Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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L AcoNHrGnScuoon. For the hrst time in years the county track meet has been called Off for this year. However, we are looking' forward to a dual track meet with John Swaney lligh and the coming invitation meet at Henry. About twenty schools from Central Illinois will be present at this meet, where we expect to meet athletes to test our mettle to the utmost. XYe are determined to do our best. DONALD RICHMOND Perhaps one of the most versatile athletes ever turned out by Lacon High is Donald Richmond, popularly known as Skeeter, Donald has for the past three years excelled in various track events. broad jump, pole vault, and particularly the high jump. in which he holds the county record at 5 feet SM inches. The past three years he has been on the tennis teams. which have always brought home the cups. For the past two seasons he has played cen- t ter on the basketball team and has been one of the mainstays of the team. He was elected captain of this year's team, and never has a fairer, cleaner player looped the irons in the history of the school. lle is an accomplished musician at the piano and Xylophone and in 1919 won the piano contest at the county meet. He is an excellent student and has ever upheld the highest scholarship. He is planning to enter the University of Illinois the com- ing year. It is with regret that we see him go, but his record will serve as a future standard for the school. His work will remain as a lasting honor. Success to him wherever he goes.

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I L e turned out for tennis this spring are l.eslie Craig, Nliuard XX'eers, .Xrlo l'e- ters, and Donald Richmond. Some excellent material is in sight for the fu- TRACK Lacon lligh School has a glorious past and a promising' future in track and field sports. XYe look back with pride upon the athletes she has pro- duced. Since 1912 every year we have succeeded in winning the annual ture of this sport. Marshall County Field Meet. XYe have seen our athletes pass quickly through their four years of High School and when they have left us it has seemed for the moment that we were lost. llut always new material has developed to hold aloft the banners of old l.. ll, S. l.acon has always produced runners of note. Of late years Paul Craig has carried off the reeords in the dashes and we believe his record will be long remembered. Shot putters, javelin tlirowers. jumpers and vaulters have not been lacking. We still hear about the campus the names of l'itt Shaw, Charlie Ramp, and George llarvey and other notable athletes too numerous to mention, as well as the more recent graduates mentioned with pride. The undergraduates have a high standard to keep, but we have contidence in them. You of the alumni have set that standard. It is for us to hold it, to forever keep our principles of fair play tultarnished, for the glory and honor of l.acon lligh must live. A TROPHY DISPLAY

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