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VOL. XIV
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 16, 1923
No. 2i
“For every dollar taken in by the
entertainment, an additional dollar
will be added by the Rotary Club,”
said W. F. Ewing, principal, “in
other words dollars doubled.”
By a fine program to be present¬
ed next Thursday afternoon and
Friday evening in the P. H. S. audi¬
torium, a large sum to start a high
school loan fund will be raised and
then doubled by the Rotary Club
of Pasadena.
Though the program should not
be entirely revealed, an idea will
be given to prove its value. An
unusual scene of beauty and spirit
will be presented by 20 Boy Scouts
under W. C. Vaughan, Deputy
Scout Executive.
Motion pictures of girls’ correc¬
tive gym work will be shown be¬
tween the first and second acts.
Illustrations by volunteer girls’
squads of exercises for improving
deformities is an act under Miss
Hazel Cooper’s supervision.
Tumblng stunts, apparatus work,
various dances, and squad drill
work are part of the five features
to be put on by boys and girls of
the Physical Education department.
The Y. M. C. A. is also to take
part, and under Col. W. S. Barlow,
a unique final act consisting of a
drill illustration and the R.
О.
T.
C. band will be given. Nearly 200
will participate in the entertain¬
ment.
Tickets are on sale in the ticket
office and at Jarvis & Prinz. The
prices are 25c for the afternoon,
and 50c for the evening perform¬
ance which will begin at 8 o’clock
sharp.
Easter item To Be
Sol In Advisory |
Classes On Monday:
National Champion Publica- !
tion to Contain Nearly 100
Pages and Will Sell for
Twenty-Five Cents
II GIVE PQPOLAR
МША
For the purpose of introducing
better pronounciation and better
speech into the high school curric¬
ulum, the English department has
planned a “Better Pronounciation
Week” beginning Monday, March
19, and including Friday, March 23.
The purpose of this week is to
present from 100 to 150 of the
most commonly misspronounced
words. A daily list will be handed
to each student in his English
class. This list will be headed:
“Try These on Your Friends.” The
slogan of the week is to be “Better
Pronounciation.”
In advisory period next Friday
a local contest coverng the whole
list should be held. Advisory
teachers should give due credit to
those who compete successfully.
The committee in charge of
“Better Pronounciation Week” con¬
sists of Rudolph J. Pelunis, chair¬
man, and the Misses Harriet L. Mc-
Clay and Elma Holloway.
MATHEMATICS DEPT.
TO PRESENT PROGRAM
At the meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association next Monday
afternoon in the Music Hall, the
Mathematics department will pre¬
sent a program.
The entertainment will consist
of mathematic contests, demon¬
strations of the work of the de¬
partment, a violin solo by Rudolph
J. Pelunis, and talks on the aim
of the department.
Pasadena High School’s National
Champion publication. The Item,
I wall be ready for distribution on
j Monday, March 19.
Ever since the Christmas edition
of this magazine pupils of this
school have been looking forward
to the Easter number. As soon as
rthe Yuletide product was off the
press, journalism, short story and
i art students and members of the
Triple S Literary Society started
| on the nearly completed Item.
For a number of weeks the many
: features of The Item have been
played up in The Chronicle, but it
may be said that a record number
: of pages will be found in Monday’s
magazine, the total, counting cover
I and inserts, being over one hund¬
red. It is not merely quantity, each
page showing a high degree of
journalistic effort embodied in
short stories, feature stories, ac-
; counts < f school activities, and
' scientific articles.
Sixteen pages will constitute the
student directory section, which
will contain the name, address, and
phone number of every registered
student in P. H. S. The color work
on the cover c/f the book is espec¬
ially fine, and all covers will be
glued on after the books have been
| stitched together, instead of the
| former method of merely stapling
| them on.
Distribute n will be carried out
through the Advisory classes. To¬
day the Student-Council represent¬
atives are getting instructions on
all details in carrying out this task.
They will report to their respective
classes Monday and get the num¬
ber of Items desired in their rooms.
