Dakota High School - Talebearer Yearbook (Dakota, IL)

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git, THE TALEBEARER effigy Gymnasium This year classes in physical education for students in the sophomore and fresh- man classes were held weekly in the High School gymnasium. The girls' class met during the eighth hour on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the boys' class met during the same hour on Tuesdays. The purpose of the class is to develop the physical health through proper exercises and good posture, and to teach a limited course in hygiene. The girls' class used as a text book, Lippitt's Personal Hygiene and Home Nursing . This class put on a demonstration exercise at the gymnasium on visiting day following the literary society meeting. WEP 12 CHQ

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THE TALE BEARER The Pep Club In order to promote and develop good sportsmanship and fair play in all contests a Pep Club was organized at the beginning of the 1925 basket ball season under the leadership of Miss Nola McCleary. Twenty-five of the live wires of the four classes were chosen as active charter members of the club with the nine men of the basket ball squad as honorary members. Under the leadership of Bonnie Butterfield and Helen Buethe this band of pepsters yelled themselves to a place of renown among neighboring schools. Rival teams and rooters were amazed at the rousing support given the Dakota teams, even in the face of defeat. Breastbands of maroon and gold were purchased and worn by every member at all inter-scholastic contests. New yells were created and taught to the student body in general. The active members of the club are: BONNIE BUTTERFIELD 1 HELEN BUETIIE S MYRLAH KRAMER ...... KATHRYN KEBIL -, ........ -- Thelma Wise Loda Vehmeier Clarice Stoll Alice Snook Margie Price Lee Weimer Lester Moss Ralph Moss Wilbur Goeke Loyal Andrews Iva Kniss Viola Moss Veneta Phillips Cleone Slamp Grace Tielkemeier Vernon Toelke Wendell NValters HONORARY MEMBERS --- Yell Lcadm's ,..---P1'!'SI'lIf'7lf ..- .A,.,.... S cow ffl 1' fl Roy Mitchell Vernon Messman Warren Lapp Edna Geoke VVendell Rote Mary Barker Jerome Lentz Glen Shippy Kenard Lincoln Adelbert Weaver Clifford Welling Albert Hugelshofer was 11

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.gg THE TALEBEARER C,-:gy Basket Ball Tournaments The district basket ball tournament was held in the new Freeport High School gymnasium on March 4 and 5. Dakota's first game was with the Rockton High School on Friday afternoon at two o'clock. The numerous Dakota rooters encouraged their team enthusiastically, but tlfe game was won by Rockton by a score of 18-6. Aside from the district basket ball tournament in Freeport, a county tournament was held at Dakota on March 12 and 13. Four schools were represented, these being Dakota, Pearl City, Orangeville and Winslow. On the night of March 12, Pearl City Won its game from Winslow, and Orange- ville defeated Dakota by a score of 38-2. The finals were played the next night, Winslow winning from Dakota by a score of 26-13, and Orangeville winning from Pearl City, thus giving Orangeville the cham- pionship. They were awarded a large silver loving cup. Basket Ball Season Review Our basket ball season this year did not come up to the standard of previous years due to illness of the coach, Mr. Hill, and to the fact that one of our veteran players of last year was disabled by a broken ankle, leaving but one experienced player on the team. Although the scores may not have been in our favor as often as we desired, our team, in cooperation with the entire High School, maintained its splendid record for clean playing and good sportsmanship. The opening game of the season, which was with Pearl City High School, was held at the Dakota High School Gymnasium on the evening of December 18. The cheer leaders, Helen Buethe and Bonnie Butterfield found it easy to keep the enthus- iasm of the rooters at the screaming point. The Pearl City team made the first basket and the score remained in their favor until the last quarter, the final score being 16-15 in Dakota's favor. The second game, again with Pearl City, was held there on January 8. Both teams played their best throughout the entire game, but when the final whistle blew, the score was in favor of the Pearl City Quintette 11-3. On January 15, the Orangeville Pickerings won from our Hillsmen a hard battle, the score being 8-2. The game was held at Dakota and was perhaps the fastest game ever played on that floor. On February 5, the Dakota team met the Forreston team here, and they proved their well matched strength by a tied score of 17-17. Overtime period gave Forres- ton the lead, and the final score was 18-17 in their favor. A scarlet fever epidemic made it necessary to change the schedule of the next few basket ball games. No new cases being reported during the week, Forreston played Dakota at Forreston on February 12. The game started with a bang and at the end of the first quarter the score stood 6-6. During the second quarter Forreston gained the lead and won the game by a score of 22-11. On Tuesday, February 16, the Dakota fans escorted their team to Winnebago. Both teams worked hard and when the final whistle dismissed the players from the floor, the score stood 22-11 in Winnebago's favor. The sportsmanship of both teams was exceptional. On the next Friday night the return game was held at Dakota, a hard battle resulting in the defeat of Dakota by' a score of 11-10. The next night the Dakota team was again defeated by one point, this time in the Orangeville-Dakota game held at Orangeville. The scores at the close of the quarters were: 4-9, 6-9, S-11, all in Dakota's favor, and the final, 14-15 in Orangeville's favor. The Winslow team met our team here on February 23, and were defeated by a score of 16-12. On February 26, the return game was played at Winslow, Dakota again winning the game, this time by a score of 15-13. 'Aff 13 cle?-