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Game Saturday. Whittier vs.
Pasadena on Poly field.
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Meet April 28 at Berkeley.
The walking’s good!
VOL. V— NO. 8
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, APRIL 11, 1917, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
PRICE 5 CENTS
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Bulldogs Defeat All Contenders for Trophy — State Meet at Berkeley, April 28
SENIOR NIGHT
PROVES BIG
SUCCESS
Senior Thespians Present
Plays in Inimitable Man¬
ner; Much Credit Dut
MINSTRELS FEATURE
Fussle, Iiams, Davis, Bar¬
bara Loomis, Frances Bart¬
lett, Viola House, Stars 4
One wonderful night — there can be
no more fitting title applied to that
evening of March 30 when the Senior
class so royally entertained a large
and appreciative audience as to secure
for themselves the highest possible
praise from the entire audience. Cer¬
tainly in the annals of Senior Shows
there has never been a performance
so well balanced, so artfully arranged,
perfectly cast, and so wonderfully exe¬
cuted. After each act the onlookers
were amazed at the versatility of the
players and it is safe to say that many
brilliant futures were predicted for
the budding geniuses.
When the curtain rose slowly on
that clever little play of Barrie’s, “The
Twelve Pound Look,” it disclosed sev¬
eral well-known young people who for
the nonce had assumed a different
garb and manner. Kenneth Fuessle as
Sir Harry Sims, “soon to be knighted,”
presented a splendid characterization
of a well-to-do English lord, self-satis¬
fied, ambitious, and self-engrossed,
thereby adding another glittering suc¬
cess to his already brilliant record in
dramatics. An entirely opposite char¬
acter was Kate, the stenographer,
played by Barbara Loomis, — alert,
eager, and clear visioned, she gave a
fine impression of the characteristic
business woman with no- time for
petty aims and aspirations. Perhaps
the most charming member of this
east was EVances Bartlett as Lady
Sims, sweet and beautiful, with the
youth in her crushed into a piteous
timidity; yet she rose to a courageous
height in her final plea for freedom.
Before the next play, a company of
negro minstrels led by Walter Dyett
gave a number of plantation melodies
and camp-meetihg hymns. An especial
favorite, “Little David Played on His
Harp,” brought tears of merriment to
many eyes and the entire program
was of the best.
When the curtain rose for the sec¬
ond time it was upon a very different
atmosphere and plot, for “The Master
I if the House” is a- ;«osira'\''e-inspiring
* play. The bright and shining star in
this constellation was Thomas Iiams,
who made a most dreadful villian. His
appearance would have caused the
bravest member of the faculty to trem¬
ble had they chanced to meet in the
dark. Marie Johnson as Mrs. Ovens,
the complaining fault-finding wife of a
helpless invalid, was exceptionally
good. Lethe Knight as her sister,
Howard Vesper as Doctor Jellicoe, and
Prank Little as Mr. Skrimshire, the
family solicitor, were all excellent.
All of the chills were dispersed how¬
ever, by dainty Peggy Arne, nee Mar¬
jory Warner* who in bewitching col¬
onial costume sang three delightful
ballads — Minuet, Weeds, and Sooth¬
sayer Margaret.
Then the curtain rose for the last
of the three plays. The stage repre¬
sented the modern home of a young
married couple, Lee Davis and Viola
House, who were seated in the cozy
little dining room and waited on by
a dainty French maid, played by Dor¬
othy Finer. This fascinating little skit
concerned the trials and tribulations
of a husband whose “better half” was
an indefatigable curio hunter, one who
hesitated not to part with the “king’s
treasure,” his faithful meerschaum, in
order to obtain an authentic antique.
The clever repartee and gay banter,
the difficulties from which the young
wife so capably extricated herself,
and above all, the harmonious whist¬
ling of the ill-at-ease man of the house
were highly amusing to the spectators.
COLLEGIATE CLUB NEW
AT
Mr. Cross Delivers Address
at Second Meeting; Offi¬
cers Are Elected
An element of progress was strik¬
ingly evinced at the second meeting of
the new club which has been institut¬
ed in P. H. S. and which will be
known as the “Collegiate Club of P.
H. S.” As chairman of the nominating
committee, John Neimeyer gave a re¬
port concerning those nominated for
office, the candidates being “Steve”
Horrell, for president; Frances Bart¬
lett, for vice president; Margaret Bra-
vinder, for secretary; and Bob
Schlaudeman, for treasurer. These in
turn were unanimously elected. He
also read the constitution which has
been drawn up and this was also unan¬
imously accepted. The principal feat¬
ure of this constitution is; That the
purpose of the club is to endeavor to
acquaint pupils with the different col¬
leges in the United States, thereby
enabling them to more intelligently
select the college which they desire
to attend.
