Pasadena Chronicle, January 22, 1925

YOU VOTE MONDAY SAVE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13. TORCH BEARERS VOL. XVI PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 22, 1925 NO. 14 FIVE ELECTED II PRIMARY VOTING BAUBLE AND BELLS ANNUAL PLAY CHOSEN MULTITUDE OF FLOWERS TO BE PLANTED SOON ON P.H.S. CAMPUS Wally Fell, James Iliff, Dan Morris, Ted Hambraok, and Holly Halsted New Officers TO VOTE AGAIN MONDAY Bob Seares and Don Hamblin ; Don Stoner and Helen Schwartz in Finals The P. H. S. political mills in their primary work — out of last Monday, January 19,. ground out live elected candidates from the twenty who ran for offices. Finals for the two offices yet unfilled will be held Monday, January 26. By a narow margin of 176 votes Wally Fell was victorious over Nub Borden in the struggle for the office of commissioner of Ath¬ letics. Fell is a varsity letter- man and has twice been president of his class. For Boys’ Welfare, Ted Ham- brook, also a varsity letterman, won over Bob Lasley. The vote was 1072 to 541. The Finance honors were carried by Don Morris, small and beloved ■ yell leader, who received 844 votes to the , 507 of Karl Rodi and the 254 of Art Herbert. Jimmy Iliff, lightweight foot¬ ball captain, was elected to office by a veritable landslide of votes. He received 1064 votes to 291 of Betty Roberts and the 228 of Josephine Bayley. Holly Halsted was elected com¬ missioner of Girls’ Welfare. The vote was: Halsted 838, Lois Wood¬ ruff. 398, and Marjorie Middleton 329. The other two offices, Debating and Entertainment will have to be carried to the finals Monday. In the primaries for the Commis¬ sioner of Debating Don Hamblin received 760 votes, Bob Sears received 471, and Roger Revelle polled 356. Hamblin and Sears will fight it out in the finals. For Entertainment Don Stoner received 641 votes, Helen Schwartz 387, Helen Edward 374, Betty Spring 171, and Elton Davies 68. The names of Don Stoner and Helen Schwartz will appear on the final ballot. It is interesting to note that the two offices to be carried to the finals are the two cases where Juniors are running for office. A heavy vote is expected, as much interest has been displayed to¬ ward these two offices. Among the annual activities of the high school is the production of a play by- the Bauble and Bells Dramatics Club. This year “The Torch Bearers” has been chosen for this Club’s production. Miss Elizabeth E. Keppie, dra¬ matics teacher and class adviser, is directing the cast which is composed of John Stansbarger as Mr. Ritter; Marjorie Adams as Mrs. Ritter; Katherine Stadley, Mrs. Pampinelli; Sumner Greene, Spindler; Karl Rodi, Hossefrosse ; Adams Bolton, Twiller; Margar¬ et Cresaty, Jenny; Margaret Mor¬ row, Florence McCrickett; Doro¬ thy Wood, Nelly Fell; Marian Randall, M r s . Sheppard ; and Johnathan Evans, Teddy. All the members of the cast have had work in dramatics and have par¬ ticipated in other productions j>iv- en by the high school. In the past the Bauble and Bells has given entertainments of a high standard. Under the direction of Miss Keppie these have been a success. This play will undoubtedly come up to the reputation now enjoyed by the club. ■»* BIOLOGY CLUB TO HAVE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE The Biology club is trying to procure Dr. H. C. Bryant, noted authority on animals, to give an illustrated lecture on Conserva¬ tion о f California Animals a t its next meeting Wednesday, ^January 28, 1925. The club hopes fto get the main auditorium for the lecture so that all members of Pasadena High School will be able to hear Dr. Bryant, who is a former graduate of P. H. S. and who is now in charge of the department of education, publicity, and research of the Fish and Game j Commission of California. Noted Negro Tenor fs Sing February IS Feburary 19, in the high-school auditorium is to be given a re¬ cital by a very unusual artist. The artist, who is Roland Hayes, is a negro whose singing, it is said, is praised by everyone for¬ tunate enough to hear him. Mr. Hayes, who was born in Georgia, has had a most remark¬ able career. He sang in a church choir when he was a boy and w anted to be a singer, but his mother did not believe singing a man’s work so Roland Hayes be¬ came a stove molder. A man with a voice like his cannot remain obscure for long and he soon was persuaded to go