Pasadena Chronicle, March 10, 1927

Cast for “ Briar Rose’ is Rounding Production Into Shape for Presentation Next Week. Top row, left to right — Eleanor Molander, Irwin Rust, Robert Jayred, Mary Margaret Davies, Donald Jones, Wayne Griffin, Harriett Nelson, Harold Thompson, Berenice Dorman, Marion Worrell, and Leroy Custer. Bottom row, left to right — James Urquhart, Dorothy Lichnog, Richard Young, Katherine Kulin, Guster Ciliax, Eunice Erikson, Floyd Brehm, Virginia Yerxa, Donald Novis, Dorothea Benson, Donald' Anderson, Violet Cardwell, and Donald Wilcox. - ☆ _ tj, - “Briar Rose ” Is Receiving Final Touches for Big Advent First Matinee Will Be Given Wednesday Afternoon; Evening Performances Thursday and Friday, Players and Properties in Readiness IMPROVED THRIFT PLAN ESTABLISHED Lieutenants Appointed to Give Special Advice and Assistance 100 Percent Goal P. H. S. May Still Be First School in California to Attain High Rate According to an announcement made by Mr. Paul Billiter, faculty thrift adviser, a new thrift sys¬ tem has been established at P. H. S. which, it is hoped, will make thrift a better success. Lieutenants have been ap¬ pointed who will do all in their power to stimulate thrift activity in the group of rooms to which each has been assigned. If any room has difficulty in gaining de¬ positors the advisory teacher or treasurer will confer with the lieutenant who will make sugges¬ tions to help solve the problem of will consult with Mr. Billeter. All lieutenants will make a report weekly to Mr. Billiter in regard to the per cent of depositors and any special problems which con¬ front the advisories. This system has been tried in a great many schools and has proved to be very successful. The lieutenants who have already been chosen are: Aaron Rothenburg, Marion Hales, Anna Weber, Mar¬ garet Moote, Madgel Taylor, Joy Vosburgh, Margaret Carey, and Phyllis Settel. Other students who have been chosen to help with the various other phases of thrift work are: Margaret Carey, checker of deposit slips; Maria Garcia, typist and stencil cutter; Margaret Moote, news; and Frances Rayen, records. The two cartoonists have not yet been selected. The lieutenants and all other thrift worker show¬ ing ability as well as regularity in carrying out their duties will receive service points for their work. One of the features of the thrft system will be 100 per cent day which is to be held in about six weeks. On this day all advisories are to try and attain 100 per cent. P. H. S. has had as high as 62 per cent in one week but the general average is much lower. As yet no high school in Cali¬ fornia has attained 100 per cent although most of the other schools average a very high percentage weekly, so there is still some chance for P. H. S. to be the first in the state to have 100 per cent. South Pasadena averages a weekly score of 70 per cent and is trying to beat P. H. S. in at¬ taining 100 per cent. Even Muir Tech, which has only been estab¬ lished a short time, is far ahead school of Spokane, Wash., which is a prominent school for ath¬ letics and is but a little smaller than P. H. S. has had 100 per¬ cent every week since last fall. Before that time they had it part of the time. WILL ROGERS SPEAKS TO LARGE AUDIENCE Declaring in jest that the United States sinks one of its warships for each one built by Europe, Will Rogers, the actor- lecturer-author-acrobat-mayor of Beverly Hills, amused a capacity audience in the auditorium last Monday evening with two hourse of sarcasm. Mr. Rogers, who has a keen understanding and knowledge of human nature and world events, told in a clever way of his re¬ cent trip which included Europe and part of the United States. As a climax to the evening, he presented a rope-twisting act which he did for several years in the follies. SENIOR SECTION AND ART SECTION OF ANNUAL READY In an endeavor to leave behind them a yearly book that will be a credit to their labors, the mem¬ bers of the annual staff .class are spending all of their spare mo¬ ments in working toward one goal; namely, a bigger and better “Annual” for 1927. The senior section, under the direction of Dorothy Seymour, has been completed. This is truly a remarkable accomplishment when the time element is considered. All of the pictures have been taken and this year the senior- section should be better than any before because it has cost more and the photographing has been of a high class nature. The art section is causing much comment for this year’s book. It has created much interest, first because it is to be absolutely original and second it is being kept a secret so that no one shall get a glimpse of that section until the books are distributed at the end of the year. The motif is of such originality that it shall be copyrighted and according to Frances M. McNeil, editor-in-chief, the motif will be the only one of its kind. The “Annual” will be printed in the senior colors — blue and white. Another of the many interesting features in the section that is to be devoted to clubs and