Princeton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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G. A. A. First Row-Marlowe Staples, Isabelle Ferrell, Ioan Hamm, Margaret Murphy, Maybeth Shaffer, Barbara Mercer, Carol Vane, Katherine Shipp, Norma Frederickson, Marylu Ericson. Second Row-Miss Huber, Lois Hildebrand, Barbara Anderson, Olga Skinner, Marjorie Wilkinson, Mary jean Pierson, Nancy Noble, Kathryn Skinner, Elaine Ackerson, Lillian Adams, Gloria Pierson. Third Row-Dorothy Traynor, Barbara Matson, Lenore Ackerson, Mary Alice Jensen, Mary Schoenberger, WaNita Smith, Alice Bennett. Fourth Row--janet Fahlberg, Leanore Hanson, Virginia Slutz, Elaine Christiansen. I prohiife to uphold the iderzlr of lhe Giflfy Athletic Arrociatioh By promoting ihlereft in athletics and the out- of doorfg By living Jo that I may he healthy mid 5trohg,' By hzazhiizg good Jporlrmaizyhip cl coizmzizt factor in my conduct. The Girl's Athletic Association is a state or- ganization, open to all high school girls. Its pur- pose is to promote and foster health and interest in athletics. In order to acquire membership a girl must receive 100 points in a sport which has been spon- sored by this organization. To retain membership, girls are required to gain an additional 100 points annually by engaging in active sports. Numerals, school letters, state letter, and a felt map of Illi- nois are the awards which can be acquired by the sport enthusiast. Sports included in the curriculum are volleyball, basketball, tennis, tumbling, bowl- ing, baseball, and hiking. This year the G. A. A. was under the direc- tion of Miss Huber and Mrs. Swanberg. The sea- B t it 48 son began with its annual Big Sister Hikef, Twenty freshmen and new girls were interested in this state-wide organization, consequently, quite a number participated in the fall activities, namely, baseball and tennis. The later indoor activities in- cluded volleyball, basketball, and bowling. A basketball tournament among the girls ended with the seniors victorious. flt is their third year as victors., The major sports in the spring were baseball, tennis and hiking. One social event of the year was the G. A. A. party in April. All members brought a guest and enjoyed games, dancing, and refreshments. The installation of officers and initiation of new mem- bers was held in April. The organizations capable leaders included Maybeth Shaffer as president, Carol Vane, vice president, Barbara Mercer, treasurer, and Mar- jorie Murphy, secretary. Managers of the sports were joan Hamm, baseball, Isabelle Ferrell, ten- nis, Norma Fredrickson, volleyball, Marlowe Staples, basketball, Kay Shipp, bowling, Lois Hildebrand, hiking, and Barbara Anderson, scrap- book.

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1942 Mr. Ewart having left for the army, the track team was taken over by Mr. Keagle. The outlook for the year was unusually good with Frantzen, Fleming, Young and Brown, and many promising underclass- men back. Coach Keagle did a commendable job with the boys, and the outcome was the best track team in the history of Princeton High School. In the Oak Park Relays, where he was in compe- tition with boys from schools with indoor tracks, Bob Frantzen tied for second in the pole vault with a vault of 11 feet. The boys worked hard early in the year and were rewarded in their first meet, the Geneseo Relays. In competition with 19 schools, we won this meet for the first time in our history. This success confirmed expectations of an outstanding' team. Next in line for the Tigers was a dual meet with Dixon. We defeated Dixon by the overwhelming score of SO to 29. In Princeton's next test, a triangular meet at Princeton, the Tigers came through with a victory over Ottawa and Mendota. Our Freshman and Sophomore relay team was one of the strongest in the state this year, with such ath- letes as Don Rumley, Dick Highfield, Herb Pease, Bob Carlson, Don Lay competing. These boys won by a large score the Ottawa Invitational Freshman and Sophomore meet. In the Lincoln Relays, in competition with 14 schools, most of which were members of the big 12 conference, Princeton, taking only five boys, placed second to Pekin. The Tigers are very proud that they were able to place second in this meet since they were in competition with the best teams in the state. 1942 The 1942 tennis team was one of the best. The team, composed of Roger Mercer, Gilbert Brown, Eug'ene Gildermaster, Steve Kasbeer, Jim Marine, George Skinner, and Howard Troupa, and coached by Mr. John Cardle, was undefeated in a series of dual meets, placed first in the District at Monmouth for the second consecutive year, and won the North Central Conference championship for the second year in a row. The Princeton boys were up against tough opposition all year long- In the series of dual meets we defeated such strong teams as Ottawa, Geneseo, and Dixon. With a perfect record behind them, the Princeton net men entered the District as a highly 1942 This year's golf team was also outstanding. Under the coaching of Mr. Lowry the boys enjoyed vic- tories in dual meets over such strong schools as Ottawa, Dixon, Geneseo and Hall. The only losses suffered