Red Bank High School - Log Yearbook (Red Bank, NJ)

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8 THE ROUND TABLE THE ADVENTURES OF ALEX. A. ANDERSON Second Instalment The motorcycle came nearer the bend, its flash of light almost re- vealing the two men in the bushes. And around the bend appeared— Alex's flivver! The robbers seeing their mistake, promptly stopped Alex and his would-be-auto, which task was not difficult, for the flivver preferred stopping to going. One of the two took charge of Alex while the other proceeded to search Rudolph. Alex proved to be a dif- ficult victim, for he showed no in- tentions of being held up, and was battling furiously with the bandit. The revolver had been kicked into the road. Rudolph suddenly no- ticed the decrease in numbers; and, taking in the situation, as the rob- ber bent down to extract his be- longings, he quickly grasped a wrench lying on the seat and brought it down on the robber's head; before the bandit had chance to realize what had happened, Rudolph had grabbed the revolver from the road, jumped into Alex's “car , and started full speed down the road. Alex, seeing this cowardly esca- pade of his fellow victim, and find- ing the odds now two to one, dis- counting Margie from the fight, decide that the only thing he could do was to submit or use strategy. The first step to strategy being sub- mission, Alex submitted. The bandit led him over to his partner in Rud- olph's car, and began the process of searching Margie and him. The one detailed to “frisk Margie commanded her to hand over her jewelry and hurry up about it- Margie docilely stretch- ed out her hand, but quick as a flash seized the revolver of Alex's new guard, and threw it through the window! Alex took advantage of this turn of affairs, and, fast as lightning, smash- ed his fist into the first ones jaw; he crumpled down on the seat like a sack of potatoes. The other b andit grasped the wrench and hurled it at Alex who dodged the blow, threw open the door, and, picking up the revolver from the road, took command of the situation. The first robber was out of the affair for quite a while, at any rate; so Alex busied himself about the task of trussing up the active bandit with a rope from under the back seat, and then completed the job by tying the still unconscious one in the front seat. Not having any great worry about Rudolph’s tires, and being familiar with the working of almost any car, he drove full speed back towards the police station at home, splashing through the now muddy road and over the rough spots without any decrease in speed. Whether he sent the car flying at its top rate of 100 miles an hour is not known, or probable, but within an hour he was once more entering the limits of the town. Suddenly he noticed a strange thing—the police officers on the block were running towards him, brandishing revolvers, pufling and panting, each striving to outdo the other—and the first to arrive shouted breathlessly: “Halt in the name of the law! You’re under arrest! Alex frowned, scratched his head, and halted. What was it all about, anyway? The officer jumped on the running board and said, “Drive over to the station house—no foolishness, now—two blocks ahead, turn to the right- Alex broke in with, “Say, officer, what’s the idea, anyway? I haven't done a thing except a little speed- ing, and I wasn’t going over twenty- five miles an hour. The officer replied, “No arguing with an officer of the law, young fellow; this car was stolen two hours ago, and you don’t catch a Murphy taking any chances with a $1,000 reward. “But I didn’t steal this tin can; I just captured the robbers myselr. and was bringing them to the po- lice. “Tell that to the Judge; he likes fairv stories.' The police sta- tion came into view, and Alex stopped, bristling with rage. Offi- cer Mui phy took him by the collar, handcuffed him and the two men in the rear seat, and led them into the building. There on thei bench sat Rudolph; seeing the men, he burst out with, “They’re the ones. Judge ; point- ing at the prisoners without taking any pains to exclude Alex. “Give them the full penalty of the law • any man that tries to rob a defense- less woman deserves it, he said, glancing at Margie who was just entering the door. She could not control her anger any longer; ap- proaching Rudolph, the fire flashing in her eyes, she cried: “You—;. ??? !!! (No immoral language should be used in any clean maga- zine), you thought nothing of going off and leaving me to their mercies, 'you ??? !!!’’ Then she went on to explain the entire happenings to the judge. After getting the cor- roboration of Alex and the unwill- ing assent of Rudolph, the judge dismissed Alex, gave the two bandits a sentence of—well, that doesn't concern this story,—and told Alex with a kindly, benevolent tone, as if he himself were confer- ring the favor, “And you, I believe, get the $1,000 reward for the cap- ture of the thieves and the safe return of the car. Rudolph, star- ing at Alex and Margie standing side by side, without a care in the world, turned crimson. And what Alex and Margie did after that is

