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VOL. XVIII
No. 8
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, DECEMBER 2, 1926
Annual Banquet
To Be Held
Dec. 3
Administration and Members
of the Board of Education
Will Be Present.
As the big social event of the
semester, the Honor Society will
give its annual banquet tomorrow
evening, at six o’clock, in the
teachers’ cafeteria. All honor so¬
ciety members of the C. S. F.
and the administration and board
of education are invited.
Aside from the usual toasts and
after-dinner speeches, there will
be an interesting program, which
is in charge of Miss Edith Wolfe,
English teacher. Working on the
entertainment committee are: Vir¬
ginia Gollotz, student chairman
Virginia Philis, Fred Hawkins,
Eltin Davies, and Walter Gibson.
The decoration and menu com¬
mittee under Mrs. Giddings, con¬
sists of Pauline Fuller, student
chairman, Marion Schroer, Doro¬
thy Davis, Helen Betts Lucile Ed¬
wards, Carl Cartwright, and El¬
tin Davis. Novel decorations in
Red and silver, and unique favors
are being planned.
Members of the Honor Society
canvassed the advisories last Mon¬
day, selling tickets for the ban¬
quet. Tickets can now be obtained
from Miss Sara Talbot, faculty
adviser of the socitey. No tickets
will be sold at the banquet, so
the admission price, 75 cents,
must be paid before tomorrow.
Girls belonging to the junior
high school honor society last se¬
mester will have the honor of serv¬
ing. They will also be able to en¬
joy the program and toasts.
AMELITA GALLI-CURCI
APPEARS IN CONCERT
Amelita Galli-Curci, world re¬
nowned coloratura soprano, ap¬
peared here in the auditorium,
Saturday, November 27, in her
first Pasadena concert. She was
assisted, by her husband, Homer
Samuels, well-known pianist, and
Manuel Bereguer, flutist. •
The program included selections
from French, Spanish, Indian and
Italian music.
The ease with which Signora
Galli-Curci sang “Lo, Hear the
Gentle Lark,” by Bishop, and
“Shadow Song” and “Recitation
e Romanza,” from Dinorah, re¬
vealed the extent of her artistry.
In addition to the program Sig¬
nora Galli-Curci responded to
many calls for more. “Love’s
Old Sweet Song,” “Swanee River,”
and “Home, Sweet Home,” were
among the additional numbers.
The auditorium was crowded,
and the stage had to be used also
to accomodate the large audience.
GIRLS’ LEAGUE
ENTERTAINS HERE
At the meeting of the Girls’
League, which will be held to¬
morrow, the girls will have as
their guests the oificers of the
Girls’ League and the dean of
girls from Glendale high school,
who will probably present a skit
during the meeting. They will be
entertained at lunch by the local
officers of the league and by Miss
Nellie G. Clarke, dean of Pasa¬
dena high school girls.
BOYS’ LEAGUE WILL
ADOPT NEW SLOGAN
“Learn Your School Songs.”
Such will be the slogan that the
Boys’ League is to adopt at the
meeting tomorrow in the as¬
sembly.
Kenneth Reynolds commissioner
of boys’ welfare, states that the
best way to show one’s school
spirit is to be able to sing the
school songs.
In all probability, Miss Lulu
C. Parmley, head of the music
department, will lead the sing¬
ing. After the boys have exer¬
cised their voices to the best of
their ability and have racked
their memories in the endeavor
of learning the songs, a dis¬
cussion on any subject of interest
to the boys will be held.
J. C. PLAYERS PRESENT
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM
Presenting three one act plays,
the Junior College Players gave
the first afternoon entertainment
of the year, Tuesday, Nov. 2 3.
The plays were given for the ben¬
efit of the injured athletes of P.
H. S. and P. J. C. as well as to
help pay for the furniture in the
junior college student body office.
The first play was “The Won¬
der Hat ,” by Ben Hecht and
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. It was
excellently portrayed and brought
a great deal of applause.
