Buchanan High School - Pines Yearbook (Buchanan, MI)

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the junior class. The cast was large and well chosen, and showed a great deal of talent. This plus the clever plot comprised a pleasant evening of entertainment for the large audience. On the following evening the team traveled to Eridgman for another win. A week later on the 24th, the final obstacle was hurdled, the Bucks winning easily from Berrien Springs, completing the schedule. At this game, the new school song, the words written by Norma Yoder and the music by Mr. Robinson, was pre- sented for the public, A dance afterward celebrated the closing of one of the school's most successful athletic seasons. Of course all eyes were now turned toward the district tournament, and the remainder of the month was spent in preparation for the game with Niles on the fourth of March. This proved to be an uninteresting gameg the Bucks won by a great mar- gin, but the following week the team was eliminated in the regional at Do- wagiac by Sturgis in an overtime game. The score was 22-20. The follow- ing week an event occurred for which the gym classes had been practicing many months: the annual gym exhibition, beginning with the lower grades depicting various dances and the boys running relays. Each successive grade presented its work, slightly more advanced than the preceding grade, topped off by the high school boys' tumbling act and the high school girls' marching. The month of March began by reversing its usual order. It came in like a lamb and presented several warm sunny days. Symptoms of spring fever were immediately noticeable in many students. The turn came quickly, however, administered in the form of several days of tradi- tional March wind, followed by a blizzardy snow storm. Nevertheless, student ac- tivities continued unceasing- ly. Cn the fifteenth of March the glee club traveled to Do- wagiac for the County Glee Club Festival. Several hun- dred students from all parts of the county participated in this annual affair, and Bu- chanan's club was among those contributing to an eve- ning of enjoyment for the hundreds of spectators. On the twenty-fourth of this month another dance was held in the gym, a sort of pre- lude to Buchanan High's first real Easter vacation in many years. This served as a calm before the final storm of s c h 0 o 1 activities occurring during those two final busy months of school. As soon as Buch eliminated in etball e was time e local tournament -class basketball. This was held during the second week in March and was won Hfggy-

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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

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EN 97 by the seniors, who easily defeated all competition. it ik if it This brings the writing up to the deadline for the annual to be in the hands of the printer. As we do not profess to be seers, the best we can do concerning future events is to mention them. Soon after school begins again, the call for track men will be sent out by Coach Miller. The men will begin work immediately in prepara- tion for the first meet. ihe final high school party of the year is scheduled for April 28. Then on an early date in May, Buchanan will play the part of host to bands a great number of town ' es of the county. T 1 l be the annual ' an . elfth of May a rural I is scheduled to be held at athletic field. This is a day ol fun and contest of every description held for the pupils of rural schools, who compete with their respective teams for the many prizes. Then at last comes the day which everyone, especially the sen- iors, is looking forward to: the nin- teenth of May, when the senior class play will be presented. One week later the honors con- vocation will be held in the audi- torium, at which time awards will bc made in American history by the D. A. R., in Latin and French by their respective clubs, and in creative writ- ing by the Velmarian Literary So- ciety. On the same day as the honors convocation the all school exhibit will be held, in which the students exhibit for the inspection of their parents, bits of the fruits of their year's labor. The school year then draws rapidly to a close for the seniors, who take their final examinations about the first of June. Baccalaureate services will be held on the fourth and com- mencement exercisos on the eighth. At this time, some seventy-six pupils the largest class by far ever to grad- uate from Buchanan High School, will receive their diplomas. Y 2