Pasadena Chronicle, January 24, 1917

ROOTERS! Come games. without out to the basketball No team can win support. PASADENA is leading the league in de¬ bating. Another state cham- pionshfpl VOL. IV— NO. 12 PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, JANUARY 24, 1917, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA PRICE 2 CENTS Delightful and Novel Games Featured at Third Year Affair RAIN DOESN’T HINDER Committee Unfolds Varied and Delightful Prorgam Before Guests By BALOO Last Friday evening with the San Gabriel Country Club as their destina¬ tion, the Juniors went on their long- looked-forward-to “Junior Jaunt.” From start to finish it was a unique and wonderful affair, and will ever be re¬ membered as a fitting beginning for the social fame of these upperclass¬ men — the Class of ’18. “The Junior Jaunt!” — what an alarming alliteration! But the name certainly fitted the event. For, com¬ mencing at eight o’clock, with the DOUBLE-HEADER PROVES POPULAR FORM OF Engineers’ Club Proves a Snappy Organization ; See How Fords Are Made Home Telephone Exchange Proves Place of Mystery to Young Engineers Keeping up its reputation of being one of the livest organizations i(n school, the Engineers’ Club gave its members a, double treat on Monday of last week, in the form of a moving picture in the morning and an excur¬ sion in the afternoon. The film showed the electrification of the Chicago and Milwaukee railroad, one of the great¬ est feats of electrical engineering. The other event of interest to the engineers was the excursion to the Ford assembling plant and the Home Telephone exchange. Seven machines were required to convey the fifty mem¬ bers who took advantage of the oppor¬ tunity to see the Fords assembled. Starting immediately after lunch, the leaving of the busses from the High j went flrgt tQ the Ford plant and School, until near midnight when the last farewells had been said, the Juni- iors enjoyed one continual Big Time. Upon arriving at the Country Club, member was presented with an oddiy-cut piece of cardboard and told to match up these pieces, in this way finding his partner for the evening. Cards were then passed, entitled “A Penny for Your Thoughts,” with a pencil and penny attached. On these cards were twenty-eight quesftions of some evident feature of the Lowly Cent. Of course no questions con¬ cerning its expenditure were pre¬ sented. Margaret Jamieson and Fred Cohn proved Right There when it came to Cents. Then Marie Johnson and Art Ferguson came along— mighty close seconds. This unusual questionaire served the purpose of getting Every¬ body acquainted with Everybody else. Which is saying quite a bit, for in these days of the high cost of living j one can rarely even be introduced for a Cent. Then the lights went out— all but one that continued to glimmer behind a large white curtain extended across the lower end of the room. Each per¬ son was then requested to step for¬ ward, spell his name backwards and spin around in a sort of endless circle meanwhile. Which is doing quite a bit, what? Then, for their trouble, their future life was silhouetted on the Mys¬ tic Screen. Many and varied were the prophe¬ sies. Militant suffragettes, bootblacks, chorus girls, book agents— all incon¬ gruously mixed up in the Panorama of Future. Robert Schlaudeman, class president, was destined to live the Chaste Life. He is to be a_Monk. And Miss Hart had blissful visions of mat¬ rimonial joy. With a clatter of huge Dutch Sabots ШЙГе Blick and Frances Dillon, mressed as a Dutch boy and girl, gave a clever dancing number, accompanied on the piano by Jennie McCall. Everyone then gathered around the old-fashioned fireplace, for which the San Gabriel Country Club has acquired much fame. They toasted marshmal¬ lows, and ate marshmallows, until even little Freddie Loomis was satis¬ fied. John Price, a clever youngster who attends John Muir School, entertained by making any number of lightning sketches and cartoons. While seated around the log fires, refreshments, consisting of ice cream, bushels of delectablt small cakes of every possi¬ ble kind, and a choice of coffee or chocolate, were served. Throughout the evening, Clayton Sawyer, a member of the class, and his sister, entertained with clever mu¬ sical selections, helping a great deal toward making an informal and de¬ lightful evening. Among members of the faculty pres¬ ent who assisted in making the event one to be long remembered, were Prin¬ cipal and Mrs. Jerome O. Cross, Miss Hart, Miss Wolfe, and Miss Tennis, class advisor. The unavoidable ab¬ sence of the other class advisor, Mr. Burgin, wap greatly regretted. The able - Social Committee of the Junior Class': is composed of Dorothy Stewart, chairman, Marian Gibbs, Mar¬ jorie Test, IVtarie Blick, Margaret Kelly, LeRoy Watson and Dick Kern. there watched the Fords literally grow. At the automatic telephone ex¬ change they were shown a perfect maze of switches, wires, cables and electric lights. Although one of the engineers explained in detail for al¬ most an hour how the exchange worked, its operation still remained a mystery to most of the excursionists. This excursion was enjoyed so much that all the members are waiting for the next one, which will be announced as soon as arrangements can be made. STUDENT-TEACHER CLUB IS FORMED South Pasadena High Stu¬ dents Organize Club; Outside Speakers (News Service) SOUTH PASADENA H. S.