Lakewood High School - Cinema Yearbook (Lakewood, OH)

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ATHLETICS

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R All Are Lovers of Poetry Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! Not today is to justify me and answer what I am for, But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known, Arouse, for you must justify me. In the year 1860, Walt Whitman, that well-known American poet, wrote the above verse as the first one in the poem, Poets to Come. Some years ago a group of students in our high school were aroused, and as an outcome organized a society for the purpose of studying modern poetry of all types. As can easily be seen, it was named after Whitman. Just as Whitman earned a name for himself, so has this society earned a name for itself. Its reputation for having interesting pro- grams is well deserved, for its programs are invariably Worked out with the care- fulness and attention to detail necessary to make them outstanding in the school. At each meeting a member of the club is re- sponsible for the entertainment, and he usually works out a program including a very little concern- Occasionally a speaker is chosen to talk on some poet and his Works, and the selec- tion of speakers has always proved Wise. During the past year programs have been held on Edna St. Vincent Millay, our American poetessg Rupert Brooks, the young English poet, who lost his life dur- ing the World Warp Walter de la Mareg Dorothy Parker, and several other mod- ern poets, besides a program featuring our own Lakewood High poets and poetesses. Once a year, just before the annual West Tech-Lakewood Thanksgiving Day game, the Whitman Society sponsors a dance. This year the dance was called the Pig- skin Prom, and it certainly started the Thanksgiving vacation off with a bang. It is not very diflicult to gain admission to this society. All one has to do is select a poem, read it before ing the poet's life and career, II'1t2I'CStlI1g the society, and accompany it and a great deal in connection with his poetry, some of which Meetings is read by various members. with any spontaneous thoughts which may come to him. Isn't that easy? Page 108

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COACH CORNEAL Y S ' Lakewood's Own Coach 9 George D. Corneal, the dean of scholastic coaches, came to Lakewood in 1917, when the school was small and unknown. From the arrival of Coach Corneal to the present time Lakewood's rise in athletics has clearly shown his greatness. In 1917 he coached swimming, baseball, and football. In 1918 he added trackand turned swimming over to Mr. Cockayne. He coached baseball and basketball until 1921 and football up to 1925. At the pres- ent time he is coaching track and probably always will because of the great success he has had and because of his affection for the school. Perhaps the most outstanding feature of Coach's success has been the manner in which his proteges have carried on after graduating. Harvey Smith, who graduated in 1930, is captain of the freshmantrack team at the University of Illinois. Cliff Murray is a sprinter at Michigan State. Johnny Barth is setting records in the high jump at Western Reserve University. Dick,' Womer is one of the leading dis- tance runners at Ohio State, and Bill Kastler was captain of the University of Pennsylvania track team last year. His relay teams have also brought fame and honor to Lakewood. These are just a few of the great trackmen that he has pro- duced. Coach Corneal is known the country over for his track teams and for his pleasing personality. At Lakewood he is known as an omniscient man, always ready to lend a hand or to help to the best of his ability. No matter how difficult the task may be, he never refuses to try it. For these rea- sons he has won his way into the hearts of all those with whom he has come in con- tact. Page 110