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

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Beige 6 LA TORRE February 19, 1935 Memories Recalled Around The Classes The Exchange Editor By Raymond Dooley ' Mg'Bzwe Observes Other Schools ace w-o-e A$- On the French Coast of the English Channel my earliest memories began in the little town of Wimereaux. Standing on the rugged cliffs above the town I could see far into the dis- tance. On a clear day the vague out- line of the English Coast could be seen. The blue waters with sea gulls soaring above were calm and peace- ful. Every once 'in a while a ship would pass by. Looking up the beach I could see the breakers clash against the cliffs and On the smooth stretch of beach by the town. I have clearer memories of our summer home in the little country town of Isle Adam on the Oise River about twenty miles out of Paris. As I remember the river is bordered by huge trees and undergrowth. Where the trees were not so thick I could see the beautiful fields of fiowers, patches of forest and sometimes glimpses of large homes. The house itself was a sort of villa inclosed by a huge wall. I remember there were wide grounds around the house. The entrance was a big iron gate. A driveway made a semi-circle near the front entrance. I remember a big entrance with steps on both sides. The thing I remember most was how big the house was. Three stories and an attin. I remember lik- ing to run around the third storv where the billiard room was. The back garden was much bigger than the front. In the back there were many trees and hedges. The wall was cov- ered with thick tangled vines. At the end there was a tall hedge with an opening on each side near the wall. Beyond the hedge was still another enrden. This was a vegetable garden. I remember keeping my rabbits at the Wwv end. The front part of the back warden was a big lawn with swings, chairs and tables. In the middle was a fountain large enough for wading. T also remember an especially bit! tree where my unrle nut no a swivw. When I was bushed high enough T remember seeing high Over the wall into other gardens This is one of my happiest memories. Q OUR SCHOOL SONG + - Come. give a cheer For Junior High to us so dear, And while were here. We'll work for you thru these three years, And when we're gone, Weill alwavs think of this fair song: So its fight! fight! fight! For the Blue and White For ever, ever, ever, Junior High! The students in the 9A Home Econ- omics claSS are entering a meat story contest. The subjects on which the girls are writing are as fol- lows: The Relations of Meat Health; Meat 'in the Diet of the Child; Meat-wThe Favorite Food of Every Nation; Meatelts Selection and Use. To be eligible one must be attending high school when the story is written, and must be enrolled in a home economics class. There will be $2,000 in university scholarships and prizes awarded. The girls are also going to give luncheons, each two girls will invite certain girls they wish to entertain. They are planning to give a garden party for their mothers. Ah . Mrs. Lembka t.-g Through the courtesy of Mr. Imbrie, Mrs. Lembka's 83 2nd period social studies class enjoyed a talk on Old China. Mr. Imbrie's father was a mis- sionary in China and Mr. Imbrie him- self rived there for some time. Among the curios diSplayed by Mr. Imbrie was a Chinese sword, presented to him by a friend in China. A Mrs. Kessler hF Mrs. Kessler came to take the place of Miss Parker, as substitute librae rian until Mrs. Farrell comes back. Mrs. Kessler was a librarian last year at Fullerton. She has managed our library very capably. 0 Mr. Hutchins + Mr. Hutchins is always on the alert to keep interesting material on hand f'or his classes. Their new topic for study is nAmerican Culture . Mem- bers of the class have picked various projects and topics for study. Some of the projects include making maps, reading books, writing reports on interviews, writing plays, and pre- paring debates. Much of this work is correlated with work in English class- es. The problem of American Culture deals with cities, communities and neighborhoods. It is surprising to know what changes have been made in the neigh- borhoods of South Pasadena. Many interesting questions have been brought up in class, such as: Do we need more people to live in South Pasadena? Bulkelsy High School, Hartford, Connecticut, will soon have an ama- teur radio station operated by the Radio Club. Call letters have been granted by the Federal Communica- tion Commission. Central High school and West High School, Muskogee, Oklahoma issue their school papers together. Pages one and two are the Scout of Central High School and pages three and four the Eagle of West High School, Latin classes of Dearborn High School, Dearborn, Michigan, are pub- lishing a newspaper written in Latin. It is composed of original material written by the students. Students of Lincoln High School, Tacoma, Washington, who become ill While in school, receive attention from student nurses. Two girls work in the Red Cross room during each period. HEveryday Problems and How to Meet Them is a column heading of the Central High News, Central High School, Kalamazoo, Michigan. This column is devoted to etiquette. For the benefit of Spanish students of El Nopal, Sidney Lanier High Szihool, San Antonio, Texas, runs a page of news items, features, and an- nouncements in the Spanish language. The page is under the direction of a tiSpanish Editor . After the recent assassination of the King of Jugoslavia, a history class of the Rockford High School, Illinois. began tracing the trend of European affairs after the killing of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at the beginning of the World War and comparing events with the present situation. ' BOYS W Come in and see our complete line of Model Airplane Supplies Official Boy Scout Trading Post Pitzer and Warwick 321 E. 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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

