Pasadena Chronicle, May 12, 1927

VOL. XVIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927 NO. 28 HUGECHORUS TAKES PART IN CONCERT Students from all Junior High Schools on Stage In Musical Program LargeGrowd Present Auditorium is Packed to Fullest Capacity; John Henry Lyons, Directs National music week was appro¬ priately brought to a close Fri¬ day evening when a music festi¬ val, supervised by the music de¬ partment of the Pasadena city schools, was presented in the Pasadena high school auditorium. An orchestra, composed of 300 of the leading musicians from the elementary, junior high, and senior high schools, and a chorus of more than a thousand voices, pre¬ sented the major part of the pro¬ gram, which, according to musical authorities, was the most success¬ ful musical affair ever presented through the combined efforts of the Pasadena city schools. It may be remembered that last year a similar event, although pre¬ sented on a much smaller scale, was presented in the high school auditorium, and it is hoped that this music festival will become an annual affair in Pasadena, since it serves to develop musical talent as well as being a pleasing enter¬ tainment for the community.. The festival this year was given under the auspices of John Frank¬ lin West, superintendent of public schools, and John Henry Lyons, head of the music department oi the Pasadena city schools, and who is a noted composer and singer as well as an able director. Hubert H. Parker of the Pasadena high school, С. E. Gaylord of John Muir Technical high school, R. B. Lund of McKinley junior high, and Karl A. Kaynor of John Mar¬ shall junior high, were the or¬ chestra directors largely respon¬ sible for the successful and bril¬ liant program presented before an enthusiastic audience which com¬ pletely filled the auditorium. “Send Orrin Earl to Washington!” Old Folks Honored In Sunset Program Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in his hand Who saith, “A whole I planned. Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, Nor be afraid!” — Browning. These words spoken by Geraldine Anderson expressed the spirit of the assemblies on Tuesday when a “Sunset Program” in honor of the forty citizens of Pasadena, all 85 years of age or over, was beauti¬ fully carried out. Students stood in reverence for these men and women nearing the end of the long trail which the pupils of this school are just beginning. In answer to Mr. Ewing’s re¬ quest that they respond to the roll call according to age, the guests stood up and then sat down as their ages were called. “88-89” and still four were standing. “90-91-92-” and there were only four of that group of forty left. “97” and the last lady, Eliza J. Adams, sat down. Now there was only one who remained standing. “98-99-100- 101” and he also sat down accom¬ panied by a thunderstorm of ap¬ plause that swept through the au¬ ditorium. It was an expression of respect to Mr. Galusha Cole. Students dressed in costumes of the Civil War period came on the stage and added to the general at¬ mosphere of days that has passed into the dim mist of yesterday. A (Continued on Page Three) Senior Play Cast Chosen from Class With the exception of the com¬ mencement itself, the senior play ranks foremost among all senior activities. “She Stoops to Con¬ quer,” by Oliver Goldsmith, is this year’s selection. This is one of the three comedies which has endured since the eighteenth cen¬ tury. Mr. Marlow, accompanied by his friend, Hastings, goes to woo a pretty maiden. Although Marlow is a very reserved young gentel- man among women of his own set, among women of another type he is a different man. Knowing of her suitor’s dual personality, Miss Hardcastle prepares to trick him. What happens? If you wish to know, see the play June 9 and 10. At present a first cast and un¬ derstudies have been chosen. The absurd family of Hardcastle will be played by Elizabeth Jackson as Mrs. Hardcastle; Otto Pitcher as Mr. HardcastR; Thelma Kodgers as Miss Hardcastle; and Arthur Weston as Tony Lunpkin. Miss Neville (Ruth Arney) will be courted by Mr. Hastings (Bill Best). The parts of Sir Charles will be acted by Raymond Anger. Diggory (Sidney Ganulin) and the Landlord (Frank Ogburn) help to make the play more humorous. Uunderstudies include Jeannette Hirsch, Ruth Baldwin, D’Arcy Hooper, Ruth Sundbye, James Tracy, Henderson Paulson, Eliza¬ beth McCullough, Bernice Dorman, and Francis Leday. “Send Orrin Earl to Washington!” Jr. Theater Far ty Promises Thrills 1st. Student: “Say — are you going to the Junior Senior Party? 