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VOL. II
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, DECEMBER 8, 1915, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NO. 11
WOU BEMERS LOSE
III SMURDAV GAME
Lemons Come and Lemons
Go But Pasadena Rushes
Right On
Local Team Shows Up Wordy
Men of Pomona Town¬
ship
Coming back strong at the oppor¬
tune moments, taking advantage of
Pomona mistakes, the P. H. S. Bull¬
dogs stepped on the Pomona Sage-
hens, to the musical little tune of 7 to
0. The game was hard fought from
start to finish, with P. H. S. on the
better end. Pomona ployed through
the light Pasadena line for big gains,
but were held just when they needed
the yards most. Pasadena, however,
was always “there” when they needed
the yards, and time after time they
literally took the ball away from Po¬
mona. Growling like caged lions,
when Pomona threatened their goal,
Pasadena invariably pushed the Sage-
hens back ten or eleven yards.
The field was wet, slippery and
soggy, and every one present expected
to see a slow uninteresting game, but
after the game was well under way,
they saw, much to their surprise, that
their expectations were blasted to the
four winds. The game was fast, snap¬
py and with something doing every
minute. Pasadena got her score in
the second quarter. Captain Varcoe of
Pomona came charging through guard
for five yards, but he met a stonewall
in the shape of Wally Chisholm on the
other side. So great was the impact,
that the ball bounced from his grasp,
and dropped directly into the hands
of “Tufty” Conn. Like a shot that
little cyclone, the only mortal with the
wings of Mercury on his feet, was off
toward the Pomona goal line. Before
he had gone forty yards the whole
pack of Sagehens were strung out be¬
lling him. Bib Steve Horrell gicked
goal. FTom then on Pasadena fought
like mad to keep Pomona from scar¬
ing.
Pomona won the toss and Pasadena
kicked. Varcoe received the ball and
ran it back twenty-five yards. Pomona
started out with a rush, and pushed
Pasadena back to their own twenty-
yard line, and were held. Pasadena,
not yet started, were also held, and
Captain Gard punted back to the fifty
yard line. Pomona was unable to gain
a yard, and punted. Here Pasadena
took heart, and rushed the ball to Po¬
mona’s ten yard line and were held.
Varcoe punted out of danger, but Pas¬
adena pushed the ball back into the
Sagehen territory, and Pomona unable
to resist so crushing an attack, punted
whenever the ball came into their pos¬
session. During the first quarter, there
was not much excitement, except that
Pasadena kept the gall in Pomona’s
territory the entire quarter.
The second quarter opened with Po¬
mona filled with the determination to
score. Slowly they pushed the ball
down the field, making five and six
yards everjr down. But Seay’s Bull¬
dogs, realizing their dangerous posi¬
tion, held the Pomonaites, and punted
out of danger. Back came Pomona,
bent on scoring, and ripping great
holes through the Pasadena line. Cap¬
tain Varcoe came rushing through, on
one of these bucks, but he fumbled the
ball, almost giving it to “Tuffyy” Conn
on the Pasadena twenty yard line.
When Varcoe got up enough courage
to look around, he saw little “Tuffy”,
gleefully planting the pigskin between
the Pomona goal posts. Pandemonium
broke loose. Even staid, sedate fac¬
ulty members stood up and yelled
themselves hoarse, and the auto klax¬
ons sounded like a jitney blockade on
Man street. Big Steve Horrell kicked
goal, and almost immediately the quar¬
ter ended, with the score, Pasadena 7,
Pomona 0.
When the second half started, the
Sagehens started off like an express
train. Determined to score, they bat¬
tled and fought, but the fighting Bull¬
dogs battled and fought harder, with
the result that Pomona could not get
the P. H. S. twenty yard line. On a
forward pass, however, the Sagehens
dropped the ball on Pasadena’s five
yard line. Things looked mighty bad
for the Seayites, but true to tradition
the crimson and white lads held like
a stone wall, and it took Pomona four
downs to be pushed back five yards.
That was Pomona’s chance to score,
bqt she could not take advantage of
tHe breaks, and Pasadena started
again on the wearisome and stubborn¬
ly resisted march down the field. That
was the last time that Pomona came
within striking distance of Pasadena’s
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Students Asked to
Present Acts
for Show
ф
At the regular meeting of the
Senior Show committee, com¬
posed of Harvey Dorn, Lois Mil¬
ler, Georgenia Nelson, Kenneth
Fuessle, and Robert Black, it
Ф
was decided that the Show for
Ф
this year will be similar to those
% of former years only to the ex-
w tent of having five or six short
<§> acts.
