Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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inky horde. ferome Hull was stopping the presses the hrst semester, while Paul, t'Eront Page Manning, who worked his way up from office boy, now warms the Editorls chair. Hull was conservative, L'Old Dealish , and attempted, to correct the evils of the earth by firing militant editorials at the worldls wicked. The tone of the paper was alarmingly chaste. The shift in editorial policy was dehnitely to the left and up. To the delight of the gay social set, Manning turned mildly Wiiichell, and the Occidental blossomed forth with two society columns and a dirt column. Scores of lesser columnists neatly filled in the rest of the space. Paeans of praise to Bill Burt, hard working Sports Editor, who so loudly sang of the exploits of the Orange and the Black. We might also thank the mem' bers of the Track Team who invaded the journalism office. Tho-ugh only appearing once a year, La Encina is definitely worthy of mention here. Gordon Goodhart completedhis second year as Editor, and developed an -unparalleled ability for pasting pictures on straight. To his fertile imagination are due the astonishing novelties contained in this year's Annual. Dorothea Davis, Assistant Editor, may also bask in the limelight soon to be focused on La Enci-na's staff. A staff of experts, captained by Burns Lee, call themselves the Occidenf tal News Service, and keep the wires hot with campus publicity. Hence hometown pa' pers occasionally feature local boy makes goodw tales which are then meticulously pasted on the postoffdce bulletin board next to the ash can. Inquisitive students are eligible to ref ceive I free Q the Campus Directory, an intriguing publication glowing with such tidbits as the name, address, and telephone numbers of Faculty and Student Body. Passing from imperishable print to the spoken word, we pause for a brief moment to consider the achievements of the Forensics Department. Such veterans as Donald Eareed, Ralph Boyne ton, Melvin Nelson, Richard Lund, Woodruff Deem, Dave Gerecht, and Ed Croh added to the store of speech trophies. Early in the year the orators took up the question of Arms and Munitio-ns and precipitated an arms inquiry in the U. S. Senate. The wom' en debators took up the cry, and nearly broke the back of Basil Zaharojjps Munitions Trust. At the Salt Lake gab fest, during Thanksgiving vacation, Occidental entries ran off with half of the prizes. Bonnie Kiser, Martha Sanborn, Vivian Andre, and Floy Hendricks dem' onstrated beyond any reasonable doubt the prefeminence of the female sex in matters of oral articulation. Lucille Goldsmith, local Bernhardt, frightened the judges of the South' ern California Dramatic Reading Contest into the awarding of a JQTSC prize her rendition of Edgar Allan Poe's Tell Tale Heart . If you have lost the Yell Leader election I won this year by Kenneth Cary and Vernon Baker you may yet satisfy your cravings by joining the glee clubs. This year's vocal aggregation, directed by Howard Swan, took sec' ond place in women and men's divisions at the Santa Barbara contest, competing against hve Southern conference schools. The Men's Glee Club journeyed the length and breadth of the San joaquin valley, warbling before awed audiences at such well known metropoli as Wasco, Lindsey, and Dinuba. The Thespian, arts are kept alive by the activities of the Oxy Players, a group of dramatic artists led by William Parkhurst and Charles Hall. The dynamic melodrama, Rip Van Winklew, starring Parkhurst and the inimitable Vivian Andre was the year's first theatrical venture, presented in the Little Theater. This same magnificent structure was the scene of five smashing onefact hits. With their bud' get swollen by these successes, the Players were able to go into the production of a more stupendous undertaking, L'Captain Applejackn, a story of pirates bold, and love that conquers all. The original plot and the stellar acting of Rod Markley, Bill Parkh-urst, and Virginia Allison won the plaudits of the dramatic world. Campus dramatic and musical talent effected a merger late in April to start rehearsals for Von Elotow's light Opera, Martha , the most ambitious undertaking in the history of Eagle Rock Beaux Arts. The production was under the direction of Walter E. Hartley, with Kurt Baer von Weisslin'

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The wielders of the slide rule and the test tube, needless to say, are responsible for the high academic standards of the college. fust as every American boy who is a Democrat can look forward to the day when he will move his baggage into the White House so may every Freshman blissfully dream of the day when he will be elected president of his class. Obviously this high honor can only be won by four students per annum. Those whose dreams have come true are Ed McNair' who will lead the procession of the Capped and Gown, Bill An-drus, President of the funiors, fim Buell who carries the unblemished escutcheon of the class of '37, and Carter Yates who tops the oft tubbed Frosh. Prexies elect are Dick Geer, Bill Burt, and Malcolni MacCluer. Class offlcers not mentioned here will find some recompense by scanning their intelligent faces on pages 28, 29, and 50. high academic standards of the college. FW-QJQ-fmr7Q5 UPREME LEGISLATIVE authority is vested in the Executive Comf mittee, a group of vicious reactionaries, 'LOld Dealers . This venerable body gallantly defended the legendary Constitution, and let an occaf Alia f ' l th esca e from the A. S. O. C. ocketbook. Donald Fareed gig ow siona mo p t p t , ll j- sweet tongued orator, who was swept into office with the Roosevelt ' g - landslide, presided the first semester. The year 1935 witnessed the ref ' ' vival of the Phi Gamma Delta political dynasty. The pride of the Fiji's, Alfred Hartley, with no planks whatever in his platform, took the electorate by storm, and now wields the gavel. Frank Hughes, exfKing of Fools, reasoned I correctly j that the next logical office was the student presidency, but with only the backing of Zeta Tau Zeta, the White Hope of the Psi Delts went down to defeat. The left wing was completely repulsed. The Torys were again in power. At the first