Eau Claire High School - Beaver Tales Yearbook (Eau Claire, MI)

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This year eight »fudcnrt» ofthe High School were pul in charge of the library. alternately faking up the duty of li- brarian one period each day. The committee, with Verna Andrew»act- ing at chairman, at- tended to all neces- sary business, and with the assistance of Miss Pomeroy, one of the state li- brarians, the card card catalogue sys- tem was put into use, being a great improvement for facility and accur- acy in the work. This also meets one of the requirements in placing the school on the Uni- versity accredited list. Edward Bakeman Lois Clark Bradford Dibble Anna Crandall Berenice Merritt lx rsiThumm (Also Verna Andrews and Ruth La Plant)

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The Oratorical and Declamatory Contestants (Date of Conical. April 5. 1 18) Ruth M. LaPlant Arvon Collins Edward W. Bakeman D E C L A M A T O R Y Rulh M. LaPlant chose for her subject “The Message to Garcia. by Elbert Hubbard, which she gave very nice- ly and won first place by a narrow margin. Arvon Collins chose for hia subject The Call to Arms. by Patrick Henry, which he gave with great enthusiusm and appreciation. Miss LaPlant and Mr. Collins are both members of the Sophomore class. () R A TO R I C A L Edward W. Bakeman » oration on Americanism was especially fine and rendered with splendid interest and feel- ing and adaptation to subject. Mr Bakeman is one of the members of the Junior class. Miss LaPlant and Mr. Bakeman represented the High School in the sub-district contest at Berrien Springs Apr. 5 The energy and enthusiasm which characterize the meeting of the contestants promise well for that section of the world into which its members will go, for it has been demonstrated that when such young ladies and gentlemen are test- ed in scholarship, moral influence and all those qualities which go to make up an American citizen, they are not found wanting

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First Basket Ball Team Two players left from last year! The prospects looked had for awhile; hut there was plenty of materia . and in al- most no time we had whipped into shape a team that played like veter- ans and looked like winners, which they proved to he at the close of the season. Our success i s due to the very ex- pert basket tossing of our forwards, Birkholm and Lay- man, and he jump- ing and speed in tossing of our able center. Bishop, while the guards, Thomson and Green took care of their Birkholm Bishop Green Thomson Layman end in n very effi- cient and some- times scrappy man- ner. All this, and this alone, enabled us to win 10 out of 13 games, defeat B. II. H. S. 23 to 20. win 334 points to our opponents' 241 and have a percent- age of 770. The season was not only successful in the winning of games but also fin- ancially. We play- ed a farewell game for the benefit of the Red Cross, which netted them about $36. The prospects are now good for next year, with a coach in view. Schedule: Sodus Independents 16. K. C. H. S. I9; Benton Harbor H. S. IS. E. C. H. S. II: B. H. H. S. 26; K. C. H. S. 28: B. II H. S. 40. E. C. H. S. 22; B. H. Featherweights 5. K. C. H. S. 40; Dowagiac All Stars 16. K. C. H. S. 32; Saranac Machine Co. 21. F.. C. M. S. 24; Berrien Springs H. S. 18. E. C. H. S. 11; S M. Co. 9. K. C. H. S. 46; B. S. H. S. 12; E. C. II. S. 25: B H H. S. 20. E. C. H S. 23: St. Joe Lutherans 10, E. C. H. S. 24; B. 11. Ind. 24; E. C. H. S. 29. Games won, 10; games lost, 3; percentage, 770.