Pasadena Chronicle, April 20, 1923

'« iQJ VOL. XIV PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 20, 1923 No. 29 Parts Assigned and Work Is Starting; Understudies as Good as Leads AND THEN FOR THE FUN Lines Are the Best Yet, But They Don’t Beat the Situation Playing when they might be out working at football, or tennis, or swimming, or something — playing with the whole great big auditor¬ ium to play in (if they were very lucky) — laughing with glee at each other’s funny remarks, or mistakes — the cast of “Adam and Eva,” the Senior play, is starting to rehearse. The prospect, however, is not all milkshakes and chewing gum, either. At present most of the re¬ hearsals are conducted in the Music Hall, where there is a tennis court in back, a swimming pool at side, and music at all hours. The stage settings are represented by a mul¬ titude of chairs over which the actors fall gracefully. ’S good training, you know. Or at least it seems to be, if one judges from the way rehearsals go. Already the actors know enough lines between them to reach, if hitched end to end, from the top of the flagpole to the bottom. If they do not keep on- learning more, their under¬ studies will take them away. Com¬ petition is now rife. The lines themselves are enough to make anybody want to learn them. The dialogue is another one of those repai-tee parties. It tells the story of a smart family whose bills were simply scandalous. Mr. King, enlightened head of it, pro¬ poses to pack his various family cares off to a farm — teach them the simple life, and all that. There are chickens and cows thrown -in for atmosphere, not to mention an English lord. In fact, there is plenty of atmosphere. And plenty of people to make it lively. The cast now stands: Adam Smith ....Donald Kirkpatrick Mr. King . Marshall Spaulding Andrew . Stanley Milholland Clinton . James Pitcher Delameter . Robert Ross Horace . Charles Mack Eva . Evelyn Evans Corinthia . Iola Barnes Abbey . Evelyn Beyl Julie . Priscilla Pratt The understudies are: Vera Pratt, Beth Thomas, Marion Swift, Eleanor Porter, Romenia Loxley, Jean Tompkins, Bennet Nehls, Mil- liam Fox, Davis Shuster, and John Maxson. Tom Perry, manager of the play, is in charge of all business arrange¬ ments. He is forming committees now to carry out the various de¬ partments. Plans for the annual Honor So¬ ciety excursion were revealed to members in a meeting of that or¬ ganization on Monday, April 16. The . date set for the excursion is May 4. According to those in charge it has been decided to go to Hollywood to visit a movie con¬ cern there, to pass through Saw- telle and see the old soldiers’ home, to pass onward to Santa Monica where lunch will be served. After the meal the group will wend its way along the beach to Redondo and enjoy a swim in the beach plunge. It will return home via Gardena. Probably special electric cars will be available. Tickets az-e priced at $1.35 and may be obtained 'on Mon¬ day, Tuesday, or Wednesday of the week set for the excursion. After all business was settled an interesting program was given. Priscilla Pratt played a piano solo; Beth Thomas gave several of her amusing readings, and Miss Nellie G. Clarke, dean of girls, spoke of the eaz-ly days of scholarships and what it means to the student. Davis Shuster, president, pi’esided. Championship Chances Lost By Both Teams When Judges Award Points Students of P. H. S. will have an opportunity to aid the Near East Relief in a competitive and inter¬ esting way next week. A Near East film will be shown assembly period, Tuesday, April 24. During the 5th period of the same day, in all classes, contribu¬ tions will be taken for the work in the Near East. To create a good natured rivalry each department will have a certain share of the $1,000 to raise, according to their enrollment. The amount given will be credited to the different depaz-t- ments, not by numbers but by per¬ cent, so that the small departments may rank as high as the large ones. A large board in the front hall will show at once the classes and departments as they go “over the top.” The drive is being directed by Miss Elma Holloway, head of the English department, and she will be glad to answer any ques¬ tions on this subject. LARGE CROWD ATTENDS Michael Dolan and John Ad¬ ams of Locals, Uphold Affirmative DRAMATICS CLASS TO INVITATIONS SENT OUT Members of the Mathematics de¬ partment, who have taught two years or more at P. H. S., are to entertain the newer members at a dinner which is