Pasadena Chronicle, April 25, 1917

POWER of suggestion is a reality — try it Saturday and help the Mercuries win the title. ELECTIONS coming — Who would make good commissioners? to think it over. Begin VOL. V— NO. 10 PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, APRIL 25, 1917, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA PRICE 5 CENTS VINCENT’S TEAM RECEIVES 2 TO 0 IT Commission Choose Marga¬ ret Mitchell and Hugh Wynn to Edit Book NAME TO BE CHANGED Financial Reasons Forse Ti¬ tle Change, But Annual Will Be Best Ever Breaking the established precedents of years and shattering the immemor¬ ial custom of yearly publishing an Item Annual, the Class of Nineteen Seventeen has broken away from the habits of their ancient and honored foregoers in this institution of learn¬ ing and will this year establish a new precedent, inaugurate a new custom, ^nd will publish a Chronicle Annual. Hunnicut’s Pitching Proves Fatal to St. Vincent’s Hopes and P.H.S. Wins Bulldogs Defeat Collegians and Gain Much Prestige; Fast Ball Played Playing fast baseball behind super¬ ior boxwork, Pasadena defeated the fast St. Vincent College team last Fri¬ day by a score of 2 to 0. As the St. Vincent team has defeated all of the city schools and a large majority of the other baseball teams around Southern California it is considered quite a feat to send them home in de¬ feat. Hunnicut’s pitching together with good headwork on the part of the Bulldogs enabled them to turn this trick, thus becoming as it were, fa¬ mous over night. The St. Vincent’s men appeared on the field and by their manner let it be generally known that there was going to be nothing to the game. As the innings went by and they failed to score they became gradually more do¬ cile until along ahpfcfc the eighth in- GIRL LEAGUE PARTY IN MUSIC HALL NEXT FRIDAY EVENING going to be struck out by Lefty Hur- nicut that they swung at everything within their reach. After the fifth in¬ ning “Hunny” was never in danger and he calmly proceeded to make his strikeouts total thirteen for the after¬ noon, which is an extremely lucky number. Pasadena put a run across in the first inning when McNabb walked and took second and third when Keenan, the St. Vincent pitcher, threw the ball to right in an attempt to throw out Peddicord. Then Peddicord laid down a neat sacrifice and Pittsburgh scored. The other run came in the third when Burton took first on a fielder’s choice, stole second, took third on a balk and came home on Connie’s single through short The newcomer in the field of high school literature will have a special staff chosen from the budding authors of the school and the commission has this year chosen Margaret Mitchell, _ editor of the ItarevJaiV'the edi+p^j|hip,( ning they were so sure that they were and Maurice Wynn for business mah^0'"’"0' *л ho hv Toftv Нч-». ager. Kenneth Fuessle, Commissioner of Publications, will have general su¬ pervision of the whole book, and the different departments of the big book who have made themselves known along a literary line. The reason for changing the name of the book to the Chronicle Annual is a financial one. Last year the Item Annual could have no advertising mat¬ ter, and lost several hundred dollars. This year the commission, after due and deliberate thought, decided that this should not occur again, and, as advertising is permitted in the Chron¬ icle, the Item Annual has been dropped forever and the Chronicle Annual will henceforth occupy the position as rec¬ ord book of the Senior Class. Ralph Hosier, special sport writer | for the Chronicle, and one of the best contributors to the Item, will handle the task of writing the athletic depart¬ ment. “lsilliokie” is well qualified for this arduous position and will further¬ more have Howell Smith to assist him in the compilation of the athletic vic¬ tories of the year. Barbara Loomis and Frances Bart¬ lett are to write epitaphs for the grad¬ uates, just a little verse or something of the sort to place alongside of their pictures, but some job when the offi- citl statistician murmurs something about three hundred odd people who are to receive diplomas this year. One of the special features of the book is to be the dramatic department and the numerous plays that have been staged in the past year will be re¬ viewed in a most original manner. In^. ^his departme^i^\g».l.iaii»!