2nd. Student: Why I don’t know. I haven’t ' nade up my mind yet. i 1st. Stu lent: “You’d better go, some of 1he nicest people in the school are going, some of the Sen¬ iors, too.” The Seniors, (most of them are going — the Juniors, also, and the affair promises to be one of the most successful staged this year. The faculty is working evertime in their efforts to put on a three- act minstrel show that will be a credit to P. H. S.. and Mr. Come- Smile. Again, our Journalism shark, Is composing some new classical pieces for the organ. The sight of Rex and Virgil Tru¬ man, cavorting around the stage with the agility and grace of a pair of calves with the sun in their eyes, is one worth seeing, and the famous Discordian quar¬ tette, composed of Pelunis, Van Amringe, Howard and Leberman, are sure of scoring a big hit. All the members of the Boy’s League with the exception Of “Os¬ car” Shove, will be sure to attend as the services of Peggy Mathews, popular entertainment of recent Boy’s League fame, have been se¬ cured for the occasion. She will be accompanied by Bill Hatch ra¬ dio artist of promience. Leon Hammond has brought his orches¬ tra along to fill in vacancies and other things, and will disturb the atmosphere at spasmodic intervals. The picture, “Rookies”, is as good as the vaudeville and will be a decided hit as many of our own students have taken part in it. The leads are taken by Marceline Day, George K. Arthur, and Carl Dane, the latter two recently star¬ ring in “The Big Parade. A Felix comedy will complete the enter¬ tainment and “a good time was had by all”. P.S.. Get your reserved seats free at the Student Body office for the Junior-Senior Party to¬ morrow night 7:30 P. M. “Send Orrin Earl to Washington!” QUILL AND QUESTION HAS THEATER PARTY Last Thursday night, the Quill and Question held a theater party at the Community Playhouse. Ap¬ proximately twenty-five persons at¬ tended and thoroughly enjoyed the program. “Send Orrin Earl to Washington!” Students have W ord Battles According to the schedule ar¬ ranged by the advisory committee under Miss M. E. Davis, many ad¬ visories staged debates last Mon¬ day. Many different subjects were debated upon. Some classes plan¬ ned inter-advisory debates, which proved very interesting. As in the case of Miss Ross’ class, the debates were in a few instances put off until a later date owing to tests. On the whole., however, the debates were held Monday. Next Monday a questionnaire is to be filled out during advisory. “Send Orrin Earl to Washington!” Try-outs for Orators Today Semi-finals of the Littleton Ex¬ temporaneous Speaking Contest will be held this afternoon in 401-c with more than a score of stu¬ dents competing for the honor of being included in the group of eighteen speakers who will be qualified to take part in the finals of the contest. All high school and post graduate students are eligible for competition. The subjects of the three minute speeches will be: Presidential Possibilities, Coolidge and the Third Term, Hoover and Air Control, Mellon and the Sur¬ plus. There will also be some topics on parlimentary law. Three minutes is the time limit. Pasadena Orator Takes First Place W ith Excellent Speech Orrin K. Earl Wins Over All Other Speakers in Exceedingly Keen Competition; Will Speak at Shrine Auditorium Tomorrow Night; Deserves Enthusiastic Support Proving without a doubt that a Pasadena representative can defeat all comers if supported properly, Orrin K. Earl, Pasadena student and prize orator, took first at the group finals held at Roosevelt high school and also won the opportunity of speaking at the Shrine audi¬ torium for higher oratorical honors for himself and distinction for his school. Dale Norman of Santa Paula and July Quist of San Fer¬ nando won second and third re¬ spectively. Much credit is due to Mrs. Irene S. Peters, public speaking coach, for the success that Pasadena has enjoyed in the forensics field. As the writer looks back a few years 'o.i *“*% : school history, he finds there are recorded in its annuals, certain facts and accomplishments that are outstanding. We find that a certain Arthur Syvertson, now in U. S. C. and the champion orator and debater at that school, took his first public speaking les¬ sons from Mrs. Peters. It was due to her coaching that Arthur won the S ' ate Constitutional Contest and a prize of 1500 dollars. The same year a young lady by the name of Euthrates Pashigian took the Southern California champion¬ ship. She was also a pupil of Mrs. Peters. These are but two of many prize orators that she has developed and now another one of her orators is making a name for himself in the field of forensics. It was Mrs. Peters that coached Toshiro Shiminouchi, now in J. C., who made a name for himself as an orator while in high school. We find in our exchanges, a certain, article, that tells of James Denison, former P. H. S. speaker, who took public speaking under Mrs. Peters, who has progressed into the New York state finals of this same con¬ test. It would be quite a coinci¬ dence if Orrin won to-morrow night and James Denison also did the same in New York, then the two would meet at Washington. We don’t know anything about Denison in New York, but