Pasadena Chronicle, January 08, 1925

Do Your Duty And — VOTE today February 13 Friday THE TORCH ?????? VOL. XVI PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 8, 1925 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, AND CHANGES TO THE PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL CONSTITUTION I To replace “Pasadena High School” by “Pasadena High School and Junior College” throughout the constitution. II Present Article: Article III, Sec. 2. All candidates for the office of Commissioner | shall be members of the Student Body and in regular attendance at the Pasadena High School. They shall have been members of the Student Body and shall have done satisfactory work in at least three studies for at least three months preceeding the time of election. Graduates and students who have been in the school for more than eight semesters are not eligible. No student shall be a member of the Board of Commissioners for more than two semesters in any two succeeding years. Proposed Amendment: Article III, Sec. 2. All candidates for the office of Commissioner shall be members of the Student Body and in regular attendance at the Pasadena High School and Junior College. They shall have been members of the Student Body and shall have done satisfactory work for at least three months preceeding the time of election. No student shall be a member of the Board of Commissioners for more than two semesters in any two succeeding years. III Present Article: Article V, Sec. 1. There shall be a period known as the Advisory Period to be a part of the daily program of Pasadena High School and it shall come during a regularly scheduled period. This period shall be for the sole purpose of arousing interest in the activities of the school, cooperating with the Board of Commissioners promoting student government, and advancing the best interests of Pasadena High School. Any measure or question before being voted upon in Student Body or class meetings must be submitted for discussion during two advisory sessions. Proposed Amendment : Article V, Sec. 1. (First paragraph unchanged.) Second paragraph to read: Any measure or question to be voted upon in Student Body or class meeting must be submitted in due time for ample discussion. IV Present Article: Article IX, Sec. 3. The officers of classes, clubs, and other organizations shall be elected by their respective organizations for a term of one semester. No student shall be eligible to hold any office, appointive or elective, unless he is doing satisfactory work in at least three studies. Proposed Amendment : Article IX, Sec. 3. The officers of classes, clubs, and other or¬ ganizations shall be elected by their respective organizations for a term of one semester. No student shall be eligible to hold any office, appointive or elective, unless he is doing satisfactory work. V Present Article: Article IX, Sec. 7. The Board of Commissioners shall appoint by the end of third week of school, a group of students who shall act as athletic managers. There shall be as many managers as there are athletic activities, and each shall be appointed to a specific po¬ sition such as Football Manager, etc. The managers shall be known as the Athletic Managers’ Association. During the season of such athletic activity respectively, the manager of that activity shall be President of the Association. When more than one activity is in season, the presidency shall rotate as the managers of those activities see fit. It shall be fully understood that only the president shall be the traveling manager. The managers shall seek to arouse interest in all athletic activities among the students. They shall cooperate with the Commissioner of Athletics and with the Coach, and do all within their power to make the athletic activities self-supporting. The President shall have the power to schedule contests after consultation with the coach and the assistant principal. If the Presi¬ dent and Coach are in doubt as to whether they will be able to meet expenses on a proposed contest, they shall, before closing the con¬ tract, consult the Board of Commissioners through the Commissioner of Athletics. The President shall see that the field *s in condition before each of his contests. From that time on, the accounting de¬ partment is responsible. Sec. 8. Other managers not provided for by Section 7 shall control the management and finances of their activities as provided in Section 1, Article VIII. They shall, present vouchers to the Com¬ missioner of Finance for payment of all bills