Pasadena Chronicle, March 20, 1918

CHRONICLE Annual to be biggest and best ever. Large and capable staff busy. ITEM out Friday. Don’t miss the snappy stories in the literary department. VOL. VII— NO. 6. PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, MARCH 20, 1918 PASADENA CALIFORNIA. PRICE 5 CENTS. P.H.S. DEFEATS OLD RIVAL BIG MARCH ITEM TO APPEAR AFTER THE BATTLE IS OVER Famous Authors of P. H. S. All Contribute With Snappy Stuff MANY MORE CARTOONS Al. Wesson Writes “Vamp” Storiette; “Blackie” Contributes By Art Garfield. Owing to delays in obtaining suifF able raw material, delays in trans¬ portation, the beef (“bull”) shortage, and numerous other things which might be mentioned but won’t the Item may not he out tomorrow. What ever is the cause, the staff can not be blamed; they have been working night and day and between times to perfect a literary wonder. Bulletins will be) posted indicat¬ ing the exact' date tomorrow.* Corporal “Blackie” Hosier has again contributed something of the life at Allentown in the same snappy and interesting style that character¬ ized the article of his which appear¬ ed in the December Item. “From Re- vielle to Taps’’ is the title and pic¬ tures in an exceedingly readable man¬ ner the course of a day at the great Ambulance training camp.' The adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Huck Finn, the wiles of Peck’s bad Boy and the troubles of the famous Penrod are all borne by one poor lit¬ tle lad in “The Course of a Day” a simply little adventure that айуопе who has ever been a boy and twelve years, will enjoy. A “vamp” story that is different is told in a typical O. Henry style by AI Wesson and should not escape the eyes of any ambitious young lady with aspirations along this line. Mr. Wesson threatened that this will be his last appearance — hut never mind he has done this before. The literary section is completed by a beautiful and appealing story of Mission Life in early California. The plot is attractive and exceeding¬ ly well worked out, the atmosphere is well sustained, and as a whole it is a story well worth the time it takes to read it. Thomas Iiams, the actor poet, says he could write poetry as well as Shakespeare if he had a mind to do it but as he has discovered his de¬ ficiency he consents to write some¬ thing which more people will enjoy. He writes both serious and humorous and the serious bit seems to be the best. The jokes, the big feature of this number, are twice as good, twice as foolish, twice as many and worth twice as much as thei nsigniflcant sum charged for the entire magazine. The cartoons are plentiful, some¬ thing like ten (10) pages, humorous, clever, funny and contrary to the pol¬ icy of most cartoons, they ~a re artis¬ tic. Cuts, large and small, illustrating impartially the many diversions of P. H. S. students, athletics and other¬ wise have ap rominent place in the March number. Last but first toe atch the eye is the “Navajo” blanket design. It is quite an education in itself— in fact it is one of those species of color schemes which is exceedingly rest¬ ful to the eyes of a blind man. If you think this is "hull” buy an Item. шшизж Ь0СЗ@ & ШТ Jl v Ш5Э@ ЩЮ iN PLACE Of THE JACK RABBIT ON THE FRONT OF THE TRACK SHIRTS OF THE LONG BEACH GANG WE WOULD SUGGEST A- MORE /тОРЮАП ГЛ 5M SUCH t\b H - 1 - — - - - — ■ - ГОП THE FINISH 0Г THE НИГ~0_01 “YE MILITARY AFFAIR” DRAWS LARGE CROWD Big Junior Class Party Is Huge Success; Plays, Jazz, and Eats Are Features; Affair Is Given as Benefit for Y. M. C. A. Fund TRACK SCHEDULE CONFLICTS The teams of the City League have had some trouble about the scheduled baseball games next Friday, as many members of the baseball teams of schools are alsd members of that school’s track team and the tryouts for the City meet are to he held next Friday. As a result, many games have been postponed until the early part of next week. If anyone who attended Ye Mili¬ tary Affair last Friday night believed that class parties were slow or dry, he sertainly must have suffered a re¬ formation of opinions after he had been there long, for the juniors put on one of the snappiest and jazziest parties that has ever been given by a class from P. H. S. Ye Military Af¬ fair was one grand success from start to finish and will not soon he for¬ gotten by those who were fortunate enough to buy pastboards and get in on the fun. Two excellently played skits, plen¬ ty of jazz from two of Pasadena High’s musical or otherwise organiza¬ tions, tasty refreshments, and above all the jolly informality proved to he the main things in making the party such a wonderfully entertaining and joy producing affair to all. Room 401, which is none other than the P. H. S. roof was the scene of the festivities. Carrying out the military spirit, it was decorated with Ameri¬ can flags and red and white ribbons, but it is doubted if the average person even noticed that there were such things as decorations so interested was he in enjoying the