Covert High School - In Flight Yearbook (Covert, MI)

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BASEBALL This year we play all of our games away from home, due tof the fact that the new Held is not completed. Next year, however, we plan to dedicate our new diamond and hope for the support of the people and student body in backing.the Covert Team. - Baseball will start this year with many new players in its lineup, due to the loss of men through graduation last year, and the ineligibility of some who par- ticipated in summer games during the vacation period. These facts, however, have not daunted Coach Andrews, who has the following men available from last year's nine: B. Houston, T. Delano, R. Vaughan, H. Wfalmer, XV. Hunting, L. Harvey, P. Bates and T. Malinowski. Besides these there will be plenty of com- petition furnished by such players as I. Onofrio, Maclienzie, Spaulding, Disbrow and others who came from last year's Junior Team. I c OACH H o UsToN I v AUGHAN ' K E NNEY Q HA R VEY BA 'r ES HUN T ING D E LANO A USTIN ' M ALINOWSKI 55 ' J

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l OUR SHOWER AND LOCKER ROOlVlS . This is thc' locker that 'Jack' built. NYe are very proud of our new showers and, at this time, want to express our thanks to the people of the school district and to the School Board for pro- curing this wonderful addition to our school. Showers and dressing rooms have been a long felt need at Covert High School, especially in the physical education department. Now this need has been cared for. No longer do players have to 'dress behind shields or in the manual training room for we now iind ourselves equipped with plenty of showers, a large dress- ing room for our home team as well as for visiting teams. Besides this we have a storage space for our equipment and an office for our Coach. These rooms now put this department on a par with the larger schools in the country and in advance of many of our rival class D schools. Again we thank one and all for the interest shown toward the development of our Physical Education Department. VVe are glad during this first year of use to dedicate it with Covert's first Championship in Basketball. 54

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical Education and Athletic Competition are with the school systems, to stay. So now it is up to the school to not only accept this new work but also to make the best possiblefuse of it for all concerned, taking into considera- tion the school, the community and the pupil. - Through the installation of a program in which the student-body has-access to the gymnasium and are under the supervision of an instructor, many of the seemingly wearinesses of school disappear and a general and genuine en- thusiasm develops. Besides this the physical health, morals, and character of' the pupil, which are essential in future life, are more readily developed where group and individual competition are keen and by correct association and instruc- tion. Advertisement and publicity for the school and the community in which the school is located may be greatly promulgated and likewise an increase in the interest and support of the many other school departments and public occa- sions be instituted by the enthusiasm of the younger folk. Athletics while very helpful in such a promotion as this are however only a small part of such a program as they only benefit a very few in the entire student-body. This year a step forward has been taken and a class in physical education held for the boys of the Seventh and Eighth grades and from the general popularity so far' shown speaks well for a future development of this work in our school. OUR NEW FIELD By next spring Covert Consolidated School will be the proud possessors of a new athletic field, which will enable us to take our place among the leading schools of the county. There will be no more worrying, bothering, or relocating of baseball dia- monds each year, or feeling ashamed to invite our rival teamsl to play on a sandy, unlevel held. Instead, we begin to look forward to inviting them here and showing them a real diamond-the one which we hope to dedicate this coming year. The field as now planned will not only add to our athletic progress, but it will likewise be a beautiful addition to the school grounds. The Editors of this Annual are sincere in saying that the students of the Covert Consolidated School, the Faculty, and all interested in the development of our school system are grateful to the people responsible for this improvement. We now wish to express our gratitude to the people of' the district, and to Miss Lepha Vaughan, Dr. VV. R. Vaughan, and Dr. O. M. Vaughan, whose gift to the school in memory of their mo-ther, Mary E. Vaughan, and deceased father, Dr. O. M. Vaughan, Sr., has made this possible. 56