Omaha Technical High School - Torch Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Commerce W inter Quarterly T,,,f,3,,Tf,'f,,,,., Athlrtirn Cmic-li l-Ivnlis. lf' Mzlliuney. J. Sl2lllP. F. Rukusek. lt. Siiygg. L. Cunwro. Capt fl. llernsteiil. Nl. Kline, N. Levinson, BASKETBALL HE Basketball season for Commerce was highly successful. Practice was begun X' 5 in the middle of December with five letter men as a basis on which to work. Two W weeks were spent in practice against the Fort Omaha teams, during which time our e ows gave evi ence o eing an em ryro c ampxons ip eam. fm' fll 'a fb' b 11 ' if t January 2 marked the opening date ofthe Commercial League, of which our team was a member. The Commercial League was composed of teams representing the var- ious business houses of Omaha. Commerce won eight out of ten games in this League and, as a result, walked off with the Championship of this organization. The Commerce team was awarded a beautiful silver shield for this work. Mahoney won distinction by carrying off more points to his credit than any other member of the League. James Slane was awarded a medal for being the cleanest player in the League, having only one foul marked against him during the season. Commerce again came to the front in the matter of lnter-scholastic games. She won four out of seven schedule games. Commerce was assigned to class A in the annual State Basketball Tournament at Lincoln. During the preliminary rounds, she astonished all basketball fans by eliminat- ing the following formidable opponents: Lincoln High School .... . . . l2-6 State Aggies . ........................... . l8-l University Place High ........................ l9-l 3 ln the finals Commerce lost her chance at the State Championship title by being cle- feated by the fast Shelton High School quintet by a score of 20-15. Two Commerce men, Frank Mahoney and Nathan fDukel Levinson, were placed on the All State team while Bernstein, Snygg and Slane made the All State second team. During the entire season Commerce took 632 points to her opponents' 545. Out of twenty-seven games played, Commerce won nineteen. The Basketball prospects for the next season are bright as all of the fellows who made the State teams will be back to put Commerce on the map. At the end of the fall quarter, the pupils who were chosen for the Honor Roll formed a club. The first meeting was in the nature of a banquet, given by Mr. Porter. At this meeting the constitution was read and adopted, and the following officers were elected:

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Commerce Winter Quarterly Tw.,'f'2'f,'ff,,,.e . ,. . JB 1-'ff'f'i.i,, .M ,,., .2 Wagga-5, - ... fE.,'!1::zf--'isa - iliirzt 'ifiaitiliiiih 1 B. Brown I W. Crnmei' E Hnracek l.ieut. Adj. lflajor, lst Battalion Ar-ting Soc-mul Lieutenant Qll2lI'fCI'l!l2lStCl' I THE REGIMENT A HE Regiment had its inception in the spring of I9I 7 when two or three of the older boys, and several members of the faculty, Mr. Scriven, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Voll- mar, Mr. Detring, and Mr. Delzell in consultation with Principal Adams, started a voluntary Battalion, composed of three companies. We started from the bottom to build our regiment. There were no experienced men except a few of the faculty who had some time or another received military training. The regiment was a new organization and like any other organization, it took time, patience, and skill to get it into proper shape. We had to start our drill with the old discarded riHes that were probably used in the Civil War. They were rusty, bent, and broken. .That so much has been accomplished is due to the fact that every officer and every man has entered into the work with the spirit of co-operation, good will, and earnestness. Continued on Page 27