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Pasadena Chronicle, February 07, 1917
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INTERCLASS
Track Meet Tomorrow. Are
you going to let the Frosh
beat you in support?
VOL. IV— NO. 14
1916 Deficit Completely Made
Up and New Year Starts .
With Accounts Even
BANK BUSINESS
SHOWS INCREASE
Item Saves Money by Buying
Paper Early in Year ; With
Support Outlook Bright
At the close of business on January-
31 the Student Body account book
showed that the careful administration
of the Student Commission had re¬
duced the Student Body deficit to a
balance. The football balance remain¬
ing after paying all bills was $1133.96,
and this, with the net earnings of pay
assemblies, made the Student Body
close the month with $615.18 to its
credit. This balance, however, is con¬
sidered no more than a safe margin
for the rest of the year, as the paying
- activities, mainly football, are over
and the ones to follow are not usually
self-supporting. Basketball, track,
baseball, soccer and tennis invariably
end their seasons with a deficit and it
does not take long to run behind in
these activities unless students sup¬
port them liberally. Debate is usually
a little ahead at the end of the year.
At present it has a balance of $10.94.
The cafeteria will be about $60 ahead
when its January bills are paid. The
Chronicle closed January with a bal¬
ance of $215.98, with its printing bill
for the month and its advertising bills
outstanding. This balance includes the
unexpended portion of the amount
taken in at the beginning of the year
for subscriptions. This, with the re¬
ceipts from advertisers for the re¬
mainder of the year, will no more than
pay the paper’s expenses, though it is
hoped that with careful management,
it may emerge without a deficit. The
Item closed the month, with an over¬
draft of $130.94. This is caused by the
fact that the year’s supply of paper
was purchased at the beginning of the
year in order to save money before
the price of paper went up. This
proved to be a wise move, for paper
has gone up in price by leaps and
bounds since the supply was laid in.
The Item should come out on the right
•side of the ledger at the end of the
year if enough students buy it.
Basketball closed January with an
overdraft of $41.40, and track with an
overdraft of $6.50.
The money handled by the Student
Body bank increased 23 per cent over
the same period last year. The total
up to the close of January was $14,151.
FORENSlCSlfDENIS
ENTERTAIN AT
u JOHN MUIR
Orators Impress Muirites
Favorably; Ukeleles and
Burton Enhance
As an excellent entertainment for
the John Muir students and fine prac¬
tice for the students, Mr. Batkin’s pub¬
lic speaking classes last Friday went
over to the intermediate school and
with Richard Hambrook acting as
chairman, gave a Chautauqua program
before the John Muir Student Body.
’ The speaker of the morning was
Carlos Alviar, the distinguished orator
and debater, who gave an exceedingly
interesting talk on “The Schools of
the Philippines.” Other students who
spoke were Ruth Jones, Marion Laird,
Minnie Arni, Helen Hunt, Marjorie
Wells, Paul Davidson, and Richard
Hambrook.
Another feature of the program was
the music furnished by the TJkelele
Union with their national instrument,
Varilla Sawyer, who played the piano,
and Cliff Burton whose vocal solos
brought down the house.
In order that the entire student body
at John Muir might hear these orators
it was necessary to repeat the entire
performance, and the second time the
program was more pleasing than the
first.
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 7, 1917, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
Pasadena Negative Team for Coming Debate
PASADENA TO MEET SANTA
ANA AND GLENDALE FRIDAY
IN ROSTRUM TITLE SCRAPS
Lyle Hance and Clarence King to Meet Negative Saints
on Y.M.C.A.Rostrum; Carlos Alviar and Howard
Winegarden to Meet Glendale; Two Hard Scraps
for Pasadena Debates; Chance for Title
Only two days remain until the debating teams of Pasadena High will
meet Santa Ana and Glendale. The negative team composed of Lyle Hance
and Clarence King will meet the celery-pickers on the Y. M. C. A. platform.
Carlos Alviar and Howard Winegarden will match their affirmative arguments
against the Glendale linguists on the Glendale platform.
Eight weeks of hard work have been spent in the studying of the Railroad
Problem and as a result those who are connected with debating feel assured
that Pasadena will make a splendid showing in the coming contests.
The exact question was received last Friday. It is: “Admitting the feasi¬
bility of actual purchase, Resolved, that Government ownership of all inter¬
state railroads would be in the interest of the general welfare of the people of
the United States, constitutionality waived.
