Alma High School - Panther Tales Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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TRACK ATHLETICS 3 -,E ROBABLY no greater success has been attained in any if one branch of high school athletics during the last year ' than in track. With three big meets already hnished, a Q close approximation of the strength of the team and the P Q2-. 3 events we are strongest in can be had. Much of the sport, and who has faithfully trained the men and kept them in good success attained is due lVlr. Ward, our track coach, who has greatly aided in arousing interest in this line of condition. With nearly every member of last yearis track team re- turned, Kress again reinstated, and many new men out, an excellent team has been developed. First, to consider the team itself, and the events in which each indi- vidual is strongest- Ctulick is track manager andg to say the least, no better choice could have been made. A more persistent, harder working man is not on our track team. He is a good half and quarter miler. Cooper, Gulick, lVliller and Beverly are our distance runners, and of the first it can be said without bragging that he has no peer in any of the schools of the state. Ciulick is also a very good miter. lVliller and Beverly are good and with a couple of years' experience will make ex- cellent men in these events. Kress, Hood, Race, lVl. Jackson, H.Jackson, Barry and Vought are our sprinters and a better lot of ufast ones could not have been collected together. Hood, lVl. Jackson, and H. Jackson are our liurdle men and have done excellent work- ln held events we are like- wise very strong. Wood, lVlcClinton, Kress, Ciargett, Vought and lVlcln- tyre are our weightmen and are pointwinners, while Kress, Hood, Spinney, Wood, H. Jackson and IVI. Jackson take care of the jumps and vaults in a very commendable manner. Hood is track captain. The first track meet was a dual meet with Bay City Eastern and resulted in a walkaway for Alma, we scoring 76 points to their 46. Kress and Cooper starred in this meet. The next meet of decided interest was the State lnterscholastic held at Lansing, May l3. Because of the good showing at this meet last year with but two men entered, it was decided to send down a larger team this year. Accordingly eight of our best men were sent, in- cluding the relay team. They were Race, Hood, lVl. Jackson, Kress, Crelay teamj, H. Jackson, Wood, Cooper, Gulick. Of course we intended to make a good showing but did not expect to win the meet. However, when the time of the end of the meet arrived, it was found that Alma was tie with Detroit Central for first place with 26M points. Of course our joy at the team's excellent success was inexpressible. However, our luck, if luck it may be called, was suddenly changed, for upon the toss of a coin the big T. B. Rayl cup, which we had wished to bring back with us, was won by the Detroit Central team for the first six months, but after that we will have it. The next and last track meet we can record here was the second big state track meet at Ann Arbor. This was a little different meet than the other in that schools from without the state could compete. Although, being slightly handicapped for funds with which to send a team down, we managed by the excellent help of the business men to send Five. Coop- er, Kress, H. Jackson, Wood and Hood were the lucky ones. Widm the winning of the other meet at Lansing, it was thought that perhaps we could repeat, but because of the teams outside of the state we came out of the fray well satisfied with fourth place and nine well-earned points. Even at this we had Detroit Central well beaten, who tied us at Lansing, they getting but eighth place. Then should not we, as worthy members of Alma High School, be well proud of our track team, and our track coach, Mr. Ward, who has so ably aided? Of course we expect to win the rest of our track meets by large margins.

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THE ALMA HIGH SCHOOL DEBATING CLUB K4 .4 -we fm sf A Q-2 bs ' if . ai i mw HE present Debating Club of Alma High School was organized about three years ago. lts or- ganization was affected chiefly through the ef- forts of Superintendent Ellsworth, who has taken a great interest in it, and has helped es- tablish it in its present flourishing condition. The purpose of the society is to give practice in public speaking and debating, and to help those who are weak along these lines. The great benefit derived from the Club is shown by the improvement in speaking and debating of its members, some of whom were natural speakers, others who were not, but in every case great improvement has been shown. The society consists of twenty-four young men of the high school, who are active members of the club, and the gentle- men teachers of the high school, who are honorary members. Une of the honorary members acts as a critic, and one of the other two is chosen as one of the judges of the debates. The usual method of debating is by dividing the club into two divisions of twelve members each, and each division is sub-divided into four teams. The four teams of the one side debate with four respective teams of the other side, in four different debates. The side losing the greater number of de- bates furnishes a feed to the winning side. After this ufeedu toasts are responded to by different members of the club, one of the honorary members acting as toastmaster. This not only makes an enjoyable evening but also benefits the members in social speaking. The society is then again divided and the same proceedings carried out in another series of debates. In this way each member debates at least three times a year be- sides deriving the benefit of the other debates. Besides the weekly debates in the club there is usually one public debate each year, either among the members of the club or with the debating team of sopxe other high school. This year two debates have been arranged with Greenville, one in that city and the other in Alma, to take place on the same night. These debates promise to be very interesting and ex- citing, as both schools are desirous of winning. The social part of the society is not entirely neglected, and each year the members of the club give a banquet ,totheir young lady friends, which always proves to be the event of the school year. ' It is becoming more successful every year, and is enjoyed by everyone attending it. This banquet usually closes the debating season, as during the spring the members have other work to take up their attention. But all the mem- bers agree that the winter evenings could not be spent more profitably and enjoyably than in The Alma High School De- bating Clubf' CQ C., fl l.