Pasadena Chronicle, April 21, 1922

MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION IS TO MEET ATPASADENA P. H. S. to be Host to Teachers of French and Spanish in Southern California APRIL 22 IS THE DATE SET Event is Annual Affair for Ro¬ mance Language Teachers. Program Arranged. That the honor of being host to the Modem Language Association of Southern California is to come to P. H. S. this year, is the announcement made by Miss Estelle Tennis, presi¬ dent of the association. Each spring the association, which is composed of French and Spanish teachers of the high schools and universities of South¬ ern California, holds an important meeting, which this year will be held Saturday, April 22, at P. H. S. Program The following program will be car¬ ried out during the day: 10:00 — 11:00. Social hour. Dur¬ ing that hour there will be an inspec¬ tion of the grounds and class rooms. 11.00 — 12:30. Section meetings. At this time the French and Spanish teachers will meet separately, each group having an appropriate program. The program for the French group will consist of piano selections of French composers by Elsabeth Lesh, French folk songs by Emil and Bob Morchard; and a talk by some mem¬ ber of the “French Colony” in Los Angeles. The Spanish program will consist of several interesting numbers. Miss Anna Krause, of S. B. U. C. will speak in appreciation of Cervantes; Profes¬ sor Felipe de Satien of the Universi¬ ty of Southern California, assisted by his wife, will present one of Benav- ente’s skits entitled “Sangre Gorda.” Mr. Rafael Villagrana, accompanied by Mr. Micell, will sing several se¬ lections. A business meeting including dis¬ cussion of a trip to Mexico City, and elections for the next year will follow. Speakers at Luncheon From 12:30 to 1:30 luncheon will be served at the school cafeteria. Dur¬ ing the luncheon hour there will also be a program. William F. Ewing, principal of P. H. S., will welcome the association; Dr. von KleinSmid, presi¬ dent of the University of Southern California, will give a short address. Musical readings will be given by Helen Spaulding, accompanied by Marguerite Covert. Music will be furnished by the “Euphony Trio” which is composed of flute, played by Joe Ware; piano, played by Clarence Mader, and Violin played by Hubert Baker. They will play the following selections : Barcarolle . Shubert Valse . Cui Nocturne . Cui Herd Girl’s Dream . Labitzky The luncheon will be served by those Junior and Senior girls who are members of the Modern Language de¬ partment, and the Honor Society. 1:30 — 2:30. General session. At that time Captain Paul Perigord will speak on “The Latin Genius.” Evelyn Schlosser, a P. H. S. student will play several cornet solos. The guests of honor for the day will be the French and Spanish counsels, and the editors of the French and Spanish papers of Los Angeles. BUSSES FOR TRANSPORTATION One of the most important problems school authorities have to face is that of transportation. This especially holds true in the rural districts where schools serve a large territory. The use of motor busses to take students to and from outlying dis¬ tricts is rapidly becoming more prev¬ alent in California. In fact the Pas¬ adena city schools have been operat¬ ing a motor bus for the use of stu¬ dents and the plan has worked very satisfactorily. There are numerous examples of good reports of motor busses for school transportation throughout the state and it would be well for schools suffering from trans¬ portation problems to investigate them. PUNS FOR THE FAIR APRIL 28 AND 29 ARE NOW COMPLETE Many Prize Cattle and Fowl Are to Be Shown, Also Pine Program Given Plans for the Third Annual P. H. S. Fair for April 28 and 29 are now practically finished since the letters were mailed last Tuesday to all South¬ ern California schools asking them to enter and try for the ribbon prizes offered. Several varieties of live stock and fowls which have won prizes in other fairs and belonging to P. H. S. stu¬ dents have been entered. Charles Tuttle, one of the leaders in the Agricultural Department, has made plans for the boys to build the cages for the exhibits and the boys are now busy preparing the stands for the auto park where the fair is to be held. Don Pomeroy, chairman of the pro¬ gram committee, has lined up plenty of material to keep the two days full to the limit. The admission will be free this year as it was last and no one should miss the fair if interested in anything agricultural. ORIGINAL ITEM TO APPEAR VERI SOON Before this month has closed the “Item’ ’will have been put on sale for only 15c, according to Bob Snyder, ed¬ itor in Chief of the Quarterly. When interviewed Snyder gave the six following statements why the “Item” will sell fast: 1st. The cover design, a wood cut carved by Anita Ubil, is such that it will catch your eye and hold it. 2nd. When you open the cover you will find stories, the kind you will en¬ joy from the first. Many wood cuts and other illustrations, some of them covering whole pages, will be feat¬ ured. 3. An absolutely new and origi¬ nal way is going to be used to write up the sports. In fact an effort has been made to create a number to be known for its originality and one that will be enjoyed by all. 4th. The price is going to be, not twenty-five cents, but FIFTEEN CENTS (15c). 