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- Pasadena Chronicle, February 28, 1917
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Pasadena Chronicle, February 28, 1917
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NO. 3
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 28, 1917, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
PRICE 5 CENTS
VETERANS NOW REPRESENTING
PASADENA IN TRACK, BASEBALL
I TENNIS AND SWIMMING SPORTS
Captain Vicoimni’s Squad Now in Fine Shape for Cinder
Path Work; DeHuff and McCament Starting Dia¬
mond Season; Francie Ledyard and Cohorts
Look for Title; Another State Cham,
pionship Swim Team in Sight
COMMENDATION
IS ADDRESSED
PRES. WILSON
By RALPH
Track, baseball, tennis, swimming.
With a complete team of veterans on
each team, men that have proved that
they have the stuff and are willing to
give it to Pasadena High, why not, in
return, give our support to each team?
Each branch of athletic has blossomed
forth with all kinds of class, bringing
home championships in almost every
case. Ihf we can support our football
team, in such a manner that draws
praise from different men of prom¬
inence, why not get behind the rest
of our teams, and boost them along
in their struggles to bring fame and
honor to this institution Sure, why
not?
The track team is almost perfectly
balanced. All it lacks to make it a
perfect team is a broad jumper and a
handy man with the vaulting pole.
Every man on the team has had some
experience or other, which goes a
long, long way in perfecting a finished
athlete. In the sprints are Charley
Paddock, the sensational Sophomore,
the lad who stepped off the century
in 10 flat in the Interclass meet,
“Shorty” Bedall, the human cyclone,
“Zip” Wilke, one of the fastest men
that ever wore football pants, and a
hurdler of the low barriers, with a
pair of the shortest legs that ever
attempted to climb over the sticks.
Wilke is a fast man in the low obsta¬
cles, having stepped over them to the
tune of 26 flat in his first race of the
year.
These men are striving hard, give
them your support.
Captain Vic Jacomini in the shot,
high jump, high hurdles and discus
is showing all kinds of big league
stuff. Captain Vic traversed the 120
yards of high hurdles in 17 seconds
flat, 2-5 seconds faster than any other
time made yet this year in prep ranks.
Burton is running the lanky Captain
a fast race. And Vic can leap over
5 feet 6 inches in the high jump.
Mighty nice for a captain.
In the distances the team is well
fortified. “Windy” Silvas in the mile
and half mile, the lanky Whitntey
■Reeves in the same; “Shorty” Bedall,
Saunders, and Hirschler Wright in the
440; Paddock, Bedall, Perkins, Wright
and McKenzie in the 220 and century
form a corps of sprinters that makes
every track coach in the South envi
ous.
The team is working hard — are you?
Out on the baseball field, Coach
Seay has a bunch of men cavorting
around that are veterans every one of
them, with the exception of Lee Strick¬
land. Captain Kenny lieHuff, the pep¬
pery sorrel-topped catcher in com¬
mand, is proving a fine example for
his men — full of ginger, lots of pep
and wit, a hard worker, and above all
a clean player. This is the straw-
HOSLER
berry blonde’s second year as captain,
and he is justifying the confidence the
men placed in him by beihg one of
the dandiest catchers that ever hap¬
pened along.
On the pitching staff, Coach Seay
has four good men; Clint Webster, the
man who stopped Long Beach, Hunni-
cutt, “Pittsburgh” McNabb, and lanky
Dick Mitchell. These men are all
good heavers, having showed their
true mettle last year. “Long Dick” is
holding down the first sack on Seay’s
team at the present writing.
The infield, composed of Dick Mit¬
chell, Connie Getchine, one of the
niftiest little ball artists that ever
graced the diamond of this institution,
Lee Strickland, the dried up little
hunk of Freshman humanity that is
holding down, short, and Cliff Burton,
the peppery and graceful third sacker,
are playing in perfect form now, this
early in the season.