incurred by their ac¬ tivity. Proposed Amendment : Omit Sections 7 and 8 entirely. VI Proposed Amentment: Article XIII. Sec. 2. (To be added as follows) : Amendments may be proposed by the Board of Commissioners. Such proposed amendments must be posted by the Student Body clerk and published in the Chronicle at least one week before being sub¬ mitted to a vote of the Student Body. SECOND SEMESTER COURSES PLANNED ' Of interest to all those attend¬ ing Pasadena High School or Junior College next semester is the announcement by the ad¬ ministration of the courses and subjects to be given. They are as fallows: MANUAL ARTS The Manual Arts Department will offer the following courses next semester, which are open to all boys who wish to get some practical training in industrial lines : 1. Beginning woodwork, includ- ing wood turning. 2. Advanced cabinet work. 3. Forge work for beginners. 4. Ornamental iron work (pre¬ requisite: 10-1 Forge). 5. Machine shop practice (pre¬ requisite: 10-1 Forge), 6. Instrumental drawing (no pre-requisite). 7. Architectural drawing (pre¬ requisite: 1 yr. drawing). 8. Machine drawing (pre-requi¬ site: 1 yr. drawing). 9 10-1 shop mathematics, which deals with mathematics as used by mechanics in many lines of work, and 10 10-2 shop mathema tics (pre-requisite:- 10-1 shop mathe¬ matics. While these courses are given primarily for their educational value, they give everyone a chance to test his ability in some of the more common industries. Junior College C-C Instrumental Drawing. (2) Two 3 hour periods per week. C-2 Descriptive Geometry (3) One hour lecture and two 3 hour periods of drafting - per Weei Pre-requisite: Course C or high school Geometrical Drawing. D-4 Machine Shop Practice (3) AGRICULTURE The following two one-term ( /2 unit) courses will be offered by the Agriculture department. Landscape Gardening This course will covei ® theory and practice of plan propagation, a stu у о materials, and the planning and planting of home grounds. * student will be given part of the plants and shrubs propagated fox their home grounds.— % unit. Forestry This course will acquaint the student with present methods of National Forest Management, it will include a study of trees (their propagation and care), fire control, forest mensuration, log¬ ging and lumbering.— У2 unit. ART 9-1 Drawing: This is a couise in design; foundation to all draw¬ ing. Open to anyone, lhr. /2U1. 10-1 Costume Design: Open to anyone interested in the study of costume, line, color, lhr- .sCr. 12-2 Interior Decoration: .A study of interiors, arrangement, line, color, harmony, furniture. 1 hr. У2 cr. Junior College 13 yr. C. A. Freehand Drawing (2) 4 hr. Fundamental principles of freehand drawing: Study of light, shade, and perspective. 13 yr. D. Freehand Drawing (2) 4 hr. An interesting course in design leading to preparation for commercial design, costume design, and interior decoration. MUSIC The only new courses offered by the Music Department begin¬ ning next semester will be Junior College Glee Club, Boys and .iris. ENGLISH Beginning courses will be offer¬ ed in 9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 11-1, 12-1 and 12-2. 11-2 students are given their choice of: American Literature Journalism Short Story Writing Recommended students who are not majoring in English may, in (Continued on Page 2) Garden Of Youth” Float Of City Schools Unlike many of the other floats “A Garden of Youth,” the float entered by the Pasadena schools, was not made up entirely of real flowers. To be sure, the pansies, sweet-peas, violets, roses, and for¬ get-me-nots were very life-like, for they were none other than Pasadena students. With its flowers, pergola, and gazing globe, the float represent¬ ed a garden typical of sunny Southern California. All of the Pasadena schools were represented, including the Junior College. The president of the Associated Students of Pasa¬ dena Junior College, Louis Creve- ling mounted on horse-back, led the float. Flower costumes were designed and made by Miss Ruby Parson’s costume designing class, while Miss Daisy Grubel made the hat worn by Lois Ewing, vice-presi¬ dent of the senior class, who was one of the flowers. The school carpenters made the body of the float. Loleta Heibert, Jane Giguette, Dorothy Tagert, Wilhelm Madsen, Kathryn Brown, Richard Winter, Marion Randall, John Hutchinson, and Starr Titus, all Junior College students, help¬ ed decorate the float. Miss Ida E. Hawes, Miss Hazel Cooper, Charles Cooper, and Fred Wallace made up the committee