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To the Team and to that Loyal
Lick Wilm erding Sp irit wh ich
brought V ictory to our AI
M ater on Ewing Field O ctober
Twelfth ,Nineteen Hundred and
E ighteen. th is v olum e is dedicated
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To her cl ass and classmates she was sweet and pure , loya land t rue
To her deares t friend—she was the deares t f riendTo the lad whom she loved—she was a l together lovelyTo her mother and father—she was everything worth whi le,
a treasure beyond al l price .
And
When in the cold morning her weary body could bear no
more and her lovely eyes c losed; her b righ t spi ri t
re turned to Him who gave i t.
Her task i s finished, her l i tt l e j oys and sorrows ended .
Weep not for her , dear lads and lasses . All i s wel l
wi th her .
Our colors glorious , fai r whi te and gold ,’
Neath those emblem s we have b less ings untold .
Strong, t rue and loya l hearts s ing of thy fame,
Lux Schoo l , our l igh t,our way , bail to thy name.
Your l igh t victorious , shin ing afa r ;Through the darkness , be our gu iding s ta r.
Our colors glor ious , lead us a ri ght ,This pray
’
r we bring to thee z—"Let there be l igh t .
B les t founder of our school , to us endeared ,Through the years your name wi l l l ive revered ,
Proud of the name of Lux,
"Ligh t of the Wes t ,
Thy loya l daughters rise and cal l thee bles t .
A B lock—L -WB EATRICE BARRANCON , ’
20 J .
HE fi rs t ha l f of the big game was over—the sco re a tie . In the b leachers thespecta tors were divided in two colorfu l groups . The Red and White were
gathered in the grandstand , and thei r schoo l yel l s reverberated from the wal ls .The B lack and Gold , with a spi ri t no am ount of water cou ld quench , s tood out in the
rain and fo l lowed with thei r voices the violen t motions of a s lender b lack and gold figure
on the rai l .
Ralph and Dick stood on the s idel ines . They both looked rather glum ; Ralph ,
because the game was so - dangerously close , and Dick , because he was the sta r back
field“sub"and would go on i f a
“back
"was knocked out .
Ralph greatly envied Dick in hi s opportuni ty to fight for the school , bu t he said
noth ing . He knew he would never receive a b lock for winning fame for Lick . He
limped when he walked , and a l though he argued wel l , he stuttered incurab ly .
As for Dick—he didn ' t care . The school held no interes t for h im . The two
were inseparab le companions,but Ralph never could unders tand Di ck
’
s a tti tude, and
Dick never explained .
The whis tl e b lew for the kick-off. Dick cracked a feeb le j oke and the two
laughed heart i ly . Then they fel l si len t again , Ralph watching the game and Dick
hoping tha t he would not be obl iged to p lay . He had been"lucky
”so far . Not a
man in the backfield had been out in the previous gam es—but th is was a fight f rom the
s tart . Dick si ghed and wished he were a mi le away .
He hadn’
t wanted to play footba l l—or anyth ing else—in the fi rs t p lace . Thedra f t
,plus Ralph
,was the cause of i t a l l . Some ingenious person , see ing the school
activi t ies wane , had proposed a draf t"in which every fel low mus t
“en l is t in some
organiza tion . Dick would have j oined the Glee Club or the Orchestra , but he cou ld
not ca r ry a tune nor even play a j ewsha rp . Camera Club ? He had no camera .
Deba ting was out of the ques tion—his knee s shook when he reci ted in class . Athleticsrema ined
,and with one glance a t Dick
’
s compact figure , broad shoulders , and rippl ing
muscles,the coach said Dick started to refuse po l i tely bu t emphatica l ly
to sign up , but the coach had a Wynne~ing way and wi thin ten minutes Dick hadpromised to come out to the fi rs t p ractice . After tha t Ralph kept him a t i t . He knew
just wha t to say to make Dick fighting mad ,"and Dick , angry with himsel f and every
thing in genera l , would stamp out to practice wi th clock-l ike regula ri ty
After wha t seemed a century to Dick , and a second to Ralph , the whist le blew
again .“Time out ! Men with dripping buckets raced across the field . Lick man
out ! Give’
im s ix ! Heartening shouts from the B lack and Gold rooters , then a
pan ic-s tr icken si lence . Thei r bes t man out .
The coach beckoned to Dick . Ralph gripped Dick’
s a rm . Dick wheeled about
and for an ins tan t the two looked s trai gh t in one another'
s eyes . Ralph’
s eyes p leading,imperative !
“‘
You must figh t ! Put i t over !”Dick answered , a lmos t reluctan tly !
“I
wi l l,old man , for you ! Then Dick flung off his coat . The two shook hands ,
grinning sheepish ly .
Dick took his pl ace on the field and awaited hi s opportuni ty . There was a l ively
L.-W.
-L. LIFE Page Ten
scrum and soon he had the ba l l safely under his arm . He jumped clea r of the red
sweater clad men , dodged , twis ted , and ran a t top speed for the goa l . The grass was
sl ippery and he lurched fo rward . Just as he regained his bal ance a Lowel l m an
t ripped him and Dick fel l face down on the ba l l . They closed above him—legs wi thbl ack and gold socks , and legs with red and white . Dick closed his eyes , and his ears
rang wi th the battle-cry !“You must fight ! Y ou must figh t ! For Ralph !
"Then
there were no more muddy feet nor co lo red socks , on ly darkness . Dick opened his eyes .
His hands were empty . They were sponging his face. In the bleachers the fel lows
were sti l l shouting . Dick heard h is n ame and flushed with the glo ry of i t a l l . He
scrambled to h is feet and star ted for the ba l l again .
The next few minutes were hard for the Lick team . They fough t like ti gers,but
the ba l l came closer and closer to the fata l goa l . Thirty-yard l ine ! Twen ty-five-ya rd
ten—five-yard l ine ! The Lowel l rooters were wi ld wi th j oy . If Lowel l scored again
the game was thei rs .
Somethi ng snapped . Somebody fumbled . The bal l t ravel ed from one Tiger to
the next . Confused , ba ffled , the Lowel l men plunged ,a fter i t only to clu tch a t space .
Then it was passed to Dick .
Jus t a black and gold streak across the field . Ralph breathed with great sobs of
joy . He knew that Dick would no t fa i l .
The Lowel l men started in pursu i t . They were clos ing in on him . The fel lows
and gi rl s i n the b leachers panted wi th exc itemen t and clutched thei r pennants .
Dick clenched h is tee th ti ghter and clung to the bal l . He must pu t i t over ! For
Ralph ! He fel l . But the bal l was over .
Dick patted the pigskin lovingly and tossed it-to the referee . Ten seconds m ore .Slowly the captain measured the dis tance. His foo t sho t out and the ba l l rose steadi ly
be tween the goal pos ts . The pistol cracked . The game was won .
as as as
For qui te three minutes Ralph’
s room in the Ginn Honse h ad been very sti l l .
Dick,red-faced and blustering, Ralph , white wi th anger , faced each other . Then the
si lence was b roken .
What d-d-did I d-do to w-win a b-b-block ? demanded Ralph , s tu ttering worse
than ever.“You did the w-w-work .
"
“What do I want with a b lock .
) re torted Dick . Ole p ieces 0’
fel t !
You w-won’
em , Ralph said doggedly .
And i t was then tha t D ick impo-litely tu rned his back and s tared a t the wal l oppo
site . On the spot where Dick’
s eye res ted hung a framed“mo t to
". In spark ling gi l t
cu rl icues and emera ld g reen i t advised“Work and love your work .
That’
s the lucky quirk ,For work and love of work soon win success .
Try the quirk some day ,Make tha t day to-day ,And ere long you wil l see how swi f t ly you progress .
Dick read the motto twice, then he fished the fel t symbols f rom his pocket and
spread them ou t on his hand . Dick was not much”on ari thmetic
,bu t as he s tood
looking at the let ters , L-W, with the words of the m otto running through his mind , he
put two and two together wi th credi tab le rapidi ty .
Page E leven L.-W.
-L. LIFE
Say , l is ten ! he said for the tenth t ime tha t a fternoon .“I d-don ’ t want to hear another w-word , declared Ralph , h is nose in the a i r.For answer Dick grabbed him by the arm and led him to the motto . Read that
,
he commanded . Ralph obeyed .
"Well—what about i t ?
Say,l is ten ! Don
'
t you see ? L-W—Love—Work ! D‘ick pointed to the
motto and dangled the l ette rs before Ralph'
s eyes .
Wel l ?"said Ralph pa tient ly .
"I admi t doing the work , but I never loved the school nor the gam e e i ther . Now
i t s as p l ain as day to me . Y ou get the L for l oving the work and I keep the W for
the work i tsel f .
There was a long pause . Ralph was the fi rs t to speak .“I can
’
t see
Oh , here !"sa id Dick impatien tly . Take thi s half of our block and let
'
s cele
bra te with some pie‘
a la mode'
a t Pappas'
. My treat ! And they did .
tA Tribute
GRACE MORIARTY ,
’
I9 J .
To you—who made for us tha t o ffering,
Which on this earth a l l must admit supreme ;
Who gave your l ives—a wil l ing proffering.
To save mankind f rom au tocra tic scheme.
To you—who held so fa r above the sacred l igh tOf Right and Truth—l i fe 's only gi f tsTh a t He has left with us to keep .
To you—whose very Death upl i ftsOu r l ives , on you our blessi ngs heap .
To us—who could not do the part we longed to doWho tried in vain to ease the bi tter pain
Of yours , which a l l the time we knew.
To us—i s lef t to keep and to sus tainThose gi fts—tha t you may not have died in vain .
And you who fough t—so val iant to the death,
Who gave us back the gi fts tha t were at s take ,Be no t a fra id tha t we wi th every brea th
That ever in our fu ture l ives we make
Wil l not complete the work that you began .
For you—who ’
woke in us the holy fi re of hate ,’
Gainst a l l tha t ru les a lone to selfish ends ;For you—this tributcg afnd we know
’
ti s not too
For you to hea r its message that we send .
LIFE Page Twelve
B efore and (AfterDOROTH EA HOPK INS , ’
l9 J .
W! Y ou wouldn’
t do i t , said Bob .
Why shou ldn’
t I ask E l i zabeth to the Senior Farce ? demanded
wis .
Well,in the fi rs t p lace, expla ined Bob , you have never taken a gi rl out , have
you ? You don’
t know how to dance, and besides I think I'
l l take her mysel f ."
The nine o’
clock bel l rang , so th e di scuss ion came to a close .
Bob thought that the very idea of Lewis taking a gi rl ou t was a huge j oke , so he
spread the news . By noon i t was a l l ove r schoo l .
During the Spanish period Lewis wrote E l i zabeth a note, invi ting her to the Farce .
She accepted and Lewis was proud to have ga ined his fi rs t s tep .
After schoo l he met Bob and told h im , ra ther boasti‘ngly , tha t E l i zabe th had
promised to go wi th him to the Farce .‘
Bob was rather surp rised , bu t quickly said , Bet
you a buck you don’
t see her af ter the Farce . She’
l l be dancing whi l e you are s i t ting
off in a corne r somewhere . She'
l l use you ve ry conveniently , won’
t she ?
Lewis flushed hotly and repl ied ,"All right , Bob , I
’
l l take you up on th a t ?
When a lone, Lewis took a so lemn oa th to mas ter the art of onestepp ing.
That even ing he sneaked out of the house, on the pretense of going to the l ibrary ;
he took the car downtown and got o ff a t a popular dancing academy . Once inside ,he lost a l l of hi s boldnes s and sh runk into a corne r , afra id to s ti r . He watched thedancing inten tly and i t a l l looked easy . Just s imple steps—nothing fancy . Tomorrow
n ight,yes , surely tomorrow night , he would col lec t a l l h is courage and t ry i t . But
lthes e lessons would be expensive, and where cou ld he ge t a l l the m oney? Now is thetime to begin .
Nex t noon he a te one hot dog ins tead of his cus toma ry th ree. Also he wen t
wi thou t his pie and cone . He expla ined to the fel lows that he was not hungry . How
ever , his mother noted no decrease in h is appeti te. In fact , she marveled a t the amoun t
he s towed away .
The two weeks before the Farce passed quickly and Lewis thought wi th a sinking
heart,“Tomorrow nigh t is the Fa rce. Oh ! i f E l i zabeth weren
'
t such a good dancer i t
wou ldn'
t make so much difference
After the play was over Lewis was si len t ly wai ting, wai ting for what ?“
Too bad you don’
t dance, ventured E l i zabeth .
What ? demanded Lewis sha rp ly .
Do you dance ?"asked E l i zabeth .
Why , of course, and I have the fi rs t th ree wi th you.
E l i zabeth was si lent and'
stared blankly ahead . Had not Bob told her distinct lytha t Lewis didn
’
t know the fi rs t thing abou t dancing ?
The music s tarted B lue B ird Waltz , and“Look , fel lows , excla imed Bob , exci tedly . Look a t Lewis dance ! Well , I
’
l l
Lewis had every dance wi th E l i zabeth . Both danced exceedingly wel l , both en
j oyed themselves immensely and made an idea l coup le .The next day Lewis was a dol lar r icher than befo re , because Bob paid off hi s bet
say ing ,“Lewis , you gave me the surprise of my young l i fe . I never
'
though t you had i t
in you . Congra tu lat ions , old man , going to take her to the Alumni Dance ?"
Page Thirteen L . W-L. LIFE
Nep tune’
s ChariotW. ANDERSON , ’
20 J .
OE and I were return ing f rom a trip to the far eas t on board Captain Thomas'
squa re rigger , the“I! ly ing Cloud .
"We came through the Suez Canal and the
Medi terranean,and after spending a few days at Gibral ta r we had started for home .
At fi rs t the winds were favorab le,but as we neared the Sargasso Sea , the wind fai led us
comple te ly , so that for nearly two weeks we had lain practical ly a t a s tandsti l l in the
open sea .
Now there is nothing more ti resome at sea than a long calm , and after we had
spen t a day or two in s lush ing down the masts and rigging , the time for most of the
crew began to hang heavi ly . Since thi s was the fi rs t t ime that Joe and I had ever been
in these waters , in spi te of the l ack of wind and the l ifeless sa i ls flapping id ly aga ins t
the yards , we found much of interest in our surroundings . In the fi rs t p lace,as fa r as
the eye cou ld reach , the ocean was covered wi th acres and acres of sea plants , r ising and
fa l l ing wi th the swel l of the sea . Joe and I busied ourselves , col lecting numbers of
specimens to take home with us . Then , too, there were po rpoises , which seem to take a
keen del i gh t in fol lowing a vessel and play ing about i t . Besides these,there were
bon itas , shaped l ike a mackerel bu t about three or fou r times as la rge , and among the
swi ftes t fi sh in the sea . To watch them flashing a longside the boat in the ea rly morn ing ,thei r bright—hued bodies changing with a l l the colors of the spectrum
, was one of the
events of the day .
But, a fter a week of ca lm , wi th nothing new at a l l , the monotony of the s ituation
began to a ffec t both Joe and me . So one morning af ter breakfas t , I went to the cook ,who happened to be a good friend of mine, and asked him i f he knew of anything we
could do to amuse ourselves . He cons idered the question for a moment and then said,
Y es , I’
l l te l l wha t to do . Go fish ing ."
I was not much exci ted , for I knew that there was not a fi sh ing hook on board,and
I told him so. He then described a grappl ing hook that was in the ship’
s storeroom .
He told me to get permiss ion from the captain to get th is hook and about fou r or five
fa thoms of l i gh t chain . This I did , and came back with the desi red gear .
The cook s l ipped a piece of pork over the hook , t i ed i t there , and then told me to
go forward and hang i t over the bow and that ins ide of a hal f an hour I would have a
porpoise. Joe and I went above and made the end of the chain fas t to the boat'
s bow
spri t . Holding onto the stays I dangled the hook , wi th i ts bai t , along the surface of the
water,jus t in fron t of the bow . The cook
’
s prediction proved correct . Before we
rea l i zed i t,a huge porpoise shot ou t of the water , and an ins tant la ter , the bai t dis
appeared in his mouth . Joe and I managed to pu l l h im alongside with his head jus t
c lea r of the water . Very soon the porpoise began to behave rather wi ldly and his
thrashing back and forth actua l ly made the ship tremble . At once al l hands came for
wa rd to see wha t the commotion was , and la ter, Captain Thomas arrived on the scene
and to ld us to get a rope about the tai l of the fi sh before he hurt h imsel f . Aided by the
crew,i t was easy to sl ip a l ine a round the ta i l of the" s'ea pup .
‘ Whenwe had h im sa feand sound
,the fi rst ma te asked what we were going to do wi th him . Before we had
L.-W.
-L. LIFE Page Fourteen
t ime to speak , Captain Thomas answered for us , by tu rning to Joe and me , saying,“Why don
’
t you harness h im up , boys , and take a r ide in the ship’
s dinghy ?"
