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JAYSEE
MEET
SATURDAY
llwi
ONCE
IN A
BLUE MOON
VOL. XVI
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 26, 1925
NO. 23
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DEBATE QUESTION
With the question, Resolved:
That the Interallied War Debts be
Cancelled, for the Inglewood de¬
bate, the debating squad has begun
.work for the preliminary tryouts.
The question is not entirely new
to P. H. S. debaters. Two years
ago the same subject was debated
• by the Pasadena team, then com¬
posed of James McCormick and
Burnadine Hand. Although this
team lost, the knowledge gained
will undoubtedly prove of benefit to
| this year’s squad. P. H. S. has
the aifirmative side of the ques¬
tion which is the same side that
the team of two years ago defend¬
ed.
Pasadena has an excellent chance
to win the Southern California de¬
bating championship this year. A
unanimous decision over Ingle¬
wood will place P. H. S. either
first or second in the rating with
the chance to debate for the cham¬
pionship.
John Ackley, Pasadena’s silver
tongued orator, will be ineligible
for the Inglewood debate because
he has already participated in two
interscholastic debates this year.
However, there will be several
other experienced debaters back
to take his place.
Elizabeth Bixby and Robert
McClintock, both with varsity
experience behind them, will be
strong contenders for the team.
John McClintock and Lawrence
Michelmore, members of the
Junior debating team, along
with Clarice Thompson, Don Ston¬
er, and Bob Seares will also make
strong bids for the two coveted
positions.
WOODRUFF AND EDWARD
TO COMPETITOR OFFICE
At the last Girls’ League meet¬
ing, March 20, second advisory,
Holly Halstead, commissioner of
Gilds’ Welfare, introduced seven
applicants for the office of vice-
president of the league.
Lois Woodruff, secretary of the
organization last semester, and
Helen Edward, ex-vice president of
the class of ’25, won over the five
other candidates, Lorraine In¬
graham, Janet Upjohn, Virginia
Larson, Erma Willis, and Maxine
Doerschlag.
Helen and Lois will compete for
the office in the finals which will
be held during both advisories
next Monday, March 30.
SECOND PRESENTATION OF “ONCE IN
A BLUE MOON” TO BE
OFFERED
SIX STUDENTS PICKED
IN ELIMINATIONS HELD
n.
135
SENIOR ATTITUDES WILL
BE AVERAGED THIS YEAR
According to Miss Mary L. Clark
chairman of the rating committee,
the records of the seniors will be
averaged this year and considered
when recommending students
to college. These records consist
of such traits as willingness,
initiative, and honesty. Physical
ability, as shown in the decathlon
events will also be rated.
Heretofore the colleges have con¬
sidered the grades made by the
student, more than his traits, but
now the traits are beginning to
count as well as the grades. Club
members are also being rated on
the attitude they show, and on
their initiative in the club. These
averaged records will be kept on
file so that it will be quite easy
for a college or a prospective em¬
ployer to find out a person’s
characteristics.
READY-FOR-COLLEGE CLUB
TO GIVE ASSEMBLY SOON
Talent from local colleges will
be featured in an assembly pro-
*■ gram to be given by the Ready-
For-College Club some time in
ay.
I The club, one of the largest in
,4 the school, is under the direction
of Miss Edith Witherell, member
of the mathematics dept., and a
graduate of the University of
Southern Ccfiifornia. The execu¬
tives of the club are: president,
Richard McCurdy; vice-president,
Elinor Wilson; secretary, Ouina
Lisk; and treasurer, Gerard Taets.
Captain Paul Perigord will speak
at the April meeting. Professor
Miller of Southern Branch will
be the speaker at the May meeting.
At this meeting the members of
the Honor Society will be guests.
Comedy Frolic
Take Place in April
To start all good P. H. S. stu¬
dents on a happy and profitable
vacation, a Comedy Frolic will
give everyone a big, side-bursting
program on the afternoon of Fri¬
day, April 3. Although the Fro¬
lic will not be on April 1, laughs
and fun will be dispensed with
lavish gestures.
The Dippy Do Dads, the
L a u g h
у
Laugh-ups, Felix the
Kitty, and many other rib ticklers
will appear at P. H. S. on that
far-famed date. This Comedy
Frolic will be a festival of ha
ha’s, he he’s, ho ho’s, and har
har’s. Many of the most notor¬
ious Funnybone Swatters of Film¬
land, alias Hollywood, will be
here to make vacation a grand,
always-to-be-remembered success.
Since the commissioners are to
present the entertainment, all pro¬
ceeds will go to the Student Body
Fund. The money will be used
to pay the debts and running ex¬
penses.
