McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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n 102 THE ARTISAN Baseball 1926-junior V This year McKinley adopted a new scheme in preparation for baseball and to our most delightful pleasure it has so far worked with very good success. At the time of this writing our junior team has played but one game, that being with the Elm vocational school. In this game McKinley showed its greatly improved strength in this sport and defeated its opponent to the score of 14 to 6. In the first llllllllg the McKinley players practically cinched the game. The superior judgment and play of our boys gave them nine runs in this inning, which completely upset the morale of the Elm players. p Everything seems to indicate that McKinley will possess another trophy to add to their large collection. The following boys are the members of the junior team: Cholasinslci lg Ogt A Schmitz Zigi' ll2'l1l1SCy I-Ieckel , Krawezak tCapt.j , A ,, Hulpian Hunter Grant, l. Marino Mfillg Bouley O 'Connor 'Wasierska Darrigo Mr. Rodenbnsh is the coach of this season 's team.

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'I 'HE ARTISAN 101 Swimming--Juniors This is another of our undisputed championship teams. Our swimmers have cleaned up in all meets. Never has the score been close enough to even cause ns a moment 's worry. To Mr. John Sterns the team extends its thanks and appreciation for the time and edort he gave in developing snch. speedy swinnners. To Mr. Gilbert Rogers we extend our thanks and appreciation for the time and effort he gave in developing our fancy divers. 'Phe results of the last swimining meet are as follows: Total Point Scores All Events McKinley .................. 76 Seneca ,.,.......... t.... 2 7 Elm ,....... ...,..,... 2 7 McKinley won: Ten first places, four second places, four third places. Seneca won: No first places, four second places, four third places, two fourth places. Elm Won: One first place, three second places, three third places, two fourth places. These boys were on the team and squad in the junior events: ' King, Birenat, Hunter, Dolan, Campbell, Koval, Mooney, Mills, Miller., William Miller was captain of the junior team. Mr. Fred Harsch coached and managed the team.

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THE A RTISAN 103 The McKinley Alumni Association HS. A. M. O. O. S. McKinley Vocational School found it necessary to organize an Alumni Association to keep in touch with all its graduates. The Alumni Association was organized three years ago. lt was organized on a. plan that differs from any other alumni in the United States. This method, which originated at the school, shows its merits in that it eliminates all dead wood, keeps the organization in high spirits, and has a done lmndred per cent. membership. lt also keeps the boys on a high social and moral standing. The President of the Senior Class automatically becomes the President of the alumni. He cannot hold oitiee for more than one year. This enables him, with the help of the school faculty, to become familiar with all the necessary details, social events and business of t.he alunmi. He must keep a record of all the alumni members, notify them of all events taking place, appoint all committees to take charge of entertainment, also notify these committees of special meetings so that there no interruption in the order of procedure. The alumni meets twice a year during the months of Julie and December. ln the June meeting all the graduates are voted upon, and after being accepted into the alumni, an initiation immediately takes place. Then all members of the alumni are invited to a big dinner at which several notable speakers are heard. At our December meeting Dr. Ernest Hartwell, Superin- tendent of Buffalo Schools, and Mr. Francis Viling, Superintendent of Vocational Schools, were the speakers. At the December meeting the open discussion takes place at which time the various members are questioned at random as to their progress in the trade they are following, their working conditions, also their view on life at school and while at work. During the year at various times it is interesting to note several familiar faces, other than our regular student body, among the boys in the morning exer- cises. These usually turn out to be alumni members who, being at leisure, visit their old school and the faculty. After graduation it is found that they enjoy coming back to sing a few old songs, visit the shops and note the changes in the course of study and the method of teaching. They are quick to note any change taking place and do not hesitate t.o inform the facility of what they had observed. XVe can always count on a. large percentage of the alumni members at all athletic events which take place when McKinley school is involved. At the various dramatic and musical events they are always at hand. Their final request is 'tl'Jon't forget to notify me when you have another good time in store for us, and Ohl, by the way, when do we go to Fort Erie? UI must let my boss know in time so that I can get away on that date.