Pasadena Chronicle, October 24, 1917

CARNIVAL of Black kittles next Friday. Juniors must defend eats. Defend! VOL. VI— NO. 3. PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, OCTOBER 24, 1917, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. CHAFFEY diet will please P. H.S. . Bulldogs. Samples free. Saturday at Chaffey. PRICE 5 CENTS BOYS OF PASADENA TO WEAR CORDUROY Resolution Passed by Boys Calls for Old Clothes and Eventually Corduroy Trousers! Hoover- izing Last Word in Pasadena “Pasadena High School cannot be unified and give its utmost support to school activities, if it is divided by class dissensions and privileges.” Realizing the truth of these words of Principal Wilson’s, the boys of all four classes decided that a common, uniform kind of apparel would be best for all concerned. Therefore a committee was selected to decide on what should be worn. The committee, made up of repres¬ entatives from each class, offered the following statement to the boys of the school. “Following the action taken in the Junior-Senior meeting on Thursday, October 18, 1917, a commit¬ tee was selected and met on the same day. The said committee offers the following for your approval:' — The boys of Pasadena High School desire courduroy trousers. As a matter of economy, no special kind is given preference, this being left to each individual to decide for himself. The other apparel may be old but it must be neat and respectable in appear¬ ance.” Frederick De Silva, chairman. Although corduroys will be in vogue every one will not start to wear them on a certain date. The boys are sup¬ posed to wait until their trousers wear out and then don the new apparel using the old coat. By this gradual changing a rush will be saved from the mills Courduroys will not be worn by all. Old clothes may be worn with one condition, they must be neat and clean. In this way suits that are per¬ fectly good except that they are a .Uttle out of style will come into use. The adopting of a cheaper and more uniform dress was done as a matter of economy and conservation. Lately the price of wool has been soaring like a skyrocket. And by wearing clothes that are not made front wool much will be saved for everyone concerned. However, every day from now on will not be an “Old Clo’se Day.” The Idea is not to look like a freak but to look neat and respectable. Besides the idea is not a fad that will last for a week or so. Now that it is started it will be carried throughout the school year, and next year also. Be¬ fore long the girls will be seen adopt¬ ing some similar method of economy. CORDUROYS SHOULD BE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TOR BOYS IN WORLD HISTORY-MESSAGE Interclass Rivalry Must Be Avoided During Hour of National Crisis Clothes Proposition Should Be Handled Right to Be Real Conservation “How do you like ’em.” “Gee, doesn’t it feel good to be wearing something that isn’t new.” “Look just as well as before!” “Don’t those Sen¬ ior sweators look good with them.” These and many other expressions are going around with the adoption of corduroys as they are gradually being worn by all the boys.” Principal Wilson is the man we have to thank for such a successful school proposition. For he is the man that showed the boys in the Junior- Senior meeting the folly of making corduroys a class proposition and the mistake of buying the trousers in big lots.” Here is a general story of parts of his talk. “P. H. S. was showing the right spirit when the corduroy proposi¬ tion was taken up. The spirit of con¬ servation and economy was clearly shown. “But times have changed since three years ago. Now everyone must work along parallel lines — no dissenters or slackers. A school is not living up to the times if it is divided by class privi¬ leges. You may easily see how this might happen. Suppose the Seniors shoud adopt corduroys, the Juniors khaki, the Sophomores white duck, and the Freshmen knee pants, each for class distinction. Krebbs or Chis¬ holm might appear in assembly. Imagine how everyone except Seniors woud listen to the announcement of the football captain or follow a yell given by the yell leader. Therefore corduroys must be adopted not by the classes, but as a proposition to be adopted by the school as a whole. “Also if this proposition is not tak¬ en up gradually, trade in a certain way will be thrown out of balance. Fac¬ tories are all busy making materials The Students duty to our country and the cause was the theme of Mr. Coulston’s address on Wednesday last. He spoke in a simple straightforward manner that was most appealing. “We should serve our country now not because we hate Germany but be¬ cause we love America." This senti¬ ment was greeted with applause and it truly sums up the attitude of the American people. He continued, “This is a righteous war and a duty for us to perform if it takes one year or ten. Our main problem now, is to wake up the people of America and then win this war. The Liberty Bond Committee is asking you boys and girls to wake up the people of this city and Southern California.’ , “I could cite examples of German outrages in Belgium, but I only hope to give you a few eye openers and some things to think about.” He spoke of his son, who had not had sugar in his coffee for three months, while we in America ate two billion dollars worth of candy yearly. He impressed it upon P. H. S. that it had a duty to perform in filling the places left by the dead and wounded. “It lies wholly with you to make good, and greater advantages are of¬ fered at the present day than will turn up in the next twenty years.” Principal Wilson also gave a good wholesome rock bottom talk that struck from the shoulder and left no doubt in the students mind as to whether they would help in the parade. for the army. Fellows wanting to wear corduroys would buy out the small stock of the clothes merchants. The clothiers woud send a hurry call to the factories. The factories woud delay the army’s order simply because they could make more money on man¬ ufacturing corduroys. "Attired in corduroys or khakles a fellow may look as clean and neat as in any twenty dollar or better suit. I am in favor of the boys getting out their older suits that are perfectly good except for a little oldness in style. These suits could be pressed and cleaned and the new P. H. S. Pressing Club would do the job." GIRLS’ LEAGUE TO SEND CHRISTMAS SWEETS TO SAMMIES Christmas Packages to Be Sent to Members of Avia¬ tion Corps in France Conservation of Sugar Is Urged in Order That the ‘ ‘ Doughboys ’ ’ May Eat It has been rumored that the Girl’s League has some peppy schemes on foot for this year. The first of these is now ready to be announced to- I gether with an invitation for the en¬ tire school to take part. By Monday, . November the fifth mysterious looking “Christmassy” packages which will have been hoarded in different places around the school, will be brought out and shipped to France. They are not going to the ‘doughboys,” the “jaek- ies,” nor even to the Ambulance Corps : men, but to the American Aviators, whom it is feared will be overlooked in the Christmas rush. The Red Cross and other organizations have undertaken the work of providing ‘ Christmas presents for the army, navy, I and Ambulance Corps in France but ' it is the privilege of Pasadena High School to help with the packages for the corps of airmen. Everyone knows of the great shortage of sugar in France, yet it is not clearly under¬ stood by the High School students that each individual could help relieve I this scarcity. The chief purpose of ! these Christmas packages is to send sugar in some shape or form to France. All girls are urged to make fudge, fondant, or pinoche and bring it to Miss Schopbach’s desk in 233C. No candy is to be cut but packed in such a manner that it will not crumble or harden in its long journey across the water. Other kinds of food which can be supplied by anyone, boys in¬ cluded, are raisins, nuts, stuffed dates, salted almonds and peanuts, candied fruits, and nuts, and pound or fruit cake. These things will keep for over a month and a half and certainly will be appreciated by the boys in France. Boxes of oranges and apples have been suggested, but as yet It has not been decided whether such large boxes will be able to be shipped from here or not. Much is told about the conditions of the boys in France but little is really ■ authentic. However, when the Red I Cross backs a proposition it is a sure I proof of need. The Red Cross states that sugar is wanted by the soldiers across the sea’ and. Pasadena High School is called upon to help out in conserving and packing that sugar. With the Girl’s League back of the proposition results of a definite nature are expected. - О - PASADENA GRADS ARE NOW SERVING AS SAMMIES The Allentown Boys are all evinc¬ ing great interest in the old school. Every week letters come from them full of enquiries as to the Bulldog spirit this year, information about the teams and different school astivitles. They are all loyal to the old school and are backing their successors to make good the reputation of Pasadena High. - о - - AGRICULTURE CLUB MEETS. The first meeting of the agriculture club will probably be held sometime in the early part of November. This meeting is looked forward to with much anxiety, as great things are being planned for the tillers of the soil. Last year, the club’s first year, noth¬ ing much was accomplished although there was one excursion and several speeches, given by well known people, among them Lovejoy, the Berkshire king, and Hauser, the meat packer. But this year it is hoped to have a greater number of speakers, authori¬ ties in different phases of agriculture, and many worth while excursions. The club will create more interest in agriculture and be of more value to the students. PRESSING CLUB NEW" PLAN TO CHEAT OLD HIGHCOSTOFLIVING It’s easy to be patriotic