Sinking Spring High School - Imago Yearbook (Sinking Spring, PA)

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Sitting, Left to Right - Eugene Weidman, Richard Shiffer, Captain Chester Pr’cht, Paul Sallade, Charles Ruth, Student Manager LeRoy Degler Standing - Coach Paul Freed, Norman Hartman, Victor Weidman, Earl Kerlirg, Daniel Dunkelberg-er, Albert WarUenluft, Prof. Harry Sowers, Sup. Principal Many followers of the Sinking Spring High School ba-kctball roftm had lost interest and predicted a losing team for the year 1931-1932 because the backbone bf the team of last year. Christian Harnlsh. had been graduated. To replace Christian as a center and as a captain was no easy task, but Coach Freed was not to be dismayed. One consolation was the fact that the other four members of the varsity club had three full years of experience and formed one of the fastest aggregations in the county. The hope of a center lay in Eugene Weidman and Earl Kerling. When the present term began. Coach Freed began to grcom these two members for the position and by the time the season began both showed themselves to be promising candidates for center. Chester Bright wa selected to guide the squad. The first game of the season was with our traditional season-opening rival. Oley. Inasmuch as Oley . defeated us last year it was time for revenge, and wc got it. defeating them by the score of 19 to 18. This victory gave the boys, as well as the coach, confidence that another good season was ahead. Ontclaunee was the next victim being defeated by the score of 20 to 16 Both these games were non-league games and prepared them well for the first league panic with Wilson. who had developed a strong team who threatened to ••knock-off’ the best teams in the division. To the surprise of the fans and the players. Wilson went down to defeat bv the score of 37 to 21. Chester Bright scored 12 points while his running mate. Richard Shifter scored 10 points. Our first game awav from home was played on the Wyomissing floor, with the champions of last year. Both teams were out for blood Our boys were at a disadvantage, playing on a strange floor, the result— we lost by the score of 16 to 20. This defeat, however, was not to spell doom for Sinking Spring. The next game was on our home floor with our “famous rivals.” Robesonla. What a game it was: For a low score game, this set the record in the league for the year. The score finally was 10 to 6 in favor of the ‘•winners. Sinking 8pring. During the Christmas holiday season our team met the Alumni and set them back by the score of 30 to ?2. and Wemersville High and turned them back by the score of 23 to 9. This, however, does not describe the contest, for it surely was hot. The next three games were away from home. Womelsdorf gave us a race for our life, edging out only a three point margin. The final score was 21 to 18. We next played a non-league game at Muhlenberg where we lost by the score of 19 to 32. We met our real test when we played Wilson on their floor. The game was more tie than anything else, but we finally came out on top to the tune of 23 to 21. Bright and Shiffer again starred with 9 and 8 points respectively, but the entire team played an excellent game. Our next two games were the ones that undid us. We first met Wyomissing on our own floor and took another set-back with the count of 17 to 21 and then met Robesonla at Robesonia. and again lost out by the score of 17 to 22. These two games put us out of the race for the championship. Two more league games and two independent rantes marked the end of the season. We met Wer-ncrsvllle away from home and defeated them by a 28 to 25 score. Womelsdorf was slaughtered by the rcorc of 41 to 14. The return game with Muhlenberg was sweet revenge for our earlier defeat. Sinking Soring came out on top. 35 to 32. The last game was with Mverstown. This turned in a 31 to 12 victory. The season in general was very successful. The team won 12 out of 16 games, which was slightly better than last season. In points scored. Sinking Spring made 387 points to 309 points for the opponents. Our sad regret is the fact that the entire varsity squad will be graduated and an entirely new team must be developed.

