W. G. Rich (known as Bill Rich in Whittier), prominent Whittier businessman and founder, in 1921, of the Howling Hundred, an organization that supported Whittier high school and college athletics, posing in mid howl. He wears a pin on his lapel that reads, "Whittier's Howling Hundred 100 Life Member."
A procession of academics and distinguished guests moves toward the outdoor amphitheater where the inauguration ceremony will be held for W. O. Mendenhall. Spectators watch from beside the building in the background.
The camera looks across the field at Whittier College during the football between the Poets and the Occidental Tigers. In the near distance, off-center to the left, an Oxy player runs with the ball towards the end zone at left. Ahead of him, a Whittier defender tries to stop him. The remaining on-field players watch the immediate play from a distance. Campus buildings rise in the background at left and fans fill the stands at right.
In the foreground, a veranda stretches around the perimeter of the courtyard at Pio Pico's El Ranchito. Beyond it, the courtyard sits at center. It is partially obscured by shrubs along its near side. Another wing of the building lines the far right side of the courtyard. In the courtyard at left, a man and a woman stand beside the courtyard's well.