West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

Text from Pages 1 - 132 of the 1931 volume:

CDlNNjeAPOUS pueLIC LI OliAC-Y MHC 3 r W 7 COPYRIGHT 1931 FRED SAMMIS Editor-in-Chief WALLACE ANDERSON Business Manager iy iyyyyyyyyyyyyyyfc O' yo2 PRIMARILY a record of faces and facts to which graduates may refer when time has dulled their memories this trip over the eventful features of the past year may yet impress on the seniors what four years in high school have meant to them. An impression can only be made when the eye has been pleasantly opened to what it has been gazing on. Beauty and fact combine to present the hopes in which this book is published. THE HESPERIAN PERSONNEL Mrs, Wilder, Chhf Ciirk; Mr. Greer. Principal; Mrs. Jacobsen: Mrs. Swanson: Miss Holt. Assistant Principal; Mrs. Ijockmrrtod, Vocational Adyislr; Miss Carlson: Miss Robertson. Public School Lines, Inc. THE Public School Lines, Inc. is pleased to take this opportunity of making public certain facts and fancies concerning the S. S. West, crack ship of the line. These disclosures arc guaranteed to make every eighth grader burn with impatience, and strain at the bit to be up anti away to higher education. They will make every loyal prospective graduate shed a bitter tear of regret, and will finally make every poor deluded soul who chose to go toward the goal of advanced learning by some oilier route green with envy and suppressed desire. In other words, the praises of the dear old dump arc about to be sounded in the key of which is simple and apt to be understood even by those without an car for music. General Information The ship sailed in September with a passenger list numbering over 2,000 while the membership increased with every port of call. The ship is a four-deck liner, offering ample accommodation, every room an outside room. The comfort of the passenger is jealously guarded and his slightest wishes catered to; in fact, the passenger often docs not need to express his desires at all: they arc taken for granted by the super-excellent staff. The Staff The ship is captained by John N. (Jrccr, veteran of many voyages and experienced in handling all difficulties raised by the tourists in a gentle and efficient manner. I 5 J THE HESPERIAN THE CONSERVATORY He is assisted in his work of making the travelers feel at home by two excellent hostesses who arc often more than anxious to have the passengers call upon them in their offices and present any of the many little troublesome matters which it may or may not be within their power to solve, but which they will solve regardless. An efficient office staff is maintained so highly organized that any person can be located at any hour of the day—at least, ‘tis known where the missing passenger is supposed to be. Certain other members of the general staff arc willing at a great personal sacrifice to see that the morals of the passengers arc not jeopardized; often, at the risk of their own reputations do they follow an erring traveler to some low dive on one of the land stops. Although their contracts call for no such personal sacrifice, they arc often courageous enough to wrest the recalcitrant one from the very lap of error. The chief steward and his stafT arc highly satisfactory, although it is often rather difficult to locate the staff members when they arc most needed. The chief engineer, however, may always be located near the ladies locker rooms during the lunch hour, where he is a great | ct and favorite of all the girls, being something of a humorist. Services to Passencers The West offers a fine reading room and two delightful little bookshops. In the former, the reader may feast his mind on such light reading as suits gay sea atmosphere in a comfortable, quiet, home-like room. The bookshops offer a place where the reader may browse at his leisure and ch x sc his favorite from a wide range of delightful and rare volumes. Hand concerts arc provided twice each morning from a central point so that the passenger need not come to the music, the music willy-nilly coming to him. The band offers stirring marches, and one is often able to pick out a distinct tune, it one I 6 1 THE HESPERIAN THE LIBRARY has an car for music. The orchestra features special modern arrangements of such touching ditties as “My Hero. Another exclusive feature is the language classes in which the passenger is taught foreign tongues to such a degree of conversational perfection that upon his arrival on foreign shores the natives are often able to discern that he is speaking their native jargon. Certain useful phrases arc memorized, such as “John, shall we go shopping? “Waiter, bring me some tea,” and “Have you seen the Follies yet?” The spacious conservatory provides a rare retreat to those “friends of our native landscape” who never feel quite at home when more than two miles from the great open spaces. There the lover of the great outd x rs may learn such useful bits of nature lore as how to tell a cactus from a velvet plant without making the sitting test. Special Services An innovation, designed to keep the male element engaged in some useful occupation. is the cooking class, where the embryo chefs prepare delicacies that arc quite beyond the imagination. Because of the efficient first-aid corps in connection, it is the boast of the department that there has not been one casualty, the most serious disorders being cold sores from eating grapefruit, and acute indigestion from fudge. Strictly private telephone communication is maintained with the great outside world and the passenger is able to converse with anyone and be assured of a quiet, strictly private conversation without any interruption. Indeed, some suites are provided with private phones, the lines being opened at the option of the general office. This is, of course, very rare. Connections with land may also be made by cable with sj ecial rates for standardized messages such as “Send me more money and “Come home at once, the dog :n THE HESPERIAN THE ORCHESTRA Violins—l.yom, Lindstrom. Roth. Muenze. Brier, Stephent, Scheefe. Boyer. F. Holmes, tones. Peek. Carlson. Holahan, Crisp. Hodges. Weeks, Nelson, Canherg, Lesh. Piano—Tollman, Dauley. Hass—Thori, McMillan, Bickhart. Horns—Kredkomp. Hotter, White. Eckstein. Gunberg, Miller, Engel. Puller. Cello —Greer, Gamble. Burger, Dye. Roth. Drlms—Stafft. Cool. Robinson. Woodwinds—Feiten, Straps, Truces, I). Holmes. Ackfl nd. Brou erman, Colehour, Ford, Wenger, Cummings, Miley. A museum is also provided for the lover of art in its higher forms, with displays of foreign art, hobby shows, caricatures, and inimitable baby pictures. Exhibits arc changed once a week, provided the committee, which is very busy, gets around to it. The Dining Salon An atmosphere of delightful informality prevails at meals on board ship. Here the connoisseur of good food may find his favorite delicacies to delight his palate, including foaming mounds of soft, white mashed potatoes, delicately cooked fruits, and freshly made sandwiches. A specialty of the expert chef is luscious prune sauce. Here, more than any other place, the passengers become acquainted, and friendly fun is the order of the day. Diners attract the attention of friends with a bit of bread or a lightly tossed slice of ice cream. The food (and drink) is only part of the peculiar genius of the line for making the traveler utterly happy. And speaking of the latter item, foaming, sparkling Milk 31 is the favorite beverage aboard ship. Advice to Passengers Concerning clothing, the traveler is warned to be prepared for all contingencies. As well as coping with hot and cold weather, the tourist is expected to keep abreast I 8 ] THE HESPERIAN THE BAND Clarinet —-Hughes. Graves. L. Harris. Gingerich, Raymond. Hauenstein, Romhn, Shepaid, Abbott. Levy. Palmer, David son, Dale. Ford. O'Keefe, Weaver, Par melee. Saxophone—Gray. Morrow. Reed. Stendenson. Volden. Baritone Saxophone—R. Harris. Trumpet —Heismg. Mahon. G. Mahon. Cafarella, Anderson, Mann. Foster. Kretl amp. Smith. Salter, Herb tt, I aeher man. Trombone —Peterson, TetzlaQ. M, Ken nan. GunlKrg. O'Connor, Wendland. Oboe —Holmes. HoUick. Horns—Morton, Stein hit her. Betters. Marcus. Tuscany. Wehr. Masses—Newcomb. Nelson. Drums—Simonds. Tam, Ulligren. Muir head. of the fashions of the moment which are liable to include spats, bear coats, low-hcclcd shoes and good old suspenders, or braces, as they call ’em back in jolly old England. Bulletin It is rumored that the drama association of the ship has obtained exclusive rights to the current New York production, “Sun Up” and will present it some time during the next ten tours. Some difficulty has been encountered in the production and casting of this play, some of the members of the original cast having died of extreme old age and blasted hopes. Concerning Tours Two types of tours arc offered, the escorted and the unescorted. The former offers a well-planned itinerary with every hour of the passengers’ time accounted for. These trips are conducted by experienced men and women who have made the journey many times and know the ropes. Such tours may easily be made in four years; however, unescorted tours arc offered optionally, during which the traveler may roam through the Elvsian fields of education as indolently as he pleases. Such •191 THE HESPERIAN CHEFS Back Row—Kin. Leo. Kennel. Gftdiek, Ford, McCtdlogh, Anderson, Thompson, ('.rail. Middle Row -Blodgett. Hoi Strom, Whitman, Wearer, Lack� Hidtmnn, Richardson, Morrow, Abbey. Front Row—Miller, dale, Eddy, fohnson, Ryan, Knoblauch, Floor!, Garwood. a trip is less educational, and is usually accomplished in from four and one-half to seven years, depending upon the natural abilities of the traveler himself; in fact, some types of tourists have become so attached to the ship that they have become BOYS’ GYM | 10 1 THE HESPERIAN practically permanent fixtures, and are pointed out with more or less pride to the new comers, depending on the pointer. They arc able to supply a great deal of outmoded information, usually prefaced with the inimitable I remember way back when-----” Regarding Exercise For a variety of reasons the passengers often feel the urge of exercise more violent than promenading about the miles of deck. In such a case there is always the gym where the tourist becomes suddenly aware that he is not only a tourist but a combination of speed demon, contortionist and army private. The combination of plain and fancy exercises, quick dressing and discipline is perfect training for playing “jai-alai. If the reader knows what that is (and he probably doesn't) he has the reason it was chosen above a wide field of other strenuous sports such as football and ping-pong. Another fine form of exercise, more mental than physical, although it involves more or less physical activity too, is that of dodging the various persons selling things, collecting dues, or borrowing. Avoiding this species of pest becomes a fine art. The dues collected fall into two classes, the legal and the plain nuisances, and the collectors of both arc equally insistent and hard to deceive. In fact, those amounts assessed that arc not exactly compulsory arc easier to part with than class dues and other legal assessments. The exercise, however, lies in thinking up artful subterfuges for dodging these insistent souls who swoop down on the unwary traveler, laden with tags, papers, books, banners, food and other more or less tempting things, and demand that the cash be coughed up on the dot. How It Works Following a sort of morbid desire growing out of wanting to take the clock apart at the age of five, every man and nearly every woman wants to know immediately DINING SALON THE HESPERIAN THE EVEREST CREW “how it works.” The sight of the boys in the shops laboring under great strain and difficulties (such as having an instructor who knows all about it and not knowing much about it themselves) is often enough to inspire the indolent traveler to go up into the light again and go off to the restroom to finish up the last hand of bridge, which he was too tired to play before. THE FORGE ROOM M2] T success of this world trip was dependent largely on the seniors who were necessarily the important passengers. They, therefore, introduce the book which is centered around their activities during the past two semesters. All the senior travelers passed the days on board harmoniously, working and playing together to while away the duller days until graduation. The long journey saw them come on deck enriched by novel experiences and then disembark, diplomas in hand, to say goodbye to the school in which they passed many fruitful days. THE HESPERIAN t Senior Review yTFTER a lapse of two years, the June class has gained the privilege of pub-0 1 lishing a yearbook. Because of the half-year interval between graduation and the issuance of the annual, the January seniors find themselves an inconspicuous part of their Hesperian. It is only fair then that they be placed first in order in the class section. The outstanding students who arc given special prominence in this section of the book deserve all the praise which can be given them. They have raised themselves to an outstanding position in their class and in school through their own efforts, and should be recognized accordingly. Napoleon appreciated the value of position through merit, and awarded offices and honors alike to the men who were deserving. These distinguished guests on board hclj)ed to put the happy final touch to the year’s trip. The selections were made with the agreement of the classes and their advisers, and have been found worthy of this honor. A total of 130 students was graduated in the January class. Nine of these received their diplomas through work which they had done in summer school. Only one former West student gained his credits at night sch x l. The June class has nearly three times this mid-year number with 365 receiving diplomas. Two former students have gained sufficient credits through night-school work, while three more arc planning to finish their high-school course during the summer-school session. THE HESPERIAN 1 January Class CLASS OFFICERS John Laivell Mary Hunter Marlys Rieke Bob Pelton President Vice-president Secretary Treasurer OUTSTANDING WESTERNERS Mildred Swan Natalie Stuart f HI Bill Boutell Walter Meili V’ � « • THE HESPERIAN Sol Alcalay DcPol, Treasurer 30. Frances Anderson U. C. Norman Anderson Basketball, Second Team ’28, First Team 29, ’30. Wilton Avery Track Manager '30; Class Play; Orions, President ’30; Class Picture Committee. Merton Ayers Cilcc Club, Madrigal. Herbert Bloomberg Glee Club, “Will Tell,” Bells of Capistrano.” William Boutell Council; Round Table; CXC, Vice-president ’29, President ’30; Hockey Team, Manager 29; Golf, Captain ’28, ’29. Alpha Boxrude U. C., G. A. A. Arthur Bredesen CXC; Class Play, Class Play Committee, Property Man. Constance Brill U. C., G. A. A. Neela Budd U. C., G. A. A., Class Play. Elsie Caparoox Council; Service Club; Round Table; U. C., Art Committee, Board; G. A. A., French Club; Ring and Pin Committee. 1 15 1 THE HESPERIAN Muriel Cavanaugh U. C, G. A. A., Girls’ “W Club. Philip Chance Glee Club, •‘Will Tell,” “Bells of Ca- pistrano. Marion Clarke Key Society, G. A. A., Girl Reserves. Lauretta Comita G. A. A., U. C. Jack Corl Football, First Team ’28, ’29. ’JO. Constance Crysler Weekly, Staff, Board, Assistant Editor; Madrigal. Secretary 'JO; Orchestra; U. C.; G. A. A.; French Club; Class Play; Hesperian Baird. Robert Davenport Glee Club, Manager Athletic Sign Department. Carolyn Davies G. A. A.: U. C., Refreshment Committee; Madrigal, Program Committee; French Club, Program Committee; Glee Club, “Bells of Capistrano ; Class Play. James Davies F o o tb a 11, Second Team ’28, ’30; Tumbling Team; Class Play. Sam Dixson Semper Fidel is. President ’30. Audrey Duncan G. A. A.; U. C.; Spanish Club, Secretary ’30. Assistant Editor of “El Mcr-curio. Frank Eckstrom I 16 1 THE HESPERIAN Mary Emerson U. C., G. A. A., Orchestra. Fred Ekb Lenore Erickson U. C., G. A. A., Daubers, French Club. Mary Garlough U. C., G. A. A., Dau-hers, Marionettes, Class Play Committee. Evelyn Gilbert U. C., G. A. A. Lucille Goldberg G. A. A. Mary Gregg U. C... (i. A. A.. Scr-vice Club, Class Play, French Club. Lloys Griffiths U. C., G. A. A. Charlotte Hani.ey U. C., G. A. A. Wilbur Hartzell Student Council. Eari. Hase Forum, Orion. Harrison Hemenway Key Society, Class Play, Chairman Class Picture Committee, Service Club, DePol. THE HESPERIAN Ruth Holman Spanish Club, Editor, “El Mcrcurio.” Claire Hosp U. C.; G. A. A.; Mar-ionettcs, Secretary-Treasurer '29, ’30; Service Club, Secretary ’28, ’29; Girls' “W” Club; DePol; Class Play, French Club. Mary Hunter Class Vice-president; Council, Secretary ’29; Round Table, Secretary 29; U. C., Board, Treasurer. ’29. ’30; Glee Club, “Bells of Capistrano”; G. A. A., Board. Marian Hyde U. C., Board 30. Chairman of Social Committee, Rest R o o m Committee; French Club; Madrigal; Weekly Stall; Class Play Lead. Jane Irvine U. C., G. A. A. Merlin Jensen Janet Johnson U. C., Board; G. A. A.; Picture Committee. Lillian Johnson U. C., G. A. A. Linnea Johnson G. A. A., Orchestra, French Club, Madri-gal. Cirace Jordan Alis Junger U. C., G. A. A. Juanita Kasen U. C., G. A A.. Econs. I 18 I THE HESPERIAN Arris Kent U. C., G. A. A. Robert Kolbe John Laivell Class President; Round Table; Council. Vice-president 30; Service Club; CXC. Vice-president ’29, President ’30; Class Play ; Football. Alice Jane Lawrence U. CM Key Society. Student Council. Russf.ll Laxson Key Society; Council; Tennis, Student Manager ’29, 30; Weekly Staff; Business Manager of Class Play. Edith Levin U. C., G. A. A., Am-milus, Weekly Staff, Madrigal. Victoria Lewis Valedictorian; Key Society; U. C.; French Club, Chairman Refreshment Committee, Secretary 30; Spanish Club, Secretary ’30. Edmund Lozen Band, Class Play. Edith Ludcke U. C. Alice Lundquist U. C., G. A.A. Anah MacPherson U. C.. G. A. A. Stanley Makoski Stage Crew. I 19] THE HESPERIAN Walter Meili Football, ’28, ’29, ’30: Weekly, Business Manager, Stall. Board: Class Play. Hesperian. Board. Business Manager of January Section: Cogs; Lox; Glee Club. Sarah Melvin U. C., G. A. A„ Econs. Murlen Muncy U. C, G. A. A., Econs. Dwayne Noggle Service Club, Class Play. Theodore Ostrom Service Club. Jane Owen U. C. Ralph Phase Class Play. Robert Pelton Football, Second Team, ’29, First Team, ’30; Class Treasurer: Semper Fidel is, President ’30. Betty Perry U. C.; G. A. A.; Girls’ “W” Club; Spanish Club, President ’30; Daubers. Charles Potts Margaret Powell U. C.: G. A. A.; Chairman of Program Committee; Class Play; Glee Club, Lead in “Bells of Capistrano”; French Club. Dorothy Quimby U. C., G. A. A., French Club. (20 1 THE HESPERIAN Marion Ramsdell U. C., G. A. A., French Club. Robert Randolph Ruth Reiswig U. c:.. (i. A. A.. Girls’ “W” Club. Lorraine Richard U. C.; G. A. A., Board; Girls' “W” Club, President, ’29; City-Wide Felt Winner. Marlys Rieke Salutatorian; Key Society; Class Secretary; Council; U. C.f Chairman of Rest Room Committee; G. A. A.; Am m i 1 us, President ’29; Service Club; Class Play; Chairman of Flower Committee. Merle Ringskud Manager of Class Play, Alla. Keith Sciiied Dorothy Schorr U. C., G. A. A., French Club, Madrigal, Glee Club. Helen Silvers U. C., G. A. A., Picture Committee. Jane Stone U. C.; Ci. A. A.;Span-ish Club; Daubers, Treasurer; Class Play, Chairman of Scenery. Natalie Stuart U. C., G. A. A., Key Society, French Club, Council, Round Table, Girls’ “W” Club, Class Play. Mildred Swan Key Society; Pin and Ring Committec; Hesperian Board; Class Play Scenery Committee; Daubers, President. ’29, ’30; Weekly Staff; G. A. A.; U. C.; Cartoonist for Hesperian ’29, ’30. (2! 1 THE HESPERIAN Peggy Tapp U. C., Rest Room Committee; G. A. A.; Madrigal, Secretary, 79, President ’30; (dee Club, “Pickles, “Will Tell,” “Bells of Capistrano ; Class Play; Program Committee; Weekly Staff. Thomas Thompson Football. Second Team ’28. 