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Another State Champion¬
ship for P. H. S. this yeaf1
in football.
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And why not another in
debating as well? Support
the teams.
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VOL. IV— NO. 1
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, OCTOBER 16, 1916, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
PRICE 2 CENTS
V
“Big Steve” Horrell
Many Improvements to be Noted
Around Campus of Bulldog
School
STILL BEST IN SOUTH
School Certainly Worthy of Sup¬
port of Every Student in
Institution
Coming back to school has its joys
as well as its sorrows. We left old
P. H. S. a great institution and come
back to find it greater. Pasadena has
been called a well equipped school in
the past; now it is worthy of being
called the best. We have only to look
around to be aware of this fact.
In the past the English department
has needed classroom space badly. To
overcome this need two rooms have
been built in the basement near Mr.
Hunter’s office. Most of us will re¬
member this as the noisy headquar¬
ters of the successful Senior circus
last year. One room is equipped for a
lecture room and the other as an ordi¬
nary classroom.
It has always been felt that a resi¬
dent custodian could oversee the care
of the school better. The board has
built a five-room bungalow in the
midst of the school orange grove in
which Mr. Hunter will reside. So be
careful, ambitious Freshmen numeral
painters, Herr Hunter will get you if
you don’t watch out.
The object of most of our covetous¬
ness in the first few days was the
book store. Its eager patrons will
recognize quite a change in its ar¬
rangement. The two separate rooms
of last year have been joined by re¬
moving the partition. The counter
has been extended the widst of the
two rooms with the fully equipped ath¬
letic department at its southern end.
Mr. Thurston, Arvid Heiberg and their
able corps of assistants have been up
early and late at their duties, some¬
times not leaving until after 11 o’clock
in the evening. The force has a new
$800 cash register to practice on.
Within the last few days a fence has
been constructed around the west
orange grove to protect it from marud-
ing lower classmen, and to allow the
nowly-organized girls’ class of agri¬
culture to convert this into a first class
rose garden. Walks will be laid out,
radiating from a center oval. This
oval will be set out in American Beau¬
ties, which will be a pleasing addition
to those usually found on the front
steps
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noon.
Although the club house was in op¬
eration a short time last year, it is
new enough to bear inspection. II is
divided into halves, one side being for
the opposing team and the other for
ihe home team. It is fully equipped,
'laving lockers, showers and its own
lot water plant. With this addition to
olease their athletic tastes, the Pasa¬
dena Bulldogs should bring home the
bacon more than once this year.
But the joy of our study periods is
the library. You may probably have
noticed the different arrangement of
the desk and tables, but also consider
this: Mr. Carson has moved his mov¬
ing picture literature and parapher¬
nalia from Mr. Wilson’s office to the
squad room. The magazines have been
moved to the racks in the east hall,
while the fiction has taken the place
of the magazines in the magazine
room. This places the lover of fiction
in an embarrassing position, he hav¬
ing to whisper behind Miss Skinner’s
back.
There has been a long-felt want of
better music facilities. So at last tve
have, or rather Miss Sabel has, a reg¬
ular auditorium at her disposal in
which to conduct her harmonious ef-
forts. The new building behind tt '
iris’ gym is the much-wanted addi-
ion.
j The auditorium has a capacity of
MOO people, and it may be divided into
vtwo classrooms by folding partitions.
The roof is especially interesting, as
fit has no center supports, being of the
(trussed arch type. Two offices are on
(either side of the main entrance. A
mew Victrola has recently been added
ho the equipment of the department.
Last but by no means least is our
swimming pool. The day of the old
“swimm n’ hole” will soon be o’er
when the pool comes into its own. The
pool measures 100 by 50 fget, being
AS ACTIVITY
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Coach Carson Is to Turn Out
Another Championship
Debate Team
New Addition to Faculty to As¬
sist Carson and Batkin
Work
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Steve is a fighter from A to Z,
a wonderful and smashing tackier
on the defense, and one of the
headiest men in the old game on
the offensive. Steve has an un¬
canny faculty of diagnosing plays
before they are started, and when
he tackles — it’s a hurry-up call for
the ambulance.
Big Steve is the same type of
leader as Captain Gard, of last
year's team. He is well liked by
all the squad, and is friends with
every son of Pasadena High. Steve
is mightily striving to perfect a
championship team. We’re with
you, Steve; sock it to ’em.
GIRLS’ LEAGUE BETTERS
FINANCIAL STANDING
WITH JVIES
Mary Pickford Presented in “The
Foundling by
League
Picture Proves to be One of Most
Enjoyable Yet
Presented
The Girls’ League gave a motion
picture play Thursday, October 5th,
called “The Foundling.”
This is another picture which Mary
Pickford takes part in and we all
know how fine she helps make these
motion pictures.
