Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1927 volume:

«■� TAK4C. THE 1Q27 MADRONO PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS PALO ALTO UNION HIGH SCHOOL JUNE • 1927 Foreword ‘“Madrono, as the senior class ■ v 1 annual and Palo Alto Union High School year-book, aspires to a high ideal. It must be made worthy of the class that publishes it and worthy of the school from which it comes. With this in mind, the 1927 “Madrono staff has earnestly endeav- ored to publish a beautiful and complete year- book, one which will be permanently com- memorative of the year 1926-1927. The “Madrono” this year is designed to be a lasting realisation of the memories of school days, and to color the memory of these events as they themselves have influenced our lives. The use of many photographs and shapshots, the elimination of unnecessary text material, the addition of half-tone pencil and wash drawings, and numerous cutsare featuresof the book which have been worked out most care- fully in order to make it both characteristic and complete—a magazine appealing to all tastes. If this “Madrono” find favor even to a slight degree among our fellow students, we of the staff shall be fortunate, having achieved our purpose -a “Madrono” you will enjoy own- ing as much as we have enjoyed planning and executing. Ha a® mm gMmm 141 mm ea mm ‘Bool(s Academic Organizations Publication The Year Sports Humor wm mm lifflffl mm 21 ,F5 5? I?! 6Dedication Co Miss Stella McKee, in gratitude for her service to us and to our school in respect for her success in her chosen work� and in love for her as a true friend, we, the class of 1927, are privileged to dedicate this volume of the “Madrono.11 Miss McKee's work is one of the most im- portant influences in our school life, for it is hers to create and reveal beauty in our lives. In her classroom work, in designing illustra- tions for the “Madrono, in planning scenes for the stage, she fosters our desire for the beautiful. By her example we are encour- aged to appreciate harmony in everything we see, harmony in even the commonplaces of life. It is difficult to estimate our appreciation of Miss McKee’s devotion to beauty and her enthusiastic support of all our undertakings, butindedicatingthisvolumeofthe“Madrono” to her we hope to express, however inade- quately, our admiration. as a® 1SE !6| A ‘Dedicated To 9fCiss Stella JiTcKee ffl tB ... [7] I u (Qrmnrimn REBECCA T. GREENE DONALD STEELE ELEANOR LARSEN ELIZABETH TYLER m 191 The Madrono Faculty A Walter H. Nichols. George E. Mercer.................. Marie I. Nicholson................ Parley M. Christensen. ... English Lusanna M. Clary..................Latin C. W. Converse..............Mathematics Sophia Cramer.......Modern Languages Ruth Crandall.........Domestic Science Dorothy Donaldson . French and Spanish Marie G. Eustace.............Commercial Herbert G. Florcken.............History Doris Green. .. .Gir s Physical Education J. R. Grinstead...............Chemistry Grace Hartley .Girls' Physical Education Myra Hoge.....................Librarian Frances Huntington..............English Lina S. Jacob...................Spanish R. J. Jungerman.....Biological Sciences Virginia Kelly......Biological Sciences Joseph J. Kilpatrick....Industrial Arts :Ha$riet McCausland ... . English Leona H. McCully................History William C. McInnis......Socia Sciences Stella S. McKee. . . .Drawing and Design rMf, ...........................Principal . . Vice'Principal, Physics, Mathematics .............Secretary and Bookkeeper Florence Melvin..............Commercial Como Montgomery . 4 History Bert C. Moody - L llTdustr f rms Harriet P. NELsoNvjEnaiu j, Mathen mjicsT s Elizabeth Pooler .... Ruth PrestonT Ay English Howard C. R.sx'AWsWkysicai Education Dorothy Rulon................Commercial Edward Sandys...................English Melvin E. Shippy......,, Mathematics E. J. Sparling. .( English, swHnming■ — M. C. Stern . Edith Stewart.......... George S. Stewart . ............Boys’ Physical Education t Ingegerd Uppman.................. ... ...........English, Spanish, German Elizabeth Wenk.............Commercial Nellie F. Williams. .English, Latin 1 I iol 1927 Class History lmost four years ago quite a large group of freshmen, the present seniors, first came to Paly High. When they were organized and became known as the fresh' man class, Kirk Miles, who at present is the commissioner of finance, was elected president. The freshman party was an elaborate affair at which the yearly track meet was staged under the supervision of Mr. Mercer. As sophomores, the class of '27 had the unusual distinction of being the only class ever governed entirely by girls. Margaret Keifer was the president, Sylvia Truax, vice' president, and Dorothy Vaughn, the present commissioner of literary activities, secretary' treasurer. In their junior year more students participated in activities. However, as this interest grew, studies did not suffer and it was during this year that the number of juniors who were enrolled in the California Scholarship Federation was a close second to the number of 1926 seniors. In their junior year such names as Alexander McGilvray, Graham McFeely, Maxwell Springer, and Herbert Lyell were popular in the football field, while Gordon Alexander won distinction in swimming and Harry Plymire in tennis. The junior carnival stunt, the ‘'bughouse,” was one of those which made the carnival a success. The junior' senior dance, which deserved and won much praise, was a delightful affair. The class contains many scholars, several of whom will not only receive a gold seal for scholarship on their diplomas but also a silver seal for participation in the various school activities. The junior athletes won added laurels in their senior year, and to the list must? be added the names of Park Wisdom and John Saich, who distinguished themselves in basket' ball, and Jack Dudfield in football. The senior class officers are Park Wisdom, president; Manuel Espinosa, vice'president; Elizabeth Fisher, secretary; Grosvenor Cooper, treasurer; and Guy Barker, senior court custodian. II 'a-, . a : « £; ; ; v j- v a1- a a __,.., ± j AAjMAA The Madrono Park Wisdom Tose Manuel Espinosa Mary Elizabeth Fisher Grosvenor William Cooper Guy Barker, Jr. William Thom Neikirk Thomas Kirk Miles Elizabeth Alden Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughn Maxwell Elbert Springer Iw] i The Madrono C,f ? i f f I one Briones Lothrop Gordon Thayer Alexander Herbert Leslie Lyell Pearl Victoria Nordberg Ellen Wilhelmina Barnhisel Donell Frank McLaughlin George Cambell Jones y r iT Virginia Smith.Clei ns FekV Marie Stark f:i'W is Vance La wry irtLtLkkLLLLttm.f 113] MVumrmwmmvwsnnFww f f f f rtf t� tiw The Madrono rj Harry Sankey Morton J Dorothy Frances Cook. Helen Elizabeth Hyde Kimball Mason Eldridge George Shingu Margaret Duncan Evans Alice Lee Neff John Hart Wagner Richard Ellis, Jr. Meta Elizabeth Jury The Madrono Carl Elliott McDowell Bertha Frank Campbell Hester Hazel Walser Myron William Moore —. John Lee Mesenburg Anna Josephine Dal Balcon Dorothy Grace Tui.ly Irving Lyle Crawford John Rockf.tt Burgess Ruth Proctor Armstrong I 15] i: n mu A :■ v a LCOXl; ; m.JL r- j The Madrono Ronald Howe Rogers Mary Angeune Baracchi Media May Orem Alexander Seawall McGilvray Payne Theraut Mary Edith Jones n'j Winifred Grace Brett Harry Lawson Plymire � - ►« Arthur James Cathcart Helene Elizabeth Palmer IfO I i6l The Madrono hj yr qa Gordon Leith Irving Esther Viola Carlson Carol Jane Murdock Sanderson Smith Vincent Andrew Rogers Elizabeth Ruth Ashworth William Gordon Wight Mary Owen Griffin The Madrono vf w.wmr.9-90.wwmw: 9Mt I18I Donald Anderson Kelly Josephine Dorothea Mofpitt Bernice Mfdhurst Smith Leland Gibbs Balcomb Theodore Oscar Zschokke Ruth Jeanette Ghrisman Vera Estelle Weeks Tom Randolph Wimbish Jackson Walter Hume Oscar Bernard Holm % I , jC Frances Robinson Wulzen D. L. Simmons William Abbott Roberts, Jr. Florence Marcaret Cuthbertson Neva Arlyne Bryon Dancla Truman He wit Herbert Walfred Nelson Louise Hazel Stone house Heien Chase Lunt Eue Jefferson Wilson 191 The Madrono f Jean Cleveland Petrie J Theron Seville Wright James Russell Loder Helen Dell Hansen Alprette Marie Martin X Leo Bernard Fee James Thomas Hume Irma Estelle Shaw P Eua£?hl Hollister Clendenin George Dalton McLachlan ‘ i y 4 120] The Madrono Jose Felix Antonio Howard Neikirk ► ZZZZTTTL Winmark Dudley Smith, Edward John White Richard Francis Lucy • • -■ £• Reu Elwood Manhire John Edward Saich William Beal Roberts Charles Edward Cooper Jr- Helen Bernice Negus The Madrono Clara Eleanor Packard Hfnry James Stevenson Robert William Stone Edna Rose Kashlfr Ingeborg Viola Stevenson Robert Maurice Price Paul Walker Avery Estelle Ammons £ [Ml OHIHiAmiiHII Myrna Margaret Dakin Henry Graham McFeely The Madrono Tr x 1 i- fj j99 m f ¥ ¥ ¥.¥V7 WV 9 � ✓c James Nute Sylvia Jane Truax Olive Permelia Main Henry Wilder Quinn John J. Dudfield, Jr. Jane Leslie Hopkins Susan Eleanor Hays Hi Georue Henry Russell Grace Neah Mendenhall ] ty A The Madrono NAME Saying Description Ambition Occupation Betty Alden , Don’t bother me Words inadequate. . Deep sea diving Eating oranges Gordon Alexander . . Got any money . . . . Good looking . . To be a hero Swimming upside down Estelle Ammons . . I don't know ... Shy Learn to skate Studying. Jose Antonio .. No. . . Stream lines Benefactor Tennis. Ruth Armstrong .. Come on....... . Rough and ready , . To raise a chewing gum tree. Chewing gum. Bessie Ashworth .. Now stop . Peroxide To bean inspiration Dreaming. Paul Avery . My goodness Walking encyclopedia Make a date...... Broadcasting. Leland Balcomb . . Murder Little squirt Clown . Pestering anybody handy, Mary Barracchi .. Well . Ask her. ...... To write a history book. Sitting still. Guy Barker .. Oh hang . . Sleeping beauty To be a hermit. Digging slugs. Wir.HELMINA BaRNHISPL.. . .. Jack............. ■ So big Jack Jack. Grace Brett . . Tish . . Looks innocent Long hair Dreaming of nothing Neva Bryon . . Don’t cut in . . The Spanish type.. . . President of U. S Patrolman. John Burgess . . Gee . Long and lanky Seclusion . lumping. Bertha Campbell .. Everything . Bright To out-talk Mr. Me- Inms Talking. Esther Carlson . . Eeeek . Prim...... Excitement Never met him. Arthur Cathcart. . . . . . . . Too technical . . Fly paper Nothing at all. Looking his best. Ruth Chrisman .. What for Brunnette Miss Cupertino. . Hero worship. Virginia Clemans .. Hev, Sandy . . Noisy Debutante slouch. Nagging. Eleanor Clendenin .. What's zat .. Dangerous Booky Smiling. . . Dignified ... Lady lawyer Running to school. . . Baby face Fat man Arguing. Lyle Crawford .. Now now . . Great Palmist........... Menagerie. 1 4 I The Madrono Horoscope NAME Saying Description Ambition Occupation Florence Cuthbertson ... Huh-uh Absolutely sober. . . . Telephone operator. . Asking questions. Myrna Dakin .. Oh Thoughtful Anything Everything- Anna Dal Balcon When 1 was in Europe Willowy Orphan asylum Mannequin. Jack Dudfielu Hey, 'Fat” The Miracle Man Inside of convent Picking wild flowers. Kimball Eldridge . . Cut it out Nuisance Get a girl Working. Richard Ellis . . You'd be surprised . .. Radiant Elephant herder Grinning. Manuel Espinosa . . . . . Si, Senor Dark and dainty Mayor of Mayfield . . Kidding the faculty. Margaret Evans How perfect Bashful Broken hearted Own business. Leo Fee . . Fight it up Where'd you get Elizabeth Fisher . . Oh, I hope vou don’t those eyes Agnews Yelling. mind... Fuzzy Bluff successfully... Caesar. Mary Griffin No sir The reference shelf... Fair, fat, and forty . Sunday afternoon rides. Susan Hays . . I don't see why Kiddish Spinsterhood Athlete. Dan Hewitt . . Touch me not Marcelled male New cuss words Water. Virginia Hills . Hello, Spud Spots True love. . Showing Sam how. Elizabeth Hyde . . Yes, sir Wise History prof Poetry. Oscar Holm . Out in Purrisima Sorta sheikie To graduate Toe dancer. Jane Hopkins That’s what I thought Red Auburn Jack of all trades. Jackson Hume . . Pass the salt Kinda phoney Barber Cuttin’ classes. James Hume . Applesauce Husky More soup Pulling weeds, Helen Hansen . . It seems to me Pensive Lady MacBeth Senior dignity. Gordon Irving Mama Honorable Prize fighter Boy Scout. Cambell Jones . Hi. Lop-sided Clever line Running from girls. Mary Edith Jones . Oh, dear Man hater Editor Gold digger. Meta Jury Honestly We have to be polite. Bright lights. Flirting. Edna Kashler . . Now girls Intriguing Back to Visalia Happy-go-lucky. Donald Kelly . . F'eavens sakes Little colonel Screen's greatest lover Soldier. Edwin Lawry Aw go on. Sleepy Basketball player. . . . Latin. James Loder . . . . Show me the way to go home Nize Bebby Red Grange Quo Vadis. Ione Lathrop . . I want to go home. . . Satisfied Tillie the Toiler Looking sweet. Richard Lucy . Get out of my way. .. Fast Learning to swim.... Poetry. Helen Lunt ., Trust me Graceful Hot dog stand Ha, Ha. Herbert Lyell . . Oh, thay Mayfield Lamp lighter Flower girl. Howard McCully . . Don't tell Mr, Nichols I love me Who knows (I don't). Horsing around. Carl McDowell I know Self-assured History prof Business managing. I 25 S The Madrono Horoscope NAME Saying Description Ambition Occupation Graham McFeeley. . . . . . .. Thunderation Complexion (Milk- White) No-to-kink Pumping gas. Alexander McGilvray . . . . I can’t help it Hen-pecked Sheik Football. Donnell McLaughlin . . . . . Got cher pictures in Chubby. ........ Steam roller Mechanic. George McLachlan See you in church Toby ... Judge's bench Scrapping with Hod. Olive Main . . . . Come now Joan of Arc II Prince of Wales.... Fairy tales. Reu Manhire . . Take my advice Coy Locomotive whistle. Woman hater. Alprette Martin . . See Ruth Armstrong. Ditto Etc And so forth. Grace Mendenhall . . Oh, my dear. . Sweet sixteen Wall Street Yell leader. Jack Mesenberg . Hard telling Useless To be a boy scout. . . Papers. Kirl Miles That’s just the point. Little prairie flower . To loop the loop Miser. Kenneth Miller Don't do that Every inch a gentle- man. Wings Tickets, please. Josephine Mofpitt . . You don’t say Flighty $T,000,000 Billets doux. Myron Moore . . Huh? Desperate Ambrose. . To shake off dull care. And quit his books. Harry Morton . Pm on my way A poetic soul School girl complexion Dad's check hook. Henry Moser .. Guess so Little boy Big boy Music. Carol Murdock ... . . My word ...... Just right Llsherette Old man’s darling. Alice Neff I don’t see why they think it..... Brunette Blonde . . Fighting with Kirk. Helen Negus . Just wait a minute. . . Blue eyes To elope Typing. Howard Neikirk . . You betcha . Big, bad, hold man. Sunday School teacher Bulling teachers. Thom Neikirk .. Now don’t over-work me . Dimples. . Castilleja gardener . . Crashing gates. Herbert Nelson Is that nice Hard boiled......... Mathematician... Dog catcher. Pearl Nordberg . Uh-huh Peaches and cream. .. To be a missionary . . . Chuckling. James Nute Got some work for me Pink Yellow journalism . . . Printer’s devil. Jean Petrie . Mah Goodness Modern miracle Soap bubbles School girl complexion Media Orem . . We should worry.... Serene Hash-slinger Letting hair grow. Helen Palmer .. Yes, No Little ... Man killer. Looking at “Photo- play.” Clara Packard. ........ . . Gosh Irish, . . World’s strongest woman Bus driver. Harry Plymire . By cracky Ladies’ man Lawyer Bessie. Robert Price . Oh, hum Interesting He-flapper Salesman Sam. Abbott Roberts . Now listen to me.... Tame Fallen leaf Censored. Sh-h-h. . Song and dance man. Vincent Rogers Go w?ay and let me sleep Gentlemanly In San Jose Playing a harp. M The Madrono Horoscope NAME Saying Description Ambition Occupation George Russell I love me Pious Sports Editor Fags. John Saich No speaka da Inglish . Red forest pine Circus Missing baskets. Phillip Sandys . Just a minute please. Meek Big brother. . Econ. Irma Shaw . Too much Dizzy Spinister Stanford men. George Shingu Nothing much Amiable Physics prof Baseball. D. L. Simmons . Right this way Broken hearted To turn the tables. . . Bell hopping. Bernice Smith Ahem Bolshevistic Ingenue lead Cheerful churub. Sanderson Smith . . Not prepared Brown. , Olympic games.. Bluffing. Winmark Smith . Yes, sah, Fickle Black Bottom Charleston. Maxwell Springer . Oh, sugar Harmless To grow up Fords. Ferne Stark . Nothing much Graceful . Chaperon Heroine. Henry Stevenson Hello, hello . Shiny Box car tourist Webster St. Ingeborc Stevenson . . . I don't know Bashful Deaconess. Writing. Rodert Stone . Hoot men Lanky Big butter and egg man Growing, Louise Stonehouse O mv Quiet Bobbed hair Saxa phone. Payne Thebaut ... Honey, deed ah do . College humor Dodge the women. . . Strumming. Sylvia Truax . . How cute.......... Good gal Tea for two Being good. Dorothy Tulli .... I don’t see the joke... Snappy Six feet I can’t think. Dorothy Vaughn . . For evermore Short but sweet. . Pearly gates Ditching Dick. Hart Wagner ... . Good night....... . Proud Thrills Playing hookey. Hester Walser . Sure Chem Shark. Concert tour Accompanist. Vera Weeks .. You'll get one Sheba Social butterfly Powdering her nose. John White Come away death . . Ask Pearl To break a record ... . Listening to the mock ing bird. Gordon Wight S’ funny Shriek Cow puncher Steeple jack. Ede Wilson .. This ain't me The other one... Prof, at dancing acad- Tom Wimbish Oh, girls Just a rose from an old emy Plunging. bouquet Sunday school Anything but. Park Wisdom Dun’t esk Senior class president. Orpheum circuit Stuttering. Theron Wright . . What a good boy. Patient That grand and glor- ious feeling Work without hope. Barney Eskimo Doctah Painting. Ted Zschokke . . Doggone Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Tuba player Clerking at the Co-op. 127 I I 283 The Madrono The Class of 1926V2 Hollowing the precedent established by the class of 1925K, the class of 1926 held its simple graduation exercises at a student body assembly on the afternoon of February 4. In the winter of 1923 about twenty-five new freshmen entered Paly High and with great hopes and aspirations started forth on their high school education under the sym- pathetic guidance of Miss Nelson. During the following four years many changes were made in the personnel of the class, as some members moved away, others became even more ambitious than they had been and went ahead a half year or more, while some had lost sight of their first ambitions and had fallen behind, until at graduation only two of the original members were seated on the platform. Four of the members must be mentioned with the others because they had had a special graduation before the winter vacation and had gone on to college. Among our number we can name several athletes who are well known to Paly people. Sandy Smith and Bob Blois brought honors to Paly's swimming teams as divers. Clarence Toney and Edward Crady played tennis for Paly, while Herbert Keeble and Kenneth Peterson played football. To Elinor Rittler and Marian Russell must go some honors in girls’ tennis. May we not forget to number among our bright lights the names of Francis Winner and John Lancaster who were always willing to entertain and who were well able to do it. Because of the size of the class, and because we belong to the mid-year, our accomplish ments have not been the big things which will be placed in Paly's annals to be a guide for the students to come, but we have done to the best of our ability those little things which after all, are as necessary as the big, and we hope we have not shirked our task. Some of us are going to college, some to work, and some are still undecided but, whatever we do, we want to thank Miss Nelson, Mrs. Horine, Miss Clary, Miss Hun- tington, Mr. Grinstead, Mr. Florcken, and Miss McCausland for the help that they have given us. We owe a lot to them and to Paly High and we are going to do our best to make the name of Paly a good one. The class of 1926 wishes the best of luck to all Paly High students, and especially to the new mid-year freshmen that take our place. Marion Burke, '26 2. The Madrono he junior, sophomore and freshman classes have been most efficient and smoothly ] functioning organizations in the past year. Maintaining a high scholastic stand' ing as well as taking active part in other activities demands a high order of ability and all of these classes have many members who do both successfully. The low seniors, in spite cf the fact that they are a mid-year class, are very active and have put cn successful dances and carnival stunts and taken an active part in dramatics, athletics and other school activities. The juniors, with Joe Ethen, Jack Schutte, Buck Weller, Jerry Parks and Herbert Hambaugh in athletics and a large membership in the Thespian, Forum, and Glee Clubs are expected to be a powerful senior class. The sopho' mores and freshmen, although greatly restricted as to activities, give promise of future greatness in the success of their carnival stunts and dances. Several outstanding lower classmen athletes are Gordon McLachlan, Crawford Shreve, Burnett Dirks and Emil Lacombe. The following are the officers of the various classes: low seniors, Helen Harvie, presfi dent; Carl Lyon, vice-president; Eloine McLennan, secretary-treasurer; high juniors, William Palmer, president; Jack Schutte, vice-president; Randall Reed, secretary-treasurer; low president; Pierce Phillips, secretary-treasurer; high sopho- mores, Norman Miller, president; Betty Moore, vice-president; Edith Neff, secretary; John Tipton, treasurer; low sophomores, Herbert Dengler, president; Bernice Walters, vice-president; Robert Rankin, secretary; high freshmen, John Fowler, president; Roberta Hindes, vice-president; Joan Wheeler, secretary, Edith Lawson, treasurer; low freshmen, Charles Brownell, president; George Burgess, vice-president; Benjamin Eaton, secretary-treasurer. UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES JUNIORS SOPHOMORES I32! FRESHMEN I 33 1 C 34 3 1353 The Madrono Student Body 1926-27 student body organisation has been entirely successful in promoting ■ j the highest ideals and in maintaining the high standards which in previous years have been established by student body government. The commissioners, the executive board of the student body, have carried out their duties and upheld their re- sponsibilities faithfully and well. As we see these five commissioners relinquish their desks at the end of the year to a new set of officers, we can only hope that the new ones will be as successful as these have been. They greatly merit praise for their unselfish service to our school and to the student body. Both the moral and material standards of Palo Alto Union High School have been raised by the untiring efforts and by the co-operative spirit of the students, which, in- cidentally, was instilled in them by this same five. Through the efforts of Betty Alden, the girls have enjoyed the activities of the Girls’ League more than ever before. Dorothy Vaughn has made every issue of the “Campanile” excellent in all details. The great improvements in all dances, especially in all-school Jolly-ups, have been due to Thom Neikirk’s novel ideas combined with hard work. Max- well Springer has done many things for the sports of our school, among which must be noted the 100% improvement in rallies. Kirk Miles, as Commissioner of Finance, has handled the budget admirably. At this time, a most outstanding year in Palo Alto High School annals is being brought to a close, and the members of the Board of Commissioners, having loyally made the in- terests of the school their own interests throughout the year, adjourn the last meeting reluctantly. Meta Jury, Secretary to the Commissioners. 136} The Madrono The Girls1 League Che Girls League holds a very prominent place in the school because of the mv portant role it plays in the school life of the girls. More meetings were held this year than during the preceding ones, and they proved to be very interesting and worthwhile. Several very fine speakers were procured to talk to the girls. In other meetings the girls sang or discussed matters pertaining to themselves and their activities. Under the supervision of the Girls’ League, the rest room has been made a very pleas' ant place. New curtains, cushions, and a lounge cover have been placed in the room. A flower committee composed of June Reynolds and Caretta Miles have supplied the room with flowers which have added much to its beauty. At the beginning of the year an afternoon party was given to the new girls of the school which was lots of fun. Soon after that came the annual Girls’ Jinx, which was a huge success greatly enjoyed both by spectators and participants. At the close of the football season, a football banquet was given to the players which, according to their version, was a grand affair. The masquerade party in February was attended by an unusually large number of girls. The colorful costumes and clever stunts made it an evening long to be remembered. The Mothers' Tea held in May was one of the most delightful affairs of the year, and was managed in a way to make the girls proud of their league. Two scholarships, one of $150 and another of a lesser sum, were awarded to be used for educational purposes. The officers of the Girls’ League were Betty Alden, president, and Susan Hays, secretary. Betty Alden's capable leadership has made many of the things accomplished this year possible and successful. There is no doubt but what she will be greatly missed by all the girls of the school when she graduates this year. tt 371 The Madrono Boys’ League the successful operation of the Boys' League this year it has become a well- W I p established organization in the school. The purpose of the organization when established a few years ago was to promote a greater feeling of fellowship and friendship among the boys of the student body. The organization under the leadership of the president, Jack Schutte, and of the adviser, Coach Ray, has attempted to foster this friendly spirit through its meetings, and through entertainments organized by the boys. This year the Boys' League meetings wrere largely given over to the discussions of the questions arising from the boys’ atheltics, and to outside speakers. Early in the year a new letter system was passed upon by this organization after several meetings in which the fine points of the question were discussed at great length. Very interesting talks were given by Harry Maloney, on sportsmanship; by Coach Frank Griffin and the president of the student body of Sequoia High School, about the actions of the crowd at the Sequoia-Palo Alto basketball game; and by Howard Zinc, chief of police on the subject of crime. Early in the year the boys organized a very interesting athletic show. This performance was completely the work of the boys and was greatly appreciated by the audience. The Boys' Smokeless Smoker, an evening's entertainment and get-to-gether for the boys of the school and their fathers, was arranged by the league during the winter. The evening’s entertainment, consisting of boxing, wrestling, short shows, and refreshments, was enjoyed by all. This is one of the most appreciated functions of the league and alone is reason for its further development. C38J Thespian Club Che thespian club, the oldest organization in the school, one of the most active, and one of the largest, has completed another prosperous and enjoyable year. From year to year the interest in the Thespian Club is unflagging and during 1926-27 the membership list grew to 87 members. Perhaps one of the biggest thrills of high school life is obtained by taking part in Thespian plays either on the stage or behind the scenes, where so much real benefit as well as real fun is given to the participants. The meetings held this year have also proved most interesting, one particularly en- joyable one being the “property day meeting, in which discarded clothes for the property room were collected. The dramas produced this year have been many and varied. One of the first presenta- tions was two one-act plays entitled “A Flower of Yeddo,” and “Thursday Evening, the first portraying a picturesque Japanese romance, the second a bit of domestic life. At Christmas time the lovely custom of presenting the school with the gift of a Christ' mas play was observed and “The Christmas Story was given. At the Jolly-ups held this year “The Ghost Story and “White Elephants” were very cleverly presented, adding much to the success of the evenings. The Thespians’ carnival stunt was a little play “The Eternal Girl,” which ranked among the best of the carnival stunts. The big success of the year was the three act play entitled “The Goose Hangs High.” It was a charming story of home life—or the lack of it and was exceptionally well acted. The officers of the Thespian Club for the 1926-27 season were Susan Hays, president; Bernice Smith, vice-president; Alice Neff, secretary; and Paul Avery, treasurer. i 391 The Madrono Girls' Glee Club Girls’ Glee Club has been especially successful this year largely because of the ■ | number and talent of its members and because of the efforts of Miss Wenk, the faculty adviser. A great interest was manifested in the club at the beginning of the year when about sixty junior and senior girls tried out, and out of this number the best were chosen for membership in the club. Their first appearance was in the Girls’ Jinx. The group of sixteen sang “Flappy-Go-Lucky Days,” which served as a closing number for the Jinx. Another presentation was the singing of carols before the Christmas Assembly held on December 16. “The Bells of Beaujolais,” an operetta, was given on January 22 by the combined glee clubs. The splendid chorus work and stage craft together with the charming costumes and skillful plot made it a most delightful production, which was very favorably received by the audience. Their two carnival stunts, one given in the afternoon and the other in the evening, sustained the club’s reputation for clever performances. Later in the spring a pageant of music in America was depicted before an assembly. The successes staged by the members have not all been musical, for the Girls’ Glee Club dance held on December 18 was one of the best of the year. The dance was held in the gymnasium, which was decorated to give the effect of a Christmas scene. For the first two quarters the officers of the club were Grace Mendenhall, president; and Marian White, secretary treasurer; but as Marian graduated in February, Wilhelmina Barnhisel became secretary-treasurer for the remaining semester. E40I The Madrono Boys1 Glee Club he sky’s the limit” must be the motto of the Boys’ Glee Club, judging by their ■ j progress during this last year. There are thirty-two members of the organization and everyone of them has taken the singing seriously and through intensive practice and genuine interest has greatly furthered the work of the club. This group meets every Monday during the sixth period. Instead of going to their registration rooms, the members go directly to room 19 and spend the entire period singing. The high school has not heard this glee club as much as it should have liked to, its only appearances being in the operetta and in carnival stunts. In conjunction with the Girls’ Glee Club the Boys’ Glee Club produced the “Bells of Beaujolais” on January 22. The lovely settings and splendid chorus work made it a produc- tion long to be remembered. Because of the good work in the operetta everyone was ex- pecting the Boys’ Glee Club carnival stunt to be very good, and was not disappointed. The stunts, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, had been worked up in a very clever way and were well worth the price of admission. Mr. Grinstead, having met with such success this year with the boys’ singing, is desirous of forming a boys’ chorus for next year composed of any boys in the school who are interested in singing. From the boys’ chorus the best will be selected for the Boys’ Glee Club, thus elevating it to a very high standard. All boys interested in music should plan on joining the boys’ chorus in the fall. Everyone helped to make the club a success, but extra credit is due Mr. Grinstead who tramed the boys, and Ethel Palmateer who so faithfully accompanied them at the piano in all their practices. The officers were Joe Ethen, president; Edward Cooper, vice-presi- dent; and Edwin Lawry, secretary-treasurer. 