Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-17
SENIOR B C0L0RS FLY FROM
FLAGPOLE
Entire Division Threatened With Sus-
pension Unless Perpetrators of
Franks Are Found-Roys
Prominent in School

In disgrace. Not one member or two,
or even six but ninety girls and forty
boys-and all for the "sins" of six.
"Fess up" or there will be no senior
B day. "Fess up" or every member of
the class will forfeit his or her diploma,
was the ultimatum of the principal.
Now, If it had only been "his diplo-
ma" and not "her diploma" the seeds
of chivalry latent in six young hearts
might never have stirred, and this
morning professors would still, be
puzzling their brains to answer the
question, "Who did it?"
Twenty yards of blue and green bunt-
ing futtered from the flag staff of the
high school all day yesterday, and
Principal Housh sat in his office, and
there was look upon his face which
BODIED Ill for some one, If that some one
would only make himself known; a
dear little class teacher whom all the
students love wondered just how she
would break the news; and six Young
lads, the pride of the senior Bs, put
their hands in their pockets and said
nothing.
Storm Breaks
This was the state Of affairs until
school closed at o'clock. Then the
storm broke.
The senior Bs We're called to attend a
class meeting. The girls were there
the boys were there, the class teacher.
Miss Harrow, was there.
only SIX persons in the whole room
knew all the 'ins and outs" of the case
and no one else in the room knew that
the six knew.
Paul Fletcher, Horace DonnelI. Hiram
ShOleS. CrrnVar
mond and Harry West, all members of
The Red Head society. a secret organ
1zation which, according to the bows.
was formed for the purpose of promul-
gazing class spirit and "livening things
up a little" were the six.
Each of the boys wears a red skull
on his coat as the symbol of the order,
but nothing more than the skull has
ever been shown to the world
Friday the senior B class appeared in
the Sar and Crescent society wearing
the class clors for the first time this
year.
All was well. Friday evening six
boys put their heads together and con-
cocted a scheme.
FRIDAY night the six entered the high
school building through a window in
the basement which had been left con-
Veniently open. and proceeded to the
belfry on a tour of investigation. They
had determined to place the class colors
on the top of the flag pole. and to
unfasten the lower rope so that the
senior class. composed of their arch
enemies, could not get the bunting
down.
The Friday night tour was only one
of investigation, and placing the colors
was to be left until Sunday evening.
On the way to the belfry the boys re-
moved five doors, but of course did II
very carefully by taking out the bolts.
They had made an agreement that
no damage should be done to the
building.
Sunday night they again went to the
high school, and shortly before mid
night they ran up the twenty yards of
bunting and removed the rope.
coIors Flying
Yesterday morning the spectacle of
twenty yards of bunting out of the
reach of the rival class greeted Prin-
cipal Housh and the senior AS.
Miss Harrow was the chief spokes-
man of the meeting yesterday after
noon. She told the students that Prin-
cipal Housh was not at all pleased and
that something must be done.
She placed two propositions before
the class.
"If the boys who ran up those colors
on the fagpole will own up to it they
only will have to suffer- she said. eff
they do not own up the question will
have to go to the board, the class will
loose senior B day and every member
will have his or her diploma held I'D.
What will you do?"
There was silence for minute. Then
someone got up and said something
about the fellows not having any right
to do such things. The someone only
talked for minute and the boys were
ready to mob him.
The six sat still and said nothing.
Miss Harrow made another appeal
''It seems too bad that the girls should |
have to suffer, too" she said, and then
she added many more things about
class spirit being all right.
The victory was won.
The meeting was dismissed, or at |
least the girls We're allowed to leave.
The six boys once more put their
heads together and talked it over.
No, sir, the girls shall not lose their
senior b day. The girls are not going
to suffer for the sins of the boys. Six
fellows shook hands on it, and then
paid visit to Miss Harrow.
Makes Clean Breast
A clean breast of 1t all, and then
there was another handshake all round.
Someone said Miss Harrow was a brick
and everybody else thought so.
When the boys reached the foot of the
stairs they were greeted by crowd of
their classmates and a wild rush for
soda fountain followed
Today they await sentence. Perhaps
-perhaps-who knows?
IF the girls had not been so decent
about it and all the fellows, too, we
might not have owned up" said Hiram
Scholes when asked about the affair last
night
THE fellows just stood by us and
said we had the right class spirit.
THE girls did not make any fuss at
all when they found they were going
to lose their diplomas.
They never could have found 1t out,
tor we had everything fixed Just right.