Petaluma High School - Trojans Yearbook (Petaluma, CA)

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was followed consistently for six weeks, at the end of which time all were in fair condition. The day of the games came at last and ’twas a merr}’ crowd that assembled to cheer our boys to success. The shot put was called first, in which O. fl. Lafranchi of our school was en¬ tered, but failed to qualify. Next came the loo- yard dash, in which Mr. Poehlman obtained third place, scoring our first point for the day. RELAY TEAM. In the 22()-yard dash Poehlman al.so took third place. In the 440-yard dash and high jump we had H. K. Brainerd who failed to score, yet did very well. In the distances were Lauritzen, Ilarte and Dean who, although they did not succeed in getting within the limit, promised well for the future, ' i ' he last event of the day, the relay, was verv exciting. First place was won by Ukiah, Santa Kosa second, Petaluma third, who beat the Healdsburg High and kept them from scoring a point. Baseball. The baseball season was opened after the completion of the field .sports. A league was formed, consisting of four teams; .Santa Ro.sa High, Healdsburg High, Santa Ro.sa Business College, and Petaluma High. Practice for the first game began w’ith great vim and enthusiasm and the first game was played on May 24th in this cit}’ between the .Santa Ro.sa High and the Petaluma High. The game was interesting and well played until the eighth inning, when the score stood 3 to 2 in our favor. Then came that disastrous last inning, wdieii our team went to pieces and we were defeated by a score of 8 to 3. Following is the line-up of our team : Catcher, Farrell; pitcher, Lauritzen; first base, Guyon; .second ba.se, Baldwin; third base, Poehlman; short stop; Kenneally; right field, Hart; center field, Tuttle; left field, Camm. Basketball. In 1S98 was started the first basketball team j of the P. H. S. The pupils were very enthu- , siastic at first, but the interest didn’t last long and basketball was dropped until last year, ' when a team compo.sed partly of High School I girls and partly of outsiders was formed. This ! team played two match games, one with the I .Santa Ro.sa fligh School and one with the At- i lanta team of the Girl’s High .School of .San I Francisco. In the first match, owing to each j team playing by different rules, we were de- j feated, but in the second game we defeated the ' .San ITancisco team by a considerable margin. ; This year the sport was again revived, though I not until late in the sea.son, and the team was ' composed wholly of girls going to the High .School. Through Mrs. McNear’s kindness we practiced in her tennis court for a while and later in an empty lot on Keller .street. The girls worked hard and conscientiously, the one disadvantage being that we could never get a large or strong enough team to play against, and therefore had to divide, so losing much team practice. Along with our hard work we had full, and many good times which we will not soon forget. The girls al.so claim that ba.sket ball aids in mathematics (for example- — ])roving propositions in geometry.) The basket ball officials this year were Kdna Rodgers, captain and Te.ssie .Sweed, manager. The regular team was comj o.sed of the fol¬ lowing :

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tion for municipal suffrage in the United States ; is undesirable.” Affirmative : Miss Perinoni, | Mr. Lauritzen. Negative : Miss Healey, Mr. ; Camm. After the program a business meeting was ! held. Officers for the ensuing term were nomi¬ nated as follows : For President, Mr. Camm, Mr. Poehlman. Vice-President, Mr. Foster. vSecretary, Miss Rodgers. At the next meeting of the society held March 21st, the officers were elected as follows : President,-Mr. Poehlman ; Vice-President, Mr. Foster ; Secretary, Miss Rodgers ; Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Cromwell. The President appointed on the program com¬ mittee Mrs. Hubbard and Misses Sweed and Schluckebier. Not only had our accommodations to be in¬ creased but the numbers of our program were of a more varied character, and never failed to draw a large and interested audience. Follow¬ ing is the program of the above meeting : Piano duet. Misses Boekenoogen and Schluckebier. A Foot-ball Farce written by MivSS Kurtz. De bate : Resolved —“That an Income Tax, if Constitutional, should be incorporated into the tax system of the United vStates. Affirmative : Misses Ottie Smith and Martinelli. Negative : Misses Burns and Early. Ever since the organization we have con¬ tinued to meet almost regularly twice a month. It’s object—that of teaching the student power of expression, of self control and self-assur¬ ance, is being more and more fully realized. The benefits derived from such efforts cannot be over-estimated. The meetings held since March 21st have been of the same sort, with excellent programs first and business meetings afterward. There were five judges appointed by the president for each debate. Almost always two were out¬ siders and three students. To decide which side presented the better debate, one must pay close attention and follow the arguments care¬ fully. This habit of careful attention and close discrimination is of great use in life, and by putting students on as judges they are taught this habit. Debates thus benefit not only the debaters but also the judges. To Professor Ferguson belongs the credit of organizing this society. He proposed it first and has worked faith full} ' ever since its organi¬ zation to make it a succes s. We hope that the benefit derived from these meetings may so raise the standard of the school that he may feel his efforts have not been in vain. E. J. R. ' 03. ...ATHLETICS.- Football. Although the athletes in this school have not been up to the standard of former times, we have tried to do our best, and have done very well under the present conditions. The football season started with bright pros¬ pects, for we had very good material for the organization of a team. Practice was started about the middle of September of last year. Suits were donned three times a week, while the remaining time was spent in signal practice and formation plays. During practice on the day before our first game with a picked team known as the “ Katz- enjanimers,” our left half back, H. K. Brainerd, broke his collar bone, whereby our hopes for the following day were .somewhat shattered. The day of the game dawned, with the sun hid behind the clouds, and numerous heavy show¬ ers made the ground exceedingly poor for play¬ ing. Though our team was heavily handicapped through the superior weight of our opponents, after an hour’s hard playing the score stood o to o. Because of the mishap mentioned above, several members of the team were un¬ able to play through paternal objections, and so the sea.son ended. Field Sports. Our time was next taken up in training for the S. M. A. L. field day, which was to be held at vSanta Rosa on the 19th of April. Through the kindness of Mr. Smith, Agricultural Park was obtained as training quarters. Training

