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

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10 THE ROUND TABLE JOKES Speak er in Chapel: “What part of the paper do you turn to first”? Chorus of Juniors: “The Funny Sheet” ! (They would !) The Alternative. Morford: “When I drink much I can't work, and so I let it along. Dodd: “The drinking?” Morford: “No, the working!” Humpity, Dumpity had a great fall. He rode a “pony” into Gaul, He hit Caesar with a brick. And he didn't do it any too quick. G.B.L. Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice. Don't take Latin, It ain't very nice. G.B.L. Boss: “What are you doing. Bill?” Bill: “I’m helping Jim.” Boss: “What are you doing Jim? Jim: “Nothing.” Little Boy: “I want a cake of soap I Druggist: “Have it scented?” L. B.: “No thanks, I live right around the corner.” “We know a guy that’s so cheap that if steamboats sold for three cents apiece, he couldn t buy the echo off the whistle.” Bottled Scotch. Autoist (laying beside wrecked car): “Get a doctor quick!” Scotchman: “Has the Insurance Agent been here?” Autoist: “No, not yet.” Scotchman: “Move over a wee bit so I can lay down beside ye-” Wise Guy! Chet Ebie to girl: “May I have this next dance?” Girl to Chet: “Why, Chester, I didn't know you could dance!” Chet to girl: “I can't but it looks so easy that I think I can hold you while you try it.” Dogmatic It is said that a dog fills an empty space in a man’s life. This is especially true of the hot dog! Miss Stranger: “The name of the play that you are to study is 'My Ladies' Dress’.” H. Kruse: “I hope it’s a short one. Willie had been sent to the bak- ery to buy a loaf of bre ad. When he returned, his Mother asked him why he didn’t get the bread. The answer was, “Well, Mother, you see there was a sign in the window, 'Home Cooking’!” R. Enright, '29- Jane’s Mother had taken her to the Bronx Park in New York. When it was time to go home she asked Jane rather impatiently if she had not seen everything. Her Mother, quite puzzled, was about to question her when she saw a sign which read: “Beware of the Pickpockets.” If you don’t think that gunning has begun, ask Mr. Seiber where all of the boys went on November 10th. —o— How is the paneranum, Sko? —0— Noted Persons of R. B. H. S. Toreador (Bull thrower), F. Bramn Football Player. . .John Hollywood Cheer Leader ..... ....... Moe Home wrecker......Bill Applegate Indoor sportsman. .Bill Greenwood Heartbreaker...... Gyp” Powers English Student. . . Jim Curley??? Business Manager .......... Colio Revenue officer ...Art, Thompson Tango dancer . . . “Scotch” Hanley The Cadet..............Roy Smith Greenwood: “I don’t think I should get “O” in this test.” Miss Galbreath: “Neither do I, but that’s the lowest I could give you.” —o— Richard Davey (to the barber) : “Be careful not to cut my hair too short or they’ll think I am my sister!” WANTED—A CATALINE! One of us young Ciceronians ob- jects to the assignment of writing a speech in the style of Cicero on the grounds that he has no Catiline to “holler at.” Won’t someone vol- unteer? Another of our members after floundering around for several mo- ments in an effort to translate “nescio” finally stammered out, “I —I—I’m ignorant----------” Well, if it is true, as a certain member of our faculty asserts, that it is good for one to find out he isn’t as clever as he thinks he is, then someone is certainly being benefitted by Cicero class. A Latin club recently held a meeting to celebrate in honor of a certain god. The ceremony con- sists in sacrificing a horse. As no horses were available for this pur- pose the members contented them- selves by burning “ponies.” E. C., ’27. Billie was sent on an errand by his mother and when he got to the store the grocer asked him what he wanted. But Billie had forgotten. While he was thinking, a Jewish boy came in and when asked what he wanted replied, “Oh, I fergott what I kam fer.” Billie sudenly exclaimed, “That’s it—camphor. R. Enright, ’29. UNFORTUNATES IN OUR MIDST Arthur Carey...............Always broke Francis Bramn ................His tongue James Hanley .... His nationality Benny Parker.He is so irresistable Jesse Bennett, His ideas of himself Juniors......Not enough room to tell it all. Neal Raver.....His overwhelming height. Young Shafto. . . .He has forgotten that young children should be seen and not heard. Harry Ingles ..........His conceit W. Kiel: “Mr. Dilks, shall I use to drive this we mallet or a hammer? Mr. Dilks: “Use your Kiel!” what dge, a head.

