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

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14 TH E SPECTAT OR Golf Team Following qualification playing of 72 holes, a golf team was form- ed of four personnel in consecu- tive order of scores. 1-James Maxwell. 2-Ralph Maxwell. 3-Erwin Sias. 4--Sam Hutchison. Hindered by heavy rains, the team finally had its first bit of competitive action when it defeat- ed its traditional rivals, East Wa- terloo 10M to 716. Sanford, East downed J. Maxwell, West, R. Max- well defeated Mansky, East, E. Sias won from Lomis, East, and R. Fergason defeated Boles, East. Meets with Cedar Falls High and Teachers' College High are to be scheduled in the very near fu- ture. Substitutions are made by Wal- ter Sheel who is ranking number five man. Everyone knows- Everyone rides with Jack B. Who drives a green flivverfyj. How to get detention. The Scotch golfer Qcan't you C. D. man?D. SIBERT'S WHITE LAUNDRY BEST WISHES 211-215 East Sixth St. Girls' Sports Forward March. Thus the An- nual Gym Demonstration of West High began April 8, in West High auditorium. Over three hundred and fifty girls participated in marching, tumbling, and pyramids. Dances, modern and old fashioned, showed ease and grace of rhythm, and were enjoyed immensely by all. Rendezvous was exquisitely interpretated by Katherine Gal- lagher, Lydia Cole, and Dorothy Jane Dinsmore. On the Side Walks of New York, a tap dance, brought great applause to Helen Gross and Mary McCall, who gave a fine characterization of two street urchins. A wedding was performed for the Painted Doll, Corrinne Hutch- inson, and the Bridegroom, Jean Garner in a background of Fol- lies' girls and Mother-goose char- acters. As the curtain fell on the last dance the audience felt that they had once more witnessed a very successful Gym Demonstration. Russell-Lamson Cleaners We Call For and Deliver 215 West Fifth St. Phone 361 Rifle Team West Highls riflemen competed in 34 matches this year, 15 of which were sponsored by the Na- tional Rifle Association. Of all the matches fired, West lost only six, and was, at times, as high as fourth in the national matches in which over 60 teams competed. During the course of the year two new guns were received from the War Department, making a total of four loaned the club by the gov- ernment. This year about 26,000 rounds of ammunition were fired. At graduation the riiie team will lose Bill Sampson,For1-est Makin- ster, Don Durchenwald, Clark Ben- nett and Bob La Rue. Members who will be here next year are Melvin Bodine, John Miller, Don Brown, Dick Young and Laverne Gibson. For the coming year Mr. Haugen expresses very high hopes as there is much good material coming in from the junior high schools. For Corinne Hutch We shan't say much. She came a lady, And went as such. 21 Years of Quality Work and Still Doing It UNIQUE CLEANERS PHONE 683 Say It VVith Flowers GRADUATION 4 . cHAs.sHERWoon GIFTS QUEST SL SMITH FLORIST The PLUMBERS store-sos East Fourth st. LINDB'LOM,S Store Phone 380 , Jewelers 411 W8St Fifth Street Green House Phone 432 Greenhouses-Cor. Fairview and Conger Sts. 165 West Fourth Street PHONES 2077-2078

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TH E SPECTAT OR 13 Basketball The past basektball season was one of the best, if not the best basketball season, that West High has ever had. The records show that the team won 21 games and lost only two. Albert Lea, Minn., administered to them the first de- feat, Dec. 29, 1931, at Albert Lea, by a score of 31 to 13. The team then went undefeated until the finals of the district tournament, only to be beaten then by Washing- ton High of Cedar Rapids by a score of 29 to 24. The team started slowly, it man- aged to eke out two pretty slim victories over Orange Township and Cedar Falls by means of some very good basket shooting by vPaul Grange, the young freshman star. Then, starting with Vinton, West began to hit its stride, and Vinton, La Porte City and Washington High were polished off in a period of five days' time. The defeat of Washington High of Cedar Rapids by a score of 29 to 21 was out- standing. Coach Strobridge used his substitutes most of the last quarter of this game. The next victory of importance was over Estherville, Principal W. W. Gibson's old school, where West defeated them 27 to 23 in a highly exciting finish with Illian starring. He accounted for 14 points that game. Double victories over the old rivals, Mason City, Charles City and East Waterloo, were all particularly pleasing. West's de- feat of Mason City twice seemed to prove the fact that the local team had a better ball team than they did. Mason City, however, went to the state tournament, while we did not. In the sectional tournament held at West High, West won three games, defeating Clarksville, Teachers College High and Jesup in three consecutive nights to win the tournament. On the all-sec- tional team West placed three men -Rugg at forward, Illian at cen- ter and Kloster at guard. 'In the district tournament, held at Waverly the week following the sectional, West won the first two games from opponents of the high- est calibre. Next the West team defeated Waverly, one of the best teams in Northeastern Iowa, by a score of 31 to 19, and then went on to administer to Dubuque, one of the strongest teams in the state and undefeated until then, a 20 to Front Row: Captain Rugg, Fridley, Camp, Schuck, Illian. Back Row: Turnipseed, Athletic Manager, Wagoner P. Grange, Wahl, Jackson, Coach Strobridge, A. Grange, Asst. Athletic Manager. 18 defeat in an exciting overtime period. Then, pretty well worn out by these two hard games, the team dropped the final play-off to a scrappy, fighting Washington High of Cedar Rapids team by a score of 29 to 24. - Delancey Schuck, by means of his wonderful fighting spirit and ability, earned for himself a place on the all-district team. Bob Klos- ter also earned a place and was given the honorary title of captain of this team, his work being out- standing in every phase of the game. Later on in the year, Jack North, sports editor of-the Des Moines Register, honored Wayne Illian and Gordon Camp by giving them places on the third and fourth all-state teams. Dick Rugg was also given honorable mention by North. Letters were given at the end of the season to the following play- ers: Capt. Dick Rugg, Wayne Illian, Bob Kloster, Wm. Delancey Schuck, Gordon Camp, Vaylord Fridley and, last but not least, the freshman star, Paul fTarzanJ Grange. To earn a letter one had to play in one-fourth of all the games. Of the prospects for next year, Lyle Wagoner, Elmer Bratton, Vir- gil Jackson, Virgil Swem, Willard Wahl, Don Peterson, Jerry and Red Nipper, Ronald Wachtler, Dave Misner, Miloh Murrah and George Dutcher seem to have the best chance at present. Bob Kloster and Paul fTarzanJ Grange are let- ter men returning. West High has entered the Mis- sissippi Valley Conference next year, and has one of the most diffi- cult schedules, which is as follows: Nov. 23-Orange Township, here. Nov. 25-Tentative. Dec. 2--Teachers College High, here. Dec. 9-Clinton, there. Dec. 16-Washington High, Ce- dar Rapids, here. Dec. 23-East Waterloo, there. Dec 30-Iowa City, there. Jan. 6-Dubuque, there. Jan. 13-Grant High of Cedar Rapids, here. Jan. 20--East Waterloo, here. Jan. 27-Davenport, here. Feb. 3-Iowa City, here. Feb. 10-Grant High of Cedar Rapids, there. Feb. 17-Washington High of Cedar Rapids, there. Feb. 24-Dubuque here. Much of the basketball success of the past year has been due to Coach E. G. Strobridge's fine hand- ling and watching of the team. His work here has stamped him as one of Iowa's outstanding high school basketball coaches.