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February 19, 1935 LA TORRE, Page 7 t Giris iii Uiiiferm99 At Cemmunity Playhouse ttGirls in Uniform is an English adaptation of ttGestern uhd Heute, the German play. It is the tragic story of life in a German Girls' school whee the strict rules of the 01d mon- archy are the only ones allowed. It . tells of Manueiats childhood, of the death of her adored mother, and pic- tures her life at the girls' scheoi, where she meets Fraulein von Bern- berg, and of her tragic death. The piay his beauties and values 0.? its own. It has a peculiar beauty of expression and the whole story is told With a compassion that exquisitely avoids ail sentimentaiism. You wili find the finest expression in the char- acter of Fraulein Von Bernberg, who has accepted her misfortune and Will have more of your pity than ariy other character. There is great tenderness in the treatment of the central figure, Man- 1' h. 5011 Meinhards, and a delicate ruderstanding in the portrayal of her iove. iereannette Norton 913 A VVhiteis Speech tContinued from Page 1; A: electrons; the fields of applied psy- chology, psychometry, bacteriology, :sound photography, mechanical re- frigeration. Today we can train for these occupations but in the next dec- ade there will be as many new fields developing and as many old ones c01- 'lapsing as in the past ten years. What is to be done? We must study facts from many sources and become acquainted with modern sit- uations. We cannot be guided by the solutions of even a year ago. A broad training is the soundest training. To. day when it is impossible for anvone to definitely be sure of a job in the iine he prepares for, versatility is to 'be most desirable. Evening schools and correspondence courses are doing much for the betterment of educa- tion. It is important that we be in earnest about this business of general preparation. We must study with a burning desire to become thoroughly acquainted with the fields of our study, if we are to succeed. Tt is important to plan for leisure as well as nhweherr 'i ?'WM' . Wm three C's .of education today are citizenship. character, and culture. A good citizen is one who knows the laws and not only ohevs them but helns others to obey them also. We build character each day as we go through life, our habits and ways Cabbage Patch Folk Entertain As:em iy HMrs. Wiggs 0f the Cabbage Patch comes to town! Amidst a burst of applause and laughter Miss Spelliey,s Props and Cues dramatic club pres- ented the play HMrs. Wiggs 0f the Cabbage Patch to assembly January 23. Mrs. VViggs was excellently por- trayed by Martha Spring. Sue Sheri-il played the part of Miss Hazy to per- fection and Mr. Stubbins was enacted by Howard Kuccra. The other char- acters in the play weie Chris, Tom Rose; Miss Lucy, Pat Vedder; 111:. Bob, Bill Peterson; Asia, Barbara Riach; Europena, Betsy Mansfield; Austria, Marion Clemmcr; Billy Wiggs, Thor Hamrin; Preacher, Bill Tyler; Mrs. Shultz, Susie Otis; Mrs. Echcom, Alice Conner; Lovey Mary, Alice Ostrander; and Tommy, Georgie Sands. A Rustic Log Cabin 0h The Wiilemette After the sun had cast its last lengthening, golden rays on the peace- ful waters of the Wiilamett, a more romantic air was felt as the mellow glow from the moon sent the light upward in the eastern sky. The night creatures, night hawks, crickets, frogs, coyotes, and others chimed in, 'in their evening chorus. As the water foil gently over the wide bed of rocks it :1:rved as an ec:o:npa:3ist to the glue dub of night creatures. On the bank of the river and 3,. 111011; the gigantic iir trees, was a typical rustic log cabin of the Oregon weeds. The stilt-iike foundation on which the log cabin rested, and tho Linmil timber which served, as a back- ground to the picturesque Scene, gave a natural setting for our summer re sort. VeMary Ann Raymond 8B m.geiy determining our Character Culture is the way people feel, think, and act. These three, citizenship, character, and culture are vitally ime portaut as we enter our lifets work. No time spent on considering a pro- fitable and useful occupation is to be counted as lost time. We live in a chaiming; world. Prepare for change! at Mr. Baker Conducts Installation Rites ;..h After the meeting was called to or- der and the minutes were read and approved at assembly January 30, reports were given by the members of our former executive committee. The following spoke: David Rollins on safety, David Heron on La Torre, Helen Stave 0n courtesy, Lealand Risk 0n the lost and found depart- ment, Henry Mansfield on the treas- ury, Thor Hamrin 0n assembly con- duct, and Hans Gaspar on sports. After the reports were given our new ofheers, Dick DeGolia, president; Peter Van Kuran, vice president; and Alice Conner, secretary were inaugur- ated by Mr. Baker, After the install- ation Dick DeGolia gave an accept- ance speech. 7,, 6' Big Prize Contest Won By Bertch sch In a competition for construction of a window display which would de- pict the nature of the game originated by Mr. A. B. Zu Tavern for General Business Training and used in our school, George Bertch 0f homeroom 108 won the first prize, $3100 in crisp dollar bills. George Retzer of home- room 121 won the second prize, $2.00; and Roland Blaisdeil of homeroom 121 won the third prize, $1.00, The projects were construnted outside of school in leisure time for the clastes of Mr. Shires. Prizes were presented in assembly on W'ednesday, February 6, by Mr. Zu Tavern. The projects are now being exhibited in store win- dows in South Pasadena. 0 PATRG'NEZVNG OUR ADVEYTESETZE HTTLFV- YOU by Titmducing you to good values, 2112c , HELPS US ALL by peyitig ' l part for our newspaper -1