imv T unison. Left to right: Florence Stotter. Corr. secy: Winifred HfisKi-u. ' vicijuieisuip: .M.iry i-,sfiun: Don SilversiiiL u. Vice-Pres; Margaret Ellswortfi, Secy: Pauline Eshelman, Publicity: George C. Bootri, Adviser: Glenn Miller; Doris Kennedy, Program: Raymond W. Wiedman: Dan Cherrier, Treas.: Dale Hoskin, President. Viking disciples of the quill and scroll, formerly organized as the Press club, this semester became affiliated as Pi chapter with Beta Phi Gamma, national honorary journalistic fraternity. New membership requirements now limit can- didates to those with 100 printed inches or holding a position as page editor or better. This national status revolutionized the club with a monthly magazine, traditional initiation ceremonies, fraternity pins, an official charter and a new constitution. Included in Pi chapter ' s other activities are an unbroken series of meetings, several banquets and a staff picnic. As most outstanding journalist, exclusive of chapter members, Pauline Eshelman won the traditional club trophv early in the Spring term. She had acted as women ' s page editor. BETA P H I GAMMA PAULINE ESHELMAN Seated left to right: Jojii Vance. Norma Dales. Elizabeth Whited. Gracia Petzold, Bob Maiden. Betty Juskievicz. secy; Omar Anderson, president; Miss Florence Carpenter, adviser; standing: Louise Larned. Jack Caton, Sybil Becker, Donoho Hall, Mary Eselun, Edwin Kashian, Bob Carpenter. Aloof in expression and marked with disdain Are the faces that loom through the mist, And his heart and his larynx contract as in pain As he whispers of blossoms, of grass in the rain, Observed in a moment he d not been quite sane, Or he wouldn ' t have written all this. This is Skalds, where are fcund all the sensitive souls With their poems, and essays, and stories and sketches Who, depending on whether they listen or read them, Are competent artists or miserable wretches. K D ■ f ' l rA FLORENCE M CARPENTER, English % MARION T. SIMS. English D D Viking tellers of tales, known to the popu- lace as the Order of Skalds, gathered the best of their creations of last Autumn into a red and gray magazine and called it Edda, furnishing with one stroke a memorial to themselves and a field of literary criticism for the English classes. Included in its pages were wistful bits of poetry, profound, if not logical observations on the Nature of Things and stirring stories of cruel frustration and utter foolishness, indicative of the long sessions indulged in twice each month by members of the club. Marshall Coursen and Sylvia Berger were the editors, abetted in their labors by Raymond W. Wied- man and Charles Flint. MARSHALL COURSEN SYLVIA BERGER GEORGE C. BOOTH. Viking, Saga Adviser: English. ILORENCE STOTTER. Saga Editor Two years of College history might have gone unsung had not the full quota of 700 students subscribed to Saga early this spring, enabling the publication of the first annual since the Junior College moved to its present site at Lakewood. But the Vikings came through, and handicapped though they were by a late start, staff members vowed that even their ancient name- sakes, the Norsemen, would be proud of the saga of a migration quite as epic as theirs had been. The remainder of Spring saw an epidemic sweep the campus as photographers swarmed upon every roof, tree and classroom. Editor Florence Stotter, Fred Cooper and Gordon Bicknell led the parade, collecting hundreds of the informal snapshots which form the basis of the 1937 Saga. SAGA STAFF MARY ESELUN COPY EDITOR DON SILVERSHIELD SALES MANAGER, SPORTS MARTHA JANE LEGG PICTURE EDITOR Lower left: Mills Dorton. Ad Manager. Lower right: Jack Eipper, Cover Design. Upper left; Ina Sugihdra. Picture Appointments. Center: Fred Cooper, Photography. Upper right: Gordon Bicknell, Photography. RUSSELL R. JOHNSTON. Debate Headed by Nellie Clark and Gene Stump as presidents, the local chapter of Phi Rho Pi quadrupled in size through two semesters of tournaments at Glendale. Bakers- field, Stockton and several other California cities. End of the sea- son saw members thoroughly tired of the problem of whether or not Congress should be empowered to fix minimum wages and maximum hours for industry. Mary Wright and Miss Clark, closely seconded by Stump, starred in the year ' s activities. P H I RHO P I Left to right: Llewellyn Evans, Norma Dales, Frances Davis, Nellie Clark, June Stewart, Frank Mason. Second row: Linus Phillips, Leland Deck, Gene Stump, Russell R. Johnson (Sponser), Roy Giordano, Harry Goza. FHI RHO PI CONVliNIION Upper left: M. Nicholas, Wiley K. Peterson. D. Hancock. Upper right: E. Woodward. A. Pacciotti. Lower left: W. Peterson. M. Wright. Lower right: R. Fanmucci, E. Woodward, W. Peterson, M. Wright, A. Pacciotti. Junior colleges from Minnesota to Oklahoma, from North Carolina to California, were represented at the ninth annual convention of Phi Rho Pi. at which Long Beach Junior College was host March 22-26. Debaters and orators aggregating more than 150 invaded the Municipal auditorium in competition for eighteen trophies furnished by the Rotary club. Long Beach did not sweep the convention field, gathering as it did, only one first place, Nellie Clark, who tied for impromptu honors. Second in women ' s oratory was taken by Mary Wright. But some small solace was received from the fact that, as retiring national president Wilev K. Peterson said, It was the most smoothly conducted and suc- cessful convention in the organization ' s history. Coach Russell R. Johnston, representing the college. Miss ' ranees Davis, student manager, and Joseph Baccus of Redlands, tour- nament director, well deserved the rest they took for the remainder of Spring vacation. PHI RHO PI CONVENTION VIOLET HESS Social Scii WILLIAM M. U ' ALLENT Public Speaking ELINOR W. HIATT, Head of English Department Left to right: Edwin Feller, Jean Dexter. Ins Le Francis Bernardi: seated, Miss Helen Davenport. To the list of achievements registered by various departments of the Junior College during the past year was added the acquisition of a full-fiedged radio program. Released over sta- tion KGER every Tuesdav evening, the program furnished a suit- able outlet for student talent in music, voice, drama and speech, as well as an excellent medium of advertising. Miss Edith Hitchcock of the music department was largely responsible for the instigation of the plan and for keeping it going. With the great number of student performers it was possible to present varied entertainment on each broadcast, demonstrating the ability of a non-professional group to maintain an interesting program. Though originally con- fined to music and drama classes, the broadcasts have now begun to include, in turn, some phase of every college department. Long Beach Junior College also shared in another, more widely pub- licized broadcast when the Music Festival in April went on a na- tional hookup. COLLEGE ON THE AIR ERICA H. WEARY, English HANDBOOK Editing one of the most useful reference pamphlets in college was Bruce Wildman. as- sisted by Leonard McCulloh, who gave students a review of college activity, administration and Student Body af- fairs through the Handbook. This year ' s edition had a dull gray cover that saw unusually hard service. BRUCE WILDMAN LEONARD McCULLOH u More overrun with occupants throughout every day than any other room on the campus is the social hall, situated in the middle of the English build- ing and forming an emancipated oasis where few males ever dare set foot. It was originally intended as a read- ing room, but books gravitated to the library and women to the welcome comfort of modern furniture, and the social hall came into being. Receptions, teas and club meetings make periodic use of this room also, as well as of the tiny kitchen attached. Each Tuesday noon the Cabinet violates its peaceful precincts with administration squabbles. Prize student sketches and selected pictures from the art department ' s collection may be seen here each week, as it is also the College ' s exhibition hall. SOCIAL HALL LITTLE THEATER KATHARYN M. KENNEDY, Drama Scene of all drama productions for the past two years has been the Little Theater. Students of Miss Kennedy ' s drama and voice classes have been trained in stage entrance and other mechanics as well as becoming accustomed to the atmosphere and acquiring poise and the other qualities necessary to good acting. The Little Theater is constructed with three separate stages, entrance to any of which may be made from backstage. This arrangement has proved invaluable in various presentations. An excellent lighting system is another desirable feature. ROBERT CORNTHWAITE .MAKE UP DRAMA WORKSHOP Philip Barries noted three-act comedy, HoHday, presented April 23, 26 and 27 in the Little Theater, struck a hilarious note of contrast to the bleakness of the previous semester ' s stark winter drama, Icebound. which scored a hit as the first Student Body play of the year. Frances Corcoran, Mary Betty French and Milton Rector headed an accomplished cast in the comedy production, which portrayed the strategies of two lovely damsels covetous of the affection of the same young man, with astonishing results. Miss Katharyn Kennedy, dramatics coach, was aided by Mrs. Evelyn Wennberg of the art department in staging the play. H O I D ■y - ii r i 11 f r i I. Left to right, seated Joe Garcia. Bill Walden. Bob Knowles, Geo. Saviers. Roger Montgomery, Karl Mer- cer Second row Robert Petre Dave Wood. Frank Blair, Bill Cornthwaite. Sam Woolington (Pres.), Clifford L. Wright (Sponser). Cliff Nickle. Standing; Marvin Holtz. Mano Frey. Bill Gregory. Dick Lewis, Raymond Swanson. Medicine Balls, open house dances uniquely named by their hosts, the members of Caduceus, are contributed by Junior College ' s pre-medical men toward each year ' s festivities. For their own members the season ' s events were topped by an invasion of the Los Angeles county hospital to see what a real institution of medicine was like and some large evenings spent as guests of a hospital ship in the U. S. Navy. Clifford L. Wright sponsored the group, with that bony denizen of closets, Oscar the skeleton, acting as mascot. CADUCEUS Chemislry AVESTAN MADHA Future nurses, women doctors, physical education teachers and