Nelsonville High School - Saga Yearbook (Nelsonville, OH)

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8 The Scarlet and Gray Dec. 8— Rev. Arpee led the devo- tional services in chapel this morning. Mrs. N. Hill and Mrs. D. A. Ferree gave short talks for the purpose of stimulating the sale of Red Cross Seals. Gymnasium floor completely covered with water. Dec. 9.—Athletic Association meet- ing. John Jackson, who has been act- ing manager of the basket ball team was elected unanimously by the as- sociation. Dec. 10.—Meeting of basket ball team after school. Practice on the Armory floor at Athens postponed. Dec. 11.—Tickets go on sale for Christmas Carol. Dec. 13.—Snow and lots of it. Dec. 14.—Water on gym floor has reached the depth of six feet. Dec. 15.—Rev. Mann and Rev. Bums of Columbus gave short talks at chapel. Fourteen of the high school’s great iron warriors received the black let- ter this morning. Dec. 16.—A little meeting to get some pep. Ticket sale lagging for Christmas Carol. Dec. 17.—The supply of coal ran very low today. Probably didn t want to spend their money before the world came to an end. Dec. 18.—“Christmas Carol” pre- sented by the high school this even- ing. Receipts more than enough to bring the Athletic Association out of debt. Dec. 19.—Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you in two weeks. Jan. 5.—Robert Smith, an alumnus of N. H. SM now a student at Dela- ware gave a short talk in chapel. There are only about ten broken seats in the auditorium now. She is the same old school, bu gum! That is, without the gum. Offensive on chewing gum started by teachers. Jan. C.—Scarlet and Gray staff meeting. Jan. 7.—Ground covered with ice —and people. Jan. 9.—First basket ball game of year. Alumni slightly defeated the high school. Jan. 10.—School closed today—it generally is. Tan. 12.—Father Byrne gave a fine talk this morning in chapel. Basket ball team made a trip to Athens to practice on the Armory floor. Jan. 14.—Tests starts. Jan. 16.—Tests stop. Roscoe Gilmore Stott gave a lec- ture in the evening. Senior class is to be congratulated on the wonderful lecture course they have this year. Jan. 21.—John Passen received the Croix de Guerre and citation for bravery from the French government. Mr. Passen was presented this medal for extraordinary feats of heroism during the late war. Continued on Page 11

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7 The Scarlet and Gray school work what a difference it would make. Can you imagine looking for- ward to a recitation like we do a game of basket ball ? Neither can we. But such a thing might be accomplished if we’d all try. Here’s a brand new idea, never been uttered before, so be prepared. Si- lence! Sh-h-h-h-h—it’s a secret, we have just found it out and are going to tell you (if you’re real good). Here it is—the great thing we’ve discov- ered—OUr teachers and your teachers are human! Yes they are, honest. Never thought of that before did you ? Since we’ve found this out, some things we just couldn’t understand have been made clear. They don’t like school any better than we do. They have to study, of course not like we do, but it’s hard to plan so many recitations and everything else. If you don’t believe it, try it yourself sometime and see. Freshmen! Sophomores! Juniore! and Seniors! Stop and think before you do some of the things you do. Then when we get called, instead of being grouchy, let us not say little mean things like “so and so’s a regu- lar cat, makes me tired,”—you know how it goes. If we had to put up with some of the same things we’d strike —or feel like it anyway. Let’s re- member they may feel just that way and that after all we might make things easier if we’d only stop and think. Quite a few people have the queer idea, that a real education is not ob- tained in the public schools. Here are a few facts, that prove this is the wrong idea. “Statistics from Harvard from 1902 to 1912, show that of more than 4,000 who entered there as freshmen, 32% of public school graduates finished the Harvard course with ‘honors’ and only 15.1% of private school students at- tained these honors.” WHO’S WHO IN N. H. S. Best Senior Student—Raymond Shan- er and Lucille Stalter. Best Junior Student—Millard Donley, Velma Young. Best Sophomore Student—Omer Well- ing, Margaret Emish. Best Freshman Student—Joe Stock- line, Virginia Wolfe. Best Athlete—Raymond Patton, Mur- iel Baugh. Best Looking Boy—Lowell Burnell. Prettiest Girl—Pauline Wagner. Biggest Loafer—John Russel, Leona Devol. Hardest Worker — Raymond Shaner, Rose Shay. Most Clever Student—Wheeler New- ton, Alice Wiggins. Grouchiest Student—Roy Porter, Vio- let Ted row. Cheerfulest Student—Don Mackline, Esther Vorhes. Best All-round Student—Harris Wood

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The Scarlet and Gray D On Jan. 9, 1920, the high school team, although having had no practice on account of the great deluge and flood played the Alumni in the first basket ball game of the season. Re- sult 32-10 with the Alumni on the long end of the score, the score though doesn’t tell the tale. Stratton playing his first public game did well at center; Lowden and Burnell played nice ball in the for- ward positions, but had tough luck. Patton and Wood held their men down to no baskets showing some close guarding. Smith and Hartley showed up well when sent in the game. N. H. S. 10 ALUMNI 32 Burnell Right Forward D. Lowden Lowden Left Forward J. Lowden Stratton Center Wood Left Guard Patton Right Guard Hickman Substitutions—Hartley for Wood, Smith for Stratton, Raden for Hick- man. Gallipolis Game On Jan. 16, after a dangerous jour- ney our team arrived at Gallipolis via the “Punkin Vine,” and H. V. (Hock- ing Valley Railroad). Gallipolis as everyone who has been there knows, is situated about a mile from the rail- road station. Some of the “guys” were wondering why the station wasn’t built nearer the town, when Strat popped up with “Oh, I know! They wanted to have the station near the railroad.” There is a street car (?) running from the station to the town and we managed to hang on till we got in the town, where we were met by their manager, taken to our hotel and then to their high school. Gallipolis’ large basket ball floor was the thing tnat beat Nelsonville as we were used to a small floor and nev- er played on a large one before. Gall- ipolis walked away with us the first hahlf but we came back too the second half. late in N. H. S. 18 G. H. S. 45 Stratton . Center . Shaw Burnell Right Forward Broyles Lowden Left Forward Ghrist Patton Right Guard Conn Wood Left Guard Switzer Substitutions—Hartley for Wood, Jackson for Lowden, Shaw for Ghrist. McArthur Game The day after the Gallipolis game, McArthur. My, how sad!, came over to our town to try their luck with N. H. S. Well, they had their rabbit”s