Pasadena Chronicle, April 21, 1927

VOL. XVIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927 NO. 25 Orators on Edge for Big Contest - - - * - - — - - » - _ ANNUAL PRINCIPALS CONVENTION Officers Are Elected for the Ensuing- Year. All -State Orchestra Various Delegates from Pasa¬ dena Attend Con¬ ference. Some six hundred principals re¬ presenting- many of the junior and senior high schools throughout the State met in the Thirteenth Annu¬ al Principals’ Convention at Sac¬ ramento last week. The officers eiecced for the en¬ suing year are: President, Homer Martin of the Santa Barbara High School; Vi. -president, J. R. Mc- Killiop of the Selma Union High School; Secretary and Treasurer, L. P. Farris or the Alexander Hamilton High School, Oakland. The ex4cutive Committee is John F. Dale, Sacramento; Miss Katherine Carey, John Muir Jun¬ ior High School, Los Angeles; Charles J. Booth, Dean of Chaffee Junior College, Ontario, California. Mr. С. C. Hughs, Sacramento Superintendent of Schools, and Mr. John F. Dale, Pricipal of the Sac¬ ramento High School, gave the welcoming speeches. The main feature of the conven¬ tion, which was held in the new Sacramento Auditorium, was the Symphony Concert. The All- State Orchestra, composed of 230 stu¬ dents from 114 high schools, un¬ der the direction of Herman Trut- ner, Jr., presented several numbers. Mr. Trutner is music instructor at Oakland Tech high school. The or¬ chestra was organized by Earnest L. Owen of Tamalpais high school. All the visiting principals were invited to the Croker Art Gallery which is one of the finest in the state.. The journalism department of the Sacramento high school pub¬ lished the “X-Ray” and gave a copy to each principal. The sen¬ iors furnished secretarial service to the principals. Pasadena was represented by the principals; Wm. F. Ewing, George Hetzel, Rufus Mead, L. 0. Bigham, E. E.. McCullough, F. J. Becker, J. W. Harbeson, Mes- dames Hetzel, Mead, Harbeson, and Ewing accompanied their husbands. Of the 1200 people in attendance about 600 were California Princi¬ pals. The convention was held in the new Memorial Auditorium. HONOR SOCIETY PLANS WORK FOR MEETING Several amendments have been proposed by the California Scolar- ship Federation and will be decided upon at the state convention to be held in Fresno April 9. According to word which has been received by the local chapter the first proposed amendment deals with the awarding of silver pins upon graduation to students who have belonged to the society for at least half of the period of their attendance at the senior high school, one semester of which must be in the senior year. The second amendment deals with the design of the pin to be awarded, provided the first amendment is favorably received. Although the motto “Scholar¬ ship for Service has been unoffi¬ cially accepted in the past, it will be voted upon as a permanent slo¬ gan at the convention. Whether the official color shall be gold will also be decided. A letter from headquarters of the federation announces that the organization is quite desirous of obtaining new songs. A prize is PopularTeacher Resigns Position Occasionally the hand of finance reaches out and offers to a deserv- j ing schoolman an opportunity ■ thrice as attractive as the rewards of the highest office in the school system could possibly be. . Such an opportunity has come to Thomas E. Morrissey, member of the de¬ partment of English, . and well- known writer of skits and stories for all manner of student and faculty events and publications. Mr. Morrissey left yesterday for Detroit to join Dietrich, Incorpor¬ ated, designer exclusive coach work. Dietrich, -Incorporated, with its offices and proposed offices in New York, London, Paris, and Berlin, is to be congratulated on acquiring a man of Mr. Mor¬ rissey’s talent and training to in¬ spire its literature, publicty and policies. THOMAS E. MORRISSEY Mr. and Mrs. Morrissey were given a delightful luncheon by the English department at the Hotel Constance Friday, April 8, the day Mr. Morrissey left on his prelimi¬ nary trip to Detroit to look over the field. The tables were ar¬ ranged in the form of a “T” with the guest of honor at the head of the table. Mrs. Morrissey was presented with a lovely bouquet of sweet peas, and Mr. Morrissey received a huge box of candy, which was intended to make his trip all the more enjoyable. After Mr. Morrissey had looked the proposition over and decided to accept it, he telegraphed his resignation to the boared of