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

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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

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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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Track Meet The Medina County Track Meet will be held May 2, 1925 at the Medina County Fair Grounds. This is an all day event and it is planned that the various organizations of Medina County meet for a general picnic time. The County Superintendent of Schools as Chairman of the May Day Committee has extended a special invitation to all those interested in health work to be present to celebrate this as Child Health Day. The following list of track events will help in the entertainment. Boys, 10:30 — 50 yd. dash — grades 6-8 — Above 96 lbs. 10:40 — 50 yd. dash — grades 1-5 — Below 96 lbs. Girls, 10:50 — 50 yd. dash— grades 6-8 — Above 96 lbs. 11:00 — 50 yd. dash — grades 1-5 — Below 96 lbs. Boys, 11:00 — R. B. jump — grades 6-8 — Above 96 lbs. 11:00 — R. B. jump — grades 1-5 — Below 96 lbs. 11:10 — Pole Vault — High School Boys 11:20 — 200 yd. relay — grades 6-8 — Girls 11:25 — 200 yd. relay — grades 1-5 — Boys 11:30 — Baseball — grades 6-8 — Boys 11:35 — High Jump — grades 6-8 — Boys Below 96 lbs. 11:35 — High Jump — grades 6-8 — Boys Above 96 lbs. 11:40 — 440 yd. dash — High School Boys 11:40 — Baseball throw — Elementary girls Noon 1:30 — 50 yd. dash — High School girls 1:30 — Baseball throw — High School boys 1 :40 — 100 yd. dash — High School Boys 1:50 — Shot put — High School Boys 2:00 — 200 yd. relay — grades 6-8— Boys Below 96 lbs. 2:10 — 200 yd. relay — grades 6-8 — Boys Above 96 lbs. 2:00 — Running Broad jump — High School Boys 2:20 — 100 yd. dash — High School Girls 2:30 — 880 yd. run — High School boys 2:40 — 50 yd. dash — grades 1-5 — Girls 2:50 — 50 yd. dash — grades 1-5 — Boys 3:00 — 220 yd. dash — High School Boys 3:00 — Baseball throw — High School Girls 3:10 — Running high jump — High School Boys 3:30 — 200 yd. relay — High School Girls 3 :45 — 1 mile relay — High School Boys