like or¬ ganizations. This year for the first time, each club will have a separate page for its members and history. The taking of club pictures is to begin this week and it is expected to be finished within five weeks. Much stress is also being placed in the athletic and humour sections, the latter is to be in charge of Carl Cartwright. “TRAVELERS” TO BE ASSEMBLY PLAY Aspirants for club membership .were tested last week at the Bauble and Bells tryouts in 200C. Miss Katherine Kester superin¬ tended the meeting and many future members of the club took part. Those eligible for the organi¬ zation will be named later. The Bauble and Bells club will soon present a little Sicilian comedy called, “The Travelers,” which will be presented in an as¬ sembly. A week from yesterday the matinee performance of the opera “Briar Rose” will be staged, a week from tonight the first evening performance will be given, and week from tomorrow night the opera will be produced at this instiution for the last time. For those who have planned to attend the matinee and have sixth period classes, Mr. Ewing an¬ nounces that if the tickets are shown to the teachers the Лау be¬ fore the matinee, students may be excused from their classes at the beginning of the study period Wednesday, March 16. With the directors and cast looking forward and with every¬ thing in readiness, indications point to a sure success for the opera. The principals have been complimented upon their extra¬ ordinary ability in interpreting the parts. Especially fine work is being done by the chorus and dancers. Another group deserving of mention is the orchestra. A great deal of interest by the authors, Miss Emile Peterson and Louis W. Curtis, is being manifested in the local production. Mr. Curtis has attended several of the rehearsals, and both he and Miss Peterson will attend one of the performances. A great deal of credit is due Miss Lula C. farmley, director, and those who have assisted her, T. E. Morrissey, who has coached THOMAS WILFRED GIVES NOVEL COLOR RECITAL Held spellbound by the beauty and fantasticness of the color forms, was the audience that packed the Community Playhouse last Friday afternoon for the Clavilux recital given by Thomas Wilfred. The Clavilux is an organ that throws on a white screen in¬ describably beautiful moving colors. Recorder’s Notice Will all those students desiring to enter either Stanford Univer¬ sity or the California Institute of Technology please see Mr. Kerans, recorder, at once, and fill out application blanks. the speaking line; Mrs. Amy Grau Miller, music; Mrs. Mary Petcina Kerans, music; Miss Eliza¬ beth Flint and Miss Loreta Hen- ricks, dancing; H. H. Parker, who has helped train the orchestra; and Miss Mabel Kay, who has had charge of the designing of the chorus costumes, for their splen¬ did work in training the immense cast. Costumes amounting to several hundred dollars have been se¬ cured, entirely new scenery has been made, and many beautiful fighting effects have been worked out for the production. Tickets for all three perfor¬ mances went on sale Monday morning. Although the sale has exceeded that for any other pro¬ duction at P. H. S.-P. J. C., there are still many good seats for all performances. Tickets 'or the matinee are 25c, all seats reserved, and tickets for the evening per¬ formances are 50c and 75c, with all seats reserved. The opera is in three long acts, with a spectacular prologue, con¬ sisting of three scenes, opening the performance. Because all of the 32 principals could not be present when the above picture was taken, their names are printed at this point. They are: David Connelly, Dooley Duthrie, Frank Graham, Harry Fosdick, Maxine Doershlag, Helen King, and Robert Kidder. ROSA PONSELLE IS PRIMA DONNA SOPRANO That Rosa Ponselle, prima dona soprano, has the loveliest voice of all women now at the Metro¬ politan Opera House and that she is the only person who is now carrying on the traditions of beautiful singing as exemplified in the old days by such immortal singers as Melba and Nordica, is the belief of Samuel Chotzinoff, renown New York music critic. Since her debut with Caruso, she has steadily gone forward singing countless leading roles. Her concert in* the auditorium this evening under the direction of the Pasadena Music and Art association will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the outstanding musical events in Pasadena this season. COACH STANTON OF CALTECH SPEAKS TO BOYS’ LEAGUE “It has been said that the mind controls matter. If the mind con¬ trols matter and you can con¬ trol matter, then that means that you can control the mind and make it do your will,” such was the text of a talk given by Coach “Foxy” Stanton of Caltech at the Boys’ League meeting held during the first advisory on Friday last. Mr. Stanton went on to tell of the connection of the mind with athletics. “Mind in athletics” was the topic of his speech. “God is in the mind and mind is in God. If, when you are in some competition of any sort, you can remember that