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VOL. XIII
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 28, 1922
No. 29
CONVENTION HERE
French Citizens of Los Angeles
to Establish Scholarship Fund
for French Students
MANY TEACHERS PRESENT
The “Academic Palms” Are to be
Awarded to Mr .Wheeler by
French Government
That the modern language depart¬
ment of Pasadena High School con¬
sidered it a great privilege to enter¬
tain the modern language teachers of
all Southern California on Saturday
is the statement made by Miss Ida
Hawes, head of the modem language
department and former president of
the association.
Other local teachers prominent in
the association are Miss Estelle C.
Tennis of the French department,
president of the association, and Miss
Kathleen D. Loly, treasurer of the
Spanish section. All other language
teachers take an active part in the
work of this organization.
For the occasion room 110c was
used as a reception room where the
guests were greeted by Miss Tennis
and Miss Hawes. Miss Laura Holmes
served at the punch bowl with Iola
Barnes and Winnifred Clark as stu¬
dent assistants.
During the morning section meet¬
ings were held in the Music hall
which was decorated with a profusion
of purple iris. Professor and Mrs. de
j Setien, of the University of Southern
California, delighted the Spanish
teachers with a series of humorous
monologues and dialogues, while Mr.
Rafael Villagrama, a noted Spanish
baritone of Los Angeles, sang several
very artistic numbers accompanied by
Mr. Micelli. In honor of the Cervan¬
tes memorial Miss Anna Krause, pro¬
fessor of Spanish at the University of
California, Southern Branch, read a
most comprehensive and instructive
paper.
In the French section students of
Pasadena high school furnished most
of the program, Miss Elsabeth Lesh
played several piano numbers, and
Emil and Robert Morhardt sang some
French folk songs ending with the
Marseillaise. The visiting French
teachers were loud in their praise both
of the piano selections and the inter¬
pretation of the folk songs.
Honor Students Serve
Luncheon was served in the teach¬
ers’ cafeteria, members of the third
and fourth year Spanish classes who
are also members of the Honor So¬
ciety acting as waitresses under the
direction of Margaret Crockett. The
decorations in shades of lilac and pink
were greatly admired. The music for
the luncheon was furnished by a group
of high school boys known as the Eu¬
phony Trio, consisting of Clarence
Mader, piano; Hubert Baker, violin,
and Joe Ware, flute; and the local
teachers agree that they never played
better. Helen Spaulding and Marg¬
uerite Covert also entertained by read¬
ings and musical accompaniment. The
numbers were received with much
v laughter and applause. There were
not many after-dinner speeches. A
word of hearty welcome by Miss Ten¬
nis, an expression of cordial hospital¬
ity by Principal William F. Ewing and
the luncheon address given by Dr. Ru¬
fus von Kleinsmid, newly elected
president of the University of South¬
ern California constituted the pro¬
gram. The teachers were unanimous
in declaring that his words carried
just the message that language teach¬
ers are needing at this time, a word of
encouragement and inspiration as
they try to give to the students not
only necessary drill in gramatical
forms but also to interpret to them
the heart and soul, the aims and ideals
of the foreign peoples.
Afternoon Program
The afternoon program was held in
the Music Hall. After a delightful
comet solo by Evelyn Schlosser, Capt.
Paul Perigord, one of the best friends
of both the teachers and students in
the High School, delivered a masterly
address on “The Latin Genius.” Miss
Tennis in commenting on this address
says, “It was indeed a privilege to
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SENIOR GIRLS DISCUSS
GRADUATION DRESSES
Hats and Gloves Will Be Taboo
for Baccalaureate Sermon
in June
The announcement that no hats or
gloves were to be worn by the Senior
girls this year at the Baccalaureate
Sermon, Sunday, Jun 11, was enthusi¬
astically received at the meeting of
Senior girls last Thursday during ad¬
visory period in the auditorium. It
was decided' that any sort of light
dresses could be worn.