The skipper showed us how to harness him , by s l ipp ing a rope a round the por
poise’ s nose for a col l ar,ty ing a l ine to each side of the col la r for traces , and fas ten ing
them to the dinghy . He exp lained how to guide the fi sh by s teering the boat , so tha t
he would go wherever we s teered h im .
As soon as the harness was completed , we were ready to s tart . Joe was to do the
s teering,the mate tossed me the l ine tha t was s ti l l made fas t to the porpoise
'
s ta i l , and
we were off.
We did not make an impress ive s tar t , for the big fish , after swimming about a
hundred yards,came to a sudden s top , bu t by banging the tin bai ler in the boat agains t
the rai l,I f rightened h im in to starting off a fas ter pace , and soon we were d riv ing
around the vessel a t abou t eigh t knots an hou r . F ina l ly he came to a halt when he were
about a mi le away from the ship . I sa id to Joe ,“He
’
s a good old horse,now you watch
me pat him on the back and tel l h im what a fine steed he i s .
At thi s Joe began to laugh , and balancing himsel f by the steer ing oa r, he stood up
in the stem to see the fun , whi l e I pu l led gently on the traces , and was soon close
enough to pu t my hand on the shining back of the po rpoise. I had begun to say , Good
old nag when apparently he became offended and sta rted off a t a grea ter p ace than
ever,giving the boat such a j erk , tha t Joe, weak from laughter , was th rown off his ba l
ance and before he cou ld recover himsel f , p lunged in to the sea . When he came to the
surface, Iwas abou t one hundred yards from him , doing a l l I coul d to s top the porpoise ,
but i t was in vain . I cou ld not steer the boat because the oar had fal l en out wi th Joe .
After finding tha t the po rpoise’
s s trength was fa r superior to m ine , . I tried to turn him
a round,by tying a piece of rope to the bai l er and throwing i t a longside the head of the
porpoise . This worked fine, for the porpo i se changed his _cours e and was gradual ly
heading for Joe. Then , as i f sens ing trouble , he s topped d'ead short in his cou rse , so I
s tood up and -yel led to Joe to swim to the boa t. All of a sudden I saw a fearful com
motion in the wate r. Joe went down , came up again , and then , abou t a dozen feet away
from him , the fin of a shark cut the wate r.
I fe l t a t a loss to know what to do . I f I lef t the boa t , the porpoise would swim
away and l eave me and Joe a lone to drown . I cou ldn'
t move my oldI horse at a l l
now . I knew somehowor other I mus t rescue Joe, so tipping the boa t over enough to fi l l
i t partly wi th water, so tha t i t wou ld be too heavy for the porpoise to drag , I swam ou t
for Joe .
I fel t ti red and weak when I reached him . I go t my nerve again and to ld him to
put his hands on my shoulders and splash wi th h is feet whi le I swam to the boa t . I t
was a l ong,hard swim back , for qui te often Joe was too weak to keep on splashing, and
I expected to hear h is death shriek or else fal l a victim mysel f to the shark’
s j aws . I
cou ld hardly see ; my eyes were fi l led wi th sal t water ; then faintly—somewhere~
off in
the dis tance—J heard a shout and then a l l was blank . When I awoke I found Joe andmysel f i n the ship
’
s long boat, back to l i fe and sa fety .
I t took but a moment to overtake the dinghy , and ba i l her out . Then the mate
cu t the po rpoise loose , and wi th a mighty“whoosh
”Neptune
’
s s teed shot down in to
the depths of the Sargasso Sea .
Page F ifteen L.-W.
-L. LIFE
This Is The LifeMARY BARBlCH
,
’
19 J .
ALPH JONE S sa t in the s tudy room,fourth period of a day in the last week
of school . The window on his righ t was open and the ai r of ea rly summ er
caused his mind to d ri f t i n p l aces far f rom the m onotony of the schoo l ground .
He was thinking where he would be in jus t three days more . He drew a telegram
f rom his pocket which he had read about ten times before, so that he knew i t by heart .
Petalum a , Cal i f
Send Ralph here for vacation . Letter with further detai l s
w i l l fol low . JIM.
The s ixteen-yea r old boy settl ed comfortably into his sea t whi le the teacher ,blackboard and his fe l low-s tuden ts faded into a del ightfu l scene on the chicken farm .
Ralph pictured an idea l farm about one hundred acres wi th all kinds of berries ,
f rui t trees , chickens , vegetables and above al l a swimming creek . He hac’ not been to
the country for two years because of the sudden death of his fa ther . He was forced
to go ou t for himsel f to work during vaca tion. But now he had saved enough so
that this yea r he cou ld go ; no more boss wou ld tel l h im to get to work ; no more rush ;
no more s tepping on toes in a car ; no more punch ing the clock or eatin g co ld sand
wiches du ring the months of July and August .
Of course he knew he would have to rise ear l ier in the morning, but then there
would be so much for him to do tha t he would not notice i t. He thought of tha t
wonderfu l creek and how he cou ld go swimming every day,hun. birds
’
nests , go shoot
ing and p lay with o ther boys . How at ni ght he would go rowing with a crowdI ofboys and gi rls wi th thei r ukes and mandol ins and s ing over the old' songs a long with
the popula r . Oh ! i t was jus t wonderfu l to have an uncle who owned a farm andwanted his nephew to visi t i t .
The ringing of the bell at the end of the s tudy period brought Ralph'
s mind
back to school .
Three-th i r ty found Ralph home . On the sta i rs he met the mai l carri er and
received a letter addres sed to Mrs . Jones , postmarked from Peta luma . He knew
instantly i t was from Uncle Jim . He carried i t to his mother, who noticing how
exci ted hewas , to ld him to read the lette r . Ralph tore the envelope and read i t a loudDear Sis ter
“No doubt you were very much surprised to receive my telegram .
The farm is so productive and I expec t such enormous returns this yea r tha t
Ralph would be very much of a help to me.
This is jus t the kind of a place in which a boy of Ralph'
s age wi l l find
himsel f a t home. We mi lk the cows s ix in the morning , and af ter Ralph
has been wi th me for a few days I wi l l give h im ful l charge o f the mi lking ."At seven we have breakfas t , mush wi th rice, can'ned cream , biscui ts
and coffee. To diges t hi s mea l Ra lph can wash and wipe the dishes . At
L. W.-L. LIFE Page Sixteen
eigh t I wi l l a l low him to ride to town with me in my Ford . There I get the
newspapers , mai l , and a few other th ings for the home . When we return
Ralph can wash the automobi le , pol ish the l i ghts and fi l l the tank . Before
lunch al l he wi l l have to do wil l be to pick a bucket of blackberries , help
the cook and set the table .
Our lunch consists of rol led oa ts wi th cream , stew , tea , and baked
apples . My only fea r is tha t he wi l l grow too fa t and as he is very fond
of athletics , such an unhappy condi tion migh t in terfere with hi s further
success in sports . After lunch he can again wash and wipe the dishes . I
guarantee by the time he returns home he wi l l be an expert in tha t occupa tion .
Unti l three o’
clock he can search for eggs , kill fowl for market , pain t the
garage and whi tewash the fence . Then unti l four o’
c lock he may go
swimming . However , before going , he must pick a couple of buckets of black
berri es and prepa re them for market , feed the cows and hogs and after supper
he may sprink le the garden . On Sunday the on ly thing he has to do wi l lbe to make the ice cream . I sha l l look for him a t the s tation here Sunday
evening. Your loving brother . JIM .
That nigh t the neighbors o f Mrs . Jones , upsta i rs and down , had occasion
to bless the invention of the au to-piano . Someone in Mrs . Jones’
p arlor was giving a
fe rocious rendering of tha t charm ing li t t le di tty !
I love the cows and chickens ,But this i s the l i fe .
Page Seventeen L. W-L. LIFE
How O’
F lah erty‘ Spent the Night
BEATRICE BARRANCON , ’
20 J .
ENNIS O’
FLAHERTY shi fted hi s feet and smi led an embarrassed sm i le .
The stout, rosy-faced pol ice j udge leaned back in his cha ir and tapped hispenci l aga ins t h is whi te teeth .
Well , sa id he, what’
s you r trouble ?“
Si r-r? sa id O'
Flaherty, with r isin g inflec tion .What
’
s the difficul ty ? repeated the j udge .
Trespassing in Twin Peaks Tunnel , your Honor , pu t in the officer wi th a
voice that made the offense seem a crime to the bewildered O ’
Flaherty.
What were you doing there ?”asked the judge .
Fa i th , s i r-r, Oi’
m not knowing thot m esilf, returned O’
Flaherty with a con
fidi'ng smi le , Might Oi be spakin’
to yer Honor, confidinshul-l ike ?
”
The judge leaned forward over the desk and O’
Flaherty, on his t ip toes , whis~
pered to him . The officer coughed discreet ly , the j udge tipped back in h is swivel
cha i r and chuckled sof tly . He and O’
Flaherty shook hands wi th the“b rotherhood
grip . He dismissed the officer and the two I rishmen , prisoner and j udge, were sooncomfortably ins ta l led in the j udge
'
s p riva te o ffice .
After a few puffs , O'
Flaherty began to tell of his n i gh t’
s adventures and th isi s the s tory he told
Wel l,s i r-r, began O
’
Flaherty,
’
twas th i s woi. Oi had spin t a merry evenin’
wit a coop le o’
frinds i n toon and’
t was up'
ards 0'
one o'
clock whi n Oi boarded thel ast ca r fu r home and mi ther . Ye must know tha t Oi res ide in Noe s tra te , an
'
whin
Oi joodged thot we had arroived a t thot s trate Oi got off the car-r an'
s tar-rted to
walk to me house. Instid of the coostum ary s trate loight there was m illyuns o’
loights ,
bu t wit th’
peace celybrashuns so near , Oi decided they were only expreshuns 0'
j oy .
Whi n Oi had gone a few shteps the loights went out. T ’was dar-rk as m e pocket
an’
Oi met not a soul.
Oi walked an’
Oi walked an’ ’
fore l ong Oi sor,
me own doorwa’
. Bein’
so
near home an’
seein’
a loight Oi decoided to wa it’
ti l the Missus win t t’
bed an'
toined
th’
loight ou t . Oi looked across at me.
frind Dinty’
s house an'
the loight there was
out,so Oi conc luded thot Dinty wuz home and in bed .
“Whoile waitin’
Oi tuk a short walk . Afther Oi had walked about ha l f anhou r Oi returned an
’
there wuz no loight. Oi troid t’
foind the kay-hol e but shlipped
awoi . Thin'
Oi rang the bell, and Oi rang an"Oi rang
-
ani
s
‘i‘nary a soun
'
. ThinksOi
,
‘
Maybe’
t i s the wrong house .’
So Oiwalked fa rther on , an'
l ooks fo r the noom
ber ower the door . Fai th ,’
twas too da r-rk t'
see onythin'
. Well , Oi tried th'
next
door bu t there wuz no answer , and Oi decoided tha t th’
i the r house wuz me aun. So
Oi wint back t’
me doorwa bu t i t wuz. th’
sam e as the i ther . Thin Oi walked a longthe s tra te an
’
ivery tin stips there wuz me aun doorwa'
before me ; but m e kay would
not fi t an’
Oi could not decoide wich was me aun home an'
which the nex t door. So
Oi walked an’
Oi walked an'
Oi counted s ivinty-sivin o’
them doorwa'
s an'
thin Oi
c rossed the s trate to Dinty’
s an’
walkin back Oi counted s ivinty-foive o’
Dinty’
s houses ,an
’
boy tha t toim e Oi was so bewi ldered thot Oi cud not fo'
ind the fi rs t doorwa’
nor
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winding busi ly over the landscape, nos ing a rabbi t ou t o f a hole on one s ide of a
hi l l and communicating the fact to i ts master on the other s lope by wagging h is di s tant
bu t vigi lan t tai l .
The dachshund is very a ffectiona te and is a del ight fu l companion . Speak to him
kindly and h is eyes wi l l spark le wi th del igh t , whi le l a ter on, his ta i l , wherever i t may
be, wi l l ge t the news and wag frantica l ly .
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W. HAH IR,
’
20 J .
The twenties were a’
p lanning
For weeks ahead,I gues s ,
To give the scrubs a welcome
Tha t would be a grea t success .
They were going to have a picnic
In a cove across the bay ,
But a long came some obstruction
And pu t tha t thought away .
The date was getting nearer
And the’
! os s a id , For ducks
We’
l l have a stunning party
Up on the roof of Lux.
The longed for day a t las t arr ived ,
The crowd had gathered there ;
They wen t right to the tab les
And left the dishes bare .
The twenties pl ayed J . Caesa r
And thei r cos tumes were a sight ;
But twenty two'
s enj oyed i t
And' said i t was“a l l right .
After that , came dancing ,And games tha t a l l cou ld play ,
So every one had something
To pass the time away .
Now’
22 ! when i t comes your turn
To give the scrubs a “spree
Just think back to October fou rth
And act accordingly .
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They That Toil NotC . DREW,
’
20 .
HEN John Henry Ames , Jr.,came in to th is world , he did not, as heroes
do , s ta re abou t with pensive and intel l igen t mien. Not he . He jus t natur
a l ly cried unti l he s lept, and slep t ti l l he woke to cry .
At the advanced age of six young John was sen t off to schoo l by his mothe r .
She heaved a deep sigh upon seeing him go and yet another when he returned a t the
end of the day . The fi rst was of rel ief and the second of sorrow . Thus the gentle
reader has his fi rs t evidence of John Henry’
s—wel l , le t us say—res tless , yea , eventrouble-some disposi t ion .
School held no terrors fo r our John , as there was too much one could do for i t
to bore even a superio r mind . When one ti red of making faces a t the gi rls across the
ais le , one would a lways draw pictures of teacher . Countless o ther devices were em
ployed by dea r John to distract hi s mind from those troublesome books and lessons .
When our young hero en tered the grammar grades,he was for a time s ickened
at the thought that he migh t have to assimi la te some knowledge via the work route .
He was not lazy , as any teacher could tes ti fy ; ‘nor cou ld he be du l l o f wit when so
many glowing pranks were the product of his ferti le brain . When,
“tha t Ames boy ,
you know ,
"as teachers said , ti red of misch ievous j okes and tricks , h is wea ried brain
found solace in such masterpieces o f fiction as , The E rie Tra in Boy,
" “Dick Dead
eye, Bound to Rise , and al l the rest .
Yet,alas , al l good things must end , and the day fina l ly came when John Henry
Ames was duly recorded as prepared for a high school ca reer . In John’
s young
mind there was no doub t abou t the school question . John , senior , ra ther thought the
boy“didn
’
t get much ou t of i t ."Mrs . John said , he is too young to go to work ;
"
and so i t was that once more severa l years of p leasure s tretched befo re him .
As a“scrub
"a t Lick-Wilmerding he nearly flunked
"in a lgeb ra . The second
year he almost worked at hi s studies . Then , when he reached the es tate of a Junio r
his in teres t was diverted from the classroom to the a th leti c field . All of his leisu re
moments were spent on footbal l,tracks , or whatever the cu rren t sport happened to be .
When Professo r Max Plumb was deep in the mysteries of Trig , John Henry’
s mind
was more than l ikely occupied with some play inRugby . Wynne’
su
Select Reci ta
tions in Geometry were enj oyable , as the class was large and he was ra ther f ree to
th ink abou t what he wished .
And so i t went a l l through the four years of Hi . He managed to b lu ff a long
and sl ide into a"so f t
”job wi th John Henry ; Sr . Although he would not l oa f he
came migh ty cl ose to i t .
Young John was j us t s tarting to get ti red of his work when America joined in
the E uropean troubles . An examiner for the Marine Corps rej ected John’
s appl ica
tion for en l is tment , giving an a thletic heart as the reason . The medico’
s pa rting
advice was ,“Take i t slow for a whi le , young fel low . The deares t wish of John
’
s
heart was to fight the Hun so he did “take i t s low .
"
F rom time to time he applied for enl is tment in various branches of the service,bu t each time , though his heart improved , he was rej ected . His persis tency and
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endeavor won for him , and he left for the bi g gun school a t For t Winfield Scott,t reading on a i r i n h is happines s .
The prime requis i tes were of course Algebra , Tri g, and Geom et ry . All the
men had to brush up on mathematics for a month or so . Ames had to brush up and
keep on brushing . As a professor pu t i t to him one day ,“
Y ou have the abi l i ty ,
Am es , bu t your ground work in th i s i s so poor tha t you wil l have to work for th reemonths a t leas t to get ready fo r the real t ra ining .
"
The three months of concen trati on fina l ly dragged by . Just as he entered the
actua l tra ining classes his pa ls,wi th whom he had entered , were being sen t over to
figh t. His chagrin a t h i s delay was increasing . Day and nigh t he bera ted h imsel f
f or his fa i lu re to lea rn i n schoo l . He dug into the tra in ing as bes t he could , and
was awaitin g orders to l eave for F rance when the Kaiser gave up the ghos t and thewa r ended . Discharge papers were shortly forced on him and John Henry Ames ,
Jr fai led in his l i fe’
s desi re and broken in heart , lef t for home ,“a sadder and a
wiser man .
