Polytechnic High School - Polytechnic Student Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 140 of the 1916 volume:

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Sonnet One Hundred Nine manfvs lllllmlllIIEIIIIIEIIlllmlllllglllllalllll lllll lllll lilll lllll lllll lllll lllll .TWWTX e I o Glue Genius of Efililliam Shakespeare, master ' of Q English Drama Q and ' Poet- Gupreme of Illl Zlges, Do me, upon Bis Gereenfenary, : ee: Reverently Deelieafe Ghe Polytechnic Student olizazeczeez Dineteen liundred Gixteegp. 9 O O O O O r i r-L' TP l lm. i'r'i A l I U -l V i L i CONTENTS Page Frontispiece . . . . 7 Dedication . , 9 Our Principal . , 13 Our Vice-Principals . 15 Faculty . . , 16 Staff .... 18 Editorial ..... . 20 A Message from Mr. Francis . . 22 Polytechnic High School gg Its History . 24 To My Baby Picture .... 26 The Boy, Shakespeare . . 28 Sunset in Imperial Valley . 30 The Unknown . . . 30 Camping-Enjoyable? 32 A Desert Tragedy . . 35 The Bee . . . 36 A Visit to the Moon . 37 The Fur of Our Cat . 38 Shattered Dreams . 40 Buying a New Hat . 42 The Fever Spirit . 43 Fate . . 44 In the Night . . 45 Looking Backward . 46 Tony Porter . . . . 47 Dawn ..... 48 Twenty Minutes in a Jitney Bus . 49 La Scmeusc .... 67 California .... . 67 In Fairyland . . 97 Whose Composition? . . 108 The Winter's Tale . . 57 Commencement Winter '16 . . 58 A Midsummer-Night's Dream 65 Junior College . . . . 68 Organizations . . . 69 Society . . 96 Calendar 98 Auditorium . 103 Alumni . 109 Athletics . . 113 J oshes . . 129 Advertisements . , 134 1 1? ! I ll ll R . DUIU1, Ona Pnlenn, KIilD,BEDPPlllL Hun Gymvnulientcz Be 9669 G56 8661510 ilnn men ilnn Bonne Gnem Bilvvinee-5. . U DEERE!! GERD B15 0l!ll'D.n . n . n His life was gentleg and the elements So mixed in him that nature might stand up And say to all the world, This was a man. Julius Caesar Act V Scene 5 ll ll H i l W. A. DUNN, PRINCIPAL O thev mt h1gh 1n all the people s hearte And that wx hlch would appear offence 1n u: Thelr countenances hke mchest alchemv NV1ll change to vlrtue and to Worthlness Adapted from Juhus Caesar Act I Scene 'S xc ' - ' 7 ,, ,t . f .: y . . ,, , ,, 1 .1 . . . ,, C J . VICE-PRINCIPALS L. RICHER ADELE. A. HUMPHREY lf- 1 '74 - O I can easier teach twenty what were good to be ZW vw done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own ..- teaching. Merchant of Venice Act I Scene 2 p gh 5 21. 1 .QQ Ill FACULTY Dunn, W. A., Principal Humphrey, Adele, Vice-Principal Richer, W. L., Vice-Principal Carvell, Mrs. Mae, Principal 's Assistant CFirst Semesterj Moore, Chas B., Principal 's Assistant CFirst Semesterj Couch, E. B., P1-incipal's Assistant QSecond Semesterj ARCHITECTURE Faithfull, C. A., Head of Department Jay, Clarence Murdoch, Penelope ART Don Carlos, Mrs. Nelle Teskey, Myrtle E. Meredith, Mary C. Ricksecker, A. E. Winterburn, Geo. T., Head of Department BIOLOGY Tower, A. W., Head of Hodges, Mrs. M. Elizabeth QNursiugj Kjelland, Thea Wood, Caroline C. Department Peirson, Jessie B. Snitfen, J. M. CFirst Semesterl Goodsell, J. G. CSecond Semesterj CHEMISTRY Moore, M. S., Head of Department Angeldortf, Tor A. Keller, H. L. Dodge, John F. Reed, Chauncey L. Kimble, May G. CIVIL ENGINEERING Evans, Geo. M., Head of Department Goodwin, Wm. -T. Lorraine, P. M. QSecond Semesterj COMMERCE Weber, F. C., Head of Department Baldwin, Jeannette E. Baldwin, Myrtle A. Gobrecht, Mrs. Julia L. Green, Frances M. Holderness, Lulu B. Lain, G. Eugene Pinkham, Helen Wagner, W. H. Wessells, Geo. M. Maher, Vincent P. CSecond Semesterj Wright, A. E. QFirst Semester, DOMESTIC ART Pitner, Ina K., Sub-head of Department Anderson, Mrs. Margaret S. Gray, Belle Watters, Maude Epler, Nellie E. CSubstitutej DOMESTIC SCIENCE Owen, Mae, Subehead of Department Todd, Grace H. Wentworth, Alzira C. CFirst Semesterj 16 l Abrams, Carolina S. Cooper, Alice C. Deach, Ivan Epler, Mrs. Claire S. Gridley, Katherine Metkiif, Guenevere Mulvihill, Mary F. Smith, Kate E. Newman, S. M. L. CIF . ENGLISH Magee, Ethel B., Head of Department Adams, Veda H. Craig, Alice E. Ehrmann, Louise C. Frisius, Agnes Hussey, Laura M. Moore, Fanny C. Sanford, Mrs. Ella M Smythe, Charlotte S. Young, Cora B. Wagner, Mrs. Florence QFirst Semesterj L. 1 HISTORY l Lord, Charlotte M., Head of Depa1't1nent Greenwood, H. N. Humphries, L. Kyle Locke, Charles E. Olmstead, Mrs. Rose L. Philips, Maud MATHEMATICS Barker, E. H., Head of Departlnerit Cook, Annico Dole, Mary M. Estep, R. G. Sa lborn, Bertha Shafor, Mrs. Esther Valipdegrift, A. F. Gentner, Mrs. Lydia R. MECHANIC ARTS Hood, F. D., Head of Department ' Appleton, F. G. Cottle, Charles , Davies, J. A. Thorpe, C. H. 1 Trevorrow, W. J. Tunison, A. L. Wisler, L. A. MECHANICAL DRAVVING Hatch, T. B., Head of Department Bailey, H. E. Dolph, Willard J. MODERN LANGUAGES Meyerl, Elisabetha, German Dryer, Katherine, German and English Geis, Helen D., Spanish Skinner, E. H., Spanish Goodwin, Mrs. Mary M., Spanish Molle, Euphrasie, French i Hindson, Alice, French, Spanish, English QSGGOIIJ Semcsterl Dunbar, Florence, French CFirst'Semesterj W MUSIC Parsons, Mrs. Gertrude B., Head of Department Anderson, Frank L. Daniels, Bess V. Dickson, Lucile E. O'Donoughue, Mary Stone, Evelyn PHYSICAL TRAINING Haslett, Roy L. Burke, John C. Ohman, Helen Kelso, Genevieve PHYSICS AND ELECTRICITY Twining, H. LaV., Head of Department N Hatherell, A. N. Pinnell, H. F. Seldomridge, C. H. Pierce, A. B. Y SCHOOL PHYSICIANS Dr. Laura Bennett Dr. H. W, Spiers , LIBRARIANS 1 Locklin, Mrs. Edith Taylor, Rose E. OFFICE Sutherland, Grace I., Secretary Costa, Margarita, Clerk Thompson, Ola, Clerk Overholtz, Mrs. Flora, Substitute-Clerk 17 N r 4 V - lllllll-IIIQIIIQIII ' J H Devise, witg Write, peng for I am for Whole D In H 0-4 . . 0.4 volumes 111 folio. Love 's Labor's Lost Act I Scene 2 A 2 5 i i IIIQIIIHIIIHIIFHIII STAFF Thelma Carlisle, Vvalter Lewis, Deborah King, Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Organizations George Cory, Raymond Nelson Hugh Lockhart, Associate Editor Assistant Manager Organizations Carmalite Waldo, Chester Mittendorf, Dorothy Walker, Assistant Editor Publicity Manager Auditorium L v 1 i I . I I , , Miss Magee, Advisor Miss Kjelland, Art Advisor Harry Bowers, Alumni Gertrude Peters, Robert Knapp, Florence Brick, W'16 Historian S'16 Historian Society Herbert Ormsby, Art Editor Freeman High, Art Editor Leo Dambach, Athletics Claire Behnke, Joshes Fred Bruckman, Joshes Maude Anderson, Calendar T gg Q-57a'Q57a'ce5'e E E Q9 I.-,,.1 tj g,..l Q57 L..,..I lQ,.l EDITORIAL Vvllllalil Shakespeare hke the 9V91'11I1g star that shmes 111 smgle befmutv 111 the tw1l1ght skv 1llu1111nates 1n unchsputed supremacv the hter ary irmament As the star mounts the dark en111g heavens to find ltself at mghtfall 1111 equaled by 1tS m1ll1o11 r1vals so We ind Shake speare on th1s h1s tercentenarv unshadoued by all poets and dramat1sts who sparklmg mome11t'1r1ly 111 the great blue field have faded L.,-I I-,,.L Q9 L-,-I 2,1 G? 1-,,.1 L,,-l K-,fl LRF! Q9 II.,-J l..,,.J L,,..l L,,.l qulckly from s1z,ht We who would h1teh our Wagon to a star have chosen to make our book Worthv of h1m for as Shakespeare gave to the vsorld the BXDYGSSIOH of the h1ghest and best that was w1th1n h1s conceptlou so would We g'1VP As Shakespeare Wrote of the thoughts mot1ves and act1o11s of those 111 the World about hun so would We Wr1te of the hopes 1ovs and ac eompl1shme11ts of those m the 11 orld about us as Shakespeare loved art so WW011ld vse love art and as Shakespeare wrote of the 1est 1111 seen mserutable 1nv1s1ble 'ls '1 nose on '1 man s face or a weather cock on a steeple so YSO'L1ld We Wr1te If we but catch and lefleet a gleam from afar our book 19 a worthw tr1bute QES7 Ga CEQGBQDQGQ M 1-.fl L,,-I LS,-A LN,-3 lx,-I lsr-1 I.,,.A LW.: I,,..I 4,4 g,.1 LN,.4 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l 1 ., c l . t , I I ' I ' - I I . I , I I 4 - U N I ' I I , , , - . . V l I y 7 .fr ' I I I r ' ' L I I I ' C ' ' ' ' ' I I . .U I ' I CC ' , , ?7 1 c , V - I I ' , I I A I 1 r . , , , , AIA Cm V y I L,.,.- to the World the best that We have within us. I 1 - 1 v 1 , I, I , I ' 7 - - ' ' f 'Ka , - y ' I K f Y Q I . , , '7 7 , I 5 , 1 ,,,, H - . f. , . f, I 'b,. 1,15 K. I C , , 7, y , . , , . - I I II ' ' 1' I 1 I ll I , . , ', , V . ,, - I - . - . - Q l - - Q I I I lx I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I h I I I - I I 49 QD GBQQGBCED Q9 The value of the serv1ee wh1ch Mr Franc1s l1as been to los Angeles cannot be estlmated Fortunate lndeed are we 1n hav1ng w1tl1 us a man wlth a broad v1s1on sy1r1patl1et1c under standmg and fearless heart fortunate ID hav1ng as an 1deal1st leader and educator a man who has aroused ln us a des1re for the best 1n llfe po1nted the way to our 1deal and taught us to see beauty 1n common th1n s by the qu1eken1ng ot all our senses Through the polytechme sys tem oi edueatlon that he mtroduced 1nto Los Angeles has eome the real1zat1on tl1at behool IS not a preparat1on tor hte It 1S hte lt lS natural tl1en tl1at Polyteehmc teels that Xlr Franc1s the man that gave l1e1 hfe IS now a part oi her hte and tl1at w1tl1out h1111 the school experlenoes a sense ot 1ncon1pleteness Wherever he goes wherever he stays there 15 newer held he stays w1tl1 us l1v1ng 1n our hearts torever as a man ever glad to glve not to get glad to plant the seeds ot deslre lOl better thxngs glad to nour1sl1 the plant that grows from the t1ny seed glad to d1rect It 1n ts growth so that when lt has leached matur1ty It no longer needs h1s support a man who teaches I,,..I L.,.I I.,,..I 4,1 QD I,-I hd I,.J GD 15,-I I,.L Ig,-I IN,-I Q9 L.,-A I,.I II,-I G57 I,-I tif. L,-J by the example of l11S own l1v1ng tl1e lesson wlnch l1e would have us learn lie strong be generous be klndly but nrst ot all be ot SBIVICB QD Illia' I.: I4 QEMBGDGBQ W -- llkful gf-J I-,,.l I,.L L,,..I L,,.I II,.l I..,.J r-I. bfi 4,-I I I I I g - - . - - - - - a --- I I I I I I I l I . .' , . . . . Y . . . . - . . , - . 1 S . 1 1 g 7 I , 1 . . U . . I 5 I I I , . ' Q . . ' I ' . ' 41 1 - . . , ., '. . ., ,, , , . - I - . ' l I 7 7 A . , I . , 5 , . ., . . I I 7 . , . ' ' 1 'V 7 I' ' Polytechmc, and althougl1 he leaves to pass to a -fl 7 J 1 S w ' ' ' - A ,. - ' . 5 . I A V . . 5 . . . 1 - ' ' r 4 1 1 - ' ' I . . 5 l 7 . I I 2 1 - I I , I I , I I .- I - - - - - - IQ I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I all . ,. ' axis 1' ivan :YQ in 2 tl? ' lPl7 'P.'7 Clv w.c w.tr 1nv.1r 'v.21:v , TOUCHSTONES FROM MR FRANCIS SPEECHES Do the best that you can and 1t u1ll approach per fect1on Be t1ue be honest and I'61'11Ql11l3GI alvs avs that It IS men and wx omen to the eore that n1ake the World what It 1S and that It X1 1ll be men and ww omen to the core that x11ll make the S1 orld wx hat 1t 1S to be a great deal bette1 han It 1S today Play the game square , square to X our self and square o the other fellow VX sh 1xo1k Halt uln The moral hb1e of a man IS strengthened ww hen he can flnlsh h1s yn 011 A man s success 1n llfe 19 meas uled by h1s ablllty to flmsh the Job Any pe1so11 can The wx orld 1S ouls 1f ne onlv knon how to get pleasure out of eve1yth1ng Be square to you1self The 1dea of today IS not what you can get out of llfe, but What you can put 111to lt 1t 1s not to get but o g1ve The keynote of todas 1S serx 1ce Tl11S 113121011 IS fEtC111g' the gleatost danger 1n lts h1sto1y Not the sh1ps of fo1e1gn fleets no1 mternal labol troubles not even the hquor quest1on a1e to be feared as the hosts 1n the commg gene1at1on mth too much unoccupled t1111e The g1eatest C0l1lZI1lJl1lZ1011 that you can make to the future of anv boy and gnl IS to g1VG h11n a chance f01 h1S own self dlscovery and self devel opment - -1 i ,,,i14:.,,.:E'as ,a:F' i'4n Am avg Jiaxu, 0 at ly at it LT T 5.5 ' ag: 151 E15 1 5 T 1 1 1 it? ll YW 1 Q52 ,Q A an 1 1 45 Q'4z Q '1 Qin Q b 171 UA man that I love and honor with my soul, and my heart, and my duty, and my life, and my liv- 2 ing, and my uttermost power. qi Henry V F! UU 62, .b sa so: I 1 is O O: liivooquoqvo od in n:n'Am ik: in 431. in gf iv 53' as ia' I ' ' Q-'i 1-'uv' 'xr'-11' ' ' .,,I-,. .c,:.,..'1',. 615 .'.1',. .viva QE if? Q5 QE if fig ii? o it? 55 ff? 55 6-5 5-5 if' 5-5 ii' an T JOHN H. F RANCIS, SUPERINTENDENT Y L POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL: ITS HISTORY Polytechnic, the school that we are proud to term Alma Mater, is now closing the fifteenth year of its existence. In the story of these years, We feel that there is much that may interest the majority of students both past and present and give them an adequate idea of the real growth of this, our scnool. Poly's pathway has not been strewn with roses, nor has it been strewn with thorns. Indeed blossoms have been quite numerous along the way, and briers, perhaps, as much so, but only in such proportion as would further a sturdy growth and healthy maturity. Through its years of diverse fortune, Mr. Francis has been its guide and counsellor, and it is to him perhaps more than any other that we owe our heartfelt gratitude for the development of the school today. In the fall of 1901, Poly made its official appearance upon the school horizon, not as Poly, however, but as the Commercial High School, and, inci- dentally, one of extremely modest proportions. A low building, small though attractive, situated upon the hill just across the street from L. A. High, served as our first home, and in it, Mr. Francis, former head of the L. A. H. S. commercial department, was our first principal, and Mr. B. H. Donnell our iirst vice-principal. The faculty list of that year discloses many familiar names, among them those of Miss Smith, Miss Sanborn, Mrs. Carvell, Mr. Twining, and Mr. Wagne1', while the list of students shows the names of Miss Sutherland and Miss Wagner, the latter known to us as Mrs. Gobrecht. In this unpretentious school, self-government originated as the result of a slight incident which, when it occurred, promised dire consequences to some few offenders. A small cottage at the foot of the hill had often been the mark of thoughtless assaults from the commercial boys, but upon this day the climax was reached. A large rock which had been dislodged bumped down the hill 24 1' 1 and landed with a thud upon the roof of the little dwelling. Mr. Francis, anticipating trouble, sent the boys to settle matters for themselves. When they returned successful, he decided to try out a plan of self-government which he had been considering. Student officials soon displaced teachers as adminis- trators of order about the building and grounds. The experiment succeeded. From this small beginning, we see the idea broadening more and more until we have our own rather intricate, and if we must say it, quite satisfactory system. In 1904, the Commercial High School was rechristened Polytechnic, in the same year bonds were voted for the purchase of the grounds of the main building, and in the fall of 1905 the school was moved to its present site, bringing with it a veritable landslide of students, a landslide which grew to such proportions that it was only a few years later that Mr. Francis saw boys and girls waiting all night long for the privilege to enter. During the first years in the new building the library dwelt peacefully in 214, the art departments, in 401-403. The foundry and machine shops were equipped a year or two later, and the electrical department was introduced in 1907. On the second floor of the Science Hall, the physical education depart- ment of all the city schools was maintained until 1909 when the scientific department had developed to such an extent that it became necessary to utilize this room for school purposes. At that time the plans for the Art Build- ing were drawn by our own students in architecture, and in 1908 the land site was at last purchased, and the work on the buildings begun, the first shovelful of dirt being turned by President Taft. The building was opened in the fall of 1909 and as the art departments were established there, the library which had occupied 213-14 was now moved to 401-3. The feat was accomplished by the Seniors in one roll call period. How? By means of that organization and cooperation for which Poly students and faculty have always been most note- worthy. The Seniors formed in line. The books, taken in order from the shelves by the librarian, were given to the students who carried them to 401-3 where they were deposited upon the shelves in the same order. Thus, at the end of one-half hour, the library was not only moved but ready for use. During the early years of our history, there had been two important changes in the faculty. Miss Katharine B. Ross had become the first woman vice-principal in 1905, and Mr. Dunn had taken the place of Mr. Donnell as vice-principal in the fall of 1908. In the year 1910, Mr. Francis having accepted the position of superintendent of the Los Angeles City Schools, re- signed, and Mr. Dunn was made principal, Mr. Richer succeeding him as vice- principal. Miss Smith succeeded Miss Ross, who had resigned in the spring as vice-principal, in the fall of 1912, serving in that capacity during 1912-13-14, at the end of which time she resigned and Miss Humphrey took her place, being the third woman vice-principal of Polytechnic. Since the departure of Mr. Francis in 1910 our school has continued its steady, measured strides toward greater development under ,the careful, loving, and most able guidance of Mr. Dunn. Certainly no school was ever more for- tunate than Poly in that it has been under the supervision of two such men as Mr. Francis and Mr. Dunn. Not once throughout its history has Poly ceased to grow. There has been a continued enlarging of interest and broadening of the field of activity. Our course of study has grown from that strictly commercial form of 1901 to the widely diversified and broadly inclusive one of 1916. Today a choice of seven- teen courses is offered. Though Poly is pre-eminently a technical high school, 25 7' J cultural and academic subjects are offered to such an extent that were all others Withdrawn there would still remain a school of no mean proportions. The Junior College, introduced in 1912, has been one of the greatest addi- tions of recent years. It at first offered a few academic and domestic science subjects as well as those of a technical nature. Later the Board of Education decided to distribute the Junior College work among Polytechnic, Los Angeles, and Hollywood high schools and declared that Poly should give its sole attention to technical courses. Henceforth technical subjects predominated, the cur- riculum now includes Architecture, Chemistry, and Civil, Electrical, Mechan- ical, and Mining Engineering. These courses offered are not strictly what the term Junior College would imply. Their work does not attempt to cover that of the freshman and sophomore years of college, while it does include some technical work of junior and senior years. This curriculum has been arranged in order to provide practical preparation for the boy who does not intend to enter advanced educational institutions, although a graduate of our Junior College may receive advanced standing in the university. By 1911, the attendance at Poly had so far increased that it became neces- sary to purchase the yellow house and remodel it for class rooms. This building was placed at the disposal of classes in 1912, but by 1915, there was still another overflow of students, when the grey cottage across the street was pressed into service. Today our cry is: 'Room, more room, may we but have more room l Let it be hoped that we may realize our desire and that this most serious need may soon be satisfied. Each year's history has added much to Polytechnic's growth, growth in usefulness, in breadth of interest, and in beauty as well as numbers, and it is with pride and joy that we today refer to it as Our School. Carmalete Waldo, S'16 T0 MY BABY PICTURE Robenia Francis Greenlun, VWI8 Picture baby, isn't it queer That once I was you, so tiny and dear? There you are in your little frame Gazing at me who bears your name. Your eyes with wonder are opened wide, Yet a smile in them is trying to hide. Dimpled hands and wriggly toes, Saucy mouth and tilted nose, Soft white skin and rounded cheek, Parted lips about to speak. Nineteen years have passed away, Life has been both gold and gray, Happiness and trouble, too, Across life 's path have come to you. But now good-by, little other me, I put you away where none can see, Back in the box with the baby clothes, The tiny ring and the faded robes, Back in the box of sandalwood Where lie my gifts of babyhood. 26 LICCRHRY k 1 27 -iw Y lllll -llglllll-ll-lllll 'Tis the mind that makes the body rich. i F Taming of the Shrew Act IV Scene 3 ulllinillullininnnu THE BOY, SHAKESPEARE Edna A. Hull Yes, once upon a time he, too, was a boy, a real flesh and blood boy, not at all unlike our own small brothers, Tom or VVilly, who keep us continually smil- ing at their flights of fancy Cbehind their backs, of coursej, wondering about their next prank, and sometimes try our patience sorely. IK: Ill: ll? if Sl! fl? 9? The Boy is the first to be heard in the household. Up with the lark, his merry voice calls from the garden to his sluggard brothers. Off for a run in the early sunshine with his trusty hound, Fangs, he is back again before the family gathers for the bountiful breakfast. At six the Boy is due at the Guild House school. He is a. sturdy little fellow, cap pulled off, blond curls blowing in the breeze, bright eyes dancing, 'l' 1' if with his Satchel And shining morning face, creeping like a snail Unwillingly to school. ' ' The way is long, but there are many things to see and hear. The sunny meadows are far more interesting than the old school room, the language of the birds, and bees, and streams so much easier for the Boy to understand than dry Latin verbs. 'Tis the hardest task to be on time. The Boy loiters as long as he dares, but the penalty for tardiness is too dreadful to consider so he man- ages to arrive at six. In the class room until nine, then a breath of fresh air, a few minutes to devour hurriedly a crusty tart, and he is off for a hasty game of hide-and-seek. Now the search starts, one by one, each hiding place is found. But where is the Boy? The master calls to lessons, and still he is missing. The boys start in reluctantly, loath to acknowledge that the Boy has again outwitted them. But look! There he is, laughing in glee from the doorway. He knows they will never think to look for him in the school-house. The afternoon drags on. Long before the sun has neared his journey's end, the Boy, a restless youngster, no more able to concentrate histhoughts at his master's bidding, is about some ingenuous prank, his clever little brain alone saving him from discovery. By six the shadows lie in broad lines across the benches, and their small occupants are speeding homeward, their long day over. Such were the school-days in which the Boy learned his 'tsmall Latin and less Greek. SF if Ill 'lf 1: if if The Boy screws his eyes up tight that night. He must get to sleep as soon as possible to hasten the coming day and its wonders in store for him at Kenil- 28 worth Castle. Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, is coming and he will see her. For days he has listened in his father's shop to tales of the old men. Evening after evening he has cajoled his mother to tell him stories of the Good Queen, her beautiful ladies and gallant courtiers. Now the day has come. The old gate keeper has found a place where the Boy and his mother may see the glorious pageant while his father leaves them to perform those services due from the Bailiif of Stratford. As they wait, nothing escapes the observing eyes and quick ears of the eager Boy. He must needs ask the burly porters a thousand and one questions on as many subjects. Who is this? Why does he do that? Can he go up those stairs? What will he find there? What are those men doing? Have they ever seen the Queen? ls she so very different from his mother? Does she like boys? Can he go down and play in the stream? Have they ever seen fairies? And so on, until the porters are well-nigh exhausted. Hour after hour they Wait. The day is fast approaching night when a great hush goes over the throng, then a growing rush of applause. High above, from an upper casement, the Boy watches, spell-bound. The sight is far more gorgeous than he has ever dreamed. He hardly dares draw a breath for fear the scene may vanish. The Queen-how wonderful she is! She is actually talking to the Earl of Leicester, whom the Boy has once seen riding in the hunt over the meadows near Stratford. Elizabeth's long train of courtiers stretch away as far as he can see. Now she is within the castle 's walls. She is crossing the long bridge lighted bright as day by the glare from the torches. She stops, and barges, like bits of fairy land, float out into the stream, bearing pretty maidens and sending forth balls of fire which . . . Shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. But at last it is over. Such a holiday! Will there ever be another so magnificent? ' SF ik ilk Il! Il fl: if The Boy has slipped away into the twilight after supper with his old friend Fangs. Under the greenwood tree, VVho loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet birds' throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. He lies on the bank of the dreaming Avon. The warning note of the curfew Hoats up the river and falls on unheeding ears. The wonderful harvest moon has risen, slowly, above the farther bank, and fills the wood with long ropes of ever shifting light and shadow, like fairies at play. Suddenly the Boy gazes in wonder. They are fairies! They come trooping in from behind tree and bush, from under fallen boughs, and across the green. In rapture, he watches them dance as daintily as a summer breeze. Now they pause, each fairy balances herself airily upon a fragrant blossom, a blue violet, a primrose, or golden daifodil. But who is that gay elf who suddenly appears in their very midst? 