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POLY
wants a cracker. What
will she get? See Sat-
urday’s game.
VOL. VI— NO. 4.
SUNDAY IS
HEARD
AT PM
Billy Sunday Entertains
High School in His In¬
imitable Manner
WORDS STRIKE HOME
“Do the Common Thing in
an Uncommon Way” Is
Theme of Address
With his characteristic slap bang
enthusiasm, Billy Sunday gave one of
the best talks on the general subjects
of education ever given to P. H. S.
Without ceremony he plunged into his
subject and poured forth his potent
facts like a 42-centimeter gun. When
he had finished the bombardment had
taken its toll in the audience. The
idler, resolved to do better things and
grasp the bigger opportunities, and
the chiclet-chewing female wished
that she at least could turn a flapjack,
while the cheater went out the back
door.
Humor illustrated his points — even
Mr. Clifton was forced to smile at
some of his stories, while Mr. Wilson
was convulsed with mirth. He point¬
ed out the fact that the High school
is not a cold storage plant of mere
facts. On the contrary according to
Mr. Sunday — it is tobasco, paprikia,
ginger, pepper, and pimento, that is to
give snap and purpose to one’s life
work. There are two forms of edu¬
cation, he continued; one you give
yourself, the second you learn from
others.
“Learn to do a thing in an uncom¬
mon way” was the continuation of his
nessage. “Persevere and you will con¬
quer. Have a definite aim in life and
then stick to it. Life is just chuck
full of half done things. Many start
on a royal hunt and end up in a rat
chase."
“Be careful of your time; idleness
is the foe of youth. When an idler
dies, all he leaves is an epitaph on a
tombstone and an obituary notice in
the newspaper. You can go down town
and find on any street corner men
who have gone through life for fifty
years and all they have to show for
teir education is a few gray hairs and
a suit of clothes that wouldn’t flag a
hand car or make a tail for a kite.
“Treatpeople kindly and they will
treat you kindly. Give it to them in the
neck and they will give it to you in
the neck and you will thank God that
you are not an ostrich or a giraffe. Be
honest; be industrious. If you don’t
do any more than you are paid for
you won’t amount to a hill of beans.
The fellow that plays second fiddle
will never lead the orchestra. The
world will never take you at your
own rate of stock; but is will find
out if you are excess baggage or a
false alarm.”
In concluding he warned against the
forming of bad habits; for good habits
lead to success while bad ones spell
failure. The honesty habit is one of
the best. And here he ripped the
cheater up the back for sneaking his
lesons. One of the worst things ac¬
cording to Mr. Sunday, is the habit
of carelessness in choosing one’s com¬
panions. “Habit starts with the size
of a butterfly and later equals the
mountain lion in strength.”
When he had concluded, “Ma” Sun¬
day gave a brief resume of her “Wil¬
lies’s” early life, showing that what
he had just said was no theory since
it had played an important factor in
his own life.
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Covina Hi: — South Pasadena loom¬
ed up as a contender for the prep
championship when they defeated the
fast Covina eleven by a 30 to 0 score
last Saturday. This Is the third
straight shutout the Haypitchers have
handed their league brethren and as la
result they are regarded as a danger¬
ous proposition.
STARVATION
diet again for Bulldogs.
Great hunger for par¬
rots developing.
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, OCTOBER 31, 1917, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
PRICE 5 CENTS
BULLDOGS STEP ON
FAST CHAFFEY TEAM
Pasadena Gains First Victory of Year by Touchdown in
Third Quarter; Chaff ey Threatens But the
Pasadena Line Holds Firm
BY JOE SHAWHAN.
Last Saturday, on Chaff ey field the Pasadena Bulldogs bit
a 7 to 0 chunk out of Chaffey’s chances for football honors.
Everyone who saw the game, and there was a gret deal of the
red and white hue on the sidelines, agreed that it was in the top
class, and everyone who came home with a whole throat con¬
sidered himself a failure as a rooter.
For the sidelines, the game was nerve destroying and full
of uncertainty. The ball changed hands so often that Francis
Ledyard and Bob Allen couldn’t have kept track of its journies
from team to team, and so mjany incomplete passes and safe¬
ties were made that the officials called for Pinkertons to unravel
the mystery of the ball’s ownership.
Before the game, the teams lined up quite evenly. Though
Pasadena was a little heavier, she was opposed by a team con¬
taining several individual stars. The big plays of the two teama
were about equal in their effectiveness. The criss-cross of .the
Red and White gained a few yards but was exceeded by a mass
backfield play with which Chaffey made all of her fourth quarter
gains.
. The kickoff came at 2:38:50 p. m.