we do know that Orrin Earl is going to win if he is properly supported to-morrow night. “Trade in your tickets to the Junior-Senior party for Shrine auditorium tickets and hear our speaker win,” says Stanley Hahn. In order to be sure that all stu¬ dents from Pasadena will be able to get good seats, Mrs. Peters has reserved 300 of the best seats and is willing to give them to any one who is sure that they can attend. It may be interesting to know that San Pedro has asked for 750 seats as has Long Beach and Manual Arts has asked for 1000 seats; so that it is evident that if we want to impress the judges with ap¬ plause every one of the 300 seats must be occupied with Pasadena rooters. There Is no doubt that Orrin has an excellent chance of placing high but we want first place so that he may go to Washington. The com¬ missioner of Girls’ Welfare, Mar¬ garet Jewell, announces the follow¬ ing: “The girls have taken up the slogan, ‘Send Orrin to Washington’ and we shall support him.” May- nor Shove, captain of the track team says, “ ‘Send Orrin to Wash¬ ington’ is also our slogan. Boys, don’t fail to support him.” In speaking of the contest Mrs. Peters made the following state¬ ment, “Orrin Earl has brought great honor to the school and to himself by winning first place in the semi-finals. Senator Shortridge, Dr. E. C. Moore of the U. C. L. A., Dr. Camp¬ bell of U. S. C. , Dr. Millikan of Cal. Tech., and members of the su¬ preme court of Utah, Arizona, and California will be the judges. In honor of the speakers, a lun¬ cheon is being planned at the Am¬ bassador Hotel, Los Angeles, at' noon tomorrow, and Mrs. Peters has been asked to act as hostess of the affair. By defeating speakers that re¬ presented forty-five high schools from all over Southern California, Orrin Earl has won the right to compete for the honor of repre¬ senting the Pacific Southwest in the mammoth National Constitu¬ tional Contest. Speaking on the “Constitution,” Orrin brings out ftiany original and constructive ideas. These ideas have been organized and developed to such an acme of perfection that in the last elimination four out of five judges gave him first place without hesitation. Four paragons of law; four men well-versed in Constitutional history, placed him first above all other contestants. Editorially speaking, would it not be fitting and proper that the Student-body of P. H. S. support Orrin Earl in this enterprise? Give him the opportunity of going to Washington, D. C. and to speak before President Coolidge. You can do it. You! Seniors and Jun¬ iors, set the example. You! Soph¬ omores, here is your opportunity to show if you have , instilled in >ou, the traditional Bulldog spirit and loyalty to your school represen¬ tative. When the P.H.S. representative is delivering his oration do not ap¬ plaud because he only has 10 min¬ utes to speak in. When he sits down, shake the rafters with your acclamation. To accomplish this feat, there must be 300 students at the Shirne auditorium tomorrow night. Are YOU going? Mrs. Helen M. Stone, chairman of the forensics committee, has ar¬ ranged to charter a bus to take the students to the contest if en¬ ough people sign up for it. The notice is on the bulletin board just opposite the Student body offee. The Boys’ and Girls’ Welfare commissioners have announced that they have adopted the slogan, “Send Orrin Earl to Washington” and that they will do their best to fill the section reserved for Pasadena. “It can be done” so let us “achieve the honorable” by sup¬ porting our Bulldog representa¬ tive, Orrin K. Earl Jr. Boys Hold Clean Speech Week Here “Wham! Crash! Biff! We’ll teach you how to talk, etc., etc.” This and many other ejaculations have been heard from various members of our school during this past week. Why? Oh, it’s Clean Speech Week, and everybody is soaking or getting soared ir ne, or even she, 'uses even the slight¬ est phrase of profanity. Several of our most prominent students declare that their arms will be in slings before the week is over. It is even rumored that even some members of the fair sex have several dark bruises on their arms. No one has been able to discover any marks on our faculty members as yet, but then they don’t go around with their sleeves rolled up. Clean Speech We.ek was origi¬ nated last year by Laddie Spell¬ man, ex -commissioner of Boys’ Welfare, and our present com¬ missioner Maynor Shove, has seen fit to continue this precedent.. He said, that so far, the fellows have shown real P. H. S. spirit and that in the same co-operation from the Boys’ League is shown in the future, there will be no cause for complaint. P. S. — We might suggest that no one ask Stan Hahn or Don McKenney why their arms are so reddish blue, because it might be embarrassing to the poor boys. “Send Orrin Earl to Washington!” Uncle Sam Offers Fnjoyable Vacation Come on, fellows, let’s go. Heres a chance to