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The P.H.S. Chronicle, June 11, 1915
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VOL. 1.
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE 11, 1915, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NO. 18
DEBATING SCHEDULE
FOR THE MING YEAR
Every Indication That Pasa¬
dena Should Get the Champ¬
ionship — Mew Method Used
Although the school year of 1914-
1915 has not yet closed, plans have al¬
ready been laid for next year’s de¬
bating season, and those interested in
this school’s activity are even now
looking forward to the coming de¬
bates, and “doping out” the relative
chances of the different institutions
which are members of the Debating
League.
A new precedent in debating circles
of the southwest was set at a recent
meeting of the Southwestern Debat¬
ing league, of which Pasadena is now
a member, when the schedule for the
coming year was adopted. Previous to
this time it has been the rule of the
league to make out the schedule as
the season advanced, and this action
prevented a school leaving its best de¬
baters to represent their institution
against their hardest opponents. As a
result of this action Pasadena will be
able to arrange to have its best
speakers debate against the hardest
schools, thus giving her a better
chance of winning the championship.
In accordance with the plan which
was carried out the whole of this last
year, each school will debate on both
sides of every question, one team
speaking on the affirmative side of the
discussion against one high school, and
another team debating on the nega¬
tive side of the same question against
another school.
Thus, in the first round, Pasadena
High will argue on one side of the
question against Santa Ana at that
school, and the same night will have
another team debating on the op¬
posite side of the question at Pasa¬
dena against Polytechnic High school
of Los Angeles. Similarly, Lincoln
High school will debate with Pomona
at Pomona, and with Santa Ana at
Lincoln, Los Angeles. Pomona will
also meet a team representing Poly
High of “L. A.”
The second series will see Pasadena
debating against Pomona at Pomona,
and with Lincoln at P. H. S.; while
Pomona will also meet Santa Ana at
Santa Ana — Santa Ana will debate
against “Poly” High at “Poly;” While
“Poly” will argue with Lincoln at Lin¬
coln High school. Following this
round, the winner of the most debates
will debate with the winner in the
Minor league for the championship of
the south. The schools represented in
this league are, as the name indicated,
smaller schools, being, South Pasadena,
Glendale, Santa Monica, Huntington
Beach and Huntington Park.
Pasadena has one of the best
chances in its history to win the
championship this coming year. Four
veterans are to be back to represent
the school, besides a large number of
persons who have had valuable squad
experience during the past year.
Among those who are coming back and
have already debated for P. H. S. are
Jack Nichols, Calvin Littleton, Virgil
De Lapp and Cyril Cooper.
Jack has spoken for the school
against Pomona and “Poly” High. He
has a heart-to-heart manner of talk¬
ing to the judges which is most con¬
vincing. “Cal“ has also debated twice
— once against Alhambra and once
against Lincoln High school. He is
one of the most fluent speakers the
school has ever produced and should
figure largely in next year's debating
work. Virgil De Lapp has debated
against Santa Ana and Santa Monica.
He also will be of assistance in next
year’s debates. Cyril Cooper with the
help of De Lapp defeated Santa Ana and
is regarded as one of the best debators
that has ever represented P. H. S.
Besides these veterans there are sev¬
eral other experienced speakers who
will be with us next year, including
commissioner- elect, Lynn Weaver,
Lois Miller, Carlos Alviar, and the
junior debating teams of this year.
With this wealth of material Pasa¬
dena High has good chances of cop¬
ping the pennant next year. All that
is necessary is that absent something
which is called support.
CLARK C. REYNOLDS
Commissioner of Finance
ROBERT E. CRAIG
Senior Class President
SHIRLEY W. OWEN
Editor of Chronicle
Pencil Sketches by Cartoonist Wookey of The Chronicle
SENIOR CLASS PLAY IS A
MOST SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR
Well Trained Cast Gives Fine Production of Clever Comedy —
Acting Honors Shared by All ;Handsome Curtin and In¬
terior Set Are Presented as Gift of the Class
For a cast of amateurs to present a
play of four acts long, and lasting for
three solid hours, and never for a
minute to lose the attention and ap¬
preciation of teh audience, is no small
achievement. The high school senior
play "The Fortune Hunter,” given
last Wednesday night, did that, and so
successfully that teh audience which
crowded the big auditorium found the
evening a very short one.
The performance went off without a
hitch or delay. The orchestra started
its overture at exactly 8:10, and the
curtain rose immediately at the close
of the music. There were no waits
between the acts and no rouch spots
in the progress of the play.
