Bay City Junior College - Crucible Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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THE CRVETE LE The Year In Brief September — The enrollment of J.C. at the beginning of the first semester was re- ported at about 300. At the same time, J.C. began the use of the new third story addition to Central High Building. Students were shocked by the news of the the death of Hal Young, glider club advisor in the crash of the Junior College glider. A new policy of less frequent and higher quality assemblies was announced by H. C. Klingbeil, head of the assembly committee. October — Students met October 21 to organize a chorus. The Women's League elected as their officers Dorothy Kuehl, Dorothy Moors, and Louise Talbot. November 4, saw Virgil Meisel elected student manager of athletics, only to resign and be succeeded by Russell Amhrein. Science students organized on the 20th, to form the Tetra Sci club, for pre-dents, pre-medics, pharmacists, and chemists. The second annual J.C. Turtle Derby, men’s mixer, took place the 16th. Ralph Waehner was chosen head of the student council. The Aurae, a new league group, was organized. The freshman-sophomore football classic ended in a scoreless tie. December —‘‘Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,’ was presented. The student council authorized a four-column Crucible. Forty-eight students made the mid-term honor roll. January — The Intramural basketball schedule started vigorously. James Fink- beiner was elected assistant editor of the Crucible. Midwinter dances included the Prance, by the whole college, and two others by the S.S.S. and Mystic groups. Robert Boyse's editorial on necking aroused great comment. Grand Rapids took Bay City at basket- ball, 27-21. Bay City beat Flint 27-21, lost to Jackson 29-14. The swimming team lost to Flint by 42-21. February — The Chorus sang at the American Legion Minstrel. Fifty-nine were listed on the semester honor roll. Basketball, Bay City beat Port Huron 36-27 and 26-16 and lost to Muskegon, 31-30, which it beat in swimming 40-26. The debating team was at the height of its season, which this year features no-decision debates. March — Prof. H. McCluskey was the interesting speaker of March 3 assembly. The swimming team beat Flint 36-27. Basketba'l; Grand Rapids, 30, Bay City 26; Mus- kegon 34, Bay City 31; Bay City 36, Flint 17. Bay City placed third in the state swimming meet. The second semester enrollment was 297. The Nutcracker recommenced appearing in the Crucible. Four dances were announced by different League groups Eighty-five were scheduled to graduate in June. The Pre-Laws defeated the Business Ads to clinch the intramural title. April — C. M. Sanford, vocational advisor, addressed several groups of students. The freshmen basketball team swamped the soph aggregation 15-1, April 5. B.C.J.C. represented Sweden at the Model Assembly at Detroit City College. May — The golf team beat Flint and lost to Highland Park, the tennis team losing to both. Mary Jane Busch, Fred Tonks, Paul Belknap, and Bill Groening spoke over station WBCM on current topics. As we go to press, intramural events in tennis, golf, and horseshoes are being played off. June — Bay City Junior College inaugerates Phi Theta Kappa and initiated the first eighteen members. The Women’s League banquet was held at which a good time was had by all. The annual, long awaited J.C. banquet and dance was given. Bishop Fisher gave the commencement night address and diplomas were given out to all the graduates. [ 24 |

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Tos. “Clk UsCloBel Intramural Sports Men NDER the guidance and supervision of Russell Amrhein, student athletic manager, Junior College finished a most successful and complete intramural sports year. Mr. Amrhein had John L. Cramer as an assistant. As starter for intramural competition, the freshmen and the sophomores clashed on November 17, in the annual Soph-Frosh football encounter, which ended in a scoreless tie. The Pre-Law basketball squad, winners of the elimination tournament, copped the intramural crown by defeating the Business Ads, who had previously won the round-robin tournament. In the annual Frosh-Soph cage tilt, a picked group of freshmen stars coached by Robert Wood vanquished their upper-class rivals by a score of 15-1. As a spring sports program, tournaments in golf, and in singles and doubles of horse- shoes and tennis were arranged. As yet, the winners of the various torneys have not been determined. In addition to these tourneys, a softball league was organized with teams entering from seven curricula. As a grand finale to the intramural year, a track and field meet together with the annual Frosh-Soph softball battle will be held immediately after examinations. Winners of the various individual tournaments, as well as members of the winning basketball and softball intramural teams, are to receive numerals. Women f hide year the Wilbur Pardon Bowen trophy passes from the safe-keeping of the Corona group into the hands of the Mystics who carried off the highest honors in the niflery, basketball, and swimming competitions. The group winning the cup for three consecutive years keeps it permanently. The Mystic sharp shooters were Winifred Bamford and Louise Talbot. The Corona group, represented by Helen Koth and Marian Spink, came in second, while the S. 5. 5. team, Ruth Forbes and Helen Ossipove, and the Boba team, Emiline Anderson and Eugenia Guindon, took third and fourth places respectively. In basketball the Mystics were again victorious. Ruth Alger, Frances Balwinski, W1ni- fred Bamford, Ellen Boergert, Margaret McMullen, Marion Meisel, Jane Nickless, Esther Schweitzer, and Beatrice Williston played. The Boba group took second place, and the Arpatias, Auraes, and Coronas all tied for third. The Mystics copped the swimming meet with a team composed of Ruth Alger, Ellen Boergert, Reba Langworty, Jane Nickless, Esther Schweitzer, and Beatrice Williston. The Arpatia group came in second, Boba third, and Corona fourth. In tennis the Arpatias, Auraes, the Bobas all tied for first place, the Coronas taking second. Mary Elizabeth Lourim won more singles than any other girl, and the Boba doubles team composed of Louise Steigmeyer and Maria Kirchman was most successful. The baseball competition, which is yet to be played, offers opportunity for more girls to win numerals, but the cup is already assured to the Mystic group. [ 23 |

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