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Pasadena Chronicle, September 30, 1921
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VOL. XIII
No. 3
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921
Big Alumni Rally
To Be Held at
P. H. S. Oct. 6
One of the largest student-alumini rallies ever held at P. H. S. is to
take place Thursday evening, Oct. 6, the night before the first football game
of the season with Manual Arts High. The fall alumini rally was first
planned last spring and has the hearty support of all interested.
Bob Lilley, president of the Alumini Association, in a letter sent to Mr.
James P. O’Mara, vice-principal, suggested this meet for Oct. 6 and assured
the administration that the Alumini
would be out in full force.
This rally will not only bring to¬
gether the grads and the present stu¬
dents, but will give the fellows on the
football game the maximum of Bull¬
dog spirit to carry them through
Manual’s line on the following day.
It will also be an Alumini day, mak¬
ing two such days in the school year
instead of one.
The first part of the program will
be held in the assembly hall, ^ad¬
dressed by Dr. Braunton, a noted
landscape artist who will boost the
coming bulb drive. The meeting will
then adjourn to the football field for
bonfire and rally, under the auspices
of the Alumini, aided by Mr. Dunn.
Miss F. Grace Webster, chairman
of the Alumini Association Commit¬
tee, is anxious for the co-operation of
the students in advertising the meet¬
ing. All students should extend in¬
vitation to the alumini whether they
receive a card or not.
The text of Mr. Lilley’s letter fol¬
lows:
James P. O’MFara,
Pasadena High School,
Pasadena, California.
My Dear Mr.. O’Mara:
Since the opening of the school
term I have had a desire to promote
some scheme that would result in a
closer co-operation between student-
body and Alumini.
After watching the football squad
practice, several evenings, I for one
am convinced that Pasadena High is
due for most successful season. The
boys are heavy. They are showing
a willingness to learn the game and
best of all thfey are full of “fight.”
There is a keen interest being
shown in the development of the
team by Alumini and residents in
general. This is in a measure dem¬
onstrated by the fact that every after¬
noon sevral of the old “grads” may
been seen on the field.
My suggestion would be to set this
spark of enthusiasm into a great flame
of P. H. S. Spirit. Not waiting un¬
til the football season is practically
over, on the contrary hold a huge
“Student-Alumini Rally” in the near
future. I understand that the first
game of the year is with Manual. No
doubt it will prove a close contest.
I can think of nothing more suitable
than a well planned rally Thursday
evening, October 6th. The rally
would differ from those in the past
in that a special attempt would be
made to get the Alumini to attend.
I am confident that the Alumini would
respond and with publicity through
the press a most successful event
would be the result. If the idea meets
with the approval of Mr. Ewing and
yourself, you may count on me to
lend aid in furthering the plan.
In haste sincerely,
BOB LILLEY.
FACULTY HIKING
CLUB, ATTENTION
The Factulty Hiking Club is plan¬
ning two different hikes for this week
Saturday. One will be a short one-
day hike to Idle Hour, five and a
quarter miles each way. The hiking
party is to leave Fair Oaks and Colo¬
rado at 8:32 a. m. and those who
would like to stay over night should
notify Miss Alabaster in order that
reservations may be made.
The other hike is a longer one of
fifteen to twenty miles, leaving the
P. E. Station at Broadway and Colo-
The trip will include Mt. Lowe and
Mt. Wilson trails or by the toll road.
Cars will leave Sierra Madre at 6:02,
6:57, and 7:22 p. m. tomorrow.
The members urge all the. faculty
to join who have not done so already.
The weather will be getting cooler,
it is suggested and it will be ideal for
hiking.
TRASK, SCOUT
MASTER SPEAKS
The P. H. S. Band opened the as¬
sembly yesterday morning with its
first appearance this year and gave
two fine selections that were greatly
enjoyed. Don MacFarlane, Com¬
missioner of Finance introduced Le-
land Blanchard an Eagle Scout of
Things 13 ,who in turn introduced
the speaker of the morning Scout
Executive Tallman H. Trask.
The Boy Scout movement stand for
character building and citizenship.
Mr. Travis urged the boys to become
interested in the Scoutj movement and
the boys who are over eighteen to
train for assistant scout masters as a
great many are needed in the various
troops in the city.
Helen Jackson, Commissioner of
Debating, spoke of the tag day sale
which is to be held today, and urged
everyone to buy a tag which admits
the bearer to the “movies” to be
shown in the afternoon. Slides were
shown to present the needs of Pasa¬
dena High School in beautifying the
campus.
Charles Black, Commissioner of
Boys’ Welfare, introduced the new
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REPRESENTED
AT COUNTY
EAIR
Pasadena High School was .well
represented at the San Fernando Val¬
ley Fair by members of the Agricul¬
ture Department who carried off four
first prizes and three second prizes.