which had charge of the float. Potted plants were loaned by the Crown City Nursery. As the students of Pasadena High probably remember, money for the float was raised on field day, October 10. MUCH PROGRESS MADE ON NEW HEATING PLANT Seats were removed, floors were torn out, and nearly everything was wrecked in the auditorium during the mad rush against time in putting in the new heating sys¬ tem during the Christmas holi¬ days. In the auditorium six huge hot-air heating mains were in¬ stalled and the same number of ventilators were put in the floor to take the stale air out. How¬ ever, work on the auditorium was not the only thing accomplished, for radiators were installed in the first floor and basement of the Horace Mann building, steam mains and returns were put in from the new boiler house to the main buildings, and much work was done on the huge high-pres¬ sure boilers. A large number of men were kept busy during the whole of the vacation and a few P. H. S. students succeeded i n “holding down” jobs, • helping the steam- fitters. “THREE GEORGES” SING IN TUESDAY ASSEMBLY Three Georges, Mr. George Mortimer, Mr. George Wood, and Mr. George Brown, with Mr. J. Tyler Parker, who compose the Rotary Club Quartet, entertained in the assembly on Tuesday, Jan¬ uary 6. They were introduced by Mr. Ewing, one of the several faculty men who are Rotarians. After a selection by the quar¬ tet, “Jolly Fellows,” Mr. Morti¬ mer gave a short talk on the meaning of Rotary. The next number was a piano solo by Mr. Mortimer. He played a Span¬ ish Dance and as an encore play¬ ed the Minuet from Beethoven and then the Humoresque. Next, Mr. George Brown, accompanied by Mr. Mortimer, sang “Yo San” and “Mother O’ Mine.” As a final number the quartet sang “The Mosquito.” Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Howard spent several days in their cot¬ tage in Burnt Hill Canyon, Lake Arrowhead. Mr. Howard reports eight inches of snow and 20° F. Miss Baldwin Married A faculty wedding took place, on December 22, when Miss Jean¬ nette Holmes Baldwin, member of the Commerce department, was married to Mr. Dana Court- wright. Mrs. Courtwright will continue teaching the rest of the year. Important Notice Students who wish to add an additional subject to their pres¬ ent program should see their de¬ partment head, or Miss Clarke or Mr. O’Mara on or before Friday January 16. Fuel Problem Discussed Advantages and dangers of the use of gas and other fuels in the homes of today, and furnace in¬ stallation, are the subjects which are being presented this week during third period to the House¬ hold management classes of Miss Katherine McGorray, head of the Household and Fine Arts depart¬ ment. Representatives from both the Ohrmund Bros. Gas Appliance Co. and the Foss Furnace Company are giving lectures on these sub¬ jects. Jelly-Beans Present Teacher With Gift Although many teachers were presented with gifts of apprecia¬ tion before Christmas vacation, there is one which tops them all for originality. R. O. DeMond, member of the Social Science de¬ partment, received from his first period history class a box of can¬ dy accompanied by a poem writ¬ ten on a card. On each side of the card was a crayon drawing of a boy and a girl with faces made of jelly-beans. The poem follows : These many colored jelly-beans All in a jumbled mass Stand for the vacant jellied “beans” Of your first hour history class. Our “beans” may not be so pretty Nor so full of stuff inside, j Nor are we quite as sweet as they And bloated up with pride. Your patience has been so serene With this class of jellied “beans” We want each bean to be a token Of appreciation left unspoken. We may be dumb and stupid But one thing we’ve learned keen, Columbus discovered America In Eig'hteen-Nineteen! — S. D. Mr. DeMond, in discussing the work of art, says that history classes as well as English classes can produce poetry, and submits this product as a proof. This may be true but talking about History — we thought Columbus discovered America in 1776. _ PASADENA TO DEBATE ON MONROE DOCTRINE Resolved : “That the United States should abolish the prin¬ ciples of the Monroe Doctrine,” will be the subject for debate be¬ tween Pasadena High School and Los Angeles High School when the two meet in the local aud¬ itorium some evening in the latter part of February. Neither the date for the debate nor the sides to be upheld by each school have been decided upon as yet. i i Those desiring to try out for this debate met with Coach R. W. Canfield yesterday