Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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High School students have issued during the present school year. Not only have 1 found much that has been entertaining and interesting, but often have found considerable that has been inspiring. From the very start it seemed to me that a decided improvement had been made in the matter of High School publicity when the old plan of issuing a High School annual at the close of the school year gave way to the plan of putting out a bright, newsy, refreshingly edited monthly paper. My observation and information have been that the expensive, elaborate ANNUAL is giving way over the country to just such publications as the paper that has been issued each month during the present school year by the High School of Grand Junction. The advantages in the monthly publication are many. I believe the school spirit, the degree of school enthusi- asm, the ultivation of fraternaiism between or among students, school pride,—all are helped greatly by the means of a monthly publication, and are helped to an extent that can never be reached through the medium of the dignified and decorous school ANNUAL. Just as a daily newspaper has a far greater influence than a weekly newspaper, so, in my opinion, a monthly High School paper has far greater influence than an annual publication. I believe the monthly paper brings more real pleasure to the students than the annual, and I believe the splendid record made in the publication of this paper during the present year by the editors, managers and contributors should prove an inspiration to the classes of succeeding years and cause them to desire to keep up the plan of a breezy, clean, worth-while monthly instead of contemplating a return to the old-style ANNUAL. ATHLETICS BASKETBALL If we should judge our boys’ basketball team and season from the standpoint of games won and lost, we would do it a great injustice. It was the conditions it had to combat during the season that brought about the loss of the Western Slope championship, and not the opponents’ teams. At only two of the first games of the season did we play our first or regular team, as Jones was injured and Moore contrac ted Scarlet Fever. Many new fellows were out and most of them were new at the game; so they were not as good as they might have been. As to the games played, we lost only one on the local floor; but when we went on a trip we seemed to carry a jinx, for we won only one contest out of town. The surprise of the season came when we defeated Collbran by some 36 points on the local floor and when we defeated Olathe in the semi-final at Montrose. In the final contest at Montrose we lost the cup by only 8 points, which was very good for having played two games in one day. Every man played as he never played before. Fuite was a wonder at guarding; ('ox and Cherry made some unusually good plays, and Richardson and Derryberry played their usual excellent and consistent game. Those who will get letters or bars this year are Cox (captain), Cherry, Richardson, Fuite, Derryberry and Sydenham. Although we lose Richardson, Derryberry and Moore this year, the prospects for a championship team are better than they have been for many years. The girls’ basketball team fared better this year than the boys’; in fact, we could not wish for anything better. They did everything according to their usual style: that is, they were not defeated by a team during the year and they brought home the cup from Montrose. This is the third year that our girls have not been defeated, which speaks well for Grand Junction in general and G. J. H. S. in particular. Although they lose Nelson. Bailey, Carstensen and Crumm this year, with Ross, the Dill sisters, Johns and McDowell as a foundation, another undefeated team should result. Here’s hoping that they are undefeated for the next three years. Those getting bars or letter this year are Nelson (captain), Bailey, McDowell, Johns, Verna and Eula Dills, Ross, Carstensen and Crumm. All hail the champions, and good luck to the champions to be! BASEBALL G. J. H. S. has a baseball team this year again. This is the first for a number of years, and. although the boys started off with a little streak of bad luck, they are just as enthusiastic as ever, for they won in the last game they played. G. J. H. S. is fast recovering from the effects of the war and is going out for athletics as she has never gone out before. We hope that the enthusiasm will not slacken, especially for this truly American sport. With Cox as captain, we may be sure that the team will fight on through the season and come out as the victor if there is any possible chance. The team practices faithfully every night, and it should win and should have the undivided support of the whole school at the games. We hope to put up another pennant in the Assembly when this season is over. TRACK As soon as basketball came to an end. about twenty young stars or aspirants for track honors started practising under the able supervision of Coach Du Cray. Cherry, a new man who has come to our school, certainly gave us a boost in athletics. So far. Cherry and Littlejohn seem to be the stars from the Senior High. The Junior High has a number of promising track men who gave the Juniors a tussle in the inter-class meet. The results of the inter-class meet were far more satisfactory to the Juniors than to any other class in High School. The official results were: 57% points for the Juniors, 32 for the Junior High and 12% for the Sophomores. Cherry and Littlejohn won every event they entered, and, with Kane, Cox and Coles, the Juniors easily won the meet: Addleman, Sherman and Hyatt were the stars for the Junior High, while Knight, Wolfe and Martin were the Sophs’ strong men. With such stars as these working faithfully every night, we should not worry about the outcome of the meet at Montrose. Delta came down for a dual meet the 10th of May; but, owing to the inclement weather conditions, only two events could be staged, giving G. J. H. S. 12 points to Delta’s 6. This was no indication of what the outcome might have been, but it was very encouraging to our fellows. All indications of a very successful season are in evidence this year. and. as this is the first year wre have had a track team for a number of years, we all hope for a successful outcome in the track meet at Montrose. The results of the Montrose track meet appear elsewhere in this issue. Despite the fact that the Athletic Association re-

