Pasadena Chronicle, December 01, 1915

VOL. II PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, DECEMBER 1, 1915, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA NO. 10 BULLDOGS GRAB CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY First Post-Season Game Within NeAt Th?o Weeks ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD AT BIG BONFIRE BALLY TUESDAY NIGHT Les Henry Delivers Caustic But Truthful Preach¬ ment on Spirit Thousands Witness Biggest Bonfire Ever Lit on Local Campus Never before in the history of Pasa¬ dena High School has there gathered such an enthusiastic body of students and parents as gathered on “Poly” Field for the big bonfire rally last Tuesday night. Between two and three thousand people were on hand and cheered and shouted and sang, and serpentined while the funeral pyre of Long Beach lighted up the scene for hundreds of yards in every direction. Leslie Henry, one of Pasadena’s strongest supporters was the first speaker of the evening, and gave one of the snappiest and straight to the point talks that the students of P. H. S. have ever been privileged to hear. “We have come here tonight,” he said, “to rally for the hardest and most important games of the season, the outcome of which depends almost wholly upon YOU. I went down to Santa Ana to the debate last Friday, and the support that you gave your team down there was awful. If it had not been for Santa Ana you would have lost the debate absolutely, but with her big band and rooters, she gave Pasadena the debate by yelling for your team more than she did for her own. ’’During the course of the evening, to show their good feeling, let me say that they gave at least three yells for “Tuffy” Conn. You may not have heard that they are going to send two hundred rooters down to Long Beach next Thursday to yell for P. H. S. If you don’t send any more fellows to that football game than you did to the debate, I pity you.” Mr. Henry did not call a shovel a spade — facts were facts and he spoke them as such. Although the cold blooded truth rather startled some it brought P. H. S. to a better realiza¬ tion of what she was about to face. President of the Senior Class, Calvin Littleton, gave a rousing talk that stirred all present. “Tonight is one of the greatest nights in the history of P. H. S.,” he said. “We have a string of unparal¬ leled victories to our credit and it seems success is inevitable not only in football but likewise in debating. “These visitors have come here to¬ night to see the workings of a great high school and to share in the spirit of this rally. Today the cogs of this great educational machine are work¬ ing in more perfect unison than ever before. The prestige of this High School depends not alone on debating and football but on scholarship as well. Her spirit is preserved at a high standard and must not die as do the flames of this fire. The exuberant and hasty spirit displayed through the prank on our front lawn the other night is inferior to the true and more conservative spirit of P. H. S. “We must keep our spirit and scholarship at the high standards they have attained and we must defeat Long Beach. If we accomplish these we have accomplished our purpose and that is to make this the biggest year ever for P. H. S.” Coach Seay and Kienholtz were both called upon, but neither put in an ap¬ pearance until “Kienie” was suddenly discovered in the crowd and forced to the platform. “I sincerely hope that you will be as enthusiastic Thursday as you are tonight and even more so,” he said. “You fellows are going to see a great struggle and I’m not so sure you will win it unless you give your best sup¬ port. Long Beach is going to put up a big fight and although not overly strong on the offensive she is very strong on the defensive. That touch¬ down may not come the first quarter or the first half, and maybe not until (Continued on page 3, column 3) : LETTER OF PRAISE : : FROM MANUAL *: 5 ARTS 5 * _ * * SENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO * * LOCAL DEBATE MANAGER * * SOON AFTER DEBATE * * _ * * As further proof of the friendly * * relationship that exists between * * Manual Arts and Pasadena, the * * Debating management of P. H. S. * * is in receipt of the following letter * * from Margaret Shedd, Manual De- * * bate Manager. * * Dear Mr. Lilley: * * On behalf of the debating team * * and the Student Body of Manual * * Arts I wish to thank Pasadena * * High School for the reception ten- * * dered our team the night of the * * debate. Both Mr. Cooley and Mr. * * Porter were enthusiastic in their * * praise of the courtesy of which * * they