Central High School - Booster Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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li llll llf ll Ill fff7lliililiifiiililllfffl lilfff i1Qliiiiiiiiflllllfllf' II of the first semester saw our new Hixon Annex in working order. Every department was working almost up to its capacity. Courses in bench work, cabinet making, pattern making, turning, moulding, and forging were opened to students. The classes in each department have zen as large as could be accomodated and the results of the first year's att pt hzhfe been extremely gratifying. It has been the aim to plan projects of a substantial nature and to give instruction in detail as related to these larger projects. The success of this method of presenting the subjects is beyond question, as the efficiency of the workmanship on the finished product will amply testify. The wood working classes have made and installed numerous cabinets, desks, wardrobes, drafting benches, etc., in the various departments of the high school. In addition to this, each student has been given time in which to work out something for himself. Almost every individual has taken ad- vantage of this opportunity, and many beautiful and useful articles have been placed in the homes of students as a result. In most cases extra time after school and on Saturdays has been required, but this has been given willingly. In the foundry many repairs were made for the boilers in the city schools. In addition, shelf brackets were made for use about the buildingg the standards for something like fifty drafting benches for the high school and industrial schools were moulded, and other repairs made. ' In the forge room the big problem has been that of building a fire escape for one of the ward school buildings. In this connection the machine shop has been used to advantage. Next semester we expect to have classes doing regular work in the latter department. The new building with its equipment has opened up a new field for high school Work and the future possibilities of this department are great. The new gymnasium has been a delight to the boys. The pool has been especially popular. Every boy in the school is expected to take the regular class work unless excused because of participation in some form of high school or class athletics, with the result that, with a few exceptions where class schedules prevented, all boys have had some form of physical training so essential that the body may keep pace with the mind. And while all these new courses have been added for the boys, the girls have not been neglected. The courses in Sewing and Cooking have always been popular, but this year the need of instruction in Millinery was evident, so classes were organized with the beginning of school last fall. More than thirty girls reported at first, but owing to the lack of equipment to handle this number, the class was cut to twenty-five, the Seniors and Juniors being given preference. The work accomplished has fulfilled the prediction of the most optimistic supporter of the plan, and the course has become a permanent fixture. ' While all this has been going on, other departments have not suiered. There has been a remarkable interest in History and the department has grown rapidly. It was announced at the beginning of the semester that Medieval Page Number Eighteen

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V X 'Ill lun- - un nl llq lm I nannnmnnummmuuuu umum ummu I. llllllllff ll ffl ffflidfziziiillllll . . l H lllll .. iillififflllllllf' -Il encouraging. On November 8, Madison was played in La Crosse before the largest crowd of the season up to that date. Madison clearly outplayed the red and black at all stages of the game. They play clean, hard, fast foot- ball, which is the best that can be said of any tean' I With a very poor record to their credit thus far in the season, the La Crosse team began preparations to meet Sparta on Thanksgiving day. The men worked with a new spirit and eagerness that had not been displayed heretofore. With several changes in the line-up, the La Crosse team went to Sparta with the grim determination to put up the game of their lives. The team was ac- companied by about 250 rooters. The Sparta team felt sure that they would win this game by a large score, and the odds in the sporty circles were on the size of the score. Altho La Crosse came out three points shy in the final count, the effect on the Spartateam was that of defeat. The La Crosse team played with the ginger and pep of a veteran team and had the loudly tooted state champs on the go every minute of play. A great sigh of relief came from the Spartan stands when the final whistle blew, and all the Rah-Rahs came from the La Crosse stands. The best results from the season can be said to exist in the amount of material left for next year. The graduation of Captain Gunderson will leave a place that will be hard to fill, but with such men as Captain-elect Fay, Bruha, Reget, Blatter, Endre, Kulcynski, Kromrey, Zeisler, and Becker as a nucleus, there should -be less difficulty in making a winning aggregation. There are several men who took more than ordinary interest in the work of the team, and to whom much credit is due for the development ol' the new men. Manager Marshall was on the field every night in football togs ready to help at any task. Other men were Spence, Puckett, and Hassett. Upon the first call for candidates for basketball, about fifty men reported, after about two weeks preliminary Work, the squad was cut to twenty-eight men. Thru the assistance of Mr. Puckett, third and fourth teams were kept working thruout the year, making a total of twenty-eight men on the Var- sity squad. Ten men from each class reported for class basketball and were held thru the year for a championship series. The total number of men taking part in the organized blfk tbzll for the year was one hundred eight. The class. championship proved an interesting race, the Sophomores winning over the Advanced Freshmen in the final fray. They were rewarded with a suitable trophy which will be placed on the walls of the gymnasium. The first team played thirteen games, losing two, one to Madison and one to Sparta. There was some question about the Sparta game, but a second game with the same team proved that La Crosse had the edge on the Spar- tans. Lar Crosse broke even in a series of two games with Madison, winning at Madison and losing here. The rivalry between these two schools, while very keen, is of the ideal type. Inlall their contests, the gentlemanly and true sportsman spirit prevails. , It was very evident this year that the annual 'tournament at Lawrence Page Nu mber Twenty