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

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Page 6 Homeroom 103 AA. The Spirit of Christmas was pres- ent in abundance in 103 as the hol- iday season drew near. Over night the room had been decorated. A beau- tifully trimmed tree stood at the left of a roomy, bright red, cheerful fire- place with flickering lights, hames, and everything. Red and green Christmas rope was festooned all around and a huge, red bell hung from the center of the ceiling. Thank you to Edward Klein 103, Eugene Nickerson 103, Austin Daynes 103, Bob Barry 202, and James Miller 203 for doing an especially good job. 7.1A-..,1 Homeroom 104 2...... Homeroom 104 decided to share their Christmas this year with Mr. John Kimball, who has been an in- valid for eighteen years. They took a neatly decorated Christmas tree with them and sang Christmas carols. Then the play, Not Quite Such A Goose was given with the following char- acters. Albert Bell .......... Bert Barry 201 Sylvia Bell ..Francis Clippenger 120 Mrs. Bell ........ Dorothy Walker 104 Philp Flick ........ Wilmer Becker 104 Hazel Henderson ..Betty Knight 104 + On Friday, January 18, homeroom 104 had an ice skating party at the 'iPolar Palace in Los Angeles. The star skaters were not many, There were more Hfalling stars than any- thing else. The new iiPolar Palace has a fine orchestra. The walls and ceiling of the building are built in the form of snow and ice cliffs. The couples ska- ted to the music of the Skaters Waltz under purple northern lights, and all were sorry when the time came to depart for home. R Homeroom 20 3 . H-a Homeroom 205 entertained their Mothers January 17 with a delightful tea. Ten adults came. A short pro- gram was given consisting of an in- troduction given by Patricia Fulton. Carol Philips and Yvonne Hancock played two piano solos. Mr. Baker then said a few words. The mothers chatted together while tea was to give the mothers a chance to get ac- quainted and to meet the children that their daughters and sons asso- ciated with. The tea was a success. LA TORRE Homeroom 204 a.a Homeroom 8A 204, has elected of- ficers: president, Bud Martin; vice president, Dorothy James; secretary, Renee .Posty; student council repre- sentative, Bob Beedle; banker, Har- riet McCall. Room painting has also been a part of 204is program. To help raise the money, they showed a movie entitled Where The North Begins with an added Cartoon. It was said to be the longest picture ever shown at Junior High. ,11 , A.Q-1.-,. .,- Homeroom 101 r.g Homeroom 7B 101 wishes to thank 9B 103 for the use of their room dur- ing club period on Monday the tenth. --.A. During a recent homeroom period a football game was played by 101 and 111. Homeroom 101 was trounced t0 the tune of 18 to 0. A game that was to be played be- tween homerooms 111 and 109 was called off on account of rain. ,g! Homeroom 117 W., -- The girls of Mrs. Lembka's home- room are now the seventh grade soc- cer champions. On the last day before vacation they put on a Christmas party. Thm had their room decorated and a heav- ily laden Christmas tree. Refresh- ments were served. + Homeroom 205 Homeroom 205 had a tea for the mothers of the homeroom on January 17 in Mrs. Summer's room. Carol Phillips and Yvonne Hancock played piano solos. The tea proved to be a great success. 7? Homeroom 115 r.-- A special graduation picnic was held at Griffith Park, for the mem- bers of 9A-115, on January 17. The group left the school at 1:30 P.M. A large variety of activities were offered, such as baseball, tennis, and hiking by those who cared for rec- reation of that kind. Afterwards they ate weiners and hamburgers, and went through the zoo. Transportation was arranged for by Mrs. Beggs, Homeroom Mother, and Mr. Shires. On January 10th a championship game was played by the girls of 9A 115 and 9B 205, 115 won 4-0. A basketball game was played on the same day between the boys of 9A 115 and 9B 113 in the boys' gym. The result was 23-12 in favor of 115. January 16, 1935 Homeroom 104, 106, 204 , + enjoyed an unusual homeroom meet- ing. These three homerooms gathered in the study hall to hear a talk by Mr. Mumby. He appeared in his In- dian costume of flabby pants, fiowing shirt, and little hat and a pair of sandals. He told of his experience with the Indian Hockey Team at the X Olympian. How the Indian boys will not eat beef because they wor- Ship the cow, but they ate veal and hamburgers and liked them very much. He told of many customs of India, such as hiring a crier to go in front of a funeral to cry for the dead. The Indian women never let themselves be seen my men, and when they get out where someone might see them. they put on a heavy sheet with only a small piece of net to look through. Since the homeroom period had ended he retreated from the study hall amid a large and appreciative applause. v77;0 Homeroom 203 One Friday evening, January 11, homeroom 9B 203, had a party at the home of Jean Sparling. The first attraction was a scaven- ger hunt, which was won by Helen Turner and Bob Hall. At the end of the hunt refreshments were served. Among other games played were Wink-um and Murder. Chaperones for the evening were Miss Spellicy and Mr. Conner. awh Band Homeroom A1...A On Friday, December 7, the band homeroom held a progressive dinner party. They had as their guests the members of the orchestra. The first course was served at Rob- son Eberleis home. After this the party went to the home of Ted Kist- ner where more food was eaten. Then they went on an exciting treasure hunt. This completed, they moved on to Bill Paul's house where the final course was eaten. The party then went to Bill Cornell's home where they enjoyed five reels of movies. we Homeroom 202 $9.. The night before Thanksgiving, 9B 202 held an ice skating party at the Polar Palace in Hollywood. As guests they had Mrs. and Dr, Supple, Mrs. De Golia, Mr. Norton. and Mr. Schirm. Mrs. De Golia taught several of the boys how to skate. A band furnished the music. No permanent damaqe re- sulted from the many Spills during the evening. A turkey raffle was con- ducted but none of the members of 202 won.