The entertainment will be all
that its name suggests, a fiesta
of good clean comedy. Nothing-
sad, nothing heart-rending, noth¬
ing to bring tears will be in the
program. It will be just a frolic
of rollicking laugh makers, who
will do their best to make every¬
body forget his thoughts of hard
work.
Proving that it is perfectly
capable of presenting a good after-
| noon’s entertainment, the music de¬
partment of Pasadena High School
'presented its annual operetta,
“Once in a Blue Moon,” yesterday
afternoon to a capacity audience.
Many people after seeing yester¬
day’s performance declare that it
is one of the finest musical com¬
edies ever presented to a Pasadena
audience. It is modern in plot
and consists of three long acts and
a gorgeous prolog-ue which is a
new feature being introduced here
this year. A bewildering, mysti¬
fying plot comes to a spec¬
tacular climax by the confession of
identity which George Taylor, Don
Novis, is forced to make. The set¬
ting of the prolog-ue is in the
Palace of the Moon Lady. Many
beautiful decorations and lighting
effects help to enhance the beauty
of this scene. The setting of the
the three acts is laid in the home
of Mrs. Montgomery, wealthy res¬
ident of Monterey, California.
The plot in brief is : After an
absence of four years at college,
Bob Harrington is expected to re¬
turn to the home of his foster
aunt, Mrs. Mary Montgomery,
whose daughter Sylvia, June
Etienne, was his boyhood sweet¬
heart. Having fallen in love with
another girl at college, he is not
very anxious to return, and so,
since his chum, George Taylor, has
already fallen in love with Sylvia’s
picture, Bob sends him as a sub¬
stitute to the week-end party. The
young men closely resemble each
other, and so George has no
trouble in establishing- himself as
Bob Harrington. When George
arrives, preparations are being
made for a Spanish Fiesta.
During the evening unexpected
guests arrive in the person of Sir
Percival Chetwood and M. Rene
LeMon. Later in the evening while
the guests are dancing a robbery
takes place. Suspicion is turned
on George, who cannot decide
whether to confess his idenity or
be arrested. Which did he do yes¬
terday afternoon ?
Can Don Novis make love?
Can Mary Louise McKinley flirt?
Is June Etienne a good heroine?
Is Carl Broome popular with the
girls? If you cannot answer these
questions and did not see yesterday
afternoon’s performance, it might
be wise to stroll around to the
ticket-office in the west basement
before Friday night, March 27,
when the second and last perform¬
ance of “Once in a Blue Moon”
will be given.
The operetta is under the direc¬
tion of Miss Lula C. Parmley,
music director; J. E. Morrisev,
dramatic director; and Miss
Elizabeth Flint, dancing director.
John Ackley, Thomas Anderson,
Elizabeth Bixby, Donald Hamblin,
Janet Upjohn, and Natalie
Vincenti were the best six orators,
as decided at the first eliminations
of the Davis-Hall oratorical con¬
test held last Tuesday afternoon
in Room 401.
Mrs. Nora P. Coy, member of
the English department, and Jes¬
sie H. Atwood, member of the So¬
cial Science department, were the
two judges. Lois Woodruff and
Marjorie Jones, for their fine
talks, deserve honorable mention.
The picked six will compete
again April 14 during both as¬
semblies in the local auditorium.
Three will speak the first assem¬
bly and three, the second.
ID IE SHRILL CRY
Junior College Victor
In Interclass Debates
“UNCLE JIMMIE” GIVEN
FOR WOMEN’S CLUB
“Uncle Jimmie,” the popular
play studied by the dramatics
classes, and staged for the C. S.
F. Reception, was given again for
the Lamanda Park Women’s Club
on March 20. The original cast,
with the exception of one player,
performed. Dorothy Wood took
the part of Grandma, instead of
Esther McCann.
Miss Elizabeth Keppie states
that one of the clubs of the Holl-
iston Ave. Methodist Church has
asked for a one-act play to be pre¬
sented by high school students.
This play has not yet been cho¬
sen.
History Class Hikes
An excursion into the mountains
was enjoyed by the History and
Civics classes of miss. Eugenia
M. Ong, member of the Social
Science department, last Saturday,
March 21.
The group met at Sierra Madre
at 7 o’clock, and from there they
went to Fern Lodge. Each mem¬
ber brought his own lunch. After
a day spent climbing the different
trails above Sierra Madre, they
returned before dark.
Speaking before Miss Mary E.
Davis’s second period advisory
class, in 136-C, Muriel D. Emerson,
member of the English Depart¬
ment, gave a most interesting talk
on her trip to Alaska. She had
with her many paintings and pho¬
tographs, also a miniature totem
pole.
The talk was one of the weekly
programs put on by the class and
was thoroughly enjoyed by them.
As Romans Do
Customs and manners of an¬
cient Rome were revived at the
S. P. Q. R. banquet held Friday
| March 20, when 110 students, in
Roman attire, dined without the
use of knives, forks, and spoons.
