Climax Township High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Climax, MI)

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DIARY OF A SENIOR September: Z--First day of school. Mr. Mex-ke asked us why we come to school. De- cided it's easier than working. 3--Started going to classes today. Mr. Merke lectured on waiting until the last week of school to start the annual. 5--Elected Bob Haas as president, Donald Perkins as vice-president, lone Piper as secretary, and Pat Low treasurer. Mr. Merke is class advisor. 10--The man came to see us about our pictures. Prices are very reasonable 16--The girls had their pictures taken today. Took a vacation. 18--The boys went to Battle Creek and tried to break the camera today. They got back before noon. It wasn't their choice. 19--The first football game of the season. Played Techonsha. We won. Z3--I-I-ad day off for fair. Z6--Won football game over Schoolcraft. Slight confusion at end of game. October: 3--Played Martin here. Won by score of 52-14. 10--First dance of year. Given by Seniors at Climax. Also played Marcellus. Won that game too. Z4--Skip Day. Went to Lansing. Because of a crisis in transportation we had two new Seniors. Outcome of the day--one mashed car fender. November: 1--Game with Burr Oak. Won 36-6: Yea Clirnaxll 8--Clixnax played Bath. We lost. It's always a good thing to take Bath on Saturday Night. We won a cup though! 14--Our pals, QThe Juniors, put on their first dance. Something new, a floor show? Not bad at all. Also we played Martin and lost, Z0-19. It was only a homecoming game. l8--Senior Penny Supper. We did very well. Seniors contributed food. Stolen and otherwise. 2.5--First girls basketball game. Played Schoolcraft and won, 41-37. Good start anyway.

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December: 3--Some confusion in the assembly. Seniors putting up stage for play. By name-- Lights Out. ll--First night of our great production. It went off very well. Good crowd too. 12-uSecond night. They liked it so well the people threw stuff at us. lKisses you knowJ 19--Last day of school until next year. The rest of the kids are glad to have a vacation, but we Seniors love school and learning. January: 5--Ah, back at our dear little school house. All the Seniors blew the dust off their books and started in again. 19--Speech delivered by C. H. Merke about wasting time and our parent's money in the second semester. Everyone made a mental note-- Work Harder. 2.0--Girls basketball game with Galesburg. We won first and second team games. Zl--Practice game with Marcellus. They won. Z3--Temperatures of anywhere from 14 to Z4 below were reported by students-this morning. No kidding-it was cold. There was no heat on one but from Scotts. There was ice on the roof. 30--Law and order at Climax High now enforced by Student Council. Voted this morning for Judges and Monitors. February: 2--Monitors and judges all over the place. Really have to watch that gum chewing and candy eating. 6--Girls basketball game at Schoolcraft. Tied 14-14. Girls are doing pretty well so far this year. 9--Tournaments started. Climax was unfortunate enough to draw School- craft. We lost 52-24. Too bad, boys. 16--Girls played Comstock and beat them. The first time Comstock has been beated in three years. Ione Piper made Z7 points. 17--Boys played Augusta there and lost again. 33-ll. Z0--B oys played Burr Oak and they lost again. Z2-48. 26--Girls played Comstock on their floor. Even though we played eight players they only beat us by a few points.