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

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February 19, 1935 , LA TORRE Page 3 Stamp Cellecting , hI.I Most all boys and girls enjoy some kind of hobby, Collecting postage stamps I find 'is the most fascinating of all. If you own a globe, or world Atlas you may travel around the world in your imagination. Some of the first stamps were printed in Eng- land about the year of 1840. Five years later the American bank note company printed the hrst issue for the U.S.A. Before this time however there were various stamps issued by the different Express Companies, such as the Wells-Fargo and Company. These stamps today are very valu- able. It is said that our President Franklin D. Roosevelt is a stamp col- lectOr and has a great collection, and also that King George of Great Bri- tain owns the most complete col- lection of stamps in the world. When I first started collecting I gathered stamps from all over the world, but I soon found out that it would be im. possible to keep up with all the new issues. Now I specialize in American stamps. There are a number different ways to collect stamps. One may choose two or thtee countries only, 0 a continent like America. There are picture stamps, animal stamps, commemorative stamps, precancels, and many others. For the last three or four years there have been issued many new stamps some comemorating great men and some notable early events. The late t issue has been park stamps. These stamps are very at- tractive. A report has rome from Washington that in the near future there will he issued an entire new set picturing all our dead presidents. eAudrey Grettler 8A 0 Sportsmanship And Service Recognized In Las Amigas 4.... In a recent Las Amigas meeting the Sportsmanship and Service a- wards were presented. To be eligible for one Of these awards the girl has to attend this school for one year. She has to possess outstanding sports- manship, serve the school in athletics and have some skill in sports. Every semester two per cent of the class receives the awards. The letters or awards are embroidered on the girl's ,crvm suit pocket. They consist of the letter: S P.J.H.S. The girls to receive them this semester are 9A-eDorothy Amland. Eleanor Pierce, Laura Mae Seitz: QBeLila. Burr, Yemiko Fuji- hara, Pat Vedder: SA-Mary Hiltner, Harriet MrCallzr 8B-Betty Andrew, Rettv Arnold: 7A-Carol Henry, Jean MacDougall. ! Eighteen Students Make Typing Records + Laura May Seitz, G.M.-1, has a silver pin as a reward for her line work in typing. To get this one has to make 50 or more net words per minute. She has made 57 which is the record for this year to date and the second highest made in the history of our school. The highest, 59 words, made by Georgianne Angne a few years ago is the top record. Bronze pins are given to those who make 40 or more net words per min- ute. The following have received them this year: Mary Barber, Lois Laning, Eleanor Pierce, Nira Potter, Jose- phine Rosselli, and Betty McGrath. Those who have received certifi- cates for 30 words or more are Jack Cammack, Jack Fuj'ihara, Violet Gibb, Shirley Green. Edna Owen, Hil- da Round, Ruth Wechtel, Louise A1- lcn, Jean Arthur, Georgine LaMont- agne, and Eleanor Trestor. hthyg hh. -.. Championship Pennants Awarded Class ttA .ho: Through winning every game play- ed, the Eagles of Class A will receive the pennant for basketball. Those re- ceiving letters or felt basketballs are as follows: Eagles; DeGolia, Supple, O'Connor, Kadoni, and E. Smith. In- dians; Van Deventer, Dunlap, Kendall, Gaspar, W. Noble, Halaminski, and Nuss. Dions; J. Stever. Bears; Scoo- ley, Mansfield, and E. Mushwitz. aPhilip Tow h i ,ghi,.....h.h- Class ttBlt O In Class B the Lions will receive the championship pennant. Under the leadership and playing of their cap- tain, Bob Finch, they managed to have a full team and many substi- tutes at all games. Those receiving their letters or felt basketballs are Bears: Barry, Cline, Brohm, Cox, and ,Munsen. Eagles: Scoles, Symes, Love, Glass, and Wenzel. Indians: Hartley. Moore, Reynolds, Martin, Hiemer, J. Noble, Bloomquist, and H. Oka. Lions: LB. Clark, Finch, McCall, J. Broering, Young, and D. Norton. i9; , Class ttClt V ka- 7 V In the lower weights and heights of the boys, .the Indians received the pennant. They played a final game with the Lions which was very close 'and rough. The score of the game was 7-6. In the Class C the boys that AUN T SUSIE hH Dear Aunt Susie: Recently in one of my classes 1 had my chewing gum put in the waste basket. It's not as if a person was eating food, so please tell us why we cant chew gum in class. G.A.J. Dear G.A.J.-: There is very little distinction it seems to me between eating food in class and chewing gum in class. Either is rather bad mannered, I should say. I wonder why we humans want to chew gum anyway. It is, after all, a rather strange thing to do. Some an- imals were apparently meant to chew all the time and nature supplied them with the wherewithal. But humans weren't and soewhy chew gum any- way? Aunt Susie Dear Aunt Susie: Why canlt we go to school not quite so early in the morning and get out . a little later in the afternoon? C.B.M. Dear C.B.M.: There is no law compelling us to begin school so early, but it has proven vastly more convenient in every way to do so. I believe if you had to stay in school until four you would probably be asking why we couldn't begin a little earlier. Yours for early hours. Aunt Susie Dear Aunt Susie: Why doesn't the school fix the clock in the auditorium? The pupils see it and donit know it's ten minutes fast and get restless. It is very impolite to those on the stage when they start to act that wayr J.K.M. Dear J KM I am sure I can't answer this ques- tion. It certainly is unfortunate that the clock is fast because it will mis- lead the audience and cause it to be- come restless and anxious to go. I think this is an excellent thing to ask your Student Council Repre- sentative to take up in Student Coun- cil. That is the best way to get most of our school ills cured. Aunt Susie participated in all games and will re- ceive their honors are as follows: Lions; Sato, Aron, Droll'inger, Kill- ingsworth, J. Knight. Indians: Sato, Fisk, Burkett, Schwartz, E. Young, Lytle, and Jorden. Eagles; B. How- ard. Bears; Lorock and Ozone.

