Pasadena Chronicle, September 29, 1915

V VOL. II PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 29, 1915, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA NO. 2 V JUNIORS GALL FIRST MEETING FOR Business Manager of Chronicle Only Candidate for Class Presidency In order that the coming year may be the most successful one that the Junior Class has ever known, the offi¬ cers of last year’s class wish every member of the class of 1917 to be pres¬ ent at the first meeting of the year and thus give things a good boost at the start. The. meeting will be called at 3:10 in Room 108C next Thursday after¬ noon, at which time officers will be elected for the coming year, and all records and reports will be turned over to the newly elected leaders. Several names have already been mentioned as candidates for office dur¬ ing the coming year. Stacy Mettier is the only person at present whose name is being heard in connection with the position of President. Stacy is Busi¬ ness Manager of the CHRONICLE, Barbara Loomis has been suggested for the position of Vice President. Having served on the Social Commit¬ tee, she is well in touch with all the activities of the class, both financial and social. Margaret Mitchell will be nominated for the office of Secretary. She is a hard worker and has always taken a strong interest in all class activities. Two candidates are in the field for the Treasryship of the class, be¬ ing Howard Emert and Clark Bogar- dus. “Howdy” is supported by many members of the class because of his strong interest and knowledge of class affairs. Others are supporting “Bugs” who was chairman of the Athletic Committee last year. It is the hope of last year’s officers that every member will be carefully considering which of the candidates will make the best officers and will then communicate their thoughts to every other member, so that when the time for election comes, the relative qualities of all the aspirants for office will be fully known. With the idea in view of running the fifth period Senior study hall without faculty supervision, Harvey Dorn was elected last week as chairman of the room. The whole class will have a part in the government and good results are expected. SENIOR GIRLS WILL ENTERTAIN FRESHMEN Tax of Ten Cents Levied to De¬ fray Expenses of Party to Be Held at Giddings’ At a meeting of the Senior girls, which was called by Ida Elder, presi¬ dent of the Girl’s Student League, last Thursday afternoon, plans were dis¬ cussed and adopted for a party in honor of the new girls. It was decided that the Senior girls would entertain at the home of June Giddings, 1318 East Colorado, on Fri¬ day, October the first. Blanche Little was appointed chair¬ man of the committee in charge of ar¬ rangements and a tax of ten cents was levied upon each Senior girl to defray the expense of the party. All fresh- . men and other new girls are urged to be present and enjoy the afternoon with their Senior sisters. Framing — the way you want it — Johnson’s, Colorado near Lake. — adv. COACH SEAY The Man at the Throttle ******** * * * * * * * Coach Duffy Seay barks out his * * orders like a sawed-off shotgun, * * arid when he says something, the * * squad moves and moves fast. He * * can be sarcastic and critical at * * times, but the fellows know that it * * is for their own good and take it * * as true sportsmen. A simple word * * of praise puts more zip and pep * * into the Squad than any martial * * music or organized rooting. * * The Coach is the “man behind * * the gun,” and never gets as much * * credit as he deserves. When the * * team tears through the oposing * * line for touchdown after touch- * * down, the frenzied stands think * * never of the silent hard-working * * Coach squatting over on the side- * * lines. Then is the time that the * * Coach should be appreciated, for * * one does not realize how hard he * * has labored perfecting plays for * * just such work. And remember — * * that Pasadena High has the best * * Coach in the South, and give him * * credit for being so. * MORE FEMININE REPORT¬ ERS WANTED BY GRRONIGLE Important Changes Made on Staff of Student Paper Within Last Week Since the last edition of the CHRON¬ ICLE, several important changes and additions have been made in the staff. Howard Edgecomb has taken the place of Groff Brown as advertising man¬ ager, and Arthur Bell has been given the job of doing all bookkeeping for the paper. Brown gives as his reason for resigning, the fact