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BASEBALL
Let's all turn out for
the Championship Game
Saturday.
LAST ISSUE
The P. H. S. Chronicle
wishes you a happy va¬
cation.
Vol.
IX,—
No. 10.
PASASENA HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE 19, 1919. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES TO BE
ON FRIDAY
Color Scheme Is to Repre¬
sent Class Colors, Or¬
ange and White
VERY FINE PROGRAM
Speeches by Returned Sol¬
dier Boys to Be Part of
the Program
Tomorrow evening comes the great
climax in the life of the clash of 1919,
and plans are being made for the
most beautiful Commencement ever
held at P. H. S. Every year there is
an effort made to make the Com¬
mencement different from what it:has
ever been before, and this year one im¬
portant difference will be in the decor¬
ations. Always before, the color
scheme has been red and white or red,
white and blue ; but this year the class
colors, orange and white will be used
instead.
Junior girls carrying v hoops decorat¬
ed with orange and white flowers will
precede the class in the processional,
and the class will be ushered in by
the President and Vice-President of
the Junior class. Since the class has
voted to receive flowers, as every
class did -until last year, the distribu¬
tion of flowers will be the same as
usual aand will be equally beautiful.
The Commencement speakers will
be Leslie Webster, thee lass presi<
dent, and Winifred Wallace, Vale¬
dictorian. Instead of having one
outside speaker, there will be
four speakers who will each give
a short talk on what the war has
speakers will be Royal Wilke repre¬
senting the Aviation Corps; Ralph
Hosier, representing the Ambulance
Corps; Arthur Raymond from S. A. T.
C. ; and Lieut. Seay of the Infantry,
who is to speak provided he is not
called to San Francisco by his officers.
The music will be by the school or¬
chestra, and Isabel Smith will sing.
The complete program of the gradu¬
ation exercises is as follows:
Music — High School Orchestra.
Processional — “Praise Ye the Father”
Gounod.
Invocation — Dr. Merle N. Smith.
A word from the Class — Winifred Wal¬
lace, Lester Webster, President.
Vocal Solo — “Welcome, Sweet Wind”
— Cadman. Isabel Mae Smith.
A Message from our Soldier Boys —
Arthur Raymond, ,S. A. T. C. Ralph
Hosier, Ambulance Corps. Lieut.
Royal Wilke, Aviation Corps. Lieut.
Welford D. Seay, Infantry.
Vocal Solo — “When You Come Home”
— Squire. Isabel Mae Smith.
Introduction of Class — Walter C. Wil¬
son, Principal.
Response — Jeremiah M. Rhodes, Sup¬
erintendent.
Presentation of Diplomas— Carl M.
Odell, Vice-President Board of Edu¬
cation.
Selection — “La Vestale” — Mercadante-
High School Orchestra.
Distribution of Flowers.
Salute to the Flag.
“Star Spangled Banner.”.
There is a great need for flowers
for Commencement, and every student
who can possibly do so is asked to
bring flowers Friday morning, and
leave them in the cafeteria. The
flowers which are especially needed
are coreopsis, or yellow daisies, car
nations, sweet peas, and greenery, es¬
pecially asparagus plumosus. A small
committee from each class has worked
very hard to make the graduation a
success, but every one in school can
have a part in the preparations by the
bringing of flowers.
COMMUNITY CHORUS GIVES
EXCELLENT MUSICAL
PROGRAM
Chorus Made Up of Sixty Persons,
Many of Whom Were Students
From the High School
Gentle strains of joyful song issuing
from that popular edifice commonly
known as the Music Hall, sent forth an
irresistible invitation to all music lov¬
ers of Pasadena last Friday night.
The “Rose Maiden Cantata,” under the
direction of Mr. Miller, proved a won¬
derful and altogether beautiful bit of
musical entertainment. The story of
the Rose Maiden is as follows:
The Queen of the Flower Fairies,
who has grown tired of her monoton¬
ous life, prays to the newly returned
Spring that he will give to her the
same gift of love that he bestows upon
man. She is warned of the risk, but is
finally turned into a beautiful girl. As
Roseblossom, the Queen wanders thru
the world in search of love, she meets
a young girl who has been deserted by
her lover and because of her grief dies
of a broken heart. Not discouraged,
however, Roseblossom in time becomes
the wife of a forester, who later dies,
to the terrible sorrew of the Queen.