Pasadena receiving and Chaffey doing
FRIVOLOUS FRE8HIES
HOLD FORTH IN
BIG PARTY
Ye Komikal Kountry Karnival has
come and gone. Ye Komikle Kiddies
have had the time of their young
lives. In other words, the Freshman
Party was a grand success. The line
of big-eyed Freshies was greeted by
strains of “jazzy” musu», and an air
of mystery, delightfully suggestive ok
Hallowe’en. And the costumes! Such
a conglomeration of rags and tatters
has never been seen since patch-work
quilts were in style.
Hardly had the last tiny toddler,
captured a vacant seat when the
“peppy” programme was begun. Piano
solos, ranging from the latest musical
comedy to Chopins most difficult com¬
positions were skillfully executed by
the embryo Paderewskis and Kries-
ters. Then the Senior Dramatic class
presented a clever skit entitled “A
Hallowe’en Tragedy.”
By this time the hilarious young¬
sters were making twice as much
noise as the proverbial JazzBand; so
the coolinb breezes of the pergola were
employed to subdue the too efferves¬
cent spirits. The artistic members of
the committee insisted upon removing
the plunge plug; and to the musical
gurgle of receding wavelets the Fresh¬
ies munched and chattered. From
the quantity of frozen goodies and
sticky “all night” suckers consumed,
it is apparent that the “penny Liberty
Bond Loan” was oversubscribed.
At a late hour for small folks the
party dispersed amid a battle of tired
and happy voices proclaiming the en¬
joyment of Ye Komikle Kountry Kar¬
nival, the initial social event of the
class of 1919.
CARDINAL CORNER TO BE
CRUSHED
the toe-work. As soon as the farmers
got the ball, however, the game be¬
came a Ping-pong tourney, for the
Chaffeyites kept the ball in the air
the big part of the time. But altho
Chaffey depended on her passing and
kept it up during the whole game, 90
per cent of the attempts were foiled.
The score came in the third quarter
when the backfield crashed thru Chaf¬
fey on her fifteen yards. Wally con¬
verted against the vocalizations of
the Chaffey team and the vocifera¬
tions of her whole rooting section— no
small matter. In the last quarter,
Chaffey bucked up and put up a fight
worthy of her ancestors of last year
team but her second wind came too
late. Pasadena held until the whistle
blew.
The game was marked for the good
team work in the Pasadena aggrega¬
tion. The fellows played with that
machinelike regularity and well plac¬
ed interference that has given the
Bulldogs the reputation that they
have. And, while the whole team
stood the gaff in good shape, several
of the men distinguished themselves.
Jeff Kemp and Benny Puterbaugh
played the game like veterans, smear¬
ing up play after play while they were
both quick on running down on the
punts. Kemp was always on the job
of getting the runners, and showed up
particularly well in breaking up end
runs.
Bobby Shlaudeman, in pulling the
balloon out of the airy blue, was a
whiz.
Yon Mohr, in the fourth
quarter, proved his right to be called
the “immovable obstacle” of the team.
He was the main obstacle in the path
of the Chaffey team during the last
3 minutes of play and if Von hadn’t
been there, the P.H.S. students might
be wearing crepe. W'hetstine has
proved to be a good man in emergen¬
cies. He can slide and wriggle thru
a hole small enough to stop a cat.
In fact, Pasadena, as a team, out¬
played, out-classed, and out-fought her
opponents. She gained 10 more yords,
made one more touchdown, broke up
more passes, ana played better foot¬
ball.
BOOSTER CLUB COMES
INTO BEING AT
ASSEMBLY
Tubby Ong Delivers Match¬
less Oration at Chaffey
Football Rally
Committee of Boosters Will
Take Work Off Shoulders
of Krebs and Ong
With stirring music, flaming oratory,
amid fervent singing and frantic yell¬
ing, the snappiest football assembly of
the year passed into history last Fri¬
day. It was a gathering in which the
old time spirit and loyalty prevailed,
enlivened with pep such as never be¬
fore entered the annals of P. H. S.
“Tubby” Ong presided as master of
ceremony and was responsible for a
great deal of excitement, urging all to
attend the game, in a straightforward
way.
When Harry McCament suggested
“Boosters’ Club” everyone applauded
vigorously, and it was with difficulty
that he was able to outline his plans,
so great was the interest.
Instead of having all the responsi¬
bilities of such an organization loaded
on the already overworked yell leader,
it was decided to have a committee
consisting of three in charge. In this
way a diversity of ideas may be ob¬
tained and many novelties worked out
from so broadened a field.
Elston Ireland, Franklyn Wright
and Harry Day were almost unani¬
mously chosen to serve as the brains
and genius of the new club. They have
already gotten together, and from cer¬
tain promiscuous inklings that have
leaked out they evidently have some
startling new and original stunts for
the oncoming games.
At this juncture the band struck up
the Pasadena High School “national
anthem” and the Student Body rose en
masse, signifying their united supoprt
to the valiant grid heroes, who modest¬
ly marched upon the stage, but who
later trampled Chaffey all over their
rocky field.
