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VOL. XIX
NO. 3
FIELD DAY
ENTERTAINS
THOUSANDS
Eight Hundred And Nine
Dollars Raised For
Floats
BULLDOGS DEFEATED
Stopped Twice Within Scoring-
Distance by Visitors’
Stone Wall Defense
Over 4000 persons watched Pas¬
adena go down in defeat in the
main event of the field day pro¬
gram, held last Friday. Holly¬
wood won by a score of 12 to 0.
This year’s field day was not as
successful financially as was the
one last year. Field day is held
every year in an effort to raise
money for the Pasadena city
schools’ entry in the Tournament
of Roses parade. Eight hundred
and nine dollars was raised this
year by the event. The sum is
$159 less than that raised last
year, but the reason for this fact
is that elementary schools took no
part in the effort to sell tickets or
to send children to attend. Ele¬
mentary schools last year aided to
the extent of $270.
An added feature of the field
day was a curtain opener, which
was played by Muir Tech and Bur¬
bank, Muir Tech grabbing the only
six points scored. The game, while
being hard fought, was lacking in
interest.
J. C. Participates
J. C. Sophs swept the field of j
freshmen by capturing honors in i
both the tug-of-war and the tie-up. j
The tug-of-war kept the attention ■
of the crowd, and a murmured j
roar of approval went up as the j
peagreeners went through a stream
of water marking tire line of de- J
feat. Using short lengths of rope, J
the Sophs and Freshies attempted
to tie each other up, but the tech¬
nique of the Sophs surpassed that
of the Freshmen, giving the con¬
test to the staid upper classmen.
In the main feature of the day,
the football game between Pasa¬
dena varsity and Hollywood, the
Bulldogs got the worst of the
count.
Hollywood made its first touch¬
down on the first play after the
(Continued on Page 4)
TEACHERS ENJOY TOUR
OF ENGLAND, EUROPE
Miss Elizabeth Keppie, instruct¬
or in dramatics, will return to P.
H. S. on Monday, after spending
the summer touring in England,
Scotland, and the Scandinavian
Countries.
While in England, Miss Keppie
^studied' tiramp-tics and attended
the Shakespearean lecture at Ox¬
ford university.
Among the faculty members
who traveled abroad this summer
is Miss Cora Simpson of the
Household and Fine Arts Depart¬
ments.
Miss Simpson toured England,
Scotland, and the Scandanavian
countries with Miss Elizabeth
Keppie, P. H. S. dramatic instruct¬
or, and then leaving Miss Keppie
in England she went on the Ray¬
mond Whitcomb tour through west
Germany, Italy, France, and Swit¬
zerland.
Miss Simpson says that she was
quite impressed with the hospitali¬
ty of the foreigners to American
travelers.
NO TUESDAY ASSEMBLY
Due to the ruling of the com¬
missioners, there will be no Tues¬
day assemblies until the comple¬
tion of the auditorium. The Thurs¬
day assemblies will continue as
usual.
Next Thursday a rally will be
held, including the school yells and
songs. Efforts are being made to
get a prominent speaker for this
assembly. A program for the com¬
ing assemblies will be forthcom¬
ing soon.
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1927
Officers of the Senior Class
Left to Right: Neal Batterson, Vice-President; James Scott, Treasurer;
Virginia Yerxa, Secretary; Tom Mallory, President.
Commissioners
Decide Events
Yell Leaders’ Uniforms, Cross
Country Running, Date
Of Debate Set
At a meeting of the commis¬
sioners, October 3, several topics
of importance were discussed and
brought up. The editor of the an¬
nual was chosen.
In regard to the yell leaders’
uniforms, it was decided that they
would be composed of white sweat¬
ers, white flannels, and white em¬
blems with red lining.
The commission, at a suggestion
from Mr. Hippier, sanctioned the
cross-country running team. Those
entering have opportunity to per¬
fect their running ability. The in¬
signia to be given is a minor
league sports letter.
