Holgate High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (Holgate, OH)

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.al The Senior Railsplitter ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL G, A. A. is an organization to which every senior high girl automatically he- longs and Sports Cluh is a group of leaders of the G. A. A. Only girls who are vitally interested in sports, tourna- ments and the improvement of the gym classes join this club. Some very interesting work has heen achieved this last year in the Lincoln club. Girls have learned many new games in- cluding: tether hall, archery, ping-pong, Noel,-E M. 1-Rlpli shuffle hoard, hand tennis, ring tennis, and t,l'v'l.r' .-ltlllclft' t'o4n'li lltlwlitlg. VYH AT FUN! lladminton. which came from Australia, caused much excite- ment in lfurope when the lfarl of Badminton engaged in the game. llc received so much pleasure and enjoyment from the game. that the people named the game after the Earl. lt is one of the hest liked games played hy l.incoln girls. VVllA'l'l COFFICE CANS? The girls decided they would like to learn to play tam hall which is played with tamhourines hut they had no tamhourines. The hrilliant liunice M. Cripe. girls' physical education instruc- tor, solved the prohlem hy supplying each girl with an empty cotiec can. liven though it wasn't the tamhourine it was a good suhstitnte. This game, which originated in Germany, was en- joyed hy all who engaged in it. DARTS lllT THE SPOT! Konano, an lndian game, was played early in the fall of W3-4. ln playing the game, wands, two hean hags joined to- gether with a hridge of canvas cloth two inches from each hag, are used. ' Darts has also heen played this year. It is similar to that of archery, only darts are thrown instead of shooting arrows and no how is used as the player merely stands off at a distance and throws the dart at the target. lt didn't take 300 years to produce queens . . . Lincoln sports queens today . . . Helen Glew started her active sports' career in l0th grade when she joined G. A. A. Since then she has received a num- eral, an l.. G. A. monogram, an all-city monogram, a swimming monogram. This semester she received an added ring to her all-city monogram. This young sportswoman had the second highest numher of points this year in G. A. A., receiving l,7Z3 points. llclen is an all-around girl athlete, her favorites heing had- minton, hasehall and haskethall. She is runner-up in the had- minton tournament, losing hy 3 points. Mary lfini came to l.incoln High from jefferson elementary school, hecoming active in sports when she joined the G. A. A. in l0th grade. Mary has received a numeral, l.. G. A. mono- gram, all-city monogram and this semester she received an added ring around her all-city monogram with 1,679 points in G. A. A.. rating third place in numher. Mary is an excellent hasehall player, playing on the VVomen's League team. This is her favorite sport. ,lessic P. A. Andersen entered Lincoln High in 1930 from VVest Country school. ,lessie's sports' career hegan when she joined the G. A. A. in l0th grade. Since then, this energetic girl has received a numeral, l.. G. A. monogram, an all-city monogram. an added ring to her all- city monogram, and has received monograms in swimming and tennis. She helongs to National Honor Society. Jessie is an all-around girl athlete, more active in tennis than any other sport, with second choice, hadminton. This sportswoman is the first girl in Lincoln High to receive 2,000 points in G. A. A. She is also winner of the Lincoln had- minton tournament. TRACK Track . . . few fellows turned out for track in l,incoln's early days. To- day Coach Graaff has Z0 men training. Starting about March l, 1935, the track squad of about 25 boys worked out in the gym under the supervision of its new coach, Lorin ll. GraaH'. After ahout three weeks' practice the candidates hegan to thin out, many in favor of golf, tennis, or hasehall. In the city indoor meet, the hoys took 16 points getting a second in the Z4 lap ttwo-mile! relay, and thirds in the l6 lap UM milej and novice relays. The IZ lap tl milel and the 8 lap CM-milel relays took fourths. Running on the two-mile team were Downey, Ellis, Madison, and NValdcn. ln the next meet, the Valley junction relays, the two-mile relay took fifth and were harely heaten hy the fourth place team. ln the Drake Relays the one-half mile team of Camp, Downey, Ellis, and Wharff took a fourth. ln the district meet at Valley the tracksters took six points, the one-fourth mile relay team placed second in their heat and the one-half mile team taking fourth. The one-fourth mile team consisted of Camp, Follwell, F. Gillotti, and