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FORESTRY
ITEM
15 Cents
FULLERTON
BASEBALL
FRIDAY
VOL. XVI
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 30, 1925
NO. 27
I FESTIVAL
TO BE
Plans Have Been in Progress
for a Year; 146 Girls Will
Take Part in the Program
Girls who attend the Mayday
Festival on the front lawn at 3:30
tomorrow should plan for a good
time. Plans are kept a deep se¬
cret, but such hints as “many pret¬
ty hats,” and “autumn leaves” have
leaked out.
One hundred and forty-six girls
will take part in a pageant in
which is concentrated the whole of
the afternoon program. This pag¬
eant is under the direction of Miss
Hazel Cooper, girls’ corrective phy¬
sical education teacher, who has
been working on it for a long
time.
The name of the May Queen,
who is also Mistress of Ceremon¬
ies, will not be revealed until she
appears.
The price of admittance to the
fete champetre is fifteen cents. The
favors which serve as tickets will
be on sale at various points on the
campus tomorrow morning.
A thousand girls are expected to
be present.
This party is one of the activ¬
ities carried on by the; program
department of the Girls’ League
under the leadership of Holly Hal¬
stead, commissioner of Girls’ Wel¬
fare. Marion Tracy was appoint¬
ed general chairman of the entire
affair. The other chairmen are:
refreshments, Louise Brown;
clean-up, Eunice Eirkson; hospi-
t.-flity, Gloria Gratz; advertisement,
Helen Schwartz; hats, Bernice
Wright; favors, Helen King; cos¬
tumes, Ruth Truitt; properties,
Catherine Colegrove ; entrance,
Helen Colegrove and Helen Ed¬
wards.
BOYS’ GLEE CLUB TO
GIVE MANY CONCERTS
As a result of the great suc¬
cess of the operetta, several of the
elementary schools and other or-
! ganizations have asked the Boys’
j Glee Club to give some perform-
j ances.
On May 15 the: club will sing at
the Eastern Star. May 21 the
club will sing at Emerson school,
| and the following day, May 22,
they will sing at the Grant school.
On May 26 or 28 the boys will
I sing over
К
F I under the aus-
i pices of the Pasadena Chamber of
Commerce. The last week in May
the club will appear at the Wash-
[ ington school and the last perform¬
ance will be given at Muir on
June 5.
Possibly they will give some per¬
formances in the churches of this 1
city. The club is under the di¬
rection of Abraham Miller:
LANGUAGE STUDENTS
SEE LA GOLONDRINA
Four hundred and fifty Spanish
and French students and teachers
went by automobile and special
Pacific Electric trains to San Ga¬
briel last Thursday to see the aft¬
ernoon performance of “La Go-
londrina” at the old Mission Play¬
house.
The acting, Spanish dancing,
and singing were all very much en¬
joyed. The students especially ap¬
preciated “La Golondrina,” which
was sung between acts by one of
the soloists, as they had memor¬
ized the words of the song before
going to the play.
John Steven McGroarty, author
of the “Mission Play” and “La Go¬
londrina,” is very much interested
in California and in students;
therefore, he is glad to have high
school students come to see his
plays in order that they may be¬
come acquainted with California
as it was in the days of its infancy.
FINAL DEBATE
Pasadena High School lost the
chance to enter the finals for the
Southern California debating
championship when the local for¬
ensic team composed of John and
Robert McClintock dropped a 3 to
0 decision to Inglewood last Fri¬
day night.
The question of the debate, “Re¬
solved: That the Inter-Allied War
Debts should be Cancelled,” was a
hard question for the affirmative,
which was upheld by Pasadena.
The brothers lived up to their rep¬
utation of able debaters, but they
could not overcome the decided ad¬
vantage held by Inglewood.
Bernice Jones and Clarissa Rob¬
erts upheld the negative, and put
up very good arguments. As a
result of their unanimous victory
last Friday, the Inglewood debaters
won third place for their school
in the final standing's.
In discussing the question, the
affirmative bought forth the fact
that the European nations were
financially incapable of paying the
debts, and that it was America’s
moral obligation to cancel them.
The negative, on the other hand,
said that cancellation of the debts
was not only unnecessary, but un¬
desirable. They supported their
statements by showing that the
debts could be paid, and that can¬
cellation of them would be unjust
to the American taxpayer.
The rebuttals of both sides were
very interesting. Bob McClintock
supplied the audience with a great
deal of humor by his biting sar¬
casm.
Don Hamblin, Commissioner of
Debating, presided over the debate
which was held in the McKinley
Junior High School auditorium.
The judges were Dr. Rockwell D.
Hunt, Judge Leslie Hewitt, and
Judge Gavin Graig.
An old English play, featuring
hoop skirts, powdered wigs, and
quaint settings, will take the place
this year of the former modern
plays presented by senior classes.