Before the presentation of the play,
the handsome new curtain, the gift of
the class of 1915, was presented to the
school. This is a rich green velour
curtain with a silver laurel wreath on
either side, with the class numerals in
the center of each wreath. It is a
split curtain, opening in the middle
and will be particularly convenient
for use at assemblies or any other oc¬
casion when heretofore it has been
necessary to raise a straight curtain,
disclosing the whole stage, to permit
one speaker to get on the platform.
Another gift from the class was the
interior set used in the first act, a
handsome brown and tapestry set,
with French windows, doors and ac¬
cessories complete. It will be added
to the stage equipment. The curtain
and set together cost nearly $500, and
the proceeds of last night’s play and
the recent senior vaudeville will pay
this bill and leave a good-sized bal¬
ance remaining.
Acting honors in the play are hard
to assign for the reason that every¬
one in the cast did so well. Clark
Reynolds as the fortune hunter, Nat
Duncan, had the most prominent and
difficult role, and he won a triumph
with his work. Natural, with easy
stage presence and successfully por¬
traying the change from the idler who
is willing to do anything for m«ney,
to the real business man, his work
was exceptionally good and he got his
lines over with telling effect.
Miss Sara Horcasitas as Betty
Graham was delightful. Her charming
personality made itself felt over the
footlights, and her acting was both
skillful and appealing. She made the
change from the discouraged little
drudge who longed for a pretty dress,
to the happy girl home from her
boarding school, very convincingly, and
throughout did good work.
As Henry Kellogg, Roland Way
lent force and effort to his lines and
played his first act scene, with the as¬
sistance of Clark Reynolds, in a way
that carried along a straight dialogue
scene without dragging.
Shirley Owen, as George Burnham,
was a typical promoter of shady
schemes, wily and persuasive, and
Frederic Kayser did good character
work as Willie Bartlett. Elton Flem¬
ing and Phillip Pomeroy did well with
their roles as James Long and Law¬
rence Miller, and Samuel Briggs fur¬
nished good comedy as Robbins, the
butler.
John Waldo played Sam Graham,
the old druggist, sympathetically and
effectively, and in contrast to him,
Harold Sayre, as Mr. Lockwood, the
banker, was properly cold and stiff,
the personification of the pillar of the
village church.
Clifford Cox was excellent as Rol-
land Bartlett, the village dude, and
Harold Moore made a convincing
drug drummer. Miss Elizabeth Fur-
low entered thoroughly into the part
of Josephine Lockwood, and her scene
with Mr. Reynolds when he was made
the unwilling victim of a proposal,
was delightful. Angie, as played by
Heloise Chenoweth, was charming, and
the absurd scenes with Tracy Tanner
furnished laughable comedy.
Jack Kendall got a laugh even be¬
fore he stepped on the stage, the
glimpse through the window being
too much for the audience. His com¬
edy work was splendid, and his ease
and stage presence added to the effect.
Archie McAlpine, as Peter Willing,
the hen-pecked? sheriff, kept the audi¬
ence in a continuous laugh and his
triumphant exit was one of the best
things in the play. In smaller char¬
acter parts, James Sparks as Watty,
the tailor, and Merle Waterman as Hi,
the old inhabitant, were good comedy
figures, and Eardley Hazell, playing
two slight roles, was good in both.
The excellent coaching of Benjamin
Scovell was visible throughout the
play, in the smoothness of the action
and thee lear and expressive reading
of the lines. Practically every word
spoken on the stage “got over,” and
the voices were clear and distinct, as
well as expressive. The staging was
(Continued on P. 2, Col. 2)
CLEVER SKETCH PRE-
SENTEDJLASS DAY
Many Humorous Performances
Mark Next to last Official
Act of Class of ’15
In accordance with the annual cus¬
tom of the graduating class, Senior
Class Day was observed last Wednes¬
day in a most successful manner. A
rousing assembly was held at 10:30
o’clock at which all the privileges and
dignities of the Senior Class were
handed down to the class of ’16.
President Craig of the Senior Class
presided at the assembly and intro¬
duced the various sepakers of the
morning. John Cox had the duty of
reading the class history. Lois Dorn
read the class prophecy. This was fol¬
lowed by a piano solo by Lewis Stan¬
ley.
