Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 300 of the 1929 volume:

■j .- . mw ' ' ■ --• c - j ■■ a i r u a • a i •- .- . -J . ' ■■■ a .-. .■; ;t jw. j, •:- ■ i •• s ;: . 1 1  . ' : ! -v, ' ; UiUtW ,; ' ? IT SnOHBHiHmHnnHHHBBBBHBHMBBBBHHmH ' I •1 MMMMB reME MWE I s COPYRIGHTED by RELMAN MORIN and WILLIAM DAWSON 1929 j ME TATE 10-20 V V G jo oreword A BOOK IN WHICH WE HOPE TO GAIN THREE GOALS. TO PRESENT, IN PICTURE AND WORD, THE PANORAMA OF A YEAR AT POMONA COLLEGE, TO CAPTURE SOMETHING OF THE SPIRIT, THE IDEALS AND THE PERSONALITY OF LIFE ON THIS CAMPUS. AND TO RECOGNIZE ACHIEVEMENT, GIVING SIGNAL HONOR TO STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WHO ACHIEVED. i edication TO THE ADMIRABLE WORKS OF ADMIRABLE MEN AND WOMEN WHOM THIS COLLEGE CLAIMS AS ITS OWN. [gEljgQmgiyfiHHiHil K ' This one was white, with golden stars; this blue, As Capri ' s cave; that purple and shot through With midnight gold, Where the Duomo towers in diamond air. The increasing moonlight drifts across my bed, And on the innyard by the road, I now It falls as white and noiselessly as snow, The stars, as now, are waning overhead. , .- ' • h ' Fantastic sleep is busy with my eyes! I seem in some dar solitude to stand Once ruled of Cheops; upon either hand, A dim, illimitable mystery stands. Har , what a burst of music from yon bower! The Southern nightingale that hour by hour In its melodious midnight madness raves. Such nowledge have we of it, vaguely caught, Through whispers fallen from tradition s lip. This shattered tower, with crenellated top And misty nights, alone marks the spot. ' Hot Venus on a cloudless night, Enslaving science with her light, Ev er reveals so much as when, She fades into a cloud again. Those forms we fancy shadows, those strange lights, That flash in lonely places, the quic wind That smites us by the roadside are the Right ' s Innumerable children. m Judge Edward F. Hahn, ' 98 N outstanding student executive, an athlete, member of the glee club and debator at Pomona. After twenty years of successful practice at law, Mr. Hahn was appointed fudge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, and later Jus- tice Pro Temp of the Court of Appeals. He is a trustee of Pomona College and one of the West ' s most prominent clubmen. cAdministration f: it :-. F.-. non,  KE; Boird mil tied spel i 0 2 1929 METATE President Edmunds Filled with the spirit of high purpose to go forward to accomplish magnificent tasks, even while reviewing the splendid achievements of the past, the ceremonies of the induction of a new president for Pomona College, and of the Forty-first Annual Founders 1 Day inspired the large audiences of students and friends who attended the two-day exercises. Pomona College was the host at Claremont on October 13 and 14 when that College inaugurated as its fifth president, Dr. Charles Keyser Edmunds, with colorful academic and religious ceremonies. A brilliant assembly of noted alumni and interested scholars gathered in Clare- mont adding greater variety to the elaborately planned program. The most important single assembly took place Saturday morning in the Open Air Theatre. Dr. Charles K. Edmunds was then formally inducted by George White Marston, President of the Board of Trustees, into the high office of President of P omona College. Major Gen- eral David Prescott Barrows, ' 94, delivered the principal address of the morning on the objectives of government. Following Marston, President Edmunds gave his formal speech of acceptance. As his first official public art, President Edmunds conferred upon Max Farrand, head of the Huntington Library and Foundation, the honorary LL.D. degree. [15] ■■ ■■■■■■HaBHHHHHHHHIj H HHHHfH Ofog 1 9 29 METATE To an undergraduate, these services were a revelation of the significance to the alumni of their college. One felt in all these speeches, the thrilling, pulsing current of their deep love and devotion to their Alma Mater. Pomona College had earlier pre- pared them, now it shone softly in reflected glory from them and eternally held their hearts. In the address by President Edmunds on accepting his appointment, he spoke of the great power of education and the value of a cultural college like Pomona. Society, he remarked, is not advanced by the average man but by the exceptional individual, and public opinion should be made by educated people who are hot to be molded by it . . . Pomona has its own peculiar place and its distinctive contributions to make; selecting its students with care, seeking to serve well those who truly desire advanced liberal education; and above all, free to experiment and to adventure in new methods without, at the same time, departing from its major tasks of preserving the finer traditions of cultural learning greatly needed in our time . . . Pomona must be made perfect as well as ' justified by its children ' . The importance of these events can hardly be over-estimated, marking as they do, many changes, both obvious and subtle in the development of the entire educational plan in our college. These ceremonies marked a mile-stone of paramount importance in the evolution of Pomona College and Claremont Colleges. To the hundreds of alumni, as well as students, who attended, they were fraught with the deepest signifi- The Inauguration Ceremonies i ii ■ nt Willi NHifflon tM ntr.i3ft YM .t a i  HHHHHBHHH iHBBI Hi HBiBli HBnHM iHH Hhe 19 2 9 METATE Walter Alfred Allen — Associate Professor of Musical Theory and Appreciation, and Instructor in Organ, 1912. B. A. Beloit College, B. M. Yale University, Associate American Guild of Organists. Arthur Babcock — Assistant Professor of Singing, 1921. Graduate of New England Conservatory of Music. Member of Faculty of New England Conservatory of Music. Pupil of Sbriglia, Paris. Reginald R. Bacon — Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics:, 1927. B. S. Agricultural College. Captain, United States Army. Grace Ella Berry — Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1909. Dean of Women, 1909-27. B. S. Mount Holyoke College. M. A. Mount Holyoke College. Thomas Montague Beggs — Instructor in Art, 1926. B. F. A. Yale University. Graduate Pratt Institute. Robert Tresilian Belcher — Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Engineering, Emeritus 1907. B. A. Queen ' s University. Graduate Student Queen ' s College and Uni- versity of California. Mary D. Bigelow — Instructor in Physical Education for Women, 1925. Graduate, Department of Hygiene, Wellesley College. Rosa Frieda Bissiri — Instructor in French, 1920. B. A. Kreuzlingen College, Switzerland. Frank Parkhurst Brackett — Professor of Astronomy on the Fran Par hurst Erac - ett Foundation and Director of the Observatory, Chairman of the Faculty, 1888. B. A. Dartmouth College. M. A. Dartmouth College, Honorary Fellow, Clark University. Raymond Cummings Brooks — Professor of Religion on the T ancy M. Lyon Foun- dation, 1921. B. A. Tabor College; B. D. Yale Divinity School; D. D. Tabor College and Whitman College; Graduate Student Oberlin College. George Samuel Burgess — Professor of Law, Secretary of the Faculty and Director of the Summer Session, 1918. B. A. University of Michigan; J. D. University of Michigan. Milton Erastus Churchill — Editor of College Publications, 1902. B. A. Knox College; M. A. Knox College; Litt. D. Knox College; B. D. Yale University; Graduate Student, University of Leipzig. Hope Ford Clokey — Instructor in Voice, 1926. B. A. Oberlin College. Joseph Waddell Clokey — Associate Professor of Organ, 1926. B. A. Miami University; Graduate Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. [18] HHHi (7k £ 19 2 9 METATE William Henry Cooke — Assistant Professor 0} History, 1927. B. A. Pomona College: M. A. University of Oregon; Ph. D. University of Washington. Jesse Joseph Coleman — Instructor in Public School Music, 1927. B. Mus. Chicago University. Pupil of Percy Rector Stevens and DeWitt Durgin Lash. Harold Davis — Instructor in English, 1927. B. A. Stanford University; B. A. and B. L. Litt. Oxford University. Robert Charles Denison — Professor of Philosophy, 1920. B. A. Amherst College; B. D. Andover Theological Seminary; D. D. Amherst College. Aubrey Augustus Douglass — Professor of Education, 1926. B. A. Kansas State Teachers ' College; M. A. Clark University; Ph. D. Clark University. Kenneth Duncan — Professor of Economics on the Stedman- Sumner Foundation, 1926. B. A. Wabash College; M. A. University of Wisconsin; Ph. D. University of Michigan. Thomas D. Eliot — Acting Professor of Sociology, 1928. B. A. Washington University; M. A. University of Pennsylvania; Ph. D. University of Michigan. Bernard Capen Ewer — Professor of Psychology, 1916. B. A. Brown University; M. A. Brown University; Ph. D. Harvard Uni- versity. Marion Jeannette Ewing — Assistant Librarian, 1912. B. A. Olivet College; B. S. Simmons College; M. A. Boston University. Mary Brooks Eyre — Assistant Professor of Psychology, 1924. B. A. Stanford University; M. A. Stanford University. Charles Tabor Fitts — Registrar and Assistant Professor of English, 1919. B. A. Amherst College; M. A. University of California. Dorothy A. Van Fleet Fowler — Head of the Circulation Department, 1926. B. A. Pomona College. Mendall Garbutt Frampton — Professor of the English Language, 1904. B. A. Illinois College; M. A. Illinois College; M. A. Harvard University; Graduate Student, Harvard and Chicago Universities. Jessie Edith Gibson — Dean of Women on the Martha H. Hathaway Foundation, 1927. M. A. University of Idaho; M. A University of Washington; Graduate Student, Columbia and California Universities. [19] iiH HnBlHB- ' c 7he I9 29METATE Francis Garritt Gilchrist — Assistant Professor of Zoology, 1924. B. A. University of California; Ph. D. University of California. Paul Luther Karl Gross — Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1926. B. S. University of Chicago; M. S. University of Chicago; Ph. D. University of Chicago. Clifford Nott Hand — Director of Religious Interests, 1929. M. L. Pomona College; B. D. Pacific School of Religion; M. A. University of Southern California; Graduate Student University of California. Ramsay Lord Harriss — Instructor in English, 1927. B. A. Colgate University; Graduate Student Rochester Theological Sem- inary, Universities of Rochester, Redlands and Southern California Colvin Heath — Assistant Professor of Physical Education, 1922. B. A. Pomona College. Loren M. Hendrickson — Instructor in Romanic Language, 1928. B. A. Pomona College. William Atwood Hilton — Professor of Zoology on the Willard George Halstead Foundation, 1905. B. S. Cornell University; Ph. D. Cornell University. George Gale Hitchcock — Professor of Physics, 1892. B. A. University of Nebraska; Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins and Cornell Universities. Henry Alfred Holmes — Professor of Romanic Language and Literature, 1926. B. A. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; M. A. Wesleyan Uni- versity; Ph. D. Columbia University; Graduate Student, Universities of Buenos Aires and Mexico. George William Hunter — Adjunct Professor of Biological Science, 1926. B. A. Williams College; M. A. Williams College; Ph. D. New York University. Margaret Husson — Instructor in Spanish, 1925. B. A. Kansas University; M. A. Columbia University. Morrill L. Illsley — College Physician, 1928. B. A. Colby College; M. D. Johns Hopkins University; D. P. H. Johns Hopkins University. Francis Raymond Iredell — Instructor in Philosophy, 1925. B. A. Pomona College; M. A. Harvard University. Maro Beath Jones — Professor of Romanic Language, 1911. B. A. Boston University; M. A. Boston University; Graduate Student Uni- versities of Chicago, Geneva, Barcelona; Student Estudis Universitarias Gata- lans, Barcelona. [20] c 7he I 9 2 9 M E T A T E Howard Bennett Raster- -Instructor in Astronomy, 1928. B. A. University of California Graduate Student, University of California. Elizabeth Kelley — Associate Professor of Physical Education for Women, 1928. B. A. University of Wisconsin. Willis Holmes Kerr- -Librarian, 1925. B. A. Bellevue College; M. A. Columbia University; Graduate Student of Edinburgh University. William Kirk — Professor of Social Economics on the Henry Snyder Foundation, 1922. B. A. Johns Hopkins University; Ph. D. Johns Hopkins University. Elliott Curtis Lincoln — Associate Professor of English Literature, 1924. B. A. Colby College; M. A. State College of Washington and Harvard University. Earl Jay Merritt — Instructor in Physical Education and Freshman Advisor, 1925. B. A. Pomona College. Ralph Haine Lyman— Professor of Applied Music and Singing, Head of the Department of Music, 1917. B. A. Grinnell College; Student in Voice with Karleton Hackett, William B. Olds, Grant Hadley, Arthur Middleton, Courtland Cooper, Holmes Cowper and with Vittorino Moratti in Berlin. Bruce McCully — Professor of English Literature, 1921. B. A. Hiram College; M. A. University of Chicago; Ph. D. Harvard University. Hattie C. McConnauchey- Cataloguer, 1924. B. A. Hillsdale College; B. Pd. Hillsdale College; Graduate Student, Uni- versity of Michigan and Pomona College. Charles Gracchus Neely — Professor of Constitutional History and Law on the Daniel Herbert Colcord Foundation, Emeritus, 1911. B. L. University of Illinois. Dietrich Neufeld — Associate Professor German, 1928. Ph. D. University of Jena. William Evan Nicholl — Dean of the College and Assistant Professor of Education 1919. B. A. Bellevue College; M. A. Columbia University; Graduate Student Edinburgh University. [21] HHHBHUBHaBBHHHBH HHnHBHNHHnBMHHHUI il2 9 METATE Eugene White Nixon — Professor of Physical Education for Men, 1916. B. A. Monmouth College; Graduate Student, Illinois, California and Columbia Universities. Everett Samuel Olive — Associate Professor of Piano, 1923. B. Mus., Simpson College; Graduate Student, Simpson College. Pupil of Moritz-Mayer-Mahr and Mme. Teresa Cerrena in Berlin. Joseph Pijoan — Adjunct Professor of Hispanic Civilization and Lecturer on the. History of Art, 1924. Lie. Architecture and Letters, University of Barcelona; Student, University of Rome. Jay Plowe — Instructor in Flute, 1925. Frank Wesley Pitman — Professor of History, 1924. Ph. B. Yale University; M. A. Yale University; Ph. D. Yale University. Homer Elmer Robbins — Professor of Classical History and Language, 1915. B. A. University of Michigan; M. A. University of Michigan; Ph. D. University of Michigan; Graduate Student and Holder of University and Buhl Classical Fellowships, University of Michigan. Charles Jordan Robinson — Professor of Chemistry, 1927. B. S. Illinois Wesleyan University; Ph. D. Johns Hopkins University. William Bolk Russell — Professor of Mathematics on the Joseph W. Fis e Founda- tion, 1904. B. A. Cumberland University; M. A. Cumberland University; Graduate Student, Columbia, Harvard and Yale Universities. Edward McChesney Sait — Adjunct Professor of Political Science, 1928. B. A. Toronto University; M. A. Toronto University; Ph. D Columbia University. George A. Sanford — Professor of Military Science, 1926. B. A. Kenyon College; Major, Infantry, United States Army. Russell McCulloch Story — Professor of Political Science, 1925. B. A. Monmouth College; M. A. Harvard University; Ph. D. Harvard University. [22] M 19 2 9 ME TA T E Benjamin David Scott — Associate Professor of Public Address, 1923. B. A. University of Southern California; S. T. B. Boston University; Ph. D. Boston University; Graduate Work, Boston, Brown and Harvard Uni- versities. Robert Lobingier Strehle— Assistant Professor of Physical Education for Men, 1923. B. A. Pomona College. Robert John Taylor — Director of Extension Wor in Religious Education and Acting Professor of Comparative Religion, 1923. B. A. Hamline University; M. A. University of Southern California; D. D. Hamline University. Edward Taylor — Associate Professor of Engineering, 1920. C. E. University of Minnesota; M. A. University of Southern California; Graduate Student, University of Oregon. Roger Williams Truesdale — Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1927. B. A. University of Redlands; M. S. University of Chicago; Ph. D. Uni- versity of Chicago. Ralph Raymond Uniacke — Assistant Professor of Violin, 1923. Pupil of Franz Milcke. Robert Day Williams — Professor of Experimental Psychology, 1909. B. S. Pomona College; M. A. Yale University; Ph. D. Yale University; Graduate Student, University of California. Alfred Oswald Woodford — Professor of Geology, 1915. B. A. Pomona College; Ph. D. University of California. Emilie Elizabeth Wagner — Instructor in German, 1928. B. A. Smith College; M. A. Pennsylvania State French School. Mabel Claire West — Instructor in Piano, 1905. B. S. Pomona College; Graduate Student, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore; Pupil of Ernest Hutcheson. Milo Livingston Wood — Instructor in English, 1927. Ph. B. University of Chicago; M. A. Harvard University; Graduate Stu- dent, Harvard University. [23] ■gBBHHHBBHHUH HHHBHHHHHHHHHnHHHi „ c 7he 9 29METATE Edward Hansen The inadequacy of words is very often apparent in the face of the intricate problems of expression. it is a well ' nigh hopeless task to capture, with clumsy symbols, the emotions and delicate shades of sentiment that exist for and between human beings. hence the work of setting down on paper any appreciative memorial to margaret bloodgood and Edward Hansen is, at best, a difficult problem, the solution for which is to state, in brief and simple form, that which it is within our power to say. It is possible to achieve no higher honor than the respect, admiration and love of one ' s companions. A man may go on through life and do more, but he can do nothing greater. Edward Hansen was respected, admired and loved by all who knew him. He was a loyal, sincere friend, a strong man and — by all the connotations of the term, - — a fine person. Pomona lost one of the most noble characters in its history when Edward Hansen was taken. As an athlete, student and friend, he made his mark in the hearts of all. Need it be said that that mark will continue to exist long after this printed page, and the very institution which it represents, has passed? Passed away January 13, 1929. [26] na (Mi. nflU i ft iiinnn ' BniMMiriiTWWTiiTBiiinriifiirM —————— - -™-«-™- — ---■ John Aw Edith- ' Ran VSBI 7 HHEnHH H DlH DHHui BHHHUHHHHHHH H HHI HMiHlHHflHiiiiliiBiiiBH ' HSBHHHHHaH B HE ■ ■ ■ ■ IMMMMKiBBaHBMBmBMilBMBffl«HfflBI«3M Ifl BHHB flHHHNBHBHBHBBGHflHSBHBHHHIUSniUHBi Rtuusl Wuw lam) Kami Hannm . . ■ t J. i«taE ■ FUWNt Joe. St Gon • Cram k= m mma A Gkm ' AUBT lsmss s ml £e UB K m i , ' . m J ' v ft . 3 f . • ■ -; J i ir (The 19 2 9 METATE THE FRESHMAH CLASS From the first infusion of the spirit of Pomona College, during Freshman Week, to the close of the year in June, the Freshman Class has been continu- ally active. The Senior-Freshman formal made the social debut of the first-year class and other social functions at the Woman ' s Clubhouse, Urbita Springs and San Bernardino made the year a busy one. Needless to say, the traditional banner-spring was highly successful. From this, the class emerged with the appellation, Aztlan. In another direction, the men and women of the class independently discharged their respective duties in a commendable manner. The annual Occi- dental bonfire was one of the most successful in years and the program that went with it was well done by Freshmen. The men ' s organization cleaned the letter on the mountain during an excursion between semes- ters. The women, for their part, gave a tea to the Freshmen of Scripps College, and co-operated with the men ' s organization in its activities. Following matriculation early in the second semester, the Tribe of Aztlan cli- maxed a happy year with a wonderful frosh cotillion. The unique motif of railroad travel was cleverly carried out. Hyrum Strong President The Freshman Officers [62] iit u Ha lb, n Hi ■Bi y L3- N  Bob Maxwell, ' 25 HE greatest athlete Pomona has ever nown. As a hur- dler, quarter -miler and sprinter in college, Maxwell won national fame. He was a member of the American Olym- pic team of 1928 and gained the semi-final round of the high hurdles. He still holds the Southern California Con- ference record for the low hurdles and is the joint holder of several Coast and Hjxtional records in the low and high hurdles and 440-hurdles. cAthletics MmaMM c 7Pie 9 2 9 METATE k Mi Lee Williams (right) passes on the captaincy to Poke Hartman with Coach Nixon as Witness Coach Eugene Sjbcon Every man an athlete and a lover of sports . . . Athletics purely amateur, for the love of the game . . . Victorious teams when victory is possible, but always well- coached teams, fighting honorably until the end, winning without boasting and losing without whimpering. That ' s the Pomona College creed of athletics. Eugene Nixon formulated it, lives it, and teaches it. Captain Lee ' Williams Fortune robbed Williams of the glory of leading a championship team in 1928. For the first time in his varsity career he played on a machine that finished second. But he played hard and cleanly and leaves behind a brilliant, untarnished record of sportsmanship and sterling ability. It is enough. Captain-Elect Paul Hartman Whatever else may appear on the gridiron for Pomona next year, one thing is certain, there will be a smart, inspired, fighting man, a brilliant half-back and a fine athlete, leading the squad. If it ' s possible to do, Hartman will do it. [66] ■ FOREWORD In direct contrast to the preceding season, the year 1928 seemed to hold out a golden promise for a Pomona football championship. A wealth of material gave promise at the start of the season to be the best — certainly the most powerful team Eugene Nixon had ever coached. The season opened with a hard-fought defeat at Arizona, and the following week, the disastrous game with the Bruins. It seemed that the famous Pomona fighting spirit was lacking in this physically strong team A week of tremendous effort changed the entire complexion of affairs, and re- sulted in the winning of the first conference game. Gradually improving, the squad won every following contest until it met the Occidental Tigers in the Rose Bowl. They lost that game but put up a battle that warmed the heart of every loyal Pomona fan. Behind the scenes of the weekly games played by the team is a story of unpar- alleled faith in their coach. After the first two games, Nixon quietly set to work to instill new courage and energy into a beaten and bewildered team. By daily talks and with his own cheerful but determined demeanor as the example, this truly great coach put his men into the confident fighting attitude indispensable to a football team. Nixon ' s work and the Pomona brand of fighting brought the squad out of the depths of defeat and back to a season which was entirely successful. The end of some touchdown hopes POMONA 6— ARIZONA 13 After a difficult train journey that was not exactly all that could be desired, what with considerable loss of sleep due to the derailment of the train, the Sagehens arrived in Tucson for the opening clash with the Uni ' versity of Arizona. A heavy line, with worlds of power, swept the Wildcats around the field throughout the en- tire game, giving the backs plenty of opportunities to make yardage. Plenty of ground was made, but the scoring punch was lacking and, although the Blue was in the danger zone no less than six times, only one touchdown was pushed across. It was a hard game to lose but as the first of the season, Coaches Nixon and Heath were well pleased with the squad. Poke Hartman Captain-elect Returning the opening kickoff sixty-two yards by straight football, with Capt. Lee Williams doing most of the carrying, the Sagehens were on Arizona ' s 8-yard line in the first five minutes of play. They lost the ball on downs, but marched straight back up the field and were again halted in the shadow of the goal-posts. This happened three times in the first quarter, each time coming to naught when the Wildcats held for downs. Arizona finally scored on a double pass and Pomona came back with another long drive which, unlike the others, reached its just fruition in a touchdown. The half ended with Arizona lead- ing, 7 to 6. Pomona continued to outplay its rivals, rolling up much more yardage but lacking the ac- tual scoring punch. The final score was 1 3 to 6. Lee Williams Captain - - Qhe 19 2 9 ME TA T E ,« «A £$« .