that along with his heavy course, the outside work would be impossible. To date, twenty-six people have signed up for reportorial tryouts, but only a few of these have been given work of any kind. Girl reporters are much in demand, and more applica¬ tions would be appreciated. Those working as reporters at the present time are Raymond Hartman, Lynn Weaver, Robert Lilley, George Whitworth, Irving Ahlswede, Eliza¬ beth Allen, Harry McCament, Law¬ rence Platt, Howell Smith, and Char¬ lotte Winter. After one month’s tryout, if the ap¬ plicant shows ability as a reporter, he will be placed upon the staff as a reg¬ ular, and provided with proper creden¬ tial until the work done falls below standard. If a person fails in any of the work, the position will be given to another beginner. Henry Chaney, a Freshman, has agreed to do the work of copy boy, and has proven a great help to those in the office. SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST STARTS SECOND PERIOD * ********** * * * Few Candidates at Present — Children to Be Taught Responsibility Though rushed with the many duties which come under her department of Student Body activities, Ruth Row¬ land, Commissioner of Public Welfare, is getting things under way for the or¬ ganization of the largest Freshman class in the history of P. H. S. With this object in view, a meeting of the “Babes” will soon be held, at which time officers will be elected for the coming year. As yet, suggestions for officers are few. The name of “Johnny” Miller has been heard in connection with the presidency. Other candidates are expected to pre¬ sent themselves before the end of the week. The Class of 1919 comprises a little over one third of the present enroll¬ ment of the school, and when organ¬ ized, should prove to be a strong in¬ stitution. Ruth Rowland urges all Freshmen to watch the bulletin boards for fur- them announcements as to their or¬ ganization, and to begin the year right by supporting their class from the time of the first meeting. * * CHRONICLE contest starts to¬ day. See Lyle Hance and take a shot at winning one of the three prizes. ♦ t ; Cash Prize, Beside Subscription to Chronicle, Will Be Award¬ ed at End of Third Week Hoping to increase the now small circulation of the CHRONICLE, prizes have been offered by this publication for the student obtaining the largest number of subscriptions. The contest is to begin second per¬ iod today and will continue for three weeks, at which time the prizes will be awarded. The student obtaining the largest number of subscriptions will be given $1.00 in cash and also a year’s sub¬ scription to the CHRONICLE, Second prize will be a year’s subscription to the paper, and third prize a half year’s subscription. Mr. Seay: Why did the early set¬ tlers come West? John McConaghy: Because they couldn’t settle in the East, I suppose. If you can’t find what you want, sue the Editor. NOVEL METROO USED IN GERMAN COURSE Former Pasadena Instructor Starts Model German Board¬ ing House at Stanford STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. 28. —Miss Charlotte A. Knocli, instructor in the German department, has planned a novel arrangement for the women interested in increasing their know¬ ledge of conversational German. A small dormitory, formed as an annex to Madrona Hall, will be turned into a German boarding house. A chosen number of German students with Miss Enoch in charge will live together and German only will be spoken. CAPABLE STAFF CHOSEN FOR QUARTERLY MAGAZINE CAPTAIN GARD All Southern Halfback ************** * Captain Brant Gard, the pug- * * nacious fullback of the P. H. S. * * 'Varsity, is considered by critics * * to be the greatest back that * * ever played in the Southland. As * * shifty and sure on his feet as a * * wild goat, Brant is capable of * * changing directions abruptly, with- * * out slackening speed. * * Instead of charging through the * line as most fullbacks, Brant vir- * * tually trickles through, reserving * * all his energy, which would have * * been lost, bumping and bucking * * through the defense of the oppos- * * ing line. This quality made Brant * * All-Scuthern halfback last year. * ** ************ EDUCATIONAL BUREAU IN REGISTRAR’S OFFICE Work Upon First Issue Started Last Week — Tyro Editors Are Hard at Work After spending sufficient time for a due consideration of the problem, Rob¬ ert Nichols, Commissioner of Publica¬ tions and consequently Editor of the Item, has announced the