PRIZES AWARDED
A Duroci Jersey Hog belonging to
Willard Hearne won first honors in
the Pig Club class. Willard also got
first for his ability to fat an animal
for the Show Ring and second on
showing.
Joseph Wilson won first prize with
his Hampshire Boar, competing in the
class as the professional breeders.
Herbert McDade won second prize
with his Holstein heifer. He also
won first on his ability to display her
and second on fatting.
The judging team sent from Pasa¬
dena consisted of Herbert McDade,
Joseph Wilson, and William Shill¬
ing. McDade won the honor of be¬
ing the best individual judge, of dairy
cattle.
GRADE TEACHERS'
WORK APPRECIATED
Are this year’s Freshmen brighter
than usual? Is it that or have they
been better prepared?
Those are the questions which
teachers who have Freshmen classes
have been asking. Some of them
say they are really enjoying their
9th grade classes. There is some
definite reason behind this, and some
faculty members think they know
what it is. It is because the teachers
of the grade schools are doing splen¬
did work.
The members of Miss Frazee’s 9th
year classes for example wrote let¬
ters of appreciation to their former
teachers. In this way the faculties
appreciation of the grade teachers’
work was made known to them.
CONTINUATION OF
CLUB REGISTRATION
* *(*********❖
* For the benefit of those Clubs *
* that are not yet fully organized, *
* the Bureau of Registration for *
* school clubs and organizations *
* will be continued next week dur- *
* ing Advisory period in the Stu- *
* dent Body Office. In order to be *
* officially recognized as a school *
* organization, secretaries -of the *
* clubs must give the following in- *
* formation: *
* 1. Constitution of Club-con- *
* taining : *
* a. Name. *
* b. Purpose. *
* c. Time and place of meeting *
* d. Eligibility to membership. *
* e. List of Officers.
* f. Names of members in al- *
* phabetical order. *
* An official list of the Clubs *
* recognized as school organiza- *
* tions will be published in the *
* CHRONICLE as soon as the list *
* is complete. The list will also ap- *
* pear on the Bulletin. The Ad- *
* ministration will not grant dates, *
* to any Club or Organization with- *
* out this information. *
* ***********
SECOND PLANT AND
BULB DRIVE TO
BEGIN SOON
BULBS AND PLANTS
WANTED
Commissioners to Take
Charge of Drive; Will
Award Prizes
Plans are now being formed for
the second Plant and Bulb Drive that
is to begin October 10. The com¬
missioners are to take charge of the
drive this year.
The Botany classes are going to
help the commissioners with the re¬
ceiving of the flowers and awarding
^pf points.
The drawing classes are also co¬
operating by making posters for the
event.
It is hoped that many plants and
bulbs will be brought this year. The
more plants and bulbs that are given
the more beautiful the grounds will
be. So the leaders are asking every¬
body to bring a plant or a bulb or
as many plants and bulgs a^, he is
able to collect for ^he beautifying of
the P. H. S. school grounds.
* V * * ❖ * * * *
* Girls’ League Party — Thurs *
’•‘ day, October 6, for all new Fresh- *
* men and Sophomore- girls and *
* their Senior sisters. Will be held *
* in the Music Hall after sixth *
* period. *
* sfc * TH * 5js s(£ ^
DIVISION OF
CLASSES TODAY
Today during third period1 all
classes were divided into groups rep¬
resenting the seven activities of the
school. Under this plan each stu¬
dent is allied definitely with some
activity and will have opportunity to
render some service to the school.
The seven activities represented in
the classes are:
1. General Welfare.
2. Debating.
3. Publications.
4. Athletics.
5. Finance.
6. Entertainment.
7. Boys’ Welfare.
P
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A* MEETING
MONDAY, OCT, 3
A meeting of the Parent-Teachers
Association of Pasadena High School
will be held Monday, October 3, in
the Music Hall. This is purely a
business meeting and no program will
be offered, but all those parents and
teachws who are interested are in¬
vited.
FIRS! GIRLS’ LEAGUE NEW COMMISSIONERS
ASSEMBLYISHELO ELECTED 0) BIG
“Big Year Ahead of Us” Say
the Officers
EAGER FOR WORK
Girls Sign Up for the Line of
Work Desired
The work of the Girls’ League, is
running along smoothly on high.
Margaret Seares, President, acted as
chairman in the first girls’ assembly
held on Monday. She welcomed the
girls, old and new, and after wishing
the boys’ league, success introduced
Miss Clarke, Dean of the girls, who
spoke of the hopes and activities of
the coming year.
Margaree Tefft, Vice President, out¬
lined her work consisting of five de¬
partments, local charity, Raymond
lunches. Thanksgiving donations,
Senior-Sisters and the Senior-Sisters
party.
Norma Simank, Secretary, has
charge of office departments also.