meeting of the Executive Com' mittee, it was unanimously agreed that the fountain in the library needed repairs. That the spirit of the Suffragettes is not dead is evinced by the multiple organizations of the fair sex. The accident of birth makes every women a member in good standing of the Associated Wonie'ri Students. This sedate body keeps alive the glorious traditions of Occidental Womaiihood, and instills in its members that fierce spirit of independence that keeps the women at one end of the College Union, and the men at the other. Shy neophytes are properly tagged, assorted, and given into the keeping of Big Sisters for instruction in Io Tri-umphen, Occidental Fair , and the shortest path to Sycamore Canyon for the pause that refreshes. The Dove Reception, the Procession of Lanterns, and the May Day Festival, traditional highlights of the feminine calendar occurred as expected, and are ref corded here in their usual places. And, of course, there were Presidents: Florence Williaiiis and Ruth Babcock. Those unfortunates, not residing in Orr or Erdman, call themselves I so descriptivelyj the K'Off'Campus Womeri , and try hard to break into the social whirl. Male counterpart are The NonfOrgs . Not to be outdone, the men of Occidental are banded together as the Associated Meri Students. Membership entails nothing more diff ficult than the possession of the fundamentals of masculinity. There are no dues. Num' ber one event of the year was the Meii's Dinner, a strictly stag affair, featured by tough steaks and an illuminating talk by Bill Henry on the necessity of recruiting desirable stu' dents and also some athletes. The Annual Meiias day saw numerous high school heroes flock to the campus to visit classes, fraternities, and sororities, and then partake of the hos' pitality of the College Union. After the tough steaks and the speeches, the young men atf tended the premier showing of Captain Applejackug then home to ponder the mysteries and vicissitudes of College Life. Political careers, however, are not the only roads to col' legiate success. Defeated office seekers invariably turn to the held of belles letters where they pour their thwarted souls forth in print. The l'Occidentall' absorbs the bulk of the 1

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gen, supervising the staging and costuming, Mr. Swan directed the chorus, and invaluaf ble backstage and technical service was rendered by Parkhurst and Sattler. The lyric so' prano voice of Cora Burt, the limpid tones of tenor Kenneth White, with excellent sup' port from Herb Daniels, Irwin Beadle, and Dorothy Shaw, brought thunderous acclaim of Hillside Theater audiences. The distant howling of dogs added a whimsical touch. OPES FOR RESTORINC Occidental athletic virility to its peak of Aff1Q Q- forgotten years were moderately justified at the opening of the 1934 all cqfqb Y football season. A large squad, featuring beefy linesmen and inexperi- ,9 enced backs gave the Tigers more prefseason publicity than has fallen to them in some years. Bill Henry was characteristically subtle in col' oring his column with Tiger tidbits and occasionally the Examiner and 57'-75 -' the Herald departed from precedent to the point of accepting a Curtis publicity blurb. Like lambs to the slaughter the team ventured into the Coliseum against U.S.C. in the season's opener, emerging with a respectable 2OfO loss. The press noted a strong defensive line, an absence of clever backfqeld men and a leaky pass defense in the Bengal performance, while intimating a dark future for U.S.C. The team entrained for Brigham 'Young modestly hopeful. But the long Provo trip and the altitude gave a lop' sided and not indicative victory to the philogynists. Members of the team consoled them' selves with a stopover at Las Vegas and an approval of the Boulder Dam on the return trip. Conditioned to defeat, the team boarded aTanner relic to San Diego, brooding over injuries incurred in the preceding week's practice. The Aztecs invoked the gods of athf letic luck, conjured up a firstfmi-nute touchdown, repeated on a wide reverse, and scored a third time later in the game on a series of short passes. The Tigers came back with a thirdfquarter touchdown, parented by a long pass from Marsh Beebe to Bob Cosby. A scoreless fourth quarter and the game ended 2097. The better team played the poorer ball, and no one from Occidental attended the San Diego homecoming dance. Next week a squad of imported behemoths from Vsfhittier blundered into a 12fO win on Patterson field. Marsh Beebe fireballed his way into the admiration of the spectators and the respect of the .Quaker Cargantuas. Brilliant play and dogged fighting kept the Poets in hot water and the fans in a frenzy, but luck gave the Roman veto to Occidental bids for touchdowns. The Redlands expedition the following Friday night was a small college classic. Thor' oughly outgeneraled the first half, the Tigers were greeted by a twentyfyard placefkick in the third quarter which sent the Bulldogs into a threefpoint ascendency. Playing stub' born ball throughout, the team finally embraced Dame Fortune when Walt Woods set' tled on a Redlands fumble late in the fourth quarter. Bull McMillan furrowed his way to within two yards of the goal line. At this point Marsh Beebe emphasized the superior scholastic quality of his institution by calling a sneak play which untangled to find Cap' tain McMillan clutching victory over the goal. The Bulldog fought to pull the game out of the fire, but an airftight pass defense, led by Ralph Nichols, repulsed him, and Oxy retired to the dressing rooms with the satisfaction of having spoiled a rivalls homecoming day and dethroned the Conference Champions. Intrigued by the feel of victory, the club bussed to Santa Barbara and spoiled another Homecoming day. It was a bruising game, in which B-ull McMillan, abetted by a powerful Tiger line, made himself an allfconference candidate. Nichols scored after McMillan in the second half. Santa Barbara, in a plucky lastfquarter rally, used a Warrier reverse to score and Occidental followers caravaned home satisfied with a 12 to 6 victory. Deep in the Rose Bowl next week, a convention of Calculus Majors from Caltech Houdinied out a 7 to 6 decision. Not even Dr. Hardy