Ф
Harvey Dorn, chairman, pre-
Ssented a number of valuable
ideas and divided the work up
<§> among the other members of the
& committee. Robert Black will be
<$> business manager of the produc-
Ф
tion. To Lois Miller and Georg-
<$> enia Nelson has been given the
^ work of costuming; while Har-
<*> vey Dorn and Calvin Littleton
^ will work together in making a
<S> list of plays or skits suitable
§ for the show. Kenneth Fuessle
<§> will have charge of the stage
£ and properties, assisted by the
<S> regular stage crew.
^ While any member may sug-
Ф
gest acts or skits for the vodvil,
^ none of these will be used un-
<S> less passed by the entire com-
^ mittee. The question of original
<§■ acts and especially curtain acts
^ is difficult, and students in the
<$> school are asked to present any
Ф
such performances before the
Ф
committee if they wish to enter
f on this year’s program.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
■OSESCOIUITTEE
Will Have Beautiful Entry for
New Year’s Rose Tour¬
nament
At a recent meeting of the Junior
Board of Trade, a number of sugges¬
tions were discussed, among them the
question of the Commercial float for
the New Year’s parade. It was decid¬
ed to use for decoration pink carna¬
tions and green ferns. A committee
composed of Marion Reineck, Bernice
Mead and Grace Brisley was selected
to take charge of designing a float.
Everything points toward success in
making this year’s float the most beau¬
tiful one the club has ever had.
An employment bureau has been es¬
tablished by the Commercial Club, and
already many positions have been
filled through the bureau, which is in
charge of Lester Groetzinger. Letters
have been sent to all the merchants
in town asking them to aid the club in
furnishing positions and the replies
have been numerous and satisfactory.
Among other things the club is plan¬
ning an excursion to either Universal
or Harbor City in the near future. The
board elected Mr. Lewis as the Com¬
mercial Club faculty representative,
and chose a letter-head for the clubs
correspondence work.
Anyone taking a Commercial subject
may become a member of this organi¬
zation by paying a ten cent fee to
Arvid Hellberg at the book store.
goal, and the period ended, with Pasa¬
dena in possession of the ball.
The Bulldogs, playing for time,
pulled off some long plays, and long
punts with the ball in their possession
most of the time. It seemed as if Po¬
mona couldn’t keep a firm grasp on
that little piece of pigskin, and Pasa¬
dena, kept the ball in the middle of
the field. Not once did Pomona cross
the Bulldogs twenty yard line in this
quarter, but this was impossible with
P. H. S. in possession of the ball
three-fourths of the time. Time after
time, Pomona tried forward passes,
but P. H. S. always on the alert, and
looking for just such a comeback,
smeared them all. Pomona opened up
wide, in a desperate hope, of tying the
score. They didn’t have a chance, for
Pasadena fought them off their feet in
this last half, with the odds against
them. The game ended with the ball
in Pasadena’s possession on the Po¬
mona thirty yard line.
In an instant the great crowd was
on its feet; the very sky trembled
with the echoes. Up went the Bulldogs
on the shoulders of the enthusiastic
rooters, and they carried them to the
gym, setting them down like a piece
of valuable china plate. About two
thousand people ventured out in the
stormy weather, regardless of rain or
wind. And they were given a rare
treat, in one of the fastest and most
stubborn games in the history of foot¬
ball.
Captain Brant Gard, “Big Jawn” Mc-
Conaghy, “Tuffy” Conn, Big Steve Hor-
(Continued on page 4, column 1)
DANCES OF OLD SPAIN
DELIGHT STUDENTS
OF HIGHjjCHOOL
Panama - California Troupe
Gives Superb Entertain¬
ment Tuesday
Interesting Dances Enjoyed
by Hundreds of Stu¬
dents
Dressed in Spanish costumes of fifty
years ago, singing Spain’s most beau¬
tiful songs and dancing the prettiest
of the Castilian dances, twelve of the
more proficient performers of the
Panama-California Troupe of Spanish
entertainers delighted an audience of
students in yesterday’s assembly.
