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QUALITY
will all be at Quality Street.
Will you be there?
CHRONICLE
Annual out soon. Don’t miss
the Class Prophecy — Tolstoi
up to date.
VOL. V— NO. 14
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, MAY 23, 1917, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
PRICE 5 CENTS
QUALITY STREET BHB0N1CLE IKNUALDHAN MUKERdl PASADENA TENNIS MARVELS
SUPERFINE
Brilliant Settings Arranged
for Big Class Production ;
New System Made
WONDERFUL GOWNS
Cast Will Be Perfect; Cos¬
tumes Pretty; Scenery Is
Swell; Tickets on Sale
With the eventful night only a little
over a week off, the cast rapidly ap¬
proaching the P. H. S. standard of per¬
fection, the scenery almost finished,
and the costumes ready, “Quality
Street,” the Senior Class play, and
the first of the hig Senior celebrations,
is quickly becoming one of the most
absorbing topics in the school.
The cast comprises some of the
most brilliant dramatic stars of the
school with such notables as Frances
Bartlett, Margaret Bravinder, Viels,
House, Thomas liatns, and Douglas
McKenzie in the leading roles. The
scenery is to be some of the most
elaborate ever used in a school pro¬
duction and the costuming is to be
such that even the most blase of the
High School theater-goers will heave
a sigh of admiration.
Through the efforts of the Senior
Class the school is to have a new set
for the stage and this set is sepcially
adaptable to the production of “Qual¬
ity Street.” In the first and last acts
the famous Blue and White Room of
“Quality Street” is to be used, with
the blue and white color scheme car¬
ried out in the upholstering of the
furniture, as well as in the magnifi¬
cent draperies and hangings of the
walls. Mahogany furniture with bro¬
caded upholstery will be used in these
scenes and one of the features of the
acts will be the old fashioned spinet,
progenitor of the modern piano.
In the second act the beautiful set¬
tings of the Blue and White Room
gives place to the sombre interior of
a gentile private school, where, with
curly headed Phoebe Throssel as
schoolma’am, eight highly refined and
elegant pupils, chosen from the fresh-
, man class for their ability as students,
all prove their studiousness to such an
extent that the dunce cap is in con¬
stant demand.
The interior of the army barracks
is the setting for the third act and
here the scenic effect is that of the
plain, unadorned home of the soldier
decorated for the army ball.
Throughout the entire play the cos¬
tuming is superb, but in the third act
it reaches its climax where the mag¬
nificent ball scene calls for splendid
dress uniforms for the men and the
ladies are gowned in dresses that
make the feminine heart leap with
envy. The brilliant costumes of the
Empire period are reproduced in all
the gorgeousness of silk and satin and
what with the wonderful blending of
color, the charm of the music, and
the splendor of the lighting system
that has been planned, this scene is
one that will make a lasting impres-
siofi on the mind of the spectator.
Rehearsals of the entire play have
been held weekly and every night one
or two of the different scenes are care¬
fully gone over. This play is one of
the first class productions that has
allowed so much femininity to display
histrionic ability and chief among the
I^etty Thespians that are working day
and night for the honor of the class
and the school are Frances Bartlett
and Margaret Bravinder, who are
Phoebe and Susan Throssel respec¬
tively. These are the two longest
parts in the play and both of the girls
are doing some of the finest acting
ever done in the school.
Other characters that call for act¬
resses of rare ability are Miss Char¬
lotte, the pretty coquette who capti¬
vates Ensign Blades, played by Viola
House, Patty, the Irish girl, whose
Part is taken by Ruth Jones, and the
four charming old maids with curls
and pretty gowns who are played by
four of the new actresses. Elizabeth
Lowstetter, Olive Knoch, Marjory
Wells and Lucy Spaulding take these
Parts and take them to perfection.
Douglas McKenzie is the leading
man and as Valentine Brown plays
opposite to Proebe Throssel, though
for a time his place is usurped by one
of the studious scholars. Doug is one
WORK NECESSITATES
HUGEJTAFF
Innumerable Number of Lit¬
erary Celebrities Make
Big Book Good
Hugh Wynn to Sell No
Books Without Tickets;
Biggest and Best
GIVES VIEW
ON HINDU
Famous Hindu Poet and
Lecturer Presents New
Ideas to Students
EAST SPEAKS TO WEST
The Chronicle Annual of 1916-1917
is undoubtedly the biggest, the best,
and the finest magazine ever produced
within the walls of this or any other
high school thrbughout the country.