The F livverM . G ILBERT ,
’
18 X.
HE flivver i s i n a class by i tsel f . I t i s too sma l l fo r an automobi le and a trifle
too l a rge for a baby carriage I n the dic tiona ry flivver"wi l l be found under
“insec ts
"or Tinnius Lizz ius , with the fol l owing explanation ! Tinnius Liz
z ius i s essenti a l ly 98 per cen t . Stannum ( tin ) and the res t consis ts of a microscopic sub
stance ca l led enginitius .
"
A fl ivver i s l ike an a la rm clock because i t takes a l l day to wind i t up and i t goesoff when leas t expec ted . A friend of mine attached a hand organ to hi s and p layedthe
“Valse Cap ri ce
"through twenty-s ix t imes before the thing s tarted . The ti re cost
i s a nega tive quanti ty . The ordina ry garden hose makes a mos t excel len t casin g. I f
some part of the mach ine shou ld break , why , j us t go to the neares t d rug or grocery store
and you wi l l be sold wha t you need . I f you run ou t of gasoline, dump in the coal oi l
out of the side lamps and off you go . I have heard of a case where a man was so fu l l of
whiskey tha t he ran the flivver wi th hi s breath . The world’
s notab le men own fl ivvers .
Roosevel t has a flivver to haul kindling wood to the ki tchen . Rockefel ler has a tin
Lizzy for an ornamen t on his man tel p iece . The tune tha t the flivver plays when
rambling a long is very va luable. One m an took a phonograph record of i t and was
given fi f ty thousand dol lars for the reco rd and i ts exclusive copyri ght . I t was a per
fect rep roduction of the th i rd act of“Salom e. There i s a flivve-r in Mi lp itas that
p lays Over There so well i ts owner absent-mindedly d ropped a nick le in the ra
diator.
A friend of mine has a sm all son abou t seven feet ta l l . One m orning
whi le out skating he noticed to his consternati on tha t hi s dad’
s flivver was on his righ t
foot . I f your flivver s tops sudden ly som etime and you can’
t s ta rt i t , i t is t roubled
wi th Stopolitis . I t comes natural ly to every flivver and the only remedy is to wait
unti l i t s tarts . Scientis ts exp la in thi s action as a coloida l con-glom era tion of the differ
ential and the spark plugs .
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The V alue Of KnowledgeHAROLD K ING ,
’
I9 J .
Knowledge is proud that he knows so much,
Wisdom is hum ble that he knows no m ore ."
NOWLEDGE may prove ei ther tota l ly worth les s or ines tim ab ly beneficia l tothe individua l possesso r . Like money s tored in a vau l t, i t loses i ts worth unti l
it i s pu t in to ci rcu la tion This i s bes t i l lus tra ted i n the two types of m en at
tending our school s and un ivers i ties today . One.
i s the over-s tudious scholar, who
s tores h is lea rn ing for fu ture use His mind is keen bu t receives materi a l wi thout u ti l i zing
i t . Tha t is , he hoards hi s knowledge, placing more importance upon gain ing wisdomthan on spreading i t . His method of
x
learning fina l ly becomes a habi t , which causes
him to become worth less to h imsel f as wel l as to others and soon i t p roves a burden tohi s l i fe . His eyes ight weakens , the lure of the books prevents him f rom taking proper
exercise, he loses h is normal appetite , hi s heal th fa i ls , l eaving him a miserabl e, un
happy creatu re. But he a lone does not su ffer, for in m aking no efforts to explain to
l es s fortunate fel low students the difficu l t ies he has mastered , his work en l igh tens no
one and is los t .
The suprem e tes t of usefulnes s appears in cases of emergency or neces si ty ; when
the opportuni ty comes for him to use hi s res erve knowledge he fai ls , because of inex
perience i n impar ting his ideas . This i s proved only too p lain ly in the presen t war.
The man who becomes a leader is the p ract ical m an, who can com m and and act decisively wi thout fol lowing a learned fo rmula . The book-read man , who has no prac
tica l experience , fi l ls the regu lar soldiers p l ace, or worse s ti l l cannot serve hi s countrybecause of poo r eyesigh t, underweigh t, or physica l unfitness . So he is seen today
,
exempt from mi l i ta ry duty, and sti l l s tudying fo r som e future unknown opportuni ty .
In the other class , however , we find the m an who studies bu t finds time for other
things . He uses h is mental p rowes s not only to store knowledge i n hi s brain , but to
teach it to act quickly and intel l i gent ly by using i t i n his sports . This man you wi l l find
g ives wi l l ingly all th a t he has l aborously worked ou t . He not only helps his fel l ow
m en by expla in ing matters to them , bu t gains for himsel f a chance to expres s his ownideas and to find ou t thei r va lue. H i s scholarship may not di spl ay a br i l l ian t in tel l ect
.
but by ci rcu lating his knowledge he gains an independence and j oy in h is work whichgives satis faction to h i s e fforts . His cheerfu l energet ic dispos i ti on i s an inspi ra tion to
others , s timulating enthusiasm and ambi tion .“
Not on ly does he benefi t o thers individual ly,but he comes to the fron t in times
of grea t neces s i ty . By origina l thinking, he is able to develop hi s ideas to fi t the needs
of the s i tuat ion . He i s the man who invents the engi nes of p rogres s or d iscovers m ed ica l m e thods fo r s topping uncon trol l ed epidem ics or
'
diseases of war . He is a leader
of men who wins for the world a l l tha t would have been lost by him who hoa rdsknowledge . "
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The B rowning M achine GunM . R . E HRER ,
’
| 9 J.
OLLOWING the machine gun tes ts a t Texas Ci ty , in l9 l 4 ; the War Department of the Uni ted States adopted the Vicker
’
s machine gun . Later the war
proved that this type of weapon was not destructive enough to meet the requi re
ments of modern warfa re . The pres ent fighting condi tions ca l led fo r a l ight gun
Weighing l ess than twenty pounds , i n order to be very easi ly ca rried by advancing infan
t ry . The Vicker’
s gun fai led to mee t these requi rements si nce i t weighed thirty~eight
pounds a lone and wi th the tr ipod seventy-five pounds .
The government , therefo re , had to conduct new tes ts for determining a standard
and sui table machine gun . These tr ia l s were conducted a t Springfield a year and a
hal f ago. To these exhibi tions came Mr . John M . Browning and his b rother. They
brough t with them two guns , one l ight a i r-cool ed automa tic machine gun and a larger
water-cooled mach ine gun . Bo th inst ruments were l ight , and s imp le in cons truc tion .
In thi s governmen t tes t the l a rger gun fi red shots with only two j ams , both due
to fau l ty cartridges . The Vicker’
s , or any o ther gun , never equa led this record for
speed and rel i ab i l i ty . As a resu l t , the B rowning machine guns , l ight and heavy, were
adopted by the War Department . A Browning heavy machine gun was a lso con
structed wi th flanges , for ai r-cool ing , to be mounted on aeroplane where the constant
rush of coo l a i r p roved sufficien t for cool ing the barrel . This gun is a lso used by
the Uni ted States .
Previous to the B rowning machine gun and the French Chauchat , machine weapons
were unab le to at ta in a high rate of fi re because the vicious hammering of the moving
parts , when going at the ra te of 400 per minute , caused the s teel to crysta l ize . Brown
ing was aware of thi s fau l t,so when he designed his gun he arranged that the opening
and closing motions of the breech are sta rted gent ly and closed gently instead of thehammering and battering of the b reech parts as in other machine guns .
The Browning l igh t machine gun is manufactured to opera te bo th automatica l ly
and semi-automatical ly . That is to say , i t may be used for fi ring continuous ly , emptying
i ts magazine quick ly , or i t may be used as an ordinary rifle and the shots fi red singly
by operating the trigger .
This l igh t gun is of the a i r-coo led gas Operated design . The weapon may be
fi red ei ther f rom the shou lder , the target being found on s igh ts s imi la r to those on rifles ,or may be fi red f rom the hip , the target being found th rough general sense of direc t ion .
The knack of fi ring from the h ip is quickly acqui red through practice. The gun is
cooled by flanges which radia te the heat and cause the gun to remain at the lowest
poss ib le temperature .
The principle of gas operation is very simple . The gun is cocked for the fi rs t
sho t and the trigger pul led . The bul let is expel led by gases which exert a pressure
of pounds per square inch . A smal l amount of th is gas is u ti l i zed to opera te
the gun automatica l ly . The bul let on leaving the muzzle has a veloc i ty very nearly
equa l to tha t of the Springfield rifle . The cartridges a re fed from detachab le maga
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zines conta ining twenty rounds of ammuni ti on a l though for specia l purposes some have
been made which contain forty . The bul let used in th is gun, and also in the heavy
B rowning,i s the s tanda rd service cartridge used by the Uni ted States Army . The
loading of the magazine is very simple and quick ly accompli shed . The empty cl ip
is released by press ing a bu tton . A new one i s quickly inser ted in i ts s tead . The
complete operat ion takes two and one-hal f seconds .
As has a l ready been sta ted , the gun i s bo th automatic and sem i~automatic . The
changes from one to the other being mde by a lever mot ion which when in the fi rs t
position is made to fi re s ingle shots by a trigger rel ease . With the lever in the second
posi tion the gun works au tomatical ly and wi l l empty i ts magazine of twenty shots in
f rom two and one-hal f to three seconds . The thi rd posi t ion locks the gun for sa fety .
The powder gases crea ted in the machine gun are terrific . They sometimes reach
a temperature of degrees , Fahrenhei t . This gun , being ai r-coo led , has i ts
l imi ta ti ons a l though the B rowning l ight“
gun m ay fi re th ree hundred shots continuous lywi thout cool ing.
A feature of both the heavy and l i gh t B rownings i s thei r s impl ic i ty of construc
t ion . The main parts number less than twenty and can be eas i ly and quick ly taken
apart or assembled by a single opera tor . Both guns can be opera ted by one person
and the on ly tool necessary when dismantl in g i s a smal l wrench . In case a wrench is
not a t hand an emp ty cartr idge may be used with good resul ts .
The p rob lem of supplying ammuni tion for thi s gun has given considerable trouble.The gunner carries one hundred and twenty rounds in his bel t or bandoleer
,whi le h is
two ass is tan ts carry fou r hundred , and two hund red and forty , respectively . This
makes a tota l of e ight hundred rounds of ammuni tion .
The Browning heavy gun i s the m ost efficient m echan ical ly worked weapon in
use today . I ts s impl ici ty o f construction m akes i t very easy to manufactu re. This
heavy-duty machine gun is water-coo led and the cartridges a re suppl ied in belts o r bandoleers containing one hundred and twenty rounds of amm uni tion . The gun i s opera ted by the reco i l ac tion . I n the governm ent tes ts shots were fi red with but
three stop s . The same gun in another test fi red bu l lets when the gear gave
way . A simi l ar gun fi red sho ts in forty—eight minutes , s ixteen seconds wi thoutany evident st ra in and only th ree in terrup tions , these being due to defective cartridges .
The cartridges are held i n a wooden box fas tened on the lef t h and s ide of the
gun , which is fi t ted with a pis to l grip s im il a r to tha t o f the Col t m achine gun .
The large B rowning machine gun is a lso known as the heavy B rowning gun . I t
is real ly ve ry l igh t when compared wi th other guns of i ts type. I t weighs,comple te
wi th tr ipod , th i rty-four and a hal f pounds and“when st ripped of i ts water j acket twenty
two and a hal f pounds .
The heavy B rowning gun i s one of the th ree types of machine guns whose rateof fi re may be synchronized with the revolu tions of the propel ler when mounted on a
t rac tor aeroplane , so that the gun may be fi red th rough the radius o f the propel le r
wi thout st rik ing the blades . When used in this fashion the gun is a imed by pointing
the aerop lane di rect ly at the target .
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The propel le r o f an aerop lane revolves from 800 to times per minute. The
machine gun i s therefore connec ted to the aeroplane’
s engine by either a m echanica l or
hydrau l ic device , and impulses f rom the crankshaf t of the moto r are transmitted to the
gun . The rate o f fi re is constant and the period of dischargal i s synchronized with the
propel ler by uti l i zing on ly a smal l percentage of the vibrations received from the crank~
shaf t . These few impulses t rip the trigger j us t a t the instan t the blades are c lear o fthe gun .
The Browning gun was given a severe tes t before being final ly adopted for use
on aeroplanes . The gun was mounted on a plane in the usual way except tha t the
propel ler was replaced.
by a disc the exact d iameter of the propel ler and contain ing a
ho le the si ze of a bul let . I f the gun worked properly the shots wou ld go through this
ho le,bu t i f there was the leas t error the bu l le t wou ld miss this opening and pierce a
hole elsewhere in the disc . The engine was run a t speeds varying from 400 to
revolutions per minute and not once during the enti re tes t did the gun work out of
synchroni sm .
I t i s of vi ta l im portance tha t an absolutely rel i abl e gun be used in conjunct ion
wi th aeroplane engines because fau l ty action causes the bu l lets to sha tter the propel le r.
Sometimes as many as fi f teen bu l lets have been known to s tr ike a propel ler withou t
caus ing a plane to fal l bu t the danger of such a thing happening i s very Obvious .
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E ditorial
HE TERM is ended . The cu rta in fa l ls on one of the most success fu l semesters
the has ever had . The Senior cl ass set the pace—a pace that made
migh ty strides toward success . The lower classes fo l lowed in the wake of the
leaders—s lowly,pa tiently
,never weakening , a lways try ing to make the most of Oppor
tunities for bettering thei r schoo l .
The gap between the old Lick Spiri t and the new Tiger Spir i t has closed ,
creating perfect harmony , and from out of the smouldering fi res of the tradit i ona l Lick
Spi ri t has been forged the sou l of a newer Studen t Body—powerfu l , courageous , energetic—the spi ri t tha t has been long sough t for—the Spirit of the Tiger. The old Lick
Spi ri t has died , bu t from its l i felessness s prang a newer and s tronger feel ing of unity .
Let the dead l ie—speak no more of Lick Spiri t—pra ise and uphold our new l ikeness ,the Tiger Spi ri t,
”tha t i t may a lways serve Lick-Wilmerding and Lux .
I t is wi th a feel ing of deep sorrow tha t we record the death of our beloved school
mate, Helen Q uanstrom .
Helen was a gi r l who,l ike a l i ly amongst roses , s tood forth wi th a d
‘
i s tinctness
and puri ty tha t won admira tion . Her kindness and benevolence gained for her a fi rs t
pl ace in the hearts ‘of her cl assmates and placed her high in the reverence of the facul ty .
Helen was at the peak of her high schoo l career , tak ing active part in many school
activi ti es,when she was sudden ly taken sick and after a short i l lness died . The sym
pathy of the students and facu l ty i s extended to her rela tives in thei r deep sorrow .
Those of you who turn over the pages of the cu rren t issue review the ini tia l effor ts
of the presen t staff. Throughou t the semester new and difficu l t problems arose , both
financia l and l i terary which seemed almos t imposs ib le to overcome , bu t by hammering
away and s tick in g to i t ,"the s taff fina l ly succeeded in getting the j ourna l to press .
The“Li fe s taff certain ly does feel p roud over the ou tcome of thei r effo rts and the
Student Body may cons ider i t another vic tory to be ab le to publ ish such a credi table
issue . A word of app recia tion i s due Mrs . Orr, Miss Strachin, Miss Bertholas , Miss
Bou lware, Miss Gabriel , and Mrs . Higley for thei r assi stance to the sta ff. We also wish
to give thanks to the prin ter and engraver for thei r pro fess iona l advice .
For the fi rs t t ime in the his tory of L.—W.
-L a Christmas class commencement i ssue
has been publ i shed .
_This p lan is the outcome of a deci sion reached las t year, when
L; .of Contro l' voted to el iminate the so-ca l led supplement num bers
and limi t the publ ication of the journa l to two per year—one in December and“ the
other in May .
The presen t numbe r is the ’
l 8 X . Commencement issue . We have tried to give
th is i ssue a commencement number'
s bearing, and even i f we have only succeeded in a
fa ir way , the foundati on i s l a id and i t remains for futu re cl asses to es tabl ish a plan
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whereby the Xmas cl asses wi l l be placed on an equal foo ting with the June graduates .
We also feel justified in saying tha t a l though many are the a rguments for and
agains t l im i ting the jou rnal to two per year, the supplemen t numbers do not set a very
high s tandard for our paper , and the m oney and time put in to them is not rea l ized . I f
th is energy were thrown into the two commencemen t numbers then the schoo l has some
thing real ly”worth whi le . As i t is we set the presen t issue as the standard—bea t i t
i f you can !
During the months of July and Augus t we had a contingen t of 140 drafted men
under mechanica l train ing in our various shops . The top floor of! the new bui lding
made idea l barracks whi le the second floor was occupied by the officers’
quarters . A'
t
mess cal l the men assembled in the old Wilmerding elect rica l shop where good , whole
some“chow
”was served . To work in some practice a t the pick and shovel ar t the re
cruits squared up the Wi lmerdin g oval and made the famous old cinder path actual lylook l ike something . Jackson Park made ani deal parade ground where the men”shouldered a rms
”and stamped around" in marching formations .