%|»-6a*ia»e|a<»| "‘Vancement of the dramatic VorlTm e Pasadena High will tell of the benefits of this line of school activity and Dame Rumor has it that one C. Kaye will be the author from whose gifted typewriter will come this article. The other work of this department will be handled by the inseparable three, Ray¬ mond, Simonson and Vesper. Other members of the staff will in¬ clude such talented personages as An¬ ita Scott, Margaret Bravinder, Mary Freyer, Eugenia Ong, Viola House, Robert Lilley, Parker Lyon, Chester Pearman. , And the contents of the book are to be of the finest. Cuts are what make a book interesting, so some twenty- four pages of snapshots taken around the school, comprising some two hun¬ dred and fifty separate pictures, are to be included. In addition to these, the page headings and tail pieces are to be the best that the school can produce and the art department is already working overtime on the production of handsome designs to grace the maga¬ zine. Hughie Wynn is so interested in the financial end of the book that he has Glowing lights under the per¬ gola, soft music from the music hall, delicious eats, girls in pret¬ ty sport costumes, but the boys? They are nil, taboo, absent. Why this heartless exclusion? It is the Girls’ League Sport Party, to be held Friday evening in the music hall. A fine pro¬ gram is being planned which will include among other good things some excellent music. The com¬ mittee, of which Alice Blick is chairman, has planned surprises which the members of the com¬ mittee refuse to divulge; every¬ one is curiously waiting to see. The committee members are to be hostesses for the evening and will have part of the enter¬ tainment in the music hall and part under the new pergola which is to be gaily decorated for the occasion with multi-col¬ ored Japanese lanterns. And the refreshments? Nothing said yet — come and see. Every girl is cordially invited, Music Hall, Friday Night. $***$*$$* ❖ EXHIBIT GALLERY 15 NEW FEATURE FQR ART By C. KAYE Tuesday morning during assembly period, the new Exhibit Gallery of the Pasadena High School Art Department was formally opened with a short speech of presentation by Ralph Jo- honnot, head of the department. Room 207, in the Jane Addams Build¬ ing, has been redecorated for the ex¬ press purpose of giving the proper setting to the finished work of the growing department. Soft shades of gray have been used throughout, even to the gray tables and chairs. Table A fast double play in the sixth runners of electric blue give the need- robbed Pasadena of another chance to ed dash of color to the more sombre VOLUNTEER BATTALION TO BE FORMED FOR STUDENTS Petition to Be Sent to School Board; Consult Your Par¬ ents for Opinion; Company From Each Class Is Plan; Teachers Vol¬ unteer to Drill tally. The feature of the game was the twirling of Hunnicut. He allowed but five hits, struck out thirteen men, and did not walk a man. Hunny is without doubt one of the best prep pitchers in the Southland and should prove a puz¬ zle to Long Beach next week. Kenny DleHuff was out of the game with a bad finger and Mills performed behind the bat. The box score: ST. VINCENT’S Banning 2b . . Hickson c Clemens 3b . . Keenan p Herlihy lb Klinkhammer Delaney If best quality, something like seventy -five thousand nine hundred ninety-eight words, the combined labor of thirty people and several linotypes, presses, engraving plants, paper mills, Ink fac¬ tories, and typewriter factories. There will be about a thousand copies print¬ ed, requiring twenty-four linotypes forty-eight hours to set up the type, со uled some figures showing just -five hundred pounds of typemetal . ifcNabb ef Peddicord Jf Burton 3b . Getschine ss Strader . Mills c . Mitchell 2b Phelps lb . . Hunnicut p AB R H PO A E . 4 0 2 0 0 0 . 4 0 0 1 7 0 . 4 0 1 4 0 0 . 4 0 0 1 3 1 . 4 0 1 0 6 1 . 4 0 и 15 0 0 . 3 0 1 2 2 0 . 3 0 0 0 0 0 . 3 0 0 1 0 0 33 0 L'DENA, 5 24 18 2 AB H PO A F i 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .1, • 1 0 . 2 n 1 2 1 0 . 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 . 3 0 0 14 1 0 . 3 0 0 3 2 0 . 2 0 1 4 1 0 . 3 0 1 0 0 1 25 2 4 27 6 2 SCORE BY INNINGS St. Vincent’s .. 00000000 0 — 0 6 2 Pasadena . 