to college. He entered Fisk Uni¬ versity and -waited tables to earn his hoard. After graduating Mr. Hayes had success after success, the cli¬ max being a command to sing at Buckingham Palace before the King and Queen of England. He has given recitals in Europe on three concert tours, and has been enthusiastically received there. Mr. Hayes is not only a marvel and a phenomenon but an artist and a cultured man. He has ' an ear for language and sings in English, German, French, and Italian with equal ease. Tickets will be $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50 and will be on sale February 2 at Hunter and Williams. Over five thousand plants and j $2000. This figure does not in¬ flowers have been and are now clude plants. The Agriculture de- WHITE COLLARS NOT TO BE PERMITTED IN P. fi S. That P. H. S. will continue to wear dark collars and that P. J. C. will wear either an all white PUZZLE CRAZE № , . , , , .. or all dark middy are the final being planted by C. S. Cooper, : of th? school cooperates decigiong on the White Collar . , , , , . . with the gardening department ; л head gardener, and his assistants, through Dr D S Fox head of ! ^uestl0n which has been con- Seven varieties of Snap-Dragon the department. Since ’the main ! the uniform board a11 are included. greenhouse is used by students of | m J3 . ' . . There are 20,000 bulbs of flow- , agriculture as well as by the j Wednegd Ja 14 when the ermg plants now in the ground gardeners the former derive more : c who ^ on the P. H. S. campus. Several practical knowledge of horticul- , , , f . . , , . , ,7 ,T asked by the uniform board donations of valuable plants and ture than the average high school \ ^ ^ ^ ^ t(> flowers have been received in the has to offer. j keep the white collar as theil. past four years. Chief among Biology instructors have free uniform> voted 4 to 1 to wear a these are those given by the Cool- [ access to the greenhouse. Var- j one color middy> either white or Rare Plant Gardens and ious experiments and plant pro- Ыие ag they haye done a]1 se_ M illiam Shield, who m the past jects are conducted there for their mester and that they would not two years has contributed over own study and for that of their weai. the white and blue mixed 2000 primrose plants to P. H. S. classes. The Forestry club is int- j middy> which is the high school Various organizations and clubs erested in a number of trees of the | unjform are given flowers for decorative evergreen variety which are he- j A few high sc]lool girjs wbo purposes. Some conventions as j ing grown in large individual pots 1 had and desired to" wear white that of the real estate rhen at near the humus bins. j collars set in circulation petitions Pasadena, were supplied with The local gardeners m ay be last week, seeking that they be many flowers. Visitors to Pasa- 1 compared to a packing corpora- allowed the right to wear them. Openly Admitted by Some; Utterly Denounced by More Conservative Members DICTIONARIES RUSHED Chronicle Puzzle Contest to be Patronized by Both Teachers and Class dena High School are given bo- tjon jn that neither waste any- quets to accentuate the pleasant thing. Even faded flowers are Before these petitions could be recognized the Junior College had placed in the humus supply bins | to vote to relinquish their right Since the memories of their visit. Fo brighten the dark corners j-Jong with all other vegetable ' to wear white collars, of the various departmental of- matter which accumulates at the J. C. girls do not Wish to seek flees once each week Mr. Cooper base 0f various shrubbery and a different uniform P. H. S. auto¬ plants around the school. This humus is not used until thorough- decayed when it is mixed with other fertilizer in the preparation of ground for new plant beds. At the present there are approxi¬ mately three and a half tons of brings in boquets of fresh cut flowers and places them where they may he seen to best advan¬ tage. The Girls’ League sends flowers to the hospitals, of the city and to members of the fac¬ ulty and to students who are sick and are unable to attend school, tflig vegetable matter in the bins. Anyone who wishes flowers for No doubt all students have no- any purpose may have them by‘ticed that the hedge is rather wen asking Mr. Coo.per to pick them. Mr. Cooper was a professional florist in Brockton, Massachusetts, for