High School Notes: September 25, 1919

Santa Paula Chronicle
Thursday, September 25, 1919

High School Notes

The following is a series of short news items from September 1919. One interesting bit talks about "Indoor Baseball". This conjures visions of shattered windows and general mayhem, but it turns out that this wasn't the case.

Around the turn of the 20th century, baseball was often played inside a gymnasium during the winter months. It was similar to the regular "outdoor" baseball except the diamond was smaller and the ball was larger, 10 to 20 inches in diameter, and softer than a standard baseball. Over time, indoor baseball moved back outside and eventually evolved into the game of softball we know today.


Miss Hazel Hall, a former teacher of the Santa Paula High School spent Thursday afternoon of last week visiting the various classes of the school. Her stay in Santa Paula was very short, having to return immediately to Visalia, where she is to teach this year.

The student body wishes her all success in her new field of work

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The Senior Class was a guest of the Junior Class at a very delightful party given on Saturday night of this week at Sulpher Mountain Springs. A wiener and marshmallow roast added to the pleasure of the party, and was followed by games, swimming and dancing.

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On Tuesday morning of last week Arthur Martin, an alumnus of Santa Paula High School gave to the Student Body a very interesting talk on the necessity of planning and carrying out a course of study to be followed throughout the school course and to be used later as an aid to life work. The advise given was chiefly to the Freshmen, but nevertheless, was appreciated by the rest of the classes

Author has been attending Occidental College during the past year and is well informed about the advice given to us.

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The first of a series of indoor baseball games to be played between teams chosen from the girls of the different classes took place Friday afternoon during the regular gymnasium period between the Freshmen and the Sophomores. The fact that the two teams were well matched added to the excitement of the game. The three innings ended with the score of 8 to 9 in favor of the Freshmen.

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On Friday morning the Student Body was entertained by members of the Freshmen class, the Misses Helen and Florence Lotta, who favored us with two vocal solos. Their singing was greatly enjoyed and the Student body hopes to be fortunate enough to hear them again during the school term.

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Any person of Santa Paula or community wishing to take up evening study, please report name and subject desired to the Principal of the High School or the Librarian.

If there is sufficient demand for a subject, arrangements will be made for such a class at the High School.

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The High School played a practice baseball game with Oxnard last Saturday. Ralph Bennett, the Santa Paula pitcher played a good game, but due to several errors made by other members of the team and to the good playing of the Oxnard nine, the game passed in favor of Oxnard, leaving a score of 8 to 10.

Dorothy and Philetus Hall, Editors