VOL. XIV
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 2, 1928
No. 19
BOARD ADOS TITLE
TO HORACE UN
II PLEA ANSWER
Miss Viola Fennel Suggests
Applauded Idea to Her
Advisory Room
TOURISTS MAKE MISTAKE
Wm. F. Ewing Sends Petition
to School Heads Who
Grant Request
Because transients have been
misled by the name of this school,
the Board of Education has decided
to raise the sign “Pasadena High
School” on the Horace Manri Build¬
ing, according to William F. Ew¬
ing, principal of P. H. S.
That this error in identity exist¬
ed was pointed out by Miss Viola
Fennel, president of the Senior ad¬
visory in 136-C. On Tuesday, Jan¬
uary 23, a petition to the Board of
Education asking this change was
adopted and handed to Mr. Ewing.
He expressed his gratification. The
adviser is Mrs. Sarah Hatfield,
member of the Language depart¬
ment. To a Chronicle reporter she
said:
“Though .my group began the
term in a lifeless way, under the
leadership of their president, Miss
Fennel, much interest has been
aroused through discussions on
various topics. We are, with rea¬
son, proud to have promoted
knowledge of P. H. S. by petition¬
ing that its name be put on the
Horace Mann building.”
Horace Mann building will not
forfeit its name; the new plan will
only cause the addition of “Pasa¬
dena High School” on it.
MEMBERS OF CLUB
PRESENT PROGRAM
Under the direction of Emil Mor-
hardt,, president, a program was
presented before the Music Club
on Wednesday, January 24. Abra¬
ham Miller, head of the Music de¬
partment, supervised the program,
which was as follows:
Vocal Solo . Hazel Comp
Sonfe, Quartet, Marion Worrell,
Emil Morhardt, Ben Farrar, and
Tommy Arnold.
Vocal Solo . Madeline Richardson
In another meeting held last
Wednesday, entertainment, social,
and eligibility committees were
elected.
REHEARSALS BEING
HELD FOR “MIKADO”
Rehearsals for the Japanese
Opera, “Mikado,” to be given by
the Girls’ and Boys’ Glee Clubs in
the latter part of March, are being
held every night after school for
members of the cast. The chorus,
however, rehearses but once a
week.
Abraham Miller, head of the
Music department, and Miss Eliza¬
beth Keppie, teacher of Dramatics,
are directing the production which
promises to excell “H. M. S. Pina¬
fore,” written by the same author,
and presented by the Glee Clubs
last year.
To Give Noted Play
The “Charm School,” recently
produced at the Pasadena Com¬
munity Playhouse, will be the Sen¬
ior play of the Santa Monica High
School.
ANNUAL IS DEDICATED
TO P. H. S. PRINCIPAL
By practically a unanimous vote
the Senior class decided to dedicate
the 1923 Annual to William F. Ew¬
ing, principal of P. H. S., at the
class meeting held Tuesday.
The meeting was called to order
by Joseph Sill, the retiring ' presi¬
dent, who spoke a few words of ap¬
preciation for the fine cooperation
shown by the class during the first
semester. He then passed the
gavel over to his successor, Oliver
Prickett, who told of a few plans
to make the second and last semes¬
ter one of the biggest ever. He
said that the Senior class play
would be decided soon; and that
preparations for a big vaudeville
show in April and the class day
exercises in June would soon be
under way. The next business in
hand was that of the dedication of
the Annual which was decided in
short order by the selection of Mr.
Ewing.
Bailey W. Howard, while sitting
in the audience in the third row,
listened to himself give an address
upon the Scientific Discoveries,
from the D. H. S. stage, by means
of the magnavox amplifier, at the
assembly yesterday. This he ex¬
plained sounds remarkable, but it
was truly convenient being able to
sit in the audience and listen to
yourself talk. It almost made you
feel like you were twins.
The demonstrations given were
the different uses that liquid air
can be put to. The physical prop¬
erties were explained through a
vacuum tube by Mr. Howard from
his seat in the audience. Liquid
air, while evaporating, becomes
heavier than air and falls. Liquid
air will still boil satisfactorily in a
tea kettle while situated on a cake
of ice it was proved. Liquid air
makes pliable things, brittle and
much to the surprise of those as¬
sembled this fact was demonstrat¬
ed by pouring liquid air over a
rubber tube and then using a ham¬
mer to break the piece of tubing.
