Pasadena Chronicle, October 21, 1926

VOL. XVIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 21, 1926 No. 3 Local Geologists Former Football Find Abundant Star Speaks At Material Meeting PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVES VALUABLE TROPHY FOR RIFLE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Plans Announced Dr. С. C. Little To For Davis- Hall Contest Speak During Assembly Southern California Offers Exceptional Opportunities For Scientific Study Local geologists under the lead¬ ership of E. V. Van Ameringe spent the larger part of last Sat¬ urday exploring various parts of the Arroyo and adjacent territory in search of interesting forma¬ tions. Starting at the Devil’s Gate dam, the party worked their way down to the stadium studying the modes of occurence of igneous rocks and the stages in soil form¬ ation. From the stadium the par¬ ty moved to Eagle Rock where they examined the formation of the famous sedimentary rock, more famous for the eagle than the sed¬ iment. Eagle Rock like many picturesque formations in the vicinity of Pasadena is of great geological interest. Southern California rock form¬ ations afford remarkable opportun¬ ities for geological research. Scientists making a study of the earth’s history travel from various parts of the world to make obser¬ vations. Junior college geologists are fortunate, having many of the most interesting features in Cal¬ ifornia only a few miles away. Over in the little Tujunga canyon are examples of faulting or alnd slipping. There are also many concretions in. Tertiary sandstone. On the rolling hills of Sierra Vis¬ ta are fossil beds millions of years old. Farther out in Santa Susa- na pass, Cajon pass, and the Santa Monica mountains are great mas¬ ses of eroded rock which form one of the most picturesque views in the world. Saugus, Mint Canyon, and the famous Red Rock Canyon with the adjoining petrified for¬ est all of are of remarkable geological interest not only for their formations but their weird beauty. Tar Pits and Sea Bed A few miles south at Brea lie the tar pits slowly giving to modern science the secrets of past ages. To the southeast lie the ancient sea beds of Imperial Valley with their shore lines of rose colored coral. Near the west shore line above the Salton Sea lie the pre¬ historic Travertine rocks covered with age old picture writing made by man and partly covered by ma¬ rine deposits. These and countless other formations and deposits in California make it the geologist’s paradise. Slides From Germany Mr. Van Amringe reports that he has just received nearly one thousand lantern slides and twenty- five hundred maps from Germany. As soon as he gets the German ti¬ tles translated for local consump¬ tion, Mr. Van Amringe expects to use them in illustrated lectures. With the specimens, maps and slides at their disposal, geology students of P.J.C. are better equiped for work than many four year institutions. FORMER RECORDER ILL Due to ill health, Mr. Harry T. Clifton of the mathematics depart¬ ment, is away on a short leave of absence. Mr. Clifton, who was formerly occupied the position of recorder at Pasadena high school and junior college, was forced to leave at the end of the first week of school. EAGER STUDENTS Of 1,014 men and women enroll¬ ed during the year in short — term night schools in Delaware, 223, nearly a fourth, were illiterates at he time of their admission. In all, 65 schools were conducted, under the direction of 69 teachers. Ages of pupils ranged from 16 to 82 years. In regularity of attend¬ ance, colored schools excelled. In one place at least, where the schoolhouse was not wired for electricity, the pupils brought their own lamps and lanterns in order to make night study possible. “Tuff у ” Conn, ’15, Gives Student Body His Idea of True School Spirit Talking to arouse the football spirit of P. H. S. students, “Tuffy” Conn, P. H. S. alumnus and member of the 1915 varsity football team, spoke to the assem¬ blies last Friday. “Dan” Morris, ’25, former ye'll leader, led ;the student body in yells, r Conn spoke of the poor showing at most games, and advised the students to show their school spirit by attending either the games at Whittier or the game on Horrell field. Morris, after emphasing the spirit at games lead the classes in a yell. “Dave” Ashton, varsity captain, “Red” Rogers, lightweight representative, Claude Hippier, lightweight coach, and “Herb” Resner, commissioner of entertain¬ ment, emphasized the attendance at the games, giving talks that raised the student body to a high point of excitement. The yell leaders then lead the assembly in songs and yells. Award for First Honors in