— A stu¬ dent-teacher club has been formed among the boys and men teachers which will meet one hour every Thurs¬ day evening for the purpose of get¬ ting together. Dinner will be served and outside speakers will talk. SENIOR VODVIL QUESTION IS NEARLYSETTLED By KENNETH FUESSLE The past several days have shown great development in the Senir Vodvil situation. When an ultimatum came from the Admin¬ istration to the effect that there would be no annual Senior vaude¬ ville entertainment, many mem¬ bers of the Class of ’17 started a terrific rumpus about the Faculty running things. And all manner of hard feeling was stirred up. As usual, when the trouble arises, the causes justified the ac¬ tion, and now, after a week of thought everyone is satisfied with new developments. In the place of the Senior Vodvil, a new enter¬ tainment will be instituted. “Sen¬ ior Night” will consist of a pro¬ gram of three one-act plays, to be staged by members of the Senior Class, under the direction of Eloise Sterling, Pasadena’s new instructor in dramatics. Proceeds of the “Senior Night” will be equally divided between the- Senior Class and a fund for purchasing scenery and other stage supplies. The plays to be chosen will be of the highest type, and from the most prominent play¬ wrights of the day. Dramas of Barrie, Shaw, and Dreiser, are suggested so far. Perhaps it would be best not to mention the mooted question of the defunct Senior Vodvil, but to make the matter clear to those who might be interested, here is the proposition in a sentence or two: The Senior Vodvil is a ter¬ rific amount of work for the com¬ mittee in charge and for the cast. School work is slighted, mean¬ while, and resulting low marks cause no end of trouble. Expenses are generally so high that what little money ‘is realized seems hardly- worth the trouble. Par¬ ents object to the extra strain on the cast-members. So, with all these things in balance, Principal Cross decided that the Game wasn’t worth the Candle. And now the matter is forever settled. If there are students who don’t understand and aren’t satis¬ fied, it’s up to them to get things straightened out. TRACK MEN SHOWINC GREAT CLASS ON LOCAL CINDER PATH; NEW STARS SHOW UP Vic Jacomini to Captain Cinder Men During Coming Season of Meets; Large Squad of Old Vets Show¬ ing Up in Good Shape ; Silvas Now at Pasa¬ dena High School; New Stars Appear UNCENSORED EDITION TO BE FEATURED BY POLYITES Lucky Students to Put Out Paper Without Faculty Supervision POLY HIGH.— The next edition of the Poly Optomist will be uncensored. It will be published by the staff and the class in journalism without any aid or supervision from Mr. Newman journalism teacher, or any other fac¬ ulty member. By RALPH HOSLER Although wet weather has impeded their work to some extent, the track men under the able direction of Coach Main and Captain Vic Jacomini have made considerable progress. The squad has settled down to hard earn¬ est work, with the realization that they have a long gruelling schedule ahead. The track is being put in splen¬ did condition by Manager Platt and all preparations for a bang-up season are being made — with the State title as the goal. And a State title never looked brighter. With a team that is well balanced, a coach that savvies his business, a hustling manager, and a student body that supports the team at all costs, the Golden State cham¬ pionship seems headed toward the Crown City High School. The Bull¬ dogs were nosed out last year by Manual Arts, by a few points. Pasa¬ dena had first string men, while the Manual team hauled in most of their points by seconds and fourths, and big Harry Lamport, the whole Manual team. This year with the Lamport twins out of the running, the question arises, “Where is Manual and who will grab the State title?” One L. A. paper has already conceded to Pasa¬ dena the coveted rag, while others admit that the Cardinal school has one of the strongest teams that ever happened along. In the sprints Pasadena has Charley Paddock, State champ in the 100 yards and 220. Paddock is some stepper and is only a Soph this year. Besides the towheaded Paddock, there are Jimmy Collins, the colored wonder from Muir, “Doug” McKenzie of last year’s fame, and minute “Shorty” Bedall, the speed¬ er of the gridiron. These four men would make a first class relay team. Jimmy Collins is the only man who¬ ever breasted