dietitians found ample expression for their talents this year in the activities of Avestan Madha, fem- inine counterpart of Caduceus. An unusually fine series of discussions marked the semi-monthly meetings both semesters, when lead- ing doctors and dietitians, both men and women, were guest speakers. Special events were the inspection of the U. S. S. Relief and a hectic day at Big Pines, enjoyed even by the five who lost an argument with a toboggan. Left to riqht: Hermina Berger, Margaret Stark. Shirley Henzler. Pat Miller, Margaret Sosnowski, „orinne Rambo. Anna Gei-sler. Second row: Miss Jessie B. Anderson (Sponsor), Jean Watson Hazel Baysinger, Vera Lee Hawn, Mary Ann Edwards. Edith McVicker, Ruth Thonpson! Standing: Phylis Onesti, Margaret Morrow, Lucille Rice. Eleanor McKee. Catherine Knowles Isabellc Kurtz. Jane Weeks. N N R More accurately pre-professional than any other campus organization is the Engineers, local subsidiary of the American Association of Engineers, which for the past two semesters pursued activities of unusual worth to members. Two open houses, featuring demon- strations of a popular nature, were of particular value. Regular meetings were marked by lectures and demonstrations, topped off with heated discussions of topics not always allied with engineering. The long checked instrument in the picture on this page was revealed by members to be the object at which survey- ors have been peering for these many years. Front row. left to right: J. Bowers. C. Garcia. D. Booker. J. Folsom. B. Woodward. D. Whitlock. B. Switzer. C. Henry. Second row. left to right: R. Dickason. B. Sample. V. Daoust. V. Smith. B. Meyers. D. Naeve. K. Robertson, J. Sugahara, B. Mower, F. Cooper. Third row. left to right: A. Ambrosio. N. Rau, C. Johnson. E. Sample, J. Quinn, L. Unmack. K. Dodge. J. Boyer, V. Gallo. Above: Lab time for aspiring chemists. Below: Roger Mullinex, chemistry professor. NOBLE MINES. Physical Science Head BILL GREGORY LENA HIGGINS, -Zoology ANNE THOMPSEN. Mathematics Head CLIFFORD L. WRIGHT, Biological Science Head HERBERT T. WHITE Geology MABEL L. ROE Biology LOREN T. BLACK Mathematics A 7 Lower left: ETHEL G WEST, Anatomy. School Nurse. Lower Center: MYRON S. ALLEN. Physics. Lower right: ARTHUR S GORTON. Physics Upper left: LEON T. WHEELER. Science and Math. Upper center: DR. JAMES C. HOULOOSE, Hygiene. Upper right: SAMUEL E. PETERS. Math. t Lwi t rtt Putat ' On -- i INTERNATIONAL Japanese. German. French. Russian. Scan- dinavian and just plain American students found a common ground of interest tfiis year in the International club, a group organized to promote friendship and to foster a better understanding among the different nationalities. in the words of Miss Mary Gassaway, sponsor. Foreign books, affairs and people formed the topics of discussion at International meetings. Connections with Southern California groups of like nature were made through the Federation of Cos- mopolitan Clubs, at the Spring conference of which the local club became officially a member. Seated, left to right: Ethel Watt, George Ishizuka. Ray Eggert. James Hashi- moto. Second row: Miss Mary E. Gassaway (Sponsor), Betty Berggren, Yayoi Arikawa. Betty Juszkievicz, Mary Eselun. V First row, left to right: Marilyn Miller. Virginia Pilchard. Gervais Wallace, Marjorie Ludlow, Georgia Donley, Rosemary Myers, Martha J. Legg. Margaret Smith. Second row. Dick Shoopman. Helen Poe, Christine Henry, Margaret Carter, Wm. Rosenberg, Carl Snyder, James Frinnell, Stanley Nutter. Raymond Bauer, Tyrrel Smith, Chas. Jones, Wray Eggart, Roy Giordano (President), C. W. Vredenburgh (Sponsor). Third row: C. A. Spath. Winston Scott. Rav Wiedman. Berry Hayes. Wm. Goggin, Runvon Webb, To promote a deeper interest in the Spanish language Los Conquistadores saw Spanish made talkies, listened to speakers of Spanish and traveled at intervals to the long-famous Olvera street to try out their new vocabularies. To acquaint members with the manners and customs of Spanish speaking countries they found short films of Mexico and dis- cussions with speakers and their adviser, Clifford W. Verdenburgh, profitable. A joint theater meeting at Pasadena was a highlight. LOS CONQUISTADORES CLIFFORD W. VREDENBURGH, Spanish T , «( • ' t5 First Row. left to right: Walter Fieg (Sponser). Verne Kelsey. Doris Kennedy. Robert Knowles (President), Emma Baker. Henrietta Janssen. Second row: James Sugihara. Lorenze Schaefter, Robert Petrie. Vaughn Smith. Earl Mattox. Ed Swift. Patsy Hall. Mrs. Sara Goddard. Ethel Watt. Edward Cundiff. Patricia Wright. Die Freundschaft came more and more to resemble the traditional German student frater- nities as this year pursued its course. A series of Friday evenings spent viewing the latest films from Deutschland were topped off with singing, eating and merrymaking, varied from time to time with business sessions at some German restaurant. Members will long remember the three monstrous dogs who roamed freely through one of these cafes. Walter Fieg. Jr., son of the club s adviser, was guest of the club on his return from Germany, with an earlier meeting devoted to Fred Koenig, an alumnus who also studied Germany first hand. DIE FREUNDSCHAFT WALTER A. FIEG, German CORA STAGER. French LA CLIQUE FRANCAISE In their sponsor. Miss Cora Stager, members of La Clique Francaise were especially fortunate this season, since Miss Stager had just returned from a summer ' s trip through France before school began. Her experiences on the boat and in the extraordinary France of today furnished material for many valuable and inter- esting sessions. Monthly meetings of the club were enlivened in the Gallic manner by several skits, as well as speakers and songs well calculated to achieve their self confessed aim of fostering an interest in France and the French language. First row. left to right: Mary Millard. Grace Vi.sick. Cora Stager (Sponsor). Florence Johnson. Leonard Hartsell. Ethel Watt. (President). Betty Andrews. Patsy Hall, Sybil Moss. Second row: Dorothy Naylor. Judson Voyles. Virginia Taylor. Donald Drury. Irene Ross. Virginia La Mar. Patricia V right. Esther Woodward. Virginia Havenstein. Beth Kimball. Doris Kennedy. Gladys Hinshaw. Yayoi Arikawa. Jean Miller. Phyllis Chrisman. Elizabeth Ames. Agnes Wain- wright. George Ishizuka. Third row: James Burlingame. Bob Schyer, Gale Stafford. Ed Burnham. Virginia Ayer. Frank Beaver. Rockwood Gorton. Jack Brewer. Cliff Johnston. Arthur Crowhurst. First row, left to right: Miss Gassaway, Margaret Morrow, Lowell Bender (President), Mary Mallard. Second row: Florence Van Wagner, Mrs. Laura Hinshaw, Robert Cornthwaite. Mrs. Anderson, Hari Taber, Ruth Olsen, Elmo Shaver. Scholastic achievement of a very special variety was attained by the select group of language students who comprised Alpha Mu Gamma, honorary language fraternity. Prospective members were required to submit a record of at least two As and one B in one foreign language in order to be admitted. Monthly meeting programs centered around the three languages taught at Junior College and current events and personalities of the mother countries. Alpha Mu Gamma chapters from Santa Ana and Los Angeles joined the local group in the for- mal initiation banquet which is a major event of the season. ALPHA MU GAMMA ALBERT ,iMALL, LEONARD C. HUBBARD, Philosophy COLLEGE FORUM Congressmen, economists, ministers, so- ciologists, psychologists, pacifists, nationally noted speakers on every manner of subject of interest to the junior collegian in his or her more serious moments, took turns this year at conducting the College Forum, a semi-monthly discussion meeting of all stu- dents interested in today ' s problems. Representatives of College Y and Student club collaborated as the Forum committee, making this achievement possible, with Leda White acting as committee chairman during the Spring term, and Leonard C. Hubbard ex- ceedingly active as sponsor. Prerequisites to Happiness in Marriage, ■ ' Can America Keep Out of War? Religion, Opiate or Dynamic? Ls Planned Economy Possible? Growing Up in America. These were some of the vital topics brought up for discussion. Left to right: Leonard C. Hubbard, Bill Riscorla, Leda White, Jimmv Allen Marv F..seluii Mary Wright. CHARLES W. JACKSON. Social Science Dept. Head MARY E. GASSAWAY, Language Dept. Head HAROLD F. SEAL, Political Science ALBIE N. FLETCHER History JESSIE L. ANDERSON Spatlish WESLEY C. DRUMMOND Spanish Historij Course Proves Popular m ' [LtTt Ml. J BB« ! £ KM 1 Bi- ' B UL J X 1 - i A I , U wi anil tmnfL First row. left to right: Helen Davenport, Pat Miller. Witten Willis, Esther Cleveland, Janice Kriegbaum, Alice Wyatt, Gwen King. Second row: Carol Cooper. Gertrude Klingeman, Marian Hastain. Louise Williams, Dorothy Sproule, Raymond Moremen. For women interested in voice, a popular portion of the year s activities featured the Women s Glee club. Under the direction of Miss Edith Hitchcock the organization has become a valuable part of the music department. Most of its mem- bers belong also to the a cappella choir, though they presented many programs as the Glee club. WOMEN ' S GLEE MENS QUARTET First row. left to right: Dick Huntin (2nd Bass). Cort John- son (1st Bass), Edwin Feller (2nd Tenor), Eugene Heasley (1st Tenor), Ray Moremen (Ace.) P! !? i A CAPPELLA CHOIR Music lovers of Long Beach Junior College have the chance to enjoy their first love by entering the local a cappella choir, according to Raymond More- men, head of the organization. This year. he continued, there are 35 members. But of course, we are still in our infancy. Next year we promise to have an outstanding sing fest group. We are always being rushed. he smiled, bv Rotary and other clubs. Our radio broadcasts over KGER were novel. And it must be remembered that our big thrill was the Music Festival. First row. left to right: Dorothy Schroeppel, Alt a Purdy. Florence Van Warner. Betty Vaughn, Elizabeth Harvey. Janice Kriegbaum. Frances Corjoran. Jean Thoburn. Alice Wyatt. Second row: Jean Dexter. Evelyn English. Helen Parmley. Margaret Lanham, Eleanor Hilliard. Mary Ellen Campbell. Marion Miller. Jeanette Patchin. Marian Hastain, Mariorie Hess. Iris Lewis. Third row: Dick Heneise, Edwin Feller. George Sedgewick. Da e Hargrave. Paul Plattenberger. John