Medina County High Schools - Mecoan Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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Football Teams Lodi Williams Fuller Garver Williams Griffin Leatherman Ziegler Bricker Shaw Massie Grobly Richie Starbird Howell Barrett Coach Gould Spencer Messner Stuart Breyley Borrer Weidrick Querin Black Walters Allison Firestone Guyer Aldrich Stuart Coach Masie

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Spencer Baseball Team William Messner Jud Fuller Gus Querin Clair Guyer Norris Walters Donald Weidrick Dorson Jacobs Ivan Boone Hart Stuart Mac Stuart Melvin Borror Burdett Aldrich Kent Firestone Leonard Black Howard Allison S. J. Masie, Coach York Baseball Team Howard Geisinger Howard Dunning Ralph Bishop Herbert Steingass Neil Geisinger Wilford Agey Carlos Dunning John Moore George John Albert Wollert Earl Fiest George Dushenke R. A. Bohl, Coach

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m The Mecocon m The Place of the Auditorium and Gymnasium Perhaps the most used part of the many new school buildings that have been erected in Medina County is the Combination Auditorium and Gymnasium. Here at all times of the day may be found classes in Physical Education or children in supervised play. The development of the child, physically, has until recent years been entirely up to the parents. The health of the child was thus unintentionally neglected. A low degree of efficiency in school work resulted. The State Legislature did much to remedy this in making mandatory one hundred minutes of work in physical training each week. This work extends from the first grade to the twelfth. It consists of formal exercises such as calisthentics, teaching of hygiene, games and sports, and corrective exercises. It aims to keep every pupil in such physical condition that it will not be necessary for him to miss school on account of illness. Basketball might be said to be the major sport in the High Schools of the County. The games are played in the gymnasiums of the schools. Practice games are planned to give all students a chance to play. Those who are in close touch with this work can point out several cases of weak and unhealthy bodies being made strong so that these persons can well be expected to make efficient citizens. In these same individuals the scho- lastic standing was raised as an immediate indication of efficiency. The Auditorium is in almost constant nightly use by Parent-Teacher Organization, Farm Bureau, Grange, Y. M. C. A., groups along with the many other entertainments offered by the schools. Thus the auditorium and gymnasium have had an incalculable effect in promoting interest in school affairs and in keeping children in school at a time when so many are prone to leave. One Hundred and Twenty-Seven