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

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Page 2 LA TORRE La. Torre is issued semi-monthly during October, February, April and May, and monthly in November, December, January and JuneePrice 50:;- per year. Published by the pupils of South Pasadena Junior High School. Entered as second class matter, December 18. 1929, at the Post Office at South Pasadena, under the act of March 3, 1879. LA TORRE EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-chief ............ Warren Beebe Associate Editor ........ Willis Brown Assistant Managers Roy Anderson. Nate Benedict, Dick Doig, John Morse, Bob Crouch, Fred Scraneld, Howard Literary Editor Nancy McFarland School News Ed. Henry Mansfield Drollinger, and Charles Dungan Business Adviser Mr. W.S. Shires Sports Editor .................. Leland Risk Organization Editor Anne Roberts PRINTING CREW Feature Editor ---------------- Ray Kendall Foreman ........................ Harold Conrad Make-up Editor -------- Harrison Daigh Assistant Formen .. Sloan Berryman, COPY Editor ----------- Bert Barry Ted Young, Bruce McCall, Bob Finch, Editorial Adviser ................ Mr. Earps Edward Klein, Walter Wenzel, and BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Warren Detrick Bill Love Printing Adviser .. Mr. V.V. Vanderlip -0-0+ Feeding the Mind --o-o-o-- itBooks are the food of the mind, said Lewis Carroll. In his essay on Feeding the Mind he compares literature as the nourish- ment of the mind to food as the nourishment of the body. He stresses the importance of feeding the mind the proper kind and amount of food. Indigestion results from theconsumption of indiges- tible foods. Cheap literature and too much reading rob one of men- tal health rand appreciation. As your body needs a well balanced diet in preper amounts, so the mind must have a proper reading diet. As food must be chewed thoroughly to make it available to the body so must we properly masticate what we read by taking time to think it over if we would profit by what we read. He sums up his rules for feeding the mind by saying we must give the mind the proper kind of food in proper amounts at proper intervals in proper variety and properly masticated. Think these 4 over, apply them to your reading and you will without doubt get much more satisfaction of your reading. Can You Spare A Razor Blade? --.F The coat hanger and razor blade drive went off well. It is the first drive of its kind that our school has ever had. There were a. total of 5,788 coat hangers and 6,766 razor blades col. lected. Homeroom 121 took first prize in the drive by collecting 1,224 coat hangers; 108 took second prize with 747 hangers, and GM. 1 took third place with 550 hangers. Homeroom 101 topped the list in the razor blade drive with 1,004 razor blades; 113 second prize with 955 blades; GM. 1 third place with 823 razor blades. GM. 1 deserves to be complimented. They have only 15 girls in their home- room and took third in both. ,Oome All! -Willis Brown 9A + Horizontal Bars Make Muscles + Horizontal bars present opportunity for health giving and excellent recre- ation. Recently installed as a result of pupil initiative, the bars which have been added to our gymnasium equipment have been the center of unusual interest and a source of great fun to the boys and girls. Some of the boys have developed original stunts which they do with the great- est of ease. The girls, too, are ac- quiring bigger muscles but they will have to admit they are attacking the almost impossible when they observe the mighty physiques of the boys who have gone in for work on the bars with a. vengeance. Don't give up! While there's life there's hOpe. Elmo! April 11, 1935 EL TORREADOR + Dentist: rm afraid I'll have to drill! Dorothy: What is the matter? Can't you fix my teeth without a rehearsal? + Bill Symes: Youire very change- able, Joyce. You were so nice last week? Joyce Miller: 0h! Last week was Be Kind To Dumb Animal Week. Frances Clippinger: What sweet sounds come from the water tonight. RalpWelch: Yes, probably the fish are running over their scales. + My Scotch