The elves bewail the fate of their ruler
and curse love as fatal to peace and
happiness.
Miss Mary Niosi sang the title role
and gave to her audience several songs
of exquisite beauty and technique.
Myrtle Galbraith, the contralto, also
did some splendid work, which was
greatly enjoyed. Edward Novis of P.
H.S. sang the baritone and exhibited
some rare skill in his part; his father
Mr. Fred Novis sang the tenor role
which as usual was well appreciated.
The Chorus was made up of about
sixty girls and men, many of whom
were from High school and were
quickly recognized by those present.
The dainty white, rose trimmed frocks
of the girls contrasting evenly with
the men’s dark suits, had as an effect¬
ive background heavy banks of roses
and greenery which tended to give a
most festive air to the scene.
A large audience was present and
had among its personnel many well
known musical artists of both Pasa¬
dena and Los Angeles, who were all
greatly interested in this demonstra¬
tion of local rising talent.
T
YEARS WORK
Civic Department Has
Charge of War and Relief
Wor kof School
Social Department Nurses
Freshman Girls Through
Babyhood
This year has been one of the most
successful years in the history of the
Girls’ League. The officers’ reports
are all in and they are amazingly long.
An organization has to be rather busy
to be able to list its activities and
have them to appear to be of any
length.
The activities of the Civic and So¬
cial Departments are especially in¬
teresting as they include some of the
largest activities of the school.
The Civic Department, under Hope
Gilbert, treasurer, has included all
the war and relief work of the school.
Six successful salvage drives with
thousands of pounds of material gath¬
ered are credited to this branch of the
League as well as all the relief gar¬
ments and quilts made in the work
Room. The decorating of the rest
rooms throughout the entire year has
been in charge of girls under this de¬
partment, as also was the decorating
of the cafeteria at the time of the
Librarian Convention. The entire
management of the Girls’ election was
done by the treasurer.
The Social Department under Ber¬
nice Bidwell, vice-president, has cared
for the Freshmen Girls throughout
their babyhood and it is this care that
many now realize kept them from the
usual pit falls. Senior Sisters and the
Senior-Freshman Party are part of the
work of this department. Local char¬
ity also played an important part.
Such as baskets at Thanksgiving, vis¬
its to the sick and entertainments at
the Scripps Home. The Mexicans are
the most important charges of the
Girls’ League. The Raymond School
lunches and the entertainments at the
Mexican Settlement House were han¬
dled with great satisfaction to all con¬
cerned by this department.
GIRLS’ LEAGUE CLOSES GLASS DAY PROGRAM
BEST EVER PUT
ON ATjP. H.S.
Freddy Fox Stars 4n Fitting
Cast as Class
Baby
Various Class Members Per¬
form Pleasing Antics
in Good Style
HAROLD SLOAN WINS
ORATOR TITLE OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Sloan Wins Over All Southern Cali¬
fornia Schools in Speech on
“Co-operation”
Perhaps the best Class Day program
ever put on by a class in P.H.S. was
staged Wednesday morning by the Sen¬
ior Class of ’19. Les Webster, class
president, as President of the United
States, with Eunice Perkins as Mis¬
tress of the White House, and Louis
Minsky as Secretary of the Treasury,
were in the receiving line at a recep¬
tion given at the White House for their
old classmates.
Various members of the class in
startling and unusual costumes re¬
presented the class of ’19, some fifteen
or twenty years hence. Edith Boad-
way as a nursemaid, and Beth Goodell
as matron of a Children’s Home care¬
fully watching over Freddy Fox in a
perambulator presented a combination
difficult for some minds to grasp, but
Class Day brought forth stranger pro¬
phecies than even this. The sight of
Esther Brown robed as a nun brought
a gasp to the entire audience; while
Howard Wilson as a reverend Doctor
of Divinity was scarcely less surpris¬
ing. Benny Peuterbaugh as a hope¬
less invalid carefully tended by Doc¬
tor Sharp and Nurse Bernice Bidwell
was enough to fairly bring tears to the
eyes.
