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

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SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD JAMES EDWARD MUNROE Because he keeps his head in all situations; because he is kind and modest, win or lose; because he is a fine athlete and a splendid student; because of his unselfish and wholehearted school spirit; the students and faculty vote to Ted our highest honor, The Sportsmanship Award. ATHLETIC AWARD ALDEN THORNDIKE MACKAY Thorny is one of the finest all around athletes in Flintridge history, and a true Flintridge product— raised from a pup. He is Captain of basketball and baseball, a first string swimmer and a member of the golf team. It is no surprise therefore that for the second time Thorny is adjudged the All Around Athlete of the year.

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Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Football 10 Basketball 10 Spelling Bee 10 Essay Contest 10 Academic Averages 10 2 Ticket Sales 10 Events to Come ... ... ... ... Totals THE FORECAST Again we are forced to use the hackneyed phrase as the Log goes to press and explain that several interclass events have not yet happened. Shortly after this is written the swimming meet will take place. It will be the most closely contested event of the year, as both the Seniors and the Juniors have equal swimming strength. The Seniors are expected to win the medley relay, 100 and 220 free style races, and the backstroke while the Juniors will probably take the breast stroke, the four man relay, the individual medley and the 50 free style. Junior Johnson, being the school ' s only diver will easily win his event. From this it can be seen that the outcome of the meet will depend upon the second and third place points. The victors were the An oratorical contest will be held a few days after the swimming meet. Frost and Walters will support the Seniors in this fracas; Weaver and B. Earl will spit and fume for the honor of the Juniors; the Sophomores and Freshmen will enter the contest as a matter of course, but as yet their supporters are unnamed. Daniel Francis Frost III will recite Casey at the Bat , a piece quite fitting to his vivacious person- ality, and it is expected that the Seniors will win the event. The winner was There will be no interclass golf matches as the Juniors have been conceded victory by the understanding Seniors. Tennis matches will perhaps be held, and in this, as in swimming, competition will be close. Frost and Lawrence will battle against Kellogg, Eliel, and perhaps Weaver, or some others who feel themselves to be of aid. From all appearances, it seems that the Juniors will win this years series of events, and will continue their victories next year as Seniors, as little competition is yet in sight from the lower class men. Final standings between the classes were Seniors points. Juniors points. Sophomores points, and Freshmen points, which obviously shows that the were the final victors.

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September 18, school opened with all the veterans back along with the new recruits ready to stage intellectual wars with the faculty. Activity was somewhat quieted for the first week by the ' hot spell ' which took turns breaking thermometers and morale. September 20 saw Coach Lyndon organize four intramural football teams which battled in Flintridge ' s own Dust Bowl for weeks on end, till On November I , a memorable date for the Juniors, a Senior and a Junior team lined up on opposing sides in a gridiron gigantic that was to decide the supremacy in football. It was clear after the game that the teams were so evenly matched that only the gods could decide the winner, and they decided in favor of the Juniors by a score of 14 to 7. The days of the Grecian orators were recalled on November 7, when, after much haranguing, the name of this annual was changed to THE FLINTRIDGE LOG Friday, of the next week, was marked by a good old-fashioned spelling bee in which the Seniors evened the score between the two classes by soundly trouncing the Juniors. After two weeks of intramural basketball employing the ' close your eyes and shoot ' method, on November 20 serious practice began for the regular season. Thursday, November 30, school was dismissed for the Thanksgiving holidays, with the boys in a much more joyous condition than they were when the next Monday happened around with all students conditioned perfectly for one of Coach Lyndon ' s ' pepper-upper ' gym classes. On December 14, everyone turned out to cheer for our team in the first basket- ball game of the season. This greatly helped the boys since Dewey was sent down to defeat, 23-16, in a game which was close until its dying moments, when our scor- ing spurt turned it into a rout. December 15 was a marked day in the eyes of the Flintridgeans, for it marked not only the beginning of the vacations but also our first annual Field Day which was held to raise money for this year book. 62