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VOL. XIV
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 13,
No. 28
Scholarship Fund Is
Made Complete By
Container Campaign
$3500 Contributed by School
to Commemorate Twenty
Soldiers Who Died in
the Great War
ID BE STARTLING
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FINE TALENT
Smith-King Players Skit and
Marchand Brothers, Danc¬
ers, to Be Fine Feature
Class Of ’23 Will
Present Sparkling
Comedy On May 19
Strong Cast Chosen; to Start
Rehearsing at Once; Piece
is a Winner on Its
Own Merits
P. H. S. SQUAD WILL
BATTLE ALHAMBRA
Question is “Resolved, That the City Manager Form of Gov¬
ernment is Better Than Any Other for Cities of
Not More Than 200,000;” Dolan and
Adams On Team
Pasadena’s chances for the Southern California Debating
Cup depend on tomorrow’s debate with Alhambra. If P. H.
S. wins by a sufficient number of points, she will head the
league. At present she stands fifth, or three and one-half
points from the top, which is held by Long Beach. Alhambra
is sixth.
Michael Dolan and John Adams, the same pair who won
the Santa Ana debate, are ready to defend the negative side
_ _ „of the proposition: “Resolved,
Pasadena High School has com¬
pleted its Memorial Scholarship
Fund — its tribute to the twenty
boys who gave their lives in the
World War. The Memorial Day
exercises this year will be filled
with gratitude for what those boys
did for P. H. S., and the little that
P. H. S. has been able to do for
them.
Although the Memorial Scholar¬
ship Fund has been completed, and
the goal set by the Class of ’21 has
been reached, the Scholarship Fund
will never be completed, and it will
continue to grow so that there may
be extra money to help in times of
unusual stress.
The final results of the cam¬
paign just finished were as follows:
Seniors . $967.28
Juniors . 837.40
Sophomores . 215.75
Freshmen . 162.31
Post Graduates . 6.85
Faculty . 204.06
Language Dept . 325.00
Music Dept . 450.00
Outsiders . 298.00
The Juniors contributed $337.40
in coin containers, and this won the
container contest. The Seniors
hold the record for having con¬
tributed the most mony of any
class in school, as they have con¬
tributed $2,369.96 to the Scholar¬
ship Fund in the last four years.
Miss Ida E. Hawes, chairman of
the Scholarship Fund Committee,
says of the campaign: “I wish to
thank every student and teacher,
and particularly the faculty advis¬
ers of the classes, Miss Estelle Ten¬
nis, Miss Dora A. Atkinson, Miss
Alice R. Morrison, and Miss Muriel
D. Emerson, who made possible
this splendid achievement.
IMMENSE TOTAL TO
BENEFIT STUDENTS
Since the Rotary entertainment
has cleared $190 already and is ex¬
pected to have $250 when all money
is collected, which will be doubled
by the Rotarians, the program,
which was given March 23, can well
be termed successful.
Many well-deserved comments
were received by committee mem¬
bers and participants. F. F. Run¬
yon, managing editor of the Pasa¬
dena Post, said it was one of the
best plays of character he has
seen and wished to repeat the pro¬
gram adding Douglas Fairbanks to
make it more popular fqr the en¬
tire city. The Physical Education
department declined the offer with
the plea of too full a program for
the year. Dr. D. S. Fox said, “I
appreciate the wonderful work
done by the instructors, managers,
and players.”
Applications from students de¬
siring the benefit of the loan fund
should be made to any member of
the committee which is composed
of H. J. Payne, of the Y. M. C. A.;
J. F. West,
С.
E. W Moore, F. F.
Martin, Dr. R. D. Bird, Colonel
Carlow, and Dr. D. S. Fox.
Another program will probably
be presented before next fall in
hope of raising the fund to $500, or
the final total of $1000, after being
doubled by the friendly Rotarians.
JANE URBAN TO APPEAR
Popular Los Angeles Orches¬
tra Will Supply Lots of
Lively Music
What is probably the best en¬
tertainment that has been offered
to P. H. S. students so far this
year will take place in the local
auditorium Thursday, when the
Class of ’23, otherwise known as
the Senior class, presents its first
annual vaudeville show. Six start¬
ling acts, all by outside talent, have
been booked for the affair by
Arthur Stewart, general manager
of the vaudeville.
