Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20
PASADENA HAS SEMI-ANNUAL
MEETING
Enjoyable Gathering Of Southern Call
fornla Pedaqoaues Around the
Festaf Board at Hotel
Maryland
Pasadena Agency.
161z East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 752.

Southern California were present to-
night at the semi-annual banquet of
that active organization.
Tables were set i'm the beautiful new
dining room In the annex of the Hotel
Maryland and the members were
grouped conveniently, with the speak
ers' table in the center Of the room.
After the discussion of the excellent
menu brief business session was held
at which superintendent E. g. Moore
was elected to active membership, to
succeed former Superintendent James
A. Foshay.
President John Willis Baer, the new
mead of Occidental college, was also
elected to membership in the club.
With these matters of business at
tended to, the banqueters Nook up the
formal program of toasts, with Profess
sor Edward Hyatt, president of the
club, acting in the capacity of toast
master. Dean Arthur II. Cham berlain
Of Throop Polytechnic institute spoke
the cordial welcome of the Crown City
teachers. Professor Roscoe A. Good
sell of the Imperial university at Shan
Tung, China, in most tertaining
fashion, told of the Signs of Awaken
ing in China Superintendent E. c.
Moore of Los Angeles was at his pest
in his graphic portrayal of some of
tiiS SNtut5 ana SuIIeTIIlRS III EOHI1 fTan-
CISCO at the time of the earthquake and
fire. Miss Virginia Caroline Pease
spoke of Educational Earmarks,' and
was followed by a number of impromptu
speeches upon current topics of educa-
ton. Among these speakers were Pro-
fessor Hamilton of Covina and Profess
sor Avery of Redlands.
The banquet was closed with the
singing of "Auld Lang Syne" by the
ladies and gentlemen present.
Shakespeare Club
So far as was possible the stage of the
Shakespeare club house was made to
look like an interior of a Persian
home, for that faraway country, the
Land of the Lion and the Sum-" was
the subject of the program. Every
where were exquisite Persian hangings
and rugs of silken texture. Great bowls
of roses, which might have blossomed
in the gardens of old Babylon, stood at
the sides of the speakers table, which
was draped with a priceless rug. Sew
eral pieces of dainty furniture, heavily
inlaid with mother of-pearl, were also
ON the stage, and the entire effect was
fit setting for the oriental music and
stories. Mrs. S. M. Constantian, her.
self an Armenian, and graduate of Eu-
pirates college, Harpoot, gave several
fascinating selections of oriental music,
the first being instrumental, the two
others vocal. Mr.. Edmund Earle also
gave three songs from the PERSIAN
Garden" being accompanied by Miss
Julia Roberts. Mrs. w. S. Baldwin ac-
companied Mrs. Constantian. AsI
characterized later by Prof. Pashgian,
the oriental music, which is all alike,
has short, quick action, with odd
phrasing, and is usually in a minor key. |
The harmonies are half broken, and |
there is a strange charm about the
music Of the orient.
Prof. John S. Pashgian, for twelve
years professor of the Persian Ian |
guage and literature at Euphrates col
lege, Turkey, was the speaker of the |
afternoon and most fortunate was the
club in securing one who knew so we'll |
and so minutely of the interes ting land.
In an intensely interesting way Prof |
Pashgian guided the large audience
across country to New York. thence to
London, Paris, and Constantinople to
fair Persia, 1.-THE dreamland of roses
and night ingales.'
Very briefly Prof Pashgian told of
the early history of Persia, of the days
of Cyrus and of the Mohammedans who
ruined the great cities, burning count
less valuable libraries and manu-
scripts. Because of the speakers very \
wide knowledge of oriental rugs his de-
scription Of the art was of unusual in
terest. OF all the rarely beautiful
specimens brought over from their
large Los Angeles store, but two were
given special description. One, of great
value, is supposed to be the oldest rug
in this country, If not in the world, its
age being estimated from 800 to 1900
years A prayer rug Of the ancient fire
worshippers, it Is worn just at the
places where feet, knees, hands and
head had touched for so many years.
Then the learned speaker gave most
glimpses of the wonderful
people of Persia, quoting from num-
ber of the best known, showing the
current of ripping melody" and
wealth of imagery which characterizes
the Persian poems. The afternoon was
one of rare pleasure.
Pasadenans Champions
A careful count of the scores made
yesterday and last night in the pair
matches of the Southern California
Whist association meeting here result
ed in the announcement that Pasa-
lena men had carried away the second
important championship of the tourna-
nent.
Peter Orban and Herman r. Her :
tel. prominent members of the local
whist club. galloped away from all the ,
lred points over their nearest compet-
tors. On Thursday team represent
ng the Pasadena club won the team ;
so that it looks as
hough the Crown City experts in adj
lition to giving the visiting minister's
he most delightful meeting in the
history of the association had resolved
% make them pay for it in all the
lvailable championships. Messrs. Or
oan and Hertel by their victory come G
nto possession of the association gold
medals and trophies declaring their [
Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. h
4enzarder of Los Angeles, with a plus j
icore of 6, stood nearest the winners, q
many of the finest players of pre- y
edng tournaments obtaining aston -
shingly low scores, thanks to Dame
Fortune.
So great a success was the meeting =
ust concluded that departure will
10 doubt be adopted hereafter and all
meetings. held at one or another OF the ;
;reat hotels in this section of South q
rn California. AS stated in this cor Il
this morning, the next
Meeting is to be held at Miramar. 1t L
S then proposed to visit the new f
Iptel at Long Beach next May fol- t