The troupe was led by Senor Jose
Amable, the celebrated Spanish pian¬
ist who is very prominent in Southern
California music circles. He was at¬
tired 'in a courtier’s suit of royal pur¬
ple velvet, but this costume although
it represents the brightest and most
frivolous side of Spanish life failed
to hide his intensely capable appear¬
ance and his appearance spoke for his
organization.
The young men of the troupe ap¬
peared clothed in the habiliments of
students of the University of Sala¬
manca of the year 1865. And the sen-
oritas wore typical Spanish costumes
with superb mantillas of a beauty
rarely seen in the present day types.
The presentation of the program
was assisted by an orchestra, com¬
posed of guitars, mandolins, and vio¬
lins. They, gave Spanish airs, with the
characteristic Castilian cadence, giv¬
ing a remarkable accompaniment to
the rythmical dances.
The dancers, Bella Sevilla and Senor
Guerra, gave one of the features of
the morning in a “Jota” or “leaf”
dance, — the “Jota Aragonisa,” which
pleased the onlookers.
The songs given by the soloists
were ones which are conceded by the
majority of Spanish people to repre¬
sent the best in the language.
“Ruisenor’ by Don Luis J. Garcia,
baritone, was regarded as his master¬
piece. It recalled the famous “Torea¬
dor Song” sung by the tenor, Don
Vincente de Riuera. The song which
received the universal plaudits of the
assemblage was “La Golondrina” (the
swallow) given by Bella Toledo, so¬
prano.
These entertainers are the best of
a large troupe which has been play¬
ing at the San Diego exposition and
which will return there the first of the
year. This group give the same feat¬
ures that are on their regular pro¬
gram. There will be thirteen more
concerts in Southern California under
the auspices of the Modern Language
Association of Southern California, of
which Miss Hawes is the president,
and Miss Shatto the chairman of the
education committee. We are fortun¬
ate to have both in our faculty.
The concerts will be held, one in
L. A. High next Friday, one in Poly
High Saturday afternoon and evening,
at the same prices as the perform¬
ances here. The others will be suc¬
cessively at Lincoln High, Hollywood,
Pomona, Long Beach, and Anaheim
Highs.
SENIOR COMMITTEES
WORKING TO LIMIT
Upperclassmen Not Idle Dur¬
ing the Lull in Meet¬
ings
Despite the fact that no meetings
have been held in the past two weeks,
the Seniors have by no means been
idle.
The various committees have been
busily engaged with arrangements for
the activities of the year, while indi¬
viduals are also active arranging
plans for suggestion at future meet¬
ings.
The entire class is teeming with
enthusiasm over the next meeting
which promises to be one of the great¬
est that the class has ever held. Many
important topics will be taken into
consideration and it is rumored that
the pin proposition and the selection
of some “type of head gear,” two
topics which have proven themselves
to be of great interest, will again be
brought to the front.
All Seniors are urged to keep watch
for any developments which may be
announced on the bulletin board in
the near future.
GLASS ORGANIZATION
INTERESTS FRESHMEN
Little Strangers Make Great
Progress With Active
President
Nine-two Freshmen are still new¬
comers at P. H. S., but they seem to
have thoroughly absorbed all the basic
principles of class organization al¬
ready.
This fact became apparent yester¬
day when an effort to determine the
scope of their activities revealed the
fact that the class is busily engaged
in dues collecting — and nothing else!
Not that any such tremendous rush
of business was apparent in Room 101
where Emmet Jones, custodian of the
class funds, was found — but still it
shows that the precocious youngsters
have got the main idea already. Also,
the records show a most promising
number of “paid-up” members already
enrolled.
Dues are only twenty-five cents a
year, by the way, and President Fred
Loomis says that as soon as a few
more are gathered into the fold,
enough to constitute a majority, the
line is to be sharply drawn, meetings
for paid-ups only to be held, and all
sorts of parties given for these same
favored few.
An enterprising entertainment com¬
mittee of which Miss Ellavers Nelson
is chairman, is already at work on
this last feature, and promises a whole
lot of good times for the near future.
Fred Loomis is the president of the
class, Miss Ellavere Nelson, vice pres¬
ident; Paul Howard, secretary, and
Emmet Jones, treasurer — truly a good¬
ly array of officers, and a “corpse”
under whose direction the infants
should accomplish great deeds.
