Pasadena Chronicle, January 15, 1925

YOU VOTE MONDAY Who Are The Torch Bearers? Friday, February 13 VOL. XVI PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 15, 1925 NO. 13 AMENDMENTS IE Ш 18 DEFEATED Three, Four, and Five Pass by Indifferent Margins ; • Special Assemblies Called 1700 STUDENTS VOTE Unique Situation of Two Sep- erate Institutions Under One Roof a Fact at Present The ballots cast in the vote of seventeen hundred high school and junior college student body mem¬ bers in the amendment elections, Thursday, January 8, determined that the high «chool and the jun¬ ior college will remain separate institutions in so far as the stu¬ dent body government is con- cerened. The vote was 431 to 1424. This particular amendment wag the subject of much heated dis¬ cussion both pro and con prior to the elections and was the cause of the two special assemblies held last Monday and Wednesday, re¬ spectively. Less interest was shown to¬ ward amendments three, four, and five. Amendment three, providing that “any measure or question to be voted upon in Student Body or class meeting must be submitted in time for ample discussion (in¬ stead of in two advisory ses¬ sions)” was carried. Amendment four designed to omit the articles in the student body constitution which provide for an athletic man¬ agers’ association was also car¬ ried as was amendment five which gives to the commision the right to propose amendments. What the results of the voting down of the amendment on the Junior College will be, is the topic of considerable discussion on the campus at present. Wheth¬ er or not the Collegians will con¬ tinue to join the student body under this ruling, or whether they will separate entirely and finance their own athletics and other ex¬ penses is a thing- still to be seen. CASH PRIZES GIVEN IN PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST Six four-year scholarships to Yale or Vassal-, including all tui¬ tion fees and $500 annually, be¬ sides other scholarships and prizes are the inducements offered to enter the Prize Essay Contest, be¬ ing conducted by the American Chemical Society. College stu¬ dents are being offered six prizes of $1,000. No previous knowledge of chem¬ istry is a requisite for competition as technical knowledge is not re¬ quired. The purpose of the contest, as suggested by the subjects for the essays, is to instill generally, a live interest and appreciation of chemistry and a realization of its importance to our national life. The subjects are: 1, The Relat¬ ion of Chemistry to Health and Disease; 2, The Relation of Chem¬ istry to the Enrichment of Life; 3, The Relation of Chemistry to Agriculture or Forestry; 4, The Relation of Chemistry to Nation¬ al Defense; 5, The Relation of Chemistry to the Home; and 6, The Relation of Chemistry to the Development of an Industry or a Resource of the United States. Besides the national prizes, there is a $20 first prizs in each state. Essays on one subject are considered separately from the other essays, giving in that way six different prizes. • Students expecting to enter the contest should see Henry I. Weit- zel, chairman of the Essay Con¬ test Committee, or Miss Mar¬ jorie N. Leveson or Thomas S. Elston, other members of the committee, for the rules of the contest. The papers must be in the hands of the Chairman of the State Committee of Awards by March 1, 1925. MAY SHOW TALENT All students in good stand¬ ing at P. H. S. will be given a chance to display their tal¬ ent in the way of making up cross word puzzles. The best puzzle may be run each week with the name of the person who designed it. Students are asked to send in Puzzles with a distinct Pas¬ adena High School atmosphere. The puzzles should not be made too technical or they will not be popular with the gene¬ ral run of the student body. Apply Now, Is Advice to College Entrants Every student intending to en¬ ter college should find out what his credits are and what the re¬ quirements for entrance into the college of his choice are and whether the two, credits and re¬ quirements, coincide, points out Mr. Clifton, P. H. S. recorder. Mr. Clifton states that he would be willing to help any student go over the requirements for en¬ trance to the college the student intends to enter. As 15 recommended units, most of them being in such subjects as English, Language, Mathematics, and Science are a requisite for being recommended from Pasa¬ dena High to