They will be able to get them at
the first of each period in ..The
Chronicle office near the Attend¬
ance department in the west base¬
ment. Items will then be taken to
the classes and distributed. All
magazines must be paid for when
they are received. The price is
twenty-five cents.
Undoubtedly Pasadena’s Item is
the biggest “Money’s” worth of¬
fered in any U. S. high school this
year. The Item is not a student
j body project in one sense, as it
does not receive any portion cf the
! budget, depending entirely on the
sales money alone. If it were not
| for the fact that P. H. S. owns its
own Intertype machine and all
press work is d. he in the school
print shop, The Item could not
exist.
Twenty-five hundred copies have
been printed, and it is hoped that
at least two thousand copies of
i these will be sold Monday. If it is
imp: 'ssible for any person to get
a copy on the first day, Items will
i be put on sale at the Book Store
i and the Chronicle office. A few
; hundred numbers will be specially
; wrapped for mailing, and will cost
thirty cents each.
The Item has no editor, it being
a project of all journalism classes,
! literary students, and various other
; contributors. It represents the
i best in journalism.
Long Beach Night School to
Present Unusual Comedy
In Two Acts
TICKETS TO BE 10 CENTS
Actors Are Spanish Speaking
People; Real Costumes
From Mexico
Students of P. H. S. will be
given an unusual opportunity to
see a real Spanish play tomorrow
evening, March 17, at 7:45 p.m.,
in the Pasadena High School Audi¬
torium, when the Spanish Club of
the Long Beach High night school
will present the well-known Span¬
ish comedy, “Zaragueta.”
The Spanish Department of P.
H. S. is very fortunate in having
this play presented at this time, as
it is now being read in all second
year Spanish classes. Its presen¬
tation by the members of the Long
Beach Spanish Club assures an
especially interesting performance,
since most of the members of the
club speak Spanish as their mother
tongue. The costumes were se¬
cured from Mexico, and some of
the actors have played as pro¬
fessionals on the Mexican stage.
There will be a short synopsis
in English before the curtain rises.
However, the play itself is so full
of action and is so humorous that
even those who do not understand
Spanish will enjoy it from begin¬
ning to end.
Tickets may be obtained at the
door tomorrow evening for 10
cents.
MIKADO WILL BE
BY CAPABLE CAST
Clever Light Opera Proves to be Big Success When Given at
Matinee Wednesday, March 14, to Accommodate
Grammar School Children; House Expected to
be Large at This Evening’s Show
As sweet Yum-Yum’s last high notes re-echoed from the
top balcony, and as the orchestra crashed to its rest, and as
the curtain descended with a coquettish flop, the audience
tore itself loose from the seats where it had been glued, and
went home gladder and wiser. “The Mikado” had made his
first appearance in P. H. S. and apparently liked the place,
for he is coming again tonight to give all those who were
turned away on Wednesday a chance to see him.
The Mikado himself is supported
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
TO BE COMPLETED SOON
SARG’S MARIONETTES
GIVE MUCH PLEASURE
Tony Sarg’s Marionettes served
two purposes when they appeared
at Pasadena High School last Sat¬
urday afternoon and evening.
They gave the people of Pasadena
an unusual treat and they made
[ it possible for the Improvement
j Club to beautify the school.
The house was filled at the after-
j noon performance of Uncle Wiggly
i and also the evening perforihance
of Rip Van Winkle.
Much pleasure was derived from
j the rag puppets, who seemed so
I full of life during the performance,
, but who astounded many at their
lifeless, cloth forms after the play.
The proceeds are to go towards
; a picture which will be hung in
I the main corridor of the Horace
Mann Building.
In order that the Senior class
might complete the $20,000 Me¬
morial Scholarship Fund in honor
of the P. H. S. boys who died in the
war, a drive for $3,000, the
amount required to complete the
fund, has been made.
To promote interest and get
more money, an inter-class race
has been started. Graphs have
been posted in the main halls so
that everyone may see the result.
Each class has been asked to
raise $700 and the faculty $200.
