Buchanan High School - Pines Yearbook (Buchanan, MI)

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20 Week, a high school par- ty after the State High game, the faculty play, Penny-Wise presented on the 18th of Novem- ber, the beginning o f basketball practice, the victory over B e r r i e n Springs, and the nation- wide observance of Thanksgiving, a c c o m - panied by two days of vacation for the students and teachers, and the Future Farmers' Fair. The latter was so suc- cessful that it is now to be an annual affair. The future farmers deserve much credit for their work and cooperation on this excellent project. As he had given us so much fair weather in preceding months fthe football team encounter- ed none but sunny days, even in Novemberl, the weather man decided to W unleash the furies of Winter without waiting for December 22. And so, soon after the first of December came the first real snow storm, follow- ed immediately by the Buck first court win over Niles since 1932. The following week Dowagiac was the victim. Then came the high school musical on the sixteenth. What a colorful affair! Amidst the glow of soft red and blue lights, the musical organizations presented several types of music: choral, orchestral, and modern. On December 22, the Library Club helped make up a series of events by presenting their play The Ring and the Look. On the next day the Bucks won their fourth basketball game, celebrated by a dance in the gym afterward. Three days later, another game, and three days later, still another, both adding to the victorious string of the local courtmen. This day also marked the beginning of Christmas vacation, the mid-year breather Returning on January 2, completely rested and sporting bright-color- ed clothes, the students re-shouldered their burdens for the three week trek to the end of the semester, stopping on the way to see the Bucks beat Bridgman and chalk up the only loss of the regular season, St. Joe being the victor. Perhaps it was because the men were worried about the semester exams they had just completed. Nevertheless, this game was the last event of the first semester. la., Q

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two football games were play- ed and won, and predictions for a repetition of last year's undefeated season began to be rumored about the school, although these rumors were not sanctioned by the ever- worried coach. The bustle of September faded into the relative tran- quillity of October, and the students seemed to settle down too, taking their work a little more seriously, with re- port card time only two weeks away. The most im- portant events of this interval were football games with Paw Paw and Niles. On that all-revealing Iirst report card day, various de- grees of surprise, disappoint- ment, and determination 'ere discernible on the ances of the came student loves forward to- institute. Two days of vacation! And the teachers have to work! What could be better? On the following Satur- day, the football team won its fifth game-from Coloma. A n o t h e r successful high school party was held the next Friday, to send the team off to victory at South Haven, but to no availg a 6-6 tie was the result. Thus came to a close the second month of the journey to progress, and most students found the time slip- ping by almost unnoticed. November of 1938 was full of activities for the stud- ents of Buchanan High. In addition to the rising tide of enthusiasm for the winning football team, which added the final two victories to its string of four wins and two ties-the victims being the two strongest teams on the schedule, Dowagiac and State Hi gh of Kalamazoo-other activities were: the obser- vance of American Education an event l19l

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R - N A PM X X QQ iitg a ,- sail Q a t '2 f A as S -29 -Xe.: ,, Msg S 4. is X 5. ses t .,.. . N -ss f rs Sf ' ' M QV ' Vs 4 il. , Returning the following Monday, the students, wondering where all that previous time could have gone, suddenly realized, with the aid of their semester grades, that they must get down to serious work, so they celebrated this realization by watching Buchanan put two more marks in the won column. The vic- tims: Three Oaks and Dowagiac. Up to this time, pep meetings had come to such a deplorable state that no one would even yell. Then, the Heels, a non-oilicial group of several fellows, took charge and really put the students in the mood for cheering by the humorous antics and costumes used in the original skits they presented. Bill Gregory in his new hula-hula outfit, com- plete with long underwear, was also a contributing factor to the newly acquired pep and school spirit. February, the month of famous men, was at hand. It was in this month that the school, with the aid of the Faculty Club, purchased a new 16 mm movie projector, making possible the showing of movies at general assemblies and, to some extent, in the classrooms. On February 2, the Velmarian Literary Society staged three original one-act plays which were well received by a pack- ed house. A Latin Lesson, written by Connie Kelley, Ain't Ain't the Word for It by Bill Strayer, and He Should Be Daid, by Phil Pierce presented the abilities of the creative writing class. The first ball game of this month was on the third at Niles. The next was at home with Cassopolis. The team won both but the latter proved the stiffest competition. Then the follow- ing week on the sixteenth Growing Pains was presented by