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ijperts Gbserver o + Do you know that Wally Grant is on 1115 way to set a new school record in the high jump? He has already jumped 5 feet 3 inches with the school record only 3 inches away. Hans Gas- per has unomcially set a new record for class A in the 75 yard hurdles at 9.5 seconds. Undoubtedly the honor of being the best track man in our school goes to; Hans Gaspar with Ed Halminski, Wally Grant, Lloyd Van Deventer, and Ted Young right at his heels. Our hats are doffed to Jaek Elser, a 7B. He has, it is believed, the mak- ing of a very fme track athlete. , We change the subject to tennis. It seems that there will probably be a three way tight for the boys title, between Henry Mansfield, Don Lee, and Pete Van Kuran. While Bill Smally and Charles Pearson are ac- corded fighting chances to cop the cup. v . In the second track meet of the year Hans tFlashl Gaspar'broke the existing school record of 5.8 seconds in the 50 yard dash set by Johnnie Alexander and Coleman Macdonald by .1 of a second, thus making the new record 5.7 seconds. It is the opinion of this writer that the boys that are the best on the bars are Howard Rufer, Seymour Hayes, Peter Guillen, Hal Rothonberg, and Dennison Herring. Each noon after a hastily devoured lunch, -the girls on the basketball teams of captains Carrie Pfeiffer, Lois Wohlwend,-Mary Mosher, Shirley Pe- terson, and Elizabeth MacLenna, rush to the gym to take up their mad scramble for the noon basketball championship. The fighting team of Elizabeth Mac Lennanls is in the lead, with Shirley Petey Peterson's sextet in a close second. With after school competition reaching its half way mark we find these percentages are as follows: Class Au Won Lost Percent Indians 2 0 1.000 Lions 2 0 1.000 Bears 0 2 .000 Eagles 0 2 .000 Class B Won Lost Percent Eagles 2 0 1.000 Bears 1 1 .500 Lions 1 1 .500 Indians 0 2 .000 Class MC? V Won Lost Percent Indians 2 0 1.000 Lions 2 0 1.000 Bears ,0 2 .000 Eagles 0 2 .000 LA TORRE Facts Revealed By Questionnaire Haa- Ever since we filled out the ques- tionnaire in homeroom for the Pa; ent- Teacher Association, pupils have been asking what it was all about or what facts the questions uncovered. At the last Parent-Teacher Association meet- ing, Mr. Baker presented the results to the parents. For the benefit of our readers, La Torre has gathered some of the outstanding facts. Three out of five boys in Junior High belong to the Boys Scouts 01' the Y.M.C.A. While only one in three girls belong to the Girl Scouts or Campfire Girls, Twenty-five percent of the pupils reported that they never go to private parties while twenty percent or almost an equal humber go to one or more parties a week. The remainder of the pupils average one a month. Do Junior High School pupils know how to dance? Forty percent of our boys do and eighty-six percent of the, girls do. No one will be surprised to learn that on the average girls learn to dance when they are ten years old while the average boy waits until he is twelve. All of our pupils attend the movies. The average is once a week but only slightly more than half have ever been to the Community Playhouse or legitmate theater in Los Angeles. All but fifteen percent know how to swim and 'in this respect the boys are up with the girls. Sixty-four per- cent know how to ride horseback and ' here again the boys are up with the girls. About one third of the pupils take music lessons but there are more girls than boys in the group. The girls VWho take music, practice almost twice as much per week as the boys. It was found that families pal to- gether best on trips and picnics and at dinner parties to which guests are invited. In stating preference for social ac- tivities sports of all kinds headed the list. Next in line was dancing, then reading and radio, music, parties, etc. Almost every child in school indicated that he had some hobby or other; col- lections of a hundred different var- ieties topped the list, then came sports, model airplanes, riding, read- ing, radio, boats, music, and construc- tion. Junior High School pupils are en- ergetic readers, some pupils reading as many as thirty-eight books a month. On the average boys read three books a month while girls read seven, if the reports which they made on this questionnaire were accurate. April 11, 1935s The Desert + The blazing sunibeat down upon the endless desert. In the distance two brown specks plod wearily forward step by step over the burning sands. . ' An old prospector pauses a mo- ment to speak an encouraging word to his faithful burro, and glances. hopelessly again