South Pasadena Middle School - Tiger Cub Yearbook (South Pasadena, CA)

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Page 6 Badminten in Girls, Gym . e- 9- An event that is creating quite a lot of interest among the girls of the school was away to a flying start in the girlsfgym, when the first rounds of the Badminton tournament were I played. e To those not familiar with the sport, Badminton is a game which slightlylresembles tennis, and which is played With shuttle-cocks and rac- quets. i . Thirty-seven of the fair sex have signed up for the tournament and ri- valry is at a keen stage, practically all classes andrhomerooms being rep- resented. Carol Henry, Badminton manager, in announcing the tournament said, ttT-he winner of the tournament Will have her name engraved on the Bad- minton plaeque, while the highest in each class, and the first, second, and third highest in the school will re- ceive varsity cards. i fter Schoei Games , io-e The school?s boys are divided into groups according to their age, weight, and height, The largest boys are the AJ' group, the middle weights and heights are thepttB group,'-whi1e the smallest boys are the C'ts. These divisions are further divided into four groups the Lions, Bears, Indians, and Eagles. These divisions play against each other on set dates after school. If a member of a team plays in all the games he gets his school letters and a felt football, basketball, bat and ball, or winged foot to pin on his letter. The team that wins receives an attractive pennant. Every boy who can possibly come out ought to play in these after school games. r' Try Our CASH AND CARRY Plan BLACK AND VVHETE Cieehere tend Dyers E. C. Morrow, Prop. 1530 Huntington Drive and 701 Mission St- Seuth Pasadena HU. 1512 EU. 2585' K . 1 LA TORRE Teachers Tell of V acetiens -hh. Mr. Mumby, our new coach, came from India. Coach had a fine trip and is enjoying his stay immensely; ' Mr. Vanderlip had a swell time fishing and swimming at Manhattan Beach. He hopes to go back next summer; Mr. Davis spent his vacation on his ranch in Colorado He went, on many fishing trips there and helped put out a forest fire. Mrs. Lembka had a. glorious vaca- tion walking on the pier and beach at Hermosa. Miss Sturgeon hiked in the red- woods. She picked blueberries and made her first blueberry pie. It was pronounced quite some pie. Miss Spellicy drove east With her brother. She enjoyed cool weather at the Worldts Fair, New York, and Boston but reported record breaking temperature at Washington, DC. She says Cape Cod was very interesting. Mrs. Breitkreutz spent a few days at Sequoia National Park. Her son Edward and she enjoyed many hikes, picnics, and the glory of reaching the top of More Rock on foot. Mr. Dail endured a temperature of 118 degrees a few miles from Lincoln, Nebraska, He covered 14 states in this grand trip with his son J aekie. In Wyoming he ran into beard growing contest in which the men of that state had until this October to try to grow the longest beard. Mrs. Robinson, algebra 105, drove north to San J ose to visit friends. Mrs. Sturtevant went to the High Sierras. She camped out, and caught a fine string of fish. Mrs, Reynolds sailed along the Mex- ican Coast. She then journeyed over- land to Mexico City. And she now boasts of her navigators papers. Mrs. Williams went on a trip to Idaho this summer. She enjoyed her .stay immensely. Miss Fischer visited some friends in Iowa. Miss Cowgill spent a glorious vaca- tion hunting and fishing on the top of Glacier Mountain in the High Sierras, She stayed at Glacier Lodge. W9 ; tContinued from Page D hgw To us it seems that Capt. HanCOCk is giving tremendously of his time, wealth, and energy to science and 'music. It is interesting to know that Capt, Hancock is a licensed aerial transport pilot; licensed locomotive engineer, besides being a. most com- petenrit musician. V October 31, 1934 Art in Geemetry Class hh Some very interesting drawings have been turned in by students in Mrs. Sturdevantts geometry class in room 204, illustrating the uses of ge- ometry in architecture and other arts. Rulers and compasses were used for the drawings. Twenty-five drawings were turned