At first sight the question seems rather long and complex, but in reality
it is not. It simply is agreed that it is possible to actually purchase all inter-state
railroads and that such purchase would be constitutional. The question is now
narrowed down to whether or not Government ownership of ALL interstate
railroads would be in the interest of the general wlfare of the peopl of the
United States.
There is no question so interesting and of such paramount importance as
government ownership of railroads and with speakers like those that are to repre¬
sent the Red and White a lively discussion is anticipated.
Hance and Kng form a combination that is the equal to any high school
debating team in the South. Both boys are fluent speakers. They put their argu¬
ments “across” in a convincing manner. Whether they win or lose the strong
team from Santa Ana will know that they have been through a tough verba!
battle.
Carlos Alviar and Howard Winegarden are well prepared with arguments
that are capable of withstanding the most effective onslaughts that Glendale
may make. Alviar is a polished debater and orator. Although Winegarden has
never spoken in an interscholastic contest there is no doubt but what he will do
justice to the school.
At present Pasadena is leading die major division of the Southewestern
Debating Association. A double victory on Friday will practically clinch the
Championship of that divison. The next step would be to meet the winner of
the minor division for the Championship of the Association.
P. H. S. won the coveted title last year, and to win again this season
would be SOME LITTLE STUNT. The Red and White debaters are the
best in the South. The one remaining essential for success is a crowd of rooters
that will pack the Y. M. C. A. auditorium.
Due to the scheduled Symphony Orchestra Concert it will be necessary to
hold the debate at the Y. M. C. A. The more ancient students will remember
that some of the best debates in respect to interest and enthusiasm were held at
the Y. M. C. A. It is the hope of those in charge of the coming contest that
the Student Body will turn out in large numbers and make it the biggest debate
of the year.
Special arrangement has been made so that by purchasing a ten cent ticket
tomorrow the holder will be admitted to the Big Class Carnival riday afternoon
as well as the Debate in the evening. No other tickets will be sold for the Class
Carnival. Non-Student Body tickets for the Debate will be fifteen cents.
Although the center of enthusiasm is on the two League Debates there is
another debate coming in for its share of notice.
A team composed of Lillian Coleman and Richard Hambrook will journey
over to Huntington Park Friday evening with the purpose in view of winning
another victory for Pasadena.
Both students made splendid records on the squad and were barely beaten
for positions on the League teams. “Dick” is a debater of the A1 type. As a
consistent clear, level headed speaker he is unbeatable. Miss Coleman ranks
among the best. She is a star among the girls. A good debate is expected from
her Friday evening.
The Red and White has not lost a debate this year and it is for this reason
that a victory from Huntington Park is greatly desired.
By LYLE HANCE
I sure think we are going to
wop those birds from Santa Ana.
We have been burning the mid¬
night electricity for a month and
if we don’t beat em — we have no
alibi to offer.
By CLARENCE KING
I have nothing to say at this
time as to the outcome of the
Debate. We will all know more
at about 9:30 Friday night. Both
teams are well prepared and we
will show them a good debate.
C. ALVIAR
I am going to the debate away
from home with the determina¬
tion to represent P. H. S. with
the best of my ability. Wingard-
en and myself are loaded with
explosive arguments. Sooner the
fight the better.
H. WINEGARDEN
I certainly appreciate having the
opportunity to represent an insti¬
tution like Pasadena High. The
fact that I am going to debate at
Glendale only strengthens my de¬
termination "to go get em.”
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
GRACE CAMPUS OF
PASADENA
Pergola Attractive Addition
to Swimming Pool; to
Be Well Shaded
Improvements to Be Noticed
on West Side of School;
Roses Planted
The new pergola that graces the
north side of the swimming pool is, to
say the least, an addition that is to be
proud of. It has been built by the
Board of Education and it certainly
adds a romantic air to that hitherto
desolate and barren portion of the
school yard. In the course of time it
will be covered with roses of all col¬
ors. A remarkable color scheme has
been worked out whereby the beauty
of the said covering will be enhanced
to a marked degree.
Each end of the pool will be planted
with a special grass that is especially
adaptable to places where a great deal
of tramping is done. Therefore the
over-exultant youth may disport at
will on the verdant greensward and
have no fear of bringing down the
wrath of the ever vigilant Mr. Carter.
Lawns will also he planted under the
pergola to fill up the patches not oth¬
erwise covered.
