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 WOMAN'S CIVIC LEAGUE 
 
 L' PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 
 
 19 15
 
 ^FTT In presenting the two addresses by Dean George A. Damon of 
 ^1 I I Throop College of Technology, made before the Woman's 
 ^^J I Civic League during the season of 1914-15, our sincere desire 
 .^J is to secure the co-operation of everyone in making a per- 
 manent contribution to the future of Pasadena. While every- 
 one readily admits that Pasadena has made a wonderful growth, those 
 of us who live here realize that it still falls short of being an ideal city 
 in every respect. Perhaps some of the suggestions in this pamphlet 
 may afford a practical working basis for rendering more lovely a com- 
 munity which Nature has so generously environed. 
 
 We join with Dean Damon in the request that these plans, as out- 
 lined only in a preliminary way, be "not approved, but improved." But 
 above all things we bespeak careful consideration and not hasty judg- 
 ment. Here is an opportunity to show our appreciation of what the past 
 has done for us by suggesting a number of practical ways for making 
 Pasadena a more beautiful and more useful city. 
 
 Suggestions will be most effective if made in writing, and should 
 be addressed to Mrs. F. B. Wetherby, 355 South Madison Avenue, 
 Pasadena. Unless otherwise requested, these communications may be 
 made public through the local press. In any event, without attempting 
 to approve or disapprove the ideas received, we shall be pleased to trans- 
 mit them to the City Plan Committee of the Pasadena Beautiful Asso- 
 ciation as contributions made through the Woman's Civic League. 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 WOMAN'S CIVIC LEAGUE 
 
 Educational Committee 
 Mrs. A. L. Hamilton 
 Mrs. George A. Damon 
 Mrs. F. H. Seares 
 Mrs. W. E. Keeper 
 Miss Virginia Pease 
 
 City Planning Committee 
 Clara B. Burdette 
 Miss Anna Meeker 
 Mrs. F. Bruce Wetherby
 
 The 
 Woman^s Civic League of Pasadena 
 
 Civic Ideals Discussed Around the Luncheon Table 
 October Sth, 1914 
 
 Hammers and Roses" 
 
 Theme of Address by Dean of Tbroop 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM PRESS REPORTS 
 
 Suggesting that the union depot for Pasadena, in connection with the civic 
 improvement plan, be located where the present Southern Pacific depot now 
 stands, George A. Damon, Dean of Engineering, Throop College of Technology, 
 presented to the women of the Civic League one of the most important questions 
 that will come up before the civic bodies this winter. 
 
 At the meeting of the Woman's Civic League held at the Casa Grande 
 hotel, several hundred women attended the initial luncheon of the third year of 
 the League. 
 
 Mrs. Robert J. Burdelte, the president, gave the address of welcome and 
 also introduced the two speakers of the afternoon. Dean Damon, and Con- 
 gressman Charles W. Bell. 
 
 In his presentation of plans for Pasadena's beauty spots and improvements. 
 Dean Damon took as his subject "Hammers and Roses " and said, in part: 
 
 "I believe in the hammer, for it can be used to build up as well as to knock 
 down. There are many things in this city which should be "knocked " down: 
 the unsightly poles, the billboards, the real estate signs, and many unused barns 
 which depreciate the surrounding neighborhoods. 
 
 "1 wish you would bring your hammers over our way and knock down that 
 Tournament Park fence and then help us get something better in its place.* The 
 price of one float in our annual rose parade would pay for a rose trellis which 
 would be a joy forever — and this is the best example of a combination oi 'ham- 
 mers and roses' that I know of. 
 
 "Then that old wooden Tournament grandstand must be knocked down, 
 but to build a permanent, adequate, and beautiful structure in its place will cost 
 hundreds of thousands of dollars. There are a number of sites in this vicinity nill 
 
 suitable for a side-hill stadium. Before we use our hammers on the present stand Stadium 
 
 It would seem wise to look about us and see if we cannot find a natural setting 
 for our most beautiful annual Tournament of Roses entertainment. 
 
 "The most effective way I know to use a hammer at the present lime is to 
 build flower boxes for 1915. A well-filled flower box will produce the greatest 
 
 *Since the dale of this address the commissioners have replaced this fence 
 with an ornamental concrete structure which is being covered with vines and roses. 
 
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 effect for the minimum expenditure. Individually and collectively, let us 
 encourage the flower boxes — on our houses, on our stores, and on our public 
 buildings. 
 