in one week by each pupil. The remaining fifteen from each, were turned in a week later. Twenty-five of them are original, but the other fifteen are drawings of diff- erent bits of fancy or interesting are chitecture from around this school. Drawings of the interior of this school, showing the auditorium doors, ceiling and yentilators, were repro- duced. In other drawings of the in- terior were books, stairs, Windows, lamps, and different views of the cor- ridors. There are also pictures of an ex- terior of the junior' high buildings. Drawings of the symbols of the tower, the tiles of the fountain and trees are particularly good, Their imaginations worked .mir- acles and produced fat, thin, happy, sad, short, and tall peeple, buildings, printed letters and monograms, trees, fruit, bugs, fish, dances, designs for table tops, clouds, balloons, life buoyts, anchors, and the wheels of boats, and even a sail boat. There were also' windmills, groups of leaves, winebar- rels, birds, tires, andirons, and fans. The most outstanding group 01 drawings was by Bill Peterson but those by Eddie Muchwitz ran a close second. EXPERT WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRING C. 0. Arneid The Jeweler ttTreat everybody rightt 345 East Colorado St. tnear Euchdi Pasadena

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October 31, 1934 LA TORRE Page 5 Uncie N ed hw- tEditor's note: Uncle Ned is a new member of our feature family, humor written to offset the formality of Aunt Susieis Column. Your contribu- tions will the accepted with relishJ HX- Uncle Ned, How can I get my collar button from under my bed without climbing under for it? Inquisitive Dear nInquisitive , ' Chop the bed down. Hxh Uncle Ned, What would you suggest as a remin- der to someone to bring his own girl home from a party? iiStupid Dear Stupidi' If she is as bad as that, forget to bring her. ng Uncle Ned, Can you tell me why the grading sys tem changes so often? Iim getting confused, Wants to Know Dear Wants to Know , You shouldnit worry Maybe the fac- ulty is confused too You might acci dently get a good grade. EXV Uncle Ned, ' How can I do my homework without using my brains? tiNeepaw Dear NNeepaw Use your hands. .uxh. Uncle Ned, Ever since December 5, my model '1' has been getting a Very much higher rate of speed. Can you explain this? iiPuzzled Dear Puzzled , Wasn't that the date that prohibition was repealed? ....x..,. Uncle Ned, What shouldI do, if after eating a meal at a. restaurant, I hnd I left my money at home in my other pants? , iiFi'xed Dear Fixed , You should be plenty sorry, because by the time you have left you will have done the work of a dishwasher and a half. Uncle Ned, When a fellow likes a girl how can he let her know it? Cupid Dear Cupidii, You dontt have to worry about that, she'll. probably let you know instead. Las Amigos ....gg.... Las Amigas meeting was held Oc- tober 19, 1934. The program chair- man, June Hagan, sponsored a very interesting program. A farce skit called Kill or Cure was put on by the Girls Dramatic Club of which Mis. Reynolds is spon- sor. The cast included Jean Sparling, Lucille Garwood, Yvonne Scott, Mar- gie Baron, Betty VVelch, Mary Dailey, and June Barder. There were many good laughs in this play. A popular number The Big Bad Wolf was dramatized by a group of girls. The program was concluded with several popular songs. W Gil? 1s Win Typing Honors 1 th In the 9A typing classes of this semester, the first pupil to attain a. net Speed of forty or more Words per minute in a standard test was Nim Potter of Homeroom 115, The second was Lois Laning of the same home- room. This is a standard of accuracy and speed seldom reached by pupils of junior high school, and is considered an unusual achievement in the sec- ond semester of senior high schools. Uncle Ned, How can I, while standing at the top of our stairs, extinguish the name on a candle, burning on a table belOw? Greased Lightning Dear Greased Lightning , Buy yourself some good old tobbaey and start some target practice. Ex... Uncle Ned, How can I stop the crackling that persits in coming out of the loud speaker of my radio? Guess Who? Dear Guess Who , Fill the loud