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- Pasadena Chronicle, May 08, 1919
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Pasadena Chronicle, May 08, 1919
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CIRCU8!
Grand, Glorious, Stu¬
pendous, Glltering, Mag¬
nificent, Inspiring.
CIRCUS!
T Mystery,
Magnificence,
1, Grandeur,
Wonderful-
fe ness, with
Peanuts.
Vol. DL— NO. 4.
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, MAY 8, 1919. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
PRICE FIVE CENm
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Pasadena High School Cir¬
cus to Be Great
Event
AT P.H.S. FAIRGROUND
Great, Glittering, Glorious,
Gorgeous, Inspiring Show
to Be Staged
The
oj; the
posters
By LUC1LE WALLACE
why and wherefore of
lemon and cherry colored
which have made their appearance in
the main halls of this noble institu¬
tion will be easily comprehended once
the word CIRCUS is mentioned. Yes,
indeed, this is to be one grand, glori¬
ous and gala affair, something new,
strange and startling for Pasadena
High School. The purpose of all this
hilarity is to replenish the Student
Body Fund which has become sadly
lacking in quantity since such harm¬
less pastimes as football, pay assem¬
blies and the like have been put on
the casualty lists.
Be it known by way of a little
competition and friendl| rivalry that
Pasadena’s rivals-by-the-sea, stanch
Green and Gold,
CIRCUS
BY U-KNOW-ME-AL
Abounding in heart-throbbing thrills, awe-inspiring
spectacles, amazing, dashing, daring deeds that make
the hair cur-r-r-l and blood fr-r-reeze, the grand,
glorious, gorgeous, glaring, glittering, dazzling, scin¬
tillating Pasadena High School Cir-Kus will be held in
the near future.
Have you a weak heart? You have? Then keep
away from this grand, august, imposing, awe-inspiring,
terrific scene of majestic, brilliant, awfu I magnificence.
Would your tranquility suffer to the extent of a
shaky knee if forty-six masked burglars stepped out
from behind a telephone pole at midnight and demanded
your life, wife, or some other non-essential? It would?
Then don’t go near this abstruse, cabalistic, enigmatical,
incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, transcen¬
dental, unfathomable, mystic realm of the unknown.
Would you lose control of your emotions for the
time being at the beaning of a faculty member? You
would? Then beware or you’ll rue, bemoan, regret, la¬
ment, grieve, deplore, and bewail the day and hour you
attended this radiant, sparking, mystifying, dark, deep
affair. For it will make you rise with joy, sink with
sorrow, laugh with delight, cringe with mystery, cry out
in rapture, and bawl because you have to go home.
Again! what is the name of this affair of ecstasy,
mystery, effulgence, darkness? Ladies and cadets, it
is the P. H. S. Circus spelled with a capital double — S.
supporters of the
had such a Circus in the past decade
which turned out to be a “howling
success," netting them a nice little
sum in four figures. If P.H.S. with
her superior talent (in the clown
line at least) cannot put over a more
successful Circus than Long Beach all
claims for various Championships will
be recalled and deep mourning will be
the latest vogue.
The place of the Circus is the P.
H. S. Park Fair Grounds in the rear
of the school where the canvas tents
and the flaming flags and so forth
ad infinitem will reign supreme. The
time fa set for the sixteenth of May
and if all the animals arrive from
South Africa and the Hula Hula
Dancers land in San Pedro from Ha¬
waii in time, besides many clown and
other eircus paraphernalia necessary
to guarantee success, the date will re¬
main unchanged.
Ae to the things which will go to
make *p the Circus — much as yet is
to be left to the imagination, and it is
impossible to gain any information
even by the wildest stretch of a j
Freshman's imagination. About some j
JAZZIEST ASSEMBLY OF SENIOR CLASS PLAY
YEAR HELED AT WILL BE
МАСКАП
“MATER”
Noise, Loud, Plentiful, and
Enthusiastic Rrings
in the Air
An assembly was held Wednesday,
April 30th for the purpose of arousing
a little enthusiasm for the Poly High
swimming meet and the Hollywood vs.