 "Mrs. Damon and myself are usmg our little hammers in the buildmg of 
 a home. Several years ago I drew up a little sketch and suggested that a house 
 after that plan would be a joy. Mrs. Damon looked at the drawing — and well, 
 confidentially, the house we are now building doesn't resemble ver>' much the 
 original idea — with perhaps the exception that the living room is in the front and 
 the kitchen in the rear — which, as I remember it, was my own suggestion. But 
 we love our little home, because we both had a hand in its making, and we 
 reached our conclusions, not through strife and argument, but by means of co- 
 operative study and harmonious effort. 
 
 "Now, while we love our homes, did it ever strike you how much more 
 important it is to have our city a thing of order and beauty? When we entertain 
 our visitors we invite them to our homes, of course, but we see to it that a large 
 part of their time with us is devoted to 'seeing the city.' We have made our 
 homes the most beautiful in the world, and now I know we all feel like devoting 
 more time to our civic improvement — otherwise we would not be here in such 
 numbers. 
 
 The City "The problem of the city is upon us, and our first duty is to become 'city 
 
 Problem wise.' You have all noticed the progress we have been making in the past few 
 
 months: the completion of the beautiful Colorado Street bridge, and the building 
 of another Arroyo bridge at Huntington Terrace; the erection of several real sky- 
 scrapers in our business center; the rapid spread of ornamental hghts and the 
 removal of all poles and wires in a large part of the Oak Knoll district; the plunge 
 and park which has been named Brookside, after Mrs. Brooks, the donor of the 
 plunge; the annexation of Linda Vista; the starting of our new postoffice; the 
 opening of Neighborhood House on California street; are all stepping stones on our 
 way to bigger things. Isn't it high time that we have some idea of where we 
 are going? 
 
 "Isn't it true that the furniture for our larger city house is being delivered 
 and we don't know where to put it? Our Congressmen sent us a new postoffice — 
 all the way from Washington, D. C. We thank them for it, but are we sure 
 that we have put it in the right place? You know things like that are 'built-in 
 furniture' and cannot be moved. 
 
 Transpor- 
 tation 
 First 
 
 "The problem of a city plan naturally divides itself into parts. It seems 
 to me that such divisions of the work as the building of roads and the carrying of 
 water belong to the men. We have a transportation problem that must be 
 solved. Why not ask the men of the city to eliminate the grade crossings, to pro- 
 vide a fitting portal to the city in the way of a union depoit, and to secure the 
 best of rapid transit between the important centers of the southland? 
 
 "Now, if we could get our union station located on Colorado Street, about 
 where the present Sounthern Pacific station stands (and it can be located there), 
 then what about the rest of our 'city plan?' It strikes me that here is about 
 where the good taste and common sense of our women come in, for we need their 
 good judgment in the planning of this part of our city home.
 
 Some Preliminary Suggestions for a ''Pasadena Plan" 
 
 Nute thf ili;igon;il l»niiie\ aids t<i the Inur icjTiiers of the cit.\', crnssing tile other ii:ltui"al 
 axes of the eity. all at piaetieally the same point, thus locathig the "heart" of the city.
 
 The City's "Let us see what we can scheme out together. On the north we have 
 
 Backbone Monk's hill, which shouW be to Pasadena what Rubidoux is to Riverside. Draw 
 
 a line directly south and it will strike Raymond hill. On the west we have Colo- 
 rado Street hill, the Elk's Club and the new Colorado Street bridge, leading to 
 Annandale and Eagle Rock. A straight line directly east reaches the new high 
 school and runs on into Lamanda Park, with its new school and social center. 
 Now let us examine the possibilities of diagonal highways. Lincoln avenue is 
 already a type of this kind of desirable thoroughfare. It furnishes direct access to 
 our city from beautiful La Canada valley, and if extended in a straight line would 
 provide a direct connection for Oak Knoll, San Marino, Tournament Park and 
 Throop College. The other possible diagonal could start at the Busch gardens 
 and run through to the Country Club, Mount Wilson toll road, and the Foothill 
 boulevard, bringing that part of the district at least one mile nearer the Pasadena 
 center. 
 
 "Now, all these main axes cross at one point, and here is the natural loca- 
 tion for our union station portal and our civic center. 
 
 CJDJC "Wouldn't it be a grand idea for our bigger and better city if our visitors 
 
 Center could step out of a fitting gateway upon a view of an orderly municipal square, 
 
 backed up with an open plaza for our automobiles, while in the near distance 
 could be seen an auditorium, a library, and the homes of numerous social organiza- 
 tions, all placed in a setting of lawns, flowers and trees? Yet this preliminary 
 plan is only a suggestion of possibilities. We have here every natural advantage 
 to make the most efficient and beautiful city in the world, but as the city stands 
 today It breaks every rule of the modern art of city planning. 
 
 "Four "Not only should we have a well-ordered and beautiful community center. 
 