Johnston. Jack Mitchum. Douglas Decherd, Max Eshelman. Fourth row: Bob Avery. George Clapp. Can Urbina. Wallace Herrwig. Richard Alford. Ray Morenen. David West, Cort Johnson. Clair Johnson. Glonwood Martin. SCHOOL SPIRIT DANCE BAND— First Row. left to right: Boyd Brown, Max Smith. Johnny Jacobs. Roy Hamilton. Mr. Defty (Sponsor). Laura May White. Second row: Roger Riddle. Morgan Timberlake. Wayne Leasure. Whipple Jones. Albert Rankin, Robert Beaufult. ORCHESTRA— First row. lett to right: Verne Kelsey. Leon Dallin. Glen Bozarth, Whipple Jones. Margaret Tithe, Elizabeth Hicks. Laura May White. Irene Engel. Berh Garfoot. Betty Biddick. George Gather. Roy Hamilton. Madeline McGlellan. Lucille Stillings. Dwight Defty (Conductor). HELEN VITEK SJOBERG, LESLIE I. NASON, Ad Department, Mathematics HELEN DAVENPORT, OMOMA Lett to Right: Mary Elizabeth Davis, Ahcemargaret Benson, Jean Watson Mr. iNasuii (Sponsor), Marie Curtis, Marjorie Mitchell, Jack Eipper, Lyndon Chettle, Barbara Whited, Esther Horner, Margaret Eldridge, Leonard Temple, Barbara Hipwell. Out in front at college functions, which ranged from club dances to football games, was the Ad club, which flourished its crop of posters and famous staple driver to good effect all year. No important event and few of the lesser ones went without its necessary support. Promoting its own interests for once, the group this year inaugurated an annual Viking dance with great success. Students planning to work in advertising and commercial art were given intensive training by this organ- ization, which was directed by Leslie J. Nason of the advertis- ing department. D U B liDITH HITCHCOCK, Music Department Head. MUSIC CLUB Whether or not one is willing and able to perform, or if one just enjoys music although not a musician, he or she can become a member of the Music club. This statement by Edwin Feller, spring president, covered both eligibility and program policies of the organization for the past term, since every meeting featured performances by club members, alumni and guest artists, with large attendance every time. Miss Edith Hitchcock spon- sored the club, which included in its personnel many talented college musicians, some of whom are already known in wider musical circles. First row, left to right: Eleanor Knox, Madeline McClellen, Iris Lewis. Florence Van Wagner. Rose Marie Osbourne, Jean Dexter, Beth Garfoot. Alice Wyatt. Beatrice Miller. Wallace Herrewig. Second row: Bill Williams. Jo Alice Buchan. Dorothy Oltman. Dorothy Naylor. Janice Kriegbaum. Elsie Combs. Erma Kyle. Marian Miller. Ed Feller. Third row: Marian Hastings. Laura May White, Mary Wagner, Jack Mitchum, Farley Abshire, Charles Flint. Verne Kelsey. Roger Riddle, Jeanette Patchin, Helen Fry. First row, left to nghl Marjorie Mitchell. Fay Higrty. Mary Corbusier. Ruth Barton. Natalia- Hawthorne. Avis Anderson (President). Alice Eggers. Mrs. Sjoberg (Sponsor). Lucille Lane. Thora Lindstrom. Second row; Elise Wedemyer. Helen Wolcott. Gail MacMillan. Margaret Ellsworth. Kathleen Richardson. Jean Saltsman. Demaskera. art club for women, though one of the newest campus clubs, built up an unusual membership this term. Attraction centered around its formal study of proper make up. hair styles, colors and clothes, with authorities on cosmetics and hairdressing imported for meetings to supply the technical information. Interior decoration, another interest of members, was studied to a worthy end. as visitors to the wom- en s lounge noted. Women of Demaskera were drawn chiefly from art 21, though many collegiennes not affiliated with the club found the special meetings in the lounge too interesting to miss. DEMASKERA EVELYN OLSEN WENNBERG, Art Head BRUSH AND PENCIL All art students and those who esteem art, sur- realists included, who lelt the urge for expression this year found in Brush and Pencil a fine outlet. Sketching trips, studio meetings and exhibits of the prize work of each meeting in the women ' s lounge and elsewhere kept members busy, Mrs. Evelyn O. Wennberg, adviser, who re- turned in September from a year ' s study in Sweden, brought a fund of ideas to the club, which made use of her suqgestions in the many projects carried out for other clubs. First row, left to right: Anita Nicholaus, Kathryn Skidmore, Fay Higley, Marjorie Petzold, Betty Lawry, Betty Flanagan. Second row: Jack Eipper. Jean Fitzhugh, Vivian Vaughn, Laura Cherry Bishop, Violet Lovaas. Margaret Gage. IVIrs. Evelyn Wennburg (Spenser), Esther Horner, Kathleen Richardson (model). lil f ' .V 1 ' ttH!! ' fc ■ ' r y ■ L mrme ice iuid Jjiw STUDENT CO-OP First row, left to right: Elsie Combs. Margaret Hciincs. lone Pike, Catherine MacMillan. Ruth Heinley, Natalie Hawthorne, Avenell Megowan. Hazel Lounsbury. Second row: John Walsh. Freeman Sinclair. Dick Shoopman. Don Anderson. Arvin Anderson. Ken- neth Broxholme. Gwenna Mallette, Lorene Eaton. William Harris. Mr. Hall (Sponsor), Jimmy Allen (President), Bob Clapham, Charles Stevens. Jack Small. Spencer Ray. Los Angeles stock exchange operations, viewed bv special permission one Spring afternoon, marked a highlight in the year ' s program of Commerce club meetings. The remainder of their twice a month meetings were spent in speeches by prominent local business men. trips, spelling bees and announcing the promises of downtown jobs for members. Organized in 1928 as Entrepreneurs, this group changed its name to Commerce club and has since been known by that name. COMMERCE CLUB GLEE DUNCAN. Commerce HAMMURABI Extraordinary initiations and an effective corner on the College ' s supply of debaters were tfie chief claims to fame of the Order of Hammurabi this year. Each Monday evening they gathered to discuss their legal aspirations and later in the evening to move in on the Women s pre-legal club and make a party of it. Crafty in law and active in Junior College affairs. Hammurabi men also wielded their tradi- tionally mighty hand in Student Body politics. A highly edifying trip to the night court in Los Angeles and a banquet with the Long Beach Bar Association led the long list of events on the 1936-37 calendar of Hammurabi. Seated, left to right: B. Maiden. H. Goza, G. Stump. B. Wildman. B. Maxwell. G. Hale. F. Randall. M. Johnston. Standing, back: President L. Deck. C. Perkins, E. Wilcox, H. Cuper- nell, Harold F. Seal (Sponsor), W. McDannel. First row, foreground: J. Amundson, E. Burn- ham. M. McVicker, B. Ames, R. Eggart. L. Evans. S. Ray. Second row: K. Smith, B. Jarnaain, P. Plattenberger. D. Silvershjeld, D. Hudson. L. Bender, Third row: J, Frinell, P. Carev, R. Giordano, R, WieJm.m First row, left to right: Jean Thompson, liwcnna Mallette. AUce Benson, Second row: Mary Eselun. Lucille Lane. President Anne Rumrill, Lorraine Canoles. Lavonne Brierly. Eleanor Boyce. Esther Horner. Last row: Marion Sickle. Rosemary Myers. Albert T. Small (Sponsor), Wini- fred Heiskell. Georgia Donley. Lady lawyers, the campus calls them, the twenty-one members of Mahabharata. who recently identified themselves by the tiny redwood gavels adopted as club insignia. But Albert E. Small, sponsor of the group, says that Mahabharata is for the girl who intends to be a lawyer, who is interested in law, or who wants to marry a lawyer. And a continued record of open houses, dinner dances and school service such as was hung up this year may well qualify them for all three ambitions. Prominent local lawyers and teachers were speakers at the weekly meetings, along with several student talks by the women debaters, all of whom are Mahabharata members. MAHABHARATA COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT: Upper left: ALFRED C. KING. Upper right: EUGENE CORRIE. Lower left: EDWIN M. HALL. Lower right: J. K. WADE. r C. Rea, C. Seek, Tennis; F. Whitmore, Track; F. Reimer, D. Sterling, Basketball; A. Barlow, Football; A. Anderson, K. Brox- holme, Cross Country; L. Yocky, Baseball. CAPTAINS BERT SMITH FOOTBALL Opening the 1936 season with what was heralded as the team that could end Long Beach Junior College ' s great drouth of football championships. Coach Harry Macon ' s foot- ballers tackled the invading gridmen from Bakersfield junior col- lege, looking good on paper, but having a lot to prove on the gridiron. Long Beach took an early two point lead against the Renegades when Walt Jelsma blocked a kick for a safety. Bakers- field connected with a long pass later in the game, however, and the Vikings went down 6-2 in the first of a long string of defeats. Santa Ana ' s Southern California champions came next on the Long Beach schedule. A fiery fray with the powerful Dons again ended in defeat for Long Beach as the Santa Anans filled the air with pigskin, winning 19-0 on a brilliant passing attack. The Viking gridiron machine made its next appear- ance at Menlo Park junior college. Vital cogs in the machine finally showed signs of functioning, but Long Beach could not score. The northerners played constantly with their backs to the wall fighting off repeated Viking thrusts which never made good. Score — Menlo 0, Long Beach 0. In the Menlo game Sam Babich was shifted to fullback where his spectacular ball toting began to attract attention. Johnny Martel had meanwhile been cleaning up headline space with his driving line play. A small ocean fell piece by piece upon Louns- bury field and turned the dedication of the new Junior College night football plant into a baptism and the conference opening football game with Ventura into a swim meet. Only a hardy few stayed in the grandstand to watch Long Beach, as in the Bakers- field game, score first on a safety and then have victory snatched from them by a rival touchdown. Johnny Carrol accounted for the Long Beach tally by blocking a Pirate kick. But a six-yard punt by Long Beach paved the way to a Pirate touchdown and an eventual 7-2 victory. Misfortune was again on the side of the Nordics as every fumble squirted in the wrong direction. Upper picture. R. E. Pohl.id, R. T. Jclsma, R. G. Martel, C. J. Creecy, L. G. Barlow, L. T. Carroll, L. E. Babich, Backfield: H. B. Filbert, F. B. Wagner, H. B, C. Creecy, Q. B. Takahashi. Lower picture: R. E. White, R. T . Gray. R. G. Wallen. C. Adlcr, L. G. Olson. L. T. Pate, L. E. McDannel, Backfield; H. B. Gardner, F. B. Wagner, H, B. Austin, Q. B. Stephens, Harry