Pasadena baseball game, and judging
from all that was seen and heard the
object was most successfully accom¬
plished.
The boys’ band furnished snappy
music and Yell-Leader Dean Ireland
aroused a little competition by having
each class from the wee Freshmen
up to the husky Seniors (or more
I technically speaking, from the Fresh¬
men down to the Seniors) see how
Cast Is Picked for Big An¬
nual Senior Class
Play
of the blood curdling side shows and
aide splitting performances, a little ! ^ —
■ - -
•••■« л<!
j sreat a volume of noise they could
will he told for the enlightenment of j
the students. Just imagine (if possible)
a picture gallery, hall of fame effect
of the faculty members of this temple
of knowledge drawn by a famous car¬
toonist. The price of admission is
worth a single glance at each or every
one (apologies to Mr. Lee Davis).
And prospective teachers should look
twice at these sad resultfe before tak¬
ing the desperate dive.
Come and see the Tallest Man in
America and the „«Shortest Woman
from Anywhere. The tent had to be
built around this man, as «it would be
impossible to get him through the
door. The woman has been sent by
parcel post, registered, by a friend of
the English department of P. H. S.,
namely a Mr. Gulliver, who picked up
the woman or rather saw her
through a microscope while he was
traveling through Lilliput. He has
also sent some other very interest¬
ing things in the pigmy line which
are keeping the managers busy pre¬
serving them from the terrible tread j
of the multitude.
Then there is Welch, the wrestler,
a new curiosity from Australia, never
seen in America before. This animal
is very hard to tame and as yet has
not been allowed outside the cage.
However, a new cage had to be bought
because the Welch specimen had
eaten half through the iron cage in
which it was shipped. The timid
Freshman need not be afraid to come
for fear of Welch escaping, as the
alarm gong will be handy and three
bells will bring the keeper.
The clowns are another attraction
Here will be found all the notable
downs in the world, all together and
in fine working order. The managers
guarantee that the clowns will make
anyone laugh, even— but it wouldn’t
as a class.
The various distinguished baseball
stars told the stock line concerning
the crowd they wanted to see at the
game and truthfully predicted the
downfall of Hollywood before the P.
H. S. team. A1 Wesson told of a
new species of mammal which has
been developed at P.H.S. , namely, the
P.H.S. water-bulldog, and announced
the swimming meet to be held with
Los Angeles Poly High the following
Friday.
Royal Wilke, a former P.H.S. stu¬
dent and athletic star, who has re¬
cently returned from service with the
aviation section overseas, gave a
rousing talk on loyalty. He empha-
sied the fact that those who were
loyal to their school were loyal to
their business and to their country in
later years.
be polite to mention names. The
j Freshmen and even th’e Sophomores j
are liable to find fellow sufferers
among the clowns, so any expecting
| to make a life work of acting foolish
should be present.
The greatest event of the day in
come people’s eyes is the stunt by
Mr. Wilson, principal of the High
School. This is absolutely unique,
individual, and alone worth the price
of a ticket. The faculty are also go¬
ing to stage a side show that will
make many a student open his eyes
and wonder if the stern teachers
could come down from their dignity in
such a manner.
These are only a few of the attrac¬
tions to be be had at this wonderful
CIRCUS. Next week more secrets
will be divulged and in the meantime
SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR THE
CIRCUS.
At last the much despaired of and
longed loked for Senior Class play
has put in an appearance and the cast
is chosen. However shaky the pros¬
pects for “just such” may have been
in the past the future now holds all
sorts of promises of good things to
come. With the capable cast hard at
work there’s no telling what surprises
will be sprung on the audience on the
evening of May 23.
The play chosen after much con¬
sideration ■ is Percy Mackaye’s
“Mater.” Ever heard of Mr. Mackaye?