29 Over hill, over dale, Through bush, through brier, Over park, over pale, Through flood, through fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere, And I serve the fairy queen, A To dew her orbs upon the greenf'- Ah, the Boy knows! Puck! Robin Goodfellowli' he cries, springing from his hiding place. ' Alas! the fairy host vanishes at the mortal sound. There is only the gentle Avon, fiowing along in quiet peace, and the soft lapping of the water against the reeds. SUNSET IN IMPERIAL VALLEY Alfred Bennett, S'I6 The sun was setting and its level rays made the tawny bare cotton stalks show bronze in the soft fading light of that hot summer's day. A golden haze --the heritage from warm, dusty days-still hung in the air. It served to screen the glare of the descending sun and to deflect the yellow light into at soft shimmering over the fields. Above this source of light tens of thousands of little clouds, as light and fleecy as swan's down, some dazzling bright, some rosy-colored, some, far to the east, already purple, streamed across the pale sky in the mystic igure of a vast wing, as if a great archangel hovered below the horizon, pointing one jewelled pinion to the firmament, the other down and un- seen in his low flight. - Lost in the wonder of this vision in the heavens, I seemed to be carried far-from my surroundings into a supernatural realm. This angelic wing taught me that although we in our ceascless toils have forgotten the guiding presence of God from whence we came, nevertheless the sheltering wing of our Heavenly Father watches over and protects us at all times. I wish now as I did then that more men could or would see God in Nature and have a conscious knowledge of the omnipotent power of the divine Spirit. THE UNKNOWN Lucie Coen, W'l6 One cold windy afternoon in bleak November four men were sitting in big, comfortable chairs in one corner of a fashionable club room in Chicago. After discussing the stock market, the policy of the present administration, and vari- ous other subjects most interesting to men, Blair broke in. I see in this afternoon's paper that there is a big gold rush in Alaska, nearly equal to the stampede in the Klondike about fifteen years ago. By the way, Wymer, didn't you go in that wild panic to the frozen north years ago? Wynier laughed his big, hearty laugh and sank deeper into his chair. UI should say I did, he said, and I thank my lucky stars I'm sitting here today. Gad! I had some queer experiences and narrow escapes. Tell us about them, his friends said in chorus. Tell us one of your queer experiences, said Blair, we all have 'narrow escapes' There was a scraping of chairs and a scratching of matches before the men were settled and Wymer began his story. Upon arriving in the Klondike region, my partner and I filed a claim and 30 built our cabin before the long, dreary winter set in. As my partner thought he ought to return to Dawson for fresh supplies before the trail was closed up, he started off bright and early one morning. I didn't mind being left alone as I had a gun and enough supplies to last me a few weeks. At times it became monotonous and lonely with nothing to do but read books which had been read many times before, or perhaps write in my diary. The stillness settled down on one like a damper and I would catch myself looking up continually from my reading and listening, expecting to hear I knew not what. But the howling of a wolf afar off calling to his brothers was all I ever heard, until one day I did hear a voice hallooing. Running out of my cabin I saw two men-, one an Indian guide, the other a white man, standing by a sled. The sled was covered with blankets, but I could tell there was something under- neath them. On examining further I saw the something to be a young man in the last stages of a terrible illness. 4'The white man spoke up then. It seems that they had come from a boat which was anchored in the river five miles from my cabin. The young man was suffering from typhoid fever and, as it was impossible for anyone on the boat to nurse him, the captain thought they had better find some one on land who could care for him. The Indian had told them of me and offered himself as guide to my cabin. There was nothing for me to do but take the poor chap in. After making the invalid as comfortable as possible, the men departed. I must say that I was stumped at first, and at a loss what to do, but fortunately I had had some experience with typhoid and knew the fever had to run its course. My patient became quite fond of me and always called me iNurse.' Most of the time he was delirious, but in one of his sane moments he told me his name and gave me the address of his mother who lived in the States. In spite of my efforts to keep him alive he finally died. It was hard work making a coffin for him by myself and when I did finish it, it was a little short. As I pushed him into the coffin, his mouth fell open, giving a grotesque expres- sion to his face. This unnerved me so that it was some minutes before I could go on with my work. Somehow I cou1dn't get the thought of that poor fellow out of my mind and the picture of him lying in the bunk crying out in his delirium for his mother haunted me day and night. Three or four days after I had buried my patient I woke up in the morning feeling very queer. During the day I would catch myself listening intently, and as I gazed out over the frozen country, it seemed as if I could almost hear the deep silence. As night came on, my nerv- ousness increased and a little earlier than usual that night, I crawled into my bunk. How long I slept I never knew, but I awoke and sat up suddenly in bed. It was in the gray dawn of morning. I distinctly heard some one call, 'Nurse' The voice seemed right beside me. I don 't know why, probably because of the fright, I yelled out, 'Wl1o's thereil' As if in answer the call came again but farther away, 'Nurse, Nurse' It was the voice of my patient. Wymer paused at this point in his story just a second. There had been an ejaculation from one of the men and the others had let their cigars go out, but they had never taken their eyes off Wymer's face. The soft murmur of voices from different parts of the room came to them now and then. The story con- tinued. I jumped out on the cold, pine floor. A shiver went through me from head to foot. I rushed into the other room of the cabin just in time to see the door slowly close. How I reached my bunk again I never knew nor will I know how 31 4 long I lay in bed. I came to my senses again, though, when I felt some one roughly shaking me and calling my name. It was my partner back from Dawson with supplies. After Wymer had finished there was much discussion as to his state of mind and his imagination. You know another singular thing, he said, is that the first thing I did, after getting back to the States, was to write to that fellow 's mother. But I never heard from her, the letter was returned. I say, old man, said Thompson, did you strike gold while in Alaska? Wymer got up and stretched himself. Do I look as if I did? he said. - There was a shout from Blair. Haven't you heard? Do you know what he did? He landed in Seattle with just enough money besides his ticket to telegraph to his father, 'Meet me at the station with a shirt. I have the pants., CAMPING-ENJOYABLE? Harry Bowers, W'16 Yes, quite a few of us have camped out. Most of us have, in fact. With a skillet, a blanket, and a side of bacon thrown carelessly across our backs, we start out for a week's outing and a good time-maybe. There's not o11e of us. however, who won't return with a peeling nose, and one that is very brilliant where the sun has kissed it into a rosy hue. It 's the sign of the amateur camper- out. Occasionally he boasts of it-quite unnecessarily. As I have implied, the percentage of us who have camped out is large. Even so, there are a few of my friends who are yet uninitiated into the joys and trials of a week elsewhere than at home. For them I shall relate a few of the incidents of my trip to Pine-knot Gulch with my good friend, Jerry Bluders. And by the way, he 's a professional outer. That 's what made it so difficult for me. He dragged me into his profession Without so much as an introduction to the smallest details-unaccustomed as I am. It seemed hardly fair to me. I shall go alone next time-if there is any. I might tell all about the preparations I had made for this great event, but it is unnecessary to do so. They became as nothing, that is, when Jerry saw them. He took one look and laughed, and then he told me I had prepared too much, that I wouldn't need any of the things I had planned to take along. I protcstedg he didn 't flinch. He said it was going to be a professional camping out. He let me know that a skillet, a blanket, and a side of bacon are all that are required. That's all there was to it. We started out-professionally. I came back dis- gusted. I shall spare Jerry the embarrassment of telling how he came back. Moreover, he doesn't speak! of it to anyone. It 's rather sacred to Jerry, you know. First, let me say that it is quite unnecessary to concern ourselves with the trials of reaching our destination. That's a different story, Therefore we will consider that we have arrived and are enjoying a delightful evening at Pine-knot Gulch. The day had been hot, and an uncertain breath of air stirred up enough pure mountain dust to iill our eyes and noses almost to the limit. The path wasn't a difficult one to traverse, but it had become provokingly long. I had noticed it particularly. At noon we had found a beautiful little spot beneath a wide-spreading grease-wood bush. There we ate our lunch. We were not alone, however. A drove of mosquitos, or tear-bugs, or something pestering, on its way to San 32 Diego, saw to that. They stuck around very closely. They didn 't seem hungry, for they didn 't stop buzzing around long enough to eat. I took it that they were amused. That's what exasperated me so. Finally we washed down the last of our professional hard-tack with a swig of warm water from a patent, self-cooling canteen. I questioned Jerry as to the apparent failure of the canteen's work. He laughed. You can't expect too much, he said. I had found that out some few hours before. But I seem- to have forgotten. We were going to concern ourselves with the filrst professional evening of Jerry 's and my professional outing. Well, so we s a 1. Jerry and I drew straws to determine who should trot down a miniature precipice to fetch a pail of fresh, spring water. I went for the water. Then, on my return, we drew straws to determine who should wash dishes. Jerry received the honor. After that we drew straws for everything. It seemed to be the only professional way. At last dinner-we called it that-was prepared. Consequently we sat down to enjoy it. It seems that the bugs had planned a vesper service at this particular spot. A mighty congregation had assembled. Those who failed to sing communed upon our bread and brown cookies, and then washed this repast down with a drink from the edge of our water pail. It was very pleasant, indeed ffor the bugs. They seemed not to mind us in the least, save for a few who insisted. looking us square in the eye. We discouraged this practice as much as possible, but there were still a few hangers-on inquisitive enough to risk a slap in the face for their impudence. ijThey'1l go away sooner or later, Jerry assured me. 'fhlaybe by tomor- row. At last dinner was a thing of the past. Jerry washed the dishes: they, I might add, were tin. Except for this fact, I should hardly have allowed Jerry the honor. When everything had been put away, Jerry and I sat down and looked at each other. My face registered disgust. Jerry kept his under better control. Z-zzz-z!', came a noise from under a bush. What's that? I ejaeulated. '4Be still. Jerry replied. It's only a snake. I jumped up. What are you going to do about it?,' I demanded. Jerry never moved, and danger right at hand. Hepossessed an unbalanced self-control. What's the matter? Do you want to tease it? Sit down, I tell you! he bellowed as loud as a cautious whisper would permit. I sank limply down. From the bush a long, lean, curving neck, or what looked like a neck, ham- mered down to flatness at the end, shot quickly out some ten feet, it seemed, and hissed. Jerry put a finger to his lips, perhaps to insure silence. I didn 't move. I couldn't. And now Jerry did the professional thing. He pulled a small automatic revolver, took a quick aim, and fired. The long neck jumped straight into the air to a height of five feet and came down a wriggling mass of what seemed to me a part of a dream I had had the night before. Jerry had shot the intruder's head off. He said the snake was dead. It didn't stop wriggling long enough for me to substantiate his convictions. Well, I said. 33 Well, he mimicked, what are We going to have for breakfast? Fried potatoes, coiee, muff- Look here, I demanded, how much of this sort of thing does one have to stand on such expeditions? Do I have to sit by and see you shoot snakes and then listen calmly while you recite a bill of fare? If that's in the profession, then you may withhold my diploma. It's me for civilization tomorrow. Jerry commenced apologies and explanations. I got sleepy listening to them and I told him so. He suggested that we turn in. I clung to the suggestion with a frenzy. I thought, perhaps, sleep would annihilate further discomfitures. But alas! Jerry began to undo the bundle containing our sleeping hammocks. I watched eagerly. I had found a. good place to swing mine, but my bag wasn't there. Only one fell out. Where'd mine go to? I demanded. You must have forgotten it, he smiled in a half-witted fashion. Forgotten it! You forgot it yourself. Who tied 'em up? It was you. Now, you can give me yours. It 's your fault. Jerry knew I was determined, but he saw a Way out. t'Let's draw straws, he condescended. I thought of the snake and my chances of sleeping on the ground if I lost. Nix, I said, we'll both sleep in it before I'll do that. All right, he consented, we'll both sleep in it. Let 's tie it up. S 2? if if il ill SF A few hours later found Jerry and me swaying side by each in the hammock between two trees we had selected for the purpose. However, our attitudes were different. Jerry slept-actually snored, I remained wide awake. I was deprived, even, of the alternative of a deep sleep in which to smother my discomfiture. And now, to multiply my troubles tenfold, came more bugs. They were of all denominations and shapes. Some resembled aeroplanes. One passed over my head about midnight. He was of the monoplane type. I struck at him, and he chose a higher altitude. He hovered around a long time, I know, for I heard his engine wheezing in mid-air. I looked every minute for a bomb to drop. Finally, with a spiral dive, he struck my head and began some sort of a tattoo on my forehead. I made a flank movement from the rear and broke his propeller. He fell to the ground. I had hoped this victory would discourage any further air raids, but it didn't. All night the bugs maneuvered above our camp. And, blast it all, Jerry slept. The next morning, when Jerry awoke, I had my skillet, my blanket, and my side of bacon thrown extraordinarily carelessly across my shoulder. Where're you going? he called to me. Where It came from-home, I let him know. Wha.t! You're not leaving me now, are you? I'll wait till you've packed, I replied coolly. But-bu- HX: 'lk 3? it :lk IF Sk Well, I shall not discuss this particular adventure to a further degree. You will now readily gather my point-is camping enjoyable? From a professional point of view-perhaps. In line with my vision there's a peculiar oddity con- nected with it. The joy is only for those who hear you tell about it afterwards. Camping !-a strange condition in the affairs of men. Strange, I repeat. 34 A DESERT TRAGEDY Joe Morris, W'l7 Sunshine, brilliant, blinding, pitiless. For miles in every direction this white-hot glare reached out and played about the desolate sands. In what seemed to be the center of this fiendish furnace of nature there were a few scorched bunches of sage, a few white scattered bones, a few heat-tempered old rocks where drowsed a single lizard, the only happy thing in all this parched isolation. Presently, from behind the rocks, a man, with every promise of youth and hope before him, rose to a sitting posture and gazed with a strained, despairing look out into the sunshine. His face then assumed an expression of eager ques- tioning as he detected far off to the north a faint movement. Was it a ghostly motion, or a stir of life? Or was it only one of the mad tantalizing tricks of the sun, the demon of the desert? As the boy shaded his aching eyes with his hands, he saw a little group of horsemen taking their way across the desert. The steps of the cavalcade seemed to become very slow, to falter sometimes, but yet their figures became smaller and smaller and finally melted into glints of eternal sunshine. Still the lad by the rocks gazed on as though the very silence of the desert must repent and yield up some life, some hope of escape from this oneness of horror. Could anyone have seen his face then he would have caught the revela- tion of a succession of soul struggles which seldom rests upon the face of one so young. There was no attempt to conceal his feelings, instead, there was an unconscious portrayal of every thought as he rested there face to face with him- self and his God. As long as the group of horsemen was in sight, there was eager hope in the eyes which followed it. Was it hope that the steps of the only other human being who could aid him in that fiery wilderness would turn and once more offer help to the one left behind? Or was it merely a hope that the sight of human beings would not fade away forever? The hope was there anyhow, it was there until it changed to one of sickening despair, of forsaken loneliness, of bitterness, it was a death-like giving up of hope. There was movement beside him. The boy took one last look at the vastness about him and then looked at the pitiful object at his feet. For a brief moment there was an expression of bitter hatred on the young face. He neither moved nor spoke at first, as a resigned, patient voice asked, Where are we now, Laddie? Are the others still with us? Then, with a rush of tenderness the boy leaned over the old man whose sightless sun-blind eyes stared helplessly about. For a moment there was a thought of evading the sick man, but, as the question was weakly but insistently repeated, the younger man answered calmly and dispassionately, No, Mate, the others went on while you slept. They hated to go but you know the water gave out yesterday morning, and-and so they just had to go on, you see. There were enough horses left to take them so I told them you and I were tired of riding anyhow. The little note of courage and jocularity failed utterly. The old man began to sob in painful, weak, heart-broken gasps. Laddie, oh, my Laddie, why did you do it? Why did you stay with me? The feeble sobs came more slowly and painfully, the weak voice grew weaker. Little Laddie, you know I can live but a few hours longer and I don't mind staying alone till the end. I couldn't have gone any farther. But you,-you could have gone on. Youhave all your life before you. You have so much to 35 - live for-to live fer. The weak voice died away in whispers. 'tAnd by another night you, toe, will be too weak to go on. The torturing thought gave a final, mighty strength to the old man. He half raised himself and whispered hoarsely, HLaddie, did they leave your pinto for you? Yes, Mate, lied the boy steadily, as he looked at the lifeless desolation about him, little Pint is standing over there by a clump of sage and I ean follow the others whenever l get ready. Don't worry now, Mate, you have stuek by me to the finish every time, and now I am yours. Witli a childish sigh of content the siek man sank back and muttered fever- ishly, VVater-just a little bit of water-I know--not much-a little water-M the sun-it seorehes me so. VVl1ere is little Laddie? He would take me to the shade-to the shade. VVith an almost impereeptihle shudder and one glance up at the sun, the boy took off the thin shirt which he wore and held it over the face of the mutter- ing old man. For an interminable length of time the boy sat thus, blind and dizzy while the sunshine scorched the bare, quivering flesh of his back. Now and again the old man would rouse himself and say lovingly, 'tYou are sure you will follow the others in a few minutes, Laddie? And always the younger man answered steadily, eheerily, 'tln just a little while, Mate. All thought of time lost afterpthat. The boy was conscious only of a vague impression of heat and thirst and torture, of the faint mutterings beside him. Except for that, everything was a white-hot blank. It might have been years later that the boy was roused by a death-like grip on his hand. He looked stupidly at the figure beside him and realized dimly that death was indeed claiming him. The old man clutched his companion with one last, long grip and sighed happily. Home-home. Thank God, Laddie, you brought me home. There was another sigh, apparently of joy, and the lonely man had indeed gone home. And the boy beside him? He half rose and looked onee more out, out into the sunshine. out into the blinding path whither his companions had disap- peared. Then, with a weak little laugh and no attempt to shake off the grasp of the dead man. he sank back beside his Mate. THE BEE ' Marie Hammond, S '18 Buzzing thru the fragrant air, Free from every thought of care, Gathering honey from the tiowers, Spending thus his waking hours, First upon the sage he lights, Sipping honey brings delights, Then to fields of clover flies, Settles 'neath the azure skies ln the blossoms, fresh and sweet, Withered not by summer's heat. Now the rays of setting sun Tell the bee his work is done, Homeward then he wings his flight, Bidding all the flowers good night. 36 A VISIT TO THE MOON Dorothy Fryer, W'19 I was unusually drowsy, my book unusually dry, and the atmosphere lifeless and sultry, although it was late in the day, and a cool, silver crescent looked down on me through the gathering dusk. My chair rocked to and fro, I yawned, blinked, and finally nodded. The moon grew larger and larger. Objects gradually faded, and instead of dusk an intensely white light seemed settling over everything. A buzzing sound vaguely disturbed me, and on opening my eyes widely, I saw myriads of little white objects, no larger than my finger, floating around and about me. I watched them for a time, fascinated by their grace, and bewildered at what I beheld for they appeared to be no more or less than the winged fairies of Hans Andersen and Grimm. I suddenly felt an icy drop upon my shoulder and on turning my head, looked right into the milk white face of one of the inhabitants of this fairy region. A mocking, twinkling laugh issued from between the lips of my tiny com- panion. What should I say? Or do? I hadn't the slightest idea of how I came, whether I was wanted nor how I was to return. The first question I would naturally ask was, How under the sun did I get here? Where on earth am I? And most of all, where and what are you? HI? murmured my companion. Why I, that is we, are moonbeams. Where are you? My dear little girl, you are fast asleep in your rocker on your own front porch. HHuh? Strange, but I never had the honor of meeting you on my own front porch before, I answered drily. Oh dear, another one to explain to. You see, you are fast asleep, but you have carelessly let your imagination wander. And where has an unprotected imagination to come to when it strays away? To the moon, of course! Oh, I said. I was overawed. So my imagination has actually the impudence to dwell on a no less im- portant object than Luna herself. Yes, retorted my informer, I suppose that if you were to tell any of your intellectual professors on earth that you were here, they would call you a lunatic. Probably, I remarked, 'ibut tell me, is the entire surface of the moon just this? I indicated the hard seamed ground on which I was seated. f'Indeed not! How would you like to spend an hour on the other side of the moon? The side which your intellectual professors have never invented instruments delicate enough to see? But I feel amiable, and no harm will be done. You won't remember anyhow. so come. I give you just one hour to spend in the Valley of the Moon. So saying, she darted forward and bade me follow. Follow I did. Over mountains, through valleys, always on and on, always the dazzling white light enveloping all matter, always the tiny shadowless figures coming from nowhere, and flying outward and on until they disappeared in space. After aeons had elapsed and I was footsore and weary, and beginning to doubt whether the game were worth the candle after all, she halted. I found myself on the ledge of a precipice, so steep as to make me dizzy. Once more I heard her mocking laugh, this time at a distance. I turned to 37 follow her, but as mysteriously as she had come, she vanished. Was I to remain on the verge of the cliif where in a short time my imagination would inevitably die from lack of nourishment? No! I stamped my foot in vexation, whereupon I slipped over the precipice and fell headlong down and down, rolling over and over. When I reached the bottom, my eyes were tightly closed and my fists clenched. I panted painfully. HDO you think she will recover? asked a voice. Without a doubt. Badly shaken up but not much mischief done, I'll wager, said a second Voice. I opened my eyes slowly to see where the voices came from. A green field and running brook were all I saw, so I called out, Halloa, who spoke? Blank Blank, at your service, came the prompt reply. I was thunderstruck. Blank Blank, the most popular writer of the day! But where are you? Truly I should like to see so great a man in person. Where am I? He laughed. I'm in Boston. You are evidently a newcomer, spoke the second voice. Welcome to our valley. Mm, so there are two of youll t'Two? There are many. But how did you get here? t'Why I-I just dropped in, I answered. But come down to brass tacks. What is this place? This is the hunting ground of all imaginations elastic enough to reach itg the breeding place of absurdities. Furthermore, brass tacks are strictly barred. They are far too earthly and sensible. How long a time has the good fairy allowed you for your first visit ? - One hour. Barely time to take a iiying trip through Bluffers' Paradise. Come! Don't waste time on questions. This,,' pointing to a budding rose bush, is ambition. And this, a fertile field, is imagination. There, indicating a sealed cave, is power to use what you have acquired here. May I try to open the door? It would do you no good. What have you acquired here? And now your time is up. Why can 't I stay and investigate? Dig in the fields of imagination and tend the bush of ambition? Why can't I stay? Why can 't I stay? I repeated. Why can it I stay? I shouted. Simply because, Dick, it 's five forty-tive and time to grind the coffee, I heard my mother answer from the kitchen. THE FUR OF OUR CAT Beatrice R. Myers, S'l9 The name of our cat is Hajj, the beggar. One half of him is Persian and the other half is just plain cat. We named him Hajj for his Persian half, and the beggar for his plain cat half. V He is yellow, striped with orange, and is so big that when Baby carries him around he falls over her shoulder, his head coming down to her knees in front and his tail dragging on the floor behind. He has amber eyes, and his whiskers are rather short, owing to the sad, sad fact that Baby pulled most of them out and clipped oif the others with the scissors. His fur is very soft and silky, just like embroidery iioss. He is very pompous and majestic and also very spoiltq He is absolutely 38 indifferent as to your wants and wishes. The only thing i11 the house for which that cat has any respect whatever is the back and forth door, as Baby calls it. After having had several painful experiences, he has learned to regard it with awe. Well I do remember one night when Hajj was only a kitten. He wasn't allowed to eat meat, raw or cooked, vegetables, desserts, or anything as far as I could see but rich warm cream, which was supposed to grow a coat of handsome fur. We had a little typewritten sheet telling what and what not to feed him, and when, how, and why. Well, this night I was awakened by a noise in Mother's bedroom and discovered that Father and Mother were holding a very earnest conversation. The clock was striking twelve and I wondered what they could be doing at that time of night. I could hear the roar of a fire in the little stove above the anxious, whispered conversation of Father and Mother. I jumped out of bed and peeped around the corner. Here they were, Dad reading the little typewritten sheet out loud, Mother warming a pan of milk, and Hajj snoozing luxuriously before the fire on a soft cushion, looking very bored over the whole aifair. After having decided that the milk was the right temperature, they held it temptingly before kitty. But kitty didn't Want it, altho they both coaxed and pleaded by turns. Nice kitty, here 's your milk. No, kitty, stay here. Nice kitty, here, kitty, nice milk. Mother looked worried. I don't believe he's well, dear, she said. Oh, I think he 's all right, said Father, and he went to bed, worn out. But Mother wasn't satisfied till she gave Hajj some castor oil, and tho I know that it went everywhere but down the cat 's mouth, she was positive that he looked better already. However, I can't say that his fur was improved by the dose. Another night of Hajj 's memorable career was when he was about a year old, I was again awakened about midnight by the most awful yowling that was ever heard. It sounded like a dying cat. Suddenly I remembered that the neighbors had put out squirrel poison last night and that we had forgotten to put Hajj in the basement. Horrors! I sat up in bed. Father, I believe that's Hajj, I said. Yes, he answered sleepily. Mother was awakened by this time, and we all listened to that horrible noise. It grew louder. Mother and I hopped out and went to the back door. We called until we were hoarse, but the yowling had stopped for a moment, and we couldn't find out where he was. Sorrowfully I got back into bed. Soon it began again and continued for a long time, growing fainter and fainter till it stopped entirely. Poor Hajj, sighed Father. None of us spoke, for we all knew what poor Hajj implied. ' Mother composed verses that she was going to put on the tombstone and I planned that I would put roses on his grave. Dear old Hajj was lying out there, stiff and cold! I began to cry and so did Mother. Margaret woke up and we related our sad story to her. What are you going to do with his fur? was her cold-blooded inquiry. Sell it, suggested Father. Make it into a table cover, said Mother. ' Why not stuff him and put him in a glass case? asked Brother, who as well as Baby had been awakened by this time. Let's fro him away, said Baby. Use it as a small pox quarantine Hag, this from Margaret, of course. 