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BASEBALL
Pasadena meets Manual
in the last game of the
season.
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BASEBALL
Watch Pasadena Defeat
Manual Arts ^nd Win
Championship.
Vol. IX.— No. 7.
PASADENA HIGH SCOOL, MAY 29, 1919. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
У
TO APPEAR BY
NEXTWEEK
Snappy Stories, Jokes, Car¬
toons, Athletics to Make
Appearance
TOURNAMENT PARK IS TO
BE SURE OF P.H.S.
ARMY
On June 3, the Public Is Invited to
View Army Prom P. H. S.
LAST ISSUE OF YEAR
Staff Working Hard to Put
Pep and Enthusiasm
in Edition
Since the Item, which is to be
ready next week will be the last of
its kind this year, the “flu” making
it necessary to have three editions
instead of four as formerly, the Staff
has been working industriously in an
eager endeavor to make it far super¬
ior to any previous efforts.
The stories of this issue are among
the most fascinating ever gleaned by
the Literary Editor, Lelia Campbell.
A mysteriously clever donation,
“Breaking Even,” by Loren Stover,
will be found most exciting and one
that should not be read on the install¬
ment plan as the mystery technique
is worthy of a professional's founda¬
tions. “Salt and Otherwise,” an
amusing episode by Wilfred Noble,
is deserving of more than mere
recognition. Gwen Groves, the
author of “Excerpts from a Dairy,”
treats her readers to some possibly
phonetic if not highly educational
spelling treats. “The Treadmill,” by
Dorothy Dehner, is very original and
a story that will be remembered by
the readers.
The Staff has as its Editor-in-
Chief, Dott ... Russell, whose work
in the past will be remembered b-y
subscribers of the former Items, and
who has spent a great deal of time
and hard work on the coming issue.
The success of this publication during
the year Has been greatly due to her
lasting intedest and enthusiasm.
Others responsible are Margaret
Frey, who is in charge of the Alumni
Department and who has received
two fine letters from girl graduates,
which will be of interest to their
many friends at P. H. S.
Winifred Wallace has collected
some “snappy” Class Room Clip¬
pings, which have been gathered
from various teachers and are more
than good; they are fine. She is also
responsible for the interesting, well
written articles on Class Organiza¬
tions.
A1 Wesson was able to give some
of his valuable time to write a dandy
set of news for the Athletic Depart¬
ment, which will be the best of its
kind so far.
As usual Lowell Trautman has
charge of the Jokes, but this does not
mean the usual Jokes as some splen¬
did new varieties have been discov¬
ered, and are warranted to produce
many a laugh from the joke fiends.
Kenny Winslow has complete com¬
mand of the Exchange, which contains
several novel and original comments
and criticisms on other school pub¬
lications.
Felix Welch the Staff Photographer,
has secured some clever pictures of
well known celebrities around school. ,
The stories which qge under the
supervision of Lelia Campbell have
already been mentioned and should
not be overlooked.
Mildred Scheibler and Edythe King,
the Art Editors, have worked hard
and long over the beautifully appro¬
priate cover and the interior decora¬
tions which always cause so much
favorable comment.
Lucile Wallace of the Poetry De¬
partment has found several budding
poets on the campus and some of
their efforts have been secured for
this section. Lucile also writes the
witty captions for the photographs,
some of which are very much to the
point and will be appreciated by those
concerned.
To those interested in the affairs
of the Chronicle office, it will be wel¬
come news to hear that that part of
school activity is once and forever
out of debt. This announcement is
one that is of true concern to nearly
everyone in school, as it clears the
editorial officials from the very deep
and unpleasant concern that generally
comes with troublesome financial con¬
ditions. In order to maintain this j
present state of circumstances every- j
Tuesday, June 3, the Adjutant’s
1 Call for the P. H. S. Student Body
Army will sound over a new field. At
7 o’clpck on that historic evening, the
peaceful residents near Tournament
Park will be startled -by an invading
army of Sailor Girls and Soldier Boys.
However, it will be a peaceful army
and the public need fear no harm, for
only the preliminaries to warfare, cal¬
isthenics and drill, will be in¬
dulged in.
Everyone has heard of the
praise given the P. H. S. Army
and Navy, but this is the first
chance for the public to see them in
action. The famous circus parade
gave those fortunate enough to see it
some idea of what our soldiers and
sailors are doing and now they can
be seen to real advantage executing
squads right and other complicated
manoeurvres. Many IT. S[ Army of¬
ficers will be present as well as rep¬
resentative cadet officers from other
high schools.
Don’t forget the date and time and
place — June 3rd, 7 to 9 p. m., Tour¬
nament Park, and the public invited.
