Waterloo West High School - Wahawk Yearbook (Waterloo, IA)

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TH E SPECTAT OR 11 ports Front Row: fleft to rightj-Peterson, Affeldt, Nipper, Kloster, Captain Sorenson, Camp, Schuck, Makinster. Second row-Clark, DeBerg, Fort, Fridley, Sampson, Kortemeyer, Wimber, Confare. Third row-Grange, Athletic Manager, Jacobsen, Coach Meeter, Huston, Rice, Coach Strobridge, Heath, Turnipseed, Athletic Manager, Christianson, Gibson, Trainer Track The Wahawks have been out- standing in track this season, Coach Gordon Meeter having de- veloped one of the strongest teams in the state of Iowa. West High opened the season with a Mississippi Valley confer- ence meet at Iowa City, and fail- ed to look impressive, placing in but a few events. On April 2, at the state indoor meet at Iowa City, West placed second, Fairfield, last year's state champions, nosing the Wahawks out by one and one-half points. The two-thirds mile relay team composed of Scott, Clark, Moore, and Schuck took first place, and the medley mile relay team placed third. Schuck, quarter miler, won first in his heat, Clark finishing third in the 60 yard low hurdles. West High next defeated Dubu- que in a dual meet on April 9th by a score of '75 to 56. Slifsgard, crack West High sprinter, won both the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Scott, Schuck, and Moore placed one, two, and three in the 440 yard dash. Allen and Duschen, milers placed first and second in the mile, and Kloster starred in the weight events. Both mile and half mile relay teams took firsts in this meet. On April 20 West High, East High, and Cedar Falls engaged in a triangular meet, the Wahawks winning by a large margin. Slifs- gard won both dashes, Allen and DeBerg winning in the mile and half mile run. Kloster placed first in all the weight events. Scott and Schuck placed one and two in the 440. In the broad jump and pole vault Gordon and Douthett each took a first. OnVApril 23rd competing in the Teachers' College Relays at Cedar Falls, West's mile relay team, con- sisting of Scott, Moore, Clark, and Schuck won the mile relay, and the two mile relay team placed second. At the Drake Relays on April 30th, West High's one-half mile relay team competing with teams from surrounding states placed third, first, and second places CContinued on page 121 Football During the 1931 football season at West High, Coach Gordon Meeter, assisted by Coach Glen Strobridge, produced a better than average football team, which won all but two of the games on the season's schedule and displayed a brilliant brand of football. West also gained a coveted place in the Mississippi Valley Conference, a circuit of schools which includes Grant and Washington of Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Iowa City, Dave- enport and Clinton. Following is the record of the 1931 Wahawk eleven: Nashua .............. Og West ...... 25 Washington ...... 05 Fort Dodge ...... 195 West ....,. 7 Charles City .... 03 West ...... 32 Mason City ........ 63 West ...... O West ...... 14 West ...... 33 Grant ............,... 13, East .................. Og West ...... 7 Besides the regularly scheduled games, one game was played with the Teachers College freshmen, which the Wahawks dropped, 6-0. In addition to these team honors, 1Continued on page 125

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10 THE SPECTAT OR Declamatory Although West High's twelve declamatory entrants for this year did not win the silver cup in the quadrangular series of contests, as did their predecessors of 1931, dramatic ability seldom seen in high school students was displayed. The results of these quadrangular contests were as follows: Dramatic Alice Bellinger, winner of first place at home contest, first felimi- nated because of overtimejg Jean Garner, winner of second place at home contest, second, Marian-Ban ker, winner of third place at home contest, first, and Helen Louise Bernbrock, winner of fourth place at home contest, second. Humorous Betty Lichty, winner of first place at home contest, fourth, Min- nie Wartey, winner of second place at home contest, third, Billy Cook, winner of third place at home con- test, fourthg and Elaine Sabine, winner of fourth place at home contest, second. Oratorical Russell Fergason, winner of first SCHOLIJS FOOD SHOP FREE DELIVERY PHONE 412 1223 West Fifth St. place at the home contest, first, Wells Barnett, winner of second place at the home contest, fourth, Meyer Zimring, winner of third place at the home contest, second, and Criss Mavrelis, winner of fourth place at the home contest, first. At the first round of the state contest, West's representatives, Russell Fergason, Alice Bellinger and Betty Lichty, received second, first and fourth places, respec- tively. This contest was held at the Dike High School, Wednesday evening, February 24. When the following contest in the state series was held at Shell Rock, Wednesday evening, March 9, Waterloo swept away major honors, as its only two entrants, Kathleen Adams, representing-East High, and Alice Bellinger, repre- senting West High, won two unan- imous firsts in the humorous' and dramatic divisions, respectively. The other first, in the oratorical division, was won by Ora Harvey of Hampton. After receiving another first at Nashua, Alice Bellinger was de- feated at the district contest held at Maquoketa. TED SHELDON Quality Meats and Groceries PHONE 3540 Fifth and Baltimore SENIORS SOMETIME HENCE I am a boy from high school, My diploma I have earned, But the thing that bothers me is that I've forgotten all I've learned. I thought that I knew people, And how to earn my bread, But it seems now that I'm out of school My ambition is quite dead. 'Cause they don't give grades for working In a factory or a store, And you just can't bluff the boss around, You have to know your chore. So anyone who thinks that life Is just a little joke Better button on his his thinking cap And let those lessons soak ,,.-.l-.li LESSON IN TENNIS By Heck Swing at the ball with all your might. Just keep your form and do it right But if you miss Qwe hope you doj It's going to be tough luck for you. The Biggest Little Drug Store in Waterloo, Is There With the Goods, and Malt- ed Milks JUST TOOT YOUR HORN PHONE 1445 ERNSTER DRUG West Fifth and Allen The Mavreline Laboratories 228W W. Fourth St. Above William's Cigar Store Agnes Thompson Flower Shop PHONE 5383 324 East Fourth St. For 23 Years The Finest in Complete OPTICAL SERVICE B Q.. GLASSES