He’s not as unknown as this display
of ignorance might indicate, for his
plays have all made a big hit in Eng¬
land before they have been produced
in this country. He is one of the
really popular modern playrights who
knows how to write things that aren’t
a bore. For the lovers of Greek trag¬
edy this announcement will be the
cause of the proverbial "weeping,
walling and gnashing of teeth” and
loss of hair by the handful for
“Mater” is an example of how much
real peppy comedy can be crammed
into a three-act play.
Rehearsals have begun in dead
earnest and soon there will be more
to be said about the “remarkable
character portrayal,” et cetera (you
know.)
At any rate all signs point toward
fair and warmer with Kate Heffner
in the title role, Lois Austin as Mary
the charming young daughter (who is
kissed on page nine), Kenneth Taber
as Rudolph (who does the kissing),
Glen Balch, the politician and thrill¬
ing lover, and Albert Greenstreet,
Mater’s own son.
Tickets will be on sale in the near
future and it’s rumored that popular
prices will prevail, so the most broke
person in the school will have a
chance to see this example of
and gladness.
SOPHS CELEBRATE
* WITH BIG LEAGUE
PARTY
Soph Social Affair Is Grand
Success From Start
to Finish
Skits, Jazz, and Other At¬
tractions Feature Big
Event
joy
it
kiss
be — er —
on your
Ced Tarr— “Would
proper if 1 placed a
hand?”
Peg McDonald — "I think it would be
entirely out of place.”
“Women arec lose and stingy,”
We are told, and it may be no lie.
But if they are pretty
’Twere not such a pity —
“The closer the better,” say I.
W|as it a success? It certainly was.
After much changing of the date and
various other important items the
Sophomore Party is finally a thing of
the past. Unlike the Freshman Party
given last year by the same class,
ice cream cones and all-day suckers
and other infantile feeds were not in¬
cluded in the list of refreshments,
which were perfectly delicious, thanks
to Beatrice Williams, chairman of the
Refreshment Committee.
Rebecca Ireland, vice-president of
the class' and the famous Social Com-
mittee, consisting of Beatrice Wil¬
liams, Dorothy Ball, Elmer House,
Miles Cobb and Gibspn Benandan
through their industrious efforts wer
able to produce a program that is
expected to go down in school his¬
tory The Juniors and Seniors ^re
.№ to testify to
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of
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program, as they bargained long and
hard for the use of the origina
таи
Zt skit liven ky
and Raymond Price, which brought
forth roars of mirth and joy
the audience. Raymonds hula hula
dance and Gibson’s interpretation of
“Oh Helen” were more than appre
dated. Orin Cramer gave a scream¬
ingly funny dialect reading which
was thoroughly enjoyed.
“The Officer’s Glove,” a delightful
military play, written and directed by
Harold Archibald, was the mam feat¬
ure of the Assembly Hall program.
The story deals with a German spy
plot with the usual stolen plans and
the final discovery of the villians.
The spy, Captain Early, and his wife.
Gretchen Early, were well played by
Harold Archibald and Helen Hook-
way. Carol Whlnnery and Norma
Keech gave some very good acting m
their roles; Fred Sheldon, Robert
Pvle and Earl Cairns were all very
realistic. Others in the cast were
Brenton Metzler, Tobby Baker, Beans
Brown Ruth Short, John Small,
Gretchen Kayser, Susan Brown. Betty
McKinlock, and Mary Grier.
A burlesque on Shakespeare s
Julius Caesar was extremely humor¬
ous if not entirely “high brow.
Thomas Payne, a noted Shakespearan
reader, was able to give a few short
minutes of his valuable time to ente
tain the fortunate ones present.