boy friend sent me his picture. How does it look?'t I don't know, I haven't had it de- veloped yetl' + Bob Cheverton: What is the strongest day of the week? Peggy Durrell: Sunday, because the others are all week days. I + Miss Spellicy: Bruce McCall, this composition on My Dog is just like your sister's. Bruce: It's the same dog. + Slang is fruitful. For instance, a peach had a date with a prune and she handed him a lemon. He went plumb crazy. --O- Tell a man there are 267,543,201 stars and he will believe you, but if a sign reads Fresh Paint he will investigate. .4... Graduate: Professor, I owe every- thing I know to you. Professor: Donlt mention such trifles. + Jim Smith: Coaeh, time we while I run the mile. Coach: Wait until I get a calen- dar. + Mary Belle: Mr. Davis are you growing taller? Mr. Davis: No, why? Mary Belle: Because the top of your head is showing through your hair. . + Customer: Howts the meat today ? Butcher: The best ever. The steak is as tender as a woman's heart. Customer: Gimme some sausage. .0... Some girls are awful pretty and others are pretty awful. ttSpreading the News

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rrhnw.h SOUTH PASAD ENA JU South Pasadena, April 11,1935 Vol. 7 ,-:-1.... HIGH SCHOOL No. 9 Special Literary Number Starr King Pupils Visit Our School + Our students ,body ofiicers played host to the executive board of Thomas Starr King Junior High School re- cently. These student officers spent an afternoon inspecting our building and visiting classes. They were en- thusiastic in their praise of the work- inspiring atmosphere and spirit of fiiendliness in our school. They were particularly impressed by our beaut- ification prOgram. These boys and girls from Starr King visited us after our own student 'bodyihad spent an afternoon at their school. Our officers found a number of good things being done at Starr Kng which we might adopt with modifications. Chief among these was the idea of Control Day. Every Tues- day they have what they call tiSilent Passing Day. They have their safety committee members stationed around the building to see that the pupils do not talk. LL-.....HQL eEGhll AAAxlderS 50'! ?'?Iilig Legiml Aware V .5 I In the Good Citizenship Contest sponsored by the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary a large nhmbev of pupils competed for recognitiei The judges fin naily awavded firet prize IO John Anderson 9A, and g2 .Ve benev- able mention to leyn W1 121k 33. and Wiilis Brown 9A.,We are proud to reprint the essay in full. WW, 3A,, H-.- that Constitu-es Good Ameiican Citizenship , G- .w Every Citizen should have a genuine interest in the affairs of his govern- ment. This interest should not be merely theoretical but should he thnr- oughiv practical. There are certain dngnite ways in whir-h the interest of the American citizen manifests it- self. Through these he recognizes cer- tain duties and obligations. First of: all, he finds the necessitv f0 ahiding by the laws of his nation and state. The laws are made by and for him. and in msoheying them he defeats his own piimoses. Before I 1 began the study of government I Page 11 . tContinued on Literary N umber La. Torre's policy is to pub- lish productions of merit from regular class activities together With school news items. This number, however, consists chief- ly of the more literary efforts of our junior high pupils, with Nancy McFarland acting as ed- itor. ' The annual poetry number will come in May. We are proud of the ability shown by the boys and girls whose material ap pears in this number. eWarren Beebe 9A Ed'itor-in-chief A Flyis Eye View v-k- tiEvolutiGn of Life was ti e title of the pictures shown to M1. Davis' and Mr. Cooney,s science classes re- cently. These pictures portrayed how mankind originated according to the evolutionary theory. 011 c of tho highlig hts of the picture was the figure Of a man sawing wood photogrenhed through the eye of a fly, thereby enabling us to see things as a. fly would. The students were highly amused to see a. trained 11y juggle tiny Hy furniture with his legs and sit or: a small chair and eat from an equally small table. Another interesting part of the pic- ture was the portrayal of a group of ants busily removing a twig from the entrance of their home. These pictures were enioyed by the students because they differed from anything they had ever seen before. One- Act Plays Friday Evening -.