39 I was disgusted and refused to be comforted and sobbed myself to sleep. The next morning Father and Mother arose early, so as to bury him before we children saw him. I watched out of the window. Father grabbed the spade and dug his grave, while Mother hunted for the remains. Just then Hajj came running around the corner, his fur as perfect as ever, carrying a big fat gopher in his mouth. Father dropped his spade and joyfully ran forward. We all held a rejoicing, and the gopher was solemnly buried instead of the cat. SI-IATTERED DREAMS Dorothy Woodhead, W'l7 Well-wellli' said the little old man, how much? How much? In one instant the princess' gown vanished, the hero prince departed, the castle was no more. Instead there stood just little Mary Reed in her place be- hind the soda fountain, in her plain little dress. Before her was the gruff little old man asking for the check for his lemonade. Oh!'? answered Mary. It's just ten cents. Thank you, sir! lt seemed a hundred times a day she was interrupted in just such a manner whenever she got to her most thrilling act, for Mary 's wish was to be a beautiful movie star. Her favorite role was that of a princess. It fitted in excellently to have people come in and be the princess while she gave them crystal pure water from a mythical well. All went well up to that point and then-all of it was spoiled when the prince asked the price. Such a mercenary thing could not be changed even in Mary's fertile imagination, and the incident always served to bring her to earth with a cruel thud. One day she was wondering to herself if she would ever have the real opportunity of acting before a camera. What would she call herself? Mary Pickford, Blanche Sweet, or Lillian Gish were all very pretty names, she thought, but she must have one a little more romantic. She had once heard her old maiden aunt, with whom she lived, call a very beautiful fiower in a downtown shop Artificial. At the time she had thought what a beautiful name it was. f'Yes, thought Mary, there are violets, roses, lilies, and I remember once a little nigger girl who worked for aunty, and her name was Geranium. That 's very pretty, but Artificial is much nicer. My name shall be Artificial Reed. The idea almost took Miss Reed 's breath away and she was so excited about it that she did not notice the entrance of a young man, who stood waiting pa- tiently to be served. Hlid like something cold, he said, Hfor all that hot bunch outsidef, HOh! cried Mary. Yes, sir! Mary went to the door of the little shop to count the occupants of the huge car. f'Oh,,' she screamed, they're real moving picture people! I see a camera and they're all dressed up 2 t'Yes, answered the man unenthusiastically, guess that's what we are. Gosh, but it's a hot day to he doing cold weather scenes! I sure am going to quit this job next year. Mary, as she mixed the drinks, was eagerly taking in everything the man was saying half to himself and half to her. Oh, Ma.ry said boldly, I'd love it! Could you find me a place in the movies, do you thinkili' ' ' The man looked at her strangely, rather pityingly, and asked her name. It's--it's Artificial, she cried eagerly, Artificial Reed. Isn't that a nice name 'Z 40 The man choked down an impulse to laugh, and as soon as he could control himself, he answered her. Yes, he replied, and I think it would do you good to see what the busi- ness really is. I've seen girls like you before and I believe if you come down to the studio tomorrow, I can give you a part. He handed her an identification card and Mary tremblingly took it. After the big car had rolled away, Mary sat down and tried to realize her good fortune. The next morning she left the house as usual, mechanically peeked her aunt on the forehead as she had been taught, and took the car which would transport her to that wonderful land of iilmdom. , Upon arriving she presented her card and entered the huge gates after hav- ing received directions as to where to go. Soon she saw the man who had so suddenly changed her life Cso it seemed to Maryj. Ile led her to a room where there were a great many other people and said a few words to the woman in charge. Poor little Artificial hated to own up to herself that things were not just exactly as she thought they were going to be. After all, matters were treated in the National Film Co. in much the same business-like manner in which alfairs were carried on in the little candy shop. However, she looked forward, in eager anticipation to the acting. She was sure that would not be disappointing to her. The wardrobe mistress handed Mary a package and half pushed her into a room crowded with other women who were hastily dressing. Mary opened her package, There was no silken robe, there were no beautiful golden slippers, no lovely jewels, just a plain, ugly apron and sun bonnet. Sadly the little girl looked at the homely articles until her eyes were blurred with tears. Her optimism did not desert her, however, and she soon began to smile. Maybe I am going to be a beautiful country girl-I have seen pictures like that. h Presently she was ready. She stepped out of the stuffy little room into the open air. Standing up outside was a tired looking woma.n dressed in the same kind of clothes. Mary timidly approached her. 'tDo you like all this? she asked. 'tLike it? the woman echoed Indeed, I don 't. It 's different from what I thought it was when I began a year ago. What are you going to do? Take part in this scene? she concluded. Yes, I guess so, Mary sighed, they haven't told me yet whose part I am going to take. Oh, well, I can answer that, the woman replied. You're going to be part of the crowd in a mob scene, just like me. Mary did not know what a Hmob scene was, but she did understand that she was to be just a mere child in a crowd of others. So this was starring, this was being a. moving picture actress, this was the cruel realization of her dreams. I like the shop much better, Mary said to herself as she went back into the dressing room to change her clothes in order to get away as quickly as possible. An hour later found little Mary back at her soda fountain-the same little girl, but in her face shone a new light of happiness and content. 41 i BUYING A NEW HAT Margaret R. Myers, S'19 Buying a new hat is not such an easy thing as it seems at first thought. I shall never forget my millinery purchase of last spring. Because of my youth everyone offered advice, each suggesting a diiferent style and color. I was at my Wit's end to know what to do. My brother suggested a large black and white checked sport hat to cock on one side of my head. Father thought a small brown turban with one red feather would be quite attractive. . Grandmother was shocked by their masculine tastes. My child, said she, by all means select a girlish lace hat, trimmed with roses. I can see you in it. ' Sister was a suifragette and warned me to get a small black hat with no trimming, while Baby urged me to have one likes her own, a. dainty lingerie bonnet of ribbons and. embroidery. Mother's taste was something like my own, which was a simple trimmed straw. Straw meant such a wide range of possibilities, it might mean Panama, or chip, or Leghorn, or Neapolitan. With a head full of ideas and ten dollars in my pocket, I started at the north end of Broadway and worked my way south, going into every millinery store that presented itself. Some of the hats looked like wicker furniture, with gorgeous red poppies on the sides and, perhaps, a sprig of grasses wired to the front, or gold lace and roses of every hue imaginable. After inspecting thestock in about a dozen stores, my dream was realized! In the window was a Panama trimmed with black velvet and French roses. I glanced at the name and ventured in. The sign read: Madame Morgan, Importer. A little French sales- woman met me. Does Mademoiselle wish to see these hats? was her question. I gave my assent and pointed out the hat. Oni, that is a sweet, simple, little hat, and reduced, too, she assured me. My heart fluttered excitedly for it looked perfect on me. I inquired the price and felt as simple as the hat, for it was twenty-five dollars! 2 I made an escape and ran half way down the block. Pausing for breath, I found myself in front of the five, ten, and fifteen-cent store, that boon to shoppers! I The window displayed bunches of flowers, offered for fifteen cents. Al- though most of them were brilliantly colored, there were a few bunches of forget-me-nots and Cecile Bruner roses. I selected a wreath of the latter and went home. - Going up the back stairs so that no one would see me, I arrived at my room-safely. The trimming was jerked off my last summer's hat which was redecked with the posies. ' That evening they all wanted to see my new hat. The now disguised Leg- horn was shown and approved of by all the members of the family. Silently, I patted my pocket that held nine dollars and eighty-five cents change! 42 l i THE FEVER SPIRIT l Irene Morrison, S '15 Of the innumerable tragedies of the wilderness the two that are most feared by the white man are the fever and the Indian on the war path. The yellow cottonwoods above the Gila River shimmered in the hot October morning as the sun peered over the Eagle Feather mountains into the valley where the Kansas settlers had built their scattered cabins. The prettiest girl among the Kansas settlers was little Janet Weed, who lived with her father on the last cabin next to the Indian Reservation. Can you imagine her fear, when on this hot October morning a rider, hatless, on a foaming horse, drew up at her door and shouted, f'The Indians are on the war path! Get on your horses, and fly to the foot of the trail road where the rest of the settlers will wait for you. They are going to try to make the fort at Red Creek. He wheeled his horse to leave. 'tBut wait, she cried, 'KI-we-we can't leave. Father has the fever. The fever, murmured the man, horrified. Then bluntly, for it was not a time to consider feelings, f'Leave him, child, he will die anyway. UGO! go! she cried. I must not keep you, there are others yet to be warned. I will not leave him to die alone. Tell my brother not to worry about me, but to go and take care of his wife and children. Bring me my pony, she is grazing in the field. I will try to overtake you later. You seem determined. I will fetch you your pony. Put her in the lean-to and keep all the house closed. The Indians may then think you have escaped them. With that he was gone. He returned a few moments later with the pony, saying, Good-bye. You're a plucky little kid. I'll try to send help to you. 'And again he was OH, this time to try to warn others of the She returned to her father's bedside, when, glancing at the door she saw danger. Janet put the pony in the lean-to kitchen and gave him plenty of hay to keep him quiet. Then she returned to her father to continue her vigil, and to try to make his last few hours in this world more comfortable. She changed the wet towels, she fanned him continually. But as the sun grew higher in the heavens, the room grew closer and hotter. Finally, late in the afternoon she opened the front door, saying to the delirious, gasping figure on the bed, C40 Father, the Indians have not come yet, and what if they do? You must have air. ' ' an Indian standing in the doorway, holding a dripping tomahawk. Oh, could that he the blood of her brother or any of his children? Perhaps it was the young man's who had so bravely tried to warn them! What a terrible thought! She must think of something to distract the Indian's attention from her home. Quickly she put her finger to her lips, pointing to her father tossing in his delirium, and said, Fever. The horror of the word dawning on the crazed brain of the Indian made him turn and flee to his braves waiting at a little distance from the house. As soon as the Indian turned, she bolted the door and returned to her father's side. Bending over him, she found that he had passed away while she was talking to the Indian. Then it was that the awfulness of her loneliness dawned upon her. Her father was dead. She had done her duty to him, but there was worse than death awaiting her if she could not outwit that fierce, cruel band of savages 43 outside. She sat there motionless, half unconscious of her surroundings, until she became aware of strange sounds outside and then she realized that the Indians were bringing brush to set fire to the house as soon as the darkness fell. Getting up, she wet a sheet and placed it over her father. This was the last rite she could perform for him. She wondered then how she would be able to leave the house without their knowledge. Suddenly she realized that she might be able to play upon their superstition and in this way make her escape. Going into the lean-to and throwing her arm around her pony's neck, she told him her plan for their escape. Running to the chest she pulled out two sheets, covering the pony with one and herself with the other. She waited until it was very dark, then opening the door, mounted her pony and rode slowly from the house. It was terrifying to make her pony walk, when, in truth, she would rather gallop away from the eyes she knew were watching her from behind every clump of bushes. At last she reached the trail road, but still she must walk her horse for some two miles more until she reached the bend of the road. By that time she would be out of sight of the marauders. Early the next morning it was a very tired and white faced Janet that her brother and a squad of soldiers who were going out to rescue her met some few miles from the fort. Several years later, when the Indian uprisings had been finally put down, and the settlers had returned to their claims, they often heard the old Indian chiefs tell the story of the departure of the fever spirit, and how they burnt the cabin from which it came. Then Janet and her brother would exchange glances, both thinking of the human spirit, which by a simple trick had outwitted the ferocious redskins. V FATE Albert Holloway, W'19 There was a clearing in the woods., It was winter. Night had come on and the old moon, shining up above, smiled on the peaceful scene. Out of a shadow stole a white form, advancing in hops. Every once in a while it would stop and nibble the sprouts of some bushes, then it would start up again. While thus intent feeding, out of the same shadow stole a darker form. When the white form moved, the dark one was still, and when the white one fed, the dark form crept slowly and softly upon it. Suddenly, with a bound, the dark form seized the white one, which gave one scream and sank limp. The dark form, growling, picked the white one up and stole back into the shadow. Fifteen minutes later the dark form emerged from the shadow and half traversed the clearing when it sank flat upon the ground. It scented something new and strange, it was afraid. At last it raised its head and started to resume its journey. As it started, a rifle cracked and the form bounded into the air with a loud cry, then it lay still. A tall huntsman strode out of the woods and surveyed the dead animal, little thinking of himself as an avenger. The hunter skinned the beast, threw the body into the bushes, and surveyed one of the most beautiful lynx pelts he had ever set eyes upon. At last he threw the pelts over his shoulder and, picking up his rifle, strode of into the woods. Five minutes later and all was still. The clearing seemed a white patch in the moonlight and the double tragedy which had just been enacted was a secret between Fate, the old moon, and me. 44 IN THE NIGHT Harry Bowers, W'l6 'Twas last night while I lay sleeping That my dreams seemed full of frightg And my heart beat fast from leaping At the demons I saw creeping Thru the blackness of the night. In the west the moon was paling As I watched there 'round about From my place against the railing Of the balcony. A wailing Broke the silence--then a shout! In the darkness I heard bustling, O'er the dusty road below, Many feet of soldiers rustling Leaves and twigs as they were hustling On to meet an unseen foe. As I watched this sight I wondered Where these fiends of war were boundg Of the cities they had plundered Where their cannon belehed and thundered Leaving death upon the ground. All at once the earth seemed shaken. Then I heard a cannon roar! Love and peace were all forsakeng Shrieks and shouts were overtaken By confusion. Here was war! Soldiers met a foe before me. Now they waged a sinful fight. They who came to fight for glory, Now with bodies wet and gory Slew their brothers in the night. When I roused me from my dreaming With the coming of the dawn, Thru the tree-tops there came streaming Bits of sunlight-glory gleaming From the heavens. War was gone! 45 LOOKING BACKWARD . Deborah King, S '16 Picture a meek little girl in mussed white, carrying various credentials, a note book and pencil, conspicuous paper bag, and a pass from Manual Arts High School. Place this modest figure in our front hall underneath the statue of Victory, and you have me as I entered Polytechnic. You see, I entered two days after school started, having spent those two days at Manual Arts waiting for the privilege of entering. I was among the first fifty turned away, for which piece of providential mercy-although I thought it a rank injustice then-I have never ceased to be thankful. While I was thus impatiently waiting at the other school, my Intermediate friends had been making themselves at home at Poly, and I was consequently well supplied with instructors and guides. I My chief lament has always been that I never was a really truly Scrub. For all that, though, my first year was a happy one. I had just two things to work for,-to graduate before I was eighteen, and to be a domestic science teacher. So I attacked the prescribed Cooking and Physiology whole heartedly, and came off with flying colors. Then, one nice September morning I wokeup and found myself a full- fledged Junior. Just think! The glory and honor and individuality of being a Junior! The first term started beautifully,-a lovely class teacher, a congenial group of girls to eat luncheon with, and an unusually satisfactory program. New phases of my chosen life work were introduced, Chemistry and Dress- making, and I was so interested that it took a picture show to pry me away from my lessons at night. Then into this paradise of work came the first real case of my High School career. The best known, most popular, ugliest boy in the school was in my English class. Henceforward, interest in things domestic waned, and Eng- lish was the only thing on the horizon. In consequence my English mark went up, and the others down. But too much over-confidence, and too much interest in The Boy won me only a B at the end of the second ten weeks. But that was all right,-the teacher flunked him. The second term I returned to domesticity, because he had a class twice a week across from my Chemistry room, and once in a while we spoke. Then he left school. At last, we were Seniors,-no, not ordinary Seniors, either,-the glorious, invincible, unsurpassable class of Summer '16, And now, I was, in the eyes of the aforementioned Intermediate friends, a success. I had taken active part in student organizations, but above all, I had my -name in the Optimist three times in succession. That was what they called success,'. But there was always one drop of bitterness, the humble envy of those old friends, and the tolerance of the new ones. As a Senior B, I had lots and lots of fun, and I felt that I had reached my pinnacle of success when almost all my dances were taken at the Senior B-A dance! Strange, how our ambitions change, isn't it? Speaking of ambitions, mine certainly have changed. It's a foregone con- clusion that I shall graduate before I'm eighteen Cunless the dreaded thing hap- pens, flunked in Al24D. And then about the Domestic Science aspirations. They have long since dissolved, and my sole wish now is to stay home and keep house and sew for an unappreciative family who have scheduled a course in business college for me the minute school is over. But then,- Such is life. As I stand today, a Senior A, eighteen weeks and Easter vacation from 4 46,-. that event called graduation, and look back over the past three years, the suc- cesses and the failures, the happinesses and the snubs, when I reflect on what dear old Poly and her teachers havei done for me, I know, even though the girls laugh at me for saying it, that I'l1 have to bring two handkerchiefs instead of one on the last day of school. . TONY PORTER . Hortense Smith, W'16 What is your name? asked the teacher. . Tony Porter, ma'am, answered the boy. He was a pathetic little fellow, with a thin face, hollow eyes, and pale cheeks that plainly told of insufficient food. He wore a suit of clothes evidently made for some one else. They were patched in places with cloth of different colors. His shoes were old, and his hair, cut square in the neck in the unpracticed manner in which women sometimes cut boys' hair, did not add to his appear- ance. It was a bitter day, yet he wore no overcoat, and his bare little hands were red and cold. How old are you, Tony? asked the teacher. Nine years old come next April. I've learned to read at home and I can cipher a little. His pinched little face was eagerly raised, a glow of honest pride beamed in his great hollow eyes. Well, it is time for you to begin school. Vifhy have you never come before? The boy fumbled with his cap, and did not reply at once. It was a ragged cap with frayed edges, and the original color of the fabric no one could tell. Presently he said, I never went to school 'cause, well, mother takes in washin' an' she couldn't spare me. But Sissy is big enough now to help, an' she minds the baby besides. While he was making his confused explanation, some of the boys laughed, and one of them called out, Say, Tony, where are your cuffs and collar? And another sang out. You must have slept in your clothes last night by the looks of them! Before the teacher could quiet them, another boy had volun- teered the information that the father of the boy was old Si Porter, who was always drunk as a fiddler. The room was as still as a tomb, the children stared open mouthed, first at the teacher, then at poor Tony. The child looked around on his tormentors like a hunted thing. Then, before the teacher could detain him, with a sup- pressed cry of misery, he ran out of the room, out of the building, down the street toward home. The teacher went to her duties with a troubled heart. All day long the child 's pitiful face haunted her. She could not rid herself of the memory of it. For days she could see the expression of appeal in the child's eyes. Finally she could stand it no longer, and she called one of the boys to her and asked him what he knew of poor Tony. A little later she started out to find the home of Tony to try to get him to come back to school. It was a dilapidated house that she found. There were two windows. but a tall. thick building adjacent shut out the light. When one entered he could scarcely discern objects as the room was filled with steam of the soap-suds. A woman stood before a wash-tub. When the teacher entered, the woman wiped her hands on her apron, and came forward to meet her. Once she had 47 been pretty, but the color had gone out of her face, leaving only sharp lines and a haggardness of expression. The teacher explained, in a few words, her errand, and asked if she might talk to Tony. 4'He is there in the trundle-bed, replied the mother. Is he sick? Yes'm, and the doctor thinks he isn't going to get well. At this the tears ran down her thin and faded cheeks. Wl1at is the matter with himili' He was never very strong, and hefs had to Work too hard, carrying water and helping me lift the wash-tub, and things like that. He thought if he could get a good education he 'd be able to take care of Sissy, baby, and me. So I fixed up his clothes as well as I could, and last Week he started. I was afraid the boys would laugh at him, but he thought he could stand it. I stood at the door and watched him going. I can never forget how the little fellow looked, she continued, the tears streaming down her face. His patched-up clothes, his poor little anxious look. He turned around to me as he left the yard, and said, 'Don't Worry, mother, I won't mind what the boys say.' But he did mind. It wasn't an hour before he was back again. I believe the child's heart was just broke. I thought mine was broke years ago. If it was, it was broke again that day. I can stand most anything myself, but I can it bear to see my children suffer. Here she gave way to a fit of convulsive weeping. As soon as she could speak again with any degree of calmness, she con- tinued: Poor little Tony cried all day, I couldn't comfort him. He said it was no use to do anything. Folks would only laugh at him and make fun of his clothes. With this the teacher quietly arose and walked over to the corner where little Tony lay. His face was flushed and his hollow eyes were bright. He put out his little Wasted hand toward the teacher, and