Elk Grove High School - Elk Yearbook (Elk Grove, CA)

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il LJ! I Sp , X1 THE ELK ll ll? I We'll be here all night unless the janitor kicks us out. Enter Paul and Richard. Richard- L-and I tell vou that when a few more of these States hold their primaries, you won't be crowing so much, I- ljaul-Bah! NVhat about Nebraska and New jersey and North Dakota. Ya can't get awav from it. Jessie Qdespairinglyj-They're at it again! Helen-Separate 'em before the feathers begin to Hy. fLoud crash is heard in hallj Derril-Clear the way, here comes Carol. Enter Carol Chat on one side of head, racquet in handj. Carol-Make it snappy: I'm freezing on the fifth set. lF'aul-If you'll o round un the others, we'll make it sna w D all ri ht. unter ugi unci in ianc . r HlClgl'lilj Hy g Richard-Hail! little bright eyes! Some head you've got, brought your lunch I see. Hugh-Yes! I Figured that after two minutes of this meeting, I'd be in need of a few refreshments. Enter Howard fdragging Harold by the coat-tailj. Howard-VVell, I guess we're all ready to proceed: here's the president. Harold-The meeting will please come to-- l--lugh-Shut up! VVe ain't all here yet: l've just counted 'em and there's two missing. Richard-l'll go get 'em. frisesj Helen fpushing him downj-You will notg if you ever get out of this room, you'll get to thinking about a new argument for Hoover and you'll forget to come back. fllvlyrtle and Anna appear at the door.j Anna-Are we late? a Howard-Oh not at all. In fact you're regular little early birdsg always were. l-laroldf'llhe meeting will please comel v ' Carol Crising and shouting out of windowj-W' hat set now, Smitty? Helen Cgrabbing her skirt and pulling her into seatj-For Pete's sake! l,et's go, I want to get home for at least Five minutes this noon. Harold-The purpose of this meeting is to select a Senior- Hugh fwaving a half-eaten sandwichj-Hear! hear! I move we give Comus.', Howard-'l'here's no getting around it. 'llhink how classy the name would look on the posters. People would think it was some new kind of a breakfast food. .lessie-Yeh! Comus, there's a reason. Paul Cvoice rising above the babel!-and I ask you, Richard Hawley, where there is a better man than Johnson? Richard tin still louder voicel-and l ask you to show me one thing that .lohnson ever did for this State. Omnes-Choke ,eml Choke 'em! Harold--Order! Order! Helen Qstanding on cleskj--Mr. President, I rise to point of order. There ain't no such an animule. Derril-Now, let's be sensible. VVe must select a play and it's got to be done right away. Carol Qrushing to the windowj-VVhat set are they playing now? Fort s ven

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0- L ' -, ' J TH 11: F' EL It jxillnigxwjj ealiflilf W I , 'WW THE SOLILOQUY OF A BASEBALL I was disturbed so abruptly from my comfortable nap, that I was certain there was an earthquake. Then a very excited-looking creature snatched me roughly from my box and examined me closely. This ball is a dandy ! he shouted to the other boys. But instead of handling me with care, as I had thought all prized possessions were treated, he threw me swiftly through the air, a proceeding which almost took the breath out of me. Soon I stopped with a jolt in a mass of leather. I was extremely grateful, because it pro- tected me from a serious injury. I can still remember that first thrilling sur- prise, and how frightened I was. I remained there only a short time, hardly long enough to know where I was, when I found myself sailing through space with even greater speed than before. To show that I was offended, I fell straight down this time. One of the monsters thought it was his fault, and I heard him say, Next time I'll put more force into it. I wished then that I had been good. However, I was beginning to enjoy 1ny lightning-like trips when another cruel biped hit me a painful blow with a bat QI learned its name laterjg I found myself near the clouds, and came down more slowly this time. Landing in the not too soft leather I was saved from another dreaded fall. At the end of the next journey I hid in a clump of grass, not because I didn't enjoy my excursions, but because of the pain caused by the strikes. I rested there quite a while when I heard some one say, VVe must find that good ball. Thereupon I was picked up and the next time I wasn't hit with quite so much vim, but I struck the ground a little harder. Some one shouted, First ! Even then in all my distress, the wretch had no mercy and rolled me rapidly over the rough ground, which surely wasn't a very efficacious remedy for my bruises. Immediately I was much surprised when a huge brute sat on me there and almost completely buried me. This, seemingly, didn't bother the barbarian, but another young savage picked me up and hurled me harder than ever. I wondered why I was encountering all this harsh treatment. Then I couldn't hear myself think, for the boys were shouting like Comanches, We won, we won I A kind boy lifted me from the earth gently enough, only to throw me care- lessly in with the crowd of other baseball folk. I-le didn't even wish me a speedy recovery. That night at the baseball conference, we balls talked about the number of games we had won and lost. VVe thought it was ridicidulous for those youthful harum-scarums to claim all the credit for the victories, and not to give us any thanks. I wonder if those boys realize how many games they would win if it were not for us balls? one of my friends ended by remarking. -Pearl Wilsoii, '21, A SENIOR SEANCE One Act Farce Scene: Room 4, Elk Grove Union' High School. Time: Any noon hour. Enter Derril, I-Ielen and Jessie. QAll take various seats in 1'ear of room. I-lelen unfortunately flops into the one which collapses easily.j Jessie-VVell, here we are again. ' Helen-Yeh! what's the light going to be about this time? Derril-O, a mere trifle, simply the selection of our play. Helen-Good night! VVe might just as well make ourselves comfortable. Forty-six

