Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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TI-IE TAI-IOMA I5 able, usually edible, and occasionally wax hilarious to the extent of making desperate efforts to elevate the roof, and of earnestly endeavoring to bean members of a rival club with durable portions of th-e meal. Pepper occas- ionally creeps onto a diner's food in copious amounts when he is looking in the other direction, and salt has been found in the sugar bowl, but such little unconventionalities only add zest to the Hfeedf' After feed, the company ad- journs to the several club-rooms, where the most of the time is spent in study, either on Bible subjects or on some live problem which the club has de- cided to consider. Often businessmen are invited to club meetings and speak to members on topics of current inter- est. For instance, I will venture to say that any member of the A.C.lVl.Y. Club can give valuable information to most High-School Civics students on th-e practical application of the Demo- cratic Currency Bill. Other clubs have studied other questions, and all have varied their course of study. Each club has regulation ofiicers and a leader, the latter being some business or professional man who has consented to aid the club by leading in its discussions and by proposing new subjects for consideration. The present officers and leaders are as follows: Bean Feed: John Hill, Presidentg Donald Mc- Leod, Secretary, and Mr. Wa.rren Cuddy, Leader. ACIVIY: I-loward I-line, Presidentg Gerald Bath, Vice- Presidentg Floyd Oles, Secretary, and Mr. A. I-I. Barnhisel, Leader. Sharks: Russel Rice, Presidentg Vincent Hart, Secretary, and Mr. Edw. F. Lantz, Leader. A credit system, somewhat similar to that in use at the High School, is maintained in the Student Division. Under this system, credits are awarded to clubs rather than to individuals. The club gaining the largest number of points is suitably rewarded at the end of each term of school. Credits are gained in various ways, such as by victories over another club in swimming, bowling, basket-ball, track meets, etc. Mr. Edgar H. Burwell is the Boys' Secretary at the Y. M. C. A., and is the loyal friend of every Student l-le has general charge of the affairs of the class, and presides over the weekly ufeedsf' Mr. Burwell has won the lasting esteem of every member of the class, and will be remembered by all as a true friend and comrade. So much for the social side of the Student Class life. There remains the gymnasium work and rivalry. The Student Gymnasium Class meets on every Tuesday and Friday afternoon at 3:l5 P. M. in the Y.1Vl. C. A. gym., the best equipped gymnasium in Tacoma. The class is under the charge of Mr. Cook, Physlcal Direc- tor. The highest compliment tha.t we can pay to Mr. Cook is to repeat the emphatic assertion of every member of his gym. class that he is Hall right. No one has ever complained of ennui in his class, though some have been heard to remark that he was 'itrying to work us to death. As yet, how- ever, none have succumbed as a result of Mr. Cook's benevolent efforts. Club rivalry is keenest on the floor, track The where are held the inter--club meets, basket-ball games, etc. ACMY Club gained the last Inter- Club Basket-ball Championship after a hard struggle. And, after overwhelm- ing defeats in former terms, the same club captured the last Inter-Club Track Meet by a huge score. After every such contest a numerous throng may always be seen about the bulletin board in the lobby, eagerly adding up scores to find the number of credits

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14 THE TAI-IOMA A FEED AT TI-IE Y Eighth Period : Stadium at the YH BY FLOYD OLES HAT do Stadium boys do QTQEWQM after school? This query is answ-ered for a great many 9 of them by the now famous phrase, so often heard at the High School, Meet me at the 'Y 'g a common injunction among those who, on Tuesdays and Fridays, spend their Eighth Period at the Y, thus ad- ding one more to the already famous Seventh Periodf' What that Eighth Period is and how it is spent is to be the subject of this article. For there are probably more High-School boys enrolled as members of the Student Class of the Y. M, C. A. than may be numbered among the membership of any other single organization in the school. Of these students, approxi- mately a half are members of the '14 Classg and, accordingly, it is only lit- ting that the 'I4 Commencement Ta- homan should contain some record of the activities a.nd work of this class. Q The High School members of the Y are there properly called the Student Division, and form an im- portant part of the Tacoma branch of the Association. The entire class is divided into three clubs, each having a separate organization and club-roomg while a general club-room or lobby, containing pocket billiards, game ta- bles, lounging chairs, and various games is provided for the benefit and enjoyment of all. The clubs, in the order of their founding, are the Bean Feed, the A.C.lVl.Y., and the Sharks. Rated according to size, the order is exactly the r-everse of the aboveg and according to prowess, debatable. 'Club meetings are all held on the Tuesday evenings of every Week. Each' weekly meeting is preceded by a gen- eral feed fwhence the eldest of the clubs takes its namej, prepared by a cook's committee of one cook from each club. Feeds are always enjoy-

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