 Corners" ''"' throughout the city should be frequent neighborhood centers. The recent 
 
 competition which was held by Throop College was intended to develop some 
 
 inspiration for the harmonious design of buildings and open spaces at the numerous 
 
 'Four Corners.' 
 
 "The 'Four Corners' competition was participated in by a number of archi- 
 tects, landscape architects, and artists of ability, both in Southern California and 
 elsewhere. The prizes were offered with the idea of securing, in graphic, under- 
 standable form, inspirations for something better than the usual haphazard growth 
 in neighborhood center developments. It was hoped that in this way interest 
 might be awakened m the question of the intelligent, effective, and artistic arrange- 
 ment of these, the smallest units in the great city plan. 
 
 "The competitors were asked to assume that the value per acre of the land 
 on each corner of the neighborhood centers was $12,500, and to consider the 
 limit of expenditure allowed for improvements at from $35,000 to $55,000 per 
 corner. Otherwise they were given full latitude to their inventiveness and origin- 
 ality of taste. 
 
 "The committee of award, comprising Architects John C. Austin and Elmer 
 Grey of Pasadena, and Albert R. Walker of Los Angeles, gave the first prize 
 of $200 to Paul R. Williams, 1530 E. Twenty-first street, L^s Angeles. The 
 second prize of $100.00 went to the Cook-Rankin- Wycoff Company. land- 
 scape architects, 9 1 5 Marsh-Strong building. Porter W. Dorr and Alex. J.
 
 The Heart of Pasadena 
 
 Some of the features of this tentative de- 
 sign for anchoring and stablizing Pasadena's 
 "community center" are as follows: 
 
 A Union Transportation Terminal. Tliis 
 depot will serve ;ill of tlic present and the 
 future transcontinental railroads, ;is well ;is 
 the rajiid transit line tit T^os An^^elfs. 
 
 All Railroad Crossings Eliminated. The 
 Snnta Ke tracks are to be i'eplace<l by a 
 promenade coTinecting' the parks. 
 
 A Civic Center directly opposite the ti-ans- 
 portatinn portal. 
 
 A Plaza for the parking of autoniobiles 
 and for the looping of auto busses. 
 
 A New Library and an Auditorium and 
 Opera House set in park surroundings. 
 
 A Social Center with suitaldc buildings. 
 
 Broadway extended to Summit avenue. 
 Holly ;niii Union streets combined and ex- 
 tended til HiMkinier. New boulevard opened 
 direcll\ siiiith of postoffice. 
 
 Two Boulevards to parallel (\)lorado street. 
 Colorado Street widened west of Broadway.
 
 Scholtes of Boston were given the third prize of $50.00. The judges in an- 
 nouncing their award stated that the margin of choice between the first two 
 sketches was slight. 
 
 Prize "The design winning the first prize shows one corner devoted to a trading 
 
 Designs center, but with stores set back from the street and entrances grouped in an open 
 
 arcade, making it possible to secure display space without using the sidewalks, or 
 unnecessarily calling attention to the commercial character of the buildmg. De- 
 livery wagons are relegated to the rear through two driveways, and provision is 
 made for an automobile garage and market stalls in the back of the lot. 
 
 "Cn the corner directly opposite, an apartment is shown of the same general 
 type of architecture. The pleasing feature of this part of the design is the 'ho.Tie- 
 like' appearance of the building, with its front lawn and ample space for play- 
 grounds and flower garden in the rear. The 'neighborhood church' and 'com- 
 munity house' upon a third corner suggests possibilities of co-operation m religion 
 and recreation, vv'hich might well be considered in every neighborhood, particularly 
 in the outlying districts. 
 
 "Upon the fourth corner, the design shows a combination of a small park 
 and an automobile fire engine house. Such an arrangem.ent, it is explained, would 
 allow the firemen to spend their surplus time pleasantly and profitably in main- 
 taining the flowers and lawn in the park. 
 
 "The second prize design shows the 'Four Corners' provided with a neigh- 
 borhood park; a community building for lodges, library and moving pictures; an 
 apartment house; smd a group of stores about a municipal market. The features of 
 this design are plenty of 'open-air' space around all of the buildings, the con- 
 venience of the apartment arrangements, and the possibility of building stores on 
 the 'unit' principal, so that the trading center can be dexeloped as the surrounding 
 district builds up. 
 
 "The third prize design came all the way from Boston and shows a treat- 
 ment in the mission type of architecture. The parking space is not confined to one 
 corner, but is distributed over the entire four corners, furnishing a pleasing setting 
 to all of the buildings. The stores are brought nearer to the street than the apart- 
 ments and the public buildings, but the arrangement is balanced nicely by placing 
 the club house toward the front of its lot with tennis and roque courts in the rear. 
 
