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The Polytechnic Journal

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EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE

California Polytechnic School S.\~ [XIS OBISPO, C.\L1FORI\I \

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FACULTY

M~ MAROARET H. CHASE. k.tirlI~-t

CAPT. J C. DEUEl

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C. E. KNOTT

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MRS. E. A. HOYT

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.JOURNAL STA~'F

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FRlD LOUIS a5VCRTlt HALO.......- - ... RUDOLPH REICH Ed..

HUIIERT PATCHETT DONAlD FULWIDER .5lIE OlDHAMM U<y .......'"""'"

MAROARET YORD OEOROE CROVEll FAY RCUGEOTC reub.1JOn ~ T"".

ARTHUR CALL MIJJ CHASE Mr. PREUSS PRfSCon REED School Calend3r Ad.~r ,M"" .....

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SMALL STUDENT BODY OF 1923-24

The Journal of 1923·2-+ is somewhat smaller than former Journals; the Stu­dent body of 1923·2+ is smaller than that of the preceding year. The stu­dent body ::md Journal of this yea~

may have many defects, but they have at least no cause to be ashamed of their red uced si ze.

The elimination of the household arts and commercial courses has neces­sarily resulted in a smaller student body and the new requirement of a year of high school work has prevented the ('1\­

tfance of many students who planned to be at school this year. Last year gen· eral science was required, but as it is nO[ taught in the first year in all high schools the entrance requirements have been changed, and next year will consist of first year algebra, English and any othcr academic subject.

The new requirements for entrance, however, have given us a more maturt group of entering students and a stu­dent body whose members know for what vocations they want to be trained and appreciate tt)e opportunities of­fert~d them here. .\lany of the students that arc entering now have been out of school for several years. Students of

this type are here to learn their life trade, because they realize their situa· tion and the opportunity that is offered them at this school.

The average agc of our students is now eighteen years and four months, and forty-one per cent of the students arc nineteen years of age or over.

The student that enters may get th~

training he needs in whatever line {If

course he desires, in agriculture, me­chanics, electricity and printing.

\Vith a smaller student body, we have, naturally, a smaller Journal, as many of the organizations and depart­ments have been cut out on account of lack of funds. Our bi.weekly paper, the Polygram, has sustained its standard splendidly, but an annual is naturally a record of the year's activities, involves great expense, and suffers a greater handicap from decreased numbers and funds.

The members of the Journal staff ap­preciate the cordial support they have received from the student body. Th~y

hope that this small annual may serve to remind its members and thei r friends of the many associations of a very pleasant and very profitable year.

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eniO~5 RllOOLPH REICH King City

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S~nior Presidmt. '24. Dormitory Presid~nt. '24. Ag. Vic~-Presidtnt. '24. Block "p" S«retaf). '24. Football, '22. '23. '24. Journal, '22, '23. '24. Editor Journal, '24. First Lieutenant. Donnitof)' Club, '21. '22, '23. '24. Agriculture Club. '21. '22, '23. '24. Block "p" Club, '23, '24. Student Affairs, '24.

VIRGIL E. \VIMMER Paso Robles "R"id" hi, mo,lltt, tlltu ;. alii, ••, llral

.."dirl/a"d. hi. n",;I,x '1II1url,"

Tracie, '21, '22, '23. Vice·President S<'niors, '24. Vice-President Block "p", '24. First Sarge:lIlt, '23. Pres. ~1«:hanil'S Assn. First Semester, '24. "OfficC'r 666", '22. Glee Club. '21.

DOROTIIY J\lILLER San Luis Obispo "I), Iltr hOG'ltd'!, find I", Jigni",I", i, ....0001";

M,l/li"J" ,11t'1 br Q ;olitirin"."

CI:\!tS Secret:lry, '22, '2~.

Am:lpola Treasurer, '22. Journ:l!. '22. Polrgram. '2~, Basebal1, '21. '22, '23. Baslt'tball. '21. '22, '23. Tennis, '21, '22. Circle "P" Club. '23. Glee Club. '21. '22. "Tailor ~Iade ~Ian". '23. "Sc\'cn KC')' to Baldpate", '2~.

BERNHARDT PRECSS San Luis Obispo "8, Ai, ."'tfrlflIU " ,1I.1f b.u IIi.... "Tailor ~rade ~lan". '23. Fim LiC'utcnant Company "B", '24. Pol) gram, '2+. "Sc\'en Ke}'s to BaldpatC''', '24. TrC:lSurcr Senior Class, '24.

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b/••J ~A•••11 .d""," FO<llball, '22. '23. Ita tt'tball, '22. '23. '24. "OfficC'r 666", '22. POIHtranl. '22. '23. Captain B:t~kctba1t, Ra.;,eball. '23. \thlctic Committee', '23. • Prt"idcnt Block "P". '23, Prc~ident Junior class, '23. Student .\frair..., '23. '2~.

Prt'~idcnt :\lechanic~ A"scICi:ltion, '2-1-, Scrj;canr ~Iajor.

Bl'RTOX BL';'\'IlY San Luis Obispo "IIi, h;I/.,., ",.., J. If,' .tIf• .:', 1\''''' In, h, v:/U

" .i,It/-IUi..:It, I''''' Ill' ", cn, II "".lIt nt·br" b.i/ v:, .11 ,,,/I,J hi", ' ,,,,-It'."

Ha....cethall, '22. '23, '24. Tnck. '22, '23. \' ict'- Pr~id('nt :\ lechania:. fu.;()Cialion, '24. Captain. Compam U. '24. "SM" K,,> '0 H,ld"",,·. ·Z-I. W:u-.on\ iIle' High. '21.

A \ERY CLD1EXTS Pasadena "II, .,.J "il ,."or"d, ""til 4nl'/' t::ilf "lit

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~1()nr(J\ia High School, '20, '21. ~. P. S., '21, '22. '23, '2-+. ;\I«hanic~ .A~~iation, '23, '2-+, Drum ~Iajor. '2-+. J)orll1itor} Club, '21. '22, '23, '2+.

\\'Il.LI.UI CORBI;".' San Luis Obispo "fI, ItaJ sui,"" 11"'/ " ..ournud, "it ,or"" ,ION

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Journal, '2-+. Girt" Cluh, '20, '21, '22, '23. Orchc<;lra, '20, '21. '22, '23. Band. '21, '22, '2.3. lJu~l(' COrl);;, '23. "Officer 666", '22. ":\Ii~ Ch('rDbl~m" '23. "S('\('n K~", to Baldpatc", '1-+. Sccond Licutcnant '2-+. Studcnt Affairs, '2-+. Poh gram, '23. l::ditor of Pol}gram, '2-+.

R. L. DIEFE"DERFER S. Pasadena "O"r ,.",t "",.;,i"l ,/'i,'. OJ II ,.1111 lI~r"-

4bl, 4"d I'''''''U "4t"r,:' Sa:. A~riculturr A~iation. '22, '23, '2~.

St'c. and Tr(':lS. Dorll1iton Cluh. '22, '23. Sccond Lit'utcnant, '2-+. • Track. '21. '22, '23, '2~.

Glee Club, '21, '22, '23.

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Arroyo Grande "fI, ow/u 'i"i" "lid ~",It" "'JI'~"I. WI' ,hi,,! II' '''I Ii.llllill/U." Trad:, '21. '24. Trt'a~urt'r ,\~. Cluh. '23. ·2.... Ha."kt'tb:l.lI. '23. FQotball. '24-. Ila-.t'b:all. '24. FiN :-)l'q::C:lOt. '24.

ERXEST I-lODGES Lompoc "TAil ...rlJ ;1 /,,11 _/ It""illnl, ~"y ""...t

Iflf i.J " til 1 J.I 0J,i." .. ;, hi, ,,,.,(,, IIUtl."

Football. '21. 'Zt '14. Trc:NITcr '\J:ricuhufC Club. '22. "icC'-Prc";tlcnt Al::ricuhurr Club. '23. Pr~idt'nt AJ!;rciulturc Club. '24. Pohgram. '24. Fi,..,t Lieutrn3flt. "Officcr 666", '22. "Tallor ,\Iade :\1:111", '13. "Sr\'cn Ke'~" to Baldpatc", '24. \'ic('·Prt"idl'nt Oormitflr~ Club. ·U.

ALI ..\:': .\IORI Atascadero •. I , ••d 1..,i"1 f.J .. I"rar." ., IIil '.IUJlN'­

i." "'f' nllf h,,,, 'P,n,no'," nand. '21, '22, '23. • Glt't' Club. '21, '22. Orch ,tra, '22, '23. Journal, '22, '23. Bugle Serge'lIIt. '23, '2..j.. \'ice·Pre;ident Junior Cla!t~, '23. Sc~·.·Trt"a",. l\ltth:llliL's A:-''o(J(iation. '2+.

IltlliERT P.\TCI-IETT San Luis Obispo "TIlt lulur, ltulJI n 9"'" pi"" lor Mm: I" iJ

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Vice·Presidclll SOllh!i Cla~s. '22. lJa_lcethall, '23, '2..j.. Journal. '23. '2-4. Football. '2-4. Ua....cball. '2-4. Track, '2·t i\lech'lni<."S A'>SOCiatioo, '23, '2..,.. "Tailllr i\bde ,\lao", '23. "St"\en Kev", to 8aldpate", '2..,.. :\hjor Cadet Corp". '2..,.. Student Affai ..... '2-4. Drum :\Iajor Bugle Cor"". '23.

ERXEST P..\TCIIE1T San Luis Obispo ",1 .;,111:1 ttl .." " It,:' Foothall, '23. ',,u. 8a~ketbalJ. '23, '2-4. Track, '23. 83Sol!hall, '2-4. Journal, '23, Poln::ram, '23, '24. "Senm Ke}~ to Baldpate", '2-4, ,\Iechanics Association, :\lembe:r Athletic Committ«:.

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JOII~~IE C.\RROLI. San Luis Obispo

Hl\ROUJ TRUESDALE San Luis Obispo "/I, .I/tl jjJ ",.J til hiJ b,..i,u ,"UJ. I" J,ie-tl

".ill <e:;illt iI,"

"Tailor Madt: ~Ian". '23. "Scven Keys to Baldpate", '24. First Lieutenant (Adjutant), '24. 1\fechanics Associ:uion.

F-w ROl:GWr San Luis Obispo

i\1«h:miL,!; As,;,ocialion. Football, '23, '24. Haseball, '23, '2·t 8asketball. '23. '24. First Lieutentnl (l\djulullt). '23.

LEO~ GAY ~Icxico

"//, ,ltnll b, In, l',oiJ",t,./ M,,,,;,, ,,"', day."

i\lechanit~ A">IOCintion.

"S/', ',Ii,,,,'''' ,,,., ,i/nu i, ,./ti,.... GI« Club, '21. '23. Pianist, '22. Baseball. '21. '22. '23. Captain, '23. Treasurer Am2pola Oub. '23. "ru~urtr Sophomore Class. '22. Secret:lf}- Comrnudal Club, '22. Pollgram staff. '22, '23. Basltttball. '23. Circle "p" Presidc:nt. '22. Secrel:lr) Junior Class, '23. Secretan' Amapola Club, '23. "~Iiss Cherr)"blossom", '23. President Amapola Club. '24. Student Albir.;, '24. President Commucial Oub. '23. Journal, '24.

San Diego "11, ""d tiny,. ...·.,.ry.j.r hi, 'Ii,,,'. ~ill ,.!,

II"" ."yu:I"r,."