The outfield, Harlan Mills, Don Ped-
dicord, and McNobb are performing in
big league style, pounding the horse-
hide to all corners of the lot, and
fielding with deadly accuracy. Great
stuff fellows. In all Coach Duffy Seay
has a remarkably balanced team, and
with his heady coaching and the
team’s spirit to win, should accom¬
plish wonders this season.
P. H. S. is simply overflowing with
first class tennis material. However,
the men who have overcome all com¬
ers and climbed to the top, in reality
the team, are Francie Ledyard, Bob
Allen, Steve Horrell, Lyle Hackney,
and Willie Hawks. The men are all
expert wielders of the raquets and de¬
serve the support of every student in
the school. Last year Ledyard and
Allen were the runners-up in the dou¬
ble championship of Southern Cali¬
fornia. They lost out by an extremely
small margin.
In swimming, Pasadena has back
the men who lugged home the State
Championship last year. Topping the
list is Captain “Hap” Day, the human
fish of P. H. S., Parker Lyon, second
best man in the 440 yards in the state,
Austin Hazard, speedy sprinter, “Tub¬
by” Ong, the camel of the team (he
can hold his breath for eight days),
and the best bet in the plunge for dis¬
tance, Roy Watson in the backstroke,
Freddie Cohn and Lyon in the breast
stroke, Art Ferguson in the plunge for
distance, and Gene Cory, and Bob
Schlaudeman in the dives. What more
can one expect — each man a finished
product in his special event?
These different teams are working,
striving hard, and are deserving of
your support. If you can support foot¬
ball in such great fashion, then can’t
you give support to the rest of the
teams? They are trying to help the
school along — are you?
MORE DRAMATICS TO BE
STAGED BY LANGUAGE
DEPARTMENT
Modem Language Depart¬
ment to Put Further Dra¬
matic Efforts on Boards
French to Stage Play by Mo-
liere; Spanish Students
Sentimentalism
in
To the casual observer, Pasadena
High School would seem to be a verit¬
able hotbed of dramatics, for not con¬
tent with her already scintillating suc¬
cess as manager, critic and chief gen¬
ius of Pasadena plays, Miss Hawes is
to produce two more language plays
on the evening of March 16.
The French play “Le Bourgeois
Gentilhomme,” by Moliere, the noted
French playwright, is replete with hu¬
morous situations and witty repartee
and has a cast of star French linguists
whose Parisian accent is purity and
perfection personified. The plot is laid
in the time of Louis XIV and conse¬
quently the scenery and costumes will
be most elaborate.
The Spanish play "Los Tres Novios”
is likewise a comedy with an excel¬
lent cast containing four heroes with
only one small heroine to withstand
their various charms. The costuming
and scenery breathe forth an air of
Castilian romance and refinement.
The climax is totally unexpected and
is calculated to produce innumerable
thrills among the spectators.
The ticket sale will be on soon, both
at the High School and at Jarvis and
Prinz, the prices being extremely nom¬
inal. There is no need to urge all
the students, whether they are tak¬
ing a foreign language course or not,
to come, for the excellence of the
previous performances will have dis¬
pelled all doubts from their minds as
to the wonderful entertainment they
will receive that evening.
The fact that Profs. Cross and Wil¬
son are opposed to grand stand play¬
ing was clearly demonstrated in the
faculty ball game. Did everybody hear
Prexy’s words of wisdom or see Prof.
Wilson’s marvelous handspring? Oh
well, boys will be boys.
Immediate action was taken on
the motion from the Student Body
that a message of commendation
be sent President Wilson. A rep¬
resentative committee, composed
of Edward Culbertson ’17, Ken¬
neth Fuessle ’17, Robert Shlaud-
eman ’18, Robert Allen ’19, and
Gerald Boltinhoue ’29, the latter
three presidents of the Junior,
Sophomore, and Freshman classes
respectively, was appointed by the
Commission.
The message in full follows:
The Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States,
Executive Office, White House,
Washington, D. C.
