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Welcome
Back,
ALUMNL
ALUMNI EDITION
Support the
Scholarship
Fund
VOL. XVI
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 19, 1925
NO. 22
Junior College^ New
Expansion of Plant
Addition of Lower Division of College Work to Local Curri¬
culum Great Success
SMALL CLASSES BRING ABOUT FINE CONTACT
Participation of Institution in Inter-Collegiate Circles is
Now a Fact
ф
Probably the greatest and most recent change or development
that has taken place at Pasadena High School since its establishment
has been the instituting of the Junior College, adding a
curriculum of two years. The establishment of the Junior College
on the high school grounds has caused the name of the institution,
because of its dual nature, to be changed to Pasadena High School
and Junior College at present, but several years later, when the Fresh¬
men and Sophomores of the high school have been eliminated and the
two lower division years of the regular four year college added, the
name will be Pasadena Junior College and the institution will enter
into activities with the other col- '
leges in the inter-collegiate confer¬
ence that is made up of schools
of this nature now existing in
Southern California. There are
now about nine in the southern
part of this state.
The growth and development of
the college have been phenomenal,
and the authorities in charge and
the students attending are now
convinced that the plan is no
longer an experiment but a tried
and true plan that has offered ed¬
ucational opportunities, that with-
, v,. , ™,niri nition for high scholarship stand'
out its establishment, many would . ° . . .
have been unable to secure. It ing
does not follow that all of the 285 -eague Presented gold and silver
now in attendance at the college
go to other institutions, ceptional grades.
very fallacious. Frac- Durlng the next
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student were drawn up for an Honor So-
do g0 ciety, and the requirements for
membership outlined. It is inter-
Since its organization in 1920
the Honor Society has grown rap¬
idly from a minor group to an
organization which ranks first
among the clubs of Pasadena High
School. The first signs of recog-
■ship stand
appeared when the Girls
•ue presenl
pins to students who received ex¬
can not
for that is
tically 50 percent of the
body, if they desired to do so,
could gain entrance to any stand¬
ard college in the United States.
Though the administration, un¬
der the head of Dean John W.
Harbeson, and Principal W. F.
Ewing, and a very efficient faculty,
have put forth much effort to
make the recently established col¬
lege a success, it has been the
indomitable and enthusiastic spirit
with which the students have en-
esting to notice that then the re¬
quisites for election to the society
were two grades of “1,” and a
grade of “2” in the remaining
subjects. A grade of “3” would
bar a student from membership.
It was also stipulated that holders
of certain cultural artd athletic
offices were only required to gain
a grade of “1” in one subject. Un¬
tied into their work and cooper- der these requirements the Society
ated with all activities, that has was organized with a charter mem-
bean responsible to a large meas- bership of 103 students,
ure for the success of the institu¬
tion.
time Miss Kathleen
made chairman of
At that
D. Loly was
the ’Faculty
„
, . . , , Honor Society Committee, the pos-
With the securing of high schol- .
.ь
. ° ltion which she continues to hold
arship as the mam object of the
for
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GREETINGS FROM THE ALMA MATER
We, here at Pasadena High School and Junior College,
are sounding a note of greeting to the grads of days gone
by. The members of the administration and students in
attendance at the school have realized that there is a tre¬
mendous gap between the present institution and the grad¬
uates now in every corner of the world. That is perfectly
natural, but we are trying to overcome that tendency of
separation which now exists between the grad and the
present institution.
It is the object of this edition to bring back memories
of the “good old days,” and link up the activities of those
times with those of today in an effort to gain the support
and interest of the alumni.
It is the natural tendency for the majority of the
alumni to ask, “Well, why should we be interested in P.
H. S. today; we’ve had our session there, and we’re willing
to allow the institution to continue undisturbed or unaf¬
fected by our interests? Furthermore, the present insti¬
tution doesn’t want our help or interest.”
Such is the very wrong impression numerous alumni
have. The fallacy of such logic is very obvious. We real¬
ize that the alumni have their important interests and
find that they must make big efforts to give the old alma
mater any attention, but at the same time, though the
present institution is not calling heavily on alumni for
support, it is sincerely petitioning that alumni realize that
the “latch string is out.”
Any graduate returning to the campus sees very few
old faces, unless he is a recent graduate of a few years,
and he feels that he is “kicked out.” No one stops to
speak. He must inquire about this and that. Not many
give him the glad hand the minute he enters the build¬
ings. Every body is hustling about, unconscious of the
fact that he was once one of the “big” class.
Naturally he begins to criticize, “Well, the good old
days are gone, it’s not what it .used to be;” and so on
until he steps from the campus, unnoticed and unheralded.
Such is the very scene we want to avoid. Of course,
it is impossible to have a reception committee for all the
alumni, but we do want to stimulate their interest in the
old alma mater; to bring back fond memories and bind
those events and interests with the ones taking place
today in such a way that the present institution will profit
infinitely by this unseen power.