the tape ahead of Pad- dock. CORDUROY TOGS TO BE ADOPTED AT S.P.H.S. In the 440 yards will be “Shorty” Bedall and perhaps McKenzie whose long legs would make short time of the one-circuit run. “Shorty” Bedall covered himself with glory last year in the quarter mile and by all indi¬ cations he will again make his name feared by all other aspiring quarter- milers. In the half mile are Reeves, the new “Slats” Cooper and “Windy” Selvas, the State champ from Oakland Tech. Both are fast men and will undoubt¬ edly show other middle distance men how the half is run. The mile also will be taken care of by those two above-mentioned gents, Selvas being the best that ever spiked the cinders in the year of 1916. The weights will be handled by Dick Mitchell, Burton, Fouche and Captain Jacomini. All men are experts in heaving the discus, the shot, and the javelin. The hurdles, the most difficult races of the bunch, will be ably taken care of by Captain Jacomini and Cliff Bur¬ ton in the high sticks, with “Zip” Wilke and Burton in the lows. All three men are adept at leaping the obstacles in record beating time. The broad jump, the pole vault and the high jump are well guarded by McKenzie, Jacomini and Ash. Mc¬ Kenzie can leap twenty feet in the jump, while Captain Jacomini’s mark in the high jump registers close to six feet. Ash is a bearcat with the pole, vaulting near the ten and a 'half mark. A wonderful relay team is promised this year, be it eight man or four man, for Coach Main has any number of men who can step around a cinder track like wildfire. Meets will soon begin, and those interested should be¬ gin saving the necessary coin in order to enter the gates. After ’em, Vic, we need a title. GIVES TALK TO William Blair of Local Publi¬ cation Tells Pupils of journalistic Work Queries of Pupils Answered by Speaker; Talk of Great Interest “Do the Newspapers Tell the Truth?” was the virile and up-to-the-minute subject discussed by City Editor Blair of the Star-News before Miss Wil¬ liams’ eleventh year English class last Friday afternoon. The answer to this question would probably be decidedly in the negative, that is, by those who have not made a comprehensive study of this interest ing subject. Those who heard Mr. Blair are as yet undecided as he be¬ lieves the question unanswerable. Naturally, he spoke of the evils that creep into journalism, and of the chances for improvement to be made. He said in part, “The newspaper is evolving slowly of itself and no one is able to tell just exactly what stand should be taken on the numerous prob¬ lems that arise. Some papers are ultra-conservative and others go just as far in the other extreme. The happy medium is yet to be found.” Mr. Blair concluded his talk by ans¬ wering questions asked by interested ; members of his audience. Through the courtesy of Miss Wil¬ liams the members of the Chronicle staff were invited to attend the meet¬ ing. It is needless to say that the talk was interesting in the extreme to them as it was so closely associated with their work. It is hoped that more such talks will be given in the future as they are not only interesting but educational. Novel Pants to Be Official Insignia of Boys of the Senior Class (Southern California News Service) SOUTH- PASADENA H. S.— The Senior boys are all appearing in their official togs, corduroy pants. The other classes are looking on with envying eyes. FLETCHER SPEAKS AT SOUTH PASADENA LYCEUM SPEAKER TALKS TO POINT BEFORE STUDENTS Thos. Brooks Fletcher Lays Down Five Rules for Certain Success Former Newspaperman Wins Way Into Hearts of Pas¬ adena Students ALL COMERS IN Coach Seay to Mentor Local Baseballists in Fine Points of the American Game '(Southern California News Service) SOUTH PASADENA H. S.— Thomas Brooks Fletcher, first speaker on the Redpath Lecture Course, gave one of the finest lectures Thursday that has ever been given on the local platform. Much Interest Shown in W ird Contest In spite of the fact that there were five misspelled words to find in the ads last week the Chronicle office was deluged by ambitious theater-goers less than thirty seconds after the noon bell had rung. Among the crowd were Margaret Kelly and Ruth Fnnel, the first two girls to get tickets through the Chronicle since the misspelled word contest was started. The boys are usually the quicker at finding the words and the faster sprinters when found, but this time the girls showed that they are not so slow as one would seem to think from previous results. Don’t be afraid, girls! Maurice Wynn will take care that you get a chance. The six mistakes were as follows: calla spelled cala — in Pasadena Grocery Co.’s ad. can enter printed conenter — in Strand Theater ad. Landon spelled Lyndon in' Landon Hardware ad on page three, upholstering spelled upholsterng — Dickson ad. power spelled powor — in Margadant ad, page three. East spelled erst — in “Orchid” ad, page