Pasadena Chronicle, September 23, 1921

БД О ©Л ;сш VOL. XIII PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921 No. 2 Commissioners Speak Muirites At Noon Today To When the CHRONICLE came off the press red hot this noon an auto stood aquiver at the. door of the print shop ready to take a stack to the John Muir School, where an assembly is being held this noon for the purpose . of discussing the mutual benefit that will result from a wider circulation of the CHRONICLE in the school. Representatives of P. H. S. are Max Colwell, Commissioner of Publica¬ tions; Helen Jackson, Commissioner of Debating, and Boyd Stephens, edi¬ tor of the CHRONICLE. There are several hundred students in John Muir who will be students in P. H. S. in a very short time. It will be as helpful for .them to keep in touch with tile Bulldog Spirit as it is helpful to High School students to look ahead to the college they expect j to attend. P. H. S. wants the John Muir students to root for the ’varsity Bulldog team on the field. P. H. S. wants the John Muir students to look at the coming Muir-Midget tussle as on an inter-class game. P. H. S. wants John Muir students to look ahead to their High School days with increas¬ ing interest. This can be accomplished if they are constant CHRONICLE readers. Another reason for encouraging a large circulation of the CHRONICLE in the Junior' Pligh School is this: CHRONICLE reporters are now trained to get news not only on the Pligh School campus, but throughout the entire city school system and from many outside sources in the city. As large a school as John Muir should prove to be. a very good news source. This being the case the CHRONICLE can feature each week enough reading of local interest to make the. paper a popular one in the junior high school. ELECTION TODAY EXERCISE YOUR CITIZENSHIP BY VOTING LATEST Herbert McDade and Willard Hearne take first prize on live stock at San Fernando fair. DEBATERS PLAN TO KEEP SILVER CUP Class in Debating Is Formed to Train Prospective Debaters GREAT PAINTINGS ARE FIRST H. S. RADIO NEWS SERVICE IN SOUTHERN CALIF. LOANED 10 Ш Works of Famous Artists Are Hung in P. H. S. Library WHISTLER’S ETCHINGS м tan у Have Been on Exhibi¬ tion at Exposition FLOWER EXHIBIT GIVEN WEDNESDAY An interesting exhibit of all the composite flowers which are now in bloom was given last Wednesday by Miss Merril’s fifth and sixth period classes in Botany. About fifteen kinds of flowers were exhibited, among them dahlias, chrysanthemums, zin¬ nias, asters, cosmoss, and many others. It is the plan of these classes to have either an exhibit or a special trip each week. Among them will be a trip to the Dahlia Farm in Lamanda Park, an excursion to the beach to study seaweeds, and trips to the mountains to examine the native trees and wild owers. In the spring a long hike will be made, probably lasting two days, for the pujrpose of studying California’s wild flowers. BREAKFAST SERVED IN THE CAFETERIA Hark ye, Early Risers! The P. H. S. Cafeteria now serves breakfast for the early birds. A real meal of bacon and eggs, coffee or cocoa, hot mush, cold cereals, toast and fruits, is served. The cost is small and the quality good. The first breakfast was served Thursday morning. The meal and idea has been pronounced very good by those who have taken advantage of this opportunity. SGT. MORGAN MAKES BIG CATCH The Southern California Champion¬ ship Debating Cup stands in the Student Body Office of the Pasadena High School and it is the. intention of the Debating Team to retain it per¬ manently. Intense and continued training on their part is necessary to hold it. In order to receive this essential practice a class in debating has been organized this year under the direc¬ tion of Mr.. J. Scott,, new instructor of Civics. The class now numbers eighteen, eight of which are Fresh- organized. Other class squads are in formation now and some members of the interscholastic squad are already in training. On next Friday the first practice de¬ bate of the year will be held in room 225 C, between the Freshmen and Sophomores. The topic of the. debate is one which will be of interest to all and close competition is expected. Mr. Scott in speaking of debating urges all students interested, to come out and oin the class. More Juniors are needed on the Junior-Senior team and it is hoped that more will rally to the support of their class. We hold the championship now. Shall we allow other schools to wrest it from us? It is up to you! See Mr. Scott in room 225 C during or after 6th period any day. CHARLES BRANDON BOOTH SPEAKS One of the chief benefactors of the Pasadena High School is Miss Augusta Senter, a collecror of famous paintings and etchings, who has