Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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20 THE PURPLE AND WHITE playin’ sick so Jack Bryant can play. Earl don’t like to play much and Jack is a good player so the fellows fixed this to force the coach to let Jack play. The coach is sort of bull-headed anyway.” Coach Hndicott was so interested in the first part of the statement that he forgot to get angry at the latter part. The more he thought about it the angrier he got and as he put the boys through some hard practice he kept saying to himself, “Tll show these smart kids whether they can get the best cf me oi not. Jack Bryant don’t play with my consent unless he apolo- gizes.”’ The boys wondered why he seemed so gruff and thovehtful but didn’t have any idea that he had found out their scheme. When they weve dressing after practice the Mystery was explained. The boys had been talking and joshing each other when sud- denly the coach signaled for silence. “T den’t know who originated ihat bright, magnificent, witty, splendid scheme,’ he began in a sarcastic way, “but I want to say right now that it doesn’t work. If you fellows want Jack Bryant to play, don’t try any more of your brilliant schemes, but get him to apologize. Unloss he apologizes he don’t play as lung as I’m coach. If you would rathcr have him play than have me coach I will resign, but as I said before, I don’t want lyou to try any more such schemes.”’ This came as a thunderstroke to the boys as they had expected instead of that, to have him order the captain to bring Jack out. After the coach had left everything was quiet for awhile. Then Bob Miartin hit upon a scheme. “You fellows all know as well as I do,” that coach Endicott has a weakness for auto rides and the lunches at those eating houses along the road. There are three of us here that can get seven passenger ma- chines; lets take Endicott, Jack and the whole squad for a ride, and, while he is in a good humor, Cap can speak to him and see if he won’t repent and let Jack play.” That was Friday and the next evening the party took their trip. Bob was in the machine with Jack, and the captain in the one with Coach Endicott. Bob talked awhile about the country and then, in a quiet way, he led up to the trouble with the coach. Bob was a smooth talker and by the time they arrived at their destination Jack had almost resolved to apologize. In the meantime the captain had been doing all he could to make Endicott enjoy himself. They had, of course, mentioned football and the captain had said quietly that he wished Jack could be in the game. Mndicott didn’t seem to like the gemark much and Capt. Elliott began to fear that he had done more harm than good. However, soon after they arrived nt the stopping place, the coach wags seen to draw Jack off to one side. “You want to play in questioned. “Yes sir, I would like to very much,” was Jack’s reply. “Well,”’ said Endicott,’ I said time and again that I wouldn’t let you unless you apologized and I don’t like to break a rule when I make it.” “T know it, sir,” Jack quietly said, but I always thought I was in the right, and do yet although I may be mistaken.” “Well,” Endicott answered, ‘if you promise to be more careful after this I will let you play, ag all the boys seem to desire it.’ “Thank you, sir, I will do my best.” Jack felt very grateful to the coach for letting him play when he had only about half apologized and all the other boys were almost crazy with joy. They had a splen- did time the rest of the evening, Jack play- ed in the game, everybody did well and the team came out victorious. the game?” lie Ballad of the Cock and the Fox (With Apologies to Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest. ) HAZEL OSBORN. I sing of the cock and the fox, Whose story you may have heard: 3ut Ill tell it again to make sure, For the cock was a wonderful bird.