Graduation dresses, of course, must
be white, the goods, if purchased, not
to exceed $12, or if purchased rady
made, $35. Lois Cleland, vice-presi¬
dent of the Senior Class, presided at
the meeting.
RIFLE TEAM IS HALF
THROUGH COMPETITION
The R.
О.
T. C. Rifle Team of Pasa¬
dena High School is half way through
with their shooting in the national
competition. The team has finished
three of the six positions, shooting for
one week in each position, and accord¬
ing to reports, is doing well, although
better scores could be expected in
some cases.
It will be remembered that Ogden
High School won the Ninth Corps
Area Competition, but owing to the
fact that Pasadena High took second
honors she was allowed to compete in
the National Shoot. The report came
a few days ago that P. H. S. is a few
points ahead of Ogden in the National
Competition, but still not far enough
ahead to be out of danger from them.
Again it was demonstrated that the
Girls’ League of Pasadena High
School is known far and wide for its
spirit of service and its uniform dress
when Norma Simank, secretary of
that organization was asked to speak
at the Chaffee Union High School, On¬
tario, in a special assembly on April
24.
Her impression of Chaffee Union, as
she related it to the girls, was very
favorable. “They certainly show
school spirit,” was the way she ex¬
pressed it. Only one thing is lacking
among the girls of Chaffee and that is
uniform dress. “One never fully ap¬
preciates the uniforms until one visits
other schools which do not follow our
system,” she stated.
Several announcements were made.
The Annual Girls’ League party to
which every girl is cordially invited,
will be held on Thursday, May 18.
Margaree Tefft announced the re¬
ceipt of a bicycle to take the lunches
to the Raymond school. Miss Nellie
G. Clarke, adviser, asked for volun¬
teers to take flowers to the hospital
once a week for sick students.
PERCY GRAINGER WILL
GIVE RECITAL APRIL 29
Wherever Percy Grainger, one of
the world’s finest pianists and a com¬
poser of note, has gone on concert
tours he has been well received. It is
with great pleasure that the Pasadena
Music and Art Association welcomes
him here.
Saturday evening at 8 o’clock he
will give a concert in the P. H. S. au¬
ditorium. Tickets are on sale at Jar¬
vis & Prinz, prices ranging from 75c
to $2.00.
L. A. STUDENTS VISIT P.
H. S. LIBRARY
In order to view one of the lovliest
and best equipped high school librar¬
ies, according to Miss Marion Horton,
teacher in the Los Angeles Library
Training School, twenty librarians-to-
be, journeyed to Pasadena, Monday,
and stayed until the end of the fifth
period.
шиши
FAIR
IS TO BE THE
МАЮ
ATTRACTION T0DAT
Over 175 Exhibits to Be shown
on or About the Grounds
OPEN TONIGHT FOR ELKS
Refreshments Will Be Served by
the Pupils During
the Fair
One of the biggest events of
the school year, the Agriculture
Fair, opens today. It will run
today, tonight, and all day to¬
morrow.
There will be no admission
charged but plenty of chance will
be given to spend money for the
eatables to be sold on grounds.
There will be a fine jazz band on
the grounds to furnish musical
entertainment.
There will be more than 150
entries of poultry, rabbits and
guinea pigs, 10 entries of cattle
among which will be “Josh” Wil¬
son’s world’s record cow, and 20
entries of hogs. Prizes of feed
and ribbons will be given to the
.winners of each group. Numer¬
ous Pasadena companies are
awarding prizes among these be¬
ing the East Side Feed and Fuel
Co., the Globe Mills, and the F.
C. Nash Co.
There will be a j udging con- j
test at one o’clock today. The |
individual prizes to be given are,
first, a gold fountain pen; sec¬
ond, a silver Eversharp pencil;
and third, a silver Eversharp
pencil. Some of the best j udges
in the state will award the
prizes.
The Fair will be open tonight
to accommodate the Elks of Pas¬
adena.