Between the courses of the ban¬
quet, Helen Langstaff presented
a Roman dance; Robert Marry -
vnne and John Wilson engaged in
a wrestling match ; Vincent Par¬
sons recited part of Cicero’s First
i Oration against Catiline.
Declamation Contest
To Be Feature of Day
As a leading feature of the an¬
nual High School Day, held at the
University of Redlands on Satur¬
day, May 16, for high school stu¬
dents of Southern California, the
University will have a high school
declamation contest in which one
representative from a high school
may compete.
The contest is between schools,
the winner of the contest receiv¬
ing a silver loving cup. The
school which wins the cup for
three years, is to be awarded the
cup permanently. Following are
the schools that have won the
cup in the past: Pomona in 1914,
Riverside in 1915, Redlands in
1916, Chaffey Union High in 1917,
Covina in 1918, San Bernardino
in 1919, Pasadena in 1921, Los
Angeles in 1922, and Pasadena in
1923. There were no contests in
1920 or 1924.
Winners of first, second, and
third places are awarded appro¬
priate medals.
The contest is held under the
following rules, with which all
schools must comply:
1. All contestants must be
boys, bona fide students of their
respective high schools. Each
high school may enter one con¬
testant.
2. Each contestant shall be
allowed twelve minutes.
3. Standard orations, or cut¬
tings from standard orations, are
preferred. Stories, and readings
of like nature, shall not be enter¬
ed. Each declamation shall be
approved by the principal of the
high school from which the con¬
testant comes, or by some member
of the faculty whom the principal
shall designate.
4. The names of the contest¬
ants, and the titles of their de¬
clamations, are to be sent to the
Manager of the Declamation Con¬
test at least two weeks before the
date of the contest.
5. The contestants shall, prior
to the contest, draw lots for posi¬
tions on the program, and shall
compete in the order thus deter¬
mined.
6. The judges shall be chosen
by the English department of the
University of Redlands, and shall
be persons not related in any way
to any of the contestants, or to
any of the schools represented.
(Continued on page three)
J. 0. Enrollment and
Prospects Increase
With prospects of increasing im¬
portance, enlarged membership and
a wider field of courses offered,
Pasadena Junior College has start¬
ed the second half of its year of
existence. Plans for next year in¬
clude an extension of courses which
should attract two or three times
the number of students now in at¬
tendance.
Enrollment for this semester
closed Monday, February 23. No
new students will be accepted un¬
less they come as transfers from
other colleges, and can assume
work in the courses of study now
offered in the Junior College. To¬
tal enrollment so far this year has
been 307, a number far larger than
the school authorities anticipated.
Dean Harbeson, in commenting on
the enrollment prospects for next
year, says, “Considering the fact
that next year both Freshman and
Sophomore work will be offered
corresponding to the lower divi¬
sion courses of the University of
California, it is likely that attend¬
ance will approximate between 450
and 500 students, on a conservative
estimate. This will make it pos-
I sible for a student to secure in
Pasadena Junior College practical¬
ly any Freshman or Sophomore
course he desires.”
Speaking before an unusually
large and enthusiastic audience,
in the Music Hall, March 23, the
Junior College debating team
composed of Verna Heidner and
Walter Pauli, were awarded a 2
to 1 decision over the Junior
Class, represented by Laurence
Michelmore and John McClintock,
in the finals of the interclass de¬
bating contest. Previous to this
debate the Junior College had de¬
feated the Seniors, represented
by Edward Collins and Clarice
Thompson, and the Juniors had
defeated the sophomores, repre¬
sented by Virginia Gilloon and
Herbert Resner.
The judges of the final debate
were Miss Lura A. Mercer, J. P.
O’Mara, and L. Yakley. Donald
Hamblin, commissioner of Debat¬
ing, presided. The coaches for
the various teams were, E. Van
Ameringe, freshmen, K. L. Kerans
sophomores, J. H. Atwood, Seniors
and E. D. Davis, junior college.
The Junior College debaters
will have their names engraved
on the interclass debating cup.
Other names on this cup, are
1920, Helen Jackson, Charles
Yates; 1921, William Deckey,
James McCormick; 1922, John
Moore, Roger Revelle; 1923, John
Maxson, Ernest Turner; and 1924,
Elizabeth Bixby, John Achley.
“Shine, Mister, shine, only ten
cents, a dime, two nickels, one-
tenth of a dollar,” is the cry that
will be ringing in every nook and
corner of the P. H. S. campus
next Wednesday, when “Shoe
Shine Day” will be observed in
the school.
The high-and-lordly commission¬
ers will bow so low as to shine
the shoes of lowly Frosh, if need
be. The mighty seniors will con¬
descend. All prominent students
will be official “bootblackers.”
