Pasadena Chronicle, March 03, 1927

NO. 19 VOL. XVIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1927 TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY P.H.S. Honor Society Elects New Officers for Corning Semester Former President and Vice-President Re-appointed; To Raise Funds to Send Delegates to Scholarship Federation Convention at Fresno SECOND CON¬ CERT HERE TOMORROW HIGH SCHOOL IS PLEASED WITH SHOW Glee Clubs To Set Operatic Precedent Philharmonic Program To Be Held in P.H.S. Auditorium Friday Afternoon Jerome Shaffer Displays Skill and Originality in Big Fun Display in Southern Schools Program Is Pleasing Many in Attendance Cast of 300 in Readiness After Weeks of Hard Work; Entirely New Scenery for Production; Exquisite Costumes To Be Feature; Spectacular Dances Meeting for the purpose of electing the officers whom they desire to lead them in the last semester of this school year, members of the Honor Society chose leaders for the semester recently. Jack Snyder, former president, was re-elected to that office again by a majority vote. Jack has been quite promi¬ nent in school activities and with his experience of the pre¬ vious semester, he should fulfill that office to its fullest capacity. That the production of “Briar Rose” by the P. H. S. and P. J. C. glee clubs, will set a precedent in school pro¬ ductions in southern California, is the opinion of many who have been in close contact with the cast since the beginning of the rehearsals. Since coming to Pasadena high school, Miss Lula C. Parmley, head of the music department, has placed that department on an enviable plane. Each year a more wide¬ spread interest is shown among the music lovers of this - ^community in the annual opera. For the office of vice-president,# the scholars have re-appointed Mary Jenkins. Having worked with Jack Snyder one semester, she should he able to help him put over a real semester. Mary is also a member of the Triple “S” society. An exceedingly qualified student has been elected to the chair of secretary. Lorna Macdonnell has had experience for this office in the form of secretary to the Triple “S.” She is also very active in athletics. Evidently the members of the society realize the necessity of having a husky he-man to take care of the money end of the organ¬ ization. This individual is Walter Gibson, treasurer. At this election, there were three chairmen elected to conduct the so¬ cial and business acivities of the club. Howard Packard has been appointed to the position of Ser¬ vice chairman. The program chair¬ man is Virginia Gollatz, and Paul¬ ine Fuller has been elected Social chairman. The members plan to sell candy at the coming opera, “Briar Rose,” and use the proceeds for the pur¬ pose of sending delegates to the California Scholarship Federation convention to Ьё held in Fresno, California. Marion Schroeer, State treasurer of the Federation, is in charge of the sales. A letter, sent by a representa¬ tive of the Alpha Society at Po¬ mona, was read to the club. The contents of this missive was very pleasing to the faculty of the school because it is just another feather in the Bulldog’s cap. It told of two P. H. S. graduates who have captured the highest scholas¬ tic honors of their freshman class. Margaret Lohlker, ’26, took first while Catherine McMillan, also ’26, took a very close second. We always follow our honor stu¬ dents during their college careers. It is very gratifying to hear such reports as the above about our students, was the gist of a com¬ ment made by Miss Talbott, advis¬ er of the Honor Society. New members of the society will be awarded their pins in the as¬ sembly on March 8, during both advisories. ASTRONOMER WILL GIVE 10 LECTURES Astronomer - Evangelist Phillip L. Knox, who has lectured recently to large audiences in the auditor¬ ium of the Pasadena high school, will deliver a series of free lectures in the Raymond theater beginning Friday night, March 4. Dr. Knox will speak for ten con¬ secutive evenings on “The Wonders of Astronomy” and “The Marvels of Creation.” Each lecture will be illustrated. The subject of his opening lecture Friday night will be “Finding God’s Fingerprints in the Solar- System.” A half-hour musical program, arranged by Prof. E. Toral Seat, will be given each evening at 7:80 o’clock. KODAK DAY WILL BE OBSERVED WEDNESDAY On next Wednesday, March 9, Kodak day will be observed re¬ gardless of the weather. Bring your kodaks — rain or