From cover to cover it contains the
very cream of literature, the very clev¬
erest of snapshots and cartoons, the
pithiest of sayings, and the wittiest of
jokes.
The Chronicle Annual, as it is hence¬
forward to be. termed, has, since its
earliest appearance, been a source of
purest delight not. only to Seniors but
also to every student of Pasadena
High School. This is but natural, for
however careful the average student
irA«.v - peruge the weekly or monthly
periodical, as the ease, may be, he or
she cannot fail to forget the many
little important details and seemingly
trivial happenings of the school year.
For this purpose the Annual has been
instituted to refresh the flagging
memory, to revive the mighty school
spirit, and to serve as faithful remind¬
er of joys that may never come again.
The departments, dear to the hearts
of the readers and the despair of those
who compile them, form perhaps the
most important part of the entire mag¬
azine.
Athletics, the snappiest section of
all, cannot fail to prove worthy of its
authors, Halph Hosier and his col¬
league Howell Smith.
What joy is more keen than that of
scanning the familiar faces of one’s
classmen and reading the appropriate
epitaphs beneath. Barbara Loomis and
Anita Scott have formulated a list of ! the art of living. You play your games
Mistaken Ideas of
Life Are Explained by
Authority c
By KENNETH FUESSLE
“Tolerance for all: fanaticism for
none— that is the charge of Mankind
to America, passed to the new civiliza¬
tion from a race in the autumn of its
existence.” Thus, in a few vibrant
words, Dhan Mukergi concluded his
brief address to the students of Pasa¬
dena High School, Thursday last.
There is an intangible charm about
a man who thinks. He commands re¬
spect, admiration, sympathetic atten¬
tion. With none of the practised bla-
tancy of an elocutionist, Dhan Mu¬
kergi held the assemblage in perfect
control.'
Eighteen hundred students 'liste^d,
inspired, to the words of the young-
speaker. There is no sham about the
Hindu’s philosophy. His choice epi¬
grams are no mere pot-boiled plati¬
tudes — they are white-hot ideas, born
to live and grow.
Mistaken ideas of Indian life were
explained. The ancient civilization is
one of reverence and religion. Theirs
is no conquered race. Territorially,
yes; commercially, surely; but in the
lives of the men and women the ele¬
ments are unchangeable.
Following are a few quotations:
“You Americans speak of life work.
I cannot understand your meaning, for
to live is to work— that is life. Again,
you have developed no semblance of
The hero of the Marne has nothing
Indian
0П
Pasa<iena High’s gang of tennis
apt quotations at least a mile long.
One of the most interesting of features
is the school calendar brimming with
interesting and personal remarks. This
toilsome task has been undertaken by
Hilda Rhodes and is sure to prove a
success.
The literary department will be un¬
der the supervision of Jack Bangs, the
editorial demon. Dramatics will be
carefully executed by Kenneth Fuessle
and a staff of able assistants. The Class
Will, which affords an excellent op¬
portunity for humor and originality,
has been drawn up in legal fashion by
Eugenia Ong, Lee Davis, and Dorothy
Lee. The Class Prophecy, where many
good reputations are ruined, will be
under the care of Raymond Barton.
Debating will be discussed by no other
than Bob Lilley himself, whose wide
experience makes him unusually fitted
for the work. The various organiza¬
tions will be elaborately explained by
Lyle Hance, while the Honor Roll,
containing the names of the fifty stu¬
dents who have been signally success¬
ful during their four years’ career,
has been painstakingly assembled by
Anita Scott and Chester Pearman.
United efforts of all notables cannot
help but raise the already high stand¬
ard of former Annuals, and at least
the students can show their apprecia¬
tion by purchasing an Annual for the
delectation of the entire family.
of the newer actors but under the
tutelage of Miss Sterling is rapidly
becoming a shining light among the
many P. H. S. stars.
The boys all have decidedly military
parts and Brewster Hayes makes an
admirable Lieutenant Spicer. Next in
line comes Ernest Koyen with the
title of Sergeant, an exceedingly ser¬
iously minded individual. Then, as
no army would be complete without a
private, comes Thomas Iiams who
plays the part of the gruff old soldier.
