Pasadena Chronicle, November 25, 1921

VOL. XIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 25, 1921 No. 10 TEACHER MEETS WITH PLYMOUTH PAGEANT Tfi IE TOPIC IF ill TALK Falls Twenty Feet When Rock Gives Way RESULT NOT SERIOUS Will Not Be Able to Teach for Several Weeks Murry G. Hill, one of the members of the English department, met with a serious accident in Eaton’s canyon late Saturday afternoon. In company with Robert O. De Mond he was tak¬ ing a short-cut from the trail when a stone, to which he was holding, gave way. He fell about twenty feet, dislocating his hip in the fall. As Mr. De Mond was the only one around he had to carry him over a mile before he could summon any help. Twelve men soon arrived to help him, but as it was dark they were forced to leave Mr. Hill by the mountainside in a painful condition. After a few more difficulties he ar¬ rived home in an ambulance about noon Sunday. His condition will not permit him to resume his teaching for about two weeks. WELL-KNOWN MEMBER OF FRESHMAN CLASS DIES SATURDAY Howland Deming, a member of the freshman class, died at his home, 120 North Greenwood avenue, last Satur¬ day 'morning after an illness of only a week. Howland was fourteen years old and had moved to Pasadena only three months ago from Brooklyn, N. Y. Funeral services were held at Mountain View Cemetery on Monday morning. Those teachers and pupils representing P. H. S. at the service were Principal Ewing, Mr. O’Mara, Mr. Laurence Egbert, Mr. Leon Yakely, Miss Edith Witherell, Walter Fell, president of the Freshmen class, and the secretary of the class. Although Howland was not as well known among the upper classmen, he was well known and liked by his classmates. ‘FOREIGN FROLICS’ EVENING DEC. 9 TO BE HUGE SUCCESS Few people except those who are actively connected with the prepara¬ tions know that in the near future, December the ninth to be exact, the Language Separtments are combin¬ ing to give an evening’s entertain¬ ment in the form of “Foreign Frol¬ ics.” The whole program is to be pre¬ sented by students of P. H. S. who are studying Latin, French or Span¬ ish. There will be several plays and the costuming and solo and group dancing will add much atmosphere and local color. Everything will be carried out to minutest details and the P. H. S. Auditorium in which the program is to be presented will be a blaze of color and festivity. Spanish dances and clicking casta¬ nets, modish French damsels with al¬ luring smiles, and stately men and women of ancient Rome will unite to entertain the P. H. S. Student Body and its friends in the auditorium on Friday morning of December 9, at 8:15. The “Foreign Frolics” will be a varied program consisting of short plays, tableaux, vocal and instru¬ mental music, to be presented by the students of the Language Depart¬ ment. An admission fee of twenty- five cents will be arranged for the students and a fee of fifty cents for others. The proceeds from the enter¬ tainments will be given to the Schol¬ arship Fund. To enjoy this unusually fine pro¬ gram one need not know Spanish, French, or Latin, for all conversation can be easily understood by the ac¬ companying gestures. The committee in charge assures a good time for everyone. This afternoon Miss Louisa P. Merritt of this city will speak at both the Junior and Senior assemblies at the Junior High School. Miss Mer¬ ritt’s • subject will be the Plymouth Pageant which was given at Ply¬ mouth last summer. While attending the pageant Miss Merritt painted some pictures which will be shown this afternoon. Miss Merritt is a di¬ rect descendent of one of the May¬ flower’s passengers and she will dress in the costume of that time. The girls who will sing the illustrated songs will also dress in Pilgrim costume. FIRST ITEM WIFE APPEAR SION THE ITEM need no longer be a dream of the dim and distant past. The first issue of this year is coming very soon. Watch for it! It will sur¬ prise you one of these days. THE ITEM has has always been a good magazine, but this issue is to be the best ever. Everything about it is to be different, and each difference is to be an improvement. In the first place, the size has been changed. The pages this year are to be nine by twelve inches, the size of the popular magazine. Far more important than the size are the contents of the quarterly. The articles are to cover a much wider field than formerly. This has been made possible by the number of those who have been working on the maga¬ zine. At least forty reporters have been working for several weeks, gath¬ ering and writing and illustrating ma¬ terial. With so many people at work it has been possible to cover a much larger and more interesting field. As a result of the various, widely differ¬ ent subjects upon which the reporters have written, THE ITEM is expected to be less like a book and more like a modern popular magazine in make¬ up. It will be remembered that the last ITEM was “sold out” in twenty min¬ utes. It is a safe prediction that this ITEM will go even faster. THANKS PIANO COMPANY FOR KINDNESS The High School wishes to an¬ nounce publicly the kindness of the Coops Manufacturing Company of Pasadena in loaning to Mr. Abraham Miller, head of the Music Depart¬ ment, a Coops Baby Grand piano for the Going-to-College Club supper, Tuesday night, November 15, 1921. The Club entertained many guests and the use of such a beautiful in¬ strument meant much to it. SENIORS WIN! The high and mighty Seniors of P.H. S. proved themselves quite dextrous in the gentle art of swimming by winning the inter-class meet last evening in the pool out in back. Points made: Seniors . 