Pasadena Chronicle, May 14, 1925

“BEAT LONG BEACH” TOMORROW' SUPPORT SWIMMING SATURDAY VOL. XVI PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, MAY 14, 1925 NO. 29 BOYS’ LEAGUE ID STAGE PROGRAM Well-Known Cauldron Club of Pasadena to Sponsor High- - Class Funny Entertainment FRIDAY, MAY 22, IS DATE Proceeds to Go to Injured Athletes’ Fund Which is at Low Ebb this Year Friday evening, May 22, is the date set for the first entertain¬ ment ever given by the Boys’ League of Pasadena High School. In order to insure a funny, peppy, and high-class entertainment, the Boys’ League officers have secured the Cauldron Club, which, is well known in Pasadena. “Every boy in the school ought to come to this entertainment,” • says Ted Hambrook, president of the Boys’ League. This is not only the first big entertainment ever put on by the Boys’ League, but the proceeds this time will go to the injured athletes’ fund, which must be enlarged. This fund is used for all medical supplies and services used by the school teams as well as assisting injured athletes in paying then- doctor bills. Due to the lack of student body funds this year, and also rather serious injuries to several athletes, the fund is now $175.00 short. Since girls’ athletics, as well as boys’ athletics is aided by this fund, both girls and boys should see this enter¬ tainment, so that the school may do' its duty in providing adequate : medical attention for its athletes. However, not only are the pro¬ ceeds of this entertainment going to a worthy object, but the enter¬ tainment itself promises to be one of the best that has ever been put on at P. H. S. for a long time. All three sections of the Cauldron Club will contribute to the pro¬ gram. The Cauldron Players, or dramatic section, will appear in a one-act play. The Cauldron Sym¬ phony orchestra, Max Donner, con¬ ductor, and the Cauldron Singers, winners of the Eisteddfod con¬ test with Roy Rhodes directing, will furnish a varied musical pro¬ gram. Tickets will be fifty cents each, no reserved seats, and may be pro- i cured at the Student Body office, Hunter and Williams, Vroman’s j Book Store, or from members of ! the Cauldron Club. HONOR SOCIETY TO GO TO CATALINA The Honor Society will go to Catalina Island for its semester excursion on May 22. This deci¬ sion was reached at an interesting meeting held May 7. Cars will leave the Pacific Elec¬ tric station at 8:30 A. M. and will arrive at Wilmington at 10:30 A. M. The boat, “Catalina,” will reach the island in time for lunch. The students will be free to do as they please. Although no de¬ finite plans have been made, a hike is being organized for those who wish to go. Swimming, and trips on the glass bottom boats and speed boats will also be in order. Some students are planning to lunch at the St. Catherine Hotel. The price for the meal will be $1.25. The boat will leave for home at 3:30 P. M., and students are urged to be at the landing in plenty of time. Tickets will be sold in the ticket office beginning next Mon¬ day;. The fare will be $3.05 and will include both carfare and boat- fare. Last year’s excursion was to Catalina. The vote for the same trip this year was unanimous. At the Annual Mother and Son banquet of the Hi-Y, held Tuesday at the Y. M. C. A. a fine program was enjoyed. Miss Miller Speaks to Civics Classes SENIOR PLAY CAST SELECTS ITS CHARACTER LEADS FOR “THE RIVALS” Several hundred Junior College and high school students, members of the jrolitieal science and civic classes of the P. H. S. Social Science department were present at a very fascinating talk given by Eleanor Miller, assembly woman from the 67th district, last Monday morning during third period in 200-C. Miss Miller also spoke on some phases of state government. Among other things, she explain¬ ed the problem of reapportionme'it as it now is. She told how a bill be¬ comes a law, and she- illustrated the method by which a speaker of the assembly practically controls' that body. Miss Miller believes that politics are improving yearly, and thinks one of the reasons for this is that women are now allowed in the state legislatures. “It is up to every Junior College and high school student -in this' country, not as students, but as citizens, to raise the standards of politics higher,” she emphatically declared. She discussed many of the 2000 bills that came before both houses of the California State legislature of its last session. She said, “Politics is a good word, but it has gotten into bad company,” and believes that it can be lifted farther out of the mire than it is. She also said that the people of Northern California do not realize what a large population is in the South, and made some interesting comments on the har¬ bor bill which is now before the govenor and which will, if passed by him, give the harbor of San Francisco to the city of San Fran¬ cisco. The personal touch of the whole talk