Dondero High School - Oak Yearbook (Royal Oak, MI)

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A Tale of Two Cities, They Fight for a Jug IT was a battered old iug, of the pre-thermos days, the kind a farmer would use to carry water out to his field hands. No, it didn't have much monetary value . . . so why did Royal Oak High School football players throw themselves against the equally desperate Birmingham High team? Why to win the famous Little Brown Jug , which we proudly display in our trophy case today. The idea was first conceived by Miss Eva Moore, advisor for The Acorn back in 1924. John Sheperd, a Birmingham end, painted the iug red, white, and blue. This tale of two cities began in l898, but it wasn't until l9l3 the rivalry became intense. The scores are inscribed from 1913 to 1956. Since Dondero won the last game we now have possession of the iug. Dondero has obtained the maiority of triumphs, losing only 13 and tying 7. It was iust a rivalry between schools. Both towns got into the act. It became tradition that this eventful game should take place on Thanksgiving Day. The Annual Alumni Dance came to be held on the evening before the game. The festivities started on the night before the game, when there was a huge bonfire and a snake dance through town. About ll o'clock the next morning the game began. Climaxing the holiday was the much-awaited- for Thanksgiving Dance, for all former and current students at Royal Oak High School. Some years the weather was great, brisk and clear, others overcast and rainy, and in l94O, due to an unexpected snowfall, the students had to get up extra early to shovel off the field. Many a freezing girl has bravely stayed at her seat, seeing her man on the field through to the bitter end. When Kimball was built, this spirited rivalry was transferred to them. The painted press box, oak tree planted in the field, pep assembly, shouted cheer, half-time show, food you're too nervous to eat, many directions yelled from the stands, that infernal goal line, and the ever-illusive pigskin ...while this remains the same, it can never make up for the community effort put out for The Little Brown Jug .

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