32 Juniors . 26 Sophs . 26 Freshmen . 7 GREAT EXCITEMENT IN BEE FAMILY CAUSED BY FOOD PROBLEM It seems as if minor insects should be capable of securing enough food for themselves to live. But since a new brood of bees has recently hatched at P. H. S. the food problem appears difficult. And as a result of having such a large appetite, the honey-diggers have eaten all the honey provided for them by the old brood. Unless more food will rapidly be provided for them they will die of starvation. FIRST PHILHARMONIC CONCERT IN DECEMBER Under the auspices of the Pasa¬ dena Music and Art Association the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los An¬ geles will be presented in a series of four concerts, beginning on December 8 in the Pasadena H,igli School Audi¬ torium. Walter Henry Rothwell, who deserves much credit for the success of the season last year, is conducting the orchestra again this year. Alice Gentle, dramatic soprano, is the soloist for the first concert on December 8 ; the Trio consisting of Jay Plowe, flute, Ilyer Bronson, ’cello, and Alfred Kastner, harp, will appear Friday, January 13; Cecil Fanning, baritone, sings Friday evening, Feb¬ ruary 24, and Sylvian Noack will be the soloist at the last concert on Monday evening, April 3. The sale of season tickets began on Monday, November 14, at Jarvis and Prinz. Single tickets will be on sale after December 4. Students and teachers can procure reduced rates by applying at the Board of Educa¬ tion. SOPHOMORES DECIDE ON CLASS COLORS At a recent meeting of the class of ’24 the choice of colors for the class was discussed. It was decided to have blue and gold for the colors. The class pins were also shown to the members and approved by them. As soon as possible they will be sold at the Book Store for $2.7 5. Charles Montgomery, president of the class, urged all members to pay their class dues, which are 25 cents a semester. Unless more students pay their class dues it will be impos¬ sible to have a party in January as has been planned. OF GIRLS’ LEAGUE CONFERENCE Pasadena Well Represented at Convention Held on Friday and Saturday PORTIA TEFFT SEC’Y Katherine Wormell Speaks on Finances of Girls’ League Alhambra High School presided as hostess and president at the sixth annual conference of the Girls’ League Federation of Southern Cali¬ fornia, held on Friday and Saturday of last week at Alhambra. The other officers of the Federation are: First vice president, Hollywood; second vice president, Redondo; secretary, Pasadena, and treasurer, Fullerton. Following the registration of the visiting delegates Friday morning, a luncheon was served to the repre¬ sentatives. In the afternoon assem¬ bly a cordial welcome was extended to the visitors. A musical program preceded an address on “The Unfin¬ ished Pyramid.” A Faculty Tea to all visiting fac¬ ulty members and a sightseeing trip concluded the first' afternoon of the convention. A banquet at 6 o’clock was followed by several after-dinner talks. The evening was concluded by a presentation of the delightful farce, “Stop Thief,” by the Junior class of A. H. S. Saturday the entire day was devot¬ ed to business sessions. An executive meeting at 9:00 o’clock and a Round Table discussion at 9:30 proved to be both valuable and interesting. The different members of the Federation spoke on various topics related to Girls’ League affairs. Kathryn Wor¬ mell, Treasurer of the P. H. S. Girls’ League, gave a talk on League fiances. One of the most fruitful and enter¬ taining of all the conventions held to date ended with a box luncheon in the city park. The population of the earth is es¬ timated at nearly 2,000,000,000, cer¬ tainly not less than 1,650,000,000. There are about 10,000 species of mammal, about 14,000 of birds, 7000 of reptiles and 15,000 species of fishes. GIRLS’ LEAGUE Will DISTRIBUTE IRIKS GIVING RASKETS This year, as in former years, the boys are assisting the girls in the preparation of the Thanksgiving bas¬ kets for the city’s poor. Every year the Girls’ League sends out at least 100 baskets filled1 with butter, bread, vegetables, sugar, jelly, celery, pota¬ toes, and a four pound roast or steak. The boys carry the baskets and furnish the meat, wliile the girls supply the rest. The girls are divided into groups of ten under a captain. Each group is responsible for filling one basket. The baskets are checked out to the captain and she in turn tells each person what to bring as her portion. The boys are taking the baskets down to the Welfare Bureau to be distributed early Thursday morning. A picture of the 110 filled baskets is to be taken before they are sent away. This is an annual project of the Girls’ League and is done in co¬ operation with the Pasadena Welfare Bureau. CONTEST IN PENMANSHIP PROVES INTERESTING Following the Better English con¬ test, Miss Marion W. Segner’s fourth period class of Senior English has started another contest. The same sides are being kept with Lucille Ladd and Mable Frank as captains. Miss Segner calls first on a member of one side then on one of the other side. If a person cannot recite, a check is made