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VOL. XVIII
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 3, 1927
NO. 15
> BAUBLE AND
BELLS PLAY
BIG SUCCESS
Audience of Over One Thous¬
and Attend Comedy by
Alice Duel- Miller
Financial Victory
Cast and Coaching of Di¬
rector Applauded by Many
Authorities of Drama
“Congratulations on the wonder¬
ful presentation of the play. It
was one of the most successful I
have seen in P. H, S.” This was
the comment that J ohn W . Har-
beson, dean of the Pasadena jun¬
ior college, made after seeing “The
Charm School,” a three-act comedy
by Alice Duer Miller, which was
presented by the Bauble and Bells
dramatic club last Friday eve¬
ning in the P. H. S. auditorium.
About $541 was taken in at the
sale of tickets, making a net profit
of $400. One of the largest
crowds ever seen at a Bauble and
Bells entertainment attended the
play — over 1000 people.
Miss Katherine Kester, faculty
adviser of the B. and B. coached
the cast. Margaret Jewel, ‘27, and
Richard Young, ’27, who took the
leading parts, showed exceptional
ability and skill. All of the char¬
acters were examples of talent and
of careful training.
The cast was as follows:
Elise Benedott, Margaret Jewel;
Miss Hayes, Elizabeth Jackson;
Miss Curtis, Elizabeth Brown ; Sal¬
ly Boyd, Mildred Hanniff; Murile
Doughty, Bernice Petheram; EthJ-l
Speluin, Florence Houston; Alix
Mercier, Ruth Baldwin; Lillian
Stafford, Jeannette Hirsh; Madge
Kent, Kate Sullivan; Austin Bev¬
ins, Richard Young; David Mac-
Kensie, Stanley Wright; George
Boyd, Roney Williamson; Jim
Simpkins, William Best; Tim
Simpkins, Gus Ciliax; and Homer
Johns, Frank Ogburn.
The heads of the various com¬
mittees working on the production
of the comedy were: Thelma Rog¬
ers, assistant director; Jeannette
Gordon, ushers; Herbert Merris,
stage committee; William Best,
business committee; Herbert Res-
ner, publicity; and Mariam Morris,
costumes.
Seniors Show
Girls Campus
Stressing the influence that a
senior girl has on her sophomore
sister, Miss Nellie G. Clarke, dean
of girls, spoke to the senior sis¬
ters last Thursday before they
escorted the younger girls around
the school. About 100 _eniors
were selected to show tne new
students around and to explain
the customs of P. H. S. to them.
The seniors are expected to keep
track of their new girl sisters
throughout the school year, and
to be real friends to them, and to
any other new student who may
be lonely.
Different methods of selecting
girls to act as senior sisters have
been tried during past years. The
11th year English teachers rec¬
ommended girls from their classes
one year, and the department
heads and gym teachers recom¬
mended them at other times. This
year, however, all senior girls
who desired to have a sophomore
sister were requested to drop
their names in a box in Miss
Clarke’s outer office. A few girls
other than these were selected to
take charge of new girls.
This work, which has been car¬
ried on by the girls’ league for
some time, has proved very help¬
ful to girls who enter P. H. S.
and some who enter Pasadena for
the first time. It helps to make
them feel that they are wanted
by the scoool, and it helps to give
them the right start toward be¬
ing the desirable students that
P. H. S. takes pride in having.
STAFF HARD
AT WORK ON
YEAR BOOK
Dean Harbeson of Junior
College to take Duties
of Principal of P. H. S.
William F. Ewing Will Leave Pasadena hr June to Become
Assistant Superintendent of Oakland Schools; Board
of Education Extends Congratulations
To fill the vacancy which will
be left by Mr. Ewing when he
leaves P. H. S. to take up the
duties of assistant superintendent
of schools in Oakland in June,
John W. Harbeson, present dean
of Pasadena junior college, was
elected by the unanimous vote of
Organize Class ORATORS TO
PREPARE ON
DEMOCRACY
Students Profit by Timely
Start on Various Sections
of Annual Record
Senior Class Lets Contract
for Work on Announcements
Selecting from two close com¬
petitors, Charles B. Eliot Com¬
pany of Philadelphia and F. O.