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Sitting, Left to Right - Ardell Moyer, Ruth Brubaker, Captain Dorothy Cassel, Eleanor Palthas-er, Florence Allen, Margaret Hawthorne Standing - Coach Paul Freed, Pearl Ott, Faculty Mgr. Louise Moyer, Elsie Moyer, Lillian Bal-thaser, Beatrice Hain, Prof. Harry Sowers, Sup. Principal Due to the loss or four varsity players through graduation last year. Mr. Freed, the coach, had a real problem on hand in developing a winning team. In order to do it, it was necessary to take Eleanor Bal-thaser from a guarding position and put her in a forward position, as well as find another forward. In doing this an offensive team had to be developed in place of a defensive team which played last year. The final varsity line-up was Eleanor Balihaser and Ruth Brubaker as forwards and Lillian Baltha-ser as a first string sub.; Dorothy Cassel as center, Ardell Moyer and Elsie Moyer as side centers, and Florence Allen and Margaret Hawthorne as guards, with Margery Cassel and Beatrice Hain as first string subs. However, in spite of the radical change which took place in the development of a team, the girls won five games out of twelve. The strongest opposition was found in Wilson High and Shillington High. From a comparative standpoint in terms of points, it was a draw since the local team and the visitors, or the •winners and losers both made 276 points. By graduation this year only one varsity member will be lost, Dorothy Cassel. There are high hopes of again putting a strong winning team on the floor by next year. Player Position Games Point E. Balthaser. 33. Forward 12 140 Ft. Brubaker. 33. Forward 12 83 E. Moyer. ’34. Forward 11 18 L. Balthaser. 35. Forward . 10 16 A. Moyer. 33. Side-Center 11 2 M. Freeman. 35. Center 10 2 D. Cassel. '32. Center 10 F. Allen. ’SS. Guard 12 M. Hawthorne. 34. Guard 1 M. Stover. '35. Center 4 M. Cassel, '35. Guard 2 B. Hain. '35, Guard 1 B. Binkley. '35. Guard 0 P. Lutz, ’33. Guard 2 S. S. H. 8 Visitors Oley 33 20 Wilson 14 28 Robesonia 25 24 Alumni 25 26 Wemersville 36 18 Womelsdorf 35 21 Wilson 10 23 Robesonia 17 29 Wemersville, 16 20 Womelsdorf 24 16 Shillington 19 24 Shillington 13 27 276 276

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Individual Scoring of Boys’ Basketball Team Player Position Points Game C; Bright. Forward 121 16 R. Shiffer. Forward 113 16 P. Sallade. Guard 80 16 E. Kerling. Center 23 8 C. Ruth. Guard 17 14 E. Weidman. Center 12 13 E. Mogel. Forward 10 7 A. Flamish. Forward 6 4 A. Wartzenluft. Guard 2 2 N. Hartman. Guard 2 2 A. Berkenstock. Forward 1 2 W. Flamish. Forward 0 0 G. Bcyerle, Forward 0 0 P. Kurtz. Guard 0 0 C. Ennis. Forward 0 0 Scores of the Games Played by Boys’ Basketball Team S. S. H. S. Visitors Oley 19 18 Ontelaunee 20 16 Wilson 37 21 Wyomtssing 16 20 Robesonia 10 6 Alumni 30 22 Wernersville 23 9 Womelsdorf 21 18 Muhlenberg 19 32 Wilson 23 21 Wyomissing 17 21 Robesonia 17 22 Wernersville 28 25 Womelsdorf 41 14 Muhlenberg 35 32 Myers town 31 12 387 309 Ethel Hamaker, Dental Hygienist The Dental Hygienist in Public Schools It is now universally conceded that the most conspicious physical defect of the school child is the unhygienic condition of his mouth. The reports of the medical inspectors in the public schools, who have made but a glancing examination of the mouths of school children, show that decayed teeth outrank all other physical defects combined. Caretul dental examinations reveal the fact that it is difficult to find two school children out of a hundred with a sound set of teeth, and that the fifth grade children will average seven cavities per child. How to overcome this deplorable condition, how to establish clean mouths, sound teeth and healthy gums—this is one of the most important public health problems facing the medical and dental profession. The school dental hygienist is. of course, the answer. Since the beginning of this dental hygiene project in our public schools, we have noticed marked improvements. By cleaning, polishing, and examining the teeth; by tooth brush drills; by playlets, pageants. posters, and contests, the children have been induced to take more pride and interest in their teeth and the care of them. We are taking strides to make this dental hygiene movement, bigger and better than before, and convey its full meaning to the school child. Septombf •r. 1931 May. 1932 Temporary Cavities Permanent Cavities j Temporary | Cavities 1 Permanent Cavities Percent of Improvement Grade I. 127 16 102 13 19.6 Per Cent Grade II. 139 29 128 26 8.3 Per Cent Grade III. 140 48 109 35 23.4 Per Cent Grade IV. 123 79 109 46 23.3 Per Cent Grade V. 91 66 41 46 44.6 Per Cent Grade VI. 25 66 17 47 29.7 Per Cent Grade VII. 6 83 3 67 32 6 Per Cent Grade VIII. 0 96 0 75 21.9 Per Cent Grade IX. 0 46 0 25 45.7 Per Cent Grade X. 0 92 0 79 14.1 Per Cent Grade XI. 0 8 0 5 37.5 Per Cent Grade XII 0 18 0 13 27.8 Per Cent 651 647 509 477 24.0 Per Cent During the year 325 pupils had the teeth cleaned and examined once, and 182 had them cleaned twice.