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VOL. XIV
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, OCT. 27, 1922
No. 8
NO IRE “FRATS”
TO BE PERMITTED
AT PASADENA HIGH
RADIO CLUB HAS PLANNED
MANY FINE PROGRAMS
FOR THIS YEAR
R. J. SHIRLEY DIES
L. A. HIGH WILL ENTERTAIN
STATE SCHOLARSHIP
FEDERATION
Dampedway Transmitters, Crys¬
tal Receivers Future of Radio
to Be Discussed
Honor Society Appoints Three
Committees to Help Carry
Out Program
CHOOSE 10 KEEP
HALES CLEAR Of
UHAHIiOS VOTE
All Fraternities and Secret Or¬
ganizations Are Doomed by
the Administration
PARENTS ARE INFORMED
A Complete Check-up Has Been
Made on All Who Have Not
Signed Cards
All secret organizations and frater¬
nities will have to go as a result of
the present intense drive against such
organizations
Every pupil in school who has not
handed in an anti-fraternity card,
properly signed, has been checked up.
With this completed, letters are now
being sent to every student’s parents,
urging that they help the administra¬
tion in enforcing the state law in re¬
gard to high school fraternities.
Last year “frats” were found to ex¬
ist in Pasadena High. A campaign
similar to the one being waged at
present was put through. “Frats”
must go on account of the state law
which bans high school organizations
of this kind.
Former members of Pasadena High
School have learned in college that
these higher institutions do not look |
with favor upon high school “frats.”
They say that a student is spoiled for
a high college fraternity by having
pledged himself to a high school or¬
ganization.
Members of the faculty have put
forth the argument that the college
fraternity has a very important and
good part to play in college. They
declare that the fraternities act as the
home and social center of college men.
The higher organizations also promote
scholarship among their members,
many of them having constitutions
which make it impossible for those
who are not up in their studies to
gain admission. Moral standards are
high in nearly all of the college
“frats.”
One of the sore spots in the frater¬
nity organizations in Pasadena High
which attracted the notice of the stu¬
dents and the administration, and
brought on last year’s and this term’s
intensive investigation, was the exist-
ance of certain groups contrary to the
state law.
Pasadena has been noted for its
democratic student body, and the pres¬
ence of “frats” has had a tendancy to
break some of the students up into
cliques. This is opposed to the best
ideals in P. H. S. and is now being
fought by both students and faculty
in this school.
MANUAL ARTS COACH
Radio fans who “listen in” at the
meetings held by their club will be
able to “pick up” many interesting
pointers this year.
The next meeting will be held Oc¬
tober 25th, when a lecture on the es¬
sentials necessary for beginners in
radio, will be discussed.
On November 1 a lecture on the
construction of the simple crystal re¬
ceiver and the radio frequency ampli-
ler, will be given by Hugo Bennieoff,
a post graduate of the California In¬
stitute of Technology.
The advancement of radio will be
discussed on November 15 by Archie
King of Pasadena. A debate will be
held on December 1. The question
will be “Resolved that Dampedway
Transmitters are superior to Continu¬
ousway Transmitters for the hand¬
ling of Amateur Traffic. The affirma¬
tive will be taken by S. Campbell, a
student at Caltech, and R. Taggart
of P. H. S. The negative speakers
ai'e Harold Loyd and Archie Eckdale.
Other meetings will be arranged
later in the year.
BULLDOGS' CHIEFTAIN
Willard Downs
Razor Club
Not to be outdone by the girls, who
have just formed a league, the bays
of Whittier High School have formed
a “Razor Club”. The titles for the
officers are “Big Shaver,” “Little
Shaver,” “Lather”, “Tip receiver”,
“Stropper”, and “Noisy Blade”.
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Was Member of Pasadena High
Faculty Two Years; Came
Here from Arizona
Was One of the Most Popular
Members of the Science
Department
At 3 o’clock this morning, R. J.
Shirley, member of the Physical
Science department, died at the Pasa¬
dena hospital. Mr. Shirley had ]jeen
ill for several weeks, but attended to
R. J. Shirley
his duties at school, until last Wed¬
nesday when he was taken to the
hospital. He had been suffering from
high blood pressure. Severe convul¬
sions resulted in his death this morn¬
ing.
The exact cause of death is not
known, but a post mortem will be
held.
Cavemen Undermined
The San Diego Cavemen were com¬
pletely snowed under by the strong
Bakersfield aggregation in a 32-0
game. The oilmen smashed through
the San Diego line and passed over
its head with apparent ease. The
Diegans claim as an alibi that their
team was tired from the long trip.
OFFICIAL LINEUP FOR
TODAY’SGRID CLASSIC
From the bleachers, players are usually hard to identify by foot¬
ball fans, when in action. Each player has a large number on his back
for this purpose, but as yet the wearers of these numbers are known
only to a few. For this reason the Chronicle is printing a list giving the
name, number, and position of every man on the first string squads of
both Pasadena and Manual Arts. Take this paper to the game for
further reference.