shine! Better Speech Week Is Success Students Urged To Discard Slang; Assembly Con¬ cludes Activities That Pasadena high school stu¬ dents really got something out of observing Better Speech Week is the opinion of English instructors in the high school. Pasadena high school joined with all other high schools in the United States in set¬ ting aside the week of February 20 to 26 for the purpose of im¬ proving the speech and grammar of students. - A short time during second pe¬ riod classes was devoted every day to the discussing of English and how to improve it. Phrases, gram¬ mar, constructions, and other things pertaining to English, were carefully gone over and explained to the pupils. Better speech week was fostered by the General Federation of Wo¬ men’s clubs, which proclaimed Шз week. In last week’s campaign for a better understanding of English the students were erhorted to dis¬ card slang and substitute good, clear English. The value of having a large vocabulary a ready com¬ mand was also . one of the points that was brought out during the discussions. The activities of the week were concluded by a snappy assembly presenting a skit by O. Henry showing the kind of English used by some persons. SENIOR GARB SOON READY Something new and nobby in the habadashery line will be exhibited on the Pasadena campus in a few weeks, something which only a privileged few will be able to avail themselves of. In other words Sen¬ ior sweaters and crusher hats are to be on sale soon. The innovation of the crushers should be marked as they are to have a white band on a blue hat, and of the latest college type, too. The sweaters will also carry out the blue and white idea, having a crew neck with blue border, a body of white and a blue hand at the waist. Blue numerals will in all likelihood be optional. As has probably been surmised, the Seniors have chosen blue and white as the colors of the Class of ’27. All details will carry out this decree. The upper classmen will hold a class meeting in the near future. At this time all minor details, such as ordering of sweaters, hats, and announcements will be taken care of. Stan Hahn, class president, promises a lively meeting. He is endeavoring to obtain an entertain¬ er of some description and of no mean ability. All seniors are urg¬ ed to accomodate themselves and attend. Better Support by P. H. S. Student Body Asked by Music Head The Pasadena high school au¬ ditorium will be the scene tomor¬ row afternoon of another of the Young People’s Popular Concerts, featuring the Los Angeles Philhar¬ monic Orchestra under the direc¬ tion of Walter Henry Rothwell. “The last concert given was not supported by the P. H. S. student body as we expected it to be,” said Mr. Lyons, head of music in the Pasadena city schools. “The con¬ certs are arranged primarily for the students of the city schools and those young people interested in music.” The concerts have been a big success so far. The last month’s concert played to a crowded house and to forecast from the way the tickets are going for this next program, here should not be much room left when the opening chord is struck. All the seats are re¬ served and tickets are on sale at Hunter and Williams and at Miss Veghte’s office at Pasadena high. The admission price is twenty- five cents for students and seventy- five cents for adults. This week’s program is as fol¬ lows: Meyerbeer . Coronation March Tschaikowsky, Casse Noisette Suit Overture Miniature Danses Characteristiques a. Marche b. Danses de la Fee Dragee Danse Russe . Trepak Danse Arabe Danse Chinoise Danse des Mirlitons Valse des Fleurs Boccherini . Minuet Thomas . Gavotte from Mignon Chabrier . Rhapsody Espana INTERESTING EXHIBITS ON PHOTOGRAPHY On the ground floor of the Los Angeles Public Library, there have been appearing some very interest¬ ing exhibits of high class photog¬ raphy, The foremost exponents of the art in this section of the south¬ west have entered camera studies. Of particular interest is the col¬ lection now on display in the large, well-arranged room which is devot¬ ed entirely to these exhibits. The Sierra Club Collection is on display at the present time. Surely any lover of the mountains would revel in the beauties there depicted by the earner’s eye. Lofty moun¬ tain peaks of Europe and India are revealed in much of their natural beauty. As one passes along view¬ ing the different scenes, he is quite liable to hear someone say: “Why, I saw that peak. It