Pasadena Chronicle, June 04, 1925

л. GET YOUR SENIOR PLAY TICKETS JUNE 4, 1925 THE P. H. S. BULLDOG SHOW TODAY AT 3:30 CHRONICLE SUPPLEMENT PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, BULLDOG AND ITEM, PRICE 10c CUT PERFECTS FINAL PUT PLUS “The old order changeth, yield¬ ing place to the new” seems to be the motto of the senior class, not excluding the choice of the play, ^‘The Rivals,” by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This is the first class fc'ay to be costumed in the history of Pasadena High School. Costumes with lacy frills, silver buckles, powdered wigs, knee breeches, and hoopskirts will all be present on the nights of the presentations, June 15 and 16. For some time the senior dram- ^■Jcs classes have been workng on the play with great enthusiasm and the cast and committees are all prepared for the great night. There will be, in most cases, a dual cast, one for each night’s performance. The plot deals with a romantic girl, Lydia, played by Frances Ramsay and Almeta Curry, who wants to ‘disgrace her family and lavish herself on a fellow not worth a shilling.’ At least so it seems to her aunt, Mrs. Malaprop, played by Isabelle Greene and Dorothy Wood. Her lover, Captain Jack Absol¬ ute, played by Doug Gregg, has told her he is but an ensign, not a captain, to humor her. Their meetings and notes are, of course, secretly carried on. When Sir Anthony Absolute, played by J. Gordon Spaulding, sees Lydia he immedately decides that his son, Jack, shall marry her. How does it turn out? Come and see. — What becomes of Bob Acres, the rival, played by Thomas Hurt? Is he killed in the duel with Jack? Such mysteries will be solved on June 15 and 16. Other members of the cast are: Ju.ta, played by Clarice Thomp¬ son and Katherine Stadley; Lucy, Lillian Meyer and Hazel Greene; Faulkland, Foster Warwick; Sir Lu&us O’Trigger, Floyd Thorpe; Fag, Eddie Kellogg; David, Curtis Chari son; and Thomas, Wesley Jensen. While the casts have been work¬ ing after school and evenings the committees have not been idle. The business committee has the pro¬ grams ready to go to press. Ex¬ change tickets are also on sale now, due to their efforts. The publicity committee has sent invitational announcements to all the high schools, clubs, and other organiza¬ tions in this vicinity and expects to fill the house on both nights. The stage crew has gone on several trips to Los Angles to study period fur¬ niture and to see which types would be best suited to the high school stage. After seeing the settings used in Mrs. Fiske’s production at the Biltmore in Los Angles, the furniture will, most likely, be appropriate. The costume com¬ mittee was also greatly helped by seeing the professional production of “The Rivals.” On Monday they made a trip to the Western Costume Comjiany in Los Angles to see the costumes there and to make select¬ ions for the play. The Make up 'committee is practicing by making up the characters of the play daily. Members of the committees are: Business, Belva Purvis, Chairman, Betty Roberts ; Publicity, Christ¬ ine Urquhart, Chairman, Esther Lillie, Stella Edlund, Lillian Meyer, Louise Bennett, Ruth West, Carol Montague, Glenn Bowen; Stage, Laura Mattison, Chairman, Mary Cabot, Sara Lapidies, Edith Penny, Doris Jeanin; Make up, Ruth Trieschman, Chairman, Lois Simp¬ son, Ruth Harrison, Esther Mc¬ Cann, Henrietta Parker, Mildred Frank, Mary Macy Staats, Mary Gordon; Costume, Kathryn Wier, Chf^rman, Emy Lou Metzer, June Etiene, Myrtle Olson. Boys’ Glee Club to Sing rAe Boys’ Glee Club of Pasadena High School will sing in assembly Friday, June 5, at John Muir Jun¬ ior High School. This program concludes a series of programs given by the Glee Club which is under the direction of Abraham Miller, head of the Music depart¬ ment. PAUL REVERE S RIDE THRILLS AUDIENCE “Give me liberty, or give me death,” said Patrick Henry. This and many other stirring incidents from America’s colonial history were presented in the beautiful play of “Janice Meredith” last Fri¬ day. The movie was given to raise money for the student body fund. Such places as the Old North Church, Boston, Valley Forge, the battle of Trenton, and the Tory ball in Philadelphia, will be long remembered for their vividness and interest. Besides the main picture, there was an AH sop’s Fables cartoon comedy, while Fred Paul provided the music. CHEMISTRY TEAM IS CHOSEN FOR FINALS Five of the twelve contesting students for the American Chem¬ ical Contest were chosen to repre¬ sent Pasadena High School as a result of semi-final test held here Wednesday, May 27. The team was composed of George Otto, Warde Ogden, Jack Sylvester, Louise Bennett, and Duncan Hoop¬ er. This team represented P. H. S. at the final