STUDENTS RESPOND TO
CALL FORREPORTERS
Many Live Wires Hooked Up
for Work on High
School Paper
In response to the call made by the
CHRONICLE last week for reporters,
a number of students have applied for
positions on the paper, a few of whom
are good, more of whom are indiffer¬
ent, and most of whom are bad.
But even poor reporters are better
than none at all, in the opinion of the
City Editor who says he was glad to
have them report and only hopes that
more will come around for a tryout
this week.
Scarcely a week passes that one of
the members of the staff is not given
a free pass to the outside of the office,
and it is therefore necessary that
their places be taken by some persons
who know a little ajjout the elements
of journalism.
Those who are regular reporters on
the CHRONICLE at the present time,
are Robert Lilley, George Whitworth,
Lillian Coleman, Victor Sturdevant,
Ruth Cawthorne, and Elizabeth Allen.
Among those who have asked for
positions and who are now being given
tryouts, are Malcolm McDonald, Doug¬
las MacKenzie, Jack Bangs, Albert
Mauzy, Charles Paddock, John Nie-
meyer, Julian Woodward, and Henry
Durham.
With these persons doing reporting
work, things are looking a little bright¬
er, but there is always room for the
person who can write, and any one
who answers to that qualification will
receive a hearty welcome from the
City Editor.
Those who think that they are em¬
bryo Horace Greeleys would do well
to read a little about journalism in
general in one or more of the many
good books on the subject to be found
both in the City and High School libra¬
ries, before applying for positions on
the CHRONICLE. This will not only
be of assistance to the individual, but
will also lessen the work of the edi¬
torial staff which often is compelled'
to turn itself into a miniature school
of journalism for budding newspaper
men.
Good Opinion of Team
Archibald (Red) McAlpine returned
from Delano, where he has been
ranching for the past several months,
and will attend Pasadena High for
post-graduate work, starting with the
second semester.
He was mightily pleased with the
results of the Saturday game, and
expressed himself in a few words, “A
little lighter than last year’s bunch,
and maybe a little faster. The line
isn’t quite as good, but the backfield
sure is fine. Brant and Tuffy are
some stars, an’ old ‘Jawn’ is a bear.”
DIG POSSIBILITY OF
DEBATE WITH PORTLAND
Northern School Will Finance
Proposition With Help
of Pasadena
Realizing the standing possessed by
Pasadena along debating lines, the
Central High School of Portland, Ore¬
gon, has challenged P. H. S. to a de¬
bate some time in January.
Principal Cross and Coach Carson
are both in favor of the proposed en¬
counter and will do their best to put
the proposition through.
Although Portland only planned for
a single debate, it is the hope of the
local administration that it will be
possible to have a double contest,
each school speaking on both sides of
the question. Still anotner possibili¬
ty is that the contest will be triangu¬
lar in nature, with another school
having teams entered.
However, the debates are arranged,
if the plan materializes, will mean a
tremendous advertisement for Psaa-
dena. To possess teams that are good
enough to be sent a distance of a
thousand miles for a debate is a big
thing, and to have enough school
spirit to finance the proposition
speaks even better for the school.
BIGGEST YEAR FOR
STUDENKAFETERIA
Prospects for Year Bright,
Claim of Manager
Barrett
“The aim of the cafeteria,” said
Malcolm Barrett in speaking of the
department of which he is manager,
“is to serve the students with the best
possible food at the lowest possible
prices. The management is always
glad to receive suggestions. Anyone
who wishes to suggest a change or any
new feature, may do so to Mrs. Hall,
who has charge.”
This year is the biggest that the
cafeteria has yet had, partially due to
the larger enrollment, and partially as
a result of the fact that the students
are beginning to realize the splendid
quality of food being served.
The food is the best which can be
obtained and is being served so cheap¬
ly that as in former years, the cafe¬
teria is no more than merely paying
expenses.
“The cafeteria,” said Mr. Cross, in
a .recent lecture before the parent-
teachers, “is not a money making
proposition. It is merely a dispensary
for good food at low prices. If the
cafeteria management finds that they
are making money, they immediately
cut down the price. The total profit
of this department last year amount¬
ed to twenty-two dollars.”