 "Already this idea is bearing results, for there are at least three places where 
 the advantages of a logical arrangement of a trading center, an apartment, a club 
 house, a neighborhood church, and a small park are being studied seriously. 
 
 The "I thoroughly believe in the power of the neighborhood. We are gomg 
 
 Neiahbor- 'o solve many of our civic problems by going back to the people through the 
 L J neighborhood social centers. Pasadena's only Neighborhood House, built by 
 
 the people of the Neighborhood Chuch, was dedicated during the past year 
 and already has a fine record. We will all do well to study its methods 
 that our part of the community may profit, for neighborhood loyalty is a tool 
 which can be made invaluable in working out our future civic problems. 
 
 "In our own part of the city we are planning to have an old-fashioned 
 'town meeting,' where everybody is to have an opportunity of contributing to a 
 discussion of the topic 'What is the matter with our end of town?' Billboards, 
 vacant lots, the fence around Tournament Park, street trees and spraying, orna-
 
 Four Corners Competition 
 
 FIRST PRIZE 
 
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 mental lights and old poles, street paving and the opening of new streets, building 
 restrictions, and many other topics of city welfare and improvement will be 
 covered and some arrangements made to insure continued interest in our own 
 particular neighborhood. 
 
 "What we are planning to do in our neighborhood could be done all over 
 the city, and then if some central organization could conduct a survey of 'wants' 
 we would in time be in a position to develop a continuous and constructive 
 policy."^ To show the scope of such a survey the following list is given as some 
 of Pasadena's 'wants:' 
 
 Pasadena One City — One Plan 
 
 "Wants" Monk's Hill Park 
 
 New Library 
 
 Abundant Supply of Water 
 Union Terminal 
 Rapid Transit 
 Arroyo Seco Park 
 Playgrounds 
 
 Civic and Social Centers 
 More Trees and Fewer Poles 
 One Light and Power System 
 Building Restrictions 
 One Industrial District 
 
 Removal of Grade Crossings 
 Workingmen's Homes 
 Suppression of Billboards 
 Free Golf Links 
 Excess Condemnation 
 Equestrian Paths 
 Mountain Roads 
 Comprehensive Sewer System 
 High-line Boulevard 
 Storm Drains 
 Ornamental Lights 
 Open-air Stadium 
 A Greater Pasadena 
 
 Possi- "I hesitate to make suggestions as to how we might proceed to get a real 
 
 hilities 'Pasadena Plan,' so that all our forward efforts may be most effectively co- 
 
 ordinated and directed. If the plans discussed today have in them any appeal 
 at all, then they should be taken seriously enough to either 'approve' or 'improve' 
 them, and in their preliminary and tentative shape they certainly are not ready for 
 final approval. Let us all get together and make some real plans, and in this con- 
 nection may we remember the words of Daniel H. Burnham, the architect of cities, 
 who once faid: 
 
 " 'Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and prob- 
 ably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans ; aim high in hope and work, 
 remembering that a noble logical diagram, once recorded, will never die, but long 
 after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever growing insistency. 
 Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that will stagger us. 
 Let your watchword be order, and your beacon beauty.' " 
 
 *The Pasadena City Beautiful Association now has a City Planning Com- 
 mittee which has undertaken this work. The members of this committee are W. S. 
 Kienholz, W. H. Vedder, George A. Damon, T. P. Lukens, C. D. Daggett, 
 Ormsby Phillips and Mrs. F. B. Welherby. Address, 34 South Raymond Ave.
 
 Four Corners Competition 
 
 SECOND PRIZE 

 
 Meeting of Woman's Civic League 
 
 Hotel Maryland, March 1, 19 i 5 
 
 At the meeting of the Woman's Civic League at the Maryland Grill on 
 Monday, noon, March 1, 1915, it was announced that the Jury of Award of 
 the Chicago City Club had awarded a prize to Dean George A. Damon, of 
 Fhroop College of Technology, for plans submitted in their Neighborhood Center 
 Competition. 
 
 Dean Damon explained that after the openmg meeting of the Woman's Civic 
 League on October 5, 1914, which had been devoted to the future of Pasadena, 
 a number of suggestions had been made, particularly as to what buildings should 
 be included in an educational and social center near the heart of the city. About 
 that time a competition was announced by the City Club of Chicago offering 
 substantial cash prizes for plans for a "Neighborhood Center." Plans were 
 admissible from any city other than Chicago and for main centers of cities not large 
 enough to justify important neighborhood centers. 
 