contest held at U. S. C. on May 29. It has been several years since Paasdena has entered a team, but the coaches of the team, expect good results from this group. Students from all over Southern California entered the contest. The winning team will be presented with a trophy, while the two high¬ est rated contestants will receive a membership to the American Chemical Society. Bulldog, rah! rah! rah! Bulldog! Bulldog! Bulldog! a 55 10 BE EIVEN ТИПА! STUDENTS FROM P. H. S. ENTERTAIN RADIO FANS Directed by Miss Lula C. Parm- ley, a group of P. H. S. students entertained radio fans over К F I on Wednesday evening, May 27, during the period of Nick Harris. The program consisted of read¬ ings by Hedley Reeder and Mar- gurite Atchinson, a four minute speech by Don Hamblin, inviting the radio fans to the P. H. S. Com¬ mencement, a duet by Don No vis and Mary McPhee, and a piano solo by Maria Iliff. Thrills! Hair-raising! “The Mark of Zorro!” The last enter¬ tainment of the year! Douglas Fairbanks ! Douglas Fairbanks in “The Mark of Zorro,” Carl Broome, and a j short comedy are to be presented .today in the entertainment being given by the Architectural Club in the auditorium. Proceeds from the show will be used to award the winners of the drawing contest held by that club a few weeks ago. The purpose of this contest was to draw a $5000 house, with special emphasis on the entrance and floor | plan. The officers of the club, Guss ; Scurlock, Bert Watson, and Stan¬ ley Robinson, are to select three downtown architects to judge the drawings. It is hoped that the re¬ sults will be known by next week. Today. At 3 :30. In the audi¬ torium. For 15c. Last entertain¬ ment of the year. “The Mark of i Zorro.” FIRS! EDITOR IF MISS OLIVER GIVES ADVICE TO CLUBS Miss Maude L. Oliver, of the English department, advises all clubs to elect their officers before the end of this semester in order that they may leave everything in shape for a good beginning next year. Miss Oliver says that some clubs were not fully organized until the second or third month of school last fall. Since seniors have been members of the clubs longer than anyone else and there¬ fore should have a greater interest in their welfare than the other members, she urges them especial¬ ly not to neglect their duty of see¬ ing that their clubs are left in the best of condition in these last few busy weeks. Art Excursion On Friday, May 29, Miss Gif¬ ford’s history of art classes took an excursion to the History of Art Museum at Exposition Park at Los Angeles. The students left the high school in a special car at 9:00 o’clock and arrived at the park at 10:40. After studying the pictures in the Art Museum, they visited the Animal and Relic Museum. HAMBLIN AND SEARES TIE IN NELSON CONTEST I , Donald Hamblin and Robert Seares tied for first place in the G. A. Nelson oratorical contest held last Friday evening, May 29. Ha¬ zel Sewell took second place. Six students took part in the finals Friday night: Don F. Stoner speaking on “The Training of Youth”; Hazel Sewell, ’25, on “Bet- |ter Homes”; Donald Hamblin, ’25, on “Civic Improvement”; Angeline Lechert, ’26, on “Beautifying Our City”; Roger Revelle, ’25, on “Civ¬ ic Consciousness”; and Robert Seares, ’26, on “Realizable Ideals.” When the judges, Judge Ray¬ mond G. Thompson, W. W. Ogier Jr., and Mr. Herbert Hahn, had given their decision it was found that Donald Hamblin and Robert Seares had tied for the $40 prize and that Hazel Sewell had won the $20 prize. Since the prize money was left by G. A. Nelson in charge of the City Directors, they will decide how the prizes will be distributed. Mr. J. W. Atwood, chairman of the Faculty Forensics Committee, pre¬ sided. Annual Alumni Banquet June 12 is the date set for the annual Alumni Banquet to be held in the P. H. S. Cafeteria at 6:30 P. M. An entertainment has been arranged by Judge Kenneth New¬ ell, president of the Alumni Asso¬ ciation, which will be given after the banquet. Seniors and Junior College students are invited to at¬ tend. Girls’ League Gives Tea One of the most successful teas of the year was given by the girls’ League in honor of the faculty yesterday afternoon in the Model Apartments. The tea was the last of the social activities of the Girls’ League for this year, and was attended by a large number of women teachers. Friday, June 5, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Novis are leaving for Eng¬ land, where they spent most of their lives. They will return early in September. An interested visitor at P. H. S. was Shirley Owen ’15, the first editor of the “Chronicle.” Owen is now a bond salesman for the Southern California Edison Company with offices at Los Ange¬ les. When interviewed by a “Chron¬ icle” reporter and