« • «, r Think fast, Poke, think fast POMONA 0— U. C. L. A. 29 w I .A fcrJi Recalling the 7 to 7 game played by Pomona and the Bruins in 1927, it was no more than a logical premise to look for a like conflict in 1928. It was anything but so. With a powerful and efficient machine, the Univer- sity of California men ran rough-shod over Pomona to score a 29 to victory, the most disastrous beating received by the Blue in almost a decade. The hours during and directly following the Bruin game were the darkest of the whole season. It was after this decisive defeat that things appeared darkest for Pomona. Whether or not the hard, fast battle of the week before had softened them up, is a mystery; at any rate, the fact remains that the Pomona gridders went com- pletely to pieces in the face of their rivals. U.C.L.A. had the stronger team, but it was not twenty-nine points stronger. V ' i ' Al Putnam Halfback ;- ;rr • In the first quarter alone, Pomona played ac- cording to the hopes of its rooters. There was no scoring in the first period, but less than a minute of the second quarter had passed before a Bruin back was careening down the field on a 40-yard run to the goal-line. It was 7 to at half-time, with the tide fast ebbing against Pomona. Clarence Bishop End The second half was a nightmare. U.C.L.A. ran through, around and over the valiant little band. Four touchdowns and a safety brought the final score to 29 to 0. It was a dark afternoon, al- though in the end, it was to prove valuable. .yv ■ r Qfee 1929 METATE Virgil Russell Tackle If Tucker ' s aim is good, this will be good POMONA 7— CALTECH 6 Had he known that the turning point of the whole season was to appear on that day, it is doubtful if Coach Eugene Nixon would have gone south to San Diego to scout the Whittier- State game, on the afternoon that Pomona met California Tech. However, there was no way of knowing what a battle it would be, or what the ultimate significance of it would be, so Nixon wasn ' t on the bench to direct the course of the battle when Pomona battled the Engineers. Pomona won, 7 to 6, after a terrific struggle, and, as it later appeared, this victory in the first conference game was to mark the bend in the road for the Sage- hens. From then until the end of the season, in the game with Occidental, there was to be one unbroken string of victories. It was late in the fourth quarter before Po- mona scored. The Blue had been taking a beat- ing through the other three periods and had, for the most part been on the defensive, barely succeeding in defending its goal line. Frank Dyer, the alert end, turned the tide of battle in the closing minutes of play by intercepting a pass and dashing some fifty yards with it to the ten-yard line. Three bucks by Hartman and Williams pushed it over. Tech was right back with a long drive down the field, aided by the recovery of a Pomona fumble, to a touchdown, but the subsequently missed try for point after touchdown spelled the difference. John Judy Center Messrs. Rxssell, Dyer and Waterbury Discourage the Boy POMONA 41— REDLAHDS 19 Redlands University possessed a team of unknown quantity and when it came to Claremont for the second conference game, Pomona was ready for anything. As it turned out, however, the Bulldogs were weak and, be- fore the game was ten minutes old, Nixon began substi- tuting his reserves for the regulars, and they proceded to roll up six touchdowns for a 41 to 19 victory. The game marked the appearance of Al Putnam as a ball-carrier of note. It was the first time that Putnam ' s true abilities came to light; hitherto he had been on the squad as a reserve of supposedly more or less mediocre ability. Against Redlands, he burst forth with his true brilliance for the first time and from that game on, he Don Murdy became a regular fixture in the Blue backfield. The same Fullback is true of Eddie Hansen, the big tackle, who had been worrying along as a substitute linesman, but who, by virtue of his work in this game, earned himself a regular berth on the squad. The story of the battle with Redlands is the story of a strong, well-organized machine, just coming into the full consciousness of its power, rolling over a weaker eleven that fought not for victory but to stave off defeat. A smooth-working passing attack gave Pomona a touchdown in the first period. Straight foot- ball, mixed with an aerial thrust, brought two Ed Hansen more in the second and from then on, it was just Tackle a Pomona parade. nhe 19 2 9 ME TA T E .-SA i Bishop (Number 67) Saves Wear and Tear On the Line POMONA 14— WHITTIER T  Showing still further improvement, the Blue machine went down to Whittier on Armistice Day and crushed the strong Poet eleven, 14 to 0. It was the first of three major games, all coming on successive weeks at the close of the season and, although not a decisive victory, it demonstrated ' the success attending Nixon ' s efforts to develop the potentialities of the squad. The victory left Pomona undefeated in Southern Con- ference ranks and with only San Diego State and Occi ' dental barring the way to another conference champion- ship. Victory was won and lost in the second period of the game. Not only was all the scoring done in this quarter, but the true measure of superiority between the two teams was clearly established. Pomona had a 14 to lead at the end of the half, and in the closing periods fought entirely on the offensive, with its own goal line never seriously threatened. w _ Bob Baynham Halfback Al Putnam paved the way for the first touch- down in the second quarter when, on a series of punches at the line, which worked with vary- ing success for anywhere from five to thirty-five yards, he carried the ball seventy-five yards for the score. The second one appeared a few mom- ents later when Eddie Hansen intercepted a Whittier pass and dashed away thirty yards before he could be pulled down. At that, the Poets came back and were inside the Pomona ten-yard line when the half ended. Don Mayes Guard [« ' : ... mmmm m mmmmmmKmmam TPie 19 2 9 M E TA T E tfr WKj ■ ? r- ? ' i ■ • ' ' a TfiL 2 r . Wonder If That Big Guy Can Tackle? POMONA 27— SAN DIEGO Pomona established a clear right to battle it out with Occidental for the Southern Conference championship by handing San Diego State a 27 to defeat in the fourth game. The victory left Pomona undefeated in conference ranks, and established the Sagehens and Tigers as the two leading teams, with only their own game to be played. The size of the score, as well as the convincing man- ner in which it was rolled up was a distinct surprise to the most sanguine Pomona rooter. San Diego State was rated as second to Occidental only in the conference, had won all its games — with the exception of the one against the Tigers — and, in general, was favored to give Pomona a neat trimming. However, with each week, the Blue gridders were improving and, in this game, they were at top form. It is probable that no team in the conference could have beaten them. Myron Reed Guard Lloyd Miller Tackle San Diego State gained the upper hand in the opening moments of play, recovering a fumble in the danger zone, and carrying the ball, on an intricate series of plays to the 5 -yard line where Pomona held and kicked out of danger. Soon after, Pomona again came into posses- sion of the ball in mid-field and Hartman un- corked a forty-yard pass to Bishop for a touch- down. Just before the half ended, Don Murdy intercepted a pass on the dead run and rolled away fifty yards to another. The rout was on. The Sagehens went over the line once in each of the closing periods. [73] ' .■ ' .. ■■ ■ ioMii mUHUB. Q e 9 2 METATE , Eugene White Nixon POMONA (0) Williams (c) Mayes Miller - - Judy - - Russell - - Reed - - Dyer Hartman Murdy Baynham Putnam - COACH EUGEHE HIXOH The unique genius of Pomona ' s head football coach is to develop strong gridiron machines when the obstacles are greatest. Any fairly efficient coach can produce win- ning teams when the material is at hand and the condi- tions are favorable. But it requires the drive and fire of unusual ability to do this when things are not so auspi- cious. Nixon has a long string of conference champion- ships behind him; these are years to be proud of. But it is in those seasons when the material is poor, or the competition unusually keen that he does his best work. So it was in 1928. And the fact that Pomona lost but one game is another laurel for the grow of the genius. THE LINE-UPS Q RHL ■ LHR F REL RTT ' - RGL DeHoag C J. Schweitzer LGR W. Schweitzer LTR Rozelle LER Eberhardt OCCIDENTAL (7) - - Manuell Beebe Schurch Coultas - - Ellsworth - - - Klein THE SCORE Pomona 0—0 Occidental 7 0—7 LIHE-COACH BEEFY HEATH A football team is only as good as its line. When Pomona met Occidental in the Pasadena Rose Bowl in November, 1928, it was pre-eminently a clash of lines. There was little to choose between the rival back- fields; punters, plungers, runners and passers on both sides. So the game centered on the performance of the two forward walls. Occidental scored once. Despite a decided advantage in weight and experience, and despite the fact that Pomona was playing without two of its stars, the Tigers scored one touchdown. And that was largely because of a pass. Can we say anything more of Beefy Heath? Colvin Heath [76] L An Object Lesson in Defensive Football THE POMOTiA-OCCIDEHTAL CLASSIC The Big Game! . . . Pomona vs. Occidental . . . Colorful football crowds pac ing tight into the stands . . . Tense hum of excited voices . . . The roar of frantic applause as they come on the field . . . White-uniformed officials conferring together on the side- lines . . . Players loping around, warming up ... A long, rolling yell from the stands . . . Footballs soaring high in the air, or flashing through the sun-light . . Punts and passes. K[ixon leaving his parting instructions with his quarter-bac s . . . Another long yell, rolling into a higher note of excitement as the captains sha e hands . . . They ' re lining up . . . The ic -off . . . The crushing shoc of hurtling bodies . . . Frenzied, air-splitting, blood-speeding yells . . . He ' s tacked. ' . . . First down . . . The Big Game! This is a new section in the Metate. I sincerely hope it will be continued as a tradi- tion. Occidental is always The Big Game. External conditions are unimportant. Wheth- er we win or lose, whether the game has a championship importance, whether it is a smashing victory or a disastrous defeat, it ' s always The Big Game, and I hope it will be treated so in the Metate. Stanford has its California; Harvard its Tale, and Pomona its Occidental. After all, the rest of the season is just the prologue to this game. May it al- ways continue as the big moment of the season, may it be so considered bv stu- dents as it is by the team, and may it be so handled in the Metate of the fu- ture. Leonard Waterbury Tackle W9m. . v c 7he 19 2 9 METATE They Like Al Putnam at Occidental, Too POMONA 0— OCCIDENTAL 7 The 1928 Pomona-Occidental game was, in every way, the Big Game of the Southern conference. Tradition names it so, in any case, but this year, it was mathematically the most important as well. It was the closing contest of the season, between the two leading teams, and staged with all the verve and setting of a truly important inter-collegiate contest. Just a few days before it was played, Pomona was closed by an epidemic of in- fluenza which spread with alarming swiftness through the school. Coach Nixon fled with the squad to Camp Baldy, where the men lived in Fraternity cabins and re- turned to Claremont in the afternoons for a few hours of practice. It was a serious blow and handicapped the coaches greatly in what was the most important practice session of the year — the closing drive for Occi- dental. Two days before the game, fortune struck a terrible blow in the loss, through in- juries received in an auto accident, of Clarence V Bishop, star end, and Eddie Hansen, the big % • tackle. Inasmuch as Bishop was the key-man % 3r ■ ' E m tne Sagehen passing attack, and Hansen had MA J Jl been a consistent star on defense, this was the Wf M |M crowning misfortune. However, the coaches accepted the situation philosophically and redoubled their efforts with the team. The result was a Pomona eleven, far weaker physically than it had been at any time during the season, but with a morale higher than ever before. Pomona never had a chance with Occidental — before the game. The odds were tremendous and would have favored the Tigers, even without the other misfortunes. They had a wonder team. The fact that the score was 7 to is a tribute to sheer morale and Hartman Warms Up spirit. L Qhe 9 2 9 ME TA T E I Williams Away on His Forty-Yard Jaunt Occidental ' s kickoff was poor and Frank Dyer, Pomona end who received it, reached the forty-yard line before he was tackled. But the Tigers stopped three Pomona plays without breathing hard and Hartman had to kick. Pomona made but one first down during the first quarter and was, for the most part, fighting with its back to the wall to stave off the powerful, weighty thrusts of the Occidental machine. The one touchdown of the game came in the second quarter. Little Al Putnam, who was playing a marvelous game, despite his lack of size and weight, fumbled in midfield and Occidental recovered, early in the quarter. For the first time, scent ' ing a touchdown, the Tigers left their crushing, line-attack and threw a pass. It was unexpected and psychologically timed well. It worked, and put the ball deep within the danger zone. Nine power plays, advancing the ball a few yards at a time, and disputed at every inch of the way, put the ball over. Occidental led, 7 to 0, at half time. The game was over as far as scoring was con- cerned, but there yet remained some tense, agonized moments for both teams. The second half is the story of the gallant, maddened efforts of a weaker Pomona team to tie the score. Twice, the Sagehens were inside the Oxy ten- yard line, only to be turned back by the well- knit, heavy Tiger line. Once, a sixty-yard march down the field, with Putnam, Hartman and Williams carrying the ball seemed certain to end with the ball over the line. A series of passes, however, after the line plays again began to fail, were grounded and the rush was over. Pomona lost, but defeats of the nature of this one are to be worn with the same pride as a glorious victory. ■ The Most Valuable Man ■H HHIHHHranHranaaHHHHHnHHBi Qhe 19 2 9 ME TA T E FRESHMAN FOOTBALL Pomona ' s freshman football eleven, a well-oiled machine functioning easily throughout its schedule, won the South- ern California frosh championship in 1928. The Sagechicks were victorious in two of the three conference games by impressive scores, while the title battle with Occidental ' s pea-greeners was a tightly-matched 6-6 tie. At the beginning of the season, Coach Earl Merritt had a large turnout with indications of an excellent season. Competition was strong for positions on the team. A num- ber of linemen, including Berry, Sorenson, McBride and others displayed considerable ability in pre-season practice games. In the backfield, Bob Tscharner, Bob Shelton, Walt Zabriskie and others played a good brand of early-season football. Opening their grid campaign with a good start, Coach Merritt ' s proteges smashed through to a 12 to victory over Fillmore high school. It was primarily a case of the survival of the heaviest. The high school boys were too light for the strong Pomona machine which plunged through to an easy victory. A tougher type of opposition was uncovered in the next two practice tilts, with Earl Merritt Frosh Coach ' Merritt ' s Second Consecutive Championship Team [82] lU ltd tun ink TA T the result that the Sagechicks dropped two games, to River- side Junior College and to Pomona High School. About this time in the season, the strength and weak- nesses of his player becoming apparent, Coach Merritt moulded his men into a powerful team. Walt Zabriskie, 150-odd pounds of beef, was the plunging fullback. Herb Langdon called signals, with Blair Nixon, Johnny Christy, Frank Clements and Bob Shelton the other backfield aces. The frosh line, averaging 155 pounds, showed considerable strength. Capt. Jerry Chain, Brogdon, Sorenson, Thomson, Hickox and Witherspoon were the mainstays. Jerry Chain Frosh Captain Irked at the loss of the two practice games, the Frosh went against Caltech and turned in a conference victory by the impressive score of 25 to 2. The line-plunging of Zabriskie, and Brown and Tscharner ' s brilliant open-field running, account for four touchdowns. An important Armistice Day game with Citrus high school was played at Azusa. The frosh upset Citrus by a 14 to 3 total before a large crowd. Three ex-Citrus boys, Tscharner, Shelton and Thomson, gave the home towners cause to lament their graduation. 1 Shelton Made Thirty Yards On This One IBBHHHBimBn H ' ■ ' . :• ' :■ :.V . ' Previous to the opening of the season, the outlook for a winning Pomona basket- ball team appeared better than ever in the history of the college. Which was not, of itself, so wonderful, inasmuch as a Pomona quintet had never won a conference cham- pionship. However, an unusually efficient group of players were coming up for posi- tions and, in general, the long era of defeat and darkness which had characterized Pomona basketball, seemed in a fair way to pass. The chief reason for this optimism was the appearance of a group of Sophomores, who, as Freshmen, had had one of the classiest quintets in the Southern Conference, and certainly the best Frosh team Pomona ever had. Five or six of these men were now eligible for the varsity and it was thought that the fresh power would be exactly the saving grace for Coach Colvin Heath ' s quintet. Hal Hadfield, Stan Hahn, Al Put- nam, Owen Kelson, Steve Stroud and Chuck Williams composed this group. Com- bined to the body of lettermen who had already seen service — Bishop, Dyer, — and the reserves, Morin and Shannon, they formed the strongest body of basketball players Pomona ever had. As a matter of fact, the squad won but two games out of seven and was, in most ways, a distinct failure. Despite their tremendous intrinsic power, the men couldn ' t weld themselves together into a smooth-working whole. They defeated Whittier and Caltech — the weakest teams — and lost every other of their seven games. BWBllWllllBllBlillBllinilliniMl M ' MMM M c The 19 2 9 ME TA T E POMONA 18, SAN DIEGO STATE 32 Pomona basketball hopes received a sickening jolt in the opening game of the season when the mediocre San Diego State College team defeated the Sagehens, 32 to 18, in the opening game. The Blue team was partially handicapped by the small-size court and were badly at a disadvantage as a result of being considerably smaller then the tall San Diegans, the combined outcome of which was a stinging defeat. Hadficld, Dyer, Putnam, Bishop and Shannon started the game and were trailing badly at half- time, having scored but nine points. After the sec- ond half opened, Heath inserted Stan Hahn and Steve Stroud into the fray and the former justified the move by scoring five points to take high-point honors for Pomona. Walt Shannon, at guard, and Hal Hadfield at forward, were the individual stars of the game. Heath changed his lineup as the result of the game, relegating Dyer to the bench and replacing him with Owen Kelson, playing guard and moving Bishop to his old position at center. Captain Clarence Bishop Center f Harold Hadfield Forward POMONA 45, CALIFORNIA TECH 25 Showing considerable improvement — albeit against the weakest team in the conference, Pomona humbled California Tech, 45 to 25, on the local court in its second game. The Sagehens were more steady on their home floor and showed some sem- blance of team play, although Tech had little to offer either on offense or defense. A flurry of baskets early in the game put the Sagehens off to a long lead which Caltech never succeeded in cutting. At half-time, Pomona was holding a 15 -point lead. The Engineers showed a flash of power in the first few minutes of the second period and came within five points of a tie, but succumbed to the steady floor-work and deadly shooting of the Sagehens as the game advanced. Al Putnam and Hal Hadfield, the diminutive Sophomore forwards, turned into a deadly scoring pair. Putnam rolled 13 points while Hadfield was one in back with 12. They also starred on defen- sive. [88] L . Q e 19 2 ME TA T E l 14 « Al Putnam Forward POMONA 40, LA VERNE 48 The most exciting game of the whole season was the one in which a clever quintet of LaVerne cagers staged a thrilling last-minute rally to defeat Pomona 48 to 40. It was the fast, hard-fought clash of two teams pre-eminently evenly matched and, except for the Leopards ' closing rush, the margin of points separating them was never more than three or four. LaVerne started off with a slight lead and seemed to have things well in hand up to within five minutes of the close of the first half. Then Hadfield had a wild streak and sank three long shots for six points, Putnam added two and Bishop twisted free to roll a set-up under the basket. The result was 20 to 17, Pomona leading, at the close of the half. The Sagehens increased their lead to five with another basket when the second half opened. From then until the end it was nip-and-tuck, with the lead switching back and forth and both teams fight- ing hard, with every ounce of speed and energy. LaVerne ' s closing rally netted ten points and the game. POMONA 48, WH1TTIER 24 Whittier College, the home of a succession of unusually good basketball teams in previous years, produced a weak quintet in 1929 and Pomona had little difficulty in rolling up a 48 to 24 victory. The Poets simply didn ' t have anything on the ball and were behind from the first moment of the game until the last. Walt Shannon and Owen Kelson, guards, had a good night and were rarely, if ever, caught off guard for points. Shannon, in particular, was a tower of defense, covering the whole back section allowing his running-mate to go forward in the scoring line. Al Putnam was again high-scorer for the game, amassing a total of 12 points. Kelson and Jertberg, the Whittier forward, each had eleven while Hal Hadfield scored ten. Steve Stroud Forward [89] IHHHH HHman BUHHflHra Hi Hi Qhe 19 2 9 METATE Walt Shannon Guard THE OCCIDENTAL SERIES The focal point of the 1929 basketball season was the two-game series with the Occidental Tigers. Long before any basketball men were going through the first practice work ' outs — indeed, before the opening of the college year in Sep- tember, the pointing was toward Occidental. Just as it was clearly recognized that the Tigers were the team to beat for the football championship, so the Sagehen basketball tos- sers understood that their big test would come when they faced Pomona ' s oldest rival. Occidental won both games of the series. That was the expected result and is no discredit to Pomona, inasmuch as not a single quintet in the Southern Conference was able to defeat the Tigers. The evident disparity in ability between the two teams — Occidental going through a long schedule without a single loss and Pomona winning but two games — and yet, the closeness of the scores and the bitter contests that developed in both games is the important thing. Judg- ing by externals, Occidental should have won both games without a struggle and by lop-sided scores. Rather, the Tigers were hard pressed, in both contests, to nose out their desperate, fierce-charging rivals. This series, even though it closed with defeat, is the bright spot of the entire season. POMONA 32, OCCIDENTAL 43 Outplayed completely in the first half, the Sagehens staged a thrilling second-period rally that swept Occidental off its feet in the opening game of the series. Pomona out- scored the Bengals in the second period but the margin piled up in the first half was too great to be overcome and the final score saw the Tigers victorious by eleven points. At half-time, Occidental was leading by a 2 5 -to- 13 score. During the second half, the Sagehens tightened their defense which had hitherto been weak and ineffective and started finding the basket regularly. At one time, they were within three points of a tie score and the whole half showed a bitter uphill fight against long odds. It was a great night for little Al Putman, star forward. Putnam scored twenty points and was all over the floor, on offense and defense. He was easily high-point man for the game. Captain Clarence Bishop at center, and Walt Shan- non, playing guard, also showed to good advantage. Shannon had a hard job inasmuch as the Occidental offense brought all five men down the floor sometimes finding him practically alone under his own basket. [90] Stan Hahn Forward U- Qhe 19 2 9 M E TA T E •Ik it My A tfy at lb In ¥  fc din in POMONA 38, OCCIDEHTAL 45 The scene of battle in the second Oxy-Pomona game was transferred to the local court and, during practically the entire first period, the Sagehen rooters were in a constant frenzy of delight at what appeared to be a Blue victory developing before their eyes. It was almost as thrilling a game as the La Verne contest and, in many ways resembled it. Pomona was