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Centres.—Hilda Atkinson, Myrtle Ilealy, Kvelyn Hall. Opal Hays. Guards.—Edna Rodgers, Lucetta Brush. Goals.—Edith Wilson, Helen Poehlman, Tessie vSweed. vSnbs. —Eleanor White, Genevieve Martinelli, Ruby McGuire. On May 30th, this team played a match game with the Atlantas and were defeated, the score of games now being Atlanta, i; Petaluma, i. Though defeated, we all enjoyed the last game immensely, as did the interested spectators to whom was proven the many virtues and advan¬ tages of the game. We hope to win the decid¬ ing game next year. We owe much of our progress and success in basketball to outsiders who helped us in many ways, also to some of the boys of the P. H. S., and the members of the team greatly appreciate the attitude and intere.st they have taken. Also the faculty, who have greatly helped and en¬ couraged the girls. We have excellent material in onr team and intend next year to begin to play early in the season, and we are conlident that a good team will be developed. The en¬ thusiasm in the game is strikingly manifest among the players and is rapidly growing among others, and I hope by next season inter¬ est in the game will be thoroughly awakened. T. B. vS. A Heart to Heart Talk with the Pupils of the High School by an ex-Member. Boys and girls of the High vSchool rouse up. Instill some college spirit into your work both indoors and outdoors. Increase the member¬ ship of your school by going to ont.side districts and impressing upon those pupils graduating, the necessity of higher education. It can be done. Why not do it ? We have a city and surrounding country which should send at lea.st one hundred and possibly one hundred and fifty pupils to our High School, whereas we have but seventy or eighty. By interviewing those graduating from the country schools, more and better athletes may be secured. Other schools do this, and year after year their member.ship increases, while that of our own High vSchool remains station¬ ery. A spirit of apathy seems to pervade over the pupils of our school. We have as good a .set of athletes as can l e found in any other high school, but they never exert themselves to bring to victory that dear old purple and white. This year wdiat did our athletes do? Practi¬ cally nothing, making a total of only four points. Now let us .see if we cannot find a way to remedy this. To my mind the cause is very plain and it is due to the fact that the boys did not attach sufficient importance to the field .sports to train carefully. We had a good high jumper who refused to practice. We had a good half-mile runner who got tired ami quit. We had some good hurdlers who refused to train. We had a good shot put¬ ter who failed to put. It is such things as these that keep our school at the bottom of ‘the ath¬ letic ladder of fame. Tet us see if this cannot be remedied next sea.son. If the boys show the proper .spirit there are a number of ex-graduates here who would be willing to help financially and other ways We can get the material and let us do it. Visit the country schools, impress upon the grad¬ uates’ mind the importance of a High vSchool education. Use all the eloquence and persua- .sive power you can muster, and then we can look for a great increa.se in the number of pupils in our High School. Then in succeeding years our athletes will be on lop and not on the bottom. Good Manners C ' lood manners, while they are the dress of a gentleman, do not determine, by any means, his character. Mere politene.ss can never be a substitute for a moral excellence, any more than you can tell what the heart of a tree is by .seeing the bark. Etiquette is .simply a sub- .stitute for good manners and is very often a big counterfeit. vSincerity is the highest quality of good manners. It don’t cost anything to say a kind word, and I it often helps a fellow out of a tight ])lace.