V ol. VII Santa Barbara, California, July 29, 1937 No. 5

Nature School Calendar Staters Hear Thursday, July 29: Golf Has Vacancy tourney, Montecito club, Frasier 2:30; Dance, Biltmore, 9 One vacancy in “Art Activity” p.m.; Frasier talk, second, Talks is announced by “Pop” Wells due auditorium. to change in plans of a teacher in Friday, July 30: Frasier Long Beach, Anyone desiring to Dr. George Willard Frasier, presi­ talk, fourth, auditorium. dent of Colorado State College of register in this course of the Santa Saturday, July 31: Inter­ Barbara State Nature school should Education, is ’ now delivering a see Wells at once. sorority formal, Montecito series of lectures before assem­ The course will be under the di­ Country club. blies of the summer session stu­ rection of Mrs. Clara F. Peterson, Monday, August 2: Rabbi dents. These lectures are made each art director of the Santa Barbara Goldstein talk, auditor­ day this week during special as­ semblies. Today the lecture will public schools. With the exception ium, third. of this single vacancy, the follow­ come second hour and tomorrow ing classes are closed: Bird Study, Tuesday, August 3: Rabbi fourth. Mammals, Geology and Art Activi­ Goldstein talk, auditor­ The first of the series was en­ ties. Students may enroll for any ium, fourth; Ashworth titled “A Challenge to Democ­ of the others desired. play and tea, 3:00, Pine racy.” In this talk Dr. Frasier A full program of entertainment Hall. pointed out the threatenings of and extra-curricular activities is fascism on one side and commun­ Wednesday, August 4: Ten­ being planned for the nature school, ism on the other against democ­ such as illustrated lectures, garden nis final and tea, Bilt­ racy in the middle. Points dis­ tours, teas, and picnics. A feature more. cussed were the extreme conditions of the session will be an all day Friday, August 6: Last day of the wings as opposed to the field excursion by automobile to of session. middle. the summit of La Cumbre peak, According to Frasier, Earl Brow­ via El Camino Cielo. der spoke at Colorado State and ------•------Students Dance at told the audience of the Communist Goldstein Speaks Biltmore Ball party which has only 25,000 mem­ bers in the United States. On the Here Monday, Tonite other side the Fascist pull was Tuesday expressed as in the group that ask­ Students of State will dance to­ ed Gen. Smedeley Butler to lead a Following the talks by Dr. Fras­ night at Santa Barbara’s exclusive revolution against the New Deal. ier, Habbi Morris Goldstein will Biltmore hotel to the music of Fred Summing up this lecture Frasier appear in two lectures before the Lambourne and his orchestra. pointed out the teacher’s responsi­ summer session student body. bility for the government. Starting at nine o’clock, the dance These lectures scheduled for Mon­ Second of the series, “The New day, August 2 and Tuesday, Aug­ will end. at twelve. School,” was delivered Tuesday ust 3 are to be “On the Making of Formáis will be in order for wo­ in the regular assembly. In this the Bible’ and “The Life-Story of men, and light suits for men. No lecture Frasier started by making Judaism.” admissicgi will be charged i)br comparison between new and old Rabbi Goldstein is a graduate summer session students, but stu­ education. Points questioned were of Hebrew Union College, Cin- dent body tickets must be pre­ the purpose, the place, the inter­ cinatti. He has been located in sented at the door. Entertainment est, and the time of new and old England for four years where he and cards will be provided for the education. established at Liverpool the first guests. Off-campus guests will also According to Frasier, the old Reformed Jewish Congregation out­ be admitted free of charge to the school divorced knowing from side of London and also aided at dance. doing. Examples of this were given Birmingham and Manchester. All sororities will join in pre­ in home economics classes where — ------•—_—.—.—’ senting an Inter-sorority formal teachers taught relief children how STUDENT BURNS TO DEATH dance this Saturday at the Monte­ to prepare formal dinner and where Virginia Hutchinson, summer cito Country club. Janet Birnie, teachers were misled by instruc­ session student, burned to death of Delta Zeta Delta alumnae is in tions of the state office. in an auto accident last night. charge of the affair. Bids should Frasier stated that teachers should Virginia, a junior, was an ele­ be obtained immediately by all assist and not command students. mentary major. those, planning to attend. (Continued on Page Four) Page Two EL GAUCHITO July 29, 1937 E L GAUCHITO New Pioneers Published weekly by the Associated Student By EMORY RATCLIFFE Body and Edited by the Free-Lance staff of We Californians have, for a long time, been Santa Barbara State college. Subscription free telling the world about the wonders of our with student body membership. state. We have pointed out our