Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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Senior Play Cast “Adam and Eva” I In- Senior play. “Adam an J Eva.” was presented at the High School audi torium February 15 and 16. It was a bright ami amusing play on the American 1 m si ness man who has a genius for making money, hut not a trace of talent for managing his own family. It proved a great success under the efficient direction of Miss Helen Judd. The cast is as follows: Mr. James King dam Smith Kva King ....... Julie IX Witt .. Clinton IX Witt Lord Andrew .... IX. lXdameter ... Aunt Abhy ...... Uncle Horace C'orinthia .. .... Elton Stover Paul Knight Mary Fletcher Rozann Rockstcin Mcr! Brown Ronald Weaver .. Roger Robinson .... Hazel Wetzel Edwin Marsh Margaret Eidson Junior Play Cast “A Pair of Sixes' llu- Junior play. “A I’air of Sixes, was presented at the High School Auditorium. April 4 and 5. It was a farcial treatment of the problems of two Itot headed business men who settled their diOieulties by a card game. The play was successfully directed by Miss Helen Judd. The cast is as follows: ieorge B. Xettleton .... John T. Boggs ........ Krome (Their Bookkeeper» Miss Sally Parker Thomas J. Vandcrholt...... Tony Toler ............... Mr Vroiegate ............. ( Mine Boy Shipping Clerk ........... Mrs. George B. Xettleton Miss Florence Cole ....... Coddles .................. ....... Eric Stewart Mark Alger Emory Bunnell Alice Stanner Orville Davis Raymond Hockstra Robert Martin Francis Clem Warren Hoopingarner Marian Harrington Candace Xightlinger Mildred Anstiss (Page Twenty-Three)

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Commercial Department t the lieginning of this our ninth year, many students were enrolled in this department. It offers as a commercial course, typewriting, bookkeeping, and shorthand alternately, commercial arithmetic and business training. Miss I-mce was head of this department in ’26, and Mrs M. Neidlinger has lieen the head of the dc|«rtment in ’27, ’28. and ’29. In typing the Underwood machines are used and many awards from that company have l ccn presented to the students earning them. All four years we have sent representatives t » the Annual District Shorthand and Tyjiewriting Contest, which, in ’26. ’27. and ’28 was held in Benton Harbor, and in ’29 was held in Dowagi.u. In ‘29 the contestants who represented Berrien Springs were Helen Dulwrt. Kozann Rockstein. Helen Nightlinger. Hazel Wetzel, and Thcora Warsco. This team brought home 14 jxiints. which placed Berrien Springs third from the top in the contest among schools. The typing team came fifth place in Kvcnt No. 4. Thcora Warsco came third in I cginning event, and Hazel Wetzel came first in the advanced event. Six represented Berrien Springs at Kalamazoo in tlx State Contest May 18th. Two gold pieces were awarded to typing students in 1928. A five dollar gold piece went to Kvelvn Ludy for excellency in typing, and a two and a half dollar gold piece went to Hazel Wetzel for the first student to write sixty words a minute Tlx Iteokkccping class this year is exceptionally good, nearly all of the class lx ing A students and will get pins at tlx- close of this year. The Berrien Springs State Bank annually awards tlx Senior averaging the highest in commercial work, a ten dollar gold piece, which will lie presented the night of the commencement exercises. Hazbl Wktzkj. (Page Twenty-Two) Gym A great educator has said: Kducation should aim to provide an ojqiortunity for the individual to act in situations tliat are physically wholesome. mentally stimulating and satisfying, and socially sound.” ith this ideal as a guide it is no longer possible to consider play as a necessary evil, for with organization, it immediately comes to the front and takes its place at the center from which all education radiates. There is no department ii the educational program that tills the requirements for sullying an all around physical, mental and moral development as does the athletic and physical education department. Through the rapid growth that lias taken place in our school system, no department has profited more than the athletic and physical education department. Starting with the old town hall and a handful of Ivisketlmll players, we have grown to the place where we have a full physical education program for girls and lioys alike. We have a nice size gymnasium as well equipped for tin- needs of our well-rounded program as any in the country. During this time our athletic taints have not Itccn idle although we have lieen liain| crcd a great deal by sickness and ineligibility. This year we sent a crosscountry team, a hasketlmll team, and track team to the rcgionals at Kalamazoo. It is especially noteworthy to mention tliat our Imsketliall team was runners up at the Niles tournament and lost at Kalamazoo to the regional winners by a closer margin than the final game. )ur track team apj earing for its first year placed second in the animal class (' and I) track and field meet, winning six firsts out of eleven events. After this our track team was sent both to Kalamazoo to the regional and to Ionising to the state where in each case our stellar 440 man. Weaver, broke a record.

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(Twenty-Four) Basketball This team this year, although handicap] ! a great deal by sickness, came through with a rush the latter jxart of the season, and earned the right to represent tlie school in the regional tournament at Kalamazoo. We won our first game at Niles to lie defeated by Buchanan the final night, after a hard Iwttle that required all of tlie basketball strategy and skill the team could muster. Again we drew the strong Buchanan team and were defeated by them in our first game at Kalamazoo, by a closer margin than the final list. Although we lost several games this year we still consider ourselves a good team -one musft remember that Berrien County is the hot-bed of Michigan luskethall and that it sent three teams to the State tournament. A few weeks after tlie tournament the team got together long enough to show a group of star alumni just how to play liaskctball. c defeated them by a score of 28-19. Things look very good for the team of '20 and '30; all hut one or two of the team return again for another year and with Coach Harvey at the helm to teach them the game we know it will lie a successful year of haskethall.