The Gaol Gate, by far the most
difficult play of the three to in¬
terpret, was the second to be
played. It was a most finished
and artistic production. The play
a tragic drama of the peasant
people of Ireland, is built around
the theme of a man put in prison
and accused of a crime he did not
commit. Rather than tell on his
neighbor who had committed the,
crime, he let himself be hanged.
What greater thing can a man
do than die, for his friend?
Louise Brown, Margaret Cres-
saty and Vincent Parsons may
well be proud of their most cred¬
itable interpretations.
The third play, “The Pot Boil¬
ers,” by Alice Gerstenberg, was
the third play, and it was not only
well done, but was the best re¬
ceived by the audience.
According to those in charge
of the ticket sales, “The Three
Howling Successes” went over
big.
PRIZES TO BE GIVEN IN
CHEMISTRY ESSAY
CONTEST
Opportunity is knocking at the
door of P. H. S. chemistry stu¬
dents,* according to Bailey W.
Howard, head of the physical
science department, who makes
the announcement that all stu¬
dents of the high school are
eligible for competition in the
national prize essay contest of
the American Chemical society.
A chemistry examination contest
will also be staged, but partici¬
pants will be limited to chemistry
students of less than one year’s
experience.
That the essay is well worth
the time and effort to write is
attested to by Mr. Howard, who
states that six four-year scholar¬
ships to Yale or Vassar or other
similar institutions and five hun¬
dred dollars annually are offered
as awards for the winning essays.
In each state six cash prizes of
twenty dollars will be given.
The annual chemistry exami¬
nation contest of the American
Chemical society is open to all
first year chemistry students.
This contest is in the form of a
three-hour examination of high
school chemistry. Teams may be
formed of students. To the win¬
ning team, possession of the con-
tet cup of one year will be the
prize.
Three associate memberships in
the Chemical society will be the
prize for the three winning con¬
testants in the examination. In
addition to a first prize of a one
hundred dollar scholarship, there’
will be a second prize of ten
dollars worth of chemistry books,
and a third prize of five dollars
worth of books.
The closing date for the essay
contest will be February 1, 1927,
while the examinations will not
be conducted until early in June.
Additional information and lit¬
erature pertaining to the con¬
tests may be had at the science
department office.
FRENCH CLUB
At the first meeting of this year
of the French Club, the following
officers for the semester were elec¬
ted.
Jules Kievts, president;
Bonny Lamb, vice-president;
Jean Keever, secretary :
Betty Nagel voort, treasurer;
In the second meeting the mem¬
bers of the club were entertained
by Father Dantin, an accomplished
Frenchman who spoke on the
French Language.
SEMI-ANNUAL PLATOON COMPETITION
SPRUCES UP R. 0. T. C. CADETS
FOR EXERCISES DEC, 17
“BACHELOR’S REVERIE”
DISPLAYS LATEST
FASHIONS
The semi-annual platoon compe¬
tition of the R.
О.
T. C. will take
place Friday, Dec. 17. The com¬
petition will consist of the ability
of the different platoons in close or¬
der drill, which the cadets have
been learning this semester. The
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of the man, the ability to
obey orders correctly and prompt¬
ly, and the manual of arms will be
the deciding factors.
A movement is on foot to form,
for the next semester, a platoon of
junior college R.
О.
T. C., to drill
and to have theoretical instruction
twice a week. The reason for do¬
ing so, is to give the men attending
college a chance to learn the recruit
drill before taking upper division
work in colleges. The plan will be
In an attempt to raise funds
for the football banquet, the A.
W. S. presented “The Bachelor’s
Reverie,” at the high school
quite advantageous, as recruit drill auditorium, November 17, at 3:30
at college is rattier an embarrass¬
ing affair. Already nearly twen¬
ty men have signified their inten¬
tion of joining.
Butts’ Manual, an army calisthen¬
ics drill with the rifle, has been
started in the R. ,0. T. C. The
regular army has found that fine
results can be obtained in a short
time with the drill.