resources of Printed in the State College Print Shop timber, soil and mountains; our grains, our every Wednesday of the Summer Session fruits and our wines. We have written of our as the special edition of El Gaucho. wonderful scenery—the “Big Trees,” Yosemite Editor ...... Frank Douglas Valley; of the height of Mt. Whitney and the Assistant Editor...... Petie McKinney depth of Death Valley. News Editor...... Ann Seymour Nor can we be rightly charged with over­ Activities Editor...... Waldo Phelps looking our climate. We claim that here by the Pacific we are producing bigger (if not Thanks Doctor better) boys and girls. And we have the fig­ During the past week we have been saved ures to prove it. The freshmen boys and girls from the most powerful enemy of man—leth­ of Santa Barbara State, last fall, were taller by more than one quarter inch than the Pennsly- argy of the mind. Without malice towards any vania freshmen. We are turning out tennis, instructor we say that If George Willard Fra­ baseball and track stars out of all proportion sier had not come here to lecture we might to our total population, or so we claim. We have been inflicted with an overdose of lazi­ say, of course, that our climate is a big factor ness. Physically we have moved about without in producing these splendid results. much difference from our usual manner, but We have insisted that nowhere in the world mentally the edge was getting slightly dulled. can one find such a variety of scenery, of good things to eat, nor such a delightful and invigor­ We were doing our work willingly, but cer­ ating place to live. If all these things are true, tainly not with an over-abundance of keenness. (and we believe they are), is it not time to brag In such a time it takes a good stiff stimulant less and consider more the responsibilities that to revive us. go with them. Certainly we do not all agree with Dr. It was perfectly natural that people back east who had money should come here to share Frasier’s ideas but there is nothing more en­ our good fortune. We did our best to make livening than a good stiff disagreement when them welcome. we can see the opponent’s merits. An example It was just as natural that people back of disagreement was in his'statement that in east when blown out of the “dust bowl” should the modern school 90 students were working come to our state. They are coming in great on 90 different pieces of work in one class. Of numbers. Many of. them have very little to live» course questioning arose on this. point. The on when they get here. They constitute a re­ result was that Dr. Frasier gave a better des­ lief problem that in some parts of the state is cription of these courses. In such a class there taxing the relief resources. However, we have are four teachers who are specially trained in invited them directly or by implication to come certain lines, the students are of a higher grade and can not shirk the responsibility. than the average, and the work is not pinched Besides there are aspects of the problem too much on financing. that are being overlooked by many. It is popu­ Such questions as the Colorado executive lation that creates values. These newcomers submitted were submitted to make us think once given a chance, will become producers as and if there is any life left they certainly have. well as consumers of goods. Increasing popula­ We disagree on some few items, agree on the tion is adding to the economic as well as poli­ majority and leave feeling enlivened and en­ tical prestige of our state. Nor can one doubt lightened. Dr. Frasier, we owe you a vote of the good human stock involved. Some of course thanks for wakening us up and keeping us are “ne’er-do-wells” but many are the victims awake. of the “luck of history” as was the stock sent • here by the Irish potatoe famines from which came later so many of our mayors and politi­ We are never so happy, or so unhappy, as cians. Given the right kind of opportunities— we imagine. jobs for themselves and schools for their child­ • ren—they will prove themselves to be useful It is with true love as with ghosts. Every citizens. Perhaps in the end as useful as many one talks of it, but few have ever seen it. who are coming to play. July 29, 1937 EL GAUCHITO Page Three *

V Squabble Club COLUMN Drama Reading H as Social RIGHT . . . Gets Laugh