The same thing happened to a
flower. Mercury is a liquid but
when it comes in contact with
liquid air, it becomes a solid. A
toy hammer was made of mercury
to demonstrate this fact. Kero¬
sene by the same process was made
into a candle and a match was
used to demonstrate its powers as
a candle. The two boys who dem¬
onstrated this interesting subject
were Ernest Sechler and Hewitt
Dix. -
Scenes from the boiling pot of
the active volcano Kilauea, in the
Hawaiian Islands, located in the
peaceful waters of the Pacific
Ocean, were shown in their natural
colors by the Biology department.
The flaming lava was shown leap¬
ing seventy feet in the air from
out of the “Devil’s Crucible,” in
the “Lake of Fire.” Pieces of the
crater were shown which was com¬
posed of solid sulphur. Eunice
Mannheim, new Commissioner of
Entertainment, presided over the
assembly.
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Mr. an)d Mrs. Albert C. Evans
announce the arrival of a son, bom
on January 31, 1923. Mrs. Evans
and baby are at their home, 560
N. Hill avenue.
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OF ITEO CSIII!
Class Play Ranks With That
of Production “Clarence”
Given Last Year
RETURNS SATISFACTORY
Success Due to Cooperation of
Different Committees
and Miss Keppie
The Junior Class scored a big
success last Friday evening when
their class play, “Believe Me, Xan-
tippe,” was presented under the di¬
rection of Miss Elizabeth Keppie,
dramatics teacher. The prophecy
of its advocates that this play
would rank with that of last year’s
Junior play “Clarence” was ful¬
filled.
A great deal of credit is due to
those who took part in the pro¬
duction. The leading roles were
taken by Marion F. Randall and
Lucile Knapp, who played the parts
of George MaeFarland, a rich New
Yorker, and Dolly Kamman, the
sheriff’s daughter, respectively.
That the comedy points of the
play were not lost upon the audi¬
ence was manifested by the laugh¬
ter which followed the many clever
lines.
A young man who flattered him¬
self with having more brains than
the “arm of the law,” and who has
enough confidence in himself to bet
on it, forms the main theme of the
plot. His downfall is brought
about by an “armette” of the law
but he does not regret it.
Selections were played by the
school orchestra between acts. The
program was as follows:
Overture, “The King of Diamonds”
. Lavellee
Selection from Ermine .
. Jacobowski
Mexican Serenade . Armand
March, “The Fighting Hope .
. Maurice
Waltz, “Roses from the South”....
. Strauss
March, “Life and Liberty” .
. Christensen
As a result of the combined ef¬
forts of all the committees, the
cast, and Miss Keppie, $507.88 was
realized. Special mention is due
Harold Shields, business manager,
and to the understudies.
The cast was as follows:
William, MacFarland’s valet .
. Louis Elowitz
Thornton Brown, MacFarland’s
Friend . Peter Van Ness
George MaeFarland .
. Marion F. Randall
Arthur Sole, detective .
. Kenneth Robinson
Buck Kamman, a Colorado sheriff
. John Atwill
Doly Kamman, his daughter .
. Lucile Knapp
“Simp” Calloway, a desperado....
. James Goodman
“Wrenn” Rigley, jailer .
. Clarence Rickleffs
Violet, Simp’s friend .
. Atha Delaplain
Martha, Dolly’s aunt .
. Elmeta Curry
Much credit goes to the members
of the stage crew who worked
faithfully for many hours during
rehearsals and at the final pro¬
duction.
P.H.S. FRENCH PUPILS
TO PRESENT PROGRAM
Students from French classes in
P. H. S. will give the program at
the next reunion of French high
school pupils of Southern Califor¬
nia to be held on Thursday, Feb¬
ruary 8, at Sentous Junior High
School in Los Angeles. Many of
the advanced French classes are
planning to attend this affair and
it is to be hoped that many of the
elementary students who have the
time will be present also. The
gathering will be chaperoned by
teachers of the Language depart¬
ment. Below is the program
which will be presented:
Solo, . Elege (Massenet)
Emil Morhardt, accompanied by
Elsabeth Lesh.
One Act Play, La Somnabule (The
Sleep-walker). Miss Cass’s 4th
year French class.
French Folk Songs, Sung by Emil
and Robert Morhardt.
Scene from L’Avare (Moliere)
Miss Eckersley’s and Mr. Turn¬
er’s class.