college, the student should keep these things in mind in the pursuance of his studies. Students intending to attend Po¬ mona must see Mr. Clifton’ at once in order to prepare their applica¬ tions for entrance in September. Mr. Clifton points out that the sooner students make their appli¬ cation to the college they intend to enter the better their chances are for entrance. Students expecting to enter any college after gradu¬ ation either in February or June should see Mr. Clifton at once in order to make out their appli¬ cations. At present there are not any more Stanford application blanks. When some are received, notice will be given to that effect. DEATH SADDENS HOME Word of the sad death last Sat¬ urday of Miss Joan Smalley, ‘21, student of Pasadena Junior Col¬ lege, came as a shock to the students and teachers of this in¬ stitution and Pasadena High School Miss Smalley wa s riding horse-back on Michigan Boulevard in La Canada with her girl friend Lois Griffin when she was thrown from her mount and instantly killed. She was the only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Smalley of La Canada. Miss Smalley was an accomplished musician and pi¬ anist and was a popular member of the Junior College Student Body. The funeral services were held Tuesday, January 13, in Los Angeles. The Chronicle extends the sym¬ pathy of the students and teachers of Pasadena High School to the bereaved parents. In order to avoid discrepancies in checking up, students wishing to apply for service points should do so early, thus preventing a gen¬ eral rush with unsatisfactory re¬ sults. As soon as the grade slips are received, or before, if the stu¬ dent knows what his grade will be he should obtain the application blank at the attendance office and secure the teacher’s signatures an¬ other necesary factor is to have the advisor of each particular act¬ ivity sign one’s card so as to sure¬ ly ascertain the correctness of the students statement. WORLD-KNOWN HUNTINGTON LIBRARY IS VISITED AND REVIEWED BY CHRONICLE REPORTER By Betty Roberts To Elect Seven Of Twenty Candidates Not far from Pasadena, on a beautiful knoll overlooking the San Gabriel valley, is the nation¬ ally and internationally known library of Henry E. Huntington which will eventually be given to the people of America. Interest¬ ing intellectually as- well as arch¬ itecturally, it is the Mecca of stu¬ dents in many parts of the world who are following lines of work which necessitate reference to the old manuscripts, maps, and edi¬ tions which this collection affords. Among the treasures which Mr. Huntington has obtained from var- lection includes the first book printed from movable type, which is the Gutenberg Bible and was published about 1455. This vol¬ ume is illuminated, or illustrated by colored drawings. There is also an example of the block print¬ ing, that is, all the characters on one page are on one block of wood. This method was used previous to movable type. Other books are the first editions of : The first musical notes ever printed (used in 1473) ; Catchwords (1473); Use of parenthesis by Berchorius in 1474; Ptolemy geography using V The Huntington Library Building, San Marino ious countries are the six statues of mythological characters, four of which are in bronze and were made for Francis I. They add to the beauty of the entrance grounds. The fountain directly in front of the building is early Italian. The doors to the main entrances were cast from bronze especially for the library and contain many interesting designs which have the old fifteenth century English de¬ vices in the borders. In the center of the east or main entrance-room, is a bronze statue of Washington cast from the original statue now in Rich¬ mond, Virginia, which was made by Houdon. As he took plaster casts of the different parts of Washington’s body and made the statue from those, it is known to be absolutely correct. In this room are also portraits of Lincoln, John Milton, and John Gay. Among the portraits in the reading room are those of Major Andre ascribed to Sir Thomas Lawrence (1780), Christopher Co¬ lumbus by Antonio Moro (about 1545), Robert Brinsley Sheridan by Francis Cotes, John Kemble, an English author and player, by Philips, David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith, Edgar Allen Poe, John Gay, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, and Martin Van Buren. There are three portraits of