A committe, consisting of Esther
McCann, Elmeta Curry, Foster
Warwick, and Sumner Greene, de¬
cided finally on the seventeenth
century comedy, “The Rivals,” by
Richard Sheridan. This play came
from England about the year 1774
and has always been hailed with
enthusiasm by both lovers of
drama, and others, who, while not
appreciating real drama, can at
least appreciate keen humor.
The cast will be chosen from the
two senior dramatics classes. This
is the first year that there has been
an organized senior class for stu¬
dying' dramatics in preparation
for the class play. The classes
have been working on the play for
nearly a month, and by the time
commencement week arrives, hope
to give a worthy performance.
Another feature will be the cos¬
tumes, old English costumes with
short breeches, long hoop skirts,
powdered wigs and patches as well
as lace collars and satin coats for
men will be seen.
REPRESENTATIVE CHOSEN
FOR POMONA CONTEST
In the final tryouts for the girls’
Pomona Oratorical Contest, only
two contested since one of the
. three girls chosen previously was
absent from ' school. Marjorie
Jones won over Margaret Cres-
saty, although both were very
good. Ethelwyn Hunter was also
supposed to try out, but her ab¬
sence disqualified her. They were
; required to learn the speech by
| Wendell Philips on Toussant L’-
i Overture.
Marjorie Jones will represent
j Pasadena High School on Saturady,
; May 2, at Pomona College where
representatives from many schools
will be assembled. She will take
part in the declamatory contest,
while other girls will contest in
; athletics in the field day program.
Local Junior College
Is Victor In Finals
Judges Award 2 to I Decision to Both Negative and Affirma¬
tive Pasadena J. C. Teams over Chaff ey Union; Much
Credit Due to Coaches Earl Davis and Leon Yakeley
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New Hill Ave. Branch
Library to Open Seen
On Monday, May 4, the Hill
Avenue Branch Public Library at
55 S. Hill will open. Every eve¬
ning from May 4 to 9, visitors may
see this entire building, including
librarians’ workroom and kitchen¬
ette, which after next week will
not be open to the public.
This building, of Spanish style,
is the work of Pasadena architects,
Marston, Van Pelk, and Maybury.
In the front part of the building,
besides a stack wing and an ad¬
ult’s reading wing, is a children’s
wing opening to a patio through
a full length bay window of lead¬
ed glass. In the rear is an out-of-
doors reading room and a pleasant
seminar room to be used for educa¬
tional gatherings of both grownups
and children.
It has a collection, covering
practically every field of reading,
of almost 10,000 books, with a
monthly circulation of about 9,000
and a subscription list of 54
magazines. New books are added
every week.
DRAMATIC STUDENTS
HONOR SHAKESPEARE
PIC. NOW AFFILIATED
WITH U.C. AT BERKELEY
Pasadena Junior G. liege is now
officially affiliated with the Univer¬
sity of California, according to a
communication received this week
from the office of the comptroller,
of U. C., and dated April 15. The
agreement of affiliation became
effective on March 12 when W. W.
Campbell, president of U. C., sign¬
ed the memorandum of agreement.
The signature of Fred Bull, presi¬
dent of the local board of educa¬
tion, and L. M. Pratt, secretary,
had been executed on February 11.
The agreement provides that
admission requirements and stand¬
ards of instruction of P. J. C.
shall be equivalent to those of the
state university. The university
maintains an office for inspecting,
visiting, and counseling junior
colleges and accredits the work
done if standards are satisfactory.
ECONOMY AS APPLIED
TO MEAT/ EXPLAINED
Over three hundred girl students
and their mothers were shown how
! to select economical cuts of meet
by J. H. Jurgensen, of the Model
Grocery, at a meat cutting dem-
j onstration which was held in the
Music Hall, April 22. Mr. Jurg¬
ensen showed his audience the diff¬
erence in nutritive values between
the three standard grades of beef
and the two standard grades of
mutton. He said that grade 1 of
both beef and mutton were the only
ones of real nutritive value as the
others came of poorly fed stock,
which resulted in a tough, flabby
meat. Cuts were made from beef,
pork, and mutton, and Mr. Jurg-
j ensen told the location, and the
comparitive nutritive value and
; price of each. Many women were
| surprised to learn that they often
| had to pay much more for a well
J known cut when they could have
bought an almost similar cut with
the same nutritive value for less.
That the Annual Shakespeare
Anniversary Contest given Satur¬
day in the Community Playhouse
was one of the finest held, is the
belief of Miss Elizabeth E. Kep-
pie, teacher of dramatics.
The contestants who placed were
Jean Bailey of Hollywood High,
first in the girls’ division, and Alex
Yawlis of Roosevelt High, Los
Angeles, first in the boys’ division.
