Napoleon High School - Buckeye Yearbook (Napoleon, OH)

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-TRACK- l939 Schedule Wauseon 6416-Napoleon 5 3 46 Due to spring football practice and rain, many of the boys were not yet out for track. But we managed to slop around the track in the rain for a couple of hours and come out with only a slight case of pneumonia. Napoleon 64-Pioneer 45 More rain. The track looked like a small canal but we had fun wading to victory. Napoleon 80-Liberty 491!4-Defiance 4843 The sun was out for a change and the boys felt like colts in the Springtime and we broke through for another victory with energy to spare. Montpelier 6716-Wauseon 40-Napoleon 391fz My, oh myl Nosed out by a lb point for second place by Wauseon. Mont- Delier seems to have a classy team this year. There are rumors of them taking the League meet this year over Bryan. Wauseon 4l-Napoleon 3916-Liberty Center 28 Once more the Scots go down to defeat before the V-fauseon Indians, by a couple of points: boy, are we peevedl Bowling Green 62'-Napoleon 5516-Liberty Center 3016 The boys gave B. G. a chase all the way but due to a couple of bad breaks B. G. finally nosed ahead. For the first time in many years we are able to give you the Hnal scores of the League track meet. The Meet was held at Montpelier. The qualifying tryouts started at 6 o'clock and the finals started at 8 o'clock under Mont- pelier's new flood light system. Following are the results: Bryan 72, Montpelier 48, Wauseon 36, Liberty Center 24, Napoleon 20, Defiance. l6. Napoleon did not fair so well in the League meet. Everybody seemed to have an OE night: very few of our boys even qualified for the finals. Tennis The concrete courts at our High School have definitely encouraged a revival of the game of tennis. Heretofore, private courts were the only facilities avail- able for improving your game. Now we find more underclassmen playing tennis and consequently, varsity tennis has its greatest number of young players. Matches were played with Bowling Green, Toledo Scott, Bryan and De- fiance, with more wins than losses recorded. We had the privilege of being the host for the league meet on the l5th of May: the district meet was held at Bowling Green May l9th-20th. Members of the Napoleon Tennis team are: Andrew Lowry Russel Smiley Robert Brillhart Robert Kanney James Funkhouser William Ludeman Ward Andrew

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TRACK 1 120 Yd. High Hurdles 100 Yd. Dash - Mile Run - Half- Mile Relay 440 Yd. Dash - 220 Yd. Low Hurdles Half-Mile Run - 220 Yd. Dash Mile Relay Shot Put Pole Vault High Jump Discus - Broad Jump Track Team - J. Martin, J. Bost R. Enz, D. Chang - - - F. Walter, E. Ingle D. Chance. R. Enz, C. Kniilin, D. Zimmer - - - R. Kiser, G. Higbea - D. Chance, J. Bost R. Gebhart, H. Willeman - - - R. Enz, G Knimn F. Walter, R. Kiser, J. Zimmer, G. Higbea - - - D. Zimmer, K. Hoover D. Zimmer, J. Zimmer - R. Kiser, G. Miller D. Zimmer, L. Clausen R. Enz, L. Kolbe

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-- CLASS OF '39 --1 Give Honor To Whom Honor Is Due Within the last four years, two especially momentous events have occurred in Napoleon High School. The first was the arrival of ninety-eight tiniid and self-conscious youngsters into the corridors and classrooms of the high school in l936. The second, in 1939, was the graduation of sixty-nine young men and women, now inspired and made hopeful for the future by the capable in- struction of the faculty. Let us review a few of the more important incidents which have brought such a great change over us. From the beginning, the class of '39 proved to be an active group. We willingly and successfully participated in athletics, debate, music, clubs, student governing, dramatics, and social affairs. Our two class plays, A'Growing Pains , in 1938, and The Night of January l6 , a year later, will always be remem- bered as smash hits. The Junior-Senior Prom which was our farewell gift to last year's seniors established a high goal for future classes to strive for. Those of our classmates who were unable to join in the participation furnished the support which helped immeasurably to further our success. Our last year in high school has passed rapidly-much too rapidly for those of us who regret that we must leave the friendly portals of Napoleon High School so soon. The 1939 Buckeye, our final and greatest accomplishment, has been planned and completed, and the National Honor Society has been inaugur- ated, and these are now memories along with the Junior-Senior, Baccalaureate and Commencement. And so the class of 1939 passes on to make room for the next group of eager seniors. Although we too are eager to step out into the world and take our place in life, we will always remember the joys and sorrows of our high school days. -LAWRENCE EUNKHOUSER. Adoptions Maroon and silver-gray. FLOWER Carnation. MOTTO An hour of triumph comes at last to those who watch and wait.