Monroe High School - M Book Yearbook (Monroe, WI)

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III III Hill IIII III I lllllll IIIII mini (Hill 1111 Mil III HI III I lllllim I HI III III IIIIIII III 1111 inn 11 iihhihhhhhhihhhhhhhhhhhhiihiihiiihihiiiiiihihiiihhiiiiihiiiiiiihiiihih The District Tournament TIIK Monroe District Basketball Tournament, held March 11. 12, and 13, at the Monroe Armory, has passed into history a being the second best tournament, financially, held in the State. This achievement is a worthy one, for we are the second smallest city holding a tournament. Whitewater carried off the honors as being the l ed. Much of the success of the tourney must be attribute I to Manager T. U. Holyoke. By persistant labor, he was able to run the tourney off like a well oiled machine. It was his task to take care of the decoration, publicity, seating arrangement, picking of teams, officials, and ushers, and to handle the financial end of the tournament. lie, too, had to seat the largest crowd ever assembled in the Armory. Of the eight teams entered, seven were here last year. Prairie du Sac was the newcomer. The entrants were Prairie du Sac, Argyle, Monroe, Wisconsin High of Madison, Oregon, Belleville, and Monticello. Monticello carried off the silver trophy, emblematic of the championship, only after a tough struggle with Wisconsin High. New Glarus showed a strong comeback and defeated Belleville for third place. Monroe lost in the semi-finals as did Argyle. The first day of the tourney proved to he the busiest, mainly because everyone wanted to got a lino on the teams. The attendance was 191.0, with a record breaking crowd to watch the Monroe-Oregon and Monticello-New Glarus battles. Wisconsin High opened the tournament with an easy win over Argyle, 23 to 9. Belleville defeated Prairie du Sac in a slow game, 13 to 4. Monroe, showing a reversal of form, beat Oregon 20 to 10. What was slated for a thriller, turned into a runaway when Monticello downed New Glarus 22 to 12. Excitement lulled in the second day somewhat, except at night. The attendance was 1650, many being turned away. New Glarus beat Oregon 25 to 5, while Argyle won from a much improved Prairie du Sac team 22 to 13. At night a fighting Cardinal team battled flu fast Monticello aggregation to a frazzle in the first half, then slumped in the last under five of Babler s half freakish shots, lost 27 to 17. Wisconsin High downed Belleville easily 21 to 5. In the Saturday morning games, Monroe lost a heartbreaker to Belleville 19 to 15. The Cardinal men were completely off form after a hard fight the preceding night. New Glarus won from Argyle 26 to 12. At night, with everybody on edge, New Glarus swept the Belleville team off its feet, 32 to 2, and won third place. Monticello won the championship by beating Wisconsin High 19 to 17. Monticello outstalled the Madison boys, but their great Babler was nearly stopped. After the awards were given to the Monticello, Wisconsin High, and New Glarus teams, the All-Tournament team was picked by the officials. The first team was composed of: Forwards, Sarbacker, New Glarus, and Babler, Monticello; (’enter, McCaffery, Wisconsin High; Guards, Briggs, Wisconsin High, and Blum, Monticello. The Monroe Tournament’s receipts were $2,005. Expenses amounted to $1,078.11, leaving the not receipts $926.89. Of this amount the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association received one-half or $463.44, M. II. S. is allowed the other half. This is about a $50 increase over last year’s total. They amounted to $1,078. The increase is due to increase in cost of things like the awards, fees, and salaries of officials. THE INTERCLASS TOURNAMENT INTERCLASS games are important to high school sports because: first, they uncover promising material for the high school teams, and second, they give future high school players a chance to learn tin fundamentals of the games. Class teams in basketball are especially important because they have played an important part in finding new players. The basketball season for this year was finished with an inter- class tournament. The games were good and showed up some players that might make the first team next year. The Seniors won the tournament by defeating the Juniors in the last game. The Seniors also got two men on the all-tournament team. Bradford Drake Herbert Tschudy James Wuetrich Evan Chambers William Stauffer (Senior) (Senior) (Junior) (Sophomore) (Sophomore) Center Forward Forward Guard Guard [ Page Twenty-eight ]

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 • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mlllllllll••ll•m•l••mll•lllll•llll•llll••ll|||||•l••ll|||||||||•||•l|•|| llll•lllllllMllMllllMl The Junior Senior Prom OS Friday evening, May 14, the event took place to which tin .Juniors and Seniors had been looking forward through the whole year— the Prom. One hundred and sixty-nine members of both classes and the faculty assembled in the upper ball of the Lincoln building. From here they promenaded to the gymnasium which bad been converted into a .Japanese flower garden. Overhead was a huge canopy of dainty pink cherry blossoms and white streamers, with an inverted Japanese parasol at the center. Here and there gay Japanese lanterns softly lighted the scene below. Along the walls were trellises covered with branches of cherry blossoms. The favors, which marked each place, were in the form of colorful Japanese fans which served as place cards, and included the program, menu, and dances. The nut cups were tiny Japanese lanterns in pastel shades. A delicious banquet was prepared and served bv the Sophomore Home Economics Class, under the direction of Miss Flanagan. After the banquet Helen Johnson, President of the Junior (lass, gave the welcome and the response was given by Lawrence Courtney, the Senior Class President. The suggestion of Japan was further effected by the two toasts, Fans, by Eileen Smith, and (’hop Suey, by Victor Burcalow. An appropriate reading, The Man in the Shadow, was given by Millicent Marsh. A chorus of Juniors, dressed in Japanese costumes, sang several selections from the operetta “ Cherry Blossom.” At the close of tin program Helen Johnson, representing the Junior (’lass, presented gifts to Miss Doerfer and Mrs. Gempeler, who, as class sponsors, bad taken charge of the Prom, and also to Miss Flanagan. Then the tables were removed, and the dance programs filled out. Mayer’s Orchestra furnished the music for the dance, and it proved so inviting that many danced that night for the first time. Everyone had a good time, and will remember this night as the outstanding event of the year. Dancing lasted until eleven-thirty. The Junior Class can be complimented on the success of the Prom, most of which was due to the diligent work of the committees. .John Bruni was head of tin General Committees in charge and had as members of the committees the following: Nona Durgin, Mabel Bushnell, Hugo oelkli, and Grace Goecks. Louis Zimmerman and Hoy Zinser bad charge of the lighting effects. We are certain that even the Seniors con-gratuate the .Juniors on the Prom. The Bulletin Party THE “Dead Hat Cafe” with candles set in pre-war bottles for lights, confetti, odifer-ous tables with newspaper covers, formed the setting for an Apache party in the gym on Friday, May 7, given by members of the Bulletin Staff. Streamers of every color formed a lower ceiling which added to the whole effect. Each member of the staff invited a girl or boy friend. The party was the annual social event of the Bulletin staff. This year all guests of the party came in costumes suggestive of the dens of the Underworld. On entering the gym the party was divided into two groups for a Treasure Hunt. The first clue given to group number two was found in a plank on tin overhead bridge. Group number one found their’s on a telephone pole on the south side of the Square. The last clues brought them back to the gym. Here everyone jumped from the cars and poured into the gym in a mad scramble for the treasure. The prize, a Treasure Island Box of Candy, was found by Elizabeth Hermann on the gym stage. After the excitement of the hunt had subdued a little, dancing began to Mayer’s Orchestra and lasted until 11 o’clock. Kefresh-ments, prepared by members of the Domestic Science classes, were served after the dancing was over. I Page Thirty 1