141 3 The Madrono. Forum Club C his year has been one of the most successful ones the Forum Club has ever ex- j perienced. The members have shown a very great interest which has apparently been contagious, for more students have desired admittance in the fall and mid' year try-outs than at any previous time. The purpose and aim of the Forum Club this year has been to give every member an opportunity to debate, thus developing his ability to think logically and to speak before an audience. Each one has taken part in some inter-club debate this year and a number have par- ticipated in dual debates with other schools. Because of the work of Mr. Mclnnis, the coach, and the debaters, there have been some very fine debates with other schools in the Peninsula Debaters’ League, debates which have been not only of great credit to the school but of special benefit to the debaters. The schools with which the club held league debates were Santa Cruz, Sequoia, Mountain View, and University of Santa Clara High School. Two debates were also scheduled with Lowell High School and Girls’ High School in San Francisco. The Forum Club also participated in the Peninsula Debaters’ League Oratorical Con- test which was held in May. One member from the club was chosen to deliver a speech on some topic of national interest and importance. The two initiations held in the fall and mid-year were different from many of the other club initiations, inasmuch as they were held in the open. They were greatly enjoyed by all of the old members as well as by the neophytes. The officers, to whom much credit is due for such a successful year, are Abbott Roberts, president; Mary Kathryn Drake, vice-president; Clara Packard, secretary; and Mary Edith Jones, debate manager. t 42 1 The Madrono Girls' Athletic Association he Girls' Athletic Association is a new organization formed this year by the girls of the high school. The object of this association is to get more girls interested in CD athletics, to bring those who are interested closer together, and to have matters pertaining to girls’ athletics decided by only the girls who are interested and who are af- fected by the decision. In order to belong to this organization a girl must win fifty points a semester by being on class teams, going on hikes, or being a manager or a captain. Failure to win the fifty points any semester after admission means automatic exclusion from the association. The requirement of only fifty points a semester enables any girl who is interested in sports to join, for with the first and second teams in every sport it is comparatively easy for a girl to get her points. The officers of the association who are shown above, are Dorothy Tully, president; Helen Negus, first vice-president, Mary Edith Jones, second vice-president, and Elizabeth Nourse, secretary. There are also heads of sports chosen for basketball, swimming, baseball, tennis, hiking, nine-court basketball and hit-pin baseball. The officers and heads of sports together with the advisers. Miss Hartley and Mrs. Green, constitute a council to decide any question which may arise that Miss Hartley and Mrs. Green have decided heretofore. The Girls' Block “P Society is an honorary society under the G. A. A. It is composed of girls who have earned at least a minor letter. The Girls’ Block “P” has charge of all play days. The officers are Dorothy Tully, president, and Mary Edith Jones, secretary. The Girls’ Athletic Association, while organized such a short time, has been a real success and it seems very certain that with such a promising start it will be able to accomplish even more next year. II43 1 The Madrono Block “P” Society gN honor society for all men who had received their major letters was formed a few years ago at the suggestion of Mr. Ray. The organization became known as the Block UP Society, the individual members of which command great prestige, because only winners of major blocks can be members. The purpose of the club is “to promote a spirit of honor and co-operation among the athletes of the Palo Alto Union High School, to support school spirit, and to aid the principal and the coaches of the school in any manner deemed advisable.” The Block “P” Society has made a very sincere effort to accomplish its purpose. The society has formed itself into a very effective vigilance committee to help enforce student body regulations and to maintain order in assemblies and at games. It is a most influential group in maintaining a spirit of sportsmanship and good will among the students of the school and between Paly and other schools which it meets in games. This year the Block “P” Society has been very successful in accomplishing its rather indefinite aim. The results of this effort cannot well be measured. The one social function of the society is the Block “P” Dance. If the success of this entertainment is any index to the other fields of their accomplishment we can record a banner year for the organization. This year Jack Schutte as president has well headed the activities of the society. Herbert Hambaugh has been vice-president; Carl Wilson, secretary; Joe Ethen, treasurer; and Alexander McGilvray, the sergeant-at-arms. The record of all the officers in athletics well indicates their ability to direct the activities of the club and to help maintain the ideals of the Block LLP” Society. [443 The-1 Maprono Circle “P” Society Chough this has been only the second year of the existence of the Circle “P” Society, it has fully demonstrated that it deserves to be classed among the permanent organizations of the school. This organisation has a fourfold purpose which is first, to bring the athletes of minor sports together; second, to promote interest in the minor sports; third, to raise the stand' ards of sportsmanship; and fourth, to better the scholarship of the athletes. Membership in this organization is open to all athletes possessing a minor letter, which may be earned in class B, C, and D basketball; B, C, and D track; B baseball and unlimited tennis and swimming. Not only has the organization been of great benefit to members of the Circle “P’1 Society, but it has accomplished several things of great benefit to the school. The first semester it undertook the task of guarding the grounds and cars during school hours, and during the second semester this was done in conjunction with the Block Society. This organization also furnished the new score board for the gym which was a very welcome addition. The Circle “P” dance held in the gym on February 5, if at all representative of the club, proved that it is a most successful organization. The dance was one long to be remembered. With the many new recruits who joined this spring there is no doubt but that the society has a very promising year ahead of it. The officers, who have done much to make this year a successful one are Robert Price, president; Cambell Jones, vice-president, and Park Wisdom, secretary and treasurer. {45! BAND No ORCHESTRA 14 51 The Madrono Tennis Club he end of this school year marks the end of a very successful year for the Paly High ] Tennis Club, and for tennis in general. The club as usual took charge of the two inter-class tournaments, the first being held in the fall of 1926 and the second in the spring of 1927. There were a large number of players both girls and boys out for posi- tions on the teams, and competition in the matches was very keen; however, the seniors won both of these tournaments. The members of the Tennis Club gave hearty co-opera- tion at all times, attempting to promote an interest in tennis and to give something of benefit to the school. One accomplishment especially worthy of note was putting the courts into good condition by the boys of the club who volunteered their services, and the mending of the nets by the girls. The officers who were largely responsible for the successful year were Bill Sumner, president; Randall Reed, vice-president; and Dorothy Tully, secretary. Miss Hartley, girls’ tennis coach, and faculty adviser of the club, helped the organisation in many ways. Band and Orchestra band and orchestra under the supervision of Mr. Stern has been very valuable ■ } to the school this last year in furnishing music at the football games, at various assemblies, rallies and plays presented by the school. Last year Mr. Stern inaugurated a plan of awards to be given orchestra or band students with no unexcusable absences from performances and who had average recom- mending grades. As the plan of giving awards is a new one Mr. Stern has gone back a year and awarded the block emblems in June of last year to the following persons: Doris Brister, Charles Eastus, Victor Evans, Glenn Goodlive, Lucille Lyon, Goi don Oram, and Cedric Snyder. The block emblem and star were awarded to Evelyn Bell, Dudley Brown, Stephanie Allen, Dan Hewitt, Theodore Hyde, Donnell McLaughlin, Claudia Stone, and Park Wisdom. Jack Williams was awarded the complete emblem of block letter, three stars and a wreath for exceptional merit and service to the orchestra. This year in February those persons receiving blocks were Violet Bridges, Fay Vincent, William Henry, Hazel Wisdom, Frank Miller, Grace Lauredsen, Robert King, Paul Buss, and Robert Reigg. Doris Brister and Lucille Lyon received a star. For exceptional service Evelyn Bell received two stars and a wreath to complete the emblem. In June of this year the emblem was awarded to John Allen, Calvin Coover, Robert Moulden, Frances Jarvis, John Applegarth, Doris Elliott, William Moore, Mary Vlahos, Anna McMurphy, Arnold Greenlaw, John Hays, Otis Moneyhun, Dick Kmgham and Cecil Davies, while Claudia Stone, Gordon Oram, Charles Eastus, Dudley Brown, Stephanie Allen, Dan Hewitt, Donnell McLaughlin and Cedric Snyder received stars. 1471 The Madrono Spanish Club Cfc ms is the third year of the existence of the Spanish Club, and it has now become a firmly established organisation in the school. It is not difficult to become a member of the club as no tryouts are necessary. Anyone who takes Spanish or is interested in it may belong. The club is not confined to the members of any class but is open to all, and “the more the merrier.1’ The aim of the club is twofold: one, is to provide a further opportunity for Spanish students to speak the language and to hear it spoken; the other, to give them a better understanding of lives and customs of the SpanisLspeaking people. This aim is well aC' complished in the meetings in which little plays, dialogues, and talks are given. The stU' dents take part in these entertainments and in so doing obtain excellent practice in speak' ing Spanish, while others are receiving a valuable training in understanding Spanish when spoken. Many entertaining and amusing customs of Spain and South America are brought out in these talks and plays. Only the most simple plays are given in order that the first year students may be able to understand them. The meetings are not held at regular times, but are called whenever a good program has been prepared. By not having a specified time, the students are able to prepare and give these plays at times when it does not interfere with their regular school work. Miss Jacob is faculty adviser of the Spanish Club. The officers of the organisation are Carol Murdock, manager; Mary Edith Jones, assistant manager; and Harry Plymire, secretary. Latin Club Among the organisations of the school which are proving of great value to the students is the Senatus Populusque Romanus or the Latin Club. Any student who is taking Latin and receives a grade of “3” or above in the preceding quarter, may belong to this organ- ization. Associate membership is open to any student who has taken two or more years of Latin with passing grades. Under the leadership of Elisabeth Fisher, dictator during the first quarter, and Harry Haehl, dictator during the second, the club has done much to promote a fuller appreciation of Roman life and literature, which is the purpose of the Senatus Populusque Romanus. The other officers of the Club during the first quarter were, Alice Neff and Jim Badcon, consuls; Ida Rae Spradling, censor; and Helen Harvie, quaestor. During the second quarter Virginia Daugherty and Norman Miller were consuls; Betty Moser was censor and Helen Vernier, quaestor. Miss Clary was faculty adviser. [49] The Madrono The 1927 Madrono Faculty Adviser . . . .Miss Frances Huntington Editor Alice Neff Associate Editor Guy Barker Business Manager Robert Price Associate Business Manager . . Carl McDowell Advertising Jack Dudfield, Paul Avery Art Richard Lucy, Kenneth Miller, George Paulus Literary Bernice Smith Photography Donnell McLaughlin Organizations Dorothy Cook Drama Virginia Clemans, Meta Jury Society .Grace Mendenhall Major Sports... Dan Hewitt Minor Sports Harry Plymire Girls' Sports .. . Helen Negus Caleiidar Mary Edith Jones 1927 Class History Elizabeth Fisher 1926 Class History . . Marion Burke Class Horoscope.... . . .... .Dorothy Vaughn, Maxwell Springer Humor . Clara Packard Special . . James Nute, Hester Walser Xn reviewing the history of the “Madrono and comparing the previous issue of the magazine with this year’s book, we find that this is one of the more successful attempts to chronicle the school year. Indeed, this has been a very sincere attempt to publish a better annual than has been put out by any senior class. The facts that the art staff of the “Madrono has put a great deal of conscientious effort upon its work, that this year has been an unusually eventful period in school history, and that the general staff has been an unusually efficient organization are the chief reasons for any degree of success that the publication may attain. The “Madrono was in the dim past a monthly publication, the official organ of the student body of the Palo Alto Union High School. It was a continuation of a monthly paper the “Red and Green. It is explained that the name change was peculiarly apt in that the small native shrub “madrone has a deep red bark and shiny green leaves. The magazine was continued as a monthly publication until the “Campanile was started during the War, at which time the senior class adopted the name for the class year book. The annual has become a more adequate history of the school each year. It is for such traditional high standards that the senior class of 1927 has put forth its greatest efforts to present to the school a better “Madrono. 150! The Madrono The “Campanile” Che “Campanile's” ninth year with Dorothy Vaughn as editor has been worthy of its past successful history in every respect. The 1926-27 volume of sixteen issues was capably published from both a literary and business standpoint. Bernice Smith, managing editor, and Waldo Berryman, Park Wisdom, and Mary Edith Jones, asso- ciate editors, did their work of editing and making up the paper faithfully and well, while Carl McDowell made a success of the business end of publication with the help of his assistant business manager, Dwight Lemmon. Miss McCausland, for three years the fac- ulty adviser of the “Campanile,” is experienced both as a journalist and a teacher and her assistance is invaluable to the staff in publishing a live and interesting paper. For the past two years the “Campanile” has been a bi-monthly six-column paper, and has progressed in so many ways that it can scarcely be recognized as the same publication as the small four and five column numbers of a few years ago; however, the earlier issues are extremely interesting and are indicative of unusual accomplishment, for when the “Campanile” was started during the fall of 1918, the editor, Dorothy Nichols, was obliged to labor under great financial difficulties because of the war. The next few years were not by any means easy going for the “Campanile” and the editors, Dayle Cobb, Harriet Oliver, Mary Denny, James Mansfield, Edwina Ewing, and Richard Cutter deserve a great deal of credit for their successes. A large staff augmented from time to time by students who earned positions on the staff has been very efficient this year in putting out a paper that appealed to the student body as a whole. The “Campanile” is proud of the work of the editorial, business, and reportorial staff, as well as the copy typists whose difficult and tedious work has been done so faithfully and well, and of the exchange editors who do a great deal in spreading Paly's good name and fame to the world at large. Eight feature issues of the “Campanile” have been published this year, the first being a Christmas and the second a faculty number. The senior issue was published by Robert Blois and a competent staff of mid-year seniors. An advertising number, the first of its kind in “Campanile” history, was planned in order to boost “Campanile” advertisers and to promote interest in the business phase of publication. A literary “Campanile” was the means of bringing to light the talents of several future staff members, while the last issue of all, the senior issue of the class of ’27, published during senior week, was the famous “last word” of the graduating class. The Class of 1927 is proud of the ninth volume of the “Campanile” and‘wishes the 1927-28 “Campanile” staff under the leadership of Shirley Harcourt, editor-elect an equally successful and worth-while season. I52I V I 53 1 The Madrono The Buyer of Sorrows On an evening of singular sunset, about the rich beginning of May, the little market town of Twelvetrees was startled by the sound of a trumpet. Twelvetrees was an ancient town, mysteriously sown, centuries ago, like a wandering thistledown of human life, amid the silence and the nibbling sheep of the great chalk downs. It stood in a hollow of the long pastures that melted into the sky on every side. The evening was so silent that the little river running across the threshold of the town, and encircling its walls, was the noisiest thing to be heard. Suddenly, as the flamboyance of the sky was fading, and the world began to wear a forlorn and forgotten look, a trumpet sounded from the heights above the town, and the people of Twelvetrees, looking up, saw three horsemen against the flaming sky. Three times the trumpet blew. And the people of Twelvetrees, tumbling out into the street at the summons, and look- ing to the west in sleepy bewilderment, asked themselves: was it the last trumpet? Or was it the long-threatened invasion of the King of France? Again the trumpet blew, and the braver of the young men of the town hastened up the hill to learn its meaning. As they approached the horsemen, they perceived that the center of the party was a young man of great nobility of bearing, richly but somberly dressed, and with a beautiful face filled with proud melancholy. He kept his eyes on the fading sunset, sitting motionless on his horse, apparently oblivious to the commotion which his arrival had caused. The horseman on his right hand was clad after the manner of a herald, and the horseman on his left hand was by his dress a steward. And the three horsemen sat motionless, awaiting the bewildered ambassadors of Twelvetrees. When these had approached near enough to the herald, he once more set the trumpet to his lips, and blew; and then, unfolding a parchment scroll, read in a loud voice: “To the Folk of Twelvetrees—Greetings from the High and Mighty Lord, Mortimer of the Marches: “Whereas our heart has gone out toward the sorrows of our people in the counties and towns and villages of our domain, we hereby issue this proclamation that whosoever hath a sorrow, let him bring to us the said sorrow, and out of our private purse, will we purchase it, according to its value—that the hearts of our people may be lightened of their burdens. When the herald had finished reading he blew again upon the trumpet three times; and the bewildered folk of the village ran down the hill to tell the waiting people of the strange proposal of their lord. Thus, presently all the village of Twelvetrees was making its way up the hill to where the three horsemen loomed dark against the sky. Never was such a sorrowful company. Up the hill they came, carrying their sorrows in their hands sorrows for which, in excited haste, they had rummaged in old drawers and forgotten cupboards, and had even fetched hurriedly from the churchyard. Lord Mortimer of the Marches sat his horse with the same austere indifference. Only IhI The Madrono those who stood near to him saw a gently ironic flicker in his eyes, as he saw, apparently seeing nothing, the poor little raked'Up sorrows of his village of Twelvetrees. He was a fantastic young lord of many sorrows. Death and Pity were his closest friends. He was so sad himself that he had come to believe that sorrow is the only sincerity of life. Thus it had become a kind of passion with him, and he had come, so to say, to be a collector and a connoisseur of sorrows. It was partly pity and partly an odd form of dilettanteism, but the sincerity of his sorrow made him jealous of the sanctity of sorrows, and sternly critical of its hypocrisies. So, as he sat his horse and gazed at the sunset, he smiled sadly to himself as he heard, without seeming to hear, the small, insincere sorrows of his little village of Twelvetrees— sorrows forgotten long ago, but suddenly rediscovered in old drawers and unopened cup' boards at the sound of his lordship’s trumpet and the promise of his strange proclamation. Was there a sorrow no money could buy? It was to find such a sorrow that Lord Mort' imer rode fantastically from village to village of his estates, with herald and steward. Far and wide he had ridden over his estates, seeking so rare a jewel; but as yet he had found no sorrow that could not be bought for a little hag of gold and silver coins. So he sat his horse, while the villagers were paid out of a great leathern bag by the steward for he knew the mind of his master, and, without demurring paid each weeping and whimpering peasant at the price asked. In another great bag the steward had collected the sorrows of the village of Twelvetrees; and since by this time the moon was rising, with another blast of the trumpet by way of farewell, the horsemen rode again to Lord Morti' mer's castle. When, out of the great leathern bag, in Lord Mortimer s cabinet they poured upon the table the sorrows of Twelvetrees, the young lord smiled to himself, turning over carelessly one sorrow after the other—for there was not one genuine sorrow among them. But later, there came to him news that there was one real sorrow in Twelvetrees; and -he rode alone on horseback to the village, and found a beautiful girl laying flowers on a grave. She was so beautiful that he forgot his ancient grief, and thought that all his castles would be but a poor exchange for her face. “Maiden,” said he, “let me buy your sorrow for three counties and seven castles.” And the girl looked up from the grave, with eyes of forget me not, and said, “My lord, you mistake. This is not sorrow.........This is joy.” Everett Lesley, 1930 I 55 1 The Madrono THE SPIRIT OF MAN How wild is nature, red in tooth and claw! How like the fabled dragon, mad, she ran. Raging against the puny works of man, And hurled them from her path. Her frothy jaw Did vomit forth the tidal wave. She saw With glee his cities fall, and fierce did fan The breath of pallid pestilence. Nor can Destruction ever glut her hungry maw. But quickly from the ruin rose the soul Of man undaunted, and set him to the fight To win again his lost domain. His towers Spring upwards almost in a single night. O’er him the waters of distress may roll, Unconquered, aye, his spirit never cowers. Bernard Collier, 1927 HIT, BUT MISSED One night Mr. Tuggles went to see a very thrilling underworld play, entitled, “Broken Straws.” He was frightened very much by the action of the play and all along his way home he thought of nothing but robbers, guns and blackjacks. As he approached his house he noticed a shadowy figure moving slowly along the other side of the street. This made him even more frightened. After fumbling with the door latch for a minute, he succeeded in getting in, only to find that the lights would not go on. He was too frightened to look at the fuse box, and so with the aid of a few matches, he reached his room. He was in bed in no time, with his revolver under his pillow. Peculiar noises about the house prevented him from going to sleep immediately, but after a while he dozed off. At about two o’clock in the morning he was awakened by the hooting of a barn owl. When he opened his eyes he was greatly startled by what appeared to be a human ear protruding slightly up from the foot of his bed. He cautiously reached for his revolver and then mustering all of his remaining courage he said, “I see you there, and I’ll give you just three to get out of this house or I’ll plug you.” One— There wasn't a move. “Two —Still there wasn’t a move. “Three—” And then Mr. Tuggles shot off his big toe. Bill Sumner, 19271 • f “561 The Madrono The Pine Lady O have you seen the Pine Lady, Or heard her when she sings? Have you heard her play Your soul away On a harp with moonbeam strings? In a palace all of the night-black pine She hides like a queen all day, Till a moonbeam knocks On her secret tree, And she opens her door With her silver key, While the village clocks Are striking bed Nine times sleepily. O come and hear the Pine Lady Up in the haunted wood! The stars are rising, the moths are flitting, The owls are calling, The dew is falling; And, high in the boughs Of her haunted house. The moon and she are sitting. Out on the moor the night-jar drones Rough throated love. And the beetle comes With his sudden drums, And many a silent unseen thing Frightens your cheek with its ghostly wing; While there above, In a palace builded of needles and cones, The pine is telling the moon her love. Telling her love on moonbeam strings—- O have you seen the Pine Lady Or heard her when she sings? Everett Lesley, 1930. 157 3 The Madrono DREAM RIVER Drifting down the river In a shadowy canoe, Where the ghostly birches quiver In the water's dusky hue; Where the silver fir-trees shiver In a low moon's mystery, And the glory of the river Rolls forever to the sea. Low the murmur of the river. Faint and dim the slender oars; Sweet the scented night'Winds quiver With the heart song of the shores. Oh! To drift along forever, And our golden dreams pursue Down the drowsy flowing river In a shadowy canoe. From dust to dust is the whirlwind. The wind is its maker, The wind is its destroyer. It trades papers and dust for dust and papers. And at its greatest height it is destroyed By its creator. Malcolm Almach, 1930 THE WHIRLWIND Louis Eaton, 19271 iT [58! I 59] The Madrono THE GHOST STORYM Dot only the school year’s dances but also the school year’s dramatics were auspL ciously begun when the Thespian Club presented “The Ghost Story,” a one' act play by Booth Tarkington at the first Jollyoip on the evening of October 20. Meta Jury as Phyllis was the charming heroine, while Cloyd Gray took the part of George, her extremely bashful but very loving suitor who wished Phyllis weren’t quite so popular. Telling the “Ghost Story” was his means of frightening away the superfluous crowd com' posed of Mary, Dorothy Tully; Grace, Bessie Ashworth; Lennie, Grace Mendenhall; Tom, Abbott Roberts; Dick, Arthur Cathcart; John, Bill Sumner; Harry, John Lancaster. Produced, acted, and coached entirely by the student members of the Thespian Club, “The Ghost Story” added greatly to the success of the Jollymp. THE FLOWER OF YEDDO Japan, the land of lovely ladies and faithful lovers, was brought before the eyes of the audience in the charming little one act play, “The Flower of Yeddo,” presented by the Thespian Club on October 21. Thom Neikirk as Kami restored our belief in the faithfulness of lovers. Yet would it be hard to be faithful to Mary Kathryn Drake as Sainara, Kami’s sweetheart? However, Musine and Taiphoon, Frances Wulzen and Marian Walker offered unusual temptations to the faithful one, temptations which he must overcome to the satisfaction of Samara. The play was well carried out both in action and in setting, and the fact that the play was written entirely in verse, while it made the rendering of the lines more difficult, also added charm to another Thespian success. THURSDAY EVENING “Thursday Evening,” by Christopher Morley, was produced by the Thespians on the same afternoon as “The Flower of Yeddo.” The welbknown theme of a young married couple and the two mothersdndaw was carried out to form an unusual and humorous plot, since the mothersdndaw used their influence to settle the petty quarrels of their respective son and daughter, instead of to sow the seeds of jealousy and break up a happy family. David Kinkead as Gordon Johns and Mary Edith Jones as Laura were delightful as the young couple, while Carol Murdock and Bernice Smith as Mrs. Sheffield and Mrs. Johns, the mothersundaw, amused the audience greatly with their methods of settling little disputes that came up during the cook’s “Thursday Evening” off. 1601 C 9l The Madrono THE GIRLS’ JINX The annual Girls'Jinx, which includes in some way all the girls in school, was presented to an appreciative audience on the evening of November 6. Each girl who wished to take partin the Jinx tried out before a stunt committee. Miss Uppman and Betty Alden made an effort to put all of these interested girls in some Jinx stunt. Judging by the crowd which attended and the applause given several of the acts, the Jinx was greatly appreciated. Among the many clever skits and choruses, The Lady Loses Her Hoop,” a Thespian one' act play, The Gob and his Gobbess,” a clog dance, The Harmony Sextette,” a chorus, and ‘School Days,” another chorus by the Girls' Glee Club were most worthy of mention. THE CHRISTMAS PLAY The Christmas Story,” the play the Thespians selected for their annual gift to the school, was presented on December 17. The custom of presenting a play at Christmas time was begun two years ago, and everyone hopes it may be perpetuated. The theatre workshop class under the direction of Miss McKee worked out the four scenes. The beauty of these sets combined with exquisite lighting made a most wonderful effect. The costumes were multi-colored and elaborate. The combined glee clubs added to the atmos- phere by rendering appropriate hymns and singing an echo to the angels. The cast included about forty people, the largest cast in any play produced by Thes- pians, and Miss Preston is to be commended for handling that number so well. The cast was as follows: shepherds—Carl McDowell, Edward Cooper, Paul Avery, Calvin Wells; dancing maidens Helen Harvie, Elinor Rider, Marian Walker, Muriel Bernsdorf; chief- priest William Palmer; scribe—Guy Barker; wise men—Edwin Lawry, John Apple- garth, Abbot Roberts; Simon- Kirk Miles; lame beggar -Francis Winner; pharisee— Thom Neikirk; publican James Kennedy; tax collector—Jack Dudfield; Anna—Helen Hansen; Angel - Elizabeth Ashworth; Joseph- William Sumner; Mary Betty Alden; Herod John Lancaster; attendants and townspeople—Meta Jury, Dorothy Tully, Bertha Campbell, Helen Lunt, Clara Packard, Elizabeth Fisher, David Kmkead; children Freshmen. “THE BELLS OF BEAUJOLAIS” When the curtain rose on the first act of the Bells of Beaujolais” the operetta given by the combined glee clubs on the night of January 21, the audience was immediately carried away from prosaic America to the quaint village of Beaujolais and fell in love with the pretty faces and cherry blossoms they discovered on the island. It was small wonder that the American yachting party got into all sorts of romantic difficulties. The cast was as follows: Augustus, the duke, Harold Small; Countess Mane, Betty Alden; Phyllis, Ruth Clark; Belle, Virginia Clemans; Larry, Jack Lesley; Tony, Frank Miller; John Bender, Edward Cooper; Aunt Sarah Jessup, Bernice Smith; Fantine, Grace Mendenhall; Harkins, Thomas Edwards; Yvonne, Susan Hays; Suzette, Alice Neff; Pierre, Barbara Borden; Chicot, Helen Harvie. I62J 1631 The Madrono WHITE ELEPHANTS” C - ue Jolly up of the second semester was also started off successfully by a Thespian i one act play. The plot was an ingenious one of two newlyweds, Albert and Lene Fenton who had many wedding gifts which were very valuable but ex- tremely useless. Two aspiring burglars, Flo and Larry, who were engaged to be married, attempted to rob the newlyweds' apartment. Albert returned home and was immediately tied up. Finally his “precious” Irene returned, and she eagerly gave many of the super' fluous presents to Flo and Larry with the thought in her mind that they were insured. After the burglars left, Albert informed her he had forgotten to mail the insurance; so everything ended in confusion with cries of: “Police! Fire! Robbers!” Bill Sumner and Helen Lunt gave a pleasing interpretation of the newlywed couple, while Christine Caukin and Harold Small very successfully depicted the burglars Flo and Larry. THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH” “The Goose Hangs High” by Lewis Beach was played by members of Thespian Club on March 12. That this three act comedy was ably produced by the high school actors was shown by the appreciation of the audience. This success was due largely to the ex' cellent coaching of Miss Preston. A dignity and a loveliness to an almost ideal point was given to the parts of Mr. and Mrs. Ingals, played by Kirk Miles and Carol Murdock. Granny was haughtily and