were the recipients. Although * * we are naturally sorry we could * * not win, we extend our congratu- * * lations to your teams, which we * * understand won at both ends. * * We hope that Manual may meet * * Pasadena again in a contest of this * * nature. * * Sincerely yours, * * MARGARET SHEDD, * * Manager of Debating. * GOLORS CHANGED TO IMPROVEJPPEARANCE Young People Use Chameleon¬ like Tactics to Beaut¬ ify Sweaters Continuing with the same interest that characterized previous meetings, the Junior Class held a meeting Fri¬ day, November 19, for the purpose of discussing class sweaters. After short talks by Wyllis Halsted, Stacy Met- tier, Clarke Bogardus and Royal Wilke, and a general discussion, it way de¬ cided to change the class colors to blue and white. The sweater finally determined up¬ on is white with a blue band encirc¬ ling the chest and blue stripes around the cuffs. Before ordering the sweaters, the question was considered from every angle. Finally it was decided that the Junior Class should be privileged to purchase sweaters until the Student Body definitely decides that Seniors should be the only students allowed such privileges. All Junior boys who wish to pur¬ chase a sweater should sign up im¬ mediately with Arvid Hellberg, at the Student Body Store, or with Clarke Bogardus. ELEVEN GAR SPECIAL LOADED WITH ROOTERS With colors flying, the band playing and everyone happy, the P. H. S. special slid away from the Salt Lake station at 12:15 p. m. Thanksgiving Day. The train was made up of eleven cars of happy rooters all bound for the city by the sea where they were to see their team defeat the Long Beach eleven and by so doing win un¬ disputed claim to the championship of the city league. On board the special a great scarcity of couples was noted, it being the wish of the major¬ ity of the Pasadena male rooters to be unencumbered in their actions by any of the fair sex. The last car was es¬ pecially noticeable because its con¬ tents was made up almost entirely of boys. The rooters were quiet except- when they were singing, blowing horns, or fighting. The girls were dec¬ orated with horns, the kind you blow, and the boys were padded with spirit and confietti. NATIONAL DEFENSE TO BE THE SUBJECT FOR NEXTJIEBATE New Candidates Take Hold of Work Under Direction of Coaches President of Senior Class to Come Out for Next Interscholastic In answer to Coach Carson’s call for candidates a large number of students have signified their intention of trying out for the second series of debates which are to be held some time in January. The general question for the De¬ bates is National Defense. The first preliminary tryout will take place to¬ morrow afternoon. Among those who will try out are Calvin Littleton, who is remembered for his debating ability last year, William DeLapp, a member of the junior team last year, and Mar¬ ion Laird and Clyde Keith, members of last year’s junior squad. There are many other new candidates who prom¬ ise to make good with a vengeance. Coombs, DeLapp, Cooper and sev¬ eral other members of the last squad are not required to enter the prelim¬ inary tryout, but will be placed on the squad of sixteen, the remaining mem¬ bers being chosen in the first tryout. With this wealth of material there is no doubt but that Pasadena will again be represented by teams of which she may be justly proud, and having already got a firm grip on the championship pennant, it seems as though the next series of linguistic contests will definitely give the de¬ bating championship of the South¬ western League to the Red and White. JANE ADDAMS GIRLS BUSY ENOUGH FOR ALL Domestic Science People Are Working Harder Than Ever Everyone connected with the Home Economics department has been emu¬ lating the busy bee of late, the Jane Addams building furnishing the set¬ ting for labor at all hours of the day. A great deal of time was spent in, preparing for the sale of numerous goodies such as chocolate eclairs, fruit cake, cookies, ice cream and candy in the Home Economics quarters during the evening session held Tuesday, No¬ vember the twenty-third. All the foods sold were previously prepared by the girls of this department under the direction of the economic teachers. The Model Flat has also been the scene for varied labor and pleasure, one of the classes giving a three- course luncheon during the noon hour recently, with three of the girls acting as hostesses and six more as guests. At another time several feminine members of the Student Body arose early in the morning and prepared a breakfast in the model quarters, which was voted a great success by all those who