 As a matter of academic interest. Dean Damon had suggested to one of 
 the young men in his Los Angeles office — Mr. Walter L. Newton, a graduate of 
 Throop College of Technology, that it wouldn't be a bad idea to submit a possible 
 solution of part of the Pasadena problem in the Chicago competition. The 
 object of this competition, as announced by the Chxago City Club, was "to bring 
 before the public, in graphic form, the practical possibilities of enhancing neigh- 
 borhood life in our cities by better, and especially, better grouped buildings and 
 grounds for community activities." 
 
 Pasadena ^ 'he preliminary competition called for a general plan only, the ar- 
 
 a Prize rangement shown by the illustration was sent in under the nom-de-plume of "Pasa- 
 
 riT- dena." A large number of plans were received, from which the jury of award 
 
 selected a limited number of competitors who were allowed to submit birdseye 
 and perspective views of their proposed arrangements. The plans marked "Pasa- 
 dena " were selected for a place in this final competition, which was decided 
 February 23rd. Word has been received that the jury has divided the prize 
 money into eight equal parts and has awarded one of these prizes to the "Prelim- 
 inary Suggestions for a Social and Educational Center for Pasadena," sent 
 in by Dean Damon. 
 
 Plan Only '" speaking of this plan. Dean Damon said: 
 
 Suaaestitie "'' '* ''™°*' important that we all understand that the proposed plan is entirely 
 
 preliminary. Personally, I hope that the plans as now shown will never be carried 
 out, for we certainly can and should do much better. But no improvement of 
 this kind can ever be evolved without a vast amount of preliminary study, and so 
 this sketch is intended only as an effort to discover our possibilities. Let us get 
 together in a friendly, free, and open discussion, and crystallize our ideas of what 
 we actually want into a definite consensus of opinion which, in time, will become 
 irresistible.
 
 "The whole conception of the plan is based upon the fundamental idea 
 of removing the Santa Fe tracks from the center of the city. At the present time 
 these railroad tracks are a distinct blight upon a large section of the down town 
 district which is contiguous to a very desirable part of our business center. 
 
 "This question of the elimination of the railroad was definitely discussed 
 recently with President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe Railroad, by a committee 
 consisting of Mr. T. P. Lukens, president of the Board of Trade; Mr. William 
 S. Kienholtz, president of Pasadena City Beautiful ; and myself. We are pleased 
 to report that Mr. Ripley pledged himself, in a public interview, to use his best 
 efforts to co-operate with any plan which would be favored by Pasadena to rear- 
 range the tracks so as to remove the menace of the grade crossings and do away 
 with the depreciating effect of the smoke, noise, and dust of the railroad in our 
 midst. 
 
 "Granted, then, that we are to be relieved from the railroad tracks, how 
 should we plan to rehabilitate the district affected so as to get the benefit of every 
 possible advantage? The plan and the birdseye view show a few ideas which 
 have been gathered from a number of sources. 
 
 "Nearly everything included in the proposed group has an actually existing 
 nucleus, so that the plan may be said to be the outgrowth of natural demands and 
 therefore is not an idle dream of theoretical conditions. 
 
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 Santa Fe 
 
 Tracks 
 
 Present 
 
 Centers 
 
 Enlarged 
 
 "The new library located on a knoll of the present Library Park would fill 
 a pressing need. The building shown could be built a section at a time on the 
 unit principle. The present library might be fireproofed and rebuilt into a 
 historical museum. 
 
 "One of our prominent citizens has suggested that a permanent horticultural 
 exhibit building be located on the corner of Holly street and Raymond avenue for 
 the purpose of a continuous display of the best productions of our lath houses and 
 gardens. 
 
 A NeU> 
 Library 
 
 "In the plan, Broadway has been widened and extended to Summit avenue 
 by cutting through the east end of the present park, thus turning the lumber yard 
 into a splendid site for a public auditorium, with an open space convenient for the 
 parking of automobiles both day and evening. Directly behind the auditorium and 
 arranged so as to use the same stage is an uncovered stadium for band concerts, 
 rallies, celebrations, etc., out in the open air. What a grand equipment this would 
 give Pasadena for conventions, mass meetings, concerts, operas, and pageants. 
 
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 "The Wilson school, which is a wooden structure, must, of course, be re- 
 moved within a comparatively short time. Advantage has been taken of this 
 condition to arrange an educational group consisting of a kindergarten, grammar, 
 intermediate, and vocational schools, surrounded by gardens and playgrounds, and 
 convenient to a central administration building. The present site of the Wilson 
 school would be the finest kind of a location for a Young Women's Christian 
 Association building, a music conservatory and other similar institutions. The 
 admirable plant of the Young Men's Christian Association is provided with ad- 
 ditional space for future growth. 
 