The business meeting of the club
was followed by a very vigorous and
beneficial address by Mr. Cross, his
subject being “The Choice of a Col¬
lege.” Mr. Cross assured the audience
that one of the most pressing prob¬
lems which confronts the prospective
college student is the choice of a col¬
lege and this is a problem which
should be well balanced and pondered
upon before it is settled.
The brief discussion of eastern col¬
leges was noteworthy for it gave the
students an insight into the' vast op¬
portunities offered by the East. On
the whole, however, Mr. Cross was
chiefly concerned with the colleges of
California itself. He doubtless inter¬
ested many in the Junior College
movement and also showed plainly
that a two years’ course in one of the
smaller colleges was a worthy prepa¬
ration for two or more concluding
years in a larger university. Yet, he
equally gave the assurance that going
to a large university throughout one’s
college career is never a mistake.
The schools of Southern California
were discussed at length and Throop
was highly recommended as a tech¬
nical school, Occidental for those tak¬
ing a fine arts courts, Pomona on ac¬
count of its high scholarship, as well
as music, and Whittier and Redlands
as colleges for fine arts courses. These
colleges are rapidly coming into prom¬
inence and are, without a doubt, note¬
worthy.
The address was concluded with a
discussion of the financial problem
which a college education involves
and the essence of this conclusion was
“Where theres’ a will there’s a way.”
The one essential is to decide to go to
college and that person who has the
ambition and desire to go can find a
way to accomplish and realize that
ambition and desire.
COACH MAIN
All hail Coach Main, the wonder¬
worker of the cinderpath. From the
greenest of the green he has devel¬
oped a Championship Team, and win¬
ners of a sought for trophy. With the
exception of two men the local squad
are products of his toil. Reeves, Pad-
dock, Saunders, are all pupils of his
school. True to the spirit of P. H. S.
these athletes are exponents of the
most sportsmanlike and cleanest brand
of cinderpath activities. The Coach is
as one of the fellows, and a favorite
of all who come under his training.
Without a doubt he is the most popu¬
lar, the best liked track coach Pasa¬
dena has had the luck to find. After
the State Title, Coach, we’re with you
to the end.
Lee Davis, Commissioner of Finance,
drove his family to Santa Barbara. No,
we don’t mean he chased them away,
but chauffeured the new Cadillac for
’em.. (Note: We’re not certain as to
“chauffeured,” but it looks all right.)
A typical lovers’ quarrel with tears
and tempers, arguments and apologies
galore, was finally brought to an en¬
tirely satisfactory conclusion by the
timely arrival of a letter explaining
all, and a lovely peace offering in the
shape of roses — lots of them — finally
mutual forgiveness, domestic felicity
restored and — curtain.
Congratulations are due the com¬
mittee in charge of the production for
the able manner in which they han¬
dled the business end of the show and
to Miss Sterling is due the credit for
the splendid way in which the actors
played their parts. The committee in
charge of the entertainment was com¬
posed of Harold Butterworth, who was
the chairman, Frances Bartlett, Don
aid Blick, and Taylor Malaby.
VOLUNTEER CORPS
URCED AS DEFENSE
PROLEMJSOLUTION
By BLACKIE
President Wilson has declared
war! — and it is up to every red-
blooded son of the old U. S. A. to
rally to the support of . our old
Uncle Sammy. Although only men
over eighteen will be called to the
colors at the beginning, the time
will come when the younger gen¬
eration will be sent to the defense
of the flag. Why not prepare —
prepare yourselves to defend our
homes against a foreign foe. |
Perhaps the best plan would be
to organize a High School Volun¬
teer Corps. This will bring all
Juniors and Seniors under mili¬
tary training, and make possible,
when the time comes, to send a
Weil-trained, disciplined body of
youth to help protect the land of
Uncle Sam.
It will not be compulsory — only
the live, patriotic students being
asked to contribute to the cause.
As regards training, a regular
might be secured to drill the com¬
pany, while on the other hand,
there are many Monterey men in
Pasadena who have had six weeks
military training, and are fully
capable of drilling a company of
High School recruits.
Think it over — and think hard.
COACH MAIN’S TRACKMEN
COME THROUGH WITH WIN
IN BIC PREP TRACK SCRAP
Tribune Trophy to Rest in Halls of P. H. S. for
Coming Year as a Result of Trackmen
Efforts — Pasadena Pointwinners to
Go North for State Title Contest
By J. HOWELL SMITH
Copped the Southern California title,
downed Manual and lugged home a cup
almost as tall as the Captain himself!
