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

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Page 4 LA TORRE February 1, 1935 9A PRINTERS First Row: Donald Brolliai, Tom White, Robert Green, Foster Minear. Third Row: Wayland Small, M1. Vanderlip, Bill Beggs. Ma1shall Bennett. Second Raw: Ambition Theme Of Mr. Bakers Talk In Assembly B.O.a Ambition was the theme for Mr. Bakerls talk in assembly January 2nd. He told how hard it is to be ambitious in a1 country which is so thoroughly settled and highly devele oped as America is today. He told of the difference of the opportunities to- day and in the day of our grandfa- thers: Mr. Baker spoke of several 1hingSvamong which were the necess- itiee, of 'a good vocabulary and know- ledge. In closing Mr. Baker explained why the school spends money for frescos and paintings, this subject having been brought up by Seymore Hayes Several weeks before me panel dis- cussion. ,He also explained how we hnnnoned to have the two beautiful paintings which hang on either side of the auditorium door. A reward is offered by Mrs. J .M. Conner, 320 Pasadena Ave. HU. 4868, for the return, 01' in- formation leading to the return of a sWord' cane lost at the P. -.T A. 01' Fashun' Carnival 'in November This is a treasured heirloom and its presence in the 'family for'so long has made it's lost doubly felt. ' It is a straight, polished cane. knotted, with a silver top. One one of' the knots is a silver 'gadget which, when presseidfi'e- ' ' leases a keen Toledo blade. 'It is a'sort of rapier; LionsDefeat Indians i.--.. Through Winning every game play- ed, the Eagles of Class A, received the. championship of their division. In class C the Indians got the championship. They played the de- ciding game with the Bears. . . h-gu From the Bancroft Junior High School La Cornica ; 1 One person out of sevenimee'ts with some form of accident every year. Five times as many people are killed and injured than diet natural deaths 1 Accidents cost America $2, 2500, 000- 1 000 a year. . More people are killed in automo- bile accidents than are 'killed 111 any other kind of accident, Eoutan les- sen these accidents by using a little common sense. Also the 9A's 110111. the Ba11cooft Junior High School receive 9A sweat- V ers They re getting stylish. , The students of the Redlands junior High School have manyedifferyehtland interesting hobbies. Among them are ,1 white rats, collecting fresh egg signs 'xpictures of Shirley Temple dice, old whiskey bottles and various other things. Some interesting statistics from the Pittsburgh Junior High. sphopl ffAr- senal Patriot . How We Spend Our Dollars a 1 - Neccessities ...- $24 Luxuries e $22 Miscellaneous A $13 1 Waste - $11 Savings .. $11 Crime -458 Government e $8 -Education w $2 Religion - 1 Does education ,n ost too much? Think it over. ' 1 The Sa11 Jose Wilson Junior Hiorh School has just become proud po s-- essoi- of 'a brand new swimming nnol. From all appearances Schools in that vicinitv' are green with envy and we don t blame them do we? From the looks of exchanges, manv schools have been encouraging paner dfives with all the vim and peplthey can get. up, South Pasadena, you bet- ter watch out! + Spanish Club -'....s-AA A pieture on Mexico was presented by Mr. Goodcell of the Automobile Club of' Southern California Club Period January 21. All Spanish and Exploratory Language pupils Were in- vited to attend. Anne Paige Halley arranged for the showing of the pic- ture. ' ' The Spanish Club visited 011mm Street and the Plaza in Los Angeles January 28. Thev visited the Old Church and a Tortilla Factorv. Trans- portationwas provided by Mrs. Wil- liams and several mothers of the members.