staff which he has chosen and which will immedi¬ ately begin working on the first edi¬ tion of the Item. Betty Elliott is to have the position of Associate Editor, while the position of Business Manager is to be filled by Raymond Hartman. The literary staff, upon whose shoulders fall the respons¬ ibility of choosing the stories for the publication, will be composed of Rob¬ ert Nichols, Betty Elliot and Howell Smith, as Senior members; and Mar¬ garet Mitchell and George Robbins, Junior members. As announced in a previous edition of the CHRONICLE there will only be lour editions of the Item this year in¬ stead of seven as in previous years. This will be done in order to improve the quality of the magazine and also in order that the CHRONICLE and the Item will not conflict, as they most certainly would were the Item pub¬ lished every five weeks. There will be a Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine, and Easter num¬ bers, besides which there will, of course, be the Item Annual. Subscrip¬ tions will be received at any time by Raymond Hartman or Robert Nichols, rates being fifteen cents a copy or a reduced rate of forty cents for the four issues. The student who takes advan¬ tage of the reduced rate offer will be paying only the same price which he paid last year, while getting a maga¬ zine nearly twice the size. College Information and Special Arrangement of Courses to Be Chief Work Designed to help those arranging their courses with a view to entering some special college, the Educational Bureau of P. H. S. will soon become a reality. It will be located in the Registrar’s Office and will be fully equipped with a catalogues and other college literature. At present there are six courses de¬ signed for college entrance require¬ ments, which may be taken at Pasa¬ dena High: English, Mathematics, Language, Social Science, Physical Science, and Biological Science. These are all that are necessary as a general rule. In some courses, however, there is a slight deviation from college require¬ ments, and Registrar Clifton will ar¬ range hereafter to give a special course to anyone, which will agree with the requirements of the particu¬ lar institution to which he or she de¬ sires to go. Many girls leave Plane Geometry out of their course, and this occasions much trouble. A pupil should not only be prepared for a college course, but for a particular college as well. All this may be arranged with the Bureau. Another thing is to watch the cred¬ its closely, says Mr. Clifton. 'Many people find themselves from one-fourth to one-half short when the time comes to graduate, and as a result, they have to make up work at college, as well as do their regular work. If anything is misunderstood, the best thing to do is to se Mr. Clifton or Principal Cross about it, as they are always willing to help. Freshie: What is a barette, sir? Senior: A barette, my son, is a place where they dispense soft drinks. Walt Seibert is the proud possessor of a brand new Stutz bulldog. Some tub, and it sure will ramble. First Student Assembly Suc- cussful But Unusually Short Outlining the prospects for the com¬ ing year, the five Commissioners spoke at the Assembly Friday. All were unanimous in agreeing that Pasadena High has fine chances for the coming year. Ruth Rowland spoke of the activi¬ ties to which she was to give atten¬ tion, mentioning especially the new Girls’ Employment Bureau, which will soon be put into operation. Howard Dorn and Edward Polakoff spoke on the necessity of supporting the Student Body. This year no one will be allowed to engage in any stu¬ dent activities unless they are mem¬ bers of the organization. Bob Nichols spoke on the need of support for the CHRONICLE, and out¬ lining the plans for the coming year for the Item, of which he is editor. Cyril Cooper spoke of the work which the CHRONICLE: will attempt to do, pointing out that as the Item will have only four issues this year, and will be a purely a literary maga¬ zine, the weekly will be the only paper to contain news. Weaver asked that more material might come out for the debating squads, showing that with the veter¬ ans already in the field P. H. S. has a good chance to win the debating cham¬ pionship this year. He outlined the rules governing debates, and the re¬ quirements for those taking part. Brant Gard talked on football, and Bruce Mills led school yells. Steve Horrell: You say that you are in the map business? Hary McCament: Yep, I’m a beauty doctor.