shared in the eating of the meal. The “Flat” is one of the most inter¬ esting phases of the Economics de¬ partment. Each week different girls have charge of these quarters, their duty being to keep flowers in the rooms, and to keep them as clean and tidy as they would want their own homes to be. The experience received by the girls in this department is of the greatest value, and the boys should also be grateful for the work of this and sim¬ ilar departments in other schools, as they will not have to eat the far famed “iron-bound” biscuits when they have embarked upon the voyages of life. frz PASADENA METHOD OF PLAY IS HIGHLY COMMENDED BY BOARD LONG BEACH STUDENTS RILE PLACENT Now that the fray is over for a time, let us consider quietly the football games so far this season, in their relation to sport, as well as for their value to the Student Body and School Spirit. To be able to look back over past acts with satisfaction is complimentary. Right here I want to congratulate the Pasadena High School foot¬ ball team for their honest and clean tactics in all things pertaining to the game, so far as I have heard or seen, and I have attended nearly every game. And I desire to assure them, as well as all the student body, that if anything was not straight and honest, the Board of Edu¬ cation would be the first to hear of it and be blamed for it, just in about the same way parents are blamed for the misconduct of their children. Often the best results of a game, whether won or lost, come from the replaying of the game in our minds, free from all excitement and competition, and with careful analysis of the moves, plans, and tactics of both sides. Many an expert chess player (chess is one of the games requiring deep thought) by careful study of a lost game, figured out a future plan and so familiarized himself with his opponent’s play that “never again” was he defeated. This is one of the fundamental features of the great game, all through life: the application of the mind in studying out the “How,” to improve both upon our own mistakes and those of others, our opponents. In entering upon these contests the teams carry the reputation of the schools; they represent them perhaps more than the balance of the student body, as they are more in the limelight, so their tactics are somewhat of an index to the ideals of the whole school. The ideals of P. H. S. are high and have never had any reflection cast upon them through sport. Too strong emphasis cannot be laid upon the STANDARD OF THE GAME. It were better far to lose, than resort to any methods that can even APPEAR to “border on the TWILIGHT ZONE” of shady or seem¬ ingly questionable acts. A true sport never forgets this. Better be honest and loose. Every man admires a “game loser.” Many of our football stars of the past are now among our most honored and suc¬ cessful business men of today because they are using the same “Git, Gat, and Gumption” they used in playing their “Rugby” back in the early nineties (1892-’93). “Git” is your “Punch;” “Gat” is we “got” something; and “Gumption” is your “Head-play” (judgment); losing here and there, as we all must, complimenting the winner in this suc¬ cess in a gracious and earnest way that assures lasting friendship and respect. Wasn’t the last game played the hardest won? Were the losers given any courteous, official recognition of the strong game they put up? A mere suggestion, that P. H. S. might desire to think of. May the football team of P. H. S. go down in the history of high school athletics of California as one of the cleverest, cleanest and strongest aggregations of high school athletes gathered in one school. In this I know 1 am voicing the sentiment of the entire Board of Education. W. S. GRASSIE, President, Board of Education. CHAMPIONSHIP CLINCHED IN HOT THANKSGIVING CONTEST Seay Prodigies Make Big Scrap for Final Title in Hardest Fought Game of Entire Football Season; First Half Goes by Without Score by Either Team Conn Breaks Ice with Two Drops While Long Beach Tries in Vain to Make Goal or Touchdown; Beachcombers Believe God of Ill-Luck Their Mascot By RALPH HOSLER In the bitterest and most hotly contested gridiron game of the season, the P. H. S. Bulldogs emerged from the smoke of battle, victor¬ ious over the Long Beach Beachcombers, by a score of. 6 to 0. The out¬ come of the game was always in doubt even up to the last whistle. It was anybody’s game until Referee Jerry Abbott’s whistle announced the end of the game. P. H. S. was taken completely by surprise, Long Beach improving fifty per cent since their last game. Their shift formation was hard for the Seay boys