- On Friday evening, April 12, the three' dramatic clubs of the junior. high will present an evening of one act plays. Members of the casts have been rehearsing almost daily and a fine performance is expected. The Junior High Players under the direction of Mrs. Sturtevant, will pre'se ent the play ttSpreading the News, by Lady Gregory. The play opens at an Irish fair where an Irish Dance is in progress. Ltaer a piece of gossip is spread by different members of the community climaxing in the arrest of two innocent men. The cast includes: Naughty Boy, Ted Young; Dancers. Girls from 9A gym class; Mrs. Tar- pey, Frances Clippinger; Bartly Fai- lon, Pat Lillie; Mrs. Tulley, Margaret Sloan; Jack Smith, Stuart Avery; Tim Casey, Bud Bloomquist; Shawn Early, Warren Glass; James Rya11.. Tom Baxter; Magistrate, Bob ,atter- son; and Policeman, Harrison Daigh. The Foil and Mask Club directed tContinued on Page in I 1., I L Jeanne Adams Presents Erier Auteeieg Wayhy +5 When I was exactly seven months old to the day mother took me to a bride and groom valentine party, where all the guests wore their bridal outfits and .T was the only baby at the party. Just as refreshments were to be served, I woke up crying, and Upon investigation was found to have cut my firstenot tooth-but teeth, two of them. Going back 50 en months, I war; born in Los Angeles, early on the morning of July 14, 1922. I remember nothing up to a eonvalesence period af- , ter whooping cough when I was about three and a half years old. I douit remember the cough but I'do remeh - her the nurse we had. I asked her one morning to help me dress. The nurse said to me, Jeanne, you Will have to learn to dress yourself. So I hut forth a great e Ffort and after twist- ing and turning my shirt I shook it and said in an exasperated tom, tCnhtiuuetl on Page 4i

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April 11, 1935 I LA TORRE Page 3 The Pit 011 The Shore By Lila Burr, 9A Tom Marshall gazed wistfully at the fast blackening embers of the fire Where the lunch had been cooked. Sud- dcnly his body grew tense. He was listening. HHey! Did you hear that ? he cried excitedly. UI heard the same thing twice yesterday. Sounds as if it were ' om the cliff. I thought yesterday it might be Old Rex, but I looked and looked and couldlrt see a thing. ttOld Rex! gasped Mary. ttYou deirt suppose - - But I didn't hear anything. I thought surely youtd hear it, too. Toms voice had a discouraged note in it. Your ears are always sharper than mine. nEat your cake, Tom, Mary coaxed. tlI just can't eat much since Harry has been missing, and Tomis voice broke as he hung his head to hide the tears that forced themselves out in spite of his rapid blinking. Mother doesn't think Harry was drowned, observed Mary. UNot drowned? queStioned Tom. UThen was did happen to him ? HMother's afraid that when he was out in the sailboat during that term rible storm, he was kidnapped and that the boat was turned over just to make it look if he was drowned. t'But why would anyone want to iidnap Harry, protested Tom. 7 Remember the morning after old Jim H whims Was murdered how strange Ilaz'ry acted? Mary asked. 1 HMother thinks Harry knows who did it and is afraid to tell. w Town walked over toward the edge of the cliff, scanning the sea as it washed over the rocks far below. See that dark spot down there? Itll bet it's a cave. I wonder if there is any way to get down to litim questioned Mary. i ttAfter the tide has gone down we might tie some ropes together and slide down. Tom replied boldly. We could tie ropes to that big oak tree. The two rode home on their bi- cycles to secure some rope and a lantern to explore the cave; if there were a cave. Supplied with the lantern and nec- essary rope; the two hurried back to the cliff. Both deep in thought and imagine ation, they worked swiftly and silent- ly. The rope having been tied secure- ly, Tom started down, hand oVer hand, the lantern over one arm. Come on, Mary, are you scared? called Tom impatiently. 