Chief features of the Squabble To the Biltmore we will go! “You Can’t Take It With You," club social last night were short State goes elite tonight at the comedy drama, was the play Dean Willum Ashworth read before the talks by Dr. George Frasier and semi-formal dawnse . . . so news group that gathered Tuesday after­ President Clarence L. Phelps. The is slack until after the blow off. noon for the weekly play reading. meeting was held in the garden A n anonymous correspondent If it had a moral the title as con­ of the Roy L. Soules home in Mis­ sent in the following “b e e f . . . cerned with worldly goods em­ sion Canyon. Festivities started at which seems justified tho . . . bodies it but the most important factor was the hilarious comedy. seven sharp. “Instructors who put their names Scheduled for next Tuesday fol­ Program for the evening in­ on the best parking places and lowing the final reading in the cluded a report by Mr. Ralph H ey-. crab if someone parks in that spot wood and Mr. James Woods on series read by the dean in supple­ those boys who have received remind me of the store keeper ment to the course in current Squabble club scholarships, and who parks his car and those of drama will be a tea honoring the dean. a talk by Douglas Wilson on “Every his help in front of his store and The play was situated in the Teacher Whether Industrial Arts or crabs because his customers all home of Martin Vandervoof. a Vocational Should be Interested in go to his competitor’s store and former businessman of 35 years Apprenticeship and Should be In­ advise their friends to do like­ before. The plot was of the boy- formed About it.” Roy L. Soules wise—the question is, are colleges chases-girl variety but everything gave a short welcoming address instituted for the benefit of stu­ else was completely different. to the members present. dents or faculty, or, who pays the Love in Bohemia might have been In addition to the serious busi­ freight?” another name for it. ness, Ralph Bush, entertainment Funny as it may seem, this was chairman, pleased the members not written by a griped regular Characters concerned were Mar­ with his question and answer stunt. sessioner, but a teacher from parts tin, Penelope Sycamore, Penalope’s Refreshments were served at the south . . . daughter, Essie, Ed, Essie’s hus­ close of the evening. Predictions for the dance: Harold band, Kolinkhov, the ballet teacher, In the report of the scholarship the iceman who forgot to go home, ♦* Bolas and off-campus socialite ,15 committee Mr. Woods told of the Margie Wood . . . Carol Warren Reba and Donald, the colored help, aims of the group in trying to and Paul Woods . . . A funny thing: Alice, the beloved, Anthony Kirby, assist- worthy boys who were in­ Helen Longawa giving an imita­ Jr., the lover, and the Kirby’s, terested in the industrial education tion of a certain teacher in third Tony’s parents. teaching field. Next year there will hour sociology . . . all the fellas As the play evolves we find that be two Squabble club scholarship polishing as the Inter-Sorority all the family have peculiar quirks students on the campus this being formal draws closer . . . Dr. Max­ and hobbies. Also we find out that the fourth year that the award well “getting off some good ones” they have nothing else but hobbies. has been made. in current drama . . . These pastimes include playwrit------_• ------Ralph Bush was heard to remark ing, ballet-dancing, printing, xylo­ Companies Exhibit that he was glad men’s styles phone, snakes, candy-making and didn’t go up and down like w o­ fire-works. Books, Machine men’s skirts after he glimpsed one It deveiopes that the internal of the masculine tennis fans in revenue bureau is chasing Martin Exhibits have been made by sev­ shorts . . . Waldo Phelps is be­ for not paying his income tax. eral companies on the campus coming more and more popular to introduce the Kirby’s to the during the past week. Exhibits all the time . . . the editor, Doug­ soon we find a love scene and plans were by book companies and a las, moaning because the rag didn’t Vandervoofs. The day before duplicating machine company. come out yesterday . . . claims the dinner Tony brings his family Book companies represented he took two hours off to replace a *by mistake. Within a half hour the were the Iroquois Publishing com­ typewriter ribbon . . . a certain police have the whole group in pany. which deals in science, arith­ profs reprimand, “Now, children,” jaiL metic, English and history books addressed to some noisemakers on Alice decides that she can stand for primary and secondary schools, the driveway during fifth hour the shame no looser and is about McCormick-Mathers, which deals getting a laugh. to leave when Tray comes to beg principally in English and work­ “Buppy” Moore certainly ought her to stay. Then comes Mr. Kirby books, and Milton-Bradley com­ to win a box of Kleenex for his who wants Tony to come home. pany which deals in primary and efforts at least . . . he’s entering Inside of another half hour Mr. art materials. all the tennis matches except the Kirby decides to stay. The ($uplicatihg machine dis­ women’s singles (which they don’t Then a letter to Martin from the T played was made by the Dupli- have) wonder what it would seem revenue bureau is found in the craft company. This machine ac­ like to see finals composed of icebox announcing that they have m of the public library and nature to seize even if any powers wanted all matches will be played. “Buppy” school. to seize ' it. Moore is in charge.