South Pasadena High School - Copa de Oro Yearbook (South Pasadena, CA)

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MISS ESTELLE A. LEACH MISS GERTRUDE TICKNOR MISS HARRIETT WISHARD ENGLISH SCIENCE—PHYSICAL CULTURE MATHEMATHICS PROF. GEORGE C. BUSH PROF. S. F. VAN PATTEN SCIENCE HISTORY SUPT. CITY SCHOOLS PHYSICAL CULTURE MISS JEAN GOOCH MR. E. J. EDWARDS MRS. BLANCHE FOSTER MISS ADA CHASE LANGUAGES COMMERCIAL DEPT. MUSIC ART

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Cc O E A EB O R O NN G. Tyrrell gave the address of the evening. School opened in September, 1908, with 107, 140 before the end of the year. an enrollment of which increased to The follow- ing teachers were employed: Mr. Bush, Mr. Van Patten, Mr. Edwards, Misses Leach, Wishard, ‘Ticknor, Gooch, Chase, and Mrs. Foster. English and Trigonometry were added to the regular courses. History Classes in Physical Culture were first begun, the gymnasium having been finished and partially equipped during the summer. The boys entered a basket-ball and base- ball team in the County League, and the girls played through a schedule of basket- ball While no con- tender for championship honors, all the games. team was a teams succeeded in winning their share of the games. ‘I‘wo representatives were also sent to the Ojai Valley Tennis ‘Tournament, held the first of April. T'wo entertainments were given during the year. In February, a play, “Mr. Bob,” was presented; while in April the students gave the opera, “Iolanthe.” The proceeds in each case were turned into the decoration fund. In the spring of 1909, the long wished for lawn and walks were put in. The bare spot in front of the building had always been an eye-sore, and a lawn was needed in order to show properly the beauty of the building. The present High School was built to accommodate 400 students. In the process of its construction, certain skeptical people sneered at the idea of such a large building. They said it would be ten years before there were a hundred High School pupils in the city. ‘The school today has an en- rollment of 140, yet but two years have elapsed since its completion. There are twenty students in the class which will be graduated in June. Surely with the success already achieved and from the rate at which it has grown during the first five years of its existence, we can indeed predict a bright future for our High School. MARCH IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA He AS ROVE Db Bi BavAw Rae DE aN 1) (Parody on Bryant's Eastern March.) The balmy March is come at dawn, With sun and bloom and changing sky ; I hear the tooting of the horn, As autos through the valley fly. Ah, passing few are they who speak, Mild Sunny Month, in dread of thee; For though thy mounts are white and bleak, Thou art a flow’ry month to me. For thou to southern lands again, The glad and glorious rain may pring; And thou hast joined the merry train, And wear’st the lovely name of Spring. And in thy reign of fog and storm, Smiles many a long, bright, sunny day ; When fragrant winds are soft and warm, From orange groves and new mown hay. Then long and loud the mocker trills, For birds and bees are glad and free; And merry lads come from the hills To take a plunge into the sea. Thou bring’st the joy-in thy calm sky, Of that free time of rosy bowers, When the glad Fiesta draweth nigh, For life is gay in this land of ours. DEDICATED TO, PETE, WILCOX I always hate to walk, For when I move around I have to lift my foot And pui it on the ground. { wish I was a rock; To sleep I don’t despise, But always to enjoy that bliss I have to close my eyes.

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