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Pasadena Chronicle, February 19, 1925
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Boys
Attend the
Water Polo
Meet Tonight
Remember
The L.A. Debate
February 27
VOL. XVI
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 19, 1925
LIVEIY HI) BIG
STUDENT BEEPER
Program Includes Orchestra
and Short Talks by Mr. 0?-
Mara, and Three Students
DAN MORRIS, CHAIRMAN
Advantages, Traditional and
Commercial,
о
f Student
Body Card Pointed Out !
. At a rally yesterday noon in
I the Music Hall, to get new stu¬
dents of Pasadena High School on
the “inside” of school activities,
Dan Morris, Commissioner of Fi¬
nance, showed how one may get
$9.25 by investing only $1.25.
This meeting is the first of its
kind, and brought those students
who attended the meeting in
touch with school doings and tra¬
ditions. The hope was expressed
that another meeting of the kind
would be held soon, at which
school yells and songs could be
gone over. Over 100 attended the
meeting.
Orators Speak
Lawrence Syvertson gave one
of his famous “orations,” and
was justly applauded. In a talk
on the traditions and ways of
Pasadena High School, Don Ham¬
blin, Commissioner of Debating,
gave a large and compleFe list
of • hints that will prove of great
value to the new students.'
Gives Welcome
Mr. O’Mara gave a few words
of welcome to the newcomers.
Dan Morris, originator of the
entire idea of having the new
students gather and be helped to
familiarize themselves with the
school traditions, gave a snappy
talk on the monetary and tradi¬
tional value of a Student Body
card. As one semester has
passed, the cards are now being
sold for only $1.25. At the be¬
ginning of the year they sell for
$2.50. Dan pointed out the many
advantages, both commercial and
traditional, that accrue from the
ownership of a Student Body
card.
Advantages Pointed Out
Dan figures that the Annual
alone more) than repays the Stu¬
dent Body card owner, because
the Annual itself is sold for $1.50
to the non-member. The Chron¬
icle, another of the privileges ac¬
corded to members, if bought by
individual members will cost the
buyer $.75, as each copy is sold
for five cents and fifteen copies
are distributed every semester.
Athletic events will cost the
non-membe.r $5.50, counting each
game at the rate of twenty-five
cents, at least five league games
in each sport, except water polo,
and seven in that. The baseball,
track, waterpolo, and swimming
seasons are now just starting.
The two coming debates bring
I up the grand total to $9.25. Dan
is at a loss to know why some
students do not buy Student Body
cards with all these benefits star- 1
ing them in the face.
The thing stressed by Dan is
the lack of school spirit that the
students display when they do
not have a membership card.
One of the greatest tilings about
Pasadena High School is its stu¬
dent form of government and in
this, every student is given the
right to vote in order to help
form and direct the student pol¬
icy of government. This privilege
of voting is accorded every stu¬
dent who is a Student Body mem¬
ber.
Before Dan had a chance to
finish his talk, the bell rang.
He - may always be found in
the Student Body office window,
where he is taking care of the
selling of these membership cards.
A lively orchestra started the
meeting in fine shape by playing-
some of the latest “hits.” Walter
Fell, “Pearly” Cox, Carl Garbin
and Frank Dawless played in the
orchestra.
CERTAIN REWARD
A worker and a lazy boy
live side by side on Main,
the loafer grinds his teeth
with rage when the worker
grades obtains, he stamps his
feet and rends his hair when
the worker “ones” attains.
The worker sits up late at
night, he studies and he toils,
the loafer sits up also and
burns the m i d n i g h t oil,
and figures the amount of
wire he’ll need for that new
coil. The worker gets up ear¬
ly, he’s at the school on time,
the loafer gets there tardily
and uses that old line, “Our
clock stop’t this morning, and
I didn’t know the time.” The
teacher asks her questions,
and then the truth is bared,
the loafer makes the old re¬
ply, which is always “un¬
prepared,” he thinks, sulky
in his seat, “just as if I
cared.” The worker in the
next class spells ‘over’ with
an ‘o’, the loafer says as
usual, “Search me, I dunno,”
’tis here the moral lieth for
“Ye reap what e’re ye sow.”
:-i >:< >[<
‘Torch Bearers’ Play
Better Than Publicity
Proving the falsity of supersti¬
tion, the Bauble and Bells annual
1 play, “The Torch Bearers,” played
to a capacity house last Friday,
the 13th of February, in the P.
H. S. auditorium.
Many of those in the audience
declared the play was the fun¬
niest comedy they ever saw.
Katherine Stadley, who played
as Mrs. Duro Pampinelli, gave
an outstanding performance.
Sumner Greene, as Mr. Spind-
ler, and Dorothy Wood, as Mrs.
Nellie Fell, also gave excellent
characterizations.
Others in the cast who deserve
credit for their excellent perfor¬
in a n c e are John Stansbarger,
Marjorie Adams, Smith Dawless,
Kalr Rodi, Jonathan Evans, Mar¬
garet Morrow, Margaret Cres-
saty, Marion Randall, and Fran¬
ces Ramsay.
