VOL. XIV
No. 22
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 23, 1923
BEN TURPIN WILL
APPEAR IN MOVIE
ON NEXT TUESDAY
Famous Star of Filmdom to be
Featured in the Senior
Entertainment
P. E. SPECIAL WILL WAIT
Douglas McLean to Present a
Skit With His Leading
Lady on Tuesday
Ben Turpin, optical illusion of
filmdom, Douglas McLean, leading
man extraordinary, and his leading
lady will ap¬
pear personal¬
ly in the Sen¬
ior entertain¬
ment to be
given in the
local auditori¬
um next Tues¬
day, February
27, at 3:30 P.
M.
Along with
the personal
appearance of
the mentioned
high - class
stars there will be given a two-
reel comedy featuring the cross¬
eyed hero, and a five-reeler in
which Douglas McLan himself
takes the lead. The appearance of
these stars and their photoplays
would do justice to any theatre
program.
Plenty of syncopation by a pop¬
ular group of syncopators will help
to make Tuesday’s program the
best that has been seen here in the
way of afternoon entertainments.
William F. Ewing, principal,
wants every student who intends to
go to make sure that parents know
that the program will take up at
least two hours. This will set the
end of the entertainment at about
6:30. Mr. Ewing believes that if
parents are aware that the show
will be given Tuesday afternoon,
the usual number of phone calls
from anxious mothers will be
eliminated.
The Pacific Electric has agreed
to have a special train waiting for
the students at 5:30'.
Tickets will be on sale Monday
in all advisory classes, and in the
ticket booth in the West basement.
On Tuesday morning tables will be
placed at all entrances to the
grounds, and at these tables tickets
may also be bought. All proceeds
will go to the Scholarship Fund.
No tickets will be reserved. They
will sell for twenty-five cents.
P.H.S. WILL NOT HAVE
FIELD DAY THIS YEAR
“Pasadena High School will not
have a Feld Day this year,” an¬
nounces M. K. Dunn, head of the
Physical Education department.
The assembly given by the Phys¬
ical Education department three
weeks ago and Posture Week, will
take the place of Field Day this
year.
However, athletics in P. H. S.
will not suffer because there is no
Field Day. There are many track
meets, water polo games, baseball
games, and swimming meets sched¬
uled for the boys. The girls will
have soccer, baseball, swimming,
and wall scaling in their gym
classes.
FLORAL CONTEST TO
BECOME ANNUAL EVENT
Because the flower show held at
P. H. S. last year was such a suc¬
cess, William F. Ewing, principal,
expects to make it an annual first-
day-of-May event.
The floral exhibit is held to
teach people how to arrange flowers
arid what type of receptacles to put
them in. Only flowers which have
been raised at home or have been
given to the exhibitor may be en¬
tered. Several prizes are being ar-
rangd for individual and class
entries. Judges will be Pasadena
artists and florists. ■
The flower show is held in the
library where the exhibits are ar¬
ranged on the tables. Last year a
continuous procession marched
through the room to view the
flowers during the lunch period.
It is thought that the administra¬
tion will give permission for a
similar arrangement this year.
MIIIR ENTERTAINED
81 riiil
For the benefit of the high school
scholarship fund, an excellent pro¬
gram was presented in the John
Muir auditorium by the Seniors
last Friday.
First on the program was Earle
Huggins, “chalk talker,” whose
drawings were very amusing.
Four vaudeville acts were present¬
ed and in addition the “Barney
Google Syncopators,” composed of
Harold Porter, Rudolph Stewart,
Scudder Nash, Gordon Snyder, and
Jack Runyon, played between acts.
A violin solo was given by Benja-
men Nehls, and Charles Daniels
entertained in a wild West rope
stunt and a monologue. The last
event was a one-act play entitled
“In 1999.” Oliver Prickett, Ade¬
laide Mack and Katherine Smith
composed the cast.
BOY’S LEAGUE TO HAVE
FATHER AND SON FEED
Plans for the father and son
banquet which will be held at the
High School cafeteria some time in
April, are rapidly progressing un¬
der the direction of the Boys’
League. After the supper, the
guests will go to the assembly hall
where an excellent program will
be given. The date of the ban¬
quet has not yet been definitely de¬
cided, but Arthur Syvertson, com¬
missioner of Boys’ Welfare, an¬
nounces that it will be held in the
latter part of April. He also
wishes the point emphasized that
this feed is for all the boys and
their fathers. There will be plates
for thirteen hundred.
