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

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Page 10 LA TORRE April 11, 1985 ASSEMBLIES TOULUMNE ME ABOW S AN ACROSTIC WOW + + February 6 It was midday and we were travel- Inspired by the contest conducted -H ing along the bumpy road that wound by the American I'Jegien. in WhiCh Louisa Alcott's beautiful story 2 its way among the trees to Teulumne pupils were to submit original essays Little Women was brought to life heuruary 6, by the iiFoii and Masque dramatic club under the capable dir- etion of Miss Fischer. Those well known and beieved characters Jo, 'Meg, Amy, Beth, and their gay, eaze- Eree friend Lorry were portrayed by: .Lz'ULULlly Walker as Jo, Maranne Gardner as Meg, Barbara Lee Stam- py as Beth, Aime Page as Amy, and Warren Glass as Larry. Patricia Fulton was cast as Han- nah, their capable housekeeper and cook and their group of young friends were played by: Josephine Rosselii, Edna OWen, Mary Louise Geiss, Nor- man Jones, Ralph Weich, and Bob Scholes. a H February 13 4: Congratulations to those lucky boys who won prizes for their ingenious models of shop buildings. First prize, won by George Burch, was $3.00; second prize, won by George Rietzeo, as $2.00; .and the $1.00 third prize was won by Roland Blaisdell. Hans Gaspar gave a, talk about George Washington. Harrison Daigh spoke about Abraham LincolngBoth boys read poems about their subjects. Mrs. Rydall led the assembly in several patriotic songs. . February 20 + The assembly February 20 brought us another Speaker on Indians, Mr. Jack Dodge, who not only brought along pictures but also brought four of the Indians themselves. Two of these Indians Little E1 and Deer Riderit did several Indian dances while ttWhite Cloud sang and beat accompaniment on an Indian drum. One of the most unique dances was the nHoop Dance which HLittle Elkii did alone. The dancers were dressed in their colorful native costumes and had beautiful feather head dresses. W i February 27 H: Miss Spellicy's dramatic club tri- umphs again! A delightful one-act play entitled HThe Midnight Fantasy was presented to assembly on Feb- ruary 27 under Miss Spellicyis dir- Meadows. We went through a forest of stiff, dead 1.1 ees looking for ad the bordered on all of dark browns and grays which on 3' added world like ghosts, sides by towering Chris more to the ghostly appearance of the dead trees. Then around a corner befell a most beautiful sight; shim- mering aspen leaves blown by the wind and tall grass swaying with them. Then ever farther on was Toul- umne itself. At first it looked very barren, but as we stayed a while we found it to be quite the contrary. We were very much surprised to find that it con- tained many colorful things. First, the Toulumne River, green-blue and silver foam thundering its way through the valley. Then came Wild mushrooms, strawberries, and flowers. At night the full moon rose and began its journey from east to west across the sky. As it rose, the tall pine trees were dark shadows silhouetted against the moon, and the moonbeams shimmered in the nverethe most beautiful sight of all! Frederick Lumbard 8B-105 ection. The cast consisted of only two characters. One, The Portrait of a Colonial Girl of 1750 and the other The Portrait of a Modern Girl of 1935. The Colonial girl was portrayed by Mary Francis McCune and the Modern Girl was played by Pat Dag- gett. The setting was an old fashioned reception room and the time was sup posed to be midnight. A startling contrast, was provided when Mary Francis did a few steps of a minuet and Pat did a few steps from our very modern Continental. w... March 13 Despite the fact that it was control day, the South Pasadena Junior High rang with noise when the yell leaders from the High School led the assem- bly in cheers and songs. Then the tumbling team from the High School performed many hair raising stunts. Two members of the tumbling team thrilled the audience by dairy: Swan Dives off the springboard. Jack Bryce and Dick Riley did many dangerous Oh good citizenship, Miss Hoiwayis 7A English classes made acrostics Letting foeth their ideas of what constitutes good school citizenship. Here are two which indicate the good thinking done by her pupils. According to these standards we may well examine our own citizenship. aw A Good School Citizen + S-erve your school. Ceare for its property. H-elp keep the grounds clean. Oe-bey the laws. Oebtain good standards of work. heave others lockers alone. C-are for your books. Ienterest yourself in your subjects. Te-urn in lost articles. Ientelligently do your work. Zeealously do your best to help. E-nter into homeroom activities. N-ever waste school materials. --Betsy Long 7A-109 w A Good Citzen h.h. A-b'ides by the rules of the school. G-ives generously for school pur- poses. Oepposes foul play and dishonesty. Oarganizes and prepares himself for good honest work. D-oes not tease or pester safeties or new children. C-ultivates habits of self-control and courtesy. I-gnores coaxing of others to do' what he knows is wrong. T-ries to keep grounds clean and neat. Ie-s helpful and considerate of new children. Z-ealously upholds school enterprises. Egndeavors to help teachers and offi- cials. Ne-ever needlessly destroys school property. eStanley Morse 7A tricks, with Dick doing special hips from Jack's shoulders. Bill Pearson did handstands. one arm levers, and rolls on the parallel bars. Then Spring- board pyramids were formed by the whole team. The student and teachers alike roared with laughter when Rill Pearson did the very difficult alligator walk across the stage. David Roland also did some work on the paralle? bars.