If we have interested you in the present institution;
in the scholarship fund; in the Junior College; and in all
the marvelous projects now under way at this great school ;
if we have made you feel that you are still a part of the
institution and that you are welcome back; if we have
bridged the gap and bound the alumni and the institution
as it exists today closer together in the smallest manner,
— we have accomplished our purpose in this edition.
— L. C., the Editor.
Opportunity Given
to Aid Alma Mater
Scholarship Fund Established at Pasadena High School
Offers Graduates Great Help
RETURNS FROM THOSE HELPED, VERY GRATIFYING
Money in Circulation Today Represents a Total of Many
Thousands of Dollars
With the total contributions netting around 27,000 dollars, and a
record of having loaned very much more to needy and worthy students,
the Pasadena High School Scholarship Fund is entering- upon the
eleventh year of its existence with prospects for service in the future
that will far surpass the service rendered in the early years of its
life. Probably no other organization in this institution has done as
much for needy students at Pasadena High as the Scholarship Fund,
and it is not likely that any other organization will ever equal the
record accomplished by the Fund.
Since the first contribution was received in 1914 (of 100 dollars),
i the fund has been constantly grow-
' ing and swelling through the sub¬
sequent contributions of classes
and individuals. Though the Fund
has been swelled to a large amount
by recent contributions, the service
it is rendering has also increased
_ and the fund is being taxed to the
utmost. The Scholarship Fund at
News has recently been received Pasadena High is offering an ex-
from Sam Jong, one of Pasadena | cellent opportunity to all alumni
Hugh School’s Chinese graduates. for aid to the students n0w attend¬
ee letter which he wrote to ing the institutioll> and who are
James F. Allen, student of P. H. des;rous 0f continuing their learn-
S„ enclosed a snap-shot of him- ing in higher institutions.
SMOUATE IEU
if LIFE N
self in Chinese student dress.
The letter from Mr.
lows, in part:
“I was exceedingly surprised
when your thoughtful and favor¬
able letter reached me last year.
This sounds like a long period of
time but was really only five days
ago.
“Perhaps you are wondering
why I didn’t answer you a little
earlier, as I acknowledge yours
sent on September 24 last year.
First, I want to tell you that I am
More than one hundred students
Jong fob have been aided through loans
made from the scholarship fund
and some of those have now grad¬
uated from collegei and are repay¬
ing the loans. The total contribu¬
tion to date is $27,460.75. $31,-
828.74 has been loaned and $6,-
166.50 repaid.
From this it may be seen that
the Fund is very active and that
its activity is bound to increase
later on if the record of achieve¬
ment is studied. It is through the
whole school, the standard
grading work has been, and will
continue to he, the very highest in
the state. Under such close and
definite organization, it will not
be very hard for the school to es¬
tablish a record that will enable
anyone going out from it to be ac¬
cepted with full credentials with¬
out question at any higher institu¬
tion he may care to attend.
Though the college did not par¬
ticipate in the football league, it
has established quite a record for
itself in other equally important
circles of student activities. The
debating teams have been unde¬
feated this year, and what’s more,
Л|Ь_еу
have not had a judge’s deci-
^sion cast against them. The bas¬
ket hall squad finished third in the
league, bowing only to such well-
established and strong teams as
San Diego and Riverside. Tennis
is under way, and the enthusiasm
that is being demonstrated on the
track squad is hard to beat.
By the end of the second sem¬
ester of 1920-21, the membership
had increased over 100 percent,
the total number eligible being-
287. At this time 34 seniors had
fulfilled the requirements for gold
pins.
To prove that the Honor So¬
ciety was not merely an association
of “grinds” who were incapable of
enjoying themselves, it “ditched”
school one Monday in the first
year of its organization and took
an excursion to the Mission Inn
at Riverside. Since that time it
has become traditional for the hon¬
or students to take an excursion
once every year. Last year found
the school “sharks” leaving for
a day at Avalon, while two years
ago reports came that they visited
“Doug” and “Mary” over in Hol¬
lywood.
The plan, first sug-gested by the
head of the Social Science depart¬
ment, Mr. C. F. Seymour, of the
FIRST PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL PLANT
IS BIG CONTRAST TO THE
PRESENT INSTITUTION
attending Pekin University and j contributions that alumni may make
left Hong Kong long ago. I was , that they can render their old
home only two days. Second, on | Alma Mater an inestimable ser-
account of the terrible wars my vice.
cousin was unable to transfer After the money has been loan-
yours to me until late. e<k without interest and for any
“. . . How is the R.
О.