made the state machine live in the minds of every listener as she explained its functions, and the at¬ tention was perfect until the. talk concluded. The students are voic¬ ing great appreciation for Miss Miller’s trouble in coming to them. Miss Miller is one of the five wo¬ men in the state legislature at the present time, and . has definitely announced herself as standing for the highest and fairest political ideals. Having chosen the character ! leads, the two senior dramatics i classes are fast bringing the sen¬ ior play, “The Rivals,” into real¬ ity. By next week, the cast will j have been organized and will start I after-school rehearsals. Isabelle Greene, with Dorothy Wood as understudy, has been chosen to take the- part of Mrs. Malaprop, the lady character lead. This character is a most difficult i one to portray and has been played г by the famous American actress : Mrs. Fiske. Mrs. Malaprop' con¬ tinually misapplies words. Both Isabelle and Dorothy were connect¬ ed with the recent Bauble and Bells play, “The Torch-Bearers.” J. Gordon Spaulding, with Smith Dawless as understudy, will take the part of the man character lead as Sir Anthony Absolute, who j is an Ratable old man. Floyd Thorpe and Curtis Charleston will portray Sir Lucius O’Trigger, an Irish Baronet, while Thomas Hurt and Allan Bode will act the part of Bob Acres, a country squire. I J. IT A chance to win immortal glory will be offered John Ackley, mem¬ ber of the Junior Class, when he travels to Redlands tomorrow to compete in the annual Redlands Declamation contest. Pasadena High school has won the contest two years and has two legs on the beautiful trophy which is offered to the school that wins it three times. A victory by John tomorrow means that this cup will come to P. H. S. to stay. John was chosen to represent Pasadena in the tryouts which were held a week ago. He will take as his subject tomorrow even¬ ing, the oration written by Henry W. Grady on “The New South.” John is very well fitted to up¬ hold the honors of Pasadena in this contest, having had a great deal of experience along this line. He has been a member of the varsity debating team in three interscholastic debates besides be¬ ing a member of last year’s cham¬ pionship interclass team. He was also one of the finalists in the Davis-Hall Oratorical a few weeks ago. The contest will be held in con¬ junction with the Redlands Field Day, which is an annual event of the university, in an effort to in¬ terest the high school students of Southern California in college. Manual Arts Exhibit Attracts Very| Many That a great deal of interest has been created in the work of the Manual Arts department is evi dent from many complimentary comments that have been made on the part of students and teachers and city papers since the exhibits I on display there last week were visited by many students and the j public. On Thursday and Friday the members of the English classes were conducted through the various shops. Many interesting articles were on display ; some involving a great degree of skill on the part of the students who made them. | There were fifty or more cedar chests, twenty hand tables, thirty living room tables, garden and pi¬ ano benches, foot stools, radio and victrola cabinets, and other arti¬ cles demonstrating the practical training which Manual Arts stu¬ dents are getting. The department of Manual Arts has long been one of importance at Pasadena High School, but one . I of which many students know very i little. However, classes have been | crowded for some time. According j to Walter W. Martin, head of the ; department, girls’ classes in wood ; training and cabinet work will be j organized if there is enough de¬ mand for them. : The work in mechanical drawing, machine shop, and forge is all ex- ! ! tremely interesting ; the shops are open for inspection at all times. , Francis A. Appleton anil Oscar j L. Heald have direction of forge I work. Arthur F. Hall is instruc¬ tor of machine work. John W. Eck and Benjamin D. Harrison are instructors of wood work, while Frank C. Bodine, W alter M. Haws, and Alfred C. Wilcox are instruc¬ tors of mechanical and architec¬ tural drawing and woodshop. Mr. Hall and Mr. Wilcox are also giving instruction in Junior College work. “Students- are welcome to come and inspect our plant at any time. They need not be afraid of dis¬ turbing classes,” says Mr. Martin. ■ All out back to support the loc¬ als and to beat those bunnies that will receive the greatest surprise of their lives. They’re going to be beat tomorrow. ANNUAL PICTURES It is not yet too late to order prints of the group pictures taken by Hartsook for the An¬ nual. Orders may be left now, but the list will close at the end of the month. All the pictures are seventy- five cents. This will be the last oppor¬ tunity to secure these pictures, so it is advisable to leave or¬ ders as soon as possible. “The Rivals,” by