off to an early lead that, at one time assumed the proportions of a ten-point margin. The Sagehens led throughout the entire first period, an Occidental flurry just before the gun sounded tying the score at 20 to 20. Reversing the conditions of the week before, when it was Pomona who outplayed and outscored its rivals in the second half, the Tigers ran through and over the opposition for twenty-five points and victory in the closing chukker. Although they fought harder than before and employed every iota of basketball craft and skill, the Sagehens were unable to keep up with the speed of a truly great team and went down. It was Al Putnam who again scored highest for Pomona and who bore the burden of the Sagehen offense. The whole squad played wonderfully. George Stancer Guard POMONA 13, REDLAHDS 29 Having passed the peak of the season, in point of in- terest, the Sagehens let down badly against the University of Redlands and the result was a thorough beating — the worst of the season. The Occidental series was the whole season for Pomona, inasmuch as early defeats precluded the possibility of a conference championship. When that series ha d been played, another game was of no interest to the men and the score shows it. Owen Kelson Guard Some kind of a world ' s record was undoubtedly set by Pomona in the second half when not a single field-goal was rolled. Pomona made ten of its points in the first period, and, except for three scored foul-shots would have gone through the second without the addition of another point. Walt Shannon, whose home is in Redlands, and upon whom it devolved to play a good game under the eyes of his friends and relatives, starred at guard. Otherwise, there are few bright spots to point out. Putnam, the leading scor- er, was held to six points and Hadfield, who was close be- hind, contented himself with five. [91] Merritt ' s 1929 Model Frosh Team Frank Clements Captain FRESHMAH BASKETBALL The narrow margin of one point separated the Po- m ona frosh basketball team from winning the Southern Conference title. When the Sagechicks dropped a 24-23 game to La Verne, the chance for the championship dis- appeared as the frosh only played a three-game conference season. After a disastrous practice season, in which the Chicks dropped four games, the team came from behind to win two of its three conference tilts. Each of the lat- ter trio was a hard-fought tussle from beginning to end. Pomona was within two points of her rivals in each of these battles. The Sagechicks ' scoring in conference games was 72 scores against 70 against them. La Verne, which later proved to be the Sagechicks ' Nemesis, defeated the frosh, 24 to 23 in the initial con- ference game of the season. In a surprising upset, the frosh nosed out the league- leading Occidental babes, 24 to 22 in the next game. It was the only defeat sustained by Occidental. The frosh wound up their season with a 25-to-24 victory over the Redlands University babes. L — HHUHHII HHHiraHHHHH TA T E ■ r The 1929 Varsity — Runners-up to the Conference Champions FOREWORD Pomona didn ' t win the conference track championship in 1929, but in many ways, it was one of the most successful seasons that ever passed. The Sagehens didn ' t have a winning team — the material simply was not present. But, through a season of carefully executed coaching, and through the sterling qualities of cour- age on the part of the men, the Blue placed second — and a very close second at that. Pomona lost but one dual meet, to the winning Oxy Tigers, and it finished a close runner-up to the Bengals again in the All-Conference meet. Considering that Coach Bob Strchle was able to do that with a team largely composed of Sophomores and Juniors is a tribute to him and to those men who have, thus early, learned the traditions of the Pomona fighting spirit. It is idle to make a prediction regarding the success or failure of 1930. In view of the fact that the largest portion of this hard-fighting, hard-bitten 1929 team will be returning it is not in the slightest improbable to assume another team and season of which we may be proud. It took a great deal to beat this year ' s squad; it will take even more to beat 1930. ■TwemwimKmr ™ c 7he 19 2 9 ME TA T E c Horace Kennedy Ernie Stromsen Stromsen Wins the Mile L. A. A. C. For the first dual meet of the year, Strehle arranged an impromptu affair with the strong Los Angeles Athletic Club team. Composed of for- mer intercollegiate champions, the club team showed overwhelming superiority over Pomona. A number of unattached men, who accompanied the club, also scored numerous points. Harvey Bear ' s sprinting, Shorty Ingram ' s work in the pole vault and Duncan McDougall ' s victory in the half-mile were the outstanding events of the meet. Bear found himself in a col- lection of experienced sprinters who had starred on a dozen tracks throughout the country. He took a second place in both the century and the furlong, forcing Murray Schultz to break even time to win. In his first competitive test of the year, In- gram topped the bar at 12 feet 6 inches in the pole vault for an easy victory. It was the first of an unbroken string for him. It took plenty of brains as well as speed and stamina for Duncan MacDougall to win the half- mile. McDougall fought off the closing finish of two classy Mercury runners and edged in a scant inch or two at the tape. They attempted to pass him on the back-stretch the first time and failing, tried again in the last hundred yards after MacDougall had successfully beaten their strategy. [96] Don Kupffr Leading at the Half-way Barrier SUMMARY Trac Events 100- Yard Dash — Schultz (LAAC); Bear (P); Darling (LAAC). Time, 9 4 5s. 220-Yard Dash — Schultz (LAAC); Bear (P); Bastajian (Un). Time, 21 3 5. 120-Yard High Hurdles— Pomeroy (LAAC); Web- er (Un); Bell (LAAC). Time, 15s. 220-Yard Low Hurdles — Grumbles (LAAC); Weber (Un); Hunt (Un). Time, 24 4 5s. 440-Yard Dash— Burke (Un); French (P); Niers- bach (LAAC). Time, 51s. 880- Yard Run— MacDougall (P); Hansen (Un); Clum (LAAC). Time, 2m. 5s. Mile Run — Hammant (Un); Stromsen (P); (no third place). Time, 4m. 35s. Two-Mile Run — Swede (Un); Kennedy (P); White (P). Time, 10m. 14s. Relay — Won by LAAC (Gardner, Niersbach, Burke, Pomeroy). Time, 3m. 31 4 5s. Field Events High Jump— Bell (LAAC); Bishop (P), King (P), and Keefer (LAAC) tied for second. Height, 5 ft. 10 in. Broad Jump— Walker (LAAC); Bradley (LAAC); Bell (LAAC). Distance, 22 ft. 9 in. Pole Vault— Ingram (P); Baird (P); (no third place). Height, 12 ft. 3 in. Shot Put— Brix (LAAC); Lang (LAAC); Ed- wards (LAAC). Distance, 50 ft. Discus Throw— Brix (LAAC); Lang (LAAC); McKnight (P). Distance, 139 ft. Javelin Throw — DeMers (LAAC); Eaton (LAA C); Harlow (LAAC). Distance, 210 ft. Hammer Throw— Collins (LAAC); Merritt (Un); Hensley (LAAC). Final Score— LAAC, 76 1 3; Pomona, 32 2 3; Un- attached, 29. I George White Hank Cobb ■■■■■I BH B H H nhe 19 2 9 METATE ; jz ' ••. Bear Beats Ayres in the Century Kennedy Wins The Relay Team CAL-TECH Winning the Cal-tech meet by almost as big a score as in 1928, the Sagehens gave Coach Strehle a little more hope for a conference cham- pionship in the second engagement of the season. Pomona humbled the Engineers under a 101 7 12 to 38 5 12 score, taking first places in thirteen of the sixteen events. Close competition developed only in the hammer throw and hurdles. From the spectators ' standpoint, the only in- terest of the meet was centered in the two hur- dles races where Captain Doug Perry, of Cal- tech, had it out with Don Kupfer, the Pomona timber-topper, and succeeded in scoring a double victory over the Sagehen, although pressed to the limit. Harvey Bear won both sprints in creditable time, considering the weather conditions, which were anything but propitious. Pomona took all three places in the furlong. The best two races of the day — with the ex- ception of the hurdles — were the quarter and half-mile duels. In the 440, French, Michener and Dyer finished almost in a dead heat, inches separating them as French broke the tape. Dune MacDougall again ran a heady race to capture the 880. There was a fairly high wind blowing and MacDougall let his competitors break it for him, sprinting past them at the finish to win in a walk. iCil -; ' :. ' • ,-.: ■: ' • ■.■■■■■■.:..■•■■.. c 7he 19 2 9 ME TA T E w The Start of the Kupfer-Smith Duel Curt Inman Mal Dickinson OCCIDENTAL With all her athletes fighting to the last, Pomona went down to defeat at the hands of the powerful Occidental track team in the meet that decided the 1929 Southern Conference championship. The score was 78J 2 to 61 Yi and it indicates the closeness of the battle. Pomona outscored Occidental in the field, but was unable to balance the Tigers ' heavy pre ponderance of strength on the trac k. It was the decisive battle of the conference and both teams gave every iota of strength. Clarence Bishop was high-point man for Pomona with nine points, gathered from a vic- tory in the javelin and a tie for first in the high jump. Three Pomona College records went by the boards, generated by the bitter heat of competi- tion in the meet. Russ McKnight was defeated in the shot, but tossed the ball out 42 feet lYz inches. Harvey Bear revenged himself for his de- feat in the century by winning the 220 in new- record time of 21 3 5a. Shorty Ingram slipped over the bar at 12 feet lYz inches in the pole vault. Every race was a thriller, the boys battling it out down the stretch until the tape had been broken. Wendall Smith, Occidental weight star and hurdler, was high-point man for the battle. 100] m nHM HHmBH UHmHBi c 7he 19 2 9 METATE r ' T Kupfer Leads as the San Diego Captain Hits a Hurdle Shorty Ingram Jimmy DeMers SAN DIEGO A Pomona victory, surprising in its decisive ness, developed when the Sagehens met the strong San Diego State College team. Ordinarily, the let-down of morale that follows a hard clash of one week will react unfavorably in the next engagement, but it was a case of the reverse this time. Pomona fought as hard against the Aztecs as it had against Occidental and this fact, com- bined with several other developments which favored the Blue, brought about the expected 87 to 53 victory. The tide was flowing against San Diego be- fore the meet was hardly started. Indeed, it be- gan on the night before when Varney, star State distance ace, was declared ineligible. However, on the track itself, the first bad break for San Diego appeared when Don Kupfer, Pomona ' s speedy hurdler, trimmed Capt. Jimmy Fox, of San Diego in the high sticks and followed with a later victory in the lows. Coach Charley Peterson might have saved five points by running the relay, which would have been a State victory, but, with the meet al- ready gone, he forfeited. Pomona ' s strength in the field again counted overwhelmingly in its favor. In not a single meet during the season were the Sagehen weightmen and jumpers, as a team, outscored. They were the big factor in the San Diego clash. . Three Sagehens Off to a Flying Start SUMMARY Hrac Events 100- Yard Dash— Bear (P); Perry (SD); Gray (P). Time, 10s. 220-Yard Dash— Bear (P); Worden (SD); Perry (S). Time, 22 l 5s. 120- Yard High Hurdles— Kupfer (P); Fox (SD); Dickinson (P). Time, 16s. 220- Yard Low Hurdles— Kupfer (P); Fox (SD); Dickinson (P). Time, 25 l 5s. 440-Yard Dash— Worden (SD); Dyer (P); Mich- ener (P). Time, 50 l 5s. 880-Yard Run— Brown (SD); MacDougall (P); Stromsen (P). Time, 2m. 5s. Mile Run— Brown (SD); White (P); Stromsen (P). Time, 4m. 44s. Two-Mile Run— White (P); Tenwolde (SD); C. Brown (SD). Time, 10m. 26s. Relay — Forfeited to Pomona. Field Events High Jump — Bishop (P) and King (P) tied for first; Walton (S) third. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. Broad Jump — King (P); Shannon (P); Inman (P). Distance, 22 ft. 1 in. Pole Vault — Ingram (P); Baird (P) and Swan (P) tied for second. Height, 12 ft. Shot Put— McKnight (P); Walton (SD); Brose (SD). Distance, 42 ft. 6 ' 2 in. Discus Throw — Brose (SD); Morgan (P); Mc- Knight (P). Distance, 130 ft. 2 in. Javelin Throw— Bishop (P); Peterson (SD); Bel- mont (SD). Distance, 174 ft. 9 in. Hammer Throw— Brose (SD); Frazier (P); Wal- ton (SD). Distance, 136 ft. 10 in. Final Score — Pomona 83; San Diego 57. Clarence Bishop E. Rector ■■■mHHMniHUnB HHmBHHUH H Qfee 19 2 9 ME TA T E Harvey Bear Wins the Furlong in Even Time U. C. L. A. Stu Baird Russ McKnight As the last dual meet on the program of track and field events, the strong University of California at Los Angeles track team came to Claremont and was defeated by the score of 81 to 59 in one of the most thrilling meets of the season. The Sagehens were still in the top form that had characterized their work against Occi- dental and San Diego state and they turned in excellent times and distances against the em- battled Bruins. George White, the be-spectacled Pomona captain, ran the fastest two-mile of the season to defeat Carleton Waite, the little Bruin ace. White did the eight laps in 9 minutes, 58 1 5 seconds. He finished a hundred yards ahead of Waite. Russ McKnight shattered his own record in the shot, with a toss of exactly 43 feet. It was the second time during the season that he had advanced the mark. The most exciting battle of the day was again developed in the half-mile where Dune MacDougall, Pomona ' s hard-running Scotchman, defeated Riddick of U.C.L.A. in the fastest time established all year. Riddick and the Sagehen ran the last turn and the last hundred yards of straightaway, stride for stride and not an inch between. A frantic lunge at the finish line, gave MacDougall the victory. His time was 2 minutes, 2 5 1 Os. iiimmn ■■MiiiiMiliH mBmBnBiimfflinii ««— ■■ c 7he 19 2 9 ME TA T E A_ «•■ King in Action Harvey Bear The First Lap of the Conference Two-mile ALL ' COWEREHCE VARSITY MEET SUMMARY Trac Events 100- Yard Dash— George (W); Ruth (O); Bear (P); Behnan (0). Time, 10s. 220-Yard Dash— George (W); Bear (P); Belman (O); Perry (CT). Time, 21.6s. 120-Yard High Hurdles— Fox (SD), Smith (O); Kupfer (P); Perry (CT). Time, 15.8s. 220-Yard Low Hurdles— Perry (CT); Smith (O); Fox (SD); Kupfer (P). Time, 24.4s. 440-Yard Dash— Worden (SD), Appleton (O), Cobb (P); Fox (R). Time, 50.8s. 880-Yard Run — Goodheart (O); Taylor (R); Brown (SD); MacDougall (P). Time, lm. 59.8s. Mile Run— Goodheart (O); Brown (SD), Strom- sen (P); Imler (O). Time, 4m. 32.3s. Two-Mile Run— Crawford (O); White (P); Ten- wolde (SD); Shields (CT). Time, 10m. 6.2s. Relay — Won by Occidental, Pomona second, Tech third. Time, 3m. 25.2s. Field Events High Jump— Bishop (P) and Hall (O) tied for first; Perry (CT), King (P), and Larson (O) tied for third. Height, 5 ft. 10 in. Broad Jump — Shannon (P); Fox (SD); Inman (P); King (P). Distance, 22 ft. % in. Pole Vault— Ingram (P); Swan (P) McDermott (W), Dixon (O), and Glover (O) tied for sec- ond. Height, 12 ft. 6 in. Shot Put— Smith (O); Brown (O); Walton (SD); McKnight (P). Distance, 42 ft. 5% in. Discus Throw — Brown (O); Morgan (P); Brose (S); Smith (O). Distance, 131 ft. 5 ' z in. Javelin Throw— Peterson (SD); Bishop (P); Car- rey (O); Belmont (SD). Distance, 181ft. 9 in. Hammer Throw— Brose (SD); Dew (P); Lufkin (CT; Frazier (P). Distance, 135 ft. 6 in. [106] pre M n far n 1 4 dual m :: 1 1 ! ' ' I tie Car. Qhe 19 2 9 ME TA T E ClJNLIFFE ON HlS WAY TO VICTORY ALL-COHFEREHCE FRESHMAN MEET After a preliminary season which had proven frankly disappointing to everybody con- cerned, it was a pleasant surprise to see the Pomona frosh track team roll up 32J 2 points for a third place in the All ' Conference frosh meet at Cal-Tech on April 5. The Engineers won the meet with San Diego State finishing a close second. Inasmuch as the Sagechicks had lost every dual meet in their practice season, most of which were against high school teams, they were not expected to finish anywhere near the top in the six-way freshman meet. Taking points in all but three events, and with victories in two, they rolled up an impressive total that left them in third place at the finish. Johnny McKnight, brother of the varsity weight star, shattered the conference record in the javelin with a toss of 173 feet 1 inch. Bill Cunliffe, two-miler, ran away from the field to take the eight-lap grind, providing the other Pomona victory of the day. Wilbert Davis and Sheldon Smith, distance aces, starred in their events, although they did not win. Both men ran hard, heady courses and were hard to beat. The conference meet was the only bit of league competition the Chicks met. Bishop Goes Over Hank Morgan [107] ■■■■— ■ ■— — — «— ■ v r 929 ME TA T E SUMMARY Trac Events 100- Yard Dash— Wilson (SD); Freeman (CT); Cates (P); Castenholz (O). Time, 10.1s. 220- Yard Dash— Freeman (CT); Wood (R); Trainor (P); Evans (C2). Time, 24.2s. 120-Yard High Hurdles— Wilson (SD); Zabriskie (P) ; Woods (CT); Breckenridge (SD). Time, 16.2s. 220- Yard Low Hurdles— Wilson (SD); Zabriskie (P) and Woods (CT) tied for second; Hayes (CT). Time, 27s. 440- Yard Dash— Peterson (SD); Wood (R); Adams (CT); Rhyner (CT) and Shelton (P) tied for fourth. Time, 51.3s. (New Record.) 880- Yard Run— Peterson (SD); Smith (P); Nord (O); Clough (SD). Time, 2m. 3.6s. (New Record.) Mile Run— Miller (R); Davis (P); Skode (CT); Green (SD). Time, 4m. 40.4s. Two-Mile Run— Cunlitfe (P); Skoog (CT); White (P); McDonald (SD). Time, 10m. 16.2s. Relay — Won by San Diego, Cal-Tech second, Pomona third. Field Events High Jump — Tie for first between Hayes (CT), Parsons (CT), McDonald (O), Lewis (O), and Bates (SD). Height, 5 ft. 4 ' i in. Broad Jump— Wilson (SD); Barton (CT); Fleming (P); Shaul (CT). Distance, 19ft. 5 ' 4 in. Pole Vault— Tie for first between Durham (R) and Jones (CT); Blee (O); Shelton (P), Woods (CT) and Shreve (SD) tied for fourth. Height, lift. 6 in. Shot Put— Rucker (W); Shuler (CT); Wilson (SD); Hezmalhalch (P). Distance, 35ft. 5 ' 2 in. Discus Throw— Shuler (CT); Rucker (W) ; Simpkinson (CT); Mathews (SD). Dis- tance, 113 ft. 1 ' 4 in. Javelin Throw— McKnight (P); Matthews (SD); Witter (SD); Richert (O). Distance, 173 ft. 1 in. (New Record.) Hammer Throw— Shuler (CT); Potter (R); Collins (R); Rucker (W). Distance, 96ft. 11 in. The Frosh Squad tllk ■Mi; •.Ik fclh. tttft. ifift. . D Wk tXft. HB m BHB BBBB HI BBIil HiHH Qke 19 2 9 M ETA T E W _ T The 1929 Varsity FOREWORD At the call for diamond candidates, Coach Fuzz Merritt had three lettermen responding from last year ' s varsity and a wealth of material from the championship Freshman team of 1928. With this potential group and a number of diamond stars who were slated to come out after track season, Pomona bid fair to make a strong showing in the 1929 Southern Conference race. Disaster, however, dogged the foot- steps of the Sagehens and, as the Metate goes to press, the boys have lost their first three conference games. The horsehiders felt the first touch of fate before the season opened when Eddie Hansen was taken by death. As Hansen was captain-elect of the squad and a sterling player, his loss was deeply felt and his loss was mourned bv the whole student body. In a practice game before the Pomona-Redlands tilt, Merritt ' s two first string catchers, Al Putnam, and Wilton Williams were both injured and put out of the game for several weeks as the result of fouled balls which hit them. Facing Merritt right from the start, was the great enigma, — Who will pitch for c 7he 9 2 9 METATE Pomona; Steve Stroud, Don Murdy, Poke Hart ' man and Dan Parker were placed in that impor- tant position during the pre-season games. In the first two conference games, Murdy was on the mound with Parker and Stroud held in reserve. After the track season closed, Shorty Ingram appeared and stepped into the box, doing a most creditable job. Both Al Putnam and Wilt Williams, from last year ' s frosh team proved catchers of no little ability. When both were incapacitated by injuries, Lee Williams was brought in from the outfield and placed in the catcher ' s position. In the infield, the Sagehens had a quartet of hard-hitting, clever players. Poke Hartman, versatile three-sport athlete and baseball veteran, guarded the first sack with zeal. Hartman was also handy with the bat, leading the Sagehen hit- ters at the close of the first three conference games with a percentage of .563. Hal Hadfield, former frosh baseball star, stepped into a berth at second base in his first year on the varsity. He showed up well through the season, both as a hitter and fielder. Don Murdy and Herb Dean formed the other members of the infield, depending on the pitcher. When Murdy was in the box, Dean was usually moved to the outfield. Wilt Williams, Leo Sawyer and Steve Stroud opened the season in the outfield for Pomona. Later, a general shake-up and re-shuf- fling was tried by Coach Merritt with the result that Dan Parker, Clarence Bishop and Dean occupied the positions. In addition to Hartman ' s work, the heavy- hitting duties were discharged by Herb Dean, Don Murdy and Willie Munn. Murdy crashed out two home runs and collected two singles for a perfect day at bat against Redlands. The other men were consistently strong batters throughout the season. Pomona ' s weakness was plainly apparent dur- ing the early workouts and down through the Poke Hartman Al Putnam Don Murdy [111] .. . . : , . - . Qfee 1929 METATE w V Hal Hadfield ' s Up in the Air About Something Shorty Ingram Herb Dean practice games and first conference tilts. Mer- ritt ' s charges could bat as well as any team in the conference, but they could not field in proportion. As a result, they lost their first three league games by close scores in fr ee-hitting sprees. The Sage- hens were able to average 1 1 runs per game for the first half of the season, but their poor fielding prevented them from taking advantage of their offensive strength. In their first three games, however, the Sage- hens displayed the old Pomona fight which has characterized teams of the college in every sport. In spite of the runs which managed to trickle across the plate against them, Coach Merritt ' s charges never gave up, but came back anew to push across scores of their own. A determined stand in the La Verne game, which opened the conference season, netted four tallies in the last frame and brought the count to 10-9, just one run short of a tie. Against the Cal-Tech Engineers, Pomona, running up eight counters, had a bit of bad luck and were forced to see the technicians win by a two-run margin. The third game was a thriller, with the two teams tied at 11-11 in the eighth round. Redlands, in the first of the ninth, put across a quartet of markers and figured the game won. In the last half of the inning, however, the Sagehens tallied twice and almost wiped out the Redlands margin of victory. w igirr— ■ —  —■■ i ■ win • tdd mm tma tt 1 1 I HI ■ Qhe 9 2 9 M E TATE FRESHMAN BASEBALL Barely enough Freshmen to complete one team reported to Coach Colvin Heath for baseball practice when the first call was sounded early in March. The scarcity of material was not the least of Heath ' s troubles. When he started to distribute suits and equipment, he found just one pair of baseball shoes, and two or three old suits. So the frosh got away to a bad start and were several weeks late before they could really settle down to work. Once under way, however, the Sagechicks improved by leaps and bounds and were a fast, hard-hitting aggregation by the time of the first conference games in April. Herb Langdon, pitcher and infielder, was chosen to captain the squad just before the conference season opened. Langdon proved to be a fine leader, aiding materially in the successful season that later developed. Langdon, Ralph Dawson and Billy Pruett shouldered the pitching duties for the squad. Pruett usually was Heath ' s first choice and the other men were called to the firing line when he began to waver. Russ Brines, the chunky little lad from Santa Monica was the one catcher. Clements, Forbes, Dougan and Nixon formed the infield with Bill Mallory, Johnny Blanchard and Ralph Dawson in the garden. When Dawson was called into the pitcher ' s box, John Knauft got the call. The frosh led off with a 24-to-3 victory over Cal-Tech and were victorious over La Verne and Occidental in their other games. w fr r ■ Beefy Heath ' s freshman team [116] nh 9 1 9 ME TA T E VARSITY tehhis For the third consecutive year, Pomona ' s varsity team finished second in the con- ference race, a runner-up to the great Occidental College netmen who won the championship for the fourth straight year. Pomona was everywhere victorious except when she met the Tigers and then the margin of defeat was as great as the margins of victory had been before. Before the Sagehens met Oxy, they had not lost a match; in the decisive struggle, they were able to win but one match. So the end of the race again saw the Occidental colors waving at the top of the mast with Pomona ' s blue in second place. Pomona was probably str onger this year than ever before in its history. Certainly, there can be little doubt but that the 1928 team was as strong as any of its predeces- sors. Two of the men were playing their third year on the squad, two others were completing their second year. The fifth was a brilliant Sophomore who had captained his Freshman team and had never been defeated in conference competition. Hence hopes ran high when the early-season workouts and practice matches showed unusual strength. Capt. Levan Zerbe and Leland Mills were the Seniors of the team. They had been on it ever since their eligibility two years before. Donn Bent, outstanding singlist, and Ted Campbell, whose fame, won on eastern courts, had been well sustained by his work here, were the two-year men. Stan Hahn, Sophomore, made a creditable debut on the varsity. r . - : ' Jr« i r ' 4 jw Another runner-up to Occidental [117] ■:■:.?, r L TV Wfk dak : .v km ■ttj 4 (ton i hop HHSBBHEHHaBHBmHHnraBraraB HBraHHWHHHUg Qfee 1929 METATE CROSS-COl NTRT Presaging a successful season on the track, Pomona ' s varsity and freshman cross-country teams both placed high in the annual Southern Conference run at Ganesha Park, Pomona, on December 8. The varsity harriers, led by Capt. George White, who won the run, finished second to the strong Redlands University team, while the freshmen, with Bill Cunliffe winning and Smith and Capt. Wilbert Davis finishing second and third, easily captured individual and team honors. The varsity runners scored 53 points to take second in the team standings, and Capt. George White set a new course record when he won the long grind in 20 minutes 29 seconds flat. White was more than two hundred yards ahead of his nearest rival at the finish. He broke into the lead in the first hundred yards, was out in front as the pack crossed the starting-line after running twice around the race track and from then until the finish, was never challenged. Tenwolde and Brown, the strong San Diego State College runners gave White something of a duel over the first mile, but never really threatened his lead. Jorge Paz, sturdy little sophomore, was the next Pomona varsity man to cross the line. He finished fifth in a knot of runners who sprinted down the track with inches separating them. Bloodgood, Norriss, Campbell and Bassett finished in the order named farther back. The freshmen had too much power for the rest of the conference. In addition to taking the first three places, they put five men among the first twelve to finish. w ? - .