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February 1, 1935 UNCLE N ED Uncle Ned, La Torre has a new editor and from the talk that goes around rm afraid my job as an Ed. isnit so sure. What would you advise? ttWorried Dear uWorried , I wouldn't feel too punk if I got tired. Because talk says that there'll be many a change when the new ed. spills his plans. Uncle Ned, I feel terrible Mr. Baker says I am to be graduated February 1, but I donit like to leave my lovely teachers. How can I let them know how much I have enjoyed them. B.D. Dear 8D. This is rather a hard question to answer you see me and my teachers don't get to see each other very of- ten and I wouldn't want to say any- thing that would get me in on the wrong side of my teachers. So I'd better sign off. Uncle Ned, What's the matter with your col- umn? Are stale jokes the only thing you can write? Reader Dear Reader , I can't find any more joke books and my mind is off the joke standard. When you sit around El Torreador you cant help but feel down and out. Uncle Ned, Why don't they have insane asy- lums in Arabia? i'Toots Dear iiToots'i Because there are nomad people there. Uncle Ned, What is the best thing to do in a hurry? ltE-D.U Dear itE.D. Nothing. Uncle Ned, Can you write a joke? itBoredit Dear tiBored I donit know. Iive never tried. Uncle Ned, What is a shoe? ttP.S.!, Dear RS. A shoe is a kennel for your dogs, Uncle Ned, V What do we often catch but never see? fiSaucy ' Dear Saucy El Tis jokes. LA TORRE Page 3 Bozois WEEK END ADVENTURE --o-o-o-oa by BARBARA WOODS 1-9: Bozo was unhappy. He was so un- happy that he even growled when Bobby stopped to pet him. But Bozo had a good reason for all this. Bobby and the family were going away. Bozo knew this well enough, for had he not, with his own eyes, seen them carrying things to the car? He surely had, and he wanted to goo too. Bozo was a small, White Fox Ter- rier with a black ring around one eye and a black tail, He was usually ex- tremely good-natured with the family but now he was trying to tell them that he wished to go too if they were going away. Just when Bozo was most unhappy didnlt Perry, the huge yellow cat, have to come into the yard! Bozo was very angry that Perry had seen him in this unhappy mood so he de- cided that Perry would never live to tell the tale. Bozo growled once. Perry kept coming serenely on. Bozo growled a second time. Perry came still closer. Bozo leaped at Perry, but, alas, alas, the artful Perry was too swift for him. He turned and dug his sharp claws into the nose of the un- fortunate Bozo and left an ugly cut. But to Bozo a scratched nose was a minor matter compared to cornering Perry, so he immediately set himself to chasing Perry up a tree. When Bobby's sister Ellen, who owned Perry, heard Bozo barking furiously, she instantly realized that Perry was up in a tree and Bozo be- neath. She hurried out to rescue her pet and seeing Bozois cut nose re- marked, Serves you right, you nasty, little dog. Come here my 'ity bitty Perry. Did the nasty old dog hurt you? Iim just not going to leave you at his mercy for a whole long week- end. As she Spoke Ellen lifted Perry out of the tree and walked away with him in her arms. Bozo watched Ellen carry Perry to the car and carefully set him inside. Then his anger got the best of him and he ran to the car, but the door was shut and Perry sat on the seat with a smurz, cattv smile on his face. Bozo considered the mat- ter and decided that Perry shouldn't be the only one to go. How could he manage to go along? Whv couldn't does: get ideas? Bozo didn't think thev did, but soon he found out he was wrong for out of a blue skv he had an idea. He would hide and when the car started he would follow, Bozo was hiding in the bushes. The family came out and got into the car. The motor began to roar. The car moved. Stealthily Bozo moved out of the bushes and followed. He followed the car for a long time, and then he lost it! He was in despair but he kept on. Oh, there it was again-a shiny, new, tan car! Finally it stopped and the occupants got out and went into a nearby store. Again Bozo had an idea. He leaped to the spare tire and then to the t0p of the car. When the family came back Bozo crouched down so as not to be discovered. Finally they reached their destina- tion. The car stopped and the family got out. Bozo jumped down to lick Bobby and got the surprise of his life. There was a little buy and a girl, but it wasnit Bobby and Ellen. Poor Bozo had followed the wrong car! He was so ashamed that he hung his head down and ran. It began to get dark and Bozo was tired too. He stopped under a large, sheltering tree and went to sleep. When he awakened in the morning and the full realization that he was lost come upon him, Bozo decided to try and find his way home. Many a weary mile he ran until, discouraged and thirsty, he linally stOpped on a little country road near a stream. As he trotted down to the stream his eye caught sight of a huge, yellow cat. It was Perry! For the first time in his life Bozo was glad to see Perry for it meant that his beloved family was not far off. His frenzied barking brought Bobby running to the stream. Bozo was roundly scolded, hut fmally forgiven. for following when he had not been invited. .VHH 7 1,.m1,1g ,1 Soccer a.: In the girls' soccer tournament held recently for homeroom teams, the 9A 115 team won the ninth grade champ- ionship. 9B 205 was runneraup. In the eighth grade, 8B 2177 triumphed over 8A 106 to the tune of 2 to 0. The seventh grade tournament saw 7B 107 come up the winner over 7A 117. 1 a ,, .157,V.V The Sick Teachers Mrs. Martha Bruce and Mrs. Madge Farrel were the ailing teachers of our school in January, Mrs. Bruce had bronchitis and Mrs. Farrel was taken sick with the flu.