The main feature of the program
was a burlesque of the Sleep-Walking
Scene from Macbeth, which was most
realistically portrayed by A1 Wesson,
as Lady Macbeth, Stewart Beltz as the
doctor, Louis Minskey as the nurse.
Rock-a bye Seniors, upon the tree top,
As long as you study the cradle will
rock;
But when you stop studying, the cra¬
dle will fall,
And down will come Senior, diploma
and all.
Where’s the school a-goin’
And what’s it goin’ to do;
And how’s it goin’ to do it,
When the Seniors all get thru?
She — “Oh, Herb, I am so cold. 1
would like to have something around
me.”
Herb — “What would you like?"
She — “Oh, anything.” (And ho
brought her a shawl.)
LAST MEETING OF SENIOR
CLASS RESULTS IN A
BUSINESS AFFAIR
Leslie Webster succeeds in Calming
Wild Bunch of Upper Claesment
for Important Meeting
The last mieeting of the Senior
Class of ’19 was a lively business
meeting. Les Webster, class presi¬
dent, for the. last time calmed the
enthusiastic Seniors into talking hard
facts.
There was much discussion over
what the Class Present should he.
The money returns from the Senior
Play were large and the $200 or over
is to be given to the Scholarship
Fund. A bronze plate in the main
hall will carry the Class Inscription
of the present. This fund has been
so sadly neglected in former years
that now it has started to grow, fu¬
ture graduating classes Will help it
along as a matter of following prece¬
dent.
A ditch-day, to be enjoyed at the
beach, was highly hailed as something
wild to wind up the year with, con¬
sidering that it was to he on a vaca¬
tion day. Many other forms of a good
time were discussed and each one at
last decided to do what he liked best.
With this unanimous decision the
Seniors adjourned.
Reasoning for Kittens.
Little Edward’s twin sisters were
being christened. All went well until
Edward saw the water in the font.
Then he anxiously turned to his
mother and exclaimed: "Ma, which
one are you going to keep?”— Blighty
(London.)
“Is your brother a boy of stable
habits?”
“I should say so. He kicks like a
mule.”
Expert Opinion — “Oh, what a pic¬
ture!” sighed the artist, looking at
the lady in the pink gown.
“Over-exposed, over-exposed” com¬
mented the photographer tensely.
“Do you understand the League of
Nations covenant?”
“Certainly! It took me a long time
to get it into my head, but now I have
it in a nut shell.”
HUNTINGTON PARK
TEAM WALLOPED
BY ML S.
Pasadena Stores the Game
Away on Ice in Early
Part of Game
In the Southern California
championship contests held last
Friday night, Harold Sloan of P.
H. S. won first place for Pasa¬
dena High School. Sloan gave a
speech on “Co-operation” the
same one which won for him the
Davis-Hall contest reoentty.
Nearly every school in South¬
ern California was represented at
the contest and Sloan’s feat In
winning out over all of them is
very noteworthy. Sloan gave hie
particularly well-written speech
in a forceful, clear cut, and con¬
vincing manner, and was forced
to do his very best at every mo-,
merrt to win over some of his ri¬
vals from other schools.
By winning this championship,
Harold Sloan won a cup for the
school and two gold medals. P.
H. S. is wishing now that there
were a state championship ora¬
tory title, so that he could go
after that and win a few more
pieces of jewelry for the school.
BACCALAUREATE
SERMON IS GIVEN
TO CLASS
Annual Sermon Is Held at
Presbyterian Church on
Sunday Evening
DR. FREEMAN TALKS
Establishes Precedent for
Subject by Speaking on
Class Failure
ING MEET GOES
TO SAN DIEGO
Avalon, Catalina, Is Scene of
Inter-scholastic Water
Carnival
San Diego Springs Numer¬
ous Surprises in Hard-
Fought Battle
H. S. Line Up Changed
Considerably Because
of Biedebach
m a
Two hoys were quarreling
school room.