- . ' 1 I H ' . ' ■ ' ■ ■ Capt. George White leads at the end of the first mile c 7he 9 2 9 ME TATE GOLF Pomona was well represented during the past season by a number of sturdy golfers who upheld the honor of the college on the greens and fairways of South- ern California. With two high class mashie wielders, Capt. Jack Bowen and Llewel- lyn Bixby, as a nucleus, the Sagehen golfers showed their skill in a number of dual matches with colleges of Southern California. In addition to Bowen and Bixby, the personnel of the squad included Maurice Covington, Taylor Daniel, Francis Pettit, Don Holcomb, Levan Zerbe, and Willis Merrill. Several pre-season tournaments were participated in by Sagehen divot diggers. Early in the year, Captain Bowen won the college golf championship for the third consecutive year over the Mountain Meadows Country Club course, on which the varsity later did its training. Bixby, for the third time, was runner-up to Bowen in this tournament. In February, Bowen and Bixby represented Pomona in the Cali- fornia State Inter-Collegiate tournament. Both players were eliminated in the third round of play after two victories. Next year will find the Sagehens as strong or stronger on the links than they were during the past season. Holcomb and Zerbe are the only two who will be lost by graduation. The Southern Conference included Pomona, U.C.L.A., U.S.C and Occidental this year. .••■ ' • The golf team - it x wmmmmm- m - ; m ' :e :m:M P M . v k= Oke 19 2 9 ME TA T E SWIMMING Several upperclassmen and a host of hopeful sophomores, up from last year ' s frosh swimming team, greeted Coach Bob Strehle when he called for swimming talent immediately after Spring holidays this year. Strehle faced a hard task with the material on hand, having but three experienced men. Capt. Harold Backstrand, Mark Stanton and Levan Zarbe were the only veteran paddlers on the squad, but they later proved to be the nucleus of a strong outfit. Coming up from the rank of the sophomores, winner of last year ' s inter-class meet, were Kupfer, Stott, Van de Water, Gunn, Hahn, Gilbert, Beardslee, Renfro and Boynton. These swimmers were expected to add strength to the upperclass- men to give Pomona a fair chance to win the conference meet. In the sprints, Backstrand, George Stancer, a transfer from San Bernardino Junior College, Billy Stott and Charles Van de Water were the stars. Boynton, O ' Neil and Owen Kupfer formed the breast stroking corps, and Backstrand, Don Kupfer and Stanton were the backstroke entries. A number of strong distance swimmers made it a well rounded team with Backstrand again playing the leading role, supported by Zerbe, Warren Scott and Relman Morin. Jerry Renfro and Don Kupfer were the probable representatives in diving. The annual conference meet was the only big event of the season, although the team had a number of practice dual meets. They splashed for old Pomona m Nri eve Dr. Frank P. Brackett r. Brackett is not an alumnus of Pomona, but his life and wor are such an integral part of the growth of the college that he is included here as one of the truly great figures of Pomona. For more than forty years he has devoted his energy and invaluable aid to the building of this institution. He was formerly a member of the Smithsonian expedition to Africa in 1911. During the war, he assisted Herbert Hoover in relief wor in Bel- gium. He belongs to the American Mathematics Society, Astronomy and Astrophysics Society of America and the Royal Astronomy Society of Canada. The year wm m — m— mimium Qhe 19 2 9 ME TA T E RALLIES Outdoing any previous efforts, the Rally Committee of 1928-29 set a precedent for pep and enthusiasm that is likely to stand for some time as a high-water mark for such activities on the Pomona College campus. The committee was composed of George Ennis, Charles Hotchkiss, Terry Koechig, Ted Walker, Dick Roby, Natalie Poetsch, Eve Shipley and Tom Marshall. The Yell Kings To the efforts and ingenuity Hotchkiss, Ennis of these people, all the spirit and activity of the year was due and they deserve unstinted praise and credit for their work. Pomona is proud of the manner in which their work has been carried on. The labors of the Rally Committee were never-ending. They began the moment college opened in September, and were particularly heavy during the football season. All through the year, the task of maintaining a certain pitch of enthusiasm and morale in the student body, devolved upon the members of the committee. To their everlast- ing credit be it said that, on the field, on the stage, on the campus, in song, and enter- tainment and drama, they held this pitch at the highest possible level, uniting the stu- dent-body into a single whole and providing invaluable support to any and all athletic and student-body endeavors. r r« s J The first send-off of the year — varsity leaves for Arizona [125] H HHHHHBHHnHHUH HH Qfce I 9 2 9 ME TA T E Jerry Stewart Does Some Threatening for U.C.L.A. To send Pomona ' s varsity football team away on its trip to Tucson where it met the University of Arizona in the first game the season, the entire student body turned out for an automobile procession that started at Holmes Hall and wound slowly to the Santa Fe Station in Pomona. With Walt, the Claremont police-force, leading the way, the two-mile-long procession escorted team and coaches to the train, and gave them a half hour of yells, songs and speeches before the train arrived. From the fertile brain of Relman Morin, erudite columnist, came a clever little one-act play to feature a giant rally in Holmes Hall on the night before the U.C.L.A. game on October 20. Chuck Hotchkiss and Gerald Stewart were the principals and were materially successful in opening the rally brilliantly. Coach Nixon made the principal speech of the evening, and Kenneth Piper, president of the U.C.L.A. Asso- ciated Student, delivered the customary welcome speech. The Pep Band was intro- duced and used as an instrument for leading the college songs. California Tech was the inspiration for the annual Pajamarino and the student- body turned out in force, crowding the Greek Theatre to overflowing on the night of October 26. Following the activities of Blue and White Day, which transformed the landscape into a mass of Blue and White streamers, the men of the college met on the library steps to form the procession to the open-air theatre. After throwing the torches into the fire, the audience was treated to a skit, conceived by the women of Scott House, featuring the wedding of the Pomona Spirit to Football. Principal speeches were made by Fuzz Merritt and Gerwin Neher, president of the Asso- [126] c 7txe 19 2 9 M E T A T E ■ M V JjfaJB fl • g ♦ ? ' p? A MIDNIGHT ORGY POMONA STYLE id 1A i ad ik Son dated- Students in 1926-27. Horace Kennedy presented Captain Lee Williams with the football which was to be used to open the present conference season. November 2 was the date set for a night rally on the library steps in preparation for the gridiron battle with the University of Redlands. Fred Slade, well-known as the proprietor and chef of several college restaurants, was the main speaker. It was largely a musical rally with singing led by George Ennis, and several specialty num- bers played by Dick Gentry on the piano, and John McConnaughey. In the dim light of the patio in Harwood Court, the rally for the Whittier game was staged on the night of November 8, and it generated enough energy to win the game which was four days away. A thrilling drama, written by Donn Bent, was the piece de resistance of the evening. Bent himself, Francis Osborne, Carroll Hostutler and Ted Campbell were the actors. It developed into a satire on the private lives of the men on the varsity squad and was pre-eminently successful. Ennis and Hotchkiss, the college yell kings, appeared suddenly from somewhere in Harwood Court to lead the songs and yells. Roland Champ Clark, captain of the famous Wonder team of 1925, was the principal speaker of the evening. Because of the influenza epidemic, college medical officials ordered the rally, aimed at San Diego State College, removed from Holmes Hall to the Library steps on Novem- ber 16. Prof. Ramsey Harris performed on his musical saw, Coach Nixon spoke and [127} BHl BiBH lBU BH c 7he 19 2 9 METATE The Rally Committee Warren Scott sang a solo of his own composition about our neighbors at Scripps, which was well received by the Pomona women. The Occidental rally and bon-fire premier event of the year, took place on the night before the Big Game. It was the crowning achievement of the entire season for the Rally Committee, constituting, as it did, the big effort toward which they had been directing their efforts through the first three months of college. There is no bigger ath- letic event than the Big Game with Occidental. Hence, no more important occasion for a successful rally. Half an hour before the last bomb flashed and thundered high over the athletic field, the bleachers on the south side of Alumni Field were filled completely and a giant crowd of students and townspeople had overflowed onto the track. It is esti ' mated that there were in the neighborhood of 8,000 people who attended the rally. A striking innovation, in the shape of loud-speakers installed in various parts of the stands, and operated from a microphone centrally located in front, gave the rally an unusual need of success from the first. For the first time in the history of the Occi ' dental rally, the speeches, words and songs from the field and speakers ' stand were plainly audible in the stands ' most remote portions. Ranny Draper, former campus idol, and the most sought-after alumnus ever grad- uated from Pomona, shared honors with President Blaisdell as the principal speaker of the evening. He gave one of his usual dynamic talks and this speech, followed im- mediately by a kindred inspiring one from President Blaisdell were the features of the evening. [128] Qfo 19 2 9 ME TA T E m Once again, the Men ' s Glee Club swayed like a band of misty ghosts around a cauldron in the center of the football field and chanted the rhythmic strains of the Ghost Dance . At the close of the chant, a white figure appeared from the group and, muttering a few incanta- tions over the pot, foretold the story of the game on the following day. In spite of the efforts of a pair of bandits to hold up a covered wagon, it crossed the plains of Alumni Field safely and delivered to Ted Walker a number of warm tele grams from Alumni all over the world. Unfortunately, fog and mist obscured the mountain with Pomona ' s letter on it and the waiting crowd in the stands was forced to fore- go the usual thrill of singing Hail, Pomona, Hail to that inspiring sight of the letter etched out of fire. Although the main burden of work came during the first few months of college, with the football season, those days were by no means the only ones in which the Rally Committee was functioning. With the immediate appearance of basketball on the campus, a number of interest- ing and worthwhile rallies were held in the interest of that sport and likewise with the other major athletic interests as they followed each other through the year. And during the fire ■H u te The Oxy bonfire before the fire Following the football season, the Christmas holidays brought about a brief pause in the activities of the Rally Committee. Then, with the return to school and the approaching basketball games, plans were made for the rallies to be held in the spring months. The major basketball rally was presented on the night of February 15 in Holmes Hall. It preceded the second game of the two-game series between Pomona and Occidental. Coach Colvin Heath spoke and Captain Clarence Bishop was presented to the student body. There were like- wise a number of musical numbers. Another major rally was held to celebrate the Pomona-Occidental dual track meet in March. Inasmuch as a championship was at stake in the meet on the morrow, there was no difficulty encountered in generating a tremen- dous amount of enthusiasm. Songs, dances, speeches by trackmen and alumni featured the rally. [129] nHHMmHBHHHKranaHHHHHH y ■A? Hhe 19 2 9 ME TA T E ASSOCIATED STUDENTS ' STORE PERSONNEL Senior Manager • Junior Managers Sophomore Managers Associate Francis Osborne Ernest Nichols Morse Olmstead Walter Shannon Frank Dyer Billy Stott Bill Ewart Burton Henderson Elizabeth Turner In the eight years that the Associated Student Store has been operating, the stock and service available has constantly grown. The year of 1928-29 has been one of the most successful in the history of the organization. The interior of the store was altered during the summer and the line of stock increased and made more varied than ever before in the history of the organization. The policy of maintaining low prices has been followed as much as possible. The store originated as a non-profit enterprise in order to give the students the benefit of low prices. It has been necessary, in some years, to show a profit to cover deficits of other departments. This year, while a good profit was realized, the prices retained their low level and the profits were derived from increased business. The Associated Students Store — in a quieter moment TA T R. O. T. C. This year, for the first time, upper division men were given the option of transfer from the Pomona College R. O. T. C. unit to the Air Corps. Men who have deferred the required summer infantry camp attendance until after graduation, may substitute for it, the six weeks primary course in the Army Aviation School. Thereafter they may continue in the air corps. Don Mayes, Seymour Tucker, and George Gambell, of the Pomona unit, took advantage of this innovation and have applied for the option. It was the outstanding event of the R. O. T. C. year at Pomona. More straight-shooting Freshmen than ever before in the history of the local unit featured the year ' s riflery record. Almost one-third of the first-year cadets shot better than 300 points out of a possible 400, using the .22 caliber gallery rifle. Pomona engaged in two shoulder-to-shoulder matches with Cal-Tech and sent three teams to the Hearts Trophy competitions. A picked team also took part in the Ninth Corps Area Championship Match. The entire second year class completed the qualification course with the automatic rifle in the Union Rock Company 1000-inch range. Twenty-six of last year ' s thirty- one Sophomores signed the advanced course contract as Juniors this year. Much of the time was spent in the country with the 37-mm. guns, 3-inch trench mortars and caliber .30 machine guns. The Seniors also fired the machine gun and received instruc- tion in pistol marksmanship. V The R. O. T. C. Unit v ,, v ,, v , v .,,, ; .-.,, ..... ,,,,,,.. ..,- ?; | .. ; . ..,-.,...,... ; , . .. ' ..■ ' ■. - ' , . ■: ■■ ■; ■ _ — ■,.,: ' ■■;■.--, ' ■■: ■- ' --... ' .,;-;. issm a mmm i ■■■hhbhhhhh A c 7he 19 20 ' ME TA T E Senior-Freshman Formal The wailing note of a sax , the twanging of a guitar, the guiding do-do-do of a piano, then — crash! — Pomona ' s social season had begun. Myron Green ' s orches- tra surpassed itself in rendering rhythmical strains and the ceiling of the gym, futur- istically decorated in red, blue, yellow and green strips of oil-cloth, seemed to sway in answer to the melodies produced in the first formal of the year. Punch and cookies, the ever-welcome essentials, were served from futuristic booths by fair maidens dressed to fit into the jagged colorings of the yet har- monious whole. Iolene Lund and her committee, Edith Bond, Marion Elliott and Jane Martin, are to be congratulated on carrying out the motif so completely. Everyone, from the smallest, shyest freshman to the most dignified of hosts and hostesses — Dean and Mrs. Nicholl, Dr. and Mrs. Denison, and Dr. and Mrs. Robbins, conceded the affair to be one of the most novel of the year. The Christmas Formal Following the traditional custom, the Associated Women Students staged the annual Christmas Formal in the second week in December, less than a week before the opening of the Christmas holidays. The women had the privilege of dating. The gym was decorated to represent a ballroom. A U.S.C. orchestra furnished the music. The Christmas Formal m Qke 19 2 M E TATE The Freshman Formal On February 23, the opening event of the new year was held in the big gym. Natalie Poetsch, Freshman class social chairman, and her assistants, transformed the hall into a railroad system, and the whole dance was on the railroad motif. The programs were cleverly arranged in the form of long continental tickets. Red and green lights by the orchestra-platform indicated the beginning and ending of the dances. The traditional meeting places for couples, marked by initials, were decor- ated with names of stations. Jimmy Stewart ' s Uclanders, from the University of California at Los Angeles, furnished the music. The Junior Prom As usual, the outstanding event of the entire social season was the Junior Prom. The Juniors this year added a bit of unusual brilliance to their formal by transferring the scene of it from the Pomona gym to the beautiful inner ballroom at the Lake Norconian Club. It was the first time a Pomona formal had ever been held away from the campus, and particularly at Norco. No decorations or motif were necessary in view of the already marvelous ballroom. The Norconian Club orchestra played. The Prom was easily the highlight of the whole year. Garland Ferrell and Kay Tyrrell arranged it. The Inter ' Fraternity Formal In honor of the new fraternity men, and providing the one event of the year where the fraternities gather together, the Inter-fraternity Formal was held at Mountain Meadows Country Club in May. .,,;• , , . • • ■ ■- • , The 19 2 9 ME TA T E Theatre Forty Undaunted by a Sagehen loss, the Pomona student body flocked to the Holly- wood Playhouse on October 23 to see the inimitable Edward Everett Horton in the clever English comedy, On Approval. It was after the tragic U.C.L.A. foot ' ball game, but the gridiron disaster failed to dampen the social spirits of the Sage hens. Lively animation was the order of the evening. It was Pomona night at the theatre and there were between five and six hundred college students present. The entire lower floor and most of the balcony were reserved for the faculty, students, and alumni. Mr. William S. Ament, of the Scripps faculty, a college friend of the actor, introduced the suave Mr. Horton, who spoke at the close of Act I with his cus- tomary wit and charm. Football Banquet Featured by Ranny Draper, the most sought-for alumnus Pomona has had in the past few years, the annual football banquet, in honor of members of both teams, was held at the Red Hill Country Club in December. The social committee put through the arrangements for the club. John McConnaughey and Jack McKnight were the musical side of the program, with their saxophone-accordion duets. Coach Nixon gave the principal speech of the evening with Draper acting as toast-master. After dinner, the students returned to the campus where the presentation of varsity letters and freshmen numerals was completed in the gymnasium, followed by a dance. . -jyv .7 A The social committee -«« !5.1 nhe 19 2 9 ME TATE IHFORMALS AND CLASS DAHCES October 19— A 50-50 affair in the big gymnasium with the new student body orchestra, The Campusonians, as the main event of the evening, featured the first Pomona informal of the year. Held after the U.C.L.A. Rally, it was such a financial success that the members of the college band soon were able to encase their shapely figures in new uniforms purchased from the proceeds of the evening. October 30— The first Freshman class dance of the year was held on Hallowe ' en so that the humiliating green could be laid aside for flamboyant orange and black. Natalie Poetsch, frosh social chairman, was in charge of the affair and, according to members of the stork tribe, a lovely time was had by all. Tiovember 6 — Ultra-Collegiate was the password of the Frosh-Soph informal. Members of both classes described the affair and Spud Howell ' s orchestra in their quaint Spanish, as muy caliente. Sophomores hope that this mitigates some of the memories of the mental and physical anguish caused by the same class in times before. Klovember 11 — The San Diego State College and Pomona student bodies buried the hatchet after the football game in a sport dance in the big gym. Dynamic music, an extra-long fraternity stag-line, pepper-boughs dripping from the rafters, the wails and ululations of a sax, atmosphere, made this dance a meteoric affair. January 19 — The big gym, historic battle-ground of Pomona social affairs, was deserted for the first event of the new year, which inaugurated a new off-campus social policy. The Caltech Beavers, in whose honor a dance was given, forgot their tripods and slide-rules long enough to dance at the Mountain Meadows Country Club with fair Pomona co-eds. March J 5 — Again Mountain Meadows was adorned by Pomona ' s student body. Myron Green ' s orchesta and a cloud of balloons were the features of this informal. April 2 — A skit, bridge and Spud Howell ' s orchestra were the high-lights of a Freshman class spring dance just before the Easter holidays. It was given in the Woman ' s Clubhouse. April 16 — The long-deferred Junior- Senior informal finally got itself into life on the first Tuesday night after the close of the Spring holidays. Members of the two classes, former enemies who had not participated in a joint social affair since their underclass days, went up to Mountain Meadows. Myron Green ' s orchestra and some clever stunts featured. May J — Bidding fond adieu to the outgoing Seniors, the College made its last trek of the year to Mountain Meadows in the closing event of the informal season. The Seniors were the guests of honor at the dance sponsored by undergraduates. Myron Green again furnished the music. [143] HHBSHHHHHHHH«HHHHHiHHnHn H Q 2£ 1929 METATE ORGAHIZATIOX SOCIETY The Freeland ' Brac ett Formal The Freeland Manor-Brackett House dance was given at the Oakmont Country Club in Glendale on the night of March 9. It was planned and arranged by the women of the two houses, Dorothy Davison, Terry Koechig, Alice Jordan, Margaret McKinney, Martha