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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

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February 1, 1935 LA TORRE Page 7 A Recipe hie? t A Recipe for a good Graduating class About 200 9A's, 1ABoys and 1AGirls and 9 good teachers Mix well add teachers and history book. Cream well with math book. Alternate English with study hall. Then add Gym. Bake in Junior High School for three years. When it is done it will be the best 9A class in school. .l.h-h-.h4h Homeroom 105 h..- Homeroom 105 has Party . .. . 1 Some of the members of home- room 105 enjoyed a skating party at the Presbyterian Church in Pasadena. Many bumps and falls were received but no serious injuries. After they had skated for some time Mrs. An- drew, the homeroom mother served refreshments. ,1 a ,,,,,, h Homeroom 121 .7. i .7- Mary Ann Raymond has crocheted a large rug to go in front of the fire- place in room 121, the shops have just completed a bench which is to be upholstered by the homemaking classes. The nominated for vice president of the student body Frank Wright. 8B 121 challenged 8B 105 to a de- bate. Those representing the chall- engers are Richard KOppel and Al- gred Chadbourn. Jean Quesnell and Frederick Lombard are representing 105. e. Homeroom 120 h thn Homeroom 120 has elected the fol- lowing oHicers for next semester: President, Chuck Putnam; vice- president, Ted Abbott; secretary, Dick Norton; and treasurer, Ed Sprottle. Hero Homeroom 110, 102 The preparation for Lindberghis flight across the Atlantic as well as his exciting departure and arrival were recently shown to 7A homerooms 110 and 102. These films were loaned through the courtesy of Lawrence Mitchell a member of 102. -rg- GM. 1 Homeroom wQ ,- 'lBrr, Iim cold andetired, but didnlt I have lots of fun! These were the thoughts of most of the GM. 1 girls, after their iee-skating party Friday might, January 11, at the Polar Pal- ace. The girls who risked their lives on the slippery surfacewere Caroline Pfeiffer, Mary Mosher, Connie Mosh- er. Anne Roberts. Elizabeth MoLenna, Carol Henry, and Rosemary Neiswen- der. MR. EARPS Using English to develop thinking has been the theme of Mr. Earps' English classes the last few weeks. They have been working on vocabu- lary, defining terms, analyzing situa- tions, outlining, and organizing ideas. The have also been studying the ways of using English to convince others. The culminating activity is to be a series of debates on school activities and material used in Social Studies courses. The judges will consider the argu- ments that are advanced, the effect- iveness of the speakers in their use of English and in their delivery. The speakers will be judged accord- ing to this scheme: Argument, 30 per cent; English, 15 percent; Delivery, 15 per cent; and Rebuttal, 40 per cent. ,7, whh MR. HUTCHINS 10a Several members of Mr. Hutchins' 9A Social Studies class have interest- ing and educational articles on the Orient. Barbara Speers chose China as her topic and her theme was HHow Can Ch'ina Improve Her Living Con- ditions? Catherine Harrington, Ruth Wech- tel, and Laura May 'Seitz all wrote about Japan. The subjects they wrote about were, ttHow Can Japan Provide Food and Goods for Her Peo- ple? , and uIn What Way Is Japan Becoming Modern? w. MR. JACOBS a.a The stage crew is perhaps one of the organizations in our school that does much work without always get- ting adequate recognition for it. They work faithfully, long before a per- formance, getting scenes set, practic- ing lighting cues, and doing general work around the stage. Seldom will you find a member of the crew idle during a performance. An equal re- sponsiblity rests on each of them. One of the members is stage man- ager. He is the head boss backstage during an act. Perhaps you will be in- terested to know that during the Sleeping Beauty the Stage Crew was under the entire direction of its own members. No teacher was helping them. In addition to our special perform- ances, the Stage Crew has charge of the stage durnig assemblies It takes care of all the lighting effects and Snenerv for dramatic club plays, dem- onstrations, etc. We all appreciate the fine work of our starz'e crew and are glad to ex- tend a little recognition of their good work. Our School Chosen For N ational Experiment Out of all the schools in California three schools, Fresno, Oakland, and South Pasadena, have been chosen by the Civics Research Institute at Washington, DC. to study American Democracy as it is today. The pur- pose of this study is to enable pupils to conduct their own meetings. Mr. Hutchins has picked his fourth period class and the following mem- bers of the class are the presiding oHicers; Henry Mansfield, chairman; Alice Conner, secretary; Alva Adams, as assistant secretary. The class has been divided into five committees and each are led by a chairman: 50mmitte A, William Dres- ser; committee B, Lealand Risk; com- mittee C, Jean Arthur; committee D, Robert Schureman; and committee E, Warren Beebe. When this study is completed each pupil will have a Wider knowledge of the responsibilities of his state and city. Since the pupils themselves ob- tain material from various ofhcials about the city and they get the latest methods and plans for developments. After Alice Conner has completed ,. the: report it. willrbe sent to Wash- ington D.C. . M,,9iA-q MISS SPELLICY If you notice any pupils in class or on the school grounds making a good pun, prefacing his speech with an appropriate joke or giving a clever twist to a sentence you may know he is taking tThe Art of Conversation in Miss Spelliey's English class. MR, MENDENHALL , 1h9h Mr: Mendenhall'is planning a new and different type of club for the coming semester. It will be a wood- wind ensemble, instead of. the string ensemble that he has had for the past few years. .-.w MISS HOLWAY + The Library Assistants' Club under the direction of Miss Holway have been making a book containing book reviews. The book reviews have been taken from outside literature. When the book is finished it will be interesting reading. 0 FRENCH COOIg There was a young girl named Brook Who wanted to be a French cook. She started to make A nice French cake, But she didnit have what it took. eBetsy Long 7B-109