Allen Company of Los Angeles,
the senior class committee chose
the former’s offers for senior class
announcements.
These announcements, which
are the regular invitations to
commencement exercises, will be
formal but simple. Samples will
be ready in about a month, from
which the class members may
make their orders.
In addition to these invitations,
leather-bound books with an¬
nouncements of all class affair's
will be printed and sold to the
seniors for souvenirs. These will
correspond to books which nearly
every senior college class issues
P. H. S. will probably be the
only high school which has
carried out the idea.
A class meeting will be held
next Wednesday. The new offiecrs
will be installed, after which
business will be discussed.
New Library Will Open
On Lincoln’s Birthday
Fires, setbacks in construction
and material difficulties have all
helped to set back the opening
date of Pasadena’s new public
library.
The library was scheduled to
open on or about December 1,
but now the date for the opening
is Lincoln’s birthday. The library
plans to move the 9th, 10th and
11th and open in the new build¬
ing the 12th of this month.
Kodak Day Coming
Art is Completed at Early
Date With Help of Whole
Bunch of Enthusiasts
JOHN W. HARBESON
the board of education.
Seven years ago Mr. Harbeson
became an instructor of history
and coach of debating in Pasadena
high school. Two years later he
was placed in charge of the child
welfare deparemtnt of the Pasa¬
dena schools.
In September, 1924, when the
Pasadena junior college was es¬
tablished, Mr. Harbeson was cho¬
sen for its highest position — that
of dean. He is largely respon¬
sible for its growth and popular¬
ity, according to his co-workers
and school officials.
Besides being the executive of¬
ficer of the high school, Mr. Har¬
beson will have charge of the ad¬
ministration of the junior college
in cooperation with the new dean,
who has not yet been selected.
Mr. Harbeson’s annual salary
of $5,500 will be paid by the
high school fund with the excep¬
tion of one-third, which will come
from the college..
On the recommendation of John
Franklin West, superintendent of
schools, Mr. Harbeson was elected
without discussion.
The board adopted a resolution
thanking Mr. Ewing for his serv¬
ice here during the last seven
years, and congratulating him on
his new position.
According to Mr. West, the new
junior college dean will not be
elected until later in the year.
for Senior Play
Organization of the third annual
12-2 dramatics class which will
produce the senior play is well
under way by Miss Elzabeth Kep-
pie, P. H. S. dramatics teacher.
All 12 students are eligible to
join this class, which meets the
fifth period, and they will receive
credits just the same as though
they were taking any required
subject.
The class is composed of forty
seniors at present and is expected
to furnish an abundance of good
talent for the play. Selection of
the play to be presented will be
done by a committee of four stu¬
dents from the class. This com¬
mittee will read several plays and
report to the class upon them.
The students will select the best
one and the entire class will then
begin work upon its production.
Those who are chosen will con¬
tinue with the play while the
others will be given work in mak¬
ing costumes, scenery, taking care
of the stage, managing the
publicity, and other routine and
necessary work.
This will be the third senior
play to be presented under the
work of an organized class. Al¬
though the play has not as yet
been selected it is probable that
it will be a modern one. Two
years ago the senior class .pre¬
sented “The Rivals,” and last year
they put on Shakespeare’s “As
You Like It.”
WILLIAM F. EWING
Honor Society Hears
State Meet Report
First L.A. Symphony
Concert This W eek
Valuable Prizes Are Offered
in National and Interna¬
tional Contest
Trip to Europe
Six Are Chosen by Forensics
Committee to Compete
In Finals
With the art section of this
year’s annual completed, and with
work well under way on the boys’
€
athletic section, under Herbert
Merris, the “Annual” staff hopes
to avoid any last minute rush at
the end of the school year.
Plans for a kodak day are being
completed, in order that sturents
will have an opportunity to get
some good snapshots of the cam¬
pus and students that may be
used in the “Annual.”
All graduating seniors must
hand in taheir activity cards im¬
mediately, because that is the
only way the staff has of getting
the information which is printed
next to each senior picture.
In order to reserve space for
their pictures, each club must make
application at once, as work will
soon be started on that section.
Slips may be turned in at room
205-C, or put in Miss Gladys
Snyder’s box. Senior activity
cards may still be obtained at the
student body office, according to
Frances McNeil, editor.