’22P.ES. GRADUATE
VICTIM OF EXPLOSION
Roy Chaffee, ’22, now attending
the California Institute of Tech¬
nology, was burned about the face
and neck, in an explosion Tuesday
afternoon in the laboratory at the
institution. His eyesight was
saved by the fact that he wore
glasses at the time of the accident.
Although the burns are painful
they are not considered serious,
and Mr. Chaffee was able to re¬
sume his studies on Wednesday as
usual.
POSTURE CONTEST
IB BE HELD AT
P.H.S.S00I
Hopes to Make P. H. S. Known
as Well as West Point
in Right Positions
SLOGAN IS SUGGESTED
City Schools to Participate
but will Use Tags Instead
of Pennants to Score
To bring to the consciousness of
the individual the importance of
the daily habit of holding a good
posture, “Posture Week” has been
inaugurated.
“Posture Week” will begin March
3 in all the city schools. In John
Muir and P. H. S. small pennants
wil be given to the students instead
of tags. If a student is standing
or sitting in bad posture, his pen¬
nant will be confiscated by a mem¬
ber of the faculty.
Only the faculty members have
the privilege of taking away these
pennants. Each day pupils will re¬
ceive new pennants, the students
having the greatest number at the
week end will be duly awarded.
“We hope to make this an annual
feature,” stated Cecil F. Martin,
head of the physical education de¬
partment. “We want people to
realize that good posture is not
required only by the department of
physical education, but in every
day life.
“There are three reasons for
good posture,” continued Mr. Mar¬
tin. “Strength, beauty, and cap¬
italization.” He showed how the
organic muscles are strengthened
bringing poise and health by a good
position. To see boys and girls
walk with a free, easy grace, adds
beauty to their appearance. As
for capitalization, the employer
knows which one will get the job,
the boy with a slouchy gait or the
boy who has a correct position and
exhumes magnatism.
Mr. Martin voiced the hope that
P. H. S. will become as noted for
its posture as West Point is. “If
a person sees a girl in middy uni¬
form, let him say, ‘She comes from
Pasadena High School.’ Let the
tourist booklets state that there is
more than one kind of natural
scenery.”
What do you say, students, shall
the slogan be “P. H. S. Posture?”
Students of the Homemaking
classes took an excursion last Mon¬
day to inspect neighboring houses
which are being built.
Among the homes visited was
the Damon residence on Charlevoix
street. The superintendent ex¬
plained the details of building to
the students which made it an in¬
teresting worth-while trip.
REDEDICATION OF ANNUAL
BY SENIOR CLASS
To the parents who made it
possible for the members of the
Senior Class to attend high
school, the Annual of 19 23 will
be dedicated. This decision was
made following the suggestion
of William F. Ewing, Principal,,
to whom the honor had been
given at a previous time. This
novel and appropriate dedica¬
tion is one that will long be. re¬
membered by those connected
with the graduating class.
NEW STUDENTS URGED
TO JOIN STUDENT BODY
Only ninety student-body cards,
out of a possible two hundred and
fifty, have been sold to new stu¬
dents this semester, according to
an announcement made by Martin
Scott, commissioner of finance.
Last semester twenty-three hun¬
dred cards were sold for $2.50.
The cards are now on sale for
$1.25. These will admit the hold¬
ers to all regularly scheduled stu¬
dent body activities and supply
them with the Annual and Chron¬
icle. The greatest saving on this
card is the Annual which sells for
$1.25.
Student body members will be
admitted to all baseball and water
polo games, swimming and track
meets, and all other athletic events.
Martin Scott urges all new students
to join immediately.
