Pasadena Chronicle, May 01, 1918

SENIOR Play will be greatest ever. Get pasteboards while there's a chance. «га? оззавьйвйаа** VOL. VII— NO. Ш- W PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, MAY 1, 1918, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. PRICE 5 CENTS. BULLDOGS WMSTATETITLE SOPHS ARE VICTOR! M THRIFT $ SENIORS WILL К Eld DAY OH MAY SEVENTH Seniors Left Behind in High Finance of Other Classes SOPHS SURPRISE ALL Big Subscriptions Features of Last Week of Thrift Drive BULLETIN Tuesday April 30, 2 P. M. With two hours more of the campaign to run the totals for Pasadena High School’s big Thrift Drive stood as follows: Sophs $753.33 Jun. Sen. $199.59 $.35.78 648.20 1005.27 150.94 1289.46 1080.75 87.42 Fresh April 26th. $184.49 April 29 $661.97 April 30 $889.45 Total $3843.64. $4278.84 $4057.77 $2391.21 Grand Total for Drive $15397.68. The Sophomores were holding a lead of $200 over their nearest rivals and seemed sure to hold their lead to the finish. Tuesday, April 30 — 4 P.M. — Final re¬ urns of the Big Thrift Drive gives he following totals: Sophomores £4278.84. Juniors $4141,77; Fresh- nen $3843.64; Seniors $2391.21. To- al for drive — $14,825.34. May Frolic Will Be Held for Dignified Order Next Tuesday Wheel They’re coming down the home stretch neck and neck. That is the Soph's, Juniors and FTeshmen are. The Seniors seem to have col¬ lapsed somewhere down the road and are running a fast race with them¬ selves for last place. The final drive for the pole in the “get-to-Berlin-first” Thrift Stamp campaign has been full of the wildest excitement and compe¬ tition has been so close that no class has known whether they were In first or last place. -One thing is certain; all dope has been spilled all over the race track and the predictions of the would-be prophets have been upset just as fast as they were made. Just one week ago it seemed as if the Seniors had the race practically cinched, while the poor Sophs, trail¬ ing far behind, were regarded as completely and finally out of it. What a change! At the present writing the Sophs have dashed to the lead close¬ ly persued by their fellow underclass¬ men while the worthy Seniors are oc¬ cupying the position lately vacated by them. The Seniors are still scratch ing their heads in a fruitless enedav- or to figure out how it all happened. The Sophomores after lagging behind since the beginning of the campaign suddenly uncovered seven hundred dollars and jumped from fourth to first place in a single day. Whether they discovered a millionaire in their ranks or not nobody knows, hut they got the money just the same. Previous to that event, the Seniors and Freshmen took turns at dlsnlacing ing each other in the premier position with the Juniors running a poor third. Friday the big Sophomore subscrip¬ tion came which brought their total up to twenty one hundred dollars while the Seniors and Freshmen were about two hundred dollars behind. But over the week end the biggest surprise of all was sprung when the three lower classes amassed huge, subscriptions ranging from seven hundred dollars for the Sophs to well over a thousand for the Juniors. This is the most remarkable stroke since the campaign was started and the members and officials of the three classes are to be congratulated on their energetic and succssful efforts. May seventh has just about as much hilarity and joy connected with it as June fourteenth for it will effect every person at P. H. S., but especial¬ ly the Seniors. This day has been set aside by the authorities and those in charge as one which can long he held in the memory of every Senior, se¬ date or other wise. From some of the plans one would think that the ma¬ jority were mostly otherwise, but you never can tell about them, es¬ pecially with the class officers in charge most anything might happen. The whole day will be one grand May Festival and unless another earth quake or more dress problems arise or something else as terrible this will be the Seniors’ Big day. As the Sen¬ ior class officers can only talk with their mouths shut, very little of the details of the Festival was extracted but enough was found out to make any Senior wear a superior grin till then. The program is as follows. A May Frolic is to he held on the front lawn during the assembly per¬ iod. A May pole is to be erected around which the Frolic will center unless opposition is raised by the Girls in the Program In the evening, preceeding the play, as