Pasadena Chronicle, May 05, 1922

VOL. XIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, MAY 5, 1922 No. 80 IRDINANCES PASSED BY COMMISSIONERS WILL TAKE EFFECT Measure to Keep Main Corridor Clear at Noon Period is Drawn Up TO BE ENFORCED MONDAY Hundred Per Cent. Vote Is An¬ ticipated at Future Student Elections In passing two important ordinan¬ ces for the welfare of the school the Student Body Commissioners are ap¬ pealing to the students and faculty to assist in carrying out the newly form¬ ed measures. For some time the conduct of the students in the main hall has been one of the main worries of the Adminis¬ tration and student body officials so in an executive session of the Commis¬ sioners last week the following ordi¬ nance was passed. Ordinance I Clearing of the Corridors at Noon The hall shall be kept clear at noon. The Commissioners shall designate ex¬ ceptions to this rule and provide the necessary means of enforcement of this ordinance. Violaters of this measure shall receive demerits at the discrimination of the student council. Reasons for passing such a measure were necessitated by the great noise that arose each noon period making it difficult to transact any business hold meetings, use telephones, and was discourteous to visitors. Benches will be provided for the students on the campus and. the cafe¬ teria will be open all noon time, mak¬ ing it unnecessary for any student to enter the main hall until classes take up. Special permission to use the library will be given those who desire to study. In speaking of the matter Principal Ewing said, “At the present time there are more students in school than ever before. Next year it will be still more crowded, so it is only a question of time until we would have to enforce such a measure, so I am glad the stu¬ dents are taking it up themselves.” To obtain a more representative vote of the student body at the regular elections, a second resolution was passed. Ordinance II Student Body Elections Student Body elections shall take place in the advisory period class¬ rooms. Booths shall be arranged to keep the secrecy of the ballot. Each election booth shall be provided with indelible stamps which shall be at¬ tached to the booths. These stamps shall be used in marking the ballots. For a great many years the com¬ missioners and other student body of¬ ficers have been chosen by a very small majority of the students so with the extension of the advisory period time it is hoped to obtain a hundred per cent. vote. The hall ruling will go into effect next Monday noon and students found in the hall at that time will be given demerits if they are not able to show a written permission. HEDGES ABE CUT FOR FIRE PROTECTION As a result of a request made by the Fire Inspector of Pasadena, the hedges in front of the three main buildings have been cut so as to make it possible for the students to go on the lawn in case of fire. This will en¬ able the firemen to work better with¬ out having the students get in their way. Oaklanders Stage Carnival Presenting a carnival similar to the one given by Pasadena High, the stu¬ dents of University High School, Oak¬ land, cleared $500. Substituting a parade for the main performance, the Oaklanders were able to attract a great deal of attention in the down town section. Each club and class in the school held a side show, these rep¬ resenting different countries such as Hawaii, Arabia, South Sea Islands, China, Sibera, and India. COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ATTRACTION IS “THE GREAT DIVIDE” Tomorrow Night is the Last Chance to See This Fine American Drama “The Great Divide” by William Vaughn Moody, a real American drama which will not quickly fade, but will live as a real classic, is the offer¬ ing of the Pasadena Community play¬ ers during this week, closing tomor¬ row night. ' Although the parts are very difficult to portray, the Community Players have been praised by many as having not only approached but surpassed the larger stock company productions. The effective way in which lights are used to produce the necessary ef¬ fects is a special feature of this pro¬ duction. The scenery also has caused a great deal of comment from artists. It is full of color and carries the latest ideas in effects. Season reservations are honored and tickets can be purchased for re¬ served seats at the playhouse. ’22 ANNUAL TO BE HIGHEST FORM OF B. $. PUBLICATION High Water Mark to be Reached in This Year’s Senior Book TICKETS NOW BEING SOLD A New Cover Design Has Been Originated With Other Features Going! going! gone! Annual tick¬ ets are selling fast. Only 2000 copies will be printed and the price will be not less than $1.50 to non-student body members. For those who are student body members and wish to purchase an extra Annual, special provisions will be made. The 1922 Annual is going to be one of the best ever. A delightful cover scheme has been worked out in gray and crimson with the P. H. S. school seal and the numerals ’22. It will surpass anything that has been at¬ tempted in Annual cover designs in the past. A new scheme has been originated also in the verses appear¬ ing under the graduates’ pictures. They will be the titles of songs, sad, humorous, appropriate or otherwise. The joke section will be larger than ever this year, which announcement undoubtedly will bring joy to the heart of the graduating Senior and There will be a picture and write up of every organized club in the school and a complete dramatic section, well illustrated. It is hoped that the snap-shots will not cause any breach-of-promise suits in P. H. S'.. The