at his empty can- teen. ' He looks again at the faint green speck on the horizon, Is it an oasis or isit just another mirage? -Dorothy Walter 813 Q:a The Arch of Color Ht We heard, over the radio Saturday afternoon, that a beautiful rainbow lay across the sky in a perfect semi- circle. We rushed out of the house to look at it, It nearly took our breath away, the colors blended into one another in such perfect harmony. The sky was gray with clouds, so that you would scarcely see the purple. When we first saw it the colors shone out full, and as we watched, they slowly faded into light pastel shades, like delicate howers going to sleep. We had just about decided that it was going to die away altogether when once again, the colors burst forth. The sun was shining on the dew covered mountains sparkling and gold. The rainbow seemed to just rise out of the mountain and set forth to seek its fortune on the other side of the world. The golden mOuntaln with the lovely arched rainbow starting up form it, made us think of the old legend about the pot of gold at the other end of the rainbow. Wouldntt it be splendid if one of us might have been on the mountain at the time, just underneath the rainbow. I won- der what it would be like. I think it would be just like lying on a dew covered hill with beautiful flowers and swaying grasses nodding to and fro at me, as if they were saying, Isn't the world a beautiful place? wMargaret McClung am Girlsi Badminton Tournament + The annual girlst badminton doubles tournament has started with a bang.- Thirty-two battling teams are tight- ing with keen rivalry for the champ ionship. The winning team will have their names engraved on the bad- minton plaque, while the first in each class, and the first, second, and third in the school will receive varsity cards.
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April 11, 1935 LA. TORRE Page 5 + w , -+- As we entered, the high walls loom- ed above us like huge castles with their numerous turrets and towers. The cool morning air brushed against our chapped faces; As the sun rises in the turquoise, airy, expanse, the Wind's sighs be- came lower and lower until they died away in the bright morning air, The flowers were unfolding their neatly pressed bonnets to protect them from the sun's gleaming, burning arms that reach out and try to envelope them in its heat. The Joshua. trees raise their stlckery, prickly arms. The great walls and cliffs rise out of nowhere to relive the monotony of the desert waste. The formations of rock and volcanic mud are turned into colors of green and brown and red and pink. The echoes of a. thous- and winds whine through the cracks and pillars on the rugged face of the cliff. Every noise that is heard is soft and murmurs of earlier times I do not know. i --Bob Jordan, 8B 3. Book ReView r -o-- 'Ferdinand Magellan, Bartholomew Diaz and Vasco da. Gama hitched chairs closer toward the table in Abel Zakutois house on ahill in Lisbon over looking the sea. With Zakuto they were discussing a sea route to India. to obtain spices. suddenly a. girl rush- ed through the doorway, looking hunt- ed and alarmed. She couldnit talk be- cause she was too terrihed. Nicolo Contia Venetian, arrived next morn. ing from Venice and met Ferdinand the King of Spain. Abdul found out from an old sailor that the girls name was Nejmiand. She was an Arabian. Amid great celebrations Gama de- parted from Portugal bound for India V to get the spices. Venice was trying to stop Portugalts spice route to India and so hired the Pirate Captain Abdul to waylay Gama on his return. If you want to know who this Ara- bian girl was and what part she play- ed in the story read the book, Spice and the Devils Cave , by Hewes. It givesa picture of the daring exploits of Lisbon's seamen in their attempt to establish a route around the Horn to India. Other books by Hewes are Glory of the Seas and Swords on the Sea . I like the book because it keeps your interest all the time. I recom- mend it to both boys and girls in the Junior High School. Francis Reed 73 107 Don't Miss Them tEditor's Note: This poem was found in the Literary Editor's drawer. But alas, it was walking about with- out a title. If you can find the best title to fit on thisjdeBr soul's should- ers, hand it in to Le: Torre and the winner will be awaghed one shining new pencil, with whfhh to write more brilliant thoughtsJ Buzzzzzz, Buzzzzzz, Bang! Onward, fast, the electric spark goes, Blazing its trail along insulated cop- per. Bang; It goes as it hits an' unwel- comed insulator, But still it travels on,-on to the end of its journey. Buzzzzzz, bang! Buzzzzzz. m...