dig' nifiedly portrayed by Ruth Rounsfel. The gay, college'bred twins were naturally and easily played by Bessie Ashworth and Thom Neikirk, and these two, with David Kinkead and Dorothy Tully as the engaged couple, very forcefully showed that reckless youth is not as thoughtless as people believe. Guy Barker, as the old family friend; Edward Cooper, as the social climber; Meta Jury, the worldly Aunt Julia; Carl McDowell, her too'sheltered son; Jack Dudfield, the villain; and Elizabeth Fisher, the maid Rhoda, all played their parts exceptionally well. THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY” “The Road to Yesterday,” played by the seniors on June 4, was one of the most com' plicated plays yet staged at high school, and yet one of the most successful. The audience followed the cast down “The Road to Yesterday,” which they dis- covered on Midsummer’s Eve when wishes come true. The characters in the second and third acts harked back to a former existence in Elizabeth’s reign and became gypsies, witches, relentless lords, or fair ladies in distress. After the hardships as well as the ro' mantic experiences of a year in the early seventeenth century, the belated travelers of the “Road to Yesterday” wished themselves back to the present time when Midsummer’s Eve returned again. The following was the excellent cast: Kenelm Paul ton, Abbott Roberts; Jack Greatorix, Guy Barker; Will Leveson, Edwin Lawry; Adrian Tompkyns, Edward Cooper; Elspeth Tyrell, Dorothy Vaughn; Malena Leveson, Dorothy Tully; Eleanor Leveson, Betty Alden; Harriet Phelps, Bernice Smith; Norah Gillaw, Mary Edith Jones; and Dolly Foulis, Jane Hopkins. {[64] 165} The Madrono JOLLY-UPS Initiating a new custom of having an all-school Jolly-up at the beginning of each quarter Thom Neikirk, commissioner of social welfare, put on four successful Jolly-ups this year. At the first one the Thespians presented “The Ghost Story” and at the third they entertained the dancers with “White Elephants.” All four dances were far more democratic than any the school has ever put on, as a large reception committee was on the floor to see that everyone enjoyed himself. The four Jolly-ups held this year have proved much more popular with the students than afternoon student body dances. FOOTBALL DANCE The Football Dance, appropriately a sport affair, and the first real dance of the social season at Paly High, was given by the football men on the evening of November 13. The special features of the evening were the cleverly designed programs and the jazzy or- chestra. The gym was simply and effectively decorated and to add to the enchantment, there was a fountain in the middle of the swimming pool. The football men deserve much credit for holding such a successful dance. SOPHOMORE PARTY The sophomores put on an exceedingly snappy party on November 19. The gym was artistically decorated with eucalyptus greens and red berries. Part of the evening the students danced to the music of Joe Ethen's orchestra. Between dances, Bernice Vander- voort and Betty Squires presented a clever stunt, and refreshments were served during the evening. The chaperons. Miss Williams, Mr. Ray, and Mr. Stewart, added to the life of the party. Everyone had a grand time, and we expect a great deal from the sophomores in future Paly social functions. FRESHMAN PARTY A regular indoor track meet took place in the gymnasium when the frosh gave their first party. The class was divided into the two rival universities of Stanford and California, and the students of each college were distinguished by a name card which they received as they entered the door. Refreshments of ice cream and cake formed the end of a perfect evening. 1661 The Madrono GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB DANCE The fairer sex became hostesses for the Girls’ Glee Club Dance on December 18 and gave the boys a ‘ not to be forgotten treat.” It certainly takes the girls to do things, for they drew the largest crowd that has ever attended a Paly High dance. And—leave it to the girls to have dim colored lights, and mistletoe hanging in various appropriate places. Joan Wheeler and Mary Charlotte Stuart dressed as “jockey and jockeyess” performed a clog dance. The unique programs in the form of a letter, caused many amusing situations. SENIOR MASQUERADE Such costumes, such decorations, such jazz as characterized the masque ball given by the seniors on January 15! A non-partner dance and a masquerade, the senior ball was very much in keeping with the Mardi-Gras season. The costume judges, Miss Preston, Miss Montgomery and Mr. Mclnnis had a very difficult task in choosing the best and most original costumes from the fantastic group of highlanders, Pierrots, Columbines, and ballet girls who attended the dance. JUNIOR DANCE The low and high juniors combined to give their first real dance on January 29. No outsiders were invited. The library, decorated with greens, was a beautiful garden scene with a huge moon beaming down. In spite of the fact that there was a superfluity of girls, everyone reported having a “keen” time. CIRCLE P DANCE The Circle P is to be congratulated on the success of its first dance. Everyone wore sport clothes and danced to the music of Joe Ethen's orchestra hidden in an oasis in the center of the floor. The gym was transformed into a tropical scene, by decorations of palm branches, and wild animals were hidden in the jungle along the walls. BLOCK P DANCE The Block P Dance, an informal affair and one of the best dances of the year was given by the Big P men on Saturday evening April 9. The music, furnished by “Norm” Larson’s Collegians was the big attraction of the evening. The Block P Society decorated the gym with eucalyptus branches and along the walls displayed the athletic trophies in appro priate places. JUNIOR-SENIOR DANCE The Junior-Senior Dance where the juniors were hosts to the departing seniors was given on the evening of May 28. While this dance was not so large as some of the others because only upper classmen could attend, it was greatly enjoyed by both hosts and guests, because of the good music and unusually effective decorations. I67J The Madrono 3927 carnival under the capable management of Howard Neikirk proved to be ■ ] one of the school’s biggest successes both financially and spectacularly. From the opening of the first concession, the Thespian Club’s presentation of “The Eternal Girl,” to the last dance at the nickel crawl it proved to be the “biggest and best” carnival yet. Everyone enjoyed himself to the utmost. The various concessions ran all afternoon until 5:30, when the Girls’ League carnival dinner was served. During the dinner a jazz orchestra provided music, and at 7:30 the climax of the day, the Carnival Gaities, took place. After the show the concessions re'Opened to a great crowd and con' tinued until 10 o’clock, when the nickel crawl sponsored by the Boy’s League began. The nickel crawl was a new feature of the carnival and proved to be a big attraction. Catchy choruses predominated among the concessions, one of the best of which was the Girl’s Glee Club “Rush In” chorus. Clever steps and songs, and trick costumes made it one of the biggest hits of the day. The Girl’s League Chorus “Raggedyville,” “Hi Hi Hawaiians” by the low juniors, “Nize Bebby” by the high juniors, and the “Syncopating Sailors” by the high sophomores were other popular choruses. The senior circus and side show with two headed animals and a real parade was very successful and the “Crazy House,” “Bug House,” “Duck the Frosh,” “Hit the Nigger Baby,” “Robin Hood,” “Judgment Day,” “Delphiic Oracle,” and several other concessions brought in their share of the profits. “The Eternal Girl” by the Thespian Club was the amusing story of a party of motor' ists killed in an accident and their trials and tribulations in St. Peter’s office at the gates of Heaven. Jessie Corput, as Bernice Smythe, the “eternal girl,” William Palmer as old St. Peter himself, Virginia Daugherty as Mrs. Smythe, and Bill Houston and James Kennedy as the girl’s two suitors were all exceptionally heavenly in their parts. The Carnival Gaities consisted of eight vaudeville acts of the best of the Paly talent. Jazz, tumbling, dancing, and singing featured this success. This program with the nickel crawl concluded the day’s entertainment. f 68 H The Madrono September 13. Sweet memories of summer days—and nights. Mr. Nichols welcomes us with open arms. September 17. The girls gather for the solemn occasion of getting acquainted. Choice victuals are furnished. September 23. The braver upperclassmen appear before the assembled members of the Thespian Club to try out for membership. Facing a firing squad at dawn could hardly be worse. Septeynber 30. First “Campanile” comes off the press. Sixteen issues are to follow. October 2. The Jollymp. The freshmen obtain the unusual privilege of mixing with seniors. P. S. “A cat may look at a king.” October 10. Everyone starts saving his pennies under the new school savings system, with _ the object of having a money roll as big as Dad's. October 11. Fall tennis tournament takes place, and the seniors score another victoiv. October 21. Thespians present first plays of the year, “A Flower of Yeddo.” and “Thurs' day Evening.” October 23. First P. A. L. football game. Sequoia 6, and Paly o. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” October 29. The frosh stage a Hallowe’en party. All out for a rip roaring time! October 30. San Mateo 7, Paly 7. Although San Mateo went on to the state champion ship, neither Paly nor San Mateo will soon forget the game. November 5. Item 1: In honor of the beloved San Jose High School, Paly erects a funeral pyre. Item 2: A very dignified ceremony is held; no serpentining downtown. November 6. Alas, the prophecy of the death of San Jose proves only too true. Paly wins the “little big game” by a score of 28 0. On the same day the girls prove their usefulness, cleverness, and worth by staging a superb jinx. Strange to say, they get along splendidly without the boys. November 12. Paly girls meet old swimming rivals in a tournament at Castilleja. Paly submerges Castilleja by a score of 6629. £691 The Madrono November 13. Although Palo Alto’s football team has hard luck in some of the league games, the Football dance has no hard luck attached to it. November lg. The Girls’ League is thrilled pink over serving the football men at the banquet. Oh, how their hearts thump when they wait on those brave heroes, veterans of mighty wars. Buck Weller ordained to be next year’s Captain. Coincidence: Low sophomores hold a blow-out the same night. Tsjot'ember 22 to 24. The faculty has a short taste of school life—-teachers institute, a taste of their own medicine. “What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.” November 25 26. Thanksgiving vacation. Eat, sleep, and be merry! December 2. Dashing heroes and wily villains in the moving picture “America,” now showing in the Paly auditorium. December 4. The second jolly-up. Slogan of “bigger and better jolly-ups” adopted by student body. Good work, Thom! December 10. Basketball with Commerce High. Score 31-18. Paly starts off on the right foot. December 17. Thespians play “The Christmas Story,” for the school. The spirit of the season is in the whole performance. December iS. Girls’ Glee Club dance, the biggest and best yet. December 23. Some burly burglars conduct a night session at Paly High. They get some- thing out of it, too. December 25. Merry Christmas! January 1, J927. Hello! Is this one nine two seven? January 3. The Paly students reappear at school. General rejoicing and celebrating of the occasion takes place. January 15. The seniors as usual do something unique. They give a masquerade ball with prizes for the best and most original costumes. January 22. The Glee Clubs of Palo Alto High School present their annual operetta; this year they give The “Bells of Beaujolais.” January 29. The library comes into use again for the junior dance—juniors exclusively. February 4. Mid-year commencement exercises. Paly loses twenty-four good students, but a large number of “nize bebies” take their place. l7°l The Madrono February 5. Circle P. Dance. Keen music, gorgeous decorations, perfect night. Too thrilling for wordsl February 10. Girls1 Party. The second masquerade of the year comes off, but no boys allowed this time. Special stunts throughout the evening. February 17. First Peninsula Debating League dual contests. Paly comes out evenly, losing to Mountain View, but winning from Sequoia. February 21. Hard times at Paly. People of all sorts, tramps, hoboes and box-car tourists, attend the Jolly-up, one of the biggest successes of the year. “White Elephants,” given by the Thespian Club, is one of the biggest attractions of the evening. February 22. Washington's Birthday. March 3. Boys' issue of the “Campanile appears on the scene. The girls sadly lose all publicity. Meanwhile Paly High's basketball team has become famous. The cagers won the P. A. L. title by defeating San Jose, San Mateo, Campbell, and Sequoia, two out of three games being won from Santa Clara High. March 5. Step one toward the state championship! Pacific Grove game at Pacific Grove. Paly 22, Pacific Grove 14. March 10. With a click. Camera Day comes onto the calendar. The “pretty birdie flies all over the place. March ir. Step two: Petaluma basketball game. Paly steps high with a score of 34-26. March 12. Superb production of the three act play, “The Goose Hangs High, is the grand finale of the Thespian Club for the year 1926-27. March j7. Lost: One perfectly good issue of the “Campanile, “Dainty Document of Dimpling Darlings. .Lowell High School flounders before the onslaught of Paly's aquatic team, by the big splash of 74 to 21. March 18 to 28. Ten days of vacation for Paly students. March 25. Step three: Marysville is tossed sky high by the basket shooters, 50 to 20. April r. The school house burns down. P. S.—April fool! 1711 The Madrono April 2. Step four: Palo Alto slips on this step. The final contest with Dinuba High for the state championship comes off in the Stanford Pavilion. Large rooting sections back both teams, but the air-tight defense of the Dinuba cagers baffles Paly. Score? Du n’t esk. Better luck next year. April 9. Block P. Dance, one of the best light fantastics we've had yet. The athletes show off their trophies once more. April 21. The second league debating contest. Paly clashes with the University of Santa Clara High School and Santa Cruz High School. April 30. The girls’ tennis team makes a fine showing for Paly at the Claremont tourna- ments. No cups wons—almost, but not quite! May 6. Whoopee! “Biggest and Best Carnival!” Concessions run all afternoon and con- tinue at night after the Carnival Gaities. Other big features of the day are the dinner given by the girls, and the nickel crawl in the gymnasium. Laff! I thought I’d die. May 14. The Girls’ League is hostess at the mothers’ tea, where the mothers of both the girls and boys meet to become acquainted with each other and each other’s daughters. May 18. Commissioner nominations are held at the first student body meeting of the year. Every candidate would make good as a commissioner, but we want the best man for the position. May 28. The Junior-Senior Dance is a great success. The seniors very much appreciate the hospitality of the juniors. June 5. ‘The Road to Yesterday” is presented by an excellent cast cf seniors. We will remember the success of the performance for a long time as we travel this same road. The acting and stage craft has not been surpassed in any Paly production. June 13. Senior week begins. It won’t be long now. June 15. Senior picnic lures all the graduates out into the great open spaces. June 16. We shock the Freshmen, entertain the Sophomores, and uplift the Juniors with the program of Senior stunts, and The Commencement Dance. “Take in the sun; hang out the moon.” June 17. We graduate. We're off. When and where will we meet again? You’d be surprised. [ 7? ] The Madrono Football Qalo alto Union High School’s Red and Green football squad displayed a sterling brand of foot- ball throughout the entire 1926 season, inspired by the untiring efforts of Coaches Howard Ray, Ray Tinney, and Captain “Sandy” McGilvray, leader and star tackle. The Red and Green eleven commenced their preliminary season on September 25, when they tackled the heavy and experienced Galileo team. A thirty