shots are snappy ,and for the most part of exceeding in¬ terest. Altogether the Annual prom¬ ises to be one of the best P. H. S. pub¬ lications ever turned out. Frances Wihlon, editor; and Boyd Stephens, managing editor, and their com¬ mittees have worked long and faith¬ fully and deserve the support of the student body. MR. PARKER WILL LOAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS The call is especially urgent for pupils to become interested in orches¬ tral classes now. H. H. Parker, orchestra director, announces that the following instru¬ ments are ready to be loaned to pupils who will learn to play them: 1 clari¬ net, 7 comets, 2 altos, 1 mellophone, 4 slide trombones, 7 tubas, 9 bugles, 1 viola. There will be a few more at the end of the school year. Pupils should begin now, take les¬ sons, and practice during the summer and thereby be ready for the prepar¬ atory band and orchestral classes to be opened by next September. Freshmen are especially urged to take these instruments as they will have more time to make it worth while. All those who are interested should see Mr. Parker in room 401C. First May Day Contest in Pasa¬ dena High is Entered With Much Enthusiasm MAY HAVE IT ANNUALLY Entries are Made by English Classes, Individual Students, and Foreign Born Students If predictions held true, the first May Day floral exhibition that Pasa¬ dena High School held last Monday will not be the last. Much enthusiasm was displayed in the competition. The object of the affair was not to have a flower show merely to show the prettiest flowers, but to judge according to the most artistic arrangement of flowers. More than one hundred entries contributed by the English classes, individual stu¬ dents, and foreign-born students, filled the library tables. Japanese Entry Perhaps one of the most artistic ex¬ hibitions was the Japanese garden which was entered by Japanese stu¬ dents of P. H. S. The details were so cleverly worked out that it caused even a boy to say “Isn’t it just ador¬ able!” This entry received first prize in the foreign-bom students’ exhibi¬ tion. As the event was open to the public, a constant stream of visitors were at school on Monday and Tuesday. The flowers not called for by Wednesday morning were taken to the hospital. The Prizes Awarding the prizes was not an easy matter to decide. Blue and pink ribbons were granted for arrangement for living room to the class of Miss Maude Oliver, first prize; Miss Marion Segner, second prize; Miss Alabaster, third prize. Dining room arrange¬ ment Miss Frazee’s Senior class, first prize ; Miss Dora Atkinson’s class, sec¬ ond prize; Miss Marion Segner’s class, third prize. Wild flowers, Miss Dora Atkinson’s class of girls, first prize; Lorraine Ingraham, second; Miss Ala¬ baster, third. Something out of nothing, Miss At¬ kinson’s class of boys, first prize; Miss Alabaster, second prize; Miss Harriett McClay, third. Foreign bom, artificial garden, first prize; basket of flowers, second. Feature exhibit, grand prize, Miss Frazee’s short story class; honorable mention, Miss Oliver’s football bou¬ quet on table. Six capable judges of Pasadena, most of whom are decorators and de¬ signers, awarded the prizes. Much credit is due to W. F. Ewing, principal, who suggested the idea, Miss Skinner, Miss Holloway, the members of the English department and all who helped. At the sacrifice of valuable time, several Pasadena decorators offered their services to the Student Flower Show, as judges. Those who gave this appreciated service are : Mrs. Mary. T. Cloud, decorator of the Pasadena Presbyterian church; Miss Flora Harper, decorator of the Pasa¬ dena Community Theatre; Miss Jus¬ tine Gilbert, musician and decorator; Miss Jeannette Drake, city librarian; Ernest Batchelder, decorator and de¬ signer; and LeRoy Ely, interior dec¬ orator. The “something out of noth¬ ing” entries presented a way in which the most commop flowers can be made very attractive, when artistically ar¬ ranged. This was arevelation to many P. H. S. students. SENIOR MEETING WAS VERY IMPORTANT ONE Many were the announcements giv¬ en in the Senior meeting which was held Thursday. Miss Ida E. Hawes told of the progress in the plans for Commencement. John A. Anderson, of the Commercial department said that there would be a rush class in typing and short hand open to the Seniors returning next year, and J. P. O’Mara, vice-principal cautioned every one to look out for his credits. Sev¬ eral announcements concerning the Annual and dues were also made. THE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER SESSION COMMENCES ON JUNE 19 Is Always a Fine Opportunity for Students to Make Up Extra Credits Summer school will open the Mon¬ day following the closing of the reg¬ ular semester, and will continue for six weeks until July 28th, according to Wm. F. Ewing, principal. The summer school is an intensive study affair, offering students an op¬ portunity to make up extra credits. Two subjects may be taken, giving one-half credit each. There are two periods, from 8 to 10, and 10 to 12. A tuition fee of $7.50 will be charg¬ ed for each subject. No language or science courses will be offered. The course to be given will be an¬ nounced as soon as the survey of the probable number of students who will attend is made. J. P. O’Mara, vice-principal, will be dean of the summer school. ELECTRICAL WIZARD ENTERTAINS LARGE AUDIENCE TUESDAY Numerous Demonstrations of Use of Electrical Action Given by B. R. Ford WIRELESS STUNTS SHOWN Seemingly Careless Handling of Electricity by Performer Causes Excitement Handling hundreds of thousands