Fleming, Elizabeth Walker, Jane Kuert, and Mercedes Frost of Freeland Manor, and Constance Jones, Iolene Lund, Alice Johnson, Barbara La- zelle, Janet Innes, Charlotte Bell, Mae Benson, Edith Bond of Brackett House. Patrons and Patronesses were Dr. and President Edmunds, Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Brackett, Dean Jessie Gibson, and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Freeland. More than three hundred invited guests danced to the music produced by Bill Hatch ' s orchestra, of Pasadena. The Mead House Formal On Saturday, November 10, the Mead House girls, Mary Hawley, Katherine Tyrrell, Jean Stone, Josephine Maple, Charlotte Gleason, Katheryn Jones, Marcella Sinram, Marjorie Fisher, Mary Turner, Margaret Ringer, and Jeanne Healey enter- tained with their annual formal dance at Mountain Meadows Country Club. Myron Greene ' s orchestra provided the music. Phi Kappa Sigma Formal A cool clear night, a full moon, the fluid strains of a haunting waltz. On March 23, Phi Kappa Sigma women ' s literary society held its annual formal dance at Mountain Meadows Country Club. Judith Eames, as social chairman, made it one of the most enjoyable affairs of the year. Virgil Howell ' s orchestra provided the music and specialty dances. Phi Kappa Sigma members were, Alice Jordan, Mar- garet M ' Kinney, Nancy Wilson, Mary Corley, Mildred Bissett, Terry Koechig, Elizabeth Brogdon, Jean Sheldon, Muriel Sheldon, Betty Pinney, Louise Bodger, Edith Bond, Gratia Boynton, Elizabeth Brown, Marjorie Cherry, Dorothy Cook, Florence Crozier, Judith Eames, Sarepta Goldsmith, Virginia Harsh, Helen Leonard, Vivian Long, Alice Mann, Janice Pidduck, Harriett Pidduck, Mary Satterlee, Mar- garet Varnum, Verna Wood and Ruth Yoder. Fraternity Day Following the traditional custom, the annual Fraternity Day was scheduled for May thirtieth, Decoration Day. Since the last two of the more newly-formed organ- izations had completed their cabins, the celebrations were held almost exclusively at Camp Baldy and in San Dimas canyons, several hundred members of the alumni returning for the event. As per tradition, also, the senior members of the fraterni- ties were allowed to bring their guests to the cabins on the previous evening, the ban on freshman women being lifted for the occasion. Which is considerable to say about the affair, when one considers that it had not taken place when the Metate went to press. However, the exigencies of time and the printer ' s rule work wonders in the foretelling of the future. [144] WIII ' flllllWIWWiHIiilllllllWIIIII UfH llliUMIIH ' iflillllillillllll ' llll y . J± Q e 19 2 9 ME TA T E MEN ' S GLEE CLUB Victorious in the Inter-Collegiate Glee Club con- test, and with an unusually brilliant northern trip, the Pomona College Men ' s Glee Club had an extremely suc- cessful year in 1928-1929. At the start of the season, the gaps left by graduation were ably filled by a group of melodious Freshmen, who responded nobly to the efforts of Professor Lyman and as a result, the morale of the Club was sustained and the singing was of marked warmth. An extensive mid-semester trip was enjoyed by the Club this year. It was inaugurated by a four day engage- ment at the Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, presenting a novelty act which formed the background for the pic- ture, Lilac Time. The boys then journeyed southward and were the guests of the Hotel del Coronado for two days. Engagements were filled at La Jolla, San Diego, Compton, Long Beach, Covina, and Azusa. The annual northern trip was one of the finest ever undertaken. The first day was spent in giving concerts in and around Los Angeles. Immediately following, the Club made appearances at Ventura, Fillmore, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Palo Alto, Burlingame, San Mateo, San Francisco, Richmond, Napa, Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Fresno, Selma, Tulare, Porterville and Bakers- field. Clifton Swanson President The best Glee Club in the West y The program, as has been the custom in previous years, was divided into two parts. The first of these two consisted of a series of college songs and popular mel- odies, and the second had as its feature a Travel idea. This was very colorful and made a striking background for the well-chosen assortment of songs. The activities for the year were concluded with the annual Home Concert which was held on May tenth and eleventh. Excellent singing combined with a skillful bit of arrangement made the program one to be long remembered. Both performances of the Concert were featured by the fact that capacity houses greeted the songsters. The success which the Glee Club enjoyed during the year is a tribute to the splendid leadership of Professor Lyman, who gave time and effort to make Pomona proud of its musical representation. The heart-felt interest and enthusiasm of Profes- sor Lyman went a long way and was a source of inspiration from the very start. The college is indeed fortunate to number such a man among its fellow-members. Others deserving of great praise are Howard Swan, who acted in the capacity of assistant director, Virgil Howell, who discharged the duties of business manager, and Cartwright Hunter, librarian. Soloists who contributed their talent to the various performances were Roger Johnson, James Blaisdell, Edward Dew, Clark Smith, Howard Swan, Clifton Swan- son, Warren Scott and John McKnight. Clifton Swanson was president of the organ- ization while Keith McKillop was accompanist. I Off for the wars TAT WOMEN ' S GLEE CLUB The year 1928-29 saw the Pomona College Women ' s Glee Club enjoying an unusually successful season both at home and on its tours. Under the skilled and inspiring leadership of Professor Babcock, the Club largely set itself to the task of developing a flawless en- semble of voices. Professor Babcock made the most of the unusually fine possibilities manifested early in the year and the result was a Glee Club unsurpassed in the history of the college, for blend of voices, tone quality and altogether beautiful and artistic singing. For the first time since the season of 1925, the Club made an extended northern trip between semes- ters. It occupied a period of eight days and was in every respect, highly enjoyable and successful. Thursday, January 31, found the Club heading northward in a fine new ' bus. The first concert was given the same evening at Bakersfield. Friday morning, a con- cert was given at Hanford High school and at noon of the same day, the Club gave a concert in Fresno where it was royally entertained at the Shrine Club. Another concert was given at Modesto that night. Professor Babcock ft • ft -A m POMONA Another prize-winning glee club Qhe 1 9 2 9 ME TA T E Continuing the tour, the Club visited San Fran- Cisco, Palo Alto, Berkeley, Oakland, San Mateo, Salinas and Santa Maria. The high spot of the whole tour was a dinner con- cert given at the Hotel Samarkand in Santa Barbara. The outstanding event of the club season is ever the annual Home Concert, this year presented in Bridges Hall on March 8. The Club achieved a lovely program of solo and ensemble numbers, throughout which beauty and real artistry predominated. A Colonial motif was used for the concert, climaxed by a clever skit featuring a dainty colonial minuet. Pomona College was this year host to the Southern California Inter-Collegiate Glee Club contest in which 14 clubs participated. Pomona ' s Women ' s Club took second place in the contest with a most enviable record. A great deal of credit for the splendid showing of the club is due Mr. Babcock for his splendid directing. This year ' s soloists, who contributed materially to the success of the season were Arline Hotchkiss, Terry Koechig, Margie Lee Young, Winifred Babcock, Rut h Paine, Esther Wilberg and Marjorie Brown. Winifred Babcock Lf n o t ' J The annual Home Concert [149] Qfee 19 2 9 ME TA T E to ItV VFfi Pomona Wins The Inter-Collegiate Glee Club Contest The Inter ' Collegiate Glee Club Contest For the second consecutive time, and the fourth in five years, Pomona ' s Men ' s Glee Club won the Southern California Inter-Collegiate Contest, held in Bridges Hall on March 8. Competing against seven clubs, the Pomona men were adjudged unanimous victors by Mr. Behymer, noted musical impresario. They sang three songs, two as part of the required program, and the third to be of their own selection Pomona won the contest in 1928 also and in two of the three years pre- ceding that. The Pomona Women ' s Glee Club placed second to the University of California at Los Angeles. In all, fourteen glee clubs from all over Southern California were represented. Pomona College Choir With a choir of more than a hundred voices, Professor Ralph H. Lyman was able to give more detailed and careful direction to the group which met three times a week throughout the past year. The choir was unusually successful in all its ven- tures and appeared often in various college functions. The first important appearance of the choir was at the Founders ' Day and Inauguration ceremonies on October 13 and 14, when it sang in the Open-Air Theatre and in Bridges Hall for vespers. On December 13, the Oratorio by Haydn, The Creation , was presented as a Music and Drama course events. The Professional soloists were brought from Los Angeles, and Miss Lilian Wilson, soprano, Dr. Carl Omeron, tenor and Harold Kellogg, bass, carried the leads with the full artistic support of the choir. 150] r.f Parts of Handel ' s Messiah ' were presented on December 20 just before Christmas vacation. Mrs. Hope Ford Clokey, soprano, Terry Koechig, contralto, and Howard Swan, tenor, carried the solo parts. As the first event in the second semester, the choir sang some numbers at the Parent-Student and Matriculation Day exercises on February 9. The Mass of St. Cecilia , by Gounod, was presented on February 24 in Pasadena at the Westminister Presbyterian church of Dr. Josiah Sibley. Ruth Paine, soprano, Myron Green, tenor, and Clark Smith, baritone, sang the solo parts with the full choir ensemble for support. The Mass was repeated in Bridges Hall on March 3 as part of the Lenten music annually presented by the college. W The Seven Last Words of Christ, the beautiful Easter composition by Du- bois, was given in Bridges Hall on March 28 and 29 in the afternoon. Arline Hotch- kiss, soprano, Clifton Swanson, tenor and Warren Scott, baritone, carried the sing- ing leads The readers were Dr. Robert C. Denison and Dr. James A. B ' aisdell. The choir also prepared special music for several formal college convocations. Special music will be arranged for both Baccalaureate and Commencement services which will be given as part of the last work of the year. The opera, Robin Hood , by DeKoven, was produced by the choir on May 24 in the Open-Air Theatre. i The Pomona College Choir ■■m vwmmw immmwimtwm:mm3mmn[ y c 7ke 1 Q 1 Q METATE The Music and Drama Course The Music and Drama course included two dramatic offerings in the series of seven productions in 1928-29. The entire selection showed a wide range of artistic endeavor. Three Indian Masks , by Professor Hartley Burr Alexander, of Scripps Col- lege, was the first event of the season, given on October 6. Carved Woman , The Weeper , and His-Voice-A-Whisper , were the short plays of the evening. This unusual type of program brought some of the b eauty of the Indian legends to the local audience. Katheryn Meisle, contralto, appeared in concert on November 19. Miss Meisle gave an artistic and beautiful performance and showed herself a singer of great ability. She is the leading contralto of the San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago Opera Companies. The Creation , was presented by the choir as the annual oratorio. Professional soloists held the leads in the production. Soon after the second semester started, Natalie Boshko, Russian violinist of great reputation and ability, appeared in concert in Bridges Hall on February 16. Her program showed variety and charm and, in three encores, made the audience her own, because of their beauty and brilliance of execution. Madam Sigrid Schneevoigt, Finnish pianist and wife of the director of the Philharmonic orchestra in Los Angeles, appeared in concert on February 22. Her program was composed entirely of Chopin and because of the lack of variety, could not hold the attention of all the audience, especially those who were not primarily interested in music. Twelfth Night , the Shakespeare play of the year, was successfully presented on March 22 and 23 under the direction of Miss Mary Blaisdell, head of the De- partment of Dramatics. The clever comedy was well received by the audience. As the final event of the course, Roland Hayes, celebrated negro tenor, ap- peared in concert on April 3. Bridges Hall was filled to capacity when this great artist appeared, and his program of many varied numbers held his audience under the magic spell of matchless artistry for several hours. His negro spirituals were the most popular on the entire program displaying his perfectly audible and clear, soft tones which contrast greatly with those of most singers. The enthusiastic audience de- manded many encores. Vesper Services Sunday Vesper services have been a regular and popular part of the weekly program throughout the year. Under the auspices of the college Y.M.C.A., the series has never lacked for interest. The services were almost entirely in the hands of students of the college. Student musicians gave the programs which were, for the most part, inspiring, short periods of beautiful music. A Christmas Play and the Lenten Vespers were the most important of the events of the year. [152] The Cast Cynthia Mason - - - - Miss Jean Stewart Hei McRae ■ ■ ■ Mr. Robert McWhorter Dr. Rice Mr. Alfred Hill Mrs. Cady Miss Magdalen Fries Mr. Cady Mr. Francis Shaw Homer Cady ■ - ■ - Mr. Gerald Stewart Gladys Cady Miss Eve Shipley The Beggar On Horseback, a drama of satire and comedy of actualities and the exaggeration of dream ideas, was produced in a more than creditable manner through the tireless efforts of Miss Blaisdell who began her directorial career on the campus with this fascinating and difficult drama. Miss Blaisdell ' s long experience as an actress of ability and her special study of dramatic technique was severely and triumphantly tested in this play. Miss Jean Stewart, a Freshman of proven ability, carried the feminine lead of Cynthia Mason with perfection. Robert McWhorter, as Neil McRae, the dream- ing music-composer, was very effective. Gerald Stewart, Francis Shaw and Maggie Fries, as the Cady family, and Eve Shipley, in particular, as Gladys Cady, the pur- suing woman, made a very entertaining and worthwhile performance. 1 Li— , Qfee 19 2 9 ME TATE m. S V- M ilfc ' THE BUTTER AND EGG MAN The Cast Peter Jones jane Weston - ]oe Lehman Fanny Lehman ]ac McCIure Mary Martin Mr. Charles Hotchkiss - Miss Laura Shaver - Mr. Gerald Stewart Miss Magdalen Fries - Mr. Donald Kupfer - Miss Terry Koechig Under the direction of Clarence Wheeler, talented alumnus, the first amateur pro- duction of George S. Kaufman ' s The Butter and Egg Man ever made, was pre sented by Masquers Society January 18 and 19. Because of a series of unfortunate mishaps, the play was postponed from its original date, early in November to the January date. The Butter and Egg Man proved to be another scintillating comedy, from the pen of a successful Broadway writer. It was received with great relish by the col- legiate audience. Special permission was necessary from the Samuel French Co., of New York, before the play could be produced at Pomona. It was the first time any- where that an amateur company had given it. Mr. Charles Hotchkiss, titian-haired comedian, yell-leader and versatile man of parts, made his debut on the stage in this play. It was a very successful debut. Except for a part in a one-act play given some months before at a football rally, Hotchkiss had never before been on the boards, and his work was very gratifying. Mr. George Stewart, Miss Laura Shaver and Miss Terry Koechig were likewise effective in their various roles. [155] HHBHBHHHI HHHBHH HI nHH H «ik i :,. ' ' ' •;.?• ' ■: - . ■■ ■ ' ' ' • , . THE CAST Henry Simmons - - - - Mr. Phillip Carroll Harriet Simmons - - - Miss Magdalen Fries Ethel Simmons - - - Miss Mary Jo Phillips Chester Binney - - - Mr. Donald McKenna Letty Lythe Miss Alice Laidlaw Donald Swift - - - - Mr. James Blaisdell Roger Sheilds - - ■ Mr. Arthur Levan Zebre Sally Otis Miss Mercedes Frost Lild Wilson Miss Marian Geer Anne Miss Alice Griggs As the annual A.W.S. show, the clever farce, The Whole Town ' s Talking, by Anita Loos and John Emerson, kept the Holmes Hall audiences in a continuous state of laughter on the nights of March 1 and 2. Dr. Benjamin D. Scott successfully direct- ed the play which was a humorous satire on small-town gossip. The drama, although not new, was given a new interpretation in the hands of the college players under Dr. Scott, and both latent and patent humor received its full measure of attention. 1 _ THE CAST Orsino Mr. James Blaisdell Olivia Miss Alice Laidlaw Viola Miss Frances Fries Sebastian Mr. Karl Rodi Maria Miss Virginia Phillis Sir Toby Belch -,••-■ Mr. Lloyd Miller Malvolio - Mr. Gordon Spaulding nhe 19 2 9 ME TA T E May Masque Cynthia Lives was chosen as the May Masque on Women ' s Day, May 4. The play, written by Katheryn Allen, combined pantomimication and dancing in equal proportions, giving an opportunity for interpretive work in the four main leads and the dancing groups. Mr. George Dunham handled the production of the Masque as he has for the past two years, and Miss Bernice Van Gelder directed the dancing of the freely interpretive type against a background of music by Tschaikowsky. This masque, like those of the past two years, was given at night so that lighting effects combined with dancing and music to create a spell of weirdness and fantasy. As the story moves, the witch, Symboz, finds Dictor, the man magician, and binds him on her enchanted island. In order to keep him in her power, she creates a statue of a beautiful maiden whom he is supposed to worship. Instead, Dictor falls in love with the statue and by his own magic, gives it life. Then together, they turn on Symboz and destroy her power. Nilon, the Earth Monster and the son of the witch, offers his services to the happy pair. Leading parts were taken by Thais Schofield as Symboz, Mary Corley as Nilon, Elizabeth Brogdon as Dictor and Faith Inglis as Cynthia. The followers of the witch, a bat, spider, and cat, were taken by Helen Thomson, Jane Griffith and Marie Taylor. The Masque, as is the usual custom, was from an original manuscript by Katheryn Allen, senior woman who has been prominent in college dramatic circles for several years. Her production is one of the best that has been given at Pomona in the past few years. The Light of Asia The Light Of Asia , a music-drama adapted and staged by Reginald Pole was presented in Bridges Hall on November 27. Mr. Pole appeared in the strange and poetically psychological drama as Prince Siddartha, afterwards the god, Buddha. The Senior Play At this late hour, as the Metate is going to press, considerable uncertainty is in the councils of the executive committee of the senior class over the nature of the 1929 senior play. Sometime in March, the class voted to have a play, as is the usual custom, although there was considerable opposition to the project. Later, the proposition of making a motion picture, with the story, filming and acting done entirely by Seniors was advanced. The idea caught fire and, while it was being considered, nothing was done toward choosing a play and putting it into the first stages of production. Easter vacation came and went, and still nothing was done. So it stands. The seniors may have their usual play, or they may depart from the usual and present a movie. This note is the best the Metate can make. [160] : i ■■;.... -.- mm m. mmm wmm+mm ' mmm mwm Qhe 19 2 9 ME TA T E THE MET ATE On these two pages, the problem of editing a year-book is nicely centralized. More goes into the Metate than the pictorial and graphic accounts of the year ' s activities at Pomona. Each editor, sooner or later, comes up against the question of how to produce something different, something new. Tradition vs. Personality with a heavy weight of evidence on both sides. The problem is to handle old subject-matter in a new way. As I say, this problem is focussed nicely in these particular pages which deal with the Metate itself. Tradition — founded, as is often the case, on sound principle — demands that this section be given over to an account of the work entailed in the production of this book, recognition of the efforts of the staff-mem- bers and a history of progress of construction, from beginning to end. All of which is, of course, entirely appropriate. However, the point rises who, except for the half-dozen or more persons directly concerned, is interested? Will the average student care to read the conventional case-history of the Metate? And should not the written parts of the book be as interesting and universally colorful as the pic- tures? Hence, for better, or worse, these two pages will depart from the usual story and touch upon another phase of the case. I am deeply grateful for the efforts of my staff. The work of the various mem- bers was invaluable. To Lyle Martin, assistant editor, Caroline Bennett, Scripps editor, Don Kupfer and John Knauft, sports editors, Helen Lee, women ' s editor, Relman Morin Editor i 0S 1 aft y£ These People Made It Possible [162] ' Ohe 19 2 9 ME TATE Katheryn Allen, dramatic editor, and Bonnie Pierce and Robert O ' Brien, general assignments, I extend my sincerest appreciation. Mr. Dawson joins me in expressing his gratitude to Raymand Fosberg, photographic manager, and Ken- ton Bates, assistant advertising manager. Likewise, my heart-felt thanks goes out to Mr. John Jackson, manager of the year-book department at the Carl A. Bundy Quill 6? Press for his expert efforts in the printing and general planning of the Metate. And to Mr. Cleon Larson, who designed and executed most of the art-work I offer my congratulations and gratitude. The motif for the 1929 Metate is the recognition William Dawson of achievement in and through Pomona College. We Manager have sought to carry out this motif in the general plan and art theme of the book. The main division pages feature Pomona alumni who have become prominent and successful in one field or another, reflecting glory and renown on their alma mater as well as themselves. The sub-division pages have the pictures of outstanding students, men and women who have distinguished themselves in college work. Wherever possible, in the written records, we have endeavored to give credit where credit is due, praising individuals and pointing with pride, to their work. After all, a college is no more and no less than its men and women. We hav e endeavored to handle our old subject-matter with as many innovations as possible. The panorama of the year, passing before our eyes, has brought with it the usual events. To the best of our ability, we have attempted to interpret and record them in new ways. It is a case of reading the minutes of the last meeting with our own individual twist. The Editor. : i ?: ' ■■ The first paces of the Metate coming off the press Q e 1920 METATE i  • THE STUDEHT LIFE With the completion of its third year as a daily paper, the Student Life maintained a much higher stand ' and of publication than heretofore, enjoying an appre- ciable rise in the prestige of the sheet. Already, the Stu- dent Life has advanced to a place comparable to that of the other four collegiate daily presses in California. Due to the efforts of the two editors, Robert O ' Brien and Margaret Inglis, many changes and improvements were effected during the year. The Inter-Collegiate Press Service, employed during the second term, proved to be more satisfactory than United Press Service, used the first semester. Both the feature and sports pages were definitely organized as to make-up and material. The maintenance of an official college calendar was found to be invaluable. A well-planned cabinet, built in the press office of Holmes Hall, made the filing of Student Life issues and of cuts from all campus publications possible. Attempting to include the student activities of Scripps College in the editorial staff of the paper, a Scripps Edition was published every Thursday during the fall term, edited by Helen Hoefer. With the introduction of a beat system at the begin- ning of the second semester, Scripps was placed as a beat and a reporter for the women ' s institution covered the news of Pomona ' s sister college. Robert O ' Brien ' 29, filled the office of editor-in-chief