79, ’30. Richard Tuscany Football, Second Team 79. Richard Ungerman Lucy Wallace U. C., G. A. A., Econs, Class Play. Dorothy Williams U. C., Social Service Committee. Verna Wolf U. C., G. A. A., French Club. Martha Wingate U. C. Adelaide Woolsey French Club. Lloyd Yeli.ott I -- J 41 , THE HESPERIAN WITHOUT PICTURES FOR PASSPORTS Vera Beni i am Hf.nry Heiser Lillian Newell David Broman Luverne Johnson Jack O'Connor Marjorie Cady Janet Knatvold Parker Rued Jane Carpenter Clip Larsen Donald Thomas Fillmore Erickson Murray Lavali.ee Clayton Thompson Miles Grasmoen Bob Leighton Bernard Urlie James Gray Enrique Libatique Marie Van Patten Anna Hanson Katherine Lundquist Arche Wilcox Virginia Harrington Betty McElroy Fred Winick Don Michels (23 | THE HESPERIAN June Class CLASS OFFICERS Mac Miller Mary Jam Confer Him. Barn cm Ada Shaw President Vice-president Treasurer Secretary OUTSTANDING WESTERNERS Janet Van de Water ( 24 J Dick Beverxick Avne Ridiscs Fred Sammis THE HESPERIAN Genevieve Ahlstrom U. C., G. A. A. Louise Ahlstrom Clarence Anderson Archcry Club. Secretary ’29. Kathryn Anderson De Pol; Ammilus, Chairman Outside Program Committee ’31; French Club; Econs, President TO, ’31, Court ’30; U. C., Museum Committee ’31; G. A. A. Lulu Anderson Girls’ Home Club. Marian Anderson U. C.; G. A. A.; French Club, Refreshment Committee. Wallace Anderson Swimming Team, Manager 30, ’31; Hesperian Board, Business Manager; Marionettes; CXC; Manager New Book-room. Lleanore Andrews Key Society. Jim Arey CXC, Treasurer ’31; Hockey ’31; Second Team Football '30. Orpha Austad Home Club, U. C. Robert Bailin' Virginia Baker Key Society, U. C. [25] THE HESPERIAN Bill Barnum Class Treasurer; Student Council; CXC, Secretary ’30, President 31; Second Team Football ’28. ’29; Track ’30. 31; Hockey ’30, ’31. Betty Helen Bayer U. C., Social Committee ’30; G. A. A.; French Club; Econs. Mary Bell French Club; Key Society; Weekly Staff, Board, Associate Editor, ’30, ’31; U. C., G. A. A.; Langdon Essay Contest. Robert Benson Lloyd Berggren Orions, Stage Crew. Paul Berkhall Gym Team ’29, '30, '31; Orchestra, Con-certmastcr '30; Class Play Committee; Class Play, January ’31; Program Committee. Muriel Bergquist Glee Club, “Bells of Capistrano,” “Crocodile Island”; French Club; U. C., Membership Committee, Refreshment Committee; G. A. A.; Forum. Janice Berman U. C.; Glee Club, “Bells of Capistrano,” “Crocodile Island”; French Club. Dick Bevernick Student Council; Script Club; Service Club; Round Table; Cross Country ’29, ’30; Class Play; Key Society; Spanish Club; Orions. Cecil Bickhart Orchestra, Band, Madrigal. Oswald Blixt Stage Manager; Orions; Cross Country, Captain, ’30; Track. Joe Blodgett Cross Country ’27, ’28; Track ’28, ’30, ’31; W Club, ’28, ’29; Linx. I 26 J n THE HESPERIAN Tom Boi.f;f.r Class Play. WlLLMA BOPP U. C.; G. A. A.; French Club; Econs, Vice-president ’30, '31. Court ’30. Alberta Borland U. C.; Cilee Club, “Bells of Capistrano,” “Crocodile Island.” Robert Bowen Second Team Football, 28, ’29, ’30; Track, '30, ’31. Leonard Brawerman Orchestra, Band, Instrument Class, Second Team Football ’29. James Weston Breen Donald Bressler Spanish Club. Lionel Brill Miriam Brown Madrigal. U. C., G. A. A. Virginia Bruelheide U. C.; French Club; G. A. A. Dorothy Bryant Marionettes; Key Society, President ’31; French Club, Program Committee ’31; U. C., Board ’31, Chairman of Rest Room Committee 31; G. A. A.; Class Play. Gladys Buck G. A. A., Board; U. C.; French Club, Membership Committee; Glee Club. “Will Tell,” “Crocodile Island.” 127J THE HESPERIAN Betty Burmaster French Club, G. A. A., U. C. Robert Butts Glee Club. Bob Cafarella William Campbell Isabelle Carlson G. A. A. June Carroll G. A. A., U. C., Picture Committee. Mary Jane Confer Madrigal; Student Council, Secretary 29; French Club; G. A. A., Board. Secretary ’30; Girls’ VV Club; Weekly Stall; U. C., President; Class Vice-president. Fred Cook Tennis ’30, 31: French Club, Secretary '30; Lox; Marionettes; Hesperian Staff; Langdon Essay Contest. Charles Cool Harry Cooi. Orchestra; Band; Semper Fidelis, Vice-president ’29, President ’30; Tennis ’29. ’30, ’31; W Club; Second Team Basketball. |28 1 Walter Carlson Bill Corl Marion Cormack G. A. A., U. C., French Club, Ammi-lus. Bill Corrigan French Club; Marionettes; Class Play, Class Play Committee. Clara Courtney Home Club, U. C.. G. A. A. Richard Courtney Don Crail Stagehand. Marian Crail U. C., G. A. A. THE HESPERIAN Elizabeth Crichton French Club, U. C. Kenneth Curls Football 28, ’29, ’30; Basketball ’28, 29, ’30, ’31; Tennis ’29, '30, ’31; Semper Fidcl-is, President '29, Vice-president '30, President ’31. Joyce Dahleen Dc Pol, Econs, French Club, U. C., G. A. A. Jean Dawlby U. C., Madrigal, Orchestra, G. A. A. Frances Day G. A. A.; U. C.; Daubers, Service Committee. John Day Semper Fidclis '28, ’29, ’30, ’31; Football ’28. ’29, Captain ’30; Hockey ’29, ’30, 31; Baseball ’28. [29 1 THE HESPERIAN Helen Df. Mund French Club, U. C., G. A. A., Fxrons, Spanish Club. Richard Derby Wesley Dickenson French Club 31. George Dredge Ammilus. Mildred Dudding Daubers; Glee Club. “Will Tell,” “Bells of Capistrano, Crocodile Island ; U. C., Art Committee. Alice Duncan Round Table, President ’30; Ammilus; French Club; U. C., Board, Social Service Committee Chairman; G. A. A.; Weekly, Board; Blue Triangle; Clothes Committee. Peggy Lou Lames G. A. A.; U. C., Museum Committee; Leons; French Club, Refreshment Committee. Virginia Eames G. A. A., Board; Girls’ “W” Club; City-wide Felt Winner; Orchestra, ’29, ’30, ’31; Madrigal; French Club; Ammilus; U. C. Ruth Easthacen U. C. Jayne Eastman U. C., G. A. A., French Club, Spanish Club, Weekly Staff. Al Ebert Semper Fidclis, Second Team Football. Kathryn Ecklund U. C., French Club, G. A. A. THE HESPERIAN Booth Eddy Second Team Football ’28, ’29, ’30; Marionettes ’29, ’30; Circulation Manager of Weekly ’30, ’31. Stanley Eddy Wyman Elliot Football ’28, ’29, 30; Marionettes; Lox. Mary Ellsworth U. C., Museum Committee; G. A. A.; French Club; Ammi Ins; Key Society; Weekly Staff ’30. Helen Enblom G. A. A., Board; Marionettes, V i c c -president; French Club; Ammilus; U. C.; Orchestra; Class Flay Lead. Adelaide England G. A. A., Board; Girls’ W” Club. Secretary. Robert G. Erickson Walfred Erickson Ammilus, President ’31; Key Society; Weekly Staff ’29, Board ’30, Managing Editor '31; Orchestra ’27, ’28; Class Play, Property Manager. Milo Evarts Band ’29, ’30; Lox, Vice-president ’31. La Verne Fackler Orchestra ’28, ’29, Class Play. Carl Feltman Thora Fitzgerald A m m i I u s, French Club, Key Society. [31] THE HESPERIAN John Flood Hockey; Tennis; CXC, Program Committee. Mary Flor U. C., Refreshment Committee; Weekly Staff; Key Society. Paul Fontaine Richard Ford Orchestra, Band, Torch Club. Beulah Frank Don Frost Cheerleader, Orion, Band. Betty Gale U. C., Board, Social Committee; G. A. A., Board: French Club; Dc Pol, Vice-president ’30; Econs, President ’30. Lawrence Gale Kamera Klub. Jane Gamble Orchestra, Madrigal, Kev Society, U. C., G. A. A. Richard Garwood Hockey 29, ’30, ’31. Bob George Madrigal. Retta Gerth 1321 THE HESPERIAN Mary Gifford French Club, U. C.. G. A. A. Betty Gold Service Club; French Club, Vice-president. ’30; Key Society; Round Table, Vice-president ’31; G. A. A.; U. C., Board. Audrey Gollinc U. C. Margaret Goodacre U. C., French Club, Glee Club. Harriet Gooder U. C., G. A. A. Bill Gordon Student Manager ’29, ’30. 31; Alla; Student Council. Helena Grandy Weekly StalT. Herbert Graves Band. William Greene Jane Greer Orchestra; Madrigal; Ammilus; G. A. A.; Round 'Fable; Service Club; U. C., Vice-president; Key Society. Helen Greer French Club, Marionettes, Student Council, U. C., G. A. A., Class Play. Helen Gross Spanish Club, Pin Committee; Forum; U. C.; G. A. A. I 33 1 THE HESPERIAN Lorraine Grundy G. A. A., Girls’ “W Club, U. C. Carter Haley James Hancock Ruth Hanneman Econs; U. G. A A.; Glee Club, “Will Tell,” “Bells of Cap-istrano,” “Crocodile Island”; Madrigal. Eleanor Hanson French Club, U. C., G. A. A. Louise Hanzlik G. A. A., U. C.. Girls’ W Club. Frances Hare Econs; U. C.; G. A. A.; Glee Club. “Croc-odile Island.” Maxine Harris French Club, U. C., G. A. A. Rita Harris U. C., Key Society. Herbert Hartzeu Second Team Foot ball. Alla. John Heim Key Society. Evelyn Hansen THE HESPERIAN Jane Hellier French Club; U. C., Art Committee. Dorothy Helstrom Key Society; Ammi-lus, Vice-president '29, President '30; French Club; G. A. A. Walter Herbst Band. Josephine Hitchincs French Club. U. C., G. A. A. Elaine Hokka Home Club, Key Society, U. C. William Hollick Band. Harry Holstrom Semper F i d c 1 i s; French Club; Madrigal; Glee Club, “Pickles,” “Will Tell,” “Bells of Capistrano.” “Crocodile Island.” Paul Holton Orions, Dc Pol, Ma-d r i g a 1, Ammilus, Band. Track. Martin Hotvet Orions, Track, Band, Orchestra. Leslie Hoye Ammilus. Edith Hughes Madrigal, Marion-ettes, U. C., G. A. A. Leo Hughes Track; Band; Orions, President ’30; Ammilus; Service Club. f 35 j THE HESPERIAN Jean Hummel French Club, Econs. U. C., G. A. A. Paul Hunt Harriet Huntington Daubers; French Club; G. A. A.; U. C., Board, Chairman Refreshment Committee. Alice Ireys French Club, Econs, U. C., G. A. A. Evelyn Jacobs Glee Club, Bells of Capistrano ; U. C.; G. A. A. Mary Jacobsen Madrigal, U. C., G. A. A. Laura James Econs, U. C., G. A. A. John Jeffery Tennis, Captain 30, 31; Marionettes, President 30; French Club; Round Table; CXC; Class Play, Publicity Manager. Bill F. Johnson Alla; Swimming 30, 31; Track 31. Bill F. Johnson Cogs; Lox; Weekly, Sports Editor ’30; Hesperian, Sports Editor. Elaine Johnson Key Society, G. A. A., U. C. Marian Johnson French Club, Econs, Key Society, U. C., G. A. A. |36] THE HESPERIAN Robert E. Johnson Linx; Baseball 27, ’28; Second Tea m Football ’27, Football ’29, ’.30. Mary Johnston Glee Club; Madrigal, President 29; U. C. Mary Louise Jones Glee Club, U. C., G. A. A., Girls’ “W” Club. Shirley Jones Marionettes, U. C., Key Society. Chester Kallberg Glee Club. Kathryn Kaste French Club, U. C., G. A. A. Margaret Kelly Ammilus, Vice-presi-dent 29, Executive Board ’29, 30; French Club; Key Society; U. C., Social Service (Committee; Weekly Staff 30. Rebekaii Kenney French Club; Ammilus; Key Society; Weekly Staff 29, Board ’30, Associate Editor 30, ’31; U. C., Board; G. A. A. Vera King Spanish Club, U. C. Margaret Kline Key .Society. Maxine Kline U. C. Mary Knapp U. C. I 37 | THE HESPERIAN Henry Knoblauch Student Council. President ’30; Football ’30; Hockey ’30, 31; Track ’30, ’31; Round Table; Service Club; cxc. John Knoblauch Jean Koehler French Club, Secretary ’31; U. C., Board, Chairman Social Committee; Key Society; Glee Club, “Will Tell,” “Bells of Capistrano,” “Crocodile Island ; G. A. A.; Valedictorian. Geneva Kohler French Club, U. C. Katherine Kreilkamp Orchestra, U. C. Mary Kuderlixc French Club, Treasurer ’31; Glee Club, “Will Tell,” “Bells of Capistrano, “Crocodile Island”; U. C.; G. A. A. Emil Kvidera Ernest Lack Madrigal, Track. Bradley Laird Track ’29, ’30, ’31; De Pol; Marionettes; Glee Club; Semper Fidelis, Vice - president ’29; Round Table; Class Play; Student Council, President ’31; Picture Committee Chairman. Mabel Lambert Home Club. John Larson French Club. Teresa Laughlin Home Club. I 38 1 THE HESPERIAN Virginia Lavell French Club; Dc Pol, Treasurer ’30, 31; Class Play Committee; U. C.; G. A. A. Ann Lee Round Table; French Club; U. Cn Board; Class Play Committee. George Lee Lois Legrand French Club. Chairman of Refreshment Committee; Ammilus; Key Society; U. C.; G. A. A. Betty Leighton French Club; U. C., Board; G. A. A. Betty Leit7. French Club; Student Council; Key Society; U. C., Treasurer ’30. 31; Round Table; Class Picture Committee; G. A. A. Franklin Leo Louis Levinson James Lewellen Vivian Lillberg U. C., G. A. A. Jack Lilligren Band, Orchestra, De Pol. Douglas Linnell Golf '30, ’31. 139 1 THE HESPERIAN Marion Lloyd G. A. A., Board; Girls’ “W” Club, President ’31. John Long Basketball ’27, ’28. ’29, '30; Linx; Baseball. Paul Lostetter Carl Louthan Class Hockey '29, ’30, ’31. Tl IERON LOVELA N I) Ammilus. Ruth Low Econs, U. C., G. A. A. Io Luscher Alyce Lyngstad Home Club, U. C., G. A. A. Jack Lyons Orchestra. Bob McArdell Football. Gretchen McCready G. A. A. Doris Ann McFerran Weekly Staff. Special Writer; Chairman of Hesperian Committee, Hesperian Co-Editor; U. C.; G. A. A. I -� oj THE HESPERIAN Alice McMillen French Club, Ciirls' W” Club. Girls’ Singles Tennis Champion '30, Class King and Pin Committee, U. C.. (i. A. A. Ann Magnusox U. C., G. A. A. Laurblla Mains Marionettes, U. C., G. A. A. Helen Mair Ammilus; Key Society; G. A. A., Board ’29, President ’30; Girls’ “W” Club. Jose O. Manganaan Representative S t u -dent Council, Captain Volleyball Team. Helen Marwin U. C., G. A. A. Morris Matthews Charles Matteson Genevieve Mattson Spanish Club, Glee Club. U. C., G. A. A. Howard Mellin [41] Bella Manxes Frank Merrell THE HESPERIAN Forrest Michaelson Basketball ’29, ’30, Captain ’31; Football ’30; Track ’30, 31; LOX. Frances Miller French Club, L C., G. A. A. John Miller Orchestra; Band; Orion. Treasurer ’30, ’31; Second Team Football ’28. ’29; Football ’30. Mac Miller Weekly, Advertising Manager ’30, ’31; Alla, President ’30; All Hi-Y President; Student Council, Vice-President '30; Round Table, President ’30; President June Class 31; Marionettes. Marguerite Moan Econs, U. C. Catherine Moex French Club, Chair-m a n Refreshment Committee; Key Society; Class Play Committee; U. C.; G. A. A. Forrest Moen Semper Fidclis, Treasurer ’29, Vice-president ’31; Cheerleader 29, ’30; Rooter King ’31; Class Play Business Manager. Gertrude Mollert Margaret Monson U. C., G. A. A. Mary Jane Moorhouse Glee Club, French Club, Econs, U. C. Bill Morris Allan Morse Linx, Secretary-Treasurer ’29, ’30; Tumbling. 142] THE HESPERIAN Dale C. Morton Golf ’29, 30, ’31. Bill Munns Hockey ’29, ’30, ’31; CXC, Secretary ’30; Advertising Manager Class Play ’30. Desoi.ee Murpmy G. A. A., Board; Girls’ “W” Club; Ammilus; U. C. Frances Murphy U. C., G. A. A. Margaret Murphy U. C., G. A. A. Martin Nakken Glee Club, “Crocodile Island.” Claude Natividad Helen Nelson French Club, U. C., G. A. A. Marie Nemecek French Club, U. C. Darrell Newcomb Glee Club ’28. ’29, ’30; Band ’30, ’31. Mavis Norris Econs, Secretary; De Pol; U. C.; G. A. A. Albert Novak Student Manager. [43] THE HESPERIAN Betty O’Gar Orchestra, Econs, U. C., G. A. A. Betty O’Hara French Club; Econs; Weekly. Stall ’29, Board ’30, ’31; U. C., Clean Up Committee: G. A. A. Dallas O'Hearn Eloise Osborne U. C., G. A. A. Gene Packard Elizabeth Page U. C, G. A. A. Stephen Palmer Alla; Round Table, Vice-president; Golf ’30, 31; Hockey Manager; Marionettes. Helen Peters Glee Club, Girl Reserves, U. C. Verna Pierce French Club, Key Society, U. C., G. A. A. Don Poteete Wogaws, Key Society. Book room. Dorothy Preus Robert Racey Second Team Foot hall, LOX. 1 44 1 «f | THE HESPERIAN Betty Randolph French Club, Key Society, U. C., G. A. A. Raymond Reardon Ushers Club, President ’30; Cross Country, Manager '30; Track ’31. Patricia Rf.dman Spanish Club, Vice-president; Econs; U. C.; G. A. A. John Reiter Orion, Cross Country ’30, Track ’30. Cyril Rengel Band. Pall Richardson Anne Ridings Service Club; Round Table; Weekly Statf: French Club; Ammi-lus. Secretary 29; U. C.; G. A. A. August Ries Second Team Football ’27. ’28, ’29; Football '30; Linx; Baseball ’27, ’28. Leontine Robitchek French Club, U. C. Genevieve Rogers French Club, Madrigal, U. C., G. A. A. Betty Rohan Spanish Club; Econs, Treasurer ’30; De Pol; U. C. Catherine Root French Club; U. C., Secretary ’30, ’31; Round Table, Secretary '30; Daubers, Secretary '30; G. A. A. MS] THE HESPERIAN Bernice Rudy Marionettes, U. C. Thelma Rustad Home Club, U. C. Si Ryan Linx, Vice-president ’28, President ’29; Second Team Football ’27; Football ’28, ’29, ’30; Marionettes; Baseball ’28; Hockey ’28. Kathryn Salter Spanish Club, U. C., G. A. A. Fred Sammis Weekly, Associate Editor ’29, Editor-in-chief '30, 31; Hesperian, Editor-in-Chief; W o g a w s. President ’30, ’31; Student Council, Vice - president ’30; Key Society; French Club; Lang-don Essay Contest. Ruth Sandgren 1 lome Club. Shirley Savre French Club. U. C., G. A. A. Pat Sawyer Golf ’27, ’28, Captain ’29, ’30, 31; Hockey ’29, ’30, 31; Ring and Pin Committee; Round Table; CXC; Hi-Y Cabinet ’30, Secretary ’30. Mary Scallon French Club, U. C., G. A. A. Lysne Scholser Orion. Howard Secor [46 1 Betty Sandgren THE HESPERIAN Jene Selby French Club: I)c Pol; Econs; Weekly, Stall, Board; U. C.; G. A. A. Harold Seleen Ruth Shannon French Club, U. C. Ada Shaw Class Secretary; Student Council; French Club; Daubers, Presi-d c n t ’30; U. C., Board; G. A. A. Howard Shaw Track ’28. ’29, ’30. Captain ’31; Glee Club, “Bells of Capistrano ; Football ’31. Marian Smith French Club, U. C., G. A. A. Maxine Sorensen French Club; Marionettes, Secretary-Treasurer 31} U. C.; G. A. A. Paul Spooner Service Club, Student Council, Football, Baseball, Track. Ruth Sprague U. C, G. A. A. Ralph Stein Daubers, President. Edith Stewart U. C.. G. A. A. Margaret Stewart U. C., G. A. A. [47] THE HESPERIAN Helene St. John G. A. A. Betty Stocks French Club, Key Society. Ammilus, U. C.. G. A. A. Loraine Stone Girl Reserves, G. A. A. Franz Strays Kamcra Klub ’27, 28, Secretary-treasurer '28, Vice-president '29, S. and R. Movie, All West Movie; Orchestra; Stage Manager, Class Play. Morean Susens Basketball ’30, 31; Band ’29, ’28. Katherine Sutherland French Club; Weekly Staff; Girls’ MW” Club; G. A. A., Board; U. C. Mary Claire Swanson Econs, French Club, U. C., G. A. A. Harold Tam George Taylor Football, Second Team '28. First Team ’30; Basketball ’29, ’30, 31. Marion Taylor French Club, Girls’ “W” Club, G. A. A., Board. Dorothy Teague Fred Thies Football ’30. [48 j THE HESPERIAN Leonard Thresher Alla, Secretary; Radio Club, Vice-president; Chairman Entertainment Committee. Adeline Tomasko Ammilus, Key Society, Weekly Staff, U. C., C. A. A. Florence Tonrich Wade Tozer Alla, President 31; Swimming '29, ’30, ’31, Captain ’31. Barbara Turner Home Club, U. C., G. A. A. Jane Van Braak A m m i 1 u s, French Club, U. C.. Key Society, G. A. A. Janet Van De Water Marionettes, Secretary-Treasurer ’29, President ’30; Madrigal; Student Council; U. C., Board; Chairman Ring and Pin Committee; French Club; G. A. A, Filomeno Villamor Margaret Waldin French Club, U. C., G. A. A. Lois Ward Parke Weaver Wesley Webb Orions; Spanish Club; Swimming ’29, ’30, ’31. [49] THE HESPERIAN Carl Wf.hr Mary Weiir U. C., G. A. A. Art Weinstein Orchestra. Jean Wells Class Ring and Pin Committee; Daubers; U. C., Art Committee; Girls’ “W” Club; City-wide Felt Winner; G. A. A., Board. Warren Wen dll; no Helen Wester Ammilus, President ’30; French Club, President ’31; Key Society; Round Table; U. C., Board, Chairman Museum Committee; G. A. A. I 50 J Robert Western!an Mary Whiting Harper Wilcox Ann C. Wilkins Madrigal, Key Society, U. C., G. A. A. Kathryn Wilkinson M ARGARET WINTERSTEEN U. C. THE HESPERIAN Dorothy Yaeger Weekly, Staff ’30, 31; Daubers. Letty Yahr U. C., G. A. A. Etiieljoy Wyeth Daubers, G. A. A., U. C., Home Club, Econs. Gertrude Zimmerman U. C. WITHOUT PICTURES FOR PASSPORTS Willard Addy Nada Alcott Eustaquio Barbieto Patrick Duffy Caroline Gage Nina Gillespie Ruby Gulck Roswf.i.l Haecker Elliot Harrington Ned Hawksett Charles Hendrickson Albert Holley Albert Hultmann Robert Husbands Stewart Jackson Iva Jolly Harry Kaufmann Margaret Kf.il Leonard Lindquist Stanley McCormack Jack McCullough Hector Morrow John Murray Stuart Noble Arlo O’Connor Harry Ostdieck Donald Owens Mary Worman Mary Frances Zaun 151) Dean Perkins Willard Quall William Rawitzer Neil Robertson Bartel Sanna Romaine Saxton Jane Schwantes Ruth Shepard Donald Siefken Janet Stf.en Helga Strom berg Betty Tallman Roy Thompson Kathryn Trimble THE HESPERIAN Hall of Fame JANUARY CLASS Boy Girl Laivell - Most Popular Hunter Pelton - Handsomest Ludcke Meili - - Noisiest Goldberg Larsen - Wittiest - - Davies Larsen - - Best dancer .... Woolsey HRISER • Cutest .... Hosp Pelton . Best all-around - Hunter Heiser ... - Peppiest .... Davies Larsen - Best line Hosp Hemenway Most studious Lewis O’Connor - Most talented Swan Avery - Biggest fusser Levin Erb - Shortest Gregg Core - longest Boxrude Pelton • Best athlete .... Richards Boltell Best dressed Brill Erb - Most bashful L. Johnson Pease - Biggest bluff - - Muncy . Johnson's half-pint apartment Favorite hangout To sell stocks Future ambition “ JUNE CLASS Miller - Most Popular - Confer Flood Best looking Greer Laird Best dressed - . Huntington Knoblauch Most versatile . . Confer Ryan Biggest hypocrite . Ryan Biggest procrastinator . Knoblauch Best dancer - . Brown Flood Cutest . Greer Thresher Wittiest . McFerran Sammis - • Snootiest . Huntington Heim Most studious . Van Braak Jeffery Laziest O’Hara Ryan • Best line Leitz f 52 | klATURAL abilities which need 1 pruning by study find outlets in extra-curricular activities; knowledge which is gained during class hours expresses itself in talent clubs; leadership finds opportunities to exercise