speaker full of that high falutini oil that is thick as mol- asses. - Uncle Ned, How can I kill the Editor of the La. Torre without having the whole stu- dent body on my neck? A Plottern Dear A Plotter , That wouldnit have been very hard the last time this paper was issued, but Iim afraid youill never have a- nother excuse. Constructing An Aquarium .h...... In making a perfect aquarium there are many neCessities in order that the hsh may live comfortably. If your aquarium is not balanced it is necessary to put in clean water at least one a week If it is balanced you need only to add more in place of that which has evaporated. Any aquarium, balanced or unbal- anced should have at least four snails. Of these little creatures there are several varieties. The most common are trapdoor, ramshorn, and several types of Japanese snails. These snails eat the algae that collect on the glass. It is not necessary to feed the Iish if the aquarium is balanced. Other- wise you should buy a hsh food or use something that will not sour the water. Perhaps you are puzzled at the ex- pression, balanced aquariums . A balanced aquarium consists of rocks, snails, fish, and maybe, if you wish, a tadpole or two. It is balanced be- cause. the fish keep the plants living, and the plants give of oxygen and food that feed the fish. Care must be taken in putting dif- ferent types of fish together. I had half a. dozen mosquito fish and two suckers in my aquarium; Now I have only two suckers. Mosquito fish grow to be nearly one and a half inches long. They live in the out-of-doors on mosquito larvae. They chew the tails off the gold fish. In concluding, I feel it is not neo- esssary to tell what an interesting hobby of mine this is. It not only has supplied me with amusement, but, for the small amount of work I have put into .it, it has'paid me fully in scientific knowledge that I had not learned any plaCe before. eArt Blight 98420 W . Gii 'Tls ueein Golfing The golf manager, Rosemary Neis- wender, is organizing a group of girls, who are interested in learning how to play golf. To practice driving they are going to driving ranges. When they learn how to driVe and putt, they will practice golf on a larger scale, .hm Girls Elect Gym Captains k.. 9--.. This year each girls gym class will' have a class captain to help Miss Dix and take attendance. The new cap- tains are QAeDorothy Amland, QBe Shirley Peterson, 8A-Miriam Leeds, SB-Virginia Smith, 7A-Carol Henry, and 7B-Martha Mansfield.

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vacteristies and more. OCtobei'-31, 1934' LAi'TOR'RE Page '4; ' by Glenn Lathrop This. book is dedicated to ' MY MOTHER aw THE DEATH OF SHEBA Sheba felt uneasy about that bush. Lurking there, she knew,,was a dead- ly snaket Why didn'tJohnny senSe it, too. Sheba. barked and barked, trying to warn Johnny of the great danger, but Johnny paid no heed, thinking onlythat she was barking for the fun of it. Nearer and near Johnny came to the bush. Then suddenly he stum- bled. Quick as a hash'Sheba had lit- erally thrown Johnny on the lawn and lunged at. the snake, Johnny saw a battle royal taking place in the bush, and Was greatly puzzled as to Who was fighting his pal, Sheba. Sheba! yelled Johnny, 'fcome here, Sheba! But Sheba paid no heed. . Soon afterwards Johnny saw her struggling tot arise from the bush. He knew that something was Wrong, and he dashed Wildly to her.'In Shea ba's 'mout-h he recognized a deadly Copperhead. In her eyes he saw victory, for she had 'saved' Johnny and killed an enemy she hated; but She- ba's reward was death! Later, back at the kennels, Mr. La- mont stood with tear stained Veyese- looking at the swollen dead body of Sheba, This dog Who just an hour before had been' full of pomp and vigor, and the queen of the kennels. Now she lay dead! I THE e'PUP LOBO ' ' Now Lobo, Shega's son, was king of the kennels. Mr. Lamont stood re- garding him, a proud light shinning in his eyes. He had great hopes for Lobo. In the hrst place he was the son of Sheba. Shebaehis incompar- able favorite, his huge Irish wolf- hould raeer! Lobo had all her char- Lamont had never told anyone, not even his son Johnny, but, Lobols father