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Pasadena Chronicle, October 24, 1917
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CORDUROYS MUST
BE WORN IN THE
HOOVER SPIRIT
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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.”
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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
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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.
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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.