Baseball. ·2.J. San Dil."go High, '22, '23.

]. URQUISO ~ lexico City "IIi, IU(JIlIl Ir",blll w,,, ,id,:' IJnseb:ul, '22, '23. "Officer 666".

CLASS HISTORY

There comcs a time in every stu­dent's life when he must leave school; sometimes he graduates, sometimes he does not. The time has come for the faithful students of the Class of '2+ to graduate. \Vhen we leave we are leaving with heavy hearts-hearts heavy because we must leave, and yet glad, glad that the world has a place waiting for us and glad that we are able to lea\'e a record behind that will stamp us as one of the most renowned

classes that has ever had the oppor· tunity of graduating from our famous old institution.

\Ve sincerely hope that the future classes may meet with as much success as we have met with,

If, while looking over this short sketch, our dear readers are able to profit by reading of our past experi· ences, I am glad, for, after all, history is only written so that we may profit by what we learn from past events.

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'~'hen the class of 192+ entered Poly in the fall of 1920 we must admit that we were a green bunch. However, in October, we organized and elected our class officers. Before the school year was over we were recognized for OUf

energy and our generosity, for we out­did all of the other classes in raising funds for the Red Cross and European Relief Fund.

The closing of the first year found us eager for the next year to begin so that we might use some water un the Class of '25.

On September 27, the Class of 124­was again called together1 but this time we were Sophomores. rn the en­suing year we led in the sale of Christ­mas seals and in the Ncar East Relief work. Helen Rutherford acted as OUf

guiding pilot through this year and she did it very nobly. The class as a whole piloted the bunch of awkward Frosh that stampeded the ground on Septem­ber II} and desen'e much credit for the fine class they succeeded in making of them.

On September 12, 1922, we became the Junior Class. .

At thi s ti me we annexed a new mem­ber to our class. 'Nho else could it be but our old blond hero from Mon­tana, Douglas Annin, himself? Doug­las, of course, became our president. ) n this year we were decided leaders in school activities and showed up very well in athletics. The outstanding social function of the year was the Junior-Senior banquet which wc held at Pismo Inn May 31.

Of course, we must mcntion the.J un· ior ditch day for this was an entirely original idea. We Il)otored to Morro Beach on the afternoon of May 20 and

enjoycd ourselves to the utmost. 'Ve were possibly at the height of

our glory this year when we won the inter~c1ass meet from the Seniors by taking the relay.

At this time we began to take a grc~lt

deal of pride in our reputation. At last, after the summer vacation

was over and the ncw year begun, we returned once morc, this time to be­comc what we had striven to become for three long years-Seniors.

But this time when we returned we were reduced in marc than one way. The class itself had become smaller, the school had been hit hard in its bi­ennial budget, thc faculty had been re· duced. The girls' department had been removed and we had no gi rls at school any more. But! Lu, who would believe it; we got started, elected Rudy Reich as our President, had Miss Chase for our Counselor} and things began to move. \Vc found room for some of the girls and they returned. As a mi rade, the great old Poly fight returned and things again hummed.

The happenings of our splendid Senior year have been so many and varied that 1 will not attempt to even mention them. Of course, we must mention the Senior ditch-day which was held at Pismo Beach, the swim. the cats} and the story that Miss Chase told us about how one time she had swum through a school of sharks with­out receiving a scratch.

And now it is hard for us to think of leaving. But we leave with the thought that these have been four of the most successful years that we could possibly have had.

Now our history, up to this time} must come to an end.

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CLASS PROPHECY

\\'hen )'OU undertake the writing of :l prophecy of a person, class or organ­iz:ttion with a dark past. it is a task quite easily accomplished, but when you start writing of onc with such a brilliant past as th~( of the Class '}~

'2+. it is a quite different matter. Thirty years after my graduatifm

from Poly, during which time I h:J.tI many times wondcrt-d if by chance (\1 good fortune I would evcr knnw ju::t what became of all my pals of school days, I stumbled on the opportunity when I met A\'cry Clements who was then president of the Pacific Coast Chemical Co. Soon after we met, con­\'crsation drifted to our famou~ daiS and as the e\'ening progressed. we took oath over the glasses of prnhiblfiol1 beverage that ere we should be en· gulfed by the great fog forever, we would account for every member of this famous class.

The first surprise was soon forth­coming, for on the nameplate of the aeroplane we had ordered for our jour~

ncy was rhe trade-mark of the \Vimmer Aeroplane Corporation. I nvestiga­tion unearthed the fact that after spending a few years in c:'I.pcrimcnting in the walnut orchard on their father's ranch they had formed a corporation and wcre now producing a largc per­centage of the country's air vehicles.

Spirited by this success we sailed out over the Golden Gate the ne:'l.l mllrn­ing and were soon in Los Angeks. Plans for our trip were being formed. so we went [() the officc of the Stand­ard Oil Company to obtain some air routc maps. Surprise number two came when we noticed the handle of one of our classmates on the door of

the private office, and after presenting our paste to a blonde stenographer were admitted and welcomed by Alb" ~It)ri. ""c learned from him th,1[ af­ter directing the activities of the company in many coulltries he had ae· cepted the presidency of this company and was directing all work in the ""est.

Our nc\t jump was to EI Paso, Tex. "'c were awakened the morning fol­lowing our arri\-,ll by a newsboy's cries of "E\tra, E\tra." .\\'Cry purchased a paper and \\"l; read the act:ount of how a Irme rang:..:r had l:aptured a band of outI.lWS who had b;;en terrorizing Te\as with their bloody deeds. "'hen we emerg~d from our hotel wc encoun­tered a crowd b::aring the hero we had read about, and it took cold watt;:r to revive us when we discovered that it was no other than R. Legrand Diefen­derfer. "'hen we nnally got him alone he rclated his e.\pericnces and we learned that he had been govcrnor of Te.\as, but had gi ven this up for a ca­reer of c\citement and so was in charge of the Te\as Rangers.

From El Paso we went to Chicago where we haunted telephone dircl:lOr· ies trying to gather information of our other classmates. After almost decid· ing to give it up, ,h'cry noticed in the socicly column of the Chicago Trib­une an announcement of the coming. out party of a \1iss Oldham and it dawned on us that Illa)be it W:IS a good tip as we remembered the aspirations of one of our class, \Iiss Dorothy .\Iil ­Icr to b::: \Irs. Oldham. After being led to a fashionable Lakeside mansion, we found our victim and got the story of her husband'ii pnJsperity and her climb to society's limit.

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New York, our next stop, ncttcd a peculiar happening. \Vc had almost given up finding anyone, but had de­cided to take in the sights as oppor­tunity presented and our first exploit took us to the \'\'oolworth rower. '""hi Ie going up in the elevator, L remarked to Avery about Hubert Patchett's weakness for elevators. The elevator boy overheard us and informed us that a Hubert Patchen had an office 011 the ninety-second floor. \Vhen we arrived, we were greeted by the sign on rhe door, "Up and Down \\'orkmcn's As­sociation." \Vc went in and found H ubic1 who told us of the weakness in his heart for elevator boys and his or­ganization of a union with himself as president. He now held a key [Q every elevator shaft in rhe country. Hubert also informed us that the great me· tropolis also held another of our class who was a wealthy real estate dcaler and had recently handlcd a big deal inVOlving Coney Island. In our search for the oOlccs of this company we heard it rumored that they had a record for having sold the Statue of Libcrty the most times to western farmers, but Curly Sinclair, the presi. dent, denied it.

From ~e\V York we decided to go south, as we knew that the strains of the stringed instruments had probably claimed someone we knew and dark girls were a class specialty. i\lanilla , our first stoP, netted us two noteworthy characters in Leon Gay and J. Urquiso, who were spending a well earned va­cation after their completion of the rebuilding of Mexico. From them we learned that i\lcxico now led the world in wcalth and controlled a big portion of South Amcrica.

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From 1\bnilla wc hopped ofT for Europe, but two days out motor trou­ble overtook us and we wcre forced down on a desert island. \Vhen we landed on the beach the natives took to their heels and soon rCLUrned with a suspiciolls looking character clad in robes. TIis hai r was long and it was plain that the tropical clements had wrought ha\"oc with the once while skin. After some hesitation this strange gentleman came (lut and asked if he could be of assistance to us. \Vhen convcrsatiun drifted to the States, we learned that he had been educated at Poly and then we recognized him as Harold Truesdale. I Ie explained that he was medicinc man and spiritual adviser for the nati\,cs and had given up a brilliant career as a lawyer b~·

cause of a broken love affair which tcr­minated in his taking up missionary work and coming to the Islands.

\\'e also learned that another of our members was paying his debt to his ;\Jakcr by doing what he could for the uncivilized natives. namely, John Car­foil. He engineered the bridging of San Francisco b3.y and was the origi­nator of the idea of the subway under the Atlantic Ocean, which is now al­most completed, tl) connect New York with London. His romantic calling, howcvcr, had lured him from famc into the dark unexplored island where he might wQrk to benefit thc unheard of races.

Having put our steed in shape, we winged it On our way with a firm promise to bring Harold a \Vhizz Bang Annual on our return trip.

Soon after we lust sight of the islands, Our compass fell overboard with the result that we were soon drift­

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iog hopelessly with an undetermined landing place. Lady Luck gave us another thrill when we nose-dived to­ward Terra Fronio directly in front of the palace of the King of Siam. \Vc climbed out and wcrc arrested and hauled before his honor the king for stunting too close to the palatial man· sian. Before passing sentence, he called in the minister of foreign af­fairs and to our surprise Bunon Bundy greeted us. His story ran into romance. He had'been resting a few days at Monte Carlo, spending part of the for· tune he had accumulated speculating in the market when he fell in love with the king's auburn haired daughter and after they had been forgiven for e1op· ing, the king put Awk in charge of foreign affairs.

\Ve followed our newly installed compass from Siam [0 Europe where we had already heard of the exploits of the former leader of our class, the present president of Russia. The sec­ond llTrotzky" greeted us and wc were presented with the key to the country with the sky as the limit. Explana­tion proved that Rudy's reign was the 'nth degree in efficiency. \Ve then whistled out over the mountains to China.

In China, the former Poly Ag As­sociation had proved beyond any doubt that the old adage still held which said

that e\'cry crevice holds its gold for they had culti\'ated China, making it one of the three leading countries in products of the soil, building up a world-wide reputation and wealth be· yond their fondest dreams. After a few days spent with this famous trio, Hodgcs, Hammond and Preuss, we once morc cleared the pinnacles back to France and gay Paris.

\Vhile enjoying the pastimcs of this gay village we aucnded the leading theatre where a famous composer and musician, with his orchestra, was to entertain. I t was a pleasant surprise when one of our classmates was intro­duced under an assumed nam::. \Vhen we encountered him after the per­formance, Bill told us that Corbin sounded too much like a bicycle or :I.

watch so he had become a French count to gain laurels untold in the realm of music.

From France we came back to the U. . A., pleased with out e~ploits and proud of our classmates. Avery took his old position and I left for i\lontana thc land of wool and rattlesnakes. A short tim:: later. the last mcmber of our class, Ernest Patchett, was ac­counted for in our own country where he had gained untold fame with his storics of love and youth only to cover his nam:: by signing as liThe :\tarvcl."

DOL'GL\S H. A:\:\'I~, '2....