Outside of thei r regu lar mi l i tary d ri l l the soldiers received inst ructions in machine
shop practice , automobi le repai ring, fo rge work , electrica l engineering, etc .
Have you ever heard this before ? ’ Li ck men lanow when, they are beaten !
Did you ever pause to fa thom the hidden signi f icance of thi s sentence , to go in to its
deeper meaning and discover one of the ideals of ou r Student Body ;”P lay the game
to win ?”Have you ever s een a Tiger team defeated ? Yes , they have faced many
defeats a long wi th hundreds of vic tories , bu t—”Li ck men know when they a re bea ten !
”
They know thei r master when they meet him ; they sense thei r lack of power when the
Tiger l ine breaks ; bu t Lick-Wilmerding acknowledges defea t smi l ingly , loses l ike only
a sportsman can lose , shakes the adversary by the hand , and gives six“big ones
”fo r
the victors . But those of you who were out to see the semi-final windup of the C . I . F
to see San Mateo High Schoo l“defea t our Tigers 5-0; we ask you ! Did you see
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”big ones fo r San Mateo ? Did you catch even the faintes t smi le on
a single Tiger’
s l ips ? No ! L.-W. was not defeated ! E very Tiger on tha t team
house , and wi th tearfu l eyes and si lent voices donned their c lo thes . Deep in their
b reaking hea rts rang tha t c ry ! Lick men know when they are beaten , and we are not
bea ten ! Then somebody broke the si lence . I t was the coach . He spoke quietly
to the manager . Both tore b i ts of paper and each Tiger received a l i ttl e s l ip . Then
the captain co l lected them and lef t the showers . One by one he opened each piece
and glanced a t the scribbled Dixon Then he returned and sof tly sa id ”Dixon ,
fel lows .”Then there was a sob Stonewa l l
”Dixon was to be nex t year s captain .
He played the game to win .
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Tigers
Oh , give a cheer , chee r , cheer for Tigers ,
They wi l l a lways s tand the tes t,
May a l l the sons who wear the co lors
E ver show themselves the best .
Oh,may the name of Tigers ever
Make our hearts beat high wi th pride ,
For the glory of our High Schoo l
And her men so true , and tried .
Then here'
s a rah ! rah ! rah ! for Tigers ,
They wi l l win the game today ,
And make old Lowel l h ide in terror,
When the Victory comes our way .
Oh , may the name of Tigers ever
Make ou r hearts beat high wi th pride,
For the glo ry of our High School
And her men so t rue and tried .
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P lumb ing Sh OpThe Scrubs , three sections
”s trong,
’
are doing thei r usua l sheet metal exercises .
Li ke the preced ing cl asses they are s ticking to the same theory of using as much solder
as the piece of tin wi l l hold'. Because of the forced vacation some of the exer
cises had to be curtai led in order tha t the term s work cou ld be covered by Christmas .
An afternoon class of more advanced boys are doing the repai r work and odd
jobs . Mr. Wood has kept severa l busy l aying new pipes in the rear o f the Wi lmerding school , in preparation for the l ay ing of the cemen t by the boys of the brick shop .
Steam radia tors and boi l ers have been ordered for the”new bui lding
,and as
soon as del ivered wi l l be i ns ta l l ed by the more advanced class . At present they are
doing some p lumbing work in the bui lding .
J VIech anical DrawingMr . Heymann
’
s departmen t is one of the busies t in the school . The Senio r and
Junio r appren tices a re making grea t s trides , whi le the Sophomores have j ust comple ted
thei r thi rd pla te on Orthog raphic Projec ti ons .”Fri tz
"Schubert i s des i gning a cen tri fuga l pump and is p rogress ing rapidly .
Barney”Dolan , the other apprent ice of the
'
| 8 X cl ass , hopes to complete a 30
foo t tug boat th is term .
The Senior class is the proud possessor of a grea t mechanical four -Kraut ,
Englebret, Hansen , and Casto . Kraut and Englebret are designing a 100 H . P.
and when not
draugh ting they spend the t ime debating the question . Hansen and Casto are con
steam tu rbine. Both cl aim to be the”chief consul ting engineer ,
’
structing a 15 H . P two-cyl inder marine engine.
The other Senior app rentices a re try ing to keep up to the s tandard set by the
regulars .”Jerry
”Keefe i s designing a guard for the school
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s s team whis t le ; BenF rankl in i s wel l s tarted on a hoisting hook , whi le Scott i s working over the detai l s of a
6 H . P. motor. Tosi and Ritchie divide the time be tween drawing and, gazing ou t
of the window .
The Junior app rentices are advancing rapidly on thei r prel imina ry p la tes . They
a re eagerly awai ting the time when they shal l be Senio rs and hold the es teem of the
cl ass below . G ieseker and Rodgers a re drawing a safety va lve and chuck respec
tively. Pl ace,Jacobs , Anderson and Granucci a re doing simi l ar work .
E lectrical ShopUnder the ins truc tion of Mr . Stowe, the elect rical department i s making fine head
way . The shop has been moved in to the new bui lding and al l are working hard .
C . Thompson is genera l foreman of the plan t and -does p l en ty of good work
around the shop . Hobson and Hildebrand , with aid of Paddy Walton , are t racing
condui t . Scott i s making a trans former and hopes i t wi l l l ive up to his expecta tions .
Wismer i s overhaul ing a l l the old motors and putting them in shape . The Jun iors a re
working hard on thei r bel l s and phones and soon hope to be regu la r electrici ans .
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Stone WorkThe boys , under the leadersh ip of Mr . Rice , have been. doing some fine masonry
around the school . As usua l th is department has done considerable repai r work and odd
jobs , the biggest undertaking being the l ay ing of a concrete walk in the rea r of the
Wilmerding bui lding. Besides this , Mr . Rice , assis ted by Mr . Petine , erected a fo rm
for the fence on the eas t side of the bu i lding . Now tha t the rainy season i s coming on ,they p lan soon to continue work on the interior of the new bui lding .
Wood Working ShopsThe three wood-working shops—pattern , cabinet, and ca rpentry , have been
working overtime this term ! Mr . McLaren and Mr . Maybeck have been hust l ing the
boys ri ght a long every minute of the time , in order to complete the five hundred bed
side folding tables for the Red Cross . The school made the contrac t and the boys
of these shops did thei r part , desp i te several handicaps . The tables have a l l the ap
pearances of having been made by professiona ls . The pattern shops did the prelim i
nary work and the cabinet depar tment did th e assembl ing and fini shing . There has
been a continuous pack tra in between the two shops during the las t month .
Bergstrom and Shunk are the only apprentices in thes e shops .
While the soldiers were gettin g practica l experience a t the school , the F reshm en
and Sophs were divided between the pattern and cabinet shops . In pattern the boys
worked on parts of the pu l ley wheel and la ter,on la the exercises . Prel iminary bench
work and l a the exercises kept the cabinet c l asses busy for th e fi rs t few weeks .
In ca rpentry , the soldiers d id some finish ing work on the new bui lding . The
materi a l for the b lack boards for the”new
”bu ilding has come , and now tha t the tab les
a re finished , those taking carpentry wil l set the black boards in p lace .
cArch itectureThis department i s tu rning out some very credi tabl e work under the supervis ion
of Mr . Graham . There is a l arge number of apprentices this term in machine
drawing . From al l appearances the’
! OJ class is going to turn out the record number
of dra ftsmen .
The th ree apprentices in archi tectu ra l drawing are ! Paulson , Munk and Q uagelli.
Munk is beginning the course th i s term ,and i s working on a plate of the Doric order
of archi tectu re . Pau lson is_progressing rapid ly on hi s drawing of the Ion ic orde r .
Q uagelli, the on ly apprent ice taking the regu la r a rchi tectura l course, is a t presen t labor
ing over h is p late of Mil l Detai ls . This trio is doing some good work on thei r pre
l iminary p lates and soon hope to be on more advanced drawings .
Miss F lorence Hi l l , of Lux , i s a lso taking a course in archi tectura l drawing . She
is do ing good work on a Roman Let tering plate .
The low Sophomores have tu rned in carefu l ly drawn plates to Mr . Graham .
They are working on thei r fourth sheet of Orthographic Proj ections .
The’
20 X c lass is busy on pla tes of I sometric Proj ections . Those who have
completed these a re busy on pla tes of S imple Machine Detai ls .
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COOKING
T IS wonderful , yet rather amusing, to th ink how cake i s made . l i t t l e flour ,sugar
,butter , milk and seasoning and then you have your cake or anything else you
migh t desi re according to the amount you place in your bowl and in what proportion .
The Sophomores have heapsl
of fun watching the res u l ts of th is p roces s , whi le
the Junio rs have passed thi s stage and are taking die-tics . The Seniors , s ti l l further
advanced,are analyzing thei r ingredien ts before using them .
The gi rl s a re sti l l conserving food a l though peace has been decla red . They have
Hooverized ever since the fi rst appea l was made and wi l l not stop unti l the need is over .
MILLINERY
The Sophomores have completed thei r preliminary exerci ses which was no easy
task . In contras t to th is drudgery,they are now planning thei r fi rs t win ter hats .
The thi rd year gi rl s have each finished one winter hat which were qui te successes .They are now completing thei r second hats .
Pretty things are usua l ly found in the Senior mi l l inery course . They are doing
thei r share by making dainty bags and other art icles . Thos e who are not doing this
are fi l l in g orders for hats which have been taken th roughout the term .
The Normal girls are do ing thei r usua l go od work .
DRAWING
The Freshmen have finished thei r garment sketchings , elementa ry color work , andh ave made water-color books . They have studi ed the fi rs t p rinciples of design and arenow app ly ing thes e acquired principles to borders . They expect to find time to make
C hristmas cards and to s tar t thei r dress de sign ing soon .
The Sophomores are busy completing thei r work in perspective by sketching
d i fferen t parts o f the bu i lding . They have completed the s tudy of s ti l l l i fe .
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Junior gi r l s are certa in ly lucky for they are taking an in teresting l ine of work
wh ich brings in the sketch ing of ou t-doors . They ,too, expect to make Christmas ca rds
and do a great deal of wood b locking and stenci l ing .
The fou rth yea r gi r ls are s tudying s ty l es of a rchi tecture and various parts of the
The Normal I'
s a re reviewing the E volution of the Home.
The Normal I I . gi rl s a re s tudying houses . They have completed the study of
the parts of a house and are now planning thei r own homes .
SEWING
The Freshmen have completed sets O f undergarments , a sewing apron and bag ,housekeep ing caps and aprons and have managed to do a great dea l of Red Cross work
bes ides . They have been working fai thfu l ly al l th i s term on paj amas .
Woolen dresses seem more to the Sophomore'
s tas te. They have planned and
remodeled dres ses . However, they devoted more of thei r time to Red Cross work than
thei r own dresses .
The Junio rs are making complete sets of infants ’ clo thes . They al l p romise to
be the pret ties t l ayettes tu rned out .
The Seniors have been play ing a more patriotic part. They have been pu ttingthe s ta rs on the Service F l ag of Lick-Wilmerding. We
'
ll s ay tha t the boys ough t to
be proud of tha t F la g ; fi rst , because i t represen ts the men who are in the service andsecond , because Lux gi rls m ade i t for them .
Both Senio r and Juni or girls cont ributed a great amount of work to the Red Cross.
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The LuX Student B odyN spi te of f requent in terruption
,the Lux S tuden t
Body has had a profi table semes ter . Under the
ab le di rection of Pres iden t Lundahl , the Studen t
Body affa i rs have been flou rish ing .
E ar ly in the year a new board was inauguratedfor the contro l of the Lux Red Cross Auxi l i ary . I t i s
composed of the members of the board of control and
the cl ass pres idents . The Red Cross st i l l needs the sup
por t which the Lux gi rl s have given i t in the past,and
the Aux i l i a ry wi l l ca rry on i ts work wi th renewed vigor
during the new year .
Due to the enthusiasm and energy of Miss Web
ster , and of i ts pres iden t, Annette Schraft, the Camera
Club has been revived . I n October,the c lub spen t a
m orn ing a t Golden Gate Park and many pictures were
taken wi th sp lendid resul ts . Other a ffa i rs were p lanned
and , wi th the coming of sp ring , good times are in s tore
Pres ident Lundahlfor the Members .
The Lux String Orchestra is smal l th is year , but i ts
members have given i t loyal support . They plan to take part i n the Chris tmas program
and have been practicing regu larly . There are two vio l ins—Ruth Boyd,
’
22, and
Helen DOyle,
’
22 ; a cel lo , E s ther Golob , ’
20. The accompanis t is Helen Mathis ,’
2l .
Miss Tiffany has been di recting the gi rls and we look fo rward with pleasure to thep rogram they have prepared .
The Ukelele Club i s another organiza tion which has been quiet ly meeting every
week . I ts membership i s ten a t presen t . All that i s needed to j oin i s a uke and rea l
Lux spi rit . Miss Li gh tbody has been giving generously of her t ime to this ac tivi ty .
The club wi l l accompany the Freshmen a t the F i res ide gathering .Because O f many interrup tions , the L. W . L. Glee Club did not fa re as wel l as
the other o rganiza tions . Miss V on der Mehden worked hard but the a ttendance was
i rregu lar and li tt l e was accomplished . Recently the club has been reorganized and the
offi cers were elected . Miss Lundah l i s p res ident and Ben F rankl in , vice-president .
Many in teresting p lans have been made for the new yea r .The Student-Body officers fo r the yea r are ! President , Vic Lundahl ,
’
l 9 ; vice
presiden t, Johanna Gunzburger,’
20 ; secreta ry , Bertha Niefeld,
’
l 9 ; associa te edi tor of
the”Li fe,
”Dot Hopkins ,
’
l9 ; associa te manager of the”Li fe, E ls ie Otto ,
’
l 9 ; audi
tor, M . Barbich , t reas urer, Miss Webs ter ; and song leader, Dot Hopkins ,
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ERIODS have moulded themselves in to days , days into weeks , weeks into years ,
until now the June , l 9 l9 class reaches i ts Senior year . Freshman , Sophomore ,
Jun ior days are but memories .
E arly in the term ,the Seniors p laced the respons ibi l i ty of managing thei r cl ass
a ffa i rs i n capable hands . The Officers elected were Helen Andrews , president ; E ugen ie
Crapuchettes , vice-president ; Helen Hopkins , secretary ; Bertha Grunauer, treasurer ;
and Gladys Peterson , sergeant-at-arms . The Board of Control members were ! Mary
Barbich , Bertha Niefeld and E l s ie Otto .
The class has been very successfu l in debating, thi s term . The deba te with the
Juniors was on the fol lowing question !”Resolved That the War Warrants President
Wilson’
s Third Nomination . E s ther Golob,Johanna Gunzburger and F lo rence Hi l l
upheld the Juniors whi le Gladys Peterson , Martha Wickersham and E ls i e Otto argued
wel l for the Seniors .
The Senio rs have been fai th fu l in our school work . We have made elaborate
hats in mi l l ine ry and each gir l has remodeled a woolen dress in sewing . Seminar , with
Miss Coffin , has been exceptiona l ly interesting . The class has been doing pantomime
work which the gi rls have enjoyed .
In Home the Seniors were s tudy ing the different types of furni tu re when Miss
S tewart was ca l led away . We are fortunate to have Mrs . Higley to take up our work
in Home Pl anning . The Seniors regret more than any other cl ass , Miss Stewart’
s de
partu re because she wil l not be back in time to teach us before graduation . Never
before has Lux had such an opportunity to send a represen ta tive across the sea to com
fort our suffering so ldiers and cheer ou r homesick lads . Never before has Lux been
so proud to have true Americans . The Seniors wish Miss Stewart success in her new
work and a sa fe and speedy return to Lux .
The Seniors regret the loss of thei r dea r classma te , Helen Q uanstrom . Helen was
associa te edi to r of the L . W . L. Li fe”and was very prominent in debating
,dramatics
and basketba l l . The Seniors extend thei r heart-fe l t sympa thy to her rel at ives in thei r
deep sorrow .
We are proud to say that our Cl ass has done its sha re of Red Cross and War work .
The Seniors went over the top in the”Keep
'
Em Smi l ing campaign . At leas t we
have done something toward winning the wa r .
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HE 1920 class began the new school year with the election of i ts officers .
Beatrice Barrangon was elected president ; F l orence Le Vance, vice-p res ident ;
E sther Golob , secreta ry ; Kathryn Antz , sergeant-at-arms , and Gladys Buck ,
song l eader . Pres ident Bea trice Barrangon has p roved to be a very capab le leader
and manager of our class a ffai rs .
As Juniors,we have taken a grea t interes t in basketba l l and have turned out wel l
a t the practices this yea r. We expect to put up a good game in the interclass basket
ba l l . Catherine Forres t i s basketba l l manager .