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THE ROUND TABLE 7 Bringing with them hsh and game. So thanks they gave to God above, For all His mercies and His love. Martha Clapp 9A. THE ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM The Armistice Day program was in charge of the 9B class. The pro- gram consisted of a number of liv- ing pictures with the boys and girls taking part dressed in the national peasant costumes of the countries they represented. The opening ad- dress was given by R. Straus who was dressed in the costume of an American Red Cross nurse. The students and the countries they represented are as follows: America R. Kendall H. Arnold E. Powers Russia Bea Adams E. Porter Serbia M. Lippmcott E. Sheffler France L. Greenwood D. Berry Japan M. Woods W. Moore Italy R. Hammond Belguim M. Predmore E. Newman England K. Franz W- Firth R. M. S. ’30. JUNIOR HIGH NOTES A class meeting of the 9A Fresh- men was held November 4 in Room No. 9. The minutes were read by the secretary and the treasurer's report was given. Ernest Hartman, Dorothy Breck- enridge, Margaret Elliot, and Les- ter Eisner were appointed by the president to bring some mottoes be- fore the class at the next meeting. The president urged more stu- dents to come out for basketball. Herbert McClees made a similar plea that more come out for basket- ball and football. The names of those owing dues were read by the treasurer, and the request was made that these dues be paid as soon as possible. The announcement was made that those who have not paid their dues and those who do not attend class meetings will not be allowed to play on any of the class teams. A. A., Sec. The pupils of the 9A Freshmen class are very sorry to hear of the sudden illness of their vice-presi- dent, Herbert McClees. They ex- tend to him their deepest sympathy and sincere wishes for a rapid re- covery. A- P., 9A. “THE CURTAIN CLUB” On Tuesday, September 21, 1926, Mrs. Clara Hammond of New York spoke m Senior Chapel about or- ganizing a Dramatic Club, to be called, The Curtain Club. Much enthusiasm was shown by the stu- dent body. All those wishing to become members gave their names to Mr. Gilland. The first meeting was called the next day. The first meeting of the Curtain Club was held on Wednesday, September 22, 1926 for the purpose of organizing and electing officers. The officers were as follows:— President ........ Robert Flader Secretary...................Janet Brown Treasurer..........Marian Scheldt Business Manager .James Hanley The Club, whose purpose is to promote the study of, and interest in. Dramatics, is to present at least five plays during the school year. The first play She Stoops to Conquer was given Thursday eve- ning, December 2, 1926 in the Au- ditorium. Tickets were sold Mon- day, November 29, at a nominal cost of seventy-five cents ($.75). The first four rows downstairs were reserved at one dollar ($1.00)- The “Curtain Club is anticipat- ing a successful season, but the goal cannot be attained unless we have the support of both the stu- dents and the townspeople. SCHOOL SAVINGS At last we have achieved that goal for which we have striven so long—we have reached one hun- dred per cent in school savings. We regret the slip which result- ed in the slump of November 16. This, however, we feel sure is only very temporary and will not under ordinary circumstances occur again. The central office recognized our good work by sending their repre- sentative to visit our school and speak to us. He assured the teachers in charge that he would use every means in his power to have the picture of the student body in the Thrift Gazette. And if you will watch the issues of this paper you will find in one of the issues m the near future an account of “How We Achieved 100%. WALTER CAMP MEMORIAL As a result of the collection taken in chapel, Nov. 22 and 23, the Athletic Association will be able to send thirty dollars as Red Bank High School's contribution toward the Camp memorial. The officers of the Association are greatly pleased with this re- sponse on the part of the student body and wish to express their thanks in this manner. They feel sure that when in later years any- one of you visit Yale and see the memorial, you will be proud to think you contributed your share towards its erection. SPANISH NOTES On October 22, some of the members of the 12B Spanish Class presented in Room No. 30 a one act play— La Broma. The cast was as follows: Don Antonio .........James Hanley Louis Aguilar (son of a friend of Antonio.......John Maletto Carmen (daughter of Antonio), Estelle Yanko Adela (Carmen's maid), Dorothy Story The play was under the supervis- ion of Miss Hooker. Besides the other members of the 12B Spanish group, several members of the fac- ulty and students of other Spanish divisions were present. On Monday, November 15, Miss Barney gave a most interesting lec- ture on the celebrated book Don Quijote de la Mancha, and its au- thor, Cervantes. During the sum- mer of 1926 Miss Barney took a special course m the study of this work and was thus able to present a most illustrative and enlightening talk. The class extends its appre- ciation to Miss Barney.