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 "Several interesting features have been suggested for the blocks directly west 
 of Library Park. The Pacific Electric barns have been removed and the Catholic 
 school extended over this area. A site is provided for a labor temple replacing 
 the present building used for that purpose. 
 
 "Lincoln avenue, which is the only existing diagonal in the city, is extended 
 through the Throop Academy grounds, wrecking machinery hall and terminat- 
 ing at the present library corner, thus leaving a liberal setting for an arts and 
 crafts building built around East Hall, which is now vacant. The Stickney 
 Memorial building is retained as an art center." 
 
 j4 Dean Damon reported that a city planning committee was being formed 
 
 "Pasadena ^^ ^^^ Pasadena City Beautiful Association to act as a clearing house for ideas for 
 
 pi .. a possible "Pasadena Plan." He suggested that the members of the Women's 
 
 Civic League wnte letters containing their suggestions to Mrs. F. B. Wetherby, 
 
 of their city plan committee, and that then these letters be transmitted to the centra' 
 
 committee and possibly also be published in the local papers. 
 
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 Germs of 
 Thought on 
 City 
 Growth 
 
 EDITORIAL. PASADENA STAR, OCTOBER 6TH. 1914. 
 
 First the mature thought, the fixed general plan, the definite purpose, then 
 the action — a very wholesome rule in the conduct of individuals as well a; in 
 the building and proper development of cities. To the Woman's Civic League 
 of Pasadena this community is indebted for the broadcasting throughout Pasa- 
 dena of some very wholesome, and not at all deadly thought-germs. This 
 city wants to keep on growing — is determined to do so. It wants to grow 
 and develop aright and should do so. What the city should do it can do, 
 in this direction. Dean Damon has given some broad tentative hints. You 
 may not agree with the plan he suggests. This may not be the time to fix defi- 
 nitely just how the accessories of city-development — union transportation- 
 al terminal, elimination of railroad crossings, civic center, new li- 
 brary, social center, and so on — shall b? evolved. This is the lime to do the 
 basic thinking, not to co the definite deciding. The decision wll come, logically 
 and in order, after the thinking. Dean Damon will have performed a notable 
 public service if his thoughtful, keen-minded suggestions and observations should 
 set this people to thinking — thinking hard and concertedly and concentratedly 
 upon this great problem that should be met with thorough intelligence and broad- 
 ness of conception of all that is involved. 
 
 The Star commends the general subject which has been brought so 
 graphically before the people as worthy the most serious thought of all Pasa- 
 denans. Let's begin thinking it out, laying the foundation for practical action in 
 due time — action along such lines as the collective wnll and sentiment of this 
 people may dictate.
 
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 Woman's Civic League 
 
 Of Pasadena 
 
 Die Woman's Civic League of Pasadena, organized three years ago, 
 continues to be a body of non-partisan, patriotic women whose aim and desire 
 is to receive reliable information concerning matters pertaining to the better- 
 ment of the city to the end that their pubhc opinion expressed to influence pop- 
 ular sentiment may be based on sane judgment. We are not organized for 
 the purpose of doing any special work. Our great object is instruction in 
 citizenship. We love our city, our state and our nation, but we believe that 
 any love to be highly effective must be founded on knowledge. 
 
 We do not necessarily endorse the sentiments of our speakers, we aim to 
 get their point of view and we reserve judgment. 
 
 TTie League is most democratic in spirit and not an "invitation affair." 
 Any woman holding the right attitude of mind, the "right attitude of mind" being 
 a desire to be informed, is at liberty to make application for membership. 
 
 Meetings will be held regularly on the first Monday of each month from 
 12 o'clock until 2:00 p. m., around the luncheon table, at which there will 
 be a half-hour address, and occasionally at some other hour to listen to some 
 especially desired speaker, all subjects intended to give information on interests 
 affecting the community and individual life. 
 
 Dues to be $2.00 annually, beginning with October 1 . Luncheon, 75 
 cents per plate, paid for only when ordered. Members may bnng guests upon 
 the payment of the luncheon plate. 
 
 All women in Pasadena desiring information concerning those things 
 which are for the benefit of their home, their children, and the community, 
 are not only cordially invited, but are urged to unite themselves with the 
 Civic League. 
 
 CLARA B. BURDETTE. President. 
 JENNIE COLEMAN, Secretary. 
 676 Huntington Terrace. Telephone: Col. 5720. 
 
 OFFICERS OF WOMAN'S CIVIC LEAGUE OF PASADENA 
 
 Mrs. Robert J. Burdette Mrs. Leo G. MacLaughlin, Mrs. Clara Bryant Hey- 
 
 President. First Vice-President. wood. Second V.-Pres. 
 
