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VOL. XIII
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
No. 8
CAPTIONS OF NATIONAL
SPEECH WEEK TO EE
SHOWN ON SCREEN
Through the courtesy of David
Schumann, manager of T. D. and L.
Theatres of Pasadena, slogans and
captions of the National American
Speech Week will be shown on the
screen at the local theaters.
Mr. West, superintendent of the
Pasadena schools, has issued a cir¬
cular letter to each elementary
school asking them to observe the
week. To stimulate more interest he
has suggested the classes to make
posters and slogans, and to hold com¬
petitions among classes. A few of the
captions already received are “Better
English — Better Business,” and “Dis¬
arm your country but guard your En¬
glish.”
This national speech week move¬
ment includes the following points:
1. Elimination of errors in gram¬
mar.
2. Improvement in enunciation.
3. Adoption of standard pronun¬
ciation.
4. Enlargement of vocabulary.
5. Development of ability in pub¬
lic speaking.
Three prize posters will be chosen
from three schools — High School,
Junior High School, and one of the
elementary schools. These posters
will be shown on the screen with the
name of the person and the school,
with the exhibition of the other post¬
ers. Mr. West has arranged slides to
be made besides the slogans written
by the committee.
The committee was formed by the
English Teachers’ Association of
Southern California. Miss Harriet
Sterling, teacher of John -Muir, 'is a
member of the council. Miss Gladys
Atkinson was chosen to represent P.
H. S,. and Miss Milly Church to rep¬
resent Junior High School, Miss Mary
Newby elementary schools.
FACULTY HAYElMHlY
MEETING WEDNESDAY
The faculty of P. H. S. held a meet¬
ing in the library Wednesday after¬
noon. The speakers of the day were
J. W. Harbeson of the Child Welfare
Department and Dr. J. Harold Wil¬
liams of the Bureau of Research at
Whittier, who has just returned from
an educational survey in Hawaii.
Charles Black and Helen Jackson,
P. H. S. commissioners, said a few
words regarding the advisory and
study periods.
Mr. Harbeson’s talk was on the
part-time classes. He said that ninety
per cent of the people who quit school
did so because they wanted to, and
not because they had to. The problem
is to make them interested and will¬
ing to go on with their studies.
There are 105 part-timers at P. H.
S., enrolled in 28 separate classes, and
taught by 15 teachers. The reasons
for boys and girls leavin gschool were
discussed, and remedies for wrong
conditions suggested.
Dr. Williams’ topic was the State
Schools, where boys and girls who do
not “fit” in the regular schools are
given another chance to become use¬
ful members of society. There are
three such schools in the state, with
a total attendance of 800 pupils. Ev¬
erything is run on a scientific basis,
according to the needs of the child.
All the possible data is gathered, the
child is given a medical and a psycho¬
logical examination, and the studies
are arranged to suit his needs.
Dr. Williams' expressed the hope
that in a few years a system will be
arranged through which delinquency
can be prevented before it has a
chance to occur.
DESIGN IS CHOSEN FOR
SENIOR RINGS AND
SEALS
The new Senior ring passed on by
the ring committee was especially
made for the class of ’22 by the T. Y.
Allen Company of Los Angeles. It
is the plan this year to have the seal
not only on the ring but also on scarf
and bar pins.
The design adopted is one of some
hundred and fifty submitted for in¬
spection to the committee. Finally
after much discussiori it was decided
on as the chosen design. There will
be two rings, one with a silver shank
and the other with gold shank. The
design is a yellow gold monogram
surmounted by the class numbers and
enclosed by a green gold wreath.
So far the orders taken by the
bookstore have shown good support
by the class, but more orders are
wanted, so that everyone in the class
may have a seal either on a ring,
scarf pin, or bar pin.
FAMONS ARTISTS COMING
TO P. H. S. ON C0N-
CERT TOURS
The Music and Art Association of
Pasadena is offering to the people of
Pasadena a series of four concerts to
be held in November, January, March
and April, respectively. Famous art¬
ists will appear at all four.
