James Whitcomb Riley High School - Hoosier Poet Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Th A . . L , President: Paul Anderson. Secretary: Elvira Chillik, Treasurer: Earl Krieger and Betty Brewer, Cabinet mem-bers. The class honors go to Ruby Burke, Valedictorian: Helen Weidman, Salutatorinng Mildred St l , h' d ' i eee t ir honors, and Dorothy Radican and Zoe Brninard, honor roll. e oflicers of the Senior Class are Ruby Burke President' lVlildre,l 'Steele Vice

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Football ROM the time Owen Evans booted the first Riley kickoff down the field to Hammond Tech's visiting bruisers till Mishawaka Fullback DeMeyer plunged unsuccessfully for the last gridiron play of the year, these twelve men have been the outstanding contributors to Riley's claim for football supremacy. For wins and losses the 1938 season was not the most brilliant of Riley football, but followers of the Wild- cat eleven will partic- ularly remember it as having featured the play of som-e of the greatest players to take the field for the south-side school. Owen 1DiPPYl Evans topped all other backs ever to grace the ranks of a Riley football squad. He was a powerful and slippery runner, and efficient passer, and unbeatable punter, and capable blocker. All these tal- ents earned him the honors of all-Indiana halfback, all-conference and most valuable player. and unanimously all-city. End Earl Hartup was just as effective in his department of play, and was selected hon- orary all-state. all-conference. and all-city. Small but mighty, the Wildcat forewall did probably the greatest piece of line work in the history of Riley. At no time in the entire season did they face an opposing line that did not outweigh them, yet Riley backs fared just as well as other teams who had larger frontmen. At the top are Gal- loway, Murtaugh, and Reiter: and at the bottom Youngs, Frame, Wickens, and Hartup. Riley's 1938 backfield men were overly eflicient. Not only did they do their share in the ball-toting department, but more often formed valuable in- terference for long yard- age gains and touchdown plunges by Owen Evans. A hard - driving fullback, Knapp: a brainy quarter- back, Stephenson: a ver- satile left halfback, Evansg and two hard-fighting al- ternate right halfbacks, Smith and Bell, com- prised the mail-toters. These men represent not the greatest team in strength, or even in size, but characterize a coach's dream for personnel, attitude, perseverance, initiative, and individual adeptness. It was not always their better ability which made them stand above other teams, but the sheer doggedness and never-say-die spirit with which they fought.

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PAUL ANDERSON Press id Printing Club, I, II, III: Committee for Jr. A Play, The Patsy : Etiquette Club, IV: Intramural Sports, I, II. CLEMENT BAILEY Press 8 Printing Club President, IV: Usher's Club, IV: Chairman Adv. Committee, Jr.-Sr. Prom: Property Com- mittee, 4'Skidding : In- tramural Sports, I, II: Football, II, III. sein ELSIE BARSON As You Like It Club: Learn to Dance Club: Etiquette Club, IV: Re- ception Committee, Sr. B Tea: Property Com- mittee, Senior Play: Class Memorial Com- mittee. tt' ew aj IWW 1939 Girl Reserve Club, Pres- ident, I. II, IV: Robed Choir. IV: Operetta, Fire Prince : Refresh- ment Committee, Sr. Tea: Reception Commit- tee, Sr. Invitational: Committee, Jr. A Play. HAROLD BORINSTEIN Came from Chicago in Freshman Year: Foot- ball. II, III: Coopera- tive XVork, Salesman- ship. AMW! , ,. , f 1 ,fr RETHA BOWSER Latin Club, II. III, IV Senior Class Poem Com- mittee. RD Robcd Choir, II, IV. Operetta, Fire Prince ' Senior Drama Club, I, II. III: Publicity Com- mittee for Jr. A Play, The Patsy : Recep- tion Committee, Senior Tea: Etiquette Club, ZOE BR IV. MARY BAUMBACH Junior Bronze Scholar- ship Pin: Prompter, Jr. A Play, The Patsynl Chairman Finance Com- mittee, Senior Invita- tional: Advertising, Hoo- sier Poet: Business Eng- lish Awards: Golf Club: Table Tennis Club: G, A. A. ABE BEREBITSKY Table Tennis Club: Ra- dio Club: International Relation Club: Intra- mural Sports, Basket- ball. Passball: Football I. ss' 5 wi! BETTY BREWER Cabinet Member. Senior Class: General Chair- man, Senior Tea: Girls' Basketball, I, II, III Hockey, I, II: G. A. A.. I, II: Senior Assembly Committee. .S MARGARET L. BUCHANAN Usher's Club, IZ H00- sier Poet Club, III, IV, President IV: Hockey Team, I, II: Publicity Committee, Senior In- vitational: P r 0 p e r t y Committee, Jr. A Play: Art Editor, Hoosier Poet.