a midnight spread seemed unsuitable there is to he a regular Senior Feed. This is to take place in the hack yard and a dandy menu is planned. This is to be strictly for the Seniors and should he supported by every loyal member. For the more particular members of the class it might he well to say that this affair is to he a full fledged banquet with all the necessary re¬ quirements, such as entertainment, fun, the right company, good moon etc. SALVAGE DRIVE NETS MUCH RUBBER FOR P. H. S. WARWORK FUND Salvage Day last Thursday net¬ ted practically 1500 lbs., of good rubber. Virginia Jacobs was the commandant of the day and is very pleased with the showing the high school made. The win¬ ning classes this week are: Majors Chas. Prickett, 237C, Selma Hoff, |G; Elliot Rhodes 223C; Arthur Pickett, 127C; Hel- Davis, 132C. First Lieutenants Winifred Wallace, 215 C. Second Lieutenants Ari Alcorn, 137C; Irena Ewing, 15C; Grace McLamore 124C. The bottle sorting has now been comleted for which the sal¬ vage committee is duly thankful and all the books are finally ar¬ ranged for. MAY THRIFT CONTEST IS STUDENTS ENJOY PEPPY IN ASSEMBLY Glee Clubs and Prof. Paul¬ son Are Features on Snappy Program NEW PLAN For the May Thrift Contest the High School is to be organized under the government War Savings plan and each of the four classes will become a separate War Savings society with a charter from the United States Treasury department and the mem¬ bers enrolled and pledged. The same plan of organization as heretofore will continue during May and the contest will be among the squads within the classes, and among the four classes. OBJECTS: To get as many stu¬ dents as possible to save by the Thrift Card method, to get as many new Thrift Cards as possible started during the month, and to encourage I P. H. S. students to keep on saving. I SCORING: Per cent of class mem¬ bers owning Thrift Cards, points,!. 00 Per cent of class members buying Thrift Cards during May, points, 100 Highest total amount of savings during May points . 100 Perfect score points . 300 Last Friday the whole school parti¬ cipated in the Patriotic assembly which took place instead of the regu¬ lar patriotic lesson. The combined glee clubs sang the Star Spangled Banner and were joined by the audi¬ ence. t Sergeant Stears then explained in a very sincere manner the varied pro¬ gram which is dealt out to the sol¬ diers at Camp Kearny. The whole camp life from the recruiting office where the raw soldier is fitted out without measurement, to the games they play in their leisure hours. Among the games the Sergeant said that leap frog and Ring Around Rosy were the commonest because they were so simple hut football, baseball and bollyball also had their support¬ ers. He also told of the long hikes they take and the sham battles they fight and hpw the enemy Is slain by just saying “you’re dead.” Some peo¬ ple might think there would he an argument as to who said it first, hut to meet this contingency an umpire and referee is provided. Professor Paulison the blind pian¬ ist was the next on the program and played two wonderful pieces which he composed himself. The first one he had composed for the Red Cross and it was certainly a god one, if it could be judged by the applause it received. The second one he called “Over The Top” because he wanted it to put lots of pep into the hoys gbing over the top. He was applauded so long that he had to come out again, when he played “Keep The Home Fires Burning. The second encore he played was, “My Rosary” which he enterpreted very well. The program was then ended by the Glee club which sang “The Battle Hymn of Th Republic.” PASADENA TRACK SQUAD IS WINNER Paddock Wins 100 and 220 With Little Competition; Shlaudcman,Fouche,Lee Show Up Well; Kenny Saunders Cops Half Results of Last Weelfs JVorJ^ In Sport Drive Another big “sport week” has. just passed into history at Pasade¬ na. The results of this second spring sport drive are as follows: Track — Pasadena team of ten men takes California State Interscho¬ lastic Tracik Title by scoring 25 points in the meet held at Sacramen¬ to. Tennis — Lyle Hackney of Pasadena wins Southern California In- ' terscholastic Singles Title in tournament held at Y. M. C. A.. Swimming — Pasadena mermen allow Venice only one first place in swim meet last Friday night. Baseball— P. H. . baseball teambreaks losing streak by defeating Hollywood 8 to 6 in City League game. SENIOR CLASS OF 1918 TO STAGE ANNUAL PLAY