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 ! The Orange and Black 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT This year the Senior (Mass of our High School decided to publish a school paper instead of an annual. The plan was decided upon at the suggestion of Mr. Hirons, our popular and capable principal. When Mr. Hirons returned from his visit to the leading High Schools of Colorado, he explained how a small paper, issued monthly, might be as interesting and of more value than an annual. When the cost of an annual, similar to those formerly published by our school, was estimated, the figure greatly exceeded our resources. To attempt it would have been foolish for the Senior (Mass of this year. And so a monthly publication was decided upon, tlie first we have succeeded in doing this, we are satisfied: where we have failed, we leave it to the staff of 1919-1920 to profit by our mistakes. To make our paper broad in its interests we must have material from all phases of school life, as: Athletic, Social and Literary. To make it constructive, we have tried to encourage school activities, as: in the procuring of pictures for our building: the athletic and declamatory contests held in Montrose, and all athletics in which the High School is interested. To make it democratic, we have had all classes in the Senior High represented on the staff. In fact, we ORANGE AND BLACK STAFF. Top Row, Left to Right—Leila Fay Swire, Society Editor: Richard Sydenham. Athletic Editor: Sarah McCarty, Literary Editor; Ru Williamson. Assistant Business Manager. Bottom Row—Evelyn Roberts, Freshman Reporter: Donald Hezlep, Editor in Chief; Harold Richardson. Business Manager: Marjorie Carstensen, Local Editor. issue of which appeared in December. Then let us consider the advertising, without which a school publication would be impossible. In the first place, the advertising in an annual is of very little value to the average business man, other than Keeping the good will of the student body; but, in a monthly paper, where the cost of advertising is so low, the business men feel they get full value received. A prominent citizen recently remarked that the most decisive factors in community development in the next decade will be the newspaper, the amusement center, the school and the church, and of these he considered the newspaper first. We feel that this may be true of the school paper. It can influence and reflect school sentiment, if it is broad, constructive and democratic in its material. Where have made it a paper published by the students of the High School and not by the Senior (Mass alone. To do all this, it is necessary to have the co-operation of a large per cent of the student body. In this, our last issue of the Orange and Black for 1918-1919, we wish to express our appreciation for the co-operation of the students and the faculty, the pleasure we have had in putting forth this paper and to extend to our successors our sincerest good wishes. So here’s a toast— “A better, bigger Orange and Black.” MONTHLY PUBLICATION BETTER THAN ANNUAL By WALTER WALKER, Editor Daily Sentinel. I have been a “constant reader” of the very excellent and exceedingly interesting little monthly paper the

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ceived very little support from the pupils in a financial way, it has been very successful this year. This success is due largely to the untiring efforts of Prof. Hirons. the secretary-treasurer, to bring games to Grand Junction and to get games in other towns. We hope that more help comes from the students next year, as it is their duty to support such a beneficial institution of their High Sc hool. It has been suggested that we return to the season-ticket plan of getting money for athletics. This plan ranks of the S. A. T. f The prospects and hopes of a good team had been centered about these two. and for a day or two football was forgotten and we all wondered who else would go to war. (i. J. H. S. boys could not let interest in football die out, however: so, with renewed interest and zeal, they started over again. With the aid of fair weather and roach Du Cray, the boys assimilated the rudiments of tackling, guarding, half-backing and other like stunts. Sydenham was elected captain and everything seemed to CHAMPIONS OF THE WESTERN SLOPE. From left to right: Leila Ross, side center: Frances McDowell, guard; Mildred Nelson, center: Eula Dill, guard: Gladys Bailey, captain, forward. Merle Johns was the very able substitute. . The Girls’ Basketball Team is one of the many things for which the students of G. J. H. S. are proud. The team has not been defeated for three consecutive years. This vear the girls captured the cup given at the Basketball Tournament held in Montrose. met with a great deal of criticism in former years, as the pupils thought they didn’t get their money’s worth. However, with all the prospects of such good teams in every branch of athletics next year, there is no reason why one should not get his money’s worth. The plan is right if the management is right, and we do not question Prof. Hirons’ management of the association. We sincerely hope that every G. J. H. S. student will buy a season ticket if we revert to that plan next year. Make a mid-summer’s resolution to do or die to help put athletics ac ross next year—the first school year after the war. FOOTBALL As one looks back on the past football season, he, of a necessity, conies to the conclusion that it was not a season at all, but only five weeks of fair weather with two storms. That sounds queer, but it is a fact. The first storm came when Captain Derryberry. our old stand-by at tackle, and Stong. our renter, entered the be sailing along quite smoothly when the big storm hit us and not even the coach could withstand its onset. This storm seemed to be nation wide, if not universal, and. with the close of school, all hope of a football season was given up. The boys got just enough practice to want more, and next year we all hope that they get more. The prospects ior a football team next year have never been brighter. All the boys seem to have grown about a foot since last year, though they didn’t get enough practice to bring out what was really in them, and there are some stars in the making. With Jones, Coles and Sydenham, Littlejohn and Cherry, our new star, as a foundation. we will have a team able to hold its own with any. Miss Killheffer “How muni time did you spend on this lesson?” Art Fidel “About an hour, railroad time.” Miss K.—“What do you mean by railroad time?” Art—“Including stops and delays.