No doubt everyone has noticed the
work being done on the west side of
the school. Terrible to relate, the said
improvements have removed the fav¬
orite haunts of those individuals who
partake in the exciting pastime of
“jump for down.” Weeps and wails
from the affected multitudes, but take
heart, this thirst for beautification has
not yet attacked the athletic field way
out in back.
Some inquisitive ones may wonder
what the pretty lattice fence on the
west side was built for and to relieve
their minds let it be said that the girls
agriculture class had it built for the
express purpose of protecting the
American Beauty roses that they in¬
tend to grow.
Pasadena has a right to he justly
proud of her school as it won the prize
for the most beautiful school in the
State last year. The work should not
stop there however, but everyone
should pitch in and help make the
grounds more beautiful than ever.
S0PR0M0RE SQUAWK IS
NO LONGER SECRET
OF SELECT
Altadena Country Club to Be
Place Where Squawkers
May Congregate
At last the belated Sophomores have
definitely formulated plans for their
“Squawk.” This party, in spite of its
somewhat startling title, bids fair to
be highly thrilling.
The time, the place and the partici¬
pants leave nothing to be desired.
Promptly at 8 o’clock Saturday eve¬
ning, February 24, girlish giggling and
boyish babbling will resound through
the spacious rooms of. the Altadena
Country Club, which will be artistic¬
ally decorated in the class colors,
orange and gold. Harmonious strains
of enchanting music will soothe ears
dulled by the humdrum buzz of lessons
poorly prepared.
Then the cleverest skit enacted by
some of the super-talented Sophs,
take-offs on prominent students, games
and luscious refreshments — something
hot and something cold, something
sweet and something sour. Epicures
take note.
Machines will be provided, “chaper-
onage as a fine art” will be supplied by
Mr. and Mrs. Cross and other mem¬
bers of the faculty, so that all that is
necessary to do is to don your party
duds and your best smile and come to
the Sophomore Squawk.
Great interest is now aroused as to
which class of the school possesses the
cleverest bunch of feet artists, or in
other words which is going to win the
interclass soccer match. The two up¬
per classes bid fair to stage a battle
royal and are heavy favorites. The
Seniors have got together and named
Tauhe as captain of their team, and
FACTS ABOUT
THE BIG DEBATE
NEXT^ FRIDAY
WHO — Pasadena Negative team
versus Santa Ana’s Affirmative
team at Glendale.
WHAT — “Admitting the feasi¬
bility of actual purchase, Resolved
that Government ownership of all
interstate railroads would be in
the interest of the general welfare
of the people of the United States,
constitutionality waived.
WHEN — Friday, February 9th
at 8 o’clock.
WHERE — Pasadena Y. M. C. A.
auditorium. Glendale High School
auditorium.
TEAMS — At Pasadena: Lyle
Hance first negative and Clarence
King second negative. At Glen¬
dale:: Carlos Alviar first affirma¬
tive and Howard Winegarden sec¬
ond affirmative.
PRICE— Student Body Track
and Debate ticket, ten cents. Non-
Student Body Debate ticket, fif¬
teen cents.
GIRLS’ LEAGUE
GANDY SALE IS
GREAT SUCCESS
By MARGARET BRAVINDER
It may be necessary to urge the
P. H. S. student to buy concert
tickets to contribute to the Belg¬
ians, to support basketball or
track or soccer, but it certainly
isn’t necessary to urge him to eat.
Within seven minutes after the
noon bell rang, all the candy at the
Girls’ League candy sale was gone.
Wild-eyed, hungry, raving, the
mob pushed and crushed and
swarmed to the tables. Behind
the tables the girls entrenched
themselves and sought to stew the
ravenous hordes. Those fleet foot¬
ed individuals who had secured
candy went about munching and
sighing with pleasure while the
others looked on, green with envy.
The point of it all is that al¬
though many responded nobly In
bringing in candy there was not
nearly enough to supply the de¬
mand. In spite of that, the League
made $6 clean profit.
And the $6 — that’s a secret.
GHRONOSPEL IS
EXCITING FOOD
FOR MENTALITY
This weekly spelling contest In
the Chronicle seems to be one of
the most popular things ever In¬
augurated in the paper. Promptly
every Wednesday noon as soon as
the dinner bell has finished ring¬
ing a long line of orthographical
wizards wend their way to the
Chronicle office atid there obtain
the promised prize — a ticket to
one of Pasadena’s many cinema
palaces. The list of incorrectly
spelled words in last weeks issue
are:
ouly for only In Clearwater ad.
maxiwum for maximum in City
Light ad.
hankerchief for handkerchief in
Pasadena Rubber Stamp Co.’s ad.
pleeted for pleated in Sinclair ad.
prisoription for prescription In
Harnly's ad.
