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Page Four THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORD VOL. I chief correspondent, Fletcher Homan. Wednesday, December 29, 1920 No. 13 INTERCLASS BASKETBALL lnterclass basketball ended Wed nesday evening with a hard fought game between the two leading teams, the Seniors and Juniors. The game started fast and ended fast. Both teams fought hard to gain the title of 'Champion" and for their class to receive the pennant. The upper class men held the Juniors to a hard game, at the end of the first half the score stood 11-10 in the Senior's favor. To ward the last part of the last half the Junior boys broke loose and dropped in seven field goals and two fouls, which the Seniors could not overcome. The result was a victory for the Jun ior Quintet. The final score being 26-18. Dickson and Asher showed up ex ceptionally well as forwards. Captain James and Brandon proved they could do some very effective guard ing Bland, the Senior center, got the tip off on the jump, and showed he was no slow man on the floor. Ball also displayed his knowledge of guard ing. which was very effective. Steeley McCurray, forwards an Halstead center, displayed an excel lent brand of field goal shooting and fast floor work for the Juniors. Hob! son was like a brick wall, they could not get thru his guard. Smith pro duced some expert guarding and fast floor work. , The game was exciting and eating and was appreciated by all who Attention now will be turned to school basketball. The Tiger squad will be composed of nearly all lnter class basketball men. With all the “pep” and “spirit*’ that was shown in the interclass games, surely as much and more will be shown on the Tiger squad. The line-up of the teams that played are as follows: Line-Up Senior Ju " lor , Dickson forward Steely Asher forward McCurray Capt. James Guard Robinson Brandon Guard Smith Bland Center Halstead •Ball Substituted for Brandon •Brandon substituted for Asher. A CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO (By Estella Mann) It hardly seems possible that In a country so close as Mexico is to ours, where Christmas is a day of peace on earth good will to men. Christmas and Santa Claus are scarcely known, ex cept where the Americans bring the tidings of good will and happiness to the little children. In this beautiful wild country the mistletoe, holly and spruce trees grow wild, but their use for the famous day Is unknown. In the one little Catholic church, the only one of any denomination n a town of twenty-five thousand people rather around the scantily trimmed tree on Christmas morning the dozens of little children dressed in the only new clothes of the entire year. Here thev wait eagerly the arrival of Santa Claus with their simple gifts of dolls from four to six inches long, rubber balls, and instead of the bags of candy and nuts so common with us they re ceive long sticks of cane cal.ed Dulc All these are furnished by the kind hearted Amreican men and women or the town. . M The children admire the tree as much as the boys and girls in this country do their beautifully trimmed and lighted trees. As they chatter merrily your hear strange stories of how Santa Claus comes riding on a donkey driving others with large packs on hacks, or of this jolly fat fellow bouncing along on horse back with packs tied on be hind him. They even tell of him walk ing along the cold wind swept trails with his pack over his shoulder. In this country they talk of Santa Claus for weeks and seem almost to worship him. No greater calamity could be thought of than that heplight not return next year. SCHOOL NEWS GOING OUT OF TOWN Louise Bennett left here Thursday evening to spend Xmas vacation with relat es at Brookside. Margiref Masters and her sister. Eva. vill visit at the C. A. Clark home at Cotopaxi, during Xmas vacation. Mabel Allen left Thursday for Pu eblo to spend the holidays with rela tives Ruth Wells will leave Saturday •morning to spend Christmas holidays at her hone In Pueblo. Lou se Goding expects to spend Christmas day with her brother, Nor man Goding and family of Fremont. The 7 liases Madeline and Dorothy Degitz will spend a few doys with their aunt. Miss Slgna Freek at Garden Park. Mildred Seabauch and her parents are enjoying a visit from her brother, who Is home from school for Christ mas Florence Thomas will enjoy a visit from her sister. Gladys Thomas. Fern Ward and her parents will enjoy the visit of Burma Ward of Chfvlngton. Colo., during