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

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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-

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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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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS 17 lows: 1] | J 50-yard dash—Debolt (7) first; Roop (8) second; Wi ' li ' ams (7) third. 100-yard dash—Hebble (8) first; Gerber (8) second; Roop (8) third. 220-yard dash—Andrews (8) first; Baker (8) second; Gerber (8) third. Low hurdles—Diehl (7) first; Chris- man (8) second; Williams (7) third. High jump—Diehl (7) first; Baker (8) second; Ladd (8) third. Broad jump—Andrews (8) first; Beard (8) second; Hurst (7) third. Shot put—Andrews (8) first; Beard (8) second; Hurst (7) third. Pole vault—Drummond (8) first; Diehl (7) second; Beard (8) third. Officials—Kennedy and Thomas. -o- JUNIOR ELECTIONS For the purpose of instructing and interesting future citizenry in the importance of local government, jun¬ ior elections were held, sponsored by the Rotary Club and the Woman’s Club. They endeavored to impress upon the youthful minds the neces¬ sity of selecting efficient men and women for the various offices be¬ cause it is they who- control, to a large extent, conditions in the schools which our children attend, protect or close gambling resorts which may corrupt, keep our streets clean or permit them to gather filth which breeds germ-carrying insects. With the safety, health, and comfort of everyone at stake, no public spirited citizen can afford to ignore a local election. These facts together with the duties of the various officials, were especially stressed by those in charge. Billy Krick, a student from the Catholic school led the boys’ ticket as mayor and Madgeline Miller 8A, Central, the girls’ ticket. If the public spirited citizens who provided this educational opportun¬ ity for the boys and girls had seen the interest shown at the convention and heard them electioneer and had witnessed the friendly rivalry among the nominees on the various tickets, they would feel amply repaid for their efforts. Mayor Madgeline Miller’s address follows: “Members of the Common Council, officers and friends: “I think in this hour we ought to try to do as well as the hoys did in their election. I wish to thank the men and women that have made it possible for us to be here now. I knew we shall learn more about the way the city is governed and we shall become more interested when we are older. We all wish to see Decatur prosper, so let us try to keep it clean. We ought to have more than one clean-up week in a year. All citizens should consider every week a clean-up week. Good sidewalks, clean and beautified lawns and nice¬ ly trimmed trees always make a good impression upon persons visiting or passing through our city. “We heartily endorse the move¬ ment made by the honorable council to convert the old cemetery into a park and playground, I wish to thank, in behalf of the boys and girls those who have made it possible for us to enjoy the swimming pool. We recommend a first aid kit be provid¬ ed in case of accident or illness at the pool. A stop light at the General Electric would be very convenient. Requests from many citizens espec¬ ially from parents, make it seem ad¬ visable that we recommend a stop light at the corner of Fifth and Mon¬ roe streets. “We assure the public that we, the present officials, both individually and collectively, will do everything in our power to further the progress of our already progressive little city.”