Pasadena Chronicle, October 21, 1921

# VOL. XIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 21, 1921 No. 6 DEBATE ШИ LA. OK E Opposing Team Chooses the Subject from List Submitted by Pasadena COMMERCIAL STUDENTS FORM ORGANIZATION 12 OUT FOR SQUAD Coming Debate Expected to Be Hardest of Entire Season Resolved, That involuntary un¬ employment can be abolished in the United States, is the subject chosen by Los Angeles high school for the coming debate. They will uphold the negative and Pasadena the affirmative. P. H. S. submitted a list of questions to L. A. H. S. from which they chose the subject. The debate will be held some time just before Thanksgiving in the Pasa¬ dena Auditorium. This will give a slight advantage for the Pasadena team over their opponents. The team has not as yet been chosen, and this promises to be a dif¬ ficult task. Twelve students are out for the squad, all of whom are splen¬ did speakers. Helen Jackson, commis¬ sioner of debating, wishes that all students interested in debating come out for it. From all appearances this will be the hardest debate of the season, for L. A. High School is determined that Pasadena shall not keep the cup this year. P. H. S. succeeded in getting the cup away from them last year and they are very anxious to get it back. "LITTLE WEN” IS COMMUNITY PEA! P Owing to the great popularity of the play and the. zestful and splendid way in which the actors fulfill the expectation of those who have read the book, Louise M. Alcott’s “Little Women,” is making a huge success at the Community Playhouse. Everyone remembers the lovable characters. The part of Moray is taken by Mrs. Palmer, who brings tears to the eyes of the audience by her true por¬ trayal of the role. The girls, Jo, Meg, • Amy and Beth are the. real girls of the story. Because of the splendid training in the Dramatic classes of P. H. S., many roles at the Community are taken by High School students. Hoyt Martin, a graduate of last year takes the part of the handsome, active “Laurie.” He carries this part through with lots of pep and vigor. Not know¬ ing that he was to take the part, and was greatly surprised when asked to enact the role, he has certainly made P. H. S. proud of him, as hfc has always done in any dramatic enter¬ prise he has ever undertaken. All critics of the play, those who have seen the production and those who have taken any part in the Com¬ munity work, declare this play to be especially good, with many appealing human elements. Of the four acts the last is really the most fascinating. The scene takes place in the apple orchard and the scenery and atmor- phere are above the average. The music also gives a wonderfully attractive and picturesque effect to the, play. P. H. S. is also well repry sented here by the. Levings Trio and Jack Allspaugh. These varied activi¬ ties certainly speak well for the talent of P. H. S„ and aside from the o’d students, the play itself is one in a thousand. NEW LINGUIST ARRIVES Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Turner an¬ nounce the arrival of an 8% pound baby boy on October 7. Both baby and mother are doing well. Mr. Tur¬ ner is a member of the Modern lan¬ guage. department. The school ex¬ tends congratulations. One of the most recent additions to the already long list of P. H. S. or¬ ganizations is the Commerce Club. The club is composed of the students in the classes of Finance, Industry and Trade. A director and secretary have been chosen from each class; Mornan Baber was elected secretary for the “Traders,” and Marie Bar- newalt, secretary; Harry Grandy and Dorothy Olsen will represent the “Financiers.” These officers repre¬ sent the Executive Board. Since both Finance and Trade are half-year sub¬ jects, new officers will be installed twice a year. After leaving either of the classes, the old members will be placed on the honorary list. EMULATE LAMB! WRITE ESSAY, WIN PRIZE The English Department announces the following essay contests, all of which offer generous cash prizes. Miss Holloway asks the students to note that one contest closes in No¬ vember, one in December, and one in March, which makes it possible for any student who so desires to enter all of the contests, although it is hoped it will be of especial interest to mem¬ bers of th* Junior Class. Full details are posted on the Bul¬ letin Board in the English office. 1. Columbia University, New York, offers prizes of $100, $50, and $25 re¬ spectively to the high school students who write, the best essays on “The Place of Athletics in Education.” The winner of the first prize may have instead of the $100, a scholarship in Columbia University of his Fresh¬ man year. Contest closes December 31. Number of words not stated. 2. The California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution of¬ fers prizes of $25, $15, and $10 to pu¬ pils of the High Schools of California for the three best essays on “The Origin of the Ideas in the Declara¬ tion of Independence as Written by Jefferson.” Contest closes March 1, 1922. Number of words from 900 to 1100. 