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

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- October 16, 1934 Library Chats ;...h Invincible LouisahCornelia Meigs This is the complete story of Louisa May Alcottis eventful career. Here she lives again in all the colorful ex- periences that took place so long ago. This story :won the Jenn Newberry Medal for last years best book. The Ship Without a CrewaHoward Pease Two boys become involved in a thrilling sea mystery centered around Tahiti and the South Seas. When the Stars Come Out-Robert Baker The world of the sky is a very fas- cinating one to explore. Dr. Baker is a splendid guide in introducing and explaining many planets, constella- tios, etc. and at the same time makes . it very interesting to read. Jean Lafitte, Gentleman Smugglera Mitchell Charnley What was he, pirate, patriot, priva- teer, or smuggler? This is the adven- turous Career of Jean Lafitte from the time he and his brother Pierre opened their mysteriOUS blacksmith shop in New Orleans. The House that Jill BuiltaAn-ne Maxon Jillis father does not want her to become an architect, but Jill tries to convince him that she can design a house as well as he, and succeeds. The Black Spearman-Pitt Fitzgerald Ghost-of-a-Wolf was strong and brave. but not swift. Yes, it was hone- less. An evil Spirit had certainly fas- tened itself to the youths leg. Deter- mined to become a warrior he sets out to prove to his tribe that he is capable. Young MexicoeAnn Peck One lives right with the young Mexicans in this story, works with them as they go about their daily duties, and plays with them at their Festivals. This is a book which eno'wl 7- iv: to understand our nearest neigh- bors more thoroughly. Lone RideraI-Iildegarde Hawthorne Kit Carson asks the young hero to ioin the Lone Riders, a group of Ponv Er'nress Messengers noted for their rouraoe His breath-taking adven- tures lead hind through many trials to a happy ending. SM of the SwordsaYouel Mirza If you are an adventure-lover you will eniov this thrilling storv of Jilu. HM Kindish mountaineer. who became chief of his tribe and led his people to found a new village on the nlains. Katrina Van Ost and the Silver Rose -Eliza.heth Gale In 1638 Katrina came from Hol- land to New Amsterdam. This is the stem; of her courage during her first veers in the new land and what her fnmev'q great book fmallv gave here The Treasure of the Isle of Mist-M LA TORRE Page 3 Junior High h$h Junior High is a fine new school, With decorations bright, But the things theyive told about it, boy! They sure gave me a fright! Theyld tell of big 9th graders, Who lurked around behind, And HpOpped you in the garbage can With all the sacks and rinds. But after being here a week, I find it isn't so, That all they want's attention, So they can brag and blow. But everything is different Than I had thought before, The teachers fine; the kids just swell. You couldn't ask for more. Bob Sands 7B-111 W.W. Farn A charming fairy-tale adventure based as all fairy-tales are on im- agination and day dreams, with de- lightful illustrations by Robert Law- son. Land of the WilliwawsaMI. Ross Four people shipwrecked in South America! Amysi fondest dreams had all been of scientific exploration, and now with her uncle and three boy cousins she has a taste of real hard- ships such as living in a shelter made of whale hones. NanCy McFarland 9B-103 Mr Ayers Goes To India a... -h Mr Ayers, vice principal of S.P.J.H. 8., recently went to India on ex- change with Mr. Mumby. He met Mr. Mumby and the Indian track team at London. Mr, Mumby, who had met tho. Prince of Wales, introduced Mr. Ay- ers to him. Mr. Ayers then went on to India, touring on the way many principal cities of Europe and meeting again at Naples, the track team he is to coach. He is to coach in India for half a year and then return to our Junior High. age LOST AND FOUND IN FULL SWING an The Lost and Fgund is in full swing. Someone is in the omce from 7:50 to 8:10 in the morning and from 3:05 to 3:20 in the afternoon. There is a wide variety of articles that includes pens, pencils, purses, ink, tennis shoes, and such. Many pu- pils have been coming to the Lost and Found for looseleaf notebooks, but as yet only two have been turned in If you find any notebooks kindly turn them in promptly.

