Pasadena Chronicle, November 18, 1921

VOL. XIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 18, 1921 FIRST P.T.A. DINNER TO OF HELD MONDAY Tickets Sold in Front Hall Till Noon Whole Program Is in Charge of the Men TEACHERS ARE GUESTS Reservations to Close Sat¬ urday Night, Nov. 19 The Pasadena High School P.-T. A. will hold its first dinner on Monday evening, November 21, in the Cafe¬ teria, at 6:30 p.m. The whole eve¬ ning is in charge of the men and boys, including the dinner. A splendid program has been ar¬ ranged to be given in th auditorium, following the dinner, at which it is hoped the parents will avail them¬ selves of the opportunity to enter¬ tain some of the teachers of their boys and girls in having them as ! their guests. The dinner will be fifty cents and reservations may be made until Sat¬ urday night, November 19, through Mr. Datus Smith, Fair Oaks 4282. SO. CAL. GIRLS’ LEAGUE WILL CON ENE AT ALHAMBRA The sixth annual conference of the Girls’ League Federation of Southern California will be held at the Alham¬ bra High School on Friday and Sat¬ urday of this week. The presiding officer of the conference will be the Girls’ League president of Alhambra High School. Pasadena High School is to furnish the secretary for the entire conference. All girls who are interested in the progressive work of the Girls’ League are cordially invited to attend the sessions on Saturday morning. There will be some interesting speakers who will present the various phases of the work. Katherine Wormell, the secretary of the P. H. S. Girls' League, will give a talk on “How to Raise Money.” These conferences are always held in the Fall in order that an interchange of ideas may take place between the officers of the vari¬ ous schools and thereby be of direct benefit in shaping the plans through¬ out the year. IS A NEW PIS. ; ORGANIZATION i Holds Exhibit for Members and All Others Interested in the Pho¬ tographic Work MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 15TH Membership Is Open to Boys and Girls Who Wish to Become Active in This lane One of the clubs that is compara¬ tively new in the high school is the Photographic Club. This club was or¬ ganized the second semester of last year with the purpose of promoting the interests in photography and aid¬ ing amateur photographers. The club is open to both boys and girls who are interested in work along this line. There are three kinds of members: active, associate, and honorary, and the active members are limited to 18. The present officers are: Presi¬ dent, Burt Beverly; Vice President, Evelyn Yates; Secretary-Treasurer, Helen Beach, and Faculty Adviser, Mr. Howard. There are also Member¬ ship, Program, and House commit¬ tees. The last work that was completed was an exhibition of the developing, printing and enlarging of “snap 1 shots,” and of the developing and printing of the enlarged pictures. ! This exhibition was open to all of No. 9 COMMITTEE ASKS USE OF AUTOMOBILES The flower committee of the Girls’ League has been very active this year in sending flowers to P. H. S. stu¬ dents who are absent from school be¬ cause of illness. Jean Tompkins, chairman of the committee, asks those who can,, to bring flowers, as many are needed every week; and also, if there is any¬ one who wishes to help by furnishing a machine one or two afternoons a week, that he communicate with her. She can be reached by telephone at Fair Oaks 2148. ELABORATE EEDWEI R PASADENA TO DEBATE WITR E. A. IN PIS. AUDITORIUM AT 8:00 PI Dt rLMRltU Is Project of Harold Shields of Agriculture Dept. WILL BE ATTRACTIVE Helen Jackson and Charles Yates Are to Represent Pasa¬ dena High School in Initial Contest of Season Team Has Affirmative of Question, “Resolved: That In¬ voluntary Unemployment Can Be Abolished in the United States” MABEL GARRISON HEARD IN RECITAL mi 12 The Pasadena Music and Art As¬ sociation presented Mabel Garrison, noted soprano, in a recital which was given in the High School Auditorium the evening of November 12. She was accompanied by George Siemomi. The program, consisting of eight¬ een numbers, was very good. The Pasadena Music and Art Asso¬ ciation has planned three more con¬ certs for this year; on January 27, Alma Gluck, soprano, and Efrem Zimbalist, violinist; on March 9, Sophie Braslau, contralto; on April 29. Percy Grainger, pianist, are to appear. These artists, all of great renown, it will be a pleasure to hear. BANOUET GIVEN BY G0-T0- COLLEGE GLOB Mrs. Robert Freeman Tells of Eastern Colleges IS HUGE SIJCCESS Interesting Films Srown of Many Girls’ Colleges The Going to College Club of Pasa¬ dena High School had the first of two suppers in the High School cafeteria last Tuesday evening at 5:45 o’clock. The tables were beautifully decor¬ ated with chrysanthemums while the walls were covered with bows. Mrs. Robert Freeman, an alumna of Vassar and representing the big Eastern colleges for women, was the supper speaker. Mrs. Freeman dis¬ cussed some of the advantages and disadvantages of segregated educa¬ tion, and explained something of the differences between the colleges, and their big drives for