were two defeats dealt us by Kewanee. At the District, Princeton was in competition with Peoria Central, Peoria Woodruff, and Hall. The meet was nip and tuck, but Princeton was nosed out by T T RACK In the District Meet at LaSalle, Don Rumley and Gilbert Brown placed second in the broad jump and discus, respectively, and thus qualified for the State Meet. With a record to be proud of Princeton entered the County Meet as the favorite- All the boys came through to win the Bureau County Championship by the largest margin in history. Besides winning the meet, the Tigers set three new records. Brown broke the discus record with a toss of 133 feet 10 inches. The Freshman Sophomore relay team, made up of Rumley, Highfield, Lay, Ross and Pease, set records in both the 440 and the 880 with times of 248 and 1.39.9, respectively. Since school closed early this year, many of the boys were working or were sent out of town, so the team was unable to get together for the North Cen- tral Conference Meet. Except for Captain Bob Frantzen's injured leg, which hindered him throughout most of the season, the team suffered few injuries. The team will greatly miss the loss, through graduation, of Bob Frantzen, Gilbert Brown, Arthur Fleming, jack Young, and Charles Doty, but we are looking forward to another good year next year. The boys whose performances were outstanding this year are as follows: Bob Frantzen, pole vault, Don Fahlberg, shot put, Gilbert Brown, shot put and dis- cus, Charles Doty, mile, Don Rumley, broad jump, Herbert Pease, hurdles, Lyle Pierce, hurdles, Arthur Fleming, dashes and broad jump, jack Young, 440 yard dash, Dick Highfield, dashes, Elmer Dalton, pole vault, Galen Goodale, high jump, Bob Carlson, half mile, Dean Rumley, mile, and Don Lay, dashes. ENNIS respected team. Mercer and Gildermaster won first place in the double, and Brown came through to take first place in singles. After winning the District where we competed with Galesburg, Monmouth, Canton, Morrison, and Colchester. In competition with such schools as Dixon, Ottawa, Sterling and Geneseo, we won first place in this meet also with Gildermaster and Kasbeer winning first place in the doubles. Al- though Brown and Mercer were lost through gradu- ation, we still have quite a number of boys with ex- perience and are looking forward to another good year in '43, GOLF Peoria Central by a margin of one stroke. However, our fortune was better in the individual standings, for LaVerne Carlson placed first, thus becoming elig- ible for the State meet- In the State Carlson placed seventh, which is very good. The members of the team were as follows: LaVerne Carlson, Lawrence DeVore, George Gibons, Hayden Parker, Howard Walker, Dick Gibons, Jack Eakle, and Roger Richards. i-471

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PHYSICHL DEVELOPITIEFIT PROGRHITI War changes all things-even the gym classes in P. T. H. S. In order to give the boys an op- portunity to prepare themselves for army life, Coach Foster Keagle, following the University of Illinois Plan, has introduced vigorous, body- building exercises based on the American Ranger plan, including running, pyramid building, and tumbling as substitutes for the regular football and basketball played in class. it On April 2nd Mr. Keagle and the fellows exhibited their accomplishments in co-ordination and co-operation at the Athletic Benefit. Schools all over the United States are em- ploying this course in compliance with the gov- ernment's wishes to have the high school boy ready to step into the difficult army routine. It is hoped by both Coach Keagle and the boys that a similar gym class will be retained even after the war. II'ITRHmURHLS The Intramural Athletic Board, an organiza- tion composed of Wilmer Thompson and Stephen Kasbeer and headed by Mr. Keagle, was respon- ible for a brand new program in physical de- velopment. Because of this program, the Board decided to exclude all usual intramural sports ex- cept basketball. Efforts were made to match the boys evenly. The teams were chosen from regular gym classes it instead of from home rooms as in former years. The games were played off at noon. It was unusual to have a sophomore team a winner of the championship, but Robert jasko- wiak's boys came out on top by defeating Dean Rumley's team in the finals. With excellent co- operation between teams and officials, the season ended successfully. OUR COHCHES Foster Keagle, our athletic director and coach of track and football, was graduated from North Central College. From New York University he received his M. A. degree in physical education. Mr. Keagle has supplemented his education at various other colleges and coaching schools. Be- fore coming to Princeton in 1938 he served as ath- letic director and football coach at the Harris- burg Township High School. 49 Bill Howard, our basketball and tennis coach, is a graduate of DeKalb Teachers' College where he won four major letters in football and a num- ber of other athletic awards. Mr. Howard has coached at his Alma Mater, at the Brookfield junior High School, and at Forrest Park. He has been known to us for several years by his sum- mer work at Alexander Park Pool. l