Second were Elizabeth Kinkle of
Franklin High and Harold Jones
of Hollywood. Third were Louise
Brown of Pasadena High, Clare
Lishoritz of Roosevelt High and
John George of Jefferson High.
While the judges had adjourned,
three Pasadena High School dra¬
matic students, Esther McCann,
Sumner Greene, and Robert Man-
gan, presented scenes 1 and 2 from
Shakespeare’s play, “Macbeth.”
The Shakespeare Contest is an
event held annually, largely
through the efforts of the .Oral
Arts Association, the Pasadena
High School Dramatic department,
the Pasadena Shakespeare Club,
and the Pasadena Drama League.
The judges of the contest were
Miss Lillian Rivers and Miss D.
D. Hugh of the Commock School
of Expression, -and Allison Gaw of
the English department of U. S. C.
Along a certain street in Pasa¬
dena the water was cut off for a
short time. Many and various
were the hardships thus caused.
If all city water was to be shut off
for a period of two weeks or more,
what would Pasadenans do? That
is a question that hasn’t had to be
answered yet, but if, in the future,
there should be an especially dry
season, and reservoirs were emp¬
tied of water, the question would
be solved. One of the immediate
reasons for the lack of water in
Southern California reservoirs
during the summer is that there
are a large number of forest fires
which take place every year. Some
forest fire's are caused by peculiar
weather conditions, but the major¬
ity of them are caused by careless¬
ness; therefore, the only sure pre¬
vention is the education of all per¬
sons who may, in any way, come
in contact with mountains, and that
means everyone.
For the purpose of promoting
enthusiasm for the prevention of
forest fires the United States For¬
estry Service has proclaimed this
week, Forestry Week. During the
week, Forestry Service stations all
over the United States have been
staging programs which deal with
the cause and the prevention of
forest fires. As a fitting climax,
Pasadena High School is publish¬
ing the Forestry-Item which will
be on sale Monday noon. In this
Item there will he several articles
about Forestry and lots of pic¬
tures, many of them mountain
scenes, donated by the Forestry
Service. There are also many
other stories and special features,
including Indian Legends, a sport
section, a joke section, and a cross¬
word puzzle. There is a limited
number of copies, most of which
have been subscribed for, therefore,
anyone who hasn’t subscribed and
wishes to should subscribe immed-
diately.
BRILLIANT AFFAIR
A charming banquet held Fri¬
day evening in the teachers’ cafe¬
teria by the Triple “S” literary
society was pronounced by many
guests a great success.
The room was beautifully dec¬
orated with marigolds, Scotch
broom, and orange and blue can¬
dles. A delightful dinner was serv¬
ed, the dessert being blocks of
white ice cream decorated with
cherry-colored “S’s.”
Lowell Goode, president < f the
club gave a hearty welcome to
those present and introduced the
toastmaster of the evening, John
Gaylord. Those who spoke were:
Louise Bennett and Margaret
Lohker, who discussed the name
and ideals of the club; Donald
Merris, alumnus and ex-president
of the club, who spoke on “mem¬
ories” of P. H. S.; and Catherine
Ennis, John Ackley, and Richard
McCurdy who gave speeches with
literary themes. Because of ill¬
ness, Sumner Greene, who was also
to be a speaker, sent a clever poem
which was read by his sister, Isa¬
belle Greene.
Mildred Morrison, vice-president
of the club, after a talk on “Gifts,”
presented Miss Skinner with
several books for the library, in
behalf of the society. The books
were: Mark Twain’s “Autobiog¬
raphy,” Faure’s “Life of Napole¬
on,” Joseph Pulitzer’s “Life and
Letters,” Moreiy’s “Carolina Moun¬
tains,” Walpole’s “The Old La¬
dies,” and a late illustrated edi¬
tion of “The Golden Treasury.”
Nearly seventy were present at
the dinner including club members ;
several alumni members; Miss
Wolfe and Mrs. McCoy, faculty
advisers; and Mr. and Mrs. Ewing,
Miss Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. O’Mara,
Miss Skinner, Miss Holloway, Miss
Kenega, and- Miss Oliver.
SON OF JEROME 0. CROSS
VICTIM OF GUN TRAGEDY
JUNIOR-SENIOR PARTY
IS MEMORABLE SUCCESS
As a result of much planning
and labor by members of the Jun¬
ior class, the Junior-Senior party,
held Saturday ^vening in the
Shakespeare Club house, was ac¬
claimed a success by all those who
attended. Robert McClintock, pres¬
ident of the juniors; welcomed the
seniors and faculty guests. He
then presented a program of un¬
usual variation and interests which
was as follows:
Harp Solo, Elizabeth Cover. Vo¬
cal Solos, Don Novis. Duet Dance,
Harleguin and Columbine, Betty
Gundy and Helen Langstaff, ac¬
companied by Margaret Atchison.