Macon, football coach: Bill Voorhccs. ,i Right to left, first row: Olson. White. Gray. Barlow (Capt.). Martel. Jelsma. Austin. Second row: Connor. Adler. Pate, Harrington, Wallen, Takahashi. McDannel. Babich. Stephens. Carroll. Gardner. Third row: Coach Macon. Pond. Rodgers. Pohlad. J. Creecy. Filburt. C. Creecy. Pyle. Tyler. Drake. Dilley, Wagner. Voorhees (asst. coach). Fourth row: Sam- atelas. Martin. Montgomery, Hill. Marshall (mgr.). Edwards. Marten. Folsom. a I Vikings in practice: hard daily workouts prepare gridmen for heavy schedule. Pasadena s Bulldog was the next to sink his teeth into the Viking. A brilliant Pasadena aerial circus accounted for Pasadena ' s winning margin as Long Beach showed its first bit of offensive drive to cash in on a Sam Babich-Don Walker passing combination for a touchdown and a respectable place on the score board. Score — Pasadena 19, Long Beach 7. Many times downed but still not out. the grid team journeyed to Santa Monica for its second league ap- pearance. More fire and spark were in evidence as Long Beach slapped down a favored Corsair crew H-6. The win put Long Beach in the running for the championship and showed that the Norse had finally arrived. The little Lions of the Loyola frosh were the next victims of the rapidly improved Norse play. An impenetrable Viking line, a 34 yard jaunt around end by little Johnny Austin, a place kick for extra point by Sam Babich, and Long Beach had won, 7-6. First row: W. Philbert. W. Jelsma. C. Poh lad. J. Takahashi, C. Creecy. Second row: G. Wag- ner, B. Harrington, K. White, ]. Wallen, J. Carrol. Third row: J. Austin, A. Olson, F. Whit- more, C. Gardner. R. Adler. Fourth row: J. Creecy, S. Babich, W. McDannell, B. Stevens, A. Barlow, Captain. C. Creecy packs ball in Field Dedication game against Ventura Coach Macon ' s charges, needing wins in their two remaining games for a championship, set about the task of stopping Glendale s Vaqueros in their next encounter. The game was hotly contested with Long Beach getting the yardage and Glendale getting the touchdown on a long prayer pass. Score — Glendale 7, Long Beach 0. Alumni who witnessed the homecoming game with Los Angeles were denied the privilege of seeing their alma mater leave the field victorious. For a long series of highly ques- tionable and bitterly contested decisions cost Long Beach a tri- umph, Los Angeles winning with a second quarter touchdown, 6-0. Sophomores run off with ball and score in interclass scrimmage. 13-0. .AC .,. . CO- ' . to - ' Pomona hy 47-27 Score aijfis oi ' Pomona look a severe uouneing iiom ilie Viking quintet last Wednesday, when the local lioopsters poured ' a steady rain of Held I. ' through the basket ; ' their opponents. y n Viking S fiCa C) Pirates Fall In Rough Contest riffininen Breals If time Draw Win 38-29 Mel Griffin ' s Norse qi ed back a desperal ' — - ' iriit ' ' ' sets Sco js. « s fi-je  „%e ikings Conq orsair Fivqj Long Beach Climbs I First Place With We Victory Over Santa hing Mel brilliant offense Griffin ' s Vikir.g five ling, si led the undefeated, pennant [ a good g Santa Monica Corsairs 42- j and Bob day evening at the local Ar and moved into a tie for the I that m Conference championship nging a previous 39-28 de- lished out by the Corsairs j Winston first round of competition, j sible foi jrsemen jumped into an early I of the rhich they extended to 21-1 : intermission and shortly af- e second period Long Beach j sharpslv p a 27-17 lead and sashayed ;h to a decisive win. ig a tight zone defense Coach alternated between two sets ihy forwards who ran the de- h point honors were divided en Frazier Slaughter, rangy ; center, and Ed Muggs Jth, racy Santa Monica for- i practically a lone hand, with 14 tallies each. McGrath  -- t pas ' ° ' ' y Ove a pves Hoop te,. t , V.i,v.- ,•„ , 4. performance , v•-:- ' -■ ■ ' -.W ' ' ' - ' ttoi« ' enceTeam VpV . ' ' x % ' ; - oV ' V ve BASKETBALL COACH MEL GRIFFIN One of the most capable casaba crews ever to grace the hardwoods in the black and white togs of Long Beach was the reputation built by Coach Mel Griffin ' s 1937 basketball brigade. Seven straight conference victories after a first game loss, paved the way to the second conference title won by Long Beach in the last five years. Left to right, first row: D. Sterling, Co-captain: B. Gorbould. B. Turpin. B. Moffit. P. Provost, F. Reimer. Co- captain; R. Shepard. Second row: Coacfi Mel Griffin. W. Dayton, L. Brewster, F. Frazer. T. Romano. F. Slaughter, W. Scott. C. Johnston. J. Driscoll. F. Elliot, manager. ¥■ ft if? Q ' © fl r (? CO-CAPTAIN DENNIS STERLING Following an unsteady beginning at Santa Monica where they were defeated, 39-28, the Vikings hit an all-con- quering stride in which they bowled over the Los Angeles, Ventura and Glendale teams in rapid succession. Three straight wins would not do the work, however, and the end of the first round found the Corsairs in a full game lead. Fired for the crucial con- test of the conference season, the Norsemen received the mighty Corsairs before a packed Armory. Santa Monica was good but not good enough. Long Beach won 42-30 and tied for the lead. Fred Frazer goes after tip-off in first Los Angeles game. Slaughter and Romano fight for Viking basket local armory. Santa Monica game at Still confronted with the task of remaining undefeated, Coach Grif- fith ' s charges invaded Los Angeles where they downed a stubborn Cub quintet in a rain of field buckets, 43-32. The second Ventura fra- cas caused no consternation in the Viking camp and the weak Pirate outfit was sunk without a trace, 38-29. Came the league finale with Glendale. The rapidly improving Va- queros had the week before knocked Santa Monica from the lead and now they threat- ened to put another black spot on the Norse record. A victory would cinch the title for Long Beach: a loss would necessitate a playoff. CO-CAPTAIN FRANK REIMER ..■■a« i «akt:  a MftraaajM  vf  v  vwr v---y. fi6 ,v BOB GORBOULD PETE PROVOST Vikings on top now but on bottom at finish of first Fullerton playoff. Players sprawl after ball in second FuUerton game on local court. A sizzling first half saw the Griffinmen set back on their heels by the flashiest brand of basketball they had yet encountered. Glendale continued to bat- tle through the second half matching basket for basket. A frenzied last minute rally and Lonq Beach had won the championship, 47-40. FuUerton ' s Hornets pre- sented the next problem for the worry of Long Beach fans who had now centered their attention on the Southern California championship. The Vikings had fight but it did not show in the box score. Fullerton got the breaks and won two heartbreakers, 26-21, 35-33. The Fullerton victory made the playoff history of the two schools all even. Long Beach having won an unofficial decision from the Hornets in 1933. WINSTON SCOTT FRED FRAZLR TONY ROMANO FRAZIER SLAUGHTER Romano goes skyward in attempt to get ball from Fullerton man. Conference play was not the only place where Viking basketeers won recognition. Individual honors were gener- ously passed toward Long Beach ' s athletes when the all-conference selections were made. Co-captains Frank Reimer and Dennis Sterling, Frazier Slaughter. Bob Gorbould, Fred Frazer, Winston Scott, Pete Prevost and Tony Romano all were frequently men- tioned on the numerous mythical teams. In their practice season the Nordics enjoyed laudable success, knock- ing over the champion Fullerton Hornets, New Mexico State. Santa Ana, Pomona, and Loyola Frosh teams in the course of their basketball pursuits. Coach Griffin gives Viking reserves and regulars a few pointers. Reimer tries to dribble through Vaquero defense. First row, left to ngnt: A. Corrdl, O. buv.i.}). A. Anderson. K. BroAholme. Second row: D. Urbina. D. Anderson, L. McCulloh. Manager; C. Johnson. V. Gallo. Even breaks tell the story of the Long Beach cross country team which huffed and puffed its way over the hills and dales of Southern California to a mildly successful season. In non- conference meets the Norse stridesmen won distinction by de- feating the U.C.L.A. varsity 24-33: the victory came following an early season loss to the same team, 23-38. Against the powerful Pasadena and Glendale teams. Long Beach sandwiched into a second place running under the arc lights of the historic Rose Bowl. Another even break came in conference meets when Long Beach trounced Los Angeles 23-33 and lost to Santa Monica 20-38. Long Beach placed third in the all-conference meet. CROSS COUNTRY Norse stridesmen cover Southland hill and dale in successful season R K Handicapped by the lack of point winning material that has retarded the track and field progress at Long Beach for the past few years. Coach Macon ' s 1937 cinder crop weathered a mediocre season, placing fourth in dual meet and all conference competition. A large turnout of men who were suc- cessful at grabbing seconds and thirds and a small number of men who were capable of first places always kept the locals on the scoreboard with a respectable total. In the first two dual meets of the season, the Vikings fell before the flying feet of the Santa Monica and Los Angeles squads. The Corsairs took a 94-37 verdict and the Cubs rolled up a 90-41 count. First row: Broxholm. Montgomery. Johnson. Seja. Arterberry, O ' Neil. Lyons. Gallo. Second row: Carpenter. Corral. Lahey. Logan. Parke. Polley. Sinclair. Coxe, Wallick. Third row: Allen (Mgr). Crane. Carter, Harris. B. Hayes, Whitmore (Capt.). Didge. Goggin. Walsh. Reid. Dykehouse. Macon iCoach). Ventura ' s Pirate crew provided fodder for the Norsemen ' s grinding spikes in tfie third dual meet of the season which the Maconmen copped by a decisive 76-55 score. At Glen- dale, however, Long Beach fell back into the loss column, the Vaqueros triumphing 91-40. In the all conference and Southern California meets the Nordics encountered little success, a series of bad breaks eliminating several Vikings from the point totals and keeping them out of all Southern California competition. Among the consistent scorers of the season were: Bill Montgomery, broad jump: Dick Morgan, high jump; johnny Seja, Chito Corral and Cort fohnon, distances; Crane and Broxholme. 