over 25 years. He has been connected with P. H. S. for four years. He states that flowers sent from the High School each year, if computed at florists’ prices would amount to over matically will continue with the previous middy regulations. German Is be Taught As many universities are de¬ manding High School German in their technical courses a class in this language will be taught in cared for but its beauty is marred in spots by the absence of one or more shrubs. The shrubs are much more leafy in appearance during the first five years of their Pasadena High School if the de^ growth than they are later. The mand is large enough. German is taught in practically all the eastern and in a great many of the western high schools. San present hedge which is almost (Continued on Page 2) NEXT ITEM, SOON WHO’S GOT IT? Who took the flag from the cafeteria some time last week? While A. M. Hunter, head caretaker, was looking things over in the cafeteria last Sat¬ urday afternoon, h e noticed that the flag was not there. He says it would tickle him to death to get the flag back, not only because he wants it, but because it was a new one, made of silk. If anyone knows anyone who knows something about the strange disappear¬ ance of the flag, please^ impart such information to Mr. Hunt- Attention, everybody ! Another issue of the “Item” is to come out soon. You all re¬ member the last “Item” which came out just before Christmas. That was certainly a splendid magazine for the little fifteen cents you had to pay for it. But another, larger issue is coming out. Patriotism will be discussed — personal patriotism, school pa¬ triotism, and national patriotism. Reviews' of places made sacred to every loyal American by the deeds they represent will be fea¬ tured. Fine stories, write-ups of athletics, and last but not least good, snappy jokes will appear. DEATH SADDENS HOME Francisco and Oakland have re- ORIGINAL CROSS-WORD PUZZLE MAKERS GET BUSY j egtabUghed the subject and the Los Angeles school board has Here is the first original cross-word puzzle handed to the Chronicle. Two more are in the copy basket and will be run as soon as some : voted lor uhe return 0.1 it m die mechanical drawing- students volunteer to make the chart so it can cjty schools. be engraved. The one below is the product of Edwin V. Van Am- | . . eringe, chemistry teacher, who is so certain that it is a good one. i German is accepted m all mu- that he does not hesitate to state that the Chemistry department \ versities on a par with French offers for each and every correct answer to this puzzle a hand-em- j and other foreign languages Mr broidered Bunsen burner and as a grand prize, one. four year schol- j c of tfie modern Language de- irship to the Whittier State School. , , . , partment, points out that m study¬ ing the advancement of a for- j eign people it is essential to know their language and literature. He goes on to say that the German language is the key to well round¬ ed knowledge of music, medicine, surgery, and the sciences can¬ not be had without the study of it. The California Institute о f Technology demands German for graduation in some of its more i advanced courses. 2Y го Zb /4 4 0 4 5 ' (0 Ш’ШШ !§ ЙЩЁе ? II iz ' IS ШШш 18 Ц| n - - zz Z3 Ш 3! 34 ИЙ® ; 44 3& 37 34 4/ The Chronicle extends the sym¬ pathy of the students and teachers of Pasadena High School to Wolf¬ gang and Alfred Reitherman, stu¬ dents in this school, who lost their father on Tuesday, January 13. Mr. Reitherman died at his home in Sierra Madre. Wolfgang is a member of the reportorial staff of the Chronicle. VERTICAL Poisonous gas (form.) Chemical waste. Most spectacular element (abbr. ) Need of a chemistry teacher. Ancient symbol for gold. Explosive gas. War gas. Intelligence of chemistry students. | California’s greatest mineral. Constituent of glass. What a teacher is supposed to take. Most elusive substances. Gas for balloons (abbr.) Beverage. Infernal substance. To look at a new teacher. Fixed dyestuff. Metric measure. Common poison (abbr.) What knowledge does not do. Greatest metal. Supporter of life. Rare metal (abbr.) 39. Alkaline-earth metal (abbr.) HORIZONTAL I. Source of oil. 5. Personal pronoun. 7. World’s greatest sufferer. 8. Mixture of metals. II. Growths on organic matter. 13. Extinct bevm-age. 15. Most expensive substance (abbr.) 16. Type of varnish. 