BY ANITA SCOTT “Only one week more,” the expec¬ tant Seniors murmer, as they survey the gay posters advertising the “Ser¬ vant in the House,” to be produced in a blaze of “first night” splendor on Tuesday evening, May 7th. “Only a week,” the hard-working cast echoes as they re-doubled theire f- forts to bring the play up to its final point of finished professionalism. Ev¬ ery member of the cast thinks, eats, talks, and sleeps with the all-im¬ portant play uppermost in their minds. It may have cost them weeks of nerve-racking concentration, days of determined digging-in, and per¬ haps, even a few moments of anticipa¬ tory stage fright; but all this will have been completely forgotten when they taste the joys of the “success | that is sweet.” The “Servant in the House” is more ! than a play — it is a drama with a 1 deep underlying spiritual fountain, ; the brotherly love that each man should feel for his neighbor. And yet, despite this serious theme the play is replete with spiritual passages in which the cleverest of conversation¬ al situations are to be found. The atmosphere of the play is de¬ cidedly out of the ordinary. There is a slight tinge of mysticism through¬ out, heightened by the solemnity- of the most dramatic scenes. The au¬ dience can not fail to be enthralled with the swift strong action of the play from the very rising of the cur¬ tain, as the plot is one of absorbing interest. . .«*• The leading part of Manson calls for an actor of instinctive genius, one who can really grasp a big idea and then — more important — “get it over the footlights.” No one who has seen Frank Blauvelt’s forceful work in' minor dramatic productions at P. H. S. can doubt his ability to do this. He is ideally cast as the “Servant.” A no less important role is taken by Frederick Cohn as Robert the Drainman. Mr. Cohn,, as the crude, uncultured laboring man with some¬ thing fine and true beneath his rough exterior, gives a splendid characteri¬ zation. The part of the vicar, harassed by a thousand cares and worries will be handled by Thomas Iiams in his us¬ ual skillful manner. This part was originally given to Irye Townsend, hut owing to a too heavy course, he was forced to abandon it. Mr. Iiams has- made a thorough study ef the play and his wide dramatic exper¬ ience should he of great value to him. him. His wife is played by Marie John¬ son. Miss Johnson is one of the few. girls who can do big things. She can do ingenue roles but she prefers tfie harder heavier parts that call for an unlimited capacity for emotion. Her work as the Vicar’s, wife will .be an¬ other of her many "triumphs. Mary, the Vicar’s niece will be ta¬ ken by Margaret Davis. Here is a delightful character for Miss Davis to play, as the sweet unsophisticated maid, with high ideals and a bound¬ less faith in fairy tales and wishes. Those who remember the charming “Memory” she made on English Night, will look forward to again seeing her in a congenial role. The Most Reverend Lord Bishop < * Lancashire, James f onsonby Ma:: shyfte D. O. is all that the name im¬ plies and more. Edw.a Mitchell gives a simply supurb piece of acting af the half blind, half ceaf yet wlr> v scheming clergyman and he fun о jh- es the ricnest of burnt rous speed _s throughout. His ludicrous manner¬ isms make even i - stony-hearted cast break down and laugh and this after weeks of strenuous rehearsing Finally Rogers the page boy, not a minor part in any sense of the word, is to be enacted by Kellogg Krebs, P. H. S.’ energetic yell leaer who is scarcely to be recognized in the awk¬ ward blundering servant Jad with his fully aroused yet totally unsatisfied curiosity. Mr. Krebs proves his ver¬ satility by giving an excellent per¬ formance. The cast has been praised, not from a sense of duty, nor form a laud¬ able desire to boost the Senior class and the Senior play, hut simply .be¬ cause their unbounded enthusiasm to make the play a success, their untir¬ ing efforts toward that end, and the absolute excellence of tlieir work de¬ mand it. A favored few have been admitted -to rehearsals — among them worthwhile critics. Their verdict has been unanimous. The work of the cast is perfect. It is professional. : To Miss Sterling thfee-fourths of the encouragement, the admiration and the praise must go, hut her re¬ ward is to come and it Is only a week away. Tuesday evening May 7th will be a memorable occasion for the players, the producer, and for the Senior class. i By AL WESSON j “PASADENA