South Williamsport High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (South Williamsport, PA)

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BLUE AND WHITE 7 - + -- ull-:l.s' .v1'111.1k:'rIc:s The school year of 1928-1929 opened with athletic activities for all classes. The baseball for the girls started tlcolxer 2, 1928. The teams were Well organized and well represented by the classes' best material. After all schedules had been played, the victory went to the Junior girls under the t'aptainship of Rosanna Shireman. But the cold weather set in and baseball season gave place to Class Basket Ball. The girls played many exciting games and anticipated play- ing a preliminary at one of the big games. Such was not their luck how- ever, although it is hoped that next year the girls will have a Varsity and one to be proud of. The Senior girls held iirst place up to November 27, when the Sophomore girls carried off the honors under the leadership of Maxine Koch. The second basketball season was started in February. It looked quite exciting when all teams were working in perfect unison. They completed a successful Basket Ball season, and the .KN .-XI'l'RlCtTl.X'l'l0N The Community House has now been in use about two years and in that time any number of activities, including basketball games, Associa- lioii suppers, parties and plays have !.cen held there. The tkimmunity House was wanted originally as a home floor for basket- ball. liecause ol' this, there w'as at tirst some doubt expressed as to the value ol' the building in any other way. liowever, time has shown that this structure has become invaluable to the community at large and to the high school in particular. The kitchens are employed in pre- paring food t'or suppers and banquets, and refreshments for parties and dances ol' all kinds. The first floor is used often for gymnasium work and there the tables are set for the ban- quets and suppers. The second floor when cleared is used for basketball games, parties given by the school and other organiz- ations, and dances. The addition of folding chairs makes it an auditorium - 4- me fa -0 Sophomore girls again came out vic- torious in this second season under the leadership of Maxine Koch. After this schedule had been com- pleted the girls were ready to take up volley ball and track. This year's track team contained niany of last year's stars, and so was expected to be quite successful. There were nine- teen girls on the track team that was entered at Montgomery on Play Day. BOYS, A'1'u1,.E'11'1cs Boys' Athletics started in Old High with' a very interesting indoor base- ball league composed of inter-class teams. The first schedule continued from Sept. 17 to Oct. 24. The Seniors won the championship easily, beating down all opposition. The indoor sea- son was followed by the organization of inter-class basketball teams. These teams proved very valuable to Coach Schumacher for it showed up some promising material for the varsity. The coach called for the first varsity basketball practice on November 19. This first practice was very successful and 40 men reported to try out. Later on the squad was cut down to 20 men who were then caried throughout the entire season. The varsity was very proud to receive 11ew black sweat suits, in which the players made a very fine appearance. The basketball squad carried od the Iirst victory on an undefeated league record by defeating Watsontown, and ended the season by defeating its old rival, Picture Rocks. This victory made them the undisputed champions of the West Branch Basketball League. Following the basketball season the Spring indoor interclass baseball schedule was started. The Juniors are riding tie with the S-eniors for the Spring championship. The track team which carried away third place at the County Meet should be commended. After the loss of most of last year's team new material was discovered and whipped into shape, so that South Williamsport High School has a real squad of nine- teen men. seating approximately one thousand people. Here lectures have been giv- en, class exercises such as Class Day and Commencement held, and school and class plays presented. On the whole it is rather hard to imagine putting across any of these activities without the convenient Community House, so indispensable has it become. Those citizens who were instrumental in making this building a possibility have the deep gratitude of the citizens and particu- larly of the stiudents of the High School. To them the Community House has opened new vistas of activ- ity and has won their earnest appreci- ation.

