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VOL. XIX
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927
NO. 6
NEW SENIOR
OFFICERS
BEGIN WORK
Class Is Largest Ever to
Graduate from P. H. S.;
Hopes to Be Best
TAKE OATH OF OFFICE
Last Year’s Class President
Turns Over Gavel ;
Business Started
At the meeting of the senior
class held last Friday, October 21,
the new class officers were in¬
augurated by Principal John W.
Harbeson. Important business was
discussed and plans for the future
were brought up by Carl Cart¬
wright, president of the class last
year, and by the newly elected offi¬
cers. John D. Griffith, class ad¬
viser, spoke.
In opening the meeting, Carl
Cartwright stated that the class
was the largest one ever to be
graduated from P. H. S., and ex¬
pressed the opinion that it might
be the most succesful with the
co-operation of the members in
buying memberships and getting
behind the officers.
Carl introduced the new officers,
and they were given their oath
of office by Principal Harbeson.
The new officers are Tom Mallory,
president; Neil Batterson, vice
president; Virginia Yerxa, sec¬
retary; James Scott, treasurer.
They were extended best wishes
for the best of luck in their en¬
deavors by the old officers.
Tom Mallory, in accepting his
office, said that he hoped the sen¬
iors would all turn out for the
meetings. Neil Batterson an¬
nounced that only 257 class mem¬
berships had been sold to date and
as a membership card is necessary
before senior pictures may be taken
cards should be obtained. Vir¬
ginia Yerxa began her new duties
by announcing that this year’s
senior activity cards should be
obtained and filled out. James
Scott gave the treasury statistics.
Mr. Griffith, class adviser, in
closing said, “My senior year in
high school was the happiest year
in my life, and probably you shall
have the same experience, so do
your best to put it over right.”
Sophomores Lead
in Class Attendance
That the sophomore class leads
the school with the highest attend¬
ance record, is the statement made
by Miss Ida E. Hawes, head of the
attendance department, after a
check-up of the absence excuses,
cuts and tardy excuses issued so
far this semester.
According to Miss Hawes, the
junior class has the largest num¬
ber of members, the senior class
coming' next, and then the sopho¬
more class, but, it is the seniors
who do the most cutting and have
the most tardiness. It is the un¬
excused absence and tardiness
which will have a great deal to do
in determiningi the size of the
graduating class next June. The
person who continually cuts fails
in most of his subjects and re¬
quires an extra year to finish his
high school course, thus falling a
year behind the average age for
the grade. It has also been found
that the students who cut are not
those interested or active in school
activities.
GHOSTS WILL WALK
Witches, spooks, and goblins
will emerge from their mystic
mansions Monday night for one
grand revel in the relm of reality
in ' the girls’ gym. New girls, old
girls, all girls are invited, yea
even urged to participate in the
festivities with the Girls’ league.
Briefly and concisely the facts
these; the Girls’ League requests
all girls to be present Monday
evening at a Halloween party in
the girl’s gym. Tell your friends.
School Superintendent
Choice Still Uncertain
Much interest has been aroused
in educational circles by the visit
to Pasadena of Dr. Albert Leo¬
nard, superintendent of schools of
New Rochelle, New York, and a
well known educator in national
school circles. There is signifi¬
cance attached to the visit of the
noted educator because of the fact
that prior to the departure of the
school boards emissaries for the
east some time ago, it was stated
that they would probably confer
with the head of the New Rochelle
schools as a possibility for the
next superintendent of Pasadena j
schools. .
Rifle Team Elects Officers;
Five Letter men Return
During the past week the mem¬
bers of the R.
О.
T. C. rifle team
organized and elected their offi¬
cers. Cadet Ned Sterling, a sec¬
ond lieutenant, was elected cap¬
tain of the team, and Second Lieu¬
tenant Mills Hodge was elected
team manager. The R.
О.
T. C.
rifle team is now composed of four¬
teen members, of which five are
lettermen. These five men, Cap¬
tain Ned Sterling and Captain
Paul Maxey having two letters,
and Donovan Davis, Arthur Faber
and George Lehner each having
one letter, will form the nucleus
of the rifle team. These men will
form the original team, but if any
of the new members who are try¬
ing out can outshoot any one of
these, the team personnel may be
changed accordingly.