a bright smile lighted up his face for a moment. Then in a queer, piping Voice, weak with sickness, he half whispered, I'm glad I'm going to die. I'm too weak ever to help mother anyhow. Up in heaven the angels ain't going to call me names, and make fun of my clothes. And maybe, if I am up there where God is, I can keep remind- ing him of mother, and he will make it easier for her. He turned his head feebly on his pillow, and then said, in a low tone, H Some day-they ainit goin'--ain't goin' 'to-to- Then he shut his eyes from weakness. Once more the heavy lids lifted, then slowly dropped. A long weary sigh passed hisilips-the soul of little Tony had gone to its reward. , DAWN Mildred Ellingwood, sue The morning had scarcely begun when we started on our trip, it was only three oiclock. Silence' reigned everywhere, broken only by the hum of the ma- chine. The headlights searched the smooth road which lay ahead of us in the moonlight, a fairy path. Pungent odors from the orange groves saturated the moist air. Dimly we saw the outlines of passing objects as we sped on our way. The stars faded, the sky in the east slowly turned a luminous blue, the moon grew filmy white, through the windows of farm houses, set far in from the road, lights Hickered like iireiiies. Still to the world it was night. Suddenly, a twittering and chirping roused us, a bird-song was borne on the light breeze from across a field. It was dawn. 48 TWENTY MINUTES IN A JITNEY BUS Dorothy Fryer, VV '19 It was with a sad, sinking sensation of the heart that I saw my car serenely pass me by, leaving me on the corner to drench and meditate on the enjoyable prospect of a two-hour detention, which is the penalty imposed for tardiness. I knew that no other car would pass within the next iifteen or twenty minutes. Of course the conductor might have been behind his schedule so that he was trying to make up for lost time, but I am sure I could have been 'arrested for what I thought of him. Suddenly, happy moment! I spied a jitney bus which slipped, slid, and skidded merrily meward. By jumping over a young river and wading through a miniature lake, I reached the side of this god-sent means of temporary escape from the deluge. I entered the tonneau, handed the jitneur a jitney and was quite overwhelmed when a gallant boy offered me his seat. I thanked him and turned to sit down, when I found that all but three of the seven inches of his original seat had unconsciously been appropriated by the corpulent lady at the left and the corpulent gentleman at the right. I was soon wedged in, however, and spent fully thirty seconds gazing enviously at the aforementioned lad who was enjoying the luxury of the top of the door to sit on. The car swaggered jauntily up the street. We were getting on tolerably well if jolts and bumps don't amount to anything. Our next passenger was a-well, I don't like to be personal, so I won 't try to describe him. Sufiice it to say that he was long and wide and thick, par- ticularly thick. He set one foot on the running-board, whereat the venerable vehicle groaned, shifted over on the two right-hand wheels, and neatly de- posited our friend into the center of an impromptu plunge. The driver, evi- dently under the conviction that the burst of eloquence which would undoubt- edly follow this unexpected submersion would be unfit for innocent ears to hear, virtuously put on speed and continued to bump and skid along the slip- pery pavement. Things were getting monotonously commonplace and uneventful. Three minutes had passed and nothing had interrupted the steady gliding C?j along of the machine. Suddenly a deafening report from behind and the simul- taneous shooting up of the back wheels, like a balky mule, relieved the situa- tion. When at last the driver extricated himself from the embrace of the corpulent lady, who had been thrown forward by the shock, investigation proved the cause of the delay to be a puncture which would require only thirty minutes to fix. As it was only five blocks to Grand Avenue, I decided to walk and take the Grand Avenue car. Like lightning, I was out of the car and down the street. To my dismay the locker room was empty save for one fair occupant, who was studying the effect of her coiifure dressed a la Mary Piekford. 'fHas the tardy bell rung? I stammered breathlessly. Ages ago, she drawled coolly, as she inserted a rhinestone hairpin at a most advantageous angle. 49 4 K l I 50 51 CAMERA DAY Click! and the camera had done its work. Oh, you stop that ! Wait until I fix my hair, or Good shot, Fred, were some of the many exclamations that followed the telltale click of the camera. All Polytechnic joined good-naturedly on May third in the taking of snap- shot pictures of school life and school activities for the Annual. Before school, at noon, and after school, pupils, from the mighty seniors down to the lowly scrubs, could be secn stealthily approaching, ready to shoot some poor, un- suspecting, innocent creature when he should move. Camera Day, until this semester, was something new at Poly, but judging from the Way in which everybody co-operated we may readily say that in the future Camera Day, with its incessant clicking, will be an annual event. The photography department assisted the students by developing and printing, free of charge, all pictures taken for the Annual on that day. The students of that department, who handle on an average one hundred and iifty rolls of films each term, and who are ordinarily making photographic copies, sketches, enlargements, or lantern slides, devoted their time that day and the next few days to snapshot work. D Earle Childs, a member of the photography class, was the stai pho- tographer during the first semester. It was through his hard and earnest efforts that the Annual secured many of its pictures. Scenes from Mile- stones, most of the calendar pictures, and many of the athletic snap shots were taken by him. Earle, owing to other demands, was compelled to With- draw from the stalf. The snap-shots used in the Annual were taken by the following pupils: Gladys Alexander, Juliette Bassett, Hattie Bousc, Harry Bowers, Thelma Car- lisle, Earle Childs, Garnett Evans, Fabian Fisher, George Francis, Martin Frineke, Miriam Harricks, Alexander Seigler, Pauline Veith, and Ralph VVelch. 52 'RTTIOBS . . Xin I hrs 53 mrnrseme was Mrs Shafor Class Advisor August Nelson Dorothy Snyder Harry Wickersham Esther Granas Lowry Lnnqulst President Jennie Hadley David Copeland Lillian Ferguson Edna Bagley Ina Maeomber Vice-President Ben Creim Dorothy Terry Clarence Johnson Goldie Rogers Dale Roberts Yell Leader Helen Williams Pierre Mauvezin Lucie Coen Frances Mikeeell Pauline Heinicke Sec. -Treas. Harold Pratt Lois Huskey Sol Tuttle Ruth Parrish r l Mr. Greenwood Class Advisor Gladys Boor Kenneth Kinney Ernestine Hazard Irene Connell Walter A. Brown Elsie Bugbee Leonard Radford Isabel Hilke Stanton Bonbrlzht Eunice Peart Katherine Alexander Maurice Breen Ruth Abrams Herbert Anderson Amy Cordes Martha King Ernest Gougeon Doris Moon Noe Perelman Elma. Wilson James Skinner Gertrude Peters Marion Gardner Leslle Hagerty Asa. Konishi Luther Mittendorf Winifred Booker Violet Brocksleper Julius Wattcnmaker Beulah Maudlin Audrey Erwin Edgar Phillips Franklin Webber Martha Ingram Jessie House Harry Bowers James Garrett Rosamond Dalton Lillian Stutz Alma Bennett W l g Francis Kenflig Rose Goldberg Howard Martindale Yvette Gilmore Gilbert Sly Dorothy Ingnian Gladys Alexander John Lolnnnnn Lena Nelson Frank Rngg Anna Emmons .Innette Gilmore Ray Van Nest Louisa Spronger Edwin Johnson Lenore Rose Norden .lamgoclxinn Verne Cooper . X Joe Strickling Virginia Ross Rvxright Gainsloy The staff did not receive pictures of the following members of the class of VVinter Sixteen: Hudson Davis, Walter Hall, Ralph Plecher, Albert Trebilcoek, Fairy Arhogast, Augusta Bloom, Ruth Kelly, Eloisa Lopez, Anne Redmond, Hortense Smith, Gertrude Sullivan. Class Colors: Purple and Gold Class Night: The Royal Succession by Harry Bowers, W'16 56 'lil . 1Ze75f'f - - . '4It IS a gallant child, one that indeed makes old ? hearts fresh. ' A 1 w 7 l , i Ez QM.. A5 H U HP The Winter s Tale Act I Sune 1 IIIIIQII-IIIII-ll-lllll 5' THE WlNTER'S TALE Here was a Class! When comes such another? Gertrude Peters, W'16 In February of the year 1912 there came to the realm of Polytechnic a new people, unlike any that had preceded them. Superior in intelligence, they brought with them a newer and better civilization. Ignorant people called them scrubs, but those who were wiser and less jealous refrained from such vulgarity and called them Freshmen, These preponderant people, members of the illustrious class of Winter 1916, were not long in establishing a reputation that will withstand the ages. Many entered with this class, hoping to graduate with it. But the select few were always clearly deinedg the misguided ones may be found in the class of Summer Sixteen. The following year what might be called the cream'7 of the intermediate schools entered the class, adding their wealth of knowledge to that of their Sopho- more brethren. About this time, Winter Sixteen began to enter the various clubs and organizations about school. In the orchestra one found Jimmy Skinner, Benjamin Creim, and Julius Wattenmaker. The String Quartet could Well boast of that genius of the 'cello-Howard Martindale. Poly will never forget Sol Tuttle, who first splashed into prominence in 1913. The Gilmore twins, Yvette and Junette, and Esther Granas began to dance with the Girls' Gymna- sium Club. With the group of boys who are ever ready to protect the school, the Fire Brigade, was Leonard Radford. 1914 found the class nearer the goal of graduation. They were Juniors. They continued to be represented in the many activities: by Anne Redmond, on the Annual Staff, by Katherine Alexander, on the Girls' Scholarship Committee, by Ben Creim, on the debating team, by James Skinner, Fairy Arbogast, Ruth Kelly, and Pauline Heinicke, in the commercial clubs. In February, 1915, Winter Sixteen, which had been scattered throughout the buildings in separate classrooms, met as Senior B's in the room that historical precedent and the office have established as their own-104. The class organized with Dale Roberts as president, Marion Gardner, vice-president, Elma Wilson, secretary, and August Nelson, yell-leader. Many good times were enjoyed, and the class realized that at last it had really begun to Ucome to its own. The language clubs, the scholarship committees, the athletic clubs, and many other organizations possessed officers who were Senior B's. Senior A's! Magic words! At last Winter Sixteen was in 216, presided over by Lowry Lonquist, Ina Macomber, Pauline Heinicke, and Dale Roberts as class officers. Those who held other offices in the school were too numerous to 57 begin to mention. Good times came and good times went. Exes. did likewise. But Winter Sixteen laughed at them, and sped onward to the goal. At last Class Week was here. The Faculty entertained the purple and gold class royally. Then came Class Night- The Royal Succession, written by the class poet, Harry Bowers. So original ! said everyone. The best ever! echoed others. On Wednesday, February second, the impressive Ionian exercises were held. February third brought commencement at Trinity Auditorium, with Sol Tuttle, Martha King, Walter Brown, and Anne Redmond delivering the class orations. And so the little world of Polytechnic ended an era that she will never for- get. May other classes, when they leave their Alma Mater, love it as much as Winter Sixteen loves dear old Poly High. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM 1. Raymond Overture ..............................,..................................,.. Ambroise Thomas Polytechnic High School Orchestra 2. Booker T. Washington: Educator Sol Tuttle, Jr. 3. The Child Labor Problem Martha K. King 4. a. O, Lord Most Merciful ...........................,.................... ....,.. .....,.........,. C o ncone h. Phoebus, Arise .......................................................... Constantin von Sternberg Polytechnic High School Glee Clubs 5. The American Merchant Marine Walter A. Brown 6. American Literature: Its Relation to a Deeper Patriotism Anne Redmond 7. ? Cello Solo- a, Prayer from Jewels of the Madonna ........ ........................... W Olf-Ferrari b, Aria ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,.,,,,,,,,.,................... ................. ........ F r ederic Preston Search Q, Madrigal ,,,,,,,....,.,...,,,,......................... ................ .................-..-........ S i II10I1B'Cti Howard Martindale 8. Address: Preparedness for Life Judge Waldo M. York 9. Presentation of Class Mr. W. L. Richer, Vice-Principal 10. Presentation of Diplomas g Judge Walter Bordwell, President Board of Education 11. Acceptance of Diplomas Lowry Lonquist, President of the Class 12. Alma Mater ....................................- ----.--------.---------------e-------- --'---- C U Stance The Class 13, March from Anthony and Cleopatra Suite ......... ------- G ruenwald The Orchestra 58 SIISIZGK I6 CLH55 Mrs. Shafer. George Klingaman, Mildred Ellimzwood, Arthur Juenger, Class Advisor President Vice-President Treasurer Garnett Evans Blanche Dorsett Ernest Fontaine Fanny Brown Laurel Root L V Thompson AdelineLavoie Paul Nibecker George Hastings Helen MacDonough Isadore Mendel Ardis Olds Jean Carter Edith McConnell Evelyn Dair Pauline Jacobs 59 May Lynch, Secretary Lynn Sanborn Hannah Zacher Karl Smith Marie Koll Mr. Greenwood. Class Advisor Ruth Jordan Irwin Iberg Edith Robertson Dewey Hunter Howard Lewin Anna Belle Waters Leigh McCa1'r9ll Nellie Weston Carter Langdon May Schwinn Marie Becker Fred Bruckman Dosulby Worden Edward Roalfe Carmalete Waldo Hazel Brundaze Alfred Bennett Dorothy Walker George Cory Esther Hughes John Grlerson Bessie Wakeman Cecelia Meyers Carl Blgsby Mignonne Myers Hay Passage Augusta Askenalsy Thelma Carlisle 60 Howard Schwartz Amy Eaten Robert Knapp Manhilde Timmsen Donovan Fitzpatrick Frances Wagner Grace Sovulewski Lloyd Murphey Rowena White Baxter Loveland Mary Van Loon Helen Kohtz Roy Engebrltsen Claire Behnke Blane Gnodson Dorothy Griffin Leo Dambach .Josephine Heintz Annette Myers Ernest Hanson M ary Pettinger Ralph Haun Louise Estes Mildred Pierce William Einzig Gertrude Clark Joseph Beauchamp Ebba Hoffman David Kurtz Frances Putman Deborah King Bnlderman Herron-ias Grace Brillhart Norman Boardman Ruth Griffin Catherine Clark 61 George Louie Lncile Reed Clifford Potts Margaret Thom Richard Gilson Helen Rader ns Etta Rittersbacher Everett Jones Eva, Campbell J aek Powles Cecelia Beer Estelle Matthews r L Doniul Hillls Helen Lindley Pa11l Dougherty Myrtle Sc-heerer Stewart Needham Gladys Keppel 1511111111 C11sl1111a11 Al'Illlll' Sipes Margaret Barber Renwick Sharp Linda Me-logll Hugh Lockhart Eleanor Bryan William Delaney Katherine Ne11'l1e1'1-y Julian Hoppelsteanl Miriam Hnrricks George G1-oenke Cecile Heyes Charles Morley Ruth Heiliz Regina Mayer Irma Rotl1e1111icle1' Marvel Bluff 62 Yamdell Nibec-kel' Elizabeth Warren Ward Thompson Emma, Kocis Shigeaki Nobe Rae Wolff 6 Q I1'1nz1 Divlccy Julius Werner Mary Darling Spencer Clawson Dorothy Shuster Maude Hughes Ruth Irwin Forrest Dillon Olive Waters XVllllam Tritt Helen Clarke Cecil Clapp Zita Gilligan Albert, Te-llez Anna. Mnnger Howard Bentley Irena Moriarty Rowland Lyttle Earl Homnth Joe Allegretti Walter Guthrie Q Florence Brick James Hig1llX'O0ll f'arrol 'I'reaclway Lewis Fiske Hazel Pendleton Herbert. Orxusby Gladys Ba 63 Esther Cohen Lawrence Baker Dorothy Lapham Rudolph Trinkle Avard Edwards uman Leroy Taylor Leota. Tipton Earl Draper Lily Abrams Julius Medway The stai did not receive photographs of the following members of the Class of Summer Sixteen: Elizabeth Grundke, Leone Parker, Roberta Mouser, Martha Schmitt, Kathryn Seeman, Fleming Eakins, John Merrill, Albert Roach, Adolph Vincent, Kenneth Smellie, Mildred Arenz. Class Colors: Maroon and buff. Class Night: A Shakespearean Festival. THE SUMMER SIXTEEN SONG OF GREETING T0 MR. FRANCIS Rise we to sing his fame, In ringing tones proclaim, Honor to his name, Honor with singing. Wise are the precepts taught, Great are the deeds he Wrought, Vision to life he brought- Praise him with singing. ALMA MATER Alma Mater, Fondly we bid thee adieu. Alma Mater, Our hearts to thee are true, Loyal, faithful students we, Always loving, hon 'ring thee, Alma Mater, Salve. Now we leave thee, Leave thy fostering care, Tn life 's battle our parts we must bear. May thy mem 'ry in our hearts abide, Lighten all our onward path, Our footsteps guide. Alma Mater, Fondly we bid thee adieu. Alma Mater, Our hearts to thee are true, Loyal, faithful students we, Always loving, hon 'ring thee, Alma Mater, Salve. 64 l l '4Four days will quickly steep themselves in nightg ' ' Four nights will quickly dream away the timeg ' N. 1 And then the moon . . . shall behold the night of vt A U D 'H 1 1 Q Q l I our solemnities A MIDSUMMER-NIGHTS DREAM Act I Scene. The entrance of the Polytechnic I-Iigh School. Sept. 16, 1912. 8 o'clock. Long lines of would-be-scrubi clamor for admission at the gates. Sixty-fifth scrubus CAI Bennettj. Know you when the guards do ope these portals? Seventy-tirst scrubus CGeorge Klingamanj. I know not. Here I have stood since the cock first crew and truly the hours are long. What think you of the great multitude about us who likewise seek admission? Sixty-fifth scrubus. Methinks they are a comely lot. Two-hundredth scrubus CAI lllartinj, Glad I shall be when I a1n enrolled and able to seek out the marshal of the games for I have ambitions to be the leader of the nine who play with bat and ball. Next scrubus. 'Tis no slim chance that you will have to realize your ambi- tions. Two-hundredth scrubus. Silence, thou knave. Seventy-sixth scruba CMaude I-Iughesj. I pray you tell me who is that fair youth in yonder line? Truly he is good to look upon. Next scruba Chlargaret Thomasj. I know him not. Have you heard whether yon fair halls shelter a forum? For I do love the argument and would fain meet others in debate. The multitude Qwith one voicel. The portals open. Anon. lgExeunt. Act II Scene. The Executive Chamber. Time. The Ides of June, 1914. Enter Dunnius Caesar and Antonius Richerio. Dunnius. Tarry a while, I pray you, and let us see what promises those who do leave us in the summer of 1916 hold forth. R-icherio. Methinks that their previous actions foretell of great deeds to follow. Dunnius. You speak truly. Forsooth, yonder goes Powlus who led the assembled multitude in their cheering. They say that in the courses he is swift as any deer. Richerio. Martinius walks with him. It is he who did lead our army of batsmen to victory over all who dwell in this fair city. Dunnius. And yon twain do express the spirit of the entire company. Happy would I be if all our subjects were as loyal and true as those who fight for us under the banner of Summer Sixteen. fExeunt. Act III Scene. The Senate Chamber. Time. Feb., 1915. The end of the first semester. Enter Bennetticus and Klingamanio. They seat themselves. 65 Bennetticus. Now, brave Klingamanio, the hour draws on apace when we shall cease to be officers of the Government. Klingamanio. True, but others of our noble class pass with us. Bennetticus. But what sayest thou to the elections? Methinks that Summer Sixteen will yet be represented among the rulers. Klingamanio. Let us now enumerate those who have been or will be Sen- ators from our exalted company. Bennetticus. Agreed. Methinks that the name of Powlus should be among the first for it is he who occupies the seat of honor among those who control the finances of this noble pile. Klingamanio. There is Delaneyio, the handsome youth who leads those who lightly toss the ball through the baskets at the festivals. But thou art the man- ager of that company and also the Dictator of the League of the Students. l?-ennettieus. Thou, Klingamanio, will long be remembered as a wise Chief' Justice of the Government. V Klingamanio. Thou fiatterest me. But let us proceed. Methinks that Lewinio is one of the officials in the order called the Ionian. Bennetticus. Yea, he is that. Let us next consider that flaxen haired youth, the chieftain of Teutons who dwell in our midst. I hear that the populace have chosen him to lead them when they cheer. Klingamanio. He is called Loveland, but methinks that he will never he a tiller of the soil. Bennetticus. Ormsbius is the youth who has been chosen from among all the artists of this fair institution as the one most fitted to direct their organi- zation. Klingamanio. Enough of this. Let us now proceed to those of the fairer sex of our great class. Ruthia Griffinia doth hold office in the Ionian. Bennetticus. Margaretia Thomasia is a leader in the Forum, famed in oratory and debate. Klingamanio. Dost thou remember that we are represented among the Gauls? If my memory faileth not, Maria Beckerias doth act as their scribe. Bennetticus. Aye, and there are also many others in high places about our fair halls. But come, the- alarum hath sounded and we must need return to our round of toil. fExeunt. Act IV Scene. The Colosseum. Time. June, 1916 CCommencement Dayj Enter Seniorio and Senioria. Seniorio. Is it possible that tonight doth end our search for knowledge in these fair halls? Senioria Aye, but the ruling class of the Polytechnic leaves with us. Seniorio. Thou speakest the truth. Our company hath this year led all the rest. Senioria Our colors we did choose long before the customary time. Seniorio. Our banners, too. And then we did defeat in hard fought con- tests all who dared oppose us at the games. Senioria For the last, much credit belongeth to the able managers of the sports, Francisco and Powlus. Seniorio. Aye, and as for our Dictators I pray thee name me one who could have fulfilled the duties of that high oiiice half so well as Thompsonius and Klingamanio. 66 Senioria. It is impossible. But think you not that the remaining oiiicers have ably performed their part? Seniorio. That they have, and well. But didst thou ever count those in our midst who have ruled the multitude these nine months past: Bennetticus, Supreme Ruler, Dambachio, leader of the Ionian, Adelina Lavioa, treasurer of the Ionian, Thelma Carlisla, chief scribe of the Polytechnic Student, Lewinio, Editor of the Optimist, Annabella Wattersia and Georgio Corius, leaders of the scholars, and many others of the ranks -of Summer Sixteen? Senioria. The time doth wane and we must depart, but I do hope that all the, class will continue to live up to the high standard set by them while enact- ing this Midsummer-Night's Dream at the Polytechnic. fExeunt. LA SEMEUSEH QThe Sowerj On the French postage stamp there is the miniature image of the Sower, the symbol of France. She is dressed in beautiful linen, as were her godmothers, the Greek Muses, she seems to be as graceful as they. Around her one notices endless space, which signifies that France stands in the way of no one. The rays of the rising sun, which form a background for her, are symbolic of liberty to humanity. In the great open gesture of the Sower we see the lavishness with which France oiers seeds to the furrows of the en- tire worldg these are the seeds of her civilization, high and profound, which so many illustrious centuries have developed. They are examples of her marvelous labor, the divine work of her learned men, and the charming lesson of her liter- ature and art. La Semeuse in her resolute stride and her distributive gesture seems to say: AI am the one who follows without cessation the march towards progress. I sow to all the winds my fruitful thrift, the prompt inventions or patient discoveries of French genius. I sow initiative boldness, the ideas of freedom, and the improved chances of destiny. I sow good intentions to infinity. I sow with candor, I sow with hope, I sow with all sincerity to the end that you, also, people of the earth, may all harvest, and that some day, without doubt, we may reap together the universal harvest' Translated from the French by Mignonne Meyers and Celia Beer, S'16. . n y gkx- ,fb ' .Q 2,3 Y . jg T0 CALIFORNIA Harry Bowers, VV '16 Pacific waters bathe a golden strand- Thy silken shore. Majestic steeps rear high-grey earthen kings All watching o'er An earthly paradise- Thy fertile lowland plains Where soft-hued flowers entice The gaudy butterfly and sweet-toothed bee There, in petaled chapels to commune. And thou art mine-my state, my home, for me A place to breathe and then to dream. Too soon The Great Beyond will call my soul, But still I am not sad, My dust will mingle, then, with thine. 67 JUNIOR COLLEGE Experience be a jewel that I have purchased at an in- finite rate. Merry Wives of Windsor Act II Scene 2 The Junior College is in reality a school within a school. The work offered is in the technical departments, in which some fifty boys are enrolled. New courses have been added each year. The departments now represented are: Archi- tecture, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineer- ing, Mechanical Engineering, and Mining Engineering. Applicants for admission are received either upon exam- ination or upon certificates of graduation from accredited high schools. A certificate is granted to students who are graduated from the Junior College. The first students to re- ceive the certificates graduate this year. They are Alfonso Bernal and Ray Straley, Civil Engineering, and William Cereghino, Chemistry and Mining. The American Institute of Electrical Engineers has ex- tended to the following students in the Junior College the privilege of becoming student members of the Institute: Ivan Summers, Herbert Cordes, William Nulsen, Paul Evans, Rob- ert Shonborn, Oliver Espe, Dallas Pendleton, Vernon Leech, Leo Delsasso, and John Weightman. The collegians occupy room 273 with Miss Lord and Mr. Dodge as class advisors. The rules and regulations by which the Junior College students are governed permit them to leave the school bounds at will and to pass through any part of the building where they have legitimate business. They are not bothered by the customary excuses from home in order to obtain absent or tardy slips, as no excuses are required in the Junior College classes. However, when a student is absent from a class a certain number of times, whether ex- cused or not, he automatically loses his credit in that subject. Their conduct is under the control of a student affairs com- mittee, composed of the executive oiiicers, two appointed mem- bers, and the two class advisors. The decisions made by this committee may be appealed to Mr. Dunn. In athletics, the collegians took an active part. Their football team completed a successful season, defeating the fast Manual Arts second team and the Poly lightweights. The indoor baseball team has proved to be unconquerable, as no team has yet succeeded in giving the collegians the short end of a score. In outdoor baseball, however, they were defeated by the Poly iirst and Normal teams. The oiiicers of the Junior College for the fall term were Alfonso Bernal, president, Ray Schirm, vice-president, Ray Straley, secretary 5 Fred Strong, treasurer, Herbert Cordes, athletic manager: for the spring term, Arthur Steinbroner, president, Roy Haskell, vice-president, Ernest Gutman, secre- tary, Charles Bonadiman, treasurer, Clarence Johnson, ath- letic manager. 