WIN
CHAMPIONSHIP
THURSDAY
Juniors Now Hold School Champion¬
ship for Debating Honors
YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS ARE
MAY RE ADOPTED TO BE ELECTED
NEXT YEAR
Business Policy Is Big Fac¬
tor; Wasted Time Can
Be Used
More Than Seventy Per
Cent Were in Favor
of the Plan
The year-round school plan has
been the subject of much discussion
during the past week. There were
many suggested points in favor of it,
the main one being, the possibility of
students graduating in three years
and entering universities at any sea¬
son. The short term would also bene¬
fit the students who were forced to
be absent because of sickness or acci¬
dent. The building of an additiinal
high school would be forestalled sev¬
eral years. This and the attraction
of outside residents because of school
advantages were no small factors in
favor of it, as considered by parents
as well as students. The distributing
and supervising opportunities of em¬
ployment could be accommodated and
the vacation period would be chosen
by the student. This plan provides
for a week between quarters and two j
weeks at Christmas time.
The students were quick to see the j
ruling advantages and follow the ex- i
ample of many progressive eastern ]
school in . voting for it. More than j
seventy per cent were in favor, hut j
as only a few signed up for this sea-
The inter-class debating champion- son, the plan will not now go into
NEXTWEEK
Election Attracts Attention
of Every Student in
High School
Primary Election on Friday,
June 6, for Elimination
of Candidates
The tense atmosphere of sup¬
pressed excitement which pervades
P. H. S. bespeaks the coming election,
at which time P. H. S. will he torn
by the usual party fueds attendant
upon such occasions. The primary
election will be held on Friday, June
6, but all petitions must he signed and
handed in to the Student Body Clerk
by May 29.
The election is an event which is of
interest to the entire Student Body,
and everyone should see that he is
informed on the merits of the various
candidates so that he can vote in¬
telligently at the primaries.
Each manager should see that a
signed statement in regard to his can
didate is handed in to the Chronicle
on Monday of next week; so that it
may be punished in next week’s
paper.
EFFICIENT RADIO SET AT ft
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P.H.S. FOR USE OF F* 11
STUDENTS
Complete Sending and Receiving Ap¬
paratus Is bp Be Installed
Now that the government has re¬
moved the ban on wireless receiving,
many P. H. S. students are now turn¬
ing their attention to radio work. A
club for those interested in wireless
work has been organized at P. H. S.
"and some interesting work is ex¬
pected to he the result. The Board
of Education has agreed to install an
efficient radio set, both sending and
receiving, for the benefit of the stu¬
dents. There are about twenty-five
members at present. Insignia pine
will be obtained for members.
Several interesting meetings have
been held at which talks and experi¬
ments have been given . Much can be
learned by being a member of this
club, and it is hoped that more will
join the club. At the last meeting
the officers for the remainder of this
year were elected. They are; Pres¬
ident, Melville Lemon, and secretary-
treasurer, Wendell Wollard. A pro¬
gram committee was appointed and
It gives promise of putting on some
interesting meetings. Mr. Clifton is
the advisor.
ship was at last decided on Thursday,
May 22. Woodworth and Widney,
Juniors, met Blanche and Metzler,
who represented the Sophomore class;
and the Juniors proved victorious.
This was the last of the inter-class
debates, and made the Juniors the
winning class of the school.
CAL SCHOOL LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION
AT P.H.S.
Annual Convention of Cali¬
fornia School Library
Association Held
LIEUTENANT SEAY HAS
RETURNED TO
P.H.S.
effect and .the usual summer school
is to be held, as p. H. s. has always j Popular Athletic Coach Re-
been a progressive school, the plan is
sure to be adopted next year.
turns to P. H. S. to
Take Work
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
ARRANGES FOR
After Luncheon Speeches
Were Given by Visit¬
ing Librarians
Pasadena High was privileged to
have the annual convention of the
California School Library Association
in the High School Library on Sat¬
urday, May 17. About fifty members
of the association were present and a
very enjoyable day was spent.
Miss Skinner, the Pasadena High
School librarian, is the vice-president
of the association, and many were
the compliments given her on the
beauties of the school library.
The morning was taken up with a
business meeting and a round table
discussion followed by a tour of the
buildings. A delicious luncheon was
served in the faculty cafeteria by the
library pages, and in the afternoon
Miss Guthrie gave a talk on “Impres¬
sions of California Schools.” Miss
Horton of the Los Angeles High
School library gave a talk on "Pre-
Library School Training,” followed by
a talk by Miss Haines on “Modern
Literature for High School Students.”
The meeting was ended by two
Vignettes of Austin Dobson, “The
Idyl of a Carp” and “Secrets of a
Heart” given by Dorothy Finer and
Frances Hall.
The meeting was very helpful as
well as entertaining to all the mem¬
bers present and gave the librarians
of other schools a chance to see the
wonderful library in P. H. S.