Mr. President:
At a student assembly, a motion
was presented and unanimously
passed that the following commenda¬
tion be addressed to the President of
the United States:
“That we, the Students of Pasadena
High School, (1) commend your past
efforts for peace, (2) sincerely hope
that your future efforts in behalf of
peace will be successful, (3) consider
your communication of January 22,
addressed to the warring powers, the
greatest single movement toward
peace in this war, and, in fact, one of
the greatest statements from a Pres¬
ident of the United States, and (4)
finally, pledge to you, as President,
the loyal support of every student of
Pasadena High School.
Respectfully,
The Pasadena High School Student
Body, by
Eugenia Ong,
Lee Stevenson Davis,
W. Parker Lyon, Jr.,
Robert Gordon Lilley,
Kenneth Fuessle,
Commissioners.
PROF. KIENHOLTZ
PUBLISHES BOOK
FOR GRADE PUPILS
In order that the grammar
schools may be more systematic
in their work in Agriculture, a
pamphlet has been published by
Mr. Kienholz, who has charge of
this department in the lower
grades as well as in the high
school.
This pamphlet contains a num¬
ber of lessons In elementary agri¬
culture and practical gardening,
and has instructions for both
teacher and pupil. Not only
does it tell the correct method of
raising flowers and vegetables, but
it also makes the pupil think why
that method is best.
The pamphlet supplies a much
felt want in the Pasadena schools.
As it is impossible for every
teacher to be an expert on agri¬
cultural lines, it has been hard for
all of the children to receive the
proper amount of instruction. Con¬
sequently the agricultural part of
grammar school life has not been
emphasized as much as the fine
soil conditions and climate justify.
With Mr. Kienholz’s pamphlet
it will be possible for a teacher
comparatively ignorant of Agri¬
culture to conduct a class so that
the pupils will do the work prop¬
erly and get the results which are
possible in no other way and
which lead to a permanent inter¬
est in this most important work.
SENIOR MEETING SGENE
OF DISCUSSION ON
GLASS
тат
Bronze Tablets, Flag Pole,
Concrete Benches and
Other Gifts Suggested
President Lawrence Metzger
Resigns Position to aTke
Alaska Trip
One of the most interesting meet¬
ings of the year was held by the
Seniors on Tuesday, February 20. Aft¬
er listening to a piano solo by Howard
Emert, the worthy dignitaries entered
into a discussion as to whether the
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YOUNG AMERICA MUST RISE
TO SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT
From the Student Body of Pasadena High
School, a message of commendation and support
has been sent President Woodrow Wilson. Espec¬
ially at this time of crisis is the action worthy
of note.
A motion made by one of the school’s strong¬
est Republicans launched the venture. From
every side, speakers sprang to its support. A
committee, composed of class representatives,
was chosen to draft the document.
In times of national danger, a great responsi¬
bility rests with the President. At such times
every partisan view must blend into one great
national policy — and that policy is absolute sup¬
port of the Chief Executive.
If this action in Pasadena High School is rep¬
resentative of the feeling of Young America
throughout the country, then may the President
be assured of strongest backing in whatever he
may see fit to do.
A message of this kind is not a blatant de¬
mand for war. On the contrary, it has a different
meaning. It is sent to indorse President Wilson’s
stand on Peace as much
ад
on his action in break¬
ing with Germany — yet carries with it the as¬
sumption that should eventualities follow, our
support will be given the President in generous
measure. Should our Country become involved
in War, as young American Citizens we pledge
it our united allegiance. We will show ourselves
no laggards in upholding the principles of our
fathers.
Let one principle of America be “Millions for
defense — and not one cent for aggression.” To¬
day, with growing spirit of Peace, it is hard to
agree with the brave old commodore who made
his battle cry “My Country Right or Wrong.” It
is the duty of America’s young generation to
make their country ever Right.
And one step in this direction is realization
that the President, once elected, must ever he
upheld. Only in this way may the great leader
accomplish his best.
Let there be no more criticism of President
Wilson. Great events have made a great States¬
man. And may every American pledge his most
earnest support — even as have Pasadena’s stu¬
dents.
SHOWING UP
Pasadena Water Splashers
Practice Faithfully to
Keep Cup in P.H.S.