have a real vacation and to also learn a great deal all at the expense of the U. S. Government. The war depart¬ ment is offering to every man from the age of 17 to 31, who is physically fit and of good moral character, a chance to attend this camp. The government will pay all expenses to and from the camp, and will also provide board, lodg¬ ing, expert medical attention, un¬ iforms, equipment, arms and laun¬ dry while at the camp. The purpose of the camp is to bring together men of high type and to teach them the privileges, duties and responsibilities of American citizenship, to develop the physical standard of American youth through participation in military exercises; athletic games and sports, conducted under expert directors.. This year there are two camps that applicants in Los Angeles may attend, one at Ft. McArthur and one at Del Monte. Fort McArthur, at Point Firmin in San Pedro, is one of the mod¬ ern fortifications of the army and is an ideal location for a training camp. The other camp, at Del Monte will give the same courses only in field artillery. This year the camp officials have arranged with the various high schools so that one month at the camp will give high school students one fourth of a credit to¬ ward graduation. Another fea¬ ture of the camps are that among the students that attend Ft. Mc¬ Arthur, the high point man will receive a two year scholarship for the Army and Naval academy of San Diego, while the high point man at Del Monte will receive a scholarship to U. S. C. Any other information and app¬ lication blanks can be obtained from Captain Paul Maxey in room 6 G. “Send Orrin Earl to Washington!” FRENCH CLASS WILL PRESENT NATIVE PLAY Miss Isabelle Cass’s fifth period 12th year French class is prepar- in “La Poudre Aux Yeux” to be presented at a future meeting of Le Cercle Francais. “Send Orrin Earl to Washington!” ‘ANNUAL’ WILL BE OUT JUNE THIRD Practically All Sections Are Complete; Staff and Shop Force Working Hard Many New Features Colored Plates and Special Press Work Will Beautify This Year’s Volume If present plans materialize, the Annual will be ready for distribu¬ tion on June 3, two weeks before school closes. In order to accomplish this early distribution, the staff under the supervision of Miss Gladys Snyder, is concentrating all ef¬ forts upon completing the few selections which have not yet gone to press. The theme of the 1927 Annual is to remain a secret, but the idea is so original that it has been copyrighted. Another feature of the year¬ book is the colored plates. In previous years only a one colored plate has been used for the front- piece; this year, however, a four color plate for both the frontis¬ piece and cover will be used. The early distribution is going to be an experiment at Pasadena. It has been the usual custom to give out the Annuals on the last day of school, but this year with special permission from the ad¬ ministration, the staff will try the new system. Those on the Annual staff are; Frances McNeil, Editor; Mara Larson, Associate Editor; Albert Stockdale, Art Editor; Carl Cart¬ wright, Art; Dorothy Seymour, Seniors; Susanna Yeo, Faculty; Helen Gilliland, Literary; Herbert Merris, Athletics; Marion Barrett, School Life; Frances Alderman, Music; Grace Speicher, Forensics; Alberta Twitchell, Girls’ Athletics; Helen Rich, Drama; Dorothy Reed, Humor; Dorothy O’Brien, Kodaks; Geraldine Anderson, Seniors; Clar¬ ice Padgett, Art; Philip Day, Kodaks; Philip Pratt, Athletics; John Nord, Athletics; Marjorie Hansen, Organizations; Eunice Wright, Typist; Philip Ormsby, Athletics. “Send Orrin Earl to Washington!” Noted Orchestra At Graauation One of the finest orchestras in the country, the Women’s Sym- I phony orchestra of Los Angeles, is to furnish the incidental music and accompany the class songs at the commencement exercises on June 17. This orchestra is one of the largest organizations in Southern California and consists of eighty pieces. It is under the direction of Henry Schoenfeld who is well known in musical circles as a director of unusual ability. The music that has been select¬ ed is varied in character, ranging from a lively ganotte, through lifting waltzes to rousing patriotic numbers at the conclusion of the program. The theme of the commencement is to be “Springtime and Youth.” It is in three beautiful parts, the first the awakening of the cherry blossoms. Springtime in Japan, the second awakening of the roses, Springtime in Pasadena, while the third part represents the glorious awarkening of Youth, Springtime the world over. Three groups of songs are to be sung in connection with this beautiful pageant. The first, is a double male quarete which will sing a medley of rose songs. Their group will include the Tournament of Rose Association prize ong, “Roses are in Bloom,” .written by Mrs. Carrie Jacobs Bond. After the rose girls ap- ( Continued on Page Three)