After the downstairs program was
enjoyed the guests ascended to the
upper regions, i. e„ the old library,
which had been daintly decorated in
the various rainbow hues of spring
where seated at the tables they par
took of the nectar and ambrosia set
before their hungry eyes. The Sop
jazz was presented to the class and
some real peppy pieces were played
as an introduction. These ^er
forth peals of applause and further
demands for more. A daintily d
lightful Maypole dance was given by
S * Harlan
»«* »-
Wells, and Beans Brown
all apropriately clad in »
garments of spring time design.
A real fortune teller was not the
least attraction of the evening, Madam
Baschanio was announced to the
wildly excited crowd who were soo
Го
know their futures which were in
some cases a bit wild.
As the ban has been placed on
dancing of any kind
«
many lovely numbers which were to
have been given were forced to ab¬
dicate early in their career.
“I want to be excused,” said a wor¬
ried looking juryman, addressing the
judge. “I owe a man ten dollars, and
as he is leaving for a post abroad to
he gone some years I want to catch
him before he gets on hoard and pay
the ten dollars. It may be my last
chance.”
"Yon are excused,” returned His
Honor in icy terms. “I don’t want
anybody on the jury who can lie like
that."
BULLETIN
Students who
have jolnied the
Pasadena High
School War Sav¬
ings Society are
urged to fulfill
their pledges reg-
larly. Several are
letting their
pledges get be¬
hind and are re¬
quested to fulfill them as soon as pos¬
sible.
BULLETIN
Chronicle Annual tickets go on
sale today and will be sold for
the next week at the pergola at
noon and after school. The
tickets are one dollar apiece and
can be bought any day.
BULLETIN
The Circus Committees Chairmen
are as follows:
General Manager — Frank Blauvelt.
Parade Manager — Loren Ryder.
Chairman Programs — Frank
Wright.
Athletics — Carl Steel, Tom Payne.
Skits — Jerry Boltinghouse.
Side Shows — Fred Neilson.
Music — Stafford Saddler.
Clowns — Lowell Trautman.
Business — Glen Balch.
Advertisement — Howard Morgan, Al
Wesson.
Tickets — Harold Sloan.
Construction — Felix Welch.
Animals — Marie Blick.
Girls’ Activities — Alice Blick.
Barkers — Ralph Randle.
Side Show Tickets — Stewart. Beltz.
Curios — Don McCoy.
Fortunes — Audrey Koiner.
Race Events — Laddy Janes.
Eats — Marjory Test.
Drill — Winslow.
Senior Tug of War — Jack Ewing.
Junior Tug of War — Ed Braley.
CAMERA DAY TO
BE HELD AGAIN
TO GET PICTURES
Another Camera Day Will Be Held
Tomorrow;
О
for the Sun
to Shine!
An Englishman will tell you hug¬
ging is ’armless. I’ll say it’s ’armful.
You ail know the old, well-
known avdertisement, “It’s not a
Kodak, unless it’s an Eastman.”
Although Eastmans are included
in the invitation they needn't
have a monopoly as next Friday,
May 9, all devotees of photog¬
raphy are cordially requested to
toto along with them their trusty
“black boxes.” In other words,
next Friday, May 9, will be P.H.S.
Kodak Day, a popular and well-
known event in school life. In
order to secure some “peppy”
pictures for the Chronicle Annual,
which is soon to make its appear¬
ance, this chance is given to all
who are able to beg, borrow or
steal a camera to take pictures
of their friends and send them
into the Chronicle office where an
inventory will be taken and the
best ones printed eventually.
An announcement was made
last week scheduling Friday, May
2, as Kodak Day, but the combina¬
tion of a cloudy day and the prep¬
arations for coming class parties
made it impossible for the day to
be a success, hence the duplicate
advertisement.
SENIORS, JUNIORS
UNITE IN Rffi
PARTY
Most Successful Party
Етег
Is Given at Club
House
LIVELY SKITS GIVEN
Many New Features Make
Upperclass Party Big
Success
GIRLS' LEAGUE GIVES P.-T.