when the sacrifice is for the student’s own gain. The pressing club to be organized in Building B, is the example given. The benefits of this new movement may be enjoyed free of charge by every¬ one. The Board of Education has passed and commended this attempt to save the wary shekels of the vain males. A teacher will be on hand and instruct all those who have rebelled at the one-fifty charged for cleaning and pressing, and wishing to practice the high art themselves. Spots will be re-, moved by the latest methods, and slight alterations may be un¬ dertaken. The lady friend need not be envied for her ability to sew on buttons, and all in all the plan promises to be a real asset to the school. A tailors’ strike is expected. - о - FOREST FIRE IS FOUGHT BY P.H.S. FUEL CONSERVERS The second forest fire of the summer broke out last Monday afternoon in the Rubio Canyon. Pasadena students issuing from school were greeted with the sight of a mountainside in flames and Mount Lowe hidden in a pall of smoke. Many boys hastened from school to the Canyon and assist¬ ed the rangers in fighting the fire. The government gives vol¬ unteers fifty cents an hour for their services, but this was not the main inducement. The sight of our beautiful mountains in flames stirred the patriotic boys to bravely fare forth and fight the ravaging terror of the hills. Reeling through the burning brush amid showers of falling pebbles and the crash of falling leaves, the courageous lads bore down on the fiery furnace of the trackless waste and frantically beat down the flames. Through the indomitable will and fiery energy of the fighters the fire was eventually extinguished. - о - CORDUROYS MUST BE WORN IN THE HOOVER SPIRIT _ I The boys of Pasadena High School have adopted corduroys i as their official dress. It is ab¬ solutely essential that this movement be supported in the right way and with the proper spirit.. There may be a few stu¬ dents who will try to make this an occasion for a fancy old clothes display. This is the wrong spirit and must not be tolerated. Remember that corduroys be¬ sides being distinctive are an economy. Every boy is to buy corduroys when it suits his purse to do so. The idea back of the corduroy movement is to give every fellow a chance to wear out his respectable old clothes and prolong the life of his clothes not already worn out. There is no need for special hurry. What is needed is de¬ termination to buy at the earli¬ est. Your slogan, “Me for by February.” - о - - Long Beach — The question of wear¬ ing corduroys, sailor pants, etc., has at last been settled by “milk blue flannel shirts” being adopted by the Seniors as their wearing apparel. Chaffey — A special girls assembly was held recently, and every woman was asked to write what she had earned during vacation on a slip of paper. The total was a little better than thirteen thousand, or fifty per cent of what the boys earned. CARNIVAL OE JUNIORS TO BE BIG LEAGUE GLASS AFFAIR “Black Cat Carnival” Will Set New Standard in Class Parties High Class Program Is Ar¬ ranged to Entertain “Jovial Juniors” Next Friday evening at 11:59 p. m. the great, glorious, and grand “Black Cat Carnival” of the Junior Class will be a thing of the past. Until then there will be a chance for every Junior to enjoy at least some part of the “first school party of the year.” For the small sum of twenty-five cents, one quarter of a big round dollar, or one two hundredth of a Liberty Bond, the patriotic Junior can enjoy an enter¬ tainment which would take New York by storm. At great cost and the ex¬ ertion of much influence the commit¬ tee in charge have arranged a program containing the greatest vaudeville artists of the age. Not only will there be a choice supply of ghosts, witches, and 1918 brand “black cats,” but there will also be present the one and only Jazz Jinxtette, the premier musical organization of the Southland. Shakes¬ peare Muller’s great orchestra will entertain with selections ranging all the way from “Good bye Broadway” to “Hello France.” Besides the entertainment of the evening there will be refreshments guaranteed to contain more calories, more ice-cream, and less camouflage than ever before in the history of the class. There will be an abundance of good company and good cheer and again all Juniors are not only urged but advised to attend. The tickets will be on sale all the week and all who have thus far neglected this chance of a lifetime may still purchase a pass and become one of the elect. With free transportation furnished to the scene of activity in the P. H. S. music hall, with the galaxy of artists advertised, and with capacity refresh¬ ments served to all, the “BLACK CAT CARNIVAL” of the class of ’19 is bound to be a success. SOPHS HOLD ANOTHER MEETING AND ИХ DUES The third meeting of the year was opened by the president-elect, Chas. Pierpont. It was called to outline the policy of the class for the coming year. Dues were looked into