Pasadena Chronicle, October 16, 1916

г г nbnuLNA U Another State Champion¬ ship for P. H. S. this yeaf1 in football. Il_rl And why not another in debating as well? Support the teams. ±2. 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 я 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 ;e Coach Carson Is to Turn Out Another Championship Debate Team New Addition to Faculty to As¬ sist Carson and Batkin Work ■ ' ■ :1ШуЛ (Иг шШ a-:i 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 Цге 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 i 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 _ E 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.