for the first semester. Those who assisted him were Louise Maxwell, managing editor; Bruce Smith, feature editor; Clarence Braxdale, sports editor; Harold Pettee, U.P. editor, and Katheryn Allen, Peg Inglis, John Knauft and Bruce Robinson, night editors. M 4 Peg Inglis Editor Second Semester . ' , H w — Jf The staff — a group of unsung heroes 164 Q e M TATE Margaret Inglis ' 30, edited the paper during the second semester. Due to the introduction of the beat sys- tem, the staff was reorganized to include twelve reporters who covered definite territories, five proof readers and edition assistants. Elizabeth Crawford, John Knauft, Fred Graeser, Ralph Beller and Garland Ferrell, as man- aging editors, each took a turn at night editing. The as- sistants were, John Blanchard, sports; Chandler Ide, fea- tures, and Helen Lee, Inter-Collegiate Press. Bruce Hawke ' 29, served as business manager from April, 1928, to April, 1929. He was assisted by James Spirre, Bill Dawson and Francis Darby. The placement of a large part of Student Life business transactions in the hands of the Graduate-Manager, Glenn C. Turner, ably centralized the business reorganization. A daily editorial column, started in 1927, was con- tinued by Relman Morin ' 29, and other columns by Chandler Ide and Don Kupfer were written from time to time as occasion demanded. Bob O ' Brien Editor First Semester At present, the outstanding difficulty of the Student Life is the lack of experi- enced and instructed reporters. Perhaps the greatest problem of both editors this year was that of instructing the reporters, proof-readers and night editors in news- paper technique. When a plan for instruction in journalism is realized at Pomona, more effective writing, news coverage, and paper make-up will be possible. At pres- ent, the Student Life ranks very well with the other local college publications. There are but four daily college papers in Southern California, and Pomona ' s official organ compares very favorably with these. feM. . This is a stunt. Wright Pierce planned it ,.,, . ... nhe I 9 1 9 M E TA T E THE SAGEHEH Establishing a precedent for presenting unique motifs with each succeeding issue, the Sagehen, Pomona ' s humor magazine, rose to an unusually high level of literary accomplishment in its second year under student-body control. Four numbers were published, two falling in each semester. Through a broader editorial policy, the mag- azine offered the students a well-balanced presentation of longer stories, professional art-work, youthful poetry, and a more subtle brand of satire. Lyle Martin edited the Sagehen with Fred Graeser serving as his assistant, and Wesley P. Heath as art editor. Starting with the first issue, a Football number, appearing a day preceding the traditional game with Occidental, the Old Bird en- joyed a complete success on the campus. The number was replete with football ma- terial, the official line-ups and a clever brand of football humor. In the second issue, the Old-Timer ' s number, the Sagehen brought to the campus the work of many staff artists of the past. It was an issue filled with cartoons of all descriptions dating back, as it were, to the Year One. It helped to recall the early days of the magazine when it was struggling along under free-lance management. For its third flight, the doughty old fowl produced an appropriate Fraternity number, appearing just prior to the annual Bid Day. In the finale, the magazine had an Exchange motif, making a fitting climax to the year. Charles Hotchkiss was the enthusiastic business manager with Bill Stott as his assistant. Hotchkiss, with his powerful sales line, was responsible for its financial success. The Sagehen Staff in action. Charles Hotchkiss, left, and Lyle Martin 166 ' rassKs ' c 7he 19 2 9 ME TATE Donald McKenna Editor First Semester MANUSCRIPT Manuscript, Pomona College ' s literary magazine, is the official publication of the Scribblers 1 Society and appeared three times during the past year. Material which appears is not limited to that contributed by mem- bers of the society, but is gathered from the students of Pomona and Scripps Col- leges, and election to the society is based on literary ability and interest in the publication of the book. Elizabeth True Editor Second Semester In the loss of several able and stimulating members through graduation, Scrib- blers ' suffered tremendously as a group and has been forced to struggle to preserve the frank comradeship and friendly criticism so typical of its traditions. Meetings of the society have been called by the president, Elizabeth True, whenever literary endeavors have been available for criticism and when the business of Manuscript has been unduly pressing. In the light of new needs and interests, the regular meet- ings of a social nature which formed so large a part of the organization ' s activities last year have not been found practicable and have been discontinued. Manuscript appeared on the campus three times during the past year, twice during the first semester and once in the second. Donald McKenna, editor during the first semester, put out the opening issue. He acted as business manager as well as editor and, with the help of the members of the society, produced a very credita- ble edition of the book. Unfortunately for the already unstable status of the book, college was closed a day after the first edition appeared, an epidemic of influenza having broken out. The edition lost heavily and the blow almost extinguished the light that was more a flicker than a strong flame. Elizabeth True took over the editorship of the second term, McKenna remain- ing as business manager. Louise Maxwell was appointed publicity manager and Bruce Smith and Gordon Spaulding acted in the capacity of assistant editors. Articles and stories presenting local problems were solicited so that the magazine would have as much student interest as possible. Gerald Stewart, William Cover and George Ennis contributed some good prose pieces in their essays and stories and Margaret Porter and Gregg Anderson turned in poetry of value to the spring number. Scribblers ' keeps in touch with alumni members and many valuable connections with the outside world have been formed. Myra Waterman is writing book reviews for a New York newspaper. James Clark is on the staff of one of the well-known magazines. Sara Allen has contributed poems to several Southern California publi- cations and Lawson Cooper is connected with a newspaper in Inglewood. The pres- ent members are: Donald McKenna, Louise Maxwell, Dorothy Holverson, Mr. Lin- coln, William S. Ament, Harold Davis, Gordon Spaulding, Kenelm Ben?on, Relman Morin, Alice Laidlaw, Randolph Carter, Margaret Porter, Cynthia Stanton, Bruce Smith, Roger Revelle and Gregg Anderson. [167] c 7he 19 2 9 ME TA T E THE PUBLICITY BUREAU Tremendously active this year, the Student Publicity Bureau, managed by Fred Graeser, accomplished a vast amount of work during both semesters and especially during the football season. The routine of the Bureau consists of sending regu- lar news stories to the various Southern California daily papers. Timely news of interest to all readers has been brought before a great number of people, acquainting them with the activities and achievements of Pomona College. News letters of less timely interest were also sent to the various weekly journals in the vicinity of Claremont. Fred Graeser When a Pomona student gains some honor in Manager scholarship, athletics or any extra-curricular activity, the Publicity Bureau immediately sends ah individual story of the honor to the home-town paper and also to the high school from which the student graduated. In this way, prominent high school students are made aware of Pomona College and given some knowledge of the work being done here, aiding them in the selection of a college. This system of sending news stories to high school papers was an innovation with the News Bureau this year. In addition to keeping in touch with prominent newspapers, throughout the country, the Bureau was also intimately in touch with a number of influential news agencies, such as the United Press and Associated Press. Following each home athletic contest, a representative of the Bureau sent a story of the result to these associations and the news was distributed widely over the whole state and, indeed over the whole section of the country. Fred Graeser, as manager, was responsible for the entertainment of all press cor- respondents who were sent to report the various football games on Alumni Field. The Bureau was also responsible for publishing grograms for the home contests. The pro- gram for the Pomona- San Diego State College game was especially ambitious and ranked in excellence with those produced by larger institutions. The present manager started several new features during his term which will make the work much easier for succeeding directors. A file of athletic photographs was started and will be invaluable for use next year. A file of all news stories sent out was also opened, thus giving the next manager a working basis on which to proceed. Assisting Graeser during the first semester was John Knauft, a Freshman, whose work proved invaluable, particularly during the rush seasons of football and basket- ball. Conway Felton, ' 30, was the assistant for the second semester and aided mater- nally in the great success of the Bureau. [168] i ' .4 Qhe 19 2 9 METATE DEBATE Off to a magnificent start with the international debate against the speakers from Australia, the Pomona College Men ' s Debate team kept up the good work throughout the entire season, turning in one of the finest records of forensic performance in the history of the institution. The new style of speaking, now in vogue at Pomona, has carried her reputation far and wide. The free expression, ready wit and quick judgment of the Pomona teams has become almost proverbial in debate circles. Against Stanford University, the three Pomona speakers, Winston Crouch, Lawrence White and Wesley Heath had things all their own way before a select audience in Bridges Hall. Against the Australians, who were on a debating tour of the world, the same was true. Meeting Occidental before the Ontario Lions Club, Wallace Weber and Henry Gray inaugurated the system of informal debate. The particular style of oratory promises much for the future, for it is popular with speaker and audience alike. It promises to give the de- baters more experience, the college a greater debating reputation and the public a new method of receiving the orators ' ideas. What a fine addition this class of ' 32 will make for next year ' s varsity! Speak- ing in the Southern California varsity, they won the league championship . . quite an accomplishment for the Freshmen of one college to defeat the varsity teams of other universities. The men concerned in this achievement were Harold Pettee and Sheldon Smith, Stanley Warburton, Robert Shelton, Leonard Shelton. In the fall of 1928 Pomona placed second in the Southern California Confer- ence Extempore Contest, being represented by Henry Gray. Had it not been for Dr. Illsley ' s medical assistance, Pomona would not have been represented, Gray being seriously ill on the day of the contest. In the Pacific Coast Conference, Pomona ' s fortunes were upheld by Wal- lace Weber and Henry Gray, who went to the University of Idaho representing the College in the Oratory and Extem- poraneous finals, respectively. Weber took fifth, and Gray tied for third. De- bating with State College of Washing- ton, the Pomona team had things all its own way and came back to the campus feeling that the trip had been well worth the time and effort bestowed upon it. There are many other oratory con- tests, most of which come late in the The Gentlemen from Australia [170] c 7he 9 2 9 M E TATE year and the representatives have not yet been chosen. Weber will represent Pomona in the Old Line Con- test ; Wesley Heath journeyed to Los Angeles to repre- sent us in the Constitutional Finals and someone will have the honor of being chosen to uphold Pomona ' s unbroken record of victory in the annual Peace Contest, an event in which we have won first place for six consec- utive years. Pomona is making special efforts in the field of debat- ing, and although the record of past years has been pre- eminently one of success, it is thought that the future holds still further glory for our teams. Additional forensic contests on the campus, prizes, and other inducements are expected to stimulate the activity to the utmost. Henry Gray The demise of the Pomona College Debate Club, which for many years provided the social side of the forensic activities, was unfortunate and plans are already under way for a bigger and more active group of this type. Delta Sigma Rho, the national honorary debate society had a busy year and proved extremely beneficial. A large portion of all the glory that comes to Pomona via its debate teams, is always due Dr. Benjamin D. Scott, who coaches the individual speakers and who, given time, seems to be able to change any tongue from lead to silver. I Debate Squad [171] - • Qfee 9 2 9 ME TA T E WOMEN ' S DEBATE The women ' s debate teams had a very busy year. The season began early in the year with a number of college events and extempore contests, and the women who turned out for the squad gave promise of being eminently successful in the work of the year — a promise which was more than fulfilled as time passed. The season proper began on November 5 in a non-decision contest with the University of California. Ruth Gunther, ' 29, and Cornelia Lincoln, ' 29, were the Pomona College representatives. Speaking before a large audience in Harwood Hall, the women staged a very interesting contest. The Southern California Conference debates, scheduled for the early part of November, but delayed because of an epidemic of influenza, were held in January. The affirmative team, Evangeline Oates, ' 30, and Judith Gunn, 32, lost to Occidental Col- lege but were easily victorious over a University of Redlands team. The negatives, Betty Sherwood, ' 31, and Helen Jean Culbertson, ' 31, lost to La Verne College and the University of California at Los Angeles. In February and March, two other extra-conference debates were held. On February 2 1 , Evangeline Oates and Judith Gunn were defeated by a brilliant team from the State College of Washington. On March 21, Ruth Gunther and Rhea Monson, ' 31, presented a non-decision debate with Linfield College of Oregon. Pomona did not enter a contestant in the Women ' s Extempore Contest. On April 18, however, Alice Laidlaw, ' 29, won first place in the Southern Conference Oratorical Contest. Miss Laidlaw also represented Pomona in the Interpretative Reading Contest early in May. Women ' s debate team [172} ■HHHMHHHUBHHMI HHHH HHHHN aHl Dr. David P. Barrows, ' 94 HE first editor of the Student Life and a trac and foot- ball star in college. He was director of education in the Philippine Islands and later President of the University of California. During the World War, he served as a Major General and received decorations from France, Belgium, Czecho-Slova ia, Italy, Japan and Poland. ! , Organizations SIGMA TAU FRATERNITY ESTABLISHED 1908 Sprague, Rodi, Heath, Ingram, Russell, Hadfield, Merritt, Hartman, Putnam, McCann Martin, Henderson, Andreson, Thompson, Morin, Backstrand, Nolder, Stancer, King Hahn, Michener, Brankamp, Shannon, Baynham, Judge Neely, Revelle, Morgan, Gordon Iredell, Bacon, Howard, Covington, Pratt, Giffen, Stroud, Williams wmmmmN mHmmammmmmmm miwmtmmxmMmmaminuafaBmmammmKMammiuaaa V (The 19 2 9 METATE PHI DELTA FRATERNITY ESTABLISHED 1915 Gregory, Swanson, Holdredge, Kelson, Judy, Hostutler, Dyer, Bent Stott, MacDonald, Murdy, Hagmann, Bear, Nichols, Marimon Ewart, Hotchkiss, McKnight, Inman, Van de Water, Campbell, Parker Munn, Walker, Ennis, Osborne, Kennedy, Baird aaHMMH HHHMaHMHHHHHMHHMHMIIHBHHHI ■ HHHHHMBHHHBMHIHNHBiHMHMMHHHI HagHnHlHUHB . ' MHH HHH HHHH i. 1 m II h w c 7he 9 1 9 ME TA T E i A I MANAGERS OF SPORTS FOOTBALL Senior — John Andreson Junior — Carroll Hostutler Sophomores — Stanley Hahn, Neil Young, Phil Pratt, Ranny Miller, Reggy DeVore. Freshmen — Leonard Shelton, R. Tasker Forbes, Merill Leavitt, Merill Fellows, Dick Roby, Harold Schweitzer, Art Pritch- ard, John McKnight. BASKETBALL Senior — Dave Austin Juniors — - Bert Adams, Ray Fosberg Sophomores — George Gibbs, John McCann, Bill Anderson. Freshmen — Paul Dougan, Walt Zabriskie, Wil- lard Larson, Roney Williamson, Jack Witherspoon. TRACK Senior — Harold Backstrand Juniors — Gilbert Coltrin, Garland Ferrell. Sophomores — Clarence Sprague, Johnny Newman, Bill Stott, Bob Eliot. Freshmen — Cartwright Hunter, Merrill Leavitt, Merrill Fellows. BASEBALL Senior — George Ennis Juniors — Jack Holdredge, John Wilcox. Sophomores — Maurice Covington, Kenny Bates Freshmen — Dell Schweitzer, John Maple, Ralph Hilmer TENNIS AND MINOR SPORTS Senior — Bill Dawson Junior — Byron McDonald Sophomores — Kenny Bates, Gordon Giffen, Bill Beardslee, Avery McFedries. Freshmen — Melvin Meeker, Ralph Dawson, Oscar Overholtzer. [186] mat SHNHMMaBBHHHHBMHHIHHifBNHmHmHHHngHnHHBnHraai - -jj . X ■SaBHMBHHBaHHHHKHHHHHBHnaMHnHBHnHanganHHBHHBHH MATHEMATICS CLUB President Norma Matthews Vice-President Muriel Sheldon Secretary-Treasurer Paul Whistler Publicity - - ' Helen O ' Brien MEMBERS Norma Matthews Paul Whistler Viola Lyon Helen O ' Brien Leland Mills Gault Lynn Muriel Sheldon Frances Lyon Florence Winans Viola Kopplin Alline Koster Kathryn Drumm Zella Murphy Marjorie Mayo George Murphy Marjorie Hewitt George Watson Rachel Dozier Lilian Gould Edwin Worley Gilbert Coltrin Prof. Russell H. H. Day Prof. Taylor Hubert Loring Miss Grace E. Berry mammmmmmBmBma sxmKm mmmmwmmmmm m mmmmmm BHm 4£_ ■nMMMHMBMHHHnMHnHHnMHHUMBHMB HHaHIHHIIHI Qfcfi 19 2 9 ME TA T E ASSOCIATED WOMEN STUDENTS EXECUTIVE President Vice-President - - Secretary Treasurer - - - - Chairman of Activities W.A.A. Representative Head Sponsor - - BOARD - Ruth Dobbins Louise Maxwell Dorothy Davison - Velma Casper - Magdalen Fries - Coral Vanstrum • Muriel Sheldon This year has been a full one for the Associated Women Students. Activities began with Freshman Week, when the sponsors, a group of Junior and Senior women, initiated the new girls into the why and where ' Ruth Dobbins ore ° coue g e life at Pomona, a work which is carried President on throughout the entire year. The Christmas Formal, with its invitations sent out by the women, was a big success and was managed by Alberta Williamson. The annual A.W.S. Play was managed by Terry Koechig and directed by Dr. Benjamin D. Scott. The Whole Town ' s Talking was the production given. In Nove mber, the Intercollegiate Women ' s Association of Southern Cali- fornia was held at Santa Barbara. Pomona was represented by its officers and Miss Jessie Gibson, dean of women. One of the biggest tasks of the year was the raising of money for a cabin to be built at Idyllwild. A Carnival and special dance were held for this purpose. The annual Women ' s day was held on May 4. The Executive Board of The A.W.S. J 196] c 7hc 19 2 9 ME TA T E WOMEN ' S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIOH The Pomona College Women ' s Athletic Associa- tion is formed for the purpose of organizing and stim- ulating inteiest in the physical and social activities among the women of Pomona College, and to promote a spirit of democracy and good sportsmanship. In order to carry out that purpose this year, not only the regular sports program has been sponsored, but many other activities and social events throughout the year. As part of the Freshman Week program, the an- nual Sport Jolly-up was staged, which was in the way of a welcoming and introducing to the freshmen of the various activities that are offered to the girls of the college. Stunts and skits under the direction of the man- agers of basketball, hockey, speedball, tennis, swim- ming, golf, riding and archery featured during the even- ing — after which punch and dancing were in order. After an exciting basketball season, the annual spread was held in the gym. A Faculty vs. All-Star game completely absorbed the interest of the audience. Despite the efficient work of the Scripps and Pomona faculty, the All-stars won the game by a convincing score. The awarding of sweaters and numerals was made at the spread. Hockey then took up its stick and in order to celebrate the close of its reign, the W.A.A. sponsored a Shishkabob at the Women ' s Building and skits at a campfire for the entertainment of the girls just before Eastern vacation. Not content, however, with just the collegiate program, the Women ' s Athletic Association sponsored a high school play day and acted as hostesses to some eight Coral Vanstrum President iU , i ' I t t 3 Members of The Association [197] ■ MUHMaH HnMHHMaHHMHHHBHHHM HHHHHHBHH c 7he 19 2 9 ME TA T E If ' v . ' J The Major Letter Wearers high schools. It was felt last year that such a play day was so much of a success that it was worth while repeating, and even more positive values were felt to have been gained through it in promoting a spirit of friendly competition and co-opera- tion among the various high schools. Through this organization, too, is the system of awards settled. Although there are faint rumors of a sport program involving absolutely no points which may super ' sede the present system, at the present time there is a class numeral, a 500-point P. C. and an 800-point major letter sweater. The highest award, however, is an absolutely honorary one and is given to not more than five senior women. It is known as the W.A.A. seal and stands not only for ability in athletics but for scholarship and an unselfish interest in all campus activities. Each year, at least two delegates are sent to the Athletic Conference of Ameri- can College Women, in which there is a general exchange of plans, ideas and programs which are of tremendous value to this campus. The Women ' s Athletic Association co-operated with the A.W.S. in the raising of funds for the cabin to be built in the mountains, aiding in the production of the Carnival, Hard-Times dance and several other projects. And so it is that the Women ' s Athletic Association of Pomona tries to link up the women of the campus in a circle of good times and good fellowship and also to maintain a contact with other colleges and universities of the country and with their aims and objectives. The past year owes a great proportion of its success to the efficient guidance of its officers. , v ■A: TA T BASKETBALL 1929 ALL-POMONA TEAM Center ■ . . . Marian Hauan ' 29 Center Virginia Randall ' 31 Forward Jean Strong ' 29 Forward Kathleen Strong ' 29 Guard - Muriel Sheldon ' 29 Guard Marie Wales ' 31 The year ' s basketball season was replete with thrills. For the second consecutive time, the class of 1929 won the championship but only after a series of close hard ' fought games that were in doubt until the very end. The Seniors placed four women on the all-star team and were, in general, the dominating class on the courts. With a clever group of girls in the game and the inauguration of a new system of scheduling, the y ear was pre-eminently successful. Class tournaments, followed by an all-comers tourney started tennis activities early in the fall. The weather man can be relied on during the early months of the year to interfere consistently with tennis tournaments so the inter-class matches were scheduled for the latter part of April. The Seniors, represented by Evelyn Harper, Enid Twist, Kathleen Strong and Muriel Sheldon, again won the college championship defeating the Sophomores in a close match. It was the second consecutive year that they won the title. ■MHHHHBHHnnaHBIHII HmHMBHaiHHagMnHHnHmHHaHBHaHnnHHMHSM c 7he IQ29 METATE I Another Championship Senior Group Hoc ey Under the management of Kathleen Strong, the hockey season ended with the Senior class team the undefeated champions. Defeating all three of the other squads, the Seniors won the championship for the second consecutive year. The scores of the games were, Seniors, 7; Juniors, 0; Seniors, 3; Sophomores, 2; Seniors, 4; Freshmen, 1. The championship Senior team was composed of Kathleen Strong, Gertrude Rice, Frances Scoville, Evelyn Harper, Betty Pelter, Marion Elliot, Coral Vanstrum, Ruth Dobbins, Edith Quibell, Alline Koster, Marian Hauan and Katheryn Allen. Riding Sigma Sigma, the women ' s riding club, is one of the newer organizations, having been in existence only three years. The chief energies are centered around the annual gymkhana, when the club presents a program of gaited and stock work, hurdling, drill and games. Minor Sports Followers of golf were assisted in their game by coaching from Mr. Foresman of Mountain Meadows Country Club. Enid Twist managed the