National Shoot Arrives from East; To be Placed in Student Body Trophy Room After Presentation in Assembly By achieving the highest honors for high school students through¬ out the United States, P. H. S. to¬ day rejoices because of the new addition to her spoils of victory in the form of the award of the National Rifle Association. The trophy stands over two feet high, is constructed of silver, and is valued at $300. It will be pre¬ sented to the student body in an assembly in the near future, after which it will repose in the student body office along with the other ! trophies of former years. The -award was won last spring when the Pasadena team turned in 2931 points out of a possible 3000. | This is the first time that Pasa¬ dena has won the national trophy. ' All the team members received j bronze percentage medals for other shooting matches participated in i last semester. The highest individual score in the Pasadena team was made by Captain Baisley, who perforated the bull’s eye scoring 500 points. Burleigh Putman and Roman Pei- singger tied for second with 587 each. The scores were as follows : Baislley . 590 Putman . 587 Peisinger . 587 Rusth . 585 Dowd . 579 King . 576 Stirling . 561 Kremers . 559 Williams . 546 Several bids have come in from the downtown stores asking to have the trophy placed in their windows, but the outcome to this is as yet undecided. TEACHERS WILL “CUT LOOSE” TOMORROW According to Miss Lula C. Parm- ley, chairman of the Faculty Fel¬ lowship committee, a gala time has been planned for a faculty banquet tomorrow evening. The northeast corner of the cafeteria will be transformed into a fairyland with many flowers and beautiful lan¬ terns. The Hallowe’en motif will be carried out in the decorations and on the napkins. From 6 o’clock to 6:30 an ice¬ breaking reception and ‘glad hand’ will be held in the library. Din¬ ner will be served at 6:30. The first part of the program will be given over to the singing of funny songs, and Miss Kather¬ ine Kester, new member of the English department, will present some high class vaudville. A faculty play entitled, “A Lit¬ tle Learning Now and Then,” which is a take-off on modern edu¬ cation and is full of local laughs, will be the next feature of the entertainment. The characters are: Miss Modern, young flapper teacher, Mrs. Amy Miller; Aunt Methitable Crane, Miss Katherine Kenaga; Mr. Tootin, “principal” John Anderson; Mrs. Jones, dis¬ gruntled mother, Miss Elizabeth Harkness; her two children, John¬ ny J. P. von Grueningen, and Susie Miss Elizabeth Flint; supervisor of Physical Education, Miss Mabel Kay; supervisor of the grades, Miss Lura Mercer; and the presi¬ dent of the P.-T. A., Mrs. Helen M. Stone. Miss Elizabeth Keppie is directing the play. The surprise of the evening will be a music department “special,” and it is being kept a complete se¬ cret. “Good night, Ladies,” will con¬ clude the evening’s entertainment. About 175 teachers are expected to attend. Mostly Me The head of a large and very illiterate family in the Blue Ridge country, down south, was ap¬ pointed village Spuire. One of the children asked, “And now pop, are we squires, too?” “No,” spoke up the mother, “Only me and pop.” Statistical. — “I see in the pa¬ per that a widower with nine chil¬ dren has married a widow with seven children.” “That was no marriage. That was a merger.” An Internationalist. — “What be¬ came of your Swedish cook?” “Oh, she got her Irish up and took French leave.” BIOLOGY STUDENTS ON BEACH EXCURSION About 200 biology students are at the beach poking amongst the ] rocks and waves for sea cradles, , devil fish, star fish, sea anemones, j and strange bits of sea weed, to¬ day, on the annual biology excur¬ sion at Point Fermin. They left Pasadena at eight o’clock this morning on the bus, stopping at Selig’s Zoo on the way. The ani¬ mals were put through the acts which they generally perform only in the afternoon. The students are spending the afternoon at the beach, and will return home between 5:30 and 6 I o’clock. j Teachers who are chaperoning the students are: Miss Jane Mei- kle; Miss Lucy Youse; M. W. de Laubenfels; H. H. Haworth; and G. E. Wilson. Biology students have an excur- I sion to Mt. Lowe and Mt. Wilson to look forward to later on in the : year. COMPOSER OF INDIAN MUSIC COMING HERE On Monday, November 15, Pasa¬ dena is to hear that famous com¬ poser of “By the Waters of Min¬ netonka,” Thurlow Lieurance. Accompanied by his wife Edna Wooley Lieurance, he will give a special matinee for students and his regular concert in the evening. Upon carrying out a commission by the government to investigate the tribal music of the Indians of the United