Whether or not Ensign Blades ought
to be classed in the army or the navy
is a problem, but Harold Perkins is
Ensign Blades and the Ensign is a
willing captive to the charms of Miss
Charlotte.
The ticket sale for this production
begins next week and prices will be
within the range of all, from those
Seniors not in the play through the
Juniors, who want to go because they
are next year’s Seniors, the Sophs,
who want to go as a matter of school
spirit, and Freshmen, who must go
because some of their number are
taking a very active part in the pro¬
duction.
for business and money, you miss all
of the wonderful joy of playing with
God, as his children.
“Your nature is Arcadian, civilized.
In the forests of the Himalayas, in the
utter silence and darkness of Indian
nights — there is where man realizes
his tiny place in the world about him.
Hit total insignificance is magnified
by the velvet blackness of the tropic
skies, by the tangibility of the stars —
‘the eyes of God.’
“The Indian day begins with song.
Little children in the early hours of
the morning sing praises as they gath¬
er baskets of flowers for the temples.
Even the beggars join in the chorus
of praise and thanksgiving. In Amer¬
ica your beggars live to curse and beg.
“India is the great land of devotion
— even to the small and commonplace;
and reverence to the God of Nature,
of kindness, of mankind.
GOME THROUGH VICTORIOUS
IN SOUTHERN GAL MEET
Allen Cleans Up Singles Championship; Kathleen Wright
of P.H.S. Swats Way to Victory Over All Comers;
Mixed Doubles Are Won by the Locals.
By RALPH HOSLER
sharks. On the Los Angeles Y.M.C.A.
courts last Saturday afternoon, the
Crimson racquet wielders won the
Southern California Tennis Champion¬
ship by winning three out of the five
matches. Bob Allen, the fiery haired
Pasadena star, won the singles cham¬
pionship, Miss Kathleen Wright pulled
through with the girls’ singles cham¬
pionship, and Willie Hawkes, the
hardest driver around these parts,
with Miss Wright, won the mixed
doubles championship. Bob Allen and
Big Steve Horrell lost out in the semi¬
finals in the boys’ doubles.
Bob Allen galloped through the sin¬
gles without even exerting himself. In
every match he cleaned up~M? man
like an old veter^ib showing gb6&
judgment in bis placing and unerring
accuracy,, ift' his smashing drives. In
the^frnUs, Bob drew Bricker of L. A.
•High, and forthwith he proceeded to
lick the tar out of the L. A. victim,
walloping him by a score of 6-3, 6-2.
Allen is a regular star, having gone
through the entire three rounds with¬
out losing a set. He defeated Farmer
of Hollywood 6-4, 6-1 in the first round,
Biano of Harvard 6-3, 6-2, in the sec¬
ond round, and then Bricker of L. A.
High in the finals. The fact that Allen
was wearing some royal purple sox
is rumored to have something to do
with the final result. If so, the school
should see that every member of the
team is supplied with this necessary
line of footgear in the future.
After disposing of her opponents
with ease in the semi-finals, Miss
Kathleen Wright bumped into a hard
customer in Miss Kelley of South Pas¬
adena. Not daunted, Miss Wright
slowly but steadily played her way to
a victory after two hours of hard, ex¬
hausting play. The score was 4-6,
12-10, 8-6.
Immediately following, Miss Wright
and Willie Hawkes brought the final
championship to P. H. S., when they
defeated Miss Newerf and Paul Kin¬
ney of South Pasadena in the last
round of the finals. The match was a
comparatively easy victory for the two
Pasadenans.
The results:
Boys’ singles — Allen defeated Brick¬
er (L. A. High) 6-3, 6-2.
Boys’ doubles — Allen and Horrell
were defeated by Bricker and Simons
(L. A. High), 8-6, 4-6, 7-5.
Miss Wright defeated Miss Newerf
(South Pasadena), 4-6, 12-10, 8-6.
Mixpd doubles — Miss Wright and
Willie H&lY.kes defeated Miss Newerf
and P. Kinney (South Pasadena), 6-4,
3-6, 6-4.
Girls’ doubles — Miss Wright and
Miss Hendricks were defeatedhy.Miss
Kelley and Miss Newerf, 6-4, 10-8.