Piano Solo, . Nocturne (Chopin)
Eisabeth Lesh.
French Folk Dance by Mary Macy
Staats.
French Restaurant Scene, Miss
Tennis’s 11-2 class.
To reach the Sentous Junior
High Schood take a West Pico car
going South on Broadway in Los
Angeles.
UNIQUE PARTY TO BE
GIVEN BY TEACHERS
The character of the Mathematic
Party which is being planned for
the near future, was revealed in the
unique invitations sent to the
guests.
“The mon-year and bi-year fac¬
tors of the Mathematics Depart¬
ment invite the poly-year factors
and their numerical coefficients of
%, (i. e. their better halves), to
become terms in a harmonic gas¬
tronomic progression on the day of
February that equals 2x5. The
process of transposition will be ex¬
pressed in literal form later. De¬
terminant answers of positive or
negative signs are requested.”
MILDRED BROCKWAY
GIVES RECITAL
Miss Mildred Brockway, ’24, an
advanced student of Percy Shaul
Hallett, organist at All Saints’
Episcopal church, gave a group of
organ works at the All Saints’
church, last Thursday evening un¬
der the auspices of the American
Guild of Organists.
Numbers on her program were
the first movement of Bach’s Son¬
ata in C Mnior, a movement from
Mendelssohn’s
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Flat Sonata, the
Capprico in F, by Lemaigre, and
the Grand Choeur in
В
Flat, by Du¬
bois.
R. J. PELUNIS GIVES
RECITAL WITH SISTER
Tonight at the Calvary Baptist
church of this city, Rudolph J. De-
lunis, violinist, and member of the
P. H. S. English department, will
play in recital with his sister, Miss
Dorothy Pelunis. Mr. Pelunis will
be accompanied by Elsabeth Lesh,
member of the Senior class.
Miss Pelunis, who has composed
several piano works, will play from
her own compositions. She has
appeared in Pasadena before. Re¬
cently she was heard by the Tues¬
day Morning Club.
MIffl Oil ILL
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PBM
Hope to Obtain 1000 Dollars
to Begin Loan; More
to Be Added
TO HELP NEEDY PUPILS
Different Organizations Will
Participate; 200 People
to Appear on Stage
In order to obtain money to start
a loan fund from which needy stu¬
dents may borrow, the Pasadena
Rotary Club is planning an enjoy¬
able program which will be given,
in the high school auditorium on-
the evening of March 23.
Several institutions are cooper¬
ating with the club to make the
program a success. The Physical
Education department expects to
put on stunts which will excel
those given in a recent assembly.
The corrective gym classes will
also have a part, demonstrating
I their exercises.
Planning to assist in the pro¬
gram also, are the Boy Scouts, the
Pasadena Y. M .C. A., the Rotary
Club Male Quartet, and the high,
school R.
О.
T. C., whose perform¬
ance will be patriotic and spectac¬
ular.
Since the R.
О.
T. C. band will be
on the program, the number of
participants will probably exceed
two hundred.
By this entertainment the Rotary
Club hopes to raise at least $500,.
an additional $500 to be obtained
by a committee of five men. This,
sum of $1,000 will form the be¬
ginning of a Student Loan Fund
from which students may borrow
with the understanding that it be
paid back somj time after gradu¬
ation. Each year an additional
$1,000 will be raised until the
amount has reached $5,000.
BASKETBALL SEASON
FOR GIRLS HALF OVER
Half of the games on the girls’
basketball schedule has been play¬
ed, while those left will be over by
next week.
Scores of the games which have
already taken place are as follows;
Juniors 24; Freshmen 14.
Faculty 38; Freshmen 14.
Seniors 20; Sophomores 6.
Seniors 23; Freshmen 11.
Juniors 33; Sophomores 14.
The remaining games are be¬
tween the Faculty and Seniors;
Sophomores and Freshmen; Facul¬
ty and Juniors; Seniors and Jun¬
iors; and the Faculty and Soph¬
omores .
P. H. S. ENROLLMENT HAS
GREATLY INCREASED
As a supplement to the an¬
nouncement made in The Chron¬
icle last week, regarding Pasa¬
dena’s place in California
i schools according to enrollment,
it might be interesting to know
that the enrollment is now 4078.
There are 202 students attend¬
ing the part time school; 279
the continuation school, 852 the
evening school, and 2745 the
daily school.