Pasadena Chronicle, January 12, 1923

PASADENA; CALIFORNIA, JAM! ARY 12, 1923 ялэшоянз ачишлеая шюЯцхииЛ *it 1* ■. -«Я \о хяЬпЯ ВШ ПЮ YOL. XIV ? мооЯ vsvSA 400 DOLLARS IDE PAVEMENT POT IN E SO FAR THIS YEAR Third of the Trees Under the Personal Care of Boys in Agriculture Dept. PACKED IN SMALL BOXES 250 Cases of Sixteen Each Were Sold to Faculty in Short Time Pasadena High School’s orange grove has proven to be quite a source of revenue this year as shown by the fact that already over $400 has been cleared. The grove is situated behind the Agricultural building and consists of over 600 trees. Four nundred of these are taken care of by the California Fruit Growers’ Ex¬ change, whose branch office is locat¬ ed in Lamanda Park. The other two hundred trees are personal projects of several boys in the Agriculture department. They succeeded in getting a good crop from their two hundred trees, and the problem of selling the fruit confronted them. “Anything in the miniature always attracts at¬ tention,” the/ took for their motto, and set to work planning on tiny crates in which to pack their oranges. Lumber enough for 250 boxes, of sixteen oranges capacity was pur¬ chased. This lumber was turned into the desired sized crates by members of the wood shop classes. Appropriate labels were printed in the high school print shop. These labels had on them a picture of a bulldog, and the trade-name, “Bull¬ dog Brand Oranges.” SCIENTIFIC COURSE NOW OPEN ТОМСИТ SCHOOL Under the supervision of the night school principal, Clyde S. Yerge and Bailey W. Howard, head of the physical science depart¬ ment, a new course will be of¬ fered to night school students. The course is to be a scientific one dealing with the things found in the everyday life of the average person. Although there will be no High School credit given for the study on this line, it is never¬ theless expected to become very popular. Things of late invention will be studied; the radio, the electric fan, the phonograph, the electric washing machine, and the moving picture machine will all be ex¬ plained. According to Mr. Howard, the course will be very interesting and will teach a person that science is interlinked F.ith the happenings of every day. LIBRARY CLUB HAS PLEASANT EVENING At the home of their president, Horace De Witt, members of the Library Club gathered for a fro¬ lic Saturday night. Miss Winni- fred Skinner, librarian, was un¬ able to be present, and Miss Flor¬ ence Kratka, assistant librarian, came in her place. Games and re¬ freshments were features of a pleasant evening. Work on the pavement put in be¬ tween the main building and the Boys’ Gym has been completed. No longer will it be necessary for any one desiring to visit the gym to wade through the mud and water behind the bleachers. The work was under the direc¬ tion of J. E. McNatt, construction foreman, and took up about three weeks’ time. Before any paving could be done it was necessary to grade the ground around the boys’ gym. This took nearly a week as the level had to be lowered over two feet in some places. A three- inch layer of rock was then spread on the ground that had been level¬ ed. Oil and grave lcompleted the job. This improvement will make it much more convenient for the com¬ ing basketball games that are to be held there. CAST OF BIG ANNUAL JUNIOR Ell POPULAR SUBJECT ■ That public speaking is fast be¬ coming one of the most popular and practical subjects in the school is shown by the large num¬ ber who have already enrolled in it for next semester. Almost without exception all who are taking public speaking now have decided to go on with it. Next semester there will be the begin¬ ning classes, advanced classes, and platform reading class. Mrs. Irene Peters, public speaking teacher, makes the statement that this is a specially fine chance for juniors and underclassmen be¬ cause they will have chances to make practical use of their speak¬ ing ability in school activities next year. As a proof that the High School public speaking classes are really getting results, the success of for¬ mer students who are now in col¬ lege can be mentioned. Russell Parker, class of ’22, is now the reader of the Pomona College Glee Club. Helen Jackson, another member of last year’s public speaking class, was placed in an advanced oratory class with sophomores and juniors at Berke¬ ley. Vernon Payne and others have been equally successful in college speaking work. The work of these people proves that the public speaking course is worth while. This year for the first time the organization of oratorical clubs has been attempted. Mrs. Peters has organized two clubs in her first and fifth period classes. One club ha’s taken the name of “The Silver Tongued Orators,” while the other bears the title of “Tongue Tied Talkers.” These organizations meet twice a week during study period. Officers are elected every two weeks, so that all may hold office. It is not yet known how successful these clubs will be but they are being run on the same plan as The Forum, which is one of Los Angeles’ most successful organizations. PAGEANT shows progress During National Educa t i о n Week, December 5-12, Tulsa Okla¬ homa,. presented a pageant which showed the progress of American methods in education. Top Row, left to right: Clarence Picklefs, Peter Van Ness, Marion Randall, Kenneth Robinson, Francis Merriam. Middle Row : Jonathan Evans, James Goodman, John Atwell, Russell McKinley. Lower Row: Atha Delaplain, Lucille Knapp, Jean Blackman, Christine Snell. FRENCH CLASS WILL PRESENT PLAY SOON “Pauvre Sylvie,” the clever and amusing French comedy which was presented before Christmas vaca¬ tion to Miss Cass’s fourth year French class, will in all probability, be presented before a group of French classes in MisS Tennis’s room, 110-C, week after next, dur¬ ing 5th period. Although the play is short, not. taking more than thirty minutes to portray, every moment is thoroughly enjoyed. The interest