3. California Real Estate, the offi¬ cial organ of the California Real Es¬ tate Association, offer prizes of $15, $10 and $ 5 to pupils of the High Schools of California for the three best essays on "Why Real Estate in California Is the Best Investment.” Contest closes November 23, 1921. Number of words — not more than 200. An1 announcement of interest to Freshman and to Seniors will appear in next week’s Chronicle. IS PASADENA’S E Number of Points Awarded Winners Are 64,529 VARIETIES ARE QUITE NUMEROUS Biology Class Alone Bring Three-fourths of Boys’ Total With 64,529 points, the Boys’ League carried off the $25.00 prize offered by the Improvement Club for the greatest number of plants and bulbs brought to the High School for the purpose of beautifying the school grounds. Since the Boys’ League is one of the newest organizations in the school, everyone watched with interest the contest between the new league and the well-established league of the girls, who had 48,890 points at the close of the contest. The third period qjass having the largest number of points, was the Boys’ Biology class, in 105-A. They had 46,476, or practically three-fourths of all the points brought in by the boys. The Botany classes are not count¬ ing the number of plants and vacat¬ ing them from a commercial stand¬ point. Next week the CHRONICLE will publish the details of their work. Plans Are Under Way for for Beautifying TO REVIVE TRADITION Discussion Brings Up General Question ID THE KDDI CITY Captain Willard Downs and Sam Dagley Are Bright Lights for the Local Aggregation ; Mechanics Are Very Much Bewildered — CASH PRIZES TO BE GIVEN FOR ITEM STORIES Winning from Poly High, 30 to 6, Pasadena took the second league football game with apparent ease. It was the unexpected to many of the dopesters, who had conceded Poly the victory on account of the Bulldogs defeat the preceding week. The whole Pasadena team played such perfect football that the Poly aggregation was outclassed in every phase of the game. Poly showed nothing. Pasadena had everything. The Pasadena team outclassed Poly in every part of the game. The city folks hammered the local line time after time, but it gave no sign of weakening. On the other hand, the Bulldog backfield men went through the Poly line many times for large gains. Pasadena gained the advan¬ tage on every punt as Capt. Downs outpunted Poly ten or fifteen yards. Poly’s only score was recorded on a successful pass, while Pasadena com¬ pleted many successful passes, which netted from ten to fifty yards. Dagley and Downs carried the ball around the ends for large gains. Many times Poly backfield men were caught behind the line for ten or fifteen-yard losses. It was freely admitted by all on the press bench that Pasadena simply played better football than Poly. Every man on Pasadena’s line was a star. They played a finished brand of football. With the old Bulldog fight they trampled down Poly’s for¬ wards and smeared the plays. Daniels, Hartman, McDonald, Bryte, Olsen and Novis all played- a stellar That cash prizes are to be given for the four best short stories appearing in the November Item was announced in a bulletin from Miss Holloway, head of the English department. It is therefore, a fine time to take the pen in hand and try writing a good short story. Plans had been made to have the . School Directory published before the first issue of the Item, but it has been decided to have the Direc¬ tory published later in the year. Miss Vera Benton, secretary of Mr. J. P. O’Mara, has full charge of preparing the data to be published, with each student’s name. MR. HARBESON SPEAKS TO P. T. A. BOYS VS. GIRLS IN BULB DRIVE Because the girls of Mrs. A. M.. Magnuson’s -third period class in geometry have been working so hard, they have been able to defeat the boys by 10,664 — 3,363. When the bulb drive commenced, the class decided to have a drive in the class, boys vs. girls; the defeated side will' give, the victorious side a party at the home of the teacher. The time of the party has not yet been decided. The plans of the Improvement Club ; were discussed on Monday during ad¬ visory period. The result, while not j fafvreaching, gives something for the : club to proceed on. The Board of ; Education promises to give their sup port to the beautifying and improving | of the high school grounds. The first job to be tackled will be raking the Bermuda grass out of the lawns, sow¬ ing white clover and fertilizing. Some¬ thing that will grow quick is soon to be planted in front of the girls’ gym¬ nasium. The site on which the high /school stands was formerly known as the Rose Villa Place.. It is the wish of the club to keep up this old tradition, so plenty of roses will be planted in conspicuous places around the grounds. The money from the last t5g day is going to be the I means of starting the ball rolling. ; Other sources of financial aid ^ire j being thought out. John W. Harbeson, director of Child Welfare of Pasadena, and for¬ mer member of P. H. S. faculty, was the. principal speaker at the first P. T. A. meeting of the Roosevelt- Lincoln district. He talked on “The Scope of the Local Welfare Depart¬ ment.” The open air school on the Lincoln grounds is under the Welfare Depart- nient and care for children unable to ■attend regular school. The recent registration of all min¬ ors from 3 to 18 years in the various school districts, was also under Mr. Harbeson’s direction. According to Jv л",Т) Г, Л П (Continued on Page 5) С. E. Earl, principal of,yfte‘ Roosevelt and Lincoln schools, ffli^' registration at these schools . wfis not as heavy as had been expected. 