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PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 11, 1926
'NO. 6
Fhree Act Corned
у
Selected By
B. and B.
PASADENA ELECTED
VICE-PRESIDENT
Tryoutg for Play Held Last
Tuesday ; Many Members
Compete for Parts
Having selected “The Charm
School,” a three-act comedy by
Alice Duer Miller and Robert Mil-
ton as the annual play to be given
this year on January 23, the
Bauble and Bells dramatic club
held tryouts last Tuesday, sixth
and seventh periods.
A play committee consisting of
Miss Katherine Kester, faculty
adviser; Herbert Resner, presi¬
dent; Mildred Haniff, vice-presi¬
dent, and Ruth Baldwin, secretary,
presented the names of four plays
to the club: “Seventeen,” “Seven
Keyes to Balpate,” “Peg o’ My
Heart,” and “The Charm School,”
the later being chosen by a
popular vote.
Miss Kester will coach the re-
hersals, which will continue until
the date set for the performance.
The judges for the tryouts in
which every member of the B.
and B. was allowed to take the
part for which he is best suited,
were Miss Kester, Miss Elizabeth
Flint of the commercial depart¬
ment, and Mr. Clinton 0. Bay,
English teacher.
ADVISORY PRESIDENTS
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
“Conduct during assemblies” and
“Care of the grounds” were the
two subjects chosen for advisory
discussion for this month by ad¬
visory presidents at their monthly
meeting last Thursday with Miss
Mary E. Davis, factuly adviser
After several school songs were
sung, Mr. O’Mara gave a talk on
two of the most important prob¬
lems that face P. H. S. students
at this time. The first subject
touched upon, was the conduct of
both boys and girls during assem¬
blies. According to Mr. O’Mara
the conduct of the students in as¬
semblies is one of the two ways
in which strangers judge the in¬
stitution. The other way is the
care of the school grounds and
buildings. Any one who visits the
high school and finds perfect order
in. assemblies and classrooms can
form but one opinion and this opin¬
ion can be easily changed when he
finds the lawn in disorder, papers
scattered from front to rear and
bread crumbs and apple cores here
and there on the sidewalks.
SQUAD LEADER MEETING
SECRETARY ELECTED
Exchanging the office of secre-
1 tary-treasurer of the Southern
California Press Association, which
Pasadena held last year, for that
of vice-president, at the semi-an¬
nual convention held at Chaffey
Union last Friday, P. H. S. re¬
mains an officer of the association.
Santa Monica succeeds Chaffey
Union as president, and Pasadena
as secretary-treasurer for the com¬
ing season. Since it is a rule of
the association that the president
shall be host of the convention, the
spring meeting will be held at
Santa Monica high school.
The morning session at Chaffey
Union high school was presided
over by the editor of the “Tattler,”
Chaffey’s school paper. The speak¬
er, E. P. Clark, of the Riverside
press, spoke on “Congress from
the Press Gallery.”
After luncheon, which was serv¬
ed in the cafeteria to the 400 dele¬
gates, section or round table meet¬
ings were held, where the differ¬
ent school representatives discuss¬
ed problems or good points of their
school publications.
Various schools acted as chair¬
men of the different groups. P. H.
S., represented by Mara Larsen,
associate editor of the Annual,
presided at the meeting of the
small annual group, while Frances
McNeil, editor, attended the large
annual group where the various
motives for this year’s annuals
were discussed by the schools.
A business meeting was held at
the close of the convention, where
awards of the annual and school '
paper contest were announced.
The P. H. S. annual is ranked as
second class with several other
schools. No annual was consider¬
ed first class in this contest. Offi¬
cers were elected for the coming
year. Other P. H. S. representa¬
tives were Philip Pratt, commis- j
sioner of publications, the faculty!
edviser, and the editor of the
Chronicle. ■ '
MUSIC OF AMERICAN INDIAN COMES
DOWN THROUGH THE CENTURIES
WITH VERYLITTLE VARIATION
BOYS’ LEAGUE AWARDS
PRIZES AT MEETING
Thurlow Lieurance, Noted Composer of Aboriginal Songs,
to Visit Pasadena High School for Purpose of Giving
Program, featuring his own Compositions
Coming down though the ages
from mouth to ear, with little vari¬
ation for the original, the var¬
ious tribal melodies of the Amer¬
ican Indians remain epics of emo¬
tional splendor. Always coming
from the soul in a spiritual effort
to impress deep passion of love
hate or thankfulness, the Indian
melodies are the most touching of
all music.
When the deep throated warior
would win a lovely dark eyed
maiden, he lowed his voice to the
strains of a murmuring pine; as
vistor in battle, he bellowed forth
all his compassoin and hate of the
vanquished; in praise of the ben¬
evolence of the Almights, he lent
his voice to the mighty expanse of
space in a song of songs blending-
all the whisperings of time and
of the skies, and the color in the
sunset. All this, and a true under¬
standing of the whims and cares¬
ses of Mother Nature he put in his
song. In his song the Indian pours
forth from his soul in all the
breadth and passion of his sorrow
and joy.