against that side. The contest ends Wednesday and then the win¬ ners will be given a treat by the losing side. GOING-TO-COLLEGE IDEA TAKES ROOT The Going-to-College idea has al¬ ready taken root in Miss Deyo’s Virgil class. For the quarterly test the class took a college entrance examination and came out very successfully. The students are anxious to take more of the College Bpard examinations. RECEI1ERS DISCUSSED AT RADIO CLUB MEETING The third meeting of the P. H. S. Radio Club was held on Wednesday, November 16, with about 20 mem¬ bers present. An interesting talk on a new receiving set was given by Oliver Wright, a member of the club. He pointed out the advantages of the set for long wave lengths receiving. Plans “were laid for an excursion of the club to different radio stations, which will be held probably between the Thanksgiving and Christmas va¬ cations. The perfecting of the High School set was talked over and it was sug¬ gested that if several persons would give their help for severa lnights, it could be perfected to be able to re¬ ceive and transmit for long distance. It was suggested that radio teleg¬ raphy might be used in the maneu¬ vers of the R. О. T. C. with Lincoln High. Several offered to furnish part of the equipment for a field outfit. This suggestion will probably be act¬ ed on soon. At the close of the meeting differ¬ ent suggestions and complaints were voiced and remedies were given by other members. It was finally decided to set 50 cents a semester as the dues for the club. This money will be used to pay the transportation of speakers that have to come, from somewhere out of town. A number of very in¬ teresting speakers are expected dur¬ ing the year. LOOK OUT GIRLS! A solemn warning is hereby issued by the members of the “Big P” club, to all girls who insist on wearing let¬ ters not earned by them. The mem¬ bers of this club all have won their “P’s” in some sport and they feel it is not fair to them to allow girls out¬ side the club to wear sweaters with letters on them, given to them by boys who are members of the “Let- termen’s Club.” PASADENA OUT-TALKS L. I IN THE FIRST DERATE Team Composed of Helen Jackson and Chas. Yates Represents P. H. S. SECOND IN LEAGUE Impromptu Program Given Before Beginning of the. Debate By winning the debate with Los Angeles High School last Friday eve¬ ning, P. H. S. received second place in the Southern California Debating League with a score of 19.8 1-3. Al¬ hambra won first place and will be the next school with which Pasadena will debate in her fight for the South¬ ern California championship. This debate will be held at Alhambra about February 1. The team which represented Pasa¬ dena was composed of Helen Jackson, captain, and Charles Yates. They up¬ held the affirmative of the question, Resolved: That involuntary unem¬ ployment can be abolished in the United States. Georgia Ward and William Berger of L. A. were the members of the negative team. Helen Jackson was the first and last speaker for P. H. S. and in her constructive speech she gave a plan by which involuntary unemployment can be abolished. She presented this play in a clear, forceful way, win¬ ning applause from the audience. She lived up to her title of the champion girl debater of Southern California. Charles Yates, although he has never been in an interscholastic de¬ bate before, received the highest marks given by the judges. It is re¬ grettable that he will graduate this year for P. H. S. will lose a valuable debater. To Mr. John Scott, coach of debating, much credit is due for the winning of the .debate. Francis Henshaw, of the class of '21, who received the title of the veteran Bulldog Debater, presided at the forensic battle. The judges were Prof. Sumner and Prof. Frampton of Pomona College and Prof. Laughlin, a member of the faculty of Santa Monica High School. Impromptu Program Given Owing to the fact that one of the judges was delayed in his arrival, an imromptu program was given. Mary Margaret Ambrose, commissioner of Entertainment, presided. Evelyn Stirdivant read two pieces, Marguer¬ ite Covert played two piano solos and also Francis Hayes. Burton Crew, a member of the Honor Society, en¬ tertained with a number of read¬ ings. A very impromptu debate was giv¬ en on the question, Resolved: That a tall man is better than a short man. The affirmative was upheld by Her¬ bert Miller of L. A. and James Mc¬ Cormick of Pasadena. The negative was represented by Fred Richmond of L. A. and William Decker of Pas¬ adena. No discussion was given on this debate. Rally Is Held During Friday noon a rally was held for the debate, at which much yelling and singing was evidenced. This rally was in part the cause of so many students at the debate in the evening. The entire lower floor was filled. SOPHS HOLDING DRAMATIC TRYOUTS The Sophomore classes in the En¬ glish department are holding try¬ outs this week for places in the dra¬ matic art contest which will be held the last week before the Christmas vacation, in the Assembly hall. The 10-1 classes are presenting scenes from the “Merchant of Venice” and the 10-2 classes from “Julius Caesar.” Not only are the Sophomores showing real interest in the study of Shakespeare, but much unknown dramatic talent is being brought to light. The scenes are being presented during the regular recitation periods before Miss Keppie’s dramatic classes.