440; Logan and Lahey, sprints; Harris, Captain Vi hit- more, Swoboda, and Carter, weights; and O ' Hara and Austin, pole vault. O ' Hara placed second in the conference meet; Morgan tied the school jump record and Carter led team scoring for the season. Norse timber-toppers hit first bar nX t - s B a Varied intramural program gives every student a chance to compete in his favorite sport. INTRAMURAL Through the medium of intramural athletics several hundred men students of the college are given an oppor- tunity for healthful exercise and use of Long Beach ' s athletic facilities. Ten clubs were represented this year in an active sched- ule which included volleyball, basketball, track, handball, foot- ball, baseball and tennis. Leading the parade of clubs in the race for the coveted intramural trophy, as the book went to press, was the Order of Tong which had annexed championships in volley- ball, track and handball with baseball and tennis unfinished. Col- lege Y which stood in second place in the standings was the only team with a mathematical chance to overtake Tong. The Y teams were led by a brilliant basketball outfit which went undefeated through the complete schedule. The Cirgonians, who held third place, were champions in football. In baseball the Y appeared to be the team to beat and the Cirgonian softballers counted upon to give the toughest opposition. Intramural manager this year was Bill Kappler who worked with Coach Bert Smith on the planning and carrying out of the program. B Defending Southern California champions! As such, Coach Mel Griffin ' s 1937 horsehiders faced the par- ticularly difficult task of wading through a tough schedule of teams which were all laying for a crack at the champs. Yet with only one game left on their eight-game schedule the Viking nine had sustained but two defeats and was still in the running for the title. In practice games the Norsemen tripped the powerful Compton Tartars who were unofficially recognized as free lance champions, and the Fullerton Hornets, winners in the Eastern conference. Santa Ana and several local teams also came in for frequent drub- bings from the big bats and airtight defenses of the Norse. Two defeats in the first round of league play switched favor from Long Beach to the Los Angeles Cubs who smashed out a 9-3 win over an unsteady Norse team in the conference opener. O First row. left to right: W. Brown. J. Cordoza. T. Glacer. L. Yocky, R. Luckett, C. Nelson, R. Shepard, J. Martel. J. Takahashi. Second row: D. Wacke. L. Al drich. B. Gorbould. A. Barlow, C. Douglas. J. Brewer, H. Davidson, G. Eatinger, E. Yocky. H. Stevens, Coach Griffin, f f f f r f,| f r cJ r ' ' W V ' ' ' ? : . 1 N O R S E M E Long Beach came back from the Cub de- feat by smacking Santa Monica, 11-3, and Ventura, 7-0. But Glendale added fire to the fuel which was burning Viking title hopes by flogging the listless locals in the first round final, 7-2. Entertaining the league leading Cubs at Recreation park in the crucial game of the season, Long Beach turned in a typical storybook win, shov- ing over the winning run in the last half of the ninth, 8-7. The victory put the Nordics back in the running. IN ACTION mV • In the remaining second round battles Long Beach defeated Santa Monica. 4-0. and Ven- tura, 9-2. The season s windup with Glendaie was the only barrier between Long Beach and a possible tie for the title. Jack Brewer won individual honors for the season, pitching several conference wins, hurling a no-hit, no-run game, and batting second to Harry Stephens who also pitched some creditable ball. Cap- tain L. Yocky. catcher: E. Yocky. Cordoza. Aldrich and Gorbould, infielders; and Nelson, Takahashi and Barlow, outfielders; formed the regular team. o r ; . ■ Upper: Capt. Lawrence Yocky. Rod Shepard, Russ Luckett. Jack Brewer and Harry Stephens comprised the Viking battery. Lower: Les Aldrich. shortstop, hits dirt. Norse ■ ■ VAN ' ' v; HALL. frttaM Captain O Too much Glendale proved to be the undoing of this year ' s powerful Junior College fairway forces as the inland mashie wielders handed Long Beach its only two setbacks in an otherwise spotless season of conference play. Defending champions on the Southern Cali- fornia junior college fairways, the Vikings were at the start of their 1937 campaign favored to repeat. Successive wins over the powerful Santa Monica team and Los Angeles justified the favor- itism. The Corsairs dropped their first round battle, 3j 2 lV2 ' and the Cubs saved a whitewash by winning one match. 4-1. At Glen- dale. however. Long Beach ran into a fivesome that could more skillfully club the little pellet and so tasted its first defeat, 3j 2-l - The second round proved to be a repetition of the first. Long Beach knocked over Santa Monica in a decisive manner. 4-1. and then plastered the Cubs, 5-0. The stage was properly set for the Vaquero match which would bring the Norse- men a championship tie in the event of victory. But once again Long Beach fell short: and the Vaqueros walked off the eighteenth green on top by a 3-2 margin. In non-conference play Long Beach won dis- tinction by playing on even terms with the major colleges. Captain Hall, Fulton, Rausch, Mickley, Orr, Miller and Salzer were mainstays. Coach B. Smith, A. Rausch. M. Mickey. J. Fulton. G. Salzer, V. Hall. Capt.; T. Miller. Upper, left to right: Clayton Rea. Co-captain: Bill Koos. Bob McPherson. Charles Lane, Oliver Pickett. Lower: Clyde Seek, Co-captain: Intercollegiate competition, Elston Wyatt, Absent from picture: Bob Wood. Robert Sperry. Llewellyn Evans. N N A vastly improved version of the 1 936 Junior College tennis team this year represented Long Beach Junior Col- lege on the courts of the Western conference. Only one team, Los Angeles, showed sufficient strength in the season ' s play to defeat the Norse netters. The first doubles team of Charles Lane-Elston Wyatt which went undefeated through the season, was the only team to salvage a match in the first Los Angeles contest, the Viking tumbling, 18-5. Other first round matches all ended favor- ably for the Norsemen. The Corsairs were defeated, 15-8; Glen- dale was upset, 15-8; and Ventura took a 16-7 shellacking. The second round produced the same re- sults with different scores. Santa Monica this time lost by default. Ventura was shut out 23-0; and the Cubs repeated their first win, 18-5. The remaining match with Glendale determined whether or not Long Beach had undisputed possession of second place. Rea and Seek, co-captains; Lane, Wyatt, McPherson, Wood, Pickett, Koos. Sperry and Evans played important positions for the main part of the season. Tennis team practices at Lakewood « WOMEN ' S SPORTS CLARINNE LLEWELLYN. Physical Education WOM EN ' S ATHLETICS Since we have had our new shower building put up, some green fields to play on. and new tennis courts, more women have come out for W.A.A. than ever before. Next year s active membership will probably be even greater. Miss Josephine Arroues thus ably character- ized the 1936-1937 season for Junior College ' s women athletes. Nor were activities absent this year, since the regular monthly socials, including pot luck suppers and topped for the season by the popular Aftensmad or Swe- dish luncheon, were unusually well attended. June saw further social events in the awards breakfast and an installation tea. One Fall playday and three Spring events, inter- spersed with two high school sports days and several invitational tour- naments were highlights of the athletic side of W.A.A. ' s program. HOCKEY: Seated: I. Jorgenson, M. Stark, M. Stough, A. Virgin. I. Sugihara. P. Wright, A. Farrell, M. Mitchell, M. Moore. Standing: P. McKibben. M. Ciayville, G. MacMillan. B. Ballet. Mi.ss Josephine Arroues (Instructor), V. Woll, M. Sos- nowski, M. Miller. H. Poe. Lured by Manager Betty Bally Balliet ' s vividly printed puns tacked in the most conspicuous places in the women ' s gym, twenty hockey fiends scribbled their athletic inten- tions on the sign up sheet at the initial hockey practice this season. And under the experienced tutoring of [Vliss Josephine Arroues, they buckled on their shin-guards, dusted off their sticks and launched one of Jaysee ' s most successful hockey seasons. Final contest of the year found the Long Beach squad sending Comp- ton ' s shin whackers home with a 1-1 tie for their efforts. H O K JOSEPHINE ARROUES. Physical Education N N Paced hy Ann Arnold and Barbara Mott as top raters, the Women ' s Athletic Association ' s 1937 tennis team stroked it- self into prominence in city and southern California tennis groups. Mixed doubles players from Santa Ana were the first victims of the Long Beach racquet talent, dropping four matches to the combined forces of Coaches Bartlett and Arroues. Other opportunities for exhibition of local skill was furnished by a play day at Los Angeles and an all Southern California tournament at Fullerton. Class instruction in tennis has proved to be one of the most popular courses in physical education. Miss Josephine Arroues, instructor, revealed, with co-educational classes as the chief distinc- tion. TENNIS: A. Arnold, H. Goodheart. M. Stough. I. Sugihara. A. Farrell. M. Moore. I. Pike. ]. Miller. B. Andrews, B. Mott. E. Horner. Riding proves [lopular sport with Coeds. HORSEMANSHIP Left to right: Shirley Henzler. Isabel Kurtz. Mary Frampton. Miss Watson. Riding Instructor, Helen Poe (Manager), Louise Roth, Miss Josephine Arroues. Elsie Combs, Mary Louise Moore. Barbara Lunt. ' f f (r f% W Left to right: Beth Kimball. Esther Woodward, Patricia Wright. Margaret Stark. Gail MacMillan, Thora Lind- strum. Avis Anderson. Irene Jergenson. Feminine divot dig- gers this year again enjoyed the accessibihty of Lakewood golf course ' s sea-sized duck ponds and sand traps as their home field, with the first change of scenery at the Spring breakfast at Recrea- tion Park. An eighteen-hole putting contest, a mixed Scotch four- some and a ringer tournament kept the links enthusiasts in top shape the remainder of the season. Miss Clarinne Llewellyn coached. O B A B A With only three weeks ' practice behind them. Jaysee ' s feminine bat swingers plastered Glendale ' s dia- mondetters with a 6 to 2 defeat at Los Angeles Junior College ' s May play day. Captain Anna Virgin led Coach Arroues ' proteges with her brilliant performance