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

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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.

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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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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS 15 PHYSICAL TRAINING PHYSICAL TRAINING The above picture represents the pupils of the entire building, with the exception of the primary grade, in the physical training class. Much credit is due the physical directors, Miss Stephenson and Mr. Thomas for the excellent work the pupils have done. Mr. Thomas has had consider¬ able military training and its effect is clearly seen in his class work. Al¬ most any group might appropriately have been called the “awkward squad” at the beginning of the term but they now step out with the military pre¬ cision of well-trained soldiers. I wonder whether next year’s play Will be as great as most folks say. There’s O’ Callahan of Irish wit And Chas. Rivers who throws a fit. Miss Coffee works from morn till dark So each of us will act his part. We’re going to show her, this we vow We’ll make the thing a great big “wow.” B. SCHRALUKA. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL The girls of Central were not very active in athletics during the past year. Many interesting practice games were played. These were with the St. Joe girls who proved their superiority in both games. Miss Sel- lemeyer and Miss Stephenson acted as directors of the teams and Marcia Martin and Mary Engle were yell- leaders. The following was the line-up: Forwards—Kolter and DeVoss. Center—Bright, captain Guards—Aurand and Andrews. Side Center—Meyers Subs—Cook, Yost, Baker. Scores of the season: 1925— -Central, 6; St. Joe, 16. 1926— Central, 10; St. Joe, 11. Captain Mildred Bright -o- The teachers and pupils of this build¬ ing wish, in this way, to acknowl¬ edge publicly, the many extra hours of art that Miss Martin has done for us during the past year. Besides pos¬ ters for the Bible school and the play, “His Uncle’s Neice,” she spent hours painting the “features” on our ani¬ mals for the circus. Thank you, many, many times, Miss Martin.