links activities. An exhibit met on Women ' s Day showed the results of the training given in arch- ery with Ruth Thompson as manager. Interest in riflery ran especially high throughout the year. Inter-squad competi- tion and telegraphic meets with esatern colleges were arranged by Helen Lee who won the women ' s championship of the college. [200] 1 HHBBlHHHnHHBHiMHaHiHHHniBBHMHHBHBBHni PHI KAPPA SIGMA Literary Society OFFICERS FIRST SEMESTER President Muriel Sheldon Vice-President Edith Bond Secretary Florence Crozier Treasurer Elizabeth Pinney Social Chairman Helen Leonard OFFICERS SECOND SEMESTER President Muriel Sheldon Vice-President Helen Leonard Secretary Elizabeth Brogdon Treasurer Janice Pidduck Social Chairman Judith Eames MEMBERS Mildred Bissett Helen Leonard Louise Bodger Vivian Long Edith Bond Alice Mann Gratia Boynton Margaret McKinney Elizabeth Brogdon Harriet Pidduck Elizabeth Brown Janice Pidduck Marjorie Cherry Elizabeth Pinney Dorothy Cook Mary Satterlee Mary Corley Jeanne Sheldon Florence Crozier Muriel Sheldon Judith Eames Margaret Thomson Sarepta Goldsmith Margaret Varnum Virginia Harsch Nancy Wilson Alice Jordan Verna Wood Terry Koechig Ruth Yoder 1 K4tKWV?i«fro?J YU«amxSUn« President Bonnie Pierce Vice-President Dorothy Spoor Secretary Nancy Wilson Treasurer Hilda Hinckley Senior-Representative ■ - - Eleanor March junior-Representative ■ ■ ■ Verna Wood Sophomore Representative - - ■ Clair Sharpe Freshman Representative - - Harriet Pidduck 4 ■■ i wwsma wKNi Ellen Browning Scripps O WHOM these pages are dedicated by the students of the college founded through her generosity. It is their ambi- tion that the spirit and ideals which prompted the found- er ' s gift may find in their lives such expressions as she most would wish, and that their gratitude to the donor who has made possible their opportunities may ever be shown in their honoring of her trust. BR fflS .wC Scripp: c 7Pie 9 2 9 MET ATE THE ADMINISTRATION Scripps College faculty members under the leadership of Dr. Ernest James Jaqua, president, have been greatly influential in directing the edu- cational aims of the college. The faculty members ' educational interests have not limited their anticipation in outside activities relative to their chosen fields of interest. Their contributions to their respective fields have been in the form of series of lectures presented to various organizations; research work; and pub- lications of a distinct significance in literary and historical circles. Dr. Ernest J. Jaqua The faculty membership includes: Dr. Hart- ley Burr Alexander, professor of philosophy; Dr. Nathaniel Wright Stephenson, professor of his- tory and biography; Professor William Sheffield Ament, professor of English; Miss Sarah Rogers Atsatt, professor of biology; Mr. Henry Purmort Eames, professor of music and aesthetics; Baron Paul d ' Estournelles de Constant, professor of French language and literature; Mademoiselle Murrielle Rieffel, assistant professor of French; Mrs. Roger S. Palmer, instructor of oral English: Miss Margaret Withington, librarian; Miss H. Elese Kelley, director of physical edu- cation, and Mrs. Mary Nichols Kerr, Dean of Women. , K3 k f c «i) ■ ' 7 The Faculty [212] ■ - .:■ c 7he 19 2 9 METAT.E THE STUDEHT BODY The addition of another class to Scripps College necessitated the formal organization of the Student Body at the opening of the year 1928-1929. The constitution which was framed and adopted at the end of the first vear was put into operation. Ida Swindt received the singular honor of being elected first president of the Asso- ciated Student Body. Anne Hopkins was elect- ed vice-president, Gae Grandy secretary, and Eunice Hatch treasurer. These officers, and ap- pointed representatives constitute the Executive Committee. A Student-Faculty Council, com- posed of the Dean of Women, who is acting chairman, the women faculty members, the Stu- dent Body president, the two class presidents, and appointed representatives, was formed to discuss and adjust campus problems. The spirit of co-operation between the two classes has been fostered by several projects undertaken during the year. A program was put on for the boys of the Cali- fornia Junior Republic, and a lawn-fete for the benefit of the Pomona Valley Com- munity Hospital was given. Members of both classes participated in these affairs and gave their loyal support to making them successful. Altogether, the year has been a very profitable and enjoyable one. immm m mmam gmim mmmmmmmm m mmmmmtmmmm mmm m ammmammmKHmtmmHmmi VWSraWWWBWH ... . ■ • -J c 7he 19 2 9 ME TA T E The Slave with Two Faces DRAMA Like everything on the Scripps campus, the Dramatic Club is still, so to speak, in its infancy. It was first put into any semblance of definite organization last spring under the leadership of Winifred Reyleck. At that time and until after College was well under way this fall, it had more the form of a committee than of a dramatic society. The organization of the club is as yet not fully developed. There are only two officers, Winifred Reyleck, president; and Ellen Clark, secretary-treasurer, while the membership is rather scattered. It is expected that, as soon as Scripps has its long- looked-forward-to auditorium, there will be a smooth-running and highly effective society with the usual number of officers, regular meetings, dues, and all such. This year the members of the club have been laboring under difficulties. With no adequate place for presentations their plan has been to give a series of short plays with small casts and calling for the minimum of settings. These have been given in the dining room of Clark Hall. Mary Caroline Davies ' The Slave With Two Faces, was given on February seventh with Winifred Reyleck, Caroline Bennett, and Constance Chandler playing the three main parts. The play was skillfully directed and successfully produced under the careful guidance of Madame Paul d ' Estournelles. Maeterlinck ' s Pelleas and Melesande was the production for March. With these two years as an example, the Dramatic Club is looking forward to an interesting and successful career. 216 ' L .• ■■ jxuswawoi Qfee 1929 METATE Q m ■M 4 vi r The Christmas Formal ENTERTAINMENT Events in the social calender of Scripps College were begun last September by the Sophomore class who, on consecutive evenings entertained the Freshmen class at a Kid Party and corridor spreads. Both were in the nature of Mixers that the classes might meet and meet each other informally. On the afternoon of September twenty- second the Sophomore class again entertained the Freshmen at a formal tea in Toll Hall to meet the Sophomore class and the wives of the Faculty. Many times has the dining room of Clark Hall been the gay scene of dances, attended by the student body of Scripps and their guests. On October fifth, the Sopho- more class entertained in honor of the Freshman class with an informal to which only Pomona College men were invited. The room was decorated with balloons and ser- pentine, making a bright and colourful effect. Myron Green ' s orchestra was at its post, and punch was served during the evening. The success of the affair was due to Helen Hoefer, chairman of the dance. The formal of the semester was given on December fourteenth, individual invita- tions being issued by each girl. The decorations were Modernistic in character, and executed in the true Christmas spirit. Snow-covered animals lined the walls of Clark Hall, while a brilliantly lighted Christmas tree gave a cheery atmosphere to Toll Hall. The committee for the dance was Irene Mackay and Natalie Waterman, who procured Prince ' s coloured orchestra from Pasadena, and the inimitable Henry to colourfully receive the guests. The social events of the year were concluded with a Scripps novelty tea dance, on April twenty-second, and the Spring formal, on May twenty-fifth. [217] c 7he 1929 METATE xv.m THE SPUR CLUB The Spur has the unique honor of being the first organized club of any kind at Scripps. Out of the fifty girls who composed the first class, over two-thirds were in- terested in riding. Through the combined effort and interest of all those in the club it has become well established and now holds an important place in social and ath letic activity of the college. The first year of the club ' s work was one of organization. It was voted that there should be three offices, those of president, secretary, and treasurer. These places were filled respectively by Helen Norton, Ruth McCleneghan, and Jeannette Gordon. A constitution was drawn up; and a point system, suggested by Miss Kelley, was adopted. This system has proved a vitalizing element in the club and has brought about a great interest in gaining ribbons and spurs. The spur is the highest honor which may be won, and it requires that a girl not only must have excellence in form and management as well as complete confidence, but also she must have all the re- quisites of good sportsmanship. This year the club, although somewhat diminished in size, is proving itself more worthwhile under the lead ership of Isabella Smith. Assisting her are Ada Watkins, secretary, and Marjorie Townsend, treasurer. A moonlight supper ride and a bridge given in honor of the club by Sigma Sigma, Pomona ' s Riding Club, opened the year. On December thirteenth an informal Gymkana was held with Sigma Sigma, and the term ended with a Horse Show on January twnty-fifth. With such evidence of a good beginning, the club is bound to continue to be successful in its future years. [218] Qhe 19 2 9 ME TA T E  19 «A The Basketball Squad ATHLETICS The organization of athletics at Scripps has been more or less temporary. The student body has been divided into two teams with a captain at the head of each: the Blue team with Louise West as captain, and the Red team with Elizabeth Paull as captain. Each team has managers for every sport, and a point-system. At the end of the year, the team that has earned the most points wins the athletic cup. As yet the only team sport has been basketball, which was started this semester. Inter-class games were scheduled throughout April and May, and the spirit of rivalry rose to a high pitch. Helen Ford and Natalia Stone proved very able managers. The golf tournout was rather large this year, although many of the players were beginners. Dorcas Freeman and Barbara Buchtel, managers, proved excellent at creat ' ing enthusiasm for the sport. Team matches filled the program, culminating in a final match at the end of the year between the leading golfers of each team. Tennis, as usual, proved a very popular sport. Caroline Comstock and Evanna Wichcrski spurred their respective teams on through a series of ladder tournaments and inter-team matches. Special matches were held during Sport Week at the end of the year. An elimination tournament was held in March to determine two girls to be sent to the Ojai tournaments during the first part of April. Plans are under way for the organization of a W. A. A. to be established next semester. Although the sport calendar for the first two years has been a full and successful one, it is hoped that with the opening of next year, under the new regime athletics will play an even more important part in the college life. c « « ma 1 «a « BMMM « K « MK « « «-o MMB «- M — ' ■.., . .--■■. c 7he 19 2 9 ME TA T E s f Ifflfl in THE CALENDAR (Being the printable part of the Diary of a hypothetical Senior man who would write such a journal.) September 15 — Went up to the Frosh Retreat at the Nu Alpha Phi cabin today and acted as a moral force. September 17 — Came back to the old school today and helped pester the frosh. Wish I was a frosh. September 1 8 — Acted as host at a Frosh dinner. Sat next to a Frosh woman who looks promising. September 19 — Registered today and visited the good old Business Office. Frosh women very promising. So naive and refreshing. September 20 — Not so naive. September 21 — School begins. Half hour classes today on account of Convocation. Good old Con- vocation. September 25 — First Student Life today. Very disappointing. Only five columnists. September 26 — College night tonight with the women watching watching and the men waiting waiting. Oh, the tragedy of it all! September 27 — Scripps edition of Student Life with nine columnists today. Almost back to nor- malcy now. Went to first Student Body meeting. September 28 — Spent all day dodging forest rangers and game wardens looking for men to fi ght fire at Baldy. Lo! The fast disappearing college boy. September 29 — Varsity had scrimmage with La- Verne today. I wrote a short lyric poem about football. Metre rather poor but plenty of feeling: Football is a wonderful game. It makes young men all sore and lame. October 5 — Toll Hall and Freeland Manor had an open house. Owen Kelson got lots of refresh- ments. [222] ws CEWMSws«n Qfce 19 2 9 METATE October 6 — Dr. Pijoan sailed this morning for Europe, leaving a large gaping hole in our cul- tural synthesis. O well, as good old Dr. Pitman would say, carry on, carry on. October 8 — The Frosh lost a close game to Fill- more whereupon they elected officers for the en- suing year. October 10 — Went up to the cabin last night with that naive and refreshing freshman. Gosh, I ' m tired today. October 12 — Went down to Pomona and saw the team off to Arizona today. Train crew didn ' t seem to appreciate the subtle nuances of college spirit. O, well. Live and learn. October 13 — Founders ' Day and one thing and another, with our famous alumni making speeches. Wonder if I ' ll ever be a famous alumni. October 17 — Fall Bid Day highly successful. We got a pledge. October 19 — U.C.L.A. football rally with sound effects and music. Went to informal afterward. October 20 — Branch football game. Just another one of those things. Went to Theatre party and saw something or other starring somebody or other interspersed with pep talks. October 22 — To fraternity meeting and then to Libe. Almost studied. October 23 — Prexy ' s Pen did not appear today. Some malicious soul lost it. Smith beat Hoover in Student Body straw vote after several re-counts of the ballots. Final vote, Smith 3, Hoover 2. October 24 — Prexy ' s Pen again. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Into each life some little rain must fall — and other expressions of fortitude. Heard debate with University of Sydney. I ' ll be saying rawther and Doun ' t che knouw for weeks. [223] m J •It I , W « osV ' t % l ) SI { i y f sUr nhe 19 2 9 METATE J fc£ £ Vl ll nta™ 1 October 27 — Varsity beat Caltech to hectic foot- ball game today. Went to first formal tonight. Good full moon but couldn ' t neck on account of Tux collar. It ' s a pretty good world, though. October 30 — Morin criticized God again today. I wouldn ' t be surprised if he was struck by light ' ning, or something. October 31 — Something must be the matter with Pomona College. 50,000 columnists can ' t be wrong. November 1 — Columnists have started criticizing each other. What this college needs is less criti- cism and more witticism, (original). November 2 — Ho-hum. Another rally. November 3 — Redlands football team looked at Hartman ' s profile and wilted. Went to Beggar on Horseback and felt satirical. November 4- -Went to Vespers and felt spiri- tual. November 5 — After fraternity meeting, I got a date at Brackett House and went for a walk in the wash to look at the moon, etc. Felt inhibited. November 6 — Hoover beats Smith by two touch- downs. Almost studied again tonight. November 7 — Went to McKenna ' s tonight. I certainly enjoyed the cocoa. November 8 — This place is just one damn ' rally after another. November 9 — Junior Plug Ugly. Florence Wilkie taken off so realistically I wanted to rush right up on the stage and uh — kiss her. November 10 — Mead House Formal. Some low person had been drinking. I smelled it. Phi Beta Kappa bids announced. I thought I ' d like to be one — when I was a frosh. November 12 — Armistice Day vacation. Spent an enjoyable afternoon at Whittier watching the home town boys make good. [224] (The 1929 M E TATE November 14 — Went to the infirmary and had influenza. November 16 — Still in infirmary and had influ ' enza. Rally on Iibe steps for San Diego game. Hope they all catch the flu. Almost a Scripps informal. November 17 — Missed San Diego game on ac- count of being in this awful infirmary place. Gawd, how I suffer. November 18 — This awful infirmary place is sure wonderful for growing a beard. November 20 — Influenza vacation begins. November 26 — Came back to school all full of vim and vigor and was greeted by vendors at- tempting to vend Sagehens and Manuscripts. Summoned up my sales resistance and passed on by. November 27 — Bought a Sagehen and a Manu- script thus showing my school spirit. Went home for Thanksgiving Vacation. November 28 — Occidental game. Weather fair and warmer with splinters. December 5 — Soph-Frosh game. Memories of our game . . . when we got the soph banner . . . women pulling hair . . . Natland sitting on my neck . . . Gosh, I must be getting old. Reminisc- ing. December 6 — Thirteen varsity letters awarded And they call this a liberal college (pun) . December 7 — Student body had its picture taken. Just one big happy family, including Bill Dawson who got in six times. December 8 — Some of the boys saw the dean today. December 9 — Football Banquet tonight — when athletes rise to dizzy heights of oratory, or Poke the Poet. Dance afterward in gym. December 10 — Don Mayes was announced as the winner of the Kappa Delta Scholarship. Give the little man a great, big hand. [225] ■ 1 7 ft « , r s , . %SS — a — c 7he 1929 METATE •rsSb December 1 1 — Smyrna-fund drive commenced. Suggested slogan — Smock the Smyrnans or Deodorize Damascus. Quoted, $8.50; collected to date, .05. Intro-mural basketball began. December 13 — Went to oratorio, The Crea- tion in Bridges. Looked in vain for Adam and Eve. Women had a gymkhana or words to that effect. December 14 — Branch basketball game. Scripps formal. Smelled and smelled, but I couldn ' t de- tect a drop. December 1 5 — A.W.S. formal tonight, wood Court ' s night of romance. Har- December 16 — Mr. Frampton presented a medie- val miracle play in Bridges. I should say some- thing clever about this. December 21 — Seniors sang carols this morning. Set my alarm for 5:30 and got up in time for my ten o ' clock class as usual. December 25 — Christmas. Christmas practically always comes on December 25. January 7 — School began today. Heard Sher- wood Eddy speak on What Every Young Man Should Know. Sounded just like a rally. January 8 — We played basketball with the Phi Delta today. And yet they call this a Christian College, (sarcasm) . January 12 — San Diego basketball game. January 14 — Kinney Declamation Contest. Didn ' t go, but undoubtedly the best man won. January 15 — Headline in Student Life — Aztec Hoopsters Crush Sagehens. Picture, if you will, crushed Sagehens au cassere, or garni- shee aux hoopsters. January 16 — Bought Old Timers number of the Sagehen. Enjoyed revival of all the old familiar cartoons illustrating comparatively new jokes. [226] nhe 19 2 9 METATE January 17 — Heard Dr. Edmunds speak on Re- search at Special convocation this morning. Went home all enthusiastic and studied geology for two hours, almost. Women had debates with Redlands and LaVerne. Just imagine a contest where wo- men could speak as much as they wanted to. I went to a debate once. January 18 — Masquers presented the Butter and Egg Man tonight. Went to Scripps infor- mal and almost — well, anyhow, it rained. January 19 — Student Body informal at Moun- tain Meadows tonight. Didn ' t go, but wrote song instead. Song (to be sung to tune of We are the Pi Phis We are little tributes To Christianity. For we don ' t indulge In profanity. We are very good examples of prosperity. For we ' re always in a state of sobriety. January 23 — Examinations began. Very dull and distressing spectacle. Only partially enlivened by the devious machinations of the Honor Spirit. Janua ry 25 — Inter-fraternity track meet was held today. We ' ll have to get another ash-tray for the rooms now. It was such a nice, capacious cup, too. January 26 — Took a Scripps girl to the LaVerne basketball game and became excited. Never get excited in front of a Scripps girl. January 31 — Went up to the cabin yesterday to help prepare it for approaching rush season. February 2 — Whittier basketball game tonight. We won. February 6 — Registered for new semester classes in a cloud of smudge. Br ' rr it ' s cold. February 7 — The inhabitants of Pompeii, Mont Pelee and way points would hide their heads in shame if they saw Claremont. Dante should have ,visited the citrus belt for real dope on sulphur and brimstone. ■-■. yfif, a , SS I HAO A CLASS, ■ ' ■ ..u-orfC -Vi--:-.-;-.;. ■?:■ ' .THERE THREE DAV5 , . ; - . AGO tv BUT I CANV- ;■•.■■■:•. ' « - : - ■ jjfc-- ; f imp .. t ■■«£ M o c fhe I 9 1 9 ME TA T E February 8 — Went to Scripps sophomores dinner dance at Lake Norconian club. Coming home, we drove through miles and miles of lighted smudge pots. Strangely beautiful sight. Like Hartman ' s shining countenance when he needs a shave. February 9 — Parents ' Day, Matriculation, start of the new men ' s dormitory today, not to mention the Smiley Hall Open House, Occidental basketball game and Children of the Moon , the latter a morose tragedy with gestures. It was a bad day. The folks came out at noon and found me in bed. I still haven ' t matriculated and I was walk- ing around the dorm in a slightly decollete condition, after a shower, thereby spoiling the afternoon for some nice old ladies. February 10 — Excellent dinner at cabin today. The way to a rushee ' s heart is through his stomach. I believe we ' d be sure of a dozen more men if we only had another electric range. February 12 — Stagged to senior class dance at Mountain Meadows tonight. Danced with several women I haven ' t seen for years. They haven ' t changed much. February 13 — Went out for a walk in the wash to look at the moon etc. Rather a vigorous evening — on account of the cold weather. Man found in the women ' s dorm. He was alive. Lots of things I could say that I shan ' t. February 14 — To Lake Arrowhead for Snow Day. I almost got even with Dr. Elliott but I aimed a little high. Virg Russell missed him three times. February 1 6 — Another rush party. I ' m getting all rushed out. February 21— Scripps freshmen retaliated with a dance at the Uplands Womens ' Club. It probably wasn ' t as good as the sophomore dance anyway. Wonder what the next reprisal will be like. February 22 — Madam Sigrid Sc-Sch ' -ka-chooey in piano recital in Bridges tonight. The good old cultural synthesis certainly got a workout. February 27 — Visited new men ' s dorm which is in process of construction. With two months of work still to be done, it ' s more comfortable than Smiley already. February 28 — Lizard found in Harwood Court. Wonder if it isn ' t the reversion of that man. It ' s his own fault for getting in there. Plenty of us could have warned him. March 1 — Saw A.W.S. farce, The Whole Town ' s Talking. Can ' t blame Morin for spouting so. This one didn ' t even have the redeeming feature of being funny. March 2 — Another rush party. This is getting tiresome. Heaven knows, I love my fraternity, but there is a limit to the amount of Andreson ' s cooking my poor old digestive apparatus can manage. March 3 — Heard Mass of St. Cecilia. Ofc £ 19 2 9 METATE March 4 — Inauguration Day. Usual stuff about radio being a wonderful thing. March 7 — Went to senior meeting. It ' s great to be a Senior and go to meetings. Soft-Soap number of the Sagehen. March 8 — Women ' s Glee Club had it ' s Home Concert tonight. Better than their picture anyhow. March 9 — The Freeland-Manor-Brackett House dance at Oakmont in a pouring rain. March 12 — Heard Dr. H. Weldon Carr, British philosopher, lecture at Scripps. Strik- ing resemblance to Santa Claus. March 1 3 — The Frosh edition of the Student Life. They have one of these every year. March 14 — Movies came to town. Got pointers in what the well-dressed college man will wear. Honors Convocation, starring Ambassador Gibson, with Dr. Pitman as the • heavy. March 15 — Went to student body informal at Mountain Meadows. March 19 — Occidental track meet. March 19 — Senior meeting. Sure wonderful to be a senior and go to meeting. March 20 — Smyrna-fund still under way. Total collect to date, $ .07. March 21 — Heard Dr. Millikan lecture on cosmic rays. Gem from Prexy ' s Pen. Nothing seems to matter any more. March 22 — Saw Twelfth Night . Better than most musical comedies. Rush season ended. Saw a picture by Titian in Rembrandt. March 25 — Scripps had an informal, with Stanford men and other objects. March 26 — This suspense is killing me. I don ' t even dare to look at a sophomore. March 27 — Bid Day! I guess we love our group, all right, all right. March 29 — Snap bidding. Thank God, that ' s over with. March 30 — We beat the Branch in a track meet. April 2 — Heard Dr. Hartley Burr Alexander speak on Intelligence and the Intelli- gentzia. Moral; don ' t be an intelligentzia. April 3 — To Bridges for Roland Hayes ' concert. Enjoyed it more than any concert I have ever heard. April 4 — Razz Edition of the Student Life appeared on the campus today. It seems :[229} _ Qfce 1929 METATE there was a traveling salesman, or maybe it was an orphanage. The humor of some of us college boys is subtle — like a baseball bat. April 5 — Easter Vacation began today. All that means to me is that I go home and sleep instead of sleeping here. April 6 — To the Coliseum for the All-Conference Track meet today. These moral victories are all right, but they don ' t win many cups. April 16 — Back to school and into the inferno of Hell Week . It ' s always harder on the members than it is on the pledges. But, as the old aphorism goes, in a different way. Some of these guys will make good martyrs. April 17 — Dated to the cabin tonight, where every prospect pleases. Felt very devil- ish because I had a Scripps girl and it ' s immoral to take Scripps girls to the mountains April 18 — Somebody is up in arms about the Razz Edition. Rather a belated protest, but it evidently carried weight. Poor old Fred Graeser went up to Scripps and had the pleasure of being told what a hell of a guy he is. April 19 — Razz Edition editors are still in trouble. Well, they aren ' t the first to get that way from monkeying around these nunnery places. April 20 — To Scripps tea dance. Social events (ahem) aren ' t so glamorous when the cold, cruel light of day is on ' em. Gives me a new slant on women and why they act like human beings. April 23 — College sing on libe steps tonight. Put me in a sentimental mood and re- minded me of the time, several years back, when I had my first date as the result of one. April 25 — Student body nominations tonight. I made a speech. Donn Bent, Marcus Stanton and Chandler Ide up for president. Bent made the best speech, but Stanton ' s toothpaste-ad smile will bring Harwood Court to him en masse. April 26 — Went to Harwood Court open house tonight. Didn ' t see anything of the man that degenerated into a lizard. Probably an amoeba by this time. Very guilty conscience. Me and Rodi stole numerous decks of cards. April 27 — A scrumptious Junior Prom at Lake Norconian. More a brawl than a hop, but I managed pretty well after my collar wilted. Had to use a shoe-horn to get my coat. May 1 — Student body elections today. The ways of a democracy are wondrous and strange. And I was right about the Solid House. Harwood elected Stanton by a solid majority, doubtless under the impression that they ' re doing him a favor. May 4 — Women ' s Day and the May Masque. The little girlies are so subtle and sym- pathetic. I know a guy that got kicked out of a bigger college than this for saying less about one of these things than I ' d like to say. [230] . ,-..;■. ■ ■ ..