Cowan High School - Sachem Iris Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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The Cowan Mirror CLASS CALENDAR SEPTEMBER JANUARY Sept. 3. First day of school. Several new teachers. Sept. 7. Leeka gives his first long talk. Sept. 13. New typewriters came. Sept. 16. Senior class organized. Sept. 17. Some more new rules. Sept. 21. Several of the seniors heard their doom, for they have to take physics. Sept. 24. Baseball game with Harrison. Sept. 28-30. Tests! tests! tests! Jan. 10. Back to school, and two more teachers — Shumm and Long, both of Ball Teachers College. Jan. 11. A speed test a day,” says Mrs. Saunders to the typing class. Jan. 12. Coasting party at Oakville. Jan. 14. Cowan boys and girls defeat Mid- dletown boys and girls. Deepest snow of the year. Jan. 24-25. No school because of icy con- dition of the roads. FEBRUARY OCTOBER Feb. 2. Oct. 5. Seniors’ group pictures have ar- rived. Oct. 14. Fire drill — but everybody got out Oct. 18. soon enough! First Pep session of the year. Feb. 3. Feb. 4. Oct. 20. Sunshine meeting. Oct. 27. Juniors and seniors have Hallow- e’en party at Cleo Nichols’. Feb. 9. Oct. 29. First basketball game, at Selma; 37-20 in our favor. Feb. 11. NOVEMBER Nov. 2. Sunshine initiation pot luck sup- per. Feb. 17. Nov. 5. Played Center at Center. Nov. 13. Ball game at Yorktown. We de- feated them 43-21. Nov. 19. Eaton gave us our first defeat of the season. Feb. 23. Nov. 24. Girls and boys both beat Royer- ton. We are ashamed to tell the Feb. 24. score of the girls’ game. Nov. 30. Pupils rearranged in alphapetical Feb. 26. order. Feb. 28. DECEMBER Mr. Long’s getting entirely too quick — having a physics test and calling for the note books without warning. Tony” Fleming is still sick. Tony” is back today. History 4 class has an intelligence test, and the results seem to have been far-reaching. Community Night in the gymna- sium tonight. Daleville 18, Cowan 31—here. A Lincoln program is given by students of the assembly. Dorothy Kirp and Lela Marsh win in the local Latin contest. School dismissed for Farmers’ In- stitute. Robert Turner, captain of the Blues in the membership, de- feated the Reds. County Orchestra plays at the County Institute at Muncie. Eight from Cowan were in this orchestra. Junior play, Aaron Boggs, Fresh- man,” was a sure hit.” Lela Marsh second in the County Latin Contest. Club Work speakers at school to- day. Dec. 3. Cowan boys and girls both won from Desoto boys and girls. Dec. 10. Girls and boys played Middletown. Dec. 22. Exams! Smile kindly on us, O Fate. Dec. 24. Last day of semester and we also play Center tonight, and we de- feated them 48-18. Dec. 25. Christmas vacation. MARCH Mar. 1. The pupils of each class were dis- missed for a spell” to see the electric car at the traction station down town. Mar. 4-5. Sectional Tournament at Muncie. Mar. 9. Rev. Kimmel of California spoke at Chapel this morning.

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The Cowan Mirror CLASS WILL Pauline Anderson — Her marvelous curly hair to Frances Harbaugh. Dorothy Ball — Her warble to Pauline Painter. Walter Ball — His height to Madonna Fin- ley. Antoinette Fleming—Her ''marveP’ous get- ting ability to Catherine Reynolds. Austin Fox — His fame from being an un- surpassed basketball fan to Roger Ream. Clarinda Harbaugh — Her old English book and her great love for English to Vir- ginia Skinner. Marshall Harrold — His place in the old C. H. S. orchestra to Roy Lyons. Beulah Heath — Her modesty to be di- vided equally between Gladys Anderson and Mildred Sheets. Eugene Hiatt — His ability to write notes to Lela Marsh. Frank Kern — His old books and his ath- letic ability to Francis LaMar. Bernetha LaMar — Her position as typist to Martha Shockley. Ruth Long — Her beautiful long hair to Mary Johnson. Cleo Nichols—Her ability to fuss to Gladys Buchanan. Perry Pitser — His place on the team to Robert Waldo. Arcba Reynolds — Her charming ways to Norma Drumm. Raymond Rees — His place as a black-face comedian in the Senior Play to Othal Knight. Robert Reynolds — His ability to keep a steady” to Marcus Newton. William Ross — His place in Latin contests to Kathleen Null. His position as class president to Dorothy Kirp. Ruth Ross — Her impersonation of a flap- per of 1930 to Bethel Williams. Robert Turner — His aptitude of dancing to Lola Bullock. Lena Van Fleet — Her old physics book to Lucile Marsh. Garland West — His knowledge from ex- tensive outside reading to Dorothy Chal- fant. William Shockley — His mischiveous ways