On hearing the authetic music
of the American Indian as inter¬
preted by such a student as Thur¬
low Lieurance, one can sniff the
sage and hear the murmuring of
the timbers and fairly see the out¬
line of a brave singing his praise
in the sunset of a vanishing day.
The coming of Thurlow Lieur¬
ance to Pasadena on November
15 is an event of outstanding im-
portantce as Mr. Lieurance is an
internationally known authority
on the tribal melodies of the In¬
dians of the United States.
A special matinee program at
3:45 in the hight school auditor¬
ium is to be given for the parti¬
cular interests of the students of
Pasadena public schools. The
auditorium is to be divided into
sections for the various schools
of the city.
Thurlow Lieurance, pianist,
composer, lectures and recitalist
of note, has gained his extended
knowledge of the music of the
American Indian in his field work
among the different tribes
An unusual feature of the pro¬
gram is to be the festival chorus
of 300 voices, selected from the
junior high schools, high schools
and jujnior college of Pasadena,
and under the directionr of oJhn
Henry Lyons.
Another attraction of the pro¬
gram is to be the appearance of
Edna Woolley Lieurance, a gifted
pianist and the most prominent
exponent of Mr. Lieurance’s
music, Mrs. Lieurance is to ap¬
pear in Indian costumes lending a
distinct atmosphere to the pro¬
gram.
STUDENT BODY UNITES ADVISORY DISCUSSIONS
IN CELEBRATING GIVEN CONSIDERATION
ARMISTICE BY COMMISSION
P H. S. WILL CELEBRATE
OLD CLOHTES DAY
Speaking to the girl squad lead¬
ers of P. H. S. in 200-C last Thurs¬
day, C. F. Martin, physical edu¬
cation director in Pasadena, stress¬
ed the qualities of leadership. The
five which he mentioned are: high
mentality, general ability, sympa¬
thy, reliability, and cooperation.
He said that the quiet, unobtru¬
sive individual, not the four-flush¬
er, is the leader who will really
get ahead. The persons who use
the group for their own selfish in¬
terests, and who play for the
grandstands are sure to lose out
in the end.
Mr. Martin told the girls that
would be surprised if they knew
how much influence theyy have as
squad leaders; for they have been
selected by groups, and confidence
has been placed in them. There¬
fore it is up to them to join hands
wift the city schools and put real
leadership on the map.
Miss Elizabeth Jensen, of the
physical education department,
presided at the meeting. Pauline
Brown was elected secretary of the
squad leaders.
A meeting of this group will be
held once a month and all squad
leaders and assistant sq*ad lead¬
ers are required to attend.
In perpetuating a tradition be¬
gun 14 years ago, P. H. S. will
celebrate a rally for the Long-
Beach game with Old Clothes day
next week.
Back in 1914, just before the
Long Beach game, some boys came
to school dressed in old clothes in
preparation of building a fence
around the football field. They
completed the fence in one day and
since then, one day in the week
before Pasadena’s game with the
Jackrabbits, has been set aside as
Old Clothes day.
This day is usually held on the
Friday before the big game but
the date this year is as yet indefi¬
nite.
Students will come dressed in
clothes, but oh, the type of cloth¬
ing! A motley of costumes. Any¬
thing can be worn just so long as
it suggests the present modes of
wear. There is, however, one re¬
striction that must be emphasized,
and that is, that no boy can come
dressed as a girl and no girl can
come dressed as a boy. There will
be a special committee of boys and
girls who will pass on the cos¬
tumes.
Mr. O’Mara says that he hopes
the students will -conduct them¬
selves properly during the day so
that it will not be necessary to
withdraw this privilege.
So, fellow students, watch for
the date of Old Clothes day and
come dressed in the most freakish
costume possible.
(Be careful of your conduct.)
CIRCUS REFRESHMENT
BEING SOLD AT P. H. S.
The man who does nothing does
somebody.
Red hot, delicious popcorn can
be bought at the cafeteria annex.
The popcorn sale goes on during
the first and second advisories.
Mr. Staples who manufactures
and sells popcorn machines, tried
to sell one to P. H. S. Failing
to do so, he installed one in the
cafeteria annex, employed a stu¬
dent to run it, and agreed to give
the cafeteria one-fourth of the
profits.
Today Pasadena high school
unites with the world in celebrat¬
ing Armistice day. Eight years
ago today the Germans surrender¬
ed to the Allies at the close of one
of the most devastating wars in
the history of the world. Millions
of young men, representative of
the highest type of young man¬
hood of every country engaged in
the war, were ruthlessly slaugh¬
tered.