itself in service organizations; active bodies are developed in athletics everywhere. Students who feel the need of something more than just plain education may plunge into activities in which they can express themselves. Thus were the hours of recreation during the last year spent by most of the upperclassmen who found ample pay for the extra time they had used. ri ultimate in the four years of high school scholarship, was gained by as great and brilliant a number this year as West has ever produced, thus signaling the past two semesters' voyage as one of the best in the school's annals. It is scholarship after all, that either marks school work a success or failure, and only when subjects are mastered can a student set out to enjoy the other pursuits which are offered him. The present fine record of scholarship threatens to be not only equalled but even surpassed by the present sophomores and juniors who have shown promise of what is to be expected of them as seniors. A fine faculty, supported by fine students, should combine to raise West to higher standards and glory. THE HESPERIAN Victoria Lewis Valedictorian Marlys Rieke Salntatorian January Honor Students KEY SOCIETY Back Row—Enblom. fohnson. Kline, Stocks, Poteete, Be termed, Ericsson. Randolph, Moen, Balder. Middle Row—Ellsworth. Kelly. Van Braah. Hehtrom. Tomasko. Hokk • Gold, Flor, Gamble, Wilkins, Bell. Front Row—Greer, Wester, Legrand, Bryant, President: Ridings, Kenney, Leits, Koehler. Not in Picture—Andrews. Fitzgerald, fohnson. [ 54 1 THE HESPERIAN Jean Koehler Betty Leitz Valedictorian Valedictorian (Tie for Honors) June Honor Students 12B HONOR ROLL Hack Row—Rarnnm. Swedenborg. Gnadinger, Ruth, Yoke. Neuman. Klein. Front Row—Brin. Gordon. Iwtin, McCulloch. Lear man. Forster. I 55) THE HESPERIAN 11 A HONOR ROLL Back Row—Robbins, Bril. Dudley, A. Dwyer, Car hart. Johnson, Rasnutsson. Mima. Row—Carrey. Hutton, Copeland, Nostdai, Ires, Strand. Sanders. Fhont—Attwood. Klein, Webb, Simming, Shine, Iawgley. Nor in Picture—Peterson, Baxter, Rudd, Korp. Randolph, Farrell, Date, Dale, (iarrison. Gunberg, St. John, Adelsheim, Brestow. Scholarship Survey ONLY five members of the Key Society remained from last June to start the year: Marion Clarke, Alice Jane Lawrence, Mildred Swan, Russell Laxson, and Mar-lys Rieke. Due to the early departure of Arne Gronningsater, president, the group was left in a somewhat disorganized state the preceding term. 11B HONOR ROLL Back Row—Rudd. Richardson, Buell, Dreiman, Marsh. Wamtley, Quam, Cherry. Front Row—Kronick. Sewland. Dundee. Kuchynka. Greer, Foulstone. Not in Picture—Merrick- I 56] THE HESPERIAN 10A HONOR ROLL Back Row—Wells, Warner, Deck, Gunherg, Smith, Anderson. Thor tell. Front Row—Nelson, Eriksen, kitten house. Harden, Ramsdell. Scott. Not in Picture—Stanley, Rouse, Renan. Rosenberg, Ixvy. Dye. As the Key Society is a purely honorary organization, only those A Seniors who have a 23 average or B Seniors who have a 2.5 average arc eligible for membership. Under the plan in force at present an A counts three points, a B, two points, a C, one point, and a D, no points. A promising indication of the trend of scholarship at West was the uphill climb of grades. Statistics for the first marking period revealed nineteen students with an A average, forty-two with three A’s and a B, two with three A’s and a C, and forty- 10B HONOR ROLL Back Row—Dongosk,f Naegeli, Whitney, Anderson. Tyson. Holeck. Dixson. Front Row—Donoran. Cohen, loseph, Holland, Comer. [57] THE HESPERIAN 9A HONOR ROLL Back Row—Carl yon. Faith Beiernick, Feline Beiernick.. Beaulieu. Logernieier. Rader. Front Row—Ijoechler, Cahn. Martin. Haurs, Rodgers, Holt. Not in Picture—Rosen. Router. Hal tor sen, Moore. Ind, fohnson. Berg. six with two A’s and two B’s. The second reports showed 167 students who had earned the right to be listed on the honor roll, an increase of fifty-eight over the preceding returns. Of these, thirty-eight had all A’s; fifty-nine, three A's and a B; seven, three A’s and a C, and sixty-three, two A’s and two B’s. Final grades for the first semester brought 1 S6 names to the list: fifty-four of these had all A’s; fifty-nine, three A’s and a B; ten, three A’s and a C, and sixty-three, two A’s and two B’s. One hundred and three students earned the required average at the end of the initial marking period for the second semester. Grades distributed among these gave a perfect average to twenty-six, three A’s and a B to fifty-three, and two A’s and two B’s to fifty-six. Out of 9,428 marks there were only 661 fails. Should the Key Society become a chapter of the National Honorary Organization, a move which was under consideration the past year, the standard of scholarship would be lowered unless West adopts a special ruling on grades. Leadership and service arc stipulated in the requirements of the national group, however, whereas high scholarship alone admits any West student to the Key Society. Fails arc steadily diminishing. Of the 2316 pupils enrolled in English classes, only 122 fails, or five per cent, arc reported. Social science, with 1,007, has 35 fails. The language department failed 116 out of 1,128. One hundred and eighty-nine of the 1,25S enrolled in mathematics were not promoted, leaving 85 per cent who passed with D or better. History teachers failed seven per cent of their pupils, with 77 fails out of 1,075. Of the 991 taking science, 53 failed; 35 of 644 civics students did not get credits. Art and the girls’ industrial classes have the lowest averages of fails, only four of the 211 in the former classes, and four of the 247 girls taking the industrial course. Sixteen of the music department of 287, which docs not include chorus classes, failed, while the boys’ industrial teachers eliminated 11 out of 264. Of the 9,428 marks recorded, only 661 were fails, with an average of 6 per cent. C 5S I THE HESPERIAN General Knowledge Test 6 A i recti on s to Pupil: Answer as many as you can of the following questions in the time given you; if you do not know, guess. Read carefully the instructions at the beginning of each division of questions. This test is to sec just how much you know about the school that you attend. Key Society mcml crs arc expected to score a perfect grade. Question One—This it to test your psychological reactions. You are given first a word, and then a series of words, one of which means the same, or is closely connected with that word. Underline this related word. Example: senior advisory—(1) calm (2) order (3) chaos (3) intellectual (5) platitudinous. I. Class politics—(I) peculiar (2) impartial (3) intelligent (4) simple (5) always right. II. Everest—(1) weak (2) ineffectual (3) unreasonable (4) arm of the law (5) genial. Ilf. Reform—(I) humour (2) hypocrisy (3) Hi-Y (4) always successful (5) oratory. IV. Cribbing—(1) 99 out of a 100 (2) variable (3) invariable (4) skillful (5) not very. V. Acoustics—(I) auditorium (2) timid speakers (3) stuttering speakers (4) whispering (5) dead spots. Question Two—This is to find out your knowledge of certain vital statistics. Fill in the blanks at rapidly as you can. I. The class play stage hands broke............... pieces of furniture. II. The play as a whole required ............... hours in preparation. III. There arc.............people who chase around the halls during their study periods. IV. ............students think they are fooling the faculty. V. .......... teachers arc sympathetic about their pupils' getting to class late. Question Tiikii —Correct the following sentences. Ma e them as reasonable as possible. Punctuation and spelling are not counted. You are marked on thought only. Be as brief as possible. Example: Because she is a woman, the assistant principal does not coach football. (corrected) She does very well anyhow. I. I-ockcr room lunching was much indulged in during the last term. II. A physics teacher has of necessity a very emotional nature. III. The office force always understands. IV. The building steps never creak. V. Public speaking teachers make a great success as auditorium orators. Question Four—These questions are in the nature of thought questions. Answer them fully, but in as condensed a style at possiNc. I. When will some of these exponents of perpetual youth graduate? And if so. why? II. Explain the natural phenomena involved in the hailing of certain people as big shots. III. Why are certain students, as evidenced by their manners. pcr|)ctually afraid that they’ll never get anywhere on time? IV. What, in your opinion, is the easiest credit to be had? V. What do teachers mean when they talk about attitude”? Question Five—Cite only names as answers. Anything else will be counted as wrong. In some instances there will be a possibility of several answers: any one of these will be considered correct. I. Name the student who has always put up the best bluff. I. Who. of the June grads, has the most colossal nerve? Note: These names arc not to lie found in the Hall of Fame located elsewhere in this book: these questions cover an entirely different field. III. What girl got the most adverse Sound and Fury publicity during the last year? IV. What boy is entitled to the same distinction? V. What January grad do you, at this late date, remember best? Question Six—The following queries are for the purpose of finding the extent of your knowledge of West’s extra-curricular activities. Answer with a name of an organisation. I. What talent club has. from generation to generation, been planning to give, some day. Sun-Up ? II. Name the Hi-Y club which is absolutely woman-hating. III. State the name of of the group which is continually raising the funds to support all the other clubs. IV. What organization is always making paper doodads for all occasions ? V. Name the group which claims to Ik of astounding mental superiority. THE HESPERIAN (Reprint from the West High Weekly of fitly, 1930) INTRODUCING The First Anti-annual Cultural Expedition DeLuxe to Europe on the Magnificent Liner Hesperian Ten Marvelous Months of Romance and Adventure in the Treasure Chambers of Culture with the Renowned Mac Miller, Admiral of the Expedition. and the Delightful Personality of Mary fane Confer, Vice-Admiral! September 3. Set sail from the home port October 3. DocJ( at langorous Gibraltar, Pier 404 October 17. Arrive at Tobin, France, Pier 209 November 20. Docl( at Poppe, Germany, Pier 301 November 34. By rail to Sand-boe, Sti'itcherhand, Station 318 January II. Sail into the harbor at Mahbid, Spain. Pier 307 April I. Visit the madhouse at Dough punCells 304, 238, and 328 respectively Two glorious weeks of deck games. Octopus fishing, and pink lemonade aboard the fast cruising Hesperian. Perfumed days of exotic mountain climbing to the famous “Heights of the Hermits, where dwell the mysterious melodious monks of the order of Saint Mandolin. Hear them making obeisance in song to their patron deity, Kricgcr. Quaint French streets echoing with mellifluous tones of French folk songs. French plays produced as never before or ever again. A new dialect added to an old language—special instruction. Trink that sizzles on your tongue—pretzels with a new twist—explore ancient castles and hear old legends—stand in every corner of the Rheinland— special assignments and doppcl-Aufgabcs on request. Visit the dank dungeons of the sun worshippers— thrill at the sight of the Bash'cm Play given by special permission of the copyright owners. Sparkling tambourines — scintillating fountains — all hull and no bear—sec the charming Spanish senoritas whirl in the dance of dances—learn the secret of Spanish love—Casanova—Casanova—Casanova. The sight of sights—sec the Ammilus addicts pouring over volumes of history—debating reprobates roaring over a country they have never seen—the curious Script scrawlers scribbling scratched iambics to scrambled eggs. A Thousand and One Other Strange Sights and Experiences Are Waiting! Culture Calls—and Awaits Your Answer Western Era Travels, Inc., Lake Calhoun Line. Branch Office located Somewhere in Saint Paul. Send for Our Free Booklet! I 62 1 COMPLETION of the new athletic field and the increased burden of overcrowding in school called for an ever willing and determined group of students who would sacrifice time and energy for school projects. Each separate organization did its full share of carrying the load, working in fields where its respective talents would best be appreciated. Student government and student leadership can never be in vain when they create leaders who see the chance for service and respond willingly. The roughened waters this year could never have been crossed serenely without such faithful co-operation. Minneapolis Journal Library THE HESPERIAN Back Row—Cy Barnum, Dixon. Bfternick. Bill Barnum, Gordon. Reed. Spooner. Koehler. Middi � Row—McCulloch, Ixt in. Caparoon, Shall', Confer, Isitz, Yohe. Strand. Front Row—Cobb, Miller, iMtrd. Knoblauch, Ives, Greer. Van de Water. STUDENT COUNCIL STUDENT problems were dispatched with singular success by the council this year. When the long awaited football field was dedicated on September 26, members assisted in the ceremonies. Supervised by the council, Green and White Day came and departed, October 24, attended by the customary blare and merry-making. For those for whom the daily routine grew somewhat tedious, there was dancing in the girls’ gymnasium during the study periods, while a banquet and dance for the lettermen featured the evening’s entertainment. December doings numbered an investigation directed by Henry Knoblauch, president of the Student Council, in an effort to distribute the burden of extra-curricular activities more evenly. To alleviate the situation, a schedule was drawn up, limiting students to membership in not more than three talent clubs and offices in not more than two of these. Holding more than one four-point office is forbidden by the new scheme. The start of the second semester presented another difficulty when 500 students were crammed into 302 while a general congested study-hall condition prevailed until rooms 217 and 328 were made over to accommodate 65 pupils each. Under a set of rules drawn up by the council governing management, members presided as chairmen of the larger study halls. Members of the council were responsible for the assembly programs which were given throughout the year, two members being in charge of each auditorium. Last but not least came the argument-provoking athletic |x int system, inaugurated to give the “W” a greater significance through increasing the difficulty of earning one and to give the hard working, plodding type of player a chance to receive recognition by an accumulative point system. The Council was asked to study this after the coaches submitted their report. ( 64 I THE HESPERIAN Hack Row—Bernhard, landifutst. Strand, McLaughlin, Robb. Front Row—Ridings, Carpenter, Mr. Chandler, Ad truer; Buell, Greer. SERVICE CLUB THE Service Club sold refreshments and tickets during football season, sponsored the hockey movie and three sunlitcs, and assisted with the athletic banquet. Altogether, enough money was procured to contribute two hundred and eighty dollars for athletic equipment. ROUND TABLE TTZITH Miss Janet Lockhart, the librarian, as adviser, the Round Table met V V every other Wednesday to discuss ways of preserving law and order in the library. Both attendance and filing are in the hands of the mcml ers chosen from the upper classes. Hack Row—Reed, Root. Avery, fae, Duncan, S’ye. Broughton. Middle Row—Wester. Ridings. Miss Ijockbart, Adviser; Cobb, Winn, fairs. Greer. Front Row—Jeffery, Pike. Treasurer; Gold. Vice-president; Curtis, President: Sawyer. Secretary; Palmer. | 65 | THE HESPERIAN Highlights of the Hi-Y 7N order to raise money to finance club projects, the Hi-Y formulated plans for a paper sale in which the individual clubs contested for the honor of bringing in the most paper. Arrangements were also made for a banquet to which members of the Girl Reserves, U. C. and other service groups were invited. To stimulate interest in sjxirts and to present a summary of various phases of athletics at West, the Hi-Y cabinet sponsored a pep fest for freshmen and sophomore boys Monday, September 22. A dinner and meeting of the presidents of the Hi-Y organizations was held at the Y. M. C. A. the evening of the same day to discuss the aims and purposes of the clubs during this season. Marking -another milestone in the better relationships of boys and girls in high school, the Hi-Y and Girl Reserve units of the city met in a series of conferences at the Y. W. C. A. building, Deceml er 5 and 6. The meetings on these two days featured talks by C. C. Robinson, a member of the National Council of the Y. M. C. A., anti Mrs. W. C. Lcdburg, widely known as a sjxrakcr on girl problems. A drive for larger Hi-Y membership was conducted through the direction of Lewis Kncbcl, adviser of the West-Lake Hi-Y clubs. The drive was open to all junior and senior boys. Carrying out the policy of giving one joint dance instead of separate parties, the Hi-Y clubs gave the semi-annual dance at the Columbia Heights golf club. Only club members and alumni were permitted to attend. Chaperones, headed by Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Confer, were members of the P. T. A., who sponsored the dance. As an outgrowth of the Hi-Y movement to abolish cribbing at West, a committee of students representing prominent school organizations, assembled for a discussion of the situation, at the conclusion of which an executive committee was appointed to plan a campaign. C X c Back Row—II'wn, learned. Grove, Stalled. Flood. Munnt. Middli Row—Anderson, Carlson, Comb, Knoblauch, leffery. Andrews. Front How—Curtis, Reed, secretary; Cobb, vice-president: Barnnm. president: Arey. treasurer; Sawyer. I 66] THE HESPERIAN WOGAWS Hack Row- Kelly. Smith. I'oyer, Wikoff, Dixon. Robb. I-'kont Row—Broughton, rite-president; Wickham. secretary: Sam mis, president; Poteete. White. Following a brief report by the chairman of the Hi-Y committee on its meeting, an open forum was held, presided over by Mac Miller, all-West Hi-Y president. The group discussed two possible courses to pursue in doing away with the evil: the one, coercive; the other, persuasive. In order to discuss programs for the spring and remedies for the present disadvantages of the chapter system, Hi-Y officers spent the week end of January 31 to Fcbru- L O X Back Row—Cook. Owens. Mtchaelson. lensen. Salter. Middi.f Row—Racy. Westphal. Drake. Bhchfeldt. uhnson. Front Row —Coleman: Erarts. nee-president; El iot. president; Corrigan, secretary-treasurer. (67 1 THE HESPERIAN ALLA Hack Row—P lmer, Spooner, Hart sell. Roby, Miller. Middi.