Pasadena Chronicle, May 08, 1918

LET ’er go! Election a week from Friday. Rah for Tammany. I к'Ш I I INIw NEARLY FROZENS to perform again Thurs¬ day. Redondo is next swimming team victim. sncesiE£3& VOL. УП— NO. 12. PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, MAY 8, 1918, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. PRICE 5 CENTS. Р.ИШгаммож га* TO PRESENT Pasadena High School Or¬ chestra to Play in Fri¬ day Assembly SALVAGE METAL DRIVE Three Lieutenant - Colonels Now Among Salvage Leaders BIG MUSICAL EVENT Harold Smythe to Be Solo¬ ist; Prof.' Parker to Be Director The greatest musical treat of the year is to he extended to P. H. S. stu¬ dents this Friday. The Pasadena High School orchestra 'will present a pro¬ gram both varied and interesting. As an added feature several former stu¬ dents who have since become famous in musical circles have been secured to assist as soloists and piano con¬ certo by Harold Smyth promises to he the most worth while event of the program. Mr. Smyth is well known in the local music world and was select¬ ed last year to play with the Los An¬ geles Symphony orchestra. This con¬ certo not only demonstrates the abil¬ ity of the performer, as is the main object of this type of musical compo¬ sition, but it pleases the audience as well. The other solo numbers will he a cello and clarinet duet by Mrs. Par¬ ker and Mr. Johnston, and a cornet solo by Harold Gockly Vesper. The program as a whole is pleasing entertaining and educational. The pro¬ gram complete is as follows. Overture “Italians in Algiers.... . . . Rossini Cornet Solo, Fantasie and Varia:- tions on “Acteon”. . Auber-Arban Howard G. Vesper Sixth Symphony . Haydn Andante Duet for Clarinet and Cello “Serenade” . Muller Mr. Johnston and Mrs. Parker. Selection from “La Traviata” Verdi Concerto in G Minor for Piano. . . Mendelssohn Presto Molto Allegro e vivace. Mr. Smythe Wedding March from "The Rat- charmer of Hamelin” . .Nessler Not in vain has the Girl’s League sent forth the cry “Rags, Bottles and Sacks” P. H. S. has responded nobly to the call for salvage and the things brought in so far have been very Joy¬ fully received by the salvage commit¬ tee. Last week the drive was for metal, and the articles unearthed for this caused ranged all the way from alarm clocks to rusty stoves. Some energet¬ ic students (and these were not all boys either) came in machines laden with all manner of old wash tubs, boilers, stoves and other like articles. So much salvage was brought in as a result of this drive that the commit¬ tee has not yet had timie to weigh it all and estimate the value of the amounts of the different metals. The promotions for this week are as follows; Elliott Rhodes, tieut. Col. 202C, Charles Pricfkett, Lieut. Colonel, 239C, Selma Hoff, iLeut. Colonel, 1G, Jack Hosford, First Lieut, 103 Hel¬ en Davis, Lieut. Colonel, 132C, Arthur Pickett, Lieut. Colonel 127C. Fannie Boyd, Second Lieut. 108A, Grace Mc- Lemore, First Lieut. 124C. Esther Olsen, First Lieut. 220C William Ol¬ sen, First Lieut. 223C. Ш0В~РШ1Ю1 sums of 111 at SEES 1ШШЕ SLIDES The Latin club held a meeting in 200C during the assembly period on Tuesday, April 30th. The program was to be given by the Junior Latin classes and a very good entertain¬ ment from Shakespeare’s Julius Sea- sar was planned. But on account of the sickness of several of the lead¬ ing characters thisp rogram was post¬ poned to a later date. Instead of the play some very interesting slides were shown and carefully explained by Elmo Bandbury. The slides were about Roman houses and excavations and were thoroughly enoyed by all present. STUDENT BODY SOON TO ELECT 1919 Primary Election for Com¬ missioners to Take Place Next Week Pasadena High School Be¬ comes Center of Po¬ litical Melee P. H. S. seems unusually quiet just at present, but the serene and digni¬ fied atmosphere of the school is mere¬ ly the calm before the storm. Begin¬ ning this week candidates for next year’s student body commission will start their campaigns, and between the speeches of enthusiastic managers and supporters and the signing of pe¬ titions with the consequent hullabaloo, P. H. S. will be full of new life. The primaries will be held a week from Friday. Candidates for the com¬ mission must have at least fifty peti¬ tions signed within a week and give them to Lerey Watson, student body clerk. The final election will be a week after the primaries. In previous years the vote at the primaries has been exceedingly small in proportion to then umber of student body members. Last year the vote was the largest ever in the primaries, and from present indications, the