 Mrs. J. N. Van Patten. Mrs. Theodore Coleman, 
 
 Treasurer. Secretary. 
 
 MEMBERS AT LARGE 
 Mrs. F. G. Cruikshank .Mrs. F. B. Wetherby 
 
 PROGRAM COMMITTEE BILLBOARD EDUCATIONAL 
 
 .Mrs. Arthur Noble COMMITTEE COMMITTEE 
 
 Mrs. Gussie Packard Du- Mrs. Louis Mitchell Mrs. A. L. Hamilton 
 
 bois Mrs. J. F. Mills Mrs. G. A. Damon 
 
 Mrs. J. Bakewell Phillips Mrs. F. C. Kendrick Mrs. F. H. Seares 
 
 Mrs. W. S. Harbert Mrs. Mary Xorris Mrs. W'. E. Keeper 
 
 Mrs. A. F. Gartz Miss Elizabeth M. AUis Miss Virginia Pease 
 
 CITY PLANNING 
 
 COMMITTEE 
 
 Mrs. Robert J. Burdette. 
 
 Miss Anna L. Meeker 
 
 Mrs. F. Bruce Wetherby
 
 I 
 
 Members Woman's CiOic League of Pasadena 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 R. B. Ashley 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. C. Allin 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. L. Atlvinson 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. B. Anrterson 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. W. Adams 
 
 Miss 
 
 Elizabetli Adams 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 W. H. Adams 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Jos. Azarian 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. B- Ames 
 
 Miss 
 
 Mar.v Abbott 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. E. Ashcroft 
 
 Miss 
 
 Laui-etta Baritaby 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. W. Bell 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 G. M. Barber 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. Blakeslee 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 T. S. Bell 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 W. S. Bootli 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Mary ('.. Burton 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Emile Bauer 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Helen Belford 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 W. W. Biellson 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. R. Billett 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. A. Bonne.v 
 
 Miss 
 
 Maud Brough 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. G. Bartlett 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. L. Brown 
 
 Miss 
 
 Marian Brown 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Sam'l. Barling 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 K. C. Barlow 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. C. Bragdon 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. H. n. Banks 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 T. E. Bassett 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. C. Barrett 
 
 Miss 
 
 Irene Benson 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. J. Bowes 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Robert J. Burdette 
 
 Miss 
 
 A. M. Curtis 
 
 Miss 
 
 E. Cooper 
 
 Miss 
 
 Lulu Conger 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Theodore Coleman 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. B. Cooper 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Jos. Caunt 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. G. Cattell 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Marta Carr 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. S. Coffin 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. de B. Coombs 
 
 Miss 
 
 A. S. Craig 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. N. Chaney 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. P. Clapp 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 .F. S. Churchill 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. G. Cruickshank 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 W. D. Crocker 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 R. E. Crocker 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. B. Cherington 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. H. Carr 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 G. A. Damon 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. B. Dui-and 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 I. C. Dutton 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. M. Dickey 
 
 Miss 
 
 M. De Motte 
 
 Miss 
 
 Pauline DiUman 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. H. Drake 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. H. Davis 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. H. Dinsmore 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Parker Earle 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 L. J. Kberle 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 R. L. English 
 
 Miss 
 
 B. M. Eaton 
 
 Miss 
 
 B. P.. Evans 
 
 Miss 
 
 P. M. Evans 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Revel English 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Torre.\- Everett 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. O. Ellsworth 
 
 Miss 
 
 M. M. Ellis 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. W. Foote 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. A. Freeman 
 
 .Mrs. 
 
 A. C. Fi'.aser 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. T. Fuller 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. C. Fitzgerald 
 
 Mi-s. 
 
 K. E. Farvvell 
 
 Dr. 
 
 Marcia Gilmoi-e 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Harry Gaume 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. D. Guyer 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. L. Glvens 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Helen Groendyke 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Chas. GiUlerhaus 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. F. Gartz 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. S. Gosne>" 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 O. P. Gould 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. A. Gardner 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. R. Giddings 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 W. A. Goodman 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 L. H. Gilmoi'e 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. P. Gates 
 
 Miss 
 
 Florence Housel 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Clara B. Heywood 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. F. Hawley 
 
 Miss 
 
 A. Hawley 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. W. Hookway 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. F. Holder 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. T. Holder 
 
 Miss 
 
 L. E. Holder 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. L. Hamilton 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. A. Hill 
 
 Miss 
 
 B. M. Howe 
 
 Miss 
 
 Corinne Harl>ert 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 S. Hazard Halste 1 
 
 Dr. : 
 
 Vlary Hagadorn 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. H. Henry 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 W. S. Harbert 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. S. Halsted 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Richard Hovey 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Geo. E. Hale 
 
 Mi'S. 
 
