Principia College - Sheaf Yearbook (Elsah, IL)

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COLLEGE VARSITY FOOTBALL A squad oT more Than TwenTy-Tive men Turned ouT Tor college TooTbaII under The new head coach, Ivlr. Clark. The season was very successTuI, ending in Three vicTories and Two deTeaTs Tor The boys under CapTain Dick Irelan. The TirsT Two games, againsT Ivloberly and I-Iannibal, resuITed in vicTories over Teams which had inTIicTed crushing deTeaTs The year beiore. An oulrweighed buT scrappy Principia Team was able in each case To gain an early advanTage over iTs opponenTs and To hold iT. ATTer losing To WenTworTh by Two Touch- downs, The Team-deTeaTed WesTern by a score OT I4 To 6. BoTh The WenTworTh and Kemper games, IosT by Two Touchdownsi were very hard ToughT, The IasT one being The ouT oT Town game, played aT Booneville. Ed BriTTenham, leTT Tackle, received The dis- TincTion oT being named on The AII-STar Junior College ConTerence Team, while CapTain Ire- Ian, Dick Tullis, and Cleveland CIayTon re- ceived places on The All-Conference second Team. Coach Clark added a sense oT keen enioymenT To The season, making iT a memor- able one Tor all The players. Back row: Mr. Clark lCoachI, MiTcheII, Tullis, SweTT, I-Iargraves Birch Nahluk Clayfon Geake ISophomore Managerl: LT. IvlcCandIess IAss1sTanT Coach Third row: BenTon, Andrews, BriTTenham, R.: BriTTenham E Kenner DooIuTTIe King, Ben neTT. Second row: U1Iey, Leaizow, ScharTenberg, Irelan ICap ann Van Vleck Culmback, McGraw. FirsT row: CurTis, Palmer, FooTe, Smelker. Moberly .. I-Iannibal .. WenTworTIT , WesTern Kemper .,.,.. Scores O Principia O Principia I 3 Principia 6 Principia I 2 Principia 3 I

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POLICY OE Tl-IE lvlEN'S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Men's aThleTics aT The Principia have been marked during The pasT several years by sTeady growTh in The number oT boys who have been able To Take parT in compeTiTive sporTs. This has been made possible in The college Through The organizing oT boTh varsiTy and inTramural Teams, and in The Upper School by The A. B. C. sysTem, inTroduced aT The Principia several years ago by Mr. Lee McCanclless, DirecTor OT lvlen's AThleTics. The A. B. C. sysTem Drovides Tor The division oT all boys in The Upper School inTo A, B, and C groups acco rding To a schedule oT exponenTs based on age, weighT, heighT, and scholasTic class. Each group has iTs own Teams in TooTball and baskeTbaII, which play wiTh Teams in The corresponding division Trom oTher schools in The A. B. C. League, composed oT John Burroughs, ST. Louis CounTry Day School, WesTern MiliTary Academy, and The Principia. Under This A. B. C. sysTem noT only do more boys parTici- paTe acTively in aThleTics, buT They compeTe againsT boys com- parable wiTh Themselves in size and skill. AT The end oT The year a cup is awarded To The school whose Teams have won The greaTesT aggregaTe number oT conTesTs in all league sporTs. The College Teams belong To The Missouri Junior College ConTerence, which provides regular aThleTic relaTionships wiTh Junior College Teams ThroughouT The sTaTe. An inTeresTing schedule wiTh keen compeTiTion is Thus mainTained. ln boTh The College and Upper School, Toofball, loaskeTball, swimming and Track are oTTered as major sporTs. Tennis, inTramural box- ing, and Upper School soccer are minor awardiacTiviTies. For college men noT desiring varsiTy compeTiTion, There are various inTramural acTiviTies which have proved To be oT keen inTeresT To Those parTicipaTing. This year volleyball Teams were organ- ized in The Tall. During The winTer an inTramural baskeTball league had a hoTly conTesTed series oT games, while in The spring, classes in iunior and senior liTe saving insTrucTion were held. Under This plan pracTically all college men were able To Take parT in some sorT oT compeTiTive physical Training.

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COLLEGE VARSITY BASKETBALL WiTh The maiorilry of lasT year's baskeirball squad back, and a good sized Turn-ouT of new men, Coach Clark had promising maTe- rial Trom The sTarT oT The season. The TirsT Two games. played before The ChrisTmas holi- days, resulTed in one easy vicTory and a de- TeaT, The laTTer againsT a Team Trom ShurTleTT, a Tour year lllinois college, The resT of The season was marked by Tour vicTories and a number oT deieairs by very close scores, Three oT The games being losT by only one poinT. ln The TournamenT aT Columbia, The Team was deTeaTed in The semi-finals oT The conso- laTion round by Jefferson CiTy Junior College, The winning score being made in The lasT Three seconds oT play. CapTain Dick Tullis was named a Torward on The All-Conference Tive, and also holds The individual one-game scoring record in The conTerence. Rankin . .,............... . Shurilehc ......,.............. Scores 5 Principia 48 Principia Hannibal ..... ..,,,.....,..,.,,, ,,,.,,..... 2 2 Principia CenTral Wesleyan 27 Principia PlaT River ..,..................... ,,.. - ,....A..A.. 4 I Principia WesTern ..........,,.,,,.,.,. ..L, ,...,, I3 Principia Moberly ..,....... ,,- ....... 27 Principia Kemper ...,,..... ..... . .... 2 9 Principia Blackburn .,........,.....,. ..,.. - .... 3 2 Principia WenTw,orTh .,........,......... ..,...,.... 2 8 Principia Jeicierson CiTy .......,...,........ .....,,,,,. 2 2 Principia CenTral Wesleyan ......., ...,,...,,. 2 2 Principia WesTern ..,,...,..,.,...,.,........ ,,,. ..,....,. . . I8 Principia 334 Back row: Mr. Clark lCoachl, BagoT'lManagerl, Palmer Nahlilc Bollinger Kropp Kenner Baker lFreshrnan Mana erl Brown i Q i - FirsT row: BenTon, Culmbaclc, RaTz, Tullis lCapTainl, I-larqraves Conklin LeaTzow