of volts as easily as the average person would handle a dry cell, B. R. Ford, inventor and experimenter, furnished a full hour of amusement and enter¬ tainment for the student body last Tuesday. Lighting a candle from the end of his nose and from the tip of his tongue, and a stream of water live with high frequency current, was one of the first things he did. The making of lamp posts out of some of the Freshmen caused considerable ex¬ citement. He gave some of the vol¬ unteers a jolt that they will remember for days to come. He then generated electricity by moving a coil of wire across the magnetic lines of force of the earth. This principle is used in his inven¬ tion of an indicator to tell the direc¬ tion and speed of an air-plane. He gave an illustration of how to make an electric battery by wrapping a penny and a dime in a piece of wet paper. He also illustrated the prin¬ ciple of the thermo-couple. The con¬ vention of light into electricity by the use of the selenium cell was then shown. Mr. Ford also demonstrated the power of a small spark by making a piece of metal on a table jump around when he made this spark many feet away. Numerous wireless experiments were then shown to the audience. He demonstrated how machinery can be controlled by using different lengths of wireless waves. LEAGUE OFFICERS VISIT BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL Visiting Burbank High School last Friday, the officers of the Girls’ League, accompanied by Miss Nellie Greene Clarke, dean of girls, spoke on “Girls’ Organization in P. H. S. Each officer fully explained the work of her department to the mothers and girls assembled. The mothers were so impressed by the way the girls expressed them¬ selves that they later asked them if they were enrolled in a special train¬ ing class for public speaking. Burbank High has just recently or¬ ganized a girls’ league. League is Organized A Students’ Security League has been organized by the students of Hartfort, Conn. High to cope with the school problems of dishonesty and theft. THRILLS A-PLENTY WILL BE INCLUDED IN BIG PINAFORE Tickets Sold at Very Low Prices Making it Possible for Every P. H. S. Student to Attend CAST WORKING VERY HARD Dick Dead Eye and Other Fierce Characters are to Terrorize Their Large Audiences “Swab the deck Dick Deadeye! Heave ho on the sail there you lazy lubbers!” “Aye, aye, Captain Corco¬ ran!” With the good ship Pinafore being shined up for her final inspection to the public on May 12, seagoing ex¬ pressions are now in order. The H. M. S. Pinafore will give the thrill hunters the biggest thrill they ever had, and will satisfy any desire for good rollicking music that any person has. The thrills will be fur¬ nished by terrible Dick Deadeye, alias Russ Parker. The good music comes in throughout the whole presentation, being furnished by the mixed chorus of fifty voices, and the Pasadena High School orchestra. The Cast Ted Novis, as Captain Corcoran, takes the part of the two-fisted cap¬ tain as an old “salt” would. Ralph Rackstraw, otherwise Fred Paul, lends his presence throughout by taking one of the leading parts. Benjamin Far¬ rar, disguised as the Rt. Hon. Sir Jos¬ eph Porter, К. С. B., lives up to his big name by holding down the big role as suitor for Captain Corcoran’s daughter Josephine, none other than Madalyne Richardson; but wait just a minute, that is part of the plot and can only be cleared up by seeing Pina¬ fore. Alice Fletcher, masquerading as Little Buttercup, gets things mixed up by changing; but that is another big secret, and can be uncovered to you only if you are present May 12. “We expect a record-breaking house,” is the prediction made by Abraham Miller, head of the music de¬ partment. “Many people who have seen Pinafore presented before, intend to be present at our performance, be¬ cause of the enjoyment they derived from the songs and well developed plot.” Opinions Miss Cecile Hindman, in charge of the girls in Pinafore, made the follow¬ ing statment when questioned as to how the cast is entering into the spirit, of the presentation, “All of the people are working hard, and are present at all rehearsals. The P. H. S. orchestra is also practicing hard to make the event the biggest of the year.” One of the cast, a silver voiced hero, expressed his opinion in this manner: “Those who see our Pinafore will ap¬ preciate the efforts of the members of the music department to give the stu¬ dents of P. H. S. a high class musical entertainment at very reasonable. prices.” Plans have been made to present two performances. The first will be on Wednesday, May 10, at 3:30, and will be open only to grammar school students. The big performance will come on Friday night, May 12. Tick¬ ets are being sold at the low price of twenty-five and thirty-five cents, mak¬ ing it possible for every person in Pasadena High School to attend. FRESHMEN HOLD MEETING In order to arouse interest for the Sophomore - Freshman debate, the Class of ’25 held a meeting in the " Music hall Wednesday, April 26th. Clara Bardell, a member of the class, was given a prize of a box of candy for making the best poster for the debate. The new yell leaders, Ralph Snyder and Bob Forbes, were introduced and led the class yells. The meeting clos¬ ed with the singing of “Pasadena.” Movies of Corrective Girls Shown in Utah and Washington Pasadena High School’s leadership in a new phase of work will spread into new fields when Dr. Charles Lb- man will show the moving pictures of the Pasadena High School corrective classes at the University of Utah, and also at a convention in Washington, D. C.