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April 11, 1935 LA TOERS Page 9 Autobiography Ulontinued from Page 4i because I appreciated her giving me a chance to be first in something. My fifth grade stands out in my memory because of interesting social studies projects on Colonial IJife and Mexico. I got so I could Spell and rat- tle 03?! those Mexican names to suit Stuart Chase himself and I wore out everything and everybody getting ex- hibits to take to school for our fmal exhibit. It was about this time that I didnt know what to do with myself at home after school. One day I was asking my mother what there was for me to do and at the same time watching the colors in a gas flame. I exclaimed about the colors and the motion of the flames and my mother said, tiJeanne, you could write a poem a- bout that, I believe. Apd from that suggestion dates one of my most in- teresting hobbies and one I enjoy most: trying to express in poetic form color, motion, and the drama of life. During the sixth grade I was con- stantly looking forward to junior high school. This had a good affect upon my work, I guess, even bringing my penmanship up to a certificate stand- ard. I had fun in some small dramatic productions and in whatever made school work more'alive and interest- ing to me. Now that I am in the long antici- pated first year at Junior High, I am as thrilled as I thought I would be, hnding every bit of .the work here interesting. Last summer came the crowning experience of my twelve and one half years when my father drove us to Montana and home by way of four of the National Parks. I am glad, as I end this autobiography, to have had this chance to travel through many states and to see many wonderful sights, the better to appreciate my native state, California as a place in which to live and go to school. + Seymour Hayes: Iive changed my mind, Mr. Cooney: Thatis good. Does it woik any better? h-g- Humor '1' ie Harbor ,3, i- Even the fishy smell canit spoil the harbor for me. One ,can see all sorts of boats, from private yachts to large steamers. Grace Line boats such as the Santa Paula and Santa Teresa shove their bows up towards West Basin. Lumber boats steam past the little Watchorn Basin on their way to the many lumber docks in that Channel. Tankers loaded down to the cargo limit make their passage up to the Richfleld, Standard Oil, Rio Gian- do, and other oil docks. One can see ships of all nations weighing anchor for distant lands. Japanese boats, covered with banners are heading for home. Their crews look happy with their broad Oriental grins, and almost always there is the dim outline of the fleet, ghostlike objects on the hor- izon, ready for anything. Could anyone help but feel the ro- mance of the harbor? Nathan Benedict 83-121 One-Act Plays tContinued from Page ll by Miss Fischer, will present, UIn the, Kitchen of the King. The red-headed princess has refused to marry any of her suitors, Cleverly disguised, the King-of-the-land-of-Faraway wins her hand. All ends happily and the court rejoices. The characters are First Page, Josephine Rosselli; Second Page, Ger- aldine Rickard; Third Page, Rose- mary Nieswender; Prince, Betty AJl-i drew; and Princess, Olive Richardson. ELMER, a comedy of a modem boy will be given by the Props and Cuesrdramatics club directed by Miss Spellicy. Elmer is at the awkward age! But he's not quite so hopeless as his sisters think he is, and he comes to the rescue of poor Susan, who never gets a break with the beautiful twins around. You'll grow very fond of Elmer. The characters are Elmer, Bert. Barry; Susan, Alice Conner; Jeanne and Jane, Betsy Mansfield and Jane Hill; Mrs. Pinney, the drossmahci, Ann Richardson; Mrs. Collier, Joan Christensen; Fannie Belle, t Spring; Hubert Brown, Pell Supple; Mar ha and Pansy, a nondescript dog. Fantasy The Distaii' Side . wk A clever witty comedy plot built on modern English life of the upper- class, centers around the character of Alex Millward, young and charm- ing daughter of Mrs. Evie Millward. Alex desires to go on toe London tage; and t; that end is bending all her efforts. Her mother and her family are much distressed about this idea of hers, and when Toby Chegwidden young suitor of Alexts, wants her to marry him and go with him to Calif- ornia where he has just obtained a position, her family try to persuade net that this is what she should do. She, however, still clings to the idea of a life of her own, a career as up- posed to marriage, and as unsettled in her mind. She finally decides, how- ever, that she is really in love with 'Loby, and accepts his proposal and goes with him to California. After her decision, her mother and all re- laimns react against it, and think of their loneliness without her, furn- ishing much comedy and amusement. The play ends riotously with Alex and Toby, who has just convalesced from a serious illness in the Mill- ward's home, leaving for America, leaving a comically desolate family behind them. The characters as a whole are well portrayed, and furnish much amuse- ment. They are the type of people who appreciate the manners and 0- pinions of life, and perhaps not bother considerably with the graver things of mere moments. r1319.37 are charm- ing, well-bred, and interesting poo- ple, and an evening with them is a treat. Perhaps the character that pleased me most was that of Evie: sister, Liz Frobishe.VShe stirs up a whirlwind in every scene she enters. Hers is a nature which is made to upset every circumstance she con- tacts, and yet she is jolly, adds much to the humor and brightness of the play, and does so in a very real, very pleasing fashion. A sense of entertainment was left with one witnessing this play. The lines were good, and sets pleasing. A good play and well worth seeing! -Jeannette Norton See Elmer Friday April 12th 7:30 p.121.

