Fairhaven High School - Huttlestonian Yearbook (Fairhaven, MA)

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THE HUTTLESTONIAN 22 T HE Football Season was a success as a whole, though the first two games were lost, owing to a lack of experience. The principal games on the schedule were those with Whitman, Durfee, and New Bedford. We played Durfee here, and although the latter was favored to win, our boys did not fail us and came out of the battle with a winning score of 7-0. The next game was at Whitman, and the resultant score 7-6 in our favor. The New Bedford game was played at Sargent Field and was a thriller! The game was well played and cleanly fought. It ended in a scoreless tie. At the close of the season the superior work of Captain Hawkins, Hirst, Silvia, Pflug, and Cieurzo won for them a place on the All- Bristol County Team. The Basketball Team started the season in good trim, winning four straight games and losing to Durfee. After that, the outlook was discouraging for only one game was won. Although beaten in hard-fought games, Fairhaven was in the battle until the final whistle blew. Lineup: R F.—D. Barnes L. F.—E. York C.—J. Hawkins R. G.—C. Hirst L. G.—Captain F. Pflug Substitutes—C. Holland, P. Hoxie, J. O’Leary (Concluded on Page 32)

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THE HUTTLESTONIAN 21 “If a farmer has four thousand bushels of wheat,” said the teacher, “and sells them at sixty cents a bushel, what would he get?” To which a pupil enthusiastically replied: “An automobile!” —Ladies’ Home Journal. “Oh, Mrs. Brown,” exclaimed the newly married next-door neighbor breathlessly, preparatory to borrow¬ ing some supplies she was temporar¬ ily out of: “Do your hens lay good eggs?” “Well,” Mrs. Brown replied con¬ sideringly, “they haven’t laid a bad one yet.” —Ladies Home Journal. “Eliza,” said a friend of the fam¬ ily to the old colored washerwoman, “have you seen Miss Edith’s financee?” Eliza pondered for a moment, then bent over the laundry tubs once more. “No, ma’am,” she said, “it ain’t been in the wash yet.” —University Press. It was Mrs. Foley’s first ride in a taxi, and she watched with growing alarm the driver continually putting his hand outside the car as a signal to following traffic. At last she be¬ came exasperated. “Young man,” she said, “you look after that car of yourn and watch where you are going; I’ll tell you when it starts raining.” —Punch. Man—Is New York the next stop? Porter—Yes sah; brush you off sah ? Man—No, I’ll get off myself. —Western Christian Advocate. Teacher—What is “can’t” the abre- viation of? Freshman—Cannot. Teacher — That’s right. Now, Johnny, what is “don’t” the abrevia- tion of? Freshmen—Doughnut. —Selected. “Why the difference in Pullman berths?” “Well, you see the lower is higher than the upper and the higher price is for the lower. If you want the price lower you have to go higher. They sell the upper lower than the lower. In other words, the higher is lower. Most people do not like the upper although it is lower be¬ cause it is higher. When you have an upper you have to get up to go to bed and get down when you get up. You can have the lower if you pay higher. The upper is lower than the lower because it is higher. But if you are willing to go higher, it will be lower. Take your choice!” —Club News. “What is your profession?” “I was an organist.” “What made you give it up?” “The monkey died.” —The Tiger.

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THE HUTTLESTONIAN 23 The First State Basketball Meeting T HE first state basketball meeting was held in the Y. W. C. A. building at Boston. The girls of the Fairhaven High School thought that it would be a good chance to get some ideas for their basketball team, so the Girls’ Athletic Association sent two delegates —Marjorie Coombs, the captain, and Elizabeth Jason. It was explained at the meeting why girls did not play boy’s rules and three reasons were given: 1. The average girl is not strong enough to endure the hard playing that is required in a boy’s game. 2. There is more team work in a girl’s game and that means not so much individual playing. 3. The most important—that a girl ' s health comes first , and the game second. The question of “out of bounds” was discussed. It was asked if the wall should be called “out of bounds”. The chairman of the meeting said her opinion was that it should not because one should stand outside of the boundary line to throw the ball in. In some cases, the wall is used as a seventh player, and when this is true it should be called “out of bounds.” One of the most important subjects talked about was the one line game, played on a small floor. Several of the officials found that there was likely to be considerable bunching or “boxing up”. To stop this, the center or side center, now called “guard” or “forward”, should stay nearer the center of the floor, and let the other guards or forwards pass out to center and in that way give the forwards a chance to move about and get free. This is called “triangle forma¬ tion” and does away with all the bunching spoken of before. It is absolutely impossible for the referee to see each individual player all the time. For this reason, umpiring was introduced. The only fault to find with an umpire is that his attention can be drawn away from the backfield by the game. It was suggested that the umpire do more work, and in this way the game might be brought up to a higher level of sportsmanship. ELIZABETH JASON, ’24.