Having won the Southern California
Championship the team will take a
flying leap at the State Title in the
near future, and by all indications, if
they play the game then as they did
last Saturday, the Golden State Title
is already won. Miss Wright and Wil¬
lie Hawks work well together in the
mixed doubles, and should cinch that
match, with Big Steve and Bob Allen
working together in the boys’ doubles,
another match will be tucked away
on the ice. Allen can take care of
himself in the singles, as can Miss
Wright. Try a little mental suggestion
and help the team along to a State
Title.
GLEE CLUBS GIVE REST SENIOR GLASS PROVIDES
ASSEMBLY RELD
THIHEAR
Miss Sabel Deads Musical
Organization in Exhibit
Work of Year
Trio and Hawaiian Harmony
Quartet Sing and Play;
Comedy Stunt
Presenting one of the best assem-
The Hindus ARE idolatrous”— this blieB of tbe
уеаГ)
the Glee Clubs last
in reply to the unspoken challenge of
his audience — “they are idol-worship¬
pers. Yet, in their worship, the pray¬
ers are not to the bits of wood and
stone — these are but attributes of God.
In YOUR religion are certain attri¬
butes. To the Christ, Service; to the
Madonna the sublimity of Motherhood
— yet you recognize these virtues not
as idols. To the uneducated man there
must be a tangible connection be¬
tween himself and his God, and this
is the service of the idol.
“There is no more time for discus¬
sion of customs and philosophies. Re¬
member one thing — History is but the
life of people in tabulated form. You
can judge no race by its chronicles
unless you have a philosophic insight
— unless you can read between the
lines.
“In conclusion, let me carry this
thought to you: Make the life of your
new country one of tolerance for all;
fanaticism for none.”
After the address I had the great
good fortune to meet Dhan Mukergi.
His magnetic personality pervades his
whole being. His handclasp is one of
friendship and trust. In his dark eyes
one sees the light of thought. His
smile of recognition is one to be re¬
membered for its sincerity and frank¬
ness. His brief “I am glad to meet
you” touches a chord of response
—you know that his words are true,
for above all, blotting out every other
ENTERTAINMENT
P.T.A.
Fkiday demonstrated their ability to a
large and enthusiastic audience. Un¬
der the leadership of Miss Sabel the
clubs presented practically the same
program that recently won for them
first place honors in competition with
the best singing organizations of the
South at a contest held at South Pas¬
adena.
The Boys’ Glee Club started the pro¬
gram with an admirable rendition of
“Gypsy Trail” and “Jemina’s Piana.”
Other selections by the boys were
“Swing Along Chillen” and “To the
Field, to the Hunt,’* together with a
comedy stunt pulled off with some
very original scenry.
The Club Quartette, which was re¬
duced to a trio by the absence of Cliff
Burton, also presented a couple of
songs, and the Hawaiian Harmony
Quartette played the original Hawiian
waltz in a most pleasing fashion.
The Treble Clef rendered some of
the most pleasing selections of the
program, among which were Irish Folk
Song, “Come Miss Lindy,” and “The
Louisiana Lullaby.” Anita Scott ren¬
dered two solos that were greatly ap¬
preciated and added much to her rep¬
utation as a vocalist.
The program was one of the most
entertaining of the year and goes to
show the high quality of the work be-
A Parent-Teachers’ meeting at which
the Seniors provided the entertain¬
ment was the affair known as the
Senior Program. This was an after¬
noon of stunts made up of story-tell¬
ing, dramatics, and music, which
served to make the fond parents for¬
get their fond parents and enjoy life
for a little while.
Mrs. Van Etten, the vice-president
of the P.-T. A., presided and spoke
briefly to the Seniors, charging them
in the name of their mothers to be
true and loyal, not only to their coun¬
try, but to all that is good and right
in Life. She then turned the meeting
over to Edward Culbertson, of the
Senior Class, who introduced the vari¬
ous entertainers.
