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

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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.

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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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16 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS iiiil TRACK AND Sixth Grade Team Defeated, 41-31 The Fifth grade of the Central school was victorious over the Sixth grade in the annual track and field meet, held Friday afternoon, April 23, at the Central school athletic field. Considerable good material was uncovered. Hullinger, fifth grade star trackman, won three first places and was the high point man in the meet with 1 5points. He won first in the 50-yard, 100-yard and 220-yard dashes. BryceThomas, Central school ath¬ letic director, and Principal W. Guy Brown, were in charge of the meet, which proved to be one of the hard¬ est fought track meets ever held be¬ tween the two grades. The Fifth grade finally nosed out the Sixth grade team, the score being 41-31. The winners went into the final event, the pole vault, with a two- point lead. The summary of events is as fol¬ lows: Low hurdles—Fox (5) first; Buf- fenbarger (6) second; Hill (5) third. Time 11 4-5 seconds. High jump—Shaffer (6) first; Drake (6) second; Buffenbarger (6) third. Height, 4 ft. 3 in. FIELD 50-yard dash—Hullinger (5) first; Hill (6) second; Moses (6) third. Broad jump—C. Hill (5) first; Mc¬ Clure (5) second; J. Hill (5) third. Distance, 13 ft. 5 in. Shot put—Hearst (6) first; McNeal (5) second; Buffenbarger (6) third. 100-yard dash—Hullinger (5) first; V. Hill (6) second; Burkhead (6) third. Time 13 seconds. 220-yard dash—Hullinger (5) first; Burkhead (6) second; Hill (6) third. Time 35 seconds. Pole vault—McClure (5) first; Hill (5) second; Burkhead (6) third. Height 6 ft. 6y 2 in. •-o-- Seventh Grade Boys Defeated 51-21 The Central school eighth grade boys had little trouble disposing of the seventh grade in a dual track and field meet held Friday afternoon, April 30, at the Central school ath¬ letic field. The final standing was 51 to 21. Thurman Andrews, of the eighth grade team, was high point man of the meet, scoring 15 points on three first places. Diehl was the star point collector for the seventh grade, getting two first place ribbons and one second place. The summary of events is as fol-