yard field goal by Bom- berg of the visitors was the only score of the day. An out- standing feature of the game was the Red and Green stone- wall defense, Lick-Wilmerding, 1925 city champions and powerful contenders for state championship honors, invaded the stronghold of the Paly grid men the following Saturday with practically a veteran team. On the previous Saturday Lick came out on the long end of a ia-o decision with San Mateo. Perhaps this game was the most interesting game of the preliminary season, because the prep school football followers of the entire peninsula were anxious to see whether the Red and Green could annihilate the conquerors of the Bearcats. Hurley, Lick quarter, intercepted a pass and ran thirty yards to score. The try-for-point was successful. In holding the Lick team to a lone touchdown, the Paly line displayed a world of power. The following Friday afternoon the Paly gridders mixed with the Hayward Cowboys on their own stamping grounds. The Red and Green scored on blocked punts; Hayward by a dazzling passing attack, the final score reading Paly 19, Hayward 14. When Paly in- vaded Watsonville on the following Saturday, five touchdowns were scored with ease by the Red and Green. The defense exhibited increasing power with each new game and in this game their foe was powerless. Watsonville scored a field goal. The Peninsula Athletic League championship race began on October 15, when Paly met Sequoia at Redwood. Paly gained first downs at will and piled up yardage totaling nearly four times more than the Purple and White was able to make, but when three scores were available the Red and Green lacked the punch to put the ball over. Captain Hinman, Cherokee end, scored on a blocked kick. Final score, 6-0 in favor of the Indians. In the second P. A. L. game with San Mateo at home, Palo Alto displayed the greatest football in the history of the school, San Mateo went on to a state championship, but the Bearcats will long remember that 7-7 tie at Palo Alto. Outside of Lick-Wilmerding. Paly was the only team to give the state champions any real competition. Captain Fena of San Mateo scored the one and only touchdown for his team by a terrific plunge through center and a ten yard run. San Mateo could not gain and throughout the remainder of the game our goal was not in danger. Paly had the ball under the shadows of the goal posts on two 174] The Madrono occasions but could not score. Late in the second quarter Hopper and Loder succeeded in carrying the ball to San Mateo's 8 yard line, and Dirks carried it through tackle for a score. Ethen kicked the goal. Both teams fought desperately to break the tie when they met again in the third quarter. Dirks nearly scored again on an intercepted pass, but Paly fumbled on the Yellow and Black 12 yard line. A blocked kick nearly resulted in a safety. Paly could have used one of these breaks to score a muclvdeserved victory, but fate decided otherwise. In the annual “big game” four touchdowns were scored against San Jose. This was the last game of the season and victory was a fitting climax. Perhaps it would not be fair to the other members of the squad if the star players were pointed out. Nevertheless, one cannot pass the outstanding men without comment Captain Alexander McGilvray at right tackle was the backbone and inspiration of the team, and Captanvelect Weller at left tackle did all that was humanly possible to keep up the fighting spirit. He will lead nine veterans next year. Lyell, Brown, and Dudfield displayed world of fight when given a chance; Rogers, Jones, and Shreve, new wing men, never let a ball carrier around end throughout the season, while Ethen, safety man, and Lawry, center, deserve unlimited praise. Loder, McLachlan, Dirks, and Hopper are ex' ceptionally flashy backfield men. Coach Sandys, Stanford Varsity star, had charge of the second team, the boys that take all the hard knocks and get nothing but more hard knocks. McMonagle, Lacombe, Alberson, Phillips, Stanton, Bergren, and Vandervoort will be valuable to Coach Ray next fall. In conclusion it may be said that the past football season was successful in many respects, and that Paly can play as high a brand of football as any high school eleven in the state. Supporters of the Red and Green and the alumni of the school need never fear for the standards of the school when a football team coached by “Hod” Ray is on the field. 1751 The Madrono La Basketball Commencing the season of 1926-1927 with inex perienced material, Coach Howard Ray of the Palo Alto Union High School moulded the Red and Green unlimited basketball squad into a team that fought its way to the finals for the state championship. The sportsmanship, team work and unyielding determination of the players, coupled with the steadfast support of the stu- dent body, mark the passing of the most successful season of basketball in the annals of the school. The Red and Green quintet brought the Peninsula Ath- letic League Championship to Palo Alto for the third year in succession. Captain John Saich, center, with only one year of experience, was the only veteran to answer the roll call at the beginning of the season, the freshman class and the i o-pound team contributing the material needed. The championship race was marked by many brilliant and exciting games. Foremost w’as the game between the Red and Green and San Jcse. The game in the Paly gym was an up-and-down affair from start to finish. In the final seconds cf the game, San Jose scored, wanning the game by one point. At Sequoia the following Friday, Paly overcame a seven-point lead to tie the score at the last second of the game. In the extra period we gained a five point lead, thereby winning the game and eliminating Sequoia from championship competition. The games with San Mateo, Campbell, and Santa Clara were fast and hard fought, but the Red and Green team suffered only two defeats in the championship race. Beth games were lost by only one point. Four days after winning the Peninsula League championship, Paly annexed the Coast Counties’ tide by smothering Pacific Grove on their own floor. One week later Petaluma High’s powerful quintet invaded Palo Alto, with the cham- pionship of the N. C. S. at stake. Paly took the situation in hand during a second quarter rally, and won the game and the championship by a margin of nine points. After two weeks of rest, Palo Alto journeyed to Marysville to play for the Northern California championship. The small group of rooters accompanying the team declare that Paly played the greatest game of the season at Marysville. On the memorable night cf April 2, at the Stanford Pavillion, Palo Alto clashed with Dinuba for the state championship. Dinuba was the better team on the floor that evening; Paly had no alibis to offer and Dinuba should be given full credit for that victory. The score read 19-14. The long distance scores by L. Dickson, and the air-tight guarding cf the entire Dinuba team paved the way to victory. In the third quarter, three thousand Red 1761 The Madrono and Green supporters waited confidently for the usual Palo Alto comeback, which, although fighting desperately the Paly quintet, in the face of the tight Dinuban guarding, was not able to stage. “Frenchy” Lacombe was high-point man for Palo Alto. In reviewing the record made by the Palo Alto team during the season, the followers of the Red and Green may well feel proud. Paly scored a total of 434 points compared with a total of 317 scored by their opponents. The regular team was composed of one freshman, one sophomore, two juniors, and a senior. Paly will lose but two first-string men this year. Never before in the history of the school has a basketball team advanced to the state finals. Next year the Red and Green should bring home the state championship easily. Acknowledgment of individual players is difficult when each member of the quintet gives all that he has to the game. Joe Ethen, guard, was the leader and inspiration of the team. His guarding was unexcelled in the Peninsula region. Jack Schutte, flashy forward and high-point man of the season, a dead shot from almost anywhere on the floor, deserves great credit, while Park Wisdom made an excellent showing while subbing for Jack. Gordon McLachlan, a sophomore and star guard, contributed much toward the success of the Red and Green cagers. Emile “Frenchy” Lacombe, 15 year old freshman, shared honors with Schutte as high point man. His favorite position was usually under the basket, tossing the ball in, although he was also a rapid and accurate passer. Captain John Saich at center usually was successful in the tip-off, although at times his lankiness was a detri- ment. Sublett showed great promise while subbing at center. Credit also should be given the boys who kept the benches warm, and the very active managers, who were responsible for the comforts of the team. But if there is a man in California that will put Palo Alto Union High School on the map, it is Coach Howard Ray. To him is due the greatest admiration for the success of the 1926-1927 basketball season. £77! 178 3 C 791 The Madrono Baseball Che late basketball season greatly handicapped the baseball season as nearly the entire baseball squad was connected with basketball. Although the Paly moundmen were inexperienced, Captain Hambaugh led his men to a 5 4 victory over the San Mateo Junior College van sity in their first practice game. One week later the team was successful in defeating Menlo School. Later in the pre' liminary season Paly again defeated San Mateo Junior College. Paly commenced the league season by receiving a set' back at the hands of San Jose, 10-7. Frequent errors on the part of the Paly twirlers coupled with many hits by the Garden City preps, caused the downfall of the Paly team. Herb Hambaugh, veteran pitcher, allowed 15 hits, which showed that he had not attained his usual form.- Paly and the Purple and White were on even terms until the seventh inning, and then the tide of battle turned in favor of San Jose; our friendly enemy gained four runs to our one. Paly staged a rally in the ninth inning, netting three runs, but falling four runs short of winning the game. The game with San Jose constituted the nth day of practice for the Paly squad. The next league game was with Half Moon Bay, on their diamond. The Red and Green met with very little opposition, and were able to collect eight runs. The Seasiders received the well known goose egg. Paly scored two runs in the first inning. In the third inning, with the bases full, Herb Hambaugh clouted a homer down left field. This was too much for the bewildered artichoke growers, and from then on Captain Hambaugh's men enjoyed the ocean breeze. Two more Red and Green men crossed the home plate in the fifth inning, and this completed the fireworks for the day. The third league game was with Sequoia on the Paly diamond. Eight Paly men “dusted around the base lines during the Sixth inning. Until this inning the game had been a mp'and'tuck affair. The game was scoreless until Pafo Alto came to bat at the second half of the third inning. Then Schutte walked, and George McLachlan got a hit allowing Jack to scamper to third. Gordon McLachlan sacrificed, scoring Schutte. Plymire singled and George scored. Nelson's short fly closed the inning. The fourth inning came and went. In the fifth, Jack Schutte singled to first, and while the Indians were holding a pow-wow he stole to second and third, finally coming in on a wild pitch. The memorable sixth commenced with three walks. Hambaugh's hit brought two home. Jack Schutte then stepped up and cleared the bases. Lacombe was “beaned and went to first. Gordon McLachlan brought in two runs with a two bagger. Plymire’s fly was the second out. Nelson reached second base for second time of the inning, but did not score because Ethen fanned. Paly played good ball throughout the game, making few errors and hitting the ball pretty hard. The final score read n to 1. 180 ]) The Madrono One week later Coach Ray’s men journeyed to San Mateo. Jack Schutte knocked a three bagger on the first pitched ball. Other high lights of that ten-run first inning are as follows: McLachlan walked and his brother, Gordon, got to first on an error; Plymire cracked a short one, scoring two runs; Ethen walked and Plymire scored on an error, placing Lacombe on first; Vargas made the first out; Parks plugged one over shortstop, scoring two runs; Hambaugh and Schutte singled. With bases loaded, George McLachlan fanned, but Gordon McLachlan, next man up, pegged the first ball for a home run. It was all over but the shouting then, and the remainder of the game was slow. The results of this game, 13-5, found us in a three-cornered tie with San Mateo and San Jose. In the play-off for the P. A. L. championship, we met San Jose on the Stanford diamond. It was a close game but Hambaugh was master of the situation. The Paly squad was be- ginning to play real ball by this time; consequently, San Jose went home with the short end of a 10-7 score. On Saturday morning, May 7, we won the P. A. L. baseball championship by defeating San Mateo on the Stanford diamond. The fast nine-inning game ended 4-1. Joe Ethen made a spectacular catch in the fifth inning. Roosting on the fence, he picked up a hot one from Bogue, the second home run for San Mateo if it had gone over. Paly threatened to stage a running carnival in the fifth, but stopped with three runs. The other run came in the fourth. . . w 1 By winmn athis game and the championship, Coach Ray's men have again demon- strated the traditional fighting spirit of the Red and Green. Commencing the season as the most inexpei nced team in the league, they ended up on top of the heap as the best and smoothest playi team on the peninsula. As the Madrono goes to press the Red and Green nine is m ktng a strong bid for the N. C. S. title. f8i 1 The Madrono Track Commencing the track season with only three veter rans from the N. C. S. championship track team of last year, the Red and Green tracksters succeeded in winning the P. A. L. and coming within an ace of winning the N. C. S. The long basketball season handicapped greatly the efforts of athletes and coaches. Coach George Stewart was forced to mould an almost new track team from green material, and he successfully fulfilled the requirements. '‘Buck11 Weller in the shot and discus, Pos in the high jump, and Captain Rogers in the mile were the only men with unlimited experience. Along with other troubles, Jup' iter Pluvius made things rather uncomfortable and unpleasant throughout a greater part of the season. In fact, the prelimn nary meet with Santa Cruz was staged in a brisk April shower and as the Seasiders were in their natural environment, they managed to splash and struggle to victory. A feature of the Santa Cruz meet was the Paly relay team, composed of Wright, Jones, Weller, and Dudfield. The dual meets with Sequoia and Menlo School were practice affairs, intended to loosen up stiff joints and rusty muscles. Although the team was up against great cdds throughout the entire season, the Palo Altans ran up a fctal of 35 points to capture the 1927 P. A. L. championship. In this meet Captain Rogers captured second place in the mile. Thom Neikirk took third in a fast 440. Theron Wright did not win a place in the 100, but he led the fie il in the 220, winning in 23.3. The Red and Green relay team won third place, and this endecV our success on the cinderpath. ' In the field, brawny “Ruck” Weller tossed the Greek platter all over the field with ease to vyin fiift place. After this performance was completed he walked over to the shot' putt ig pit and collected a third place in that event. Because of his strenuous efforts in the dfscus, he could not quite compete with “Sandy'’ McGilvray, who won second place. Gerrif Pos near-ly caused several cases of heart failure in the Paly rooting section when he captuped first place in the broad jump. The winning leap was 19 feet 6 2 inches, and this was something that Gerrit had never been known to do before. The same Mr. Pos went over the bar for second place in the high jump. Bill Sumner and Paul Feeley collected three points between them in their attempts to master the art of pole vaulting. Nakamura, the galloping frosh, added two points to the score in a low hurdling act. Great was the surprise to all when the dust of battle cleared away and Paly was found at the top of the heap. Taking everything into consideration, it is quite evident that the proverbial Paly spirit was again supreme on that eventful Saturday morning. A week later the Red and Green team ventured forth to defend, and to acquire again, the N. C. S. laurels. Our chances for winning the meet were considered very slim, although [[82 j The Madrono we felt confident that we had as good a chance as the other teams. “Buck” Weller’s first place in the discus, and Thom Neikirk’s second place in the 440, produced an enlightening effect upon the Paly followers. “Sandy McGilvray won a second place in the shot'put and Jones a fourth in the javelin. Thereon Wright found himself in fast company and had to he content with a fourth place in the 220. Gerrit Pos had rung up a fourth place in the high jump, it appeared as if Paly again would come within striking distance of the title. The meet finally simmered down to the relay. A first place in the relay would give Paly a one point lead over Berkeley and the meet, but fate had decided otherwise. In the second lap of the relay, with Paly running a very close second to San Mateo, the baton was knocked out of the hand of the Red and Green runner as he passed it to his team mate, and the stick rolled to the track. That valuable second was lost and the meet is now history, but the Red and Green athletes had again demonstrated that they were able to hold their own with the best in Northern California. Berkeley won the meet by scoring 18 points, and Palo Alto and King City were tied for second place with 14 each. Next year, however, there is another season,and we all believe that Paly High’s Red and Green track team will be up on top again, fighting for the champsionship of the N. C. S. The lightweight teams of the school will furnish considerable promising material by the time the spiked shoes are donned again. 