Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

 - Class of 1917

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130 QIIZIJIHIS DE IRUHIIDRB 1917 Track, 19 16 The 1916 track team kept up the good record established f by the teams going before it in that line of athletics, in winning the High School Championship of Virginia. This great suc- cess is largely due to the excellent coaching of Mr. Moss A. Plunkett, under whose training the R. H. S. track teams have , i for many years won enviable laurels, The first meet in which we entered was held at Charlottesville under the auspices of ' QM the University of Virginia. Competing with not only high 7 schools of Virginia, but all the principal preparatory schools of Virginia, we won sixth place with IZ points. Matson took . fourth place in the IOU-yard dash, third place inrunning broad irWQjtQXklflllill1. jump and second place in running high jump. Paine took fourth place in the 880-yard run and Thomas won second place in the discus throw. We next entered in the meet at Washington and Lee University, com- peting with the same class of schools. At this meet we took second place with 23M points to our credit. Matson won third place in the IOO-yard dash, first place in the discus throw, second place in the running high jump and second place in the running broad jump. Barbour took fourth place in the 220-yard dash and fourth place in the 440-yard run. Gibbons took fourth place in the 220-yard low hurdles and third place in the pole vault. I-lelvestine won fourth place in the l20-yard high hurdle. Paine won second place in the javelin throw and Thomas took third place in the discus throw. Our next meet was at V. P. I., where we met only high schools of the sixth and ninth congressional districts of Virginia. We won first place with 76 points. Matson took first place in the lO0-yard dash, second place in the 220-yard dash, second place in the discus throw, first place in the running high jump, second place in the shot put, and first place in the running high jump. Our relay team, consisting of Andrews, Helvestine, F ox and Barbour, took first place in the relay race. Barbour won second place in the l0U-yard dash and first place in the 440 yard run. Bruner tied with Gibbons for first place in the pole vault, Cary took lirst place in the l20-yard high hurdles, third place in the 220-yard low hurdles and third place in the pole vault. I-lelvestine won third place in the l20-yard high hurdles and second place in the javelin throw. , ,ily 4 t g! i

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1917 Qlcurns nf1Rua11nke 131 Paine won first place in the 880-yard run, third place in shot put and first place in javelin throw. Thomas took first place in discus throwg and Yost won second place in the l20-yard high hurdles, second place in the 220-yard low hurdles and third place in the running broad jump. Our last meet was a dual meet at the fair grounds with Staunton Military Academy, who defeated us by 2 points. We made 49 points and they made 5 I, It was a closely contested meet, first one team having the most points and then the other. Can You Imagine ? ? ? Miss Critz chewing gum? Kitty or Shirley talking straight? Smitty not grinning? Mr. Turner in a boxing match? Miss Lovelace dancing a tango? Irvin Amos not laughing? Marian Moomaw not chewing gum? jean at basket-ball practice not saying, I have lost a safety pin ? Mr. Phelps not hesitating? Courtney Allemong not flirting? Branch not sneezing? Annie Young not giggling? Philip with a graceful walk? Warren and Eunice with straight hair? Emma not saying uteedyn? Edyth Scott not studying? Alfred Davis with short linger nails? Edward Comer as Jeff ? Mr. McQuilkin smoking a cigarette? Mr. Phelps with loud-sounding shoes? Carolyn Meadows a dummy? Harley Erb chewing tobacco? Earl not blushing? Madolin Davis tripping the light fantastic toen? Courtney Mottley with his hair messed up?

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