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CLASS WILL

\\'e, the Senior Class of nincteen hundred and twenty-four, in a sincere and solemn way do hereby will and be­queath as follows:

It \ViJliam Sinclair, lea\"c my beau­tiful curly hair to Rosalind Venema, sincerely believing that Douglas will appreciate it very much.

I, Hubert Patchett, will my military abilities to "'alter Lumley, knowing that he will make good use of them in the future.

I, Douglas Annin, at this time give my invigorating Greek God pose to

Don Fulwider. 11 Ernest Patchett. IC3\'e my ability

for composing wild love 11ks 10 the Honorable :\Ir. ChurchilL

I, Burton Bundy. give my harmoni­ous laugh to Earl :\Iiller.

't Dorothy ~tillcr, will and be­queath my pleasing disposition to Rae ~layhall.

11 R. L. Diefenderfer, leave my will ­ingness to lend money to any who desire fhat quality.

I, RudulphRcich, having an abun­dance uf abilities, will gladly leave any onc of thcm to whoever wants it.

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I, Virgil \\'immer. will my curious disposition to George Crowell.

I, Bernhardt Preuss, leave my win­ning ways with the girls to Attilio BrovclJi.

I, Fay Rougeot, looking ,'cry strongly toward the future. leave my moral support to those who feel down­cast.

f, Avery Clements, leave myoid motorcyclc to Raymond Bailey.

I, Jack Hammond, give my athletic abilities to Ouo Grocnveld.

J. Harold Truesdale, will my un­usual dance step to Carlos Bacmeister.

I, J. L1 rquizo, being glad to get rid of it, leave my weakncss for girls to Allen Stafford.

f, Leon Gay, givc my snappy black eyes to Bellc Tomasini.

I, Johnnie Carroll, having finished invcnting a new muffler for my Ford, am hereby leaving my invcntive abil ­ities to Fred Luuis.

I, Ernest Hodges, do vcry willingly leave somc of my plumpness to Fred Flugger.

I, \Villial1l Corbin, leave my musi­cal efforts to Birger :'\Iartinscn.

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The b.:gllllling of the schunl year 1923-192.... saw many chilngcs in our faculty and routine of work due to the deficiency in funds allowed by the recent budget.

\liss Jordan has charge of the ll1~llh­cmaries department. following \1 r. \\'illiams who had ch3rg~ last year. .\Jiss Chase look third year English and a class in Ancient and ;\Iedicval History. \Vhen she became acting president in J:1I1uary. her classes w.:rc taken by .\Irs. Hoyt. Dr. \\'ilder, b:­sides rcaching in the electric shop. has added d fa hi ng. .\ I r. Perozzi has forge and carpentry. \lr. O'Donnell, who is a new mcmb:.:r of the faculry.

• is tcaching L'. S. Ilistory and Civics. Captain Deuel is in charge of the Li­brary and drill. \liss Greenwood and .\1 r. E. Atkinson have laken the place of the former office force..\Ir. Preuss is now in charge o( Ihe print shop. hav­ing taken :\Ir. Davis's place the middle o( :\13rch.

Ahhnugh the Commercial and Ilousehoid Arts courses have been diminatcd by the new budget, se\'eral of the gi rls have returned to take the printing course.

The Freshman reception opened the

year (or the m:I.OY social gatherings that thc students havc enjoyed.

On ()cwb~r fifth, the students as­scmbh:d on Fremont heights where they proceeded in the usual football s_rpentine through the principal busi­ness streets of 5an Luis Obispo. At its conclusion they reassembled on the heights and carried out the rest of the program in the light of a bonfire.

On ~"!o\'(:mber first, Poly's Labor Day was observed in a very practical way by laying gas mains and roads (()r s~rvice for the various shops. The girls s~rved refreshments and after work waS finished Ihey presented a very interesting play entitled "Aunt :\Iaggie's \\'ill," which was greatly enjoyed.

The Christmas party, given by Block "p" Club at the dining hall on Decem­ber thirteenth, was enjoyed by everyone present. :\Iuch merriment was crluso.::d upon opening the various gifts prm·ic.­ed by the students and (acuity.

On January twenty·fifth, :\Ir. Ric­ciardi. to our great sorrow, ga\'e us his farewell talk. The student body pre­sented him with a complete golf outfit in appreciation o( his efforts in behalf of the school. The Student Affai rs

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Committee and the faculty presented :\Ir. Ricciardi with resolutions ex· pressing their appreciation of his work.

On ;\tarch twelhh all enjoyed a bar­b=cuc given by the Ags. Although there seemed to be a good deal of com­petition as to who would eal the mOSt,

\Valter Lumley outclassed everybody present. There was plenty and nobody seemed to suffer any ill effects.

The usual ;\Iay Day picnic was held on the beach at the mouth of Toro

Creek. The day was spent in games in which the various classes and stu­dents participated. In the morning there was a very close game of baseball between the Dorm and Town compan­ies which ended in the Dorm com­pany's favor with a score of 6-5. Next came luncheon which no doubt was en­joyed by all, but morc especially by those who were fond of onions. The interclass trackmeet held in the after· noon was won by the Seniors.

CALENDAR

&pt. I{)'-&:hool 0lXn~ for thr rra~. II-Foolb:lll 5e:bOn begins. 17-Juniors organizr for thc rcar.

SrnioN tir"1 class m«ting. Dorm Club organizC"S.

IS-Fim Frrshm:\O m~ting.

21-First m«ting of Sophomore dass held.

Freshman reccption. Oct. i-Dorm Club mrcts.

lJig rail} hrld on Fr(mont hc:~hB. Athlrtic members of S. A. C. dected

~Poh loses to Santa Barbam 'J'rachcN' Collrgr. 2Q.6.

l\lrchani<.'S dan..:e. 13-Pol), willS from San Mateo, 9-5. 2(I-Polr defeated b)' College of Pacific,

23-0. Sophomore dance.

25-Rally sends I)ff foot hall team. 27-Polr defeat.<; San jmr Teachers' Col­

lege, 1+-0. i\O\'. I-Poh"s Labor VaL

3-Pnl,' I()<;($ 10 Stanford Frosh, 33-0. W-Santa Barbara ddeats Pol\-, 20-IQ. II-Armiqice dar spent in Santa l\laria. Ib-Dance g;\'C~n in dining hall by Dorm

Club. 27-l)orm Club gi\'es thdr pia)' in "s;;cm­

bh. Dec. 3-School opens.

IJ-Chr;..tmas party held at dining hall. Jail. 2-Pol) ;tes return to school with their

'ew Year's r~lutions. J--8askctball and track ~ason .. o)cn. 9-Lieutenant \VateN; talks in assemblr.

I{).-,\Ir. Riccardi maltl~s trip 1(; faere­mtnlo.

I6-Poly', hiSlol)" told bl' l\lrs. Annir L. ~Iorrison in asscmbh'.

IS-Poly defeats Santa ~Ia~ia Junior College in b:l5ketball. 48-10.

Jan.

Feb.

I{)'-Poly 10S0CS from Santa 8arbara Teach­cr'" Collrge, IO-+t

25-)lr. Ricciardi gi\-rs his farcwcll talk to student bod)' in assembly.

Facult} gh'C'S barbecuc for 1\lr. Ric­ciardi.

I-Senior parr} at \V. Corbin's homr. 2-San 1\latro junior Collegr wins from

Poh, 1()"12. 5-Poly iosrs from Collegr of Pacific,

10·... 6--San Jose Teachers' Collegr defeaB

Pol}, 3+-9. 1\lemorial assrmbl)' hdd at 3 :15 in

memOT)' of thr late ex-president, \Voodrow \Vilson.

16--Poly los<s from Santa l\laria Junior College, 24---1-2.

26--Poly \ictorious over Santa l\laria Lrgion. 32-22.

27-AmallOla Club gives a VeT}' interest­ing play in assembly.

:\lar. 5-B:lscball season open~.

12-Ags gi\'rs barbecue for studenl body. Ii-Scniors give thrir annual dance. 27-Col. F. L. Munson inspects Poly's

cadets. Apr. 3-Frrshie;; gi\e thrir pia)' in assembly.

7-Poh defeat:. Cambria. baseball. 15-0. q-Teolpleloll defrats Poh', +-1.

I<J--Poh wins from Santa Maria. 7·3, 22-S:m" Luis High defeated, 2-8. 23-Arro~'0 Grande wins from Poly, 3-0. 2i-Srniors' Ditch Da}.

)Olar I-)'Ia~ Dar picnic cdebrated by thc ~tudrnb and thr f:aculty.

.3-Paso Roblrs defeats Pol~', S-3. 22-School pia\' given with great succcs.~. 26-juniorc: w\"e a liHlr pia} in asscmbl~·. 27-Junior-Senior banquet.

Junr J-Scnior class dal. 6-School closes for the }·car.

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THE BELLS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO

The birds have stilled their singing. Soft hush is creeping down;

I And the lamplighter comes with his gas·liglll torch.

Threading about the town.

Thruugh the gathering mist a bright light gleams, By the cross on Terrace 1-1 ill;

The Street lights glimmer, and the bells peal out AI the shrine where a bishop is hallowed still.

The sQunds come over the housetops, Through the calm. quiet, evening air,

As the bells of the ~lission chime again, Calling the faithful to prayer.

Peace s.:ttlcs over the city, The fog drifts quictly down.

And the Street lights gleam like pearls in the mi:;l

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I That is closing over the town.

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WANTED-A GOOD HOUSEKEEPER

"Doggone it all," shouted Uncle Nat, slapping madly at the cal wilh his wet towel, Uain't there enough mice on the farm to keep you busy 'thou I

your coming in here after the cream?" The cat made no reply, but left

hurriedly by the kitchen door. Once outside she began to lick her creamy whiskers. Inside. Uncle Nat, his usually pleasant face puckered into a dreadful scowl, talked to the old gentleman looking back at him from the little square mirror on the door. "How'd Emily evcr do it all? "'ill ye please tell me?" The old gentleman either wouldn't or couldn't, so L"ncle Nat went on.

lIJ CSt look at that clock! Did you e\'er sec the beat of it! Nearly seven an' I ain't sct down to breakfast yet. I do declare, I believe them biscuits arc burning." He rushed to the SIO\'C

:md opcning the ovcn door drew out :I.

pan of sl11:1.lI, coal bl:l.ck, bullet·like objects. III sure do miss Emily," he muttered, llnevcr did I appreciate her before. I kinda hope she don't stay to i\1ary's as long as she planned."

By the end of thc following week, llarry Todd, better known in the linle \'illagc of Cracker's ::\eck as l'ncle :\':l.t, had" 'bout reached the end of his string." as he e~presscd it. He had consumed (wo boxes of "Parker's Pepps Dyspeptic Pills" and had just advcrtised for a housekeeper. It would be worth the money, and b~sidcs

he might get some new fancy cooking.

His advertisement was answered promptly by a business-like letter writer who signed her name (:\-!iss) Grace Curtis, She sounded so confi·

dent and capable that Uncle N at wrote her to come at oncc.

A few days later he sat in the ancient carriag.:, awaiting the arrival of the train. H is clothes w~re old-fashioned, but clean i his whiskers were neatly trimmed. He tried not to feel bad about EI11'ly's leaving him, because he kne\"\' she needed the rest, and yet­weill he couldn't go on living like this.

Finally the train arrived and one lone passenger descended. In vain Cnde is" at looked for his housekeeper, But the passenger was hastening IOward him. Could that srylish young woman in the brown suit be Grace Curtis? She evidently could. She came straight forward to him and said in a clear voin, uls this i\lr. Todd ?"

l"'es."