T. C? Pei'i°d of time the borrower may
Did it turn out an honor school need that money is repaid into
again? If so I hope that you all ^und and again loaned out to
work hard for it again year after some other individual. In this
ORIGINAL HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Long Beach High School, to have
Real college oiganizations ave a state-wide organization of high
developed among the men and wo Honor Societies material¬
men of the institution that are ized into the California Scholar¬
tending to relieve the monotony
о
s^jp Federation which has just
studies and are creating stiong added j^s hundredth chapter this
friendships among the students. year. The initial association num-
In fact the college: is unques- hered 21 chapters. Lots were
tionabiy a success and has a drawn f-0 determine the numbers
promising future. The junior c0 - ; 0f these charter members. As
lege in th& states relieves the juck woudd have it, Pasadena drew
lower divisions of the legulai foui numher 0ne, and has since been
year institutions and for that rea- known ag Chapter j . The organ-
son is strongly supported, by uni- ;zatjon 0f the Federation was car-
versities. The student is given ; on at a meet;ng 0f delegates
more individual attention, wit i jrom the entire state at Pasadena
the result that he prospers in- ffigh School; December 21, 1921.
stead of being hampered and can jn ggptemher of the following year
go from here with a real founda- ^ Gold <ip
„
formerly given to
tion for the more important col¬
lege years that follow. (Continued on page two)
Corresponding to the growth of
this city, Pasadena High School
has undergone- during the period
of its existence, several large
changes The first class to grad¬
uate from the high school, grad¬
uated from the Wilson school-
house which was built in 1887.
High school classes continued to
be held in that building until 1904,
when the high school was moved
to the building
полу
occuppied by
the John Muir Junior High of
Walnut Street. The rapid growth
of the community necessitated a-
nother change in 1913, when the
school was moved to the splendid
and much enlarged and improved
plant it now occupies which is sit¬
uated on East Colorado Street.
In a rough estimate given the
writer, the Wilson school was
worth only several thousand dol¬
lars. This is a very decided contrast
to the million dollars said to now
be involved in the establishment of
the present high school plant which
occupies 13 buildings and over for¬
ty acres of campus.
Unsurpassed in equipment and
teaching personnel, Pasadena High
has set the pace for schools in
Southern California and schools all
over the United States. With the
recent addition of the Junior Col¬
lege, no doubt the present numher
of students enrolled in the institu¬
tion will swell from 3500 to ap¬
proximately 4500 students very
soon.
The teaching staff at Pasadena
High School and Junior College
has been phenomenal in its growth
as
луе11
as the actual acreage oc-
( Continued on page six)
year. I would still like to be a
member of it. I found the train¬
ing of great use when I was in the
battle field. I crossed many bat¬
tle lines in order to get here in
time for college. Furthermore I
can better judge the Chinese Army
as a result of my training. I only
wish that I had taken four years
of it. Although it is a hard job
it would do me g-ood. I never
thought of it as being very useful
and took it for ecomomy’s sake
and for the opportunity to make
friends. I realize the \ralue of it
now. Kindly express my hearty
appreciation to Col. Barlow and
to Captain Eddie Hansen; also to
others who helped me.
“I am sending a snap shot of
myself in Chinese dress. That is
the way I look when I go to class.
“You ask me about myself. I
enjoy my college life indeed. My
plans are indefinite yet because
of the condition of China today.
I may go back to the States as
soon as I finish my College Chinese
studies here and take up Political
Science then. My prog-ram for
this year is as follows: Psycholo¬
gy, Education, C la s s i c Chinese,
Modern Chinese, History, Sociology,
and English. Is it a heavy course ?
“Please tell me everything about
my Alma. Mater. Send me some
of our graduation pictures in the
Stadium and some of the interest¬
ing P. H. S. weekly papers. Let
me thank you beforehand. I know
that you will send them.
“Before I close my letter I wish
that we have a very successful sea¬
son in all sorts of sports, especial¬
ly football. I hope bloody Pasa-
way tiie fund is perpetually active
and any donation that may be
made, will be used many times in
the period of several years. With
the exception of the classes that
have graduated in recent years,
the alumni have been able to make
comparatively f e w cantributions
directly for this notable work.
The Class of 1921 deserves great
credit for originating the Memor¬
ial Scholarship Fund, when they
raised $1947 for the f^nd in ad¬
dition to the $547 they contributed
from their treasury. The Class of
1923 gave a total of $3074.30; the
Class of 1924, $2506.73; and the
classes before 1923, a total of
$3400.
Following is the financial report
of the committee:
Financial Summary Scholarship
Fund
Loans made to 106 individuals
Fully repaid 24
Who still owe 82
Amount loaned from 1914
to 1925 $31,628.74
Amount repaid by 24 bor¬
rowers 6,166.50
Amount due from borrow¬
ers $25,662.24
Total contributions $27,460.75
Voluntary interest re¬
ceived 57.50
(Continued on Page 3)
close this with best wishes to you
all.
Sincerely yours,
Chang G. Sam”
Sam would greatly appreciate
letters from some of his other P. H
dena dovras Long Beach at least! I S. friends. Just address them to
“I am going to have final exa- ! Chang G. Sam, Peking University,
minations soon so I had better Peking, China.