The Agriculture department
expects a record-breaking crowd
out tonight so every one come
with all your friends.
MANUAL ARTS SECTION
OFFERS A NEW COURSE
In order to arouse the interest of
more students in Manual Art courses,
W. W. Martin, head of the Manual
Arts department, announces that a
course in shop mathematics will be of¬
fered next year, which will be an elec¬
tive in tenth year work and a substi¬
tute for plane geometry. O. L. Heald,
member of the department, will be the
instructor of the new course.
Mr. Martin commenting on the work
of his department says that the boys
are speeding up in their work in order
to finish their projects by the end of
the year. Some of the work recently
finished by the department is 250
plant stakes, 100 test tube holders, 50
propagating boxes, 24 plant presses
for the science department. At pres¬
ent 100 sheperd crooks for the com¬
mencement exercises and One slug
case for the print shop are being
made.
Girl is Struck by
Automobile
While on her way home from school
last Tuesday afternoon, Marguerite
Rice, member of the Freshman class
was struck by an automobile in front
of the school. While no bones were
broken she suffered from the nervous
shock.
COLLEGIATE VAUDEVILLE
PERFORMERS TO GIVE
SHOW HERE SOON
Is An Entertainment of Seven
First Class Original Acts
by College Students
To raise money for their associated
student bodies and to give publicity to
their colleges is the purpose of the In¬
ter-collegiate vaudeville performers,
who will give a performance at the
high school on May 6th.
The colleges that have an interest in
this enterprise are: Cal. Tech., Pomo¬
na., U. S. C., Whittier, Redlands ( U. C.
S. B., and Occidental
Each college will stage an original
act in the vaudeville show. These
performances are given in the towns
where the colleges are situated. The
show scheduled for May 6 is the only
one that will take place in this region.
Following are the acts given by the
various colleges:
1. A two-man comedy act with a
girl at the piano by U. S. C.
2. A tumbling stunt by U. C. S. B.
3. A ventriloquist act by Pomona.
4. A one-act futurist play entitled
“Food” offered by Whittier.
5. A one-act play entitled “Words
Have No Meaning” by Redlands.
6. A jazz-band intermingled with
comedy presented by Occidental.
7. A demonstration of liquid air by
Cal. Tech.
This is the beginning of what is to
be an annual affair with the colleges
mentioned. So far, three perform¬
ances have been given and they were
greeted by crowded houses. The
price of admission is 50c and tickets
can be bought either in advance or at
the door on the evening of the per¬
formance.
TRIAES FOR DAVIS-
HALE AFFAIR RETD
The preliminaries for the Davis-Hall
Oratorical Contest, held Tuesday after
school in the auditorium, brought
forth much good material which
speaks well for the future of Pasa¬
dena High in oratorical work. Eight
contestants entered, each writing his
own speech. The topics and speakers
are as follows: Lloyd George, Will¬
iam Thwing; Education vs. Appren¬
ticeship, Priscilla Pratt; Woman and
Work, Margaret Jeannin; The Future
of India, Clarence Landen; The Un¬
known Worker, Charles Yates; Ameri¬
ca and World Peace, Everett Shilling;
Negro Problem, Michael L. Dolan; In¬
ternationalism, James McCormack.
Each contestant receives fifty
points for his speech and fifty for de¬
liverance. Other points are awarded
on the following: Organization of
material (15), knowledge of subject
(15), attitude towards speech (20),
pronunciation (10), enunciation (10),
stage presence (10), voice (10), gen¬
eral impression (10).
The contest is under the direction of
Miss Elma Holloway,, head of the Eng¬
lish Department. The judges were
Miss Ruth Ann Waring, Miss Emma
Bee Mundy, and Miss Elizabeth Flint.
“SPREADING THE NEWS”
GIVEN IN ASSEMBLY
“Spreading the News,” the Irish
comedy by Lady Augusta Gregory,
presented in the general assembly
Thursday, April 20 by Miss Elizabeth
Keppie’s advanced dramatic class, cer¬
tainly spread laughter and enjoyment
among the audience. The laughable
situations and Irish dialect were well
handled by the class.