clever pro¬ gram. To show that it had the proper amount of style, Ye Military Affair was about a half an hour late in starting and then the Jazz Jinxtette opened the evening’s ceremonies by rendering a large amount of noise and filling the large room with a concen¬ trated solution of jhzz. After this had announced that the party was start¬ ing, Dorothy Finer gave "Riding Down,” a reading. Next came “Burglars,” a one-act play, one of the big features of the evening. The scene is a large country home, at which five city girls are spending the. night. The girls learn that there is a burglar in the neigh¬ borhood and after hearing mysterious sounds in the house they think that the crook has come to visit them and become scared to death. Their screams were most realistic and every one wish that he could find the burglar and punish him for the troub¬ le he was causing. After a great deal of frightened whispering, one of the more adventur¬ ous of the girls goes in search of the burglar and finally returns with him in the person of a large member of the feline race which really seemed more frightened than the girls. In more ways than one, the play was a scream throughout and the amusing situations were ®very well acted. The cast included Virginia Woolery, Mildred Nutt, Marie Blick, Helen Thompson and Marjory Swee- zey. A large yellow cat also did its part in making thep lay a success. Doug MacKenzie with his chemical¬ ly pure voice entertained for a few min utes with two vocal hits of pouplar music. This was Doug’s first appear¬ ance before the high school audience in several months and he received a hearty welcome. He was accompanied by Anita Scott. After this, Fern Fish¬ er garbed in a military costume, gave a patriotic solo dance. Another one of Pasadena’s ever popular jazz hands called the "Anony¬ mous Quartet’’ was the next number on the program and as is usually the case with jazz organizations, it was kept busy filling the room with the Continued on page two. WEEKLY SALVAGE DRIVE TO BRING IN MORE TINFOIL This Thursday is to be the day for the tinfoil drive. Because of the fact that tinfoil has prov¬ en to be the most paying of sal¬ vage department the Girls’ League has decided to hold an¬ other one of the drives. The L. A. chapter of the Red Cross re¬ ports that for the month of Feb¬ ruary they sold one hundred pounds of tinfoil a week at fifty cents a pound. To show the ad¬ vance in the price of tin the flor¬ ists formerly paid one cent a sheet and now they have to pay ten ctents. This work is in charge of Ruth McIntosh and is certainly a valu¬ able asset to the salvage depart¬ ment. Any used metals beside tin- foil Is also accepted, particularly license plates. All materials should be turned in to room 103C. SENIOR BOYS ENGAGE IN AN EXCITING TALKFEST At a fiery meeting last Monday the senior hoys decided to leave the mat¬ ter of graduation costumes to the choice of the individual so long as he confornfs to the prescribed regula¬ tions of a dark suit and a stiff collar. This weighty question having been settled the attention of the meeting was turned to the annual Senior-Jun¬ ior blood fest. Theb ringing up of this matter was the signal for oh* of the well known 18 scraps. Both a “bag rush” and a "pole rush” found elo¬ quent and enthusiastic advocates. Just as the discussion was becoming quite heated a compromise was sug¬ gested in the form of a push ball contest. This idea pleased everybody and the motion was passed unani¬ mously. CARDINAL TRACK SQUAD TRIUMPHS Pasadena Men Have Little Trouble In Defeating Long Beach 83 to39 In Fast Track Meet BY AL WESSON Shortly after noon last Saturday, the Pasadena High School track men were thinking of something that happened at Long Beach last November on a certain holiday. “R-r-revenge,” they were growling, “R-r-revenchuh!” Shortly before 6 p. m., of the same day, these same trackmen were chanting more sweetly, “Ah! How sweet is revenge!” But this is making a long story out of a short one, for the members of the track team found it one of the easiest and most pleasurable things of their young lives to wallop the Long Beach track squad by the lopsided score of 83 to 39 in ad ual track meet. The Beachites were willing to admit that the purpose of their visit to Pasadena last Saturday was to make it two straight athletic victories over the Crown City school, but they refused to comment on the outcome of their attempts. Since the meet had been in progress somewhat over an hour before the Poly- wogs won a first place and could write their score in two figures, the day’s work itsn’t a bit bad from a Pasadena standpoint. . .Prom the start, the local athletes began to walk away with everything in sight, winning first place in all but two events and placing second and third in both of these. The relay went to Long Beach when a Pasadena man with a four yard lead fell and lost lost about fifty feet. P. H. S. won every track event Camouflage Paddock easily stepping away with