edu¬ cation. He arrived home Monday evening, April 18, and lei- Wed¬ nesday morning, April 20, with his family for Detroit, where he will make his future home. Mr. Morrissey will have charge of the advertising literature and sales work with the Dietrich com¬ pany. The company has recently been financed by Wall street and will conduct business in London, Paris and Berlin. Mr. Dietrich is the consulting engineer for the Packard, Dodge, Lincoln and Studebaker motor cars. Since coming to Pasadena high school in 1922, Mr. Morrissey carved a distinct niche in the life of the school. He was instru¬ mental in many student and fac¬ ulty activities. For several years he was dramatic and stage director for the annual opera pro¬ duced by the music department, Mr. Morrissey’s work has not been spectacular but what both groups of faculty and students could have done without him is hard to deter¬ mine. ofiered for the best song submit¬ ted before April 9. All interested in doing this bit of service see Miss Sara T. Talbott, counselor. Proposal of a “shield of honor” for each chapter will be taken into consideration at the convention. The shields will be engraved with names of the life members of each respective chapter. A com¬ mittee has been assigned the job of deciding upon a design for the shield. Jack Snyder, president of the Honor Society, and Marion Schroe- er, treasure for the state federation will represent Pasadena at Fresno. Students Portray GreatCharacters In commemoration of the birth of William Shakespeare, world’s greatest dramatist, April 23, 1564, all English-speaking countries are , holding festifvals and contest this | week. In accordance Tuesday’s assem¬ bly presented the Ruth Doolittle ! contest. Six boys in the first as- ! sembly and six girls in the second assembly gave their character sketches from Shakespeare’s plays. The girls competing were Dorothy Secrest in the role of Launcelot Gobbo from the “Mer¬ chant of Venice,” Elizabeth Brown as Constance from “King John,” Florence Stanyer as Phoebe from “As You Like It,” Ruth Baldwin as The Boy Arthur from “King John, ’’Bernice Pethram as Phoebe, Jeannette Hirsh as Queen Mar¬ garet in “Henry VIII,” and Elaine Rabinowitz as Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet.” The boys who gave readings were Arthur Casebeer as Shylock, Stanley Wright as Wolsey, Frank Graham as Gremio, James Tracy as Shylock, Otto Pitcher as Fal- staif, William Mottz as Jacques, and Arthur Weston as Macbeth. After Don Novis had sung the Shakespeare lyric “Who is Sylvia?” the decisions of the judges were announced with James Tracy winning for the boys and Elaine Rabinowitz for the girls. These two students are also com¬ peting in the contest at the Com¬ munity Playhouse Saturday. The judges of the Doolittle contest were Mr. and Mrs. James Cham¬ berlain and Miss Harriet Sterling. This is the second annual Shakespeare event, the last being- held in the music hall as an after- I school entertainment. For the purpose of honoring the birth of the great playwright, William Shakespeare, James Tracy in the role of Shylock and Elaine Rabinowitz as Juliet in the Potion scene will represent Pasadena high in the Dramatics Teachers Asso¬ ciation Contest at the Community Playhouse Saturday morning at 9:00. While the judges are making their decisions, a musical program wil be given consisting of a baritone and soprano, singing Shakespeare lyrics, a string trio playing the bard’s airs, a Shake¬ speare dance under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Flint, and a Shakespeare scene by the students in the Senior Play class. LIBRARIANS HOLDING TWO CONFERENCES Two conferences of importance are to be held this month in South¬ ern California according to Miss Winifred Skinner, Secretary of the College and University Library Association. The first conference, that of the College and University Library Association, is to be held Saturday the 23rd at the University of Cali¬ fornia in Los Angeles. Miss Char¬ lotte Brown is president of this organization. These conferences are of general interest to all, and the program consists of a morning session in which reports are made and busi¬ ness is contracted. A luncheon, followed by a meeting in which lectures are given completes the affair. The second conference is one to be held by the California School Library Association, at Riverside on April 30th. A very interesting program is promised. The last conference was held on March 5th at Chaffey Union High, in conjunc¬ tion with the