Richard Brins¬ ley Sheridan, will appear at the Biltmore Theater, Los Angeles, with an all-star cast, beginning Monday, May 25. Besides Mrs. Fiske as Mrs. Mal¬ aprop, Chauncey Olcott, Irish ten¬ or comedian and author of “My Wild Irish Rose,” will take the part of Sir Lucius O’Trigger; Thomas A. Wise will portray Sir Anthony Absolute; and James T. •Powers, Bob Acres. The play will be produced under the direction of Harrison Grey Fiske. “The Rivals” is one of the best and gayest of Sheridan’s comedies. It is a story of intrigue and love affairs, and contains some of the best-known characters of English literature. The plot deals with the intrigue of the hero, who is a young man of much -wealth and good family, and who tries to win the fancy of the heroine by mak¬ ing- himself out a penniless ensign. The senior play will be staged the evenings of June 15 and 16. There will be a different cast for each of the performances. Six in Finals of Nelson Contest As a result of the tryouts for -the G. A. Nelson Oratorical Contest on Civic Betterment, six students were chosen last Monday by the judges who were: J. V. Truman, of history department, Mrs. Prince, of English depart¬ ment; and J. H. Atwood, of the history department. These six winners will compete here on the evening of May 29, when the final first and -second choice will be made The six chosen were, in order of selection: Dop Hamblin, Don Stoner and Roger Revelle, tied for second, Angeline Lechart, Robert Seares, and Hazel Sewell. This is the first year that this contest has been held, as the City Directors have just taken action on the $1000 endowment left by the late G. A. Nelson, interest on which is to be given as prizes for the Civic Betterment Contest. J. C. ENTRANCE EXAM TO BE GIVEN MAY 15 Of interest to all students pre¬ paring for college is the announce¬ ment made by Dean Harbeson as follows : 1 — The college entrance exami¬ nation in English, known as the Subject A examination, will be giv¬ en in room 200C of the Pasadena High School and Junior College, Main Building, on Friday, May 15 from 10:00 to 12:00. 2 — This examination is required of all who expect to enter the jun¬ ior college either for the summer session or for the academic year beginning September 14, 1925. 3 — The aim of the examination is to test the ability of the student to write intelligently on some sub¬ ject with which he is fairly fami¬ liar without serious grammatical errors or misspelling. Those who pass the examination are eligible to take any courses in English or Public Speaking for college credit. A fee of one dollar is required for the examination. 4 — Students in the Senior class of the high school or any other res¬ idents in the city, those who expect to enter the Junior College from adjacent districts, and students now enrolled in the Junior College who have not already passed the examination in Subject A are re¬ quired to take this examination. Students will be excused from other classes to take this examina¬ tion. Help the Press Club Library grow. Turn in magazines at Chronicle office. Heave! Ho! What jocularity This? All scandal which has been cen¬ sured from weekly issues of the Chronicle, including insinuations on faculty members, libelous state¬ ments, revolutionary suggestions, embezzlement, assassination, — in fact, all crimes and misdeeds which hitherto have been withheld from publication, will appear in the “crazy” Chronicle. What ? What “crazy” Chronicle? Why, the one which is coming out on June 4, — in other words, a further addition to last year’s “Cheese Cracker.” At a recent meeting of the Press Club, which is sponsoring this publication, Ralph Moslander was elected to be editor, and Kath- eryn Allen was elected managing- editor. These two will pick the rest of the staff. For certain political and selfish reasons, the editors refuse to di¬ vulge the name of the jocular is- : sue, and unwaveringly insist that the secret be kept until the date of publication. But this we know: only five cents will buy a brightly- colored, scandal-saturated example of yellow or pink journalism, per¬ fectly tainted and colored, and which will appeal to the lowest desire of human nature. MEiERSOFFORUM PLAN Ш BANQUET i Preparing for their annual ban¬ quet, the members of the Pasadena High School Forum decided that it should be held in the cafeteria on Thursday, May 14. Bob McClintock will be the toast¬ master, and will introduce the following speakers: John McClin¬ tock, representing the boys ; Lois Woodruff, representing the girls; and Betty Bode, representing the Junior College. Guests of the Forum who will speak, are some alumni speakers and George Laur¬ ence, president of the Inglewood Forum. Other guests will be Mr. and Mrs. Ewing; president and vice- president, secretary, treasurer, and faculty adviser of the Inglewood Forum, Sumner Green, president of the Honor Society, Steve Hal¬ stead, president