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Page 2 LA TORRE October 1?, 1934 LA TORRE La. Torre is issued semi-monthly during October, February, April and May, and monthly in November, December, January and JuneePrice 5092 per year. Published by the pupils of South Pasadena Junior High School. Entered as second claSS matter, December 18, 1929, at the Post omce at South Pasadena, under the act of March 3. 1879 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor ................................ David Heron Associate Editor .. Robert Schureman Make-up Editor ...... Marshall Bennett Exchange Editor .......... Willis Brown Humor, Feature Editor Lewis Ross Leland Risk, Peggy Hoyt, Margaret Summers, and Catherine Love Literary Editor Boothe Bohannon Takao Kodani, Nancy McFarland School Editor .......... Henry Mansfield Dorothy Amland, Ray Kendall, and Esther Rudkin Sporting Editor ............ Bud Sherman Laura May Seitz, Bill Campbell Organizations Editor Ann Roberts Nancy Sheldon, Janet Beckwith, and Mary Lekas Journalism Instructor ...... Mr. Earps BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Warren Detrick Assistant Manager ............ Bill Tyler Harry Spence, Nate Benedict, Ralph Welch, Bob Crouch, Dick Doig, Roy Anderson, and Ray Fetterman Business Instructor ........ W.S. Shires PRINTING CREW Foreman ...................... Wayland Small Assistant Foreman..Marshall Bennett Heads ................................ Billy Beggs Pressman .................. Sloan Berryman Make-up ...................... Harold Conrad Stock .......................... Bobby Finch Proofman ............ Lewis Darrah Cutter ................................ Tom White With aid of major printers Printing Instructor V.V. Vanderlip D01ft Be a Sponge -o-eoe-oe No matter what school you attend, in any grade, you will find a number of creatures that can be compared only to plain sponges. They do not work, but get all their grades from asking otheris answers, or from peering over hard workers shoulders. They are usually sad, hurried souls, who havenit quite enough time to work that problem out and who hurry up at the moment to get your answers. . These poor fools will never get any where and are laboring under the mistaken impression that answer? are the only thlngs that count. Be warned by these sad examples and clonlt be a sponge. If may get you along for the moment, but the habit will form upon you. Sponges donft get anywhere in this world, and you can be no exception. o-o-o Use Your Pr1v11eges eo-o-oe- Now that most of you have student body tickets, donlt put them away and never look at them again. Why throw away privil- eges that can come only once in your school life. Old Man Opport- unity isnit tagging at your heels all the time, you know. You have to do something about it as well as he. So wipe the dust off that good old student body ticket, give it to the ticket taker and yell your head off while your home team goes marching down the field to Victory. Sit breathlesss while some thrilling play goes on- Join the laughing, pressing crowd at the carnival. Surely you wouldnt want to miss any of these activities. So use your ticket until it is s: worn you cant read it. Have all the fun you are entitled to with l . :on-o-ot It,s Our Paper moeomoe- w Itlshould be understood at the beginning of the year that La Torre is the Schoolls paper, and not a mere class or club affair. . It ls themeans of expression for the entire student body, ed- ited and published by the student body. At the start of every term there comes into the school a large element of unrecognized talent. Some of it turns to dramatics, some to Journalism, and some to other things. . We look forward to the volunteering of this talent in journal- lSIn- to the paper and we hone that students, old and new Wlll enter the1r productions. Letis make this La Torre biggest year! ' EL TORREADOR Bert Barry tin classl: it ..... and so, the rattlesnake crawled into the miner's hut and laid down. Really, Bert! HX-h Mr Hutchins: Tell us what you can about the manners and customs of the people of India, Mary. hxh Mary Covell: They aint go no man- ners and they dont wear no costumes, Mr. Hutchins. hxh. Were it not For this sweet verse, There'd be a joke here Ten times Worse. Hxh Mr. Cooney: What do you charge a funeral notice in your paper? David Heron: Fifty cents an inch. Mr. Cooney: Great Scott! My broth- er was six feet tall! hxh Pell Supple talighting from taxil: Sorry, old man, I haven't a cent. You can't get blood out of a stone, you know. hx... Taxi driver: Not7 What makes you think you are a stone as he rolls up his sleevesl. th Miss Holway: Now class, will some- one tell me in good, plain English just what the Liberty Bell is? thI Jack Mason: Yes, it is the bell at the close of the ninth period, hxh. Mr. Vanderlip tto printing classl: Don't forget to pick up the tables when you leave. hxh If you cant laugh at the joke of the age Then laugh at the age of the joke. Sign in a bakery: Please do not handle the bread, as it is unsanitary. hxhh. Bill Dunlap: Believe me, I go a- round the corner on two wheels. hxh Bill Moran: Why, I thought you sold your junk heap. wxh Bill D.: That's it. The two wheels are on a. bicycle.

