Auburn High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Auburn, NE)

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AN EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL V°L AUBURN. NEBR.. APRIL 1909 NO. 4 ATHLETICS CL PLATTSMOUTH VS. AUBURN. February 12. Plattsmouth boys on our floor. They were “little fellows” and were outclassed in a 11 points of the (tame. At the first sound of the whistle our boys started with a rush and played the Plattsmouth five “clear off their feet.” Plattsmouth secured only one field goal during the evening and probably wouldn’t have received that had not our guard slipped and fallen just as be started to jump to stop the ball. Clevenger, guard, never left his man for an instant and every time the ball even came near his goal, he was present to send it hack up the field where It, quite naturally, dropped through the basket. Our other four boys played for the goals and they dropped the ball through the rings with about even honors Yochum, center, threw 5 field goals; Mastin, guard, threw 9; Souders. forward, threw 9, and York, forward, threw 10 Together with the free throws, our boys made 69 points and Plattsmouth 8. This is the first game tbh year that the people of our town, outside the school, have supported even fairly well. No wonder we won. That’s enough to make almost any team win. Think it over for yourself. Isn’t it? February 13. Nebraska City boys cancel game at last minute. Plattsmouth remains and plays us a second game. Easy money. 70 to 12. Whose favor? Ours, of course. Many town people out. How could we help but win? Lack of interest in the past two years in basket ball on the part of both students and town people has causedthe Auburn High School to develop very poor teams. It is a fact, we have not won many games this year, but still we have won more than any other team which has represented Auburn in the last three years. 1’he team of ’07 and the team of ’l8 lost every game played. However this year there has been an “awakening” among the students and the team of ’09 has started the High School on the road to success. This year our team has taken longer trips and played much faster teams than the school has ever played before. We have also played more games thi» year than in all previous years taken together. With this good start the squad next

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2 SCARLET AND GREEN year as well as in years to come cannot help but be successful if the students keep up tbeir spirit and continue to demand that their school be recognized a9 one of '.he leading High Schools in the state. This issue goes to the press too early to give an account of the Syracuse-Auburn game. MERCHANT OF VENICE UP-TO-DATE “Great minds run in the same channel. This old saying was carried out when the above play was given on March 4, the same day that President Taft stepped into bis chair of honor. Both the boys’ and girls’ athletic associations have had very bad luck financially this year. At our basket ball games at home we have had very poor support from our town people. No school can accomplish much without this support. The town people are a part of the school and should support it whether it is representing itself i an athletic contest or in some other department. Our associations were deeply in debt and a plan to raise the money to pay the debt was suggested. Why not give ‘a play by the students of the school. We had the talent, so certain pupils and faculty “got busy” hunting up a suitable play. “ Merchant of Venice, Up-to-date’ by William Shakespeare, was decided upon. The play was “slightly revised and modernized.’ It was a thrilling tal ? of the gridiron, two lovers, school work and everything that makes one think of the present time of life. The play was a success in every feature. The door receipts were not as large as the populaton of our city should have made them, still they were large enough to wipe the deficiency out of existence. The students of the Auburn High school are proud to have such an array of talented young people in their midst and each student has certainly appreciated the way the following cast of characters has worked so hard, under the supervision of our English teacher, Miss Shively, to uphold the standard of the school. CAST OF CHARACTERS Antonio, a Senior, Captain ot Football Team.................Cozier Gilman Bass»nio, hiB friend and suitor to Portia.....................Charles Peery Gratiano. Bassanio’s boon companion........................Carl B. Holmes Shy lock, a wealthy gambler..................................J. W Qigley Portia, a rich heiress.......................................Alma Plasters Nerissa, her friend.............................................Mabel Bath Polly, Portia’s maid........................................Jov Cummings Miss Abbie S. Threedice, a teacher............................Roxy Hacker Jessica, Shylock’s ward....................................Bessie Anderson Launcelot Gobbo. servant to Shylock........................Martin Souder? Mrs. Gobbo, Launcelot’s mother.............................Frankie Pucket Tubal, Captain of Belmont Football Team ....................John Stoddard Policeman......................................................Guy Mast in The Duke of Venice.........................................Charles Yochum Prof. Schweigenhaugenblumenheimer, an X-ray photographer.....Paul Stoehr Antonio’s mother...........................................Hallie Workman Football players, rooters, etc. FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECEIPTS. Oct. 1. From Girls’ Association (Cash on hand).......................$ 6 45 17. Girls’ Association (Cash on hand)................................ 75 17. Gate receipts (Falls City vs. Auburn)....................... 2( 30 24. Share of receipts at Humboldt................................. 4 60 24. Two passengers to Humboldt.................................... 1 40 24. Contributions of B. B. team towards expenses.................. 2 50