10100000 * — 2 4 2 SUMMARY Sacrifice hits — Peddicord, Burton. Stol¬ en bases — Elder. Klinkhammer, Burton. Double play — Klinkhammer to Banning to Herlihy. Struck out — By Hunnicut, 13; by Keenan, 4. Base on balls — Off Keenan, 2. Balk — Keenan. Left on bases — Pasa¬ dena, 3; St. Vincent’s, 6. Umpires — Meskell and Blake. Willie Hawks is playing a fine game of tennis at present. Willie is only a Junior but certainly is making the reg¬ ulars hustle to hold their jobs. wh : will mak< up the magazine and what ea,ch and every person that pur¬ chases a book will receive and the price is only to be one dollar for the whole thing. Here 'hey are: There will be two hundred and fifty pictures taken around the school, pictures of each and every graduate the entire faculty, pic- fifty pounds of copper engraving and thirty-five pounds of brass and lead work, over a ton of paper, and twenty gallons of ink, about half of which will be highly colored. These figures prove to the entire satisfaction of the staff that the book will be the best ever and to relieve the strain of paying $1.000,- 000 all at once, first payment tickets surroundings. However sombre the room itself may be, the exhibits are marvels of poly¬ chromatic art — worthy of the fine new setting in the gallery. In place of weird and useless sketching of busts, and three-legged stools, and here and there a bunch of onions, the examples of constructive work are uniquely orig¬ inal in every way. Quasi-futuristic col¬ ors, unusual designing, and clever poster work have replaced the time¬ worn sketch books of mid-Victorian days. The new gallery is not open merely to art students, but is for every person interested in the work. From time to time, exhibits of European art collect¬ ed just before the present war by Mr. Johonnot, will be placed in the gallery for inspection of 'students and instruc¬ tion of those in fit classe^. “It seems rather strange to me that there are no boys doing work in the Art Department,” said! Mr. Johonnot. “Of course they may fear the abund¬ ance of girls — but that’s hardly plausi¬ ble.” And We agreed with him. Another interesting bit of work be¬ ing carried on by the department is work in textile dyeing, and successful results show ability along the rather unusual line. With every town organizing Defense Corps and a possibility of conscription within the next month, Pasadena High School is alive with plans to organize a Student Battalion of young volun¬ teers willing to give time each week to military training. The plan originated some days ago when a discussion in regard to stu¬ dents enlisting in government service was holding the attention of every thinking student. Especially among upperclassmen has there been marked interest. There are in Pasadena High School some seven hundred boys, most of them physically fit for military train¬ ing. In addition to the students there are ten or twelve faculty members who have had the necessary training, and a few members of the Officers Reserve. It would be a simple matter to pro¬ cure an army drillmaster to give the boys their primary training, and non¬ commissioned officers of the Ambu¬ lance Corps would be of vfilue in help¬ ing in the further training. A most feasible plan for the organi¬ zation would be to muster in volunteer dompaniesi from each class of the school, perhaps making a minmum number of sixty-five. That number would give a total of 270 — enough to start; with. Later, and as the interest grows, more would be asked to join. There are many possibilities to be considered. There could be competi¬ tive drills between companies of the different classes with a trophy for the honor company. There can be nothing done until a petition is presented to the School Board and the subject taken up with that body. In the meantime, students are requested to talk over the plan with their parents and seriously con¬ sider starting the Pasadena High School Volunteer Battalion. POET FOLEY SPEAKS FOR TUESDAY ASSEMBLY With a rare combination of humor and pathos, James Foley, the well known poet and humorist, entertained the students in an assembly on Tues¬ day, April 17. For nearly an hour he kept the audience on the edge of their seats listening to his poems, witty say¬ ings, and philosophy. Mr. Foley’s poems about children were especially delightful and his poems of hoys showed that he had not forgotten that he himself had once been a boy. Mr. Foley says that he would divide his his talk into three parts: enter¬ tainment, instruction, and inspiration, and carefully label