Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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ACTI ITIES Highland High has a wider range of activities to offer its stu- dent body than most schools its size. In practical arts, dramatics and other forms of literary ex- pression, music, and physical ed' ucation, activities have been or- ganized to give the student the- oretical and practical training in modes of expression. 'l'xvo prob- lems arise however: the task of persuading all students to engage in some form of activity and no student in too many, and the danger of allowing any one activ- ity to overshadow all others. To these problems the administraf tion has begun to give serious attention.

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FOOTBALL TEAM Sl-IUUND RUXV: .Xllwlrialge flllJlIlJlgt'l'i, Kleiner, Clayton, M. Dubach, Davis lLiUJli'ilJ, liirclicr, la-lmcpruc, Beichel. tlruw-nenfelder tnmnagerj. FRONT RUXV: N, Duft, la-Duc, Schmidt, A. Dubach, li. Duft, Kuhn, Baumann, Cutsinm-r. In September thirty boys answered Coach Davis' call for football. It looked as if Highland would have plenty of material with which to build a strong team. But, as the season got under way, the squad dropped down to twenty, and at the end of the season there were only fourteen, Lack of reserves was the main reason Highland lost all but one of the games scheduled for the season. The squad was composed of seven seniors, two juniors, two sophomores, and three freshmen. The usual starting line was A. Dubach, Center, Beichel and Bircher. guards: Baumann and Cutsinger, tackles: M, Dubach and Schmidt, ends, The backiield was coin- posed of Lebegue at quarterback, N. Duft and Kuhn at the halves, and Captain E. Iluft at fullback. The reserves were Kleiner, Clayton, and LeDuc, guards. Leonard Schmidt. a tall, lanky end, could run and pull down the passes. He proved to be a good tackler, and whenever he saw service in the backfield he put all his efforts in his running. The other end, Merle Dubach, is a newcomer to our school. While not as tall as Schmidt, he was a hard blocker and a good pass catcher. At the tackle positions were a pair of newcomers to the squad, Glenn Baumann and George Cutsinger. They were good tacklers and blockers and fought hard to win the game. The guards were Bernell Bircher and Harold Beichel. Beichel played a good game, and in three more years he should be an excellent player. Bircher was a good blocker. llubach, at center, along with E. Duft at tackle and full back, was the nucleus of the team since he and Iluft were the only four-year men on the otherwise inexperienced team. The backfield, composed of Lebegue, N. Duft, E. Duft, and Kuhn, proved to be very fast, with li. Duft and Kuhn doing most of the ball handling. liebegue, although small, showed ability to tackle and will develop into a good player. Kuhn promises to be an ex- cellent player for he can run, pass, and punt, N. Duft is a good runner and blocker. He was also good at knocking down opposing passes. Captain Eldo Duft, was good at all the fundamentals of football. He combined a good brain with fast legs. Eldo was handi- capped by a bad ankle. Our 15335-36 team had promise even though they lost most of their games.