Some Track Team! Running in the
teeth of a 20 mile gale and with blind¬
ing clouds of dust and sand rolling
across the field, the P. H. S. aggrega¬
tion, under Vic Jacomini, stepped away
with the Championship Title and the
Perpetual Tribune Trophy. All this
was pulled off on the Long Beach
cinders a week ago last Saturday.
From the first call for the discus to
the last long leap in the broad jump
the Pasadena trackmen held their lead,
though the local dopesters were forced
to pocket their sheets after the first
three or four events. It was a day of
upsets for all, black-horse athletes
nosed out point after point, and the
heroes of old were forced out of the
limelight. Half a dozen new records
were set up and the day was far from
disappointing to the 5000 rooters in the
stands. Every race brought the crowd
to their feet and only inches decided
the winning.
Paddock was the exception and that
youthful speedster easily took his
events, winning by a big margin over
Woods, VanSant, Allen and the other
touted sprinters of the Southland.
Partly because of the sand storm and
partly because he was not pushed, ho
exceptional time was recorded.
The fact that Manual finished third
in the meet was attributed to the fail¬
ure of two Toiler athletes to come up
to their usual standard. In fact the
general spirit displayed by the Artis¬
ans was far from being the best. Their
apparent motto of “Victory at any
price” lost for them a well established
reputation of sportsmanship. The
attempt to disqualify Silvas and Hers-
chler, the tripping up of a Beachite
contestant in the relay, executed by
one Solly Smith, and the little affair
pulled off in the shot put are merely
examples. ,
Beginning early in the morning the
preliminary heats were run off and
the Bulldogs qualified in all that was
expected. Nothing startling was ac¬
complished and all dope ran smooth.
The 880 yard event was the first to
be executed in the afternoon finals and
proved to be most interesting. No trial
heats were run for this race and some
28 runners strode off the two laps.
Baker of Filmore led the run until the
last turn when he lost his place to
FYost of Redlands, who finished first
in a whirlwind sprint. Saunders of
local fame annexed two points to the
P. H. S. score by placing third. This
was the first shock to the local
prophets.
The next followed close on when Bill
Isenhaur of Lincoln High copped the
440 yard dash and incidentally set up
Southern California record, lowering
Tuffy Conn’s time by three-fifths of a
second. Silvas was generally conced¬
ed to have the best chance for first
place, but was forced to be content
with third honors. \
Captain Jacomini came through in
great style in the high sticks, clearing
those obstacles for a hair breadth sec¬
ond. Vic was ahead at the last hurdle
but did not have the necessary sprint
to keep the lead. His lane was the
only one after the race with all hurdles
standing.
Rodgers of Ventura was easily the
individual star of the meet, taking
some fourteen points. One of his ac¬
complishments was to step away from
the touted Solly Smith in the 220 yard
low hurdles. He broke the tape about
ten yards to the good of the second
man. P. H. S. had no entries in this
event.
The next big surprise came when
Swan of the Railsplitters placed first
in the mile. Reeves, the local long dis¬
tance artist, got a bit excited and
sprinted a lap too soon. Nevertheless
when he discovered his mistake he
showed the old stuff, ran another lap
(Continued on Page 4)
FORT! PASAOENA BOYS
MEMBERS OF BED
0R0SSJ0RPS
Reserve Corps Campaign to
Be Feature of Next Chron¬
icle Issue; Read and Act
Red Cross Ambulance Com¬
pany No. One Is Frst and
most in U. S.
Sidelights on Big Pasadena
Victory in Southland JVleet
Given by a Chronicle Scribe
By WOODWARD
TEMPERANCE ESSAYS
SOON TO BE JUDGED
The W.
С.
T. U. Temperance Essay
Contest is now in full swing and a
large number of students are working
hard on their papers. As so much in¬
terest is being shown this year some
very excellent essays are expected.
Several prizes are offered by the
W.
С.
T. U. for the best papers and
the judges will certainly have their
hands full deciding on the winners.
There are several subjects on which
essays are being written, each con¬
testant being allowed to choose his
own topic.
Pasadena people have several times
won the national prize and those in
charge here are confident that if that
prize does not again come to Pasadena
at least some local contestant will be
among the runners-up.
What are your ideas of Preparedness?
Come to the special meeting of the First
Baptist Intermediate
С.
E. Society, Sun¬
day, April 15, at 6:15 P. M., and discuss
“Military and Religious Preparedness.”