the Christ mas holidays. Bernice Brewer will entertain her brother from the State University during the Christmas vacation ! THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IN AMERICA. (John McCartney.) The Christmas season Is the hap piest season of the year. For several 1 weeks before, people look forward with pleasure to Christmas. The children wonder what they will get. 1 and thinking of the things they • would like and may get, show a very V ange ic disposition at this time. The • wood box is always well filled and -the children never “sass” for fear l that Santa" Claus might hear. , This is a very busy time for the . housewife. She is making mince - meat, fruitcake and all sorts of good ; things for the Christmas dinner at which there is usually company. She also finds time to do a good deal of , Christmas shopping, and the house is soon full of mysterious bundles which you are not supposed to see. The house is soon decorated with everygreen wreath and bells. Then coni2S the work of setting up the Christmas.tree. This is a very del icate job, as everybody has the best idea of how to decorate it. Finally it is hung with candles and all kinds of decorations. Then the candles are lighted, the tree is a beautiful sight, which young and old alike en joy. Then on Christmas eve. after the children have been told a the King whose birthday they are celebrating, and each has seen that the fire is out, and that the chimney is open, each hangs up the biggest stocking that he can find and then goes to bed. The children go to bed, but find it hard to go to sleep. After ; dreams of Santa Claus, they wake and find that Christmas is here. Then there is a wild rush toward the stock ings. Each child finds what he wanted. Willie is found seeing how Jimmy’s candy would fee! between his teeth. Tommy is trying his new knife on the furniture. Relatives and friends soon begin to arrive, and there is a great exchange of gifts. Everybody is happy,’ even although some one finds that he has received a pair of No. 12 slippers, and he only wears an 8. And some one else has gotten a red necktie which does not go well with his red hair. Then comes the real business of the day. which Is eating the Christmas dinner. After old and young gather in the par lor and enjoy a reunion and good time, all too soon is the day over and everyone goes home well pleased with Christmas. CHRISTMAS. ‘‘Oh, dear! Christmas is almost here and I haven’t a gift for Helen, and I know* she will be sure to give me something.” This is the way most people greet the coming Df Christmas. They think It is a time for the giving of gifts only to those who they are sure, will give them something. This is entirely a wrong idea of the spirit of Christmas. Christmas should be a time of great rejoicing and not a time when one should be only thinking of what some one else is going to give him. When Christ was born in the man ger at Bethlehem, the wise men came and brought their gifts to the small babe. Did they expect anything in return, and did Christ only give gifts 1 to those who gave to Him? Did Christ reject the snvall gifts? No! He thought more about the spirit in which the gift was given than He did about the value of the gift. This is the way we should feel in the giv ing of our gifts. C C. H. S. ATHLETICS (By Harold Hart) The first game of basketball of the season will he held Thursday with the C. C. H. S. Alumni team. A battle royal is expected as each team is de tremined to win. The Alumni have a quintet that will be hard to beat. Joe Mack Wilson, All-State High School center, and Mose Lewis, last year s fast forward, are trying out for basket hall at Boulder this year. Joe Mack, it is rumored, in Boulder, will make the University Varsity team as guard Wilson and Lewis both played on their Fraternity team which carried away all the honors and won first place in the Fraternity Tournament. f Hoover, year’s guard, is back from the Aggies and a great improve-) ment is expected from him Dave and Finis Parks also represent part of the Almuni team. The Parks hoys for mer basketball record isn’t’ forgotten and they will put all they have into the 1 game Thursday. The Tiger team this year will he a fast and ‘*peppy” quintet. There are twenty men or four teams nut to prac tiee every night and the competition ’ W ill he keen. Captain Sharman is back In the harness again. All we will sav about him is just “watch him. Steeley, Brandon, Bland, McDon . ough and Dickson of last year’s sec ond squad are