In order to have a more snappy
battalion this year, Colonel Barlow
has put in a requisition for two
guidons or company emblems. The
guidons are equipment of the regu¬
lar army. They are made with
blue background and yellow letters.
To Debate Topic
ofDividingState
of California
Rejoice, Southern California,
and consider your cause well on
its way to maturity. The Pasa¬
dena talk fest artists are pre¬
paring discussions on what is
held to be one of the most in¬
teresting topics to those of the
Southland, namely: “Resolved,
that the State of California
should be divided into two
sovereign states.”
A method of debating will be
used, in this discussion, that has
never been used before. The» stu¬
dents are to be the assemblymen
of the House of Legislature of
the State of California. The class
is divided into two factions, a
group for division and a group
against division.
This is not an inter-scholastic
debate but Manual Arts, the high
school with which Pasadena dis¬
cussed the war debt question, is
holding a debate on the same
question in the M. A. debating
class and in all probability, a
discussion may be held with them.
The P. H. S. debaters are not
lined up with any school for de¬
bates but Pasadena will appreci¬
ate a meeting on the forensics
platform with any high school.
JUNIOR CLASS MEMBER¬
SHIP DRIVE NOW ON
Make Early Plans
For Annual H.S.
And J.C. Opera
Under the musical direction of
Miss. Lulu C. Parmley and under
the dramatic direction of Thomas
E. Morrissey the combined high
school and junior college glee
clubs will present one of the most
spectacular operettas ever staged
in the local auditorium. The cast,
including the chorus, principals,
orchestra, and dancers will com¬
prise about 300 members. This
will be the largest number of
people to take part in any pro¬
duction here at the present date.
Work on the operetta will begin
immediately after Christmas, and
will continue through the months
of January, February and up until
the middle of March.
There will be three productions,
two evening performance and a
matinee performance to be pre¬
sented on March 15, 16 and 17,
respectively.
Miss Parmley states that it is
p. m. The fashion show, which
was the main feature of the per¬
formance, was a great success,
being the first attempt at any¬
thing along this line.
Ward Ogden was the lucky
bachelor with the beautiful
reverie. Under the direction of
Miss Kester the participants re¬
ceived their training. To enhance
the beauty of the performance to
a greater extent Ruth Wollam,
played the piano, and Margaret
Morrow read verses appropriate
for each fashion exhibit, and
cleverly reconstructed to serve
this purpose. The scene was laid
in the bachelor’s study on the
evening before his marriage.
The mannequins taking part
were as follows:
School Girl — Betty Henderson
Hiking Girl — Rhoda Clarke.
Tennis Girl — Sara Schwartz.
Bathing Girl — Idel Pece.
Riding Girl — Helen Hines.
Winter Girl — Christine Bland-
ing.
Flapper — Maxine Doerschlag.
College Girl — Betty Roberts.
City Girl — Mildred Morrison.
Afternoon Girl — Hazel Hines.
Belle of Ball — Hazel Sewell.
Lady of Evening — June Etienne.
Bride — Carol Montague.
The dress were contributed
through the courtesy of Bon
Marche.
ADVANCED DRAMATICS
CLASS PRESENTS
PUPPET SHOW
Presenting a novel afternoon en¬
tertainment the students from Miss
Elizabeth E. Keppie’s fifth period
dramatics class gave a puppet show
Thursday, Nov. 18, in room 200 c.
The audience was made up of
English classes, who were invited
by miss Elma Holloway, head of
. , ,, , the department. The plays were
expected that this presentation ; extremely welL
will be a master affair, and that
because of the tremendous pre¬
paration that will be required,
the tryouts will be held within
the next ten days.
The name of the operetta will
not be announced until after the
Christmas holidays.
The first play was“The Three
Wishes,” with Elaine Raobinowitz,
as the farmer^ and Lila Wing, as
his wife.
