VOL. XIV
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 23, 1923
No. 26
Riverside, San Bernardino
San Diego, Long Beach
to be Represented
RESERVES VISIT CITY
“World Fellowship” to be Dis¬
cusses at Meetings;
Program Planned
Girls from all the highways and
byways of Southern California will
begin streaming into Pasadena this
evening to attend the annual three-
day Easter conference of the High
School Girl Reserves.
This is the first time that a con¬
ference of this kind has been held
in the Crown City, so naturally it
is greatly anticipated by all those
concerned, who have hopes of its
surpassing all previous gatherings.
The conference of last year was
held at Riverside, many delegates
from Pasadena attending. One of
the principal features of that one
was the 2 A. M. jaunt up Mt.
Rubidoux.
According to plans presented by
Miss Elizabeth Burgess, Girls’
Work Secretary, arrangements are
about complete for the accommoda¬
tion of the 200 visitors expected.
Members of the local club are each
taking home one or more girls for
the two nights of their stay.
Elaborate plans for the day time
and the evening have been pre¬
pared.
On Friday night a big “World
Fellowship” banquet will be held
in the local club rooms of the Y.
W. C. A. The toasts and speeches
will be in charge of the Long Beach
delegation. An entertainment and
pageant will follow in the recently
completed gymnasium.
Saturday morning will be devot¬
ed to vocational meetings and dis¬
cussions on various phases of club
activities. After luncheon, again
served at the Y. W. C. A., the del¬
egates will have the afternoon free
for recreation. That eveniftg a
picnic and camp fire will be held in
Friendship Forum. The conference
will close on Sunday morning, after
the girls have attended the special
services en masse at the First Pres¬
byterian church.
Delegates are expected from Los
Angeles, Long Beach, San Pedro,
Santa Monica, Riverside, Redlands,
Pomona, San Bernardino, Imperial
Valley and San Diego.
NEW TITLE TO ADORN
HORACE MANN BUILDING
Preparations for the new title
bearing the name “Pasadena High
School,” to be placed on the Horace
Mann Building, have been made,
and the new plate will be on the
building before the Easter vacation
is over.
The letters will be about a foot
in height and can be seen from
Colorado street. They will be
placed on the next tier above Hor¬
ace Mann.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph J. Pelunis
announce the birth of a daughter
on Saturday, March 17. She has
been named Lynette Kappa.
SOCIETY OFFICERS
ELECTED RECENTLY
Honor Society officers for the
second semester were elected last
week following a meeting of that
organization on March 14.
Those nominated for president
were Davis Shuster, Hartley Smith,
and John Adams; for vice-presi¬
dent, Ruth Chase and Lucille
Knapp; for secretary, Allie Purvis;
for treasurer, Harold Towle, and
Edwin Wood; chairman of program
committee, Constance Allen; for
social committee, Anita Hein, and
Catherine Sperry; for service, com¬
mittee, Wilbur Towle and John
Maxson.
Those elected' are, Davis Shus-
ter, president; Lucille Knapp, vice-
president; Allie Pui-vis, secretary;
Harold Towle, treasurer; Con¬
stance Allen, program chairman;
Catherine Sperry, social chairman;
and Wilbur Towle, service chair¬
man. Miss K. D. Loly is faculty
adviser.
At a meeting of the executive
board held last Monday, plans
were discussed for the annual ex¬
cursion of the society.
DR. RUTHEFORD TALKS
BEFORE GYM CLASSES
By invitation of the Boys’ League
of Pasadena High School, Dr. M.
B. Rutheford, formerly a tobacco
fiend, spoke last Monday to the
boys’ and girls’ gymnasium classes.
His subject, the cigarette evil, is a
very vital one to every school and
to the entire country, and one which
must be considered by the people
of the United States. The illustra¬
tions he gave were at once humor¬
ous and pathetic.
Dr. Rutheford is employed by the
Y. M. C. A. to give lectures on this
very important subject. He told
of the misleading statements ad¬
vertised by tobacco capitalists.
“Cigarettes,” he explained, “con¬
tain a terrible poison which has
broken down my own health and is
doing the same to thousands of
others.”