The Junio r-Senior intercl as s deba te has a l ready taken p l ace, our c las s los ing by a
vote of two to one . F l orence Hi l l , E sther Golob , Doris Gierisch and Johanna Gunz
berger , a l ternate , made up the’
20 team .
E ach Junio r gi r l does Red Cross kn ittin g and sewing or cont ributes a certa in
amount to the Red Cross , month ly ;
We also did our share for the Make’
Em Smi l e Kam paign, and"
managed to
col lect a great many smi les”each day .
The mos t importan t even t for the Junio r cl ass th is semes ter was th e Junior-Fresh
man reception held on the Lux roof on F riday , October 4 . At one o’
clock the Junio r
and Freshman boys and gi rls fo rmed a“bread l ine and received the good things to
eat . There were two kinds o f sandwiches , pickl es , sara toga ch ips , pie , f rui t, and icecream . On the roof , which was a rti s tica l ly decora ted with greens , tab les and chai rs
were a rranged , ready to be used . After everyone had finished with the luncheon there
was an exci ting doughnut eating contes t . Fol lowing this , there was mus i c and dancing
on the roo f . The Junio r gi rl s'
stun t , a burlesque on“Lochinva r,
”was enj oyed by
every one . This was fo l lowed by more dancing . After that , the Junior boys gave
thei r stunt , Ju l iu s Caes ar Up-to-Date.”I t was the funnies t performance on the pro
gram . After more dancing, the ins trumenta l solos rendered by Wil l iams , a '
22 boy ,were much app recia ted . Dancing was then resumed downstai rs and , for those who did
not”s t ruggle, there were games on the roof . A duck race, a marshmal low-eating
contes t and o ther interes ting games were conducted . Besides the genera l dancing and
p rize dancing down sta i rs , there was community singi ng.
The day was certa in ly a success fu l one . The F reshmen forgot to be scared
and everyone entered in to the spi r i t of the occasi on and tho roughly enj oyed everyth ing .
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RESHMEN girls are wel l started on our j ourney through Lux . Our connection
wi th the schoo l wi l l undoubtedly mean a great dea l to us and , j udging f rom what
we have accomplished so fa r , the'
22 c lass i s going to do great th ings for Lux .
e spi ri t which we have shown a t al l t imes is certa in ly very promis ing .
The temporary cl ass offi cers chosen by the facul ty at the beginning of the semester
were Dorothea Hopkins ,'
19 , pres ident ; F l orence Hil l ,’
20 , vice-president ; and Helen
B es t,’
2 1 , secretary . These gi rl s have very successfu l ly managed the c lass since i tsentrance in to school . The F reshmen wi l l soon be capable of a ttending to a ffai rs for
ourselves and wi l l elec t officers f rom our own c lass . Lois Wi l l iams , F rances Kaeding ,and Fern Scott were appointed to repres ent us on the Board of Control .
We have suppo rted basketba l l very wel l . The gi rls have been turning ou t for the
regu la r pract ices and wi l l p robab ly make a good showing in the in terclass games . ThaisK i rkpatrick was elected basketbal l manager .
We are a lso wel l represen ted in the Lux orches tra .“
A number of gi rls a ttend
p ractice every Wednesday a fternoon and , under the di rection of Miss Li gh tbody,have
b een making progress .
The in terc lass debates have not al l been held , so jus t how grea t an amount,
of
abi l i ty the’
22 c lass wil l disp lay in th is l ine remains to be seen . On the c lass deba tingteam are Li l l ian Seamas , F rances Kaeding , and Catherine Carter .
The F reshmen gi rl s a re doing Red Cross sewing and kn itting and are turning out
some very dain ty work . We also did our part in the”Make
’
E m Smi le Kam paign.
The box provided for’
22 con tribu tions was one of the fi rs t to be fi l led .
The F reshmen gi rl s gave a tea a short time af te r they entered the school . There
i s a lways some unexpected ta len t discovered in the c lasses th rough this function , and
there seems to be an unusua l ly l a rge amount in the’
22 class . There were va rious
interes ting voca l and instrumenta l selections and also some reci ta tions . The a fternoon
proved a mos t p leasant one for a l l who were presen t .
The Freshmen wish to take this opportuni ty to extend to the Junio r class,thei r
s incere and hea rty thanks for the reception given in thei r honor . The splendid enter
tainm ent was enj oyed by eve ryone and the’
22 cl ass wi l l remember the day as one of
the most p leasan t of thei r school career.
L .-W.
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Lick-Wilmerding Student B ody
HE Student B ody of Lick-Wi lmerding has beenvery success fu l during the past s ix months . Thedi fferent cl asses and o rgani za tions have worked
hard and earnestly toward placing Lick-Wilmerding.
fi rs t among other schools o f the count ry .
The two lower classes came back to school in
August bu t th ings did not get well under way unti lthe upper classmen returned on the fi rs t of September .
President Lynn proved to a l l tha t he was most
capable of hand l ing the Studen t Body a ffai rs . His
unceasing e fforts and grea t pa tience placed L.~W. fore
mos t among other schools and wi thheld the high standard
of our past reco rd . He has worked hard and wi th tha t
never-say-die spi ri t , and he certain ly deserves a l l the
praise tha t can be heaped upon him for wha t he has
accompl ished . Dynamite”Dickenson , our smal l , peppy ,
yel l-l eader , showed he had the righ t s tu ff i n h im by
leading the Student Body a t the ral l ies and games in a
most creditable manner .Pres ident Lynn
The footba l l team was handicapped f rom the s tart by the los s of one month'
s
t rain ing . However,the old Tiger spi r i t su rged to the front and Captain Lynn and
Manager Forster soon'
had things moving . Aided by Coach Wynne and”Swede
Feldcam p , thi s combination soon whipped in to shape a championsh ip team . Swede”
Feldcam p coached the forwards , teaching them many new tricks and Rugby tactics .
The Tigers defeated Lowel l in the fina l game for the championship,8-5. and carried
o ff the S . F . A . L.
Dur ing the Uni ted War Work Campaign the Student Body showed that i t was
not on ly behind the school s but a lso backing the boys who are fighting Over There.”
We pledged three hundred dol la rs to the cause, to prove our patriotic spi ri t .
A li ttl e over a month ago the facul ty planned a ca feteri a in the Wi lmerding base
ment . The Seniors run i t and the profi ts made are turned into the Studen t Body
treasu ry . Fel l ows ! buy your lunch a t the Lick-Wilmerding Cafeteri a where good
wholesom e food i s served a t reasonab l e prices . The more you! buy the l a rge r our
treasury wi l l grow .
We can look back over the pas t semester wi th no feel ing of regret . We have
been ca l l ed upon a t va rious times to prove our loya lty and each time we have shown
tha t the old Tiger spi ri t is the“only spi ri t . Let us hope that the forthcoming semes
ter wi l l be as success fu l as the pas t one has been . I t i s bound to be, Fellows , i f each
and every one o f you dig i n and do your individua l part .
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Class H istory‘
HE’
18 X cl ass has the honor of being the fi rs t Christmas class under the con
so l ida tion of Li ck and Wilm erding. In fou r years i ts m embership has dropped
f rom seven ty-two to eleven . From Janua ry to June in 19 15, i t wa s consol idated
wi th the’
18 J class of Wilmerding . From Augus t , 19 15, unti l now , i t s record is a
thoroughly amazing one . Noah Pl ant was ou r fi rst p res iden t , and no one could have
held the class together bet ter than he,during the second six months . Unfortunately
the minutes of the cl ass up to December, 19 15, have been l os t and i t i s impossib le to
give a rel i ab le accoun t of the”doings
”for tha t period . During th is period , how
ever , the class suffered a grea t l oss i n the death of probab ly the mos t popula r fel low .
George McMillan. By 19 16 the c l ass was wel l on i ts way as a facto r in the schoo l
l i fe . With Noah Pl an t, president ; E arnes t Wal ton , vice presiden t ; Teddy Riech ,
secretary ; Ulysses Simonds , treasurer , the class s tar ted out w ith a spurt . I t adopted
i ts consti tu tion , which was drawn up by a commi ttee headed by Gustave Kuhnel . At
this time the so-ca l led”hockey
”was in fashion and the
’
18 X hockey team , headed
by Simonds , l i teral ly c leaned up”the school . School activi t i es were wel l supported
by the class . In track were Herbert B ibo,Plan t , Riech , Walton , Glover , P l an t ,
Charlo t and Simi . Wal ter Glover was the track manager and Pl an t was basketba l l
manager . Pl an t res igned from the presidency and Walton was ins ta l led in hi s p lace .
Gus Kuhnel was elec ted vice-president to succeed Wal ton . Riech was elec ted base
bal l captain and la ter , on Glover’
s res ignati on , Simi was elected to track manager . From
that period on ,’
18 X and’
18 Jwere together in al l athleti c activiti es . Keham Bar
samian was e lected to the Boa rd of Contro l . The fol lowing fel lows received thei r
numera ls , Plant, Glover , B ibo , Charlo t , Riech and Simi . Glover won his in swim
ming and the others in track .
For the term ending in June , 19 17 , the cl ass chos e the fo l lowing officers ! Riech,pres ident ; Gilbert , vice-president ; Johns ton , treasurer ; Simonds , sec retary ; Pl an t , Board
of Control ; Dolan and Fishner, sergeants-at—arms . The class gave a recep tion to the’
20 X class a t Wilmerding, assis ted by the’
18 J Lux gi rl s . A class pin was selected
bu t was not ready unti l May . Gilbert was appointed a commiss ioner to the Honor
Soc ie ty.
For the term ending December , 19 17 , the fol lowing were the offi cers ! Gilbert,
L.~W.
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JOHNSTONTHE
president ; Charlo t, vice-pres iden t ; Kast, secre tary ; Johnston , treasurer ; E ricksen , ser
geant-at-arms ; Riech , Board of Control ; Delius , Honor Society member . Glover ,Riech , Cha rlot , P l an t and Gi lbert received numera l s du ring the term . Simonds and
Riech bo th made the footba l l team . Riech made the Senior deba tin g team .
’
18 X
and’
18 J j oined together and gave $25 to the Red Cros s . Simonds , Riech , Walton ,and Johnston received numera ls for footbal l .
The next term ending June , 19 18, had Simonds , president ; Walton , vice-presi
dent ; Delius , sec retary ; Gilbert , t reasu rer ; Johnston , Board“ of Control ; Monteverdi ,
sergeant-at-arms . During the early part of th is term i t was dec ided to j oin wi th'
18 Jin the Senior fa rce . Numera ls were abol ished and class dues ra ised to the term .
Riech made the baseba l l team and is captain-elec t for 19 19 . Gilbert was appointed
a member of the Red Cross commi ttee , and Riech and Junker were appointed on the
Red Cross sa lvage commi ttee . Kuhnel,Walton , and Junker were the basketba l l de
votees , whi le Glover and Charlo t were out for track . Glover was the sensation of the
school in the shotput .
The las t term , by common consent , the same class officers have been retained .
Simonds is a lso vice~president of the Studen t Body . Out of eleven fel lows ,'
18 X has
three on the fi rs t foo tba l l team ! Wal ton , Riech , and Johnston , and Kast is on the
second squad . As far as i s known there are three'
18 X fel lows i n the serv ice
Charlo t in the tanks,and Simonds and Stange in the navy . The el even fel lows re
maining ! Delius , Gilbert , Glover , Kuhnel , and Riech , al l chemis try apprentices ; Dolan
and Schubert p romis ing dra ftsmen ; Johnston i s taking the Poly technic course , and
Monteverdi and Kas t expect to go to col lege,whi le Paddywhack
”Walton is our
electrica l genius .
L .
-W. SeniorsITH Tosi as presiden t du ring the past semester we certainly made fine head
way . The othe r officers were King , vice-president ; Dickenson , secretary;
Mathis , treasurer ; and Hildebrand , sergeant-at—arms . Forster was our repre
sentative on the Board O f Contro l , whi le ”Hank Shubert led us in yel l ing .
In suppo rting the school activi ti es we were ri gh t there. Footbal l , as usua l , was
our s trong sui t . On the schoo l team we had Captain Lynn , Fors ter , Tosi , Thom pson ,
Gri ffin , and Krau t . Other sports a lso received due considera tion . The basketba l lseason , a l though not yet begun , wi l l be supported by Meyer , Jaenicke , and Dickenson ,al l veterans . On the swimming team we tu rned out Lynn , Schubert , and Thompson .
Debating is another activi ty which has not begun i ts season . I n th is we wi l l be wel l
represen ted by Ehrer and Greenberg .
In the in terclass events we have contribu ted teams which have a lways proven goodadversaries i f not winners . The in tercl ass basketbal l , footbal l and debating cham
p ionship s are yet to be decided . I n the track interclass we carried off the weight di
vis ion by a l a rge margin . In the swimming interc lass we came in a good second .
Besides contribu ting good support to a l l s tuden t activi ties , we have put a lo t of
pep and j azz into the Camera Club and L. W . L. Debating Society .
The Nineteen cl ass , during the las t semes ter, a lways received the hard knockswhen the hard knocks were being handed ou t bu t you just watch us go next term .
fel lows,tha t is
,i f you are able to see us because we
'
re going to travel so fast and setsuch a wonderfu l record tha t the res t of the school records wil l look prehi storic .
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Chris tmas, 19 19,
has completed wha t we consider our most suc
ces sful year s ince enter ing L.~W. During the fi rs t semester , under Pres iden t
Reynolds , our grea tes t ach ievements were the Junio r Farce and Dance , Junio r
Freshman Reception and the selection of our class pin .
The Jun io r p lay was held in the Wi lmerding”Audi torium and was a pronounced
success , especia l ly when you consider that i t was a l l done without gi rls .
The officers selec ted for the second hal f of ou r Junior yea r were Rogers , pres i
dent ; Heym es , vice-pres ident ; Larsen , secreta ry ; Berman , t reasurer ; Loeserm an, Board
of Control member and Corneps , sergeant-at—arms .-We
_have given ou r en thusiastic support to a l l s tuden t body activi t ies and the
various organiza tions of the school , especi a l ly the”Li fe .
”We have taken an active
part in a l l schoo l a thletics . Mitchel l , our block LéW. swimmer has a lso made his
ini t ia l bow in foo tba l l . Track , basketbal l , basebal l and swimming have also been
suppo rted by’
19 X fe l lows during the pas t term .
After such a success fu l year we are en tertain ing great hopes for the future .
True to our ” rep” we ushered in the fa l l term with a snap and bing that fa r ou ts tripped al l ou r previous efforts . We were lucky to be under the management of‘ Pau l
Young as p resident,Tuttich as vice-president , E . Merri l l as secreta ry and Oscar Bri t t
as the human”quarter
”magnet , for they have proven themselves both capable and
trus two rthy.
Havi ng a lways been a t the top i n athletics we were determined to uphold! our
reputa tion. So , for the fi f th time since we entered we made off wi th‘ the
swim ming intercl ass . Tai t , Young , Bermingham and DeFerrari form an idea l quartet te of
'
20 J swimmers .
On the footba l l team tha t so decisively beat Lowel l we were repres ented by Sudden ,Dixon , Tai t, Pra tt , Sedgely, Bermingham and Schul te . On the second string l ine up
there were many’
20 fel lows , so we feel sa fe in say ing tha t nex t yea r there wi l l be no
grea t l ack of experienced men for foo tba l l .
On the advice of the facu l ty we dropped al l the plans we had been considering
for the Junior-Freshman picn ic and boat-ride . E veryone had an enj oyable time , however, at a Jol ly-Up
”party, given to the class o f June ,
’
22 a t Lux. A luncheon ,games and dancing were part of the program . We cer ta inly showed the
"Scrubs”
that they are we lcom e .
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HOUGH smal l,the Christmas class of 1920 is wel l represen ted i n mos t s tudent
activi t ies . This las t term we were led by the fol lowing offi cers ! Carley , presi
dent ; Col l ins , vice-presiden t ; Maas , secretary ; Lichtenberg , treasu rer ; Crowley ,
Board of Contro l member,and Jacobsen , sergean t-at—arms . These men entered thei r
respect ive offices wi th the determination to uphold the tradi tional“Tiger spi ri t .
Brann , Lichtenberg a'nd Crowley , block L .
~W. men , were our leading athletic
l igh ts . They formed a s trong founda tion upon which to base our fu ture ath letic hopes .
These men did ste l la r work on our championsh ip Rugby team . Kellerher, B rann and
Crowley ably represen ted us in S . F . A . L. track meet ; whi le Maas , Carley and
Schmeider concentrated thei r ac tivi ti es on basketba l l . Brann , as usua l , upheld our
honor in the swimming tankf We are represented in the Camera Club , Debating
Society and baseba l l team .
I t i s our a rdent hope to fo l low up thi s excel len t s tart wi th greater en thusiasm . We
know tha t there i s an abundance of undeveloped talen t among us . The above men
tioned men who have made such an excel len t showing in thei r preferred branches should
insp i re a l l of us to further endeavo r. Don’
t be s l ackers , get in to the game !