"~I thought so. r am \liss Curtis, your new housekeeper."

She was so self-possessed that Cncle :\' at almost had a fit! He had visions of her managing him as well as the house.

Grace Curtis was an enthusiastic young domestic science graduate who firmly belicnd in herself and in Hoover. "'hen she told her chum of her inr.:ntion to answer \Ir. Todd's Jet­er that young lady was quire shocked. "But of cours~ it's just in fun, you wouldn't really go, would you?" she asked.

"Just for fun! I should think th:l.f you would know me better than th1t by this time. It is my theory that more food is wasted by poor manag~mcnt in the country farm homes than in our city hotels. I am going to start thos.:

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Cracker's Neck people on the right track. I feel it [0 be my duty."

Supper thai night was not much of an affair. As ~tiss Curtis explained, she was tired and so simply baked po­tato~s and made coffee. However, she carefully impressed it upon Uncle Nat's mind that the supper was not an ideal diet. In the morning she would start things right, having brought some city provisions for the purpose. As to !In supper, she drank hOI water. Uncle Nat looked astonished at that. but was quite silenced when she volun 4

reered the following information. liThe habit of eating because it is

meal time, whether one is hungry or nor, is, 1\ I r. Todd, the cause of most digestive disturbances and therefore general ill health. Undigested food is poisonous and when there is no physiological demand for food there is litrle digestion. Too many eat from mere force of habit, therefore over­burdening the body with food wastc, which is the prime cause of nearly all disease,"

Poor Uncle Nat smoked over his coffee and wondered what llphysiologi. cal" meant. He slept but little that night, and dreamed when he did sleep that his body was weighted down with a large can of scraps, llthereby over­burdened with wasted food."

The next morning the worst fear was realized. No sizzling of bacon or eggs greeted his cars as he came downstairs. There was no welcoming sound of the beating of pancake batter. The table was neatly set; there was evcn a vase of Aowers in the center of it. But unfamiliar food was set forth. This was your "fancy cooking."

"Those, .Mr. Todd, are bran muffins

made from health bran. They arc not only the most economical wheat bread substitute, but are heartily endorsed by all leading doctors. Pleas: be se:lt~d

and I shall bring you your dish of Vita. Vita, \ I r. Todd. is the latest, most up­to·date breakfast food. There is more nourishment in a dish of Vita than in a pound of beefsteak, half a doz~n

eggs Or a loaf of bread." All this time Grace had been mov­

ing busily about bringing Uncle 1\at's Vita from the stove and filling his coffee cup and placing two lumps of sugar on his saucer. The old gentle­man first took a spoonful of Vita. He had a hard time to keep from spitting it out. Of all Ihe unpalatable things he ever tasted this was the worSt. He hurriedly attacked a bran muffin, and found it rather dry and nearly taste­less. Helplessly he stirred the two lumps of sugar into his coffee. His usual number was four, but he dared not ask for more. H is hand closed lov­ingly around his coffee cup. Here at least was something familiar. He took a long drink. llBy gum '" he exclaimed, and i\liss Curtis whirled around from the Sf()vc.

II Don't you like postum, \ I r. Todd t' she asked. "Perhaps you simply arc not used 10 it."

"Perhaps," said Uncle Nat feebly. But gaining courage and deciding that it was now or never, he continued, "All of this," indicating the bran muffins and the Vita, "ain't very filling, \liss Curtis. Now I like somethin' T can feel nourishin' me, like buckwheat cakes."

"Oh, ~lr. Todd I" exclaimed Grace in a horrified tone. lilt's a good thing I came when I did. In no time you

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would have chronic indigestion from pumpkin pic for Sunday dinner. This such breakfasts,!> Uncle ?\':u would wonderful pic was to be made in ap­have liked to 53Y that for sixty-five proved styk. It was to be mad::: of years he had eaten juSt such break· Em'ly's dried pumpkin carefully put fasts, but 1\li55 Curtis went on. "That away in the cuphr>:trd to be used for feeling of-cr nourishing you, I the purpos:;. There appeared to b:: b:;lic:vc you said, was simply the tWO cans of it when Grace went to get weight of food waste which waS lying it, but she simply took the n~arest can in your stomach, sapping your vitality, down and us:d a lib::ral supply frolll threatening your vcry life. Now, 1 ably that was b:;calls~ it had stood so should recommend hot water for such long. a feeling. l1 At dinner L'ncle .Nat S:lt down to

But Uncle Nat had risen and hastily meat-loaf, spinach, bran, nut-bread and left by the kitchen door. postum. But the thought of pumpkin

The day went on in mllch the same pie cheered him. There it was on rhe manner. i\liss Curtis even took Uncle t:lblc. It certainly looked good. ~at's pills away and told him hot Just like Em'ly used to makc, water was much better. Shc continu4 thought Unclc ).Iat, and his eycs glis­ally found fault with lhe management tencd. \\'hen he camc to cut into it. of the farm. She was quite horrified it s:cmcd a triAc tough as to filling,

• to find that she had to skim the cream.

llReally, .\Ir. Todd, I can't under4 but he took a large bite the first time, anyway. His cxprcssion of glad all 4

stand your not buying a separator. All licipation changcd to one of surprise, up-ro-date farmcrs havc separators then wrath gleamed in his eyes. He now. Olle not only S:lVCS labor bur forgot his manners entirely, spitting providcs 3 sanitary way of c:\tracting the mouthful into the plate. Grace the cream from the milk. Dust is Curtis turned in time to sec the last bound to settle 011 pans of crcam4 movcmcnt. covered milk." "\\'hat's the mattcr, j\ I r. Todd ?"

Uncle Nat did not Stop to argue; he she inquired. "Dnn't you like your hurried oul 10 the field. pic?"

"Them sepyratcrs arc ungodly "Like my picl Young woman, Ihis things. 'Tain't right to hurry up nater has gone far enough. r can stand for that4a4way. It don't stand to reason. a good deal of your cookin' school stuff If the Lord wanted fulks to use scpy­ but not for a tannin'·bark pie. Yes, raters why did He make cream so as to that's what it is. There's a can of rise anyhow?" ground tannin'-bark lip there aside of

Grace could not make Uncle the dried pumpkin and you either mis­Nat buy a separator, but she did took one fer tother or else carried this succeed in having the watcr piped into here food stunt roo far. \\'hich cvcr the house and linoleum laid on the 'tis, r calculate that I'm going to be kitchen floor. As a reward for good chief cook around here frOI11 now on, behavior she promised ,\1 r. Todd a and you are free to git."

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"SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE"

On the night of ;\Iay 22, Poly pre­sented, at the Elmo Theater, the play "Seven Keys to Baldpate." This was a mystery piaYI an e\ceedingly "heavy" one. The manner in which it was presented, however, was vcry com­mendable and would have done credit to professionals.

Hub:rt Patchen. as ~Iagec, lhe novelist, I11Ust deservedly be given first honors. He had a long, hard part and, to say the Icast, did exceedingly fine work.

Rosalind Venema, as :\Iyra Thorn­hill, the lady crook, must be conceded first place among the female leads. Iler part took real acting and mOfC

than once she made the audience gasp from sheer admiration of her dramatic ability.

The work of the others of the cast was of such uniformly high character that it would be hard indeed to pick out anyone outstanding player except possibly in the case of 'Valter Lumley, who took the part of :\1 ax, the ex­convict. This part was a very haret one to portray, but Lumley did ex­ceedingly well in it.

Burton Bundy, as Quimby, the care­taker, portrayed the part of the old mountaineer in a manner very typil:al.

t\largaret \Vord, as i\lrs. Quimby, was a motherly old soul and her acting was excellent. This was not a great surprise, however, for her unusual ability on the stage is well known.

Bernhardt Preuss, as Bland, was about as handsome a villian as any girl could desire. "Ben sure did swell" was a comment that aptly described his work.

Dorothy ;\1iller, as :\ Iary Norton, the newspaper reporter, demonstrated clearly that she is an actress of no me3.n ability and versatility. She had a hard part and came through with wlors flying.

Belle Tomasini. as :\ I rs. Rhodes, the merry widow. waS positively stunning. Her part was rather emotional but Belle portrayed it in a manner that bespoke a really artistic temperament.

Harold Truesdale, as Peters. the hermit, got a lion's share of the ap· plausc, and deservedly so, for he did e\'crything C-\pectcd of him and more.

Leslie Oldham, as Cargan, the crooked mayor, was the rccipient of much favorable comment. He fitted into his part e.\ceedingly well and this coupled with the fact that he has great native ability in dramatics, enabled him to do fine work.

Too much cannot be said of the man­ner in which Ernest Hodges, chief of the police, carried through his part. It was largely his snap and punch that llmadc" the second acr.

Ernest Patchett, as Hayden, the rail­way president, also received much favorable comment on his work which wus of very high character.

'Villiam Corbin, as Bentley, the owner of Baldpate Inn, took his part in a very praiseworthy manner and deserved a much "heavier" part than the one he took in this production.

Virgil \Vimmer and Donal'd Eveleth, the policemen, were efficient and conscientious enough to satisfy even the redoubtable Kennedy,

The play was directed by \V. J. Duddleson and great credit is due him,

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Elcetric Shop No.1 Electric Shop No.2 Forge Machine Shop

Auto Shop No. 1 Auto ShOll No.2

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1I1\'lr. Todd," began Grace, Bit shows Uncle Nat grinned at the old gentle· very poor management to leave such man in the mirror. "I need a house­materials unlabeled. Now the scicn· keeper mighty bad," he said, lIan ' I tine method would be--" think I know where r can gel a good

"Hold on there," interrupted Uncle one." Nat, u you can't say nothin' against my Then he Sal down and addressed a wife's methods. She pUl them there letter to a certain .\Irs. Harry Todd. cans up there. 1 guess she knows what Inside was a slip of paper bearing the she's about. An' she knows tannin'- words: bark when she sees it, too. Any sensi­

"\Vanted - A good housekeeper.ble person does."

Apply at once. Harry Todd."Needless to say, :\1iss Curtis left on

the next train. Left alone again, WILLIAM Anoy CLE~IEXTS '2+.

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II. P:ltchcu

Stllff Adjutllllt

FiN I..ieutt'nant II. Tru~lale

Supph StrgcarH

Drum :\lajor

lJuJ;le Scrgeant

II. fllartinsen

.A. Clement<;

A. 1\lori

C'l/lIplln} ".1"

C:lJuain \V. Lumle)

Fi"'l Lieuten:mt R. Reich Sro:ond Lit'utenanl L. Didenderfer FirSl St'rgeant J. Ilammond Ser&;t'am A. YOUIII.: Sergeant D. Fulwider Corporal D. E\deth Corporal W. Tardiff Corporal W. Sinclair Corporal L. Oldham

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Captoin Fir~t Lit'utcnalll S«ond Lieutenant Fin-t Srr!o:t'llrH ScrgealH E. Ser&;earH Corpuml Cnrporal Corporal COfl)()ral Corporal ..

H. lIund\ B. Preuo,s

W. Corhin II. ~lcKeen

W. ~JiI1l:r

C. Davi~

W. flliller F. Williams C. fllollfOl:

A, Call F. LO\li~

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Thc cumpanics were assembled for the first time this school year on Sep­tember eleventh. The staff was ap· pointed by Captain J. C. Deuel.