back again. The Tiger team that will face the Alumni has not been decided upon as yet. But It 1b assured by the coach that a strong team will be sent to I meet them. . t— ■ Annie LafTerty is enjoying a visit from her sister, Mrs. Ward and two daughters from Wichita Falls, Texas, and her brother James, from Needles. Calif. The Canon City Record, Thursday, December 30, 1920 “JIMMY'S BOAT." (By Theodore Wade.) James T. Collins, Jr., had been waiting for Christmas since Thanks giving. Mr. Curtis, his father, find ing it necessary, after long exertion, to spend several months at sea level, decided to take Jimmy and his mother with him, and go to Honolulu. So he arranged for passage on the great ship, “Chang Hi.” The boat sailed from San Francisco on December 23. This fact was greatly resented by jimmy until he was told that Santa 1 Claus could go to a boat as well as any where else. At about the first first of December he had written Santa Cldus his usual letter, but this time he wanted espe cially a boat, and one that would run in the water, and not just on the floor, as did the boat of his next door neighbor, George Thornton. The more he thought about it the more \ he felt that he ‘really needed” a 1 boat to have any pleasure from life ; at all. On the long trip to the coast he talked of his first boat as much as anything. It ought to be a black j and white boat with a red smoke-j stack. When they boarded the ferry j to cross San Francisco may. he was! very much fascinated by the large tilt 1 beams which pumped up and down , like a see-saw. turning the great pad dle wheels which drove the other 1 ferry boats across the harbor. Ar riving as they did about sunset, the wind was cold and blew into their I faces until they went and stood be- j hind a kind of a big wall or wind- j i shield made of panes of glass. Two days later they boarded the schip ‘Chang Hi,” for Honolulu. Lit-1 tie Jimmy had not been allowed to eat | any sweets or too much of anythink . for several days to prevent his being , seasick, if possible. That night a storm came upon j them and drove their vessel from its course. The ship that night tossed ' and rocked violently The storm be-1 gan to subside with the coming of dawn, but it did not clear up. There was a fog over things. At about 3 or 4 o’clock In the afternoon every one on board was frightened by an awful grinding and sudden shock. The ship had struck sand it was soon learned. The S. O. S. was answered by a ship about 40 miles distant. The wireless operator of the “Chang Hi.” after giving his exact location, stated that the ship was beating itself to pieces on the sands, unable to pu!l, because of the force with which they had struck. The fog began to lift about the time he ship struck the bottom. The peo ple forgot their games and the Christ mas decoration. Everyone was anx ious. There was no supper that night, for it would not have been touched if there had been. Fina'ly the captain ordered the •eople into the lifeboats, but hardly dared to lower them into the beating surf lest they should be dashed to pieces. „ Jimmy asked his mother if she thought Santa Claus would forget to come and bring his boat. She replied she hoped not, and hugged him tight, as they packed In the lifeboat with many others, the most of whom were quite gloomy. Suddenly a shout of joy was heard. The lights of the ship could be seen. Jimmy looked up and shouted: “Oh. mamma, there is Santa Claus with my boat.” And now when Jimmy thinks of Christmas he thinks of more than you think of. MANUAL TRAINING The exhibit of the Manual Train ing Department on December 17 and lo was a huge success. One hundred and twenty-two- adults ‘visited the exhibition. Most of the projects dls ' played showed good workmanship. The first part of the next semes ter will be devoted to the making of mechanical drawing and studying blue prints. Each Individual will also re-j ceive one period each week for work on the lathe. The instructor, Mr. Livingston, who has had blood poisoning in his hand, is now able to be at school again. He left on Wednesday for his home in Portales, New Mexico, where he will spend his Christmas vaca tion. Ray Nelson and John Gibb are out of school on account of illness. D0ME8TIC 8CIENCE NOTE8 ( Yes, folks, we know that you are I jour friends this week. But we are not at all surprised, for some one let our secret out. We have been making . Christmas candy in Domestic Science. i The girls furnished part of the mater ial and will spend all of the week In i