Flintridge Prep School - Log Yearbook (La Canada Flintridge, CA)

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' j c ' ■ ■ ' . ' npfvS m KS ■ g ' miH 1 ■ mm. Dick Markham, Spud Melin, Thomas Box, Huston Denslow and Bill Linsstrom. President Arthur Melin Vice President Richard Markham Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Box From the first faint glimmers of civilization, Freshmen have been oppressed by their elders. This year marked a radical departure from this time-worn custom, and the neophytes were allowed to flourish without the help of the kindly Seniors. The experi- ment met with remarkable results. Many immediately blossomed, while others spent most of the year developing their precocity. Dick Markham and Spud Melin became the undisputed wrestling champs of the high school. (Although their ethics were open to question, their results were undeniable); Wild Bill Denslow holds the bubble-gum manipulating championship, with never a challenge to his supremacy; Tom Box showed a creditable tendency toward the pure and simple life; while Bill Lingstrom ' s excellent health at the end of the year is a gleaming monument to Senior leniency. 34

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lis Standing, left to right: Robert Lissner, William Robbins, and Lewis Lyon. Seated: Chuck Schimpff and Chuck Detoy. Bill Moller was absent when this pictur e was taken. President Charles Detoy Vice President Lewis Lyon The Sophomores are more or less betwixt-and-betweeners. From them might be drawn qualities apparent in almost any class of Miss Gusweiller ' s group. Also quite in evidence are the flaming youth tendencies of the Juniors. At times even the rugged respectability of the Seniors may be seen. Among this group of chameleons are race drivers, politicians, musicians, orators, ice skaters, but never, oh never, students. A Sophomore is known for his outlook on life, so succinctly put by prize fighters as punchy. Above all, a Sophomore ' s powers of concentration are his greatest asset, for some have been known to gaze at a picture in Esquire for an indefinite length of time. 33

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The administration of the grade school falls into two divisions: upper and lower. The lower, while holding itself responsible to Miss Gusweiler and the grade school officers, nevertheless keeps more or less severely aloof. Due to a mysterious system of recall, their officers appear and disappear with the astounding regularity of those in Latin American countries. Bill Ridgeway, Donald White, and John Baldwin have taken turns holding office. The upper grade school, the sixth grade up, has officers who remain in power for one fiscal year. This year, under Dictator Murray the boys have had a hilarious time. In the Spring comes the grade school ' s big chance to compete for the glory of Flintridge. When swimming season comes around, it finds the old er boys of the lower division waiting. Indeed, they have managed to keep pace with their high school- mates by taking the junior title in the Prep League swimming meet for the past two years. 35