Chico High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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JEAN MORONY ALVIN KORN Bee Wright is our new class president and general leader in escapades. The seniors beat us to it and gave the first dance this year. It was a flop. anyway. There's now a radio broadcasting station here in town and we find Lucille Cooper pushing the door down to get in and play before the microphone. She entertained the Fiji Islanders, the Eskimos and the Chinamen. They seemed to like it because they sent in no complaints. I always said, you couldn't keep that girl down. Well, what do you think, we play Oroville again, even after that humiliat- ing defeatelast year, so we hold a big rally and all-around-get-together on November 25. Well, the Panthers defeat Oroville this time with hardly an effort. Simple? Yes and how? As Sophomores we are better able to handle the enemy than we were last year. The Board of Education gets real kind hearted this year and gives us sixteen C163 days and nights vacations. Realize what this means. Nothing less than two C23 weeks and two C25 days of absolute freedom from work, worry. and plane geometry. Christmas is over and the big political battle comes off once more. Tyler defeats them all, scoring another point for the brunettes. Several prominent sophs are taking up bridge. As a class, we sophs be- lieve bridge is the ideal diversion for indolent, lazy, and disinclined students. Talk about track men, we have the unequaled champions. There's Eddie Mayfield who is high point man and a Sophomore too. Wait till that boy grows up and he'll be manager of the Pony Express. Another month more or less and school will be out. We bid fond adieu to our teachers and with tears in our eyes and a sob in our voices reach blindly for our report cards and adjourn. CHAPTER III. Juniors! At last we have reached this stage in our development. The two blondes. Butts and Brouchoud, start the school year right by serving punch at the Freshman Reception. -..ga 23 B+..- iv'-t at

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SENIOR HISTORY CHAPTER 1. S A HUNDRED easily recognizable Freshmen, we, the future leaders of this community, entered with fiying colors. Seeing so many superior upper classmen, however, we betook ourselves to the washrooms, basement, furnace room, and other places of refuge. We stayed in these places till after dark and then sneaked out the back way and home. So on, day after day. Finally we screwed up courage enough to attend classes regularly, passing in and out of the doors quickly and quietly. The first day a Mr. Ferguson, whom we came to recognize early in our career as being the principal, guided our little feet along the thorny path. Principal told us to take at least four solids. Four solid silver spoons disap- peared from the cooking room and were found later in Morris Hendrix' locker. Being recognized as a juvenile delinquent, not responsible for his acts, he was easily acquitted. November 12, 1924, the Red and Gold came out with big red letters across the front page, Down Orovillef' That little Mery boy, what's his name? Larry? Yes-well, he thought that was a new kind of stuffing for pillows, mattresses and freshmen comforters. No, Larry, we are going to have a game with Oroville, a football game. Oh gee, we got beat. Oh well, it was only because the freshmen weren't old enough to be on the team. You can't take freshmen out in the field without bonnets. They catch cold too easily. We, the freshmen, all came in throngs to the Freshman Reception on October 3, bringing papa, mamma and company. It was a good place for us to get acquainted with our fellow creatures and to learn how little we knew about the ancient art of dancing. Who is that big boy dancing with all the freshman girls? Oh, that is Blocky Mecum. Kind of him to do that, huh? Every loyal Freshman votes for Lloyd Brooke for Student Body president. We're just the type that would vote for him because he said he didn't want the votes. Owen Bennett must have been popular in his younger days. He is elected to the executive board right away. We are getting away from our baby days now and growing up a little. No wonder, with such a mature sophomore example before us. Norman Hansen appears for the first time in the ten years of his life in long pants! Feature it, children, and then tell me how we, as freshmen, can continue in our childish ways. Bill Schaller is elected president of the class to protect us weaker members. He does it pretty well. Early in April we give the first Freshman Dance. It is a wet affair for more reasons than one, the main reason being it rains all night. Things go on this way for weeks until finally we strike, but not until June 10, because we have to wait for report cards to come out, and we might as well stick around awhile anyway. CHAPTER II. We are now Sophomores spelled with a capital We can't ever remem- ber being anything but distinguished, outstanding, second year students and scholars. -..H 22 ya...-

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More football material is needed in the form of men like Shepherd, Venos, and O'Brien. These three musketeers never fail the team. Howzatt? Oh, they never let the women interfere with what they believe to be their civic duty. Pst! Oroville is defeated again. Don't breathe it to a soul or our enemies might get the idea that we have a better team than they. The battle is on now! No more dates or auto rides till Bertha Wise is elected president. Walter Pretious wrote to the governor for support in the election, but woe on him! the better man wins. Step up, boys, and give this little lady a hand! Miss Bertha Wise, although she probably is not as capable as a junior would be in the same positio, will carry on the government most successfully. Whoopiel Dr. Heller- has bought a new car! They have just told us that the auditorium is not big enough to hold all the students. In that case Walter Pretious will have to graduate as a matter of kindness to the overcrowded freshmen. They hate to see him go, but considering that we are piled in three deep, one less just removes that much pressure from the ceiling. The Music Festival was held at Marysville this year. Our girls won first place in the glee clubs. They're so proud that they can't get their hats on. Mr. Ferguson has resigned. Believe it or not, but it's the truth and nothing else. Whyzatt? Well Paul Little, without whom this school could not func- tion properly, has asked for the job. He feels that he can better carry on the work of reconstruction if he can Mussolini the faculty. Oh, shucks, he didn't get the job, but he will meet Mr. Brown, the new principal, at the railroad station next September and give him a few pointers on How to Browbeat the Other Fellow After He Has Sat on You. Vacation once more. We all pass out from the building and the heat. CHAPTER IV. The last and most important chapter of our high school lives is now developing. What with our increased good looks, refined and cultured bear- ing, unlimited knowledge of the world about us, and our superiority com- plexes. we are undoubtedly the most important members of the student body. The two Browns. Bill and Mr., are getting along just fine. They're just as congenial as the Gold Dust Twins. The Red and Gold announces that we have won a few league games this season. Why not, with such a handsome new coach Cfootball, not auto- mobilel. You should have seen the Boys' Edition of the Red and Gold. Even the dumbest freshman could have told who was the editor without looking at the editorial page. The editor calls himself the Whole Wit.-Oh, yes, I nearly forgot to include the Half Wit. April 13, besides being Monday, marks the date of our Carnival. The business manager starts the row. The faculty helps him out. The selected few. as usual, do the work, and the unselected many spend their money. Did I hear anyone ask what those animals around the walls are? Lady, those ain't animals, those is friezes! However, the whole thing comes out in A Number One order, owing to Mr. Brown's untiring work on the cleanup committee. He moves chairs back into the classrooms until the Wee small hours of the morning. --D-if 24 C IXIUIICTFUS ifbscs' I W H