For the first few days each corporal drilled the new members of his squad in the manual of arms. As soon as the new cadets were able to handle a rifle they were taught to drill together as a squad. \\'hen this had been accom­plished the companies were assembled once marc and drilled under Captain Deuel and the student officers. A drum and bugle corps was organized at the first of the year which surpassed any wc have had heretofore.

\Vhen the weathcr permitted. target practice was held at the rifle range on Saturdays. Improvcment was shown during thc year by all who went out

• and some very good scores were made by scveral. Gcorge Crowell was high

point man for this y.:ar. A contest was also held bctwcen classes which the Juniors won.

The Battalion was asked to take part in the celebration at Santa .\laria on Armistice Day. Everyone certainl}' did his best on that day and the b:a­mlion as a whole made a fine showing. The drum and bugle corps also caused much favorable commcnt

The Battalion was revicwed on \Iarch 27 by Colonel F. L. .\Iunson of the United States Army. He was not only pleased but impressed by the man­ner in which the revicw was conducted.

As usual the Battalion took part in the ceremonies on .\Iemorial Day and as usual made a good impression upon all present.

The nag was lowered and the com· panics dismissed for thc last timc this year on J ltne 2, 192.....

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Dormitory Club

Block "P" Club

Amapola Club

Dramatics Club

Keh-in Club

Polygram Staff

Journal Staff

Claui'S- -D~pur/lllt'''!!

~cnior Engineering-.\lechanics Assn.

Juniof __ AgriculruraJ Association Sophomnre

Freshmen

Although the Ilumb:r of organiza· lions this year is Ic:::ss than lasf year and the enrollment in the c:\isring organi. zatiuns has decreased, the former pep and interest in them h:ts not dwindled.

The varied interest of the different Polytechnic organizations covers a wide field considering the present en· rollment of the school. All classes and departments nrc represented. In athletics we have the Block lip" Club, composed of those who have won their letters in anyone of the four major Sports. Other organizations which function at Polytechnic are: The Dormitory Club, which is composed of the boys who reside at the Dormi­tory; the Dramatic Club, consisting of students interested in dramatics; the Amapola Club, organized by the girls of Polytechnic for social purposes; the

.\ 1i lita ry Corps

Print Shop

Kelvin Club, wmposed of members of the faculty.

The classes and each of the different organizations entertain the student body in some one or more ways during the school year. The classes usually give dances; the Jullor-Scnior banquet is handlcd by the Juniors, Other or­ganizations givc dances and have their own entertainments, also each of the student organizations entertain the assembly during the year.

Each of the student organizations has an adviser who is a member of the faculty. The adviser is present at the meetings to guide and counsel the students,

As you read the accounts of the ac­ti,'ities aOlong the organizations you will find that the same old Poly spirit has been carried on.

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STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

The Student Affairs Committee of the California Polytechnic School is

~ composed of the presidents of the four I classes and of the ,\lechanics, Agricul­

ture. Block uP" and Amapola Clubs} a represelltative of the boys' athletics committee, the school yell leader, the captains of the twO companies and the editor and business manager of the Polygram. Faculty members represent

, , (he administration and the military organization and include the advisers

I I in athletics, publications and finance.

All student body business, social affairs which arc given by the whole school, athlctics, dramatics, and the financial management of the two school publi ­cations, the Polygram and the Journal, arc managed by this organization.

Student body gO"ernment is carried on in this manner at the Polytechnic, for e"ery student in the Polytechnic is a member of some class and usually of

at least one other organization. Thus by having the presiding officer of each organizatiun represcnt his organiza­tiun in the "S. A. C," it is possible to get a representation of the entire school in the actual management of student body affai rs and finances.

The school play, "Seven Keys to Baldpate," the school :\lay-day picnic held at Atascadero Beach. arc only two of the social events which were brought to pass through the workings of the committee. It also was respon­sible for the e.\cellent program and schedules arranged last year for the football, basketball, and baseball games, as well as the handling of the money for the financing of trips away from home. The Polygram and Jour­nail too, owe a great deal to this com­mittee, for all money for these publica­tions is handled through the medium of the "S. A. C."

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BLOCK "p" CLUB

O/JiccrJ

President \\':1lrcr Lurnky Vice- President Vi rgi I \\'imlllt.:r Sccrctary.Trcasun.:r .. Rudolph Rr.:ich Adviscr __ \Ir. A. P. Agosti

Among all the student organizations rence with them and on this occasion uf Poly, the most imponanr, by far, is ran true to form in that it was a very the Block "P" Club. This is a club enjoyable and successful affair. composed of the men who have won On :\lay 16 the club gave a special their Block "p" in anyone of our fouf assembly which was in the nawre of major sports-football, basketball, a farewell message to the student body track or baseball. from the graduating members of the

The dub b~gan the year with a dub. l11cmb::rship uf ten. This number was This asscmbly gave the student body soon rais:d to [hi rtccn and later tl) a rare opp()rtunity of witnessing the nineteen at which point it now stands. Block "p" Club in action as a formal

The Block lip" Club has taken a business meeting of that club was held vcry prominent parr in school activi· on the stage during whilch much dis­ties during the year. CllSSlfm arose.

They first came into the social lime­ Each of the Senior members of the light this year when they staged, with club gave short talks on the various the aid of the Circle "P" Club, a phases of school life which had il1ter­Christmas party just before the Christ­ esttd them most while here at school. mas vacation. This affair has been ac­ Some may wonder why the Block knowledged by all to have been the "P" Club can maintain a leading posi­biggest social event of the year. tion an1CJng the various organizations

Early in the spring the Block "P" of the school. By giving the matter a Club gave thei r annual ass~mbly. This little thought, howcver, one can rcadi­assembly was in the nature of an initia­ Iy understand why this is so. tion for the men who became eligible lf yOll look among the personnel of for membership during the 1923 foot­ rhe club, you witl find that lllany of its ball season and it was an ass::mbly that I1H:mbers arc the acknowledged leaders will go down in the annals of the in a majority of the various phases of school as the peppiest and most orig­ school life at Pulytechnic. inal of any ever put on at Poly. The club, through its memb~rs, has

In J\Jay the members of the Block been connected in minor ways with "pn Club treated themselves to a bar­ various other activities about tht:

• becue and clam bake llt Avila. An school and city and everywhere has outing of this kind is an annual Occur- given a good account of itself.

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THE ENGINEERING-MECHANICS ASSOCIATION

OlfiarJ

President _..... __ ... Douglas Annin \'icc-Prcsidcnt Burton Bundy Sccrctary-Trcasun:r Allan ~Iori

Social Committee .... Ilubcrt Patchen Adviser.

In 1917 the Eng; lH:cring-i\ Icchan­ics Association was organized by the Senior and J llniof i\ Icchanics students. lTndcr the supervisiun of their adviser a constitution was drawn lip. This orgnnization is composed of Junior and Senior members of the Engineer. ing- \Icchanics course, but Sophomore :\Icchanics studcnb and Junior and Senior students of other wurs:s may b~

admitted by recommendation of two Senior members and 3 nHe of two­thirds of the Senior members. The association makes trips to places which .He interesting as well as instructive in the work they arc studying at this time. The personnel of this associa­tion is the best obtainable in the school,

The annual labor day was held under the supervision of the :'\Iechan­ics Association, I,eon Gay acting as furcman of the.: work with his assist­:1OIS, cach in charge of a group of men working on special projects. Our school labor day has always proven \'ery instructi"e to the students as well as b::neficial to the school.

The :'\Iechaniu. gave their dance which was \'er) successful in bringing the student body and the alumni [0­

gether for a few hours of social enjoy­ment. Of course, Ihe faculty joined hands and b:;came :l part of the merry throng, as is always done by the leachers at Poly.

:\1 r. C. E. Knott

The assembly staged by the associa­tion was the first of its kind to be staged at Poly and was very interesting as well as C'\citing. in fact a certain row of spectators were shocked by the per­formance. The program consisted of dectrical displays, appliances. genera­tors, motors and a wireless with a mag­no"o.\ for giving musical selections. announcements and c:\-planations of the displays. The entire stage was man­aged by remot: control, not a man ap­pearing during the entire program.

The first trip made by the associa­tion was to the large l'nion sugar re­finery at BeHcravia. There a \'ery careful study, under the direction of :'\lr. Knott and the superintendellt of the refinery, was made of the chemical process as well as the mechanical cun­strut'lion and operation of the refinery.

The association lOok many other in­t.:rcsting trips, including Ihe Cnion Oil Company's refinery and compres­s')r plant at Orcutt. Sanla \laria Gas pumping st.1tion. l'nion Oil pumping station at Santa \Iargarita, Southern Pacific roundhous:; and some oil tankers at Avila.

The association under the supervi­sion of our adviser. :'\ 1r. C. E. Knott, has for Ihe past year been a 11105t suc­cessful and instructive organization. as well as the finest social organization of the school.

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THE POLYGRAM

\\'illiam Corbin .Ediwf+in-Chicf Bernhardt Prt.:uss .:\'c\\'s Editor Dorothy \Iiller Dcpartl11cntEditnr Ernest lludges, J)cpartl11cnt Editor Alfred Young Durmitory Editor l.c511c Oldham Athletic EJitor Ernest P:Hchctt .. Feature \Vritcr Rae ~Iayhall ... Typist Fred Louis Advertising \Igr. Belle Tomasini Circulation :\Igr. .\Ir. B. R. Preuss, .\d,-iscr

The main purpose of a school paper is to keep up school spirit, and ahug this line has the Polygram worked.

The Polygrnm tried to keep up this "pcp" by appearing regularly every other week and by putting out special editions. or thes.::. the "Scandal Edition" was a big success and was heard of c\"tf)\\'hcrc. Other special editions were the "Christmas ~. um­ber," the "Anninrsary ;\umber:' and

rhe "BIrthday ~lImber," Evcry one pn>\'cd to be a credit tu the school.

This is the first year thal the Poly­grams have been printed in our print shop. and this is due largely to the gen­erous service of :'\lr. R. C. Davis, f()r~

mer printing instructor and Polygram ad\'is~r. He left Poly during the sec­ond semc:-ter and was succeeded by :'\Ir. Preuss, who has carried em the work in a ,'cry faithful way.

By keeping in mind that "School Spirit is Poly's best asset:' lhe Poly­gram Staff gave their best and feci that they hu\·c accomplished their pllrpos:. The cdite>r WIshes to thank the staff. the student body, and the business m~n

of San Luis Obispo for their hearty support and cooperation in making the Pol)gram a )i\'cly school paper and wishes the best of success to the staff of 1925.

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THE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

O/JiurJ President __ .__ . __ .. l... rncst Hodges Vice-President Rudolph Reich Secretary .. Lagr:md Diefenderfer Treasurer _ Jack Ilammond Adviser .\1 r. C. R. Pcteler

Under the able leadership of our president, Ernest I lodges. the Agricul­tufal Association flourished and made a good showing in all schoo! acti\·itit.:s.

The cut in the school budget reduced the number of students in the agricul. tural department of the Scllfll)1.

At the first of the schoo) year we went to Bcttcravia and looked over the sugar refinery. The c.:attlc that \\'~rc

being fattened there held more interest than the sugar refinery, Considering lhe tri p as a whole, the Il1cl11b~rs of the club learned a great deal and alsl) had a good timc.

As the few members of the club did not make :l "ery large group, the Frosh Ags were ,ooted into the club.

\rhen it was time for the Ags to entertain the asscmbly we gave a bar· b::cue for thc st:hool. All of the work WJ.~ done by the Ag students, frum the butt:hering to the eating.