surrounds Sylvie, the maid, whose pretending to be her mistress causes her undoing. The cast is' as follows: Sly vie, Lennie de Chambre, Jacintha Wright; Madame Darcourt, Grace Reeves; Cecile Darcourt, Virginia Munson; Maria (Cook) Naomi Blair; Pierre (servant) Albert Kep- hart; Jeanne (dressmaker) Eliza¬ beth Turner; Miss Nancy (English teacher) Virginia Wightman; La Marchand de Gateaux, Carolyn Al¬ len; Le Vendeurde Joumaux, Al¬ bert Lombard; Le Commis Voyag- eur, William von Amerongen. NEW LATH HOUSE FOR HORTICULTURAL CLASSES A group of orange trees is being removed, and the foundation has been started in preparation for a new lath house to be built soon. The lath house is located in the High School orange grove. It is to be sixty by sixty-six feet and a basement is to be placed under one end for a storage room. NOTICE TO BICYCLISTS Boys who ride bicycles to school and have been in the habit of leaving. them leaning against the cement wall near the racks and in fact against the structure of the racks itself, thereby mak¬ ing it difficult for those who put their wheels in the racks to get them in and out, are hereby warned by A. M. Hunter, head caretaker, to put their bicycles in the racks, which were con¬ structed especially for this pur¬ pose. If this law is not observ¬ ed, harsh methods of enforce¬ ment will follow. Ever since three years ago, the Junior class has annually had a class play. Therefore, according to tradition they will present one this year. “Believe Me, Xantippe,” the play chosen, has made a decided hit everywhere it has been shown. At eight o’clock on January 26 it will be given in the P. H. S. audi¬ torium by a cast that is among the best material in the class. The plot of the play has nu¬ merous clever lines and good jokes which are always spoiled when the villain says, ^‘Believe me, Xantippe.” Others characters are “Buck” Kammen, John Atwell; Wrenn, Clarence Rickless; William, Jon¬ athan Evans; Martha, Elmeta Curry; Violet, Jeane Blackman; “Simp” Kalloway, James Good¬ man; Arthur Sole, Kenneth Rob¬ inson; Thornton Brown, Peter Van Neiss. The understudies in¬ clude: Sigred Van Toll, Frances Merriam, Russell McKinley, Chris- tnie Snell, Atha Delaphin, Louis Elowitz. Miss Elizabeth Reppie, dramatics teacher, is directing the play. Ticket sales for the Junior play, “Believe Me, Xantippe,” start to¬ day, according to representatives of the Junior class. These will be exchange tickets and reserved seats will be on sale Tuesday, January 23, and a certain portion of seats will be reserved for each club in the school. The prices of the tick¬ ets are 35c, 50c, and 75c. The play which will be given Friday night, January 26, Will con¬ tain something for the whole fam¬ ily. There are cowboys for broth¬ er, love scenes for sister, crook scenes for father, and plenty of gossip for mother, all of which promises to be well worth the price of admission. ENTERTAINMENT TO BE GIVEN BY CLUB OUT VERY HEEL Number of Students in Each Lunch Period is Made Equal by Change COUNCIL DECIDES POINT Committees on programs, eligi¬ bility and entertainment were ap¬ pointed at the music club meeting last Wednesday. Work is pro¬ gressing well, and plans will soon be made for occasional entertain¬ ments to be given by the club members. In Old Kentucky “Teach my boy trigernometry,” said an old farmer to the school¬ master. “He cain’t shoot worth a durn.” Ready for College Credits Have Been Checked by Registrar That the results from regroup¬ ing the advisory classes will be very satisfactory is the opinion of W. F. Ewing, principal of Pasa¬ dena High School. At the meeting of the student council representatives, Friday, January 5, Mr. Ewing explained reasons for the change. The two largest groups in the High School are the Freshmen and Sophomore classes. In the assignment made at the beginning of this year the Freshmen and Sophomores were assigned to one hour without ref¬ erence to the size of the combined body, making a very uneven divi¬ sion of the students. This semes¬ ter it was thought best to equalize the numbers. Another reason for the change is that the former plan put two classes together of students who were not familiar with the rules and regulations of the school. With the present change one , ex¬ perienced and one inexperienced group is assigned together. There is no thought of penalty in this re¬ organization of the school. Neither are the upper classmen in any way supposed to act as policemen over the under classmen. Arthur Johnson, member of the administration staff, called Hie at¬ tention of tl^e school to the newly organized “Lost and Found” de¬ partment. This department is open at moon only. Lost text books are returned to the text¬ book room, so that they may be distributed to their owners through the class rooms. When personal books are found, notices are sent to the owner. This is also done for all lost articles which can be identified. All un¬ claimed wearing apparel is turned over to the Salvation Army. The work of checking credits on the Ready for College cards as turned in by the students has been completed by Miss Vera Benton and H. T. Clifton. The cards showing the exact number of rec¬ ommended credits will be returned next week and the club organized. If there are any questions on the count of credits, students are urged to see either Miss Benton or Mr. Clifton regarding the error. W. Hardin Hughes, director of Educational Research for the Pasadena City Schools, explained the new rating system which is soon to be installed in this High School. W. A. Newlin, chairman of the advisory committee, out¬ lined the grading of students with respect to activity in the advisory period. A failing mark in the ad¬ visory period will mean a loss of 'merits to be determined by the Student Council. TRY-OUTS ARE HELD FOR OPERA “MIKADO” Tryouts are being held by the Girls’ and Boys’ Glee Club for the principal parts in the opera “Mi¬ kado” which will be preseted in the near future.