Washington: a replica of the famous Stuart portrait, one by Charles Willson Peale, and one by his son, Rembrandt Peale. There is also a portrait, by Charles Will- son Peale, of Thomas Jefferson. The only group picture is by Christian Schussele, depicting Franklin before the privy Council in England in 1773. The exhibit of books in this room shows the beginning of print¬ ing and its development. The col- the first copper plates for map's (1478); first book printed en¬ tirely in Greek, by Lascaris, in 1476; “Romaan de la Rose” in French in 1481; Euclid’s geometry (1485); the first book to use folding views was by Breyden- bach in 1486; the first Spanish grammar by Nebrxia in 1492; first edition of Homer’s Iliad and Odessey, Greek (1488); the first books in Portugese by Ludolphus De Saxonia in four volumes (1495) ; Marco Polo’s Travels, in Italian (1496); Brunsweig’s sur¬ gery (1497); and the first book on English made paper (1495). The library is constructed in the shape of an E. The reading room which forms the stem of the E faces the south, the work rooms compose the east wing and the west wing is made up of picture galleries, in one of which is the collection of Indian paintings by the Pasadena artist, Carl Moon. Another room corresponding to the main entrance room, holds the busts of Marcus Aurelius, Nero, Cicero, and Lucius Versus. In the center, wing are the “stacks,” or the collection paper. The first floor contains the rare books ano first editions on Amer¬ ican history; on the second are books of English and American literature of all centuries, and the third holds manuscripts and in¬ cunabula. This part of the build¬ ing is made entirely of steel and glass so as tgo prevent any danger of fire or theft. Among the pre¬ cious books are the folios of Shakespeare’s works There are four of these and Mr. Huntington has been able to secure copies of all: those of 1623, 1632, 1663, and 1664 (the rarest) , and 1685. The library has the first quarto edition (Continued on Page 2) SURPRISE PARTY GIVEN FOR NEW FACULTY BRIDE A bride and groom cross word puzzle, a wedding cake, and a miniature bride were the features of a surprise party given Thurs¬ day afternoon at 3:30 in the model apartment of the Jane Ad- dams building in honor of Mrs. Dana Courtwright, formerly Miss Jeanette Holmes Baldwin, who was married during Christmas vacation. The guests were all the mem¬ bers of the Commercial depart¬ ment to which Mrs. Courtwright belongs, and the Administration. The diminutive bride was Mary Alberta Anderson, daughter of Mr. J. H. Anderson, head of the Commercial department. She entered the room to Mendelssohn’s wedding music, and led the real bride to the wedding cake on a SELL EATS Hot dogs, sandwiches, salad, hot drinks, and deserts were sold to over a hundred persons after the New, Year’s day parade in the. canteen over the Y. W. C. A. cafeteria by the Girl Reserves and the girls of the Junior College Y W. C. A. Although they did not have the crowd they had ex¬ pected and planned for, each soc¬ iety made $10 apiece which will be used to help send girls to Asil- omar this summer. center table. Mrs. Courtwright then cut the cake and passed it to the guests, Miss Nellie Greene Clarke, re¬ ceiving the ring, Miss Maher, the dime, and Mr. Sydnor, the thim¬ ble. The afternoon was spent in solving the special bride and groom cross word puzzle composed for the occasion by Miss Shrode. When this was complete, coffee, ice cream, and cake were served. Only One of Present Commissioners Eligible to Run Again 1 For Commissionership STIFF COMPETITION PREDICTED FOR ELECTION Three Students Try for Each of Offices, Except Three; Athletic, Two Politics, with its far-reaching influence, has pervaded the halls of Pasadena High and has momentarily diverted the attention of the students from their studies and all else to the all-interesting question — who are the next seven commissioners going to be? With the election only four days away, Monday, January 19, the school is buzzing away on the points for and against the twenty candidates for the seven commissionerships. The nominating speeches by the campaign managers may be found in this issue of the Chronicle. They are fairly complete “biographies” of the candidates. St. Olaf’s Choir Sings In P. H. S. Auditorium The first program of the Pasa¬ dena Music and Art association for the coming year was present¬ ed in the high school auditorium on Thursday, January 