Helt Township High School - Old Rose and White Yearbook (Dana, IN)

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GIRLS’ BASKET BALL TEAM Genevieve Ingle, Coach; Kathryn Richard, Alma Martin, Helen Kutch, Emma Cooper, La Vera Ingram, Thelma Reynolds, Mildred Lund wall. Ruby Myers and Louise Dunk ley. TRACK The track spirit of our school is probably at a higher pitch now than ever reached before. Our prospects are the best in years. In the quadrangular track meet held at Montezuma, Friday, April 3rd, our team took about all there was to be taken in track and field events. Bono’s track squad scored 82 out of a possible 144 points. Montezuma, scored only 52. In merit of our good work we were presented with a large pennant, the first II. T. II. S. has ever won “on the track or with the ball..” Our hopes for taking the county meet are built up very high. While we will have stronger competition than in the meet which we have won, we are fully confident our team will meet the situation April 18. The entire squad has the proper spirit and is training in such a way as to be able to show the rest of the county track teams their dust April 18 at Cayuga.

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 APRIZE STORY THE ARK By RUSSELL CHISLER One day some twenty odd years ago as 1 was digging for gold. I discovered an old manuscript, tattered and torn and marked with age. Upon investigation I found it to be a diary written by Noah, himself, describing the trials and troubles encountered while commanding his ship during the flood. He probably lost this while digging for water. The diaty ran thus: I, Noah, in the year of our Lord 1466 B. C. with all my cargo boarded the good ship Ark. which was lying about one-fourth league off the coast of Asia. Although many people thought me crazy, they all came down to the wharf to see Mrs. Noah and me embark. A very good crowd they were too. as they presented me with a gold handled umbrella. JAN. 3. 1416 B. C.—It is now raining. It is coming in very handy though, as we don’t have to water our stock. All of our live stock are on the main ship, except one pair. The skunks are drawn in a small boat far enough behind to insure health and happiness. This boat serves as a guard house for all refractory hands. One siege is always sufficient to make an unruly hand quite docile. JAN. 4—Course, straight ahead. Wind- high. Sea. very calm. Ship’s run—2 leagues. Mrs. Noah complains that the ship is beginning to smell like a barn. I went down and took a bath. It still continues to rain. All the clothes are dirty and no place to dry them. jan. 5—This morning I went below and inspected the condition of our cargo. I found everything in number one condition (except) that some of the animals were crowded. The Shetland ponies and poodle dogs are beginning to need exercise. (The picture writing in the next seven pages is not legible. JAN. 12—Still raining. The mountain resorts are now doing a good business. The thing that puzzles me most is that the almanac promised good weather. Jan. 13—Nothing happened. JAN. 14—Course: Same as yesterday. Wind: calm. Rain: wet. Sea: High and a bit choppy. We played a new game today. I think they called it Mah Jongg. There is an upright post out on the deck with the letters N. E. W. S. on it. On top there is a hand which spins. I played this game this morning with the cook. He always put his money on “N and. by Jove, he always won. As you all know, no one can put it over on me like this. So the next time I played I put my money on “N” and lost every ttime. I found him out. though. He had a horseshoe he held on the letter his money was on. I thought I would get even with him. So I went down below to the stock barns and persuaded the groom to help me pull a shoe off the old mare. I then put my money on S” and held the horseshoe there, but. much to my dissatisfaction, it stopped on ”N” every time. One of the deck hands told me this evening that the post was a compass and the supposed horseshoe was a magnet. JAN. 15—Course: ahead. Wind: dead. Sea: rough. Mrs. Noah is complaining that the dashing waves are taking the marcels out of her hair. I’ll bet she will find fault when the sun shines on the forty-first day. This morning one of the tadpoles jumped overboard and the life savers spent several hours rescuing him. I have beeti worrying ever since we started because I don't believe the chiggers are mates. The camels are affected with a dangerous disease. They haven’t drunk any water for six days. I have a funny pair of birds in my collection. They always insist opon roosting in the top of the clock. About every hour they come out and say Cuck! cool” 'They don’t eat anything. This morning I tempted them with one of our