Other cadets out for the team
are: William Allman, William
Bergren, Lloyd May, Herbert
Smith, Cedric Sterling, Desmond
Stovall, Cyril Waite and Roney
Williamson. The cadets are prac¬
ticing prone, sitting and standing
shooting under the direction of
Sergeant Morgan, of the United
States Army, who is in charge of
the rifle team.
Will Go to Beach
The officers’ club of Pasadena
high school will on Saturday, Nov.
5, take a trip down to the beach.
They intend to go to Castella Mar
near Santa Monica, where they
will Hold a weiner roast. About
twenty members of the club, and
their adviser, Leland C. McAuley,
will leave Saturday afternoon for
the beach. The offiecrs’ club is
composed of officers in the local
battalion and, according to their
officers, they intend to do a great
many things this semester.
Honor Cadet
Every week the R.
О.
T. C.
awards a gold medal to the honor
cadet in the battalion. This medal
is kept for one week by the win¬
ning cadet, when it is returned. It
may be re-won by the cadet or
awarded to someone else. This
week Private Nevin Schwien of
company A won the medal, which
he will keep for one week.
The following cadets won the
passes to the Colorado theatre this
week, as the best appearing cadets
in their respective companies. Pri¬
vate Nevin Schwien and Sergeant
Arthur Faber were the best ap¬
pearing cadets in company A;
while Frank Ridge, private, first
class, and Corporal Rupert Brown
of company
В
won the other
passes, which are given through
the courtesy of First Lieutenant
Charles F. McManus, manager of
the Colorado theatre.
JOIN A CLUB
66 TOIN A CLUB,” is the slogan adopted by the student
•J body officers in a campain to increase the club mem¬
berships. Every student has an opportunity to assist some
organization and at the same time assist himself, mentally
and socially, by joining a club now.
With fifty clubs in Pasadena high school offering wide
instruction and associations along many lines of interest,
there should be very few, if any, students without member¬
ship in some club. Almost every hobby or paticular interest
of high school students is taken up in one or another of the
various groups.
The purpose of these clubs is to stimulate interest along
certain lines, to furnish an outlet for information and in¬
struction not taken up in regular classes or to expand that
which is covered, and to promote association of students
similarly inclined. A club may also afford an opportunity
for leadership, for self-expression, or to make new acquain
tances. Hence the primary value of clubs in high school is
to promote social activities among students.
The various clubs have a few requirements to fufill in
admitting new members. Some repuire a certain scholastic
record, others the takihg of some subject in school, others
being purely interested in special hobbies, etc. These qual¬
ifications are not required to make clubs exclusive, but only
that members may be valuable ones.
Music Department Indian Chief is
Opens Radio Series Assembly Feature
The music department of Pasa¬
dena high school has been invited
by Mr. George Frenger, radio di¬
rector of station K.P.S.N., to open
a series of concerts to be given
over that station by various musi¬
cal organizations of Southern Cal¬
ifornia. The P. H. S. music de¬
partment is to give the first of the
series, Nov. 4.
The glee clubs, soloists, and a
stringed trio will be on the air.
Much favorable comment was
received by the high school girls’
glee club which sang at the Mod¬
ern Languages Association meet¬
ing, held last Saturday, Oct. 22,
at Pasadena high school.
In addition to the girls’ glee
club, a pleasing instrumental pro¬
gram was given by Emil Briano,
Dickson Oulton, Isabelle Greene,'
Ella, May and Lily Peterson, Con¬
rad Taylor, and Paul Briano.
WILL STUDY COSTS
The Pasadena Teachers’ associa¬
tion met Thursday, October 27, at
4 o’clock, in the auditorium of the
McKinley junior high school.
С.
H.
Peterson gave a brief report on the
N. E. A. meeting this summer.
Judge Raymond G. Thompson,
president of the board of educa¬
tion, also spoke.
A brief business meeting was
held, in which announcements
about the school costs committee, a
report on the revision of the con¬
stitution, and some new resolutions
for the society were taken up.
These meetings are held in the
months of October, February,
April and June, and all the teach¬
ers of Pasadena are expected to
attend them.
Blue Blazers Feature
Assembley in Auditorium
Presenting to the student body
an excellent entertainment, the
Blue Blazer orchestra formally
opened Pasadena’s remodeled audi¬
torium last Thursday, for the first
time this year.
The program as given by the
Blue Blazers, the personnel of
which is Gordon Palmer, Whitney
Smith, Houston Smith, Cecil Bryan
and Warren Flynn, consisted of
the latest jazz hits.