5th. Mechanically this number is to be a P. H. S. home product from linotyping to wood cuts, excepting only engraving, paper and staples. 6th. Besides these many features there will be many other attractions such as, showing the prize-winning photograph of the Photo Club picture contest, a beautiful copper halftone, editorials that have a real spice, jokes that are sure to make you laugh, an'd feature stories. All this as said before may be bought for onyl 15 cents while the stock lasts. CONVENTION CHRONICLE PLEASES MANY VISITORS That the many visiting principals greatly appreciated the CONVEN¬ TION CHRONICLE, the four page daily edited by the journalism stu¬ dents during the State Principal’s con¬ vention last week, was made known by their various comments. “It surely is a fine paper,” said one. “It shows lots of pep,” another one added. “How on earth do you get the paper out every morning,” said a third. “You certainly are progressive here,” remarked still another. A brilliant minded young man said he cut out “The Principal’s Daily Let¬ ter,” a feature invented by Terrel De Lapp, and sent it home to his wife in place of writing. A. C. OLNEY PRESENTED WITH GAVEL A. C. OLney, State Commissioner of Secondary Education, was presented with a gavel at the first meeting of the Principals’ convention. It was made in the wood shop of Paso Robles High School and is for his use this week. A carved “P” on the side of the gavel signifies “Principals’ Con¬ vention. VITAL DEBATE TONIGHT ****************** * * * It is a small room * * * * It is in the basement * * * There is a table there. * * * * Around the table are chairs. * * - * * In these chairs sits * * • • THE STUDENT COUNCIL * * * * ••***•* BEWARE ******* • * * ****************** SELECTED SCENES FROM SHAKESPEARE TO BE PRESENTED To Be given Under the Auspices of the Oral Arts Association of Southern California IS SECOND ANNUAL AFFAIR Scenes to Be Given by Students of Various High Schools of Los Angeles County To many people, who enjoy seeing the plays of Shakespeare, will be giv¬ en a rare opportunity to see some selected scenes from his more popular plays in the second annual Shakes¬ pearian Festival to be given on April 27th in the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, under the auspices of the Oral Arts Association of Southern California. The scenes will be staged by students of Southern California High Schools. There will be a morning matinee at ten o’clock, an afternoon matinee at two o’clock, and an evening perform¬ ance at eight o’clock. All programs are to be entirely different and no scenes will be duplicated. Scenes will be very short. Following are the scenes which will be presented at the afternoon matinee together with the name of the school giving each: A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, Pasadena High. Hamlet, Venice High. Merchant of Venice, Jefferson High. Coriolanus, Hollywood High. Merry Wives of Windsor, San Fer¬ nando High. Macbeth, Santa Ana High Taming of the Shrew, Santa Monica High. Coupon tickets will be sold here at school and some place down town. Vera Pratt has charge of selling these tickets which can be exchanged at the Philharmonic box office. Coupon tick¬ ets are 25c each, war tax included. Coupon plus 10c, if taken to box office, will give holder a 35c seat. All seats will be reserved. Students who wish to attend will be excused with excursion cards upon showing the coupon they have bought with the name written on back. Ex¬ cursion cards may be obtained from the attendance office. FORESTRY AND FIRE PRE¬ VENTION TOPICS STUDIED Since “Forestry and Fire Preven¬ tion” was the topic for discussion Wednesday during the advisory per¬ iod, the national forestry program and the necessity for public co-operation in the elimination of careless fires was the topic presented. Biology science classes took up the botonical and biological side of the question. Classes in the Social Science depart¬ ment discussed the economic part of the forest situation. The Sophomore boys listened to a Forestry talk in the Music Hall Thurs¬ day by Mr. Sloan, Deputy Supervisor of the U. S. Forestry Service. Mr. Sloan was instrumental in or¬ ganizing the Forestry Club in P. H. S. three years ago. Since then he has been at Santa Barbara, but now that he is again in Pasadena, he will help the Forestry Club in its work. The present high school enrollment in California is the greatest in any state in the Union, not in proportion but in numbers. Not what the people expect, but what the people have reason to expect. Charles Yates and Everett Shilling Will Uphold the Honor of P. H. S. at Big Debate Tonight DEBATE TOOK MUCH WORK AND THORO PREPARATION This is One of the Most Decisive Debates of the Year and Every¬ one Is Urged to Be Present COLONEL BARLOW GIVES NEXT YEAR’S PLANS F0RR.0.T.C. Enough Equipment Is on Hand for Three Hundred Cadets Resolved, That the Initiative and Referendum should be Extended to the Federal Legislation. With this as the subject for the debate with Venice and with the affirmative side to uphold, Pasadena High School again battles for theSouthem California championship tonight at 8 o’clock in the P. H. S. auditorium. Charles Yates and Everett Shilling, comprising one of the best teams Pas¬ adena ever had will keep up the Pasa¬ dena traditions. Charles Yates served on the Sophomore team with Helen Jackson in the inter-class clebates in 1920. Last