loaned ten pictures of her collection to be. hung in the library. Miss Sen¬ ter enjoys loaning her pictures as much as the library enjoys loaning books. She believes that paintings are a great source of pleasure, in life. Most of the paintings have been on exhibition at Exposition Park this summer, and some have been at the Pasadena Public Library at various times One of the most famous in the library is that of Jules Guevin, a great modern painter. Many museums and art galleries have expressed a desire to obtain this picture, A picture of local interest is one by Jean Manheim, the well known Pasa¬ dena artist. ‘The. Eucaiipti” by O’Shea, is a striking landscape which is given due prominence on the walls of the library. Went’s “The Syca¬ mores” is a beautiful study of nature, and ‘Across the Tiber” by Stetson is a magnificent landscape painting. The only portrait in the loan is “A Child’s Head” by Joseph Raphael, the subject being a Belgian type. To have one etching of Whistler is a great honor but Miss Senter has loaned three etchings of his and one lithograph. The titles of the cach¬ ings which hang in the office, of Miss Skinner, the librarian, are, “A Street in Saverne,” “Billingsgatq.” and “Little Annie.” The lithograph is en¬ titled, “Early Morning at Battlesea.” An etching, “Fenne aux Purpliers de Hollande,” is by another French ar¬ tist, Lepere. Long Beach and Pasadena High School Will Exchange Red Hot News Regularly May Lead to Wider Service Between Schools Publishing Weekly Papers in Southern California The first wireless service for secondary schools in the United States was begun Tuesday when a radio message was received by the CHRONICLE from Dave Livingstone, editor of the Long Beach High School paper. Since then several messages have been exchanged and the establishment of a perma- _ _ nent wireless system is expected Miss Fiolloway Plans to En¬ large the English Department tionably the best P. NH. S. has had this year. The speaker of the day, Charles Thursday’s Assembly was unques- Brandon Booth, grandson of Capt. Wm. Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, delivered a fiery speech, which was enthusiastically applauded. Mr. Booth gave three points for every one to remember. They are: Know your self; Appreciate yourself; Give yourself. Miss Sharp a member of the Music Department gave two piano selections and Maria Anderson a P. H. S. Alu- mini accompanied by Clarence Mader gave two vocal selections. NEW TEACHERS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Sgt. Morgan one of the R. О. T. C. instructors had a very enjoyable week end, hauling in fish at Hermosa Beach. Sgt. Morgan says he caught at least a gunnysack of large mackerel. He was accompanied by Pasadena Jack the boatman. Three new teachers have entered the Social Science Department; Miss Fleming, Mr. Yakeley and Mr. Scott. Miss Fleming is a graduate of Man¬ ual Arts High School and of Smyths College. It was at Manual Arts High School that Miss Fleming was guided in the direction of the teach¬ ers’ training course by Miss Dale, the vice-principal, a former P. PI. S. tacher. Mr. Yakeley received his diploma from U. S. C. where he specialized in FACULTY NAMES APPEAR IN PRINT During the. past few months the names of a number of taechers of Pasadena High School have appeared in print. Mr. Clifton, Registrar, had an ar¬ ticle in the July and August numbers of the American School Board Jour¬ nal. The title of his paper is “Notes from a High School Registrar', Reg¬ istration by Mail.” Miss Frazee is the joint author with Professor Wells of the University of California in the well written text on the use of the English language. The' title is “Grammar and Practice” and is published by the MacMillan Co. Mr. Ewing contriuted a chapter to a recent book .on school architecture published by the MacMillan Company. Mr. Ashley, as author of a series of secondary text books on history and citizenship, is now in the royalty class. Mr. Ashley has never put the royalty gained from the sale of texts in Pasadena High School to his own use but has turned it into the school again. This year he has contributed $1,000 to the Scholarship Fund, found¬ ed in honor of Ralph Kellogg. Mr. Newlin and Miss Mary L. Clark, both of the mathematics department, have been notified of royalties on the “Adventures of X'.’” Further strengthening of the Eng¬ lish Department is the aim of Miss Elma Holloway, head of this branch in P. H. S. Miss Holloway suggests two ways in which this can be ac¬ complished, namely, by co-.opgration with the other departments in school, and by strengthening the present course of study. Suggestions of means by which the teachers of the other departments may co-operate with