Pasadena Chronicle, March 31, 1922

VOL. XIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 31, 1922 No. 26 “OFFICER 066” WILL BE GIVEN HEREJOIHT The Mask and Mirror Dramatic Club will present their much heralded play “Officer 666” tonight in the aud¬ itorium. After many weeks of re¬ hearsing the cast is now ready to show their talent. “Officer 666” the play selected by the club is a Broadway success con¬ taining many thrilling, as well as amusing scenes so all attending are assured of an entertaining evening. As an added feature of the program Henri von Praag, noted violinist, will play between the acts. Mr. von Praag is one of the most famed vio¬ linists in the country and has played before several of the crowned heads of Europe. Realizing the importance of the benefit entertainment, Mr. von Praag very kindly consented to play on this occasion. Pasadena high has for some time been greatly in need of new stage ap¬ paratus and equipment, so the Mask and Mirror has decided to turn over the proceeds of the evening’s perform¬ ance to that cause. The cast as announced includes Harold Archibald, playing “Officer 666;” the leading part, and Grace Mc- Lemore, as Helen Burton, the leading lady. The whole play was directed by Miss Florence MacAfee, noted dramatist. She has supervised many plays in Pasadena before. The entire cast in order of their ap¬ pearance this evening are: Bateato, a Japanese servant . . . Watson Partridge Michael Phelan, police officer 666 ... . Harold Archibald Whitney Barnes . Mervin Williams Travers Cladwin . Roy Chaffee Helen Burton . Grace McLemore Sadie Small ........ . Ada Schramm Mrs. Burton ............Harriet McConnell Alfred Wilson . Arthur Duncome Watkins . . . EJlery Baxter Police Captain Stone ....Jack Hinrichs Ryan, police officer . Archie Eckdale A policeman . John Bailey Kearney, a plainclothes man.....l...... . Robert Snyder Personnel Miss Florence MacAfee . Director Marian Kehlet . . .....Business H. H. Parker . Music Helen Jackson . . „..Decorations Edith Lee . Properties Donald MacAfee . Head Usher Starving for Want of a Bike “Starving for the want of a bicy¬ cle” will soon be the sad plight of the children at the Raymond School unless someone gives or sells the Girls’ League a used wheel. The girls who always take the extra sandwiches from the cafeteria boxes to these chil¬ dren will be able to do their work much more easily and quickly if they can send someone on a bicycle. They are willing to pay $5.00 for one that has been used but is still in good working order. Students are also asked to save Rosemead tickets. As soon as the Girls’ League has enough, it will give a treat to the Raymond kiddies. HARD WORK PUTS P.H.S. LAWN IN GOOD CONDITION The old adage “a stitch in time saves nine,” has been proved beyond by doubt by the Condition of the front lawn of P. H. S. Many have remarked about the splendid condition of the grass in front of High school, but few may realize the work that was required to produce this asset to the school. C. S. Cooper, the head gardner, is responsible for the fine, close cut and well kept clover. Last winter he put a group of men to work raking out the Bermuda grass and weeds. Un¬ der his direction the work progressed rapidly and now Pasadena High School has a beautiful lawn, one of which every Pasadenan ought to be proud. Cootie Mathematics A cootie adds to your troubles, subtracts from your happiness, di¬ vides your attention, and multiplies like — sixty. Certificate of Service for P. H. S. from Near East F. L. Sims, Executive Secretary of the Near East for the Western Coast, has just written Miss Elma H. Hollo¬ way, head of the English Department, that he wishes to present to Pasadena High School a certificate of service which is being given to a few schools that have distinguished themselves in the rescue work of the Near East. He has asked permission to present the certificate at some school assembly. Mr. Sims writes: — “The record of the Pasadena High School is one of the most splendid items on the honor roll of the whole organization, and it has been a chal¬ lenge to other high schools the United States over. As such it has set up a standard for high school achievement that has brought unnumbered thous¬ ands of dollars to the Near East, whereby hundreds of little children have been saved. That is how far your candle has thrown its beams.” The English Department is not so¬ liciting funds, but is still ready to re¬ ceive contributions and forward them in the name of the school, as the need is still great. FIELD DAY DEMONSTRATION BISUCCESS The second annual demonstration of the activities of the Physical Educa¬ tion department was held yesterday from 10 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. The pro¬ gram covered the various activities of this department and showed exten¬ sively the work of the boys’ and girls’ gym classes. The first event was a grand pro¬ cessional march led by the P. H. S. band, under the direction of H. H. Parker, member of the music depart¬ ment. Next the pledge of allegiance was given, and “The Star Spangled Banner” was sung, after which the boys’ yel Headers led the entire stu¬ dent body in the school songs and yells. The boys then gave a mimetic football drill while the girls gave a gymnastic drill with pom-poms ,a ten¬ nis drill, and rythmics. Display No. 2 consisted of aquatics by the boys and corrective exercises and games by the girls’ corrective gym classes. Display No. 3 was the girls’ com¬ petitive drill in order movements, marching and tactics, girls’ gymnastic apparatus work, and athletic games. A play, “The Big