Two other facts of importance
are the first league debate, to be
held November 18, at Inglewood,
and it has been announced that
there will be no more Tuesday
assemblies after Tuesday, October
14, until tire auditorium is re¬
paired.
Thrift Habits
Begun Monday
Last Monday was the first day
of thrift, and although the
students did not contribute to a
record breaking percentage, the re¬
sults were far from unpromising.
The fact that many students . did
not deposit at all, is probably due
to confusion over the bankbooks,
and delay in getting started.
Next week, according to Mr.
Billeter, P. H. S. is to have a little
world series of its own, featuring
two teams, the Yankees and the
Pirates. The advisories who gel
one hundred percent will be on the j
winning team, and those who are
rather high in percentage, but
cannot hit hard enough, are to be
the losers.
Also there will be the scrubs,
thos so low that they have to warm
the benches and carry water for
the big leaguers.' Those who, every
time they go to bat, jump away i
from the ball ; and, in the field,
always commit errors.
The results of our little world
series are then to be published in
next week’s Chronicle, a5id Pasa¬
dena high school offers cheers to
the winners, regrets to the losers,
and boos to the lowly scrubs who
will not pull themselves out of the
ruck.
Bank boxes, including thrift slips
and other necessities, are neces¬
sary, they can be had for the ask¬
ing.
Nuptials ofPopular Teacher
Celebrated Last Week
Miss Verona Rockwell, Physiol¬
ogy teacher, and Mr. William
Kerr of North Carolina and New
York City were married in Bridges
Hall, Claremont at high noon,
Saturday, October 1. Rev. Ray¬
mond Brooks of Pomona College
conducted the service.
After an informal reception and
a wedding breakfast at the home
bride’s uncle, Mr. and Mrs. R.A.
Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Kerr left
by motor for a wedding journey
in Southern California. They will
be at home at 1687 North Mich¬
igan Avenue on their return.
Educated at Knox college and
Stanford- university, Mrs. Kerr
has been a member of the faculty
at Pasadena high school for the
last four years.
Mr. Kerr was graduated from
the University of North Carolina.
He later taught in Chicago, and,
during the war, served as an inter¬
preter. He has taught in Colum¬
bia University and lectured in the
University of Paris. He has come
to California to live and is now
head of the modern language de¬
partment at the Beverly School for
Boys.
Final elections for the senior
class officers Monday during the
advisory periods determined the
officers for this semester. Virginia
Yerxa defeated Helen Olson and
Jane Ryden for the offce of secre-
etary. Virginia is well known
around the school, having played
j the leading role in last year’s ope-
I retta and having taken a promi¬
nent part in many school activi¬
ties.
In the preliminaries, held at the
senior class meeting Friday, Sep¬
tember 23, the other officers were
elected. Thomas Mallory, captain
of the football team and a well-
known athlete, was elected presi¬
dent, defeating Merle Matter. Neal
Batterson, winning over Marjorie
Carpenter by a large majority of
In memory of Major-General
Wood, the R.
О.
T. C. held a spe¬
cial parade and inspection today,
as this was his birthday anniver¬
sary. Colonel White also gave the
boys a talk on military training
and several other subjects of in¬
terest.
.General Wood, besides being a
great statesman and a great man,
was also the father of our present
system of citizen military training,
of “the Plattsburg idea,” of local
R.
О.
T. C.
May Change Uniform
That the R.
О.
T. C. may change
its form of wearing apparel is the
latest news from the Pasadena
high school military office.
Colonel White is thinking of
having the boys wear pants in¬
stead of the present breeches that
they are now wearing, except that
the breeches will be worn on Fri¬
days when inspection will be held.
