North Vernon High School - Mirror Yearbook (North Vernon, IN)

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T. . . ATHLETICS . . Q Another baseball season closes leaving N. V. H. S. victor on the diamond. For three years she has stood undefeated by any high school team and may she so stand for years yet to come. The ont- look at the opening of the season showed quite well for a good team, there being tive left over from last year's team. Practice began as soon as the weather would permit and within a few weeks the team was in a very good condition. Our season opened a little later than usual on account of the fact that our manager had trouble in sched- uling games. One high school of twice our size actually owned up to the fact that her team was not strong enough to play us. SEYMOUR VS. NORTH VERNON. On Saturday morning, April 14th, tl1e team journeyed to Sey- mour to open the season by a game with S. H. S. The day was bright and warm although the ground was rather wet from a heavy rain of the night befcre. They arrived in Seymoui in good time and after a yell of greeting to the little city all went to the hotel and deposited theirluggage and good behavior. From there the boys rambled out to view the town-Holland and Davis to find some fair ones whom they had met during the football season. It is needless to say that there were many anxious hearts both with the team and at home who were uncertain as to the outcome of the game. And why not? The first game of the season away from home and a new battery. All this uncertainty was soon banished from the minds of those present when the game opened. North Vernon opened the game as though she was used to it. Two scores were brought in and then Seymour came to the bat. They handled the stick quite well but were unable to score. For quite a while the score remained 2 to o in favor of N. V. At last Seymour managed to bring in three scores. With this the crowd sent np a mighty cheer. Know-it-all Seniors, know-nothing Juniors, Freshies of the squeaky voiced species and all- lent their voices to the common cause and yelled like mad. The boys of old N. V. were not at all rattled by this noise but rather were encour- aged to put forth a greater effort. After this inning Seymour couldn't keep up with us. The boys all be- gan to play like old heads and the game closed with a score of 9 to4 in favor of N. V.

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Q . . ORCHESTRA . . Q Among all the organizations of our school the H. S. orchestra sure- ly deserves notice. Under the in- fluence and management of Prof. Poust a few H. S. pupils of musical talent banded themselves together to form an orchestra. Soon others joined and now we have an orches- tra of twelve members. After much hard study and practice they surprised the school with a few selections one morning. Since then they have played frequently before the school and on Wednesday, May 16th, they furnished music for an entertainment and social at the Whitcomb opera house. They will play at l.l16COl11111EllC6l1161ltCXGl'ClSES Monday, May 28. We feel much indebted to Prof. Poust for his assistance in the Ja, work. Not only has he been a very great help to the members but to the school as well, for without his influence and aid we believe that the orchestra would not have been organized. Now that the school has seen the benefit of such an organization we hope that it will be reorganized at the beginning of next term with as many new mem- bers added as possible. The members of the orchestra are: Leo Hudson. Caroline Bantz, Herman Oswald, first violing Isa- bella Beason, first mandoling Edgar Platter, Griffith Landig, second violing Lloyd Weedman, second mandoling Grover More, cornetg Clara Davis, guitarg Ina Hudson, pianog Nannie Newby, bass violing Prof' Poust, leader. i

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Cox pitched a good game and many times did the Seymour boys beat the air unmercifully. Wetzel kept his big mitt behind the ball so well that only one passed him. A good crowd attended the game and school spirit was not lacking among the Seymour girls and boys. NVhite, Davis and Holland were so favorably impressed with the town and its people that they retnained until the next evening. NORTH MADISON vs NORTH VERNON On Saturday, April 28th, North Madison High School was repre- sented in our town by her baseball team. These fellows proved them- selves to be fairly good ball tossers but they couldn't beat us. At Hrst for several innings N. Madison stood in the lead. The score even stood 7 to 2 in their favor but in the sixth inning they began throw- ing the ball at each other in such a way as to cost them six scores. After that N V. led the way ani the game ended with a score of 7 to 12, giving us the victory. On ac- count of an injury received while practicing, Capt. White was unable to play in this game and his posi- tion was played by More. NORTH MADISON LOSES TO NORTH VERNON AGAIN. The second trip of the baseball team was taken Saturday, May 5th, and this trip will long be remem- bered by those who went. At 6:30 a. m. the boys left in high spirits and a crowded hack for North Mad- ison, a twenty-one miles' drive. The trip there was a pleasant one but all were glad when the destina- tion was reached. It being then noon the boys immediately ate their dinner and went to the ball field. The North Madison boys again started out in the lead but N. V. soon caught up and out- stripped them. The last inning of the game was played in a drizzling rain which made it rather unpleas- ant. The game ended with a score of to to 8, the victory ours. After the game the N. V. H. S. boys walked down the railroad to Mad- ison and back. Some of the boys had never seen the beautiful scen- ery around Madison and although all were tired when they returned to the hack at North Madison, yet all felt amply repaid for the walk. The trip home was tlOt uneventful but space does not permit us to print all the detailsg for information see the boys. We arrived home Sunday morning at 3:oo a. ni., a tired but happy crowd. ANOTHER VICTORY GAINED FROM SEYMOUR H. S. Seymour's aggregation of ball tossers came to our town Saturday, May I2, evidently with great inten- tions of being victorious. In the first inning Seymour scored twice on errors made by our men. The score stood 2 to o in their favor for