Pasadena Chronicle, February 28, 1917

CIRCULATION John Muir . . 100 High School . . . .1250 This Issue . .1350 u_# ENROLLMENT Total Enrollment . Student Body . Faculty . . . vOL. V— 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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. ********************** 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 (Continued on Page 4)