interest alrady shown will bring the vote up to a much larger count NEW CONSTITUTION IS PROPOSED FOR P.H.S. STUDENT BODY GOVT. Newv Const itution to Unify Classes and Student Body New Committee System; Commission Power Unchanged; Semester Elections Thru GIRLS BRAVE WETNESS OF P. H. S. POOL IN PARTY ENGINEERS HAVE 1 MOVIE ASSEMBLY The Engineers’ Club and the Com¬ mercial club were treated to an in¬ teresting and entertaining movie at their last mteting. On account of the illness of Russ Johnson, president of the Commercial club, President Mit- chel of the Engineers’ Club presided. The objtct of the show was to fa¬ miliarize the members with the prac¬ tical construction of ships and pro¬ gress of war work. One film gave the history of shipbuilding from the tree in the forest to tht finished pro¬ duct. Another showed how big shells are manufactured. At the close of these reels, thrte or four animated cartoons were enjoyed. Tuesday evening, May the 7th has come and gone and another class play play has seen the light of day and be¬ come a thing of history. “The Servant In The House” though highly adver¬ tised beforehand proved a wonderful surprise to every one concerned. The splendid cast outdid itself. Miss Ster¬ ling realized that the actors were ex¬ ceeding her most ambitious expecta tions. And for the vast audience, it hung breathlessly upon every word. From the rising of the curtain and Kellogg Kreb’s inimitably accented “Arsking your pardon, Mr. Manson” to the electrically dramatic close, “In God’s name, your brother” the play was a series of triumphs for every member of the cast. The audience was held spellbound by the beauty and majesty of the scenes and fre¬ quent chuckles and not a few tears demonstrated the power of the actor to play upon the emotions. Frank Blauvelt as Manson the servant raised the art of dramatics to the topmost notch by his supurb in¬ terpretation of the role. His make-up was an artistic masterpiece and his facial expressions were marvelous' in their effectiveness. Most.important of all he put over an incredibly hard characterization with finished ease and assurance. Frederick Cohn had one of the most difficult parts in the entire play, as Robert the Drainman, and he carried it off in a manner worthy of a profes¬ sional veteran. Pasadena’s most con¬ spicuous Beau Brummel was scarcely recognizable in his “camouflage” of a rough laborer, but there was nothing hidden about his talent which was enthusiastically acknowledged by the audience. - , Marie Johnson as Auntie and Thom¬ as Iiams as the Vicar her husband carried off high honors by the realism and power of their performance. Both had had a wide range of dra¬ matic experience and clearly showed it by their perfect stage presence. Edwin Mitchell as th pompous Bish¬ op was the of the life- play, as regards rich unconscious humor. His absurd drawl and still more absurd facial contortions were greeted with peals of laughter. Mr. Mitchell certainly has a future before him as a character actor. Was the Girl’s League party a suc¬ cess? From all view-points it was de¬ cidedly, for starting at three o’clock in the afternoon with swimming the party continued through a picnic sup¬ per topped with an evening of enter¬ tainment. Friday marked the girls’ first chance at the plunge and they cer¬ tainly made the most of it. For two solid hours they swam, sunk, dived and floated in the briny eight-foot deep, preparing a huge appetite for the picnic supper that followed. Each girl brought a contribution for the supper so there was an abundance for all without exceeding the food reg¬ ulations. One can imagine the magni¬ tude of the party when it is known that five hundred girls were present. After their supper the girls ad¬ journed to Music Hall where an ex¬ tensive program awaited them. “Pup¬ py Love” proved to be the allegorical title of the first skit given by Dott Russelle and Frances Hall. These two represented a little boy and girl who were trying ,to imitate their grown-up brother and sister. It is needless to say that Miss Russelle and Miss Hall did not have to go far from home to Student Body Organization - New System 1. FINANCE DEPARTMENT A. Commissioner of Finance B. Committee of Finance Composed of four class treasurers and Faculty Fi¬ nance Advisor. 2. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT A. Commissioner of Athletics B. Committee of Athletics Composed of four specially elected class representa¬ tives of the four classes and the Faculty Athletic Ad¬ visor (Football coach.) 3. DEBATING DEPARTMENT A. Commissioner of Debating B. Committee of Debating. Composed of the four class presidents and the Faculty Debating Advisor (Debating Coach). 4. PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT A. Commissioner of Publications B. Committee of Publications Composed of Chronicle Editor, Item Editor, Chronicle- Item Manager, Chronicle Managing Editor and Faculty Publications Advisor. 5. PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT A. Commissioner of Public Welfare Also Ex officio president of Girls’ League. B. Committee of Public Welfare. Composed of the four class vice-presidents and the Faculty Welfare Advisor. NOTE 1- The Commissioners of the different depart¬ ments are chairmen of their respective departmental com¬ mittees. NOTE 2. The faculty advisor has no vote. Initiative Petitions for Con¬ stitution Out Today; 15% of Student Body Needed ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW SYSTEM The Student Body and the Classes are bound together. Through the new Committee Sys-. .tern each class will be directly con-, nected with four of the Student Body departments. The representa¬ tives to the committees elected by th classes themselves will have a part in the actual government of the school. As the Committee members are responsible to their classes each class will have a direct share in the legislative work of the en¬ tire school. The Committee system does not weaken the power of the Commis¬ sioners. They still hold complete control of the executive department and practical control of all legisla¬ tion. Entire Student Body participates di- DEFECTS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM classes and get material for this skit for P. H. S. rectly in government. MANY BONDS SOLD LOS ANGELES: The sale of Lib- Angeles High School amounts to $9,- 700. Ten thousand has been set as the mark. abounds in it. Another skit was given ; of similar title by Elizabeth Allen j and Louise Hala “When Love is ■ Young” roved to be every bit as good as “Puppy Love.” Tevilla Rurlburt | contributed with a charming vocal j solo and Helen Brown gave a humor- , ous reading, “A Matrimonial Contro- i versy.” Next who should come ! marching in but Dorothy Vance and I Middy Girls. These girls, big, fat, | small, thin, and tall gave a burlesque j on next year at P. H. S. The program j closed with a reading, Pink . Rosebud,” given Feiner. A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE PASADENA: Manual Arts has at¬ tempted to add another laurel to their meagre collection by claiming to ex¬ cell in a new line. The following is taken from the Weekly: “Girls, here’s one for you! It has recently been said officially by one who knows that the Manual girls are the prettiest to be found anywhere! Don’t rush the mir¬ ror too fast, girls! One at a time!” We wonder if said official ever made a visit to the Crown City. Possi¬ ble solutions: — Said official has never been outside of the city of Kokomo; injury ’somewhere’ in blindness from birth. Through the posting of all ordi¬ nances, the opening of the Commis¬ sion records to the public view, the increased number of public officers, the frequent use of the referendum provided by the new Constitution, and the frequent elections, every student will continually be brought face to fade with school problems and school politics. Just as the gov¬ ernment of the United States is an open book so will be the government of the Student Body. The Little i School leaders and experienced suc- by Dorothy cessors will be edveloped. The training afforded the twenty- five Committee members will make them familiar with all phases of Stu¬ dent Body government and thereby logical successors to outgoing Com¬ missioners. The school will have four men who are familiar with the .workings of each departmlent In¬ stead of none. New constitution is modernized ver¬ sion of the present one. .posed new Co.nstitution reorganizes the powers of. the different commis¬ sioners to conform with the system now in use. It brings Pasadena High Sdhool’s student government up to date. France; or ■ Constitution provides for semester I Continued to Page 3. No connection between Student Body. Under the present system the classes are absolutely independent of the Student Body, it is as if the citizens of the United States elect¬ ed five men out of the whole coun¬ try, gave them absolute power to govern the nation, and then forgot them completely, while each state governed itself. There must be something to bind state and nation together, hence the representative system. The four classes are the four states of Pasadena High School. They have a right to direct repre¬ sentation on the legislative body of the school at least. Students get no experience out of