I n the past it has been the custom of tht.: .-\gricultural Assm::iation to give a big barn dance llt.:ar the end of the school year. Again we had to change our plans b~CIUSC of the foot and mouth diseas:: quarantine.

The Ag Association is watching and ,,",uting for the "Greater Polytechnic" th:lt is to come. when once more the :\gricultural Association will be the Iarg.:st, strongest and peppiest organi­z:ttion in school.

The :\g Association roll: E. I lodges C. Cavanaugh R, Reich Y. Jimenez L. Diefenderfer P, Reed .I. Hammond \\" Lee D. I'\'d"h \'. ~l;jls

J. Pfieffer '\Ir. C. R. Pctclcr

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JUNIOR CLASS

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JUNIORS

GInn Offian

President .. Donald Eveleth \'ice·President.. Alfred Young: Secretary Birger \l:1ninsen Treasurer Donald Fulwider

The Class of '25 came into the Hnw.:vcr, sun:ess (f) any class may glories of the Junior year in lhe fall of be bUI rnlher a momentary triumph, 1923. forgotten and buried with the annals

From our entrance to the school as of the class. The Class of '25 is reach­little Freshmen we ha\'e stri\'en to ac· ing the crest of success in Polytechnic, complish greater things, and we feel but whether memory of our achie\c· in this our Junior year the accomplish. ments be momentary or I::tstlng. we are ment of these greater thing has come. acquiring here a something that will

\\'c ha\'e cheerfully accepted our endure. many responsibilities as Juniors, and Though we han had a vital part to can truthfully sa)' lhat wc havc ful­ play in the undertakings of the school filled all obligations. and havc givcn our loyal support and

On the athletic field we have more help in e\'ery way possible, we arc than held our own against the other looking forward to nc\t year, whcn we classes. \\'e ha\'e not only supplied will become Seniors, the leading clas.)athletes to the school teams, but we in the school. won for ourselves the championship in inter-dass baseball. To you, Class of '26, we yield Our

Our class prowess has not been con· place as Juniors, in order that we may fined to the athletic field alune i we assume the responsibility of upholding hnvc been represented in literary ac­ the honored traditions ()f the school as tivilies as well. There is also knowl­ Seniors. edge in the Juninr Class, which is shown by the Inct that the two students To the Seniors, the gradunting Class

in the school who attained the highest of '2~, we bid farewell and wish you sdwlastic sianding were Juniors. success in your future life.

GllISS Roll

Arthur Call Birger .:\Ianinsen "'ilbur \li1ler Eugene Churchill Rae \Iayhall Rithard \ lorrisnn GClJrge Crowell Otto Gro:::n\'e1d I .eslic Oldham Chester Davis Ellsworth JlaId John PfeifTer Dl)/lnld I.... vclcth Clarence Haas Belle T'lmasini Fred Flugger Dorothy Hoare \Iargart(· '.rmel Donald Fulwider Fred Louis .\Ifred Yflung:

Earl \Iiller

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SOPHOMORES (;'"ss O!fiarJ

President \ 'il:c- P resi dent St:creta ry TrC<lwrer

\\'e were eight: strong when we en­tered Poly in the autumn of 1922. \\'e immediately organized and elected able officcrs to guide us through our Freshman year.

Our boys. under the able sup~n'sion

of our coach. Captain J. C. Dzu~1. [I)<)k

the interclass football championship and showed their superior ability in th1t re~pect. while two of the girls ('amed "Circle P's."

\\'e were \'cry fortunatc in h:wing for our nd"iser \Jiss Ilon\'er, ",hos: helpful hnnd hns placed us on the road to success.

\\'hen wc c:lll1e back in our second ycar, diminished in strength to nne­hnll our original nUll1b~r, we Wl'rc de­termincd tn c::Irry out Ihe ideals of our school and Ollr class, In be loyrtl and true to both.

Our CL1SS dance, gi\'~n afl;r the sehoul fomball game wit'l the CoJleg_ of the Pacific. WitS dtclarcd a great succcss hy the \'isiling: tcam as well as Ih~ studcnt body.

E. Anh()lm C. Bacllleistcr A_ Bro\"C1l1 J. Barrios R. Bailey A. Call C. Ca"anagh E. Crawford

Closs

G. Elliot Lt. Fiscalini D. Patterson D. PcrslJlls II. Rideout j. Warford G. Yamagishi G. Gingg

.Y. L3n~enhcck

..-\. C,II G. Isola C. E. \Iiller

In ~pite of the fact that only 0:1: of our !)()~.~ has earned a "Block P," we furnish mUl"h gnod material for all [he s.:cond teams and wc can truthfully sJ.y we ha,Yc done our bit for our school nthleLic~.

Althuug-h this year's baseball team wa~ defeated by the Juniur and Senior t':ams hy a very sn1;111 margin, we showed our ability by b:ating the Freshmen by a vcry dccisiv~ score.

Our class shmn'd its real ability whtll we won :til the handball gamcs by a very largc margin, which left us undisputcd champions of the schoo!.

\\·c wcrc ,"cry fortunate in having .. s our ad'"iser, \Ir. Pctelcr, who has pf.)\·cn to ilL: :l loynl nnd true Sopho­more;. Great praise is due him for his able support in all our activitics.

.\t Ihis. till: c1nsc C)f our s;:cond year, \\".; fcd friendly tn all and especinlly [() our st,wnch and mighty friends. thc SC~linrs. :lnd wc silll:t:rcly wish thcm \,.c11.

RfJlI

E. II ans.:n I.. \Illr~anti

V. (Llfrstcr C. \Irlnroc c. 11 iat! II. Smith G. Isola I. Sto<..-king \Y. Jim'.:ncz \\.. Tardiff \ .. Lang-cnb:d.. F. \\·illiams K. :\Iclntirc \\'. Zanoli C. E. ~liIler

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FRESHMEN

ChlSS Officus Prcsident.. "._ Prescott Reed Vice-President \Villiam Lee Secretary . . _ .Leo Earl Tn:asurcr )J cis Jeppesen Adviser .. __ :\ 1r. Agosti

The Freshmen nrrivcd for registra­tion Scptcll'lbcr 10, lY~3, and as soon as school started we organized and elect­ed our officers for the year. There were only fourteen of us, due to the fact that one year of high school work,

4including Algebra, English, and General Science, was required for admit­tance. But. although our numbers were small, we managed to get along very well.

\Vc were received by the Faculty and upper c1assmen at the Freshman Reception. \\'e all had a fine time and were well entertained by a dance and speeches from the presidents of the

different classes and organizations. After the reception we all began to feel morc at home.

\Vc were wel1 represented in the dif­ferent activities and affairs of the school. Two uf our mcmbcrs were out for football and baseball.

Owing to our small numbers we did not do vcry wcll in iltter-c1ass baseball) but we put up the best fight we could and stayed right with the g:lI11C until the last out.

\\'hen our turn came to entertain the student body at assembly we put on a little play entitled ":\Iiss Civilization." The play was shon but it went o ....er well with the student body.

Now that our first year is drawing to a close we are mueh wis~r than we were when we entered, and we are fig­uring on a very successful Sophomore year.

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AMAPOLA CLUB

A Athletic M \Ierry A Angelic P Prngressi \'C

o Orderly L Loyal A -Amiable

Although its l11el11b~rship was greatly reduced this year. the Amapc>la Club mer and elected officers. Owing to the decreased enrollment of the club and the fact that no dues were ,·oted. it was decided to combine the offices of secretary and treasurer Inw onc.

Early in the year a clam-hake at Pismo was greatly enjoyed hy the members present. Then with the CQrn·

ing of the new year, a leap year waffle party was gi"cn in the Household Arts Budding. Our entertainment at the assembly, I'A Family Album," was voted one of the best of the year. Prac­tically all of the girls' athletics was managed through the club and a great

First St'l1Il'Ster Pr~idenl Aha ;\Ia\hall \'ice-Pr idem Dorotl1\ Hoare S~r~t3r~ -Tr~a.,urn Ildle Tom:'hini

.(;~rQlId SoueJll'r

Prc--.idt'llt Fa, Rougrot \ 'ii:f'- Prt"'idtnt Ro>.alind \'~n~m3

S~retaT'),.'r~3'urt'r l)orOlh~ PCTllOlh

de.ll of entertainment has been derived

from it.

As there was lillie business. a great many mecting~ werc turned o\'er to de­bating. readings ~Jnd musical entertain­ments.

The club increased its Il1cmb::rship ....2 per cent by the addition of three new members, mJking the enrollment at the end of the yea r ten gi rls and :\ I iss Chase and \Iiss Jordan, the advisers.

The ~irls have appreciated the Ama­pula Club this year and although they have enjoyed the informality of small numbers they hope for a much larger and strongcr club for 1925.

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192~ ~3

THE DORM CLUB OfficUJ

President Rudolph Reich Vice·President.. Erncsr I lodges Sccrcrary.Treasurcr Donald Eveleth

The Dormitory Club was reorgan­ized during the first week of school. JIs purpose was explained to the new members, and the officers for the year WCfC elected.

The purpose of the Dormiwry Club is to promote the mutual welfare of the residents of the dormitOry, and to

encourage social contact and school spi ri [.

First. it showed its superiority in athletics by organizing a football tcam, which played and defeated a team composed of town fellows. The score was 18-0.

A dance was given in the dining haJJ by the Dorm Club. The student body, faculty. and outside girls were invited, and everyone had a delightful time.

The Dormitory Club held its annual barbecue in the grove un the c:llnpus. There was plenty for everyone to cat, and entertainment was provided in the form of stories and jokes from differ· ent individuals.

j\lany other social times were en­joyed by the members of the Dorm.

\Vhen the big block "P" up on the hill looks dark, it takes the pcp and school spirit of the Dormitory Club to

brighten it up. It has been the cus­tom to lime the "P" upon returning to school after the summer vacation and before Easter vacation.

This year, as well as past years, the Dorm Club took the leading part in school acti"ities, rallies, and proved its ability as the peppiest bunch of boys of their kind.

The m::mb:rship of the Dormitory Club consists of representati"es from all over the L'nited States and :\Ic~ico.

The members arc as follows:

f)ou~la.. :\nnin-Columbu~. :\Iontana. Ra,mond Ibill",-T"in Falk Idaho. Carlo.. 1I;II.:ml"i..tl"r-.\Iuico Cit\. :\11"\ico. Elml"r Cl11wford-lll"mit. California. Grorgt' Crowdl-San Fran..:isco. California. A\t'f\ Clt'11ll"nt_\'onro,ia. California. Pahlo [)t'! Rio..-I.I"'OIl. :\11"'l:ico. Ra\ u:~rand Dil"fl"ndl"rfl"r-South PObo1.drna.

