Franklin High School - Almanac Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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BREAK-DOWN DUE TO FATAL OVER-EXERTION Joseph Milliken, the silent power behind the American Government, is today in ll state of unconsciousness, due to over-exertion. For years. Mr. Milliken has been working on his scheme to unite China and Japan with Uruguay and the Canary Islands, but his constant ap- liration to his work has caused a physical break- flown. .Hoi GEORGE PENNEBAKER ACCEPTS NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT Looking at the state of domestic affairs through the poIitician's eyes it seems quite likely that the Presi- dential chair will be graced with a member of the Re- publican body. Proving himself very worthy in the Senate, Senator George Pennebaker has at last ac- cepted the nomination for President. io.. MISS FlTCH'S MAMMOTH CAKE IS PLACED ON EXHIBITION Miss Fitch. of the Home Economics Department of California, is considered the best cake baker in the U. S. A sample of Miss F'itch's work is on exhibition in New York. The cake is four feet by nine feet in dimen- sions and was transported to New York in a glass lined box car with rubber Wheels. ...OT PORTRAIT PAINTED BY ARTIST WINS FIRST A W A R D The Leaping Tuna, a beautiful alegorical portrait, painted by Miss Genevieve Jones, is receiving much creditable criticism by art critics. lt is a colorful piece of work, praised chief- ly because of its lack of unity and simplicity. io? Miss Sigred Fusk, promi- nent society belle and presi- dent of the Idler's Club, is planning a trip to ltaly, the last part of the summer. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGA- TION IS MADE IN LAND OF ESKIMAUX Miss Ethel Twait, head of the Dietetics Department at has just re- VVashing'ton, turned from Iceland, where she made a thorough inves- tigation of the dietetic con- ditions of that country. To remedy the lack of vita- mines among the Eskimaux, plans have been made to ship 5000 pounds of vita- mines to Iceland semi-an- nually. Lot. Miss Betty Davison, editor of the New York Times, is now at a convention for newspaper editors at Lon- don. 10.- Miss Ruth McMillan, the athletic wonder, will per- form some unusual stunts in high diving at Olympia Plunge tonight. A crowd of ten thousand people is ex- pected to witness this mar- velous performance. ....0... MISS GERTRUDE WRIGHT TO CONTINUE WITH MANTEL G. CO. ,Ol Miss Gertrude W r i g h t plans to continue her Shake- speare work with the Mantel Players. Miss Wright por- trays the part of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Her interpretation of this char- acter is the most effective ever witnessed and her thrilling rendition of the lines, When Rome-owed what Juli-et, brings tears to the eyes of every audi- ence. CHOP SUEY COACHING Learn How to Eat Chop Suey With a Chinese Accent We Can Teach You In Four Lessons VVE FURNISH THE CHOP SUEY! Call Hongkong 2 Elizabeth Kelly, instructor A meltless ice cream is at last ready for consumption, created by the Massey Treamery of Los' Angeles. To Frank Masssey, owner of the company. goes the honor of the achievement. ' 26 MISS VIRGINIA HALFF IS G I V E N B A L L AT ASTOR HOTEL Miss Virginia Halff, head of the VVoman's Committee at WVashington, is to be in Los Angeles shortly. Among the social events planned in her honor will be a formal ball given at the new Astor Hotel by Miss Mary Ives, leader of the Prison Reform of this city. io.. Vera Keylin, protege of the famous Pavlowa, made her debut at the Opera, House in Paris on January lst. Miss Keylin is dancing under the name of ?- ?- ?- 10, To' Edna Roth and Jean Parrish goes the credit of having the largest kinder- garten class in the United States. The class holds the names of 450 children ranging from 3142 to 1 years. Proclaims the Man THE CORRECT TAILOR SHOPPE The Appearance Oft Clarence Badgley, Prop. LIFE OF BRAVE NEWS- PAPER MAN SAVED BY UMBRELLA The bravery of a news- paper reporter caused the death of Dwight Humphrey yesterday. WVhile walking along 57th and Broadway at noon Mr. Dwight Humphrey happened to glance upward and caught sight of a little child playing on the roof of a high building. Realizing the child's danger Mr. Hum- phrey proceeded to climb the building to' save it. He reached the 12th story safe- ly, but on attempting the 13th, his foot slipped and he went crashing to the ground. Luckily he was carrying an umbrella which he immedi- ately put to use by opening it and carrying it reversed. He landed inside and thus saved his life by his pres- ence of mind. I

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ew York Chime WORLD FAM ED BAND MUCH UEMANDED IN EUROPE Coyle's World Renowned Band has completed a tour of the world, delighting mil- lions with his unexcelled music. The people in other coun- tries are very appreciative of beautiful music, said Coyle. and having escaped with some ditliculty we flnd that in all There's no place like home! io..- STUNT PERFORMER IN C I RC U S SUFFERS SERIOUS ACCIDENT Miss Ruth Mattingly, the famous ring performer of Barnum 8: Bailey's circus, is suffering with a sprained wrist. While walking through the tent to pet the animals, Miss ,Mattingly stopped to give Jumbo, her favorite elephant, some pea- nuts. As she did so, quite unexpectedly the elephant's trunk closed on her hand. It is expected she will resume work in about one week. io., DANCERS DELIGHT THOUSANDS The Daring Sisters have returned to the stage, de- lighting thousands during the last year at the Moon- flower Gardens with their clever dancing and songs. These sisters make their second debut on the Ameri- can stage, though it has re- cently been discovered that they are not sisters at all, but two chance acquaint- ances who have cast their lots together. Their real names are Mignonette Laws and Margaret McCormick. Lo... DISEASES OF CARS CURED BY INVENTOR Paul Spencer, famous scientist and inventor, has just patented his new de- tachable radiator cap de- signed to prevent the cough- ing and sneezing of any make of car during an influ- enza epidemic. The caps