19. Minute electrified particle. 20. Solid colloidal solution. 21. Examination signal. 23. Rare-earth element (abbr.) 24. Smallest part of a pure sub¬ stance. 28. Alkali metal (abbr.) 30. Petroleum product. 32. Textile. 34. What a student should be. 35. Result of most chemical action. 36. Increases speed of a reaction. 39. Greatest woman chemist. 40. 'Ore of quicksilver. 41. Carrier of chemicals (abbr.) It has not been decided upon who will teach the course if it is adopted in Pasadena High School, but . as Mr. Cave has had the Junior College class in German he will in all probability teach the High School class. Students who are interested in German j should see Mr. Cave at once, and arrange to enter his class next semester. Some advanced technical and ■ professional schools demand two or three years of one modern j foreign language. This is true j for example of the Pulitzer and other schools of journalism. Stud- J ents who have had two years of 1 Latin can make 2 units of cred¬ it by June 1926 in some modern foreign language if they enroll now and carry one half unit in summer school. For those who are not neces¬ sarily preparing for a technical school but who are desirous of understanding the English lan¬ guage more fully, a course in a Germanic language will he ex¬ tremely valuable, especially if a student has also had a course in some Romance language. One Ro¬ mance and one Germanic language will make a better foundation for understanding English than would two Romance languages or two Germanic languages alone. “Would you please tell me t where I could find a public dic¬ tionary besides at the library, they are so crowded there?” plead¬ ingly asked a young lady of a corner policeman. “You might find on’e in the lob¬ by of the hotel across the street,” he answered hurridly. Let us hope she found one that wasn t busy, for she had waited at the library for half an hour without even seeing one, and all she had to find to complete her crossword puzzle was an eight letter word meaning an Egyptian dancer, and the fifth letter was “t.” Have you got the crossword puzzle craze? If you haven’t you know someone who has. Could you imagine one of our darling teachers doing a crossword or two instead of correcting Woolley tests? Maybe they do, but that would be telling. However, here’s what a few think about them. Miss Alabaster (in a hurry), “Oh, I like them!” Walter Fell, “They are all right if you have time for them. I never finished one in my life.” Miss Taylor, “I think it is fine to be able to get down and dig at them. Also adds to your vo¬ cabulary and makes you think.” Mr. Turner, “There’s a good deal in them and a good deal may be gained from them. Some of the words are of no practical use, however.” Miss Snyder, “I think that a lot of people waste their time on them. Educationally, they may be of some value. Mr. Yerge, “I think they are semi-educational, but I haven’t tried them yet.” Miss Hughes (emphatically), “I haven’t tried any and I wouldn’t do it if you gave me five (5) dol¬ lars.” Dorothy Foote, “I think they are a good thing if you like to do them. It furnishes an enter¬ tainment for everyone.” Miss Jensen, “I don’t know any¬ thing about them; as for the craze I think it’s crazy.” Mr. Ewing (in a hurry), “I don’t know enough about them to give much of an opinion. I never tried one in my life.” Pinky Griffith, “I think they are a pretty good drill, but some people carry it too far.” Walter Pauli, “They’re all right if you like them.” Miss McGorray, “I love them.” Don Davis, “Crossword puzzles are all right for the simple per¬ son or one who has nothing to do. But they ruin too many homes and result in too many student’s failures to be of much service to society.” Carl Broome, “They are all right for people who are educated, but I don’t seem to be able to work them. I can’t even do the baby ones in the ‘Times.’ ” GOOD TALKS Many advisories have trouble in occupying their time; however Miss Robbins’ class has success¬ fully arranged for theirs. Every Monday some members of the class knowing something- different from the ordinary run of things, speaks. So far the class has enjoyed everything from Einstein’s Theory to Aztec ruins, and are looking forward to many other interesting topics. Lesley Leiberg, ’22, is a stu¬ dent at St. Olaf College which the famed chior represents. He plays in the St. Olaf band.