The Smith-King Players, Pasa¬
dena’s pride along the acting line,
will be here to entertain in a mys¬
tery skit. This is said to be a
“knock - out.” Their appearance
means a sacrifice, as each Thurs¬
day is a holiday to the players,
and they have agreed to give a half
of their only “play-day” for P. H.
S. pupils. Jane Urban, leading
lady will sing.
Graduates of Pasadena High, the
Marchard Brothers, dancers su¬
preme and formerly of the ’’Fol¬
lies,” will put on one of their best
acts.
Nightingale, the wonder magic¬
ian, who has fooled more people
than any other human in the world,
will “do his stuff” in an original
and entertaining act.
“Bennet’s Packard Six,” of Ra¬
dio fame, and also one of the most
popular dance and feature orches¬
tras in Los Angeles, will lend some
harmonizing teasing notes to the
afternoon’s happenings.
Gilmor Brown, director of the
Pasadena Community Playhouse,
will entertain in an act of his own,
the theme of which is not known,
but Mr. Brown can be depended up¬
on to present an . unbeatable fea¬
ture.
Once the head clown of Sells-
Floto Circus and one of the most
daring and thrilling stunt men that
the big top had ever seen, will at¬
tempt to draw hearts into mouths
by jumping in a “swan-dive” from
the top of a twenty-foot ladder
and landing on the back of his
neck. He hasn’t broken his neck
yet!
Tickets will be on sale Wednes¬
day at twenty-five cents. They
can be bought at the entrance to
the school grounds Wednesday
morning, and in the ticket booth
in the West Basement, the rest of
the day. The money will go toward
the Seniors’ part in the scholarship
Fund.
FORMER STUDENTS ON
PROGRAM AT CHURCH
Several former P. H. S. students
took part in the program for “Col¬
lege Night” at theTremont Bap¬
tist church, Sunday, April 8th.
Harold Sloane, a P. H. S. gradu¬
ate, who is now president of the
student body at Occidental, was the
main speaker. During the eve¬
ning the Girls’ Glee Club of Red¬
lands University sang. Other
former P. H. S. students who were
present were Thelma Leavitt, and
Catherine Edwards.
The greatest all-star cast in the
history of the bus-catching, street¬
sweeping, pen-pushing, and brick¬
laying industries has been assem¬
bled for the benefit of “Adam and
Eva,” the Senior play. Results
are expected soon.
Much talent appeared in the
secondary tryout last Friday, April
6, avers Miss Elizabeth Keppie, di¬
rector, but the otherwise fine act¬
ing was somewhat impaired by the
convulsions of laughter which at¬
tacked those who were reading the
play’s lines. “Adam and Eva,”
from all appearances, is not merely
a comedy; it is a knockout. Every
line is a laugh, every scene a
scream (not in the night), every
act a roar— but what’s the use of
describing it? It’s like the Item
— it must be seen to be appreciated.
Dramatics is evidently popular
with the brick-layers and street-
sweepers — that is, the sterner side
of the Senior class. A large part
of it turned out for the first try¬
outs, and a considerable percentage
of that part passed through safely.
There were enough of both sides
of the eternally two-sided triangle
to allow both a principal and an
understudy for every part. Under
this system everybody has an
equal chance to appear in the big
event on the night of May 19, and
competition will probably soon be
rife, as they say.
The complete list of those who
passed the aforementioned laugh¬
ter test, which is to say the read¬
ing of the play, and who will be
cast as either leads or understudies
are: Evelyn Evans, Iola Barnes,
Priscilla Pratt, Evelyn Beyl, Vera
Pratt, Beth Thomas, Marion Swift,
Eleanor Porter, Elizabeth Pfeiffer,
Romenia Loxley, Jean Tompkins,
Donald Kirkpatrick, Davis Shuster,
Marshall Spaulding, Stanley Mil-
holland, Robert Ross, James Pitch¬
er, John Maxson, Bennett Nehls,
Don Parker, William Fox, and
Charles Mack.
PLAYr0F RUSSIAN LIFE
TO BEIGIVEN APRIL 14
Russian life will be vividly de¬
picted in an unusual and excellent
photo-play which is to be present¬
ed Saturday afternoon, April 14, at
2 o’clock at P. H. S., Sunday, at
10 o’clock in the morning at the
Raymond, at 2:30 in the afternoon
at the Shakespeare Clubhouse, and
8:30 Sunday, in the Palm Room of
the Hotel Maryland.