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April 11, 1935 LA TORRE Page 11 Continued from Page 1 John Anderson + sometimes thought the laws were un- just and pictured the state in which there were none to hamper my free- dom. Now I realize that there would be no freedom for anyone outside the law. The good citizen is willing to serve his government in any civic capacity at any time. He will serve as a juror, witness, or win any other way his ser- vices are needed. He is always at the service of his country. The financial support of his govern- ment is never evaded by the good citizen. He willingly declares his tax- able property and income and cheer- fully assumes his share of the bur- den, realizing that the government which protects him can be maintained only by the support of its people. The development of his country and his community is of vital interest to the true citizen. He seeks to forward the development of industry and of the public health. He supports free public education, realizing that demo- cracy can survive only through an educated citizenry. He takes pride in the appearance of his community and supports the laws which seek to main- tain it. ' In every community there are or- ganizations which seek to uphold the highest social and moral standards for the people. There are the Red Cross, the Community Chest, the American Legion, the churches, and the civic-minded clubs. The true citi- zen will ally himself with these where possible and give them his support always. Finally there is the great obligation and privilege of the real citizen to defend his country in its time of need. This need may arise from the dis- loyal citizen, the radical who would undermine our traditional principles of democracy and impose upon us a form of government contrary to American ideals. It may come from an enemy beyond our borders. Against these the loyal citizen takes up arms. He answers the call to the colors, or he springs to the defense of the American Constitution. Thus we have pictured the true American. It is citizenship such as his that makes America great, ' Don't Miss Them LIBRARY CHATS + , Have you noticed the rearrange- ment or books in the library? All fiction books now occupy the top sheu: of every booxcase. 'i'he non-Iiction has been moved a section or two to the right to make this change pos- sible. Come in and get acquainted with the new location of the books. Watch the special book-trough for new books! Twenty or more have been put into circulation since the Iirst of March and new ones may be expected each week. You should read Haunted Air- ways' Penmd Jasper, In Scarlet and Plain Clothes, athese are all new books. - Has any one an exhibit of general interest for the glass case? Why not have a Homeroom exhibit? Arrange for your exhibit with the librarian. Students from Miss Holway's Li- brary Assistants Club, have pre- pared short and interesting reviews describing some of our new books. These are posted on the bulletin boards. What new books or magazines, wotild you like to see added to the library collection? Leave any sugges- tions with the librarian or the assist- ant. Here are annotations on some of the newest books in our library. Children Of the Covered Wagon By Mary Jane Carr The vivid story of three children and the experiences they had crossing the country in a covered wagon. Red Heifer By ED. Davison This book of men and cattle shows life in the Australian Bush country tells of the passing of the wild life before the march of civilized life until the cattle as well as men are forced out of existence. North After Seals By Thames Williamson The story of Bob Galloway's sum- mer with the seal hunters of New- foundland. Two Little Confederates By Thomas Nelson Page The tale of two boys of Virginia who kept a secret for the confeder- acy. Our library has a new edition of this book with black and white sket- ches by J.W. Thomason, Jr. The Junior Book of Authors By Kunitz and Haycrazt A book of authors lives from Lewis Carroll and Louisa. M. Alcott to pres- ent day authors. i Track and Field By Charles W. Paddock A wonderful book of history, speed, strength, and instruction on the var- ious track events. In the Kitchen of the King t How La Torre Comes To Life Perhaps you wonder just what hap- pens to La Torre after the Journalism class has completed writing and edit- ing the various articles and features. The hand written material 'is sent to the typing department, where the pupils make a. typewritten copy of each article. Then the ccpies are sent back to the Journalism class to be copy-read, which means the typed copy is compared with the written copy for typographical errors. After the material is copy-read the articles are measured and scheduled. They are then sent to the linotype operator where the type is cast on a. linotype machine. The pictures go to an en- graver, who engraves them on separ- ate pieces of metal, During this time Mr. Shires and his business gtaE are busy getting adver- tisements to help finance the cost of the paper. After the copy comes back from the linotype operator it is check- ed for mistakes: This checking is call- ed proof-reading. When this has been done, the type is sent to the print shop where the mechanical staff, un- der the direction of Mr. Vanderlip, sets the paper up in pages according to the dummy made by the make-up editor. It is then sent back to the editorial staff to be page-proofed, which means to see that the pages are set up correctly. It then goes back to the printing staff, where the type is locked up in a chase, put on the press, and printed. The copies are then folded and sent to the various English teachers to distribute in their classes, -Barbara Woods ONEONTA SHOE SHOP QUALITY AT MODERATE PRICES 1907 Fremont Avenue South Pasadena J x Donit Be Late, Remember 7:30 pm.