“Here are your tickets, only
1 ten cents, a dime, two nickels, one-
I tenth of a- dollar,” will be the
plea of the girl officers in their
turn, for on this day neither boy
nor girl will be spared, no mat¬
ter how lordly he or she may be.
All the money received next
| Wednesday will be turned over to
the Student Body treasury.
Every student is asked to co¬
operate with the workers on this
day, and to have his dimes ready
as they approach him. Be not
satisfied with but one shine, get
two or three. You surely will
need more than one “shine” from
your capable officers before you
have a fairly decent “shine.”
Students are not expected Ed be
so foolish as to miss this “one
and only’” chance of actually see¬
ing the high-and-mighty before
him with a shoe-shining outfit.
Nor will the stately administra¬
tion be spared. They too, must
join the revellers. The boy shin¬
ing- the most number of shoes will
have his shoes shined by some
members of the administration.
The girl selling the most num¬
ber of tickets will, also, in some
way, be rewarded by some mem¬
ber of the administration.
A “Shoe Shine Day” is an an¬
nual event at some high schools,
but Pasadena High has not held
one for a number of years. The
one held a few years ago turned
out to be a great success, from
the standpoint of finance and fun.
That’s not considering the voca¬
tional advantages that the ama¬
teur bootblacks get from this
training.
SOUTHERN BRANCH SITE
AFFECTS JUNIOR COLLEGE
“With Westwood chosen as the
new site for the University of
California, Southern Branch, the
problem of the Junior Colege be¬
comes more difficult,” says J. W.
Harbeson, dean of the Pasadena
Junior College.
The plans for the catalogue of
the Junior College were not com¬
pleted until the verdict of the
University of California regents
was known. If either the Hunt¬
ington or the Hastings sites had
been chosen, the Junior College
would become more of a vocation¬
al school, attended by students
wishing to learn a vocation and
those unable to meet the require¬
ments for Southern Branch. Now
that Westwood has been chosen,
the Junior College must prepare
the students for entrance to the
*
junior year at senior college be¬
sides training them in vocational
lines.
GRADUATE TO JAYSEE
MAY BORROW FUNDS
In order to render a service to
deserving male high school grad¬
uates, a prominent men’s luncheon
service club has created a scholar¬
ship loan fund. The fund is in
part a business proposition, in
that the borrower pays six percent
interest on the loan, but the un¬
derlying principle is recognition of
work well done, land of faith in
the business possibilities of the in¬
dividual.
Loans are to be made in units of
one hundred dollars, the money
being drawn from a surplus fund
which the club feels will be doing-
better service, if used to the ad¬
vancement of high school students
who aim high in life, than if al¬
lowed to remain in a bank. The
plan at present is for the high
school principal to recommend to
a loan committee of the club one
or more students who have made
superior scholarship records, and
who wish to enter Pasadena Junior
College, but who lack the necessary
funds for books, fees, laboratory
material, and other incidental
classroom costs.
Scholarships are to be awarded
at an assembly near the end of
the school year. Credit will be ex¬
tended for a period of two years
after a borrower graduates from
the Junior College. The scholar¬
ship loan is open only to male
students entering Pasadena Junior
College.
JUNIOR PARTY WILL BE
GIVEN THIS AFTERNOON
This afternoon the junior party
will be held in the Music Hall at
3:30. During the afternoon games,
refreshments, and a program,
which is centered around a very
unique feature, will have then-
places.
The series of four parties, in¬
cluding the freshman-sophomore
party held recently, the junior one
being held today, a senior party,
and a May Day festival, to be
held later in the spring, are be¬
ing put on to acquaint the girls
with each other and make their
relations more friendly.
The chairmen of this after¬
noon’s party are: Janet Upjohn,
general chairman and program
chairman; Ruth Lingenfelter, dec¬
oration; Laura Mattison, refresh¬
ments; Dora Widess, clean-up;
Mildred Bidwell, publicity; Mar¬
jory Johnson, games.
Wear lSTew Pins
At the A and
О
meeting held
last Wednesday, the members wore
their pins for the first time. The
pin is an artist’s pallet.
Bob Ward’s Father Called
Richard Ward, prominent litho¬
grapher, and father of Bob Ward,
well-known football and basket¬
ball star of P. H. S., died Sunday
evening at his home, 608 North
Wilson Avenue. Funeral services
were held yesterday afternoon at
the chapel of Turner and Stevens.
The Chronicle extends its sym¬
pathy to Bob and his relatives.
Due to the need for adequate
and accurate advertising of school
activities, the commissioners have
appointed a publicity committee
to take care of all news from the
school and the advertisment of
events within the school. Those
appointed were: James Iliff, chair¬
man, Robert Seares, Katheryn Al¬
len, and Clarence Spellman.
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