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

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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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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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Page 8 . April 11, 1935 LA TORRE .THE PEEKHOLE Hh- Did you hear about Bud Martin in Social Studies the other day? If not, here goes. How were the colonists in North America getting along? asked Mrs. Lembka. Bud stuttered and stammered a- round not knowing any Suitable ans- Wer, iinally he said, Well, er, oh----, and before he could say any more Mrs. Lembka said iiRight, Bud, the colonists were getting along very well indeed, Ha, what a laugh. We almost had vegetable soup one morning when Joyce Miller and Helen Ide brought a display for art. The climax of the occasion came when the asparagus proceeded to hep nimbly elf the tray and fall all over the back patio mot quite all over but almostl. Oh well, all sweet things must end. From the reports, the Evening of One Act Plays is going to be quite an event. Mrs. Sturtevant is putting on a costume play which is sure to make a hit. Miss Spellicy and Miss Fischer will be sure to have something good. So in addition to helping your school you will have a full evening of good entertainment. Jayne Hill certainly pulled a grand boner for Mr. Ayers, he told her to go get the round punch from the main office. Jayne tripped obediently over and hunted and hunted and hunted, she finally went back to say, iiMr. Ayers, I can't find anyone named Rollin Punch! Jayne misunderstood, evidently. The sign in Mr. Dail's room is caus- ing many broken hearts. The sign reads as follows: No Knitting Allow- ed, this is the twentieth century. we want modern girls. Hear ye, hear ye, come see Doc- tor Earps' girl friend, sheis an ob- ject of great beauty tmaybe you'll think so, I didn'tl. He keeps a. photo of her always in his desk drawer. Now don't orowd girls. -O- Lovely and Lively, Friday Johnny: Grandma, will you make a noise like a frog? Grandma: Why, Johnny what do you mean? Johnny: I heard papa say to mama that we will get fifty thousand dollars when you croak. Tomorrow! i Hallway Echoes + We wonder what all this whisper- ing means which is circulating a- round the glee clubsVCome on now! Don't hold out on us. + Shirley Burgess! we are shocked! ! Shirley had collected quite a retinue the other day, evidently due to some- thing that resembled a babyls bassin- ette which she carried on her arm. However, a great disappointment was had by all when it was found to con- - tain only her knitting! ! + Last year at the Latin banquet not one dish was broken and everything ran smoothly. This year three dishes were broken, the slaves indulged in a water fight and went on a. strike for shorter hours and higher wages. w... Mary Lois Gordon was a contestant in a checker tournament originated in her homeroom. Unfortunately she forgot the checker board tthree times! ! D and so the game wasn't played. We suggest, Mary Lois, that you read Van Boring. + The pupils were recently requested tlo write their three most desired wishes. We wonder if Mr. Baker is turning Santa Claus on us. + The school objected to the late hours kept by the 8A girls and their papas. The cause was traced to Fran- ces Cox who was in charge of the peeling of potatoes. One father sug- gested that if they had been notified earlier, they would have brought their tenting equipment. + The community was startled by the number of junior highpupils seen on the streets around a quarter of nine on March twenty-second. Mr. Ayers cleared up the mystery by explaining that they were only going home for their grade slip receipts. Continued on Page 12 ' All Enjoy the One-Acts Evelyn Crump: Have you read Freckles ? Bud Martin: tblushingl No, mine are brown. v Grand Performance April 12th HOBBIES + Collecting Stamps + My hobby is collecting stamps. E ery Sunday I read the article in r Times Magazine about stamps. Som times it tells about the pictures 0 different stamps and sometimes tells about the very rare stamps. O- of these was found by a London new boy. He sold it to a collector to twenty pounds, but it was real worth much more. I haven't any very rare stamps, b it is interesting to look up in libra books the value of the stamps if have them. The Times gave a thou and stamps to any person getting 0. new two months' subscription. Yo have to go from house to house unt some one will subscribe to the Time I got the stamps in about a. week a-. thought it. was well worth the wor put into it. There are many different kinds . collections. Some people c o l 1 e c stamps from diaerent nations, an some collect stamps with differe pictures on them. I collect America stamps especially, but keep an stamps I can get, Collecting stam is a. lot of fun and a very absorbin pastime. e + Puppets I think puppets are one of the mo interesting hobbies a person can hav The puppets I have made are iver simple but like real people. They a made of wood because I am better : sawing than I am at sewing. T- book called Bullocks Handiwork f . Boys by Jack Becholt tells how I: make them of wood. I have had three shows with th help of several of the neighborhoo children. The first show censisted a two parts, one that we wrote on selves, called Rip Van Winkle, an a show by a clownacrobat, The se 0nd show was named The Gold Bug by Edgar Allen Poe. The third she was Hansel and Gretel . In the fit show I manipulated Rip Van Winkl in the second the professor; and i the third, Hansel. Our stage is a fairly large one wit red, white, and blue lights a. boy wire for us. The stage has a rack to ban the puppets on that are not movin so that you can work one puppet : a time. We found there is almost no e- pense to puppets and the stage an to give shows. It is much more in giving a show than seeing one. Ther are many more interesting hobbie but give me puppets. -Elinor Carpenter 7B 10' Bring Your Date