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

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BASKET BALL DANCE The first basket ball game of the year was especially marked by the appear- ance of our new silk uniforms. The funds for the new suits were raised by a benefit game later in the season. The occasion was the S.C.M.A. game, which our team won 19 - 18. Undoubtedly the players were greatly encouraged by the female influence in the crowd. For one and all escorted their fair ladies to the game, which was followed by an informal dance in the gym under the experienced guidance of Mr. Lyndon. The game was a night affair lasting until ten o ' clock. It was an extremely chilly night, one of those freaks handled by the California weather bureau, but the gym was warm and the music espouting from the victrola was certainly an added factor in kindling the bones. Once when a cold draft of air had managed to sneak through a crack in the door, Billy Robbins started to work on his drums; and the result was a quick exit for Mr. Draft. In fact, Billy was so torrid that the most conservative began to tap it out. Since the affair was the first of the school dances, all worked hard for its success. And it did set a high mark for the coming parties. As ThHE FLINTRIDGE LOG goes to press there are still three big events to take place. The most uncertain, at least to the Juniors, is the Senior ' ditch day ' . It is a safe bet any way you look at it that some day, somewhere, and somehow, some class will be enjoying itself while the others slave at school. Shortly after the hostilities of ' ditch day ' are over the Juniors are planning to give a party for the Seniors. What and where it will be is up to the Juniors, but to quote last year ' s Juniors now Seniors, It will have to be a whopper to come any where near what we gave last year, and just such a whopper the Juniors say they are going to give. To climax the school year in sports about June 7 will be held the annual Fathers ' and Sons ' Banquet. Then letters earned will be awarded, this annual distributed, and the most valued awards given in the school announced; that is, the sportsmanship and the all around athlete presentations. All this will occur after the various Captains of the different sports have told us about the season. To judge from last year ' s banquet, the affair should be one of the best of the school year.

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niiflii This year ' s basketball team v ill be remembered for the fine leadership of Captain Thorndike Mackay, the excellence of its team play, its first division rankins and last but not least the splendor of its uniforms. The first practice was held several weeks before Christmas vacation, and Coach Lyndon was soon glowing with enthusiasm and satisfaction over the new material that had appeared to help fill the hole made in the front line by graduation. The first two weeks were spent on fundamentals and on intramural competition. These first scrimmages soon made it clear that two newcomers, Ogden Kellogg, brother of the illustrious Bill, and John Eliel were going to be hard to keep off the first string; while Charles Schimpff and Bill Robbins, an old Flintridger returned to the fold, would see plenty of service. Likely looking holdovers were Thorndike Mackay, Benny Earl, Dick Munroe, Jimmy Gamble, and Don Baxter, who had seen service the last season, and a number of others whose improvement over previous performances made them contenders. At the end of the first two weeks Thorndike Mackay v as elected captain, and then the team really began to take shape. The first game brought Flintridge against Dewey on the home floor. The visitors were heavy pre-season favorites to win the league since they had a veteran team which was runner-up the previous season. The game was bitterly contested until the last five minutes, when a brilliant Flintridge scoring spree gave us a victory, 23 to 16. Mackay was easily the outstanding player on the floor in this game. During the Christmas Holidays the team lost considerable form due to heavy Christmas eating, but still managed to win over a fighting Pacific squad, in a wild and wooly affair which saw the heavy scoring done from the foul line. 44