States, Mr. Lieurance has become a noted authority on the various melodies peculiar to individual tribes of American In¬ dians. The Pasadena Teachers’ Associa¬ tion is sponsoring this recital as the initial program in this concert season. LARGE STUDENT BODY With a total of 1750 membership sales up to the presant date, this year’s result in comparison with those of past years is far superior both in number and the spirit shown. Clifford Matlock, commis¬ sioner of finance, in his last an¬ nouncement before assembly stated that since the starting of school this year, a record number of memberships have been sold during each day- thus the result of the drive. He also urges those students who have not yet purchased a stu¬ dent body card to do so at once, thereby enjoying all the privileges offered. HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS ELECT NEW OFFICERS As a result of a meeting of the honor society held in the music hall, October 14, the officers for this semester were chosen by a ballot vote. Nomination and acceptance speeches were made by the nomi¬ nees and their campaign managers and the following were elected : president, Jack Snyder; vice-presi¬ dent, Mary Jenkins; secretary, Vir¬ ginia Gillon; treasurer, Elton Dav¬ is; social chairman, Pauline Ful¬ ler; program chairman, Virginia Gollotz; and service chairman, Carl Cartwright. After the members had voted, Miss Sarah M. Talbot, faculty ad¬ viser for the society, gave a short talk, telling of the possibilities of changing the requirements for ad¬ mission to the honor society. The meeting was in charge of Eileen L. Paul, vice-president of last year. SPANISH SONGS AND TALK IN ASSEMBLY An interesting Spanish program was the feature of Tuesday’s assembly. Miss Katherine Still¬ well, dressed in a lovely Spanish _ Costume, sang a number of beau¬ tiful Spanish songs. After that, Miss Katherine Loly, acting head of the language department, gave a talk on her trip to Spain. Last summer several of the teachers of the Spanish department ■ traveled all through Spain toge¬ ther. Students thoroughly enjoyed Miss Loly’s talk on this trip. It was illustrated with quite a num¬ ber of slides of different places in Spain. Miss Loly told of some of the odd customs of Spain and of her visit to a bull-fight. The visit to Spain constituted part of a trip PICTURES FOR LIBRARY Miss Agustus Senter, of Ken¬ sington Place, has for several years, loaned to the Pasadena junior college library, pictures from her private collection of paintings and echings. She lends these pictures to many libraries in the same spirit that libraries loan their books, so that the people may benefit by, and enjoy them. Every summer the school librarians return the pictures, and the next semester, choose those they wish. This year there are four paint¬ ings in the main room, all by American artists. High School Orators Will Test Their Skill Novem¬ ber Second Plans for the yearly Davis-Hall oratorical contest were made known recently by Mrs. Helen M. Stone, a member of the Forensic department of P. H. S. Novem¬ ber 2 is the date set for prelim¬ inary tryouts, while the finals will take place December 14. The Davis-Hall is one of the most important oratorical events of the year. The contest was sponsored for several years by J. Herbert Hall and M. D. Davis, prominent Pasadena business men. Six contestants will be selected at the preliminary tryouts. As usual, the members of the foren¬ sic department will judge. The six winners of the tryouts will deliver their speeches before an assembly of the student body. The winners are chosen by qual¬ ified judges. Progress Is Topic The general topic for this con¬ test will be “Progress During the Twentieth Century.” Some of the phases suggested are, “College and American Life,” “The Litera¬ ture of America,” and “The Ideal¬ ism of Americans.” The date for the Southern Cal¬ ifornia oratorical contest has not been definitely announced. FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF В AND В TRYOUTS There seems to be a shortage of male dramatists this semester, for Miss Elizabeth Keppie announced that in the Bauble and Bells try¬ outs, there was a large number of students in room 200-C to partici¬ pate, but alas! for in that whole group of some fifty students only four or five of them were boys. What was the dramatic club to do when the' play called for a hero? It was indeed a serious problem that faced the officials of the club. Boys who would fight with all they had in athletics were evident¬ ly to timid to give a dramatic se¬ lection and a pantomime before the would-be stern and critical judges. But the Bauble and Bells must have its heros, and get