PASADENA
Number Player Position
1 Downs . Halfback
2 Birlenbach . End
3 Coffeen . Fullback
4 Graham . Center
5 Clark . Tackle
6 Coburn . ...Fullback
7 Scoville . Quarterback
8 O’rr . Tackle
9 Chapman . Tackle
10 Dagley . Halfback
11 Thomgren . End
12 Novis . Halfback
13 El McClelland . Guard
13 0’Connor....Quarterback
14 Martin . Center
15 El McClelland ....Guard
16 Crow . Guard
17 Fouche . Guard
18 Bye . End
19 Schmidt . End
20 Sundstrom . End
21 Mettens . Quarterback
25 Jones . Tackle
26 J. McClelland . Tackle
MANUAL ARTS
Number Player
Position
1 Allen . Tackle
2 Foster. . Fullback
3 Van Dame . Halfback
4 Newman . Halfback
5 Hall . Quarterback
6 Towle . End
7 Doty . Guard
8 Hudelson . Fulback
9 Hughes . Fullback
10 Bond . Quarterback
11 McGoey . .....End
12 Knox . End
14 Natie . Guard
16 Orsatti . Quarterback
17 Rogers . Fullback
18 Overlin . Center
20 McLean . Tackle
21 Watson . Quarterback
22 Barta . Quarterback
25 Levinson . Fullback
L. A. High will be the host on De¬
cember 20 to the California Scholar¬
ship Federation representatives from
each school chapter of the organiz-
tion.
A design for the Federation pins
will be decided upon at this meeting
and also the requirements of a dis¬
trict member.
Fifteen delegates from each school
chapter are invited to attend the ban¬
quet of the Federation at L. A. Pas¬
adena and Anaheim are to furnish
the speaker for the occasion.
The Pasadena Chapter of the Feder¬
ation, the P. H'. S. Honor Society, has
appointed a program, social and ser¬
vice committee to assist in carrying
out the plans of this organization.
The committees are as follows: Pro¬
gram, chairman, Charles Montgom¬
ery, Sterling Beckwith, and Margaret
McNear; Miss Sarah Talbott and D.
S. Fox, advisers; Social, chairman,
Fanny Adams, Allie Purvis, and
Harold Towle, and Miss Mabel Peir-
son and Miss Lenell Garvin, advisers;
Service, chairman, Ernest Turner,
Catherine Sperry, and Ivan Betts, and
W. A. Newlin, adviser.
The annual Honor Society banquet
of P. H. S. will be held November 24.
The price per plate has not been de¬
cided, but will probably be twenty-
five cents as formerly.
EXTRA FOOTBALL
EDITION TONIGHT!
Watch for the Football Extra
Chronicle right after the game to¬
night. This paper will he on sale
ten minutes after the final gun and
it will cost but two cents.
It will contain comments by the
coaches and players, game feature
stories, and reports of the game
play by play, with the final score,
the result of the novice swimming
meet, the lightweight game ac-
aceount, the scores of the other
City League games today, and the
result of the Press contest vote at
Los Angeles this afternoon.
This is the first time that this
has been tried in Pasadena High.
One of the sport editors will be on
the field with his typewriter, and
the copy will be rushed to the
Chronicle office to be edited and set
up.
The paper will be sold by boys as
soon as it is off the press. Be
sure and get yours. The folks at
home will also be interested in
getting a copy. Remember that
the price is only two cents.
ARTISANS’ CAPTAIN
Max Allen
Manual Arts Cuts courtesy Manual
Arts Weekly
Both Boys and Girls Decide to
Do Away With the Idea
of Having Guards
PLAYERS EXPRESS VIEWS
Boys’ League Displays Much In¬
terest When It Comes to
Arguing Subject
Halls of Pasadena High School will
be kept clear during Advisory periods
from now on because of the unanimous
vote cast in favor of the measure in
both boys’ and girls’ special assem¬
blies held Wednesday in the P. H. S.
auditorium.
The boys’ meeting was presided over
by Arthur Syvertson, Commissioner
of Boys’ Welfare who called for dis¬
cussion of the hall situation.
Members of the football team had
the floor a good part of the time, sev¬
eral of whom bobbed up repeatedly.
Many arguments were made in
favor of keeping the halls clear.
Among these points was the fact that
a crowd in the halls in time of a fire
might prove serious. Visitors coming
to P. H. S. would not be very favor¬
ably impressed by seeing many
lounging around in the corridors.
When a vote was taken to deter¬
mine how many would keep out of
the halls without needng to have
guards, it was unanimously in favor
of remaining outside.
Wants Press Name
Among the press names handed in
at a recent contest at Huntington
Park were Spartans, Gladiators, the
Squires, Go-Getters, Wasps, Hornets,
and Lions.
PASADENA'S GENERAL
John G. Griffith
Sid Foster
