Marcuse High School - Islander Yearbook (Big Island, VA)

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■The Islander FEATURES 1

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The Islander — Sports Review Marcuse High School put out another winning basketball team this year, taking eleven of the sixteen games played. We attempted a stronger schedule than usual. Included for the first time on our schedule were such teams as Shrader Field, Brook- neal Boys Club, Huddleston, and Moneta, the latter undefeated for two years. High spots of the season included a victory over a strong Huddleston team and two vic- tories over Natural Bridge, Rockbridge County champions. Only Tanner and Keller will be lost by graduation, and if these gaps can be filled, the team should enjoy another successful season. Even if the girls did not succeed in winning so many of their games, we can truthfully say that we have had a group of good sports and players on our girls’ basketball team. Marcuse closed its most successful baseball season in six years last year with a 29-12 victory over Moneta High School, winning the Bedford County championship for the third consecutive year. The 1938 season opened with a one-run decision going to Glasgow High School team. Glasgow in a return engagement and Brook- ville made trips to Big Island, and both were defeated. Journeying to New Lon- don, an arch rival, the Big Island team received its second and last defeat of the season in a close contest. After the New London game, Marcuse won six consecu- tive games, including two decisions over New London and the championship game against Moneta. In the county track meet at Liberty Academy last spring Marcuse took third place among the schools and many individual ribbons including first place in the re- lay, in which Aubrey Keller, Heyden Camden, Richard Gregory, and Richard Bry- dges participated; first place in boys’ high jump, won by Aubrey Keller; second place in broad jump, won by Aubrey Keller; second place in the 220 race, won by Richard Gregory; and third place in the 100 yard dash, won by Aubrey Keller. Madeline Dayton and Marguerite Dayton won second and third places respectively in the girls’ baseball throw, Marian Yakes won third place in the broad jump, and Mae Leftwich won second place in the girls’ high jump. Besides the above mentioned organized inter-scholastic athletics, there were other sports quite popular, such as touch-football for the boys and volley ball for the girls in the fall and soft-ball in the spring. An universallv popular year-round sport was marbles. Enthusiasm burst anew in the spring, but with some of the boys in the grades it was an eternal favorite.

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The Islander IN TUNE WITH OUR TIMES SCHOOL CALENDAR September 7 — School began October 17 — -Community League campaign for new members began November 1 — Seniors received rings November 8 — Colored Quartet entertainment November 22— Junior-Senior Thanksgiving party. November 23 — Beginning of Thanksgiving holiday. December 16 — -Presentation of “For Pete’s Sake”. December 20 — Sophomore party. December 21 — Marcuse distributed Christmas baskets. December 22 — Junior-Senior Christmas party. December 22 — Beginning of Christmas holiday. January 11 — Magazine campaign sponsored by the Curtis Publishing Company. January 27’ — Elizabeth Harlow chosen as school representative for the D. A. R. Good Citizenship Pilgrimage. January 31 — Pictures taken for the annual. February 10 — Basketball season closed. March 31 — “Baseball Follies”. April 1 — Baseball season opens. May 5— Senior banquet. May 12 — Track Meet. May 28 — Baccalaureate Sermon. May 30-31 — Commencement Exercises.