Room 207 Is Changed to In
elude Recitation and
Laboratory
Numerous Apparatus of
Better Type Has Been
Supplied
a
one is urged to extract from his little
tin bank the paltry sum of ten (10)
cents and immediately after the
fourth period rush (no, walk sedately)
to the nearest Item stand qnd invest
in at least one if not several of these
popular “quick sellers” which sell as
speedily as the proverbial hot cakes.
Perhaps many students have not
learned of the extensive changes
which have been made recently in
the physics department. In Room
207 the partitions of two closets have
been removed, and the room is now
arranged for recitations as well as
for laboratory work. New cases were
installed which gave additional space
for apparatus for electricoty, sound,
and light. The room has been equipped
for lantern projection; and a large
lecture table gives better facilities
for the demonstrations which are be¬
ing made more and more a part of the
physics course. Much new apparatus
has been purchased notwithstanding
the difficulty of shipments during the
past two years. This includes a
Tesla coil for high frequency work
in electricity, dissectable dynamo
with driving motor which is used to
show methods of producing all elec¬
trical currents, Edison storage bat¬
teries, demonstration transformers,
lantern slides showing the properties
of sound waves, earth inductor, Ley¬
den jars for showing resonance, elec-
trophorus, electrolytic rectifier or
nidon valve, besides reostats and
other resistances, and many minor
pieces too numerous to specify in de¬
tail. There has been an endeavor to
include in the equipment modern and
up-to-date apparatus for demonstra¬
tion and laboratory purposes.
Work-bench and shop equipment
have been supplied for repairing
broken cases and constructing new
ones. A number of pieces have been
overhauled and placed in first class
condition so that results attained with
them this year have been even better
than in the past.
Any information regarding work in
these laboratories will he furnished
by Mr. Clifton. It is hoped that an
equipment in telegraphy and tele¬
phony may be installed during the
Will Take Over R.
О.
T. C.;
Many Boys Have
Signed Up
A little over two years ago Pasadena
High School lost one of her most pop¬
ular teachers when Coach "Duffy”
Seay left to go to the Presidio offi¬
cers’ training camp. His departure
was also felt keenly in athletic cir¬
cles of the school as he had acted as
athletic coach and had turned out an
undefeated football team two years in
succession. In this case Uncle Sam
was the gainer, so the school tried
to bear the loss as optimistically as
possible, but now the rejoicing is uni¬
versal for both Uncle Sam and P. H.
S. are on the winning side, as Lieu¬
tenant Seay has returned to take
charge of the R.
О.
T. C.
After leaving Pasadena, Mr. Seay
took his training at the Presidio and
received his commission as first lieu¬
tenant. He sailed from New York
June 28, 1918. After landing at
Liverpool he fent to Southampton by
train and there embarked for France,
where he spent ten months in active
service. His division took a promi¬
nent part in the fighting at St. Milhel
and later at the Argonne Forest.
Here his division had thed istinction
of remaining on duty in the Argonne
without relief longer than any other.
They went in on September 26 and
were not relieved until October 4.
Lieut. Seay has his office in 232C,
and Is already busy registering the
applicants fojr the R.
О.
T. C. To
date 312 have signed up and it is ex¬
pected that 6qj0 will take advantage
of this traini:
“ALFIE” WESSON
_0N SICK LIST
Because of the illness of A1
Wesson, the Chronicle this week
was edited by Don Palmer, the
sporting editor. Being commis¬
sioner, editor of the Chronicle, and
co-editor of the Annual does not
seem to agree with Al, and he is
under the doctor’s cars. As he Is
such an important, member of the
Student Body, we wish him a
speedy recovery.
coming year. If there is a demand
for courses in applied mechanics,
electricity, wireless, or photography,
these might . be offered.
It is announced that any boys In¬
terested in working, in the physics
department as laboratory helper
next year should communicate with
Mr. Clifton.
COLLEGE ENTRANCE FOR
IS
Win OVER L A.
IN MEET
First Victory Comes to Lo¬
cal Swimmers by Lop-
Sided Score
P. H. S. WINS 55 TO 22
“Pinkie” Unruh Stars for
Locals by Grabbing
Most Points
Entrance Requirements
Princeton College Un¬
dergo Changes
to
The. Editor of the School Paper,
The Pasadena High School,
Pasadena, Cal.
Dear Sir: —
The Princeton Undergraduate j 0Pt Uaruh t0 the tape b? the narrow-
Last Tuesday after school the P. H.
S. waterbulldogs tangled with the L.
A. High swimmers at Brookside Park
and just naturally chewed them up
a bit. After the splashes had all
ceased and the water remained calm
again the score was added up on the
adding machine and the final outcome
was declared to be 65 to 22 in favor
of Pasadena. The defeat of L. A.