to solve, but after the second quarter, that shift was smeared all over the field. Long Beach worked several long forward passes successfully, and came very near crossing the Red and White goal line, but P. H. S. always tightened and punted out of danger. Pasadena was outplayed in the first half, but when the last half be¬ gan, the fighting Bulldogs staged one of their old time sensational come¬ backs, and came within a hair’s breadth of scoring a touchdown. Long Beach was pushed off their feet in this last half, and they fought desper¬ ately to keep Pasadena from scoring. But little Conn spoiled their hopes. After being held for downs on the forty yard line, Pasadena prepared for a punt, but Tuffy Conn stepped back in the place of Captain Gard, punter. Without a lot of palavering, as is usually the case, he hitched up his jeans, moistened his lips, and opened his hands. Back came the ball from Big Steve, straight and true, and Tuffy taking a step, booted the ball toward the L. B. goal posts. As the ball rose upward in its flight, a faint shout of derision arose from the Long Beach stands, but as the ball settled down between the uprights, this was drowned out, by a mighty roar from the Pasadena rooters. A drop kick from the forty yard line, and ten yards from the sidelines. Score : Pasadena, 3 ; Long Beach, 0. Again in the second quarter, on the twenty yard line, Tuffy again booted the ball for another three points ; the last score of the game. (Continued on Last Page.) All Differences Are Calmly Settled at Arbitration Meeting Pasadena Sits Up in Horror at Rough Treatment of Lawn Severance of athletic relations with Long Beach was the by-word on the lips of practically every member of the Student Body last week, but through the diplomacy of the Board of Commissioners and the football man¬ agement, all differences were settled by the two institutions in an amicable * manner and no such drastic move will be necessary. Feeling ran high in the school, over the action of some Long Beach stu¬ dents who dug up a large portion of the sod in the front lawn of the school and filled in the hole with cement in the shape of a large “L. B.” It was generally felt that such an evidence of school spirit was in very poor taste and little in harmony with the ideals of a school such as Pasadena. On the morning of the 22nd, immed¬ iately after the letters were discov¬ ered, a special assembly was called, at which Principal Cross spoke and asked for the general expression of the student body in regard to the matter. All were agreed that the way to settle the question was not by retali¬ ation of a similar nature, but by a con¬ ference, and that failing to reach an agreement, a severance of athletic re¬ lations would be the only solution of the problem. Representatives met in Los Angeles, in accordance with this plan, and final¬ ly reached an agreement as to the re¬ lationship which should exist between the two schools in the future. Their report was delivered at a specially called assembly held near the close of school on the afternoon of Wednes¬ day, November 24. Long Beach evidenced surprise at the feling in existence at Pasadena, and made it understood that any stunt of the sort which was perpetrated the first of last week was not done by the school as a whole but merely by some students who had the wrong idea of the meaning of school spirit. It was felt by the representatives, Harvey Dorn, Edward Polakoff and Parker Lyons, that P. H. S. has been rather hasty in her judgment of the Green and Gold school and that there was no great reason for indignation over the matter. As a result of the successful termi¬ nation of the conference Long Beach will continue to be Pasadena’s rival and it will be possible for the Red and . White to conquer the Green and Gold in the future as it has done in the past. MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TECHNICAL TALKS Dean Damon to Be First on List of Prominent Speakers In order that the members of the Engineers Club may be privileged to hear men who are prominent along technical lines there has been planned a series of interesting lectures, the first of which will take place the last of this week, Dean Damon of Throop being the speaker. Dean Damon is well known among the stud'ents of P. H. S., and as the meeting is open to all a large crowd is expected. The Engineers Club is one of the livest organizations in school and the officers have arranged for many excur¬ sions as well as lectures, all of which will be of value and interest both to those who expect to be engineers and those who are interested in hearing such men as Dean Damon.