( Row—Larson, Harris, Barry, Hanson. Front Row—Leuellen, Findley, treasurer; Thresher, tice-president; Barniim, president; Johnson, secretary. ary 1 at Camp Independence. The boys met with their club leaders and Lewis Kncbcl, boys’ work secretary of the West Lake “Y.” Mr. Kncbcl explained the seven things that the Hi-Y members should personify, after which a general discussion was held, F. O. Koehler, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., joining in the discussion with the group. SEMPER FIDELIS Hack Row—Kohler, Reed, leanest, Sehandt, Tail. Roberts. Ebert. Middi.l Row—Carroll, Dean, ll'ard. O' Hallman, ones. Haynes. Front Row—Dallman; Adams, Secretary; Moen. Vice-president; Scheefe, Treasurer; Cool. Shaw. I 68 1 THE HESPERIAN ORION Back Row—Holton, Hughet, Bevermck. Schloser, Berggren. Middm Row—Hotvet, Reiter, Webb. Blixt. Avery. Boyle. Front Row—Kaufmann, Secretary; Miller, Treasurer: Weaver. President; Frost, Vice-president: Forbes. A committee was appointed to form a new creed. The result of this was a tenet which was to read in the future: To strive to attain high standards of Christian character through fellowship.” Mr. Kncbel brought up the question of pledges and the custom of “black-balling” undesirable members, stating that both customs have been causing criticism on the part of the faculty and parents. I X L Back Row—Robb, Walter, Thiss, Johnston, Ijovett. Middle Row—Lindquist, Enhenia. Novell. F.ichelzer, Frost. Gould. Front Row—Zander. Mcluiughlin, Breslow, Koehler. Hendrickson. |69 1 THE HESPERIAN Back Row—McCulloch, fohnson, Kenney, Rulings. Caparoon, Shaw. Middle Row—Wester, Bryant, Chile. Duncan. Cold. Van de Water. Koehler. Front Row—Mrs. Reed, adviser: Mrs. Rochford. adviser: Ixitz, treasurer: Confer, president: Greer, rice-president: Root, secretary, l e. U. C. BOARD DACRED by an association embracing most of the feminine portion of the JLj upper classes, Mary Jane Confer directed U. C. activities through a year acknowledged as one of the most successful in the history of the club. Their activity has two sides, social and service. Among the successes of the past season the members list in the ledger of the latter a dozen Thanksgiving baskets and a rejuvenated restroom. As another result of their industry the football field now finds itself encircled by a fence financed to the extent of seventy-five dollars by the girls. Likewise, many needy families were enabled to enjoy a merry Christmas due to the sixty-five dollars raised at that time. At the end of each membership drive the initiates were treated to a big sister party, besides the annual Mothers’ anti Daughters' Banquet on March 14. the U. C. gave a series of teas, honoring each graduating class, the faculty, and the Blue Triangle. Nine committees assist the board. First and second semester chairmen were Janet Van de Water and Marian McCullouch, membership; Marlys Rickc and Dorothy Bryant, restroom; Betty Gale and Jean Koehler, social; Betty Gold and Ann Ridings, programs; Ann Lee and Alice Duncan, social service; Elsie Caparoon and Betty Leighton, clean-up; Rcbckah Kenney and Helen Wester, museum; Janet Johnson and Harriet Huntington, refreshments; Mildred Swan and Ada Shaw, art. In order to promote interest in the track meets, the art committee worked on a design for tags which were used instead of tickets. Ada Shaw, art committee chairman, was assisted by Jane Hellier and Jean Wells in this work. Artificial hollyhocks used in the garden scene of the June class play, were made by this upper class organization. The U. C. club of Washburn invited the West U. C. to a tea at Washburn during April. THE HESPERIAN IIack Row—Kline: Heed: Eddy: Robb: Miller, Advertising Manager; Dixon, Business Manager; Bresloic; Adelsheim: Eorbes, McLaughlin. Middu Row—Brin, Klein, Sutherland, Ridings, Forster. Confer, treys, O'Hara, Carpenter, Herman, Selby. Fiiut Row—Miss Utley, Adviser; Bernhard. Sports Editor; McFerran, Special Writer: Summit. Editor-in-chief; Ericsson, Managing Editor; Kenney, Levin, Bell. Assistant Editors; fohnson. Sports Editor. WEEKLY STAFF THESE enterprising young reporters spent the greater part of their hours on the voyage covering” the news about the ship. Unswerving as ever, the Weekly published only what it considered news, trying at all times to present an ever improving newspaper. No special issues marked the journalistic year, although a Green and White paper climaxed a somewhat better-West week. The time was not devoted to any feature numbers which would better call attention to that fact that a paper was being written, but instead all the energy of the board and staff went towards the making of an interesting and truthful paper. Rough waters in the business side of the paper had to be crossed over, but with the advent of spring advertising revived and the cause came through with flying colors and with a surplus at the end of the school fiscal year. A lack of money cut down the number of features the Weekly was able to present, but every effort was made to thoroughly entertain all the passengers on board who necessarily had many rather dull hours to while away. Second page, under its new editorship, tried to be entertaining without being tot) boring or flat, and there were few readers who did not spend several minutes each week perusing the many interesting columns which this page contains. In January a new sports editor and managing editor were added to the personnel aboard ship, taking the place of the two fall page men who advanced to new work on the annual Hesperian which was then in the act of construction. The third-page editorship was handed over to another girl, a B Senior who joined those enjoying the trip with the staff. The voyage was a success for all those reporters who were ambitious enough to stick with the ship until the home port was reached in safety, and a financial report found the editors safely home with a few dollars left. (71 1 THE HESPERIAN Back Row—Dye, Wilcox, Ericsson, Rod gen, Williams. Flal e. Miodli: Row—Christian, Ijoechler, Chance, Adams. McCarthy, jar mg. Front Row—Horr; A very; Clar{; Miss Glide, Adviser; Wallace; Kitten house. GIRL RESERVES TTZORKING in unison with the Service Club, the Girl Reserves sold refresh-yV ments at the football games, devoting the proceeds to the athletic fund of the club. Every other Monday found them venders of candy for the sake of the incidental athletic fund. BLUE TRIANGLE R EORGANIZ TION the second term Triangle Club. put the upper class girls into a Blue Top Row—Yohe, President; Waldin, Taylor, Caesar. Clement. Gilmore, Neuman, I earman. Middi.il Row—Miss Gross, Adviser; Kerry. Rush, Gnadinger, Kennedy. RianR-imhall. I ron t Row—Shaw. Treasurer; McCulloch. Secretary; Forster, Vice-president; Ridings. Mclxan, Klein. (72) f N a trip lasting as long as the school year, studies usually (ail to break the monotony completely; therefore talent organizations are created to bring out hidden geniuses who otherwise would have remained unhonored and unsung. Listed as extra-curricular activities these clubs nevertheless add to a student’s knowledge of the studies in which he is especially interested, and give background to a general education which a public school affords its pupils. Side trips by these clubs delved into the mysteries of foreign lands and gave vivid relief to the mere business of study and everyday work. THE HESPERIAN Top Row—Pierson, Harrison, Lytle, Enl ema, Parmelee. Rachel macher, Paris, M. Moen, Moody, Quigley, Mi lasughlin, Robb. Sixth Row—Darnels, Beard, SHartley, Wilcox, Leigh. Budge, Copeland, lames. Fifth Row—Anderson. Klemmer, Warded, Klein, Foster. Fouler, A. Baxter, Baker, Reiter, Kink. Foorth Row—Ream, Stein, Kinney, Haywood, Randolph, Whitney, L. Baxter. Fegler. Brennan, Dole. Anderson, Fry. Third Row—Strand, Shine, Good speed. Cooper man. Second Row—Maybury, Edquist. Dickinson. Granger, Maul. Poucher. Date. Fairchild. Ryan. Mitchell. Weeks. First Row—Adelsheim. McAfee. Proper. Duffy. Yerxa. lees. Miss Hiscock. adviser. Weld, lonap, Megeath, Berry, Schmidt. FRENCH CLUB | E CERCLE FRANCAIS meets in an indefinable continental atmosphere occa-JL- sioned by Gallic mannerisms and a fluent employment of that euphonious tongue. During the first semester Jim Robb acted as president, Betty Gold, vice-president, Fred Cook, secretary, and Janet Van dc Water, treasurer. li is the custom of the French club to send a sum of money annually to Lcs Orphelinats dcs Armccs in Paris, the amount this year being five dollars. Several plays in French were produced, among them “Pauvrc Silvic,” “Le Petit Chaperone Rouge, Le Mcdccin Mystific, Les Deux Sourds and “La Surprise d'Isidore.” Those ushered into office at the beginning of the January semester were Helen Wester, president, Helen Enblom, vice-president, Jean Koehler, secretary, and Mary Kuderling, treasurer. Talks about French customs and about Europe in general featured some of the meetings. On April 21 the club was addressed by Madame C. Fitch, a native Frcnch-woman who came to America to enter the cafe business with her husband. It is the custom of the group to be audience each term to someone direct from France to become acquainted with the French language as it is spoken today in Europe. Membership includes all students who wish to join after completion of a year of French. Each class has its publicity chairman for the membership drive. The membership now numbers about one hundred and fifty. r 7 « i THE HESPERIAN Top Row—Bell. Conley. Taylor, i'orster, Gilmore. Carmack., Ellsworth. Killings. Ixitz, Koehler. Seventh Row—Seaman. Yoke. Kenney. Dahleen. Ward. Anderson. Hummel. Gage. Sixth Row—Gale, O'Hara, Barnnm. Duncan. Hetstrom. Kelly. ’. Barnes, . Greer. Zimmerman. Firm Row—Wendland, Hitching . Helher. Robitthck. Shalett. Gordon. Brin. Randolph, Van Braak-Fourth Row—Hanson. Ixighton. Thori, Berman. Swedenborg. Third Row—Staphne. Bryant. Shogren. Herman, Bnrni uist. Colwell. Avery. Watson. Stock . Morn. Second Row—Wright, Morrill. Fitzgerald. Legrand, EnMom. Tallman, Scallon. Sutherland. V. Fames. First Row -Bourgerie, Isnn. Kennedy. Sorenson, la-e. Van de Water, Rergquist, Huntington. Bruelheide, II. Greer, Bopp, feffery. Cook• FRENCH CLUB Poor Deaf Red Ridins Hood THIS is a composite impression of the five French plays presented during the year, a line understood here and there when the gestures were most eloquent (translation literal). Pauvre Sylvie: How I am sad, nothing except work. Boniface: Old lower jaw of a horse, if you only had twelve children. The Wolf: Yes, How your teeth arc good looking. (A sen [He in which a soup tureen, an air rifle. Red Riding Hood and Isidore, the loony, float around promiscuously.) Kf.d Kidinc Hood: Mama! Isidore: If the old dowager will only release her hold upon that umbrella---. Eglantine: How I love him! The Doctor: But his eyesight will never go! Grandma: Yet your voice is so bronchial-----. Damoiseau: I hear too much, 1 hear too much, I hear-------. Placidb: What a father-in-law you'll make. Isidore: But I always kiss the cook! 175) THE HESPERIAN Back Row—Pinson. Treasurer; Palmer, Rose berry, Kallberg. Berermck. .ander, Price. Husbands. Middle Row—Webb. Redman. Vice-president; Mattson. King, Cross, Neuman, Lear man, Backstrom. Frost Row—Miss Hicks, Adviser; Manner, Eastman. Conroy, Severance, Nelsen. Secretary; Robertson, President. SPANISH CLUB THE Spanish Club started the year by inducting its new members with a weiner roast at Cedar Lake Point. At the various business meetings which followed, talks and plays on subjects of interest to Spanish students were given. Much merriment was occasioned when the incoming members put on a burlesque presentation of the opera “Carmen, and others, such as “Tal Padre, tal Hijo and Una Visita. Several programs consisted of talks on customs and dress in Latin-Amcrican countries by Miss Frances Hicks. Hot Initiations Along with the other progressive steps this club has taken, it has made itself famous for its initiation. Up to this year, no one could think of anything original in the way of tormenting people. Then onions were introduced into the rites in a big way. Listcrinc ads were all in vain the day after this initiation. New members of this linguistic club were avoided as lepers, and they knew why too. No one can feed upon raw onions and get away with it at West high; students arc too delicate for anything so commonplace. One person was to have gone out the next night on his first big date, but was forced to cancel the engagement under stress of important business affairs. Still, onions threaten to remain as the popular method of initiation as long as the Spanish club holds sway here. [76] THE HESPERIAN Back Row—Maim, Rudy, Cook, Erb. Andrews, Shrewsbury. Anderson. Fink, lies. Greer. Middle Row—Ross. Shalett, Hopper. Enblom. Bryant, Ryan, Van de Water, Fry, McLean. Frost Row—Hughes, Brennan. Gordon, Vice-president: effery, President; Sorenson, Secretary-Treasurer; Miss Sandboe, Adviser; Sanders. Edqusst. MARIONETTES T is the purpose of the Marionettes to stimulate student interest in acting and develop the talents anti poise of the members by dramatics. At present 32 persons make up the “company of playing members. Next year the plan is to cut down the membership to IS. A comedy, Not Quite Such a Goose,” was presented before the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Fort Snclling before Christmas. Two plays, “The Trysting Place and “Crabbed Youth and Age, were produced after school in the auditorium February 7 and April 15. Later in the term “The Dress Suit by Booth Tarkington was used as an exchange play with Washburn. An innovation this year was the reading and casting committee. Local Castings The Trysting Place could never be portrayed to better satisfaction than showing that charming spot underneath the murals where Bruelheide holds her daily tete-a-tete with the male clan. For instance, in “Crabbed Youth and Age what would be more advisable than to enlist the efforts of Jim Robb and Miss Hiscock arguing as to whether or not the French cook their food well. Then there is that final production that has been handed down through the generations, “Not Quite Such a Goose.” If this were the goose that laid the golden eggs it would be easy to discern Lester Brcslow scattering about his editorials on the fallacy of cribbing. “The Dress Suit raises the delightful picture of the spring fashion parade of John Jeffery, Henry Knoblauch, Bob Andrews and the other Bill Johnson (according to this Bill Johnson). (77| THE HESPERIAN Ba k Row—Shannon. Hr e slow. He term cl;. Bernhard. Robbins, . Bell. Miodi.i Row—Klein. Xennian. Van Kretelen. Buell. Haywood. R. Bell. Frost Row—Herman, Levin, Secretary-Treasurer; Kline. President; Grady, Vice-President; Miss Orton. Adviser; Brin. SCRIPT in TURING l lc Past ycar cr'Pt has endeavored to create a greater interest ancient and modern literature among students and to present a stimulus for creative writing in both prose and poetry. Various playwrights and authors have been studied by the club as a whole and their contribution to the intellectual world discussed by club members. Lines on That Wonderful Product of Civilization, the Time-Clock Big Brown John lies a-sprawling on the sod, Far away from Michigan, hut close enough to God; Big Brown fohn is an Indian in Brazil, Sleeping under mangroves, lazing on the hill, F'ating fruits of peach palms, sipping from the streams, And weaving coloured patterns into foolish jungle dreams. • Big Brown fohn has sold himself to Ford, Nearer, now, to Michigan but farther from the Lord. Big Brown fohn wears cotton pants and gloves, Raised up from low estate to kinship with the doves. And he marches in a lockstep to the mani-coha trees While the ticking of the time-cloc puts rhythm in his {nees. Shoulder axes, shoulder spades. Forward, march! through jungle glades. Down and up, and up and down. Quickstep, lockstep, man of brown. Swing your axe! with every noc ( Sounds the ticking of the cloc'ty Tic tocty Through sun and rain. Hammering the brown man’s brain. Till it reels, till it cracks. Brown John, daft, piety up his axe. Runs to the plantation yard screaming Recalled from jungle dreaming— Till the bullet finds its mar And wheeling styes grow darty Big Brown fohn lies dead upon the sod, Far away from Michigan, but very close to God. —Apologies to Kipling. C. H. HtRMIAKD. 178) THE HESPERIAN Back Row—Smith. Chowning, Lindt tram, Karnttcdt, fisc her. latch. Wright. Dye. StcosD Row—Wilkin , lacohten. Hanneman, Thori. Cum He. Hughes, Wanton. Frost Row—Wendland, Otngerich. Vice-president; Tallman, President; Dauley, Secretary-Treasurer; lames. MADRIGAL TTZEST high has graduated more than one student who has later become known rr in the musical world. Madrigal is fortunate enough to have the services of these future artists at their meetings. Once a month members assemble purely for social purposes, while business is taken care of by the regular meetings. They extended their activity beyond music the past year to raise five dollars for the athletic fund. During Easter vacation an initiation party took place at Jane Chowning’s home. After Easter vacation Madrigal supplied the Ammilus club with a program made up of the music of various countries. Minor Chords The following is the original program presented by Madrigal at practically every meeting this year, the club having become passionately attached to it for some obscure reason: The meeting is called to order by the president, who is utterly disregarded and the minutes arc called for. The secretary being detained at Script meeting, this formality is dispensed with. There is no business, but the Perpetual Talker perpetually talks while idle fingers eventually drown him out in a frantic burst of “Something to Remember You By.” At this point the Constructive Thinker recalls that there is a campaign on for the Higher Things of Life and he promptly reminds the members that Jazz is Low. Someone then recalls that the flutist in a weak moment promised a flute solo. A hunt is instituted for the flutist which ends in the discovery that he is confined to his bed with tonsilitis. For a long five minutes all is silence, after which those martyrs to the cause, the (JcxkI Old Standbys, rush to the grand and give the piano trio. 179] THE HESPERIAN Hack Row—Holton, Lenin, Dyne, Speliopolous. IJIhgren, Ingalls, Dremian. Grady. Harris, Gale. Middi.f Row—WamsUf. McCulloch, Brin, Rohan. S'orris. Anderson, Kuchyn a, Cherry, Yohe, Carpenter, Vendergast. Foertsch. I-ront Row—Keegan. Berry, Bernhard, Forster. Bredotv. Moftue, Selby, lairell, Dahleen. DE POL OPEN Forums, rather than formal debates, were emphasized this year by the De Pol. Two subjects, World Peace and Socialism, were the basis of the first term’s work, a scries of meetings being devoted to the consideration of each. The former included a talk by an officer from Fort Snelling and a discussion of the merits of an international history text for the effecting of World Peace. A study of Socialism culminated in a debate on the subject. A debate with the Washburn Politix club on the question: Resolved, that a Dominion Status for India will prove unsatisfactory, resulted in a victory for the De Pol team, when a large Western delegation rose for the standing ballot. The West team, consisting of Fred Grady, Charles Bernhard and Lester Brcslow, upheld the affirmative side of the question. Another similar project was held later in the year on the subject of education. A Sample Argument “Be it resolved therefore that the salt water problem be immediately and henceforth solved by De Pol.” De Pol takes the affirmative, anyone else the negative and the battle is on. Brcslow takes the first crack at the defense of his opponent thusly: “1 maintain that no ocean of any importance which washes the shores of India is free of at least a taint of salt.” The first step towards ultimate victory has been taken masterfully, and then after a few heated minutes of arguing, Lester again steps to the fore and delivers the death knell to the other’s cause. Here is the last, decisive step taken by the De Pol leader. “And therefore, ladies and gentlemen, it has been proven by and large that Ghandi docs wear purple better than orange, and that he therefore is secretly opposed to any really warlike methods of aggression. I M | THE HESPERIAN Hack Row—Scheiber. Holton. Treasurer: Heed. Bernhard. I Sweden, Ericsson. President: Palmer. Gin-gcrich, Vice-president; Clinton. Campbell. Colby. Hoye. Adelshetm. MiDDl.F. Row—Hidings, Kenney. Enblom, Eames. Van Braak, Is grand. Stair. Isiin, Cherry, Kuchynl a. Secretary: Miss Palmer. Adtiser. Front Row—Greer, Wester. Ellfworth, Anderson. Kelly, Tomas o, Duncan. Helstmm, Stocks, Cormaek.. AMMILUS C’XHUMING ancient historical facts which would otherwise repose in peace and keeping an eye on the foreign situation, the Ammilus, with Walfred Erickson at the helm, has negotiated the year with consummate success. Each semester the club will donate to the library a book of educational value in regard to history or geography. This custom commenced with the presentation of The Goldsmith of Florence,” a handsome volume dealing with the lives of great craftsmen, including Benvenuto Cellini, from whom the book takes its name. Talks on world topics were given throughout the year with a review of Christmas in other countries featured on the December program. “Pawns,” a play by Pcrcival Wilde, showed the ignorance of the pre-war Russian peasant to the workings of his government. History in the Making Ammilus presidents have come anti gone, anti will probably continue to come and go for some time. The usual run of presidents is but a passing fancy anyway, but there is one who has made his mark, has left his name emblazoned in burning letters for posterity. He is Walfred Erickson, the Walfred Erickson who made the famous welcoming speech. To make any comment on this noble experiment would be superfluous, to be facetious would be sacrilege. To put it in print so that future generations may derive full benefit from its lofty ideals is the only fit way to treat this oration. Thus, the speech. “Well, I guess we’re all glad to welcome you into the club, and all that,” began Walfred with cunning procrastination. “You’ll have to be good members and all that, you know, and 1, that is, we all hope that you will like it well enough to come around now