Said one; “You’re the nuttiest per¬
son in this room.”
Absent-minded teacher: “Boys,
boys! don’t forget I’m here.” — Ex.
“Do you think that all English teach¬
ers are hook-worms?”
“No. If all English teachers were
hook-worms, all geometery teachers
would he angle-worms.” — Ex.
I stole a kiss the other night; my
conscience hurts, a lack;
I think I’ll go again tonight and put
the darn thing back.
Teacher — “Your answer reminds me
of Guebeek.”
Pupil— “Why so.”
Teacher — “Because it’s founded on
such a big bluff.”
Young Cupid is a marksman poor,
Despite his love and kisses.
For though he always hits the mark
He’s always making Mrs.
Mother — “Mary did you put in fresh
water for the gold-fish?”
Mary — ’“No, mother, they haven’t
drunk up what I gave them yester¬
day.”
“Did you ever get a proposal,
auntie?”
“One, my dear, a gentleman pro¬
posed over the telephone, but he had
the wrong number.”
Frank — “The dentist told me that I
have a large cavity which needs fill-
ihg.”
Marceline — “Did he recommend any
pecial course of study.”
Changed
One hundred years ago today,
With wildness here,
With powder in the his gun, the man
Went out and got the deer
But now the thing is changed,
And on another plan;
Woth powder on the face, the dear
Goes out and gets the man.
In the opening frame Huntington
Park scored a run. Byers dropped a
fly in right field. The Huntington Park
man reached second and scored when
Riddle made an overthrow to third.
In the second inning Pasadena came
back and evened up the score. Chet
Long got safe when he hit a fly to the
center fielder, who dropped the ball.
Atwell came through with a pretty
triple that scored Long. Lillis hit
down the third base line, and Atwell
was thrown out at home.
In the third the Bulldogs stored the
game away on ice when they scored
three runs. With two down Webster
doubled, McNabb got safe on an error,
and Riddle singled scoring Webster.
McNabb then came in on a wild pitch,
and “Kid” Long singled scoring Rid¬
dle. Atwell singled, but Long was
thrown out at second. In the sixth
Huntington Park made their last score.
An error and a lonely double brought
in one run.
In the sixth Pasadena scored three
more runs. Long singled, Atwell sin¬
gled, and Long was thrown out at
home, and Atwell was put out at third.
Lillis got safe on a fielder’s choice.
Lillis stole second, and Byers walked.
Lillis and Byers came in on Kemp’s hit
to center field.
In the eighth Pasadena scored three
more runs, making the final count 9
to 2. Lillis walked, Biedebach batting
for Byers sacrificed. Kemp walked
and Lillis advanced to third and Kemp
stole second. Webster then came to
bat, and he knocked out a home run
scoring Lillis and Kemp. McNabb
singled, and Riddle filed out to the cen¬
ter fielder.
Sunburned, tired, but happy, the P.
H. 6. aqua-bulldogs Returned from
Avalon, Catalina, to announce that
they had captured a second place in
the Southern California swimming
meet held there. San Diego spilled
the dope by grabbing first honors
and leaving P. H. S. second place
with Venice a close third. By get¬
ting second honors the P. H. S. squad
defeated the crack teams from Venice,
Poly High, and Redondo High School.
San Diego scored 35 points, letting
P. H. S. have 17 digits while Venice,
doped to win the meet; got off easy
with only 15 of the precious points.
Stars of the meet were an unknown
persons by the name of Raulings
who, of course, was from San Diego.
He grabbed a first in the 50-yard
dash and a second in the 100-yard
sprint. He is only a Freshman, and
in fact the whole San Diego team
promises to be hack again for next
year. Clavert, also from the harbor
school, showed a clean pair of
flippers to all comers in the 440 and
in the 220-yard races, as he succeded
in getting first in both of them. He
was closely pressed by “Dutch” Mil¬
ler from the Long Beach aggregation.