5 s Several of the men taking places in the N. C. S. went to the StafcuAleet at Modesto, but according to the score sheet it is quite evident that the ReiTand Hreen tracksters had riot fully rccoveredLfrom the effects of the Paly Carnival. ' .y 1 + t • ________________________The Mad R p n o____________________________ V • LIGHTWEIGHT BASKETBALL Although this year’s lightweight basketball teams have failed to win many games, the 1926 27 season has not passed without a certain degree of success. In order to instil the highest ideals of sportsmanship in the minds of his teams. Coach Stewart did not cut his squads and in practice gave every player who came out a chance to show his ability. There was a larger turnout this year than in any year previous, and if the same players come out again next year for the same teams as before, the future should hold success for the Paly lightweight cagers. With more experience and practice, the thirties should make good in the P. A. L. next year, and the tens and twenties, if there is the usual enthusiastic turnout, ought also to make a better showing than they did during this past season. 130-LB. BASKETBALL TEAM In the first P. A. L. game of the year, the one with San Jose, the Palo Alto 130'pound basketball team suffered a gloomy defeat. In the next game, Paly conquered Campbell by a close score, but after this the players lapsed and did not win another game during the season. The chief characteristic of the team was that after having allowed numerous scores to be made by the opposing team in the first half, it would rally and at the least hold the other team on even terms during the rest of the game. This fault, a slow start, spelled “doom” for the Paly thirties, for their rallies were never strong enough to give them more than an even break. The best players of the squad were Captain O'Hair, Neikirk, and Estes. Their sup porters were Burgess, Giberson, Miles, Jones, Bracchi, and Leach. 120- AND 110-LB. BASKETBALL TEAMS At the start of the season the Paly iio'pound team was much boosted and it seemed certain that Palo Alto would win a championship in this division. “Old material” was cited as reason enough for this belief. The players became “cocky” and rested easily on their ungained and imaginary laurels. Good spirit and comradeship was developed, but ability was not roused in its dormant state. When the league games began, the team also began; in fact, it improved steadily with each game. However, the awakening came too late; so much was the difference in development between it and other teams that it could not now catch up to the advantages held by the others. Of the six league games played, Paly took not one. Captain Leung and Estes were the most prominent members of the team. Others were Giberson, Hickey, Larson, Alves, Price, Feely, Shaw, Byxbee, Balcomb, Gleiser and Misenheimer. The Paly High tens got a little better results than the twenties. Out of six league games they won two, both from San Jose. This is some compensation, in so much as San Jose has long been our greatest rival in lightweight basketball. Captain Kitasaka and Arjo seemed better than the rest of the team, which was composed of Kennedy, Rankin, Robertson, Tipton, Irving, Denny, Goodall, Warner. 185 3 The Madrono Swimming C he swimming team this year showed all the same enthusiasm that was displayed by the pioneer team of last year plus a great deal more form. Under the direction of Jim Sparling, our swimming coach, the sport has taken its place as a sport of major interest to the students, and become one of the sports bringing most honor to the school. As a result of the successful training of the team, it was able to take the Peninsula Athletic League championship with comparative ease from powerful opponents. This championship was won in both lightweight and unlimited classes by taking most of the first and second places. Further than that it is conceded that our team has an even chance to win from the strong team that will represent Berkeley High School at the N. C. S. meet to be held soon, after the “Madrono” goes to press. In all the dual swimming meets the team has enteredj it has consistently come cut with a lop-sided score in its favor. The team repeated its triumph of last year over the much dreaded Lowell High swimmers. Galileo and San jjose were again forced to fall in order behind the Paly paddlers. The point pinners for the season were Captain Lesley, Lucy, Fay, Miller, Tipton, Alexander, Qfijjtetead, Leech, Roberts, Erskine, Netkirk, Thomas, Dave and Don Kinkead, Christensen, Butler, Moneyhun, Wilbur, Folmer, Hays, Dengler, Houston, Byxbee and Alberson. 5 Our consistent victories during the past season in this sport are due to a large exten to the capabt tv of the coach, Jim Sparling. He has trained his men so that the individuality of their forjh surpasses the best competition. The course of training has proven i $ wor many times jn critical moments, ■ The Madrono Tennis Chis year’s tennis team, under the leadership of Captain Harry Plymire, enjoyed an unusually successful season. With Harry Plymire, Jose Antonio, Harry Haehl, Bill Sumner, and Harold Small, Paly High was conceded to have the best dual- match five-man team in the P. A. L., although lack of individual stars kept Paly from shin' ing in tournament competition. The schedule this year included matches with San Jose, San Mateo, University High, Stanford Frosh, Polytechnic High and Tamalpais High. In these matches the team showed its ability to come out on top. The Peninsula Athletic League allows only three entries, one singles and one doubles. Captain Harry Plymire was our singles entry; Jose Antonio and Bud Haehl were the doubles entry. Plymire won the singles title with comparative ease. The doubles team was, however, defeated in the second round by the San Jose entries. The victory for Plymire shows him to be a possible North Coast Section champion and finally a strong contender for the state title. The school tournament was a very interesting day of close matches. After three sets of closely contested tennis, Arthur Cathcart and Bill Sumner nosed out the sophomores for first singles. Another senior team carried off second honors. Bud Haehl took first singles winning in a close preliminary game from Small. Robert Winborn took second singles. The results of this year’s tennis show clearly that the next year’s team must develop some individual star to replace Plymire, who will graduate this year. The burden of main- taining a place in state tennis will rest heavily on the promising but not finished lower classmen players. I87I The Madrono 130-Pound Track The 130-pound track squad—material from which next year’s unlimited team must come—went through a very successful season this year. Led by Captain Thom Neikirk, the only meet the thirty’s did not take was the lightweight P. A. L. meet held at Burlin' game. This meet was staged in a sea of mud, and as the Paly trackstars were not very accomplished swimmers they were not able to run up enough points to take the meet. Men taking points in the P. A. L, meet for the Red and Green were Brickey, 440; Neikirk, 440; Nakamura, high hurdles; Paulson, shot and discus; Keeble, high jump; Feely and Burgess, pole vault. From this it seems that the shot and discus, hurdles, 440 run, high jump, and pole vault, are pretty well cared for when the next track season rolls around. 120-Pound Track The 120'pound track team proved itself to be well trained and well balanced this year. As a result they won the Peninsula Athletic League, Division “C,” pennant for the second consecutive year. Captain Giberson instilled plenty of spirit into his men throughout the season, and the entire squad worked as though it were a machine. Captain Giberson, Arjo, Leung, and Van Horn, took good care of the dashes. Larson ran the hurdles in such fine fashion that he was able to place in the unlimited meet of the P. A. L. Price handled the shot and helped out by placing in the high jump. Gordon Irving and Jimmie Kennedy show promise in the high jump also. George won the broad jump in this meet. To climax a successful season the light weight Red and Green relay team won their event in fast time. 110-Pound Track The Red and Green no-pound track team, led by Captain Kitasako, ran into a lot of bad luck this season and consequently did not make an impressive showing. The only members who placed in the Class “D” Division of the P. A. L. track meet were Danker and Miller. Danker placed in the high jump and Miller in the broad jump. There is good reason to hope for a better season next year, as nearly all the members of the 120-team will be eligible for the same team next year. Coach George Stewart and his trackmen should be congratulated upon the successful results produced when one considers the disadvantages that all concerned were under. The rainy season, and cold weather, handicapped practice periods and consequently, unusual records could not be brought forth. 188] CSgJ The Madrono Hockey Hn enthusiastic interest in hockey was displayed by the girls of the various classes, as was evident by the large turnout. There was keen competition between the classes, with the seniors finally emerging victorious. Good teamwork proved to be one of the necessary elements in these interclass games. The captains of the four teams were seniors, Meta Jury; juniors, Elizabeth Nourse; sophomores, Betty Losse; freshmen, Laura Jean McGuire. At the end of the season, the all-star hockey team was selected. Those who made the all-star were the following: Barbara Borden, Laura Banham, Elizabeth Nourse, Lillian Davey, Frances Evans, Ruth Casey, Anna Kelly, Caretta Miles, Laura Jean McGuire, Betty Losse, Susan Hays, Dorothy Cook, Meta Jury, Virginia Clemans, and Helen Negus. It is quite an event when any freshman makes an all-star team. This year three fresh- men, Ruth Casey, Anna Kelly, and Laura Jean McGuire, displayed unusual hockey skill, thus making the school team. The forward line of the senior team had the advantage of having several speedy players. This line was composed of Virginia Clemans, center forward; Susan Hays, and Helen Negus, inside forwards; Dorothy Cook and Grace Mendenhall, wings. These forwards played consistently in all their games. Those playing forwards for the juniors were Betty Nourse c ter forward; Gladys Hoff and Vera Fortune, inside forwards; Barbara Borden and Dorothy tray, wings. But the forwards were not the whole team, by any means, for had it not been for the wonderful support of the backfield, they would have accomplished little. The half'backs and full-backs deserving special mention are Esther Carlson, Meta Jury, Sylvia Truax, Dorothy Tully, and Elinor Rittler for the seniors; and for the juniors: Lillian Davey, Laura Banham, Agnes Carlson, Shirley Harcourt, and Frances Evans. I91I The Madrono Girls’ Basketball Chis year basketball again proved to be one of the most popular sports. The most exciting game of the season was the junior-senior contest. The juniors won by a close score. Had the seniors won, they would have had the championship; but with the losing of that decisive game, the seniors, with the juniors and sophomores, tied for championship honors. Because of ineligibility, one of the senior star forwards was unable to play. But it was not long before the seniors had worked up a good team. Anna Dal Balcon and Iva Dirks, forwards, had an accurate eye for the basket, besides speedy teamwork. Captain Eleanor Clendenin and Betty Biggers, at center, were as good a pair of centers as one could wish for; while Esther Carlson and Helen Negus held down the position of guards. The selec- tion of the alhstars was a difficult matter, as there was such extremely good material from which to choose. The seniors who were chosen were Anna Dal Balcon, Eleanor Clendenin, Esther Carlson, and Helen Negus. Excellent passing was one of the features of the junior team. Captain Virginia Clohan and Vera Fortune, forwards, managed to find the basket with apparent ease; Lillian Davey and Barbara Borden, centers, and Marion Martin and Dorothy Gray, guards, did cred- itable playing. The juniors who made the all-star were Vera Fortune and Virginia Clohan. Both the freshman and sophomore teams had several outstanding players. The sophomores chosen for the all-star were Frances George, Bernice Vandervoort, Ruth Casey, and Jeanette Gere. Madeline Berg and Lillian Erwin were the freshmen who succeeded in making the team. Each class, with the exception of the seniors, had its nine-court team. The members of the nine-court all-star were Roberta Hindes, Mildred Butts, Betty Moser, Ida Rae Spradling, Agnes Carlson, Nettie Miller, and Roberta Gwartney. {92} The Madrono Girls1 Tennis he goal of the girls who go out for tennis each year is the chance to go to Clare' 1 mont as a member of the school tennis team. Every spring a team is selected to enter a large tournament which is played at Claremont. All the girls' private schools in the bay region send representatives to this association, which is called the Northern California Girls' Interscholastic Tennis Federation. The Palo Alto Union High School is the only public school in the league. Cups are awarded to the winners of each final event. This year the Palo Alto girls did not win any cups, although they did some splendid playing. Instead of playing three matches at Claremont, the preliminary matches were held at San Francisco, on April 23� . Ruth Casey, first singles, defeated her opponent, and Esther Carlson and lone Lothrop, second doubles, were also victorious. The other members of the Paly teams, Susan Hays, second singles, and Veva Haehl and Mary Edith Jones, first doubles, were defeated, thereby being eliminated from further matches. On the following Friday, the winners of the preliminaries, Ruth Casey, lone Lothrop and Elizabeth Nourse, as substitute for Esther Carlson, entered the semifinals. Ruth Casey had as her opponent Evelyn Parsons, star tennis player of Castilleja, Ruth played well but was forced to a defeat. The final score was 6-3, 5-7, 6 4. The winners of the semifinals played in the finals, which took place the next day. Since the Paly girls were defeated in the semifinals, they were therefore eliminated from the finals. The Claremont tournament is the great event of the girl’s tennis season, the other spring and fall tournaments leading up to the selection of the school team for Claremont. The girls who win positions on the team are the only girls who take part in in ter scholastic athletics. 