Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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®atler Unarft Editor-in-Chief Palmer W. Hancock Associates Christine Clyne Margaret E. P. Moran Dale Benner Business Manager G. Dudley Harris Advertising Manager J. Milton Cassella Circulation Manager Kenneth A. Beach Art Editor L. Talket Wells Associates Milford A. Copley Roberta E. Megowen

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Alton from an Athletic Standpoint. In the past year Alton undoubtedly produced the best football and basket ball teams she ever had. Both showed themselves to be the best in this part of the State, and there were those who did not hesitate to say that the basket ball team was the best of any of its class in this part of the country, despite two defeats, neither of which was clean-cut victory for the opponents. Yet with these splendid teams the support of the student body has been far from what it might be. That, for the first time in the history of the school, both basket ball as well as the football team, came out with a financial profit at the end of the season, is due mainly to the support of the town people. Even when the students attended, few en- deavored to assist the team by cheering, choosing rather merely to look on without any manifestation of their desire or sympathies. Even when the students felt like yelling it was largely a personal matter with no organization, and anything to be effective must be organized. It is to be hoped that while our teams may maintain the same excel- lence they have shown in the past, the school spirit may be so rap- idly increased that it may stand on a par with the success of the teams. The need for a new High School is becoming imminent, yet for years our gym has been the disgrace of the entire school. If we are to have an entire new. school it is to be hoped that the plans will in- clude a large and spacious gym. equipped with all modern conveniences, separate from the school, and with a balcony, around a large basket ball Hoor, cajtable of seating several thousand people. It is said that all things come to him who waits. Let us hope that in this case we may not have to wait too long. She fears not the breeze— the girl with a pair of new silk stock- ings. 8