The second play was, “Lima
Beans, ’’and Ruth Baldwin was
“She,” while Evelyn Ritscher was,
“He” and the “Huckster.”
According ' to Ben Clarke,
treasurer of the junior class, the
membership cards are selling fast
in the drive that is now on. Al¬
ready about 150 membership
cards have been sold to the
junior class which consists of ap¬
proximately 600 students.
Ben has charge of the drive and
his assistants include: Elizabeth
Cartwright, Louise Taft, Emmett
Bell, Ruth Calvert, Ora Gregg,
Pauline Becker, Constance Ben¬
nett, Doris Bailie, Cornelita Cook,
Bob Wood, Eric Strutt, Slifton
Capps, John Calmer and Glenn
Reed. Ben urges all loyal
junior class students to join as
they will not only be able to
participate in all coming affairs,
including a theatre party and hi-
jinks, but they will aslo demon¬
strate their loyalty to their class.
There is to be a grand hi-jinks-
in the latter part of January, and
after it is over, Ben and his
helpers will stage another mem¬
bership drive before the semester
ends.
Y. W. C. A.-A.W.S. HAVE
REFRESHMENT SALE
Fifty- one dollars and ninety-
seven cents was collected by the
Y. W. C. A. and A. W. S. at the
San Mateo-Pasadena state cham¬
pionship game, Thanksgiving day.
The profits will be divided be¬
tween the two organizations.
The money that the Y. W. re¬
ceives will be used to help share
the expenses of sending a mem¬
ber to a conference held in Cleve¬
land, Ohio.
The A. W. S. will use their
profits to help pay for the foot¬
ball banquet, that is of main in¬
terest to them at present.
INTERESTING PLANT
FOUND ON CAMPUS
Nov/ we know why the Aberia
Koffra bushes and no others were
chosen for the verdant screen that
shuts off from the gaze of the
rail birds the south approach to
the Jane Addams building. In
their native African haunts these
bushes are sacred because they
furnish protection to all who
would flee from approaching
strangers. At any rate, Cris F.
Stroeh, school gardener, who
spent several years in Cape
Colony, is willing to vouch for
the fact.
Mr. Stroech says that the
natives are able to handle this
thorny plant without harm. The
plant has yellowish-green leaves
and exceedingly long thorns. It
seems to thrive on the P. H. S.
campus under Mr. Stroeh’s care.
REGULAR “Y” SUPPER
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Special features are planned
for the regular supper meeting of
the Y. W. to be held Wednesday
evening at 5:30 at the Y. W. C.
A. In addition to the program
planned, which consists of a
Christmas skit and musical num¬
bers, the girls plan to make
favors for their bazaar that will
be held a week from Saturday at
the Y. W. building.
An intercollegiate night was
planned for Wednesday night, but
because of the many conventions
being held in the different col¬
leges, and because of the need of
plans concerning the bazaar, it
was postponed.
Winifred Rice will give a re¬
port on the Los Angeles con¬
vention held this past week.
“The Mad Tea Party,” was the
third play. Elenor Lesh portray¬
ed “The Hatter;” Thelma Rodgers,
the “Mouse Hare,” and Jeanette
Hirsh, “Alice.” _
The best known puppet play was
the last, “Punch and Judy.” Punch
was portrayed by Otto Pritcher;
Judy and the babyby Joyce Brown;
the policeman and Joey by Esther
Struckland; the Ghost by Otto
Pritcher; and the doctor and the
hangmanby Joyce Brown.
ELMAN QUARTET GIVES
INITIAL PERFORMANCE
Mischa Elman’s newly formed
string quartet that made its first
local appearance Sunday, Novem¬
ber 1, at the Pasadena Com¬
munity Playhouse, was greeted by
an appreciating audience of music
lovers.
The members of the quartet
are William Schubert, viola; Ed¬
win Bachmann, second violin;
Horace ritt, ’cello, and Mischa El¬
man whose artistry completely
dominated the quartet.