The class of June,1921 , has finished , due to the
”enfo rced vacation , a short
but nevertheless succes s fu l semester . To the c lass officers much credi t i s due for ou r
success . Presiden t Whitman proved himsel f worthy of his ti t le. O’
Connell played
the rol e of vice-pres ident whi le George and Doidge divided the honors o f sec reta ry and
treasu rer respect ively . London, as sergeant-at-arms , was responsib le for the order
which prevai led a t the meetings .
We were represen ted in ath letics by some s tars and abundant promis ing materia l .
Ll oyd Johnson and Q uinn gained pl aces on the footba l l squad . Imhof has been el ec ted
capta in of the 100-pound basketba l l team . Whitman , Ham i l ton and Imhof helped’
21 J bring poin ts in the track interclass . Whitman and Ham i l ton made the Tiger
track team .
Debating aroused grea t in teres t bu t our teams did not get any fu rther than inter
section deba tes on account of the l ack of time . With a better chance next yea r,’
2 1
expects to make a good showing . At the Lowel l ra l ly our s tun t proved a success,due
to some fel lows l ike Taylor , Young, Imhof and By rne , who wi l l try any thing once.
So you see’
21 J has held i ts own .
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The Student’
s E xchangeThe Studen t
'
s Exchange, otherwise known as the“
Hock Shop , has completed a
success fu l business year . The officers of the exchange are ! J . E ichorn , C . Kraut and
H . Jaencke. E ichorn succeeded in improving the exchange wi th a new sys tem of book
keeping , supplan ting the o lder and more confusing method . Krau t has put in much
time in the hand ling and exchanging of the materia l s , whi le Jaencke i s an abl e assis tant .
Theu
hock shop now sel ls a l l school too ls to the s tuden ts di rect ly,and thi s has
netted $27 to the treasury . The tota l sales th is term amounting to $1 15, making a
profi t of $35. The exchange a lso ass is ted greatly in col lectin g mate ri a l s such as c lothes ,newspape rs and miscel laneous junk for the Bel gium Rel ief Society of which the schoo l
i s a member .
The officers o f the exchange wish to take this opportuni ty to thank the Student Body
in the support rendered and also to the facu l ty for thei r co-operati on and kind advice .
The L .
-W. Camera ClubFor the benefi t of the lower cl assmen , we cal l thei r a ttention to the grea t oppor
tunity open for members of the Camera Club . I ts four la rge dark rooms contain an
excel len t en la rging camera and a fu l l equipment for pri n t ing and developing,not to men
tion the value of the interes ting lectures and enj oyab le hikes . Frequent invi ta ti ons a re
extended to the Camera Socie ty by the Cal i fornia Camera Club , th rough the courtesy
of Miss Bou lware .
The officers of the club are ! E . Merri l l ,’
20 , pres ident ; Soi land 20, vi ce-pres i
dent ; B lack ,’
21 , secretary ; Solomon ,’
2 1 , sergeant-at-arms ; and Kast 18 X ,treasurer.
The L .
-W.-L . Debating Society
Owing to the wa r , there has been no Univers i ty Deba ting League. In i ts stead ,Mr. Hansel ! and Pres iden t Ehrer,
‘
19 , have planned to form a San F rancisco Debating
League . This league may be composed of on ly Lowel l , Humbo ldt and Lick-Wilm erding
,a l though al l the schools have been in formed o f the p lan . The short term has com
pelled the intercl asses to be postponed , bu t they wi l l b e run off i n quick order a f ter the
fi rs t of the year .
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The Glee ClubThe Li ck-Wilmerding-Lux G lee Club has enterta ined a t the ra l l ies and va rious
othe r school”j inks
”throughout the past semes ter . I t is up to every Tiger who possesses
any kind of a singing voice to j o in the Glee Club and cause mi rth . Whistle i f you
cannot sing .
Miss von der Mehden, the leader , has made the organiza ti on a howling succes s .
During the term the meetin gs have been wel l atitended . NO officers were elected , due to
the short term .
At Lux, Miss von der Mehden i s holding a gi rl s’
chorus class which enterta ined
a t the Lux Christmas fi res ide ra l ly wi th Christmas cora ls and popu lar wa r songs .
Wake up , fel l ows , the Glee Club needs you !
The L .-W.
-L . OrchestraThe orches tra o f Lick-Wilmerding has combined wi th tha t of Lux, and under the
l eadership of Miss von der Mehden and Manager Hansen of the’
19 cl ass , has had a
fa i rly success fu l yea r . The members have worked hard throughou t the semes te r and
deserve credi t for thei r ea rnes t effort . The orches t ra meets every Thursday afternoon
a t the Lux"Reading Room , and has p roved the succes s of thei r efforts by the good
music given at the ra l l ies .
The members a re ! Vio lins , Hansen ,’
19, Loeserm an,
’
20 , R . Wil l iams,
’
22, and
Ruth Boyd ; cornets , E . Carney ,'
2 1,and W . Rice ,
'
22 ; E . Go lob a t the'
cel lo ; C .
Knipe,’
19 , and H . Math i s ,’
21 , a t the piano , whi le A . Greenberg ,’
19 , handles the
d rums . With this c lever squad , the orches t ra looks p romising and is an activity valuable
to the Student Body .
Another organiza tion no t to be forgotten i s the Jazz Band . We leave i t to any
one who has the ri ght idea of l i fe , wha t good is a party without dancing , and what good
is dancing wi thout good snappy music ? That is the m ot to of our L.~W. Jazz Band ,
”Good music . Under the able leadership of Charles Knipe
,the band made a name
for i tsel f .
At the Junio r-Freshman reception at Lux , the Jazz bunch furn ished the music
for the dancing which helped make the party a com plete success . The members a re
Knipe,’
19 , a t the piano ; Phi l Patte rson and E d Ritche,
’
19, a t the banjos ; E . Hansen
and Wil l Knorp ,’
19 , viol in s ; E . Merri l l ,’
20, with the mandol in ; whi le Adrian Green
berg,
’
19 , beats the drums .
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3m mpmnriam
NEWTON ,JOHN F . , Doc, ex
’
08, Lieut. in 1 17th Eng ineers ,k i l led -
~on Augus t l s t in an accid ent in New Y ork City. He
was on l eav e after b e ing gas s ed at th e front in France .
KNOX,MERTON H .,
’
17 , Lieut. in th e Av iation Corp s , d ied
Augus t . 8th in b as e h osp ital at Fort Hous ton, Texas , from
injurie s rece ived wh en h is a irp lane fe l l at K e l ly Fie ld .
Lieut. Knox re ce ived h is com m is s ion las t May and th ree
days b efore h is death was m ad e an ins tructor in h is corp s .
MEHRTENS , RUDOLPH C . , ex’
15, Private in Engine ers ,died July l gth of wound s re ce iv ed in action.
JORDAN , LEWIS S ., ex’
99, Lieut. U . S . N . R ., accid ental lyk i l l ed in Apri l on U . S . S . Undaunted , of wh ich h e was th eCom m anding Offi cer.
TAGGART , FRED ,
’
1 1, Corp . in U . S . Marine Corp s , d ied in
S eptem b er, of d is eas e, in France .
ARMS , WILLIAM S . , ex’
1 1 , m ech an ic in av iation corp s , d iedon Nov em b er 5th of pneum onia
, at Rockwe l l Av iationFi e ld .
SOMMER , OSCAR,
’
10 , L i eut. Mach ine Gun Corps , k i l l ed in
action at St. Q uentin on S eptem b er 1 3th .
ROB ERT,HAROLD W. , ex
’
16 , Corporal in Tank Corps , d i ed
Octob er 6th from wound s rece ive d in action.
MATTH IEU, JULIEN , JR . ,
’
12, Ens ign in Navy, d i ed at the
Navy Ward at th e M erritt Hosp ita l in Oak land of
pneum onia.
FRANK, CHAUNCEY R . , ex
’
1 2, Corpora l in Infantry,
k i l l edin action at Argonne Fore s t, O ctob er 4th .
Doings of the (Alumni
HE F IRST affai r p lanned by the board of directors of the Alumni Associa tion
was a Hoodoo party , so ca l led because i t was give-n on Friday , Sep tember I 3 ,
19 18. I t was held in the audi torium of the Wilmerding bui lding and was in
the na ture of an indoor field meet . The di fferent contes ts , po l e—vau l t , relay races ,30-inch dash and mara thon were al l j osh contes ts and thos e p resen t en tered hearti ly
into the games .
The group winning the greates t number of points won a prize of a big bag of
peanu ts which al l enj oyed . The contes ts were held during an in termiss i on of dancing,
and severa l numbers , by some of the dancing cl ass of Mrs . Ben Wigney, were a lso
given . The Witches dance and Colonial dance , wi th a colo red l ight effec t and fancy
dres ses , were greatly apprecia ted .
The annual dance and reunion was held on Saturday evening , December 7 , 19 18,
a t the Norman Hal l , Fai rmon t Hotel , wi th abou t 400 presen t , and was p ronounced
a very enjoyab le affa i r .
There was a large sprink l ing of our gradua tes in thei r uni forms . The board of
directors a lso invi ted those members of the L .~W.
-L. Sen io r class who wished to go .
On accoun t o f i ts being one of the firs t dances s ince the Flu epidemic,and be
cause the Alumni affai rs are always worth whi l e, the dem and for bids was greater
than the supply .
A hand—painted cup and saucer , dona ted each year by Louis R . Sami sh ,’
99,was
raffled and was secu red in this way for the loan fund . This loa‘n fund is kep t
up by the graduates and i s used by any s tuden t who needs financia l aid to the amoun t of
per month. After graduation he repays the amount a t h is convenience so as to
help some other boy over the rough spots whi le attending school .
All the fu ture affai rs wi l l hinge on th e return of our boys who are in the service
and a grand reunion i t wi l l su rely be
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Jacinto D . Sagues WritesY DEAR ALLEN !
I hereby and herewi th acquain t you wi th the doings of the membe rs of
the Alumn i Association , of whose whereabouts I happen to be in formed .
The Misses McLaughlin and Mantel l , of the c lass , a re both"school-marms .
The former teaches a t the San F ranci sco No rmal School , whi le the latter i s a peda
gogue a t one of our suburban"houses of knowledge .
"
E . C . Allsop of the same class , i s a mushroom E ns ign"in the U . S . N whi le
Mel Wank , also of'
l5, i s a green gob"a t the U . C . Nava l Uni t .
In reference to Swede"Feldcam p—the footba l l team wi l l tel l you . He helped
Artie Wynne in the coaching.
Ray Bowes ,’
l4 , i s a com m i ss ioned l ieu tenan t on one of Uncle Sam'
s subm arines ,and
"Babe
"Walker of the same class—c ap ta in of the San F rancisco Footbal l Champs
in l9 l 4—i s an ensign in th e Uni ted Sta tes Navy .
Doc"Anderson ,
'
l 6,i s s ti l l a chem i s t a t the South San F rancisco s teel plant .
Another“Gob
"—I ra Jacobs,
We have i t tha t Miss E . Henzel ,’
16, i s engaged to be marri ed—Good Luckand many happy retu rns .
And here is Hardluck Benn inger . He tried to en l is t i n every Al l ied army but
was tu rned down because he couldn’
t make weigh t. Ain'
t that tuff ?"
Bert Harrington , i s a second class pet ty officer in the radio cl ass f rom
Mare Isl and .
George Duncan ,’
l 7—ano ther Gob . He is a t the Union I ron Works .
Bob Devereaux i s—doing—wel l . H . E i chorn—l ike many of us has not been
able to see action af ter having p repared for i t .
W. Bep ler and Goldi e”Goldstone are a t San Pedro Naval Training Sta tion .
"Ed Newmark is on hi s way Over There on a transpo rt . He is a m usici an
in the Uni ted States Navy .
Think of it—David Olney i s a marine s ta tioned a t Mare Is land .
Of the members of the E igh teen Class , fi rs t and foremost is—“Ed Kess ler , ex
manager of the Li fe and“reti red business man . He wears a pai r of overa l l s in a
m achine shOp and says he l ikes i t .
L. McE lroy i s a cub reporter on an insu rance pub l ica tion . He’
l l make a fine
detekatiff !
E l s ie McKenna i s to home , helping her mother, so we are to ld .
F rancine Artigues , when las t heard from ,had the
“Flu.
”
H . C leveland is “somewhere—somep l ace
”as“Go'b in the U . S Navy .
“Cocky
”Ayres—He i s i n S A . T . C at St . I gnatius Universi ty .
Fa t”Anderson is a reti red coal-passer of the Hooligan Navy .
Dora Bucher—a reti red housewife i s now a dash ing Yeomanette .“
Ad Carley i s s ti l l"bui lding ships for Uncle Sam .
E arle B rown—famous ca rtoonis t, says he has a good job—and we bel ieve h im .
Stel l a Gal l i—When you need informati on concerning books you’
l l find her a t the
l ibrari an’
s desk in the Main Lib ra ry .
L.~W.
-L. LIFE Page Fiftys ix
Ad Hoenig i s s ti l l pursuing fa i ries .
Gus Hol z—another u
Gob from the U . C . Naval Uni t .
Wil l ie and Louie —the Kem nitzer brothers , unti l recent ly in the U . C . Nava l
Uni t, have“shipped for France on a French s teamer. They want to see Berl in .
Annette Tass i has a good posi tion wi th a loca l lawyer.
Tessie Rei l ly—she wan ts to become a pr ivate sec retary . We wish he r luck .
Hosmer Rolph—he “a lmost got in the
“tanks .
"
Gilbert Spooner has enl is ted in the Army .
Charles Col l ins i s another mem ber of the S . A . T . C . a t S t . Ignatius Universi ty .
George Bastein i s d ra fting for the Shipping Board .
The"Honorable Red Head
"George F . J . Carney
,bes ides bei ng a crack a th
lete of the Olympic Club , i s the bes t a l l-around draf tsman of the Western Union
Telegraph Company .
P. S .—The above information has been compi led wi thout the permiss ion of the individuals concerned, by the ex-edi to r o f the -L. Li fe , Jacin to D. (
"Jack
Sagues,chief ass is tant o f the
“Honorabl e Red Head George F. J Carney . All
ri ghts of the individua ls concerned to kick , have been“reversed
CaliforniaHE WAR has thinned the ranks of the Alumni a t Cal i forn ia appreci ably . Of
the la rge number tha t were enro l led here before the“scrap ,
"pract ica l ly ha l f
rem ain—and even tha t hal f is in the Service—or rather was , for by the time
thi s i s read the demobili za tion of the S . A . T . C . wil l be completed . The grads st i l l
here think of each othe r a s Lick-Wilmerding men , and they often get together and reca l l
the o ld days .“
Mel"Wank and Heynem ann o f the c lass of l9 15, are in the Naval Uni t,
doing thei r bes t to get out.“
Rosy"Rosenberg and Seth Kl ingl er , of l 9 l 6 , a re a lso in the Gob su i t , whi le Sid
Cahen of the same class wears the S tetson wi th Q . M . ha t cord'
.
Del Murphy , Mutch ,“Swede
”Hansen and Hal Havre, of 19 17 , are a lso in
this m an’
s army . More than that ,“Swede
”is pres iden t of the Sophomore c lass
and assi s tan t yel l-l eader,which speaks wel l f or Swede .
"
The l 9 | 8 class , being the las t ou t, i s the bes t rep resen ted . The Naval Uni t
c la ims Harry Holtz , F rank Kaye , and Louis Kem nitzer. The army has B arth and“Jerry Nauman . The la t ter was sen t to the Heavy Art i l l ery Officers
’
School at
Fortress Monroe, but the Kaiser qui t too soon for h im to real i ze his commission .
That i s about a l l tha t is to be said about the Alumni a t Cal i fornia . Nex t semes
ter the old gang wi l l begin coming back and no doub t the next i ssue of the Li fe"wil l
tel l of the return of the Lick-Wilmerding Alumni and of the part they played in the"past a rgument .
"
Page F ifty-seven L.-W.
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StanfordT CERTAINLY does look as though a good part of Lick-Wilmerding has beentransferred to Stan ford . When the semes ter opened on October firs t, graduates
f rom classes fo r severa l yea rs seemed to flock to the Campus . When the persona l
ros ter of the Stan ford S . A . T . C . was completed i t contained the names of twentyor more L.
~W. m en.
Looking over the names of m en i n D company , one finds those of Phi l Beck
man and Leo Gian in i,both of the
’
l 7 cl ass of L.~W. They are regis tered in mechan
ica l engineering and are the two fel lows. who made qui te a name for them selves and
L.~W. i n scho larship here l as t yea r. Dutch
"Meyer and Cla rence Lynn , also L.
~W.
are D"Company men and are fo l lowing up thei r work in chemis try . Ralph
Lund , i s another chemis t from L.~W.