Violin Solo, Horace Ramey, ac¬
companied by Grace Allen. Bal¬
loon Dance, Dorothy Chung, Mar¬
garet Binkley, Helen Langstaff,
Betty Gundy, Florence Washburn,
Catherine Ennis, Catherine Cook,
Irene Thomas, Maurine Scott.
Following the program, hun-
Another life has been claimed
by a .32 calibre rifle. Kent Cross,
14 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerome O. Cross, was the victim
of the accident.
The Cross family lived in Pasa¬
dena for five years when
Mr. Cross was Principal of P. H.
S. In 1916 Mr. Cross was appoint¬
ed superintedent of the Fresnr
schools, at which place he spent
three years. From Fresno he went
to Santa Rosa where he was also
superintendent.
While the parents were both
out of the room in which Kent
was, the gun accidently exploded.
B. th the father and the mother
heard the lad fall but didn’t know
that the gun had been the cause.
Kent never spoke.
Friends in Pasadena High
School extend their sympathy to
the parents in their bereavement.
By winning both debates in a
dual contest by vote of 2 to 1, Pasa¬
dena Junior College won the debat¬
ing championship of Southern Cal¬
ifornia Junior College Conference
last Thursday evening in a match
with Chaffey Junior College, run-
,ners up for the finals.
The Pasadena negative team,
composed of Lawrence Syvertson
! and Elm( re Shipman scored a win
. over Henry Horsh and Ralph Price
! at Chaffey while the affirmative
; team, composed of Wesley -Jones
and Dallas Smyth defeated Henry
I Batchelder and Edna Frye in the
| local auditoriam.
The question for debate was,
\ “Resolved: that a three-fourths
: jury decision should be sufficient
in criminal cases.” Both argu¬
ments were hotly contested and
doubt was in the minds of some
until the final rebuttals when the
Pasadena teams swept the oppo-
! nents arguments into the discard
by strong refutation.
Elmore Shipman and Wesley
Jones were the outstanding ora¬
tors f .
т
Pasadena. They each had
i strong arguments and the force to
; put them over. Lawrence Syverfc-
; son came through with the goods
in his third intercollegate debate
! this season while Dallas Smyth
j surpassed expectations in his first
! debate.
Enviable Record
In this, her first year of com¬
petition, Pasadena Junior College
has made an enviable record in
debating. In the first debate of_
the season Pasadena won over San
Deigo 6-0.
These decisions coupled with
the last one make the aggregate
sc; re 16-2 in favor of Pasadena.
By the conference methods of
scoring a point for every judge’s
decision and debate won Pasadena
has 22 points, Chaffey has 17, and
Santa Ana 14. The rest of the
Junior Colleges all have less than
five.
The following debaters have
made awards fi r the 1924-5 sea-
1 son Syvertson, Shipman, Jones
Smyth, Clara Haddock, Marjorie
Adams, and Elizabeth Bode. Sy-
vertson has competed in three de¬
bates, Elizabeth Bode, Elmore
Shipman, and Wesley Jones have
j competed in two debates while the
rest have competed in one each.
Aside from these, Walter Pauli
and Verna Heidner won the Inter¬
class cup by defeating the Seniors
1 3-0 and the. Juniors 2-1.
Earl Davis and Leon Yakeley
j were the coaches for the Jaysee
teams this season, and deserve a
great deal of credit for producing
eight undefeatable teams.
Others who were out for the var¬
sity squad and who served as al¬
ternates were Eva Urquhart,
Blanch Waltsgott, Emma Keis,
Walter Pauil, Verna Heidner,
Louis Creveling, Robert Janda, and
Doris Johnson.
With the proceeds from the oper¬
etta, “Once in a Blue Moon,” the
Music Department has purchased
a new, sixteen hundred dollar
piano. It is a Baldwin Baby
Grand, and has a beautiful tone
quality.
RUTH DOOLITTLE
PASSES AWAY
dreds of purple and white balloons
were lowered from the ceiling and
caught by eager hands. Refresh¬
ments appropriate to the senior
class were served. Through the
evening, at various . times, the
Melody Makers orchestra furnished
Ruth Doolittle, member of the
sophomore class, passed away at
her home, 1520 Rose Villa, Friday
evening. Her death came as a
great shock to her numerous
friends here and at John Muir,
where she was the valedictorian of
her class.
At P. H. S., Ruth had identified
herself with various activities, and
was a member of the G. A. A., the
Honor Society, and the S. P. Q. R.
She was an excellent student and
a good worker, and her friends and
acquaintances will miss her.
Ruth’s death came after an ill¬
ness of only two days1. The funeral
services were held Monday, April
27.