endowment funds. ESSAY CONTEST CLOSES TODAY The essay contest on “Why Real Estate in California Is the Best In¬ vestment” closes today. The contest has evoked quite a bit of interest and many essays have been submitted. The best essay will be selected apd forwarded to the California Real Es¬ tate Association in Oakland. All the winning essays from the various high schools will then be judged by a com¬ mittee and the three best will be picked out. The final winners will each receive a cash prize and have the pleasure of seeing their work published in “Cali¬ fornia Real Estate,” the official jour¬ nal of the association. The young people of the Commun¬ ity Playhouse Association will pre¬ sent their second entertainment, “Aladin,” at Pasadena High School on Saturdays, November 19 and 26, at 2:30 o’clock, in the auditorium. the people who cared to attend. Plans have been made to help all members in any11 phase of the photographic work. This club is sure to have a large number of members in a short } time as it has a very interesting pur¬ pose. All people who wish to become J members are urged to go to the next I meeting, which is to be held soon. | The last meeting was held Tuesday, : November 15. Debate, P. H. S. vs. L. A. H. S., at 8. Initials “P.H.S.” to Be Pro¬ duced With Poppies The plot of land on Colorado street, west of the girls’ gym, which has been used for growing pumpkins in the last few years, will soon be one of the most attractive spots on the High School campus. Plans for a flower garden of very elaborate appearance are being drawn up by Harold Shields, student in the Agricultural Department. Many Varieties There will be planted in the gar¬ den many different varieties of flow¬ ers, including poppies of all sorts, stocks, and Canterbury bells. In the middle of the garden Harold is planning to have an oval, with the initials “P. H. S.” in the center. Red poppies will be used to form the let¬ ters, which are to be planted on a field of white poppies. Harold is greatly interested in this work, his father being an expert flor¬ ist, and so far his activities in this line have been good. plansTrUnks- GtVING BASKETS ARE MADE Everybody Is Requested to Contribute Something to Baskets HELP THE NEEDY Contributions Must Be Made Not Later Than Monday, November 21 “Help fill the baskets,” is the plea of the Girls’ League., One hundred and ten girls have been chosen as captains by the Girls’ League to help carry on the work. ; Each captain has charge of nine girls. I In the assembly which was held to- ' day each of the girls contributed ! either food or money to help fill the baskets. Each captain with her nine girls filled one. The boys of the R. О. T. C. fur- nished-fhe baskets and the meat. Those wishing to contribute to the Thanksgiving baskets must do so not later than Monday. On Tuesday the baskets will be taken to the head of the welfare de¬ partment of Pasadena and on Wednes¬ day they will be distributed to the] various families. Margaree Tefft is the chairman of the Thanksgiving baskets. INTE&CLASS SWIM- FESTIS TUESDAY] Swimming season will start off full blast on Tuesday, November 22, when the four classes, Freshman, Sopho¬ more, Junior and Senior, meet in an interclass swimming meet. Through this , meet, Coach Me- Auley expects to get an idea of the j material that he has on hand, both I old and new, and, with these selec- \ tions to act as a nucleus for his i squad, expects to produce a cham¬ pionship team. Anyone who has even an idea that he can swim or float on the water is wanted out and will be taken cape of. Team captains will be selected im¬ mediately and the names posted so the prospective entries will be start¬ ed in the right class and taken care of accordingly. 1 This evening, at 8 o’clock, in the High School Auditorium, the Debating team of P. H. S., composed of Helen Jackson and Charles Yates, will meet the forensic artists of Los Angeles High School. Pasadena has tlie affirma¬ tive of the question, Resolved: That involuntary unemployment can be abolished in the U. S. Helen Jackson, the captain of the team and com¬ missioner of debating, says: “The best possible aid for a debating team is to feel the hearty support of a large rooting section of loyal P. H. S. students.” Los Angeles is very anxious to win the Southern California champion¬ ship this year, thus taking the cup from Pasadena. L. A. has already THIS TAKES THE CAKE FOR LAUGHS =1: Ф * $ $ $ $ Ф !