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THE PURPLE AND WHITE 19 up in the same town and were the closest of friends. Both boys did well in their studies and were fairly good athletes. The college had recently adopted Rugby in place of the old American game of foot- ball. Both boys had turned out for first practice and now that about a month of hard work had been completed, they were getting in good condition. Jack, although not quite so large as Ray, was heavier and showed better form. One day after practice the coach was giv- ing some orders to the players. There was considerable disorder in the room, most of which was due to some pranks of Ray. The coach, thinking that the disorder was due to Jack, said sharply, “Just let up on that racket, Bryant.” “Are you talking to me,” exclaimed Jack in astonishment. He did not mean it to be impertinent but to Coach Endicott it showed that way, and it made him angry so he said, “Shut up, now or you 'go off the squad al- together.” “T don’t see that that is very fair,’ Jack was aroused and forgot to be respectful. “You don’t need to report for practice any more, Bryant,” this from Endicott sur- prised all the boys for he had never been so strict before. He left and there was not much more said in the dressing room that evening. Most of the boys realized that, if at the beginning of the trouble, Ray had told the coach he was to blame, Jack would not have been expelled from the squad. How- ever, he had not heard quite all the dis- cussion and didn’t realize that he was to blame for Jack’s dis- missal. None of the other boys said any- thing for they didn’t want to hurt Ray’s feelings. The captain, Floyd Elliott, was a good friend of Jack’s and wanted him on the squad. He went to the coach but Endi- cott said Jack would not return unless he apologized. This, all the boys knew, he would not do as he thought he was in the right. They then decided that they would find some other way to get him reinstated. Will Bingham, one of the best players, was one of the most enthusiastic and all evening was trying to devise means of get- ting Jack reinstated without hurting Ray. Most of the others didn’t think much about it but Leslie Ralston, Robert Martin and Steve Garvin were all very enthusiastic. Will hit upon a nice scheme and one day when several boys were gathered together, Ray among them, he began telling a story. He had not gone far when most of the boys saw that he was just illustrating Jack’s case. By the time he was through Ray understood and, although he didn’t say anything then, he walked off in a very thoughtful way. The next day the boys saw Ray talking earnestly to Coach Endicott. Endicott war acting in sort of a stubborn bull-headed way and the boys guessed rightly when they said that Ray was trying to fix things so as to get Jack reinstated. Ray told Endicott the truth about it and ended by saying, “I am sorry that I didn’t wake up to what the trouble was then, but I hope that, now I have explained it, you'll let Jack play.”’ “T hardiy think I can do that. I am glad that you confessed but Jack talked back to me and that’s one of the things i won’t stand for.” “You mean then that even now Jack can’t play unless he apologizes.” “Yes, that’s just what I mean.” Ray was puzzl d what to do next as he had expected that when he told the truth to Endicott Jack would get to play. All the boys were disappoined and were disposed to accuse Endicott of being unjust. How- ever, they didn’t give up and, afler a con- ference, it was decided that Earl Hazard, the boy who took Jack’s place skould pre- tend to be sick. He was smaller than most of “hem and had only come out once upon being coaxed by several of his friends. He williagly agreed to this plan as he would do anything he could for Jack, who was one of his heroes. The next day Earl didn’t show up. The coach inquired about it and was told he was sick. Endicott didn’t know what to do as Earl was the only cne who could fill Jack’s place. He had almost decided to let Jack play when he overheard Earl's little brother say to another boy, “HWarl is

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THE PURPER AND WHITE A widow, poor and needy, Owned a cock and a beautiful hen, They roamed in the garden weedy, Or scratched in the chicken pen. One day when the cock was straying, Out of the garden gate, He saw a cruel brown monster, Who was doomed to be his Fate. The fox jumped up in haste, From his couch upon the ground, Said he, “I’ll take you home with me; No nicer home can be found.” So he took the neck of the helpless cock, Into his cruel white teeth, And the widow hearing his cry, Came flying across the heath. Faster and faster the fox ran; Faster came widow, neighbors euulee They ran till all were tired The widow about to fall. and and spent, Then said the cock to the fox, “Shout back to them saucy words, Tell them they’ll have to run faster, If they want to catch runaway birds.’ ’ So the fox opened his mouth ito speak The words the cock had said, As soon as his mouth was opened, The cock pulled free his head. Then up to a tree top he hurried, With fox left on the ground, When the neighbors tired and worried, Gathered from all sides around. The cock flew down to the widow; She gathered him in her arms, The cock laughed to the fox, For now I’m safe from alarms.” ‘Go home; Friends and Fortune Fly Together (Translated from Owid’s “‘Tristia’’.) LINTON R. MANTONYA. While fortune smiles on you, your friends will be many, when times become gloomy, will be left alone; The doves come in flocks to a shining white dove-cote, But the foul unclean dove-cote, you see, receives none, ants never come to a empty; No friends come to him whose fortune is gone; just as leave you, When the path of the sun by cloud is crossed, The low common rabble who care only for fortune never stand fortune is lost. But you The granary that’s And, your shadow is certain to a storm Will by you when your