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Page 2 . LA TORRE February 19, 1935 LA TORRE La Torre is issued semi-monthly during October, February, April and May, and monthly in November, December, January and Junee-Price 500 per year. Published by the pupils of South Pasadena Junior High School. 1-;zitered as :eeond C1833 matter, December 18 1929 at M?the Post Office at South Pasadena, 111111151 George Washingtitl i: 1;: ' 1 11? When we 13111111 111111 with what he are thinking of 0 .. 11' United States, bec 1: - this country what 11 Hi! I 1 , I and he was a gentl- . 1 mainly this leputat 1 in-Chief of the COHH ing that was respo 11 war he was 1111211111111l States. In this pos which our nation 1 Abraham L111 The poet Low to remember him a good Citizen. He ler, fighter, and st: the payment of debl . him. With 1111 his 1 gives us to see the:I hope his bir thday 111111 great. day who is doing 11101 That man is F1 ankli States. When Mr. 3 problems few of us the country and than a in office Mr. Jtooseve conditions, with po recovery. He has hel tically connect ashington we history of the 'gfe to help make s in its purity . In fact, it was Med commander tish Aiter the -. t of the United undations upon 112111.11 We all like igas what we call ' 3t worker, wrest- hen it comes to learn a lot from ' re, we know he es. ttWith malice the right as God 13 a1e to do. We 1111ng which made ' ut of bad financial ck on the road to 1 1110 footing among 1 ue American owes EL TORREADOR h...h Ray: 9Do you serve crabs here? W'aitross: HYes, we sezve all kilmls of pCOplc. axo Ned: HHCI'elS my repmt card, Path. er. His Pappy: ttMy, your guades 21-1; terrible sonfi Ned: HThats 0.k. I have the samex books as the rest of the class. high- Martha Spring: NWCI'e you out in all that rain! Alice Connor: 9N0, only the pan. that fell around me. VXB Mother: ttAz'e you and Hemy 1:1 any mischief out there? Dick Norton: 9N0, Mother, we're just throwing those eggs that the 101-912.- left us and seeing how n11.1y times we can catch them before thy break. .hXH ltPay your taxes with a smile, ad- vised a lawyer. UI'd love to, said Dorothy Clay- ton, ttbut they always insist 0'11 cash. Landlady: HYoutll have to pay your bill or leave. Jack Coffmaii: hThatls very nice of you. My last landlady made 1111: do both. I X ttHow did you get 011 with Jon 1. otte'F' asked Dick. The ardent young lover sighed, HI started off well, I told her I was k110i: deep in love with her. ttSounds OK., said Dick. HWlttx; was her reaction to that? The young suitor 31111112011. HShc promised to put me 0'11 her waolix-g list. hxm Boss: tTm surprised at you! Do you know what they do to boys that tell lies? OfHTC Boy: HYes sii'. When they are old enough the 111m sends them 01': as salesmen. Lewis Ross: Gee, but you have some stale jokes in this issue. 1Va1'ren Beebe: HI don't 1: wow abo it that, I threw a copy of them into the fire and it just roared.