them have been made and will soon be placed into the hands of . each teacher in the High School. A committee is now at work outlining the plan by which this work shall be presented to the various classes. The freshmen are to have inter¬ class contests in declamation, the sophomores in dramatic art, the juniors in essay, and the seniors in oration. By means of these contests every student is given the opportunity once each year to appear before his class as its representative. Class contests have been carefully worked out whereby the public speaking and dramatic classes will join their work with the regular Eng¬ lish classes. MODERN LANGUAGE deptXparty The Modern Language Department gave an informal party to the new members of that department and the Latin taechers who are being made members of the department. Miss 1 Elizabeth Keppie favored the guests with two readings which were much enjoyed. Miss Gatch and Miss Loly ! told some of the interesting exper- i iences they had on their recent trip to ; Mexico City. Refreshments of ice i cream and cake were served. The invited guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. O’Mara, Miss Nellie Green Clarke, and Miss Elizabeth Kippie. soon. This service will not only be between Long Beach and Pasadena, but will extend to othr schools in Southern California, as far distant as San Diego. The first messag.e was taken by Aram Pashgian, a graduate of P. H. S. last year. (By special radio press service-— Long Beach High Life to Pasadena CHRONICLE.) LONG BEACH, Sept. 20,— The old time pep manifested by songs and yells started the 1921 football season toward another successful conclusion in Thursday’s double assembly which was presented by the football man¬ agement. (By special radio press service — Long Beach High Life to Pasadena CHRONICLE.) LONG BEACH, Sept. 21,— Long Beach High School students were in¬ strumental in rescuing sixteen people from the briny deep this last summer. Paul Pak, Municipal Life Guard, put up a record by saving five unfortu¬ nates in a single day. Morley Dury, another life guardharples... .H.Smfwm during the summer.. Art Messelheiser, a Long Beach student saved four bathers from tide rips. P. E S* BANK HAS NEW EQUIPMENT — . . . Perhaps few students and patrons of P. H. S. have an adequate idea of the meaning and importance of the high school bank conducted under the direction of Mr. Anderson of the Com¬ mercial department. The following article has been contributed by Ruth Horner of the beginning journalism class: SANITATION CLASS VISITS OPEN-AIR SCHOOL American History and Civics. He is School. Mr. Scott is already well known fpr his work along debating lines. Some other changes are, the trans¬ fer of Miss Shattuck to the English Department and the loss of Mr. Har- beson who was made director of the Child Welfare Bureau in the Board of Education office to succeed Mr. Hol¬ land. Mr. Ashley in summing up the personnel of his Department says, “We are all young and enthusiastic no matter how many years we have over our heads.” a friend of “Duffy” Seay, a former popular athletic coach of P. H. S. Last year he was teaching history and coaching at South Pasadena High GRADE SCHOOL OVER CROWDED E. E. McCullough, principal of the Washington, Cleveland, and Jackson schools reports a full enrollment at Washington. It is close to the six hundred mark, being the. second larg¬ est in enrollment ,of the grammar schools in Pasadena. Three kinder¬ garten teachers and sixteen grade teachers are employed. Pupils above the fifth grade receive, departmental A new school building is hoped for soon and the committee on options is busy getting bids on land “ Miss Winslow’s fifth period Sani¬ tation class visited the open-air school Tuesday. The pupils in the school are children who are not well enough to attend the regular school and are sent there by the doctors who inspect all the grammar school children. Most of the children there this year have lung trouble. Fine results are obtain¬ ed there each year, every child gain¬ ing on an average of eight pounds a year. There are sixteen pupils there now and several more to come next week. Miss Winslow’s pupils each took a jar of jam or jelly for the children who are given their lunch¬ eon’s there at the school so that they' will be given the proper nourishment, P- E S. STUDENTS SPEAK AT MEXICAN “4TH OF JULY” Bartola Gubeman and Henry Lopez, P. H. S. students, spoke at the pro¬ gram in Chihuahita last Friday cele¬ brating Mexican independence. The program consisted of recita¬ tions, addresses and music. It was at¬ tended by a number of P. H. S. stu¬ dents. The subject of Guzeman’s ad¬ dress was: “The. Meaning of Mexi¬ can Independence and American In¬ dependence.”