California. Donald EHIt'th-Alhambra. Californi3. Donald Full\ idl"r-Grt't'nfidd. California. \Villiam Frl"drid-.on-Sacraml"nto. California. Frl"d Flu~l"r-;\ll'\ico Cit\. :\11"\ico. l" mbt-rto Fi,.;calini-Camhria. California. \Vilhur C,rift'in-Pa...1.dena. California. 1':11..\\"orth II aid-1M .-\ngdes, Cal ifornia. CI:1rl"n,'(' Ilaa"-.l\lhambra. California.. .lack llamll1ond-ArrO\o Grandt'. California. Ernl~t IIlxl~t·..-I..oml"l(M,:. California. 'ie!.. jI"Plle\On-Sdm:l. California. Viut·t'ntc jiminC'I.-l\IC''l:ico Cit~. i\lexico. \Villiam Lee-Ll:\Ii..ton. Idaho. "'alter LUll1le,-Kin~ Citl, California, Vernoll I,an~cnh('ck-Hradlcy. California. Bir~l.'r J\lartin'>t'n-Santa Barhar;L. California. Alll'n ;\I()ri-I\ta~adt'ro. California. C. Earle i\liller-Tull lIouse. California. Gl'or~t' l\lc;\lnhon-Guadalupc, California. Richard ;\lurri"On-San IJit'go, California. Lt">lit' Oldham-I)ortt'f\'ille, California. Arnold Patter'otlll-;\ I:lricopa. California. .Iohn Pfeiffcr-BiJt: Sur California. Frank Quinollt'..-I.os An];des. California. Rudolllh Reich-King Cit). California. Pr(";Cott Rl"ed-Pal>:ldt'na. California. han Re"lold~ Ri,e",idl". Californin. Gabrid 'Soria-:\le'l.ico Cin'. :\Inico. \lIan Stafford-Long Beach. California. 113f\'C'\ Smith--Gll"ndalt'. California. \"illin'm Sinclair-San DiC'l!;o. California. William Tardiff-FrC"ono. California. IIc:rm3n \'o!tl.--Q..:eano. California. Virgil \Yimmt'r-Pa-.o Robles, California. Darrel Wimmc:r-P~ Robl~. Californi3. James \Varford-Clearinl:; Hol1.'>1". Califo~f'ia. A.lfrC'd Youni:-Wri&;hu, Californi3.

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FOOTBALL Fonthall season bC'gan with the

opening of school on September I J. 1923. Practice staned with all of the remaining players uf last year's team and some new ones. There were about twenty-five men in all.

After a short pr:lcticc the team went up againsl lhe Santa Barbara Teachers College. This game was played on October 6.

The first quarter of the game was a well matched willes£. The ball passed back and forth from one side to

the other. No spectacular plays wefe made by either side and the quarter ended 0-0.

During the second quarter Poly was placed at a great handicap. This handicap was the loss of Captain E. PaH:hclt Oil account of a broken nose. This quarter ended by Santa Barbara's making a touchdown. This ended the half 7-0 in Santa Barbara's favor.

At the start of the third quarter E. Patchen went back into the game. The change in the fighting spirit of th-: tcam, due to this, was surely noticeable. During this quarter he made a spectac­ular run of eighty yards to a touch­down. Poly failcd to convert. This left the score 7-6 in favor of Santa Bar­

bara at the end of the third quarter. A hard fight was put up by both sides

during the last quarter. They fought as if it meant c\'erything in the world to them. A number of substitutes were put in by both sides. Santa Barbara was successful in wmpleting a pass for her second touchdown, and bucking the ball over for her thi rd touchdown. The game ended in Santa Barbara's fa\'or 20-6.

San Mateo On October 13, the team went to San

~latco for its first game away from home. Undaunted by their defeat of the week before, the men were detcr­mined to win, and they did.

E. Patchett was again the one who carried the ball over the goal line. The ball was taken O\'er b)' good hard buck­ing. This touchdown was made in the third quarter. H. Patchett converted the ball.

:\Iartinsen also came in as a point maker in this game. San ;\lateo had lost ground and they were backed up against their own gual. The ball was snapped and ;\larty plunged through the line and caught his man behind the goal. This netted three points for Poly.

The line work on that day was

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wonderful. Young at cenler had a hig 200-pounder 10 hold down and he did his part well. San \Ialeo failed time after time to gain gmund through center. .:'\.lorrisc>n and Langenb~ck

played guard and they did their work equally as well. Reich and \13rtins:n at tackle plunged through the line and mussed up many of their plays. Car· rol and Fluggcr on the ends each made thing:; mis;;rable e"ery time the play came in his direction. Poly's lin:: was nrtainly working perfectly on that day_

During the I;lst quarter the San .\Ia­tell boys pepped up and it It)()ked as if Ihey w.:re going to C\'cn matters. ThlY did succc.:d in 1l11king one touch­down. This was after making three unsuccessful attempts to buck the ball over from about onc fOOl of the goal. The fourth down they succceded. They failed to convert.

After San \Iatco made her touch­down Poly t'.:nm made up again and started to get even. They were making a regular march towards the goal when the whistle blew. The score was 9·6 111 Poly's fa "or.

College of the Pacifie

On October 20, Poly had another game nt home. This game wns with the College of the Pacific.

The results uf the game were some· whnt like thost of the first game. The College of the Pacific "Tigers" were in good shape. Due to quite a bit of ex­perience, they als:) knew th~ gam: well. In spi te of lhi s fact. Poly held them dl)\\,n to a fair score. Th:u Poly put up a v:ry h~Hd fight against them \\'as e"idenced by some of the rem:1rks made by the "Tiger" team.

:\Iost of the gains made by the Col· lege boys were made on a short end run. They had perfected this play un­til it worked like clockwork. By the aid of this play they were able [0 make a score of 23·0 in their favor.

San Jose Teachers College

On the 27th of Ocwbcr the Poly t:am jou rneyed to San Jose to take on the San Jose Teachers College. They were again d:termined to have a fa\·or· able t::lcgram to send home after thc game.

fhis gam': was undoubtedly the best game Poly had during the season. San .los: put up a hard fight and Poly had to earn ncry point she I11nde. Even though San \lateo scored against Poly, the fighting spirit displayed could not be compared to that of the San Jose Teachers College.

During the third quarter of the game they started toward our goal. For a short while it looked as if they were going to score. Poly tightened up and held them down before they reached the goal. This again marked the won­derful fiight put lip by the Poly line. Every man from the center both ways hit as hard as a rock.

E. Patchett and \V. Lumley were the point makers in this game. Each of them m~d; a touchdown. .\lartinsen played in the back field and was a big factor in making gains in [he open field. He also rPJvcd to be an excel­lent saf:ty 1ll:11l. D. Eveleth was right there when it came to tackling. H: als() did the passing for Poly.

The students of the TC:1chers Col­lege gnv;: the team a real reception whi!:: [hey were there. There was onc or more of them in attendance at all tim:::s. A dance was given that night.

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Stanford Frosh

Our game with the Stanford Fresh­men on :\ovcmb:r 3 was the hardcst game of the s.:as'm. The Stanford Freshmen had made ;t rc:put.ltion b1' dcfc:ltIng senra! of th..: J.1T~C Iligh Schools of Cali furni.l by Luge scores. Ahhough Poly had nllt the least id":J of winning. she had hopes IIf uphuld­ing her honor by hllldin~ the Sl"l)r.:

down to a low point. She succcwdcd in doing this by holding th,: s.cOf(': to

4.H 0. which was much lo\\'.:r th.,:l th Stanford Freshmen !">;td b~cn mJ!~ing.

The game waS;1 fJn::-:mj~d affair n)f unly from the st mdpoint of pl.1ying. but also in numb:;rs of m~n. Th Frcshmtn had fifly-four men out in uniform and rcady (c) play on a mo­ment's notice. Before the game W:l~

o\'er they had all played. Poly was unable 10 replace her nhaustcd pby­ers and Ihe 0ppu/lenr's fresh players gradually wore the Poly boys out.

During the Ihird quarter Poly gavc thcm a scare. The bnll was punted by the Freshmen. Poly received it and ran it back to Iheir ten~yard line in about three downs. Seeing that Poly would surely score at this rate, the Freshmen put in nbollt si.\ new men and they held 1'01 y down.

Santa Barbara Teachers College

The football s:ason was rounded out by ;l return ~Jmc with tht: Sanra Bar­bIr.l Tc:.Khers Collc~.:. This game was the 1.1)1 thing in h.lrd luck.

Our bl')~ h ti t:\'c:rythin~ ttl fight fur 'md they meant to win. They c;;:rtainly wen: entilled 10 III.: game. but old 1J.1Ilh. LUl"k Iud d.:need Ihat Santa B.trbar:t ~hllultl win.

This j:{ 111': III rked S >IllC lIf the prct+ ti •. l .1a~lng Pol)'s hll"kficld did dur­IIlg the ~l: s'lIl. Lumley broke through c- rIt r for lIuny !flOg g-ains. lie made sri !.Jrgl.' J.{ains lIl1 end runs. E. P te Ltt h·1i nIl trt,ublc at all in guing \hro 19-h thur line. \lHtills:::n. Evc­kth. :"Inti I{('ill .11s11 made s:::veral good gains. l"'\"l~h::th's passing was perfect.

Poly had no trouble at all in making

t',uchdowns. She carried the ball over

the line rhn:e times. The trouble was

that e\Try time Poly would make a toul·hdnwn. sOllleune would fumble the ball, " Santa Barbara man would pick it up and run.

The.: result was Sant" Barbara's duce

[l)uchdOWlls ;lnd three convcrts, Poly's

three wllchdnwns and unly onc COIl­

Ycrt. Score 21-19.

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BASKETBALL

Immediately after the football sea· son linishcd, basketball practice began There were nCh many fellows out for basketball, but the ones who were out were good players. The men who I11Jdc the first [cam were Lumley, Bundy. Anoin, I.... Patchett, \Ioreoo, H. Patchett, 11335. Tra\'~r. and Crowell.

The basketball conference schedule was not very successful as to scores.

Probably the Cluse of this was the loss of a couple of articles by our two for­w:Hds. Lumley lost his horseshoe and Bundy, his rabbit's (oot.

The first conference game was with Santa B3rbara Teachers College. This game was sumcwhat of a disaster for • Poly. The boys from the Teachers College had our team completely out· classed. The result of the game was +4--10 in their fa\'or.

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On January 30, the team started out for San Jose and other points. They had three games scheduled for the week-end. They expected to annex the high score in at least a couple of games, but were far from being suc­cessful.

On Friday night of February I they had the first game. which proved [Q be the best game of the three. This game was with the San \Iateo Junior Col· lege. The score was 16-12 in thei r £:1\ or.

On Saturday night, February 2, they played the College of the Pacific. The score in this game duplicated that of OUf first game, being ++-10 in their fa\'or.

On February + they played the San Jose Teachers College. This game was nearly as bad as the others. It ended with Poly holding the ShOft end of a 3+-9 score.

Vpon the return of the team from the northern trip they were successful in annexing a few games around home. Thcy took two games from the Sant:t .\laria Junior College with \'cry little effort.

They playcd twO games with the

Santa ;\laria American Legion. Both

of the games were very good 1 close

gamcs. The Legion boys won the fi rst game by a score of 27·19. Poly won the next by a score of 32-22.

BASEBALL

Baseball practice started about \lay I S, with eighteen mcn out for the team. Several good players were left from last year :l.nd the rest were new here. There were a number of good players among the ncw ones.

Cambria The first gamc was played on April

7 with the Cambria High School. This game was more of a workout than any­thing: ell':: for the Poly team. Several of the fellows cinched their places on the team by good playing in this game. Everyone playcd at least part of this game. Flugger played an excellent game at short. Out of five trics hc made four perfct·t Stops and assisted in putting four mcn out. Hammond made one a'tsist and caught twO mcn off the bag. Sinclair made two assists in addition to pitching a perfect game. Reynolds also played a perfect game behind the bat.

At Ihe bat cnry man hit the ball

at least once. E. Patchett was success­ful in making two home runs. The The game ended 15-0 in Poly's fa\·or.

