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ELECTION
EDITION
PASADENA* w*CHR0NICLE
FINALS
MONDAY
VOL. XIX
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1928
NO. 15
Only One League
Office Left For
Final Election
Almost complete selection of all
boys’ and girls’ League officers
was completed in the primary
elections yesterday, when all but
one of the officers were chosen.
The one office for which the final
selection was not made is the sec¬
retaryship of the Girls’ league.
Competition among the boys was
was very much lacking, for there
were not more than two candidates
for any office, and for the vice¬
presidency, Lawrence Collins was
the only candidate. Phillip Nevins
won the secretaryship with 334
votes against John Dean, who re¬
ceived 201. James Scott received
332 votes as compared with 206
for Fred Hess, for the office of
treasurer.
Mary Jenkins, present vice-presi¬
dent of the Girls’ league easily
re-won her position for the next
semester with 483 votes. The
other votes were divided among
four other candidates: Barbara
Stevens, 204; Isabelle McLain, 123;
Helen May Comstock, 69, and Edna
Hart, 77.
Competetion for secretaryship
was very high, and three candi¬
dates will enter the finals. The
three in the finals are Geraldine
Anderson, 326 votes; Elizabeth
Hassler, 139 votes; and Bernice
Petheram, 199 votes. The rest of
the votes were as follow's: Doris
Northup, 139; Gladys Buckner, 83.
Olive Parsons took the treasury
office with 493 votes, and Agnes
Arnold and Jennie Contino came
second and third respectively, with
284 and 182 votes.
Mid Season Annual
to Be Published Soon
Are you a social wall-flower, an
outcast, are you the only one who
laughs at your jokes? Is your sup¬
ply getting low? Do do grope
blindly in the nebulous for a
snappy repartee when the teachers
ask you if there really are boule¬
vard stops on Venus?
If such be your case, you will
do well to procure a copy of the
“cure-all,” commonly referred to as
the “Bull Dawg,” which will come
on leash just after you flunk your
semester exams. It will be like a
bit of good news — just the thing
to curb all thoughts of suicide from
despondency.
Press Work on1 Annual’
To Start Immediately
With the covers, paper and ink
ordered, the Annual is started on
its way to the press, but the great¬
est part of the work is still to be
done. In order to have the book
out early, it' is necessary that it
reach the printer at an early date.
Before it can go to the print shop,
all material must be gone over
thoroughly by the Annual staff.
Speeding up the, work by filling
out the activity cards, and by hav¬
ing pictures taken before February
1 is necessary.
Seek World Peace
Plan in Contest
N. Y. Lawyer Offers $l-,000
in Prizes; Begins March 15,
Finals May 18
A solution of the international
problems of war are now being
looked for in youth. $1,000, in
three prizes, are being offered by
M. Biddle, a New York lawyer, to
the winners of a swiftly growing
nation wide oratorical and essay
contest on the subject “The out¬
lawing of w'ar by treaties,” or the
more general subject of any pos¬
sible solution to the international
problems of war.
Local oratorical contests will
be held all over the United States,
the first on March 15, the winner
of which will get a bronze medal,
and the local finals on May 18,
with a silver medal to be presented.
The finals of the national contest
will be held by having the winners
of each local contest write an essay
upon the ubject for the final na¬
tional judging. The awards to be
made for the finals are: first place,
$500, preferably to be used on a
trip to Europe; second prize, $300;
and third prize, $200, the last two
prizes, preferably, to be used to¬
wards a college education.
Sponsored by School
Tryouts will be held on March
1, and the finals, probably, on the
evening of March 15. The contest
will be conducted under the direc¬
tion of the Commisioner of Debat¬
ing and forensics committe, of
which Mrs. Helen M. Stone is
chairman.
Limitation of the contest, be¬
sides the age restriction, which
sets the age limet of the parti¬
cipants as nineteen years, is re¬
stricted entirely to the duofold
ability of the contestants, the ora¬
torical and writing ability of each
one being considered.
