Putnam patriot., 1924-06-20
BANNER BATTLE
 CLASS DAY EVENT
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 .a44r fze neatly washed. their eurls I'm inc =t of the girls-neatly curl ef tfl#T 1Ir.ln thu case of the boys, oe4-c atsd down Their faces bare tE zDresSons If so many well. ,..ssfpI|5 4n sels. Bet thu sophomor- esssd aaer and they held 1t hign. Thqp be freshmen, also banner Fsb. Ilea soapei and scrubbed. eiass had began. There waa eHIv le# aaaust moment when the szs8uas zeniors should enter sine .rF tha 1ss song cad bearing al0ft
 Then was that the fun began.
 In ord that nothing might happen
 t6 theiF acieus banner. the sopho
 m1res toes it down and prepared to
 raise t h where no harm could
 come ta E IL rested, during this mo
 menf of preparation in the lap of q
 stardy ang lady who later proved heself ulfa competent of it's trust. Near her sat one of those boys who are known as "the pride of the school a good boy who never does any one any harm.
 He Loved His Glass
 But this young man was filled with love of dear old Putnam and the dear old class of 1925. You know the spirit. lt is the same that provoked George Ade to write "The College Widow" and to make Dear Old Att water better known to America than Harvard or Princeton pr Yale.
 Burning with this devotion to class and school, our hero had a red hot moment of daring inspiration. He grabbed for the sacred bit of cloth and felt his hand upon it. But the sophomoric Amazon was too much for him. She grasped the banner with a grip of steel. Hurtling over 8 few rows of underclassmen came a sophomore fullback who fell upon our nero and sent him toppling beneath a row of chairs. Confusion reigned, parents screamed, girls rushed bleat- ing from the fray. A pitched battle vas on. Knuckles were broken, noses were scratched. feet were planted in those regions usually devoted to the activities of the gastric juices, Put nam enjoyed a battle that for mo- ment put the well-known and popular unpleasantness at the aarne to utter shame.
 End of the Row
 Then came a sud len and abrupt end of the row. IL happens that the two warring classes had selected a moment 10 commence the battle when Superin- tendent of Schools Ralph c. Jenkins and Principal Mark E. Stinson were out of the hall. When they heard the row both MT. Stinson and MT. Jenkins ran into the midst of the fight, separ- ated the warriors and ordered them preemptorily and immediately to leave the hall for the afternoon. Thus came the battle to q sudden and definite end.
 A Disgrace 10 the School
 Now while the fight between the two classes had a possibly-to the students amusing side, there are probably few of the students involved who are not today thoroughly asham- ed of having made such utter fools of themselves and having brought to- tally unnecessary disgl ace on the school Judging without thinking, many people hearing stories of the aght on one of the most important days in the school year and at one of its most impressive exercises, will be likely to place the blame on the teach CTS and the principal of the institu- ton. Such would be most unfair. The blame for the disgraceful events of the afternoon rest entirely upon the members of the two classes. Glass enthusiasm is one thing but pubic outlawry even among the students of a public high school is another.
 Since the fight at the school The Patriot has received not one but many condemnatory letters and tele- phone calls. most of them deplorlng the event as a public and civic dis grace. This vas matter which the juniors and sophomores oyerio9kea in the hasty desire to do battle. W Then they have digested to the full the disgrace that they have brought to the school winch they profess to love they vii probably be more humble and less oelligerent.
 Moro .kav .ra million hovx and