J.C. ASSEMBLY PROGRAM
J. C. dramatics classes, on De¬
cember 7, will put on an as¬
sembly program of two very short
plays; one, entitled “The Rector,”
a comedy; the other, called
“Hunger,” a modern morality
play.
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SELECT OPERETTA
The Purple and Grey, of Bur¬
lington, Iowa, announces that
Burlington high school has select¬
ed its yearly operetta, and that
the music department has had
tryouts for the leading parts in
the cast.
M usical P rogram
Presented By
Glee Clubs
Music Department Puts On
Regular Weekly Program
j at Carmelita Gardens.
That the music department of
P. H. S. and P. J. C. is capable
of putting- on an excellent pro¬
gram, is the opinion of many who
attended the open air concert at
Carmelita Gardens, Sunday, No¬
vember 21. The program was
under the direction of Miss Lula
C. Parmley, head of the depart¬
ment, and she was assisted by
Miss Mary Petcina and Mrs. Amy
Grau Miller.
The male quartette, composed
of Robert Kidder, Frank Graham,
Donald Wilcox and Floyd Brehm,
sang “Morning” by Speaks, and
“The Shadow March,” by Prothe-
rol. Altie Miller played a piano
solo, “Country Garden,” by Gra¬
inger. Geraldine Anderson read,
“His Religion,” by Edgar Guest
and a selection by Van Dyke.
The P. H. S. Girls’ Glee club
sang, “Blow, Blow Thou Winter
Wind,” by Sargeant, and “Dawn,”
by Curran. Raymond Kendall
played “Prelude in G Minor,” by
Rachmaninoff.
The P. H. S. Boys’ Glee club
sang, “Her Rose,” by Coombs,
and “The Builder,” by Cadman.
Appearing for the first time
this year before a Pasadena audi¬
ence, the P. J. C. glee clubs won
the approval of many Pasadenans.
The junior college women’s glee
club sang “The Swan,” by Saint
Saens, and “The Bees,” by Men¬
delssohn. The junior college
men’s glee club sang “Friend of
Mine,” by Sanderson, and “Honey
Child,” by Strickland. The com¬
bined glee clubs sang “Song of
the Viking,’ by Eaton Fanning.
Floyd Brehm sang two baritone
solos, “Last Night,” by Kjerulf.
Donald No vis sang two tenor
solos, “Where e’re You Walk” by
Handel, and “Sylvia,” by Speaks.
FACULTY ENJOYS
HIGH STEPPING
Maybe you don’t believe it; but
we have some high stepping teach¬
ers in our faculty. The high alti¬
tudes have a strong drawing power
for some of them. They usually
manage to keep on good level
ground sometimes as long as three
weeks and then they are off for the
mountains.
Various members of the faculty
are taking advantage of the won¬
derful recreation center at the back
door of Pasadena. So far three
hikes have been enjoyed by the
learned mountaineers.
The last hike took them to the
foot of Mt. Lowe incline where they
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the cars to Echo Mountain.
They then followed the track to
Dawn Mine, hence down Millard
Canyon and back to Dawn Mine
where they enjoyed their lunches.
They headed for home early and
arrived in Pasadena before dark.
Other hikes to San Dimas and
Fish Canyon had previously been
taken and others are being planned
and anticipated with pleasure.
SOPHOMORES TO HOLD
IMPORTANT MEETING
Meeting in the auditorium, De¬
cember 9, the sophomore class
will hold an election Of officers
and adopt a constitution.
Candidates for president are:
Iver Drageset, Thirza Markey,
and Nelson Dodge. Those run¬
ning for the vice-presidency are:
Barbara Stevens, Mary Burger,
Elizabeth Hassler and William
Moore. Mildred Marshall and
Fannie Arnold are running for
the office of secretary and treas¬
urer.
Julia Laurence has been named
chairman of the publicity com¬
mittee.
All sophomores are eligible to
vote at this election. A number
of surprises are promised by the
program committee.