Templeton The next game. The team went to

Templeton for this game. The results were not so gratifying as those of the Cambria gamc.

Tcmpleton had a good linle ball team and played hard. Prob.tbly the loss of the game can be laid to the two hit5 they gOt. They got only two. but these two came at the right time.

Poly gOt only three hits. but thus::: up to bat were not able to make a hit whcne\'CT there was a nun on base.

The score in this game was +-1 in favor of Templeton.

San Luis High On April 10 the San Luis High

Hchool carne out (Q Poly for a game. This game proved 10 be a little differ· ent. The boys all gOt down to playing ball again.

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Reynolds pitthcd this game to Old· ham. lie pitched a perfect game, fan­ning I~ men. In the field c\'cryone played perfect ball, Flugger on short, I f.t1nmund on thi rd. E. Patchett on first. and Sinclair on second.

rile San Luis team provt.'d that they were hiners, too. There were eight hib made by the Poly boys. Of these rhnc \\ as a horne run by Reynolds, a three bagger by I I. Parchcu, and twO twu-baggers by Reynolds and Flugger.

"I he final score of the game waS 6-3 in (;n"or of Poly.

San Luis High On April 22 the San Luis High

again had a try at Poly's baseball nine. This game was about like the preced­ing- nne, only a little worse.

Every time Poly came to bat it meant a run or two. The boys were certainly connecting with the old pill that day.

In thl' field they held their posit:on..; perfectly. .John Carroll was on the mound and Reynolds behind the bat. Johnny pitched perfect ball, only get­ting into :l pinch once. He worhd nllt of this by fanning twO mcn with the bases full. ReynOld's peg to sec­ond was perfect and Oldh:un was al­ways right there to receive it. Sinclair pLlyed first and nothing was allowed to pass within his reach.

Lanolli, Reed and 11. Patchett were in the field. They did not have much chan<;:e to show up as long as Johnny Carroll was pitching.

The senre was R·2 in our (a\'or. Arro)'o Grande

On April 23 the Arroyo Grande nine l'amc up to Poly's field [0 play the Poly nine. Again the Poly team went to defeat.

The one real ball player the Arroyo boys had was their pitcher. He held the Poly rcam to twO hits, these being by Hammond and Old h:l.In.

This game was a fairly enn game though the Arroyo boys did get seven hits. They really earned only one run. The orher two runs they got were on an error by Hammond, :\'()t taking this into consideration. the fielding on the part of the Poly boys was perfect. There were only two errors made.

J lammond made up for his error by putting two men out on thi rd base. 'lore remarkable playing was shown by Oldham on second. I Ie assisted in putting two men out and caught two mcn off second basco \Yithout Rey­nolds catching. of course, all of this would have been impossible.

Arroyo Grande High On April 30 the Poly team went to

Arroyo Grande for a relllrn game with the Arrnyo Grande High School team, The lineup at the start of {his gam::: was somewhat different than before. Doug­las Annin was holding down home and Reynolds was in the bo;\;. A couple of errors on the part of Oldham and Hammond allowed the Arroyo boys a run in the first inning,

This game was :1 hard battle from start to finish. 1f it had b::cn on a good field the final scores would have been turned around. Their infield was "cry rough and rocky, making it almost impossible to stop grounders. The outficld was on a slope and was covcred with grass and filled with squirrel holes.

The gamc was a close one, howcvcr, and undoubtedly the bcst game of thc season. Thc final score was -1-·2 in Arroyo Grande's favor,

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San Luis High

On .\lay 6 the San Luis High Schoo) had one more game with Poly. This game was vcry much like the other games they had with us. Carroll pitched this game to Reynolds and piched a perfect game.

Paso Robes High

On i\tay 7 the Paso Robles High School boys came to Poly for a return game. This game waS won by them in the first inning.

Johnnie Carroll had pitched very nearly a shut-oul game the night before so he was put in again. Howncr, twO nights in succession did not seem to agree with Johnnie's arm. The Paso

boys made several hits on him the first mule Ollt of the 00.\, before he settled down to business. A her this he set· tied down and fanned three of them.

Johnnie Carroll did not go back into the bc:)\ the I1C.\1 inning, howe"cr. Bill Sinclair wcnt in and pitched :1 good game. lie held them to three: hits till the end of the game.

After the first inning the Poly boys startcd to run up a few scores. They succeeded in getting in nine runs. If the game had been one inning longer they would undoubtedly have won. The final score was 13·9 in Paso Robles' favor.

This game ended lhe baseball season for the school year 1923-2+.

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INTERCLASS

Football

On account of [her~ being so few men in the different classes it was im­pQssible to have interclass football. For this reason it was suggested to

ha,'e an inter-company game. The two companies responded wonderfully rn this suggestion.

-\fter about two weeks of practice at noons by the town company and aha school by Ihe Dorm company Ihry came together.

Due h} a linle more weight and a good deal more practice, the Dorm company's tcam had their rivals out· classed. There were th rec touch­downs made by the Dorm tcam, but they bilcd 10 com'crt, leaving the score.: lR·O in their favor.

Handhall Although there ha\'c been handball

tournaments goin~ on all through the year, there was one that was vcry inter· csring Indeed. Each class picked out

ATHLETICS

its best doubles team and they started out to find out who were the champion", the Faculty also entering a team

The Sophomores had no difficulty in winning this tournament. The results were:

Sophomores .• Gingg.Tardift' •• ••.. Faculty.. • .•.DeueJ.Agl)!lti. "• ••••. SeniOr1\ ..•....ClemenLA-Bund)".. Juniors ..•. ".. W Miller-Fulwider .

I 2 2 2

o 2 2 2

F~hmen ....Lee·Reed .. 0 I

Baseball

A baseball schedule was played off between the classes. This was a si,,­game schedule and proved to bc \'cry interesting. These games were played before baseball practice started and brought out Some very good material for the school team.

The results of the schedule were:

Freshman . . 6 Sollhomores "..... J!) Sophomo~1> 8 Juniol'll ........•.. 9 Sophomo~lI .•......6 Seniol'll S Freshman 6 Juniof'll ." 25 Seniors ........•... 6 Juniorll .....•..... 7

The J lIninrs carried away all honors by winning three straight games.

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Skill That'. naught), Ain't we cute'!

Where is it '!

A home run The defendeMl •

The Angelus Fro~h

We're off Inside looking out \\'hon, brolle! Uieri~ Rnd hi~ jag lIow's this?

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Here's to the picture upon my desk That I love throughout the year.

Though i l's not as sweet as the gi rl herself,

I r's a darn sight morc sincere.

;\luff: "I saw you and your friend at the 5 and 10 cent store shopping."

C:Hfoll: "\\Ie didn't buy anything." :\luff: "Yes, I saw they were watch·

. " lng' you.

'\Ir. Agosti: "Sir Isaac NeWlon was sitting under an apple tree when an apple fell on his head and from that he discovered gravitation. Isn't it wonderful?"

Oldham: "Yes, and if he'd been in the school rool11 slUdying chemistry he wouldn't have discovered any­thing."

Dorothy P.: "\\'ho is that man look­ing UHf this way?"

_-\Ilan: "That is the footbal1 captain. He's probably looking me onf becaus; he thinks I'm a good build for foot­ball."

Dorothy: "But, Allan, I don't play football."

F \\'ORITE S.\YL\;(~S of Ilu F\Cl'LTY.

\Iiss Chase: "\\'cll, what seems to be the trouble this time?"

~Iiss Jordan: "Your lesson for to­morrow wi II be--"

;\Irs. Hoyt (Iliswry): ·'\\'ell. don't know. I didn't look it up."

;\ 1rs. Iloyt (English) : "This period will be shorter ff)r some than for others. "

;\Ir. Pctclcr: "Dispense with that . " raucous nmst',

.\Ir. Perozzi: "All right, start with yuur I·III kS. "

.\ I r. Cunningham: "I ley useless, quit holding that hunch up,"

.\ I r. Preuss: "That IS a vcr) good little ad."

Dr. \\'ilder: "Let's not have any visiting this aftcrnoon."

Capt. Deuel: "-~=ic, ~_'C, --I-.5c, 551.:, 65c." (Thl' higher they go the better hc likes thcm.)

.\1 r. Agnsti: "Ym don't study, and YOL don't study, and yor don't study."

.\ 1r. Knott: "There a re some of these kids around herc a darn good lickin' wou Id do a lot of good."

\Ir. O'Donnell: "The ne.\.t chapter for tumor row."

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Ikil..,. A.", S ....t "p! o..a....tia ~tiDtl Kid,o

At thor __b" :l;,'a

"'i"t ...t ..~ ....""!

• --...K_b1~ 'Gtorrilo" Luck

Fred Louis: "How dncs \Ir. Agosti keep his hat on?"

Chct Davis: ,,' don't know," Fred: "Vacuum pressure."

\Jiss Jordan: "\\'hat could b: more sad than a man without a country?"

Rosalind: "i\ country without a man. "

.\ le.\ 1ahon: "\\'hat's the maHer with your eye. Reich?"

Reich: "I got <;oap in it:' .\lc.\lahon: "I ne"er use soap on my

face, anyhow; it's [()u dangeruus."

\Ir. Petcler (giving a lecture In

Poultry): ".\Iaybc I'm getting too deep for you fellows; are there any questions?"

Cavanaugh: .IYcs, \Ir. Petcler; you arc a puultry npcrt and ha\"c had c:-.:~

pcricncc. Then: is one lhing that has alwavs bothered me. \\'hich came first, the hen or lhe egg ?'1

.:'\Ir. Petclcr: "This thrashing is go­ing W hurt me more than yuu, Cava­naugh. l1

Cavanaugh: "\\'ell' don't be 100 hard lin yourself, .:\lr. Pr.:tclcr; 'tain't worth .II. "

Dad: "Engaged to four girls al once! flow do you nplain such shameless conduct ?"

Sparky: IlJ guess Cupid shol me with a machine gun."

Athleen: ''If you were in my shoes, what would you do?"

Pele Traver: "Groan with agony."

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Gingg-: "\\'hat is a peri phrase?" \Ir. O'Donnell: "It is simply a cir­

cumlocutury and pleonastic cycle of oratorical ,:,\lmoruslty ci rcul11scribing an atom of ideality lost in a sea t)f verbal profundity."

Gingg: "Yc~, sir."

"r. Percler: "\\'hat arc you read· iog?"

'1Ills: "A talc of buried treasure." \Ir. P.: ""'ustlng: your time on fic­

tion agaIn?" 'tills: '·Xu. u's c\pcrr advice on

how to plant potatoes,"

Ilal11ll1ond: "How do you like rollcr skating?"

DICtlC: ,,' haven't slOl>d long enough to tell."

Teacher (in Physics): ,lSturt with lightning and gil to thunder."

The con\'Crs:llion at the dinner labl:: had been lin Cochin China chickens, when ,\ I r. KnOll w.;nl to sleep. \\'hen hI.: awoke, the subject had (hanged to

the b::aury of the d.lughtcr of the bdyIlr tht.' hl)us~ .

. ",\h':I11," said \1r. Knott. "You d~)J1't

rn~.~n til say they ;He kathcrcd all the W,l)' tl) the ankles?"

Jimmie \\'.: "I sure lovc nature." Bdle: ";\11 right, [hellj I'll give you

thc ,11 r:'

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'L..k,"C· lhe F...h

Dick burned a hole in his knickers while hc was out camping.

Did he carry insurance? ::\ 0, but his SWCilter coat cO\'cred the

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