Coon High School - Cocoon Yearbook (Wilson, NC)

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'llllllllllillllllllllillllll :nunsumnwuuuvuuunuuumuumnme yallilllllllllllilIllIllllillllllllllillliHMIIDIIIIIHOIIMKIIIHI1Nlllllllllllll,' .va GQ E IIIIIIIIlllIllllIllllIllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllIllIlllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllll Q :E '-. ,S 1' i 4'5- Z Z 1 - 1 1 - 1 E llllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllli lllllllllllllllllillll I. -' -i THE CHURCHWELL TROP1-HES ln the fall of 1921 M1's. Mary Privette Churchwell decided to present to the High School each year two loving cups to be used in stimulating true sportsmanship among the boys and fgirls of the school. The following spring they were awarded for the first time, and since then the awarding of these trophies has come to be the most interesting feature of the commencement exercises. The First two years that these awards were made, Mr. C. L. Blackburn was director of physical educa- tion iu VVilsou county. During that time he himself selected each year the besti all-round athlete from among the boys and also the best from among the girls, and presented to them the trophies on commencement night. Those winning the awards under this system were Bill Sharpe, Elsie Barnes, Bill Adams and Rachael Daniel. In 1924 Mrs. Churchwell and the High School olhcials agreed to award these loving cups on the basis of scholarship and leadership as well as athletic ability since it is a well known fact that the best athletes are capable of being the best students. This year, then, for the firstt time, there was engraved on the trophies Athletic Prowess, Scholarship, Leadership. lt was thought best under this new system to get the opinion of all the faculty in picking the students who were most worthy of this signal honor. So, instead of having the coach select the winners, the coach recommended a list of tivd boys and five girls on which list the faculty without discussion voted. the cups going to that boy and to that girl who received the highest number of votes. This plan was followed throughout the years of 1924, 1925, and 1926, the trophies going during that time to Ellis Fysal, Sarah Anderson, VVade Lancaster, Mavis Deans, Marvin Tomlinson, and Dot Davis. Selecting the students to whom these awards shall be made has been no easy matter, and the faculty has agreed to give someone else this task. They have passed the job on to the students themselves. Here- after, beginning in 1927, the students will be ranked with regard to scholarship. The one ranked. first will receive 20 points, the one who is second, 19 points, and so on down the line, the twentieth student getting one point. There are four major sports in the school, football, basketball, baseball, and track. Each 1110110- gram won will count five points, and sticking to the squad throughout tha season will net a man three points. This gives to athletics a maximum of 20 points, putting it on a level with scholarship. To decide about leadership both the students and the faculty will vote, the winner of the highest number of votes in each case getting ten points, the next highest nine points, and the tenth candidate in each case receiving one point. Thus, scholarship, athletics. and leadership are put on a par so far as points are concerned. VVith such a plan in force we feel that when the time comes for the trophies to be awarded there will be only one thing to say, To the victor belong the spoils. Page Eighty E s 2 1 s s s s sv lllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllll I s 1 2 .- .- - 1 - F: 1: T- Z 1 2 5 5 IllllIllIlllwlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIHIIIIIllllIIIlllllllllllllllllllIllIlllllllIllllllIlllllllllllIllllIllIIlllIllIllllllllllllllllhlllllllIlllllllllllllllllIllllllIllIlllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllahi

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