making candy. i The girls always enjoy candy-mak- I ing, but Miss Dinkins declaresvlt to he the saddest moments o fhei\llfe. . Hhe can’t even hang an article of . clothing In the cooking room without having candy all oveielt. Then, too, j; some candy will sugar in spite of , everything. Miss Linkins asked the girls to ( kindly refrain from spilling candy on ; the chairs, tables and wall. If such ls i possible. Mr. Drake called one morning Just “too late," I think he will cell again j "just In tfme." i Frank Higgins Is entertaining h!s brother and family from Pueblo. LOCALS Catherine Merriam is spending the holidays in Westcliffe with her rela tives. Vivia Ames is enjoying a visit from her brother Clifford of Pueblo. lone Smith left on Wednesday to spend the holidays at her home in Victor. Misses Evelyn Klelnschmidt, Clara Schmitz and Ruth Peabody from Lead ville, who are attending school in this city will spend the holidays in their home town. Mildred Callaghan has returned to her home in Westcliffe to spend the holidays. George and Earl Funderburk are spending their vacation at home in Westcliffe. « Virginia Wood spent the week-end i with Lurah Wynkoop. i Dorothy Bean is going to entertain [her friend. Miss Jennings from Wet more during the week of vacation. Miss Yena Chittenden will be the guest of the Misses Dorothy and_Eliza beth Thomas during the holiday sea son. Geraldine Deniston will entrteain Ruth Reynolds of Florence. Mildred Ralston will entertain the L. G. Class on New Year’s eve at a Watch Party at which they will pull taffy. Ona Ready is entertaining Miss Helga James from New Mexico during Christmas vacation. Arva Clark and parents are enjoy ing a visit from Mrs. Ashby and daugh ter. Jane, from Victor. Frank Herman is enjoying a visit from relatives of South Dakota Helen Hansen and parents will have as Christmas guests. Mrs. Fred Kelce and little daughter of Pueblo and Mr Robert Straw* of Denver. Emma Schlaeppi is enjoying a visit from her brother Carl, who is a stu dent at the State University at Boul der. Florence Arlen with the other mem bers of her family ate Christmas din ner at the home of her uncle, E. W Arlen on Lincoln Park. She also ex pects to go to Colorado Springs to visit relatives during the holidays. SENIOR NOTES The Senior class was very sorry to to hear of the death of Mrs. Beaton and voted to send a floral offering as soon as possible. Catherine and Sarah Beaton are members of '21 and the sympathy of the class is extended to them in their bereavement A class meeting was held during the Fourth period, Wednesday, for the purpose of distributing tickets to be sold for the last inter-class Bas ket ball game, and also t%, choose a class motto. Several have been plac ed before the class at various times, but no choice could be decided on Finally this one was adopted: “For ward ever, backward never.” Every member of the class of ’21 is deter mined to back that motto to a finish and prove that he is worthy of such a standard. JUNIOR CLA88 NOTES Basketball (By Esther Konkel) Hurrah! 'or the Juniors! The Inter class basket-ball championship is ours! Last Monday we played the Sophs. They did some fine work, but the Juniors did some finer work. The game ended with a score of 16 to 1 in our favor Wednesday was the last game of the tournament and this was a contest between the Seniors and Juniors. It wan a hard battle and at ' the end of the first half the Seniors were one point ahead of us. But after some excellent team work and* some spectacular goal shooting we won the game with a score of 26 to 18. Fine work. boys. we. appreciate it. Volley Ball The Junior girls showed that they could do fine work too. by winning the ; girls’ Interclass Volley Ball Tourna fment. Basket ball is coming on soon, and Just watch the Junior Girls! But where were the rooters? Where were the “alwayg loyal” Juniors? Nearly one whole side was filled with Seniors who were there to root for their team. But the Juni rs were I a minus quantity. Of course, there ; vrre n few stragglers. There always are. but the number of Juniors out to see the game looked mighty small beside the Seniors. The same thing happened at the i girl’s valley ball game. Most of the ! Junior girls were there, hut where were the boys? Nevertheless, wo won both times and that’s all that really matters, only in the future we hope the Juniors will he out In full force. GIRLS VOLLEY BALL The girls held some exciting games of class Volley Ball Tuesday even ing. They held an elimination