Colonel White has several sam¬
ples of the long pants now at the
military office, and is deciding
LEAVE BOOKS; AID FUND
“No parking” is the motto to be
taken up Monday, October 10, by
the P. H. S. janitors. This slogan
applies to all books left anywhere
except on the pergola beams. All
notebooks, textbooks or folders
found on steps, window sills, under
bushes, or any other parkable
place are subject to seizure. The
lost will be found at the attend¬
ance office on the payment of ten
cents. This money goes to the
scholarship fund. It’s all right to
help a good cause if you can afford
it. If not, remember, “Pergola
Beams for Parked Books.”
votes, was elected vice-president.
Neal will have charge of the sen¬
ior pictures and has already begun
to make arrangements for them, i
James Scott defeated Ben Clark in '
the contest for office of treasurer. !
Now that the class organization j
is complete, work will begin at i
once. The senior membership !
cards will go on sale Monday, Oc¬
tober 10, for 50 cents. James Scott
and Neal Batterson have charge
of the sales. The necessity of se¬
curing a membership is of the
greatest importance, as one can¬
not have his senior picture taken
until it is procured. The taking
of the senior pictures will begin
the latter part of next week. Ap¬
pointments are to be made with
Neal Batterson.
what to do about them, although
the change will not be effected
until next year.
Promotions Announced
It was announced from the mili¬
tary office by Colonel White that
the following promotions will go
into effect immediately.
The following cadets have been
promoted to second lieutenants :
L. N. Novis, M. S. Hodge, N. Stir¬
ling and Jack Sylvester. Those
promoted to top sergeants are
H. E. Smith and J. C. Williams.
John H. Noble has been made bat¬
talion quartermaster sergeant. C.
A. Waite has been made color ser¬
geant, and the following cadets
now sergeants: W. R. Bergren,
A. K. Faber, L. E. Hansen, G. A.
Lehner and D. Stovall. Several ca¬
dets have been appointed corporals
and some are now first class pri¬
vates.
According to Colonel White, the
R.
О.
T. C. is now composed of
about 65 boys, and he believes that
it is gaining favor in the school.
COMMISSIONER SPEAKS
AT NEARBY ASSEMBLY
As a representative of the
California Scholarship Federation
in Pasadena high school, Carl
Cartwright, commissioner of pub¬
lications, spoke yesterday at Al¬
hambra in the C. S. F. assembly.
His topic was “Scholarship and
Leadership”. The assembly was in
charge of the Honor Society, and
pins and awards were made.
There were also representatives
from other C. S. F. schools— 'Los
Angeles Polytechnic, Manual Arts
and Hollywood high schools.
Editor Chosen
For ’ 28 Annual
Willies Lang, Editor, With
Glenn Reed as Associate,
Will Direct Work
Recommended by the journalism
department and unanimously elect¬
ed by the commission, Willies
Lang, ’28, was appointed editor of
the 1928 “Annual,” and Glenn
Reed, ’28, was appointed associate
editor.
The candidates were chosen on
their personality, their ability to
co-operate and initiative.
Willies has attended P.H.S. for
one semester, coming from the
East. She attended the West high
school, Minneapolis, Minn., during
her freshman and sophomore
years, and then spent her junior
year at Lakewood high school,
Lakewood, Ohio, where she first
became interested in journalism.
Last year Willies continued her
journalistic studies, and although
WILLIES LANG
COURTESY OF THE STAR-NEWS..
she was not a member of last
year’s “Annual” staff, she spent
much time helping various com¬
mittees. Willies is the second girl
who has ever been honored with
the editorship.
Glenn has also had a year of
journalism and has been active in
athletics. He was a member of
last year’s lightweight basketball
squad and of the Coast league ten¬
nis championship team.
Although the definite plans for
the “Annual” have not yet been
formulated, the staff has been se¬
lected and is already at work.
NEW TYPE FOR PRINTERS
The old Troop College type, which
served P. H. S. for eighteen years,
has been converted into new.
During the summer, all the old
type was melted into pigs and sent
up to John Muir Technical high
school, where it was made into
new 12, 14, 18 24 and 36 point on
the monotype machine.