SCHOOL JUURNALS
BOLD BIC CONTEST
Newspapers from the members
of the High School Press Associa¬
tion of Southern California are
now holding their first semi-annual
competition. Each competing pa¬
per has entered two successive
numbers of this jmar’s issue, and
has furnished the judges with data
concerning the total number of
words in the two numbers, the
amount of space devoted to orig¬
inal editorials and features not be¬
fore printed as well as the amount
devoted to reprints, and the means
of producing the paper — whether
it is printed in a school print shop
and whether it is edited by jour¬
nalism classes. The papers are
placed in three divisions, accord¬
ing to the size of the school. These
range from Class A of less than
700 to Class C of more than 1800,
which is Pasadena’s division.
Five judges will award points
under five heads — reporting, news
evaluation, editorials and feature
head writing ana makeup, and
typographical accuracy. Each
judge will rate all papers under
one of these heads alone, and will
in addition name which he con¬
siders the best three all-round
papers.
MUSICAL PLAY TONIGHT
BENEFITS BOY SCOUTS
Hundreds of members of the
Student Body of Pasadena High
School will attend the musical
show “Oh
which will be given
in the P. H. S. Auditorium tonight.
The reason for this great interest
in “Oh
is the fact that prac¬
tically the entire cast is made up
of students now atending P. H. S.
or of graduates and former pop¬
ular members of P. H. S.
The show is given for the benefit
of the Boy Scouts of Pasadena,
that the Boy Scouts’ Camp Hunt¬
ington may be equipped with
bunks and sleeping quarters for
taking care of the boys on their
week-end trips.
Reserved seats are now on sale
at Jarvis & Prinz, for 50c, $1.00
and $1.50.
Norman Cooper, graduate of
1922, was seen on tlie campus last
week chatting with old friends.
Arthur Statt, of the class of ’2 2,
has come back to do P. G. work.
FORENSIC ARTISTS
WIN NOT CONTEST
FROM SANTA ANA
John Adams and Michael Do¬
lan Uphold Negative Side
of Argument
PASADENA NOW SIXTH
Three Judges Selected from
High Schools About
Orange County
Friday, February 16, was a
memorable occasion in the history
of Pasadena High School. On that
date she triumphed not only in
two games of basketball but in a
hotly contested argument with
Santa Ana. The time set for the
battle of words was 8 o’clock. At
8 o’clock sharp the debate was
under way.
By one of the highest scores
that has ever been rendered Pasa¬
dena, the Crown City debaters re¬
ceived a unanimous decision. The
score was 199% to 178. P. H. S.
won by 21 out of a possible 25-
point lead.
The question under discussion
was, “Resolved that the closed
shop is better than the open shop
in promoting the interests of in¬
dustries.” Pasadena upheld the
negative side of the argument.
The team was composed of Michael
Dolan and John Adams. Their
rivals of Santa Ana were Harris
Cloyes and Charles Webber.
The judges were selected from
about Orange County. Those
chosen were Calvin Lauderback,
debating coach at Tustin High
School; Charles C. Smith, Princi¬
pal of Anaheim High School, and
Mr. Dyssinger, coach of debate at
Fullerton High School. Leland
Finley, Commissioner of Forensic
at Santa Ana High School, acted
as chairman for the evening.
Harris Cloyes, first speaker of
the affirmative team, was perhaps
the best of the two Santa Ana de¬
baters. Coach Worthy was par¬
ticularly pleased with his refuta¬
tion. It was his first interscholas¬
tic debate.
John Adams, first speaker of the
Pasadena team, argued that the
closed shop was not better than,
the open shop in promoting the in¬
terests of the working man. He
pointed out how “conscientious
union workers are looked upon
with suspicion by their fellow
workers. They are considered
pace makers or rush workers and
are in league with the employer
and receiving ‘blood money’ for
their efforts. This cuts initiative.”
Although this was Mr. Adams’ first
debate, his speech was straightfor¬
ward and convincing, which
brought him from one judge a de¬
cision of a perfect score.
Charles Webber, second speaker
of Santa Ana, was forceful but not
as convincing as he might have
been if his arguments had not been
so humorously sarcastic as they
were. Mr. Webber is an old de¬
bater, having argued in two South¬
ern California finals.
Michael Dolan was the best
speaker, receiving two scores of
100. His arguments proved that
the closed shop is not better than
the open shop in promoting the in¬
terests of the employer or the in¬
terests of tlie public. His argu¬
ments were filled with illustrations
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