Chico High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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cool, sweet breeze whispered its welcome and hand after hand extended eagerly to grasp and renew old acquaintances. Faces and voices were a puzzle at first, but each gradually became recognized and heads and eyes would twitch and flash with involuntary anxiety lest any 1916 CLASSMATE should have been over- looked Thus they stood in the world of 1941 After spending an afternoon in renewing 'old ac- quaintances, the merry throng adgourned to the as- sembly hall of the BIG new High School which had Just been completed and after some semblance of order had been gained, Mr Harry March, the president of the class announced that he was in receipt of an aerogram from Mr Vernon Paylor a prominent photographer on the staffof the World Pictorial stating that he would arrive on the 20 o clock Express Plane and that he had arranged a film depicting Who s Who in the Class of 16 from news films that he would screen at the banquet to be held at the McHatton Roof Garden this evening The visitors were then taken for a flight around town in a fleet of Pop Watson s rubber neck planes The ex Chicoans were greatly astonished at the proportions of Greater Chico At the appointed time all the guests assembled at the McHatton Roof Garden where a sumptuous feed had been prepared under the direction of Jacob Beck assisted by Robin Whittlesley both noted chefs of San Francisco Dur ing the course of the banquet the diners were enter tained by the seductive strains of Walter Forrister s Alabama Minstrel Band. After the cravings of the inner man had been satisfied, the classmates turned their ,attention to the animated eulogy of themselves which Mr. Taylor had obtained. As a preface, Mr. Tay- lor announced that his film consisted only of sections taken from the picturized current events in which the members of the class of '16 were actors. At a signal from Theresa Costa, the assistant manager of the Mc- Hatton Roof Garden, the lights were turned off and the pictorial version of the trials and triumphs of the class of '16 was on its way. The first scene showed the Annual Parade and School Picnic of the Chico Public Schools and the spec- tators had no trouble in distinguishing as teachers in the para-de the Misses Leona Peterson, Lorena Meline, Ruth Strayer and Hulda Reusser. The scene then shifted to the deserts of Mexico with a vivid portrayal of the decisive battle between the United States troops and the combined forces of Mexico and Japan, which was fought in the year of 1918. The scene on the inner fortifications o-f'Guayamas and the spectators were unable to restrain their enthusiasm at the sight of Cap- tain George Aitken leading the final assault. Overhead were clouds of American aerial dreadnaughts, which had 'succeeded in destroying the enemy 's aerial squad- ron in the earlier part of the wai and which were as- dropping. A later scene showed the presentation of medals voted by a grateful nation upon their gallant W .- 7 . , . ' 7 x . 7 . - , y ' ' cc 7 ' 7 7 7 . ' 7 7 I 7 l . 0 , 4 p ' 1 . '- sisting very materially with unerring accuracy in bomb- , - I. . . V . ,

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commander, Major Elmer Scott, and his as- sistant, Brett Deveney. The pathetic side of war- fare was then shown in a scene taken in the base hos- pital at San Diego, where scores of wounded American soldiers and Sailors were being ministered by Red Cross nurses, among whom were recognized Elma Evans. Lois Mitchell, Muriel Boydston, Henrietta Korn, Wanda J ay, Ruth Smith and Vettelene Loomis. The final mili- tary picture was that of the parade in San Francisco of the victorious army and navy. A goodly number of Chicoans were recognized among the spectatorsthat lined Market street and judging from their expressions they were extremely proud of the Chico boys who were in the parade and all of whom had attained the grade of commissioned officers in the army and navy, namely, .Albert Swann, Bernard Murphy and Elton Rooney. The next scene was that of a tourist party in Yellowstone Park, made up of delegates to the National lfniversal- ists, convention held at Virginia City. The tourist par- ty, numbering about fifty, contained no less than twen- women delegates, including a number of the class of '16, namely, Leone Hintz, Mary Agnes Young, Mary McDonald, Reta Baker, Marion Baker and Verna Elder. The party seemed to be enjoying themselves immensely and no doubt much of their enjoyment was gained by the method of traveling which they employed, as the -government had rigidly adhered to the antiquated stage coach as a means of transportation throughout the Park and had followed the same policy in the pres- ervation of the beauty of the Park in all its primeval grandeur. The candidates on the Universalists ticket were llliss Hope Canfield and Miss Fay Orendorff, who were striving for President and Vice-President respectively of the United States. In fact, all candidates were mem- bers of the '16 class. These candidates were by no means strangers to anyone, they having campaigned in numerous cities throughout the United States, together with their pictures stamped on large political bill-heads that draped the windows in the various centers throughout the nation. They were Strict Construc- tionists and also advocated a policy affecting the whole world, The Regeneration of the Woi'ld and to have the 4'First Feminine Administration initiate the said policy. The scene then shifted to the world of sport with a picture of the first of the International Road Chain- pionship R-ace from Beunos Ayres to Portland, Ore., which was .won handily by Octavia Diller in the 600- horsepower 'CDiller Devil. The use of autos had been gradually dying out of late, owing to the development of aerial transportation, and surface trains and autos as well as steamships were used mainly for freight, and one reason for the road races was to repopularize travel by surface means in order that the full beauty of the world might be enjoyed by a closer contact. This was followed by a scene of the final game of the World's Baseball Champ. Series held at Copen- I4 Q 5