year he was a very effic¬ ient member of the debating squad amassing a large score against Los Angeles high and bringing a great deal of credit to P. H. S.. When John W. Harbeson, direitor of Child Welfare, was in P. H. S., he termed Everett Shilling “the Pasadena war horse,” and Pasadena is fortunate to have him represent the school. Venice has a fine team and has a higher score than Pasadena, and with Billy Short and William Goodschott debating for them it will be necessary for P. H. S. to work hard for victory, but with such a good coach as John G. Scott that is perfectly possible. Many have wondered why Helen Jackson is not in this debate but it is a rule of the league that no one can debate in more than two regularly scheduled league debates, however, if P. H. S. is fortunate to be in the line up for the championship, she will be eligible again. Pasadena has just as good a chance this year as last when it won the championship, the score being even higher now than then. “Pasadena simply must win the championship this year and we can do this only with the support of every¬ one,” says Helen Jackson, Commis¬ sioner of Debating. All the yell leaders and the band will be on hand and all the students of P. H. S. are urged to be present to support the debate. Since the question as to whether there will be a unit of the Junior Re¬ serve Officers’ Training Corps at the Pasadena High School next year or not has been asked from time to time, Col. W. S. Barlow has given the fol¬ lowing answer to satisfy those who wish to know: The outlook for R. О. T. C. work for next year is excellent. As far as known, the drill period will be the same as this year. It is expected that the R. О. T. C. will be open to Sopho¬ mores, as well as to Juniors and Sen¬ iors. This ought to bring the total to 300 members or over. There is some doubt as to whether the Army appro¬ priation will be large enough to send new uniforms, but Pasadena already has enough uniforms to equip 300 men. The schedule of drill will be the same as that followed this year. The fall months will be utilized to perfect the close order drill. The months of December, January, February, and March will be taken up with “Winter Drills,” such as were recently given for General Morton. The regular army officers and non¬ commissioned officers will probably be the same. The three sergeants are very efficient and splendid men; each is well fitted for the work he is doing, and Pasadena High School is lucky to have three men who so well exemplify the best type of non-commissioned of¬ ficers in the regular army. Pasadena will send eighteen men to the camps this summer. This is a great experience for a boy; it is too bad more cannot be sent. There will probably be two military classes, as there have been this year, one for officers and the other for non¬ commissioned officers. The results so far this year have been highly satisfactory. The cadets have shown fine teamwork, and good school and R. О. T. C. spirit. From now on the time will be devoted to \ rounding out the year’s work for the j inspection by Colonel Falls in May. Our ambition is to become an “Honor ; School” of which there are only a few in the United States. COL W. S. BARLOW WAXED FLOWERS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED Several boxes and mounted sheets of waxed flowers were sent recently by P. H. S. to be placed on the grave of John Burroughs, famous naturalist. Commemoration services were held April 3. The flowers were furnished by the Agricultural classes and waxed by the Botany classes. A letter has just been received by D. S. Fox, head of the Agricultural department, from Clara Barrus, inti¬ mate friend of Burroughs, who accom¬ panied him and his family on their recent trip to California shortly before his death. Dr. Barrus in her letter expresses surprise and gratification that the flowers could come so great a distance and preserve their color and freshness so well. She also expressed the deep appreciation and thanks of all concerned for the lovely offering. P. H. S. RADIO STATION GIVES OUT CONCERTS With the acquisition of the loud¬ speaking telemegaphone and the 2- stage amplifier P. H. S. has the latest equipment for the radio. The 2-stage amplifier is connected to the regular telegraph receiving apparatus and the loud-speaking telemegaphone is at¬ tached to that. These have two uses, first, to pick up radio news, and sec¬ ond, for local sounds and direct speak¬ ing. On Tuesday and Thursdays of the week, a series of radio concerts has been started which picks up the news from the Los Angeles Times Radio Distributing station. Some day it is planned to place the apparatus in the assembly and to have Supt. J. F. West perhaps, deliver a speech from his office. BOYS’ GLEE CLUB TO SING AT ARROWHEAD The disabled veterans of the World War at the hospital at Arrowhead Hot Springs, will be given a varied program of songs and instrumental numbers by the Pasadena High School, Southern California Cham¬ pionship Boys’ Glee Club. This program will be given to them next Tuesday evening. A supper has been planned for the club at five- thirty. TRUE PATRIOTISM “True patriotism does not require blindness to the things of merit in other countries any more than loyalty to the home community demands the inability to see the good things in a rival neighborhood community," — H. H. Schroeder.