It had formerly been announced
that the assembly was to be held
at the boys’ gym as before. How¬
ever, the rain made such a course
impossible, thus the auditorium
had to be used.
GO TO SCHOOL NIGHT
All parents or guardians of
P. H. S. students are requested to
reserve Friday evening, November
18 for “Go to School Night for
the Parents.”
Entertaining their audience with
dancing and singing, Chief Stand¬
ing Bear II. and his niece put on
an interesting program in assem¬
bly on Tuesday, October 25.
The chief and his niece first
sang a Sioux Indian love song, in
which they sang together in the
first part, and in the second part
the niece sang alone, accompanied
by the chief on an Indian oboe.
Using the sign language, the
chief next told the story of the
change in the Indian style of dress.
He added that only one white man,
Colonel McCoy, who appeared in
the prologue of “The Iron Horse,”
could use the sign language with
any degree of proficiency.
The chief’s next number was the
“Bear Song,” after which he
danced an Indian war dance, ac¬
companied by his niece on an In¬
dian drum.
Miss Catherine Edson, a well-
known dancer, danced the “Dance
of the Butterflies,” from the Hopi
Indian ceremonies of the snake
dance.
Chief Standing Bear told the
students that all who wished to
know the real story of the Indian
should attend the “Red Bird,”
which is now being given at the
Community Playhouse. Gilmore
Brown, director of the Community
Playhouse, gave a list of the plays
to be presented there during the
rest of the year.
An announcement was made
that, beginning with next Tuesday,
all the assemblies will be given in
the auditorium, which will be com¬
pleted by that time.
Conwiissioners Sanction
Special Game Chronicle
At a meeting of the commission¬
ers, held on Wednesday, October
26, it was decided to have an inter¬
club council. !£he commissioner of
publications is to act as chairman.
It was voted on to give six passes
to each of the Pasadena newspa¬
pers for the Pasadena-Santa Ana
game. The commissioners voted
on having the juniors sell their
class memberships in the west
basement. They decided also to
have an extra paper for the Santa
Ana game, which is to be held at
the Rose Bowl.
Flowers are to be sent to Tom
Me Manus of this school.
COMMITTEES AT WORK
Since the Annual staff has been
chosen, the work of the Annual
class will be done independently,
by the various committees which
have been appointed. The commit¬
tees now busy are becoming accus¬
tomed to their work, and are mak¬
ing good progress.
Teachers Benefit
By Tenure Act
Because of the ruling of the
California State Supreme Court
yesterday, upholding the constitu¬
tionality of the Teachers’ Tenure
Act which has been a subject of
much legislation and litigation for
a period of many years, over six
hundred Pasadena school teachers
will be benefited.
Uuder this ruling teachers who
have been sucessfully employed by
a school district for two consecu¬
tive years can only be discharged
after a trial by the board.
The descision was given by
Justice William H. Langdon and
concurred in by all members of the
court.' The matter first came be¬
fore the court in the case of Gris-
by versus the trustees of the Napa
school district. The Napa County
superior court held the Tenure act
unconstitutional. The supreme
court decision reversed the lower
court.
In speaking of the decision, De¬
puty Superintendent John Frank¬
lin West stated that the Tenure
act will improve the quality of
teachers in California because it
will put the profession on a sound¬
er foundation and will enable the
teachers to prepare themselves
•without the fear that they will be
discharged for some trivial reason.
At the last session of the state
legislature the political code was
amended so that all teachers in
California public schools at the
end of two or three years’ success¬
ful service, unless dismissed, auto¬
matically.. become., “permanent”
teachers.
All Faculty to Attend
“Night in Spain” Nov. 3
"A Night in Spain” is to be en¬
joyed by many P. H. S. teachers,
as their first social entertainment
of the year, at the Hotel Hunting-
ton on Thursday night, Nov. 3.
At present, about fifty P. H. S.
teachers have signed up and about
twice that many are expected to
sign before the end of next week.
The program is a unique one,
including Spanish dancers, singers,
and players entertaining during
and after the 6:15 o’clock informal
dinner. Also, a real treat is in
store in that Duke Kahanamoku
and Carol Fletcher, members of
the 1924 Olympic team>, will give
exhibitions in swimming and div¬
ing. Later the teachers will be
invited to use the plunge.