Mary Pickford is especially charm¬
ing in this play, as at the beginning of
her life the life of her mother was
taken and the father had no love for
the child, so she was adopted by a
neighbor, but at last this neighbor died
and she was sent to the orphan asylum
where you see many funny nights.
At last she was called fir by her
father at the asylum, but the mistress
gave him another orphan. This at last
comes to a delightful close after she
has slept under a wheel-barrow with
some puppies and other comical
things. This picture kept the audience
in great laughter.
The play was patronized by a great
number of the teachers and students
and I am sure it was very well liked
by all.
This delightful picture was given
for the expenses of the convention
which is to be held in the month of
November. Some of this profit will
also be for the scholarship pins. $93
was made.
If any one were to go down the main
hall and ask every student, boy or
girl, what the most important school
activity is, aside from football, nine
out of ten would say debating. Why?
! Because any one can take part in it
: and, if entered into in the right spirit,
I it becomes as much a game as any
I other activity. Many think that it is
; the most important of all school ac-
j tivities. At any rate, the debating sea-
I son of Pasadena High School has
started, though a little slow at first,
with a return of the enthusiasm
which last year brought home the
championship.
The tryouts for the first debate,
which comes December 9th, were held
Monday, Tuesday and Friday of last
week. On Monday twenty-eight silver-
tongued aspirants debated the ques¬
tion, “Resolved, That the United
States should secure the co-operation
of the Latin-American republics in en¬
forcing the Monroe Doctrine.” On
Tuesday twenty more debated the
question, “Resolved, That American
cities with a population exceeding 30,-
000 should adopt the city manager
form of government.” Those who tried
out on Friday debated the same ques¬
tion as was debated Monday.
The sixteen who will debate this
Friday in the semi-finals are: Lau¬
rence Metzger, Margaret Crulle,
Charles Paddock, Carlos Alviar, Rich¬
ard Hambrook, William DeLapp, Eliz¬
abeth Lowstetter, Hyullie Fiedler,
Clarence King, Ruth Jones, Frances
Davis, Marion Laird, Lyle Hanee, Ray¬
mond Barton, Oliver Cummings, Clark
Bogardus.
Whenever any one thinks of debat¬
ing, he usually thinks of Carl H. Car-
son, for in the last four years he has
been responsible, more than any other
person in P. H. S., for Pasadena’s
success in debating.
“This year,” said Mr. Carson, “has
started out the worst of any year that
I have been here, but the prospects
are beginning to brighten up now.”
Mr. Batkin, who has been giving val¬
uable assistance in this line, said that
the tryouts showed up very well con¬
sidering that there were so few for¬
mer team and squad members back
this year. Mr. Jackson has also been
helping with the tryouts this year.
Probably not very many know that
Bob Lilley, our Commissioner of De¬
bating, has been elected president of
the Southwestern Debating League, of
which Pasadena is a member. The
other schools in the major division of
this league are: Pomona, Lincoln
High, Santa Ana, Glendale. In the
minor division are Venice, Huntington
Beach, Huntington Park, and probably
South Pasadena, Fullerton and Ana¬
heim will join soon.
To win the championship of South¬
ern California, Pasadena must secure
the championship of the major division
and then defeat the winner of the min¬
or division. If everyone would support
debating as they did last year, there
is no reason why Pasadena should not
win another championship in debating.
IEW TEACHERS OF P.H.S.
PROVING POPULAR
WITH STUDENTS
Many New Members Added to
Local Faculty as New
Year Opens
English Department Receives a
Very Large Share of
Newcomers
the sam
size as Brookside.
THE RAYMOND LECTURES
To anyone who has attended any
one of Dr. Jerome Hall Raymond’s lec¬
tures in
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last three weeks, any urg¬
ing to attend the lectures in the com¬
ing three wbeks is entirely unneces¬
sary. Dr. Raymond is lecturing every
Thursday night for six weeks in the
High School auditorium on different
European countries.
The lectures, already given were on
Ireland, Denmark, and Scotland. The
coming lectures are: “Poland,” on
October 19th ;l'J'Bc'!gium,” on October
26th, and “Spain,” on | November 2nd.
| Tickets may be obtained from Miss
jMcMui io at the spec) ,1 student rate
lof ten rents for each b||rture.
AD CLUB MAKING PLANS
The Pasadena Ad Club held its first
meeting of the year last Friday. The
constitution was adopted and the fol¬
lowing officers elected: Malcolm Bar¬
ret, president; Walter Mettier, vice-
president; De Witt Macey, secretary,
and Donald Doolittle, treasurer.
The newly-elected officers are all
able young men and with them to head
the club, it should prove one of the
most progressive organizations in the
school.
During the year the club will hold
a number of joint meetings with the
Ad Club of the Night School. A series
of debates will also pe arranged be¬
tween the two clubs.