comes back to my mind very vividly now.” Gazing at the lofty heights of the Himalaya Mountains, towering over 20,000 fet, one is awed by the grandeur and might of these pin¬ nacles. This exhibit is of especial inter¬ est to the student of geology. It supplements the text book work, and drives home points which can¬ not be grasped so easily and com¬ prehensively through any other me¬ thod of instruction. The huge gla¬ ciers shown in the pictures, leav¬ ing morainal material in their wake, may be examined and en¬ joyed almost as well as if one were on the ground. Huge erratics, hanging valleys, and cirques are all in evidence. The Sierra Club Collection gives the lover of beauty a real treat by placing their exhibit where all may | see it free of cost or obligation. Moving Picture Program Is To Be Next Afternoon Entertainment That the majority of Pasadena high school students know of good programs and can enjoy the said entertainment was proved by the number of students that attended the first afternoon entertainment of this semester. Mr. Jerome Shaf¬ fer, nationally known entertainer, presented the program. It was a clever and spicy program. That it was enjoyed by all was evidenced by the repeated waves of laughter that swept the audience continual¬ ly during the presentation. Mr. Shaffer opened his program by asking for suggestions as to just what his audience wanted him to do. His first number was a love scene by two young people of the farm. His gestures and dialect was unquestionably realistic. The second number was another love scene only this time he presented it in monologue form. This excellent entertainer exhib¬ ited his astonishing voice control by singing a song of a doll who had a pain in her sawdust. His version of the ex-popular song, “Yes, We have no Bananas,” was exceedingly clever and his imper¬ sonation of Aunt Matilda — nothing can be said, the dictionary does not contain enough superlatives to des¬ cribe his acting. A New York critic said that it was one of the greatest pieces of acting that he had ever seen. The marvelous ways in which he played one tune “Home Sweet Home,” was a sensation. He play¬ ed this piece as a classic, to a jazz, and then to a funeral march with several other varieties in between. When asked for the purpose of giving such programs, he said, “I have no desire to capitalize my talent.” Mr. Shaffer has been do¬ ing this type of work for the last nine years. Nine different states in the Union have literally poured an avalanche of invitations upon him so that his next stop is not known. “I believe,” said Herbert Resner, commissioner о f entertainment, “that those students who were pres¬ ent enjoyed the program. The next afternoon entertainment will most likely be in form of vaudeville and moving pictures.” TALK FEAST ARTISTS PREPARE DEBATE Pasadena Forum club is to hold a novel debate with a like club at Los Angeles high school on March 14th, 6th and 6th periods. The purpose of this meeting is to increase the spirit of friendship between the Los Angeles schools and Pasadena. The question to be discussed is considered to be one of the most vital issues of the day, namely : “Resolved that the State of California be divided into two soverign states.” L.A. high will send two represen¬ tatives here and two P.H.S. stu¬ dents will go to Los Angeles. Of the two students that will come here, one will speak for the affir¬ mative and the other for the nega¬ tive. Pasadena will do the same so that a P.H.S. affirmative and an L.A. affirmative will cooperate a- gainst a like combination who will uphold the negative. Gladys Bucker and Joesphinte McLaren will go to Los Angeles. The two debaters who will discuss the question here have not been chosen as yet. The decision will be rendered by the audience. Winners of Typing Contest Published Winners ■ Will Have Their Names Placed on Banner For the purpose of raising the standards in speed and accuracy among typing students, inter-class typewriting banner contests are held four times a year at P. H. S. Tenth and eleventh year typ¬ ing students are eligible for the tryouts. In the last contest, which was held at the end of last semester, Grace Sanderhoff won first place in the speed contest for eleventh year students, having typed sixty words a minute with only six er¬ rors. The eleventh year students taking places are Marjorie Neff, Piearl Hudson, Julia Will, Alice Soderbloom, Chole Suhl, and Dor¬ othy Doutt. The tenth year