On November 12, Mabel Garrison,
a soprano of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, will sing. Alma Gluck, the
famous soprano, and her husband,
Efrem Zimbalist, the violinist, will
appear in joint recital. The next con¬
cert will be given by Sophie Braslau,
also of the Metropolitan Opera Com¬
pany, March 9. Percy Grainger,
pianist-composer, will be heard in
concert in April,
To all students of P. H. S. the price
of the season tickets will be $1.00.
The adult season tickets will be sold
at Jarvis and Prinz for $8.50, $6.00
and lower.
OF
SCHOLARSHIP RATING
CLUBS TO BE PUB¬
LISHED
It has become customary in some
of the largest universities in the
country to publish a table showing
the comparative standing in scholar¬
ship of its different clubs and organi¬
zations.
Pursuing such a policy, the Com¬
mittee on School Organizations will
publish at tjie end of this semester
the scholarship rating of all Pasadena
High School organizations which do
not exceed a hundred in membership.
The Honor Society would not be in¬
cluded, its membership exceeding one
hundred.
WONDERFUL PICTURES TO
BE SHOWN STUDENTS
*******************
* Movies! Real reels of roaring *
* films. Come see them. Money *
* back if not satisfied! Guaran- *
* teed to be hot off the camera! *
* Conie see the dashing hero, the *
* lovely heroine and the cruel vil- .*
* lain. The villain’s mustache is ♦
* also guaranteed to he real — an- *
* other money-back proposition if *
* it’s not. The hero’s chest ex- *
* pausm
п
is almost five inches and *
* the heroine has blue eyes — per- *
* haps. Money back
И
not satis- *
* fled. *
* V. Mowatt and committee pre- *
* sent this overwhelming spectacle *
* on the afternoon of November 9. *
* Next Wednesday. No one will *
* make much, if he does demand *
* his money back — the show xvill *
* cost enough. C ome see it — if *
* you don’t have heart failure be *
* fore the end the producing com- *
* pan
у
will. *
*******************
BEST SLOGAN AND POSTER
FOR BETTER SPEECH
FOR ‘ITEM"
* The best poster and slogan for *
* the “Better Speech Movement” *
* from P. H. S. nil! he reproduced *
* in the November “ITEM.” *
% * * * * * * 4= * ** *******
ECONOMIC PRIZE CONTEST
IS ANNOUNCED BY MISS
HOLLOWAY
Dr. William Trut.ant Foster, for¬
merly president of the Reed College
in Portland, Oregon, now connected
with the Francis Pollack Foundation
for Economic Research, has an¬
nounced a prize contest for essays in
economics. The prizes are as follows:
(1) A prize of one thousand dollars
open to everybody without restric¬
tion; (2) a scholarship of five hun¬
dred dollars in any college for the
best essay by a student in any high
school or other school of secondary
grade.
The subjects for the essay are as
follows: (a) The Part that Money
Plays in Economic Theory; (b)
Causes of Unemployment and Reme¬
dies; (c) Conditions which Determine
How Much the Consumer Gets for
His Dollar. However, the essays are
limited to ten thousand Words, and
must-be mailed before December 31,
1321.
The men appointed as judges are
Dr. Willis B. Donnan, Dean, Harvard
Graduate School of Business Admin¬
istration; Irving Fisher, Professor of
Economics, Yale University; V/esley
C. Mitchell, Director of Research, Na¬
tional Bureau of Economic Research.
Further information may be obtained
by addressing Dr. Foster, 109 Sargent
Street, Newton 58, Massachusetts.
Committee at P. II. S. Is
Making Plans for Class
Competitions
MAY USE TAG SYSTEM
Teams Will Be Formed in
Each English Class to
Check Errors
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Miss Sawyer, one of the committee
to plan for our school’s active partic¬
ipation this year in the National
American Speech Movement, says
that a contest between two teams in
each of her classes proved so success¬
ful last year that she heartily en¬
dorses the plan for this year.