When they had lined up along the
footlights everyone joined in singing
the old standby. The swelling tones
of these thousand or so wild enthusi¬
asts reverberated and echoed through
the empty halls as if agin recalling
ancient days when “George Washing¬
ton” Conn and others graced the Red
and White.
Each member of the team was pre¬
sented in turn by Commissioner Ong
and received official endorsement in the
form of three cheers.
Answering the call, Paul Hamilton
went “over the top” and presented a
plea for the very life of debating. He
spoke briefly of the benefit to the indi¬
vidual, and made an optimistic fore¬
cast of the future of debating if every¬
one qualified will get in and dig. A
meeting was called for those inter¬
ested.
The climax was reached when the
orator, Lawrence Metzger, appeared
on the platform and in his usual en¬
tertaining manner gave a short his¬
tory of football, from the early Greeks,
tracing its evolution from the blood
and thunder game to the modern style
which is science pure and simple, a
matter of mathematics, hygiene and
psychology. He dubbed any person a
slacker, who had the possibility to beg,
borrow or steal the price, and then
stayed at home.
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P. H. S. STUDENTS
AID IN SUCCESS
OF LIBERTY LOAN
Have you noticed the little glory
button T Not a Sunday School re¬
ward, no, but a sure enough Lib¬
erty Bond receipt. Several of the
fellows and girls abont school are
fortunate enough to be the prond
possessors of one. The where¬
withal for these has been saved,
MEATLESS DAY IS
NEW INNOVATION
AT PASADENA HIGH
“Gee, don’t you feel queer?”
“Something’s wrong!” “Sure glad
it’s over with.” “Gosh, It’s fierce.”
These and many other similar ex¬
pressions were heard on and around
the campus last Tuesday. The cause
for these unusually violent expostu¬
lations was — Meatless Day. So far
as the Hooverizing spirit which
prompted meatless day was con¬
cerned, it was a success.
However, the students in the
fourth period classes, boys especially,
looked terribly pale, haggard and
worn. Save for a peculiar bleam in
the eyes of these students, no signs
of life were visible. This gleam
might have been analyzed as the look
of a caveman in 2000
В.
B., which
always appeared just before he was
about to seize a huge club and go
after his prey.
Perhaps the most noticeable char¬
acteristic of this most extraordinary
day was the fact that in both study
halls, during third period, the usual
odor of nice juicy onions combined
with the sizzling of fresh meat was
not discovered. The fragrance of the
onions alone penetrated the thick
walls of 108 and 109.
The disgusted male students
glanced sheepishly at one another
and made attempts at grieving.
Then without warning, they slid back
sleepily in their seats, sinking their
clenched fists deep into their pockets.
Indeed, the scene was pitiful, and
one that would move the hardest
heart to compassion. It was just an¬
other of the innumerable pictures no
artist can paint.
The girls’ rest room was another
victim of this meatless day. It was
desolate and deserted; not a living
soul sought shelter in the shaded and
secluded nooks of this once popular
retreat. Dr. Seabolt was amazed at
first, but then, after meditating upon
tills startling revelation for some
time, she found the clue and smiled
a knowing smile. For, if indigestion
was eliminated from the girls’ fourth
period excuses, the rest room excuse
slips would be like a man without a
country or hash without meat.
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GIRLS’ GYM GINKS TO BE
FEATURE OF THIS
YEAR
The new law about all class-men
taking four years’ gymnasium has
been enacted. The dignified Seniors as
well as the Freshmen tots are includ¬
ed, and woe be unto the ones who try
to be excluded. The classes are so
has just doubled the number of leaders
than in former years. She expects to
do some big things this year, and has
many plans for making gymnasium
popular. Every one knows how much
the “Girls’ Gym Ginks” were enjoyed
last year; so here’s hoping something
better will be held this year.
Because of the immense increase in
the size of classes, Miss Bates is gQing
to help Miss Cooper. This is her first
experience in this line, but she likes
it; so she’ll be a success. The leaders
have not all been chosen, but they will
be in the near future. Perhaps the
largest class is the fifth period class
on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Miss
Bates and Helen Brown have charge
of it.
When every one has completed a
course in gym under the supervision of
Miss Cooper, the absence slips and
rest room blanks are expected to de¬
crease. So every one will be immense¬
ly benefited by this new course, and
beter students are expected to be the
direct result.
borrowed, or otherwise toiled for.
Perhaps some have struck Dad in
.the proper moment for benevo¬
lences, hnt let it be here announced
that in that case, the recipients
are surely rare orators.
The Bonds make an ideal invest¬
ment for a High School student,
and the number of elusive dollars
thus tied up ean never he yasted
thus tied up can never be wasted
causes.
