Pasadena Junior College - Campus Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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Left to right — Standing: Miss Kathleen Loly, Foreign Languages; Mr. Peter Stonor, Math.- matics; Mr. Waller Johnson, Technology; Mr. Roscoe Ashley, Social Science; Mr. Archibald Wedemeyer. Art; Silting: Miss Lula Parmley, Music; Mrs. Esther Tenison, Home Economics; Miss Winifred Skinner, Library; Mr. Murray Hill, English; Major Geoffrey Galwey, R.O.T.C; Mr. Bailey Howard, Physical Science; Mr. William Dunn, Physical Education; Additional members: Miss Mabel Peirson, Biological Science; Mr. Leland Pryor, Business Education. DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN Moving constantly toward a central goal, the department chairmen massed their ef- forts in achieving a rounded program to benefit every student. Mr. Murray Hill re- vised the English curriculum emphasizing the need for students to read. Mr. Bailey Howard, Physical Science, and Miss Mabel Pierson, Biological Science, worked for a constructively practical science course. Miss Lula Parmley skillfully directed the Music Department; and Miss Kathleen Loly maintained a balanced Language lay-out. Mr. Peter Stoner and Mr. Walter Johnson, Mathematics and Technology, endeavored to apply practice to theory. Under Mr. Roscoe Ashley, the Social Sciences will include more three unit courses. Major Geoffrey Galwey and Mrs. Esther Tenison working m separate fields, achieved similar results in R.O.T.C. and Home Economics, while Mr. Archibald Wedemeyer fostered student exhibitions in Art. Mr. Leland Pryor worked for recognition of Business courses by higher colleges. Mr. William Dunn, Physical Education, aided in making changes in inter-school athletics while Miss Winifred Skinner directed the Library, un- fortunately housed on the crowded stage

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IDA E. HAWES DEANS Alive to every need that might demand time, thought, or effort, the deans have responded with efficiency and tact to all calls upon them. Counsel- ing, due to the determined leadership of Miss Ida E. Hawes, Dean of Guidance, was uninterrupted, while vocational education and the introduction of an integration program advanced the effectuality of classroom routine. Mr. John A. Anderson, Dean of Records, centered his efforts m straightening, under strained conditions, the wealth of record material that comes to him with each new semester. Finding a place for the students on a campus with decreased accommodations fell to the lot of Dean of Men lames P. O ' Mara, who spent his summer executing the change of housing. Dean O ' Mara pushed ahead plans for new structures, revamped the school ' s athletic system, and directed SERA. Miss Catherine J. Robbins, Dean of Women, receiving the adviser- ship of the student body, responded to the task of arranging for social affairs with limited facilities. PAGE 10 JAMES P. O ' MARA C. J. ROBBINS mm m famm

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STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS ELEANOR NORTHRUP PRESIDENT FIRST SEMESTER DAVID PATRICK PRESIDENT SECOND SEMESTER The first woman to accept the presi- dent ' s gavel in the history of the junior college, Eleanor Northrup accepted as well a campus torn asunder and a stu- dent body lethargic and disinterested. Faced with other problems of a sever- ity that would have taxed the ingenuity of the most efficient of her predecessors, Miss Northrup saw support given her seldom afforded women executives, di- rected the installation of a new student body office, realized her ambition to reestablish interest and enthusiasm in many of the student body activities. -¥■-¥• -¥■ Realizing that through actual contact with the student body lay the solution to the problem of a static interest in the affairs of the school, David Patrick began a semester fraught with changes both physical and abstract by writing for student publications and by creat- ing a spirit of friendliness in the student body office as well as throughout the entire campus. A projected honor sys- tem and a change m athletic policies saw their origin under Patrick ' s regime as well as the first actual revision of a quake-torn, disorganized school plan. PAGE 12 wmmn