This is her plan; Choose two cap¬
tains in each Class and let them select
their team-mates. Write the names of
all members of each team on the
board. Let the captains score the
errors on the board immediately after
the errors have been noted and cor¬
rected by an opponent.
Tags were printed with a list of the
most commoil errors t
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avoid and,
these served as individual score cards
last year. A similar device will be
in vogue this year. The classes decid¬
ed that the losing team should
“treat” the winning team to a cake or
a box of candy. Interest ran so high
last year that the classes voted to
continue scoring the next week.
Whether one of the losers had the
janitor as a friend, the pupils tried
to determine the following Monday
when clean blackboards confronted
them.
FIRS! DERATE II IE
HR L L 11
VEifjfi!
Gup Has Never Been Held
by Any High School for
Two Years
TEAM NOT CHOSEN
Question Is of Vital Interest
to All Students of
History
That Pasadena High School will
attempt to do what has never been
done before — namely, keeping the de¬
bating cup two years in succession,
was the statement made by John
Scott, coach of debating, concerning
the coming debating year. No school
has yet kept the cup more than one
year. Some schools have received the
cup twice, but not in successive years.
A Get-Together for All Mew
. Girls in Upper Glasses
in P. H. S.
NORMA SIMAMK, HEAD
New Women Faculty Mem¬
bers Are Also Present as
Guests of Honor
FOOTBALL EXPLAINED
IN JUNIOR ASSEMBLY
A lecture on football by a man
who knows the game and music fur¬
nished by members of the student
body constituted the program at the
Junior Assembly last Thursday at
which Miss Helen Jackson presided.
Esther McCann’s piano selections
were gratefully applauded, as were
the songs sung by Miss Madalynne
Richardson. Miss Mary Tiner enter¬
tained with the violincello.
John J. Griffith spoke on the game
of football, explaining end run, for¬
ward pass, place and drop kicks and
other plays. Mr. Griffith diagrammed
the more complicated plays and cited
as instances occurrences In this sea¬
son’s games that everyone is acquaint¬
ed with.
RIBBONS WON BY P. H. S.
STUDENTS ARRIVE
FROM FAIR
That the Agriculture Department
of P. H. S. is doing good work this
year has been shown by the number
of ribbons that were won at the re¬
cent fair at Riverside. Seven blue
ribbons won by individual pupils
have just arrived, while two first
prizes were also received for class ex¬
hibits.
In the final average Pasadena
stood second, being only one point
behind Van Nuys High School, which
came out first.
One of the most unique and alto¬
gether lovely parties of the year was
given last week by the Girls’ League
for the new Junior and Senior girls,
and new women faculty members. It
was held in what is usually the music
hall, but so transformed was it by
pumpkins, corn stalks and orange and
black paper hangings, that it was
almost unrecognizable. The stage had
for a background a fence and black
cats, while witches rode their broom¬
sticks up and down the curtains.
Program Presented
A very lovely program was given
by the following people.
Piano solo. ...Ruth Elizabeth Hoover
Reading . Lois Cleland
Dance . . . Harriet Damon
Pantomime.. -Miss Keppie’s advanced
dramatics class.
Miss Nellie Greene Clarke, dean of
girls, gave an interesting and in¬
formal talk on friendship, while Mar¬
garet Seares, president of the Girls’
League, heartily welcomed the new
girls and expressed the wish that they
would always speak of the League as
“we” instead of “they.”