SPANISH STUDENTS
ENJOY ZARAGUETA
Zaragueta was played in true
Spanish fashion in the auditorium
of this school last Saturday by the
Spanish Night School Students of
Long Beach and professional actors
from Mexico.
The setting was in a Spanish
pueblo, near the city of Salamanca
in Spain. The plot is woven
around Carlos, who being in debt,
borrowed money from a money
lender, Zaragueta, which for some
time he was unable, but through
miraculous circumstances, which
only come to characters on the
stage, the money was returned and
Carlos again free, married his
cousin, Maruja, and they lived hap¬
pily ever after .
The Mexican population of this
city was invited and the amount
which was charged for the tickets
was used in paying for the
costumes.
Zaragueta was especially inter¬
esting to the 10-2 Spanish classes
as they are reading it in class.
WANT A VACATION JOB?
Item salesmen wanted. 20 per
cent commission. Your neighbors
will jump at the chance to buy this
attractive magazine. Call at 6-C
before 4:00 tonight.
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OUT LAST MONDAY
Brimming with jokes (for the
edification of the Freshmen) illus¬
trated with the best art work that
has appeared in P. H. S. for some
time, showing care and excellence
in the literary and general makeup,
and containing a complete student
directory, the Easter number of
the P. H. S. Item, made its appear¬
ance Monday, during the Advisory
periods.
The directory number of the
Item has always been especially
popular. Combined with the
added bulk and unusual number of
short stories, features, poems, and
songs, all beautifully illustrated,
this project of the journalism,
short story, art, and printing
classes, has been hailed all over
the campus with general satisfac¬
tion. A limited number of copies
have been placed in the bookstore
for sale.
MATHEMATICS DEFT.
GIVES F.T. A. PROGRAM
The program presented by the
Mathematics department at the
Parent-Teachers’ Association meet¬
ing last Monday was well received
by all who attended.
Following the short business ses¬
sion, Mrs. Henry Case, president of
the City Federation, gave a short
address on “Founders Day,” after
which Rudolph Pelunis, member of
the English department, rendered
two violin solos, accompanied by
Elsabeth Lesh.
The meeting was then turned
over to W. A. Newlin, head of the
Mathematics department, who ex¬
plained the aim and work of his de¬
partment. A speed test between'
boys and girls of the various math¬
ematics classes was presented in
order to more fully illustrate some
of his points. Miss Mary L. Clark,
also a member of the Mathematics
department, spoke upon matters of
interest concerning the methods of
teaching this subject.
The meeting closed with a talk
by Clyde S. Yerge, principal of the
night schohl and present mathe¬
matics instructor, on “How Math¬
ematics has been a Facto® in the
Material Progress of Civilization.”
Refreshments were served upder
the- direction of Miss Herwig, re¬
freshment chairman.
CIVICS CLASSES
OBSERVE CAMPAIGN
In keeping with the Know-Your-
City campaign now being conduct¬
ed in Pasadena, the Social Science
department has given civic students
many topics concerning Pasadena
to choose from in making their
term reports, which are in the form
of short speeches on current con¬
ditions.
These reports are to be made
from personal interviews with bus¬
iness men or visits to different
civic organizations. Many inter¬
esting reports are expected by Leon
Yakeley, member of the depart¬
ment.
Edgar Ciliax, ’22, who is now at¬
tending Oregon Agricultural Col¬
lege, has been spending the last
two weeks in Pasadena meeting
old friends. While a P. H. S. stu¬
dent “Ed” was a track star and
was prominent in school clubs.
Repetition of Event by Pasadena Organizations and Depart¬
ments of P. H. S., Proceeds of Which Will be Doubled
by the Rotary Club, will be this Evening. Large
Crowd Expected to Enjoy it
Deep in the heart of P. H. S. a feeling of wonderful
friendliness and good-will exists, and will long continue to ex¬
ist, in its dealing with the Rotary Club, which, with the help
of 200 students and friends of P. H. S., presented the fasci¬
nating program yesterday afternoon. The Rotarians have
promised to double each dollar raised in yesterday’s and to¬
night’s performances in order to start a loan fund from which
needy students of character and scholarship can borrow.
