Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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THE RETROSPECT ATHLETICS Our Warriors In their armor of red and white, Our warriors come out to fight. On their face they wear a grin, And in their heart a thought to win. If the victory by the foe be won, Our team never counts the day done: For on their faces is the same old grin And in their hearts, “You just come again.’ —BILLIE COPELAND

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THE RETROSPECT Top row, left to right—Dolores Case, Donna Metzger, Mr. Taylor, Malcolm Mus-ser, Glenn Bowman, Roger Bailey, Clarence Miller. Second Row—Gertrude Lyman, Emily Swink, Vivian Luntz, Mary Jane Youngs, Annabel Bowsher, Ruth Koch, Jane Seitz. Third Row—Leonard Perkins, William McCreight, Buster Chesbrough, Lula Mae Terwilliger, Lena Ruth Vossler, Caroline Weimert, Mary Ellen Maxwell. Fourth Row—Wynema Slusser, Neva Belle Hoge, Dorothy Smith, Lenora Jones, Shirley Kolter, Elizabeth Cartmell, Mona Linder, Carmen Shaw. The Commercial Club was organized this year under the splendid leadership of the Commercial teachers, having as their basic idea, the identification of commercial students as a progressive group at Blume High School. The purposes of the Club are: To foster a higher and finer social spirit among the students of the department: to present to the students through lectures, plays, programs, the problem of business life and a better conception of the commercial world as it is today; to give awards for typing, which formerly had been given by the typewriting companies but has been discontinued by them; and to sponsor commercial contests which are given each year. The plans of the Club have been retarded this year as the club was organized in the second semester of school, but it is hoped that in the Fall the commercial students may work with renewed energy and interest, and carry it forward surmounting all obstacles. The officers of the club for this year are as follows: president, Clarence Miller; vice-president, Glenn Bowman: secretary, Jane Seitz; and treasurer, Roger Bailey. The Commercial department, an infant member of the school organization, is fast developing into a progressive division of the educational life in the high school and community. I add “community” because we feel that the work of this Department is of vital importance in bringing about greater efficiency and intelligence in the business life of Wapakoneta and its vicinity. Students in the Commercial Department have instruction in shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping, and commercial arithmetic. The English Department offers in addition to these subjects, a splendid course in Business English, while economics also holds an important position in the supplementary business training. Commercial

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THE RETROSPECT Top row, left to right Mr. Taylor, Frederick Jacobs, Robert Frazier, Jonn Churchill, Barton Bowman, John Nagel, Roger Bailey, Glenn Bowman, Willard Carter, Bob Blume, Coach Hamm. Second Row—Paul Jacobs, James Singleton, Tom Cornell, Raymond Hole, Darrell Woolf, Charles Hole, Clarence Miller, Bob Snyder, Buster Chesbrough, James Varner. Third Row—Russell Shannon, Bruce Miller, Emil Tieben, Billy Kohler, Rollin Kennedy, Harry Pohlabeln, William Wellington, Cornelius Loew, Carl Kistner, Marshall Koenig. Mascot—Bobby Hamm. Football This was Coach Hamm’s first season as mentor of the Blume High warriors. Forty-two men answered the first call for candidates. The standing in the Midwestern League is as follows: Bluffton won 5, lost 0, tie 0; Wapakoneta won 3, lost 1, tie 1; St. Marys won 2, lost 2, tie 1; Van Wert won 1, lost 2, tie 2; Kenton won 0, lost 3, tie 2; Ada won 0, lost 4, tie 1. Four Redskin Warriors were selected on the All Conference team. They were: Nagel—half-back: Bailey—center; G. Bowman—guard; and Varner—tackle. The first game of the season, with Waynesfield resulted in a victory, 7-0. The second encounter, with Bellefontaine, a much heavier foe, resulted in a 0-0 tie. The third game, with Bryan, a forfeit from Columbus Grove, gave a 7-7 tie. The Redskins lost the first conference game at Bluffton to the score of 14-0. The game with Van Wert came next. This score was a 7-7 tie. In a non-conference game witn Delphos, the Redskins were defeated 19-0. The next conference game was one of thrills and Blume High defeated Ada 21-12. The game with Kenton on Dad’s day, resulted in a Redskin victory, 14-7. The biggest game of the season was with St. Marys on Armistice Day. The final score was 7-6 in favor of the Redskins. Every member of the squad thoroughly enjoyed the season and are deeply appreciative to the mothers for the enjoyable banquets which they gave the entire squad. The twenty Seniors wall be greatly missed when the 1932 warriors assemble.