WINS STATE MEET WITH 25 POINTS!” That | was the joyful message telegraphed down to the hopeful P. H. j S- track fans last Saturday afternoon by Captain Bob Shlaude- man immediately at the close of the State Championship track > and field meet held at Sacramento. The meet was one grand cinch for Coach Main’s athletes from the beginning. The Pasa denans jumped into the lead at the first race and not once were they in danger of losing it. The final score gave Pasadena 25 points, San Bernardino 18, Fresno 15, and Manual Arts 12, About twenty other struggling prep squads split the remainder of the points. Good marks were made in all events and the day’s work of I the two hundred high school Hercules’ brought the ruin of four 1 records which have withstood similar attacks for several ye.ars- Of Pasadena’s digits, Paddock loped off with ten in the sprints, ■Saunders negotiated the 880 in the remarkable time of 2:2:4 .bringing home five more, while Shlaudeman, Fouche, and Lee leach took three. The relay team minus the services of Chas. i Paddock sneaked off with the twenty-fifth tally. By placing in eight out of fifteen events, the Pasadena track- sters proved beyond a doubt that they were the best in the state. The big margin by which Coach Main’s tribe of spikesters copped the title proved conclusively that the P. H. S. squad is not a one-man team, but a real all-round championship aggrega¬ tion. Prom the first race to the relay, the meet was all Pasadena. Two other southern schools, San Bernardino and Manual Arts, finished second and third. The schools of the northern bay, and central sections were completely outclassed, the Southern Cali¬ fornia athletes easily copping the majority of the points. Coal- inga, last year’s state champs, secured a total of four points. . . One of the fastest races of the day was the 440 when Schiller of Poly pfigh broke the state interscholastic record with the time of 49 3-5 seconds. Dennon of Bakersfield almost heaved the javelin out of the state fair grounds, being credited with 164 feet, 3 inches, which beats the former record by a mere ten feet. Rice, a husky youth hailing from Compton, Cal., had his name placed on the list of record-wreckers by establishing a new mark of 16 flat in the high hurdles. The fourth record to fall was the high jump mark of 5 feet, 9 1-2 inches. “Brick” Muller upheld the honor of San Diego High by nosing out Lee with the height of 5 feet, 11 3-8 inches. seconds is close to the state record and heats his own record mark set in the city meet by almost two sec¬ onds. Donned with his aviating togs, Lee proceeded to do such neat high jump¬ ing that only Muller’s record-smasher Charles Paddock started the drive to the championship by loafing j through a 100 yards in the first race | of the day. His time was 10:2, which i for Chas. would he called a joke. Cook j and Woods repeated the performance | given in the Southern Cal., by placing second and third respectively. Cook I seems to have a habit of finishing j about four yards behind the Pasade- . nan every time he runs against him in the century. The half mile run was one of the prettiest races of the day. After tear- ■ ing off a fast 440, Kenny Saunders sprinted out into t he lead towards •■the end of the race and ; for a time seemed to have the event | cinched. However, Young, of Bakers¬ field High, came through with a fast sprint and it was thought for a few seconds that he would succeed in catching the fleet Pasadenan, put could heat him. Lee’s long hours of practice showed their results and for the second time this season he beat out Draper of San Bernardino, who was considered for a time , to be the best in the south in the aerial event. Just as everyone said he would do, and just as he has done for the last two years, Chas. Paddock, he of the . calloused chest from breaking4 so many tapes, romped down 220 yards for another five points. Paddock won so easily that it seemed almost a crime to let him run against his op¬ ponents. Hendrixon from Chino, a hamlet situated somewhere in South- TCenny was not dead yet, and al- i ern California, did his best to make though he did not have much wind left, he had plenty of nerve, and ran the Bakerfield man off his legs, flnal- that village known to the sportlovlng public by pulling down second honors. Phantom” Fouche, the modest, re¬ ly winning with several yards to- I tiring individual from P. H. S. who spare. His time of 2 minutes 2 4-5 (Continued on page 4)