on the receiving end of the Long Beach hurler. Dizzy Hicks. Achievement of the year was when Mickey Moore made her hefty connection with the ball for a round trip hit into the center field bushes against the Glendale team. Practice encounters with Wilson and Poly and a meeting with Fullerton rounded out the May schedule. After-school baseball attracts women students. Upper: Afterschool baseball game; Center, left to right, first row: Noreen Allen. Marjorie Mitcfieli, Betty Balliet, Sybil Becker. Elsie Combs. Barbara Lunt. Phyllis Wheeler (Manager). Helen Wolcott. Second row: Marjorie Hess. Barbara Mott. Mary Lonise Moore. Phyllis McKibben. Corrine Rambo. Gladys Hellraan. Miss Josephine Arroues. Instructor. Lower: Warming up before game. ' ••ir .1 ' yn PRINCIPAL JOHN L. LOUNSBURY SUPERINTENDENT WILL E. FRENCH RUSSELL R JOHNSTON. DEAN OF MEN: MATTIE M. PAINE. DEAN OF WOMEN: S. LANCE BRINTLE, VICE-PRINCIPAL. Lonq Beach Timior College made great for- ward strides in the past year. Probably more factors combined at once to publicize the institution than at any other time in the nine years of its history. Behind this development was the administra- tion, presided over by Superintendent of Schools Will French. Principal John L. Lounsbury, as executive head of the College, figured largely in this progress. In coordinat- ing the general administration, he held several sessions with the department heads during the year. Endless difficulties of registra- tion and curricular adjustment fell to S. Lance Brintle. vice prin- cipal and registrar. Besides handling all women s activities and supervising the social calendar and lesser activities, Miss Mattie M. Paine acted as administratrix of N.Y.A., in itself a full time job. And as Dean of men, Russell R. Johnston was a new member of the executive staff, receiving his appointment at the opening of the fall semester. ADMINISTRATION GENE STUMP Two important innovations were introduced to the Viking campus by the Student Body Cabinet which came into office just after vacation. It was responsible for the final underwriting of lights for Lounsbury field and for the plebiscite which resulted in the addition of red to the college colors of black and white. Three amendments to the constitutional by-laws, necessary to clear up election difficulties, were also on the list of this group of exec- utives. Gene Stump led the Fall cabinet. STUDENT BODY FALL CABINET: Mrs. Frances Paez, Student Body clerk: Bob Maiden. Student representative: Ray- mond W. Wiedman, Vice-President; Al Barlow, Athletic representative: Gene Stump, President; Russell R. Johnston, Adviser: Dale Hoskin, Publication representative; Jean Kepple, Representative of Arts. MARK CATON Changes within the Cabinet itself marked the early part of the Spring session, with the Viking editor being replaced by a representative of publications following a student body election. In the middle of the semester athletics and publications representatives resigned and were replaced by appointment. Main con- sideration of the term, besides the routine work of assigning funds, cen- tered around the inception and carrying out of Junior College ' s first annual Vaar Fest. GOVERNMENT SPRING CABINET: Russell R. Johnston. Sponsor: Jean Kepple. Secretary: Frank Randall. Treasurer: Mark Caton. President: Wally McDannel. Athlefj c Representative: Gerald Quinn, Student Represent- ative: Margaret Dean. Representative of Arts: Lyndon Chettle. Vice-President. Upper right: Mrs. Frances Paez. Miss Ruth French. Lower left: Miss Clara Braakenburg. Miss Margaret Bandon. Center: Miss Gladys White. OFFICE STAFF KATHLEEN BEGG. HUGH CUPERNELL. A.M.S. President fall semester. BILL KAPPLER. A.M.S. president spring semester. Only twice during the year did the Associated Men Stu- dents attempt any collective action: these occasions were the stags each semester, at which boxing, wrestling, dinner stories, dough- nuts and cider were featured. The Fall stag, held at the National Guard armory, was well ordered and successful from the stand- point of entertainment and refreshments. When someone stood on a keg of what the management insisted was cider and began hurling doughnuts into the air, a crisis was reached at the Spring A. M. S. stag which led a Viking columnist to describe it as feeding time at the zoo. A good time was had by all. Beyond its stag parties, which made for wider acquain- tances, men of A. M. S. engaged in little other direct activity, except that its members comprised for the most part the entrants in the annual beard growing contest. A. M. S. LEADERS Left to right: Bill Kappler. Jimmy Allen. Garvin Hale. Cliff Johnston. Members of A. W. S. collect toys for nursery cllSLribution. Infor.T.al st ig gatherings offer diversion for asso. iated men students. k H ■ I ■ H 1 1 1 1 L mm m 1m 1 ■J? Ky| 1 1 y If i A. W. S. LEADERS Efficiency perfect might well be the im- partial report on this year ' s Associated Women Students. Able committees accounted for smooth operation of a schedule which called for promotion of funds for the Valkyrie scholarship, a vol- untary Mother scholarship, matinee dance arrangements, week- ly apple sales, a pal tea each semester welcoming incoming fresh- man women, teas honoring the faculty and cabinet, an organdy dress tea and similar affairs desianed to advance the interests of every Junior College woman. Of noteworthy significance were the semi- annual good form discussions, led by Darwin Smith and Pru- dence Penny. The formal dinner at which new officers were in- stalled May 8 was described by three different officers as our most charming affair. Flood destruction in the East furnished the Associated Women further opportunity to benefit the community by raising $180. This year ' s work has been marked by a growing harmony, cooperation and enthusiastic participation, smiled Miss Paine in review. Upper left: lone Pike. Marjorie Ludlow, Vivian Vaughn. Gail MacMillan, June Stewart. Upper right: Barbara Weeks, Agnes Wainwright, Frances Corcoran, Doris Colgan, Gwen King. Lower left. Ruth Locke. Evelyn Skirvin. Margaret Ellsworth. Esther Woodward. Lower right: Maxine Koenig, Leda White. Barbara Whited. Lorraine Canoles. Miss Mattie M. Paine, adviser. VIKING AWARD WINNERS Upper: Leland Deck. NelHe Clark, Gene Stump. Center: Florence Stotter. DaJe Hoskin. Pauline Eshelman. Lower: A! Barlow. Jean Kepple. lone Pike. John Carroll. Coveted Viking Awar Semi-annual Awards banquet given in honor of outstanding students on campus. Viking awards, the ultimate symbol of achievement and service. To ten students each semester, five men and five women, these awards were presented after a long and careful process of selection by the Awards committee. Automatically the men and women honored became, respectively, members of Thors and Valkyries, two organizations which form the College s most exclusive group. According to the selective plan, recipients were chosen from a representative field of activi- ties, notation being made of all around prominence and excellence in a particular field. Fall winners were Nellie Clark, Pauline Eshelman, Jean Kepple, lone Pike, Florence Stotter, Al Barlow, John Carrol, Dale Hoskin, and Gene Stump. Selection of Spring honorees had not yet been completed at the time Saga went to press. At the beginning of the year there were very few stu- dents in attendance at the Junior College who had received the award. For Thors, Charles W. Jackson, also chairman of the awards committee, was the adviser, and for Valkyries, Mrs. Forrest W. Peters. VIKING AWARDS Left to right, standing: Paul Plattenberger. Mark Catnn. )oliii M.irtol l),i o Rohmsoii, Ri Cornthwaite. Don Silvershield. Seated: Raymond W. Wiedman. Ed Swaboda. Linus Phil Jack Eipper. Second only to the Viking award in recog- nition for leadership and activity were the Honorary Thor and Valkyrie selections of prominent men and women students made by members of those organizations, themselves recipients of the award. Honorary Valkyries were chosen exclusively from among freshmen women; seven of a possible ten were named and later presented at the annual Spring Valkyrie tea. In contrast to this, the Honorary Thors were picked from both classes, ten for each semester. These selections encourage, through recognition, par- ticipation in extra curricular activities, said Mrs. Forrest Wilkin- son Peters, adviser of Valkyries. Women honored were: Doris Dodge, Betty Juszkievicz. Mary Louise Moore. Marjorie Ludlow, Rosemary Myers, June Stewart and Esther Woodward. Honorary Thors were, for the Fall: Al Barlow. John Carroll. Lyndon Chettle, Frank Newell, Gale Stafford. Gene Stump, Fred Whitmore, Bruce Wildman, Bob Wilson, and Bob Maiden: for Spring: Mark Caton, Robert Cornthwaite, Jack Eipper, John Martel. Linus Phillips, Paul Plattenberger, Don Silvershield, Ed Swoboda. Dave Rob- inson and Raymond Wiedman. HONORARY THORS VALKYRIE TEA Upper, left to right: Miss Mattie M. Paine, Dean jf Women: HONORARY VALKYRIES: Marjorie Ludlow, Rosemary Myers. Mary Louise Moore. Betty Juszkievicz. Doris Dodge. Esther Woodward, June Stewart, absent from picture: Mrs. Forrest W. Peters. Lower: VALKYRIES: Nellie Clark. Paul- me Eshelman, Florence Stotter, Anna Virgin. F. W. Peters. Sponsor; lone Pike. Jean Kepple, absent from picture- r. ' -, V AWARDS COMMITTEE: Left to right: Gene Stump, Charles W. Jackson, Mrs. Forrest W. Peters, Frank Reimer. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES Who are the most outstanding students, of most service to the Junior College? This was the problem facing the Awards committee when they se- lected ten men and women each term to receive the Viking award. With so many eligibles to choose from, the selec- tion of those to receive this highest honor Junior College can give was a difficult job for these four people. PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE: Miss Josephine Arroues, Alfred King. Mel Griffin BONFIRE RALLY RALLY COMMITTEE: Roger Mullinex, Leslie Nason. Dwight Defty. Top left to right: LYNDON CHETTLE. Ad Club: JANE GREY, Alpha Gamma Sigma: ELMO SHAVER. Alpha Mu Gamma: ANNA GEISLER, Avcstan Madha; GEORGE SAVIERS. Caduccus. Second row: GALE STAFFORD, Cirgonian, BILL KAPPLER. College Y ; JAMES ALLEN. Commerce Club: FRED COOPtR. Engmeers: ROBERT ORNTHWAITE, Gille. Third row: ROY CHAPMAN, International: SYBIL MOSS. La Cligue Francai.se: LOWELL BENDER. Lo.s Conquistadore.s: NELLIE CLARK. Mahab- harata- ROSE MARIE OSBORNE. Music. Fourth row: LAMOINE EVANS. Kassai: RAY WIEDMAN Hammurabi: BOB WILSON. Tong: VAUGHN SMITH. Out-of-Towners: GENE STUMP ASB. Fifth row: BRUCE WILDMAN, Press Club: MARSHALL COURSEN. Skalds- JEAN KEPPLE. Student Club: FRANK REIMER. Thors: HELEN WOLCOTT. WAA- BOB MAIDEN, Speakers ' Bureau: JOHN L. LOUNSBURY, Adviser; RUSSELL JOHNSTON Adviser; HUGH CUPERNELL. AMS. F A L L P R E S 1 D E N T S ' c o u N C o Y Service club was more than an appositive term for College Y this year. Hardly a meeting passed without mention of com- pletion of another project. Promotion of semi-annual stags, active co- operation with College Forum, donation ol the Viking banner and a bench, paving of the circular base of the flagpole it has erected, inauguration of the football queen custom and provision for her crown — all constituted only a base for the College Y service structure. Satisfaction derived from weekly fellowships and Modern Trends discussions disclose the subjective service to an average attendance of 50 members of the organization. Popular supper: chow mein. Lett to right. First row: .M. Lewis, ]. Levers, L. Phillips. Second row: E. Chessman, W. Sirginson. F. Mason. D, Southern. W. Eggert, L. Deck. L. Hartsell. Third row: ]. Frinnell. Leonard C Hubbard (Sponsor) G. Sav-iers, R. Hall. J. ONeil. V. Smith, J. Allen, R. Foote. B. Spath, H. Parmenter (Y Executive). Fourth row: L. Temple. H. Shields, L. Shaver. J. Sugihara. E. Swift. S. Lawrence. B. Rescola. B. Wildman. Fifth row: H. Pearson. S. Woolington. J. Strain. E. Cundiff. N. Whitmer. H. Logan. J. Carr, G. Quinn, G. Stump. R. Wiedman. Bill McCabe. B. Ames. R. Giordano. .It Left to right, First row: W. Heiskell. Leila Hostettcr (Sponsor), S. Moss. H. Berger. VI, Ludlow, M. MacMillan. Second row: G. Hinshaw, N. Carter, j. Haldy, G. Wallace, V. La Mar. F. Corcoran. D. Colgan. J. Miller. B. Andrews. V. Woll. Third row: R. Stough. J. Harkless. Phyllis McKibben, Bernice Dickerson. G. Williams. K. Kyle. H. Fry, Edith Fellows, D. Dokes. Indicative of a successfully projected pro- gram are the secretary ' s minutes, which record invitations to Stu- dent club of numerous personalities to speak on phases of world friendship. Contributions to the school as a whole went toward the A. W. S. scholarship and the victory banner. A pledge to the Y.W.C.A. extended the club ' s realm of service. While Student club shared with College Y the support of the Asilomar dance and the sending of representa- tives to Asilomar, joint hay rides, sings, and meetings, it achieved a most enviable record in which the men did not share: all 60 members paid their dues. STUDENT CLUB CIRGONIANS Pleased with everything save a few defeats in tournament sports, the energetic Cirgon- ians, attached in interest to the downtown men ' s service organization, left their mark well implanted on this year ' s campus, with concrete evidence in the form of a dedica- tion monument on Lounsbury field. This group was fortunate in hav- ing a movie camera, accompanied by an instructor who could operate it. which permanently recorded Viking doings, especially those of the Cirgonians. Periodic shows were given for the student body. Meeting with the senior club was a highlight in the men ' s program of bringing members into closer contact with the business men. Cirgonians contributed nobly to the social season with their Sweet- hearts ' dance, an open dance and an affair at the De Mar club. First row, left to right: G. Stafford, J. Carroll. F. Reimer. M. Caton. Second row: H. Johnston, D. Sterling. R. Damsky. J. Parker. T. Grieve. V. Ireland. B. Gray. F. Farrell. Roger Mullinex. sponsor. Last row: W. Scott. A. Christen- son. D. Stafford. }. Hipper. P. Pro ' ost. Left to right, first row: Frank Newell. Rod Shepard. John Carter. Second row: Charles Stevens. Melvin Salveson. Bob Morton. Al Barlow. Rudolph Adler. Dave Robinson (president). Bob Wilson. Ronny Bell. Johnny Takahashi. Bill Moffett. Bob Garbould. ORDER OF TONG SUNDIAL. TONG GIFT. IS CLUB RENDEZVOUS Seated tror.i ictt to right: Carol Buo-O v. t-:orcnce b:o;:or. Ann kuniriL. Dons Colgan. Ann Mason. Second row: Margaret Dean. Jean Miller. lone Pike. Lorraine Canoles, Hermine Berger. Winifred Heiskell. Leda White. Miss Glee Duncan (sponsor). Margaret Ellsworth. Pauline Eshel- man. Frances Corcoran (president). Lois Morgan. Mary Eselun, Marjorie Ludlow, Maxine Koe- nig. Last row: Jean Kepple. Frances Davis, June StewMrt. Thalia Kepple. Nellie Clark, Mary Wright, Anna Virgin. Even the memories of Frances Corcoran s infective laughter, her ever active gavel and the noisiest of club meetings are overshadowed by recollections of Kassai activities. Young women of this honorary service club were always available as usherettes, solicitors for funds to this or that worthy cause, pom pon venders and even for marching be- tween halves of football games and supervising the Peace Day plebiscite. Christmas and spring formals. open house — Kanned Kutup. and a dinner dance at the Wilshire bowl paced the pro- cession of Jaysee social events. Extent of the club ' s popularity: two male aspirants to membership were interviewed, rejected. ORDER OF KASSAI LAKEWOOD SCENE OF KASSAI S CHRISTMAS FORMAL Left to right, first row: Virginia I ' ilchard, Nancy Lee. Gervais Wallace. Betty Lou Hudson, Muriel McMillan, Jane Crottinger, Charlotte Marsh. Virginia Woll. Mary Forbes, Mary Corbusier, Dorothy Collier. Jane Grey. Fay Higley. Edith Gruben. Barbara Hipwell. Narine Allen. Betty Jane Lewis. Gene Covey. Second row: Elizabeth Hiatt. Betty Eckard. Caroline Combs, Gwen King. Lois Crabtree. Campus beauty owes much to in- formal, comfortable scenes. The salutary pleasantness of the set- tings were enhanced this year by the presentation of several large green benches by women of Tjene Piger. Support of the Valkyrie scholar- ship fund, promotion of the alumni dance and numerous other services distinguished the women ' s service club in 1936-37, its most active year. Gayety of their several dances and parties was hard to match and many events, both college and city wide in importance, found Tjene Pigers ready to help. TJENE PIGER Margaret Monty, Jean Covey, Edith Gruben and Mary Forbes adorn the Tjene Piger bench. FIREMEN Left to right. First row: Frances Corcoran, Battalion Chief Bartron, Captain Lee. Jim Frinnel. Second row: Francis Pate. Jack Hipper. Vernon Ireland, Mark Caton. Hugh Johnston. Don Silvershield, Lyndon Chettle, Juan Garcia, Rudolph Ader. Ed Wilcox. Third row: Leonard Temple. Doug Hudson. Dale Stafford. Roy Giordana. John Folsora. Rod Shepard. ALPHA GAMMA SIGMA Left to right. 1st row: Mary Eselum, Barbara Weeks. Edwin Feller. Rose Mary Myers, Margaret Ellsworth. Robert Turner, Harry Johnson, Adviser, Second row: Pauline Eshelman, James Sugihara, Vaughn Smith, Virginia La Mar, Helen Fry, Patricia Wright, Ed Burnham, Alice Benson, Mary Wagner, Margaret Smith, Mary Mallard, Henry Logan. Bob Burnett, Mark Caton. s p R I N G P R E S I D E N T S ' c o u N C Top. left to right: LEONARD TEMPLE. Ad Club: JANE GREY. Alpha Gam.ma Siq na: LOWELL BENDER. Alpha Mu Gamma: ESTHER HORN ER. Brush and Pencil: SAM WOOLINGTON. Caduceus. Second row: JOHN CARROLL. Cirgonian: JAMES ALLEN. Commerce Club: AVIS ANDERSON. Deraaskera: BOB KNOWLES. Die Freundschaft: ED SWOBODA. Engineers. Third row: GEORGE ISHIZUKA. International: ETHEL WATT. La Clique Francaise: ROY GIORDANO. Los Conquisiadores: ANNE RUMRILL. Mahabharata: EDWIN FELLER. Music Club. Fourth row: FRANCES CORCORAN. Kassav LELAND DECK. Hammurabi: DAVE ROBINSON. Tong: ARVIN ANDERSON. Out- of-Towncrs; NELLIE CLARK. Phi Rho Pi. Fifth row: DALE HOSKIN. Beta Phi Gam-na: OMER ANDERSON. Skalds: HERMINE BERGER. Student Club: MARGARET STARK WAA: BOB MAIDEN. Speakers Bureau. Sixth row: DON SILVERSHIELD. Freshman Class; RUSSELL JOHNSTON. Adviser. MAXINE KOENIG. AWS; MARK CATON. ASB. OUT OF TOWNERS No one came to Long Beach Junior College from the Middlewest, studied long and hard in a downtown attic, and then grew slowly pale and thin from sheer loneliness. This might have happened had it not been for the Out-of-Towners club which drew the friendless student into the social whirl of the Viking campus by creating a congenial atmosphere at its meetings. Members found the gatherings convenient to express their mutual homesickness and to plan political coups for the coming elections. Students were eligible who had been grad- uated from high schools of other cities and states, and frequently those from distant states met students who hailed from their home town. Jay K. Wade acted as adviser to the 50 students who comprised the club. FALL PRF.XY VAUGHN SMITH GREETS ARVIN ANDERSON SPRING Front, left to right: Mattie M. Paine, Lor- raine Canoles, Frances Corcoran. Back- Johnny Carroll, Dave Robinson. CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FACULTY RELAXES IN MEN S LOUNGE Upper; Municipal auditorium is scene of Miidiiii l)uJ luiiiKil J,inLC. Lower: Hardtiine dance sponsored by Engineers and Hammurabi s. LOUNSBURY FIELD It rained the night of October 16, and Lounsbury Field, equipped with 10 long awai ted floodlights, was properly baptised in a hearty California downpour. Students and school board cooperated to secure the $2500 for their installation, which was completed just before the Ventura game and dedicated before a record crowd of 3,000. Gene Stump, student body president, climaxed his long campaign for local night football by con- ducting the ceremony, which featured congratulations from major groups throughout the city. INTERCOLLEGIATE HITCHIKERS ASSOCIATION Thumbs up! I. H. A. members poll for leaders. Out of the unexplored limbo of the collegiate mind came an idea this year which, in a few mad weeks, swept the entire country, after acquiring a large following on its home campus within a week of its introduction. Intercollegiate Hitch- hikers ' association, with a new treatment of the old hitchhiking problem, was the seemingly inconsequential thing that was seized by co-instigators Bob Carpenter and Parker Jameson and later promoted to national fame. Make the highway safe for collegians was their cry, as founders attracted