Annual Affair
The contest, which will, in all
probability, be an annual affair
will use various subjects from year
to year. With less than one month
of study and preparation for the
contest, all students wishing to en¬
ter hould see Mrs. Stone about
information and start work upon
the addresses immediately.
P.H.S. to Recognize
National Thrift Week
The National Thrift Week,
which starts Friday, January 26,
will be reconized in Pasadena high
school when Mr. Leslie Henry
speaks in the thrift assembly.
Mr. Henry is a graduate of the
University of Southern California
and during the World War was
sent to all parts of this state mak¬
ing speeches promoting the Liberty
Loan drives. He is a very good
speaker, well liked by all people
who have heard him, and his pre¬
sence at many affairs is greatly
in demand. Mr. Henry knows busi¬
ness, and his thrift talk ought to
bring out many new phases of that
National movement
Will Start Work
on Senior Play
Next Semester
A senior play class, devoted
to the study of drama, will meet
in room 19-C during the fifth
period next term for those who
desire to take part in the Senior
Play this year. The class is
open to all seniors whether they
have had previous courses in
dramatics or not, and credit will
be given. There will be oppor¬
tunities for some of the begin¬
ning students of good caliber
trying out to secure the better
parts. This occurred last year
when Herbert Resner and J ames
Tracy were given the juvenile
men’s leads.
This class devotes the first
part of the term to the study
of diction, voice productions,
stage technique, and the inter¬
pretation of dramatic material,
while the second half of the
term is given to the production
of the class play.
Honor Society Invites
High Grade Students
“All students who wishc to be¬
come members of the C.S.F. Chap¬
ter I, and whose grades qualify
them for membership, may obtain
application blanks in 114-C at
once,” says Miss Sara A. Talbott,
faculty adviser of the organization.
These applications must be
signed by each teacher and turned
into 114-C before next semester, so
that students may be considered
for membership.
Two A’s and nothing below a B,
or three A’s, one B, and one C are
the grades required for 'member¬
ship. Service points and a perfect
record in merit count as an advan¬
tage, although Miss Talbott must
be consulted about these points.
Students having been members
of the honor society for two-thirds
of their high school careers, and
one term in their senior year are
eligible for life membership in the
California Scholarship Federation,
and are entitled to have on their
diplomas the C. S. F. seal. They
are also given the C. S. F. state
pin in place of the silver “P.”
Will Start Work on
Operetta Immediately
Contrary to the popular belief
that there will be no operetta this
year, because of the unfinished
condition of the auditorium, the
music department has announced
that an operetta is to be staged
some time in March. Work is to
be started upon the musical com¬
edy early in February, and it is
expected that the annual produc¬
tion will exceed any given in the
past.
The play will be staged in the
new building of the Shakespeare
club house, according to Miss
Parmley, head of the music de¬
partment.
Four Incumbents Re-elected
in Primary Voting; Strutt
(Wins Boys’ Welfare Position
Debating, Girls’. Welfare Candidates Will Enter Finals
After Eliminating Large Field of Prospectives ;
Finals to Be Held Monday
ERIC STRUTT
BOYS’ WELFARE
Four present members of the commission will retain
their positions for the coming semester as a result of the
primary student body elections held yesterday, and the re¬
maining two positions will be.
decided in the final elections
Monday, January 23. Little
competition was given to
the elected officers, and the
choice of commissions of De¬
bating and Girls’ Welfare, the'
two remaining offices, were
the only ones in which any
doubt was evinced by the
voters.
The elected officers for the com¬
ing semester which begins January
27 are: Eric Strutt, Commissioner
of Boys’ Welfare; Letha Morris,
Commissioner of Entertainment;
John Calmer, Commissioner of
Finance; Joseph Richardson, Com¬
missioner of Athletics; and Carl
Cartwright, Commissioner of Pub¬
lications.
Still in the race for Commission-
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LETHA MORRIS
ENTERTAINMENT
JOE RICHARDSON
ATHLETICS
CARL CARTWRIGHT
PUBLICATIONS
JOHN CALMER
FINANCE