Capitol Page School - Congressional Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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BASKETBALL TEAM First row left to right: Cummings, guard: Melchiorre, forward: Darling, forward: Nissan, guard: Ba center: McEnroe, center: Campbell, guard: Brosmer, forward. Back row, left to right: Mr. Fowler, coach: Hess, forward: Morton, guard: Flugger, guard: Skubitz, center, Bohrer, forward: Harper, forward: Fisher, manager. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan Jan BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 22-Feb. 2-Mar 5-Feb. 9-Mar. I2-Feb. l6-Mar. I9-Feb. 23-Mar. 26-Mar. l-Apr. . 8 Westminister Presbyterian vs. Pages I5 No games 22 Y.M.C.A. vs. Pages 29 Hyattsville Methodist vs. Pages 5 Woodward School vs. Pages l-78- hr,

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A PAGE OF A DIARY IAnd Vice-Versa! March l5, 1948 Dear Diary: I arrived at school today on time, thanks to a good alarm clock. Getting to school at six-thirty is not much fun although after awhile it becomes routine. The discussion in Mr. Fowler's Speech Class was exceptionally interesting this morning, as it was about compulsory military training, a subject of great concern to all high school bays. Miss Hammond's Geometry Class cleared up the Pythagorean Theorem which had'us going around in circIes , while Mr. Kramer presided over a heated Civil War dis- cussion during History Class. Miss Ethier straightened out a difficult passage from Cae- sar's Gallic Wars, with Caesar naturally win- ning. After poking my head into the office for a minute to discuss a book slip problem with Mr. Trueworthy and Miss Harper, I proceeded to eam my day's salary. Changing to my dark suit, which has only recently been changed from the traditional knickers, I went to the Chamber and, after reporting to the Chief Page, I began my daily round of chores. Placing records and bills on the Senators? desks, straightening the arrange- ment of papers, placing pencils and paper on them, and running errands filled in the short time before session began. When the bell rang for the beginning of the session I took my place on the rostrum and waited my turn to carry messages to the office buildings or run some other errands, listening in the meantime to the proceedings and de- bate af the world's greatest deliberative body ....77- ly Paul Traver I stopped at the popular page hangout, the Coffee Shop, for a refreshing coke on one of my numerous trips, and there I met Miss Hammond, who had come over for a bite of lunch, and we discussed the latest business of the Dramatic Club, namely, our next major production, Galloping Ghosts . We talked about the rapid growth and progress of the clubs and the fine, wholehearted support they have received from the student body. Later, about one a'clock, with a group of other pages, l had a hearty lunch in the res- taurant during our lunch hour lhour?I. We then returned to work until about four-thirty, at which time the session recessed. I left The HilI about five a'clock and boarded a bus for home. When I reached home, l prepared my oration for the speech debate and then went out to dinner. After dinner I went over to the Y , where Mr. Fowler and the C. P. S. Basketball Team played a game with one of the other league teams. We were nosed out by a narrow mar- gin. I think that if the team had more time for practice we could make a better showing. About eight a'clock I returned home, com- pleting my homework assignment around nine- thirty. Tomorrow I must write a letter to Mom -and Dad and inquire about the family. Also, I must tell Mom about the school dance last Friday night and the swell girl I met there. Well, I feel the sands of sleep overcoming me now, so I guess I'll close and sleep without a care or worry for today or for tomorrow, for, after all, today is just page I36 in a diary, and tomorrow will be page I37 so soon.

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SPORTS AT CAPITOL PAGE SCHOOL ,FOOTBALL Due to the lack of equipment, this year's football season was limited to one game between the House and Senate, with the final score 0-0, and two games between the Republicans and Democrats. The Democrats ran over the Republicans in the first game, I2-0, and swamped them in the second game, 30-0. BASKETBALL Again this year, as in preceding years, the pages entered the Y.M.C.A. Basketball League. There were only five teams competing in the League, so there were two games each Monday night, while one team drew a bye. The teams played each other three times, thus making a total of twelve games in the regular League season. We have also played one non-league game. lt was with Dolly Madison Junior High School, in Arlington, Virginia. After a tight three quarters, they had a ten point lead when the final horn blew. The game ended 24-14. For the first time in three years we have a regular coach, in the person of Mr. Fowler, Chairman of our English Department. He has unselfishly given his time and efforts into the making of this year's team. This year is the first time that most of the boys have played together, so Mr. Fowler prefers to anticipate the future and is endeavoring to build up a good team for the next few years rather than concentrating too much on this season. Up until the fourth game of this basketball season, the pages had no uniforms. Then they arrived, and in the fourth game the pages took to the floor in flashy blue uniforms trimmed in white. This year, if we haven't had the best team in the League, certainly we have the most attractively uni- formed! Only three lettermen returned from last year's squad: Risque Harper, Dan Skubitz, and Mac Hess. Charlie Morton and Norman Bohrer and Fred Flug- ger have filled the vacated places nicely. Next year we will have several of the varsity back, and by that time we will have played together enough to have a better playing knowledge of each other, and hence, a better team. We are hopefully eyeing the future. BASEBALL One fine Spring day last year the Capitol Page School team started its third season of baseball. With Mr. Leonard Smith as coach, we started prac- ticing early in March and played our first game the latter part of the month. Although the team's record of three wins and eight losses is not as good as it could be, everyone seemed fairly satisfied. Only three of last year's lettermen returned, which is to be taken into consideration. This year under the coaching of Mr. Fowler we hope to have a better team. This year's hopefuls for the varsity are: Ed Schade, Charlie Morton, Chippy Melchiorre, Don Breadon, and Mac Hess, plus returning lettermen. Baseball, like basketball, is looking to the future. ....79.-