con test to decide the two teams that were to play for first position. The elimination and finals were as follows: Juniors defeat Sophomores; Seniors defeat t(je Freshmen. In the final game which was to decide the char* pions, the Junior team trimmed th Senior delegation by a score of 21-lb The Junior victory is due to fast play Ing, head work and team work. Both teams displayed signs of life and “pep.” Each team had support as the seats on the side lines were well fill ed with “rooters." HYPATIA. The girls of the Hypatia Society pave the Christmas entertainment at high school Thursday afternoon. The girls dramatized the story, “The Bird’ft Christmas Carol." The cast of characters was as follows: Carol Thelma Parker Mrs. Bird Hilda Magnle Uncle Jack Hazel Hill Elfrida (maid) Hazel Coleman Mrs. Ruggles Hattie Quinn Sarah Maude Elizabeth Cosby Beter Ruth Brickie Cornelius Dorothy Jacobi Kitty Nellie Williams Susan Mary Baber Beoria Irene Hays Lavrle Emma Schlaeppi AHy Anna Jones Clemeint Loretta Lombardy In addition to this, the girls pave a tableau, ‘‘The First Christmas.” and concluded their program by singing “Merry Christmas To All.” The entertainment was very fitting for the Christmas season, and we hope that Hypatia will entertain us again soon. FRESHMAN NOTES In the Latin Class, 2nd period, the contest that has been going on for the last month closed. The final score was. Silver 2,070 to Gold 2.059. The Gold's have to entertain the Sil ver to a party to be held 8 oon after the Christmas vacation The sides consisted of: Silver — Maurice Konkel, (Captain). Ted An derson, LoulBe Clarke. Mildred Ral ston. Robert Bond. Julia McDonough. Ray Shupp. Earl Holcomb. Janet Col gate. Jewel Landed. Ruth Walters and Clara Wagner. The Golds are: Stanley Combs, (captain), Dorothy Farmer. Margaret Robison. George Hall. Albina RIc chuttl. Ruth Wood. Elizabeth O'Nell Myrtle Fisher. Jewel Eslinger. Gerald Case. Helen Van Slyke, Dorothy Do gitz and Maude Young In the 5th Period Class the Sil vers had a total of 2,240 and the Blues had 2.226. The side consisted of. Silver —Dorothy Thomas (Captain) Margaret Essert, William McKinstry. Wellwood Beall. Leroy Hopkins, Syl vester Otto, Kenneth Ward, Irma Emley. Mildred Seabaugh, Helen Pauls. Mildred Wray, Lola Hadden. Ruth McCrory nnd Margaret Reyy nolds. The Blues had Mary Clark as cap tain nad the rest on her side were: Muriel Clarke, Blanche Worsley, Don aid Ward. Evelyn Seubert. Velda Mor ton. Marlon Williams. Wray Nelson. Florence Thomas. Bertha McDowell. Rinehart Dickson. Leona Anderson Frank Herman and Harriet Clark. The Blue of one section and the Gold of the other will give the party to the two Silvers. HESPERIA One of the most Jqyoua of Hesperian fest'vities for this year occurred on Tuesday night, when Clareiouise Ren frew. as the groom, and Helen Nel on. as the bride, were Joined In the onds of matrimony, at a “Jazzy” wedding. To the strains of ''I’ll Say She Does,” the bridal party ’ Jazzed'’ In led by the bride-to-be, who clung to her father's arm. The two flower girls, two bridesmaids, and a ring bearer followed —also "Jazzing ” Even FEAR OF RAILROAD PROBLEM COMING BACK TO CONGRESS BEING SHOWN Rail for September and October $49,000,000 Short of Esch-Cumminirs Guarantee. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. .*cc. 28 The fear that the railroad problem will be thrown back into Uongr **•: fo d mination is he-om'n * apparent among legislators and r.t'lroad men The enmlT-s • > » o r irooL during Se.» tember n '> b«» • we**e * «0 OftOnflu ■‘h’M' cf * c r ;» r cent earnings guar screed h he Esch Cummings law. T • * -{)•• • o r utives say they \v| 1 not raise freight or passenger rates, but Representative Each declares that i mandatory on the Interstate oaunerce Commission to increase the rates,, or else have the govern ment pay the deficit. Payments of nearly $500,000,000 from the federal treasury are due the railroads on account of the deficit during the firs* six months of opera tion under private management are being held up h. tenchnlcalitles. The railroads need the money it |.s dc dared by :!