Stevensville High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Stevensville, MI)

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Seated: A. Cupp. A. Raab. F. Cupp. E. Lockwitz. J. Bodjack, L. Mielke Standing: C. Uher. H. Markwald. J. Jung. G. Ott. G. Mielke. Mr. Snearer. Coach On November 1. 1939, a group of green gangling youths reported to Coach Shearer for the first workout of the 1939-40 basketball season. With only two having varsity experience and one of them becoming ineligible after Christmas and con- fronted with a tough 17-game schedule, the outlook was anything but bright. However, after a month of practice a functioning five emerged from the nebular mass. This group gave a creditable account of themselves up to the last game before Christmas, winning two and losing three by close margins. Then came the debacle. Due for his last appearance, Edgar Lockwitz injured his ankle before the Baroda game and was unable to play. Joe Bodjack suffered a like injury, and deprived of two stellar defensive men, Baroda took us for the first time in years and years. Late in the season, with a record of only three wins in twelve games, the in- experienced Cardinals came to life and won four out of the five games remaining pufie twenty-two

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through with Hying colors. However, with each year comes the problem of deciding just who is to do the printing, engraving, and such as that. We gave our contracts to Jahn Ollier Company, Qillege Print Shop, and Mr. Frank. The making of an annual is not an easy, but rather a difficult task, which takes time and work by the staff members. One of the first steps after the pictures have returned from the photographer is to cut them to a certain specified size. This is sometimes difficult and it ends in a debate as to whether to cut off all the excess from the feet or from the top. 1 he catastrophe of the year happened when we snipped off the heads of the Juniors and had to send for a new picture of them. The next step is the mounting of the pictures. The space is then marked off on white paper. Rubber cement (an adhesive material especially suited for this work) is then applied over the entire surface and the picture is placed in the proper place. All excess rubber cement which might cling to the edges is easily rubbed off. The only disadvantage of working with this material is the penetrating odor which is disagreeable. After the pictures have been mounted and sent off to the engravers, we set about writing the stories. Here the work is more evenly divided and each has his assigned story to write. The major task then falls upon the shoulders of the Co-Edit- ors when the typing is done. So many words to a line, so many spaces for this, and so on are the thoughts running through their minds. When this is done, our work is done. We hate to see our journalistic year come to a close, hut it has been a worth-while one. We are looking forward eagerly to a new year. page tircnty-oiic

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on our schedule, the one loss being an overtime game with Berrien Springs, Class C District Champion. Winning only seven of our seventeen games, we nevertheless had the unusual satisfaction of having outscored our opponents 433-421. Carrying on the inspired play, the Cardinals won the District Championship with successive victories over Eau Claire and St. John’s Catholic at Dowagiac. Our surprising victory string was broken by a smooth functioning, smart and fast Burr Oak team in the semi-finals of the Regional Tournament at St. Joseph. With only two losses to the present squad by graduation, prospects look bright for 1940-41. The S c h e d u 1 e December 1 S.H.S. 31 Edwardsburg 22 December 5 S.H.S. 32 Bridgman 36 December 8 S.H.S. 22 Cassopolis 16 December 15 S.H.S. 25 St. Johns 27 December 19 S.H.S. 26 Berrien Springs 31 December 22 S.H.S. 16 Baroda 27 January 5 S.H.S. 28 St. Joe Catholic 35 January 10 S.H.S. 22 New Troy 23 January 16 S.H.S. 21 Eau Claire 24 January 19 S.H.S. 34 Galien 21 January 23 S.H.S. 26 Bridgman 45 January 26 S.H.S. 26 St. Johns 28 February 2 S.H.S. 32 Galien 9 February 9 S.H.S. 25 Baroda 15 February 13 S.H.S. 21 Berrien Springs 24 (ot) February 16 S.H.S. 25 New Troy 21 February 22 S.H.S. 21 St. Joe Catholic 17 DISTRICT March 1 S.H.S. 26 Eau Claire 23 March 2 S.H.S. 42 St. Johns 29 REGIONAL March 8 S.H.S. 27 Burr Oak 31 page twenty-three