68 GKGHRIZHCIODS '57 xi: II ww 3 X ll JI PRATT will-1 will-I I-1311-1 -. ,,, , .,1--1--:p,.g41,:, ,ue-,:xg53:.:a2-figiqfiiifs, ffaf-533 15. fii'-PEZFEE' 15111-F, w:::1?. 3214235 - g4:f!'5-Zi'5:45-:: 5535352-1451 'ii zffuqzf' , 9 0 o 0 o .::jr3gr:3q':?1:3'r ':.n1j.g::1,5:g,34g-,'.: 155 .?:.'f:::-T-:53'.Q-L:-:ff 1 ii: 'feauzi ina -55i:4f'9:.. -s iw?-I L1-2-?:f.22':2q .'.---127-32-5-' '5-':': --H . f 15 162-,Q '1 ,',.,.Zj ggfizz' -111, 1,-,.'.j1'g1'-1.115 V -.5 zzz: ' Q Q-'J '. I J.'. I '. :--5 ,. o 0 x ' . . f .Ei ' 0 0 . . 11' ' ' Q . I , . . O . . . , 0 Q I . A O I O O l , . Z' 0 n .:.',-is .' 0 ' ' ' . . . .':' 1 O , 1'- f ' 0 s . 0 1, 1 0 . . '. g ' ' .Z I, X Q . , . I . l ' . , -. 0 l , I. -- . U 4 . . U u . . , ' n E . ' - .1 . ' . A ' 5 ' . n I x In A . . . . :U x ' f I Z ..- En 69 Marion Gardner. John Keenan. Yvette Gilmore. Llewellynliopperstead Marie Becker, Joe Morris, Vice-President Board of Control Secretary Boys' Self-Govt. Girls' Self-Govt. Reception and Infor- mation Baxter Loveland, Ruth Griffin. James Skinner, Estelle Matthews, Linne Larson, Louisa. Sprcnger, Boys' League Girls' League Ionian Custodian Boys' Scholarship Girls' Scholarship Herbert Ormsby, Howard Lewin, Raye Pasagc, Alfred Bennett, Joe Strlckling, Leon Hatfield, Civics Club Publications Fire Department Athletics House Manager Post Graduate Carl Bilger, Miss Meredith, Mr. Dolph, President Faculty Advisor Faculty Advisor ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY ORGANIZATION The plan of government of the Los Angeles Polytechnic High School aims to put into the hands of the student body a simple and democratic means of carrying out the financial and governmental activities of the school. This governmental system is headed by the Associated Student Body Organization, or the A. S. B. O. The administrations for both terms are to be congratulated on the success of their work. The most important task of the first term was the thorough revision of the constitution. The Poly Beautiful contest, the plans of which were formed several terms ago, was this year brought to a close, Polytechnic dividing first honors with Hollywood. The work is still being carried on, and We look with pride each morning on the results of the Poly Beautiful cam- paign. Practically the biggest Work the second term A. S. B. O. accomplished was the decorating of 213, the administration room. To raise the necessary funds, 70 Helen Alan-Domn1g:h. lfred Bruclnnnn, Fel-ilu I-leyes, Homer Redd, Henrietta Maz'Artliur Llewel1ynHopperstend Vic-e-Pl-esitlunil Board of Control Secretary Boys' Se-lf'Govt. Girls' Self-Govt, Reception and Infor- mation Wayne Mullin, Blanche Nelsen. Loo Diunhach, Helen Kohtz, George Cory, Annabelle Watters, Boys' League Girls' League Ionian Custodian Boys' Sclinlarallill Girls' Scholarship liugh I.m-khart, Howard Lewin, Kenneth Smith, Albert Martin, Sol Tuttle, Leon Hatfield, Cflvic-s Vinh Puhlivallnns Fire Department Music Athletics Post, Graduate Alfred Bennett, Miss Frisius, Mr. Tower, President Faculty Advisor Facility Advisor a tag-day was declared. The proceeds were eighty-five dollars. Worlcing with this sum, a committee composed of Henrietta McArthur, Helen Macllonough, and Leo Dambach, with Mr. Winterburn and Mr. Faithfull as advisors, designed the plans and made possible the pleasing appearance of the room. This work may seem a small item, but when one realizes that for terms past the decorating has been talked about, but never executed, the accomplishment seems a real achievement. A most sincere vote of thanks is due the A. S. B. O. Above all these things, however, stands the real innovation of the term, open A. S. B. O. meetings. The sign on the door now reads Visitors Weleo111e instead of the HKeep Out sign of previous terms. Officers for the first term were Carl Bilger, president, Marion Gardner, vice-president, Yvette Gilmore, secretary, and Miss Meredith and Mr. Dolph, faculty advisors: and for the second term, Alfred Bennett, president, Helen MacDonough, vice-president, Cecile Heyes, secretary, and Miss Frisius and Mr. Tower, faculty advisors. 71 THE BOARD OF CONTROL The Board of Control is the organization which manages the Hnances of the school. All entertainments are given under the auspices of the Board, as are all interscholastic games. In regard to the latter, a new season ticket was issued this last year for our games. It was christened P, A. T. -Polytechnic Athletic Ticket, and admitted us to all interscholastic games from September to February. The membership of the Board is eight, including a president, a treasurer Cfaculty representativej, one representative from each, grade, and the House Manager. The House Manager was transferred from the Ushers to the Board in February. The office was held by Joe Strickling for the first term, and Melvin Porter for the second. Members of the Board for the iirst term were John Keenan, president, Mr. Weber, treasurer, Clarence Johnson, post-graduate representative, Dale Roberts, twelfth year, Joe Morris, eleventh year, Eugene Davis, tenth year, and Jack Kilburn, ninth year: for the second term, Fred Bruckman, president, Mr. Weber, treasurer, Noah Alper, post-graduate representative, Herbert Ormsby, twelfth year, Joe Morris, eleventh year, Eugene Davis, tenth year, Lamont Preece, ninth year, and Melvin Porter, House Manager. 72 RECEPTION AND INFORMATION We of the Student Body do not fully realize what significance lies in that innocent looking desk located in our front hall labeled Nlnformation Desk. It is, if We only knew it, the greatest agent we have for spreading the fame and good name of Polytechnic. During this year We have received visitors from all over the United States, and We have heard nothing but favorable reports of the Hinest high school in the World from any of them. This is due, at least in part, to the efficiency and courtesy of our Reception and Information committee. The committee, composed of a president, elected by the Student Body, and a committee appointed by him, meets visitors and shows them about the school. The officers for the first term were president, Joe Morris, vice-president, James Skinner, and secretary, Mary VanLoon. The committee included Jack Krempel, Marion Boogar, Erle Bletcher, Joe Strickling, Joe Kieffer, Henrietta McArthur, Thelma Dooley, Arthur Sipes, and Mathilda Timmsen. The second term committee was composed of Llewellyn Hopperstead, president, Gertrude Clark, vice-president, Marion Boogar, secretary, a.nd Mildred Ellingwood, Joe Morris, Helen MacDonough, L V Thompson, Margaret Thomas, Noel Mcllmoil, Dorothy Woodhead, George Burden, Helen Marcy, John Merrill, Blanche Dorsett, Le Roy Parker, Ruth Griffin, Frank Champion, James Bankson, and Homer Redd, members. 73 THE BOYS' SELF-GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Another year has drawn to a close, and still we iind the Polytechnic Sell'- Government in the lead-still a success, and still an institution which is one of the mainstays of the good name of the school. One of the most potent forces in that success is the good feeling between the committee and the students. lt is considered an honor to be a member of the eonimittee. In electing their representatives, the students realize they are electing ones in whom they have full confidence, so that they may be governed rightly and justly. In doing so, they find the true meaning of Self Government. Officers for the first term were president, Llewellyn Hoppersteadg viee- president, L V Thompsong and secretary, Erle Bletcher: for the second term, president, Homer Reddg vice-president Cfirst ten weeksj , George Franeisg Csecond ten weeksj, Joe Solomong and secretary, Joe Morris. 74 i THE GIRLS' SELF-GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE The Girls' Self-Government Committee has broken all past records for efficiency this year. This is probably due in some measure to the division of the big organization into smaller committees,-the executive, desk, hall, bounds, and auditorium committees. The duties of these committees are many and varied. The executive committee attends to all cases which must come up for trial, the desk committee takes charge of all tardiness, the auditorium committee aids in preserving order in the auditorium during assemblies, and the hall and bounds committees keep the halls clear during periods and enforce the restrictions in regard to the school bounds, respectively. Officers for the first term were president, Marie Becker, vice-president, Ruth Griffin, secretary, Henrietta MacArthur: for the second term, Henrietta Mac- Arthur, president, Aldine Blair, vice-president, and Mildred Ellingwood, sec- retary. 75 BOYS' SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE The Scholarship Committees are organizations with but a single thought, the scholarship of Polytechnic students first. In the exigency created in February by the large enrollment and the consequent dropping of failing students from school, the committee showed its true efficiency in its splendid spirit of co- operation with the faculty and students. At the end of the first ten weeks, George Cory, the president, reported that at least sixty percent of those failing in February had obtained passing grades. This success was due in part to the system of coaching which was introduced in the last term. The east balcony of the auditorium was converted into a study room to which the Scholarship proteges reported as to a regular class. Through the committee and special helpers, each student was provided with help in the study in which he was failing. The first term work was equally successful, if not so evident. Of thirty- one boys helped, there were twelve failures, one A, nine B's, and eight G's, the remainder either dropping the subject- or leaving school. The committee for the first term included Linne Larson, president, Wayne Mullin, vice-president, Walter Bro secretary, and Roger Johnson, Paul Nibecker, George Cory, 1 e aney, Howard Lewin, and Baxter Loveland, and for the second term, George Cory, president, Paul Nibecker, vice-president, Louis Bernstein, secretary, and Linne Larson, Roger Johnson, Valdemar Bray, Will Delaney, Baxter Loveland, Robert Knapp, and Howard Lewin. 76 THE GIRLS' SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE The Girls' Scholarship Committee bears the same primary relation to the girls that the boys' committee does to the boys. It aims to help failing students regain their standard, and in addition maintain the Scholarship Fund. This fund was established three years ago for the purpose of helping girls who could not otherwise go through college. An average of two girls a year has been kept in college since the fund was started. Money is raised by means of candy sales and entertainments, about two hundred sixty dollars being added this year. The latest plan to facilitate the handling of the fund is in the form of an advisory committee of three, namely, a representative from each of the scholarship committees and a faculty advisor, which must consider all applica- tions for the use of the fund before any help is given. The primary work of assisting students in scholarship has been very satis- factory. Out of a total of about one hundred twenty-five girls helped for the present year, only twenty failures were reported. The committee for the first term was as follows: Louisa Sprenger, presi- dent, Berenice Taylor, vice-president, Frances Mikesell, secretary, and Della Taylor, Selma Wasserman, Martha King, Gertrude Peters, Alice Martin, Anna- Belle Waters, Marie Becker, committee members: for the second term, Anna- Belle Waters, president, Alice Martin, vice-president, Berenice Taylor, secretary, and Louisa Sprenger, Della Taylor, Selma Wasserman, Anna Emmons, Aldine Blair, Eleanor DeLong, Dorothy Woodhead, Blanche Nelsen, committee members. 77 E CUSTODIAN One of the most useful organizations in the school is one which is composed entirely of girls, the Custodian Committee. To them are brought all the articles found in the school, and to them you may go toinquire after any of your various belongings which may be missing. They have articles on the register ranging all the way from vanity cases and car books to fountain pens that won 't work. All these things the Custodian endeavors to return to their owners. Articles not returned to the owners are otherwise disposed of, At the end of each year, every- thing available for use on the stage is turned over to the property room, and all unclaimed books are sold in the Poly Book Store, the proceeds and all uncalled for money being donated to the Scholarship Fund. Approximately twenty dol- lars has been raised in this way. The Custodian was Estella Matthews for the first term and Helen Kohtz for the second. Other members of the first term committee were as follows: Helen Kohtz, vice-president, Blanche Nelsen, treasurerg and Margaret Thomas, Frances Mikesell, Katherine Alexander, Aldine Blair, Myrtle Williams, Claudia Blake- more, Genevieve Durr, May Lynch, and Henrietta McArthur, committee mem- bers: and for the second term, Estella Matthews, vice-president, Claudia. Blake- more, secretary, and Aldine Blair, Genevieve Durr, Mercy Middlecamp, Berenice Montgomery, Irene Moriarty and Thresa Nichols, committee members. 78 i 4 USHERS Before the ushers were organized, there was a lack of systematized seating at all general aud calls. To overcome this difficulty Mr. Dunn appointed a house manager, who in turn appointed the ushers. The ushers have now been organ- izd for a year and a. half, and there is no question as to the success of the new system. For the first term the ushers were Joe Strickling, house manager: Earl Seastrom, head usher, Joe Kiefer, Leonard Radford, L V Thompson, George Klingaman, Garnett Evans, Jack Krempel, Melvin Porter, Edgar Phillips. George Branning: for the second term, Melvin Porter, house manager, George Branning, head usher, Walter Guthrie, Paul Kent, E. Roos, Robert Eccles. Williaiii De Laney, Wilbllr Dodge, and Harold Lloyd, ushers. FIRE DEPARTMENT Poly 's Fire Department deserves a great deal of credit. By drilling regu- larly two afternoons a week it has become extremely efficient. The double alarm system now in use is a great improvement over the single system. The apparatus consists of a twenty-foot extension ladder loaned hy the eity tire department, three axes, and two extinguishers. The officers for the first term were Raye Passage, chief, Kenneth Smith, captain: for the second term, Kenneth Smith, chief, Francis Ely, captain. 79 Q I THE BOYS' STUDENT LEAGUE t'Clean speech, clean life, clean athletics, the motto of the Boys, Student League. The splendid co-operation of the boys, their officers, and the Office has done much for the promotion of their ideals. The League will long remember the helpful addresses given by our own Mr. Francis, Dr. Winship, editor of the New England Journal of Education, Benjamin F. Pearson, Dr. Lobingier, and former Lieutenant Governor Wallace. But the silent work, if it may be so called, of the officers, the daily living up to the motto, and the real fellowship thus fostered did more than any speaker to bring the true league meaning home to the boys. The student leagues together produced the annual Student League Enter- tainment, one of the most successful of its kind. The proceeds, one hundred thirty dollars, was donated to the Scholarship Fund. Second term activities were along more general lines. Wayne Mullin, the president, established a practically new system of government, adding to the officials of the League a cabinet composed of elected representatives from each classroom. Together these boys have worked out a most proitable term,-speak ers, a hike up Mt, Wilson, various athletic tournaments and other interesting undertakings making the term one of open interest to every member of the League. , 80 THE GIRLS' STUDENT LEAGUE To promote a spirit of friendship and co-operation among the girls and to promote a fellowship between the women of the faculty and the girl students: this is the ideal that the oiiicers of the Girls' Student League pledged themselves to uphold and to make dear to the heart of every Poly girl. How to attain that ideal was the keynote of the annual convention of the Federation of Girls' Leagues of Southern California which was held at Manual Arts last November. Girls' League problems in general were discussed, Ruth Griffin representing Poly by a talk on the co-operation between mother, daugh- ter, and teacher. Sociability was emphasized during the first term's work, which culminated in Mothers' and Daughters' Day, when the mothers were entertained by the League and Faculty, the latter giving a program and later a reception to the visitors. The emphasis during the second term has been laid on athletics. May first was set aside as Tournament Day at which time the girls gave exhibitions of diiferent sports, such as, basketball, volley ball, and baseball. Regina Mayer, crowned Queen of the May by the Spirit of Polytechnic, presided over the festivities. The song of greeting to the Queen was sung by the Girls' Glee Club and a very charming May pole dance was given by the Girls' Gym Club, the cos- tumes being gaily colored to represent the May flowers. Punch and popcorn balls were sold on the grounds for the benefit of the Girls' Scholarship. As this year has marked the real start of the League on its way to the goal that the founders foresaw, the girls of Polytechnic should remember Ruth Griffin and Blanche Nelsen, the two presidents, and Miss Humphrey and Miss Gridley, faculty advisors, for the love, thought, and time they have put into the organ- ization. Other offlcers for the first term were Dorothy Shuster, vice-president 5 Mar- garet Thomas, secretary, and Helen Kohtz, treasurer: for the second term, Mary Louise Williams, vice-president, Carmalete Waldo, secretary, and Blanche Dor- sett, treasurer. A THE GLEE CLUBS The Girls' Glee, besides giving several programs in conjunction with the Boys' Club, has rendered delightful selections alone, both on programs given at Polytechnic and outside schools. Among the most memorable of the former occasions is the Student League Entertainment. At this time the club sang Three Maids of Lee ' ', selected members in costume illustrating the song while the rest sang. The girls also added much in the way of pleasure to the May Festival. Mildred Arenz, one of the most talented members, has composed a song and accompaniment which has been accepted by a local publisher. The big performance of the year by the Boys' Glee Club was the Minstrel Show given in January, the presentation of which was a credit to the Music department. Another appearance of note was in the Gypsy Trail at the Student League Entertainment. But the most enjoyable of all have been the programs given by the two clubs together. The February commencement music was particularly praised, and the music for the June commencement was arranged especially for the pleasure of Superintendent Francis. Another memorable occasion was the Christmas Ionian when Frederick Stevenson 's H Christmas Bells was beautifully rendered. But the crowning event of the year was the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, Pirates of Penzance, given in April. Credit is due Mrs. Parsons and Miss Dickson for the ine entertainment that the clubs have given us this year. ' 81 Ofiticers of the Boys' Glee for the iirst term were Albert Martin, president, Stewart Needham, vice-president, Arthur Sipes, secretary-treasurer, Arnold Damon, librarian, David Copeland, assistant librarian, and Freeman High, manager: and for the second term, Robert Eccles, president, Cecil Phelps, vice- president, Cecil Clapp, secretary-treasurer, Jack Griffin, librarian, Baxter Love- land and Joe Morris, assistant librarians, and Loree Riley, manager. Officers for the Girls' Glee for the first term were Dorothy Lapham, presi- dent, Leota Tipton, vice-president, Mildred Arenz, librarian, and Helen Kohtz, assistant librarian: for the second term, Aenid Brode, president, Helen Mar- guerite Hull, vice-president, Mildred Arenz, librarian, and Thresa Nichols, assistant librarian. MANDOLIN CLUB The ever increasing interest manifested in mandolin playing at Polytechinc has made it necessary to divide the Mandolin Club into a Senior and Junior organization. The Senior Mandolin Club, known as the orchestra, is composed of the more skillful and experienced players. The mandolin orchestra, under the 82 s direction ot' Mr. Seldomridge, has become extremely popular through its appear- ances at Student League aud calls and Ionian meetings. The club is very much in demand for all occasions, and the members always obligingly acquiesce to all requests to perform. The officers for the first term were director, Mr. Seldomridge, president, Max Herrerias, vice-president, Har- old Lamb: secretary, Mary Haslett Clark, librarian, Wright Gainslcy: for the second term president, Lester Heinmang vice-president, Clara Wilcox: secretary, Louisa Sprenger, treasurer, Lawrence Bloom. 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H . ff: rg:-4 Q5 O OES 323 43 QQ,-4. is S-QED ,532 N 532 ,Ho :vis Sv-I-4 El-1 WS in G., 'sir 54:6 323 V15-4 QCD IIJQJ PM Q3 Q gi L8 DGQQ sid IONIAN SOCIETY The first program of the year included readings by Helen MacDonough and Dale Roberts, a vocal solo by Albert Martin, a cornet solo by Grace Helen Adams, and the Jumping Jack dance by the Girls' Athletic Club. The Dramatics Club, assisted by the or- chestra and the Girls' Glee Club, pre- sented Addio, an Italian playlet by Stark Young, at the second meeting. In the cast of Addio were Tomasso, Chester Mitten- dorf, Susa, Yvette Gilmore, Harry, Wil- liam Tritt, and Fritz, Jesse Whann. In December, the music by the orchestra and glee clubs, Leo Dambach's Spirit of Christmas, Mildred Pierce 's reading of Why the Chimes Rang, and Mr. Dunn's message sent us home with the true spirit of Christmas in our hearts. The first program of the second term was a surprise to all as it was presented by boys only. They entertained us with selections by the Boys' Glee Club, an exhibition by the Boys' Gym Club, and a scene from Inno- cents Abroad by boys of the Dramatics Club. The girls expressed their appreciation by presenting the program at the next meet- ing. We enjoyed especially three original musical compositions,-a piano solo by Maude Hughes, and two songs sung by Mildred Arenz, one of which she composed, the other, Josephine Heintz, her accompan- ist. Irene Moriarty's Whistling solo and Irene Johns' reading were indeed appreci- ated. The Girls' Gym Club delighted us all with the dance, the Beautiful Blue Danube. To the oiiicers of the year much credit is due. For the first term the officers were president, James Skinner, vice-president, Lillian Ferguson, first and second Junior vice-presidents, Joe Morris and Marie Becker, secretary, Elma Wilson , treasurer, Cecile Heyes, and sergeant-at-arms, Jack Krempel: for the second term, president, Leo Dambach, vice-president, Regina Mayer, first Junior vice-president, Valde- mar Bray, second Junior vice-president, Aldine Blair, secretary, Annette Myers, treasurer, Adeline Lavoie, and sergeant-at- arms, Fred Pierce. 86 INTERSCHOLASTIG DEBATERS This year Polytechnic has a membership in the California Interscholastic Public Speaking League under the auspices of which all interscholastic debates are held. We have participated in two high school contests, the first of which was a simultaneous debate on the question t'Re- solved that a progressive inheritance tax should be levied by the Federal Government, constitutionality granted, Poly- technic, Manual Arts, and Santa Monica taking part. Poly- technic upheld the affirmative against Santa Monica at Poly- technic, and defended the negative against Manual Arts, win- ning from Santa Monica, and losing to Manual Arts. The aiiirmative team was Alfred Bennett and Blanche Nelsen, and the negative, Wayne Mullin and Baxter Loveland. The second debate was between Long Beach, Hollywood, and Polytechnic High Schools, the question being Resolved, that our legislation should be shaped toward a gradual aban- donment of the protective tariff. Wayne Mullin and Blanche Nelsen were the affirmative team against Hollywood, Baxter Loveland and Hugh Lockhart upheld the negative against Long Beach. We won the affirmative and lost the negative. Polytechnic was represented in two oratorical contests by George Francis, one under the auspices of the State De- bating League and the other under the auspices of the Univer- sity of Southern California. In the latter, George Francis Won second place, a prize of ten dollars and a half year schol- arship at the university. The subject was Restriction of Immigration. Margaret Thomas presented an oration, 'tJane Addams: An Appreciation, in the City Oratorical Contest. WRANGLERS' CLUB The first Polytechnic debating club was organized in 1910. Since then, at various times, separate organizations have been formed, until a year ago, when the club was dis- continued and a debating class organized, meeting twice a week, giving the same credit as Oral English in any course. A little later in the term the class was reorganized into a club meeting on alternate Thursday evenings, ninth and tenth periods. The name Wranglers' Club was chosen. Pro- grams consisting of a debate, a speech by some member of the club, and occasionally a musical number, are presented at these meetings. There is a membership of twenty-five. Credit for the reorganization is due Wayne Mullin, the first term president, who has given much time and energy to placing the organization on the present successful basis. The work has been effectively carried on by the second term presi- dent, Hugh Lockhart. Those holding office for the first term were president, Vllayne Mullin 5 vice-president, Helen MacDonoughg secretary, Blanche Nelsen, and chairman of the program committee. Catherine Clark. Second term officers were president, Hugh Lockhart, vice-president, Blanche Nelsen, secretary, Margaret Thayer, chairman of the program committee, Donuil Hillis. 