was half wild wolf.'He had had is all recorded. Someday Johnny and- everyone would know, but 'first Lobo must prove him- self worthy of his noble mother, She- ba. Lobo Was huge 'for his age. He was fully eight inehes larger than any other dos: in theikennels, and as many inches higher. Johnny looked out of the window of g hisihouse andl glanced at .the moun- tains beyond, In the setting sun they looked majestic. How he had longed to go into those mountains and live there with Lobo. But such a thing would be unheard of in the eyes of his dad. Then he turned to the kennels. There stood Lobo, his silvery fur tak- ing on a reddish golden hue. How beautiful he looked, his nose pointed to the sun, and his feet planted firmly on the grounw Even though he was a pup, Lobo was a tiusted watchdog of the kennels. Johnny was having a good time with Lobo today, The two had thought up a good game. Johnny would run as fast as he could, yelling while'Lobo rOWIed and nipped play- fully. Lobo was a one man dog and had picked Johnny for his master. It was growing dusk 'as Johnny started for the house. He bid Lobo good night and 'ran across the turf towards 'the winodw of his room. He climbed in and had just enouh time to grab an Astromomy book, and look interested in it when hisdad opened the door and anneuced that dinner was ready. Lobo heard a shrill whistle and away he dashed, for he knew that it a was Dempsey, the kennel keeper, and how frightfully hungry Lobo was. As he arrived at the Jkennels Dempsey patted him and then fed him. As the moon rose to the heavens, Lobo, who wag, watching about him, came to a start. Something was wrong, he .felt sure. 'He raised his head. and sniffed. Nothing was Wrong, but he felt uneasy; so he waril'y paced in the s'had0ws of the kennels. He was, waitmgwfor what, he knew not. At the same moment two strange men arrived at the home of Dempsey, ,the kennel keeper. There were a few raps on the door and one, the tall thin man, asked: JtMeester, could you tell me where thees Lamontee kennels are? I look iround plenty, but I lose may way in these beeg woods. . , But, queried Dempse', what tcould :you want at this time of hight? Why, man alive, it's ,most twelve 0,-- clock, but Illl tell you whate-if youlre a friend of Mr, Lamont's you can have free lodging for the night. ttNo, replied Pierrei who was the tall thin man. You see, Pm a very good friend of Meester Lamontee. I 'must1get ther tonight! iGontinued in Next Issuei Sunrise The'iirst birds tWitter- Then the'calm4 Then othte birds waken . From their peaceful slumb'ers- To join in the wondro'usl'y Harmonious ehdrus, The breezes blow but so gentlyl That they cannot be felte Only the cool fragrance Of the atmospheree Two ddves call to each other. They truly have not Sorrows As mortals have. We have waited and at last The timorous noises seem To grow louder like crescendo , In a mighty 'but beautiful orchestra It comes-Iike a red thunderbOlt And shining thru the trees In gorgeous rays like a path of glory; As if God were sending down The Holy Dove upon use- 011! God, Thou hast surely blest'us! A -Boothe Bohannon 9B-103 e - 9., -,h. Sleeping Beauty Awakens Soon eO.- December 15 has been set aside for the famous awakening of The Sleep- ing Beauty. - This very beautiful production, the pantomime for this year, has been planned and worked on industriously by 9th grade art classes and the glee club. , . Masks, which the characters will wear, costumes, and the four stage sets, will be designed and made by the art classes. Student directors will be used for the met time this year, dir- ecting the drama and dances, under Miss 'Brownls instructions. It is almost decided that 17th cene tury costumes and dances such as minuets and gavottes' will be used. 'The Glee Clubs, under the directions of Mrs. Cheney, have attacked the dimcult music of The Sleeping Beauty. While a chosen cast carries out the action of the story, they will sing the musical portions Drip, drip, drip, drip, The steady song of the rain, Drip, drip, drip, drip, Always the song is the same. A hash, a roar, And peace'once more, I-Except for--drip, drip, drip, drip, The steady song of the rain. e-Jeanne Adams 7B-101