FAVOR (^STUDENTS
Requests Use of Seven-passen¬
ger Machine for New
Year’s Float
Having decided to enter the Tour¬
nament of Roses parade, the Commer¬
cial Club is now on the lookout for a
seven-passenger machine which may
be used as a foundation for the float.
Through the kindness of a student,
the club was able to make one of the
best entries in the parade last year,
and this year it is hoped to do even
better, provided a machine can be ob¬
tained:
Scholarship Medals
to Be Given by
League
Following an idea mentioned in
a number of former meetings,
the Girls’ League has definitely
decided that scholarship pins
or medals should be awarded
girls with highest scholarships.
Girls making one in two sol¬
ids, and two in other solids, at
the end of the semester will re¬
ceive the pins. At the end of the
second semester, if the same
standards are kept, the pin will
become property of the girls,
while if there is a drop in any
subject, the pin will be returned.
CLAIM PASADENA SHOWS
RIGHT SPIRIT IN
CHALLENGE
Speakers in Rally Assembly
Stand Pat on Final
Decision
P. J. Batkin Explains Meaning
of Pasadena Football
Action
“Pasadena’s acceptance of Pomo¬
na’s sweeping challenge is an exam¬
ple of the true P. H. S. spirit, and I
admire you for it,” was the statement
made by Paul J. Batkin during the
football rally held last Thursday in
preparation for the big Pomona High
School game.
The above remarks are an epitome
of the whole sentiment of those who
spoke at the rally. Everyone seemed
to feel that Pasadena’s greatest vic¬
tory had already been won in that
she had effectually silenced Pomona’s
bombastic challenge and had shown
the entire Southland her ability to
play the game and play it right.
Professor Batkin, the first speaker
of the morning, undertook to explain
the football situation to the entire
gtudent Body. He said in part:
“W'hat led up to the coming game
with Pomona is that Pasadena is the
legal champion of the City league,
the largest interscholastic organiza¬
tion of the south, while Pomona is
the so-called champion of the Citrus
Belt league, but had no right to play
for the Southern championship as
she did not play under the rules of
the California Interscholastic Feder¬
ation.
“Pomona, thinking that it would be
impossible for her to show her abili¬
ty, because of the
С.
I. F. rules, brag¬
ged that she could beat any school in
the South, and Pasadena threw a sur¬
prise into their camp by promptly
accepting her challenge.
“The game will have nothing to do
with our standing in the Southern
Championship race. Whether we win
or lose we shall still be in the run¬
ning and Pomona will be out of it,
because Pasadena lived up to the
rules, and Pomona did not.
Bill Coombs was the next speaker.
He said: “It is our duty as a high
school to permit Pomona to play us.
We do not have to do so, but it is the
true Pasadena spirit of giving them
a chance to beat us. But they are
not going to beat us, if you come out
and root on Saturday. In order to
win there is an urgent need for you
to be tnere.”
“We must silence the challenge
cries of Pomona as we would those
of any other baby,” was the substance
of the remarks made by Calvin Little¬
ton, and the substance was received
with great applause and commenda¬
tion by the entire Student Body.
Previous to the various speeches
which were made, Captain Brant Gard
presented the banner won by the foot¬
ball team by virtue of their victory
over Long Beach, to John McCona-
ghy, Commisioner of Athletics. In
receiving the trophy, the- Commis¬
sioner remarked that he, was doubly
glad to do so, because in winning the
game and trophy from Long Beach
we had also cinched the title to the
City League football championship.
Yells led by Johnson and Halstead
were frequently interspersed through¬
out the rally, and only served to still
further rouse the spirit of every mem¬
ber of the school.
§ DELIVERS FIAT
Ё
ON CHEAP i
GRAFT jj
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: £
The poor spirited, small cheap
skates who have been getting
a copy of the Chronicle free
each week, and who think they
are getting away with it are
sadly mistaken. After this is¬
sue anyone who gets a copy of
the paper without working or
paying for it, may consider
himself a lucky boob.
If there are no more than 500
students who are loyal enough
to take their school paper then
no more than 500 papers will
be given out.
Those who have been taking
advantage of the circulation de¬
partment for the past three is¬
sues will have to go elsewhere
to get their free papers.
— Circulation Department.
V/.WAW.V.V.V.V.VAWW,