87 FRENCH CLUB The meetings of the French Club have been exceedingly interesting. Pan- tomimes and games featured one meeting, a stereopticon lecture another, and a short play, Trieze a Table, the January meeting. For March, a program was given by the newly elected officers, one of the special numbers being music by the new French Club orchestra, the rest of the program being devoted to a debate and talk on Colette Baudoche, a new book by Maurice Barres, a mod- ern French writer. In May, the French classes of the city intermediate schools presented a program to the French classes of the high schools which was later reciprocated. Polytechnic's part in the second program was a play, Molliere's ' 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme ' '. The officers for the first term were president, Helen Tracy, vice-president, Alfred Bennett, secretary, Kathro Burns, treasurer, Marie Becker: and for the second term, president, Claire Behnke, vice-president, Margaret Thayer, secre- tary, Blanche Nelsen, treasurer, Wilfred Kieth. GERMAN CLUB Since its beginning some eight years ago to the present time the enthusiasm and interest of the Deutsches Verein have never waned. Particularly has this ben true of the meetings of the past year. At the first meeting, a German musicale was given. It was followed by an interesting discussion on the lives and works of German composers by club members. The second meeting was in commemoration of the German poet Ludwig Uhland. At the third meeting, held under the auspices of the German Language Society, Arion's Men's Chorus was the principal attraction. On Valentine 's Day the club entertained the Los Angeles branch of the Sprach-Verein, an important organization of Germany, of which our Deutsches Verein is a member. The aim of the German Club is, primarily, to take up the work done in the classes and, secondarily, to make a thorough study of the customs, literature, and art of Germany, and to think and speak German naturally. Officers for the first term were president, Catherine Clark, vice-president, Irma Odemar, secretary, Ebba Hoffman , and treasurer, Reginald Fisher: for the second term, president, Earl Homuth, vice-president, Alberta Conner, secretary, Juanita Thompson, and treasurer, Ater Lytle. SPANISH CLUB Of the various activities of El Club Espanol for the past year, one of the most interesting was the semi-annual reunion, which was marked by Spanish games and refreshments. At the meetings which are held twice a month, inter- esting programs are presented. At one meeting the members, under the leader- ship of Mr. Skinner, learned several Spanish songs. But the big accomplishment of the year was the presentation of a program consisting of the Spanish play, La Carta Perida, a reading, and several musical selections before the Domin- guez Grammar School in April. The club is unique among organizations in Polytechnic in that it has no appointed faculty advisors. The meetings and programs are entirely under the authority of the president. The oificers are to be congratulated on the eX- cellent and interesting programs given. Officers for the first term were presi- dent, Gertrude Peters, vice-president, Wayne Mullin, secretary, Dorothy Walker, treasurer, Dorothy Armer: for the second term, president, Louis Sanchez, vice- president, Dorothy Armer, secretary, Dorothy Walker, and treasurer, Henry Henry. 88 Helen Tracy Claire Behnke Catherine Clark Earl Homuth Gertrude Peters Louis Sanchez FRENCH CLUB Alfred Bennett Kazhro Bums Marie Becker Margaret Thayer Blanche Mortier Wilfred Keith GERMAN CLUB Irma Oldemar Ebba Hothnan Reginald Fiihel' Alberta Conner Juanita Thompson Ate! I-Yile SPANISH CLUB Wayne Mullin Dorothy Walker Dorothy Anner Dorothy Armer Dorothy Walker Henry Henry 89: President Hugh Lockhart lic W e - President k Y Lois Hus e be t ry Hugh Lockl 1 P ident Wynne Mullin Y. . we 1 resident Esther Hughes Se tary CIVICS CLUB The Civics Club is one of the most im- portant primary organizations in school. The president aims to secure speakers rep- resenting the four types of government, viz., city, county, state, and national. A number of well known men have spoken to the club this term. Their talks have been interesting and instructive to the upperclassmen, as many of the pupils have been studying the same topics in the Civics and Economics classes. At the first and call of the term, Congressman Stephens spoke on the government defense of the Hawaiian Islands. At another meeting Mr. George Dunlop explained the superi- ority of the proposed new city charter over the present one. At the following meeting, Mr. W. L. McConnell spoke on behalf of State Compensation Insurance Fund. the Mr. H. C. Donoho, head of the city employ- ment bureau, was the next speaker. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY The object of the Electrical Engineering Society is the advancement of its members in the theory and practice of electrical en- gineering and its allied sciences. At the meetings held twice a month articles writ- ten by the students are read, and addresses are given by practising engineers or teach- ers of the school. From the dues of the members the soci- ety has built up a large library which con- tains many valuable scientific books, pam- phlets, catalogues, bulletins, and period- icals. During the first semester under the lead- ership of William Delaney, president, the members made interesting trips of inspec- tion to local electric power plants. During the last semester under the presi- dency of John Weiglitman the society has increased its membership from forty to ninety. At a very enjoyable banquet held on March 31, a large number of engineers and teachers were present. Interesting ad- dresses Were given by Professor Lawrence, Dean of Engineering at U. S. C., and Mr. Van Kuran, District Manager of the West- inghouse Electric Manufacturing Company. 90 William Delaney President Avarcl Edwards Vice-Preside t Clifford Potts Secretary-Tr John Weightman Pre id t Ivan Summers Vice-President Herbert Cai-des Secretary-Treasurer I Harry Bower' B 'l ylor Thelma C rlisl Steve M l tz Carmalete Waldo Dorothy Woodhead SCRIBBLERS' CLUB The literary club of Polytechnic, better known as the Scribblers' Club, is j st lin- ishing a most enjoyable and we l-spent year. Under the leadership of Harry owers, first term president, the meetings ere ex- ceedingly interesting, culminatin in a semi-annual Hlndoor Meat in the orm of a Peace Conference which was atte ded by all the crowned heads of Europe, t gether with several of our own foremost sta esmen. Meetings of the second term, esided over by Thelma Carlisle, were dev ted to authors and a discussion of differe t liter- ary styles, some very profitable aft rnoons being spent. Other oiiicers for the Hrst ter were Berenice Taylor, vice-presidentg helma Carlisle, secretary, Steve Marshut treas- urer, for the second term, Steve M rshutz, vice-president, Valdemar Bray, se retary, and Carmalete Waldo, treasurer. THE POLY OPTIMIST The Optimist is one of the best High School publications in the country.' The above is one of the numberless statements congratulating us on our weekly paper. Several innovations for a bigger and better Optimist have marked the past two semes- ters. The most important of these are the enlargement from four to six pages, and occasionally, to eight pages, and a very successfully managed subscription cam- paign under the direction of Lot Bowen. Howard Lewin was editor-in-chief for the whole year, James Bankson, business manager 5 but for the first term the assistant editor was Louisa Sprengerg circulation, Edgar Phillips, school editor, James Skin- nerg for the second term the assistant ed- itor was Valdemar Bray, circulation, Lot Bowen, assistant circulation, Leroy Taft, school editor, Dorothy Woodheadg cartoon- ist, Paul Krempel. But one issue of the Poly High, the monthly magazine of the school, appeared this year, it was a special football number edited by Dorothy Woodhead. The fact that its publication has been discontinued has been a matter of regret to many who hope that it may some day return. 91 Howard Lewin Louisa. Sp' gei- James Banks Lot Bo en Edgar Phillips Valdemar Bray COMMERCIAL FEDERATION The four clubs of the commercial department-the Commerce Club, the Ad and Salesmanship Club, the Double Eagles, and the Accountancy Association- have been organized into one big federation for social and practical benefit. The officers for the first term were Julius Medway, president, Pauline Heinicke, vice-president, Cecile Heyes, secretary, Lois Huskey, treasurer: for the second term, Julius Medway, president, Ione O'Neil, vice-president, Esther Hughes, secretary, Ben J affe, treasurer. ACCOUNTANCY ASSOCIATION Three years ago thef Accountancy Association was formed by the students who were pursuing the study of accounting, so that they might understand more fully the essentials of accounting. Expert accountants have delivered lectures to the association, and many lessons of practical value have resulted therefrom. As is customary in all the commercial clubs, the Accountancy Association has had its enjoyable parties and picnics. The officers for the first term were Harold Steitz, president, Pauline Heinicke, vice-president, Lois Huskey, secretary: for the second term, Fabian Fisher, president, Ione O'Neil, vice-president, Agnes Specht, secretary, Emma Kocis, treasurer. AD CLUB The Advertising and Salesmanship Club aims to understand the business n1an's viewpoint and appreciate the opportunities offered in advertising and salesmanship. Several prominent men have spoken to the club this term on topics relating to business. In order to gain practical experience, the members have written ads for the cafeteria and bookstore, which have appeared in the Optimist. However, all the work of the Ad Club has not been along serious lines, as they have had many enjoyable parties and picnics. The officers for the first term Were Julius Medway, president, Irene Hol- brook, vice-president, Paul Kent, secretary, Nathan Nogg, treasurer: for the second term, Nathan Nogg, president, Harold Steitz, vice-president, Cecile Heyes, secretary, Ben Jaffe, treasurer. DOUBLE EAGLES The Double Eagles is an organization of vital importance, yet it is not widely known. It was organized two years ago under the direction of Mr. Weber to encourage efficiency and systematized work in the Board of Control office rooms. It has had an influence in bringing the members closer together socially, as many delightful parties have been held. The officers for the first term were Pauline Heinicke, president, Lois Huskey, vice-president, Adeline Lavoie, secretary: for the second term, Adeline Lavoie, president, Gladys Bauman, vice-president, Esther Hughes, secretary, Mike Ladonin, treasurer. i 92 1 Elllma Kwis B911 Jaffe Lois HIISKCY Nathan Nogg Agnes Specht Mike Ladonin Julius Medway Geraldine Keyes Fabian Fisher Pauline Helnicke Harold Steltz Ione O'Neil1 Esther Hughes Louise Bruckner Gladys Bauman Cecile Heyes Hazel Bruudagc Adeline Lavoie COMMERCE CLUB The Commerce Club, under the supervision of Daddy Locke, is the oldest and perhaps the most popular commercial organization in school. The object of the club is to get acquainted with prominent business men and their methods of business. To accomplish this purpose many interesting and educational trips have been taken to various business Hrms in the city, such as the Pacific Baking Company, Hamburger's department store, the Southern Pacific shops, and Chris- topher's. Besides these, many enjoyable pleasure trips have been taken to the seashore, mountains, and an occasional circus. The officers for the first term Were Fabian Fisher, president, Emma Kocis, vice-president, Cecile Heyes, secretary, Violet Brocksieper, treasurer: for the second term, Julius Medway, president, Geraldine Keyes, vice-president, Louise Bruckner, secretary, Hazel Brundage, treasurer. 93 BOOK STORE One of the most progressive organizations of the school is the Book Store. For the first time in the history of this organization a girl has been manager. That particular fact seems to be the keynote of its success. Such a venture has been heretofore unheard of, but when Frances Putman leaves in June it will be hard to find anyone to take her place. The feature of the year 's work has been sales of Polytechnic pen- nants and armbands, not to speak of special sales of pencils and other useful articles. Frances Putman, manager, and Max Herrerias, assistant manager, were the oiticers for the year. Clerks for the first term were William Whiteford, Aldine Blair, Fred Bruckman, Josephine Barry, Harold Peck, Lois Huskey, Edgar Hientz, Grace Wambold, and Chester Robertson, and with the excep- tion of Fred Bruckman, Aldine Blair, and Lois Huskey, whose places were taken by Edna Miller and John Palmer, the same clerks served during the second term. CAFETERIA The manager of the cafeteria has an extremely responsible position. He is accountable to the Board of Control, it is his duty to see that the receipts balance the disbursements. The men and women now employed to prepare the food are under the management of Mrs. Osborne. Kenneth Tipton is the student manager and has charge of the students that help serve during the lunch periods. The Hjitney shop , estab- lished this year, is managed by Mrs. Van Court, a former Poly student. Since it has been added to the cafeteria, the receipts have been greatly increased over those of the pre- ceding years. - LOOK AND KEY On account of the rush for hall lockers at the beginning of each term it is necessary to have a committee to assign lockers to the students. The girls and boys have separate lockers and only two pupils are assigned to each one. The work of the committee has been Very eflicient, as every student in school has been given either a gym, hall, or shop locker. Fred Bruckman and George Klingaman served on tl1e committee the first term, Lawrence Kiebler and Ernest Best, the second term. Oski! Wow! Wow! Whiskey! Wee! Wee! Oley - Muck-ei ! Oley - Poly High! Wow! 94 THE STAGE The stage managers and scene shifters hold one of the most difficult positions in school. When one sits in the audi- torium and listens to some eloquent orator or to the silvery tones of some noted musician, the stage men are apt to be for- gotten. Regardless of the volume of applause that comes from the enthusiastic audience, the men behind the scenes diligently and patiently shift the scenes. Their quick and efficient Work aids all performances in the auditorium. The boys have become dextrous in handling the scenery and with their scientific methods they can change from one complete scene to another in three minutes. In the opera, The Pirates of Penzance, the scenic and lighting effects were among the notable features. The scenes for the opera were painted on the stage by Paul Krempel, Eugene Brockow, and Herbert Ormsby, under the supervi- sion of Mr. Faithfull, Mr. Jay, and Mr. Winterburn. The electrician has charge of the lighting of both the stage and the auditorium, it is he who produces the moon- light scenes, the sunrises, and the various other lighting effects. His work has been greatly benefited by the use of the dimmer and the spotlight, which were presented to the school by the classes of S'15 and W'16. The stage men for the first semester were: Kenneth Tipton, manager, Ralph Baysinger, assistant manager, Frank- lin Webber, electrician. For the second semester the stage has been in charge of Kenneth Tipton, manager, James High- wood, assistant manager, Carl Ernst, electrician. YELL LEADERS The yell leaders, the boys who generate the pep and enthusiasm at the athletic games and rallies, have one of the most difficult positions in school. It is no easy matter to lead twenty-four hundred students in a series of yells, and it is something that the average boy cannot do. Poly has been extremely fortunate this year in obtaining two of the best yell leaders that she ever Thad. James Bankson held this office during the first term, and he proved time and again that he was a hard working and enthusiastic yell leader with all the spirit necessary to fill the office successfully. Alfred Bennett was J immie's able assistant at the big football games. During the second term, Noel Mcllmoil, the little fellow from up north , led the yells. Noel is overflowing with pep and energy and he continued the good work started by Jimmie during the first term. When the A. S. B. O. confers the pennant upon the yell leaders at the end of the semester, the school realizes that it is but a small reward for the hard and faithful work that the yell leaders do. 95' i Make the coming hour overflow with joy, And pleasure drown the brim. WW 'lil iii 'CO0i 0400-ooooo All s Well That Ends Well Act II Scene 4 SCENE. Room 213. Enter Miss Polyite and Miss Expolyite. MISS EXPOLYITE. By my troth, Miss Polyite, my little body is aweary of this great world. MISS POLYITE. You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are: and yet, for naught I see, the remembrances of your good times here at Poly would offset any such weariness. MISS EXPOLYITE . I pray thee, overname them, and as thou namest them I will describe them, and according to my description, level at my ap- preciation. MISS POLYITE. First, there was the W'16 Wienie Bake. MISS EXPOLYITE. Ay, that of October twenty- sixth at Echo Park. A jolly crowd indeed, e'en so jolly that some forgot to note the hour until the night was well gone and Sir Greenwood did bring them to task. MISS POLYITE. Then there was the W'16 Christmas party, wherein Santa Claus presented class pins to the High and Mightiesf' The guests who did honor us were Miss Humphrey, Mr. Dunn, Mrs. Shafor, Miss Sanborn, and Mr. Greenwood. Besides, there were the Gym, Mask and Sandal, Athletic, and Glee Clubs' festivities celebrated during the season. And then, too, the Senior A-P. G. dance. What say you of S'l6's dance for W'l6 at the Friday Morning Club House? MISS EXPOLYITE. Pronouncedly, the most brilliant aifair of the season. A most splendid assemblage of youths, with gay voices, and ra- diant atmospheres of hospitality. MISS POLYITE. Then followed the Senior A- Faculty Reception. MISS EXPOLYITE. A memorable event, for I shall ever treasure the autographs presented to us by the faculty. MISS POLYITE. Then, too, the Senior Ban- quet at Christopher 's. MISS EXPOLYITE. Ay, a goodly feast, with Lowry Lonquist our toastmaster. Such merry making I have never since witnessed. MISS POLYITE. And what of the pretty com- pliment paid to Al Bennett? V96 ,gn Miss Exronvitrn. A clever surprise party. The A. S. B. O. members fittingly honored the presi- dent of our student body. Miss POLYITE. Do you remember the dance given by the Information and Reception Com- mittee and also one given by the Self-Govern ment? What think you of- CEnter Self-Government oiiicerj. How now? What news? OFFICER. Your classmates seek you, to take their leave, and there is a forerunner come who brings word others will be here tonight. Miss POLYITE. Come, Expolyite. Sirrah, go before. Whiles we shut the gates on one class, another knocks at the door. . 'CExeuntD With apologies to Wm. Shakespeare. IN FAIRYLAND Mary Robertson, W '18 Once, to Naturels annual ball, Came the fairies, one and all, Tiny fairies, large ones, too, Dressed in satin, pink and blue. Escorts of the eliin class Cared for every tiny lass. So delighted, each and all Came to Nature 's annual ball. There, beneath the willow trees, Dancing in the soft, spring breeze, Dainty sprites, all pink and white, Glimmered in the starry light. Golden curls had some, and eyes Azure blue, clear as the skies. Fairies short and fairies tall Gathered at this annual ball. Pleasure o'er, the elves depart With a fiutter in each heart, For upon this night of nights, Many fairies, many sprites, Wrapt in dreams of joy and grace SOCICGY S WWW Thought of their dear Queen's bright face- ,ffgfoyo Radiating love for all Who frolicked at her annual ball. 97 1iOO0O lllll!Il-IIIIIQII-lllll O, call back vesterdav bid time return! 917' ,-af . -' 22:-. .15 lj 51 5 G 2- ,I G va Mm if .463 it Sept Sept Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. King Richard H Act TTT Scene 2 IIIIIQIIZIIIII-ll-lllll J CALENDAR School opens. Poly 's en1'ollment largest in city. First general aud call. Old Poly spirit shines forth as student body is informed of the football league which Poly has joined. General and call. Mr. Pipal of Occidental explains American foot- ball. P. A. T. Mystery solved by Johnny Keenan. Band makes first appearance of the term. Poly Girls' Swimming Team organized. Mrs. Mae Carvell, who for many years has been attendance teacher, leaves for Boston to study salesmanship. Senior Girls entertained by Universal Film Company at Universal City, where they make their first appearance in the movies.', Girls' League Elections. Ruth Griffin new president. Dr. A. S. Lobingier addresses Student League on principles of the League. First meeting of the Ionian Society this term. Poly ties with Hollywood in the t'City Beautiful Contest, and at Exposition Park receives her half of the five-hundred dollar prize. Poly plays her first game in American football with Pasadena. The close score of 24-20 was in favor of Pasadena. Poly Y. M. C. A. Club organizes. Dr. W. F. Shidd speaks on his experiences in Alaska. Poly light-weight team is defeated by Lincoln High football team. Score 6-0. Mr. J . H. Hubbard presents a dramatic musical in which he interprets the operas, Hansel and Gretel and t'The Secret of Suzanne. At a Scholarship Candy Sale Poly turns into a sweet shop. Spirit Aud Call. Senior B's challenge Senior A's to game of Rugby. Poly 's squad defeats Junior College in football. Score 6-0. Mr. Paul Eliel addresses Civics classes on Efficiency of the Police Department. E Poly light-weights defeat the Poly Junior College in football. Senior B's defeat Senior A's in Rugby with a 13-0 score. Poly loses to Santa Ana in football. Score 25-3. Howard Lewin is chosen to succeed Herbert Ormsby as Poly Optimist editor. Mothers' Day. Faculty give entertainment in aud. Poly defeats Manual Arts in football with a 17-16 score. Mr, Thomas A. Edison honors Polytechnic with a visit. ' 98 Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov. Nov Nov Nov Dec. Dec Dec 2. Holiday. San Francisco Day at the Fair. 3. Poly light-weight football team is defeated by Manual Arts second team. Score 20-O. 3. Boys' Student League Aud Call. Dr. Winship addresses boys on Tom, Dick, and Harry . Mr. J. H. Francis speaks on the three principles of the league. 5. Lincoln High is defeated by Poly's football squad uith a 19-0 score. 5. Second meeting of Ionian Society. Italian playlet HAddio pre- sented by the Dramatics Club. 15. Congressman Stephens addresses the Civics Club on t'Prob1ems before the National Legislature this Winter. 17. Tri-School Debate. Poly wins from Santa Monica, but loses to Manual. Manual defeats Santa Monica. Boys' aud call. Mr. Pearson speaks on HB-ucking the line. 19-20. Cabinet members report on convention held at Manual. 21. Poly defeats Santa Monica in tennis 13-6. 22. Girls' League Aud Call. 23. Football rally for L. A. game. Mr. Greenwood gives spirited talk. 23. Senior A's vs. Senior B's basket-ball game. Score results in favor of Senior B's 25-15. 24. Hurrah! Poly wins from L. A. High in football with a score of 19-13. thereby winning city championship. 25. Thanksgiving Day. Turkeys suffer at the hands of Polyites. . Poly loses to Riverside in football 48-O. . . The boys of the football team, the city champions, receive their letters at a general aud call. 17. Third meeting of the Ionian Society of this term. Christmas pro- gram presented. 17. 27 15 28. Scribblers' Club 'tSemi-Annual Meat. Henry Ford hold peace con- ference. l Dec 31. Boys' Student League Aud Call. Former Lieutenant Jilfl. L. nor NVal- lace speaks on the dry state. 1916 arrives. Mar. 6. Senior A Basketball Champions play their first game. 99 A Jan. Jan. Jan. -Ian -Ian. Jan. Jan -I an Jan -Ian Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb. Feb Dee. 10. Student League Vaudcville. Girls' League Aud Call. Miss Mary Browne, former A. S. 13. O. vice- president of 1910, and Miss Helen Blathewson of State Normal School speak to the girls. Poly Wins from Hollywood at Poly in debate and loses to Long Beach at Long Beach. Game of pushball won by Senior A's over class of S'l6 with a 13-0 score. Dramatics Club presents t'Milestones. Boys' Student League elections. Girls' Student League elections. Aud call for A. S. B. O. nominations, Meeting of Ionian Society for election of new officers. A. S. B. O. elections. Alfred Bennett wins presidency and Helen HacDonough vice-presidency. t'Royal Succession by Harry Bowers presented for class night. Girls' League Aud Call. Mrs. K. P. Edson talks on Phases of the Industrial Situation of Espeeial Interest to Won1en. Civics League elections. Hugh Lockhart is elected to the presidency. General aud call. Installation of the new officers of the Girls' and Boys' Student Leagues. Installation of new A. S. B. O. officers. Seniors wear colors and receive Ionian pins. Choinmencement exercises of the graduating class of W'1.6 are held at Trinity auditorium. Jan. 20. Two part musical program at a pay aud call. Boys' Glee turns into minstrels. 100 A 1 Feb. Feb. T Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar It eb. 3. 4 4 5 10. 12. 16 17 17 18. 19. 22 23 23 24 29 4 4. 3. Mr. Couch succeeds Mr. Moore as attendance teacher. Report cards arrive bringing a record of twenty-four straight A cards. l'oly loses to Santa Barbara High School in basket-ball with an 18-17 score, but wins from the Junior College with a 38-19 score. Class of W'16 holds farewell banquet at Christopher ls. Track meet. Score: Poly 66, Harvard Military Academy 93. Lincoln's birthday. . Welconiie extended to the scrubs at a general aud call. George Klingaman elected president of the S'16 class. Aud call for scrubs who bloom forth in their usual color- green, Dr. A. Rheinhardt gives reading, The Melting Potf, Track team makes good start by defeating Long Beach with a 61-60 score. George Washington's birthday. Tag Day, the proceeds of which are to revise t'213 , is a great suc- cess, a profit of about 585 being made. At Boys' League Aud Call Dr. James A. Francis speaks. Girls' League Aud Call. Miss Anna Barrows speaks on the topic of HDomestic Sciencefl Extra day provided by Leap Year is devoted to Scholarship candy sale. W First meeting of the Ionian Society of the new term. Unique pro- gram is presented by the boys. Poly loses in tennis to Lincoln. 4-1 score. May 1. Poly's May first fete. Regina Mayer is elected Queen of the May. 101 Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. M ar. M ar. Mar. Mar. Mar. M ar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Ap r. May May May May May May May May May June June June June June June 8 11 17 17 17 18 21 24 25 30 31 3. 7 12. 14. 27. 28. 28. 6 8 12. 17 17 18 19 23 31 2 7 14 27 28 29. What Every Woman Knows is read by Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker. Track meet. Hurrah! We defeat L. A. again. Score 75-47. Poly 's upper classmen appear so unusually green that they can scarcely be distinguished. W. L. McConnell, manager of the Southern California District office of the State Compensation- Fund, addresses the Civics Club. At Boys' Aud Call, Mr. Thomas Brooks Fletcher speaks. Track meet. Poly loses to Redlands by score of 812,-311g Poly defeats Whittier in baseball with a score of 4-0. Poly loses to Hollywood in baseball by the close score of 6-5. Poly takes third place in City Track Meet and defeats L. A. Artists' Recital. Jamie Overton, violinistg Fred McPherson, vocal soloistg and Will Garroway, accompanist, give program. Polytechnic Electrical Engineering Society holds banquet at which the best known civil and electrical engineers of the city are present. Poly wins from Manual Arts baseball team with a 10-5 score. At the Ionian Society girls present program. Girls' League Aud Call. Miss Tarbell, former faculty member, speaks on Positions Not Behind the Counter. t'Pirates of Penzance by the Glee Clubs, assisted by the Orchestra. Girls' League Aud Call. Unique program presented by the girls. General aud call. Baseball rally and yell practice. Mr. Ball ad- dresses the student body. Poly is defeated by Manual Arts High with a 9-3 score. George Francis wins second place in oratorical contest held under the auspices of U. S. C. Boys' Student'League Aud Call. Dr. Merrill of Occidental College addresses the boys on The Body as a Machine. Presentation of The Passing of the Third Floor Back by the Dramatics Society. General aud call. Superintendent Francis addresses Student Body. Salesmanship and Advertising classes hold dinner in the Poly lunch house. Alumni Day. Mammoth production of Julius Caesar in the Hollywood Amphi- theatre. Boys' Gym Club Exhibition presented at a pay aud call. Electrical Engineering Society give entertainment in aud. Ionian Society. Entertainment for the benefit of the Scholarship Fund. Polytechnic Student makes its annual appearance. Class Night. A Shakespearean Festival holds sway. Ionian Society holds final meeting. Ionian pins are presented to the S'16 graduates. Commencement exercises. Our Mr. Francis, Superintendent of Schools, is speaker of the evening. ' High. 102 HUDICORIU - . All the wor1d's a stage ' ' And all the men and women merely players. ' N, ' K A And one man in his time plays many parts. 