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EQ tl'Hf 'il oint ,ai-Q, nf 41,711 ff' - ---.- I v -D - .1 A l- 'I i pa - -I 3 I A West Point, Virginia, June 11, 1949 tudent rganizations Hold inal Meetings l.l.i-i- Athletic Association Was First At the School -l..l.i..,i FORMING OF VARIOUS GROUPS CITED IN STUDY OF RECORDS Unit Appeared On Scene in '08 The West Point High School clubs and S. C. A. committees held their final meetings during the month of May. There are today, in addition to the Stu- dent Association with its service committees, eleven organizations and two publication staffs. When the High School was established in 1906, there were no student organizations. In 1908 an athletic association was formed, in 1911, a literary so- cietyg in 1914, a chorus, and in 1915, the Student Association. 'These four organizations are still in existence. Since that time many other organizations have been formed, some of which were short lived. The 1916 Skeeter lists such or- ganizations as the Jitney Club, Activities Are Expanded Bloomers Club, the Kickers, the Loafers, and It Club. Through the years the pro- gram of club activities has been much expanded both in numbers of organizations and in the im- portance of these groups as an essential part of the school pro- gram. Page 23
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Athletic Association Oldest Organization The High School's oldest or- ganization is the ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION formed in 1908 to sponsor organized athletics. However, the Athletic Editor of the 1916 Skeeter states that there were no real organized athletics until the session 1915- 1916. In that year the boys played interscholastic football, basketball and baseball and par- ticipated in track meets. The girls' basketball team, known as Tompkins Tigers, also engaged in interscholastic games and sometimes they won, cheered by their favorite yell- Tutti Frutti! Punch and Judy.' Our team will do its dutyg Don't you worry, X ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION I the boys. The officers of the as- sociation are Otis Bristow, presi- dent, Herbert Haynes, vice- president, William Ratcliffe, TOMKINS TIGERS-1916 Don't you fret, The Tigers will get there yet! The Athletic Association has always been a popular organiza- tion, but has functioned with varying success because often the school lacked a properly trained athletic director. In those earlier years the school owed much of its success in athletic contests to David Feild, a former graduate of West Point High School, who served for several years as coach. In later years help in coaching was given by Forest Kirby and Tom Wolfe, both former West Point students. This session the Athletic As- sociation has sponsored football, basketball, and track teams for Page 21, secretary, and Thomas Hooper, treasurer. Mr. Haynes and Mr. Kolcum coached the athletic teams. had a literary society since 1911, when the Pierian Society was organized. This organization met on Monday evenings and in 1916 had a membership of seventy-two. Then, as now, the Literary Society was the organi- zation in which students were trained for participation in the contests sponsored by the State Literary-Athletic L e a g u e of which West Point has been a member since 1913. In 1919, the society was re- organized and given its present name, THE RUFFNER LITER- ARY SOCIETY. To satisfy the need for friendly rivalry and competition, the Howerton Lit- erary Society was organized November 16, 1923. In 1935, the members of both organiza- tions decided to merge under the name, Ruifner Literary Society. This session one group of the West Point High School hasl fC0nfifwf'd On Page 51 LITERARY SOCIETY
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