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

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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

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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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February, 19, 1935 .LAMTORRE Page 5 1G00D BOOKS Deep Water ' By Pyrce Mitchel A boy goes to sea on a square rig- ger and wor. his way towards his goal 335 a captain. During his travels through distant lands he encounters gales seurvy, hand hunger. . .-Peter Van Kuran 9A TV .A+ Janice Merideth Janice AMerideth, written by Paul Ford, is an interesting romance of the American Revolutionary War. Janice the daughter of a tary father, finds herself in love. with A'an indentured servant. A 1 . A A+Lou Anderson Onv;Thev Bottom . The iS-51 ah American submarine waAsrAstfuck by1 a passenger ship and sunk. The rest of the story deals with the difficulties envolved in raising the ambhanne; V i - 4Sloan Berryman ?;TQAsn jMp,untAain Girl by GeneVieve Fox i Tells the life of a backwoods girl in the rolling hills of Kentucky who 'r'a'ves for a' higher education and gets it through a series of adventures and AAharAdshAips 1- AeEiizabeth Colyer ThhTA The Story'Of Mankind By Van Loon A Van Loonis collection of ancient up to the Amodern history of the most important countries of the world eluding a theory of the beginning1n of the earth. Aphihp Tow 9A . A9- -- Scottish Chiefs By Jane Porter Azstirring Scottish romance during the 13th century. Sir Walter Wallace, 3 Scottish Chief, goes forth to re- venge an Englishman for the murder of his wife, LadyAMarion. ASue Sherrill Buckaroo By Fjeril Hess HA young school-marm goes into the buckaroo county to teach. She lives with them, shares their joys, sorrows, and hardships, and she herself, be- comes a buckaroo. i A y eMary Hiltner 9A A .,, I Like Diving By Eadie Early experiences of a professional sea diver to Which are added' the tales of salvage trips to the 8-51 and many other vessels, make up the in- teresting story as told by the diver himself. ARay Kendall 9A A. Count Luckner, The Sea Devil 13y LAOWeliAAThAomas The life of Count Felix -Von Luck- ner, the most romantic and mysteri- ous figure on the side of the Central Powers in the World War. It tells how he' fought in the age of fast cruisers, battleships and submarines in an old Windjammer, one of the last of a vanishing race. -R0bert Harold 9A Black Beauty By Sewell' Black Beauty was a horse who lived in England. In this story, he tells in his own words, his opinions of some peOpIe in this world, as a horse sees them. He lives through many hard- ships with cruel masters and good ones, and finally ends in a happy home. ;Betty Knight 9A AVA South of Zero By Ross Jack Meredith's stowaway adven- tures, and his many thrilling exper- iences in the Antarctic with Bombay and other characters, holds ones in- terest to the finish. -Ruth McDonald 9A The Elephant King By Campbell Life in the jungle is very interest- ing with liPoo-Ji, the Elephant King as your guide. wHarry Spence 9A Are' You Interested In Pigeons? A-..A A Book,About Pigeons . M.M .i, 1 iiBoys, said the president as he shook hands and took his departure, umay everything that you attempt in life succeed as well as 'your achieve- ments in breeding, raising, and hying homer pigeons. However, I'hope that you won't all get your eyes on the oii-ice of president of the U. S. at the same time. If you do congress will have to amend the constitution so we can have three presidents at once?' Thus ended the very well- written book, Pigeon City, by Leon T. Whitney. The boys Whom the pres- ident of the Pigeon Club was address- ing were Bud Hitchcock, Dick Cramp- ton, and Bill Brighton. They had- just won the one-thousand mile race with their pigeons. TheSe boys lived in Brooklyn, New York. The author, Mr. Whitney, a well- known Scientist, had an inspirationel motive to write this book. When he was a lad, he, with two other children somewhat like the characters in his book. were partners in the pigeon business Pigeon City, by Whitnev is an excellent and most interesting story. ' A 1' ' A A a V A3111 lMisner 813-105 atA Raising Homers M.-H My hobby is the raising and train- ing of homing pigeons. I think the hobby of pigeons beats all others. I have about seven pairs of homers. They have ,not been laying eggs through the summer because they were moulting. They moult three of four months out of every year. The raising and training of a youngr homer is very simple. You take your young bird out about a mile for the hrst trial. If it comes home in good time, increase the miles to five, If 11; still makes good time, keep on in- creasing the miles until five hundred or more have been reached. The raising of young homers 'is very interesting. You watch for the eggs to hatch, which takes from seventeen to nineteen days. After the squabs are a few days old, you band them with an aluminum band. This band has a number on it, and the number is registered Iin the government pigeon record books. When your homers are old enough to take away, you will haw. the fun of watching and waiting for their return, and timing their flights. . f-Jack Mason