Associated Press and other photographers, whose accounts appeared in newspapers and mag- azines over the country. Delegates to the Phi Rho Pi convention in Long Beach offered the first big opportunity for wide publicity, and before long curious representatives of colleges all over the country were making inquiries, many of them requesting permis- sion to establish separate chapters. Meanwhile the local group of more than 300 had constituted itself into a body politic, elected officers and was recognized by the Cabinet. In the last part of the semester the organization met snags when the city council enacted an anti-hitchhiking ordinance. Student agitation caused it to be tabled, leaving, however, a state law for future hitchhikers to sidestep. Bookworms doffed their spectacles and con- firmed cut ups stocked up extra calories on two memorable oc- casions this year when they joined forces to celebrate Fylke, semi- annual Norse field day. All who could beg. borrow or steal trans- portation piled into the huge caravans that made their noisy ways to Orange county ' s Irvine park. In the fall Fylke was under the direction of Johnny Carroll and Wally McDannel, and organized in the spring by Leland Deck and Don Silvershield. Kaleidoscopic activity filled afternoons and evenings for the hundreds of Vikings who attended. Pie eating, water jousts, novel races, assorted games, push ball contests, food, dancing, boxing bouts and an amateur show provided the enter- tainment. K CAMPUS LIFE Lower: Scene of informal initiation of College Y members. Upper: President George Saviers presides over formal College Y banquet. HAVE YOU VOTED? PP - ' ' . f . ° . h- meeting. Lower: Engineer pledges get down to earth phase of informal initiation. fas Perennial holiday fans provided themselves with another outlet this year in the form of a super colossal car- nival held for the first time on May 1-2. Vaar Fest was the name selected for the event, proceeds of which were to go as part of the balance on payment for the College ' s new floodlights. Concessions in the Norse manner were manned by the individual clubs in an intriguing row of booths which mushroomed on the south end of Lounsbury field. Four programs were planned, with evening performances climaxing in open air dances on the tennis courts. A Vaar Fest plebiscite taken after the occasion indicated student favor of a carnival managed solely by Junior College talent in the future. V A A R F E S T Judge Crum ' s courtroom was filled to overflowing one evening in April as collegians and visitors gathered to hear and see the spectacular trial of Gene Stump, former Student Body president, charged with drunken and reckless driving. Harry Goza and Roy Giordano defended their fel- low Hammurabi against the machinations of June Stewart and Norma Dales, representing their traditional opponents in the annual mock trial. Startling revelations by witnesses included testimony from Stump ' s trust- ing mother, his heartbroken girl friend, city dudes, vamps, and a pro- found brain specialist, many secured by Mahabharata members and their sponsors. Stump ' s bottle of medicine and his chemically constructed scar proved not as jury swaying as the Hammurabi ' s would have liked, however. The defendant met with an 11-1 surprise decision of guilty. MOCK TRIAL ADVERTISING Joan Weber, Mary Forbes and Mark Caton, our A. S. B. president, are captivated by the beauty and youthfulness of this distinctive new Ford club cabriolet. Who wouldn ' t be? asks Mary. Ample room for four people and a generous luggage compart- ment in the rear are practical features that draw me to this model. And isn ' t it sleek and glistening? adds Joan. 1937 Ford and Lincoln Zephyr motor cars are on display in the showrooms of the Haw- thorne Motor Company at 222 East Anaheim — and there are some interesting bargains in the used car department next door and at 1461 American Avenue, reminds Caton. HAWTHORN E MOTOR COMPANY ci 2Wa Aren ' t these modern, electrical machines wonderful? ex- claims Lorraine Manoles as she and Wayne Sirginsen and Frankie Corcoran converse with their former |. C. friends, Marvel Hansen, Vic Neeley, Helen Glosser, and Fred Lehman. Mr. Nielson is telling Vic and Wayne that this semester, during the past six months, they have placed more than a hundred students in well paying positions. But, ' he says, our interest does not end there. We keep in touch with our students for years after they have been graduated, because we feel personally re- sponsible for the futures of our pupils. That is certainly true, chimes in Marvel. W e are just like one big family. Our school is noted for its friendliness. What about your courses: what would you recommend for me? queries W ayne. I would recommend that you take one of our Executive Degree Courses such as Business Administration (B.B.A. ), Higher Accountancy (B. Accts.), or Secretarial Science (B.S.S.), ' says Mr. Nielson. By the way. did you know that this is the only business college in Long Beach that is chartered by the State to grant degrees? ' asks Helen. I certainly intend to enter one of these courses this summer. I have also heard that this school is a member of the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools. Is this true? asks Frankie. Yes, indeed it is. W e offer as thorough courses as any school in the West, returns Mr. Nielson. As our J. C. friends reluctantly leave. Lorraine asks, May we come again and see more of your interesting school? By all means, and I know we will enjoy having you in our classes this summer, replies Mr. Nielson. CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE MOORE Isn ' t the dance wonderfulT ' asks Barbara Hipwell. Oh. it ' s simply marvelous! exclaims Pauline Eshelman. But where did you get your formal? Everyone has been remarking about it. I bought It at Moore ' s. This is the only store that can fit me and the styles are so distinctive. They surely are, chimes in Margaret To- land, that s where I got my new formal. The sales girls are so thoughtful, and they always find dresses that enhance one ' s personality. Now where did you find this gorgeous print. Pauline? asks Barbara. This is a coincidence, she laughs, because mine came from Moore ' s, too. I buy all my sports clothes there. It is the one place where I can find original and becoming designs. We will have to go down there together sometime soon and pick out some beach togs. ' exclaims Margaret as they walk back to the dance. l Isn ' t that a striking car? Sure it is, says Jack Eiper. Gracefulness and beauty coupled with flashing performance are inherent qualities of the new Chrysler auto- mobiles. And this big, dashing Chrysler Royal marks Chrysler ' s invasion into the low priced field, exclaims Ed Swaboda from the rear seat. Where did we get it? asks jean Covey of hostess Betty Lewis. Why everyone knows that all the new Chrysler and Plymouth models are on display at the showrooms of the R. O . Gould Company at 6th and American. R . o . e O U L D C H R Y S L E R You ' d be breathless, too. after a mile- a-minute ride on the Cyclone Racer. We say it ' s the greatest ride in the world. CYCLONE RACER mr How do you like my printed Lastex satin swim suit and my fishnet beach sandals? asks Margaret Dean of Bob Garbould. You look perfect. I like that Terry cloth beach cape. too. It seems to make your outfit complete. answers Bob. These Guayaberra shirts are all the rage now; they ' re keen to wear. Those all-wool Jantzen swim trunks of yours look like they fit just right. Did you get those on the street floor of Walker s? Sure. They have any sport outfit you could want in the men ' s tog shop. So does the second floor. They have a com- plete line of beach togs and all of the best lines of swim suits, replies Margaret. I ' m going to try out my new suit now. See you at Walker ' s. WALKER ' S FOURTH 6- PINE LONG BEACH JILIB m Mi ffl| f F,. ,f iHpTO ' A carefree group of J. C. students joins the happy crowd that can always be found on the Silver Spray Pier. For a thrill that ' s different, try a ride on the new Auto Scooter, recently brought here from the Texas Centennial at a cost of over $40,000. SILVER SPRAY PIER I certainly enjoyed that visit through the Long Beach Sec- retarial Business College, murmured Catherine McMillan to Mr. A. Bates-Lane. Tm glad you did. I wanted to show you students our win- dow display of the Hadley Executive Accounting course. Mr. Joe Bortell, who was graduated from Junior College in ' 34, is taking that course now. Do you like it. Joe? This course has been one of the most valuable ones that I ' ve taken, answered Joe. I discovered that more than 80% of the firms on the Pacific Coast use the Hadley or similar account- ing forms in their offices. This course takes in the modern system of record keeping rather than just bookkeeping. I am training to be an executive and this is certainly the course I want. Is Junior College background an advantage in using the Hadley training to be an executive? asks Irene Cornelius. It certainly is, Mr. Bates-Lane says quickly. Junior Col- lege gives the very necessary cultural background. It is really an aid in taking this course to attend J. C. first. We have many of the Junior College graduates here, now. I ' m certainly going to come here when I graduate, declares Catherine. I ' ll bet I see lots of our students here, too, taking those other excellent courses that are offered here. Thanks for the in- formation, Mr. Bates-Lane. IKONCG IB5IE(fll(CIHh BusiNEssl(C (0) ILILE (G IE AMERICAN AVE. AT FOURTH These proofs look perfect to me! exclaims Editor Florence Stotter examining the latest pages of the 1937 Saga as they roll off the new Kelly press of the Watkins Printery. This has been the easiest job of proofreading I ve ever done, says Don Silvershield to print- ers Henderson and Bob Fletcher. Not only has your printing been excellent but your valuable advice and helpful cooperation have been great assets to us. Miss Stotter re- marked to Mr. George H. Bowen and Mr. Rex .Lurvey. WATKINS PRINTERY Parker Jameson and Bob Carpenter watch cameraman at work on 1 937 Saga. PRINTING Watkins Ptintery 132 Pine ENGRAVING Long Beach Engraver PHOTOGRAPHY Stimpson ' s Studio 18 Pacific BINDING Henderson Trade Binde Los Angeles