its heros, it did. The solution to the problem was a special tryout for junior and senior boys only. The plan worked out very well and the club filled its quota of male members. In order to be eligible for the Bauble and Bells, the aspirant for membership must have passed in all of his studies last semester. The second requirement was a dramatic selection and a short pantomime. Many unique and ori¬ ginal selections and pantomimes were given. The judges for the tryouts were: Miss Katherine Kester, Miss Eli¬ zabeth Flint, Clinton O. Bay, Ruth Baldwin, Herbert Merris, Mildred Hanniff and “Sharky” Graham. The incoming members are: Wil¬ liam Best, Phillip Pratt, Arthur Casebeer, Frank Ogborn, Harry Fosdick, Richard Barrett, Hender¬ son Paulson, Bruce Woodward, Stanley Wright, Thelma Rogers, Elizabeth Brown, Margaret Jewel, Elizabeth Jackson, Miriam Morris, Esther Strickland, Florence Hous¬ ton, Jeanette Gordon, Esther Goode, Carol Shriver, Lillian Stein¬ berg, Kate Sullivan, Bernice Peth- ram. The Fastest Thinker During the World War, one of the great steamships, that was used as a transport for soldiers, was on her way across when a torpedo boat was sighted. In an¬ ticipation of the danger they were in, all on board were lined up on deck. There was a deathly hush for an instant, when suddenly from down the line a negroe’s voice rang out. “Is dar ennybody heah dat wants to buy a gold watch en chain ?” Many Teachers in P. H. S. Alumni of University of Michigan, Plan Welcome “Education as a Tool,” will be the theme of Dr. С. C. Little, pres¬ ident of the University of Michi¬ gan, when he addresses the com¬ bined assemblies of junior college and high school tomorrow. Coming west to attend the inau¬ guration of the new president of the University of Oregon, Dr. Lit¬ tle has consented to speak to P. H. S. on Friday, October 22. In order to dispell any feeling of strangenes that he may have, the University of Michigan club has planned an enthusiastic pro¬ gram for him at the Elks club in Los Angeles. The Michigan alumni say that “when they think of Dr. Little, they remember Theodore Roose¬ velt, because he is the Rooseveltian type, a strapping, two-fisted, he- man, the kind westerners associate with the great open spaces.” How¬ ever this husky Bostonian comes west with a scholarship record that is to be envied. At the age of 36, he attained the honor of being the youngest president any university in the country. He has been president of the University of Maine, a mem¬ ber of the faculty at Harvard and holds three degrees from that in¬ stitution. With the progress of Michigan always in mind, Dr. Little has sent questionnaires to students who ex¬ pect to enter there, and, this has not only raised the morale of the school and increased the respect of the high school students for the university but has tended to elimi¬ nate all students who do not mean business. Not satisfied with the honors as a scholar, he ,has set an athletic record that few have equaled. He was one of the track champions of Harvard and in 1910, when he cap¬ tained the track team, Harvard won from Yale with the close score of 52% to 51%. With such a rec¬ ord, to look back on it is not sur¬ prising that Dr. Little should al¬ ways uphold athletics in the schools. Michigan’s new president will come to P. H. S. escorted by the Board of Governors of the Uni¬ versity of Michigan club of which Judge Wm. A. Spill, who will in¬ troduce the speaker, is president. Arriving at the high school about 11:45, the whole group will inspect the high school and later the president will address the assem¬ blies. 1 “Dr. Little is a ready and con¬ vincing speaker, who always gives his hearers something to think about, which they don’t forget for a long time.” Pasadena high school is extremely fortunate in thus hav¬ ing an opportunity to hear him so early in his career. GROWING CLASSES IN ADVANCED SCIENCE In order to accomodate the grow¬ ing classes of the advanced science courses, it has been necessary to utilize all available room in the Louis Agassiz building. The lat¬ est sacrifice has been the lecture room of that building. Last year the laboratory and the museum were confiscated for class rooms. Students are increasing every semester. The interesting feature of this progress is that the advance cours¬ es are not required subjects. Miss Mabel Peirson, head of the Biologial science department, says, “It is indeed gratifying to see that so many students are so interested in science that they elect the ad¬ vanced course. We are more than glad at the interest shown in the Biology classes because biology is a subject that will greatly help the student solve the problems of life.”