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

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS —13 BASKETBALL TEAM BOYS BASKETBALL The eighth grade basketball team had a very successful season during the year, having won eleven of the fourteen games played. The fact that we were provided with new suits caused us to step out rather proud- ' v and no doubt contributed much to our success. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Kennedy worked out some new plays for us to use. The first semester we won a three series game from St. Joe. Two of our valuable players, Engle and Reynolds entered high school and our line-up was noticeably weak¬ ened. As a result St. Joe won the county tournament in the final game by a score of 26-20. Line-up for first semester: Roop, Engle, Debolt, for¬ wards; Capt. Gerber and Hebble, cen¬ ters; Reynolds, Smitley, Andrews, guards. Second semester: Roop, Debolt, Hesher, forwards; Capt. Gerber, Heb¬ ble, centers; Smitley, Andrews. Beard, guards.

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12 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Letters and trophies have been awarded to participants in athletics and honors have been heaped upon physical prowess until it seems fitting that some more complete program be brought forth for the encouragement of those mentally alert. With these facts in mind, the Faculty has worked out a plan for awarding pins for excellence in scholarship. These pins will be paid for out of our school treasury. There will be a gold pin awarded to members of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades who meet certain requirements How the pins will be awarded: Leaders Digger The leader pin will be awarded at the close of each six weeks period, to students of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades, who meet the requirements listed below. Required: 1. Not less than 5 A’s for the six weeks’ period. 2. Must not fall below B in any subject. 3. Every grade on the report shall count. 4. Failure to maintain the above requirements shall mean the forfeiture of the pin at the close of the six weeks’ period. The digger pin will be awarded at the close of each six weeks peiiod to students who meet the requirements in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Required: 1. All grades B or above. 2. Every grade on the report card shall count. 3. Failure to maintain the above requirements shall mean the forfeiture of the pin FINAL AWARDS The final pin will be awarded at the close of the work in the A sections to all students of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades who meet the requirements. Required: Final Award Eighth Grade Final Award Seventh Grade 1. A student must have held the leader pin four of the six periods which represent the time spent in a grade. Final Award Sixth Grade 2. A total of not less than sixteen A’s must appear in the semestei average column for the two semesters repre¬ senting the woi k done in the A and B sections of a grade. 3. A student shall not fall below B in any subject in the semestei average column for the two semesters repre¬ senting the work done in the A and B sections of a grade. 4. All grades in the semester average columns shall count. 5. These final awards are to remain the property of the student. Final Award Fifth Grade

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14 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS MUSI C MEMORY TEAM Music Memory Contest PENMANSHIP For a number of years it has been our desire to enter the music mem¬ ory contest which is controled and directed by the state department but we have not had the required records ncr could we devise any means of securing them. Finally, at the re¬ quest of Supt. Wothman, the school board bought us the entire set and we began work in earnest. Miss Cook gave her time unsparingly to helping us after hours and at the final con¬ test Wilhelmina Schnitz, Bernadine Shraluka, Maynard Butcher, Olive Teeter and Helen Devor made the highest scores and were thereby pri¬ vileged to enter the district contest at Muncie. These students represent¬ ed the grades and Anna E. Winnes, Betty Erwin and Charlotte Kudart composed the high school team. We did not win the coveted first place but we did rank third and Miss Cook complimented us highly as this our fist experience of this kind. We hope to better our record for next year. Good writing is important and should be taught well. It is a prac¬ tical art. Business men know the value of plain rapid penmanship. It is well known that good writing has been the passport to success for many thousands of young men and women. The Palmer Method taught in our seventh and eighth grades produces legible, rapid penmanship. “Good writing all the time” is Miss Coffee’s motto. The following are the totals of penmanship awards granted us by the criticism department of the Chi¬ cago office on specimens submitted 1925-26. A number of students pre¬ pared their papers too late to publish the returns. High School Diplomas. 10 Final Certificates . 30 Improvement Certificates . 20 Progress Pins . 25 Merit Buttons . 13 -o- Ideas as well as food, ishould be chewed before swallowing.