Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-21
PASADENA HIGH
SCHOOL WINNER
DEFEATS ORATORS 1F THRoOP
IN JOINT DEBATE
Particular Star Of the Occasion Is
Frank Russell Of the Victorious
Team-Local News
Brevitles
Pasadena Agency.
ia East Colorado Street.

PASADENA, Jan. 2O.-There was a
large and enthusiastic audience of
young people tonight in the auditorium
of Throop, when the debate between
the two schools took place. Party
spirit ran high, and bright banners and
flags were waved as the different
school yells rang out after the
speeches by the young contestants.
President Wadsworth of Occidental
college, Professor George Sumner of
Pomona college and Professor Wheat
of Alhambra were the judges chosen
by Professor Ely and President Ed
wards of the two interested schools.
The platform of the assembly room
was prettily decorated with flowers and
potted plants, and the judges and heads
of the two schools, with Superintend-
ent of Schools j. d. Graham, were
seated on the rostrum.
The debate was one of series ar
ranged by the Interscholastic league
for this section of Southern California.
the trophy given by Stanford being
the prize to be won by the school hav-
ing the last victorious debaters. The
question considered tonight was
whether or not the United States was
justified in recognizing the govern
ment of Panama. Frank RussellSand
Harold Lucas argued for the high
school on the affirmative, and Walter
Pittenger and Arthur Dunning for
Throop on the negative.
Frank Russell of the high school
won first place with such high mark
ings that in spite of Walter Pittenger
gaining second honors, high school beat
Throop 80 to 10. Russell is the crack
debater for high school, having won
first honors in every debate in which
the school has been represented. Sew
eral times his second has lost the
school first place as a school, but Rus
sell has won every time.
Rev. A. Thatcher Smith, who has
been called to fill the vacancy in the
pastorate of the First Baptist church
of this city, arrived in this city at
O'Clock this afternoon, his wife and
children accompanying him. His first
sermon is to be preached on Sunday.
He comes here from Scranton, Pa.
Deacon S. d. Carey, e. P. Hopkins, M.
F. Curtis, ]. B. Camper and Judge
Merriam composed the committee
which met Mr.. Smith at the Santa Fe
station upon his arrival
Deaths of the Day
Mrs. Angela S. Tower, aged 81 years,
died at her home 257 Arcadia street,
today after brief illness. She was a
native of Mississippi and had lived here
for nineteen years. Mrs. Tower had
two sons, Charles A. and A. P. Tower
but one died about year ago. The
funeral arrangements have not yet
been made.
John C. Joachim, for eighteen years a
resident of La Canada valley, died to-
day at his home, aged 67 years. Mr..
Joachim was widely known, because
of his long residence in the valley
The funeral will be in this city tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock at Adams,
l. uIISI O OlGNCllo poi iCi %
Maj. ]. B. Fassitt of New York died
at one of the local hotels yesterday.
He had spent several winters in Pasa-
dena. Mrs. Fasstt will accompany the
remains to the east tomorrow night OIL
the limited.
Pasadena Brevities
Lloyd Macy of the Stats company
is to build at once a large, new home
opposite the Stats home on Grand
avenue. The home is to be two-story
eleven-room building, to cost between
$1,000 and SS00O
There was meeting of the Mt. Will
son Toll Road company tonight at the
home of Walter S. Wright when the
directors, consisting of John II. Holmes
William Stats and Walter S. Wright
made all plans for the completion of
the piping of water on the top of Mt.
Wilson to a reservoir, which shall be
sufficiently large to supply all the needs
of the enlarged community. With the
demands of the Carnegie observatory
and the usual large summer population,
the water question of the camp has
become a serious one, which the Of
ficers of the company feel sure they
have now solved.
C. w. Rhodes, who formerly lived in
the vicinity, today purchased from the
Mel E. Wood agency a large tract of
land in North Pasadena, adjoining the
Pintoresca golf links. 1t is the inten-
tion of Mr.. Rhodes to make a subdi-
vision of the property into lots
John A. Rose, a crippled newsboy, II
years old, fell from a street car this
afternoon and was severely injured by
striking his head against the pave
ment. He was taken to his home by
Policeman George Loughery.