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. February 1, 1935 LA TORRE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1 M at M?MEQW am First Row: Sue Otis, Lealand Risk, Virginia Smith, August Weinrich, Ralph Deems, tPresidenti Dorothy Amland, Henry Mans- field, Helen Stave. Second Row: Mr. Baker, Patricia Vedder, Thor Hamrin, David Rolens, David Heront Eugene White, Marshall Bennett. Back Patio N eeds Your Support :.... No doubt you have noticed the back patio is much cleaner at the close of the noon periods at present than it was at the beginning of the fall term and for this the Grounds Committee wishes to thank you all for your co- operation. The committee had hoped to start a campaign with the start of the new year but the rainy weather has inter- l'ered with the program, however with the coming of good weather and in- reased play in the back patio en- forcement of rules here-in-after des- cribed Will be rigidly enforced. How- ever the job is yours and if the boys and girls of the Junior High want a more attractive school c00peration is necessary from all in order for this play to proceed. Mr. Lohman, sponsor, has worked with the committee and given many useful ideas Which have been put into operation. The following three rules were passed by the student council in or- . der that the plan might succeed. I. No playing in back patio first fifteen minutesof each lunch period. 2. There will be no eating outside back patio. ' 3. There Will be no playing until grounds are clean. 10070 COOPERATION! ! LETS GO! Monrovia High School Orchestra Plays In Assembly -H, . ., The Monrovia High School Orches- tra conducted by Mr. Harold Scott entertained the Sbuth Pasadena-San Marine Junior High School student body as assembly Wednesday, Janu- . my 17. The first number on the pro- gram was a march from ttThe Queen of Sheba. ' Then Song'i from a opera by Richard Wagner was played on the ,cello accompanied softly by the or- chestra. Next came a lively violin solo. The piece played was the Tar- antel whose legend says if you are bitten by a tarantula and dance to the ttTarantel you will either be cured or killed. The beautiful Minuet by Paderewski was played and was followed by a trumpet solo. The proe gram was concluded with the William Tell Overture. hhgd Sleeping Beauty tContinued from Page 1i Waving her arms, she bends again Over her cane and leaves the court in deep despair, her uncanny cackle echoing back from the corridors. A mournful chant fills the air and once more the fairy appears. The court looks at her hopelessly, plead- ing for some escape from the terrible sentence: Alas, I cannot alter this doom, but I can lighten it. The court, Page 5 a little more hopeful, listens, nThe princess will not die, but will sleep for a hundred years. At. the end of that time a prince Will save her from her slumber. Then, and only then will she be aroused. At this the curtain falls on a much more cheerful court. When the curtain rises it reveals a garden scene, Court gentlemen are chatting together, the golden haired princess comes over a small bridge followed by her ladies in waiting. She has on a lovely dress of white, trim- med in gold. It is her sixteenth birth- day. She starts a game of hide and seek and when everyone is hidden she slips away from the hall. Discovering a hidden stairway, she ascends it, find- ing at the top a bent old woman with a spindle. WhJile examining it the princess pricks her linger and falls back, asleep. The witch descends the stairs chuckling to herself. When the tragedy is discovered everything is confusion. The princess is carried down amid a heavy atmos- phere of anxiety and laid on a couch. A few moments later all living things are wrapped in slumber. Eltish hedges dance around them and finally close in to remain so for a hundred years. One century later a black cat with high shining boots enters upon the scene. He is Puss in Boots! He throws his head back and gazes off into space. Hardly has he taken his posi- tion, when a white cat 'carrying a parasol enters. She is White Lady Cat! The two exchange greetings and, after inquiring about the sleeping princess, they hear footsteps, and fall back as a young man lclad in. silver, pale blue, and white enters. After many attempts to pierce the hedge of thorns, the cats tell the prince, for, indeed, it is he, that only through love will the hedge admit him. 'Sud- denlv the hedge opens! The prince and the cats step back as the Iinhabitants of the hall slowly awaken. All at once he sees the Sleeping Beauty! Elated by her charm and beauty he kisses her. This breaks her spell. and rising. they dance together. The throng takes 110 its gav festivities where they left off. When the jov is at its highest the fairy enters, and then the witch who has been transformed. She begs the pardon of those present and dances with the rest. The united prince and princess kneel before the King and Queen, they are wed and as the old saving goes. lived happily ever- after. The curtain fell for the last time amid a shower Of apnlause. All of us surely should be proud of this marvelous production. Those who. although they were not seen. de- serve as much credit as anv. are those owe the stage crew. Whose excellent un-mino made Sleeping Beauty espec- ially effective. -Nancy McFarland 9B