to be given at the home of Miss Grace Webster, 1933 Santa Anita Drive, Arcadia, on May 5th. The dinner is to be given in the form of a May Day celebration. On invitation from the Oral Arts Association of Southern California, the Beginning Dramatics class will present a scene from “The Midsum¬ mer Night’s Dream” at the annual Shakespeare festival, May 4, in the Philharmonic auditorium. The scene is also to be a part of the Pasadena Shakespeare Birth¬ day Festival now in preparation, which will take place in the P. H. S. auditorium Monday, April 23, at 3:30. Scenes fi-om “As You Like | It” will be given on that afternoon. Owing to their duplication by other schools, they will not be given on May 4 in Los Angeles. Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie is coaching the players, who afe all boys. Defeated by Alhambra last Sat¬ urday night, in the P. H. S. audi¬ torium, Pasadena lost her only chance for eligibility in the South¬ ern California finals. Michael Do¬ lan and John Adams of Pasadena upheld the affirmative side of the question, Resolved, That the City Manager Form of Government is Preferable to Any Other Form of Government for Cities of Not More than 200, 000 population. Alham¬ bra, represented by Augusta Clem¬ ents and Melvyn Smith, defended the city manager plan on the op¬ posing side. Spirited points, remarks, and fiery sentences were evident throughout the debate. Augusta Clements put over a good argument in a forceful fash¬ ion and carried her audience with her. John Adams seemed to have a huge amount of knowledge as to the deficiencies of the city manager plan, and greatly dismayed his op¬ ponents through use of this knowl¬ edge. Michael Dolan’s speech con¬ tained many humoz'ous quotations, which he pz-esented in a very ser¬ ious manner, and caused much laughter in the audience. The judges, Professor E. R. Nichols of Redlands University; W. R. Livingston of Pomona Col¬ lege; and Professor Paul S. Smith, of Whittier College, voted the high¬ est number of points, 186, to Al¬ hambra, and 177 2-3 points to Pas¬ adena. This decision not only eliminated Pasadena from compe¬ tition in the Southern California finals, but also blocked Alhambra from competing, for the latter school, even though winning every debate this season, has not enough points for eligibility. H. H. Parker, with his school band, livened up the program with selected music. Judge Raymond G. Thompson acted as chairman, and performed his duties with amazing speed, compared with his procedure at the Hollywood debate. The debating squad, composed of Louise Bennet, Bernadine Hand, Irene Pridham, Ernest Turner, Da- tus Smith, also James McCormack, and the coach, Murry G. Hill, did much to further the success of the debate. Two post-graduates, Ever¬ ett Schilling, and Charles Yates, interscholastic debaters of the 1921- 1922 season, aided in the holding of practice debates. Pasadena has profited by the training of the year, and intends to sweep everything before her next season. Another opportunity has offei’ed i itself to industrious students. The j highway education boai'd is con- | ducting a national contest on the subject, “Influence of Highway Ti’ansport Upon the Religious Life of My Community;” The award is to be a $4000 scholarship, the win¬ ner may enter any college or I university in the United States. ■ Not only will the winning stu- : RAy L0HgE jg HONORED dent prove his capability in his own Alumni and Freshmen Prize Contests Are Now a Reg¬ ular Affair There Shakespearean Festival Tickets for the annual Shakes¬ pearean Festival, to be held after school on April 23, will be on sale next week by members of the dra¬ matics classes. Tickets are only 10 cents. Get yours and be there. home town, but also to the whole world, for extensive advertising is given him. The contest is staged to bring to the minds of the younger genera¬ tion the importance of the great Committee of Registrar and Heads of Some Depart¬ ments Selects Others In order to increase the interest Entertainment Given In an entertainment given by Mrs. Eugene Wood of Pasadena, Margaret Cresatty and Eleanore Porter, members of the Oral Ex¬ pression class, gave readings. The former gave the selection “Man and the Shadow,” and the latter read “Treasures” and gave a group of five musical readings, “Episodes in a Boy’s Life”. economic problem of roads. The , technology, thi’ee scholarships at future of nations, both along social , Caltech will be awarded for the and commercial lines, rests upon ,пех^ school year and in succeeding the ease of transportation. The yeal's on a basis of competition highway board has received many i °Pen to properly qualified Senior letters of approval on this contest, ! hoys of high and college prepara- among them being one from Henry ! 