self government. The purpose of self-government in the high school is to train the students in the rights and duties of citizenship. Under the present sys¬ tem at Pasadena only the five Com¬ missioners and possibly ten other clerks and managers get any exper¬ ience from Student Body govern¬ ment. The average student pays his Student Body dues and votes at Stu¬ dent Body elections but knows abso¬ lutely nothing of the actual admin¬ istration of the Student organiza¬ tion. The Pasadena students should take more part in Student Body government else they are not self- governing. They should have a chance to solve a few of the prob¬ lems of government and of citizen¬ ship. No school leaders developed — New commjission is always Inexperienced. Under thep resent system but five school leaders are developed yearly and they are all Seniors. The Junior class has no trained men to succeed the outgoing commission. Each com¬ mission must start at the bottom again. A progressive organization must always have men capable of step¬ ping Into any breach without retard¬ ing the work of the whole machine. A progressive organization develops Continued to Page 3 After many months of gradual awakening by the students to the glaring defects in the present Student Body government system the objec¬ tions finally have come to a head In ; the proposal of a new and in some ways revolutionary constitution for : consideration at the Student Body primaries next week. If this proposed Constitution is adopted it will pro¬ vide for the creation of an entirely new branch of the school legislative department, institute the semester basis for all elections and terms of office make the Commissioner of Pub¬ lic Welfare ex-offiicio president of the Girls’ League and execute several oth¬ er changes in the student self-gov¬ ernment of Pasadena High School. The constitution is designed to link up class and Student Body into one unit and to provide for a much more active participation of every Student Body member in the government of the school. According to the constitution now In force a petition of not less than 15 per cent of the members of the entire Stu¬ dent Body must he presented to the Board of Commissioners in order that the proposed Constitution shall appear on the primary election ballot next week. Initiative petitions will be in circulation throughout the school to¬ day in order to obtain the required number of signaures. The petitions do not in any way obligate the signer to vote for the adoption of the new Con¬ stitution but merely provide for such a vote by the Student Body. If the re¬ quired number is secured, and then the Constitution is adopted by a ma¬ jority vote at the primaries it will not become effective until September 1918 but all Commissioners elected this spring will serve only for the semester term ending in February 1919. The new constitution does not change in any way the offices of the five Commissioners and will not affect the coming elections as to candidates or positions to be filled. Another feature of the proposed Constitution is the optional clause which makes it possible to adopt the Constitution with or without provision for the payment of Student Body dues Many have felt that Student Body dues should he abolished and this will give them a chance to vote upon the matter. The constitution will be sub¬ mitted to the voters with or without the Student Body due provision and the adoption of the constitution will not be effected by the vote on this particular clause. The proposed new constitution reorganizes the powers of the diff¬ erent commissioners to conform with the system! now in use. It brings Pasadena High School’s ’student government up to date. The complete proposed sonstitution is printed below. In it all changes from present constitution are printed in boldface type so that the reforms will be easily evident. The constitu¬ tion as printed below contains the no-Student Body due clause, the op¬ tional being the clause now in force in the present constitution. The pro¬ posed Constitution is as follows: PROPOSED CONSTITUTION FOR THE PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY ARTICLE I Name and Purpose Section 1. This organization shall be known as thei Pasadena High School Student Body. Section 2. The object of this organ¬ ization shall be to control all school activities which relate to the student body as a whole and to support school spirit. School spirit shall be understood to include not only liberal support of all activities, but everything which tends to maintain and promote the interest and good name of the school. ARTICLE II Membership Continued on Page 2.