of the Bauble and Bells, Lowell Goode, president of the Triple “S”, Virgina Larson, president of the Rhyme and Rhy¬ thm, and Dan Morris, Chairman of the Commission. Don Wright is president of the committees : Reception committee, Evelyn Rietzer, Chairman, Bernice Wright, and Miss Eugenia Ong; Flower Committee, Katherine Allen, chairman, Rudd Crawford, CarO- FIERCE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN NEARS Present Commissioners Point Out Advisability of Having Large Number in Contest MUST ENTER TOMORROW Petitions and Nomination Speeches Required by May 19; Acceptance, May 26 With but one more day for the handing in of nspnes for the elec¬ tion of next semester’s commission¬ ers, prospective candidates will have to attend hurriedly to their entrance in the fast, ever-nearing race for the seven, soon-to-be- vacated offices. The present commissioners wish to point out that students should realize that there is a great oppor¬ tunity being offered them to serve their school. Those students- who are elected for these enviable po¬ sitions must be students of charac¬ ter and favorable scholastic stand¬ ing. As these local elections do not resemble national elections, stu¬ dents should not hesitate enter¬ ing the tryouts because of not having any organized backing. With twenty candidates out last semester, there were some hot, speedy contests. It is hoped that students will not be unnecessarily reticent in entering the race. The dates that prospective can¬ didates and P. H. S. students should keep in mind during the next five weeks are : Hand in names of candidates to Dan Morris by Friday, May 15 ; petitions in by Tuesday, May 19, after school; nomination speeches also in by May 19 for publication in the Chronicle ; acceptance speeches, assembly of Tuesday, May 26 ; primary election, Monday, June 1 ; final election, Monday, june 8; and inauguration of elected commis¬ sioners, Tuesday, June 16. . It is hoped, also, that all P. H. S. students who believe that they know a worthy student, will I sponsor his candidacy. line Bennet; Decoration committee, Janet Upjohn, chairman, Betty Roberts, Clarice Thompson; Fin¬ ance, Gordon Spaulding. The newest entrants to the For¬ um, who have not yet been initiated, will present a short skit, and will sing songs at the banquet. They are: Ruth Merrill, Margaret Jew¬ ell, Clarence Spellman, and William j Beste. As this banquet is the principal event of the year for the Forum, it is expected that a very full at¬ tendance of members and alumni will be present. “GOODWILL DAY” TO BE OBSERVED BY ASSEMBLY PROGRAM, MAY 18 The assembly on Monday, May 18 will be in commemoration of the second annual World Goodwill Day to be observed throughout the world, under the auspices of the various National Associations com¬ posing the World Federation of Education Associations. The students of foreign birth will take an important part in the entertainment. The high school band under the direction of Hubert ' Parker will play a medley of the I national airs of the various peoples of the earth. Dr. Bromley Oxman, an international traveler and wide¬ ly known orator, will deliver an address on International Goodwill. The conception of the idea of Goodwill Day is presented in the j following paragraphs: GOODWILL DAY CREATED i Whereas, One affective means of promoting- the spirit of international i goodwill is to set aside a day in the ' j year to be observed in the schools of the world as "Goodwill Day" ; and, I Whereas, This day should in itself be a significant landmark in the move¬ ment for international friendship ; I Therefore be it resolved : 1. That the eighteenth of May, which commemorates the opening of the first Hague Conference — the first gathering of the nations in time of peace for the consideration of means of settling international differences by peaceful methods — is especially ap¬ propriate for concentrating upon the ideals of justice and w'orld friendship. 2. That on the eighteenth of May instruction should be given concerning the results of The Hague Conference and also the later efforts to bring the world together in a co-operative body, 'and that this instruction should be accompanied by songs, both national and international, plays and pageants,- j which carry out the spirit of the day. Be it finally resolved : 1. That the economic, social, and intellectual welfare of humanity de- m a n d s uninterrupted co-operation among the nations of the earth, and the reign of reason and justice found¬ ed upon international goodwill. 2. That such teaching will show the high significance of those things which enter into a true conception of civilization, and 3. That the acceptance and promul¬ gation of these ideals will form a sound foundation for the promotion of higher spiritual values in the schools of the world. — Resolution adopted by the World Conference on Education at Sa7i Francisco, July, 1923.