and then and all that,” he concluded. I si I THE HESPERIAN Hack Row—St mm hern. Turner. Ear!inti ion. tones. Ly united. Gillespie, Ixopold, lljrtnten, Laughlin. Recited. Miom.i Row—Hokka, Wyeth, Haiipt. Mrs. Potter. Mrs. lj cku ood, Advisers; Frank. Anderson. Lambert, Murphy. Front Row—Miss Lane, Adviser: Lstydcn, Sandgren. Cnllem. . Wagner. President: Mollert. Secretary: I Ml berg. Htibner, B. Wagner. HOME CLUB TO girls working their way through school, the Home Club has proved a real boon. Directed by Mrs. Malva C. Lockwood with the assistance of Mrs. Mary Potter and Miss Katherine Lane, this group provides an opportunity for social adjustment and vocational supervision. The P. T. A. assists with the work. The Home Club stands alone as the only club of its kind in any school in the United States. It was conceived by Mrs. Lockwood several years ago when she noticed a decline in the scholarship of certain pupils. Investigation revealed the fact that they had been trying to carry four or five hours of work outside of school, a condition brought about by lack of funds rather than an unscholarly attitude. To aid in this work, the P. T. A. devoted a committee to assist the Home Club. Outstanding among the events in the club's calendar for 1930-31 were the Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Lauren Findley, chairman of the P. T. A. Home Club Committee, and a reception by the Cirl Reserves, who gave the Home Club the use of their rooms at the Y. W. C. A. Roller skating and other forms of amusement were indulged in. Near the end of April the executive board of the P. T. A. was entertained at a tea in the library. That the club exists to good purpose can be seen by the fact that the scholarship of the seventy-five to one hundred girls composing the group has improved remarkably. Over forty-five girls had report cards free from fails, one had all A’s, eighteen had a B average or better, and twenty-four rated C or higher. Undoubtedly, an invaluable service is extended by this club founded for the purpose of helping home conditions, regular attendance, educational plans, compatible placement, and scholarship. In former years the members of this group have ushered at the class play and opera, but with the formation of the Ushers' club, this privilege was denied the girls; however, they passed out programs at both of these school performances. f 82 J THE HESPERIAN RACK Ron1 2 3 5 6—Ole ton. Alarik. Yaeger, Premia. Husk,, tones. Garlougk, Brill. Wyeth. Minot i Row—luiu, DntlJinn. Patterson. Shaw, Welts, Root. Ixaiman, Bear man. Front Row—McCulloch. Vice-president; Stein. President; Miss Moore. Adrtser; Campbell, Secretary; Gilmore, Treasurer; bleu man. DAUBERS TAKING charge of the decorations on Green and White Day and making signs formed an important phase of the Daubers’ work this year. Much of the entertainment afforded by the U. C. “museum was traceable to the artists, as they were responsible for an exhibit of senior caricatures which appeared in March, and a group of original compositions displayed after Easter. Those who directed the club at the beginning of the term were Mildred Swan, president; Donald Wilkie, vice-president; Catherine R x t, secretary; and Jane Stone, treasurer. Miss Hazel I. Moore, club adviser, served cakes and tea at an initiation Wednesday, March IS, in 321 after school. Attending lectures at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts has been added to the club’s activities. “How the Sculptor Works was heard on March 13. Best Sketches of the West High Year 1. Mr. Willis Bradley’s legs swinging over the steps in the May sunshine. 2. The first day the corduroys came to school on Corrigan. 3. John Day running down the new field for the winning touchdown against Roosevelt. d. The relay team setting a new record for the half-mile. 5. Lai veil, the day he learned to keep time with both rings. 6. Huntington declaiming loudly on 1931 graduation styles. 7. Breslow haranguing A Seniors on the art of cribbing. 8. Laird making stage love to Marion Hyde. 9. Cot low telling the boys how he scored against North. 10. Boutell doing the push up with onc-arm agility. 11. Bcrgquist as a cribbing committee chairman. lucked by Jean Selby. 12. Reed and Robb sitting quietly by, studying their own homework. 183) THE HESPERIAN Back Row—Thresher. Leith. funic h, BJixt. Minim Row—Preston. Russell. Seath. Mr. Andrews, Adviser: Krueger. Stevens. Kline. Frost Row—McS'iece. Stevens. RADIO CLUB ROBABLY this has been one of the most worthwhile years in the history of W9ERT. Sustaining the station in line with modern theories and enlarging the technical knowledge of the members figured foremost on the year’s program. Three members, Lawrence Leith, Lloyd Preston, and Lauren Findley, successfully passed the U. S. Government Radio Examinations to receive amateur radio operators’ licenses, thereby qualifying themselves to own and operate amateur stations at home. Both the transmitter and the receiver of the school station, W9ERT, were completely overhauled to bring the apparatus up to present day standards. Contact has been maintained daily with all parts of the U. S. and Canada. Keeping radio equipment up to date is difficult and much of the credit for the past year’s work is due to Mr. Greer and to Mr. Andrews faculty adviser for W9ERT. On the Air “Good evening, friends of the radio audience. Your station is 9QERT, broadcasting on a wave length of we forget how many kilocycles, and your announcer— Leonard Thresher.” Well, folks, we’ve finally assembled all the artists you’ve been calling for in your letters to this station and we present them tonight in our regular Saturday night broadcast. “We have first a gorgeous little trio composed of men of the football sward— Kenny Curie, John Day, and Paul Spooner. They arc singing ‘Anything to Please the Queen.’ Come on, boys do your stuff! “And now, by popular request we have here tonight. Pal Sawyer, state croquet champion. Pat’s going to tell you how he makes the strokes. Pat, just rap your mallet on the floor so they’ll know you’re here. f 84 1 THE HESPERIAN Hack Row—Ingalls: Mr. Norton, Adviser: Sather. Front Row—Grant, President: jennets. KAMERA KLUB A RATHER novel experiment this year was the contribution of the Kamera O A Klub in furnishing movies in the auditorium during the lunch periods. The amusement derived therefrom served to keep the noisy clement from the halls, to the relief of the classes in session. The janitorial force, however, registered objections to the plan until the movie-goers were taught they must not bring cats and leave them in their wake. The poosh” posters which broke out all over the school shortly before the Wcst-Washburn hockey game were also sponsored by the Klub. Among the favorites flashed on the screen were S C R. For the Green anti White, local attempts. The Hunchback Phantom of the Opera and The Mysterious Island. Animal Crackers Noon movies have proved a beneficial move on the part of the Kamera Klub and have led the milling thousands into the auditorium to sit enthralled by the picture and the sound accompaniments offered by the audience. The admission is gratis for all who haven't a jxmny in change, or for those who feel that a penny each day would amount to loo great a sum. The first scene that is offered is usually greeted by wild howls from the boys in the auditorium to whom anything tragic or comic is all just one big treat. Sound pictures would be a dismal failure at West, at least during the lunch hours. Cones have won their way into the hearts of the eating student Ixxly, but candied apples and potato chips arc still running a hot second and third. At length the spectator Icxiks up in time to sec the announcement of the next picture. The lights flash on, the audience streams out, and the show is over until the next day. f 85] THE HESPERIAN Senior Drama Bevernick Enblom Greer Corrigan lack. Gwen Cecily Algy Leads in 77The Importance of Being Earnest77 JUNE CLASS PLAY Leads in 77The Poor Nut77 JANUARY CLASS PLAY Marian Hyde Marjorie Blake [86 1 Bradley Laird ohn Miller THE HESPERIAN Hugher, Bulger, Brtermck,. EnNoni, Bryant. Corrigan, Greer, Herbtt, Fachler. Critic Praises January and June Class Plays T has been a long time since this reviewer has seen such dramatic talent as was shown in the two class plays given this last year at the West high auditorium. The Poor Nut. coached by Miss Ruth Hill and Mrs. Lucille Haertel, and The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Miss Annette Pauline Sandboc, were definite proofs that the high school class play can be a finished production. The voices of the performers of both play casts, while being what one naturally expects from such an experienced group of actors, were nevertheless pleasing to a reviewer who has seen, but not heard, a long list of class plays. In The Boor Nut, the comedy presented by the January grads, Bradley Laird and Marion Hyde played very convincingly their roles of college students. Carolyn Davies, who has always shown herself a capable character actress, took the part of the vamping second lead. The mob scene in the track meet was one of the most artistically presented in high school history. Dick Bcvcrnick, in his portrayal of the title role of the Wilde drama, gave a smooth and nonchalant representation of the hero whose antecedents, until the last act, were limited to a handbag left in a railway station. Playing opposite him was Helen En-blom as the firm-minded Gwen. Miss Enblom promises to be one of the most sensational of the younger actresses. Helen Greer, long known to theater goers as a promising ingenue, played the part of Cecily, and Bill Corrigan portrayed her suitor, Algernon, with the finish which this capable juvenile always puts in his work. In the supporting roles of The Boor Nut were Ralph Pease, Paul Bcrkhall, John Laivcll, Harper Wilcox, Wilton Avery, Harrison Hcmcnway, Dwayne Nogglc, Walter Meili and Henry Heiscr. And then, there was the mob. There were but five characters besides the leads in the June play; they were played by Dorothy Bryant, Edith Hughes, Tom Bolgcr, Walter Herbst and La Verne Fackler. THE HESPERIAN Back Row—Undh, Marshall, Star by, Laycock. Houston, Potter, Ehlert, Marsh, Synnes, Liigerson, Ingalls, Crose, Quigley, Buck, Mattson. Sixth Row—dyers. Merrill, Focrtsch. Schaller, Rapley, Buret son, Stixrood, Severance, Frankus. Linthicum, Yohe, Van Valkrnburg, Cameron, Wallace, Rydell, Harr, Toomey. Anderson, Moonier, Ford, Forster, McCulloch. Fifth Row—Ixvering, Baker. Cobb, Foster, Odell, Daniels. Grady, Wehr, Strand. Erickton. Edgetey. Fourth Row—Irvine. Greenhagen. Lindquist, Rosendahl, Xewland, Warren. Brombach, Adams. Burn-quist, Logan. Thompson, Butts. Third Row—Reese. Farrington, Eisengraber, Mudgelt. Russell. Hilson, Goodacre, Attwood. Grimes. Mitchell. Schneider, Henry, Garrison, Robbins. Todd. Overstreet. Si.con'd Row -Karnstedt, Nakkrn, Schaudt. Powell, Morse. Partridge, Ward, Garvey. Robinson. Dunklee. Griffith, ohnson. Petersen. Thompson. Tenner. Roseberry. Weitzel. Smith, Fisher. Frost Row—Noble, Kelly. Rawitser, Edmondson. Hudson. Berman, Finch, Bergquist. Walter, Ubbey. Kail berg, Krieger, director. CROCODILE ISLAND ONCE each year the Glee club diverges from the usual course of Hallelujah choruses. Soldiers choruses and old plantation mclcxlics to present an entire musical production of some sort. This year, a musical comedy, masquerading under the rather more dignified title of operetta (the term musical comedy being reminiscent of pony choruses and costumes of the smile type), was chosen. In spite of a slight difficulty in choosing a cast from an imposing array of talent, the leads were at last named, and included Chowning, Nakkcn, Noble, Karnstedt, Kelly, Rawitzcr, Edmundson, Bergquist, Carpenter. Berman and Schaudt. The final obstacle, that of choosing between two girls for the second lead, was disposed of in a masterly and diplomatic way by George C. Krcigcr, coach, by the simple expedient of dividing the part between Lois Finch and Geraldine Hudson, which decision, although it may have been somewhat startling to the audience at first, kept the girls in a gtxxl humor. The scenery for the com—pardon, operetta, was designed by Mrs. Mary Wallace, a former instructor at West, and to top the occasion, the part of Coco Orinoco, played by Stuart Noble, was considerably lightened by a masterly display of the art of legerdemain, one of those little personal touches that truly great artists use to make their performance truly great. (88) THE HESPERIAN SHIP’S CONCERT Presented on Board the S. S. West High Spring Song.................................. With an All-Star Cast Knoblauch and Huntington. Ryan and Silvers, Greer and Kaufmann, Brown and Blodgett, The Broughtons, Curie and Hunter, Hartzcll and Reike, Palmer and Lajoic, Ridings and Barnutn. Excerpts from College Life........................................A One-Act Sfy't Laivcll and Brcdcscn, with the Flor Sisters. Orchestral Number.......................................- Anvil Chorus Lyre—Huntington, Harp—O'Connor, Bass Viol—Confer, Piccolo—Knoblauch, Flute—Ryan, Violin—Daniels, Sousaphonc—Thresher, Trumpet—O. Burger, Trap Drums—Laivcll, Guitar—Elliot, Accordion—Curie, Cymbals—Erickson, Xylophone—Corrigan, Alto Horn—Cook. Anvil and sound effects, John Day Orchestra Leader, Bob Mocn “Gone, But Not Forgotten”...................................A Gripping Melodrama Cast: Leads, Hunter, Laxson; Second Man, Hartzcll; Second Woman, Reike; Juvenile, Heiser; Ingenue, Goldberg; Heavy, Mcili. Greek Chorus: Davies, Caparoon, Harrington, Johnson, l awrcncc, Lewis, Silvers, Swan, Stuart, Tapp. “There, Underclassmen, Don’t You Cry” .... Drama with a Ijong A” Cast: Leads, Ives, Reed; Second Man, Breslow; Second Woman, Efnor; Juvenile, Robb; Ingenue, N. Greer; Heavy, Bernhard. Greek Chorus: Corrigan, Kelly, Kline, Adelsheim, Drake, Levin, Brin, McCulloch, Cobb, Barnurn, Yohe, Yerxa, Boicc. Kiddie Revue................................................Keep the Kiddies Quiet Cecil and the Ten Tiny Teases—Cecil Barrett, Drum Major. Scath, Campbell, Russell, lljustcin, Gleason. Michel , Benjamin, Rexer, I.a Mottc, Ingcrman. Minneapolis Special—With the Original Cast. Malstrnm, Nelson. Swanson, Erickson, Pederson. Bjerke, Olson, Magnuson, Lund-gren, Halverson and Rosenburg. Tiny Tots as Teddy Jicars. Pink-eyed: Moore, Wilson, I-a Mottc, Salmon. Blue-eyed: Ixsh. Zeitcr. Roy, Ward. Brown. (89 1 THE HESPERIAN Promenade T7VERYONE on board ship spends a great deal of time promenading, and it is a Ij well known fact that most of the walking couples arc of mixed sex, preferably with a mutual liking. Below is to be found an interesting study of the change in personnel in some of the couples. Easter was the last date published, because anything later would have been mere haphazard guessing. Who can tell at the time who stands uppermost in a gal's heart? If couples were offered for May, even Darby Hicks would have lost his good average as to who was winning out, so why run any risk? And may this prove that “woman is always a changeable and variable creature.” Early Autumn Yulstidk Easter A. RIDINGS Isn't Passion Flower Cute5” Seen nodding at show of The President now and still Alla pin. tagging along. KNOBLAUCH Too had Northrop girls Well, boys, how do you Seen with Hat but with a aren't with us. like Strout? weather eye peeled. YF.RXA Evans then rated dates. On one side Coppage, on the other Grccnc. EVARTS Walks around all the time Walks alone, disconsolately, with Jane. VAN DF. WATER Attended everywhere by Old Still going strong. Faithful. MILLER Still likes the old stag gag lacking around for pros-best. pccts, he has alighted on Pike. PIKE Somewhat deserted b u t Why dkl the boys hold back hopeful. so long? I.F.ITZ Gridiron heroes, and mem- Appreciation of I- o conlin ories growing fainter. ucs to grow. GREER, JANE Harry is so nice and Harry is certainly very-thoughtful. sweet ami nice. RYAN Seldom seen, but often Still has the Silvers back-heard from. Silvers forms ground, the background. SAWYER His many ideals, plus cute- Beginning to svarm up to ness win Virginia. his task, says Bruelheide. BEVERNICK Fames’ arm through his Maybe, thinks he. stags contentment in the air. have the right idea. Dates is dates, says she. even if I do love George. What a swell job. he muses, is Hat. Alone because she loves him. but wait till |une. say's she. Funny, the lack of passion with Virginia, wonders he. Oh. John, isn’t there some place where cops aren’t. Still seen with Hughes but managing to win the best-line title. Harry still holds the center of the spotlight. Easter threatens no unusual complications. Here comes Ives, and there’s Houdini. Brennan goes to work, Dick forgets stag. WRIGHT GALE ELLIOT IVES GREER. HELEN FLOOD ALLEN Walking with Boutrll. with an eye for no one else. Hanna, plus personality, proves magnet for Gale; result equals asthma. Walked full faithfully with Gladys, did little Wyman. A break down for Broughton in the oiling; fall nights prove fatal. The man of the hour had her constantly by his side. «) thought Pclton. In attendance with Hasp, while icily girls look on. Johnson (big) starts the grand sleigh ride early. My Willie, old Pat. what shall I do, muses Jane. Enters Taylor, come more dates, and promenades with two instead of one. Gaming weight on steady-diet of Gladys; ain’t love grand? Come Santa, come Woodward, good cheer for all sinners. Green’s rush is over, but Johnson (little) lingers on. (nine, perhaps forgotten, and Stowe comes front and center. Maybe Johnson, thinks she. but Gleason is so different. There ain’t nothing quite like Bill, ponders she. Same condition. Bill steadily winning out. New clothes, new sights, but the same old Gladys. Robb works up nerve, buzzes around Mary. Does Bill ever take girls out, Helen questions. Bridge with fellows has gained a strange hold on Jack. Now both of them were after her, Johnson winning by a nose. [90] JHE ever increasing value of athletics was strongly emphasized again this year, and sports, with winning teams every season, held a strong interest for the entire student body, which followed the fortunes of the teams in their struggle to bring bach championships. More important than pennants, however, was the establishment of a record for even cleaner playing and better sportsmanship, something for which West’s athletes have always been noted, and something that means more than any number of cup-winning teams. Each stage of the itinerary was marked by the success of Westerners in some citywide sport. THE HESPERIAN Costello. Morn, Frost YELL LEADERS Dedication of Athletic Field Dedication of the long-sought-for athletic held included speeches by many well-known personages, music by the school band, demonstrations of sport activities by the boys’ and girls’ gym classes, and the cross country team. It was topped off by the West-North football game. THE HESPERIAN Front Row—Coleman. Broughton, Ryan, Captain Day, Pelton, Me Ar dell. Second Row—Voyer. Danielt, Curie, Michael ton, Oel e, Mali, Roberts, Miller, Reit. Back Row—Johnson, Hall. Spooner, Taylor, Corl, That, Knoblauch. Elliot, Larsen. F John Day Captain FOOTBALL 'OR the first time in many years, West boasted of a strong and hard-charging line, and it was this line that carried the Green and White gridders to four victories and two defeats. Captain Johnny Day’s aggregation possessed a strong passing attack, plus consistent line-gaining strength that was only halted by South’s championship eleven. Opening the season against North, West got olT to a strong start with a 7-0 victory. In the first half, the Cowboy ball carriers were able to gain at their own will in midfield, but when the Polars had their backs to the proverbial wall they stiffened and held off their heavier opjxmcnts. Receiving the kickoff at the start of the second half, John Day started the drive that resulted in the winning touchdown, the West fullback carrying the ball forty yards to the Polar lS-yard line. Failing to gain through the line, West resorted to the aerial route to make a score, a Ryan-to-Curlc heave being gcxxl. Jack Corl made gcxxl his try for the point after the touchdown. The tables were reversed on Jackson’s men in the second game when Marshall made two touchdowns in the second half to defeat the Green and White by the total of 13-0. For the entire first half the two teams battled scorclcssly with West having the better chances to make a count. Hauling in almost torrid heat, West succumbed to a strong South squad, 6-0, in the