each. The best liked poem was probably the one of his grammar school rhetorical days as it reminded everyone of the time when he spoke his piece before the school. Mr. Foley’s poems are certainly true ENGINEERS FINALLY SELECT INSIGNIA Permanent Design Selected by Club; Sign Up for Bronze Pin in Hall After considerable discussion over a suitable design, a committee, appoint¬ ed for that purpose, finally decided up¬ on the pin to be adopted by the Engi¬ neers’ Club. The pins are to be bronze with the words “P. H. S. Engineers’ Club” on a raised gear wheel. Oppor¬ tunity is now being given to all mem¬ bers who want pins to sign up for them on the bulletin board. These pins will not be changed from year to year but will he the permanent insignia of the club. Although the design may seem to represent mechanical engi¬ neering only, it is meant to be typical of construction work, in some form of which almost every engineer is en¬ gaged. The design was not formally submitted to the club since that would make considerable delay and it was desired to get the pins as son as possi¬ ble since it is so late in the year. tures of each of the classes, three hun- will be placed on sale within a few i to life and always bring back memor- dr o and twenty-three jokes of the days. 1 ies of times not long past. SENIORS WIN INTER¬ CLASS DEBTTE TITLE Once again the worthy and revered Seniors have already proved their superiority over the rest of the school. The finals in the interclass de¬ bates resulted in a unanimous victory W. C. Wilson, Faculty Chaperone QUALITY STREET IS CHOSEN FOR CLASS Seniors Also Decide to Abol¬ ish Junior-Senior Party Because of War The Senior meeting of last Monday was called for two purposes, the first being the Junior-Senior Party, the oth¬ er the Senior Play. On account of the war in which the country is involved, it was suggested that the Juniors be asked to call off the party and donate the money that would have been expended for this purpose to the Red Cross. Many of the colleges are sacrificing their entire Senior Week and the unanimous ver¬ dict of the class was that P. H. S. could very well do without the annual party this year. “Quality Street,” by J. M. Barrie, was the play chosen by the committee for the Senior Play. Miss Sterling, the class advisor, gave a brief synopsis of the play, and asked that those wishing to try out for the play see her at once. There are to be thirteen girls and ten boys in the cast, so that twenty-three Senior actorines will have a chance to show their histrionic ability in the an¬ nual classic. Taylor Malaby gave some interest¬ ing figures relative to the cost of stag¬ ing such a performance and the- initial estimates give a very low figure. LYONS AND LILLEY GO TO BIGJONVENTION San Jose School Hold Con¬ vention of Student Bod¬ ies; Will Report PASADENA MEN LEAVE FOR NORTH Southland Champs Will Go North to Win State Title; Ten Men to Carry Cup EXPECT CLOSE MEET Paddock Out to Beat North¬ ern Preps; Whit Reeves to Perform in Mile Following are the Pasadena rep¬ resentatives who will leave for Berkeley tomorrow morning: Coach Main, Vice-Principal Wilson, Cap¬ tain Jacomini, Paddock, Bedall1, Wright, Wilke, Perkins, Reeves, Saunders and Mitchell. The scheduled time for the seasoned athletes of the Golden State to assem¬ ble is very near at hand, and tomor¬ row the representatives from the Southland start on their journey to the northern meet. Along with the other huskies go ten men wearing the Red and White. The team has great hopes of bringing the state cup once more to the South, hut to reside in the local institution rather than adorn the halls of Manual Arts. Capt. Vic Jacomini has shown up especially well this season and the Bulldogs are fortunate in haiAig such a leader. His time in clearing the 120 yard barriers has been almost phenomenal and the altitude attained by him in the high jump is of the best. Viv has the added requisites of a good leader and is an advocate of clean sports from start to finish. This opti¬ mistic, cheerful, hard working athlete has well been christened “The greatest track captain in the history of P.H.S.” Along with the captain, the P. H. S. tracksters have a manager of no mean ability, Lawrence Platt, who has most successfully handled the job assigned him by the commission. Platt has made most satisfactory arrangements for the meets held this