are artistic affairs, manufactur- ed in pastel or more sombre shades. Mr. Spencer's new 265,000.00 car, T, B, now on display at the Interna- tional Auto Show is equip- ped with one of the new in- ventions. The caps, con- structed of corn cobs, are very reasonable in cost. ,01- PROFESSOR PERFORMS WONDERFUL FEAT David Lee, the greatest living mathematician, Der- formed some experiments that have utterly astounded scientists and students. Be- fore a board of college pro- fessors, Mr. Lee demon- strated his ability at rapid addition, subtraction. etc. By figuring the number of square feet contained in a cylinder of water 15' feet by 6 feet, Mr. Lee was able at a minute's notice to tell how much time and money it would take to build a bridge spanning the gigantic Los Angeles river. .,0.. NEW GYM COURSE ENTERED AT F. H. S. Miss Eva Jessup, popular high school teacher, has put before the Board of Educa- tion suggestions for a course in gum chewing for high school students. To be able to chew gum properly is a science, claims Miss Jessup. lt is only after years of strenuous effort that I am at last able to chew gum intelligentIy. After seeing the graceful and tempting way Miss Jes- sup manages this insoluble mass, the board has decided to accept and install slot machines in every school. io.. WELL KNOWN DEBATER RETURNS T0 AMERICA After a series of debates covering a period of three years, Miss Helen Braunton is back in America with the championship tight in her hands. Miss Braunton de- bated in all the European countries and Australia. During her tour she debated in 42 different languages. The topic of the debates was Resolved. that the price of cheese does not affect the intensity of the sun's rays, except on special occasions. 25 THRILLING NOVEL RE- CENTLY PUBLISHED BY LARGEST FIRM The Samson and Leslie Publishing Company is very proud to announce the ap- pearance of a new novel en- tituled VVny He Chose to Live, in three parts, by Mr. Leonard Hines. ..0... JUVENILE JUDGE IS S T U D E N T BODY V.-PRESIDENT Visitors find that it is almost a pleasure instead of a punishment to go to Juve- nile Court, for the new at- mosphere in the court is pronounced, and is all due to the new matron, Miss Mar- garet Hitch. Everyone who comes in contact with Miss Hitch, loves her. T believe Miss Hitch is the most competent woman who ever filled this office. said Chief of Police Donald Hook. To... MARS RACE WON BY STROHMEYER Before a throng of seven million people. the entrants in the annual trans-planet race started for Mars. their goal. There were six hun- dred entrants in the race, the greatest number to par- ticipate, up to date. Many new makes of aero- planes were introduced. The machine driven by Ray Strohmeyer made the jour- ney in two days, two nights, two hours, and two minutes. As proof of his arrival Strohmeyer brought back a beautiful silk flag presented to him as the first arrival in the 1924 trans-planet race. 10... Nellie Thompson, fat lady of Ringling Brothers' Circus, has decided to leave the sawdust ring and spend the rest of her days in quiet seclusion. - 10... Al Stein, famous heavy hitter of the Giants, has at last forsaken his training for a few months of needed vacation. lo, Miss Emily Rundstrom won first place in a voice contest held last week when her voice was heard clearly from 7th and Broadway to Beverley Hills.

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WWA 1'4 Pi , . ,. ' 5, F1 V History of Graduating Class, Summer 1924 Fourscore-or was it four? years ago our fathers brought forth unto this justly exalted institution of scholarship, a new freshman class, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all Freshmen and Seniors are, by an inalienable right, equal. This particular class, destined to become the now famous graduating class of Franklin High in the year of grace one thous- and nine hundred twenty-four-summer season-then numbered two hundred hfty one. To this number was later added one hundred fifty six who came from other schools. English, history, algebra, general science and Latin came, were seen, conquered. Rapidly knee-pants grew to full length. glasses eased eye-strain, due to undue consuming of the midnight petroleum: ten weeks came, with report cards and their dread import, and those who had laboriously accumulated the requisite number of solids passed on be- yond the vale of uscrubdomu into the much south-after Freshman A class- rooms. A few slipped and fell back, doomed to languish in the hated Hold- over Rooms, the bane of a Sophomore's life. june came, with a big step past the first milestone of high school life, and vacation was on. Summer school, however, soon began, and the merry school boys and girls, with their satchels and shining morning faces, ran like the swallow unhesitatingly to schooli' fapologies to Bill Shakespeare in As You Like It. J After summer session ceased, vacation time hung heavily on the hands for two weeks but at last the joyful day arrived, the first day of being Sophomores, with all the pleasure that that grades studies bring. The students eagerly greeted geometry, Caesar and rhetoric, but another Thermopylae was enacted at card time. However the valiant girded up their loins and went on to the task until they had oozed through the second year with the necessary threes. Again a milestone had been reached and, for most individuals, half the course was run, but a few had found the fence of failure too high to wriggle over, and these unlucky mortals were obliged to tarry yet awhile and practice the art of steady grinding. Nothing now remained for most of the class but to await the coming of the next school term, which they defied with the secure status of upper classmen. ' Nlany persons believe the junior year to be an unfortunate one in that there is a great deal of suspense in awaiting the advent of true Seniorism. The class passed the year in gaining distinction for itself. A Junior was Boys' Self-Government President, and the appointed and elected delegates aided in conducting self-government in an orderly fashion. ln dramatics several class members proved themselves satelites. 27