student taking first place in the speed contest was Mildred Pentzer, who typed forty-four words with five errors. Dale Gates, Elizabeth McCullough, Zabelle Stone, Ruth Musser, Jen¬ nie Contion, Hester Arnold, Fran¬ ces Howell, Grace Thompkins, and Lawrence Gentry are the other winner tenth year students. The eleventh year accuracy winners are Pearl Hudson, out of fifty-four words had only four errors, and Chole Suhl, who made no errors in the forty-six words which she typed. Ruth Musser took first place in the tenth year accuracy contest, having two errors in her - thirty- four words. The other tenth year accuracy winners are Grace Thompkins, who made only two errors out of thirty-two words, Elizabeth McCullough, who made three errors out of thirty-nine' words, Jennie Conting, who, out of thirty-four words, made three errors, and Zabelle Stone, who made four errors out of thirty- eight words. The winners of this contest will be given the honor of having their names put on a banner which is in the typing room. P. H. S. ART STUDENTS VISIT STUDIO In order to appreciate some of the finer pieces of art, the ad¬ vanced drawing, household man¬ agement, interior decorating, and art history classes, visited the Grace Nicholson studio, Friday, February 25. The students were conducted through various rooms and were shown many lovely Persian rungs, unusual paintings, block prints, and several very rare paintings by some of the great masters brought' to the studio for special exhibition by Mr. Erhrich, Jr., of New York, from the Erhrich collection. One of the most interesting fea¬ tures of the visit was that the stu¬ dents were able to see the original copy of Sir Joshua Reynold’s great painting, the Age of Innocence. Many out-of-town groups have already sent in requests for large numbers of seats to be reserved. That the authors of “Briar Rose,” Agnes Emelie Peterson and Louis W. Curtis, are taking a per¬ sonal interest in the local produc¬ tion, is evidenced by the fact that Mr. Curtis attended a rehearsal Thursday, February 24. Mr. Curtis came on the invitation of Miss Parmley, who desired that every detail of the opera be carried out as was intended by the authors. He expressed himself as delighted with the progress made and the splendid coaching. Since “Briar Rose” was produced at Lincoln high school last year under the direction of Mr. Curtis, who is vice-principal and head of the mu¬ sic department there, further in¬ terest will no doubt be shown in the P. H. S.-P. J. C. production. After many weeks of hard work, the immense cast of 300 is looking forward eagerly to the student matinee performance, which is to be at 3:30, March 11. There are to be two evening performances this year, another precedent being set by the music department by the three presentations. Entirely new stage settings and beautiful lighting effects will add to the beauty of the opera. A gorgeous, exquisite prologue, lasting probably an hour, will in itself win the admiration of an appretiative audience. The story is laid in Lorovaine. Fifteen years elape between the prologue and the first act. The first act opens with plans being completed by King Clovis (Floyd Brehm) and Queen Clothilde (Eu¬ nice Erikson) for the betrothal feast of princess Briar Rose (Vir¬ ginia Yerxa) and prince Flonzil of Tuscany (Don Novis). In order to win the love of the princess, Flonzil disguised himself as a gar¬ dener and let Drago (Harold Thompson) one of his lords, as¬ sume his royal identity. Now Dra¬ go was in reality the son of the wicked fairy Renanlda (Mary Mar¬ garet Davies) and in league with her scheme. After Flonzil had won the princess’s love, he pro¬ claimed his royalty. Drago declar¬ ed that Flonzil was an imposter and offered himself as the favored suitor. In the midst of the ex¬ citement Briar Rose disappeared and the king being deceived, ban¬ ished the real prince Flonzil. Does Briar Rose marry the imposter at her father’s command even though she loves Flonzil, the real prince? Does Flonzil ever regain his royal identity? These and many other important questions will be an¬ swered by attending one or even all three of the performances. All seats are reserved. The tick¬ ets for the matinee are 25c, while the tickets for the evening per¬ formance are 50c and 75c. Tickets for all performances will go on sale next Monday morning at the ticket office in the west basement. Get your tickets early and be sure of a seat by avoiding the rush! ! ! !