season and is to be hailed as “one man in a thousand for the position.” Charles Paddock needs no comment. He is recognized far and wide as the best century and 220 man of prep cali¬ ber on the coast. For two seasons I Charles has gone undefeated and has j twice equaled the world’s prep record | in his races. Paddock is a sure 10 I points rung up for the old school in the state carnival and promises to be a world beater the coming year. Reeves, the boy with the rare assort¬ ment of legs and one of Coach Main’s valuable discoveries this year is doped a sure place as a miler in the coming affair. Whit has had no track experi- While conventions of Girls’ Leagues, j ence until this seaSon and to date has and Editors, and Teachers, and other things are held every now and then, the only remaining kind of convention tb„ r.,,iunir was one for Student Body Presidents j Saunders is a second find of the and Commissioners. ; coach. His race is the 880 yard dash Until this year the matter has been ; and be bag turned this distance off in quiet. Now, for the first time, a pro- 1 close time Saunders, like Reeves, had gressive school in San Jose sent invi- ; never bef0re donned the running tations to every other high school in j ci0thes until 1917 Weight men have been especially j lacking on the P. H. S. aggregation but “Long” Dick Mitchell has partically solved the problem. In every meet Dick has copped a few points, and drew down third place in: proven himself to have the stuff and headwork to clean up many a race for the state, to attend such a convention, j Pasadena’s representatives were Park¬ er Lyon, Commissioner of Athletics, tb}g g^ason and Robert Lilley, Commissioner of Debating. In a coming assembly the two dele¬ gates will speak on work discussed atjthe Southem Cal. discus’ event the San Jose meeting, and while at j zip wilkie ls not a find in the track San Jose these two orators will deliver | activities of the school- by any way speeches setting forth the methods of lt>g figured, altbough be has developed governing P. H. S. and incidentally will tell what a fine school Pasadena is. The two commissioners left for San Jose last Thursday and will return as soon after the State Track Meet as his ability in the pole vaule since the first call was made for material. Royal was the big point winner in the Inter¬ class Carnival this year and has brought down points in every meet, possible. They thought that they might Zlp,8 speed bag long since been ln evi. as well take this in while they were north and constitute the P. H. S. root¬ ing section. dence both on the track and gridiron. He runs in the relay in combination with Paddock, Wright and Bedall, who form a hard crew to beat. Kenny Wright, the last but not the least important discovery of Coach i Main, steps off the quarter in A-l style. Along with the coach, the manager and the team, appears another dia¬ mond enthusiast, Julian Woodward, for the fourth year team. The Juniors | сопшюп1У called “Woody.” He has not , He ig buUt (or spee(j and his long 'missed a game and has the batting j eagy stride lg expected to put him averages, the schedule, the box scores lose to tbe front OI1 the 28tb. of every game and the stellar lights of j Then tbere ,g Bedall of gridlr0n other Southland nines completely , notoriety and Perkins> the “speeding memorized. It would he well if a few cierk>» wbo are probably to journey more people had the interest in dia- 1 n0rthward to contend in the local hon- mond activities possessed by Woody. jorg Both are fast men and gbould do . ! something in the State. This corn- had the honor of losing to the champs in the final round. The winning team was composed of Marian Laird and Harold Butterworth while the Juniors were represented by Lucile La Main and Paul Rees. The question was: “Resolved, That Pasa¬ dena should build and operate a mu¬ nicipal railway between Pasadena and Los Angeles.” The Juniors upheld the affirmative, while the winners took the negative. As this question is one of vital importance to Pasadena just at present interest in the debate was very 1 pletes the list of contestants, high. Both sides were well prepared I The above mentioned phenoms in to prove their case, but the Seniors! the world of sports occupy that posi- seemed to have a little of the edge on , tion through, their own hard work and the argument. * (Continued on Page 4)