SEASON BEGINS SOON
Day, Ong and Smith Coach
Teammates in Art of
Swimming
For the past two weeks some 25 or
30 prodigies of Neptune have been
gathering thrice a week for a little
practice and have exhibited wonderful
strides in the way of developing form
and ease in the water. Very little has
been done as yet in the way of speed
swimming but great emphasis has
been placed on the technique of
stroke and kick, starting and so on.
Most of the events are cared for
except the back stroke and competent
men are in sight for that event also.
Lyons, Joyce and Watson are develop¬
ing fast and look like speedy men in
this event.
Up to a few nights ago the breast¬
stroke division of the team appeared
'weak also, but a new and promising
man has turned up in the person of L.
Gilbert. Already he has demonstrated
himself to be a man of no mean rang
among the exponents of that specific
event.
The plunging also looks quite bright
and with Ong as a past master at the
art of instructing, better marks should
be set up this season than those of
| the past. Ong has already floatled
serenely past any mark made by him¬
self previously in a fresh water tank.
Platt, also a last year’s letter man,
signifies an intention of appearing for
practice as soon as the track schedule
becomes thoroughly settled.
| With Jean Cory, Art Kemp and Bob
Shlaudeman in the dives, this event
looks like it would take care of itself.
Cory won his letter on the State
Championship team and Kemp and
j Shlaudeman appear to be able to give
! some exhibitions of class and snap
I when given the chance. Both are
; good.
"Neptune” Day, captain, is coming
around in great shape, and will be
able to finish among the best in the
short swims and dashes. Last year
Day took both the 50 and 100 dashes
in the State Meet and third in the 220.
j Hazard, dash and relay man, is plow¬
ing along like a young motor boat
: and his already powerful kick im¬
proves with every practice.
The distance swims are weak and
only a few men have showed qualities
of benefit to them in the longer swims.
Murry, Von Mohr and Lyons are all
of A1 calibre. Parker won several
events last season.
Practically no man is sure of a
place on the team and those who work
are the only ones who will be entered
in the meets. Steady attendance at
practice and hard work are the only
requisites to a berth on the squad, in¬
cidentally a chance of winning a
letter.
Chase, Shlaudeman, Kemp, Francis-
cus, Murry, Gilbert, Cline and Van
Mohr are only a few of the new men
who are showing class in practice and
look like commers in the aquatic di¬
version the coming season.
New Chronospel Contest Is Complex
The new Chronospel contest proved rather difficult for about five
minutes last Wednesday, but the mystery was soon solved and it was
not long before the office was deluged by the weekly crowd of hawkeyes.
There were any number of words meeting the conditions and there were
about twelve different ones offered by the contestants. The most popular
word seemed to be “coupon,” and in spite of the fact that it had been
used three times early in the game and was therefore dead as far as this
particular contest was concerned, it was continually being presented.
As the contest which was held last week would not do for more than
one week because of the few changes in the ad copy, the following
changes will be made for this week:
In order to qualify you must find ONE word of more than FOUR
letters which appears FIVE times in the Chronicle ads of this week.
Each word will be accepted but once so “the early birds gets the
worm.” The usual rules will apply, i. e. no firm names or addresses
will be accepted.
There was not one girl down last week. Get busy!
The first ten to receive tickets last week were Damon Brodie, How¬
ard Emert, Lawrence Lester, Robert Woods, Donald Dunning, Elliot
Rhodes, Harold Reitze'il, Arthur Goess, Edwin Thayer, George Tor-
gerson, and Lester Warner.
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D’ARGY RYAN SPEAKS
F
Man Who Illumined Statue
of Liberty Talks Be¬
fore Student Body
Lighting Effects of San
Francisco Exposition De¬
scribed in Detail
A pleasing combination of interest
and Instructiveness was obtained in
an assembly last Thursday when Wil¬
liam D’Arcy Ryan, the noted illumina¬
tion engineer, gave an illustrated lec¬
ture on the lighting of the San Fran¬
cisco Exposition. The colored pictures
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