193! The Madrono Volley Ball Volley ball is a comparatively new sport in Paly High, having been introduced for regular interclass games only last year. Those girls who played hockey were not allowed to play volley ball; on account cf this restriction not such a large number of girls participated in the inter-class games as otherwise might have. Neverthe less, in several of the classes there were so many who turned out that it was necessary to form second teams in order to give all the girls who were interested a fair chance to earn points toward a block letter or toward membership in the Girls Athletic Association. The inter'dass schedule was run off, and the juniors came out as champions The captains of the class teams were as follows: Clara Packard, seniors; Elisabeth Price, juniors; Frances George, sophomores; Anna McMurphy, freshmen. Considerable improvement in the volley ball playing of this year over that of last year was observed by those who closely watched the games and by the coaches. This improve ment was partly due to the fact that the majority of players had been working strenuously under the supervision of Mrs. Green and Miss Hartley on the practice events for volley ball during their class periods and during noon periods. These practice events, preliminary to the games, were planned by Miss Hartley, and it was mainly through her effort that the girls were able to have such fast and interesting volley ball games this past season. The interest shown in volley ball made it difficult to select the best players, but the following girls were finally chosen for the volley ball albstar team: lone Lathrop, Clara Packard, Elizabeth Price, Virginia Shreve, Dorothy Wilson, Rhoda Manning, and Mildred Butts. 194} a fh' •- . -■ : w llntnot S l ffnctt, 0 on 0 utxote Aims I -d f tjt giants with four amts - jAy 195 3 The Madrono Mr. Grinstead: “And tomorrow I shall take cyanide.11 Fifth period chemistry class: “Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!” Miss Cramer (visiting on board a battle ship): “I suppose you sailors are very careful when you are at sea?” Sailor: “No, not at all. In fact we try to be as 'wreckless' as possible.” Abbott Roberts: “Some day I expect to have the world at my feet.” Paul Avery: “What have you been doing all this time? Walking on your hands?” “A yard of pork, please,” said the witty man to the butcher. The butcher turned to his boy and said, “Give this gentleman three pig's feet.” Kirk: “What kind of a watch have you?” Thom: “A wonder watch.1 ’ Kirk: “Wonder watch! Never heard of that before.” Thom: “Well, you see it's this way. Every time I look at it I wonder what time it is.” Bessie: “Your dancing is like a poem.” Harry: “Yes?” Bessie: “—an Amy Lowell poem.” Harry: “Yes?” Bessie: “The feet are all mixed up.” Carl Lyon: “What supports the sun in the heavens?” Bill Sumner: “Its beams, of course.” Park Wisdom: “Not all persons make fools of themselves.” Arthur Cathcart: “No, some are born that way.” John Alden: “I’d like to take you to the New Stanford tonight, but the seats wouldn't be comfortable.” Bernice Vandervoort: “Why, what makes you think so?” John Alden: “The government puts tax on them.” Gordon McLachlan: “Why do they sprinkle cornmeal on the dance floor?” George Leech: “To make the chickens feel at home, I suppose.” Helen Alison (at the game): “Which is Smearem? He must be a new boy at school.” Leo Fee: “Huh?” Helen: “Smearem. I hear them shouting at him all the time.” 1961 The Madrono Mr. Grinstead: “Did you filter this, Mary?'’ Mary Elizabeth Monroe: “No, sir; I didn’t think it would stand the strain.” Fond Mother: “Why are you coming home from school so early?” Small Boy: “Oh, merely a matter of principal.” “Where's your dog?” “I shot him.” “Was he mad?” “He didn't seem any too pleased.” Dick Lucy: “Why the pained expression on Susan’s face?” Dorthy Tully: “She's trying to look like her picture in the ‘Madrono’.” AN ALL PALY MOVIE CAST: The Boy: Mr. Sandys. The Girl: Grace Mendenhall. The Boys Widowed Mother: Noel Walster. The Girl’s Mother: Miss Cramer. The Girl’s Father, a retired banker: Kirk Miles. The Self-sacrificing Sister of the Girl: Dorothy Vaughn. The Big Butter and Egg Man: Jack Dudfield. Family Physician: Mr. Mercer. The Aspiring Poet: Howard McCully. The Upstart: Thomas Edwards. The Old General: Miss Preston. Bill Sumner: “The horn on your car is broken.” Lawrence Meiggs: “No, it’s not, it’s just indifferent. Bill Sumner: “What do you mean?” Lawrence Meiggs: “It just doesn’t give a hoot.” C 97II The Madrono FAMOUS SAYINGS: “I don’t know where I’m going, but I'm on my way.'” -Christopher Columbus. “Keep the home fires burning.” Nero. “The first hundred years are the hardest.” Methuselah. “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” David. “It floats.”—Noah. “You can’t keep a good man down.”—Jonah. “I'm strong for you, kid.” —Samson. Mr. Jungerman: “Joan, what is a sponge?” Joan Wheeler: “Why, er—er, a lot of holes fastened together.” Bill Houston: “Why are you so small?” Jane Houston: “Why, they raised me on canned milk, and I got condensed.” Grace Mendenhall: “Did you take him apart and speak to him?” Meta Jury: “Not exactly, but he almost fell to pieces when I did.” Judge: “Why didn't you stop when the officer waved at you?” Clara Packard: “Why, Judge, I’m not that kind of a girl. Men may have their failings, but you never see two of them kiss when they meet on the street. Howard McCuIly at the Coop: “Have you anything snappy in rubber bands?” Ted Zschokke: “No, but we have something catchy in fly-paper.” Bill Palmer: “The other night I dreamt that my watch was gone and the dream was so real that I got up to see if it really was gone.” Donnell McLaughlin: “And was it gone?” Bill Palmer: “No, but it was going. Then I jumped back onto the bed and went through the mattress and fell into the spring and almost drowned.” “How would you like to have a hop in my airplane?” “No, sah, Ah stays on terrah firmah; an' de more firmah, de less terrah.” Easterner: “Fast trains, eh? Well, I was born in the East and the East is noted for its fast trains. Why, a tram I was riding on once in the East went so fast that the tele' graph poles looked like a picket fence.” Westerner: “That ain't nothing. One day out West I was riding on a real fast train. We passed a field of turnips, then one of carrots, then one of cabbage, and then a large pond of water, and we were going that fast that I thought it was vegetable soup.” Leah Dietz: “What's the hardest thing you ever did?” Park Wisdom: “Make ten easy payments.” [98] The Madrono SENIOR LEXICON A Autograph; the front of any notebook, B—Bluff; an attempt to substitute versatility for knowledge. C—Corridor; where students exercise between periods. D Diplomas; something many hope for and few obtain. E—Examination; drainage system of the mind. F—Flunk; expectations realised. G—Gum; Miss Cramer's only enemy. H Heart; organ of the body most frequently found in the mouth. I Importance; a freshman. J Junior; something far above a freshman, somewhat better than a sophomore, but far below a senior. K—Kid; term applied to one’s dearest friend or a member of the goat family. L Locker Room; moving picture gallery. Mail; something everyone is looking for and never gets. N— Nerve; most prominent part of sophomore anatomy. O—Obstacles; persons collided with in the act of running for a class. P—Pony; most intelligent species of animal known. Q—Questions; attempts to sidetrack teachers; seldom succeeds. R Rushing; practiced by several freshmen. S—Simple; term applied by teachers to any long assignment. T Tardiness; never practised by seniors, but favorite indoor sport of sophs. U—Uppishness; disease caused by too many is. V—Vacuum; interior portion cf a frosh’s skull. W-- Wind; something felt by frosh when seniors pass. X —Exertion; something freshmen undergo when looking for rooms. Y You; person or persons who are dumb enough to read this. Z—Zero; nothing when alone but of great importance when attached to a test paper. Snake: “Yes, I'm engaged to be married, and I've only known the girl two days. Charmer: “What folly. Snake: “Ziegfeld’s. Max Springer: “Why are doctors the meanest men on earth? Kenneth Miller: “Til bite, why? 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BATTERY WORK W£ are the official factory represen' tatives for the electric system for all maffies of cars. Auto Electric Co. 561 Alma • Phone 890 Fountain Treats Delicious Meals “The Candy with a College Education Thgf Candy with a Collect? Education PALO ALTO SAN FRANCISCO (333 GEAR¥ 708 clement) - FRESNO'S AN JOSB'-STOCKTON -«l y 8ACRAMENTO-SAN DIEGO Men's Store CHARTER HOUSE” CLOTHES KNOX CAPS PALY'HI STUDENT OUTFITTERS Women's Store BRASSIERES GIRDLES SWIMMING CAPS University at High PALO ALTO University at Emerson Stanford Meat Co. 266 University Ave. Phone 66 Quality JVZeats “Home 'Ware’ SIGNIFIES EVERYTHING ARTISTIC 6? PRACTICAL Vases Candlesticks Bowls Dinnerware Silverware Kitchenware The Homeware Store A. C. 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Full Cormnercid Business Secretarial Course Course Course Bookkeeping Bookkeeping Principles of Arithmetic Arithmetic Recordkeeping Penmanship Penmanship Arithmetic English English Penmanship Spelling Spelling English Typewriting Typewriting Spelling Rapid Figuring Rapid Figuring Typewriting Commercial Law Commercial Law Rapid Figuring Business Business Business Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Auditing Auditing Commercial Law Accounting Accounting Shorthand Banking Banking Dictation Office Machines Office Machines Office Machines Shorthand Secretarial Duties Business Practice Business Practice ■(■Secretarial Practice Stenographic Course Shorthand Typewriting English Spelling Penmanship Business Correspondence Dictation Office Practice In “Business Practice” each student practices the duties of positions from Clerk to Office Manager in seven or more kinds of business, then opens, operates, and closes his own business, first as a Partnership and then as a Corporation. fin “Secretarial Practice” the student serves as Business Secretary to six different Business Executives, each interested in a different line of business. Heald's is in session the year around —you may enter any time. Tell us what you would like to do-—we will send further information and suggestions. HEALD’S Van Ness Avenue at Post Street San Francisco, California “ A Select School for Select People” 387 South First Street ■ San Jose AN exclusive school specializing %S in business and secretarial train- ing for high school graduates WRITE • FOR • LITERATURE ©hrift is one of the essentials to success in life. ||j It is also a virtue which has its own very tangible reward. It means spending less than your income. $ The First National Bank PALO ALTO - CALIFORNIA Twenty'three Tears of Satisfactory Service STUART THE PRINTER Commercial and Society Printing 545 Emerson Phone 2220 7sleu) STRAW 6? PANAMA HATS ( hristy hodes NEW CAPS Phone 200 OAK MARKET LAURIDSEN BROS.,Proprietors Wholesale MEATS and Retail J FISH Deakrsm ) POULTRY 380 University Ave. Ph 8oi (Compliments of Elite Market 252 Hamilton Telephone P. A. 458 Sullivan Auto Co., Inc. (Chevrolet AUTOMOBILES Authorized Sales Service 653 ALMA Telephone P A. 1322 Packard Hugh H. Williams DEALER 623 Alma Telephone P. A. 241 O’Meara T3ire Service 529 Alma Street Palo Alto VULCANIZING RETREADING USED 'CIRES “ -f it’s good O. H we have it” _ „ P E j Quality Grocers T7 lJ Phones 750 751-752 A 162 UNIVERSITY AVE. THE SCHWABACHER'FREY PLANT 0) e cPrinted the 1927 Madrono 7t was indeed a pleasure for us to be associated in the printing of such a fine annual as the “Madrono, and we sincerely hope that our pleasant relations will continue for many years to come. Our organisation is equipped to give the “Madrono staff the greatest assistance possible in the planning of your book. Joseph Murphy, in charge of our annual department, was formerly editor of the “Blue and Gold, the University of California's famous year book. His experience and ideas are at your disposal. ¥ ¥ Schwabacher Frey San Francisco Los Angeles Phone 1600 Phone 1601 PALO ALTO MARKET Selected Meats L. H. SONNICHSEN PROPRIETOR 315 University Ave. Grant Ritscher Company dvudsori'Us.sex Palo Alto, Calif. PE Phone 2772 735 Emerson HOME OF Brunswick Panatropes [ Electrical'Reproducing} ©runswick Prismatone { Newdmproved Mechanical] t-R Martin VTusic Shop C. E. MARTIN 273 University Avenue Palo Alto, Calif. Pianos, Piano Players and Musical Instruments Sheet Music Brunswick and Columbia Phonographs Records Vocalion Records Gennett Records Phone Palo Alto 425'J 417 UNIVERSITY AVE. Phone i6oz QO'ed Shop women's wearing apparel AND MILLINERY NEW LOCATION NEXT TO JENNY WREN Mrs. McCOY Congdon 6? Crome Tghe Leading STATIONERS Palo Alto California whzrc savings arc greatest IN THE MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST Scientists say that the human mind is capable of a keener perception of relative things while the day is still young. This, it would seem should apply equally to relative values in goods needed for the home and the person. If one is capable of making selections before noon that are more in keeping with actual needs, the morning hours would appear to be the time for most satisfactory buying. Shopping can he done more leisurely during fore' noons, especially on Saturdays, for, as a rule, this store is less crowded than later in the day. Leisurely shopping usually avoids mistakes and makes your experience more generally satisfying. English Footwear Ii5 8-r6ojl lj Queen Elizabeth Cou d have chosen between the Foot' wear of her time and the Modish Shoes of today • ♦• the re is no doubt that she would have selected Our Footwear. Here are shoes more Beautiful to look upon, more Comfortable to wear than this Queen could ever have hoped to have had in the days of her reign. And reasonably priced too, for many of the New Models sell at $8.50. “U)ftere Quality Predominates” ''''' those h Opposite Post Office Phone P. A. 633 INCORPORATED appy days ' (In later years, when thumbing v over the pages of this Ma' drono, you’ll recall the joyous days at ‘’Paly Hi”. And those memories will be linked with re' collections of pleasant moments spent in this creamery —% where you quaffed delicious drinks. ✓ STATIONERY ART GOODS ENGRAVING TOYS 370 University Ave. W IDEM AX’S -Presenting the mo t noteworthy in young men’s styles v v University Ave. at Emerson Palo Alto Copr e The Houu cl Kuppenheincf JCHN DUDFIELD JOSEPH A. JURY President and Manager Secretary and Asst. Mgr. too the Graduates - Express Our Sincere Wishes for Your Continued Success DUDFIELD LUMBER CO. N. C. S. Track Programs Thespian Club Programs Carnival Show and Supper Tickets Thespian Play Tickets Madrono Tickets JAMES NUTE Pr,nter PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA Co-op Store Requisitions Cash Receipt Slips Block P Dance Programs Senior Ball Programs Campanile Advertising Contracts etc. O THE CLASS OF “Keep Up the Good Work Ed Zwierlein's Walk'Over Boot Shop Eddie Zwierlein PALO ALTO SHORTHAND SCHOOL for Private Secretaries “The School of Results” we have placed hundreds in positions COR. BRYANT AND UNIVERSITY AVE. Phone 367'W e can place Tou CDesley £. .Angel AUTO TOPS THE AUTO TOP SHOP OF PERSONAL SERVICE 925 Alma Street b---------------------- Phone 2132 GET ASSOCIATED WITH ETHYL Wings onTour Car! A new driving-thrill! a heretofore unthought-of power on hills—a new, gliding smoothness in traffic—an unheard-of response to sudden acceleration1 All these and more with Associated Ethyl Gasoline. When this plus-power, plus-speed fuel enters the cylinders, it juvenates power-killing carbon into an agent of usefulness puts it to work without destroying it- making new and still greater power. And the more carbon your car has, the sooner you’ll feel this quickened impulse rheumatic motors suddenly become supple, and eager for work. Truly, a new world of motor-car joy is just ahead when you fill with Asso- ciated Ethyl Gasoline. Be sure to fill from pumps painted with the red, green and cream diamonds at independent stations or Associated service stations. Associated Ethyl Gasoline Associated Oil Company Sustained Quality Products = Lt Pays to Playf= WITH OUR EQUIPMENT -Archery T5rac Swimming Golf c.Baseball tennis Spalding D £2? M Wright Ditson Reach 6? Rawlings Goods Carried in Stock. If you are looking for the best in sporting goods we have it. 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