to Ila White. Bernetha M. LaMar. ATHLETICS ORE time and interest is being given each year to athletics in our high schools, and one of the most interest- ing of these games is basketball. Basketball is not a new sport, but in the last few years it has been growing in popularity until today it plays an important part in the life of every high school student. One of the first basketball games we have any record of was played in 1908 against Gaston, and I’m sorry to say that Cowan lost. The game was played in an open cinder court in front of the school house. Cowan’s team that year was made up of Tom Reynolds, Willie Burcaw, Harry Burcaw, Leonard Peckinpaugh and Claud Whitney, and C. L. Clawson coached the team. In 1925, answering the demands of every student in the school, a new gymnasium was built and then Cowan began to really play basketball. The boys worked hard under Mr. Warren’s coaching and after a success- ful year gave Muncie a close run for a ticket to the regional tournament. This year the boys started with practically the same squad and under the training of Mr. Timmons the first half of the year and Mr. Shumm the latter half, have had one of the most glorious basketball years in the history of our school. The team was made up of Austin Fox, Raymond Rees, Roy Lyons, Frank Kern and Robert Turner, with Eugene Hiatt, William Shockley, Perry Pit- ser and Garland West as subs during the greater part of the year. Near the close of the season, owing to a slight disagree- ment, Lyons left the squad and West took his place. The team this year was composed wholly of seniors with the exception of Lyons, and next year we will have to look to a different crowd entirely to wear the black and gold. Austin Fox.

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The Cowan Mirror Mar. 10. Senior play parts assigned. Mar. 11. Mirror” staff position filled. An- other of those delightful English tests today. Mar. 17. St. Patrick’s colors worn today. Bethel Williams wins the Local Public Discussion Contest. Mar. 18. All the seniors learned The Get- tysburg Address”— quite an in- teresting fact, indeed. Mar. 22. Bethel was defeated by Donald Dill of Selma in the County Public Discussion Contest. Mar. 24. Miss Goodlandcr takes the seniors’ pictures. Mar. 26. School on Saturday — can you im- agine! District Latin Contest at Muncie. Seniors get their proofs. Sunshine Society elects officers and delegates to the state convention at Huntington. Mar. 28. Everybody tired; too much school! Mar. 29. Mar. 30. Apr. I. Apr. 5. Apr. 6. Apr. 8. Apr. 13. Apr. 15. Apr. 21. May 1. May 5. Seniors had group pictures taken for the cut in the Mirror” and ordered their own individual pic- tures. Miss Caldwell back. APRIL Dramatic Contest at Gaston. Bethel speaks for Cowan. Miss Caldwell sick again. Perry Pitser, a senior, came to school with his hand tied up. Dorothy Kirp wins second in the County Oratorical Contest at Center. Mirror” goes to press. Senior play, Cousins.” Junior-Senior reception. MAY Baccalaureate Sermon. Commencement. Finis The Editor.” C. H. S. LIBRARY Youth’s Companion — Mrs. Bowers. Travel — Areba Reynolds. Today’s Housewife — Cleo Nichols. Radio News — Austin Fox. Physical Culture — Alvin Shumm. Modern Priscilla — Lucille Marsh. Little Folks — Frcshies. Life — Antoinette Fleming. The Independent—Modonna Finley. Fashionable Dress — Miss Caldwell. Hot Dog — Garland West. Snappy Stories — Lemma Chalfant. Whizz Bang — Roger Ream. Farmer’s Guide — Mr. Kirp. Everybody’s — William Shockley. Etude — Mary Johnson. Country Life — Perry Pitser. Christian Herald — Miss Blank. Child Life — Corrine Drumm. Business Woman — Mrs. Saunders. Arts and Decorations — Virginia Skinner. House and Garden — Ruth Long. The American — Marshall Harrold. Hearth and Home — William Ross. Needle Craft — Ila White. The Woman Citizen — Marjorie Heath. The Country Gentleman — Donno Cooper. MUSIC BOX REVIEW You Tell Her, I Stutter — Garland West. That Red-headed Gal — Dorothy Buchanan. Everybody’s Got a Girl But Me — Walter Ball. Carry Me Back to Old Virginia — Raymond Reese. Five-Foot-Two — Dorothy Ball. Baby Face — Miss Caldwell. That Old Gang of Mine — Basketball Team. Barney Google — Perry Pitser. The Sheik — Austin Fox. Roll ’Em Girls, Roll ’Em — High School Girls. I’m old enough for a Little Lovin’ Now — Dorothy Kirp. Freshie — Edgar Skinner. Mary Lou — Bethel Williams. Give Me a Little Kiss—William Shockley. Yearning — Areba Reynolds. Where You Workin’ John? — John Lair. We’re Always for You, Cowan Hi—Seniors. Pauline Anderson. Sunshine Society 2, 3, 4.