-,-- ,. - Timpanogas Caves wrl- It was a. line sunny morning and the wind was playing tunes with the dancing leaves when a car buzzed up the American Fork Canyon road. A group of people piled out of it and began trooping up the tiresome trail to the caves. On the way they had a refreshing game of snowball. Soon the caves appeared and as we entered the cold air rushed to meet us and sent cold ripples down Our spines. When we were all in we were led down a dark mysterious stairway. When we breathlessly reached for the bottom of the stairs we heard a shrill ear- splitting screech, which was echoed by some of our party. The guide laughed and explained that is was the wind whistling through a hole. Then the guide led us over the hoot which was like a cactus bed because of the numerous stalagmites, to a small mysterious looking hole, One at a time the people peeked through. It was my turn. As I eagerly looked through I saw a forest of glistening, sparkling spikes that hung from the bottom and top. In the middle was a large stalactite which was six feet across. It was the exact color and shape of a heart. The glellming red color from the heart cast a red glow over all the surroundings. Numersius sights such as these were encountered and when you were in the open air again you felt you had been in a diff- erent world. -Margaret Cook 8A Be Sure to Come Friday As I was sitting lazily in front of the tire with my dog. I looked up at a picture over the mantel. It was a little winding path that went into a. forest. I didn't see the end and so many times I wondered where it went. Finally I got very sleepy and dazed off into the land 0; dreams. It seemed as though I went right up the path around the turn into the green, cool, nowery forest. I had gone about a quarter of a mile when I saw a. pal- ace stretching its towers into the sky like a gallant knight so strong and straight, with its crimson roofs pierc- ing into a blanket of blue. The draw bridge hung open like a. butterfly just opening its wings into a beautiful day. Across it walked a. little fairy withywings of gold glittering in the sunlight. She started dancing toward me with court people following after her who looked like a vivd colored bunch of flowers. Just when she was about to speak to me I was awakened by my dog barking. -Billy Woodward 7A W A Description go: As one leaves Manitou, Colorado, to go up Ute Pass one sees great tower- ing pine covered mountains looming in front. Along the way are rolling hills with shady pines. Tiny wild flow- ers bloom along the way. Further a- long two huge red slabs of rock stand out. There are rocks describing every- thing imaginable beyond. This is called the Garden of the Gods . The road winds along over narrow cliffs. On one side mountains of rocks tower over the road. 0n the other, far below, the brook tumbles and splashes along jumping rocks and white foam Spurting in the mountain I air. A little way on, the road levels down to meet the land the river flows on. There are wide places along the road now where cars st0p to get cold ice water from the brook. Presently the road widens and one comes to a little village where the houses are scattered here and there. This little village is called Cascade. Turning to the right and going up hill about a. stones throw One sees a little white and brown school house almost hidden by tall trees. Farther along-ls a tall wide, white building completely surrounded by trees and mountains. Colorado has numberless places of beauty within its border. e-Geraldine Whitney SB Continued on Page 9
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April 11, 1935 AROUND THE LA TORRE CLASSES Mrs. Bruce H- A delightfulluncheon was served on Thursday, March 28, by Josephine Ragsdale- and Delores Sewell as host- esses, in the school dining room. The decorations were carried out in spring colorings. Yellow and green predominating with a large bowl of sweet peas decorating the center of the table. The guests included, Shirley Peter- son, Mary Mosher, Pat Fulton, Betty Kerr, Lila. Burr, and Edna Owen. Dawn Hollis and Frances Simpson aided the hostess by serving. The duties of the kitchen were taken charge of by Janice Weiss, Jill Coff- man, and Dorothy Coughlan. W Mr. Hutchins + Compiled by Jack Lambert. of Mr. Hutchin's 4th period 9A class is the following data on homes owned in South Pasadena, California and the United states: , South Pasadena owns 61.3373 of their homes as compared to 45.11z; in the whole of California and 46.892; in the United States. + Miss Cowgill u..