third game of the year. The teams fought on even terms during the first half, but a completed Southern pass, shortly after the start of the second half, brought the ball to the West eleven-yard line and two line bucks were sufficient to give the Tigers the victory. John Day, behind some nice interference, turned an almost certain tic into victory f 93 1 THE HESPERIAN over Roosevelt in the last minute of play by intercepting a Teddy heave and galloping fifty yards for a touchdown, making the score 12-6. Day made West’s first touchdown on a series of line bucks in the second period. A trio of hard-running backs comprised of Ryan, Michaclson, and Oclke carried the Green and White to a 14-0 victory over Washburn, October 24. Playing an inspired brand of football that momentarily look the Green and White defense off its guard, Washburn threatened West’s goal line in the early stages of the game. Hut with tightening of West’s defense, the Washburn spurt subsided and the Cowboys went about the business of winning their victory. A Hallowe’en celebration by rival student bodies on the eve of the game caused the cancellation of the traditional Central-West contest scheduled for October 30. Superintendent Reed's action gave South undisputed first place and deprived Central of a chance to tie for the championship. It also took West’s second place possibilities. Using a new attack that had been saved for Central, Captain Johnny Day’s grid-ders rose to new heights in their final appearance and romped over Edison to the tune of 37-7. All-city recognition was given to five of the first-string men. Kenny Curie and Wyman Elliot were regarded by the Tribune as being of all-city calibre. On their alternate eleven, John Day was awarded a backfield assignment. Paul Spooner, for his great defensive play, received the first string call for an end position on the Journal’s eleven, while Jack Cx rl was assigned a tackle post on the Star’s combination. Second team football enjoyed a busy season under Coaches Morris and Guet .loe. The B squad encountered teams from North, Washburn, Marshall and South, and played on the average of two games a week. The group was divided into two elevens, the Junior-Sophomore and the Senior combinations. Looking ahead to next fall, Coach Jackson called out about a hundred candidates for spring football practice, but after about three weeks, he discontinued the sessions. TENNIS Hack Row—iMxton. Cool, Jeffery, Captain: Flood, Ward. I-ront Row—Cook., IJindqnift, Cameron. (94) THE HESPERIAN Sports SPRING TENNIS 1TH ten men returning for the spring tennis season, W. Williams, veteran West tennis mentor, selected a team that won its first match from Washburn and trounced last year’s champion, North. Kenneth Curie, star of previous seasons, won the elimination tournament and was ranked number one singles man and captain of the team. Jack F1 kk1 was placed as second man while Harry Cool, another veteran, was awarded third place. The doubles teams were composed of Bill Ward and Bob Andrews, number one team, and Fred Cook and John Lundquist as second team. John Jeffery and Dick White were singles alternates, while Arthur Christiansen and John Costello comprised an alternate doubles team. West defeated Washburn in the first meet of the season by the score of 6-1. The Miller netters were unable to win any of the matches except that of the third singles. Curie started off the match by taking a two set contest from Julian of Washburn by the score of 6-0; 6-3. This was followed by Harry Cool’s victory over Kosmos, 6-2; 6-4. John Jeffery and Dick White both conquered their Orange and Blue opponents to give West an undefeated record. The Ward-Andrews and Gx k-Lundquist combinations downed the Washburn representatives by a decisive score. North won the first singles match when Shapiro defeated Kenny Curie, 6-3, 6-4. Jack Flood evened matters when he outfought the Polar number two man, 6-1, 5-6, 6-0. Harry Cool won 6-5, 6-2. West continued its victorious march when the first team of Ward and Andrews won from its opponents 6-1, 6-2. FALL TENNIS STARTING the fall season with a 3 graduation-riddled team, W. Williams, West tennis coach, developed an aggregation that won second place in the six-school conference. The West nctmen, led by Captain John Jeffery, finished the season with a record of four victories and one defeat. In the opening match, West men lost to the Polars by a 3-2 score. They showed a well balanced attack and remarkable form in their second match by defeating the Marshall men by the decisive count of five matches to none. The Westerners continued their victorious march by winning from Washburn and South 6-1 and 4-1. With second place at stake. West repulsed the onslaught of a fighting Central team 4-1. John Lundquist and Russell Laxson experienced the most successful singles season, both boys winning four matches and dropping one. Captain JcfTcry, who was pitted against some of the best high school players in the Northwest, won one and lost four, while Lowell Cameron was victorious in his only singles engagement. In the doubles matches, the combination of Bill Ward and Fred Cook won four. Ward and Bob Andrews won one engagement and lost none. Harry Cool and Jack Flood won three and lost none, while Cool and Cameron kept their record clean by winning one and losing none. Flood and Cameron won their only match, as did Pease and Christiansen. Laxson and Pease were the only men to graduate in January from the number of letter winners. Although their loss was felt by the spring team, depletion of the racket ranks was not serious. [95 1 THE HESPERIAN Hack Row—V.avodsky, Coach; Dole: Kallherg; lie termed: Crail: Reardon, Manager Front Row—Kaufmann; Blixt. Captain: Forbes, Reiter. CROSS COUNTRY ✓CONCLUSION of cross country meets gave West fourth place, and drew to a j close the high-school hill and dale careers of Oswald Blixt, captain, and Allan Moore, high point winners of the 1930 season. South, undefeated, captured the title in the four-school race with West, South, Roosevelt and Edison. The June graduating lettermen include Chester Kallberg, Harry Kaufmann, Allan Morse, and Oswald Blixt. Of the five letter winners, Richard Robb is the only returning contestant for next season. In the first assignment of the season, the West Hill and Dalcrs were outrun by the Tiger team on the Glen wood course October 9. When the fifteenth man crossed the line, the total score stood South 74, West 46. The cross country team went down to its second successive defeat October 16. The team totals were Edison 65; West 55. The third and final meet of the season also proved fatal to West. The final score after the fifteenth runner had crossed the tape was Roosevelt 64; West 56. SPRING GOLF ITH three of last fall’s four lettermen back to bolster the squad, Coach O. P. Opfcr’s linxmen made a strong bid to regain the Minneapolis golfing championship lost last season to a strong North foursome. Captain Pat Sawyer, Douglas Linnell, and Steve Palmer were the returning lettermen. The other four linxmen, who were eligible to play in the first 36 holes of FALL GOLF LAST fall the Westerners lost to a strong North team. Bill Boutcll was disqualified from play in the finals because he was unable to finish a semifinal round. State Amateur Champion Pat Sawyer, Dale Morton, Doug Lin-ncll, Roswell Haeckcr, Baxter McCoy, Steve Palmer, Otto Burger and Otto Hammcrland formed the eight-man team in the semi-finals. These eight [96] THE HESPERIAN Ijnntll. Sawyer, Burger, Palmer. Morton. competition against the other sch x Is, were John Flood, Otto Burger, Otto Hammcrland and John Jeffery. Flood qualified for the first eight with a low round of 82, Burger came next with an 84, Hammcrland took an 85, while Jeffery was high with an 86. On May 16, the squad played in an invitation meet against a Shattuck combination. The academy, boasting of an undefeated season last year, presented strong opposition for Pat Sawyer and his team mates. The plan for spring golf adopted by R. C. Tapp, director of athletics in the high schools, called for preliminary rounds of 18 holes on May 16 anti 23. These opening rounds were played by eight men from a school. The four low men in the preliminaries from each school played 18-holc rounds on May 30 and June 6 for the championship. For the first 18 holes. Sawyer was low man on the West squad with a round of 82. Hammcrland was second played two eighteen-hole matches with the other schools on September 27 and October 4. Sawyer, with a total score of 155; Morton, 163; Palmer, 167, and Linncll with 168 in the semi-finals represented West in the finals. In the first of the finals on October 11, the Westerners tcx k second place, 18 strokes behind North. West’s total score was 353. Sawyer had the low score for West, an 84. Palmer followed with a score of 86 for the 18 holes. Morton took one more stroke than Palmer for traversing the links. Linncll encountered the hazards and took a 96. In the last of the finals on the Armour course West’s foursome could only pick up five strokes on the Polars. Sawyer again had low score for the (ireen and White, with 82. Palmer again tcx k second shooting an 89. Dale Morton took the course in 90 strokes. Linncll totaled 93. The disqualification of Boutell proved an insurmountable handicap for Sawyer’s linksmen as it meant the loss of one of the finest golfers ever to represent the Green and White. He graduated in January after playing golf for two years on a West High team, man, requiring four more strokes than Sawyer. Burger took an 88 while Jeffery and Flood were tied for fourth with 89’s. THE HESPERIAN Back Row—Anderson, Taylor, Surens, Barry, Merrill, Curie, OeUe. Front Row—latng, O'Halloran. Haynes, Mubaelson. Captain: Hallman. Roby, Pepin. Manager. BASKETBALL STARTING the 1930-31 basketball season with nine lettermen, the West cagcrs kJ won five games and lost two, to establish the best record of any Green and White quint in history by tying for second place. In the first game of the year, against the highly touted Central team, the West quintet surprised its followers by defeating the Red and Blue floor-men by a 17-15 score for West’s first basketball victory over a Mitchell-coached aggregation. After the Christmas vacation, West resumed the title quest by winning from a small Edison squad 23-21. The following week the West baskctccrs dropped their first game of the season to a fighting South team that eventually became league champions, by the close score of 19 to 18 in a contest featured by a strong last half drive on the part of Coach Jackson’s team. In the next game of the schedule, Cap-ain Michaclson led his men to an easy 27-16 victory over a mediocre Roosevelt team and continued the winning streak in the following game with Marshall by scoring a 31-21 triumph over the Cardinals. West next turned back the determined effort of a rejuvenated North squad in a 22-18 battle to enter Forrest Michaelson the final game of the schedule with Washburn and Captain thereby enter a championship play-ofT with the winner of the South-Central game. However, the serious illness of Shelby Merrill, dependable guard, and of Captain THE HESPERIAN Michaclson previous to the Miller encounter cost the crippled West team the game and a possible title. The final score of the West-Washburn game was 25-21. At the conclusion of the season, Captain Forrest Michaclson, who had been the defensive and offensive star of the team, was awarded a first team berth on the mythical all-city selection, johnny Long, brilliant little forward, Kinnard Barry and George Taylor, elongated center and forward respectively, were given honorable mention for their flashy individual ability and teamwork. In commenting on the 1930-31 squad Carl J. Jackson, coach, said: “This season’s squad has been one of the most earnest and certainly the most successful that I have ever coached at West. At the annual basketball election held at the conclusion of the schedule, the basketball squad elected Kinnard Barry, star center and forward, as captain of next year’s aggregation. Barry scored seventeen points in the Roosevelt game last season to make him individual high scorer of the high school league along with Roscoe of Central. SWIMMING ZF the 1931 Green and White swimmers do not go down in history as the best team that ever represented the school, in the tank, it will probably be remembered as the “fightenest combine ever to swim for West. They demonstrated this when they nosed out Washburn to win the city meet, although the Millers outnumbered them nearly 2-1 in the list of qualifiers. The swimming season this year was dominated by West and Washburn, both of which swept through all opposition until they clashed at the end of the season. In this meet the Orange anil Blue nosed out a hard fought victory by the one-point margin of 39-38. Although this meet gave the Millers the championship, the Westerners took their revenge in the city meet, in an even more exciting dual, this time by a score of 37-36. Hack Row—Anderson, Manager; I Mr son; H. Smith. Johnson; Webb; Findley; Thresher; Smith; Shrewsbury, Asst. Manager. Front Row—Ringbloom; Ford; McClintoek: Tozer. Captain; Robb; Zealand: Marcan. I W I THE HESPERIAN Back Row—Gunberg, Swanson, IMuhfeldl, Benjamin, Smith, Morton, Spehoponlos. Mlorn i Row—Tragester, Robb. Thompson, Benjamin, Johnson. Dech, Holmes, Pepin. Front Row—.4tstead, iJoyd, Hines. Saether, Wester man, Marcan. Wade Tozcr, captain, was the Green and White's most consistent performer, earning a total of 47 points for his team, while Lauren Findley took second place among the individual scorers with 39 points to his credit. Wesley Webb, Bill Johnson, and James Ford were next with 39, 38, and 30 points respectively. By virtue of winning first places in the city meet, the 160-yard relay team, made up of Webb, Bill Smith, Thresher, and Findley; Tozer, dash man; Ford, back-strokcr, and the 300-yard medley team of Ford, Johnson, and Tozcr, arc considered city champions in their respective events. In the initial meet of the season, the Westerners met North and left the Polars out in the cold by drubbing them by the sizeable score of 62-13. Roosevelt was engaged next, and after a short but sharp skirmish the Westerners emerged victorious by a margin of 35 points, 55 to 20. In these two meets the Green and White captured 14 out of a possible 15 first places. West defeated Central 4K to 27, once again taking seven out of eight firsts. West took Edison 44-31, the Wizards' second places making the meet close. South fell victim to the West mermen by a score of 53-22, West again sweeping the great majority of the first places. TUMBLING £XPERIENCING one of the most successful seasons in its history of competition, the tumbling team, coached by Royal P. Guetzloe, finished a close second to the redoubtable Roosevelt Teddies, a team that showed up as strong throughout the year. The West team, led by Jack Tragesscr, one of the few veterans and high-point man, and Kenneth Alstcad, an able assistant, conquered every other squad in the city except the Teddies, winning dual, triangular and quadrangular meets from North, South, Ccntral and Edison. The team’s first appearance in competition resulted in a defeat by Roosevelt, with I 100 1 THE HESPERIAN almost half of West’s team appearing. Despite this fact, the meet developed into one of the closest kinds of a tussle, with West finishing on the short end of the score only after a hard fight. The second meet was a triangular one with the team literally tramping on North and Edison. The third match of the season, a five-team meet, or better known as the All-City meet, found the squad again finishing on the heels of the Maroon and Gold squad, and followed by North, Central, South and Edison. In the final meet of the season, the Northwestern contest, the team again bowed to the superiority of the Teddies, with North finishing third. The last two meets were held at the University armory, and it was here that the first-year men performed with so much class. The team will be depleted by the graduation of Jack Tragesser and Paul Bcrkhall. HOCKEY OAC'HING his tenth Green and White hockey sextet, W. W. Bradley and his V- men, last season, brought West its eighth hockey championship. The puckstcrs had a successful season, winning all the games except one. The loss was a forfeit to Roosevelt in their first meet. Five schools, including West, were entered in the 1030-31 race. Each school played the other four two times. Besides West, South, Washburn. Central, and Roosevelt were in the race. In their first encounter of the season, the Cowboys trimmed a poor South team, 5-0. Captain Flood, Malsed, and Munns starred in the game. Flood and Munns getting two scores apiece, and Malsed counting once in a long center-ice drive. In their next two encounters. West took Central and Washburn by 3-0 scores. The Orange and Blue did not have the strong team that was expected to give West trouble in the race. Back Row—Curtis; Sawyer; Flood. Captain; Haecl(er; McKeand: Knoblauch; Cobb. Front Row—HraJIcy, Coach; Barnum; Bartholome: Marlon; Garwood: Munns: Malsed: rainier, Manager. I 1UI | THE HESPERIAN The game which West forfeited to Roosevelt saw the Green and White make five goals, the first by Knoblauch. Flood was the big gun, making the next three scores and passing to Knoblauch to end the siege. The Westerners barely came through with a victory in their second encounter with the Tigers, a greatly improved ice machine. The final score was 4-3. For the second time the Westerners defeated Central, this time 5-1. Flood made two counters and assisted Earl Bartholome. Emanuel Cotlow scored on a pass from Malscd, and Munns, unassisted, finished West’s scoring. In the Washburn game Flood was again the star. The flashy center made three goals by excellent stick handling and then passed to Q bb and Munns for the last two goals. The Orange and Blue score came in the third period. The Green and White had a hard time subduing the Teddies in the last encounter. Cobb finally ended West’s 1930-31 hockey season by a score from center ice. Graduation takes nine Westerners. The entire first string forward line of Captain Flood, Knoblauch and Munns will be absent from next year’s roster. Alternates who graduate arc Garwood and Wilcox. West will lose Pat Sawyer, sterling defense man, Bill Barnum and John Day. Jim Arev, goalie, will not be in the nets next year. Flood was undoubtedly the finest man in the league. His graduation is a great loss to the team. Another player who had a fine season was Bill Munns, diminutive artist, who was Flood’s partner. Malscd, a tower of strength on both offense and defense, Cotlow and Bartholome will be back next year to form the first forward wall. Cobb, sturdy defense man, and Park Learned will form the defensive line. Bill McKeand will be back again next year to guard the nets. The Green and White should have another successful season with the stars and the reserves that will be available. Tom Curtis, Don Crozier, Bob Dixon, Ed Maslon, Ernie MacMillan, Jud-son Roseberry, and Guy Corson are also to be banked on for the squad. Before the start of the varsity season, Coach Bradley sponsored an inter-class tournament in an effort to uncover new talent. Each class elected a captain with Thomas Kelly being chosen by the freshmen, Dan McLaughlin by the sophomores Bob Dixon by the juniors and John Jeffery by the seniors. In the final game of the tournament, the seniors swamped the juniors 7-1 to win the inter-class championship. A fast working combination of Cliff Larsen and Bob Randolph proved to be the downfall of the eleventh graders. These two wingmen drove in time and again to take short shots at the junior citadel. The seniors came into the playoff by defeating the sophomores 2-1, after having tied them in their first engagement. The juniors eked out a 4-3 victory over the freshmen. Jack Flood Captain 1 102 | THE HESPERIAN HUY BASKETBALL jf NEW feature in winter .sports was introduced at West this year by the Hi-Y q 1 clubs, which organized a basketball schedule for Saturday mornings in the gym. Although only four teams entered squads, the rivalry was closer than had been expected, with the CXC outfit holding the mythical championship. Two clubs which had been expected to battle for the pennant were unable to secure opponents. Semper Fidclis and the Allas challenged in vain, and refused to play each other. As a result CXC landed on the top of the race after playing two games, one with the