Harding High School - Folio Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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THE SPECULATCR Vol. III THE WARREN HARDING HIGH SCHOOL No. I I .1 ff- . Harding Gridders , f L Spaghetteers Defeat Hilltoppers Ig, I Organize .frlniosa fifty fans, ladies .Zi Am , Cafeteria Setting ant gen emcn, were pr .- ,.,, . 1 ' , cnt last Saturday, Novem- f ' Por First Contest ber 19, 1898, to watch the c , ,v 1- Harding fighting eleven ' gjllil' .Xll Harding is on its conquer Centralx by the I, f- lt! toes in- anticipation of the score of 65-54. ll1C 'C0l0f' , JZ inzunmotli Spaghetti-l'fab ful crowd wore the latest ' 7 ing t'ontt-st, which is fashions, including the new l,1,,,m -1 to 1 - Ai, fr i 27-inch liats with plunn-s bw' i IIN. ,,:i,.u.ria'Kirlrillilzuit Scsi of l'l-ilffllllt-Z Flllfl U 11ff1l xl , , Iii, lt is expected that all colors, and sported banners and parasols of the most up-to-date style. The game was fast from the start. Central won the cartwheel toss and chose to kick off. Blinker, Harding, received the kick and ran thru the field for a touch- down. Harding kicked this time, and was saved from disaster by Capt. Nowitz, who made a desperate ef- fort and tackled the Cen- tral fullback by the mous- tache on the four-yard line. On the next play Central was penalized forty yards for attempting to hide the ball. However, a line buck by the Red-andJBlack quarter went thru and the enemy made their first score. Score, end first quarter, Harding 6, Central 11. In the next period, Hard- ing held the opponents scoreless, but put over three touchdowns and four field goals. The Hilltop- pers fell into a rare bit of luck when the game was held up, just as a Harding- ite was about to get away to another score, in order that the derby of a Central supporter might 'be re- trieved from the field. Score at the half, Harding 36, Central 11. At the beginning of the third quarter, three Cen- tralites were found to have greased their leather jack- ets, and a penalty was im- posed. In the final period the drive of the Centralites was so vigorous that many penalties were necessary, anfong them that imposed upon the westside center, 'ilcig ' oum gruwr: CUWTMN NOWITZ Prof. Sombre Gives Health Hints Many practical and useful suggestions on how to live to a grand old age were given the students at an assembly devoted to health held recently by Professor Billy Sonrbre. Prof. Sombre is a remarkable spec- imen of perfect manhood, haying successful- ly attained the age of sixtyfaided only by glasses, false teeth, crutches. and an ear trumpet. l-le has had a long, uphill fight to reach his present state of perfection, since teu years ago he had tuberculosis, leprosy, pneumonia, cancer, dandrulf, and fallen arches, in adldition to being deaf, dumb, blind. and totally bald. His success, he declared to students, has been due to l1is diet. This has consisted of banana skins, parsley, buttermilk, onion stalks. peanut shells, and Old Goldsf' He declared that 99-44!100-'W of high sfchool stu- dents are tubercular. that four out of five have pyorrhea and the other one is drying of overwork fapplausel, and that every slice of bread contains 3,435,648 germs. He also gave many other cheering figures. ln conclusion, Prof. Sombre urged stud- ents to eat more bird's nest soup, animal crackers, grapefruit skins, and castor oil. The students are following his suggestions, and since the health assembly the mortality rate at Harding is noticeably on the de- crease. who was accused of sticking his opponent with a Remember the Maine pin. Another Centralite was accused of calling his oppon- ent a Dirty Spaniard but the charge was not confirmed. Following the game the marvelous Hard- ing players were borne off the field on the shoulders of the crowd to the Harding om- nibus. ' 89 existing records will he sliattcrcd. The main aim of this contest is to de- termine the live outstand- ing llarding Spaglietteers, who will represent their alma mater against t'en- tral at a dual meet to be held at the Coney Island Lunch on u date not yet announced. The first day a corps of forty-three entrants turned out for practice under Coach Doolittle and many more are expected. The coach. a noted pessimist. declares his char':es will clisgrace themselves on fouls, and is aiming to drill them to a perfection which will eliminate this possibil- ity. The rules f-or the con- test include the following: tai No professionals al- lowedg thi inhaling thru spag- hetti is a foul and punish- able by a penalty of two feet or three seconds or bothg tc! Spilling of tomato sauce on uccktie is a foul, punishable by same penal- ties as tbl, tdi Use of tongs or other mechanical assist- ance is a major foulg pen- alty seven fcet or ten sec- onds or bothg tel Spaghetti used will be standard Mt in. dia- meter. Among the most for- midable of the entries al- ready received are Mc Pherson, Tarasovic. and Young in the T2-inch class: losephson, O'Shea, and Dick Thorpe in the 36