■ ' • . 7ke 19 2 9 M E TATE May 8 — Got into a bull session tonight. My experience of bull sessions has been that frosh always talk about women; sophomores about fraternities; juniors about women, and the seniors sit and bum cigarettes. May 10 — To Men ' s Glee Club Home Concert in Bridges. The boys are good. May 1 1 — Scripps Lawn Fete this afternoon. What a bunch of 49 , ers those women turned out to be. Texas Guinan should hang around for a while and get some real pointers in the gentle art of gold digging. May 14 — I ' ve spent four years here waiting for a fire. And when it did come, it turned out to be a one-car garage. O, the futility of it all! And that reminds me that Dr. Kirk is back on the campus with some hair-raising tales about his adventures among the wild Mussolinis. May 16 — Played baseball with the Sigma Phi Alphas. Among my other accomplish- ments, I play baseball very poorly, if I do say it myself. May 18 — Sophomore-senior sport dance. Have to hand it to these sophomores. They could make Holmes Hall look like the Biltmore. Might not be a bad idea to let them try, by the way. May 19 — Started preparing for finals today. Went to Balboa for a swim and picnic. May 22 — Exchange number of Sagehen out to-day. Last edition of the wise old bird as Lyle Martin so dearly loves to caption it. Having been editor, I can imagine how he greets this fourth number. May 30 — Fraternity Day at Mount Baldy. And just think, in a week or two, I ' ll be one of these guys that come back on special occasions. Wonder how it will seem to have some young cub grin at me and mumble, I don ' t believe I recall your name, Mr. Mr. . May 31 — Inter-fraternity formal at Los Serranos tonight. Judging from the way the boys act toward each other on the campus, you ' d expect this to be something in the nature of a Sicilian Vespers or an Irish holiday, but it wasn ' t. June 5 — Examinations begin. Time to brush up on my bridge game. June 17 — Looks like I ' m going to graduate. O, well, it isn ' t such a shock after all. I ' ve sort of been expecting it off and on for four years. THE END. [231] ■ H ■HUHM c 7he 19 2 9 ME TA T E Kathryn Allen wrote the May Masque in her senior year and did yeomanly ser- vice in campus publications all during her college career. One of the best of the literati. Jack Alvord has the distinction of being the possessor of the biggest chin that ever graced Pomona ' s flowery lanes. A member of Phi Delta fraternity, a football and track man and a nice guy. Eugene Ames made Phi Beta Kappa, played on the tennis team and proved that a country boy can make good in the city by scoring high in two years at California. Edith Anderson is a member of Sigma Sigma, the riding club, and a nice, quite girl. John Andreson is one of the big men of his class. What a pun for he ' s lost fifteen pounds in the last year! Member of the rally committee, senior football manager, pride of Scripps and a member of Sigma Tau fraternity. Robert Armacost hails from Santa Monica, starred in economics and social sciences and made Kappa Theta Epsilon fraternity a better group by joining. David Austin made Nu Alpha Phi fraternity. A science major and a darned good one. Senior basketball manager and an all-around man. Winifred Babcock, otherwise known as Winkie . A popular little girl who lived down the handicap of being the daughter of a professor. President of the Women ' s Glee Club and a charming entertainer. Harold Backstrand played center on the football team and captained the swimming team two years in a row. Senior track manager and another pillar of Scripps. Sigma Tau fraternity. Stuart Baird has a number of claims to fame and fortune. He made his letter for two years as a pole vaulter and tried football during his younger days. A popular member of Phi Delta fraternity. Lois Beatty is a living example that brains and beauty can reside in the same place. She made Phi Beta Kappa and you can look at her picture if you want the other half of this story. Charlotte Bell left college somewhere along line during her senior year. She was a Brackett House girl and so, we presume, she got married. Donald Brown came from Stanford University after a year at the larger institution. A member of Nu Alpha Phi fraternity, but the best thing about him is his eye for women. Ralph Beller is a member of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity and gained undying fame and glory by acting as one of the night-editors of the Student Life. Jim Blaisdell is an S.A.E. from George Washington University. A good actor in more ways than one. Bill Bloodgood graduated in mid-semester. A star in the bond business. Member of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity and a dogged cross-country runner. [236] J MB (The 19 2 METATE Eugene Bolar is another one of those writing guys. A member of Phi Kappa Alpha. Norris Bradbury belongs to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Alpha fraternities. Edward Campbell, who masquerades under the name of Ted, came from LaFayette University several years ago. He joined Phi Delta and, after a time, they made him president. Two years on the varsity tennis team. Keith Carlson is one of the survivors of the once-famous Bankers ' Row . Sigma Phi Alpha fraternity and too charming a chap to remain single. Winston Crouch starred on the debate team, worked on the Student Life and joined Kappa Theta Epsilon fraternity. Harold Davidson is a member of Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity. Bill Dawson, the incomparable Bill! One of the oustanding personalities of the class. Business manager of this here book, a member of the Student Life business staff, senior tennis manager, Sigma Phi Alpha fraternity. Edwin Dean is a member of Nu Alpha Phi fraternity. Herb Dean is a member of the same family and fraternity. Varsity baseball star. Don Dickinson is a Sigma Phi Alpha. Kenneth Disher came from California. A Nu Alpha Phi. Ruth Dobbins is the outstanding woman of the class. President of the A.W.S. George Ennis, the natural-born leader. Phi Delta fraternity. President of the class chairman of the rally committee, star yell-leader. He ' ll make his mark. Ada Fisher, a charming little lass of unusual musical talent. Marty Fleming lives at Freeland Manor and, like most of the girls there, is popular and charming. Leonard Frazier was a football player in his early days but did his best work heaving the hammer on the track team. A member of Kappa Theta Epsilon fraternity. Maggie Fries puts you in mind of the book, Cheerful Cherub. A happy bundle of sunshine. President of the Woman ' s Honorary Society and member of Masquers Society. Elizabeth Garlick plays the piano with more than average skill. Constance Gehman is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Carol Fulton is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Lilian Gould belongs to Masquers Society. 237] c 7he 19 2 9 ME TA T E Myron Green was president of Kappa Delta fraternity and the ace of the ivories. Stew Gregory played football for three years and was a member of Phi Delta. Ruth Gunther is another one of those outstanding women. Phi Beta Kappa and a member of Sigma Sigma, as well as one of the class executives. Ed Hagmann made fourteen points in a basketball game and then joined Phi Delta. Don Hall was treasurer of the student body, president of the Dorm Association and a member of Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity. The happiest man on the campus. Gerald Hall is another one of the famous Hall ' s of Pomona. An Alpha Gamma Sigma and a golden-voiced member of the Glee Club. Marian Hauan starred for four years as a feminine athlete. Wesley P. Heath draws cartoons, debates and comes from South Pasadena. A mem- ber of Sigma Tau fraternity. Walt Heil is a member of Sigma Phi Alpha fraternity. Mary Hill comes from Pasadena but is a popular girl even so. Betty Hilliard is too, and she comes from Redlands. Don Holcomb plays golf eight days a week. A member of Sigma Phi Alpha. Marjorie Homan is a captivating little blonde from Chino. Arline Hotchkiss was one of the stars of the 1927 Plug Ugly. Helen Hutchins spent two years in the wilds (?) of Arizona and then came back to star in Pomona College dramatics. Horace Kennedy ' s sole claim to fame is that he was student body president. A mem- ber of Phi Delta fraternity, a good baseball player and a great track athlete. Mel King is a member of Sigma Tau fraternity. Terry Koechig ' s musical accomplishments are elsewhere in this book, given praise. Alice Laidlaw writes and acts with equal grace and facility. Barbara Lazelle has blue eyes and comes from Lajolla. Sam Lee is president of the Cosmopolitan Club. Carroll Lorbeer was business manager of the Student Life and member of Kappa Theta Epsilon fraternity. [238] Qfes 1929 ME TATE Ioi.ene Lund was, for four years, one of the most efficient and busiest persons in the class. Held numerous class offices, and a member of the Rally Committee. Duncan Macdougall made Phi Beta Kappa, a varsity social letter in track and Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Bob Marimon was chairman of the honor committee and a member of Phi Delta. Tom Marshall was stage manager, member of Masquers and Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity. Don Mayes was voted the most all around man in the class. Played football for three years and was a Nu Alpha Phi fraternity man. Kay McBurney belonged to Sigma Sigma. Keith McKillop is a member of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Lloyd Miller is a two-year letterman in football and a member of Nu Alpha Phi. Lfland Mills is a two-year letterman in tennis and a member of Nu Alpha Phi. Willie Munn is a member of Phi Delta fraternity and a baseball letterman. Bob Nolder belongs to Sigma Tau fraternity. Bob O ' Brien was editor of the Student Life in his senior year. Larry O ' Neil ran on the track team and was a member of Sigma Phi Alpha fraternity. Francis Osborne was manager of the Coop and a member of Phi Delta. Helen Owens was the charming star of the 1927 Plug Ugly. Ruth Paine has the most beautiful singing voice in the class. Mary Jo Phillips was vice president of the Student Boby and held numerous other student positions. The most prominent of the Amir Al Ramas. Bonnie Pierce made Phi Beta Kappa and staged a brilliant Junior Prom. Bob Platt is one of the star musicians of the class. A member of Phi Kappa Alpha. Roger Revelle was editor of the Sagehen and a member of Sigma Tau fraternity. Karl Rodi returned to the class after two year ' s absence at Dartmouth. An accom- plished debator and a member of Sigma Tau fraternity. Gertrude Rice was one of the class ' most prominent women athletes. Virgil Russell starred on the football team and joined Sigma Tau fraternity. [239] Ohe 19 2 9 ME TA T E Leo Sawyer was a member of Phi Delta. Warren Soott starred in numerous campus productions and in the Glee Club. Also a silver tongued orator. Frances Scoville wrote numerous clever pieces for the Sagehen. Malcolm Sharp is a member of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Laura Shaver was prominent in campus dramatics. Florence Smith distinguished herself in the field of writing. Harold Smith was a member of Kappa Theta Epsilon fraternity. Joel Smith was prominent in the Glee Club and in Kappa Delta fraternity. Gordon Spaulding was an accomplished writer and member of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Jean and Kathleen Strong were prominent in women ' s athletics. Clifton Swanson was president of the Glee Club. and a member of Phi Delta. Enid Twist starred in women ' s athletics. Coral Vanstrum was president of the WAA. and a prominent woman ' s executive. Leonard Waterbury was a football letterman and a member of Sigma Phi Alpha. George White was captain of the track team and a member of Sigma Phi Alpha. Lawrence White distinguished himself in debating. A member of Kappa Theta Epsilon. Paul Whistler was a member of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Lee Williams was captain of the football team, and a letterman in track and base ' ball. A member of Nu Alpha Phi fraternity. Alberta Willamson was a clever figure of Pomona ' s dramatic life. Dick Winckler was a member of Sigma Tau fraternity. Levan Zerbe was captain of the varsity tennis team. Leonard Ziegler was a member of Alpha Sigma fraternity. [240] I fk mi I fa — ' 10 :t wm Qhe 1929 ME TA T E 215 W. 1st Street DEPENDABLE QUALITY — FAIRLY PRICED Dry Goods — Men ' s Wear RUTH E. POWELL CLAREMONT Men ' s Furnishings, Hats and Caps — Tailored Clothing J. CARSON BOWEN MEN ' S WEAR 243 S. Thomas St. Pomona, Calif. School and College Printing- Annuals — Year Books — Programs Catalogs — Stationery Engraving Color Wor a Specialty We print the Sagehen in its Entirety WYATT P. ACKERMAN 146 East Third Street Telephone 1057 Pomona The Confectioners and Caterers 383 West Second Street Pomona Here are some answers to the ques- tion: Why do they call a ship ' she? If you ever tried to steer one you wouldn ' t ask. Because it takes so long to get them ready to go around. Press Agent: The nerve of that fel- low! I wanted his endorsement of our cruise to the Caribbean Islands, and guess what he wanted for it. Manager: A free first class ticket? Press Agent: No, one of the islands! POOR VISION First Landlady: Why did you throw out that handsome stranger? Second Ditto: He was a seer but he couldn ' t see where the rent was coming from! A Maid: Ooo! How nice to be an aviator. A Man: Yeah. Wanta fly? A M : Oh, you bet I do. A M : All right, just a minute, I ' ll catch you one. [252] MMBBomMWHHHBH ■■ a. nhe 19 2 9 METATE It ' s all right, boys, murmured the badly battered lineman as his teammates lifted him gently, I didn ' t get a good look at the guy that did it, but I took his number. ' Spose you ' ve heard about the girl whose doc told her to get more exercise — so she started sitting out all the dances! Phone 4871 Res. 3397 COLCORD ' S TAXI THE MISSION 235 W. 1st St. Save Your Shoes Special Rates for Theatre Parties uroores AWCW MP1W OtPICATKO TO P ltl( IHTtR It) COMPLIMENTS OF COLLEGE SUPER-SERVICE STATION Phone 5891 Harvard 6? Foothill Blvd I Couple: Five dollars for a marriage? We haven ' t that much, Judge. Justice: Well, I can give you a trial marriage for two dollars. Two little boys came into the dentist ' s office. One said to the dentist, I want a tooth took out and I don ' t want no gas because I ' m in a hurry. Dentist: That ' s a brave little boy. Which tooth is it? Little Boy: Show him your tooth, Albert. First Lady: You rotund, decangular, eolithic, ferruginous, neuropathic, casso- wary, you — ! Second Lady: Would you listen to the languidge of ' er since she ' s been doin ' crossword puzzles? Well, did you like those complimen ' tary tickets I got you for the game? Complimentary is the wrong word, friend. Those tickets absolutely flattered my powers of vision. Glasses, glasses, glasses! No wonder the poor fellow can ' t see. Did he break his spectacles? No, he drank too many glasses, and became a spectacle. As for gang warfare, what about fra- ternities? Desperado: Halt! If you move, you ' re dead. Student: My man, you should be more careful of your English. If I should move, it would be a positive sign that I was alive. hi let nhe. I 9 2 9 ME TA T E COMPLIMENTS of ACME DRY CLEANERS NO JOB TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE FOR EVERETT ' S SHOE SHOP 122 Yale Ave. Next Door to the Dog [tm PAPBW PtPICA luUetin HEALY ' S HARDWARE House Furnishings Cutlery and Paints, Oils, Glass General Hardware 245 W. 1st St. Scotchman (to barber) : So, you haven ' t given me a haircut since — when was it — fifteen years ago? Barber: Well, sir, fifteen years. Scotchman: Well, see to it that you do a better job than you did last time. THE INFANT MIND Mother : What ' s this I hear about your throwing the little girls ' mud pies at them? Son: You see, Mother, we were play- ing politics. Phone 3277 Pater (over long distance) : Hello, George. Why did you flunk your ex- amination in Subject A? George: Can ' t hear you, father. Pater: I say, George, couldn ' t you pass that examination? George: I can ' t hear you, fa ther. Pater: I say, George, do you need any money? George: Yes sir. Send me fifty dollars, father. How ' s your girl these days? Oh, passion fair. Bottoms: I hear Mrs. Murphy is still taking in washings since her husband left. Up: Yes, the washer often stays on long after the nut is gone. He : How was your date this morning? Him : I had a date last night. He: I know it. ID ■ — MIMMmHHnMBI . Qfee 19 2 9 ME TA T E THE BUSY CORNER Everything Found in a First-Class Drug Store OUR FOUNTAIN SERVICE Up to the Minute BETSY ROSS ICE CREAM, SANDWICHES, ETC. THE CLAREMONT PHARMACY, Inc. W. S. Waller Mgr. (In Business for Your Health) First and Yale Ave. SERVICE AND QUALITY at all times JESSENS MEN ' S SHOP Claremont, Calif. Which do you like better, balloon tires or high pressure tires? I like balloon tires better. What kind of a car do you have? I don ' t have any, I ' m a pedestrian. So you wear spats? No, that ' s my long underwear. Tony: Hasn ' t Beatrice got a fresh complexion? Bony: Yes, fresh every day. Cigarette Girl: See that bum at the middle table? He gave me only five dol ' lars for a package of cigarettes. Hostess: I ' ll have the bouncer throw that Scotchman out. Did you raise him from a pup? Naw. He ' s just an ole second and dog. They say Al Smith is going to sue the Democratic party. Why? For non-support. Why are you so down on Czechoslo- vakia? I am a poet. $ Dumb Dora is so dumb she thinks no kidding is a slogan for birth con- trol. ■ Don ' t you think the flaming youth type of college student is passing? No, flunking. Hungry Individual : What kind of pie have you? Waiter: We have pineapplepienapple- pie. . A careless writer ' s Sue, Who ' ll never cross her T ' s; And then she ' s careless too, When she does cross her knees. M k- .1.1 c 7he 1929 METATE Who: Is that hotel American or European plan? Whom: It must be American, I didn ' t see any foreigners. Rock-a-bye baby On the tree top; Don ' t you fall out, It ' s a helluva drop. Professor (to fast failing feminine stu- dent) : You will have to have a confer- ence with me sometime this week. Your work lately has been awfully poor. Popular Co-ed (who believes in get- ting her man) : Will Saturday do? That is the only night I can get a late permit. Newlywed (after pitiful attempt at making a pie) : I would try another pie if I had the crust. I call my girl plus four Why ' s that? Because she ' s such a good necker. A Guy: That man ' s from Yale. Another Bloke: Oh, A Yalebird, eh? Woe is me, said the horse as the driver stopped him. We have heard about a Freshman who thought The Yellow Peril was a blonde. Jack: Was she the kind of a girl you ' d give your name to? Black: Yes, but not your right name. I wonder if you could tell me where I could get a drink? Sir, I am only a conductor. You are the fourth man to mistake me for a policeman this afternoon. Phone 4961 FOOTHILL GARAGE LAFE P. SPIERS, Prop. Official Automobile Club Garage No. 44 Foothill and Indian Hill Blvd. OUR STORE IS THE wtrter House II y Special appointment PITZER AND WARWICK 321 E. COLORADO ST., PASADENA [261 rrPui I929METATE i-} Xr y l A We ' ve never stopped going to COLLEGE When we want to find out about college styles, we go to the colleges themselves. Because that ' s where they originate. We feature College Clothes by Society Brand. dMimWiMmm Chem. Prof.: A Catalytic Agent is something which aids in the completion of a reaction without taking active part in the reaction itself. Now will some one illustrate? Bright Student: A glass egg? Every time I ask my girl for one kiss I get two or three. How ' s that? She ' s a telephone girl and always gives me the wrong number. Why is a shoulder strap such an im- portant article? I crave information. It keeps an attraction from being a sensation. Just got back from a trip around the world. Great! Did you stop in Egypt? Oh, yes. Go up the Nile? Sure! Swell view from the top. Our idea of a lazy collegiate is one who pretends he ' s drunk so his frater- nity brothers will put him to bed. Teacher: Isadore, use the word ' sta- tuesque in a sentence. Isadore: Vot statuesque? — Blackie: Why do they refer to sail boats as she? Blondie: Because they make a better showing in the wind. How dare you! My father said he would kill the first man who put his hands on me. How interesting. Did he? ■■ H9wrae«iugHuiMB a-«K NNUw: jwmwc —-- - — - —- — — - TDiwII Ilium mm mm i Mil ' I if Q e 1929 METATE ALPHA BETA POOD MARKET THE BEST FOR LESS Groceries Meats Vegetables Those Good Things to Eat Where you wait on yourself and save money. Our rapid turn-over insures you fresh goods always. 109 Yale Ave. COMPLIMENTS LEWIS, THE JEWELER Gifts Are Our Specialty At Tour Service At All Times First Street Claremont, Calif. Qfoe 19 2 ME TA T E GET YOUR WATCH FOBS AND POMONA BELT BUCKLES AT THE CO ' OP A STUDENT ENTERPRISE SERVING STUDENT NEEDS ASSOCIATED STUDENTS ' STORE There is nothing quite like the NEW FORD anywhere in Design, Quality and Price JUDGE MOTOR CORP. 148 Yale Ave. fior cC Mark: No suh! I won ' t cross thash street. Buck: Wassamatter? Mark: A fella takesh his life in his handsh to go out there where those red elephants is millin ' around. Frosh (just after first shave) : Er- how much do you charge? Barber: A dollar and a half. Frosh: What? How ' s that? Barber: I had to hunt for the beard. ' It says in this magazine that when they dug up some of the old Egyptian prisons, they found the petrified re- mains of some prisoners. Zatso? Hardened criminals, I ' spect. Ringmaster: Who broke that tra- peze? Acrobat: I did, mister, with my lit- tle acts. 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