LIBRARY CIRCULATION
IN PM IS GROWING
The constant use of the P. H. S.
library is a proof of the educa¬
tional activity in this school. In
fact, books travel' so much that
circulation cards are wearing
away. The following is a report,
beginning March 5, and ending
March 12, showing the books
taken out over night.
History, 650; Sociology, 262;
Literature, 190; Metral -Science,
68; Fiction, 50; Useful Arts, 30;
General, 25; Fine Arts, 22; Phil¬
osophy, 15; Religion and Philol¬
ogy, 1 each.
Many times books are presented
to the library which are considered
especially fine by the donor. These
books are appreciated by both the
librarians and students. Both li¬
brarians and students look deeply
between their covers over-night.
ORATORS TRYOUT FOR
DAVIS-HALL THURSDAY
Eight contestants gave their pre¬
liminary orations in the first
round of the Davis-Hall contest,
Thursday, March 15. This event
was held in the auditorium with
the following judges presiding:
Mr. Pyrene, Mr. Baxter, teacher in
Cleveland High School, Cleveland,
Ohio; and Miss Ruth Arnold,
teacher in the Eleanor Miller
School for Oratory.
Orations were rewarded upon the
manuscript and delivery. Euph¬
rates Pashgian received 100 points
from each of the judges. Others
gaining places were: Arthur Sy-
vertson, second; John Maxson,
third; John Case, fourth; and
Ruth Hubley and Raymond McKel-
vey tying for fifth. This necessi¬
tates six people in the final race
which is to be held at 11:45 A. M.
Tuesday, April 10, at a special as¬
sembly for Juniors and Seniors
only.
Miss MacDonald Entertains
Miss Katherine McDonald, man¬
ager of the cafeteria, entertained
Miss Elizabeth Schutz, Miss Emma
Junker, and Miss Edith Junker of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also Miss
Pauline Herwig of Pasadena, yes¬
terday, showing the visitors the
successful development of the cafe¬
teria.
Unique in its original design, the
bugle scout call, after the curtain
rose on a morning camp scene, the
illustration of scout duties, and the
final peaceful campfire rally, gave
much credit to the Boy Scouts of
Pasadena, and to W. C. Vaughan,
Deputy Scout Executive.
If high school students take
more interest in having good pos¬
tures after Easter vacation, it may
be due to memories of Miss Hazel
Cooper’s girls, who exercised stren¬
uously to show methods of over¬
coming faults in posture. Posters
made by Art students gave a fit¬
ting setting for the drill work and
motion pictures of “corrective”
girls.
Next on the program came the
five features of the Physical Ed¬
ucation department. Dancing by
the girls, tumbling stunts, appa¬
ratus work, squad drill, and the
pyramid group, brought responses
of appreciation and surprise from
the student audience.
Boys from the Y. M. C. A. show¬
ed great strength and skill in their
work on the parallel bars, while
the R.
О.
T. C. made# a fine patri¬
otic ending after their drill dis¬
play.
“The Star Spangled Banner,”
played by the band, with colors
held high, was full of spirit and
a fitting close.
Tonight at 8 o’clock, the last
chance to see this unusual and ex¬
ceptional entertainment will be
given. Friends of the Rotary Club
and of P. H. S. are urged to come.
Music will be supplied by the Ro¬
tary quartet, which is composed of
George Brown, George Wood,
George A. Mortimer, and J. Tyler
Parker, Jr., the R.
О.
T. C. band,
and the Boy Scouts stringed or¬
chestra.
Tickets are on sale at 50c in the
ticket office, also at Jarvis & Prinz.
(Ed. Note: — Owing to lack of space,
it was impossible to print the names
of the 200 participants.)
LOCAL INSTRUCTOR
SIGNS CONTRACT
Announcement has recently been
made that Albert P. Meub, teacher
of penmanship in Pasadena High
School, has signed a contract to
speak in Chautauquas during next
summer.
Mr. Meub has made several tours
and has also appeared here in Los
Angeles county. Mr. Meub is
especially noted for his mimicry
and characterizations of different
races and has appeared in high
school assemblies.