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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)

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THE ROUND TABLE 11 R. B. H. S. DEFEATED BY LEONARDO (Continued from Page One extra point. The hall ended, the score, 14—0. At the beginning of the third quarter Red Bank fumbled a fake play and the ball rolled over the goal line where a Leonardo man fell on it for the third touchdown. Near the end of this quarter, T. Hanson ran for his second touch- down, making the score 27—0. With a few minutes to play in the last quarter, H. Hanson threw a long pass to T. Hanson for their last touchdown. The final score was 34—0. Tucker Hanson was the star for Leonardo, making many long gains- Leddy was the Red Bank Ace. On several occasions he nearly scored. The line up: Leonardo Red Bank A. Horn.......L.E.. . . C. Degarve J. O Bnen...L.T.. .L. Armstrong R. Carton....L.G....... C. Irwin L. Scott (Capt.) C-- C- Morford J.Gulick......R.G....... W. Mack S. Robinson. . . . R.T. P. Smith G. Vosselman. .R.E.....A. Sniffen F. Merriman. . .Q.B.. ,B- Hackstaff C. Spaun...L.H.B. C.Ebie(Capt.) H. Hanson. . . R.H.B.. . . E. Leddy T. Hanson....F.B....... D. Russel Referee—Neuschaefer, Rutgers- Umpire—Siebert, Indianapolis. Linesman—Heim, Red Bank. RED BANK IS DEFEATED BY LAKEWOOD The Lakewood High School journeyed to Red Bank on Satur- day, November 13, and defeated our High School eleven by a score of 20—0. Although our team was out-weighed by 20 pounds to a man, they played a hard game. In the third quarter Red Bank almost scored when they carried the ball the entire length of the field only to be held on downs near goal- Lakewood scored touch- downs in the first, second and fourth quarters. They failed to score the extra point on the last touch-down. Lakewood’s success was due mostly to their forward passing, completing three out of four at- tempts. The line-up was as follows: L. Grob.......L.E.. . . A. Steckler A. Murray.....L.T.. . . W. Homer W. Mack.......L.G R. Sivinsky F. Niel son... C. ..L. Sonitsky P- Smith......R.G.. . . J. Johnson C. Irwin.....R.T... W. Horner A. Sniffen...R.E..... C. Brasch B. Hackstaff. . .Q.B.W. Curtis E. Leddy......L.H.B..... B. Scop D. Russel....R-H.B.. . A. Ogborn C. Ebie......R.B..........A. Sax —0— RED BANK vs. SOUTH ORANGE Saturday, Oct. 16th, on the new field donated by P. Doelger, a large number of spectators saw Red Bank lose its first home game to South Orange by the score of 34 to 0. Red Bank fought hard but were no match for the much heavier visitors. Capt. Ebie was out of the lineup because of injur- ies sustained in the Westfield game last Saturday and Leddy was acting captain. Leddy played his usual good game while Orsi of the visit- ors starred. The game in detail. First Half South Orange kicked off and Decker received the ball but was downed almost in his tracks. Red Bank failed to gain and Abbot dropped back to kick but the ball was fumbled and as it was last down the ball went to South Orange. On the first play they scored a touchdown. The extra point was scored also. In the rest of the half the ball see-sawed back and forth but the visitors scored two more touchdowns and one ex- tra point. Leddy and Decker made good runs for Red Bank and Orsi of the visitors starred. Score at half time—20 to 0. Second Half. Irwin kicked off to Orsi of South Orange who was soon downed- Orange failed to gam and they kicked to Red Bank’s 40 yard line. With the ball in our possession the Red and Gray failed to gam and was forced to kick. DeGarve kick- ed and it was again the visitors ball. But after slight gains and a uncompleted pass South Orange kicked to our 45 yard line. But Red Bank too failed to gam and Abbot kicked. Thus it went back and forth until Red Bank fumbled. South Orange recovered the bail and carried it to the 4 yard line and on the next play it was carried across. The extra point was kicked and the game ended 34 to 0 in favor of South Orange. GIRLS' ATHLETICS A meeting of girls interested m basketball was held at the begin- ning of November in the gym. At this meeting Janet Brown was elected manager- At the end of last years season, the girls chose Marion Schiedt as Captain of this year’s team. The girls are prac- ticing about every other night, al- ternating with the boys. Prospects for this years team seem quite bright judging from the number of candidates out. It was discovered that the Freshmen have the largest aggregation of the four classes try- ing for the team. We will have to hand it to the kkFreshies'’ in that respect. But, of course, the other three classes are contributing their share of promising material. Miss Loux, as usual, has been coaching the girls. But while she is out for about three weeks, Mrs. Louis Branm is acting as physical train- ing teacher for girls and she will also coach the basketball squad. Last year, Mrs. Branm refereed most of the girls’ games. This year a different plan is be- ing used in picking opponents. Each school will play those schools in its immediate vicinity. The best of each group is to be picked and it will play for the championship of the section. This new plan was brought up and agreed upon at a meeting of the East Jersey League early this year. G.F.N. Tom, Tom, the piper’s son, Threw some chalk and away he run. But the teacher caught him right away: He brought his “ma” to school next day!