202 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



George H. Baldwin, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Ethel W. Bishop, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Carleton E. Durrell,* formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 LeRoy D. Ely, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Chas. A. Fife, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 J. Paull Fife, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Lyman Wood worth, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Carl C. Thomas, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Winifred Webb, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Rennie W. Doane, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Will A Strong, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Roland H. Manahan,* formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Frances M. Rand, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Erma Rand, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Harriet Nichols, formerly student in Pasadena High school. 

 Mrs. May Caldwell Ray, formerly resident of Pasadena. 

 Ernest B. Hoag, B. S., special course. 



Total 26, out of a total of 44 from Eos Angeles county. 



PASADENA STUDENTS AT POMONA COLLEGE. 



Claremont, Cal., May 21, 1894. 



Dr. H. a. Reid, Pasadena, Cal. : Dear Sir : — In the absence of 

 president Baldwin, your communication asking for names of those who have 

 attended our institution, has been handed me for reply. None have gradu- 

 ated from the College course, but the following have been connected with 

 the school from Pasadena : 



Edwin F. Hahn, [graduated from preparatory school in 1894.] 



Eucy Traylor, special student, '94. 



Emma Parker, freshman, '94. 



Abba E. Marston, freshman, '94. 



Charles C. Knight, junior preparatory, '94. 



Alfred Erskine, middle preparatory, '94. 



Very truly yours, E. C. Norton. 



I wrote the University of Southern California for a similar report, but 

 received no answer. 



CHAPTER X. 



Literary : The Public Library. — The Library Building. — The Library Citrus Fair. — 

 The Library Syndicate. — The Library's purchase by the City. — Academy of Science 

 and Scientific Collections. — Pasadena's Newspapers. — 1883 to 1895. — Pasadena's 

 Literary People. — Pasadena Architecture. 



THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 



In 1882, while Pasadena was still merely a fruit colony. Abbot Kinney 

 suggested the starting of a pubHc free library. Some thought the colony 

 settlers too much scattered and too poor to make or use such a library ; but 

 the more cultivated and progressive people grew more in favor of the under- 