California Library Association. Round Table, Miss Skinner says, is the most interest¬ ing thing about the meetings. GIRLS PLAN BIG MAY DAY FESTIVAL Various Pupils Assigned To Task of Preparing- the Celebration. Civies To Be Worn Girls To Sell Eats; Money Goes Towards New Preventorium. “Spring showers bring May flowers, and May day parties too, for the Girls’ League will hold their annual May festival April 29th, at the Bleeker house. A wonderful party is being planned by the large number of girls working on it. Mary Jenkins has been chosen general chairman, Margaret Jewell, entertainment; Geraldine Anderson, refreshments; Florence Shiley, favors; Letha Morris, hospitality; Marjorie Han¬ sen, publicity, and Elsa Richards assisting with posters; Virginia Gallatz, decorations; Constance Bennett, sale of favors; Agnes Arnold, cleanup, with the Girls’ League officers, Juanita Wright, Gertrude Hengerer, Gloria Gartz, also helping. Girls will contribute materials for cake and punch through the advisories in order that the money made from the sale of favors will go towards the fund for the girls’ preventorium. This will give each girl a chance to have a real share in the party. Girls are also asked to come to the Girls’ Lea¬ gue workroom, 6th and 7th ppriods and 2nd advisories except on Monday in order to help with the favors which will sell for 15c as in previous years. A beautiful pageant is being prepared under the direction of Miss Loreta Hendricks, and will be held on the Bleeker house lawn, which is admirably suited for the purpose, being more se- culded and private, and the large attendance, which is expected, will be much easier to handle and re¬ freshments less difficult to serve than on the front lawn. Another feature of this May day is that it will be civies day; so j don’t forget the wonderful day, April 29th. HIGH RECORDS MADE IN TYPING CONTESTS i In the March typewriting con- i test which was held on the four makes of typewriters used at P.H.S. ! many students won pins which are awarded for high records in speed and accuracy. The pins which are of bronze, silver, and gold, were do¬ nated by the different typewriter companies. Those winning awards are: L. C. Smith — Lucile Dalton, 57 ; Dorothy Doutt, 51, Virginia Boy- den, 49 ; Helen Synder, 45 ; Ruth Kerchner, 43 ; Pauline Combs, 41 ; annd Jean R. Taylor, 34. Remington — Aileen Noober, 47; Helen Synder, 41 ; Marjorie Strand- stra,37; Jennie Contino, 30; and Richard Crossby, 27. Underwood — Geneva Stocks, 54; Isabelle Tom, 47 ; Betty Barbour, Edwards, 44; Reta Honeyball, 41; Grace Tompkins, 37 ; Lillian Rick- ett, 37; Zabelle Stone, 37; Jean and Margaret Barry. Royal — Elva Barnam, 53 ; Fran¬ ces Vander Pleog, 52 ; Katherine Mitchell, 50; Ethel Shaw, 50; Floreen Fraser ; 50 ; Dorothy Dar¬ by, 50; Ruth Musser, 49; Robert Gronberg, 48 ; Hazel Gabriel, 47 ; Geneva Stocks, 46; Stanly Lien, 46; Eunice Wright, 45; Rosaelea Krug, 44; Frances Howell, 43; Donna Gruwell, 42 ; and Mabel Knauss, 35. These contests are held once a month for the pupose of creating more interest in the typing courses. Prominent Speakers Will Vie for Distinction in Local Auditorium Next Assembly *»■ Four Boys and Two Gills Will Display Oratorical Ability in Perliminaries of Mammoth National Contest. CASH PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AT LUNCHEON Many Phases of General Theme, “The Constitution,” Taken by Students Who Will Compete for Honor of Representing P. H. S. at Finals. Once again, six orators of high calibre will compete for the dis¬ tinction of representing Pasadena high school in the group 'finals of the National Constitutional Ora¬ torical contest. The finalists, who were chosen recently through the process of elimination, will ad¬ dress the assembly tomorrow on the general subject, “The Consti¬ tution.” These students, Orin K. Earle, Geraldine Anderson, W i 1 li a m Northrup, Josephine McLaren, Richard Barrett and Cleon Ham¬ mond, have worked diligently on their manuscripts and have been improving their delivery for the past two weeks; so that the win¬ ner of the contest tomorrow will be a strong representative for this school at the group contest. The finalists were chosen at the preliminaries that were held two weeks ago. At that time many high school students tried out for the privilege of speaking in as¬ sembly. Practically all of the speakers will orate on the general theme of “The Constitution.” At the same time that the Pasa¬ dena speakers will deliver their orations, high schools all over