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Page 4' New Paintings Grace Foyer ah. Our Junior High is very proud of its two new paintings, which have been placed in the main entrance to the school. The pictures, done in mod- ernistic style, represent Indians at a feast. The work was 'done by Mr. Norman R. Chamberlain, the well- known Pasadena artist. The student council voted to pay him seventy-five dollars for his work. This, we feel is onlv a slight token of our apprecia- tion for his interest in the beauty of our school. Home Making Classes Plan Work .h-Q.... The Home, Making Classes each year contribute something toward the furnishing and decoration of the home making rooms. This year the girls have decided that another comfortable bench would be acceptable so an old-fashioned uLove Seat is to be made by the shop. The girls also thought a Wing Chair would help carry out the furn- ishing of the room in Colonial style. A teacher's desk in'a living room being rather out of placeLthe girls decided to have the shop make a suitable desk of the Governor Win- thrope type for a living room. The money to pay for the wood used will be earned by the girls and the wood shop will make the furniture. The upholstering will be done by the girls. or A . 7h tCor tin led from Page 1i one of the famous women's wear shops; the supper to be prepared by the chefs of the Midnight Mission; the big acts of vaudeville to be pres- ented by the Junior High Faculty and others; all this and more ought to make Columbus Day tOctober 12i a day of new discoveries in the fun world for South Pasadena. and San Harino folks. The committee in charge is planning with the whole family in mind. ' 'lhe dinner prices are 35e for ad- ults, 256; for Junior High School pu- pils, and 10h for children under Junior High age. '11'10 admission to the vaudeville and auditorium stunts will be 104;. A11 pro- LCCdS will go to the P.-T. A. Budget and Welfaie Fund. LA TORRE Grounds Committee Asks Your Support + Our school has a wide spread rep- utation for the many fine pieces of art work We have. The fountain patio with its beautiful shrubbery and fountain are part of the beautifica- tion program carried On by our school. If we thoughtlessly leave our sacks where we eat, drOp apple cores and candy wrappers around, it de- feats our beautification program as fast as we build it up. Mr. Baker usually shows the Ivisit- ors from other schools and many oth- er people around our school. They see our frescoes, murals, and fountain patio. They are building up a good impression of our schobl. When they see our back patio, if it is at noon, let us have it clean so they will get the same impression there. We will accomplish this by all COOperating. Put your apple cores and other. rub- bish in the big cans. Remind the other fellow if you see him drop his papers on-the grounds. ,.1.M The Editoris Plea Q People donit appreciate The work we have to do, In planning our good paper And bringing it to you. We work and slave both day and night To find some stuff to use, And we stay up so late sometimes We nearly blow a fuse. And when it is all finished, With pride We hear you say, liLs. Torre'o, getting better, It's mighty fine today! If you have a bit of pity. Feel sorry for us, too; We certainly would like a little Offering from you. eFrances Clippinger 913-120 A The Moon .1 Silvery moon that watches me, Watches over land and sea, Beautiful shadows you draw on the pine, A path across the sea you shine, As though 2. ship might travel by A. path of light down from the sky. Beautiful moon. oh beautiful moon, Please shine in through my window-- soon, Jeanne Adams 7B-101 October 16, 1934 Ten Boys On Stage Crew ?.d The stage crew has been reorgan- ized this year under the direction of Mr, Jacobs with ten boys on the crew. Wayland Small is acting as stage manager; Bob Stamply is chief electrician. Seymour Hayes, Harold Holway, Pete Gieland, Sammy Mad- ley, Homer Del Mar, Jack Stever, Harry Hammon and Hal Routhenburg are other members of the crew. The boys have been working hard since school started, cleaning up the' stage and reorganizing the equipment. Mr. Jacobs says he has a very fine crew, and that We may expect efh- cient service from them this year. Maryis Little Lamb hvh Tradition testiiies-and history ver- ifies the testimonys that a certain young female tcommonly in the an- nals of nursery ryhmes called Maryi was at one time possessed of a beaute iful member of the genus sheep, whose excellen ce of blood and purity of man- ner rendered his or her exterior fringe as grandly transluscent as the beaut- iful driven snow: and it is stated i'l verv authentic terms that nowhere did this charming little ladv nerams bulate but that the aforementioned quadruped verterbrate did with ala- crity approximate thither. mGuess Who A ' Surnert Your Activity -F All you boys Will find it tough to think up an excuse from after school games. Last semester in track and baseball there were only a few out on some teams. Mr. Douthirt almost dropped track entirely. Mr. Mumby is a newcomer to this school so let's show him some good Junior High spirit, and as far as possible attend all of your team games. It will be the last chance to earn a letter for some of you 9A's. - ,,....h, . .i-...t.. And Girls Climb Mountains Has For hiking this term, the girls of the Junior High are going in groups of six or more on four mile hikes. The ones who go in for four mile hikes will be eligible to go on an over night hike with Miss Dix. '