Chico High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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YSQQ. April 18, '22: Harold Mecum's ser- anading spurned by Esther Troxell with the result that Harold joins the band with a broken heart and Cornet. May 4, '22: Much Confucian caus- ed among students as Feast of the Little Lanterns, '22 operetta, is about to be staged. May 29, '22: Cards out! ! Meta Bell Austin captures the only A in the frosh class. June 1, '22: Francis . F Truesdale poses for the Palm Olive ad, assisted by our friend Fred Aisthorpe. June 19, '22: School . out! ! -- Traffic We ' ,,,.'!7'l.. Jan. 14, '22 holes. September 10, high school open with pride and wel- come for the class of '25- Ah Ha! September 3, 22: As haughty sophs we immediately start to show. the less fortunate frosh around, helping them to get reserved seats in the higher trig- onometry classes, directing them to room 1313, and other trivial politeness- es. September 9, '22: Loui-s Bassler and Jim Riley thrill the natives at the Soph Scud by appearing in the new sport model cut-down vests, striped shirts, staco-mb, and patent leather oxfords. September 10, '22: All clothing stores report rush orders for the new cut- down vest suits. October 9, '22: Harold Estes and Clifford Keefer, although intelligent sophs, returned to school today after spending a few days hunting at Hog Springs. Smiley reports an alarm- of snipe in spite of the and Clifford held the sack entire stay at the springs. 12, 22: Lester Gainer and jams at all swimming 1922: Doors of new ing scarcity fact that he during their November Bert Hinton, both being aspirants for the hand of Dorothv Orendorf, stage a knightly battle on the banks of Chico 1 Creek. Mr. Ferguson arrives in time to render the decision in favor of ten nights of detention for both. December 3, '22: Soph show-offs appear at Oroville football game heavi- ly laden with red and gold cow bells and horns which prove to be Cas they expectedl the life of the party. Orva Bybee and Anne Kennedy meet with an accident when the Ford in which they were riding turns a com- plete liip and passes out. The girls say it made little difference, however, as the Ford belonged to some one else. February 14, 23: Enoch Mahon has just discovered that if all the houses in the country were placed end to end, there is nothing like a cold shower in the morning. March 3, '23: Track season starts. Roy Lawrence becomes class hero only to be immediately vamped by Winnie Bradt. March 15, '23: Track men announce that they can not run without Harold Elliott sitting on the bleachers. Elliott keeps them constantly in mind of the loving cup. May 3, '25s Gypsy Rover, the an- nual operetta, proves to be a howling success in spite of the fact that the blood hounds broke loose ten minutes before Liza started crossing the ice. May 12, '23: Actors and Actres- ses from the Gypsy Rover come to school with much of the same make up as that used the night before. June 19, '23: Senior Farewell marks end of soph. year. Ralph Hensley suc- cessfully rescued from the briny depths of the punch bowl-after having tried g-fit in vain to escape the 1 sweltering June heat. Q , ,W Claude Stover also l 1' Y QT. shown some new steps - , ,l 1 by Mrs Stamper fout L A ' side the gy'm.J '3' September 10, '23: Feb. 3, 'zz School starts with a bang, which proves to be just another one of Brouillard's Ford tires show- ing off. 16! X JX 7 ,a,E,y9-we-1 ev -as

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1-. fn Qi ga X Sei gi., ' f fl! 5 -x 25223 hifi'-Q ? Li'!:2 I Wfn Q .. an YJ tv- . qt 1' l ELAVOOD HONODEL ROBERT KI NDIG SENIOR HISTORY September 10, 1921: Class of '25 en- ters the old high school, and members register as a frosh. Bars and padlocks placed on class-room doors. .September 15, '21: Bob Kindig de- cides to cast his lot with class of '24, September 16, '21: Class of '24 casts Kindig into class of '25. September 17, '21: Board of Educa- tion meets on matter. ' September 19, '21: Matter referred to Will C. Wood. September 21, '2l: Wood refuses to create special class for Kindig. September 21, '21: Frosh decide to resign themselves to the tortures of that which is a word containing four letters meaning the opposite of Heaven and rhymes with bell-takes Kindig. September 30, '21: Class officers elected with the assistance of the fac- ulty reserves. Oliver Brouillard comes forth as the leader of the motley crew. October 2, '21: Frosh make their debut as orators before the student body cheered on by lusty