JUNIOR CARNIVAL
IS NEW THING
IN PARTIES
Big Program and Good Eats
Are Features of 1919
Class Party
Jazz Jinxtette Calls for Ear
Muffs but Audience
Is Indulgent
BY SHAKESPEARE ROSCO BIBBY.
The Black Cat Curnival has been
and went, leaving in its wake memo¬
ries of ghosts, ghouls, and vampires,
as well as eats, creeps, and jazz bands.
Last Friday night in the Music Hall
the Juniors held this revel of Hallow¬
e’en which bids fair to set a new
standard for parties for the Class of
T9.
The real, original, and “premier”
Jazz Jinzttete opened the evening
with the uproarous and deliriously
discordant music for which they are
famed. Several valuable additions,
namely the acordion, drums, and
“banjo-uke,” helped to produce more
noise, and all agreed that the selec¬
tions chosen helped to liven up the
attractions of the affair.
Perhaps the most impressive per¬
formance of the evening, was the one
given by the dramatics class. The
title of the skit was “That Thing,”
dramatised by Thomas Iiams and
Ralph Riordan. The characters in the
plot were the coroner, chief witness,
three jurors, and a dead man. The
audience was held spell-bound thro-
out its entirety. Those in the back
of the room were soon up on their
feet, leaning forward to catch every
word, and with their eyes fairly pop¬
ping. The plot was full of dramatic
Intensity, and the creeps stole over
the appaled listeners as the descrip¬
tion of “The Thing” pierced their
very ear-drums. The grand finale, in
which the dead man slowly and silent¬
ly arises from the death couch, stands
behind the coroner, snatches the
documentary eveidence, and ten sinks
to the couch again, was so gripping
that the audience did not have a bit
of warm blood left in their veins or a
recumbent hair on their head.
Miss Melva Fishbeck left for a
moment her prima donna friends to
treat the Juniors to an oncored solo.
Miss Fishbeck’s musical talents
were again realized through the
medium of the dance. Miss Clara
Overstrom, another of the Pavlowa
standard, ably upheld her end of the
number. Both girls looked well In
their clown costumes, and the grace
shown in all of the dance showed that
tey had had experience in fancy danc¬
ing. The theme running through it
was that of a coy flirtation, and the
gay figures hopped about and smirked
at each other in a tantalizing manner.
Melody was no name for what
Joseph Shawhan and Gerald Bolting-
house contributed to the evening en¬
tertainment. In fact it was plain un¬
adulterated harmony from beginning
to end. Their melodious voices echo¬
ed the “Babes in the Woods” from
wall to wall and outside from building
to building.
Next, imagine a badly spoiled, freak,
ish little girl in a rich household with
a new governess. The conditions aris¬
ing from such a combination nearly
brought the audience to tears. Melba
Dott Russel made a perfectly charm¬
ing little girl while Martha Curtis was
a good governess.
The happy gathering was requested
to pick partners and “adjourn' to the
fourth peroid.”
The lights were low and softly shad¬
ed, were comprised in fact of Japanese
Lanterns and grinning pumpkins.
Laughter was profuse and rang with
a “nothing to do till Monday air.” The
music was soft and Inspiring (one to
dance,) and was ably co-ordianized
by one kind friend Hart. The moon’s
reflection was clearly disceamed In
the crystal waters of (the High School
Plunge.) On its quiet surface, myrlds
of dark objects were soon floating
about, lillie pads perhaps or (green
oranges-hush.) One’s partner cooed In
a awed whisper, “Isn’t this cream de-
lisions,” and “Aren’t the doughnuts
lovely and Hallowe’enish,” or (“Why
dear, how cold you look.”) This Is not
For the first time in five years there
is some hope that Whittier High will
not run away with the prep basketball
championship. Not much hope, ’tis
true, but still a sporting chance. The
fact that the Poets have lost several
of their stars by graduation and more
to Uncle Sam, together with their en¬
trance into the select circle of the City
League, makes it at least possible for
some other school to get a look-in.
Keep on looking, say we.
the description of a "close-up of a
garden scene, but the impression
gained throughot the refreshments of
the Black Cat Party. Let it here be
known that the success of this affair
was due to the cornstalks, pumpkins,
and beautiful night.
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NOT FRANK’S FAULT.
In the L. A. game last week Fronkus
Von Mohr was put out of the game
ostensibly for “rough work.” Thru
later facts that have come to light the
“rough work” charge fas wrong aud
a misunderstanding was responsible
for the penalty. Von failed to hear
the whistle blow and when he saw a
L. A. man crawling he just naturally
jumped on him.
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Compton HI:— In the third round
for the Bay City League title last Sat¬
urday, Compton defeated Venice by a
score of 20 to 0. Santa Monica con¬
tinues to hold the edge on the league
title, however, as they have not suffer¬
ed defeat.