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THE TOCSIN-1922 tiful soap suds. Nothing could be more delightful than to rub those pretty china plates, unless it was to scrub out the iron spider with the linked dish-scourer. But my mother said that I was too young to wash dishes. From that day I tried to hasten my growth by every natural and artificial means. I tried kicking in the air to lengthen my legs, and be- tween act I ate. In fact, I also ate most of the time during the acts and when I could not get common food I ate dirt. Dirt is healthful and I thrived on it. At last, when I was about five years old, my mother let me wipe the forks and spoons. I could not wipe the knives for fear I might cut myself or somebody el e. I progressed very slowly and my eighth birthday passed before I could do all the dishes. My mind also had developed by this time and now I hated dishwashing as cordially as I had liked it before. Several times I threatened to run away because my mother insisted on my doing the dishes. Once I really started, and got as far as the middle of the orchard when I saw my mother approaching with a look of determina- tion. Instantly, concluding that discretion was the better part of valor, I strolled leisurely back, remarking calmly as I met her, Isn't it lovely out this morning? I thought I'd walk around a bit before doing the dishes. However, that did not satisfy me. I can recall a number of times when I meditated suicide because of those dishes and spent considerable time trying to decide which I preferred, the rope, the creek, or the laud- anum bottle. I often pictured to myself the grief of my friends and my mother's intense remorse. When suicide failed, my mind soared to all the pinnacles of fame, trying to find which one would be most suitable for looking down in scorn upon dish-washing relatives. As none of them suited me, I con- cluded to be generally disagreeable. But, owing to my mother's firmness of disposition, I was washing dishes all this time. I had become an expert at it, although I hated it. Some of the noblest aspirations of my life came to me while at the dish- pan. In fact, my only poem was composed while washing dishes. My family all hope I'll never write another. Ellis Benson, '22, Page 26
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TH E TOCSI N-1922 Dramatis Personae-The Honorable Vere Queckett, Harry Cunning, Rear Admiral Archibald Rankling, Elmer Lear, Lieutenant John Mal- lary, Ernest Bettencourt, Mr. Saunders, Halor Titcombg Mr. Reginald Paulover, Joseph Steinhart, Mr. Otto Bernstein Ca popular cornposerj, Lloyd Berry, Tyler fa servantj, Theodore Nelson, Goff, John Kiely, Jaffray, Albert Chavez, Mrs. Rankling, Daphne Emigg Miss Dyott, Elsa Uppman, Dinah, Frances Hichborn, Gwendoline Hawkins, Della Bard- son, Ermyntrude Johnson, Gladys Franck, Peggy Hesslerigge, Frances Dechman, Jane Chipman, Helen Blackford. SENIOR PLAY This year the Senior class chose Booth Tarkington's well-known comedy, Clarence , to present as its annual play. Although it was rather an ambitious undertaking for amateurs, we are ready to wager that not another high school in California could have presented so excel- lent a performance. We know that Clarence Burrell, as the eccentric Clarence was perfect, and Emma Roberts in the role of the much-sought governess, Miss Pinney was equally good. Marjorie Phelps as the incorrigible Cora , Miss Pinney's charge, was an immediate success. And can you imagine a better Bobby Wheeler than Henry Sammet's portrayal of the character? Lewis Sutton as the harassed father of the quarrelsome Wheeler family was very good, as was Elen Saxelid who took the part of the self- pitying stepmother of Bobby and Cora , Minor parts were unusually well done by Lucy May Parsons, the maid, Alex McLeish, the butler, Laura Keir, the private secretary, and Grant Dechman, the persistent grass-widower. They were excellent, all of them, and Clarence will take its place as one of the dramatic triumphs of Santa Clara High School. - Once Upon A Time CAN, by straining my memory, recall the time when I wanted to wash dishes. It is unnecessary to say that I do not care to do so now. The time when washing dishes seemed one of the most delightful of pastimes was before I could see into the sink, even though I stood on tip- toe. I yearned to handle the soft swashy dishcloth, and splash the beau- Page 25
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