Home Economics Shows
Films on Related Industries
An interesting group of pic¬
tures was shown every period in
the high school auditorium last
Friday, January 28, under ar¬
rangement of Miss McGorray,
head of homemaking departent.
In the group of pictures shown,
“The Silk Industry in U. S.” and
“Silk Industry in China” were
especially interesting, for the dif¬
ference between the two countries
was stressed.
Other pictures in the group
were; “Meat Packing Industry,”
“Salt Industry,” “Wool Industry,”
and “Weaving of Cloth.”
The election of Marian Schracer,
member of the P. H. S. Honor So¬
ciety, as treasurer of the Cali¬
fornia Interscholaristic Federation,
was the important announcement
made by the Society at its meet¬
ing Wednesday, Jan. 27, in 200C.
She gave an interesting report of
the state convention of the Fed¬
eration which was held December
18, in Riverside.
Beside Marian Schrocer, Miss
Kathleen D. Loly, former adviser
of the society, and Miss Sara A.
Talbot, present counselor, attend¬
ed the convention.
Jack Snyder, president of the
local Society, Marion Jenkins,
vice-president, Virgina Gillon, sec¬
retary, Carl Cartwright, Virginia
Gollatz, Loma Macdonnell, and
Virginia Phillis were the student
representatives.
An announcement was made
during the meeting that Miss
Talbot wantd honor society stu¬
dents to apply for work in the
counselor’s office. This work will
give service points, according to
Miss Talbot. I
After the business was disposed
of the members were generously
entertained by Miss Keppie’s dra¬
matic class. Two puppet shows
were presented. Ruth Balbwin and
Elain Rabinowitz were the puppet
players.
Special Training Offered
in Citizenship
Citizenship instruction, through
single lectures or short courses, is
announced by the University of
Viriginia. Assistance in arrang¬
ing citizenship institutes is also of¬
fered local communities or organ¬
izations by the bureau of citizen¬
ship education of the University,
which will furnish information on
any subject in the field of citizen¬
ship and government. A short-
course meeting presents popular
demand in connection with the pro¬
posed reorganization in Virginia of
State and local governments, em¬
braces a general study of city,
county, and State government, and
includes public health, education,
public welfare, and other activities
in which there is State and local
The first of three monthly con¬
certs to be given by a symphony
orchestra composed of more than
one hundred American and Euro¬
pean artists of world renown will
be presented for the high school
students’ approval at 8:45 P. M.
tomorrow in the local auditorium.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic
orchestra, conducted by Walter
Henry Rothwell, and under the
auspices of John Henry Lyons,
director of Music Education in the
Pasadena city schools, will bring
a program headed by Mendels¬
sohn’s “Wedding March,” which
will be played in honor of its com¬
poser who was born February 3,
1809. Parts of Shubert’s “Un¬
finished Symphony,” the Ballet
“Sylvia,” “Henry VIII,” and “The
Year 1812” will make up the pro¬
gram which has been chosen es¬
pecially for high school students.
All those who enjoyed the con¬
cert given by the same orchestra
in the early part of December last
year will attend the ones in the
future as will those who were un¬
able to avail themselves of the op¬
portunity at that time.
Season and single tickets are be¬
ing offered at the exceedingly low
price of 60c and 25c respectively.
The former consists of tickets to
three separate performances to be
given on the 4th of February, the
4th of March, and the 4th of April.
‘BRIAR ROSE’
ATTRACTS
NEW TALENT
Many New Students Enter
Departments to Prepare
for School Opera
To Be Funniest Yet
Questions of Vital Import to
All Will be Treated at
Length in Production
Girls’ Courtesy Club Holds
Well Appointed Luncheon
Twelve members of the girls’
courtesy club enjoyed a carefully
appointed luncheon last Saturday
at the Sunset Country Club under
the chaperonage of Mr. and Mrs.
McNatt.
After inspecting the club
grounds and rooms, the group went
up to the tower, which is celebrat¬
ed for beautiful view that it com¬
mands.
cooperation. Lectures will be ar¬
ranged to suit local convenience, the
only expense being for travel and
maintenance of the lecturer while
absent from the university.