Games were played that enabled
everyone to become acquainted with
her neighbor. After learning the
names of at least five new teachers
and girls, a column of four was
formed and the guests marched to
the teachers’ cafeteria. Here, another
surprise awaited them. At first every¬
thing was dark, and awesome shrieks
predominated, but, as the lights sud¬
denly came on, revealing pumpkin
faces, the frightened cries were re¬
placed by a chorus of “Ohs” and
“Ahs” that voiced approval. After
seating themselves the merrymakers
were served with dainty refreshments
SOCIAL SCIENCE MEETING
HELD HERE LAST
SATURDAY
About fifty members of the Social
Science Association of Southern Cali¬
fornia met at Pasadena High last Sat¬
urday. This was the first of a series
of meetings that are to be held dur¬
ing the year.
Very interesting speeches were
given on the Social Science problems.
Luncheon was served in the cafeteria,
after which the guests inspected the
grounds. Many interesting comments
were made concerning the school
grounds. R. L., Ashley, head of the
Social Science department of P. H. S.,
was chairman of the committee.
The following names appear on the
cup which was contributed to the de¬
bating league by Stanford University:
Los Angeles High, 1915.
Long Beach High, 1916.
Hollywood High, 1917.
Los Angeles High, 1918.
Inglewood High, 1919.
Hollywood High, 1920.
Pasadena High, 1921.
Los Angeles is very anxious to get
the cup again.
.The team which is to meet L. A.
has not yet been definitely picked,
but It will be picked next week some
time. At present all the members of
the squad are getting material on the
question. It is: Resolved, that in¬
voluntary unemployment should be
abolished in the United States.
P. H. S. has the affirmative, which is
the most difficult side to present. The
date will be November 18 and the-
debate will be held in the Pasadena
Auditorium.
RAYMOND LUNCH BOXES
RECEI E GOOD RESPONSE
As a result of the Raymond Lunch
Boxes being placed about the P. H. S.
grounds many Mexican children have
been provided with food. Extra sand- 1
wiches, apples and slices of cake
which would otherwise have been
thrown away have been placed in the
boxes to help feed these children.
So far there has been a very gen¬
erous response and it is hoped that
this will continue.
The lunches are collected every day
by various members of the committee
and taken to the Raymond School
where the food is sold to the Mexican
children for the small sum of a penny
an article.
Next week Miss Clark will take a
number of girls to visit the school.
consisting of French pastry and hot
chocolate.
Older Girls Enjoy Affair
Everyone went away happy, after
declaring the party an overwhelming
success. The few older girls who
were lucky enough to be there say it
was the nicest party ever given by the
Girls’ League.
Too much credit cannot be given to
those who worked so faithfully to
make the affair so enjoyable. Norma
Simank was supervisor and Josephine
Sunseri was general chairman. The
other chairmen were:
Margaret Kennelly — Games.
Louise Gibson — Program.
Wilhelmina Le Munyon — Decora¬
tions.
Jesse Danner — Refreshments.
Johanna Hekelaar — Clean-up.
VARIETY OF SALES ARE
HELD FOR MUIR
FUNDS
Sales are at present the vogue in
the Junior High School. Whether
past, present or future, they seem to
be popular and bring good results.
To increase the funds for athletics,
A1 Heartt, Muir’s enterprising Com-
misioner of Athletics andfootball cap¬
tain, recently conducted a very suc¬
cessful pom-pom sale of the Blue and
Gold.
Deciding that many of the class¬
room walls were barren and unat¬
tractive, Miss Stiles and Miss Ryker
of the Faculty launched a successful
sale of school emblems, such as pen¬
nants, armbands and seals, with the
result that at least one good picture
will be bought to make the school
more attractive.
The latest of the sales wa.s the
candy sale held yesterday by the Muir
P.-T. A. that the Emergency Fund
might be swelled.
Because of the variety, these sales
have not become tiresome, therefore:
each new novel campaign meets with
success.
BOYS’ LEAGUE SOON TO
COMPLETE ITS OR¬
GANIZATION
According to Commissioner of
Boys’ Welfare Charles Black, the or¬
ganization of the Boys’ League will
soon be completed. The Constitution
Committee which has been working
for a week, is due to report within
the next few days, and the Nomina-
tio,n uommittee has been scouting for
likely candidates for officers.