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THE SPECTATOR 15 'l ' ' Citizenship ' i Awards Delaney Schuck - Scholarship The scholarship record of West High for the past year has been rather remarkable. The number of failures is comparatively low considering other high schools' records. Home Room 9, a sophomore girls' room, is the most outstanding in its scholarship record. There are a certain few members of the high school that have been on the honor roll for each period. In oth- er words, they have attained the requirements of at least three A's and one B. Among those consist- antly noticed on the honor roll are Billy Fort and Ruth Suther- land, both seniors. In preparing scholarship reports, there are a few interesting facts to be noted. For instance, the number of boys in a home room is comparable to the number of fail- ures in that home room. Another interesting fact is that the first week of a period the failures are relatively low, but during the next three and even four weeks, the number of failure goes up. But the last week the pupils make a recovery and improve greatly. The scholarship committee, ad- vised by Miss Dorothy Wilson, wants to congratulate the student body as a whole on their co-op- eration in making this a red let- ter year in scholarship. Florence Blough and Delaney Schuck at the commencement ex- ercises are to be awarded two of West High's most coveted prizes, the Citizenship awards. A committee of fourteen com- posed of the citizenship committee of the Student Assembly, the ex- ecutive committee of the Student Assembly, together with Principal W. W. Gibson, Mr. C. C. Duns- moor, Miss Mabel Heller and four other teachers acting as advisors, chose Florence Blough and Delancy Schuck as the best girl and boy citizens in West High. The chart of qualifications by which these two students were judged contains the following four main requisites-character, service, leadership, and scholarship. Quill and Scroll The seniors this year to be giv- en membership in the international honorary journalistic society are Helen Louise Bernbrock, Jean Gar- ner Wm. Fort, and Erwin Sias. Erwin Sias also has the journal- listic distinction of .having twice won awards in international con- tests sponsored by Quill and Scroll, his first award was on a feature story submitted by him, and the second for an editorial on depression. Howard Hauserman also won distinction for a copy entered in a Quill and Scroll contest. West On the Air People of Waterloo and vicinity through the broadcast programs of the West Public Schools on each Tuesday evening at seven o'clock have not only learned muchvof the excellency of the work of the system, but have been entertained by vocal and instru- mental music as well. Mr. Donald Ames, dramatic coach at West High, announces all school broad- casts. The committees in charge of these radio programs are: Or- ganization and preparation-W. W. Gibson, Miss Fern McClennahan, and Miss Naneen Davis. Time- Miss Lyla Day, Mr. Ralph Pronk, and Mr. Donald Ames. Program- Miss Elsie Sindt, Miss Ruth Up- digraff, and Miss Agnes Faint. Florence Blough Dramatics On October 23 the curtain went up on the first act of the dramatic season when the all-school play, Nothing But the Truth, by James Montgomery, was produced. This comedy of errors was very effec- tively portrayed by Ross Randall and Marjorie Parlow in the lead- ing roles, ably assisted by Ray Strayer and Jeanne Ogle. The second act took the form of a mystery, when on Febrary 12 the Marionettes' play, In the Next Room, by Eleanor Robeson and Harriet Ford, was presented. The plot, concerning the wiles of a criminal, was well carried out by Erwin Sias, Celia Kronberg, Fred Wimber and Forrest Makinster taking the important roles. The climax was reached on March 18 when the Junior play, Miss Lulu Bett, by Zona Gale, a comedy with a touch of pathos, was presented. Don Short and Marian Barker in the leading roles, and Mary Penly, Kathryn Mak and Helen Gross successfully carried out the plot dealing with a woman in her thirties who had never mar- ried. The curtain closed on the fourth and last act of the dramatic sea- son when a beautiful play, Chil- dren of the Moon, by Martin Fla- vin, was presented by the Senior class on May 20. This tragedy, full of life and beauty, was well enacted by Elizabeth Harris and Fred Wimber in the leading roles.