*o « who know their con dition. Sever, '• ’ ter, “nv refu. crl to torralt u -■ t rati o go gs high as tl • Lite. Commerce Com mission j ' to fix them The ques tion of i ’ i< also involved in the inatu r and adds to its complication. Workers lit m that the railroads are not pr;i f in ec nouiy in their man agement. ‘DPY IN THE W IS CASE The Jury impunnelled in the district ooui t on Monday to try the case or the state vs. Edmund Davis. brought hero on a change of venue from Cus ter county, who Is charged with as sault upon Henry L. Kastendieck with intent to do great bodily in- the priest could not control his feet, and as he sang his part of the cere mony, they swayed rythmically. The bridal group accompanied their wards with similar gestures, which of course made the whole thing extreme ly laughable to the on lookers. When the last "I’ll say we will’’ had been spoken, when the bride had been satisfactorily saluted, and the bereaved mother had dried her tears, a large wedding cake was brought In and served, with wine? to the num erous guests. All Joined in wishing the young pair a peaceful, prosper ous New* Year! You thought It was going to be ”‘A peaceful and prosper ous Journey through life,” didn’t you? THE AMICITIAN LEAGUE. (Roas Middlemias.) Two new members. Ralph Sullivan and John Emmerson. . were Initiated into the league last Tuesday. On ac count of bad weather the outside in itiation that had been planned, was dropped and the Initiation was con fined to a few inside stunts. Charles McDonough was unable to come on account of basketball practice. Carl Menzel was voted into the league and will be initiated at the next meeting. The program consisted of a short talk >y each of the new members, and a debate on the question: Re solved. That Canon City should build a new high school rather than make additions to the old one." The arguments of the affirmative, composed of Carl Funderburk and Kirk Jameson, yere based on public demand and necessity for a new high school and the impracticability of re pairing the old one. The negative composed of Ross Middlemias and Francis ..*orriaon. made their points on the great cost of a new building, lack of a suitable building site and adversity of condi tions in Canon City to the undertak ing. Although the affirmative put up a good fight the Judge decided In favor of the negative. On account of Christmas vacation, the next meeting will not be held un til the first Tuesday in January’ Although most of the Freshmen are planning on enjoying the Christmas holidays in a idlng down bill, snow balling and other proper Freshmen sports, there are some who can not rest, even in vacation. Curtis Hicks intendla to go to Salida to chop wood. George Hall la going to bla ranch to punch cows, with the hope of recov ering from the effects of over-etudy. Picture Arthur Rees writing up book report after book report. and Vaughnley Jorgeson consulting the South Canon oracle as to hie chances of 'passing In algerbra. Ruth Wood and Evelyn Seubert are going to test the ice. Any one wishing to go coast ing at any time will please let Susan Henley know EVELYN SEUBERT. Secretary JOKES Maurice K. (at little atore) —I want a package of kisses Mrs. EL —What? Maurice—Oh. a package of gum call ed ‘‘Klisea.” Miss Fluke (in gym)—“Olrla! Put your head on your hipa, not your hands!” • Jury, consists of N. R Usher. W. O. Adair. A H Craig. <*. O. Lamb. C. C. Patton. R. L. Dick, Max Morgansteln. William P. Davis. O. P Crawford, E. G Jageer. Thomas Houle and George W. Rayburn. Robert Duncan Died Saturday At Pyrolite Robert W. Duncan, aged 18 years, died at Pyrolite Saturday night at 11:30 o’clock He came to that camp with his mother nnd brothers about three weeks ago for the benefit of his health. He is survjved by his father and mother. Mr and Mrs \VI 11am Dun can. and brother.-. Joseph. James Lyle and Jesse of O’Fallon 111 The b d was sent to O’Fa’lon Monday ny the T S. James Company. The Store At Concrete Robbed Sunday Night The store at Concrete was entered by a thief some time during Sunday night nnd $35 in cash was taken from the register as well ns some 15 or 20 emblem rings which the company has had In stock for the past 10 years, and were not Habibie. Eent ranee was gained by breaking the glass in one of the rear windows The robbery occurred nfter the hiiow storm Sunday night, and Man ager (J s Warner states that he tracked the thief out of no western limits of Concrete, and had not the early morning traffic obliterated the ttail he could have fol nwigl It to 'ery doer of the cu’prlt. Mr. War ner is the opinion that it Is the work of some boy, na nothing elae in the store of value was molested. Olin Delbert, who arrived from Now York city to spend Christmas with his parents. Mr. and Mrs G. M. Del bert of Florence, will return today to his duties at Columbia University. He will stop off at Lawrence, Kan., to do some special research work.