5 gi They have their exits and their entrances, if Rf .ll ill AUDITORIUM Who, in looking back over the pleasures of the past school year, can fail to recall the many and varied aud calls which hold a place of their own in the heart of each book-laden student? From the memorable day when Thomas Edison smiled kindly and frankly into our excited and admiring faces and left us all impressed and better able to cope with the day's fortunes to the hour when we were led back to the days of confidence and faith in everyone by Mr. Hubbard, from the many spirited rallies to those solemn occasions when tue retiring presidents received the gavel, from the days when our boys were pre- sented with their letters to the days when our Seniors, now ours no longer, re- ceived their Ionian pins, from the splendid talk by Congressman Stephens on our colonial fortifications to the few expressive words crowded with feeling in which Mr. Hale of the Santa Fe railroad cautioned the boys and girls against recklessness, from the many Ionian programs, the gymnasium exhibi- tions, the vaudeville shows, to the artist recitals, from the Girls' League aud calls when live speakers told us of the girls' opportunity for service to those of the Boys' League when our i'Big Chief or some other welcome visitor urged Clean speech, clean life, clean athletics, We have derived some lasting benefit and much temporary enjoyment. Milestones, the initial production of the Mask and Sandal Club this year, marked the club 's own progress as distinctly as it presented the world's progress of the last century. The keynote of the play was voiced by King Arthur cen- turies ago, yet it holds good today: The old order changeth yielding place to new, And God fulfills himself in many ways Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. The splendid success of Milestones was due to the unselfish and untiring work of cast and director, and the generous co-operation of the other depart- ments. The school had reason to feel proud of the remarkable performance: it will not soon be forgotten. Henry Mitchell, as the young man of 1860, then the pompous and successful business man of middle age, and iinally the irascible old grandfather, was very convincing. The role of Gertrude Rhead, the charming but progressive bride- elect of 1860, who became the soured old maid of the last two acts, was very well portrayed by Esther Granas, While Rose, our ideal of the maid of 1860, was most satisfyingly played by Lillian Ferguson. The second big oiering of the Dramatic Club was the t'Passing of the Third Floor Back in which Carl Bilger undertook the diiiicult role of the Stranger. A strong cast supported him and made the play a great success. For instance, who could resist Samuels, the swindler, or Larcom, the Uragtime artist? And was not Mrs. De Hooley the exact replica of her twentieth cen- 104 MILESTON ES Characters John Rhead, Henry Mitchellg Gertrude Rhead, Esther Granasg Mrs. Rhead Marie Klentzg Samuel Sibley, George Sailorg Rose Sibley, Lillian Ferguson Ned Pym, Chester Mittendorfg Thompson, Jesse NVhanng Emily Rhead Marion Boogarg Nancy Sibley, Jennie Hadleyg Arthur Preece, George Francis Richard Sibley, Foster HopkinsgHonorable Muriel Pym, Helen Ma0Donough Lord Monkhurst, James Bernardg VVQ-bster, Herbert Hill. 105 f I tury sister Mabel who did so and so, when she was in the movies? Who could help but feel sorry for the cat,', transferred as if by magic into 'ta maiden lady in the last act? No one, indeed, could have replied in the negative to Stasia's appealing cry, HThen I'm a real lydy? The pathetic scene where Vivian kissed her rejected suitor and he, the reformed, but still iiabby, booker- maker, shambled from the room, too overcome for words, brought tears to the eyes of some as did the last scene when Stasia closed the door softly after the passer-by had gone out into the night. The two dramatic offerings of the year complete the cycle of poetic truth. Hlililestonesn tells us A good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a curled pate will grow bald, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow 5 and the Passing of the Third Floor Backi' through the dialogue of the Stranger and Miss Kite, completes the sentiment, but a good heart is the sun and moon, or rather the sun, and not the moon, for it shines bright, and never changes. QHenry VJ The Pirates of Penzance, presented by the Boys' and the Girls, Glee Clubs, was pronounced a great success by the school. The atmosphere of pirate life plus the talent of the clubs, the beautiful new scenery, and good orchestration made the opera a distinctive event in the calendar of worthwhile happenings. With Albert Martin of Iolanthe fame in the leading role and Mildred Arenz as the piratical maid-of-all-work and William Huffman as the prevaricating Major General, the audience was provided with many laughs and was moved to express appreciation in hearty applause. Good comedians seem never to be lacking in the music department, and the combination of rich voices, melodious choruses, and fascinating maidens has made a reputation for our operas in the past which we hope always to retain. We are also indebted to the music department for several very worthwhile artist recitals. The first was the pleasant morning afforded by Mr. Hubbard of national fame, who gave a most delightful interpretation of t'Hansel and Gretel and the Secret of Suzanne. His wonderful personality charmed everyone and, judging by the enthusiasm shown by the students, one feels safe in saying that Mr. Hubbard will be welcome at any time in the Polytechnic auditorium. Jamie Overton, a former member of the Poly orchestra, assisted by Mr. Fr. d McPherson, an old Glee Club boy, and Mr. Garroway, Mrs. Parsons' tirst accompanist at L. A. H. S., gave the school a splendid opportunity to see what her graduates are doing in the musical world. Although both Mr. McPherson and Mr. Overton were encored many times, perhaps the most popular selection of the former was his number including Viennese, Spanish, German, and Chinese melodies. Mr. McPherson brought down the house, to use a slang phrase, with Danny Deever, a song with the life and spirit of a ballad. Dr. Aurelia H. Rheinhart was enthusiastically received when she read Israel Zangwill's '4The Melting Pot. Carried by her into the slums of New York where the Weaver of dreams vied with his associate the spider in the building and rebuilding of his delicate fabric, the students felt the bigness and inspiration of the great melting pot, of which we are all a part, more vitally than ever before. The sentiments of the audience were correctly expressed by Alfred Ben- nett when he said, 'tThere are many dramatic readers, but there is only one Dr. Rheinhart. Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker, another eminent reader, gave an entertaining recital of Barrie 's 'fWhat Every Woman Knows and whether we agree With 106 X 1 PIRATES OF PENZANCE 107 Maggie or not in her decision on the subject, which of course depends on how much we have studied the sweet Neo-eds,', we must all agree that Mrs. Baker 's interpretation of the old Scotchman was delightful. And as for Maggie her- self, who could have found a neater description than the following taken from Othello: She that was fair and never proud, Had tongue at will and yet was never loud, She that could think and ne 'er disclose her mind? Now, the year is almost at a close and our Seniors are about to leave for that wide and universal theater which presents more woeful pageants than the scene wherein we play inf, But men must endure their going hence even as their coming hither. So now, my lads and lassies, when you have seen our class night and heard our farewell song, ring down the curtain: We pass but do not die! I WHOSE COMPOSITION? Kathro Burns, S '17 The great throng of people flocked into the spacious auditorium to hear the noted violinist who had been advertised to appear there that evening. They were merry and happy, probably anticipating the yule-tide which was fast approaching. So many happy faces among young and old I am sure I had never seen before. This brightness, however, seemed to be suddenly dimmed by the appearance of a young man with a face so sad and melancholy that it seemed like a cloud overshadowing the bright rays of the sunlight. I was in no attitude to have a damper put on the joyousness of my spirit, but it was evi- dently my fate to have this particular person glance toward the vacant seat beside me, walk deliberately toward it, and occupy it. There was no reason why this should have annoyed me in the least, for to all outward appearances, he seemed not at all conscious of my person or his immediate surroundings. He gazed far off into the distance in a dreamy manner as though his mind were thousands of miles away. His apparel was of an ordinary sort, of sombre hue not attracting one 's attention, but my eyes could not be drawn from his thin, sad face, which was accentuated by the fact that it was in a frame-work of black hair tinged with gray, reaching just below his ears. The program began. My interest was not in the entertainment, but in this figure beside me, whose eyes were riveted on the one putting forth his soul in the music. I was suddenly startled by his turning directly toward me, and in Italian, speaking rapidly to me. As I tried to make him understand that I was unable to comprehend what he said, he pointed to my program, which I, in my embarrassment quickly handed him to relieve the situation. He, however, did not seem satisfied and in broken English exclaimed, Mine, I have known it, I have known it! The people around us were whispering and looking in our direction, but he quickly became as mute as before and all was silenced. During intermission he leaned toward me and in peculiar phrases, broken by a hollow cough, ex- plained that it was his music that he had written in Italy, for which no pay had been given, that the hungry and sick little sister and mother died for lack of food, and that he would be with them soon. This heart-burst evidently light- ened the burden. I carried his sorrow with me as we emerged from the build- ing, for there he remained with bowed head, hungry and sick, his last cent spent on hearing his own composition, his hollow cough still ringing in my ears. 108 I fin-m'Tfv-xffvk I I Alfn f fIfIxTAQx I I Al?x'T'ATk'1 A?x I 109 koi J lllll-ll-lllll-ll-IIIII .... HYield not thy neck X: To fortune's yoke, but let thy dauntless mind ' lpi' Still ride in triumph over all mischancef' I King Henry VI Act lll Scene HI Q ' fi lllll-ll-Illll-ll-lllll me ALUMNI The third annual Alumni reunion and banquet since the reorganization of that body in 1914 took place at Hamburger's cafe on the evening of May 18. Mr. Francis was the guest of honor. For the first time in the history of the school the reunion was so large that the Polytechnic cafeteria could not accom- modate the alumni. Undoubtedly the very large attendance was due to the fact that all loyal graduates, not only those who were graduated at the time when Mr. Francis was our principal, but also those who have known him as their superintendent, never hesitate to honor him. Mr. Francis brought a mes- sage which will long be treasured in the hearts of those who heard him. A touch of sadness, however, prevailed at the banquet, for it will be a long time before he speaks again at an alumni reunion as he leaves soon to take up educa- tional duties in Columbus, Ohio. 'Without doubt, the reunion of 1916 was one that will long be remembered by Polytechnic graduates. And now, let us turn our attention to what some of the old Hgradsu are doing after having severed their immediate connection with dear old Poly High. We are always glad to learn something of their successes and ambitions. They help to inspire us to-well, to become grads ourselves. THOSE WHO TOIL Earl Lippold, S,15, is working at his father's store. Winiield S. Hughes is now superintendent of schools in Kuna, Idaho. Knight Bennett, S'12, contracted for the street lamps at Long Beach. Edwin Bennett, S'12, is assistant in the Department of Machine Design at Stanford. Earl Dutton. W'11, is teaching at Franklin High. Clarence Jay, S'0S. is teaching architecture at Poly. Frank Garbutt, W,14, is in the movies with his father. lieo Anso and Frank Cleaver, both of S'15, are working in the mines at Atolia, California. William Althouse, '07, is Assistant City Engineer of Glendale. William Harrison. S'15, is with the Western Wholesale Drug Co. Walttlr Brown, W'16, is working for the li. A. Gas and Electric Co. Lowry Lonquist, president of the W'16 class, is attending Junior College. He may go to the Santa Barbara Normal in September. Howard Nibecker, S'12, is superintendent of a sea-Weed products company at San Diego. John Keller is now one of the leads in the Lasky picture company. Marion Duncan and Nicholas Kessler, S'15, are with a motion picture com- pany. 110 Frank Wilkinson, S'12, is on a citrus ranch at Anaheim. Arthur Svenson, S'10, is a sugar chemist in Hawaii. Joe Beeson, S'11, has Written a pamphlet on copper deposits in Bingham Canyon, Utah, which was presented to the American Institute of Mining En- gineers in New York. George Ziser, S'l0, is an oil chemist in the city. Gilbert Sly, W'16, is designing for the Miller Carburetor Company. Edward Stevenson, S'l2, is a draughtsman for a local pump company. Roy Sanford, S'15, is in the art department of a picture company at Culver City. Robert Murray, S'13, has taken the Beaux Arts prize in New York. THOSE IN THE MUSICAL WORLD May Gates, Sylel, is the orchestra director at the Superba theate1'. Grace McCormick, S'11, is a professional violinist on the Orpheum circuit. Eva Dutton, W'11, is supervisor of music in Inglewood schools. Sarah Crosby, W'13, is a soloist in one of our churches. Ruth Mitchell, S'l2, Ramona Little, S'09, and Kathryn Sanborn, W'12, h'hdth ' tN l. have 'nis e e music course a orma Electa Felt, S'13, has become a professional soprano soloist. Pryor Moore, S'11, and Dion Romandy, S'14, are members of the Los An- geles Symphony Orchestra. Harold Walberg, S'08, is a concert violinist and teacher. Norman McPhail, S'12, is a tenor soloist in St. Paul 's Cathedral. Vincent Jones, S'l2, has composed a light opera at L. A. Normal. Waldemar Falck, S'12, is in the Glee Club at the University of California. Rocco Denubila, '01, has become an orchestra director. George Martin, S'lO, is a cornet soloist in the University of California Band. Clarence Mead, S'l0, and Frank Ragland, W'08, are members of the Ellis Club. Robert Cheatham, S'13, Charles Putman. S'1O, Marion Duncan, and Harold Lloyd, S'l1, have become members of the Orpheus Club. Burnell Tunison, S'12, Edwin Huse, W'l5, and Don Cameron, S'l3, are all members of the U. S. C. Glee Club. Arthur Diederick, S'10, Eugene Diederick, S'l3, and Wm. Toolan, S'09, are all professional band men. W '09 THOSE WHO WERE WHO AT POLY A. S. B. O. PRESIDENTS -Ned Manning, a graduate of Stanford and now in business. S'09-John Beck, a. graduate of California and now in business with his father. W'10-George Hand, now in business. S'10-James Patten, a graduate of U. S. C. law school and now practicing law. W'1l S'11- W'l2 -John Hager, a graduate of Stanford and now engaged in graduate work at Harvard. Williaiii Cuzner, S'11, now in business with his father. -Tom King, attending an Engineering College in Nevada. S'l 2-Norman McPhail, with the Standard Oil Co. W'l3 -Herbert Brown, a student at California. S'13-John Vandenburg, at California. W'14-Allan Box, at Minnesota University. 111 S'l4-Harold Cooke, at Santa Barbara Normal. W'15-Rubin J affe, working for Jevne Company. S'15-Ben Rich, now in business in Chicago. W'16-Carl Bilger, still at Poly. S'l6-Alfred Bennett, to be graduated this semester. 1906-Lawrence A. Lewin 1907- 1908-Howard A. Lewis 1909-Raymond Phillips 1910-Travis Hutton W'O9-Nelson Smith S'O9-Jack Clark W'10-Earl Rollins. Sill-William Bloeser W'11-Harford Turner. S'11- PAST EDITORS OF THE STUDENT 1911-Helen Candler 1912-Bayard Taylor 1913-Herbert Marshutz 1914-Helen Walker 1915-Arthur Taylor OPTIMIST EDITORS Frank Taylor, S,14, now at Stanford. Carl Randau, S'l5, now at Stanford. Herbert Ormsby, S'16, to be graduated. Howard Lewin, S'16, to be graduated. SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENTS S'13-Don Cameron W'14-Lester Mead S'14-Harold Pafford W'15-Jack Toon S,15-Francis McClaren W'16-Lowry Lonquist Julia Murray Dwight Vedder W'12-Sidney Cort S'16-George Klingamon CAlumnus-to S'l2-Bayard Taylor bel W'13-Walter Stanley THOSE RECENTLY MARRIED Ruth Kimball, W'09 Hazel Landers, S'11 Helen Mack, S'11 Helen Candler, S'1l Faith Guy, S'12 Mabel Dahl, W'14, to LeRoy Maag, W'12 Helen Rockwell, S'13 Hans Koebig, S'11 WHAT SOME OF THE SENIOR ALUMNI-TO-BE WILL DO Leo Dambach-Attend Stanford. Baxter Loveland-Attend Davis. Josephine Heintz--Teach music. Jean Carter-Study law. May Lynch-Continue journalism work. Regina Mayer-Attend college. Gertrude Clark-Attend college. George Klingaman-Attend Stanford. Ruth Griffin-Attend Stanford. Maude Hughes-Attend Junior College. Helen MacDonough-Write stories. Francis Wagner-Study music at U. S. C. Howard Lewin-Enter business. Gladys Sauvinet-Engage in newspaper work. Hugh Lockart-Attend college. 112 T HGBLEGICQ -.-...-x vw. . . , .13'qZ+,!5.'ez:z, .-V. '-,t.3,1':'.' . 1-Q ' ....,..A1, -.'. . -- .. - ' 113 THE GIRLS' GYM CLUB The Girls' Gym Club is organized for the purpose of learning aesthetic dance ing. Various new dances have been undertaken this year. Among them may be mentioned the Beautiful Blue Danube, Summer, and the Joy of the Rose. A performance was given at Berendo Intermediate School. where the entertain- ment Was much enjoyed. To Miss Ohman, the club's director, is due our appreciation of the time and Work she has put on the club programs. Officers for the first term were Anna Emmons, president, Eva Campbell, vice-president, and Frances Wagner, secretary-treasureri for the second term, Florence Stutz, president, Florence Brick, vice-president, and Regina Mayer, secretary-treasurer. THE GIRLS' ATHLETIC CLUB The Girls' Athletic Club is an organization for the purpose of taking up more specialized gymnasium Work than is given in the gymnasium classes. All branches of athletics are included in the Work,-tennis, basketball, baseball, and, when opportunity offers, horseback riding, and swimming. Dances of an ath- 114 l letic nature and occasional work with Indian clubs, dumb-bells, and wands have formed delightful parts of various school programs. Beside club work, the girls individually have assisted the gymnasium teachers with their large classes and with May Day preparations. Officers for the first term were president, Cecile Heyesg vice-president, Lillian Fergusong secretary, Elma Wilson, recorder, Maude Carter: and for second term, president, Leota Tipton, vice-president, Lucile Smithers: secre- tary, Margaret Bogleg recorder, Mildred Brunner. TENNIS Tennis was given a decided boost When Mr. Wessells was named as coach. Heretofore Poly has not had a coach, in fact, the tennis facilities have been so poor that it is almost impossible to turn out a Winning team. A tournament was held in order to pick a team from the large number of aspirants. The following successful contestants won places on the team in the order named: Salvini Baiano, Howard Burdick, Nelson Harris, Herbert Cook, Howard Lewin CMgr.J, John Malone, and Timon Rombotis. 115 Two matches were played with Hollywood. The Blue and Gold team was vanquished in the Hrst match 3-2, but came back with a victory in the second by the same score. Inglewood and Wilmington were both decisively defeated 6-0, 5-0 respec- tively. The most successful match from a standpoint of interest was won from L. A., 4-1. Poly was forced to accept two inglorious defeats at the hands of Lincoln and Manual Arts, 4-1 and 5-0 respectively. Long Beach after a hard fought match was conquered 4-3. Harvard was an easy Victim 5-2. Baiano and Burdick represented Poly in the annual Southern California interscholastic tournament, and surprised all by reaching the semi-finals in the doubles. They beat Kinney and Patton of Lincoln 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. The surprise came when they defeated Dunshee and Taylor of Nordhoif, strong contenders for first honors, in a hard fought match 6-3, 9-7. Baiano reached the semi-finals in the singles, but fell a victim to Alder of Long Beach 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Owing to the ban placed by the school authorities on girls competing in interscholastic athletics, no feminine racquet wielders were given a chance to uphold the honors of the Blue and Gold, although promising material was in evidence. BOYS' GYM CLUB This year marks the second year of the Boys' Gym Club under the efficient coaching of Mr. Burke. The work of the club has been greatly enlarged and the club as a whole has been more active than last year. The boys accepted many invitations to perform before the public both on Polytechnic and on programs given outside the school. An exhibition on the mats was given at Boyle Heights Intermediate School on December first. In the Student League Vaudeville on December 10, the work of the Gym Club on the parallel bars was very well received. The club was honored by being asked to perform before the Knights of Columbus on January 25. An exhibition- on the parallel bars and pyramid work was given at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on February 11. The Club has also appeared at one of the Ionian entertainments and at Echo Park play grounds. The First Annual Exhibition of the Boys' Gym Club was held on May 23. The program consisted of work which heretofore had not been attempted, such as, horse work, wrestling, comedy boxing, mats, and flying rings, hand balancing, ladder pyramids, and feature work. The members to whose activity is attributed the success of the club are Spencer Clawson, president, George Klingaman, manager, Everett Colf, Carroll Hudson, Fred Klingaman, Paul Martin, Curtiss Mason, Gale Needham, Paul Renton, Wm. Spalding, Albert Tellez, George Wackerbarth, Rennie Wilson, George Foreham. 116 FOOTBALL MEN L. E. Bland-A fast man and adept at throwing the forward pass. L. T. Francis-The best lineman on the team. Good in getting down under punts. L. G. Breen, Stevens-Two excellent guards. C. Guthrie-A good passing center. R. G. Gertz, Solomon-A Hghting pair of guards. R. T. Cline, Redd-Two hard tacklers and efiicient linesinen. R. E. Hopperstead-A big rangy end, always in the thick of the scuffle. Q. Haney-The best football player in the city league, if not in Southern Cali- fornia. A brilliant quarter. Good at running in a broken field or buck- ing the line. An excellent punter. Adept at handling either end of the forward pass. A good field goal kicker. Picked as All-Southern quarter. R. H. Packer CCapt.j-A fighting leader. Used wonderful head Work in Manual Arts game. L. H. Forer-The personification of speed, grit, and skill. F . Davis-Although not a brilliant player, Wonderfully consistent. A good punter, a hard tackler, and excellent at throwing the forward pass. Subs.-Dougherty, Keenan. . In .QR 2 A ' .,:.,,:g K I K V. 2.2: Pkg. L, ssl' -i. - ,- ,.::x.h 1 'A f 1' ' 'f .M 1 :nf if ' 'Frat AF -' W I .. ..',-tif-.K , -:F .15 .A - -. 5 , 1 L-nfs. ' - , ' iff 1' .1?'.Q.gyf fr, : 1-' .e9:3fis'-551 se, '-is-f ' , . ., 1 ' - f Eff' -'Eff' .Ja-ff? wg 'f '2el':e . . .4 . A f ., , A . ,, 3, -Y A 1 l H ' . , Y gif A . HY ' A - A ' L - .. ...,. . fel Yi- mei- .-Q 1, ' , .f - , .11 1, r : --- , ... -M, ff 1- . . ' . J . . , A E? l 'f .V '...E.:-v1-fa 5. ' . , , - f f' '-N :ez . 11---:ff+fzf .w,,'Q-. ' 2- ..-41' -' - . - .. -:fm-f,.' - s , if . ,X J.,-.,f5 -f--A1-,. ..--1-1,-1-T, X f rv n W1 l Q-f ., . . A '- '4: .f ..-sm we W .5-.41F.-.s1tw11:sXsYfYL,QW,.W,..s1,1...1,,,,..,,1t...,,-1, gf.. if 'sf as .f ' 2113. 10?-f . --e Lk- ,sz :ufaf i 4 s. .vxfieissffsff - :.A 'ew M - sf . - :-- -F 'i'??:i,-t:..' .I fwfr-Q1A'wvf,.w-:Et-newgreener:gm,..ri1i1 1-. . Q- eff' 53 .':.1- Q9 i '. ' -g,,53,a:'1-, Eg. LJ ' up - - -. .' - J,:g:- .4-f.,.,f..1n::j,g.:---fgdylpnwfs'ffaqsfa52,':1:, V 117 0 M Ill 5. -'1:-'- -. 'T 4' .. - - v ' 4 H ' . Y. . ' . V in ' 5. A A .1 li C I I I ,,,, A victory is tuice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers FOOTBALL The city high schools began the athletic season of 1915 by changing from Rugby to American football. Poly was doomed to finish in the cellarn accord- ing to city dope sheets, but a large number of candidates worked hard, daily mastering the fundamentals of the American game. Polytechnic opened the league season playing against the heavy experienced Santa Ana eleven on October 23. We were crushed 25-3. Fred Haney's field goal from the 20 yd. line saved Poly from being whitwashed. To poor inter- ference, failure of the line to hold consistently, and an evident lack of the knowl- edge of the fundamentals of the game can be attributed the cause of this defeat. The experience of the Santa Ana team counted and Poly's lack of team work and poor offensive tactics caused the team to become discouraged and lose con- tidence. Hard work was the program for football practice every night until the game with Manual Arts on November 5. The brilliant plays and hard fighting of the Blue and Gold team swept the Toiler eleven off their feet in the first half. Haney and Captain Packer were the individual stars of the game. Haney made a 39 yd. Held goal in the second quarter and successfully completed a 30 yd. pass to Bland. Packer intercepted two forward passes, one being a 60 yd. run for a touchdown. Forer bucked the line hard and Francis played a good game at tackle. The Toilers came back strong in the second half and almost evened up the score, but Poly emerged victorious, 17-16. But not until the L. A. game did our team obtain its best earned and most thrilling victory. The spectacular playing of Gobble Haney throughout the game and Francis' 70 yd. run from kick off to a touchdown at the beginning of the second half were the features of the game. Davis played a stellar game, Honk Forer played a gritty game with a broken foot during the last quarter. The team sent the Clidwellers back to their lair defeated 19-13. The Hilltoppers threatened in the last half, but Haney and the rest of the Poly team stemmed the onslaught. Then came the game which cinched the city championship. Hollywood was easily defeated 19-3. Haney, Davis, and Bland were the stars. Davis made a wonderful 60 yd. run on an intercepted pass in the third quarter. Poly won the city championship. Much credit is due Coach Haslett and Manager Bennett for the most suc- cessful football season in several years. Earl Forer will captain next year 's eleven. The men who will be back next year are: Davis, Captain-elect Forer, Bland, Keenan, Solomon, Redd, and Cline. 