yells from the Peanut Holmes gang. Genevieve Opsal takes the blue beads. October 5, '21: Faculty looking for October 21, '21: Frosh reception is held at the W. O. W. hall i.n honor of the class of '25. Wonderful display of high-water trouser-s and embarrassed faces, while fond Mammas cheer from the side-lines. December 25, '21: Dolls, kiddie cars, skates and all day suckers. January 14, '22s Dorothy Crum dis- cards her curls to become a young lady. February 3, '22: Mysterious numer- als 25 appear on east fence. February 12, '22: Lincolrfas birthday, Q Kenneth Moore ar- rives with trousers appropriately hung at half mast. March 4, '22s Pink- erton De Moss, frosh paint from east fence with that of the shack, thereby clear- ing the mystery of the numerals. April 13, '22: Jimmy Thomasson goes acourting Viola Tatman on his bicycle.-Finds two other bikes there belonging to the famous arrow collar boys, Gage and Glendinning- Jimmy 511. 8 r YA . 47? AS vit. Slvuov Sept. 10, '21 sleuth, matches Genevieve. cycles home! c is 1 'Xi :P if fi? ' Q PAQ 9 ly - if 155 ig Qqfiz? gap fa 't K f ,Jf is A A -.- ii? SW 'S in r.-uf. it ' Hug ,, , r. Y Q :if lib 2 W View E is :QS 1 l if t V 2344? Q. . 9

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fs! September 12, '23: As juniors we feel that we shall without doubt set a record for brilliance, hard study, and power. Yes! Mr. Kelly! - September 19, '23: Riot calls sent into office when girls discover Glenn Hill, handsome blue-eyed Adonis from Hamilton City. November 15, 223: Student body meetings become the rage when Car- mack and Stover break the Hot Air record with their famous debate wheth- er nothing is to be done about the Con- stitution, as hasn't if not why ? Jim Riley wins with a Yes and No re- buttal. Dec. 12, '23: Foot- 4 ball enthusiasm rea- ches such a dizzy height that the roof is blown off the build- ing when Pretious led the Oske -Wouldn't that be good? January 15, '24: Miss Butler has suc- ceeded in making the fairy dancers for the Junior program wear long. double ribbed stockings which Will, of cour-se, produce a marvelous Alaskan effect. Jan. 22. '24: Students who heard Stan Lewis looking for his tie at the Willows game decided he's a loud dresser. March 16, '24: Tam 'O Shanter, P. T. A. operetta, proves to be a great suc- cess with a cast largely made up from the class of '25. As usual both actors and actresses find it very flattering to leave the make-up on during school hours. . June ???: Board of Education finds it profitable to dismiss school because of the lack of attendance which usually occurs at this time of year. September 10, 1924: School starts, as it usually does, sooner or later, usually sooner than we would have it. November 18, '24: It is hard for the average student to tell the teachers from the students, now that bobbed hair has invaded the faculty ranks.- Yes, Ma-honey, we love you. Sept. 9. '22 l have was December 23, '24: Most of us wonder, as Christmas approaches, whether it is worse to be old and bent or young and broke. March 22, '25: Hoo-ray! for our basketball team. They have shown the world what they can do. April 3, '25: It is rumored, now that Honk has bought his car, he will have to tell it ghost stories to make it start -which all goes to show that we need a new drinking fountain. May 23, '25: Miss Currie sends class up town to look for a Sunday feeling. Most of the class did not know it when they saw it. May 27, '25: Myrtle, our high sen- ior, talks the judges into giving her the public speaking prize of twenty-five dollars. May 28, '25: Senior gift still looms in the middle distance . May 29, '25: We prove our power and might, Ah, Yes, by electing many worthies to pilot the Student Body. Our last chance at running school politics! May 29, '25: We feel terribly queer this day because we ate 'nearly a thous- and pounds of hot dogs, five hundrec cakes, seven thousand potato salads and -The P. T. A. entertained the sen- iors with a picnic last evening, and we ate too much. June 1, '25: We ex- change pictures so that we may never forget those endearing faces. Janitor threat- ens to resign when personal cards are passed around. June 11, '25: Now that we have man- aged to come into the possession of our diplomas by foul means or fairg it is with much regret that we say fare- well to dear old Chico Hi and we cher- ish the fond memory that we are the last class that can look back on glorious days in the old building- and that's that- until next year. I 'S- ,Q I as . fa -ff! Q 5 css .1 ' Sept. 10, '23 X fY9kf