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“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.