Brighton High School - Sparx Yearbook (Brighton, IA)

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,Smear up-------..........,ee e ACADEMIC CONTEST For a number of years, the Brighton Hiah School has annually competed in the Iona NEverypupilNacademic contest held each spring The restlts of xhese contests have given the schoolaveryenviable record and indicate that the classroom instruction of the school is on an extremely high level. In 1937 seven contestants won their way into the state finals by the excellence of their first teetsg in 1938, five'st1dents won the same honor, and in 1939, eight students made the trip to Iowa City to write in ten su'jscts, and constituted one of the largest groups to represent any small high school in the state. The 1939 contestants, whose picture in front of the old cap- itol appears on another pa e, were as follovs: Richard Day, who wrote in Plane Geometry and Biologyg Harold dey in Biologyg Eloise Johnston in Latin, William Kraemer in American Historyg Miriam Stannard in Literaturtg Francis Latderdale in General Scienceg hay Leppcrt in World HistorygDavid Wentworth in Latin and Plane Geome- try. Of this group Eloise Johnston made the best showing, ranking tenth in the entire state in Latin, while Richard Day and Francis Landerdale ranked seventeenth in Biology and General Science re- spectively. , In 1937, William Kraumer ranked first in the entire state in General Sciencrg in 1938, the school as a whole ranked second of seventy eight class C Cenrollment 66 to 1251 schools writing the tests. In 1939, the school average was seventh of eighty eight class O schoolsg and the Biology class, taught by Mrr L. E. McAfee ranked first in the state of ont hundred and seventy one classes writing the tests. The commercial department has also establishedeavery enviable record. In 1939, the amateur Csecend yearl team won the district contest at Ottumwa, while thc novice ifirst ycarl team won second. This spring the novict team consisting of David Wentworth, Mildred Hclmick, and Tay Lcppcrt won first at Otttmva comptting with seven other schools, and the novice shorthand team won secondg both von the right to compett in tht state contest at Des Mrincs.The short- hand and typewriting teams are under thc direction of Miss Alice Rossing, commercial instructor.

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l ' f I . f-1 ' H , '-'-t...-919, es P,A,R'X '4.O '- -1---+ Football Although much stronger than its record would indicate, the Brighton football team broke into the winning column only once dur- ing the fall of 19395 its one victory was achieved at the expense of Winfield. With one exception, however, defeats were by one and two touchdowns, and came as-the result of errors due to lack of ex- perience, often after Brighton had outplayed its opponents most of the Way. ' - The squad suffered from a lack of experience and speed in par- ticulargthe change from the Notre Dame to the single wingback style required time and the team was just beginning to click of the season. d p Day, Bear end, was placed at a tackle position on the 'tean,jand Richard Arnold, senior center was placed on of play also at the close Richard uAll Ke-Washu the second team, while Roger Stannard, junior end, and Ivan Henry, sophomore back, were on the honor roll. Robert Gier was placed at guard on the 1938 second NAll Ke-Washu team. Richard Arnold is the only one of the boys mentioned who will not be back next fall, al- though three capable linemen, Raymond Garrett, Harley Cole, and Clifford Polton also graduate. 9 V, With eight lettermen returning, one transfer from Keosauqua, and the team now familiar with the single wingback system and with complete confidence in Coach Ray Forbes, the outlook is bright for a winning team in l94O.- - ' l .1 ' I Track Track is af minor sport in the Brighton track available for practice, and a heavy music for the spring season, little emphasis This year only six boys were entered in the high schoolg with no program of plays and is given to the sport annual Kc-Wash meet, the only one in which the school participated. Robert Gier tied for first in the pole vault, and Francis Lauderdale,Roger Stannard Ivan Henry, and the mile relay team all placed. Since all these boys are underclassmen the school should have several strongmc1 next year although there will probably be a a well balanced team. lack of material for Three Ke-Wash records are still held by Brighton graduatosg LeRoy Hineart set the present records in the mile and half mile in 1938, while the Brighton relay teax of 1931 set a record which still stands.