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L! . X- I Xf ? l'f,5, 'fU L.. THE ,,jy,jj'f, ELK I . Wifi'- .,- J . Harold-Now let,s sit down and be sensible. QEveryone sits down with a crash, leaving Harold standingj Hugh Qendeavoring to speak with mouth fullj-Sit down ya'shelf, your tha only one thas sthandin'. Voice Cfrom outside below the windowj-Goin' on, Carol? Goin' on? QCarol jumps up, kicks over her chair, grabs racquet and rushes out, after accidentally knocking a piece of cake from Hugh's hand. Distant tinkle of glass heard.j ' V Myrtle-There goes the door. 'That's the third time she's broken it this Vear. Harold-We will now proceed with the regular business of selecting our play. Has any one any suggestions to make? Howard-I suggest that some one make a suggestion according to the sug- gestion suggested by our President. Richard-I suggest we adjourn until some further date, which, of course, will be suggested by our President. Voice Qfloating down from upstairsj-Oh-h, An-na, come and play the drum in the orchestra. Anna-The suggestion is a good one. I'll go. CExit.j Paul Cto Richard, voice rising above the noisej-To show you how cock sure I am, I'll bet you ten dollars that Johnson wins. Howard-I raise the ante one cent. Do I hear a second? Derril-It is absolutely imperative that we get our play copies sent for this week. Now the committee thinks- Hugh fbreaking inj-Hey! Helen, what time is it? Helen-It's high time we put in the riot call, I think. Derril- -the committe thinks- Howard fsweetlyj-Really now, does the committee actually ever think? Derril- -that they have found- I-Iugh-That reminds me. I lost that two plus that I had framed. I was saving it for a souvenir. Did any of you kids find it? Derril Qundisturbedj- -just the right sort of- Paul Qvoice rising above confusionj-I'll tell you how we'll manage it. I'll have Big Tick draw up a contract stating the amount of the bet. Hugh fpounding on deskj-I say, you hear me, don't you? Has anyone found that two plus mark that I lost? Voice foutsidej-Say, Tick, if we are going to play Courtland today, you'd better come out and get warmed up. Hugh-That's so! fhastily gulps a whole piece of pie and exits, stepping over four rows of seats, voice growing fainter and fainterj. Shay, now, if ya find that two plus, jus' lemme- Howard fsadlyj-VVell, there's another nut gone. The old f'livver's break- ing down. Myrtle Cto jessiej-And can you believe it? I saw him with his arm around her. Derril Qevidently having been talking all the timej-The play is a good one, has lots of pep and- I-Iugh's voice Coutside, under the windowj-Say, you poor prune of a first- baseman up there, do you think yer Ty Cobb the Znd? Howard fleaning out of the windowj-Tut! Tut! my boy, I'm so good, I don't need any practice. However, I'll do anything to please the baby. fGrabs hat and exits, tripping over Paul's foot.j Paul-The big bum! He stepped on my pet corn. Forty-eight