Although she remained invisible
to the audience during the per¬
formance, much of the success of
the play was due to Miss Eliza¬
beth E. Keppie. who was the di¬
rector.
It is estimated that over $525
was taken in at the box-office.
Of this amount $125 went toward
expenses.
CLASSES TO COMPETE
FOR FORENSIC HONORS
Inter-class competition in de¬
bating starts this week, with a
large number of students out for
each of the four class teams. Each
class is preparing for the debates
on the question: Resolved that
the United States shall enter the
League of Nations. The junior
college and the sophomore
class will take the negative side
while the senior and the junior
classes will have the affirmative
side.
E. D. Davis, member of the
Commercial department, is the
J. C. coach; J. H Atwood, mem¬
ber of the- Social Science depart¬
ment, senior;
К.
M. Kerans, mem¬
ber of the Social Science depart¬
ment, juniors; and E. van Ame-
ringe, member of the Social Sci¬
ence department, Sophomores.
The winners of the junior col¬
lege-senior debate will meet the
winners of the junior-sophomore
debate. The wnners of this final
debate have their names inscribed
on the inter-class cup.
At the last G. A. A. meeting the
newly elected officers were install¬
ed. These leaders are: president,
Natalie Vincenti; Vice-president,
Ruth McBride; Treasurer, Sarah
Schwartz ; corresponding secre¬
tary, Elizabeth Nelson; recording-
secretary, Dorothy Capps; and
hiking manager, Helen Schwartz.
Courtesy the Pasadena Evening Post
Next Sunday, February 22, the to do, he was not content to lead won one of the supreme, crucial
hundred and ninety-third anniver- a life of ease and uselessness, as ! wars of history, against superior
sary of George Washington’s was shown by the fact that he forces.
Birthday, will be celebrated. He 1 was a surveyor at an early age. 1 Those of us who aspire to po-
was born in 1732 and died in It is well for the public speak- sitions of respect and responsibil-
1779. He was not a coddled or ers to remember his “Farewell ity in the affairs of this country
spoiled child, and he had very Address.” may gain constant inspiration
little formal education. He ex- R.
О.
T. C. boys should reflect from the struggles and achieve-
celled in mathematics, but he; that he was a great military com- ments of such men as George
learned it chiefly by himself. Al- mander. He led the American Washington and Abraham Lin-
though his family was fairly well j army for nearly eight years, and 1 coin.
I hope I shall always pos-
sess firmness and virtue
enough to maintain what
I consider the most en¬
viable of all titles, the
character of an “Honest
Man.” — George Washington.
Monuments Proposed for
Many Ambitious Students
Annual Work Begun;
Enthusiasm Shown
Annual work is well started.
Although the publication will not
appear until June, the editors are
busy on their various sections.
The senior section, in charge
of Stanley Milne, is nearly com¬
pleted, although the section has
entailed a great deal of effort on
the part of all connected with it.
Organizations, in charge of Kath-
eryn Allen, who is also assistant
editor, are being worked into
shape. Nobu Kawai, boys’ sport
editor, and Edith Penny, girls’
sport editor, have been planning
the sport section. Bob Morhardt
who has charge of the art work
has many fine designs for the
pages. The calendar and social
section is taken care of by Nor¬
ma Harries. The Junior College
section which will be rather large
is edited by Walter Pauli, Clar¬
ence Langstaff , and Dorothy
Stansberry, and promises to he
an interesting addition to the
regular annual. A pictorial sec¬
tion, which is a new section this
year, will add greatly to the beau¬
ty of the book.
Miss Gladys Snyder, faculty
adviser of the annual, has worked
out some new features for the
book. For one thing, there will
be color on many pages.
The staff believes that the new
features will please the Student
Body.
Honors Near
Cash, cups, and medals are some
of the prizes within the grasp of
those students having- any speak¬
ing ability, if they participate in
the Davis-Hall contest on April 14
on “Great Personalities,” or in the
G. A. Nelson Oratorical contest on
May 17 on “Civic . Betterment.”
The latter contest is a new one
started by G. A Nelson by money
left in his will to the contest fund.
Seniors Vote Today
For Last Officers
When they vote for the last
time in their high-school course
today, the Seniors will decide the
result of one of the closest class
contests in the history of Pasa¬
dena High School. At the meet¬
ing of the class last Monday, Feb-
urary 16th, the nomination and
acceptance speeches for 13 can¬
didates for office were made and
from all indications the results
are very doubtful.
Eddie Collins, Charles Dicker-
man, and Ben Solomon are run¬
ning for president. For vice-
president, Natalie Vincenti and
Lois Ewing are running. Four
candidates are running for both
secretary and treasurer. Don
Wright, Eugene Payne, Doris
Clewett, and Hazel Kincaid are
the- candidates for secretary. Karl
Rodi, Douglas Gregg, Richard O’-
dell, and Sumner Greene are run¬
ning for treasurer.
The election is in charge of
Miss Alice R. Morrison, one of
the class advisers.
