Spencerville High School - Spenconian Yearbook (Spencerville, IN)

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tll MANUAL TRAINING WI1.-11 this sulnjeet was tirst introtlueeil i11to the sehool eur- 1lL'll.lllIl Tl1 l'x! was 111111-l1 tlouht i11 the mintls of lllklllj' people as to the p1'111'tiez1l value ofthe1le1Ial't1ne11t. ,Uri-1' two yt-urs of slim-1-ssfill work we linil the sentiment 1 1s 1-11.1112-All untl now we tinil only f11vo1'11l1le l'Oll1llll'llf o11 the X 1'1I'lI ilfllll' lrj' Illv lmys. ure feel Tllzlf Tllz' l'XllllJlfS RIT tlllt C911- 1 1i2l unil lA2t!'ll1 l'9 institute lmve ilone mueh for the boys as it ows what other sellonil are eloing. TlIll! ll1I5' .1:1t+'1'i1.gtl1e rurzil high seliool this line of work sllrmlll l1.1 llelfl i11tlisI1e11s11l1le. XY4- look at them us the future 111-11111 :intl lnlsiin-ss II1l'll. llll them lies the respoiisiliility for tl -A fl'-1'-flo111111111t of 1-o1111111111ity resources znnl lll1ll1'OVt'llll'lltS lll sl-1'l al zwtivilies If BWI Mrk ful' il 11ositio11 i11 an oftiee you are requireil first to Ivl'1'1viIl'v' for that N!fl'lfl2ll line of work. So why shouhl we nnt IW 111'1-pziiwl i11 .YOl'ElTll'Jll2ll just the same as for professional msitio ltr. The Zlllll of thi- .lepart111e11t has been to work out projects that can be of use i11 the home. As we feel any work 011 some trivial. useless project is ti111e squznulered. Because of lnek of equilnneiit we are forced to li111it our aetivities to beneh wooclworking. Thougll we make some i11- vestigntioiis i11to the trades of plumbing, blaeksniitliing, paint- ing eement mixing we eannot earry these out 11 any practical wayr lt is the hope of fill! school i11 the future to put ont ill so- eiety a useful man. This will mean he will neetl both elassical iillll voeatiomil etlueation. Vllhen this is :lone we hope to be uble to faee the worlll witl1 21 lesser number of misfits. That every hoy and girl muy be guideil i11 such a way that he may follow some vocation that will give i11 return 21 good honest living. So to the boy just leaving the common school. You should take aulvantage of every bit of training you can. Any failure on your part will bring regrets to you. So enter some high sehool next fall. It is the next roatl that lies open before you. Go where you will receive the best.

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l I1 i CRISIS li Qi i Kll 1132 lwhil mt limi S9 ,Q-1. 19 Dunn,- 9? ' ' SAWVDUSTERS AND HATCHETWIELDERS

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ATHLETICS Garth Shull. '2O. As our school days of this tm-1'111 are drawiiig to 2111 end we wish to say that o111' boys did 1101 win many victories lwiiig liaiidicappvd by tho lack of lllilt1'I'1ki1 for a baslu-t ball team. all tho playvrs XY4'l'0 IIPNV 1-xvvpt 0111-. thvy havv llllt 1111 a good tiglxt. At the 11l',2'1l1il1llQ'O1f11ll1 tv1'111 tho 1l'illll was not we-ll organi- izvd 211111 they did not han- tho spm-d i11 a gillllt- 4'1l'T1l1' IIOYYUI' to pass thu- ball 1lll1C'1i1j'. hut i11.1l'1' playiiig' some goml tt-a111s witl1 il frrcat 51111011111 of l1I'F11'11L'l1 tht- boys XYOll 1l0l101' for tht- S. H. S. Aho11tt11isti1111- thv ti-11111 was giw-atly wt-:1kv111:d by tho loss of om' of thvii' Q'1l2ll'I1S. Kai-I 1 v1'1'v1. whivh again P111 a stop to 11111 haskm-t 1112111 1l1214Y1llg'. 11y111is1osstl1v boy 1-11-o1'g'z111iz1-ul thi- tt-11111, Rakm-1' a11d 174'1'- viuws playing fo1'wa1'd. llollopt-tl-1' flllllllblllg' w11t1-1' in Sh11l1's position 211111 5111111 taking' F1-1'1-1-l's plaw. Th--5' again play-11 sv1'v1'al Qaiuvs. T111- two last g.l'2llllt'S wt-1-v playvd wit11 thv All1JlIl'll Y. M. l . A. S:-couds. Sl1L'llCi'1'V111U wi1111i11g lmoth g'a1111-s, Last fall tv1111is was thv 10211111121 gaiuf- and i11 PVl'l'j' rt-spot-t it p1'c-vwl to bl- a Q.'l'21l111 slwcess. A TOlll'll21llll'llt was called Zllllflllg' the school and a fvw sets wt-rc played but bad weatlivr sa-t i11. putting' a S1011t0ttflll11Sl11Hy1l'1g. Basal hall swnis to bv thc leading gauio at prvsciit but it was not CH1'l'101.1 to any extent last. fall. 111 this game all thu boys swim to he very 11111611 i11t4-iwlsted and good talent has been shown i11 all round positions especial- ly 111 can-11i11g and pitching. As to the Atliletiu Association as a wl1olu. at thv 1.-loss of this st-aso11 we aw proud to a1111o11111-1- om' SllL'L't'SS1'S although tlis.-1' art- fvw 1-11141 fai' bt-twfa-11. :X111l0llg1l 1-ach playvi' has S'1lONlll111S goodspirit211111111-lpn-11ina way 1111 saw 111-st f1lt'l'l' has 11l'l'11 lllilllj' placm-s for 1l1llll'OYt'll1l'l11. 11+-t llS hopf- that thv S. II. S, will han- 11l'11t'l'Slll'1'11SS ll1'X1yl'i11'. Basket Ball Results S. 11. S. Vs. 11110 10-Ziff 1.00 S.1l S. vs. St. -lov ll-2-S25 Sp11111?eA1'x'ille S. 11, S. vs. St. .lov lti St. -100 S. ll S. vs. XVGO111llll'1l 48 Sp:-111.-v1'vil11? S. S. 11. vs. 1gl111t'l' 210- 11ll111'l' S. ll. S. vs. All1XYl1l'll 26 Spm,-111:o1'Vi1l11 S. 11. S. vs. 11110 2-1-. Slll'llL't,'1'V111t' S. 11. S. Vs. 11110 19 Spc1iCff1'vil16 S 11. S vs. L+-0 15-11 Lao S. H. S. vs. Harlan 16- Harlan S. H. S. vs. All1Jlll'll Y. M. F. A 125- All1J1l1'11 S. H S. vs. All1Jlll'Il Y. M. V. A. 128- Allb1l1'11