Pasadena high school did her
share in making the world safe
for democracy by furnishing twen¬
ty-five young men. Today, the
student body is not only observing
the signing of the Armistice in
honor of the thousands of young
men who were killed, but it is es¬
pecially honoring the students who
gave their lives for their fellow
classmates.
Tuesday, the regular assembly
was devoted to a patriotic program
in charge of the American Legion.
Dr. John Marvin Dean, pastor of
the first Baptist church, was the
speaker of the day, taking for his
topic, “Preparedness.” Norman
Edwards spoke on “Comiftemora-
tion,” and William Colton spoke on
“Celebration.”
At the weekly meeting of the
student body advisory corngiission
which is held every Monday with
Miss Mary E. Davis, faculty ad¬
viser, several important matters
were discussed.
The advantages of advisory dis¬
cussions were given a great deal
of consideration and were finally
approved of.
The commission, one of the most
important groups in high school
activities, has probably more to do
with matters concerning all the
students than ar.y other similar
body in P. H. S. Advisory activities
all originate in these meetings, all
bulletins are sent from this group,
they determine a great part of the
business of the advisory presidents,
care of the rear doors during as¬
semblies are attended to by com¬
missioners and publicity for school
activities is secured by these stu¬
dents.
The members of the commission
are: Orrin Earl, chairman, Merle
Matter, Dorothea Kapps, Mittie
Crain, and Neal Bowers.
By showing their superiority in
the art of selling booklets at the
commencement last June, three
boys received prizes in the boys’
league meeting second advisory
last Thursday. Those who won
the prizes are Ewing Konold,
first, a pennant and student-body
card No. 1; Evic Strutt, second,
student-body card No. 2, and
James Scott, third, a P. H. S.
pennant.
Mr. O’Mara, in presenting the
prizes, said that this is the first
time in ten years that he has
not had student-body card No. 1.
Mr. O’Mara told the boys that
better attention must be shown
in assemblies. “You are in the
best - known high school in
America, and you must live up
to your reputation,” .he said. He
then emphasized the fact that
a high school is known to a great
many people by the conduct in
the assemblies.
Mike Reynolds, commissioner
of boys’ welfare, spoke to the as¬
sembly about the Thanksgiving
baskets being made by the girls’
league. A collection was then
taken to help out the girls in
their projects, and the boys raised
about $53.
The Rose Bowl committee has
agreed to let P. . H. S. have the
Rose Bowl for nothing. When
this was announced, the boys be¬
came uproarous in expressing
their approval.
Herbert Resner asked the boys’
league to support their team by
coming out to the Alhambra
game. He ended his talk by
saying, “A bulldog always fights,
and the Bulldogs are going to
fight like they never fought be¬
fore.”
Paul Ard, a J. C. student, an¬
nounced that all students who
wished to get 15 cent tickets for
the J. C. game should get them
by 2 o’clock.
It was suggested that a com¬
mittee be appointed to find out
about a bonfire. Mike Reynolds an¬
nounced that he would select a
committee.
Two piano numbers by Harold
Hammond ended the assembly.
H. S. Annual Will
Get Early
Start
Staff Selected from Sixth
Period Class; Work is Be¬
gun for Next Semester
This year’s annual staff has a
big advantge over that of . last
year, for instead of waiting to
organize and to start work in
the second semester, the staff
has been sleeted, and work has
already begun. It is expected
that by this arrangement the
usual last minute rush will be
avoided.
Those on the annual staff . are:
Frances McNeil, editor-in-chief;
Mara Larsen, associate editor;
Dorothy Seymour, seniors; Heen
Gililand, literary; Helen Rich,
drama; Frances Alderman, music;
Carl Cartwright, art; section; Al¬
bert Stockade, art editor; Susanna
Yeo, faculty; Grace Speicher,
forensics; Alberta Twitchell, girls’
athletics; Herbert Merris, boys’
athletics; Marianne Barret, school
life; Dorothy Reed, humor;
Dorothy O’Brien, kodak; Geraldine
Anderson and Clarisse Pagett,
junior representatives.
These people were chosen from
Miss Gladys Snyder’s sixth period
annual class.
ANNUAL CONVENTION
MEETS AT MONROVIA
Pasadena high school will be
represented at the annual Southern
California Girls’ League conven¬
tion at Monrovia by two official
delegates, Elizabeth McCullough,
commissioner of girls’ welfare, and
Juanita Wright, secretary of the
girls’ league. Others who will at¬
tend are the girls’ league cabinet
and eight junior representatives.
The convention will be held on
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 19 and
20. The delegates from the var¬
ious schools generally stay over
Friday night, so as to be able to
attend the Saturday morning meet¬
ings, but since Monrovia is close
to Pasadena, P. H. S. girls will
not stay over.