The first ten of the lucky thirty-
five last week were Richard Bra-
vinder, Katheryne Orban, Harold
Munn, Abner Torgerson, George
Torgerson, Hall Perry, Ethel
Trask, Edna Rench, Harry Proc¬
tor, and Elliot Rhodes.
There are always room for more
but the first ten are lucky, so
bright eyes must be joined to
speedy pedal extremities In order
to secure one of those cherished
passes.
have practiced several timles. fThe
Juniors, with the good old Junior pep,
have elected “Walrus” Chisholm cap¬
tain. The Juniors have the advantage
in the number of last year’s team men
and bid fair to cop the banner. Class
numerals will be rewarded to the men
of the winning team. Won’t they look
nice on those Junior sweaters though
FOR SALE CHEAP — One Chemistry Lab.
Manual. Absolutely unused. A snap.
. Must go quickly. Get a new book with
10% off. CHRONICLE BOX 3.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Debate Friday.
Come
on
down
and see
Hance
and
King
bring home
the bacon.
_ _ PRICE 5 CENTS
THE INTER-CLASS
BE JjELD
Cinder Path Men Are in
Great Shape for Coming
Speed Contest
FAST TIME PROMISED
Meet to Decide Inter-class
Championship of Season
for Pasadena
By JOE BUSH
With all arrangements complete,
and with every man in prime condition
for the race of his life, the Interclass
Meet will be held Friday afternoon out
on Poly Field. There will be a slight
admission charged, the meet being
held to bring out the most and best
material, and secondly for the edifica¬
tion of the spectator. All classmen be
loyal to your representatives, and
cheer them along to victory. The meet
will begin immediately after school.
Paddock looks like the best bet in
the sprints, with McKenzie and
“Short” Bedall close on his heels.
Manual claims they have a man who
can beat the speedy towhead from Pas¬
adena, hut their man wil have to step
faster than 10 2-5 in the century to
break the tape before the speedy Pad-
dock. In the 220 both McKenzie and
Paddock have run in consistently in
extra fast time.
The distance men .will be more than
plentiful. Every night fifteen or twenty
long winded gents prance around the
cinders, among the best being “Whit”
Reeves, “Windy” Selvas, Mcllvane and
Noble. These above-mentioned men
are stepping off the mile and half mile
in exceedingly fast time. As yet Sel¬
vas has not become used to the dry
climate, and as a result his speed is
not as fast as expected. In the dis¬
tances however this stocky lad will
be hard to beat
“Shorty” Bedall and McKenzie have
shown the best stuff in the quarter.
“Shorty” is better than he was last
year. He stepped off the 440 so fast
last week that even Coach Main
opened his eyes.
The discus, javelin and broad jump
are still in doubt. Burton, Cory,
Fouche and Mitchell are showing up
well, hut have not had to show their
true worth as yet. The high jump and
pole vault have many entries. Bob
Schlaudeman, “Chuck” Ash, Kemp and
Lee Davis have proved themselves the
best in the lot, having leaped the bars
at fairly high altitudes.
The hurdles will have friend Cap¬
tain Vic Jacomini, “Zip” Wilke, Kenny
Holloway and Burton as the man par¬
ticipants. Wilke copped second place
in the County Meet last year and to
date he has shown far better form
than ever before. Step out on the
field Friday and see one of the fastest
little meets ever pulled off in the his¬
tory of Pasadena High School.
LANGUAGE STUDENTS
FORM GERMAN CLUBS
Every Member of Club Is on
Some Special Committee;
Much Work Ahead
The Spanish linguists have nothing
on the German students. Spanish
clubs have been formed but not until
now have we heard of the German
Club that has been organized by the
Twelfth Year German Class under the
able direction of Miss Hawes.
This club has the advantage of most
clubs as it has been so organized that
each student is on some special com¬
mittee. They are planning programs
to be given in the near future that are
interesting as well as instructive. One
unique feature is that some of the
members play in the P. H. S. Orches¬
tra and these musical members have
formed a small concert orchestra to
furnish music for their programs.
At a recent election the club select¬
ed the following officers: President,
Arthur Raymond; vice president, Ruth
Rhodes; recording secretary, Jean
Verdier; corresponding secretary,
Mary Freyer, and treasurer, Thomas
Iiams.