Central School - Deeds and Misdeeds Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —17 THE HATCHET DRILL. WASHING TON’S BIRTHDAY The puipls on the first floor gave a splendid patriotic entertainment in honor of George Washington- The first graders gave a flag drill with Charles Cloud as Uncle Sam and Helen Devor as Miss Columbia. The Hatchet Drill by the Second Grade was very unique and the clever cos¬ tumes deserve special mention. The Fifth Grade in Room 6 gave an ex¬ cellent little play: “The Boston Tea Party.” The parts of Grandpa and Grandma Slocum were taken by Harry Dailey and Helen Schroll. Oth¬ er characters in the play were as fol¬ lows: Johnny . Daniel Christen George . Lawrence Potts Fred . Robert Kiess Henry . Harold Murphy Minutemen—Marker Mount, Vacilla Clifton, Robt. Cole, Vaughn Hilyard, William Drummond, and Averett Sheets. Martha Washington: Catherine Kauff¬ man, Helen Meyers, Esther Beery, Nedra Abbott, Gertrude Teems, Isabelle Peterson, Lucile Gay, De- lores Elzey, Josephine Jaberg and Margaret Kern. The Sixth Grades Rooms 8 and 4 playlet: “The Meeting of the Wash¬ ingtons.” The following pupils took part: Margaret Mills . Teacher Helen Haubold . .. Goddess of Liberty Virginina Hite ....Washington State Calvert Earehart . . . Washington Ave. Catherine Smith . .Washington Twp. Joseph Krick.Geo. Washington Gerald Smith .... George Washing¬ ton Abe Lincoln Brown ....Negro Harry Baumgartner . . Washington Monument The Sixth grade (Rooms 3 and 4 were represented in the program by a minuet. Four couples dressed in beautiful colonial costumes, executed the stately minuet dance in a grace¬ ful manner, through the many varied and picturesque figures. The boys and girls in this drill were: Richard Graber, Helen Kirsch, Edward An¬ derson, Katharyn Eacly, Kenneth Hofstetter, Ruth Engle, Gretchen Douglass and William Bell The last number, a pantomime The Star Spangled Banner, given by Mar¬ jorie Miller, was a fitting closing to the program. Miss Marjorie, who possesses rare natural ability for a

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16 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS Miller and Richard Myers, guards, and Clide Cline and Wayne Peterson as substitutes. No more games were played until the night of February 22nd, when the Monroe eighth grade played their re¬ turn game here. The new line-up was Clide Cline and Wayne Peterson, forwards; Carl Tucker, center; Don¬ ald Hunsicker and Walter Baker, guards; Don Grove and George Reyn¬ olds, substitutes. The rush of the Monroe huskies swept our lads off their feet and they went down to a defeat of eleven to four. Our next and last appearance on the local floor occurred at ten o’clock Saturday morning during the County Basketball Tournament held at this place, February 27th, when we were again destined to play the Monroe lads. Though suffering from our over whelming defeat on Monday night before we plung¬ ed into this game with all force and fought the Monroe chaps to a stand-still in the first half. In the last half, however, being unable to get close tries at the basket, the Mon¬ roe boys succeeded in dropping a few well aimed shots in at long range, eliminating us from participating further in the tournament by a count of 19 to 11. Tucker covered himself with laurels by scoring seven foul throws out of seven chances. This ended our season so far as playing in match games was concern¬ ed. Although we suffered defeat a number of times, yet we are proud of our hoys for the good sportsmanship which they displayed at all times in defeat as well as in victory and we hope that the same spirit may con¬ tinue. —Mr. Heller Leah Colter wrote the following wail: “Don Grave acts as if I would bite him. Please tell him I’m not that wild.” GIRLS BASKETBALL. The girls basketball season for the year 1920-’21 has been the most suc¬ cessf ul from all view points. Their aim was to develop a better team than the one of 1918 and 1919. After many weeks of good practice Miss Sellemeyer the coach picked the team. The following girls were selected: Gretchen Kocher, forward; Helen Farr, Forward; Mable S ' aley, center and captain; Eleanor Pumphery, side center; Dorothy Peterson, guard; Josephine Anderson, guard; Katherine Nichols, sub. With the above splendid lineup, the team entered the world of basketball with a determination that meant suc¬ cess (in all but two games). Friday evening, December 19, 1920, the team played their first game and defeated the St. Joseph girls by a score of 27 to 15. It was nip and tuck throughout the whole game; but they fought through like brave warriors. The second game was played Fri¬ day evening, January 7th, when the St. Joseph high school girls defeated them by a score of 15 to 8. On Tuesday evening January 24t,h our girls played their third and last game and were defeated by a score of 4 to 5. In the first half they tied their opponents by a score of 2 to 2. But in the second half they were only able to make one field goal to their opponents one field and one foul goal and were forced to leave the floor by a one point defeat. The following girls have received D monagrains for basketball: Dorothy Peterson, GreAlien Kocher, Mable Staley, Josephine Anderson, Helen Farr, Katherine Nichols and Eleanor Pumphrey. —Mable Staley, 7A Don Hunsicker parsing the verb “come.” “Principal parts are come came, gone.”

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18 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS THE MINUET. child, gave this number in a very charming manner. Martha Sellemeyer sarg this unusually difficult song in a very pleasing way. A large chorus composed of the pupils in fhe fifth and sixth grades were seated in the background wear¬ ing their red, white and blue caps. —Fifth and Sixth Grade Teachers “CORN-STALKS AND PINE.” Take Notice! All ye who are con¬ templating taking the “Final” Matri¬ monial Vows! If, in the near future, you are seriously thinking of taking any such rash step, we have the very thing you will be looking for. A beautiful four-room house, modern in every way and completely furnished. The rooms have been cleverly and beautifuly decorated, the color scheme and designs having been work¬ ed out by experienced decorators. However, the special attraction of this little “Paradise” is the unique and well made furniture of which there is no equal. This is made from a very rare product which is common only to regions of certain temperature. Every piece of furniture has been made by hand and jointed together by the most substantial of fasteners. The secret of this wonderful art is “Corn¬ stalks and Pins” assembled by “The Old Reliable Furniture Co.” second grade. For further information in¬ quire of the principal, teachers or pupils of second grade Central build¬ ing. . —Miss Fuhrman