The assembly was closed with school
yells and a class contest in singing the
school song, “Pasadena.”
GRAPHIC GUIDE FOR LIBRARY
LOVERS
In order that the whereabouts of
each library book may be told at a
glance, Miss Winnefred Skinner, li¬
brarian, is compiling data for a draw¬
ing to show the location of the vol¬
umes on the shelves. The Mechanical
Drawing department will make the
drawing, which will be framed and
hung near the entrance to the library.
P.H.S. WINS FROM
VENICE HI SCHOOL
IN LEAGUE DEBATE
Alhambra First, Inglewood Sec¬
ond, and Pasadena is Third
in the League
PASADENA 199, VENICE 184
An Argument Based on Facts
Means Victory for Local
Representatives
That the P. H. S. debating squad
lost its chance to win the Southerri
California championship by one and
one-half points was made known when
the score of the debate with Venice
High School last Friday night was an¬
nounced. It read Venice 184%, Pasa¬
dena 199.
The question, “Resolvd, That the In¬
itiative and the Referendum Should be
Extended to the Fedral Legislation,
was upheld by Pasadena team com¬
posed. of Charles Yates and Everett
Schilling. Venice had the negative
with Miss Billie Short and William
Goodschott putting forth their side of
the argument.
Charles Yates was the shining star
of the evening and won a perfect
score of five one hundreds which each
of the judges awarded him. This is
quite an accomplishment as very few
debaters win a perfect score. Everett
Schilling presented his side of the
question admirably.
The Venice debaters were very good
and showed that they had thoroughly
studied their side of the question, but
government facts were the pitfall for
V. H. S. when the affirmative caught
them in contradictory statements and
also discredited some of their theories.
In the rebuttals the Venice speakers
were slightly confused and conse¬
quently could not bring out all of
their points in the short five minutes.
Everett Schilling was the first
speaker and in his constructive argu¬
ment presented a graphic illustration
of the amount of money the legisla¬
ture spent for the nation. Out of the
vast expenses only a part of one per
cent was used for educational pur¬
poses. He used this to illustrate how
the legislature was corrupted by the
existing representative government., i
An audience of five hundred heard
the debate. The yell leaders led the
students in several yells and the
school songs and the High School Or¬
chestra gave a number of selections
under the direction of Hubert H. Par¬
ker, member of the music department.
A beautiful bouquet of flowers wag
presented to Miss Short by Miss Mar¬
garet Seares, Commissioner of Girls’
Welfare.
The stage was artistically decorated
with roses and vines. On the right
side of the stage was a “V” in green
denoting Venice, on the left was the
“P” in red and white. This was as-
complished by Mary Margaret Am¬
brose, Commissioner of Entertain¬
ment and the committee members.
Helen Jackson, Commissioner of De¬
bating, presided. Much credit is due
John G. Scott, who has been the de¬
bating coach this year, for producing
such a fine team.
Miss Morran of Lincoln, Dr. John
Godfrey Hill of U. S. C., Dr. John
Cutler Shedd, of Occidental, Mr. Geach
of Franklin High School and Mr. Bird
of Occidental, were the judges.
HONOR SOCIETY PRESIDENT
VISITS L. A. H. S.
Arjuna Strayer, President of the
Honor Society, spent last Friday in L.
A. High School as guest of the Peri-
clean Society. This society is newly
organized and corresponds to our hon¬
or society. Representatives were also
present from Hollywood and Lincoln
High Schools, both of which are mem¬
bers of the state federation. During
the assembly hour the honor pins were
awarded and each student representa¬
tive told about the honor society or¬
ganization in his own school. .Arjuna
reported having a very enjoyable day
renewing old acquaintances, as he
spent his Freshman year at L. A.
High.
Ability to think is a better qualifi¬
cation to good citizenship than
literacy.