Auburn High School - Follies Yearbook (Auburn, IN)

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In Chemistry Class MARCH Oh, the rollicking, raucus month of March! High winds — low winds! They blew to Auburn, who was at this time a participator in the Sectional Basketball Tourney, one win and one loss. Though the season was officially over, the tornado of the tournaments went over the state, blowing regional honors, in the Auburn regional, to Beaver Dam, a 193 3 partici- pator in the state tournament. They were one of the few state tournament teams who played in 193 3 to again participate in the state tourney. The State Champion- ship trophy went to Logansport. A gay group from Auburn was borne on the gale to Indianapolis where they watched the State Tournament — the premier sports event of the Hoosier High Schools. This group included the ten members of the basketball team who had so courageously fought for Auburn. Except for the Noon League Tournament in Auburn, basket- ball was over for another year. The Girls ' Chorus and Glee Club united in a concert at the Methodist Church, where they sang a group of charming songs. Jean Buss played an organ solo. On the afternoon of Friday, the 23 rd, Jean Buss and Charlotte Lochner, togeth- er with several other aspirants for discus- sion honors, represented the school in a discussion contest in the little gym. Jean took first place, which entitled her to compete in the Regional Contest the last of April. Did one hear that patter of running feet in the upper halls? That was Zeke getting his material together for the com- ing track season. Things were not as bright for this sport as they were last year, but Zeke always manages to make something out of what he has. Members of the Follies Staff feverishly began submitting delayed copy to the chieftain. The annual tearing of hair — frantic labor — and nightmares of the of- ficials — was again in full sway. The Senior girls held two feline dis- cussion meetings to decide on light or dark, long or short frocks in which to Commence! Big Dave was elected to the humble job of business manager of the track squad. The last of April, Myers represented Au- burn at the State indoor track meet in the Butler field house. He was entered in the 60 yard dash and the shotput. He took first place in the shotput. This is the first year that Auburn has not had more men who were skilled enough to be entered in the state meet. This is also the second time that the school has sent Jess to Indian- apolis within two weeks. We point with pride at his prowess, but view with alarm his expensiveness! Al and Lue Waiting for 10

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FEBRUARY Annual Staff at Work The month of red-paper hearts again rolled ' round and winter ' s hitherto docile behavior was rudely interrupted by frigid and northerly blasts coupled with fre- quent snow flurries. The mercury dropped below zero almost habitually. Mr. Ground Hog woke up and came out of his hole to see how this cold world would treat him. He saw some misty object on the ground, which must have terribly frightened him, for he scram- bled back into his hole until some further date. The seniors at this time began to crawl out of their respective holes, one by one, to visit Mr. Jones and his camera. How many times did that camera of his click this year? Angola jauntily proved that she should keep the keg — but only by three points. The next game was with the Hartford City Airdales. The results of this game were too humiliating to mention further except to say that Auburn lost. History Clubbers were dutifully bored by recitations and demonstrated incidents (such as a minuet) on and from the lives of Washington and Lincoln. Taking Pictures The Vergilians wept bitter tears over Dido ' s fate, but that did not faze Pop Weathers when it came to those unex- pected exams. On the home hardwood, the North Side Redskins came and took the game bv a one point margin. Noon league certainly aroused lots of fervor — and it was truly exciting to watch the Freshies defeat the upper class- men. There is really some good material scattered among these younger classes. LaGrange was the next out of town game which was taken by the foe by the score of 22 to 27. There have been whispers circulating through the corridors that Don Coar has dropped from the ranks of the bachelors. If this is true, the school in general wishes him lots of luck. Auburn did win from Beaver Dam. What a shot that was of Myers in the closing minutes of this game! Auburn was defeated by Columbia City in the last scheduled game of the season by the score of 3 1 to 17. The rest of the February basketball history is too gloomy to be here exposed. Columbia City won the sectional at Gar- rett thereby getting the honor of partic- ipating in the regional tourney. Another of the more interesting events of this month was the examinations that all students had to take for scarlet fever. This was done by the health officer, Dr. D. M. Hines. This, however, put an end to what might have been an epidemic.

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APRIL Noon League Baseball The month of April was introduced by a program given the Sophs to the other three classes. They had won the Season Ticket Drive way back in October. And this was their reward. After this, on the next Friday, the Contest Chorus went to Garrett to help entertain the audience of the County Spring Concert. The home representatives appropriately sang Sym- pathy. Preparations were started for the Op- eretta, The Ghost of Lollypop Bay. This work was supervised by Miss Mc- Kinney, the music instructor. The middle of the showery month brought Mr. Wilson ' s talk to the assem- bly. This was one of the few of the as- sembly programs given the students, at the expense of the school. His subject was Three Wheeling Through Africa — an account of his bicycle trip across Africa from the Congo to Abyssinia. Students quailed at blood-curdling tales of real live cannibals. Although we had Jess Putting the Shot several other assembly programs during the year, this was the only one which was scheduled at the first of the year. It was undoubtedly one of the best. Auburn placed second in a triangular track meet with North Side and Hunting- ton. Jess Myers, who put the shot for a new field record, was easily the best man on the field. He made 22 out of Auburn ' s 29 points. His new record in the shot is 49 feet and 7 inches. Don Coar at this time took four of his best pupils down to the mathematics con- test in Fort Wayne. These four were Jack Smith and Naomi Garman, for al- gebra; Lee Anderson and Robert Nelson, for Geometry. The Auburn track team next went to Goshen for a dual meet. The 26th and 27th presented the op- eretta. And did the ghosts pop? At any rate, the coeds in the play certainly helped in making the musicale a huge success. Mr. Fribley called for entries for the music contest, sponsored by Indiana Uni- versity and the private music teachers, which was held the latter part of the month. Besides the track meets mentioned above, the thinly clads also went to Cen- tral, Kokomo and Kendallville. Several of the best tracksters were sent to the Kokomo Relays. This meet is independ- ent of the regular scheduled meet with Kokomo. 11