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12 TH E SPECTAT OR Track fContinued from page 115 being captured by outwof state teams. On May 7th at the Interscho- lastic Meet West High competed with 17 of the strongest teams in Iowa at Grinnell. With but 8 men competing, the Wahawks scored 28 points to win the meet. The 100 and 220 yard dashes were won by Slifsgard, West High sprinter. Clark and Schuck took second places in the 120 yard high hur- dles and 440 yard dash. Scott placed third in his heat of the 440 and Clark placed third in the 220 yard low hurdles. Second place in the javelin Went to Kloster. The one-half mile relay team, compos- ed of Scott, Moore, Clark, and Slifsgard, cinched the meet by nosing out Dubuque and shattering the 25-year-old meet record in this event. Those members of the squad not competing met East High on the Old Rose track, the Wahawks win- ning this affair. On May 13th VVest High track- sters placed second in the District meet at Cedar Falls. Dubuque Quality Service W. H. LOOMIS Phone 489 Flowers for Graduation 187 West Third Street nosed the Wahawks out in this meet by atwo and one-half point margin. Slifsgard, won the 100 and 220 yard dashes, and anchored on the one-half mile relay, compos- ed of Scott, Clark, Moore, which defeated Dubuque by a few yards. Scott and Schuck placed first in their heats of the 440 yard dash. Allen, West miler took second in that event. The mile relay team composed of Sampson, Gordon, Ritchie, and Schuck placed first. Kloster placed first in the javelin. West High's team has had one of the most successful seasons of any team in recent years, and is expected to place high in the Con- ference Meet at Davenport on Memorial Day. Football fContinued from page 111 individual honors were bestowed upon a few talented members of the team. Schuck, fullbackg Af- feldt, tackleg De Berg, guard, and Sorenson, tackle, were picked for the All-Northeastern Iowa team, while Sorenson was chosen second team All-State guard, Schuck and Camp receiving All-State honor- SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOUNTAIN SERVICE By ACKERMANN'S DRUG STORE 1421 West Third Avenue Girls' Tournament Tournaments have been the vogue since early timesg even we modern people cannot get away from them. The round robin tournament of basketball was captured by the Sophomore girls under the able leadership of their captain, Evelyn McCook, while the Juniors and Seniors were a very close second under the captaincy of Helen Gross and Dorothy Schenk. A track meet has been run off in all girls' gym classes, each per- son competing against others in her class, other classes, and her- self. All records shall be kept from year to year and each will know how little or how much she has improved her previous record. able mentions. Together with the regular games, a combined East-West team held the Coe freshmen to a scoreless tie on Thanksgiving Day. The con- test was held to raise money for the poor and needy of the commu- nity, and provided a splendid fin- ishing touch for the excellent rec- ords of each school's team. DR. C. N. SHANE DENTIST PHONE 64 620-621 James Black Building OUR PHOTOGRAPHS LIVE FOREVER FLINT STUDIO West 4th and Washington Sts. O'Keefe and Towne Funeral Home PHONE 83 A Healthful Dessert Hutchinson Ice Cream Co., Makers HUTCHINSON ICE CREAM WATERLOO, IOWA