Following this came a clever skit
entitled “Local Talent," a fine take-off
on our worthy faculty. The various
members of the cast were almost per¬
fect copies of some of our revered
teachers, they being as follows:
Jerome O. Cross . Roland Way
Walter C. Wilson... E:rrett Woodbury
The Faculty’s Babe. . . “Freshman”Fox
H. C. Fall, Esq . Henry Barnewolt
“Keenie” . Donald Odell
Mr. Walter Nichols... De Witt Murphy
Carl H. Carson .... Edward Van Dusen
Miss Kemp . Louise Williams
Miss Flint . Marjorie Perkins
Miss Soule . Lois Gosney
Miss Case . Katherine Leighton
Miss McMurdo . Lois Keener
Miss Millspaugh . Sara Horcasitas
Miss Skinner . Geraldine Shipley
Miss Shatto . Lucile Hunter
Miss Deyo . Elizabeth McKinney
No attempt will be made to describe
this scene. For those who were present
it is unnecessary, as they will remem¬
ber it on its own merits without any
difficulty. Those who were unfortunate
enough to be absent will have to go
without a description, for one worthy
of the skit is impossible.
Lucile Hunter, that unobtrusive girl
who gets so much accomplished in so
quiet a manner, is the party responsi¬
ble for the success of Senior Class
Day, and the school as a whole and
especially the class of ’15 should be
grateful to her for furnishing the en¬
tertainment for such a successful
farewell assembly.
What do you know about “Dede”
Andrews! She has moved! Cheer up!
Don’t weep! It is only to Altadena, so
we will still have the pleasure of her
beaming visage next year. (Glad you
haven’t gone any farther, De!)
FOOTBALL OUTLOOK
NEXT TEAR BRIGHT
Coach Seay and Captain Gard
Very Optimistic — Fine
Schedule Arranged
Although very optimistic concerning
next year’s football season, Coach Seay
is mapping out some good hard work,
which goes to prove that P. H. S. will
have to hump some to grab the
championship. However, with Cap¬
tain Brant Gard and Coach Seay at
the helm, no one need worry, for they
are both fighters and leaders to the
core.
They both may be depended upon as
shown by their work last year; Brant
with that old-time fighting smile and
line plunges, and Coach Seay for those
trick plays, which he uncorked on the
championship aspirants of the league.
“About next year,” said Coach Seay,
“I think that we have pretty good
chances for the championship. Al¬
though we lose seven men, Hill, Magee,
Schlaudeman, Evans, McAlpine, Conn
and Waterman, I think that we still
have as good chances as the rest of
the schools. If Tuffy comes back, that
leaves us a first-class back field, with
Brant, Mills and Tuffy. With the looks
of things at present, we have a basis
for a good line, Steve Horrell at cen¬
ter and McConaghy at guard. The
end positions will
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the weakest on
the team, Jacomini and Magee gradu¬
ating, leaving Kenny Dehuff as the
bnly candidate for the position.
The hardest place to fill though, will
be quarterback. Herb Hill graduates
and that leaves open one of the most
difficult and responsible positions on
the team. In spring practice no one
had showed us that he was any good
at it, so it’s up to some one coming in
to fill that berth.
However, although things do not
look particularly good now, I think
with earnest support that P. H. S. will
bring home the championship. We
haven’t as much chance as last year,
but with a good, snappy team, a
hustling manager and the hearty co¬
operation of the entire student body, I
can see the championship coming to
Pasadena High — where it belongs.
Regarding next year’s football sea¬
son, Captain Brant Gard seems to be
very cheerful. Several days ago, with
a huge grin stretching from ear to ear,
he doped out the season to the Chron¬
icle sporting editor. Brant figures a
most successful season, but not with¬
out hard work and conscientious train¬
ing.
“Concerning next year,” said Brant,
“I think myself, that it will be the
greatest year in American football the
south has ever seen. All of the Los
Angeles schools have taken up the
American game except three, and if
we win the championship, which we
are certainly going to do, we shall
have done something to be proud of,
winning from the largest and best
schools in the south. Thirty-five High
schools in Southern California have
taken up the American game, includ¬
ing Riverside, San Bernardino, and
Redlands. This makes things look
rather bright for the old game, and it’s
up to us to show the other schools that
they have not taken a false step.
“I figure that the championship lies
between P. H. S. and Santa Ana, for
three reasons. First, because Pasa¬
dena and Santa Ana each have six let¬
ter men coming back, making a good
basis for a team; second, the Los An¬
geles schools have just taken up the
American game this fall and it takes
at least two years to learn the rudi¬
ments of the game, likewise get a
standing in the league; and third, be¬
cause Long Beach and San Diego lose
most of their star material, including
such men as Dana, Marshall and Van
Brammer. It’s a pretty hard job to
build a team on no material, so both
these two schools have hard work
ahead
“I forgot something about Santa
Ana; she loses most of her team, in¬
cluding that little demon of a quarter¬
back, “Spud” Morrison. He’s a holy
terror. That reminds me that we have
quarterback to fill also. None have
shown up in that position yet; of
(Continued on P. 2, Col. 2)