The members of the story-telling
class had a clarge part in the enter¬
tainment, three stories being told by
these girls. Margaret Bravinder told
Kipling’s “How the Elephant Got His
Trunk” very effectively, and Barbara
Loomis gave another of the “Just So
stories, “How the Rhinoceros Got His
Skin.” Hawthorne’s “The Great Stone
SELECTED
Close Race Determines Com¬
missioner of Publica¬
tions; 295-265
SMALL VOTE POLLED
Three Amendments Carry;
DeSilvas Vote Split; Mar¬
ian Gibbs Only Girl
A really clean election with no graft
at all. Such was the case at the final
election Friday at which the Student
Body of Pasadena High School chose
the five commissioners who are to
direct the destinies of the school for
the year 1917-18. The election was so
absolutely fair and above board that
not even the habitual knocker has
dared life his voice in the cry of
Graft!” The commissioners elected
were in every case the candidates who
received the largest number of votes
at the primary election. The ones who
must do most of the work next year
are Ralph Ong, Paul Hamilton, Harry
McCament, Jack Bangs, and Marian
Gibbs.
Unfortunately the vote was not as
large as that in the primaries, 649
ballots being the largest number cast
for any one office. Evan at that the
vote was better in pas: years and if
the improvement continues there is
hope of some day having an election
where the vast majority of th 'tizens
of P. H. S. will vote.
The most exciting race in the entire
election was that between Dorothy
Stewart and Jack Bangs for the office
of Commissioner of Publications, the
final count of which showed “Bing”
leading by a margin of thirty votes.
It certainly bodes well for next year’s
publications to have two people in the
school who each have the confidence
of the school behind them. Although
the vote was so evenly split there is
no doubt at all that the entire school
will get behind the new commissioner
and give him their undivided support.
The question of which way the De
Silva vote would go in the finals was
the all important question in the
finance contest. Many different reas¬
ons were presented for figuring the
vote to go one way or the other, but
as a matter of fact the vote split, leav¬
ing Harry McCament on the long end
of the count. In running the financial
affairs of the school next year Mc¬
Cament will have the advantage of a
great deal of experience in financial
matters. Just now Harry is best known
as the most successful manager the
baseball team has ever had, but this
is only one of the activities in which
he has been interested ever since he
entered school.
As Paul Hamilton had such a large
majority in the primaries the opposi¬
tion made little effort to win the elec¬
tion. Ralph Ong also won with about
the same majority as in the primaries.
Both of these men have had plenty of
experience in their own special lines,
and should make able commisioners.
As there was absolutely no opposition
to Marian Gibbs as Commissioner of
Public Welfare both elections were
a matter of form. The very fact that
there was no opposition shows how
sure P. H. S. is of Miss Gibbs’ ability
to occupy that office.
All three amendments passed by-
overwhelming majorities and will go
Face” was also well told by June Gid-
dingS
into effect next year. The first amend-
One of the hits of the program was
the number given by the Boys’ Jubilee
Singers, who sang two songs in such
a way that the audience would have
liked more if there had been time.
The Jubilee Singers are certainly mak¬
ing an enviable reputation around
P. H. S.
The third scene from “Electra” was
presented by Miss Sterling’s dramatic
class, after Eugenia Ong had told the
characteristic, is his absolute sincerity I ing done in the High School. Credit is
and fine courage of his convictions, ! due Miss Sabel for the way in which
coupled with an open-minded fairness ! she has worked with the clubs and for
to recognize the ideas and ideals of, the successful manner in which the
his fellow men. I delightful program was rendered.
ment provides for a man as faculty
member of the Item staff, and for the
selection of the editor by the commis¬
sion from a list submitted by the
Commissioner of Publications to the
faculty member. Another amendment
provides that if any candidate re¬
ceives a majority of all the votes cast
for any office in the primary election
that candidate is elected to that office
without competing in the final elec-
story of the rest of the play, Viola ition. The advisability of this amend-
House and Elizabeth Lowstetter tak- ' ment is illustrated in the election this
ing part. More music was furnished year. Of the five offices candidates for
by Marjorie Vorhees who played a three of them received majorities in
violin solo, accompanied by her sister, the primary. The foolishness of hav¬
ing the successful candidates run
The following people were the win- \ a§a'n m the finals is obvious,
ners of the long delayed Kodak Con¬
test. They will see Manager Wynn
and get their tickets. They are:
Nelson Ffatton, Elliott Rhodes,
Earnest Toy, Dorthy McCauley,
Whitney, Reeves,
The other amendment makes a reg¬
ular system of awarding letters to the
athletic teams of P. H. S. Under it
only the football and track teams will
receive sweaters, the other teams re-
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