llamlin. ln the district consolation meet the hoys proved they did have something when they took 42 points for fourth. A first and second were taken hy the medley and two-mile relays, respectively. The one-half mile relay also took second. To make up the medley team, Coach Graaff picked Davis, lillis, Foll- well, and F. Gillotti-running one-fourth mile, one-half and 220 yards respectively. Davis and Downey took thirds in the indi- vidual one-fourth and one-half mile runs respectively. In the 100-yard dash Camp placed fourth, in the 220 Wharff took second, and a third place was taken hy the one-fourth mile relay. To show they had improved since the city indoor they took Z2 points in the outdoor meet. This can he compared to the l6 points in the indoor meet. The tvvo-mile team took third and the medley-mile, one-half mile and one-fourth mile teams took fourths. Prospects for next year's team look hright as seven of the ten men receiving letters will he hack and some strong junior track men will he seniors next season. Those receiving mono- grams include: Camp. lf. Davis, Downey. lillis, Fiske, Follwell, F. Gillotti, Madison, VValden, and VVharFf. All of these will return except Camp, Downey and Ellis. COACH IAJRAN H. GRAAFF 1, Siillllllillffigj fllrntor june Iiilhert of senior homeroom 135 has heen suc- cessful in keeping a perfect six-year record of attend- ance. .lune has attended only two schools, Lincoln and llome Elementary. Beginning at Lincoln in the 7B class in 1929, june has succeeded in reaching her grad- uate year without heing ahsent or tardy. Next fall june plans to attend a commercial school, where she hopes to continue in her perfect attendance record. incidentally, what an odd coincidence to he named june and graduating in June! 2.2

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A The Senior Railsplitter ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL 7 Forums Inaugurated By N. I'I. Weeks listalulishnient of senior student foruins, dovetail- ing with senior economics classes, was 1111 innovation i11Zl1lQ111'Zllt'll hy Nathan ll. Vtleeks. principal, i11 Sep- tember, 11154. ,I'rincipa1 X'Veeks states that these thirty forums each semester have been a s11ccess in interest- ing students to think 1113011 C111'I'C11I topics as applied to indixidual 11501-l1l11CSS to the coinniunity, with 3115 stu- dents participating weekly. The second innovation has Imeen the high school Irroadcasts organized in Des Moi11es under the direc- tion of 1,orrain li. VVatters, director of music ed11ca- tion in the Des Moines pulilic schools. l,inco1n st11- dents have lmroadcast six times during this year, with tinal broadcast recorded. .I1l11C. 1035. senior ethics include wearing any ring correctly . . . particularly class rings. If the head of a knight is cut in the stone of a ring . . . if a lmird or aninial is the decoration . . . if init- ials. crest, or insignia are etched out or mo11nted o11 a circlet the ring is worn so that the decoration, insignia or initials are away from the wearer and toward the person gazing at the ring . . . lll61'C1-UTC Lincoln lligh graduates wear their rings with the qXI,l IS monogram away from the wearer. Lincoln Faculty Professional Leaders llune. 1935, seniors are proud of the faculty who in- structed them. Among active leaders ot' professional units are I11Cll1tlC!lI llenry Andersen. associate SL'Ul1l1112lSit'1'. LI. Russell Anderson. 1,incoln representative to Des Moines Teacliers' Federation, 19351 second vice presi- dent hoard and member of executive hoard. Des Moines 'l'eachers, lfederation, 11936-1938. Goldie Alcox Arnold. memlmer of. and advisory hoard niemlier of Des Moines Independent School District Credit L'nion, 1935-36. listher Mary lirannen, l'resident of the National Association of .Iournalism Directors of secondary schools. Mary li. Coffey. T,incoln representative to Des Moines Teaclters' Federation, 1935. Virginia Dewey, member of Des Moines Secondary School Geography Course of Study Litb111l11ilfl'K', 1935. llerlmert A. fifilililll, Des Moines Geographic Asso- ciation treasurer, 111.21-26, president 1916-285 president 'Iiri State Chili, Coluinliia L'niversity, l'I.Z'9. vice presi- dent IUSO, secretary-treasurer 19313 president of Des Moines Teacliers' Science Liluli, 193-I-363 inemlner of Des Moines Science Textbook Lionim-ittee, 19.14-353 Des Moines School Master's Clulw, l1'L'ZlSl11'Cl' 1934-35. Louise Rhyno Ilamilton, l.incoln representative to Des Moines 'li6Z1C11t'1'S' lfederation. The IVlost Successiul Businesses are the Largest Users oi Quality Printing I FEDERAL PRINTING CQMIDANV COMPLETE PRINTING SERVICE Telephone 4-9566 ' Des Moines ' 215 Fourth Street 24