118 y Harry Bland George Francie Walter Guthrie Homer Redd Frank Cline Llewellyn Hop- Earl Forer Eugene Davis John Keenan Paul Dougherty perstead Alfred Bennett, Holmes Packer, Mr. Haslett, Coach Manager Captain 119 ,. 'tl come but 1n, as others do, to try . . . the 5 g strength of my youthf' . ' 3 twiia- Q QR- Y, sri As You Like It Act I Scene 2 . P lllll-Il-lllll-ll-lllll MP BASKETBALL Coach Haslett had only one veteran, Capt. Linne Larson, around which to build the nucleus of a winning basketball quintet. A large squad of candidates reported for practice. After a series of hard practice games the team was picked. Being practically a new' team, a' lack of team work was very noticeable at thc first part of the season. The most important pre-season game was with Santa Barbara Normal, a team composed largely of Poly graduates. The result was Poly 31, Santa Barbara 26. The season opened on January 4. Polytechnic, in her first league game with Lincoln, was defeated by a score of 28-22, On Jan- uary 7, Manual Arts decisively defeated the Blue and Gold quintet by a score of 53-29. The games with Lincoln and Manual Arts showed evidence of a woeful lack of goal shooting ability and team work. Constant strenuous practice was held daily and when Polytechnic and Hollywood clashed, championship form was displayed. Hollywood was outclassed 26-20. A jinx seemed to prevail whenever Poly met Lincoln and we lost again 21-17, because of inability to shoot baskets. The Blue and Gold team for the rest of the season showed marvelous team work on both the defensive and offensive. The games on January 18 with Manual and on January 21 with Hollywood were glorious victories for Coach Haslett's squad. The Toilers were vanquished 35-27, a victory which retrieved the defeat of the first game. Captain Larson and 'Sipes were the individual stars. The Foothillers were defeated in a wonderful exhibition of basketball 25-24. The defensive work of Gale Needham at guard and Gene Davis at center was excel- lent. Captain Larson also played a stellar game at guard. Although Polytechnic was tied for second place with Manual, the offensive and defensive tactics and excellent team work of the Blue and Gold at the latter part of the season left no doubt but that Lincoln was a jinx that kept the best team from winning the championship. Hollywood, who won first place, was defeated in every game while Polytechnic lost both games to Lincoln, admittedly the weakest team in the league. LETTER MEN Stewart Needham, forward. He played excellent game throughout the entire season. Not a flashy, but a consistent player. Sipes, forward. A brilliant player who was handicapped by a sore foot. A fighting player on the offensive. Sayer, forward. A remarkable forward for his weight, making up by his speed for the lack of brawn. 120 ,VW ,, Stewart Needham Arthur Sipes James Sayre Eugene Davis Mr. Haslett, Coach Gale Needham Linne Larson Wm. Delaney, Mgr. Davis, center. A center who outjumped all his rivals and played a remark- able defensive game. This is his first year in basketball. With two more years to play he will surely develop into a Wonderful star. Gale Needham, guard. A clever player Whose dodging and dribbling rushes were outstanding features of every game. Captain Larson, guard. Noted for his goal shooting ability. something unusual for a guard. A heady, fighting leader. Arthur Sipes and Stewart Needham graduate this year. All thenrest are eligible for next year. Gale Needham, who will be captain of the team next season, and Larson form a pair of guards the equal of any ever turned out at Poly. Davis is bound to be one of the best basketball players in the high school ranks next season. Coach Haslett is remarkably adept at turning out cham- pions in basketball, and with a Wealth of both experienced and new material, Poly has bright prospects for first honors the coming season. 121 1 his The Tempest Act II Scene 7 gh 5 S. .5 N, You are gentlemen of brave mettle .,. I I .Cl BASEBALL A wealth of good, bad, and indifferent material answered Coach Haslett's call for candidates for the varsity baseball team. This squad of struggling aspirants was cut down to twenty-four athletes at the start of the pre-season practice games. - Sousa and Tally, pitchers, Sipes, Marchetti, intielders, Tellez, catcher, and Captain Gillette in the outfield composed the ranks of the veterans. Eugene Davis managed the team. Gene is one of the most remarkable all- around athletes ever produced at Poly. He received letters in football, basket- ball, water polo, track, swimming, and baseball, and in all these sports he was a star of the first magnitude. The pre-season games showed a lack of proficiency in hitting and run- getting, but in general the outlook for a winning team was promising. By the use of original methods Coach Haslett remedied this evil to a great extent and by the start of the regular league season Poly 's representatives of the national pastime were prepared to meet all comers. The first league game was lost to Hollywood 6-5. In the next game of the season, the Blue and Gold nine won a victory over L. A. 8-7. Polytechnic showed a marked improvement in every play. L. A. 's large score was due to our hesitancy in removing Sousa from the box after the opposing batsmen had begun to find his curves. Manual Arts was the next victim, 10-5. This game was marked by the twirling of Sousa, and the hard hitting of his team mates. On April 7 Lincoln came out victorious, 8-5. The loss of this game was due to the poor judgment used by Polytechnic. Gillette and Sims starred. Games outside the league schedule were played with Whittier State, Whit- tier College, and the State Normal. Poly was victorious against the first school 8-5, but lost the other games. The two league games with San Pedro resulted in dual victories for Poly- technic, 16-3 and 8-3. Manual Arts retrieved their irst defeat and came out victors in the second game, 9-3. To the pitching of Bailey of Manual can be attributed our defeat. The Blue and Gold team thereafter seemed resolved to avenge their previous defeats by vanquishing both Hollywood and Lincoln in the final encounters 122 with these schools. Hollywood was beaten 6-5 in a close game. Lincoln met a better team and lost, 12-6. Again good pitching by Tally and the consistent batting by his team-mates brought home a victory. Then on May 15 at Washington Park, Poly met L. A. in the most important game of the season, a battle for the city championship. Sousa on the mound for the Blue and Gold team was opposed by Levinson of L. A. L. A. was annihilated 12-5. If there is one thing all Poly's athletic teams delight in doing, it is Hto beat L. A. High. And they did it every time, by simply out- classing their opponents. The game was marred by the poor 'delding and play- ing of L. A. 's team. This failure put Poly men on bases and a Blue and Gold man always came through in a pinch with a safety. L. A. threatened in the seventh but the remainder of the game held them down to one run. The calm judgment and fielding exhibited by the Poly team and the batting of Buck, Morrison, Tellez, and Gillette were the deciding factors which were responsible for this glorious victory. The men on the team were: Sousa, Tally, pitchers, A. Tellez, Sims, catchers, Hammond, Johnson, Morrison, Sipes, Marchetti, Riggens, Kingdon, Link, Gillespie, infielders, T. Tellez, Buck, Woodhams, Davis fmgrj, Captain Gillette, Cake, outfielders. The annual goes to press with the league season not yet finished. Poly is in first place, leading L. A., who must still play San Pedro, by half a. game. Should L. A. win, Poly and L. A. will be tied for first place, which will necessitate a play-oif to determine the baseball champions of the city high schools. 123 I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips King Henry V Act HI Scene 1 IIIIIHII-Illllill-lllll ' Q , 4 . 0' 1 . . ' Straining upon the start. -..,.- ' TRACK The first meet of the track season was held with Harvard on February 12. Polytechnic came out on the short end of a 93-66 score. The second meet was at Long Beach on February 19, and Poly barely nosed out a victory by winning the relay, 61-60, in the closest meet of the year. Hollywood forced Polytechnic to accept the inevitable in a meet destitute of any thrills. U. S. C. Preps were also Blue and Gold conquerors in an uninteresting meet. But Poly can feel that the track season was a success if for no other reason than the fact that L. A., Poly's most deadly rival, was defeated 75-47. Captain Hunt, Woodhams, Davis, Loveland, and S. Perry showed up well in this meet. Woodhams ran the 100 yd. dash in 10:1. Davis made a remarkable jump of 21 feet 2 inches in the broad jump. The relay team, Woodhams, A. Perry, Neale, and Hunt, won from L. A. by fifty feet. In the meet with Redlands Davis and Loveland showed up exceedingly well. These two athletes were Poly's main hopes in the City meet. Baxter Loveland after a heart-breaking race in the 440 in which he finished third was unable to enter his favorite race, the 880, which he could probably have won. Davis was forced into second place in the broad jump because of a remarkable leap of 21 feet 7 inches by H. Lamport of Manual. Neale placed in the 220 low hurdles. In the Southern California meet Davis won third in the broad jump. Love- land ran a wonderful race in the 880, losing out on the stretch to Whitesides of Pomona who made a marvelous sprint after Loveland had set the pace most of the way. His time, 2 minutes 2 2X5 seconds, broke Noel George 's 1915 record of 2 minutes 3 2f5 seconds. Davis and Loveland represented Poly in the state meet and garnered six points by placing second in the broad jump and the 880 respectively. Davis out-jumped Hall of Santa. Paula. Loveland ran a close neck and neck race with Kilby of Coalinga in the half mile in the fast time of 2 minutes 2 4,!5 seconds. The letter men in track and Held sports are Captain Hunt, Woodhams, Middlekauf, sprinters, S. Perry, Blumberg, 440 men, Loveland, Stringfellow, Preece, Erskine, Lloyd, distance men, Neale, who hurdles and 4' goes crazy in the relay , Taylor, Gilson, and Mulholland, hurdlers, Davis, Jones, Lott, in the jumps, Hector, pole vaulter, Redd, Pattee, weight men, and A. Perry who does the high jump, 220, discus, and runs a lap in the relay. Much credit is due to this fighting track team and to Doc Skinner, track coach. George Woodhams, sprinter, will captain next year 's team. 124 ' 1 Harold Lloyd Alexander Perry Stanley Perry Richard Gilsou Dwight. Taylor .lack Blumberg Baxter Loveland Lamont Preece Clyde Jones James Stringfellow Harold Woodhams Robert Hunt Jack Powles, Mgr. Homer Redd Roy Neale J ack Mulholland Eugene Davis Mr. Skinner. Coach 125 SWIMMING The second Polytechnic swimming team was coached by Mr. Davies and managed by Hugh Lockhart. Jack Kilburn, Eugene Davies, and Capt. Buck were veterans from last season. Kilburn and Davies were consistent Winners in the 50 and 100 and each swam a fast lap in the relay. Capt. Buck's favorite event was diving. Carmany was a wonder in the 220 and 440 and also entered the diving, back stroke, and relay. He secured over 70 points during the season. Art Browne and Godso were good men in the breast stroke and plunge for distance respectively. Vultee, a 50 man, and Beers, a 220 man, alternated in the relay. Summons, Van Culin, and Daugherty took care of the distances While McCutcheon entered the back stroke. Huntington Park and L. A. Were easy victims in the early meets of the season. Huntington Park was gloriously defeated in the first meet of the year, 56-15 3 L. A. was completely outclassed 55-22. The Blue and Gold ducks cap- tured first place in every event except the back stroke. P Pasadena emerged a victor over Poly 41-36. In a triangle meet With Long Beach and Venice, Poly lost first honors because of a disqualiication in the relay. Kilburn and Davies were the stars for the Blue and Gold, winning 13 points in the 50 and 100. Poly annexed 13V2 points and fourth place in the Southern California interscholastic swimming meet at Venice. Davies Won first in the 50 yard dash 126 in the last time ol' 273-5 seconds. Kilburn and Carmany were other point winners. Manual Arts rc-lfiisecl to meet the Blue and Gold ducks, thus leaving Poly- technic easily the city swimming champions. WATER POLO For the first time in four years Polytechnic has failed to win the water p01O championship of Southern California. The team was handicapped at the first part of the season d11e to a lack of material and a tank to practice in. Most of the fellows could not afford Y. M. C. A. membership which necessitated the incon- venience of practicing at Bimini. Coach Sol Tuttle was hampered to such an extent that it became impossible to repeat the glorious victories of 1913-14-15 when Poly won the water polo championship of Southern California, suffering but one defeat throughout the entire three years. Towards the latter part of the season a large number of aspirants were battling hard to bring glory to the Blue and Gold. The men who received letters were Captain Wickersham, Buck, Browne, Lockhart, Davis, Summons, Howe, Talbot, and Daugherty. The success of the team when judged from the standpoint of percentage did not come up to expectations, but taking into consideration the many con- ditions which arose to hamper the team during the first part of the season and the gentlemanly spirit shown by Poly 's water poloists in every game, much credit is due to our tank artists for their earnest endeavors. Prospects are bright for a winning team next year. Lockhart, Captain Wickersham, and Talbot are the only ones who will not answer the call again next season. 127 MODERN SLANG FROM SHAKESPEARE ls this your speeding? Nay, then, good night our part. -Taming of the Shrew, Act Il, I cannot tell what the dickens his name is. -Merry Wives of Winclsor, Act III, if This is the short and long of it. -Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I As merry as the day is long. ii -Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, For ever and a day. -As You Like It, Act IV, 'tNeither rhyme nor reason. -As You Iiike It, Act III, ll So so is good, very good, very excellent good, and yet it is so so. -As You Like lt, Act V, 'iAt my lingers' ends. -Twelfth Night, Act I, I have peppered two of them. -King Henry IV, Act II, AMERICAN LEARNING 7 Scene I. Scene 2. Scene 2. Scene I. Scene I. Scene 2. not, it is but Scene I. Scene 3. Scene 4. Some amusing examples of school children 's errors are provided by recent examination papers: A vacuum is a large empty space where the Pope lives. In India a man out of a cask may not marry a woman out of another cask. Elaine gave Launcelot an omelet before he departed for the tournament. He succeeded because he had entry price Centerprisej Tennyson wrote In Memorandum. Parallel lines are the same distance all the way and do not meet unless you bend them. An angle is a triangle with only two sides. The qualihcations for citizenship are that you must be natural born or made. Gravitation is that which if there were none we should all fly away. Louis XVI was gelatined during the French Revolution. Horse power is the distance one horse can carry a pound of water in an hour. Guerrilla warfare is where men ride on guerrillas.-Ex. George Klingaman Cafter graduatinglz Good-bye, Mrs. Shafor. I shall not forget you. I am indebted to you for all I know. Mrs. Shafor: Don't mention such a trifle. -Ex. Mr. Barker's VI period Trigonometry class is the fortieth that he has taught, and to celebrate the occasion the class has composed a March of the Trigononietric Functions. The gymnasium sharks supplied the necessary bars and the commercial people, the ledger for lines. Mr. Barker was sure of finding few sharps in the class while flats and accidentals were not uncommon. The entire class volunteered to supply the rests. 128 5hG5 ' 129 lg . A jest s prosperity lies in the ear ' , Of him that makes it. Love s Labour s Lost Act V Scene 2 Q zz 1 f 3 D 1 V Q No Of him that hears it, never in the tongue N. 7 7 I ,7 H. ev St 1 To read and laugh about a joke Is nothing hard at ally But to write a joke C D and make you laugh That's where we take a fall. Yet that 's the task you set for us- Clt surely was no funj So when you read this stuff, don 't fussg Be glad when you are done. R. V. B. Shakespearean lad: HAh, fair maid, on this fair morn thou lookst full fair. Hast had good fare? Twentieth Century Maid: Yes, thanksg I used my car-book. Prof, Jones has no right to teach. He doesn't understand his subject and he can 't explain- f'Yeah, I knowg he gave me a low mark, too. -Ex. Mr. Humphries Qin Economicsj : Wealth is anything that may avert pain or give pleasure. Marie Becker: ctWould you call a singer 's voice wealth? Mr, Humphries: Well, I don't know I don't know It may either ive . . g pain or pleasure, and it is gained by la.bor, but I don 't think you would call it wealth. I'd call it-an anaesthetief' A timid little Freshie To the joker box did comeg He dropped a nickel in the slot And waited for the gum. anew' EL I JO S H Box QKDENWEL. 130 Teacher in History: We have now studied the characteristics of the country. Tell me what you can' about the races, Tommy. Tommy: I don 't remember anything but what I heard you say. Teacher: You may repeat what you remember hearing me say for the benefit of the class. Tommy: You said, 'We dodged the cop and went in heavy but I cleaned up in the end by a two to one on number eight.' . Mother: Whom do you think the baby looks like-its father or me? Visitor: Its father. Isn 't it a pretty child? -Ex. Mr. Estep : Hugh, do you know what made the Tower of Pisa lean? Hugh Lockhart: t'Why I think it was because it was built in the time of famine. Miss Cooper: What case is the noun zfalise in that sentence ? Bright Senior: ' ' Suit-case. Father: My son, you have a reputation for driving your car recklessly. George F. : Don't believe it, pa. I've had three wrecks this year. Editha Huifman fin third period Economicsj : It's cold here in the lunch house. Maude Anderson: UOh, don 't kick. We 'll be sizzling after a while. CI wonder what she meant.D Miss Magee C in B9 Englishj : Where is your pencil? Scrub: I ain't got none. Miss Magee: Oh, that isn't right. What should you say?l' Scrub: I left it home. Mother: Bobbie, come here. I have something very nice to tell you. Bobbie Cage sixj : Aw-I don't care. I know what it is. Big brother's home from college. Mother: Why, Bobbie, how could you guess? Bobbie: Why, my bank don 't rattle any more. ff - r K fa '-5 wmv 'Hb VA L Knzmuax... ml CN'-' - fz74l'l ' l af' K3 ETV Q -- ft e ELI- 1:-aes, 131 Al Bennett Cdescribing the pattern of a pin submitted for A. S. B. O. emblemsj : Here is a pin with the two letters in the four corners of the circle. Mr. Greenwood had instructed Wayne Mullin to bring a volume of Kipling 's poems to school the next day and to read Gunga Din for the class. Wayne brought the book, but refused to read the poem. Fm too much of a gentleman to read thatf' he told Mr. Greenwood. You read it. And Mr. Greenwood did. Why should a fisherman be wealthy? Because his business is all net profit. Miss Philips: 'fMr. Gibbs, who started the National banking system in the United States? Mr. Gibbs: Alexander did. Miss Philips: I am glad you are so well acquainted with Mr. Hamilton that you call him by his first name. CAN YOU IMAGINE- Miss Humphrey chewing gum Mr. Locke as swimming coach Mr. Humphries teaching Sunday-school Doe Haslett joining a sewing club Mr. Couch with a mustache Al Bennett not showing pep George Klingaman asking a girl to a dance Jimmy Bankson standing still for one hour Gene Davis A. S. B. O. president Al Martin as a teacher Alex Siegler with nothing to say Ben Van Tress not talking to a girl Holmes Packer at a baby show L. A. beating Poly in athletics Poly with a new gym and swimming pool Everyone graduating in four years? 132 Mr. Humphries: 4'Wl1o was Adam Smith? Art Juenger: 'KThe first of the Smith family. Mr. Tower: And now, Fred, can you tell me what the last teeth are called? F. Klingaman: '4False teeth! A teacher asked her class to write an essay on London. Later she was sur- prised to read the following: The people of 'London are nrted for their stupidity. The young author was asked how he got his idea. Please, miss, was the reply. 'tit says in the test book the population of London is very dense. -Ex. I hear a crash, I hear a bellg an engine rushes byg Is it a tire? Witli hurried steps I to the window fly. I look without-but what 's the use 4?-A sign board greets my eye. R. V. B. THE BASEBALL GAME The game opened with Molasses at the stick and Small-pox catching. Cigar was in the box with plenty of smoke. Horn played first base, and Fiddle play- ing second base backed by Corn in the field made it bot for the umpire Apple, who was rotten. Ax came to the bat and chopped. Cigar let Brick walk and Sawdust filled the bases. Song made a hit and Twenty scored. Cigar went out and Balloon started to pitch, but went straight up. Then Cherry tried but went wild. Old Ice kept cool in the game until he was hit by a pitched ball. Then you ought to have heard Ice Cream. Cabbage had a good head and kept quiet. Grass covered lots of ground and the crowd cheered when Spider caught a fly. Bread loafed on third and was out. In the fifth inning VVind began to blow about what he could do. Hammer began to knock and Trees began to leave. The way they roasted Peanuts was a fright. Knife was put out for cutting Hrst base. Lightning finished pitching and struck out six men. In the ninth Apple told Fiddle to take first base and then Song made a hit. Trombone made a slide and Meat was put out on the home plate. The score was l to O. Door said that if he had pitched he would have shut them out. P ' ' 'D- . 'fi 2 Q Am --s ' 5V51iIllr- - ll waqlplgqlyt s . T al 4 I w 'Qg 1' - ' TZKREIIP .. 133 A TOAST TO L. A. CREAMERY Come with me, right down the street, Ill show you, too, the rarest treatg I'll serve to you, truly, a. dream- Best in the town, L. A. Ice Cream. Or if you'd like a beverage That is above the average, Just sip some L. A. Buttermilk. It's pure, and soft, and fine as silk. If on a picnic you should go L. A. Pimento Cheese, you know, Between a sandwich, sure is grand. The very best made in the land. Should little brother hungry get, No need at all for ma to fret, For L. A. Butter, spread on bread, Is just the thing for baby Fred. If sister's beau should come to dine, And she would serve him something ine. Just buy some L. A. Cottage Cheese. It's clean, and white, and sure to please. Another thing which sure is best, A food and drink which stands the test. Once you have tried it, you'1l come back- 'Tis L. A. Creamery Fer-mil-lac. And let me tell you I've a. hunch That L. A. Cheese in a school lunch For little folks cannot be beat. It's sanitary, fresh, and sweet. And last of all, though hardly least, The crown of every family feast, Considered best by all who think, Is L. A. Milk- the gods' own drink. The L. A. Creamery makes these things In our own city, it for kings. And I tell you that in the race For fine, pure goods, they set the pace. Los Angeles Creamery Co. PRODUCERS OF AND DEALERS IN ALL DAIRY PRODUCTS nzo-1190 'rowNE AVE. HOME 10753 MAIN 7724 134 I 1 I ' 3 6 wildly, f j If-112142 I ugh y ffdfkoflamkuryfrifdq 32 O .1 .ff fgizvllij f Eighth and Broadway. Take any north side store elevator. 100 feet above street noise, dust and distraction. A school of force, character, and influence-one that qualifies you unfailingly for a good position, then secures you one. Call THIS WEEK to see about it-or Write, or phone Home F 1850-Main 133. EDWARD KING ISAACS. PRESIDENT Helen: Oh, Hilda, do you know what a ground hog is? We have to know for biology. ' ' Hilda 1 ' ' Why er-er-it 's-er--sausage. ' '--EX. Mr. Humphries Cin third period Economicsj : Anybody may make con tracts except infants, Women, and lunaticsf' And he wondered why the girls wouldn't speak to him in the halls. j cc - - as C11 n e S p e c 1 al Tenn1s Goods are B est -RA CKE TS -BALLS 'I ,,:',1,i 4' -NE T5 --:-ie-E ----.'1e.:..e, -MARKERS T W 0 S T 0 R E ....., an .... t enhr .. ,saw U O p ma 214 West Sprlng ' Third Street Que-me Ep. at Sixth 135 CLASS PINS HIGH GRADE JEWELRY ATHLETIC 25222222 M E D A L S ETC. CARL ENTENMANEN JEWELRY COMPANY ,IK ' 444 SOUTH BROADWAY PARMELEE DOHRMANN BUILDING Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 7? ,-'WI - A 'Q-4,555 HE-...var Eve Poly Students Patronize the ANNUAL ADVERTISERS 1 They Patronize You. wb 136 A . - -w-:A -::.-'+':E re ..-. -ff .iii NET wzlsrrr I LB 8 925' VLSEFT Qi V - 0 S my 1 h- CQMPO ED OF 2 I .X 1 9 nzrmso 4 'S J! 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The Tempest Act II Scene II Papa, what do you call a. man who runs an auto? It depends upon how near he comes to hitting me. WHEN BUYING BREAD CONSIDER THE BEST UO S., READ MADE BY U. S. BAKING COMPANY F. 5850 B 7470 137 V I 5555 il H X5 11::::1A-1-'-':'1 2 1 i '4A-- E2 1 . I E1 liziz: Cviggfzyraye Mffracfzbe Wzzsffabbns fbrfifagazzzzex 53001519152 Cccifalogfg Zfderg J?cZZ?b1zeryfV'QzUJj0q0e1JZ efc: 1,2 one or more c'0!0rJ. ff-f Cglecfrofy mg by IAQ fafeksff and beff 14624 500955 Ulm Mcieijoes Tay and lzzgfzfkferuzcefzff 9-QIQJIY Z31'a1za'e1z6z1gQ cflzgraders cf?!e0z'z'ofyperJ 25? 256 64 df Loywzgeley inf X JJO65 1, I Ji 54544 -W-LH-LLM.. gm , -6 .ID , f . l ' fs -- K --., ,. C 6- . ' 1-5 3- K' '- liz X ' Qllgilify liliiili Z1 ' ' A qv: ,Vg El 2 12 '- 'ff.,.'i::.- .. ..f-::1:'::'1f:..'..'.. 138 Concerning Bullock's Bureau of Personal Service rf X -the purpose of which is Personal Service. 3 If you have a shopping problem of any sort- during -- . the school year or vacation time -Come to Bullock's ' -and let Bullock's Bureau of Personal Service help you-with an idea. This Bureau is well acquainted with the Merchandise and Possibilities of this storey- It is here to aid you-It is eager to aid you-and its service is complimentary- Las Aazzgelaa Mr. Humphries: Miss Becker, give me an example of a natural right of ownership. Marie Becker: Well, wouldn't one's hair be a natural right? Mr. Humphries: That all depends. Teacher in Chemistry: Ulf anything should go Wrong in this experiment, we and the laboratory with us might be blown sky high. Come closer, fellows, so that you may be better able to follow me. zg 5,wi2,,?a,i12U STUDIOS: 336 Blanchard Hall imma! N gimmtmg 3448 Slephenson A ve. Cerlfcale lo leach in L. A. High Schools. Former assistant lo W. H. Sherwood Phone 41914 Terms Reasonable. J. A. NIEYERS Sz CO. MANUFACTURING JEWELERS We Make Anything in the Jewelry Line. 907 TITLE GUARANTEE BLDG. S. E. Cor. 5th and Broadway LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 139 gplzs ff W t o 50 Q 1 v P0 Official Photographer FoR The Polytechnic Student 636 SOUTH BROADWAY ORPHEUM BUILDING ALSO SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND SACRAMENTO BAKERSFIELD SANTA CRUZ VISALIA POMONA PASADENA 140 I Y' 1 ' 'W ' Ti Glnmplimentn nf Ellarmrra sinh illlvrrhantn aiinnal Eank with anh main Sirens, Zinn Pmgrlen, Glalif. Visitor: HI should like to see the head of this school. Hopperstead: HI am busy just now. Miss Philips: What great thing did Alexander do? Hugh Lockhart: Spread Greece all over the world. -Ex. + C -q IlwffwflxylfwfxizfixvN!-lkylxwxgmhg mmmxulgylwfwzlwwlwlxumfw.rw-fMMxw1Aax!4mAMA! .. . fs was S 'vga . 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