}; % * :i: tj: $ . $ $ $ % * Do raving maniacs inhabit the * * Horace Mann Building after *■ * school and during the holidays? * * Don’t ask Miss Abrams of the * * Modern History department, who * * teaches young hopefuls the dif- * * ference between Napoleon and * * Kaiser ВШ. Now Miss Abrams * * spends her pleasant holidays cor- * * renting promiscuous papers that * * lie around the house and school * * room. * * On Armistice Day, she made a * * special trip to 233C to get some * * of the said papers. There was * * supposed to be no one in the * * building. Imagine her surprise * * when half-way up the stairway * * she heard a queer rumbling * * noise. It was hardly audible at * * first then grew louder and nearer. * * It was a cross between a * * groan and a grunt. Miss Abrams * * was frozen to the spot. She * * didn’t know whether to warn * * Mr. Hunter or to run to the * * street, but the papers still beck- * * oned, so resolutely she held hen * * ground. While the noise Cam e * * nearer, her surprise was turned * * to terror. She was about to * * faint when around the corner * * came Charles Yates, reading * * from a scroll, practicing for the * * L. A. liigh-Pasadena debate. * 4: :i: '<■ % sj: % V The splendid opportunities for ser¬ vice given all high school teachers was the theme of a short talk given by Mr. Ewing at the recent confer¬ ence of Vice Principals and Deans of Girls in Southern California, at Pas¬ adena High School. Mr. Ewing, after extending a hearty welcome to all guests, said that although each dean has a tremendous task, and that sometimes the difficulties all come at once, if on, e only has abiding interest and patience, she is bound to be a success in the guiding of girls in high schools. Miss Clarke introduced Miss Skin¬ ner, our librarian, next and she gave a short talk on vocational books in the P. H. S. library. Mr. Hill, who for three years has been studying the effect of education on the individual on the job, was the next speaker. He stated that educa¬ tion was the only short cut to suc¬ cess, in that it teaches the individual how to work, and gives him strength in himself. Miss Jane Fox, of Long Beach, was next on the program of speakers. She read the aim of the Vocational course and the credits given, from the Long Beach High School Manual. She said that of the fifteen million women wage earners in the United States, there were many who were not cap¬ able for a college education, that, though vocational courses had be¬ come successes in the business world. The next speaker, Miss Todd, urged Be at the debate. held it twice and on the other hand Pasadena wishes to win twice in succession, doing a thing which has never been done so far in the history of the Southern California Debating League. Team Has Experience John C. Scott, coach of debating, has chosen as the team to represent P. H. S. Helen Jackson and Charles Yates, two experienced students. Last year Helen Jackson represented this school in three debates, first in the Hollywood debate, second in the South Pasadena debate, and third, the championship debate with Compton High School. As the Compton team was made up of two boys, and her colleague on the debate was Francis Henshaw, Miss Jackson won the title of the champion girl debater of Southern California. This year as Commissioner of Debating she has won fionors, for she is the first girl to hold office in that position at P. H. S. Charles Yates, although he has not debated in any league debate, has been a member of the team of his class in two inter-class debates. In his sophomore year he was the col¬ league of Miss Jackson on the team which won the inter-class debating championship. Again in his Junior year he was a member of the Junior team. He has been a member of the debating squad for two years. Mr. Scott, coach, states concern¬ ing the debate, “It is without a doubt the hardest debate of the season. L. A. High is determined to get the cup from Pasadena. It is hoped that a great many students will turn out for the debate.” Be there tonight! Support your team, and we’ll lick L. A. to smash. The Mask and Mirror dramatic club of P. H. S. will give two one-act plays on Tuesday afternoon, Novem¬ ber 22, in the High School Auditor¬ ium, for the benefit of the Going-to- Oollege Club. The plays, “The Florist Shop,” a splendid comedy, with sev¬ eral delightful character parts, and “The Mender of Hearts,” are unusual fantasy, have been splendidly direct¬ ed by Miss Florence MacAfee, a dra¬ matic director of some renown. Tick¬ ets will be fifteen cents and will be on sale in the front hall during Mon¬ day and Tuesday. thaf above all an employee be loyal to the firm, punctual, and use correct English. “Education is only learning to live” in Miss Todd’s opinion. A Girls’ League Assembly was then held, at which Margaret Seares pre¬ sided. Mrs. Bromley, head of Bul¬ lock’s Girls’ Department, was the speaker. She made the plea, that girls utilize what they have at hand, as the secret of success is inside each individual. “Above all, whatever you do, and whatever you are, be honest and truthful,” was her closing plea. The girls voiced their appreciation to Mrs. Bromley by an arm boquet of beautiful roses. Luncheon was served in the teach¬ ers’ cafeteria, after which the guests viewed the campus and places of vo¬ cational interest. At one o’clock the meeting was resumed and Miss Ray Hanna, Miss Dole, and Mrs. Barnum spoke, followed by Mrs. Dorsey. She spoke of the difficulty in finding situ¬ ations for high school girls and told of how many teachers were turned away each year because of lack of positions for them all. Miss Hausam and Miss Murcliie were the last two speakers. At the end of the program tea was served to the delegates in the Model Apartment. Debate, P. H. S. vs. L. A. H. S., at 8.