At the regular meetings short talks
will be given by some^^the prominent
business men of P^^^na and Los
Angeles. As the gij^^bimax of the
year, the club will^^^^Bs first an
nual banquet. _
This organizatio^^^BpRt working
its way to the fD^^^^elwin prove to
be one of the of P. H. S.
The advancement and growth of
Pasadena High School is very discern-
able by the fact that so many new
teachers have been added to the fac¬
ulty.
Among these is Miss Sterling, the
first and only teacher of dramatics in
Pasadena High School. She graduated
from Columbia College of Expression
in Chicago, was an attendant of the
University of Denver and has had
private work in addition. Thought
Miss Sterling wasn’t quite ready to
tell us how much she likes the school
she especially lauds our wonderfully
systematic routine.
Miss Powell is substituting in the
English department, but nevertheless
is greatly interested in our institution
and thinks the most impressive feat-
pres of the school are its general air
of cordiality, courtesy and healthful¬
ness and the efficiency of its equip¬
ment. She is a graduate of The Eng¬
lish Speech and Expression School,
Boston.
In the Mathematics department is
Miss McClellan. She is a graduate of
the University of Chicago and also
attended U. S. C. for a short time.
Though she has been with Pasadena
High School but a short time, she
already has joined us in saying “Isn’t
it wonderful?”
After graduating from Columbia, at¬
tending Wisconsin and Berkeley and
teaching in the East the praise Miss
Thompson proffers Pasadena High
School surely should be noteworthy.
She has visited many schools in Cali¬
fornia and considers P. H. S. an equal
to any of them.
Miss Lolly comes to us from Eng¬
land very enthusiastic and interested
in the school as a whole, lauding our
spirit and freedom.
“In a great many ways I find P. H. S.
to be the best school I have taught in,
and I have taught in a good many,”
said Miss Stoddard of the Science de¬
partment. “The freedom which we
have here gives us a fine chance to
become acquainted, and the hour sys¬
tem I believe is splendid when used
to advantage.” Miss Stoddard made a
suggestion which we may consider
noteworthy. “The average person
works eight hours a day,” she reasons,
“and since the majority of us live in
bungalows where an undisturbed place
to study is not often available, I think
it would be a splendid plan to have
an eight-hour school day, all school
Work being done at school.” We are
glad to welcome such enthusiasm and
interest as Miss Stoddard shows and
we find her truly delightful in her
sincerity.
In he Music department we find Miss
Baume who is thoroughly enjoying her
work with us, but she wishes that
there were more pupils interested in
music and harmony. We agree with
her surely; music is a fine subject for
anybody and should belong in practic¬
ally every course. If you can fit music
into your program we advise you to do
so, for you will find in Miss Baum not
only a splendid teacher but also one
who is keenly alive
о
th espirit of
P. H. S.
Miss Emma Bee Mundy comes from
the University of Missouri, from which
she graduated and in which she taught
for two years. Perhaps we will better
realize why she is so interested in
athletics by the fact that Bob Simp¬
son, the record high hurdler, was in
her class in college. She believes the
spirit in Pasadena High School nearly
equal to that displayed in college and
finds our school to be very attractive.
As a whole we sincerely believe
that P. H. S. is exceptionally lucky in
her list of new teachers who will be
a nice addition to the old list of
which we have every reason to be
Coach Welford Seay
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Plans for Military Training Soon
to be Put Into Effect
at P. H. S.
CAVALRY TO COME LATER
Boys to be Under Direction of
U. S. Army Officer for
All Drill
Coach Seay and the first squad jour¬
neyed down to South Pasadena last
Wednesday night, and knocked the
Southerners all over the lot. Coach
Leonard’s men were game, but they
stood no chance against Seay’s men.
When South Pasadena scrimmaged
with P. H. S. two weeks ago, Seay’s
men had only four plays to work
against them. And at that they pushed
the visitors all around the field.
For the past two years, Coach
Seay’s teams have gone undefeat¬
ed in their leagues, winning over
all comers by a decisive margin.
In Coach Seay’s first year here,
his team rolled up a total of 159
points against their opponents’ 28,
while last year his team of fighting
Bulldogs battled through the sea¬
son without losing a game, and not
having their line crossed. W. Lam¬
port of Manual, in the first game
of the season, accidentally made
a drop kick, scoring three points,
against P. H. S., while the Bull¬
dogs piled up a grand total of 111
points in six games. Some record!
This year Coach Seay is work¬
ing along the same old lines. With
the old fighting Bulldog spirit, and
the willingness of the eleven men
to give their best, Pasadena will
look forward to the real old bat¬
tles, the kind tahh avt....whil
ties, the kind that have made Pas¬
adena High School and Coach
Seay famous.