 H. R. Hobart 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 L. P. Hitchcock 
 
 Miss 
 
 Flora Harper 
 
 Miss 
 
 W. S. Heineman 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. E. Inslee 
 
 Mis. 
 
 Howard F. Isham 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 I.,. M. Jacobs 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. Newton Johnson 
 
 Miss 
 
 Julia Johnson 
 
 Miss 
 
 Rutli Johnson 
 
 Miss 
 
 Elizabeth Jones 
 
 Miss 
 
 C. E. Joannes 
 
 Miss 
 
 Laura Joannes 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 S. H. King 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. C. Kendrick 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Emil Kayser 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 G. B. Knowles 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 W. E. Keeners 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. W. Kellogg 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 O. F. Lindman 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. W. Leffingwell 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. W. Leffingwell.Jr. 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. C. Lavene 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. N. Lockwood 
 
 Miss 
 
 Alice Lyman 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. H. Littleton 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. O. Lockwood 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 D. M. Linnard 
 
 Miss 
 
 Katherine L>'man 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Anna M. Luckhe.\' 
 
 Miss 
 
 Edith Loop 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 L. E. Learneil 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. Laws 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 G. Lavagnino 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. S. Masters 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. M. Murray 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Leo G. MacLaughlin 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 R. R. Meredith 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. Mack 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 G. M. Millard 
 
 Miss 
 
 M. J. McNair 
 
 Miss 
 
 Helen Magill 
 
 Miss 
 
 Anna 1^. Meckel' 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. H. Merriam 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. F. Mason 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Louis Mitchell 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 FanM>' S. Middleditcl) 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 John McDonaM 
 
 .Mrs. 
 
 C. V. Marsh 
 
 Mis. 
 
 A. M. Merwin 
 
 Miss 
 
 Caroline McFarland 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. C. Melton 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. M. Murray 
 
 Miss 
 
 Edith Mallory 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. E. MacMilUin 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. J. Mills 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Webster Merrifiehi 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. E. Marble 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. S. Miles 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. N. McDowell 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. W. McWilliams 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Mary Norris 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Arthur Noble 
 
 Miss 
 
 I. H. Noble 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. D. Norton 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Henry Newbx- 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Garrett Newkiik 
 
 Miss 
 
 Anna B. Orton 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Clara M. Odell 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 John O'Brien 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 R. M. Paine 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 B. M. Page 
 
 Miss 
 
 Virginia Pease 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. B. Pardridge 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 B. D. Peterson 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. B. Phillips 
 
 Miss 
 
 Lila Pickhardt 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. H. Pearman 
 
 Miss 
 
 Frances Peacock 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. M. Parker 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. Rosenbaum 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 W. H. Roberts 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. E. Rhodes 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. D. Roth 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. M. Rhodes 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Elizabeth Reighard 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Harbert Rowe 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Walter Raymond 
 
 Miss 
 
 M. E. Ransom 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. C. Rounds 
 
 Miss 
 
 Julie E. Raymond 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. H. Seares 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. A. B. Sclierer 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 P. H. Stone 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. F. M. Stone 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. C. Sheridan 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Frances B. Swan 
 
 Miss 
 
 Jessie Sabin 
 
 Dr. 
 
 F. H. Sercombe 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. L. Smith 
 
 Miss 
 
 S. H. Stickney 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Augusta Senter 
 
 Miss 
 
 Day Spaulding 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. R. Shepherd 
 
 Mi.ss 
 
 Elizabeth Stone 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Francis Stevens 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. A. Stevens 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 G. C. Sharp 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. B. Stehman 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Seward Simons 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. S. Torrance 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. G. Titcomb 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. A. Towne 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Chas. Terstegein 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 T. S. Tompkins 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. F. Thayer 
 
 Miss 
 
 Ella Tileston 
 
 Miss 
 
 Thibant 
 
 Miss 
 
 Mary R. Vauf;haii 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 G. B. Van Pelt 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. N. Van Patten 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 R. W. Underhill 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. Van Ne.ss 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 W. S. Volkmar 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 I^. R. Woods 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. B. Wethelby 
 
 Mis. 
 
 A. H. Woodward 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. S. Wallace 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 John Wailsworth 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Henry Ware 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 A. L. Winter 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Theodore Welili 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 C. D. Willard 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. R. Williams 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. K. Willard 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. P. Webb 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 B. M. Wotkvns 
 
 Miss 
 
 Laura Ware 
 
 Miss 
 
 Nell Westfall 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 U. J. Wood
 
 BEFORE 
 
 "CITY PLANNING" 
 
 APPLIED TO: 
 
 Tournament Park Entrance 
 
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