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Page 4 LA TORRE HOME ROOMS AND CLUBS Homeroom 104 we; Homeroom 8A-104 was delighted to have as a speaker, Mr. Ayers, 1Who gave a talk on his recent travels and experiences. First he showed them pictures of his team the Indian Olym-I pic Team, their official uniform.I In- Vcidentally they were judged theIlbeIst dreSSed team Mr Ayers said their are 225. Vdinf- erent languages in India not includ- ing the many different dialects. He stated this situation would clear up in a period of about two Ior.IthIxjeIe hundred years because they are grad- ually adopting other peOple's words. He spoke of the train travel in India. They have four classes, first class, second class, inter class, and third class travel..- The trains provide noth- ing except the seat. If one 1Is taking an overnight train he must bring all his bedding and accesSories'. Along the way the train stops at restaur- ants In the 1arger' stations they al- ' ways have three eating places, one for the Hindus, one for theiMoham- medans and one for the Europeans. r' 11'1 reason for this division is. that there-would be a. religious. fight over the meats. . , . The trains go very slowly compared to ours. Their express averages 25 miles per hour. - Mr' Ayers said'he noticed particu- larly that the Indians were very ser- ious and there was never a joking Icrowd among them. k;..i,h..hrh,h. Homeroom 113 One graduated homeroom 9A-113 finished up their years at Junior High by having a thrilling, spilling, home- rcom party at the Polar Palace Ice Skating Rink. Many of their friends were there, as two other homerooms f10m this school were present he- sides. many private couples and par- ties. Thev went on the ice about 8:00 and didnt leave until 11:30. .; M. Stage Crew 1.....g. In our stage crew we are completelv reorganized and have appointed new members from the 8AY under the dir- ection of MrfJacobs, our manager-in- chief. Homer Del Mar is one manager and has five boys under him includ- ing his own electrician. Harold Hol- way is the other manager with an clectriVeian and four other boys. eHarold Holway 913 V president, Dick Norton; Homeroom 110 V A.,w The 7A- 110 Music class under the direction of Mrs Rydall have been entertaining themselves every Friday with a program. W V Bill Spencer contributed by giving a play which he wrote. He also sang a few songs. , V Geraldine Whitney Miriam Kacy, and Mrs. Rydall played pieces on the piano. Walter Avon sang a song. Arline'Johnson and Audrey Grett- ler tap danced. Bob Fiski did the magic pencil trick and Bob Cockle juggled with tennis balls. ,;A.A ;A, IHomeroorh'I103 ' V' During the V first homeroom meet- ing of 9A 103 in the new semester the following Officers were elected: pres- ident, Boothe Bohannon; vice presi- dent, Weston Noble; secretary, Anne- Richardson; banking representative, Helen Achbold; and student council representative, Ray Kendall. 71;. .g.!--,h.- Homeroom GM 1 Saturday, January 19 girls from the G.M.1 homeroom spent a day in the snow above Camp Baldy.I . The girls who went were Shirley Peterson, Elizabeth MacLennan, Mary Lekas. Carol Henry. Carrie Pfeiffer. Lois Wohlwend, and Phyllis Summers. The girls started early in the morn- i112r and came back late in the even- ing. They report having a perfect time with plenty of snow fights, sled- ding, and skiing. o Glee Club A . In their meeting on February 6. the Boys' Glee Club elected the fol- lowing officers: President, Henry Mansfield; vice- secretary- treasurer Warren Detrick; publicity Imanager, Nathan Benedict; and li- brarians, Lloyd Van Deventer and Frank Wright. These ofhcers will hold their offices until June. The Glee Clubs have more balanced parts than last year, and expect to go through a very good semester. ..,.A-AA. Homeroom 102 SA--- Homeroom 8B 102 had as their guestshomeroom 8B 110, on Thurs- day, January 24. At this time Mr. Ayers spoke to them on his very in tersting trip to India. February 19; 1935 Clever Sports Acrostic + Here is the acrostic the girls have worked out on the idea of Sportsman- ship in Miss Dix's department: Start games quickly. Play your own position. Observe rules of game. Respect umpires' decisions, Try your best at all times Show yourself a gracious winner and a good loser. Make proper apologies following acI- I cidents or other mishaps, I AvIoIid qharrels. Never razz or fbeeo'I' poor plays Show coutesy to team mates and Iop- ponents. Help team captain to organize teaInV Indicate onn fouIls. Play fairly. I A.A.. .A- 1Big Sisters, EnterIII .19 . Friday, January 25 the co'mIi'n'ghB girls came up to junior high to get acquainted. First they attended a Very enjoyable La's Anaigas meeting m the auditorium then met theirIapp01nted ftbigi s1sters ' pgirls choseh to intro- duce the newcor'hers1 in the foantain pIaI.tIio They then acoomp J'ed Itheh big sitsers to Mrs. Sum 121 where they were served punch and cookies Mr Baker and Miss 1115101115611 gave them a word of greeting, and the program ended after the ttlittle 'sise ters were introduced to the fatktiity and other girls WV A Field Of Flowers . + As I passed by the country road I saw some iibwers growing. The land was divided into squares and each square was a different color. There were blue, white, orange, red, and all the other pretty colors. They were growing together so thickly one could not see the ground tbeneath. Where there was space, little green leaves :were peeping out. AS one looked at them from a distance it appeared to be a big green carpet and the diff- erent colors were splotched on it. eYoinko Tanaka 8B , g?- A Boat T0 Catalina HA 5 As the boat was riding Over the Inlue Pacific and the sun Was drop- ping into the ocean. the blue and green fiying hsh were sk'imminq Over the water. We could see a school of seals playing in the sea. As we drew near the island there were many small pleasure boats at ahchor. The whistle Ion our boat blew. From our seat we rould see the crowd waitinq to meet Ins as we got off the be -t. We followed the crowd and so ended our first trim to Catalina. - eMary Lois GorJon. STE