asked for a contribution for the high school paper of 1925, Shirley dashed off the following lines: ; Editor of the Pasadena Chronicle, Pasadena, California. | My dear Mr. Editor : Today while having a chat with my good friend, Miss Skinner, in the library I was approached by one of your re¬ porters with the suggestion that I give her some material for your Bulldog issue. As a rule, 1 am doubtful of the inter¬ est that the doings of classes of bygone days may have for the present student generation, and I am not sure that I have any of value. On the other hand, this semester marks the full decade of the Chronicle life and a lusty young¬ ster it surely has grown to be. Perhaps therefore, in view of the anniversary and the present strong position of the paper, it may not be entirely uninter¬ esting to hear of some of the earlier days when the going was not so smooth. To begin at the begining, so to speak, Kenneth IHiessle deserves more credit than he received for the founding of the Chronicle. It was he who circulated petitions and created enough interest, in the then very new student organization and commissioners, to have steps taken to establish a school paper. When another was appointed editor, Fuessle, with true P. H. S. sportsmanship of the times gave his entire co-operation, lab¬ oring mightily and well to produce the publication and keep it going. Perhaps the Chronicle’s first breath came when Clark Reynolds, commis¬ sioner of Finance, approached an un¬ suspecting student in the hall about where the Memorial Plaque now hangs, and said, “Well, old kid, you’re Editor, let’s go 1” Such was the start of the I Chronicle, — not the smallest bit of equipment of any description, — just the words, “let’s go.” Now, or in the future when P. H. S. students speak with just pride of their wonderful school paper — the printing equipment, journalism classes, and all the rest, it may not be entirely amiss to recall that it didn’t just happen that way, j and that they owe something, perhaps, to the class of ’15. Choosing a name, which was done through a prize contest, offered much entertainment to the committee. "High i Life,” “Cardinal," "Red & White,” or “Tatler” might easily have been the Chronicle’s name, while other sug- gestions were "Minnow',” "Weekly Breeze,” and "The Flame. It is pleas- 1 ant to recall that none now seems so fitting as the name chosen, which w'as submitted by Cal Littleton and Claire Blouvelt. A trial head, “Times- Chronicle,” was actually set up, but discarded by the staff as too weighty for the new born. What a thrill it was when Vol. 1. No. 1 came off the press — and what a battle for life the little sheet had, that first semester. One thing after ! another threatened to squeeze out its faintly gasping breath. Printed by the News, it depended upon paid advertising to pay the bills, with the Student Body standing the deficit ; and how the business staff did labor to make ends meet. Not a penny’s worth of support was received from any other source. There were, of course, no journal- ( Continued on page 2, col. 6) NEW GIRLS’ LEAGUE OFFICERS ARE ELECTED As a result of the Girls’ League election held in advisories Monday, June 1, Elizabeth Grassie was elected vice-president ; Margaret Lohlker, secretary; and Marian Tracy, treasurer. The candidates running for office and the number of votes received by each are: Vice-President — Louise Brotvn, 306. Lucy Khazoyan, 40. Elizabeth Grassie, 357. Secretary — Margaret Lohlker, 370. Gladys Faber, 311 Treasurer — Helen King, 187 Marian Tracy, 508. EXTEMPORANEOUS FINALS TO BE HELD At the recent tryouts for the Calvin T. Littleton Extempora¬ neous Speaking Contest, seventeen quick - thinking individuals were chosen out of fifty-six contestants from the P. H. S. and J. C. student bodies. The winners will compete in the finals on June 5. Exactly two and one-half min¬ utes before giving his talk, each speaker drew a card on which was written one of thirteen previously announced topics. The speaker was then required to give a two and a half minute talk on the chosen subject, or, if he knew nothing about the subject, to clev¬ erly shift to another topic. The judges were asked to bear in mind that brevity of speech is in no sense a disqualification. Poise, and ability to get out of a difficult situation were the all- important requisites by which each contestant was judged, and will be judged in the final contest. The preliminary topics were: The World Court, The League of Nations, Disarmament, The Bok Peace Plan, Science and Peace, The Monroe Doctrine and Peace, The Schools and Peace, Speech of Welcome, Memorial Day Remarks, Presenting a Loving Cup, Nomina¬ tion Speech, Acceptance Speech, and Football Rally Speech. The topics for