What would you like to do if,
just as your lips were about to
touch those of your sweetheart’s in
a lingering kiss, you were both
stuck motionless? What would
you do if, just as you were indulg¬
ing in a pet quarrel with someone
and your hand was about to strike
your enemy’s face, what would you
do, we reiterate, if you were sud¬
denly turned to stone? What
would you think if you were told
several of the most dignified boys
around school had gone onto dress¬
making business? What would
you do if you were invited to sit at
a great banquet table at which rare
fowls and sweetmeats were to be
served? What would you do under
all these circumstances? Why you
would have the time of your life.
Such are the opportunities to be
offered with the productions of
“Briar Rose”. No doubt it would
be of unlimited advantage to the
bashful -students of P. H. S. and
P. J. C. to take a lesson from the
members of the cast who, by the
time the opera is produced, will
probably be able to acquit them¬
selves with high honors under the
above-mentioned processes. And
so you dear children who are read¬
ing this had better start to saving
up your nickels and your dimes if
you want to see one of th’e fun¬
niest and best operas ever produced
at this school.
In order to create interest and
respect for the constitution of the
United States, the fourth annual
national and the second inter¬
national constitutional contest is
being conducted in the high
schools under the management of
Professor Alan Nichols, debating
coach of the University of South¬
ern California.
The Pacific Southwest division
of the contest is being sponsored
by the “Los Angeles Times.”
Finals will be held in London,
Paris, Berlin, Honolulu, Tokio,
Montreal and Mexico . City. The
grand climax will be held at
Washington, D. C.
Prizes which will be awarded in
May are: First, $500 and a free
trip to Europe; second, $250;
third, $100; fourth, $50; and all
remaining places, $25.
All persons interested in this
contest must see Mrs. Irene S.
Peters, public speaking instructor,
at once.
Another oratorical event which
is taking place at P. H. S. at the
present time is the G. A. Nelson
contest, the subject of which is
“World Figures of Today.” Mem¬
bers of the forensics committee
selected six speakers from the
preliminaries to enter the finals.
They are: Stanley Hahn, who
spoke on Marshall Pill Sudski, a
spoke on Hughes; Percy Gill, who
Polish military leader; Ted Hat-
lan, who spoke on Edison; Her¬
bert Resner, who spoke on Judge
N. D. Lindsey; Richard Barrett,
spoke on Marshal Pillsudski, a
secretary of commerce; and Alan
Gibson, who also spoke on Marshal
Pillsudski.
The speakers were not ranked,
but merely selected to enter the
finals because of their originality
and enthusiasm, according to
Helen M. Stone, chairman of the
forensics committee.
The first prize is $40, and the
second prize is $20:
Arrowhead Club Enjoys
Most Successful Hike
A broken nose, a burnt-out
battery, a pair of wom-out skid-
chains and six tired but happy
personalities were the results of
the Arrowhead club’s annual trek
to Big Bear lake. The boys left
Friday afternoon and arrived at
their lodge late that night.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
were spent enjoying the ice and
STUDENT BODY CARDS
OFFERED AT BARGAIN
In order to give the new students
who entered Pasadena high school
in mid-term a chance to participate
in all of the school activities for a
small sum, student body cards are
being offered for $1.50 now, in the
student body office.
Each card will entitle the pur¬
chaser to attend all basketball and
water polo games, track meets,
baseball games, debates, and any
other school activities, as well as
a Chronicle each week and an An¬
nual at the end of the year.
It is obvious that a student body
card is an exceptional bargain as
well as a very worthwhile pur¬
chase. This is a real opportunity
for those who neglected to buy
a card at the beginning of the
year, as well as for new students.
The fact that the Annual alone
will cost the same as a student
body card at the present time
should convince anyone who can
possibly raise the money to do so.
snow. There was tobogganing,
ice-skating and skiing.
They built a tobaggan slide
which was disastrous to a nose
of one of the riders and also to
the sled when it crashed and
everybody landed in a heap.
Only six of the fellows could
go because of basketball, track
and parents, but those who went
this time claim that they will
never miss another such trip.
Those who went were: Harold
Pauley, Neil Bowers, hilip Orms-
by, King Lindley and Donald Kay.