- The girls in Miss COngllts fancy work club are working on quilts with dolls and animals put on with differ- ent colored materials. Pillow slips and vanity scarfs are being embroidered Mittens, scarfs and hats are being knitted, While other girls are crochet- ing vanity sets for their dressers. ham Major Foods + On March 6, eighteen girls from the Major Foods Classes visited the Los Angeles Gas Company. They were shown the improvements made in gas stoves during the last few years. They were directed by a young lady from the appliance department. Then they were shown through the department of heavy hotel equipment where they saw st0ves, toasters, broilers, and im- mense soup kettles. The Home Economics Experimental Kitchen was the most interesting of all. There the director, Miss Warner explained what the department was doing to simplify cooking. The stu- dents were served cream puffs before they departed. Mrs. Summers m.-- The 8A Homemaking classes en- tertained their fathers at dinner Wed- nesday, March 20. A delicious meal was served later a play ttThe Candy Shop was presented in the auditor- ium. Those in charge of the decorations, under the capable direction of Miss Jones were Dorothy Walters, Theo- dosia Robinson, Cassie Harris, Mar- garet Bon Esl: and Dorothy Bowers. The planning, preparing, and serv- ing of the dinner was in the hands of Nancy Prescott, Harriet Lane, Nancy Sheldon, Rosemary Nicswender, Betty Welch under the direction of Mrs. Bruce. Geraldine Rickard suggested the theme for the play and the program was directed by Margaret Summers and aMrjorie Jones. Corinne Nibeck- er announced and the stage crew was Arlee Jean Reynolds, Betty Andrews, and Rosemary N ieswender, The cast of the play included: Mar- garet Boynton, mother; Mary Betty Felton, child; fairies, Mary Burge, Kathleen Hogan, Olive Richardson, Marjorie Jones; lolly-pops, Geraldine Rickard, Virginia Prucha, Nancy Sheldon, Mary Goodloe, Frances Cox; peppermint sticks, Marilyn McEldcr- ry, Gaye Gibbs, Martha Whitney, Bar- bara Scroggins; marshmellows, Mary Ann Raymond, Margaret Jackson; lemonade glasses, Mary Louise O'Bry- an, Pauline McKeen; chocolate cake, Jean McCracker; crackerjack box, Ruth Hannum; candy kisses, Char- lotte Jones, Dorothy Bowers; ginger- bread man, Gwen Aubrey; jeally bean, Margaret Cook, Shirley Killeen; sugar bowl, Margaret Azman; and Carol Phillips, accompanist. The two fairies sang the Big Milk Chocolate Mountain and Kathleen an- nounced each candy's number. The entire shop joined in the chorus of the uGood Ship Lollypop . This 8A activity was directed by Mr. Summers. M-Eh. Miss Brown 7 -O- Since the other rooms are being I redecorated Miss Brown thought it rather unreasonable not to have the art room painted. The class is making color scheme for the ceiling, walls, floor, desks, woodwork, and curtains. The students will vote on the best plan. So far Miss Brown is quite pleased. Mrs. Kint + Mrs. Kintts 8A English class is Studying California. Special emphasis Will be placed upon the cultural phases particularly literature, art, and music. Instead of working upon assigned topics each pupil will choose not less than Iive topics of special interest to him. Each pupil will be given orally. A number of people are planning to write poems on the subject of Calif- ornia. $- Mr.Dail ,;.-t The Red Cross Club is a new club started last semester by Mr. Dail. The objective of the club is to enable pupils to work emciently with first aid supplies and also promote'foreig'n correspondence through the Red Cross Organization. The following pupils have been chosen ass officers of the culb: Alva Adams, president; Betty Jean Hill, vice president; and Nellie Pen- dleton as secretary. On March 11 Dr. Herbert Ml Coul- ter honored the pupils With an in- structive talk about his Red Crow: work during and after the War. 0112 of his most interesting responsihlu ities, was caring for about 860 panic- stricken and homeless children. After a trip starting from Siberia to San Francisco, through the Panama Canal to New York, and from there to Rus- sia, which continued for three months, the children were returned to their relatives. The relatives of about 100 children could not be found so the children were placed in large orphan homes. s-bo Mrs. J ones + Miss Jones 8B homemaking classes went, on Thursday, March 21, to a flower show at the House and Garden. From there they went to Appel's store to learn more about various kinds and qualities of china and glass-ware. In all, they had a very interesting trip. ab.- A Correction ah In February 19th issue, credit for the pigeon city book review should go to Bob Sands 7A. Apologies.
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