Coin envelopes have been distrib¬
uted to the students during the ad¬
visory period. These envelopes
are made to contain one dollar and
everyone will contribute this sum.
The Junior class is in the lead
now, but it is questionable if the
J uniors can maintain their lead.
by a capable court. However, first
honors in acting should go to the
fellow who carried the umbrella.
He only let his imperial ruler walk
out from under it once. Next
comes Ko-Ko, Lord High Execu¬
tioner. Although bowed down by
the double weight of a large sword
and a large umbrella, both carried
by his servants, he performed with¬
out a flaw, the duties of his office,
even down to the care of his fair
ward and bride-elect, Yum-Yum.
In addition to the very large
kimono chorus, the main characters
are :
Yum-Yum ....Madaline Richardson
Katisha . Linnie Gibbs
Pitti Sing . Carmen Hibbs
Peep-Boo . Mildred Godfrey
Ko-Ko . James Goodman
Nanki-Boo . Emil Morhardt
The Mikado . Paul Ladd
Pooh-Bah . Marion Worrell
Pish-Tush . Kenneth Robinson
Neban . Donald Anderson
The faithful orchestra, under
j the direction of Abraham Miller,
head of the Music department,
plays the difficult score in perfect
coordination with the singers.
Somebody asked if that was real
j wisteria on the scenery. It wasn’t.
By purchasing a lamp and giv- j But Migg Juliet Gifford>s Art
classes made it actually twine, so
you could see it. And the way the
stage crew set it up and rolled the
curtain was marvelous for its ef¬
ficiency. The Art classes were
also the authors — authors(?) — of
thoes cute little lampshades with
silhouettes on them.
The Music department is selling
tickets at the rate of 35c, 50c, and
75c through its members. Tickets
may also be had in the west base¬
ment, and at Jarvis & Prinz.
STAGE LAMP GIVEN BY
POST GRADUATE CLASS
Max Turner, ’22, now a student
; at University of Oregon, was one
of the high point men in the an¬
nual school swimming meet re¬
cently held at that school.
MICHAEL DOLAN AND JOHN
ADAMS TO DEBATE
Michael Dolan and John
Adams, members of the debat¬
ing team which defeated Santa
Ana, have been chosen to repre¬
sent Pasadena in the debate
with Alhambra. Alhambra has
not been defeated in a debate
this* season and holds fifth
place in the league. Pasadena
is in sixth place, so a hotly con¬
tested debate can be,, expected.
The date has been fixed for Sat¬
urday, April 14th, and the place
is the P. I-I. S. Auditorium.
ing it to the High School for use
on the auditorium stage the post¬
graduate class has shown that it is
interested in improving Pasadena
High School. John Rowland, pres¬
ident of the post-graduate class,
presented the lamp to the school at
yesterday’s assembly and ex¬
plained that the lamp had been
purchased by the class, with the
prize money which was awarded to
them by the Parent-Teacher Asso¬
ciation of Pasadena High School,
for winning their recent member¬
ship drive contest.
The standard for the lamp was
made in the High School workshop
by Harold White and Ralph Wat¬
son, members cf the post-graduate
class.
R.O.T.C. HOLDS SHAM
BATTLE IN ALTADENA
Last week the R.
О
.T. C. had a
very successful maneuver in the
ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW ! vicinity of the Mount Wilson Toll
TO BE HELD MAY DAY
Owing to the fact that the
flower-arrangement contest given
by the English department last
year atracted so much attention
and interest, it has been decided to
make it an annual affair at Pasa- j 12:15 the bugle to stop the attack
House. The defense consisted of
Companies A and D under the
leadership of Cadet Major Sanford,
the offense made up of Companies
В
and C under the leadership of
Cadet Captain J. Edwards. At
was blown. A critique by Col. W.
Barlow, Sergeant Morgan, and
dena High School. The purpose
of the exhibit of 1922 was to in¬
terest the students in the fine art i ’
of arrangement of flowers. It will j Haro>d Archibald, the latter being
he held this year on the first day of j a Cadet Major at P. H. S. last year,
May. i was made.