ORCHESTRA
CONCERTS
BEGIN NOV. 4
Program to Begin at 4 P. M.
in John Marshall
Auditorium
FAMOUS BAND TO PLAY
Friday, November fourth, is the
date of the first of a series of four
concerts to be given during the
school year by the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra under the
direction of Georg Schneevoight.
The program will begin promptly
at 4 o’clock. This first concert, as
well as the second, will be held in
the auditorium of John Marshall
junior high school as the repairs
which are being made on the high
school auditorium will not be com¬
pleted by that time. The last two
concerts will be held in the high
school auditorium, the same as
last year.
In addition to the four orches¬
tra concerts, Creatore’s band will
also give a recital. The band is
one of the most famous instru¬
mental groups in the world and
will give only three concerts while
in California.
Tickets for the concerts may be
procured from Miss Lulu C. Parm-
ley, head of the music department,
and from Miss Vera Childs, Mr.
Harbeson’s secretary. The price of
a ticket for one concert is twenty-
five cents. Season tickets are
on sale for one dollar, and include
the four orchestra concerts given
by the Los Angeles Philharmonic
orchestra and the one concert
given by Creatore’s band.
Many students who are members
of a glee club or of an instrumen¬
tal class, as well as many music-
loving students, are planning to
attend the concerts, so it is neces¬
sary to buy the tickets early.
The program for the first con¬
cert will be as follows:
Elgar: “Pomp and Circum¬
stance,” military march.
Rimsky - Korsakow : “Schehera¬
zade,” suite.
Saint-Saens: “Dance Macabre”,
symphonic poem.
Dvorak: “Largo,” from “New
World Symphony.”
Rossini: “William Tell,” overture.
Strauss: “Beautiful Blue Danube.”
Season Tickets on Sale at the
Music Department and
by Miss Childs
8o Students Become Members
of Scholarship Federation
Eighty students received their
awards for scholarship at the
meeting of the C. S. F., Chapter I,
on Wednesday, October 26.
Glenn Reed, the new president,
presided, and after a few words
concerning the purpose of the
meeting, he turned it over to Miss
Sara Talbot, faculty adviser.
As Miss Talbot introduced the
new members to him, Mr. Harbe¬
son, principal, presented them
with the silver “P’s.”
“An emblem is important be¬
cause of what it stands for. It is
because the C. S. F. pin represents
industry, scholarship and good citi¬
zenship, that it is one of the great¬
est honors in school to receive it,”
said Mr. Harbeson. “When a stu¬
dent, wearing this pin, comes to
me to ask a favor, I" feel willing
to grant the request before I know
what it is. I know that every stu¬
dent who is a member of the or¬
ganization this pin represents, is
a good citizen, and that his request
will be legitimate, or he would not
be asking it.”
Miss Talbot then introduced the
teachers who are helping with the
general checking of the organiza¬
tion membership. Miss Edith Wolfe
follows the records made by the
C. S. F. graduates in college; Mrs.
Giddings is in charge of the ban¬
quet; Mr. Stoner is supervising
the revision of the constitution ;
Miss Perry looks after the pins ;
Dr. Elston, Mr. Leach and Miss
Helen Taylor check the records.
There are now 186 members of
the C. S. F., Chapter I. Of these
5 are life members, 3 old and 2
new members; 38 old and 21 new
seniors; juniors, 59 old and 34
new; sophomores, 27 new; 6 by
transfer from other schools; total
number of boys 89, and of girls, 97.
Re-elected Life Members
William Gunn, Geraldine Ander¬
son, Doris Northrup.
Newly Elected Life Members
Barnard Morse, Milton Murray.
Re-elected Seniors
Senior Boys — William Bergren,
Delbert Brown, Rupert Brown,
John Calmer, Douglas Crawford,
James Dewey, Elvin Douglass,
William Gilliland, John Grieger,
Gregory Hartman, Howard Pack¬
ard, Glen Reed, Russell Ross, Ir¬
win Rust, Floyd Sandefur, Vernon
Starr, William White, Robert Win¬
ters.
Senior Girls — Barbara Bennett,
Dorothee Benson, Dorothy Chancel¬
lor, Eunice Elton, Pauline Fuller,
Virginia Gollatz, Nelly Haigazian,
Mellor Hartshorn, Blanche Hub¬
bard, Florence Huston, Mary Jen¬
kins, Jeanne Keever, Betty Nagel-
voort, Virginia Phillis, Marion
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