A. PROGRAM
TODAY
Skits and Songs Will Be Delivered to
* Fond Parents and Less
Fond Teachers
Today -certainl^. is a gala day for
the Girls’ “Leaguers.” This after¬
noon the League has charge of the
program for the Parent-Teachers’ As¬
sociation meeting which is to be held
in the Music Hall. Two very clever
skits will he staged by well-known
local lights and Isabelle Smith will
delight the fond mammas and stern
teachers with several vocal selec¬
tions. The officers of the League
will speak telling the parents of the
work being done by the League.
By DOTT RUSSELL
Soft, dreamy, syncopated notes,
ever-changing into those irresistible
jazzy fox trots; the gay orange and
subdued blues in the futuristic deco¬
rations4; and the dim, indistinct elec¬
tric clusters elevated each and every,
individual and collective, member of
the Junior and Senior classes into
the ninety-nine and <a ninth degree
of unadulterated bliss.
That Jazz Band with its creepy,
rythmic beats was almost the Water¬
loo of any angelic students, but it
seemed extremely covetous of its
power and talent as it only opened
and closed the program, playing occa¬
sionally between numbers. “Out of
the East” and “I’m Forever Blowing
Bubbles” put the jazz quartet, Isabelle
Smith, Kenny Taber, Melville Lemon
and Felix Welch, on a new planet
not even approached by aeroplane.
Quiet, unassuming Cinderels and
Cinderellas are often discovered un¬
der the most peculiar and extraor¬
dinary vircumstances. So it was that
Carle Steele and Bobbie Reitzell be¬
came famous over night. (This does
not necessarily signify that they will
appear in a Rolls-Royce and reside at
the Alexandria.) As acrobats they are
unsurpassable and really performed
some peculiarily difficult feats. Hunt¬
er Howe as their exaggerated shadow
was screamingly funny. From all over
over the house little giggles of ap¬
preciative glee repeatedly burst forth
at his imitations of the stars.
One-act plays are always in vogue,
but for some accountable reason “His
Second Girl” caused the mpst sophis¬
ticated to smile and sympathize un¬
reservedly. Dorothy Finer succeeded
in running off with a whole carload
of hearts as the map-cap eousin-
maid. She was so dainty and lovable
that it was not altogether strange
that all of “Ranny’s” friends impat¬
iently waited for opportunity to tell
her the “new, new story.” ft is
unkind and embarrassing to mention
the fact that every member of the
more interesting sex stole wistful
and partially veiled glances at the
chivalrous Randolph— Frank Wright
His brutal treatment of his former
fiancee, Edythe King, did not even
lessen the admiration of any soft¬
hearted creatures. Edythe acted
well; was proud and haughty by
turns and succeeded in the difficult
art of speaking a line while her
mother,* Dorothy Vance, was in the
room.
To know Dorothy, one would scarce¬
ly picture her portraying the role of
the designing mother, hut she por¬
trayed Mrs. Dangerfield to perfection.
Gerry Boltinghouse as Biaisdell, the
incorrible, expostulated in stentorian
tones, striving to get an audience, but
even the gentle-hearted Sally rebuked
him. Cedric Tarr, “Mark,” was prop-
erly bashful and strove to be every¬
one’s peacemaker.
Isabelle Smith, in her Indian
maiden’s costume carried everyone
back to the days of Hiawatha and hie
people. The atmosphere and her
lovely voice charmed everyone in
"From the Land of the Sky Blue
Waters.”
Those four genuine Pasadena Ha-
wiians, in their ice-cream tronsers
and . orange neck bands, the large
teasing moon in the moon, and the
smooth strumming of the ukes, made
Gerry Boltinghouse, “Stew” Beltz
and Kenny Taber idolized.
“What have you under there’”
"Under where?” Will you ever for¬
get those two excruceatingly funny
twins, Benny and Price, their mode
of entry and exit, their songs and
costumes?
Those “Scandalous Twins,” Mayfair
Murphy and Frances McLaughlin,
were more than shocking. They had
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