Oak Bluffs High School - Beacon Yearbook (Oak Bluffs, MA)

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38 THE BEACON I - ff l? ,L F Beck:-r-ll George Hughes Editors Kathleen Alley BOYS' ATHLETICS THE ISLAND TRACK MEET The Zlllllllill Island Track Meet was held at Tashmoo Ball Park, 'l'isb11 y', on October 20, 1933. Mr. Durgin was our coach again tl1is year, and despite tl1e shortage of boys a11d tl1e very i11- ClPl1'1t'l1f weather, he did H11 excellent job as coach. Nantucket, tl1e NVl1lllt'l' last year, did not participate i11 the meet this year, therefore tl1e cup was automatically l'0fllI'll9d to our ltilillld. Edgartown took an early lead Ellltl kept it during the whole meet. Tis- bury came i11 second, iflllll Oak Bluffs came i11 last. Although we did come in last, o11r boys still kept their Nev- er-Say-Die spirit throughout tl1e IIIPGT. The Stllflitllf body co-operated vers well by doing its part i11 cheering our boys o11. Although we were 11ot as successful as the other track teams, we wish to tllklllk Mr. Durgin for coaching us, anfl devoting his time toward making u-4 better sports. THE TRAVK BOYS BOYS' BASKETBALL Oak Bluffs Wins Lions Trophy The Oak Bluffs High School Boys' quintet won the Lions Club Trophy after taking 7 out of 8 of the scheo- uled island games. Tl1e first island game played was between Oak Bluffs illlll Edgartown. The first half was ev citing, llllt was marred by numei-ou4 fouls. Edgartown was leading at the end of the first half by 1 poi11t. They kept this lead throughout tl1e second half and easily defeated us 46-31. ln the next game Oak Bluffs made a surprising comeback against Tis- bury by defeating them 32 to 29. Tis- bury l1ad already ll9Hl'011 Edgartown a11d after o11r loss to Edgartown it looked 'fbad for Oak Bluffs, but our fighting spirit carried IIS tI1ro11gh. Tl-e Sl'I'f'at spirit of o11r substitutes was evident i11 this game, XVl10l1 l'l1l'96 of the varsity team were put o11t on fouls. After this victory we again 911001111- tered Edgartown on o11r OWVII floor. Tl1e game was fast a11d exciting an.l when the first half ended, Edgartowi was ahead by 3 poi11ts. The second half' had no sooner started NVll0ll we tied the score. From then O11 the game was a 1 Oak Bluffsf The final score was Fil to 23. Oak Bluffs gained a firmer hold on tl1e championship YVll9Il we travelled over to Tisbury and decisively de- feated them. Oak Bluffs displayed a fast, short passing offense together

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THE BEACON 37 class, a member of the Dramatic Se- ciety, and is affiliated with Beta Psi Fraternity. Dean Denniston is at home. Dorothy Look is a Sophomore at Bridgewater. Mildred I.aBelle is private secretafy to the President of the Hoover Vac- uum Uompany, Boston. 1932 Selma Hughes is attending the Chandler school of business, in Boston. lluth Jordan is acting in a stock company in Baltimore. ltosamond Tamara is at home. Dorothy Silvia is Doctor Amaral's assistant. Eloise Leonard is at home. llenry Alley is deceased. Sidney Gordon is Island circulation manager for the Standard Times. 1933 ltuth Blankenship is a Freshman at Sargent School of Physical Educatio'-, a division of Boston University. Anna Oliver is a secretary for the local C. W. A. Marjorie Rice is at home. Stella Mackay is at home. Antone Perry is at home. Vivian Souweinc is at home. Barbara Studley is a Freshman at the College of Liberal Arts, Boston University. Robert Edwards is at home. The Alumni Association elected the following officers for the year 1934: Sidney Gordon, President, Adeline Alley, Vice President, and Amelia Burgess, Secretary and Treasurer. The Alumni Association held a birth- day anniversary February 6, 1934, in honor of its founding one year ago. The High School Faculty and the Seu- ior Class were guests and shared the big birthday cake. The Alumni Association held a Bridge and Whist on Tuesday, Febru- ary 13, and donated the proceeds to the Senior class for their Washington trip. After some ditticulty in getting started the association finally decided to go on with the production of their play, The Bride Breezes In . They decided to present it on or about June 1 and to donate the proceeds to the Seniors. Compliments of Clheater Glenn, QB. Compliments of RENEAR'S GARAGE The Modern Lunch DOWNEY FLAKE DOUG!-INUTS AND CUPCAKES DAILY SPECIALS The Home of the Magic Cheese Chun Main Street Vineyard Haven Homemade Pastries to take out Telephone 326-W

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THE BEACON 39 with an impregnable defense. The score at the end of the game was 36 to 21. Our next victory was over Edgar- town on their own floor. The first half showed that both teams were evenljf matched, as the score at half time was 18 to 18! After the rest period Oak Bluffs started their usual second half czzmeback. Shots were made from all corners and a11gles of the floor. The defense was the best ever presented by any Oak Bluffs team. Every Edgar- town nian was covered and they could get nowhere. When the final whistle blew, the score was 42 to 32. Since the Speaking Contest was to take place Friday night, it was neces- sary to play the game with Tisbury an a Wednesday night. The game was wan by Oak Bluffs by the impressive sc re of 53 to 44. After this game had been played, Onk Bluffs had three chances to win the championship. We either had to beat Edgartown or Tisbury once, or if we lost both games play the tie-off with Edgartown. NVe didn't want to take any chances on a play off so we defeated Tisbury again. Our brand of basketball was not so good as usual, but it was good enough to bring us out with a 39 to 30 victory, and thus the L1 llS Basketball trophy was ours! The island game was played with Edgartown. The first half was very rough, and many fights were almost started. It was only through the good self-control and excellent sportsman- ship of the Oak Bluffs team that nm fights did occur. The Oak Bluffs boy-5 truly turned the other cheek this night! The score at the half was 26 to 16 in favor of Oak Bluffs. The sec- ond half was not so rough. Oak Bluffs kept its lead and easily defeated Ect- gartown i11 spite of handicaps by a score of 41 to 24. Off-Island Games The first game of the season was played with Falmouth on our own floor. Our team proved to be much su- perior to Falmouth 's and made up for its handicap in size by speed and ag- gressiveness. The game ended with Oak Bluffs leading 37 to 15. 1Ve secured a new rival this year. The second off-island game was played with the Junior-Varsity Team of the New Bedford Vocational School. The game was exciting and numerous fouls were committed. Although the visitors had a better chance to win because of size and experience, Oak BluEs wm by a score of 35 to 28. The easiest game played this season was with Dartmouth. In the first two minutes of play Dartmouth scored 5 points to our no11e! After a time out Oak Bluffs displayed its usual come- back by winning 43 to 16! Another new opponent this year was VVareham. We played them on a home and home basis. The first game was played at Wareham. Although we lost by a score of 42 to 32, we proved to thern that we were not from a hick town, nor did we play a hick game! We warned them to .watch out for the next game, which had nothing good in store for them. For the second time since basket- ball was introduced into Oak Bluffs High School we played an out of state team. This year we played East Green- wich Academy from Rhode Island. The game was very interesting and when the half ended the score was 18 to 10 in favor of our opponents. When the second half began, i11 less than three minutes the score was 28 to 10 against us. After this we started our comeback and by the end of the third quarter we were almost up to them. in the fourth quarter the score see- sawed back and forth, and when the