afternoon. Preliminary tryouts will be held in the near future. Two students will then be chosen by the forensic committee 1 to form the P. H. S. team. In the last round of debates j Pasadena was defeated by Holly¬ wood by a 2-1 decision. Los Angeles High was defeated by Long Beach. The Pasadena Junior College debated this same question with San Diego Junior College, winning both here and at San Diego by ; unanimous decisions. TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE HELD IN VACATION From Wednesday, December 17, to Saturday, December 20, was a busy period for the teachers of Pasadena. During this time the P. H. S. faculty, and that of other Pasadena schools attended a Teach- | ers’ Institute; Wednesday sessions were held at the McKinley school Auditorium, and Thursday and Friday meetings were held in Los Angeles. Miss Gladys Snyder of the Jour¬ nalism Department of P. II. S., was one of the speakers in the printing and journalism division of the teachers’ institute held in Los Angeles during the Christ¬ mas holidays. She gave a de¬ tailed lecture on the making of a high school annual.. Mr. С. E. Corson of the “Ohio Educational Monthly” was the main speaker. Three times a year all the ink¬ wells are cleaned and filled. NO. 12 MIS PROMOTE sum Kims The Junior Class held its third meeting of the year in the Au¬ ditorium, Thursday, Dec. 11, dur¬ ing first advisory. The president, Don Stoner, call¬ ed the meeting to order, and the minutes were read and approved. Ted Hambrook, treasurer, re¬ ported that only about one-third of the Juniors had joined the class, and urged that the member¬ ship be increased. у It was announced that the Jun¬ ior Class would be unable to give a play because of the great num¬ ber of school activities already scheduled. The Juniors expect to give a big afternoon entertain¬ ment some time soon. The com¬ mittee appointed to arrange for the vaudeville consists of Maxine Doerschlag, Kate Moore, Ouina Lisk, Herbert Packard, Ida Pear¬ son, and John McClintock. The Junior-Senior party will be held in the last part of the sec¬ ond semester. A committee con¬ sisting of Elizabeth Naquin, Edith Hansen, Elizabeth Bixby, Robert McClintock, Edwin Walker, and Bob Chapin was appointed to in¬ vestigate the matter of the party. Many suggestions were made concerning the adoption of official class sweaters. A motion to the effect that Junior should wear distinctive class socks and stock¬ ings was defeated. SAINT OLAF CHOIR TO APPEAR TONIGHT The Saint Olaf Lutheran Choir of forty-three young women and twenty-five young men, will ap¬ pear at the High School auditor¬ ium tonight as the first season offering of the Pasadena Music and Art Association’s 1925 Art¬ ists Series. Dr. Christiansen has been di¬ rector of music at St. Olaf’s col¬ lege since 1903. Instead of the silly little ditties of the old time college glee clubs, this choir in¬ troduces to the concert platform religious masterpieces that have existed for hundreds of years through their innate qualities of greatness. About sixty boys and girls, sons and daughters of Norwegian farmers for the most part, com¬ pose the choir. They sing a ca- pella. “How they get the pitch remains a mystery,” states a crit¬ ic, “but the dynamic effects are amazing, and their phrasing, beautiful precision of attack and release, variety of tone shading and the spirit of the profoundly religious music that dominates their program is reflected in the genius of their leader, without doubt the greatest choral leader in America, and with no peer abroad.” This music organization repre¬ sents the music talents of St. Olaf College from Northfield, Minnesota. This college is owned and operated by the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. The Grace Lutheran Church of Pasa¬ dena belongs to that branch of that church. Year after year critics confess their inability to give complete expression to the joy such enter¬ tainment as this choir brins to them, and when the choir went abroad, the same general appre¬ ciation was shown, from the king and queen of Norway down to the lowliest peasant. Their tour was one constant triumph, for it showed what the new world had accomplished in choral work. Culbertson Has Operation Word from A. E. Culbertson, member of the Biological Science department, and now on leave of absence to carry on research work at U. C., states that he has spent the last two weeks in the infirmary following a slight op¬ eration. He now is much im¬ proved and expects very soon to continue his work at the uni¬ versity.