When students are ill her department
sees that they receive flowers and
notes of sympathy. The introduction
of new girls after school opens comes
under this head as well as the decora¬
tion of field and stage, the making of
pompoms and the charge of the an¬
nual 6pread.
Kathryn Wormell, Treasurer, is
head of the department that keeps
the Rest Rooms comfortable, home¬
like, and supplied with flowers. Gen¬
eral care of the building and outside
charities are under this head too, but
perhaps the most important work is
the Football Banquet and the. sale of
pompoms.
Speaks on Uniforms
Grace MacFarlane, Chairman of
the Girls’ Welfare Board was intro¬
duced and made a short talk about
her work and praised the girls on
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BOTANY CLASSES
MAKE POSTERS
The Botany classes have contribut¬
ed to the improvement drive by mak¬
ing the effective posters used. The
classes have developed considerable
talent which has. been turned to poster
making. It is the plan of Miss Ruth
E. Merrill, teacher of Botany, to have
the classes grow shrubs, bulbs, and
other plants from seeds which will in
turn be planted about the school
building.
TYPING TO MUSIC
REMEDY FOR HEAT
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“Typing to music is a good remedy
for the heat,” says I. L. Thurston,
Head of the Commercial Department.
“The swing and rhythm of a good
waltz or one-step enables the com¬
mercial student to forget the discom¬
forts of warm weather. The original
purpose of the plan, it may be added,
also has been proven a great success,
for the P. H. S. typists learn to touch
j the keys rhythemically and regularly
in time with the music.”
The instructors of physical educa¬
tion sometime ago adopted music as
the only way to get the desired re¬
sults in class work, and it is rumored
that other departments are consider¬
ing the advisability of its adoption.
TODAY IS TAG DAY
Shrubs and Trees Will Be
Brought
Today is tag day for the Improve¬
ment Club. Tags are being sold at
10 cents and they will admit you to
the splendid movie assembly to be
held at 2:45 when school will close.
The. money derived from this sale
will be used in purchasing plants and
shrubs as well as trees to be planted
about the grounds in barren spots
caused by the recent improvements.
The slides shown yesterday in assem¬
bly showed the necessity for this and
what can be. done.
Mary Margaret Ambrose and
Charles Black Take Oath
Thursday
SMALL VOTE CAST
New Officials Will Begin
Work Immediately
The two new commissioners just
elected carried a large majority of the
votes cast at last Friday’s election.
That Mary Margaret Ambrose, Com¬
missioner of Entertainment, is a girl
peadedly demonstrated. This is only
her second year in P. H. S. She
has successfully presided at sev¬
eral public speaking bansue.ts, has
held the office of president of the pub¬
lic speaking class, and has served on
various committees for the Girls’
League. She has won this position
entirely by her own personality, hav¬
ing had no club behind her to “rail¬
road” her in office.
Boys’ Welfare Commissioner
There could not be a better man
for Commissioner of Boys’ Welfare,
than Charles Black. With his execu¬
tive ability and his qualities of being
a good mixer, the Boys’ League can¬
not help but be a success with him at
the helm. He is a very good organ¬
izer, having had valuable training in
this -line as Assistant Secretary of the
Y. M. C. A.
These two new officers have a
doubly hard task to perform. They
not only must make of themselves
successful commissioners but must
prove that the Student Body was wise
in creating the new offices.
The oath of office was taken in As¬
sembly yesterday, and now big things
are to be looked for.
FEDERATION FORMED
OF STATE HONOR
SOCIETIES
For the. purpose of joining the
Honor Societies of the State in one
large confederation, a meeting was
held in Los Angeles last Saturday, at
which seventy-two high schools were
represented by delegates and nine, by
letters.
A member of an Honor Society in
a school which is a member of the
Federation, goes to another school,
which is in turn a member of the
Federation, he may become a member
of the Honor Society in that school.
This is a great advantage over the
previous separate societies.
At the meeting Miss Katherine
Loly, chairman of the local Honor
Society committee represented P. H.
S. She said that schools were rep¬
resented from all parts of California.
MANY INTERESTING
SUBJECTS ARE
DEBATED
Resolved, That Federal law should
provide pensions for the aged, was
the topic of the first practice debate
held yesterday in room 225 C between
members of the debating class.
Today close competition is expect¬
ed between the Sophomores and
Freshmen over the subject, Resolv¬
ed: That heredity influences char¬
acter more than environment.
Monday the topic of the debate, to
be given by members of the Junior
and Senior classes is, Resolved, “That
Poverty can be abolished in the
United States.”
The debating class is going to Los
Angeles tomorrow to attend the
Southern' California Debate League
which is to be held at the Central In¬
termediate School on North Hill
street. Mr. Scott in speaking of de¬
bating today praised the members of
the class for the splendid work and
amount of time spent in preparation.