Lafayette High School - Oak Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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nge Seventeen I Straining Muscles should be the title of the study in energy on the opposite page. Dutch Thompson is the only Lafayette runner you can see at a glance, but if you look closely, you i-an see Bill Taft. This was the start of the mile run. O Louie Simpson, a Shamrock dash man. had to stretch his legs in the 100-yard dash to get a third place and two points for Lafayette. Q Coach Campbell was giving Roy Miller and Jesse Hughes the low-down on a certain race, but they didn't seem to mind, if Roy's grin means any- thing, Roy is the only returning letterman this year. Q The photographer at the Benton meet caught a picture of speeding Eddie Slaybaugh in his record-break- ing hurdle race. Eddie had just knocked over a hurdle, but that didn't stop him from setting a new 14,9 set-ond mark. I Again the photographer caught Eddie breaking a record, this time in the discus event. Eddie sailed the metal disk 120 feet. Q This time it was the 220, and Louie came through with a win to beat the city's fastest men. MAY 15, 1937

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L Q Slaybaugh I llamrook ' tar MAY 15, 1937. I Included in the record number out for track practice were five lettermen, Eddie Slaybaugh, jesse Hughes, Roy Miller, William Woodyard, and Louis Simpson. Early on the morning of April 9, after several weeks of vigorous training, the Shamrocks set out for Trenton. Though the team placed fifth, Eddie Slaybaugh had taken individual scoring honors with nine points. A week later Eddie led his team mates to second place in the Liberty meet with a score of 15 points. The next day he again stood out when he scored all of Lafayette's points for fifth place in the Chillicothe meet. April 23 at Maryville the team took third place. Here Slaybaugh led the scorers with 16M points. April 30 Lafayette lost a dual meet to William Chrisman High in spite of Slaybaugh's 24 points. Then on May 8 came the state meet at Columbia. St. joseph Central won and the Shamrocks placed eleventh. Louis Simpson and Eddie Slaybaugh scored all the points. Eddie placed on the all-state track team as a result. The final event of the year was the annual city track meet on May 15. Central, with quite a few veterans, won the meet, Benton was second, and Lafayette came in third. Several records were broken. Page Sixteen

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L' and Honor , Thank to Ilonor MAY 20, 1937. I With an air of drowsiness, the students roused to the call of the assembly bell on a warm spring morning last year. Now there are several cures for spring fever, and on this morning the teachers were springing one. It was Insignia Day, which meant the distri- bution of athletic letters, R. O. T. C. commissions, Quill and Scroll awards, and gold and silver L's. Coach Campbell was the first to break the spell by giving all the athletes a chance to show their faces and letters to the wakening audience. Girl athletes also were presented letters by Miss Willetta Todd, their sponsor. Mr. Charles Thomas concluded the athletic awards by giving the cheer leaders their letters. By now each student was wide awake, waiting to hear his name. Gold and silver L's were next. Those who were not in the R. O. T. C. relaxed as commissions were presented to the officers and the rifle team members received their awards. Captain Brisack pre- sented these and the sponsor-major's commission. Literary pub- licity was recognized as Quill and Scroll members were presented. The letters, pins, commissions, and athletic trophies duly given, the assembly ended. But what had happened to the spring fever? The warm, lazy feeling had disappeared, and in its place was an- other warm feeling-that of contentment and of hard-earned glory. D Page Eighteen