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0 BLUlE AND W1-I1'l'E +--el t....-, ,,,, i,...-. . - . .. Ir ....- ...WT , . OUR BASKET BALL TEAM 4 TRA CK MEET RFSULTS The 1Annual Lycoming llounty In- terscholastic track and field meet held at Montgomery on Wednesday, May 8, was not a brilliant success as far as S. W. H. S. was concerned. Muncy carried off the honors with a total of 59 points, while South ,High placed third with 27 points. However the borough gleamed a scrap of comfort in the fact that the grammar school carried away all honors in the elemen- tary competition-Southern Avenue taking first place and Mountain Aven- ue, second. The following is a summary of South Side's accomplishments on the field and track: Shot put .... high boys .... Pearson C21 Javelin throw .. high boys .. Webb C25 Discus., high boys .... Hoffnagle C21 440-yd. run .. high boys .. Tietbohl Q31 Pole vault .r,. high boys .... Webb Q22 '75-yd. dash .. high girls Olive Haines Q11 Broad jump, high girls, McGuinn C21 The following is a summary of what the elementary teams have done: 50-yd. dash-boys Bressler .r,.,,..,. Southern Avenue Q15 Musheno .......,e. Mountain Avenue 131 100-yd. dash-boys Fisher ,,,,,,,r,.r. Mountain Avenue QD Bressler ,,,.., r,rrrr S fouthern Avenue C21 50-yd. dash-girls Dinan ,..,...rr..rr. Mountain Avenue Q21 Shot put-boys Musheno .......... Mountain Avenue C15- Bressler .i...,.,.... Southern Avenue Q21 Broad jump-boys Bressler ,.,....,.. Southern Avenue CD Musheno ....,..... Mountain Avenue 121 Broad jump-girls Shaffer ,.,.,.,..... Southern Avenue Q23 Pole vault-boys Quinn ....,,................ Southern Avenue High jump-boys Stutzman ........ Southern Avenue Q21

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S BLUE AND' WHITE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA I ' - THE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA The high school orchestra this year was under the direction of Mr. Gordon Breary, the organist of Trinity Church. It was somewhat smaller THE GLEE CLUB The Glee Club has just finished another successful yea1'. Every Tues- day morning ati48 o'clock they could be heard practicing under the direc- tion of Mrs. O. R. Howard Thompson. The membership at the present time is about forty-five students. Many have dropped out and others have stepped in to take their places. The officers elected at the end of last year were: Ralph Pearson, Presi- dent: Pauline Dinan, Secretaryg Lou- ise Ludwig and Donald Drumm, Li- brarians. They have filled their posi- tions very satisfactorily. During the past term the Glee Club sang several times. They made their first appearance before the- school in assembly. They added .nuch to the High School Follies. During Music Week they offered several selections at the Southern and Mountain Avenue Buildings. On Wednesday evening, May 15, they sang at the High School. This ended the program for this term. We hope that this organization will continue to grow as it has during the last few years and have another suc- cessful term next year. than its forerunner of the year before, but it is expected that next year will be a banner year for this musical organization at Old High: Its size will probably be increased next year by the addition of Freshmen with musical propensities, and its quality will be high because of the 'fact that this was a practice rather than a per- formance year. The custom for the orchestra to pTay eVeryFriday morning in Assem- bly and between the acts of the vari- ous school plays was dropped this ycar, owingito the constant change in organization. However, the usual one- hour practice period was observed Friday morning from 8:00 to 9:00, until a larger attendance was secured by transferring the hour to Wednes- day afternoon. The officers of the orchestra for this year were: John Tietbohl, 'Presidentg Wilhelmina Lammerhirt, Vice-President, Lewis Miller, Treasur- erg Kennet-h Webb and Gwendolyn Mead, Librarians. The membership of the orchestra was reduced from fif- teenfto thirteen on the later resigna- tions of the President and Vice-Presi- dent. In the orchestra there were six violins, five saxophones, one clarinet, one cornet, one trumpet, and one trombone. Josephine Coder, '31, is the pianist. s i 1 1' .,,, 1. ' GLEE CLUB Charles C. Mussina J EWELER Williamsport, Pa. ALBERT MILLER LEADING BRANDS OF MARGARINE Butter, Eggs, etc. Phone Delivery 17 W. Willow St., Williamsport, Pa.