Canton Williams High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Canton, NY)

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The Algonquin Canton High School r 1 FIRST RUXV Qleft to rightj: Seelye. Patterson, Patten. Clark, Coaklf-y, SECOND RUWV: Coach Oliver, Murray, J. Nash. Sellis. Basketball As soon as the final game of football was played. Coach Oliver ealled for those inter- ested in basketball to report. The squad was picked, and Coach Oliver fared the task of making an aggressive team. He eentered his point of attaf-k around Captain Paul Patten, his only veteran. As the season progressed, the Golden Bears progressed. Captain Patten held a group of cagey players together throughout the season. To aid him. he had Charles Clark and Walter Patterson. both good defensive men: Taleott Seelye. tall centerg and John Coakley, an aggressive guard. The most impressive early season game was the one in which the Bears defeated the fast Aggie quintet, 37 to 32. The league season opened with Canton defeating Norwood, and for six straight games the Bears remained unde- feated. Potsdam, however. defeated the Bears to end the first half of the league srhedule. ln the seeond half. the Golden Bears suffered defeat at the hands of Massena. Malone, Gouverneur. and Potsdam. The most exciting game of this period was Can- ton's win over Tupper Lake. 35 to 34, after being behind 20 to 7 at the half. The league season ended with Potsdam defeating the Bears 26 to 21. Potsdam finished in first place with 15 wins and one loss. Canton finished second with 11 wins and 5 losses. In the play-offs, Canton drew Potsdam and outclassed their rivals, 32 to 28. In'the ehampionship. Canton lost a hard fought game to Tupper Lake, 23 to 27. A few statistics about the team show that t'Tal0 Seelye scored the most points in any single game, 14 points against Malone. Cap- tain Paul Patten was a. unanimous choice for a position on the all-star league first team. In league games Canton seored 409 points to their opponents 368 for an average of 25.6 points per game as against the opponents' 23 points. The results of the league games were: Canton Opponents 21 ..,,...... Norwood .,..........,. 11 79 .. ... Massena .,........ . . . .. 16 32 Saranac Lake 23 25... ...Malone....... ....24 28 . . .. . Gouverneur . . . .... 26 28 ... ... Ogdensburg ... .... 20 21 . . . . . Tupper Lake .... , . . . 17 24 . . . .. . Potsdam ..... . . . 30 26 .. ... Massena ,.,,.., ,... 28 16 . .. . .. Norwood ......, . .... 15 30 .. ... Saranac' Lake ... ..,. 21 20 ... ... Ogdensburg ... .... 15 20 ... ... Gouverneur ... .... 24 33 .. ... Malone ,....... ..,. 38 35 . . . . . Tupper Lake .,.. . . . . 34 21... ...Potsdam .,... , ....26

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The Algonquin Canton High School The Band Fndcr the able direction of Miss Dominy, the Canton School Band progressed so much that it received lirst prize at the Band Con- test sponsored by the Gouverneur Fair in 1937. At the beginning of this current year, new programs were issued. with the bicture of the band decorating the front cover. ln December. six members journeyed to the music clinic in Ithaca. Prom time to time. our band took part in school activities and village celebrations. The annual concert was held in February. On April 30, the band received the rating superior at the annual contest held in Ogdensburg. Although several members will be lost by graduation, we are wishing our band another prosperous year in 1938-39. On May 7. this band received a rating of highly superior at the state contest held at Amsterdam, N. Y. Herbert Grant. National Thespians To be a member of the National Thespians is the greatest honor that can be paid to a high school student in the field of drama- tics. In Canton High School, the group is not very large or very active. because the qualiiications for membership are high and because few students earn those qualiiica- tions before their senior year. The National Thespian Society is reserved as a higher honor for those who have served their ap- prenticeship in The Masquersf' This year the Thespians held one formal initiation. The live new members were: Mavis Shaw, Mildred Brown, Alice Reese, Frederick Barbour, and Arthur VVilliams. The only two old members were Donald Maclladden and Warren Whittemore. It is hoped that through an active pro- gram of dramatics, in which participation will be more widespread, more pupils will be eligible to the National Thespians. Alice Reese. Hobby Club The Hobby Club for Sophomore and Junior girls was organized March 2. 1938, for the purpose of developing personalities and worthwhile hobbies at the same time. Oiiicers elected were: President, Vera Dafoe, Vice-President, Dolly Scott: Secre- tary, Angeline Duskasg Treasurer, Mary Clark. Vera Dafoe. Girl's Basketball This year, a new athletic program was introduced for girls. Instead of having but one team. eight teams were formed and played intramural basketball. Eight cap- tains were chosen, who selected the names of colleges they would represent. From approximately eighty participants in the sport, the captains chose their teammates. This system has proved to be very satisfac- tory because it enables more girls to take part in the athletic program of the school. Mary Howard.

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The Algonquin Canton High School Football Soon after school began, Coach Oliver issued the call for football men to report. The largest squad in several years reported, and they looked very impressive. However, as the season progressed, the Golden Bears, hampered by injuries, were victims of nu- merous defeats. Dame Fortune had failed again to smile upon the Golden Bears. Coach Oliver, after several days of prac- tice, selected his first team to represent Canton High School on the gridiron for the 1937 season. His first selection for the var- sity was: Half-backs, C. Sims and C. Clark: Full-back, H. Stiles: Quarterback, PPatten: Ends, W. Woods and L. Kelly: Tackles, NV. Nash and F. Besawg Guards, D. Nash and L. Robinsong and Center, F. Stone. ln the first league game, injuries took their toll of the Golden Bears. Leo. Kelly, a pro- mising end. received a dislocated elbow early in the first quarter. Muscle Robin- son and Charlie Clark also received injuries. Don Dean and Jim Nash filled Kelly's shoes very well. As the season continued. other injuries occurred and severely crippled the Golden Bears. When the season closed, only two players out of the original eleven .selected as the starting team remained un- injured. A new backileld, John Coakley and Jack Dunham, replaced the injured Paul Patten and Charlie Clark. Charlie Sims, having been forced from the team. left his backfield position to John Cunning- ham. These players, with Tony Stiles, finished the remaining league games. The early season second team became the first team as the season came to a close. This year the Golden Bears, led by Cap- tain Francis Stone, won one league game and lost six. The Bears, although defeated many times, never lost their fighting spirit. The most impressive game of the season was with Ogdensburg. The Burg had a winning team and were heavily favored to defeat the crippled Bears. The Golden Bears stunned the fans by holding an ad- vantage over this team of 7 to 6 for three and a half quarters. However. by a quick break, the Bruins were defeated in the closing minutes, 12 to 7. Here is this year's record of league games. Canton Opponents 0 ....... , . . Massena ..,... .,...,., 3 0 6 ..... . .. Gouverneur . . .. . . .. 0 0... ...Potsdam .... , ....38 7... ...Ogdensburgu ....12 6 .. ...Saranac ...,.. 0... ...TupperLake.., 0 .... Malone ........ 20