“A Company
’
s,
roster shows the names of Harry Clervi,’
l 7 ; Arthur Planz ,
’
l 7 ; Carl Lund ,’
l 6 ; Wal lace Thatcher , and Charley Gara t,
’
18 . Thatcher
was sen t to Camp McArthur soon af ter regi s tering here, so he was not wi th us very
long . Al l these fel lows were working hard and the chances a re tha t i f the war had
las ted much longer they wou ld al l have seen O . T . C.
’
s , as would a lso many other“grads
”from L.
~W. now a t Stanfo rd .
E lmer (Daffy) Mai l lo t ,’
l 7 ; Ted Maas ,’
l 7 ; Jack Shaler ,'
18 ; Duke
Duchel,
’
IS , and F rancis M inchel, ex were in“B"Company . They were al l
registered for technical courses,S-haler in chemis try and the othe rs for differen t engineer
ing cou rses . M inchel le f t S tanford for the heavy arti l lery camp at Fortress Monroe
and the others expected to leave soon when the armis t ice was signed .
Robertson,
'
l 7 ; John Garat , Maurice V alci, 1 8, and Grant Merri l l ,’
18 ,
were in“
C"Com pany .
Marie Merril l,
is the only Lux representa tive a t Stanfo rd a t presen t .
Things in the S . A . T . C . were jus t gett ing adj us ted af ter the Flu epidemic
when the si gning of the armis tice took al l the pep ou t of i t. The fel lows were j us t get
tin g used to army l i fe . Classes in bayonet work , musketry , theoretica l mil i tary tac
tics , etc . , were prog ressing nicely when demobi l iza tion orders changed the ou tlook of
the whole th ing .
The Students’
Army Train ing Co rps has nowbeen disbanded and col lege l i fe wi l lsoon be back to normal . The unsett led condi tions made co l lege work ra ther di fficu l t .
The time a l lowed for classes was cu t in two by so much of the mi litary duti es ( inc luding
K. P. ) tha t some of the fel lows l ef t for th is quarter ra ther than t rus t thei r fates to the
examina tions tha t have a bad habi t of coming around abou t this time . Q ui te a repre
sentation are s ticking"and trus ting to Providence , as i t were .
Let i t be known tha t the bunch here intended to see that L.~W.
-Lowel l footba l l
game in a body , but th e quarantine during the epidemic pu t a stop to tha t. Needless
to say everyone thought the resu l t was O . K. We knew you cou ld do i t ! Q uite a
crowd from Stanford got back to S . F . for the Alumni dance at the Fa i rmont . We all
though t i t was“
pretty fine .
L.~W.
-L. LIFE Page F ifty-eight
Lynn ’s StatementOMMENTING about th is year
’
s season,I must
lay the greates t s tress upon the work of the
squad i tse l f . A more agreeab le and wil ling
bunch of fe l lows could not be found . They fo l lowed
the ins tructions of Coaches Wynne and Feldcam p with
the most profound endeavor .
For the fi rs t team I must say that they passed
th rough thei r de feats and victories wi th a chronic sort
of cheerfulness ; a cheerfulness tha t marked thei r sports
man-l ike desi re to'
win fai rly . When the team faced de
feat , in the fi rs t league game, they . came through from
behind , with col ors fly ing , winning on sheer pluck , dis
p laying a courage that was gra ti fying to the“old grads .
The Lowel l game was a case of spi ri t defeating the sup
posedly better team .
To the second squad I hearti ly give my admi ra tion
and thanks . Here 15 spi ri t in i ts trues t form—spi ri tthat we should be proud of . Here is a team wi th no
Captain“
Tiny Lynn hope of persona l glory or praise who dedicate thei r time
and energy to the bui lding up o f a fi rs t team , tha t i t may be a credi t to thei r school .
To the coaches I give my hea rties t thanks . The work of Artie"Wynne and
Swede"Feldcam p wil l a lways be remembered . No one wi l l forget the services of
two former players , Robbie"Robertson and Daffy
"Ma lliot.
We have attained our goal . We have won what we star ted out to win—theChampionship . We have shown tha t we a re a game , cheerfu l , loya l team ; a credi t
to ourAlma Mater . But most of a l l , we have proven the"Tiger Spi rit i s not dead .
Coach Artie WynneL.
~W.-L. LIFE Page Sixty
Wynne’
s StatementOR two consecu tive yea rs
!hard work and earnest
endeavor have brought the San Francrsco foo tba l l
championship to Lick~Wilm erding . A sma l l ,l i gh t, inexperienced Rugby team , due to constan t prac
tice and the use of some brains , developed suffi cien t
ski l l to defea t thei r heavier opponents .
To the p layers credi t must be given , not a lone for
thei r ski l l , but a lso for the gameness they showed ,whether in front or behind .
“Tiny
”Lynn led his team
wel l and played as a captain shou ld . The good work
of the forwards was in a grea t measure due to the
coaching of “Swede”Feldcam p ,
’
l5.
For futu re years let us remember tha t the chief
factor in winning the championship is s teady practice
the sures t road to victory .
F orster’
s StatementT is wi th considerable p leasure and pride that I take
this opportunity to extend my thanks to the Studen t
Body for the loya l support they gave the foo tba l lteam throughout the enti re season .
The team went down to defeat in the fi rst prae
tice game . This was natu ra l ly discouraging but the
squad on ly fough t ha rder in thei r dai ly work~outs,the
S tuden t Body showed more in teres t , and on the who le ,I bel ieve this defea t was di rectly responsib le for much
of our l a ter success .
The grea test credi t for ou r victories mus t not be
given to the team bu t to the men who coached i t .
Coach Wynne came out every n ight and,
coached us unti l
dark , whi le Coach Feldcam p , leaving his pr ivate business and persona l in teres ts , tu rned out to every p ractice ,and with grea t pat ience and earnest endeavor drummed
and hammered footba l l in to ou r heads unti l we gained
the reputation of being the on ly team in the league
tha t cou ld fol low and cover up under high kicks effecM r K F r tanage 0 S er
tively—the sterl ing defense tha t won for us the S . F.
A . L. Rugby Champ ionship .
Too much credi t canno t be given to Arti e Wynne for his unselfish and unti rin g
efforts in coaching the squad , and I wish to take thi s opportuni ty to thank both of thes e
men for what they have done—they are true models of loya l Tigers .
Page S ixty-one L.~W.
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A R ev iew of th e SeasonARLY i n Sep tember
,Coach Wynne ca l led the fi rs t practice of the L.
~W. foot
ba l l squad . The materi a l was very l igh t and wha t was probab ly the gr eates t
handicap was the fact that the fel lows were practical ly a l l new to the game .
Only five veterans f rom las t yea r’
s winn ing combination returned to school , so the team
had to be bui l t up from inexperienced and li gh t pl ayers .
After tra ining bu t a week the team tackled Oak land High and was defeated , 8-0 .
In th i s game lack of experience was the glaring faul t and promptly at the next p ractice
the squad s tar ted to overcome those weaknesses which had been in evidence .
Soon af ter thi s fi rst game, the team stacked up agains t Hitchcock Mili tary Acad
em y and carried away thei r fi rs t vic tory . The forward’
s worked hard and fed the
bal l to the backfield fo r long gains .
The fina l game of the practice season , before the S . F . A. L was against Rich
mond , whi ch game also res u l ted in an L.-W. vic tory . This fightin g bunch of Tigers
was now ready to cop the S. F . A . L. Rugby ti tle .
All th rough the season , the l i gh t weight of the team was in evidence, but clean
fighting made up the difference. Coach Wynne’
s unfai l ing efforts ,“Swede
”Feldcam p
'
s
welcome help,and Cap tain
"Tiny
"Lynn
’
s unselfish work , bo th on and off the field ,made possib le the winning of the Championsh ip .
Manager Fors ter a rranged the bes t set of practice games that the short time per
m itted and dese rves considerab le credi t for the way he managed the team .
I n the fi rst schedul ed game we pi led up agains t Poly 5 heavyteam but experi enced
li tt le difficu l ty 1n downing the Red and B lack Ruggers . The gam e ended wi th L.~W.
on the long end of a 63 score .
On the fol lowing Sa tu rday we s lushed around with Cogswel l in anuninteres tinggame played on a mud
"
covered field .
'
The ‘Tiger backs sco red a lmost at-wil l ; The
forward pack fol lowed up wel l and played exceptional ly fine rugby in the loose rucks .
The game ended , L .~W 18 ; Cogswel l , 0 .
To decide the championsh ip the Tigers had yet to meet Lowell. Cri tics regardedour chances of victory as very s l im , but these same dopes ters fai led to see one quality in
the Tiger combinati on that was absent in the Lowel l team ; The golden qual i ty of the
old L.~W. fight in g spi r it , the sp i ri t tha t never dies , the spi ri t that ha s brough t honor and
championships in to our mids t , the spi ri t of success , of triumph and of everl astin g hope.
So i t was when our scrappy Tigers clashed with Lowel l for championship of the S . F .
A . L . When they emerged from the fray as victors , there was not the leas t particalof doub t tha t that Rugby match was equal to any col lege gam e and served to show the
the advance Rugby has made since fi rs t i n troduced into our high schools .
L.~W.
-L. LIFE Page Sixty-two
Lick-Wilmerding 6; Polytechnic 3ULL of fight the Tigers appea red on the field fo r thei r firs t gam e fo r th e t i t le .
Poly was heavy but did not know as much Rugby as the L.~W. combination .
A prel imina ry ta lk by the referee , a whis tl e, and the game was on . But what
was the matte r wi th the Tiger team ?“Poly
"had swept them to thei r own goal and
wi th a wild plunge had crossed the l ine . A try a t convert fa i l ed"
. The tuss le was on
again . This time i t was a di fferen t fight . With the suppor t of the en tire L.W. band
of rooters the Ti gers rushed thei r heavier opponents off thei r fee-t and drove them within
the shadow of thei r goa l .
Near the end of the fi rs t ha l f , wi th about twenty yards to go the ba l l came.
out of
the ruck , and Tosi , the T i ger wing fo rward , crashed over for a try . The bleachers went
wi ld . Lynn fai l ed,
to convert f rom a diffi cu l t angle and soon after the gun shot off
for the end of the fi rs t ha l f .
After ten minute res t the second spasm began . The bal l passed in Tiger terri tory
and then onPoly ’ s s ide . But , l i t t le by l i tt le, the Red and B lack men weakened ands lackened under the awfu l pace. Short passing rushes by the L.
~W. backfield and
fancy dribbl ing by the forwards p laced the pi gskin nearer and nearer the goa l . Poly
now reso r ted to kicking out of danger , bu t the pi l l was ru shed righ t back . At last along pass to Sudden made a t ry seem poss ib l e bu t a fumble sp'oi led thi s chance . Soon
a fter, the lea ther was snapped to Fors ter , the other wing, and“Kook
”went over fo r
the winning try . A few minutes la te r the final gun wen t off and the game was over.
Captain Lynn played his usua l good game and fed the backfield t ime and time
again for long gains . Sudden , at wing, p layed a snappy game, as did Dixon a t fi rs t five .
Mitchel l p layed a“
bea'
uva"game among the forwards whil e Tos i was the outstanding
s ta r among the pack .
Lick-Wilmerding,18; Cogswell , 0
HE day_ _of the Cogswel l game dawned sto rmy . A handfu l of rooters were ou t
to see the Folsom Street l ads go down before the Tigers'
smashing rushes to the
tune of 18-0 . However, what few rooters were out, made noise .
The whis tle shri l led and the game was on . The bal l kept see-sawing f rom one
end of the fieldi
to the other wi th nei ther team. ab le to get an advantage . F ina l ly E ddie"Thudden, the Tigers
’
speedy wing , went over for a try , but the score was not a l lowed ,due to a forward pass . This sharpened Li ck-V Vilm erding
'
s appeti te for victory . Soon
a fter th is a t ry was made, the convert fai led -and the fi rst ha l f was over .
All during the game rain w'
ould come down for a few minutes and then s top , wa i ta sho rt whi l e and star t again . Shortly a fter p lay sta rted the field was soaked and the.p igskin was abou t as easy to handle as an eel .
The whist le for the second hal f s tarted the teams i n to the wind and ra in for.
ano ther soaking . This ha l f was a l l for the Tigers . Time and again the pi l l was carried over for tr ies . Again chances for scoring were los t by the difficul ty of hand l ing
(Continued on Page 66 )i
L.~W.
-L . LIFE Page Sixty—four
Lick-Wilmerding,8 ; Lowell, 5
HE Lick-Wilmerding Ruggers cont inue to hold‘
the S . F. A . L. footba l l trophy .
Saturday , October 12,i n one of the peppies t and scrappiest exh ib i tions of
"pigsk in pushing
"ever wi tnes sed at Ewing F ield , the B lack and Gold again
annexed the ti tl e by defeating Lowel l 8 to 5.
Old Sol added to the occasion by coming out in al l his glory , wi th the resul t tha t
i t seemed abou t 150 degrees in the shade. Despi te the heat, the root ing sections o f
both schools were l arge and the warm ozone didn'
t absorb their j azz ei ther .
At the beginning of the fi rst hal f Lowel l was on the defens ive, but as the game
advanced the lea ther was fi rs t in Lick s terri to ry , then in Lowel l’
s . The forwards of
both teams were s trong and the backfields used the l ines a grea t dea l , to good advantage.
Alex Tosi of Li ck and Jerry Vi la in o f Lowel l were-
the stars , the former havingthe edge on the bargain . A momen t before the whist l e blew
,ending the fi rs t ha l f , Tos i
took the p i l l over behind the posts fo r the fi rs t sco re . Capta in Tiny"Lynn , who by
the way played a wonderful game for Lick , then converted , ending the ha l f 5 to 0 .
At the kick off, which s tarted the second insta l lment, Vilain caugh t the lea ther
and carri ed i t 25 yards before he was downed . Later on he nabbed the bal l in Lick'
s
terri to ry , and swerving through the b lack and gold backfield , ran 75 yards for a touch
down. Then he added to thi s fea t by placing the p igskin pretti ly between the posts for
a convers ion , t i eing the score . Short ly before the end , Tosi tucked the lea ther away
and“j azzed off abou t 60 yards of terra firm a for a score. Lynn fai led to convert ,
making the score 8 to 5.
Li ch tenberg of Lick p layed a good game, his kicking being a feature. Eddie
Sudden , the speedy wing, did some ramb ling , as did Fors ter a t second-five.
L.~W.
-L. LIFE Page S ixty-s ix
Lux B asketballIBERTY
' i
"b
'
at-bar
ll, vol ley-bal l , and basket-bal l , especia l ly the l attei ,were p rogress ing rapid ly toward victoriou s class and school teams unti l the
c los ing of school during the epidemic . Nevertheless , we shal l continue our
work wi th twice a s much enthusiasm .
The fi rs t of these sports was former ly considered our m ino r sport , bu t wi th ournew coach these games wil l soon be played with rea l pep and strength .
Through the earnes t efforts and sincere work of Miss Gardner we have learned
many new facts abou t basketba l l tactics . The season opened this year wi th fine expec
tations , and plen ty of good materi a l , which greatly encou raged our coach .
Due to the graduation of the 19 18 class , we have los t four of ou r s tar players .
But remem ber the old say ing ,“Wh ere there is l i fe there is hope !
”We certain ly have
the l i fe"and
“
therefore girl s , we need not worry abou t these vacancies , for they wi l l be
fi l led by loya l and ambi tious , as wel l as excel lent p layers .
With Annette Schraft as cap tain , Bertha Niefeld as manager, and the co-opera tion
of the enti re Student Body , we again stand a chance of winning the San F rancisco
Championsh ip .
I nterclass h as jus t been completed wi th the Seniors on the top . The Freshm en
met the Seniors wi th much vi gor and good sportsmanship . Due to the fas t and straight
passing, and excel l en t work of Annette Schraft, one of the Senior’
s forwards , the teamplayed to victory . The fina l score was 26-3 in favor of the Seniors . But, neverthe
less , E l en Knoles , a scrappy Sc rub guard , kept the Senior fo rwards hustl ing .
The Sophom ores then cl ashed wi th the Juniors . This a lso was a game ful l of
enthusiasm . With Gladys Buck,forward , and the a lertness of the centers , the Juniors
were enabled to ca rry off the honors .
Due to the c l imatic condi ti ons this game was played at Wilmerding . The fina l score
was 21-13 . We take thi s opportuni ty to thank Miss Marcus fo r acting as referee .
The fina l game of the in te rclass was a figh t for numerals . This was a grand
tuss le between the Sen iors and Juniors . Thursday , Decem ber 12, the Seniors marched
off the roo f garden , pu ffing and rej oicing over thei r vic tory , which m eant,"Now I get
my numera ls ."The score was 4 1-21 .
Interscho las tic games wi l l be played at l a ter dates than previous ly.
Girls ! again we ask your utmos t support in futu re practices and games .
Everybody turn out and be real"Tigers !
"
THE COGSWELL GAME
(Continued from Page 64 )
the mud-covered lea the r . Sudden went over again , and this time no decision was m ade
agains t h i s try .