That the “Chronicle may have a
more symmetrical appearance, the
printing department has pur¬
chased some new type.
The Caslon family of type which
has been in use in the print shop,
has been considerably increased.
HORSES FURNISH RIDE;
GIRLS WASTE THE HAY
Six honest to goodness horses,
pulling three real wagons left the
Y. W. C. A., Friday, September
30, taking as a load about sixty
Hi-Tri Club girls and a certain
amount of hay.
Startinig from the Y. W. C. A.
I about six p. m., the loads reached
Wild Oak Park an hour and a
half later. There at the park
Miss Elsie Thompson and Miss
Elizabeth Bream had three fires
going. The girls roasted weinies
and marshmallows.
After the picnic supper, all
gathered around the fires and sang
songs. At eight thirty everything
and everybody was loaded into the
wagons and the girls started for
town.
A feature of the homeward ride
was a hay fight, so the “certain
amount” of hay had dwindled
greatly by the time the Y. W. C.
A. was reached.
Birthday of General W ood
Observed by Local R.O. Unit
PASADENA HI
IN DEBATING
LEAGUE NOW
Local Tryouts Will be Held
October 13, Present Plans
Indicate
FIRST DEBATE NOV. 18
Fourteen Schools Matched
By Lot; Inglewood First
Bulldog Opponent
Pasadena is now a member of
the California Debating and Ora¬
torical league. This was accom¬
plished at a meeting of the league
last week, which was held at the
Central junior high school in Los
Angeles. Mrs. Stone and Howard
Packard represented Pasadena.
There were also twenty-six repre-
serftatives from thirteen schools.
I. C. Perry, who organized* this
league 23 years agg, was present
at the meeting. Instead of elect¬
ing individual members of the con¬
ference, schools were chosen to
hold the offices. The following
were chosen: Jefferson, president;
Santa Monica, vice-president;
Long Beach, secretary, and Alham¬
bra, treasurer.
Schedule Announced
Schedules were worked out and
it was decided to hold the debate
about November 18. The way the
schedule was worked out was to
let seven of the fourteen schools
draw slips of paper from a hat,
and the school they drew was to
be their opponent for the first
round. The first round is as fol¬
lows :
Inglewood vs. Pasadena at Ingle¬
wood.
Alhambra vs. Manual Arts at
Alhambra.
Glendale vs. Hollywood at Glen¬
dale.
San Diego vs. Long Beach at
San Diego.
Los Angeles vs. Jefferson at Los
Angeles high school.
Citrus Union vs. Santa Ana at
Citrus Union high.
Huntington Park vs. Santa Mon¬
ica at Huntington Park.
Open To All
The home school submits the
question and the visiting team has
the choice of picking the side. In
the present case Pasadena will
have its choice for the side.
Anybody who wishes to do so,
may try out for the debating team.
One does not necessarily have to
belong to the debating class. Mrs.
Stone plans to have try-outs for
the team. The preliminary try¬
out will probably be October 13,
and the final try-out will be about-
October 20.
Alhambra was the winner of the
league last year. Pasadena was
not in any league last year, but
has a mighty good chance for the
championship if the student body
supports the debating team. One
of the reasons why Alhambra
won the championship last year,
was that it received hearty sup¬
port from the student body. Re¬
member — support the debating
team.
SMOKING ON THE WANE;
COMMITTEE LANGUISHES
The smoking committee seems
to have finally achieved its end.
For the last week there have been
no offenders to the smoking law.
On the whole, there have been
fewer names turned in than there
were last year, and this is not due
to less vigilance on the part of the
committee.
The majority of students in the
school have taken hold very well
as they probably know that a
closed campus will result if this
nuisance is not gotten rid of.
However, the smoking commit¬
tee will still function so that ail
those who still insist on “fagging
dope-sticks” will not endanger the
freedom of the school.