Marine City High School - Mariner Yearbook (Marine City, MI)

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THE MARINER 23 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 1939-1940 Then wherefore in these merry days, Should we, I pray, be duller ? No; let us sing some roundelays, To make our mirth the fuller. And, whilest thus inspired we sing, Let all the streets with echoes ring : Woods, and hills, and every thing, Bear witness we are merry. -—George Wither CLASS OF 1940

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22 THE MARINER [Continued from page 21) In the County Meet May 11 all th“ boys rme through in fine shape to reall” throw a scare into Algonac defending champions. Algonac finally beating the Mariners in the meet 56 to 54. DeCou of Marine City was the star of the meet taking four first places and breaking two county records in doing so. PeCou set a record in both hurdle events. The high hurdles in the time of 16.3 and the lows in 23.9. He also won the po’e vault and jumped 5’6” to win the high jump. Other first place winners for Marine were:Bean in the mile with the time of 5:14.2 and Liebaret in the shot put with a distance of 43’4”. Other boys who placed well up were Boullier, Nichol, J. Kruschwitz, Cooper, Flemming, Jenkins, Bogdonavic, and LaBuhn. The following Saturday sixteen boys were taken to Ferndale for the regional meet where Marine City placed 4th. Jay PeCou won the pc’ vault, low hurdles, and placed in the high jump. DeCou set a regional track record at Ferndaie in the pole vault in 1939 at 11 feet. Mike Bogdonavic w nt over 9 feet 8 inches to place 2nd in the pole vault and Bob Bean pushed an opponent to a new record in the mile. Bean ran in the remarkable time of 4: 50.2 setting a new school record for that distance. At the State Meet at Lansing Marine City placed 8th in a field of 66 schools entered in Class C. Jay DeCou tied the state record in the pole vault at 11 ft. 6 in. He also placed 6th in the 2C0 yd. Low Hurdles. Mike Bogdonavic also did a nice job in the pole vault but failed to place although he cleared the bar at 10 feet 6 inches. Bob Bean ran another of his excellent races to place him 3rd in the mile and his time was 4:48.2 giving him a new school record for that distance. JUNIOR HIGH ATHLETICS Under the coaching of Harlen Hall the Juinr High p’ayed two games in football with Algonac. Marine City winning the first game at Algonac 7 to 0 and the game at home 27 to 0. They also enjoyed a successful season in basketball winning three, tying one and losing two. The highlight of the season was in the final game with Algonac in which the boys scored two baskets in the last ten seconds to win the game 20 to 18. The Schedule M.C. Jr. High 16 - St. Stephens 16 M.C. Jr. High 10 - Marysville 16 M.C. Jr. High 25 - Algonac 10 M.C. Jr. High .7 - Marysville 28 M.C. Jr. High 2C - St. Stephens 13 M.C. Jr. High 20 - Algonac 18 CLASS of 1940

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•24 THE- MARINER STUDENT COUNCIL Henry Rankin The Student Council this year is composed of: president, Dorothy Te rl rre; vice president, v d Hustman; secretary, Pat Byrne; treasurer, Shirley Wood; And to give that extra shove when needed we have Mr. Beauchamp and Miss Jolliffe. All of the class presidents ail those elected to the student council from each class are members. This year the student council really got going and made some good plans for the future, and already some of these have been carried out. The activ- ities so far have been dances, plays given over the public address system, and a novelity cabaret and floor show party at the gym. Along the more serious side of its activities is the revision of the constitut - ion which is one of our greatest needs of our present system. The Secretary has been writing to many A”, B”, and C” schools that also have an active Student Council so as to get seme rew iders fer the benefit of the students and the faculty. One of their main d rties will be controlling and managnig of all of the class elections. This will mean that a student wishing to run for an office in his class will be elected by the papular vote of the whole school in the spring elections. DEBATE Fred Springborn Debate in Marine City High School has been very successful since it has taken up, winning high honors in all years except one. This year, the team walked off with high honors, by defeating Roseville and Richmond twice. The only blot on this record being its defeat by South Lake; however, this defeat was not sufficient to stop them, in spite of it they won their plaque. This year’s team was composed of Carol Jean Booth, Scott Elder, and Fred Springborn. The question was, Resolved, that the Federal Government should own and operate the Railroads.” Marine City would have nothing to be ashamed of, if every year its team could equal the standard set up by this trio. The school recognized this, and awarded them silver debate keys. This is the first time this has been done. With the plaque, the students also received bronze pins from the Detrot Free Press. The season was very difficult for the debaters, because a cnange of coach - es occurred in mid season. Until Christmas time, Mr. T. K. Horton, here for his third year as debate coach, advised the team. At the beginning of the new year, Mr R. F. Beauchan p tcok over, and kd the team to its g a!. CLASS of 1940