BOYS’ SQUAD LEADERS
HOLD FIRST MEETING
FACULTY IS GIVEN
TRUE AND FALSE TEST
Among the speakers at the
faculty meeting, given last Wedr
nesday by the science department
was Dr.. James E. Bell, professor
of chemistry at Caltech. Dr. Bell
spoke on the “Importance of
Physics, and “Character Qualifi¬
cations for College Work.”
A feature of the meeting was a
“true and false” test, on scienti¬
fic ideas. The joke came as a
result of the similar tests given
recently to all the students. The
answers to the faculty test were
all false.
Miss Katherine Kenaga of the
social science department and
Miss Louise Gatch of the language
department, gave reports on the
work of their committees.
At the close of the meeting Mr.
Sydnor of the commercial depart¬
ment, presented Mr. 'Ewing with
a box of candy as a result of
Stanford winning the
game Saturday.
Two hundred squad leaders
were brought together last Wed¬
nesday. The meeting was under
the guidance of W.K. Dunn, athele-
tic director at P.H.S.
The purpose of the gathering
was to further the natural in¬
stinct of leadership and to en¬
able the boys to know each other
better.
Mr. Dunn stressed the point
that the squad leaders do not
particularly help the instructors
but that they are constantly bene-
fitting themselves by displaying
their leadership and strengthening
those qualities which enabled
them to ascend to the head of
their squads.
Mr. Cecil F. Martin, city di¬
rector of physical education and
community service, talked to the
group on “Qualification of a
Leader.” His talk was inter¬
spersed with bits of personal ex¬
periences in athletic circles.
William Best was elected tem-
football porary chairman and the meet¬
ing was adjourned.
COSTUMES TO FEATURE MYSteRIOUS HONOR
GIRLS’ HI-JINKS PARTY :
PLANS UNDER WAY
One hour of free entertainment j
and a whole evening of fun is be- !
ing- planned for next Friday night j
at the girls’ Hi-jinks, by the G. !
A. A., W. A. A., and Big “P”, clubs, j
All girls are invited, and are
asked to come in costume, for a
grand march will be held, and a
prize awarded for the best cos¬
tume. These will also be old time
folk dancing for everyone.
According to Miss Elizabeth
Jensen, of the physical education
department, a very competent W.
A. A. fortune teller will do much
toward revealing the past, present,
and future of all who so desire.
It was decided that a carnival
wouldn’t be a success without a
fishpond, so one has been arranged
with real and valuable prizes. It
is announced that by feeding a
duck, horns, caps, whistles, and
surpentine will be handed out.
Real honest-to-goodness moving
pictures will be shown, which af¬
fords a good chance to see your¬
selves as others see you.
Prizes will be given for the high-
point winner on the bowling alley
and baseball throw.
The program will include a solo
by Florence Hall, and a dance by
Madeline and Polly White. There
will also be a violin, piano, and
cello trio, and stunts will be put
on by each of the three clubs.
Behind closed doors the com¬
mittees for the honor society
banquet, to be held December 3,
in the teachers’ cafeteria, are
mystetriously laying their plans.
Under Mrs. Clara Bates Gid-
dings, teacher of German, the
dinner is being planned. She is
being aided by a committee, the
student chairman .of which is
Pauline Fuller, social chairman of
the honor society.
Miss Wolf, English teacher, is
faculty adviser of the entertain¬
ment committee which is in
charge of Virginia Gallotz, pro¬
gram hacirman of the society..
Carl Cartwright, service chair¬
man, is plannig the decorations.
All arrangements being made for
the entertainment are novel.
As in the past, members of the
C. S. F. are invited to the ban¬
quet. Also the administration
and members of the board of
education are urged to be pre¬
sent.
FORUM TO DISCUSS
ANNUAL PROJECT
FRAT TO GIVE ASSEMBLY
Nineteen members of the P. H.
S. and P. J. C. faculty are mem¬
bers of the Phi Beta Kappa. .
Next Tuesday, November 16, the
Phi Beta Kappa will be in charge
of the regular assemblly.
The Phi Beta Kappa, national
college scholarship fraternity, was
established in 1776. It was first
organized at the College of Wil¬
liam and Mary, Williamsburg,, Va.
It was a social club and a literary
society.
I
By appointing a committee to
to investigate and present to the
club a definite topic which the or¬
ganization can work upon during
the year, Stanley Hahn, president
of the Forum, at the meeting held
on November 10, launched the so¬
ciety into what promises to be a
successful year.
Another feature of the meeting
was a discussion of the initiation
party to be held at the home of
Richard Upjohn, 2020 S. Fremont
Ave. At the mention of the initia¬
tion party, the neophites looked at
one another with quaking hearts
while the bonafide members
"licked their chops.” An interest¬
ing time is assured to all of the
members who attend the meeting.