8, by the St. Olaf Lutheran Choir, a musi¬ cal organization made up of stu¬ dents of St. Olaf College of Northfield, Minn. The choir was made up of 60 young singers who can all trace their ancestry back to the Nor¬ wegians. They were directed by F. Melius Christianson. The choir is purely a religious organ¬ ization, their program being made up entirely of sacred songs. The excellent balance in the chorus and the brilliant perfect declamatory style as well as the almost perfect phrasing, showed many years of practice under an excellent teacher. They sang without accompaniment from memory and had a mysterious way of always getting the key with¬ out a moment’s hesitation. They sang to an enthusiastic audience, every seat being oc¬ cupied as well as the extra seats put in for the occasion. Their first number was, “Sing Ye to the Lord” followed by, “O Sacred Head” by Hasslei, “Won¬ drous Type,” Hosannah,” “Sa¬ viour of Sinners,” “In Dulce Ju- bilo,” “Glory Be to God,” “The Three Kings,” and “As Sinks Be¬ neath the Ocean.” The second concert of the ser¬ ies will be a piano recital by Serge Rachmaninoff on Friday evening, February 6. All the candidates will give their acceptance speeches during the special assemblies being held to¬ day, thus affording Student Body members an opportunity of form¬ ing judgment before voting. If any office is not filled because of a candidate’s failure to receive the required majority of votes, another election will be held the following week to pick the office | holder from the two candidates receiving the highest number of : votes. Only one commissioner, Don Hamblin, is running for reelection, as commissioner of Debating. All the other commissioners, having reached the end of their eighth semester, are ineligible for the commissionerships. Dwight Culver, Commissioner of Entertainment, is the only retir¬ ing commissioner who lias served two semesters. Only two are out for the Ath¬ letics commissionership, Nub Bor¬ den and Walter Fell; for Boys’ Welfare, Ted Hambrook and Bob Lasley. There appears to be the strongest competition in the En¬ tertainment commissionership, five students being out for it, Helen Edward, Helen Schwartz, Betty. Spring, Don Stoner, and Elton Davies. Three contestants are out for each of the other offices, Debating, Don Hamblin, Roger Revelle, and Bob Seares; Finance, Art Her¬ bert, Dan Morris, and Karl Rodi; for Girls’ Welfare, Holly Halstead, Marjorie Middleton, and Lois Woodruff; and for Publications, Josephine Bayley, Betty Roberts, and James Iliff. According to Secretary Collins of Princeton, the men who have won letters in sports maintained a higher scholastic average than the under graduate body. RETIRING COMMISSIONER WRITES ON ELECTIONS Of interest to Student Body members is the com¬ munication received by the Chronicle from Dwight Cul¬ ver, Commissioner of Entertainment, who is now retiring after serving two terms in that office. It is as follows: Student Body Members: Time has elapsed! It is now our business to elect a new Commission Body. This duty is always important, but because of the fact that six of the present commissioners will, this time, be ineligible to run again, it is especially important to use con¬ sideration at the election. As it is the middle of the year, many problems will confront the new Commission, and for this reason the greatest care should be taken in order to select the most capable for office. In past years it has been a prevailing custom that only seniors be elected for Commissioners. This year a number of can¬ didates are Juniors who by their past accomplishments have proved themselves capable of holding higher offices. The fact that they are. Juniors should not alter your true opinion of who would make the best one for the office. The Commissioners of Boys’ and Girls’ Welfare are among the most important. Their work with the Boys’ and Girls’ Leagues brings them into direct contact with the Student Body and its problems. In view of this fact it is essential that boys should take a more active interest in voting for the Girls’ Welfare Com¬ missioner and also that girls should take a greater interest in voting for a candidate for Boys’ Welfare. But most important of all, whatsoever you do, and however you plan to vote, vote. A record breaking number of ballots cast would be a great honor and would reflect credit on the Student Body as a whole. DWIGHT CULVER, Commissioner of Entertainment.