The game was becoming drawn-ou t when the gun cracked for the close . This
fight over,the Tiger combination was now ready for i ts fina l game. Tiny
"Lynn ,
Teddy Riech and Johnson s tood ou t in the backfield , whi le“
Terrible Tosi , Berming
ham and Cyclone Thompson showed good form in the pack .
L.~W.-L. LIFE Page Sixty-eight
L .
-W. B asketb allASKETBALL at Lick-Wilmerding is progressing in fine shape. The teams tha t
wi l l repres ent L.~W. i n the com in g 5. F . A. L. have been p racticing regularly
and fai thful ly . There i s no reason why they should not be contenders for the
Championship . I f any of the games a re to be won by fight and school spi ri t a lone , the
smal l fel lows should win , but lack of experi ence l essen s th i s team'
s chances .
Whether the odds a re aga ins t them or not , the fel lows wi l l a lways figh t unti l thel ast gun. I f the teams are given faithfu l support by the Studen t Body
,they wi l l up
hold the schoo l ’ s name. The teams that wi l l compete in the Jun ior divi sion are the100 , 1 10, and the 120-1b . classes The meet wi l l be held du ring the fi rs t week of
January . The 130,145 and unl imi ted team s wil l have thei r tournamen t a f ter the
weights a re run off.
At the beginning of the season the 120-lb . quinte tte began practice . So far they
have had three games , winning them al l by the fol lowing scores ! L.~W 27 . Berkeley
Y . M . C . A l l'
; 18, Sacred Heart , 16 ; L.~W 33 , Sacred Heart , 1 1 .
“Herb Jaencke was elected captain and plays a s lashing game a t guard a long with
Dutch Piche l . Skin"Alter holds do-wn cen ter and general ly gets the j umps .
Lucky Meyer nud Dynamite”Dickinson are the poin t getters . Dyson , Mil ls and
Whi tman are a lways on hand to go in as subs .The 1 10-lb . team , a l though s low in getting s ta rted , has a sc rappy bunch of fel
lows ou t for posi tions . They have had no pract ice games to date bu t wi l l be up and a t’
em a l l the time ."Scrappy
"Carri gan was elected captai n and wi th Noisy Thom p
son,the guard posi tions are wel l taken care of. Red
"Cerkle and Schmeider a l ternate
a t center ."Cutie Maas and Kid
”Granucci hold down the forward“ posi tions whi le
George is a lways on hand to give advice .
The lOO-lb . squad , a l though smal l , make up in figh t wha t they lack in s i ze .
These fel lows have los t a few practice games through inexperi ence and s ize but they
certain ly a re fighters . Hercu les"Imhof was e lected to cap tain the team . He and
Cobby play forward . Sherwood jumps center , with Haslett and Aghem guards .
TennisURING the past term al l a thle tic activ i t ies have been successfu l a t Lux, and
tenni s was no exception to thi s“ru le . The Lux double team carr ied off the
ci ty’
s tennis honors . The team was composed of Helen and Dot Hopkins .This pa1r worked in perfect
"synchronism and for thei r ha rd work were rewa rded
thei r b lock L.
’
s .
The scores were ! Girls’
High-Lux, 6—4 ; 6-4 . The second game was with
Lowel l . Lux“pul led the game out of the fi re
"and came thro ugh with a 6-3 ; 5-7 ;
8-6 score . Mission High defau l ted and the fina l game was played wi th Poly ;"
another victory for Lux.
Owing to the absence from school o f Johanna Gunzburger, Lux was not repre
sented in the tenni s singles . The in tercl ass wi l l soon start and som e keen com petition
is expected . Dorothea Hopkins was elected m anager .
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L .
~W. Track TeamS THE unlimited t rack meet was pos tponed this fa l l , L.
-W. was only repre
sented on the cinder pa th by a weight team . The weigh t divi s ions have had
a fa i rly succes sfu l season . Under Captain Johnnie Mul l an , the track squaddefeated Cogswel l in the fi rs t duel meet of the year . Some good form was shown ; the
Tigers pi l i ng up 9 1 points to Cogswel l’
s 54 . Captain Mul lan , Sudden and Thompson
pu l led in some 35 points between them and proved thei r value to the team .
In the S . F. A . L. meet , held a t the Stadium , L.~W. finished thi rd to Poly and
Lowel l , with 3 7 points . The Tiger team performed wel l under the prevai l ing condi
tions , the“flu having kept our main poin t-getters f rom running . In this meet Captain
Mul lan accompl ished what he had been str iving for, for three l ong years , the 130-1b .
high jump . On taking this even t he won h is b lock L.~W. Charles E . Sudden and
Cornep s were the individua l stars of Lick-Wilmerding,taking two seconds in the 75
and 300-yard dashes and fi rs t in the 440 , respectively .
Had i t not been for the epidemic i t migh t have been a ta le of who would have
finished second to L.~W. But this p iece of i l l-luck did not discourage the squad al to
gether, for they wi l l scrap jus t tha t much harder toward bringing the S . F . A . L.
t rack honors home to Lick-Wilmerding next f a l l .
In the interclass meet the Seniors showed thei r superior form by winning in a c los e
and exci ting tussle f rom the Sophs by a 51 to 48 score . The’
20 class wi th 40 points
came thi rd,while t rain as hard as they could , the Scrubs fai led to l ive up to the F resh
men reputa tion .
Fe l lows , do not forget track wi l l be here soon again , and i f y ou wi l l only get out
and back i t up we wi l l aga in put ou t the championship team s , as L.-W. has done in the
pas t .
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IN HOME
Mrs . Higley Why is i t tha t pa l aces are not bui l t anymore ?
G . Clayburgh—"Because there are no more kaisers to l ive in ’
em .
E . Otto Oh Pete ,’
are you going home uni ted ?
G . Peterson Wel l , I should hope so .
”
PERHAPS
Wife_Why do they a lways say ,
‘
Dame
Husband Dunno , except perhaps they'
re too pol ite to drop the e
WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT ?
Li tt le Eva Cuneo (wai ting in l ine fo r carbooks ) —“ I'm af ter these three boys ,now don
'
t you gi r ls butt in .
”
Miss Coffin ( in seminar pan tomime) Miss Wickersham , wil l you make a cake ?
Mart—"Which recipe shal l I use.
Hilde They tel l me your watch has a mystery connected with i t ?
Hobson Yes , there’
s a woman in the case .
Cough , and the world suspects you,
Sneeze, and you s i t a lone.
Doris Gierisch (watch ing Mr . Wynne pu t a sol id geometry prob lem on the board )I don t see why they cal l i t so l id geometry , I can see righ t th rough i t ."
Jost Say , Kook , have you seen a man wi th one leg by the name of Percy ?
Fors ter—“I’
m not sure ; what’
s the name of his o ther leg ?
OUT AGAIN
Mr . Plumb Now by upsetting this se t o f tubes I produce a perfec t example of
Achim ede'
s Law.
Reich—“
No use talking, the kid'
s c lever .
Mul lan Hey , Jost , what’
s you r answer to the fi fth problem ?
Reich Just a minute and I’
l l tel l you .
"
Thom pson I read in a book where a m ercu ry thermometer regis ters four de
grees above the boi ling poin t of Mercury .
Gilbe rt I t mus t have been a hot ai r thermometer .
Sohl , with a yawn , sa id to a fi sherman ! Time ain’
t very va luable to you,brother ,
tha t’
s p la in . Here I been a-wattchin’
you three hours and you ain’
t had a bite ."
“Wel l , drawled the fi sherman , my times too valuab le, anyhow , to was te th ree
hours of i t watchin’
a fel low fi sh tha t a in’
t gett in’
a bi te."
L.~W.
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COMPOSITION BY A SCRUB
I l ike school . I don'
t l ike the foundry . I get too dir ty . I l ike my teachers .
I don ' t l ike to s tudy . My teacher-s make me study . I don'
t l ike my teachers .
School is good because i t makes you think . I have never thinked before. Algebra
is n ice because I have a nice teacher. I don’
t l ike algebra bu t i t i s n ice to know it .
In a lgebra you can find a num ber when you have nothing to find i t wi th . I a lways
let x equa l the number . Teacher smi les a t me. I th ink she l ikes me. I l ike a lgebra awfu l ly nice , especia l ly the teacher . I am doing th i s fo r E ngl i sh . I l ike my
E ngl ish teacher nices t of a l l .
Ginn House Mistress Wha t part of the chicken do you wish ?
Scrub—"Some of the mea t , p lease .
”
GIRLS TO SUIT ALL
The cool gir l—Fan; the mus ica l gi r l—Viola ; the res tauran t gi r l—Dinah ; thetravel in g girl—Bertha ; the fisherm an
’
s girl—Annette ; the bookkeeping gi r l—Ada ; thebundle gi r l—Carrie ; the gardene r’ s gi r l—Lettice ; the mischievious gi r l—Beat rix.
How is your son doing in col lege ?“He seems to be taking a cou rse in housework .
What makes you th ink tha t ?"
He writes tha t they have him on the scrub eleven .
Do they ring two bel l s for school ? asked Schube rt’
s fa ther of hi s dut iful
son, Ray .
"No , fa ther , sa id Ray ; they ring one bel l twice.
The Farmer Say , don’
t you see tha t s ign !‘
Priva te ! No Fi shing
Jost—“I never read anything marked
Frankl in Did you ever fee l tha t the world was aga ins t you ?
Vic—“Sure , I fel t i t thi s morning when I sl ipped on the sidewa lk .
I don'
t see why that tune haun ts me cons tantly , complained Charl ie Kraut who
is a lways humming."Because you are forever murdering i t ! came the quick reply from Hi ldebrand .
Frenchy Fesuier did not l ike the look of the barking dog barr ing h i s way .
“I t
'
s a l l ri gh t , sa id his host,“don
'
t you know the proverb !‘
Barking dogs don'
t
Ah , yes , sa id Frenchy , I know ze proverb , you know ze proverb ; but ze dog
does he know ze proverb ?
Usher speaking to Sudden Excuse me for waking you , s i r, bu t your snori ng is
waking up everybody in church .
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OVERHEARD AT THE FOOTBALL GAME .
Meyer Did you ever no tice that the younges t gi r l in the fami ly is general ly the
pretties t ?“
Hank Schubert Yes , and a l l those gi rl s down in front must be the o ldests is ters .
A SCIENTIF IC EXPLANATION
In the phys ics cl ass Mr. Plumb asked what i s the cause of dew .
“Cyclone
"Thompson—“
Well , the ea rth turns on i ts ax is once in every twenty
fou r hours wi th such rapidi ty tha t i t perspi res and produces dew .
"
Mr . Plumb closed the proceedings righ t there .
Gee ! bu t those Stanford Ex'
s"were easy—when you stop to th ink about '
em .
CURIOSITY
Bertha (watching the usua l flock around the bul letin board ) Nowwhat do you
suppose tha t s i l ly bunch of nuts a re looking at ?"
Nettie—"Oh , th is idle curiosi ty makes me tired . Let’
s go and see what the idiots
are gazing a t."
15 IT TRUE ?She Why do they a lways cheer when a footba l l player i s hu rt ?
He—"So the gi rl s can ’ t hea r wha t he 's say ing .Josephus Jel ly-fish Jewsharp McPhool,
Imbibed his l ea rning a t Wilmerding school ,At the age of sixteen , he
'
d no th ing to do ,
Excep t a l gebra , chemistry , a language or two ,Drawing and shopwork and problems gal ore,And for recreation l aid down the new floor.
One even ing a t home his grand’
dad did ask,
"And what sport do you have to l i ghten you r task ?
Then proudly repl ied Josephus McPhool,"A newbuilding we are e recting a t school .Why , tha t i s remarkable,
"answered granddad ,
I worked on tha t flooring when I was a lad .
Friend Do not worry abou t your son ; the war’
s over now and he is in no
danger."
Mother Oh isn ’ t he ? Well , I suppose you didn ' t know that his regim ent hasmustered ou t and he s gone back to his foo tba l l team .
Fond Fa ther I never p layed tru an t when I was a boy.
Juveni le—“No
,guess you needed al l the education you could get .
L.-W.
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EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE WAR RISK
INSURANCE
I a in’
t got no book lea rning, and I hope I am wri ting for infl ammation .
I received my insu rance pol ish and have since moved my postoffi ce.You have changed my l i t tle gi r l to a boy . Wil l that make any difference ?
Please tel l me i s he l iving or dead , and i f so wha t is h i s address ?"
My boy has been pu t in charge o f a spi t toon (pla toon ) . Wil l I ge t more
money now ?"
I have no t received my husband’
s pay and wi l l be forced to lead an immorta l l i fe .And he was my bes t supporter .
I am a poo r widow and al l I have is i n the front
Ext ract f rom a letter f rom a soldier to h is mother ! I am wri ting in the Y . M .
C . A with the piano play ing in my uni form .
Gladys Daddy , what did the Dead Sea die of ?
Daddy Oh , I don’
t know,dear .
"
Gladys Daddy , where do ! eppel ins s tar t from ?
Daddy I don’
t know .
Gladys Daddy , when wi l l the war end ?
Daddy I don’
t know .
"
Gladys I say,daddy , who made you an edi to r ?
NOTED SAY INOSCome you seven .
Got that carticket?
Who is she ?
Yea B rotherIl n
’
a pas de quoi .
Where is your excuse ?
Got those pictu res Jos t ?
See you Monday .
Where i s Tiny ?
Seen Keefe ?
I'
m in for i t now .
Let’
s see your homework .
Lend me a j i t .
Who’
s a l iar ?
TOO MANY SAWS
Now, Alex, did you ever see a saw ?" “Yes , si r , I saw a saw . What saw
was i t you saw , Alex ?" “
I t was a seesaw si r"A sea-saucer ? Why , Alex,
what do you mean ? I mean a seesaw , s i r . And when did you see the sea ?”“I didn
’
t see the sea ; I saw the saw ,si r .
” "But howdid you see the saucer ?
" “Why ,
s i r, I never saw the saucer ; I saw the seesaw , si'
r Wel l , my boy , i f tha t'
s the way
you see saws , the less saws you see ,“ the better .
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WHAT HAS BECOME OFThe good ole nick le ham sandwich .
The'
18 X class .
The old time pep .
Bi l l'
s co rner .
Reich in the French class .
Gilbert'
s las t experiments .
The other s ixth o f the pie.
The war .
on Wednesdays .
Lucky"Meyer
'
s"Jane .
Charl ie Sohl’
s bow tie.
The Cha rl ie Krau t“walk .
Tos i 5 class pin .Griffin 's fou rth dimension .
IN PHYSICS
Miss Webs te r (af ter expla ining"deep
"problem) Well , i s i t clear?
H . Hopkins—“Y es , clear as m ud .
Miss Webs ter ( ca lmly ) —“Wel l , I gues s i t wi l l cover the ground .
WHY TEACHERS LOSE THE IR SENSE OF HUMOR
Ben Jonson wrote‘
The Grey E legy'
in a country churchyard .
"
Gravity is when an apple fal l s to the ground .
The fi rs t step in the process of diges tion i s i n the ki tchen .
Shakespea re is famous for his‘
Autobiography of F
Pol l tax i s taken for the upkeep of elec tri c and telephone. poles .
Hom er was one of Shakespeare ’s grea t fri ends and contem pora ries .
The Pope is confined to a vacuum .
"
Gladys Do you rea l ly th ink Shakespeare wrote a l l those plays they say he did ?H . Hopkins—“
I don’
t know, but when I die and go to heaven I wi l l a sk him .
Gladys—“
In case he isn’
t there, then wha t ?"
H . Hopkins—“
Oh wel l ! then you can ask him .
HOW TRUE
Tiny Lynn What i s grander than a fel low you can t rus t ?
Alex Tosi—“One who wil l trus t you.
"
Teacher Young man , did you expec tora te in the waste basket ?
Indi gnant Soph No , s i r , I missed i t ."
Does your daughter pl ay the piano by ear ?
No, she uses both hands and both feet , but I don’
t think she has learned7 9
ears .
A kind mother was tak ing to task her l i ttl e boy, who had stolen an orange . Are
you not s orry ?” “Yes . “
Won'
t you t ry and do better next t ime ? Yes I'
l l s tea l
two !
Good gracious , Alex Tosi ! ” sa id Alex’
s fond mother to her beloved son that’
s
twice you’
ve come home and forgotten that l ard !” “
So i t is ,"retu rned Alex, i t was
so greasy that i t s l ipped my memory .
"
Miss Bertholas Why d id Adam bi te the apple ?"Bright
"Scrub—"Because he didn ' t have a kni fe .
Vil lage Pedagogue Darwin says we’
re descended from monkeys .
Dale Russe l —“Well , what abou t i t ? My grandfa ther may have been a gori l l a ,
but i t doesn’
t worry me .”
Voice from the fires ide—“P’
rap s not, but i t m us t have worr ied yer grandmo ther !
Teacher Define the word‘
excavate’
Schola r I t means to hol low out."
Teacher Cons truc t a sentence in which the word i s p roperly used .
Schola r The baby excava tes when i t gets hurt .
L.~W.
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