Idea,” was given in the auditorium at 1:30. New Gym Floor to Have a “Kick” That the floor of the new boys’ gymnasium, which has been under construction for the past month, will be of the new elastic style was decid¬ ed at a recent meeting of the Board of Education. P. H. S. will be the first high school to have the new kind of floor. The idea has been tried out and used successfully at Stanford University. The elastic style of floor in gyms greatly eases the work and adds to the enjoyment of indoor athletics. The undertaking will undoubtedly prove satisfactory. Work on the new boys’ structure is progressing rapidly and it is expected that the gym will be ready for use be¬ fore summer vacation arrives. Teacher — “If a cat in a well climbs up two feet and falls back one, how long will it take her to get out?” Son of an ..Efficiency Expert — “I have little or no interest in such a I cat.” SCHOOL HEADS TO HOLD CONVENTION AT PASADENA HIGH Reporters for the P. H. S. CHRON¬ ICLE will be given a chance to get some real experience when 600 Cali¬ fornia High School principals hold their seventh annual convention here, April 10 to 14. All activities of the convention are to be covered by the journalism students. Such a chance as this will come only once in a lifetime to many of the re¬ porters, so they are preparing to make the best of it. Besides having their stories printed in the Pasadena daily papers, they may get the thrill of having their stories sent over some of the main press wires of the United States. Of course not all the stories will get on the wire, but some of the best ones may. The details of the convention have been worked out by Principal William F. Ewing, and Albert C. Olney, state Commissioner of Secondary Educa¬ tion. Mr. Ewing stated that the first meeting is to be a gbneral session Monday afternoon, April 10, afternoon and evening. Another general ses¬ sion is scheduled for Tuesday morn¬ ing, and the first section meeting will be on Tuesday. The general sessions are open to the public. They are to be held in the P. H. S. auditorium, while others will be at the Hotel Green. The programst»of the public meetings are to be madems ^attractive as possible, and yet befiielpful in solv¬ ing the educational problems of Cali¬ fornia high schools. Besides lectures on present day topics by noted speak¬ ers and educators, there will be enough musical numbers to satisfy any one. One of the most important topics to be discussed is the need and useful¬ ness of junior high schools. This is a local question to all Pasadenans and should be very interesting. Other vi¬ tal subjects, that are to be brought up are Rural Schools, Junior Colleges, Town Schools, and Physical Educa¬ tion. Pasadena High School is exception¬ ally well located for a convention of this kind, because Pasadena is in the front with' its fine educational system and sufficient hotel accommodations, and second because of the fact that the leading scientists of the United States have settled here along with two world famous institutions, Mount Wilson Observatory and the Cali¬ fornia Institute of Technology. STUDENT BODY PRESI¬ DENTS FROM L. A. HIGH SCHOOLS CONVENE The next meeting of the Student Body Presidents’ Forum will be held at Pasadena the last week in April. The president of the Student Body from Manual Arts, Lincoln ,L. A., Poly, Jefferson, Hollywood and Frank¬ lin high schools will be invited. Every month these high school of¬ ficials meet at one of the schools to discuss matters of high school inter¬ est. An assembly program is gener¬ ally held in their honor and a luncheon served. Pasadena was elected president of the Forum last December and her meeting should have come in January, but owing to the elections and semes¬ ter examinations, this was impossible, so Hollywood held the meeting. Helen Jackson represented Pasadena at this time. AT LAST! THE PLUNGE IS FILLED WITH WATER Ever since last December when some one pulled the stopper out, the school swimming tank has been as dry as the Los Angeles river, but now it is full of the aqueous element again. Last Monday an excited throng wit¬ nessed the great influx of sky-brew and thereupon caused a great number of searchers for misplaced bathing suits. Because of the misplacedness of these suits there were compara¬ tively few swimmers in Tuesday. The pool was opened, primarily be¬ cause of the field day aquatic pro¬ gram. Now that the cold weather is over (ahem) there will probably be a crowd of fishes splashing around every day. Annual Spring Flower Show This Month The twenty- third Annual Spring Flower Show of the Pasadena Horti¬ cultural Society will be held on April 20th, 21st, and 22nd, at the Hotel Maryland. One of the chief exhibits every year is the High School entry, but so far, no one has entered anything. The committee urges all students who have plants they have raised them¬ selves to give notice as soon as pos¬ sible as the entries must be in the hands of the secretary of the Society a short time before the event. The High School committee chosen to receive the exhibits of students con¬ sists of Harold Shield , Richard Thorne, Chester Corry, Herbert Mc- Dade, and Wilhelm Madsen. The exhibits open to the high school students are as follows: Class 1. Collection of potted plants, flowering and foliage. First prize ,$6.00, second prize, $4.00. Class 2. Potted plant specimen, first prize, $1.00. Class 3. Vase of cut flowers. First prize, 50c. Class 4. Best vase of bulbous flowers, first prize 50c. Class 5. Native flowers collection. First prize $6.00, second prize $4.00, third prize $2.00. Class 6. Best floral basket. First prize $3.00, second prize $2.00, third prize $1.00. Class 7. Collection of vegetables (limited to six kinds) First prize $5.00, second prize $3.00. NEW FORM OF LIBRARY WORK FOR YOUNG MEN In order to have librarians for the large technical and bank libraries, young men are being trained for these positions. , This work has formerly been done by women, but now there are large possibilities along this line in store for high school boys. Miss R. A. Waring, assistant librar¬ ian of the High School library, has re¬ cently received from the American Li¬ brary Association, a number of pam¬ phlets and other information pertain¬ ing to this subject, which she has posted on the library bulletin. Those interested may obtain further information by consulting Miss War¬ ing. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS CODE OF MORALS? A prize of $10,000 offered by an un¬ named citizen of Chicago through the National Educational Association to the person compiling the best “code of morals” to be taught in elementary schools was won by Dr. William J. Hutchins, president of Berea College, Kentucky. Dr. Hutchins’ article is called “The Code of a Good American.” The fol¬ lowing are a few of the characteristics of the good American boy or girl, as set down in the code: The good American takes such food, sleep and exercise as will keep him or her in perfect health. Is self-reliant — not afraid of being laughed at, or of doing right when the crowd does wrong, since fear never made a good American. Does promptly what he or she has promised. Plays fair; does not cheat or play for keeps; in team games plays not for him or herself but for the glory of the team and the school; is a good loser. Is not satisfied with doing work that is slipshod or merely passable. . Bears no spites or grudges. Does not think himself or herself above an¬ other boy or girl who may be of a different race or color or may have fewer advantages. Is loyal to family, school, city, state and nation, and to humanity. Tries to help the friendly relations of our country with every other coun¬ try, and to give everyone the best pos¬ sible chance. He: I’m going to sue my English teacher for libel.” She: “What for?” He: “She wrote on my English pa¬ per ‘You have bad relatives and an¬ tecedents.” CAL 1ECH. 10 BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC INSPECT! SAT. An opportunity that has been closed to the public for the last four years is again open. It comes in the form of a two-day program in which Cal. Tech, will be thrown open to the public. Anybody who is at all interested may go. over there during the days specified and in¬ spect the equipment and laboratories. The date this year is March 31 and April 1, today and Saturday. Not only will the buildings be open to all, but also the apparatus within them will be explained. A light lunch will be served Saturday and a baseball game between “Calteck” and another team of the conference league will be played. Although Cal. Tech, is a college for men only, all girls who are interested in science are invited. Dr. Millikan will speak and explain the different parts and uses of each apparatus in the new Norman Bridge laboratory that has attracted such widespread at¬ tention in the scientific world. The object of this day is to attract the boys who are planning to go to college, to look over Cal. Tech, ad un¬ derstand why it is sucji a fine school and why such a high scholastic rating is held. NEW TEACHER TAKES THURSTON’S CLASSES F. L. Th'orston, who was head of the Commercial department and Iwho. is leaving school, is to be succeeded in his work as department head by J. A. Anderson, head of the В. H. S. bank. While all of Mr. Thurston’s, .classes are to be taken by a new member of the faculty, R. H. Wardall , govern¬ ment civil service worker, who has been organizing educational work. Mr. Thurston and Mr. Anderson , eaqh had three classes. Besides tak¬ ing all of Mr. Thurston’s classes, Mr; W ardell is relieving Mr. 1 Anderson of his 4th period class in order to give the new department head time for his bank and department Work. Mr. An¬ derson will continue his work as head of the bank. THE LOST AND FOUND DEPARTMENT THRIVES What is the largest department in Pasadena High School? Why, the lost and found department. In fact it is so large that the Board of Edu¬ cation may have to think about build¬ ing a warehouse in which to store all of the misplaced articles. Miss Lucy H. Spaulding, of the at¬ tendance department, holds the posi¬ tion as head of the lost and found. The only necessary requirement to become a member of this department is to lose yourself. You do not even need to be a human being. You may be anything from a mousetrap to a pairmiteens. Even lip sticks are elig¬ ible to become members. Perhaps you know some of those enrolled. Here is a list of a fraction¬ al part of one percent: Aprons, belts, coats, caps, combs, dresses, glasses, gloves, keys, knives, lip sticks, (the more lost the better, comment by bov staff member) pocket books, pencils, pens, pins, rulers, sweaters, scarfs, balls, shoes, scissors, tennis rackets and balls, umbrellas, vanity cases, watchfobs, and a handsome Ingersol watch. The book tribe has many represen¬ tatives including everything from “Gutnar Son of a Pig” to “Crabb’s English Synonymes.” If the names of any of your friends appear above, drop around and claim them. MR HILL RETURNS Murray G. Hill, a member of the English department, who was hurt on November 17, from a fall on the Mt. Wilson trail, visited school last Wed¬ nesday. He expects to return to resume his duties next week.