High marks the first victory of the
season for P. H. S. in swimming. In
the damp sport there is no league
standing of the teams as every team
can he entered in the Southern Cali¬
fornia.
“Pinkie” Unruh of the locals easily
starred and allowed his teammates to
win needed points for themselves to
get their letters. “Red” captured 12
digits with Bowers of L. A. and
Harry Grandy of Pasadena having ten
apiece as their trophies.
In the 50-yard dash a little hard
luck was experienced as the gun
failed to go off and as a result the
50 had to be swam over again. The
100-yard breast stroke was a little
one-act farce enacted by Pasadena for
the defeat of L. A. High as Pasadena
grabbed all places. Mortimer heat
Schools Committee wishes to an
nounce to all the members of your
school that the entrance require-
hients for Princeton have undergone
a radical change. Men are now ad¬
mitted to Princeton as candidates for
the A. B. degree without offering any
Greek, and no Latin is required for
the Bachelor of Science course.
Wle are enclosing a complete re¬
vised list of entrance requirements
which we would appreciate your pub¬
lishing in your paper. If, however, it
is impossible for you to publish the j
data at such length, will you never¬
theless be kind enough to at least
publish the contents of the first para¬
graph of this letter.
Any other information can he se¬
cured by writing to our committee
which is composed entirely of Prince¬
ton students, and which is desirous
of furnishing facts concerning Prince¬
ton to those who may be interested.
Thanking you in advance for co¬
operation in this matter, we remain,
Very truly yours,
Undergraduate Schools Committee
W. I. HARRIS, Chairman.
The data referred to has been turn¬
ed over to Mr Clifton and may he
found with him.
SENIORS ENGAGE
AN MUM
[ est of margins and Boorey placed an
i easy third.
j The plunge for distance event was
'another walkaway for Pasadena as
all three places were taken easily.
In the 220 and 440 Grandy fairly
tore off this event like he was going
to a tea party. The services of Al
Wesson were greatly missed in the
440, as he would have won first place.
The relay team demonstrated its
prowess by winning with yards to
spare. Unruh, Welch, Chisholm, and
Stover were on the relay team.
The result of the meet:
50-yard Dash — Bowers (L. A.),
first; Chisholm (P.) and Welch (P.).
100-vard Breast — Mortimer (P.),
first; Unruh (P.) and Boorey (P.).
100-yard Crawl — Bowers (L. A.),
first; Welch (P.) and Smith (P.).
100-yard Backstroke — Unruh (P.),
first; Martin (L. A.) and Boorey (P.).
Plunge for Distance — Jacobson
(P.), first; Gifford (P.) and Unrub
(P.).
220-yard Swim — Grandy (P.), first
Stover (P.). and Martin (L. A.).
Dives — Strawbe (L. A.), first; Chis¬
holm (P.) and Smith (P.).
440-yard Swim — Grandy (P.),
first; Unruh (P.) and Martin (L. A.),
Relay won by Pasadena by Unruh,
Welch, Chisholm, and Stover.
Final Score — Pasadena, 55; L. A.,
22.
Professor From L, A. Col¬
lege Gives Interesting
Address
The Boys Decide to Wear
Dark Suits at Grad¬
uation Exercises
The Senior class had a meeting In
Room 200C last Tuesday to discuss
further plans for graduation. The
meeting was as hilarious as usual, and
many helpful (and otherwise) sug¬
gestions were given.
The first thing attended to was the
announcements. Helen Brown ex¬
plained all about them and sent
around slips for those who desired
extra announcements to sign. Ten
announcements are allowed each
graduate and extra ones may be se¬
cured for ten cents apiece. As the
Seniore^are urged to sign immedi¬
ately.
A professor from the Los Angeles
Coilege of Osteopathy gave a very en¬
tertaining and interesting talk on the
opportunities of the high school
graduate and told of the work done
at the college which he represented.
The minister was chosen for
the baccalaureate sermon. After
much discussion Dr. Freeman of the
Presbyterian church was elected, but
in case Dr. Freeman Is not in Pasa¬
dena at the time of graduation Dr.
Merle Smith was chosen to give the
address.
The next thing to be decided upon
was a new athletic manager of the
class as Cliff Boorey, the former
manager, was unable to carry on the
work because of sickness. Harold
Sloan was chosen for this position,
and the rest of the meeting was de¬
voted to the discussion of what the
boys would wear at graduation. Many
were the opinions expressed, but
finally a dark suit and stiff collar
was deemed the proper attire for such
a formal occasion.
The meeting was then adjoprned
original slips were lost during the
meeting, duplicate ones have been ' after “ ,nspWn* talk b? Les Web‘
posted on the bulletin boards and all ster the president, on the support due
the baseball team.