The great Southern California Track
Meet began immediately on the ar¬
rival of the Pasadena press contingent
for which it had been held ten min¬
utes, and with the starting gun Ford
Paddock limbered up by defeating
several ambitious sprinters in the first
heat of the one hundred yard dash. A
few seconds later Brother Woods of
Manual did likewise in the second
heat, duplicating Paddock’s re-mark-a¬
ble time of 10 3-5. Van Sant of Santa
Monica, an added starter at 15 to 1,
8 to 1, and 7 to 2, then cleaned up
Beryl Tower, an old Pasadena man,
and Allen of Redlands beat Ramey of
Santa Ana, in the other two heats.
After the Long Beach champ swim¬
mer had bellowed forth the results
Silvas romped away with the first
heat of the 440, trotting across the line
with the field bunched behind him.
Kenny Wright copped fifth and there¬
by also became eligible for the finals.
In the second heat, Baker of Fillmore,
Cal., made a run away race of it and
finished ten yards to the good.
While they were setting up the hur¬
dles several Long Beach newsies of¬
fered to sell a marvelous Long Beach
High Life Green Extra, price 5c, a
bourgeois program, price 0c, and an
extraordinarily high class program
By C. KAYE
Forty Pasadena students, under¬
classmen mostly, have joined the Red
Cross Ambulance Company Numb.er
One, the first to be organized in the
United States. The company is under
orders to be ready for active service
on one day’s notice.
For the past several months, these
men have been drilling and taking
first aid courses. They represent the
best element in the school, including
several class presidents, members of
football teams, commissioners, and, in
fact, those who have ever shown their
interest in student activities.
But a mere handful of forty, from
a school boasting eight hundred boys,
is a pitifully small representation. In
addition to these, there are perhaps
ten other acceptable men who have
joined either the Aero Reserve Corps,
the Motor Reserve, ^or Company I.
There is no reason why Pasadena
High School cannot furnish a live-
wire reserve company, perhaps to
work with the Home Guard of Pasa¬
dena, who would drill at designated
times and prepare themselves for ser¬
vice if their country calls.
Next week the PASADENA CHRON¬
ICLE will use every possible means to
arouse interest in the new proposed,
reserve company, and will make it
a special feature of the next paper. If
the publication is of any value as a
moulder of opinion, interest in the Re¬
serve will result.
There’s no time for further discus¬
sion this week, but it is the sincere
wish of many of the more active mem¬
bers of the Student Body that every
boy in the school seriously consider
offering his services when the recruit¬
ing campaign is started.
PHOENIX GLEE CLUBS
TO STAGE BIG AFFAIR
(Interstate News Service)
PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL, Ariz—
The Girls’ and Boys’ Glee Clubs of
the local high school are to present
“The Bos’n’s Bride” during the next
week. After meeting with such marked
success in the earlier part of the year
when they staged “The Pennant,” the
clubs are sure of even greater success
on their second attempt.
book, price absolutely nothing, all for
the astoundingly unheard of modicum
of five copper cents. Needless to say,
the crowd bit.
Three men finished in a bunch in
the first heat of the highs, but the
judges decided that Jacomini of Pasa¬
dena’s neck was the longest so he was
awarded first place. The other heats
ran true to form.
The next event, the 220, saw Pad-
dock run out of (gas in the middle of
the race, slow dp, look around, and
calmly finish on HIS reputation. The
other contestants were so scared of
him that they obligingly let him finish
in a trot. The 220 lows were run off j
next, but a curtain of Long Beach dust
made it impossible for the keen eyes
of the scribes to detect the winners,
but they are all down in the results;
doubtless it was a pretty race. In the
first of the three heats somebody with
a six foot frame, of which four feet
were legs, finished by about ten yards.
It was probably Mr. Rogers of Ventura
Union High School.
In the relay heats, after a prolonged
scrap, L. A. High and Manual were de¬
clared winners.
Amid some more Long Beach dust
the crowd adjourned to the cafeteria,
(Continued on Page 2)
AUSTIN LECTURE OF
INTEREST TO STUDES
It was seem queer to have stereop-
ticon views of the mountains from
school windows every day in the year,
but nevertheless the slides shown by
Mr. L. T. Austin last Wednesday were
greatly appreciated. Mr. Austin showed
pictures of the mountains just north
of Pasadena and explained them as
they were thrown on the screen. He
also made a strong plea for the con¬
servation of both the forest and the
water supply.
The most urgent need of the present
time, according to Mr. Austin, is the
construction of the proposed auto road
back into the mountains. This would
not only open up this wonderful moun¬
tain region but would also be of great
value in case of a forest fire.
Mr. Austin believes that, as the
mountains are one of the greatest as¬
sets of Southern California and espec¬
ially of Pasadena, they should be pre¬
served in every way possible. One
step which is already being taken is
the construction of a large number of
check dams in the canyons, which not
only prevent disastrous floods in the
winter but also increase the water
supply.