the century in the fast time of 10 flat and Kemp taking the 220 while the distances and hur¬ dles also went to Pasadena. Kenny Saunders performed his weekly duty by starting a glorious day for the red and white in the 880. He went through the usual motions of galloping away with first place and was content to loaf the last part of the race. Meiklejohn of Long Beach heat out Sears of Pasadena for sec- inf place after a hard sprint. Paddock got a perfect start in the 100 yard dash and led from the be¬ ginning. He got so far ahead near the end of the race that he did not try to hurry, but at. that his time was 10 flat, which is considerably faster than mos college sprinteers can make in the century. Had he not slowed up in the last few yards, he would undoubt¬ edly equalled the record mark of 9:4 which he made last year. Jeff Kemp showed that he was ac omer in this race by finishing just af ew feet be¬ hind Paddock. iShorty Rogers, the rUsed the score board about this time, the officials would probably had occa¬ sion to call an ambulange. Pasadena had 41 points, while the best that could be said of the Long Beach team is that it was second with thirteen digits. Once more came a surprise in the low hurdles Harold Curtis of Pasade¬ na pulling down first place, beating Buckley and Tabata with neatness and dispatch. Kemp upheld the reputation as a sprinter which he has been making lately and ran off with the 220 yard dash. “Hava” Hart, the P. H. S. 220 demon, was off form and failed to place. In the discus Long Beach won a first place for the first time. Sehall barely nosed out Fouche by a scant inch, winning with the distance of 103 feet, Ш. The pole vaule was another cinch Long Beach star who was one of the for Pasadena. Shlaudeman and Curtis Beachmen’s bests printers last year, found that they had gone high enough managed to finish fourth. , to win when they reached 9 feet, 9 The scheduled Schall-Fouche argu¬ ment in the shot put was a closely contested affair for a while, hut when Fouhce made a throw of 43 feet, 8% inches, Sehall was beaten. Allan Lee had things all his own inches. Three Long Beach men receiv¬ ed a third of a point apiece for tying for third. The fickle dope again proved false when Hutchinson heat out Mcllvalne in the mile. The measles had hit way in the high jump and easily de- j Knight, the star Long Beach miler feated the visitors’ tduted corps of I and he was unable to run. Although aviators. Shlaudeman tied for second ! the Pasadena entries had a hard race with a Long Beach man. One of the surprises of the day came when Pasadena copped all three places in the high hurdles, handily outclassing the best that Long Beach had to offer. Loufe Minsky proved that he was one of the season’s big finds by grabbing first place. Curtis hnd Dillman finished second and third. for a while they finally won all three places with room to spare. A Long Bach man led the race for a lap and then Mcllvaine took the lead and held it until the last half of the last lap. Hutchinson had con¬ siderable trouble in passing a Beach- man who persisted in trying to cut in on him. There is a rule in track stating that no runner can take the Another surprise came when DeSil- Pole unless he is two yards ahead of va won the 440 which turned out to be the most exciting race of the day. With Saunders, the Pasadena stand¬ by not in this race, Tabaet of Long Beach was doped to win, but the three P. H. S. sprinters, DeSilva, Her¬ rick, and Hoff, ran the Beachman off his legs and he failed to even place. At the start of the quarter mile, Meiggs of Long Beach took the pole, and the Pasadena men hung hack. On the back stretch, Hoff sped up and passed him and Tabata. Hoff sprinted too soon and lost out, but the pace he set was too much for the Long Beach entries ana DeSilva caught up to them on the last curve. DeSilva, Meiggs and Herrick sprinted down the last stretch neck and neck, hut Meiggs’ race with Hoff had tired him and the Pasadenan beat him out. Her¬ rick placed third and was but a pace behind the Long Beach man at the finish. Had a Long Beach fan carefully pe- the man behind him, hut the Long Beach man tried for a whole lap to cut in on Hutch when he was hut a foot in the lead. However, Hutch fi¬ nally pushed the man aside and cut loose with a pretty sprint, sailing into port with first place. Mac took an easy second, while “Caballo” Sloan did the usnal stunt by taking third. One Long Beach runner ended up at the club house, while the other was out of sight at the end of the race. The last event before the relay, the broad jump, gave Long Beach her sec¬ ond first place. Andrews with a flight of 19 feet, 7 inches slipped one over on Bob and won. Shlaudeman and Minskey were quite particular about letting the Polywogs get any more points and took second and third. The eight-man relay started to be another snap for Pasadena, but had an exciting finish. Minskey started it for Pasadena and gained a yard on Continued on Page Four.