and compere with your spirit as weL ->s with your body, you can win yuur race or whatever it might be. The reason that there are such a few athletes in the world is that there are only a few men or boys who will fight or com¬ pete by co-operating with their inner spirit — their Godpart. God is in every one of you. Let God help you in all of your activities.” The short talk wa* interesting and well handled for such a dif¬ ficult subject. Mr. Stanton has applied his theories that he ex¬ pounded in the assembly, and so the boys can rest assured that what he said was not just talk. ORCHESTRA CONCERT GIVEN LAST FRIDAY That the coming generation is anxious to improve its under¬ standing of good music, was demonstrated by the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra, directed by Walter Henry Rothwell when it played to a capacity house of attentive young people last Fri¬ day afternoon in the auditorium. The enjoyableness of the infor¬ mal concert which was arranged by John Henry Lyons, director of music education in the city schools, was considerably en¬ hanced by the brief explanatory remarks which he gave before each number. The program played included numbers by Meyebeer, Tschaikow- sky, Boccherini, Thomas, and Chabrier. Mr. Lyons has arranged one more popular concert which will be given April 1. According to the San Jose High School Herald, a demerit system has been adopted by the San Jose High School band. Their band is the first organization in the school to adopt and put into practice the demerit system. PLANS FOR PAGEANTRY ANNOUNCED This Year’s Graduating Class Will Be Honored by Most Elaborate Presentation Theme Is “Youth” With Help of Japanese Stu¬ dents Scene of Oriental Beauty Will Be Depicted Contributed by Miss Hawes In the midst of a lovely Oriental garden, made possible through the efforts of the Japanese boys and girls of our high school and junior college, this year’s commencement pageant is to be given. “Spring¬ time and Youth” it is called, and its charm will lie in its daintiness, its beautiful colorings, its life and movement. The heart of youth is much the same the world over, but spring-time changes with changing climes. In Japan the cherry- blossoms announce the coming of the spring; in Pasadena it is the rose. I “There’s a Rambler on the trellis I And a wild rose in the hedge, j With a gay and golden Marechal Neil Upon the arbor’s edge. There’s a Sweetheart bud a-tap- ping And my heart is singing. . . . singing. . . . For the roses are in bloom.’’ Francesca Falk Miller. Pasadena has long claimed the queen of flowers as her own, and the Tournament of Roses has paid her homage each New Year’s day. But just a few short months ago Pasadena Tournament of Roses As¬ sociation copyrighted its rose song, and asked that every loyal Pasa¬ denan strive to make the rose the symbol of Pasadena. It is then particularly fitting that the com¬ mencement pageant which is Pasa¬ dena’s summer-time festival should this year of all years use the Rose as its motif. On June 17, just a few moments before 5 o’clock the 575 members of the graduating class will enter the stadium field. The immense stage, transformed into a bower of flowers, will be connected by flower-laden pergolas with the bleachers. On either side seats will be reserved for the seniors, that they may this year witness their commencement pageant. It is 5 o’clock, the pageant be¬ gins. The Goddess of Spring enters accompanied by her at¬ tendants, the faries, the elves and the brownies. She takes her place on the bridge which spans the little stream running through the gar¬ den, and from this position gives her commands that shall atvaken the flowers and the trees. The spring zyphers, the rain-drops come dancing in, and begin the work of removing the shimmering veils which cover the cherry trees. Then come the sun-beams, and as they mingle with the rain-drops and the clouds, the rainbow girls appear, bearing a pot of gold which they place at the foot of t'he bow of promise which spans the stage. And then to the delight of the little Japanese children playing in this fairy garden the Joys of Cherry-blossom time appear, ex¬ pressing their joy in a charmingly vivacious cherry-blossom dance. Then the scene changes. Great groups of California girls in richest shades of yellow appear, and for them the messengers of Spring are also ready to work. The elves and the brownies, the fairies, the rain-drops and the zephyrs dance merrily about the rose-trees; they rays of California’s bright sunshine aid them to unveil the beauties of the roses, until at last the Joys of Rose- time celebrate the coming of the spring. But the loveliest flower of all is yet to be presented. At the feet of the Goddess of Spring stands an immense basket, containing evi¬ dently a flower of unusual beauty. All the messengers of spring plead with her to join them in their joys, but in vain. Then suddently at Spring’s bidding the tiniest emis¬ sary of all goes forth — Master Cupid. His dark red rose the (Continued on Third Page) •«