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

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THE CRUCIBLE BASKETBALL TEAM Toy Kow — Clifford Swanson, Morris Kreulen. Jolm Cramer, Lester Freidinger, William Muir. Bottom Row — Piobert Wood, William Orr, Francis Barnett, Robert Hughes, Coach Hood. Varsity Sports HE basketball squad closed the most successful season ever enjoyed by a Bay City cage team when the Blue Devils won six out of nine games this year. The first game with Port Huron ended in true story book fashion when the Blue and White won 28- 26 after trailing 16-7 at the half. Port Huron was so sure of this one that they put in their second team. On the first road trip, the basket- eers upset both Flint and Jackson. Bay City strength was clearly shown by the 37-23 win at Flint and the 21-11 victory at Jackson. The highly touted Blue Devils struck a snag, however, when a fast Muskegon team nosed them out twice with scores of 35-24 and 46- 33 in two hard-fought contests. Bay City hopes went high once more when the lads beat Flint 28- 25, Grand Rapids 27-23, and Port Huron 21-8. The conquest of Grand Rapids was especially pleasing, be- cause the Furniture City boys were fresh from a victory over Muskegon. With the enviable record of wins over every other J. C. in the state except Muskegon, the Blue Devils took on Highland Park in the final game. The Panthers proved them- selves the classiest team in the state in this encounter by trimming the [27] Bob Lester Freidinger, Morris Kieulen ES FREIDINGER won the post of center on the All- State Junior College team and tivo of his team-mates, Wood and Dutch Kruelen gaified places as guard and center, respectively, on the second team. Sponsored by the Crucible, the All-State selections ivere an inno- vation in the conference. Sports writers from college publications, coaches, and, in some cases, the varsity teams themselves sent in ballots. Freidinger played guard and cen- ter during the past year and was a veteran of the ' 32 team. He was high-point man of the seasoyi, closely folloived by Wood and Kreu- len.

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THE CRUCIBLE Top Row — Edward McManmon, George Shimman. Second Row — Eugene Lewi.s, Merle lienjaniin, Wayne Oglestone, Robert Krapohl. Third Row — Gerald Wilke, Donald Fritz, Milton Bender, Dudley Hall, Wesley Timm, Royal Bourdow. Fourth Row — Robert Anthonison, Julius Symons, Llewellyn Immernian, Robert Hiler, George Drescher. Bottom Row — Stephen Spencer, Murray Bergman, Emery Glanz, Lorraine DeWaele, Merle Whyte, Mr. Martin. Tetra Sci HAT worthy organization known as the Tetra-Sci was founded at the beginning of last year in order to provide an outlet for the extra curricular energies of the students engaged in pre- paring for one of the four related sciences of Medicine, Pharm- acy, Dentistry and Chemistry. Mr. Martin, popular head of the Chemistry Department, was selected as advisor to guide the destinies of this group, assisted by the officers of Tetra-Sci: Edward McManmon, who was elected as presi- dent, and Dorothy Kuehl, the secretary-treasurer, who was succeeded by Merle Whyte when the former left school at the second semester. Tetra-Sci was fortunate in securing the services of a number of excellent speakers whose advice did much to spur the ambition of the club members as they told of conditions and experiences encountered in the field of science. The first speaker of the year, Mr. Otto Louis, of the Louis Drug Company, spoke on the Romance of Pharmacy. His gripping recital of the unusual occurances which happen every day to the pharmacist proved most interesting to his audience. Next on the program was a trip through the Sugar Beet Factory, where, despite a certain disagreeable aroma, much valuable data was gathered concerning the interesting process of manufacturing sugar from sugar beets. Dr. Verne Meisel, a former J. C. student, spoke at the next meet- ing, on dentistry. He ofi ' ered many useful suggestions as to choice of curriculum and practical applications of material learned. Not long after this, Mr. John Grebee, a research engineer and chemist from the Dow Chemical Company, led the club in a discussion of a research problem as it is done in practical everyday work. Other speakers and activities included a motion picture program put on in a J. C. assembly, an excellent speech by Mr. Arthur Lee, gas engineer, and a paper read by Dr. Clark, a research chemist, In the Course of One Man ' s Life which cited the great progress made in the course of a few years in scientific activity. [26]

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THE CRUCIBLE Blue and White to the tune of 52-26. This year ' s squad was com- posed of Freidinger, Wood, Kruelen, Swanson, Belger, Muir, Barnett, and Orr. Ineligibility kept three regulars, Arndt, Mar- tindale, and Isaacson off the squad for the whole second semester. GOLF TENNIS Richard Packard, Robert Hughes, Francis Walsh, Donald Cakes Walter Leesch, Ralph Means, Robert Friers, Arthur Crebassa, Fred Stork An All-Junior College basket- ball team was chosen by the sports writers of the various J. C. ' s this year. Freidinger was selected for the first all-state team, while Wood and Kruelen were placed on the second team. Tennis After winning their first two matches of the season, the tennis team fell into a slump and finish- ed with two victories, one defeat, iand fifth place in the state meet. The first match saw Flint go down 4-2. Walsh, Hughes, and Packard won their singles while Walsh and Packard teamed up to win in the doubles. Superior strength in the doubles accounted for a victory in the next engagement at Muskegon. The Blue Devils won 3-2. Both doubles teams of Walsh, Packard and Hughes, Oakes were victor- ious. Walsh, however, was the only singles winner. A return match with Muskegon was rained out and a return match with Flint netted nothing better than a 5-0 defeat by a re- juvenated Flint team. Bay City finished in fifth plac e in the state meet, the champion Grand Rapids team holding their laurels for another year. CHEER LEADERS i le vell, n Inmierniaii, Edmund Arnold, Emery Glancz AY CITY ' S first squad of cheer-leaders was seen in action during the past bas- ketball season. Edmund Arnold, Emery Glancz, and Lleivel- lyn Immerman were the pep direc- tors. Ed, Amos, arid Ayidy stand firm in their belief that it was stu- dent cheering that boosted the Blue Devils to their high con- ference standing. The athletic and booster committees made the selec- tion of the yell-masters.