four. The lucky ones -who got tickets to Warner’s are: Richard Bravinder, Hall Perry, Sterling Mueller, Lester Ericson, Lorin Ryder, George Tor- Gerson, Margaret Kelly, Ruth Finnell, Harvey White, Elmer Smith, L. Thompson, Bob Shlaudeman, Elliot Rhodes, Fred Barnes, Dean Herrick, Harold Keitzell, Barbara Loomis, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Bravinder, and Katherine Orban. ******#***#**#¥¥*¥¥¥¥ Kenny DeHuz to Captain Season’s Aggregation Again for P. H. S. In one of the most interesting as¬ semblies of the year Thomas Brooks Fletcher, eminent lyceum lecturer and newspaperman, last Thursday laid down five rules for success in the world. Mr. Fletcher has followed his rules and is a shining example of the efficiency of the following rules: Gain the attention, stimulate interest, win confidence, convert to your point of view, and get action. It was not only the poignant truth of Mr. Fletcher’s statements which so endeared him to the students but it was the brilliancy and forcefulness of his address and the irresistible ex- presion of his spontaneous humor. Personal contact according to Mr. Fletcher is not only enlivening but ab¬ solutely necessary to increase one’s knowledge of human nature. His clever illustrations of the powers of * I observation came as a surprise to some who pride themselves in acuteness of perception. The full force of Mr. Fletcher’s vir¬ ile personality might have been de¬ termined by the quality of deathlike stillness that pervaded the audience. Lost in admiration, hanging on every work, the students actually forgot that the hated third period was in exist¬ ence — more could not be said. The pleasant memory of this lecture will long remain with us and everyone earnestly desires more talks along the same line. It is to be hoped that Mr. Fletcher will make this visit an annual affair; if so he will again encounter a spellbound audience. Training camp days will soon arrive for the Pasadena High School crew of baseballists. After deep consideration by coach and captain it has been an¬ nounced that the entire team, veter¬ ans, recruits and trainers, will leave for their training camp in Pasadena, California, the afternoon of the 29th or thereabouts. The pitchers have been sent on ahead and have been loosening up the kinks in their arms for a week. President Parker Lyon declares that prospects were never so bright for a pennant and the fans “who know” are unanimous in agreeing with his views. Coach Seap has a reputation for turn¬ ing out wonderful teams from green material; this year he has a nucleus of a complete pitching staff together with seven other vets around which to build his team. Last year Pasadena did not get started until late in the season, so this year the team is going to finish what they started and bring home the pennant. Competition prom¬ ises to be stronger this year than ever ! as Long Beach and Pomona, last year’s champs, have practically all their teams back this year also, but the Bulldog pep should triumph. There is a rumor of possible inter¬ class baseball this year, so there will SPEED BOYS TO BE SEEN IN CROSS COUNTRY RUNJDAY Cooper, Hartman, Richards, Silvas, Reeves and Oth¬ ers to Step Out When the gun barks this afternoon starting the Pasadena cross country men on their 2% mile journey, the stu¬ dents of this school will see in action some of the old timers of P. H. S. “Slats” Cooper, the fastest man in the mile for 1916, will be the biggest con¬ tender for first honors with Ray Hart¬ man close on his heels. The P. H. S. cross country men were defeated by Hollywood by an extremely close score and should make the Oxy Tiger Frosh step their fastest to pull down first honors. Pasadena will have Whitney Reeves, winner of the Hollywood grind, Selvas, State champion in the mile, Hollwoy, Richards, Ireland, Sloan and several other long-winded aspirants. The meet will not cost anything, so amble out on the athletic field and enjoy a real treat. Any school can produce a certain amount of football material, a certain amount of stars, and can play a cer¬ tain class of ball, but it takes a coach, a real one, to mould together a ma¬ chine that can be said to play real football and do it right. P. H. S. plays that class of ball and does it right and well. Kenny DeHuff is upholding the stan¬ dard rep for those classed Strawberry- Blondes, by his fight and Bulldog ten¬ acity. I S. C. N. S. DISPATCHES j POMONA HIGH SCHOOL.— Lefty McMoran, the star pitcher of the Po- be a chance for everybody to showlnlona tligh team, will not be seen in their worth in real games. Everybody | Prep ranks this year as he has accept- come out! jed a tryout from the Angels. Last year he showed himself to be one of the most effective high school twirlers in “How did Teller get his cold?” “All the drafts of the bank through his cage.” go the Southland and he will be sadly , missed on the Pomona team.