'Tm coming, replied Mary, hand Pm not scared. I can do anything as well as you can. ttNow don't start that, wetve got to get down quickly while it is still light. Tom jumoed the remaininw four feet and immediately started search- ing around the rocks and in the crev- ices while he waited for Mary. Catch- ing up with him, Mary started with him in the dircztion of the hole. As they chew near What seemed to be a cave they heard a soft muiiiecl whim- 1391 . It seems to be coming from be- low, whispered Mary. ttHush! Tom ordered, troubled. They were standing close to a jun- iper bush. Not watching t1: waves, they were frightened when a large one came sweeping over the rocks. Mary stumbled back against the bush. Look! Tom! Mary screamed. There's a big hole right behind this bush. uThat's where that sound came , from, yelled Tom. As he crept closer to the. hole and lowered the lantern on a short rope. Mary turned pale. uIt's Rex and Harry! she gasped. ttHow did they come to be down there? Go get Dad and get back as quick as you can, commanded Tom. 'tI'll stay here. It was growing dark but luckily the cottage wasnit far off. While Mary went for help, Tom looked a- round for means by which he could hoist Rex out. Just then he heard his father shouting. Is everything all right? Just a minute and TI! be down. ' Tom's two uncles who were visit- ing at the cottage when Mary arrived had come along to help. The pit that Harry and Rex were entrapped in was about thirteen feet deep and three feet in diameter. 7 Mr. Marshall tied one end of the rope around his waist and placed the other end between two rocks to form a pulley. The other two men held the other end and let him down into the pit. Rex was hoisted out easily. Then a. blanket was used as a hammock on Which to place Harry and he was brought up. After two days Harry had recover- ed somewhat from his critical condie tion, but he was ordered to remain in bed for two weeks. Rex 'in the meantime had fully recovered. Mary and Tom were impatientlv waiting for the day when Harry would be well enough to reiate what happened that stormy night after the murder of old Jim Hawkins. ' Sport Flashes h -4 Boys Gym Squads Compete Under Able Leadership - + With the gym ciasses' track season 011' to a good start the following boys were elected as track captains: Period 2. Squad 1, Ed Landon; Squad 2, Jack Elser; Squad 3, Warren Greedy; Squad 4, John Wilson. Period 3, Squad 1, Bill Symes; Squad 2, Ed- gar Worthf Squad 3, Peter Guillen; Squad 4, Ed Halmhiski. Period 4. . 7 Squad 1, Irving Searl; Squad 2, Vernoon White; Squad 3, Isamu Nish- amoto; Squad 4, George Sato. Period 5. Squad 1, Hans GaSpar; Squad 2, Dick DeGolia; Squad 3, Lawrence Broering; Squad 4, Bobbie Finch. Period 7. Squad y, Madison Merid'ith; Squad 2, Vernon Greedy; Squad 3, William Satterly; Squad 4, Warren Glass; Period 8f Squad 1, Armor Killingsworth: Squad 2, Howard Cheverton; Squad 3, Ted Young, Squad 4, Harry Cox. EQW Basketball Prevails Among Girls + The whistle blows, instantly every player on the field is jumping, shout- ing, working to get the ball in the basket. The after-school basketball teams are all working toward the championship. There are twenty-three teams in all. The reason for this num- ber 'is that the teams are divided into HA's , HB's'l, uC'sil, and Dtsii, ttA being the largest and Us the smallest. The after-school games are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the boys gym, girls gym, and out- doors. After School Teams Elect Captains + The after-school track season is on its way with new records being estab- lished right and left. These boys were elected to lead their respective teams to the pennant. Class A Lions, Bobbie Finch; Indians, Hans Gaspar; Eagles, Dick DeGolia; and Bears. Lawrence Broering. Class B Lions, Porter Osborne; Indians, John McBride; Eagles, Isamu Nish- amoto; and Bears, Bud Brohm. Class C Lions, Ted Young; Indians, George Sato; Eagles, Jack Supple; and Bears, Bob Cockel.