the final contest have not yet been announced, but they will be similar to the previous topics. The students who will take part in the finals are: Lois Woodruff, Barbara Putnam, Pauline Miller, Roger Revelle, Harold Kronich, Marcelevo Galon, John Ackley, Walter Pauli, Doris Pichtrau, El¬ more Shipman, Betty Bode, Eliza¬ beth Bixby, Eva Urquhart, John McClintock, and Louise Bennett. Two prize medals will be offered, and each will bear the design of a thunderbolt and will be inscribed with the motto, “Semper Paratis.” Covington Littleton, alumnus of P. H. S., has endowed the contest as a monument to his brother Cal¬ vin T. Littleton, who is now de¬ ceased. ’61, SPAMSH-AMERICAN, 1914 VETERANS HONORED “Boom! boom!” a familiar sound, and Memorial Day came again to P. H. S. Again the fife corps of the boys of ’61 thrilled the assem¬ bly with their stirring strains. The assembly was furnished by the G. A. R. Captain Seay acted as master of ceremonies, while the main address was given by Conrad Bracewell, of the Pasadena Post of the G. A. R. He spoke on Na¬ tional patriotism, and he empha¬ sized the need of unity in the na¬ tion. F. G. Novis, friend of many P. H. S. students, sang. As he fin¬ ished the curtain parted, showing the memorial to the students of P. H. S. who gave their lives dur¬ ing the great war. Representatives of the student body then placed flowers about the memorial, flowers about the memorial, and Donald Hamblin read the names of the boys from Pasadena High School who died in the war. Miss Anna N. Hughes, assistant librarian, had tonsilitis the first part of this week. ПМ1 ELECT fflB CANDIDATES With two candidates elected, the primary election for next semes¬ ter’s commissioners showed the will of the student body. The highest number of votes for a single can¬ didate was given John McClintock, who was elected Commissioner of Debating over Elizabeth Bixby. Don Stoner, with 1033 votes, was elected Commissioner of Entertain¬ ment over Maxine Doerschlag and Horace Cummins. The finals will be held next Mon¬ day, with ten candidates on the ballot. Following are the results of last Monday’s balloting: Publications — Don Davis, 573, (finals) ; Mor¬ ris Jackson, 79; Celeste McCreary, 127; Ralph Moslander, 149; Rob¬ ert Seares, 507, (finals). Athletics- — Melville Caines, 709, (finals) ; Frank Graham, 328; Dick Mulvin, 405, (finals). Boys’ Welfare — Lowell Goode, 477, (finals) ; Be¬ la Kendall, 572, (finals) ; Herbert Packard, 367. Debating — Elizabeth Bixby, 278 ; John Mc¬ Clintock, 1141, (elected). Entertainment — Horace Cummins, 110; Maxine Doerschlag, 288; Don Stoner, 1033, (elected) . Finance — Frank Crawford, 277 ; Chris Daniels, 308, (finals) ; Robert Mc¬ Clintock, 711, (finals) ; Emil Ne- kuda, 137. Girls’ Welfare — Beatrice Cross, 190; Ouina Lisk, 300; Kate Moore, 379 (finals) ;MiI- dred Morrison, 531, (finals). POISONOUS SNAKE! STILL PUZZLES LOCAL EXPERTS From a ranch in Imperial Val¬ ley recently came a small Vermill¬ ion — striped snake which has puz¬ zled our most efficient teachers and the experts at the Los Angeles museum. It was brought in by Christine Urquhart, a student who is intereested in Californoa rep¬ tiles, and given to Mr. De Lauben- fels, the school zoology teacher. It was just recently learned that the snake is very poisonous, al¬ though not aggressive. The latter is a good thing since it was handled a lot by the students, the teachers and the experts. The natural range of this snake is in the mountains of eastern Mexico, and therefore, it is quite add to find it here. The snake may give rise to a new species but is at present classed with the species Sonard. Girls Must Watch Their Arithmetic According to Mr. H. T. Clifton, Recorder, all girls intending to en¬ ter the Teachers’ School of the University of California, Southern Branch, must make a full review of their elementary arithmetic. An entrance examination in that sub¬ ject is compulsory. If the appli¬ cant fails in this examination, she must take a course in arithmetic similar to sub-frosh English. Faculty Reception To express their appreciation to the representatives of the Girls’ League in return for the latters’ courtesies, time, thought, and in¬ terest, the P. H. S. faculty gave a tea in the model apartments of the Jane Addams building on Wednes¬ day, May 27. A very delightful time was enjoyed by the twenty-four girls present during a short tea hour. Intelligence Test Given An intelligence examination for all students seeking admission to the Pasadena Junior College was given recently in room 200-C. This examination lasted for two hours, and Dean Harbeson says, “This examination is so hard that no student can answer everything, and it is so easy that every stu¬ dent can answer something.”