the United States will be holding eli¬ mination contests to chose their representative in this mammoth fourth national and second inter¬ national oratorical contest. Much has been said of the many prizes that will be awarded to the con¬ testants but the value received from the contest itself will more than repay any student for spend¬ ing his time in an endeavor to gain fame and distinction as an orator. The winner of the Pasadena high contest will go to Roosevelt high school on May 6 to meet representatives from eight other districts that are in our group. The orator who receives the judges decision at this time will speak in the Shrine auditorium on May 13, a week later, for honors in the Pacific coast semi-finals. Mrs. Irene S. Peters, who is in charge of the contest here, has sent to the Shrine auditorium management in an endeavor to re¬ serve seats for Pasadena high school students who .may want to attend the contest. Any student who desires to go may get a ticket by asking Mrs. Peters. The topics of the orations are as follows: Orin K. Earle will speak on “The Constitution”; Geraldin Anderson has chosen “Our Constitution” as her topic William Northrup will also speak on “The Constitution” as will Richard Barrett; “The American’s Duty” will be Josephine McLaren theme, and “The Constitution, Our Guardian Spirit” is to be the sub¬ ject of Cleon Hammound’s oration. William Best, commissioner of debating, will preside at the ora¬ torical contest and will introduce the speakers. After the orators have delivered their speeches, they will be entertained at a luncheon that will be held in the cafeteria. For this particular contest, five competent judges have been chosen. They are: Dr. J. Mc¬ Arthur of Cal Tech; Mrs. Mabel Dorsey, teacher of dramatic ex¬ pression of Los Angeles; Miss Euphrates Ashig-ian, former P. H. S. student and winner of the Southern California oratorical con¬ test, who is majoring in “speech” at Occidental college; Mr. Clayton R. Taylor, city director of Pasa¬ dena, and Mr. A. E. Shattuck, Pasadena business man. The prizes for this contest will be presented at the luncheon. First place win¬ ner will receive $25; $15 and $10 will go to the second and third best speakers respectively. When asked as to her opinion concerning the contest, Mrs. Peters said, “I think that the students have shown a splendid spirit of co-operation and have been willing to put a great deal of time on their orations.' SCIENCE STUDENTS ENJOY INTERESTING AND EXCITING TRIP TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; GOOD FISHING, RUGGED SCENERY ADD TO PLEASURE Leaving early Monday morning! fifteen men and 45 boys, led I by M. W. deLaubenfels were trans¬ ported by bus to the fifth street pier, San Pedro, and from there to Santa Cruz Island. The other group of voyagers was composed of 7 women and 22 girls, led by Marcia Groch, a junior at P. H. S. Miss Mabel Peirson, head of the science department, chap¬ eroned the girls trip. The “Rex,” a sixty-foot fishing boat, captained by Paul Verney took the girls to their destination. The boys’ boat, a two-masted yacht, 67 feet in length with an auxiliary engine, and known as the “Trojan,” was owned by Captain E. F. Burke. The boys camped at “Fryers” harbor while the girls found com¬ fort at “Ladies” harbor. Unfortunately, the boys had to break camp at their favorite spot because of dynamiters who were breaking rock to be used in the Santa Barbara break-water. They transferred to what is known as “Devil’s” harbor. In breaking camp William Rivinius was in¬ jured by a rock which a boy above him on the mountainside had acci- detally dislodged. He was rushed immediately oh the “Trojan” to Santa Barbara, where 8 stitches were taken in his cheek. Also, on Wednesday a number of the party went to Santa Rosa is¬ land and on Thursday quite a few explored the interior of Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz island is 90 miles from San Pedro, 7 miles wide and about 22 miles in length, having approximately 53,000 acres. The mountains are one-half mile high and are unusually rugged and hard to climb. Forests of iron- wood, Montery pines, oaks and other such trees improve the is¬ lands appreaance. It has many large canyons, beautiful streams great sea caves and good fishing. Thousands of acres of vineyards, fruit orchards, hayfields and vege¬ table gardens are found at the Caire ranch. Quaint, old-fashioned brick houses with beautiful hand-wrought iron grill work constitute the type (Continued on Third Page)