SENIORS HOLD MEETING
WITH BUT SMALL
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Although only about one third of the
class was present, the first Senior
meeting under the new officers was
held last Wednesday afternoon. Each
of the new officers spoke briefly, urg¬
ing the support of the entire class in
all class activities. Howard Emert
entertained at the piano. The import¬
ant question of class dues was then
decided and various committees were
appointed by the president. It was de¬
cided not to bring up the question of
class pins until later.
After considerable discussion it was
decided that the class dues should be
one dollar each year or seventy-five
cents per semester, but that those who
would only be here one semester
should have their dues reduced to
sixty cents.
Our new dramatics, teacher, Miss
Sterling, was unanimously chosen as
faculty adviser.
The president appointed the folloW-
committees : Athletics — Victor Jaco-
mini, chairman, Ralph Ong, Francis
Ledyard, Steve Horrel and Royal
Wilke; Social — Barbara Loomis, chair¬
man, Viola House, John Neimeyer,
Marjorie Helm, Margaret Mitchell;
Constitution — Harold Butterworth,
chairman, Arvid Hellberg, Stacey Met¬
tier, garriet Hunt, and Marion Laird.
DAILY BULLETIN
NOW MEMBER OF
PUBLICATIONS
You have probably noticed the
daily Bulletins posted in each
room at about 3:05 each afternoon.
These tell about all important an¬
nouncements such as assemblies,
games, and club and class meet¬
ings. They also save the teachers
the trouble and time used in read¬
ing announcements. The Bulletins
are published by the Chronicle and
are posted on tthe bulletin boards
and in each classroom. If you wish
to get your announcements printed
get them in the Chronicle office
the day before. If you want to
know what’s happening read them.
A1 Goodale who came so close to
wearing a big “P” last year, is out
again for blood. A fighter who plays a
good tackle, end or guard.
Grinding slowly through the wheels
of government are the plans for the
military training to be given at P.H.S.
That is, it is to be given if one hun¬
dred or more boys signify their wil¬
lingness to do this work.
A fact that considerable stress is
laid upon is that should a boy elect
this work, he must follow it out for at
least two years. Should he fail to do
this, it would be impossible for him
to be graduated from this institution.
After two years of this work, the
boy will be placed in the Junior Re¬
serve Officers Force. He may then
follow this up by taking two years
more in college, when he will be eligi¬
ble for the Senior Reserve Officers
Force and a position in the regular
army as a non-commissioned officer at
a salary of one hundred dollars a
month will be open to him. Con¬
sidering the work that has been done
this is an excellent position as it is
next to that of the West Point gradu¬
ate, who receives one hundred and
twenty-five dollars a month.
At the present time there is no ap¬
propriation for the purchase of uni¬
forms or horses for use in a cavalry
forms or horses for use in a cavalry
division, but there is a plentiful sup¬
ply of arms and ammunition available.
Boys electing this course will have to
purchase their own uniforms, but in
all probability they will be reimbursed
when the appropriation covering this
matter is passed. The uniforms are
inexpensive, the blue woolen ones con¬
sisting of coat, vest and trousers cost-J
ing only six dollars, and those of|
khaki consisting of coat, trousers andj
canvas puttees costing four-ninety.
Many of the boys at L. A. High wear^
their uniforms to school. Such econ¬
omy could be practiced here as well.
An officer from the regular army
will be appointed to act as instructor.
There is a chance that Captain Louis
R. Ball, who has charge of this work
at Throop College, may also be the in¬
structor here. This matter would not
be settled until the company is formed.
President Grassie of the Board of
Education and Principal Cross have
been doing a great deal of work to
secure this instruction, and it is now
up to the boys of P. H. S. to support it.
FIRST ISSUE OF ITEM
SOON TO APPEAR
ONJALE
Publication to be Even Better;
This Year Than Ever Be¬
fore, Say Editors
Did you know that the first issue of
the Item is about to appear? Probably
not, but you do now, so begin to save
your coppers. There is plenty of time
between now and November the first
to save ten cents. From this time on
the Item will appear the first Wednes¬
day in every month.
The Item of this year is not the
same as the Item of last year, but far
superior in many points. It will be
changed in size, contents and illustra¬
tions. All of the space taken up by
the advertisements of last year will be
used for jokes, stories and illustra¬
tions. In this particular issue there
are to be four pages of personals, five
or six good stories and a bushel of
the latest jokes.
The people who are connected with
the Item are for the most part people
who have in some way or other
worked on our publications of previous
years. For this reason you may ex¬
pect an Item that will be complete in
every detail. The following are the
people who will manage the Item this
year: Margaret Mitchell, editor; Viola
House, Mr. Jackson, Helen Atkinson,
Harriet Hunt, and Kenneth Feussle,
associate editors; Maurice Wynn,
manager.