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THE ROUND TABLE 9 THE ADVENTURES OF ALEX. A. ANDERSON something else that doesn’t concern this story; but one thing certain, and that is this: Not all of Alex’s $1,000 went in the bank, for a new two-seated road chasing coupe was one direct result; another is left to the imagination of the reader. Giv- ing Rudolph credit for being able to hnd another girl, let us end this tale with, '’ and everyone lived hap- pily forever after.” Finis. THE MYSTERY OF THE “HAUNTED HOUSE ’ Let’s take a trip to the haunted house, tonight, fellows! Folks have been seeing and hearing strange things around there lately,” said a boy of about fourteen, to his chums, one clear, cold night in December. We’re game, Fred!” was the response of his comrades, one of whom was a rather stout lad who bore the nickname Fat” by virtue of his inclination to put on avoir- dupois, and the other whose real name was William Edward Jones, answered quite naturally to Bill”, by his friends. Bill, Fred and Fat lived in a small town, of the middlewest, ap- propriately named Centerville. Bill’s father was the local druggist in whose store the boys were now conversing. ‘I’ll ask Dad now if I can go”, said Bill, ‘ and you two hnd out at supper time, and perhaps----!” It’s six o’clock now,” broke in Fat, I guess we’ll be trotting along.” We’ll be there, if we possibly can,” said Fred, so long!” At twelve o’clock, three boys out- wardly calm, but inwardly scared, wended their way up a high hill, dotted with thick growths of under- brush. When they reached the top, they caught sight of the “haunted house,” gloomy and forbidding in the pale moonlight. They paused for a moment, to get up their courage. Fat was the first to step across the threshold, which creaked ominously under his two hundred pounds. The others followed cautiously. Sudenly they heard a thud followed by silence. They stood still, their hearts in their throats, not daring to move- Then “Come on,” whispered Fat. Plucking up a courage which they could not feel, they crept along, fol- lowing in the light of Fat’s flash- light. At the foot of a stairway, they distinguished the form of a man, writhing in agony. His right leg was twisted under his body and on the stairs, which had given way, were scattered myriads of bank notes and checks. Upon seeing the boys he under- took to put up a fight, cursing frightfully all of the time. He tried to reach his revolver, which had fallen near him but just out of his reach. Fred quickly grabbed the revolver and covered him. One thought ran through the boys’ mind. “Could it be possible that--------!” A sound behind them almost made them forget the fallen man. Turning fearfully, they saw two policemen advancing from the door- way, one holding a revolver, the other, a flashlight. “You kids are m luck!” said one of them. “This man is Snaky Pete, the robber of the Broadhurst First National Bank.” Pete shook his fist at them and kept on swearing. “I don’t reckon that will do you no good,” said the other policeman, with great difficul- ty, putting handcuffs on the bank- robber. “We’ve had reports of your things happening around this old house and our suspicions are more than realized,” put in the first policeman. “I guess you boys are m for the thousand bucks reward,'’ added his companion. The boys were too astonished for words. Their adventure had turned out to be a real one, and their ghost, a criminal, but the reward had paid for their effort in spite of palpitating hearts and shaking knees. We shall leave them now, to have the honor and pleasure of hav- ing found one of the master crimin- als of the country, and securing the bountiful reward offered for his discovery, dead or alive- THE WINNING GOAL A new arrival at Hamilton High was Don Barry. It was his fresh- man year and he had hopes of mak- ing the football team as he had been captain at Vermont High the year before. When the call for candidates was posted he was among the first to appear on the gridiron. He was strangely lonesome at first but as he knew the game well he soon had many friends, and he justified his own faith in himself for he won the place of fullback on the varsity team- Another candidate for full- back was Bob Reddy, but he seem- ed far too slow for that position. As the season wore on everything went well at Hamilton and most of the games were won by a large score and Don Barry was the cen- ter of the scoring. The last minor game with Harris High seemed to be a walkover for Hamilton, but in the third quarter Barry broke his nose and Reddy replaced him. Reddy’s playing was slow but sure and he managed to secure another touchdown before the whistle, and the final score stood Hamilton 19; Harris 0. In the practices that followed be- fore the big game, Barry never showed up as good as he had be- fore, and it seemed as though he were afraid. The day of the big game dawned clear and bright with a tinge of autumn color and a cool wind. But there was a little apprehension among the Hamiltonists because of Barry’s playing m the last week. The stands were crowded long before the game was to begin and there was much cheering on both sides. After a short and snappy practice of both of the teams, the whistle blew and the game began. The first half was a walkover for River- more who let loose their star full- back, Jack Ransen, who scooped up a fumble of Barry’s and made the first touchdown of the game. Fol- lowing that, Ransen made another touchdown when Barry missed tackle and this time he kicked the goal which he had failed before. (Continued on Page Twelve)