"Dutch” showed real class, but was
unable to catch up with the flying
Clavert. Du Ponds of the San Diego
crowd pulled a hard race against
“Pinkie” Unruh of the local squad,
who is his old rival, and barely suc¬
ceeded in nosing him out of the first
place.
The points made for Pasadena were
made by Welch, Unruh, Smith, Gifford,
and Jacobson. The relay team failed
to place, as the rope that the P. H. S.
men had to touch displayed a decided
| tendency to move out towards the
; mainland. Felix Welch proved to he
| the dark horse by winning second
place in the sprint race of 50 yards.
Roy Messall and Walter Ran were in
the midst of a warm argument when
the gun went off which said fact
made them find themselves standing
1 alone on the deserted staring board.
Gerard Vultee, of L. A. Poly, also got
off to a late start which also helped
our darling little Felix no little hit In
getting second positon. This started
the ball a-rolllng for Pasadena, and
she eventually struggled Into second
place In the big meet. Unruh took
second In the breast stroke which
swelled the meager total to six
precious points. The backstroke
The first of the long anticipated
events of Senior week materialized
last Sunday evening when the Glass
of 1919 listened to its baccalaureate
sermon at the Pasadena Presbyterian
Church.
The seats reserved for the gradu¬
ates were roped off with tulle and
sweetpeas, which were removed by
Junior girls just before the graduates
marched into the church. This pro¬
cession formed one of the most im¬
pressive parts of the service for the
large audience which had assembled.
1 Special music was a feature of the
service and the address of Dr. Robert
Freeman, who was chosen by the class
| to speak to them on this important
' occasion, was listened to with keen
I interest.
Contrary to the precedent estab¬
lished for the subject of such an ad¬
dress, Dr. Freman spoke on the class
failure and brought to the attention
of the graduates outstanding ex¬
amples of men who have made fail¬
ures of their lives. He pointed out
that much was to be learned from
studying the failures of others as
well as the successes.
“No one starts out to be a failure.
Judas did not intend to he a traitor.
Benedict Arnold, Robespierre and Al-
cibiades at one time had the brightest
of prospects for the futlre. He of
you who proves the class failure at
fifty has been getting ready for that
failure for many years.”
Dr. Freeman recalled the staking
story of De Vinci securing , as a model
for Judas, for his masterpiece, “The
Last Supper,” the same men who be¬
cause of his fitting qualities he had
selected eleven years before to rep¬
resent Christ.
Dr. Freeman closed wits a word of
advice to the student, saying, “Your
teachers will tell you the most im¬
portant thing to you is an education.
I agree with them that you should get
an education; your doctor will tell
you to guard your health, and the
business man advises you to be dili¬
gent in business. I agree with them,
but as a minister of the church, I ad¬
monish you to keep close to the
church, not because it is without its
faults, hut because under its guid¬
ance you cannot go far wrong.”
(Continued on page 4.)
(Continued on page 4.)
Visitor — “What became of that
other windmill that was here last
fall?”
Farmer. — “Oh, there wasn’t enough
wind for but one, so we took the
other one down.”
Mr. Wilson — "If you had a little
more spunk you would stand better in
your classes. Now do you know what
sunk is?”
Perry — “Yes, sir; it is the past par¬
ticiple of spank.”
Frank W. — “How fast your ma¬
chine picks up?”
Red Lester — ‘“Oh, on good nights,
I have a couple in fifteen minutes.”
Teacher — “I may be mistaken, but
I thought I heard you talking during
the English class.”
Ew Braley— “You are mistaken; I
never talk in my sleep.”
Teacher — “What made the Tower of
Pisa lean?”
Hnuter Howe — “For the love of
Pete, I wish I know, so I could try
it.”
Teacher — “Why do they call our
language the mother tongue?”
Dean — “Because the father rarely
gets to use it.”
Home is naught without a mother,
Church is sad without a preacher,
Life is slow without a lover,
But class Is joy without a teacher.
Senior: “I think a train has Just
passed.”
Soph.: “Why, how do you know?”
Senior: “I can see its track.”