CHANCES OF WINNING
L. A. MEET FAVORABLE
With the support of the Stud¬
ent Body on Friday, February 27,
.the debating team, consisting of
John Ackley and Robert McClin-
toch, expects to beat Los
Angeles High School on the ques¬
tion: Resolved that the principles
of the Monroe Doctrine be aban¬
doned. Pasadena has the affirm¬
ative side. John McCIintoch is
the alternate debater.
As L. A. has been defeated by
Long Beach by the same score
that Pasadena was beaten by
Hollywood, 2-5, the debate will be
a close one.
Don Hamblin, commissioner of
debating, asks that the students
prepare their dates in order to be
present at the contest.
Aspiring students! Here is a
chance to memorialize yourselves
for all time. If you desire to
have your names at P. H. S. for
future generations to read, do not
carve them on ordinary walls or
lowly desks. A much better plan
and opportunity are at hand. Just
gather all discarded books or
magazines containing material on
journalism or printing from your
1 attic or from your neighbors, and
bring them to room 6-C or to the
Chronicle office, and great will be
the reward.
A permanent monument, p i c -
tured below, will be erected to the
memory of each and every stu-
] dent who contributes magazines
or books to the Press Club libra¬
ry, provided that each contains
some articles on newspaper prob¬
lems, or journalism as a whole. .
A committee, in charge of the
work, will place the name of the
donor on an official library stick¬
er, and the sticker will be affixed
to the outside cover of the per¬
iodical submitted. Magazines will
be permanently bound in card¬
board covers and in a few thou¬
sand years from now, when ar¬
cheologists excavate P. H. S.,
they may discover that quite a
I few students were anxious to have
their names live through the ages.
“press csjib*
LIBRARY
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL
TS8IS VOLUME VAS
PRESENTED -BY
ST COIMTA5WS
NO. 18
PATRIOTISM THEME
NEW HER
, Second Issue of School Maga¬
zine, the “Item,” is Now
on Press; To Be Out Soon
FULLY COVERS FIELD
Journalism, Printing, and Art
Classes enthusastically co¬
operate under Miss Snyder
Through the interesting articles
of the coming “Item” runs the
j feeling first in every loyal Amer¬
ican’s heart, the feeling of pa¬
triotism. This “Item” is not for
those who sneer at patriotism, but
it is for the- red-blooded P. H. S.
student. The completeness of this
number is a thing to wonder at,
as the field of patriotism has been
covered in an amazingly inclusive
fashion.
The “Item” covers community,
state, national, and school patriot¬
ism, memorable places and histor¬
ical spots have been written up, as
well as the great American pa¬
triots. There are typical Amer¬
ican stories, athletic write-ups,
red-hot jokes, and excellent art
work in the magazine. There: will
also be a section devoted to pub¬
lic safety. This number is bigger
and better than the preceding- one.
The “Item” is put out by the
Journalism, Art, and Printing de¬
partments of P. H. S., and is
truly a school project.
The editing of the “Item” is
under the direction of Miss Glad¬
ys Snyder and the Art work was
done by Miss Gleason’s classes.
In a letter to. Mr. Ewing concern¬
ing some details in connection
with the- publication of this num¬
ber, J. P. von Grueningen, chair¬
man of the Publication Committee,
makes the statement: “It is the
best number since the Easter
Item two years ago.” Mr.
Leberman, who has charge of the
classes in type-setting and make¬
up, says, “This number is a 54
page book and contains more in¬
teresting and informative reading-
matter than any other number I
have seen in the past four years.”
Miss Snyder states that the 11-1
Journalism class has worked in-
defatigably and with enthusiasm
and that they have put their very
best into this number. She says,
“There was enthusiasm on the
part of the 11-1 Journalism class
from the minute the first organi¬
zing was discussed until the final
copy was read.”
One teacher who saw proof
and copy on various articles of
places in and about Washington
D. C., Mount Vernon, Statue of
Liberty, Betsy Ross House, our
national parks, and many other
places dear to every true Ameri¬
can, said, “I learned a lot I didn’t
know.”
Scattered between these articles
are forty-two cuts and zinc etch¬
ings. The art work is excellent
and adds much to the attractive¬
ness of the book.
This number of the Item will
be ready .for distribution the lat¬
ter part of next week, and will
sell for twenty-five cents.
FAMOUS COLORED TENOR
TO SING HERE TUESDAY
Roland Hayes, world famous
negro tenor, will sing in the High
School Auditorium Tuesday eve¬
ning, February 24, at 8:15 o’clock.
Mr. Hayes life has been unique,
as he rose from poverty and ob¬
scurity in Georgia to fame in all
parts of the world. As a boy,
he worked on the farm of his
mother, an ex-slave. From there
he sent himself to Fiske Univer¬
sity in Tennessee, where he re¬
ceived an education and devel¬
oped his voice with the Fiske
Jubilee Singers.
Later he made a very suc¬
cessful tour of Europe, singing
before the King of England.
Last season he appeared as a
soloist with the Boston Symphony
Orchestras.