1°ГУ schools in Southern California. C. Wallace, Secretary of the De- I These scholarships carry an award partment of Agriculture; Dr. John °- $200, equivalent to the year’s Grier Hibben, President of Prince- tuition. ton University, and George Horace There are two distinct classes of Lorimer, editor of the Saturday ’ these offered by the institution. Evening Post. 1 One is the Alumni Prize Scholar- Students desiring to enter the i ship, the other the Freshman Prize contest are requested to call at ! Scholarship. Miss Holloway’s office in the Eng- ! The Alumni offer will be awarded lish corridor for any further pai‘- i 1° one graduating Senior, who is I elected by his class as a nominee. : Then he must take an examination at college on Friday, April 27th1, and on Saturday, Api’il 28th. Only six men receiving the highest rat¬ ing on the examination may pro¬ ceed in the competition. These six will enter a speaking contest on May 21, and the one receiving the highest rating will receive the re¬ ward. The Freshman Prize Scholarship allows one representative and one additional z’epi’esentative for each fifty male students in the Senior class. These students are nomi- ticulars “Dancing in the High School” was the subject under discussion at the Parent Teachers’ Association meeting last Monday afternoon. Although the meeting was sched¬ uled to be held in the Music Hall, . such a large number attended that 1 nated by a committee consisting of it was necessary to move to the : the registrar and heads of depart- au itoiium. 1 ments of English, Mathematics, C. L. Glenn, director of Physical j and Phygical Science. Each stu_ education m „os Angeles, spoke in | dent selected in this way must hand zavor, stating that it was the abuse and not the use of dancing which ; was harmful. Dr. John Marvin Dean, pastor of his application in to the registrar of Caltech not later than April 20. Examinations will be held the same the First Baptist Church of this days as those of the Alumni con- ; test and three of these students will city, took the negative side, stating that Mr. Glenn’s arguments had applied to dancing in general, and not to the high school problem. Dr. Dean asserted that he had been in many Eastern schools where dancing was allowed and that none of them were as efficient as Pasa¬ dena High School, where it is net allowed. “At best it is a dubious amuse¬ ment,” he declared, “and tends only to distract the students from their more serious work.” William F. Ewing and J. P. ' O’Mara both spoke against dancing | in the high school, emphasizing the j following points: (1). Dancing \ would lower the democratic stand- I - ards of dress and conduct; (2) Ad- 1 Having won the District Orator- equate chaperonage would be im- I ical contest, held hei'e April 12lh, possible; (3) Resourcefulness and (Arthur Syvertson will represent ingenuity in school activities would | Pasadena High School next Friday, disappear; (4) Students opposed ; in competition with representatives i further requirements than those usually expected of students enter¬ ing Caltech. The student elected by the Senior class of P. H. S. as nominee for the Alufnni Prize Scholarship was Ray¬ mond Lohse. Those nominated by the above committee as nominees for the Freshman Scholarship are : ; Arthur C. Stewart, Charles Hewitt ! Dix, Roderick F. Ward, J. Davis i Shuster, and John H. Maxson. WILL BE HELD HERE to dancing would have to pay into the school funds for entertainment purposes from which they got no return; (5) simplicity in habits and social activities would be broken down; (6) Only a small percentage of students would enjoy it; and (7) That dancing has been characterized as a “brainless ac- activity”. of Pomona, Monrovia, Glendale, Al¬ hambra, and South Pasadena. The winner of this contest will be one of the six contestants who will try for the $1500 prize which will be awarded in Los Angeels, May 11th. The object of the contest is to j create interest in, and respect for i the Constitution of the United The meeting ended without a j States, vote being taken, as all sentiment i The Southern California Citizens’ seemed against the introducing of Committee is awarding the $1500 dancing into school activities. prize.