592 registered in the Roosevelt district and 686 in the Lincoln. All children from 3 to 18 had to be registered whether attend¬ ing school or not. Mr. Harbeson be¬ lieves the information gathered will be of the greatest benefit in his work. FIRST AFTERNOON MOVIE HELD WED. The first of the proposed afternoon movies was held last Wednesday, and the film was Wallace, Reid, in “The Valley of Giants.’’ The money taken in will more than pay for the new desk in the commis¬ sioners’ office, and the manner in which the sale was supported was splendid. POST GRADUATE CLUB STARTED The name , “The Post Graduate Club” of Pasadena High School was adopted at the P. G. meeting, which was held Monday. A constitution was drawn up and adopted, and offi¬ cers elected. Those elected to office were Duncan Dodge, President; Jane Black, Vice-President; Ruth Short Secretary, and Thomas Clark, Treas¬ urer. COMPTOMETER USED IN BANK If “to err is human” it may be con¬ cluded that the hard-working bank clerks of Pasadena High School are super-human, for the installation of a comptometer in the bank has prac¬ tically done away with mathematical errors. Can it add? Simply turn the crank forward. Can it subtract?? Give the crank a reverse turn. Nor do multi¬ plication and division offer any prob¬ lem more difficult for the student clerks of the H. S. Bank. HARMONY CLASS That the sixth period class of ad¬ vanced harmony is writing original compositions already ha’s been an¬ nounced by Miss Cecile Hinderman, teacher of harmony. They are plan¬ ning to give a program of original compositions in the near future, and a delightful treat is promised when they present their work. BIOLOGY EXHIBIT ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION The Science Department has been having some very interesting exhibits in the main entrance of that building.' This week there are two beautifu' ex¬ hibits of butterflies and an experi¬ ment in plant life. In this experi¬ ment in plant life. In this experiment there is a poster telling what it re¬ quires for the plant to grow. There is a box beside this poster containing a bottle of distilled- water and a bottle filled with a chemical solution con¬ taining all of the elements required for the plant. A bean plant has been placed in each of these bottles and a remarkable difference in growth can be seen between the two plants. In the hall running to the right of the main corridor there is an exhibit of snakes, turtles, and mice around which a large crowd gathers before periods, during the lunch period, and' after school every day. I USES ILL SEE ELECTRICAL Wednesday Afternoon, October 26th COPIES PRINTED Each student of Pasadena High School will soon have, a copy of the Student Body Constitution and By- Laws, of which several thousand are now being printed. W. R. Morris, head of the Printing Department, an¬ nounces that by next week they will probably be ready for distribution. An excursion, including- members of the Physical Science Department and students of Home Making, is the re¬ sult of a lighting exhibit being show l in the Los Angeles Chamber of Com¬ merce. Building, by the Co-operative Electrical Association of California. The purpose of the exhibit is to give educational information to the public concerning lighting features in the home. Bailey W. Howard, head of the Physical Science Department, says that the exhibit offers interest to all students, and it is expected that many pupils outside of the physical science classes will go on the excursion. The room in which the. exhibit is held is equipped with six different complete lighting features which demonstrate the different uses of electricity in the home and the variety of globes. The plans are to leave P. H. S. at 2:45 in order to visit the exhibition at 4:30. Just how light affects the eyes, the difference between globe and shade, direct and indirect lighting will be demonstrated. The Cio-operalive Electrical Association is not a com¬ mercial but an educational organiza¬ tion. JOHN MUIR SCORE AGAINST LOYOLA 6 TOO The pigskin warriors from Mi won out in a close game with Loy< College of Los Angeles last Thursd on the home grounds. When t game ended the local eleven h scored one touchdown against Loyo Muir’s line-up follows: C., Bowles; R. G., Borden; R. Lillie; R. E., McIntyre; L, G., Cc tero; L. T., Bye; L. E., Heartt (Capt Q., Mulvey; F., Coffeen; L. ] Downs; R. H., Overstrom.