Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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 SCHOOL DEAR 1940-REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES On the night of September 25th, Duncan High School lost, by death ohe of its most popular students, Marvin Sexton. Marvin was a senior and a member of the football team, occupying the position of regular right end.During his three- years in high school he was an honor 4 3 £ 1 The mimeograph machine which was used last y§ar was overhauled and changed into an electrically driven machine. Some new equipment was also bought, including a new mimeo- scope, new letter guides, and new styli. The total expense On September 28th, the class officers were elected and During the summer, the school library was reconditioned, and many new books were secured. The library is going An all school party, a gift of the student body council; and the Sophomores’s first class party, given September 13th, and October 3rd respectively have started our School tv? rrht life off on tho riftlrb foot A large number of students attended both parties and enjoyed games, contests, dancing, i5 i i i i On Septmeber 14th, the Home Ec. Club held it’s first meeting. Officers were-elected as follows: President, Jean Merritt; Vice-President, Mable Phillips; Sec,- Treasurer, ® f The Crimson Tide, the Duncan Red Raiders, or the Bed Devils, might be names that could well b eused to describe the Duncan Union High School Football Team this season s ce the Wildkats have dressed themselves in all red football I ♦♦♦♦♦iw The Duncan Vildkats journeyed to Safford on Friday Sept. 29, to take part in a hard fought game. September 22, the Ft. Grant Industrial School invaded The student Body Council began its work this semester by- selling activity tickets. The tickets cover all studentbody activities and may be bought for two dollars ach. On Suncay, October 15, Paul Stockbridgc, 14, a Freshman student of Duncan Union High- School, was rushed to the St. Joseph’s Hospital at Phoenix, where he was place in an iron- lung. It was a dramatic race against life and death, but he arrived in time for the iron lung to relieve him from 5il+J|fi l i f l The Senior Class, with the assistance of Mr. Murphy; entertained the studentbody with a costume party on the 2Sth,