Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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Sp ring Sports Although the season of 1935 was not a complete success from the standpoint of victories, it was successful in that many individual entrants placed high in several meets. Barker, Brooks, Britting, Gibson, Holecek, Holt, Hudson, Lowrance, and Wiggers were consistent point winners in the track and field events. Lewis, Shields, and Bramb le won several victories in tennis, and Atkinson p ' aced second in the state golf meet. An effort was made last year to find the best times and distances of past Juco stars in order to establish a set of school records. Two of these were broken when Gibson hurled the discus 125 feet 6 inches in the Ark City meet, and another fell with Hudson ' s 172 feet, 10 inch toss in the jevelin in the El Dorado meet. Included in the spring sports program for this is an inter-class soft bail tournament organized among the three high school classes, a junior high and two college classes. The freshmen elected Clifford Clay- ton as their captain, and the sophomores chose Kenneth Locke to manage their team. Play is to continue until a double round- robin has been played. At this time the college freshmen are leading with two victories Against one defeat. This years track and tennis season opened with the tri-angular meet at Hutchinson. In winning the low hurdles E. Lowrance lowered the old school record to 25.9 seconds. This was by far the outstanding race of the meet. Scores of the meet were: Hutchinson 47, El Dorado 41, Ark City 29. In tennis J. Harland Smith and Lewis won their matches in the singles but were defeated in the doubles. The quadrangular meet at El Dorado pro- duced several good marks. Gibson broke his own school record with a nice heave of 127 ft., 7 in., in the discus. B. Davidson ' s leap of 6 ft., I in., in the high jump estab- lishes a new record. Heyman made a nice 39 ft., 4 in., put in the shot, Hudson ' s 174 ft., 9 in., toss on the javelin is a little below his record of 175 ft., 1 in., made at the Kansas Relays earlier this season. The tennis doubles avenged their defect at Hutchinson by winning their match. — D.H. 1§fc yj

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Back row: C. Holt, E. Castle, L. Proctor, P. Hower, C. Coulter, G. Biggs, B. Davidson, C. Borger, G. Heyman J. Stackley, B. Lowrance, R. Wiggers. Front row: R. Weatherholt, G. Groves, G. Cary, V. Breen, T. Keefer, K. Secrist, J. H. Smith, M. Ferguson, R. Lewis C. R.tchey, M. Baker, Coach Thomas. Varsity The Varsity Club is an organization composed of men who have earned a letter in any of the college sports recognized by the school officials. These recognized sports are football, basketball, track, tennis, and golf. The primary purpose and aim of the club is to stimulate school athletic activities. Since the club has set up certain requirements that its mem- bers must conform to, thletic awards have meant a great deal more. Moreover the standardizing of the letters and sweaters has given the club a very pleasing appearance. Since its organization last year the membership has grown from twenty members of last year to twenty-eight members for this year. It is quite evident that the club has been a success, as i(- has proved to be an added incentive to college men to engage in athletic activities. Two banquets are given regularity by the Varsity Club each year — these have proved to be the highlights of the college social life, especially for the athletes, and have always proved enjoyable and entertaining, as well as filling. The first banquet, held at the New York Resturant was for men only . The second, held the latter part of January, and the third, in May, were the type in which dates were permissible popular. The last one was held after the state junior college ' rack meet to allow all lettering-men in track to be present. Ladies and gentlemen, The Varsity Club for first semester: Pres., Dick Hudson,- Vie Pres., Ray Smith; Sec. Treas., Bob Lewis. For second semes- ter: pres., Danny Lewis; vice, pres., George Heyman; secretary J- Harland Smith; treasurer, Kenneth Secrist; and sponsor,Coach Thomas. — D.L

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The meditative mood steals over us. We would vision the future of E.J.C. but what does this mean. All this means that down the future years ever-increasing numbers of students from the length and breadth of Butler and ad- jacent counties will flock to E.J.C. to get not only adequate and well-ground academic preparation, but also to get the finer cultural values of life such as art, music, and finer appreciation in all the varied fields of human interest and en- deavor. Many, not desiring more than two years of education, beyond the high school, will come for a finished preparation along vocational and semi-professional lines. With this practical training plus a good cultural back-ground, they will immediately go out to serve their state and nation well in schoolrooms, shops, offices, on the farms, and in various other worthy fields. To the modern, commodious, well- equipped E.J.C. building, now arising among the ruins of the old McKinley and Senior High School buildings, increasingly larger numbers of students will annually turn. Only a few years off we see a student body of five hundred instead of three hun- dred. With the adequate and capable faculty offering a much broadened and enriched curriculum future students will get the preparation and inspiration which they need and deserve. Students in those coming years, appreci- ating the educational advantages denied to those in so many other communities, will lift high the purple and gold E.J.C. banner and lustily and proudly sing alma mater. -EJ.C