Wogaws and one with the LOX, which decided the championship. IXL, the fourth team in the league, played one game with the Wogaws, and won, but was eliminated from pennant possibilities because of the better record of the CXC’s. The Wogaws, although defeated in three games, held the best record as far as the number of contests went. The season opened auspiciously when the CXC outfit drubbed the Wogaws by the most decisive score of the season, 31-12. The next Saturday the Wogaws were again defeated after holding a first half advantage, 14-12; the LOX club took the game with a last quarter spurt, ending on the long end of a 22-18 score. The third and last morning contest turned into a double header. The feature game had the CXC’s battling the LOX for the right to play any challengers for the cup; in the other contest the IXL’s took the count from the Wogaws, nosing them out at the end of the second half, l ight guarding featured the play of both teams. The final score, 8-fi, showed the result of a cautious brand of basketball. The LOX five failed to dent the hoop once in the second half, and let the CXC forwards sink two baskets to win the game. With a firm hold on the league leadership, the champions refused to be drawn into any more games, being content with beating two of the other three clubs which had first entered the league. Although it had been expected that either Semper Fidclis or the Allas would play the winner of this four-team league to decide the Hi-Y championship of West, CXC’s failed to recognize any challenges, realizing the potential strength of both these outsiders. The Allas had the services of several men from the West squad including this year’s captain and the leader of next year’s squad. Semper Fidelis was also unusually strong, under the leadership of Mocn, Curie, and Dallman. Several outstanding players among the four teams that battled so bravely on successive Saturday mornings have claimed that the championship was won fairly, without trickery or fraud. For the champions it was mostly Cobb and Reed who piled up [Joints. The tight defense was partly due to the mediocre services of the lanky Cobb whose long arms snatched down several would-be baskets. Jensen, burger, and Blixtfcld were the strongest in a fairly strong LOX five. The loss of Burger to next year’s five will be rather severely felt. Breslow and Koehler were the featured men for the lXL’s who played the roughest game of the season with the Wogaws. The lowliest team in the race which ended in undisputed possession of fourth and last place had two strong forwards in WikofT and Kelly who were unable to keep the Wogaws enough in the lead to win any of their contests. Next year’s contests promise even more action, providing that the more fearless of the present members of the League allow the Scnipcrs and the Alla outfit to enter the little contest for a mythical championship, for which so many have been willing to sacrifice feelings and ethics. f 103) THE HESPERIAN To� Row—M. Nelson, Warner. A. Nelson. Fames. Strand. Fonlstone. Sanders. Middi.i Row—Jones. Hanzli , Fry, Mair, Sostdai, Wells, Garrison. Front Row—Eri ten, Van Kretelen. Uoyd. Finland. Taylor, Date. GIRLS’ W CLUB Girls' Sports A. A. is open to all girls and has as its objective the furtherance of girls' ath- JX , letics. It has at its head a board which assists the instructors. Two girls arc assigned to every sport. Activities arc divided into two groups, major and minor sports. There arc four major sports: field hockey, volleyball, basketball and baseball. Two of these were played each term. After a certain number of requirements arc passed, a girl is eligible for a team and after she plays in the tournament, she is awarded 100 points toward a “W.” Field hockey opened September 15. Practices were held until October 27. The tournament was played until November 23. Four teams were formed with eleven girls on each. Annette Strand, Virginia Fames, Jean Wells and Alice Lloyd were captains of these teams. The group under Virginia Lames was the winner of this tournament. Lorraine Richard and Alice McMillcn were the G. A. A. board members in charge of this sport. Volleyball, under the direction of Jean Wells and Dcsolcc Murphy, commenced November 23, with practices until December 8. Fifty-five girls were placed in four teams and played in the tournament which lasted from December 15 through December 20. Basketball started the first week of the new term. Its practices were held until February 28. Two tournaments were run off in this sport. The first was a mixed tournament with ten teams in the contest. Team five under Adelaide England was the winner. Sixty girls made teams and eleven were chosen as substitutes. The intcrclass tournament was comprised of the best players of each class. The seniors captained by Adelaide England won the championship. Tennis is played in both the fall and the spring. The fall season is a doubles I 104 1 THE HESPERIAN tournament with the singles in the spring. Seventeen couples played in the fall tournament and were awarded points according to their position in the tournament. A beginners’ tennis class was held and instructions were given by Evagcnc Sanders and Marjorie Dale, heads of tennis. Swimming was held each Wednesday at the Y. W. C. A. with Mavis Warner and Harriet Garrison in charge. In order to gain points in this sport, a girl must pass a test in accordance with her ability. Only one test may be passed each term. Tenequoits was played in a doubles tournament this year. Games could be played before or after school and during the second lunch period. Points were awarded according to the number of games a girl had to her credit. Rosemary Nostdal and Helen Lnblom were in charge of hiking, which was held each term. Points were given by the number of miles hiked. Skating was under the supervision of Virginia Eames and Helen Belle Boicc. The girls skated at Lake of Isles and earned |x� ints according to the number of hours they practiced and grades on the skating test. A beginners’ class in riding was formed in the fall with Betty Gale in charge. The class was carried on into the spring and points given to each girl. Golf was inaugurated in the spring, the girls receiving points for professional instruction anti the number of holes played. This sj ort proved popular. Approximately -400 girls took part in G. A. A. activities throughout the year. One of the chief aims of the gym department is to promote sports that will carry on into activities when the girls arc through school. This is the reason for offering golf, riding, tennis, hiking, and swimming. G. A. A. board officers included Helen Mair, President; Annette Strand, Vice-president; and Ann Nelson, Secretary. G. A. A. BOARD Hack Row—England, Wells, Nelson, Fames, Fnblom. Webb. Middli Row—Sutherland, Gale, Uoyd. Nostdal, Dale, Garrison, Sanders, Front Row—Botce, Strand. Mair, Nelson, Warner. THE HESPERIAN MANAGERS Top Row—Reardon, Croft Country; Reed, Football; Pepin, Basketball; Drake, Football. Bottom Row—Palmer. Hockey; Gordon. Student Manager; latrson. Student Manager; Andenon. Swimming. HUY DIAMONDBALL N its second year of existence, the Hi-Y diamondball league brought some free-hitting, scrappy clubs into competition. The games played were featured by numerous runs, although there were some instances of pitching duels. The Semper Fidclis and Alla organizations took an early lead by virtue of four victories anti no defeats. All of the Hi-Y clubs and three other aggregations, the Faculty, Ryan's Independents and the Jefferson Torch club, placed teams in the league. The Allas, holder of first place with the Scmpers, took an early lead when they defeated the CXC team in a well played 10-7 game. The Semper Fidclis batsmen romped to an easy victory over the LOX with Harry Cool, one of the league’s outstanding pitchers, twirling a masterful ball to hold the losers to a minimum of hits. The Orions also came through with a decisive victory over the hapless Wogaws by hammering out 27 runs, while Joe Nairn let down the Sammismen with two scores. Ryan’s Independents broke into the win column by trouncing the IXL club 34-0. The powerful Independent baiting list fell on the offerings of the IXL pitcher to put the game on ice in the opening innings, while tight defensive work smothered all scoring attempts on the part of the losing team. The Jefferson Torch club upset the LOX club to stamp themselves as one of the title contenders in a 7-4 battle. Meeting with first place at stake, the Allas and Ryan Independents met in what was one of the best games of the year. It was won by the Alla team 8-7. 'Hie game was a hard fought contest that featured some timely hitting and brilliant pitching. Fifteen Independents were fanned by the Alla pitcher although the Ryanman found the pitcher’s offerings for three runs in the first inning. After the score had wavered back and forth, the Alla sluggers cinched the game by driving in three tallies in the last half of the sixth. The Semper Fidclis outfit kept pace with the Allas by crushing I 106 1 THE HESPERIAN the IXL club by one of the record scores of the season, 42-2. The IXL team, weakened by the loss of several of their stars to the track squad, was not within striking distance of the winners at any time. Billy Ward, John Day and Harry Cool starred for the victors. In their first game of the schedule, the Faculty ball-tosscrs nosed out the CXC’s in a five-inning game. The pedagogues got off to an early lead but the CXC hitters staged a rally that might have snatched victory from the teachers had not several of the faculty athletes been forced to leave for home at the end of the fifth inning. The score was 7-6. The Orions took another game when they added the LOX scalp to their belt after a close 21-20 contest. Individual players who have turned in some creditable performances arc Harry Cool, John Day, Gil O’Halloran and Kenny Curie for the Semper Fidclis. The strong Alla combine had Kinnard Barry, Forrest Michaclson and Paul Spooner, while the CXC boasted of Bob Malsed, Jack Flood and Fred Comb. With a long list of good men, the play for the Independents of Si Ryan, George Kocstcr and Johnny I-ong was especially noteworthy. On the faculty, H. M. Wickstrom, A. D Nelson and R. Guctzloc were the most effective. Harry Cool, elongated Semper mound star, was the mainstay of his ten. Day. O’Halloran and Curie starred for the Sempers in the field and it was their hits that drove in most of the club runs. The battery of Barry-to-Michaelson of the Allas was one of the most effective in the league, while Paul Spooner handled the ball well in the infield. The whole Alla organization was strong both in the field and at bat. The CXC cause was strengthened by the play of Malsed in the infield. Comb at first base, and Flood on the mound. Wickstrom’s pitching, Nelson’s sensational way of fielding and Guctzloc’s nonchalant way of handling the ball on first base were the highlights of the faculty games. Ryan’s organization presented one of the most polished teams of the league with Koestcr and Long playing the best ball for the Independents. LETTER WINNERS OF JANUARY Norman Anderson Basketball. Jl.kt 30 Wilton Avery Track Manager, June 30 Bill Boitell Golf, func 28. January 29. |unc 29. January 30. June 30; Hockey Manager. June 30 Jack Corl Football. January 31 John Laivell Second Team Football. January 30 Cliff Larsen Football, January 31 Russell Lax son Tennis. June 30. January 31; Student Manager, January ‘30. June 30 Robert Leighton Second Team Football. January 28 Robert Pf.lton Track. June 30; Football. January 31; Second Team Football. January 30 r io7i THE HESPERIAN TRACK COACH Zavodsky began practice with his veteran squad late in January for the series of three meets sponsored by the University in the Beidhouse. The first sessions were held in the upper halls and two weeks before the first metropolitan high school competition the squad began to work out twice a week in the field house in order to get accustomed to the track and spiked shoes. In the meet of February 14, West cindermen ran away with first place, scoring 36 points to 28 for Edison, which took second. As this was the opening meet no places were awarded but only two points for qualifying. Captain Shaw, Blodgett and Maxson each won their 60-yard dash heats. In the low hurdles Enkcma, Wish-nick, Hanson and Koehler took places to assure them each two points. Laird and Morris crossed the line in the 220 dash, first and second in the final trial, and in the 660 Blixt and Kalberg scored again for West. Barnum, Hughes, Wishnick, Pederson and Tragesser placed in the high jump and the scoring closed after Daniels and Bakkc placed in the shot put and pole vault respectively. Two weeks later West again won in the second meet of the scries scoring twenty points more than the closest rival, Washburn. The same group as before captured places in the 60-yard dash and in the hurdles, too. West’s lleet corps of hurdlers monopolized four out of the six offered places. Four men from the cowboy squad scored in the high jump and Daniels again successfully proved his prowess in the shot. A trio of Bakkc. Dallman and Lostcter placed in the pole vault behind Tur-gcon of Edison. Kalberg was the only West man to place in the 660. The Western trackmen again proved too strong when in the final meet, held March 14, they ran up 60 points over the 37 of Washburn, which won second. Captain Shaw and Blodgett took first and fourth in the 60 dash. Enkcma and Wishnick captured first and third in the hurdles and Laird circled the 220 oval in fine form to break the tape first. Cobb and Blixt took thirds in the quarter and half mile distance runs and Daniels threw the shot 43 feet to assure himself a second. Dallman and Lostcter tied for first in the pole vault with Turgcon when all failed to clear Back Row—Y.avodtky. Coach; Hughe ; Knoblauch; Michael ton; Dallman. Front Row—Bhalye i; latird; Shan-. Captain; Barnum: Max ton. I 108 1 THE HESPERIAN Howard Shaw Captain the bar set at eleven feet, and Pederson and Barnum scored in the high jump, Shaw, Laird, Enkema and Blodgett, the half mile relay team, covered the four laps in 1:38.8 to beat the nearest competition by a lead of fifty yards. In the final indoor competition, the Minnesota Relay Carnival, West again came through with high score honors. Howard Shaw covered his lane in the 60-yard dash in 6.6 seconds for a first. Henry Knoblauch and Milton Wishnick took first and second respectively in the 60-yard high hurdles, while Cy Bar- 0 “num shared a tie for third in the high jump. The half-mile relay combination of Blodgett. Enkema, Laird, and Shaw finished the Green and White scoring when they won their events, and established a new record of 1:38.1. Two weeks later the Green and White trackmen inaugurated the opening meet on the home field by winning a triangular from North and Edison. The final scores were West 66 2. Edison 55Z2, and North 28. On May 1, West received a surprise defeat from Washburn in the Minneapolis High School Relays, being nosed out 26 2 to 26. Howie Shaw ran the 100-yard dash in ten Hat but because of a slight wind the record time was cancelled. Joe Blodgett finished fourth in this event. Blodgett, Enkema, Laird, and Shaw teamed up to win the quarter and half mile relays in :45.5 and 1:35 while the mile and medley quartets won thirds. Pederson and Barnum tied in the high jump, and later Pederson and Hughes took second and fourth in the broad jump. Jack Tragresser won fourth in the shot. West demonstrated its superiority over Washburn with a decisive victory in a dual meet. The Green and White total of |x ints was 80 while the losers won 38. Shaw and Knoblauch were the outstanding jK-rformers for West, each winning two events and participating in the two relays which West also won. Other first place winners were Barry, Michaclson, Dallman, Blixt, and Daniels. Throughout the meet the athletes were forced to buck a strong cast wind. West was credited with a decisive victory in the quadrangular meet held at Macalcstcr Field when the Green and White trackmen scored 761-3 points over South’s 39 1-3. Out of the thirteen events West's athletes won eleven and in these winning events ten records were cstablishd, although some of these new marks may be barred because of a helping wind. Shaw won the 100 and 220 dashes in 10.1 and 22.5 respectively to conquer Burris, his arch rival from North. Knoblauch and Enkema set new marks in the high and low hurdles, while Hughes had a fine day taking the high jump and broad jump. Dallman soared to new heights in the pole vault and later Michaclson tossed a record breaking javelin throw. Daniels did likewise in the shot. The half-mile relay team, thus far undefeated, clip|)cd the record down three seconds to set the mark at 1:34.9. West sent its championship bound cindermen down to Carlcton and again they were favored to come through with the honors. On May 29 the eight Minneapolis high schools came together in the University Stadium to battle for the city title and a week later the state meet was held at the same place. f I09| THE HESPERIAN LOOKING ‘EM OVER One of the biggest reasons for the Green and White's strong showing on the gridiron last fall was the tutelage that A. D. Nelson, new assistant coach, gave the line. Nelson developed one of the very strongest lines in the city, one that was not outplayed in the course of the season. The honor of making West’s first score on the new field went to Kenny Curie, all-city end. Receiving a pass from Ryan, he made the score that defeated North in the first game on the new gridiron. Perhaps the most lamentable happening of the whole school year was that fateful Hallowe’en brawl on the night before the Central encounter. It is only to be hoped that Superintendent Reed’s drastic action, in cancelling the game, will discourage any further demonstrations of this kind. Mr. Reed’s action also deprived Central of the chance for a first place tic, and it took West’s second place possibilities. The Edison tussle marked the final appearance in a Green and White jersey of a large number of West veterans. Si Ryan and Wyman Elliot, varsity men for three seasons, closed their high school football careers together with John Day, captain. Other men who saw action for the last time were Curie and Paul Spooner, both recognized as being of all-city calibre, Corl, McArdell and Pclton, all strong linemen together with Henry Knoblauch and Bob Johnson, alternate quarterbacks. Reserves that donned their football togs for the last time were Forrest Michaclson, Walter Mcili, George Taylor, Auggic Reis, and Cliff Larsen. Coach Zavodsky saw his cross country' teams go down to defeat. The taciturn Green and White mentor has watched many of his teams win championships. Undoubtedly the outstanding man of the year, Captain John Flood, deserves much praise for his playing in the 1930-31 ice race. The flashy Green and White center was high scorer for the year, failing to set a new record by only a few scores. The improvement of West’s ice defense was especially noteworthy. At the end of the season the combination of Malscd and Cobb was the best in the city. With the election of Red Malsed as captain of next year’s sextet, West has another ice leader that is going to burn up the league during the year of his captaincy. Malsed this season earned a position on all the mythical all-city teams with his strong defensive and offensive playing. c- J The 1930-31 basketball season, while it did not bring in the long awaited and much coveted championship, was by far the most successful in West’s cage history. Coach Jackson deserves a world of credit for piloting a squad [110] THE HESPERIAN that, although having title potentialities, was not conceded an equal rating with South or Central. This year marks the end of “Jack’s” guidance and the record established is a fine one. When it came time for all-star teams to he selected by the know-it-alls, there was no doubt as to the justice of placing Captain Michaclson among the brightest luminaries of the city high school league. Anyone watching the Green and White quint in action under Michaelson’s leadership, would be impressed by the way in which he stalled oil the opposition while waiting for his own men to get set for a drive that often resulted in additional points for West. Perhaps the only reason Johnny Long was not awarded a place on the all-star team was ineligibility during better than one-half of the schedule. The diminutive forward showed unusual ability in penetrating the foe’s defense for close shots at the hoop. Long and Michaclson were two of the best doormen seen on the auditorium court when it came to clever handling of the ball. And when passing out the laurel wreaths it’s impossible to overlook Kinnard Barry, captain-elect for next year, and George Taylor. Both of these men were in the thick of the fight every minute. If Barry continues to play the same aggressive, brainy game that he exhibited at times this year, he should make the honorary all-city next year. Nomination for the best grandstand contribution of the cage season goes to some bright boy who should be writing ads for cigarette companies. It was during the Roosevelt-West game when Barry set up his individual scoring record of the league by counting seventeen points that this wisccrackcr commented: “Say, Jackson, better buy that Barry boy a carload of lozenges—he’s going to get a sore throat hollering for the ball so much.’’ Of course, Jack would have been only too glad to get a carload if his center could have chalked up seventeen points every game. o-s On the basis of comparative scores, the West 1930-31 team was thirteen points better than the Millers offensively, and one point weaker on the defense. Marshall defeated the Orange and Blue 20 to 18, while West won from the Judges by a 31-21 score. This should have given the Green and White team a winning margin of 12 points, but—Old Man Flu took a hand at the cage game, and left Merrill and Michaclson a little the worse for wear, so facts and figures went by the boards. One of the most rounded out and well-balanced squads that Zavodsky has had, West’s 1931 track team, will go down in sporting history for the record it set up this year. In almost every event Zavodsky had a man that could be relied on for a few points. Among the many heroes that arc graduating arc Captain Howie Shaw, speedy dash man, Bradley Laird and Joe Blodgett, both relay men, and Paul Losteter, pole vault, Forrest Michaclson, javelin, Henry Knoblauch, high hurdles, and Leo Hughes, broad jump. [till THE HESPERIAN LETTER WINNERS OF JUNE Wallace Anderson Swimming Manager, '30-'3l Hob Andrews Tennis, 30 Dick Bevernick Cross Country, 30 Oswald Blixt Cross Country, '30-'31 (Captain) Joe Blodgett Cross Oiuntry, ’28; Track, '30 Robert Bowen Second Team Football, '30 Fred Cook Tennis, 30-’3l Harry Cool Tennis, ‘29-'3l Bill Corl Second Team Football, '30 Kenneth Curle Second Team Football. '29; Basketball. ’30 ’31; Tennis. 30; Football. '30-’3l Bob Dallman Track, '30; Baskethall, 30 John Day Second Team Football. 29; Football, ’30-'3l (Captain) Booth Eddy Second Train Football. '30 Wyman Elliot Second Team Football. 28; Football, '29- 30- 31 Stan Faltico Second Team Football, 29 Loren Findley Swimming, 30 Jack Flood Hockey, ’29-'30 3l; Tennis, '31 James Ford Swimming. '30 Bill (Jordon Student Manager, 30-'3l Chester Kallberg Cross Country, 30-'31 Leo Hughes Track. '30 John Jeffery Tennis. '31 (Captain) Bob Johnson Baseball. '28-'29; Football, '30-'3l Harry Kaufman Cross Country, '30-’31 Henry Knoblauch Second Team Football, 30; Track, '30; Football, ‘31 Bob Lacy Second Team Football. '30 Bradley Laird Track, '30 Douglas Linnei.l Golf, '31 John Long Basketball, '28-’29; Baseball. '28; Cheer Leader. '29 James Lewbllsn Cross Country, '30 Steve Maxson Track. '30 Bob McArdell Second Team Foorha)l. '30; Football. '31 Forrest Michaelson Second Team Football. '30; Track, '30; Basketball. '30; Football. 31 Ted McFarlane Second Team Football, 29 John Miller Second Team Football, '29; Football. 31 Forrest Moen Cheer Leader, '30-'31 Alan Morse Cross Country, 31 Dale Morton Golf. 31 Bill Munns Hockey, 29- 30 Albert Novak Student Manager, 31 Steve Palmer Second Team Football, 29; Golf, ’31 Bob Racey Second Team Football, 29; Football, '30 Bill Rawitzer Second Team Football. 30 Raymond Reardon Student Manager, '31 August Reis Second Team Football. 29-'30; Student Manager. ’29; Football, '31 Si Ryan Second Team Football, '28; Baseball, '29; Football. '29-'30-'31 Pat Sawyer Hockey. '29; Golf. '29-'30-'31; Hqckey, 30 Paul Spooner Second Team Football, '29-‘30; Football. '31 George Taylor Basketball, '30; Football. '31 Wade To .er Second Team Football. ’29- 30; Swimming, ’29-’30 Leonard Thresher Swimming, '29-'30 Wesley Webb Second Team Football. '30; Swimming, 29-‘30 r ii2] THE HESPERIAN Sports Review TTZEST students attending games in football, basketball, and hockey during the vV last season totalled 11,274. Football, with 7,242 paid admissions for the whole season, headed the list of sports. Basketball had a record attendance of 3,021, while hockey games were supported by 811 Westerners. When the much-promised athletic field became a reality, gate receipts increased and more of the student Ixxly turned out than had attended football games in past years. When the new athletic field was dedicated, at the first game of football season, against North, 2,247 West students paid for admission tickets. West alumni attending the game numbered 144. The Marshall game, the second game of the season, was attended by 836 football fans from West, although it was played at the Marshall field. Returning to their own field to play South, the Cowboy team was supported by 1,119 Westerners. Although the South game was lost, 734 rooters turned out to see a fighting team go down before the onslaught of the West aggregation. At the Homecoming game, 1,575 turned out with the Green and White banners to see the Washburn Homecoming wrecked by a hard-fought game ending in a defeat for Washburn. Approximately 731 Westerners attended the last game of the season, when the West team ran wild to defeat Edison. To create more interest in high school basketball, all games were played in the Municipal auditorium. By this arrangement scats were available for a greater number of students than had been possible in the school gyms. The first game of the year, against Central, was attended by 511 students from West—a record for West basketball games. Attendance at the Edison game, the second of the season, reached to the highest level for this whole year with 582 Westerners purchasing tickets. At the South game, the West team met its old rival with 551 rooters behind them. When West met Roosevelt’s wily team, the attendance of Westerners went down to 246 but at the Marshall game, tickets were sold to 390 West backers. Ticket sales again went down when only 286 Westsiders watched the home team outpoint a husky team from the North side. In the last game of the season West played Washburn for a chance at a play-ofT with South or Central for the championship of the city. A gallery of 455 students from West saw the Cowboy outfit lose a hard-fought game to boys from Washburn. A crowd of 237 Westerners attended the first hockey game of the season to see the Hennepin Avenue puck chasers defeat a rangy aggregation from South, the title winners of two years before. At the Central game only 75 hockey enthusiasts braved the cold of the Arena but attendance increased to 175 when West met Washburn in a battle won by the West Siders. Tickets sold for the Roosevelt game numbered 25 and the second South game attracted a few more, 85 attending. The second Central game was watched by 45 Westerners and 175 admissions were paid for the return game with Washburn. With the title sewed up by a win over Washburn, the West team played against Roosevelt in the last game of the season before nine rooters. Tickets were sold for only one of the swimming meets, but a crowd of 200 bought tickets for this one meet. West lost a close decision to Washburn for the city championship. 11131 THE HESPERIAN Log of the Good Ship T T ERE follow excerpts from the log of the good ship Hesperian carefully com-JL JL piled and edited by members of the expedition in heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for the loyal and devoted service of the Western Era Travels Inc. in making it a success. DEDICATED To the “black, gang' tv ho while we made merry on the decks spent many weary hours before the boilers, perspiring over their coal shovels and regulating thermostats. September 3. Midst the cheers of the rabble and the whistles of the police force, we weighed anchors today, leaving the murky city for foreign lands. What a send off! Mayor Greer had some special city keys made with barometers or thermometers or something on them so we can tell when there is a storm coming and be able to close the port holes in time. Eagle Scout Leonard Thresher, having achieved the position of orderly to the French fliers. Costc and Bcllontc, was permitted to present a basket of poppies to Mayor Greer in acknowledgment. Then some one blew a horn and we were off. Bon Voyage! Auf-wiedersehen! September 9. We have reached the twelve-mile limit at last. First mate Bcvcrnick reported a bad leak seven points below the starboard bow which apparently had been caused by Shrewsbury and Sammi$ throwing bottles at mice in the hold. We really were quite at loss as to what to do and the water poured in at a fearful rate ruining hundreds of cases of canned soda crackers. September 11. We arc sinking fast. Something will have to be done as Chief Engineer Everest claims we arc lost and he can do nothing, having forgotten his plumber’s tools. We could send an S. O. S. call but unfortunately none of the Radio club has a license as yet. September 19. Saved! Just as we were about to send Tozcr to unfasten the life boats, O'Hara made the supreme sacrifice. Shedding bitter tears she offered up her gum. and the leak is now completely stopped. The U. C. is planning to give her a welcome party on the morrow. September 23. Daniels and Ralph Zander have just completed pumping the water out of the hold. Shrewsbury and C ook arc still in hiding but Lester Brcslow and the vice squad will surely Ik able to seek them out. Meanwhile, radio connections have been made with station D R Y E R and the ship operators have obtained the right to send distress signals whenever they wish. September 25. Willard Addy and John Jeffery have devised a new deck game for the amusement of Mary Ives who is a bit under the weather. She insists on munching spinach continually and we have been forced to employ the vice squad to trail her about the ship. The new game is called Boot Fall and is played with butterfly nets and a wad of cotton. It is all the rage with the crew, which is continually running off at odd moments and letting the fires go out. September 25 (one bell later). We have sighted land. According to the map it is a small group of Polaris islands a few miles north of the tropic of cancer. We shall dock there on the morrow and challenge them to a game of Boot Fall. We arc dedicating a new supply of Butterfly nets. 1 114] THE HESPERIAN September 26. Wc landed today causing considerable furore on the island of Polaris, for Jack Flood, who was at the wheel, miscalculated the distance and wc ran through several docks and small craft before wc managed to stop. No one was injured but Mary Ruder-ling lost her balance and fell through a hatchway into the galley giving Chef Robb a severe shock. The natives swarmed aboard trying to sell Fuller brushes and silk hosiery. In their excitable state of mind it was easy to influence them into entering the Boot Fall tourney. Everything went fine until Mocn began inciting the crowd to throw peanuts at the players, whereupon Janet Van dc Water who was playing center became hysterical and broke her butterfly net causing the game to be called off and the natives sent home. If wc arc delayed much longer, Oswald Blixt will have to be dispatched for a detained slip. October 3. It has been raining all day. Bob Reed and a few of his cronies arc forming a ship’s dramatic company to present “The Poor Nut for no reason at all. Everybody on board has been requested to try out. Admiral Mac Miller and Vice-Admiral Mary Jane Confer will board the ship soon for a complete inspection. Kenny Swartz, Tommy James, and John Hanson arc being kept busy scrubbing down the decks in preparation, much to the disgust of Mary Johnston who is now forced to wear her rubbers every time she crosses the deck from the mess hall to the rail. October 8. Everybody seems to want to play in Bob Reed’s production of “The Poor Nut. It must be the bad weather. Reed is charging a fee of fifty cents for all chances at trying out for the lead. Mary Brennan is busy sewing a new table cloth to be used at officers’ mess when the admiral arrives. October 10. Chef Jim Robb sent in a complaint today to the effect that too many pics arc being thrown about in the mess hall. The vice squad refuses to remedy the situation and wc shall probably have to call out the U. C. October 12. Slight disturbance today. Laura James caught her foot in a sail and fell overboard and became tangled in the propeller. It was an hour before Tozer anti Pat Sawyer could drag her up and in the disturbance the maps were lost. No one can remember which direction is north anti the sun is behind a cloud. October 13. Fred Grady discovered Walfrcd Erickson reading a joke book by Williams behind a piano case in the forward hatch. The vice squad has put the offender in chains. The good ship I lesperian is disgraced for the first time, and Bunnic Boice and Marion McCulloch spent the entire afternoon draping the masts and sails with black ribbons. The maps are still undiscovered and we can make no headway as one wave looks just exactly like another. October 17. Scout Loren Lindquist was observed early this morning scrutinizing the main mast through a magnifying lens. Wc were all astounded when he informed us that a goodly quantity of moss was growing on one side, which of course must be north. The maps were found today by Howard Shaw who tripped over them as he was running up and down the corridors for exercise. However, after the remarkable discovery of scout Lindquist wc find no further need for the maps so they were thrown overboard to avoid the customs fee. October 19. Wc have been forced to release Walfrcd Erickson as he screamed so loud after dark that Anne Ridings had nightmares and attempted to balance herself on the rail in her sleep. He now wanders about the decks morosely and threatens to have his revenge by publishing a ship newspaper. October 23. Plans for green and white blow out continue. Mildred Forster and Elizabeth Klein have volunteered to cut out paper doilies for the occasion and Helen Dae Hcp- [ I15J THE HESPERIAN per agreed after considerable jxrrsuasion to make some | otato salad. If the moon comes out and it doesn’t rain the affair will be tomorrow night. October 24. The banquet was a great success until Alvah Libbey burst in just after Robb’s special turtle soup a la chicken had been successfully consumed, and declared he had seen a whale five points off the Starboard bow. Anne Avery fainted, and it took a quart of ice cream to bring her back. November 7. During the past week we have been amusing ourselves with jig-saw puzzles. Victoria Lewis and Marlys Rickc arc the only ones who seem able to complete one. They will be awarded titles tonight in the form of Dictatorian and Anti-Dictatorian. November 21. Forrest Michaclson uncovered a stowaway in a cracker box, but he was so completely covered with cracker crumbs that he was unrecognizable. All the common people gathered together on the bridge today to hear Eddie Guest deliver a morality address over the radio. December 5. We pulled the stowaway out of his box today and after dipping him in the brine several times to dilute the cracker crumbs we discovered him to be Mac Miller, the admiral, who had been subsisting all this time on crackers so that he could travel incognito. December 12. The admiral left very suddenly this morning. The reason is unknown but Edward Adelshcim suspects it is cither because of Mary Brennan’s embroidered tablecloth or “The Poor Nut.” Meanwhile, there are rumors of a mutiny and the fourth mate, Bob Dixon is setting up machine guns in the crow’s nest. December 19. The mutiny is a fact. John Laivcll, ship barber, and Jack O’Connor who plays the drum in the Little German Band, reported this morning that neither they nor their classmates would stand any more of Chef Robb’s French pastry. They stated that if it became necessary they would make use of all the ship's life boats. January 14. All efforts to prevent the mutiny have proved of no avail. Last night John Laivcll threw a rock with a note tied to it, into the galley, striking Bill Mather on the head. Jane Levin and Rebekah Kenney refused to peel any more potatoes after the incident. The note which was written in shorthand was promptly burned. January 16. The dire deed took place today. Immediately following a program on the promenade deck. Jack O’Brien arose ami lieat his drum and recited Gunga Din. This was evidently a signal, for immediately all the passengers of the Senior section. Block “A,” began shrieking war whoops and after disguising themselves with vegetables and table cloths, which were apparently to be used later as provisions, they leaped into the boats and disappeared into the night. January 30. Laird has spent the entire week in cheering up Jane Yerxa and Ada Shaw who do nothing but stare out at the sunset until the mosquitoes become too thick. Today Bob Mostue threw an orange at Cy Barnum as he was giving his “Hunchback” act on the ship stage. Cy became temperamental and the play had to be abandoned. First mate Bcvcrnick is planning to take a correspondence course in “How to be a Sailor.” Later he will join the navy if they will agree to make a few alterations in the uniform. March 18. We sighted land today but it is still a long way off. A fleet of dirigibles passed overhead and dropped a note stating that we were headed in the wrong direction. At this rate it will be some time before we hit the home port. (Eleven bells later) A dreadful catastrophe has just taken place. Charles Bernhard stubbed his toe and tipped over the last bottle of ink on board. Anne Lajoie refuses to donate her fountain pen, so the log of the good ship Hesperian will have to be discontinued herewith. I H6J THE HESPERIAN Official Board of Education Customs Report (J ECORDED and issued to passengers, crew and sundry aboard the liner, Hes-j£ perian, at the jx rt of departure on the moment of return, containing herein complete and unabridged list of added properties, souvenirs, trinkets, etc., on which by royal decree of Article XXCV, Sec. VIX, of the official Constitution of the B. of E., a duty must be levied. Henry Knoblauch Patrick Duffy Stanley Eddy James Shea William Rawitzer B. of E. Customs Official - Active Assistants Hip Pocket Expert Value Over $500 Contained in a blue steamer trunk with red handles, one handle slightly worn. Owner, W. H. Dauber. Address. l.ost in the Mail. I. 1 pkg. Swiss Colored Crayons. II. 2 Ixxtlcs of liquid paint (mixture of orange and pale green). III. Half portrait of Mussolini (other half being advertised for). IV. 76 boxes of Peter’s Chocolates. Value Over $400 Contained in a black satchel wrapped in newspapers with rubber bands. Owner, W. H. Madrigal, address same as Messrs. Dauber. I. 19 copies, “Hymns for Changing Voices, written in key of “G. II. 2 organ pipes, gilded and polished. III. 80 copies of the Austrian song hit “Auch Du Wirst Mich Einmal Bctrucgcn.” IV. 1 player piano with removable castors. Value Over $300 Contained in a cardboard suit box with leather false bottoms and a lingering odor of Italian raviolas. General property of the organization known as the CXC. I. Two detained slips with much erased dates. II. Twenty-three slightly worn yellow slips. III. Five perfect alibis, typed and indexed. Of Doubtful Value Found on and about the aged and stooped Ixxlics of the passengers and on board deck. I. 22 post cards addressed to feminine names bearing the message, “Having a wonderful time, weather marvelous, wish you was here. II. 25 testimonial letters from former passengers urging the travelers to keep up their courage. III. Letters from passengers to potential ones already on the good ship, Jefferson telling them what a fine journey it was. IV. 56 sayings with moral value given by crew members to passengers. V. 123 slang terms picked up on deck. VI. Much-chewed gum found on suitcases, deck chairs, etc. I H7 I THE HESPERIAN Autographs THE HESPERIAN HESPERIAN STAFF FRED SAMMIS...................................Editor-in-Chicf DORIS McFERRAN......................................Co-editor WALLACE ANDERSON .... 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