. “The Reign of Terror” which
Russia has indured since the days
of Czardom on through the bloody
tragedies of the Kerensky Revo¬
lution and up to the present bom¬
bardment of the Cathedrals and ex¬
ecuting of the priests, will be
shown in “Russia Through the
Shadows.”
A lecturer is to accompany the
film to explain the various scenes.
All Pasadenans should plan to
see this picture. It surpasses any
history in vividness and accuracy.
Many film stars of Hollywood are
planning to come over, among
whom whom are Mary Pickford,
Charlie Chaplan, and Douglas Fair¬
banks.
WINNER OF CONTEST
TO REPRESENT P. H. S.
Commissioner of Boys’ Welfare
at P. H. S., Arthur Syvertson,
speaking on the subject, “Our Con¬
stitution a Citadel of Freedom,”
won the oratorical contest held
under the auspices of the Southern
California Citizens’ Committee here
yesterday. He was awarded the
$50 prize.
Burton Crew, winner of last
year’s Davis-Hall contest, finished
second, with a speech on “Alexan¬
der Hamilton, Master Builder.”
The winner of yesterday’s ora¬
torical contest will receive a prize
of $50.00 and have the honor of
representing Pasadena High School
in a regional contest which is to be
held here April 27.
The object of the contest is to
create interest in and respect for
the Constitution of the United
States, and all the subjects chosen
are on some phase of the constitu¬
tion.
The high schools which will com¬
pete in the regional contest are
Pomona, Monrovia, Glendale, Al¬
hambra, South Pasadena and Pas¬
adena.
The winners of the contest will
be one of the six who will
compete for the $1500 prize. This
contest will be held in Los Angeles
May 11.
Those who competed in yester¬
day’s contest were: Solomon
Banks, Burton Crew, Theodore
Hayes, Margaret Roberts, Everett
Shilling, and Arthur Syvertson.
ARTHUR SYVERTSON
WINS BIG CONTEST
First place in the Davis-Hall
contest which was held Tuesday
morning during the advisory
periods, and in which five contest¬
ants were entered, was won by
Arthur Syvertson, Commissioner of
Boys’ Welfare, speaking on the
“Land of Dreams.”
Euphrates Pashgian was a close
second and also won a medal, her
subject being “Marking Time.”
The third place was won by Ruth
Hubly who did very well. She
spoke on a subject of world wide
interest, “Child Labor.” The other
two contestants were Raymond Mc-
That the City Manager Form of
Government is Preferable to Any
Other Form of Government for
Cities of Not More Than 200,000
population,” against Augusta Clem¬
ents and Melvin Smith, Alhambra
stars. The
В.
H. S. squad has been
at work for more than six weeks
upon the statistics which they will
bring to bear in proving their
questions.
As Pasadena has the city man¬
ager form of government, residents
will be interested in hearing a log¬
ical defense of the system. Fifteen
cents admission will be charged for
those who are not student body
members.
The debate will start at 8:15 in
the auditorium. The speakers will
be assisted by the R.
О.
T. C. band
and the yell leaders, who are all
ready to help avenge Pasadena’s
defeat last year by Alhambra.
The judges are Prof. E. R.
Nichols, head of the English de¬
partment at Redlands University;
W. R. Livingston, instructor in
Economics at Pomona College, and
Prof. Paul Smith, head of the His¬
tory department at Whittier
College.
With both the City League track
meet and the Alhambra fray com¬
ing off tomorrow, P. IT. S. will have
a big day. She has a good chance
at both, and her teams ask the sup¬
port of the student body.
Kelvey, speaking on ,‘The Poet,”
and John Case, whose subject was
“America for Americans.”
The judges of the deliveries were
Professor John R. MacArthur, Cal¬
ifornia Institute; Mrs. Maud
Knight, Pasadena University; Miss
Ruth Arnold, Eleanor Miller School
of Expression.
The judges for the papers were,
Professor Clinton K. Judy, Cali¬
fornia Institute of Technology, Mrs.
Sara Mullen, Lincoln High School;
Mr. Russel Richardson, Pasadena
School of Tutoring.
This contest marks the Seven¬
teenth Oratorical Contest that
Davis-Hall has conducted in this
school.
CHAMPIONSHIP AT STAKE
Pasadena High needs your
support at the City League track
meet tomorrow at Occidental’s
Field in Eagle Rock, 1 o’clock!
Be there! More details on the
Sport page.