and acted upon, and several committees appointed. A committee made up of Fred Run¬ yon, Ruth Cralle, K. Krist, and Gerald Boltinhouse was selected to submit a constitution for the approval of the class; the constitution of the preceeding year not being thought.' adequate by the officers. After considerable dispute over the -amount of the dues, twenty-five cents was decided upon. The executives feeling that they could reach a greater percentage by means of this reason¬ able sum, resolved to sacrifice an abundance of the necessary where¬ withal in the treasury for a large united class. By this means they hope for great things and not to let anything slip by. Already the treas¬ urer reports funds left over from the last year. If the occasion arises and it is found that any project can¬ not be accomplished even by strict “Hooverizing,” other means will be reserved, too, in order to raise the required sum. This is considered a very wise plan as everyone now real¬ ises the heavy drain upon their pocket- books without further antagonizing. Miss Lane, who has kindly consent¬ ed to act as class mentor presented an interesting account of the past classes, and gave her best wishes for the Sophomore organization. - o— - L. A. Poly — "Mathematics League” latest fad here. The first "league game” was payed Friday, the 19th, be¬ tween trigonometry and geometry classes. 11917-18 ITEM TO BE BRIM FULL OF PEP Staff Announced Composed of Hard Workers With Beal Ability GILBERT TO BE EDITOR A Real Literary Magazine With a Punch Is Aim of 1917-18 Staff The first issue of the Item is com¬ ing out about the sixth of December. Good material is now being collected by the staff and a few choice bits are already with the printer. The staff has planned to make the Item quite different from what i#has been in the past. It is to be larger in all its di¬ mensions and will contain sixty pages of live snappy reading matter. A great deal of attention is being paid to the cuts. Joseph Shawhnn is religiously collecting snapshots of P. H. S. athletes in action as well as a few- choice poses by the lovelorn. Besides these cuts there will be many others by the art editors, who are now designing a number of original art creations for covers and illustra¬ tions. The Art Editors, Margaret Jamieson, and Adele de Ford, have done very good work in the past. They will get pictures which not only will be artistic but will appeal to the students. Louis Dillman, the staff car- tonist, has a number of new ideas this year which he will put in execution. He has his eye peeled for other talent¬ ed artists and is getting them to work also. However, the pictures are just one of many attractions. The literary de¬ partment promises to be very inter¬ esting and broad in its scope. Margaret Bravinder, literary editor, is quite a literary demon herself. She contributed stories last year and was a special writer on the Chronicle staff. Margaret is right there when it comes to stories, not only does she recog¬ nize good ones but she knows how to obtain the kind one likes. Oh the jokes! Dick Kern the joke editor claims he has a line of jokes and personals which will expose every casee of puppy love in Pasadena High. He thinks it is great sport and be¬ lieves that the joke box in the hall will be a respected institution when a few of the students get a line on the joy. Dick will have to buy a billy club to protect himself. One of the things he mentioned in a famous ora¬ tion was that /there would be no chestnuts because the students would not swallow them. The exchange department which Fred Cohn is editing is a department which is little understoon as a rule by the students. This however is a state which is not likely to exist very long. Fred will handle this department In such a way that even the lowliest Freshman will comprehend. The Alumni departmen is to be handled by Bob Lilley. Bob was our fond Commissioner of Debating last year and before that he had a posi¬ tion on the Chronicle staff. “Bob” will write the obituary notices, mar¬ riage accounts and other interesting facts about P. H. S. graduates who like himself are out in the cruel world. The editor-in-chief, Liewellyn Gil¬ bert, does a little work sometimes. “Gillie” writes an occasional editorial and preaches a sermon to the staff every two weeks and loafs around the rest of the time. The associate editors, Dorothy Stewart, Anita Scott, and Julian Woodward do most of the work which other wise might have to be done by Gib and Miss Hart, the j faculty advisor, is the source of gen¬ eral inspiration and guidance. “Art” Ferguson, the manager, is on the job to see that the Item is run on a solid business basis. There will be quite a sum of money spent on the Item but the expense will be justified if the school gives its support. The staff does not aim to produce something which will pass off as a student product. It aims to produce something which is of the students and that will appeal to them.